<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:34:40.835-08:00</updated><category term='NHL'/><category term='Gaming'/><category term='Jenny Craig'/><category term='Fire and Ice Fireplace'/><category term='Fall Jewelry Fashion'/><category term='Prince William Bald'/><category term='Kris Allen'/><category term='MTV'/><category term='Demoman Update'/><category term='St Louis Blues vs Vancouver Canucks'/><category term='Adam Lambert'/><category term='Billboard Cover'/><category term='Snookie of Jersey Shore Picture'/><category term='Aroldis Chapman'/><category term='Beads'/><category term='Jenny Jones from Frank the Entertainer'/><category term='Michelle Obama offensive picture'/><category term='Tavish Degroot'/><category term='Prostate Cancer'/><category term='VH1'/><category term='Diet Maven'/><category term='Twilight Sags New Moon'/><category term='Major League Baseball'/><category term='Jersey Shore Girl Punched Video'/><category term='Winter Alternative'/><category term='Edwin Mejia'/><category term='Robert Pattinson'/><category term='Food Body and Mind'/><category term='News'/><category term='Andrew Lloyd Webber'/><title type='text'>Blog-O-Chibi</title><subtitle type='html'>Experience the secrets of Chibi.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-2336503327495187620</id><published>2010-01-24T11:22:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-24T11:22:18.389-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='VH1'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jenny Jones from Frank the Entertainer'/><title type='text'>Jenny Jones Kicked Out: Jenny from Frank the Entertainer Says Goodbye</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Everyone is wondering who &lt;strong&gt;Jenny Jones&lt;/strong&gt; is. If you search for her, you can see many results but you can't get the right one unless you search &lt;a href="http://toothing.blogspot.com/2010/01/jenny-jones-update-jenny-from-frank.html" target="_blank"&gt;Jenny from Frank the Entertainer&lt;/a&gt;. Another question would be - what's Frank the Entertainer? Okay, to deliver you from confusion, &lt;a href="http://toothing.blogspot.com/2010/01/jenny-jones-update-jenny-from-frank.html" target="_blank"&gt;Jenny from Frank the Entertainer&lt;/a&gt; is a contestant in a dating show in VH1 called Frank the Entertainer. Today, she has kicked off the competition from the four contestants up for elimination &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/S1yd3xqOkvI/AAAAAAAAAFA/FXwv1OhohPc/s1600-h/Jenny%20Jones%20Out%20-%20Jenny%20Jones%20from%20Frank%20the%20Entertainer%5B3%5D.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Jenny Jones Out - Jenny Jones from Frank the Entertainer" border="0" alt="Jenny Jones Out - Jenny Jones from Frank the Entertainer" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/S1yd6dg6n6I/AAAAAAAAAFE/0Psq-OzKlSs/Jenny%20Jones%20Out%20-%20Jenny%20Jones%20from%20Frank%20the%20Entertainer_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="345" height="446" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- adsense --&gt;  &lt;div&gt;We just wish Jenny Jones good luck on her career. She's a very charismatic woman and her beauty emanates no matter what. &lt;a href="http://toothing.blogspot.com/2010/01/jenny-jones-update-jenny-from-frank.html" target="_blank"&gt;Jenny from Frank the Entertainer&lt;/a&gt; will definitely have a score at being a famous celebrity given the chance!&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-2336503327495187620?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/2336503327495187620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2010/01/jenny-jones-kicked-out-jenny-from-frank.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/2336503327495187620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/2336503327495187620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2010/01/jenny-jones-kicked-out-jenny-from-frank.html' title='Jenny Jones Kicked Out: Jenny from Frank the Entertainer Says Goodbye'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/S1yd6dg6n6I/AAAAAAAAAFE/0Psq-OzKlSs/s72-c/Jenny%20Jones%20Out%20-%20Jenny%20Jones%20from%20Frank%20the%20Entertainer_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-2845894356463393040</id><published>2009-12-20T07:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-20T07:15:31.175-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='St Louis Blues vs Vancouver Canucks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NHL'/><title type='text'>NHL Game Watch-St Louis Blues vs Vancouver Canucks Live Stream Dec 20 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Let me guess, you're looking to &lt;a href="http://thewhitehatpeople.blogspot.com/2009/12/st-louis-blues-vs-vancouver-canucks.html" target="_blank"&gt;watch St. Louis Blues vs Vancouver Canucks Live Stream&lt;/a&gt;? I can't blame you because I myself is looking forward for this St. Louis Blues vs Vancouver Canucks online stream which will be aired 12/20. The 2009 NHL regular season is surely keeping the fans rooting for their favorites right now.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/Sy4_gWye6OI/AAAAAAAAAE4/ZUMDYOAR3PY/s1600-h/St.%20Louis%20Blues%20vs%20Vancouver%20Canucks%20Live%20Stream%5B3%5D.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="St. Louis Blues vs Vancouver Canucks Live Stream" border="0" alt="St. Louis Blues vs Vancouver Canucks Live Stream" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/Sy4_kURknaI/AAAAAAAAAE8/7tMU2M55_NQ/St.%20Louis%20Blues%20vs%20Vancouver%20Canucks%20Live%20Stream_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="442" height="382" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- adsense --&gt;  &lt;div&gt;The St. Louis Blues vs Vancouver Canucks live stream will be aired 7:00 PM ET and the game will be housed at General Motors Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I'm sure you're looking to see where can we watch it ourselves. I have no idea yet but I will be posting where when I can find the live video. You can also help me locate the video by informing me thru the comment section. The &lt;a href="http://thewhitehatpeople.blogspot.com/2009/12/st-louis-blues-vs-vancouver-canucks.html" target="_blank"&gt;St. Louis Blues vs Vancouver Canucks live stream online&lt;/a&gt; should be there somewhere.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-2845894356463393040?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/2845894356463393040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/12/nhl-game-watch-st-louis-blues-vs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/2845894356463393040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/2845894356463393040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/12/nhl-game-watch-st-louis-blues-vs.html' title='NHL Game Watch-St Louis Blues vs Vancouver Canucks Live Stream Dec 20 2009'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/Sy4_kURknaI/AAAAAAAAAE8/7tMU2M55_NQ/s72-c/St.