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messy and dressy, the best of both worlds! feel fancy and twirly girly with a tulle skirt layered with a sheer top (striped bralette underneath) - but let's also keep it real here. throw your hair up on top of your head in a messy bun and slide on some sparkley flats. and lipstick should probably happen too.
my style is to never go too much in one direction, it's all about mixing and balance! try it out, and own it.
35 comments:
- Bianca said...
cute stuff.
- June 2, 2011 at 12:34 AM
- kelly ann said...
I'm a firm believer in the whole 'don't brush it' theory. People think I'm crazy, but it's my #1 hair secret. ;)
- June 2, 2011 at 12:44 AM
- Alice said...
Very cute!
Just a Silhouette - June 2, 2011 at 12:44 AM
- sarathira sukiman said...
messy & dressy. you hit the spot! love that concept :)
- June 2, 2011 at 1:02 AM
- Emily said...
- June 2, 2011 at 2:47 AM
- Emily said...
I've really enjoyed your style features lately. So pretty!
- June 2, 2011 at 3:11 AM
- thrillofthechaise.com said...
How cute!
www.thrillofthechaise.com - June 2, 2011 at 4:13 AM
- Monica said...
I NEVER brush my hair. It's crazy curly and ends up looking scary if I do.
- June 2, 2011 at 4:20 AM
- allie smith said...
These are just great! :)
- June 2, 2011 at 5:21 AM
- eden said...
i love your outfit posts! it is a creative spin on the typical outfit post and putting the outfits into contexts is GREAT! love it, oh and i WISH i could do that to my hair...so cute :)
- June 2, 2011 at 5:56 AM
- Katie Dodd said...
your outfit post concept KILLS me. its so unique and genuine. iloveitiloveitiloveit!
- June 2, 2011 at 7:01 AM
- bre said...
yessssss i love love love sparkly shoes too. :)
xx - June 2, 2011 at 7:41 AM
- beachcitylifestyle said...
I love messy with the feminine touches. You do it well.
- June 2, 2011 at 7:43 AM
- Samantha said...
Loving these posts!
- June 2, 2011 at 7:57 AM
- kristina@beancakes said...
shh, i don't really brush my hair either. must be a graphic designer thang! ;) ;)
LOVE your photos ~ SO inspirational, gah!
xo ~ kristina
http://beancakes.wordpress.com/ - June 2, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- Drew {Coral Cafe} said...
I'm thankful for my naturally wavy/curly locks so I don't have to brush mine either!! We're pretty lucky, I'd say ;)
You've got one talented friend to make that shirt! - June 2, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- Anna said...
yay, messy & dressy is my favorite style. love those sparkle shoes!
- June 2, 2011 at 8:25 AM
- denise* paper angels said...
gorgeous... as usual!x
- June 2, 2011 at 8:42 AM
- Ciara said...
I saw this post right before I got dressed today, and I sure am glad I did! It took my slouchy comfortable outfit to a new level!
- June 2, 2011 at 9:25 AM
- Bethany said...
You're so freakin' cute, and truly, your style is your own. I love that I can see that and say in the same breath that I wouldn't wear what you wear, but I still find it tremendously inspiring. Thanks for starting this new section!
- June 2, 2011 at 9:26 AM
- Rachel Allen said...
so when you say "don't brush your hair" do you mean NEVER, or just when you get out of the shower, and then leave it?
- June 2, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- Suburbia Sputnik said...
keep the outfit posts coming! Also, I have short hair, do you think the no-brushing rule applies?
- June 2, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- bri. said...
i brush it once a month. and it's not fun. AT ALL. but worth it.
- June 2, 2011 at 10:22 AM
- {molly beth} said...
i don't know why it's taken me so long to stumble upon your adorable blog! glad i found you :]
come stop by, i'm hosting a 30 for 30 on my blog!
http://alwaysamrsforeverakidd.blogspot.com - June 2, 2011 at 12:42 PM
- Kate said...
beautiful post, bri!
k - June 2, 2011 at 1:13 PM
- vanessa joie said...
i cannot tell you how MUCH i love these photos of you. i may never brush my hair again.
- June 2, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- dani said...
I am SO glad you're posting your own outfits now. :) You're fantasticly fabulous!
<3 The Daily Dani - June 2, 2011 at 4:11 PM
- Simone LeBlanc said...
loving these outfit photos. They capture a such a great vibe and personality.
- June 2, 2011 at 4:37 PM
- bells 'n' shells said...
love these! keep 'em coming. so adorable!
- June 2, 2011 at 5:15 PM
- Brooklynn said...
your blog is the epitome of inspiration and these outfit posts just solidify that!
- June 2, 2011 at 7:47 PM
As your Mommy, it's such a fun kick in the a$$ to see these fun comments about my cute little girl. : )
- June 2, 2011 at 9:58 PM
- gia said...
I like the overall concept of "owning it" I think that's probably the most important part of style, hmm?
- June 3, 2011 at 11:17 AM
bri, keep singing the don't brush it song. i love it!
- June 3, 2011 at 1:17 PM
- Andrea said...
When I don't brush mine (which is fairly often) people ask me if I am embracing rastafarianism. Maybe I need more jewelry to pull it off.
