gotta know when to fold 'em

Know when to walk away. Know when to run.<br /><br />I'm quoting Kenny Rodgers. This means I've been doing some soul searching, or some drinking. I'll let you decide.<br /><br />The <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/03/grass-cloth-without-grass-cloth.html" target="_blank">paint color I chose</a> is now on the walls in the master bedroom. And although I love it, really I do, its making me re-think the whole color scheme I had in mind.<br /><br />But I can't show you my progress without a little light conversation first. So let me give you a brief history of the room.<br /><br />The house was built in 1942. Just kidding, not that type of history. When we bought the house, this room was nothing but a white box.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9qivUbIbPp0N_-X8XZ5y-GMKyjrJ6ppGMa0DEh-F0tM6TD5TtTj_rXletDEmF-0Bq9rQp1h1F65AqsiYGoIpt-Z6vn5PvENuLbKTaDMiGuaRD_WfUqeHVQs-omOzjylFA3RcBao_Oy1t/s1600/-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9qivUbIbPp0N_-X8XZ5y-GMKyjrJ6ppGMa0DEh-F0tM6TD5TtTj_rXletDEmF-0Bq9rQp1h1F65AqsiYGoIpt-Z6vn5PvENuLbKTaDMiGuaRD_WfUqeHVQs-omOzjylFA3RcBao_Oy1t/s640/-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Plain as plain can be. Nothing to fix or remove, just a blank canvas. Literally.<br /><br />Our first iteration was Amelia's nursery. These were pre-blogging days, so sadly I only have two pictures. Taken with a very old camera.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMz1Nttck44DrUGfDTenzhP_Lcx59f6m0JZnWKcga5G7pAIZMon-uE7iAoSykX8_ZpAxrXEXK528MqbZODrddUVk8-aHF7bVD500iVrOF3s3iLtuALUEM4OGtoV3WNj0qWkhRtWx6cBg0/s1600/-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMz1Nttck44DrUGfDTenzhP_Lcx59f6m0JZnWKcga5G7pAIZMon-uE7iAoSykX8_ZpAxrXEXK528MqbZODrddUVk8-aHF7bVD500iVrOF3s3iLtuALUEM4OGtoV3WNj0qWkhRtWx6cBg0/s640/-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I loved this room. And it stayed like this for almost 3 years. A lifetime in my always-changing-things-around world.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpU1TLWhxPRL80xM3suNZzzD3rDt_DGRb8Fo8PcjRuVgVBqkO8Jb43H_PQPe3wN0-oioXax0caDbwgqi3C85XrGd3YJgCKq57RFHLClPxRE0IErusUHHeRNcBl27kczmUAxZiKiD0_3yt5/s1600/-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpU1TLWhxPRL80xM3suNZzzD3rDt_DGRb8Fo8PcjRuVgVBqkO8Jb43H_PQPe3wN0-oioXax0caDbwgqi3C85XrGd3YJgCKq57RFHLClPxRE0IErusUHHeRNcBl27kczmUAxZiKiD0_3yt5/s640/-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />But as we prepared for our second baby, we decided to switch rooms. They are roughly the same size, but I thought it was time we got to use the walk-in closet.<br /><br />With all of the prep we took to get the new room ready for the girl(s) we didn't put any effort into our 'new' bedroom. We took the polka dots off the wall. That was it. And thus the 'redo our bedroom' line item took its permanent place on the to-do list.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sBTIoB5bf_qDEuyrAjTqBTwR3jw5BX0ybjoFoRG9OnreAPkKVhLCZQpdDiSR4w7VtfKbgeNGBJUFp5YAOsTTloLjJ_a1NRbYMwbzE0K12Ku7_UJZPS0Xzr3FTIerBuYDuAfxPFZPIxDZ/s1600/PB040715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sBTIoB5bf_qDEuyrAjTqBTwR3jw5BX0ybjoFoRG9OnreAPkKVhLCZQpdDiSR4w7VtfKbgeNGBJUFp5YAOsTTloLjJ_a1NRbYMwbzE0K12Ku7_UJZPS0Xzr3FTIerBuYDuAfxPFZPIxDZ/s640/PB040715.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwDuNdJR-kaxtJJ64X2xGanmtZjxH0Vs_bgWkXC4-G_H3dBJyfQD2ThrLkh-UqZzKSWkIBr0nSGfvYvSC9oTGfrTeApmzU8Re_sPIQ806zg7JYHX_7bSd0m99GVTAbdm8MsKfV50UX8ze/s1600/-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwDuNdJR-kaxtJJ64X2xGanmtZjxH0Vs_bgWkXC4-G_H3dBJyfQD2ThrLkh-UqZzKSWkIBr0nSGfvYvSC9oTGfrTeApmzU8Re_sPIQ806zg7JYHX_7bSd0m99GVTAbdm8MsKfV50UX8ze/s640/-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Look at this sad two legged bedside table for pete's sake. It may defy gravity, but its just pitiful.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURaSnBk6YyG36EeDI36y5-FWSg6CWgRK5OYyRpewpar-HMfgbz19Jn34leZurabOUHqj75JQHKF5tY5ta5j03A2REZ46VzGxIq4JjRqcVpe2zL5C55xAozaHiLWtCRNr38UeVABa-ZKRx/s1600/-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURaSnBk6YyG36EeDI36y5-FWSg6CWgRK5OYyRpewpar-HMfgbz19Jn34leZurabOUHqj75JQHKF5tY5ta5j03A2REZ46VzGxIq4JjRqcVpe2zL5C55xAozaHiLWtCRNr38UeVABa-ZKRx/s640/-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This brings us up to this weekend. The room is stripped. Curtains are down and everything is off the wall. And many many holes have been patched.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUoYyFKFVzhlaqql-fbTR0n9EKIdU6jdd3QOTfq8SYiPJD7fEpooaLQ1phBZpB1cpIYTB95kEaBjInj-Q2ZRQ6b5NuW0ZWI4N-RROqJ-WTTFl0nC_ApKkS3l-jBU08QjYIL2msk22SBx0/s1600/P4075798.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUoYyFKFVzhlaqql-fbTR0n9EKIdU6jdd3QOTfq8SYiPJD7fEpooaLQ1phBZpB1cpIYTB95kEaBjInj-Q2ZRQ6b5NuW0ZWI4N-RROqJ-WTTFl0nC_ApKkS3l-jBU08QjYIL2msk22SBx0/s640/P4075798.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRgtFuq15DB1Q2f0oNlIQmRWtdN04jFRfesR_apctaoKvecxDk6xucEjxj9CGgO1xdQCcM6Q4C2l7VSh0ZmcMcDbgo5coL_eqC6S0eANslM0gQ6wQZVG75PgsVq1WB39clfWWNLvc1qwe/s1600/P4075800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRgtFuq15DB1Q2f0oNlIQmRWtdN04jFRfesR_apctaoKvecxDk6xucEjxj9CGgO1xdQCcM6Q4C2l7VSh0ZmcMcDbgo5coL_eqC6S0eANslM0gQ6wQZVG75PgsVq1WB39clfWWNLvc1qwe/s640/P4075800.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">does anyone else always have Barbie's on their dresser?</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhEiox_u9W3CxU7Um9HmFVZkTGS3O8AfX0sMy6eK0q5BnGIUGoEj0wj7H3tTvuknXGqEJhnslKVrcCRgm9hI5FYvJW72FUyqjJPBot1hxkCEczM8LI8ejLavfTBbI8nWPMJ9xYGfH3vCm/s1600/P4075801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhEiox_u9W3CxU7Um9HmFVZkTGS3O8AfX0sMy6eK0q5BnGIUGoEj0wj7H3tTvuknXGqEJhnslKVrcCRgm9hI5FYvJW72FUyqjJPBot1hxkCEczM8LI8ejLavfTBbI8nWPMJ9xYGfH3vCm/s640/P4075801.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />I kicked the kids and husband out of the house and took all day Saturday to listen to Pandora and paint.<br /><br />Now it should be known that I am not the 'cut in' person in our relationship. My husband is the cutter and I am the roller. Some might say that is because we are an awesome team and love to share responsibilities and work together.<br /><br />Some would be wrong.<br /><br />The truth is I am WAY too impatient to cut. The taping, the prep work, the patience to SLOWLY glide your brush along the...ugh. See. I'm too impatient to even describe it.<br /><br />But this time was different. Maybe it is the residual patience built up from having two little girls, or my advancing age (even though I don't look a day over 21) but I wanted to try the whole thing on my own.<br /><br />To prep myself, as any good blogger would, I asked WWYHLD? (<i>what would young house love do</i>) I studied <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2011/02/holy-buckets/" target="_blank">Sherry's video</a> on how to cut in. I even bought Sherry's <a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/products/catalog/premium_xl_polyester_tight_spots_short_handle/?WT.mc_id=Old%20DIY%20Products%20Redirect" target="_blank">favorite brush</a>.<br /><br />And it paid off. I mean, come on now, look at that line!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVht4ccQxF00KuQV-ub1Mj8SsZQllIUAw-45g4yRjW3sQN7AkPMdSeA3cML2VZeAUcMl0dhU_WKX8aFteONDmYonHrBOZ_6Yvm7rbIsNESkKeyluq7wV4ymHbzfgbgOJ0LUkeJp-X9-e6/s1600/P4075806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVht4ccQxF00KuQV-ub1Mj8SsZQllIUAw-45g4yRjW3sQN7AkPMdSeA3cML2VZeAUcMl0dhU_WKX8aFteONDmYonHrBOZ_6Yvm7rbIsNESkKeyluq7wV4ymHbzfgbgOJ0LUkeJp-X9-e6/s640/P4075806.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Impressive!<br /><br />And the color - lovely!<br /><br />I took my time and sang as I went. I literally whistled while I worked. And without an inch of blue tape in site, I had a painted room and newly painted trim before the sun went down. Only 2 Starbucks teas required.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6zyuStmt69Y4jbjeM9ZTbrfHkUl2S0Ftq1lev250Q_D2gBUcTBwUW8ld9Gx9juOMw4HDZHTN1QrO72pD4ewAR1FbYfyJmajvpnmL4JkuJbgME1edxx9Ojckt9qyockrIWbiq1X9z3xjf/s1600/P4075807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6zyuStmt69Y4jbjeM9ZTbrfHkUl2S0Ftq1lev250Q_D2gBUcTBwUW8ld9Gx9juOMw4HDZHTN1QrO72pD4ewAR1FbYfyJmajvpnmL4JkuJbgME1edxx9Ojckt9qyockrIWbiq1X9z3xjf/s640/P4075807.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This isn't the best picture (poor end of the day lighting + tired painter/photographer). It reads more peach than it really is. In reality it really is the perfect grass cloth warm yellow.<br /><br />So this brings us back to the issue I started with. (see I really did have a point)<br /><br />The color scheme. While I think the navy will work well in here, I propped my kelly green mirror up to the wall.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz58rJDtxpgP6Gc9_OB3fphD1MuyyWzuIzTq-mMyGb3uXPIfexS0ZH02I80Us3vzCBPwWcp8VnphYisgrulCuM-OuMNeeFet4-NAyElGUvJWFw_51IsfcY01M_pKv2WxZF4sifyIN5M28n/s1600/P4105895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz58rJDtxpgP6Gc9_OB3fphD1MuyyWzuIzTq-mMyGb3uXPIfexS0ZH02I80Us3vzCBPwWcp8VnphYisgrulCuM-OuMNeeFet4-NAyElGUvJWFw_51IsfcY01M_pKv2WxZF4sifyIN5M28n/s640/P4105895.JPG" width="426" /></a></div>And while I don't think they are NeNe vs Kim level enemies, I don't think they are doing each other any favors. So I'm thinking the green is out.<br /><br />What do you think? Just go with various shades of blue? Ditch it all together and go with a totally different color, like coral (at the risk of hearing my husband complain about a coral bedroom)?<br /><br />If only Kenny Rodgers sang more about color stories.

