E-cigarettes help or hurt? Make up your damn mind #WTF
E-cigarettes might help smokers quit American Heart Association says. To Quit Smoking, E-cigarette are last resort say Heart Association, Cancer Society. #WTF? That's right. What. The. Fuck. How does this possibly help? Can we confuse people even more? First off, if you ask me, e-cigarettes are noth ...
As The Leaves Fall
All Photos with date stamps were taken by September Massey or Lisa Smith Once again because of my lack of posting I find myself traveling back in time trying to remember what happened over the past few months, were I left off and were we are going. I'm sure that there is a lot that has happened that ...
Upperton Winery; Day 2 in England
Upperton Vineyard England isn’t known for its wine scene but I was pleasantly surprised by the two wines I tasted after my tour of Upperton Vineyards in West Sussex. The first vines were planted in 2005 and this vineyard produces the three grapes used to make champagne; Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and ...
Would you like to see a list of projects that assisted 2004 tsunami survivors? Tough luck!
When I start to get really good and steamed about how the reconstruction money was spent, JMD staff will try to soothe me. They sit me down, give me a cool drink, and madly try to think of projects that have been helpful, and that are still functioning. They usually come up with The Road. The 104km ...
Mom's Meatballs
Ingredients * 1 lb ground beef * 1/4 cup tomato sauce * 1/4 cup seasoned breadcrumbs * 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese * salt and pepper Directions 1. Place a piece of tinfoil on a cookie sheet and then place a rack on top. Spray the rack with cooking spray. Preheat the oven to 425 F. 2. Mix all the ingredi ...
Looks Peaceful Doesn’t It? Wrong. The Snake Bitten, Solitary Writing Retreat
Before I head to the Squam Lake Writing Retreat next week, I decided to revisit a little piece I wrote while away on a solitary, self-imposed writing retreat earlier this summer. I had booked a room at a rural inn so that I could have a few days away from my hectic household to concentrate on my wri ...
Hatch Chile Pepper Sauce - Version I
It's Hatch chile pepper season again. Grown in the Hatch Valley of New Mexico, these peppers are a great way to add spice and flavour to many dishes, including pasta and meat sauces, salsa, hummus, enchiladas, mole and casseroles. They can even be used to bake into bread and cookies. The Hatch Chile ...
September meals :)
Here’s our menu for next week (no school on Mon., Sept. 1: Labor Day) Tues., Sept. 2: Hamburgers & veggie burgers Wed., Sept. 3: Turkey/ham hoagies Thurs., Sept. 4: Hot dogs Fri., Sept. 5: Chef’s choice Meals are free for students, served 4:30-5:15 @ the Teen Lounge (next to Safe Passage).
Sitting on Master Calligrapher & Sufi Shaykh Syed Anwar Hussain Nafees Raqam
Hast-o-Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts invites you to a sitting on Master Calligrapher, Sufi Shaykh & Scholar: سید نفیس الحسینی Syed Anwar Hussain Nafees Raqam (1933 - 2008) by his student Jamil Sahib Saturday, 30 August 2014 5:30pm Syed Nafees al-Hussaini: Inspiration: Abdul Majeed Pa ...
Ruined by small bottle
No one will have ever thought that a small dark brown glass bottle can ruin your week, not in this lifetime. Well, it turned out the glass has done the magic of ruining your days. At least that’s what I just had this week. Long story short, new chemicals have arrived to our lab. It was S1815 and S18 ...
Hagel to visit Georgia, Turkey after NATO summit
Washington (AFP) - Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel will travel to Georgia and Turkey after attending a NATO summit in Cardiff next week, as escalating conflicts in Ukraine, Syria and Iraq dominate his agenda. Hagel will depart next Wednesday on the six-day trip ...
Erdogan’s First Step: Secure More Power in New Role in Turkey
In his victory speech after securing his new post, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned a "new Turkey" and delivered a conciliatory message promising to embrace all groups within the country. He is expected to pursue a "more balanced" foreign policy ...
