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Friday, December 05, 2008
Sidney Brooke Simpson's Father
OK, when my blog readership quantum leaped from 182 page views today to 1,014, I knew there was something Simpson going on. Really. It never fails.
O.J. Sentenced To As Much As 33 Years For Robbery
People, it is true. I kid you not.
Sydney Brooke Simpson is a powerful hit magnet for your blog.
I don't know why, but it is.
220 comments:1 – 200 of 220 Newer› Newest»
Don't understand it all myself, cube, but I'll help you get another hit.
- December 05, 2008 5:54 PM
- cube said...
Anonymous: Thank you. I confess that I don't understand the interest in Sydney Brooke Simpson, but it exists and it is world-wide. Go figure.
- December 05, 2008 6:08 PM
- nanc said...
i may have to change the title to my post!
you've got it figgered out!
- December 05, 2008 8:10 PM
- nanc said...
- December 05, 2008 8:14 PM
- jan said...
I remember when people said they were so tired of the trial, but tuned into every cable show that reviewed it.
Sidney is the victim. People are always attracted to victims.
- December 05, 2008 9:15 PM
- Miles McClagan said...
I keep getting hits because one of my posts had a picture of an Aerobics model in it...should just cut out the words and put pics up I reckon!
- December 05, 2008 9:59 PM
- Z said...
Is it Sidney or 'anything SIMPSON'? Some day, I'll blog about the murder..we live...VERY close..to Nicole's house. it was quite something around here for a LONG time.
The buyers of her condo redid their front; as if putting some palms in front and adding some colums could help someone forget 2 people were brutally murdered there?
Wait till Rense.com picks up a piece on your blog (I wish I'd WRITTEN It, but I hadn't..I'd just blogged it from another source)...suddenly, I had about 4000 hits a day for almost 2 weeks. The first day, I thought my site meter had gone haywire!!
p.s...I do NOT get 4000 hits a day anymore, TRUST ME!!!!
- December 06, 2008 12:04 AM
- cube said...
nanc: May the hits be with you.
jan: Perhaps there is some of that. I think people have a morbid fascination with the idea that these kids are being raised by a
murderous thug who killed their mother. Will he turn on them like he did with Nicole?
It's like knowing there is a big SUV on a train track and there's a train coming.
- December 06, 2008 8:52 AM
- cube said...
Miles McC: Hits are good, but having a readership is way better. I guess the best of both worlds is having both in high numbers.
Z: It is always exactly "sydney brooke simpson" even with the "e" in brooke.
I think there'd be lots of people curious to see how the front of Nicole's house looks today. I know I would anyway.
The most hits I had in one day was a post about the VTech shootings Ismail Ax . 40,000
hits, but as you can see, it only yielded 58 comments, many of them anonymous.
A whole lot of good it does me to have my blog come up 2nd and 3rd on a Google search for "sydney brooke simpson", when these folks don't comment or read the rest of my posts.
Blogging is not for the faint of heart or those lacking in persistence.
- December 06, 2008 9:22 AM
- nanc said...
cube - so far 47 hits - think i'll just throw that name into every post!
when i installed haloscan i lost close to 40,000 hard hits, but i still have all the comments at one of my blog addies.
- December 06, 2008 9:31 AM
Damn, I thought this was for Jessica Simpson.
- December 06, 2008 9:46 AM
Homer Simpson?
- December 06, 2008 9:46 AM
- December 06, 2008 9:47 AM
Hope that helps!
- December 06, 2008 9:48 AM
- cube said...
nanc: Watch how those hits will continue all year round and from all over the world.
QQ: Ha ha. Wrong Simpsons, but thanks for all the comments. Every little bit helps.
- December 06, 2008 10:05 AM
- The WordSmith from Nantucket said...
Hits are good, but having a readership is way better.
I suppose the anon comments can be attributed to "hits", and the rest of us, your readers.
Like Z, I live in the Santa Monica/Brentwood/Westwood area. I saw Simpson and his family once, when they came into our store to shop. We were all livid. Customers actually left the store in disgust at being in his presence.
