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I am trying to write this through the eyes of a teenager...who is a drunk. Would you have an opinion? Much appreciated.
They told me my IQ was 148 like that was supposed to knock my socks off or something. They also told me I border on being a manic depressive which gives credibility to their believing I might be a great artist someday. They also told me I should utilize my time better so they gave me this 19 cent Bic pen and this 89 cent note book and suggested I jot down my thoughts about what happened in my life to make me take a razor to my wrists and bleed all over the sidewalk in front of my apartment building. I will do it only because this goddamned place is boring as hell but don't think I don't know that every chance they get they will be knocking themselves over trying to sneak a look at my private thoughts so they can figure out how crazy I am really supposed to be.
You may have noticed I have used the word they quite frequently.Actually there are only three persons I am referring to. I just ended that sentence with a preposition to get back at that *** of an English instructor of mine who every summer vacation is going off to the woods and write that best seller we are all waiting for which is going to knock us out of our seats and I just noticed this is the third time I have used the word knock in my story so I had better be more careful or my IQ will suffer a point or two! I should have said too.
The first guy is my lawyer Jack Walsh who I think one time had an affair with my mother which probably explains why he is representing me in the first place for financially my family is beyond embarressment. Besides since the old man is dead who cares. It is nice to see the old gal with a periodic grin. Walsh is not a bad guy; I mean he is trying to help me through the courts get a nice place to stay while they disect my brain but he smiles so damned much sometimes he is hard to believe.
And then there is Jessica Wentworth. Doctor Jessica Wentworth. Her friends and collegues call her Jess but that sounds a bit manish for me so I call her Jessica. It is some kind of new thing they have in this place so a teenager does not feel intimidated we get to call the doctors by their first names.She appears to be about 35 or so but looks younger when she is not playing her medical role. I kind of got this next information from this colored guy who works the floors as some sort of guard. It seems Wash is not only cheating on his wife and mt mother but is also having a little thing with Doctor Wentworth which is surprising since she is so young and attractive and him in his late fifties so I gather his ego is suffering and Jessica is assisting helping the aging Irishman overcome his male menopause but that is none of my bussiness because I have my own problems.I just wish she would stop asking me those embarrassing questions . " Do I hate my mother," or " How often do you masterbate," and things of that nature and I want to tell her if I had some one like you I would give up this self abuse right this minute but the truth is I'm chicken so I remain mute and we move on to the next question.
When I first met Jessica she told m how bright I was just because I paced about her office gazing at er bother er the diplomas on her wall and quizzing her as to whether or not she really attented all these universities I bet 99% of the people who visit doctors never bother to read those sheepskins and sometimes I wonder if these doctors really earned them. And those pictures they have of their families sitting on their desks of their moronic looking kids. I think I would feel more comfortable if they had a bowling trophy on their desks or something. Anyway when I first met Jessica she was wearing this tight fitting blouse and skirt. I still remember the blouse was a pinkish color with ruffles down the front and the skirt was black. At first I was uneasy because of her beauty but also I was intimidated by her intelligence. I think I might be somewhat enamored then again it is probably this puberty thing kicking in again. I don't know.
What I do know is that the three of them quiz me morning noon and nightwhich brings me to the third person I almost forgot to mention; Doctor Friedman. I am not sure what to make of this guy but he always has this knowitall glare in his eyes and before I can complete an answer he starts nodding his head up and down like one of those football dolls they sell outside Yankee Stadium with the springs in their necks. And that is another thing that bothers me! I mean it is only right that those vendors sell only New York Giant dummies. If they want to sell Green Bay dummies let them do it in Wisconsin and not in New York which is the greatest city in the world- so be it!
The reason I am not too sure about Doctor Friedman is I found out his friends call him Woody. Now I know for a fact his name is Eugene so what's up with Woody? It is not as though his name was Woodward or anything like that. Possibly it is just the way my mind functions but I find it disconcerting to have a man who is supposedly highly esteemed in the medical profession running around during the day as Doctor Friedman and at night he becomes a Woody!
Dr. Friedman is a short fellow of Jewish extraction though not of the commitment to the belief the Messiah is on the way back. He told me and a matter of fact the only belief he has retained with and conviction is that everyone is screwed up but him. Most times if I ask him about his tennis game we can usually waste an hour or so with his disertation on the fine art of keeping ones wrist locked on the backhand and lifting from low to high to acheive the maximum amount of top spin necessary to clear a net which is 3 feet in the center and 3 feet 6 inches on the sides (probably an engineering error) and on and on about a topic which bores the hell out of me but it is better than being asked 60 questions in as many minutes.
Another thing that bothers me about UGH! Woody is his glasses. He is always peering over the top of them rather than look through the glass. You would think a man of his financial status should be able to afford proper eye care and if need be not be too proud to wear bifocals.He seldom looks me in the eye when I ask him a question but boy when he asks me one his gaze just about puts a hole through my belly button!
Anyway I will tell you more about those three later but basically I am going to to tell you about what went wrong in my head and got me stuck in this place. By the way, my name is James Kilroy and I live in the Inwood section of upper Manhatten but what few friends I have call me Jimmy. I am a high school student 16 years old and a part time delivery boy and since I am supposed to be honest with my feelings according to you know who- I am an acoholic. There; I said it ;it's done. This is my notebook for better or worse about what led up to that day.
Notebook-chapter 1
Five a.m. The grayness of it all. In a limbonic state- not knowing or caring what is real or unreal- just drifting, drifting, drifting. Good dreams bad dreams all uncontrolable until a noise forces the eyelids to flutter then open to the actuality of the whole- thing? For now, the subconcious controls all thoughts. For once a dream unnightmareish. Let me stay here and float and by the god or guru or great goober I promise I shall abide by whatever laws you have enacted for my soul to win this great game. Let me sleep. Let me dream.
- Jimmy! Get up now!-
That voice again. It, the voice, penetrates walls, moves about bricked corners as a snake moves about the desolate sands uninhibited by the scrub within its path. Always moving, moving, moving, and then the tongue strikes and the ear hears.
- Jimmy!-
The eyelids refuse awareness and remain intact. The vibrations upon the ears echo, echo, echo. Message not received! Five minutes more with my thoughts- please. It is so hard to go back to before. Think. Remember. Yes. The dance. She stood across the wood covered auditorium floor.
- Ladies Choice!-
He (I) stand in mortal fear of who shall pick him from the crowd of pimply faced vodka breathed half men. The humiliation of being left out, unpicked, rejection always the possibility. Let it be her. Girls on one side of the floor boys on the other. The drummer of the band, The Saints and the Sinners, rolls his wrists over the skins and the wooden sticks ratatata to his commands.
-Lay...Dees choice!
