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The Podcast That Never Was; With Daniel Wagner
Dimitri Filipovic
November 13 2012 01:13PM
Sometimes, despite the best of intentions, things just don't work out. Those words have never rang truer to me than right now. On Saturday night, I was in Abbotsford to see the Heat take on the visiting
Edmonton Oilers Oklahoma City Barons. Another person who happened to be in attendance was Daniel Wagner, who fancies himself a connoisseur in the art of 'giving Bulis'.
We decided to record a podcast in the media lounge during the second intermission. It was busy, and rather loud, but I figured that this was what people who live life on the edge do. So we went ahead with it. The result was a rather unforgettable amount of fun for Daniel and I, and an audio track that was a jumbled mess. It turns out that there's a valid reason why people usually record in studios designated for podcasting.
But I'm not one to go quietly into the night. And I certainly won't pretend that this never happened. So instead, I've gone ahead and transcribed the discussion for you. In case you were wondering, Daniel's voice is as sweet as his writing is eloquent. I will make sure to have him on again in the near future, to make amends.
Read Past the Jump Once You Have Finally Stopped Shaking Your Head.
Dimitri Filipovic: It feels good to be joined by unquestionably one of the two best Pass it to Bulis bloggers out there. What's happening, Daniel?
Daniel Wagner: One of the two, eh? Not a whole lot. Just enjoying the Heat-Barons game. The Barons are absolutely dominating in really every facet of the game, but it's still scoreless, so anything can happen.
DF: I tweeted this earlier, but I get the sense watching this game that the Barons are just one more first overall pick away from really making some waves in the AHL.
DW: I say two. They need at least two. Maybe Yakupov, and a goaltender taken with a first overall pick.
DF: [I go on to spend some time informing the listeners about the surroundings we're recording in, telling them that I hope they enjoy the show. In hindsight, those 30 seconds were rather ironic].
The prevailing topic of the past week the entire Pavel Bure saga. You wrote about it.
DW: Absolutely. It's actually in the Saturday edition of the paper, too. I'm in the paper now [I think I saw a popping of the collar, but I'm not confident enough in it to report that it happened].
Iain MacIntyre and I wrote opposing view points on the subject. I am fully in favour of Pavel Bure's number being raised to the rafters. Iain thinks that without the community involvement, it shouldn't happen. So did Thomas Drance, actually, which was a post that I completely disagreed with. He is dead wrong.
But my basic take is that I'm coming from a perspective of a guy who grew up during a time when Pavel Bure was the Vancouver Canucks. I was 9 years old in '94, so it had a major impact on me. I was completely clueless about what his community involvement was, and I didn't care. I was just a kid who wanted to see the Canucks score some goals.
He brought the Canucks to relevancy on the national scene. Trevor Linden, Jyrki Lumme, Cliff Ronning; all great players, but without Pavel Bure the Canucks aren't noticeable. He won the Calder, the first trophy won by a Canuck. He has the back-to-back 60 goal seasons. He was the best player in Canucks history on the ice, and his number should be in the rafters.
But because the Canucks have had this secondary requirement in the past - which they have needed to have to justify some of the retirements they have already done - they need to stick to it. I feel that just because they have had stupid requirements, doesn't mean they need to stick to them.
DF: I agree with you. And I hope the Sun is hiring because saying that may get me fired. He was a special player, who is finally being rewarded for the career that he had by being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. It just doesn't make sense for me to not have that number retired. Has anything definitive come out on it, because I know there have been conflicting reports?
DW: Tony Gallagher and Jason Botchford firmly believe that this is happening.
DF: Well, yeah. There's a Province versus Sun war going on right now. And it seems to me that you're kind of in the middle of it. You know you have to pick a side right? Can't have the best of both worlds.
DW: A little bit. You've got to get some controversy going, right? Get a good headline. But Iain is just going off of what the Canucks have told him. I assume that they want to keep this on the downlow. And Botchford ran with it, based solely on an interview with Gino Odjick; one of the good friends of Pavel Bure. Whereas Gallagher says that he spoke to someone closer to Bure, who indicated that it was happening.
DF: Let's take this discussion one step further. Based on the current Canucks roster, who do you see as viable options for one day having their number retired? And beyond that, what about the Ring of Honour?
DW: That's an interesting question. My big criteria for number retirement is this: can you see that number on anyone else? For Bure's, the answer is no. It pains me that Ryan Johnson has worn the number 10. For me, I can't see anyone ever wearing the 22 or 33 again. You can justify it on performance, and the major awards they have won. As for the Ring of Honour, that's a tougher one.
I think Alex Burrows has to be, just based on his story. He's a guy who started out in the ECHL, and made it all the way to the top line, becoming a fan favourite. Beyond that, I don't think that there's too many other guys.
DF: So you wouldn't have Kesler in there? Obviously there are still so many games to be played in his career, but all we're doing here is talking hypotheticals anyways.
DW: It would depend on how long he stays with the Canucks. I'm hoping that he's the kind of guy that stays long term, and ends his career here. Burrows for me, just has the feel of someone who will wrap his career up here. There's people who could make the argument for Mattias Ohlund.
DF: I'm glad you brought him up. I think he has to be in the Ring of Honour, just based on what he managed to do for the team in this early 2000's. And we'll get to defensemen in a second.
But for me, when you were talking about your requirements for the jersey retirement, I couldn't help but think about that big ol' number 1. I can't picture anyone else wearing it, honestly.
DW: Really? The big issue for me is that I don't know that he'll be with the team for quite long enough..
DF: But that's an interesting debate in and of itself, right? Do you value the peak, or the longevity? I think there needs to be some sort of fine balance between the two. Because his peak with the Canucks was pretty remarkable.
DW: It needs to be a bit of both. The statistics are there, but the major awards aren't.
DF: So if those final 60 minutes against Boston play out differently, we're not even having this discussion? That's a little silly. I hate succumbing to those sorts of narratives.
DW: Oh, absolutely. And I absolutely agree that it's ridiculous to think that way. But that's what they're going to look at.
DF: Sadly. Let's get back to Mattias Ohlund. Back in the summer, I wrote about how he held the franchise record for points by a defensemen. What I couldn't help but notice was the fact that barring some sort of serious injury, Kevin Bieksa will top that record. If he can lay claim to that, it'll make for an interesting argument about whether he's RoH worthy.
DW: I mean, who knows? Maybe he goes out and wins a bunch of trophies. A Conn Smythe or something? That would imply that the Canucks actually win a Cup. Not too many defensemen win that award in a losing effort.
DF: No. Especially when they're not even the best defenseman on their own team. Let's shift along to a discussion about Twitter. Mike Gillis was on the Team1040 last week, and didn't come across as a huge fan of Twitter. He said that all of the messages are his, but he doesn't actually click "send". He doesn't trust himself when it comes to looking at the mentions, and not responding to some of the irrational things that are sent his way. I figured we should talk about David Booth.
