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www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2010/10/26/crazy-colours/ I need to redecorate this place, refurbish it. It's in danger of getting boring. I'm getting tired of theme posts and the same ol' same ol'. We need more variety and humour, like in the old days. A breath of fresh air will be . . . uh, . . . refreshing. I haven't yet thought about how I might get some variety back into Madang - Ples Bilong Mi. I'll have to cogitate on that for a while. Still, I do know what triggered my thinking about change. It's not what you might suspect. It has to do with moving my wallet from my back pocket to my front pocket. Yesterday, at the town market, I was the victim of an attempted robbery. It's not as dramatic as is sounds. It is, however, becoming a far too common event in Madang. No matter how much we love the place, we have to accept that even Paradise is not immune to any and every kind of decay. The decay of security, feeling safe in one's living space, has been shocking. As I was leaving the gate of the market, I felt a disturbance in my personal aura space. Then I experienced an abrupt violation of my very personal physical space as clumsy fingers attempted to sneak into the back pocket of my ancient Levi Strauss 501 cut-offs. Fortunately, there were plenty of people around (not that that helps much). So, when the first try failed, there was no violent second go at the wallet. That's when things get nasty. The clumsy thief beat a hasty retreat back into the market followed by my nasty comments regarding his personal hygiene. Breathing a sigh of relief, I returned to my car and sat there for a minute of quiet gratitude that I did not have to replace my various driver's licenses, identification and credit cards. As I sat there I decided it was time, disregarding comfort, to move my wallet permanently from my back pocket to the front. Reading back over that, I realise two things. First, I realise how little sense it makes. Then, I realise how difficult it is to connect an attempted mugging to my sudden need to spice up MPBM. As you may have gathered, I'm making this up as I go. Now that I have wasted this much of your time, you may as well stick around a little longer for the main course of blather. As I was looking for some amusing images from about forty that I have lined up for posts, I was struggling to find some that fit together in any interesting way - some way that I haven't already worked to death. A few stuck out like sore thumbs. Some greens, reds and magenta hues began shouting in unison, me, me, me, me. Well, how can you ignore that? So, mixing them up a little (shaken, not stirred), I begin with Green Coral Imperfection: There is some interesting detail in this shot. You might want to click to enlarge it. I particularly like the one structure which sticks up above all of the rest. It becomes that place which the eyes simply can't stay away from. The rest becomes a negative space which all the more directs the eyes back to that single difference, that imperfection. Switching from green to red, here is an image of the embers left from lunch at Blueblood last Sunday afternoon: I confess to a childish fascination with fire. Given some spare time and an opportunity, I can sit by a fire much the same as a ten-year-old boy, poking sticks and throwing objects into the flames just to see what happens. These visceral reactions to fire seem primordial. As a natural phenomenon, I imagine that fire is at once the most useful and the most dangerous of the processes that humans have been able to harness. Possibly that is why it holds such sway over our emotions. Fire is possibly the most comforting and the most terrifying force of nature. When I saw this fern at Blueblood, standing alone on its dead tree fern pedestal, the afternoon sun was lighting it up like a neon sign: It looks to me like a huge green flower. Mixing the colours up a little, we have here a Magnificent Anemone hosting two Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion): It's a delicious combination. Finally, let me show you this lovely magenta-stained Solitary Coral (Fungia fungites). These are also known as Mushroom Coral: I wish that I knew what causes this colour. I've not been able to find a reference for it. Behind it and in front are three other species of coral. The white and green blobs to the left and below are a species of sea squirt. The muse seems strangely mute this night. I have promised myself that I am going to try to avoid laying down on the bed this evening until I'm ready to go to sleep. I've been reading about bad sleep habits lately, in hopes of finding something which will help me. Lounging in the evening in the bed in which you sleep is reckoned to be a very bad habit. That's a tough one for me to fix. I'll have to think about moving some things around. I hate that. I like for things to stay the way they are. I'm going to have to get used to change. So, it seems that what I ended up with here is yet another theme post. Oh, well.
"I'm an Indian-American-Muslim kid," Minhaj says, "but am I more Indian or am I more American? What part of my identity am I?" His new Netflix special is called Homecoming King.
Study Past Simple, Simple Past Tense of Study Past Participle, V1 V2 V3 Form Of Study Study means: to learn about a subject, educational course or reading books V1 V2 V3 Form of Study V1 V2 V3 Study Studied Studied Synonym Words For STUDY consider examine learn ponder pore over read think coach cogitate cram dig excogitate grind inquire lucubrate meditate mind peruse plug plunge refresh tutor weigh Example Sentences with Study, Studied V1 V2 V3 I found a nice wallet. We didn’t find my son. Where was Alex found? I assume you found Samuel. I tried to find a job.
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There are about 200,000 people living in Hong Kong in what the government calls "inadequate housing", including cubicle apartments and cage homes -- wire mesh hutches stacked on top of each other. Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying took power in 2012 with a pledge to make housing more affordable, but since then both home prices and the waiting list for public housing have jumped by a third, stoking calls for him to step down. Moving the city underground, creating man-made islands and sea reclamation are among the options proposed by the government to increase available land. Hong Kong's 6,800 hectares of reclaimed land -- about 6 percent of its territory -- already houses 1.9 million people.
By Penny Paige for BounceBack.com Last weekend I joined the masses and checked out the film Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, starring Oscar Nominee Taraji...
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Many people like to start organizing their homes in January as part of their New Year's resolutions. We've brought you several popular posts on organization in the past and I'll link those below for your convenience, but I ran across this infographic the other day that I thought was just too great not to share. First, let's gear up with this thought: Source Many of us struggle with cleaning out our closets because while we want them to be neat, we also want to keep everything. Those two forces work against each other so strongly that sometimes we delay the task or just give up on it altogether. My own closet looks like its going to implode right now. Perhaps I should put some of these tips to work myself: Source I would note that for me, the "toss it" pile would be a donate pile for any item that is not beyond repair. As promised, here are a few other organizational tips should the mood hit you: Easy Closet Cleaning Tip Bathroom Organization for Less Than $10 Vintage Soda Crate Turned Wine Storage Utensil Holder Turned Snack Storage for Road Trips Hope these ideas will inspire you to get (and stay) organized in the New Year! This post contains affiliate links.
LA-based artist, Katie Rose has decided to address women’s issues by a series of cartoons depicting what would happen were women the majority in global politics across the world.
