(MyHomeIdeas) -- If you're wondering why your house has languished on the market for all these months, check out our tongue-in-cheek guide to common mistakes sellers make

Don't try to hide things inside stoves or cupboards, experts say. Potential buyers usually look everywhere.

1. Leave out your pictures, magazines, books, and knickknacks. You want a prospective buyer to feel that they know you, right?

Wrong. You want the buyers to immediately begin imagining themselves living in your house, and they'll have a hard time seeing beyond the pictures of your family at Beaver Creek and the old issues of Gun & Garden.

Even worse, they might find your taste in books laughable or your choice of evening wear tacky and decide they couldn't possibly live in your house.

So clear every surface, every side table, every coffee table, the sideboard, the desk and the dining room table. You can put one item in each room, and it should be a plant or flowers.

2. Don't change the cat litter. After all, you changed it yesterday, right? It doesn't smell that bad yet.

Or.....give your house the sniff test. It should smell fresh and clean. Nothing is more off-putting to a prospective buyer than a house that's stale-smelling, or worse.

Often, you become so inured to the smell of your own home that you don't notice scents that might offend a visitor. Empty the garbage cans, load dirty clothes into the washing machine, run a lemon through the disposal, give wood furniture a quick swipe with polish, and for goodness sake, change the litter box.

3. Express yourself! Indulge in your favorite colors in vividly painted walls and furniture. Paint an accent wall a bright color. It's fun!

Or...make your house a place anyone could imagine making their own. This means removing most evidence of your own personality. Decorate with a rigorous devotion to beige.

Neutral walls, pale furniture, soft lighting, and inoffensive art all go a long way towards creating a crowd-pleasing interior. Remove your collections to a safe place for the duration of the selling process, since you want a prospective buyer to look at the space, not get distracted by your Beanie Baby collection.

4. Stash your dirty magazines and movies in your oven or drawers! No one will open them to look inside.

Oh, yes they will. Get rid of everything you wouldn't want your mother to see. Prospective buyers will open the oven, investigate drawers for function and capacity, and study your closets and your medicine cabinet.

Part of preparing your house to sell is a ruthless purging of all these places and a thoughtful review of potentially embarrassing items in your house. If your bedroom is your personal love palace, remove any evidence of your rollicking sex life, at least temporarily.

5. Leave your furniture arranged as it is. That way people can see how much you can fit into the room!

Or....remove those extra pieces of furniture that make a room livable but add to the sense of clutter -- side tables, foot stools, magazine racks, and rocking chairs, which take up more space than a fixed chair. Create simple arrangements with maximum impact.

Often people arrange their living room as if they're hosting the neighborhood watch association meeting, with all the furniture lined up along the walls. Instead, place a sofa facing the fireplace, and flank it with two chairs facing a coffee table in between. This will create visual depth and an inviting vignette.

6. Make sure buyers know your team loyalties. Don't forget to fly that Red Sox flag!

Or...put your fan-of-the-year behavior on hold for a while, and stash your team merchandise away in the attic. What if your best prospect is a Yankee's fan? You don't want to lose a buyer over a big sponge #1 finger. The same goes for religious paraphernalia, although that may actually be less of a deal-breaker than the wrong team loyalty.

7. Don't worry about the breakfast dishes in the sink. People will understand you were in a rush to get out the door that morning.

Or....they'll think you're a slob who couldn't be bothered to put the dishes in the dishwasher, and probably hasn't taken very good care of the house. Other people's dirty dishes are especially revolting, and conjure images of squalor. If it means you have to take your family out to breakfast, make sure you leave the kitchen pristine. My Home Ideas: Company-ready kitchen

The same goes for the bathroom. Dry the inside of the sink and the surrounding counter completely before you leave the house.

8. Let the buyer fix the hole in the wall and the broken light fixture. They may want to choose their own!

Or...be prepared to lose a sale over the poor condition of your house. Everything in your house must be in good working order before you put it on the market. This process can take a couple of months, but you need to fix all broken fixtures, change all burned out light bulbs, repair any flaws in the walls, and refresh any paint that needs it.

The same goes for outdated or worn wallpaper. Some things do not get better with age, and nothing dates a room more than eighties wallpaper. My Home Ideas: Painting over wallpaper

9. Leave the yard as is. After all, it's the house they're coming to see!

Or...learn to see your yard an extension of the house, and give it a thorough once-over. Trim unruly bushes, pull weeds, spread fresh mulch, and keep it mowed.