DW: I wonder if Gillis is the kind of guy who obsessively checks his Facebook account? But yeah, there are interesting expectations when it comes to athletes on Twitter. Fans seem to expect players on their team to think exactly like they do. And David Booth is the kind of guy who doesn't think the way that a lot of urban, city-dwelling Canucks fans think.
I think that a lot of people like to hunt, and a lot of people are on the conservative end of the political spectrum, too. I don't think that they take issue with what he tweets. And I don't either.
DF: Agreed. But my question is whether he's aware of what he's sending out there, and the effect that it has on people? Is he doing it tongue-in-cheek? At this point, he must be aware of the backlash.
DW: He gets a ton of hate tweets. I guarantee it. But he has spent so much time in a bubble. The bubble of being a professional athlete surrounded by jocks. The bubble of being a Conservative Christian, who's surrounded by like-minded people. I think that if he said any of the things that he says on Twitter to the people around him, they wouldn't think twice about it.
He said something interesting recently in a tweet not too long ago. It was something along the lines of "I know that I'm frequently misunderstood", and that showed me that he recognizes what he is saying isn't being heard the way he thinks it will be. Booth doesn't seem to have a handle on the PR side of things, and that's fine. That doesn't mean that he's a bad person.
DF: You've had some interaction with the Strombone account on Twitter. Do you think that the frequency, and hilarity of his tweets keeps up when he's inevitably traded from the Canucks? I've been wondering about it lately. It's quite possible that he has seen the writing on the wall, realized that his time here is up, and is now having some fun with the whole situation.
DW: The frequency took a big step-up in the offseason, and throughout the lockout. And it's why he has become so huge. But because he officially refuses to put his name to it, he has impunity. It has made him the most interesting athlete on Twitter. At least hockey player.
DF: Oh yeah. It's not even really close. The second would probably have to be BizNasty.
DW: He's a bro. He's a little misogynistic. He's a little sexist. He says bro things, and bros like to read bro things. But yeah, with Luongo it's all this little inside joke with his friends back home. He refuses to tell us what's behind the Strombone name. He's having fun with it all, and is even getting a little political.
DF: Oh my goodness. The Tim Thomas joke had me falling out of my chair.
DW: It was hilarious. But he was able to get away with it because it's a little tongue-in-cheek. Whereas when David Booth does something like that, it comes off as a little condascending. But one thing that's on the blog right now..
DF: Hold on. Wait a second. This isn't the part of the podcast where you plug stuff. You can't just do that all willy nilly.
DW: Oh common. Right now on the blog we have Roberto Luongo's 10 favourite hate tweets that emanated from the Tim Thomas joke. And he personally picked 10 out, from what he said were hundreds. They're mean, and they're vicious. They're not funny. There's one that's funny with all of the pucks behind him in the net. But the tweets themselves aren't funny. It's only good because it's Luongo himself that signed off on it.
DF: What are your thoughts on the game we're witnessing tonight?
DW: Oh, you know. It's fun seeing Justin Schultz in person. I haven't seen him do anything though. But the awesome thing is that I heard by the 3rd period on Friday night Canucks fans were booing him every time he had the puck. Not Abbotsford Heat fans, but Canucks fans. I guess they're still a little bitter.
DF: Yeah, and we're seeing him play by far the most out of anyone on either team. That kind of opportunity and role is why he picked Edmonton over Vancouver. For me, the big takeaway has been just how much they seem to hate Magnus Paajarvi. He has been by far the best player out there, and yet he's still playing with guys far beneath his talent level. And they refuse to give him the ice-time that his play has warranted.
DW: Here's the thing with Paajarvi. He always looks like the best player on the ice, but then you look at the box score, and he doesn't do anything with it. He's a "look good" player. He's a Moneyball player.
DF: Hey, you try dragging Anton Lander's carcass around. But now is the time where you can plug some stuff. Go for it, the floor is yours.
DW: You can follow me on Twitter @ADanielWagner. It's not @TheDanielWagner, because that was already taken. You can check out Pass it to Bulis, follow us there, and check out my work regarding general NHL stuff at the Backhand Shelf blog.
DF: You have been starting to tweet more. I'm a fan of that.
DW: Yeah, I just got a smart phone a few months ago, and am starting to get the hang of it. I'm picking it up. It's actually my first cell phone ever. For a blogger to not have a cell phone? Yeah, weird.
DF: I don't blame you, though. There's probably no cell reception in your mom's basement.
DW: I definitely live in a basement, but it's just not my mom's. Don't get me wrong, though. It's still a basement. I'm a proper blogger.
Fun with Numbers
0: The number of things I took the liberty of adding in as I transcribed the podcast. Everything you just read was actually said. I refrained from using my power to make Daniel look silly.
1: In my humble estimation, this really was 1 of the best podcasts I've had the pleasure of doing. You'll have to take my word for it, because you'll never get the chance to listen to it.
9: On Facebook, Daniel shared a spot he did for Team1040. He claimed that something he learned about himself from doing it was that he says "absolutely" a lot. On this podcast, he went on to say it a grand total of nine times. Including one instance, where he rattled off two of them within the span of a few seconds.
∞: The number of laughs that were had. And it's why I didn't include "[laughs]" in the transcript. Feel free to assume that we were laughing the entire, because we probably were.
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Nicely done, Dimitri. It's too bad you couldn't recover the audio so that people could hear what a good time we were having.
November 13 2012, 05:38PM
Really enjoying these. I agree 100% with Daniel on Bure. I was also 9 years old in 1994 and Bure was a rock star. If you're not going to have the number of your franchise's most talented player in the rafters then what's the point.


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The James Gang in the Dells.
Growing up, my family never got to the Wisconsin Dells for a variety of reasons... not the least of which is that we were so poor that we stood outside the Kentucky Fried Chicken to lick other people's fingers.
But My-Sugar-Na dragged me up there for the first time at age 39 a couple of years ago, and thought it was the neatest thing since I got too big to share a bathtub with my two brothers. During the trip this past weekend (which you will read about in stunning detail below the break) it occurred to me what attracts me to it... the fact that it looks like it is stuck in 1972. Sure, you've got the resorts and restaurant chains along exit 92 to the south, and some more restaurant chains right off of the northern exit 87, but in between those points there are very few recognizable logos. Yeah, a Subway sneaks in, and somehow a Hilton sits there on Wisconsin Dells Parkway, but all the roadside motels, attractions and locally owned restaurants remind me of the State Fair... even the roller coasters and thrill rides on both sides of the street fit right in to this amalgomation of architectural styles. Driving up the Parkway (as well as the drive on Hwy 13 through downtown) is beauty to behold. Even the Famous Dave's in downtown isn't a typical building straight out of the "How to Build a Famous Dave's" Manual. They are in a building that was already standing... it almost looks from the road like a take-out stand. The whole Dells thing just works.
Originally planned to be a day trip, a quick getaway to a water park turned into a three-day, two-night extravaganza of fun. (Side note; sometimes my trip reports - also called TRs by us in the fellowship of bloggers - are grouped by category. This one is straight chrono, baby...)
