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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27707218546210798692018-08-28T03:43:27.248-07:00Chocolate Covered XanaxSharing the joy of food, art, love, sex, commentary, gardening, crafts, Abba, alcoholic beverages and a genetic predisposition toward anxiety disorders....Kerihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-25291291396201744602010-02-13T22:13:00.000-08:002010-02-13T22:17:13.971-08:00Housewarming Party!We're moving to Wordpress. Please join us over there, and don't forget to update your links.

The all new Chocolate Covered XanaxKristabelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-43830084058653468062010-02-04T14:21:00.000-08:002010-02-04T23:39:08.942-08:00Licking the bowlMy last post may have been just a tad bit morose. The morning after writing it I sat down at the computer and found myself completely embarrassed. Why, oh why, can't I simply write sometimes and not push the publish button? Disgusted, I closed the lid and haven't been able to write anything since.

Then I opened the new book I'd just started reading. "A Homemade Life" by Molly Wizenberg, who is also the author of the fabulous food blog orangette, is a memoir about life with food in the middle. As I became thoroughly engrossed in the stories and recipes, I ran across this paragraph:

I guess you could say that having a blog is a little like the windows of a house I used to live in during my sophomore year of college. I loved opening them wide during the day, so that the smell of the eucalyptus trees outside could drift in and sweep out the rooms. But occasionally I would come home and find a squirrel on my desk. A live squirrel. He would have climbed up the tree outside and jumped in through the window, and now here he was, rifling with his tiny, scratchy claws through whatever he found, tearing up every paper and scrap. Blogging is a little like that. It's an incredible pleasure to open the window, to put yourself out in the world that way. It's even better than the scent of eucalyptus. But occasionally you come home and find a squirrel on the desk, so to speak; a nasty comment, maybe, or even worse, something you wrote yourself, probably late at night, when you should have been sleeping, something that makes your cheeks hot.

Oh, happy day. It's not just me. Molly's had publish button regret too. I'm not alone in the world.

And with that epiphany, there was only one thing to do. Make Molly's chocolate cake.

This cake, a French melting chocolate cake, only uses five ingredients. And only one tiny tablespoon of flour. Do you know what that means? That means the majority of the cake is made from butter and chocolate. This is not a cake for the weak.

The ingredients: 7 ounces good quality chocolate (at least 60% cocoa solids - I used an extra dark semi-sweet), 1 and 3/4 sticks of butter, 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, 5 eggs and 1 tablespoon flour.

Chop the chocolate into little pieces, cut the butter into small cubes and put them in a bowl. Microwave them for 30-second bursts, stirring between each burst. Pretty soon the chocolate and butter will melt together and turn into smooth, sultry liquid velvet, just perfect for smearing on an inner thigh.

Stir in the sugar, mix well, and let the batter cool for about five minutes. Then add the eggs one at a time, stirring well after each egg. And then the one tiny tablespoon of flour. Mix that in too.

Pour the batter into a buttered cake pan. (Molly says to also line it with parchment, but I never do. It worked just fine without it.)

If you can restrain yourself from licking the bowl and spoon, you have a lot more discipline than me, although that's really not saying much.

Bake it in a 375 degree oven for about 25 minutes. You'll know it's done when it's not jiggly in the middle, and when it's a bit puffed up and crackly. Scientific, no? You'll want to cool it in the pan on a rack for about 15 minutes. Then flip it out onto a plate upside down. Use another plate on top and then flip them both over so the cake is right side up. This is a bit complicated, but you can do it. Trust me.

Despite its humble appearance, this cake is absolutely delicious. Tasting like a brownie mixed with the inside of a truffle topped with a thirty-minute orgasm, it's deep, rich and totally decadent. I served it with lightly sweetened fresh whipped cream.

Molly calls this the "Winning Hearts and Minds Cake." I think it could win over a few other body parts as well.

Enjoy!Kristabelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-4931262303573640582010-01-21T13:29:00.000-08:002010-01-21T17:41:57.200-08:00Have you ever had one of those dayswhen you wake up at 3 a.m. with your bed so full of regrets and resentments that there's no room for you anymore so you force yourself to just get up?

Have you ever realized that you're holding onto your anger for no good reason like it's your Great Aunt Inez's fine crystal vase, and if you happen to take just one finger off it then the whole thing might crash to the floor beneath and break into a million tiny little pieces, and you'll be left standing there naked and vulnerable for the whole world to see?

Have you ever wandered around Old Town wondering why you're in such a horrible mood and wanting to blame it on PMS but realizing that would be betraying all your feminist principles as well as allowing your first ex-husband to have been right about something. And then you plop down painfully on the sidewalk because you dropped your keys in the gutter and stumbled trying to pick them up with the sudden realization that you now have to embarrassingly specify between your first and your second ex-husbands?

Have you ever become disgusted at your own self-absorbed melodrama and told yourself - For Fuck's Sake Look at Haiti and Shut the Hell Up- but then still shed a tear when the girl at Los Bagels rolls her eyes at you because she made your bagel for here and you need it to go, and you wonder if you told her the wrong thing to begin with by mistake because you just turned 40 and senility is waiting right there around the corner?

Yeah, me neither.Kristabelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-53938847330073932972010-01-20T22:00:00.000-08:002010-01-20T22:17:23.145-08:00Country WavingI'm sure you remember my film making friend Kristin and her amazing movie about Blocksburg.

Here's her latest. It's a totally charming as well as useful film about the ins and outs of waving in the country. It'll be shown at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada next week.

Enjoy!

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Date: January 18, 2010
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Place: Bayshore Mall, Eureka

Two women and a man are eating bad Chinese food in the Cafe Court of the Bayshore Mall and talking about their online dating adventures.

Woman 1: Every man who I think might be the slightest bit interesting turns out to be a complete freak. The last one I was talking to made some crack about drowning me.

Woman 2: Not really the kind of joke you should make if you want someone to actually meet you.

Woman 1: No kidding!

Man: Meanwhile, I met a guy online who's a real estate developer in Fort Bragg and owns two houses. He sounds really great.

Woman 1: Why couldn't I have just been born a gay man?

Man: A gay man without a gag reflex. It helps.Kristabelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-75624274703895264032010-01-10T17:34:00.000-08:002010-01-11T13:01:54.196-08:00Monday WishesWishes are a funny thing. They seem to be an innate act for some of us, while for others, they're a struggle. I went to a birthday party yesterday for twins who were turning 3. When we told them to blow out their candles and make a wish they did just that. No questioning or wondering what to wish for. They knew exactly what they wanted.

I'm one of those who hope that my wish was good enough. I wonder, should it have been made just for me or should I have made it for those who have less? Would I be shallow if I wished for material possessions or should I stick with strengthening my soul and hoping for good health? I don't want to waste a perfectly good wish on silly things.

Today, my wish comes less burdened by extraneous thoughts because it's truly and only for someone else. It's for one person who is beautifully articulate in her deeds and words. Who makes me giggle and snort and laugh like I haven't in a long time. It's the one person who knows that underneath my thick exterior there is imperfection and insecurities. She doesn't care though. She loves me just the same, and I reciprocate.

My wish for her today is that she feels loved, appreciated and needed (because she is). I wish for her eternal happiness that is tempered with just a touch of bittersweet (because nobody likes sugar all the time). And lastly, I wish...
that Kristabel has the most.................well, I can't tell you because it won't come true.

Happy Birthday beautiful! I love and miss you. Wish I could be there on this super special occasion.

Kerihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-62984867550603713232010-01-03T15:24:00.000-08:002010-01-03T16:26:48.872-08:00Top 10 Joys of '09
It's a new year, and unlike some of the more industrious people I know, I just don't do resolutions. But a new year is a good time to take a look at the previous one, and that's what I've been doing today. Here's a list of the top 10 joys of 2009 in my little world.

10. Oatmeal and beets
I've never liked either one of these foods. Then suddenly this year I began, with reckless abandon, eating oatmeal with almond butter and bananas, and roasted beets with goat cheese. Yummy (pay attention to this adjective. It will resurface later.)

