In for a penny, in for a pound! - a Christmas story.

Artist: Sue Kendrick Album: Through Our Eyes Title: Blue Bell Warriors Download this song here. This story. Third in my Bretherton mysteries trilogy has been on the arena. I offer it now as a Christmas treat. The late autumn sunshine spangled the frosted grass of the little churchyard on the morning they buried old Charlie Cotter [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 19:21:57

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About Shawn Graham

What follows is the text of a draft of something I was working on a few winters ago. I plan on dusting it off, fixing it up, giving it a new lick of paint sometime this winter… but I thought I’d share it first: a kind of pre-peer-review. I apologise for the figures: I can’t find the bloody digital versions of them [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 01:33:11

Free Time… What’s that? Top 3 Tips to Personal Time Management

Have you heard that time is an “equal opportunity resource?”  No matter what, we all get 168 hours a week, no more and no less ... a time frame, just a time block.  For example, dedicating 6 pm - 7 pm helping your kids with their homework. Get a planner. Whether you work in the office or a home body, you need to schedule [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 06:05:52

Psychologists screening detainees in Iraq for “threat” to occupation

An article from last June’s Financial Times by Andrew Wood, a Fellow at the Harvard Law School human rights program, calls attention to a use of psychologists in Iraq detention facilities as part of their detainee screening and reeducation program. This use raises different ethical issues than does the use in interrogations [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 00:42:38

Concentrating the Wealth, Pt. 2

(See Part 1.) A funny thing happened on the way to the bailout. A number of the members of the bucket brigade - that's us, taxpayers - realized that for all the billions of dollars worth of bailing we're doing, we still appear to be sinking. Our task seems to be keeping things afloat long enough for first class passengers to fill the lifeboats [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 20:39:26

Dallas: November 22, 1963

I look at life in a rather odd way.   Perhaps you view it as I do. I consider anything that happened after my birthday in late April 1959 to be (as they say) “Modern Times”.    That stands to reason; my life began that day. But I also consider two other dates to be seminal; to be obvious points of reference in my life and that of humanity, really [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 16:55:41

Primary Care: In Search of a Sustainable Business Model

President-elect Barack Obama placed a heavy bet last week that the recession-wracked economy he is about to inherit has finally reached a tipping point on health care… Mr. Obama has begun a careful campaign to frame the issue more as a pocketbook concern more than a moral one.Kevin Sack, “Necessary Medicine? Health Care and The Economy Share [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 15:55:00

Why Does Obama Say His Civilian Security Force Will Help "Achieve National Security Objectives"?

I have been asking this question for weeks now, waiting to find an answer from someone with more knowledge than me ... that Democratic candidates in key toss-up House races were pro-war. In this he was largely successful ... is in for the coming elections.In 2006, no matter which party controls the House, a majority will be committed [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 16:51:00

inaugurations and celebrations: why?

Does anyone remember the words of hope and inspiration of the last inauguration?  With generally high approval ratings ( ... ?), I will be joining my friends back home in the place where this all started - social media.  While ... solves overseas IP address blocking) and chatting it up on twitter. When I shared my plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:49:44

The GOP Convention and How the Wages of Neglect Became the Wages of Sin

As the Republicans gather in St. Paul reminders of what their Counterrevolution has done to America hang over the convention like inky clouds rolling in the sky, flashing warning bolts and cracks of thunder that herald a coming storm. First, as another Hurricane heads for the Gulf Coast and reporters question whether the levies will hold; [more...]

Date: 2008-09-01 03:37:48

Claim your right to Milo, claim your right to see it through

Xmas for me doesn't end officially when the last window in the Hannah Montana advent calendar is opened, or when it's Boxing Day and I can yell at the cricket team, or when I leave our conversationally stymied lunch, or even when I pocket the cash that's coming my way and return from an overpoliced night out with a hangover or a punch in the mouth [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 09:01:00

Look! There Goes Another One, Gertie! Why Those're the Funniest Lookin' Geese I've Ever SEEN!

