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One Piece Chapter 507 is Out!

graymatality — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:21:06 +0000

Thanks to HappyFamily for scanlating the latest One Piece chapter. Enjoy reading it!

Sweet Pea Cakes, etc. Diaper Cakes

Jen — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:20:08 +0000

I have had so many requests for more information on diaper cakes that I figured I'd post another blog about them. Mine was purchased from Bellacroft. (www.bellacroft.com) We had searched all over the web and theirs seemed to offer the most bang for our buck. They sell a great line of Diaper Cakes from "Sweet Pea Cakes, Etc.) I was very excited when I saw this at my shower because I didn't realize that there were hidden surprises in the center of the cake! Each Diaper Cake contains:

54 Pampers Swaddlers Diapers

1 Handmade swaddle blanket

2 handmade reversible bibs

2 Binkie Clips

2 Binkies

Johnson & Johnson Travel Set

More Sweat Pea Cakes at Bellacroft

Mininova Most Seeded ONE PIECE RSS Feed

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My Son is Alive, Part 2.

Kelson — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:16:58 +0000

ITP has been the scariest thing I've ever gone through. Watching my son go through it is even worse. But, thankfully, we seem to be approaching a workable future.

After our initial joy with his platelets soaring past 140k a mere 3 days after his injection of win rho, three weeks passed and the bruises came back, along with petechiae. Some of the bruises were doing that swelling thing again, so we rushed him to the ER and his count was 35k. Shit. What was going on?

Our doctor told us that for toddlers using win rho, it was common for oscillations in the count to happen after the initial injection, and to wait a couple weeks and see if they didn't start coming back up on their own. The win rho, apparently while boosting an immediate count, which is useful in emergencies (such as when the boy first went in at a count of 7k) can actually slow down the healing process by giving the body a crutch to lean on. His toddler body is in a prime state for repairing itself.

It was hard listening to this fellow. Hard trying to take his words to heart and to stick it out. The wanting that magic pill of "just give him another injection of that stuff!" was hard to put down. Fortunately, FMLA (Thanks, Chris Dodd. Thanks, Bill.) came to the rescue and I was able to take off quite a bit of time from work to watch the kid while we sorted out details of getting his g-ma up to larryville to watch him at home. There was no way we'd let him bounce around at daycare with a platelet count of 35k.

So, this was round the end of may, start of june. Every couple of weeks, the poor kid would have to go in for more blood tests. I swear to whatever is out there, if i'm given the opportunity, i will find a way to count platelets non-invasively. Toddlers should just not have to go through blood draws. I'm thinking a near-infrared hologram setup. That's just off the top of my head. It would have to account for the flow of blood through a section of the body the right size, say the last segement of the pinky finger. A strobing pulse of non-ionizing radiation, either electromagnetic or acoustic, perhaps. Have a computer record the number of two micron wide shadows on the recording medium.

Anyway.

Two weeks go by, and yes, indeed, his platelets have gone up to 46k. Good. Two more weeks. 72k. Good! Two more weeks, 95k! Fantastic!

That was almost two weeks ago, today. At 95k, the doc said it was Ok for him to go to day care, as he could sustain your average active toddler kind of fall without fear of emergency room type trauma. No playing on the big slide though. No swimming lessons, yet. Also, his next blood draw isn't until the end of this month. The minimum considered normal is 140k. So. Fingers are crossed. We are tentatively hopeful.

Points for guessing the caption (double for the mixed ref). No spra-googling. You can do it.

[wp_caption id="" align="alignnone" width="438" caption=""Also, I'd like to add I have my father's gun. And a scorching case of hair piece.""][/wp_caption]

Naruto Chapter 407 and One Piece 506 are Out!

graymatality — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:46:59 +0000

Thanks to SleepyFans again for scanlating the latest chapter of naruto!! Enjoy it!

Naruto Chapter 407

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Thanks to FrankyHouse for scanlating the latest chapter of One Piece!!! Enjoy It!

One Piece Chapter 506

PIECE

kenyongerbrandt — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:09:16 +0000

So this past spring I led a Financial Peace University group at our church. If your not familiar FPU is the brain child of Dave Ramsey and a wonderful tool to help you refocus and get you out of debt. Trust me. It works. My wife and I paid off $15,000 in debt in three months. Yeah we had to make some crazy sacrifices and it isn't easy, but getting into debt was exactly an overnight decision either.

So here we sit caught up on all our bills. Our only debt is for the mortgage on the house which we got at a fixed rate and have kept the cost of our house in reasonable limits for us. Despite all this I find myself angry, impatient, upset, discouraged, feeling sorry for myself. And why? Cuz I'm a baby. That's right.

