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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Me Again

Yesterday was Kenny’s 9th birthday. Mom and Dad were able to make it over and we had a houseful of boys and chaos and cupcakes for a few hours. Unlike my fabulous friend Nikki, who throws parties that put professionals to shame, I am rendered useless in the bright light of an oncoming birthday. I just want my kid to have fun and then, for it to be over. Is that so wrong? Of course it is.

Thank goodness I’ve got some very cool next door neighbors (truth be told, I have a number of very cool neighbors—the 1300 block of Kimball Avenue is legendary). These particular neighbors have a lovely pool and they’ve been quite generous with the invites. And since last summer they’ve let the kids have swim parties on their birthdays. Since our first one last year I’ve come to realize that when it’s over 100 degrees and you have a pool, you don’t need games, goody bags, or even a piñata. You’re golden.

This birthday was even easier because my parents were here and my parents make everything easier. My plan was hotdogs but Dad fired up the grill and cooked hotdogs, burgers, brats, and homemade sausages. Homemade, I tell you! I invited the Pollicks down to join us and before they left, Dad had dinner, an impromptu party, planned for us and the Pollicks and their houseguests. My smoker perfumed the neighborhood all afternoon. In the evening we gorged on barbecued ribs, chicken, corn on the cob, potato salad, coleslaw, etc. Dad can throw a party with one hand tied behind his back.

Well anyway, it was good and it’s over. Until next month.

Have I mentioned how warm it is? Is it humid? I don’t know. Not like the humidity I remember from living back East. But my bedroom is w-a-r-m. Two fans pointed at me only produce a sort of warm wind. Man, I sure miss that crazy cool June.

How are you? Well, I hope. It’s been too long and I really should write more often. But when? Who knows.

Have I mentioned that I like a blank book? When I see one, I’m generally tempted to make a purchase. Still, I’m not fantastic about actually using them. I do have one I haul out for General Conference and that sort of thing and I pulled it out tonight for the fireside at church. It only has a few pages filled but I added a few more this evening. The topic was, broadly speaking, missionary work but there was a lot said about teaching our children. A reminder that they learn the most at home and how crucial the short time we have with them is.

I know. I know, I know, I know. It was the small kick in the pants that I need every now and again. A reminder that in general, turning a deaf ear to the complaining, whining, carrying on, and foolishness, pays big dividends. That it’s the (seemingly) little things we either do or neglect to do each day that have a cumulative effect one way or the other.

“Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great.” Doctrine and Covenants 64:33

Frederick Douglass said, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Not that it’s easy or anything. Just easier, right? We listened to a talk by Elder David A. Bednar entitled “More Diligent and Concerned at Home” and it was about just that. Something he touched on was damage done by hypocrisy in our lives.

“A public statement of love when the private actions of love are absent at home is hypocrisy—and weakens the foundation of a great work. Publicly declaring testimony when faithfulness and obedience are missing within our own homes is hypocrisy—and undermines the foundation of a great work. The commandment “Thou shalt not bear false witness” (Exodus 20:16) applies most pointedly to the hypocrite in each of us. We need to be and become more consistent. “But be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12).”

I’m not ashamed to admit I have work to do in this area. Clearly, I should be but nonetheless, there it is. It’s something I’ve mulled over long and hard—long before this meeting and even longer, before I read Elder Bednar’s talk. I remember once sitting in the basement, folding clothes and watching TV. One of my not-so-guilty pleasures. I have Oprah set to record each day on the Tivo but most of the time the topic is of little interest and I push ‘delete’. On this particular day it was one of those in-depth deals with Lisa Ling and she was going to hang out with The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They’ve experienced a flood of young women interested in becoming nuns. In fact, at the time, the average age of these sisters was 26 and the average age of one of the postulants was 21. Lisa Ling interviewed several, asking pointed questions about what they’d left behind and what they felt they’d received in the bargain. I remember clearly, one sister talking about how amazing it was to live what she referred to as an “integrated life”. Each day, what she said and did was in accordance with what she believed. It got me thinking. Bridging that distance, no, reducing or even eliminating that distance between what we believe and what we do, must be the key to something real, and true, and important.

Well, on that note, let me leave you with two thoughts: a) I still miss chatting at you quite a bit and b) tonight I wish I could sleep in an igloo.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

This One's Mostly for You . . . That Is If You're Josh

Check this out! You know how I feel about succulents. A little obsessed, right? Well, one aspect of that obsession is the whole concept of propagating echeveria. If a person could really pull off a leaf and produce another plant, I’m interested. I decided to try it out a few weeks ago and pulled off leaves from several varieties I’ve got sitting on the front porch. I laid them on the window sill at my kitchen sink and gave them a few days to develop a callus. Once they looked about right, I laid them in a container with a mixture of potting soil and sand and ignored them for a week or so. And look what I found today! Roots, baby! I may actually be able to pull this off!

That was yesterday. And yesterday morning started off great. Fantastic, even. And then, at 8:15 a.m., Sierra looked at the giant calendar on the wall and said, “Mom! Michael has a test this morning! Oh! So do I!” Uh oh. How did I miss this? I don’t do things like this. I was mortified.

I yelled orders and headed the kids to the van. We dropped off Kenny and Sam at school and headed to Kennewick where Michael and Sierra would be tested for the next several hours. When we reached Quinalt Baptist Church, the WAVA (Washington Virtual Academy) teachers laughed and headed the kids in the right direction. I sure appreciated the kindness. I would learn later they these two were not the last kids to show up and testing didn’t start until closer to 9 a.m. As Josh and I headed out I asked when they would finish and found out they’d need a snack at 10:30 p.m. Nice. That meant I was coming back in a few hours. But still, crisis averted.

Next thing on the agenda was to rush home without getting a speeding ticket. My parents would be there any time and the laundry wasn’t put away, the floors needed sweeping, and my bed wasn’t made. MY BED WASN’T MADE!!!

Josh and I managed to put things to rights just as they drove up but the bed remained unmade as Skipper was unwilling to extricate himself from my comforter. He isn’t allowed to sleep in beds at Mom and Dad’s house and he took full advantage of the Tempur-Pedic magic that is 85% of our tiny bedroom. Once he realized they were here, he evacuated and hurled himself directly at his true love, Dad. That boy was ready to hit the road.

I thought they’d stay for a bit but as it turned out, the plan was to pick up the dog and head out. That is until Dad decided he was going to mow the backyard (actually, he said, “I’m gonna mow this !@%$#%@” but you know, nothing unusual there). In my defense, I did mow it last Wednesday—it wasn’t a jungle or anything. But I sure appreciated it. Mom and I made snacks for the kids and before I left to deliver them, she had the weed eater started and was finishing up Dad’s work. They don’t do anything by halves, those two. They blow into town, work like a team of oxen on crack, and they blow right out; never a dull moment and never a job left undone. Except my garage. They’ve never stuck around long enough to fully take on that train wreck (though to their credit they have built a full complement of shelves to accommodate any organizing we may one day attempt. Ha!).

Did I ever tell you that Michael works 26 miles away? Well he does. So it was a treat to meet him for lunch. He happened to be at WSU-Tri-Cities attending training on ASME B31.3, whatever in the world that is (you could tell me and I still wouldn’t know), so Sam and Josh and I met him at Burger King. Because Iron Man. Obviously. Sporting upside down crowns, they put their Iron Mans (Iron Men?) together and began yelling, “I’m Sally O’Malley and I’m FIFTY YEARS OLD! I like to kick, I like to stretch, and I like to kick!” as they kicked, stretched, and kicked with the toys. I think Michael was a little embarrassed; the place was full of people from the training. Those are my boys! They obviously pay way more attention to my antics than I thought!

Have I told you lately of the very sad news that my favorite lip gloss has been discontinued? I’ve been using it for ages and then BAM! it’s gone. I made a pilgrimage to all three Walmarts in the greater Tri-Cities area and located six tubes. Another five online. But I’m still a little sad. R.I.P. Rimmel Vinyl Gloss in “Snog”. Yes, I’m being dramatic. I suppose. SNOG!

Tomorrow my baby turns four. Can’t hardly believe it. Four years ago I sat in a hospital bed at Kadlec Medical Center, disappointed a little. My doctor thought for sure Josh would come by the time “E.R.” was over. He walked in to check on me again and noticed Michael sleeping on the couch. He decided this was a good time to talk to me about making sure this was the end of the line. He said, “I know people. He could wake up with a bag of frozen peas in his lap.” I needed the laugh.

