Let’s talk fashion.... Let’s talk glamour! Webster's dictionary defines glamour as “an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness that make certain people appealing or special." When you wear your clothes would you say that you are glamorous? Are you making your own statement, even if is not a trendy one?  I say fashion is personalized and when we dress we should always look our best. Your clothes should always look fabulous on you, and whether or not you wear a size 2 or size 22 they should give your body the look that you want.  It is all about creating the ‘illusion’. All of us were not born with the hips and backside of JLo or Beyonce, so we have to work with what we do have.  My number one rule has and will always be that your under garments set the foundation before you even get dressed. Take your time, visit the department store and try these  pieces on make sure they feel comfortable and are good quality. They will make or break that cocktail dress, that pair of jeans or that form fitting top. So it is important to pick a good quality bra with the right shape and coverage along with underwear and a good girdle with control. Then when you slip that dress on you will definitely see the difference! Always choose colors that flatter your complexion.  I know I look smashing in fushia so it is always a great color for me to wear, but if your complexion is pale please don’t pick black choose a color that is a little softer, and if you are darker choose colors that are bold and get you noticed. And if you are still having problems you can never go wrong when you pay attention to what colors get you the most compliments. Beauty is, and always will be personal and individual.  Don’t choose a fashion just because everyone else is wearing it; choose it because it looks smashing on you!  When you look good, you feel good, your confidence will soar and that my lady, that makes you Glamorous!

Natalie

If you visit the blog, you'll notice that I've added a link to a Feedburner RSS feed in the sidebar. Clicking the link will take you to the Feedburner site, where you get the option to add the feed to one of a number of apparently popular web-based RSS readers. For those of you who don't use readers, you might want to consider it. Whether you use a web-based reader or one of a multitude of "local" readers (i.e., one that resides on your computer), readers are a useful way of getting at the blogs that you read on a regular basis without skipping hither and yon across the Web. If you're reading this, then hopefully the scrivenings you find here are included in the broad definition of "blogs you read."

I know that there's an automatic RSS feed generated by WordPress. I also know that there are people who use that feed. Now, I can't make you switch to the Feedburner feed, but I can ask nicely. There's a specific reason that I make that request. The way that the statistics tracking works on WordPress.com makes it impossible for me to see how many people are viewing the site through RSS. I can see site visitors easily, but when you view posts via a feed, you're not technically visiting the blog. Hence, I have a perpetually incomplete picture of who is reading, and which posts they are reading. The Feedburner feed allows me to have that information.

Don't worry, there are no privacy issues. I don't know specific things about the people reading a feed except for the fact that they are, in fact, reading it. I want to know these things, quite simply, because I like it when people read what I write. If I know the things people like to read, then I can write more of them. Everybody wins.

So, if you a regular reader and you haven't been using the feed, copy the Feedburner link address and paste it into the web- or local RSS reader of your choice. If you have been using the RSS feed, then consider switching. And, of course, if you're new, keep reading. And feel free to comment. Agree? Let me know. Disagree? Let me know that, too. Conversations are so one-sided when only one person talks.

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Sunday

• Lovely stomach flu
• Laid up in bed all day long

Monday

• Tired from stomach flu, but felt much better
• Did a little laundry, crocheted a little
• Played with the kids
• Watered my garden
• Made salad for dinner and my stomach didn't explode from all the ruffage - BIG plus!

Tuesday

• Cleaned the house half-heartedly
• worked on the computer learning to use my PSP for all sorts of really cool things

Wednesday

• Church night
• boring stuff all day
• I did work on the VBS Registration sheets and they turned out good

Thursday

• watered the garden for awhile as the kids played in the yard
• talked to Mom on the phone
• crocheted, cleaned and did more laundry

Friday

• Our most expensive day and our most exciting by far
• Helped the kids build castles with couch and chair cushions - very interesting configurations
• Went to the ER after my son didn't believe me when I said that my flatiron was still hot and had to touch it and then subsequently burned his left 3 middle fingers.  He's fine and he received his badge of honor which he proudly displayed so that I could take a picture.

