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I'm so embarrassed...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 11:07pm | Edit Note | Delete
I had no idea when I joined the Large Penis Support Group that it would announce it to all of my contacts! Oh, well the cat's out of the bag (the jungle cat that is, guess I can admit it openly now.) Since it's all out in the open, I might as well try to help out other guys as they struggle with their own large penises. Having an exceptionally large penis as I do, I've encountered almost every large penis related difficulty that you could imagine. So feel free to join the group, and share your experience, strength and hope with those that are still coming to terms with the curse of their humongous members.
The envy of all of us in the LPSG. If only we could have been given little hammers like these...
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If I Was the Man I Was Ten Years Ago...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 5:18pm | Edit Note | Delete
I'd take a flamethrower to this place! I bought my little 7 (almost 8) year old daughter a winter jacket at The Gap this year. Tomorrow I'm taking the thing back. I'd encourage all of you to do the same and to stop shopping at this heinous purveyor of evil deeds. Here's the skinny, kids, on the skinny kids slipping through the gaps and working for The Gap.

Indian clothes factory in Gap inquiry raided again by police
By Rohit Gandhi and Christian Cotroneo, CBC News

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 | 6:01 PM ET
CBC News

The Indian factory accused of being a child labour sweatshop for retail giant Gap Inc. is still in production.

Following reports that the factory in Shahpur Jat was using child labour to produce garments for Gap's children's line, New Delhi police have conducted two raids on the factory.

Officers first descended on the factory Monday afternoon, finding 14 children in a single workshop. Children's aid workers and journalists accompanied the police. On Tuesday, another 28 children were rounded up.

Reporters were told by factory managers to leave the premises, but not before recording images of barefoot, shirtless boys at work. Ten-year-old Sheikh Ali said he had been in training, without pay, for the last three months.

"I work from 9 a.m. till about 8 p.m. in the evening," said another boy, who would only give the name Rahman.

The raids came a day after the British newspaper, The Observer, published stories about children working in medieval conditions at the south New Delhi plant.

The Observer said children were forced to work as many as 16 hours a day, without pay amid oppressive conditions, including being punished with rubber pipe beatings and having an oily cloth stuffed in their mouths.
Gap stops sale of products from factory

Vowing not to carry any products produced at the factory, Gap Inc., which operates 3,100 stores internationally, has since fired the subcontractor responsible for the abuse.

"As soon as we were alerted to this situation, we stopped the work order and prevented the product from being sold in stores," Gap North America president Marka Hansen said in a statement issued hours after the story broke on Sunday.

"While violations of our strict prohibition on child labour in factories that produce product for the company are extremely rare, we have called an urgent meeting with our suppliers in the region to reinforce our policies."

It’s not the first time Gap Inc. has had to face criticism over child labour in overseas factories.

In 2000, a BBC documentary discovered a Cambodian factory using young girls to produce clothing for Gap. For its part, the company says it’s striving to ensure subcontractors adhere to its Code of Vendor Conduct, which strictly forbids the use of child labour. In 2006, the company stopped doing business with 23 factories, citing violations of that code.
Authorities too lax, says children's group

An Indian Non-Governmental Organization, Save the Children Foundation of India, had demanded the police action, saying authorities have been too lax for too long in tackling the issue of child labour.

"Police need to do a more proactive job," said Bhuwan Ribhu, a lawyer and activist with Save the Children. "The labour department needs to do a more proactive job, the sub-divisional magistrate who is the implementing authority of the labour act needs to do a much, much better job.

"And on top of everything else, we as common citizens need to be more aware of these things. There are people living in the area. They should have immediately called the police when they saw this happening."

Ribhu also called on the garment industry — a $10-billion a year business in India — to adopt an anti-child labour certification program, already in use by the carpet and sporting goods industries.

"It has to be on the ground," Ribhu said. "And it's high time the garment industry also takes a proactive stand and develops good, effective monitoring mechanisms with the civil society, the government and the trade unions to ensure that there is active public participation and there is no child labour."