My sweet surprise was born a few hours later. And he’s kept us on our toes ever since! He is awesome. He makes me laugh every day and by way of entertainment value, he gives way more than he gets. Tonight he spent a few hours with Sierra and the boys while Michael and I went to the Delta High School orientation with Michael Jr. I imagine a fair amount of television was watched. When I turned on the bath water for him tonight, he hopped in and began singing, “Who’s that lady? Sexy lady!” from the Swiffer commercial. Seriously. You KNOW laughing is both not an option and the ONLY option. And that’s how it always is.

Tonight I wrapped him up in a few blankets and took him out front for a cuddle in the swing Michael hung in a big sycamores while I was still in the hospital, recovering from this little man’s exit. From the swing we could see the glowing “Kadlec” sign and I sang “The One Bathing Suit Your Grandma Otter Wore”. I don’t think he gets the humor of the song but he’s a good audience.

Tonight, as his eyes were closing, he murmured his last words as a three year old: “I want ice cream . . .” Sounds about right. Man, I love this kid.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Me Again.

I miss you! I’ve been wanting to write you a little something lately but my time’s been filled with new obligations and old ‘shoulds’ and, well, I just haven’t done it. But I miss you.

Seriously. What’s new? Furniture is new here. Finally. After a year and a half of complaining about the shoddy quality of our original set, the replacement set arrived. Not without a lot of effort on Michael’s side though. Thanks to his persistence we have this newer, nicer, pricier set and only had to surrender the old stuff. And put the slipcovers on because Some Assembly Required. But it’s Awesome because you know (YOU KNOW) it’s only a matter of time before Josh does a chocolate-covered face-plant with a running start. It WILL need the recommended dry cleaning. Probably on a fortnightly basis.

Did I tell you awhile back that Michael had Charter bundle the cable, phone, and internet? The Googles, the interwebs, and the e-mails? Anway, he did. And it was FANTASTIC! Fantastic because we upgraded enough to get me my BYU TV but also Super Fantastic because we now have . . .*drumroll please* . . . Caller I.D.! I didn’t realize this was part of the package but when someone called while the technician was still here and I could see it was an unwanted solicitation (are there ‘wanted’ phone solicitations?), I couldn’t help but share with him my newfound joy. He just looked at me. Gave me the old *blank stare*.

Charter Technician: “You mean you didn’t have Caller I.D.?”

Me: “No sir, I did not. Not since the electronic ankle monitor!”

Charter Technician: “I didn’t know anyone didn’t have Caller I.D.” *extra blank stare*

So I have Caller I.D. And I am so screening my calls. Not yours of course. No. No, I’d never do that, but you know. There are People That Need Screening. Some of you have been accidentally screened because apparently we also now have Voice Mail. I was sort of confused when people began asking me if I got their messages. Um no. My answering machine wasn’t flashing anything new. Then Michael reminded me that there wouldn’t be any more flashing lights. So now to remember how to use Voice Mail. This is not making me feel any younger.

I’m having a small problem. Tiny really, in the big scheme of things. When I used to post every day, I knew I was sharing my Stuff with a large group of friends. Most folks I conversed with on a regular basis had access to my blog and knew what I was up to. I never felt the need to apprise folks of my details during real life interactions because anything I cared to share was already Out There. Now it’s different but my mind hasn’t caught up yet (big surprise, eh?). I still write daily; haven’t skipped a day, but it’s only a journal on my computer. And now when I have real life conversations I find myself holding back because it feels like I must’ve already shared. I’m still assuming everyone knows everything. I’m saying “Oh. I didn’t tell you that?” a lot lately. I’ve got to learn to share and relate like a normal person again. So anyway.

The kids are doing fine. All the regular stuff. Sierra and I started watching The Food Nanny on BYU TV and have made a few of the meals we’ve seen. Although the Food Nanny’s dishes are a little pedestrian and she herself is so aggressively wholesome that it can be difficult to watch, the kids have mostly enjoyed the food. I need to work harder at getting the kids involved with the cooking. They’d probably learn a little something. None too soon; yesterday when I asked one child (who will remain nameless to protect the theoretically innocent) for a can of chicken broth, I saw him shake the can and give another sibling a knowing look as it was handed over. Seriously. Carbonated chicken stock? There was a little disappointment when I was able to open it without incident.

Random thought: “Ghost Busters” and “Phineas and Ferb” are both located in “The Tri-State Area” and both involve vast amounts of attempted “busting”.

Okay, my eyes are burning and I’m getting sleepy thinking of all the yard work that’s waiting for me tomorrow. Darned teenagers and their blasted sprinkler head stealing. *shakes fists in the air*. I have no proof but I only ever see teenagers and old Ukrainian women walk past. Anyway, trees to plant, smalls section of lawn to mow (the part that Mr. Malley’s sprinklers hit), weeds to pull, annuals to arrange, deck to tidy up. Blah, blah, blah. I’ve lost you already. But you’re awesome. And don’t forget, I miss you.

Friday, April 23, 2010

I'm Okay, You're Defriended

Miss me? If not, please go to the “She’s in the House” fan page and de-fan yourself because I only want to talk to my besties. You know who you are. And who you aren’t.

Today I was able to spend some time with Michael in the morning at such lovely establishments as the Bark and Garden Center in Olympia (thanks for the suggestion Kellie!) and Trader Joe’s. Never enough of this sort of time. In the afternoon I helped ready the church for Corrina’s wedding and loved hanging out with old friends for an awhile. In the late afternoon Michael took me to Red Nails for a manicure/pedicure and what started out as a little pampering turned into a torture session. It started out with a simple question: “Can I fix your eyebrows”? Well sure. It’d been a bit since Sinar plucked the daylights out of them (to keep me from looking like a logger!) and they could use some grooming.

Before this woman came down on me with waxy terror, she said she wanted to wax my upper lip. “It’s been awhile?” Um yeah. I’ve never had my upper lip waxed. Didn’t even realize I had a mustache. Searing pain, searing pain, and I’m hair-free. Next some crazy awful eyebrow waxing/plucking and I felt like my entire face was on fire. I’m crossing my fingers that the redness and swelling goes down by tomorrow but I suppose it’s no big deal. I sort of enjoy giving my friends a reason to laugh.

Tonight Dad asked me to listen to a song and help him figure out what album it was on so he could pick it up. It was a cover of The Who’s “Love, Reign o'er Me” by Pearl Jam. I liked it a lot. We’ll have to help him download it because it wasn’t on the soundtrack for the movie it came from (“Reign on Me”). Next we watched “Survivor” because I missed it last night. I’ve been enjoying this season but man, that Parvati makes me itch.

By this point you may be wondering what’s up. What’s she talking about? Oh I don’t know. But anyway, as you know, I ended the daily postings. Since then though, Michael helped me realize that there’s nothing wrong with taking some time here and there to share some thoughts. So I will.

As some of you know, I was defriended by a high school friend on Facebook yesterday. She wrote a very long (VERY long) message about it (of which I read the first few sentences) and then blogged about ‘breaking up’ with me. Her reason was that at some point I pushed the ‘Like’ button when I saw this on Facebook: “DEAR LORD, THIS YEAR YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTOR, PATRICK SWAYZIE. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTRESS, FARAH FAWCETT. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE SINGER, MICHAEL JACKSON. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT IS BARACK OBAMA. AMEN”

I was a little surprised. When I first saw this, I chuckled; I didn’t take it as a serious prayer or sentiment. That she did? Well, I’ll just say I’m in no way surprised. I’ve given it some thought since yesterday (though nothing like the agonizing she apparently went through) and my thoughts are as follows:

1) I’m sad that I may have represented my faith poorly and this “letter” was in poor taste.
2) It still makes me chuckle a little.
3) I can’t take life this seriously.
4) It reminds me of a Simpson’s episode where Bart prays for God to kill Sideshow Bob. His mom says, “Bart, no! You can’t ask God to kill someone!” and Homer says, “Yeah! You do your own dirty work!”

What I’ll also add is that I’m perfectly okay with this. Wouldn’t have it any other way. If anything about me is irritating, unnerving, or upsetting to any one of my 393 friends, family, and acquaintances on Facebook, they ought to defriend me. What reason would they have to keep me around? To be nosy or have something to complain about? No. Just defriend me now. Trust me; I’m cool with it.

So anyway, if I don’t actually want Mr. Obama to die, what do I believe?

