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Books-Into-Movies: "The Great Gatsby"/2013 and 1974 (based on the novel THE GREAT GATSBY) May 26, 2013Posted by rwf1954 in A and E Network, book synopsis, books, books compared to movies, books into movies, F Scott Fitzgerald, Granada Television, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mira Sorvino, movie commentary, movies, movies based on books, Robert Redford, The Great Gatsby, Toby Stephens.
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This Books-Into-Movies post is obviously triggered by the recently released movie version of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic, The Great Gatsby. I will compare the book to this recent effort, and also reach back to the 1974 movie starring Robert Redford. I will compare the different movie approaches where that makes sense. There will be some redundancy, as I know some visitors to this post will be interested in a comparison to just one of the movies. I will end this post with a synopsis of the novel (allowing readers to make their own comparisons).
The 2013 Movie
This movie version was faithful to the basic story, with some dialogue and narrative taken directly from the book. The filmmakers took the novel's elements and ratcheted up their intensity, not changing the basics of the story, but adding more edge, and more drama, to some of the elements. There is one large addition—Nick Carraway at a sanitarian telling his story. There is nothing like this in the book. So there is no doctor to tell the story to, and no moment when Nick Caraway writes "the Great" in front of "Gatsby."
Other points of comparison:
- The green light across the bay is mentioned in the novel, though the film gives this more emphasis.
- Nick's home, a small rental shack sandwiched between two mansions and next door to Gatsby's mansion is from the book.
- Except for writing a few "obvious" editorials for the Yale News while in college, there is no indication Nick Carraway has ambitions of being a writer in the book.
- Daisy lives directly across the bay in the more prestigious East Egg—straight from the novel.
- Tom Buchanan, the wealthy, ex-athlete womanizer as Daisy's husband, is also directly from the book.
- Jordan Baker, the golfer-friend of the Buchanans also comes directly from the book.
- Daisy's reaction to hearing Gatsby's name during Nick's first visit is also depicted in the book.
- Tom Buchanan reading a book warning of the rise of non-whites against whites as a threat to civilization is also described in the book. Daisy thinks the book is making Tom depressed.
- Ash-heaps on the route between Long Island and New York, including the imposing billboard of the doctor staring down at the road are also vividly described in the book.
- Myrtle Wilson getting a dog for her apartment away from her husband is also directly from the book.
- Nick's day at Myrtle Wilson's apartment seems more intense, more physical, more depraved, than it is in the book, though the basic elements are consistent with the book. Nick does get drunk and lose track of time in the book. And at the end of the evening, Tom breaks Myrtle's nose with a slap when Myrtle continues to say Daisy's name after Tom demands that she stop.
- Nick's first Gatsby party follows the book fairly closely. He has an actual invitation when no one else does. Jordan Baker joins him. Nick encounters a man with owl-shaped glasses in Gatsby's library. And Nick meets Gatsby for the first time seeming to stumble onto him at the party, and talks to him before finding out who he is.
- Gatsby interrupted by phone calls from various cities is from the book.
- Gatsby inviting Nick to join him on his hydroplane the next day is from the book.
- "Old sport" as a frequent Gatsby expression—definitely from the book.
- As in the movie, Jordan Baker is called in to talk to Gatsby privately and says she has learned something "tantalizing." But she does not say "this explains everything" (though that is the logical result of the type of information she is talking about). And she does tell Nick to look up her name in the phonebook, but calls out the name of her aunt to look up so they can meet for tea—as Gatsby has requested.
- Jordan Baker conveys Gatsby's request that he invite Daisy over for tea—in the movie and the book.
- Gatsby's big yellow car—right from the book.
- Gatsby's initial boasts about his background are from the book, though in the movie he seems to add even wilder details.
- Gatsby's encounter with the policeman where the policeman waves him by—directly from the book.
- Lunch with Meyer Wolfsheim is also largely from the book. But the decadent aura of the lunch establishment depicted in the movie is not explicitly from the book. Wolfsheim thinking at first that Nick has come for business is also from the book.
- Gatsby does say Wolfsheim fixed the 1919 World Series, which connects the Wolfsheim character in the novel to real-life gangster Arnold Rothstein.
- Tom shows up at the lunch in the book as well, and tells Nick that Daisy is furious he hasn't called. But when Nick tries to introduce Gatsby to Tom, Gatsby disappears after they shake hands. No further contact takes place in the book. They do not exchange any words.
- Jordan Baker asking Nick to have Daisy over for tea so Gatsby can meet her there is from the book. Jordan tells the story of Gatsby and Daisy in Louisville before World War I—some of it word for word from the book. And Jordan tells Nick that Gatsby bought a house across the bay to be close to Daisy, hoping she might come to one of his parties—from the book.
- The meeting at Nick's between Daisy and Gatsby is completely faithful to the book, including much of the dialogue. This also includes Gatsby's desire to spruce up Nick's property (though the movie adds a few extra touches) to Gatsby providing "a greenhouse" for the event. And Gatsby's almost childish shyness, including leaving the house and returning drenched by the rain, is also directly from the book.
- The reconnection of Daisy and Gatsby and their going over to Gatsby's home is faithful to the book, including the clippings Gatsby has collected about Daisy.
- James Gatz decides to become J. Gatsby—from the book. The Dan Cody story is also mostly faithful to the book, with Dan Cody helpful as a mentor to Gatz-now-Gatsby. In the book, Gatsby is cheated out of his inheritance from Cody by a woman, not by Cody's family. I did not see anything in the book about Gatsby taking on the expression "old sport" from Cody.
- Tom and Daisy at one of Gatsby's parties is right out of the book, including Gatsby calling Tom "the polo player" and Tom unhappy with the description.
- Daisy offering Tom a pen to take down addresses is from the book. (It is a great line.)
- I do not recall a "Mr. Slagle" waiting on the phone, or a man beaten up at Gatsby's home, in the book.
- Gatsby wants Daisy to tell Tom that she never loved him, and then go back to Louisville and marry him—from the book. There is not a clear conflict in the book between what Daisy wants and what Gatsby wants from their relationship. But the line "of course you can" when Nick tells Gatsby he can't relive the past is directly from the book.
- Gatsby ending the parties and firing all the servants is from the book. (Now that Gatsby has Daisy, the parties are no longer necessary.)
- The lunch with Nick, Jordan, Tom, Daisy and Gatsby is from the book. Daisy's suggestion they go to town, and Tom's suggestion that he drive Gatsby's car is also straight from the book. Tom conveys the findings of his "investigations" of Gatsby to Nick and Jordan as they ride into town. (The implication is that Tom wanted to share this information with Jordan and Nick out of Gatsby's hearing.) Also, Gatsby's pink suit is explicitly described in the book.
- The scene with George Wilson at the gas station, with him saying he and his wife are moving, as well as his ominous declaration that he has "wised up," is all from the book.
- Much of the action at the Plaza Hotel is from the book. Gatsby's admission that he had been to Oxford, but had not been educated there, is from the book. Much of the dialogue is word for word, including Gatsby's declaration that Daisy never loved Tom, with Daisy seeming to agree, then hedging. As in the movie, Tom suggests Gatsby drive Daisy back in his yellow car with the assurance that "he won't annoy you…"
- There are two differences from the book for this Plaza Hotel scene: 1) Tom does not use the explicit phrase that Gatsby is a front for Meyer Wolfsheim (though he describes activities of Gatsby with Wolfsheim) and, 2) there is no loss of temper by Gatsby—he does not physically accost Tom and then apologize for losing his temper.
- Yes, Nick does recall that this is his 30th birthday.
- Gatsby's car hitting Myrtle is from the book. The initial scene from the movie cleverly hides exactly who is driving—we later discover Daisy was the driver.
- Tom Buchanan seems to have a more malevolent attitude toward Gatsby in the movie. He tells George Wilson immediately that Gatsby owns the yellow car and seems to goad Wilson into taking action. He deliberately misleads Wilson into believing Gatsby had the affair with his wife. In the book, he does not give this information until the next day, when Wilson comes to his home pointing a gun at Tom. Wilson's knowledge evolves and accumulates as he walks to Long Island from his home and investigates the driver of the yellow car. For me, the book's approach to this had more poignancy. Tom's behavior in the book is cowardly and negligent—in the movie, there is a malevolent intent.
- Gatsby hanging around Daisy's home and explaining events to Nick is from the book. This includes Nick checking at the window and seeing Daisy and Tom talking calmly over a snack.
- Nick going into work and promising to call is from the book. This includes his parting comment to Gatsby: "They're a rotten crowd… you're worth the whole damn bunch put together."
- In the book, Nick and Gatsby's gardener, chauffeur and butler discover Gatsby's body at the pool. They find George Wilson's body nearby. There is no telephone ringing at the moment Gatsby is shot (with Nick, and not Daisy on the line). We do not know Gatsby's last words (so having him say "Daisy" at the end is not from the book).
- In the movie, we see Wilson putting the gun in his mouth. This is never explicitly stated in the book (but strongly implied).
- Daisy and Tom leaving town without communicating is from the book. In the movie, the tension is ratcheted up some by having a servant lying to Nick over the phone as the Buchanan family is leaving.
- Nick's description of Daisy and Tom as "careless people… they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money…" is verbatim from the book.
- In the book, Gatsby's funeral is also attended by very few—only a minister, Gatsby, and Gatsby's father are there, joined by the man with the owlish glasses who had been admiring Gatsby's library at one of his parties.
- The words that end the movie are the same that end the book, including the reference to the green light at the beginning of the second to the last paragraph.
