Frustration

Am I the only one confused about when to send, and when not to send photos? I’ve met a lot of interesting guys that don’t like putting photos in their profiles. They usually say they’ll be willing to send me a photo first, but sometimes they ask me to send additional photos (outside of the ones [...]

Call me naïve. Call me stupid. Call me hopelessly stuck in a distant past. Call me whatever you like. But there I was yesterday, down at the local CD pusher wanting to spend my weekly allowance on the new (2 months old) album Zen Sucker by Larsen & Furious Jane – just to be informed that the album is only available on vinyl and as a digital download (had I been paying attention some of thes

Life is full of frustrations. From the minor irritations of losing something to the major problem of continued failure towards a desired goal. Since many of the things we truly want require a degree of frustration, being able to manage frustration is required in order to allow us to remain happy and positive even [...]

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We initially featured these V-Beat Air Drum Electronic Drumsticks (which serve as a great way to thrash out any frustrations) a while back on TFTS but the good news for those of you who were experiencing some issues with obtaining them is that they have now, at last, become available ...

Before I begin let me remind my readers that I said this was a “loose” theme. This post is related to the idea of infinity, but perhaps in a more abstract sort of way. Today I’m writing about my Grandpa Ronald, father of my Mother. He was an interesting person who led an exciting life, [...]

I went to work to download the AOL 9.0 program from www.oldversion.com. Fortunately the work internet uses a higher speed server than the City Library does, but it still would take 30 minutes to...

What I Know And Remember About Baseball- Glove FrustrationBy: Mitchell DowdyIn the mid 70s growing up in East Tacoma, not the best neighborhood and not quite the worst, there was little to do for a boy whose lot in life was to stay at home with his older sister and younger brother while mom was at work. There were no such things as after school activities or select leagues. We had the Boys Club. A

The frustration felt in many nations throughout the world is certainly not at the level of that shared by the Burmese people who have witnessed their “leaders” display a callous and cyncal approach to the need for relief. The toll of dead is above 130,000 while Myanmar’s generals celebrate their great “victory” in securing passage [...]

I worked recently with a client who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder almost 8 years ago. After reading one of my posts on the success we’ve had in obtaining life insurance at good rates for people in her situation, she reluctantly decided to try again. She was really a great candidate for getting the best rates. [...]

Lately I have been thinking about my own frustration tolerance, as well as my husband’s. And, of course, the dogs. See, my husband is not working right now. And he did take a Semester at the Salt Lake Community College, but he really didn’t like it. He had a hard time dealing with the [...]

This morning I was doing well, up at 5:30 and ready to get things done. A short while later after trying to log in unsuccessfully to internet banking, being shut out, my knickers were in a knot ha ha.Note to self do not try these things without coffee first. I am going to go read Mexico blogs to relax and let the feeling pass - that did the trick I was literally laughing out loud reading everyone’s blog posts on our weekend to Isla Mujeres.Back to Cinco De Mayo planning – still need to get better set with bands and auctioneer. Brusslesprout helped by talking to Barrington (Barrington and the Islanders). His niece goes to HC school and so he said he would be glad to play that day.Had plans to meet Suecate her husband and kids up at Reef Village at 2 pm and take them to the

Tonight I went to Old Navy to exchange a pair of tank tops that I originally purchased on Saturday. Normally I'm good at guessing my size, but this year, Old Navy has really dialed-down the quality of the tank tops, going from thick, sturdy cotton to some flimsy cotton/modal blend. I'm not a cotton/modal blend-hater, but Anne and I were both shocked at the decrease in quality. I know that you "get what you pay for," so for $7.50 each on sale, I'm not expecting cashmere, but seriously. I loved those tank tops and stocked up every year. Now I have to make sure my old ones last as long as possible because they're total crap now, same with the "perfect tee," which is now more of a "perfect piece of crap."Moving on - when I went in tonight to do an even exchange from XL to L, I could tell rig

Gaming consoles today are getting more and more advanced and now offers people great quality entertainment features that you will never find in old gaming consoles. One game console developer and manufacturer is Sony. Sony is known for giving the world one of the best gaming consoles available today, the PlayStation, [...]

