tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162186232012-02-12T07:33:22.573-08:00<li>MY THOUGHTS WHICH MIGHT CONSIST OF A BIT OF PHYSICS &amp; MATHEMATICS (AND THEIR APPLICATIONS), COOKING, AUTISM &amp; SOME GARDEN TALK :)</li> <b><li>Joni, Dori and Max we will NEVER forget and will always welcome you home. We LOVE YOU!</li></b> <b><li>Hail to the beautiful, strong and cunning Louisiana women!</li></b>Mahndisa S. Rigmaidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507292526980604567noreply@blogger.comBlogger5331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16218623.post-4044157624419717792012-02-12T07:10:00.000-08:002012-02-12T07:33:22.607-08:00

I've come to realize that many of our so called 'GREAT' Presidents are nothing more than mass murders. Yeah, I know I'm late to the party but...better late than never. I recently saw a picture with MLK, Malcolm X and our President and it is circulating around the net. This comparison is tenuous and based on the most superficial of similarities. If MLK were alive today, I am certain that he would

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Hello everyone, I haven't posted in a while because sometimes I wait until I have something to say before I post. Today I will be getting some diagnostic tests to determine what is going on with my muscles and nerves. The testing is EMG and nerve conduction studies and they use electrical stimulation to figure out what's going on in ones body. I am terrified of what the results might be, but

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Hello there. I've never really been into the whole frenemy thing. But some people I know operate on that level exclusively. It's really sad. A frenemy is someone who is both a friend and an enemy. This type of person does not exist very well in 3 dimensions but they are like anyons, 2 dimensional particles that shift between boson and fermion; they cannot make up their damned minds! And that is

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This year marked the 64th wedding anniversary of Wise Old Grandma Earl and Grandpa Butch. How amazingly beautiful. Grandma died just a few days ago, but they truly lived a beautiful life together and Grandpa is still kicking it!!! Today marks me and my husbands' 10th year wedding anniversary. We've been together 13 years and started off as physics study buddies at SFSU in the physics dept so

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Hello again. As I mentioned previously this thing with my muscles is intermittent and occurs at random times throughout the day. An hour or so ago I had to stop typing but now I can type out my thoughts until I cannot do so. Anyway I mentioned that Eno had been diagnosed with autism last year. He goes to a special school for a few hours each day and prior to that, we had in home autism services

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Another one bites the dust. Heavy D put forth music that ones whole family could listen to; the old folks the children and the toddlers even! His most recent reggae forays were quite pleasant. I'm sorry he died but he leaves behind a legacy of good music filled with positivity. Thanks God for sending him here if only for a brief time:)

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Today was a rough and beautiful day all at once. I guess the term is bittersweet. Anyway, seeing my family was just so great. The love and support was overwhelming and exactly what it needed to be. Everyone was very sensitive towards me because of my legs and all. I fell down as we were leaving the funeral home and my Auntie and Sister and Brother and Dad rushed to pick me right back up again.

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Hello again, just wanted to jot a few thoughts down before I may not be able to type. My Grandma Earls' funeral will be on Monday, November 7th, which is my birthday. This will be strange but then again, she was born on 7/11/27 and went out on Halloween (one of her favourite celebrations) and will be buried on 11/7/11. Yes she liked to gamble by playing scratchers too;)This is the end of a long

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It is finished. Wise Old Grandma Earl died tonight at around 7:15PM. She was 84 years old and surrounded by family and loved ones. She was a heckuva woman and a hard act to follow. She enriched my life and pretty much the lives of everyone she touched. Words cannot describe the feelings of loss and sadness in my heart, but at the same time I am happy too. Grandma was deeply spiritual and I KNOW

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10/29/11Hello everyone, I haven't blogged here in a while but wanted to share some thoughts publicly on an old blogging buddy who passed away last year. I miss him terribly. He was faithful, acerbic, insightful, hilarious, a deep mathematical (particularly statistical) thinker and knew his way around a kitchen. It is amazing what you get from reading someones thoughts and from private

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Hello everyone, I haven't posted in a while because I usually will post on Facebook as I have the time. I like their faux privacy controls anyway;) But I needed to publicly acknowledge a great man who has died; STEVE JOBS. We wouldn't be working on our consoles typing like this without him. I know there are others who contributed to the framework of the information technology boom, but you've got