gotta know when to fold 'em

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Celebrating the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjloCJ_g1Rx90drPMgnoVsgNU8NhjCoC3pLVi_i5WD1ZbAyrV6qbF4u2nD4Bz5ifiR8TW0r9rWMC0EwH9btHIAUi6ytNV1yop2NBUp1Duw1rYqPmzSex9ehll7kIiiODz6-ttpnqctXq7/s1600/Graumans+old.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjloCJ_g1Rx90drPMgnoVsgNU8NhjCoC3pLVi_i5WD1ZbAyrV6qbF4u2nD4Bz5ifiR8TW0r9rWMC0EwH9btHIAUi6ytNV1yop2NBUp1Duw1rYqPmzSex9ehll7kIiiODz6-ttpnqctXq7/s1600/Graumans+old.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hollywood's legendary Grauman's Chinese Theatre</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span id="goog_746697975"></span><span id="goog_746697976"></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">J</span><span style="font-size: small;">ust as </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">T</span>urner </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Classic Movies will pay on-air tribute to the films, talents and themes of the third annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood April 12 – 15, </span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Lady Eve’s Reel Life</i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> will also salute this year’s festival. From now until the 15th</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">, <i>TLE</i> will feature posts and links to reviews of some of the 70+ film classics being shown in Hollywood and the end of this week.</span></span></span><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1119359062"></span><span id="goog_1119359063"></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrEgZ6pzli37Of4GhRd9xIMRfEARGNd63FgMwVgtwv8XYcZirUnrUPrSrF3FfB05Ls1BPHUM6wjZgY58gcJr05TDmXQ2GZJxwbxEA_8kvpRJ7uFFAX3iC0DMz6D-_9vFpzqcumUTUf29b/s1600/robert+o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrEgZ6pzli37Of4GhRd9xIMRfEARGNd63FgMwVgtwv8XYcZirUnrUPrSrF3FfB05Ls1BPHUM6wjZgY58gcJr05TDmXQ2GZJxwbxEA_8kvpRJ7uFFAX3iC0DMz6D-_9vFpzqcumUTUf29b/s200/robert+o.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TCM's Robert Osborne</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">O</span>pening night, Thursday, April 12, features the world premiere screening of the 40th anniversary restoration of 1972 Best Picture Oscar nominee <i>Cabaret</i>.  The film's stars Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey, both of whom won Academy Awards for their performances, will appear with TCM host Robert Osborne.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The festival's celebration of <i>Style in the Movies</i> will honor <i>Audrey Hepburn: Style Icon</i> with presentations of four of her films and the first, <i>Sabrina</i> (1954), screens Thursday night. Janie Bryant, acclaimed costume designer of the Emmy winning series <i>Mad Men</i>, will be on hand.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Style in the Movies: The Legendary Costumes of Travis Banton</i> will spotlight Paramount's long-time costume Designer-in-Chief who, before he moved on to 20th Century Fox, mentored his successor Edith Head. Costume designer </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Deborah Nadoolman Landis will introduce all six Banton films </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">(those asterisked below are part of the Travis Banton tribute)</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>The Noir Style</i> will also be celebrated and Eddie Muller, founder of the Film Noir Foundation, will be on hand for several noir screenings along with 'dames noir' like Rhonda Fleming, Marsha Hunt and Peggy Cummins.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There is so much packed into the four day festival that only a closer look at the daily schedules can give a real sense of how wide-ranging and spectacular TCMFF #3 promises to be. <a href="http://www.tcm.com/festival/schedule.html?day=thursday" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> (and scroll down) for Thursday's full schedule.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">F</span>riday offers a day of non-stop events:</span></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwz6CaRWZUVWuzvrfkMXKeQN_JHG-d53G0vXCU2UkBKUDCFLa_hWhSJfGQQ2j-H6w3qhqQtwHqouxwhQWbvSv3R-HzdE6xTJhsc5gRE0wbyszKb5gwdPh_0xXx_wN-7jHStnpAqleYlhT/s1600/Big+Trees.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwz6CaRWZUVWuzvrfkMXKeQN_JHG-d53G0vXCU2UkBKUDCFLa_hWhSJfGQQ2j-H6w3qhqQtwHqouxwhQWbvSv3R-HzdE6xTJhsc5gRE0wbyszKb5gwdPh_0xXx_wN-7jHStnpAqleYlhT/s320/Big+Trees.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Stewart and Kim Novak in <i>Vertigo</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At world-famous <i>Grauman's Chinese Theatre</i>: John Ford's masterpiece, <i>The Searchers </i>(1956), <i>Funny Face </i>(1957) with  director and festival honoree Stanley Donen (on his birthday) and Disney's <i>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</i> (1954) with its star, Kirk Douglas. Kim Novak will introduce the screening of <i>Vertigo</i> (1958) (<a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2012/01/kim-novak-in-vertigo-hypnotic-presence.html" style="color: #cc0000;">click here</a> for <i>Brandie Ashe</i>'s review for this blog on Novak's performance) and the final <i>Chinese Theatre</i> presentation for the night, Roman Polanski's brilliant 1974 neo-noir, <i>Chinatown</i>, will be discussed by legendary producer and former Paramount exec, Robert Evans, and screenwriter Robert Towne, who won an Oscar for his screenplay.</span></span></span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKYU7cgu34evtRwhJhaVOvaBydrOfuJlHuqtkTT3BIINztuhqddcQmSfMkSxOEXwoud9f7pWqT78zmRFyjkjC-8D_QT3GWal24JUOkiVAxP04uDNFcWTQ6FMcEnYCPiHsLbmCggmwIDI-/s1600/audrey+in+funny+face.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKYU7cgu34evtRwhJhaVOvaBydrOfuJlHuqtkTT3BIINztuhqddcQmSfMkSxOEXwoud9f7pWqT78zmRFyjkjC-8D_QT3GWal24JUOkiVAxP04uDNFcWTQ6FMcEnYCPiHsLbmCggmwIDI-/s320/audrey+in+funny+face.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Audrey Hepburn in Stanley Donen's <i>Funny Face</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Among the films screening Friday at <i>Chinese Multiplex 1</i> are William Wellman's <i>Wings </i>(1927), presented by Bill Wellman, Jr., and former Paramount exec A.C. Lyles (a sprightly 93-year-old), the world premiere restoration of <i>Two for the Road</i> (1967) presented by Stanley Donen (<a href="http://kevinsmoviecorner.blogspot.com/2008/07/two-for-road.html" style="color: #cc0000;">click here</a> for <i>Kevin Deany</i>'s take on the film at <i>Kevin's Movie Corner</i>), and the U.S. premiere of the 75th anniversary restoration of Jean Renoir's <i>Grand Illusion </i>(1937). At <i>Chinese Multiplex 3</i>, highlights include screenings of <i>Nothing Sacred</i>* (1937) and the Astaire/Rogers classic <i>Swing Time</i> (1936). A Friday night high point at <i>Chinese Multiplex 4</i> will be the screening of Max Ophuls' <i>Letter From an Unknown Woman*</i> (1948), starring Joan Fontaine (<a href="http://themovieprojector.blogspot.com/2010/04/letter-from-unknown-woman-1948.html" style="color: #cc0000;">click here</a> for <i>R.D. Finch</i>'s reflection on this underappreciated gem at <i>The Movie Projector</i>). At the <i>Egyptian Theatre</i>, Shirley Jones will present the screening of <i>Elmer Gantry </i>(1960), and Rhonda Fleming will join 'czar of noir' Eddie Muller for the screening of <i>Cry Danger</i> (1951).