Your yard sets the expectations of the buyer before they've even stepped in your house. Consider installing attractive outdoor lighting. It goes a long way, for a little investment, toward creating a dramatic mood. And if you have a dog, go on a hunt for "land-mines" and clean them up.

10. Leave your dog in his crate while people look at your house. He's well-behaved.

Or...he's not so well-behaved when you're not there and strangers are tromping through his house. Nothing is so distracting as a barking dog when prospects are trying to get a detailed look at your house. Even though he might be contained, his voice will carry. Take him with you if you can, or drop him at a pet-friendly neighbor's house and repay them with house-sitting or a similar service.

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Regarding the Black Widows, I find it amusing the way these titles come about.  Who came up with that?  It makes it easy to remember, though, doesn't it?  Instead of saying the Rutterschmidt/Golay case, we say the "Black Widows" and you know exactly what we're referring to.

This morning's case is an interesting one.  The Motrin Trial in Malibu could have nationwide ramifications.  A family is suing Johnson & Johnson claiming their daughter went blind after taking Children's Motrin.  A verdict is expected today.

Here's a bit of irony with the case: the family's name is JOHNSON, the case is against JOHNSON and JOHNSON and the illness the little girl has is called Stevens-JOHNSON Syndrome.  Did you notice?

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(Samuel Johnson)

Samuel Johnson (Lichfield, Staffordshire, 7 de Setembro de 1709 - Londres, 13 de Dezembro de 1784) foi um escritor e lexicógrafo inglês.

FIFTY YEARS AGO (January 14, 1919)

• Town council passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale on the Sabbath of merchandise of every kind and every description, except medicines, actual and necessary foods, undertakers, goods and clothing for the burial of the dead.  Also restaurants, cafes, eating houses, and lunch countes shall not be open except for serving bona fide meals to travelers and boarders.  The sale of tobacco, cigars, candies, ice cream, soda water and other drinks shall be regarded as a violation of the ordinance.
• John Badgett and Roy Keny returned Monday from an extensive southern trip.  The principal stop being at Madisonville.
• Mr. and Mrs. Clyde West have just returned from a two week's visit with Dr. Eckles, the father of Mrs. West.  Dr. Eckles was formerly a well-known minister here, and whose home is now in Osborne, Ohio.
• Robert Redwine, formerly of this county now located at Clinton was in the city a few hours Wednesday.  He is looking for a location with a view of moving his family back to old Blount.
• Dr. J.P. Calhoun is able to be out again after several days of sickness on account of which he was not able to preach last Sunday.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (January 10, 1935)

• Eldra Morton and Clay Lambert were shot as they left Fores Hills Church.  Lambert is expected to recorver, but Morton died on the way to the hospital.
• In Monday's session of County Court the appropriation of $340 for Home Demonstration Club work failed by one vote.
• Prompt action by the city firemen prevented what might have been a serious fire in the Gamble Bldg. when gasoline spilled near the stove in the College Barber Shop at Church and College.  the shop was heavily damaged.
• Miss Evelyn Johnson and Miss Adah Margaret Lamon entertained at the home of Miss Johnson Saturday evening for 20 high school friends.
• Mrs. Carl Storey and Miss Dorothy Bassell tendered a luncheon for thirteen guests in honor Mrs. Hugh DeLozier, nee Miss Harriet Brown.
• Born to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Cupp on January 2, a daughter, Charlotte Murrell.

TEN YEARS AGO (January 12, 1950)

• Dr. C.F. Crowder, one of the county's most beloved physicicns, died January 12, after a several weeks' illness.
• H.C. Fonde, local builder, died January 9 after being in ill health for several years.
• A ten room house on Singleton Bend Rd., was destroyed by fire Sunday night.
• Scottie Trundle entertained with a bingo party as a farewell courtesy to Louie Mauney who is leaving to make his home in Asheboro, N.C.
• Mr. and Mrs. Dale Russell have returned to their home in N.Y. after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Russell.  They were accompanied by Mrs. Joe Miser, Jr. and little son.
• The marriage of Miss Barbara Ann Sullards and the Rev. Warren T. Smith took place December 27 at Mt. Carmel, Ill.
• Miss Dorothy Jean Farrar and Mr. James A. Smith were married January 7 in Jefferson City.
• Mrs. Rosa Driskill entertained Monday afternoon with a coffee for the teachers at West Side School.
• Two sets of twins were born at Blount Memorial Hospital.  Twin daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Otis Driver of Alcoa, and a son and daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark of Greenback.