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Hello there, I got a nasty comment from a loser I used to blog with a couple of years ago. Apparently he misses me;) heheheheh And since I tend to write my brief thoughts on Facebook and am busy with other affairs in life, I haven't kept up this blog. However, every now and then I'm forced to write something. Anyway after doing some research on how to color gray hair, I came across a website

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Thank Goodness. Many years ago I had to do a paper about her for a course called Non Violent Social Change, taught by Prof LeFever at Spelman College. This was one of the single most important courses I've ever taken and she is one of the most inspirational people I've ever read about. I don't have much more time to ramble, but I've been reflecting a LOT lately;) Things come full circle in time:)

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She always carried herself with grace and wit and was pretty funny in Airplane!RIP

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Over the past few weeks, a lot has happened in my personal affairs. I lost the baby, my Grandpa Butch got sick and is (thankfully) recovering and my Cousin gave birth to a healthy baby boy! So life goes on and is bittersweet. Other things have also happened; I saw good friends who I haven't seen in a long while and it was wonderful! Some buddies of ours recently bought a home in Oakland so we

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CAUTION: LOT'S of PROFANITY but if you can get past it, she has a lot to say. Respect the message irrespective of the messenger and its packaging, as truth is truth! And I'm a bit late; this lit up the Black blogosphere last week;)This story is about a couple of weeks old by now, but the Atlanta megachurch pastored by Bishop Eddie Long (New Birth Missionary Baptist Church) is plagued with scandal

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CAUTION: Lots of profanity but if you can get past it, they have something to say. Method Man, Ghost Face and sounds like Raekwon talk about how lyricism has been lost in current hip hop trends; a real treat:And here is a satirical rap, poking fun at the same topic regarding current pop rappers Gucci Mane, Soldier Boy and Waka Flocka:

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Hello everyone, this is a PDF document written by a teacher in Malta. This is a case study on how this teacher instructed a blind student in mathematics. I haven't gotten through the entire file, but will post on it when I'm done. Needless to say, this is a fascinating topic for me and I've alluded to it in past posts, given my own perceptual difficulties. See here

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Hello everyone, I normally don't blog about rappers and celebrities, but every now and then I have to say something! TI, a very good rapper colloquially called 'The Little King of the South' got arrested with his wife a couple of days ago. Now, the story has made the main stream media and there are all types of speculations and aspersions being cast on his character. The bottom line is that cops

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UPDATE: There is this awesome site called Mother Copper and there are tons of examples of Trials by Written Declaration to contest CVC 22350 and other infractions like CVC 22349. This is a must read! And donate to them if you can;)Hello everyone, lately locales all around our state have been increasing traffic patrols to bust people on the road for real and imaginary infractions. This is because

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Hello everyone, a few days ago I wrote that I was expecting another baby. Not anymore. I had a miscarriage a few days ago. I am happy to be alive and am happy that my boy, my husband and my dog are alive. I am sad that my other baby has died inside of me.Words cannot describe the pain I'm in right now but I've been on an emotional roller coaster. Things could be worse though. I could lie and say

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UPDATE: According to a 58 page document, supposedly the sheriff's let her go according to procedures that night. Can you say, 58 pages of bullshit? Can you say 58 pages of trying to cover their asses? If the witnesses in the restaurant said the lady was uttering gibberish, how did the sheriffs not hear that? Answer...they are full of shit and they truly deserve to suffer each night with heavy

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UPDATE: OK Carl has explained what the authors of the abstract meant when they said that qm is linear. duh! Given that the majority of solutions to real life potentials via Schrodinger equation are non linear, I was somewhat confused. However Carl brought me back to introductory linear algebra. Basically they are just saying that the operators act as linear maps on eigenkets. This global

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Hello there, I am getting over my feelings from the past few days. Thanks for all of your prayers and support. Recently an old and dear buddy lost his last Grandparent. He is hurting right now and please pray that God comfort him and his family right now.Anyway, I didn't blog about this before, but a few days ago Wise Old Grandma Earl fell in the bathtub. My Grandparents have rails in the tub but

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Yesterday I found out that I was one step closer to a goal I've had for a while. I also found out that I could have finished this six years ago. Victory is bittersweet.Richards, yes when you feel bad about certain things your mind can certainly go to cynicism. No lie there. When things look bright, optimism can bloom. But I feel like I am in limbo between two states. To cast it in physics speak,

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So they've found VAST reserves of minerals in Afghanistan. The article in the NY Times says that Afghanistan might become a mining center of the world. Interesting...The writing is on the wall. We are not in Afghanistan to 'free' anybody. We are in Afghanistan so we can establish a foothold of control in the area AND usurp their natural resources.I don't believe in Manifest Destiny; never have. I

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My baby sister, Beck, sent me a link to the cat Bible. It is translated from English to short hand cat speak; truly one of the funniest things I've seen in a long while!!!Check it out here!