- June 5, 2011 at 7:31 AM
- Jamie Wyckoff | Julia's Poppies Design said...
enjoying your new column! i'm with you on the no brushing! :)
- June 5, 2011 at 6:38 PM


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Tuning boxes have vastly improved over the years and now even, dare I say it, Audi owners are using them...
They're fine, people just need to understand, like every other gizmo that comes along, it's been tested and once you're used to it you'll think nothing of it. I have been driving for 44 years and used mechanical handbrakes for 43 of them and I don't find it an issue. Good things: 1) It releases automatically when you pull away, even if the car is cold, as long if you're wearing the selt belt and the drivers door is closed. 2) It will automatically activate when you are stationary and then release the selt belt, open the door or turn the engine off. 3) Can be used as an emergency brake. Bad things: 1) No handbrake turns, well on my car because it operates on all four wheels.
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Trend and cycle in bond premia
Common statistical measures of bond risk premia are volatile and countercyclical. This paper uses survey data on interest rate forecasts to construct subjective bond risk premia. Subjective premia are less volatile and not very cyclical; instead they are high, only around the early 1980s. The reason for the discrepancy is that survey forecasts of interest rates are made as if both the level and the slope of the yield curve are more persistent than under common statistical models. The paper then proposes a consumption based asset pricing model with learning to explain jointly the difference between survey and statistical forecasts, and the evolution of subjective premia. Adaptive learning gives rise to inertia in forecasts, as well as changes in conditional volatility that help understand both features. ; This paper is an extension of Monika Piazzesi's and Martin Schneider's work while they were in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
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There'd be flocks on signposts.
Flocks in the sky
And flocks of birders from all over looking at the flocks of crossbills which seemed to be in every tree around.
And as you can see these active little birds are not at all shy and from what I understand so tame, they even landed on people according to the Massbird Post I read!
On the ground and flying around!
I can't help to think that mother nature was feeling very creative the day she created crossbills.
The flocks of birds would be so impressive it will be something forever imprinted in my mind and I wish them well on their journey in search for food and shelter.
Great Black-backed Gull near the bathrooms with its leg tucked in!
After that it would be a quick trip to Joppa Flats to use the facilities and scan the waters. You so know I couldn't resist buying this Black-capped Chickadee for my niece. This adorable little bird even sings its Phee Bee song when you squeeze it! So cute!
After that it would be off to Plum Island with Gate One being the first stop. Birds would be everywhere including the Black-bellied Plovers above.
And this Herring Gull who is still as handsome as ever even in non-breeding plumage We'd also see many sea ducks including Black and White-winged Scoter and get better looks at them than we ever do at the Wachusett Reservoir. We'd also get some nice looks at Common Eider and the many Red-throated Loons who'd be fairly close to shore for some killer looks that I haven't been lucky enough to get this year.
Forbush trip members looking at the MANY birds in the water.
And not only would we get the Black-bellied Plover here but an American Golden Plover as well who'd be right on the beach which was crazy to see considering this is generally out of their habitat.
Another bonus would be the American Bittern above.
As well as many dabbling ducks like the Northern Pintails and a life bird for me the Eurasian Wigeon who'd be breath taking with it's buffy forehead and dark rufous head. There'd also be many American Black Ducks and a nice scope view of some Gadwall's.
A stop at the warden's station would be rewarded with some very nice looks at the Red-tailed Hawk above who'd be flying rather low "Harrier style", before landing on a roof to pose for the camera!
I don't get pictures like this anymore that often due to the problems I still have with my camera when it was broken and fixed so this was very much appreciated!
But the buteo of the day hands down would be this stunning Rough-legged Hawk who would fly directly above our heads for nice views and pictures. This would be the best look I've ever gotten of this bird flying overhead and would actually make me a tad dizzy upon seeing it!
Our last stop would be Cherry Hill Reservoir in Newbury in search for more ducks.
We'd be greeted by the many Ruddy Ducks as well as Ring-necked Ducks, Common Mergansers, Bufflehead and a lone Pied-billed Grebe. The sun would already be receding beyond the horizon which reminded us all that despite the temperatures it was indeed November and time to head back home. On the drive back, I'd re play the day in my mind and realize how much I enjoy going to birding hotspots away from Worcester County occasionally as the energy is contagious. I'm not one who likes crowds much but there's something about a crowd of birders that makes me happy. I believe it's because they feel the same joy as I do when they see a bird so we all share a certain kinship that most in society aren't blessed to realize and we were certainly blessed today.
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Jake's been pretty busy this month, starting with a song. He's also been feeling rather creative, drawing an imaginary map of a world where he's more important than his older sister, and telling a story where he's wiser than his younger sister.
But Ella's not so foolish in real life. She's talking a lot more and proving her genius even if her mother can't always understand.
But she does have her dad's taste in music, which is something Uncle Alex found out the hard way when he tried to teach her about dubstep. Don't feel so bad for the guy, though, he had his moment in the sun when he made fun of his buddy Ricky earlier that week.
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I bumped into your link on PW. I just had to write and say you sound an awful lot like me on your profile...I'm a country girl locked into a home in the middle of town. I'm looking forward to reading more of your blog, if that's okay!
