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366 MEME - Day 287 - Dad's Birthday

  • Nov. 27th, 2009 at 7:44 PM
As you can see, Dad had some pressies from Jiffy for his birthday - a bag of toffees!

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Dad Says "Ta"

  • Nov. 27th, 2009 at 7:40 PM
I showed Dad the post I wrote for him, and he wants to thank those who wished him a happy bithday - He is having a great day. If you missed it, it's here

If any of you followed the Samuel Williams link, that picture was taken at about the time dad was there - and the small boat on the left of the picture are the tugs he used to work on repairing.

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This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

  • Nov. 27th, 2009 at 5:22 PM

“I leave you alone for the day, and just look at this mess! The toilet paper’s shredded, there’s trash all over the floor, a team of squirrels is running a telemarketing call center from the guest bedroom, and a man outside wants to know where to install my weapons-grade uranium centrifuge!”

Hey, talk to the cat about the toilet paper, man.

Did you order these 24 pizzas, Emily D.?

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This really sucks . . .

  • Nov. 27th, 2009 at 1:09 PM
I feel so crappy, I am re-posting from facebook.

I never do that.

This is the epitomy of suck. I am sick, have been since Wednesday night. Chills, sinus headache, cannot sleep for more than 30-45 minutes. Cannot sleep now at all. (No fever!). Should at at a tea house with A. and her parents and Gramma. Instead, I am here too sick to watch college football or browse the web much. To top it off, I have not had a drink in a week. Otherwise I might understand.

I did rally enough to eat Wednesday night and Thursday late afternoon.

Today has been a half a turkey sandwich and some pickles.
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Japanese Persona Passed SCA

  • Nov. 27th, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Your alternate name and badge have been registered:


Gillian MacLachlan de Holrode. Alternate name Tachibana no Hiromasa and badge.

Vert, a crane volant contourny, wings addorsed and on a chief argent three Japanese maple leaves gules.



There was some question about the registerability of Japanese maples leaves and whether they were known to Europeans in period. Eastern Crown provided some research into the question, which is summarized here:

In the late Ming period (1368-1644), Chinese porcelains were exported to Europe and Japan by the Dutch and Portuguese, and earlier to the Middle East. Japanese imari ware was first exported by the Dutch East India company c. 1650, with more than 50,000 pieces exported by 1659. Maples were listed as a common motif in imari ware. [Goro Shimura, The Story of Imari: The Symbols and Mysteries of Antique Japanese Porcelain; http://books.google.com/books?id=p9JqaKSNah4C&pg=PA25]

An example of 16th C (Momoyama Period) lacquerware that was produced for the European market is in the Kyoto Museum [http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/syuzou/meihin_%83%7B%83%5E%83%93%83%7D%83b%83v%8C%C3%82%A2/urusi/item03.html]. The item description is: "This chest is an example of 'Nanban (Southern Barbarian) lacquerware,' produced for the European market....The lid and body of this chest are decorated with designs of birds and animals, including...maple...The great number of existing examples suggest that a large number of such export chests were produced to order for Europeans."

Therefore, we are giving the submitter the benefit of the doubt: Japanese maple leaves are allowed as flora native to Asia, but known to Europeans in period. They will be considered artistic variants of European maple leaves, blazoned, but not granting difference.

There is a step from period practice for use of the Japanese maple leaves, which are non-European flora not known to be used as charges in period European heraldry.
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Friday...

  • Nov. 27th, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Black Friday or not, Thanksgiving was quiet, for which I was greatful. Patrikia posted the details, or lack thereof. Turkey related meals will occur for awhile.

The stupidest comment of the day was, "Get rid of left-overs!" This was from a representative member of the Food-Gestopo who appears on "The Biggest Loser." Ok, I get the fact that America, statistically, has a weight problem. We're obese, or at least that's what were told. But in this economy, getting rid of food is foolish. My Thankgiving dinner represents many other meals--lunch and dinner. The Turkey will be cut-up and made into Turkey pot pie, which will be dinner for Sunday, and my lunch for at least a couple of days after. Much of the rest will become turkey-soup, some of which will be frozen.

I submit it's not that you have left-over from this holiday meal, it's how you eat them.

Look, I've lost weight through exercise and paying attention to how I eat, not through being stupid. Now, stop reading this, and go out for a walk.
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C.O. Celebrity Scandal Watch!

  • Nov. 27th, 2009 at 1:33 PM

Tongues wagged this week as papparazzi spotted superstars Britney Ears and Hugh Jackrabbit at a romantic getaway in Tahiti, protected by their bodyguard Bruno.

Dahhhh, nothin' to see here, move along...

Well, I never, Carly R.

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A Fun History Lesson - Facts Of The 1500's

  • Nov. 27th, 2009 at 11:25 AM
As I have already shared some details about my Dad, I thought I would go a "little bit" further back, and share this e-mail that a frriend sent me last week.

A Fun History Lesson

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.

They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor"
But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot...........they "didn't have a pot to piss in" and were the lowest of the low.

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Happy Birthday ...

  • Nov. 27th, 2009 at 6:44 AM
Happy Birthday Dad - Have a lovely day ...