- December 06, 2008 12:38 PM
- cube said...
wordsmith: Exactly. Having hits is good, but having readers who comment is way better.
I don't know what I'd do if faced with OJ & his family coming into my proximity. I would hope that I would hold his children blameless and just blame the murderous thug father.
OJ is a deplorable human being.
- December 06, 2008 12:51 PM
- Jamie Dawn said...
I'm just glad that OJ will be spending some time in the pokey. He should have been in jail already serving life or waiting on death row to meet his Maker.
With all he had going for him, it's too bad that he didn't become a great role model and a fine human being.... but he didn't.
- December 06, 2008 10:11 PM
- Z said...
Cube, what I meant by asking about Sydney is "Is it HER everyone's interested in or ANYTHING of ANYBODY related to him?" I haven't heard anything about her at all here......
the son gets talked about here (many still think HE did it, him having his personal chef's knives with him like most chefs do after duty..actually some insiders think this is true...I don't)
The son was actually in someone close to me's elementary class years ago.......I blogged a piece about the coincidences of me and OJ and how our lives entwined but had to be pretty generic or people would know who I am. Was frustrating not to give more details. Mind you, I'm nobody you'd know (TRUST ME!) but people I'm related to and know could be figured out...and then...ME! (if anybody Cared!!)
I've been warned about keeping VERY anonymous on the blog...
- December 07, 2008 12:50 PM
- cube said...
Z: 98% of the hits are for the search words "sydney brooke simpson". I get thesed hits all year long. However, when OJ, Sydney, or the brother are in the news, the hits for "SBS" increase exponentially.
I agree with you about anonymity being a good thing.
- December 07, 2008 1:06 PM
- Gifted Typist said...
I hate those spike days. They eat up your bandwidth, but I guess you don't have to worry on blogger. Still, it's the sticky, steady, faithful hits that mean something.
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Best herself recalls having numerous meetings with the staff throughout 1976 about Kenneth's repeated diarrhoea. 'But I never got a proper answer - they regarded me as a troublemaker, I think,' she told the Independent.
When Best took Kenneth home in September 1977, she was horrified to note his groin area was covered in white blisters. At the time she challenged the staff that it appeared they were not cleaning him, but she was assured that he was well cared for.
Now Best has learned that Kenneth's records report him as being distressed and crying on several occasions in his early years at Lota. In addition, he had eye and tooth problems and by April 1978 his genital area was inflamed and swollen. There was no evidence that Kenneth was ever seen by a doctor to address these problems.
Margaret told Lota management that Kenneth had acquired his handicap as a result of a serious adverse reaction to the so-called 3-in-1 vaccine as a child, so she insisted he should not get any more vaccinations. Against her wishes however, Kenneth was taken for a polio vaccination. Best only discovered he had been vaccinated when she won the right to get his records in 2001.
'When Kenneth was ill, I was rarely informed of this, despite asking to be told. There are numerous references in his records to him being given a drug called Mellaril which was not a treatment for swollen eyes, ear infections, diarrhoea or insect bites. It is an anti-psychotic,' Best told the Independent.
On September 13, 1979, in a report that upset Best, the records note: 'Found (name erased) in bed with Ken Best, nappy partly taken off again.'
'These are only the incidents that were reported. I dread to imagine what else was perpetrated against Kenneth, which was not witnessed or not recorded by staff,' Margaret said.
In December of 1984 she removed Kenneth from Lota and he has remained in her care since then.


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Google is often criticized for its privacy policies, but most of their products have settings that help protect your personal data. Learn how to find and enable them.
To protect your Gmail inbox and contacts, make sure you only ever access your account on a secure server, whatever computer you're using. Go into Mail Settings and, on the General tab, choose the option 'Always use https' in the 'Browser connection' section. This will guarantee that you always log in using a secure server, even on public and unsecured networks.
If you want to give someone else access to your Gmail account without revealing your password, go to 'Accounts and Import' under Settings, click the 'Add another account' link next to 'Grant access to your account' and enter their email address. They won't be able to change any of your settings.
