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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Urban Homesteading Musings : Backyard Beekeeping
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 | Original Musings by
Jen
A twitter feed today caused my ADD to itch. Combine that with industry mags I get at work telling the woes of how the bee populations in our country are slowly dying and you have my google time suck of the day:
Backyard Beekeeping
I don't like bees. In fact, I have a strange suspicion based on a sting reaction when I was 11 that I am allergic to them. Did I let those two facts stop me from researching the possibilities of bees in my backyard?
Nope. That would just be silly!
Didn't I warn you about my projects that start with the words, "How hard can this be?"
I now am following:
http://twitter.com/beekeeping_Tips
http://twitter.com/abeeorganic
http://twitter.com/HelpSaveBees
and have a few google books boomarked (here's ONE for tonight's reading) and will report back on the feasibility of this project.
Want to know what groups and association of backyard keepers exist in your area? Try going to this site: State Honey and Beekeeping Associations.
Organic bees in my backyard? This strangely appeals to me.
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Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Constance McMillen's "Fake Prom" (Mississippi Goddamn indeed)
In 1963 Nina Simone wrote a song called "Mississippi Goddamn". Even today, it's an in-your-face political and social statement on the sad, pathetic state of affairs in the South. Racism.
She was tired of it, and let you know. The (partial) lyrics below do not even begin to describe the depth and strength of her song. In my opinion, it is well worth your time to catch it on YouTube. It's powerful and you can't help but feel her pain. Go watch it, then come back here and finish this post ;)
Unfortunately, the racial divide remains in the South. Ignorance and hate is still alive and well. This time though, the focus is on a High School Senior, Constance McMillen.
Constance wanted to take another female to the prom. The school canceled the prom, and a group of parents put on a private prom. Supposedly, Constance was sent an invite, but when she showed up, there were less than 10 kids there. They had sent her to a fake prom. Here are pictures from the actual prom. No Constance.
What is the Itawamba County School District and the parents of the Seniors trying to teach their kids?
What do they have to fear from this couple attending?
What is there to gain by ostracizing these girls?
How will these kids feel in 10 years for their part in Hate Prom 2010?
IN THE YEAR 2010 THIS LEVEL OF HATE IS STILL BEING ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
It makes me sick. This has NOTHING to do with a left or right agenda, or trying to shove anyone's beliefs down their throats. It is simply about equality for all, regardless of sexual orientation.
Like Nina said, "You don't have to live next to me/Just give me my equality."
Mississippi Goddamn indeed.
Lryics of Mississippi Goddamn by Nina Simone (1963).
The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam
And I mean every word of it
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Can't you see it
Can't you feel it
It's all in the air
I can't stand the pressure much longer
Somebody say a prayer
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
This is a show tune
But the show hasn't been written for it, yet
Hound dogs on my trail
School children sitting in jail
Black cat cross my path
I think every day's gonna be my last
Lord have mercy on this land of mine
We all gonna get it in due time
I don't belong here
I don't belong there
I've even stopped believing in prayer
Don't tell me
I tell you
Me and my people just about due
I've been there so I know
They keep on saying "Go slow!"
But that's just the trouble
"do it slow"
Washing the windows
"do it slow"
Picking the cotton
"do it slow"
You're just plain rotten
"do it slow"
You're too damn lazy
"do it slow"
The thinking's crazy
"do it slow"
Where am I going
What am I doing
I don't know
I don't know
Just try to do your very best
Stand up be counted with all the rest
For everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
I made you thought I was kiddin' didn't we
Picket lines
School boycotts
They try to say it's a communist plot
All I want is equality
for my sister my brother my people and me
Yes you lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
And talk real fine just like a lady
And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie
Oh but this whole country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
I don't trust you any more
You keep on saying "Go slow!"
"Go slow!"
But that's just the trouble
"do it slow"
Desegregation
"do it slow"
Mass participation
"do it slow"
Reunification
"do it slow"
Do things gradually
"do it slow"
But bring more tragedy
"do it slow"
Why don't you see it
Why don't you feel it
I don't know
I don't know
You don't have to live next to me
Just give me my equality
Everybody knows about Mississippi
Everybody knows about Alabama
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Cooking 101 Lesson : Using Lemons (practical advice)
I've been cooking since I was 8. You would think in the last 20 (some) years since I started cooking, I would learn the following lesson:
Do Not Squeeze Lemon Without Gloves if You Are a Nail-Biter and Pulled on a Hangnail Earlier That Day.
The pain that will ensue to equal or greater than the pain of walking half asleep over the living room rug to step on a corner of a lego. But without the 3 am surprise factor.
Another side affect is that you may say a word (or three) that makes cooking-dinner-time a not-so-family-friendly event. There will be nothing Zen-ful about the 30 seconds that follow this incident.
Lastly, if you decide to disregard my advise, I am not responsible for any wrinkles that may permanently appear on your face from the wincing involved.
