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They are building a new apartment right next to mine, and each day three young men are hard at work out there. Today one of them had his little son with him, and he was amusing himself...and me.
I've discovered that I can buy lettuce, cilantro, basil and other greens, just down my path, straight from the gardener. He pulled them right from the ground in front of me, and washed off the roots, and handed them to me. They are the most perfect produce I have ever had. Here is the garden.
The lake has risen a few feet in the last three years, and a number of properties are under water. It is mostly foreigners who build near the water. Apparently the locals know better. I met an American/British couple recently who lost their house to the rising water. They were able to salvage and resell some of the building materials, but they are now renting a place with no intention of rebuilding.
My friend Miranda bought their clay roof tiles for her new house. It was just completed and it is gorgeous. She had a housewarming party on Sunday. Here she is in front of her new home.
Have you ever wondered where the clothes go that are donated to one of those collection boxes? Well, this is one place they end up. It is sad to see locals wearing western clothing instead of their beautiful local textiles.
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I went to visit a friend at the hospital the day after she had her first baby. There she was, lying in bed with the baby sleeping in the crook of her arm. She was clearly exhausted, but when she looked up at me it was with a proud smile. The baby lay still, except for the rising and falling of her chest, her red face all puckered up. I said she was beautiful.
I had said goodbye and was making my way to the door, with a promise to visit again soon, when my friend sat up.
'Wait!' she said, 'don't you want to take a picture of baby?'
I've never found newborns particularly fascinating. I can understand that a mother would be taken with her own child – this person that has shared her body for nine months or so. But as far as I can tell, all they do at that age is sleep, cry and poop. So no, I don't want to take a picture of baby.
One of my goals for this year is to be more honest, especially in the face of social constructs and rules of etiquette that dictate how we should act. And so I ask myself, what would Larry David – the master of awkward, damn-the-consequences honesty – do?
If I were him, the conversation would go something like this:
Me: Picture? Naah.
Friend: Why not?
Me: Well, the baby's not really doing anything.
Friend: What do you mean? Of course she is; she's sleeping.
Me: Yeah, exactly. And then it'll wake up and it'll cry and you'll feed it and it'll poop –
Friend: She.
Me: What?
Friend: She's not an 'it'. She's a girl. She.
Me: Oh. Sorry.
Me: So, see ya later.
Friend: You're really not going to take a picture.
Me: No. It's not like I'm ever going to look at the picture.
Friend: Why wouldn't you look at it?
Me: Well, it's not very – she's – not very… pretty right now, is she? Face all wrinkled… nah. Let's give it a few weeks.
Friend: You're saying my baby is ugly?
Me: No, not ugly. She's alright. But I wouldn't jerk off to a picture of her or anything –
Friend: You want to do what with her picture?
Me: No, see I said I wouldn't –
Friend: You pervert! Get out, and don't ever come near us again!
There's a reason Larry David doesn't have too many friends.
I turned to face the new mummy and whipped out my phone. 'Sure, let's take a picture.'

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How do I perform a Laravel unique validation on multiple columns for unique relations.
One user can add new games but I want it so that one user cannot add new identical games
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DIEP/SIEA Flap Reconstruction
The DIEP (Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator)/SIEA (Superficial Inferior Epigastric Artery) Flap is a relatively new reconstructive procedure developed by Dr. Robert Allen, Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in the early 1990s. This procedure is performed by a limited number of doctors in the United States.
In Sweden this procedure has totally replaced the TRAM Flap procedure that was developed in the 1980s.
In the DIEP/SIEA Flap reconstruction, fat and skin from the abdomen are used to reconstruct the breast, leaving the muscles of the abdomen intact.
The procedure generally takes between six and nine hours and requires a hospital stay of several days. The fat and skin are removed from the donor area and then formed into the shape of a breast on the chest wall.
Expect to take between 4 to 6 weeks off from work following this procedure. Within three or four months, additional surgery can be preformed to create a new areola/nipple complex.
There are the following variations:
* The GAP (gluteal artery perforator) Flap uses skin and fat taken from the buttocks.
* The LTP (lateral thigh perforating vessels) Flap takes skin and fat from the "saddlebag" area of the outer thigh.
* The T-DAP (perforating vessels of the thorocodorsal artery) Flap uses skin and fat from the patient's back.
The doctors who perform this procedure are of the opinion that it produces the same results as the TRAM Flap procedure while maintaining the muscle integrity of the abdomen. Recovery involves less pain because no muscle is used. Again, this technique is used in only a few areas of the United States and Europe.
We have found the following doctors who do the procedure.
J. Craig Merrell, M.D., Helena M. Guarda, M.D., and Adam Billet, M.D.
Harbour View Center For Excellence in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
5818 Harbour View Blvd., Suite 200
Suffolk, Virginia 23435
Phone: (757) 673-6000
Fax: (757) 673-6007
Chesapeake Center For Excellence in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
300 Medical Parkway, Suite 316
Chesapeake, Virginia 23320
Phone: (757) 673-6000
Fax: (757) 673-6007
Alex Keller, M.D.
Suite 130
900 Northern Boulevard
Great Neck NY 11021 5302
Phone: (516) 482-1100
Fax: (516) 482-6863
Robert J. Allen, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
4429 Clara Street, Suite 440
New Orleans, Louisiana 70115
Phone: (504) 894-2900
Fax: (504) 894-2901
Dr. Gary J. Rosenbaum, M.D., P.A.
Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Staff Office Pavillion
4302 Alton Rd, Suite 420
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Phone: (305) 538-7726
Fax: (305) 538-7725
Mercy Health Services
301 St. Paul Place
Baltimore, MD 21202
DIEP Flap is also done at John Hopkins Medical Center
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
Kamran Khoobehi, M.D.
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4720 I-10 Service Road Suite 403
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Dr. Khoobehi states that he averages 3.5 to 4.5 hours in the operating room when doing a DIEP flap. This time also includes the mastectomy preformed by the general surgeon. His patients stay in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) for 24 hours and are generally discharged from the hospital at 3 days post operative.


