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A two-page summary of an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press said the deal could be completed within weeks. It said Tehran was willing to pay $450 million for 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore. Iran needs the material to feed its uranium enrichment program.

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GAGA OOH LA LA

  • Dec. 30th, 2009 at 10:22 AM
As you may know, last Saturday I put on a bauble-encrusted little black dress, bling, patterned stockings and a white wig to go cosplay Lady GaGa at the end-of-year cosfest event.

Here are the photos.




Lady GaGa x Domo-kun Lady GaGa x Hunter IMG_3663 Lady GaGa x Goomba IMG_3687



GaGa Photoshoots )

Lady GaGa x Domo-kun, Death the Kid, Goomba etc. )

GaGa @ The Hangout )


As you may surmise, I had an absolute fabulous time, and I daresay all the time, effort and money I spent on the getup was absolutely worth it.

As usual, the complete set of photos I uploaded can be found on Flickr.
GaGa @ EOY Cosfest 2009 photoset
The Hangout photoset




(P.S. I KNOW I STILL OWE YOU GUYS PICTURES FROM AFA, BECAUSE I FAIL THAT MUCH. ANYONE STILL WANT TO SEE THOSE? I COULD POST SOME)

Papier Mache Sailboats

  • Dec. 29th, 2009 at 5:00 PM

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I admit that papier mache is firmly associated for me with my lumpy kindergarten creations, but these Papier Mache Sailboats from Ann Wood really float my boat. (Sorry, sorry, it's so hard for me to resist a pun.) They're lateen rigged, which is part of what gives them that jaunty, sloping look. There are a ton of detailed step-by-step photos, so check out the how-to! I can totally envision this as a New Year's ritual as you load up your boat with wishes for the coming year.

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Preparing piping - cutting fabric on the bias

  • Dec. 30th, 2009 at 12:36 PM
I need to make 22m of piping and can't find the diagram I used to have showing an easier way to cut out the fabric. Can anyone help me with this, as I'll be cutting some expensive silk on the bias and don't want to waste any.

A New Hope: Indonesia After The Tsunami

  • Dec. 29th, 2009 at 11:26 AM

Almost exactly five years ago, on the day after Christmas in 2004, enormous swells of water engulfed the city of Banda Aceh at the tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing an estimated 230,000 people. San Francisco photographer Lianne Milton wanted to see how the city was faring. She traveled there this past November and documented a surprising recovery.

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To return or not, that is the question

  • Dec. 29th, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Mom got me a stand mixer for Xmas. I'm torn as to whether to take it back or not.

I've wanted a stand mixer forever, but it's not a Kitchenaid, it's a Cooks that she got at JC Penney. The lack of brand name doesn't bother me, the lack of attachments does.

Aside from mixing awesomeness, I really want pasta making attachments. The only attachment I could find on JC Penney's website was a slicer/grater type thing.

My Google-fu has failed me. I've tried looking to see if Kitchenaid attachments are compatible, but since "Cooks" is such a common word to be on a page with Kitchenaid, I can't find anything.

Doctors say the needles are small and don't pose a significant threat to the 2-year-old, who had a total of 31 needles stuck in him. Police accuse the boy's stepfather, who allegedly said he wanted to kill the child to spite his wife, of attempted murder.

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Magnetic Betsy McCall Paper Dolls

  • Dec. 29th, 2009 at 3:00 PM

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Alli of One Pearl Button created these fun Betsy McCall magnetic paper dolls as a gift for her niece. She used images from the Betsy McCall paper doll web site, and transferred them to thin magnets. By putting them all together in a small tin, she was able to create a toy that's great for home or on-the-road use. Brilliant! She's updated and added a tutorial for creating your own.

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The president said he wants a preliminary accounting completed by Thursday into what went wrong that allowed explosives to make it onto a Detroit-bound airliner last week. He said deficiencies in the system led to a "catastrophic breach of security."

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The Brazilian family of a 9-year-old boy returned by court order to his U.S. father said Tuesday it will fight to regain custody. A request from Sean Goldman's Brazilian grandmother to let the boy have a chance to make his own wishes known was initially denied, but the Supreme Court has not issued a final ruling on that matter.

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U.S. Has Long Kept Watchful Eye On Yemen

  • Dec. 29th, 2009 at 4:31 PM

The attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day has thrown a spotlight on the nation of Yemen, after an al-Qaida group that's based there claimed responsibility for the foiled attack. But the United States had already been ramping up its operations in Yemen to counter the al-Qaida threat there.

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President Obama started the year promising a big push to promote Arab-Israeli peace, but his administration ends the year, as one U.S. official recently put it, in a cul-de-sac. The U.S. has been unable to get Israeli-Palestinian talks started, and many Arab states have been frustrated.

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Dollar Store Table Settings

  • Dec. 29th, 2009 at 2:00 PM

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If you're hosting an intimate New Year's Eve bash (instead of a wild and crazy party for the masses), these charming dollar store table settings from A Little Hut could be just the ticket.

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Dec. 29th, 2009

  • 3:26 PM
(late) Repost (on account of seeing shiny things)! Dig Will Johnsen's review of "Bayani" by the Blue Scholars! http://ping.fm/oiwzB

Dec. 29th, 2009

  • 2:23 PM
he's just not seeming like a jason to me anymore. so, friends and neighbors, help me decide how i'm to refer to him on my journal. my brave, funny, amazingly loyal, clever and handy son.

Poll #1504852
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

what should we call the boy child?

View Answers

keep it jason
1 (10.0%)

kidlet the younger
1 (10.0%)

odoriferous swamp monster, or osm (hey, he came up with that one!)
1 (10.0%)

the name on his birth certificate
0 (0.0%)

spastic squid (he came up with that one, too. last time he danced in front of the critters, they all just said 'stop, just stop. for the love of all that is holy. stop.')
0 (0.0%)

cutie patootie (guess who put that one in? hehe.)
1 (10.0%)

nachos (his catch phrase)
2 (20.0%)

owen, from total drama island/action
1 (10.0%)

dirty little monkey
0 (0.0%)

hey, you!
0 (0.0%)

pablo picasso (he sees things the way no one else does)
1 (10.0%)

polly wog (i'm not saying! nope.)
0 (0.0%)

mouse
0 (0.0%)

runt (his creature name. for now.)
2 (20.0%)

nightmare nick
0 (0.0%)

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In the wake of the unsuccessful Christmas Day terrorist attack on a Northwest flight bound for Detroit, many Americans seemed to react with a collective shrug and some humor. Experts say the reaction is perfectly appropriate to the risk level shown so far.

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Disregarding international appeals for clemency, China has executed a British citizen on charges of drug smuggling. The man's relatives say he had a history of mental illness and was unwittingly lured into the smuggling operation by drug dealers.

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There are new details about the suspect in the attempted bombing of a trans-Atlantic flight over Detroit last week. Investigators are sifting through hundreds of Internet postings that appear to have been written by the 23-year-old Nigerian accused of trying to blow up the plane.

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