The 1974 Movie
This movie version is also faithful to the basic story, with dialogue and narrative taken directly from the book. But this version is slower and less energetic compared to the 2013 movie. In these posts, I have generally refrained from much in the way of criticism or comments on reviews. But it is hard not to compare the two versions—too hard! I know critics have been tough on the 2013 movie for its excesses. But after watching the 1974 movie, which was routinely criticized for being slow and boring, we can understand that the 2013 filmmakers did not want to risk repeating those mistakes. In the 1974 movie, we also have a flat, sometimes wooden, statue-like performance from Robert Redford, who fits the part visually, maybe better than DiCaprio, but seems ill at ease with some of the lines he was delivering and the moments he was portraying. Also, Bruce Dern and Karen Black, for me, came off as creepy, instead of as a hulking athlete (the Tom Buchanan character) or a bored social-climbing housewife (the Myrtle Wilson character). Some of the music seemed to accentuate the creepy aspects of these characters portrayals. The 1974 movie was also slower to get us Gatsby's back-story, with some of it not delivered at all. So, to sum up, the 2013 movie injects energy at every opportunity, some beyond what's apparent in the book. The 1974 movie attempted a stylized version, with slow-developing scenes and lines delivered with a sometimes ponderous pace, attempting to bring out all the angst implied in the story.
Let's take a closer look at the 1974 movie:
- The opening credits signal a quieter, slower, less frenetic pace for the 1974 movie. The music all appears to be from the time period of the book. In the 2013 movie, period-accuracy for the music is sacrificed to generate energy.
- The 1974 movie starts with the opening words of the novel.
- Nick Carraway drives to his initial meeting with Daisy and Tom in the book. He does not arrive on a boat as in the movie.
- Nick is a "struggling bond salesman" in both the book and the movie.
- Daisy's reaction to hearing the name "Gatsby" during their first get-together, is depicted in the book and highlighted in both movies.
- Tom Buchanan's reference to a book called The Rise of Colored Peoples is from the book.
- The green light across the bay gets more prominence in the 2013 movie. This movie certainly refers to it, and it is featured in the book as well.
- The extravagance portrayed in the film is certainly described in the book. The 2013 film takes this element of the novel to more extremes.
- The book also refers to few people being formally invited to Gatsby's parties.
- The billboard with the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg staring out is faithfully portrayed from the book in both movies.
- Tom Buchanan's shameless flaunting of his mistress in front of Nick—"I want you to meet my girl"—is word-for-word from the book.
- Myrtle's dog and the episode at the apartment is largely from the book, with some dialogue in the movie word-for-word. The episode that ends with Tom hitting Myrtle is a little different than the book. There is no door-slamming or other event preceding Tom's command for Myrtle not to say Daisy's name. The hit is described as "a short deft movement." This movie's Tom Buchanan seems to put more effort into the blow. Afterwards, Myrtle's broken nose is tended to with the help of the other women present. Tom seems uninvolved with the consequences of his actions in the book.
- In the book, Daisy Buchanan does say she will try to arrange for Nick and Jordan Baker to get married. But there is no comment about Nick having no money so it will have to be an affair. Nick does say "I'm too poor," but this is in relation to being engaged to a woman back where he came from.
- Daisy saying she hoped her daughter would be a fool, that it is best for a girl to be a fool, is from the book.
- Jordan is described as a compulsively dishonest person in the book—Jordan moving her golf ball in the movie reflects that description.
- Gatsby's chauffeur delivering an invitation to Nick is from the book.
- Jordan Baker does not say to Nick in the book: "Daisy has a craving for you."
- The speculation about Gatsby's background at the Gatsby party is from the book, some of it word-for-word.
- Nick's first meeting with Gatsby is different in the movie than in the book. In the movie, Nick is summoned by a tough-looking, unfriendly man and silently brought to Gatsby who is observing the party alone. In the book, Nick has a substantial conversation with Gatsby before finding out who he is. This occurs during the party, with Jordan Baker next to him. In the book, it is Jordan Baker who is summoned to meet with Gatsby alone, to ask Nick to set tea with Daisy.
- The constant use of "old sport" by Gatsby is in the book and in both movies.
- Gatsby's yellow car is in the book and both movies.
- Gatsby asking "what's your opinion of me" is from the book. His untrue story of how his wealthy family is all dead and he has been educated at Oxford is also from the book.
- The Wolfsheim character, to me, in this movie, is more consistent with the way I pictured him from the book. The second movie has him swarthier, with more over-the-top traits. Much of the lunch scene in this movie is consistent with the book, including the description of Wolfsheim as a "gambler" who "fixed the 1919 World Series."
- Tom bumping into Nick at the restaurant and telling him Daisy is furious that he hasn't called is from the book and in both movies. Gatsby disappearing before he speaks to Tom is consistent with the book (and not with the second movie).
- Gatsby sprucing up Nick's home and bringing in flowers before the Daisy/Gatsby meeting is in the book and both movies. So is Gatsby fleeing just before they meet, and then coming to the door after Daisy has entered and greeted Nick.
- Gatsby telling Nick his occupation is none of Nick's business, then relenting after realizing he's been rude, is from the book.
- Jordan Baker admitting she is a careless driver, but saying she will be fine because others are careful, is from the book.
- This movie makes no reference to Dan Cody, the wealthy yachtsman who is an important influence in Gatsby's early adulthood.
- Gatsby commanding Klipsringer or to play the piano is from the book.
- I do not recall any scene of Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker at the Wilson gas station in the book.
- There are a few scenes in the movie where Gatsby challenges Daisy, asking why she married Tom, telling her he had promised to come back, reminding her she promised to write, that are not in the book. There is also the line "rich girls don't marry poor boys"—not in the book. The dialogue is more direct between the characters in the movie than in the book. In the book, Daisy and Gatsby reconnect, and there is little second-guessing of the past.
- Much of the scene of Tom and Daisy going to a Gatsby party is from the book, including Tom unhappy with being called "the polo player" and Daisy offering to lend Tom pen and paper to take down addresses.
- "Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!"—straight from the book and in both movies.
- I do not recall any incident in the book when Daisy asks Gatsby to put on his old military uniform.
- The lights not going on in Gatsby's house, and the servants dismissed, is from the book and in both movies. (This occurs right after Gatsby is convinced Daisy did not like the party she attended.)
- I do not recall any point in the book were someone says to Gatsby "they say you killed a man" and he answers with the question "just one?"
- The movie has more scenes with Daisy and Gatsby than the novel as their relationship develops (and these scenes seem to add to the overall effect of a slower, less energetic story).
- The hot day scene with Gatsby, Nick, Daisy, Tom and Jordan is from the book, with a number of scenes word-for-word.
- The car arrangements to go into town, with Tom driving Gatsby's yellow car, is from the book and is preserved in both movies (this is essential to the climactic events of the story).
- Myrtle stares out from the window of the Wilson home, but does not break glass and draw blood in the book.
- The scene at the Plaza Hotel is largely from the book. In the 2013 movie, Gatsby loses his temper and apologizes. Nothing like that happens in the book or in this movie. In the book, Tom tells Gatsby to take Daisy back to town. This does not happen in either movie (and does not really make sense in the book). In this movie, Daisy and Gatsby just leave.
- Yes, Nick's out-of-place statement that this day is his birthday is in the book and in both movies.
- Myrtle calls out to George just before she runs into the street in the book—there is no other confrontation just before the accident.
- The discovery of the accident by Tom, Nick and Jordan occurs in this movie the way it occurs in the novel. As in the book, Tom hears about the yellow car and understands the significance. But he does not tell anyone at the scene (as in the 2013 movie).
- Gatsby hides at the Buchanan home, as he does in the book. In the book, he tells Nick more quickly that Daisy caused the accident. As in the movie, he will not leave until he sure Daisy is okay.
- The scene of Michaelis (not named in the movie) trying to get George Wilson to talk to someone from a church is from the book.
- Wilson walking from the ash-heaps and gas station out to Long Island is from the book. Going to Tom's home and using a revolver to force Tom to identify the yellow car owner/driver is from the book.
- Nick's final words to Gatsby as he leaves him for the last time—"They're rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together."—is directly from the book.
- George Wilson killing himself after killing Gatsby is not explicit in the book, though strongly implied—and is depicted in both movies.
- Nick's inability to reach Daisy after Gatsby's death is from the book.
- Gatsby's father, Henry C. Gatz, coming out for the funeral, is from the book. This is the first time in this movie that we get this authentic backstory for Gatsby. In the novel, Fitzgerald offers this earlier.
- Only three attend Gatsby's funeral—Nick, Gatsby's father and the minister—this is from the book. In the book, a man wearing owl-like glasses arrives separately.
- Nick's confrontation with Tom a few months later and refusal to shake Tom's hand is from the book. Nick learns here that Tom pointed Wilson in Gatsby's direction allowing Wilson to believe Gatsby had killed his wife and had been his wife's lover (though Tom still seems unaware Daisy is the one who killed Myrtle Wilson).
- The reference to Tom and Daisy as "careless people" who "smash things up" is straight from the narrative in the book.
- This movie ends with a reference to the green light, but not with the word-for-word ending as in the second movie.
