text: Gulf Coast Power Pro Wrestling returns to the National Guard Armory in Port Neches on March 19 with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. The armory is located at 511 Grigsby, which is near Port Neches-Groves High School. Tickets are available at the door for $10 (adults) and $7 (kids). Seating is based on first-come first-serve. Several matches are scheduled including Max Muscles defending the GCPPW heavyweight title against Zen Zen, four-way with Hector Montoya vs. Avarice vs. Hambone vs. Jen Alise and "Mr. Right Now" Chaz Taylor vs. "Sweet & Sour" Larry Sweeney. GCPPW is a locally owned and operated company out of Port Neches, Texas. It began in 2002 in Orange as a way to entertain crowds at Mardi Gras festivities and has since branched into regularly scheduled shows at the Port Neches National Guard Armory, Beaumont Mardi Gras, Cinco De Mayo festivals at Ford Park, and numerous other locations. What separates GCPPW from other groups is the accessibility of the wrestlers and the fans. GCPPW always provides an intermission during every event, which allows fans time to climb into the ring and take pictures with the wrestlers. For more information, visit gcppw.com or call (409) 626-2194.


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Property TypeResidential – Single Family
SubdivisionWARRIORS MARK SUB
Listing Date10/25/18
Year Built1971
Lot Size0.22 Acres
Parking1 Car Garage, Surface
Property Description
Relax in this in-town, mountain modern inspired, 4-bedroom home. Understated elegance shows through in century-old woods and industrial-influenced finishes. Clerestory windows open up and let nature be the art, while a roof-top deck extends entertaining space. Enjoy a crackling fireside repose and ample dining. The secure, heated gear storage bay, bonus garage, hydro-heat, and yard allows space to function. This getaway is within steps of the river, national forest, bus, and skiing.
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Victorian, family-oriented, and breathtaking natural beauty describe the classic Colorado ski town of Breckenridge. Enjoy countless outdoor activities, in both winter and summer, because Breckenridge averages over 300 days of sun each year and over 300 inches of snow each winter! With over one-million skier visits last year, Breckenridge is one of the most popular winter resorts in the country. Highlights include Breckenridge's historic main street, thrilling terrain parks, boutique restaurants and shops, and the Riverwalk Center. Throughout the year, cultural events like the Breckenridge Film Festival, the Backstage Theatre, weekend farmers markets and art festivals will entertain you. Quaint streets feature fine dining and endless shopping opportunities. With an array of ski-in/ski-out housing opportunities, you can throw open your front door and go. The resort ski runs come right down into town, so you can even ski home for lunch! A perfect mountain town!
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Brent Rasmussen is a freelance writer who enjoys writing about genealogy and other areas of family history.
With the release of the 1940 Census and the rise in popularity of the reality TV show "Who Do You Think You Are", more and more people are flocking to the internet to research their roots. One of the more popular family history websites is Familysearch.org, and for good reason. Familysearch.org is a user-friendly site that makes looking up family history simple and convenient for both seasoned genealogists and beginners alike. Here's a look at just a few of the many reasons you should consider Familysearch.org for researching your family history.
Ease of navigation:Familysearch.org was designed with ease of navigation in mind. With its crisp, uncluttered, and clearly organized home and webpages, even first time users of the site will find it surprisingly easy to begin researching their family history.
Multiple search options:Familysearch.org offers a number of options for obtaining ancestral information. The search for a specific record begins by typing in the first and last name(s) of a relative, either living or dead. To narrow the search, a "Search by life events" option may be used to type in a birthdate, marriage date, date of death, or a place of residence. A "Search by Relationships" line is also provided for typing in the name of the spouse or parent's names of the ancestor being searched. To narrow the search even further, a "Search by Batch Number" line is provided, should the person doing the search have a batch number from the IGI or International Genealogical Index. Another search option clearly provided on the homepage is "Trees", allowing for the searching of family lines. Access to all of the records found in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City may be obtained by clicking on the "Catalog" option. In addition, by using the "Books" option, the user may gain access to over 40,000 digitized family history and genealogical publications found in the archives of many of the world's premiere family history libraries.
Free learning resources:For those who have a genuine interest in researching their family history, but aren't sure how to get started, one click on the "Learn" option, found at the top of every page, gives users access to a variety of free learning resources, including: 1) The Research Wiki, a collection of useful articles and tips on family history research provided by experts and enthusiasts from all over the globe. 2) Free Research Courses, both live and online to help you find out more about your family tree, and 3) Free Research Discussion Forums utilizing over 2,000 registered volunteers worldwide to answer your family history research questions, such as "How can the 1940 Census release help me to find out more about my ancestors?" In addition, by clicking on "Help", a vast array of informative options appear, including FAQ's, text, and video tutorials, and contact information to assist you in getting the help that you need when you need it.
Free forms and PAF software:When doing family history and genealogy it's vital to be able to collect, organize and share the information you have gathered. For this reason, Familysearch.org offers free forms such as pedigree or ancestral charts and family group sheets or records. In addition, the website also offers Personal Ancestry File (PAF), a valuable family history and genealogy desktop software program that may be downloaded free of charge.
Live local assistance:Along with all of the great features Familysearch.com already provides, one unique feature that sets it apart from other family history and genealogical websites is the ability for online users to utilize a vast network of brick and mortar Family Search Centers. Open and free to the public, Family Search Centers and the volunteers who staff them offer a wealth of knowledge and information, including computer access to billions of online records and millions of microfilms from all over the world.


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text: SAP AG is the largest European software enterprise, with headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. SAP was founded in 1972 as Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung by five former IBM engineers in Mannheim, Germany. The acronym was later changed to stand for Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung ("Systems, Applications And Products in Data Processing") and since the 2005 annual general meeting the company's official name is just SAP AG.


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Ever since I updated some drivers, the green bar that shows what your speaker volume level is on the screen does not display anymore. The "FN right and left arrows" sitll adjust the sound up and down - but I miss the visual of the loudness level.
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"When students complete the Atkinson program, the most valuable asset they take with them is a way of thinking."
Managers must be able to identify critical assumptions and issues, and correctly reach conclusions from them. While the conclusions may be of interest, understanding the way in which they're reached is probably of longer-run significance. Stated another way, the important question at hand is "why"?
When students complete the Atkinson program, the most valuable asset they take with them is a way of thinking. Part from a logical approach to decision making, this way of thinking embraces a clear knowledge of analytical tools, the assumptions underlying those tools, and their strengths and weaknesses. The way of thinking is the framework within which the decision maker applies the tools.
No group of faculty or students has ever met to determine a way of thinking at the Atkinson School; they never will. But one is developed over the two years. This way of thinking is both valuable and unique.
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- M.B.A., University of Washington
- B.A., University of Washington
Research InterestsFinancial Management in Health Care, Corporate Capital Structure and Dividend Policy, Capital Budgeting in an Agency Framework.
Selected Professional ActivitiesBoard of Editors, Health Progress (Journal of the Catholic Health Care Association); Member, Board of Trustees, Salem Hospital; Consultant, Forecasting Mandated Health Care Costs for the Associated Oregon Industries Foundation (with Mike Hand).
Selected Publications
"The Governance Problem, Asset Specificity and Corporate Financing Decisions," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 1997.
"Debt and Taxes" (with Thompson), in Handbook of Debt Management, editor Gerald Miller, New York, 1996. Financial Management (with Archer and Racette), John Wiley and Sons, 1983.
"The Impact of Asset Specificity on Single Period Contracting" (with Maser), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 1992. Co-author "Biased Budget Forecasts," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizations, December, 1990.