Big.

Fat.

Self-Centered.

Baby.

I thought that financial peace (aka being debt free) would launch me into this new phase in life where money would just fall in my lap and I could say yes to things I wanted just because I wanted them. I admit it. I guess that I approached this whole deal with the idea that getting out of debt would become the launching point for me fulfilling all my materialistic dreams.

There is hope for me yet.

1. I am beginning to realize and understand the problem. Me.

2. While things may not be happening the way that I wanted them to happen we are seeing another possibility that would never have been an option if we were in debt. My wife is going back to school. How cool is that. We have been married over 11 years and schooling was never really much a thought. She worked cause we needed the money to pay the bills. Well, guess what...the bills are paid. And at about the same time God began to stir her heart. She's not going back to school to get some fancy job and start some fancy career (though it could end up like that). No she is going back to school so that she can help kids learn to read.

I love my wife.

How purposeful is that? How exciting?

So the iPod, the big screen TV, the new computer, the car, all that other st*ff will have to wait. The Gerbrandt family has more important things to invest their money in...the literacy of kids who just need a little help, a little patience. And they are so going to get it....just you wait!

How do you keep yourself focused on the right dreams? What sacrifices do you make? What do you tell yourself when you make those sacrifices?

Summer 60 One Piece Juniors Monokini Swimsuit by Christina

trulyblogger — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:35:49 +0000

Summer 60 One Piece Juniors Monokini Swimsuit by Christina

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Summer 60 One Piece Juniors Monokini Swimsuit by Christina

trulyblogger — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:35:49 +0000

Summer 60 One Piece Juniors Monokini Swimsuit by Christina

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The Baobab Table

Jennifer Birge — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:32:31 +0000

BaObab Table

The BaObab desk, designed by Philippe Starck for Vitra, provides a refreshing approach to office furniture. It’s curved shape, created as a single piece, shields the user and provides a pleasant feeling of security. As a sculptural element, BaObab embraces the user, supports them in an unconventional manner in their work and ultimately gives the office a new feel. Its warm colors are inviting and its organic form challenges the conventional world of right angles and allows it to be positioned freely. $5,290.00

I want this!!!!!!

मैं क्यों आज तक उसकी ख़ाहिश करता हूँ

विनय प्रजापति — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:14:00 +0000

मैं क्यों आज तक उसकी ख़ाहिश करता हूँ
जो मुझको भीड़ में अकेला छोड़कर गया है
सुबह आज भी उसको आइनों में जोड़ता हूँ
जो मेरे दिल को खिलौने-सा तोड़कर गया है...

बे-तस्कीनियाँ उजले चेहरों से बढ़ती हैं
हर पल मुझको अक्स की तरह पढ़ती हैं
अंधेरी रात है मैं छत पर तन्हा बैठा हूँ
एक-एक पल दोपहर-सा गुज़र रहा है...

कोई उठाये मुझको या फिर बैठा रहने दे
ख़ाबों के जंगल जलाये ना, धुँआ उड़ाये ना
ख़ाहिशों का अम्बार है, दिल ज़ार-ज़ार है
आँखों की नदिया सुखाये ना, चाँद जलाये ना

अजीब धुनकी में है दिल और कुछ नहीं है
दर्द का ग़ुबार है दिल और कुछ नहीं है
मुस्कुराहट जब खिली गुलाबी लबों पर
एक हसीन ख़ाब सारी रात जागता रहा है...

एक नयी परवाज़ दिखायी दी है आसमाँ में
कुछ नये अन्दाज़ भी हैं उसकी ज़बाँ में
बाँट नहीं सकता किसी से लम्हों के टुकड़े
ख़ुदाया मेरा कोई नहीं इतने बड़े जहाँ में

शायिर: विनय प्रजापति ‘नज़र’
लेखन वर्ष: २००४

U.S. Should Lift HIV/AIDS-Related Travel Restrictions, Opinion Piece Says

healtherm2 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:27:11 +0000

Since 2003, the U.S. through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has "extended a helping hand to" HIV-positive people living outside the country, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) write in a Washington Times opinion piece. "Unfortunately, as we open our wallets to fund lifesaving treatments to those living with HIV/AIDS overseas, we will not open our doors," the authors write, adding that HIV is the "only medical condition that renders people inadmissible" to the U.S. The U.S. is "just one of 12 countries" -- including Libya, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Sudan -- that "prohibit, almost without exception, HIV-positive noncitizens from entering the country," according to Kerry and Smith. They add that such a "discriminatory policy has no basis in public health, let alone common sense."

