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R&B fans, you won't want to miss this! Join Nnamdi, Stevie Street, and Miss J as they welcome the incredible Jacci McGhee to Halftime Chat R&B Podcast for a special deep dive into Keith Sweat's legendary Make It Last Forever album. Jacci, who featured on several tracks—including the iconic title duet—will share behind-the-scenes stories, her experience working with Keith Sweat, and the impact of this classic album on R&B history.

Ep. 682: Cranford | Chapter 4 Book talk begins at 10:00 A mysterious stranger stirs up gossip, secrets slip out over tea, and Miss Matty's world gets just a little more complicated. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 01:56 MAY RAFFLE - Sir Walter Scott Cross stitch from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca, who wrote the wonderful post: 2:42 The dimensions of the cross-stitch are 9”x11” (23cmx30cm) Also, Plum Deluxe's CraftLit tea collection is here:  03:55 - and and 06:12 07:18 - Thin Man Movie Watch Party, May 24, 2025. If you need to level-up to join us 09:54 - Re- hash Chapter 3: A Love Affair of Long Ago - Miss Matty Jenkyns reminisces about her past romance with Mr. Holbrook, which was thwarted by her family's disapproval.  Miss J couldn't SUCK an orange (then by ch 3 she was gone from us) Martha, the new girl of all work trying to learn how to do her job and nudging Major Jenkyns when he didn't serve himself fast enough 11:00 Miss Matilda SATE bolt upright (not a typo) 11:16 Poetry today from George Herbert—selections from will be featured at the end of the episodes, Euan Bartlett is the reader 12:00 “Pudding before meat” and “no broth no ball; no ball, no beef” Suet Pudding: Spotted Dick pudding: Steak and Kidney pudding: Yorkshire Pudding 14:00 15:32 Old fashioned forks - like 16th Century/1500s - were two-tine forks. 16:44 “Aminé at her grains of rice after her previous feast with the Ghoul” - from “The Story of Sidi-Nouman” from One Thousand and One Nights (1765-8) Aminé is wife of Sidi Nouman who notices she only eats rice with a bodkin. He figures out she's a Ghoul who goes to cemeteries at night to feast on the newly-buried dead so rice was pretty ‘meh' for her.  17:48 “Unbecoming to put on over their caps” - threw me b/c of the Caleche's in Dracula - turns out they're related! Retractable hood to put over a cap! 19:34 Tennyson - a line about cedars from 1842's and in the original text It's missing from the published version so a conversation turn would have been less of an utter non-sequiter in the OG version. 20:30 Headsup for the crocheters in our midst. 20:48 - not included accidentally. 21:04 Visiting rules - more 49:40 ‘“My cousin might make a drive, I think,” said Miss Pole, who was afraid of ear-ache, and had only her cap on. '— spectacular set of non-sequiters (p41) 53:30 I saw, I imitated, I survived - Mary Smith as Cæsar - using rounded knife tip as a spoon-ish food delivery device Don't forget! George Herbert's poetry often draws on the natural world, gardens, and quiet reflection: 1. “The Flower” Theme: Renewal, the seasons of the soul, joy in growth Perfect for July because: It celebrates the resurgence of beauty and hope—after cold or darkness, flowers bloom again. “Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.” “Who would have thought my shriveled heart Could have recovered greenness? It was gone Quite underground; as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown.” “Thy garden is not bare; And I shall find once more The sweet communion with thy saints.” 2. “Easter” Yes, it's tied to the holiday, but it also celebrates light and blooming. “Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With him mayst rise.” Pair this with literal rising things—morning sun, lilies, tall foxgloves. 3. “The Pulley” Theme: Why God withholds perfect rest—so we seek Him. This works well in summer, when life feels abundant, but still leaves a twinge of longing. “When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by…” (and yet withheld rest, to draw man's soul back to God) A beautiful idea for a reflective pause among too-perfect blooms. 4. “Love (III)” Theme: Divine love, human unworthiness, and acceptance It's more theological, but gentle and moving—great for a quiet bench moment in a shady corner. “Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back…” “You must sit down,” says Love, “and taste my meat.” So I did sit and eat.” It pairs beautifully with the hum of bees and the hospitality of a garden. If you want a very short quote for your garden journal or bench-musing: • “Thou hast given me this herb of grace to smell and taste.” — from “Grace” • “Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave…” — from “Virtue” • “He that in mirth and youthful jollity keeps measure, is more temperate than he that lets his sorrow flow out without check.” — from his prose The Country Parson *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9  • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: heather@craftlit.com • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: *SUPPORT THE SHOW!* • CraftLit App Premium feed bit.ly/libsynpremiumcraftlit (only one tier available) • PATREON:   https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below) ——Walter Harright -  $5/mo for the same audio as on App ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties *All tiers and benefits are also available as* —*YouTube Channel Memberships*  —*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit  —*NEW* at CraftLit.com — Premium Memberships https://craftlit.com/membership-levels/ *IF you want to join a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to join any of the above membership options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. 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Join Nnamdi Okoye, Miss J, and special guest Jacci Mcghee on Halftime Chat R&B Podcast as we dive deeply into Bobby Brown's classic 1992 self-titled album, Bobby! We'll be ranking every track from least favorite to favorite, discussing the standout moments, and breaking down the incredible production behind the album.With production from some of the best in the business, including Teddy Riley, L.A. Reid, Babyface, and Dallas Austin, Bobby featured some of Brown's most personal and dynamic work. The album delivered hits like “Humpin' Around,” “Good Enough,” and “Get Away,” while also showcasing Bobby's growth as an artist.Album Producers:Teddy RileyL.A. Reid & BabyfaceBobby BrownTracks 1. Humpin' Around2. Two Can Play That Game3. Get Away4. Till the End of Time5. Good Enough6. Pretty Little Girl7. Lovin' You Down8. One More Night9. Something in Common (feat. Whitney Houston)10. That's the Way Love Is11. College Girl12. Storm Away13. I'm Your FriendCome join the conversation and tell us your favorite tracks from the album!#BobbyBrown #NewJackSwing #RnB #HalftimeChat #AlbumReview

The girls have to run for the fashion police (aka a crazy Miss J) and pose as fashion victims, but the biggest victim during this shoot seems to be Cassandra, who fell into the arms of the production police. A flirtatious friendship in the house got all the girls talking and At judging the girls were told to think long and think hard about their drive in the competition. Momma Tyra's mad!Get in contact with us: send us a Message.► More Pod, But Make It Fashion on podbutmakeitfashion.buzzsprout.com► Follow @podbutmakeitfashion on Instagram

Our 13 girls arrive at their Beverly Hills Mansion and scream from the top of their lungs while witnessing all the 'beauty' of the house. People, who is the designer of these ANTM-houses, they are styled so ugly! Kim doesn't know how to put on make-up, but with how to put out she's very known. Sarah makes sure she's number one, but there's eleven more models to go. At judging we see some new faces and we are here for it: Twiggy and our queen Miss J, welcome on board.Get in contact with us: send us a Message.► More Pod, But Make It Fashion on podbutmakeitfashion.buzzsprout.com► Follow @podbutmakeitfashion on Instagram

I was rooting for you!! We were ALL rooting for you!!! This week we read Jay Manuel's "novel"/self-insertion fan fiction about what it was like to work on America’s Next Top Model in "The Wig, the Bitch and the Meltdown." We dive into this burn book and discuss the 2000’s hot spots Tao and Buddakan (and why Jay chose to put them in a novel that takes place in 2020), doing Tyra dirty, Miss J's d*ck pics, why Janice Dickinson is our favorite, and that scene where Jay gets to pretend that Nigel Barker wanted him carnally. Move over Rachel Cusk, there’s a new queen of auto-fiction in town!Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/cbcthepodSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to episode 45 of my '50 Days Til 50' series! Today, I'm sharing the story of how I hilariously bumped into the fabulous Miss J. Alexander on three different red carpets in just two days. Tune in to hear all about these chance meetings. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quencie/support

WELCOME to our 100th EPISODE!!!! Glad you're here, take a seat and hold on tight kids because today Miss J is saving you hours of crying into your pillows and swearing off the male specimen for hours on end, knowing damn good and well you're going to call that tool box of a dude that calls you shit like "Bruh". or gives his boys more attention that he does you! Don't get Dickmatized ladies play the game the right way and find you a 100% for you a for real always makes you happy kind of thing, it comes in a box and either needs batteries or plugged in! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US FOR SO LONG!!

Lisa D'Amato, from America's Next Top Model, steps Behind The Rope. Holding nothing back, Lisa is here to tell it all.  Did someone say Bethenny Frankel and Reality Reckoning?  Looking back at this blast from the past chat, Lisa recalls every single thing Bethenny is now talking about loudly.  Lisa chats about what living in the model house was really like, the competitiveness of her fellow model contestants and the pressure she felt from producers while filming. She chats about ANTM judges Miss J, Nigel Barker, Twiggy and last, but certainly not least, Janice Dickinson as well as about Creative Director Jay Manuel. Lisa confirms and debunks many of the vicious rumors heard over the years about the tension on the set and the “my way or the highway” rumored attitude of Tyra Banks. Leaving no detailed spared, Lisa explains how she felt she was treated by Tyra and Producers, the good, the bad, the other. There was a lot of bad and a lot of other. We discuss! Of course there was also her product pitch on Shark Tank, where she got a deal with the one and only Miss Barbara Corcoran. She takes us behind the scenes of Shark Tank and all the shenanigans taking place behind the scenes off camera. Part II starts now! @lisa_damato @behindvelvetrope @davidyontef BONUS & AD FREE EPISODES Available at - www.patreon.com/behindthevelvetrope  BROUGHT TO YOU BY: LOLAVIE - https://www.lolavie.com/VELVET (Use Code VELVET for 15% Off Jennifer Aniston's Award Winning Hair Care Line) VIIA - viiahemp.com (Use Code Velvet For 15% Off + One Free Sample Of Their Sleepy Dreams Gummies. 21+) INDEED - indeed.com/velvet (Seventy Five Dollar $75 Sponsored Job Credit To Get Your Jobs More Visibility)  AQUATRU - aquatrue.com (Use Code VELVET For 20% Off Plus a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee on The Best Water Purifier Around) RAKUTEN - rakuten.com (Members Earn Cash Back On Everything They Buy Through Rakuten or The Rakuten App) WONDERY: ACADEMY - (Binge All Episodes of “Academy” Early & Ad Free Right Now By Joining Wondery Plus)  LIFEMD - lifemd.com/VELVET (Visit lifemd.com/VELVET To Start Your Weight Loss Journey Today) WOOGA (Download June's Journey Now on your iOS or Android Device) JONES NATURAL CHEWS (Best Natural Treats For Your Dog - Available At a Pet Store Near You) SONY MUSIC: UNDERWATER (UNDERWATER Is a Sexy, Neo-Noir Thriller & a First-of-its Kind Narrative Album. Brand New, Original Music From Jason Derulo) ADVERTISING INQUIRIES - Please contact David@advertising-execs.com MERCH Available at - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/behind-the-velvet-rope?ref_id=13198 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lisa D'Amato, from America's Next Top Model, steps Behind The Rope. Holding nothing back, Lisa is here to tell it all.  Did someone say Bethenny Frankel and Reality Reckoning?  Looking back at this blast from the past chat, Lisa recalls every single thing Bethenny is now talking about loudly.  Lisa chats about what living in the model house was really like, the competitiveness of her fellow model contestants and the pressure she felt from producers while filming. She chats about ANTM judges Miss J, Nigel Barker, Twiggy and last, but certainly not least, Janice Dickinson as well as about Creative Director Jay Manuel. Lisa confirms and debunks many of the vicious rumors heard over the years about the tension on the set and the “my way or the highway” rumored attitude of Tyra Banks. Leaving no detailed spared, Lisa explains how she felt she was treated by Tyra and Producers, the good, the bad, the other. There was a lot of bad and a lot of other. We discuss! Of course there was also her product pitch on Shark Tank, where she got a deal with the one and only Miss Barbara Corcoran. She takes us behind the scenes of Shark Tank and all the shenanigans taking place behind the scenes off camera. @lisa_damato @behindvelvetrope @davidyontef BROUGHT TO YOU BY: GOHENRY - gohenry.com/VELVET (Set Your Kids Up For Success w/ The Best Debit Card & Financial App For Kids 6 to 18) HELLOFRESH - HelloFresh.com/velvetropefree  (Use Code velvetropefree For Free Breakfast For Life on America's #1 Meal Kit) QUINCE - quince.com/velvetrope (Get Free Shipping and 365 Day Returns on Elevated Luxury Without Paying Luxury Prices)  INDEED - indeed.com/velvet (Seventy Five Dollar $75 Sponsored Job Credit To Get Your Jobs More Visibility)  LIFEMD - lifemd.com/VELVET (Visit lifemd.com/VELVET To Start Your Weight Loss Journey Today) JONES NATURAL CHEWS (Best Natural Treats For Your Dog - Available At a Pet Store Near You) ADVERTISING INQUIRIES - Please contact David@advertising-execs.com MERCH Available at - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/behind-the-velvet-rope?ref_id=13198 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're taking a break from releasing new episodes for a few weeks over the holidays. This week, we dug into our vault and are re-releasing our episode on being a teacher in modern day America with Miss J.  Don't worry! We'll be back in action with new episodes in the new year.Original Air Date: August 8th, 2023In this episode, we sit down with Miss J. to talk about her experience as a teacher, her perspective of our country's education system, and why she decided to leave the profession.Miss J. has dedicated seven years of her life to teaching. She embarked on her classroom-teaching journey by specializing in math and science instruction at a private school, catering to students in 6th-12th grade. In 2018, she enrolled in her Master's degree in math education and special education. This allowed her to transition to a position within the New York State Public Schools, where she spent the next two years working with high school students in math.Last year, Miss J. decided to relocate to Maryland to be closer to her family. During this time, she taught Geometry in the Maryland Public School System. However, recently, she made the difficult decision to step away from teaching. Let's connect: United SHE Stands InstagramIf you purchase from any links to resources or products, the show may make a small commission.

