Open Thread – Likin’ the Lichen
There’s just something about lichen that’s so….lichable. This combination of lichens is not unusual around here, and can be found covering large rocks at higher elevations above tree line. Photographed up close, they transform into beautiful abstract images that are positively artistic.
Enjoy the shiny new open thread!
I don’t dye, too messy.
I piece and applique. Quilt by hand and machine. Draft a lot of my own patterns.
I think using batiks and then overstitching with contrasting thread could get you the effect you’re looking for. Perhaps silk rather than metallic thread.
Anyone else smiling that almost 48 hours and no crappy leak to Us Magazine or People about Levi, from the Palin, clan? Must be something amazing he could tell he to shut them up because we know they do not care about continuing harassments against the best interest of the children or Alaska reputation.
Rex Butler is my new hero!!! Tank is just pure comedy…VERSATILE VERSATILE!!!
Austin Says:”Should’ve turned her on to Janeane Garofalo !!”
Damn, J.G. is bright and quick. I remember her doing the rounds on the war to political news shows getting told to sit down/shut up because she was making too much sense.
Quilters all – maybe we should take this to the Forum? I’m not too familiar with how that works, but if someone will start, Maybe we could even scrabble up a wall hanging for AKM!!
mlaiuppa – thanks for the info on photo transfer. sounds like it is probably best for a wall hanging or something that isn’t going to get a lot of use. I am a Batik nut – 95% of my fabric is Batik. The colors and textures are so rich and varied. Pretty sure I could find enough fabrics in my closet to match the lichen. I’m addicted, I’m afraid! A friend and I tried making our own a few years ago. The dying was fun and so was the Batiking (that is except for boiling the wax out!) My daughter wants to try this summer. I’m not sure if we can take over the garage or not yet. Do you dye your own?
I missed InJuneau’s comment about the art quilt earlier. sounds Beautiful! Art quilting is on my adventure to do list!
Has there been any word/updates from the Hope truck convoy…. or any word on the progress.?
I’m a quilter.
You can print a photo on transfer paper and iron it on. But it will probably fade over time with washings and will be difficult to quilt through.
There are also chemicals you can apply to fabric and run it through a printer and then iron it to set the ink. But that limits you to the size of fabric you can put through the printer. And not all printers like fabric “paper”.
If *I* were going to do a quilt of the lichens, I wouldn’t use a photo and try to print it. I’d go shopping for Hoffman batiks and I’d pick and chose areas that most closely matched or gave a feel for those areas in the photo, then I’d piece them together. Free form applique. If you’re really adventurous…then learn to dye your own fabrics and reproduce the lichens that way.
ChicagoMom – definitely no judging here. We homeschool at the moment. Homeschooling is pretty big in Alaska for a lot of different reasons and there are a lot of options. It’s not just for the wingnuts. both Homeschooling and Public schooling can turn out exceptional, average, and troubled kids. Depends a lot on all the factors involved.
AKM- Sarah- press release, giving foreign policy advise to Obama-
May 29, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin called on President Barack Obama to take a firm stand against North Korea and defend the states and territories of the United States of America and American allies on the Korean peninsula.
This morning, North Korea launched its sixth short-range missile since Monday’s nuclear test. North Korea has also stated that it is no longer bound by the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.
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Ouch Sarah the armistice didn’t end the war.
Notice the troops on the borders, the mines , the DMZ…
Nope the war did not end.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/5397767/South-Korea-and-US-troops-raise-alert-level-over-North-Korean-threat.html
South Korean and US troops stationed at the North Korean border have been put on the highest alert level in three years in response to threats from Pyongyang of a military attack…
crystalwolf aka caligrl
The first comment I saw was the funniest I’ve seen in a long time:
“With a signature like that, she’s ready to start a collection of housewares. ”
Oboy.
Nan
Has anyone else read the GQ Levi Johnston interview yet? It’s available online. It was interesting to learn that Levi and Bristol were ‘homeschooling’ together online at her house. When asked if this was when Tripp was conceived he wouldn’t comment. My husband says it sounds like they were teaching themselves some sex education. This must be the period of time that Levi was referring to when he said Sarah must have know that Levi and Bristol were having sex, because they were basically living together. As a former homeschooler, I’m disgusted by this. Please don’t judge us all by this.
Yes she revealed his location (repubs are like that, yes they are 🙂 )
But its all a joke on the conservatives!!
http://gawker.com/5272953/sarah-palin-reveals-top+secret-colbert-report-iraq-appearance
Tigerwine –
what kind of class? That sounds pretty! What about an Ohio Trail and adding the lichen print in two of the four patches in the corners as well. Are you using the lichen print in the border?