Although I wouldn’t characterize myself as a Republican, I am, most definitely, a Conservative. Maybe Libertarian fits the bill more closely. I don’t know. What I do know is that when I listen to Herman Cain talk about government and politics and Thomas Sowell discuss economics, I hear that ring of truth. I don’t mention these two men because they’re black. I only mention them because I’ve loved them since the first time I heard them speak and read their words. They are the reason I moved from being a mushy-headed twenty-something full of empty feel-goodisms to someone who has enough love for her fellow man (and woman) to expect more from them.

Additionally, I should add that although folks like to describe conservative thinkers as without heart or feelings, nothing could be further from my personal truth. In our family we believe in giving a tenth and helping anyone who needs a hand. We believe in support of those unable to care for themselves. We believe that help should come in forms that are basic and straightforward. That help should come after a person has demonstrated, for example that they aren’t using the resources they do have for luxuries or lifestyle enhancement. The problem conservative thinkers have with help coming from the federal government is that it’s no longer personal. Recipients don’t have a face to put to the aid. Maybe Uncle Sam, I suppose, but not their tax paying neighbor. Sure, there’s potentially a minority of people who have only used aid for the short term when completely necessary and you know what? I probably know a few of these people. They are grateful, especially in this economy, that the help is there when they need it. No doubt about it. But we’re fooling ourselves if we pretend that most recipients of this sort of aid do anything more than become dependent on it. See it as a right. A right to what truly belongs to someone else. Because the funds only come after someone else gives up their time to work.

But where was I? Oh yeah, I expect a lot from people. Although I’ve heard folks use racism as a reason for disliking Mr. Obama, for me it’s less about him and more about the ideas. But it is a little about him. The fact that he listened to an America-hating preacher for years and associated with a person who bombed the Pentagon during the Vietnam War is very disconcerting. But back to ideas. I think government policies should be based on what’s constitutional and what works, not on whether something makes us feel Nice or Mean. I don’t believe it’s the federal government’s job to make or even help us be successful. I believe the market and private industry are able to do well what the federal government can only complicate and confuse. I believe our country isn’t in a mind-blowing amount of debt because we aren’t taxed heavily enough but because politicians are spending too much. Way, way too much. If we have to figure out a way to live within our means, we should expect the government to do the same. I believe too much help is just another word for hurt.

So anyway, me and Mr. Obama, we may not be on the same page but I have no interest in his death. And not just because the thought of President Biden gives me serious pause. Defriend me if you will; it’s all good.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

This Is It

I don’t know why this is so hard. I’ve been typing and back spacing for half an hour now. But still nothing sounds right.

Do you know what tomorrow is? It’s the anniversary of my first post. The birthday of ‘She’s in the House’. It took some serious stick-to-it-iveness but I’ve managed to hit this dubious milestone with a gold star for Perfect Attendance.

What started out as short journal entries each day turned into longer and longer visits with you. In the beginning I didn’t know if I’d ever be writing with a contemporary audience in mind; it seemed likely that these would only be read later by my kids. Somehow along the way I’ve been able to collect a little cheering section and you don’t know how much this has meant to me. No sir, you do not.

I’m grateful for the year I’ve had to really think. To mull things over. To get to know myself. And friends, as you know, this wasn’t always pretty. Before this blog, I went through a dark period marked with ignorance, selfishness, and poor judgment but this place, and the knowledge that you were all there interested and ready to ‘listen’ was the succor and support I needed to make a fresh start. You are AWESOME and don’t you dare ever forget it. President Spencer W. Kimball once said, “The Lord answers our prayers, but it is usually through another person that he meets our needs.” Thanks each of you for being an instrument in His hands.

Good grief this is difficult. I’m not good at this at all. Let’s see. It’s not you; it’s me. We need to talk. This hurts me more than it hurts you. Let’s just be friends. No. None of this is working.

You see, the thing is I’ve known for a couple of weeks that this would be my last post. If you would’ve told me before that point that I was going to pull the plug on it, I would’ve laughed. Or punched you. Something along those lines. Lest you think Something Happened, let me assure you that it was simply a quiet confirmation in my heart that it was time to move along. *sighs* This is harder than it should be; more necessary than you know.

This is it. *cue the Kenny Loggins music*

Thanks to each of you for sticking with me and keeping me sane this year. I love you tons.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Easy Isn't Always What It's Cracked Up To Be

In light of my Facebook post yesterday that I noticed I looked pregnant when I glanced at my reflection in a glass door, I thought this conversation with Sam today was sort of funny. He walked in as I was looking for something in our room and this is the conversation he began:

Sam: “What if we had six kids?”

Me: “Excuse me?”

Sam: “I had a dream we had six kids.”

Me: “Was it a good thing? Would you be happy if there was another?”

Sam: “No. I don’t want to share my bed.”

Me: “Well, I’m not in a position to be producing any more so I think you’re in luck.”

He smiled and rolled his eyes. He walked away saying, “Ten days later . . .” What in the world? Interesting sense of humor that boy has but ten days later nothing. All good things must come to an end (keep that in mind) and this is one end I’ve come to terms with. I don’t look it in the eye or anything but I know it’s there.

This afternoon I ran into Albertson’s for a gallon of milk and a big candy bar to drop off for someone’s birthday. That I totally missed last week. *sighs* As I was deciding on which big bar to buy, a bright green sale sticker caught my eye. Instead of the $1.79 the rest of the bars were, these bars were only $1. I picked one up and saw that they were Hershey Bars with Crisp Corn Bits. Really? I had to look closer. Yep. Corn. Right there on the label. Well, no wonder they were Reduced for Quick Sale. I mean really, who comes up with these ideas? Who hears these ideas and doesn’t say, “Um, no.”?

Clearly my thoughts on this aren’t universal. I mean someone must have thought it was a bang up idea. Also, when I came home and showed the kids, Michael Jr. and Kenny grabbed their money and headed straight over to Albertson’s to buy a few. No, I’m serious! They did have the generosity to buy an Almond Joy for their sister, the frugality to bring back something to placate Josh from the 75% off Easter section, and the wisdom to pick up some Coconut M& M’s for their dad, so there’s that. But remember, it was the Corn Bits that sent them running. And friends, I tasted it. If you like Fritos with your chocolate, you’re in luck.

So what’s this got to do with anything? Only nothing. It’s all part of the completely unrelated randomocity that is my life. Like sitting down to dinner and realizing that Kenny’s using the words ‘Trinidad and Tobago’ in every sentence. There can’t possibly be a reasonable explanation. So I don’t question, I write. And I write and I write and I write.

After returning home from a board meeting tonight, Michael called me upstairs. He wanted me to look at Sam. I’m not sure how I’d missed it, but the poor kid had bruises on each hip. How odd. After talking for a few minutes we realized it was from his insistence on pulling his pants off without unbuttoning them first. He’s capable of buttoning but it seems easier not to. As he’s grown since we bought his pants in September, this has become more difficult but he keeps doing it because it’s ‘easier’ than the alternative. Wow. It really made me think. I mean, yeah, it sounds crazy but when I think about it, I can point to plenty of examples in my own life of times I’ve taken what appears to be the path of least resistance, the easy way, only to find I made life tougher on myself further down the road. Much of the time I figure we really do know when we’re cutting corners. Maybe this analogy doesn’t work. I don’t know. I’m tired. I just know that being lazy about anything will catch up with you. The chickens will come home to roost.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Three Completely Unrelated Paragraphs

I’m not sure why Michael Jr. watched 2012 tonight; he already has a number of concerns regarding Death and The End of the World. Before watching it he came to me and asked a few questions about Death, if the world might really end in 2012, what happens next, is it likely to be painful, etc. I reminded him of all the things he already knows but ultimately, all I could tell him was what Jesus had to say on the subject: “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only (Matthew 24:36). Besides, it’s not like there aren’t Mayan ruins with inscriptions dating beyond 2012. Sheesh. It feels like Y2K all over again. As he walked away he told me he felt better. He said he wasn’t so anxious but, “I just hope my death doesn’t involve fire or black holes.” Good heavens; so do I!