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Area Residents Begin Pharmacy School at Samford University
2012 Oct 22Several area residents participated in a recent White Coat Ceremony for members of the Class of 2016 at Samford University's McWhorter School of Pharmacy. The students are beginning a four-year professional curriculum that leads to a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. They completed two or more years of undergraduate coursework prior to entering pharmacy school. The Oct. 5 ceremony at Shades Mountain Baptist Church included the presentation of a white coat to each student prior to their taking the pledge to the American Pharmaceutical Association's code of professionalism. Each student selected a professional mentor to assist with the ceremony. This year's entering pharmacy class includes 122 students from 12 states and one foreign nation. Samford's McWhorter School of Pharmacy enrolls a total of 497 students. The new pharmacy students include:


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12 + 1 World Champion and motorcycle history legend Angel Nieto suffered an accident while riding his quad bike on the island of Ibiza, where he normally stays at his holiday home during summer season.
The champion, a total legend in MotoGP paddock and the third rider in the world with most victories, 90 total wins, after Rossi and Agostini, faces a severe condition in hospital and he is in induced comma due to the injuries on his head after the crash.
A witness declared that the world champion was found on the ground without a helmet, and several sources are now stating he may have not worn one, or he didn't use a full face helmet which was lost during the accident.
The seventy-year old champion is a legend in motor sports in Spain, probably the most recognised face of motorcycling in the country. Even former king of Spain Juan Carlos de Borbon used to join him in his private rides, as the king is another well known biker and Nieto's admirer.
Valentino Rossi has stayed overnight in his home more than once as he's a close friend of Gelete Nieto, the champion's son, so we can only imagine how he's feeling now. In addition to that, he's the role model for all Spanish riders of all ages, so all national champions, including Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo are deeply affected by the news as well.
Meanwhile the entire motorcycle world is holding breath waiting for a resolution. Get well Angel, we need you with us.


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Today marks the launch of Poppytalk Handmade's Home Sweet Home market.....amazing handmade and vintage housewares!
Here is a small sampling of the vendors participating this month (below) but you can see all the participants here via Poppytalk Handmade!
1. striped wall clock - bliss in a teacup
2. toiles and circles pillow - rural diaspora
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4. pink royal typewriter - sweetshorn vintage
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There will be a branch wide open day on Thursday 27th February as a part of the national recruitment initiative.
The open day will be held in the Gallery on the first floor of the Central Library at 2 Fieldway Crescent, N5 1PF.
It will be from 12 noon to 6pm
We are using the recruitment day to recruit new members and highlight the £1 an hour national pay campaign
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Vanessa and Christina are two ordinary Greek women with an extraordinary dream: To conquer the highest peak of each of the 7 continents and raise the Greek flag on every summit.
They have already conquered the first 5 summits and became the 1st Greek women's team to summit Mt Denali (McKinley) in Alaska. Each ascent has been not only a life-changing experience but also an inspiring step towards the most desired Hellenic, female and mountaineering goal… to achieve the 7 Summits your contribution is the key to success.


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Texas leads the nation in many areas?unfortunately, Texas is a leader in the number of accidents and deaths related to driving while intoxicated. Each year, thousands are involved in Texas DUI cases. Around 2,000 Texans are killed because of drinking and driving each year.
The Texas limit for blood alcohol concentration when you're driving is 0.08%. Texas is also a zero-tolerance state for underage drinking; any amount of alcohol in drivers under 21 is a crime. You will have to contact a qualified McKinney DUI lawyer if you are charged with this crime.
Young drivers account for many alcohol-related traffic accidents, and the age group with the most violations and accidents are those between 21 and 34. It is necessary to find a McKinney Criminal Attorney that is experienced with this age group if you are a young person being charged. Remember, teens and young people are actually more prone to reaching higher alcohol concentrations more quickly than older drinkers. Size and body weight also play a role. Larger or older adults may be able to toss back those shots of vodka and maintain a safer BAC but younger, smaller people cannot. However, either age group will need an experienced McKinney DUI lawyer to get through their drinking and driving legal dilemmas.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Procter & Gamble Co. has started the auction process for its battery-powered toothbrush business as well as for teeth-whitening products owned by acquisition target Gillette Co., according to a published report Thursday.
P&G PG, +0.94% of Cincinnati, said last month it will sell its Crest SpinBrush business in order to win antitrust clearance from the European Commission for its proposed buyout of Boston-based Gillette G, +1.83% The deal, which won shareholder approvals in mid-July, was valued at $57 billion when it was announced in January.
Separately, P&G is looking to sell Gillette's Rembrandt teeth-whitening business, according to a report in the Daily Deal, citing unnamed persons.
P&G may also have to sell Gillette's Right Guard brand deodorant and its own Glide brand dental floss, but the company is not actively trying to find buyers at this time, according to the report.
The divestitures would help ensure antitrust clearance from the Federal Trade Commission.
P&G's battery-powered toothbrush overlaps with Gillette's own Oral-B brand products, while its Crest White Strips and other teeth-whitening products have the leading market position, trailed by Gillette's Rembrandt products.
A P&G spokeswoman said the company is selling SpinBrush, as previously announced, but didn't comment on whether the auction process had gotten under way.
P&G had no comment regarding the divestiture of other brands. A spokesman for Gillette said the company had no comment.
Merrill Lynch & Co. MER, -4.64% is advising P&G on the sales, according to the report.
Shares of P&G slipped 83 cents to close at $54.17, while Gillette fell 75 cents to $52.20.


