Exodus 3:4-5
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Moses was asked to remove his shoes to show reverence for the place where he stood. Do you revere and respect your host’s home? It may not be holy ground, per se, but how better can you show respect than by removing your shoes at the door? As a host or hostess is it too much to ask your guests to respect your home? I do not believe so. Let us show respect for each other’s homes and take off our shoes.
This Week's NATIONAL ETIQUETTE AWARD goes to.... Bulgaria
Bulgaria Page in Wikipedia
Bulgaria.com
Welcome to Bulgaria
I hereby grant the National Etiquette Award to Bulgaria, because it is the norm in that country to remove shoes when entering homes.
Bulgaria is seeking membership of the European Union. However, it may be a long time before it is accepted into the paper curtain; it has been given pretty big targets to meet in terms of dealing with corruption. Bulgaria suffers froma good deal of organised mafia-style crime.
Most British people know nothing about Bulgaria; they are moree likely to associate the name with the Wombles than with the country of that name. However, Bulgaria is acheiving some popularity as an inexpensive ski resort.
Bulgaria geographically corresponds with parts of the Thrace and Macedonia of New Testament times. Its people speak a Slavonic language, but their ethnic orign lies primarily in Central Asia.
Bulgaria was under Turkish rule for hundreds of years. When it was freed from Ottoman Turk rule, it became the centre of much diplomatic feuding between the Great Powers of the 19th century.
The former king hopes to reclaim his throne. He has been actively involved in the country's politics and served as prime minister until 2005, when a Socialist government was voted into power.
I met a Bulgarian girl who was doing a PhD in economics. I think she found me thoroughly patronizing. I knew a former private school pupil who was a bit of a fantasist. When he was at university he claimed to be dating a Bulgarian princess, though he often told similar tall tales.
Bulgaria.com
Welcome to Bulgaria
I hereby grant the National Etiquette Award to Bulgaria, because it is the norm in that country to remove shoes when entering homes.
Bulgaria is seeking membership of the European Union. However, it may be a long time before it is accepted into the paper curtain; it has been given pretty big targets to meet in terms of dealing with corruption. Bulgaria suffers froma good deal of organised mafia-style crime.
Most British people know nothing about Bulgaria; they are moree likely to associate the name with the Wombles than with the country of that name. However, Bulgaria is acheiving some popularity as an inexpensive ski resort.
Bulgaria geographically corresponds with parts of the Thrace and Macedonia of New Testament times. Its people speak a Slavonic language, but their ethnic orign lies primarily in Central Asia.
Bulgaria was under Turkish rule for hundreds of years. When it was freed from Ottoman Turk rule, it became the centre of much diplomatic feuding between the Great Powers of the 19th century.
The former king hopes to reclaim his throne. He has been actively involved in the country's politics and served as prime minister until 2005, when a Socialist government was voted into power.
I met a Bulgarian girl who was doing a PhD in economics. I think she found me thoroughly patronizing. I knew a former private school pupil who was a bit of a fantasist. When he was at university he claimed to be dating a Bulgarian princess, though he often told similar tall tales.
007 Shoes
Shoes to kill! This was an interesting article sent to me by Wayne. These are shoe with a built in stun gun for safety. There would be good for going out late at night! They are not too bad looking either. The only drawback is that it is for one time use only.
The Electric Cinderella shoes idea began as part of Simona Brusa Pasque's thesis at the Interaction Design Institute in 2002 and was inspired by a beautiful woman who Simona interviewed for her thesis who wanted to be able to “intimidate her intimidators.” She wanted to be empowered without losing her femininity, to have the freedom to be sexy without fear. The shoes certainly achieve that, offering 100,000 volts of high fashion stun gun power which can be activated by a control on the matching necklace. The weapon is hidden and when the wearer taps on the matching necklace an electric spark is displayed in the transparent tip, warning the would-be assailant to back off.
The weapon is designed for a one time use, in case of emergency, by breaking the tip of the shoe. The shoes have now evolved through several prototypes with earlier versions exhibited at SIGGRAPH 2005 in Los Angeles, at Nemo Museum, Amsterdam, and at Pica Museum in Perth, Australia with the latest incarnation getting its debut outing at the recent CTIA Wireless Fashion Show in Las Vegas.
“These shoes were designed to transform the self-perception of the wearer. The act of donning these shoes and the matching necklace is comparable to the ritual of wearing a mask; once they are on, they empower the wearer to express her hidden powerful personality.
The scenario of use is any day or event in which the wearer wants to feel in control, displaying power with irony and style and using it only in case of a real emergency.
More here: Gizmag
The Electric Cinderella shoes idea began as part of Simona Brusa Pasque's thesis at the Interaction Design Institute in 2002 and was inspired by a beautiful woman who Simona interviewed for her thesis who wanted to be able to “intimidate her intimidators.” She wanted to be empowered without losing her femininity, to have the freedom to be sexy without fear. The shoes certainly achieve that, offering 100,000 volts of high fashion stun gun power which can be activated by a control on the matching necklace. The weapon is hidden and when the wearer taps on the matching necklace an electric spark is displayed in the transparent tip, warning the would-be assailant to back off.