Mum is getting frustrated! She wants to redo my main website - JohannTheDog.com, but is pretty clueless about web design and website building. Yes, she made my current website - but she did it in FrontPage, which is kind of easy. But it's not optimized or structured correctly. And she wants to give it a new look.She downloaded the free trial of the new Dreamweaver CS3, and has been tinkering (tinkering too much IMHO!) with it. Every time she gets in there she starts making all these grunting, frustrating sounds. Makes me nervous!!!!So today she is going to talk with a website designer who can maybe get her started with a template or something that she can build on from there. She likes the new Dreamweaver because it's more WYSIWYG like (she needs lots of help like that).She's also spending

Heres the story..a few months ago ..welll during the winter holidays to be excat..me and my friends and their friends went on a lil road trip to a near by town..my friend's family owns a cottage out of the city..in a cute lil town..so we decided after our exams we needed a break!!..afterall the town had great ski slopes..and the idea of a winter get away was too good to be true..especially since we barely had to for anything but gas to get there ....so when got there we met up with everyone else..quite a big turn out..there was alot of people there mostly my friends and some new people i have never met...including..well..lets call him R....well R is a very very ...did i say ..very?..good looking guy..the minute i saw him..i dont know i juust felt this jolt of lighthing and it was hard to s

So, I was trying to pull a past aerial photo of the Fort Wayne Drive-In (also referred to as Bluffton Road Drive-In at some point). Retrieved the address - verified it with a couple of sites that keep track of defunct movie drive-in's, and ta-dah!Nothing.Either I'm looking at the wrong maps or the drive in was a figment of many imaginations.If anyone has any better luck locating it, let me know :).Ft. Wayne Drive-In Theater5800 Bluffton RoadFt. Wayne, IN 46809Here's the map resource I used: clicked on all years - 1938, 1957, 1964, and 1972.

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Ever have that, "If they don't see my value I should leave!" feeling? One of the toughest times in a career or job is when expectation level doesn't remotely meet reality. These, to paraphrase, "are the the times that try men's careers!"I am there now.It is coming up on bonus payout time, I know what my payout could have been. We revamped many of the programs under my direction this year leading to over $1M in increases. I also laid the groundwork for new programs now launching that will generate $6-10MM per year...for a long time.Based on all criteria I had a pretty good year...too bad it is for naught.At a staff meeting this week we were told the bitter truth. That since the company had a poor year, (due to operational issues, not sales) bonuses would be small, or non-existent. And it wo

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Where’s My Austin Real Estate Blog? In case you haven’t noticed the blog over the past month just sort of stopped.  It wasn’t because we weren’t into writing, or that we had forgotten you.  It was really simply that we were stuck between a rock and hard place with the database that keeps the sp site [...]

A Winter of Discontent Over the past few weeks and months I’ve grown increasingly frustrated with my computer’s decreasing abilities to perform even the most simple tasks. I’ve tried scrubbing them out, I’ve tried soaking them out, but I still ended up with those pesky ring-around-the-can’t-do-anything-with-this-PC blues. I had run countless diagnostics that told me my computer [...]

Compare Web Hosts for Satisfaction and Not Sorrow   I have been a web master for about 8 years now. In this business that makes me an ancient. One benefit of experience is having already stumbled over a lot of newbie mistakes so I can (hopefully) avoid those mistakes in the future. I am sure I [...]

In December of 1976, William F. Buckley, Jr. angrily expressed his concerns over the pardon process noting, "Chile may be showing greater concern for its political prisoners than the United States." The anxiety stemmed from the fact that Buckley wanted to see Howard Hunt's two and a half to eight-year prison sentence commuted. Harvard Professor James Q. Wilson had noted that anyone else with Hunt's record would have probably been given a 30-day suspended sentence. But Judge John Sirica was handing out "extraordinary prison terms" in order to "put special pressure on his prisoners to cooperate with the prosecution." Buckley wrote:In the office of the Attorney General of the United States is someone called the Pardon Attorney. His job is to prepare recommendations for the President of the Un

When you’re strategy is as big of a mess as Hillary Clinton’s right now, you know the end is nigh. Senator Obama said yesterday that this will all be over soon and I certainly agree. Finger-pointing, frustration in Clinton camp - Mike Allen and John F. Harris - Politico.com

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The first of its kind. The Junior professed sisters and brothers of four congregations met up for the first time here in Davao City. It was initially planned by the formators from the congregations of Marist Fathers (SM), Marist Brothers of the Schools (FMS), Marist Sisters (SM) and Marist Missionary Sisters (SMSM). Ten brothers from Marist

With the Benazir Bhutto assassination 3 weeks ago, and the subsequent fallout, I neglected to wish my friends and readersa very Happy New Year....so Happy 2008! Personally, it couldhave started off a little better. My beloved Dallas Cowboys, who had the best record in the NFC and held home field advan-tage throughout the playoffs with a first round bye, blew it bylosing to the N.Y. Giants, a team Dallas had beaten twice thisseason. I know it is tough to beat the same team 3 times in thesame season, but after the year Dallas had had, and the advan-tage at hand, it could - SHOULD - have been a victory. Yet weCowboy fans have to suffer through yet another year without aplayoff victory, a streak that reaches over a decade now. Veryfrustrating.  :(  On the positive side, we got our first r