%20Louis%20Blues%20vs%20Vancouver%20Canucks%20Live%20Stream_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-6816892306411967641</id><published>2009-12-15T02:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T02:34:49.363-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tavish Degroot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gaming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Demoman Update'/><title type='text'>Tavish Degroot in Demoman Update</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Might you ever wonder who or what &lt;strong&gt;Tavish Degroot&lt;/strong&gt; is? Is he a person or just a character? In my research, &lt;a href="http://medliblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/tavish-degroot-who-is-tavish-degroot-in.html" target="_blank"&gt;Tavish Degroot&lt;/a&gt; is just a game character in the Demoman game from Fortress 2. In the Demoman update, Tavish is allegedly the RED demo. I think everyone is very excited to play this updated MMORPG.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SydlraWIi2I/AAAAAAAAAEw/EGOCImm72K0/s1600-h/Tavish%20Degroot%20Demoman%20Update%5B3%5D.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Tavish Degroot Demoman Update" border="0" alt="Tavish Degroot Demoman Update" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SydluPpkyVI/AAAAAAAAAE0/fvHB9jbVHU4/Tavish%20Degroot%20Demoman%20Update_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="483" height="385" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- adsense --&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Some avid fans of Demoman informed that the development of the game has been made more intriguing by the entry of &lt;a href="http://medliblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/tavish-degroot-who-is-tavish-degroot-in.html" target="_blank"&gt;Tavish Degroot&lt;/a&gt;. Let's wait for some reviews about this and we'll hope that all will be positive with it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-6816892306411967641?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/6816892306411967641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/12/tavish-degroot-in-demoman-update.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/6816892306411967641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/6816892306411967641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/12/tavish-degroot-in-demoman-update.html' title='Tavish Degroot in Demoman Update'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SydluPpkyVI/AAAAAAAAAE0/fvHB9jbVHU4/s72-c/Tavish%20Degroot%20Demoman%20Update_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-1391389872059093787</id><published>2009-12-13T22:47:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T10:40:23.821-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winter Alternative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fire and Ice Fireplace'/><title type='text'>Fire and Ice Fireplace-The Coolest Fireplace Without the Mess</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;What's a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://toothing.blogspot.com/2009/12/fire-and-ice-fireplace-why-everyone-is.html" target="_blank"&gt;fire and ice fireplace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;? I'm not too familiar about this thing so I made a search about it and found out that &lt;strong&gt;fire and ice fireplaces&lt;/strong&gt; are one of the newest innovation when you want to warm your house during the winter season. If you do not want scattering of cinders when you use the usual wood or logs to burn up the fireplace. Then, the answer is the fire and ice fireplace that is being distributed by the company &lt;strong&gt;FIRE on ICE&lt;/strong&gt;®. They say there's no popping cinders, no more soot and it's much more cleaner to use in your household.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SyXfgrk0sCI/AAAAAAAAAEo/siUhJ2jj1co/s1600-h/Fire%20and%20Ice%20Fireplace%20-%20Why%20Fire%20and%20Ice%20Fireplaces%20are%20the%20Rave%5B3%5D.png"&gt;&lt;img alt="Fire and Ice Fireplace - Why Fire and Ice Fireplaces are the Rave" border="0" height="308" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SyXfjq4GGhI/AAAAAAAAAEs/LRBf05A6CIM/Fire%20and%20Ice%20Fireplace%20-%20Why%20Fire%20and%20Ice%20Fireplaces%20are%20the%20Rave_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Fire and Ice Fireplace - Why Fire and Ice Fireplaces are the Rave" width="481" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;Of course, I'm not promoting the product because I'm writing about it. But just looking at the pictures of the &lt;a href="http://toothing.blogspot.com/2009/12/fire-and-ice-fireplace-why-everyone-is.html" target="_blank"&gt;fire and ice fireplace,&lt;/a&gt; I am somewhat envious about it. They say many celebrities have installed this thing in their homes because it's just affordable. Of course, what's affordable for a celebrity may require getting &lt;a href="http://www.nationalpayday.com/"&gt;payday loans&lt;/a&gt; for me. Anyway, I hope I can get one for myself. The fire and ice fireplaces is made up of glass and you can actually choose any color you want for it. Just search Google for Fire on Ice and you'll get to their website.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-1391389872059093787?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/1391389872059093787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/12/fire-and-ice-fireplace-coolest.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/1391389872059093787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/1391389872059093787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/12/fire-and-ice-fireplace-coolest.html' title='Fire and Ice Fireplace-The Coolest Fireplace Without the Mess'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SyXfjq4GGhI/AAAAAAAAAEs/LRBf05A6CIM/s72-c/Fire%20and%20Ice%20Fireplace%20-%20Why%20Fire%20and%20Ice%20Fireplaces%20are%20the%20Rave_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-911810048777849242</id><published>2009-12-10T21:59:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T21:59:51.827-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Snookie of Jersey Shore Picture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jersey Shore Girl Punched Video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MTV'/><title type='text'>Jersey Shore Girl Punched Video - Why Snookie Gets Punched?