If you've despaired over decluttering your closet because you'll have nothing left to wear, you'll love this episode with Sarah Mueller and Style Coach Judith Gaton. About Judith: Judith Gaton is a master-certified life coach, personal stylist (and style coach), lawyer, and the founder of The Modern Charm School™, an exclusive online social club for women who are ready to leave their mark on the world. Judith is also the author of the book "How to be a F*cking Lady: A Modern Guide to Being Charming and Fierce AF" and the host of the scintillating podcast "Style Masterclass with Miss J."  Whether it's through style, commanding more, or creating wealth, Judith guides women through their own personal journeys so they can take their life to the next level. Modern Charm School™: https://www.judithgaton.com/moderncharmschool/   Website: https://www.judithgaton.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/judithgaton/  To start your decluttering journey: https://thedeclutteringclub.com/ Follow Decluttering Club on Instagram: https://instagram.com/declutteringclub Join Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EarlybirdMom Check out more tips on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DeclutteringClub

Miss J believes that you deserve to have that magic moment in the mirror where you are transformed. That moment when you feel SO confident and SO stylish you can't help but take a second look at yourself. You feel so good you even do a hip pop, hair toss, and give yourself a wink. Miss J is a personal stylist, certified life coach, and lawyer. She is the professor of glam and elegance, also known as a Style Coach. She can help you have that magic moment too. As a fellow lady entrepreneur, Miss J has walked in your shoes and knows your struggles. As a lawyer, she has negotiated six and seven-figure deals. As a style coach, she helps women have total transformations through her Style Masterclass course. As an author, she teaches women about business, etiquette, and beauty from a modern perspective. She wrote "⁠How to be a F*cking Lady: A Modern Guide to Being Charming & Fierce AF.⁠" Miss J believes confident women can be feminine & fierce AF. Confident women leave legacies. Click ⁠HERE⁠ to work with Miss J!

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Have you ever heard the phrase “If you don't love ‘em, let ‘em go”? In this week's episode, we welcome Judith Gaton in to participate in a healing discussion on body image, confidence, and how the right approach to curating a wardrobe you love can do wonders for your self-assurance. Judith shares her shopping strategies with us in this episode, which include putting all potential purchases through a rigorous “audition” process; if they don't “perform” to your standards, find something else that does! She also shares with us how knowing what you need before entering the shopping space allows you to be choosy about the items you walk away with. Don't miss out on this enlightening episode of The Obesity Guide!P.s.  my six-week course on blood sugar management: Blood Sugar Mastermind, begins October 2nd! If you are not already on the waitlist, I encourage you to check it out! Get on the waitlist now to unlock early registration and guarantee your spot in the program. To get on my mailing list, click here.Connect with Judith: Judith Gaton is a master-certified life coach, personal stylist (and style coach), lawyer, and the founder of The Modern Charm School™, an exclusive online social club for women who are ready to leave their mark on the world. Judith is also the author of the book "How to be a F*cking Lady: A Modern Guide to Being Charming and Fierce AF" and the host of the scintillating podcast "Style Masterclass with Miss J." Whether it's through style, commanding more, or creating wealth, Judith guides women through their own personal journeys so they can take their life to the next level.Modern Charm School™Judith's WebsiteJudith's InstagramQuotesThe starting date's always moving and the finish line is a perfectionist fantasy. And we wonder why we feel so frustrated and so hopeless and so stuck. - Judith GatonIf we dismantle what the finish line looks like; as something not… perfect, but better than where you might be right now in terms of how you feel about yourself, then we can start to work towards something that is realistic, and feels good, and is sustainable over time in terms of how you see yourself when you look in the mirror. - Judith GatonOftentimes we're trying to jump to body love… as opposed to body acknowledgement. We can get some “appreciation”, but first we have to do “acknowledgement”. - Judith GatonSmall things always get you there. - Dr. RenteaAudio Stamps00:29 - Dr. Rentea introduces Judith Gatton and explains Judith's philosophy around style and body image07:18 - Judith introduces herself and shares her personal accomplishments, resume, and backstory14:13 - Judith shares her thoughts on body image, mirror work, and improving self-image in relation to your ever-changing body20:55 - Judith discusses the effect that clothing has on body image and self esteem, and shares her tips and approach on how to uncover and develop personal style32:31 - Judith shares her tips to combat fluctuation in healthy habits, including making small, sustainable changes to a routine that make a big difference over time. 38:54 - We hear about how to connect with Judith and theAll of the information on this podcast is for general informational purposes only. Please talk to your physician and medical team about what is right for you. No medical advice is being on this podcast. If you live in Indiana or Illinois and want to work with doctor Matthea Rentea, you can find out more on www.RenteaClinic.com