Later, as I was washing up some greasy dishes (Sierra made us sliders for dinner courtesy of our Billy Mays Big City Slider Station), Kenny came in for a bowl of cereal before bed. As I washed, we talked about school and the Native American groups he’s studying. Apache, Pueblo, Navajo, Zuñi. He told me which were hunters, ranchers, farmers. I told him that the Navajos and Apaches drove the Anasazi to create those cliff homes. He knew that. Oh well, I try. We talked about potential 4th grade teachers but the only one we’re really interested in is Mrs. Fankhauser. Michael Jr. and Sierra both had her for 3rd grade and she’s great. Also I have no idea who the other 4th grade teachers are. He asked why we only have two ‘man teachers’ at school. He’s got a male student teacher right now, Mr. Diaz, and Kenny seems to like this. I didn’t have much of an answer. The money, I guess. It probably doesn’t pay the greatest and honestly, I doubt many guys relish the idea of spending all day with elementary school kids. Or would have the patience for it. I don’t know that I’d have the patience for it. Scratch that; I know I wouldn’t. And the parents! But anyway, Kenny didn’t think any of my answers/guesses made much sense. “Wouldn’t you like to boss kids around all day??” Frankly, no. No I would not. I feel like that’s all I do as it is. I asked him how he’d like to be responsible for making sure each of those kids in his class actually learned something every day. And did well when tested. “Oh. Maybe not”.

This morning was M.O.P.s and Tia crashed it with me. It was good to spend some time together with the old gang. (Okay, Tia, please don't hate me for posting this picture. I know you feel self conscious about the Bell's Palsy but I love you! You're my true blue friend and we can't stop taking pictures! And look! My cold sore is still hanging in there!) Gail Johnsen came to speak to us like she does each year and she talked about the things we should never sacrifice when we have kids. She made us come up with these ourselves and the consensus seemed to be soul care and marriage. It makes sense. She spoke about raising her children and as much as she loved being a mother, she always felt there must be something more. Eventually she was able to earn a master’s degree. She loved writing so she made time for it when her kids were young and now she’s a published author. Something she said next resonated with me and I want to remember it. When she finally attained those worldly goals, she realized they were nothing compared to the joys of being a mother. She was enraged that Satan had stolen the joy of the season she was in when her children were small by encouraging her to think being a mom wasn’t enough. We must embrace the season we’re in. Because this is it. It’s not coming around again. There’s something to appreciate about every stage of our life. She felt during that time that there must be more. Out there. Something she was missing. But really there wasn’t. God’s purposes aren’t out there. They’re served right here, where you are. In this family. In this place. That’s powerful stuff.


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7-8 September 2002

To get at least some first-hand appreciation of what it might be like to try to survive a shipwreck at sea, seven intrepid souls from Ship 25 (Tim, Matt, Leah, Drew, Ashley, Greg, and new recruit Jim) plus four hardy types from Ship 1993 (Ryan, Simon, Paul, and Darryl) ventured to the Baltimore County Sailing Center at Rocky Point, MD on Saturday, 7 September 2002.  There they were given a pile of lumber, inner tubes, rope, and one bag of MRE's and one gallon container of water per person.  They were pointed in the direction of Hart-Miller Island, about one mile off-shore.  The crew was told to assume their ship just sank with all the adults (Hooray!), and their mission, as the sole surviving youth members, was to get themselves to safety on Hart-Miller Island and survive there for 24 hours.  They were told that if they could send a recognizable SOS signal, they would be "rescued" by boat on Sunday - otherwise they would have to cross back to the mainland on their rafts.  With the further admonition that there would be no more advice or interference from the supervising adults except in case of a serious health or safety matter, the crews set about their task.  (The USCG and the MD DNR police had been previously advised of the exercise to ensure there would be no inadvertent launch of an actual rescue).

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Jim, Matt, Drew, Tim, and Greg discuss construction details of the Ship 25 raft.

Leah, Ashley, Matt, and Tim paddle for Hart-Miller Island.

  The crew took turns paddling or swimming along side the raft.

Ashley, Matt, and Tim keep paddling.

  After about an hour and a half of paddling, the crew began to close in on their destination.

  The landing is near!

  Bo'sun Tim strides ashore to supervise the landing of the raft.

  Tim looks pleased with his crew's effort.

Drew, Ashley, and Matt near the shore.

  On dry land at last!

  Hooray!  We made it!

  Matt moves a large white rock that he found where the raft landed.

  Greg, Drew, Leah, Ashley, and Matt inspect the contents of their MRE bags.

  "Look", says Ashley.  "I've got peaches in a box!"

  Tim samples his MRE meal.

  Yum!  Chewy, but nutritious.

  Matt goes he-man and supplements his MRE with his own specialty - cricket dipped in chocolate cocoa mix.

  The Bo'sun gets a signal fire going.

  Tim scores bonus points for a very innovative signal device.  He cut out chunks of rubber from an old tire washed up on the beach, and then got the rubber to burn using a stove he made out of an old soda can he also found on the beach.  The signal was eventually acknowledged:  "Help will arrive at 0930 tomorrow morning".

  The crew begins to settle down and enjoy the beauty of their surroundings.

  As the sun sets on our castaways, the exercise continues.

  The raft at sunset.

  Red at night, sailor's delight.....

  Greg, an Eagle Scout, shows the shelter he is making in the sand.

  Others in the crew start to curl up in an old sail for the night.

  At this point, the Sea Scouts from Ship 1993 arrive on the scene.  They help gather firewood.

  The ambitious firewood collectors even climb an old tree to strip dead branches from the top.

  A nice fire is always a cheery sight to any castaway.

  At this point, a "treasure map" is unexpectedly found, promising the successful treasure hunter something more precious than gold and jewels.  Tim helps Simon locate the North Star.

  Simon studies the treasure map, looking for clues.

  "Let's see now - start at the big white rock and go Southeast 1/5 the number of feet in 25 fathoms - so that's 6 x 25 /5 =  30 feet ......"

  After a few more courses and distances, Simon and his partners think they are at the right spot and begin to dig.  No treasure!  What's wrong?  Somebody eventually remembers that Matt moved the "big white rock" when it got in the way of beaching the raft, not knowing at the time it marked the departure point for the whole treasure map route.  "Now just where was that rock before it got thrown?"

  Simon eventually traces out the directions in the sand and realizes the directions lead in a circle back to the starting point.  Now it becomes essential to determine just where the rock was before it got accidentally moved.

  Someone remembered a clump of grass under the rock when Matt picked it up.  Good observation, Jim!

  Success at last - the treasure is found to be bug spray and sun screen, truly in this case more valuable than gold or jewels.

  Simon announces the find to the group.

  Simon, in addition to being a determined treasure hunter, is also a supremely dedicated small-boat sailor.

  Paul, from 1993, is a rugged sort, too.

  Ryan, from 1993, is closing in on his Eagle Scout requirements.

  Darryl, from 1993, and Paul keep the fire going.

  Greg and Ryan share a laugh around the campfire.

The night was chilly, and the bugs were bad, but everyone took discomfort in stride.  As dawn broke, the sun brought back warmth to cold bodies, and a fresh breeze blew away the bugs.  Mid-morning at 0930, the rescue boats appeared and conveyed our adventurers back to safety on the mainland.  A huge "welcome home" barbecue greeted the hungry Sea Scouts, most of whom went home shortly afterwards and slept from Sunday afternoon straight through until Monday morning.

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Baldwin High School senior Ryan Rogers dives and stretches the ball across the goal line to score the Bulldogs' second touchdown Friday night. BHS crushed Ottawa 47-12 to win its district opener.

Baldwin High School senior Ryan Rogers dives and stretches the ball across the goal line to score the Bulldogs' second touchdown Friday night. BHS crushed Ottawa 47-12 to win its district opener.

October 21, 2010

The Baldwin Bulldogs took advantage of a trio of early Ottawa High turnovers Friday to jump out to a quick lead that it never lost.

The Bulldogs (6-1) converted those Cyclones mistakes into first quarter points. They continued to roll over the Cyclones (3-4) and won 47-12 at Liston Stadium.

“This win feels really good,” senior Ryan Rogers said. “It’s nice to get that first district win. We played a lot better in the second half than we did in the first half.”

Friday’s game was also the opening district contest for both teams. Eudora and Santa Fe Trail are the other two schools in the Class 4A district. The top two teams will advance to the state playoffs after next week’s regular season finale.

“We are just taking things one game at a time,” coach Mike Berg said. “We told the kids this is a playoff game and it’s a new season where everyone was 0-0. We are 1-0 and very happy.”

Berg was also happy the Bulldogs were able to win by at least 13 points. If there is a tie in the district rankings, the first tie-breaker is the point differential in the three games. The most a team can earn for a win or lose for a loss is 13 points.