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jersey Shore&lt;/strong&gt; is MTV's new reality show that follows eight Italian-Americans who are all sexy and tanned as they live together and party in a beach location. At the end of tonight's episode, a disturbing clip was shown as one of female cast member &lt;a href="http://bashhh.blogspot.com/2009/12/snookie-gets-punched-jersey-shore-girl.html" target="_blank"&gt;Snookie gets punched&lt;/a&gt;. It's kind of shocking because Snookie is the a petite lass and the guy mercilessly punched her in the face!&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SyHfypiDOII/AAAAAAAAAEg/XTK4dZf76VI/s1600-h/Jersey%20Shore%20Girl%20Gets%20Punched%20Snookie%20Gets%20Punched%5B3%5D.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Jersey Shore Girl Gets Punched Snookie Gets Punched" border="0" alt="Jersey Shore Girl Gets Punched Snookie Gets Punched" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SyHf1satgQI/AAAAAAAAAEk/g9BcOAMcgG4/Jersey%20Shore%20Girl%20Gets%20Punched%20Snookie%20Gets%20Punched_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="360" height="444" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- adsense --&gt;  &lt;div&gt;You can watch the clip below where you can see Snookie from Jersey Shore lying on the floor in pain, while the guy who punched her is herded outside.This clip kind of intrigued many why a big man would punch a small girl in the face? Maybe, this &lt;a href="http://bashhh.blogspot.com/2009/12/snookie-gets-punched-jersey-shore-girl.html" target="_blank"&gt;Jersey Shore Girl gets punched&lt;/a&gt; in the face said something offending. Below is a video of &lt;strong&gt;Snookie the Jersey Shore girl punched&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;object width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ptxlQfZ7Q2o&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ptxlQfZ7Q2o&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Other keywords: Snookie Punched, Snookie Punched Video, jersey shore, jersey shore girl punched, jersey shore girl gets punched, brad ferro, jersey shore snookie punch, Guy Punches Snookie, Guy Punches Snookie In The Face, Jersey Shore, Jersey Shore Girl Punched, MTV Jersey Shore&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-911810048777849242?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/911810048777849242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/12/jersey-shore-girl-punched-video-why.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/911810048777849242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/911810048777849242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/12/jersey-shore-girl-punched-video-why.html' title='Jersey Shore Girl Punched Video - Why Snookie Gets Punched?'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SyHf1satgQI/AAAAAAAAAEk/g9BcOAMcgG4/s72-c/Jersey%20Shore%20Girl%20Gets%20Punched%20Snookie%20Gets%20Punched_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-7058435363697529039</id><published>2009-12-10T06:52:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T06:52:12.436-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food Body and Mind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jenny Craig'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diet Maven'/><title type='text'>Who is the Food Body and Mind Diet Maven?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;Why does everyone want to know the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://toothing.blogspot.com/2009/12/food-body-and-mind-diet-maven-wanna.html" target="_blank"&gt;Food Body and Mind diet maven&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;? I guess everyone wants to unravel the answer to the Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle question today. First, you might want to know what's the meaning of maven? Well, someone who's a known expert at a given field is called a maven. What comes to mind when dieting is concerned is Doctor Atkins. But it's he's not involved with the Food, Body and Mind mantra.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SyELE-g-NqI/AAAAAAAAAEY/fjXUn4q3O-4/s1600-h/Food%20Body%20and%20Mind%20Diet%20Maven%5B3%5D.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Food Body and Mind Diet Maven" border="0" alt="Food Body and Mind Diet Maven" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SyELGvX1KcI/AAAAAAAAAEc/oiSzxF-h3Lg/Food%20Body%20and%20Mind%20Diet%20Maven_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="367" height="402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- adsense --&gt;  &lt;div&gt;For people who's puzzled at crosswords, the answer to the 1 across question is &lt;strong&gt;Jenny Craig&lt;/strong&gt;. She's known to be the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="nd-mind-diet-maven-wanna.html" target="_blank"&gt;Food Body and Mind diet maven&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; because of her lifestyle plan that aims at losing weight proactively. You can try that out for yourself if you want to shed a few pounds!&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-7058435363697529039?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/7058435363697529039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/12/who-is-food-body-and-mind-diet-maven.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/7058435363697529039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/7058435363697529039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/12/who-is-food-body-and-mind-diet-maven.html' title='Who is the Food Body and Mind Diet Maven?'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SyELGvX1KcI/AAAAAAAAAEc/oiSzxF-h3Lg/s72-c/Food%20Body%20and%20Mind%20Diet%20Maven_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-748771699371913783</id><published>2009-12-08T11:11:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-13T22:58:31.042-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fall Jewelry Fashion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beads'/><title type='text'>Autumn Jewelry Beads in Fashion</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;During fall season, much layering is the trend not just in clothes but in accessories as well. By seeing runway shows of Donna Karan and Isaac Mizrahi, chunky jewelry sets were showcased in a mix-and-match fashion with piled-on bracelets and liberally bib-style necklaces that was created from multiple strands of beads and gemstones. What more can you ask for in chunky jewelry to embellish the earth colors in fad during autumn?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img alt="Autumn Jewelry Fashion" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2193/2232004746_e363b45d9d.jpg" width="400" height="300" /&gt; &lt;!