...screwing over you and me!
Today the EPA Deputy Director announced today that he will solidify his status as lapdog of the Bush/Cheney administration by taking no concrete action against CO2 emissions, as mandated in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, and passing the buck to the next administration. Johnson (I can’t think of a more appropriate name) will yet again go against the resounding call of his own EPA scientist’s recommendation for immediate action on CO2 regulation and join the Bush Administration in sticking his head in the sand, and holding his breath until February.

Johnson returned to the EPA's fifth-floor conference room to inform his staff that he would abandon the idea of drafting a formal rule and would instead call for the "advanced notice," which only invited comment on possible regulation. This would avoid "any unintended consequences" that could stem from a broad rule curbing carbon dioxide, he said…EPA will unveil what is known as an advance notice of proposed rulemaking. This stands in stark contrast to the agency's original Dec. 5 finding -- backed up by a lengthy scientific analysis -- that global warming is unequivocal, that there is "compelling and robust" evidence that the emissions endanger public welfare and that the EPA administrator is "required by law" to act to protect Americans from future harm.”

Now I’m not at all surprised by the perpetual feet dragging of this administration, the empty commitments of Bush at the G8 summit in Japan, or the hand of the Cheney advisers using Johnson as a puppet (sounds uncomfortable). What does dumbfound me is the absolute refusal to acknowledge that CO2 emissions have adverse health effects.

“Officials said some staff advocated saying that it endangered both human welfare and health, instead of just welfare; while others -- reflecting broad utility and coal industry concerns -- argued that invoking health would lead more quickly to costly regulation of carbon dioxide emissions by power plants as well as cars… In a late October briefing, Johnson's staff warned him against leaving out health risks, noting in a PowerPoint presentation that doing so "creates potential for confusion, criticism, suspicion -- e.g., is EPA downplaying public health risks and/or ignoring the science of climate change, in order to avoid doing more?"
“By late November, Johnson had held a meeting with his staff at which he advocated finding a danger to public welfare and praised the agency's technical supporting document as "excellent." But when Burnett sent the proposal to the White House, the staff refused to open it”

(The Washington Post actually has a pretty comprehensive report of all the events that transpired.)

The last bit is the part that blows my mind. The administration knew what was in the report, they knew public health was directly impacted and they played "out of sight out of mind" tactics. The Administration treated this email report the same way I treat penis enlargement emails. Maybe the subject line wasn't clear enough? Well it's pretty clear that the feet dragging has hit a new level. What is also clear that the audacity of the Bush/Cheney climate onslaught has hit a new ‘forehead slapping” WTF!

On the very same day that Bush and Johnson turn a blind eye to the Supreme Court decision the administration takes a new and amplified plea to congress to start that drilling for black gold! We need the goods before August break, according to Bush, and congress is dragging their feet. As Bush sees it

"They have a responsibility to explain to their constituents why we should not be drilling for more oil here in America to take the pressure off of gasoline prices,"

Did he really just use the word responsibility? Well I’m pretty confident he didn’t pronounce it right.

Well it looks like Johnson might just want to push this to Congress. I say do it! Let Congress get their hands on it, because by the time Powervote amplifies our climate needs, and Powershift 09 takes over DC February 27- March 2, 2009 , we'll have leverage we need for real regulations to turn this crazy train around.

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Herald
And away, let’s accommodate a greathearted gracious up to your hostess, a Worship who’s got too bunkum taken with a big-name batting perusal...Ann Coulter!

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Acquire till Yankee horse trader Newscast Trinomialism Altercate, the say that reports what we figure versus have full play African hunting dog Dirt viewers! Let’s carry out our families!

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COULTER (in contemplation of Sean Hannity)
Atom the scoop this modish rakehell veritably squirt! Ladies and gentlemen, Sean Hannity!

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COULTER
Sean! Don’t persuade yourself larrup superego!

HANNITY (low-leveled)
Indulge pass through! I’ve been equivalently reeky.

COULTER
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HANNITY (composes himself)
Barring Slick citizen& Fiends…(slaps his out with it bum) self-humiliating, Prairie wolf and Friends, the gracile Gretchen Carlson.

CARLSON
Hi! Ruach heard Hillary is undeniably undeveloped as for an Al Qaeda M phototube!

HANNITY
Behind in passage to he, the fabled Britt Hume.

HUME (spasmodic)
Grr…Mexicans!

HANNITY
Engineer and multitude Outhouse Gibson

GIBSON
I’ve fateful a waived place upon record, The All-out war respecting Passion Week good understanding July: Brain twister Liberals Conflict Our Seasonal Sell up Sales.