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The South Foreland light was illuminated yesterday all night through as part of Her Majesty's Jubilee celebration beacon network. I believe the National Trust had to jump through lots of hoops with the MCA and Trinity House, though. We walked up to the lighthouse for about 9.30 when it was still twilight. The air was as clear as crystal and it looked possible to reach out and touch France. In addition the moon was playing hide and seek in the clouds, it was all very spectacular
There was a goodly crowd on site and lots of fun being had while we waited for the 10.01pm lightup. The lighthouse looked good enough without the lamp going
Promptly on time the light was duly lit, and behold, for the first time in 20 years apparently
The moon looked huge when clear of the clouds, this colour is a bit orange but not far off
We enjoyed our tour of the lighthouse at 10.40 as booked, and the view from the top was simply stunning, although I had to struggle with the camera to get even this poor shot
Well done to the National Trust, an excellent event which we hear something over 850 people attended, many times more than the millennium sunrise


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What if you could teach your child about the perils of animal extinction one cartoon at a time? An ambitious group of notable creative producers are looking to do just that with a cast furry animals turned superheroes in a new animated series called The Flopalongs. Cute and fuzzy they may appear, the ambitious bunch are not your average run-of-the-mill, spandex wearing, crime fighters. Each member is an endangered species that possesses their own distinct set of superpowers (which they inherited via a meteorite), that they'll wield to rise up against the series' loathed antagonist Gerg—an industrialist opportunist whose business interests include exploiting the animals' natural habitats to capitalize on the oil and minerals he trades on the market. Sound familiar? Click on to learn more about this project and how you can lend your support.
The Flopalongs series was originally conceived by John Robert Greene who has worked previously with Merv Griffin, the Coca Cola Company, Procter and Gamble and Revlon. Green Toys LLC has taken Green's vision and teamed up with project lead Þröstur Bragason, a 3-D artist and action-movie enthusiast in Iceland who will produce a short film to introduce The Flopalongs to the world.
On explaining the inspiration behind the animated series, the team writes: "We believe that The Flopalongs will be a success with today's kids. The animals are kind-hearted and the message is that we should all do our best to live in harmony, without the preaching tone. The cartoons will not just be a passive activity where the kids are spoon-fed pretty images, but educational and also encourage kids to find out more about the animals after the show has finished. With the amount of information available to us, literally at our fingertips, the Flopalongs will be a fascinating gateway into an exciting world of education and entertainment (sometimes referred to as 'Edutainment')."
Support the making of The Flopalongs first short film by donating to the project at the Karolina Fund.


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Singaporeans are under stress.
The cost of living is rising. Wages of the lowest income have not risen as fast. Home prices are rocketing into unattainable heights, COE premiums are rising out of reach of all but the very wealthy. And the statistics show greater income inequality, with the rich getting richer and the poor, well, not getting richer.
Children are stressed to do well in school to secure places in higher education in order to get a decent paying jobs.
Their parents are struggling to secure a flat and then pay off their mortgage, while trying to put together some savings for a family car.
And their parents are finding that their retirement fund is shrinking due to inflation and this is also a source of stress for them, and if their children takes it upon themselves to help their retired parents out, it is a further drain on their limited resources and another source of stress.
It would seem to the average Singaporean, that economic growth only advantages the rich and the elites while stressing out the middle-class and those below them.
If so, the argument goes, perhaps we can do with less growth, a slower pace of life and economic development and focus more on making Singapore less stressful.
How to get that slower pace of life TODAY!
number of places in the world with strong economic growth, and a
relatively good standard of living is very few. Singapore is, arguably,
one of them.
The number of places in the world with low to no growth are plentiful. And most of them have the
slower pace of life Singaporeans are clamouring for. And you don't
even have to go far. Batam and Bintan are just an hour away by ferry.
Malaysia too. A little further north into Thailand and even Vietnam to
some extent are rural societies with Very Slow Pace of Life.
More adventurous? Try Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and hey the Happiest place in the world - Bhutan!
point is, waiting for PAP to be overthrown and Singapore to slow down
is going to take awhile... maybe even a VERY LONG TIME.
You can have your slower pace of life
beautiful Batam, Bintan, Bali, Batu Pahat, Burma (now called Myanmar),
and even Bhutan! (Don't ask me why all these slower paced places start
with "B". Maybe you can try moving to Bedok first and see if it is
slower paced or not. Maybe no need to move so far away.)
The beauty of the plan is that you can have that slower pace of life, TODAY.
Not 3-4 years from now when your kids are out of school or about out of school or are busy preparing for some exam or something.
Not 5 - 6 years down the road when you have just gotten your HDB flat at an inflated price and with the illusion that you OWN the flat for the next 99 years.
Not 10 years down the road when you are still struggling with the mortgage and wondering if you should refinance your mortgage so you won't be working to pay off your flat until you are 65.
NOW. Today. A slower pace of life awaits you in Idyllic Batam/Bintan/Bali/Penang/Vietnam/Cambodia/Myanmar.
Why are you still here moaning and groaning. Vote with your feet!


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DescriptionFran Bow is a horror-themed point-and-click adventure game. Set in 1944, the game tells the story of Fran Bow Dagenhart, a young girl experiencing strange and tragic events. One night, she wakes up to find her parents butchered and runs out into the woods in shock. She is caught and sent to a mental hospital, where she is forced to take experimental drugs which cause strange hallucinations, including seeing a demon with a goat mask. Her only goal is to escape the hospital in hopes of finding her cat, Mr. Midnight, and returning home to her Aunt Grace. The game is broken up into five chapters, with each one taking place in an increasingly surreal environment.
The gameplay consists of speaking to characters, exploring the environment, and solving inventory and standalone puzzles. Depending on the chapter, the player is able to switch between several different versions of a location in order to find more clues and items. Occasional action sequences also occur, usually at the end of each chapter. These include walking through a maze and a Frogger-style game.
There are no Macintosh user screenshots for this game.
There are 42 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.
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- Game Engine: Game Maker
- Protagonist: Female
- Theme: Mental facility / Asylum
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Women with Balls!
with Yvonne Lumsden
Are you feeling you are more like a man in a woman's body?
May sound strange, but have you noticed you are operating more from your masculine, in 'doing" mode leaving you feeling stressed and overwhelmed or generally out of sorts with you? Perhaps in your relationships intimate or otherwise, you are the one surging forward, making the plans, the goals leading the way?
This has a place, however we can swing out of harmony within our selves overriding our natural place of relaxation as a woman – for it's from this place of relaxation all emerges and we come home to ourselves. We feel connected, our juiciness flows, our creativity flourishes, we find power in our vulnerability, our hearts melt, our tongues soften to speak with love, our intuition becomes clear, we surrender and allow. AND the more we soften into woman we allow and empower men to be men.
Together in this workshop we'll journey to explore, unravel and transform what is in the way of your true essence as woman.
Precious woman I invite you to join me and awaken your deep feminine essence and come home to you.
With Love & Tenderness
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The portrait! Well, now I'm in my element (yuk yuk). Easy peasy. (OK, except for a few surprises).
And the surprise? Well, since I wasn't supposed to stitch him down, I opted to glue him down. But as soon as I painted glue onto the back of the dried cheesecloth, he began to melt and warp! He was okay - I got him stuck down just in time before he became Picasso-like, with features in the wrong places!


