urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure Mostly Natural, Slightly Modified. I called to say Hello You forgot to get the phone 2007-07-26T02:56:29Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:520145 2007-07-26T02:56:29Z 2007-07-26T02:56:29Z <img src="http://coppermine.azxuredawn.com/albums/7-25-07/normal_HPIM0977.JPG" /><p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/07/25/tempus-edax-rerum/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:519216 2007-07-20T20:35:08Z 2007-07-20T20:37:24Z I just got some more yarn in the mail from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.midnightskyfibers.com/">Midnight Sky Fibers</a>. I ordered some more <a target="_blank" href="http://www.midnightskyfibers.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=294">Doorjam</a>. I won't lie, it should be called Toejam. Someone asked me to define what colour it was, and I said, actually, it's kind of vomit coloured. Don't let that deter you from buying it. I adore it. It's what I used for that <a target="_blank" href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/07/08/knitting-knitting-knitting/">dream swatch I posted</a> about last week.<br />This is the description, verbatim, from the Midnight Sky Fibers sight:<br /><div class="productGeneral"><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong>Name</strong>: Doorjam</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong>Weight</strong>: lace-sock</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong>Yards</strong>: 50</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong>Ingredients</strong>: wool</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong>Description</strong>: Wool spun in stripes of miscellaneous colors- some with touches of mohair, alternating with a dusty purple stripe.</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">I bought about 90 more yards, to finish said dream swatch. It won't be super long, but it doesn't need to be.</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">When I first met up with Doorjam, it was in a sampler type box I ordered along with a yellow single skein. The yarns from Midnight Sky are always lovely. They have a great.. I want to say raw, but that's not it, quality you just don't get from a mass produced skein from a big company. I think a lot of it comes from being handspun (at least the stuff I buy) and not mass-spun. I couldn't decide what to do with it, but it was begging to be something cute. I did a quick google, and remembered about the Dream Swatch and voila! That was it.</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">I even got a little surprise in this latest shipment, a free mini skein of Tangerine (which I cannot find on the site, so I am guessing it was an end) but it's cute too. I am thinking another something small, a couple of change purses or something.</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">All in all, I have always had a great experience with Midnight Sky Fibers, and I absolutely would send anyone over there to buy yarns.</p><br /></div><p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/07/20/midnight-sky-fibers/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:519160 2007-07-20T20:14:52Z 2007-07-20T20:22:14Z I love this product. My toddler loves this product. My older kids love this product. Oh, got your attention, hm? It's the Comfy Easy PC Learning system. It's a keyboard system for your PC that your child (ages 1 - 5) can use all by him or herself. Talk about great! Who doesn't have a headstrong toddler who is all about "me do it!"? You don't need extra special knowledge to set it up - just plug 'n' play!The keyboard comes with one software title; others are available and at approximately 20$ per title, they aren't too expensive. They come in various themes and levels. Each title has multiple levels and multiple languages too! My kids learn in English, Spanish, Hebrew, German, French, and more. Wow!<br /><br /><img align="left" alt="Comfy Easy PC Learning System" title="Comfy Easy PC Learning System" src="http://www.punkymomsforum.com/images/contest/comfy/Comfy_Keyboard_thumb.jpg" />The keyboard itself is very durable. It got dropped a few times, of course my toddler was leaning on it, banging on it and otherwise abusing it. Not a single problem with it! Nothing was broken, busted, cracked, unattached or lost! If you know my kids, you know that's nothing short of miraculous.