Synopsis of The Great Gatsby
Chapter One
We meet Nick Carraway, the first-person narrator of the novel. He comes from privilege, but we find out quickly, less privilege than others in the story. He has come to New York to make a living in bonds. His father has agreed to finance him for a year. He takes a house in the "West Egg" area of Long Island Sound, an $80 a month property between two mansions. One of these mansions is owned by a wealthy man identified as "Gatsby." Nick Carraway is from the Midwest. His family is prosperous, involved in the "wholesale hardware business." He visits his cousin Daisy, who lives with her husband Tom Buchanan and their three-year-old daughter. They are extremely wealthy; Tom Buchanan is a former football player area and we learn quickly that he has a mistress, and has read a book about how the white race, "makers of civilization," is in danger of losing its dominance to "colored" races. Daisy feels this idea has "depressed" him. Despite Daisy's material comfort, she is clearly unhappy, but does not seem inclined to change her circumstances. Staying with them is a young professional athlete (we find out later she is a golfer) from the Midwest, Jordan Baker. The Buchanans hint at matching Jordan with Nick. After the visit, Nick returns home. He catches a quick glimpse of Gatsby outside his mansion, and at first wants to greet him. But Gatsby seems to want to be alone, and Nick does not follow through with meeting him at this time.
Chapter Two
Nick Carraway reluctantly accompanies Tom Buchanan to meet Tom's mistress. She is Myrtle Wilson married to George Wilson, a small time car dealer. The Wilsons live above the car business. Tom believes George Wilson is oblivious to the affair—Myrtle tells George she is visiting with her sister during their liaisons. Nick, Tom and Myrtle go to an apartment, a place away from home for Myrtle. Myrtle seems to transform into a grand lady of the manor at the apartment. They are joined by Myrtle's sister Catherine and the McKees. Chester McKee is a photographer who discusses photographing Myrtle Wilson. Catherine finds out Nick Carraway lives in the West Egg area and mentions going to a party at Gatsby's estate. She mentions a rumor that Gatsby's wealth comes to him as a result of being a cousin or nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm. She says: "I'm scared of him. I'd hate to have him get anything on me." Catherine mentions that Tom and Myrtle are both dissatisfied with their marriages and should get a divorce. Myrtle Wilson declares that Daisy will not allow a divorce because she is Catholic. Nick knows this is false. At the end of the evening, "toward midnight," Nick becomes aware of an argument between Tom and Myrtle. Myrtle insists she will say Daisy's name whenever she wants and shouts Daisy's named repeatedly. Tom Buchanan breaks Myrtle Wilson's nose with a "short, deft movement" of his open hand.
Chapter Three
Nick Carraway attends a party at Gatsby's home after Gatsby's chauffer presents Nick with a written invitation. The party is lavish, with a full orchestra, and lots of food and drink. Few if any of the people at the party appear to have been given formal invitations. At first, Nick feels out of place, not knowing anyone. But he comes across Jordan Baker and joins her. Nick still wants to meet the host. He continues with Jordan as he mingles with party-goers, trying to connect with Gatsby. A man slightly older than him says he thinks he recalls Nick from the war. They seem to have served in the same general area. Nick says he is looking for Gatsby. It turns out he has been talking to Gatsby. Gatsby addresses Nick as "old sport" (and uses this form of address throughout the novel). Gatsby invites Nick to ride on a new hydrophone the following morning. At the party, speculation continues about Gatsby. Some say he killed a man. Gatsby takes calls from cities that pull him away from his guests in the middle of the festivities. But little solid information about him is apparent. Nick works during the week at the Probity Trust learning the bond business. He gets friendlier with Jordan Baker, but recognizes her faults—among other things, she seems to be almost pathologically dishonest.
Chapter Four
Jay Gatsby pulls up to Nick Carraway's home on a morning in "late July," and asks him to lunch. Gatsby wants a favor, but won't say exactly what it is. He describes his circumstances—he's the last of a wealthy family from the "Middle West." He later clarifies—San Francisco. Nick finds this story difficult to believe, but the details seem to ring true as Gatsby has props to corroborate them. Gatsby refers to "something very sad that had happened," but does not go into specifics. He becomes a war hero—he says "then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief and I tried very hard to die, but I seem to bear an enchanted life." He tells Nick that he heard Nick was taking Jordan Baker to tea and that his request has something to do with her. Nick has lunch with Jay Gatsby and Meyer Wolfsheim. Wolfsheim is a middle-aged Jewish man with an implied financial connection to Gatsby. Gatsby tells Nick that Wolfsheim fixed the 1919 "Black Sox" World Series. This meeting seems to corroborate more of Gatsby's story. As lunch concludes, Nick sees Tom Buchanan. Tom approaches asking "Where've you been… Daisy's furious because you haven't called up." As Nick turns to Gatsby after introducing them, Gatsby has disappeared. Nick meets with Jordan Baker. Jordan Baker tells Nick how she knew Daisy as an older more popular girl back in Louisville. She tells of seeing Daisy with a lieutenant in a car, "so engrossed with each other" that they did not notice her until she was five feet from the car. Jordan later hears a rumor that Daisy's mother stopped Daisy from going to New York to "say good-bye to a soldier who was going overseas." After the war, Daisy marries Tom Buchanan from Chicago, but after being engaged to a man from New Orleans. Daisy gets drunk on her wedding day—she normally does not drink. She is reluctant to follow through with the wedding, but she does. It becomes quickly obvious that Tom Buchanan is a compulsive womanizer. Jordan Baker tells Nick Carraway that Jay Gatsby has acquired the mansion close to Daisy, hoping to become reacquainted. He has been hoping she would drop by for one of his parties. He wants Nick to invite Daisy to his house, then have Gatsby come over. He wants Daisy to see his house. He does not want Daisy to know about him before the meeting. Nick is just supposed to invite her for tea. Nick does not address the request. He at this point is developing his own affection for Jordan Baker.
Chapter Five
Jay Gatsby is waiting for Nick when he finally gets home. He wants to drive out to Coney Island. Nick says it is too late. But Nick agrees to ask Daisy for tea, and they agree on a date and time. Gatsby offers Nick a chance to make money—he does not specify how. Nick declines the offer. Later, when Gatsby says he earned enough money to buy his lavish home in just three years, Nick asks him how he makes his money. Gatsby at first says tersely this is his "own affair." But he seems to realize the rudeness of his reply, and makes a vague comment about how he was in oil, and drugs, but is no longer in either one. The tea meeting, between Daisy and Gatsby starts out awkwardly. But the two reconnect at a deep level. Nick offers to leave them alone more than once—they decline. But he eventually does leave them alone; they have clearly rediscovered their previous attraction to each other.
Chapter Six
We learn Jay Gatsby is James Gatz from North Dakota, the son of "shiftless and unsuccessful farm people." Gatsby never feels they could be his parents, and develops grandiose ideas of who he should be. He leaves a college where he is working as a janitor to pay his way. He drifts around the coast of Lake Superior when he happens across millionaire miner Dan Cody. He spends five years as a sort of personal assistant to the man. They travel "three times around the continent" on Cody's yacht. Cody dies suddenly (he is around fifty years old at the time), a week after a lady friend of Cody's, Ella Kaye, comes on board. Gatsby is supposed to inherit $25,000, but "what remained of the millions went intact to Ella Kaye." Gatsby never understands "the legal device that was used against him." At this point, we are still not clear how James Gatz/Jay Gatsby has access to the wealth he expends so conspicuously at his West Egg mansion. Gatsby interacts socially with Tom Buchanan. Buchanan and some friends ride to his estate and stay briefly for refreshments (Daisy is not with them). Daisy and Tom come to one of Gatsby's parties, but Daisy does not seem to enjoy herself. Gatsby refers to Tom as a "polo player," though Tom is not a polo player and says "pleasantly" that he'd "a little rather not be the polo player." Gatsby wants Daisy to tell Tom she never loved him. He wants to "go back to Louisville and get married in her house—just as if it were five years ago." When Nick tells him he can't repeat the past, Gatsby replies "why of course you can!"
Chapter Seven
On a Saturday night, Nick notices the lights at Gatsby's house have not come on. He goes next door and discovers the servants have been fired and the place is a mess. New servants have been brought who are affiliated with Meyer Wolfsheim. He asks Gatsby if he is moving. Gatsby tells him he wants servants who won't gossip—Daisy visits him "quite often" in the afternoons. Daisy invites Nick over to her home the following day for lunch. This turns out to be a brutally hot day, and turns into a dramatic confrontation. Nick, Tom, Daisy, Gatsby and Jordan Baker eat lunch together at Daisy's home. Daisy suggests they drive into town, and baits Tom by stating her affection for Gatsby. Tom suggests he drive Gatsby's yellow car while Gatsby takes Tom's coupe. Gatsby reluctantly agrees. Nick and Jordan go with Tom; Daisy goes with Gatsby. On the drive, Tom tells Jordan and Nick he has investigated Gatsby. They end up at George Wilson's gas station for gas. George Wilson is sick, and tells Tom he and his wife are going to leave town because he is now "wised-up" about something. Nick suspects George Wilson has discovered his wife's affair, but doesn't know who she is having the affair with. Nick, Daisy, Tom, Jordan and Gatsby all get together at the parlor of a suite in the Plaza Hotel near Central Park. After some chit-chat, Tom confronts Gatsby. Gatsby acknowledges he visited Oxford and that he was never a student there. When Tom asks if he is an "Oxford man," he replies "not exactly." Nick views this as favoring Gatsby's credibility. Tom calls Gatsby "Mr. Nobody from Nowhere." Gatsby tells Tom he has something to tell him. Daisy suspects what it is and tries to deflect the discussion. But Gatsby tells Tom that Daisy has never loved him. Jordan and Nick try to leave, but Tom and Gatsby ask them to stay. Daisy reluctantly admits Gatsby is right, but then, with some prompting from Tom, says she did love Tom, that she loved them both at one time. Tom insists Daisy won't leave him for a "common swindler." He says his investigations have revealed that one of Gatsby's businesses was Gatsby and Wolfsheim selling grain alcohol at "side-street drug-stores" in Chicago. Tom hints at another business that is much larger, that his source is afraid to talk about. Tom tells Gatsby and Daisy to leave in Gatsby's car. He says Gatsby won't "annoy" her, that Tom thinks "he realizes that his presumptuous little flirtation is over." As Tom drives back with Jordan and Nick, they come upon a car accident near George Wilson's gas station. They find out Myrtle Wilson has been hit by a car, a large yellow car, Gatsby's car. George Wilson had locked Myrtle in their home until their planned move. She apparently saw the yellow car and ran out in the street trying to get someone's attention, thinking she knew the people in the car and that they could help her. Nick returns with Tom and Jordan to Daisy's home. Tom calls for a taxi for Nick. As Nick waits for the cab, Gatsby appears. He tells Nick that Daisy was driving the car, and Gatsby had tried to get her to stop, but Daisy had kept on driving after the accident. Gatsby seems to think they've gotten away. Gatsby is going to wait until Daisy and Tom go to sleep before leaving. Daisy has agreed to lock herself in her room and turn her light on and off if Tom tries any "brutality." Nick goes to the window and sees Tom and Daisy in the kitchen sitting together having a snack and talking. He tells Gatsby the situation appears peaceful, but Gatsby insists he will stay.