Co-author, "Budget Makers as Agents: A Preliminary Investigation of Discretionary Behavior Under State-Contingent Rewards," Public Choice, 1988.
"Trustee's Role in Financial Decisions," Health Progress, November, 1987


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Gold is always in, but rose gold is having a moment. It's time to fall in love with this blush-colored marvel.
All gold is naturally yellow, but rose gold is what happens when copper is added to it. And what gorgeous alchemy it is. Classic, yet modern, rose gold has a blend of femininity and freshness that gives it a place in fashion right now, and holds its own as an heirloom for the next generation. Similar to other gold hues, rose gold comes in different karats but is most often found in 14k and 18k in fine jewelry.
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Negotiating the Rental of Retail, Warehouse, Tech and Office and Health-related Living space. You must have a particular space, even though you cannot go over your budget. What should you do? Whenever you identify your financial budget, make a list with the features your business are not able to perform with no, those you want to need to make life easier for you, and those you are able to do without at the moment. Bloomington warehouse space for lease
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Using Targeting Filters in Facebook Advertising
Ensure that your Facebook ad is being shown to the right target audience. Facebook Advertising offers a variety of targeting filters you can use to make sure that only the people who match your criteria will be shown your ad.
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Gender: Restrict your ads to a male audience, female audience, or both.
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Birthday: Display your ad to people on their birthday, probably to make them a special birthday offer if they click your ad.
Location: Set specific countries (where Facebook users live) as eligible to view your ad. In certain countries (such as the United States), you can specify specific states and in some cases, a specific city (or cities) where your ad is eligible to be shown. These criteria are very helpful for local businesses, for example.
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Let's assume for a moment that the Orlando Magic retain Dwight Howard beyond the March 15 trade deadline. Even with Howard in the fold, the team will have to make significant improvements defensively for it to have any shot at making a deep run in the playoffs.
Thursday night offered a painful case in point.
After three strong quarters, the Magic wilted against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Unable to stop All-Stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, the Magic relinquished an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter and lost 105-102 at Amway Center.
"Our fourth-quarter defense was pathetic," coach Stan Van Gundy said after his Magic allowed the Thunder to shoot 67 percent in the final period. "I give them credit for what they did, and they're hard to stop. But it shouldn't be every possession."
Durant scored 18 of his game-high 38 points in the fourth. Westbrook played through a left-ankle sprain in the fourth to finish with 29 points and 10 assists. And the Thunder improved on their league-best record.
"That's one of the best, if not the best, offensive duo in the NBA," Magic power forward Ryan Anderson said. "They're tough. They're tough to guard. They're aggressive to the glass and they get foul calls."
The Magic still had a chance at the end after Daequan Cook missed a pair of free-throw attempts with 3.1 seconds remaining. But Jason Richardson's desperation 3-point try from 27 feet as time expired was far off the mark.
Howard scored a team-high 33 points on 14-of-20 shooting and collected nine rebounds.
It just wasn't enough for the Magic (23-14).
"Our defense coming down the stretch wasn't where it needed to be, and on the offensive end, we didn't execute," Howard said. "But it was a good lesson for us to learn from."
The game turned early in the fourth, while Howard and Richardson were on the bench to rest.
A dunk by Durant off a pass from James Harden on a fastbreak cut Orlando's lead to 83-76 with 9:24 remaining in regulation.
Van Gundy immediately called a timeout, and put Howard and Richardson back into the game.
But Oklahoma City (29-7) didn't let up.
Trailing 86-78, Westbrook sank a jumper off the glass, and on the Magic's ensuing possession, Howard commitand a three-second violation. Durant made the Magic pay by knifing through the lane for a layup to cut the Magic's lead to 86-82.
After Howard made one of two free throws, the Thunder went on an 11-2 run, ending with a pair of free throws by Durant to put Oklahoma City up 90-89 with 3:56 to go and a trey by Durant on the Thunder's next possession.
"I was going downhill fast after the first quarter, but my coaches and my teammates continued to talk to me and encourage me," Durant said. "They told me they believed in me. It just clicked for me."
Oklahoma City, which ran the pick-and-roll to perfection, never trailed again.
"There wasn't anything we did in the fourth quarter that they had any trouble with," Van Gundy said. "If we had one good defensive possession in the fourth quarter, I missed it."
The Thunder began the night with a .800 winning percentage, the best record in the NBA. The team boasts two young All-Stars, Durant and Westbrook, plus a superb young sixth man, Harden.
A key reason for the Thunder's success: They get to the foul line. A lot. Their team began the night averaging 27.4 free-throw attempts per game, the second-highest average in the NBA.
They didn't attempt their first foul shot on Thursday until 6:10 remained in the second quarter, but they still finished the game 21 of 27 from the line.
Durant, Westbrook and their coach, Scott Brooks, played central roles in the All-Star Game at Amway Center. Durant won the MVP award after he scored 36 points, and Westbrook added 21. Brooks was the Western Conference's coach.
Before tipoff Thursday, Van Gundy and his assistant coaches set several priorities. They wanted their players to limit fastbreak points, limit layups and defend without fouling. They also wanted their players to push the pace.
It all worked.
Until the fourth quarter.
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So I was shopping at Muji yesterday, one of my favourite places to buy things and was really peeved when I realised all the staff had changed over and the new guys were the archetypal nightmare shop assistants; ignorant, unhelpful, disinterested.
That got my thinking all about my experiences in retail as a customer and when I was younger, as a shop assistant. God knows some nightmare customers exist but one thing I found from a very brief stint on a make up counter (when I was at University) was just how bitchy and awful the staff could be to one another!
I worked in a big department store (clue: HOF) and for a brand that wanted SA's to push for sales like mad (clue: BNFT).
Customers could be difficult, but not nearly as difficult as the floor manager who stalked you constantly, the area manager that explained how each customer should be pushed at minimum of 3 items and if they didn't yelp with pain, you kept on going, and the girls on other counters (the one on Aveda was especially evil) who deliberately wouldn't help you with anything (like, how do you work this till?!).
Ok. I lied. It wasn't a "stint" cos I lasted a day there. I did nearly faint after a whole day on my feet and got a free coffee out of it even if I didn't get paid.
No make up allowance was worth that suffering.
Which leads me to a very specific question….
When you have been on a make up counter, or indeed any store shopping, have you witnessed staff bullying or harsh managers having a go at staff in front of you? (Told you it was specific!).
I ask this because it has happened to me a few times, once in my beloved Selfridges and it really put me off going back for a while.
It was a scenario where a member of staff serving me got told off unfairly by a scary bulldog of a managaer and I didn't know whether to say something or not.
…because if you've ever worked in retail, you'll know that bosses can take things out on a member of staff long after you've gone home. But at the same time what's right is right.
I had an experience in Primark where a manager went nuts at a member of staff who was asking a question about whether something was ok to exchange or not. I mean, she freaked out completely in front of a queue of people, screaming at the top of her voice, calling the girl an idiot and a tame wasting *insert swear word*.
Yes it was a big queue and clearly she was stressed but that was no way to behave – ever. Nevermind in front of customers. I emailed Primark head office but never heard back. So…
What's your take on this?
Would you stand up for a member of staff who was being harrassed by their boss in front of you?
Or would you leave them to it?
Any experiences of this yourself?


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Claire and Phil decide to ditch their traditional, ho-hum Valentine's Day routine for something a bit more scandalous. They engage in a little role-playing at a hotel bar. Phil assumes the role of sly speaker salesman Clive Bixby (it says so right on his nametag). Claire is Julianna. No last name. Just Julianna. It's very Rihanna.