One question...how do you get your link to show at the bottom of your comment on PW? When I try to add a URL, my comment doesn't go through.You can explain to good old Hunter that there are some advantages to NOT living in the country. Around here, we have to worry about our cats being killed by coyotes and fishers (a type of weasel). It doesn't happen very often, though. Last fall, a couple of fishers even attacked a neighbor's old collie in broad daylight. Actually more cats are killed by cars than anything. So hopefully the "r" in Hunter's name won't be changed to a "d" in the too near future.


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CIOT: New ATT President focuses on lifelong learning and fairer tax system
The new President of the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) has begun her term of office with a promise to encourage ongoing learning within the tax profession and a commitment to step up the Association's work to improve the tax system.
Yvette Nunn, who runs her own tax practice in the West Midlands, took over as ATT President from Stuart McKinnon on January 1st.1
New ATT President Yvette Nunn commented:
"Tax is a fascinating, challenging area to work in. I want to promote, encourage and grow the idea of what an individual can gain from studying for a career in tax, and the continual learning process that will stay with them throughout a career in tax. Learning is not just something you do to pass exams – it is a lifetime's vocation that will enhance your enjoyment of work and your career.
"The ATT has always offered a service to individuals young and mature, together with employers from all areas of practice, commerce and industry, keen to maintain and expand their skill base. We work with tutorial bodies to teach the skills, which, combined with the practical experience gained as they study and work, lead to these individuals growing into competent tax technicians. These students of tax are paid to learn, and it has been a form of apprenticeship.
"Now we also have official apprenticeships, and I could not be more delighted that the ATT is at the centre of the new higher apprenticeship in tax."
Yvette Nunn also emphasised her commitment to making the tax system fairer and easier to work with, especially for small firms and entrepreneurs:
"We need to build a fairer tax system, which doesn't penalise individuals and companies doing their best to get tax right during continued economic difficulties.
"The Business Payment Support Service must be more accommodating in helping business with temporary cash flow difficulties. It should be possible to seek a short delay in making a payment without suffering significant penalties, as happens in the commercial world.
"PAYE penalties are another good example. The current system of penalising businesses for being a day late each month with a series of heavy fines, while a business which simply fails to make one month's payment to aid cash flow, and pays it at the end of the year, gets no penalties, lacks natural justice.
"Small firms and entrepreneurs are the life blood of the economy. Encouraging these businesses is vital for Great Britain. However too often they are being hindered by the complexity of the system. For example, the complex rules around the chopping and changing of the Annual Investment Allowance relief can easily trip up and penalise a business for buying equipment on the wrong day within a financial year, when the idea for the increase must surely have been to encourage investment and encourage growth in the UK? If it looks too complicated for a layman to start a business then who will want to start a business?"
Yvette Nunn has also welcomed new figures showing the continuing growth of the ATT:
"The growth of the ATT since its inception in 1989 is a testimony to the service it provides to students and to members."
The ATT currently has 7,395 members, of which 279 are Fellows, and 5,065 registered students. The number of ATT student registrations increased by 26% in 2012 from 2011, with some 1,491 students registered during the calendar year.
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Yvette Nunn's appointment was confirmed by the Council of the ATT at its December 2012 meeting. Natalie Miller of PwC is the new ATT Deputy President and Michael Steed of Kaplan Financial is the new Vice President. They will serve in these posts until the end of March 2014.
Yvette became a member of the ATT in 1993 and has been a member of the Association's Council since 2000. From 2000 to 2004 she chaired the ATT's Membership Committee and from 2009 until the end of 2012 she chaired the Association's Technical Committee. She served as ATT Vice President 2010-11 and Deputy President 2011-12.
Yvette is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and has served on the Institute's Council since 2004. In 2010 she wrote a new handbook for ATT and CIOT members setting up in practice which is available on the website. She set up her own tax practice, Berkeley Associates, in 2004, specialising in advising entrepreneurs. She is based in the West Midlands and is a former Chairman of the Birmingham & West Midlands ATT/CIOT Branch.
2. Founded in 1989, the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) is a charity and the leading professional body for those providing UK tax compliance services and related activities. Our members are qualified by examination and practical experience to assist individuals and businesses in complying with their tax obligations.
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Sony's PlayStation 4 launches tonight across Europe and fans have been queuing up in London for days already to be the first to get their hands on the new console.
Although Sony has previously said that launch-day pre-orders have been sold out since August, they recently announced that gamers would be able to purchase a limited supply of the console from the 'PS4 Lounge' in London's Convent Garden.
The consoles are thought to be the last available in the UK before Christmas and will be sold on a first come first served basis to customers.
"We really wanted to offer some way for people to buy on launch day, and this is a fantastic opportunity for anyone that hasn't already pre-ordered to get their hands on a PS4 on day one," said Fergal Gara, a marketing executive from Sony Computer Entertainment.
"The excitement in the run up to our UK launch has been phenomenal, and we want to thank gamers for their support by giving them the chance to take a PS4 home at the earliest opportunity."
Sony has also confirmed the full list of launch titles as well as their prices. All the expected cross-platform titles are there, as well as Sony exclusives like Killzone: Shadow Fall, Contrast and Resogun.
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Sony will be looking to replicate both the success of their North American launch (during which the console more than one million units in 24 hours) and Microsoft's global launch for the Xbox One last week.
Following their launch Microsoft also reported that they had sold more than one million consoles in 24 hours and Sony will be hoping to beat this with their second launch. Analysts are currently predicting that the PS4 will outsell the Xbox One in the long run, shifting 49 million consoles to Microsoft's 38m over the next five years.