The children rescued during the raids were herded into a nearby police station to be interviewed before they appear in court Tuesday. It may take weeks for them to be released and reunited with their families.
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Attack of the Clowns
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Monday, October 29, 2007 at 12:28pm | Edit Note | Delete
It's getting a little embarrassing to be a Star Wars fan these days. I used to feel confident that I was way cooler than the uber-nerdesque trekkies of the world (or 'trekkers' as they prefer to be called). Now I'm just not so sure. There is a proliferation of nerdy merchandise out there appealing to the Gen X Star Wars fan; expensive light saber replicas, Hollywood style costumes running into the thousands, and a toy line that is clearly not intended for children. Today however I uncovered a Star Wars fan related item that made me question my level of nerdiness. For years I've identified with the Jedi order. I abstain from drugs and alcohol, I believe in peace and honesty, and I dabble in a bit of eastern philosophy that seems to resonate with the beliefs and practices of the Jedi. In fact, when I met my wife and she asked what religion I was I went as far as to tell her I was a Jedi. Anyway, that being said, I was a bit sickened and disgusted (primarily with myself ) when I came across this gallery of photos; http://www.informationweek.com/galleries/showImage.jhtml?galleryID=106 showing a training session put on by the New York Jedi.
Part of what disgusts me is that these people are obviously complete freaks. Yet I have thought of engaging in Jedi training myself in the past. Of course it wasn't actual Jedi training that I was contemplating, but rather Aikido training, which is a defensive martial art that seemed tailor made for a Jedi like me. Well, after seeing these pics, I've now decided that being a Jedi is gay, and it might be time to put away all of my Yoda toys once and for all.
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Flatland Grinder: In the game.
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Monday, October 29, 2007 at 11:53am | Delete
My money is on it's way. Should be online by tomorrow or the day after. What an incredible pain in the ass it's been. And it's apparently going to get worse. My bank handed me a little flyer detailing how they are going to be collecting more info for wire transfers in the interests of preventing terrorism. This is the same ruse that the government used to take down Neteller and most of the online poker world with the Internet Gambling Act last year. Here's the text of the flyer: "DOING OUR PART TO PREVENT MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING. When you send a wire payment outside Canada, we need to collect additional information from you to address anti-money-laundering and anti-terrorist financing regulations subject to all Canadian Financial Institutions. The reqested information will aslo assist us in ensuring that your payment is processed efficiently and accurately. When you ask us to send a wire payment, we will ask you for the full named, address and account number (if applicable) of both you and the recipient of the wire payment. The information you provide will be shared with the recipient's bank, any intermediary financial institutions involved in processing the payment and the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) where required by law. The infromation may also be subject to the laws of any jurisdictions the wire payment passes through in order to be processed. For more information about FINTRAC and the regulatory requirements visit www.fintrac.gc.ca or call 1-866-346-8722. For more information about the RBC Royal Bank Privacy Policy, visit www. rbc.com/privacy. " Translation; there is now a government agency tracking my win rate.
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Spandex Pants
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Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 9:43am | Edit Note | Delete
I found some spandex pants for my Halloween costume. They're actually those ridiculous looking running tights, but they work perfectly for the mid-80s rocker outfit. My costume is now complete. I'll post some pics the next time I have it on (whether Cindy likes me posting them or not).
In this note: Cindy Inness (notes)
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Now what?
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Saturday, October 27, 2007 at 6:19pm | Edit Note | Delete
I've been laid off for the year finally. It's funny. All the time that I spent loathing every waking minute at work, and now that it's over I miss it. I left a lot of good friends this year at that job. Mike, Cooper, Calvin, Connor, all the operators. Sorge and I will still hang occassionally, but I'll miss the other guys. I spent more time with them this year than I spent with my family last year. Strangely enough I think I might miss the work too. There is something rewarding about taking yourself to your physical limits. There's a satisfaction too in knowing that you were tough enough, when a lot of guys weren't. (I know that for some of you it wasn't a matter of toughness, but a matter of what's the point of enduring this when I have something better?). There were plenty of times that I didn't think I would make it. But this period of 4 months off, being home for every birthday, for Halloween and Christmas and New Year's and Easter is a nice motivator. I learned a lot this summer too. I went into this job with barely a clue about fixing things or mechanics or power tools etc. I left able to diagnose small engine troubles, able to service all kinds of heavy equipment from bobcats to trackhoes. I drive past construction sites now and I tell my kids "I can drive every machine you see out there." and there is a real sense of pride in that. On the one hand the chaos of having no set job description was at it's best confusing, at it's worst infuriating, it certainly had it's benefits. Anything I wanted to teach myself I had the freedom to do. I didn't find that out until a little too late in the year, but I really capitalized on it once I did.
I'm actually toying with the idea of going back to this job next year. The money was ridiculously good, the people (with the exception of the highly off-balanced Blair) were great. I spent the last 3 months thinking that I would regret having taken this job for the rest of my life. Here I am only 1 day away from it, and doggone it I miss it. Oh well. We'll see how I feel in the spring :)

Cartoon Saturation and Spandex Pants; The Nightmare from Hell
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 10:33pm | Edit Note | Delete
This will involve 2 different themes, kind of an uber-post before I head back to AB for a few more days.

