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Patrick Reddick and his sister created a vicious obituary for their mother, an obit that has gone viral in recent days.
And now Reddick has revealed to London's Daily Mail that he said "ding dong the witch is dead" when he heard that his abusive mother had died.
Among the claims of abuse: That their mother made them sleep on the floor while their mother ran a prostitution business and that she would line them up and beat them with a steel-tipped belt.
"On behalf of her children who she so abrasively exposed to her evil and violent life, we celebrate her passing from this earth and hope she lives in the after-life reliving each gesture of violence, cruelty and shame that she delivered on her children,"
says the obit written by the woman's daughter, Katherine Reddick.
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Patrick Reddick, who approved the obit, told the Daily Mail that his siblings suffered "terror from the time we were born."
He tells the paper that Marianne Theresa Johnson-Reddick terrorized him so much that he asked doctors to sedate her so he could identify her a week before she died on August 30 at a nursing home near her home in Reno.
She had bladder cancer and had become a ward of the state when she got sick.
"They made sure she was asleep and we went in there just to make sure they had the right person," he tells the newspaper. "We wore sunglasses as a disguise so she didn't recognize us.
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"When they called me a week later to say she was dead, I said: 'Ding Dong, the witch is dead!'"
The obituary, submitted through a self-service online portal, appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal on September 10 and has since gone viral and made national news.
Reddick said the obituary was meant to shame the issue of child abuse, not his mother. He wants it to be a warning to other abusive parents who should ask themselves: "Do you want this to be your legacy? Do you want this to be your obituary?'"
He said he and his siblings are planning a celebration at the end of the month where they will toast their mother's death.
Johnson-Reddick lived her final days alone, disabled in a wheelchair, with 13 cats in a trailer park.


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Inside a Starry Kitchen: An interview with Button Mash's Nguyen Tran
Restaurateurs Nguyen and Thi Tran fused a lifelong love affair with games and pan-Asian comfort food to make their hit Los Angeles-based bar arcade.
What do Japanese role-playing games and Vietnamese catfish have in common? A lot, if you're Los Angeles restaurant entrepreneur Nguyen Tran and his wife, Thi Tran, executive chef of Asian fusion/bar arcade Button Mash. Our intrepid Eron Rauch sought Nguyen out for some tasty insights on how videogames and comfort food go hand-in-hand.
ZAM: Before we actually dig in and talk videogames, I think it would be great to give our readers kind of a general rundown of what Starry Kitchen is and some of the mayhem you've caused.
Nguyen Tran: Eight years ago, my wife and I started an illegal and underground restaurant in the back of our apartment that, out of happenstance became the number one Asian Fusion restaurant listing in all of Los Angeles on Yelp. We got caught by the health department six months in. We didn't give a shit. We ran it for another three months. All we were doing was serving pan-Asian comfort food and it exploded it into a real restaurant.
Then we opened a lunch restaurant in downtown when it was the taco-truck-slash-food-truck era—The rise of Kogi and Roy Choi and everyone like that. We left there and we started serving chili crab in the Fashion District. We left there and were part of the Chinatown revival.
We quit [the restaurant industry] completely about two and a half years ago after a failed Kickstarter. Then we came back later that year through Uber Eats. Two months after that a top-secret project we had been working on for three years finally came to fruition, which was Button Mash—a bar-arcade Asian restaurant.
Now we have a book [Adventures in Starry Kitchen]. It is a very nutty rollercoaster story.
One of the things that really struck me in reading through the new cookbook is how openly you talked about video games and JRPGs. You even referenced Final Fantasy and "leveling up" to describe what was going on when you first traveled to Vietnam and had clay pot catfish in your mom's hometown. What led you to use Final Fantasy as a metaphor to describe one of most your most formative culinary experiences?
As a kid, I loved JRPGs more than anything. At that point in time I was playing Dragon Warrior and the original Final Fantasy on the NES. You would grind, level up, and you would get stronger. For me, there was something that translates to life. You gain more experience. You get stronger at what you do.
That's exactly what happened with Starry Kitchen. We would just keep on going and all of a sudden we got stronger. You start taking on bigger tasks, more ambitious projects, and end up building a cast of people, friends, and employees around you. How can it not be like a JRPG?
"I've been taught Vietnamese culture and to be Vietnamese all my life, [but] it didn't make sense to me until I went to Vietnam and had that dish."
That all started with caramelized catfish?
Look, I grew up in Dallas, Texas, right, and I didn't have shit to do but play videogames, at least in my head. I worked in Office Max. I went to school, I wasn't popular. Going to Vietnam and having the caramelized catfish was actual level one and I didn't realize the amount of work to increase to that level.
I've been taught Vietnamese culture and to be Vietnamese all my life, [but] it didn't make sense to me until I went to Vietnam and had that dish. I really rejected [that identity] most of my life. That dish was the culmination of everything that I learned from that point. Remember the movie The Last Dragon, when the kid gets the glow? It's like that. It's like holy shit, I've achieved the next level and I didn't even realize that I was so close to it.
Were JRPGs your favorite kinds of games to play?