Commenting on Sony's launch Martyn Gibbs, the CEO of the retailer Game, noted that pre-orders for the PS4 were four times higher than they were for the PS3, adding that "the PS4 launch is going to surpass anything PlayStation has done before."
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ARLINGTON – Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones celebrated his 71st birthday in winning fashion.
Dwayne Harris returned a punt 86 yards for a touchdown and set up another score with a 90-yard kickoff return, Tony Romo threw a touchdown pass and a rejuvenated defense paved the way for a crucial fourth-quarter TD with a strip sack of Robert Griffin III in the Cowboys' 31-16 win over the Washington Redskins on Sunday night.
In snapping a two-game skid that included last week's gut-wrenching 51-48 loss to the Denver Broncos, the Cowboys (3-3) set up a showdown with the Eagles (3-3) next weekend in Philadelphia for the NFC East lead.
The Redskins, who swept the Cowboys last season, are 1-4.
"We knew this was an important game at our place against a division rival, a dangerous team," Dallas coach Jason Garrett said. "All three phases stepped up. It's exciting when everyone is involved, but we will put this one away quickly and get ready for the Eagles."
The win represented a bounce-back game by Monte Kiffin's defense, which had surrendered a combined 81 points and more than 1,000 yards during the losing streak.
But in limiting Washington to one TD and three field goals, the Cowboys sacked Griffin three times and intercepted him in the fourth quarter when cornerback Orlando Scandrick made an uncontested grab in the end zone.
The biggest defensive play by Dallas came about five minutes earlier when end Kyle Wilber took the ball away from Griffin at the Redskins' 3-yard line. Two plays later, rookie tailback Joseph Randle powered his way into the end zone from one yard out to give Dallas the lead by the final score with 8:49 left.
"We put a lot of work in (last week)," Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee said of the defense. "We were disgraced with our performance (against Denver) and we went out tonight and played well.
"We have a lot of guys that have been working behind the scene trying to get better. They came in and made a ton of plays for us. It really was the difference in the game."
Said cornerback Brandon Carr, "That disappointing performance last week left a bitter taste in our mouth. But everyone came to work with a chip on their shoulder and ready to perform for 60 minutes of hard work and sticking together."
Dallas overcame the losses of running back DeMarco Murray and defensive end DeMarcus Ware to injuries in the first half. Murray (sprained left knee) and Ware (right quadriceps strain) did not play in the second half and their status for Philadelphia is uncertain.
Harris' score gave Dallas a 14-3 lead with 2:26 left in the first half. It was the fifth-longest punt return in franchise history.
After the Redskins pulled within 14-9 on a Kai Forbath's 33-yard field goal, Harris came to the rescue again with his long kickoff return. Two plays later, Romo escaped a blitz to loft the ball into the end zone, where rookie Terrance Williams made an over-the-shoulder grab in the corner with 9:03 left in the third quarter.
"Dwayne did a fantastic job," Garrett said. "Talk about making difference-making plays."
Romo was 18 of 30 for 170 yards with one interception. Last week against Denver, he passed for a club-record 506 yards and four scores, but his fourth-quarter interception allowed the Broncos to kick the winning field goal as time expired.
"When you win, it feels much better," Romo said. "All that matters is the 'W.' "
Griffin finished 19 of 39 for 246 yards with one interception.
It was a far cry from his 311-yard, four-TD effort as a rookie last season in leading the Redskins to a 38-31 win on Thanksgiving Day in Arlington.
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Fibre Channel offers several connection strategies, called classes of service, for connecting devices through a Fibre Channel fabric. ("Fabric" is Fibre Channel's term for the cross-point switch at the heart of a fabric topology Fibre Channel. This is not to be confused with the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop -- FC-AL -- topology, which may or may not use switches and doesn't use them in quite the same way.)
Class 1 service establishes a dedicated connection through the fabric before transferring data, much like a virtual private network. Class 2 and 3 services don't require a dedicated channel. In Class 2 service, the receiving device sends an acknowledgment message to tell the sending device the data has been received. Class 3 service has no acknowledgment.
There is also a hybrid service, called Intermix, that allows other devices to use the Class 1 channel's bandwidth when no information is being sent over the Class 1 connection.
Besides these basic services, the Fibre Channel specification lists three other classes of service: Classes 4, 5 and 6. Class 4 allocates fractional bandwidth of a channel to establish a virtual circuit between two devices. Thus a single channel may serve many virtual circuits. Class 5 is not fully defined. Class 6 is multi-cast (one-to-many) transmission through the fabric.
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- Brocade has a white paper on its Web site that deals with classes of service as they apply to SANs: http://www.brocade.com/products/technical_briefs/class.html.
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Montreal Canadiens forward Lars Eller was absolutely crushed by Ottawa Senators defenseman Eric Gryba on Thursday night.
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Norway – the land of the Vikings
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The judge in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy case, often critical of charges lodged by the prosecution, indicated for the first time Monday he will block some of the charges from going to the jury.
Superior Court Judge Robert Perry told lawyers he was preparing a lengthy written analysis of statutes in the case and would consider motions by the defense next week to dismiss all charges.
However, he told defense lawyers to be prepared to begin their case because, "I think there are some charges that will likely survive in some form."