And here they come this pack of cats. The boys feet shuffle uneasily. Got to play it cool. Look indifferent. The ladies sashay intently. And then I see her. The queen bee Irene Dwyer with her black eyes and prominent breasts her skin color Mediterranean. Prize of prizes. Helen of troy. Irene of Inwood! She moves in the middle of the pack surrounded by her court. The strobe highlights the raven sheen of her hair which cascades behind her shoulders and down her spine until it comes to rest upon the small of her back. The closer she gets the more ample her figure appears. Her chest endowed beyond her years. The most alluring of her features her eyes. Thick black eyebrows; copper skinned eyelids; Lashes extending to bat over brown pools. Her dress a white flowered cotton hugging hips meant to be hugged and lifted and lowered to states where two become one and the world around you becomes obscured. The neckline plunges downward to a tanned toned valley whose peaks may or may not have been encountered by an adventurous soul. The black Irish Venus of Inwood! About her neck an ebony chocker white cameo in its center a figurine upon the throat where Adam does not lie. My Adam sticks as the heart beats faster and faster...Pick me, Pick me
One hope ones imperfections are overlooked...the chipped tooth, the scarred chin, and all mementoes from the war in the streets. The half pint of vodka was insufficient to enhance his courage. He wishes he had a chicolate to diguise the crack in his tooth. What a gaping stupid smile! Vanity of youth. All these thoughts his but what of hers. Closer and closer they move these perfumed wonders of ones lustful youth; doused in their entrapments always daring in their movements.
Comrades? Together we mingle with our backs to the wall in mutual apprehension. We\stand erect but cannot appear\over anxious. Here they come. Straighten those ties and adjust the suit jacket lapels. Stick the left foot behind the right pant leg and rub the shoe dust away. Steady now...steady! My feet shuffle uncontrollably as she stands before me with outstretched hand. She leads me upon the dance floor and we are moving to the sound of twangy notes. The song is called Still. Her right hand slowly slips from my grasp as she pulls me closer. My free hand finds the small of her back as we silently move cheek to cheek. Rhythmically she rubs my shoulder and I feel the tenseness leave my body. Abruptly the music ends and mutely I stand afraid to open my mouth. She leans her head back and laughs and then pulls me toward her and kisses my ear and whispers,
- Why dont you take me home.-?
And then the interruption.
- Jimmy! Are you getting out of bed or not!-
So much for dreams. The voice now stands above me. If I had known it was coming I would have burrowed deeper and deeper beneath the itch infested army issue blankets. No exit.
-Yeah, I yawn.-
- Well hurry it up or you'll be late for mass. I dont know whats the matter with you anymore! You dont seem to mind your mother getting up at 4:30 working her fingers to the bone preparing this families breakfast, getting ready for work while the rest of you sleep away the day. Now get up! There is oatmeal on the stove and for the life of me I...-
The voice continues to drone reprimands as it fades to a distant part of this two bedroom dump. And what is this all in my head about Irene Dwyer? Everyone knows she is Richie Donovans girl and no one messes with Richie Donovan. I wait a moment while early morning sexuality dwindles and becomes dormant for another day. I shouldn't have drunk so much the night before and I swear for the 100th time I will never touch another drop as I kick the covers to the floor and rise from my hideaway. I sit with my hands holding my chin and stare out the window cursing this woman who constantly interrupts my dreams just about when I am gonna do it. Across the avenue Leaping Lizzie paces back and forth in front of her window probably planning another of her swan dives. She lives on the second floor and every month or so perches herself like a pigeon on the fire escape threatening to end it all which might have greater effect if she moved to the eight floor but thats Lizzie.
- So, youre finally up.-
Is that a question or a statement?
- Yeah I answered sarcastically.-
- Dont you ever talk to your mother in that tone of Voice! She shrieks and then she growled. You hear me Mister!-
- Im up aint I.-
- Well see you stay up.-
In my mind I say why dont you go screw old Walsh but in reality I sit still staring out the window and squint my eyes so everything within my gaze becomes abstract and blurred. And then I start flapping my tongue like a dog lapping in some air and trying to remember where I was last night when here she starts again.
- And where were you last night,-
She makes statements, she never phrases a question.
_ Out I respond.-
- What are you doing squinting your eyes like that. And put your tongue back in your mouth and wipe that smirk off your face or Ill wipe it for You!-
- Aw shuddup I said as I ducked and left the room with the voice behind me ranting;
- You wouldnt talk like that if your father were alive!-
I slammed the bathroom door and turned the lock. The sound of the turned on hot and cold water drowned out the berating voice on the other side. With cupped hands I splash water upon my face then push my hair straight back and gaze at the reflection in the mirror. Someone with red eyes stares back. Turning on the tub water a cockroach tries to flee but I stop the water and watch the whirlpool twirl and take my fellow dweller of the tenement to his demise. I moved the laundry hamper and blocked the door and retrieved my Playboy from its hidden compartment and then the pounding on the door begins so I toss the magazine aside and flush for effect and yell Ill be out in a minute and rise from the bowl and once again stare in the mirror at this man with piercing blue eyes and round owlish eyes and firm chin and I wondered why this reflection had tears running down its cheeks. I shake my head back and forth and the tears subside and then I open the door and out of the apartment as the voice continues its wail of woe is me and I slam her gob shut.
I could hear the elevator rumbling on its cables toward my floor. The car alit and I opened the heavy iron door as the door within slid open on its track. As I entered a womans voice greeted me.
- Good morning James.-
- Good morning Misses Quinn-
I doff my cap and my arms dangle lazily at my sides.
-And what is that contraption you have under your arm James=
It is called a skate board Misses Quinn.-
- And what do you do with it.-
You ride it madam.-
And how do you hold on James-
- With my feet.-
- Interesting she replied.-
There were three Misses Quinns in the building and before it became vogue the Misses Quinns were career women. The three Misses Quinns were Madeline, Mabel and Majorie.Madeline was the youngest of the three sisters. In order to supplement her income from the music store where she worked she taught the piano. My fingers were not built for the classical. Rather than being long and slender they were short and stout. The hands of a laborer but when she spoke I did not want to offend her efforts.
- Are you serving mass this morning James?-
- Yes maham.-
Do you plan on continuing your lessons James?-
- Its hard to find the time Misses Quinn.-
- One should always find time for the classical young man.-
- Yes maham-
As she smiled I could not stop staring at her beavered teeth and as usual her teeth were lipsticked stained. While at her lessons she would often take a piece of toilet tissue and rub the front of her teeth clean. She would then slide next to me on the bench and together we would gaze at the sheet music which was a mystery to me.
- Remember it this way she would instruct. Every good boy deserves fun. E.G.B.D.F. And the open keys spell the word face. F.A.C.E.
Her finger nails were long and firm. As she would speak she would drum her fingers on the white boned keys making a musical tap tap tapping sound which pleased the ear. She was a classical lady amongst uncultured slobs..a good woman. I would con her into showing me a particular movement and she was off into musical space while I sat and enjoyed the concert. But I could not tell her the truth about my musical ambitions so I stood there with my head throbbing and the damned elevator moving an inch at a time so I just answered yes to everything she asked which is what grownups want to hear anyway and thats all I remember about the elevator ride. What I do remember is jumping on this board my cousin in California sent me and riding and riding and riding. And then the pounding in my head began again so I rode faster and faster until I was out of breathe and had to sit down on a park bench and my heart was racing and racing and I was trying to gain some measure of control and just as I was about to relax in strolls Doctor Wentworth with that luscious body of hers so I hid my notebook as she sat down so I will tell you about the mass later.