Saturday

• Finishing my crochet swap Christmas ornaments so that I can mail them out on Monday.
• Hopefully getting my hair cut so I don't look like a mop head for next weekend.  I want to make a decent, if not good, impression at the church in GA.
• Watching Gilmore Girls Season 2.  I can't get enough of watching that show! LOVE it!
• Had a recent update: One of Benjamin's blisters popped, so he screamed for a few minutes.  I put Neosporin on it and wrapped it with a kleenex.  All better now.

The reason that I'm writing this though is because I went to see the play that they are taking to New York and it was great. The play is is about Private Detective Harrigan who is looking for a young starlet. He's just about run out of time when he finds her in the last place that he looked. Crazy Al's Speakeasy. The play is a mix of film noir, narration and live music. The way that video and acting is combined is brilliant.

Silent Theatre is performing at the Mary-Arrchie Theatre July 18th through July 25th. Friday and Saturday nights at 10:30 PM. The cost it $10. All proceeds go toward helping Silent Theatre when they're in New York. This is definitely a play that you should see this summer. You will be blown away.

For further information visit www.silenttheatre.com

The SIGs and satellite meetings are underway in advance of the 16th Annual International Conference Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) in Toronto, Canada. Already there is a plethora of blogs, feeds and summaries on the net. They provide some excellent snapshots of the scientific proceedings (and some rather harsh but accurate commentaries on the food at the convention center).

A few of I've noted thus far:

The ISMB 2008 Room on Friend Feed

Buried Treasure's notes on Tumblr (with pictures!)

Twitter

Biomed Central's Blog (with Freebies!)

Plos Computational Biology (with more Freebies!)

It was on Twitter where Vicky @eeUS posted a link to her 25 words in response to Liz Strauss' @lizstrauss

The 25 Words of Work / Life Wisdom Writing Project

Vicky's 25 words were inspirational. So much so, I was motivated to check out Liz's explanation of the project. Then, I was so intrigued, I wanted to give it a try. Here is my offering:

Marriage is overrated.
Marriage is forced by a society obsessed with conformity.
Live up to society standards or be shunned.
Not everyone is for marriage.

I have seen  links to other blogs (see one in a previous post ) where you can comment and enter to win a lovely prize!!! A quilt, an altered art goodie, a book, and I'm sure there are many, many more cool giveaways out there in cyberspace!

So, I will ponder on that, some ideas already in are : a vintage apron, tea party for 1 in a hatbox, handcrafted purse, complete ready to make country breakfast in vintage picnic tin, a doggy goodie basket, an original zentangle.....................

Let me know what you think - and I will keep you posted!!!!

Both cuts don't differ that much, so if all you have seen is the theatrical version, then thats all well and good and you're not missing a great deal - but if you are approaching American Gangster for the first time, seek out the 2 disk special edition which has both cuts of the film...and make your own mind up.

My review of the Theatrical version.

The VAE wasn't the only thing that we did yesterday. Just the first thing of an awesome day! After that we headed straight for the new Batman ride, Dark Knight. Dark Knight was a lot of fun. It was an inside ride and mostly in the dark. The fact that it was in the dark made it impossible to see the track in front of you. So when you went down a hill or around a corner it was a great surprise. While we were waiting in line we kept on seeing people walking past us with this Flash Pass thing. While waiting in the super long line for Dark Knight we decided we would check it out and see if it was worth it. So worth it!

There are two different types of Flash Pass, the regular and the gold. They give you this little device that's sorta like a pager. With the regular your wait time it about as long as everyone else, but basically your spot is reserved. It's sort of like someone is holding your place in line. Then when it's your turn your pager buzzes and you can go through to the front of the line. The pager tells you hold long it is until your turn so you can go through other rides that aren't as long and then head over the awesome ride that you wanted to go on. We got the regular Flash Pass so we pretty much went on twice as many rides as we would have if we'd been waiting in line all day. The gold pass means that you can go straight through to the next ride without waiting. The cost is about twice as much for the gold as the regular, but it's worth it either way. From now on when ever I go to Six Flags I'm going to purchase a Flash Pass.