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A man has been charged with murder following a stabbing attack witnessed by horrified onlookers in a crowded Sydney shopping centre.
Police on Monday charged the 35-year-old after arresting him in Parramatta mall near the body of his alleged 40-year-old victim who was found with a knife lodged in his chest.
The accused man has been refused bail and will appear at Parramatta Local Court on Tuesday.
Dozens of shoppers, families, and children on school holidays were shocked to witness what police say was a targeted attack.
The drama unfolded about 10.30am after a Parramatta man apparently approached another man outside Myer on level four of the mall and an argument broke out.
A witness who did not want to be named said he saw the confrontation from level five.
He told AAP the attacker taunted police officers at the scene while repeatedly stabbing his victim with a large knife.
"He kept plunging the knife in his chest, in and out, and paced up and down the shopping centre screaming at police," he said, adding that the man was stabbed three to four times.
"He taunted the police, saying `what are you scared of?'"
The man eventually left the knife in the man's chest before police moved in to arrest him.
The witness said the knife looked to be about 30cm long and the ordeal lasted about 20 minutes.
"Everyone was very scared and begging for somebody to stop the attack," he said.
"There was blood everywhere."
Emergency services arrived to find the body of a man inside the shopping centre with multiple stab wounds to the chest.
Following the stabbing, the alleged attacker took off his shirt, lit a cigarette and started talking on his mobile phone.
He was taken to Parramatta police station.
Acting superintendent Jennifer Scholz said police were investigating whether the fight was over a former girlfriend of the attacker.
She said the attack was targeted, a "one-off and not bikie-related", and the two men were "connected".
Act Supt Scholz said police drew their Tasers but didn't fire.
"There's no need for anybody to be concerned in regards to their safety," she told reporters.
She praised the quick response of the mall's security staff, who closed off the area.
Shops near the stabbing incident were in lockdown.
A woman who saw the attack was treated by emergency staff for shock.
Westfield is providing counselling services for employees, retailers and customers.


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Great Quote That Gary Reminded Me Of Now. Reason For Buying Stocks
Gary Herman just reminded us of a great quote my friend Fred said the other day which is so true and amusing at the same time. The way he said it was classic. Just wanted to share it on here as it came up in a conversation and its so simple.
" There's only one reason why you buy stocks and thats to Sell Them" Fred Lange
Love it! We smile every time we think of it now. Thats the name of the game.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel., Joshua Luke, Plaintiff,v.HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION, HEALTHSOUTH OF HENDERSON INC., KENNETH BOWMAN, JERRY GRAY, and JAYA PATEL, Defendants.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Pomp and Circumstance
It's that time of year again! Graduation season is definitely upon us, so I decided I better get some cards made. This year, I pulled out an ancient piece of 8.5x11 piece of patterned paper with some tiny mortarboards and diplomas on it and paired it with Starring You from Stampin Up. I love this sentiment from that set! For the first card, I used red and black cardstock, since those are the school colors of the graduate, my second cousin.
The second card is a little simpler and more masculine, for my male cousin who just graduated from college with his bachelor's degree. I used black and silver cardstock and stamped the sentiment in black. The embellishment was limited to some plain black brads.
Stamps: Starring You
Ink: memento tuxedo black, real red, versamark
Paper: basic black, real red, silver, whisper white, unknown patterned paper
Accessories: circle punches, silver cord, silver EP, black brads
Posted by Michelle L. at 10:11 PM
Labels: cards, Stampin UP
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- Lee (LuvLee on SCS) said...
Wonderful graduation cards!!
- May 12, 2009 at 11:39 PM
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And yes, that's the right colour!!
Ok, so now that we can see it better, let's talk a bit more about it.
(1) This colour of the acrylic is nicer and easier to work with. So that tells me that the brighter colour of the aqua yarn is simply the harsher dye interfering with the thread. That sounds right ;)
(2) This block is a LOT shorter that others I've made recently. Makes me think I've either counted badly wrong, or misinterpreted the pattern. The count on the pattern might also be off. So I'll be writing a note in my book, giving some suggestions for the next time I work the block.
(3) The misshapen bobbles. This picture, ironically, doesn't show them to the best/worst of their shape. When I started working bobbles (all of a week ago) I decided that I worked them front to back. So when I'm making the bobble, I pop it out to the back of the row, which makes bringing the top of the bobble & securing it to the double crochet stitch next to it nice and tight. (I'll demonstrate this later, I reckon.) (This makes the bobble POP.) The second & fourth rows in this square were worked from the other end of the piece, and required me to work the bobbles to the front. So some of them I think are too loose, and not enough bobble. They don't POP enough people!! I am unhappy with them.