<br /><br />My two year old took right to it. No coaching, or having to show her what to do. It freed up my time to make dinner, clean, do laundry, whatever. The Comfy characters kept her totally entertained for at least twenty minutes, but usually much longer, to the point I had to tell her it was time to stop and turn it off! <span class="q"><br /><br /><span class="q"><br /><br /><span class="q">We sampled quite a few software titles, and they were all a hit. I can't even suggest one over another. Each title has it's own merits, and own reasons to be touted. I think our favorite was the music title, we were loving "playing" the drums and piano and other instruments. </span><br /><br /><span class="q"><span></span><br /><br /><span class="q"><span></span><img align="right" alt="Comfy Easy PC Characters" title="Comfy Easy PC Characters" src="http://www.punkymomsforum.com/images/contest/comfy/Comfy_Family_thumb.jpg" />I honestly want to sing it's praises. The characters didn't get annoying the way some do and neither did the songs or other sound effects. My daughter keeps asking for "sleeping moon" over and over and over again. I love that it teaches beginning computer skills without the worry of breaking a typical keyboard. I didn't have to tell the kids to get off or be careful. I could leave them be and go do what needed doing or I could actively engage the game with them. Every button brings a reaction, and every reaction brings a smile. I couldn't ask for a better learning system to compliment the computer we already have.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" title="Comfy Easy PC Learning System" href="http://www.comfyland.com/Demo/">Try an online demo of this fantastic product now!</a><br /><br /><a target="_blank" title="Comfy Easy PC Learning System" href="http://www.comfyland.com/shops/pages/118_0_3_10.htm">www.comfyland.com - If you are planning on purchasing this product, please use this link. A portion of your purchase directly benefits Punky Moms.</a><p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/07/20/comfy-easy-pc-learning-system/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p></span></span></span></span> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:518638 2007-07-17T18:21:41Z 2007-07-17T18:21:41Z <img src="http://www.punkymomsforum.com/PunkyShop/images/P/punkystickersmall.jpg" /><p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/07/17/3417/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:516372 2007-07-06T21:55:34Z 2007-07-06T21:55:34Z <img align="left" alt="" src="http://www.punkymomsforum.com/PunkyShop/skin1/images/mega-shopping-.jpg" />Since the shop got fucked and had to be reinstalled and recreated, all of the shop accounts were lost too.<br /><br />As a special, one day only event, in order to encourage you to create a new account and help clear out our current inventory, I am opening it for the afternoon/evening.<br /><br />Head on over to <a href="http://www.punkymomsforum.com/PunkyShop/">http://www.punkymomsforum.com/PunkyShop/</a> to check out our new look!<br /><br />I<strike> no longer have to approve your account, so</strike> make sure you pick Punky Moms Forum Member as your membership type to get <strike>immediate</strike> access to tags and maybe some other goodies too (definitely in the future!) I do have to approve it, but I am working on that. As new registrations get emailed to me, I am editing the member type. <br /><br />As an extra special thank you, use this coupon on any clothing item for an extra two bucks off!<br /><br />The coupon code is "twobucks"<br /><br />"twobucks" is good once per customer, expires on July 7 2007 and is only good on items in the adult clothing category (I know I know, we don't have any size large or larger, we're working on it! We need to clear this stuff out!) only<br /><br />In a few short weeks we should have new hoodies, new stickers, pins and other surprises!<br /><br /><font size="4"><a href="http://www.punkymomsforum.com/RockNewsTemplate/html/7-1-07.html">July News is also live.</a></font> A few days late, but all the better for it! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:514305 2007-06-25T02:13:36Z 2007-06-25T02:13:36Z <img src="http://azxuredawn.com/images/misc/IMG_0171.JPG" /><p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/06/24/3397/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:513261 2007-06-13T00:29:26Z 2007-06-13T00:29:28Z The kids put on a play. Dorian was a jellyfish. It was cute, although kind of annoying (I have a hard time hearing kids who don't enunciate, and most of them were not) but still very cute. The kids all did a great job and you could tell they were so proud of themselves.<br /><br />I was reading over the program, and was happy they spelled Dorian's name correctly, and then turned it over to read the back and was shocked to find my name! I did a couple of props for the play. It's nice to be recognized, especially when you were not expecting it. I also got an award (a paper printed... the word is escaping me :( ) and was again surprised. I know it sounds silly, but it wasn't a lot of my time, and I really was not expecting to be recognized for the little bit of time I put in, especially when the other parents put in much more.<br /><br />Pictures coming soon! Wouldn't you know it, I was all prepared to play photographer and my batteries were dead! They were *not* dead earlier today when I checked them and I didn't take spares. I should have. Every time it's something important my batteries die. I gave the camera to Michael, and he had the genius idea of turning it on right before we needed to take some and taking a bunch until it shut off. He actually got quite a few that way! I just put some disposables in my camera so I could unload it properly and my batteries are on the charger. I'll be tossing some spares in my case from now on!