Around 5 today my kids were watching cartoons, and not just any cartoon but an Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon. I told them, that when Mommy and I were kids, that was one of the 5 or 6 cartoons that were available to us. I told them that we had Scooby Doo, the Flintstones, the Jetsons, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry. (I know there were a few more than that, but not many). Then Janet threw in that "and they were only on for 2 hours on Saturday morning!". There are cartoons and children's shows on 24/7 these days. Amazing. Oh to be a child again. Then later in the day I had to physically fucking mail something. Did you know they still do that? I had to find a pen, locate a stamp and envelope seller, remember the correct format for writing an address on an envelope (including where the Hell you put the return address). To quote my boss "it was a nightmare from Hell." (Inside joke). Can you believe man ever lived that way, mailing shit?
Spandex. Do any of you have a pair of spandex pants you're not using. I have my official "Spyder" leather, hot pink/tiger-stripe silk scarf, flimsy sparkly gold scarf, razor blade necklace, studded armbands, aviator shades and big crazy headbanger wig. Just need the spandex (any color will do, looking for a large) and my king of glam costume will be complete. Should I fail in the pursuit of spandex, I'll be looking for leather chaps (studded if you have them, no questions asked).
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Flatland Grinder: Why I'm looking at playing 6max NLHE
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Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 6:35pm | Delete
I guess I should probably explain why I'm considering 6max NLHE. I've always played full ring pot limit and no limit games and done pretty well at them. However these games all but disappear beyond the 2/4 stakes. In order for one to increase profits, it seems that switching to the 6max games is the best option. Originally I wanted to switch to 6max limit because of the quantity of games and because at 2bb/100 (a standard win rate) I would be able to make a pretty decent living off of relatively small bankroll playing 2/4 stakes (multitabling of course). 6max limit seemed safer to me than 6max no limit, because almost all of the decisions are math based. Having a system of mathematics guiding your play relieves you of a lot of emotional investment in the hand, thus making it much less likely that one will tilt. However, something happened over the course of the last week that has me reconsidering no limit. I was watching a thread at 2+2 on delays in payments from the site I was thinking of joining. A poster had stated that his moneybookers withdrawals kept getting cancelled for no discernible reason. A few others had complained of similar troubles, and I didn't want to put any money on to the site in question until I saw that these guys were able to get their money off safely. Well a few days ago the poster posted the resolution. The problem was that he'd made a withdrawal request of $10,000.00, and then made another withdrawal of $10,000 the week after, before the first withdrawal had cleared. This was forcing the Moneybooker's computer system to identify a withdrawal request greater than the weekly 10k max they permit, and automatically the transactions were cancelled. Ten fucking thousand dollars a week!!!!!???? Jeeeeeeezus what the hell game is this mofo playing? I asked myself. I looked up other posts he'd made, and he's a 6maxNLHE player. He plays $200nl and $400 nl mainly. So I've decided that I'm going to study 6max nlhe the way some very studious person would pursue their studies. That's all for now.
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Banking, Game Plan, A New Link.
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Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 2:11pm | Delete
Would you believe that I still haven't put any money online? I estimate it's still going to be another week or so. Tomorrow I'm going to suck it up and send a bank wire to moneybookers so I can get started. In the meantime I've opened an account with Citizen's Bank, an online bank. Moneybookers uses bank wires to move funds back and forth, and all of the big Canadian banks charge anywhere from $10 up to about $50 to receive them. I've heard that Citizen's Bank is either free or a small $5 charge, and they apparently have better service than most banks too. Perhaps I should have read my last post before writing here since I can't remember what I've mentioned already and what I haven't. Anyway, here's the deal. I was going to give 6max limit a shot again, but J2 has been pretty convincing in his arguments for staying with no limit and pot limit games. I'm going to be joining tower gaming and playing $25 pot limit until I've built a nice bankroll. They have $400 in bonuses at 5x, followed by a bottomless 7x bonus. Once I have a substantial bankroll, I'm going to meet j2 halfway. Instead of 6max limit, I'm going to give 6max nl a shot. There has been almost nothing published on the strategy for this game, and consequently the number of fish at the tables is reputed to be huge. In order to keep my tuition fees (ie losses) low while I'm learning, I've been putting in all the research I can in preparation. I found what may be one of the most comprehensive gatherings of information for 6max SSNLHE on the net here http://www.pr0crast.com/2+2.NL.Anthology.v1.htm and here, http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=3239210&an=0&page=0#Post3239210 The first link deals almost exclusively with 6max SSNLHE, and the second one is concerned more with nlhe in general. Between the 2 of them I'm sure anyone could becom a winning player.
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