When Clive admits he's a married man, Julianna wants to hear about his wife. Clive's description of Claire Bixby paints her as a bit of a nag. He's losing Julianna. Thankfully, Clive's a smooth talker. He reels her back in with an indecent proposal of what he wants to do to her. Julianna trumps his talk by ditching her dress, bra and panties to only be clothed by her coat. She suggests they head up to her room. Well played, Bixby. Well played.
Jay surprises Gloria with tickets to a show featuring the comedic stylings of Mr. David Brenner. Gloria would much rather go salsa dancing, but is pleasantly surprised to discover that the Las Vegas legend is actually quite funny. Jay's laughing, too. That is until David Brenner starts making jokes about this older guy who has such a young, hot wife. Jay skips out of the show to avoid further embarrassment.
Cameron repurposes one of his feather boas as part of a Valentine's Day outfit for Lily. Mitchell isn't surprised. He says, "You dress her up for every holiday. I was giving her a bath last night and still saw traces of Martin Luther King behind her ear." Cam is psyched to celebrate Cupid's big day, but all Mitchell can think about is a closing argument he's set to deliver in court. He's been working on it for weeks.
When his client settles the case, Mitchell never gets to give his closing. He's bummed but cheered up when he hears they'll be babysitting Manny. The kid cracks him up. We can relate. But it's Manny who needs some cheering up. He declared his love for Fiona Gunderson in a poem, but a classmate named Ted Durkas took credit for the little love sonnet. Fiona and Durkas are now enjoying a Valentine's date at Manny's favorite restaurant, Great Shakes.
Cameron isn't about let true love slip away. They all head over to Great Shakes to shake things up between Fiona and Durkas. As Cam creates a diversion, Manny swoops over to Fiona's booth to tell her the truth. But when bully boy Durkas returns, Mitchell steps in to represent the little guy in the case of the pilfered poem.
Mitchell finally gets to deliver that stellar closing argument to a jury of Great Shakes customers. Durkas admits that he stole the poem. He did it because he had feelings for Fiona but didn't know how to show them. Fiona is touched and Manny is beside himself. Yes, Mitchell won the case, but the little guy lost the girl. Actually, we discover Manny doesn't like to be called "little guy." After all, he is in the 40th percentile.
As Phil/Clive and Claire/Julianna head up to their hotel room, Claire's coat gets caught in the escalator steps. Phil hits the emergency stop button as they near the top. As they ponder what to do, our favorite naughty role-players run into a bunch of people they know. There's a guy from Phil's office, the principal at the kids' school, Luke's math teacher... They all want to know one thing: Why doesn't Claire just take off the coat? Only Clive Bixby knows the answer to that one.
Meanwhile, Gloria comforts a self-conscious Jay. She promises not to leave him when he gets really old as long as he doesn't leave her if she gets really fat. They decide to skip the rest of the show and head out of the hotel. Yes, the David Brenner show is in a hotel, the same one that currently features a powered-down escalator.
When Jay and Gloria realize the possible ramifications of Claire's coat conundrum, Gloria knows just what to do. She covers Claire with her own coat while wriggling her out of the one caught in the escalator. It's a Valentine's Day miracle! Now Jay and Gloria are off to do a little salsa dancing, while Phil and Claire are headed up to their room. Well played, Bixby. Well played.


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If you see only one cancer comedy this year...
In 2005 Will Reiser, then just 25, learned that he had cancer. After undergoing a successful surgery, Reiser's friends, including Seth Rogen, encouraged him to write a script about his experiences fighting cancer. Six years later, the result is "50/50," starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
JGL stars as Adam, a young man who, along with his best friend, Kyle (Rogen basically playing himself), works at Seattle's NPR station. He's a cautious young man passionate about his work, with few if any vices, and a girlfriend, Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard), who paints abstracts of dubious quality. Weeks of back pain lead to an MRI, which leads to a diagnosis of a malignant tumor growing along Adam's spine.
Films about cancer tend to be fairly maudlin affairs that aspire for you to have a good cry and just let it all out. But that's not Reiser, who in his career has worked with comedians as irreverent as Rogen and Sacha Baron Cohen. What's so funny about cancer? Using your diagnosis to pick up women, wolfing down pot brownies with fellow patients, an afternoon in the backyard playing with knives fire and hatchets… Though you won't walk out of "50/50" thinking cancer looks like fun—in fact, it looks miserable.
But director Jonathan Levine never tries to make you feel anything forced or contrived. There are no sweeping violins or emotionally manipulative moments. Levine established himself as someone to watch in 2008 with his sophomore effort, "The Wackness," a coming of age film about a NYC pot dealer. The promise of "The Wackness" comes to fruition in "50/50."
Wielding perhaps the best sidelong glance in Hollywood, occasionally topped off with a furrowed brow, Gordon-Levitt proves again that he's among his generation's most talented actors, conveying the pathos and pain as well as the laughs in Reiser's script, his innate sincerity pulling you in.
It would be easy to dismiss Rogen's performance as simply Rogen playing Rogen, but the fact is, he basically is playing Rogen, and the reality is that he's one funny man—who knew there any new jokes to make about fellatio?
The great Rosie Greer once assured a generation that it's alright to cry, "50/50" is here to assure you it's alright to laugh--at cancer.


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INTERVIEWS and EVENTS at SciFiGuy.ca:
Coming this week on Wednesday, December 2, I have a special guest post with the two Kelly's - that's Kelly Meding (Three Days to Dead) and Kelly Gay (The Better Part of Darkness) who will both be here to talk about their post-debut release experience.
This past week it has been my pleasure to interview Kathryn Smith and Lilith Saintcrow. Find out more about their latest releases and future projects. I have a giveaway for Kathryn Smith (both books from The Nightmare Chronicles) that ends Monday night and a giveaway of Betrayals, Lilith Saintcrow's newest YA release. Check the interviews for details.
Last week I spoke with Deborah Cooke/Claire Delacroix and the giveaway of a complete set of the Dragonfire series is still open until Monday night as well.
For Star Wars kiddies, the giveaway of five copies of Draw Star Wars®: The Clone Wars™ ends Monday night.
Remember to check my Author Events and Interviews schedule posted on my left sidebar for the most recent updates.
AUTHOR and BOOK NEWS:
- The prologue and first chapter of the forthcomng YA urban fantasy Hearts at Stake (My Love Lies Bleeding in Canada) ) by Alyxandra Harvey
- Kelly Meding's has two original serialized prequel stories for her new urban fantasy Three Days to Dead posted at the Suvudu blog. The Hoarder: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 and Pride Before Fall: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- A first chapter excerpt of Blood of the Demon by Diana Rowland
- Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse) on The Author Hour
- Diana Rowland (Blood of the Demon) at Wicked Lil Pixie
- Hideyuki Kikuchi (Wicked City) at Tor/Forge's Blog
- Jennifer Rardin (Jaz Parks) at Amberkatze's Book Blog
- John Brown (Servant of a Dark God) at Fantasy Dreamer's Ramblings
- Julie Kagawa (The Iron King) at Liyanaland
- Kelly Gay at Debuts and Reviews
- Kelly Meding by Nicole Peeler
- L. J. Smith (The Vampire Diaries) on The Author Hour
- Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake) on The Author Hour
- Liz Maverick (Crimson and Steam) by Carolyn Jewel
- Maggie Stiefvater at Anna's Book Blog
- Melissa de la Cruz (Blue Bloods series) at Bitten by Books
- P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast (House of Night series) on The Author Hour
- Sharon Ashwood (Scorched) at VampChix
Suzanne Johnson sold urban fantasy novels Royal Street and the sequel River Road to Tor as part of a two-book deal. Royal Street is scheduled to be published in fall 2011. Royal Street was a finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Award compeition. Publisher Marketplace had this [via Dark Faerie Tales] -
ROYAL STREET, in which a female wizard guards the border between Hurricane Katrina-beset NOLA and the Beyond, facing down a voodoo god and locating her missing mentor, and RIVER ROAD, in which she solves a series of cross-species murders as the River Styx bleeds into the Mississippi, and deals with a shapeshifting partner, undead Jean Lafitte, a newbie werewolf boyfriend, and a neighbor with a sinister agenda, for publication in 2010.Gena Showalter has started on the next Alien Huntress romance and is calling it Ecstasy in Darkness. Yasmine Galenorn is working on Blood Wyne the ninth book in the Otherworld series which is Menolly's third book. It would appear from her blog that third Vampire Memories book by Barb Hendee will be called Memories of Envy.