The point differential came into play in 2008. Baldwin, Eudora and Perry-Lecompton each finished districts 2-2, but Eudora’s season ended because its point differential was one point short of Baldwin’s for the three games.

“This was important,” Berg said. “We got the win and the plus 13 points. It’s important to get as many points as possible, as we found out in 2008, when there was a three-way tie for the district crown.”

Ottawa turnovers early in the game helped Baldwin win that district opener. The Cyclones fumbled on the fifth play of the game. BHS junior Jake Mindez recovered the ball on the Cyclones’ 35-yard line.

Rogers and senior Josh Hoffman marched the ball down the field. Then Rogers threw a screen pass to junior Asher Hannon, who went14 yards for a touchdown to give BHS a 6-0 lead.

On the ensuing kick off, Ottawa fumbled again. Sophomore John McCall recovered the ball on the OHS 19-yard line. Despite two offensive penalties on the drive, Baldwin scored its second touchdown of the first quarter. Rogers scored on an 8-yard run.

“We really worked on that in practice,” Rogers said of not committing turnovers. “We worked on holding onto the ball and not committing any turnovers. We wanted to make sure we didn’t turn the ball over tonight.”

Baldwin scored early in the second quarter to take a 20-0 lead. On a fourth-down-and-2 attempt from the OHS 30 yard line, Rogers threw a long pass to Hannon, who beat his defender down the sideline.

“They were up on our receivers, so we just threw over the top a bit,” Rogers said. “That got them off of our receivers, because our guys are fast out there. It felt good to finally throw a couple out there for scores. It was nice.”

Ottawa scored with 18 seconds remaining in the half, but Baldwin led 20-6 heading into the break. Baldwin scored touchdowns on its first three possessions of the second half.

The Bulldogs sealed the blowout with a Hoffman 30-yard interception return for a touchdown. Sophomore Dayton Valentine tipped the Cyclones pass, and Hoffman caught it with an open field ahead of him.

Ottawa scored again with 3:57 left in the game, but BHS ran the clock out after the touchdown.

“We still need to tackle better,” Berg said. “We missed some tackles tonight. Dydell is a great running back, and one of the best in the league. If you don’t wrap him up, he’s going to get a lot of yards.”

Baldwin will play Santa Fe Trail at 7 p.m. Friday at Liston Stadium. Senior night festivities will begin at about 6:30 p.m.

“It’s our last guaranteed home game,” Berg said. ”We need to take care of business and win our senior night. Every team is going to be tough this time of the year, so we just have to keep fixing our mistakes and getting better.”

Frontier League results

Eudora — 51, Santa Fe Trail — 20

Louisburg — 35, Spring Hill – 6

Paola — 70, Osawatomie — 8

De Soto — 56, Bishop Ward – 22

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Louisburg 7-0 (5-0)

Baldwin 6-1 (4-1)

Paola 5-2 (2-2)

Eudora 5-2 (2-2)

Ottawa 3-4 (2-3)

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today, i'm on campus to give a talk to newly admitted USF undergraduates who will join are considering joining us in the fall. my talk is called "making media and new media @ USF," and most likely will go a little something like this.

i'll begin by introducing our new students to the many media-making opportunities at USF. there is the foghorn, our campus newspaper. there are our two radio stations, KDNZ and KUSF. there is USFtv, a student-run campus television station. and there is our film studies minor. and interspersed across many of our media studies classes, as well as courses across campus, are opportunities for students to create digital media.

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wyclef jean's video "if i was president" directed by USF student alexandra platt with help from a USF crew that includes chris begley, dave binegar, aiza bonus, david burgis, nikka elman, sandy hayashi, james kilton, kevin kunze, tobe platt, shaina onnagan, nina sasson, miles simcox, amanda von west, and danielle watchman:

USFtv's visionz (with meg and dia):

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update: here's what it looked like from my side!

tafakly said...

well mr silver, i thought id go ahead a leave you a comment after checking out your blog. haha it made me laugh to see the picture of all of us just earlier today (i was in the media presentation you gave for the propective undergrads) so i just want to tell you that you gave a wonderful class especially in such a short time. i dont know if ill be attending usf but it really does seem like an amazing place especially with the drawback of being so small, it is still very involved. so thanks again and you can say i did my hw!! :") kay toodles x D

Chad Heimann said...

Thanks Prof. Silver for the mock class today, I think personally for me your mini lecture might have sealed the deal for me I loved how you were able to incorporate social justice into media so fluidly which made me really excited that I was majoring in the Media Studies program next year.

thanks Again!

Melissa Jenkins said...

So I don't really believe in homework (and yet somehow I've made it through high school) but this one seemed like I might actually get something out of the assignment.
Your class today was great. I had a lot of fun. I'm not sure if I'll be going to USF, but I wish I could take you to wherever I end up.
And I'm glad at least one person took a picture of me having a good time today.

Toodles (Bye) :)

david silver said...

hey, thanks for the comments and kind words! also, good for you three for doing your homework in a timely manner.

@tafakly - yeah, the pic is classic, huh? unfortunately, a few students, especially on the left side, were cut out. good luck on your decision.

@chad - excellent! the fusion of social justice and our respective fields - whether it's media studies or english, computer science or performing arts - is something you'll see a lot of at USF.

@melissa - wow, thanks. good luck on your decision and thanks for attending the talk.

Kathy said...

As a librarian here at USF and a mother currently doing the accepted students orientation circuit with a high school senior, all that I can say is GREAT! If you don't receive tenure next year, something is seriously wrong.

david silver said...

thanks kathy!

i really like the idea of students (and parents!) experiencing first-hand the campus and city they'll be calling home for four or five years.

it's good for the students but it's also good for us - we get a sneak peak of what's to come!

Sarah Scannell said...

Thanks again David for a great media studies presentation and for being such an awesome addition to our Open House event! It was great to read the comments that some of the students posted. Also thanks for the picture! Sarah Scannell

david silver said...

sarah - thanks for inviting me in the first place. i'll look forward to collaborating with you and your office in the future!


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Monday, September 17, 2012

Introducing Anna!

So over the summer I was making the rounds doing a presentation on how to bring Speech Recognition to Android. As part of this work I put together a sample application that uses PhoneGap for the user interface and makes calls to plugins for speech recognition and text to speech functionality. The full source code has been available for quite awhile but I decided to publish the compiled .apk in the Play store as a free application.  Now, there is less of an impediment to folks checking it out.

Basically the application allows you to ask a question using natural language and get an answer. The internal workings of the application are pretty simple. First an intent is fired off to recognize speech. This brings up the Google Voice recognition dialog. Once the speech is completed it returns a text representation of what it thought it heard. I then turn around and ask Wolfram Alpha to answer the question. Once I get a result from Wolfram I display the result and have the app read the answer by using text to speech. Check out a couple examples on the right.
Since the Wolfram Alpha API is only free up 2000 requests per month I couldn't provide an API key with the application. If you want a result other than "I'm sorry I didn't understand" you'll need to register for an API key. The app will detect if you don't have an API key setup in the preferences and guide you in setting it up. I know it is an inconvenience but we'll have to live with it for now.

In addition if you don't want the answer to be read out to you in text to speech you can tell the app not to use TTS.

My next steps in this fun little side project is to start reading the device contacts to make it easier for folks to send emails or SMS via their own voice. Looking past that I'm going to make the application location aware. That's why those permissions are included in the app right now even though they are not used.

The app is intended to be a teaching tool and an example of how to do a host of things using the PhoneGap API. PhoneGap plugins that used in this application include:
The icons are courtesy of the Noun Project and the Speech Bubbles are from Nicolas Gallagher.

Also, if you want to add any features to this app yourself then fork my repo and start sending me pull requests.

Rahul Gharat said...

Hi Simon,
When Text to Speech plugin will be available for IOS and other Platform.
Right now this plugin is only for Android platform

Simon MacDonald said...

@Rahul Gharat

I don't know. I don't have plans to write on at this moment.


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Thermodynamic entropy

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Thermodynamic entropy is a measure of how organized or disorganized energy is present in a system of atoms or molecules. It is measured in joules of energy per unit kelvin. Entropy is an important part of the third law of thermodynamics.

Imagine that a group of molecules has ten units of energy. If the energy in those molecules is perfectly organized, then the molecules can do ten units of work. However, if the energy became less organized (that is, the entropy increased), the molecules might only be able to do six units of work, even though they still have ten units of energy in them.