According to the authors, they have introduced a bill that would "overturn this unfair policy." There is "no excuse for a law that goes out of its way to stigmatize a particular disease and separate parents from children, sisters from brothers, and people of all stripes from their work, travel and dreams of a better life," they add. "Actions matter," Kerry and Smith write, adding, "Leading by example in the fight against HIV/AIDS has left millions in the developing world grateful to America for our lifesaving help." It is "time we sent the same message by finally ending our needlessly discriminatory laws penalizing those with HIV/AIDS," the authors conclude (Kerry/Smith, Washington Times, 6/25).

Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/healthpolicy. The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Baby Aspen Patty Cake Layette Set in Tower

Jen — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:20:02 +0000

I received something similar to this at my baby shower and think it is the cutest thing! This "Patty Cake" Gift Box Tower by Baby Aspen is just adorable! Not only are the boxes a keepsake (And we ALL know that I love boxes and baskets!) but each box is filled with goodies for your little one! They are filled with: a receiving blanket, bodysuit, two burp cloths, two bibs, soft booties and a cap! www.bellacroft.com also has this set available for boys!

Baby Aspen "Patty Cake" Nine-Piece Layette Set in Keepsake Gift Box Tower

Packing

Nina — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:02:31 +0000

I keep picking titles with -ING o.O

Yep. I'm starting to pack. After I had a dream last night that it was already a weeks from now and I only had a few more hours left before I had to leave. And in those few hours I had to pack my stuff. Stuff for a year. Yeah, that was kinda my reality-check. I realized that a week isn't that long. And I still have so many people to meet before I leave...

Yesterday something really scary happened. I got on the bus after meeting a friend in town, and I saw this huge cloud of black smoke, on the hill where our house is, just further up, kindof over the hill behind some trees. It looked really huge and scary and black. And it was one of those clouds after an explosion, or at least it looked like one. I told myself that it was probably nothing but I still called my mom at home, just because I'm paranoid and you know... she said she hadn't heard an explosion and that she can't see any black cloud... But as soon as I got home we heard sirens... and in the evening my dad heard on the radio that a house in Meggen (the area right next to lucerne, where we leave, really near us) had burned down completely. And today I read in the newspaper that a barn had burned down. No humans were hurt, but 30 animals died :( There was one singed cow that ran out and then wanted to run back in because it probably had a calf, but the managed to keep it out... and the farmer had gotten awards for his milk cows. They couldn't interview him because he was so shocked... The people that live around the barn said they heard an explosion and then saw 10-20 metre high flames coming out of the barn. I mean really, that cloud was huge, I could see it from the city! Which is about 20 min away from there...

And then today it was really rainy. We had the windows open around noon. And you could smell ashes. The wind probably blew the particles over... we don't live far away at all, so it's possible. And then I had a horrible thought: those ashes aren't just from wood. We were smelling more than just burned wood.

It's sad :( It was the biggest fire in that are in 10 years... The whole barn had burned down by the time the fire department had gotten there... I hope the farmer will be able to keep working... poor guy, I mean, he lost all of his cows and pigs and calfs.

Well... something happier: on the same day, 25 year ago my parents got married :) So they've been married for 25 years... a long time. :)

Today I saw Daria (~chiffonshorts) for the last time before she, and then I leave. :( But we have skype and msn and the internet in general so it won't be so bad :)

You will not believe what just happened to me. Right now. I took a break from writing to go gt some juice and crereal (<3). And I took out the bowl, turned around to get the cereal, and I knocked the bowl to the floor where it broke. So I had to pick the pieces up and make sure there weren't any little parts lying around anymore. BUt that's not all.

Same player tries again, I took another little bowl out, set it on the counter, turned around to get the cereal and it happened all over again. -.-

I broke two old little bowls in 5 minutes. Somehow gravity, or what/whoever, doesn't want me to eat cereal. Why does this stuff happen to me? Ugh vey...

Pièce détachée

nanobotronis — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:00:53 +0000

Une nouveauté de plus dans le jeu, qui devrait encore plus le pimenter : il se peut que votre nanobotron perde une de ses pièces s'il est détruit lors d'un combat.

La pièce perdue sera projetée à quelques nanomètres mais il vous est possible de la récupérer en la ramassant (avant qu'un autre nanobotron ne le fasse).

La perte ne s'appliquera seulement qu'aux armes brachiales, céphaliques et systèmes de navigation.