It is pretty obvious I am oversexed but that is basically due to lack of performance than anything else. It is not like I dont try It is simply because in all honesty I am pretty classless. Piegons in Central Park have more class than me but perhaps that is due to their proximity to the Plaza Hotel but Im not sure. Like now. Jessica sits across from me her leg crossed and all I can think of is how I can cop a cheap look up her dress. Yeah real class! my eyes are twitching up and down. I know exactly what Im doing; she knows what Im doing; freaking Hellen Keller could take one look at me and know what Im doing but I cant stop!
- Can you tell me what youre thinking?-
Boy I would like to but I cant so my mind starts to wander until finally I tell her.
- A bench.-
- You were thinking about a bench. What kind of bench was it?-
Slats nailed to wrought iron. Hard and wet in the morning dew and I thought of the Jew. It was shortly after six in the morning and I am on my way to the church of the Good Shepherd to assist in the holy sacrifice. Change water to wine to the blood of you know who. Im in Inwood on the isle of Manhattan. Last stop on the A train-207th street and Broadway and if you dont believe me you are from out of town. Bordering the north of Inwood the Harlem river flows separating Mahattan from the Bronx. To the east the Harlem winds itself south toward the East river once again separating the two Buroughs. Our southern boarder is Washington Heights and to the west the mighty Hudson river roars and separates New York from Jersey. Our encirclement is now complete. Take out a map of Manhattan Island and cut out this section along the boarders I have described and you no longer have a map of a major metropollis and now Inwood becomes a large village complete with its shops run by tinkers, tailors , and candlestick makers. And then you can seperate the village by econmic status then poltics, then religion ,and finally race....
She, Jessica, interrupts me here as her voice softly calls my name- Jimmy, Jimmy. She sat and again called my name and I could vaguely pick uo the sound of her voice over the pitter patter of the rain fall in my head. When you drink this rain cloud follows you whereever you go. You get used to its wettness. The cloud encircles your body while outside its circumfrance the sun shines. You try to ignore the circle of rain and try to leap outside into the warmth; but the rain keeps teaming. I know it is up to me to change but the rain keeps pouring . She spoke again and made me forget my dampness and how chilled I was and how invaded my body really felt. And then this voice beackoned me toward truth; a world of self admission as to what it was I was running from or toward and I asked her pleasantly if she wouldn't mind turing off the recorder which she did. The whirring of the wheels made my brain believe it was reel to reel.I didn't want to feel as though I was a damaged machine if I was going to spill my guts to some smart Doctor who in truth I hardly knew. But I'm a sucker for women. I can't think of an object more beautiful on this earth than a good looking woman regardless of race, creed, or height. Religious fanatics I can do without.
- You have to concentrate if you arrre going to progress don,t you agree? Please, you must trustme. Tell me about that day.-
- I can't, just leave me alone!-
- You were sitting on a bench.-
- What bench?-
- Why did the bench make you think of Jews. What was it, six in the morning; you were on your way to church; you sat on a park bench and you thought of....
- Autchwitz?-
- Germans, Nazis, Storm troopers!-
The old men and women who sat on these benches came from eastern Europe survivors from people who would shove them in an inferno as non-chalantly as I would put my bread in the toaster. They would sit on these benches clustered together and speak in a dialect I found both strange and pleasing to the ear. Yiddish I think? The men always wore hats which meant they were either cold or Ortodox. As they spoke to one another I would notice they would never turn their heads left or right but rather speak into the wind as though speaking into a distant memory. Their eyes lay inward as if to gaze outward would be an invitation for unwanted strangers to enter. I imagined I coud hear the sounds of different languages... Hungarian or Polish or Czek or some other far off land and as I slipped a minature of southern comfort from my jacket pocket and drained the contents their voices became louder and louder as though they were sheding the pain of their memories but for all I really knew they could be talking about the laundry man or the tailor or the price of vegatables at the A&P. But that morning on the bench all I thought about was the Gestapo moving down Seaman Avenue, sirens howling in the dewed morning and marching toward my bench. Black cladded figures with swastikas sewn to their arms and rifles draped to their shoulders leaping from a troop carrier and surrounding me.
-Ya vol. You are Kilroy!-
- Ya.-
- Your papers please.-
I hand him my copy of the Daily News but he is unsympathic.
- You come with me Jew!-
Jew? Who in the blazes is he talking about! James Andrew Kilroy is the name. Born and bred on the isle of Manhattan of Irish extraction. Mother from Roscommon and father a Kilkenny cat. Sure and begoran who the hell is a Jew. But when they want you there is little you can do. I scream and yell;
-Leave your paws to yourself you facist bastard! I'm on my way to the church of the Good Shepherd to assist in the holy sacrifice!-
They have a good laugh at this and say they are into sacrifices too and if I am a good freckled faced Irish catholic boy lets hear some of the Latin. I am about to lay the Confeteor Deo Omnipotenti on them and begin to ramble when I suddenly realize it is all coming out in Yiddish! Well if this is the moment for receiving the gift of tongues it is a pretty cruel joke to be reciting the act of contrition to nazis in Yiddish and I know I am doomed when all of a sudden Johnny McCann sits down on the bench next to me and I am now aware those big burly thugs I thought were storm troopers were nothing but streetposts but my brain is so poluted I imagine all these crazy things that could not possibly happen.
McCann is as mean as he is ugly and I wish he would find another bench to sit on especially at six in the morning and all the other park benches unoccupied. There is no way to avoid a confrontation with him so I simply sit and wait upon his eloquence.
" Ive seen one of those things ya know," he says.
"And what thing is that?"
" That thing you got on the ground with the wheels on it ya know; whats it called."
" A skateboard."
All of a sudden he as usual changes the topic.
" I saw ya yesterday ya know."
I got to get away from this guy. He's got that look in his eye like you never know when he is going to flip. Every school in the city has tossed his *** out until finally he is down to attending what they call a 600 school which is pretty much New Yorks way of saying this is your last chance at free education and personally I think McCann should be committed and not walking aroud the streets baiting me with his inane conversations but he presses on.
" Ya know Kilroy, ya aint such a hot shot ya know."
" I know."
" Ya know one of these days youse gonna gets yours ya know."
I got to get away from this emotional zombie. Every highschool has this one crazy son of a gorilla who for some unknown reason wants to puch your lights out and I am not sure McCann can do it but it's too early to find out nad besides it makes no sense to keep sitting on this bench at 6 in the morning with this out patient from the planet Mars when I am supposed to be serving mass so I slowly rise from the bench and slip down the street as Crazy John lights a cigarette, pulls out a transister radio; holds it to his ear as the Animals begin to sing "We gotta get out of this place, if its the last thing we ever dooooo..." I am a prep student myself so who needs the agravation of a 600 student..Ya Know!