Nan – I hate set in seams, too!
Drat, the “star” quilts kinda run together for me… I’ll look up Ohio star – and it sounds gorgeous!
I’d been leaning toward maybe a star made in 9-patch form. Solid center – oh, that’s what you just said! Duh!
or one of those pinwheel types, using the diamond shape? Every other diamond a lichen print, the other ones various coordinating colors. Although that center seam can be a pain.
Or background for “card trick” I think that has another name, not sure.
off to find a picture of Ohio star
Oooh Tigerwine, that would be gorgeous.
QuiltAK, InJuneau and Nan – how about an Ohio Star, with the lichen as the middle square, and the triangles picking up the other colors – one color in each square. Wouldn’t this be stunning with a black background? I’m taking a class, and have to make some samples, I just might try working with these colors. What fun!
It’s Saturday morning and I have chores but no Demo Memo to listen to. Does anyone know where CC has been lately? Housework isn’t the same without her. 🙁
Good for you Isabella. Sometimes even when you don’t think so at the time, something you said got through and the lightbulbs will go off later. At least you gave her something to think about.
My dad just last night was all scandalized because he had just read Obama really didn’t have a US birth certificate – that it was a fake. He’s convinced that the Hawaiian public official that said he had one must be on the take. I had to tell him that rumor had been debunked a long time back, and that there are so many people wishing it were true (starting w/ nuts4nitwits) that if there were a shred of proof, they’d have found it and broadcast it to the universe by now. It’s scary, though, that that rumor is still circulating.
You could embellish with beads. In this year’s Capital City Quilters’ Quilt Show there was an AMAZING ocean scene that was miles wide with all sorts of cool stuff–hidden images in the quilting, beaded stuff, lots of 3D things. If you used fabrics that were already sort of patterned like the image, you wouldn’t have to add as much to make it work.
That would give it great texture! I was thinking about applique for dimension (I’m a bit of a needle turn nut) but that might not work well with a crazy quilt. Oooh, think of the different threads you could use!
I, too, was thinking that a crazy quilt pattern would be the way to go, and you could use the stitching that it typical of old crazy quilts to make the black divisions between the sections.
Tigerwine, InJuneau, Nan and anyone else following the quilt topic. What about a very random bargello with strips of black/almost black between each piece? I don’t think I’d want it to be to linear, though, so maybe more of a crazy quilt type pattern?
Nan, I’ve never actually worked with the photo transfer fabric but from what I’ve heard it’s pretty easy to use.
Guess I should get my butt over to the stash club. I just got done washing and ironing a ton of new stuff that quit man bought for me!
111 Isabella Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 2:30 PM
She basically shut me out but hey, I got my moment for that ignorant comment she made about Obama being the force to take the good woman down cause he is afraid of her.
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Well……..you can teach ’em , but can’t learn ’em…….
Should’ve turned her on to Janeane Garofalo !!
Isabella–You GO, Girl!!
austintx Says “Where is caligrl ?? Today is the 29th. Correct me if I’m wrong , but wasn’t today supposed to be “something” ??”
CALI come one give some hints.
I was in Safeway today when the magazine lady was switching issues. I asked her how well or not well the Bristol, People, cover sold cause I cannot find sales of the issue on line. The woman didn’t even recognize Bristol, as she pulled an edition off the shelves saying that her region the copy did not sell People Magazine, last week well at all.
Then we got into a discussion how I was from Alaska, shamed I voted for Palin, etc… The woman was shocked at what I was updating her about the goings on and in a very accusing tone asked if I was a Democrat. I laughed, told her no, I am registered, Undeclared, never vote Democratic in my life but Palin, forced my hand in the voting booth last election.
I know this was mean, yet getting a very strong vibe this woman donated to one of Palin’s FRAUD accounts I had to inform her that anyone that would give up a hard earned dollar to Palin, when Palin makes over $135,00 a year, gets per diems which cover her living expenses, vacations, food, clothing and has had unlimited access to a state SUV until she refused to pay a minimum for personal useage…was not a very bright person….espcially considering Palin, inked a multi-million dollar (I do not really believe Palin, got more then $10,000 advance) book deal while begging for legal fund money moreover not itemizing the monies requested would go toward.
She basically shut me out but hey, I got my moment 🙂 for that ignorant comment she made about Obama being the force to take the good woman down cause he is afraid of her.