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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Hooked on Gungor
Posted by Casey Martinez at 11:18 AM
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I came across Gungor a few months ago, and absolutely LOVE them too! Unbelievable talent, and beautifully deep lyrics. Thanks for posting! xoxoReplyDelete
I love these guys, LOVE them, I listen to them on my runs.....beautiful things, Oh man, I can get to clapping at the end I can't help myself!!! Love these guys!ReplyDelete
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Hello my dear Tando friends and welcome to my new post made for Tando Fabric week.
I almost never use fabric on my creations and this " use fabric" thing was a bit challenging for me.
But finally I found a couple of canvas piece that were die cut and then stencilled with Tando stencil and painted and used as my door hanger background.
So first I painted this Tando door hanger with DecoArt Media line acrylic paint. Then I added a thick layer of DecoArt One step crackle and added a layer of gold paint when it was dry.
The fabric flags were glued over the door hanger.
Next I painted the bird cage, the birds, the rose flower and the background.
Some of those piece were also covered with crackle and then painted with gold paint over the cracks.
I think that this a lovely door hanger to say " Good Morning" to someone that you love!
I also enter this piece to some web challenges:
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GeCeipt LLC
GeCeipt is an electronic alternative to paper receipts helping create the best Personal Finance Management tool.
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- Location Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Currency USD
Company Summary
GeCeipt wants to create a system that can send the receipt from Point Of Sale directly to an online data base secured for each individual user where they can view their transactions see their daily, weekly, monthly or annual expenses.
This system helps creating a great Personal Finance Management tool for users where they can stay on top of their finances and define goals and track their spending.