By Mary Lindow In this podcast I am going to share two interesting supernatural events that took place in regards to “prayer walking” in two different locations. If you will remember the story of the battle at Jericho, Joshua and the people who marched around that fortified city, you will know that prayer walking and praise have a potent affect! We would often have groups of people walk among our community near where our church facility was and they would simply pray quietly for the neighborhoods they were walking in. Often there would be people out in their yards or sitting on their front porches, and they would stop to visit with them, simply asking if there were something they could pray about with them, and would state that they had no agenda other than just a walk through the neighborhood and to pray.  Out of that came great moments where peoples live were being touched, and changed! These individuals would often end up coming to church where they could be loved on, discipled and find family in Christ to help them grow, or to help them through difficult times. We knew one pastor who had everybody gather one Sunday during the service, and then he gave packets of scripture verses and candy bars to groups of them or whoever was there, and said, “Today's service is concluded! Here's a block map for you to go walk and pray and greet your neighbors around the church!” Imagine the shock of the people that they had to leave their comfortable church building and go out and actually be praying for their neighbors physically, and look for opportunities to help them! The next Sunday, the building was so packed the people couldn't believe it! People had asked for help and asked for prayer, because someone dared to reach out to them. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN GOD WILL STRATEGICALLY SEND GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO PRAY THROUGHOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, THEIR CITIES, AND, THEIR STATES. It's during these times when we focus on praying that the God brings about not only a change in our hearts, but he also begins to see that the land is being blessed by his people, rather than being cursed by the wicked.   WE ARE IN A TIME WHERE GOD IS CALLING HIS BODY TO BE ACTIVE, and he is literally thrusting them out of the upper room experiences that they've been dwelling in for a long time, and sending them out into the streets to preach the gospel in love and act in kindness and in listening.   Hey! The world is frightened right now! People are terrified at what they see coming against them from the encroaching communist regimes. They don't know what to do!   AND SO, HUGE PRAYER INITIATIVES ARE EXPLODING EVERYWHERE!   But the one thing that we must not be afraid of is this to go out of the church building and walk our neighborhoods and pray, because this is us in action out in the highways and byways, compelling people to come in, simply by being available. There are times you may meet no one while you're walking and praying but you continue to listen to the Holy Spirit! He may have you stop gently in front of someone's home and then show you something that you need to pray about for that individual or that family. You just quietly pray as you walk and bless, or pray however the Holy Spirit leads you for that home. This is faith in action, and it is above all, love in action!   SO NOW, FOR THE TWO SPECIFIC INTERESTING PRAYER WAKING EXPERIENCES THAT I HAVE HAD THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU! Here we go! Steve and I took a team of women from across the United States, to Mundolsheim, France a city not far from well-known Strasbourg, France. We were working with another wonderful French ministry team, “Le Olivier” called, “The Olive Branch” in English, and we were preparing to have a multi-national women's conference. We had built a wonderful relationship with the key leaders, Christine and Michele and we had arrived with the team of women who came from all across the United States and who paid their own way to come. Many of them were Pastoral, Counselors, Ministers, intercessors, missionaries, and also strong Christian businesswomen.   AS WE MET AND BEGAN TO PRAY AND PREPARE for the days ahead when the conference would take place, we had a map of the city the conference was being held in on a poster board and pointed out to individual different places we would like to have everyone go walk and pray, in the community where we were going to be having the conference. AT THE TIME, FRANCE HAD MORE RESTRICTIVE RULES ABOUT RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS AND CHURCH PRACTICES THAN CHINA.   WE HAD FAVOR WITH THE CITY MAYOR. He was a strong Lutheran who had a love for Jesus, so he did everything he could to secure the large meeting hall for us, and the team that helped us from the City Hall were lovely people. As we assigned different city location areas for groups of people participating in the conference as leaders or helpers, we asked them to take their Bibles and to go in groups of three or four, to begin to walk and pray for the village of Mundolshiem.   This region is a very difficult place to plow in, especially when it comes to anything that might have the power of the Holy Spirit flowing. We had women coming in from Brussels, France, Germany, Romania, Croatia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and we also found out we had individuals who were led by the Lord to the conference who were from Iraq. This all was a result of the Lord having everyone prepare in prayer for months ahead.   THE TEAMS OF THREE AND FOUR INDIVIDUALS BEGAN TO SPREAD OUT throughout the village/city of Mundolsheim. Everyone knew that because there was a language barrier, we would not be able to talk with very many people since we did not have enough French interpreters. So, people went with the intent simply to pray and to bless this city. We asked the Lord to use us to bring peace and joy, and also to discern, how to pray.   During the prayer walk, one group was specifically really feeling strong to pray and intercede for salvation among the young people, and asked the Lord to please show them how to pray, and to please give them an indicator that they were on the right track into what they felt they were being called to pray about.    SUDDENLY THEY BEGAN TO HEAR MUSIC DOWN THE STREET ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY. (In France they still do open the shutters in the upper level of their homes to let air pass through!) The closer they got, they recognized the worship song that was very popular during that time. As they approached where they could hear the music more clearly, there in the window, with his back to the window was a young man playing the guitar and worshiping the Lord in French, singing, “I will glorify the King of Kings! I will glorify the Lamb!”  He had no idea that this group of individuals was now standing down in the front of his house lifting their hands and praising God with him!  When he finished his song, they began to clap and he turned around!   HE SAW THEM PRAISING GOD AND HE JOINED IN WITH THEM, clapping his hands and rejoicing, that even though none of them could understand each other, the common bond was, that they knew they belonged to each other because of Jesus! Everyone tried to sign language with him and he spoke a little bit of English so they told him about the conference. He was so excited to hear about it! Even though the conference was for women during the day, night sessions were opened to men.   THIS WAS A CLEAR INDICATOR THAT THE LORD HAD DIRECTED THESE INDIVIDUALS TO PRAY FOR THE YOUTH IN THAT CITY!   And, as they walked the streets and interceded, the Lord gave them a prophetic indicator that there were those in the city that were young people, called to impact that city through worship! EVERY GROUP THAT WENT OUT TO WALK HAD SOME KIND OF INTERESTING EVENT TAKE PLACE OR AN INDICATION OF HOW TO PRAY.   God wastes nothing when we dedicate ourselves to his purposes! Not every time you prayer walk will there be something supernatural or spectacular take place in the natural, but what will take place in our heart, is that we shed fear and what we think people will think about us and we simply and quietly go serve our communities. Above all of that we serve the Lord by praying for those around us, as the word of God tells to us to do. THE SCRIPTURE TELLS US TO PRAY FOR THOSE IN AUTHORITY AND TO PRAY FOR OUR CITIES, AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE OUR LEADERS.   I know of groups of people who have taken time to go walk around their local city buildings very quietly without fanfare or trying to draw attention and simply prayed for all the leaders, the police force, the fire department and all those others who serve in their city communities.   NOW, MY NEXT STORY ABOUT PRAYER WALKING IS VERY RELEVANT FOR WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.   I urge you to listen carefully, because I believe that there will be another attempt to put a complete lockdown on the United States with another forced pandemic or a “forced fear” about a pandemic.   I urge you to be very wise and discerning about listening to the encroaching fear mongering, and continual threats against your freedoms.   IT IS FOR THIS THAT CHRIST DIED TO SET US FREE, AND NOT TO TREMBLE UNDER THE HAND OF TYRANNY. We are never to hide our faith under a bushel basket, or hide what we believe in order to protect ourselves from opinion.   IT IS WHEN WE OBEY THE LORD IN THE DARKEST TIMES, THAT THE GREATEST POWER, AND THE GREATEST STRENGTH COMES.   IN MARCH 2020, WE WERE AT PEAK LOCKDOWNS HERE IN COLORADO. People were so afraid of each other that even neighbors would mask and rush to their cars and not even wave at each other as if perhaps this diabolical biological weapon, would somehow be further released in a wave or in a friendly greeting.   OUR TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID TO LOW 50S ON A MONDAY THAT SEEMED TO BE EXTREMELY BLEAK. Everywhere we turned people were in fear, and the newscasts were nonstop bombardment of fear, control, and banter. I was in our guest room, which is also my prayer room, just pondering everything and quite weary of the noise, knowing that this was not going to get better quickly. I was looking over a bunch of scriptures that I was going to pray over my city as well as pray for our neighbors, and I was strongly urged by the Holy Spirit to put on a warm coat, warm clothing and gloves, and take a walk around my neighborhood. I was to take those scripture verses with me on my piece of paper and simply and quietly walk all of the blocks and pray those scriptures and speak peace over my neighborhood. So, I got bundled up and I told my husband Steve that I was going to go prayer walk. I did not put a mask on. I was not going to walk in fear.   Block after block, I was simply walking and praying and, listening closely to the Holy Spirit as to how I was to pray the scripture verses I read that were spoken out quietly. As I was coming down one street there was also a looped, small cul-de-sac, and so I took a left-hand turn and began to walk around the cul-de-sac. As I was coming around the edge of the cul-de-sac, coming back towards the street just being quiet, reading my prayers and scriptures, I noticed that there were three young women standing outside the front of their house on the lawn drinking large cans of beer, and being generally rowdy and laughing. I didn't pay much attention to it because I was busy praying.   SUDDENLY THEY STOPPED, AND ALL OF THEM CAME TO THE EDGE OF THE SIDEWALK AND STARED AT ME as I was approaching to go down the other side of the street across the street from them! ALL AT ONCE THEY BEGAN CUSSING AND SWEARING AT ME, laughing maniacally, and then one woman in a very guttural maniacal voice began to yell, “We're going to spit on you! We're going to give you Covid! What are you doing out here? We're going to spit on you we're going to breathe on you. Cooooooooviiiiid is coming for you!”   THEY WERE LAUGHING AND SCREECHING AND SPITTING OUT INTO THE STREET!  At this point, I had stopped just to stare at them and realized that I was seeing a full force of mocking and harassing spirits coming my direction, in complete demonic manifestation! Hmm…  Apparently quiet prayer walking for your neighborhood really upsets the Demonic strongholds!   I did not give them any attention and as I was walking forward, and I looked up into the sky above the house where they were, the day was overcast and had gloomy pockets of clouds so the sun was not showing for the majority the time I was walking.   SUDDENLY, UP OVER THE TOP OF THE HOUSE THE SUN BROKE FORTH and I was just beginning to pray in tongues asking the Lord to please keep me safe as I passed by them, because I really didn't want them coming over to the street to engage with me if they were either drunk or fully manifesting demonic activity! Again, as I looked up over the top of the house, suddenly the sun burst forth behind this formation in the sky, and there in the sky was a giant cloud, CLEARLY shaped like an eagle. It's pretty obvious from the picture in my introduction, since I did have my phone with me and I was able to snap it. I had just gotten done praying for the United States of America when I was coming around the cul-de-sac, asking the Lord to protect our nation, and was led by the Spirit of God to pray regarding a need for protection in the skies, and protection over our nation. In Isaiah 40:31, God compares His care for His people, to that of a mother eagle who spreads her wings to cover her young and carry them away from danger. I was crying out in prayer for our nation like a Mother would for a child in grave danger! AS I SAW THAT HUGE CLOUD ABOVE ME, I STOPPED AND STARED, AND OF COURSE GOT MY PHONE OUT AND TOOK THE PICTURE. I think the women thought i was getting ready to take a picture of them, because they began to really act up! But as I stood there and stared in the sky, they too turn around and looked. I continued on my way and did not engage with them so I can't honestly tell you what they thought of that formation in the sky, but I can tell you it was so obvious that no one could've missed it. I went around the corner and passed where they were, and they seemed to withdraw and go back into the lawn area as if something was subduing them. As I turned down another block, and was pondering what I had just seen, the sun then went back behind the clouds and the shape was gone.   I BEGAN TO PRAY IN TONGUES, PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT AS THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDED ME. Several times I was praying, I would speak out in English the word, “It's a coup it's a coup! Pray against the coup!” So then I would I began to speak scriptures about God exposing every evil thing that is hidden in the darkness and to bring it into the light. I was praying so intensely in the spirit for the next 15 minutes I vaguely remember walking a couple blocks and I was at this point, walking pretty quickly and purposefully.   AS I CAME AROUND ANOTHER BLOCK, THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN AND HIS WIFE GETTING OUT OF THEIR PICK UP TRUCK WITH A BABY, and they had masks on. I was walking more down the middle of the street because it was a quiet neighborhood street, and as I walked by them I smiled at them and waved and I said, “I hope you're OK! Have a peaceful afternoon, don't be afraid.”  The young man turned around and stopped and looked at me like a deer in the headlights. And then he said, “Thank you so much. I appreciate that so much!” All it took was one kind word, one risk to engage, and someone stopped and felt that love and felt that connection.   I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRESENCE OF GOD FLOWS OUT OF US like the virtue flowed out of Jesus for the woman who had the issue of blood. He said he felt virtue leave him when she touched the hem of his garment.   WHEN WE ARE BUSY OUT AND ABOUT PRAYER WALKING, BEING CARRIERS OF THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST, BRINGING PRAYER INTO DARK PLACES, WE ARE EMANATING A LIGHT THAT WE MAY NOT SEE, BUT IT IMPACTS THOSE AROUND US.   Obviously the demonic forces in my neighborhood didn't like that I was out praying and breaking strongholds of fear and critical judgment against each other in our neighborhood! So what did the evil darkness tried to do try turn around and threaten me,actually it gave itself away! The enemy let me know exactly that he knew I was out praying for my neighborhood and that he was going to threaten me with spit or Covid! Needless to say, I knew I was on to something! You do not need to have some large ministry or some affiliation with a group to go prayer walk! You as a single, individual believer can walk in all the authority you need to go walk in the power of Christ and pray for your neighborhood!   MANY PEOPLE SAY, “I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN!” So, I'm going to give you some simple, easy guidelines. Don't make it difficult! As you walk and pray, the Holy Spirit will guide you! Here are a few instructions and guidelines on how to prayer walk and, WHY to prayer walk!   WHAT IS PRAYER WALKING? First of all it's following the example that Jesus gave us in Luke 10 try to go out in twos if possible. In Ezekiel 22 verses 30 through 31 it shows us that we are we're standing in the gap for people by praying for people! Standing there in prayer for them between heaven and their lives. Then in Luke 10:19 it says, Jesus gave us authority over the enemy, so as we pray, we begin to stand firm against the strongholds in our neighborhoods or cities. In Matthew 18:14 it states that we have to seek God‘s guidance in whom we approach when we are prayer walking. WHEN YOU GET READY TO PRAYER WALK, THE FIRST THING TO DO IS TO SET AN INTENTION FOR YOUR WALK.   There are multiple possibilities as to why you're going to take a walk and pray.   First of all think about praying for your community. Pay attention to the details around you. What do you see that needs your prayer? There may be a home on the street that looks impoverished or perhaps it looks like it might even possibly be a location where there is crime taking place. Explore a question situation with God! Ask God to help you discover truth!   ASK THE LORD WHAT IS HE WANTING YOU TO SEE, then if you're meditating on a passage or a verse of scripture like psalms, as you walk keep referring to the piece of scripture that helps you meditate on the word, and speak the word as you're praying. That's why I take notes with me. Just a little piece of paper with scriptures so I know that I am praying the word of God over my neighborhood.   Simply enjoy being in the presence of God and in nature. It's wonderful! Enjoy the beauty around you and the Divine presence of God. I would recommend to pray before you start walking and also be open to God's leading in this time of walking. If you see people on your walk, you can say hi! If you happen to strike up a conversation, feel free to ask them if they have anything you could pray for.   WHEN YOU FINISH YOUR WALK just as you're coming home, give thanks to God for this time that you've had praying for your city and tell him how much you love your neighborhood and that you want these people to feel the love of God. I call this “Prayer walking made easy”.   When Steve and I were pastoring or when we knew that there was a situation going on in our community we looked to partner with God, or in a new area, we'd start by prayer walking the streets to prepare our hearts for the harvest. We see throughout the Bible that God calls people to walk the land and as we do, this physical act becomes a spiritual one!   In Genesis 3:17 it says, “Go walk through the length and breadth of the land for I am giving it to you!”   WOW! I like that one!   Joshua 13 says, “I will give you every place that your foot touches as promised to Moses”, so prayer walking helps is to really see the area and its people through God‘s eyes.   WE CAN HEAR WHAT GOD IS SAYING, and get an understanding of how the Holy Spirit might want to engage the people who live there, and when we pray or walk, all our senses become part of our prayer as sights, smells and sounds prompts our discussion with God. Understand that prayer walking is not about standing on a street corner praying out loud and preaching! It's a time of learning, listening. and importantly, intercession on behalf of the people that we want to reach. It's very important that we know how to pray when we're prayer walking, so ideally if you can find a friend to walk with you. It's nice to have someone to be in agreement with while you're walking. Each of you can pray and take turns to just walk the streets of your neighborhood silently. praying for each person, each house, and praying for specific needs if you know them or, just pray for God‘s truth and blessings for each person.   PRAYER WALKING SHOULD BE LOW PROFILE. You don't need to carry a huge Bible, pray out loud, or tell everybody what you're doing. Just quietly pray as you walk. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE REALLY FORGETTING THAT WE CAN PRAYER WALK FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT CHILDREN ARE GOING TO!   What do we pray for?  We pray for the coaches and teachers, the bus drivers, the traffic directors, the cafeteria staff, front office staff, the school nurse, security personnel, especially pray for the superintendents of the schools right now! We definitely need to see a move of God among school boards!   We need to pray for arts teachers and school counselors who need wisdom in assessing the needs of children and pray that they are not forcing harmful narratives on them. We need to pray for classroom teachers that they use efficient time management and creative planning and love the children and teach them well, not indoctrinate them! Special education teachers need prayers so very much, and we need to pray for new students.   The big thing to pray for in schools is for bullies. When I taught school, the bullies would even bully the teachers! This is a stronghold that comes against teachers! It comes against tenderhearted students or young students coming into the schools. BULLIES USE A STRONGHOLD OF CONTROL AND SHAME!   We need prayer for specific care above all during this time where we have so much child abduction, taking place, definitely praying for children who walk to school, that they would make wise decisions and be alert to cars and people and Safety. I encourage you to pray specifically with the names of teachers if you know them and be sure to include prayers of thanks.   WE BEGIN TO PRAISE GOD AS WE SEE CHANGE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TAKING PLACE DUE TO PRAYER.     Now! I WILL GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC STORY AS I FINISH THIS PODCAST. We had a family that lived across the street in one of the homes near us who lived there many years and they had one young daughter. I'll say her name is “J” because I don't want to give her name away. She was a darling little girl, but there was tension between Mom and Dad. Eventually, Mom and Dad moved out and the house became a rental to some lovely people that lived there. Now understand, every now and then this couple would come over to check on their house/property, and their little girl would be there. As she grew up she always came across the street to talk to us because she enjoyed visiting with Steve and I and our boys, and then as our boys got older and left home, she would still come over and we would always visit with her. She knew that we were ministers or pastors at one time, but we never pushed anything on her. We simply showed her love and always gave her cookies at Christmas.   FAST-FORWARD, 15 YEARS. Suddenly her dad and mom have been divorced for years and her dad has decided to let her live in the home by herself as a single adult. Who are the first people that she decides to come over and talk to?  You guessed it! Steve and I! More and more she would come across the street or we would meet her at the edge of the sidewalk and just chat about lawn mowing, the weather, and, she got a new puppy.   ON A SPRING EVENING THIS YEAR, I invited her to come over for coffee and sit on the front porch to enjoy the beautiful evening. We were going to come inside, but her new puppy wanted to run around out in the front yard area so we sat on the area instead. Slowly, but surely she began to tell me her story. What heartache she had experience through her parents divorce. What she had just recently gone through with the Covid pandemic, and having to bury both of her grandparents, because her mother had a complete breakdown.   This young woman is just now 21 years old. We sat there and I talked and laughed with her and let her share her deep, innermost sorrows and fears. I held her in my arms as she began to weep and cry out of despair and feeling so lost knowing that her Dad was going to soon remarry, and she was being rejected and belittled by the new woman in his life and her daughters. This lead me to be able to gently task her is she had ever thought about asking God to show himself to her? Have you ever said, “If you're real, please let me know who you are.” She has had plenty of counseling from a secular counselor, she has relatives who come from a cultish spiritual background, and have tried to force it on her. So, when I told her that she can ask God to show himself to her, that he loves her and that he can handle her anger, that he could handle her asking him this, it was like an entire new world for her! She went home, smiling and happy and hugged me again, and again.   We have waved as she drives by. She's come over and talks on the lawn. A few times we've given her some baked goods or fresh vegetables from our garden, and we've left it alone.   BUT, SHE CONTINUES TO GRAVITATE BACK TOWARDS OUR HOME BECAUSE SHE FEELS SOMETHING. She had told me she felt so safe and calm when she was around me. I told her that's the kindness of God that you're feeling, and his peace. (She wasn't sure about that. She thought maybe it was just because we were nice people!) I'm looking forward to the next time that I can have Miss “J” over to our home and love her, and continue to plant seeds into her heart. Every Thursday night when we have our prayer gathering we pray for Miss “J”. Sometimes I'll just stretch my hand out towards her house when I'm looking through the window blinds and pray for her. Maybe you'll join me in praying for Miss “J” as well?   I feel the Holy Spirit would have me to say to many of you who are reading or listening to this and have been asking the Lord, “What part can I do? What can I do to change anything? Everything is so dark and frightening and I'm at my wits end!”   I CAN TELL YOU THIS! There are people tonight who will lose their homes due to the mounting cost of living. There are people tonight who have their children who will not talk to them, because they are Christians and the children despise their parents. I can tell you tonight that there are many people who are weeping and crying, because they have no one to tell about how close they are to losing everything. I can tell you in my life it's become very tight on many levels. Being a pastoral counselor we keep our fees low so that we CAN help people, but when people are choosing between groceries and gasoline and a house payment that everything is skyrocketing in expense, the first thing they tend to do, is just stop coming for counseling. So, that drastically affects my way of living too!   Churches are feeling the pinch because people are not able to give as freely or as generously. This then shuts down opportunities and the opportunities of other to go and speak and minister in different places because the church needs to pay their utilities before they pay for a guest minister! Yes! I'm feeling it just like everybody else is!   IF you're NOT feeling it. If you have everything in a good place in your life and you have plenty of financial security, then be a blessing to someone who isn't.   HELP OTHERS! PRAY FOR THEM! Pray for those in your neighborhood who look worn down, those who have yards that perhaps are not as well tended to anymore because they're working two and three jobs. You may even volunteer to mow their lawn just to show love and compassion!   BELIEVERS! DEAR ONES! Let us not love merely in theory with words or with giving lip service to compassion, but in action and in truth, in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words.  - I John 3:18   One of the greatest things that we  can possibly ever do, is to go and walk and pray for our neighbors, our cities, our states, our nations.   GOD HAS CALLED US TO BE A PEOPLE OF PRAYER and I encourage you to go march around your city and speak against the strongholds that are trying to destroy your children's education, destroy your freedoms, and to take away your ability to function! THE LORD WANTS THE WALLS OF JERICHO AROUND YOUR NATION TO COME DOWN, BUT HE CALLS UPON HIS PEOPLE TO OBEY HIM AND DO THAT KIND OF LABOR OF LOVE BY PRAYING.   In fact, let's pray right now! Heavenly Father! I come to you in the name of Jesus and I thank you Lord Jesus that prayer walking is a desire of your heart. Not only is it good for our spiritual health, but it's also good for our heart muscle as we walk! I thank you that you will use this message to stir people to realize that sitting around and just waiting for something to happen isn't fruitful. Lord as we get up and move, I ask that you help us to be discerning and open to the things of your spirit, and Lord if a manifestation takes place or an opportunity to pray for someone happens, help us to record it and write it down to remember the things that you have done! Lord I am so grateful that someone recorded the story of the road to Emmaus when you walked with the two disciples. You were walking and talking and sharing with them, and out of that came the great amazement that they realized it was you speaking to them! Father, I bless every person listening to me today, and I speak peace over their storm, in the name of Jesus. I see that your word says no weapon that is being formed against them will utterly prosper against them, that you will come and rescue the desperate and the destitute, and the fearful. Father break off any shame, or any sense of great humiliation for being in struggles or difficulty right now. Break off the shame of being embarrassed because things are tight or uncomfortable financially for many Lord! I ask that you show each individual that you are a loving God and that you provide even at the very last moment. Lord I ask that you would open up generosity in the hearts of people in your body to care for one another like they did in the book of Acts. Train your people to be people of battle, train their feet to walk and to march in prayer and prepare us Lord Jesus for the harvest that will come across the globe. We ask for your loving face and mercy to flow throughout our neighborhoods and we ask this because we love you Father. I ask this in the mighty, glorious name, the name of Jesus Christ the Messiah, the Great Redeemer, Yeshua. AMEN.   I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS PODCAST ! I would sure love to hear from some of you if you decide to go out and do some prayer walking and perhaps have some exciting events take place! I'm convinced that this will happen for you, because I've seen it happen over and over again!   I Bless You Today in the Name of Jesus! I want to thank those of you who have been so gracious to help in assisting me produce, publishing and storing these podcasts!  I thank you all for your kindness and your notes and emails that come to me as well as your prayer requests. I don't just look past them! I'd like to let you that know I can't comment on some of your comments posted on my podcast site or blog, because in order to comment I have to pay for an extended premium account and I'm not going to do that just to be able to make comments! Please know that I read and see everything you say and it so encourages me! I want to thank you for today's time spent together and I look forward to our next podcast.   Please visit my website at www.marylindow.com to listen to more podcasts and read about all the Lord is doing!  Goodbye for now!   Duplication and sharing of this writing is welcomed, as long as the complete message, Website, podcast link and information for Mary Lindow is included.   Thank You! 2023 "THE MESSENGER"  - Mary Lindow www.marylindow.com www.marylindow.podbean.com   If you would be so kind and assist Mary helping her to meet other administrative needs such as website and podcast costs, or desire to bless her service in ministry with Spirit-led Love gifts or regular support: Please JOYFULLY send your gift in the form of: ► Personal Checks ► Business Checks ► Money Orders ► Cashiers Checks To: His Beloved Ministries Inc. PO Box 1253 Denver, Colorado 80614
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In episode 43, we sit down with Miss J. to talk about her experience as a teacher, her perspective of our country's education system, and why she decided to leave the profession.Miss J. has dedicated seven years of her life to teaching. She embarked on her classroom-teaching journey by specializing in math and science instruction at a private school, catering to students in 6th-12th grade. In 2018, she enrolled in her Master's degree in math education and special education. This allowed her to transition to a position within the New York State Public Schools, where she spent the next two years working with high school students in math.Last year, Miss J. decided to relocate to Maryland to be closer to her family. During this time, she taught Geometry in the Maryland Public School System. However, recently, she made the difficult decision to step away from teaching. Let's connect: United SHE Stands InstagramIf you purchase from any links to resources or products, the show may make a small commission.