-- adman --&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Making these handmade beaded jewelry is not so hard to make. There are lots of &lt;a href="http://www.fortheloveofbeads.com" target="_blank"&gt;jewelry supplies&lt;/a&gt; shops online that offer unique chunky beads that are available in most colors. Most chunky jewels consist of natural beads that are made from vegetable ivory. If you want them in stones, there are &lt;a href="http://www.fortheloveofbeads.com/bead-store/lapis-lazuli-beads.html" target="_blank"&gt;lapis lazuli beads&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.fortheloveofbeads.com/bead-store/agate-beads.html" target="_blank"&gt;agate beads&lt;/a&gt; that are just as fabulous. However, there's one tip that you should keep in mind: accessorizing '40s-style or '80s-influenced clothes that are much in fad these days would match organic beads in sculptural forms. Same goes for beaded jewelry with structured and geometric designs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-748771699371913783?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/748771699371913783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/12/autumn-jewelry-beads-in-fashion.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/748771699371913783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/748771699371913783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/12/autumn-jewelry-beads-in-fashion.html' title='Autumn Jewelry Beads in Fashion'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2193/2232004746_e363b45d9d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-8356014271354857265</id><published>2009-11-25T03:41:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-25T03:41:25.638-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michelle Obama offensive picture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prince William Bald'/><title type='text'>Michelle Obama Offensive Image Plus Prince William Bald Photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;There's a lot going on today. for one, an uproar over the Internet is due over &lt;a href="http://bashhh.blogspot.com/2009/11/michelle-obama-offensive-image-first.html"&gt;Michelle Obama offensive image&lt;/a&gt; that has sprouted in the search engines. In this apparently edited photo, you can see Mrs. Obama being portrayed as a monkey. This photo has been removed already but Google once again put it up in their search with an accompanying disclaimer.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/Sw0X2wEOHlI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/oQGJtpJ83Ws/s1600-h/Michelle%20Obama%20Offennsive%20Photos%5B7%5D.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Michelle Obama Offennsive Photos" border="0" alt="Michelle Obama Offennsive Photos" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/Sw0X5DX5JsI/AAAAAAAAAEU/k3rXnrimiD8/Michelle%20Obama%20Offennsive%20Photos_thumb%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="440" height="244" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- adsense --&gt;  &lt;div&gt;In another news, Prince William is also getting headlines over his thinning hair. &lt;a href="http://bashhh.blogspot.com/2009/11/prince-william-going-bald-photos.html"&gt;Prince William bald photos&lt;/a&gt; has been exposed giving in to the dilemma of the royalty's looks. For whatever it is, we hope his girlfriend would not leave him because he's now going bald!&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-8356014271354857265?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/8356014271354857265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/11/michelle-obama-offensive-image-plus.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/8356014271354857265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/8356014271354857265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/11/michelle-obama-offensive-image-plus.html' title='Michelle Obama Offensive Image Plus Prince William Bald Photos'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/Sw0X5DX5JsI/AAAAAAAAAEU/k3rXnrimiD8/s72-c/Michelle%20Obama%20Offennsive%20Photos_thumb%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-2620956491404658494</id><published>2009-11-23T04:38:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T04:38:09.689-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Twilight Sags New Moon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Robert Pattinson'/><title type='text'>Robert Pattinson Disconcerted Being Away From Home</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;After the huge success of &lt;strong&gt;The Twilight Saga: New Moon&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Robert Pattinson&lt;/strong&gt; gets to be nostalgic as he wanted to find time to relax amidst busy schedules. &lt;a href="http://zacquisha.com/robert-pattinson-no-time-to-relax-at-home/" target="_blank"&gt;Robert Pattinson has no time to relax&lt;/a&gt;, in fact, the 23 year old British actor had only about 16 hours to stay at home in London. He made most out of it catching lost time with friends and family, who he had not seen for almost a year!.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?iid=7102121&amp;amp;term=robert pattinson" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="The Twilight Saga: New Moon Screening! - The Twilight Saga: New Moon had its screening in New York City, New York on November 19, 2009. Pictured here is Robert Pattinson Fame Pictures, Inc - Photo via famepictures.com" border="0" alt="The Twilight Saga: New Moon Screening!" src="http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/8/d/f/5/The_Twilight_Saga_000e.jpg?adImageId=7753585&amp;amp;imageId=7102121" width="234" height="312" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;   &lt;p&gt;Rob gather that it was easier for him when he was still not that famous. RPattz shared in &lt;em&gt;Gala&lt;/em&gt; magazine interview that: &amp;quot;I had the best time of my life. I only had a tiny apartment but there were always friends hanging around. Usually five or six people have been staying with me. It felt so wonderfully unconventional. That was the life I had always been dreaming of. A bit crazy but adequate for a young actor.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;No doubt, &lt;a href="http://bashhh.blogspot.com/2009/11/robert-pattinson-misses-home.html" target="_blank"&gt;Robert Pattinson misses home&lt;/a&gt;. He's mostly Edward Cullen everywhere and he is disconcerted at the reality that no matter where he goes he gets recognized by fans. Robert lamented that: &amp;quot;I love to travel and to learn from cities and their inhabitants. Nowadays I can go nowhere without having the feeling of being watched 24/7. I do not like this feeling.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-2620956491404658494?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/2620956491404658494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/11/robert-pattinson-disconcerted-being.