Leaving around 2:00 PM Saturday (9-5) afternoon, the first trip was to drop off Vier Pogo Squad 51 for boarding. However, local doggie prisons were mostly closed on Labor Day, charging for the extra day of boarding that we didn't want to pay for in order to collect the pets on Tuesday. Minimal internet searching brought us to Pet Retreat, located in the Dells area just north of Exit 89. Once My-Sugar-Na (always a sucker for that fur ball) got a look at the tagline "Wisconsin Dells New All-Inclusive Luxury pet resort", she was hooked. The price seemed reasonable, they offered six to eight outdoor play sessions per day, a "Frosty Paws" desert for a nominal fee, and - although my wife swears she didn't do it - the option to pay an additional $9 a day to get a suite for the pet with a race car bed and television (I swear, I did not make that up). A pick-up requirement of 5:00 PM on Labor Day got us about 48 hours of doggie-free bliss.
We then drove to the Alakai Hotel in Lake Delton, where we had gotten a two-night package with passes to Mount Olympus for all three days. There is always a concern about what to expect for what price in the Dells area. For example, the weather was absolutely perfect this weekend. I saw no need to pay almost $300 per night at a place like the Kalahari if we wouldn't have any need for the indoor water park. On the other hand, some of the motels in the Dells look a little, shall we say, dated.
The bottom line with the Alakai was that it completely served the purpose, and it was a good value. Even with the best discounts I had found for Mt. Olympus tickets, the package offered by the Alakai was fine. The bed was comfortable enough, it had a fridge and microwave in the room, an indoor pool and a kiddy splash pool outdoors (don't be fooled by the marketing photos, however. The outdoor pool has a capacity of about eight 6-year olds.)
After a quick unpacking and a peek at the Brewers game, we decided that it was too late to do any damage at the water park before it closes, so we drove to Shipwreck Lagoon for 36 holes of "Adventure Golf". (Side note; we have faithfully purchased the Entertainment coupon book for years and years and years at $35 a pop. Never have we used as few coupons from the book as we did this year. We took the book with us to the Dells, expecting to find a few pages of coupons. Alas, there were only three coupons... and Shipwreck Lagoon was one of them. Using that coupon saved us $20, and I'd bet that it has only taken us 11 months to get the book paid for.) For 36 holes, Your Beloved Blogger scored 100 on the nose. My-Sugar-Na was in the competitive 130s, and both Gooey and Sloppy had nearly identical high-150s. Although the waterfall and pirate ships were kinda neat, the golf course itself wasn't much to write home about. Very few obstacles (and little otherwise creativity) left a playable course for those of us accustomed to bring back the blade.
By the end of golfing, it was time for a Paul Bunyan-sized meal at.... (come on, you can figure it out.) Camp-style fried chicken and barbequed ribs in all-I-could-eat portions filled me up sumthin' fierce (I don't know what it is about the Dells, it brings out the worst in Americana phrases and accents). Following dinner was a trip to the Alakai indoor pool for the girls and I to play "Monkey Daughter in the Middle", in which the monkey daughter that was conveniently in the middle tried to tackle and otherwise attempt to drown me in an attempt to change the game to "Grossly Obese Bald Guy in the Middle". Didn't work. Neener, neener, neener.
Sunday morning brought on a problem. The cold that I was pretending that I wasn't going to have began to punish me for trying to have fun on his time. It started out with a sore throat Saturday night, before progressing to my head which - by about 3:00 Sunday afternoon - weighed about 437 pounds. Combine that with the ear infection that My-Sugar-Na brought with her to the Dells, and we were a barrel fun [sarcasm = on]. Breakfast was at Mr. Pancake, which is a favorite, although this time they never offered us kid's menus, and the result was a whole lot of wasted pancakes for a whole lot of money. But you can never go wrong with their Banana Split waffle.
Neither rain, nor snow, nor plugged up head could keep me from the reason for selecting Mt. Olympus: My rivalry with Poseidon's Rage. My buddy, Po, is quite the angry fellow. My guess is that he is upset because someone ate the last of his guacamole, and left the cover off of the 2 litre bottle of root beer to boot. But to those of us that are experienced with his outward show of emotion, it really is more like Poseidon's Hissyfit. At first, Gooey and Sloppy were hesitant, but it didn't take long before the three of us were in the front row (near the buoys) to come up with ways to best tame the wave. My favorite is (just before impact) turning my back and jumping into the wave... so I could see the faces of those I was about to clobber. America. What fun!
After dinner at the Moosejaw Pizza (and their phenomenal Beer Cheese soup), we decided to let the kids have fun at the Kids Quest. Taking them there, however, required My-Sugar-Na and I to deal with the casino for three hours, but we made do the best we could... by winning enough money to subsidize the tourist-priced meals that we dealt with all weekend.
Labor Day Monday morning, as we gathered our stuff and said goodbye to the Alakai, we headed off to Denny's Diner for their Famous Cinnamon Rolls and Homemade Toast (not to be confused with Denny's, famous for losing a racism lawsuit years ago). Unfortunately, my cold wasn't getting much better, and My-Sugar-Na was losing the battle with an impending migraine, so what should have been a lot of fun became "let's eat and get the hell out of here".
From the "Huh? Department", despite the way she was feeling, my wife decided that we should play the Wizard Quest game. When we were in the Dells two years ago, we played the game and almost found all four wizards in the allotted 90 minutes, but just couldn't quite come up with enough earned points to free the last one. "This time", said we, "it will be a cinch". Except that we were in no shape to crawl into holes, slide down slides, climb trees, etc to get all of the clues. Our time was up before we even found the third wizard, and we had to ask someone where the fourth one was (as it turns out, I had told Gooey to look under the tablecloth at the Lobster dinner party, but she apparently didn't look to her left, because the wizard was right there). The folks at Wizard Quest have to continually change the game so tourists can choose to return, and they have made it much harder than two years ago. Their signage says that the game will change again for 2010, so if we get to the Dells next year, we can take a third bite at the apple.
We were then at a crossroads. By this point, it was about 1:30 PM. To get Vier Pogo Squad 51 from death row by 5:00 PM, we would have about three hours max at Mt. Olympus. But with my wife's headache, should we just go home? Instead, we struck a compromise (for which Gooey and Sloppy should be eternally grateful, but they're kids, so I am sure it didn't even register). We first dropped off the girls at Mt. Olympus and told them to be HERE at 4:00. Then my wife and I went to McDonalds (it really was as pretty as the pictures) to get her some fluids (the $1 large soda cost $2.19) and so she can sit down in the air conditioning. We thought about going to a movie, but nothing we were interested in would start in time to get the girls at 4:00, so we decided to both go to Mt. Olympus, and that I would find her a lounge chair in the shade for her to nap. This idea worked brilliantly.
By 4:00 PM, we collected the kids and were on the way to rescue our rescue dog. We decided to do one last dinner, at the non-descript Mimi's American Grill, way on the north end of downtown as they had $3.99 kids meals, and I was tired of spending $50 for every meal (Side note; it didn't work. The last dinner still cost $45 with tip).
