Community pressure mounts on Kaua‘i Burial Council
Community pressure mounts on Kaua‘i Burial Council Posted October 6th, ... . Do not let it start with this home.“ Brescia’s plans to build a house on the 15,667-square-foot lot ... dirt road and a naupaka hedge fronting a white-sand beach, the narrow lot that Joseph Brescia owns [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 00:32:04
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The Truro Residence by ZeroEnergy Design
ZeroEnergy Design, together with Silvia and Silvia Custom Home Builders, have created this contemporary house in Truro, Massachusetts ... was that they had some unusual space requirements, a narrow lot on an environmentally sensitive site ... . They normally reside in downtown Boston, but plan to spend their summers and weekends on the Cape. While [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 10:19:25
Random things I have learned from this holiday season
1) I don’t like to go out shopping. in the dark, cold, cold nights of December. Next year I plan to cut back on the number of things I need to buy. It doesn’t seem like Christmas will be so stressful in November when we all start making plans ... up with good gift ideas MANY weeks before Christmas. Maybe narrow it down to three presents per child [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 05:46:44
Reader Mail #69
I liked this article, via Hacker News. Depressed people can more accurately measure reality than "normal" people. What if the reverse is true? If you're better at sensing reality, then you become depressed?Also, such scientific studies are usually blown out of proportion. They were writing about a single carefully-controlled experiment [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 17:00:00
Blocking, Tackling & Running: Leveraging a Crisis Into Real Change
There's a fairly well known cartoon of two scientists working out a problem on a chalkboard covered with complex equations and down in the corner is a little circle with the key step inserted in small print - "and then a miracle occurs". Wouldn't it be nice if we could take the same short-cut to fixing the horrendous shopping list of significant [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 20:07:11
Wild Times
We have returned from our west coast travels and while it was not a hiccup-free trip, we had a great time visiting people and places ... holiday travel plans for many folks headed out there (including all Doyles who had planned on making ... (and UPS) found three excited Doyle girls peeking under the tree with lots of presents winking back at them [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 21:16:00
Things I have learned from this holiday season
1) I don’t like to go out shopping. in the dark. cold, cold nights of December. Next year I plan to cut back on the number of things I need to buy. (It doesn’t seem like Christmas will be so stressful in November when we all start making plans ... . Maybe narrow it down to three presents per child and plan to give children a gift on the feast [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 05:46:44
ELLEA, Monday, November 3, 2008, sightseeing with Lamont in his new-to-him Volvo stationwagon
Our plans for Monday included eating brunch at Bijou Cafe, joined by Lamont who would meet us there. We rode the #17 bus. Don't Lucy and Edna (Mama) ... , the Vista House, brought us one glorious autumn sight after another. I couldn't get any shots, though ... out of the car at the Vista House, standing upright despite the strong, buffeting winds.This [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 01:03:00
A two part post: Year in Recap/Mid Century Modern, Cliff May and Me
Whew...what a year! And what a day is today!I hope to later insert links to some of the events that are mentioned in this recap.. ... , and immediately begin to look for work closer to our families. Our house gets prepped for selling; life ... have worked a little harder on that though!)July: We both find jobs in...Salt Lake City! PTL! We put the house [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 02:50:00
Pulling The Short Straw On New Years
So, if you got nobody, are you glad that New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are over?Don't everybody answer at once now. Fat chance of that ... Salsa dancing lessons and also encouraged me to. In my narrow mind I couldn't fathom me doing ... love to love but it never panned out. Lots of mutual liking and respect mixed with occasional flirting [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 03:05:00
Please Meet My Venue!
Apologies again for the absence, between the computer and not having much wedding stuff to do until the last few weeks, ... was it long! I think I had every available space in Northern Virginia listed on there. So how did we narrow it down? LOTS of Internet research to start with. I used TheKnot, WeddingWire, and blogs [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 23:43:23
Bargaining, Observing, Preparing for Navidad
12/8Departed Morocco today. We had been anchored at the coastal town of Essaouira, the closest thing to a natural harbor on the west coast. A bunch of people took their liberty time and went to Marrakesh. Apparently it’s sensory overload. Narrow, labyrinthine streets crowded with people, aggressive shopkeepers, and snake charmers [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 13:34:00
Obama Has A Lot To Learn!
