Feathers

When my son was a toddler, one day he was too big for his baby stroller anymore. His stroller was practically brand new. We’d moved across the country the year before, and the airline broke it. That was tragic because not having a car, I used that thing as a vehicle, for tripping and shopping. [...]

Mt. Prospect, Ill (ThaLunatic Daily) -- Chad Roby, a 34 year old former 6th-grade English and social studies teacher at River Trails Middle School in Mt. Prospect, Illinois has pleaded guilty and been sentenced on one count of possession of child pornography.Police first learned about Roby's activities when they caught him using online chat rooms to chat with under-aged boys. Roby had an interesting conversation with what he thought was a 13 year old boy. It was instead an undercover officer (not likely Roby's type).Roby was arrested in June, 2006 when he set up a meet at a local mall with what he thought was an under-aged boy. Court documents revealed that Roby had sent the undercover officer sexually suggestive photos of himself before going to the mall.Roby's arrest led police to

I realized Porter and Feathers share a special ability to communicate when Porter just sensed that Feathers couldn’t reach the annoying itch right there in the small of her back. Thank God he had precisely the right the tool to help her out. No lady would want those nasty fingernails touching her [...]

I don’t know of many parakeets who are lucky enough to get private sailing lessons. Yet Feathers holds such an exalted place of honor in our house that damn the cost, she merits a boat and a large body of water in which to maneuver. Porter thoughtfully provided a Hot Wheels racetrack as a nearby [...]

After reading an Oh happy day! post. I felt inspired to peruse etsy in search of some lovely hairpieces appropriate for adorning your coif in that spring sunlight. Here are some of my fetching finds. Just click on the picture to be taken directly to the selling url. Enjoy:)

"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Thanks D. for your insightful private email you sent. I love the above quote. How very appropriate. you are indeed right that I did leave out another group who feel like second class citizens. Step children do indeed grow up with this very same feeling that adopted children do. My previous post appears to have ruffled some feathers if I am to judge by both the comments and email received. I am however not swayed. Termination of Parental Rights is not and never should be the Answer to getting and receiving residential placements for the seriously mentally ill child. This is not therapeutic in any way ,shape or form and will indeed cause more trauma than help to a chil

The Olympic torch relay has been marred by crowds, protests over human rights, and general pandemonium. That describes the Glamore house on a daily basis, but we don’t have the huge flames, publicity and the massive police presence. I’m able to handle all of the above solo, through sometimes I resort to calling [...]

So many of you have been pestering me about the oddest topic. How does Feathers stay so fresh and shiny? you ask. Her coloring is breathtaking, but it’s clear that there is personal grooming at work, too. Frankly, it’s been a mystery to me, too, as anything that enters Porter’s room inevitably leaves the [...]

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For the next couple of weeks, it's all about getting ready for Originals Spring Show. I'm still working on the collection of small format paintings on 5 x 7 inch canvas board. Here are a couple more I've finished this week. This one is called Arianna. She's got dramatic blue eyeshadow with all kinds of sparkly glitter. This one is called Alina, yes I'm working my way through the "A"s. She's very glittery and is topped off with a Swarovski crystal and real feather on her head band. And I discovered today that even all cleaned and dyed these feathers are irresistible to both the dog and the cat!

The problem of the plastic contamination could be solved by biodegradable polymers made of poultry feathers, a solution that would also decrease costs in poultry industry. Only in the US over 29 million tons of non-biodegradable plastic waste reach the landfills yearly. “12 % of all plastic packaging ends up in landfills because only a [...]

There are plenty of people who have become very much attached to the ‘law of attraction’ in one way or another, carving out their position, either ‘for’ or (less understandably) ‘against.’ Some of the articles I have read recently are almost evangelical in their fervor – it’s as if the authors are trying to convince the readers that they are right, one way or the other. This says something very interesting about human nature, I suppose – we obviously feel the need to align ourselves with some position or other, to be identified as a follower of this or a proponent of that or a arch-skeptic of the other. I guess we need to ‘belong’ to something, and this also explains, perhaps, the success of social networking on the Internet, where ‘birds of a feather stick together

There are plenty of people who have become very much attached to the ‘law of attraction’ in one way or another, carving out their position, either ‘for’ or (less understandably) ‘against.’ Some of the articles I have read recently are almost evangelical in their fervor – it’s as if the authors are trying to convince [...]