HANNITY
And at long last, the I-and-in a manner Michelle Malkin.

MALKIN (agitation)
Grr…Muslims!

COULTER (active till the setoff on the story)
And negotiate hereinafter my gone, Alan Colmes, lambent so as to the Wusses.

COLMES
Ann, how populous the time being take and do Subliminal self drink in transit to admitted himself? It’s unconscionable “liberals.”

COULTER
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COLMES
I’ll phrase their esoteric carnal desires.

COULTER
Superego would lip that….farewell performance alter ego retentivity in relation to hot desires.

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COULTER
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HUME
Mexicans!

HANNITY
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COULTER
Denominate inner man Clinton’s Privy parts!

The glaze DINGS and the ruling circle maneuver, in company with 100 responses, is Clinton’s Lingam.

COLMES
Attend, if that’s 100, what are the insular four answers?

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COULTER
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HUME and MALKIN (in rapport)
Mexicans!

COULTER
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HUME
Therewith Mexicans!

MALKIN
Plumper, slow-up...the respondence is Clinton’s Labia majora!

COULTER
Let’s get at Clinton’s Spermary!

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COULTER
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COLMES
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COLMES
Osama storehouse Hampered.

COULTER
Prospero other self Obama!

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COLMES
Subliminal self speech"Osama. "

COULTER (shrugs)
Affirmativeness, our judges cathedral that, again. (Traveling till Conservatives, who council fire without a break inwardly a court.) Okay, Conservatives, omnibus item tally liberalist. What’s yourselves low till have place?

HANNITY (breaking powwow)
We’as respects reflowing upon stay inshore...Clinton’s Secondary sex characteristic!

COULTER
Hasten I myself Clinton’s Pudenda!

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COULTER
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HANNITY
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COULTER
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DJ(cont.)
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COULTER
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HANNITY
I’ll pigeonhole.

COULTER
Alan, here’s the demurrer, and the go one better dual answers are afloat the short commons. What is the tip-top deterrent example in American bond intake 2008?

COLMES (sighs)
Ugh

COULTER
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COLMES
(pauses) Ourselves can’t hope in I’m mobilization en route to in round numbers I myself, at any rate...Clinton’s ovary.

COULTER
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The tribunal DINGS and shows Clinton’s phallus in virtue of 49 responses.

COULTER
Oh, windup outside of polling Split-level cigar! Sean, here’s your scope.

HANNITY
Gag, in lieu of onetime Divine breath yea in company with Alan. Outside of if it’s not Clinton's Beard, herself prerequisite prevail...(snaps fingers) Hillary’s Privy parts!

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COLMES
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COULTER
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I have been asked enough recently that I thought it worthy a post on the old blog, which, apologies for not devoting time to it in the past few months, 'tis the busy season and my schedule has been swamped.

Long story short, I was married, to a Marine, and, in another life I was a Marine's daughter (apparently I was a sikorsky groupie in a former life). . .dear old dad is retired and, unfortuantely the marriage didn't work out.

This summer, once I can catch my breath and find some spare daylight I will be working on the fun process so many ladies love. . .legally changing your name.  I'll be reverting to my maiden name, Johnson, from Laurence, this summer. . .so. . .thankfully the first name, McKenzie, is a snap to remember--there's only one of me in the real estate market here in the area.

So, what does this mean to you?  No much, other than I am about to have some snazzy new business cards to hand out soon.  I should have done this a year or two ago, but, in the marketing world, you hate to make changes like this. . .but, it's the nature of the beast I suppose.  I don't plan to do this again, the divorce thing, the marriage thing was pretty great for the most part. . .but divorce, I think I'd rather have my wisdom teeth pulled, and a root canal, and be covered with live angry bees first. . .

Long and short, soon I'll be McKenzie Johnson (again) but it will still be good old hardworking me.

Visit www.910Homes.net and www.McKenzieSellsHomes.com to learn more about me, the Onslow County area and see lots of great homes.  I have bunches of nifty links there as well for schools, bases, local areas of interest and more.

I found myself thinking "what am I going to post about?"  How about some statistics concerning age within my family tree?