<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/06/12/it-was-fabulous/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:512046 2007-06-02T22:37:29Z 2007-06-02T22:37:29Z I can't write. I can't draw. I can't create. I am so frustrated. I get out a pencil and paper, and nothing comes out. I bought a dressform, I got out my serger, and nothing. I am at such a loss. Nothing inspires. Nothing stirs. It's as if I've created all I can create, and I shall create no more. Dramatic, no?<br /><br />I used to blame it on a lack of time, but perhaps it just a lack of me.<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/06/02/insanity-thy-name-is-uninspired/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:511561 2007-05-24T16:35:50Z 2007-05-24T16:35:50Z I can't even begin. This vaccine was touted as a miracle cure for cervical cancer (which I think was the first mistake made, that people feel it really is a "cure" (100% prevention) of cervical cancer, it is not.) and pushed through and pushed to be made mandatory. I wont say I am surprised. Remember Vioxx? I was on Vioxx, before it was found to do more harm than good. Just another example of something pushed  through before adequate testing was done. I feel so horrid for those pregnant mothers! I don't even know how you would go about compensating for that, and what's sad is, they probably signed away any rights to go after compensation (not that you can compensate for loosing a child or inducing defects).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/printer_6299.shtml">Judicial Watch Uncovers Three Deaths Relating to HPV Vaccine</a><br /><table width="80%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="width: 50%"><strong>For Immediate Release</strong><br /><font size="-1">May 23, 2007</font></td> <td valign="top" align="right" style="width: 50%"><font size="-1">Contact: Press Office<br />202-646-5188</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><center><font size="+2">Judicial Watch Uncovers Three Deaths Relating to HPV Vaccine</font><br /><br /><font size="+1">Event Reports Obtained from FDA Detail 1,637 Adverse Reactions to Gardasil</font><br /><br /></center><br /><p align="left"><strong>(Washington, DC)</strong> -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released documents obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, detailing 1,637 reports of adverse reactions to the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV), Gardasil.  Three deaths were related to the vaccine.  One physicianâ™s assistant reported that a female patient âœdied of a blood clot three hours after getting the Gardasil vaccine.â  Two other reports, on girls 12 and 19, reported deaths relating to heart problems and/or blood clotting.</p><br /><p align="left">As of May 11, 2007, the 1,637 adverse vaccination reactions reported to the FDA via the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) included 371 serious reactions.  Of the 42 women who received the vaccine while pregnant, 18 experienced side effects ranging from spontaneous abortion to fetal abnormities.</p><br /><p align="left">Side effects published by Merck &#038; Co. warn the public about potential pain, fever, nausea, dizziness and itching after receiving the vaccine.  Indeed, 77% of the adverse reactions reported are typical side effects to vaccinations.  But other more serious side effects reported include paralysis, Bells Palsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and seizures.</p><br /><p align="left">âœThe FDA adverse event reports on the HPV vaccine read like a catalog of horrors,â stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.  âœAny state or local government now beset by Merckâ™s lobbying campaigns to mandate this HPV vaccine for young girls ought to take a look at these adverse health reports.  It looks as if an unproven vaccine with dangerous side effects is being pushed as a miracle drug.â</p><br /><p align="left">Judicial Watch filed its request on May 9, 2007, and received the adverse event reports from the FDA on May 15, 2007.  Judicial Watch has posted the adverse event reports below.</p><br /><p align="left">(A recent study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, also questioned the general effectiveness of Gardasil.)</p><br /><p align="center">###</p><br /><p align="left">Click <a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2007/GardasilVAERSDeaths.pdf"><strong>here</strong></a> to view the Garadsil Related Deaths Reported to VAERS as of May 11, 2007</p><br /><p align="left">Click <a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/archive/2007/GardasilVAERSReports.pdf"><strong>here</strong></a> to view the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Reports as of May 11, 2007</p><br /><br /><br /><font size="-1"><center>© Copyright 1997-2004, Judicial Watch, Inc.