When total entropy is reached, there is no more energy to spend. A good example of this is a cup of tea. Now suppose your cup of tea is hot. The tea has a lot of energy compared to the room the tea is in. Over time the heat in the tea will spread into the room. The tea will become colder. This is because the energy (heat) in the tea escapes into the surrounding area. Once the tea has gone cold, there is no more heat that can be spread. The tea has thus reached total entropy.

There are two types of "rooms" we recognize when we are talking about entropy: An open system and a closed system. The former means that energy (such as heat) can freely flow into and out of the room. A closed system means that the room is closed off from the outside; no energy can go in or out.

In the case of the tea, the room was a closed system; it had no means for energy to enter. But we can also make it an open system by placing a stove in the room. If we turn on the stove, we can use the heat from the stove to reheat the cup of tea. New usable energy has been brought into the environment. The entropy has thus decreased. The heat that went from the stove into the tea can then again escape into the room again until total entropy has been reached. This is what the second law of thermodynamics describes.

A real life example of an open system is the Earth. The surface gets a lot of energy from the Sun every day. This allows plants to grow and water to stay liquid. If we took away the Sun, plants would die and water would freeze up because the surface of our planet would be too cold.


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From the SIP Trunking Experts

May 07, 2012

Spencer Dawkins Named Technical Director of SIP Forum

By Jacqueline Lee Contributing Writer

The SIP Forum, an industry association with members from many leading IP communications companies, has named longtime member Spencer Dawkins as its new Technical Director. Dawkins currently works as Senior Standards Manager at Huawei Technologies in Plano, Texas.

“SIP continues to serve as the main engine for IP communications innovation and is helping drive the rapid pace of change in today’s telecom world,” Dawkins commented. “As SIP Forum Technical Director, I look forward to working with SIP Forum key stakeholders – leadership, our task groups and members – to ensure the Forum continues to fulfill its mission of advancing the global adoption of SIP.”

Spencer Dawkins has a long history in the communications industry. He has worked on TCP/IP standards since 1989 and has participated in the Internet Engineering Task Force since 1996. For the ITEF, Dawkins has co-authored multiple Requests for Comments. He has served on the General Area Review Team and the General Area Directorate. On four separate occasions, Dawkins has served as a working group chairman.

Prior to his work at Huawei, Dawkins held the posts of software developer, manager, systems architect and product planner at Nortel, Fujitsu, Cyneta Networks and Inet/Tektronix.

“My role,” Dawkins explained, “will be to help our task groups continue to deliver sound technical recommendations and guidance to the industry which answer important questions, eliminate roadblocks, solve problems and ultimately address outstanding issues that might otherwise slow SIP adoption in enterprise and carrier IP networks.”

The role of the SIP Forum is to promote SIP as the technology of choice for communicating via the Internet, wireless networks and corporate networks. The Forum’s main interests are product interoperability, disseminating information on the capabilities and benefits of SIP, and showcasing successful deployments and SIP applications.

As Technical Director, Dawkins will work with the Chairman and the Managing Director to translate Forum priorities into actionable task groups. Groups that Dawkins will work with include the SIPConnect Task Group, the SIPConnect Interoperability Certification Task Group, the Test Event Working Group, the Fax over IP Task Group and the User Agent Configuration Task Group.

Dawkins decade of experience with industry standards groups gives him unique insight into the goals and objectives of the SIP Forum. He holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Texas.

Edited by Rich Steeves


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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Actions louder than words. Eric Holder just told the President of Mexico and Senator Charles Grassley to go fornicate themselves.

"Slap the Mexicans once more for me, Melson," says Eric Holder, "And piss on Senator Grassley's leg while you're at it."

Yesterday it was announced that William D. "Bill" Newell, the architect of Project Gunwalker, and, subsequent to the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, the Cover Up King of the Southwest Field Divisions, will be handed the job of Mexican Attache for ATF. A brief email exchange with a well-informed source:

From: georgemason1776@aol.com
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011
Subject: Re: FYI

So, if I have this straight, Newell, who told Gil to screw the Mexicans, that they weren't telling them squat, is now supposed to work with them?

To which he replied:

You got it. Announced yesterday. Unf--kingbelieveable. They NEED to subpoena Newell's and Gillette's civil depositions in (the Jay Dobyns') case. That promotion won't happen.

Meet William D. "Bill" Newell, Special Agent In Charge ( SAC ), Phoenix ATF

This promotion of Newell in the middle of the "Project Gunwalker" scandal is so outrageous that it prompted another ATF agent, posting under the name of "Jumper," to issue "An open message to Senator Grassley and all members of Congress."

After an ATF Agent was retaliated against by ASAC Gillett in Phoenix for speaking with your staff, your letter to Ken Melson put ATF on notice: "This is exactly the wrong sort of reaction for the ATF. Rather than focusing on retaliating against whistleblowers, the ATF's role sole focus shold be on finding the disclosing the truth as soon as possible."

With all due respect to you and with appreciation for your present interest and efforts in Arizona, this type of behavior is routine, historical, accepted by ATF management and routinely defended by ATF counsel, especially with ASAC Gillett but, also throughout ATF management.

ATF's leadership could care less about Senator Grassley, Congressional inqueries, the No Fear Act, Victim-Witness laws, truth, honesty, integrity or anything that gets in their way of intimidating their workforce. I appologize for the harshness of my tone but your small exposure to ATF retaliations is a way of life for us.

If you expect ATF to now "find and disclose the truth" based on your censure, it is simply not in the character of the individuals involved, ATF leadership as a whole and most definitely not anything close to a priority for ATF's attorneys. THEY DO NOT CARE!

When your staff investigates the Phoenix allegations they will be met with answers packed with hollow mitigation and a series of, "I don't know", "I don't recall", and, "I thought that someone else was on top of that" answers. Expect it. This is a stone cold lock guarantee because none of the people involved have ever been held accountable for any of their bad acts. They have always won out by deflecting responsibility and lying. This is fact and proveable on dozens if not hundreds of occasions. ATF management has stuck their collective heads in the sand and allowed these people to remain in place and continue to do additional and more comprehensive damage.

If you are not directly and personally insulted by ATF attempting to sneak Bill Newell in as the Mexico Attache' under the wire, and in the face of your inquiry then you have missed the point. That is what they do. The theme on ATF's 5th floor is that it is harder to get him removed once he is in place. ATF has mocked your interest in Newell's mismanagment. They have ignored numerous examples of his failures and turned a blind eye to his bad acts. He can't run a field division with any effectiveness so what does ATF do, they give him a whole country!

Newell and Gillett are inept but ATF management will back them to the end of the earth. Expect that too.

This move, which -- given the present scandal/crisis -- could only have been approved at the highest levels of Main Justice, is Eric Holder's message to the Mexicans, whom Newell deliberately kept in the dark, and his answer to Senator Grassley's ominous letter.

By this action, which is shouting far louder than his words, he is saying: "Slap the Mexicans once more for me, Melson. And piss on Senator Grassley's leg while you're at it."

Eric Holder just told the President of Mexico and the Ranking Member on the Senate Judiciary Committee to go fornicate themselves. He's saying that his cover-up is more important to him than truth and decency. All this from a guy who spoke soothing, meeching, insincere words upon the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

Senator Grassley, if you want to clean up the ATF and protect whistleblowers, you'd better start with the guy who just told you to go take a flying copulation at a rolling doughnut.

Mike Vanderboegh
The alleged leader of a merry band of Three Percenters

Anonymous said...

Hope none of these agents goes "postal" on the ATF leadership.

MadDawg308 said...

News like this makes me feel that there is no justice for those in Govt. agencies that aim to destroy our Constitutional rights. No matter what we do to shine the light on those who abuse their power, they control the system, and the media outlets put them in a good light or ignore the stories altogether. I fear that there isn't much we can do to restore our great republic with the system stacked evermore against us...

Anonymous said...

Eric Holder....

Another recycled Marxist.

I love that little smirk of his. He knows exactly what he's doing and allowing to be done. That's the reason he was appointed to his position, twice.

I seem to recall that Bush refused to remove all the assistant attorney's general appointed under Clinton, so the full apparatus is still in place. One thing's for sure, Bush was a dummy when it came to that, well probably some other things as well, but I guess the apple doesn't fall far from it's tree.