InJuneau & Sauerkraut –
thank you! I guess it backed offstage to get the pictures (there weren’t anywhen I first saw it).
re the twitter thing – I keep wanting to link up “singing like a canary” and tweety and stool pigeon… but it just isn’t working, somehow.
Where is caligrl ?? Today is the 29th. Correct me if I’m wrong , but wasn’t today supposed to be “something” ??
InJuneau Says “–HA, another case of closing the barn door AFTER the horse got out, I’d say…”
Soon enough we should be hearing the excuse about the meanie liberal media twisting her words. Hope Colbert gives her his wrath.
Lisabeth Says “Isabella I sent you a message at twitter”
I just saw it. Thanks. Palin, she is a coward. Once her minions start reaping the wind for their abuse of stature in state offices they will turn on her so fast AKM won’t be able to keep up.
Isabella–HA, another case of closing the barn door AFTER the horse got out, I’d say…
Nan–I don’t know much about printing on fabric except that there may be types you can run through an ink jet printer that are on a paper backing then you peel it off and use it or there are iron-ons you can print on and then put on fabric. (BTW, this is the Open Thread, so nothing’s off topic here!). I am on the Forum (same name there). If you want to set up a thread to ask questions, go ahead. We already have a Mudpuppies Stash Club thread in the “Mudflats Clubs & Shared Experiences” section, so that might be a good place to add it.
UPDATE: WHAT A RELIEF! We are pleased to relate to you all that a Palin spokeswoman tells Ben Smith that we may continue to consider Stephen Colbert’s final Persian Gulf destination to be shrouded in mystery:
Spokeswoman Sharon Leighow e-mails: “The governor taped a shout-out for troops for the ‘Colbert Report’ to air next month. Steve Colbert will be in the Persian Gulf sometime next month doing some of his shows.”
Alaskan Sisu Says “Isabella – the Governor is looking very cheeky.”
She looks like a bloated cow.
“ADN probably made sure it was ok with the Pentagon.”
LMAO @ the image someone at ADN being a responsible journalist.
Isabella – the Governor is looking very cheeky.
Another “what the he-double toothpick was she thinking” for Alaskans. It was too quiet this week so she tuned up her twitterbug a little – you know, it’s all about her anyway – Colbert who?
LOVE the accompanying photo.
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/82986/thumbs/s-PALIN-AND-COLBERT-large.jpg
“This is like Geraldo mapping out troop positions on live TV. ”
The bastard should have been STRUNG UP for this. I still am livid just remembering.
Nan–it’s back now!
Nan- at immoral minority link shows the mudflats: Ziegler’s folly. I guess there is a new thread somewhere in here.
re the quilt discussion – I’d love to see pictures! Are any of you (quilters) on the forum? I’d like info on how to print on fabric etc but don’t wanna take over the comment section completely
Nan
Nan… there is a new thread, btw. 😎
sauerkraut: Yes.
😉
is likin’ the lichen better than lickin’ the lichen? inquiring mind wants to know.
74 honestyinGov Says: May 29th, 2009 at 12:12 PM
We can’t be too hard on ‘ Missy’ about tweeting on Colbert.
After all… she is an expert on ‘National Insecurity’
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There. Fixed it fer ya. 😎
thanks for the video honesty in government- it is a shocking sight. i understand from, i believe it was rubber room hotel who posted awhile back that the citizens of eagle voted overwhelmingly for the mccain-palin ticket. i wonder what they think now.
Nan–sometimes a new thread appears and then disappears back into the ether for a bit. Something with posting issues. I’m sure it will be back when it’s good and ready…
honestyingov,
Just read that on the Huffpo!! Well done.
The Huffpo story about Sarah tweeting is getting LOTS… of comments.
Apparently some of them were not aware of her ‘wardrobe appearance’ on Memorial Day. I posted the red-shoes pic link.
They seemed to ‘enjoy ‘ it. 😉
Please disregard my previous comment (#81), apparently I’m delusional. Or having hallucinations.
There is currently no new post, even though I HAVE it showing in a different window on my computer.
Some days, it just don’t pay to chew thru them restraints…. sigh.
Nan
I think the twit just tweeted once to often. What is going to happen now….will she appear on the Colbert Report….has she endangered our beloved Stephen? I can’t think how she is going to come out of this twitter unscathed! 🙂
Isabella I sent you a message at twitter! Your tweets about and to Sarah are wild! You are brave! Good for you!!