It started with some old PC RPGs like Wizardry, Ultima, and Rogue. I still love Rogue. It's just a smiley face and you hack around that letters that represent different monsters and level up. I'm so nostalgic about that.
Then when I came across Dragon Warrior for the first time, I'm like god, this is like a colorful version of Rogue. It's the same kind of system. You level up, you get equipment and you find hidden stuff. Then I played the original Final Fantasy demo at the first Nintendo World Championships. It was in Dallas at the state fair park. I remember my mind was blown away.
Did any of your other friends play videogames?
I got the NES after everyone else did. I was a poor kid and it took me four years to convince my parents to get one. You know it's funny because I'm a retro game collector by happenstance. I have 600 video games and they're pretty pristine. It was because I grew up poor and I didn't understand why anyone would throw away the boxes or instruction manuals. All that was very precious and it still is. That's why my NES box still has the original price tag. It looks new. People are like, "Did you just buy that on Ebay?" No, I just took it out of my closet.
As far as the RPGs [were concerned], all my friends were playing more action games. At that time what was really popular was the home port of Double Dragon. Kid Icarus. And Mario 3 was out by that time. I couldn't share RPGs with anyone.
"I'm a retro game collector by happenstance... I didn't understand why anyone would throw away the boxes or instruction manuals. All that was very precious and it still is."
Did you have any favorite foods or snacks that were your jam to pair with your RPGs?
Oh my god. Chips of any kind. Usually Cool Ranch Doritos or Cheetos. I hate to play into the stereotype, but lots of Mountain Dew.
What are some of the crown jewels of your videogame collection that you've picked up over the years?
Oh, shit. I'll tell you what I recently picked up in Japan three months ago. We're now in a really expensive age of retro game collecting, and I think I own almost everything I want, but I didn't realize there was a Monster World collection for the PS2. I've been fascinated with Monster World and Wonder Boy and I remember playing on the Sega Master System.
Oh! Panzer Dragoon Saga! I bought that when it first came out. The thing about it is that honestly, Final Fantasy 6 is the most influential JRPG for me, but Panzer Dragoon Saga is almost immaculate, it is so amazing as an experience. There's nothing like it I've ever played.
Part of the reason I bring up your game collection is that in Adventures in Starry Kitchen you mentioned that it was part of what drew you and Jordan Weiss together to create Button Mash. How did you and Jordan first connect your love of videogames?
Jordan's wife used to eat at my original lunch restaurant in Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles. He wrote me this six page email about how they love our food and he has this [outrageous] idea to open a bar-arcade-Asian-restaurant. He went on and on about the games.
This is indicative of everything I've done, at least my career in Starry Kitchen: I was like, "Okay, let's do it."
He was like "What? That's it?"
I was like "Yeah, man, I can obviously see your passion for it and you don't know this but I have 600 video games at home so fuck it, let's do this."
The décor and game selection of Button Mash is like classic 80s. There's wood paneling and wacky prints on everything. But instead of soggy pizza and frozen chicken fingers, Starry Kitchen made a menu that have a heavy southeast Asian influence. How did you and Jordan end up navigating that particular pairing?
I give Jordan the credit for a lot of that. He started going to all the different [bar arcades] around the country. They noticed A) Most of them were just bars, and B) If they had food, it was always shitty.
Thinking about that, it was like, why don't we go with something that is actually quality? But let's go in the opposite direction: let's give them Asian food. A lot of people come for the nostalgia of the games, but they don't always all play them. They really just want to be around it. It acts as really great decoration.
Most people had an expectation of shitty food or no food and when we beat that, people started coming back more often and more regularly and bringing friends because you know, sometimes inexpensive good food plays a factor. It was meant to be different. That's basically it.
Does Thi [Ngyuen's wife and the powerhouse chef of Starry Kitchen] play video games at all?
She does not play too many videogames, but she likes puzzle games. She's very frustrated that she's never been able to beat me at Tetris Attack on Super Nintendo. At Button Mash though, Galaga's her game!
What was her role in crafting the menu at Button Mash?
We worked together to develop it, but my wife is the executive chef and instigator, so she developed the entire menu. I would review it with her, but I took a backseat to her creation of food that "made sense to a crowd that would go to a bar arcade and not necessarily expect there to be good food."
"Most people had an expectation of shitty food or no food [at a bar arcade] and when we beat that, people started coming back more often."
The expectation is people will sit down, they'll order, and they'll go back and forth between eating and playing videogames. You don't want to give people too heavy of food because then they just get comatose and they're like "My God, I wanted to play a game but now I just want to pass out."
That was one of kind of things that intrigued me when I heard about Starry Kitchen partnering with a bar arcade—how would one eat chili crab and not gum up the X-Men cabinet?
That's the reason why we don't serve it at Button Mash—Because even though it's our second-most coveted dish, if someone's playing X-Men and holding a crab claw that's saucy, that doesn't make any sense to eat that and play the game. Those are two totally different experiences.
You've already mentioned some games that have been the most meaningful to you. I want to play a quick association game where you to pair these videogames with Starry Kitchen dishes. So, first off, let's jump in with Dragon Quest.
Ginger chicken wings.
Why would you pair that with the chicken wings?
The simple answer is my wife is actually born in the year of the dragon and her favorite thing that we serve are the ginger chicken wings.