</center></font></td> </tr> </table><p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/05/24/judicial-watch-uncovers-three-deaths-relating-to-hpv-vaccine/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:511366 2007-05-23T18:39:40Z 2007-05-23T18:39:40Z How awful is it that my sisters unveiling was right near (on I think) Fathers Day in 2004, and my moms is right near it in 2007.<br /><br />I have to find a good giftie for my dad this year. How craptastic.<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/05/23/how-shitty/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:507897 2007-04-14T19:09:08Z 2007-04-14T19:09:08Z Michael and I got all dressed up (ok, he was in his funeral suit pants and a white shirt and tie, I was in my funeral dress &#038; shoes) and went to shul this morning for a bar mitzvah. We had to duck out early because he had to be at work (something I felt crappy about because it's Shabbat and it's a frum-orthodox congregation).<br /><br />The Rabbi shook his hand once he went inside (men &#038; women are separated) and gave him a tallis (they keep a stack in the back for those who didn't bring their own/don't have them) a siddur and found another member to help him along the service.<br /><br />Michael said he had to admit, he felt good in there.<br /><br />I said we weren't doing it every weekend. I just can't. He said no, he didn't want to, he had no clue what was going on, it was just nice.<br /><br />I agreed. The service is very different from the Saturday morning services I grew up with. I am totally lost in there myself, with the exception of the "group" prayers.<br /><br />So I am going to buy him his own tallis so he isn't wearing one a zillion other men have worn, because we'll be there often enough to merit it (we will have a ton of brit milah and b'nai mitzvot and the like to attend... we have another next weekend).<br /><br />I had a half dozen people tell me I reminded them of mom. One told me how strong she was. I was talking to Erin (Dorian's friends mom) the other week and explained... I don't go to shul because it's a family thing for me, and I don't have any family left to go with (my dad adamantly does not go of his own accord... he will go if invited by friends and he knows he is expected to show, you know?) so I just don't. I am not an avid Jew. I don't like standing around, separated from my husband, from 9 to 1 praying. Not my thing.<br /><br />But it was nice walking in with Michael today.<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/04/14/shul/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:507284 2007-04-11T13:57:11Z 2007-04-11T13:57:11Z <table width="350" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt"> <strong>You Are a Pinky</strong> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><center><img width="100" height="100" src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatfingerareyouquiz/finger-5.jpg" /></center> <font color="#000000"> You are fiercely independent, and possibly downright weird.<br />A great communicator, you can get along with almost anyone.<br />You are kind and sympathetic. You support all your friends - and love them for who they are.<br /><br />You get along well with: The Ring Finger<br /><br />Stay away from: The Thumb </font></td> </tr> </table><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatfingerareyouquiz/">What Finger Are You?</a></div><p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/04/11/in-lieu-of-actual-content/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:505791 2007-03-15T13:21:38Z 2007-03-15T13:21:38Z So I have been wanting to go talk to the Rabbi, and ask him why he believes. Not what, but why. What makes his faith so strong, he believes it no matter what. What makes him have that faith.<br /><br />I can't bring myself to do it. I hate to bring my crisis of faith down on anyone else. So I kind of hate to bring it here too.<br /><br />See, I never had faith in Judaism as a religion. God never really figured into it. The people, the tradition, the history, that was my faith, mixed with a little something older too. Somewhere in the last few years I lost that.<br /><br />I've had this dialog in my head for the past few days, about how the Rabbi would ask me why I don't believe in Hashem anymore, and my reply would be, well, if you had the last few years I had, would you? Then he asks me what God has given me, and I counter with everything God has taken away, and it's a very negative conversation.<br /><br />Yes, I have entire pretend conversations with other people in my head. It means I don't actually have to have the conversation for real and works out well for my hermit tendencies.<br /><br />So regardless of what you believe, what gives you that faith?