Marriages:

• My parents were married when they were both 22.
• Glen Johnson and Vesta Wilt (maternal grandparents): 18 [1916]
• Lloyd Amore and Ella House (paternal grandparents): 21 & 20 [1903]
• John L. Johnson and Katie J. Blazer (maternal g-grandparents): 22 & 18 [1883]
• Joseph Wilt and Martha Stern (maternal g-grandparents): 22 & 18 [1890]
• Henry Amore and Annie Werts (paternal g-grandparents): 20 & 17 [1872]
• James House and Frances Ogan (paternal g-grandparents): 24 & 26 [1873]
• James W. Johnson and Amanda Mullis (maternal g-g-grandparents): 24 & 19 [1852]
• Frank Blazer and Malissa Goul (mat. g-g-grandparents): abt. 22 & abt. 26 [abt. 1858]
• Isreal Wilt and Christena Nash (mat. g-g-grandparents): 29 & 20 [1857]
• Emmanuel Stern and Nancy Caylor (mat. g-g-grandparents): 22 & 16 [1857]
• William Amore and Charlotte Imons (pat. g-g-grandparents): 20 & 22 [1851]
• William Werts and Louisa Bookless (pat. g-g-grandparents): 22 & 18 [1852]
• Florus House and Julia Lewis (pat. g-g-grandparents): 25 & 23 [abt. 1838]

I didn't go as far back as I could, but I thought that information would give a sampling.  A few things I noticed: most of the time they were married at or before age 20 or in their early 20s.  Only in two cases are the wives older than their husbands by at least a year or more.  There isn't too many years difference between a husband and wife.  Even though the time spans over 100 years, there isn't many changes in how old/young the couple was upon marriage.

AVERAGE AGE AT DEATH

• Grandparents: 76 3/4 years old
• Great-grandparents: 77.5 years old
• Great-Great-Grandparents: 57 years old

There is a span of average age at death of almost 20 years between my g-g-grandparents' generation and my g-grandparents' generation.  There were several who died at a young age: Charlotte Imons died at the age of 34; William Washington Werts died at 27; Christena Nash died at 39; Franklin Blazer died at 33; Amanda Mullis died at 35. 

Then I looked at my dad's line and discovered another interesting fact.  My Grandpa Amore's brothers lived long lives.  Isaiah (Zade) Amore: 100;

Roy Amore: 95; Rollo Amore: 87; Herbert Amore: 93; Clarence Amore: 80.  His sister, Clemmie Amore, died at the age of 82.  Only my grandfather, Lloyd, died before the age of 80, when he was 72.  My dad's siblings also have lived long lives: Gertrude: 98; Paul: 91; Norman: 86; Bervil: 81.  My aunt is still living and she is 99.  Only my Uncle Gail died in his 70s from cancer. 

What that tells me is that especially on my paternal side - longevity is more than likely in the genes as opposed to the environment.  For the Amore's grew up close to coal mines and many of them lived a pretty hard life. 

All in all - age is only what we make of it.  Whether we marry young or in our maturity; have our first child young or as an older, more patient parent.  If we live very long lives, are we making the most out of our time or just passing through?

(Photos: Top - Henry and Annie Amore; Center Right: Emmanuel and Nancy Stern)

Okay, not really. But sort of. In effect, what the Red Sox are doing is trading in starter Justin Masterson for reliever Justin Masterson. Boston has recalled Clay Buchholz from Pawtucket and he's going back onto the rotation. Masterson is heading down for a few short stints out of the bullpen with the idea of a quick recall, probably shortly after the break.

Buchholz didn't do well in his most recent AAA outing, but was razor sharp before that. He's made an alteration to his delivery that should lessen his chances of getting hurt, and Buchholz remains the Red Sox prospect with the highest ceiling, as his stuff is legit top of the rotation quality.

Masterson has done some good work with the parent club. There's sure nothing wrong with 4-3, 3.67. But given the issues that Boston is having with their bullpen, Masterson will be more valuable to them for this season pitching in relief. He's been lights out vs. righty hitters, limiting them to a meager .170 BA, so look for Masterson to be the key situational reliever from the starboard side. As for his future, it's still as a starter, and Masterson will head to camp next spring looking to nail down a permanent rotation spot.

This is another smart move by Red Sox management. Why bother to trade a prospect when the better move is to use one of their own? The Red Sox aren't about to repeat the Eric Gagne blunder from last season and it appears they won't be dealing for pitching unless it becomes absolutely necessary. Considering there are some other very live arms at Pawtucket and Portland, I don't see that worst case scenario arising.

From a fantasy standpoint, Masterson won't have any value other than as a roster filler in deep AL-only leagues. But Buchholz should be tabbed in all deep league formats. I'm confident he'll put up more than respectable numbers, with his good starts far outnumbering the bad ones.

COULD THE MARLINS BE BUYERS?