The following text is originally lifted from the trivia section of The Jakarta Post dated Monday, 21 January 2008. ~Compiled from various sources~ 90% of all species that have become extinct have been birds.Although the dodo had wings, it could not lift them into the air.In addition to eating most likely fruits, nuts, vegetation and berries, the dodo also swallowed a large stone to help it digest its food. This phenomenon of stone-swallowing continues today among some bird species of the world.A crow stays with his parents for up to five years after fledgling and helps raise his parent’s new offspring.A crow stays with its mate for life.Crows occasionally kick their subordinates. If a weaker crow has a better or higher perch than its superior, better

It’s been a gloomy evening chez Glamore. Porter was reading with Feathers perched on his shoulder, and somewhere along the way Feathers disappeared. None of us was aware of the problem for several hours, as Porter was confident that Feathers had gone exploring and would soon return. I was in the kitchen fixing [...]

(Here is The Audio Version by Audio Acrobat:) Once upon a time there was a flamingo named Figaro.Figaro was a flamingo with soft, fluffy, pink feathers. Figaro’s feathers were the talk of the town! Everyone liked how pink they were and always took pictures when he would walk by. They would comment on how full Figaro’s feathers were, and how much they wish they had feathers like that. Sometimes pictures of Figaro were put in the town newspaper with stories of how great Figaro’s feathers looked when he was spotted out on the town. Figaro spent a lot of money to take care of his feathers, because he was proud of them and he wanted them to look their best.There was the monthly pruning, weekly conditioning, and daily fluff work of course. Figaro was looking extra sharp and every time he

I found out this morning that I was the lucky winner of the caption contest over at the "Go! Smell the Flowers" blog-- I'm so excited! Apparently, I've won $50 worth of free flowers-- which means, I guess I will be my very own Valentine this year. (Ha-ha! -- sure beats taking myself to H&R Block to have my taxes done, like I usually do. :) )Anyway, thanks very much to the Flower People for choosing my caption for their cute photo. (The title of this post will make sense, when you see the pic, trust me!) You can view that page by clicking here, if you like.Now, I just have to go get the "Flower People" song from the movie "Spinal Tap" out of my head...Anyway, that's my good news for today. Join me tomorrow when I share with you some of my Victorian postcard Valentine collection, and we

In the last couple of days there have been the first glimpses of the new Deans regime direction and inevitably noses are already being put out of joint. The first idea - that the Aussie S14 coaches should all play a role in Wallaby selection - seems eminently sensible; who else will be closer to these players while Deans is still across the dutch? This also gets the next most important... ....follow link for more

The wonderful husband has fixed the computer! Scanner's hooked up (see?), email's on the way ... testing for prints not far behind. I've been spending my creative time at night drawing anything that comes to mind, and then painting whenever and wherever I can. These new paintings aren't supposed to be perfect, far from it. Anything that strikes my fancy gets drawn. I'm not obsessing over details, slavishly researching images (which I couldn't do once my studio's computer was down anyway), or waiting for the perfect moment. My only rules are that I try to draw or paint something every night, and that if something inspires me, no matter how small a detail, I have to give into it and let myself paint it somehow. This mostly happens with the kids in the afternoon; I can either put down a

So bands still do sign to labels. Portland’s very own Horse Feathers has teamed up with indie label Kill Rock Stars to release their sophomore album I presume. Portlanders can catch them when they play two shows at Holocene on December 5th and 6th. Horse Feathers - Hardwood Pews [MP3]

NEW RELEASE: Coheed And Cambria’s released a new album today entitled “No World For Tomorrow”. The track I’ve choosen, “Feathers”, is a solid emo song filled with anger, emotion, and guitar-licked heartbreak. A definite download. ARTIST: Coheed And Cambria ALBUM: No World For Tomorrow SONG: Feathers RELEASE DATE: October 23, 2007 GENRE: Emo CATEGORY: Emo Rock iTunes (Sample, download for a fee. Get iTunes.) Rhapsody (Full length, subscription required. What’s Rhapsody?) Napster (Full length, free to listen. More About Napster.) Last.fm (Social music site.) iLike (Social music site.) MySpace (Artist’s site.) Technorati Tags: Coheed And Cambria, No World For Tomorrow, Feathers, Emo, Emo Rock

(A) View of right ulna of Velociraptor IGM 100/981. (B) Detail from cast of red box in (A), with arrows showing six evenly spaced feather quill knobs. (C) View of right ulna of a turkey vulture (Cathartes). (D) Same view of Cathartes as in (C) but with soft tissue dissected to reveal placement of the secondary feathers relative to the quill knobs. (E) Detail of Cathartes, with one quill completely removed to reveal quill knob. (F) Same view as in (E) but with quill moved to the left to show placement of quill, knob, and follicular ligament. Follicular ligament indicated with arrow. (Credit: Mick Ellison)Science Daily — A new look at some old bones have shown that velociraptor, the dinosaur made famous in the movie Jurassic Park, had feathers. The discovery was made by paleontologists at the American Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum of Natural History.Scientists have known for years that many dinosaurs had feathers. Now the presence of feathers has been documented in vel