The one thing that was kind or an annoyance, besides the many people at the park wearing clothes that they should know better to wear was the fact that a certain country music singer that won American Idol seemed to be following me and Meredith. Well she was at two rides that we were going to. Both times right when we were about to get on the ride her entourage walked to the front of the line and commandeered the car, giving the shaft to all of the people that were waiting in line. Personally I have no problem with her getting the the head of the line. I mean Meredith and I paid for that privilege, but we still had to wait for our turn to get on the ride. That wait was maybe 5 minutes. It would seem to me that a much better way to give a good impression of you would be to wait the 5 minutes or so with the people that you want to purchase your tickets and CDs. After all for many people a day at Six Flags is possibly the only vacation that they get all year. Why would you want to annoy these hardworking people? It makes sense to me, but I don't know I could be crazy.

All in all it was a great time and I hope I get to go back again. Meredith and I were talking abut going to Wisconsin Dells too. That would be a lot of fun. I haven't been to a water park since I was a kid. And I've never been to The Dells.

Here's the step-by-step breakdown of utilizing this muscle strengthening exercise:

• Simply take an ankle weight of your desired weight
• Wrap it around the ankle of the affected tkr leg
• Sit on a chair
• Lift your ankle until the leg is straight.
• Do 10 repetitions, 3 times
• Do throughout day for extra strengthening..

It's the same procedure used during the machinery process.  And, ankle weights can be used over and over without paying extra. :)

This exercise strengthens the muscles surrounding your knee.  It has worked great for me. :)

Cambodia was tough.  The mountain bike riding on rough road was really tough.  My body is all beat up, not to mention long hours of boat ride to Pailin then to the border of Cambodia and Thailand.

More details on blog post when I get back.

Some highlights was Angkor Wat, elephant ride, 89 km of mountain biking hell, beach relaxation and lots of massages!

Bangkok is a party town, at least here in the center of town.  Thailand is 100 folds more progressive than Cambodia and Vietnam.

I will sure miss the people and the many markets (floating and non-floating) in the provinces we visited.

Not really looking forward to going home yet...

Anyways time to complete my pending tags ., This one is from  ISH

1. What have you realized recently?

Bollywood still can produce good movies  ..

2. Have you given your first kiss away?

I wish i could have :P

3. If you were to be stranded on a deserted island, who are the 11 blog buddies you would take?

NO body answered this question properly till now  . I guess i will

1. ISH (ofcourse with his lady in RED )

2 .Ridhimma (she can speak all day  so that i dont get bored :mrgreen: )

3 . Nikhil ( He can give lots of advices like this one )

4 . NITA ( got to learn lot about blogging so that i can improve my writing skills :))

5. Vishesh (to know more about his creative mind )

6 Ashish (obviously who wouldn't want to befriend the future ruler of the planet :P )

7. DInu (will learn about web designing stuff .would need it when i buy my own domain )

8 .Rekha ( one of my oldest blog buddies apart from ruhi and ish )

9. Yuvanash 10. Unni who happen to be my very good  friends in college .

11 . This Is of course for someone special ..Still a big question mark .....

4. Where is the place that you want to go the most?

I guess ROME . I need to visit the places mentioned in da vinci code and angels and demons

5. If you can have 1 dream to come true, what would it be?

I would want to study in hogwartz...Crazy huh ?? yeah i know :P

6. Do you believe in seeing a rainbow after the rain?

why not ?? if i have no work i would just go out and see the natures wonder .

7. What are you afraid to lose the most now?

My career In IT starts when US has a bad economy slowdown..What a start !! uff !!

8. If you win $1 million, what would you do?

I would invest it in real estate :D pretty profitable these days ..

9. If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?

Of course but i will take me time . I believe in counting my chickens before they hatch

10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.

• Full of enthu while commenting
• Funny
• quite honest with what he writes

11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
It  will be fine if she just loves me and be true to me  .

12. Which type of person do you hate the most?

I have written a whole post about this . READ THIS . :P

13. What is the one thing you cannot live without?

Obviously now i cant live without a net connection and a PC .

14. If you have faults, would you rather the people around you point out to you or would you rather they keep quiet?
I would want them to point out so that i can know abt it .

15. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?

Now of course carrier

16. Are you a shopaholic or not?

Not really !!! i save lot of my dad's money . :P

17. Find a word to describe the person who tagged you.

I will copy riddhima 's answer - Asardar sardar

18. If you have a chance. Which part of your character you would like to change?

I want to be more active for the things i am not interested in ..I am quite lazy

19. Whats the last shocking thing you’ve seen or heard?

well ,dont worry he survived  :)

20. Would you rather have love but no money or money but no love?

Well, i would  prefer true love... I think the money  i would earn would be sufficient to have a proper living .

I will tag this to REEMA , POONAM , Amit and manoj

FINALLY I would leave you with this beautifull song.Press the play sign to start palying :P  :lol:

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Here's the lyrics too.. I love reading lyrics of the songs i love ..

Kabhi kabhi Aditi zindagi mein yuhi koi apna lagta hai.
Kabhi kabhi Aditi wo bichhar jaaye to ek sapna lagta hai.
Aise mei koi kaise apne aansu o ko behne se roke?
Aur kaise koi sochle everything's gonna be ok?

Kabhi kabhi to lage zindagi mein rahi naa khushi aur naa mazaa.
Kabhi kabhi to lage har din mushkil aur har pal ek sazaa.
Aise mein koi kaise mushkuraye, kaise hasde khush hoke?
Aur kaise koi soch de everything gonna be ok?

Soch jara jaaneja tujhko hum kitna chahte hai.
Rotein hai hum bhi aggar teri ankhon mein aansu aate hai.
Gaane to aata nahi hai magar phir bhi hum gaate hai.
Ke Aditi maana kabhi-kabhi saare jahan mein andhera hota hai;
Lekin raat ke baad hi to sabera hota hai.

Kabhi kabhi Aditi zindagi mei yuhi koi apna lagta hai.
Kabhi kabhi Aditi wo bichhar jaaye to ek sapna lagta hai.
Hey Aditi Hasde hasde hasde hasde hasde, hasde tu zara.
Nahi to bus thora thora thora thora thora, thora mushkura.

Tu khush hai to lage ke jahan mein chhaayi hai khushi.
Suraj nikle baadlon se aur baatein zindagi.
Suun to jara madhosh hawa tujhse kehne lagi.
Ke Aditi wo jo bichhad-te hai ek na ek din phir mil jaate hai;
Aditi jaane tu ya jaane na phool phir khil jaate hai.

Kabhi kabhi Aditi zindagi mei yuhi koi apna lagta hai.
Kabhi kabhi Aditi wo bichhar jaaye to ek sapna lagta hai.
( Hey Aditi Hasde hasde hasde hasde hasde, hasde tu zara.
Nahi to bus thora thora thora thora thora, thora mushkura.

I hope Obama is enjoying his photo op.  I wish he had been with us today at the childhood home of William Howard Taft.  If Harding could have been an inspiration to McCain Taft should have been a warning.  By not securing the base of his party he allowed it to fracture and as a result when he ran for re-election he wound up with 8 electoral votes and Woodrow Wilson became President. 

The Taft home was a monument to William Howard Taft, but to Robert Taft and the rest of the family as well.  You could see how he was encouraged to become the man he eventually became by his boyhood home.  He was influential not only as a President, but also as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. 

The best part of the trip was our tourguide--a young black boy who was friendly if not always well-informed.  We had a great discussion about how the Republican party was the better party for African-Americans and how Barack Obama would be the worse thing that could happen to his people.  I think he learned a lot that will help him make an informed choice in November.  I felt really good to know that the Republican party's future is in the hands of people like him.  I tried to tip him a dollar as we were leaving, but he wouldn't take it.  I guess the guides aren't allowed to accept money.

I will address the bad first. The bad, in this instance, is the pity I feel for Australian gamers. I have learned through numerous sources that Australians really receive it in the anus from all video game companies. First of all, the prices of everything in gaming is nearly doubled in almost every instance, if not worse. For instance, XBOX Live costs Australians $99 US dollars, which is about double to our $50 a year because their dollar is $0.98 to ours. On a similar note, even though the Australians pay double for XBL, they do not get all the fancy features. They will not be able to use the new Netflix feature, nor the 1v100 feature, and they also cannot download videos from marketplace.