The Church
Mass was spoken in Latin. Et Introibo ad Altare Dei. What a musical experience! And I enhanced my taste for alcohol somewhere between the gospel and the consecration. I started sipping wine from the cruets but not wanting to be sacrilegious, I never sipped the blood of Christ. Besides it seemed somewhat ghoulish to be drinking someones blood in the wee hours of the morning so I always snuck into the sacristy before the pageant and pour myself a nice chalice of priests wine before donning my long black cassock and white surplus. My duties were to respond in parrot-like fashion to whatever the serving priest mumbled; serve the wine; move the good book from one side of the altar to another; ring the bell three times as the priest raised the consecrated body of Christ toward the heavens; and mainly play second fiddle to his top banana. I generally enjoyed the mystic of it all except for the sermon which varied in content from the mystery of rising yeast becoming Christs body which they call Transubstantiation to a dissertation on the endless bounty of Gods love and then of course there is the one about the man who wades through the fog until he sees the light of our Lord. Usually, after the sermon, we are possessed with guilt until the servant moves to more light hearted matters such as the local news; who is marrying whom; who kicked off; who is as sick as a dog in the hospital and probably will die and a short prayer for those dearly departed and for those whose clock is ticking. This is followed by the bingo report; scores from the CYO basketball games; and then an explanation for the reason for the second collection which most likely means an introduction to some missionary priest or nun who has just returned from the jungles of Africa with tales of saving and clothing heathen souls. And then the one I like the best; the name of the Korean baby Sister Redemption class has just purchased...John Chan Who or something.
I sit upstage from the pulpit scanning the audience for repeat offenders and phantasize about the seriousness of their sins when old Father Cunningham throws me a curveball by straying from normal procedure. He started like this. " I should like to forego the usual announcements and tell you the story of a boy; no, not a boy but a man, a Good Shepherd man! Yes, this mans family has just been notified their son has given his life for our country. In the far off Asian land of Viet Nam young Michael Dolan..." The name fell upon me as though a meteor had crashed through the church ceiling and knocked the first ten rows of pews into oblivion. I was so stunned I reached for one of the cruets and took what I thought to be wine and almost gagged on the tap water which is used to dilute the soon to be blood of Our Savior. And then he prated onward. Michael Dolan has died the death of a patriot; a soldiers death; a Christian death. I can remember Michael as another of Good Shepherds fine freckled face lads who..."
Now lets just hold on here a minute. Pimply and pock marked but never a freckle face. He was two years older than me and god rest his soul I hated his guts. The guy is being martyred for being drafted and shot. And whats all this Michael stuff? We called him sprocket eyes because his eyes were always bulging and darting every which way looking for something to steal. And mean! One time I was minding my own business hanging around Bennies candy store on 207th street and Broadway drinking a bottle of Pepsi and reading the latest Two Gun Kid comic book when along comes Sprocket Eyes with two of his fellow goons. Since I am 15 and they are 17 I am supposed to quake in my boots.
" Gimme a sip," demands Sprocket Eyes.
" Yeah, yeah!" chorus the goons.
Heroics is not one of my better traits so I pass the bottle to the future war hero. With Emily Post manners he takes his grimy hand and rubs it across the bottle spout as if my mouth germs would kill him. Then each of the goons take their sips rubbing the bottleneck with their tainted paws when finally Sprocket eyes drains the last contents of my Pepsi and passes me back the empty bottle.
You sure you don't want the deposit for the bottle," I thought I asked nonchalantly.
Sprocket eyes hauls off and punches me in the left hand jacket pocket causing extensive damage to not only his puny paw but also to my transistor radio. The goon with pimpled railroad tracked face crouches behind me while goon number 2 charges and pushes me and I tumble to the cement breaking the Pepsi bottle. Old Bennie rushes out of his candy store screaming what a bunch of bums we Goys are as the triumphant prances down the street yelling anti-Semitic slurs at Benny who returns their epitaphs in kind. I like Benny. Sometimes he gives me a job putting together the different sections of the Sunday paper. He tells me all his philosophies about business while I sip a chocolate egg-cream but right now he is ticked off about the shattered glass on the sidewalk as though it were my fault I got beat up by the future war hero and his moron friends. But to ease the strain of our relationship I offer to sweep the debris so Benny can go back to making his cherry cokes and sell his 2 cent pretzels in peace. And as I am bending over sweeping the shattered glass into the dustpan my head to the cement what comes into view but these Bozo size high top black US Keds. As I slowly raise my eyes upward I squint into the toothless face of Crazy John whose glazed pupils stare down at me. And as he speaks he spits and I swear it is raining or something.
Ya know Kilroy, ya aint such a hotshot...ya know one of these days youre gonna get yours ya know!"
Ya know sometimes ya just cant win.
I can see Jessica scribbling away as I babble on and on and I wonder what I could be saying of any interest but since I am hit now on and on I go. Which is odd since I am one of those guys who usually stands back, observes and watches the world go by but for some reason she has unloosened this screw in my head and if they named a town after me it would be called Babylon.
Lets go back to that day Jimmy. Lets see now. You were at the church serving mass and the priest asked you to pray for the boy who was killed in Viet Nam."
Yeah. Brought the neighborhood boyos back in boxes. In New York City where there are more Irishmen then all of Dublin more drink Rheingold beer than any other beer. In Inwood more infants infiltrate the infantry and get a silent shipping from Saigon. And now the good father asks us to kindly bow our heads in reticent reflection in memory of our latest donation to the cause- Michael 'Sprocket Eyes' Dolan. We obediently lower our noggins and pray until the spell is broken by the commanding communicant: Let us pray." I thought we were! And then the Doctor interjects. And thats when you had your first drink of the day?
First, second what difference does it make? Yesterday, today, tomorrow, they are all the same. How long have I been in this room? How long have I been in this haze? Parents! Where are your children and children where are your parents? Sure I drank at mass but was it the first of the day. I cant remember. I served the sacrifice somewhat soused. Between announcements I slipped away for a refill. Yes lady! I drank at mass and I did not hate my mother and I really cannot remember my father and I dont like to talk about it much and damned your Ivy League smugness. I drank; I mean I drink because it is in my veins. The gift of my birth. Somewhere along the line I became tainted and what I am trying to tell you is that; is that...I dont know what it is. Quit making me think so much Let me run down to the Hudson and watch the river flow. The whirlpools in the green murky waters swirling round and round are my friends. Anything spinning I befriend. Kilroy is a clown. Kilroy is not me. Kilroy waits upon rat infested river rocks and waves at the Circle Line tour boats wishing he were sailing down down the river. I AM NOT KILROY! I am the altar boy at 6:30 mass praying for the soul of Sprocket Eyes Dolan- war hero. Maybe I should continue my piano lessons with Misses Quinn. I dont know. I need to sleep. Let me dream. Odd? In my dreams I am never the boy on the boat on the river but the boy destined to stand on the river bank waving, waving, waving.