</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tcm.com/festival/schedule.html?day=friday" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> for the complete schedule of events for Friday, April 13.</span></span></span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyvapBZMrOznYNVoxzhmUiNaCXoiVszPB6gHMCV-R5bK5Eei5dN8pXQI4NnmiGAqFcy_8kJ-5ktd7atTlEprkcI3mZPGBlnoA9MGcNxweSJfLs_DjLuwWFSa9DaB7Jm46jtz_Di1DfKP6/s1600/SnowWhite1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyvapBZMrOznYNVoxzhmUiNaCXoiVszPB6gHMCV-R5bK5Eei5dN8pXQI4NnmiGAqFcy_8kJ-5ktd7atTlEprkcI3mZPGBlnoA9MGcNxweSJfLs_DjLuwWFSa9DaB7Jm46jtz_Di1DfKP6/s320/SnowWhite1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Disney's <i>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">F</span>ilm festivals are always frantically busy on weekends, and TCMFF will be no exception. On Saturday at <i>Grauman's</i>, Kim Novak will have her hand and footprints enshrined in the courtyard concrete. Later, screenings at the theatre will include Disney's <i>Snow White</i> (1937), <i>Casablanca </i>(1942) and the 60th anniversary world premiere restoration of <i>Singin' in the Rain </i>(1952) - introduced by Debbie Reynolds. At <i>Chinese Multiplex 1</i>, Robert Wagner will appear for the presentation of <i>The Longest Day </i>(1962) and director Norman Jewison will be on hand for a 25th anniversary screening of his 1987 classic <i>Moonstruck</i>. At <i>Chinese Multiplex 3</i> fashion designer <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/barbara-tfank/" style="color: #cc0000;">Barbara Tfank</a> will appear for the screening of Otto Preminger's sumptuous <i>Bonjour Tristesse </i>(1958), Eddie Muller will introduce Jules Dassin's 1950 noir classic, <i>Night and the City</i>, and actor Richard Anderson will be on hand for the screening of John Frankenheimer's underrated 1966 film, <i>Seconds </i>(<a href="http://twentyfourframes.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/seconds-1966-john-frankenheimer-2/" style="color: #cc0000;">click here</a> for <i>John Greco</i>'s review at <i>Twenty Four Frames</i>).<i> Chinese Multiplex 4</i> will feature a program of Laurel & Hardy shorts, <i>A Fine Mess </i>(1932 - 1933), and the astonishing Josef von Sternberg/Marlene Dietrich 1934 historical fantasy, <i>The Scarlet Empress* </i>(<a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/search/label/Light%20Shadow%20and%20Synergy" style="color: #cc0000;">click here</a> for my series on the von Sternberg/Dietrich collaboration).</span></span></span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbgOYSVQtSDk8T6-ZjmjctCOIPoLgKk8-AmoTyzPb63QFvf1_NFLuEvX1_xECDCfaI6rcEisbPNYJsdEQl5xYIEenlC-YgGBERL438dDAeuf31lriF4h3AvI8mZFWa0R0Vz_v3AlvA55l/s1600/The-Scarlet-Empress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbgOYSVQtSDk8T6-ZjmjctCOIPoLgKk8-AmoTyzPb63QFvf1_NFLuEvX1_xECDCfaI6rcEisbPNYJsdEQl5xYIEenlC-YgGBERL438dDAeuf31lriF4h3AvI8mZFWa0R0Vz_v3AlvA55l/s400/The-Scarlet-Empress.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marlene Dietrich in <i>The Scarlet Empress</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Egyptian Theatre will showcase the sparkling 1958 comedy <i>Auntie Mame</i>, with an appearance by designer <a href="http://www.toddoldham.com/" style="color: #cc0000;">Todd Oldham</a>, director Norman Jewison will  discuss his very stylish <i>The Thomas Crown Affair </i>(1968) and Eddie Muller and actress Peggy Cummins (now 86) will discuss her best-known film, a standout of its genre and a shocker in its time, <i>Gun Crazy</i> (1950).</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tcm.com/festival/schedule.html?day=saturday" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> for Saturday's full schedule.</span></span></span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgam6siKCNSLrXT95n0awSBFANM5jZHYs4WixaZUJ66Kf6RSF7Fbku7d6gTACT-tCHFhtw5p30oQh7nebDRPRt_sXjZNLedFIeuNrtwu_BvET4kIrKapVflL4VxD9h3ItbCUCcEv8eJVFze/s1600/fireworks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgam6siKCNSLrXT95n0awSBFANM5jZHYs4WixaZUJ66Kf6RSF7Fbku7d6gTACT-tCHFhtw5p30oQh7nebDRPRt_sXjZNLedFIeuNrtwu_BvET4kIrKapVflL4VxD9h3ItbCUCcEv8eJVFze/s320/fireworks.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in <i>To Catch a Thief</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span>hough Sunday's schedule isn't yet complete, the day is by no means quiet . At <i>Grauman's</i>:<i> </i>Hitchcock's glittering 1955 VistaVision romp <i>To Catch a Thief</i>, Robert Evans will appear at the screening of Roman Polanski's 1968 trendsetter <i>Rosemary's Baby </i>(my take <a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2010/10/rosemarys-babyroman-polanskis-horror.html" style="color: #cc0000;">here</a>), Thelma Schoonmaker, Oscar winning film editor and widow of the incomparable Michael Powell, will introduce Powell's masterful 1948 collaboration with Emeric Pressburger, <i>Black Narcissus </i>(<a href="http://thrillingdaysofyesteryear.blogspot.com/2012/03/tribute-to-archers-powell-pressburger.html" style="color: #cc0000;">click here</a> for <i>Ivan G. Shreve</i>'s review at <i>Thrilling Days of Yesteryear</i>), and Todd Oldman is set to appear for the screening of George Cukor's sly and fabulous <i>The Women </i>(1939). At the <i>Cinerama Dome</i>, Debbie Reynolds will introduce the Cinerama epic <i>How the West Was Won </i>(1962). </span></span></span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ_C0YM_v0aOXV5elKeC2O_KWL62bfWuTROJc38sbR-rlBojfFP95auLGHOGVZUh0dvyCq9L0HOeNlnoYLmFh5kdUlb-PwVA16xtH91UGspOeLLCypPMXOvkyTQy3Gke9pwhqe9cYGEAl/s1600/blacknarcissus10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ_C0YM_v0aOXV5elKeC2O_KWL62bfWuTROJc38sbR-rlBojfFP95auLGHOGVZUh0dvyCq9L0HOeNlnoYLmFh5kdUlb-PwVA16xtH91UGspOeLLCypPMXOvkyTQy3Gke9pwhqe9cYGEAl/s1600/blacknarcissus10.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deborah Kerr in <i>Black Narcissus</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tcm.com/festival/schedule.html?day=sunday" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> for the Sunday schedule.<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A</span>s even a brief glance at its schedule makes crystal clear, TCM's Classic Film Festival is truly bigger and better than ever in 2012.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ysln8lycvtK0IeFbNZXD-LAzP1RQX6hEJZEmHG57UJgy7vbexvwfHyvRjA0dRA7VW5rYkuLfzKSQEc0joaCrv2-dG9KGSUMTNHVHD9s3qRDsTuwn-GUnAqkOlix06rvHd_ard-XJ92pI/s1600/Searchers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ysln8lycvtK0IeFbNZXD-LAzP1RQX6hEJZEmHG57UJgy7vbexvwfHyvRjA0dRA7VW5rYkuLfzKSQEc0joaCrv2-dG9KGSUMTNHVHD9s3qRDsTuwn-GUnAqkOlix06rvHd_ard-XJ92pI/s400/Searchers.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Wayne, <i>The Searchers</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://youtu.be/-Gc0MOFmkLY" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> to watch a TCM festival promo...</span></span></span>

TCM Classic Film Festival The Lady Eve (author) Celebrating the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood

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Shoe Shopping

I had an AWESOME weekend!<br /><br />The birthday celebration continued!  I had a shoe-shopping date with my friend Margie Friday afternoon.  I've found that as the weight has started to come off, I care more and more about the way I look.  I want to look <i>nice</i>, not just presentable.  I could have a nice outfit on, but then the shoes I've paired with it are all wrong, making the whole ensemble look terrible.<br /><br />Not anymore! <br /><br />In very recent history, I've had some amazing luck at Payless with their flats.  This time around, I was in search of sandals for summer, and sandals I did find!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTd_v8d54CHU1YulbAjkRpwNo1SG5hdMV0C-RR0ObQ-4Z7hYZnBJcVWAIu0ou0B6JAwM4VAKO2tz9v-1rNhNal93l3M4PKI4FcTofIjdnL6lPU1zdxOuYpvA2xbqLNl1Ck3pwOml-N_8s/s1600/gold+shoe+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTd_v8d54CHU1YulbAjkRpwNo1SG5hdMV0C-RR0ObQ-4Z7hYZnBJcVWAIu0ou0B6JAwM4VAKO2tz9v-1rNhNal93l3M4PKI4FcTofIjdnL6lPU1zdxOuYpvA2xbqLNl1Ck3pwOml-N_8s/s400/gold+shoe+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyiKU-ftY5G38OL0M7WkRyKEdHdHh23RAT9S3nKfSeJd4dY9OEDhJC0IsJg7d-P388D5r9Dt7i3Cxut1cNfmwU_6fgMkIo9sHU56z9i85NZaxs3PXBYxoAmEc8s9Htgm2K55VUxEGY3Q/s1600/gold+shoe+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyiKU-ftY5G38OL0M7WkRyKEdHdHh23RAT9S3nKfSeJd4dY9OEDhJC0IsJg7d-P388D5r9Dt7i3Cxut1cNfmwU_6fgMkIo9sHU56z9i85NZaxs3PXBYxoAmEc8s9Htgm2K55VUxEGY3Q/s400/gold+shoe+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Margie and I both had HUGE success at Payless - so cheap but so cute!  We even bought a few of the same pairs - you cannot deny a great steal in both style and price.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8yV1U0JkOALmLSMpjfgJWr4i0tGbhsY1HzmuxeR0FnMbkDi5YdZsp0OSlcKgjwLpipvbBk5BSAjxnTr8Z3Yaef0KNtrdXLmqQqLef4ozwsMjsfDuc_b-CXc9K8lBh2MZ38eVEoqZ5Ts/s1600/brown+sandal+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8yV1U0JkOALmLSMpjfgJWr4i0tGbhsY1HzmuxeR0FnMbkDi5YdZsp0OSlcKgjwLpipvbBk5BSAjxnTr8Z3Yaef0KNtrdXLmqQqLef4ozwsMjsfDuc_b-CXc9K8lBh2MZ38eVEoqZ5Ts/s400/brown+sandal+1.jpg" width="360" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGs1DQVh6cGIhD8ZrTQB4NoX-fvVQ4Su5MWskSD9VCx-dJ5SLYIIbrld-X_zdgzkOPJUVb_X84bxBsKQ9heLbq7RuoCUmUblw7b3DcUQaw5835R3U9enWtIQWbEVDCLj4fVQlri8ZOJ8/s1600/brown+sandal+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGs1DQVh6cGIhD8ZrTQB4NoX-fvVQ4Su5MWskSD9VCx-dJ5SLYIIbrld-X_zdgzkOPJUVb_X84bxBsKQ9heLbq7RuoCUmUblw7b3DcUQaw5835R3U9enWtIQWbEVDCLj4fVQlri8ZOJ8/s400/brown+sandal+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Alas, brown was not enough.  I needed silver as well.  I did not, however, need Charles to be munching on the price tag.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhRCJayOsHqhyphenhyphenWtjMFjfc2azeUaPsYS0LS1ZdNyHGwDkYQrbh_Jn5ap-g2F9zUFWttYRU0YoS47hdjL3Le3BelW44CCiqeo0IhkidRSY2bRbuXB-gOHNaD7tCtP4GmaZD7qeMG9qyMgE/s1600/silver+sandal+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhRCJayOsHqhyphenhyphenWtjMFjfc2azeUaPsYS0LS1ZdNyHGwDkYQrbh_Jn5ap-g2F9zUFWttYRU0YoS47hdjL3Le3BelW44CCiqeo0IhkidRSY2bRbuXB-gOHNaD7tCtP4GmaZD7qeMG9qyMgE/s400/silver+sandal+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />A hardcore lover of purple, I had to get these:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKVSLli6QP41FjNMLv4jbUWexGPk-PGRBeW8WzMw2mn7_Kxcv9CzkXEOPakeDi7Y4vp1WKIcMv8-iZPFtC_Q3AapnhOQp6BSPAf1BWjr6S1qG6zB1mcZP9vQEowfQEEaQMz2q3tuLsH4/s1600/purple+sandal+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKVSLli6QP41FjNMLv4jbUWexGPk-PGRBeW8WzMw2mn7_Kxcv9CzkXEOPakeDi7Y4vp1WKIcMv8-iZPFtC_Q3AapnhOQp6BSPAf1BWjr6S1qG6zB1mcZP9vQEowfQEEaQMz2q3tuLsH4/s400/purple+sandal+1.jpg" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">they look silver here, but trust me!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHyOO9U5ftHYP57v1XlTXTFOBe1zkvMlg_BMC0K_S1IlegKFuj-40fbujZG4NhVSGkIHh9-eRaFg3SExWHBhnFBR3Kzt0PnSkgjx8Uhmj3-8jmmWlzybzNWHTim6CSvrLnbKuuHTRZN0/s1600/purple+sandal+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrHyOO9U5ftHYP57v1XlTXTFOBe1zkvMlg_BMC0K_S1IlegKFuj-40fbujZG4NhVSGkIHh9-eRaFg3SExWHBhnFBR3Kzt0PnSkgjx8Uhmj3-8jmmWlzybzNWHTim6CSvrLnbKuuHTRZN0/s400/purple+sandal+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I won't deny that I'm going to be using this shoe shopping experience to buy some matching clothes, especially for those yellow numbers.  And yes, when I find something I like, I just tend to buy one in every color.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj986dKjqjHnpZZDBav7L-Sq7r74A7qiTsWEtFLlvd1HNrbW-qn1bY4yJySpDhfvm2acdcCpOleNIkBSn8PJsPC1INfnHyGSKCUzFSsZ0uXUKg4rc6gtifLh5ehnduLe0RVfBghuYuiW2s/s1600/shoe+group.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj986dKjqjHnpZZDBav7L-Sq7r74A7qiTsWEtFLlvd1HNrbW-qn1bY4yJySpDhfvm2acdcCpOleNIkBSn8PJsPC1INfnHyGSKCUzFSsZ0uXUKg4rc6gtifLh5ehnduLe0RVfBghuYuiW2s/s400/shoe+group.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />We later continued our shoe shopping at <a href="http://www.dsw.com/" target="_blank">DSW</a>, where the shoes are again, very cute, but much more pricey.  This time, I was searching for a summer walking shoe.  I walk a lot to/from work and I like to get outside during my lunch hour for a stroll.  My feet tend to regulate the temperature of the rest of my body, and I knew for summertime walking I wanted something a little more substantial than a flip-flop, but not quite as restricting/claustrophobic as a traditional tennis-shoe.<br /><br />Enter the Barefoot Designs J-41 shoe!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84SgJpcG-mneYQr3g2C9nAW6x0_lXBx0RbGK_2uYGOJS7ig5g8Bjxl8iSAV_Arxi3pPs1A2zqVjsRTvYpUaZzL30kIE05EVEvQdkH6Y8wFMmuaKMEqqqg8T4NjcKPSStj2Kei6e-lbU0/s1600/summer+walking+shoe+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84SgJpcG-mneYQr3g2C9nAW6x0_lXBx0RbGK_2uYGOJS7ig5g8Bjxl8iSAV_Arxi3pPs1A2zqVjsRTvYpUaZzL30kIE05EVEvQdkH6Y8wFMmuaKMEqqqg8T4NjcKPSStj2Kei6e-lbU0/s400/summer+walking+shoe+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charles is always there when you <i>don't</i> want him to be!</td></tr></tbody></table>With the help of Margie's keen shoe-shopping eye, I was able to snag these babies and they are EXACTLY what I was looking for!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijV3l7f3BwLlIYcIKb9ovlElGOi87tkyBT81nx5UMxo8OiKvU-528Btp5shkqLVIYbelpUu_ZrG2CZqmKuyfkNloqDS13UyB-7C_kMT5jHVZVBJ9__MzxwM0_XlEEcum3UFYeoGidx0w8/s1600/summer+walking+shoe+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijV3l7f3BwLlIYcIKb9ovlElGOi87tkyBT81nx5UMxo8OiKvU-528Btp5shkqLVIYbelpUu_ZrG2CZqmKuyfkNloqDS13UyB-7C_kMT5jHVZVBJ9__MzxwM0_XlEEcum3UFYeoGidx0w8/s400/summer+walking+shoe+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />As for an end to an already perfect Friday, later on we went to see Titanic 3D with our neighbors.  I love Titanic, but I have to admit that once they hit that iceberg my love for the movie quickly declines.  Even though I KNOW what happens, I'm still on edge for the remainder of it all.  I'm glad we went to see it though - the 3D offered a cool perspective.<br /><br /><b style="color: #674ea7;">Do you ever shop at Payless?  </b><b style="color: #674ea7;">Where is your favorite place to buy cheap, stylish shoes?</b>

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Principal Electrical Engineer - (Analog | Image Sensor | Data Acquisition) (#107776)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="LEFT"><span lang="en-us"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Job Title:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span><span lang="en-us"> <span style="font-family: Arial;">Principal Electrical Engineer - (Analog | Image Sensor | Data Acquisition)</span></span><span lang="en-us"><b><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Location:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Milpitas, CA</span></span><span lang="en-us"><b><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Position:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Full time</span></span></div><div align="LEFT"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Responsibilities  </span></b></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Work in a world-class engineering team to design and develop the next generation of reticle inspection tools. </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><br /></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The primary role is to be the Image Acq Systems Lead for the EUV Imaging Platform in the Reticle and Photomask Inspection Division (RAPID). </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><br /></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Your responsibility includes:  </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>a)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Working with the core System Engineering team to define Image Sensor Systems Requirement/ ICD.  You will be responsible for Imaging Subsystem Requirements and Implementation.</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>b)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Working closely with Sensor, Board and Mechanical engineers to ensure that Program deliverables are met.</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>c)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Engage with key vendors to develop technology and align with EUV product roadmap.</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>d)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Plan, track and maintain program deliverables at every phase of the Product Life Cycle.  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Qualifications  </span></b></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Candidate must have shown prior experience working with cross functional teams. </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Candidate must have core technical design skills in CCD Technology, Analog Design, ASIC design or Systems Design. He/ she must have past experience as an individual contributor.</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Candidate must have experience with vendor management related to Sensors, Boards. </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Candidate must have excellent communication and presentation skills.</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Knowledge of PLC processes is desired.  </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span>6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">      </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Past experience with other Semiconductor Equipment is highly desired.</span></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><br /></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Basic Qualifications  </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Master's Level Degree with at least 10 years of experience. </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">OR </span></span></div><div class="msonospacing"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Doctorate (Academic) with at least 6 years of experience.  </span></span></div><div align="LEFT"><br /></div><div align="LEFT"><span lang="en-us"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Kindly send your resumes to</span></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><a href="mailto:abhinav.rajkumar@kla-tencor.com"><span lang="en-us"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">abhinav.rajkumar@kla-tencor.com</span></u></span><span lang="en-us"></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span></div><div align="LEFT"><span lang="en-us">  </span></div></div>