9. Art
I am so fortunate that I am surrounded by amazing art and artists every day - even on the dumpsters in the alley on the walk to Ramone's.

8. Old friends
Man, I love you guys.

7. New friends
Joining a book club was something I never thought I'd do, but when a friend told me that not only was it not required that you even read the book, but that the meetings revolved mainly around the food, which was always thematic, I figured I'd have to at least give it a try. The last book we read was "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" by David Sedaris. Since it was set in France and a wacky neighbor made strange Italian-sounding dishes, the food for the meeting included lasagna, croissants, cheese and wine. One woman also announced that she would be bringing Bananas Foster. I didn't really get how that went along with the theme, but who's going to turn down Bananas Foster? At the meeting, she cooked the brown sugar, butter and bananas together until they formed a delectable smelling sauce. She then poured in rum, lit it on fire, and as the flames began shooting up out of the pan threatening to set the kitchen on fire, she threw her own arms up in the air and started shouting, "When you are engulfed in flames! When you are engulfed in flames! I win!!!" God, I love this book club.

6. Old family
Man, I love you guys.

5. New family
Okay, I know you're not exactly officially or legally or anything my new family. And I know it's a little embarrassing that you probably know a lot more about me than you probably want to and more than most of my old family because of this blog, but...well...I like you a bunch.

4. Blogs
I swear I would have no idea what was going on in our community or the rest of the world without blogs. Plus I've met the smartest, wittiest, sexiest, most interesting people in Humboldt through them. You know who you are.

3. Champipple, limoncello and Saturday Night
Bomp chicka bow wow....hic....chicka bomp....hic....chicka bow bow. Yeah.

2.  That guy with the big hands
A new year has never looked sweeter.

1. Beautiful, beautiful Humboldt County
Are those of us who live here the luckiest people on the planet? Why yes we are.

Lest you think it's all sweetness and light around here, coming up next will be my top ten irks and irritations of '09.

Happy New Year!Kristabelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-48817219770852876072009-12-28T17:30:00.000-08:002009-12-28T19:14:28.450-08:00Are you there, vodka? It's me, Kristabel.This year Dad and Mama Xanax are spending the holidays with my brother and his family in New York. When they told me a couple of months ago, I knew I would miss them, but that it would mean a different sort of Christmas for me. No obligatory family events, no shopping stress, no oven-slaving, no fake cheer. I revelled in the thought of the fabulous Un-Christmas I was going to have.

Then I realized that it also meant a holiday without Mama Xanax's pecan pie. This would have to be remedied. Unfortunately I have a little pie issue. No matter how hard I try, I cannot make a decent pie crust. If it's not so tough it's unchewable, it's so flaky it falls apart during the rolling, and I end up piecing it together in the pan, and then the filling seeps out the bottom making everything a soggy mess. I've tried every recipe I can find, including the nasty no-fail vinegar crust. I've asked every expert pie maker I know for tips. I've watched others make them. I've read books. I've watched videos. And always failing, I have resorted to buying pre-made crust, which although it holds together, is really thin and awful tasting.

So it was with great skepticism that I read the rave reviews for a pie crust developed by Cook's Illustrated using vodka. Something about gluten not forming in vodka which keeps the dough moist and flaky...blah blah science stuff blah... But then I thought about my own life, and how vodka has often been the answer to a variety of problems. Why not pie crust? So I decided to try it.

Here are the ingredients: flour, salt, very cold unsalted butter, very cold shortening, sugar and vodka. Oh, and ice water. That's not in the picture. Sorry. Some people like to use all butter. Some people like to use all shortening (although why you'd want to do that and not have that sublime butter flavor is beyond me, and we're not even going to talk about that disgusting butter-flavored shortening.) I'm pretty sure you can do whatever you want; I just decided to follow the recipe this time. Mix the flour, salt and sugar in a bowl.

Cut the butter and shortening into little cubes. If you use a food processor like the recipe in the link says, your cubes don't have to be quite as small. I like to do it the old fashioned way so I can pretend I'm Laura Ingalls Wilder. Except now I'm most likely old enough to be Ma Wilder. Sob.

Use a pastry blender or two knives to start cutting up the cubes of fat and mixing them with the flour mixture.

Keep blending and cutting until the mixture looks like yellowish cottage cheese. I realize that doesn't sound very appetizing, so just bend over and smell the butter. Then sprinkle the vodka and the water over the top of the dough.

Use a spatula to mix it all together. Now bend over and smell the vodka. Really I just like telling you to bend over.

Then use your hands to knead the dough until it's smooth and holds together. This is what happens when you ask your perverted boyfriend to take a close-up of the dough kneading. You get a cleavage shot instead. The dough will be very wet and very sticky. As will your cleavage if you're doing it right.

Split the dough in half, shape it into balls, flatten them into disks, wrap them in plastic and stick them in the refrigerator to chill. This dough is so sticky you have to chill it a long time in order for it to be firm and workable - probably at least two hours.

This was the perfect time to take a break and have a little Un-Christmas celebration: Chinese food and horror movies.

Spread some flour on the counter, unwrap your dough and roll it out to fit your pie pan. I was nervous, but look... no tears! It held together perfectly and was so easy to work with.

Put it in your pan and crimp the edges in whatever pretty way you want.

Then you get to fill it. I used the pecan pie recipe on the bottle of Karo syrup because that's what Mama Xanax uses. I also broke into her stash and used these amazing pecans from Georgia she has our southern belle cousin send every year.

One day I'm going to artfully arrange the pecans in gorgeous concentric circles on top of the pie. This was not that day.

Throw it in the oven and bake it based on whatever you've filled it with. It was so fun watching this pie bake. You could actually see the vodka bubbling along the edges of the crust as it cooked out. I was so transfixed, in fact, that I forgot to take a picture, but you'll see for yourself. Look at this beautiful thing.

And the taste test? Oh. dear. god. This is the best pie crust I've ever eaten in my life. And what's more...I actually made it. There's no trace of vodka at all. It's tender, flaky, buttery and absolutely perfect.

I took a slice to Grandma Xanax on Christmas day and excitedly told her about the new recipe. "Sounds like a waste of good vodka," she muttered, but this is a woman who could probably make pie crust in one hand while plucking a chicken with the other.

Enjoy!

Link to the recipe at Serious EatsKristabelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-24973230919789082582009-12-22T12:46:00.000-08:002009-12-22T12:48:57.170-08:00I heart Christmas typos.

That's how I like my Herald Angels singing too, sister!Kristabelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-6490500466644168152009-12-16T11:53:00.000-08:002009-12-16T11:57:08.187-08:00Dear Santa, No thank you. Love, Kristabel

Photo credit to Bumblebee, who was standing outside Broadway Animal Hospital laughing so hard the picture is blurry.
Kristabelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-83796722436114084742009-12-15T21:38:00.000-08:002009-12-15T21:41:03.935-08:00Mountain Lions, Anacondas and Cupcakes Redux (aka Happy Birthday, you)My cousin Keri will be celebrating her birthday tomorrow. I hope it's filled with all of her favorite things. I was fortunate to be able to see her on Thanksgiving, and we spent a few good hours reminiscing and completely boring our partners. Keri and I started Chocolate Covered Xanax over two years ago when she came to spend a long weekend in Bear River. We wanted to use it as a way to keep in touch with each other. On Thanksgiving we talked about the adventures of that weekend (and about how things just may slow down for her soon, and she can start writing again. Crossing fingers.) So I thought I'd bore our partners...and anyone else who's already heard this story...yet again. Because when I think back on it, I get that warm fuzzy feeling that only homemade limoncello and near-death experiences can give. And I get a little tear in my eye because I love and miss Keri and wish I was celebrating with her right now. And it's our blog; we can be sappy and repeat ourselves if we want to, damn it. Happy Birthday, beautiful.

Mountain Lions, Anacondas and Cupcakes
June 21, 2007

It's almost 1 a.m. on the longest day of the year. I should definitely be asleep by now, but the sudden realization that Keri and I could have died, or at the very least been made horribly unattractive yesterday, is keeping me awake. It could also be the amazing orgasm I just enjoyed or the late-in-the-day caffeine fix.