So how to best end a vacation in which both parent's felt run down before we ever got there? Right. Traffic. We left the Dells area at 5:45 PM, which is the precise time that everyone else left, too. It took - no foolin' - 45 minutes to get from the exit near the Kalahari to the point where I-39 merges with I-90/I-94 and becomes three lanes... about 20 miles. And it wasn't the fact there was traffic, it was the fact that we all just wanted to get home. My legs were too tired for the gas, brake, coast, brake QUICK, gas, accelerate, brake, repeat. Traffic eased up about 20 miles north of Madison, but it was still a tricky drive because now you had lots of traffic, all going around 75 MPH.
But we all did get home. Alive, too. And fittingly, as My-Sugar-Na went to bed, I got to do laundry.
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Germany 1880 – United States of America 1966
charcoal, watercolour, brush and ink
signed and dated l.l. with brush and ink "VII 16.43 HH".
sheet 45.0 (h) x 60.6 (w) cm Purchased 1980 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
NGA 1980.3406 © Renate, Hans & Maria Hofmann Trust/ARS. Licensed by Viscopy
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- with André Emmerich Gallery, New York;
- from whom bought by the Australian National Gallery, November 1980
- Hans Hofmann
- Corcoran Gallery of Art 01 Jun 1973 – 08 Jul 1973
- 52 works on paper
- Corcoran Gallery of Art 02 Jun 1973 – 15 Jul 1973
- University of Michigan Museum of Art 15 Oct 1973 – 15 Nov 1973
- University Art Museum, University of California 15 Jan 1974 – 15 Feb 1974
- Arkansas Art Centre 15 Apr 1974 – 15 May 1974
- Tyler Museum of Art 15 Jul 1974 – 15 Aug 1974
- Palm Springs Desert Museum 15 Apr 1975 – 15 May 1975
- Wichita State University 01 Sep 1975 – 30 Sep 1975
- Mint Museum of Art 01 Dec 1975 – 31 Dec 1975
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The brilliant colouring and freely expressive forms of Untitled 1943 disguise the sophistication and development of Hofmann's style as he was transformed from a European into an American artist. Even more than other emigrés, Hofman brought with him a vast knowledge of avante-garde styles and practices, evident in his history and friendships in Germany and France in the first decades of the twentieth century. Hofmann left Paris just before the outbreak of war in 1914, and stayed in Munich for the duration. There he was a friend of Kandinsky's partner Gabriele Műnter. After Kandinsky was expelled as an enemy alien and returned to Moscow, Műnter asked Hofmann to look after his paintings until they could be retrieved after the war. Such exposure to the most important abstract artist of the time, especially the lyrical Compositions and Improvisations, has a legacy in Hofmann's work that can be seen here. Műnter gave Hofmann a watercolour by Kandinsky, which he treasured for the rest of his life.
Sheer energy is released by a large field of yellow watercolour overlaid by dynamic lines of brush and ink. Curved yellow and green shapes swoop from the upper right, and break into an opposing broken path which reaches down into the lower right. The intensity of colour is partially offset by the semi-transparent medium of watercolour, and Hofmann's artful placement of almost pure blocks of paint side-by-side, rather than overlaying them. Rectangles of orange and red are counterpointed by violet and blue triangles and circles, becoming a whole which forms a powerful, joyously agitated landscape.
Christine Dixon
The National Gallery of Australia holds one painting and five drawings by Hofmann: two female nudes of 1935, a self-portrait c. 1932–35, all brush and ink; and two untitled drawings of 1943, brush and ink, one with watercolour and charcoal.


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On our way to Cobscook Bay State Park, we stopped along Route 191 in Cutler to hike 1.4 miles through the woods to a rocky cliff overlooking the Bay of Fundy.
Canadian Grand Manan island was easily visible on a clear, cool afternoon. Stunted pines leaned out over the Atlantic, their roots grasping at patches of soil on the rocky cliff. Humpback, Fin, and Minke whales feed here, though I've yet to see them. The Bold Coast system of trails leads four miles south along the cliffs, to primitive campsites with spectacular views, but no running water or latrines. If you go, bring your camera and some bear repellent.
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I compromised my principles and bought a bag of Dandies vegan marshmallows, even though they're full of corn syrup. End-of-summer camping only happens once a year, right? The gelatin-free marshmallows charred and tasted just like the real thing, and made perfect s'mores.
The yard work, unpacking, and home repair projects were waiting for us when we got back. We're still living in complete disarray, but the long season of indoor weather will be here before long. If we don't get the bedrooms insulated in time for winter, at least we have warm sleeping bags.


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If a bear charges, stand your ground and prepare to fight. Bluff charges are rare.
Safety in Polar Bear Country
Parks Canada
We're not sure if this is the kind of advice we want to hear.
The first zodiac ashore always carries the bear guards. Dressed in bright jackets, with rifles and radios, they hike to the highest points of land around the place they came ashore scanning for polar bears and, in Labrador, black bears that like to hunt.
As the zodiacs hit the shore, we are instructed on the protocol of the place -- where to go, where not to go, where the safe areas are (always within the perimeter established by the guards who continue to scan for bears). The guards are drawn from SOI staff, including a university professor, an Inuk hunter and athlete, and folk singer.
In Labrador, where the willows and birch once clung to the ground as a strategy to optimize heat retention. The climate has been warming over the last decade or so and the bushes have grown to the point that they now make good cover for polar bears and black bears. In other parts of the country, black bears are scavengers. In the Torngats they are carnivores and they like to lie low in the bush and wait for unsuspecting caribou. Or hikers.
Many of the Inuit elders we spoke to talked about how "there never used to be a lot of plants". Now the bushes make it difficult to travel and they are blamed for the infestation of mosquitoes and flies that has happened over the last couple of years.
Given these changes, a ring of bear guards seems like a good idea. Parks Canada, which runs the Torngat National Park in partnership with the Nunatsiavut Government, has its own bear guards who accompany hikers wherever they go. It's not a free service and must be added to the cost of getting to this remote corner of Canada.
Other interesting facts from the Parks Canada manual include: If you find a dead body with a missing head, it was killed by a polar bear. A missing haunch means it was killed by a grizzly bear.
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Francis Henry Badding
Funeral Mass for longtime Dove Creek resident Francis Henry Badding will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 22 at St. Jude Catholic Church in Dove Creek. Interment will follow at Dove Creek Cemetery.
Visitation has been scheduled for 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 21 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. A Rosary will follow the viewing at 7 p.m.
Francis was born on August 18, 1926 in Littleton, Colo. to Frank and Andriena (Ferrero) Badding. He passed away at his home on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at the age of 86.
Francis married Betty Jo Fury on January 14, 1961 at St. Jude Catholic Church in Dove Creek. He loved to work, most especially ranching and working the ground. Francis enjoyed helping his neighbors with their animals veterinary needs. He loved spending time with his family and being in the mountains. Francis was a member or the Knights of Columbus and was an active member of St. Jude Catholic Church, where he was a Eucharistic Minister.