Principal Electrical Engineer - (Analog | Image Sensor | Data Acquisition) (#107776)

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Library Assistant IV, Weeding Project - Wesleyan University Library

<strong>Library Assistant IV, Weeding Project </strong>- <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Wesleyan University Library</strong></span> is accepting applications for the temporary position of Circulation Assistant. This person will assist existing library staff in a major two-year project to withdraw selected volumes from the library's collection. Reporting to the Head of Access Services, this position shares the responsibility of the weeding and shifting of collections, and assists with book offerings, sales and disposition at Wesleyan University Library. The person in this position will supervise students who pull and physically process books to be withdrawn from the collections, assist other staff in editing records in the library's online system in connection with the project, help organize periodic offering of withdrawn books to academic departments, book sales, and book disposition, and perform circulation functions to allow existing circulation staff to work on the weeding project. The person in this position will work 20 hours a week, and the position ends on June 30, 2014. Ability to work flexible hours to cover the circulation schedule and other duties depending upon workflow of the weeding project is required. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred. Related experience and training may be substituted for educational requirement. Demonstrated understanding of the library call number system. Two years of supervisory experience. Physically able to push loaded book trucks, carry boxes of books, and repeatedly reach high and low in the stacks to retrieve materials. Ability to work with many different groups of people. Ability to work flexible duties and hours; receptivity to change. Experience working in a library circulation department. Experience in an online library environment using the Circulation and Cataloging client of Voyager or other online integrated library system. To apply, please go to Careers@Wesleyan, <a href="https://careers.wesleyan.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1333991714007" target="_blank">https://careers.wesleyan.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1333991714007</a>. If you have questions, please email the Human Resources department at <a href="mailto:careers@wesleyan.edu">careers@wesleyan.edu</a>.

Library Assistant IV, Weeding Project - Wesleyan University Library

Library Assistant IV, Weeding Project - Wesleyan University Library is accepting applications for the temporary position of Circulation As...

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Collections Procurement Librarian - Yale University Library

<strong>Collections Procurement Librarian</strong> - <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Yale University Library</strong></span> seeks applications and nominations for Collections Procurement Librarian, Acquisitions Department. Reporting to the Chief Acquisitions Librarian and Head of the Acquisitions Department under the Library’s Technical Services Division, the Collections Procurement Librarian provides professional, technical, and fiscal expertise in the overall management of orders and approvals, including management of gifts and exchanges. For a complete position description and application guidelines, please see: <a href="http://goo.gl/mndUi" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/mndUi</a>. Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Collections Procurement Librarian - Yale University Library

Collections Procurement Librarian - Yale University Library seeks applications and nominations for Collections Procurement Librarian, Acq...

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Children’s Programming Assistant - Darien Library

<strong>Children’s Programming Assistant</strong> - <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Darien Library</strong></span> is seeking up to three individuals to join the Children’s Library staff as part-time Programming Assistants. The successful candidates will have: Experience working with and supervising children. Educational background and/or experience in Early Childhood Education a plus. An outgoing personality and desire to work with children and adults. Excellent verbal communication skills and customer service perspective. An understanding of basic library organization and a willingness to learn. Knowledge of children’s literature very important. Knowledge of popular children’s online games and developmentally appropriate video games a plus. Facility with common computer applications and online tools. Commitment to work at least two Friday evenings (until 8pm) per month. This position will begin as a Friday evening shift at a starting rate of $12/hour, with additional opportunities determined by job performance and experience. Applicants should submit a resume and cover letter explaining what qualities they would bring to the Darien Children’s Library to Kiera Parrott, Head of Children’s Services (<a href="mailto:kparrott@darienlibrary.org">kparrott@darienlibrary.org</a>).

Children’s Programming Assistant - Darien Library

Children’s Programming Assistant - Darien Library is seeking up to three individuals to join the Children’s Library staff as part-time Pr...

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How to use Tweetchat for Twitter discussions

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGu6E8NE1tg2zynGk5hTPoK_k9n5uvpzzbfB6_7iT8GGbxLHGNkZktxQxCGPk2mhhTUWxkKW0vpwWhT9iS6ZJRTv9GyCofqzsAypJSEXt8AbaWfT8PSDPdZugP9jw6SruAYywPONyb8GU/s1600-h/image11.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="38" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4yX7_XHz8wHvyeuMss_S4wAajs-GjwDIN_kkkhi6z9692pwj_6U0_tX705hlkMoi6p_N7vsKnt5Pf1BF1J37Qs-vvxQJSR8CcuAgOeX6bI9X-9shGHOzdozohukqV5GYYQ_40UtNGHU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It all started when Philemon Kotsokoane tweeted me (on Twitter) saying “... I'd like to follow last night's chat on <a href="http://t.co/jxknGXL4">tweetchat.com</a> How do I access all the chat & remove smart pausing message?<a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23edchatsa"><s>#</s><b>edchatsa</b></a>” </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html" title="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html"></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Up to that point I had only been using a free programme called Tweetdeck for Twitter chats.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> I wrote a blogpost on how to use Tweetdeck last month  <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html" title="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-not-install-and-use-tweetdeck-for.html</a></span><span style="font-size: small;">  The reason I enjoy using Tweetdeck is because you can have a whole host of hashtags open and can follow where you wish. But I have to admit - this can be distracting at times. <br /><br />After liaising with Philemon who said he had Tweetdeck installed but felt he would prefer to use Tweetchat,  I decided to explore Tweetchat. I discovered that Tweetchat doesn’t need to be installed as it is completely web-based. It also allows you to focus completely on the hashtag you are interested in. So, this is how it works:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Instructions </span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Open Tweetchat (<a href="http://tweetchat.com/">http://tweetchat.com</a>)</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfh4G5mzA2w9YPLv-v_isJxU2p69YvzONLg2LaW1MgptKKJIHYX38UPP_FVsEIwyBFKS8AnIKgCbIAv7KdW1PQOaWnf5aPrk0rNfhiBJKbyGW9uGI8Jz8-FfSCDI9Rvqvg2RiKakcrnto/s1600-h/image71.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuTd2NNASZWkkyw95rFV47Q_FC7AqRUAm27UJFu4y-s0WFXEFD7Wr_104dTEIYZmOaVeQD94thjQu3E0tos7yD05-Fy6f63OTlcNzlzy5VrlSbUornoH5vJkKpjjdpaapvbMXKeKhsyw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. Sign in with your Twittter account (so It is important to join Twitter first). </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Choose the hashtag you wish to follow and type it in on the top (to the left of ‘<i>Go</i>’). This spot is almost hidden. I am using the #edchatsa for this since this chat is something I enjoy participating in every week. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSEVrYMUZWQnSJIOXzQFn2nyWabpxL8Qswayvxgaw2wS6LZz3_RKm3lku7ujX10ByPfE60gT8MpxQOI2_2dTw9kOJ5lX-cN55FbUdo_MjrR75lyrn_t3GtLv0Se1vWRCWAlCmLdUnrkg/s1600-h/image7%25255B1%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBC8DHrbDUrb-AhV8k2FYaN2AsSHx0qkmMBqRE8HtHh42zaza8bm60iP7RBqGes7NGiHPAxLRn6aREsWC-sNEgKacpgpEGbcp-ZsyQLixYFUpc6G3D9Jawx5QP71BEf6hrCGFTnAlUIro/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. Immediately the current conversation in that hashtag opens. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNQY3kP4QpGRWzMO0l1uDQ5VvE9kDAqBHbWkomBPaVhkLLOeNoLfxK4J3xqkxB7TE5cLJhnEpgreffKei_DhINWhKAYz-4EE8wAS_4nbNNU0pYnc4HSlEQTnMMuMfFOo1uZzzDpNJ_8Q/s1600-h/image3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDMONLlVQiOuNACpiU81U3cbEP5cntA9ozI0G2yCuPwFYPXYtVkj5kybiIAqyDCWrC02Xr_RmDVbcuAYg6oV_Am9tJ-MRNyMJDo_2NjHytIQQ8f4YaYWzanzk2kzQ7-v83XYOoyJrPyw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5. From there it is just ‘Go’ and enjoy the ride!</span></div></div>

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A ZIPPER, A B-BHAG, AND THE LIGHT OF CHRIST