I was curious is anybody had posted some Youtube posts about the Eagle disaster.
I see that someone called ‘shebango’ has posted quite a few clips.
Here is just one of them. Others might be worth investigating as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gA9AiBCgOI
dr chill you are on a roll. good stuff. hi mudpeeps. gorgeous lichen. …b
I take it comments are closed for the new thread?
And the last line seems to be missing, also-too (in new thread). Not that it’s that hard to figure out…
Post # 64 – honestyinGov said:
What her ” Fans” will really like to know is….
Will she be taping her message in her little mini-skirt and putting on those peep-toe shoes again…?… yu betcha !
Or is is time to pull out the ‘Artic cat ‘ coat…. again. She hasn’t gotten enough use (Money)….. out of wearing THAT one.
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Or she could cover both bases – how about an Arctic Cat mini-skirt !!
Isabella Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 11:07 AM
… Is Palin, … she thinks this is HOT or is her staff goofing on her,…… posting pics of her looking like a hooker on the official govs site for laughs?
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So Todd comes to the guys cook-out with Sarah and Bristol, and his Buddy says ” Todd! I said bring S’mores!”
sorry.. I couldn’t resist…
In Juneau and Quilt AK – Boy, would I like to work with this photo on fabric, then blend in the the yellow/lt. lime, various shades of taupe and gray, white/off white and orangey copper. Now, what pattern should we use?
Yeap, Huffo has post about GINO reveling broadcasting from Iraq.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/29/palin-reveals-colbert-ira_n_209221.html
Guess she’ll tweet again to say her tweet was taken out of context.
ADN says Bill McAllister confirmed the month and country for the Colbert trip to the Persian Gulf. ADN probably made sure it was ok with the Pentagon. I feel better. (maybe).
Yesterday I was at the public library and they were selling off old books for 20 cents. Among the old pot-boilers I found two shiny items. They were sealed copies of a DVD called ‘Scientology: an Overview’. I asked the librarian how they got there, and she said she had no idea. This is a tiny part-time branch library in a tiny town ….. and I have to wonder where else these creeps have been leaving their propaganda, hoping to make contact with impressionable minds.
Scientology was banned in this State until 1982. I guess the recent Wikipedia decision may take the Government one step further in considering re-instatement of the ban.
We can’t be too hard on ‘ Missy’ about tweeting on Colbert.
After all… she is an expert on ‘International Security’… seeing as how she watches Putin all the time.
What if He is wearing a Hat though… would she still be able to recognize Him when his head pops up..? Hmmmm…..
Thanks Sarah, you just put the troops in Iraq and Stephen Colbert in HARMS WAY! People who regularly follow Colbert’s show know that he will be going to the Middle East, and his continuing comedy routine was to say that it will be one of seven or so countries. On different shows, he would do a humorous spotlight of another Middle Eastern country. But, he said that he could not tell us where he was going for security reasons.
So, please people of Alaska who are good at filing ethics complaints and such as (to quote last year’s Miss South Carolina). This is like Geraldo mapping out troop positions on live TV. Sarah has just put alot of innocent people at risk, because Colbert would be a high profile target. Doesn’t that woman ever (1) read what she has just written? (2) look in the mirror to check if her outfit is appropriate? (3) listen to herself talk? (4) think first?
Terpsichore–oh, you’re right, it does work much better if you channel at the same time! 😉
This is especially funny if you channel Dana Carvey’s “Church Lady” while reading it:
57 InJuneau Says:
“Terpsichore–well, isn’t that magnanimous of them?!?”
Also, too, regarding Colbert, I only started watching him less than a year ago, and it took me a few epidodes to see what he was doing. I always laughed and enjoyed the show, no matter what stripe of politician or other was the guest. He has a very honed sense of satire.
Those are some seriously ugly-butt red shoes she is wearing for such an official gathering. No wonder they had to pay those stylists and wardrobe people so much on the campaign trail! The woman has not a drop of taste or sense of style!! Nor a filter on her what is appropriate button!
InJuneau Says “Isabella–well of course it’s odd; what else would we suspect. AND, you’re a much braver person than I; there is no way I’d want to get innane little tweets from a twit hitting my computer all day”
I hear you. I am checking Twitter on the web cause I happen to be on line. I do not get random calls or update alerts. Ugly Sarah is disposable not an asset. She is being watched as a farce by most.
JINX Lilybrat 🙂
Isabella–well of course it’s odd; what else would we suspect. AND, you’re a much braver person than I; there is no way I’d want to get innane little tweets from a twit hitting my computer all day (no cell phone…!).