Gail Carriger says the date for the third Parasol Protectorate book Blameless has been moved up to September 2010.
Betrayals, the second in the Strange Angels series by Lilith Saintcrow will debut at #5 on the New York Times Children's Paperback Bestseller list for Dec. 6th. Shadowland by Alyson Noel has landed me at #17 on the USA Today Bestsellers list.
In my interview with Lilith Saintcrow this week I asked about Flesh Circus and the future of the Jill Kismet series and here is what Lilith had to say -
Flesh Circus came from a conversation with my writing partner Mel Stirling, about why circuses are creepy. It's kind of a deep breath before we take the plunge into Heaven's Spite and Angel Town, which are the last planned books in the Kismet series. The last two books are really what I've spent all this time in Kismet's world gearing up for. We've seen a lot of hellbreed, and Jill suspects that the "other side" is not as opposed to Hell as we might assume.In my interview with Kathryn Smith this week she revealed that like many urban fantasy/paranormal writers she is joining the young adult writing fraternity -
I am currently working on a Young Adult series for Harlequin Teen under the name Kady Cross. It's a steampunk superhero book and so far has been a lot of fun!
- Stumbling Over Chaos has a great giveaway of four signed copies of Soul of the Wildcat by Devyn Quinn, a new shapeshifter romance. Open until 7 pm CST, Friday, December 4.
- Amberkatze's Book Blog has a terrific contest with Jennifer Rardin including two autographed copies of Bite Marks, one autographed copy each of Once Bitten, Twice Shy, Another One Bites the Dust and Biting the Bullet. Ends tomorrow so enter quickly.
- Pat's Fantasy Hotlist has a blockbuster Del Rey/Bantam Spectra giveaway including -
- A signed copy of China Mieville's The City and the City
- A signed copy of John Birmingham's Without Warning
- A signed copy of Naomi Novik's In His Majesty's Service
- Robert V.S. Redick's The Red Wolf Conspiracy
- Peter V. Brett's The Warded Man
- Terry Brooks's A Princess of Landover
- Harry Connolly's Child of Fire
- Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kittredge's Black and White
- Alan Deniro's Total Oblivion More or Less
- Catherynne Valente's Palimpsest
- An Advance Reading Copy of Kim Stanley Robinson's Galileo's Dream
US and CANADA:Suburban Vampire has a giveaway of How to Date a Vampire by Sophie Collins
CHECK FOR DETAILS:Nancy Holzner is having an extravaganza of a contest to celebrate the launch of her forthcoming urban fantasy Deadtown. She'll be giving away a prize a week right up to release day. Here's what you can win:
December 8: A Deadtown coffee mug (retail value $12) and a signed copy of the book.
December 15: A Deadtown tote bag (retail value $14) and a signed copy.
December 22: A 0.6 liter Sigg water bottle sporting Deadtown's cover (retail value $20), plus a signed copy.
December 29: The Big Day calls for a big prize, so I'm giving away a Flip Mino HD video camera! This small, slim, lightweight camera records up to 60 minutes of HD video and shows off Deadtown's cover. Its retail value is $199. Plus, of course, a signed copy of the book.
The contest begins on November 24 and ends on December 28 at 11:59 P.M. Eastern standard time.
Check out the extensive Urban Fantasy Giveaways Roundup at All Things Urban Fantasy
Author and Blogger Reviews:
- New Moon reviews by Nicole Hadaway, Lynn Viehl, Smexy Books, Babbling About Books and VampChix
- Mondo Vampire reviews The Vampire Diaries
I know the trailer for Bitch Slap has been out quite awhile but this past week they released an HD version. While they refer to the movie as a throwback to the B Movie/Exploitation films of the 1950s - 70s, it strikes me more as a Quentin Tarantino style spoof. And in the spirit of urban fantasy I think these are definitely some kick-ass ladies. The movie releases in January. If you are in to cheese this is sure to please.
COVERS and ART:
KMont at Lurv à la Mode has a Cover Spotlight: Fantasy, Fabulous Fantasy including the next Jacqueline Carey cover.
Far from the land of her birth, Moirin sets out across Tatar territory to find Bao, the proud and virile Ch'in fighter who holds the missing half of her diadh-anam, the divine soul-spark of her mother's people. After a long ordeal, she not only succeeds, but surrenders to a passion the likes of which she's never known. But the lovers' happiness is short lived, for Bao is entangled in a complication that soon leads to their betrayal.Tez Says has a preliminary cover for Wired by Robin Wasserman, the third book in her YA Crashed series and the Canadian/UK cover for Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong.
Kay at The Infinite Shelf has posted a series of painings featuring women reading title The Beauty of Reading
ImagineFX magazine contains a list of the 50 Best Living Artists, citing them as "the most innovative, influential and altogether mega fantasy and sci-fi artists alive today." They offer brief writeups of each artist named above as well as showcasing some of their awesome artwork. [via SF Signal]
Here's their list:
- Frank Frazetta
- Ralph McQuarrie
- Moebius
- Craig Mullins
- John Howe
- H.R. Giger
- Drew Struzan
- Syd Mead
- Andrew Jones
- Brom
- Boris Vallejo
- Linda Bergkvist
- Marta Dahlig
- Donato Giancola
- Dave Gibbons
- Rodney Matthews
- Dave McKean
- Jon Foster
- James Jean
- Bob Eggleton
- Todd Lockwood
- Yoshitaka Amano
- Brian Froud
- Frank Miller
- Greg Hildebrandt
- Bill Sienkiewicz
- Ryan Church
- Michael Whelan
- Simon Bisley
- Dan Dos Santos
- Melanie Delon
- Jason Chan
- Adam Hughes
- Jim Lee
- Roger Dean
- Stanley Lau
- Masamune Shirow
- Stephan Martiniere
- Justin "Coro" Kaufman
- Justin Sweet
- Mike Mignola
- Daniel Dociu
- Greg Manchess
- Katsuhiro Otomo
- Hayao Miyazuki
- Chris Foss
- Peter Andrew Jones
- J.S. Rossbach
- Tara McPherson
- Jason Manley
AROUND the BLOGOSPHERE:
Vampire Spoof [via Loving True Blood in Dallas]
Strictly for readers of a robust disposition, here are some of the passages highlighted for particular attention by the judges of the Literary Review's 2009 bad sex in fiction prize [via The Guardian UK]
Fantasy Dreamer's Ramblings has Free Reads and Giveaways Roundup for 11/25/09 as well as late November releases with review links.
Mid-week urban fantasy news round-up at Literary Escapism
Derek Tatum of Mondo Vampire talks Goth over at VampChix.
RKCharron has a fun post collecting a wide range of author experiences with rejection letters.
Ellz Reads has a mid-week recap of Intervierws and other urban fantasy news
"Best of" Lists:Over the next month or so I imagine we will be seeing quite a few postings of Best of the Year and Favourite Reads etc. Lists are a great way to find books you may have missed or simply a fun way to compare your own picks.
- Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review has RECOMMENDATIONS | Best Books of 2009 (That I've read)
- Fantasy Book Critic has Liviu's Top Authors of the 00's Part 1 - SF
- Renee's Book Addiction has her 2009 Top Reads
Comparing a reader full of e-books to a room full of paper books is like comparing a pocket shrine to a temple; we are still monkey-like enough to be awed by size and number, and a good library trips the same circuits in my brain as a house of worship. I thrill to books en masse. This is the one place where my environmentalism is overruled by my decadence. If I could, I would swim in my books like Scrooge McDuck in his pool full of coins.
- Rose Fox in a post at SF Signal about the pros and cons of ebooks
Teen daughter bought Rocky Horror soundtrack then discovered true horror--realizing she now owns an album her mother knows all the words to.
- Kelley Armstrong on Twitter
Marjorie Liu on her visit to the Forbidden City
Kristin Cashore with some of her favourite things.
OK this isn't Seanan McGuire but her cat with an ARC.


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contoured baby burp cloths online.
You can find the pattern HERE.
So I dug into my scrap pile and bought an inexpensive towel from Walmart for backing (instead of the suggested flannel).
I also picked up a few large hand towels and made a couple of changing mats:
Ten burp cloths and two changing mats for a grand total of $6.00.


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A change in state policy requiring Medicaid recipients who take certain drugs to get...
A change in state policy requiring Medicaid recipients who take certain drugs to get them through the mail has led to delivery problems, leaving patients without life-sustaining medications for days or longer, Gannett's Albany Bureau reported this weekend.
Patients, doctors and pharmacists said the policy shift — which is meant to save money in the most expensive Medicaid program in the country — endangers lives and the health of patients and might be violating state and federal law.
Recipients of Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income and disabled people, sometimes live in housing projects, are homeless or move often, patient advocates said. Those circumstances make it difficult to ensure expensive and necessary medications end up in the right hands.
Patients have complained of medications being stolen, signed for by strangers or returned to hard-to-reach central mail facilities, where they languished for days. Medications have also frozen, melted, spoiled or lost potency after being left in inappropriate environments.
"UPS (the United Postal Service) will put a sticker near your mailbox, or they could leave (the package) on your porch or on the floor in front of ... rows and rows of mailboxes in a tenement," said Craig Burridge, executive director of the state Pharmacists Society. "It could be a $23,000 drug. How long do you think that package is going to last?"
Burridge's group, a lobbying organization representing mostly retail pharmacists, filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Health in October. The complaint alleges that the department violated state and federal laws that protect patient choice.
Health Department officials would not comment on pending litigation.
The Supreme Court of Albany County issued an injunction Oct. 8 stopping the health department from requiring that Medicaid patients taking any of about 400 "specialty" drugs get their medicine through mail order. The court temporarily prohibited the mail-order requirement on grounds that it might violate federal patient protections, state anti-trust laws and due process provisions in both the state and federal constitutions.


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Fuzeblocks has designed a fuse block that is easy to install and fits into a small space. The on-board relay offers the choice for any device to be switched on or off automatically with the vehicle or to be powered constantly.
With the FZ-1 in place you can power all kinds of motorcycle accessories including, but not limited to; auxiliary lighting, GPS, radar detector, CB/FRS/GMRS radio, heated grips, XM radio, audio mixers, intercom system and any other device requiring 10A or less. Any of these accessories can have constant or switched power by simply placing the fuse in the correct position for the power desired.
Installation for the FZ-1 fuse block requires no crimping. All connections are made by heavy duty screw terminals that can accept up to a 12 gauge wire. All the FZ-1 needs is +12VDC, ground and a +12VDC switched source to make it fully functional. The unique board layout provides six individually fused circuits that can supply constant or switched power for each accessory depending on your needs. Check out all the features the FZ-1 has to offer and you'll agree that it makes powering your accessories easy.
Normally, to have switched and constant power for your accessories, two fuse blocks are required. One is wired directly to the battery for constant power and the second fuse block is wired through a relay for switched power. The FZ-1 eliminates the need to wire two fuse blocks by providing both types of power in one unit. It reduces the wiring by more than half and allows you to select what type of power you want for each output. The FZ-1 is easy to install, reduces the amount of wiring time required and is about the size of a pack of cigarettes. The unit is great for experts who want a simple installation and for novices who are electrically challenged.
-Easy to install
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L 3.25" x W 2.5" x H 1.25"
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Partially assembled for super easy installation. No crimping required and a Posi-Tap is included to make tapping your switched wire input a breeze with no damage to your wiring. To install the harness simply cut the wires to the desired length, add the cable harness webbing and zip tie the harness into place. We've made it very easy to install in a complete solution with the least amount of effort.
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The IRONMAN story began back in 1978 during an awards banquet for the Waikiki Swim Club, when John Collins, a Naval Officer stationed in Hawai`i, and his wife Judy, began playing with the idea of combining the three toughest endurance races on the island into one race. They decided to issue a challenge to see who the toughest athletes were: swimmers, bikers, or runners. On February 18, 1978, 15 competitors, including Collins, came to the shores of Waikiki to take on the first-ever IRONMAN challenge. The event remains the same today a 2.4 mile swim, followed by a 112 mile bike ride and finishing with a full 26.2 mile marathon.
No one would have predicted the demand from ordinary members of the public to take on the IRONMAN challenge and to bridge the gap between standard distance triathlons and the full IRONMAN distance, the concept of a half distance, known as 70.3, because of the combination of a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run.
Since its inception, IRONMAN has been represented by ambitious and courageous individuals who aren't afraid to push their limits. It's amazing what people have overcome to pursue their dream of becoming an IRONMAN, and despite the fact that every year we believe that their stories can't be topped, season after season we're proven wrong.
There are currently over 200,000 athletes racing either full or 70.3 distance events across the globe. IRONMAN Austria-Kärnten is part of this impressive roster of events.
Athletes range from 18 to over 80 and from all different walks of life and athletic backgrounds. As we've seen over and over again throughout the years, the mind is the most powerful element in the human body. An IRONMAN triathlon is arguably the most difficult one-day sporting event in the world, but if you have an open mind and the drive, you can do it.


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WATERVILLE, ME—The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's track and field team broke two more school records and picked up another first place finish on their second and final day of competition at the New England Division III Championships at Colby's Harold Alfond Stadium Saturday.
The UMass Dartmouth women finished with 18 points overall, while the men scored 17 points.
Junior Brett Croteau (Rehoboth, MA/Dighton-Rehoboth HS) earned UMD's victory, finishing first in the javelin with a throw of 198 feet, seven inches.
In the 4 x 100 meter relay, freshman Barbara Okafor (Hyde Park, MA/Boston Latin HS), freshman Michel-Le Meranda (Somerville, MA/Somerville HS), freshman Laquaysia Anderson-Jenkins (Brighton, MA/Brighton HS) and senior Jillian Van Ness (Agawam, MA/Agawam HS) broke the school record by three-hundredths of a second when they finished fifth in 48.43 seconds. Senior Gerald Arneaud (Dorchester, MA/Newton South HS) set a school record when he was sixth in the 400 meter dash in 49.09 seconds.
The women's 4 x 400 meter relay team of Anderson-Jenkins, Meranda, senior Morgan Cooper (Sunderland, MA/Frontier Regional HS) and Van Ness placed fifth in 4:01.85. Anderson-Jenkins ran 100 meters in 12.74 seconds in the trials, placing ninth and just missing the finals. Meranda was 19th in the 400 meter hurdles in 68.72 seconds, the sixth best time in school history. At 400 meters, Van Ness was 20th in 59.82 seconds and Morgan 23rd in 60.08 seconds.