It started with a broken zipper – the zipper on my suitcase. I took my bag to be repaired at a cobbler’s shop. An amiable young man diagnosed the problem, took the suitcase, and asked where I had been. I told him “Kenya.” He asked what I had been doing there and I told him about our church sponsored schools, especially how they rescue girls from genital mutilation and forced marriage. He asked, “Where is your church here?” I told him. Even our slight involvement in upholding the status of women in Africa, perhaps just our affiliation with Anglican Communion partners who are directly engaged in that struggle, was enough to make an unchurched young man in Henderson want to worship with us. We were doing something that he could see and understand, something that matters.<br /><br /> The day before that exchange, the Las Vegas Review Journal ran a feature article on Deacon Bonnie Polley and her ministry to the homeless and the incarcerated. They called her “the Mother Teresa of Las Vegas.” Bonnie was, of course, embarrassed by the attention. But there’s a gospel message in what she does and the largest newspaper in Nevada was proclaiming it to a lot of people who need to see some light that isn’t neon. The article showed people another way to live and that the Episcopal Church is living it. The next day a County Commissioner called Bonnie for a meeting to talk about making Clarke County a better place.<br /><br /> On Wednesday, Deacon Ann Langevin was in Boulder City to meet President Obama. She was one of five people in the room authorized to shake hands and speak with the President. She was there to welcome him on behalf of Bread for the World and the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada. Bread for the World arranged it. The point was to keep world hunger on the President’s radar screen and to say the Episcopal Church cares about this. When Bread speaks up for the hungry, we are with them.<br /><br /> That same afternoon, along with a small group of African Methodist Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and Jewish leaders of our interfaith community organizing group, I met with Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto. We were there to discuss mortgage foreclosure relief, child sex trafficking, and deportation practices. It was an energized and energizing conversation as we told each other new things and sparked new ideas in each other’s minds.<br /> <br /> I had missed lunch; so after the meeting, I stopped by Starbucks on my way to the office for a snack and coffee. As I sat there reading Parker Palmer’s excellent book on the spiritual foundation of the common good, Healing The Heart of Democracy, a man on his way to the counter saw the book and stopped to talk. He began life in the Orthodox faith but was now an evangelical. We had a great dialogue. He confessed to being confused by the Beatitudes and I talked about the difference between blessing and commandment, how we distort the Bible when we see everything as commandment. He was touched by my simple approach to the text and gave me a small icon of the Christos Pantokrater. <br /><br /> These vignettes are little portraits of the Church in the World. The “first and greatest” book I have read on church and society in recent years is James Davison Hunter’s To Change the World: The Tragedy, Irony, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World (“and the second is like unto it,” Parker Palmer’s Healing the Heart of Democracy). These Nevada stories are about our doing what Hunter and Palmer say our mission is.<br /><br /> Hunter looks at the three leading approaches churches take to living on this planet. The Christian left, the Christian right, and the neo-Anabaptists. The Christian left and right mirror each other vying for control, trying to push their view of how society should work through political power. He demonstrates that neither has been successful and shows sociologically why their political strategies don’t work. (I would criticize them theologically, but his point is more practical – they just don’t achieve what they are trying to do.) The third option, the one Hunter calls neo-Anabaptist, is to condemn the culture as fallen and to stand apart from it, aloof and self-righteous. The object is to avoid contamination. I would criticize that theologically too; but Hunter’s point is that it just doesn’t work either. You can’t cut yourself off that completely from relationship with the place where you live or the people you live with.<br /><br /> To Change the World prescribes a different strategy. It is to be faithfully and visibly ourselves while actively engaged in society. It is as simple as saying, “Good morning, Mr. President, I’m Deacon Ann Langevin representing Bread for the World and the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada.” We are there. We are present. We are in the game. We are being the Christ light. Being the Christ light takes two things: faithful action and upfront identification with Jesus.<br /><br /> In the Diocese of Nevada, we are often in the game. We are often shining the Christ light. Christ Church, Pioche has adopted the highway leading into town. St. Timothy’s hosts Friends in the Desert (food program). St. Paul’s, Elko hosts and leads Boy Scouts. Grace, Trinity, and others host the homeless through Family Promise. St. Bart’s is beginning a program to combat hunger among school children. St. Peter’s, St. Matthew’s, St. Paul’s, Elko, All Saints and others support their neighborhood schools. St. Martin’s hosts Teen Night for all the youth of Pahrump. The list goes on. <br /><br /> This year I will be promoting the B-BHAG (the Bishop’s Big Hairy Audacious Goal). It came to me last Martin Luther King Day. As a member of the Governor’s Commission for Nevada Volunteers, I was at an Ameri-Corps work site trimming hedge and raking up trash from an urban community center. I worked alongside teams from various places that wanted to do their bit for the common good. There were high school groups, baristas from Starbuck’s, people from a bank, etc. It reminded me of all the times in Georgia when I worked with Habitat for Humanity to build houses or with Rebuilding Together to rehab houses, always, without exception as a part of a church group – our name on the sign, our t-shirts identifying our faith community. But as I looked around the work site this January, I did not see another Episcopalian. <br /><br /> My BBHAG is just a special opportunity for us to do what we already do so well in so many congregations. Next Martin Luther King Day, our goal is to field 300 Episcopalians at work sites around Nevada, each of them wearing our t-shirt which proclaims “Together We Can Change the World.”<br /><br /> There are so many ways to make difference – visibly. It can be local mission or a global mission supporting the Millenium Development Goals of alleviating hunger, poverty, and disease. The greatest danger to the soul of the Church is fearful focus on survival. The minute we shift from mission to survival, we fail at both. Without a vital mission, the Church dies for lack of a reason to exist. The Christ light goes out in our part of the world.<br /><br /> We have churches, both large and small, that are connected to their communities. The town knows they are there and, more importantly, knows why they are there. They know because the Church acts – acts visibly, as the church, with its nameplate on. The Church is the hands and feet of Christ. We have other congregations, large and small, where the town does not know they are there – or in some cases the town is under the impression the church is closed – because they act closed. A church focused on its own survival is spiritually closed already. It isn’t in the game. <br /><br /> But most of us are in the game. As we begin this year to form congregations into Jubilee Ministry Communities, we will learn more about what each other are doing. We will have a chance to learn from each other and feel each other’s support. We will experience our Communion as a sign of common mission – God’s mission here in God’s world.

A ZIPPER, A B-BHAG, AND THE LIGHT OF CHRIST

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Sunday Night is Still "Mad Men" Night

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonsi1nefnzGjjC4TV1Gu-34Vacb8wKqlPIcpFg1TYG9eX7TVrsE6SGpNAuK9x0dBOB5HzNnw-tguByHP0CJHBjVdvZmOxvTjpkalvUgeWlbTuURMxSUKQsd12gD13h4rKFl9ctjaemsRA/s1600/Mad+Men+Season+5+montage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonsi1nefnzGjjC4TV1Gu-34Vacb8wKqlPIcpFg1TYG9eX7TVrsE6SGpNAuK9x0dBOB5HzNnw-tguByHP0CJHBjVdvZmOxvTjpkalvUgeWlbTuURMxSUKQsd12gD13h4rKFl9ctjaemsRA/s400/Mad+Men+Season+5+montage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As the fourth installment (the 2 hour premiere covered two episodes) of <i>Mad Men</i> Season 5 approaches <span style="color: #0b5394;">(</span><i style="color: #0b5394;">see below for Episode 4 update</i><span style="color: #0b5394;">)</span>, there are no signs of waning interest from its audience or the rapt media. In my travels through cyberspace over the past two weeks I've come upon a wide assortment of posts about the new season of this most intriguing series. Here is a sampling - click on titles for links...</span><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJG0ifqNfzeGtNVBD30kRarhmXn1BHheOKhLZ77UvjBxObgqXFYl94wFQJzh1z5DxBTGicwOvGdBsTavrw1EE0eqlyQ1-R2qkF7JnaSvn2bxe-QGJ0IIyuTfFFQMFQ1v31Iz5zlrJKD1iT/s1600/Betty+in+Pink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJG0ifqNfzeGtNVBD30kRarhmXn1BHheOKhLZ77UvjBxObgqXFYl94wFQJzh1z5DxBTGicwOvGdBsTavrw1EE0eqlyQ1-R2qkF7JnaSvn2bxe-QGJ0IIyuTfFFQMFQ1v31Iz5zlrJKD1iT/s320/Betty+in+Pink.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Betty Francis</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In Episode 3 Roger Sterling (John Slattery), becoming ever more frustrated with changing times, utters a phrase that will no doubt echo on the series - and off - for some time to come, "When is everything going to get back to normal?" Laurel Brown, senior writer at <b><i>BuddyTV</i></b>, contemplates the implications of Roger's question with <a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/mad-men/mad-men-review-normal-isnt-com-44802.aspx" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Normal Isn't Coming Back</i></a></span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">By far the most talked-about element of last week's episode was the revelation that beautiful Betty Hofstadt Draper Francis (January Jones) had gained more than a new home in recent months. This new twist in Betty's story arc created intense discussion, some controversy, and a variety of reactions. Jessica Grose presents her <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/04/defense-of-fat-betty-draper.html"><i style="color: #cc0000;">Defense of Betty Draper</i></a> at <i>New York </i>(.com) magazine's <b><i>Vulture</i></b>. Bruce Handy of <b><i>Vanity Fair</i> </b>considers Betty's dilemma from a different perspective by delving into <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2012/04/mad-men-betty-draper-bugles-1960s-junk-food" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>The Amazing Junk Food of the '60's</i></a>. </span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYMTinUH_aOAwXR8UzdB7dB5HqRlFEK8N_ikTpZRnDAh1x2VgePeYqoVhphw3GILopzJ9KFYqzyszRgE-rtxNub1XOvYA_EeGFxVkNxVxGypVsfGG_0Z68Q5dGnlWJpzsDSkLaX5qX0C4/s1600/Season+5+Ep+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYMTinUH_aOAwXR8UzdB7dB5HqRlFEK8N_ikTpZRnDAh1x2VgePeYqoVhphw3GILopzJ9KFYqzyszRgE-rtxNub1XOvYA_EeGFxVkNxVxGypVsfGG_0Z68Q5dGnlWJpzsDSkLaX5qX0C4/s320/Season+5+Ep+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Megan and Don Draper</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Not soon to be forgotten is that 5th Season opener moment when Don Draper's young and slender new wife, Megan (French-Canadian actress Jessica Paré</span>)<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">, turned heads and inspired tongues to wag when she gave Don (Jon Hamm) a surprise 40th birthday party and a very special gift. Megan's rendition of the French pop tune "Zou Bisou Bisou" lit up the Twitterverse, and was <i>the </i>water cooler subject of the week. Leaving no stone unturned, Lauren Streib looks into the <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/26/mad-men-premiere-a-history-of-zou-bisou-bisou-megan-s-sultry-song-to-don.html" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>History of Zou Bisou Bisou</i></a> for <i><b>The Daily Beast</b></i>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/television/theyre-all-great-girls-mad-men?offset=0" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>The Return of the Ladies of Mad Men</i></a> is the focus of Alison Willmore at <b><i>Indiewire</i></b>, who views the series as one "about gender, about masculine ideals and shifting female identity." Eleanor Clift, a former <i><b>Newsweek</b></i> staffer (and sister-in-law of Montgomery Clift), recalls her memories as a woman in that news magazine's workplace during the '60s with <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/03/18/mad-men-goes-back-to-the-office.html" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Mad Men and Working Women</i></a> (here, courtesy of <b><i>The Daily Beast</i></b>).</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6n0SbO7BPKLCJj0YK8yI9o6JPY2KTD_tHZuF-J3_WrXJfOkWZq8YmKKLN1hH1xOZ8x2nb4KTr30osBywqvlUdFGEPFgl82-Zzojywp13jKLBoAH879BdN_rPgSOxuXmv92-spv5wumg95/s1600/joan+and+peggy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6n0SbO7BPKLCJj0YK8yI9o6JPY2KTD_tHZuF-J3_WrXJfOkWZq8YmKKLN1hH1xOZ8x2nb4KTr30osBywqvlUdFGEPFgl82-Zzojywp13jKLBoAH879BdN_rPgSOxuXmv92-spv5wumg95/s400/joan+and+peggy.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Harris and Peggy Olson of SCDP</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At the UK's <b><i>Daily Mail</i></b>, Kristie Lau contemplates <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2120592/Mad-Men-season-5-embraces-fashion-trends-1966.html#ixzz1rPe80Slv" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>How</i> <i>Mad Men Embraced the Fashion Trends of 1966</i></a>, and at <i><b>GQ</b></i>, Matthew Sebra posts weekly on what the men of <i>Mad Men </i>are wearing, so far: <a href="http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201203/mad-men-style-season-premiere#slide=1" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Season 5/Style Report 1</i></a> and <a href="http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201204/mad-men-style-season-5-episode-2#slide=1" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Season 5/Style Report 2</i></a>.</span><br /><b><br /></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Update: </span><a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/04/mad-men-review-mystery-date-episode-504.html" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> <span style="color: #0b5394;">for Bonnie Stiernberg's take on Episode 5.04 at </span></b><i style="color: #0b5394;"><b>PasteMagazine.com</b></i><i> </i> </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQ-Tq5E-PPuxfzuRzMZhrSZYzKW8PCvNUXrLCIo2dPOo-auK9wEHl0svnREdIwrVtxyzED8MYLO7WXIK-Aor0hqGJaWo2rSPTH7LaFzaLYnsEQwZjkjcWT6cq_EBXAccnPYiNiyUfdEq6/s1600/peggy+pete+done+and+updo+dark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQ-Tq5E-PPuxfzuRzMZhrSZYzKW8PCvNUXrLCIo2dPOo-auK9wEHl0svnREdIwrVtxyzED8MYLO7WXIK-Aor0hqGJaWo2rSPTH7LaFzaLYnsEQwZjkjcWT6cq_EBXAccnPYiNiyUfdEq6/s400/peggy+pete+done+and+updo+dark.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stay tuned...</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Note: <i>Sunday Night is Mad Men Night</i> will continue. Next up, Jill of <i>Sittin' on a Backyard Fence </i> - date TBA... </span></b></div>