Tell the Colored Guy Im Sorry
Admitting you are a drunk is not easy. For one thing you have to be sober to do it which in my case makes things awkward. The more I write in this notebook the more I can see maybe there is something wrong with me. At least that is what Woody aka Doctor Friedman is trying to convince me.
So you are somewhat of a religious person James? He asked.
" Somewhat."
" Ah ha..."
Now what kind of dumb response is that from a doctor? I mean yesterday I spill my guts out to his colleague and now he is trying to pump me dry and the best he comes up with is ah ha! And if he doesnt stop looking at me over those glasses...
" Doctor Wentworth tells me she has given you a notebook. Have you written anything yet?"
" Some."
" Would you like to read me some of it?"
When I woke up I was strapped to the bed. Jessica tells me I went bonkers and screamed at Doctor Friedman to keep his mitts off my private thoughts and go write his own case history. The more he tried to console me the louder I screamed and throwing things until finally the orderly whose name I think is Andre had to restrain me and I bit him and called him a no good niger and I'll kill you if you dont get your hands off me which is pretty funny since Andre is about 250 lbs. and could have me for breakfast and I am really sorry for calling him a niger because he has always been nice to me but it wasnt me yelling at him and I dont know who it was or even if his name is really Andre so just tell the colored guy I am sorry. They had to sedate me and I lost another day. I woke up and my mouth was all dry and god I want a drink but swear to you I am going to kick this thing!
Breakfast at the Greeks
The days are all intermingled. I haven't seen my mother or my brothers and sisters since that one day they came to visit and I ran and hid in the rec room until Jessica came and calmed me down. I wanted to see them but they kept staring at me and as I looked back at them they looked like shadows and blue spots flashed before my eyes and it has become my only escape from reality this book I keep under my mattress. I look forward to watching the pen move along the lined paper and I suppose I shouldn't have gone nuts when Dr. Friedman wanted to read my work but I get so tired of being criticized all the time. Like when I hand in my papers in English class in comes flying back at me with all these red marks and slashes and it got to the point where I thought I had nothing to say so I stopped turning things in and of course according to everyone I'm dumb and lazy and if that is what they want to think I dont care anymore. So anyway, after the mass I skated on down to the Greek restaurant on Broadway for a hard roll and coffee and maybe catch up on the rapes and murders in the morning addition of the Daily News. I was about to bite into my roll when I notice this hair sticking to the butter so I call Pete the Greek over to bring to his attention his grade A rating might suffer and he gets all huffy like it is my fault there is a hair in the butter pad.
It wasnt there when I gave it to you! Pete defends.
What do you think I did Pete; pluck my eyebrow and toss it in my butter?"
Hey, you dont like it go somewhere else!"
Pete tries to grab my plate and we get in kind of a tug of war and the whole scene is embarrassing because now everyone in the restaurant is either staring at me or Pete or checking their eggs for hairs or bugs or any other foreign object excluding Pete. No one seems to want to touch their food plates until I do so I pluck the hair from the butter pad flick it to the floor and bite. All seems silent as I crunch into the hard roll and when it appears I am not about to keel over from the Greek cuisine the silence ceases. Forks and knives scrape the plates, busboys clang dishes into the wash basin; and the Greeks yell food orders back and forth in their foreign tongue. As I sit sipping coffee watching the steam from the cooks stove form on the window pane Pete more or less tosses the check on the crumbs of my roll plate and mumbles again something to the effect if I dont like it shove it and I mumble something like I hear you are going back to Greece Pete. I heard you couldnt stand to leave your brothers behind. To which he responds by calling me a ****in Irish lush to which I respond you might consider practicing electrolysis on your foodstuffs and then I slither off my stool and exit into the cool October air. The wind whips about my face so I turn up the coat collar and skate slowly and deliberately toward the subway entrance. Broadway is now alive, the working class trudging toward their life sources. Everyone works downtown amongst the skyscrapers which reach toward the heavens- all creatures of habit. At noon time they deposit their coins in the Horn and Hardet Automat. At times I skip school and follow the flow downtown and walk along the most influential streets in the world. I hobnob with the rich on Park or Madison or Sixth Avenue which some ingrate has decided to rename Avenue of the Americas. I cross and crisscross streets and avenues until I find myself standing in front of the Plaza Hotel starring with my moronic gaze at the endless stream of Limos arrive and depart with their carloads of class. Men in Brooks Brothers three piece suits and then the elegant women in furs and jeweled; their fingers diamonded and emeralded. There heads are held high, a mark of success. The only one with lowered head- the horse who pulls the carriage around Central Park. I stare as though I might achieve asurity via osmosis. And when I realizw how alone I feel I cross the street and move on to Walmen skating rink.
The couples twirl and spin and fall round and round the artificial ice mostly around the outer edges of the rink. Center ice is reserved for those with talent. Hans an instructor moves ever so gracefully as he leads the most beautiful girl I have ever seen through a series of leaps and spins and axles and double axles. And then she spins her skaters skirt twirling and twirling until she becomes top like. Her leotards hug to her calves so tightly the muscles in her legs appear to want to break free from their bindings. The ebon haired soloist tilts back her head her eyes focused toward the heavens as faster and faster she turns until finally she stops and curtsies to Hans who applauds his smiling pupil. Her brown eyes are filled with satisfaction and her red lips part ever so slightly her chest heaves her breasts dance her teeth laugh and no longer able to control myself I leap up and applaud. Hans Christian swings round upon his skates toward the applauding twit and my face turns crimson from the Germanic stare which pierces through me like a two edged sword. But the Prima Ballerina smiles and curtsies toward me the blushing admirer. My heart races faster and faster as I.....
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Ilex asprella Root
Ilex asprella is a plant that is mostly found growing on lush hillsides and in wild open spaces. It can also be called Gang Mei and Mei Shi Tong Xing in traditional Chinese medicine and Rough Leaved Holly in western medicine.
This shrub is seen in subterranean regions of the world and is characterized by a woody and yellowish-white colored stem and branches. The leaves are arranged alternately and flowers during the mid spring to summer seasons. It also has small fruits or drupe globose which are colored black when ripe. Although all of the parts of the Ilex asprella may be used as an herbal remedy, the Ilex asprella root is the most common part which is often used for many herbal concoctions.
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The practice of ancient Chinese medicine believes that the human body must achieve a state of balance to promote wellness. It is through the help of various herbal remedies like the Ilex asprella root can a person get rid of diseases and illnesses that may hinder health and wellness.
Ilex asprella root is combined with other herbs to form certain herbal formulas. Ancient Chinese medicine believes that although an herb is powerful and therapeutic on its own, it can be enhanced if combined with other herbs with the same focus.
Ancient Uses
During the ancient times, the Chinese were the first to use herbs like the Ilex asprella root for the healing and therapeutic properties that it has. Ilex asprella was known to have cooling properties and has been known to treat fevers and detoxifies the blood as well.