Bishop Tutu is a friend of Jimmy Carter, guest lecturs on religion in Emory's Divinity School. I rest my case. (See 1 below.)Mubarak acts swiftly to nail Hamas and place the Phladelphia 'smuggling' Corridor out of reach but in the process creates some problems for Israel. (See 2 and 2a below.)Amos Harel is right, Israel, finish what you started [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 21:16:00
A Few Sunday Thoughts: Common Sense, Disruption and Hope
Mark-to-Market Accounting Likely to Remain Had the SEC repudiated mark-to-market accounting, it could have set the recovery of our financial sector back a generation. From today's Wall Street Journal story: Mark-to-market accounting requires companies to value financial assets at their fair value -- the price they can fetch in the market [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 03:50:22
Debt Rattle, December 4 2008: The throws of a drunken darts player
National Photo Co Cabbage 1918 Washington, D.C., Food Administration: Making sauerkraut Ilargi: Recent observations by readers about empty malls and parking lots in the US point to a bleakening ... by more than 50%, or all rescue plans are useless. That cut, in turn, will result in about 2.5 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 23:54:24
Born in the Year of the Dog: Year of the Ox 2009 Forecast and Predictions
Year of the Ox 2009. It is advised that he should work on and improved his interpersonal relationships skill, as this is his weakest department, ... . That is because happy events like having a baby, getting a new house or getting married can offset ... to his life, the Dog can turn negative energy into good ones. It would be a good year to pursue plans [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 01:10:06
These DIY Magazines Can Help You Be Self-Reliant
By Linsey Knerl Everyone’s looking to become less dependent on the traditional economy. As we wean ourselves from manufactured luxuries and discover ways to create for ourselves, it can be difficult finding where to start. This handful of print magazines offers timeless advice and step-by-step instructions for living on less [more...]
Date: 2008-07-26 22:54:18
My Social Media Move
It has been an extremely busy time at RD2, and thus the blog has been a little quiet for the past few days ... in the same house for my entire life until I went to college. And I have moved every single year since ... to city spend lots of time looking up information online before they make a trip to search in person [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 17:50:51
80 How-To Sites Worth Bookmarking
Sitting on my dining room table, I currently have half a dozen projects in various states of doneness ... up into a few different categories, just to help you narrow down what you might be looking ... for brewing beer on these sites. This is the place to start — you can narrow down your search [more...]
Date: 2008-07-03 02:05:44
Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle joins the ranks among the more versatile directors from the British film industry - another example being Michael Winterbottom. I met him very briefly during a Q&A session at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival when he was promoting his space thriller Sunshine. To be honest, I wasn't a fan of him then. I've seen 28 Days Later .. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 12:42:00
Vital Lessons MUST Be Learned!
! ! FLASH ! ! When you finish reading the following new post - and before you leave this SITE . . . . . . be sure to hit (once) the PREVIOUS ENTRIES link at the very bottom of this page and review some data that may well mean a LOT of fresh $$$ for you and yours! $ $ $ $ $ $ In our final post of 2008 we said, ‘’2009 Is Gonna Be FINE! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 14:35:29
Rebranding
I don't know what is going to happen in today's election. Judging by the most recent polls ( ... for him. Dems also look like they will pick up somewhere between 7-9 Senate seats and 19-29 House ... for a generation to come. Former House Speaker Denny Hastert used to brag about how the only bills [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 16:14:55
Cuts to Family Planning Won't Help Jane the Plumber
The presidential candidates have been challenged with the same question again and again: In our unprecedented economic crisis, what programs or services will you have to cut from the plans you have laid out for our country ... , women and teens of child-bearing age and ability. Lauren says that lots of her friends and family [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 12:43:00
Pet News - Pet Advice - Pet Photos
Advice for Pet Ownersby Arden Moore - Washington PostInexpensive Pet CareWhen money is less available, humans aren't the only species that suffer. Financial setbacks often effect the companions we love most -- pets. But animal expert Arden Moore can give advice on how to provide your pet with sufficient care without going into debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 17:45:00
Combined Gay News Headlines (T5T-1)
Why I'm (still) mad at the Mormon church: a timeline With apologies to Rick Jacobs: my title's adapted from his totally worthy Why we're mad at the Mormon church. I just finished reading this from the LDS "Newsroom" ... Which reminded me that I'd previously written Maurine Proctor (editor of an influential Mormon mag) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 10:30:00
Two great days on the water
Sailing in January – what a rush! Our plan for New Year’s Day had been to start the year sailing with Zorro ... and Bassmaster’s house, with lots of great food and interesting people, especially some of the ones ... , we put away the boats. Ribbons and his friend had to return to Albuquerque, but we made plans to sail [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 03:50:00
Jan 16 2009
Beautiful end to a questionable week. Even though our working assumption (strong rally) did not materialze till later in the day, and was not anywhere as strong as we anticipated, trades worked out nicely. Trade of note was almost all day long PALM hold for almost a dollar gain on relatively big shares; [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 21:11:23
Assaulted by Joy
Assaulted by Joyby Stephen SimpsonABOUT THE AUTHOR:Stephen W. Simpson has a PhD in clinical psychology and an MA in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. The coauthor of What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew about Sex, he teaches psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary and also has a private psychotherapy practice [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 13:00:00
Trip diary from Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong
Saturday, May 24 : San Francisco After only a few hours’ sleep, I get up natually at 6am to tie up loose ends online, and pack. Vietnam airlines required those old-fashioned paper tickets, so they’re sitting uncomfortably in my pocket. Kaitlin drives me to the airport, [more...]