Mad Men The Lady Eve (author) Sunday Night is Still "Mad Men" Night

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Day two and three fourths: What a day!

I haven't had a day like this in a long time. It was a series of unfortunate events.<br /><br />I worked on my sister's paperwork for two hours, from 6am -8am, trying to get the Guardianship Implementation Plan and Inventory completed for the State of Alaska Courts. It's a detailed account of her life, and it's due May 28. Remember, she had and still has a complicated life. I hate working on it, but it has to be done.<br /><br />Then my husband walked into my office at about 8am and asked what I had done with the coffee pot. When I told him I gave it to Goodwill two weeks ago, he flipped out. That was the start of World War III. He hadn't used it in over a year. It was collecting dust and it was in the way. It was old and gross. I'm in a "scaling down mode", so I'm giving away a lot of stuff lately. This makes him insane. He's a hoarder. We have an ongoing battle about "stuff". I'm not into it. I hate "stuff laying around, I hate clutter and knick knacks. He's the opposite. If it was up to him, he'd never throw anything away.<br /><br />In retaliation, he proceeded to remove every item from the kitchen counters and walls. EVERYTHING. I didn't argue. I didn't fight. I simply don't have the energy. Actually, I like the look, even if there is an echo in there now. I asked him if we could redecorate the rest of the house like this. I like it. It looks like no one lives here. It's a good look. I think that just made him angrier. Oh well.<br /><br />Then I went to my Weight Watchers meeting. They moved. Seriously, they moved and didn't tell me. I got there five minutes late, weighed in at 15 pounds heavier than my last weigh-in in December. 198.4. Ouch.<br /><br />The meeting wasn't one of my favorites. We had to get in groups and talk about our most favorite possession. I don't have one so it was hard. My Kindle? People were saying their dogs or kids, which was very weird to me because I think of a "possession" as an inanimate object. It was just a strange meeting, even though it was with my favorite leader.<br /><br />The leader gave us an assignment to write down on paper twenty reasons we want to lose weight (so we can use it as an anchor, which is a great idea). We're suppose to bring it with us next week. I wrote mine out immediately after the meeting. I'll share it with you in a later post. Some of things I wrote in a hurry, and when I re-read them, it made me really sad. I'll explain in a later post. <br /><br />After the meeting,  I went to the gym. StairMaster thirty minutes, weights forty minutes. A really good workout (and a lot harder because I'm a lot fatter). As I was leaving the gym I got yelled at by one of the personal trainers (he's a creepy old guy that flirts with all the women - I can't stand him).<br /><br />This is what happened and I'm still fuming about it. This trainer yelled across the gym, in front of everyone, "hey girl, you didn't clean up your mess!". I didn't even know what he was talking about. I asked him, "mess, what mess?". He said I left my weights on the barbell, my little 5-pound weights. I had to remove 45-pound plates from my barbell before I could use it. I often have to move 65-pound dumbbells out of my way to use the benches, or multiple plates from barbells. I really didn't even think about removing my little 5-pound plates because everyone else leaves their stuff. I've never heard one of the trainers say anything to anyone about it. We had a few unpleasant words (I can't stand him!). Then an hour later this same trainer had the nerve to call me on my cell phone and leave a message telling me had a great deal for me on some personal training sessions. Are you freaking kidding me?!  <br /><br />Then I got home and in the mail there was the application for the disabled parking for my sister, signed by her doctor. I sent it to her doctor three weeks ago and she finally returned it to me. I never realized how important disabled parking is for someone in a wheelchair. Try getting someone that is completely paralyzed on one side out of the car and into a wheelchair in a normal parking spot with a car parked next to you. It doesn't work.<br /><br />I rushed off to a motor vehicles office that was open until 4:30pm today to submit the application. I got there 25 minutes before they closed. I waited 20 minutes until they called me up to the counter, only to tell me the application wasn't completed properly by the doctor. I'm really annoyed with the doctor. She's specializes in geriatrics. This can't be the first disabled parking application she's completed (she only signed it, didn't fill out the section that says "to be completed by the physician"). <br /><br />Next up Costco. I'll make this short. I threw the 25-pound bag of cat food into the trunk of my car. It caught on a corner of the box containing the brand new coffeepot (for my husband). It split the bag open right down the middle and filled my trunk with pellets of cat food.<br /><br />What do you think, do I have some negative energy going on here or what?<br /><br />The only good things about today:  1.) I have a clean and spacious kitchen and 2.) I had a good workout (in spite of that creepy trainer), and 3.) I actually tracked my food today in the Weight Watchers phone app, every bite and right now as of almost 10pm I have eaten 25 Points (I get 27 now at my new, big weight). <br /><br />Oh, last but not least, my only crown (on my tooth, not my head) has been hurting me all day with on and off throbbing. It was put on three years ago, taken off six months ago and "fixed" because it hurt, and now I'm feeling pain again.<br /><br />Honestly God, can you cut me any slack here?

Day two and three fourths: What a day!