Sophomore Daryl Chingono (Johannesburg, South Africa/St. Stithian's Boys College) was seventh at 100 meters in 11.27 seconds. He ran 200 meters in 22.70 seconds, and Arneaud finished in 22.71 seconds. In the 400 meter hurdles, sophomore Jake Texeira (Seekonk, MA/Seekonk HS) was seventh in 54.52 seconds.
"It's nice to see our people running, jumping or throwing their best at the end of the season," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Steve Gardiner. "We're right in the middle of finals, so some of our people couldn't come. I'm pleased with how we did, and pleased with my assistants, Darren DeAndrade, who coaches the throwers, and Hal Miller, who coaches Gerald Arneaud and the relay teams. It's nice to see them do well."
The Corsairs will compete at the Open New England Championships at Stonehill next weekend.


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The Contrary Farmer
Surprise, surprise. The work ethic, before which our culture bows down in adoration, can result in failure perhaps as often as it does success. I came to that conclusion after many years of trying to follow an ecologically-sustainable lifestyle out on the ramparts of society, and after reading hundreds of letters from others trying to do the same.
Real success in this endeavor (if not all endeavors) comes more often from a healthy dose of shrewd, laid-back laziness. We Americans are just too ambitious for our own good and in an effort to gain success (tranquility being the best measure of a successful life) we carry the habits of the commercial workplace into our private lives and over-extend ourselves with activities that are really unnecessary and even harmful. The only cure for it, at least in my case, was getting older and running out of all that eager energy I once possessed. Nowadays, my first order of business in all homestead endeavors is: "Do nothing you can put off until tomorrow. It might not need to be done at all." In other words, there are times when "work ethic" is an oxymoron.
Eager beginners, seeking a more independent life style on a little farm or even a big backyard, have a tendency to bite off more than they can chaw. Instead of setting out ten tomato plants, they set out 50. Instead of half a dozen hens, they try 40. I can reel off a whole litany of painful examples of what happens next.
a.) A gardener became enamored with the "labor-saving" advantages of mulch gardening. In one exploding orgasm of sweat, (mostly his children's) he covered nearly half an acre with about a foot of old hay before he had even the slightest experience with what he was doing. Sure enough, he licked the weed problem for awhile, but he never got even half of the area planted to anything except the weeds that grew up from the seeds in the hay. And ever afterwards, his children hated gardening.
b.) A wife, explaining to me the last straw that sent her into divorce proceedings: "He — meaning her husband (you know there is trouble on the way when someone starts referring to a spouse with a pronoun), — he planted an acre of sweet corn and then expected me to pick, shuck, and freeze it all while he was off at his day job in an air-conditioned office."
c.) A shepherd bought eight sheep, mostly for the very smart purpose of taking the place of mowing brush land. The sheep prospered and resulted in lamb chops for several families. The shepherd could not resist more sheep. He turned his little lambing shed into a much bigger shelter that the sheep did not need since they could do just fine behind a windbreak of trees. Then he had to buy hay because the pasture was not enough. Soon the poor sheep became infested with worms from overcrowded pastures, the lambs grew only slowly if at all, and all the lazy-man's efficiency of the small flock was lost. P.S. The shepherd suffered a hernia trying to drag a ewe out of a tangled, broken-down fence.
In so many cases including my own, the time and work of keeping a big garden would be better invested in a smaller one because even in the event that the bigger garden does produce more, much of it goes to waste. When she died, my grandmother left a cellar burgeoning with canned fruit and vegetables too old to eat. We have followed in her footsteps by way of the freezer and end up throwing old stuff out to make room for new. Jonathan Swift, among others, heaped praise upon those who could make two blades of corn or grass grow where only one had grown before. Often one is enough.
The glorification of neatness that grips so many of us is another result of the much abused work ethic. The last time I looked at the statistics, we were mowing 30 million acres of lawn, not counting the miles of mowed grass along highways and byways. To do that we burn eight hundred million gallons of fuel (see chapter 4 of my book, All Flesh Is Grass). That amount of mowing could easily be halved if we weren't culturally addicted to lawns that resemble rugs.
The neatness addiction can lead to the hospital bed rather than the hammock. One hard-working neatnik I know mows several acres of steep hillside that he should let grow up in interesting weeds, bushes, wildlife cover and finally trees. Every year he risks death from overturning a tractor on that hillside.
The whole agricultural trend in America rests on the notion that hard work is virtuous and its reward prosperity. One of my most searing memories is of a farmer who told me many years ago, as he sold out, that "I worked so hard I didn't take time to see if I was making any money." This worship of the work ethic has led to a worldwide system of farming that is becoming ridiculous. We tear up millions of acres of soil every year with huge, fuel-gulping machines, opening the land to erosion and compaction. We plant annual grains with other huge machines, racing rainstorms in the spring to get all those acres planted. We apply fertilizers that are going sky high in price right now, and spray pesticides, also expensive, meanwhile praying that neither flood, drought, nor hail destroys the crops. Then we lumber through the fields on more huge machines, racing weather again to get the harvest in, truck the grains in semis to handling facilities where zillions of dollars worth of natural gas are used to dry the grains for safe storage. From storage, the grains are then shipped all over the world, mostly to feed animals in huge confinement factories. Then the meat, dairy products and eggs are shipped far and wide to the ultimate consumer.
There is a practical alternative, especially for brilliantly-lazy, small-scale farmers. Plant the fields to permanent and semi-permanent grasses and legumes, ending almost all annual cultivation and much of the horrendous cost involved. Allow animals to graze those pastures for their food, becoming both harvesting machine and fertilizer spreader in the process, leaving the farmer free to oversee the process by improving his pastures and resting under a shade tree much of the time. Then when this kind of lazy farming spreads all over the countryside, most of the meat, dairy products and eggs can be sold locally.
This is not a dream. Grass farmers are actually making it happen. Surely all farmers will some day shed their myopic admiration for the work ethic and do likewise. Buy stock in hammocks.


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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2004 Media Releases
More than 70 residential blocks to be rehabilitated
Mayor Coleen J. Seng today announced that the City is spending more than $4.5 million to repair major arterial streets this year, including more than $1 million for street rehabilitation in residential areas. Public Works and Utilities Director Allan Abbott said street crews have also repaired more than 6,000 potholes so far this year.
"The condition of our streets is a major priority for our City because it has a daily impact on our quality of life and on our safety," said Mayor Seng. "The amount of repairs we are able to do depends on the funds we have available, so we are very careful to allocate our resources where they are most needed."
The criteria used to determine which streets will be rehabilitated include the current condition of roadway surface, the condition of the curbs, the type of base, traffic volumes and types of traffic. Abbott said the City has been able to repair more than 100 residential streets each year for the last several years. This year, the funding will cover 70.5 residential blocks because some blocks require more structural repairs instead of simple resurfacing.
"We have a great deal of street work now going on, and it's important that we do not put our workers in danger," said Mayor Seng. "Motorists are urged to be careful and slow down in construction areas."
Mayor Seng said sidewalk repair is another priority. "I am very pleased that we were able to allocate $1 million this year for sidewalk repair, double the amount the City allocated last year," said Seng.
A list of street rehabilitation projects is attached. That list, a map of the sidewalk repair schedule and other information can be found on the City web site, lincoln.ne.gov, under Public Works and Utilities. Citizens can fill out a street service request form available on the home page of the City's web site, and they can report potholes by calling 441-7646.