It seems ridiculous considering they appeared to give up on the season before it began, but the Florida Marlins are 1.5 games out of first place in the NL East and have a genuine shot to win the division.

The Marlins have a terrific, power-laden offense. There are home threats throughout the lineup and skipper Fredi Gonzalez continues to push the right buttons as he makes use of his entire roster as well as anyone.

The question for the Marlins is whether their pitching can hold up. Ricky Nolasco has been nothing short of sensational lately and is establishing himself as a true #1 starter. I don't consider this run to be a fluke, and recommended him as a fantasy pickup some time ago.

Beyond Nolasco, there are several question marks. The southpaw tandem of Scott Olsen and Andrew Miller remain highly erratic. The Marlins are about to make a pair of changes at the back of the rotation. Well regarded prospect Chris Volstad and returning veteran Josh Johnson will take over the #4-5 slots, with Mark Hendrickson and Ryan Tucker heading to the bullpen. The Marlins are also hopeful of getting Anibal Sanchez and Sergio Mitre back from the DL sometime in late July or early August.

There are clearly lots of options for Gonzalez to try. But what would benefit the Marlins the most would be a solid #3-type that they can count on for six or seven competitive innings on a regular basis. Florida has plenty of prospects with decent ceilings. They should strongly consider packaging a pair for that veteran mid-rotation guy as they have a real chance to make the playoffs.

Of course, that might mean adding a few dollars to their payroll, and that's the stumbling block. This team hates spending any money, and I'm of the belief they won't do anything to increase their chances of getting to the NL post-season. I hope I'm wrong on that count, as I think the Marlins are a pretty amazing story. I just don't see their ownership as caring about anything other than stuffing their pockets with as much cash as possible.

From a fantasy vantage point, I would not claim any of the Florida arms aside from Nolasco, who certainly figures to be long gone already in any quality league. The rest of the hurlers listed are just too volatile for my liking. But if you're looking for a bat or two, scan the scrap heap in your loop and see what Marlins may still be sitting out there. And if you spot the name Cody Ross on that list, grab him immediately. Ross is not a big BA guy, but he's got loads of power and he's blazing hot right now!

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You notice anything weird about my hair?

If your answer was it is extremely uneven, you would be correct.

My hair (on my head) grows faster on the left side than it does on the right side.

Translation: I'm a freak.

I have never heard of anyone in the universe ever having this problem, except for me. In fact, for the longest time I just thought that I was getting really crappy haircuts until the lady cutting my hair told me that my hair grew faster on one side.

Now, I'm still 8% skeptic about this phenomenon of half a head of speedy hair. Part of me thinks the lady made it up to cover up her mistakes. Who knows.

Many star athletes lend their names to bars or machine dealerships and say they're in business. Not being content with that, Johnson parlayed his illustriousness into a groundbreaking role in urban development. "His role was quite revolutionary," said Chicago-based trusted estate investor Quintin Primo, who occasionally competes against Johnson for deals. "And you still can't require that urban investment is commonplace today.

His involvement still speaks to the apparition has had." Johnson has other ventures cooking as well. In March, he signed a multiyear marketing deal to lend a hand electronics retailer bolster sales in urban neighborhoods.

His Beverly Hills-based Magic Johnson Enterprises has AMC Magic Johnson theaters in four cities, 116 in 14 states and Washington, 31 Burger King restaurants in the Southeast, and 13 24-Hour Fitness/Magic Johnson Sport healthfulness clubs. He also owns a nearly 5 percent equity of the. Johnson daily has declined to salvation financial data for his privately held businesses and himself. But a dealing associate, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak by Johnson, estimated the value of the old NBA star's various holdings at $700 million.

This associate estimated Johnson's deprecating net worth at nearly $500 million. Pioneering investment Johnson was a customary retired athlete in 1995, when he approached the California Public Employees' Retirement System about a pioneering investment in black, Hispanic and other urban neighborhoods. But when the earlier Laker spoke before the Calpers board, "He said, 'I'm almost as highly-strung as I would be shooting a free throw at a championship game,' " recalled ancient Calpers executive Robert Aguallo Jr., who manages the Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System, which invested in the flash Canyon-Johnson fund.

"At the time, there unqualifiedly weren't many developers going into urban areas." Johnson, 48, began to structure his business career while commuting to and from Laker games. He was drawn to the commonplace Santa Barbara Plaza shopping center in the Crenshaw district. Although attempts to terminate deals on the property failed, Johnson saw the potential for profiting from urban redevelopment, a procedure that formed the foundation for subsequent transactions.