To keep your YouTube videos private, sign into the site, click the arrows next to our Account name and choose Settings. The Privacy tab lets you choose who can send and share your videos, as well as what statistics and data linked with your account are made visible to the public. Click Manage Account if you want to change either your password or the Google account that's associated with YouTube, and set which third-part y sites and apps can access your information.
To prevent people from seeing what you've been watching, click the Sign out Everywhere link at the bottom of the rage to sign-out of all YouTube account.
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You can also access this setting from Google search results by clicking 'View customizations' at the bottom of the page. Rather than clearing the entire history, you can also delete individual results under 'Manage web history'. Choose the tick boxes next to the unwanted entries, then click Remove.
Google+ has already earned praise for its default privacy options. You can tighten the security further by choosing 'Google+settings' from the gear menu when viewing your profile.
The Google+ tab manages your notification options and delivery preferences, and lets you control the location information for on your photos. The 'Profile and privacy' setting lets you edit your Circles, including who can share posts with you and who your posts are shared with. Your network visibility, which shows the other people that appear on your profile, can also be edited here. Click 'Edit photos settings' to give permission for photos tagged with your name to automatically link to your profile.
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Clicking a Google+1 link lets you share pages you like with other people. Google stores these pages on the +1 tab in your Google account by accessing your profile and holding details of the URL you shared, your IP address and information about your browser.
To stop Google saving this data, you can undo the +1 option by going to the list of sites you've recommended and clicking Undo. The information is then deleted. If you don't want to see +1 related content on other sites, you can disable them. And if you don't want other people to see your recommendations, go to the +1 tab on your profile and untick the 'Show this tab on our profile' box. The +1 information can only be shared if your profile is publicly visible. To change this , go to 'Account settings', 'Account overview', 'Edit profile' and deselect the 'Search visibility' option.
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To stop unauthorized people viewing the pictures you upload to Picasa Web Albums, click the 'edit' link in the information section for a particular album and set the Visibility to Limited or 'Only you'. Alternatively, you can change the privacy settings of multiple albums by clicking the 'Edit visibility' link on the main Albums page.
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By default, Google makes documents stored within Docs private and only visible to you. To manage who you share your documents with, select one from your list using the tick boxes, click the arrow button in the top-right corner to show the Details pane and click the pencil icon next to Sharing. Add or remove the people who have access or manage how they access it; whether they can edit or just view.
In the Action drop-down menu, you can also hide selected documents from the homepage or download them all.
Google Calendar
You can choose to share only certain elements of your Google calendar with other people, which is handy if you use it to organize both your personal and business timetable. Choose 'Calendar settings' from the gear menu, then decide whether to make the calendar public or only visible to certain people. You can enter their email addresses below.
Google Advertising
When you search using Google, your history and site visits are tracked using cookies such as Double-click. This helps Google show you targeted ads, based on what you've searched for previously. Aside from deleting your web history, you can manage your advertising settings by opting out of the Double-click cookie in the Privacy Center. If you don't want to opt out completely, click 'Manage your ads preferences' on the same page to select which ads you see.
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In this information packed video, coach Cunerty begins with the QB essentials of: Quick Eyes, Quick Feet, Quick Decision, Quick Release, or said another way, Scan it, Move it, See it, Stick it. He details stance, posture, footwork, spine angles, launch points, snap counts, recognition of coverages, game plan review as it relates to QB drops, and play action.
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|Launch Points 00:58
|Snap Counts 03:22
|Recognition 01:37
|Every Drop 00:54
|Every Play Action 02:02
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Bill Cunerty has worked with numerous NFL athletes, and most recently Andrew Luck the #1 NFL Draft pick in 2012. He is considered to be one of the nations top quarterback coaches. Bill teaches performance training for elite athletes. He is often called upon to help recent college seniors achieve their dreams of playing in the National Football League. The 20-somethings come to coach Cunerty from all over the country for the opportunity to work with him. For it is Bill Cunerty who will prepare them for the biggest job interview of their lives. Dressed in black sweatpants and a black polo shirt, Cunerty looks remarkably young for someone turning 65 in May. He has a quiet but commanding presence on the field, and the quarterbacks and receivers he's working with listen intently when he speaks.