Still trying to believe in accidents and oversights. But that defense and excuse, is growing thin.

Defender said...

President Calderon seems to be no stranger to the code of machismo. He's tolerated about 50,000 of his people -- including cops and soldiers -- being slaughtered in his war on the cartels.
That time I visited Mexico, most of the men looked like Edward James Olmos and that long-haired knife-throwing assassin in "Desperado" and "Machete," only not as wussified.
If I lived in the Southwest, I'd be loading up every boomstick and magazine I owned. They're turning a secret international arrogant incident into a deliberate provocation.
Qui bono? Who would benefit from it? There's nothing like a Red Alert state of emergency to get people begging for martial law.

Bad Cyborg said...

So Holder basically told Grassley to "piss up a rope". No surprise there since the White House's reaction to the Florida Federal Court ruling on Obamacare was for all intents and purposes the same thing.

These people believe themselves to be untouchable. They do not recognize the authority of either of the other two branches of government. Courts and legislatures are fine in their place but when they step out of their place they are to be ignored and ridiculed.

NOTHING is going to change until and unless executive branch personnel - and by that I mean VERY HIGH RANKING executive branch personnel - are doing hard time in a federal penitentiary. Even then I am not sure things will turn around.

The executive branch has the bit in its teeth. How do you stop a horse in similar circumstances? Can ANYTHING stop the executive branch short of a bullet to its collective brain? The rule of law is hanging on by an extremely slender thread - if it is not already utterly ended.

Shit's gonna get DEEP, friends. It's gonna get WWWAAAAAYYYYYYY deep!

Sean C Young said...

I would not be surprised if Newell becomes a "victim" of the Mexican cartel violence before he has a chance to save his own ass by ratting out the higher ups responsible for this scandal. After Newell's assassination, he will be labeled as a rouge agent who acted on his own.

If I was Newell, I would not be taking a job in Mexico. It's just too easy for someone to disappear down there.

Sedition said...

No justice, no peace.

Anonymous said...

Funny... I see this right after I see a South Park episode that featured the BATF...

Scary that even cartoonists have got the memo on those guys.

ranamacar said...

Sen. Grassley called in to a local radio show today. I tried to get a question to him, but he was only scheduled for about two minutes and the host already had three inane topics to discuss. Guess I'll just have to keep up the letters and e-mails.

Concerned American said...

Holder led the second coverup of Waco, resulting in the Danforth Report.

If you haven't done so yet, read David Hardy's book on Waco.

Once you get that BATFE and the FBI got away with multiple murders of women and children at Waco, you'll get why the AG was smirking today.

And we ain't seen nothing yet...

Mark Matis said...

How long before WE are Egypt?

Anonymous said...

kinda hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel, isn't it?
Lots of you may think me very cynical, I just saw through it a long time ago. Those of you that still think we can vote our way out, or write letters, ad nauseum, to your congresscritters, lots of luck to you. It's a rigged deck.

We are backed up against the wall, right now, today!!! There is no more way out. You are in denial of the inevitable ending to all of this! The USA ended years ago and those in power have played you for fools for years. Just like Fox News and the NRA. Tell the people we're here to help, and they line up for miles to be told what to do. In this case, give us what's left of your brain and send lots of money.

Very soon, you will see isolated gunfights with the authorities, and the rest of the sheeple will condemn them just like they did the folks at Waco. Freaks and nuts that don't belong here anyway. That's how they will get rid of us, a few at a time with full co-operation of your friends and neighbors. There will be no revolution, just a slow takeover. I take that back, things are moving pretty fast these last months. Enjoy yourselves, we are almost there, the death throes of what we once thought was freedom.

Semper Fi, 0321

Anonymous said...

Sen. Grassley might want to consider revising his security detail, or getting one.

DB said...

Very nice. On another note following the following link will bring you to a bumper sticker to make any Threeper proud: http://www.libertystickers.com/product/What-would-the-sons-of-liberty-do-SH/

Defender said...

Did you know you don't have to be a constituent of Sen. Grassley to email him? I reminded him of the 18-year gap between Waco and justice. Defund, disband, indict.
I also told him I'm frightened by some of my fellow Americans' blind faith in government agents. Basically they say the Branch Davidians had it coming; they shouldn't have joined a "cult."
Some of those saying this are Authorized Journalists who also hope to see our semi-auto firearms taken away very soon. I guess we're a cult, too.
Tactical instructors have said that if the residents of Mt. Carmel had wanted to, they could have done an L-shaped ambush on those twoscore ATF ninja turtles and left no survivors. I guess even then they had some faith in the humanity of their government, that some "mistake" was being made.
They didn't understand that they were no longer citizens but a tactical problem to be solved.

DC Wright said...

Why is it that these gubmint slugs all have that same predatory look to them? Int'restin'!!!!

DC Wright
USMC Retired

Mickey Collins said...

Mark Matis said...

How long before WE are Egypt?

Well, Mark, that's not going to happen until We The Sheeple grow enough balls to fight back. Until then, we'll just have to settle for being a poor imitation of Soviet Russia.

Anonymous said...

Semper Fi, 0321

What we have left is hope and faith and determination. The most dangerous weapon known to man is the human brain and human thought. It's why our enemies foreign and domestic, spend 90% of their effort attempting to un-Americanized us, through the schools and media, and still we stand.

Little gunfights can become big gunfights real quick. What you're saying is that you have no faith in the American people. You're wrong. What the Marxists have accomplished can be undone in a week, when the people are provided with the truth and begin to see the lies and then realize the intent of those who are lying to them.

There is only one thing between the people and truthful information and that is the media, who are Marxists. Sooner or later, their lies will be recognized for what they are and represent. People do not like being lied to and especially so if they are made to pay the bill for the lies.

Roll over and die if you want but I have children to think about.

Anonymous said...

I agree with most of what you say. But you're still operating on the premise that Americans have courage and fortitude. You are living the propaganda that was America. I truly wish I had the optimism you do.
Take an honest look at the masses today and you will find 90% + of the population are just brain dead sheep. Not my numbers, statistically proven over time. Most people will not do anything on their own without permission from someone, be it church or gov't. So where are all these folks going to come from that will rise up and save this once great union? They're all dumbed down by the media,(and for all you Fox News groupies, let's see how far Fox goes with reporting the truth on this Mexican/ATF gunrunning story).
We are already living Orwell's '1984' and you think things will get better once the masses rise up, like in Egypt? They also are being played, replace one tyrant with another 'chosen' one. Look at all the stooges rioting in favor of Mubarek, they don't want to be free, just fed better.
We, the gun owners and patriots, are billed as kooks and whackos by the media, the masses want us dead and gone. Because of us, there is crime in Amerika. So where will you get your support from????
As a former Recon Marine, the last thing I will do is roll over and die, that's not an option. But I do wish you the best in your endeavors to keep your family alive.

Sincerely, 0321

fireplaceguy said...

I'm grateful this is happening while the internet is still up and running. We should be thanking BATF for making the pervasive corruption in American government undeniable.

We can either let the corrupt continue to police themselves (and us) or we will have to do as the founders did and fix things.

Any change of course is entirely up to us, as it always has been. There's one remaining question for Americans to answer: Got cojones?

Dan III said...

Didn't think so.

Anonymous said...

If you have faith in the people, take a look at the future of the country;

Anonymous said...

Even the "informed" know nothing;
The people got the gov they deserve and there is no light at the end of the tunnel. I'm not rolling over to die, just realistic, we witness the final days of the empire, that's a fact Jack.


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I had been somewhat excited about Sirius's new format for Channel 110. Most of you know I was a Court TV Radio fan which was formerly on Channel 110.

What a disappointment! There is nothing thus far that is even remotely "indie" . First of all, I think Sirius had enough political channels. The press release promised a fresh approach, uncensored and unbiased place for everyone to voice their views. Not Happening.

Then they launch a channel with one show! The guy they have launching the channel is mono-toned and has no personality. I became bored 5 minutes into it. I'm not a fan of political radio but, if I were, this guy would be last on my list of a someone I would want to listen to. Who picks talent for programming?

All of you know I'm a Vinnie Politan fan. Why? Because the man is entertaining, intelligent funny and uses more voice inflection in one minute than Silvers does in one hour! They need a good, strong, likable personality that can "wake up America" during the morning commute! Here's my thought:

Sirius needs to look at Politan for the morning drive. Let Vinnie "jump start" the day. He can do that! Then, look for a replacement for Silver. Someone who truly is non-bias if there is such a person. Look at other subjects. After the 2008 presidential election then what Sirius? Then what do you do with all these political stations? We need more fresh innovative talk! Not more politics! Give us something new! Not the same thing only a different day!