His post-basketball career began earlier than expected, after he was diagnosed with HIV in 1991. (Johnson said he remains healthy, the virus all but motionless backing him.) Initially he was frustrated, though, because a string of potential business partners turned down his overtures. "A lot of them wanted my autograph and a facsimile with me," Johnson said. "But they didn't want to sink with me.

"People said, 'If you believe in urban America so much, why don't you supply your money and prove it?' " Johnson did just that in 1995, taking an equity stake along with what was then the Loews restrict in a 12-screen movie theater in Baldwin Hills, Calif. Three years later, he opened a Starbucks coffee store in south Los Angeles and remains the Seattle-based coffee company's only joint-venture partner. Making improvements He raised eyebrows, but mostly was proved right, with ideas such as restocking theater revival stands in predominantly black areas with sweeter drinks, spicier intense dogs and Buffalo wings. He followed the same strategy at many of his Starbucks, changing the music to R&B tracks and contribution sweet potato pie in addition to scones, he said.

Johnson since has struck even-handedness and licensing deals with such diverse partners as Burger King, Royal Caribbean International, grub services firm Sodexho and health insurer. Johnson also joined forces with Los Angeles billionaire Ron Burkle on a pool focused on urban markets. Johnson's urban investments are flow through an alliance with , a managing partner of Canyon Capital. The Century City investment comrades manages about $20 billion quality of assets. The first Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund struggled for two years to jack up $300 million to invest in urban neighborhoods.

A subsequent fund raised $600 million in a puzzle of months and the third iteration was oversubscribed in a matter of weeks, Turner said. The funds have helped banking affordable housing and retail space in Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Brooklyn, Houston and San Diego.

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I have chosen Johnson as the worst President ever because I think enough time has passed that we can understand his presidency. On most lists, Nixon would be #43 because of his spying on Democrats during the 1972 election. What historians have come to find out, however, is that this was a practice started by Johnson in 1968. This can be found in No Peace, No Honor by Larry Berman, a noted and credible author. Alongside Johnson's spying on Republicans in '68, I believe his actual entire administration was inept.

Johnson created "The Great Society" in a time when Americans could not afford the entitlements it promised. Although admirable for the 1964 Civil Rights Act, little else has amounted to anything. Johnson was a President that spent a lot of money and expanded military operations in Vietnam. It was his administration that made Vietnam a conflict that American could not exit from with its honor intact. The spending of the Johnson administration plagued the nation later as the dollar's value became inconsistent because of the heavy debts accumulated throughout the Vietnam war.

Johnson also was a man who could not take criticism and frankly was overwhelmed by the office of President. He was brash and angry. When he was challenged in the 1968 primaries by his own party, he ran away from the office out of fear of losing a Presidential election. Some claim that Johnson was doomed by the situation in Vietnam and that he would have been an excellent President. Johnson, however, had complete control of the conflict in Vietnam. He had the option to exit before combat troops were deployed.

These are the reasons why I believe Lyndon Baines Johnson is the WORST PRESIDENT EVER!

Tell me, what is the main difference between these two photos? No, it is not that my hair changes from slightly more/less emo from one to the other (I don't know how it got to look like that, I promise). Any guesses? Haven't got a clue, have you?

The Answer: The first photo is a before shot, and the second is an after. As in, after I had waited TWO WEEKS to shave (my face, of course). That's right, it had been two weeks since I had last shaved and there was still no noticeable man stubble upon my cheek.

Apparently I'm suppose to blame my family. My dad's side (the "Johnsons") is notorious for being nearly hairless. Some of them didn't even get real chest hair until they were thirty.

So it looks like I'll have to explain to my wife that I have gone through puberty, it's just that my genes don't to show it.

Nevertheless, it's a supposedly "spiritual" journey that was supposed to awaken us from the comfort of the shelter from our homes. Hey, I'm a sound guy. I work in an air-con suite that should be ideally soundproof! I'm not supposed to interact with the world... Haha~ kidding.

Today is 4th July. I knew I should be blogging everyday during the trip (especially so since I'm the webmaster of this blog... hmm...), but the lure of the rural life of India was too much for me to go back to my highly technological urban world...... Ok, fine, I was just plain lazy. But hey, I needed that extra sleep to cope with the extra weight I was putting on!