After spending most of yesterday drinking homemade limoncello while making Brady Bunch tiki talismans out of clothespins, Keri and I needed a break. I hadn't shown her much of the valley yet, so we set out on a little late afternoon drive. First we headed to the toilet graveyard that sits about a quarter-mile away from my house. I have no idea what past lives these toilets have led, but every time I go by, the rancher who owns the property seems to have added more, and I am usually compelled to leave flowers.

Suitably impressed with the graveyard, Keri wanted to see more of this great land, so we headed up the mountain toward Southmayd Ranch. It's an eerie drive - dark, wooded, steep - there is a patch of trees that seems to have been afflicted with a disease at one point as they appear black, dead and decidedly ominous. Once you reach the top of the mountain, the sky opens up, and there is an absolutely gasp-inducing view of the valley below. A small house sits at the top of this road with a deck that juts out over the side of the mountain. The house is very rustic - faded wood siding and a variety of different-sized windows. It looks like it was pieced together from parts of other houses abandoned long ago. There used to be a young couple that lived there, but on this day, there was no sign of life at all. The yard was overgrown, and from the little bit that we could see through the dusty windows, the place looked empty. We stopped the car, and Keri said to me with the persuasiveness of one skilled at peer pressure, "You know you want to break in and look inside."

We opened the gate at the top of the driveway and began walking toward the house. As we got close, I stood on my tiptoes trying to get a look at the inside. Not being able to see much, I continued walking past the house to try to get a look in the side windows. Keri, on the other hand, opened the front gate and began heading down the hill toward the deck. She had decided that the best way to see the house would be to scale the deck and get in through the screen door.

I stood watching her, admiring the fact that her six-foot willowy legs could easily climb the wooden posts while my short and stout ones are chronically planted to the earth. She had just about reached the deck when suddenly a noise came bellowing from the shadows underneath. It sounded like the whoosh of a gas heater being turned on followed by the deepest, most resonant growl I have ever heard, and I got the distinct impression that it was a territorial warning. We both froze in place. My eyes darted around wildly looking for large rocks, sticks, super hero powers or a strapping ranch hand with a big gun, but there was no such luck. Keri turned to me and said with extreme calm, "Did you hear that?" And suddenly we both realized we were definitely in the wrong place at the wrong time. She turned and got out of the yard as quickly as she could, and we both walked back to the car swinging our arms above our heads and talking very loudly, which is what I've always been told to do when accidentally crossing the path of a mountain lion. Of course, we're not sure that it was a mountain lion......

We both slammed the doors of the car and sat shakily trying to breathe for several minutes. As soon as I could get a steady hand on the steering wheel, I turned the car around and began the descent back down the mountain. With the windows open and the smell of the evergreen needles wafting in, I could almost forget our narrow escape.

I was just about to turn on some roller-skating-in-the-driveway-in-my-Joan-Jett-headband music when a movement from the woods caught the corner of my eye, and I heard a rustling sound near the edge of the road. Choosing to ignore it, I remained looking straight ahead. And then I heard Keri say the words that every girl loathes to hear while in the dark forest,

"What the fuck was that?"

Apparently, we had disturbed a giant snake in his journey across the road. Keri said that it was about the diameter of a stop sign pole, although my boyfriend says that it got bigger every time she told the story. Boys. She watched it rise above the road in a writhing, angry snake dance and slither off into the trees. I looked at her incredulously. "How'd we get to Jurassic Park?"

Rolling up the windows and locking the doors, I continued down the hill and was ecstatic to see the open pasture and my cute little house - where only birds, deer, bats and the occasional mischievous raccoon or possum frolic nearby.

After our frightening adventures in the wilderness, Keri and I came to a quick conclusion that a little baking therapy was in order. And that it must, of course, include chocolate.

I'm a scratch baking kind of girl - organic butter, high-quality chocolate, real Mexican vanilla. I'd rather have an invasive medical procedure without anesthesia while being preached at by Pat Robertson than serve someone a cake topped with that nasty, tongue-coating frosting made from Crisco. But in this case, instant gratification was definitely more important than gourmet quality.

At our grandparents' house in Samoa, there was always a crystal bowl filled with wrapped candy sitting on the coffee table. Keri's favorite was the triple-layered coconut neapolitans, and mine was the chocolates filled with fruit cream - especially the ones with the delicious orange filling. It was just these candies that I thought of as I opened the cupboard and saw a box of Trader Joe's chocolate orange cake mix. Perfect.

I mixed up the cupcakes while Keri whipped up a lovely orange juice glaze. In about a half-hour we were happily licking sweet chocolate crumbs and tart citrus icing off our fingers. That once-uncomfortable feeling of having narrowly escaped tragedy somehow mixed with the lusciousness in our stomachs and became something more akin to a fuzzy daydream.
Kristabelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-18874549765692251432009-12-12T20:39:00.000-08:002009-12-12T20:40:30.975-08:00Art AppreciationMark and I had a lovely time in SoHum today. We went to the Winter Arts Faire at the Mateel and saw all sorts of beautiful handmade goods and art. We ate some delicious squash lasagna and listened to some hippie dippy Christmas celtic music.

After that we headed into Garberville where we walked around looking at more beautiful art and people until the rain caused me to come down with a severe whining disorder. We ducked into a coffee shop, got warmed and caffeinated, and all was right with the world again.

I thought I'd share my very favorite piece of art. It was hanging above our table, and I couldn't stop staring at it. Its title: Mystery Hottie.

I think a better title would be Mystery Hottie Wearing a Bad Toupee.

Or....Mystery Hottie Hasn't Noticed a Mangy Shih Tzu is Sitting on her Head. Feel free to add your own suggestions.

P.S. Mystery Hottie can be yours for only $200 at Flavors Coffee Shop.Kristabelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-74767573151919181582009-12-08T13:24:00.000-08:002009-12-08T13:37:22.622-08:00Did you hear that? (Double Bonus DYHT week)Date: December 8
Time: 12 p.m.
Place: Cafe Court, Bayshore Mall, Eureka, CA

A somewhat neurotic man and a very helpful woman are eating cheap Chinese food and chatting.

Man: I've been wanting to put my computer out in the living room instead of the bedroom, but I'm afraid that when the neighbor kids jump on the trampoline they'll be able to see the porn through the window.

Woman: Well, you could hang a curtain.

Man:  Good idea. Did you know that I always clear all my private data everytime I get off the computer? All the history and everything.

Woman: Why? So your dog won't see what you've been looking at?

Man: I'm afraid that if a burglar ever comes in my house, he'll steal my computer and then see all my porn.

Woman: Huh. I think you should just stick a note on it that says, "Dear Burglars, please don't judge."

Kristabelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-50651209452520293562009-12-05T22:34:00.000-08:002010-01-07T05:12:40.558-08:00Did you hear that?Date: December 5
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: An Arts Alive venue in Old Town, Eureka

A man, as part of a large crowd enjoying a holiday choir performance, turns to the woman standing next to him and says:

"That was the biggest jingle bell clusterfuck I've ever heard."

Kristabelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-39405619556017104952009-11-23T18:24:00.000-08:002009-11-23T18:39:55.150-08:00Beginnings and endings, they make a girl ramble. And cry. And eat.My world has been filled with beginnings and endings lately, and no one who knows me will be surprised that I shed many tears through each one. Tears of joy. Tears of sorrow. Tears of anger. Tears because that's what happens when I try to express any god damn emotion at all.

Last weekend was my aunt Teresa's memorial service. My family and I sat together and watched a fantastic video my uncle Ken put together celebrating Teresa's life. For the last several years she had been very sick and could barely move or talk. She laid in bed most of the time. This was the last image of her for most of us.

But on the video we watched the Teresa we hadn't seen in a long time - a girl who rode horses and walked her pet pig on a leash through the streets of Rio Dell. A woman who jumped out of planes while raving about her parachuting instructor's ass. A woman who spoke out for the rights of people with disabilities and worked tirelessly to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis research.