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/2620956491404658494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/2620956491404658494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/11/robert-pattinson-disconcerted-being.html' title='Robert Pattinson Disconcerted Being Away From Home'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-7906155974311371929</id><published>2009-11-21T12:24:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-21T12:24:36.375-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aroldis Chapman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Edwin Mejia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Major League Baseball'/><title type='text'>Cuban Defector Aroldis Chapman Fires Agent Edwin Mejia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://toothing.blogspot.com/2009/11/aroldis-chapman-fires-agent-edwin-mejia.html" target="_blank"&gt;Aroldis Chapman fires Edwin Mejia&lt;/a&gt; is a critical flip-flop that is the talk of the sports world! Yes, the Cuban defector from the national baseball team has changed mind in choosing the services of Athletes Premier International, where Mejia is working. In place, Chapman fixed for veteran agents Randy and Alan Hendricks instead because he might though that they could provide him greater opportunities in Major League Baseball in the United States.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SwhMercwUwI/AAAAAAAAAEI/h3ULOuugpI4/s1600-h/Aroldis%20Chapman%20Fires%20Edwin%20Mejia%5B3%5D.png"&gt;&lt;img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Aroldis Chapman Fires Edwin Mejia" border="0" alt="Aroldis Chapman Fires Edwin Mejia" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SwhMguJ7S8I/AAAAAAAAAEM/G6BvzKA0pA8/Aroldis%20Chapman%20Fires%20Edwin%20Mejia_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="376" height="294" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- adsense --&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Actually, there's no official statement yet from Chapman that remonstrates the grounds why he transferred agency. Notwithstanding, Athletes Premier International seemed like regretful in its official statement. It informed the the agency is &amp;quot;greatly surprised and deeply disappointed that Aroldis Chapman has decided to change agents.&amp;quot; Further on, they informed that their agency &amp;quot;has put forth a lot of time and effort towards helping him achieve his goal of becoming a major league pitcher and he gave us no indication that he was unhappy with our advice or the way he was treated. We will have more to say about this matter at a later date, but in the meantime we wish Aroldis luck in his future endeavors.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Rodney Fernandez, a Miami-based agent born in Cuba who took job for the Hendricks brothers, assured ESPN The Magazine in a phone interview that Chapman reached him several days ago. He told how Chapman got his number. &amp;quot;Its not like I'm famous or something. We followed every legal step. Maybe it's because I'm Cuban is why he contacted me. I didn't do anything specifically but just answered his call. He simply asked me for help and we are providing it.&amp;quot; Also, the timing of Chapman's conclusion is unusual considering he and Mejia were linked as recently as this week. To Begin With, Chapman's original decision to be portrayed by Mejia caught many by storm because Mejia was a greenhorn who had never previously represented a major league player. But the associate was a junior college player from Cuba, whom Mejia enlightened and who had been a childhood friend of Chapman's. We're that Mejia is not taking things gently because of this event. When Aroldis Chapman fires Edwin Mejia, it has bad repercussions on his raw baseball career.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-7906155974311371929?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/7906155974311371929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/11/cuban-defector-aroldis-chapman-fires.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/7906155974311371929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/7906155974311371929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/11/cuban-defector-aroldis-chapman-fires.html' title='Cuban Defector Aroldis Chapman Fires Agent Edwin Mejia'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SwhMguJ7S8I/AAAAAAAAAEM/G6BvzKA0pA8/s72-c/Aroldis%20Chapman%20Fires%20Edwin%20Mejia_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-7335130857803987542</id><published>2009-11-21T09:48:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-21T09:48:15.807-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Billboard Cover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kris Allen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adam Lambert'/><title type='text'>Billboard Cover Features Kris Allen &amp; Adam Lambert</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;There's no stopping American Idol 8 alums &lt;a href="http://bashhh.blogspot.com/2009/11/kris-allen-adam-lambert-in-billboard.html" target="_blank"&gt;Kris Allen and Adam Lambert in Billboard magazine cover&lt;/a&gt;. The decisive factor is that, although the 24 year old American Idol winner appears to be gets the front row on the cover itself, the content of the magazine has been is screaming Adam Lambert galore. What's up with that? He's the winner and then Adam gets the limelight? &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/Swgn2aafHHI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Q-9YN4LJQpA/s1600-h/Kris%20Allen%20Adam%20Lambert%20Billboard%20Cover%5B3%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Kris Allen Adam Lambert Billboard Cover" border="0" alt="Kris Allen Adam Lambert Billboard Cover" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/Swgn3hhbaGI/AAAAAAAAAEE/2H9xO85zBBY/Kris%20Allen%20Adam%20Lambert%20Billboard%20Cover_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="325" height="403" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- adsense --&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Anyway, Adam in this &lt;em&gt;Billboard&lt;/em&gt; issue gets to discuss the pressure he's receiving when people looks up to him like he's the modern role poster child for gay youth. He's also excited about the opportunities he's getting like copping a song in the 2012 soundtrack, having a chance to join forces with popular Lady Gaga and the planned tour in the works for him.