How about Final Fantasy 6?
I would say the chili crab. Because it's one of the things that you should take your time to really enjoy and understand all the nuances of it and for me, that's what Final Fantasy is about: it's a story and the history and everything in it. The crab, it's easy to jump into it, but it used to take us two to three days to make that sauce. We'd bring down the crab, we'd then stew the crab in the sauce, then we'd make these beignets, there's all these complex elements to it that were just really beautiful and should be appreciated individually before stuffing your face with it.
It also looks like a Final Fantasy monster.
Oh yeah! I didn't even think about that. It could be. I would totally throw a Meteo at it.
Okay—last one. Panzer Dragoon Saga?
Oh my god, that's a really ... you actually caught me on the spot on that one. Oh! The "Crack" Krab Cakes. It's because they're pretty rare because we haven't served them in like six years and people will still ask me about them. There's one ingredient that's incredibly hard to find so even though the recipe is in the book now, they're kind of like a unicorn and I feel like Panzer Dragoon Saga is a unicorn for many people.
If you're in downtown Los Angeles this weekend, you can say hi to Nguyen and Thi Tran yourself at Button Mash. They also deliver.
[Editor's note (6/30/2017): since running this article, we received a letter from the founders of "the original Barcade™" objecting to the use of their trademark as a generic term. We think there's sufficient evidence the term is genericized (and also, that trademark law in the United States is some bullshit), but since this seems like a really petty thing to lawyer up about, we have complied with their request and edited all references to "barcade™" in this article to the un-portmanteau'd "bar arcade." Cheers.]

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Lady Katherine has returned to England to hear her husband's will read ... and, to her surprise, she finds Simon in the lawyer's office as well. Simon, with whom she disgraced her husband ... whose petition to Parliament for a divorce was denied.
That's the set-up for this short tale that was serialized in In D'Tale magazine.
I realize that there are always limitations with short fiction, and that it is impossible, therefore, to capture every detail and nuance that one might capture in longer form. I've read and enjoyed a good many of Jaimey Grant's books, and part of what I love so much about them is getting to know and connect with the characters. This time? I didn't feel like I could care about any of them. I know that's my issue, but there it is. I couldn't connect to the characters and the plot seemed more than a little implausible as it unfolded.
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windozerFebruary 19, 2011
Seems like the addon uses a preconfigured blocklist which is thoughtful of you as the maker of this addon. : ) I'd give it a try if I could add/remove domains to the blocklist on my own. Perhaps an ad/remove button next to each search result.
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Maybe when you have a kid later in life like the master did, you worry so much you can't work. It drives me crazy—with the guy worrying over the baby so much. I swear that I don't want to be a maid for the rest of my life.
Does he not know that even clovers have pretty blossoms? His wife grew up wild, but now, she goes about her day as if asleep. But she's my favourite person in this house.
They fired me today.
Nowhere to go. I stand on the pedestrian overpass with my luggage in hand and open the envelope they gave me. Only two yen. Two yen for working like a dog for two weeks. Anger like cold blood rises from my feet.
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(What should I do? There's nothing I can do.)
Decided to spend the night at a cheap boarding room in Asahimachi in Shunjuku. For thirty-five sen, I can finally rest my exhausted body in this lodge off the slushy street that felt like I was walking on a melted candy. With a small naked lightbulb lighting a three-mat room—a room so shabby that not even during the Meiji period was a room ever this shabby—I write a long, helpless letter to the Island Man who has left me.
I have nothing to lose. Even my tomorrow is unknown.
This world is full of liesLast train to Koushu runs above my headI throw away life as empty as the rooftop of the department storeLike a stretched vein, I lie on the bed of a boarding roomI cradle the dead bodies torn apart by trainsLike bodies of strangersWhen I open the sooty window in the middle of the nightEven at a place like this, I find the skyAnd the moon clowning around in itGoodbye, everyoneI've become a warped dieAnd keep coming backTo the attic in the cheap lodging house.I grab the travel lust that's been building up and building upAnd let the wind blow me every other way.
Even late at night, people keep coming and going noisily.
"Excuse me," a voice says, and with that, I hear someone sliding my door open, and a woman with hair in two low buns suddenly and roughly slips into my threadbare bed next to me. And soon afterwards, I hear loud footsteps, and a scruffy man without a hat slides open the door about an inch and hisses, "Hey, bitch, wake up."
The woman mumbles one or two words and leaves. From the hallway, I hear slapping sounds several times, but soon, it becomes eerily quiet like a sewage. The air of the room that the woman has disrupted would not quiet down.
The same scruffy man enters my room and stands by my pillow, licking his pencil. "What have you been doing? Where were you born? Where are you going? Age? Parents? Do you know that woman?"
"No, she just came into my room."
Even Knut Hamsun wouldn't have dared to write a scene like this in his novels.
When the cop leaves, I stretch my arms and legs and touch the wallet under my pillow. One yen and sixty-five sen left. The wind must be blowing the moon around; I can almost see light entering from the lopsided window near the ceiling, dancing.
Jesters are good at jumping down from high places, but they suck at jumping up and down.
I'll get through all this somehow.