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Thanks for being my Dad - I love you!

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Happy Birthday ...

  • Nov. 27th, 2009 at 6:41 AM
Happy Birthday [info]deborahw37 - Hope that you have a really lovely day


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I really want to say that I hope you get thoroughly spoilt today and that as this coming year unfolds that you see your dreams and wishes coming true.

Thanks for being a good freinds - a real support.
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"Nuggle" and "neakers" have now been corrected (to my mild dismay, I have to admit), but we're still having trouble with long u. This leads to the always delightful "moosic class"... and also to "Sleeping Booty!" which cracks my mother up EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Also, while I was gone over the weekend, the Ladies' Champion taught her to say "Mommy and Uncle Dan are LARPing."
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All Hail St. Tryptophan

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 11:23 PM
I really wish I had the brain power to write a long post about today. Needless to say, the carcasses are either on the couch or in the fridge. It's been a good day.

And yes, thankful for you all.
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Sorry

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Haven;t been on here much since getting involved with FB. I need to correct that..
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Nov. 26th, 2009

  • 8:08 PM
Well, that was the nicest Thanksgiving I've had in a very long time. We went over to Ron's brother's house and while it was the usual crowd of insanely loud Italians, we were mostly loud because we were playing Beatles Rock Band and having a good time. I think it helps that the kids that were 7 and 12 when I first moved here are now 15 and 20 and everyone behaves like adults, more or less. I ate just enough to feel happy but not enough to feel like I was gonna 'splode. It was really quite pleasant!

Happy Thanksgiving (or "Happy Non-Specific Thursday" for the dang furriners on my list!) I'm thankful for YOU.

Yes, even you.
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Happy Thanksgiving!

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 6:57 PM
We've finished the "third quarter" -- the Thanksgiving game being defined as:

Pregame Show: Parade/dog show
First Quarter: Appetizers
Second Quarter: Actual Thanksgiving dinner
Halftime Show: Alice's Restaurant, in full
Third Quarter: Dessert
Fourth Quarter: Picking at the leftovers

I may not make it to the fourth quarter. Ye gods and little fishes. And to think, there was a period when discussion centered on "Will we have enough food?" Harmony Drive for the win.


I am thankful for many people, and for many things. Every person reading this is one of the people for whom I am thankful. You brighten a sometimes challenging existence. Thank you for being part of my life, and may the worst of next year be no worse than the best of this year.
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Nov. 26th, 2009

  • 6:17 PM
last night mom and I made desserts.
brownies, chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin pie, and mincemeat pie.
I also made up some SCD pumpkin cookies for me... and anyone else who felt like having almond flour cookies... yum.
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The Food Coma

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 9:44 PM

Coco the Boston Terrier has some guidelines for you to make it through Thanksgiving successfully.

1. Unbuttoned pants (or cataloons) so stomach can expand beyond normal perameters.
2. Take a short nap.
3. Eat a large dessert.

food coma

M & J C. Thank you for these thoughtful tips.

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Happy Holiday!

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Today is a great day.
This is going to be a great year.

Turkey is in the oven. I get dark meat this year.
potatoes are almost done.
squash has been cooked scooped and beaten to be smooth.
asparaguys are about to be cooked along with the other veg.
J is in charge of the rolls.
Sweet potatoes are almost done.
We are at the crunch phase.

hope everyone has a pleasant and enjoyable day with whom ever they are spending the day with doing what ever they are doing today.

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Nov. 26th, 2009

  • 12:35 PM

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35 Still Life Photography icons [Christmas Cookies]

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Find the rest Here!

This post will remain open until the end of the holiday season, at which point it will become 'Friends Only' for the members of [info]raptureicons

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Gobbles

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 5:03 PM

Oh, I couldn’t eat another bite – and I want to save room for dessert.

What do you mean you’re serving more berries and nuts? Well, do they at least come in pie form?

What a turkey, Heather W.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Just popping to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

Enjoy your ritual sacrifice. With pie. :D
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Every year, the arrival of Aunt

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 7:00 AM


funny pictures of cats with captions

Every year, the arrival of Aunt Bertha and her cry of “Where’s my Thanksgiving kitteh kisses” becomes more and more traumatizing.

hoep gramma nawt cuming dis yeer.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to the other Americans on my flist! I hope you all have a great day, with food, fun, family, and friends!
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Doctor Who ~ Waters of Mars Icons

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 4:17 PM
You can find 28 different Doctor Who ~ Waters of Mars Icons in my Graphicjournal.
I hope it is okay when I didn't post Samples

Icons are here
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Re-lo

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 9:54 AM
It is all but official - I'm going to be moving into a townhouse in the Chestnut Hill Village complex on or around Feb 13, 2010.

I'll have twice as much square footage as I do now (on paper at least - I'm feeling better about it being roomier than it looks), my own front (and back) doors, 3 floors, 2.5 bathrooms (though the single tub is one of the new-style, shallow deals), a dishwasher, a clothes washer and dryer, a whole room devoted to storage, and even a sort-of back yard.

And I even get a rent discount because I work for Drexel!
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366 MEME - Day 286 - Bude.

