Good morning! Busy weekend as usual. Yesterday Pete was at work when I woke up so I had a chance to take the dogs out, work on my bead banner, & board knit. Then I had to take Kyle up into Princeton & Pete was on his way home so I was out for the day now. I took Kyle into town & then met Pete at Sicily's for brunch (my breakfast but lunchtime for the average person), then we stopped at RaceTrac &
then went to the flea market in Lowry crossing where Pete talked to someone for quite a while while I waited. When he was done talking he wandered around for a bit & found some cool stuff that he needed. When we finally got back home I had a little bit of time & went through the Sunday paper, surfed eBay, hand knitted (I finished the main body of the sweater, now all that's left is the ribbing on the bottom,
neck, & sleeves!), & pulled out my latch hook rug but then Kyle called & needed a ride home from town. We went to the other house & dropped off a truckload of stuff, went & picked Kyle up, Kyle made lunner (my lunch, most people's dinner), I went through the mail that was still in the mailbox from yesterday, talked to Kyle a bit, & then by 10:p I finally was able to sit down & work on the latch hook rug that I
had pulled out to work on 3½ hours earlier. While we were at the other house I did what I always do, dig through stuff looking for the upgraded carriage for my knitting machine that I haven't been to find for years. I finally found it last night! I'm SO happy to have that back! When I finished latch hooking I came in worked on my knitting machine for a bit. It's been too long, I missed it. All of the crafts that are scheduled for weekends usually get skipped because Pete likes to be out on weekends which mean those crafts are rarely done. :( I'd reschedule them for during the week, but how many things can you squeeze into 1 weekday? I already barely EVER make it all the way through a day. If I add anything
else to any of the weekdays they won't get done anyway because there aren't enough hours in a day. I have X number of things I like to do in a week & not enough hours in a week. Lots of things just don't get done. I already gave up things that were important to me like the FD on Tuesday evenings & my Meetup group. Even with the things that I'm reluctantly removing from my life I STILL run out of time every day. I need to remove
more things, but what? How many things do I have to give up that I enjoy? It's sad, really. To enjoy so many things but only have time for about half of them. I guess on the bright side ... I'm not bored. Ever. It was midnight by the time I logged onto Ravelry to see what was going on over there this week. Someone posted pics of a knitting needle case they had made on their sewing machine. It gave me a great idea to crochet one for my hooks & needles! Next project!! It won't take long, so I'll put my other projects on hold & concentrate on the hook & needle case the next time I take time out to craft. In fact, I just grabbed the yarn I'm going to use for that & a fancy ball of yarn that was in my queue & put it by the knitting board since that's what it's going to be used on. Anyway, after I checked Ravelry I took the dogs out & then shopped for my best friend's birthday presents. Then it was the nighttime routine & bed. Yesterday's Sim, the painter, Queen, painted for a couple hours, spent time w/ her cat, painted for another several hours, made autumn salad for dinner & headed to bed. No, there isn't much more for her to do. She's 1st gen in a new game & doesn't even know anyone yet. She lives in the city of Bridgeport & will meet someone eventually. When she got up the next day she went to city hall & registered as a self-employed painter, went home & made waffles for breakfast, paid her bills, spent time with her cat, showered, & painted until dinner when she made mac & cheese & then headed to bed. When she woke up the next day she bought a laptop & chatted w/ someone just to get to know SOMEONE. She met a female, not useful for future generations, but at least she knows someone now. She didn't spend long on the laptop because she's a technophobe & her mood dropped just touching the laptop. She cheered herself up by painting until lunch time & then made herself an autumn salad, & then spent time with her cat. This game started before Seasons, so I started her off in the fall. back IRL, I was woken up this morning by Kyle calling. Pete had already left for work & I was so tired that I never heard him get up, shower, get read for work ... nothing. I barely heard the phone. It finally registered that my phone was ringing on the LAST ring. By the time I reached for it it had stopped. I called Kyle back, crawled out of bed for the day & then called Pete & took the dogs out & updated the apps on my iPad Mini. My Sims game for the day is a house I built called Chappaqua. I haven't played this game for TWO YEARS. I had to pull it off of my backup CD. This game was started off in the winter & I'm a bit confused as to why it is the way it is. I can't remember a single game out of over 100 from 2 years ago. Fantasy is a 1st gen Sim who apparently JUST got married & is newly pregnant. It's a fairly new game, yet there's a police car in the driveway that we own. She's not a cop, she's a paranormal profiteer ... a job I had her quit immediately since it's one of the Ambitions careers that require you to go to work w/ them & spend most of your game play time doing the career. I might have her choose another job after the child starts school. She may just stay home, I'm not sure yet. Her husband isn't a cop either, but he's only level 1 of the military career, so I'm guessing he USED to be a cop but I had him change careers for some reason. It doesn't make sense though since his lifetime wish has nothing to do with the military career. Why would I make him quit a job that he was successful at & over halfway up the corporate ladder on? I don't get it. It was 2 years ago, so who knows? Based on Fantasy's traits, she's going to concentrate on cooking, inventing, painting, photography, & writing. I'm not sure what career I want her in though. World renowned chef? Self-employed inventor, painter, photographer, or writer? I'll figure it out later I guess. She sat down to watch the cooking channel for a bit but wasn't really interested in doing that for long so she cleaned the house which was already mostly clean so all she had to do was take out the trash & clean up the newspapers from the front lawn. Back IRL, Milligan Water meeting tonight @ 7:30p. My brand new keyboard just arrived! YAY!!