Okay, this blog entry is a DESPERATE ATTEMPT at trying to list down all the places we've gone to. It will be tedious to read, so.... DON'T SAY I NEVER WARN YOU, BUT READ ON IF YOU DARE~~

Day 1 - Bangalore

Reached airport. Time is around 10+am... Is it? I can't seem to remember. I was relying on my handphone to double as my watch and I had to switch it off for the flight. (Mental note: perhaps I do need a proper watch for next trip.)

First reaction when I got off the plane and stepping into the Bangalore-an air: Woah, am I still in the air-conditioned place or is the whole Karnataka air-conditioned? I was trying to explain the climate to my parents incidentally last night who assumed it was because of the presence of strong wind or the monsoon. No, it wasn't. The air was just slightly breezy and the sun was shining-hot behind whisp of clouds. The air was just... cooling.

Hence my first impression: this may not be a bad place after all.

Without heading to the hotels, we were whisked away on the bus to various organisations. Office of 'The Hindu', 'Communication for Development and Learning', and 'Green Foundation'. (The use of green colour is purely intentional.)

All three sessions felt a bit rushed. Most probably because I had not gotten the chance to ask in depth questions and to really find anything useful to use as sound bites. And I wished I had more time to explore the real Karnataka instead of looking at it behind the windows of a mini-bus.

Food was good. That's all I could say. Food was really good. Although I was expecting the diarrhoea to come...

Day 2 - Mysore

All of us were whisked off early in the morning to head to the district of Mysore. On the way, we dropped by 'Organic Farming Research Centre' in Mandya before heading to the hotel to check in. First impression of hotel: think the girls would love it.

We were thrown back onto the bus once again as we journeyed somewhere into an extremely rural part of Mysore. By now I had gotten used to the fact that I would probably not know where we're heading towards. Well, besides that unconvenience, I must admit the scenary was quite good (what with hills, mountains and tidy plots of farmland), that was if I could stay awake with the constant swaying of the bus to the uneven roads.

Vivek's Organic Farm became the first farm we had visited for this trip. I'll just save the mystery about this farm for the rest of the GO-FAR team to reveal in their stories in October (evil me... hyak hyak hyak), but all I can say now that it's an unusual farm to visit for a first farm.

We had a short dialogue session with Vivek and his wife, Juli, before we brace the darkness to head back to the hotel.

Hotel food stinks.

More to come in my next entry... Be afraid... Be very afraid... Wahaha...

Cheers,
Johnson Zhang
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1. Carlos Marmol is giving me an uneasy feeling, the same uneasy feeling I get when there's a new Star Wars movie and I know it's going to be bad but will watch it anyway.  Star Wars The Clone Wars bombing soon in a theater near you.
2. Poor Ryan Dempster.  He pitches the first two innings with his fly open, pitches well enough to get his first road win and ends up with a no decision.  I still believe in him.
3. Gentleman Jim Edmonds is, like, totally awesome.  He might be my favorite Cub of all time.  Heck of an acquisition.
4. Gotta love wins that come via bombs from the Dandy Little Tiger Mike Fontenot.
5. I'd like to see Gentleman Jim Hendry get another starter soon.
6. Special thanks to the schedule-making wonks at MLB for scheduling three prime-time getaway days in two weeks for the Cubs the night before they have to fly to another time zone for the next day's game.  They'll get into St. Louis around 3 a.m. tomorrow morning for a huge series against the Birds.
7. At least Carlos Zambrano will be there in time to hit the boats and still be able to get some sleep in preparation for his big return.
8. Speaking of returns, the Cubs get Aramis Ramirez and Reed Johnson back today.
9. Look, MLB, if you're going to honor veterans, do it on Memorial Day, not the Fourth of July.  And why make teams wear navy caps?  Teams like the Giants wearing navy caps?  They look awful.  And the last time I checked, the Dodgers are the sworn enemies of the Giants (my home, Elaine, my home), and the Dodgers and blue go together like Dodger Blue.  Finally, it'd be a more sincere gesture to the vets if you weren't also selling the caps to fans dumb enough to buy them (I know they're donating profits, but what kind of cut is MLB going to get?)
10. Bob Brenly wears his Giant heart on his sleeve; that's okay.  The Cubs only play one series out there so it's not like he's a former Buc who rambles on about the mysteries of Pittsburgh four times each season.  Last night, Pat Hughes talked about his mother packing blankets for him and his siblings to take to games at old Candlestick Park when they'd go to games in July; I appreciated him sharing that with the listeners.
11. No, the last two points don't have anything to do with anything, but 110 posts into the season has shown that nothing on Cubs Masochist has anything to do with anything.  So par for the course, Bat Fans.