Surviving Francis are his wife, Betty Badding of Dove Creek; his 10 children, Theresa Espinoza and husband, David of Mancos, Darla Hanstedt and husband, Michael of Durango, Francis Badding Jr. and wife, Jodi of Bloomfield, Paul Badding of Dove Creek, Angela Geisinger and husband, Wayne of Egnar, Christine Hudgens and husband, George of Hesperus, Jolene Badding of Durango, Cheryl Hanstedt and husband, Steve of Hesperus, Mark Badding of Dove Creek, and LaDonna Garrett and husband, Guy of Hesperus; 20 grandchildren; six great grandchildren; and his siblings, Marie Guiles and Margaret Humann both of Thornton, Colo., Norbert Badding of Greeley, Colo., and Edward Badding of Cedaredge, Colo. Francis was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Andriena Badding; and his brothers, Joe and Sylvester Badding; and his sister, Genevieve Fury.
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I am curious though on how Daz/Croco have established themselfes in the NW, There is no doubt in the fact of their Power increase. The question is.. on which level are they by now?
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Zoros' Asura seems like a stronger attack then Sanjis' Jambe.
Obviously Sanji is the weakest of the Monster Trio, the only question in my mind is how close is he to Zoro and how far is he from Franky (the 4th strongest in the crew imo).
He was able to fight Vergo for awhile, I don't know if he could had ended it (probably not since he was acting like his legs were getting hurt) but even if he couldn't outlast Vergo, his skill level was the same - In my opinion in terms of skill/abilities he is on Luffy's/Zoro level, just he isn't able to take the beatings they do and keep fighting.
So yeah, I wouldn't rate Zoro a A and Sanji a B+, maybe a A- but only because he is more squishy (although he is tough, don't get me wrong - I'm comparing to Zoro who is more of a tank then General Franky lol)


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Chapter is out! http://www.mangapanda.com/fairy-tail/308
Manga reading list: Bleach, Naruto, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, One Piece, Code Breaker, Gamaran, Kuroko No Basket, Fairy Tail, The World God Only Knows, Kimi No Iru Machi, Good Ending, Medaka Box, Nisekoi, D.Gray-Man, Ao No Exorcist, Freezing, Magi - Labyrinth of Magic, Soul Eater, Rosario Vampire Season II, Iris Zero, Ubell Blatt, Bloody Cross, Sun-Ken Rock, and Infinite Stratos,
It feels like Wendy will have it tough with this match-up. And poor Lucy and Yukino hahahah^^
Hasn't Lucy already summoned some spirits without the keys anyway ? Plus she still has that galactic stellar barrage thing, as long as Yukino aids her with her own magic power/combo attack.
Meh.. the opponents looks flashy as always but it's not like we haven't seen this before. The only interesting about this is the funny looking guy with Lucy and Yukino.
The unburnable paper was just lame. For god's sake, Natsu is using flames taught by freaking dragon. I don't know why I'm not liking this. They just seems to be there so that Natsu and the rest will have something to do.
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Isn't this side story merely a distraction from the main fight?
Or......perhaps the true purpose of this side story lies with the princess. She seems to be sad for Ft, and she seems to be connected to Arcadios somehow.
I'll take a stab at it. The princess dumped Ft into the no-escape dungeon place so that they'll defeat the executioners and save Arcadios. So this side story can tie into the dragon king fextival through the Arcadios guy.
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Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
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The princess, it seems she is worry about someone...and she seems feel sorry for the Fairy Tail...weird...


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Three dedicated historical musicians with special expertise lead The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums, working in concert to re-create the military unit called "fifes and drums" of the 18th century.
Lance Pedigo
Entered the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums in 1972 at the age of nine and graduated in 1981 as sergeant major. He received his bachelor's degree in music with a performance concentration from James Madison University. Lance has performed with Disney's All-American College Marching Band, the 1984 Summer Olympics All-American Marching Band, the 1984 Presidential Inaugural Band, and the All-American Statue of Liberty Band and has also performed throughout the United States, Japan, and Canada. He has recorded for Coastline Music and performed for National Public Radio. Lance currently performs with the early music ensemble Capriole and serves as a teambuilding facilitator and private teacher.
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A native of Atlanta, Ga, She holds a bachelor's degree in music from Florida State University and a master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She earned a doctorate in music from Florida State University in flute performance.
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Random stuff: KHL goaltenders
Jonathan Willis
January 17 2009 06:00AM
So I'll admit off the top that this post has almost nothing to do with the Edmonton Oilers specifically, beyond the fact that it could count as beating the dead "Garon has no trade value at all" horse. It is hockey-related though, and features Ray Emery!
Since I mentioned Ray Emery, let's start with him. He recently played in the incredibly cool looking KHL All-Star game, and his rather nice KHL numbers have sparked rumours of an NHL return next season. Still, for any GMs with an interest in Emery, I'd advise that they at least check out another goalie.
- Emery: 19-6-0, 1.99 GAA, 0.929 SV%
- Other Guy: 11-4-6, 1.69 GAA, 0.941 SV%
The other guy is Vitaly Kolesnik, a Kazakh goaltender who has spent the last two seasons in Russia after coming to North America in 2005-06. Kolesnik was fairly good; he went 3-3 for Colorado (3.24 GAA, .888 SV%) and outplayed the other six goaltenders on his AHL team, posting a .917 SV% and being the only goaltender with a better than .500 record (it may also be worth noting that Cam Ward went 0-2 with a .915 SV% on that team).
I don't mean to take anything away from Emery, because Kolesnik is a good goaltender too, but I think it's probably fair to say that the gaudy statistics Emery has put up have more to do with the quality of his team than a superhuman performance on his part.
Of course, NHL GMs make funny decisions all the time with goaltenders. Consider the New York Islanders, who decided to bring back Wade Dubielewicz, who had been recently bought out of his KHL contract. Here's Dubielewicz, compared to his teammate Stanislav Galimov:
- Dubielewicz: 11-8-3, 2.77 GAA, 0.892 SV%
- Galimov: 17-3-1, 1.91 GAA, 0.924 SV%
Obviously, there's a transition involved to playing in Russia. Perhaps Dubielewicz's play was affected by off-ice issues. Still, it seems odd to me that the Islanders would chose to sign Dubielewicz over, say, claiming Curtis Sanford, when Dubielewicz was massively outplayed by Galimov, an undrafted player who only established himself as a KHL-level netminder this season (last season, he'd sunk as low as the third-tier Russian league at one point). Would it have been that hard to finagle Mathieu Garon or Jeff Deslauriers out of Edmonton?
Another North American player over in the KHL right now is Tyler Moss. Moss was once Oilers' property (acquired for Peter Sarno) and he played for the Roadrunners during the NHL lockout. He's had cups of coffee in the NHL (most notably with the 1998-99 Calgary Flames), but mostly he's been an above-average AHL net-minder. Here's Moss, compared to his teammate Sergei Borisov:
- Moss: 8-13-3, 2.77 GAA, .903 SV%
- Borisov: 8-10-1, 2.33 GAA, .916 SV%
I point this out because Borisov is an undrafted 23-year old, and right now he's one of the better goaltenders in what is either the second-best or third-best league in the world. Galimov, who I pointed out above, is an undrafted 20-year old, and he's right in Emery territory stats-wise.