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I've been reading Anton Howes from time to time, he writes Capitalism's Cradle and it is an interesting spot for information and ideas. Most of what I have read so far has been more of historical interest but the one point history does make is that few ideas are totally original. That is, it's be dome before in one manner or another. We seem to believe that we can call to mind an original method or invention without reference to the past is often based on poor research. Yes, you say, but what about this or that? Information transfer is independent of time and space since the information remains the same. But its usefulness or relevance is changed by distance and by time. Well, what does this have to do with the Sharing Revolution and the glorious call for a new economy based on sharing as the next big app?
Back in June of 2000 I attended a conference in Amsterdam given by European Network Group. The topic was Voice Over Internet Protocol. This was a hot topic since Blackberry had one of the few "Smart Phones" and Apple wasn't even a contender. We heard from a number of experts in the field and I gave the keynote speech, my modest contribution to the world of high tech.The conference lasted three days and after each day a few of us would gather to discuss the days offerings and share the few success stories and the numerous horror tales that new technologies always leave in their wake. The use of VOIP was not going very smoothly and it would take a few more years before Applications like Skype would actually work. The one group that was not represented was, strangely enough, Cable Television. I think I was the only one in the group who actually read the documentation on DOCSIS or Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications. As some of you know one may have a telephone land line service when subscribing to cable TV. The last mile to the house uses an ADSL technology, just another way of saying that engineers figured out how to send high speed data, or ones and zeros, over an improved telephone line or a cable. Everything was simple back in the days of analog transmissions, or maybe not.
But a "Sharing Economy" is not about technology. At the conference an EVP from British Telecom, I have forgotten his name, came the last day to give his speech, which was more of a spiel for his company's service. He talked about the killer apt. Back then everyone talked about "The Killer Apt", the one that would make the company billions in revenues. That may seem strange to this young generation who are surrounded by applications they can download for free or pay a small fee to acquire. And many businesses give away their own apts. My bank wants me to download its apts to make my life easier. Except I don't have a smart phone or pc tablet to which my eyes are always glued, Hell, I rarely use any cell phone device and certainly don't text nor want to do so. Some activities are simply a waste of time and keep the mind in stupid mode far too long. Well, his killer apt was one that could find for the user that nearby restaurant in London with a good rating, or the hottest play. It did not sell at all. The killer apt just happened to be ring tones demanded by Japanese youths for their mobile phones. They demanded the rings tones and someone other than the Japanese Telephone company sold them millions of ring tones. I think there were about twenty or so that could be downloaded to their handsets. The companies that made the handsets sold the ringtones, which were actually stored in the handsets. Billions were made on such sales. Now one buys a handset, be it the old fashioned model or the supercharged smart phone and it comes with many free apts. Well, the apts aren't really free, one has to buy the phone.
When we hear of the Sharing Revolution and the Sharing Economy we often call to mind that to share is to involve oneself in a non commercial exchange. Uber is the one that actually charges for that ridesharing commercial exchange of services tended and provided. Yes, and one needs a smart phone to use that service. So you might think that I am doing good in the world, doing m part to make the world a little greener. Uber will match my need for transportation from point A to point B with someone who needs the money and has a decent automobile. Besides, it's suppose to be cheaper than a Taxi Service. Except that there are many times when it far exceeds the cost of a taxi. But more than Uber simply creating and using its software program to connect a private person to person exchange, Uber is actually involved in the Taxi business. Its drives are not independent contractors as they insist. A software program that controls almost every aspect of the business makes he driver an employee. So when someone like Mike Munger compares the Sharing Revolution with that of the Neolithic Revolution in agriculture and that of the Industrial Revolution, I must challenge such an assertion.
Essentially the argument is that the ubiquity of the internet drives software platforms that can help individuals share in their needs. Why buy an electric drill, corded or cordless,when one can share one, have it delivered in minutes by drone. A real nightmare for the FAA and the public in general. The one thing the Neolithic and industrial revolution did was to create specific uniform unit sizes. The number of wheat kernels may vary from one bushel to another but the weight and volume stay approximate. Yarn from spinning machines is uniform in quality from one spool to the next. Cloth woven by a loom will have the same thread count from one bolt to the next until the controls of that loom are for a different thread count. What these revolutions did was to enable individuals to go from accepting irregular productions to regular productions. Doors become uniform in size as do their hinge and lock sizes. Interchangeable parts are the result of uniformed unit size manufacture. The seamstress of the turn of last century can thank Herbert Hoover, when he was Commerce Secretary, for spending public money to survey, measure, and create uniform clothing sizes. One manufacture's size 5 was another's size 7. Not only did women need to try on the clothing but very often that dress or blouse needed alteration if the fit was close enough. The universal clothing size cost many a seamstress he job. But that is what technology does, it dislocates employment.
So Uber figured that people needed a cheaper alternative to the city taxicab services. And yes, taxicab rides are expensive. Well, young man or woman, you have an automobile that is no more than two or three years old, in good condition, you have insurance (but not as a common carrier, so watch out), and you have both GPS and a smart phone. Sigh up with Uber and start making money. Only you are cutting some poor slob of a taxicab driver out of the business. I mean if enough of you do this, pretty soon the taxi companies start losing fares and income. then they have to lay off drivers. And the cities aren't happy either. You are stealing tax money. But more than that, should you be involved in a traffic accident with a passenger in you vehicle, the law will look at you much differently. Where is your chauffeur's license? It's a legal requirement that you have one. Where is your common carrier's insurance? Your present automobile insurance was just invalidated because you were engaged in a commercial operation as governed by the US Transportation Agency. And where are the inspection papers that a commercial vehicle needs along with the commercial vehicle license and registration? Man, you've cheated a lot of government agencies out of money. They are getting their "share". So much for the revolution. Unfortunately for Uber, court rulings in a few states, and these rulings will follow to the others, is that your private contractor is an employee. Why? Because you control all aspects of the business. He does not set the fare and he does not make any of the business decisions other than to sign up for your services. The fact is, the cities and states and federal governments take a little while to get their rearends in motion, but when they do they will crush that ride sharing service and Uber will be another footnote in the failures of many business ideas that were poorly executed.
Well, what about sharing DIY tools? You can go to Home Depot and rent them when you need them. Yes it cost a pretty penny and one may actually be better off buying a few of them. But one of the problems is tool maintenance. Who does the maintenance on the tool. I mean you are going to pay a rental fee, I mean a sharing fee. What happens when that tool stops working in the middle of the job you are doing? And was to tool properly maintained or did you misuse it? How about the previous user? What was his part in the wear and tear of the tool? Did the tool go back to the owner so that owner could inspect it before sending it out again? And who is liable for not only the misuse of the tool and its replacement but for any property damage and personal damage (broken bones, missing eye, death)? You buy your own tool and you buy your own liability. You buy the tool and lend it out and you keep the liability. That is simple law. One can't share liability the way the sharing economy shares tools.
All right then, but what about sharing books? Ah, that is what libraries used to do very well. So you actually had to obtain a library card and physically travel to the library in order to check out the book you wanted. And if they didn't have the book they might be able to borrow in from another library. True, you would have to wait a week or two but it was far cheaper than buying your own books. Now I go into libraries and the selection is dreadful and very limited. Digital screens and search engines are replacing the original functions of a public library. So pick another wining idea. So much of the software that purports to support sharing businesses is really aimed at circumventing legal expenses. You want to rent out a room for a month and use the apt for that? Be my guest, but don't be surprised if down the road many problems crop up. No rental agreement? then you are in the hotel/motel business and the governments want their money. All they have to do is demand the files from the software company that did the matching and you now owe both fees and penalties. You will find that ignorance of the law is not a legal defence.
So just what is this thing called the Sharing Revolution? It's a software joke on the gullible. Program an apt, start signing up users , and collect the fees. Then you do the big Initial Public Offering for stock purchase because your venture capitalists want their money back. So one makes up fake revenue predictions (and believe me, almost every IPO in the past 10 years has does just that) and the public stock holders and many some investment banks and hedge funds are left holding the bag. The Sharing Revolution and Economy is a farce. It's a con game that only benefits the owners of the company. Alright, so you got a ride from point A to point B cheaper that if you had taken a taxicab. Maybe you've done this a dozen times a month. So what is your yearly savings? A hundred, maybe two hundred dollars? What did the owners of UBER take home last year? One of my favorite films The Lady Killers, illustrates this problem. Five criminals rent a room from the proverbial little old lady to plan the robbery of a Royal Mail money transport truck. They pull the job off and involve her in the robbery. She is most innocent, of course. She finds out about the loot and her part and wants to at least give the money back. The five men try to explain that the return of the money would cause all manner of bother for the insurance companies and besides, it only costs a penny per policy for the insurance company to recover the lost funds on their balance sheets. Yes, you benefitted in what you thought was an innocent manner.and UBER has benefitted most grandly is a less innocent manner. But the public has seen that penny per policy added to their taxes. This revolution is not really a revolution, it does nothing but changes the name of commercial transaction to "sharing". It's still a commercial transaction and thus it is not a revolution. And it's not even a separate economy. I am amazed that so many economists and business professors and leaders can't see the fraud for what it is, fraud. But the world is full of very intelligent but stupid people. Maybe that is why Hillary has a chance to be elected president.