We watched, remembered, laughed, cried and talked. And then, of course, we ate. A lot.

The day before Teresa's service, Mark and I attended a beautiful wedding on Moonstone Beach. Kim, one of my favorite human beings on the planet, married Jack, who is madly in love with her. Kim has always wanted nothing more than to simply live happily ever after, but yet it's eluded her time and again. Until now, that is.

We watched Kim and Jack, surrounded by the many people who love them, wiggle, giggle, make vows to one another and kiss and kiss and kiss. And then, of course, we ate. A lot. And drank. A lot.

Today I attended a funeral for the father of a friend. Her father was also a good friend of my dad. She and her mom sat with perfect posture at the front of the church as one by one, people told stories and shared memories about their dad and husband. He was loved and will be missed by many.

I'm always astounded by people who show such poise in the midst of great sadness. When someone close to me dies, I sob, wail, pound my fists, scream even. I wear my grief like a gigantic Carmen Miranda headdress gone sour, and everyone can smell the rotten fruit before I even enter the room.

Afterward, I hugged my sweet friend and tried not to say anything trite. And then, of course, we ate. A lot.

A little over a year ago, I moved into this tiny little funky cottage in the middle of Loleta. Unable to be seen from the street and totally surrounded by trees, I've always felt like a fat little bird here, completely safe from predators. Now there will be a new bird in the nest. A tall thin one who has a habit of leaving his clothes right in the middle of the floor where I trip on them in the dark.

Mark is deep but uncomplicated. He is smart, even-keeled and incredibly kind. He has changed my life in ways I could never have imagined. Plus, he makes me laugh. And I make him laugh. How much better can it possibly get than that? So with simultaneous excitement and trepidation, I'm making room and clearing clutter. We'll add shelves and move furniture. With some benadryl, ear plugs and luck, this beginning may ease into a comfortable middle where we'll kiss and cry and love and live happily ever after. Oh, and eat, of course. A lot.Kristabelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-44633883361430953642009-11-20T19:54:00.000-08:002009-11-20T20:25:34.220-08:00Please Buy Local and Handmade. Pretty please? With a glob of glitter glue on top?Here's my shameless plug for the holiday season. This Sunday is Handmade Holidays, another fab indie craft fair put together by the Crafty Mavericks. It's at the Bayside Grange from 10 - 4. There are over 35 vendors, all selling magnificent handcrafted goods, as well as live music, cupcakes and so much more. It's going to be a great time.

I'll be unveiling my new line of pendants made out of upcycled maps.

There's plenty from the older lines as well.

Bird Pendants

Weird images from vintage dictionaries

Vintage sheet music and sexy postcards

And lots and lots of words

Why did I think someone would want to hang a bauble with the word bacon around their neck? Because I was hungry when I made it. And high on vicodin.

Hope to see you there.Kristabelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-50986109633060540732009-11-11T21:48:00.000-08:002009-11-11T21:48:56.483-08:00Did You Hear That?
Date: November 11, 2009
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Place: The Spa at Personal Choice, Old Town, Eureka

Three women are talking about the pros and cons of several local dining establishments.

Woman #1: I have a policy not to eat anywhere with a sneeze guard.

Woman #2: The last time my husband and I went out to dinner he found a button in his mashed potatoes. A button! It came off of one of the waiter's uniforms. He didn't find it until it was in his mouth.

Woman #3: Well.....I'll never forget the time I found a mop string in my crab cake.Kristabelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-89725920032921143442009-10-27T21:15:00.000-07:002009-10-28T19:54:33.636-07:00Alphabet: A History (B is for Burnt Sienna)B is for Burnt Sienna

One summer when I was eight years old, my Aunt Teresa gave me my first set of real paint. Not plastic tubs or dried tablets in a hinged box, but metal tubes full of thick acrylic goodness.

I held each tube one by one reading the names that were written underneath a small square showing the color inside. I knew right away that these were no ordinary colors, for instead of the plain red and blue and yellow I was used to, long foreign names took their place. Napthol Crimson. Indigo. Vermilion. Ultramarine. Burnt Sienna.

Teresa squeezed the brownish Burnt Sienna from one of the tubes onto a plastic palette. I watched in fascination as she mixed in a little bit of Ochre and then a dab of Titanium White. "There," she said. "Remember....the color of the grass on the sand dunes at the beach starts with Burnt Sienna."

Aunt Teresa brought more than just color into my life.

When I was in high school and had begun to have sex with my boyfriend for the first time, she wanted to talk to me about it. "I'm not going to tell you about love or diseases or birth control," she said. "I know you know all that stuff already. What I want to know is if he's giving you orgasms. Because if he's not, you need to teach him how. It's important."

Very early in my first marriage, I found that to continue to carry the baby growing inside me would result in my death. It was Teresa who sat beside me with silent streaming tears as I learned to maneuver the needles I would have to stick in my stomach for two weeks preceding the abortion.

When this same marriage failed, and no one around me knew what to say, Teresa didn't say anything. She sent me a book titled, "100 Things You Don't Need a Man For." With a $5 bill as a bookmark so that I could drink a mocha while reading it.

That same summer of 1978 when Teresa gave me the acrylic paints, she also took me to Clam Beach for a sunset picnic. She spread out a blanket behind a sand dune to shield us from the wind. Out of a brown paper bag she lifted a loaf of bread and a large thermos.

"Is that hot chocolate?" I asked, licking my hopeful lips.

"Even better," Teresa answered. She unscrewed the lid, and the richly-scented steam filled the air around us. "This is called fondue. It's made out of hot cheese. You tear off a piece of bread, dip it into the cheese and eat them together. It's sooooo good."

It sounded good to me, and it smelled even better, so I quickly ripped a hunk of bread off the loaf.

"Before you eat it, you have to promise me you won't tell your mom about the fondue," Teresa said, her voice dropping to a whisper, "because I put wine in it."

Elated that the aunt I so much admired thought I was grown up enough to eat wine, I promised her I'd never say a word. I then dipped the bread into the thermos of gooey cheese and took a small bite. It was delicious. I grabbed an even bigger hunk, drenched it with an even bigger gob of cheese and stuffed it into my mouth.

Teresa and I ate the whole loaf before falling on our backs to lick the last of the sticky fondue off our fingers, surrounded by the grass on the sand dunes, whose color started with Burnt Sienna.

My dear Aunt Teresa passed away last week after an exceptionally long battle with multiple sclerosis. She will be greatly missed.

Read Alphabet: A History (A is for Art) here.Kristabelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-39521267929549180372009-10-14T09:41:00.000-07:002009-10-14T09:54:27.558-07:00Culinary Travels with New York Little BrotherMy wife and I attended a wedding last weekend in a small town in Wisconsin. A few hours to kill before the wedding found us driving around looking at the fall foliage, drinking cider and enjoying some time completely unscheduled without the kids.

To my delight, we found ourselves smack- dab in the middle of a Columbus Day Weekend street fair and carnival. Wandering around listening to locals argue about which is a better mascot, a Packer or a Bear, sampling endless supplies of free cheese and listening to high school cheerleaders rattle off cheers and chants about the dogs and bratwurst they were peddling at their fundraising stand, I ran into this beauty of a sign:

Knowing my love of Mexican food, you can imagine my eye was first drawn to the "taco" portion of the sign. Walking tacos no less, whatever the hell that might be...I immediately inquired. I expected them to be wrapped in foil. As this was a street fair, I assumed it would allow one to walk around with said tacos. I was wrong. You see in Wisconsin, walking tacos refers to the meat in the tacos. Anything that used to walk can be put in them. In this case it was pig (yes, the guy said pig and not pork,) and chicken. Apparently cow and bull had been sold out by the time I got there.

Two chickens and a pig later, my attention was drawn to bacon...chocolate covered bacon! What, are you kidding me? Two of the most wonderful treats in the world, finally dating long enough to have offspring.

As you can imagine, the young lass that accompanied me to this fair had stayed at this stand long enough to be polite and hear the history of walking tacos, but at this point had had enough and wandered off to look at more exciting local handicrafts such as wooden spoon kitchen witches, doilies and such.