I'm so frustrated, my mum went into hospital on Sunday afternoon, she had her operation to remove more cancer on Monday. I'm not allowed to talk to her and I can't even send her flowers as they are not allowed on the ward. Yesterday I called her mobile and a nurse answered, for starters that is out of order, fine tell the patient they need to turn it off but DO NOT answer it for them !!! Over the weekend while I was working we had an incident where a bank staff (temporary staff) started... {{ To read more and see any missing images visit my blog }}

How many of you have had a shipping problem? I'm guessing a few of you have, if not all of you. One of the reasons you may have had problems with shipping is that you accidentally mistyped your address.Qualified Address helps business and companies disolve this problem with their address verification software. Qualified Address Scrubbing formats addresses according to the postal services standards. The software abreviates addresses, appendeds missing data, and updates rural addresses to city-street adresses. To see an example of the address verification software please click here.This product is important, especially to the consumers of these products. There is nothing more frustrating than not receiving a shipment on the expected date all because they made a simple address mistake.

I’m feeling so frustrated with my photography. I having been having trouble nailing my focus lately and a lot of shots seem muddy and underexposed. My black and white conversions have been lousy and I’m not happy with the tonal range in my black and white shots. This is a problem because aesthetically I much prefer B&W. I’ve been playing around this morning with the camera set to monocrome and have reached the following conclusions: 1) I am going off full manual and am going to use aperture priority mode for a while so I don’t have to worry about the shutter speed. I’ll let the camera do what I was trying to do - constantly readjust the ss as the kids move from one lighting condition to another. 2) I’m going to stop opening my aperture all the way. With f/1.8 the depth of field is SO shallow that if the kids move even a smidgeon the focus moves from their face to, say, their shirt. I’m not doing fashion photography I’m doing

My muse is playing hide and seek with me these days. Or has it been weeks? Perhaps. I haven’t been exactly blogging about quality posts. Just ranting or rambling on abut things that doesn’t concern me. Well, weddings do concern me except that I’m only the supporting role and why the heck do I even get blue when all I have to do is to delay the groom? Perhaps I feel restricted that I may not be able to even play some games because it’s actually a pity to have a fallout with the bride when it’s just some game that shouldn’t even hurt anyone. Having known the bride for years, the morning pranks or activities is obviously simple. Ask for a huge red packet / ang bao and get it done with. No torturing the groom to go through the process of sour, sweet, bitter or spicy. No asking the groom to sing diabetic sweet songs to serenade the bride. No asking the groom to shout from that basketball court more than 200 metres away to declare loudly “I LOVE <

This video is about the NES Super Mario Bros. hack called Frustration. As the name implies, the game is insanely hard, almost impossible to master. Some guy with a funny accent gives a shot at Frustration and gets owned, big time. He walks you through the first two stages with hilarious comments. You probably won't watch all 23 minutes of it, but even the few first minutes are enough to bring happy tears to your eyes. What a fucked up game!

Changes I would make to the past week include:“Pre-eclampsia: a deceptively boring PBL” as the scenario title.and“Hammersmith and City line – well worth the walk”********Highlights of this past week include:1. Clinical DemonstrationSome medical student: “So, do you have to inform say, your dentist when you go in for exposure prone procedures in case he catches it?”SICKLE CELL patient: “Errr…no I don’t have to disclose my status”Duh. And it’s frickin’ genetics week?!!2. Tescos Express“Wo y li a crb?”…“No I don’t have a club card?”“Ne, wu yu li a brb?”…“Err…”“A brg?”A B-A-G? Is it THAT HARD TO PRONOUNCE?????Okay, so I wasn’t in the mood for the last one. Roll on next week!P.S. I’m not nearly the cynical bastard that this post has made me out to be.

