Saturday, November 24, 2007
RANDOM UP NORTH POST
open plan. similar to the old cottage, but vaulted ceiling. and wood floor. used to have wood paneling ala the 60's, but with the windows, wasn't bad back then. for me, TOOOOOOOO WHITE! but i hates white.
RANDOM NATURE POST
we have had some snow, frost, cold. most of the snapdragons are gone, but this one growing in the crack of the sidewalk is sill straight and true and the flowers are waiting for the bees. i think there is another one, red by a rose bush.
RANDOM HOARD POST
something from the nazi estate sale. i found it funny this cherub would be enjoying a stein of lager. now i wish i had taken a few more of the tin plaques. i think one talked about vegetarianism.
Friday, November 23, 2007
SATURDAY SWEATER BLOGGING
ahh, bay knit studios yarn. great yarn, pit of a shop. i did mention the lady who had to knit for the nazis right?
RANDOM UP NORTH POST
a corner of my aunt's decorating. she really likes cobalt blue.
FRIDAY ART BLOGGING
another native american i did in denmark. my least favorite. but then the oil is so awesome.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
RANDOM NOT THANKSGIVING POST
well, it has been a year since i found out that keith died. it hasn't gotten much better this loss i feel. i signed up for that stupid e-harmony. so far, no matches. sort of like in life, where it has been damned hard finding a man like keith in the first place. finding someone close should be just as fucking hard. would be just my luck he is a jew living in japan. BUT BUT BUT I LOVE PIGGY! and bacon. tho, they don't eat seafood......and they are cut.......
well, it has been a year since i found out that keith died. it hasn't gotten much better this loss i feel. i signed up for that stupid e-harmony. so far, no matches. sort of like in life, where it has been damned hard finding a man like keith in the first place. finding someone close should be just as fucking hard. would be just my luck he is a jew living in japan. BUT BUT BUT I LOVE PIGGY! and bacon. tho, they don't eat seafood......and they are cut.......
TURKEE!
happy thanksgiving. going to have another boring one, but i already made 1/2 a turkee breast. 4lbs $2.99 fresh bird. not a supermarket one. brined it overnight. threw it in the oven after searing it sorta. my handy dandy meat timer card was way off, but it came out late excellent. gravee ok. not the best ever, but good. sliced meat into gravee for tomorrow. no stress T-day. tho overcooked the brownies. ok, i didn't. cranberry fluff good-i should post the recipe. uh uh
2 cups ground raw cranberry.
3/4 cup sugar
1 can crushed pineapple
3 cups mini marshmallows um.....
i pint of whipped whipping cream
put in fridge overnight. when gets too liquid-add more marshmallows.
some might want to add chopped nuts.
2 cups ground raw cranberry.
3/4 cup sugar
1 can crushed pineapple
3 cups mini marshmallows um.....
i pint of whipped whipping cream
put in fridge overnight. when gets too liquid-add more marshmallows.
some might want to add chopped nuts.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
RANDOM MADISON POST
where geronimo lives. amongst the knotty pine.
FELINE EXPLOITATION WEDNESDAY
sbil from OS 9. one of the few files transfered.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
RANDOM UP NORTH POST
it is not a Carla R house if it doesn't have a few old clocks ticking. and i love the old candy mold. you shall see how i loves molds. pansypoo says as she is thinking about bidding on ebay for another one.
60?
60? more obscenely retarded Bush weeks to go
60? more assine Bush weeks to go
stem cell breakthrough delights the whight house
georgie probably thinks he did it all by himself, the louse
60? more godawful Bush weeks to go
or should i say something about the turkeys
60? more Bush weeks to go
60? more Bush weeks to go
georgie pardons the annual turkeys
Lunch and Dinner make no gravees
60? more $#@% Bush weeks to go
more hard werk for georgie.
60? more assine Bush weeks to go
stem cell breakthrough delights the whight house
georgie probably thinks he did it all by himself, the louse
60? more godawful Bush weeks to go
or should i say something about the turkeys
60? more Bush weeks to go
60? more Bush weeks to go
georgie pardons the annual turkeys
Lunch and Dinner make no gravees
60? more $#@% Bush weeks to go
more hard werk for georgie.
RANDOM MADISON POST
ruby's rainbow. in my cousin's adopted daughters room, she made a rainbow out of my roadkill.
TOESDAY!
packer toes. new random post. sigh. i should redo the fallage toes...next fall.
Monday, November 19, 2007
RANDOM FALLAGE POST
red climber plant mom loves. if only it was climbing something nicer, like a tree or something. i like the leaves, but the blossom is kinda boring.
RANDOM HOARD POST
this is a small ancient bronze korean(in japanese style) from an estate sale i went to a year or so into my doing them. HUGE house on lake drive. one of the arts and crafts homes with a bronze plaque and lots of original features inside. people who lived there MAJOR art pottery collectors and such. i have lots of photos i will post eventually. need my OS 9 files!
in the basement were tons of old auction catalogues and boxed lots. i dug in this one box of very old bronze korean bells and found this plaque. has 2 holes i think. no idea what it is, but very nice. very pretty. i think i got this and a bell for $2 each. gotta look at my notebooks.
also found out about a luncheon plate i had gotten at another sale for 50ยข. they had a complete set of dishes like it. same pattern as the one at this well known yosemite lodge. think yosemite. built of concrete to look like wood. saw a doc on it.