<br /><br />I don't need a crutch to get me through the day. I don't need a "God works in mysterious ways" line to explain things. It isn't about that. I've just come to realize, where I used to believe in something, there is nothing. I don't think it's hurting me, but I seem to have forgotten why it was there at all.<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/03/15/why-do-you-believe/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:505259 2007-03-11T01:09:37Z 2007-03-11T01:09:37Z <img src="http://www.punkymomsforum.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/lilacstars.gif" /> Update! <img src="http://www.punkymomsforum.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/lilacstars.gif" /> It's here! <a target="_blank" href="http://www.punkymomsforum.com/PunkyShop/home.php?cat=264">We have new merch!</a> It's wearable, it's stylish <img src="http://www.punkymomsforum.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/PEOalexisHL.gif" /> , it's Punky Moms Chic! Come one come all, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.punkymomsforum.com/PunkyShop/home.php?cat=264">get your summer weight Punky Moms hoodie</a>. You know the drill, it's totally limited edition, hand screened by the one and only Madam Winter. You'll be wearing your heart on your sleeve and your Punky Mom pride on your chest with this sexy number.You can get delivered to you, direct in the mail, one Punky Moms hoodie for the low low price of 45$ That's right ladies, just a small payment of 45$ will get you this sexy hoodie, and all the looks you can handle! Shipping is included if you live in the 48 continentals, 50$ will get this chucked across the pond. If you live outside of the continental US, please contact us for an adjusted invoice before paying.<br /><br />This hoodie is helping turn our cookbook into a reality! Buy your hoodie today, before we run out!<br /><br />For our international mamas (remember, we are USA based, so that means anyone outside of the USA) please remember to wait until you get an adjusted invoice from us. Your hoodie will be 50$ to help with the cost of international shipping.<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/03/10/punky-moms-hoodies-are-here/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:501545 2007-02-13T21:54:28Z 2007-02-28T18:43:06Z So, drama on the board turned out to not be so "drama-full" as it could have. We lost a member... lost. No, she was given the option to come clean, provide proof or leave. She chose to leave. Goes to show you don't know shit about who is on the other end of your computer!<br /><br />Our bags are selling like hotcakes. We'll need to order more soon, I think. Shirts too, and some other goodies in the works.<br /><br />I bailed on the gym today. I wasn't up to walking, lifting or anything at all. So Michael went, and came home and we went to the post and the food store.<br /><br /><a rel="lightbox" title="New Glasses" href="http://coppermine.azxuredawn.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_jennglasses.jpg"> <img border="0" align="left" title="New Glasses" alt="New Glasses" src="http://coppermine.azxuredawn.com/albums/userpics/10001/thumb_jennglasses.jpg" /></a>I got new glasses yesterday! Clicky clicky the thumb for a better image.<br /><br />I was a bit of a label whore. They are D&#038;G frames but they actually cost less than the unbranded pair I was looking at. Plus with a AAA discount, they were almost free. My lenses, on the other hand, were just shy of 300$ Michael got new glasses as well, and thank goodness he got approved for their credit, b/c we certainly didn't have what it cost in full to spend yesterday. On the good side of things, my script hasn't changed much in the past two years. I am practically blind to distance without glasses, but I am 20/20 up close. (My distance was like 70/80 or something... I could barely read the third line down on the chart).<br /><br />Another of our koi died. We need to test the water and clean the tank. Our pleco isn't really doing it's job and we have some nasty algae all over everything.<br /><br />We had cake for Eshiva on Monday night. We didn't really do birthday anything this year. I didn't really want to. I hope that doesn't set the tone for the whole year. We had cake for the twins birthday as well, but it wasn't festive. I feel bad. I took lots of photos of her eating her cake, and of the kids and my dad and everyone.<br /><br />My wrist and elbow are killing me. I need to find a decent support for them. I've been working a lot and it's taking it's toll.<br /><br />Someone called asking for mom. Out of habit (assuming it was a telemarketer) I just said she isn't here and may I take a message. I hope it wasn't a friend who just didn't know. How shitty would that have been? Those telemarketers are thinking they are slick lately though, asking for people by their first names in a real friendly tone.