LONDON REIGN discount code: STITCHPLEASE35 for 35% off the London Reign dress pattern. Not compatible with any other offer. Valid until October 1, 2023. One purchase per customer.Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter!   Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitch PatreonAmazon Store Janet HensellJanet Hensell is a blogger who shares her handmade wardrobe and encourages others to sew and design their own style. She is best known as Miss J Sews, offering tips for setting trends and relying less on fast fashion. Her mom taught her to sew and they started off on dolly, but when she realized that she could make clothes that actually fit instead of always having to rely on shops, that was amazing. Lisa WoolforkLisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English specializing in African American literature and culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, Black identity, trauma theory, and American slavery. She is the founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers on Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she actively resisted the white supremacist marches in her community, Charlottesville, Virginia. The city became a symbol of lethal resurging white supremacist violence. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the Community Engaged Scholars program. She believes in the power of creative liberation. Insights from this episode:Extending the life of a garment to last beyond the trendsPattern cutting: what it is, and making something fit well from the inside outHow Janet's fashion came to be the talk of her fellow jury membersThe inspiration behind the London Reign pattern, from the design to the nameThe importance of crafting as self-care Quotes from the show:“I'm kind of bootylicious in my figure, and they don't cater for that in the shops. But I can cater to myself if I sew, and that became the key thing. The feeling of making a thing that fits is unmatched.” – Janet Hensell, Stitch Please, Episode #191“It really is this vicious circle of consumption and discarding. Buy it, wear it, throw it away. And this is another thing that sewing can reduce. It is a form of sustainability because the pieces that you end up making, you tend to hold onto them longer.” – Lisa Woolfork, Stitch Please, Episode #191“Crafting is self-care. Whether you're a carpenter, a seamstress, a dancer, whatever you do for your mental health and fun, it is self-care. For me that was sewing.” – Janet Hensell, Stitch Please, Episode #191“Know what fits your lifestyle and fits your body. And when I say fit, know to fit your garments to fit you. Even if the garment is made from a cheaper fabric, once it fits you, people won't even notice.” – Janet Hensell, Stitch Please, Episode #191 Resources Mentioned:Stitch Please Podcast episode: Pattern Cutting Deconstructed with Monisola OmotosoLondon Reign pattern and discount code: STITCHPLEASE35 valid on the London Reign dress pattern for 35% off. Not compatible with any other offer. Valid till October 1, 2023. One purchase per customer. Stay Connected:YouTube: Black Women StitchInstagram: Black Women StitchFacebook: Stitch Please Podcast Lisa WoolforkInstagram: Lisa WoolforkTwitter: Lisa Woolfork Janet HensellWebsite: Miss J SewsInstagram: Miss J SewsFacebook: Miss J SewsTwitter: Miss J SewsPinterest: Miss J SewsTikTok: Miss J SewsJoin the Miss J Sews Community Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Rapubiologi Japo Jussila on työskennellyt rapujen parissa 1980-luvun puolivälistä alkaen niin Suomessa kuin ulkomailla. Tässä jaksossa käydään läpi lähes kaikki: mistä ja miten rapua pyydetään, miten se kannattaa valmistaa, mitä rapumertaan pannaan ja miten rapurutto ehkäistään. Jokiravun lisäksi puhutaan myös täpläravusta, jolla on kiusallinen tapa ajaa jokirapu ahtaalle, vaikka ei rapuruttoa levittäisikään. Verkkokeskustelu käytiin 8.5.2023. Heinolan Ristijärveltä äänitetty lintuambienssi on lisätty äänitteeseen myöhemmin toukokuussa.

Innes meets co-founder of Kyinska Advocacy and Twitter's 'Miss J' to discuss sexual misconduct in sport. Kyniska Advocacy: @Kyniskaadvocacy https://www.kyniskaadvocacy.com End Sexual Misconduct in Sport: @GameOverSprtSco https://www.endsexualmisconductinsport.com

It's an episode with a lot of dramaaaaaaa. It all starts with a dancing challenge where our own Miss J lights up the room. But when the challenge prize involves giving or not giving other girls extra frames at the next shoot, the tension is on. A visit to Nelson Mandela's cell adds more fuel to the fire which results in the (turn down your volume, please): SHUT UUUUPPPP! A very uncomfortable photoshoot finishes this crazy episode: we got you, miss Keenyah!► More Pod, But Make It Fashion on podbutmakeitfashion.buzzsprout.com► Follow @podbutmakeitfashion on Instagram

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Are you born to be wild? The girls show their wild side during a posing challenge with our Miss J. Tyra suddenly shows up with the news that they're going to South Africa. Once there, a safari turns almost into a blood bath and a photoshoot turns the girls into beautiful and graceful animals (except for poor Keenyah, who is a trooper for sticking through it). Their co-star in the shoot is famous crocodile model Mary, who almost decided to eat our Kahlen!► More Pod, But Make It Fashion on podbutmakeitfashion.buzzsprout.com► Follow @podbutmakeitfashion on Instagram

We don't know about you, but when we see those massive school buses filled with loud kids go driving down the street, we think to ourselves, "Holy Crap! I can't drive my Nissan Rogue when my two kids are fighting, how the hell do those school bus drivers do it?" Listen as we chat with Miss J., a school bus driver who has dealt with it all-sick kids, unruly parents, absent admin-and yet, still refers to her passengers as "friends," and listens to countless descriptions of Pokemon without batting an eye (or hitting another car). Oh and yeah-she saved someone's life recently too. For real! We also discuss New Year's Eve, and what super powers we'd like to have-we all have given this way too much thought! Thanks to Max Siskind, of the "Max and Maks in the Morning" podcast, for voicing our intro. Email: WTBOTTCast@gmail.com FB: Will This Be On The Test? Teacher Pod Instagram: WTBOTTCast Twitter: Will This Be On The Test? (Teacher Pod) Reddit: r/WTBOTT_Teacher_Pod Website: https://anchor.fm/wtbott-teacher-pod YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCO9hAtR0tB33lO5od4GSUbg

Hooray hooray, it's time for Miss J! We're always happy with some walking lessons, but some girls (looking at you Sarah) weren't that thrilled with the feedback from our favorite Runway Diva Coach Extraordinaire. The photoshoot made the girls work with bitches, but of course our focus is on poor Rebecca. What a trooper to come back after such a scary experience: we're team Rebecca 100%!► More Pod, But Make It Fashion on podbutmakeitfashion.com ► Follow @podbutmakeitfashion on Instagram

Miss J. Alexander is a fashion world icon and an incredible person. Toure Show Ep. 344 Original Air Date: Sept. 21, 2022Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Simone says everything with Biden is a scheme, nothing is real, nothing is legitimate. Biden picked the biggest bunch of idiots ever and put them in his cabinet, no one in it is competent. Take Pete Buttigieg, he was the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana. All they have is 4 buses and a golf cart and now he's the Transportation Secretary. How is that possible?  Biden is draining the Strategic Petroleum Reserve trying to lower gas prices leading up to the election. He'll stop right after the election. Gas prices will soar and the Reserve will be half empty and the media will stay quiet and allow all these horrible things to happen. Trump filled the Reserve and Biden is draining it.   GUEST: MARK SIMONE, WOR “MR. NEW YORK”

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-- SOBERBIUS #134 -- -- Guest Mix Miss J -- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ LINKS: 🔘 https://linktr.ee/soberbius 🔘 Biografía Miss J es una Di almeriense nacida en 1978 que lleva en la música desde 2020. Con el fin del confinamiento tras la pandemia, período en el que comenzó su aprendizaje, comenzó a actuar en fiestas privadas y diferentes salas de Almería (Cache Electronic Club) y Murcia (Open), realizando también colaboraciones con varios colectivos y promotoras de eventos emitiendo directos en Redes Sociales. Fué en 2021 cuando, tras realizar una master class impartida por Dj Juanma en sala Central, cuando decidió dedicarse profesionalmente al mundo del dj. Poco después alcanzó su primera residencia en una de las salas techno más importantes de la provincia, T'espero Techno Dance Club, donde adquirió la experiencia que le permitió compartir cartel con grandes dis nacionales como Kuki, Churu, Gascón, Lorena Llanes, Revert y los dis almerienses más destacados del techno y el remember. Su personal estilo, en constante evolución, fusiona su gusto por un amplio abanico de géneros musicales, realzando siempre el tech más actual con fondo techno, consiguiendo así la contundencia que la caracteriza y trasladando a su público la combustible energía que desprende desde la cabina y su admiración por la música. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Biography Miss J is a Di from Almería born in 1978 who has been in music since 2020. With the end of confinement after the pandemic, the period in which her apprenticeship began, she began to perform at private parties and different venues in Almería (Cache Electronic Club) and Murcia (Open), also collaborating with several groups and promoters of events broadcasting direct in Social networks. It was in 2021 when she, after taking a master class taught by Dj Juanma in the Central room, she decided to dedicate herself professionally to the world of DJing. Shortly after, he reached his first residency at one of the most important techno venues in the province, T'espero Techno Dance Club, where he acquired the experience that allowed him to share the bill with great national diss such as Kuki, Churu, Gascón, Lorena Llanes, Revert and the most outstanding dis Almeria of techno and remember. Her personal style, in constant evolution, fuses her taste for a wide range of musical genres, always highlighting the most current tech with a techno background, thus achieving the forcefulness that characterizes her and transferring to her audience the fuel energy that she gives off from the cabin and his admiration for music. #soberbius #itunes #soundcloud #ivoox #tunein #playerfm #amazonmusic #googlepodcast #anotherconcept #podcast #electronicmusic #house #techhouse #progressivehouse #melodictechno #indiedance #tech #techno #deep #dj #producer #cultureclub #cultureclub #music #producer #deephouse #artist #techhouse #housemusic #djset #underground #techno #djlife #deejay #mendozza

CitationsBooks:Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, London. Apple Books Edition. Ebook Edition © 2012 ISBN: 9780007381234. Version 2019-03-07.  (Accessed 8/21/2022)Tolkien, J. R. R. One Fairy Stories, from Tree and Leaf, including Mythopoeia, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London. 1988. pp 3-81.Websites:Alex. Everything is Connected and Everything is Fanfiction: The Cauldron of Story Theory. The Aficionado website, February 23, 2017.https://theafictionado.wordpress.com/2017/02/23/everything-is-connected-and-everything-is-fanfiction-the-cauldron-of-story-theory (Accessed 8/21/22)Jones, Josh. J.R.R. Tolkien Expressed a “Heartfelt Loathing” for Walt Disney and Refused to Let Disney Studios Adapt His Work. Open Culture website, May 2, 2018. https://www.openculture.com/2018/05/j-r-r-tolkien-expressed-a-heartfelt-loathing-for-walt-disney.html (Accessed 8/21/2022)Tolkien Gateway entry for “Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien" https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Letters_not_published_in_%22The_Letters_of_J.R.R._Tolkien%22 (Accessed 8/21/2022)Tolkien Gateway entry for “Letter to Miss L.J. Curry”https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Letter_to_Miss_J.L._Curry (Accessed 8/21/2022)

On this episode, we're pleased to have one of driveaway's best drivers out on the road. We welcome Ta-Riesha Jackson to the show. Ta-Riesha has extensive experience in the transportation industry through a 20+ year career as a driver and instructor with Greyhound Bus. Yet, as a single mom working for another company, her finances and freedom were limited through those years. But Miss J is limited no more! In driveaway, Ta-Riesha hauls in six-figures while seeing the world, and doing so on her terms. She works for herself. “I love it and could never go back to punching somebody's timeclock”, she said of her newfound life behind the wheel with Norton Transport. And friends, this girl can drive! You don't want to miss the stories and advice you'll hear from our conversation with Ta-Riesha Jackson on this episode of #SixFigureTruckerShow NotesTa-Riesha shares her path to trucking and the experience she's gained (6:54)Alone with her tunes and Mango juice, Ta-Riesha loves driveaway (9:16)“He's Naked in the Back of the Bus!” Crazy stories over the road (16:00)Girls Drive (and make six figures) too! (21:00)A good relationship with your Dispatcher is essential (26:03)Save on gas with the Exit App (30:24)6 Figures and Freedom - Driveaway changes lives! (32:00)Miss J can cook! Ta-Riesha talks about life off the road (39:44)Favorite routes and interstates (44:09)“I want to drive until they take my license away!” Ta-Riesha talks about her plans (45:46)Keep Truckin' Ta-Riesha!The Six Figure Trucker is a weekly conversation that shares the strategies and stories that successful truck drivers have used to build lucrative careers in the trucking industry. For more information or to subscribe, please visit https://www.six-figuretrucker.com/. 