Chapter Eight
Nick has trouble sleeping. "Toward dawn," he hears a taxi bringing Gatsby home. He goes to Gatsby who tells him the light went out at Daisy's home without incident. Nick tells Gatsby he should leave the area as someone is sure to trace the car back to him. But Gatsby won't leave until he is clear on what Daisy is going to do. At this time, Gatsby tells Nick the true story of his background. He tells how a poor young man with a manufactured, phantom past, worked his way into Daisy's affections under false pretenses, implying he was a man of means. He tells Nick how they fell in love and started a relationship. Daisy comes from money, and this is part of the attraction for Gatsby. He goes off to war and distinguishes himself. But after the war, instead of being sent home, Gatsby is mistakenly sent to Oxford. Daisy grows confused and impatient, and marries Tom Buchanan. Gatsby gets a letter from Daisy while still in at Oxford. He comes back to Kentucky, penniless, with Tom and Daisy already on their honeymoon. Nick does not want to leave Gatsby, but after missing a few trains into the city eventually does go into work. He promises Gatsby a call. Gatsby says "do, old sport," and says he expects Daisy will call also. Nick doesn't seem so sure: "I suppose so." Jordan Baker calls Nick at work. Nick has clearly lost interest in her. Nick cannot get Gatsby on the phone—the line is busy. When he calls the phone company, they tell him the line is open for a call from Detroit. At this point in the narrative, Nick goes back to events that occurred in the aftermath of the accident. About 3:00 in the morning, George Wilson announces he has a way of finding out the owner of the yellow car. He mentions the time his wife came home with a swollen nose and bruised face. George Wilson concludes that the owner of the yellow car murdered his wife (and by implication was the one having the affair with her). Michaelis, a man who runs a nearby "coffee joint," has been trying to calm and comfort Wilson, suggesting he contact a friend, or someone from his church, to help them. But Wilson seems more and more fixated on the man driving the yellow car. Michaelis finally leaves at 6:00 in the morning. When Michaelis returns four hours later, Wilson is gone. Wilson walks from his home to Long Island. Nick now refers to police reconstructions of Wilson's movements. A few hours of his journey are not accounted for. But by 2:30 that following afternoon, Wilson is in West Egg asking for Gatsby. Gatsby is at the pool at his home, still waiting for a phone call from Daisy. His chauffer hears shots but "hadn't thought anything much about them." Nick arrives at Gatsby's home and triggers "the chauffer, butler and gardener" going to the pool. They find Gatsby and Wilson dead.
Chapter Nine
Conclusions about the shootings seem to be that Wilson was a man "deranged by grief." Nothing is said explicitly, but we're left to conclude that Wilson killed himself after killing Gatsby. Nick finds himself actually sympathetic to Gatsby and seems to be one of the few who is. He calls Daisy, but finds out she and Tom have left town with no forwarding address. Nick calls Wolfsheim, but Wolfsheim evades the call. Nick sends him a letter. Wolfsheim responds saying he is shocked but "cannot get mixed up in this thing" because of "very important business." Nick picks up Gatsby's phone and takes a mysterious call referring to bonds, implying a scheme gone awry. When Nick says he is not Gatsby, that Gatsby is dead, the line disconnects abruptly. Henry C. Gatz, Gatsby's father, sends a telegram that he is coming. The funeral is postponed until he arrives. Gatz has seen the news about his son's death in a Chicago newspaper. The morning of the funeral, Nick visits Wolfsheim to see if he is coming to the funeral. We learn that Wolfsheim, an organized crime figure based on Arnold Rothstein (an obvious conclusion from the earlier "Black Sox" reference) got Gatsby his start and helped him attain his wealth. Wolfsheim declines to come to the funeral. Gatsby's father tells Nick that Gatsby was always generous with him, and that from a young age, Gatsby seemed destined to accomplish a lot. Only Nick, Gatsby's father, the minister, and a handful of servants attend the funeral, joined by one party-goer Nick recognizes, a man Nick saw admiring Gatsby's library during a party. Daisy does not communicate in any way with anyone. Nick leaves New York and returns home. Jordan Baker and Nick break completely; Jordan becomes engaged to someone else. Nick comes across Tom Buchanan the following October. Tom tells him that when George Wilson came to visit him, pointing a revolver at him, Tom told Wilson that Gatsby owned the yellow car. Tom Buchanan says Gatsby "had it coming" because of the way he ran down Myrtle Wilson. It seems Tom Buchanan felt no obligation to correct the obvious implication that Gatsby was the man having an affair with Myrtle Wilson. Nor did he apparently feel any obligation to warn Gatsby that Wilson may be coming, or to call the police and let them know of the danger. So we learn Tom Buchanan put George Wilson onto Jay Gatsby, leading to Gatsby's murder.
August 4, 2013 – Comments on the Made-for-TV "The Great Gatsby" Granada Entertainment/A and E Television
This is a quick addition to my previous Books-Into-Movies post on the two most recent theatrical releases of "The Great Gatsby" movies. What I'm adding is a few notes on the lesser-known television production of "The Great Gatsby," released in 2000. I'm not going into a lot of detail here; just a few comparison comments. By the way, I think this production compares favorably to the others. I actually preferred Toby Stephens' Gatsby to the boyishness of Leonardo DiCaprio and the woodeness of Robert Redford. And Mira Sorvino is more of the Daisy I pictured as I read the book—stunning and alluring enough to generate the Gatsby obsession that makes this story. My comparison comments will focus mainly on deviations from the story in the novel:
- We see the Gatsby murder at his pool at the beginning of this movie, like a stunning mystery foisted on the audience right away. (This is likely designed to grab television audiences and prevent viewers from activating their remotes.)
- There is a flashback to Daisy and Gatsby meeting for the first time, placed very early in the story, before Nick even goes to Gatsby's home for the first time. This story-information comes much later in the book, and the exact details of their meeting are invented. There are numerous flashbacks to this part of the story—Daisy and Gatsby before Gatsby goes off to World War I.
- "Old sport" —it's in the book and prominently featured in every movie version!
- This version dramatizes the developing chemistry between Jordan Baker and Nick Carraway more than the other two movie versions.
- As in the book, we see Wilson shoot Gatsby, and then hear a second shot offscreen. At first, we are left to conclude Wilson has killed himself (as in the book). Then we see Wilson's body with a head wound to confirm the obvious conclusion.
- In this version, Nick finds bonds police investigators are looking for and destroys them, attempting to preserve Gatsby's reputation. This is not in the book.
Previous Books-Into-Movies posts (in reverse chronological order):
Books-Into-Movies: "The Natural" (based on the novel The Natural)
Books-Into-Movies: "Lincoln" (based on the book Team of Rivals)
Books-Into-Movies: "Water for Elephants" (based on the book Water for Elephants)
Books-Into-Movies: "the five people you meet in heaven" (based on the book the five people you meet in heaven)
Books-Into-Movies: "Moneyball" (based on the book Moneyball)
Books-Into-Film Commentary – "Birdsong" (Part One)/Books-Into-Film Commentary – "Birdsong" (Part Two)
Books-Into-Movie Commentary – Special 40th Anniversary Edition: "The Godfather"
Books-Into-Movie Commentary – "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
Books-Into-Movies: "Tamara Drewe" (based on Tamara Drewe)
Books-Into-Movies: "Red" (based on Red)
Books-Into-Movies: "Secretariat" (based on the book Secretariat)
Books-Into-Movies: "The Social Network" (based on the book The Accidental Millionaires)
Books-Into-Movie Commentary – "Hugo" (based on the book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret)
Books-Into-Movie Commentary – "Sarah's Key"
Books-Into-Movie Commentary – "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan"
Books-Into-Movie Commentary – Special Easter Edition: "Ben Hur"
Books-Into-Movie Commentary: Jane Eyre
Books-Into-Movie Commentary: True Grit
Books-Into-Movie Commentary: Gulliver's Travels
I still have one or two posts from my old (and discontinued) Books-Into-Movies blog that I have not posted here yet. Look for them in September.