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We talk about separation of church and state but we ought to focus on separating corporations from policy making decisions. The article I am posting below is foul, egregious and nasty. There is absolutely NO reason for this to happen. The debt peonage starts with young college aged children who know nothing about credit. This has to end. It must end. Ooooh I am really angry typing this because we

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Who could deny the plight of this poor pretty woman? She is utterly beautiful and carries herself in a professional fashion. Haters ran her out of a job. I've experienced this first hand, although I don't look like she does! Sexual harassment is an awful and demeaning experience, especially since these types of cases don't get much credence in the public eye. Years ago I had an internship at NASA

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She was a helluvan actress! RIP

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Hello everyone, I am going to quickly ramble about negative motivation. Many of us motivate ourselves via negative thoughts. Over time, this erodes our self confidence. I've ranted before about my dislike of doctors, particularly self righteous ones who think they know everything. However, their art is a wonderful thing and despite my dislike of them,doctors do provide a valuable service to

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How sad. I know he had his ups and downs and for that we could relate to him as a fellow flawed human being. He's in a better place now, where his health is better and his soul is happier. RIP.UPDATE: Dennis Hopper too? Man RIP. He was one helluvan actor!

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A few years ago I made a decision to stop wearing commercial sun screens. If it is hot and sunny outside, I'll wear a hat or scarf and wear a long sleeved shirt because my neck and arms are pretty sensitive to the harsh rays. And if I can find my sunglasses, I'll wear them too. In my town it can get up to 110 degrees in summertime! Admittedly, 110 degrees is an outlier temperature, but we are

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I don't own the rights to this picture. I got it from a Google Search and I don't even know who the illustrator is!Twist stalk minimal energy surface more favorable than linear geometry in some cases. Very interesting. Chandler would be interested methinks;)Consider minimal energetic configuration via twists, braids and knots. Now extend to DNA condensed into nanotorii;)

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Hello everyone:Libertarians and libertarian minded folks often speak about an economic utopia with very little government regulation. We often cite the inefficiency of government and waste etc to justify our positions, coupled to a desire for weaker federal government and more emphasis on state rights. However, there is a very dark side to this perspective, which is why I cannot call myself a

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Hello everyone, please see this story. We live in a place where the arm of government is too long. An innocent child was KILLED. They BUSTED into these people's house after midnight, used a flash grenade and somehow an innocent little girl was MURDERED. Senselessly. Nobody should have the power to break into anyone's house like that. I mean it. Fuck those knockless breakins conducted in the name

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Hello everyone, another ramble... this blog has been a repository of some of my thoughts for almost five years. I cannot believe I've been blogging that long and over the past couple of years this activity has slowed down considerably. I deleted my non institutional blog roll a few months ago and considered shutting this blog down for good. But every now and again, I get some inspiration to keep

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Hello everyone, I haven't blogged much about diapers but lately we tried a couple of different brands of diapers and were sorely disappointed. Eno is being potty trained now and we have found that the pull up diapers are a bit snug in the crotch for him, so use regular diapers. Our choice brands are Walgreens and Huggies. We've tried many brands in between and have found that both brands produce

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Hello everyone, I am crying as I write this. Lena Horne, was one of my first role models as a child, as she was for countless other little girls throughout the country. She was a real lady every step of the way. She exuded grace and dignity and a strong regal presence. God bless her and I know she is in heaven now. RIP. Here are two songs that SHE made the way she sang them! Can't nobody ever

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UPDATE: I found out that some states have a licensing fee program, that teaches a bit about hygiene, but the education still leaves a lot to be desired. Illinois, Pennslyvania and Georgia, I think are a few of the states that require licensing for braiders and weavers. California, my home state STILL exempts braiders and weavers from licensing requirements. I don't think they need to learn about