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Giving yourself grace can look like allowing yourself to dream a new dream for your life. Today I talk to Grace Onions about her dreams & Legacy she is building, we cover: 1. Making space for your passions in your life 2. Entrepreneurship 3. Being healthy  4. Creating a Legacy Grace Onions is definitely no stranger to TV screens across the USA. Her popularity continues to increase as she graduates into show business via the catwalk as an agency represented model. Born and raised in Southern Africa, she is the middle child of seven children who brings an eclectic touch to the melting pot of the growing TV and Film industry in Dallas Texas. She has interviewed numerous Celebrities to name a few "The Braxtons", Dr Sherry, Tamela Mann, Cool Moe D, Miss J of ANTM and numerous more in Dallas and New Orleans where she was among the select few Radio hosts that interviewed mega stars that performed and attended the "Essence Magazine Music Festival." One of her great passions currently is writing and is the author of an upcoming book that is soon to be released. A tribute to her late father who was an English and History Teacher. Connect: Twitter: @graceonthefuze Profile: about.me/graceoni  LinkedIn: Grace O.   KNOW your Roots, Grow your Purpose   LINKS: Message Africana Woman with Chulu on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/message/E3N7TH7RZSS4P1 +260978470395 Email: africanawoman@gmail.com    Website: https://www.africanawoman.com/    100th Episode Live Recording: Guest RSVP: click here Sponsor Form: click here   AWV Retreat 29-31 July, 2022 Retreat to Relax and Reconnect with Self https://forms.gle/DebJPuLaFPGmquLF7    Become a member of the Africana Woman Visionaries Co Working Space Hub: click here   Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chulu_bydesign/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/africanawoman    Join the Africana Woman Visionaries: https://www.facebook.com/groups/africanawomanvisionaries    Africana Woman Blog: https://www.africanawoman.com/blog

Giving yourself grace can look like allowing yourself to dream a new dream for your life. Today I talk to Grace Onions about her dreams & Legacy she is building, we cover: 1. Making space for your passions in your life 2. Entrepreneurship 3. Being healthy  4. Creating a Legacy Grace Onions is definitely no stranger to TV screens across the USA. Her popularity continues to increase as she graduates into show business via the catwalk as an agency represented model. Born and raised in Southern Africa, she is the middle child of seven children who brings an eclectic touch to the melting pot of the growing TV and Film industry in Dallas Texas. She has interviewed numerous Celebrities to name a few "The Braxtons", Dr Sherry, Tamela Mann, Cool Moe D, Miss J of ANTM and numerous more in Dallas and New Orleans where she was among the select few Radio hosts that interviewed mega stars that performed and attended the "Essence Magazine Music Festival." One of her great passions currently is writing and is the author of an upcoming book that is soon to be released. A tribute to her late father who was an English and History Teacher. Connect: Twitter: @graceonthefuze Profile: about.me/graceoni  LinkedIn: Grace O.   KNOW your Roots, Grow your Purpose   LINKS: Message Africana Woman with Chulu on WhatsApp. https://wa.me/message/E3N7TH7RZSS4P1 +260978470395 Email: africanawoman@gmail.com    Website: https://www.africanawoman.com/    100th Episode Live Recording: Guest RSVP: click here Sponsor Form: click here   AWV Retreat 29-31 July, 2022 Retreat to Relax and Reconnect with Self https://forms.gle/DebJPuLaFPGmquLF7    Become a member of the Africana Woman Visionaries Co Working Space Hub: click here   Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chulu_bydesign/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/africanawoman    Join the Africana Woman Visionaries: https://www.facebook.com/groups/africanawomanvisionaries    Africana Woman Blog: https://www.africanawoman.com/blog

Let's talk about why feeling good matters for business success.In this episode of The Art of Online Business, we are going to be taking a break from the ads, the copy, the sales, and funnels and instead talk about something that doesn't get talked about too often: confidence as a business owner.I sat down with Judith Gaton to talk about creating confidence in yourself and all of the feelings and emotions that go into that. When you show up as your best self, you are able to create a bigger impact in your business, help more people, and show up differently online in a major way.Judith Gaton is a stylist, master certified life coach, and lawyer. Her signature course, Style Masterclass, teaches that thought work is the key to a lasting makeover. By using both confidence coaching and mindset work, Judith helps her clients to see that they can dress and love the body they are in right now.Judith believes that when style & confidence are dialed in, women are free to go do their work in the world. Her ultimate style philosophy: Confident Women Change the World.I hope this episode encourages you to embrace your best self and let it show in all aspects of your life and business.Remember, 80% of the success of your business is your mindset! You will be amazed at the results you get when you are more deliberate about what you think about yourself, how you dress, and what you do. In this episode, you'll learn:How confidence impacts your businessHow your clothing is a conduit to your heart and mindHow your clothing ties in with your brandingHow clothing helps you take more deliberate action in your business4 things to do when you have a negative body imageLinks & Resources:The Art of Online Business websiteDM me on InstagramVisit my YouTube channelThe Art of Online Business clips on YouTubeFull episodes of The Art of Online Business Podcast on YouTubeThe Art of Online Business Podcast websiteCheck out my Accelerator coaching program *Disclosure: I only recommend products I use and love and all opinions expressed here are my own. This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, I may earn a small commission.Judith Gaton's Links:Judith's book: www.judithgaton.com/bookFollow Judith on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/judithgatonYoutube Style Masterclass with Miss J: www.youtube.com/channel/UCLtfJvACCPxoc5zOFhMfyLQBook a call with Judith: https://www.judithgaton.com/style-school/Full show notes available at www.rickmulready.com/598

Today I am joined by Miss K and Miss J, the amazing creators of the Minute Masters video series. They have created incredible videos to help our kiddos deal with things such as transitions, doctor appointments, bedtime routines and just about anything else you could think of. Both ladies used their background in OT and Special Ed to develop these wonderful videos to help our kids in their daily lives. YouTube: Minute Masters Website: minutemasters.org

Alam mo bang 2 pesos per hour lang ang inuubos sa kuryente ng 3D printer? (Note: mayroon lang confusion sa episode where Miss J mentioned na 2 pesos per day lang ang nako-consume ng 3D printer sa kuryente.) 3D Printing is the future! Pakinggan ang pinoy podcast na Sher Mo Lang sa lahat ng podcast platform! Follow TinkerBytes on Isntagram here: https://www.instagram.com/tinkerbytes/ Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SherMoLang Follow my Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/shermolangpodcast

In 2003, reality television — and the world — changed forever when model, actress and now-mogul Tyra Banks launched America's Next Top Model (ANTM). This week, Fran & Rose are joined by journalist, social curator & ANTM devotee Tre'vell Anderson to discuss everything ANTM: the good (Miss J

Anthony Ferraro and Dan Mancina kick off episode 11 of the Four Bad Eyes Podcast. Tune in to hear Dan and Anthony recap their day hanging with Tony hawk and Jason Ellis, Dan talks about his failed attempt as an underwear model, Anthony talks about his time meeting Miss J, Anthony talks about the different levels of blindness classifications in Paralympic judo, Dan and Anthony discuss frustrations with using non-accessible apps, Dan talks about starting chance for his past College as a WMU bronco, Dan talks about meeting famous people, Anthony talks about playing live music in the middle of DC protests and more!Four Bad Eyes on Hawk Vs. Wolf ► https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZcNADIeqlXXCCLm1MJny7 SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZrlpwAc7W68j68iP0dQraA More about Anthony Ferraro ► https://www.asfvision.comMore about Dan Mancina ► https://www.keeppushinginc.comMore about Four Bad Eyes Podcast ► https://www.fourbadeyes.com LISTEN ON:ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/four-bad-eyes/id1601076512SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/6uredZcxfMba2S84G38mob ADD US ON:INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fourbadeyesDan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danthemancina/Anthony on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asfvisionPodcast Intro & Outro done by Pete Gustin the Blind Surfer find out more at https://www.petegustin.com ***PLEASE NOTE***Four Bad Eyes is a brand new venture between two extremely devoted and talented individuals. We are pumped to keep working hard to make this unfold and grow. Please be advised that we will be exploring a wide variety of topics (some adult-themed) and our younger viewers (and their parents) should be advised that some topics will be for mature audiences only. Timestamps:00:00 - intro00:30 - meeting Tony hawk22:00 - Dan as an underwear model?23:00 - Anthony meets Miss J30:00 - classifications in Paralympic judo37:00 - using non-accessible apps40:00 - go WMU broncos49:00 - meeting famous people53:00 - playing live music in the middle of DC protests56:00 - one love and keep pushing

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On November 11th at 5pm PST, the fabulous Judith Gaton aka Miss J, will be joining us for a Style Coaching Workshop in Latina Docs! Her motto: "I believe confident women leave legacies. I teach women to look stylish and feel confident so they can show up ready to fulfill their purpose." You still have time to register and also unlock access to the recordings of all prior guest coaching appearance and workshops. If you sign up at the Community Level Coaching experience, you can apply the full amount to any future group coaching program. It is an all around win-win! https://www.latinadocs.com/community-events

Eric Rutherford is joined by Miss J Alexander for a conversation about his original piece, ‘Otherness'. They discuss J's experiences in life and the fashion industry of being ‘othered', his biggest role models, learning to listen to each other and why in this visual age…story sharing is inspirational.  Follow Miss J: Instagram @miss_jalexander  Twitter: @MissJalexander  Follow Us: Instagram: @notjustprettypictures @mr.rutherford Twitter: @_mr_rutherford  And if you enjoyed this episode, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe!

Not Just Pretty Pictures with Eric Rutherford is a podcast that celebrates the written word, the art of storytelling and the writers who write these stories. Our featured writer is Miss J Alexander, the ANTM catwalk coach & judge, author and mentor to many. In this episode, Eric reads from his original story, ‘Otherness', in which he writes about breaking those color-coded rules of ‘boys wear blue/girls wear pink' when he was young, being ‘othered' by those in the same ‘other' tribe, and living your best life by always being and doing you. Follow Miss J: Instagram @miss_jalexander Twitter @MissJalexander  Follow Us: Instagram: @notjustprettypictures @mr.rutherford Twitter: @_mr_rutherford  And if you enjoyed this episode, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe!

We skipped episode 8 (because that was the recap episode), so here we are spilling the tea about the cycle finale: The Girl Who Becomes America's Next Top Model. Officially episode 9, but in our Pod-world it's episode 8. Got it? We have to admit, this finale was a little boring: no photoshoots and a lot of talking about nothing. But we did get a glimpse of our fabulous Miss J and that's always a treat...

Runway Diva Coach Extraordinaire Miss J. is here to tell us what she really thinks about America's Next Top Model. In hindsight, the show was as iconic as it was problematic. So we are excited to have our questions answered by one of the most fabulous members of the cast. We talk about about how she grew up in the toxic modeling industry, how that very industry informed the show, and how the business is changing today. Never in our lives have we yelled at a girl like this! Thank you to our sponsors! DIPSEA: http://www.dipseastories.com/straight for your free 30 day trial RELIEFBAND: http://www.reliefband.comcode: DATING for 20% off plus free shipping USUAL WINES: http://www.usualwines.comcode:DATING for $8 off your first order See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's always nice to have Miss J in the house. In his ANTM debut (The Girl is Here to Win, Not Make Friends) he shows his walking skills and gives the lady with the best walk a night in with Wyclef Jean. Of course we also have to talk about Elyse's infamous rant. Enough tea to spill this week...

This week we have a special guest joining us, Miss J -- the one and only Judith Gaton - style maven and life coach. Judith and I will chat about the importance of aligning your personal style with your business brand. You will walk away from this episode inspired to show up in your business like a Lady Boss!!  

Another interview with one of the Body Shop staff members. There is a video version of this available on YouTube if you prefer to watch instead! Watch the video HERE.