I believe this is a big part of the reason why top-level AHL goalies and NHL backups have minimal trade value -- there are a ton of capable goaltenders over in Europe right now. Often, they come over to North America and immediately post incredible numbers. If I were an NHL GM, I'd never draft a goaltender, with the exception of those franchise-level talents that typically go within the first five picks.
Most teams have a goaltenders in Europe who could step in immediately at the backup level -- we've seen Jussi Markkanen do it here in Edmonton, and I'm fairly sure that Bjorn Bjurling would be decent as a backup/AHL-level goalie if the Oilers system wasn't already jammed.
There's no upside to drafting and developing average goaltenders. They're available as free agents (Mathieu Garon), for low cost in the trade market (Jason Labarbera) or off the waiver wire (Curtis Sanford). That's a big part of the reason why I don't understand the Oilers' reluctance to waive Garon, or trade away Jeff Deslauriers. Do either offer anything not cheaply available on the free agent market, or in Europe, this summer?
January 17 2009, 01:13PM
Jason: Sincerely, thanks for the updates here. That inside information is gold.
January 17 2009, 01:16PM
Speaking of a different kind of inside information, I now have a 3-0 lead on Eklund. I made a couple fo bad bets, though; if Eklund does it again, I suggest a reader contest where we all submit lists, and at deadline time, the closest person gets a prize.
January 17 2009, 01:19PM
@ Jonathan Willis: @ Jason Gregor:
You guys rock.
@ jono: @ Chris:
Exactly! holy crap people.
@ Jason Gregor: "Once Hemsky, Nilsson, Stortini and Pisani are back some bodies have to go and I'd suspect Brule will be one of them. Brule can only play four more games before he has to clear waivers."
Don't forget that JF Jacques takes a roster spot when he comes off the IR. He can go down for conditioning without clearing waivers, but he will still have to be on the Oiler's roster.
January 17 2009, 01:22PM
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I wonder how may other NHL clubs have traded the away their MVP from the previous season for a couple of AHL players and 4th round draft pick??
Just to clarify Ales Hemsky wasn't traded and he was named their MVP last season. Garon only played in 47 games. He won 26 of them. Not close to being a team MVP. 10 of those wins came in the shootout. Yes he was stellar in the shootout, but his GAA (2.66) and save% (.913)were both decent, but ranked 25th and 17th respectively.
I think you might be over blowing the value of Garon. But you wouldn't be the first Oiler fan to think the players are better than they actually are. Sorry, but that is a problem in this town from time-to-time.
Garon is now on his 4th NHL team, and probably will sign with his 5th in the summer. That makes him a journeyman goaltender. He can be great for stretches, but he never has been able to maintain #1 status in his eight years in the NHL.
In case you forgot who the other award winners for the Oilers last season:
First year Oiler: Cogliano and Gagner D-Man of the year: Gilbert Defensive forward: Pisani Most Popular: Hemsky Unsung Hero: Staios
January 17 2009, 01:24PM
Darcy wrote:
Don't forget that JF Jacques takes a roster spot when he comes off the IR. He can go down for conditioning without clearing waivers, but he will still have to be on the Oiler's roster.
He won't be a factor until February, and late February at that. He is still a ways away from even considering body contact.
January 17 2009, 01:29PM
Jonathan Willis wrote:
Speaking of a different kind of inside information, I now have a 3-0 lead on Eklund. I made a couple fo bad bets, though; if Eklund does it again, I suggest a reader contest where we all submit lists, and at deadline time, the closest person gets a prize.
I hope you beat him by 10...He is a joke...some of the writers on there are very good, while others have no access to the team and no real sources, so why anyone would believe a word of what they write amazes me. Since Jokinen and Gratton were both put on waivers, shouldn't you get 1/2 points for those...haha
Jason Gregor wrote:
Since Jokinen and Gratton were both put on waivers, shouldn't you get 1/2 points for those…haha
F. Kaberle too, wasn't he?
Just curious.....Did Gregor and Pookie make up in the Oilers Dressing room??
January 17 2009, 01:48PM
CurtisS wrote:
Just curious…..Did Gregor and Pookie make up in the Oilers Dressing room??
Sober up man...The guy isn't in the room...we all know that...
January 17 2009, 01:50PM
Jason Gregor wrote:
I hope you beat him by 10…He is a joke…some of the writers on there are very good, while others have no access to the team and no real sources, so why anyone would believe a word of what they write amazes me.
Yeah, he's pretty out there. He really has some pretty legitimate writers on his site (I like Tolensky, but Strickland and others are good) but he's so full of crap that I'm continually amazed he can hang on to them.
Seriously, I think we should have a reader contest next time - I bet half the folks who comment here can do as good a job as Eklund over the long term.
January 17 2009, 01:50PM
@ Mike:
Pretty sure Kaberle was too.
someone please post a post, i cant handle looking at tencers mug anymore on the main page.
@ Jason Gregor:
Hey, I was just asking....I know im not in the room to see.
I like the trade. I honestly didnt think we could get more than a pick for him. We also got rid of the 3 goaltender situation. We can worry about the goaltending next year in the summer. That is not our concern right now.
Stone, well I am a hitmen fan and have seen lots of stone in the WHL. I always thought he was one hella a junior player. He could come into Calgary and shut down Getzlaf and also appear on the score sheet. I dont know what happened to him since but should at least help out down in Springfield for the rest of the year.
1 thing I dont like is we are at 49 contracts now.
January 17 2009, 02:11PM
Man all this activity is too much for me right now, I was at the game night party last night and and hung over, Wanye and Co. got me wasted!
Peace Garon, you didnt do it for me
@ Jason Gregor: I agree completely. This is a good trade.
We free up about a half mil of cap room, get some help for Springfield and some potential in Stone and a draft pick. A draft pick is never a bad thing... even a fourth rounder.
Tambellini got rid of the three headed and monster and has gotten himself a little more cap breathing room to make another trade. I don't think he is done dealing.
January 17 2009, 04:53PM
looks like Nilson is being shopped, Brule will stay with the big club, Poulty will also be staying. Schremp is also being shopped
here's the link to the article in question.
January 17 2009, 05:37PM
Pokie Reddik wrote:
looks like Nilson is being shopped, Brule will stay with the big club, Poulty will also be staying. Schremp is also being shopped
What? Where?
@ Jason Gregor:
I guess if you are going to use the fans voting as your argument there is nothing we can debate.
Just like we can't debate that fact that Mike Komisarek is an allstar???
Hemmer is BY FAR the best Oiler we have had in years (better than Dougie), but even I know that Garon kept us in way more games (and got us way more points) than Hemsky did. Even if we look at this year, no one will dispute that Hemsky was our best player up until he got hurt (some arguments for Souray). But since he has been out, our team is doing okay (5-5). Hemsky had a great year offensively last year, but it still doesn't change the fact that we lost a lot more than we won when Roli was in net. With the same Hemsky production (as with Roli), we won more games with Garon between the pipes.