<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/02/13/ho-hum/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:501290 2007-02-10T14:36:53Z 2007-02-10T14:36:53Z <a href="http://www.examiner.com/a-556256~Author_attacked_in_S_F__hotel.html">Nobel laureate accosted at peace conference - Examiner.com</a><br /><br />There aren't even words. Thank you Punky Moms for posting this. I've kind of stopped reading the news, well, because of shit like this. (You will remember last month, or a couple of months ago I posted a ton of Holocaust-related things, which seemed to be jumping at me from the news).<br /><br />I still cannot believe people out there are still saying the Holocaust never happened. If your angle is to deny the Jews, then forget about the six million Jews who were murdered. What about all the other people? Right, if you don't care about the Jews you probably don't care about the handicapped, mentally ill, gypsies, anyone who wasn't bond haired and blue eyed (by the way, my very Jewish cousins are blond and blue, there goes that theory!).<br /><br />Bah.<br /><br />Did you hear that they found a bundle of letters from Anne Frank's father? Letters trying to get them out and into Spain, America. I guess they had been sitting on them for a while, but they will be releasing them on Valentine's Day (which I think is kind of fucked up, why that day?). I can't say I am not anxious to read their contents though. Morbid curiosity.<br /><br />I'm not a Holocaust scholar or anything. I've always been interested in Hitler and the Third Reich and the Holocaust. Fascinating history, and we should be on our toes to see that it doesn't happen again, to any portion of the population. Sadly, some of the same <strike>events</strike> mind-sets that helped lead up to that mess (that's an understatement) are happening right now in places like Darfur (where entire clans are being wiped out), and even in the US (how many people want entire countries wiped out, regardless of the innocence of most of their populations?).<br /><br />I guess that's my soapbox for the day.<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/02/10/nobel-laureate-accosted-at-peace-conference-examinercom/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:499876 2007-02-03T00:51:41Z 2007-02-03T00:51:41Z <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvQvz5uPPZk">YouTube - CH. NFurno: How the Drug Companies Make Vaccines</a><br /><br />Fabulous mock news story on vaccines and their ingredients.<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/02/02/youtube-ch-nfurno-how-the-drug-companies-make-vaccines/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:499471 2007-02-03T00:21:12Z 2007-02-03T00:22:07Z <strong>Punky Moms has Punky shopping bags!</strong> That's right. With all the eco-talk going on lately, we've stepped up and done our part too! Not only is our website paper-free and eco-friendly (hrmph, minus all that power you use to connect to it) but we now have all natural, 100% canvas PunkyMoms reusable shopping bags!Our new bags are a lightweight 4.5 oz. natural canvas bag with matching 20" over-the-shoulder handles and bottom gusset. Don't let that throw you off. We've put them through the ringer and they are stronger than they look (much like many of us!) They measure a generous 15.5 x 15 x 3 inches and have a silk screened Punky logo right on the side! As if people weren't gawking at you enough in the market... you can now proudly slip off with the soccer moms staring at something else besides your tattoos!<br />Need some usage suggestions? Try these!<br /><ul><br /> <li>use instead of paper or plastic at the food store</li><br /> <li>use instead of shopping bags at any store</li><br /> <li>use as a diaper bag</li><br /> <li>use as a purse! (ok, not an evening bag, but it'll work for keys and general "stuff")</li><br /> <li>use it to keep a change of clothes in the car for your kids</li><br /> <li>it makes a great library bag too!</li><br /> <li>got another suggestion? Let us know!</li><br /></ul><br /><font color="red"><strong>Special! Buy five bags at $8.00 each and get one free! That's right! A total of six bags for the cost of five. You can't beat that!</strong></font> Free bag will not reflect in shopping cart.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.punkymomsforum.com/PunkyShop/product.php?productid=16162&amp;cat=0&amp;page=1"> These are dirt cheap, so get yours while they last!</a><p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/02/02/punky-moms-bags-are-here/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:498240 2007-01-19T22:12:35Z 2007-01-19T22:13:59Z <a href="http://punkymomsforum.com/forum"><br /><div style="text-align: center"><img border="0" src="http://punkymomsforum.com/images/punkycard.gif" /></div><br /></a><p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/01/19/punky-moms-wants-you/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:497410 2007-01-14T19:02:37Z 2007-01-14T19:12:44Z Went to the gym this morning. Walked for five minutes, ran for five (at 4.2 mph) and walked for five more. Biked for 20 minutes, average speed was just over 18 mph, but I was up around 28 mph for a minute (I made sure I held it for a minute solid) and was close on either side. We stretched, and then I did two reps of 10 (30 lbs) on the pec machine, one rep of 10 on the butterfly (?) machine, tried the leg press but couldn't get it set proper for me to use it. Not a bad gym day, all in all.