Date: 2008-06-10 05:16:56
Can’t get a date? It’s not them, it’s you
i buy most of this , but not all of it - i do feel my best dating advice, that i use for myself, is to be honest about my issues and work on them at my pace, which makes me more appealing to others and to myself - as such, i work to be as unpicky as possible, as the author describes it below.. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 15:42:00
Fez, Morocco Real Estate: An Ancient City Gets Attention
The online journal Nuwire investor has just written an interesting piece on Fez. The writer is Yemisrach Kifle. Photographs, Suzanna Clarke ... back to the fourteenth century," said Suzanna Clarke, whose book A House in Fez: Building a Life ... in the ancient medina.The restored courtyard of the house renovated by ClarkeRestoring old properties [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 06:19:00
It’s News To M_A - 12/27/08
cross-posted at WWL, M_A’s & OWL Stories of note from the WakeTheFuckUp news desk…. Here’s a glimpse of some of the headlines featured below the fold: Legalising opium is the only way to save Afghanistan Pakistan Moves Thousands Of Troops Toward Indian Border The Rule of Impunity: [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 15:31:19
Louisiana about to be hit by the nonsense hurricane
Last year, the Louisiana legislature passed SB 733 (see my posts here and here) ... Board of Elementary and Secondary Education plans to pass some new garbage. Barbara Forrest has said ... , they have to pretend that their narrow religious viewpoints are science and belong in science class [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 14:14:00
Fun Friday–“A Shared Dream”
Another Friday, another foray into my old writing archives. Here, for the first time ever shared with anyone but my best friend in college, is the first 3,000 words of my “epic” manuscript—the one I started in 1992 when my best friend made the statement, “I wonder where we’ll all be in five years [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 07:09:03
FIRST Wild Card Tour: Assaulted by Joy by Stephen Simpson
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book’s FIRST chapter! This one keeps threatening to jump to the top of my TBR pile! [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 01:05:17
High/Low Prices for 2008
It's almost time to say goodbye to 2008.As the year heads to the rear-view mirror, ... there is a downside: one side of the house abuts 2nd St., one of the busiest streets in the Hills.The ... cottage (3br/2ba, 1550 sq. ft.) that unfortunately backs up onto a new commercial building and is only [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 03:48:00
Partisan Aggression
One of the central insights of the netroots left has been that fighting against Rove-style tactics means being as forceful and aggressive as the political right. Arguing about process — hey, Tom DeLay, how dare you redraw congressional boundaries! — makes you seem weak [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 16:21:28
Massive Lay-Offs Continue...
As US Airways Went Down, Fellow Pilots Fell SilentReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - When pilots on the tarmac at New York's LaGuardia airport on Thursday heard that a US Airways passenger jet was going down on the Hudson River, they knew better than anybody that the odds of survival were grim [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 13:24:00
Catch up
Otauto BayLong time no write - we have been just a tad busy over the last few weeks, but now most of the boxes are unpacked, and the house is in some semblance of order, I thought I’d take some time out to write ... and Nigel was going to pick up the new sofa (Yes, we splashed out!) so I headed to the house [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 00:58:30
200+ Tools for Surviving the Economic Crisis
With Wall Street’s recent decline and the economy in such an uncertain place, many people are fearful of losing their jobs and lifelong investments. There are countless simple online services and tools dedicated to helping you take control of these elements [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 22:24:58
Assaulted by Joy by Stephen W. Simpson
It is time to play a Wild Card!Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter!You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 07:00:00
Assaulted by Joy ~ by Stephen Simpson
It is time to play a Wild Card!Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter!You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 15:00:00
Assaulted by Joy by Stephen Simpson
It is time to play a Wild Card!Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter!You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 08:33:00
Thanksgiving Wrap-Up
As Rashan wrote about, Thanksgiving was a very leisurely day. After our plans fell through for dinner, I suggested my old standby for holiday meals after ... lots of football including Georgia's loss and Florida's win! Wheeee!Back to chronology. Friday [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 21:52:00
High/Low Prices for 2008
It's almost time to say goodbye to 2008. As the year heads to the rear-view mirror, ... some of the biggest ocean views around. But there is a downside: one side of the house abuts 2nd St ... had that going for it, too. But it's an older cottage (3br/2ba, 1550 sq. ft.) that unfortunately backs [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 22:14:33
Cleaning House - The Drafts Addition
I have spent every New Year cleaning up the drafts section in Wordpress, dumping the incomplete thoughts and half finished blogs in one, very long, post. I neglected to do that last year, and so here they are - the crumbs of the past, incomplete rants and raves, the drafts. They span the time all the way back to Florida [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 01:25:17
US Election ‘08: Transcript of Hoyden About Town LiveBloggyChat
Greetings, folks! Earlier today, we had a liveblog/chat during the US election result counting. I’ve cleaned it up and trimmed it a lot (trying to maintain the feel, flow, and milestones) [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 09:21:41
Assulted by Joy by Stephen Simpson
It is time to play a Wild Card!Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter!You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 19:00:00
The Rising: Jon Huntsman Jr.
The Rising: Jon Huntsman Jr. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman could be rivals for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination In politics, there is nothing as appealing as the Next Big Thing. The Next Big Thing is that politician who -- for reasons both tangible and intangible -- is seen as a player on the national stage, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 11:07:26
Wednesday News!
Good morning! I had no idea the Katrina/Deepika battle was so heated! I must do a write-up on them soon... before I go on to the news, Beth has posted some pictures from our trip. And confidential to the PPCC: Pran also made a visit to the BBC... ON MY T-SHIRT! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 12:59:15