Jim, the corn fed gent that walked me through the taco talk, pointed to the sign just as I was finishing up chicken #2. Mouth full, I gave him a head nod, and held up three fingers. Jim took three slices of raw bacon, dipped each into a vat of melted chocolate, and let them cool for just long enough to make sure the chocolate stuck to every inch. Transfer to the even bigger vat of hot oil was smooth. A couple of minutes later, I was in heaven...pig and chocolate heaven.

And I thought the only thing I was really going to like in Wisconsin was the cheese. So happy to be wrong about that!ny little brohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-76798874295347520482009-10-13T15:56:00.000-07:002009-10-13T16:02:41.602-07:00The absolute best time to get your Saturday Night. Revised. Yet again.
is on a stormy Tuesday afternoon.

I know it's been awhile, but you remember the tune. Sing it with me.

Bomp chicka bow wow....chicka bomp chicka bow bow.

Mmmmm hmmmmmm.Kristabelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-58393235588095653732009-10-09T14:44:00.000-07:002009-10-09T22:55:33.369-07:00It's like holding autumn in the palm of your hand. And then cramming it in your mouth. While moaning in ecstasy.Cheddar cheese on apple pie; you either love it or you hate it. The rest of my family thinks it's really weird, but my mom and I just can't get enough of that glorious combination.

Fortunately for me Mama Xanax has a few trees, and she always shares. Golden Delicious apples are ripe right now - perfect for pies topped with thick slices of extra sharp cheddar, which was what I was planning to make last night. Then I saw this recipe over at Bon Appetit and just had to try it. If you're one of those that loves a little cheddar with your apple, you should too. And if you're one of those who's never tried it but thinks it sounds a little weird, these will win you over. These apple turnovers are quick, easy and really delicious. Here we go:

2 medium Golden Delicious apples, peeled, halved, cored, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (I used three because they were small apples.)
1 1/2 cups grated extra-sharp cheddar cheese
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup sweetened dried cranberries
Pinch of salt
1 17.3-ounce package frozen puff pastry (2 sheets), thawed
1 large egg, beaten with 1 teaspoon water to blend (for glaze)
Sugar (Oops - I left the sugar out of the picture. Pretend there's a bowl of chunky raw sugar sitting next to the apples.)

Take the first six ingredients and mix them together in a bowl. Isn't that lovely? A perfect marriage of fruits and nuts with some sharpness thrown in for flavor - kinda like the comments section at the Humboldt Herald.

Then take your thawed sheets of puff pastry and use something round, like this small dish, to cut four circles out of each sheet. Place the rounds on a baking sheet covered in parchment paper.

Then spoon the filling onto half of the rounds.

Make an egg wash by beating an egg with a little water.

Brush a little bit of the wash around the edges of the rounds and fold over. Then use the tines of a fork to seal it tightly and make it look pretty.

Cut a couple of small slits in the top, brush the tops with more egg wash and sprinkle on the sugar.

Mmmm. Mmmmm. Mmmmmm. See how my turnovers are bursting open at the seams and spilling out everywhere? This is because I filled them too full as I'm just a more-is-better kind of girl. I'm sure you'll be completely cautious and frugal with your filling.

Enjoy!

UPDATE: Some sweet jackass who really knows how to grate my cheese noticed that I didn't give any baking info. Sorry! Bake them at 400 degrees for about 25 minutes. Remove them with a spatula onto a wire rack as soon as they come out of the oven, otherwise they'll stick.Kristabelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-15887742714452865392009-09-29T12:45:00.000-07:002009-09-29T12:49:25.751-07:00If you haven't eaten lunch yet....You might want to check out the specials at World Cup on F street.

My lips are just....tingling.

Kristabelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-16990685249413409712009-09-24T16:28:00.000-07:002009-09-24T16:28:42.065-07:00Unmarked and UnnamedAt the edge of the Ukiah Valley Cemetery, there is what appears to be a large parking lot. Composed of dirt and gravel, it stretches nearly 100 yards before the ground breaks into well-cared for headstones placed carefully with flowers and memorabilia. Only it isn't a parking lot.

It is a mass grave where 433 people with disabilities have been buried. Buried and forgotten. Unmarked and unnamed.

On Monday, September 21, I was fortunate to be able to attend the seventh annual Day of Remembrance coordinated by the California Memorial Project. A collaboration between several California agencies, the purpose of the project is to remember and honor over 45,000 people who died and were buried in mass and unmarked graves in state hospitals and developmental centers.

Led by people with disabilities, a number of whom have lived in state institutions, the project is an enormous act of advocacy - they are reclaiming and healing their shared history by honoring those before them. They are achieving this by restoring the cemeteries at the state institutions, recording the stories of people who lived in them by decade, and documenting the history of the client/survivor movement in California.

After an opening ceremony at the mass grave site, we were led into the heart of the cemetery to another, much smaller, unmarked grave. People attending were then given the opportunity to share their stories and remembrances.

Some spoke with obvious pain about their own experiences of living in an institution. One woman was committed when she was fifteen because "in those days your parents didn't have to have a reason. They could just put you in there if they were tired of you." She talked about being abused by staff people and witnessing a murder. Others spoke about the horrific experiences of their family members.

Some read poems and others sang songs.

Undeserved confinement,
Someone's Grandpa
Sitting in a chair,
Watching birds sitting in a tree...
Lost lonely souls,
Souls not as lost as presumed,
Touched by the light of the universe.

One man said that he had survived over 140 shock therapy treatments. "One day I saw a little girl get killed right before my eyes. It wasn't right. I tried to talk to someone about it - to tell them it shouldn't have happened. I was mad. That was when they took me for my first shock treatment. After that, every time I spoke out about something - anything - I got another shock treatment. Before I went in the state hospital, I could read and write. I can't read and write anymore. "

"But I'm one of the lucky ones. I got out, and I'm still alive." He swept his arm in the air across the empty plot of land in front of us. A plot where 1660 people with disabilities had been cremated and buried. Buried and forgotten. Unmarked and unnamed.

Kristabelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-14123592061869159732009-09-19T09:55:00.000-07:002009-09-19T09:58:23.345-07:00Addicted to VeggiesMy friend Sarahfae is a wonderful person. I'm not one of those bloggers who would enjoy being fired for talking smack about my job, so let's just say that Sarah is a scrumptious little dollop of chocolate cream cheese icing on a large ugly rotten-prune-filled cupcake. She is also a vegan and a raw foods enthusiast. But she's not one of those vegans. You know - the ones who look at you like you've just clubbed a baby seal if you use cow's milk in your latte. No, Sarah is different. She simply believes that eating a lot of fruit and veggies can change your health - and the world. And she's got a new blog to prove it.

From the Addicted to Veggies mission statement:

The real purpose of this blog is to learn through research, and share what we've learned with anyone who is interested about living a better life for themselves through eating more fruits and veggies.
In turn we plan to discuss the effects that these simple, healthy and positive choices have --- on our personal lives, the lives of animals, our precious local economy, as well as the big intimidating global picture.

Sarah is a genius at concocting deliciousness. She loves to take vintage cookbook recipes and turn them into whole new creations. Just look at this raw version of fried green tomatoes:

And this mango/orange/peach cobbler:

I am amazed at the things she makes without any cooking or baking whatsoever. Even this cake!

Her blog is full of wonderful recipes, tips, tricks and vivaciousness. And check out her banner photo. Totally snort-worthy. In more ways than one.

Welcome to the blogosphere, Sarah!Kristabelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770721854621079869.post-32467664460984804192009-09-13T21:10:00.000-07:002009-09-13T21:11:21.969-07:00Sunday ponderingsSo here I sit, wallowing in self-imposed blogging anxiety because I am supposed to be writing based on B. There are just too many possibilities....blood, breakfast, brains, bondage, bad choices, boots, breasts, bourbon, bitter, bicycle, bald, beg, burrito, bumpy....and the list goes on. So instead, I'm pondering some questions I have about these two photos taken with my terrible cell phone camera. Perhaps you can help.