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Hello there, getting my son to go to sleep is an arduous task but I've found some ways that help him get to sleep. One obvious way is relaxing music. I share with you below three songs by very talented men who help my little Eno rest. And they help my peace of mind as well:) I've ranted and raved about Robert Rich in the past, and via Youtube I can finally share some of his music with you, and

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UPDATE: Monsanto is being investigated by a few states. Good! Also element 117 confirmed as discovered:)Herb Jeffries is an utterly amazing singer. He is almost one hundred years old and still does singing engagements. Talk about living life to the fullest! Anyway, one of my favorite renditions of a classic song called 'Poinciana' is sung by Herb Jeffries when is he about 75 or 76 in the clip

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There are two people who always were paragons of grace and cool. Dixie Carter from Designing Women was a real lady, that is what she always projected. She was stylish and kind. Guru a smooth rapper who never ever ever let a degrading or dehumanizing word come out of his mouth was also a real gentleman. He never glorified thuggery and indeed one of his first songs was a song about the consequences

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Hello everyone, I've been writing more lately than I've written in a long while. A couple of years back I was pregnant with my son and me and my husband were going through it! He had just gotten laid off RIGHT before we found out I was pregnant and we weren't sure if we could hold on to our house. Things was rough! But with faith, prayer and ACTION we got through those rough patches. My husband

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My Lord. One of the biggest industrial hemp and marijuana activists has passed onto glory. Jack we will miss you dearly and appreciate all the hard work you went through so that MMJ could be recognized as true medicine.RIP man. RIP.

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Hello again, this is another quick post that ties into the previous one. In my personal affairs if I meet some random person that is interested in physics or any aspect of science I tend to WANT that interaction. I met one of my best friends in the world years ago at Daly City BART station. She approached me and we started talking out of the blue. Nothing sexual or anything like that just we were

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Hello everyone, I decided to write a quick post because my last couple of posts were rants and I wrote them when I was reallllllly mad. So I deleted them because well what we write in anger oft is rather personal.Anyway, for those of you who have been reading my blog for a while you know that I like science and have studied physics on and off for a number of years. I don't claim to be a scientist

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Hello everyone, there are many things that I haven't blogged about lately simply because they are delicate personal affairs. But I'd like to share a couple of things:1. I don't know if I ever mentioned this, but in addition to tutoring, sometimes me and my husband run statistical analysis for PhD students in the social sciences. Generally, they don't have a background in the statistics needed for

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Hello everyone, to continue with my jazz posts, here is a youtube video of my sister Nonameko singing "All of Me'. She does amazing things with her voice and has studied vocal performance for many years. I am happy to share this snippet of her talent with all of you:)

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RIP Lech Aleksander Kaczyński. God bless the peoples of Poland, they not only lost their President and his wife, along with other important officials but these top dogs were on their way to commemorate the Katyn Massacre, which was a very sad chapter in Polish history. Pray for their strength and political stability in this time of grief.

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Hello again, this is a page taken from Right Wing Professors playbook. We've all heard that arsenic is poisonous for human and rat consumption;) However, it actually can have beneficial affect on some diseases. In particular there is a type of leukemia that arsenic might stave away in the body see here (Taken from Science Magazine email alerts 4/9/10)Arsenic, an ancient drug used in traditional

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Hello everyone:Taking a cue from the UBM playbook, I've decided to post more jazz videos. When I was a child, my Mother showed me the movies 'Stormy Weather' and 'Cabin in the Sky'. These were the definitive Black movies back in the day, from what I understood. I found out later that there were tons upon tons of Black movies made during that time but they weren't as high budget or as well known.

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Hey everyone, this is a quick note about a wonderful song. A few years ago a horn player, Bubber Miley, in the Duke's band was dying of tuberculosis. One of his expressions when evaluating music was "It don't mean a thing if it don't got that swing." As he lay dying, The Duke and Irving Mills created this song in his honor. I will place two versions below, a 1943 version with the Duke conducting,

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Whoa this day luminaries have passed. I can honestly say that Jaime Escalante was one of the most effective and best teachers ever. Education has lost a GIANT. When I saw that movie Stand and Deliver many years ago, I thought that if Jaime Escalante could teach a gangbanger to do calculus, anything was possible. Thanks for your gift of teaching and of opening perception Jaime. RIP.