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Your Home for Yellow Dog Journalism
The ongoing story of Roo, the Golden Retriever puppy in the series Notes from a Rescue in Progress, and updates about The Dog in the Clouds, and Brian Beker's author blog.
Frequent updates about Roo, the brave puppy in Notes from a Dog Rescue in Progress, and info about The Dog in the Clouds. Brian Beker's dog blog and author web site.
Today's Stray: Campground Kitten
In which I sit there and listen to Cat Stevens scream about killing Jews
Roo caught in flagrante delicto
How the Ming Dynasty was killed off
Roo and I get into a terrible fight. The worst we ever had. I won.
This photo is titled "Thank God for barbed wire"
How one overcomes the struggle to emerge in three easy steps
Dispatch from snake country, or how I survived a 10,000,000-volt electrocution
One of the duties assigned to me by Roo
Sort of a before and after pair of shots of puppy Roo
This is how Roo rode home from the vet the other day
The Good, the Bad and the Rooki
The light at the end of the culvert
VIDEO: Roo tables a motion to take her for a walk
I found another deer. This is a story of cruelty, so you may not want to read this any more than I wanted to write it.
Rock, Scissors, Paper — Roo Style
Note to readers of The Dog in the Clouds
Classic Roo: The Struggle to Wake Roo Up
How Roo and I became filthy rich today
Master Dog Training Tips and Tricks: Getting your dog to stand still in the middle of a shake
Eleven-Dimensional Checkers Played on the Biggest Cracker Barrel of Them All
HRVC Presents Roo's first time
On the occasion of Roo K. Beker's sixth birthday
The Historic Roo Video Collection - Roo's favorite dog in the history of dogs
The Historic Roo Video Collection - Roo's first time at a dog park. Also a squirrel update.
Notes From a Squirrel Rescue in Progress, Part Two
The Historic Roo Video Collection: Roo watches video of herself for the first time
Notes from a Squirrel Rescue in Progress
It was a bad mistake, and a nightmare
At Your Home for Yellow Journalism, if it bleeds, it leads.
The Historic Roo Video Collection: Roo sees herself in a mirror for the first time
A cheap substitute for DNA testing
Do not mistake that for the nose of an old dog
The Historic Roo Video Collection: Brave new rescue puppy Roo learns to get in the car
Do NOT tell me this is a picture of an old dog
The most ferocious tiger of all the jungles is one hell of a good girl
Roo, The Oldest Dog Who Ever Lived
How to lose a dog and make sure no one calls you when she's found
In which I rub salt in Roo's latest wound. Literally rub salt.
Roo begins training to swim the Channel
Roo committed what might be her greatest act of perfidy yet.
Multiple choice: Which photo doesn't belong?
Roo crosses the bridge, just because.
Another PSA from The Dog in the Clouds as Brian's case of TMDS advances
Something everyone needs to know
Roo's Threefold Path to High Consciousness
From Tadpoles to Pterodactyls: Roo's Delicate Interactions with Nature
Pro tips for mouse hunters: Proper body position is essential
Analysis: How Trump anti-science juggernaut kills urgent need to edit dog genes and the mysterious parable that explains Everything
Ticks Declare Intention to visit Switzerland
Today's Strays: More dog trouble, and it could be bad this time
In which my pilot Tony calls my Jimmy Breslin story and raises me a Cary Grant
PHOTOS: Chicken Creek, Utah, last spring
The night I got the nod from Jimmy Breslin
BREAKING: Two, possibly three, tragedies, involving world's smallest horse and world's largest suspected mouse averted by quick action taken by Roo K. Beker
How do those tail hairs know when to stop growing?
From Tadpoles to Pterodactyls: Roo's Delicate Interactions with Nature
The first good thunderstorm in five years
How about that Patreon campaign?
If you know what's good for you, you'll knock on wood
Mad dog in the middle of the night
Negative test results. But now what?
Midnight Reruns: The New Rooki Kahoo
Another day, another test for Rooki
Handbasket #3: Mad Dog Cow Patty
Handbasket #2 - Roo update and a convenient one-stop analysis of the apocalypse
Roo is really not feeling good
Bearface can run, but she can't hide
What you've been waiting for: Your chance to become a major philanthropist
And a good time was had by one
Today's stray: Never a "Little Shit" Again
Orville at the pillar to commemorate Buddha's birthplace and Roo at the pillar to commemorate Orville
Today is Roo K. Beker's Fifth Birthday
Apologies and yes, Roo is okay
Roo, The Queen of Roughing It, seen here dealing with an emergency snow stop
You know that whole "Road Less Traveled" thing?
You need to be limber for this line of work
Roo models for Abercrombie & Fitch
Roo's a little shaky these days
My unbelievably brilliant and informative newspaper column is out
Since many of you didn't believe HOW ginormous the snake was
Look at this ginormous snake we just tangled with
Update from the Traveling Comedy of Errors Road Show
My newspaper column is out at the Citizen-Times
Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Roo's one-dog crime wave heats up
To Benadryl or not to Benadryl
Foiled again: Researchers rob us blind
Roo has a cut in webbing between toes — need vet advice
Commerce Scores Another One Over Art
Tonight will be for Roo like today (and every day) is for the rat of her dreams
When it gets too wet for Roo, it's wet
Petco? PETCO?! I don't need no stinking Petco!
My new column is out at the Citizen-Times
They ain't kidding when they call it Roaring River
Someone called it a self-satisfied smirk
A smart little girl who knows better than to get too close to a wet Kahoo
Here's what I meant by driving 600 miles so Roo can get a good night's sleep
BREAKING: Roo develops terrible thirst, resorts to extreme measures to slake it
The shot that could have made me a millionaire - and it's out of focus!
Roo Goes Viral, Advises Everyone to Go Jump in a Lake
How to deal with dirt that isn't ground in deeply enough
North Carolina vs. Pennsylvania
This is the blanket we spread upon the ground
BREAKING: Roo makes two front pages in one paper in one day, still not satisfied.
No, this is not Roo at a Confederate flag rally
Where's Isis when you need them?
A toast to all the dogs suffering in hot shelters tonight
BREAKING: Roo Rattles Braincase, Head No Longer Fits
BREAKING: Roo Rattles Braincase, Head No Longer Fits
Throw out your Colorado Pet Treats Jerky from Petco
Look – up in the sky! Is it a bird?! Is it a plane?! It's... The Duck in the Clouds!
Please note how freshly brushed and groomed Roo is in the beginning of this video
This will come in handy when Roo and I hit the road again
Why I can't share a computer with Roo any more
Not An Easy Dog™ picks up a few burrs
Snakes, thunder, needles in the gut, a lonely dog and 90 degrees. It's my blog and I'll complain if I want to.
If you use that beak to bite the bee, the bee will bite you back
Back to our regularly scheduled programming
At least one good thing happened today: A little bird just crashed into a window
Roo Presents Mouse Detection and Hunting Techniques for the Advanced Afficionado of the Outdoors
Roo still deals with her issues every day
Is this Golden Retriever doomed?
This little bird flew into the house
Today's Stray - and why my blood is still boiling
Fleas and snakes and ticks, Oh, my.
This little bird flew into the house
Is this Golden Retriever doomed?
International film festival to fête Mademoiselle Junior
Roo's first time off leash in two weeks
VIDEO: Roo greets me after I get out of the hospital
They don't build 'em like they used to
Warming a nose; Pre-operative instructions
Roo: Freezing, neglected "Outside Dog"
The best way to set your watch
Where does Roo get her crystal meth?