Perry did not specify which charges might be dismissed. He has said he believes some of the charges were in conflict with state law.
The judge has repeatedly said he did not think testimony from prosecution witnesses supported conspiracy charges against the defendants.
Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Smith's boyfriend-lawyer Howard K. Stern have pleaded not guilty to providing opiates and sedatives to an addict and other charges.
Perry has also raised questions about the legal definition of addiction. He said he was inclined to tell jurors that an element of the charge of prescribing to an addict must be that the defendant prescribed a drug for non-therapeutic purposes, meaning they were feeding an addiction rather than treating an illness.
In Smith's case, the defense has stressed that she had chronic pain, seizures, migraine headaches, fractured ribs and other complaints that required treatment.
Pain management expert Dr. Perry G. Fine testified Monday that Smith's doctors never diagnosed her as a prescription drug addict.
Testifying for defendant Kapoor, Fine said he reviewed Kapoor's records and those of doctors who preceded him in treating Smith for pain.
"There was nothing, nothing, nothing that said a diagnosis of drug addiction was ever made in her case," he said.
Perry has repeatedly instructed jurors to ignore definitions of addiction they hear from the witness stand.
He stepped in again during a cross-examination by Deputy District Attorney David Barkhurst about whether Smith's treatment at the Betty Ford Center in 1996 for self-described alcohol and Vicodin addiction meant her doctors should have known she was an addict.
The judge told the jury, "There has been testimony in this trial that there is a difference between addiction, dependence and tolerance."
Fine was allowed to testify for the defense before the prosecution rested because of a scheduling conflict.
Prosecutors were expected to call two more witnesses against Kapoor before resting their case.
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One lonely night
True Story, Erotica, First Time, Male/Teen Female, Teen, Virginity, Young
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Posted Wed 20th of October 2004
The young sexy little teen began licking Johns sex driven monsterous rock hard cock......
Intro:John is a 17 year old quiet boy who lives in the countryside on his own. The reason for this is that a couple of weeks ago he won the lottery and alot of his so called freinds got jealous. Especially when he started to get greedy and started buying sport cars and other flashy things. But, he didn't care and why should he. He had his huge mansion, two magnificent ferraries and his very own lake.
But even with his fancy acceceries he still hadn't had sex, not even a real tongue to tongue kiss. None of the girls where he lived really cared about his fancy stuff and so he had to satisfy his urges by wanking of to pay per view porno's every night. He knew it was sad, but what else could he do, till now....
It was a cold october night as the lightening cracked and the hailstones pounded the windows. John had just orded a favourite movie of his 'Lesbo delight' as he walked upstairs to get changed into something a bit more comfortable. He changed into his small white boxers which brought out the true size and thickness of his large and excited cock. He also took his glasses of and put a white and blue tanktop on. As he was walking downstairs he saw a pink puff jacket and small white sports trainers on the floor in the long hallway.
'Who could that be?' he thought to himself completely confused at to who could have got through his high security door locks. As he walked into the main living room he saw dirty blonde hair hanging over the leather sofa.
'Sarah?' he asked even more confused.
She nearly jumped of the seat in shock switching of the tv. As she turned around, John realised it was his younger cousin Sarah a 13 year old cutie. John walked over to where she was sitting and sat down next to her. She had a small pink t-shirt bringing and long tight denim jeans which were totally soaked.
'Where did you come from?' John said laughing
'well, I was on my way back home from my freinds house when it started raining down with hailstones. I remembered you lived near so I thought I could stay here till that horrible weather stops. But I'll go home if your busy' she said innocently.
'No no of course you can stay, you must be freezing. I tell you what, do you know your way around the mansion?'
'Well kind of' the young teen said nervously.
'Ok I'll show you' John said as she stood up and invited Sarah upstairs.
'Now, this is the wash room' John said as he showed Sarah inside a huge room full of diffrent types of showers, baths and gacoozi's.
'Whats that?' the young teen asked pointing to a small door at the end of the washroom.
'Oh thats the steam room'
'wow this is brilliant' she said amazed
'yeah, enyway once you've are warm and freshened up go into my master bedroom which is down the corridor and pick out whatever you want to wear.'
'Oh thanks, thanks alot' Sarah said with a big smile as she started to undress.
John who felt bad for beeing slightly aroused by this hurried out of the room and back downstairs. He gave himself a good half an hour before Sarah would be ready and that would be more than anough time for him to get rid of his urges.
He lay back on his large customized six person sofa and slowly curressed his now fully aroused cock as he switched on the tv. He turned over to the channel xxxx and waited as the titles of the film began. About ten minutes into the film the action started, a tall sexy blonde layed on a large bed in a silk see through nighty. She then took of her sexy nighty and rolled over on her back. As she did so the camera focused on the door to the room as another lady, a hot mature brunette walked into the room completely naked. She crept over to the bed and lay down next to the sexy blonde. The blonde turned around in shock but the totally calm and relaxed brunette covered her mouth with one hand and with the other slowly curressed the outer layers of the nervous blondes perfectly trimmed pussy. John was frantically wanking his cock feeling the tingling of cum getting ready to unleash itself biting his lip wanking harder and harder, when, he heard Samantha's voice from behind him. He quickly pulled his boxers up and dared not to look back. Everything was silent for a moment till John asked
'yes Sam, whats up?'
