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On Tolerance and Tourettes

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My son is now a senior in high school and he’s been working very hard studying to take a second SAT college exam that will be coming up in October because he needs a higher score to try to get into the private colleges that he’s been looking at. He has a private tutor and also had some help after school to help him develop strategies for taking the test. The company that provides the private tutoring suggested that he should take a another practice … Continue reading →

CreARTive Sunday 03/16/08: Dichroic Glass

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The amazing brilliance of Dichroic glass is achieved by vaporizing metallic oxide onto glass sheets in a controlled vacuum. Multiple layers of the treated glass create the dazzling colors. The cut and stacked pieces are fused in a kiln, often several times. Further annealing, grinding and firepolishing result in beautiful and unique jewelry.  Also, more layers provide more color depth. Here’s a piece that I got from my mother-in-law: Here’s a couple of pendants I got for my birthday from San Souci:   Dichroic glass jewelry … Continue reading →

The Commissioning of the USS New York

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Left: The USS New York Original photo by Laurita A commissioning of a ship marks her entry into active Navy service, but The USS New York represents something extra special. It is made with seven and a half tons of steel from the Twin Towers that were bullt into the ship’s bow. The ship was built in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her motto, “Strength forged through sacrifice. Never forget,” reminds all of the terrorist attacks that killed so many innocent civilians and the heroic actions of the firefighter, police, and other first … Continue reading →

11/7/09: I was invited to witness The USS New York get commissioned

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I have been invited to witness The USS New York, a new Navy ship, get  commissioned on Saturday, November 7 in New York City. I hope to get some good pictures of it. The slideshow above shows the ship arriving into New York harbor on Monday. It is made out of steel from the World Trade Center. . NEW YORK (AP) — The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city Monday with a 21-gun salute near … Continue reading →

ART SUNDAY 04/27/08: Through the Eyes of a Muse

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Layla by Derek and the Dominos (Eric Clapton) Patricia Anne Boyd was a famous 60s model who starred as a schoolgirl in the Beatlemania flick, “A Hard Day’s Night.” She was probably the most famous muse of rock and roll in the 20th century.  The first of six children, she was born in Hampstead, England, but also lived in Kenya. Pattie moved to London in 1962, where she became a successful model. It was on the set of “A Hard Day’s Night” that Pattie first met George Harrison, … Continue reading →

Poetry Wednesday Birthday Party for Sans Souci 11/05/08: Sign in and take the tour

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  “Big Lives, Little Lives” by Beryl Cook “How High The Moon” by Ella Fitzgerald Hello, and welcome back to Poetry Wednesday 11/05/08. You can sign in today and take the tour ! The Poetry Wednesday lounge will be open Monday-Friday this week to give you more time to post your poetry and take the tour.   Don’t forget to get out and vote on Tuesday, November 4th, in this important election !  My sister, Sans Souci, will be celebrating her 60th birthday on Wednesday, November 5, so … Continue reading →

Poetry Wednesday Birthday Party for Sans Souci 11/04/09: Sign in and take the tour

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“Big Lives, Little Lives” by Beryl Cook “How High The Moon” by Ella Fitzgerald Hello, and welcome back to Poetry Wednesday 11/04/09. You can sign in today and take the tour ! The Poetry Wednesday lounge will be open Monday-Friday this week to give you more time to post your poetry and take the tour.     My sister, Sans Souci, will be celebrating her birthday on Thursday, November 5th, so everyone is welcome to come by to toast our charming Poetry Wednesday “Poetess Hostess with … Continue reading →

The Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is a 1958Americanscience fictionfeature film produced by Bernard Woolner for Allied Artists Pictures. It was directed by Nathan H. Juran (credited as Nathan Hertz) from a screenplay by Mark Hanna, and starred Allison Hayes, William Hudson and Yvette Vickers. The original music score was composed by Ronald Stein. The film was a take on other movies that had also featured size-changing humans, namely The Amazing Colossal Man and The Incredible Shrinking Man, but substituting a woman as the protagonist. … Continue reading →

GiGi, The Java Finch

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My sister, Sans Souci, and I had a bird that our mom got us. It was a Java Finch that we got at Woolworth’s (yes, Woolworth’s had birds). I don’t remember who named the bird Gigi (we pronouced it as “gee-gee”, like the movie), but it was probably Sans. The above photograph is not of the actual bird we had. I uploaded a picture of one off the internet just to give you an idea of what it looked like. The one we had was … Continue reading →

The Outer Limits

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One of my favorite television shows growing up was The Outer Limits. The original series ran from 1963 to 1965. It was similar to the style of The Twilight Zone except that The Outer Limits was more science fiction based. There were about 49 episodes and it ran on ABC. Originally the pilot episode was titled, “Please Stand By”, but it was later rejected by ABC, and it was changed to, “The Outer Limits.” The series was created by Leslie Stevens and Joseph Stepano. Joseph … Continue reading →