K8KZ–yeah, wouldn’t it be just like her to blow the cover of a secret broadcast by being a twit-erer…
honestyinGov–now, there was an image I just didn’t need! Anyone seen the brain bleach around?
Gee she just won’t STFU and work.
“AKGovSarahPalinMeeting with gasline team to progress new energy for AKns, energy independence for the nation. AGIA project is making great strides.
less than a minute ago from web”
H NO, she is “progressing” again:
Meeting with gasline team to progress new energy for AKns,
InJuneau Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 11:04 AM
the problem child–why, yes, yes, I believe she prob. is!
Isabella–Based on that text, I’d guess that she’s taping some message for them that will be shown later when Colbert is broadcasting from Iraq. I can’t imagine he’d want her along! Maybe he’s going to be visiting Alaska based troops or something, and she thought as their GINO she ought to send them a personal message… 😐
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What her ” Fans” will really like to know is….
Will she be taping her message in her little mini-skirt and putting on those peep-toe shoes again…?… yu betcha !
Or is is time to pull out the ‘Artic cat ‘ coat…. again. She hasn’t gotten enough use (Money)….. out of wearing THAT one.
Stephen Colbert has been joking for weeks about his trip to the mid-east and how he is not allowed to disclose the location nor the date of his trip for security purposes. In one episode, he is stricken by a poisen dart just as he is about to expose the date and location……….joking yet, but probably some seriousness to it. So maybe Scarah will be getting a call for her Tweet slip.
Did anyone see Megan McCain on the Colbert Report? Hilarious! At the end he read from a card that said the only subject she would not talk about was Sarah Palin and he then asked if she wanted to talk about that? No, not a word. Her silence screams and one day I can only hope she spills her guts after having been in the cat-bird seat during the campaign. She also had a bit to say about Bristol and her abstinence campaign and basically how ignorant it was to think that todays young adults could confirm to abstinence rules and is in fact promoting safe sex!
Maybe she is waiting to write her own book!
InJuneau, thanks. After reading it again and again, I came to your same conclusion. Seems odd message.
I am loving her insane posts on Twit today. Just so EVERYBODY knows, lol, she is in the Anchorage office today. Apparently with nothing to do but spend an hour to think up what to post on Twitter.
AKGovSarahPalinDF&G Com. Lloyd & Rural Advisor Moller mtg w/Yukon River res re: upcoming salmon season. Wish I were w there, instead I’m inside Anch office”
QuiltAK–well, either photoshoped on to fabric then quilted or pieced to look like the photos…
Oh yeah, love the “Colbert Report” tweet!
It sounds to me like she is just taping a generic ‘blurb’. The CB team is probably collecting lots of them to use in the show. It does sound like Steve Colbert himself is going to Iraq in June to broadcast the show. But I doubt if Palin and Colbert will be interacting.
Pity. ’cause that would be worth paying money for.
austintx Says “Be kinda fun to watch him jerk her around. She won’t even realize it until it’s too late , if at all.”
Palin is so self absorbed she really believes she is *IT*. She thinks being in People Magazine is an accomplishment and having her FUG MUG on the governors page is a life long free ride. Rude awakening coming her way.
Is Palin, so delusional though she thinks this is HOT or is her staff goofing on her, like the, Emperors New Clothes, then posting pics of her looking like a hooker on the official govs site for laughs?
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/photos.php
the problem child–why, yes, yes, I believe she prob. is!
Isabella–Based on that text, I’d guess that she’s taping some message for them that will be shown later when Colbert is broadcasting from Iraq. I can’t imagine he’d want her along! Maybe he’s going to be visiting Alaska based troops or something, and she thought as their GINO she ought to send them a personal message… 😐
Terpsichore–well, isn’t that magnanimous of them?!?
52 the problem child Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Is she one of those dumbasses that actually believes Colbert is a conservative?
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Be kinda fun to watch him jerk her around. She won’t even realize it until it’s too late , if at all.
Wow, very true!!! It is most likely an absolute EPIC FAILURE to release any agenda of a visiting seated United States representative.
This is how the post is phrased.
“AKGovSarahPalinGetting ready to tape shout-out for our awesome US troops serving overseas! Will be on ‘Colbert Report’ next month, broadcast from Iraq…
about 1 hour ago from web”
I cannot figure out if she is fronting she is going or her taped message is.