Garon gave us a chance to win virtually every game he started last year. You can use shoot out wins as a knock against and I can use them as proof as to how he stole us points that we didn't deserve.
The fact of the matter is, any sane coach would not cut a guy loose like MacT did to Garon. I don't even know if Garon was going to be our guy (we will never know). I do know that Roli IS NOT our guy going forward. If the Oilers have some plans to land a better goalie ASAP, then fine. Roll the dice and see what happens. But why give up on Garon when it is clear that Roli is not long for this league?
But for anyone to tell me that this deal makes our club better this year is dreaming.
Can you honestly tell me that any club is going to pick JDD up off waivers and keep him on their roster all year? I guess the Islanders might be in a position to now, but not 20 games ago.
If management thinks we are going to contend for the playoffs (which they do), can they really be comfortable with an aging (and tiring) Roloson and a raw rookie that really hasn't shown that much?
If this was really a move to free up cap room, we should have dumped Roli (would have freed up even more room). If you're saying that no one would have taken Roli off our hands – what does that tell you about his worth??
You can tell me that Garon is now considered a journeyman goalie. I can tell you that as a rookie he was playing behind the former Vezina winner (Theodore) and the veteran (Hackett) in Montreal and had a new coach (Crawford) bring in his own guy (Cloutier) in LA.
I'm an Oiler fan. I like the fact that Roli is playing well (this year). Getting wins is very important and Roli is winning. It bothers me that our coaching staff did not give Garon a chance to play even though he earned it (as much a Roli earned it from 05/06).
But hey – all you potential free agents out there!! Come sign with the Oilers, they treat you great……
Jason Gregor wrote:
Darcy wrote: Don't forget that JF Jacques takes a roster spot when he comes off the IR. He can go down for conditioning without clearing waivers, but he will still have to be on the Oiler's roster. He won't be a factor until February, and late February at that. He is still a ways away from even considering body contact.
Anybody help me out here? JFJ's off IR, down for conditioning. How'd they make room on the roster? (Potulny's been sent down, but Peckham's up so that's a wash. Neither Horc nor Gilbert's been IR'd).


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MOOREVILLE – Mooreville and Nettleton will meet for one more division game, but the Lady Troopers may go in feeling better. Mooreville beat its heated rival 5-2 Monday night.
Nettleton starting pitcher MariAnna Young left the game after an inning after injuring her leg on a single. Mooreville (18-3, 4-0) added to a 3-2 lead with a two-run single from pinch hitter Erin Jones in the sixth.
Mooreville'sJessalyn Brown, a Florida transfer, improved to 8-2 on the season. Her move has made it easier to transition after the Lady Troopers lost promising starter Teri Richey to another shoulder surgery before the season started.
"Jessalyn moves in, is a good fit to our team and gets along real well," Mooreville coach Perry Wilburn said.
Nettleton (10-4, 1-1 Division 2-3A) sophomore Katibeth Finney pitched 11 innings – she threw five in JV. She retired her first six.
Eighth grade catcher Hallie Donald may have made the play of the game for Mooreville in the second. With two on, Brown struck out Brittany Adams, one of her five. The ball went to the backstop before Donald fired a laser to first for the out.
"We battled. You lose 5-2 to Mooreville, that's not a downside," Nettleton coach Dana Rhea said. "We had opportunities."
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Last week, the Emery High volleyball team went on the road for one match and at home against Juab splitting the contests. Emery hosted Juab on Tuesday and defeated the Wasps 3-1. Emery then traveled to region leader Delta on Thursday and lost 3-1.
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Narrator Nick Sullivan serves this dialogue well, and has great fun with the accumulation of wisecracks. Lines like "The Bay View was a vacation spot for people vacating from their husbands and wives" are delivered with perfect timing, fitting for the kind of deadpan one-liners that are stock in trade of gumshoe narratives. If he perhaps emphasises the comic and cartoon at the expense of the story's darker undertones, then it is compensated by his well-drawn cast of characters, including a lugubrious villain and a tough-guy kangaroo hoodlum.
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In this brave new world, Metcalf has been shadowing the wife of an affluent doctor, perhaps falling a little in love with her at the same time. But when the doctor turns up dead, our amiable investigator finds himself caught in the crossfire in a futuristic world that is both funny - and not so funny.
©1994 Jonathan Lethem; (P)2009 BBC Audio
"This colorful first novel is a fast and lively read, full of humorous visions and outlandish predicaments." (Publishers Weekly)
"[A] sparkling pastiche of Chandleresque detective fiction displaced to an almost comical postmodern landscape." (Booklist)
"Marries Chandler's style and Philip K. Dick's vision...an audaciously assured first novel." (Newsweek)
I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it. - Salinger ^(;,;)^
"SF SLAMS into a hard-boiled, noir pulp!"
Science fiction slams into a hard-boiled, noir pulp (imagine 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' written by Chandler and directed by David Lynch'). Fun, quick and in parts even close to brilliant.
I like Jack Reacher style characters regardless of setting. Put them in outer space, in modern America, in a military setting, on an alien planet... no worries. Book has non moralistic vigilante-justice? Sign me up! (oh, I read urban fantasy, soft and hard sci-fi, trashy vampire and zombie novels too)
"Noir detective novel meets alternative future..."
This book was in my library for a very long time... I think I thought it was a different kind of book than it actually was. It is billed as a noir-detective type novel, but I would have to say that it is equally an alternative future/sci-fi type novel.
It does have the Chandler-esque tone to it: making it on the dark side, and the action is short and succinct. It is not particularly violent or graphic, but has an over-arching depression about it. (i.e. you won't find a feel-good sensation at the end).
There is significant drug use - in fact, this is the component that sets the novel out as alternative future-ish... drug use has been legalized, and, even more disturbingly, made customizable for users. In fact, it changes society completely at the end - and it adds a layer of bleakness to the story, while still remaining believable. If you look at it quickly, you might think the drug use was just this detectives' booze (after all, don't all noir detectives have addictions?), but I think it was actually the component that carved out this world: the very world became the way it is in the novel because of this drug 'reality'. And the ending of the novel wouldn't have worked without it.
I have read elsewhere that the novel was a commentary on the state of individual detachment from/in the world, and I suppose that could be an accurate description. Except that I didn't read it for social insights or moral issues; I read it for simple enjoyment. Fortunately it delivered. Sure, you can read all sorts of stuff into it, but you don't have to, and I think the book stands well as a futuristic noir.
The narration is good. There is violence, but it is not graphic. There is no sex. I will be looking for more books by this author.
"quirky SF detective story"
this is very much a Chandler "Big Sleep" type story but channeled through Pynchon and PK Dick. very good, and though the narrator could have been a bit more world weary noirish, or a bit more comic like Michael Kramer's narration for Westlake, (you really need to get Kramer's Dortmunder recordings on Audible) he does a good job. interested in Lethem's Chronocity now.