That is not the worst of it, though. Not only do they have less features fro double the price, but games are not released there at the same date (or even close to, for that matter) that they are in the US and other major markets.

On a lighter, nicer, side of things, I am going to share with you some wonderful music (as always).

The name of the band is ISIS. Their game: ambient sludge metal. Their Wikipedia page describes them as "post-metal" and "sludge metal". As you could read in their wiki page, they are a Boston-based band, which I was quite excited to hear about.

Anyway, enough about the band itself. The music is what makes them remarkable. Last March, my friend Ryan was like "Hey, you ever listen to ISIS?" and I replied 'Who?'. Much to his disbelief I had not heard of or listened to them before. That's when I first checked them out. At first, I liked them, but it was not obsessed as I am now. The song he played for me was "Garden of Light" which is the last track on their 2006 release In the Absence of Truth. As a whole, that album could quite possibly be one of my favorites in quite some time. In my ears, the best track on the album is BY FAR "Holy Tears". It's the heaviest song, and it lasts for precisely seven minutes and six seconds. That is 7:06 of pure brilliance. I cannot describe to you how moving this song is, or anything else about it for that matter, and do it justice. Because of that, I am going to embed a player with it right now. Prepare yourself for EARGASM.

So? How was your eargasm? If it was not one of the most intense eargasms of your life, you simply do not appreciate sonic brilliance.

Now, we shall move on to the ugly. This is slightly ludicrous to criticize my own blog in a blog post, but, it has to be done.

Since I have been posting here at WordPress, none of the posts I have given you few, wonderful readers have been nothing but useless drivel. Jargon. Empty words. Although they have provided small amounts of insight into my mind, what substance or knowledge have you gained that can be applied in a positive manner? None, as far as I can see, and hat is a problem. There is far too much useless drivel in the world today, what with the failing media and news outlets. Do I really need to be adding to the cesspool of useless banter floating around the Internet? I want to be more, and I feel that the people deserve more. The problem is, however, that I have nothing useful to say. I cannot provide insight to any real dilemmas or real-world issues. I would try, but I would fall into the category of "this guy doesn't know what he is talking about" and I DO NOT want to become that guy.

Will I continue to write in this blog the way I have previously? Of course I will. What better way to improve than to practice?

The other downside is my poor vocabulary usage. I have a very concrete, predictable style of writing, and I wish to change that. The problem I run into is that I do not know how to solve the paradox. Do I keep writing? That could lead to me only solidifying the style I write with now, or if I was able to write with enough discipline I could possibly work my way in a different direction. The most problematic hurdle I run into is a lack of critique. Out of all the readers I have had come to my blog (424 curious visitors, as I type this), I have only received 18 comments. Not a ratio I particularly enjoy. If any of you wish for my blog to become a more interesting, flavorful read, PLEASE help me help you and comment. If there was any confusion, anyone can comment. You do not need to register to WordPress or anything (although, you should get your own blog!).

Now, per usual, I am going to leave you with some wonderful, thought-provoking lyrics:
"Mad made god made man made god made man, my god" - "Painkillers" by Cold Duck Complex

Ciao!

Tras haber lanzado Naruto: Rise of a Ninja con gran éxito en XBOX360 siendo esta la primera consola de nueva generación en incorporar un juego del anime, y teniendo en marcha la salida de Naruto: Ninja Storm para PlayStation3 que ayer recibió una demo del juego, Ubisoft ha confirmado una nueva aventura de Naruto para la consola de Microsoft del que ofreció un trailer.

Trailer E3 2008 Naruto: The Broken Bond

Nuevamente podremos explorar libremente diversos escenarios, habrá combates intensos contra antiguos y nuevos personajes y controlaremos a un Naruto mucho más maduro. Además el juego está previsto que salga para las navidades de este mismo año.

My favourite duck also gave us a LOLcat wave! It's like he's saying: "Oh, hai!! Kthanxbye!"