I guess Scarah’s Gal Pal will be a a Happy Camper today…. in the News…..
Quote….
“Wikipedia has banned the Church of Scientology and its members from editing its site after discovering that members of the church were editing articles in order to give the church favorable coverage.”
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Sounds like another website (over there > > > ) with their selective and only favorable release of facts and distortions.
(on the HuffPo)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/29/wikipedia-bans-scientolog_n_208967.html
Injuneau – I bet that would be amazing phototransfered onto fabric – wow! Must go play with fabric now!
# Getting ready to tape shout-out for our awesome US troops serving overseas! Will be on ‘Colbert Report’ next month, broadcast from Iraq…42 minutes ago from web
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Is she one of those dumbasses that actually believes Colbert is a conservative?
Isabella–not that I’ll check the Twit-er to find out, but if the twit’s tweeting that, isn’t that illegal or ill-advised or a major breach of protocol or something to let that info out? No one knew Sen. Begich was going to Afghanistan till he was already there…
InJuneau @47: “And Phil’s blog says (maybe it was updated) there were only 275-290 people there at the film showing!”
Ah! Then ignore my numbers in post 38. The Tots got nothing.
To be fair, I actually listened to 2/3rds of Zieglar’s interview this morning on Bob & Mark, and they did announce he lost money, but did say that money from sales of the DVD would still be going to Toys for Tots.
Is Palin, claiming to be going to Iraq?
http://twitter.com/AKGovSarahPalin
Lovely. Like a free form organic mosaic.
tigerwine–ooo, yes, that would be a nice quilt. My spouse and I have talked about doing that with some of the photos in our house…
And Phil’s blog says (maybe it was updated) there were only 275-290 people there at the film showing!
oops, party foul, didn’t mean to post twice – I was stretching and hit something…tgif – very much, also
Just add Ziegler’s name to GINO’s gotcha list – wink wink, thumbs up, 4th of July wave happy dance! Another one taken in “broad daylight”. Mr. Greta’s next.
Just add Ziegler’s name to GINO’s gotcha list – wink wink, thumbs up, 4th of July wave happy dance! Another one taken in “broad daylight”. Mr. Greta’s next.
Can anyone educate me about the availability of internet access in rural Alaska?
It seems like a number of our rural residents are pretty well connected to the internet. Since we need some more jobs out there, why do we not have call centers in places like Emmonak, for example? I just placed a customer service call that went to Manila, Phillippines. I often reach call centers in India. Is there some logical reason we couldn’t capture some of the money that goes off-shore for these call centers and send it someplace in the USA that really needs it?
Tigerwine & Quilt AK
Absolutely!
That looks like a beautiful batik to me!! Definitely!
this is so funny…new porn movie with the sarah palin look alike from eminems video…its called hollywood is nailin paylin..classic
AKM – wonderful photo. Wouldn’t that make a beautiful fabric? Any quilters out there agree with me?
“Over on Progressive Alaska Phil talks about Ziegler’s Movie screening.
About 375 people….attended….? Isn’t that number a little LOW for showing it right in the middle of ‘Palin Country’..?
Especially if Eddie Blowhard was on the radio promoting it as well. I mean who wouldn’t turn down the ‘opportunity’ to get both Ziegler’s AND Eddies autograph.”
Great snark on that last sentence honestyinGov! I was wondering how it went last night. I listened to the radio interview with him of Bob & Mark’s yesterday.
He said the theater seated 1000 – ” … and if we get enough people and we make a profit on the ticket sales, we’re gonna be donating that to Toys for Tots”.
375 x $5 = $1875 minus at least one airline ticket from LA ($600?) and at least one night’s lodging in a hotel ($125?) minus food expense ($100?), taxis or rental car ($50?), and whatever the theater charged to rent it out for the night ($500?) which may or may not have included payment for the box office personnel, cleaning staff, and/or any other theater representative acting as facility manager for the evening.
I’m guessing I’ve lowballed everything, so if I’m close, Toys for Tots got $500 out of it, and that would be great.
If I’m low by about 7% or more, then it will be “Here, Tots, enjoy your 6 board games by Hasbro and a Teddy Bear”.
Which, no doubt, will still be appreciated.
Someone on the OT at you-know-where reported the New York showing didn’t go so well either.
Ziegler’s doing what any filmmaker does, shopping his work, but pretty soon I think he will realize that using Sarah Palin’s name in the film’s subtitle (and so much footage of her in the film) was a HUGE mistake, because we saw, and we knew, it was not the reporters, it was not the questions, it was HER that turned us off.