Antibacterial gel with a convenient plastic hanger. Sign of the times....or sign of obsessive compulsive disorder?

A portrait with a squash for a hat. So bad it's good, or just so, so bad?

I lean toward the latter conclusion in both. You?Kristabelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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About warden:
Originally from Gazipur, UP, Prof. Ravi studied at the Udai Pratap College, Varanasi (B.S.), The Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (M.S.) Chemistry and Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (PhD Chemistry). To gain expertise in the area of synthetic organic chemistry he moved to Harvard University and joined Prof. E. J. Corey Lab (Nobel Laureate) and from there he moved to Brandeis University and joined Prof. Li Deng group. He began his career as a senior research scientist for CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory. Subsequently, he moved as assistant professor to Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi.
Message from the warden:
I would like to use this platform to welcome you to this hall of residence "Jwalamukhi". My name is Ravi P Singh and I am the warden of the Jwalamukhi. I am also assistant professor in the department of chemistry. In my role as warden, I am responsible for maintaining a safe, peaceful and pleasant environment in which you can feel like home, make friends and study. I am assisted by a caretaker, an assistant caretaker, a mess-supervisor, and an assistant mess supervisor in this task. Jwalamukhi has a well-deserved reputation as one of the friendliest, sociable and outgoing of student communities central to the vibrant social life of Jwalamukhi into an active student hall committee.
Jwalamukhi has two common rooms, where residents chill out read newspaper, watch TV and meet for meetings and functions. We have computer rooms, a music room and a sport facility room in our hostel. We have a functional guest house with eight rooms for our visitors. Recently we have added a new gym in our hostel. We next plan to add a reading room in the hostel.
We all are committed to enhancing the Jwalamukhi's reputation as a student-centred, studious, innovative, sportive and dynamic hall of residence of IIT-Delhi.

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Hosting Our First Workshop
One thing that I have been amazed by running my own business, is watching as ideas come to life. Sunday was one of those days. For the longest time I've had a "secret" desire to host a photography workshop at our home. Full of doubt, I left the idea on the back burner, assuming that it just would never happen. But every now and then the desire out ways the doubt, and this time I found myself pushing forward.
Sunday was the fruition of a dream and LOTS of hard work by the people who latched onto that dream! I invited several photographers to our home (woman who have been an integral part to the growth of DZP), to learn together and have the opportunity to photograph a real Bride and Groom in a real and not so stellar environment. An opportunity to stretch our photography muscles. Little did I know that would include SNOW!!
I reached out to my friends and favorite event planners, Whim Events, to see if they would be interested in collaborating together. They took my little idea and turned it into something magical, transforming our home into a oasis of greenery. It was incredible to see the pieces come together in a way that I never expected. And even though it SNOWED (I still can't believe it!), we created something beautiful!
Before we share all the pretty I wanted to share a few behind the scene images of all the fun we had together! For the photographers, we had an opportunity to learn from the many wonderful vendors who were a part of the day as well as gain experience in working with not so perfect scenarios. And while I was leading the workshop, I learned so much myself!! From the vendors to the attendees, they all had amazing things to share.
Before we get to the fun below I couldn't forget to thank my Hubby. I refer to this as OUR workshop. While he might not have been teaching, he was the glue that held the day together. He was the engine that made the day run smoothly, who helped vendors and hosted over 20 people in our home for the day. He took care of the food, wiped the porch of snow, helped people park, set up florals in our basement and more. He made it possible for me to host a workshop and for that I couldn't be more grateful. Truly, he helps make this business what it is. And of course we also have to thank my parents who took care of Jonathan for the day. Almost everyone showed up asking where Jonathan was and he made a quick and whiny appearance at the end of the day:)!
Of course we forgot to take a group photo, but I think this photos do the whole fun day justice!! I can't wait to host another workshop soon, keep a look out in your inbox for related news!! If you want to be kept up to date, be sure to join the DZP Newsletter for the latest!!
Alright onto the snowy fun!! I had to include this image, who would have believed that it would SNOW the day we hosted a workshop the first weekend in November!!Maya was very interested in learning how to photograph stationary, haha:).I have no idea what I was saying but apparently bouquets are funny! Check out that beautiful ribbon from Silk & Willow!We had the best team of vendors on board including Amanda of Amanda McCarthy Beauty
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Styling & Florals : Whim Events
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Screen's Truepress 520HD wins 2nd tech award
Screen's Truepress Jet520HD, a digital inkjet press, has won a 2018 technology award from the Japanese Society of Printing Science and Technology (JSPST).
The Truepress Jet520HD has become Screen's flagship high-speed web model and, when running Screen's new SC inks, can print directly on standard offset coated papers, which means no more expensive inkjet coated media or pre-treatment – with attendant cost-savings and quality improvements.
"This is a great recognition of Screen's determination to bring high volume digital inkjet up to offset standards," says Screen GP Australia MD Peter Scott. "It comes six months after the 520HD and SC inks received the InterTech Technology Award presented by Printing Industries of America, at the Print 17 trade show in Chicago last September.
"The ability to print on offset coated stocks using inkjet brings down the barriers that have prevented quality offset printers from fully embracing digital. Paper costs have also reduced since standard offset stocks cost less than specially coated inkjet media, or pre-treating of offset papers."
The JSPST presents its awards in February each year to recognise technologies that have made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the printing industry or to the development of applications for other fields. In making its selection, the JSPST considers points including the level of innovation, progress, marketability and expandability shown by each technology.
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This limited edition T-Shirt, designed by Artsy Craftery Design Studio, comes with a numbered and signed certificate of authenticity. Premium jersey, relaxed fit, 100% cotton (heather colors are a poly-cotton blend), this unique t-shirt is printed on-demand with a Direct-to-garment method and does not fade after washing.
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Well I just finished reading Meaghan's E-mail and I have a question!!!!! Did you get my letters??? And can we shorten the address please, I'm so confused when I write to you cuz well I never know if it went to the right person, plus I might send a package I'm not sure. Will it be expensive????
So my week in Cali was a tough one I was sick from Thursday all the way to Sunday!!! It was horrible!!! Plus our first day out after I was feeling better, it rains.... the Sisters offered soup and ice cream. I should have said yes, but I didn't. My companion just got ...... so life will be very interesting for the next few days let me tell you that story...
lets just say Elder Daniel will NEVER be a nurse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Other than that, the normal riding our bikes up mountain like hills... talking to crazy people... being taught by by Jehovah Witnesses... just your regular... everyone is excited about me going home which is weird, you would hope they would be upset, but they are just happy for me. Everyone asks what my plans are and I tell them I don't worry my moms definitely got it all planned :)
Do I need anything??? Food is always good, Kraft dinner or Reece's cups... gummy bears, ohh yeah; two things I love bears and gummy... I don't know what gummy really is... an in-n-out is opening right by us, I feel so bad for Meaghan she will miss the greasy ketchuppy thousand islandy goodness of in-n-out plus their milkshakes it's calling my name!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I should get going, Love you all, hope Ukraine is nice... I might have told you about the Romanian and what she said about Ukraine in my last e-mail if not I will tell you next week!
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Three of the people who live in houses right next to Oscar Pistorius, in Pretoria's Silver Woods Estate, have given evidence in the North Gauteng High Court stating that they did not hear screams the night Reeva Steenkamp was killed. All the neighbors heard was a loud bang and the sounds of a man crying very loudly.
First on the witness stand on Tuesday May 6 was Michael Nhlengethwa who said he and Pistorius shared a passion for cars. He also told the court that he had met Reeva the weekend before her death, and that the world-famous blade runner had introduced her as his fiancée. In addition, Pistorius told him that he would be moving to Johannesburg in March 2014 because he wanted to be closer to Reeva. In response, Nhlengethwa said he commented to Pistorius, "this one is for keeps."
In the early hours of February 14, 2013, Nhlengethwa said he was woken by his wife who said she had heard a bang. Then he heard a man crying very loudly; it sounded as if the person was in danger and needed help. The voice was "very high pitched," he told the court. While several state witnesses have claimed to have heard a woman screaming early that morning, the defense case is the it was Pistorius they heard, because he "screams like a woman." However, the three neighbors who gave evidence on Tuesday were all adamant they only heard a man crying, and nobody screaming.
Nhlengethwa said he wanted to go and investigate the noises but his wife would not let him go out of the house. He said he thought it might be a neighbor in trouble, or possibly one of the security guards in the estate crying out. Not long after a vehicle drew up outside Pistorius' house and Nhlengethwa went outside. The man (whom he discovered was Pistorius) was still crying, though his "tone" was lower. He said he saw Johan Stander, the estate manager, outside and "asked if Oscar was okay." Stander told him what had happened, and when he saw the medics walk out of the house with the stretcher, he said he knew that Reeva "was gone." He went back into his own house because there was nothing he could do.
Under cross-examination by State Advocate Gerrie Nel, Nhlengethwa confirmed that neither he nor his wife had heard more than one bang or the sounds of Pistorius breaking down a door with a cricket bat. Questioned about the crying he had heard, and the fact that he had never mentioned hearing someone "screaming," he explained that in his mother tongue there were different ways of describing crying and screaming. He confirmed that he did not hear screams.
Nhlengethwa's wife Eontle, was another of the Oscar Pistorius neighbors who did not hear screams the night the Olympian athlete killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Giving evidence in Tshwana (which was translated into English by an official court interpreter), she said she was woken up by a very loud noise that sounded like a "bang." After waking her husband, she heard a man shout for help. He sounded "very hurt" and in need of "urgent assistance," she said. At this stage Pistorius could be seen in the courtroom with his head in hands, leaning forward as if not wanting to hear what the witnesses were saying.
Eontle Nhlengethwa said she did not leave the bedroom, and did not hear any more "bang" sounds. She said she never heard a woman screaming, but described the sound of a man "crying" and said it sound like a "cry of pain." She confirmed that she had woken up her husband up and asked if he had heard the same sound. When he said that he had also heard it, she said she began to panic and wondered whether one of the security guards on the estate had been shot.
She said the dogs were barking and they were frightened. "The crying was very loud and very close." In fact, she continued in her testimony, it was so close she considered it might have been in her own house.
A third neighbor, Rika Motshuane said she was woken up by the sound of a man crying, which she thought was "a cry of pain." She said woke husband and asked if he had heard the sound. "He said he had also heard it. I thought I was dreaming, and started panicking." She told her the voice could have been a security guard who had been shot. Dogs in the neighborhood were barking and they were both very frightened. "The crying was very loud and very close." Questioned by Advocate Barry Roux about the pitch of the voice, she said it was "very loud." He then asked her to try to replicate the crying, and she screamed in a high pitch.
Motshuane said she had "so many thoughts," and was wondering what could have happened. They both sat on the bed, frozen with fear. Eventually her husband called security and they said they were "taking care of the situation." She said they did not leave their house, but were aware that the incident had taken place in their neighbour, Oscar Pistorius' house.
Adjourning before lunch, Barry Roux said that he believed the defense case would be concluded by Tuesday next week (May 13), which is exactly 15 months since Oscar Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp in his Pretoria home.
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Adaptive optics (AO) images of photoreceptors are affected by spatial and temporal variability. In particular, high frequency (>10Hz) variation of reflectance of individual cones, termed here scintillation, may be observed. We hypothesized that scintillation is a major source of photoreceptor reflectance variability and hence of cone counting. In order to improve the reliability of cone countings, we developed a procedure for compensating scintillation based on fusion of deconvolved AO images.
AO fundus images were obtained through dilated pupils with a commercially available flood imaging AO camera (rtx1™ camera; Imagine Eyes, Orsay, France; illumination wavelength 840nm) within an IRB-approved clinical study in 5 normal eyes. The routine acquisition procedure comprised a stack of 40 raw images acquired over 4.2 seconds, 2° from the fovea. For each subject, raw images were deconvolved with a myopic deconvolution method [Blanco and Mugnier, 2011] and underwent automatic cone detection [Loquin et al. 2011] over a 94x94µm area. Cone maps obtained from raw images were fused; the increment in cone density at every step was measured. The results were compared to cone maps obtained by image averaging (AO image 2.0)
In three subjects, the increment in cone density reached an asymptotic plateau between the 10th and 20th map integration. In one subject the plateau was not obtained (i.e. the addition of new raw images increased the total amount of cone detected). The last subject had limited scintillation, hence there was limited increment. The relative improvement in total number of detected cone by fusing 20 raw deconvolved images compared to the number of cones detected on averaged image ranged from 5% to 71%.
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Amazon will close the bidding process for its second headquarters on Thursday.
The bidding, which was announced in early September, has set off a frenzy across the country, drawing interest from a variety of communities — from big cities such as New York and Chicago to small regions such as Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania.
Although we don't know exactly which cities have officially submitted their proposals so far, there are more than 100 cities and counties that have expressed interest in placing a bid, according to previous reports. There could be more, as some cities are keeping their bids secret, at least through Thursday, for competitive reasons.
Amazon has pledged to invest more than $5 billion and hire 50,000 people for its second headquarters. In return, Amazon is likely expecting billions of dollars in tax benefits and incentives.