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3 Winters
Tena Štivičić's play 3 Winters follows a single Croatian family living in Zagreb throughout the vicissitudes of the nation's history between 1945 and 2011. It was first performed in the Lyttelton auditorium of the National Theatre, London, on 3 December 2014 (previews from 26 November) and went on to win the 2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
The play's action is set in and around the Kos family house in Zagreb, Croatia, in three alternating time periods: November 1945, January 1990, and November 2011 (with the exception of the first scene, which takes place in an office in Zagreb in 1945). In 1945 we see Rose, with her mother, husband and their baby daughter, Maša, moving into a partitioned house at the time of the victory of Tito's communist partisans. By 1990, Maša and her history-teacher husband, Vlado, are occupying the same house, with their young daughters, at the very moment when Croatia and Slovenia are about to break up the dominant Yugoslavian communist regime. Finally we meet the Kos family in 2011 when Maša's youngest daughter, Lucija, is about to marry an avaricious entrepreneur and Croatia is on the brink of joining the capitalist club of the European Union.
In an article published on the National Theatre's blog (http://national-theatre.tumblr.com/post/103126868756/tena-%C5%A1tivi%C4%8Di%C4%87-on-3-winters), Štivičić writes: 'The very first moments of inspiration for this play came from stories in my family. My mother's, my aunt's, my grandmother's and even my great grandmother's when I was very little. These women spoke in very different voices, each with a different set of tools, or in fact, lack of tools to express their circumstances and articulate the plight of their life.'
The National Theatre premiere was directed by Howard Davies and designed by Tim Hatley. It was performed by Charlotte Beaumont, Lucy Black, Susan Engel, Siobhan Finneran, Daniel Flynn, Hermione Gulliford, Jo Herbert, Alex Jordan, Gerald Kyd, James Laurenson, Jonny Magnanti, Jodie McNee, Alex Price, Adrian Rawlins, Sophie Rundle, Bebe Sanders and Josie Walker.


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Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Koodos moves from stealth to Private Sale
Koodos, the Atlas backed company in the Accelerator stable has started to interact. Koodos aims to establish a platform to enable merchants to publish their overstocks and end-of-lines directly to a consumer facing eCommerce site.
The Koodos approach is to give merchants control of their selling prices so that they can optimise their yields and make prodcut available to consumers at an earlier point in their lifecycle than typically.
Drapers Record, the fashion industry's flagship wrote enthusiastically about Koodos and featured Miriam Lahage, Koodos CEO, prominently.
Miriam's background includes many years as senior merchandise director in the TJX group in the US - the world's largest retailer of 'off-price' merchandise, with sales of $14bn.
Whilst they build to critical mass, Koodos are launching 'private sales'. These are 'by invitation' sale events of limited quantities of highly desirable stuff at heavily discounted prices.
Tip: Be sure to register for these sales soon.
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Saturday, November 04, 2006
Spot Runner on CNBC - On The Money
Nick Grouf and Martin Sorrel talk about Spotrunner on CNBC.
If you're still not sure what Spotrunner is all about, watch this!
Nick Grouf and Martin Sorrel talk about Spotrunner on CNBC.
If you're still not sure what Spotrunner is all about, watch this!
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Thursday, November 02, 2006
New York Times invests in Daylife
Upendra Shardanand and his team has been beavering away at building the world's greatest news gathering, analysing and organising site/platform.
Due for soft launch on Monday to a controlled group of users, the product has been well worth waiting for. There really is nothing like it!
Now the New York Times has joined an interesting collection of angels (of which TAG is the largest in terms of funds invested) which include: Craig Newmark of Craig's List, Mike Arrington, Dave Winer, Mika Salmi (congrats on the MTV role!) and John Borthwick
The announcement of the NYT investment broke in paidContent yesterday.
We first wrote about Daylife in August.
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We're extremely excited to announce that the legendary Swedish singer Nina Persson will release her debut solo album "Animal Heart" on Lojinx on 10th February 2014. The title track is released as a single today.
"Animal Heart" is the first solo release from Nina, and her first album since A Camp released "Colonia" in 2009. Her other band, The Cardigans, have not released an album since 2005 so this is something truly exciting to look forward to in 2014!
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'Thirteen Reasons Why' author expelled from writers' group over harassment charges
NEW YORK – Best-selling children's author Jay Asher has been expelled from a prominent writers organization because of allegations about sexual harassment.
Lin Oliver, executive director of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, told The Associated Press on Monday that Asher had violated the society's harassment code. He was banned last year but the news only came to light with the rise of the Me Too movement. Asher and prize-winning illustrator David Diaz, who was also kicked out of the organization, were mentioned frequently in a recent comment thread on School Library Journal about harassment in children's publishing.
"Both Jay Asher and David Diaz were found to have violated the SCBWI code of conduct in regard to harassment," Oliver wrote in an email. "Claims against them were investigated and, as a result, they are no longer members and neither will be appearing at any SCBWI events in the future."
Asher is known for novels such as Thirteen Reasons Why and The Future of Us, while Diaz won the prestigious Caldecott medal for illustration for the 1994 book Smoky Night. Diaz has worked on dozens of books, including Me, Frida and The Little Scarecrow Boy.
The publishers for Asher and Diaz didn't have any immediate comment Monday. Asher told BuzzFeed News on Monday that he left voluntarily and felt that he had been "thrown under the bus."
"It's very scary when you know people are just not going to believe you once you open your mouth," he said. "I feel very conflicted about it just because of what's going on in the culture and who's supposed to be believed and who's not."
Later on Monday, the Oklahoma Writers' Federation told the AP that Asher would not be giving a scheduled keynote address at its conference in May.
"Mr. Asher has denied the accusations, but in the end understood our decision to go in a different direction," said the federation's publicity director, author Jennifer McMurrain.
Thirteen Reasons Why was Asher's first book. The 2007 novel about a high school student's suicide, adapted last year into a Netflix series, has attracted attention for its explicit content, including assault and harassment. Netflix is planning to bring Thirteen Reasons Why back in 2018, but hasn't set a date. Netflix did not respond to a query about whether the allegations would affect the show's status.
Asher, 42, has spoken publicly about the treatment of women. Last weekend, he responded to a tweet by the prize-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson, who wrote of her "volcanic anger about rape culture and toxic masculinity."
"So grateful for @halseanderson's voice and continued passion," he wrote.


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The History of Mathematical Reviews
Mathematical Reviews was launched by the American Mathematical Society in 1940, with Otto Neugebauer as its first editor. Since its founding, Mathematical Reviews has been an important part of the AMS and the mathematical sciences community.
From its first issue of 32 pages and 176 reviews, the publication has grown into the MathSciNet® database, which contains over 3 million total publications, almost 9 million citations, and a reviewer community numbering nearly 17,000 researchers. Learn more about the history and people of MR and the Editorial Offices. The prezi below provides a brief summary of Mathematical Reviews history.
Celebrating 75 years of Mathematical Reviews (1940–2015)
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As I may have mentioned, I'm a single gal. Which means I date a fair amount. Not obsessively, but when I start talking to my critique partners about how hot my latest fictional hero is, I know it's time to get out of the house. And, as anyone who has dated lately knows, there are a lot of frogs out there. But, being the romance writer that I am, I still believe that if I kiss the right one, he'll magically turn into my prince charming and sweep me off to his enchanted castle to live happily ever after.
Which brings me to this weekend's new guy. He's an attorney in The City, kayaks with humpback whales, and so far, seems rather normal. I'm afraid. It's the normal seeming ones that always have that deal-breaker skeleton lurking in the closet. For example, my last blind date (Oh, did I mention that this weekend is also a blind date? Pray for me.) seemed normal enough on the phone. Great guy, steady job, raising a couple of adorable kids all on his own . (Tell me that doesn't melt your heart!) Fast forward to the actual date. He shows up… and he's hot. And I mean HAWT! I think his muscles even had muscles. Everything was peachy keen (i.e. Gemma is picking out china patterns) when Muscle Man lets slip one little fact that he'd failed to mention on the phone. He's still married. (Picture Gemma politely excusing herself for the lady's room, then slipping out the back door and making a mental note to check all men for tan lines on the left ring finger from now on.)
And then there's the guy I dated before that, the Bicycle Thief. Aptly named because on our second date he actually stole someone's bicycle. Seriously. Just took it. (Ever been torn between giving your date a kiss goodnight and calling the cops?) Sadly, I even paused for a moment to think about whether I really cared if my boyfriend was a felon or not. What can I say? He was a great kisser for a thief.
Which is why I approach this weekend's tryst with Lawyer Boy with a bit of trepidation. So far he sounds nice, educated, and, from the one teeny tiny slightly fuzzy picture I've seen, looks like he has a killer smile. So, my inner romantic is selectively forgetting the likes of Muscle Man (a.k.a Married and Dating) and the Bicycle Thief and crossing her fingers that this frog may have potential. I'll let you know how it turns out…
In the meantime, anyone out there care to share some of their more memorable toad encounters?
~Trigger Happy Halliday
Friday, August 17, 2007
Single in The City
As I may have mentioned, I'm a single gal. Which means I date a fair amount. Not obsessively, but when I start talking to my critique partners about how hot my latest fictional hero is, I know it's time to get out of the house. And, as anyone who has dated lately knows, there are a lot of frogs out there. But, being the romance writer that I am, I still believe that if I kiss the right one, he'll magically turn into my prince charming and sweep me off to his enchanted castle to live happily ever after.
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37 comments:
- Rashmi said...
Whoa, that's quite an interesting selection of frogs. Croak! Croak! lol
Here's hoping the lawyer guy will turn out to be "the one"! Good luck!
- August 17, 2007 at 10:48 AM
- Meljprincess said...
I once dated a rapist. And one of my ex husbands brought me cat food when I told him I needed something to eat.
- August 17, 2007 at 11:13 AM
- Gemma Halliday said...
The rapist - freaky!
The cat food thing - okay, I'm just laughing too hard to type. I see why he's an ex.
- August 17, 2007 at 12:19 PM
- Christie Craig said...