Fear not, Ziegler’s film is well on its way to having a place alongside that other great documentery that was going to change the world: Remember Ben Stein’s “Expelled”? Anyone? Anyone?
I thought not.
Ooo, pretty, pretty lichens. You are an AWESOME photographer!
Thanks again AKM…. for the little moosey photos.
I may have been able to direct someone to the site here and create a ‘ lurker’.
The story….I was at the tax preparers office and she had some little animal objects by her computer. I brought up the ‘baby animals’ subject and was telling her all about the baby moose. (Romping in your yard… Mommy showing them off to You) Some chit-chat… and how I told her about Mudflats and being talked about in the “Bloggers on the Bus”… etc. Gave her the name and said check it out. When I got back there yesterday the first thing she said was “What was the name of THAT website?” She had me write it down so she wouldn’t forget this time.
Maybe she will ‘visit’… and stay. Spreading that ‘ Mud-Love’ 😉
Please go Declare your support S. Sotomayor. I just did.
Let’s help Obama out. Trying to call my senator’s both numbers are busy.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/standwithsotomayor/
Over on Progressive Alaska Phil talks about Ziegler’s Movie screening.
About 375 people….attended….? Isn’t that number a little LOW for showing it right in the middle of ‘Palin Country’..?
Especially if Eddie Blowhard was on the radio promoting it as well. I mean who wouldn’t turn down the ‘opportunity’ to get both Ziegler’s AND Eddies autograph.
Condoms are cheap and readily available. Levi made a _CHOICE_. It was a stupid choice. Given the girl’s family, it was a really, really stupid choice. GQ mag’s slant on Levi’s tough life is absurd. If fate is fair, the baby will grow up to be a tremendously successful REBELLIOUS TEEN and really make Levi understand how stupid his choice was.
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ValleyIndependent Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Thanks, womanwithsardinecan, for sharing your reasoning. You make a very good point, though having watched the video of the woman testifying that she was unable to save her parents and others from a criminal carrying a gun even though she had a clear shot at him because she had taken her handgun out of her purse and left it in her car, we will just have to agree to disagree on this one. I do respect your opinion though, and always enjoy your thoughtful posts.
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I also respect your opinion. It is a difficult subject.
Check out this 30-second video of a bear dancing in woods – very funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJSFwnfHWkY
Thanks, womanwithsardinecan, for sharing your reasoning. You make a very good point, though having watched the video of the woman testifying that she was unable to save her parents and others from a criminal carrying a gun even though she had a clear shot at him because she had taken her handgun out of her purse and left it in her car, we will just have to agree to disagree on this one. I do respect your opinion though, and always enjoy your thoughtful posts.
I love lichen and all kinds of fungus and mushrooms they are amazingly beautiful.
On the hand gun issue I have to admit I carry a pistol when I go berry picking when I am by my self.
It is much easier to carry than a shot gun or rifle.
My perception of the Levi debacle is that a young man with a questionable upbringing was thrust into the spotlight against his will. I would have not been capable at the age of 18 to know what was in store for me in that situation. He is in the center of a storm now, and I do not think that being known as the baby daddy is a very good way to start out your young adulthood.
He is a victim as is Bristol. Can you imagine what all that “stuff” is doing to her head. Her mother’s big adventure probably made a big impression on her
What kind of future lies ahead for her? Selling Real Estate in the Valley and marrying someone who will be approved of by that family. She’ll be married in a year to someone with a nice bank account and good republican values. She’ll reproduce like her mother and do as she’s told. What a life, just sad.
i read the gq article about levi and i dont know why but it made me a little sad. maybe because im a woman and a mother but he just comes across as a good kid that got dealt a kinda crappy hand. now if it comes out he has lied about certain things i will reconsider my opinion but im team levi. i voted hot by the way. cant help it. 🙂
austintx thanks for the link…
Sotomayor…i’m just watching the press briefing/PrezO announcement…WOWI haven’t been paying attention, very moving, she’ll be great on the Court
What lens/camera are you shooting with AKM? I’ve been trying to take shots of my honeybees, have a tamaron 20-200 on my Nikon and haven’t perfected much of anything. It’s fun lying on my belly in the sun watching my girls! The stills from the museum were really beautiful!
Looks like a mosaic.
Can’t get me to change my mind on the handgun. A Mossberg shotgun is just as good protection and you can’t hide it under your shirt to blow away innocent people. It is the easy hideability and transport of handguns I don’t like.