'sorry if I... she hesitated 'sorry if I disturbed you, I just didn't know where your room was?'
John who had managed to control his cock sat up and turned around his jaw nearly dropping to the ground. She wasn't wearing anything just covering herself with her bare hands.
'I'll I'll show you, um right this... way' he said concentrating on her beautiful young body. She blushed slightly as she followed him up the stairs and into his master bedroom.
'Wow this is, this is big' she said nervously.
John showed her to his dresser 'here's my closet, go ahead and pick whatever you want'
'ok' she answered as her sexy little ass squeased passed Johns cock. The only thing that seperated his now swelling cock from her sweet little bumcheeks was the thin outer coat of his boxers. He caught a quick glimpse of her ass and then let her be closing the door behind him ashamed of what he had done. He wondered what she must of thought of him and what she would tell her mum and dad, his aunt and uncle.
After a couple of minutes the young sexy teen came out in one of his long white t-shirt covering up to her knees.
'Is this alright?' she asked
'Yeah I've got lots of them.' he answered smiling.
They stood silent for a moment till John broke the silence,
'so, do you want to watch tv or something?'
'Yeah sure' she answered with a cute smile and followed John downstairs to the main living room. As John walked into the living room ahead of Samantha he noticed that the porno was still playing. He quickly jumped on the couch and switched over the channel. Samantha followed and sat on the sofa frowning.
They sat and watched in silence as britney spears danced sexually on screen. Johns aroused cock began to slowly rise and before he knew it a big swelling bulge appeared in his boxers attracting Samantha's attention. She grinned and then let out a slight giggle. John embarrased, looked at her smiling
'hey,what are you laughing at?'
she carried on giggling and didn't answer. John bright red jumped on the helpless teen and began to tickle her at the waist. She slipped out of his grip and burst out laughing as she ran up the long winding stairs. John now totally aroused and with a huge boner ran after her. As he reached the top of the stairs he heard a giggle from one of the guest rooms. He ran inside and saw a large hunp in the covers of one of the beds. He then slowly walked over to the bed and crawled under the covers grabbing one of the young teens long sexy legs. She struggled giggling and managed to once again break free running down the long hallway. John quickly followed catching a quick glimpse as she ran into the master bedroom. He ran down the hallway and swung round the door to find Samantha once again hiding under the covers of the bed. But this time he wasn't gonna let her go. This time he ran and jumped on the supersize bed catching Samantha. Now knowing that he had finally cought the slippery teen he pulled open the covers. She didn't seem to care and something seemed you to take over him as grabbed the sheet and through it of the bed.Then, filled with excitement he pressed his hands on her small firm chest. She gazed into his light brown eyes and reached into him for a kiss.
He embrassed the kiss passionality as he removed his hands from her chest and down into her tight trimmed little pussy. She pulled out of the kiss and let out a few moans, then more confident she reached and grabbed his swolen cock with her tiny little hands.
'Do me, do me!' Samantha shouted
John didn't need to be asked twice and straight away pulled of his boxers unleashing his monsterous sex driven cock. She pulled of her t-shirt and lay back. John then pulled his tanktop of and placed his cock at the lips of the young teens tight pussy. He tickled the lips with his large helmet then pushed the large throbbing cock deep into her tight little pussy. She grabbed hold of the end of the bed moaning and screaming with pleasure as John ram held her sexy little tanned body and rammed her with all his might.
'Ahhhh John, oh fuck me, oh......' she contuously shouted as he rammed her tiny little body harder and harder.
As he felt the tingles in his aroused cock and the cum getting ready to explode the young teen rolled over on top of him. As he looked up he smiled at the site of her athlete like body and sexy dirty blonde hair hanging down on her shoulders. She then slowly but surely began to push againsts cock with great force. He felt the cum begin to rise up again as he grabbed her tiny little bum cheeks pushing her harder into him. And then all of a sudden Samantha let out a huge moan as Johns swelling dick shot flow after flow of warm sticky cum into her into her now juicy pussy. They both then lay back smiling Johns cock still high in the air wanting more. Samantha seeing this crawled over to the sex driven rock hard cock and started to lick its helmet slowly then placed her hole mouth over the beast lifting her mouth u and down picking up speed all the time. John lay back in full pleasure and placed his hands on the back of his head and relaxed. Samantha seemed relentless, at times covering nearly five inches of the cock with her tiny mouth.
'Oh fuck!' John let out as his sticky cum let itself loose in the young teens mouth.
'I did something for you. now can you do something for?' she said with an innocent grin as se lay back spreading her long sexy legs out.'
John smiled back and layed himself down so that his head was at the entry point of Samanth's juicy pussy. He first tickled the tender pussy lips with his tongue and then covered the hole pussy with his watering mouth. The warm sex juices soaked in his mouth as he continuously sucked and sucked making her moan over and over again in complete and utter pleasure. He carried on and on till after one great moan Samantha pushed his head hard into her pussy and then lay back letting out a smooth
John got up lay next to her and cuddled her as they fell into a deep and beautiful sleep.
The End...............
