Freedom. The last of the children have left the nest & now it's just Pete & I. Just like it was back in the beginning w/ our future wide open in front of us. Where we go from here is solely up to us w/o any 3rd party influence. Time to rediscover each other. Yesterday I wrote Kyle an e-mail, got the mail, chatted w/ Pete & then got a reply back from Kyle. Kyle, like his sister, has left the nest never to return. They both made their choices. Our daughter has made the choice to be a lazy leech of a slug & our son is pretty much right there w/ her. Our son however, has the added trait of having a black soul. Some things can & should be forgiven & some thing cannot & SHOULD NOT be forgiven. When someone does everything in their power to destroy you, to tear you down, to rip your soul out & crush it ... the best thing you can do is be strong, stand up, dust yourself off, turn your back, & NEVER LOOK BACK. That's what I've done. Both of my children have decided that they don't want a mother, so that's what they have. No mother. Plain & simple. No regrets. I raised them, they stabbed me in the back, I'm done. Now before you judge, let me say that you do NOT have all the details. You either 1) Aren't a parent. 2) Aren't a parent of teens. or 3) Your children haven't chosen the path mine have & said the things they've both said. You simply cannot judge this situation because you weren't here. You didn't see how I raised them, you didn't see the choices they made as teens, & most importantly, you did not see what my son put in print yesterday & sent to me. Yes, I could post it here, but I've decided not to. Everyone who matters in my life has seen it. The people closest to me know what he has become. The people who are closest to me also don't hold back. If I had done something wrong, they would have let me know it. If my son was right about anything in that letter, they would have let me know it. So we move on, we don't look back, & our decision is final. As I said, some things cannot be forgiven & what was said yesterday ... well, it can never be taken back. There's arguing, & then there's deliberate cruelty w/ intent to destroy someone's heart. He failed. My heart is still in tact ... all he destroyed is his relationship w/ me. One day, as all children do, he'll see that I was right. It will be too late. It's already too late. It's been too late since yesterday when he hit send followed by block. His idiot sister did the same thing not an hour later. She has no right to make judgement because she retired right out of high school & has ZERO life experience. How can you judge when you never leave the house except to go shopping w/ other people's money? Oh well, they're both in my past now & they both will stay there until the day I die. Other family members & their friends can pull them through. As they both said, neither of them needs me anymore & I have ZERO respect for either of them. After my children were finished freeing themselves of ever having a real mother for the rest of their pathetic lives, I took a deep breath, had bran flakes for breakfast, chatted w/ Andrew & Darrell, & then went to work. I had no stock from Sunday, so I didn't go to the booth. I stayed here & processed as much stock as I could to be taken to the booth today. I did that until lunchtime, then took the dogs out, grilled a cheeseburger for lunch, then went back to work until Pete got home from work. Yesterday's Sims game was Fredericksburg & my Sim Elizabeth is pregnant & has been working on her charisma skill until the baby comes. She went into labor just as I saved & closed the game for the day. This morning I took the dogs out & tried to start up today's Sims game. My stereo was somehow off & Sims won't load at all. If this keeps up I'm going to have to booby trap my office. The stereo can't shut off on it's own unless the power goes out & not a clock in the house is blinking ... so ... yeah.
Ask The Butcher:
The ultimate meat companion. Featuring all the tips and tools you need
to cook meat like the pros, it's just like having a butcher in your
pocket!
We'll guide you through the entire experience, from purchase to the plate. Browse cuts by animal, ultimate cooking style or let the butcher suggest the perfect cut for you. Next, find out what to look for when shopping and what to ask your butcher. Learn how to prepare your cuts perfectly and cook it like a pro with our unique meat timer. Any time you have a question, you can search our handy meat tips or have your question answered personally by the butcher.
If you’re having dinner for one or having a dinner party let the butcher suggest the quantities and types of meat for your occasion. If you’re looking to master the basics of great meat preparation or trying out an unusual cut of meat, the app has you covered. We’ll provide guidance through the whole process.
Features include: Cooking timer based on meat and weights selected, help you with tips and questions for your butcher, preparation suggestions and cut information straight from the butcher’s mouth. Each cut is accompanied by a butcher’s recipe and internal temperatures for each level of doneness.
Who is the Butcher?
The master butcher behind Ask the Butcher is Anthony Puharich, owner of Vic’s Premium Quality Meat, which has been supplying quality meat to Australia’s finest restaurants for over 15 years, and serving up specialty meat at the prestigious Victor Churchill butchery, the “Bulgari of butcheries”.