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Undercover Black Man is dead.\ Me and David used to spar a bit and have fun on Denmark Vesey's blog from time to time. He was a very complex individual to say the least. RIP

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Hello again:This is just a quick set of thoughts. I've been under the weather lately. One doctor tells me one thing and the other tells me that I've nothing to worry about. Being in health limbo just isn't cool. So I've decided to see a Naturopathic doctor. Wish me luck:) As an aside, I bumped into an old commuting buddy I hadn't seen in a while. He told me that I looked 'spent' and that I didn't

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The picture above is of singer/actress Vanessa Williams. I don't own the picture nor it's copyright.Hello everyone, since I am a relatively new Mother I am forever thinking about my son and his future and present;) Sometimes I see a pretty girl and think that one day my son could get married and have a family with a beautiful woman. In this Cab Calloway video, there are very beautiful women on

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I usually try not to badmouth religious figures because people hold them close to their hearts. But ever since Pope John Paul II died, I've been suspicious of the new pope. Pope John Paul II was a great unifier and lover of human beings. Although I'm not Catholic, as a child I always wanted to meet him; I could sense that he was a very strong spiritual man who truly wanted people to love one

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"I will channel my rage and commit to spending my life to making our society safe from the incurable evil," he said to applause. "Known sexual predators are not curable ... If anyone — anyone — believes that this evil is treatable, let them live next door to you and your children, not ours."-Brent King, whose young and beautiful daughter was murdered

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Hello everyone:My baby son is getting over the chicken pox. I was cutting his nails on Sunday and I looked and he had a ring of pox around his hairline, then his neck, all on his back and his chin as well. He had been crabby, sleeping a lot and had lost his appetite for a few days before the pox showed up. He also had a runny nose one day. I gave him some vitamin D and the runny nose went away

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UPDATE: The chickens are coming home to roost. If our government doesn't get a clue and actually start representing the will of the people, we will see more and more and more of these cases, and call them for what they are; domestic terrorists. But they are desperate people who are acting irrationally but have run out of ideas. Pray for their families and the families of their victims.Hello,

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Hello everyone:Okay, I probably should say reductionism, but when a person begins to think that they KNOW everything about things that none of us know definitively I've got to ask why. People like this usually have a God complex and believe in the superiority of their own intelligence over others; you know a kid from the 'gifted and talented' program at school who was a socially retarded jerk who

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A few days ago, we went to the snow. It is only about an hour and a half from where we live. We went to Pinecrest Lake, which was completely frozen over. I've never seen it quite as frozen before, but it was utterly gorgeous! In fact, it was even more pretty than Caples Lake that one time...Here is a plain black and white pic with me and Eno. My husband doesn't want me to put pics of him on the

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Hello everyone. I've been trying to find a suitable day programme for my boy so have been rather busy lately. With that in mind, I came across a recent lawsuit filed against the University of California system. I've said in the past that affirmative action was practical and necessary but its implementation was fucked up. Had we used our noggins and set up a system to help those economically

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Hello, I haven't blogged in a while, but I was moved to for various reasons. I got into an online discussion about the hypocrisy of the Founding Fathers and slavery. These types of conversations have been going on for quite some time, so I won't bore you with the details. However, I will share a relevant historical document after a few rants... Heheehehe!Ultimately, the Founding Fathers who owned

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His health is declining fast and he is preparing his heart and soul to meet his maker.I always enjoyed his rants on statistics and their abuse and educational stories. In addition he is one bad ass cook; has a true talent in the kitchen. Lord please grant him peace of mind and lift him up. Amen.

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I love this video and music! Notice how Tim Maia looks like Cleveland from Family Guy:)

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09 27 09Hello everyone:I am back to blogging after a hiatus for emotional reasons. This is quick but if you all have ever wondered why the flu runs rampant in the wintertime and is rarely visible in the summer, the answer is Vitamin D. This story broke a few years ago, and for many people getting sunlight is common sense because you get 'seasoned' to the elements. Anyway, for now all of us ought

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My Mother in Law finally passed on this morning. She held on after the life support was terminated for more than a week. I know she's in a better place and think her impact on many people will never be forgotten. I miss her and the feelings are raw right now. My father in law is holding up quite well but he is hurting. Here is a picture of Carol in her younger days. She was beautiful then and she

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Hello everyone:See the title link for more info. Apparently, some model sued Blogger to release the identity of an anonymous blogger who had posted negative rants on the model. The judge ruled that Blogger had to release the IP address of the poster, and thus the poster's identity. Wow! I cannot believe this affront to personal liberty. If someone wants to write an anonymous note to a newspaper

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Hello everyone:I'll make this short. The Goddamned amyloid protein strands have done it again! This time, they've taken my mother in law hostage and it doesn't look good. Earlier yesterday afternoon, my mother in law was rushed to a hospital in Sacramento because she had a severe stroke and is hemorrhaging in the brain. The bleed is in an inoperable place and she in on a respirator. We all are

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See this link. These ladies could be your sisters, cousins, friends and wayward souls. Nobody deserves to die like that.