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Anonymous reader
2012-06-12 21:38:08
Can't even spell monstrous in the intro, and goes rapidly downhill from there. Proof that the education is a total failure.
anonymous reader
2010-09-15 11:03:32
you can play the lottery at 16 in the uk dumb fucking arsed yanks
anonymous reader
2010-09-04 03:31:28
you guys r so fuckin mran :D i fuvkin hate you guys lol pickin on a guy who wrote a great story what the fuckis wrong with yu guys n p.s my friend won the lotory at age 16 so yeaaa BITCHESSSSS!!
2010-04-09 04:28:37
I normaly don't give bad comments on stories but this one really takes the cake as far as bad grammar and spelling goes,but i guess everyone has thier own style.Other than that the story was perty good,still the name change was a bit weird....
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2008-11-13 01:11:55
i loved it,keep writing
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Super Bowl Commercials 2011: Bud Light, Doritos, Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian
2011 Super Bowl XLV aired a ton of commercials last night and Bud Light – Doritos tied for 1st place while Justin Bieber and Kim Kardashian's flopped.
Last night's 2011 Super Bowl XLV was a great match up on the field but how did the commercials do? USA Today released a Super Bowl Ad Meter that shows what people thought of last night's ads. Budweiser's Bud Light dog sitting commercial and Doritos puppy running through the glass door tied for first place. The Justin Bieber and Ozzy Osbourne Best Buy ad was pretty awful and ranked 53rd while the "sexy" Kim Kardashian and her Skechers ad came in at #47.
I have to hand it to Budweiser (Bud Light), Doritos and Pepsi for having a ton of Super Bowl commercials in the top 20. The two that tied for first place both involve dogs as the Doritos one has a puppy running through a door to get to a chip and the Bud Light one involves dog sitting where the dogs throw a party. Perhaps the funniest of the night for me was the Pepsi Max "Love Hurts" video in which an innocent blonde gets a soda to the head. The most bizarre is the Doritos commercial in which a guy licks another guy's finger and then later on rips the pants off a guy who wiped Doritos on them…weird.
Perhaps the most talked about ads were the biggest disappointments to me. The Justin Bieber – Ozzy Osbourne commercial for Best Buy was downright stupid. Another highly talked about ad was the Kim Kardashian commercial for Skechers which was supposed to be sexy. Granted to 1 second zoom shot on Kim K's ass was great… the whole idea of the commercial was stupid. She dumps her personal trainer for a pair of shoes? Lame!
In case you missed all of the 2011 Super Bowl XLV commercials last night, head on over to the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter.
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With the concern over "avian flu" increasing by the hour, an overview of the available drugs is in order. This overview will be rather sketchy. But as you will learn in the following, the subject-matter doesn't merit an overly thorough treatment -- effective influenza drugs for the general population are all but absent.
Let me first emphasize that the avian influenza and its H5N1 virus is still nothing more than a true "bird flu", i.e. the infection can only be spread among birds. Humans who are in very close contact with infected domestic birds can sometimes become infected, with a frighteningly deadly result (human mortality rate of around 60%). However, an infected human can NOT infect another human, so there can never be an "avian flu" epidemic among humans.
Hence the current concern among health authorities the world over is not the current avian flu itself. Rather it is the possibility that this very aggressive "avian-only" H5N1 virus might mutate into a new form, with the ability to transmit the infection from one human to the next. Nobody knows when such a mutation will take place. It can be any time in the future, from 1 month to 20 years.
Nor can the experts predict whether the mutated virus will exhibit the same deadly aggressiveness as the present avian virus does, or whether it might fizzle down to a human influenza with rather ordinary symptoms. Because in the long run, a virus that kills 60 % of its host animals is not looking after its best interests. But what the epidemiologists are pretty sure of is that sooner or later a human-transmittable mutated strain of the present avian virus is almost certain to hit humanity.
The best way to fight off an outbreak of a new virus epidemic or pandemic is to have an effective vaccine ready. Unfortunately, this is a contradiction in terms. Because you can not prepare a vaccine unless you have full access to the specific new virus. And the concept "new virus" means that you are quite assured of NOT having access to it, not before the epidemic has already hit you. Nevertheless, the world's vaccine manufacturing capacity should be prepared to mass produce vaccine as soon as possible after the first wave has hit, in order to counter the next wave, which is certain to arrive as well.
A virus attacks a body cell in a cycle consisting of four steps: (1) attaching itself to the cell wall, (2) entering the cell through the cell wall, (3) ordering the cell to make a number of replicas of itself, and (4) letting the replicas pass through the cell wall to the outside (where they are ready to infect new body cells, creating the viral "chain reaction" that causes the symptoms of disease).
The working mechanism of all the influenza drugs depends on trying to interfere biochemically with one or more of these four steps of viral action.
The problem with all of the drugs that exist now is that you have to take them before the viral chain reaction has started in earnest. Unfortunately this point in time is very difficult to recognise early enough. Because by the time that all other diagnoses have been ruled out and the patient is found to exhibit unequivocal influenza symptoms, then he viral chain reaction may already have proceeded too far for the drugs to make much difference. In general, when taken shortly after the onset of clear-cut symptoms, the drugs described below are proven to be able to reduce the period of illness by 1 (one) day only!
Most of the influenza drugs below are claimed to work relatively well as prophylactics (i.e. when administered before any infection has occurred). But their high cost and side effects make them impractical to use for protecting populations against pandemics. An effective pandemic protection would require the entire world's population to take the drugs for extended periods of time. A more reasonable prophylactic use would be to protect medical personnel who are acutely involved with influenza patients during an epidemic.