As for bear, I’ve eaten it. Good stuff. I’ve eaten mountain lion, deer, elk, reindeer, moose, testicles, snails, grasshoppers, bunnies, chickens, whatever. Food is food. As long as Levi eats it or gives it to people who need some meat in their freezer, I’m fine with the rifle.
womanwithsardinecan, I agree with you that rifles are fine as long as they are used for target practice (in appropriate places and with appropriate targets) and to shoot food.
However, I am also fine with handguns used for target practice and self-protection. We’ve had a few folks locally who have had unwelcome visitors. I hope you will re-think your anti-handgun position. Remember that it’s not the guns that are the problems, it’s the people that use them in inappropriate ways, and those guys aren’t going to care if having one is illegal.
Our hummingbirds have arrived. We have tall, pinky fluffy flowers around our porch, which seems to attract them. One tiny hummingbird is apparently an art lover–he spent his eating time up checking out the new gargoyles I put on the beams under my eaves. He checked one out front, back, side to side–even tried a small nibble.
womanwithsardinecan Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 6:29 AM
sure are a lot of gun haters out there. I’m anti-handgun and anti-automatic, but if you plan to eat what you kill, nothing wrong with a rifle in my book. And my dad wore camos when he hunted, although he did hunt with a bow.
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Woman, a article came out in GQ and talks about Levi “huntin’ and fishin'” I thought about this last night, come on, do you really eat bear? Or wolverine?
There was several species of animals Levi says he hunts.
I have been along hunting, deer hunting, and the deer was for food. Not a bunch of deer, one deer. (I wasn’t there when the deer was taken, thank god)
They make Levi sound like he just goes around killing every animal in sight, and if that’s true, that’s not right. Its not hunting for subsistence its just wanton killing.
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austintx Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 4:49 AM
Do you think Levi is hot ?? You can vote on Huffpo. Comments are pretty dang funny.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/levin-johnston-in-gq-hot_n_208810.html
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sure are a lot of gun haters out there. I’m anti-handgun and anti-automatic, but if you plan to eat what you kill, nothing wrong with a rifle in my book. And my dad wore camos when he hunted, although he did hunt with a bow.
I hereby nominate Celina Sotomayor for “Mother of the Century”. This woman is amazing !! Have Kleenex ready……..I sure needed some.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/us/politics/28mother.html
EyeOnYou Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 4:09 AM
It reminds me of fractals.
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Thanx 😉
caligrl, how much longer?
the problem child Says:
May 29th, 2009 at 3:43 AM
What a beautiful mosaic!
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I was going to say that too, also! Macro lens, is cool 8)
Beautiful!
Best art seems to come from nature
C. Rock Says “It’s been awfully quite lately where Gino’s concerned,Could be the Calm before the Storm.”
Palin, has been busy on Twitter and name calling Levi, over at Us Magazine. I wonder if she has voted on whether Levi, is Hot on the Huffington poll?
BTW, total B*S* Palin, was in the room while Tripp, was being born. Easily seen Bristol, HATES her mother. Palin, pushing her way in to be the center of everything is OUTRAGEOUS. I hope Levi, sells her out to a high bid and lives well.
It’s been awfully quite lately where Gino’s concerned,Could be the Calm before the Storm.
Do you think Levi is hot ?? You can vote on Huffpo. Comments are pretty dang funny.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/levin-johnston-in-gq-hot_n_208810.html
…How beautiful !
My goodness I can see Italy, Austria, Greece and Eastern Europe from that rock !
Looks like a picture of the earth from outerspace to me,,,Italy, Austria, the Adriatic Sea…wasn’t there science fiction short story where earth (and the human race) was just some microbe in some alien’s petri dish?
I recently heard that the dark lines separating the different kinds of lichens are strict borders, put up as they fight for territory.
Martha, WHAT are you doing still up?
Eye-probably because they are:)
http://matthewjamestaylor.com/art/lichen
It reminds me of fractals.
Woot for lichen! Nature’s art is always so interesting, no?
Go Hope! Go Pressure Washer! Go Eagle! Go Mudpups!
Levi’s interview has a few pictures of his sister, which her in GQ compared to Bristol, merely on a weekly tabloid is going to bring out the green eyed monster at the Palin, compound.
Heads up to who noticed the shirtless baby [icture was taken at a motel. You were right.
http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_9497
http://men.style.com/gq/features/slideshow/v/0609LEVI
I like the lichen. I like it even better that today is Hope departure day. Go Hope !!