"Gun, with Occasional Music"
What happens if you take the classic noir detective story and put it into an American future characterized by perverse pleasure? You get this novel.
First the positive. If you like a traditional tough-guy detective story told in the first person, this has got that. It's even set in the Bay Area and incorporates all of the necessary elements, damsels in distress, a seductress, tough guys jawing at one another, a morally flawed main character, etc. In fact, early on in the book I thought that I would rate it fairly high simply because Jonathan Lethem had done such a tremendous job of matching the trope. I was particularly taken with his deft touch on the snappy tough-guy repartee, if this were a movie there would be many quotable lines.
That said, I found it a little lacking at points. Frankly there were a few points where the book just lost my attention. These points seemed to be primarily where he left the main detective plot line and immersed the reader in world building. More importantly, I could never quite figure out how the world Lethem created served the story. For instance, you can expect the main character in this type of novel to hit the bottle or have an addiction, but everyone had an addiction and I'm still wondering how, other than occasionally making some people harder to question, that served the story. Another example of this was a series of genetically mutated animals. They were an interesting set of characters to play with and read about, but I can't say that I felt like they added depth to the plot in anyway, which I see as a strong negative in a murder mystery. There was also a backdrop of Karma Points, which when it was first introduced I thought was an interesting concept, but it just never seemed to go anywhere intriguing.
As I think this through, it seems to me that the writer must have wanted to write a noir detective story, which is cool. Then he decided to place the story in a really funky world and the problem is that the world doesn't end up facilitating the story, it came off to me as simply arbitrary.
Don't get me wrong because of the strong first-person narration and appropriate incorporation of the genre's tropes, it is an entertaining read. It just falls a little flat in the end. My official rating for this is 3.5 stars, but since most sites won't let you do half a star I'll click the three star button because I simply do not feel strongly enough about it to make it four stars.
"Such a clever idea but that's all"
There's no denying the quality of Lethem's writing. His mimicry of the hard-boiled, Raymond Chandler type, simile-swinging detective is spot on. The novel's concept is clever and engaging--at first. After the first surprise of discovering the old-fashioned PI juxtaposed with a dystopian society, I found the story gets old, the characters are trite and undeveloped, and I got bored.
"all about style"
As with all Lethem's books, it's not the story that entertains, it's the writing. His books are all an interesting turn of phrase.
"Awesome crime noir!"
Great overall story, the vocals are wonderful, and the characters are hilarious! Recommended if you like noir.
"Creative Dark Future Noir"
The story is set in a retro future with land lines, phone books, and specialized cocaine. I loved the silliness and the satire, but it never reached beyond it's genre of noir. It would be fun if this was a series, but its not. It goes to show Lethem's ability to make you feel like there are many other stories to tell in this world, and he paints the picture quickly enough that you can step into it within the first hour.
My favorite aspect of the world were the science experiments the government or powers that be were enacting on the population and how they were almost not vital to the story. Letham is able to use walking talking animals in place of Dick Tracy villains but describes each wrinkle the same way the comic strip did with lots of tiny lines.
The narrator's performance is slow and simple for my taste and often had strange inflection. I think the story would have suited a subtle performance rather than the gum shoe cartoon voice that's used. As with many of noir titles in first person, the narrator's often have gruff voices that make their children and women character voices conjure images of men in drag with fake high pitched voices.
All in all, good fun.
"Need a prequel and sequel"
Hammet , Drugs and a Kangaroo
Quaint amusing plot introducing science gone Wrong mutated animal characters it was extremely enjoyable listening to the wonderfully drawn caricatures of the inhabitants of this bay area bizarre family. It was not a story glorifying drugs but rather a scene of the future of psychopharmacology industry It was very well done and it's a shame that it's still not in a series run
The detective, the kangaroo ,the baby heads ,the gorilla and every last other one of the players
I was in shock and awe at how close this came to my InVisioning of the future
Laythan should rearrange his priorities and write this in full series of fun and laughter
"Ramand Chandler in the 22nd century"
Classic Private eye story set in a future where animals have been evolved into creatures that speak and do tasks that humans won't do any more.
How our hero Conrad Metcalf , not only deals with problems but with his addictions to legal drugs That is a part of the story and how he has his own personal blend.
Conrad Metcalf, he really pulled off all the character voices but you really felt Metcalf's angst.
A few laughs and some extreme reactions to some brutal murders but all in all a really good story. Well worth what I paid for it. (got on sale and would still recommend) excellent urban future fantasy.
SPOILER; I would love to see a second book about this character after he get's out of the freeze, in the future.......I hope.
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Q-Gel® (60 softgels, 30-day supply) | CoQ10 supplements
Item# COQ (Q-Gel)
CoQ10 creates cellular energy, which is crucial for your heart in particular, where the largest concentration of cells in your body is found. This makes your heart the biggest energy "hog" in your body. CoQ10 is also a powerful antioxidant that fights free radicals throughout your entire cardiovascular system, protecting cellular membranes and helping to reduce lipid oxidation. It also promotes normal blood pressure levels and supports your immune system health. On top of that, it will increase your physical energy and stamina.
And while your body produces its own CoQ10, your levels decline with age. In addition, certain medications, particularly statin drugs, deplete your natural stores. That's why Dr. Sinatra strongly recommends that you replenish this vital nutrient. But CoQ10 is not readily bioavailable—it's a large particle and it isn't water-soluble, so it can have trouble entering your bloodstream.
For this reason, I have long recommended CoQ10 in the liquid softgel form called Q-Gel. Its patented delivery system makes CoQ10 more absorbable. In fact, Q-Gel is clinically shown to be 2.73 times more bioavailable than powdered CoQ10.
And because many of you take higher amounts of CoQ10 for added benefits, we've included 100 mg of CoQ10 in each Q-Gel softgel. If you're not taking CoQ10 yet, this is the time to start.
Ingredients & Dosage
Q-Gel® 100 mg: 1 softgel gives you...
|Vitamin E (as d-alpha tocopheryl acetate)
|Coenzyme Q10 (as ubiquinone)
|100 mg
Other ingredients: Gelatin, polysorbate 80, medium chain triglycerides, glycerin, hydroxylated soy lecithin, sorbitol, annatto seed extract
Q-Gel® is a registered trademark of Tishcon Corp.
Take 1 softgel once or twice daily with a meal.
Note: This product is not recommended for children.
Allergy Information:
This product contains soy.
Side Effects:
There are no known side effects associated with this product. However, as with any food product, there may be infrequent and unusual highly sensitized reactions associated with this or any other nutritional supplement. If such a reaction occurs, you should consider discontinuing use of this or any product.
Pregnant or lactating women should consult a health care professional before taking this product..
Keep out of reach of Children.
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Polo Ralph Lauren Wayler Boys Toddler & Youth Flip Flop
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Perfect on the boat or on land, the Polo Ralph Lauren Wayler Flip Flop is the perfect and stylish addition to his summer wardrobe!
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