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At the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Goertek Inc. has brought with them VR, AR, and other smart hardware products and solutions.Along with its craftsmanship and innovation, Goertek is promoting its recently developed intelligent hardwares.With continuous innovation, Goertek has focused on both R & D and the manufacture of VR and AR products.
By believing that the lighter and smaller factorsare the key to the future of VR HMD, Goertek has dedicated serious efforts in these aspects.At this year's event, Goertek exhibits his winning design of the CES Innovation Award- The Elf.This latest Lightweight VR design uses a compact lens solution to reduce 50% of size and weight.In addition to the Elf, Goertek has also introduced an independent VR HMD headset, which can support 6DoF tracking as well as the interaction between the HMD and the users without cameras or external sensors.Other PCbased VRs on the Goertek stand include fresnic + aspheric hybrid lens solution, to which visitors have realized the obvious reduction in size and weight.
When it comes to AR, Goertek sees light weight and large FOV as the direction for AR products.In its lightweight AR solution the Figo2.0, the weight of the device has been reduced while the FOV has been expanded.This wonderful AR product, presents a perfect experience of virtual and real scenarios for users by offering the Birdbath optical solution and high precision film surface technology.


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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Google Me?
To prove that you still have to be somewhat intelligent to use Google correctly, here are searches that led to bad apologies over the weekend:
- Hanover, Pennsylvania: apologies of 2006
- Amsterdam: rize up
- Indiana: give boyfriend buzzcut
- Nashville, Tennessee: "It's been said that the US Air Force uses this for fighter pilots."
- Aukland, New Zealand: watch rize krump with tommy
- Huntsville, Alabama: apologies + marriage
- India: humour on cough and cold
- Greenfield, Indiana: lizzie west bad
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- Marietta, Georgia: banging on the door cant hear a thing
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- From San Diego, California: a man who dated a drag queen without knowing it was a man
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World Travel Market London 2007 : "Luxury Travel with a Conscience" by Jane Kaye Bailey
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Bernard "Buzz" SylvesterOctober 29, 1926 ~ May 30, 2017 (age 90)
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Bernard "Buzz" Sylvester, 90, of Derry, died Tuesday May 30, 2017 at his home. He was born October 29, 1926 in Derry a son of the late Angelo and Elvira Galosi Sylvester.
Buzz was a member of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church of Derry. He was a USArmy WWII veteran. He had retired from Torrance State Hospital and was a life member of B.P.O.E.#907 Latrobe. Buzz enjoyed spending time at the casinos.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a daughter Barbara Rose Sylvester, seven brothers; Louis, Patsy, Guido, Anthony, Carl R., Albert "Ab" and Louie Sylvester. Two sisters Elizabeth and Dolores M. Sylvester.
He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years Irene "Beanie" Hamill Sylvester whom he married June 5, 1950, a daughter Linda M. Hoover (Jeff T.) of Middlebourne, WV and his son Bernard "Bernie" J. Sylvester (Barb T.) of Lancaster. Four grandsons; Nathan Campbell, Noah Campbell (Kristen), Jeremiah Campbell ( Liz), and Ben J. Sylvester. Two step grandaughters; Christie Hutson (Nick Alfred) and Courtney Guido (Mark). Three sisters; Ida Herda of Derry, Nancy Bose (Edward) of Stow, Ohio and Mary C. Sylvester of Latrobe. Two step great grandchildren Carter Alfred and Lily Guido. Numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received Friday from 2-4 and 6-8pm in the McCabe Funeral Home, 300 W. Third Avenue, Derry where a blessing service will be conducted Saturday at 11am. Interment will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery, Derry. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church of Derry.
The Latrobe -Derry Honor Guard will conduct a military service Saturday at 10:50 am in the funeral home.
Online condolences may be made to www.mccabefuneralhomespa.com.