<br /><br />Came home, showered, went to Panera and had the mediterranean sandwich, and went to the mall.<br /><br />I bought my sister her first real bra (went to Vickies and had her measured). Actually, I got her two, one beige, one white. She's had like, sports bras before, but I figured it was time for a decent one. I also got myself a bag that has some smelly stuff in it, and we went to Trade Secret and I got an OPI sampler thingie (I liked all the colors, couldn't decide, so I got the small bottles instead) and some CHI leave in hair repair/strengthener stuff.<br /><br />Now we're home.<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/01/14/gym-panera-mall-home/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:496648 2007-01-12T22:28:50Z 2007-01-13T15:35:19Z <img src="http://www.punkymomsforum.com/images/punkymomsteaser.jpg" /><p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2007/01/12/3326/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:494790 2006-12-30T19:17:13Z 2006-12-30T19:17:13Z <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6216385.stm">BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | N Korea 'serious threat' to South</a><br /><br />I wish the world as a whole would ban nuclear devices. Get rid of atomic bombs. Ditch bombs all together. Nasty dirty bombs, pipe bombs, anything explosive.<br /><br />I know it will never happen, but my god, either pass one out the the entire class or leave it home! If everyone had a bomb, it would be like no one having a bomb, because if everyone had one, then who would want to be the first to start a world-wide domino effect of destruction?<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2006/12/30/bbc-news-asia-pacific-n-korea-serious-threat-to-south/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:494374 2006-12-30T19:04:07Z 2006-12-30T19:04:07Z <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6219765.stm">BBC NEWS | Middle East | No Arab euphoria at Saddam death</a><br /><br />I wonder what impact this will have in Israel, Hamas, the Palastinians and life in general.<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2006/12/30/bbc-news-middle-east-no-arab-euphoria-at-saddam-death/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:494190 2006-12-30T18:48:21Z 2006-12-30T18:49:52Z <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6218485.stm">BBC NEWS | Middle East | Saddam Hussein executed in Iraq</a><br /><br />Saddam Hussein is a name I have heard my entire life. I can't pick out any one thing that it brings to mind any more than any other, but... It's a pretty big, involved sub-plot type story in my life coming to an end.<br /><br />A while back I <a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2006/08/29/oneworld-us-home-todays-news-bush-and-saddam-should-both-stand-trial-says-nuremberg-prosecutor/">posted this </a> article my hubby sent me.<br /><br />Someone commented today that Bush should have been hanged right along side him, also for war crimes. I had this to say:<br />I absolutely think GWB needs to stand trial as well, fair trial (is there really such a thing?) and have his actions examined.<br /><br />Why are we in Iraq and not Iran? Why are we wasting time setting up a democracy in another country when ours is falling apart?<br /><br />I have no problem with capitol punishment when it's deserved. I don't think it should be doled out willy-nilly, but I think if it's deserved, then it's deserved. I don't know if I am the person to decide that (probably not) but there are so few jobs that have such an amazing impact on so many people... we really ought to be careful about who gets them, who keeps them, and how they were put there in the first place.<br /><br />So I don't have anything good or bad to say about this hanging. I think it was fair and just.<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2006/12/30/bbc-news-middle-east-saddam-hussein-executed-in-iraq/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:azxure:492814 2006-12-23T01:46:22Z 2007-04-13T23:16:58Z <a title="Support Becca on her Breast Cancer walk!" target="_blank" href="https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=202303&amp;lis=1&amp;kntae202303=E9D47D0FF80F4348A3DA6C319313AA25&amp;supId=154328771">Support Becca on her Breast Cancer walk!</a><br /><br />I "met" Becca online, total chance. Her mother is a cancer survivor. My mother is a cancer victim. She in in an interfaith marriage. I am in an interfaith marriage. She knits. I knit. She loves to cook. I love to cook. She is doing a 3 day, 60 mile walk. I'm not, but I contributed to her team. All proceeds benefit the Susan Koman Foundation.<p><font size="-1"><a href="http://azxuredawn.com/publicate/2006/12/22/3311/">View this post on my blog</a></font></p>