I'll find a way to eat.
I go to breakfast at a diner near the edge of Aome Boulevard. As I drink a hot cup of tea, a construction worker covered in mud quickly enters the diner.
"Hey girl, what can I eat with ten sen? I only got one ten-sen coin!"
He yells loudly with his back straight.
A girl of maybe fifteen or sixteen asks, "Is rice with meat tofu OK?"
The man's all smiles now and sits down on the bench.
A big bowl of rice. A plate of scallions with minced-meat tofu. A bowl of murky miso soup. A ten-sen worth of nutrients. He stuffs his mouth with rice. A heart-breaking sight. He wanted to make sure in a loud voice that he could be fed with one ten-sen coin because that's the only money he's got.
It touches me so much I want to cry. I think he got more rice than I did, but is it going to be enough for him? He's in good mood. The girl brings me my order: a bowl of rice with simmered vegetables and fish, with a side of pickled vegetables. A poor man's dish of vegetables and fish.
I pay twelve sen, and the girl thanks me loudly for coming as I step out the diner.
For a mere twelve sen, I get cup after cup of tea and a morning's greeting.
It's a thin line between hope and rock-bottom life. But when I think about that construction worker in his forties, I know that a ten-sen coin can make the difference between disappointment, hitting rock bottom or crashing completely.
Even if my mother comes to Tokyo to live with me, I can work somehow. I've sunk and floundered so much, I'm just like a wrecked ship. No more splashes left inside of me. I've swallowed too much seawater.
In the end, I'm no different from that whore from last night. That woman must have been over thirty. Hey, if I had been a man, I would have hidden her and made love to her until nothing was left inside of me like a drowned man, and we might have talked of killing ourselves this morning.
I leave my luggage at the boarding room and go to the employment office in Kanda.
My heart pangs. Everywhere I go, I feel as empty as a desert.
(You're not doing the hiring!)
Cold-hearted bitches!
When I hand the paper-blotter thin peach-coloured card to the woman at the counter of the employment office, she reads out loud what I wrote, "Thirty yen a month."
When she sees what I look like, she smirks.
"You don't want to work as a maid? You want to be an office worker? There are so many girls with degrees, there's no way you'll get it. But we have a lot of positions for maids."
Like an avalanche, beautiful women after beautiful women come after me.
Yeah. You are right.
Nothing to gain.
Three letters of introduction: one to an ink company, another to work at a gas station and the last one as a maid at the Italian Embassy.
There's only ninety sen left in my wallet.
When I get back to the inn in the late afternoon, geisha girls are sitting like potted plants in front of the mirror, smearing greyish powder all over their faces.
"Only sold twenty percent."
"With a glare like yours, no one would buy from you."
"Oh yeah? Well, some men like that."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever you say."
Conversation between girls of fourteen, fifteen years old.
Sadness comes rushing out of nowhere like waves. I feel like I'm going crazy.
I strike a match and draw eyebrows.
At ten o'clock in the morning, I go to the Italian Embassy at Sannen-chou in Kojimachi.
Laugh and live.
But my face is too skewed to laugh.
A white boy comes through the gate riding a horse. An old gatehouse stands by the gate, and a beautiful long gravel path leads to the front door of a mansion.
A woman like me doesn't belong here.
I am led to a large red-carpeted room with a map on the wall. A white woman in white and black dress. White women are beautiful in general, but they're especially beautiful from afar. The boy on the horse comes in with his nose running. A white man comes in, says that he isn't the ambassador, but a secretary. They are both tall, and I feel claustrophobic.
The mistress in white and black dress shows me the cook's room where onions roll around in a concrete box and two portable barbecue stoves are on the floor. She says that maids cook their own food on these pits. A maid room so much like an abandoned house. With black armoured doors, this place smelt of bars of soap, of a distant land.
I leave without getting a yes or no.
As I walk through the imposing residential neighbourhood of Sannen-chou and down the hill, the red flags waving with December wind.
Don't know whether they have hearts or not because they are foreigners, but I might as well look for other openings.
I don't take the trains but instead walk along the river.
I want to go home.
Nothing will come out of staying here in Tokyo aimlessly.
I see trains: I think of killing myself.
I stop by my old lodging in Hongo. The landlady is cold but hands me a letter from Mr. Chikamatsu. When I left his place, he said that he might be able to help me out by introducing me to a Mr. Yoshii at Jyunisha Publishing House since he was looking for a maid, but this was a no-thank-you letter written in a faded ink.
Writers are heartless.
As I walk through twilight Shinjuku, I suddenly want a man to take care of me.
(Is there anyone who can rescue me right now?)
Staring at the purple signals shining and waving on the bridge over the railroad station, my eyes become heavy with tears, and I start to hiccup like a small kid.
Just do it.
At the boarding room, I tell the landlady about my money situation. She says that I can stay with her on the first floor until I find a job.
"Why don't you be a driver for the Blue Bus? Heard you can earn up to 70 yen a month …"
Someone is barbecuing dried sandfish. It's stinking up the entire house.
Seventy yen would be nice.
I have to find a place where I can earn money.
Sitting by the foot heater, I write a letter to Mama under the ten-bulb light by the reception.