Yes, Bin Laden’s latest audiotape aired on al Jazeera is somewhat unique. Not in its ideological party line or in the Salafi doctrinal roots. That hasn’t changed nor is it expected to. Surely, in a previous speech he inserted some neo Marxist and Trotskyite stuff; but that was part of his “American” rhetoric, and possibly at the request of his Gringo advisers. Today’s audio wasn’t concerned about Berkeley’s approval but was dedicated to whip the chaotic commanders...(read more)

The Republican Party's highest-ranking Latino official abruptly resigned Friday, marking the latest casualty in the GOP's bitter internal fight over immigration and dealing another setback to President Bush's years-long effort to court Latino voters. The ploy to get the Latino vote evaporated fast, as the latest defector is Mel Martinez and head of the Latino RNC, Martinez is a Cuban-born Senator from Florida.Like his hero McKinley, he alone was the true visionary. Everyone else looked at the political landscape and saw a nation at rough parity. Rove looked at the same thing and saw an emerging Republican majority.The last link I got off Mother Jones also and it puts in perspective of how Karl Rove came to seeing just about whatever Karl Rove seemed to see, Karl's goal was to bring in the Latino vote for the GOP but it did not quite get materialized like a lot of Karl's other wishes that seemed to vanish like vapor.MotherJones Blog: Latino Head of RNC Resigns in FrustrationRove's

One of the many benefits of being a conservative as opposed to a liberal is that we never have any shame about self-criticizing our own party. Being naturally opinionated, conservatives won’t hesitate to call out one of our own for a little verbal slapping when needed. Where liberals will openly turn on each other out of ambition, the motive from the political right is borne out of keeping the team strong in the fight against the other side. It is from that basis that I write today.You wouldn’t believe how frustrating it is to be even slightly to the political right in Canada. Our current Conservative minority government represents but a reprieve from the seemingly endless reign of the Eastern Canadian dominated Liberal governments. It has become impossible to differentiate between actual news stories and leftwing opinion propaganda segments on our national broadcaster, the C.B.C. Readers will know my opinion of the popular George Stroumboulopoulos-hosted show The Hour and its form

One of the many benefits of being a conservative as opposed to a liberal is that we never have any shame about self-criticizing our own party. Being naturally opinionated, conservatives won’t hesitate to call out one of our own for a little verbal slapping when needed. Where liberals will openly turn on each other out of ambition, the motive from the political right is borne out of keeping the team strong in the fight against the other side. It is from that basis that I write today.You wouldn’t believe how frustrating it is to be even slightly to the political right in Canada. Our current Conservative minority government represents but a reprieve from the seemingly endless reign of the Eastern Canadian dominated Liberal governments. It has become impossible to differentiate between actual news stories and leftwing opinion propaganda segments on our national broadcaster, the C.B.C. Readers will know my opinion of the popular George Stroumboulopoulos-hosted show The Hour and its form

I keep missing the Big Mouth stocks by 10-25 cents. Today I missed ZINC by 1 penny and picked the top tick in LMC but did not get filled. -Right stocks, right idea but no fills. I need to figure out how to get into these stocks with out getting hurt in a fast crazy market of Big Mouth stocks.-So I assume that LMC would get to 13 and ZINC to 24-25. I am thinking I should then leg in LMC at 12.75 with 200, 12.85 with 400, 12.95 with 600, 13.05 with 800 and 13.15 with 1000 share orders. And do the same with ZINC.-Frustrating game today.

Parental frustration is certain when raising child. You spend your time money and energy on raising child. Children misbehave and parents get frustrated from time to time. If you are unable to handle your frustration in a proper manner, it can have negative effect on raising child. Here are few tips which will help you [...]

There was no just cause for me to be short-tempered with the parking ticket attendant on my way out of Navy Pier this evening. But I gave him a hard time in classic "kick the dog" mode. I was venting my pent up anger from the four hour gig I had just suffered through plus the four hour gig the previous night.frustration: 1) a feeling of dissatisfaction, often accompanied by anxiety or depression, resulting from unfulfilled needs or unresolved problems.2) The condition that results when an impulse or an action is thwarted by an external or an internal force.I was ready to tear what's left of my hair out because a certain musician who had turned up on both of these gigs drives me insane with his playing. It is difficult to describe to civilians, but you musicians will know what I mean when I tell you what this man does to frustrate me: he plays way too loud, doesn't listen and, worst of all, rushes like a mo'fo' constantly.There is nothing I can do to make the music feel good because

No luck on the web editor front, still not able to upload anything. Plus my second printer is kaput. I really wanted to provide a link to the completed Lily wall, and a good start on the Door one, but short of smashing my computer (a colleague used to call it a confuser) against the wall, I'm stumped. It's obviously going to take still longer to see a refurbished Maraya. I'm looking forward to building a much more interesting site, with a lot of reference materials, and hopefully more workshops and more artwork. Fun, fun, fun. Frustrating, frustrating, frustrating.Meantime, I did the last version of the Door (previous post) late last night, I was kind of groggy and forgot the steps. There weren't that many anyway, and most of them are uninteresting:- I drained the colour, then did a tan-ish duotone, then went back to RGB.- I also used the Cloud (or was it Difference Clouds) feature in the Render Filter in low opacity in Overlay (I think). This sort of washed-out quality is not hard