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All of y'all know that I am a total hip hop fan. I used to rock to TRU back in the day. TRU consisted of Master P, Silkk the Shocker and C-Murder, they are brothers and rappers. Master P doesn't rap too much anymore, but he is involved in production and multimedia projects, I don't know what my man Silkk is doing but I DO know what happened to C-Murder. He was convicted of killing a fan in a

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One cool thing about blogging is that it has helped me to develop the thick skin that I so sorely lacked. I am the recipient of much online abuse and you know, it doesn't get to me like it used to. Sometimes I insult back and other times, I don't even acknowledge it.I mention this because lately, I've been called a coon, an Uncle Tom and a whole host of other names simply because I don't believe

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Happy Birthday Uncle Kenny!1.Madame Aquino has died. RIP.2.What the hell is a potential human anyway?3.Watch Maafa 21 part 1 on youtube in here.4.After watching the above documentary, I cannot fathom how anyone in their right mind sanctions elective abortions: i.BLATANT human rights abuse ii.Tie in to eugenics movement iii. Unconstitutionally funded-there are no allowances for abortion funding

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As you have seen, I have a new fascination with stringed instruments. Actually this is nothing new, but I haven't really posted on this aspect of my interests before. In any event, the Lyre of Ur posts got me to thinking about how much I like harp music so I found a lady who sings and plays the harp and I love her voice. Her name is Marsha Long. I found another guy from Sengal who plays that

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The Constitution provides, through Article V, a means by which the Constitution can be altered. My question to my fellow Americans whether they are liberal or conservative: Has the Constitution been amended to permit Congress to manage the economy? I'd also ask that question to members of the U.S. Supreme Court. I personally know of no such amendment. What we're witnessing today is nothing less

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I just read somewhere that Glen Beck called our President a racist. He is a disingenuous liar and fool for that comment. I have ranted and raved about the President here and on other sites because I believe he is a tool for the liberal elite and the policies he supports are antithesis to my belief system. I object to his behavior. I don't feel it necessary to insult his wife or children nor call

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This is a jewel from Youtube by a lady named Lucille Bogan; one of the first blues singers to be recorded. This is nasty. Enjoy!

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Whoa! The Tour de France just ended and Lance Armstrong placed 3rd overall! That dude is truly amazing. He wins seven Tours, takes a three year break then comes back to win 3rd place?!! He has a focus and athletic ability that is unparalleled. I am proud to call him a fellow American, but more importantly, a fellow human being! He is a credit to the human race!

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Seems like history repeats itself over and over and over again.You'd think we'd have learned our lessons eighty years ago, but sadly no. And here is a cartoon to prove it. The Little King is the series and the episode is entitled "Marching Along." Hits a bit close to home methinks...

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Hello everyone:I just had to get these thoughts out before I took a nap for a while. A few weeks ago, I wrote about Justice Clarence Thomas being on the chopping block again. What many people don't get is that he is totally consistent and cares about the common man. He sided with the liberals in a case last month that allowed a woman to sue a drug manufacturer in state court. Alito, Roberts and

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I've mentioned before that I think art and music tells about the soul of a people. If all we have is books to read, the knowledge is always abstract but never gels because we have no context. This is why I was so pleased to find the Lyre of Ur website. I know that they can only speculate on how the instruments were tuned and on which scales the music was played, but the process of constructing a

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Hello everyone:This post is dedicated to old Bay Area bar mates, who made my life experience colorful at a certain point in time...I rarely talk about music on this blog anymore, but I've mentioned before that I am an audiophile. One of my favorite stories as a young girl was the Epic of Gilgamesh. I found an excerpt from the epic spoken to the Lyre of Ur, a lyre remade to play actual music! So

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07 16 09Oh My God! The world is so small and I am awestruck! Years ago, I got to meet Mr. Charles Bolden. His daughter is as smart as a whip, his wife is beautiful and he is gracious and the paragon of perfection.I am so pleased to see that he has gotten his due and has been appointed head of NASA. Usually I am not awestruck by people. He, along with his family, are one of the few beings I've met

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This song exemplifies how many of us feel in the current economic climate. Al Jolson really makes you feel it...