I got sick and can't work, can you send three yen?
The whore from a couple of days ago comes with her face stuffed with Inari sushi.
"Went through hell a couple of nights ago because of you. You should be careful," the landlady chides.
"Was your man pissed?"
Under the light, the whore looks about forty and has a dried, collapsed look about her.
"We call a woman like that an owl in our business. She's not a welcome guest—always bringing in different men at all hours. My man was so pissed; the cops really grilled him," the tired-looking but kindly landlady made some tea for me as she cussed out the whore.
The landlady treats me to a bowl of noodles.
I'll go to the Blue Bus with the referral from the landlady and take the exam.
It's lonely to be without a real home so near the end of the year, but there's no use getting depressed about it. I'll just have to keep myself moving and work.
The electric lines whistle furiously with the wind.
And here I am, lying on the dirty bed and staring at the picture of the Daikoku, the god of wealth, on the wall and daydreaming about something so impossible, so out of my grasp.
(Maybe I should go home and get married.)


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As soon as we learned that the availability for our top-of-the-list venue was limited to April, I realized that I was already behind in finding a wedding dress. Actually, this didn't immediately occur to me, but it was pointed out instantly by every other female that I spoke to. Even the friend who mused, "Oh, I don't know anything about weddings, but I know that you should have ordered a dress by now." (Thanks, Jaclyn.)
With the cha-ching of venue and catering costs ringing in my mind, I began brainstorming ways to bargain hunt for a wedding dress that didn't involve a custom order from China. I spent a few days wasting time on sites like OnceWed and Tradesy, but it's ridiculous to think that I could have made any sort of decision without trying anything on first to remotely gauge what I did and didn't like.
I was flipping through a Metro Detroit Bride magazine when I spied an advertisement for Bride and Joy, an off-rack store in Plymouth that essentially sold floor samples from past seasons. It seemed genius. You scored an amazing deal for a dress that had been tried on in a fitting room a few times.
Because I wasn't sure what to expect, I made an appointment to swing by the store solo and check things out. A few days later, I pulled up to a nondescript building in downtown Plymouth after work. The lights appeared to be off, but as I neared the door, I saw a sign directing me to call a phone number to notify the shop of my arrival. (Not going to lie, I was a little bit concerned at this point.) A few minutes later, a young employee bounced down the sidewalk to let me inside and assist in trying on a few dresses.
It's a small space, filled with dresses and organized loosely by material and style. I plucked a few from the racks, not knowing exactly what I was looking for anyway, and dragged them into a fitting room to try on. Maybe my uncertainty was obvious, because the woman who was helping me didn't really do any favors in clipping back the samples to help me visualize what results some alterations could achieve. I didn't realize that at the time, as it was my virgin dress visit, but I wish now that she'd put in a bit more effort. The appointment was not all lost, however. I found one strapless number that I could loosely imagine wearing; that particular Palema Blanca sample gown was priced at $2,000 (marked down from $2,750).
Feeling a bit defeated, and now realizing that the store that the samples came from – B. Ella Bridal – was just across the block, I walked over there with the employee who'd assisted me, and who mentioned that she could squeeze me in for a few minutes sans a formal appointment.
There, I tried on a couple more dresses and found one cheaper option, priced at $1,750 that I also liked. I left, assuming that I'd come back with my shopping crew in a couple of weeks. (Side note: About a month after my visit, I received a postcard for 15 percent off a dress from B. Ella Bridal.)
Birch Run
A week later, as I was heading toward Traverse City, I made my obligatory stop into Birch Run and was surprised to see a big store titled "Bridal" in the outlet section nearest the freeway. I cautiously approached… it sort of looked open… and ended up inside, where I was whisked into a fitting room to try on a few more dresses. Here, at Viper Bridal, the dresses were categorized by size. The staff was helpful, but the store itself is in dire need of some sprucing up.
I was instructed to pull on shapewear and a slip, and tried on several gowns and found one that I liked more than either I had tried on in Plymouth. It was a Mori Lee gown, priced at $1,350. (Side note: By this time, I had determined that I was comfortable aiming for a $1,500 budget if I were going to buy new.)
Not gonna lie. I went back online a few days later and scoured sites for a pre-worn version of that dress, to no avail. I'm not sure if the style numbers simply don't match up at this shop, or if it was in the Birch Run store as a past-season option, but I had zero luck finding the dress online. (At the time I'm writing this, one month later, I have received a follow-up call, but no discount offer from Viper.)
Fast forward a few weeks, when life settled back down and I was ready to go at it again, this time with my Matron-of-Honor, who didn't really know yet that she was my Matron-of-Honor, but that doesn't exactly matter. We both checked our calendars and found that Sunday was open for us, and because B. Ella Bridal was closed that day, I booked an appointment at the only other bridal store that came to mind, the chic-looking Demetrio's near my once-favorite Target on Maple and Coolidge Highway.
Even though some of the Yelp reviews cautioned of pretentious employees, I figured that the place was worth a look. It's a larger store than my previous shopping experiences, and I accurately assumed that the selection would be great. My appointment was made with Angie and while my stomach was performing elementary gymnastics on the way inside, it ended up being the best experience yet.