This is my public service announcement for today. Carry on.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Attn Gmail users. Can you answer these questions?
Dear Gmail Users,
Below is a link to a form to regain access to your gmail account if it is ever hacked. I suggest looking at the form closely and writing down the answers PRIOR to your account getting hacked. Or loose your gmail account forever. Really.
I blogged earlier in the month about getting hacked ( I was hacked ). I got everything covered and back except one thing. My valued gmail account.
My gmail account was obviously somehow linked with the yahoo account that got hacked. It's not just ANY gmail account (like this blogger account), it was MINE:
MyFirstName(dot)MyLastName@gmail.com
MyFirstName(dot)MyLastName@gmail.com
I'm sure you're wondering right now why can't I email someone. I did. I have. MANY, MANY times. They refer me to this link:
I'm not sure what the d-bag hacker changed, but obviously my answers to these questions (like 5 of my contacts) is wrong. I've attempted this form 14 times. 14 times I get the following auto-response:
Thank you for your report. We've completed our investigation and cannot return your account at this time. We were unable to verify that you own this account based on the information you provided.
If you can provide additional information to verify that you own this
account, please visit:
http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/request.py?ara=1
and submit another report. Whether we can return access to this account depends on the strength and accuracy of your responses, so be sure to provide as much information as possible. If you're unsure about specific dates or information, provide your best guess.
To create a new account, please visit
https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount
We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation and understanding.
Regards,
The Google Team
Inconvenience? It's more than that. My daughter's school communicates to me through that, my registration for anything important (sorry gap.com, you get my throwaway yahoo), and my friends and family are linked through there.
I can't remember when I opened that account. I could probably look at my emails and see when I received the first one. Oh wait. I can't.
I can't tell you when I first starting using google docs. All I know is that I have tons of info in there, and even my houshold budget, and can't access it.
I could go on and on about how I try that form with each month of 2007, but it's pointless. If the dbag erased all my contacts like he did while in my yahoo account..... I'll never answer that bot-form correctly.
So, dear Gmail users. Take a lesson from me, and if you don't use outlook or other programs that downloads your emails (ie you do it all online) you risk losing it all and despite having 12.675 forms of ID to show it's yours, Google and Gmail don't care.
Good luck.
Sincerely,
Me.
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Monday was hell and everyone wants to know why I "defriended" them on facebook.
Monday was hell. Let me try and make this short.
Monday my yahoo was hacked and sent an email to over 500 contacts, including vendors and customers, friends, and family stating I was in Wales and send me money.
I could deal with that.
Then he/they got into my FB account and locked me out of there. Despite several emails exchanges, I still don't have access. In fact, I didn't hear back from the FB rep yesterday.
Then he/they went on to other sites associated with this email address (like facebook) and click "forgot password" and went on to reset my passwords. About 5 hours after the first email was sent from this d-bag, I get a noticed from ebay that my account was suspended due to suspicious activity. He/they bid on close to 15 laptops. Luckily, ebay caught it and shut my account down (but I now have it back).
Then he went into my XX@gmail account. I tried answering the questions to regain that account, but obviously I didn't answer something right. Because after 4 attemps, I have 4 emails from google stating I did not provide enough information, and I'm locked out of that account.
I was on the phone with yahoo for over 2 hours trying to regain control of THIS account, but while on the phone, I was getting notifications from facebook, gmail, ebay, etc that my passwords were being changed. I couldn't keep up with him/them. I then realized since I had this yahoo account for like 4 years, that many of my financial institutions were associated with this account, so I immediately starting changing the passwords on those accounts, then called the banks and put fraud alerts. then I called my cc companies. They ALL decided to cancel my CCs and send me new ones. I had to take a business trip yesterday with the $23 I had and a company card. I felt naked.
So, Monday all in all it took about 7 hours to clean up the chaos he/they created. This doesn't include getting calls from vendors, co-workers, and customers telling me they think I've been hacked, others who hadn't talked to me in awhile concerned I really was stuck in Wales, and the embarassment of it all.
It was truly hell.
Monday my yahoo was hacked and sent an email to over 500 contacts, including vendors and customers, friends, and family stating I was in Wales and send me money.
I could deal with that.
Then he/they got into my FB account and locked me out of there. Despite several emails exchanges, I still don't have access. In fact, I didn't hear back from the FB rep yesterday.
Then he/they went on to other sites associated with this email address (like facebook) and click "forgot password" and went on to reset my passwords. About 5 hours after the first email was sent from this d-bag, I get a noticed from ebay that my account was suspended due to suspicious activity. He/they bid on close to 15 laptops. Luckily, ebay caught it and shut my account down (but I now have it back).
Then he went into my XX@gmail account. I tried answering the questions to regain that account, but obviously I didn't answer something right. Because after 4 attemps, I have 4 emails from google stating I did not provide enough information, and I'm locked out of that account.