An interview with Laravel woman around town and lover of puppies J.T. Grimes. SPONSOR: Twilio provided J.T. audio recording equipment ❤️ J.T. on twitter Actuary Marco Cantu COBOL Fortran Delphi CompuServe IBM iSeries Zend ZendCon Alan Seiden QCodo Juan Treminio Yak shaving Transcription sponsored by LaraJobs Matt Stauffer: It's time to learn about Miss J.T. Matt's son: It's time to learn about J.T., JST. Matt Stauffer: No, just J.T. Matt's son: J.T. Matt Stauffer: Time to learn about J.T. Matt's son: Time to learn about J.T. Matt Stauffer: Welcome to the third interview of Laravel Podcast, season three. We're going to be talking to J.T. Grimes who has been around the Laravel community and is one of the funniest people in Laravel, but you might not know much about her. Stay tuned. We're going to get started. It's the next episode. This is the third interview of Laravel Podcast season three, so the first one was Taylor Otwell, so Taylor who everyone knows he created Laravel. The second was introducing Neo who a lot of people don't know but within his world he's extremely well-known, so within the Laravel, Nigeria world everyone knows who Neo is. It was kind of a fun little world, way for them to join in to maybe I don't know if the American or whatever space. m This next interview is very interesting and I very intentionally not told anybody who I'm talking to, which is tough because what I wanted to do was go out in Twitter and say, "Hey, who has questions for this person?" But I decided intentionally to wait because I think that this is going to be such a treat for someone who is everywhere but nobody knows anything about her. The interview today is with J.T. Grimes and I actually need to pull up your Twitter profile because one of the things about your Twitter profile, is it a South Park character? J.T. Grimes: Yeah. Matt Stauffer: Almost everybody who interacts with you doesn't even know you look like. The Golden State, we got some Cal going on there, there's South Park, but you're one of those folks like you and Amanda Folsom like nobody unless you've been to a Lericon Conference and had the pleasure of interact with J.T. don't actually know. I guess like at Sunshine PHP or something like, you're actually know what J.T. looks like, but are you wearing the hat right now? J.T. Grimes: I'm wearing a hat. Matt Stauffer: Are wearing a Cal hat? J.T. Grimes: I'm wearing a Cal hat, of course. Matt Stauffer: Is it safe to assume you're always wearing your Cal hat. J.T. Grimes: Sometimes it's a raiders hat but- Matt Stauffer: Okay, fair enough. J.T. Grimes: My hair wants to do this Alfalfa thing all the time, and it's either be seen in public like that or wear a hat- Matt Stauffer: Got it. Got it. J.T. Grimes:... so always the hat. Matt Stauffer: I like it. J.T., can you tell people, say hi to people and tell them who are you in whatever length you want to say, and where do you work and what do you do and what brings you exposure to the Laravel community? J.T. Grimes: I was frankly a little surprised that you wanted to talk to me because I don't see myself as being one of the "She's everywhere" community members. I work for a little insurance company in San Francisco, I've been in the same job for 21 years. Matt Stauffer: Wow. J.T. Grimes: Well the same company. Longer than some of your listeners have been alive. Matt Stauffer: It's true. J.T. Grimes: I never wanted to be a programmer, I was very clear that that was not going to be the direction my life was going in. My mother is a programmer and so I spent all of my teenage years saying, "I'm not going to be like her." I went to school with a degree in Statistics, got a job as an actuary or an actuary trainee. Every job I had they kept trying to make me progress. I kept saying no, no this is so me. Matt Stauffer: The universe. J.T. Grimes: Finally I just had to give in. Matt Stauffer: Actually, I need to pause and do one thing. I said I was going to do this, getting like totally failed. I'm looking at you and I'm seeing a microphone sitting in front your face and that microphone arrived too because Twilio the people at Twilio.com are amazing human beings and they have sponsored us getting good recording equipment to anybody who doesn't have it. I want to say, Twilio, if you need text messages or voicemails or anything like that programmatically Twilio are the bomb, they're freaking amazing people. Greg Baugues is the man so as Ricky, and they sent us stuff over. Okay, thank you, Twilio. We love you, you're great. Okay, now back to my question. When they got you in? J.T. Grimes: Can I throw-? Matt Stauffer: Yeah, go ahead, go ahead. J.T. Grimes: Let me throw in a quick shout out to Twilio. They've just added fax capability. Matt Stauffer: What? J.T. Grimes: Yeah. When you work in insurance and you're in all the economy kind of company you are still sending faxes. Matt Stauffer: Got it, so you actually love, you are using them on a regular then? J.T. Grimes: Oh yeah. Matt Stauffer: Oh man. Good, Twilio. They finally convince you, you're an actuary, you're doing the very, very exciting. Is that like I mean, is it Excel? Are using Excel is an actuary or is there a like more complicated stuff? J.T. Grimes: I know that there are companies who use more complicated stuff. I've always been an Excel user, but it being a data monkey, it comes with data coming in a little bit of analysis going out. Matt Stauffer: I'll ask you more in a second now that you're doing programming there. Originally, when you were first doing that before they can convince you go to programming, was it basically Excel and Access and Spreadsheets and numbers like that? J.T. Grimes: Yeah. Matt Stauffer: Adam often I forget his exact same term would be, basically says like, "What we're doing is all basically just like Excel." He may say it in the inverse anything you could do in programming you do in excel something like that. It seems like a pretty reasonable transition to me and I got to say there's not a lot of people who are, I don't want to say anything about generations but there's not a lot of people who are at least in my generation whose parents are programmers because it's not ... What kind of programming was your mom doing? J.T. Grimes: She started doing Fortran. Matt Stauffer: Okay, that's pretty good. J.T. Grimes: For a local oil company in the late 60s, switched to COBOL and was at Bank of America and a couple of other banks for 40 years. Matt Stauffer: Wow, okay so that's how she got in. When they finally convinced you to be a programmer? What was the task or what was the language? Tell me more about that first time. J.T. Grimes: There were a lot of Excel macros, there was a lot of ... This isn't really programming but I'll just write a program to do this. Matt Stauffer: Got it. J.T. Grimes: There was the first thing I used in a professional capacity was Delphi one. Delphi was visual Pascal the one language Microsoft has never given us the visual version of. Matt Stauffer: Wait a minute. Can I pause you? I know that Visual Basic is the thing, I know that there is visuals. I don't actually know what a visual version of a language is, can you tell me what that means? J.T. Grimes: Generally, when Microsoft uses it, it means that it is designed to build native apps on those. Matt Stauffer: Okay, got it. J.T. Grimes: Visual Basic gives you the tools to make your Windows Forms in all of your screens. Matt Stauffer: But using a programming, so visual means this programming language is meant to build native user interface on it versus whatever else? J.T. Grimes: Right. Matt Stauffer: Okay, so sorry I interrupted you were talking about Pascal and Delphi, a whole bunch of words that I don't understand so I got it like [inaudible 00:06:49] one by one. J.T. Grimes: Pascal is a C like language but very verbose instead of brackets you have begin and end and everything is words instead of symbols, but you've still got pointers, you can still do all the things you can do in C. There was a little bit of Visual Basic, there was a little bit of Perl as little as I could manage. I figured out real quick that if Perl was what it took to be a programmer in this new exciting Internet age it was not for me. Matt Stauffer: How were you learning at this point? What resources were you using to learn these languages? J.T. Grimes: With Delphi, it was books, there may have been a CompuServe forum. Yes, I'm old enough to have used CompuServe forums, but we actually had printed pieces of paper and we would pile them up on our desks, and sometimes we'd use them to lift monitors up as well. Matt Stauffer: I assume you're referencing books when you talk about printed pieces of paper. J.T. Grimes: I think that's what they're called. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, books. Am I allowed to ask? I'm not asking anything about age but just at this moment when you were learning to code and you're at it totally non-determined age, what time period was that because it's CompuServe, so this is early '90s or ...? J.T. Grimes: It would have been the mid '90s. Matt Stauffer: Okay, mid '90s. All right. J.T. Grimes: I mean I've said I've been at my current job for 21 years so I'm sure knowing that. Matt Stauffer: Hey, I'm not, okay so that part makes a little more sense. Yeah, okay, cool. All right, so you were pre-internet teaching yourself the code. I mean a lot of people's stories Neo stories and Taylor story and my story, we're talking about teaching ourselves the code by viewing source on websites. A lot of us didn't get into anything until we got it a PHP and that's how we got into like, whatever. You're teaching yourself A) pre-internet and B) you're teaching yourself like some, I don't know what the term is, it's not hard code but like this is legitimate programming stuff and you're just kind of hacking it through as you went. Did those books really help you or is it a little more just kind of trial and error? J.T. Grimes: There's a lot of trial and error, there is a lot of ... let me try and build a program that does this and learn just enough to do it- Matt Stauffer: Got it. J.T. Grimes:... which is how- Matt Stauffer: Everyone is right. J.T. Grimes: I think everyone has learned for the last 30 years. Just like always, there were a couple of authors and a couple of imprints that were very reliable. This was before O'Reilly had different animals on the coverage of everything. I'm not sure they were even a thing. Matt Stauffer: Do you remember anybody who really kind of stood out as a helpful resource then? J.T. Grimes: Marco Cantu was the guy's name who wrote the best Delphi books, and I can't believe I just pull that name out of my head. That is a brain shell that could have done something useful, but instead- Matt Stauffer: It prepared for this moment right now. J.T. Grimes: Marco Cantu. Exactly. Matt Stauffer: That was we're talking about mid '90s. You learned all those languages, but that's not where you're writing today. What was the next step ... Well actually I don't know. I mean, I assume that because I met you at Lericon and because you basically joke on the whole Laravel community a little bit at a time, that you're writing in at least some pitch piece and web based stuff today, but there's got to be some things that happened between that moment 20 years ago and where you are today. What kind of transitions did you go through? I mean you're staying in the same job, they weren't job transitions, or at least they weren't company transitions. What was next after you started learning? J.T. Grimes: I work for an insurance company and one of the things you have to do is read different kinds of policies. We have algorithms that are built to do the reading. It's a frame building with this kind of roof and this like square footage and, oh you're running a music studio so there are kids in there all the time, so your liability charts goes way up. Somebody has to get all those algorithms into the system, so it's not really programming in a language but it's building algorithms and it's functionally programming. The system we've got to do this in is really cool, I would love to show it off some time but it is in COBOL. Matt Stauffer: Wow. J.T. Grimes: The back end at my insurance company is COBOL, we've got four or five COBOL programmers who are great, who are some of the best programmers I've worked with, which always surprises people. Matt Stauffer: You're saying is not was. You're talking about today. J.T. Grimes: I'm talking about today. The system we're on when life in, I want to say 1990 or '91 and has been in continuous operations since then. There's active development going on along with maintenance. Most of the system has been rewritten in those 25 years, but yeah we were running the same thing, have been running the same thing in COBOL 25 years. It's solid. Matt Stauffer: That's amazing. I've got so many things to ask you but I got to pause you, you're talking about a system running longer than almost anybody listening. Some of them have not even in the life that long. That's silliness aside, I would say there's a very, very, very tiny percentage of people who have been programming as long as that system has been running. You know what things were are fads now. You know the limitations of Laravel, and I want to keep getting back to your story in a minute but I got to stop you there. What could you point to if anything well you say, "You know what that is something that I can learn from this nearly 30 year running code base that we could kind of benefit from today," like what are some of the things that have helped that be so stable? Is it because of COBOL, is because there are great programmers, are there any things systems are structured or practices or attitudes that you could share with us? J.T. Grimes: So the tooling that's in place is terrible. It's awful. We don't have source control. Matt Stauffer: Wow. J.T. Grimes: We don't have a staging server, there is Dev which works as test and there's production because we're running on a mainframe and you can't exactly get a mainframe at everyone's desk. Matt Stauffer: Oh my gosh. J.T. Grimes: There is no virtual machine that emulate an IBM, I think Power I is what they're currently calling the product but basically one of IBM's mainframes. So much of the tooling in the system that's in place is awful, and the only reason that I can think of but we're still running and I need to knock wood because if I did shit someone will kill me. Is that we've had really exceptional people, but beyond that I was looking at our system and I thought, "Here's a great conference talk. If I were not painfully shy and unable to speak in front of people." We, as a financial services kind of thing need to be able to roll back transactions do things out of order, keep track of rebuild the policy from scratch. This is really cool and I don't know anyone who's doing this in PHP and just as I was thinking that, I can't remember what you call it now, CQRS. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, the event sourcing and the command query in response to separation and all that stuff. J.T. Grimes: Event sourcing became a new hotness, and essentially what this is. is event sourcing that we've been doing in COBOL for 30 years. The database design has been super solid if I were going to give people one piece of advice that goes against everything you hear now, get your database design down first. It is the most important part of your system, whatever you're showing, whatever you're making, 90% of it, if you're using Laravel probably 98% of the products you're making are crowd apps. You are reading data and you are writing data, and if the database isn't right you're going to be in a world of hurt. Matt Stauffer: That's really helpful, and I'm going to dig down there a little further, I think that's a great advice from you. I would say, if you've got these really kind of pro programmers that you're working around every single day, get the database right, I mean that's a huge thing. I would say like there's people who have taught me various things like I can look to one person who taught me about simplicity, and I can look to another person who taught me about denormalizing databases, various things that they taught me. When you think about the people in your team who you're so impressed with, are there any specific things where even if they're not sure, well you can say, "You know what, like by working with this person they really made me better at this or at that." J.T. Grimes: I can't think of a specific thing that they've made me better at, but I can tell you that working with them has made me better. I've gotten a lot better at communicating because we don't, once we are on our machines we don't speak the same language at all. We have variables and we have loops and we have, we're accessing the same data, but we have very different terminology for it, and so being able to bridge that has been a really useful skill. Matt Stauffer: Where are your various code base is talking together? Is there shared databases that they're interacting with? Or how are they actually connecting to each other? J.T. Grimes: The main system, the source of all truth is the COBOL, the I series, the Db2 database that's running on there. The AS/400 or the I series who's IBM's current marketing term for it, and when you've been using the same thing for 30 years you call it by its 30-year-old name it happens. It is the source of truth, we have web apps on other servers, public face and servers that talk to it through essentially a homemade API. PHP is one of the only modern languages that runs smoothly on IBM set up, and that's because they've done it partnership with Zend, Zend actually makes an interpreter specifically for running on IBM's mainframes. Matt Stauffer: That's fascinating. I had no idea. J.T. Grimes: ZendCon is coming up. If you're going check out the I series though usually have a day of sessions that are specifically about running PHP on IBM hardware. It's a very different group from who you find in the other sessions, they tend to be in those same sessions together the whole time because your company is paying for you to go learn this one thing that you cannot learn anywhere else. Matt Stauffer: Anywhere else. That's fascinating, because there's just a small subset of people who are actually doing that extremely vital PHP on IBM kind of thing then right? J.T. Grimes: I think so, but it's one of those invisible communities. There are a lot of them out there, but people who aren't doing cutting edge stuff who aren't at startups are probably the bigger part of the PHP communities for folks working for the government, for bank, for anywhere else that's boring. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, well it's so interesting because I hear you say that and I go, "Yeah, I know those people are out there," but again I met you at Lericon and the first thing that doesn't come to my mind is people who are working on applications that have been running for 30 years who you talk about the boring stuff. Even ZendCon, I mean ZendCon like I went to ZendCon a year or two ago, and one of the reasons was because they're really trying to reach out to the non-Zend world, because like I think even just not even talking about PHP on IBM people, I'm just talking about Zend in general, it tends to be relatively disconnected from like the Laravel of the world. You're talking even a further thing within the Zend world. There's this even much smaller subset of people who are the Zend and IBM. This is like a really, I don't want to say it's a niche because I don't know how small it is, but how on earth? You know what, I've got so many questions I was about to ask how they put, I'm jumping ahead of myself. Let's step back a second. Are there any big transitions in the work you're doing between when you first got started, when you first were doing all that kind of work when you were learning COBOL and you're learning the visual stuff Pascal and all that, and what you're doing today because obviously today you're doing at least some web, you're doing some PHP. What was that transition like? How did it take from you to go from there to here? J.T. Grimes: I'm going to correct two things. One, I don't do COBOL. Matt Stauffer: Okay, sorry, I was mixing up all my old language. J.T. Grimes: I understand. I actually advocate for people to learn COBOL, all the COBOL programmers want to retire and there's no one to fill in for them. Matt Stauffer: Wow. J.T. Grimes: You would be surprised at how many financial institutions, other big companies are still running COBOL, and they're doing it for the same reason that my company is, which is two-fold. One, it's incredibly expensive to rewrite everything you've got. Two, once it's been in production for 10, 20, 30 years, it's effectively been tested every way possible. The risk of going to something new, I think Visa still using COBOL. If you are the largest payment processor in the world the risk of rolling out a new system is- Matt Stauffer: Is not worth it. J.T. Grimes:... is mind boggling. Matt Stauffer: You'd rather use a 30-year-old system and keep paying for those old mainframes, and then paying enough money obviously for IBM to keep producing them and for Zend to keep doing those integrations. That's pretty incredible because when you say COBOL like I hear people say, I learn a [inaudible 00:20:41] COBOL and I'm like, "Yeah, 30 years ago. I don't think about today." J.T. Grimes: The jobs were out there, the need is out there because ... and it's not just maintenance, some companies are still doing new development. Mostly it's maintenance but- Matt Stauffer: But we're not talking maintenance at the level of like, "Oh just fix this thing a little bit until we replace it." We're talking about long term maintenance as long as they can keep running on the system kind of maintenance. J.T. Grimes: Well, one of the really big differences about being an enterprise and I'm making air quote when I see that, developer as opposed to somebody who's working for a startup or an agency is that your time horizons are drastically different. We are not looking for something that will keep us going until we get profitable. We have been profitable for 150 years off and on. Matt Stauffer: Geez. J.T. Grimes: The other thing when we talk about rewriting the system is, "Okay, this can be a five to 10-year process. What technology stack would you want to build on that will still be useful, available, not archaic in 10 years?" Five years ago, I would have said, Java, thank goodness we didn't do that but with things changing as quickly as they are it makes it really hard to plan for the long term and much easier to stand pat. Matt Stauffer: It's really interesting. One of the things that we've talked about often and like the Laravel Podcast is that, there's often conflicts between the Laravel world and various people who have a very, very distinctly different mindset, just within the PHP community. I think one of the helpful things that we came to over time is, you know what we're noticing that the differences often are less about people who have different opinions about the way the world should work, because they are different people and it's more because they're in different contexts. I can look at event sourcing for a start-up and you can look at event sourcing for a financial institution, and we can come to a different conclusion about whether or not event sourcing is a wise decision for the products we're working on. If we don't recognize it, it's because we're in a different context we could say, "Well, you like it and it's wasting time," and well you don't like it because you know it's like, "Oh no we just have different needs." Again, in that those conversations first of all it's helpful to recognize that but second of all, we're usually still only talking about web applications built by PHP developers in frameworks written in the last five years. This is so many steps beyond that, that it's just fascinating to me how far out it is. Before I step to my next thing you watch all this happen on Twitter. You are involved in your lobbying, I mean you in yes are two of the funniest people I've ever met in my entire life especially the way you guys interact on Twitter. Do you look at the online conversations of the Laravel crew? Do you look at the Laravel podcast? Do you look at stuff that happens? Do you have anything to share with us? Did you have any outside perspective where we say, "You know what, don't worry about this or focus more on this, or man you all could learn this," or anything like that. J.T. Grimes: I see a lot of people who I think are talking past each other because of what you just said the different contexts. If you're doing Greenfield totally new development, you're going to have a very different set of goals than somebody who's got a system that's been in production for its PHP, so a couple of years, which in PHP sounds like a long time. You're looking at different things. You have a really different experience in terms of maintenance. A question I've taken asking in interviews is, what's the oldest code base you've worked on? What's the longest you've had to maintain a section of code? If you can find somebody who's got a couple of years in, grab them they actually have experience doing maintenance. The other thing is, I am older than a lot of the Laravel community, I have been in the same job for 20 years. My perceptions of other people are going to be colored by that, but it looks to me like the kids today and I take credit for bringing the phrase, "Get off my lawn at Laravel community," but you kids today switch jobs every 18 months, every two years. There isn't that I've been working on the same code base for a long enough to have really absorbed it and taken it all in, and the ownership not just the ownership the experience with it that you get after working at the same place in the same code for a long time is very different from what you get when you're changing often. Matt Stauffer: That's really, really interesting and if I were someone who was a mid-level developer and I maybe been in my job for the last 18 months, do you have one piece of advice just in this little kind of concept that you're talking about in terms of experience with the code base. Is there one good way I could act on what you just shared with me? J.T. Grimes: It's really hard for me to give career advice to anyone else. Matt Stauffer: Fair, that's fair. J.T. Grimes: It's been a long time since I looked for a job, I only know what I'm looking for not what other hiring managers are looking for. Matt Stauffer: Well, let's say maybe not even about switching jobs, would you say ... because one of the things that I took away from what you just said was, maybe consider sticking around a little longer but I don't know if you're actually saying that. Are you? J.T. Grimes: I don't know if I'm saying that either. Matt Stauffer: Okay. J.T. Grimes: For me, a lot of the job satisfaction and I think a lot of the skill that I bring is having really deep business knowledge, knowing all of the contacts. I have worked in insurance longer than I've been a programmer. I know this stuff often better than the users who are giving specs to us. Having that really good context for everything, it sort of it lets me know I'm building the thing that user needs not with the thing the user asked for. I wonder how much people get of that when they're changing jobs often. I think that there is a different kind of job satisfaction you can get from staying with a project for a long time. Matt Stauffer: That's really, really cool. That's really helpful to hear. I've found that I started seeing this a lot in the podcast, but I could talk about this for an hour but let's move on to something else. I was wrong about COBOL, you're not writing COBOL but that was fascinating where we just went down. When did you start doing web based stuff and what does a web based applications look like? Is it facing the customers of the insurance agency and giving them access to data that they previously would have called in for? What kind of stuff do you build there? J.T. Grimes: There's both internal applications and external phasing ones, and what we do is we access either the database or we actually run COBOL programs calling them from PHP. I know I'm not the only person doing this because somebody else built tools to do it, but it feels like that's an easiest thing there is out there. It's one of those things where there are, there's just a very small community of people who you can ask questions of and who know about this stuff. On the one hand, when you run into trouble you'd know who the people are to talk to. On the other hand, when you run into trouble you may literally be the first person to have this. Matt Stauffer: You're not going to stack overflow. How do you even know the folks to talk to about this? J.T. Grimes: I met one of them at Gen Con while he was presenting on the IBM and I stuff, and the single thing, probably the most valuable thing I've ever gotten out of the conference was having breakfast with this guy. I've still got three pages of note from that. Alan [Shaiden 00:29:15] is his name and if anyone else is doing Laravel on the IBM I series, A) hit me up but B) hit up Alan for anything about the I series. Matt Stauffer: All right, so you're not just doing web applications, you're actually using Laravel, so how on earth when you're in this kind of enterprise, a kind of old school system, how you just stumble across Laravel and what attracted you to it versus the other options available to you? J.T. Grimes: I had used CodeIgniter before, and CodeIgniter, the single best thing about it was that if you had a question you could find an answer, either in the docs or in the forums, but somebody knew what needed doing if you had a problem. I also used once or twice a framework called Qcodo, which has since died a very quiet, but the guy who wrote it was a Delphi developer before he got into PHP. The way everything was set up was very familiar to me. You built your web forums in a very sort of Microsoft a Visual Studio kind of way where you said, "Okay, put in a select box here and put a label on it here." It was familiar to me but it was also not the documentation wasn't great and development had clearly slowed down on it by the time I needed something for the last project. I was fiddling with CodeIgniter and it didn't feel good anymore and the way it had when I started with it. I started browsing around what other frameworks are out there, oh this guy is trying this new thing called Laravel and it's on version three. It stuck around for at least three months give it a try. It took a surprisingly long time for Laravel to click for me because I was so used to other frameworks and other ways of doing things, but once it did I found it was just easy to get the stuff that I needed done. Aside from reading the database on Db2 on the IBM mainframe. Even that we've got like now we're actually using Laravel's query builder with a couple of little custom things thrown in to access the database. Matt Stauffer: Wait a minute. Is it the query builder and it's heading like the actual database connection system, or are you using something, are you like layering the query builder on top of a non-database seeking system? How does that actually work? J.T. Grimes: Laravel's query builder wants to connect through PDO and while in theory, you can use PDO to talk to a Db2 system. I've never gotten that to work. Matt Stauffer: Got it. J.T. Grimes: But PHP has built in, thanks to Zend and IBM in their thing, and Db2 function is the same as the old MySQL functions that nobody should be using anymore. What I did was I made basically a connection class that simulated being PDO but was actually calling all the Db2 functions underneath. Matt Stauffer: That's fascinating. J.T. Grimes: You end up being able to use Laravel's query builder, you can use eloquent in theory I haven't actually describe that. Matt Stauffer: Those are my next questions. J.T. Grimes: But there's no reason it couldn't. The only reason I don't use eloquent on the mainframe is that the tool we used to generate COBOL has some very interesting opinions and conventions around it, and none of the file names or table names are useful or readable so they all have to be translated to something else anyhow. Matt Stauffer: Got it, yeah, so at that point trying to force kind of eloquent has opinions and that tool has opinions and reconcile their opinions just doesn't really seem worth it when you could just use that query builder. J.T. Grimes: Exactly. Matt Stauffer: That's cool. You're building applications, so your day-to-day transitioning between a 30-year stable system, on a mainframe to one of the most modern PHP frameworks that there is with just testing and TDD and migrations and sitting at stuff like that, do you feel the burden of a lot of contact switching, or is it all connect together in your brain? J.T. Grimes: Most of it connects together in my brain. The places where I run into problems are where I just don't have the tooling that I want. I don't have access to multiple IBM I series. I can't just spin up a new database, spin up a new instance. I wanted to test my interaction with a program, I need to be very careful to make sure that I am not hitting production data and it's with my setup way easier than it should be. I spend way too much of my time building safeguards for no, no, you don't mean that. Matt Stauffer: That's interesting because we talk often about how a lot of things that have to do with type hinting and a lot of these other things are, well I don't trust the other developers. The stranglehold that you're not allowing developers to do things because you don't trust them. It's interesting because what you're talking about is really well I don't trust myself to not accidentally touch something that would basically lose me a lot of other people their jobs if I completely destroyed everything. What sort of things are you finding yourself reaching for for those safeguards? Is it easy to share some of those? J.T. Grimes: I find myself hard coding addresses to our test system it's like, if you want to hit production on this it's not just changing an environment variable, it's not just telling it, "Oh, we're in staging now, go ahead and hit the staging server." Everything is hard coded to the wrong server until it's time to move it to the right one. Matt Stauffer: That's fascinating. It makes sense, totally though. Until you know the thing is not going to break things, make it like you have to be very explicit and intentional to actually even touch that thing that you don't want to broke in. J.T. Grimes: Yeah, we have a lock on the door to the server room for a reason. This is my server room lock. We have a server room, we have physical hardware it's very exciting. Matt Stauffer: In terms of testing, do you do much of your Laravel code? And if you do, what is it look like to simulate the data that's coming back? Or are you using real data from the staging server? How does that kind of work in your testing? J.T. Grimes: I dreamt of my test and bandwagon a couple of years ago. It has not been that long, it's been longer than for some people. Everybody kind of has this one moment where it clicks in for them. For me, there's a guy named and I'm going to scrape his name, Juan Trimenio, and he wrote a couple of articles on using PHP unit, many got bored and started going off and doing puppet things. Oh that's really cool too, but these three or four articles he wrote are what absolutely clicked for me. Thank you if you're listening. It was what got me to slowly start writing more tests. Once I did that, I found that I was much more confident pushing new code and making new changes because I could tell if I'd broken something. If I broke something and I didn't know then I just wrote a test for it, and now the next time I know. The value became clear. As soon as I thought I was ready to put the code in production and then said, "Oh, I just need to change one little thing and everything blew up." Oh thank goodness, I have these tests. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, the first time a test catches you and you're not, you haven't yet internalized the value that is coming from it. It's like a, I don't know it's like a breath. I don't even know it, it's not a breath of fresh air. It's this amazing moment though. J.T. Grimes: It's magic. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, it's exactly what it feels like you're like, I never had this, this, the responsibility for this thing that breaking always lived in my brain and my shoulders and my stress, and all of a sudden this just magical little creature just came and told me with a little red axe, you just screwed it up. It's really an amazing experience. J.T. Grimes: Finding out that I broke stuff before it hit production was the best thing ever. Matt Stauffer: That's cool. I like that. Okay, so once again, I'm going to talk to you about this for another hour. I'm going to move on. I've got a couple random questions we could talk a little bit more about code and architecture infrastructure, but I want to make sure that we have time to talk about J.T. stuff. You are a shaver of an ungulates. I assume that that is somehow refers to dogs but I intentionally didn't Google it beforehand. What is an ungulate? How do you see it? J.T. Grimes: Ungulates are four legged hoofed mammals. It's a reference to shaving yaks. Matt Stauffer: Oh, I was going to say hoofed. No, okay, your yak shaver. That was an incredibly indirect developer joke way to go. All right, yak shaving, got it. Yak shaving and bikeshedding. Do you bike? J.T. Grimes: I do not. I feel so alone. Matt Stauffer: Because you live in the Bay Area and you don't bike at all? J.T. Grimes: Well I'm part of the PHP community, we don't bike at all. Matt Stauffer: Are you Oakland for life? J.T. Grimes: I am a third generation Oaklander. Matt Stauffer: Wow, that's amazing. I know very little bit about Oakland. Basically my knowledge is I, what was that show that was sent, I think it was sent in Oak, wasn't it? J.T. Grimes: Was it [Shansvanerky 00:39:08]? Was it here? Matt Stauffer: No. Anyway, wherever it was, it was sent some beautiful Bay Area that seemed very rustic but honestly it was probably a multimillion dollar house. I visited Oakland a tiny little bit and I understand the concept of it being kind of like the less quickly gentrifying kind of across the bay cousin of San Francisco. What do you love and hate most about Oakland? J.T. Grimes: What I hate most is that, it's gentrifying much more quickly here. You don't run into that many people from Oakland who are in Oakland, who are from Oakland. Matt Stauffer: Really? That quickly. J.T. Grimes: Yeah. The houses here, the prices have shot from reasonable to insane. There's a lot for sale in my neighborhood and it's people have lived in the neighborhood for a long time who just can't afford not to sell because it's so much money. Matt Stauffer: Right, it's not even the property taxes, it's just when you look at your finances and selling your house could basically pay off your debt or whatever else, you can afford to stay there anymore. J.T. Grimes: Well, I've told my boss a couple of times and they really don't like hearing it. I could sell my house and retire. I couldn't move to Reno and find a crummy little apartment for 400 bucks a month and live up. Matt Stauffer: Never work a day to get a new life. J.T. Grimes: Yeah. Matt Stauffer: Wow. Go ahead. J.T. Grimes: To me that's just insane. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, it makes sense. We all understand why it's gentrifying it's across the way from San Francisco, you got the gentrifying wedge of hipsters and artists who wanted to come in to the rundown place or whatever. Additionally, it's relatively close access and the more it gentrifies the more people feel comfortable stepping in there. Oakland has more going for just than being across the way from San Francisco. What do you love the most about Oakland? J.T. Grimes: It's home. The weather is great. The people are neat. I was going off on a rant and I can do a half hour on how great the Bay Area is. Any time you need that. One thing is that, it's a port city, and port city have so much more interaction with the rest of the world and have since they were founded. In the 1850s, there were days when San Francisco had more Russian fur traders than actual San Franciscans because folks would hit the port and go to town. You end up with communities that are really tolerant of differences who are just used to, you're not like me but that's fine. That is just a wonderful thing if you are like me. Matt Stauffer: Let's talk about like you. If someone had never met you before how would you describe yourself? I know this is something I usually start off with, but what are you about? J.T. Grimes: I'm smart and I'm funny and I like cute things. Matt Stauffer: I can attest to all these things having known you for so many years. Why are you so funny? Do you ever like do comedy or that is your family really funny or does that come from any source other than just your personality? J.T. Grimes: Oh no, it's deep internalized pain. Matt Stauffer: Fair. I believe it. J.T. Grimes: You'll never find anyone who's funny who is not just suffering inside. Matt Stauffer: That was one of the most truest ones, that is so incredibly true. Is that something you've just discovered, or is that something people talk about that? Is that a commonly known thing? J.T. Grimes: I think it's a commonly known thing if you pay attention to it. Matt Stauffer: Got it. J.T. Grimes: Most comics are fairly upfront about that this doesn't come from a place of knock knock joke. Knock knock jokes are just fun. You can't make a living with those, you can't make a living exposing yourself to people with your pain, giving them something that they can relate to from their own lives because nobody's life is easy. It would be great if they were, but everybody's got something. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, that was really deep. J.T. Grimes: I'm sorry, it won't happen again. Matt Stauffer: Thanks for assuring that. J.T. Grimes: No, no, we'll talk about puppies. Matt Stauffer: That's actually next on my list. Tell me about puppies. Tell me about your puppies. Tell me about puppies. J.T. Grimes: Puppies are awesome, puppies are everything that is good in the world. As a teenager, I decided that we could have world peace if we could just make leaders of nations negotiate treaties in a room full of Labrador puppies, and I still believe this is true. Matt Stauffer: I love it. J.T. Grimes: It's really ... Matt Stauffer: Go ahead. J.T. Grimes: It's really hard to plant bomb someone or to screw them in a trade deal when there's a cute little fluffy Labrador trying to nibble on your ear. It's just not going to happen. Matt Stauffer: All right. How many dogs do you have? J.T. Grimes: I just have one. Matt Stauffer: Oh, just one. I figured there's like five run around all a time. J.T. Grimes: Nope, he's a grumpy old man who will not share. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, he would not put up with anybody else infringing his territory. J.T. Grimes: No. Matt Stauffer: That's awesome. We have a companywide, it's not quite stand up because it's 33 minutes long, but every Monday I really gets there and then talks about what you do this weekend and what are you up to. We found over time that eventually there was more cats and also dogs but cats than non-cats there around the way. It ended up being renamed to cat meet up. There's not always a lot of cats up on it but new people joining the company they go, "What? Why is it cat meet up?" Just enjoy the weird, enjoy the fluffy. We just had an interview with someone about a week ago and she's super apologetic, she's like, "I'm so sorry my cat may end up walking directly in front of the camera as we're talking, which it eventually did." I was like, "No, it just means you're going to fit right in around here." J.T. Grimes: Exactly. We asked as part of the interview process what pet do you have, and if you say none, I mean that's not good for getting a callback. Matt Stauffer: That's awesome, so let's talk about interview process. What is your favorite interview question you ask people? J.T. Grimes: What one thing do you absolutely hate about PHP, Laravel, COBOL? Matt Stauffer: [crosstalk 00:45:24]. J.T. Grimes: Yeah. Matt Stauffer: I love that question. It's one of my favorite questions because everyone could talk about the good things. It's when you actually have had real life experience with it, that you can start talking about the things that really bother you. J.T. Grimes: Yeah, that gives you a really good idea of how deep their knowledge is. If they were interviewing for PHP job and they've never really written production code, there are things that they just haven't been burned by it, and they will. If your biggest hang up about PHP is variable order or function naming I'm with you that that's annoying, but that's the first year complain. Matt Stauffer: Totally true. I totally believe you. Are there any signs on a tech interview that are an instant no, instant start, no way, not going to happen. I mean, I'm sure there are some personally if somebody saying some horribly racist things or whatever. Are there any kind of coding or communication style things anything like that, where you just go, when do you see that, that's a definite no. J.T. Grimes: I have a very direct communication style, we try to think will much pressure anyone who follows me on Twitter. I think the only thing that would surprise them is that I've gone this long without coercion. Matt Stauffer: I'm pretty impressed. J.T. Grimes: Sometimes I spend time around kids, I actually can't turn it off. I really value that kind of direct communication style and if I feel like I'm not getting that back, if I feel like someone is sort of coming at things in a roundabout way. I might take it as a lack of confidence in an interview and I might try and draw them out and see if I can get them to be more direct. If it seems like this is really their communication style all the time, I know that, that really, really hard for me to work with. Matt Stauffer: Are you all remote or are you in-person? J.T. Grimes: We are in-person. Matt Stauffer: Okay. I've noticed that indirect communication is even harder when you're remote, but I mean in general just being able to communicate in a certain way is totally necessary for every environment, so I hear you on that for sure. What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given? J.T. Grimes: If you go on a date with someone and they're a bad kisser end it then, because they're not going to get better at anything else. Matt Stauffer: All right. J.T. Grimes: And you can cut that too if you need to. Matt Stauffer: Oh, are you kidding meant? See, Laravel Podcast season three is about the people not the code, so whatever else you got just keep a calm. What's your favorite beverage to drink? J.T. Grimes: Diet 7up, I like my water sweet and sparkly. Matt Stauffer: Wait a minute, diet 7up, not seven ... Is it diet because of your concern about sugar intake or do you prefer the taste or? J.T. Grimes: It started as sugar intake with as much sodas I drank. If it was sugared I could not fit out in my house, but I've gotten so used to the diet soda taste that now when I do drink a real soda it just taste too sweet and weird, and why is my tongue [crosstalk 00:48:29]. Oh it's supposed to, oh dear. Matt Stauffer: Right, got it. Okay, so we're running short on time, and I feel like there's a whole personality person of J.T., J.T. what do you do in your free time? J.T. Grimes: Not as much as I would like, so this is going to set you up for the next podcast with me. Matt Stauffer: Brilliant. J.T. Grimes: I am suffering from burnout really bad right now, I suffer from depression. It can be really hard to just get off the couch during my downtime, when I can exercise, walk the dog, just hang out outside get some sun, read. Right now, not enough in my free time. Matt Stauffer: I hope that I'm not centering myself by saying this, but burnout depression and anxiety are all part of my story as well. Thank you for sharing it because I know that it's not always easy to share. Having kind of been in that place, especially is burnout, I assume that you mean kind of work related burnout? J.T. Grimes: Yeah. Matt Stauffer: One of the things that I've noticed often is that sleep, rest, being outdoors, people, animals, these kind of foundational things are often like a really big part of the things that help people like to start to kind of breathe again. Have you found that there's things outside of those that are also really helpful, or is it really just like centreing in on the simplest beautifulest things and just kind of really staying in those same places is what's most helpful? J.T. Grimes: I had a shrink tell me once that there are three things that are protective against depression, and I have found that there are the three things that help the most. Family and connectedness, family, friends, people, pleasure doing things that you actually enjoy and feelings of accomplishment. That one doesn't seem to be on most people's list, but when you're depressed and it feels like nothing goes right, just small little steps forward just being able to look at something and go, "Hey, I did that. I got the dishes put away. Yes! Yay me!" It is something you can build on and start working with. Matt Stauffer: I know and I don't want to read into your story mind, but I want to see if this goes anywhere for you. For me, one of the hardest parts about chemical depression and depression versus just being sad is that, it's not that there's a thing that happens and you go, "Oh, I'm sad about that thing." People often hear depression, they think sadness about bad things, but it's a lot more kind of ... it's more complicated, it's less directly tied to circumstances and events, and it is a lot harder to reconcile or rectify than just being saddest. Is that an experience you have, and if so, is there anything that you feel like people should understand about that circumstance or that experience or people who are suffering from that, that you want people to be more aware of? J.T. Grimes: I think that depression is a really unfortunate name for this problem. I feel like it is an energy disorder, like when I am depressed for me it comes out as just having almost no energy to do anything. Matt Stauffer: Yeah for sure. J.T. Grimes: The other thing is for me depression doesn't take the form particularly of sadness, so much as kind of a flattening of mood. I'm not sad but it's really hard for me to get happy. I think that I know everyone experiences depression differently if people listening are going, "Well, that's not what it is at all." You're right your thing is your thing, and your thing is real, but I also feel like those are pretty common ways to experience depression. If you're dealing with someone who struggles with depression trying to cure them up and make them not sad does not address the, they have no energy or their mood is flat. Matt Stauffer: Acknowledging that everyone's experience of depression is different, what does it look like for someone to be a good friend to J.T. when she's experiencing these things? J.T. Grimes: For me, the biggest thing is understanding and helping me to manage my energy level. I will try and schedule things early in the week because I know that I recharged over the weekend and then as the week goes on my energy level drops and drops and drops and drops. If you invite me to something on a Friday or a Saturday there's no change I'm going to do it. I might agree to do it, there's no chance it's going to happen. First, I need you to not hold against me that I am bailing out because I can't do it, but I need you to understand what I can and can't do and not push too hard for the things I can't do. Sometimes push a little bit for the things that maybe I can. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, which is sounds like the foundational core of this, it is appreciating you not just for the presence you bring or that comedy you bring to a situation but for the person you are. Also, knowing you deeply and well enough to know those, I don't want to say idiosyncrasies but the ways that you uniquely experience, the difficulties in the places you should and should not be put. Everyone just like said, everyone has an experience of the same which means the whole Monday versus Friday thing is probably not the case for somebody else. Someone can't just say, "Well, I heard this on a podcast once and so therefore my sister depression or my brother depression something like that, I'm not going to treat him this way," like no you know the person deeply and you know in their words and their experiences what that looks like. I love you saying that, but now that brings my next question that requires you to have a level of self-awareness and willingness to describe it. First of all to the friends around you, but right now tens of thousands of people. What is it look like to get to the place where you're comfortable, you're self-aware enough and you're comfortable with sharing it? J.T. Grimes: Well, first I didn't know tens of thousands of people were going to be listening, so now just if you could raise everything that would be great. Matt Stauffer: Just raise everything, yeah. J.T. Grimes: For me, I don't want to go off on too big a tangent here but we're going to go off on a bit of one. Matt Stauffer: Let's do it. J.T. Grimes: I am gay. I prefer that term to lesbian because lesbian sounds like a diagnosis and gay sounds fun. Matt Stauffer: I love it. J.T. Grimes: But I came out in the Bay Area in the early '90s and had a really easy time of it relatively speaking. I didn't lose family, I didn't lose friends, I didn't lose my job. Everybody was either okay with it or not great with it but not going to say anything, which in the early '90s- Matt Stauffer: That's a win. J.T. Grimes:... was an amazing. The reason I was able to do that is because other people had done the hard work first, other people had come out and had lost their jobs, had lost their families. By the time, I came along everybody I knew everybody living in the Bay Area already knew gay people, I was not some demon freak evil sent from ... It was just another gay person. For me knowing that knowing other people coming out and talking about their experience made it easier for me, makes me feel not necessarily obliged, but it lets me know the value of talking about it when we come to my depression. I can do the heavy lifting for someone else. I can be out about these are the things I struggle with, this is how I deal with it. Morley Safer, I think it was Morley Safer, man I'm old, was one of the hosts on 60 Minutes, and I remember him saying you know essentially coming out and saying he was on [talk show 00:56:51] and being at home watching it go and, "Hey, that's the same thing I'm on. I could be on 60 minute." Being able to see other people who share the same experience as you and seeing that it is not necessarily that debilitating, seeing that there's hope, that there is hope is the biggest thing. It's huge. Matt Stauffer: Well, for those listening you could be a guest or a host on Laravel Podcast with depression. It is possible. Thanks J.T. it's really helpful to hear that, and so I'm going to dig a little further in this again with those spaces where you just, you got to say for it. The PHP community if you compare it against for example the Ruby community, or the Javascript through CSS communities, it's a little bit more monocultural. It's a little bit more old school. Especially, like the SaaS community and the Ruby communities are extremely intentionally and thoughtfully and loudly progressive. I wouldn't use those terms to describe the PHP community, and not to say that we're in a repressive horrible place. Do you have any reflections about, or thoughts about, or experiences you want to share, or warnings for encouragements for the PHP community in particular and also Laravel about ways that ... I don't want to prescribe anything else. Do you have anything to share or say? J.T. Grimes: I come from a place of privilege not just as a white person but as a person who owns my own home and has valuable skills that people will pay for. It puts me in a really good place to tell not just my employers but really anyone else, where they can shove anything that they have about me. That's really freeing and it makes me not care if the PHP community is less, is more conservative maybe than I might like. Then it would be if I ran the world. If I ran the world we would all be happy little liberals running around but it's not my world, very sad. I come from a place where if somebody doesn't agree with me, if somebody doesn't like me, if somebody's opinions are different from mine I'm happy to talk to them for a while, but I don't care. I don't care that you don't agree, I don't care that you don't like me. I have a dog. My dog likes me. Matt Stauffer: Your dog loves you, [crosstalk 00:59:32]. J.T. Grimes: My dog does love me. Matt Stauffer: Cool, now that makes sense. J.T. Grimes: I can't change the community except by being a part of it and being me publicly, reasonably publicly. I can tell you that there are a gay Laravel developers I know this because I am one. I can tell you that there are women Laravel developers. I know this because I am one. I can't speak to things that I'm not, but I would tell people that there are enough of us who will welcome you whatever you bring. Matt Stauffer: I love that and when I push you about that is, because I know you well enough to know that when you say whatever you bring you don't mean whatever non-white, non-male, non-liberal thing you bring. You mean whatever you bring and I think that one of the things I love about that is, what I want to hear from people is, you can be just as conservative as you want as long as you're welcoming people. You can just be as liberal as you want just as long as you're welcoming people. I don't want to go too far down this road, but one of the things that I've noticed is that some communities go, I think so far in the intentionally progressive direction that they're unwelcoming to conservatives. That's a frustrating thing as well because if we're in a place where someone who may have a different viewpoint is not welcome, who's not mistreating people. They're not treating people poorly because their viewpoint they're just having different viewpoint, then it doesn't matter which direction the difference is coming from, you're still making people not welcome. That statement you said at the end there whatever you have to bring, whoever you are, you're welcome here. I think that that is a really ... I mean I know I'm making a small thing sound like a big thing, but in some ways it is a big thing. That's a beautiful message. All right. We are pretty late on the call. I'm trying to look at a couple questions that I cued up. Let me see if I got anything else. Is there anything you want to talk about? Anything you wish we had covered? Anything you want to share? Anything you want to plug? J.T. Grimes: Hyenas are really cool and I can do 20 minutes on how awesome hyenas are. Matt Stauffer: I feel like you need a podcast. J.T. Grimes: Possibly. Matt Stauffer: I would listen to it. Can you give me like that 30 second version of why hyenas are really cool. J.T. Grimes: Hyenas are a matriarchy, they are a pack hunter. Most of the time in the nature specials where you see the lion sitting with the kill and the hyenas skulking around. The hyenas killed it and the lion has bullied them away and taken their food. Hyenas poop white because they crunch up the bones of their prey. Matt Stauffer: And get all the them in and out. J.T. Grimes: Yeah, and as those bones come out you get white poo. Matt Stauffer: Now, is that exciting because they're so smart that they're getting them mirror out, or is it literally just because they are white poo? Is that mean like the excitement there? J.T. Grimes: It's because they can crunch up the bones- Matt Stauffer: That's pretty bold. J.T. Grimes:... of their prey. Matt Stauffer: Yeah, that's true. My entire exposure to hyenas has been Lion King. I got to be honest. J.T. Grimes: You have two young kids so you know Lion King backwards and forwards and upside down. Matt Stauffer: The funny thing there is actually my kids are, my daughters too young for that stuff. My son is extremely emotionally sensitive and so movies where bad things happen he really doesn't like. I mean imagine Disney movies, what Disney movie doesn't start out with some family member dying, so Lion King, it took us really long. He still hasn't seen what's the one of the big old giant inflated white guy that I want to call them Big ... J.T. Grimes: Big something- Matt Stauffer: Yeah, Big Hero 6. J.T. Grimes:... Big Hero 6. Matt Stauffer: It's a brilliant movie but I can't see it because my son see it yet because somebody dies at the beginning. So Lion King he's seen all of once, but now that he's seen it which was very recently. Now, you're right I will hear it 10,000 times. Anyway J.T., I keep saying this to people I could talk for hours. You should talk for hours you should get that podcast. I will listen to it. I'll plug it to everybody, but until then. Thank you so much. People want to follow you on Twitter it's jt_grimes. J.T. Grimes. Just look for Cal everything and the little cartoon character. It has been an absolute pleasure talking to you and I thank you so much for your time. J.T. Grimes: Thank you, Matt. It's been a pleasure.