MONDAY NOT_ROADKILL BLOGGING
cosmic cosmo. i did this in 1998 when i was in denmark. sitting in the old tante andante hus. i wish i could get more of that paper. at fist i hated it, but once i got used to it, i did some nice watercolors.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
NOT RANDOM RANT
how many saudis were on the planes on 9/11 again?
CNN) -- A court in Saudi Arabia increased the punishment for a gang-rape victim after her lawyer won an appeal of the sentence for the rapists, the lawyer told CNN.
The 19-year-old victim was sentenced last year to 90 lashes for meeting with an unrelated male, a former friend from whom she was retrieving photographs. The seven rapists, who abducted the pair and raped both, received sentences ranging from 10 months to five years in prison.
The victim's attorney, Abdulrahman al-Lahim, contested the rapists' sentence, contending there is a fatwa, or edict under Islamic law, that considers such crimes Hiraba (sinful violent crime) and the punishment should be death.
"After a year, the preliminary court changed the punishment and made it two to nine years for the defendants," al-Lahim said of the new decision handed down Wednesday. "However, we were shocked that they also changed the victim's sentence to be six months in prison and 200 lashes."
The judges more than doubled the punishment for the victim because of "her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media," according to a source quoted by Arab News, an English-language Middle Eastern daily newspaper.
Judge Saad al-Muhanna from the Qatif General Court also barred al-Lahim from defending his client and revoked his law license, al-Lahim said. The attorney has been ordered to attend a disciplinary hearing at the Ministry of Justice next month.
Al-Lahim said he is appealing the decision to bar him from representing the victim and has a meeting with Justice Minister Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh on Monday.
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"Currently she doesn't have a lawyer, and I feel they're doing this to isolate her and deprive her from her basic rights," al-Lahim said. "We will not accept this judgment and I'll do my best to continue representing her because justice needs to take place."
Al-Lahim said he wanted the Justice Ministry to take "a very clear standing" on the case, saying the decision is "judicial mutiny against reform that King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz started and against Saudi women who are being victimized because of such decisions."
Women are subject to numerous restrictions in Saudi Arabia, including a strict dress code, a prohibition against driving and the need for a man's permission to travel or have surgery. Women are also not allowed to testify in court unless it is about a private matter that was not observed by a man, and they are not allowed to vote.
The Saudi government recently has taken some steps toward bettering the situation of women in the kingdom, including the establishment earlier this year of special courts to handle domestic abuse cases, adoption of a new labor law that addresses working women's rights, and creation of a human rights commission.
WHY DID WE TAKE OUT SADDAM? why didn't we invade saudi arabia? THEY HAVE OIL TOO!
and SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad georgie defeated the taliban.
oh, they are back?
uh, what side is georgie on?
how many saudis were on the planes on 9/11 again?
CNN) -- A court in Saudi Arabia increased the punishment for a gang-rape victim after her lawyer won an appeal of the sentence for the rapists, the lawyer told CNN.
The 19-year-old victim was sentenced last year to 90 lashes for meeting with an unrelated male, a former friend from whom she was retrieving photographs. The seven rapists, who abducted the pair and raped both, received sentences ranging from 10 months to five years in prison.
The victim's attorney, Abdulrahman al-Lahim, contested the rapists' sentence, contending there is a fatwa, or edict under Islamic law, that considers such crimes Hiraba (sinful violent crime) and the punishment should be death.
"After a year, the preliminary court changed the punishment and made it two to nine years for the defendants," al-Lahim said of the new decision handed down Wednesday. "However, we were shocked that they also changed the victim's sentence to be six months in prison and 200 lashes."
The judges more than doubled the punishment for the victim because of "her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media," according to a source quoted by Arab News, an English-language Middle Eastern daily newspaper.
Judge Saad al-Muhanna from the Qatif General Court also barred al-Lahim from defending his client and revoked his law license, al-Lahim said. The attorney has been ordered to attend a disciplinary hearing at the Ministry of Justice next month.
Al-Lahim said he is appealing the decision to bar him from representing the victim and has a meeting with Justice Minister Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh on Monday.
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"Currently she doesn't have a lawyer, and I feel they're doing this to isolate her and deprive her from her basic rights," al-Lahim said. "We will not accept this judgment and I'll do my best to continue representing her because justice needs to take place."
Al-Lahim said he wanted the Justice Ministry to take "a very clear standing" on the case, saying the decision is "judicial mutiny against reform that King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz started and against Saudi women who are being victimized because of such decisions."
Women are subject to numerous restrictions in Saudi Arabia, including a strict dress code, a prohibition against driving and the need for a man's permission to travel or have surgery. Women are also not allowed to testify in court unless it is about a private matter that was not observed by a man, and they are not allowed to vote.
The Saudi government recently has taken some steps toward bettering the situation of women in the kingdom, including the establishment earlier this year of special courts to handle domestic abuse cases, adoption of a new labor law that addresses working women's rights, and creation of a human rights commission.
WHY DID WE TAKE OUT SADDAM? why didn't we invade saudi arabia? THEY HAVE OIL TOO!
and SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad georgie defeated the taliban.
oh, they are back?
uh, what side is georgie on?
RANDOM COTTAGE POST
my aunts awesome butcher block. i want one.