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Had to pop out to post my nephews birthday pressies this morning - as you can see it wasn't raining for those few minutes, although it was still very windy.

The sign is the start of the "town" proper ... and the road in the picture is called "The Crescent" ... as you can see by it's shape. The post office is at the end of the row of houses.

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Nov. 26th, 2009

  • 10:03 PM
Actor/Actress: Leighton Meester, Blake Lively, Colin Morgan & Katie McGrath, Bradley James & Angel Coulby, Billie Piper, David Tennant, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd
TV Shows: Gossip Girl, Merlin, Torchwood, Doctor Who
Banners: Leighton Meester, Merlin



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An LJ MEME

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 9:25 AM


I snagged this from [info]kudagirl .... and although I should be doing the million and one tasks I set myself, it would have been rude to ignore the MEME ... wouldn't it?


1-My user name is _________ because_________.

Debris4spike

Debris = I'm "slightly" accident prone, and the conductor of Bude orchestra gave me this name when he met me!
4 Spike = That's what I am a Spike fan and how I came to LJ-land.

2-My name is ________because________.

Deborah - My parents wanted a name from the bible, that was also around in the era I was born. I know quite a few Deborahs (all on LJ - waves) and we are all about the same age!

Jacqueline - My parents wanted a J theme as my dad is John, and everyone presumed I would be John if a boy - which my parents didn't want anyway! His middle name is James (yay!) ... and this is the femanine version!

They did debate adding Victoria as a 3rd name, but decided it would be toooooo long - although I would have loved it! Both may grandmothers had Victoria as their second name.

3-My Journal & Friends page title's are________because________.

Eternal Refuge = To combine my faith with my love of Spuffy!!!! Yes, it works.
The Spike - Buffy story, to me, is a love story. And from Spikes eyes he would do anything for her - eternally as he's a vampire - and let her take everything to him as her "refuge"
My faith - to me eternity is Heaven - I have an eternal life, after death with God ... and that is my refuge that I know is always there - something I CAN rely on.

My f-list is called My Friends - as I told Kuda, some of you are the people who I would call my closest friends I have.

4-My default user pic is_________becuase________.

Userpic

I may have come to LJ a Spike fan ... but now it is everything about James! I took this photo this May at Union Chapel - and kazzy_cee made the icon as a special request. She has made quite a few of my specials, and I like her work ... and her willingness.
Its great to have a picture I took, of a man I love, done in a unique way. Thanks Kazzy!


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Happy Thanksiving!

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 7:48 AM
This is just to wish all my American Friends a very Happy Thanksgiving.


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However, and with whoever, you celebrate, I hope that today is a special day for you - giving you great memories to take forward into the coming year.
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What did I do for the SCA today?

  • Nov. 26th, 2009 at 12:40 AM
Today I put mah pelican up for the night!

But seriously, what was kind of a losing my grip on reality day turned into a grand ole time. The turducken, while not my favorite made the best damn gravy in the universe and metted out some serious turducken stock.

All the casseroles are prepped and in the oven. [info]ioldanach and [info]nounsandverbs have been playing refrigerator tetris all night and have somehow managed to put most of everything in the fridge.

I had a lovely evening hard boiling eggs, making cocktail sauce and cooking 8 pounds of shrimp while [info]liamstliam and [info]alethea_eastrid ate turducken and chatted and watched Casablanca.

I am snacking on the freshly poached shrimp before taking some advil and going to sleep. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
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There was a vampire present and I wasn't it!

  • Nov. 25th, 2009 at 11:02 PM
The Quest game was so much fun! [info]homes_iv, [info]kenjari, and I played for HOURS. Mwahahaha. Organ, "vielle" (viola), and recorder is an... um... interesting combination, but fortunately the hall acoustics were good enough that it worked. The organ itself worked slightly less well, having a noticeably delayed attack, but [info]kenjari did a *kickass* job wrestling with it and more or less taming the beast. People seemed to enjoy the music, and they danced!

Also, we took a boatload of money from the game's most incompetent NPC plotter to assassinate the lord of the manor. Stabbity stabbity! He should have died, but the PCs magicked him. They did not magic us, resulting in untimely deaths for the poor wandering minstrels of questionable morals.

Did you know there's an old Zdunarovan folk song that sounds remarkably like this anthem of geekdom? Trufax. We filked it as "Brave Hugo." :D

In other news, I lost my voice *again* and my email inbox is so full it's like the Black Hole of Calcutta in there.

And in other other news... happy Thanksgiving, everyone! May your travels be easy, your family functional, and your pie yummy.
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Simm!Master/10th Doctor kiss manip, icons

  • Nov. 25th, 2009 at 9:44 PM
I've made a manip of the Master (John Simm version) and the Tenth Doctor having a kiss in the TARDIS. I can't promise that it isn't epic fail, but I won't stop trying in my ongoing attempt to make a believable kissing manip! I've included the usual matching base icons and four non-base icons.

I won't post any spoilers for the recent special/trailer, but I can't guarantee that the comments won't included spoilers, so tread carefully if you've yet to see the special/trailer.

Teaser


Yes Master...
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