Tweak this station before too many more have a chance to listen and never come back.


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May 3/97: Harris called a liar in Stoney Point murder

Brother of slain Indian activist demands inquiry

Toronto Star
May 3, 1997
Phinjo Gombu - Staff Reporter

[SISIS note: The following mainstream news article is provided for reference only, as an example of how mainstream media treats indigenous resistance to genocide. It may contain biased and distorted information and may be missing pertinent facts and/or context.]

The brother of an unarmed Indian protester killed at Ipperwash Provincial Park says Premier Mike Harris is lying about his role in the Ontario Provincial Police handling of the occupation.

"To me, he's lying," Pierre George said during a news conference at Queen's Park yesterday.

Don Hogarth, the Premier's press secretary, when told about George's comments, said, "I think Premier Harris has, since this incident first occurred, been very upfront and open and honest about the position of the government and his own position.

"I'd like to leave it at that."

The news conference was held just four days after a judge found Acting Sergeant Kenneth Deane of the OPP guilty of criminal negligence causing death in the Sept. 6, 1995 shooting of Anthony (Dudley) George.

George was shot when provincial police, in full riot gear, moved in on the Indians who had occupied the park after Labor Day, saying it contained a sacred burial ground.

Pierre George said only a public inquiry will clear up a number of questions about the raid, some which lead directly to the Premier's office and cast doubt on Harris' repeated assertions that there was no political pressure to clear the Stoney Point Indians out of the park.

Some of the questions include:

* Why was Deb Hutton, a top Harris aide who works out of the Premier's Office, at an emergency meeting of various ministries just hours before the shooting? What was her role?

* What was Marcel Beaubien, the Tory MPP for the area, doing at the OPP command post outside the park the day of the shooting?

* Who knew, authorized or encouraged the heavy military buildup by OPP tactical squad officers against the unarmed Indians?

* Why did the move on the park take place that night, when a court hearing on a government-sought injunction to remove the Indians was set for the following morning?

"Only a public inquiry will tell the truth," said George, his voice breaking at one point. Pierre George drove his dying brother to the hospital in Strathroy after the shooting.

He was joined in his call for the public inquiry yesterday by Stoney Point resident and spokesperson Marcia Simon, Joanne Bender of the Coalition Against Racist Police Violence and Dudley Laws of the Black Action Defence Committee.

Harris, under pressure from Indian groups and opposition MPPs at Queen's Park, has repeatedly denied any involvement in the raid and refused to commit to a public inquiry, saying it would compromise various legal proceedings still under way.

These include two criminal trials and one civil lawsuit, as well as a possible appeal by Deane of his conviction.

The complainants accused Harris of using legal proceedings as an excuse to avoid calling the inquiry.

"We can be tied up in proceedings forever," Simon said. "Does that mean we have to wait until then?"

"I would like Harris to quit his stalling and beating around the bush and give a commitment to a date for the inquiry as soon as possible," George added.

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The Segundo Montes Lecture honors Fr. Segundo Montes, S.J. who was the director of the Institute for Human Rights at the University of Central America in San Salvador, El Salvador.
He was assassinated by the El Salvadoran Army in 1989.

Due to his work with the poor, Rutilio Grande S.J. was assassinated by the Salvadoran military in 1977.  His death transformed Archbishop Oscar Romero and encouraged the Archbishop to become a passionate voice for the oppressed and marginalized people in El Salvador, actions which subsequently let to his own assassination three years later.

Thomas Kelly, Ph.D., of Creighton University, will discuss his book When the Gospel Grows Feet: Rutilio Grande SJ and the Church of El Salvador.

Thursday, March 27, 2014
7:00 p.m. ~ Jardine Room, DJ Lombardo Student Center
Free and Open to the Public

Sponsored by John Carroll University’s Peace, Justice, & Human Rights Program, Dr. Richard Clark, Director.
The Latin American & Latino Studies Concentration, Dr. Gloria Vaquera, Director.
and the
Department of Sociology and Criminology, Dr. Penny Harris, Chair

For more information, please contact the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs at 216-397-6647 or Dr. Richard Clark at


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  • The 2015 “Best Colleges” edition of U.S. News & World Report ranks John Carroll University #7 among universities in the Midwest offering master’s programs. This marks the 26th consecutive year the University has been named one of the top 10 regional institutions. The University also earned the #6 ranking in the “Great Schools at Great Prices” category.
  • JCU ranks 4th in the Midwest for retention and graduation rates. 89 percent of JCU freshmen return as sophomores. 64 percent of JCU undergrads receive their bachelor’s degrees in four years, compared with 52 percent of other four-year private schools nationwide, and 32 percent of four-year public schools.
  • John Carroll ranks among Kiplinger’s Top 100 Best Values in Private Colleges for 2014. JCU is one of only five Ohio schools in the “private school” category and ranks #92 in the nation.
  • John Carroll University has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for seven consecutive years. Service to others is a defining element of the University’s campus culture; students have many opportunities to engage with the local community from the time they are freshmen. In 2013, JCU students volunteered more than 100,000 service hours.

Unique Programs

  • In 2014, John Carroll launched the Mike Cleary Program in Sports Studies, a new academic major to help students gain and develop the knowledge and abilities to succeed in leadership roles in sports administration, coaching, and other careers.
  • In 2010, JCU was selected by the Ohio Board of Regents and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation as one of four sites in Ohio and the only private school for the distinguished Teaching Fellows Program. The program is designed to attract talented and committed individuals with backgrounds in the STEM fields – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – into teaching in high-need secondary schools. The one-year program offers prospective teachers rigorous preparation with extensive clinical experience resulting in a master’s degree and teacher licensure. Each participant receives a $30,000 fellowship.
  • John Carroll’s widely acclaimed financial-aid strategy — John Carroll Access Initiative — (formerly known as the Ohio Access Initiative) provides financial support to help academically eligible incoming freshmen from lower-income backgrounds graduate in four years. This initiative combines a John Carroll grant with federal and state grant aid, and the Federal Stafford Loan program to meet the published flat, full-time tuition cost. More than $2 million has been raised to support the program, which received a Northern Ohio Live 2007 Awards of Achievement Honorable Mention/Education award.

Enrollment Records

  • John Carroll welcomed another large class in the fall of 2014. The Class of 2018, comprised of 798 students, hails from 325 high schools, 25 states, and 14 countries. Academically, the class achieved an average high school GPA of 3.51.
  • For fall 2014, 3,020 undergraduate and 561 graduate students enrolled.

Beyond Campus

  • John Carroll University’s impact on Northeast Ohio’s economy exceeded $127.2 million in the year of analysis (FY 2011). This spending by our employees, students, and visitors generated nearly 1,798 jobs and produced more than $67.9 million in household earnings within the region. Our vendors and their employees, in turn, recycle spending within the region for additional goods and services.
  • Fighting Ohio’s “Brain Drain” – More than 58 percent of John Carroll graduates remain in Ohio to become leaders at work and in their communities. 500 companies in Northeast Ohio are owned or operated by Carroll alumni.

Successful Students

  • John Carroll students and grads are in demand; they are engaged in invaluable internships at the “Big Four” accounting firms, Cleveland Clinic, news and media outlets, and Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the region.
  • Crain’s Cleveland Business annually recognizes rising stars in the regional business community. Since 2011, 15 JCU alumni have been selected as “Forty Under 40″ honorees.

Expert Faculty

  • Our students learn from distinguished faculty who are experts in their respective fields. 98 percent of our 185 full-time teaching faculty members hold doctoral degrees or the terminal degree in their field; nine are Fulbright Fellows. The majority of our faculty has published books, articles, or received research grants in the past two years. Our student/faculty ratio is 14:1.

Access to Historic Works

  • “The Saint John’s Bible” – the first handwritten and hand-illuminated Bible in 500 years — debuted at John Carroll in April 2008. It was the only opportunity to view original pages from this historic manuscript in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. The University also has received the first three of seven volumes of the “Wisdom Books,” a stunning full-color reproduction of “The Saint John’s Bible,” for permanent display in the Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center. The gift was made possible through a generous donation by Target in honor of retired Target Executive Vice President John Pellegrene, a John Carroll Class of 1958 alumnus.


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