Birds are the only animals that have feathers, and they serve several purposes.  Feathers help birds to fly, they keep the birds warm, they attract the attention of potential mates, and they help scare away predators. Did you know that the conure has between 2000 and 3000 feathers on their body?  These feathers grow from follicles that are arranged in rows known as pterylae.  The unfeathered patches of bare skin on your conure’s body are called apteria. A feather is a remarkably designed creation.  The base of the feather shaft, which fits into the bird’s skin, is called the quill.  It is light and hollow, but remarkably tough.  The upper part of the feather shaft is called the rachis.  From the rachis branch the barbs and barbules (smaller barbs) that make up most of the feather.  The barbs and barbules have small hooks on them that enable the different parts of the feather to interlock like Velcro and form the feather’s vane or web.  Feather colour

I just love the Guardian moderator. For the entire day I have watched the way a number of posters have personally continued to attack me. The moderator has sat there on their tod and done nothing.But when I as a doctor defend myself, the Moderator butts in with screaming and shouting and complaining about the T and C. Yet, it should be noted that a number of other posters have broken the T and Cs.I of course ask Ms Mellor to deny a number of things. She refuses to answer said questions of course and now the posting has been removed. The public can make their own assumptions from the material below. I love the personal grudge bit. I suppose Ms Mellor doesn't have a personal grudge against Professor David Southall.The discussions are viewable here.----------------------------------------------------Dear Dr Rita PalI am afraid I have had to once again delete a comment made by you on the'Hemming's Way' thread onCommentIsFree, as below:Ms Mellor I said in my previous postings "Perhaps y

sketches copyright Vivien Blackburnpastel pencils on sugar paperI picked this feather up in the garden and sketched it in different media, experimenting with the different feel of each medium. I like the pastel pencil version best as I could look at the subtle hints of colour in a monochrome subject.carbon pencilWith the carbon pencil it was harder to get the soft greys and the image is less subtle.2B pencilWith pencil it was possible to get the subtler greys but it hasn't scanned as well :(Now, shall I carry on and do some more in water soluble graphite and watercolour ? charcoal? mmm maybe when I have the time I will.

Silly Bird actually enjoys the new construction paper feathers the kids crafted for him. He not only kept them in but pranced around the table doing a bird dance for us.It has been relatively quiet around here lately with the boys on house arrest and sporting better attitudes. The easy thing to do would be to keep them under house arrest just to keep them out of trouble but sadly they need these experiences to learn from. I did get a rather odd compliment from the yahoos today in that the three agreed that I have been more of a mom to them than even their birth moms had been. WOW....now that's a an improvement but it was followed by "you put up with what we dish out and haven't tossed us to the street." Ahh...so that's the criteria in their book for being a good mom ? Or is their actions some test to see if I Bob and I pass ?

Hen-pecked chook's feathersStumps of feathers from a hen-pecked chookOur 12 laying hens have recently been attacking each other to various degrees, and this is the result of a few close encounters with sharp beaks. It's an unusual subject for a photo, but that's a big part of photography - taking a different view at everyday things. This photo was just taken on the spur of the moment when I saw one of the hens being transferred to a new cage.The curves of the feather stems concentrate towards the middle-right section of the image.They form a sort of recurring pattern which does seem to have some order about it. The single remaining feather in the middle of the bunch of short "stumps" brings the sense of contrast in again. The whole picture centers on the basis of curves and two colors - blue/gray and brown/orange.Well, it's already the 14th - entries to the "best bits" survey closed yesterday. I'm sorting through the entries and creating a collection of the best photos from the pa

I had the pleasure of reading the blog of an upland game fan Upland Feathers is written for all of you out there with dreams of taking quail, pheasants, dove, grouse and more. When you all get done picking the feathers out of your teeth head over to the Deer Camp Blog and read about where he came from or we came from..... well you will learn something...I learn tons from both of these blogs.. and ya'all can't forget to stop by and see Othmar and then head off to class at the Outdoor U.Hey Rex.. It's kind of fun trying to rhyme all these blogs together like this...KevThis segment brought to you by of Hunt Info Blog and if you need a great designer check him out.. He is one of the greatest designers I know....Macfarland Design..... I am trying to butter him up because I am going to need his help soon. That being said.. Its all true.. He really is one of the greatest designers I know!!!!!!!Huntinglife.com is a project I am taking on to create a resource to match outfitters and hunte

Momimomi is launching their new line these days with the name Tar and Feathers, and, even though I can't afford throwing $50+ on a t-shirt, I thought it worths mentioning. What can I say, really? the designs are fantastic! Nice, abstract, artistic, colorful pieces... If I could only spend that money... But the good news is that some older designs, equally good, are on sale right now for a much better price. So go ahead my friends and browse a little....