And a gladsome good morning to y'all.(I am loving that word. Gladsome. It's so festive, don't you think?)So I have this couch ... it a family heirloom by now?I've moved it with me from apartment to apartment to house to house ... be FANTASTIC! A SHOWPIECE!" For TWENTY YEARS I've had these grandiose plans, and for twenty years the thing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 14:33:00

America Will Weep

When all is said and done, if Sen. Barack Obama becomes President of the United States, I for one will not be celebrating. I know the real Obama; he is America’s enemy, along with the party which has been bought and paid for by men like George Soros. He and other Socialist/Communist sympathizers hide themselves within the once honorable Democrat [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 23:24:08

Big Apple Christmas Updated with Celebrity Sighting

I went to NYC last weekend (Thursday to Monday) and am just now getting around to posting photos.When it came up, I was conflicted about it to be truthful. It's like I went from funeral to Thanksgiving to packing for this trip and no time in there to breathe.Part of me wanted to stay home [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 15:42:00

Is ‘Watchmen’ the Next ‘300′? - Take One

Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach in Watchmen Photo: Warner Bros. Brad riddled me this the other night: Is Watchmen the next 300? ... . If you expect Snyder to deliver another frame-faithful adaptation of a graphic novel, then yes, Watchmen ... of the back-home politics subplot - which actually improved upon the source material [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 08:30:16

new year's resolutions + black cats + store updates

Okay, time to end my holiday blog break. It was nice to get away from the keyboard but now it's time to get back into the swing of updating twice ... in little frame ornaments hung from my pink tree. I don't know what it is about black cats ... ! My 2009 life improvement plans are as follows (in no particular order):-Get a dog! I work [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 18:46:00

Money 101 for screenwriters

Most of the questions I answer on this site are from readers who hope to become professional screenwriters. A small percentage of these readers will succeed, and suddenly face a new category of questions about What Happens Next. Having watched former assistants and other young writers cross the line into professional work, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 19:02:50

Trailer Park: Is Simon Pegg Heading Back To SPACED?

By Christopher Stipp The Archives, Right Here I’m awesome. I wrote a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right HERE for free. So, I met Simon Pegg last Friday. Let me preface this by saying not a lot of people of varying celebrity comes here to the desert in Arizona [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 06:55:22

My World: Buttterfly Magic

Though they look like Christmas tree ornaments, these are the chrysalises in the emergence room at Tucson Botanical Gardens ... now we made our plans to visit. Butterfly magic runs from Nov 1, 2008 through March 2009. The butterflies ... to keep butterflies safely inside the moist warmth of their temporary home. As soon as we enter [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 18:45:00

Five Secrets to Guarantee Event Success

It might be the company Christmas party, a product launch or new-business celebration; ... and safety, wet weather contingency plans, security, VIPs, dietary needs, wheelchair access, etc. • Event coordinator contact details (name, mobile phone number, home land line number, office number [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 01:24:40

Do-It-Yourself Landscaping Can Save Thousands

This is the first post from Winston, the new GRS editorial assistant. My wife and I have saved thousands of dollars by landscaping our own yard. Four years ago, we were feeling overwhelmed by our back yard. We’d been in our home for a couple ... -time landscaper had just sold his business to his son-in-law to focus strictly on home landscape [more...]

Date: 2008-08-09 16:30:34

January Lawn & Garden To-Do List

Most of us begin the New Year armed with plans, projects, and resolutions. The January garden provides a stark contrast as it hunkers down to wait out the winter, but there’s still plenty to do when the weather cooperates. The month of January takes its name from Janus—the Roman god of Gateways and Journeys—who is often pictured looking both [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:52:16

Looking better in 2009

My husband Christopher is determined to be more fit and trim in 2009. In Fact he is hoping to be back to his premarital status of slim and trim ... (seriously has he seen what the kids did to my 140 frame..lol) and his plans and determination will surely ... be wondering how he plans to do all this while working 40+ hours a week and helping to raise our [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:06:00

The Democrats’ War on Energy–Updated

Barack Obama, speaking with the San Francisco Chronicle, January 2008: So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; ... issues, it would be irrational to suppress the use of coal at home while still permitting its transfer ... . Don’t kid yourself that solar and wind would fill the gap in any near-term time frame [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 15:48:28

Ex Simulacra

By Derek Hardman. He described the action, having been, he believed, only mentioned originally, though expanded previously, in a secondary narration of the woman’s movements; finely, concisely, describing her movement similarly to the most previous narrator as a snip—“at the hem of a pair of blue jeans she was producing from a pattern [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 07:04:25

Green Office Design

By James CollettPaying attention to office design and building maintenance are imperative aspects to doing business that many corporation owners overlook. The look of office interiors can have a deep consequence on the frame of mind ... "closed in" or claustrophobia. A lot of home offices wind up set up in this way, with extra office [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 18:56:00

Coming Up On Coronation Street This Week….