But there are also some new ducklings and they are so cute you would never want to eat them! Here are my favourite photos from the afternoon.

They are such funny little animals, so jumpy but so inquisitive. I sat with them for about ten minutes and they were up at the door in no time trying to get out and then leaping away like scared little geese (er, ducks) if I batted them back into their duck house.

We moved them from their duckhouse into a new duckpen after these photos were taken. We had to pick them up to do this, and the bigger of the two yellow ones had me creased in two in hysterics because he was having NONE of it! The others all scrabbled around and made a cheepy fuss, but were caught without too much palava, but this little one literally ran rings around me for five minutes. He figured that if he ran around me so that I was having to turn circles backwards, that I was slower than he was and this game kept us going until I was laughing so hard that my mum had to take over. She got him without any trouble, but not so much fun. I have a little video of them too, so I will see about uploading it if I get a chance.

So have at it!  The forum is yours.

I am back from Junior High week at Blue Rock Christian Camp. What a fantastic week. We did a Route 66 class with the kids and took them through the entire 66 books of the Bible in 9 sessions. When I got their comment cards back--not one negative comment about it! Amazing!

I'd like to share some important information about recent developments in my life. First, my wife and I are in the process of purchasing our first home. We have been married for 17 years and lived in a church parsonage for about 13 of those years and lived in an apartment all the rest. This is an exciting development and we praise God for this blessing.

Second, I have been invited to write for a blog that some of you may know. The blog is CRN.Info and Analysis. This is a very serious blog that tackles the important work of dismantling the criticisms and un-grace of certain blogs associated with the ODM movement. I encourage you to visit CRN not because I write there, but because there is a team of dedicated writers who are committed to the Gospel of God's grace. I should be making my first post there very soon.

I'm glad to be back with you in the world of blogdom. I'll be writing to you again in the very soon future. Thanks to all who visited this week. I'm happy you were here.

PS--I also want to note that in my sidebar, I noted some changes that I made to LUBS earlier this year. These changes are mostly in attitude and graciousness. I still have strong opinions about some things, but I have decided to deal with commenters from a different point of view. Old posts may reflect a harsh point of view, but I have left them unchanged so that you may see growth of character and faith.

Thanks again,

jerry

Autism Jams Blues Festival

Please Join the Autism Coalition of Nevada for a warm summer afternoon and evening filled with sizzling Blues and events fit for YOUR Whole FAMILY!
WHERE: Bartley Ranch, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno, NV
WHEN: July 19th, from 4p.m. - 10p.m. Gates will open at 3:00.
COST: $40 Per Person, ages 16 and over. *FREE for children under 16 who are accompanied by their parents. *Note: This Applys only to children under age 16 whose parent has paid $40 for entry
For more information call 775-329-2268
100% of Proceeds will go toward treatment/services for families affected by ASD and other Neurodevelopmental Disorders right here in our community!

Click on the link above to take you to the page where you can buy your ticket online (or, if you're like me and previously committed to something else, and you would still like to support ACON - buy a ticket anyway)

In other news...

My thoughts? Publish the contents, never the headers.

I got this from Chris Dodd yesterday:

Friends,

I just wanted to send a quick note of thanks for your support throughout the entire FISA fight.

While we came up short, the experience working with online activists and embracing emerging technologies in the fight to restore the Constitution was personally gratifying.  It's a collaboration that will serve us well as we work with an Obama Administration to end the war in Iraq and achieve universal health care at home.

Meanwhile, I've begun my re-election campaign in Connecticut.

One of our top priorities of the campaign is to replace technological capability not transferable from the Presidential race.

Your $25 contribution right now can help us fund a new website, bulk-emailer, and other tools to foster opportunities for meaningful participation.

Can I count on you to make a $25 contribution, right now?

My reply: Tell Senator Dodd that if he recants his endorsement of Barack Obama and says he'll cast his superdelegate vote for Hillary Clinton at the convention, and works to turn others to the true patriot, I'll send him a contribution to his senate campaign. Otherwise, all I can think is that he is talking out of both sides of his mouth.