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Two free SchoolNet short online courses for SA teachers in technology integration

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you are a South African educator and would like to know more about technology integration by participating in short free online courses from SchoolNet, please think about joining our next two courses on offer for April and May. </span></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Microsoft’s Free tools part 1</span></b></u> <br />(10 April - end April)</span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are a South African educator and would like to sign up for this free course, please click on the link below to be taken to the sign up page. You will then be sent an email directing you to the online course platform.  The course starts officially on April 10th but it is the type of course where you can easily catch up. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhaRDhicklrdXI0Wkk1bkQzcWctMlE6MQ" target="_blank">Sign up page for Microsoft Free Tools part 1</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><i>Course content:</i></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">This will be a three week course centring on how to use four of the Microsoft free tools  in the classroom, namely AutoCollage, Photostory 3, Windows Movie Maker and Microsoft Songsmith.  The course will be supported by webinars and offers a Certificate of Completion from SchoolNet if certain requirements are met. </span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><u>The course outline is</u>:</span></i><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Week 1 (beginning 10 April): AutoCollage <br />Week 2 (beginning 17 April): Photostory 3 and Windows Live Movie maker<br />Week 3 (beginning 24 April): Songsmith <br />Week 4: webinars from teachers who have successfully used these tools in the classroom</span>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><u><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next course - SchoolNet's free Wiki course</span></b></u><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />(</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">May 2012)</span></span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><u>Course content</u>:</i></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Week 1: How to create a wiki using Wikispaces</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Week 2: Make your wiki look and work like a website</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Week 3: Add writing, photos, audio and video to your wiki</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Week 4: Using your wiki for online projects</span></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEpfNGtOU0hELW5iTldIQVVhTXhnd0E6MQ" target="_blank">Sign up for the wiki course here.</a></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">More information is available on our <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/p/free-short-onine-courses.html" target="_blank">Free online courses</a> page</span></div><br /></div>

Free online courses Two free SchoolNet short online courses for SA teachers in technology integration

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Day 2: It's Saturday! I love Saturday!

My favorite day of the week is Saturday. I like to stay at home on Saturday and do house stuff. I actually find joy in mindless household chores. My latest thing is spring cleaning.<br /><br />I've been organizing my closets, bookcases and even tackling the garage, one box at a time for the garage. It's filled with 24 years of junk, including boxes that haven't been opened since we moved into this house twelve years. I'm scaling down on the stuff. I detest useless clutter, and I want it out of my life.<br /><br />Maybe seeing the 73 years of stuff at my sister's 3,800 square foot house triggered something in me, or maybe a few of those Hoarders shows, of maybe it's because I feel like it's the only thing in my life where I have control.Regardless of what caused this sudden "I've got to get rid of this stuff", it makes me feel better about my surroundings.<br /><br />I started with the bathroom closet last weekend. I got rid of at least 50 bottles of hair products, and three hot roller sets, along with a truckload of other stuff (lotions, old makeup, and just stuff). I mean honestly, who needs four hot roller sets, three curling irons, two flat irons, and about 50 of those Velcro rollers (that I don't even use anymore). Now I only have one hot roller set, one flat iron and one curling iron. The stuff I kept (about 1/4 of what was in the closet) are in containers with drawers, and there are labels on the drawers. I love it! I can find anything in seconds.<br /><br />I'm reading a great book that's  really helping me with the de-cluttering process. I bought it at the Half-price bookstore a few years ago, but it's still available on Amazon. "30 Days To A Simpler Life" by Connie Cox & Cris Evatt. I highly recommend this book if you are feeling overwhelmed by clutter, and if you've ever watched a Hoarder show and thought, "hmmm, if I don't do something that could become me!". <br /><br />Usually on Saturday I have a list of at least 15 chores that I think must be completed by the end of the day. I never get through the list.<br /><br />Today, things will be different. Five must do's on my list:<br /><br />1. Update my Guardian activity log for my sister. I keep a notebook and write down every penny spent,  every phone conversation about my sister, and every chore or activity involving my sister Usually I transfer that information into an Excel spreadsheet at the end of the week. It's for the Alaska court system for when they complete a review on me at the end of the year. I normally do this once a week. I haven't done it for a month. <span style="color: red;">A must do.</span><br /><br />2. The gym for a minimum of a one-hour workout. <span style="color: red;">A must do.</span><br /><br />3. Weight Watchers meeting, 10:30am.<span style="color: red;"> A must do.</span><br /><br />4. Clean out under the bathroom sinks in the master bathroom (huge vanity with lots of junk under the sinks). I don't even know what's under there, other than a few rolls of toilet paper. The goal is to clean it out, throw away as much as possible possible.<br /><br />5. Work on the guardianship implementation plan and inventory for my sister. It's twelve pages of detailed information on her life. It's due by the Alaska Courts by May 28. I've been working on it, but I'd really like to complete it soon. One of those things that's hanging over my head.<br /><br />Not a lot of fun stuff on the list, other than cleaning out underneath the cabinets under the bathroom sinks. That probably sounds sick and twisted, but I love getting rid of stuff. It makes my heart feel lighter. <br /><br />Tomorrow is sister day, Titanic in 3D. I can't wait to see how that goes. She was an avid about going to the movies once a week before the stroke. I'm curious how she'll respond tomorrow. Hopefully, she'll understand what's going on. At least she'll be out of the house, which she seems to enjoy. I'll let you know how it goes.<br /><br />Okay, back to my list.

Day 2: It's Saturday! I love Saturday!

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SA teachers – why not join the conversation from 20h30 to 21h30 each Monday evening on #edchatsa?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal </i> <br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not too long ago I came across an article that posed the question <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1472675119">'Is</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/03/is-twitter-the-driving-force-behind-upcoming-educational-change/" target="_blank"> Twitter the Driving Force Behind Upcoming Educational Change?'</a> and</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> that question constantly echoes in my mind. Twitter is an incredible tool for sharing, summarising, communicating, sending quick messages, using a hashtag for conferences and events – the list is endless. Undoubtedly, for the educator Twitter is a must. I, for one, have learned SO MUCH from my Twitter PLN.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, for this reason we should really welcome the initiative of Arthur Preston, Headmaster at Elkanah House in Cape Town with the <i>TweetChat for the South African Education community </i>on a Monday night from 8:30pm – 9:30pm. Needless to say the chats to date have been very inspiring with the number of educators participating growing in leaps and bounds. </span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">These Twitter chats are not new to education and there are a number of really good ones that happen around the world. <br /><a href="http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html">http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /><a href="http://edudemic.com/2012/01/20-hashtags/">20 twitter hashtags everyone should know about<br /></a></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">However this is a first for South Africa and something that our country REALLY needs – teachers and educators entering the education conversation and airing their thoughts and feelings, as well as pooling their knowledge…who knows what changes can be effected as a result!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The website<br /><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Arthur runs #edchatsa from a website, <b>#edchatsa: </b><b>The TweetChat for the South African education community </b><a href="http://www.edchatsa.co.za/">http://www.edchatsa.co.za/,</a> and a Facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/edchatsa">http://www.facebook.com/edchatsa</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><a href="http://www.edchatsa.co.za/"></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKSpeO_dYlNFSvVnFluUVgmpkp5_mwyGgFsKSJwZ2jjkMcDMwUtcamtPMkCdmGCy1rTJvqHHBZG5smgV-hbSlCuVo-ne7HpDP7H3dAk0WTNjGOaIqYIWvH6ZOocCOxC88vGoFfoYxCOg/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14oyeiSTn-ws1aHndIoBwZG6VtSyBPt1lBq5x_whgwfD5plJ3Y-2oz_SBLHExMwOH0MKhaHT3e9VHD1_GjTFEYW8R8B1mEHjxNBxb4B5cz46dQFSjWu_V1C46zLwkVTJMvFpfnDTpY4E/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The website is the place to vote for upcoming topics for discussion.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What is #edchatsa?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The following explanation is taken from the website: </span></div><h3 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">“Imagine a weekly gathering of dynamic, innovative and inspiring teachers who engage in lively debate, share resources, offer assistance, challenge paradigms and support each other. Imagine having the opportunity to engage with these teachers in their conversation or simply stop to listen and learn. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Imagine no longer! This gathering happens every Monday evening from 20h30 to 21h30 on Twitter in the form of what is known as a TweetChat. Started in the first week of March 2012, this community of tweeting teachers continues to meet in a virtual setting every week to discuss issues which affect education in South Africa.</span></span></h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">During the preceding week, prospective participants can vote on their choice of topic by registering their vote. The vote is quick, simple and anonymous. Voting closes at 19h30 each Monday evening and the chat begins at 20h30 sharp. Participants use the hashtag #edchatsa to keep their tweets in the chat and allow others to follow the conversation. <br /><br />The chat is moderated to ensure that participants keep on the topic, that there is some continuity throughout the hour and that courtesy and respect is maintained. At times the debate is fierce and a wide variety of opinions is expressed – this makes for lively discussion!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is important to realise that the #edchatsa conversation continues throughout the week as folks tag relevant tweets with #edchatsa. However it is on a Monday evening that the community gathers for conversation.”</span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">  </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Vote for next week’s topic <br /><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Past chats have included a lively discussion on ‘Assessment’, a discussion around 'Which piece of technology could influence SA education the most' and a debate entitled ‘Mobile phones in the classroom are a good idea but create more practical problems than solutions’. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This coming Monday night 7th April should be great:<br /><span style="font-size: large;"> <br />"We will be doing something a little different this coming week – we will be spending the #edchatsa hour sharing resources and ideas. Come along with your list of indispensable websites, journals, books, blogs and be ready to share with the community</span>."</span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Forum </b></span><br /><br />The site includes a </span><span style="font-size: small;">forum for discussion: “The #edchatsa twitter community is full of insightful, committed and innovative thought-leaders in the South African education space. As a member of this community you are invited to submit a blog post on a subject close to your heart as long as it has connection to education. Your post will then be published and will be available on this site for comment by others.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />You may want to introduce readers to a particular edtech tool, open debate around a particular topic, challenge paradigms or simply add insight to the #edchatsa topic of the week. You will also be able to point readers to your own blog or social media platforms”  </span><span style="font-size: small;">(taken from the website).</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Join the discussion</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So why not take a look around the <a href="http://www.edchatsa.co.za/" target="_blank">website</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/edchatsa" target="_blank">Facebook pag</a>e, and join the chatter from <i><b>20h30 to 21h30 each Monday evening</b></i>.on <b>#edchatsa</b>?</span> </div></div>

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