Modern Uses
The use of the Ilex asprella root in modern times is still a shadow of its uses in the past. It is still known to treat fevers and also to promote salivation thereby quenching thirst through production of fluids by the body. Because of the Ilex asprella's capability to cool the body down, it is seen as a remedy for sore throat; it relieves pain, swelling and swallowing problems related to sore throats.
Ilex asprella root supplements and preparations are known to remove or resolve blood clots and have blood thinning capabilities. It is beneficial for people with laryngitis and tonsillitis. It is also considered as a promising cure for the common cold and to treat several types of upper respiratory tract infections.
The Ilex asprella root can also be applied externally on a wound to reduce pain and other symptoms of inflammation. It reduces boils and abscesses if it is applied as a fresh poultice.
Side Effects
Using Ilex asprella root extracts and decoctions on boils, wounds and abscesses must be carefully done. Always clean the wound first before application. If you wish to use this herbal remedy for your illness, consult your doctor first regarding the appropriate dose and any possible adverse reactions with your current medications.
Ilex asprella root is not intended for pregnant and breastfeeding women. It is also important to refrain from using this herb if you are taking blood thinning medications since it may over stimulate this therapeutic effect. Consult your doctor or a herbalist first before using Ilex asprella root on its own.
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It seems to me (at least according to books and papers on the subject I read) that the field of automated theorem proving is some sort of art or experimental empirical engineering of combining various approaches, but not a science which tries to explain WHY its methods work in various situations and to find classes of situations for which they work. Or may be I am not aware of some results or the problem is too hard.
Has it been clarified in a rigorous way why, for example, Robinson's resolution works better than Gilmore's saturation? (intuitive reason of course is that most general unifier already contains all information about infinitely many terms from Herbrand's universe, but it is only intuition, not a concrete reason, as well as the fact that you can not know when to stop searching for a proof of a formula A in the case A and not(A) are both unprovable is not a rigorous explanation of undecidability of first order logic).
I even saw a paper shows that there are cases in which London museum algorithm (brute force search, essentially) performs better than resolution!
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Miranda Kerr's Victoria's Secret Angel modeling contract has been put into question about whether or not it will be renewed.
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"Miranda Kerr is one of the best models in the history of the business – and easily one of the most popular. She is also a consummate professional. Any rumors to the contrary are simply untrue," Ed said. "While her international commitments have kept her away from us more than we'd like over the past few years, she will always be an Angel to me. We have no plans to stop working with her. In fact, I've already invited her to walk the runway in this year's fashion show and, happily, she's agreed."
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Bigger left tackle than Trent Brown, tbh.
Who else thinks this wildebeest has a shot at NFL greatness?
Bigger left tackle than Trent Brown, tbh.
2019 Goals:
-$125,000 or Greater W2 Income <---- Completed!!! $150K as of 9/13/19. Can I get a hell yeah?!? #HappyPayday
-Move out of Texas
-Gain at least 10 pounds of muscle and weigh >135 <---- 140.5 pounds as of 9/24/19!!! #CallMePiggy
-Find a new serious girl
-Don't die
May have to go the AAF route first, but there's definitely potential there
This is over the line honestly lol
benefactor about what would happen if he kept spamming with his bull tbh
Yeah he was warned repeatedly that his attention whoring here would no longer be tolerated and what would happen if he continued. He's a lonely old man who comes to the internet to channel his personality disorder because he has no way of doing it in real life. I have no sympathy for him.
in savage tbh
Surprised Larry hasn't cried to Kori to have this taken down tbh
Also I agree that the woman on the OP is a savage.
he's so obviously ashamed of his life that he embellishes certain details on the internet to drown out the disappointment
Hearing only crickets in here, no Crickets Magoo.
This thread is gold.
I don't feel bad for that POS either. His fat ass has been spamming this board for years. I'm sure Judy is one of those types who constantly es at a restaurant because the service is too slow and portions are too small.
Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.
I rarely eat out, though, and when I do it almost never involves waiters/waitresses.
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A cornerstone of both the President's and Senate plans for immigration reform involve increasing the number of visas available for highly skilled workers that have been recruited by American companies.
The key bottleneck comes in when foreign citizens with a F1 visa — permission to study at an American university — graduate and try to transition to an H-1B visa, which allows those American-educated workers to work in the United States. If someone with an F1 visa can't get an H-1B, they may take their U.S. education back home with them.
To even apply for the H-1B visa, a person with an F1 student visa needs a job offer in hand, a degree or 12 years work experience, $325, an employer willing to sponsor an H-1B visa and pay between $750 and $1,500 as a basic fee and up to $3,725 in additional fees and no less than seven individual documents.
Because there are mandatory caps on the number of H-1B visas — functionally 85,000, with few exceptions — many of these highly trained workers are denied permission to work in the United States, despite their abilities to generate value for the economy at nearly no impact to the average American worker.
Here are the statistics from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services regarding the number of applications for H-1B visas, and how often they're denied, withdrawn and closed:
As a result of caps on H-1B visas, 41,753 full petitions for temporary worker status were denied, withdrawn, or closed over the past four fiscal years.
Here's a chart of this data:
One major issue for these applicants — and a reason why the CIS stats may underestimate the number of students who want H-1B visas but are unable to get them — are the number of days it takes for the U.S. to hit the cap for H-1B visas.
Since demand exceeds annual supply, the U.S. runs out of H-1B visas sooner and sooner each fiscal year. The H-1B visa "season" begins on April 1st and ends once the U.S. hits the 85,000 cap.
Here's how many days it took for the U.S to run out of H-1B visas each fiscal year (note that the fiscal year is different than the real year, so Fiscal year 2013 is almost over:
The decrease since 2011 is worrisome for firms that rely on U.S. educated foreign-born professionals.
A year's worth of visas were all issued within two and a half months for fiscal year 2013. Companies that need a consistent inflow of these workers are aiming for a brief visa window that is getting much smaller.
This also means that the denial rates from the CIS may be an underestimation of the people the U.S. turns away.
Once the CIS announced that they had run out of visas on June 11, they stopped accepting — and thus denying — visa petitions, meaning that nine and a half months worth of visas are potentially unaccounted for.
As a result, American companies can't plan for employment as well as they'd like. The new plans to increase the number of high skill visas allotted annually has thus received heaping praise from companies like Microsoft that need to import talent.


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The 25 Greatest Action Stars of All-Time!
Regardless of what you thought of the first 'Expendables' film, or how high or low you've set your expectation levels for its sequel, it really cannot be denied that 'The Expendables 3' truly has assembled a cast of Earth's mightiest heroes. In celebration of this bounty of testosterone, we felt now was the time to assemble a list of the greatest action movie stars of all-time.
We fed a complex algorithm through our Etch-a-Sketch-O-Meter, and then backed up the findings with our Hungry-Hungry-Hippo-Gram to bring you this definitive list. Compiling a list like this requires some guidelines to be valid, so here are a few of our criterion for the actors/actresses on the list (you know, for the algorithm).
- Actor is unquestionably badass.
- Actor should be the lead or main supporting character of at least four or five films that are clearly defined as action films.