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Miele M6160TC Built In Microwave Oven in Clean Steel
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Cook in style with this great microwave from Miele. It has lots of great automatic programmes to choose from, to take the guess work out of microwave cooking.
How big is this microwave?
This is a large microwave – perfect for bigger kitchens or busy households. It has a capacity of 46 litres.
How many programmes does it have?
It has 17 programmes, including defrosting different meats and vegetables, cooking from frozen, and cooking different types of fresh food. The instruction booklet has some great recipes you can do with the automatic programmes.
There is even a popcorn button – so you can quickly and easily cook one packet of microwave popcorn.
How powerful is this microwave?
This microwave has an output of 900 watts. This means things will be cooked fast and efficiently. There are 7 different power levels so you can reduce the full 800W if you need to.
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It has a stainless-steel interior which is completely wipe clean, and has a finger-proof CleanSteel exterior to keep it shining.
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This is a built-in microwave, designed to integrate into your kitchen. The dimensions include the fascia – but here are the dimensions you will need to consider when measuring up:
Niche width: 562-568mm
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This year BruCON will be hosting a Women in Cybersecurity Breakfast!
As long as we haven't invented a close range GPS at conferences, it can be a challenge to bump into several women at a big conference like BruCON. The Women in Cybersecurity Breakfast aims to tackle that challenge, and provide the opportunity for BruCON ladies to meet each other over a morning coffee and a nice croissant.
Women from all disciplines that deal with cybersecurity are welcome on Thursday (27.10.2016) from 8:30 AM at our conference venue.
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We are away at the moment but Burnie HHH is still staggering along... for details o the next few r*ns see the Burnie HHH facebook page or ring trailmaster Speed Hump 0400016283, and good luck!!! Normal service will resume in mid August.
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Chinese New Year Cards!
Hey everyone! How's your week so far? Well, I had a good time making Chinese New Year cards! They're up for sale...and here they are... :)
I like the cute tiger u got there! U drew tat??
One more thing vonne, the wording for the last card actually fits the orange tree!D meaning has something 2 do wif oranges! How did u know? :-)
Wow, lovely cards. You handcrafted them all by yourself?ReplyDelete
Hey Jiahang, thanks for your comments. I didn't draw the lil tiger..hehe. I printed that out & paste it onto my card. :) The orange card, I actually cut the image and wordings from an angpow packet. Hehe...there's no way I could read Chinese lah haha!
Hi there Maeko, thank you! And yes, all these cards are handmade. Do you make cards as well?Btw, feel free to browse through our older posts too! You may come across something you like, hehe. ;)


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Help Us in Giving Back Thanksgiving Weekend with Feeding Children Everywhere
Join us on Saturday, November 25, as we roll up our sleeves and work assembly-line style to help feed hundreds of thousands of children in partnership with Feeding Children Everywhere. For the past five years, Universal Orlando's five on-site hotels have come together for this amazing cause—and this year is no exception.
Loews Hotels at Universal Orlando is teaming up with Feeding Children Everywhere again to assemble 375,000 meals. Not only will we be packing meals for the community here in Central Florida, but we will donate 100,000 meals to residents in Puerto Rico and another 100,000 meals to those in the Houston area.
In the first year of hosting this program on-site, Hard Rock alone committed to packing 25,000 meals and we completed more than 50,000. Since then, I have watched it grow from Hard Rock Hotel to a campus-wide movement.
I volunteer in honor of a friend who lost her daughter, but our Team Members, their families and the guests of our hotel all have their own reasons for volunteering their time. Take a look at the story of this family who volunteered during their Universal vacation to help Feeding Children Everywhere.
Here's how it works: We buy all of the supplies, and volunteers help assemble the meals. That's where you come in! The camaraderie and playful competition that unfolds during these events are truly contagious. And the feeling you'll have afterward is unforgettable.
I hope you will sign up to be a part of this amazing project on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. See you there!


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Surfers Paradise Redevelopment Site
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- Double block – 61-63 – Told Area: 819m2
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Right on the border of Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach – This prime double block opposite the Beach in Old Burleigh Road is a unique opportunity for an Investor, Builder or Developer to secure a premier site at a realistic price.
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Ufile.ca Free Tax Filing For Students
I know it's getting a bit late to be mentioning this, but Bargainmooser Kim has emailed me with some useful information which I should share. Students can file their taxes online for free, with Ufile.ca using the coupon code below.
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In order to be eligible, you must have attended school for at least one month during the 2009 tax year, and be a Canadian resident.
Happy tax season!
UPDATE - MsOpinions over on Twitter let me know that if your income is under $20k anyway, you can also use Ufile for free. More info here. Thanks!
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- AvigayilCorrect.. free tax filing is for those with an income under 20k. I know because i don't qualify even with an entire semester of uni under my belt. >.<
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It's been overcast for a week, I would blame being down on the weather if I had no other reason to be blue. I have come to discover that you can't rely on time to change the way you feel, cause time it often loses track of who its got to heal. My mind is living in the shadow you left behind, everything is disjointed. Then something delightful brings me back to the here and now like 8. It is freaky, you'd have had to have been there. Who would have thought? I love my crazy sis spacebee so much, she always makes me laugh again. ;-)
Today was a long day at work. I got so much crap done, it is amazing. I submitted my first grant proposal!!! I am so happy! Woot, I am so excited, we will not know if it gets approved until February and it was only for $25,000, but I am still happy.
I have to get snow tires and extra-cold resistant fluids for the car this coming week, and human gear for ourselves soon also. My work shoes are NOT cut out for snow and slush. So it is coats, proper windproof gloves, and boots for Christmas this year!
Oh and my next big project is to post a whole new stash of photos from the last while that I have just been allowing to sit there not being looked at.
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This animal papercraft are Tree Frog and Lizard, this paper model is from scholastic. A tree frog is any frog that spends a major portion of its lifespan in trees, known as an arboreal state. Several unrelated lineages of frogs among the Neobatrachia have given rise to tree frogs, even though they are not closely related to each other. Many millions of years of convergent evolution have resulted in almost identical morphology and ecologies. In fact, they are so similar as regards their ecological niche that where one group of tree frogs occurs, the other is almost always absent. The last common ancestor of the tree frog groups lived long before the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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http://www.horrornewsnetwork.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/HNN-logo.jpg 0 0 Rob Caprilozzi http://www.horrornewsnetwork.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/HNN-logo.jpg Rob Caprilozzi2015-05-04 10:27:342015-05-04 10:27:34'Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains' Arrives May 12th - Trailer Inside
'Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains' Arrives May 12th – Trailer Inside
The first official Attack on Titan game swings to western shores via Omni-directional Mobility Gear on May 12 for $39.99.
In addition, a brand new character trailer for the characters you can play as in Attack on Titan has been revealed. From the greenhorns like Eren Jager and Armin Arlet to the experienced Levi, the captain of the Scout Regiment, players will be able to step into the shoes of their favorite character and relive the plot of the anime.
Everyone who purchases Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains will receive a unique Attack on Titan theme for Nintendo 3DS free. This theme will not be available for purchase separately, it's only available by purchasing the game.