Coronation Street In Monday’s first trip down the Street, the aftermath of John’s actions are still being felt by both Rosie and Fiz, ... in buying the bookies but Peter’s still not in the right frame of mind to think about starting ... has been left home alone and tells Peter he doesn’t want him making the same mistakes he did [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 18:13:46

The Note, 12/04/08: Bail Out the Bailout?

By Rick Klein with Hope Ditto Shave your beard, shut off your mic, hang up the phone (we don’t care who’s calling). Thursday brings the rarest of items to Capitol Hill: Congressional hearings that actually matter. When they arrive in Washington Thursday morning, hats in hand (or at least on the passenger seats of their hybrids) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 13:15:19

Independents like myself who support Barack Obama and Democrats are busy trying to tear down John McCain's surprise pick for Vice President. They say she is less qualified than many other potential candidates that McCain could have selected. I would tend to agree. But, that's neither here nor there [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 23:34:38

Bread of Life for Today and Tomorrow and Forever

From Thanksgiving until Christmas day we rush, plan, pack, wrap, shop 'til we drop (which takes longer for some) and then... Christmas day comes and.....ahhhhhhhh...... sigh of relief..... we can slow down now. Today has been an emotional day of quiet for me. After being with family in SC last week and having lots of noise (the good kind!) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 22:56:00

Dubie agrees; DP likely done

The Islanders have reached an agreement with former goaltender Wade Dubielewicz on a contract for the rest of the season for the pro-rated portion of a $500,000 annual salary, according to an NHL source. The club has indicated plans to provide ... in his surgically repaired knee. Dubielewicz, who has been living with his family at their [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:34:48

Holiday Gift Tags

needing a new computer and so on and so forth, I was aiming to decorate the outside of the house for free. Actually, almost free, since we already bought a beautiful wreath from our friends whose son is in Cub Scouts. And, since I hate to be rushed during the holiday season (and the dirt in our planters freezes once the weather is too cold) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 12:00:01

Make it from Scratch

Merry Christmas Eve, Eve as my kids like to say, and welcome to this week's edition of the Make it from Scratch carnival ... presents Super Lemon-y Sheet Cake! posted at 11th Heaven's Homemaking Haven.Our Red House presents Gran's ... using ingredients from abroad and will make you famous amongst Czech and other European communities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 13:54:00

"Former felons risk losing not only the right to vote, but are subject to other acts of “civil death” that push them further to the political, social, and economic margins"

Crime "control" has replaced social improvements as the way to address problematic societal behavior and ills. Rather than address the myriad obstacles and barriers to successful participation into our society, we instead decided that infractions of the lopsided and often unfair social code are met with removal from society for an often lengthy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 11:53:00

Remembering Anthony Walker

Promoting his documentary Black Magic last spring, filmmaker Dan Klores talked about including a reference to the 1960s shooting of black students by state troopers on the campus of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, SC. The shooting itself had almost nothing to do with his film, but Klores thought the story needed to be told, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 17:34:19

UPDATE ON HONOR KILLER YASER SAID AND HIS LIFE IN THE MUSLIM UNDERGROUND, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR BILL WARNER PROVIDES YASER SAID BACKGROUND.

Yaser Abdel Said is wanted for murder. On January 1, 2008, Said took his two teenaged daughters for a ride in his taxi cab, under the guise of taking them to get something to eat. He drove them to Irving, Texas, where he allegedly shot both girls to death. They died of multiple gunshot wounds. Said may have fled to New York (he did) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 11:20:00

A Christmas Story

Any American unfamiliar with “A Christmas Story” is certainly in the minority! Directed by the late Bob Clark and released on Thanksgiving day in 1983, the film relates the tale of Ralphie Parker, a 9 year-old boy living in 1940’s era suburban Indiana who wants nothing more than a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 06:00:00

Memes and stuff

Fusion has a meme going on his blog. Thought it looked interesting to read his answers and I want to write, but I’m feeling creatively dry right now because of the emotions of packing my home up to move ... . She’s got the space available until her son comes home in about 2 years and she’d like some company [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 04:32:36

A1GP: Could Brands Hatch lose season finale?