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On this day in 2012, broadcast journalist Mike Wallace, a full-time correspondent for the pioneering TV newsmagazine "60 Minutes" from its debut in 1968 until 2006, dies at age 93 in New Canaan, Connecticut. During his career, Wallace interviewed everyone from world leaders to Hollywood celebrities to scam artists, and was well-known for his hard-nosed style of questioning.
Myron Leon Wallace was born on May 9, 1918, in Brookline, Massachusetts. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants and his father worked as a wholesale grocer and insurance broker. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1939, Wallace was a radio news writer and announcer in Michigan and Chicago. He then enlisted in the Navy, serving as a communications officer during World War II.
In the 1950s, Wallace worked on TV talk shows and game shows in New York City, and also appeared in commercials and acted on Broadway. He developed his style as a tenacious interrogator on the TV interview show "Night Beat," which aired from 1956 to 1957. In 1962, the eldest of Wallace's two sons died at age 19 in a hiking accident in Greece, a tragedy that inspired Wallace to focus his career on serious journalism. In 1963, he became a correspondent for CBS News, and went on to report about the Vietnam War, among other stories.
"60 Minutes" premiered on CBS on September 24, 1968, and was co-hosted by Wallace and Harry Reasoner. The show, with its trademark opening sequence featuring a ticking stopwatch, became hugely popular and influential, spawning a slew of other newsmagazine programs, such as "20/20" and "Primetime Live," and ranking among the top 10 programs in the United States from 1977 to 2000. Wallace became known for investigative pieces in which he used ambush interviews and hidden cameras to uncover corruption and scams. He also conducted scores of memorable interviews with newsmakers ranging from Clint Hill, the former U.S. Secret Service agent who was in President John Kennedy's motorcade when he was assassinated, to Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini during the 1979 American hostage crisis.
Some of Wallace's reporting proved controversial. In the 1980s, he and CBS were embroiled in a $120 million libel lawsuit brought against them by General William Westmoreland for the way he was portrayed in a 1982 documentary about the Vietnam War. The general dropped the lawsuit in 1985, but Wallace later revealed that the pressure of the situation caused him to suffer a deep depression and attempt suicide. In another incident, Wallace's 1995 interview for "60 Minutes" with tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand and CBS's controversial handling of the story served as the basis of the 1999 movie "The Insider."
Wallace retired from "60 Minutes" in 2006 at age 88, but continued to contribute occasionally to the program. His final piece aired in 2008--an interview with baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, who was accused of using performance-enhancing drugs.
Myron Leon Wallace was born on May 9, 1918, in Brookline, Massachusetts. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants and his father worked as a wholesale grocer and insurance broker. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1939, Wallace was a radio news writer and announcer in Michigan and Chicago. He then enlisted in the Navy, serving as a communications officer during World War II.