As requested on my call to set up an appointment, I had jotted down style numbers of a few of the dresses online that piqued my interest. Angie met us and immediately went to grab those dresses, before ushering us to the back of the store where several brides were already situated with friends and families to try on their own bridal bevies.
She clipped me into those dresses with the gentlest form of archaic girdling possible – and they looked amazing. I mean, ladies, this is what I now know. You just need someone who's going to grip that dress tight and show you what it will really look like. And then, it's all gravy.
I fell in love with two dresses and as I was changing back into my street clothes with a promise to come back with a few more folks next week, I just happened to catch wind that the entire store would be 20 percent off the coming Labor Day weekend. Um, SCORE.
And that's it. I'll head back in tomorrow to try on the couple of dresses I loved once more and get a few additional opinions before pulling the trigger. Fingers are crossed that it's a smooth and easy walk to the alter 😉


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It's me, I'm your son, and I want all that money that you've been stashing away with your little tax scam !!!
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If that really is gazzos address, you should probably take it down before he gets more stalkers!
I for one have already written it down and intend to go round to his place next time I'm in the states(probably never).
Keeping on subject though, I have a step daughter who's 5.5 and she is really into doing acro balance with me. She's a natural born performer who loves to sing and dance and generaly be the centre of attention. At the moment she can stand on my hands, feet and shoulders, she's also working on her headstand. I wish she had the patience to learn to juggle, but you can't have everything. She wants to be in my show this summer.
So far she hasn't really held me back from doing any gigs, but I can see in the future that once she starts school, going away to Australia for the summer could become difficult for long periods.
Kids help you re learn the art of play, and that is something that can benefit anybody, especially a performer.
I went to the local juggling night here for the first time after being here for a year, and discovered they have a fantastic venue. It's a theater with all stage rigging, plus they have rigging over the entire space, perfect for aerial work and the back wall is set up like a photo studio.
I kicked myself for not going earlier.
I'm thinking that this town could do with a circus school as it's something just taking off here, and that space is perfect for it.
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As performers it is tempting to be very proud of the "talent" our kids have in performing. Some people think that by being close on the inside of the industry, our children will have some kind of advantage in later life.
I don't agree. I take great pride in the more "civilian" aspects of my childrens life. They go to a nice school and are both doing well in a balanced and healthy way. I like the fact that they don't know how all the magic tricks are done, that they take great joy at watching even the most basic entertainers, that their disbelief is suspended easily.
My daughter does a bit of circus skills but she's far keener on the violin and any form of dancing (she's in several classes) and harbours ambitions to become a school teacher. Yes, she thinks that entertaining is a rather ordinary job (so many of us do it) and that teaching is really really special. She often changes her mind about what she's going to be.. it shows that a variety of things are inspiring her.
I think it's brilliant every time my kids show any form of prowess in any kind of performing, but I'm very conscious that when they grow up they should be able to chose exactly what it is they want to do.
My father was in the army and he made sure that I didn't simply follow in his footsteps (as many of my friends did) but had a bit of a life in the real world first.
Both of my kids can wield politeness effectively as a tool and practice it regularly and often. I try to keep them away from green rooms because I think kids are often a pain in the arse backstage and I don't want them there.
Especially out with the circus. Backstage can be dangerous and I get really cross with performers who think their kids are special and its all right if they touch my fire stuff because they know how to handle it (I'm not joking, there are some really stupid parents in this business) and they wonder why I'm swearing at them when I find their kids are throwing my juggling stuff around in the green room.
Kids are great and one of the great things about this job is we can take them to work with us. But I feel sorry for kids who spend half their life hanging around their parents place of work. Yes it's special, but it can have disadvantages too. I know several youngsters who hate anything to do with entertainment because they resent being dragged away from their normal life for 8 months every year. As one kid I know says:
"Yeah, we went to Italy, we spent 6 weeks either in a field or in the van. I never saw Italy, it could have been anywhere. I only knew I was abroad when I went to hospital and I didn't understand the nurses and they didn't understand me."
Just wanted to check some of the romance that gushing up in this thread.
If an artist can't even dream of happy ending what chance have the politicians got of making one?
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Just to follow-up on my last post here
Diana just finished this solo picture at Melbourne's Southbank on Saturday.
There is a renewed interest in "Dr. Who" here in Oz and the pic just caught the moment. Hope you like it.
I've moved the picture to http://www.performers.net/forums/sho...6186#post26186 so as not to clutter this thread with another big attachment.
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This is a particularly interesting question, and one that we usually avoid because it is socially challenging. In his usual, direct manner, Herschel provokes a review of the definition of opinion leaders and departmentalises their value within clinical research and product promotion.
An Article of Faith?
What is an opinion leader?
Opinion leaders in medicine, and for the pharmaceutical industry in particular, are outstanding individuals – usually physicians who "lead the field". By definition, an opinion leader is empowered by a group of "followers" to influence it. They are able to persuade others to accept his or her beliefs and to adopt his or her prescribing behaviour or other therapeutic methodologies that they favour. Opinion leaders can, in principle, be from all levels of medicine. In reality, however, they are usually very vocal individuals with high academic status or, at least, a high political and social status.