This image has no alt text Terrible news about A1GP for British fans - Brands Hatch might be in the frame to lose its status as the host of the ... at their home race for the last three years, including an occasion when they were duelling for second place ... or has not received the necessary licence from the FIA, so we have no other option but to [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:13:43

Oh My Nose! (Correction: Oh HIS Nose)

(At Left: Marsha said: Oh, My Nose!  Nowadays, guys may be walking into the surgeons office and saying “Give me Bobby’s! ... makeover shows. Of course, it was from the same time frame as “Extreme Makeover,” which later begat “Extreme Makeover Home Edition. The difference was that “Extreme Makeover” chose individuals of either [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 00:18:03

Documenting Chicago's Lakefront: An Interview with Geoffrey Baer

Geoffrey Baer is writer, producer and narrator for several documentaries taking viewers on tours of Chicago's neighborhoods and characters. He sat down with GB to discuss his most recent program, "Chicago's Lakefront." We've all been watching your documentaries for several years now and enjoying the great deal of knowledge you posses about [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 06:10:50

WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church - Chapter Eighty Seven – Wed done

It happened in Church - October 19, 1962Chapter Eighty Seven – Wed done Saturday Nov 25 (begins) Colonel Goldie Navy and the Irish Sergeant knocked on the door of the Colonel’s home. The wife opened. “Welcome Mrs. Colonel Ears. Sure, you look fine the early morning.” She was not amused, but this fellow would never be at her door if wasn’t huge [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 06:29:02

November 20, 2008

rites of passages for boys where they became men over their fresh kill. These days, that rarely happens in a suburban cul-de-sac, but you do have the opportunity to grant your son responsibility in front of a family gathering. When you decide the time is right for your son to carve the turkey – and that may come because of age, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 05:37:45

Mind set: Happiness is homemade

Mind set: Happiness is homemade 20 Jan 2009, 0800 hrs IST, STEPHEN R COVEY Regardless of whether we live in the US, India or anywhere else, ... but what most of us discover is that happiness is a home-made product. If you have strong and effective ... well at home, it is difficult to be deeply happy anywhere else. Thus, it is supremely important [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 08:32:01

SUPREME COURT SAYS MILITARY ABOVE LAW

.ADMIRALS & GENERALS NOW RULE WITHOUT CHECKS & BALANCESSOLDIERS HAVE NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ARE IRRELEVANT, NO LAWS IN WARJudges Abdicate Responsibility Of Judicial Branch; Military Takes Up SlackWe might as well send those useless crypto-Nazi Supreme Court corporate shills home. They no longer have any [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 10:01:00

SUPREME COURT SAYS MILITARY ABOVE LAW

.ADMIRALS & GENERALS NOW RULE WITHOUT CHECKS & BALANCESSOLDIERS HAVE NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ARE IRRELEVANT, NO LAWS IN WARJudges Abdicate Responsibility Of Judicial Branch; Military Takes Up SlackWe might as well send those useless crypto-Nazi Supreme Court corporate shills home. They no longer have any [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 06:01:00

Introducing chTONGUEeek: a wikinomics enabled humor site

A few weeks back a couple of guys from the office who thought they were kind of funny launched a new site called chTONGUEeek (i.e. Tongue in Cheek) ... incurred has been a little over $200, and outside of a few plans we have for rewarding contributors ... amount - $150 - with a one week time frame, providing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 12:45:32

Reader Mailbag #40

Each Monday, The Simple Dollar opens up the reader mailbags and answers ten to twenty simple questions offered up by the readers on personal finance ... And now for some great reader questions! I remember reading about a custom debt snowball you used to pay off debt ... . This was important to me, as I had a young child at home and was worried about [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 14:00:55

Shoe Business: Bush in Baghdad

The we-have-one-President-at-a-time made what will probably be his final visit to Baghdad, and an Iraqi reporter threw shoes at him. Here's the White House pool report: The president continued his press conference, noting the apologies of other Iraqi journalists in the front row and answering two questions, one from each side [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 23:38:10

New Q&A With Damon Lindelof

Thanks to Jack and Cynthia for the heads up! In this interview with “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof, ... our time frame. Originally, we were going to do an hour less than we wound up doing ... understood until we got to “There’s No Place Like Home,” is that you’re always afraid of doing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:20:45

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