Wow! Love the frog stories. As far as my frog stories . . .? Okay, confession time, I'm in my forties, and I've actually spent most of my life married—to two different men. At different times, of course. Hey, I believe in second changes.
Now, my first one was...shh, a real crocker. I think he might have been a hybrid of your two blind dates. Only, now that I think about, I don't recall him being really that hot. Anyway, my second… now… ahh, he's a prince. Okay…he's a man, and human, therefore eliminating the possibility of his being perfect, but he's managed to hold my heart for 21 years. Yep…he's a keeper.
Great post.
And hey, just remember all your dates are tax deductible. It's research.
- August 17, 2007 at 12:25 PM
- Meljprincess said...
Yea, I dated this guy who didn't rape me but after we broke up he raped several women and a sixteen year old girl. He was huge so I know he hurt them badly. Rat bastard!
My ex was a rat bastard as well. He also took the car I owned for 5 years right out from under me by using his dad as co-signer. I messed up by putting his name on the title.
I hope they both rot in hell!
Sorry thoughts of both grate my onion....
- August 17, 2007 at 12:37 PM
- Melanie said...
You said you wanted bad date stories, so I thought I'd share one of mine with you. I am a single mom living in Denver, Colorado. I have found that it is really hard to meet men, so about five years ago, I decided to try online dating. I followed the expert advice and always met men for the first time in a public place so I would feel safe and be able to get away fast if things didn't go well. The one time I broke this rule, I paid the price.
About a year into the online dating world, I started chatting online and then on the phone with a guy who seemed like he was everything I was looking for. I really liked his personality and the more we talked the more I felt we would be a good match. He had pictures posted, so I knew what he looked like. He lived on the opposite side of town from me so we had a hard time arranging to meet in person. We ended up talking for more than five weeks before we could finally get together.
My son was with his dad the night of our meeting and I felt I knew him so well that I could let him come over to pick me up like a regular date. Big mistake!!!!
As soon as I looked through the peep hole in my door, I knew the night was not going to go well. First of all, it was clear that the pictures he posted online were at least ten years old. He really looked nothing like his pictures. In them, he was in very good shape and muscular and the man in front of me was very overweight and poorly dressed. What little hair he had left was not combed and looked like it had not been washed in weeks. He was wearing a t-shirt with holes in it with a stringy flannel shirt over it like a jacket. The jeans he was wearing had oil stains and rips all over them and he was wearing sandals that he should never have worn given the state of his feet. I am no fairy princess, but I did put on decent clothes for the evening and I spent my normal time primping to make sure I looked good.
I reluctantly let him in the house. He walked in the door and immediately tried to give me a big hug. I managed to return his hug as quickly possible. I didn't know what to do because I had built up such high hopes about this man from our conversations and I knew he had done the same. I didn't want to just strike him down by refusing to let him near me.
As I quickly hugged him, my senses told me something was wrong. I stepped back and realized that it was my nose that was offended. It was him, he smelled horrible. Unfortunately for me, he insisted on trying to show me more of his affection by trying to hug and kiss me multiple times until I abruptly told him we should leave for dinner.
I managed to get through dinner okay. The table between us left enough distance that I didn't have to smell him through dinner. He was not much for conversation in person like he'd been on the phone. I sat there the whole time hoping that he would say something to redeem himself and make me remember what it was that I liked so much about him. But he never did.
The entire ride back to my house, I tried everything I could to make him think that he should just drop me off at my house. I told him that I had to get up early for work the next day and I was really tired since it was Thursday night. I thought he was starting to see the picture, but when we got to my house, he insisted on coming in so he could install some programs on my computer that we had talked about on the phone. Again, I am not good at being direct with people in these situations, so I agreed to let him come in for a few minutes.
He came in and started working on my computer right away. At my computer desk, I sit on one of those big exercise balls, not on a chair. Instead of sitting on the ball, he decided to lay down on it on his stomach. When he stretched out to reach the keyboard and mouse, his shirts came up, revealing more of his ass than I ever wanted to see. His jeans were so baggy that they had fallen down pretty low. I tried not to look, but he was sitting right in front of me. I didn't want to leave the room, because I wanted to watch his every move to make sure he didn't do anything to my computer. The installations took about 30 minutes and I had to stare at his ugly ass the whole time.
When he finished up with the computer, he moved on to trying to work on me. He followed me into my kitchen and again tried to kiss me. I didn't want him anywhere near me and he didn't seem to be getting the subtle hints that I was dropping. By this time I was frustrated and disgusted, but still unable to be direct and tell him I was not attracted to him at all. I think I finally got stern with him, insisting that it was getting late for me because I had to get up early the next morning.
Even with this abrupt ending to the night, he had no clue. A few hours later I was still up and I checked my email messages. He had sent me a message telling me what a great time he had and how disappointed he was that we didn't have more time to sit and "enjoy" each other. I honestly could not see how someone could be so clueless.
The following day, I almost called in sick to work because I knew I was going to have to tell my story to my boss and the girls in my office. I made the mistake of telling them how much I liked this guy and how excited I was that we were finally going to meet. Needless to say, they were all in hysterics laughing when I told them what had happened. They especially liked the part about his pants falling down and showing his ass. They all decided to give him the nick name "plumber's crack" man. Four years later, they still remind me about him frequently whenever the subject of online dating comes up.
I am still single and I still try to meet men online, although that episode did result in a halt to my online dating for a year or so.
- August 17, 2007 at 1:29 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
OMG – Melani! That's terrible! (And I'm probably a terrible person that I was busting up the whole time I was reading your comment.) Plumber's Crack Man definitely goes in the Ten Worst Dates in History book. Right below the rapist. (Yikes! I'm still a little freaked by that! Glad you came out of it okay.)
But CC, you give me hope. There are Prince Charmings out there. Just, maybe not online, huh? ;)
- August 17, 2007 at 1:50 PM
I know what you mean, I meet my two Mr. Toads all via one friend (Christian).
Well, Pillsbury Toad was meat through a night of boredom. It all started when Christians' boyfriend (Dan) called. Dan was with a bunch of friends, hanging out. So to break the boredom we (Christian, me and her roommate along with Dan and his friends) played "Spin the Phone" - a lot like spin the bottle only instead of kissing you talked to who ever was on the other end. I got Pillsbury Toad, sounded nice and intelligent – boy was I wrong. Come to find out; after a couple of private phone conversations and ONE meeting that he was 10yrs older, bald – Pillsbury Dough boy shaped and unkempt. Some how in his deluded mind we were dating. This lead to a 2am sarcastic phone conversation from me, he called drunk and upset that his hockey team lost. – Well the next week come to find out Dan had the same delusion 'cause he said (and I quote) "If you were going to break up with 'Pillsbury Toad' you should have told me first, that way I would have broken up with him for you." Now get this Dan, and everyone else in this story was in College – Pillsbury was out of College. Next Dan proceeds to tell me "You were so cruel in breaking 'Pillsbury's' heart, you only did it because you are after Todd." Well Todd was hot, looked like Kiefer Sutherland in the 1988 production of Promised Land, only Todd was 6'2'. Dan proceeded to say that Todd was married. After what he previously said I didn't believe him. Well he was telling the truth. I find this out a month later when coming home from a bar with Christian, we had meet Todd and as we were leaving he jams his pierced tough down my throat. Once he has extracted himself, a friend of his comes around the corner and says, "Come on man, I promised your wife I'd bring you home." – To say the least, I haven't heard a word from Christian in over 5yrs.
- August 17, 2007 at 2:08 PM
Oh my. I keep wishing I could find somebody to date, but living here in redneck country, it's probably just as well I'm a homebody. *g*
- August 17, 2007 at 2:14 PM
Just heard about this blogspot. Enjoyed the toad stories and haven't we all had to kiss a few?
- August 17, 2007 at 4:37 PM
- Enchanted by Books said...
Gemma too funny! There's this book that I read and loved called 20 Times a Lady by Karyn Bosnak. It's about a woman who has just slept with her 20th man and doesn't want to add anymore to her list, so she goes on a road trip to try to rekindle a relationship with one of her ex bfs. This way she doesnt add another number to her already high number of sex partners. Each guy has his own funny problem and it's really hilarious. You just made me think of it with all this talk about frogs. LOL
- August 17, 2007 at 4:40 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Pillsbury? I love it! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who names her past mistakes.
Oh, Tori, I went out with Redneck Guy, too! He started quoting me country song lyrics. And not the good ones. When a guy leans over and says, "I wanna check you for ticks" it's time for the date to end.
Welcome, Joyce!
I'm going to have to pick up that book, Rachael. 20, huh? I better find Mr. Right soon. I think I'm nearing my expiration number…
- August 17, 2007 at 5:23 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
I had to laugh when I read your blog post, Gemma. Given we write 'killer fiction', your 'killer smile' reference relating to Lawyer Boy could be cause for concern!
Or inspiration, maybe...
Hope this date is a real winner.
~Bullet Hole~
- August 17, 2007 at 5:27 PM
- Allie Hollister said...
All these comments make me glad I'm married. It's been so long, I've forgotten any frog stories I might have had. lol
- August 17, 2007 at 5:48 PM
- Caffey said...
Hi Gemma :) I'm on your newslettter and heard about this blog from another reader (AmyS) and came to visit! I too saw the Killer Fiction site and so neat!! More for me to look up with reading!
Smiling on the blind date. I've never had one! I guess after not dating much HS (parents didn't allow before age 18) and then dating a bit in college where I met my current husband of now 24 yrs (he's a great hero) so I never had to be set up for a blind date but its fun reading them all here!