Concepts of opinion leadership
Political science suggests several models. There is a communication model, which is based on communication science and the dissemination of information and influence. This model is based on communication and cognitive function. It can be used to explain, among other things, the process by which medical information diffuses from its source to the parameters of the profession and how individuals can influence this process.
An alternative model is that of the "role model" as adopted by the opinion leader. From the opinion leader perspective, the role may appear functional; however, it is dependent on the acceptance of the individual within the underlying role to his or her function. In addition, the opinion leader role is one that the opinion leader enjoys and so achieves through personal attitudes and expectations as well as through action.
It is only more recently that measuring the effect of an opinion leader has started to become considered an experimental science. The results so far are disappointing; however, there are still several research projects in progress that are looking into how to convince opinion leaders, for instance.
Genesis of an opinion leader
While this may represent an entire research project, opinion leaders in medicine usually arise from leading academic institutions. As long as the cognitive model of medical science is valid, academic institutions will take this lead. However, it is not clear how strong the influence outside such institution really is if the individuals concerned are not outstanding national figures. Interestingly enough, the study of "fallen angels" ie opinion leaders that have lost their credibility and influence, shows, in most cases, that there was a point at which they "misbehaved" according to their "followers".
What opinion leaders are good for?
According to common knowledge, opinion leaders do not necessarily have great recruitment rates on their own studies. However, if they are figures that are visible beyond their investigator circles, they can have a positive effect on patient recruitment through radio or TV appearances. They can generate great public relations, which enhances recruitment of patients onto trials. By writing favourable information about drugs in early development they can influence public opinion to bring about the desired affect.
An empirical approaches to opinion leadersIf opinion leaders can be defined by their influence on followers, questioning followers would be a logical choice. There is a difficulty though as many followers will not readily admit that they belong to the follower's group, but like to maintain their illusion that all of their decisions relating to diagnoses and treatment are their own. Thus, more refined market research and opinion research has to be done. On the other hand, one could do so more easily by presenting a choice of potential opinion leaders to industry professions, or by them to volunteer spontaneous nominations.
Making use of opinion leaders
In general, there are four different types of situations in which you may work with opinion leaders. In the first of these "situations" your objective may be to convince an opinion leader to concede with a propagated opinion. Usually, opinion leaders are scientifically reasonable people who can be convinced by valid scientific data over (sometimes, considerable) time. It is almost impossible to influence opinion leaders without presenting appropriate evidence in support of the new opinion. Without sufficient evidence it is unlikely that the opinion leader will adhere to the opinion or its promotion.
Opinion leaders may be differentiated into two types. "Type 1" describes those more likely to actively speak in favour of a product, diagnostic tool, or therapy. "Type 2" refers to those who are more likely to remain sceptical, or even critical, towards new information. Further, Type 2 may endanger a positive image, or evidence, generated by a drug development programme. From a drug company's perspective, the measures that are necessary to neutralise the potentially damaging effects of Type 2 opinion leaders, differ to those that are necessary to convince and persuade Type 1.
The association of an opinion leader or leaders with a trial is highly desirable, however, this role is usually one of a figurehead – as they are often too busy with other activities, such as lecturing and caring for real patients, to provide hands-on management of clinical trials.
Lastly, but mostly importantly, opinion leaders can be of tremendous value if deployed to support marketing activities. They have a wealth of experience and excellent clinical judgement in addition to usually having lived long enough not to be subject to fashion. Therefore, product support can be considered the main stay of an opinion leader's usefulness. Needless to say, this is limited to products for which they can be "won over".
Dangers of opinion leaders
Opinion leaders, especially conservative ones, can be extremely dangerous for the development of products. If their opposition is not addressed they can develop into enemies. On the other hand, even opinion leaders that are in favour of the product may actually use their power against the company that elected them. Therefore, it is wise to gain the support of more than one opinion leader in order to have an "insurance policy" to limit the potential damage that could result if one or other of the opinion leaders decides to support another product(s).
The right place of opinion leaders – is there one?
As discussed, the rightful place for opinion leaders is, except for the most progressive, not in the earliest stages of development but in the later stages of development or at product launch. As they are extremely vocal individuals and may have many followers, it is ideal to have them support a product in a given indication on the back of its scientific validity.
Marketing againt opinion leaders
There are examples whereby marketing against opinion leaders has not only succeeded but has actually changed the face of an indication. However, it requires that positive public opinion is courted and engaged at a level that can support a sustainable, public rebellion against opinion leaders – as can happen if extremely good scientific efficacy and/or safety evidence exists. In such cases, communication strategies will be different but should avoid irritating opinion leaders and should aim to keep them neutral, if possible.
There are several examples of communication breakdowns that occurred as a direct result of companies trying to work against opinion leaders. Communication is especially prone to breakdown when there is a significant change to paradigms as happened with the advent of the helicobacter pylori theory in peptic ulcers, for example. It took many years for this theory to emerge because most of the opinion leaders in the field at the time were not convinced by the concept and so avoided getting involved. Therefore, many attempts to market products that relied on the uptake of this theory failed because the opinion leaders were clearly supporting the incumbent products.