The weapon is designed for a one time use, in case of emergency, by breaking the tip of the shoe. The shoes have now evolved through several prototypes with earlier versions exhibited at SIGGRAPH 2005 in Los Angeles, at Nemo Museum, Amsterdam, and at Pica Museum in Perth, Australia with the latest incarnation getting its debut outing at the recent CTIA Wireless Fashion Show in Las Vegas.
“These shoes were designed to transform the self-perception of the wearer. The act of donning these shoes and the matching necklace is comparable to the ritual of wearing a mask; once they are on, they empower the wearer to express her hidden powerful personality.
The scenario of use is any day or event in which the wearer wants to feel in control, displaying power with irony and style and using it only in case of a real emergency.
More here: Gizmag
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
Feuding Shoes
What happens when my shoes discover some wrong things that finishing shoes had done in some files of mine? We become feuding shoes. Well not really. She got busted and now she is mad at me for something that she did wrong. Now how does that make me the target of her displaced anger? Why is she not mad at herself for doing the wrong thing?
What is it all about? Well, I was on vacation a few weeks ago and she happened to work on one of my files and completed it...or so it looked. She completed one portion and just closed another portion without completing it. She changed the file to her name so that she would get credit for that file completion for the month of April. Well, the first day of May she changed the closed fileback to me...incomplete of course and it came up for review and was pulled in a batch for review. I in the meantime get a call about the incomplete portion, see what has transpired and the dates and know that if it is reviewed, the big wigs would think , I did that. Hell now! I checked the dates, I was on vacation so it could not possible be me! I wrote that in the file and requested the file to work on the imcomplete portion.
The bigwig who pulled it had to give it back to me. Finishing shoes got called into a side room for that. Now she is not speaking. She sits in the same pod as me. The thing is it does not matter. She seems to think I am greatly affected by her not speaking. I am but not in the way she thinks. I have silence, I can work in peace. I do not have anyone finishing my sentences.
She is an associate, a coworker, not a friend. People at work do not have to be my friend. We only have to be civil and work together. That is all. So people being mad and not speaking is waaay beneath me. It is childish and petty. I do not have time for it. This works for me because the new girl who never stops talking sits nearby as well so she is a chatterbox that never shuts up. Between the two of the, I am constanly interrupted. So, to me it is all good. Silence is golden! I hope she keeps on those feuding shoes for at least a month more!
What is it all about? Well, I was on vacation a few weeks ago and she happened to work on one of my files and completed it...or so it looked. She completed one portion and just closed another portion without completing it. She changed the file to her name so that she would get credit for that file completion for the month of April. Well, the first day of May she changed the closed fileback to me...incomplete of course and it came up for review and was pulled in a batch for review. I in the meantime get a call about the incomplete portion, see what has transpired and the dates and know that if it is reviewed, the big wigs would think , I did that. Hell now! I checked the dates, I was on vacation so it could not possible be me! I wrote that in the file and requested the file to work on the imcomplete portion.
The bigwig who pulled it had to give it back to me. Finishing shoes got called into a side room for that. Now she is not speaking. She sits in the same pod as me. The thing is it does not matter. She seems to think I am greatly affected by her not speaking. I am but not in the way she thinks. I have silence, I can work in peace. I do not have anyone finishing my sentences.
She is an associate, a coworker, not a friend. People at work do not have to be my friend. We only have to be civil and work together. That is all. So people being mad and not speaking is waaay beneath me. It is childish and petty. I do not have time for it. This works for me because the new girl who never stops talking sits nearby as well so she is a chatterbox that never shuts up. Between the two of the, I am constanly interrupted. So, to me it is all good. Silence is golden! I hope she keeps on those feuding shoes for at least a month more!
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
"Shoe Crazy" Leads to Jail!
Two women stole several pairs of handmade Italian shoes from a boutique and led police on a high-speed chase during which they tossed the spiky-heeled footwear at pursuing officers, authorities said.
A clerk from Rangoni Shoes in the upscale La Jolla neighborhood reported the theft of $700 worth of shoes Sunday afternoon, said San Diego police Sgt. Bob Dare. A responding officer found a suspect in the store and asked her for identification.
The woman said her ID was in her car and left her keys with the officer to ensure her return. She apparently had a spare set of keys, however, and sped off with her friend in a 1997 Honda Civic, police said.
They fled along two interstates at speeds of up to 100 mph and sideswiped several cars, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officers stopped the women in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon by ramming their vehicle.
The women, ages 31 and 35, were arrested for investigation of theft and evading arrest, police said.
What shoes were worth stealing? What was all the fuss about? These are the shoes worth going to jail over! Rangoni Shoes! Rangoni Shoes!
Harley $173 ______________ Prior $163
Taras $172 ______________ Gal $173
Gloria $178 ______________ Ginny $171
Hadley $193 ______________ Date $202
Dysa $178 ______________ Heile $178
Gaya $190 ______________ Clay $197
Gloria $178 ______________ Ginny $171
Hadley $193 ______________ Date $202
Dysa $178 ______________ Heile $178
Gaya $190 ______________ Clay $197
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
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