(wasn't sure if you needed email for contest)
- August 17, 2007 at 5:48 PM
- Caffey said...
Oh I too wanted to tell you to have fun Gemma and I'll be checking out back here to see how your date went :)
- August 17, 2007 at 5:49 PM
- Shel said...
Ah, one of my favorite dates was to a U2 show, fifth row center which rocked, but the date kept asking me all night if I needed to go to the bathroom. The date with Bathroom Boy wasn't as bad as the guy who told me during dinner that he loved prison movies and that if he were in prison he would have sex with men... Ah nothing like being single in the City.
Gemma - I am a lawyer and I warn you, dating them is not easy. I hope he's one of the good ones! I love your books and cannot wait for Undercover in High Heels!
- August 17, 2007 at 6:11 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Oh no! I didn't even think of the killer smile reference, Kathy. Great. Now Lawyer Boy's gonna turn out to be some serial killer of have really bad breath, isn't he?
Glad you found us, Cathie! And check back next week for the date recap. I will definitely let you all know how it panned out. I'm getting kind of excited/anxious/nervous/worried now.
- August 17, 2007 at 6:18 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Thanks, Shel. I think. Lol! Now I'm extra nervous.
Okay, what should I wear? Afternoon date - sporty, sassy, or sexy?
- August 17, 2007 at 6:38 PM
I hope this guy turns out okay. It's been about 12 yrs since I've dated. But most of them were pretty normal.
- August 17, 2007 at 7:20 PM
- Debby said...
Quite a nice group of frogs. I did hav one but he wa too bad to remember. I think I have blocked him
- August 17, 2007 at 7:22 PM
- Jae Arronson said...
Hey hey hey, Killer Ladies! LOVE the new blog! (Grog?)
I've recently found some similar blogs, written by writers, and I think the whole concept is terrific! We (the readers, the wannabe writers, the general public!) get to know you through your blog and then we want to read your wonderful books!
I'm sorry to say I only know (so far) Jana's "Rumble" (which is a FABULOUS book and if you haven't read it yet, blog readers - why the hell NOT?) but I'll be looking for ALL of your books. This blog tells me that you're all terrific writers!
I'll also be delighted to write a blog post of my own and link you ladies. I don't have a huge readership but hey - every little bit helps, right? Good luck with this - and here's to more and more writing - and reading!
OH! And good luck with the date, Gemma! I thought there were NO wonderful men left in the world - but my sister had to go and prove me wrong! Maybe you will too!
- August 17, 2007 at 8:09 PM
- Jae Arronson said...
Well, hell. I forgot to post my own (short, I promise) frog story.
I've dated a lot of frogs in my life but the one I'll briefly tell you about today - well - I was young enough and stupid enough to marry him. And the year he gave me paper plates - not the nice, Chinet paper plates either - but the generic store brand - (200 for $1.00 or something) for Christmas - wasn't even enough to tell me - "hey, stupid - he's a FROG. Get rid of him NOW!"
What can I say? At least I learned a lot from THAT big mistake. And now I refer to him as the ex-HFH (Husband From Hell).
Don't settle, Gemma - the right prince is out there - you'll find him. Take your time! Kiss those frogs - and then MOVE ON!
- August 17, 2007 at 8:27 PM
- Estella said...
I think every woman has to kiss a few toads before she finds her prince.
- August 17, 2007 at 9:01 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Hi Sandy! Thanks so much for blogging us, yes, every little bit counts. And thanks for the advice. Yeah, I'm not into settling for paper plates for Christmas. Lol! So glad you ditched that HFH. And congrats to your sister! May I follow in her footsteps…
- August 17, 2007 at 9:05 PM
- Shel said...
Gemma - Don't worry, if nothing else you will get another good story out of the date.
As for wardrobe, an afternoon date with a kayaking lawyer - definitely sassy! Have fun!
- August 17, 2007 at 10:31 PM
- danetteb said...
I once dated a guy who claimed to be single, then I started getting strange calls from "the girlfriend he said he didn't have"...some guys give men a bad name.
- August 18, 2007 at 5:18 AM
- Jenny Gardiner said...
Hi Gemma!
This is a fun blog posting!
Okay, meljprincess definitely takes the cake for bad dates with the rapist LOL
I have had more bad dates than I care to recall. One was in college and he was my formal date (a friend) but hadn't told me he was also attending another formal the same night--talk about "double dating"!
When he disappeared during the dinner only to show up later on, I was miffed. I went out to dance with friends and he came over and was insinuating himself next to me on the dance floor when my heel slipped and my arm swung up to keep from falling and I accidentally smacked his nose and gave him a bloody nose ;-) . Didn't do it on purpose but he told everyone I did. He so deserved it LOL . Meanwhile I can still remember him on the dance floor with his new white Ralph Lauren polo shirt with blood dripping on it and he was blubbering and acted like such a fool--no one felt too badly for him!
My other one was a date I really didn't want to go on but I reluctantly yielded, but thank goodness drove separately. He made me sit next to him and he insisted on cutting my meat. Ugh. He was so creepy. Years later I found he was convicted of embezzlement (he was a high level government official in DC) and ended up in the slammer. ...
- August 18, 2007 at 8:29 AM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Okay, I've got the perfect sassy outfit - short black skirt, turquoise and silver tank and these new sparkly gold shoes. They're flats but, trust me, they're adorable.
Jenny, I love the bloody nose story! Talk about a happy accident. Ha!
- August 18, 2007 at 11:06 AM
- The (Mis)Adventures of a Single City Chick said...
I feel your pain, Gemma! Being a single gal, myself, I've actually gotten so frustrated that I've taken a break from the dating scene for well over a year now. Grrrrrr. I had a relationship with one guy, who after about five months finally told me that he was still waiting for his divorce to be finalized. Um, in my book you're STILL married, dude! Ugh. Then in a longer relationship, after describing to my boyfriend a dream I had about a woman he cheated on me with (in my dream), he finally confessed that he did cheat on me with someone looking exactly like I'd described. We ultimately broke up, 1) because of the cheating, and 2) because he didn't like how I knew things I shouldn't (I've always had a way of picking up on things before they happen or tapping into knowledge in other people even if I'm not trying). Like I told him...don't do anything wrong, and I won't have to know about it. ;-) The latest BAD date I was on a year ago was with a guy who, on paper, would have looked great. He just failed to mention he was a candy-ass, hairy-back Mary, girlie man, mama's boy. Hmm, you'd think he might mention that just out of consideration to save me some energy. Ha! I actually gave it 5 dates before realizing that I had more balls than he did. You know there's something wrong when YOU, as the female, feel like the MAN of the couple. Eeewww. By that last date, I couldn't wait to get away, as I'd developed a complete disgust for him. Haven't talked to or seen him since that day, thank God. I'm getting tired of this boycott, though, so I'm probably going to have to rethink that decision. ;-) Good luck with your upcoming date!
- August 18, 2007 at 11:24 AM
- Dru said...
I just found this site after visiting Gemma's site...and I see there are lots of authors who I've yet to read.
I once dated this guy who thought he was God's gift to the women. He thoughts his looks would pay for everything including our dates. On the first date he paid for his meal; on the second, wait, there was no second. I hear he's unemployed and looks horrid.
- August 18, 2007 at 12:08 PM
When I was single, I dated this hot doctor. He was funny, well read, witty and I even liked it when his beeper occasionally went off and he had to make a doctor call.
We ended up back at my condo one evening and my dog - as always - was elated to see us. As my sweet doggie licked him hello and wagged his tail, doctor boy asked, "So how long do poodles live anyway?"
Not a great sign, but I told him my last poodle lived to be about 14. Then he asked, "How old is this one?"
End of relationship. Beau, the poodle was forgiving, but I was not.
- August 18, 2007 at 5:43 PM
- Kathy Bacus said...
I think I might've hooked up with a relative of your ex-HFH, Sassy Sistah. Among my most memorable gifts? A shop-vac, a pair of socks, and for my birthday one year I got a hubcap for my vehicle.
- August 18, 2007 at 7:40 PM
- Martha Lawson said...
Ladies, Loved the "frog" stories!!
Love the blog.
- August 18, 2007 at 9:49 PM
- Gemma Halliday said...
Christina, so you went out with Married and Dating, too? What is it with these guys, huh?
I totally understand that a divorce can take a while to actually go through, even if the relationship is way over, but just because your wife can't stand the sight of you, has packed up all your belongings and left them on the front lawn for you, does not make you single. Call me old fashioned, but I think that being married is kind of something you should disclose when dating.
Angie - ohmigod, I laughed so hard at the Poodle Hater! Reeeeeal smooth talker, huh?
P.S. I'm meeting Lawyer Boy at 3pm tomorrow. Wish me luck!
- August 18, 2007 at 9:51 PM
- Carol M said...
Good luck with Lawyer Boy! I don't have any toad stories because I married young. Now I wish I had waited and had some fun first.
- August 19, 2007 at 7:39 AM
- Gemma Halliday said...
I'll give you all the gory details in my next blog post, but just wanted to pop on and say that I met Lawyer Boy for coffee today and he seemed almost (gasp!) normal! He showed up on time, clean, and free of any distracting facial piercing. Amazing, huh?
- August 19, 2007 at 7:06 PM


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Some shots of The Haunted, an interdisciplinary exploration of terror, the inaugural installation at Home Room, a new gallery / venue in Los Angeles. An interactive installation set up by some of the same artists who created TETRICIDE last year. Amy Darling who shoots for LA Record sent over these photos.