Daily Photo 8.08.07 Originally uploaded by chicken widget.Hey, yeah, it is! I'll be at the Midtown Boutique Sidewalk Sales next weekend in front of Cool Cat Gallery. (Sacramento)I'll also be at Handmade Parade in October.Anyway, all the crazyness is making me question something. And that question is "Do I really still need to make jewelry?" I came to this question after a particularly frustrating piece had me nearly banging my head on the table. Not that I actually was. All the head banging would mess up all the tiny beads lined up just so. A brisk walk after this little meltdown got me thinking. Do I actually enjoy creating jewelry any more? The answer came almost instantly, and it wasn't all driven by frustration, "NO." I'd rather be painting, or creating a little plushie. Those things (mostly) calm me down and make me happy. Why not just leave the jewelry making to the people who actually enjoy making the jewelry? The funny thing is, I used to really enjoy making jewelry. My fir

After living in the same city for over 35 years I moved last year to be closer to my daughter. Suddenly, I knew where nothing was and found myself at a loss to find even simple things like barbers or an independently owned store to buy a vacuum cleaner. Like any internet geek I turned to the web in general and various yellow pages directories in specific. What I found was tons of listings that had merely chosen the name of my city as a keyword and were actually located hundreds or thousands of miles away. This was not helpful, so I returned to the tried and true method of asking around. Unfortunately, my neighbors don’t seem to share my passion for local economics and thus their answer to almost every such query was either Wal-Mart or Target. Sigh. Back online I go. Recently I found a new Online Yellow Pages. Instead of focusing on the overall number of listings, Radiux spends its energy assuring that the companies listed not only actually exist, but that they are locate

At last, after the long break, I finally knew that my Ambank NexG card is being activated, although I did not receive anything from Ambank yet, by calling Ambank Customer Care to enquire about my card status. The operator told me that I will be able to top-up my card from now on.This slight progress did not fancy me at all since it will take another unknown length of period to receive my PIN number which enables me to get a online banking PIN and get my PayPal account verified! This is really a frustration for me, I thought everything will be done in the most two weeks time but now, all of them will depend on another party, Pos Malaysia, which I don't a positive perception with.My frustrations went deeper when one of my funds received has been returned to Chris, my Review Column employer. The next money amounting to USD80 from PayPerPost. The worst case scenario will be me having nothing left and start all over again. Who should I blame in this? I think it was me... but wait a second,

I have taken the car to work only twice or so since the day I realized that global warming is on the brink of becoming devastatingly abrupt and escalating. The fairly long distance (10 km), the biting cold, the rain, the snow, the strong head winds, the heat etc has been somewhat challenging but not too discouraging. The real challenge has been to remain sane when seeing all the fat asses driving by. How should I handle this frustration that I experience daily? I have a hard time blocking it out. Why are so few converging to a climate friendly behavior? Will the recent torrential rainfalls and heat waves uproot people from their carbon massive lifestyles?If not, what will it take?I hope the Toyota Prius Plugin will hit the market shortly...

Words from a Pink Floyd song rang threw my head - "If you don't eat your meat - you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your Meat!" Translated - "If you don't enter a trade - How can you make any money. How can you make any money, if you don't enter the trade!!!!!"-Four Big Mouth stocks and this is how they should have been played. - First TSRA - short on premarket popped at 43.95, stop at 44.40. Quickly after open stop moved down to 43.90 and stopped out (break even). Later at 10:30 go long for a gain.-Second GLW - go short on open 27.10, stop at 27.40. Follow stock down for a nice gain. No Heat.-Third TOT - go short on open 83.05, stop at 83.75. After open moved stop down and get stopped out for a break even trade. Later around 83.05 go long for a half point gain.-Forth CY - go short get stopped for break even. Go long and get stopped for break even. -So you play TO and TSRA with 1000 shares and CY and GLW with 2000 shares. Net in my mind sho

There are a few games that with only a mere mentioning can make gamers across the globe cringe. Most are because of just how truly awful they were, games like E.T., Superman, Big Rig and Galleon (it sucked, accept this). But there are also a select few games that make gamers cringe, scowl and openly cry out in pain for another reason. A far more sinister reason. Games like Contra, Ghosts n’ Ghouls, Battletoads, and Stuntman invoke these feelings of sheer dread and despair. Why? Because they’re freaking IMPOSSIBLE! THAT’S WHY! Now, as Major Nelson is more than happy to tell us, the demo for the sequel, Stuntman: Ignition is now available for download over Xbox Live. So, go on. Download it. Let yourself be driven to tears all over again. You all have fun with that. As for myself… I’m staying far, far away. Far away. Far. [Major Nelson] Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Stuntman: Ignition, Battletoads, Contra, Ghosts n’ Ghouls, Stuntman, Big R