And now for my next trick, I will be sawed in half
Roo and the Grave Markers and the All Hat No Horse Hippie
The Squirrel Who Knew Too Much
Little Bear provides hint to age-old mystery concerning regular bears
Not An Easy Dog™: Dog Shaming Roo
Not An Easy Dog™ Considers a New Hobby
Not An Easy Dog™: Why I rarely need to wash my hat
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
Today's Edition of Not An Easy Dog: Roo Wanders into Chemical Munitions Dump, Enjoys Herself
Fond Memories of the Civil War
Why, a long time ago, I gave up on trying to keep the car clean
VIDEO: Mug Shot of Roo, AKA The Kahoo
Today's pretty picture of What's-Her-Name
BREAKING: Roo Shatters Personal Record, Smashes Ice Barrier
Future inmate of the Home for the Mildly Touched
Quick! In the water before it boils!
Roo's birthday present picks her out
Roo reaches the age of reckless abandon
Surgery Day: Good News and Bad News
Science Experiments You Can Conduct On Your Dog
At least it's not Roo going to the hospital this time
VIDEO: How delighted Roo is when I play the piano
VIDEO: Roo, though seeing double on benadryl, refuses to neglect responsibilities
Roo wants to know: Which one is it legal to kill?
Quickie Snakebite Patient Update
Roo right before and after the snakebite
Snakebite sends Roo to the ICU
Roo comes to the fork in the road, meets devil
Roo comes out to check how the world is doing
VIDEO: Miss Roo's Deep South Watermelon Eating Etiquette class
VIDEO: Roo challenges a raging river to a duel - twice
VIDEO: Mud Puppy strikes again
VIDEO: The struggle to wake Roo up
VIDEO: Extreme Guard Dog: Roo Edition
Roo's Great Grand Uncle Orville
Shaky start in a new house: Roo's bad nights
What happened with today's stray
A picture of Roo's last time digging in the desert
The truth is I'm a big, fat liar
VIDEO: You scratch my back and I'll scratch mine
Roo's contribution to the moving effort
Update and Contest Announcement
RESCUE: Seagull saved from horrible death in Venice
The Most Honorable Dog in Los Angeles
Roo improoves her housekeeping skills
What some guy in Tennessee just said about Roo
Roo is ferocious - in her dreams
Today Svengali, Tomorrow the World
Los Angeles Times runs hatchet job on Karma Rescue
BAD NEWS: Roo picks up a monkey on her back in Mexico
This wasn't even what nailed Rooki
Roo's paw sliced open by one of the world's many morons
Running scared? PETA Deletes their Tweets to TDITC
Thank you for my pool, Daddy. Not that you're invited in.
How about a moment of silence every day for PETA's dead?
Maybe Kahooki thinks that pillow is PETA
Face in the rocks, and Roo's imitation thereof
Roo dreams of revenge on groomer
World Bear contemplates her highest jump yet
I'm afraid this is it: financial ruin strikes the Kahoo
VIDEO: Roo jumps off another cliff
Roo Enters Her Juvie Phase, Breaks and Enters a Tree
Roo's List Logo Art by Larime Taylor
Roo's List - a little controversy and a moment of terror for Roo
Maybe this is why Roo has been acting embarrassed
A few pictures of Roo from the last few days
Roo's Day of Reckoning - Part Two
VIDEO: Roo's Day of Reckoning - Part One
Resting in Peace: Orville, Born This Day
Goodbye, Little Miss Rastafarian Hippie Wood Nymph
Dogs and biplanes, then and now
Pot of Golden under the rainbow
Roo and me nail us some varmints at the OK Corral
The last thing Linus the Lab did was learn to swim
PHOTO: Roo dreaming with her tongue out
A Million Bucks and a Bottle of Morphine
VIDEO: A sneak, her dinner and her birthday
Really? I had to introduce Roo to ice cream?
VIDEO: Roo versus a snake much bigger and more dangerous than that turtle
Wishing you were here in sunny Cabo!
VIDEO: Roo ferrets out the info
Rooki has it up to here with Einstein
Roo and the Parrot - Part Two (with video)
How Roo got a parrot named after her
Travel newsletter for dogs from Tony Bill
One-Year Anniversary of the day I met Roo
TDITC Wins Petties Award for Funniest Blog
Let's throw some money to the dogs!
VIDEO: For all the dogs who don't like having their nails clipped
Would you buy a used car from this dog?
VIDEO: Poor, Poor, Weary Little Roo
VIDEO: Before the Blog: Waking Roo
Roo Meets Another Roo with a Hairdo
VIDEO: Rolling in the Sweet Arms of the Snow
Pawprinted copies of book available
Roo determined to go over Niagara Falls in a Barrel
Roo, Guardian of bunnies and Squirrels
Roo runs away (with cliff-jumping VIDEO)
Roo is not delighted by being left alone in the car
Traversing the Oregon Territory
Happy as a pig in - well, let's just say a poke
Roo picks out something to wear
Advice to Writers? OK - but from me?
VIDEO: Roo addresses the crow and vulture problem
VIDEO: Roo's first time at the groomers
Update: Skunks, Kindles and Mexico
Brief Update - Getting ready to leave AZ
Another dog appears in the clouds - for Kordy
VIDEO: Roo's encounter with a UFO
Rooki's nose is rapidly changing color
VIDEO: Roo dominates colossal prehistoric reptile
VIDEO: Orville and The Oldest Person Ever
VIDEO: Roo's Last Mission Late One Night
VIDEO: Roo turns into a mule, brings in drugs from Mexico
VIDEO: Roo's first time in the snow
BREAKING: Roo attacked by cholla
I'll post books here that I love.
One of the most beautiful, but wrenching stories of courage and cruelty and what integrity means. Stunningly written by a great master, The Crossing.
All the Pretty Horses is the book preceding The Crossing in the trilogy. If you're going to read all of them, start with All the Pretty Horses. If you might not, read The Crossing. All the Pretty Horses is a magnificent story (made into one of the worst, most botched, poorly directed movies ever committed to celluloid, so don't let that stop you) of young courage, integrity and learning how the world really works. It is a top-flight masterpiece. Your life can not be complete without reading these two books.
An inventive, funny, romantic, well-written page turner about a 1920s magician. His love and respect for animals is central to the wonderful story of how Carter Beats the Devil.
Perhaps the greatest work of literature of all time, The Gulag Archipelago is a lengthy, detailed history in which the extent of human cruelty and absurdity is painstakingly recounted. As difficult as it is, this should be read by everyone in the world.
I loved Mondo Canine so much that it was the only book that, as many others came and went, remained on the coffee table in my hangar for over ten years. I never got tired of this compendium of dog stories, excerpts, quotes and images. One day, I met the author, Jon Winokur, and we've been friends ever since. Not a plug - I love this book, and every dog lover will, too.
W. Somerset Maugham's story of a young man who finds his way to a simple life in complicated times had a large effect on my whole life. If you haven't read The Razor's Edge, you're in for a treat.
Alan Furst has a magical talent for recreating Europe in the days before and into World War Two. This is probably my favorite of his books, as the story of a young NKVD agent who long journey though war and the violent and clandestine life of a Soviet spy, is close to my heart. A rich and absorbing novel that places you everywhere from Bulgaria to Moscow to the Spanish Civil War, then Paris and New York in the 30s and 40s: Night Soldiers.
Reading this The Glass Castle made me consider giving up writing.
The word 'masterpiece' may appear often in these blurbs, but it's because I'm putting favorite books up here. Robert Littell wrote intelligent espionage potboilers. In his 70s, he wrote a novel based on the life of a Russian Poet. This book is brilliant. In a heart-wrenching historical novel, Littell evokes the Stalin-era Moscow intellectual scene, the terror of the Communist gulag, the injustice, the absurdity. The writing and story are superb. Read this book.