Checking out Clark Walter's animatronic "Go Fuck Yourself Defense"
"Hours" by Jessica Dalva
In front of the exterior mural by Champoy Hate
"Evelyn, circa 1940 with mysterious figure" by Allison Peck
"Ms. Mush" by Craig Miller
In front of Home Room
Opening crowd in The Haunted room
Guests play The Haunted piano
Elliot Jackson's "Falling in Love"
Camille Bachand & Chelsea Bayouth's "Two Bears & a Hare"
"Larry Bird Flu" by Chris Rexroad
Go Fuck Yourself Defense" animatronic piece by Clark Walter
"The Haunted Painting" animation by Eri Hawkins
Dirt Bike Studios' "Stench"
"Brigid" by Christine Monohan
Holographic animation, "Lair of the Ghost Skulls" by Walt! Gorecki
"Over my Dead Body" by Joe Holliday
Paul Arden's "Demoiselz Guignol"
"Weimar / Larva" by Paul Arden
"Tree of the Power of Death" by Paul Arden
Outside in front of Home Room
In front of the Ghost Ghost Teeth mural, jeni hanivar performs
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Heartland Institute CEO Joe Bast awards Dr. Arthur Robinson with "Voice of Reason" award
Ongoing today in this nation is a full court press to convince the public that everybody knows that a catastrophic global warming looms over us, that human beings are the cause of it, and that the only solution is to turn more money and power over to the government to stop us from our dangerous ways of living.
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In the mindset of President Obama, storms, floods and droughts have been made more severe by rising global temperatures. This despite a report by IPCC that shows there "is limited evidence of changes in extremes associated with other climate variables since the mid-20th century" and current data shows "no significant observed trends in global tropical cyclone frequency over the past century. … No robust trends in annual numbers of tropical storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes counts have been identified over the past 100 years in the North Atlantic basin."
In keeping with the "science is settled" argument falsely being conveyed to gullible Americans by Al Gore, the Obama administration, other radical environmentalists, and the mainstream media, it was gratifying and most appropriate that nine individuals (with a surprise tenth award), were selected prior to Heartland's recent 9th International Conference on Climate Change through a request process solicited by The Heartland Institute for ideas and nominations of individuals world-wide who were willing to speak out against global warming alarmism. Without shame, The Heartland Institute considers it a badge of honor to have been called by The Economist in a May 26, 2011 article "the world's most prominent think tank promoting skepticism about man-made climate change."
Heartland's ten award recipients, all global warming skeptics accorded by President Obama as climate deniers, are but representative of countless of scientists who are routinely shunned by politically correct universities and scientific societies by simply speaking truth to power. Climate skeptics or deniers often take great risks regarding their personal safety and their professional careers, which have cost them the promotions and rewards they might have otherwise received from their peers. Government money falls on those who seek grants to study global warming and then produce solutions for it. That money is not likely to fall on skeptic in the scientific community who refuse to join the global warming stamped.
The awards delivered at Heartland's conference were sponsored by eight organizations. Their purpose was to give long-overdue recognition and encouragement to the recipients, increase public awareness of the global warming realism movement, and send a signal to the academy and other elite institutions saying if they won't recognize our heroes, The Heartland Institute will. All of the ICCC9 videos can be viewed at this site.
Following are the ten award winners — global warming heroes — individuals you should know about who are deserving of your praise and congratulations for their willingness to speak out about global warming alarmism:
- "Speaks Truth to Power Award" to Dr. Patrick Moore, an internationally renowned ecologist and environmentalist who began his career as an activist/leader in the Greenpeace movement.
- "Frederick Seitz Memorial Award" to Dr. Sherwood Idso, president of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, and the world's leading authority on the effects of carbon dioxide on plants.
- "Lifetime Achievement in Climate Science Award" to Dr. S. Fred Singer who was among the first and is still the most prominent scientist in the world speaking out against global warming alarmism. In the August 2007 issue of Imprimis (a publication of Hillsdale College), Dr. Singer wrote this excellent article: "Global Warming: Man-Made or Natural?"
- "Outstanding Spokesperson on Faith, Science, and Stewardship Award" to Dr. E. Cavin Beisner a theologian, historian and national spokesman for The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation and author or co-author of several major papers and articles on global warming produced by the Cornwall Alliance.
- "Outstanding Evangelical Climate Scientist Award" to Dr. Roy W. Spencer, a former Senior Scientist for Climate Studies at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center where he and Dr. John Christy received NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for their global temperature monitoring work with satellites. Dr. Spencer has made no secret of his evangelical faith.
- "Excellence in Climate Science Communication Award" to Tom Harris, the founder and executive director of the International Climate Science Coalition, a non-partisan group of independent scientists, economists, and energy and policy experts who are working to promote better understanding of climate science and policy worldwide.
- "Courage in Defense of Science Award" to Dr. Willie Soon, who as an astrophysicist and a geoscientist he is a leading authority on the relationship between solar phenomena and global climate. His discoveries challenge computer modelers and advocates who consistently underestimate solar influences on cloud formation, ocean currents, and wind that cause climate change.
- "Climate Science Whistleblower Award" to Dr. Alan Carlin, now retired, who was a career environmental economist at EPA when the Competitive Enterprise Institute broke the story of his negative report on the agency's proposal to regulate greenhouse gases in June, 2009. Dr. Carlin's supervisor had ordered him to keep quiet about the report and to stop working on global warming issues.
- Surprise Heartland Award: "Dauntless Purveyor of Climate Truth Award" to Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (Lord Christopher Monckton) who has for years been crisscrossing the globe sharing the inconvenient truths about global warming. Known as the high priest of climate skepticism, Lord Monckton advised Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Monckton has attended United Nations conferences since the Rio Conference in 1991, during which time steps have been taken to create what is in effect a world government. He urged conference attendees to write their congressmen and senators, telling them to press for the inclusion of an escape clause in the Treaty of Paris that will permit any State to resign from its obligations by giving a few months' notice. In that way, as the world continues to fail to warm anything like as fast as predicted, nations can break free from the regime of terror by stealth that has been furtively planned.
- "Voice of Reason Award" to Dr. Arthur Robinson, a distinguished chemist, co-founder of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, and editor of the newsletter "Access to Energy."
It is worth noting that Dr. Art Robinson, as the internationally respected scientist that he is, is running in Oregon Congressional District 4 against Democrat Peter DeFazio, who cast one of the four deciding votes for Obamacare after telling Oregonians he would vote against it. This is Art Robinson's third attempt to defeat Democrat Peter DeFazio, the first attempt being in 2010. Robinson wants to restore sorely needed common sense in Washington, D.C. He is not afraid to speak up publicly on behalf of sound science and common sense. May he encourage others to follow the same course of action in the political arena.
Robinson's book, Common Sense in 2012, although published and distributed in 2012, is just as relevant to the problems this nation is facing today as it was two years ago.
This is your chance to get behind candidate Art Robinson, Ph.D., one of the ten distinguished award winners at Heartland's Ninth International Conference on Climate Change. Send an outstanding scientist to Congress in November. His "Voice of Reason Award" should serve him well in his role as a U.S. Congressman on the Chamber floor.
More on Heartland's 9th International Conference on Global Warming:
Article 1: http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2014/07/ready-thorner-a-climate-change-holocaust.html#more
Article 2: https://blog.heartland.org/2014/07/heartlands-science-director-breaks-ground-to-rein-in-us-epa/


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Crews clear snow from Miller Park lots in preparation of Opening Day
Crews spent Wednesday clearing snow from the grounds in preparation of Opening Day on April 1, and the stubborn winter made it tough for crews to get the job done.
Greg Kastenholz, with Poblocki Paving, is in charge of this massive snow removal operation.
More 60 workers across 100 acres were pushing, hauling, dumping and clearing the way for Brewers fans.
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The snow and ice was packed so solid that even the plow driver was having a hard time clearing it out.
It took a little nudge from Dan Van Bommel's co-workers to free his truck.
"It's pretty rough out here. There's a lot of snow and ice, and a lot of it is frozen underneath the ground here, so it's gonna take a lot of work to get it removed," Van Bommel said.
But crews said they are up for the challenge and will work through the night. They will also keep equipment on standby in case more flakes fall.
In 2012, temperatures were near 50 degrees on Opening Day.


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An aspiring rock star contends with the prospect of giving up his dreams during an emotional battle for shared custody of his six-year-old daughter. Joby (Paul Dano) always dreamt of the day that the years he spent as a struggling musician would finally pay off. But the older he gets, the less likely it seems that will ever happen. Presented with divorce papers by his estranged wife (Margarita Levieva), Joby understands that the only way he will ever see money from the sale of their home is to sign his name on the dotted line. Upon realizing that by signing the papers he will also forfeit custody of his daughter Ellen (Shaylena Mandigo), however, the aging musician begins to have second thoughts. Meanwhile, as Joby's lawyer (Jon Heder) tries in vain to reverse the decision, the conflicted father takes a break from his starry-eyed girlfriend (Jena Malone) to meet with his daughter, and perhaps take a second shot at fatherhood. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Is it possible to make a living from creativity? According to renowned designer Donna Karan, it is. In fact, as she says, Haiti is one of the most creative countries she has ever visited. However, for a country to succeed, it is critical to generate opportunities for creativity that will translate into positive economic and financial results. This has been one of Karan's objectives in Haiti, where she has invested time and money on a project whose purpose is to provide both design guidance and access to higher value markets to artisans in Port-au-Prince, Leogane and Jacmel.
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Having been in the ground now for two days at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of the most interesting things I have heard so far in the sessions I have attended. I have been at the Corporate Sustainability Forum since Saturday. The forum, attended by nearly 2,500 people, is an event to discuss concrete private sector solutions to energy poverty and climate change.


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