Having said all this, opinion leaders are very important but, in fact, we know very little about how they become opinion leaders, how they maintain their status and how to differentiate true opinion leaders from those whom we think are opinion leaders or those who think they are opinion leaders. A lot of research topics for social scientists are waiting to be tackled that should uncover some interesting results within this little known, but fascinating topic, that explores the science of personal influence.
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Hey, how often do I get to say "Hierophant"? (or: happiness is being an interpreter of sacred mysteries...)
This just in from Waves, Frets 'n Discs: this is my tarot card. What's yours?
You are The Hierophant
Divine Wisdom. Manifestation. Explanation. Teaching.
All things relating to education, patience, help from superiors.The Hierophant is often considered to be a Guardian Angel.
The Hierophant's purpose is to bring the spiritual down to Earth. Where the High Priestess between her two pillars deals with realms beyond this Earth, the Hierophant (or High Priest) deals with worldly problems. He is well suited to do this because he strives to create harmony and peace in the midst of a crisis. The Hierophant's only problem is that he can be stubborn and hidebound. At his best, he is wise and soothing, at his worst, he is an unbending traditionalist.
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Hi guys so for the month of September I wanted to challenge myself and do the 10,000 step a day challenge, so basically everyday for the month of September you'll need to get a least 10,000 steps a day, the more the better, at first I didn't think that I could complete the challenge and would just give up but I did it and I'm very proud there were a few days where I didn't complete 10,000 steps.
Some days I found it a bit more challenging, there were a few times where I had gone for walks at 11pm just so I can get some extra steps in, I had to force myself to get up and move other days I found it so easy so it just depends on the day and what I activities I was doing. Below I have included a graph of the steps I have done each other, sorry its a little hard to see
One thing I wasn't aware of before I started the challenge was that it was suppose to start on the Monday 4th of September and finish on Sunday 1st October, I ended up starting on the 1st of September and finishing on 30th September oops oh well at the end of the day I completed it.
I wonder what fitness challenge I'll do next if you have any suggestions let me know in the comments below
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Miami commissioners took the first step late Thursday to repeal a stringent ordinance limiting what items protesters can bring to demonstrations.
The ordinance, passed just a week before November's Free Trade of the Americas talks in Miami, had been touted by police as a way to protect the public against violent protests.
But Thursday night, even commissioners admitted the ordinance had one intention.
"We would be kidding ourselves if we said that without the [Free Trade Area of the Americas] this law would have been passed," said Commissioner Tomás Regalado, who wants his own ordinance repealed. It will take a second approval vote on March 11 for the ordinance to be rescinded, reported the Miami Herald.
The law allows police to arrest demonstrators who carry glass bottles, water balloons, water guns, signs held up by wood sticks and five-gallon plastic buckets.


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|Bob Dylan – Jokerman Lyrics
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|I believe this song is about Ronald Reagan. He's even in the video - there's a mushroom cloud at the end.
|The Smiths – Half a Person Lyrics
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Boss Man is right! You guys are missing a good joke!
See, historically, when a man is down and out and broke, he goes to the YMCA (Young Mens Christian Association) for a cheap place to sleep. In this case, he went to the YWCA (Womens!).
He asks if they have a vacancy (he's a man!) He offers his services as someone who will stand in the shower scrubbing womens' backs for them (as if that would seal the deal)!
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There is a very interesting paradox in this song. I interpret this as an accusation of god not existing, but addressed to god.
Whoever this god entity is, were he to be real, he forces us to trust in him completely (faith) but judges humanity harshly anyway, oppresses us (Big Brother), and finally metes out death to every living being (cast our souls into the dust). Not everyone would fall for such a belief (you think that all the people who worship you are blind).
But the singer is on to him and demands he show himself if he really exists. Ironic is that he makes his demand "in the name of hell". He questions god's existence while implicity assuming the existence of hell.
I think this demonstrates the heavy cynicism in Black Sabbath lyrics. But there is also some hope for eternal life that lies somewhere within the supernatural realm, which in my opinion is the beauty of Black Sabbath's music. However, there is no hope in religion or blind faith.
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"...Mickey Mouse...
Now the workers have struck for fame"
This is a reference to the 1941 workers strike by Disney cartoonists and animators. Aside from low wages, one of their notable demands was to have their names appear in the film credits. Hence "workers have struck for fame".
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Advertising and Interactive web and graphic Design, flash website, e-Magazine with interactive contact form and map, e-Brochure with interactive contact form and map, interactive online presentation, 3D presentation design, 2D presentation, interactive banners and many more. We cover those areas Scotland, Nothern Ireland, Southern Ireland, Wales, England, USA, Africa, Europe, Glasgow, Newton Mearns, East Kilbride, Giffnock, Inverness, Dundee, Motherwell, Edinburgh, South Glasgow, Ayshire.
Video Marketing Design, digital video and sound for the web, CD and DVD, Video games, 3D game and 2D games, DVD menu creation, 3D animation, 2D animation, 360 virtual tours, educational multimedia 2D presentation and video.Multimedia Design Price
My aim is simple - to provide affordable web design, graphic and a first class friendly service. I create and build websites that fully meet your requirements by providing a tailored design with a professional look and feel which inspires confidence in your customers.