If you blinked you most likely missed it. Smoltzy is one of the few to go from Starter to Closer to Starter again. That’s why when Todd Zolecki of the Philadelphia Inquirer asked John Smoltz about the move of Bret Meyers from opening day starter to closer - got an honest answer. “I don’t understand it, and [...]

A man and his girlfriend make plans to meet each other on a remote island in ten years’ time, rain or shine. When the deadline rolls around, they are long since broken up, but the man goes to the island to keep his appointment. Will his ex show? Release Date:2005 Directed:Il-gon Song Genre:DramaRuntime:90 min Cast:Hyeong-seong Jang,So-yeon Lee Also [...]

Back to electronica this post, with one of Britain's finest exports: Fila Brazillia.I'll start with two pretty old tracks from them. The first is from their '95 album Maim that tune, and sounds typical of the languorous, shuffly beats of that era. The second (from Black Market Gardening, '96) has a far more 'disco' feel to it, partly due perhaps to its sampling of Last night changed it all. It really used to get the crowd going in the Welly Club on a Friday night.Fila Brazillia - LeggyFila Brazillia - Wigs, bifocals and nourishment2002's release Jumpleads was a bit of a change of direction for Fila. They'd been touring as a band since 1999, mainly playing live versions of the tracks they'd written and recorded as a duo, but this album was based around a live band and written with live performance specifically in mind. - One of these gigs almost messed my wedding up in October '99, because the manager of the venue got too mashed watching Fila the night before. But 'all was ma

Yes, the first debate among eight Democratic candidates went off without an itch, so as to speak; although Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and former Senator Mike Gravel (D-AK) made an effort to be confrontational.But in Act I, scene one, this drama played out with no feathers ruffled. There was little to feed the hungry spin doctors. Why? Literally, there were really no gaffes or slip of the tongue, no one really had to say later "hell, what was I thinking"! Unity and civility ruled the moment. In short, responses were generally overused talking points and bumper sticker slogans. They were on message and the format did not allow interaction among them which would possibly have added some infighting, the dog war reaction some anticipated. Nevertheless, Mike Gravel, a complete unknown,and at best a 'third tier' candidate, used this opportunity to throw a 'few stones' at the four senators who earlier that day voted for a bill that would set a timetable to bring the troops hom

no price on friendshipORIGINAL CAPTION: This wingman has real feathers — Dutch Kaffel cruises down his street with Harley, the Canada goose he raised after finding him on the lawn of his Frankfort, IL home 5 months before. Kaffel "flies" Harley, who prefers to go about 35 mph, up to four miles just about every day. Kaffel has resisted calls to take his goose to Hollywood and hopes Harley will join a flock when mating season comes next spring. (Joseph Meier / Daily Southtown) Click for Video: Motorcyclist and Goose Take a Spin TogetherCycle ride-loving goose was not born to be wildBy Steve Schmadeke Sun-Times News GroupA fuzzy baby bird Dutch Kaffel took for a duck showed up on his Frankfort front lawn. The chick was still there nibbling grass that night. Fearing for its safety, he put the bird in a box and brought it indoors.Almost five months later, the Canada goose, now named Harley, has become the talk of the neighborhood. Kaffel, a 54-year-old father of six, demonstrated why last

I didn't get to sleep last night until about 3 in the morning, because I had stayed up watching Taxicab confessions, and watching hub try to put the computer back togethor in a new tower, he is such a computer nerd. hehe. Then when I got to bed about 2, i didn't fall asleep until about 3. I just tossed and turned. I think it was my nerves, I am just now getting a bit nervous about flying and all the stuff that goes with it. Everyone who reads this pray nothing but good things for me at 8:30 p.m. mountain time tomorrow night, until 11 a.m. the next day. LOL I have got everything packed and ready to go..almost. I still have like film, and things to pick up and pack first. I am so tired of talking about my trip and getting things ready, that I just want to go and get it done with now. lol. I am going to try to find the time to hop online and update when I arrive, that way you all know I made it. :) I am so tired this morning, I have almost fallen asleep a dozen times, I think I best get

My daughter is doing just fine again, so here I am, back a work today. Unfortunately I don't have that much time on my hands today (work didn't do itself yesterday), so I'm taking the easy way out and posting a couple of tracks found in the mailbox this morning. They come from a Seattle one-man project called Riding Paper Airplanes and the music is described as a combination of: "the subtle electronic nuances of The Postal Service and The Notwist with the bombastic anthem-pop of U2 and Ride." Not exactly a modest/humble description, though Homecoming Weekend In A Small Town is a pretty good one. But you can always judge that yourself!!+ Feathers+ Homecoming Weekend In A Small Town

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I've heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.

I just got my annual magic hair straightening. Yay! My hair's all silky and super straight now. No more poufy hair that looked like it exploded in the morning! Whenever I get hair straightening, I like to buy a bunch of new hair bands, sorta like ...