I was on the phone with yahoo for over 2 hours trying to regain control of THIS account, but while on the phone, I was getting notifications from facebook, gmail, ebay, etc that my passwords were being changed. I couldn't keep up with him/them. I then realized since I had this yahoo account for like 4 years, that many of my financial institutions were associated with this account, so I immediately starting changing the passwords on those accounts, then called the banks and put fraud alerts. then I called my cc companies. They ALL decided to cancel my CCs and send me new ones. I had to take a business trip yesterday with the $23 I had and a company card. I felt naked.
So, Monday all in all it took about 7 hours to clean up the chaos he/they created. This doesn't include getting calls from vendors, co-workers, and customers telling me they think I've been hacked, others who hadn't talked to me in awhile concerned I really was stuck in Wales, and the embarassment of it all.
It was truly hell.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
WTF is wrong with people?
When for the sake of a bargain, you are willing to step over (and on) a lifeless body... these are problems of humanity that go beyond terrorists, defaulting mortgages, and our economic crisis. Humanity in that moment lost its soul.
This man was over 250 pounds, yet people in the search of a tv that is 50% off, decided that their wallet was more important than his life.
I am appalled beyond words.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/30walmart.html?em
This man was over 250 pounds, yet people in the search of a tv that is 50% off, decided that their wallet was more important than his life.
I am appalled beyond words.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/30walmart.html?em
Friday, April 21, 2006
My Series of Unfortunate Events......
While reading this, you may want to refrain from drinking anything as it might it up on your monitor.
OK, it all started Thursday with a employee ripping my ass over what I determined to be a lot of ego problems he's having and with his lack of success, but I'll go into that at a later time. His 40 minute rant obviously made him feel better. And really, what 40-year-old man wants a 29-year-old-woman (despite the fact I've been trading 8.5 years) to "manage" him????
I went home that night with a migraine thinking I could sleep the day off.
Wrong.
My step-dad went into the hospital that night with severe dehydration and bronchitis (he has emphysema to begin with). I got about an hour of sleep at that night.
** migraine plus lack of sleep **
At 8am I am supposed to address " **unnamed employee** Concerns" but I chose not to because of lack of sleep. Now I am accused of avoiding issues. Well, I am not a happy person when I don't get my sleep and you know the saying.... "if you can't say something nice....."
At 11am I go to the Johnson County Courthouse to take care of an issue.... so I went and lost (long story short).
**sniffle sniffle**
I'm sitting on the square trying not to cry. I need to hurry and get out of Olathe so I can stop in and see how my step-dad was doing at Shawnee Mission Hospital...... and as I back out........
what the **Crash**???
Yes, I hit another car who was also backing out on the square. Luckily, damage was minor (my rear panel has a slight dent). Of course 1/2 of the Sheriffs Department was having lunch at the coffee shop on the square and had to come running out to inspect.
** crying **
** wondering how much my deductible is **
As determined by the 7 unformed Sheriffs standing there...... no report was necessary and we exchanged business cards
** wiping brow **
**crying harder than before (which makes me look like an ass) **
As I back away.... call my brother and he starts laughing his ass off and asks how much worse can your day get???
** feeling optimistic that the worst is behind me **
****** Murphey is laughing, but I can't hear him********
Go back to work and have to deal with angry employee who is giving me the cold shoulder.... WTF?
Day is almost over, the end is in sight. I have to go to my church class and frankly, I'm looking forward to seeing the other 9 people, they are a great group.
While driving to class I'm talking to a friend on the phone and Abby is in the backseat and suddenly yells out, "I think I'm going to puke". Either I or the person I'm talking to hangs up because, TRUST ME, you do not want to ignore a 4yo who says that.
We pull over and talk and she feels better, so we continue to church. As we are getting out of the car.....
** spirits lifting as I look forward to spending the next 2 hours with my small group **
......she gives me a weird looks and PUKES all down the DRVIERS seat. And then she started crying and pukes again.
** instantly breaks out laughing and reassuring her everything is ok ** (seriously at this point, THAT was the classic ending, not the car wreck)
I call her dad to come get her and bring me some towels and basically the rest of the evening was uneventful. After he picked her up and I cleaned up my car, went to class and was able to get 5 hours of sleep last night.
** still a little edgy from lack of sleep **
Today.... I believe the reign of Murphey is over. But I refused to say that outloud.
So, that really has to be the worst 24hour period of the last 6 months at least.
** laughing as I write this because my poor writing skills can not convey how bad of a day this was and the range of emotions I experienced**
So, next time your day is bad, bookmark this, come back and read it and realize that while my day COULD HAVE been worse, certainly, this ranks in the top 10 worst 24 hour periods of my life.
Have a great day.
Moral of the story : Do not tempt Murphey, he has a wicked sense of humor.
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