In the 1950s, Wallace worked on TV talk shows and game shows in New York City, and also appeared in commercials and acted on Broadway. He developed his style as a tenacious interrogator on the TV interview show "Night Beat," which aired from 1956 to 1957. In 1962, the eldest of Wallace's two sons died at age 19 in a hiking accident in Greece, a tragedy that inspired Wallace to focus his career on serious journalism. In 1963, he became a correspondent for CBS News, and went on to report about the Vietnam War, among other stories.
"60 Minutes" premiered on CBS on September 24, 1968, and was co-hosted by Wallace and Harry Reasoner. The show, with its trademark opening sequence featuring a ticking stopwatch, became hugely popular and influential, spawning a slew of other newsmagazine programs, such as "20/20" and "Primetime Live," and ranking among the top 10 programs in the United States from 1977 to 2000. Wallace became known for investigative pieces in which he used ambush interviews and hidden cameras to uncover corruption and scams. He also conducted scores of memorable interviews with newsmakers ranging from Clint Hill, the former U.S. Secret Service agent who was in President John Kennedy's motorcade when he was assassinated, to Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini during the 1979 American hostage crisis.
Some of Wallace's reporting proved controversial. In the 1980s, he and CBS were embroiled in a $120 million libel lawsuit brought against them by General William Westmoreland for the way he was portrayed in a 1982 documentary about the Vietnam War. The general dropped the lawsuit in 1985, but Wallace later revealed that the pressure of the situation caused him to suffer a deep depression and attempt suicide. In another incident, Wallace's 1995 interview for "60 Minutes" with tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand and CBS's controversial handling of the story served as the basis of the 1999 movie "The Insider."
Wallace retired from "60 Minutes" in 2006 at age 88, but continued to contribute occasionally to the program. His final piece aired in 2008--an interview with baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, who was accused of using performance-enhancing drugs.
Eric Rudolph agrees to plead guilty to a series of bombings, including the fatal bombing at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, in order to avoid the death penalty. He later cited his anti-abortion and anti-homosexual views as motivation for the bombings. Eric Robert Rudolph was born September 19, 1966, in Merritt Island, Florida. He served a brief stint in the U.S. Army and later supported himself by working as a carpenter. On July 27, 1996, a 40-pound pipe bomb exploded in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, killing one woman and injuring over 100 people. A security guard named Richard Jewell was initially considered the prime suspect in the case. Then, on January 16, 1997, two bombs went off at an Atlanta-area medical clinic that performed abortions, injuring seven people. In February of that same year, a bomb detonated at a lesbian nightclub in Atlanta, injuring four people. On January 29, 1998, a bomb exploded at a Birmingham, Alabama, women’s health clinic, killing a security guard and critically injuring a nurse.
Rudolph became a suspect in the Birmingham bombing after witnesses reported spotting his pickup truck near the clinic before the bomb went off. Authorities then launched a massive manhunt in North Carolina, where he was spotted stocking up on supplies. In February 1998, Rudolph was officially charged as a suspect in the Birmingham bombing. In March 1998, Rudolph’s brother Daniel cut off his hand to protest what he saw as the mistreatment of Eric by the F.B.I and the media. In May of that same year, Eric Rudolph was named to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list and a $1 million reward was offered for his capture. In July, a North Carolina health food store owner reported that Rudolph had taken six months’ of food and supplies from him, leaving $500 in exchange.
In October 1998, Rudolph was officially charged in the three Atlanta bombings. He continued to elude authorities, who believed he was hiding in the Appalachian wilderness and possibly getting assistance from supporters in the region. Then, on May 31, 2003, after over five years as a fugitive, Rudolph was arrested by a rookie police officer who found him digging through a grocery store Dumpster in Murphy, North Carolina. On April 8, 2005, just weeks before his trial was scheduled to begin, the Department of Justice announced that Rudolph would plead guilty to the charges against him in all four bombings. He was later sentenced to four life terms without parole and in August 2005 was sent to the supermax federal prison in Florence, Colorado.
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Some people become so centered on an enemy, so totally possessed w/ the behavior of another person that they become blind to everything except their desire for that person to lose, even it it means losing themselves. Lose-Lose is the philosophy of adversarial conflict, the philosophy of war.
They just dropped their 11th game in a row out here, the Angels - it's just not going well. ... Yesterday 1 of the guys got a single, turned to the umpire & says, "What do I do now?" Things are getting so bad, 1 of the Angels threw his bat to the ground yesterday & missed. -Johnny Carson 1974
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