- Actor most likely hails from the generations where "action" cinema was formed, primarily from the 1970s to today. (Our Hippo-Gram wasn't around in the earliest days of cinematic badassery.)
- No one will be penalized for having a "serious" reputation outside of his or her action film repertoire.
Ed Travis has been a film critic for nine years and currently is the Editor-in-Chief for Action Fest, a yearly celebration of the artistry of explosions, the glory of gun-battles and the brilliant ballet of martial arts on film.


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I am beginning to get involved in incidents, some of them are APT (Advanced Persistent Threat).
Despite the complexity available in the 'bibliography' and in the conferences or security e-zine, the techniques I've found used by intruders are for the most network break-ins, malware based break in through emails sended to employees of the company or and then steal passwords and break in managed exploiting very old vulnerability on unpatched server.
I've never found Covert Channel or Kernel Rootkit. And for the most part all the backdoors and tools used by the intruders were left in clear on the file system.
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FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour resumes at women's FIVB Prague Open
After two season-opening tournaments in China, and one in Mexico, the FIVB World Tour returns to the Czech Republic for the fifth time overall and first time for a women's tournament. The event will be held at Stvanice Stadium in Prague..
The third of 10 FIVB Open events in 2014, the FIVB Prague Open has women's action running from Tuesday through Sunday. The tournament format has a one-day qualification tournament on Tuesday in to determine the final eight spots in each gender's 32-team main draw tournaments followed by round-robin pool play and a single-elimination bracket for the final 24 teams. The women's semifinals and medal matches will be held Sunday on the purpose-built Stvanice Stadium in Prague.
The FIVB World Tour has had four previous tour stops in the Czech Republic with Prague hosting men's FIVB Open events in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
A full field for the FIVB Prague Open includes 64-plus women's teams from 28 countries selected by their national federations. The field includes several of the top up and coming teams from around the world.
After Prague, the FIVB World Tour continues its seven-event swing through Europe starting with next week's double-gender $150,000 FIVB Anapa Open in Russia. After a one-week break, there are five more double-gender FIVB Grand Slams over six weeks with the FIVB Moscow Grand Slam in Russia (June 11-15), the FIVB Berlin Grand Slam in Germany (June 17-22), the FIVB Stavanger Grand Slam in Norway (June 24-28), the FIVB Gstaad Grand Slam in Switzerland (July 8-13) and finally the FIVB Transavia Grand Slam played in four different cities in the Netherlands (July 15-20) but based in The Hague.
The FIVB Grand Slams in Moscow, Berlin, Stavanger and Gstaad have purses of $800,000 each while the event in the Netherlands as an FIVB-record purse of $1 million.
The top three women's FIVB World Tour point leaders and the top three women's FIVB World Tour money leaders are among the favorites entered in the FIVB Prague Open. The women's point leaders are Brazil's Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas with 1,380 points while tied for second in points are Brazil's Juliana Felisberta/Maria Antonelli and China's Fan Wang/Yuan Yue, both with 1,260 points each. For the money leaders, on top is Germany's Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst with $59,000 with China's Wang/Yue second with $48,375 and Brazil's Bednarczuk/Seixas third with $45,000.
As the host nation, the Czech Republic has three teams automatically pre-seeded into the main draw. For the women, the Czech Republic teams are Martina Bonnerova/Barbora Hermannova, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova and Diana Zolnercikova/Martina Jakubsova. Additionally, the Czech Republic has three teams in the women's qualification tournament - .Eliska Galova/Hana Tresnakova, Karolina Rehackova/Michala Kvapilova and Michaela Vorlova/Sarka Nakladalova.
After sitting out last year's FIVB World Tour, Brazil's iconic Juliana Felisberta Silva has returned to team with the very talented veteran Maria Antonelli. Juliana played domestically in 2013 following the retirement of her legendary teammate Larissa Franca with whom she won an unprecedented seven FIVB World Tour season point championships between 2005 and 2012 and the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. Juliana/Antonelli have played in two qualification tournaments this year but have qualified for the main draw in Prague. Antonelli played last season with Agatha Bednarczuk and finished fifth in the FIVB World Rankings.
In the season-opening Fuzhou tournament, Juliana/Antonelli started in the qualification tournament, came out strong, finishing with an 8-2 overall record to earn the silver medal. In Shanghai the talented Brazilian duo finished in ninth place with a 4-2 record and in Puerto Vallarta two weeks ago, Juliana/Antonelli won the silver medal with a 6-1 tournament record.
The gold medal teams in the FIVB Prague Open will each split $11,000, the silver $8,000, the bronze $6,000 and fourth place $4,500. The women's medal matches will be held on Sunday.
The FIVB Prague Open will be the 264th FIVB women's tournament since FIVB began women's competitions in 1992.
Based in Lausanne, Switzerland as the international governing body for the Olympic sports of Beach Volleyball and Volleyball, the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar features a record purse of US$10.2 million with a season that extends from late April to mid-December competing at 21 venues in 18 countries. This year's FIVB World Tour includes a record 10 FIVB Grand Slam events, the inaugural Grand Slam Finale and 10 FIVB Open Tournaments throughout the world, helping expand the door for development of the sport even further.
The FIVB Grand Slam competitions, all double-gender, have eight with $800,000 in total purses while both The Hague, Netherlands and the Long Beach, Calif., USA event will have $1 million each in prize money, the most in FIVB Grand Slam history.
The 10 FIVB Open tournaments in 2014, seven double-gender, two men only and two women only, will have $150,000 total purses for the double gender events and $75,000 for the single-gender competitions.
As part of the initiatives of FIVB President Dr Ary S. Graça F° and his leadership team, the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball international calendar also includes a record four age-group FIVB World Championships along with the 2014 Nanjing (China) Youth Olympic Games (Aug. 17-27). The FIVB Beach Volleyball U17 World Championships (Acapulco, Mexico, July 15-20) will debut this year while the U23 FIVB World Championships (Myslowice, Poland, June 10-15) debuted in 2013. This year will mark the 14th annual U21 FIVB World Championships (Larnaka, Cyprus, July 23-27) and the 13th annual U19 FIVB World Championships (Porto, Portugal, July 29-Aug. 3).


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July 2014 Exercise
Last month Bauscher Hepp, Inc. exhibited at the National Restaurant Association's Hotel/Motel Show in Chicago, IL. It's always an exciting experience planning and building our booth each year, and having the opportunity to introduce our newest products to the market, often for the first time.
Of course we don't just look forward to what is in our booth, but also who visits it. This year one of our Deep Plate participants stopped by the booth to introduce himself and after giving him the grand tour, we offered to let him choose the plate for July's exercise!
While I'm sure we'll feature some of our newest collections debuted at NRA such as Purity & Modern Rustic as Deep Plate exercises in the near future, it's a familiar collection that we feature for July.
Pleasure by Bauscher lifts the limits on the fun of creative experimentation and meal presentation. Indeed, Pleasure's options are the crowning touch to the perfect impression made by food creations. Its thin body and incisive relief band convey a sense of dynamic movement that fuses tradition and innovation. Organic, flowing lines and modest simplicity yield the spotlight to food creations.