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Hello everyone:Now Kirikou is loosely based upon West African Folk tales with a bit of Belgian and French influences. The story board and simplistic animation is absolutely wonderful. I think it flows best in French with English subtitles. The English dub version is impotent by comparison. There are eight parts, and for ease of viewing, they are all below. I much prefer these types of images of

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07 11 009Hello everyone:I have been getting into old animation classics lately and of course, I have run into my share of racist nigra cartoons. Some of them are pretty funny but depressing because it was seen as OKAY to draw Blacks as monkey ape people. As a matter of fact, I was watching a Popeye cartoon called "Pop Pie a la Mode" and laughed my ass off before it occurred to me that the

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08 11 09Today was Grandma Earl's 82nd Birthday. God is so good! Me and Enabran went to visit Grandma and Grandpa Butch and had a wonderful time! Even though I always seem to be tired from chasing after my son, I was invigorated by the visit.Anyway, I got a post card in the mail from the County Tax Assessor's Office. As many of you know, I live not too far from ground zero for foreclosures in the

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Hello everyone:I've been in cartoonland lately and would like to share...These are wonderful cartoons, due to their intense colors, musical scores and idiosyncratic animation.Enjoy!1. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp2. Sinbad the Sailor

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MJ was a talented man who got lost and struggled with his sanity. I truly hope his pain and suffering has ended and that he's in a better place.

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Whoa! A barrage of attacks against Justice Thomas has ensued due to a dissent he authored regarding the Voting Rights Act.I think he was consistent with his weak federalist doctrine in this dissent. And the truth is that the voting rights act was and is unConstitutional. We may have needed the heavy hand of federal government forty three years ago but clearly we don't need it now. For God's sakes

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Hello everyone:I thought I'd share a couple of Enabran's favorite cartoons. They are so entertaining and put a smile on his face, my face, my husband's face and our dog wags her tail!1.The Pincushionman (Balloonland)2.The Three Little Pigs (Disney)3.The Gingerbread Man (Richard Scarry)4.The Practical Pig (Disney)5.Eureka #19 Expansion and Contraction

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06 23 09*My baby cousin BJ received his blessing ceremony this past Sunday:)*Ed McMahon just died. That guy was really effervescent. He will be missed!*Farrah Fawcet died today 06/25. Sad.Today Enabran is one years old! I am so happy! Last night we had a nice little celebration for him. My mother baked a very rich chocolate cake and we had good fun. Eno has been walking since ten and a half

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Carl:I wanted to thank you for keeping my mind right in ways you cannot imagine. This has been a very intense time for me and since I am blogging under my real name, cannot go into too many personal details. Suffice it to say, you cited a paper on Kea's site a few days ago and I read it and got some mojo back.Basically it says this: "A conjecture says that there exists an underlying self adjoint/

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And it has thirteen million digits! Now that's one helluva big number. For those of you who have read my blog on and off for a few years, y'all know that I think Mersenne numbers, and primes are cool!In a post I did a coupla years back, I showed how your fingers and toes are Mersenne number generators. I point you to the post here. It was fun. Just don't get arthritic fingers from trying to do

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Hello everyone:The Periodic Table is getting a new addition. This is so exciting. I always hope for the day when the Periodic Table of our childhood is rendered completely obsolete. It seems we are well on our way. Cool!

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Hello there:A lot of people have such a black and white view about politics. The labeling gets on my nerves after a while. I realize that I really don't fit any particular mold. On some topics I side with the pro life conservatives. On other issues I side with liberals and on other issues I side with fiscal libertarianism. But the one thing that I've been channeling lately is limited federal

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Hello there:I have a scenario for you. What if you injected some medication at the recommendation of your doctor and after a while, you lost the arm where you received your daily injections (due to gangrene)? When you looked at the side effects of the drug on the package, it did not warn that gangrene and subsequent amputation were possibilities. 1. Do you think you should have the right to sue

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