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Kris Allen, in his own interview with Billboard, said he wishes to write songs with singer Adele. He expects that will be a fun gig and he's also pondering on his future in the music business. We hope for the best for you too and we're excited to know what surprises will be up our sleeves for the future! Go now buy this &lt;a href="http://bashhh.blogspot.com/2009/11/kris-allen-adam-lambert-in-billboard.html" target="_blank"&gt;Kris Allen Adam Lambert Billboard cover&lt;/a&gt; issue now!&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-7335130857803987542?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/7335130857803987542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/11/billboard-cover-features-kris-allen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/7335130857803987542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/7335130857803987542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/11/billboard-cover-features-kris-allen.html' title='Billboard Cover Features Kris Allen &amp;amp; Adam Lambert'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/Swgn3hhbaGI/AAAAAAAAAEE/2H9xO85zBBY/s72-c/Kris%20Allen%20Adam%20Lambert%20Billboard%20Cover_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-4177378009382887354</id><published>2009-10-25T10:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-20T02:35:20.209-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Andrew Lloyd Webber'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prostate Cancer'/><title type='text'>Prostate Cancer Andrew Lloyd Webber - Famous Thespian Diagnosed</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sad news everyone, Andrew Lloyd Webber - the award-winning composer and maker numerous musicals including "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Cats" is reportedly lamenting his health because of prostate cancer. This is why &lt;a href="http://toothing.blogspot.com/2009/10/andrew-lloyd-webber-prostate-cancer.html" target="_blank"&gt;Andrew Lloyd Webber prostate cancer&lt;/a&gt; is being announced to everyone as of press time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SuSGkYStzcI/AAAAAAAAABM/OqumXn6AnAE/s1600-h/Andrew%20Lloyd%20Webber%20prostate%20Cancer%5B6%5D.png"&gt;&lt;img alt="Andrew Lloyd Webber prostate Cancer" border="0" height="360" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SuSGmjNHZEI/AAAAAAAAABU/5yjmdETTv7Y/Andrew%20Lloyd%20Webber%20prostate%20Cancer_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber prostate Cancer" width="292" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- adsense --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Andrew's spokeswoman said: "The healthiness is in its really archaean stages. Apostle is now undergoing treatment and expects to be full hind at run before the end of the twelvemonth". This is the statute statement from the London-based semipublic relations firmly Phytologist Lloyd Crook. No further information can be acquired yet. In April, the Sunday Times of London included Webber, 61, on its period Privileged database, which ranks the wealthiest group in Britain. Andrew Lloyd Webber, who lives in Kensington, was the highest-ranking entertainer on the leaning. He tied for 52nd spot, with around $1.1 cardinal. Let's pray for &lt;a href="http://jaob.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/andrew-lloyd-webber-cancer-update/" target="_blank"&gt;Andrew Lloyd Webber prostate cancer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-4177378009382887354?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/4177378009382887354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/10/prostate-cancer-andrew-lloyd-webber.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/4177378009382887354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/4177378009382887354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2009/10/prostate-cancer-andrew-lloyd-webber.html' title='Prostate Cancer Andrew Lloyd Webber - Famous Thespian Diagnosed'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PXzBuj3HMQA/SuSGmjNHZEI/AAAAAAAAABU/5yjmdETTv7Y/s72-c/Andrew%20Lloyd%20Webber%20prostate%20Cancer_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-113149597347498302</id><published>2005-11-08T16:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T16:26:13.486-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Safe &amp; Secure</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_7624.shtml"&gt;The Patriot Act&lt;/a&gt;.  Sleep soundly, America.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-113149597347498302?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/113149597347498302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/11/safe-secure.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/113149597347498302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/113149597347498302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/11/safe-secure.html' title='Safe &amp; Secure'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-113134920315187647</id><published>2005-11-06T23:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-06T23:40:03.190-08:00</updated><title type='text'>OK, the concrete's broken.  Now what?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20431009@N00/60769208/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://static.flickr.com/24/60769208_a6a7821cef_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20431009@N00/60769208/"&gt;OK, the concrete's broken.  Now what?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/20431009@N00/"&gt;Chibi D&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The latest project in our never-ending quest we call the backyard was getting the rest of our concrete "driveway" broken out, which was about a month ago.  Using broken concrete as a landscaping material makes good sense.  For one, it's free.  Two, you don't have to dig stone out of the ground and use energy to transport it to get it to where it's going to go.  Some call it Urbanite.  I've heard it described as the "local stone of Berkeley".   At any rate, we decided to make a bamboo grove at the back edge of our yard to act as a hedge for privacy as well as a windblock.  The photo shown here is taken after the concrete was broken.  Click through to get to my flickr set where you can see how the project went.&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-113134920315187647?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/113134920315187647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/11/ok-concretes-broken-now-what.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/113134920315187647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/113134920315187647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/11/ok-concretes-broken-now-what.html' title='OK, the concrete&apos;s broken.  Now what?'