Anthony shares his in-depth knowledge and expert advice, so you too can bring out the very best that meat can offer.
Anthony is also staring in a new TV show, Ask the Butcher, airing from 26th March 2013 on Australia’s LifeStyle FOOD channel.
NB: This is a NEW app from Ask the Butcher, offering new functionality such as 'Suggest a cut', 'At the butchers' and 'Prepare it perfectly'. The new timer prompts you to turn your meat and most importantly advises on how long to rest your meat.
We'll guide you through the entire experience, from purchase to the plate. Browse cuts by animal, ultimate cooking style or let the butcher suggest the perfect cut for you. Next, find out what to look for when shopping and what to ask your butcher. Learn how to prepare your cuts perfectly and cook it like a pro with our unique meat timer. Any time you have a question, you can search our handy meat tips or have your question answered personally by the butcher.
If you’re having dinner for one or having a dinner party let the butcher suggest the quantities and types of meat for your occasion. If you’re looking to master the basics of great meat preparation or trying out an unusual cut of meat, the app has you covered. We’ll provide guidance through the whole process.
Features include: Cooking timer based on meat and weights selected, help you with tips and questions for your butcher, preparation suggestions and cut information straight from the butcher’s mouth. Each cut is accompanied by a butcher’s recipe and internal temperatures for each level of doneness.
Who is the Butcher?
The master butcher behind Ask the Butcher is Anthony Puharich, owner of Vic’s Premium Quality Meat, which has been supplying quality meat to Australia’s finest restaurants for over 15 years, and serving up specialty meat at the prestigious Victor Churchill butchery, the “Bulgari of butcheries”.
Anthony shares his in-depth knowledge and expert advice, so you too can bring out the very best that meat can offer.
Anthony is also staring in a new TV show, Ask the Butcher, airing from 26th March 2013 on Australia’s LifeStyle FOOD channel.
NB: This is a NEW app from Ask the Butcher, offering new functionality such as 'Suggest a cut', 'At the butchers' and 'Prepare it perfectly'. The new timer prompts you to turn your meat and most importantly advises on how long to rest your meat.
Cyclemeter GPS:
Cyclemeter is the most advanced application for cyclists ever designed
for a mobile device. Built from the ground up for iPhone, iPad, and
iCloud, it makes your iPhone a powerful fitness computer — with maps,
graphs, splits, intervals, laps, announcements, zones, training plans
and more.
iPhone powered
• Supports cycling, running, walking and many other activities.
• No website login required.
• Analyze your workouts on your iPad, updated with your latest data using iCloud.
• Share your workouts online with friends, family, or coaches.
Track
• Record everything about your workouts — years of workouts only take up the space of a few songs.
• Start and stop with your earphone remote.
• Exclude stopped time with automatic stop detection.
• Record heart rate, bike speed, bike cadence, and bike power with sensors (purchased separately).
Visualize
• Swipe across the stopwatch to see pages of stats, maps, and graphs - completely configurable.
• View your workouts on a calendar, and organized by routes and activities.
• Summarize your statistics by day, week, month, year, and overall.
• Analyze your split, interval, and zone performance.
Hear
• Select from more than 120 configurable announcements including distance, time, speed, elevation, and heart rate.
• Hear stats automatically at time or distance intervals, or on-demand with your earphone remote.
• Listen to comments from friends and followers on Twitter, Facebook, and dailymile.
• Choose from a variety of high quality voice options.
Race
• Compete against your previous workouts along a route, or import and compete against other people's workouts.
• See your virtual competition on a map and in graphs.
• Hear announcements on how far you are ahead of or behind your competition.
Plan
• Includes 5K, 10, half, and marathon running plans.
• Design your own training plans.
• Synchronize your plan with your iPhone calendar and your online calendars.
Train
• Keep on track with extremely configurable interval training, zones, and targets.
• Set up repeating intervals, pyramid intervals, or tempo workouts.
• Hear announcements that keep you in the zone.
• Analyze your split, interval, and zone performance.
• Includes the most advanced bike power meter support available on any application or device.
Share
• Use email, Facebook, Twitter, and dailymile to share your workouts online, automatically updated every few minutes.
• Automatically keep family and friends notified of your location and progress.
• Hear replies from family, coaches, and friends spoken using text-to-speech technology.
• Share your workout calendar with your friends and coaches.
Import/Export
• Import a route or virtual competitor by simply tapping on a GPX, TCX or KML link or file in Mail or Safari.
