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Final day in #Rome. Bittersweet but happy to be headed home tomorrow..
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#italy #colosseum #romanforum #worldtraveler #aunt #niece #vatican #chelseaonthego (at Rome, Italy)
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Too much shock value, not enough horror.

After last week’s fantastic 150th episode of Arrow, there were some pretty high expectations for “Star City Slayer.” Considering it was pegged as a horror type episode, it didn’t exactly deliver on that end. While packed with reveals, none of the surprises were surprising, especially if you had an inkling of what was going to happen. So, what exactly happened? Let me run it down for you

• Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) is pregnant with... Читать дальше...

One of the most important items you absolutely need to purchase before you head to the hospital is the car seat.

SNOWSTORM STANDSTILL…IS IT A SIGN?A few days ago I was visiting with my sister and she described the huge shutdown on the coast in Washington state because of the snowstorm.  I am not always very sympathetic when the coasts complain about snowstorms.  It seems to me that when I watch the news media, there are often blizzards and deep snows throughout the plains and mountain states, but whenever it lands on the coasts, suddenly it is an emergency situation worthy of national news! 
I remember with... Читать дальше...

It's been an interesting Oscar season, to say the least. There have been a bunch of encouraging firsts and a few head-scratching steps backward.

There are several such videos on YouTube, I like this one best because they give the fullest explanation of their methods etc.

In summary, the bottle with 100% CO2 ended up 2C warmer than the bottle with normal air under a very bright light (giving off at least twice as much radiation as the sun does, from the point of view of the bottles).

Given the, I hope, undisputed logarithmic effect of increasing CO2 concentrations, I don't see how the increase from "pre-industrial levels" to current levels... Читать дальше...

Over the very snowy weekend, we headed out to celebrate the first half of my friend's Hen Party in Newcastle. It was a great weekend full of laughs, eating delicious food, having a cocktail or two, getting competitive at the cocktail making class, throwing shapes on the dance floor and making lots of great memories. It makes me so excited for the special day and also for the second half of the hen party which will be taking place in Rome at the start of March, ...

My blog has been dormant over the Winter months. Let's just call it hibernating. To be honest, my gardening "mojo" took a big hit in the Autumn. I was discouraged by the rather meagre harvests from that Courtmoor Avenue plot that I was looking after - and it took such a lot of effort too! I also felt that I didn't get much encouragement (and very little in the way of thanks) from the owners, so I "gave my notice" at Christmas-time. I left the plot in better condition than that in which I took it on... Читать дальше...

We have sitting here a representative from Tiberias, who's mayor is defiant against every item of holiness. There are missiles being shot against us, in the form of anti-religion laws. UTJ is the Iron Dome that is standing watch on all religious issues and so that we should not have such mayors..

  -- MK Yisrael Eichler (UTJ)

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As usual, my timing is terrible. It was just back in September that I created a Public Status Page using Pingdom, and now I have had to take it down. As of February 6th, Pingdom discontinued all free services, including the ability to serve that page. The link has been removed from the footer, apologies for any inconvenience this causes.

Yes I know its Sunday, I seem incapable of remembering to do this meme on a Saturday. I don’t think Saturday has been a usual blogging day for me in the past so maybe that’s the problem.  Anyway, here I am a day late, again, but at least I can now share something other than hellebores and snowdrops.

UTJ has found their line that they will keep hammering. They just opened their campaign with an event in Bnei Braq. The main feature, unsurprisingly, is Lapid being anti-haredi, he was a failed Minister of Finance and UTJ will not sit in any government that includes Lapid.

That is fine. They need their demon to bring out the voters who might not vote or might consider voting for other parties but will react to fear by circling the wagons..that is part of election campaigns..

What... Читать дальше...

I can’t count how times I have looked for a can of Chipotles that don’t have oil in them…so I decided to make my own Fat-Free Chipotle Adobo Sauce. Not only was it super easy to make, but the taste is better than ANYTHING you can buy in the store!

I have not read Frédéric Martel's explosive new book In the Closet of the Vatican, about which there has been a flurry of commentary since it was officially released this past week as the Vatican meeting on sex abuse began. So I'm not able to comment on the book itself.  I do intend to read it soon. 

What I can comment on is some of the commentary I've read. There is, of course, much hand-wringing from predictable quarters that are always mount reflexive defenses of the clerical club running... Читать дальше...

Hello everyone, I hope all is well with you. It has been a dicey couple of weeks what with ice storms and power outages and there seems to be more on the way. Sigh. I’m done with winter, how about you? While I was snuggling under my blanket during one of these storms, I saw a short video on Facebook, and I was introduced to a term I hadn’t heard before describing our generation. That term was the “indoor generation.” Are we the indoor generation?

The latest in Tiberias is the recent increase in activity of Haredi women, affiliated with the Eida, who stand near the Lishkat Giyus - the IDF Draft offices - and try to persuade women about to be drafted to refuse the draft and they tell them how they can get out of it. This is done in a number of places, but it seems to be relatively new in Tiberias.

The mayor, Ron Kubi, went today and got into an argument with this pair of women, telling them they should leave and what they are doing... Читать дальше...

Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018) puts its director back into the cultural spotlight, winning him box office and acclaim (including a Best Picture nod) unseen since his heyday in the '90s. In a year of racially charged films, from blockbusters (Black Panther) to indie films (Blindspotting) and feel-good Oscar bait (Green Book), Lee's tale of historical bigotry stands out. Klansman's mix of dark comedy and white-hot anger makes for compelling viewing, even if it's often undercut by Lee's heavyhandedness. Читать дальше...

Tashkent's winter has been disappointing all around.  It has been disappointing for my cold-loving family members (Brandon, Sophia) because it rarely got below freezing.  It has been disappointing for my snow-loving family members (Edwin) because we have only gotten two light dustings before this week.  It has been disappointing for my sun-loving family members (me, Kathleen) because it has been uncharacteristically gray and rainy.  Also, it came much too early.

So bad job, Tashkent.  Nobody liked your winter this year. Читать дальше...

Last weekend it was sunny and warm, so I met a friend at the train museum.  I've been meaning to go for some time, but first it was too hot and then it was too cold.  Since the entire museum is just old trains parked on tracks outside, it's essential to have nice weather for a visit.

My friend brought four of her five children and I brought all of mine, so everyone had a great time climbing on all the cars.  The children love Tashkent's hands-off approach ...

Yet again, i am late posting this, sorry!
January, the start of a new year and a time i find my wardrobe a bit challenging, it's colds so i have to wear leggings and i think my wardrobe is more suited to it being a bit warmer. This month i went to America for a week for a work conference, came back with a chest and ear infection and went to see Miz Cracker. What did wear for this ...

Director: Gregory Jacobs

Writer: Joe Gangemi, Steven Katz (Screenplay)

Starring: Emily Blunt, Ashton Holmes, Martin Donovan, Ned Bellamy

Plot: Two college students share a ride home for the holidays, but when they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they are preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.

Tagline – Catch Your Death

Runtime: 1 Hour 31 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Verdict: ...

Flemish artist Wannes Capelle, Dutch folk musician Broeder Dieleman and cello player Frans Grapperhaus will be performing two shows (afternoon and evening) on April 29th @ De Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam to promote their Dit Is De Bedoeling album: "a mini-album with six songs about father trying to get their children to drink, pirates led by a notorious leader holed up in a cave, and the fear of missing out being superseded by the ...