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Are you an 8.5 x 11 Scrapper?
With the impending introduction of 8.5 x 11 sketches to Stuck?!, we are looking at expanding our current team.
I'm looking for two new creative team members. It is essential that you scrap predominately in this size.
**NB. You are required to start immediately, with our October sketches. I will send out the sketches on your receipt of your acceptance email and they will be due at midnight September 29th.
Please read these carefully, I can not consider any applications that are missing information/requirements.
1. Send an e-mail addressing the following:
a. full name
b. location
c. blog link
d. Any current or previous DT work/DTs that you are on and publications ( no experience is necessary, I am just nosey)
e. a short bio
f. a few short sentences about why you want to be on the CT
Entries are to be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com . Please put STUCK?! CREATIVE TEAM APPLICATION in the subject line.
Entries must be received by midnight EST on September 22nd. The two new members will be contacted by September 23rd and will be announced on September 25th.
* Your term will run from the October 2010 until January 2011 sketches. You will receive your first sketches immediately and your final sketches during the month of December 2010.
*Each CT member will be required to submit 2 LOs per month. At the beginning of the current month, I will send you both new sketches for the following month and it will be due late in the current month.
* CT members are expected to remain exclusive to Stuck?! Sketches for their CT period. We are not able to accept applicants who are current CT members for other sketch blogs / sites. You are free to design for other challenge blogs, manufacturers, stores and magazines.
* You must maintain a current blog. Word of mouth is the only way people will know about Stuck?! and you must be willing to promote Stuck?! on your blog.
* Positions will be held for until the end of the current period and members will be required to reapply at the end of the term to continue on.
*CT members should use the Stuck?! blinkie and promote Stuck?! where ever and when ever possible! I want each CT member to be proud to be a member and to spread the word around!!!
International scrappers may apply.
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"The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home."
~Jeanette Winterson
Over the course of the weekend while we were in Karuizawa for the Karuizawa International Choral Festival, we had a little free time away from rehearsing, performing, and workshopping (that's a word, right?). "A little" equals one afternoon and a couple hours here and there. On our full afternoon off, we rented bicycles and rode around the town, ate Japanese food, shopped, and took in the sights.
And now for a photo dump...
|There are vending machines (and bicycles) everywhere on the streets of every Japanese city we visited.
|I like unique manhole covers.
|Dinner at the Cocoon
|Brooke, Rachel, Josh, Josh, and Kristen
Awkward smiling/not smiling photos.
|Tempura udon. Yum.
|Julie and I kneeling at a table we didn't eat at, holding tea we never drank. :)
|Melanie and Angela biking through Karuizawa.
|Ev and Cary on a tandem.
|Gerato. Not to be confused with Gelato.
|Oh yes. It happened.
|There were jars of jam and jelly in nearly every "souvenir shop."
Next up: back to Tokyo and a concert in Kawaguchi.


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Fresh green beans add color and crunch to a dinner plate as a side dish or in an entree. Proper cooking maintains their high levels of vitamin C, folate and fiber, as well as their bright color and firm texture. Find a convenient cooking method that you like to make this healthy vegetable a more frequent part of your meal rotation.
Get Steamed
Steaming green beans in a steamer preserves their fresh flavor, bright color and crispness for use as a side dish or in a recipe. If you don't have a steamer, boil water in a saucepan, then place washed and trimmed green beans in a heat-safe colander on top of the boiling water. The steam will rise through the holes in the colander to gently cook the beans. Place a lid over the colander to evenly cook the vegetables. For added flavor, place lemon zest or fresh herbs, such as basil or parsley, in the boiling water. Steam green beans for about five minutes, or until they reach the desired tenderness.
Quick and Easy Boiling
Cook green beans directly in boiling water or broth. Place cleaned and trimmed green beans in boiling water or broth, then bring the water back to a boil. Cook the beans for four to five minutes, or until they are tender but crisp. For a softer texture, boil the green beans longer. To keep the beans crisp for use in a salad, remove them from the boiling water and immediately rinse them in cold water to stop the cooking. Drain them in a colander, but reserve the cooking liquid -- which will contain some of the color, flavor and nutrients of the beans -- for use in making stock.