All of the drugs below (except one, which is still in the development stage) have been shown to exhibit a rather disquieting property -- the influenza virus can mutate and become resistant to the drug in a fairly short period of time. This may limit the effectiveness of the drugs even when administered as mere prophylactics.
Both of these drugs interfere with step (3) of the viral mechanism, by inhibiting the action of a virus protein called M2. M2 forms channels in the cell membrane, enabling the virus to take over the cell's chemical factory and to order it to start making replicas of the virus itself. By M2 inhibition amantadine and rimantadine inhibit virus replication.
Amantadine has been around since the 1970's and rimantadine (a derivative of amantadine) since 1993. Both are only effective against influenza virus type A (fortunately, the avian flu virus H5N1 is of type A), not against type B. Amantadine and rimantadine are taken orally as pills.
Both have neurological side effects (rimantadine to a somewhat lesser degree), e.g. insomnia, anxiety, nausea, loss of appetite and in some cases even seizures. An advantage with these older drugs is that they are considerably cheaper than the new ones.
This group represents the newest influenza drugs. Oseltamivir (brand name Tamiflu) and zanamivir (brand name Relenza) started to be marketed in the 2000's and peramivir is not even on the market yet (clinical testing on humans is scheduled to start in January).
These drugs work by inhibiting step (4) in the viral mechanism and are effective against both type A and type B influenza virus. Neuraminidase is the virus protein (enzyme) that enables the virus to penetrate through the cell wall. It is difficult to prevent the primary infecting virus from entering the cell, but if the cell contains a neuraminidase inhibitor (because you have taken your medicine), then the virus replicas within the cell can no longer penetrate the cell wall and escape to the outside. The viral chain reaction is thus broken.
Tamiflu is marketed by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche (Hoffman-La Roche), under an exclusive licence from the Gilead Sciences. Tamiflu is taken orally as pills. It has side effects, but to a markedly lesser extent than in the case of the M2 inhibitors. On the other hand it is several times more expensive. A more detailed description of Tamiflu is given in the writeup Tamiflu.
Relenza is marketed by the British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, but the drug was developed by an Australian research team at the Victorian College of Pharmacy (Monash University) in Parkville, Australia.
Relenza is taken by inhalation through a device called Diskhaler. This method of administering a drug against the influenza virus, which enters the body via the respiratory system, may seem sensible -- the drug is concentrated to the part of the body where the attack hits first. On the other hand, children and weak patients may have trouble using the Diskhaler, which requires certain low-level dexterity. Also, it increases the already high cost of the drug.
The general side effects of Relenza are on the same level as those of Tamiflu, i.e. much lower than for the older M2-inhibiting drugs. But there is one extremely serious exception -- a risk for severe respiratory problems, including bronchial collapse (i.e. you may suffocate to death). These side effects are rare in normal patients, but occur rather frequently among patients with asthma and with the smoking-caused chronic pulmonary disease COPD. Patients with COPD and asthma are dissuaded from using Relenza, thereby excluding two groups of patients who in all probability will be hardest hit by a future outbreak of a new strain of influenza.
The drug was originally developed at the University of Alabama, but final development and subsequent marketing is conducted by BioCryst Pharmaceuticals in Birmingham, Alabama.
BioCryst claims that peramivir can be administered by intramuscular injection. This would presumably make it work faster than if taken orally. There is no information regarding side effects of peramivir, as it has not yet been tested in humans.
VIRA 38 is claimed by the developer (PRB Pharmaceuticals of Hong Kong and Cypress, California) to inhibit virus attachment to the cell wall (step (1) in the viral mechanism), as well as to attack the virus cycle at the viral uncoating (M2), replication and release stages. The development of VIRA 38 is still at the laboratory stage (work on chicken embryos).
VIRA 38 apparently consists of several components and the developers claim that the virus cannot develop resistance to the drug, like it does to amantadine, rimantadine, oseltamivir, zanamivir, and peramivir.
This claim, as well as all the other claims by PRB Pharmaceuticals, remain yet to be proven in clinical tests on humans. Nothing is known about the side effects of VIRA 38. The drug is in such an early stage of development that it can turn out to be almost anything, from being a wonder drug to becoming a pie in the sky.
The outlook regarding effective drug cures for a new epidemic/pandemic strain of influenza (as well as for the present influenza strain, which regularly hits us every year) looks truly bleak indeed. An anti-viral drug even remotely resembling penicillin is not even behind the horizon. The only way in which the presently existing anti-viral drugs may help, is perhaps by preventing medical personnel becoming infected during the most acute stages of an epidemic.
For the rest of us it seems like a rather pointless exercise in theoretical biochemistry to try to lop off just 1 day from a normal one-week illness period, particularly when the exorbitant cost is reckoned with.
For the majority of the population the best preparation for an upcoming influenza epidemic is keeping physically and mentally fit, and following the advice of the epidemiological authorities and of grandmother. Warm milk with honey may not be such a bad idea after all, not in the face of today's biochemical alternatives.
http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2003/21036slr006_relenza_lbl.pdf http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/fludrugs.htm http://www.biocryst.com/pdf/peramivirfacts.pdf http://www.tamiflu.com/
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