All loyal blog readers following my posts might know that I just started my new semester and will have a lot of pressure learning new stuffs like taxation, audit and some more advanced accounting syllabus. What I always don't like about classes is that during the class, I can't follow! Doomed... I don't mean I don't like classes, it's just that frustration will grow at once. Luckily YP is a cool-headed guy is situation like this but still, there's some frustration left in me.My class session is from 9am to 5pm today, which of course multiplied the degree of frustrations every minutes gone by. I decided to vomit it all out in my blog or at least, replying some emails and comments might open my mind a bit. Things don't always go our way, even when we are in the state of despair or maybe sorrow...What happened you might ask? Well, before you guys and girls reading at this, do you find accessing my blog a bit troublesome and there seems to be some bug? Worst thing that happened to m

I decided to start reading Art and Fear again - it's one of those books that I pick up from time to time. I do think the title is all wrong though. I am not afraid of success, but rather get frustrated at the snails pace of my journey. And, I suppose success is a subjective term here - it means different things to different people.The authors write:"At some point the need for acceptance may well collide head-on with the need to do your own work. It's too bad, since the request itself seems so reasonable: you want to do your own work, and you want acceptance for that. It's the ballad of the cowboy and the mountain man, the myth of artistic integrity and Sesame Street: sing the song of your heart, and sooner or later the world will accept and reward the authentic voice. Jaded sophisticates laugh at this belief, but usually buy into it along with everyone else anyway.In the non-art world, this belief system is a driving mechanism behind the American Dream - and the Mid-Life Cri

I decided to start reading Art and Fear again - it's one of those books that I pick up from time to time. I do think the title is all wrong though. I am not afraid of success, but rather get frustrated at the snails pace of my journey. And, I suppose success is a subjective term here - it means different things to different people.The authors write:"At some point the need for acceptance may well collide head-on with the need to do your own work. It's too bad, since the request itself seems so reasonable: you want to do your own work, and you want acceptance for that. It's the ballad of the cowboy and the mountain man, the myth of artistic integrity and Sesame Street: sing the song of your heart, and sooner or later the world will accept and reward the authentic voice. Jaded sophisticates laugh at this belief, but usually buy into it along with everyone else anyway.In the non-art world, this belief system is a driving mechanism behind the American Dream - and the Mid-Life Cri

It happens to the best of us. A race, a boss, a level, a puzzle, a mission or a quest that seems impossible to beat. We try a dozen times in one sitting, swear at the screen, pull the plug and go do something else while we cool off.This feeling can severly impede our enjoyment of a game, and it's most of the reason why walkthroughs and FAQs get written. Below are a number of tips to help get over the feeling and conquer the obstacle giving you trouble.1. Recognize the signsHow do you know you're suffering from gamer frustration? Symptoms may include: yelling, swearing at inanimate objects (electronic devices, the game itself), incoherent screaming, muttering, throwing of controller, mashing keyboard, hitting of monitor or TV screen, throwing of mouse. If you start pulling out your hair, seek immediate medical attention.2. Immediate responsePause or open the main menu. This will give you a chance to gather your thoughts, calm down, and decide what to do next.3. AnalyzeFrustration is t

Ugh I am so frustrated with paypal. Refer back to this post. I received my 2nd replacement card and guess what? I can’t activate that one either!!! I called them again and they said basically the same thing. I have to request ANOTHER one because in the system it says that the card that I just got is damaged. The lady that I talked to kept apologizing but that’s not good enough. I think something’s up with their system and they need to figure it out. Now I have to wait another 2 weeks to get 3rd card that I probably won’t get to activate. On to better things. The Pinks & Blues Girls are having a The Body Shop / Vera Bradley Contest! Did I hear The Body Shop? Yep, that’s right. I sponsored the contest with a Coconut Body Butter. This maxed out my chance to win that gorgeous Vera Bradley bag though, lol. So go on over and enter, make sure you thoroughly follow the rules! Good luck! Thanks Audrey, Jane, & Sharon! Contest Plugging: Win a $50 Kangaro

Google and its YouTube subsidiary are trying Hollywood's patience.The search engine has made significant progress in recent weeks signing content partnership deals for YouTube. But a growing number of studio executives, irritated by no-shows at meetings and canceled test programs, say they are frustrated with Google's inability to scrub the site of copyright-infringing material. While CEO Eric Schmidt made big news in Las Vegas two months ago when he said the company was very "close to turning" on a system that will streamline the takedown process, when that system actually will be deployed is a mystery.Adding to the agitation, copyright-filtering technology is already in use at smaller video sites such as Guba, Dailymotion.com and Eyespot. Even Microsoft has installed the features for which Hollywood is clambering on its Soapbox site.