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-113035555239445379</id><published>2005-10-26T12:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-26T12:39:12.430-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lake Forni</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20431009@N00/53274977/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://static.flickr.com/32/53274977_da39fff164_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20431009@N00/53274977/"&gt;Lake Forni&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/20431009@N00/"&gt;Chibi D&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Took this on our backpacking trip we went on earlier this month.  You can of course click through to see all the photos at flickr.  Enjoy!&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-113035555239445379?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/113035555239445379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/10/lake-forni.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/113035555239445379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/113035555239445379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/10/lake-forni.html' title='Lake Forni'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-113028724324658696</id><published>2005-10-25T17:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-25T17:40:43.250-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Status</title><content type='html'>Current Status For Chibi:&lt;br /&gt;Physical: Fair (recovering from cold)&lt;br /&gt;Mental: Slightly dulled from the Robitussen &amp; Sudafed&lt;br /&gt;Emotional: Slightly elevated stress level--Mrs. Chibi was in the hospital last week for some relatively minor surgury (she's doing fine) and I was sick so it was rough.  This week is better.&lt;br /&gt;TV: Daily Show, Colbert Report, NHL hockey, other crap (TV is friend to the sick)&lt;br /&gt;Music: John Vanderslice, New Pornographers, Sufjan Stevens&lt;br /&gt;DVD: Bend It Like Beckham (good), My Life As A Dog (very good)&lt;br /&gt;Web: haven't found anything too exciting lately&lt;br /&gt;Other: Getting some bamboo installed in the back yard next friday and need to get the broken concrete bed complete in time.  Have been harvesting a few radishes from our garden (our first home-grown veggies!).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-113028724324658696?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/113028724324658696/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/10/status.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/113028724324658696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/113028724324658696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/10/status.html' title='Status'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-112786797720839177</id><published>2005-09-27T17:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-27T17:39:37.213-07:00</updated><title type='text'>40 Year Old Virgin</title><content type='html'>A worthy entertainment choice.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-112786797720839177?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/112786797720839177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/09/40-year-old-virgin.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/112786797720839177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/112786797720839177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/09/40-year-old-virgin.html' title='40 Year Old Virgin'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-112757818835433668</id><published>2005-09-24T09:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-24T09:09:49.920-07:00</updated><title type='text'>IKEA</title><content type='html'>Sure, their stuff is cheap and all.  And you can't help but recognize their stuff when you see it in someone's house because it's got that signature Cheap Scandanavian Modern look and feel.  So what?  I still love &lt;a href="http://www.ikea.com/ms/sv_SE/kampanj/fy06_dromkok/dromkok.html"&gt;IKEA&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-112757818835433668?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/112757818835433668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/09/ikea.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/112757818835433668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/112757818835433668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/09/ikea.html' title='IKEA'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-112751002020308079</id><published>2005-09-23T14:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-23T14:13:56.416-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Low light photo tips</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.livingroom.org.au/photolog/tips/night_and_low_light_digital_photography_tips.php"&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; could come in handy.  I may even read it myself.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-112751002020308079?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/112751002020308079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/09/low-light-photo-tips.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/112751002020308079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/112751002020308079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/09/low-light-photo-tips.html' title='Low light photo tips'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-112735040015897550</id><published>2005-09-21T17:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-21T17:53:20.163-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Um... I'm back?</title><content type='html'>Sometimes, something comes along that I just can't pass by.  Something so awful that I just have to share.  With all two of my loyal readers who seem to keep coming by according to my sitemeter.  For you, my good friends, I give you...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blacktable.com/gillin030901.htm"&gt;PRUNO!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hopefully this give me the kick in the ass that I seem to need to write something.  If Pruno can't do it, my cause is surely lost.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-112735040015897550?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/112735040015897550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/09/um-im-back.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/112735040015897550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/112735040015897550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/09/um-im-back.html' title='Um... I&apos;m back?'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-112114317391547675</id><published>2005-07-11T21:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-11T21:39:33.920-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summertime and the livin' is not exactly easy...