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I haven’t posted in awhile and thought I should take the couple of minutes to say I’m here, I breath of my own free will and I haven’t forgotten about my blog. Life seems to have swept up on me again, and at times it can be a real b@stard. The other issue is winter, I tend to shutdown and do just enough to get myself to work and to do necessary functions. I find myself camped on the couch staring at a TV that keeps me just enough away from the wintery reality to get through it, that is when I’m not doing necessary functions.

I ache to create again and have just started to find the actual desire. I decided I’m not going to beat myself up about it, mainly because it will make me create out of disappointment instead of sheer desire, and that never bodes well.

Other life news is that my Da’s cancer is back and it came back with a vengeance.  What the cancer doesn’t understand is, my family is full of fight, we will make it difficult for it to win the battle. Like I stated on Facebook last night, I will kick cancer right in the…Tumors.

On possible cheerful news… I put in a adoption application for an awesome dog. His name is Wicket and he is a rough coated Brussels Griffon. I have wanted a Griffy for years and years but never had the opportunity to adopt one. The opportunity has arisen and now I must wait to see if I’m the chosen one. Wicket was rescued from a hoarding situation that many many dogs were taken from. Many of the dogs are still in ‘custody’ with their rescuers, not able to be put up for adoption until the legalities are gone through, but a small group was allowed to be adopted out sooner. Although I say ‘custody’ I in no way mean they aren’t in a much better place than they had been. They are now getting the loving adoring attention that they need, desire and require.

Here is a picture of Wicket and his picture will link to the site for his rescue group. Everyone say a good word to the Universe that I can adopt this little guy!

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By Loscil.

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City Revokes Testing Word Ban

News organizations, bloggers and others scoffed at the city’s decision to discourage the use of words like dinosaur, war and Halloween, especially after an Education Department document said the subjects were listed because they “could evoke unpleasant emotions in the students.”

“After reconsidering our message to test publishers and the reaction from parents, we will revise our guidance and eliminate the list of words to avoid on tests. We will continue to advise companies to be sensitive to student backgrounds and avoid unnecessary distractions that could invalidate test scores and give an inaccurate assessment of how students are doing. New York City schools teach the broadest, richest curriculum in the nation and we can’t let this distract from the important work going on our classrooms.”

Article here.

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So you’re old and tired. You own a boardwalk Haunted House which sees very little by way of patrons. As you sit outside the main entrance in a tiny ticket booth reading a favorite book, you’re thinking this might be your last season.

But you say that every year.

Click below for a soundscape I made this morning with that in mind:

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By Jon Glassett.

Such an incredible stand-alone piece of music.

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Another Haunted Attraction of the Jersey shore.
Old School awesomeness.