• Export detailed CSV, GPX, TCX or KML files for use in maps, graphs, and social fitness sites.
For cycling, running, walking, skiing, skating, and more
• Cyclemeter, Runmeter, Walkmeter, and 5K Runmeter are built from the same core foundation, but come preconfigured for cycling, running, walking, or training.
• Each app supports all features, activities, and plans.
From the press
• Obsessively complete... a killer app — Wired
• Records a wealth of data — Macworld
• Clean, easy-to-use — New York Times
• Amazingly rich with features -- PC Magazine
Does not support iPod touch, which lacks GPS capabilities. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
iPhone powered
• Supports cycling, running, walking and many other activities.
• No website login required.
• Analyze your workouts on your iPad, updated with your latest data using iCloud.
• Share your workouts online with friends, family, or coaches.
Track
• Record everything about your workouts — years of workouts only take up the space of a few songs.
• Start and stop with your earphone remote.
• Exclude stopped time with automatic stop detection.
• Record heart rate, bike speed, bike cadence, and bike power with sensors (purchased separately).
Visualize
• Swipe across the stopwatch to see pages of stats, maps, and graphs - completely configurable.
• View your workouts on a calendar, and organized by routes and activities.
• Summarize your statistics by day, week, month, year, and overall.
• Analyze your split, interval, and zone performance.
Hear
• Select from more than 120 configurable announcements including distance, time, speed, elevation, and heart rate.
• Hear stats automatically at time or distance intervals, or on-demand with your earphone remote.
• Listen to comments from friends and followers on Twitter, Facebook, and dailymile.
• Choose from a variety of high quality voice options.
Race
• Compete against your previous workouts along a route, or import and compete against other people's workouts.
• See your virtual competition on a map and in graphs.
• Hear announcements on how far you are ahead of or behind your competition.
Plan
• Includes 5K, 10, half, and marathon running plans.
• Design your own training plans.
• Synchronize your plan with your iPhone calendar and your online calendars.
Train
• Keep on track with extremely configurable interval training, zones, and targets.
• Set up repeating intervals, pyramid intervals, or tempo workouts.
• Hear announcements that keep you in the zone.
• Analyze your split, interval, and zone performance.
• Includes the most advanced bike power meter support available on any application or device.
Share
• Use email, Facebook, Twitter, and dailymile to share your workouts online, automatically updated every few minutes.
• Automatically keep family and friends notified of your location and progress.
• Hear replies from family, coaches, and friends spoken using text-to-speech technology.
• Share your workout calendar with your friends and coaches.
Import/Export
• Import a route or virtual competitor by simply tapping on a GPX, TCX or KML link or file in Mail or Safari.
• Export detailed CSV, GPX, TCX or KML files for use in maps, graphs, and social fitness sites.
For cycling, running, walking, skiing, skating, and more
• Cyclemeter, Runmeter, Walkmeter, and 5K Runmeter are built from the same core foundation, but come preconfigured for cycling, running, walking, or training.
• Each app supports all features, activities, and plans.
From the press
• Obsessively complete... a killer app — Wired
• Records a wealth of data — Macworld
• Clean, easy-to-use — New York Times
• Amazingly rich with features -- PC Magazine
Does not support iPod touch, which lacks GPS capabilities. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his now-famous speech to 250,000 people in Washington, D.C. "Even though we face the difficulties of today & tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream ..." 50 years ago yesterday.
Empathic listening is also risky. It takes a great deal of security to go into a deep listening experience because you open yourself up to be influenced. You become vulnerable. It's a paradox, in a sense, because in order to have influence, you have to be influenced. That means you have to really understand.
Mispronounce the boss's name twice in a day.
People would be wise to stay out of your way today, even before they find out what you ate for dinner last night. Stick to your guns but lighten up on the bean dip until mid-September.
Thank you. Whoopee! Thank you, that was very nice. I haven't heard applause like that since Dolly Parton & Loni Anderson went jogging. -Johnny Carson 1981
To avoid toenail fungus, keep feet dry & clean, & remove athletic socks & shoes immediately after working out.
Tree That Owned Itself was a famous oak tree in Georgia that supposedly owned the deed to "itself & all the land within 8' of it on all sides." The tree has since died, but the Son of the Tree That Owns Itself, planted on the same spot, is still there.
World's smallest countries top 10:
- Vatican City
- Monaco
- Nauru
- Tuvalu
- San Marino
- Liechtenstein
- Marshall Islands
- Maldives
- Malta
- Grenada
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