Dissatisfaction with the Democrat's over the failure to stand up against the Iraq war is staring to show in the polls, and the media. Source: The washington post"Disapproval of Bush's performance in office remains high, but the poll highlighted growing disapproval of the new Democratic majority in Congress. Just 39 percent said they approve of the job Congress is doing, down from 44 percent in April, when the new Congress was about 100 days into its term. More significant, approval of congressional Democrats dropped 10 percentage points over that same period, from 54 percent to 44 percent."

Strejken för SAS svenska kabinpersonal tog slut, men det verkar finnas en stark frustration kvar hos deras personal. I alla fall verkar det finnas en inneboende ilska hos en del av den norska personalen. En av dessa läxade upp en illa klädd resenär som skulle flyga inrikes i Norge. Han hade trasiga jeans på sig, något som definitivt inte var okej under en flygtur. Ännu ett argument för att överge SAS och dess dryga och bortskämda personal. Aktuell länk: Andra bloggar om: samhälle, norge, sas, kabinpersonal, dresscode, klädsel, flygresa, Intressant.se

Frustration in gaming is something which I wrote about quite some time ago, and is still something which I think every game developer needs to be acutely aware of. That is not to say that frustrating games are unpopular - in fact I would say that Counter-Strike has single handedly proved that is not the case. However, I do think that player frustration is something that needs to be dealt with. Consistently frustrating experiences invariably lead to bad attitudes. Road rage would be an extreme example. Given my past experiences in online browser games, this has been at the forefront of my mind throughout the development process of The Project. Seeing as it will be a game where there are no computer opponents, both the winners and losers are human. The last thing a player wants when they’re on a losing streak is to be plagued by irritating problems which serve only to frustrate, and stop the user from getting on with the game. For a project with such a big focus on community, bad

Tony Stewart made outrageous remarks on his radio show and teammate Denny Hamlin openly criticized his team’s performance. Controversial at the time, both incidents now seem rather tame considering how frustrated the two must be. More: continued here

Ok, we have yet lost another game. I just got done listening to the game right now via WHFS and it's a bit frustrating.Overall, I am not happy as a fan right now. For a team with so much talent, the Orioles are falling short. Trachsel did decent today, and kept the Orioles in it, but the offense once again could not get anything going at all.I'm a person who likes to stay positive in light of the bad, but we have a lot going on here and basically, the ship needs to be righted if we have any chance of contending, much less finishing around .500.It seems that the offense is still struggling in spots, and leaving guys on base. and the pitching really needs to get deeper in games. Furthermore, we walk way too many guys in general -- the pitchers need to throw strikes and if the batter hits it, make them work for it. Right now, the bullpen is being used way, way too much and it being only May; therefore, if the trend keeps up, there might be an injury or two and cases of tired arms.I expe

Many of people had suffered for the loss of hair.They do not worry for that phenomena because it can be solved nowadays. There are various products in the markets that are being sold by the company in order to gain a profit. Unfortunately, these products caused the people to loss their hair. Disposable hair systems seem to be phobia for the people. The people do not need to worry to make hair replacement if they don't break hair system. Most people frustrated because their hair system is break. However, that disposable hair systems are available the replacement costs that are not bad.It is easy way to swallow if the hair system is break. This will reduce stress ensure that the hair stays dark.After 1 months, you can rip off the hairpiece, throw out, and get a new one.Another benefit that people find with a disposable hair system is that when they buy this system it is ready to wear out of the box. You can save the money because you do not need to pay high cost. A disposable hair syste

I like my Windows Vista and find it overall a good operating system.  However, my frustration isn’t with Vista or Microsoft, but with the companies that create drivers.  What is the deal with companies like HP, NVidia, Sigma Tel, and others that can’t get their act together and provide drivers.  Microsoft publicly beta tested Vista for well over a year and yet, these companies have not provided efficient drivers for hardware.  There are other companies as well, so I am not just slamming these companies, but there IS NO EXCUSE!  I could easily shift to software vendors like Adobe and Apple for iTunes, but other sites have reported their ineptness.  I know there are other frustrated Vista users with hardware and software issues thanks to the slowness of the manufacturers and/or incompetence.  Microsoft posted an update driver for my audio device and then it quit working, thanks, Sigma Tel.  Also, I’ve heard nightmare reports on NV