Roast in the Oven
Roasting green beans leaves them tender and caramelized with a slight sweetness and nutty undertone that even non-vegetable eaters enjoy. Coat prepared green beans in cooking oil or bacon grease. Dust them with sea salt and fresh ground pepper, then place them in a single layer in an oven-safe pan. Roast the beans at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes, or until they reach the desired tenderness. Drizzle roasted green beans with balsamic vinegar, lemon juice or white wine, or serve them sprinkled with crumbled feta cheese or shredded Parmesan.
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It's been hot enough lately that we haven't done too much outside; as little as possible in fact. And yet things get done.
We've made numerous trips to this and that store buying things for Erin's future dorm room. That process goes on indefinitely as the dorm she's moving to is old fashioned and has almost no storage space for anything. This presents an engineering problem that both Erin and Melissa relish.
Mel has also sat down and made two photo albums/scrapbooks: one from the performance of Little Shop of Horrors and the other from Erin's graduation. The latter is still in-work but will be done shortly.
We've also been getting the cars all fixed up. Erin's car had a water pump fail and then the air conditioner. After taking care of that we decided to deal with all the other little things on the other cars since Melissa is not working during the summer and we can therefore put one in the shop and not have any transportation issues. So we put Evan's car in (We had him drive over here and get my car and leave his) to have the door lock fixed and the upholstery repaired. That upholstery thing was there when I bought the car all those years ago and I never bothered to fix it when I drove it and now after he's been driving it for three years, I finally dealt with it. He's happy though. Then there's my current car which has three very annoying but relatively unimportant things that I finally decided to have fixed. So when I give it to Erin to take off to college, it will be fully functional.
It's expensive but it feels good to have everything taken care of and working like it should. Like I paid for it to function originally.
In the meantime, I've been building a desk to put in Evan's room for me to do my projects on. Evan took the one that was in there (not surprisingly) so I've had the opportunity to build another one to my exact specifications. I don't actually have any specifications – I just need a flat surface so I bought another slab door along with two two-drawer file cabinets to put it on and now I have a desk for about $100. Not quite actually; I chose to use up the remains of a can of polyurethane varnish and make the desk top a little prettier. At least stuff won't soak into it and stain it now when I spill something.
Then there's the pile of books that have accumulated that I want to read. And also the new song I want to learn to play on the guitar. I've been doing all these things and have budgeted my time rather carefully to include it all.
The guitar song is particularly frustrating for some reason but I'm slogging on hoping that one day my fingers will miraculously just do what they're supposed to do. I decided quite some time ago that you can't claim to play an instrument if you only know two or three songs. I figure you need to be able to pick up a guitar and play for at least one hour without repeating yourself in order to claim that you know anything. I still can't read music and play it without some study so I have to wait until I can play from memory. By this standard, I have a long way to go although I guess I could play for about 20 minutes at this point. I can play four or five songs although two of them are a pretty rough in places.
I make time for some of this by playing hooky from church. I love my spare time and I've had a difficult time lately finding anything to interest me at church. This is probably pretty common for people whose kids are going off to college; the kids are no longer heavily involved at church and we realize that much of what we've been doing at the church has been centered around them and now we're re-evaluating what we want to do with ourselves from now on. I have a theory that most people are not comfortable with their own thoughts and would rather be entertained by others. They need to be around crowds of other people or entertained by the TV. The church fills that role for these people but I have no trouble coming up with ways to entertain myself so it can be tough choice for me to go there as opposed to doing something else.
There are some large projects on the horizon. Our house is over thirty years old and some things need to be addressed. Especially if we intend to make good on our goal of moving to another house that we like better. We'll need new countertops and flooring in the kitchen for starters.
So life goes on; full of transitions and activities. I am very glad at this time of year (that is, the hot time of year) that I hired someone to mow my lawn for me. That's an activity that I have never had much of a liking for.