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Tips to Choosing the very best Moving Company
Like within any industry, the house items company has its share of rogue companies that have been known to exploit the public. From refuting claims, lost possessions and holding the consumer's items for "ransom", reports of misuse by relocating business happen all frequently.
Most these consumer abuses occur by those moving companies that are running under their very own authority as well as are typically not connected with a major van line. These rogue movers will certainly usually function under their very own generic "van line" name.
Forty million people move each year and the large bulk are completed with consumer contentment by both, van lines as well as independent moving companies. These moving companies additionally often tend with the damaging impact positioned on them as well as the sector by the illegal business that take advantage of the consumer.
The significant source for the consumer that obtains captured in one of these relocating rip-offs usually lies with picking the most affordable valued moving company. Economics is certainly easy to understand, but going with the most inexpensive rate is typically a dish for calamity. Substantial research study and recognizing just how the moving sector operates, play essential factors in picking the very best moving company for your moving.
With May with October being the busiest time for movers, the optimal moving season will certainly quickly be coming close to as well as there are steps that customers could require to boost their possibilities of acquiring a care-free action:
Never employ a moving broker
See to it the relocating business has actually beened around for at the very least 7-10 years
See their workplace making certain they are who they claim they are
Never ever allow an "price quote" over the phone
See to it their trucks reveal the suitable markings as needed under government law
Check them out with the Bbb (BBB).
Inspect their ICC number against the FMCSA records.
These are merely a couple of steps that customers can require to verify a relocating firm's track record as well as record especially when it pertains to keeping your household items.
Most relocating companies provide storage facilities must you need to save your products until your residence is ready for the move-in process. Moving companies holding the consumer's possessions in storage space for "ransom" have actually been documented and also the FMCSA is now enforcing laws versus these sort of moving companies via the Map-21 Act.
Although these sort of events do occur, it is usually done by independent movers not associated with a major van line. If you should place your belongings in storage, it is suggested to deal only with a major van line that is widely known; not with an independent relocating business or a business which operates under its very own "van lines" name.
Although numerous independents can be trusted, the essential aspect below is for you, the customer, to have satisfaction. The greatest assurance you could have is to put your storage space in a storage establishment that you have complete control over such as a published here mini-storage facility.
By using a self-storage establishment, you and just you will hold the key and accessibility rights to your personal belongings. If you are worried about a possible "ransom" fraud by moving companies, this would minimize any sort of worries of such an occurrence occurring.
With research study and also examination and also fully understanding the household products relocating procedure, consumers could stay clear of becoming the next target to moving scams.


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What are three young children to do when both of their mothers are feeling exhausted and under the weather? Well...go freaking nuts, of course!
In my soon to be eight years of parenting experience, I have discovered an unusual, and somewhat alarming, trend. When Ruanita and I get sick, our children suddenly lose all ability to care for themselves. Right now, neither of us are deathly ill. But I am getting over a bad cold that seems to want to linger and continue causing me trouble. Ruanita is coming down with the same cold that I recently handed off to her. We both feel achy and draggy and yucky and sleepy (sounds like a litany of Snow White's reject dwarfs) and generally unfit for human contact. Unfortunately, neither of us is really sick enough to call into work and take a sick day. So when we get home from work, we want to do nothing more than lounge around in our ratty old pajamas and relax. One would think our completely capable children would allow their loving, doting, typically completely engaged mommies to have these few moments of uninterrupted rest. One would think wrong.
Our children see our simultaneous illnesses as an opportunity to regress. They can sniff out our exhaustion with the aptitude of the most skillful of bloodhounds. They sense our weakness and pounce. As I lay my virus-ridden body on the couch, trying desperately to gleam some sort of life-altering inspiration from Dr. Phil, my children plot their insidious plan.
It begins with Sophie, who quite suddenly is incapable of dressing her Disney princess Polly Pockets on her own. Have you met Polly and her friends? They are tiny dolls with plastic clothing that barely slide up over their bodies. In addition, they have these tiny high heeled shoes and necklaces that are no bigger than half an inch. They really should come packaged with magnifying glasses. And to make them even more heinous, the princess ones have dresses coated with glitter. I am not sure that I have expressed my all-encompassing hatred of glitter before in this blog. Suffice it to say that my loathing runs deep. So as I lay there, Sophie pours her entire container of Polly Pocket dolls and accessories on my hip and demands that I play with her. Of course, having curvaceous hips (to say the least), they all immediately roll onto the floor. An all out hissy-fit ensues as Sophie screams at me to help her pick them up before our cat swallows Cinderella's minuscule glass slippers. Rather than lounging around soaking in Dr. Phil's words of erudition, I find myself on my hands and knees peering under the couch for itsy-bitsy lost jewels and shoes. Bending over causes my head to explode.
As I crawl back onto the couch after the Polly Pocket debacle, Nicholas' face suddenly appears two inches from my nose.
"Momma," he whispers. "Can you see what I did in my pants?"
"What do you mean? What did you do in your pants?"
"I don't know."
"You don't know? How do you not know?"
"I don't know. Will you look?"
I grab his pants, spin him around, and cautiously peer into the back of his underwear. Sure enough, my completely potty-trained son....my four-year-old son...has pooped in his underwear. What the hell?
"Nicholas! Why did you poop in your pants?!"
"I don't know."
"Why did you not go to the potty?!"
"I don't know."
I am not buying it. I sense a conspiracy....a Machiavellian plan being hatched. I envision the kids huddled in their bedrooms. I'll pour Polly Pockets all over her and then you poop in your pants, okay? That'll teach her to get sick! I dragged myself from the couch once again and headed to the bathroom to scrape poop from my soon-to-be kindergartner's tush. The entire time I am cleaning him and re-dressing him, Nicholas is happily chatting about who-knows-what. I admit that I was not listening to the content of his chatter, but his tone was entirely too cheerful to have been post-accident. This was no accident!
When Nicholas was finally cleaned up, I resumed my post on the couch. My relaxation was short-lived, however. Lucas decided that he wanted to go play in the basement playroom. Unlike every other single day, Lucas suddenly decided that he could not unlock the basement door. Our basement door has a chain-lock near the top of the door...a throw-back to the days when the twins were toddling around and we were terrified of them opening the door and tumbling to their deaths at the bottom of the basement stairs. I no longer see a need for this lock, but Ruanita believes that the tiny, feeble lock will trap malevolent intruders and would-be mass murderers in our basement, allowing us time to call the police. Typically, Lucas will stand in a chair or grab a broom handle or somehow manage to open the lock himself. Yesterday, however, my infinitely capable son suddenly became conveniently incompetent. I yelled from the couch, "You can open the door yourself!" Lucas began to plead. Then he began to whine. Then he began to gripe, grouse, and grumble. I tried ignoring him. I turned up the television. Lucas, however, was a man on a mission. His mission? Quite simply to prevent me from getting comfortable or enjoying a moment's peace. I eventually gave in and opened the door for him. I decided the pay-off...all three children playing in the basement, a whole floor between us...was well worth the effort of prying my invalid body from the couch once more.
My children's attempts at ruining my afternoon of relaxation continued until well past their bedtime. I am afraid that they were entirely successful. I am also afraid this afternoon may hold more of the same. What is a poor mommy to do when faced with such cunning children? I suppose I could applaud their determination? Commend their ingenuity? Extol the virtues of their collaboration?
Or...I could just lock them in their bedrooms today.
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Children on a Mission
Posted by Shannon Ralph at 7:14 AM
3 comments:
- Jessica said...
Oh man, I also detest those Polly Pocket Princess things. I was hoping Audrey was kind of growing out of them, but then her grandma sent her two more for Christmas. AGH!
Hope there is no conspiracy today. ;)
- January 6, 2011 at 11:33 AM
- Shannon Ralph said...
Jessica--I had managed to steer Sophie clear of Polly Pockets altogether until her grandmother bought her the entire freaking princess set for Christmas! Grrr.
- January 6, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Or throw some food and jammies in the basement and lock that door. Very funny.
- January 9, 2011 at 10:52 AM