Pleasure offers enjoyment from every perspective, show us your perspective by signing up for July's exercise!
A big thanks to Taras Virstiouk for choosing a great plate for this month!


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Feed Om Nom with the candy that is out of his reach!
Are you a man...or a monster?
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Help Harry escape the horrors of his acid-flooded factory.
President Obama defends the world from an alien invasion!
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Vegetarian Ma-Po Tofu
Ma-Po tofu (or Mapo tofu) is a combination of silken tofu and stir-fried vegetables in a chili garlic and black bean-flavored sauce. The sauce is a thick, (non-runny) spicy brown broth. It's a very popular vegetarian dish on the menu of many Chinese restaurants. Now you can make your own without stepping out of the house.
You can make it non-veggie by adding thin slices of beef quickly sautéed in garlic and scallions.
Yields: 6 servings1 (12-ounce) package silken tofu
3 tablespoons tapioca starch
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon black bean sauce
2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce, to taste
1 (14 ounce) can low sodium vegetable broth, as needed
2 green onions, thinly chopped
1 fresh Serrano chili pepper, sliced
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup shiitake mushrooms, sliced
½ cup carrots, shredded
½ cup red bell pepper, sliced
½ cup green beans, chopped
4 teaspoons garlic, finely chopped
4 tablespoons canola oil, as needed
1 teaspoon black peppercorns, freshly ground
1 tablespoon cilantro, coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon roasted sesame oil, optional
Drain the liquid from the package of tofu. Slice the tofu in two, horizontally. Silken tofu is very delicate and easily breakable. Gently cut the tofu into 1/2-inch square cubes. Set aside.
Mix the tapioca starch, soy sauce, about 1/3 cup of broth, chili garlic and black bean sauces. Set aside.
Heat about a tablespoon of oil in a wok. When the oil is hot, add a teaspoon of garlic. As the garlic becomes slightly golden, stir-fry the green beans. When the color becomes almost translucent, season with 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt. This will help keep a nice green color. Cook for about another minute. Don't overcook the vegetables as they will continue cooking in the broth later. Transfer to a plate. Repeat the same procedure three times (oil, garlic, stir-fry the vegetables, season with salt, transfer to a plate) with the bell pepper, the carrots and shiitake mushrooms. Set the plate aside.
In the same wok, drizzle a little more oil. Place the slices of Serrano chili. This will help bring a nice fragrance to the dish. Add the remaining broth. Bring to a boil. Mix the tapioca mixture to prevent the starch from sticking to the bottom of the wok. Add the tapioca liquid to the boiling broth. Continuously stir the broth as it will thicken very quickly.
Pour the vegetables and cubed tofu into the wok. Check the texture of the sauce, it should be thick and syrupy. If you find the sauce to be too thick, add 2 to 4 tablespoon of water. Cook for about 2 minutes. Add the sliced green onions. Stir gently as the silken tofu can break.
Sprinkle with black pepper and the chopped cilantro. Drizzle with sesame oil.
Serve immediately with steamed rice. I served mine with brown rice for a healthier meal.
The soy sauce adds saltiness to the dish and a nice amber brown color. My favorite soy sauce is the Da Bo De brand. It has a very nice flavor and is not too salty. You can find this particular sauce in downtown San Jose, at Dai Thanh Asian market on 420 South 2nd St, in San Jose. Well, it's not the prettiest. This is one of the best "ethnic" grocery stores in the area.
You can use store-bought black bean and chili garlic sauce like the one from Lee Kum Kee. It's just that my husband grew so many habanero and Thai chiles last summer. We ended up with a whole box full, so I decided to make batches of chili garlic sauce. You can check for the recipe of tướng ớt, literally "spicy dipping sauce" in Vietnamese, it's ultra easy.
A fast and easy way to shred carrots is with this wonderful gadget from Messermeister. It's THE best utensil for julienning vegetables. Is that a verb?
Silken tofu can be found in any store now but I prefer the one from the Korean store. I find its texture to be creamier. Make sure you check for silken tofu and not firm on the package.
One tip to get a perfect sauce is to "over" thicken the broth prior to adding the vegetables. When you add the vegetables, the veggies will release their own liquid and will balance the texture of the sauce.Published By: on March 8, 2009.


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President completes important SportAccord visit
President Graça held a "very fruitful" meeting with the IOC President on Tuesday where he had the possibility to discuss the latest developments in the world of volleyball and how volleyball can continue to benefit the Olympic Movement.
That meeting followed the ASOIF general assembly while on Wednesday, President Graca also participated in the IOC Executive Board meeting with the International Summer Sport Olympic Federations.
President Graça was also popular with the local and international media, with the Anadolu Agency particularly interested in the President's thoughts on Turkey's chances to win the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Italy 2014, which will be held from September 23 to October 12, where, in the presence of the Turkish Volleyball Federation President Mr. Ozkan Mutlugil, he congratulated the Turkish women's team for their recent results and for the hard work they have provided over the past 12 years.
The FIVB's presence in Belek was highlighted by a beach volleyball demonstration on the Mediterranean coast. The demonstration consisted of a 40-minute demonstration match followed by a 30-minute game where Turkish international athletes, Selçuk Şekerci and Murat Giginoglu, and German international athletes, Eric Koreng and Finn Dittelbach, teamed up with members of the media and some SportAccord delegates. This inclusive event demonstrated that beach volleyball is a truly entertaining and exciting sport both to watch and to play, and the FIVB had offered the delegates a taste of the spirit of volleyball in the build-up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The SportAccord Convention, which ends on Friday, is a six-day annual gathering of over 2,500 leading representatives from international sport. It encompasses the Congress and General Assemblies of the IOC, ASOIF and AIOWF whose members consist of 108 International Sports Federations (IFs) and Associate Members.


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At 2:00 PM EST today, Florida attorney Jack Thompson is set to appear before The Florida Supreme Court, where Judge Dava Tunis will consider possible disciplinary sanctions against him. The Florida Bar is seeking to disbar Thompson, removing his ability to practice law in the state of Florida.
As we reported on May 20th, Judge Tunis recommended to the Florida Supreme Court that Thompson be found guilty on 27 of 31 charges of professional misconduct. Of the 27 recommendations of guilt, twenty-one are from a suit related to Grand Theft Auto and four are from an attempt by Thompson to have Rockstar's Bully declared a public nuisance.
Judge Tunis will consider penalties for Thompson, among them his possible disbarment. The Florida Supreme Court will rule on Judge Tunis' recommendations of guilt and of disciplinary actions later this year. Though the Court told us it doesn't issue estimations on when rulings will be handed down, Judge Tunis' full report is due in September.
At the closing of the Bar trial, Thompson had argued he's being unfairly persecuted for his religion, and he issued several statements to the press claiming that Judge Tunis is not legally a judge because she "failed to execute valid state loyalty oaths," and stating action taken against him is a "legal nullity."