</title><content type='html'>I really did have every intention of getting back into the blogging habit, but a whole lot of stuff kept getting in the way.  After Hawaii, we've been busy in the back yard doing some landscaping projects (some pictures will come up someday in the not too distant future I hope).  When we replaced our fence a few years back, we kept the old redwood boards, and now we have put them to good use.  We built an herb spiral and several planters.  Mrs. Chibi has become quite the afficianado of power tools.  This past weekend I rented a jackhammer to bust up some concrete (which will be used to make a large raised terrace for our future bamboo grove) with my buddy Mr. Anderson.  We were crusing along.  The slab that was where the old garage stood before it collapsed was old and thin.  We just used a big digging bar and a sledgehammer to break those pieces up.  Easy.  The next section to tackle was two strips of concrete that was supposed to be a driveway.  It was a bit thicker and had reinforcing wire throughout.  Much tougher.  For each strip we first had to jackhammer out a small section so that we could start prying up big pieces and then using the jackhammer on them.  When concrete lays on the ground, the ground ends up absorbing a lot of the energy of the hammer blows and so what ends up happening is a hole in the concrete.  But if you lift it up first as you make the hole, a chunk will crack right off.  So while the driveway was more difficult, we still made pretty good time busting it up.  Next was a big slab that we discovered was reinforced concrete on top of old concrete.  Two layers!  Now things got more difficult.  It was next to impossible to get the pry bar in between the layers and just jackhammering the slab only made holes.  At that point, we were pretty beat and gave up for the day.  Some tough work lies ahead...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-112114317391547675?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/112114317391547675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/07/summertime-and-livin-is-not-exactly.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/112114317391547675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/112114317391547675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/07/summertime-and-livin-is-not-exactly.html' title='Summertime and the livin&apos; is not exactly easy...'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-111613653238102343</id><published>2005-05-14T22:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-14T22:55:32.386-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Looking Down from Sleeping Giant</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20431009@N00/13925936/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://photos9.flickr.com/13925936_9f65927541_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20431009@N00/13925936/"&gt;Looking Down from Sleeping Giant&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/20431009@N00/"&gt;Chibi D&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;No guard rails here, folks.  Just a nice ocean breeze and spectacular views.&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-111613653238102343?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/111613653238102343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/05/looking-down-from-sleeping-giant.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/111613653238102343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/111613653238102343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/05/looking-down-from-sleeping-giant.html' title='Looking Down from Sleeping Giant'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-111613641431585988</id><published>2005-05-14T22:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-14T22:53:34.316-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Last stretch of trail up to Sleeping Giant</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20431009@N00/13925475/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://photos12.flickr.com/13925475_fa82cad894_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20431009@N00/13925475/"&gt;Last stretch of trail up to Sleeping Giant&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/20431009@N00/"&gt;Chibi D&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here's how you get up to where I took the panorama shot.  Kinda steep.  I am taking photos from on top of the heap on the left side of the shot looking out to the coast, also to the left.&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-111613641431585988?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/111613641431585988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/05/last-stretch-of-trail-up-to-sleeping.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/111613641431585988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/111613641431585988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/05/last-stretch-of-trail-up-to-sleeping.html' title='Last stretch of trail up to Sleeping Giant'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327439.post-111605894577878490</id><published>2005-05-14T01:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-14T21:43:33.523-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm back.  New and Improved!  With Photos!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20431009@N00/13794606/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://photos14.flickr.com/13794606_61a08dd6e9_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20431009@N00/13794606/"&gt;Sleeping Giant Panorama&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/20431009@N00/"&gt;Chibi D&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;OK, so after licking my wounds and figuring out what the point of life is when it all seems so terribly absurd, I am making my comeback to blogging.  Like Elvis in '68, only much better, only not so much hype.  I decided that after getting my shit together, I was ready for a break.  So off to Kauai with Mrs. Chibi.  One of the best things I've done in a while.&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7327439-111605894577878490?l=blogochibi.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/feeds/111605894577878490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/05/im-back-new-and-improved-with-photos.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/111605894577878490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7327439/posts/default/111605894577878490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blogochibi.blogspot.com/2005/05/im-back-new-and-improved-with-photos.html' title='I&apos;m back.  New and Improved!  With Photos!'/><author><name>Halle Barrymoore</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