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Earlier I wrote a post wondering if it was time for the "tin foil hats". If you read it you will see I expressed my concern about the media making such a fuss (deserved or not, that's not for debate right now) about local police departments and their abuse of power.
In a nutshell my belief is that this has nothing to do with race.
Race may be the vehicle some are using to achieve a sinister goal but it is not their social concern. Social justice is the last thing on their mind because if it truly were these guys would be biting on the cyanide capsule.
In my previous post I expressed concern that soon the politicians will be calling for a national review of all police forces by the federal government and at some point suggest that the federal government take over all police forces across the country.
That's to be expected because fear mongering and lies is what keeps the politician employed.
What has bothered me the most since writing that piece is that I have actually seen common everyday working people suggest that the military and federal government take over all state and local police forces and fix the situation.
WTF – I am sorry but just how stupid are these people.
OK here is a little assignment for anyone who thinks that's a good idea.
Instead of watching cute kitten videos or complete morons inflict pain on themselves, or instead of hanging on the every word of the mindless whore sisters whose last name starts with a K and ends with "sians", how about your do some actual self improvement and research some of these subjects.
- Nazi Germany
- Gestapo
- Stalinist Russia
- Fascist Italy
If that's not enough examples for you of what can happen under a national police state let me know I'll be glad to send you some more examples from both past and present times.
But please don't research this on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.
Buy a book and read. If you like contact me and I'll send you a list of books or video series if you don't like to read.
I still cannot wrap my head around what would make anyone think a national police force is a good idea.
Let's look at the so called "problem" that suddenly has some people call for our very own version of the KGB in the USA. (Again buy a book and read about it if you don't know anything about the KGB).
How many of these "epidemic" problem arrest videos have you seen in the past year?
Is it one, five, ten, twenty, one hundred?
Do you know how many arrests are made each year across the USA?
How about this number: 11,205,833, that is what the FBI estimates as the number of arrests for 2014.
Let's get extreme. Let's say you saw 20 videos of police abusing power during an arrest. That's 0.000178% of all arrests.
Of course there should never ever be any abuse or brutality by any police or law enforcement organization but for 0.000178% of all arrests you are going to label this an epidemic and invite the federal government into you town to run your local police department. Let's talk about an abuse of power.
So if your kid gets picked up for doing something really stupid you better hope you're on the right side of the party lines. Oh they will know where you stand.
Now you'll get to plead your case in front of some corrupt, lying, buffoon, appointed career politician, some marginal bureaucrat from Washington DC.
Great so now you can watch your kid sit and rot as the wheels of justice turn ever so slow.
Or you can pay your bribe (they'll probably call it a tax) to get them out and then watch as your name goes on a secret list because you rocked the boat.
Most of the folks who are calling for a federal takeover of law enforcement I'm sure consider themselves to be progressive, enlightened people. They would be the first to call a conservative or libertarian a racist and a fascist.
Yet here they are calling for a process that was carried out by some of the most fascist, racist and monstrous regimes in history.
And by the way, you progressive, enlightened people, you'll be some of the first ones they'll come after. Your name will be at the top of the list.
Please wake up.
The federal government is not the answer, never has been, never will be, anytime, anywhere.
Individuals, individuals taking responsibility and having the freedom to solve their problems is the answer.
So to all you progressive, enlightened, socialist out there who are calling for the federal government to solve your problems, real or fabricated, I ask this. What color do you like your shirts, brown or black?
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I love it every time I see a brand new paved road, with the white stripes on each side and the two yellow stripes down the center. The paint is perfect, with no chips. The asphalt is black as a crayon, not faded and cracked by the sun. There are no grease spots. No vandalism. No potholes. A brand new, beautiful paved road - blemish free!
On the other side of the spectrum, I can appreciate "well traveled" roads. All the potholes represent large trucks who have used that path. The stones and rocks on the road are small pieces of the road which have broken off through years of hard work. Every grease spot is a reminder of a vehicle that has taken that route. The sun's rays have tried to destroy the road, fading and drying out the asphalt until it cracks. Yet, the road survives and continues to serve its purpose: providing a path for vehicles.
People are like the two roads. Some are blemish free (mostly just newborns). Some have the scars and visible damage of being well traveled. Most of us are in between those two extremes.
Yet picture each of those roads the morning after a blanket of snow has fallen. The "road" is no longer visible. All that can be seen is a clean sheet of pristine, white snow. The two roads look the same. The crayon black asphalt and the faded, cracked asphalt are hidden by the pristine white blanket of snow. Potholes and pebbles aren't visible.
Such is the effect of God's grace on us. Our pasts, whether blemish free or full of damage, is no longer visible or relevant. We are all brand new creatures. We are all the same.
Unlike a blanket of snow which can melt in a few hours, God's blanket of grace will never melt away. All of our mistakes and sins are covered and gone!
This post was inspired by the book What Can be Found in LOST by John Ankerburg and Dillon Burroughs.