I like to cause kak on the roads. I like to make people know that they have erred. I like to be the guy that jumps in front of you if you jump a red robot. I did this yesterday; some guy jumped the robot (strike one) nice and slowly on his cellphone (strike two). So I quickly shot in to first gear and popped in front of him in the middle of the road. Instead of reclining in his chair in shame he rolled down his window, stopped talking on his cellphone and launched at me with profanities like I haven't heard since my days at Uni (strike three).Like any dignified man would, I yelled back throwing equally horrid rubbish from my mouth at this man. We yelled for about 30 seconds and satisfied I drove off.I think that it took about 2 minutes for me to hit panic stations. I immediately spoke to myself:Nic: What the F*ck did you just do?Self: You just ruined a couple of business opportunities.Nic: What the hell are you talking about?Self: Well, what if you go in to your meetings next week and

That is the prevailing theme of the last several weeks. It seems that most everyone I’ve spoken with has the same impression. I don’t know if it’s some mystical master plan of the universe or if there is a black cloud hanging over the heads of everyone I’ve come into contact with, but things are far more insane than usual.Several people I work with expressed feelings that the world is becoming increasingly selfish and rude. I don’t disagree.Friends have come to me with stories of crazy and sometimes bizarre behavior they have witnessed recently. I can certainly relate.What is going on?I recently watch a little flick titled “Idiocracy”. It’s about an average Joe and a slightly below average Jane who are frozen for 500 years and when reanimated, they find that the world has deteriorated to such a degree that they are now, by far, the smartest and most reasonable people in the world.In the year 2505 the Oscar for everything goes to a film titled “Ass”. This is a riveti

I spent an hour or so on Saturday night weeding through Rylan’s bin of upcoming sizes. I do that once a month or so. (Yes, on Saturday nights. Shut up.) I still had a few of the bigger 12 month items in there, and also pulled out all of the 18 [...]

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A few years ago losing points to Cheltenham would have been a disgrace. Tonight, just a couple of days into 2007, Crewe Alexandra must be grateful for a point. Spending almost a decade in the Championship (level two of the English pyramid) is but a faint memory. Desperate fans can now smell the bottom division. The worst thing about the whole fiasco is that the club seems to be powerless (or unwilling) to tackle the issues head on. I've backed manager Dario Gradi for years. He's gives 100% and has worked hard to build a solid foundation at the club. However, things have gone horribly wrong at Gresty Road since Dean Ashton moved on. Secrecy behind the scenes is one thing, but stories about the gaffer losing the dressing room have done little for supporter confidence. Moreover, after 23 years you have to ask if the great man has taken us as far as he can? Perhaps it is time to move aside. Let's get one thing straight - I DO NOT want to see Dario sacked. He does not deserve that. The t

We are on a mini-vacation right now to Southern California. Yesterday, we had the plane ride from hell. Talk about Screaming Baby Express...Isabel aggravated the whole plane by crying the whole flight and aggravated her mother because she wrestled with...

For the French, wine is part of their national identity. Tough times in the vineyards are a blow to national pride and frustrating to those looking to maintain the country's leadership in an evolving world market.Some things, like the glut of juice on the world market, are beyond the control of French winemakers. Others, like modernizing the marketing of French wine, are wrestled with as if someone was suggesting the colors on the French flag should be changed to green, purple and black. French wines have long carried the name of their appellation as their key identity. Bordeaux, Burgundy, Alsace and other regions have loyal followings. If your wine comes from one of the "in" regions, things are mostly good. If you are outside of one of these areas, it's not so good. Things are particularly tough on the mid-level vin de pays wines. The French Agriculture Ministry recently released a report that showed 70 per cent of winemakers in the Languedoc-Roussillon region lost money last year.

Current Mood: Angry Quite a while ago, I mentioned the stress I’ve been getting (I don’t know if the post is still in my drafts folder though). It’s definitely related to the whole quarter-life crisis phase. It’s like all of a sudden, your 1cm-tall imaginary friends called Worry and Pain have grown a thousand [...]

I wonder if any one else has had this experience... Last Sunday I bought some bamboo knit at Joann's for $14.98 a yard. I asked for 1.125 yards to make a top. When I returned home, I washed it and dried it in the dryer on LOW. It came out very soft. However, when I went to cut it out, I realized that I had only 33.5 inches of fabric. That meant that it shrank 7", or the store's cutter had sh