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Thank you Carrie for doing this interview with us at Yankee Romance Reviewers. Your book is really luscious.
Terra: Why do a story about Will Scarlett and is it because he is the bad boy you would just love to get your hands on?
Carrie: In the old Robin Hood ballads, Will has been portrayed as a cad, a dandy, a thug, a turn-coat, a newbie, a hothead, a doubter, and a victim. He's always been what authors needed for any particular story. I decided to see if he had the mettle to become a hero. He's like a bad boy who's trying really, really hard to do the easy, amoral thing, but his conscience and sense of justice keep getting in the way. I love that contrast, and it made his inner personality so much fun to write.
Terra: How hard was it to come up with a story some years beyond Robin Hood, keeping with the back story of Robin and the time period and making it a delicious romance to sink your teeth into?
Carrie: I'll be honest in that the inspiration came from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, in which Christian Slater played Will. Sure, at the end of that film, Robin and Marian have their happy ending--but what about Will? He'd only just started to grow up, so I didn't imagine his relationship with Robin would be quite so easy-peasy as we might hope. I wanted to more about how he developed into a man, so setting the novel a few years down the road felt natural. As for the romance, that was the fun part! Sparks just flew whenever he and Meg got together.
Terra: What made you decide to give your heroine a handicap? How do you think people of that time period would have accepted a woman with her ailment?
Carrie: I actually don't remember why I first decided to make Meg blind, but it was part of her character from the first. And like you did, I jumped quickly to the notion that she wouldn't be accepted. She's an outcast not only because of her blindness, but because of the illness it caused, her father's attempts to find a cure, and her ongoing fascination with alchemy. All of these things together set her at odds with most people, scarring her and making her a little, shall we say, morally flexible--just to get by.
Terra: You have kept up with the corrupt politics that were in Nottingham at the time of Robin but seem to have stepped it up a notch. If you were a peasant from that time how would you feel about having such a slight reprieve before the corruption started all over again?
Carrie: Excellent question! I would've been happy to have a champion like Robin or Will, first up. But more realistically, I think people make their way in life. When we see corruption or unfairness today, we get upset, do what we can, contribute to worthy causes, protect our families, choose strong leaders to help make a difference--probably not all that different from years past, once you strip away the technology.
Terra: What is it that makes us women fall for the bad boy, good boy persona and why is it that we think that our attentions will change him?
Carrie: Ah, the mystery of why we love romances! I write stories to get at the heart of this. Why? Why do people fall for each other? Why do formerly unconquerable men suddenly get twanged on the head by love? As for the bad boy, I think the appeal is in what he doesn't reveal to everyone else. He's tough, macho, distant, sarcastic, a little reckless, and people may or may not trust him. But what he reveals to his woman, that secret realm of vulnerability and dreams, is intensely exciting--as is the relationship that fosters such an intimacy. Everyone wants to be part of something special, and the moment of connection between a bad boy and the woman he loves is very special.
Terra: Our heroine seems to have trust issues. That small niggling voice from her heart tells her she should trust but the larger niggling voice from her head confuses her and steers her in circles. Why wouldn't this type of behavior turn any sensible man running in the opposite direction?
Carrie: On some level, Will understands that he hasn't behaved in a trustworthy manner. He knows what it is to be suspected of the worst, and to actually be guilty of what he's accused of doing. Maybe if he were a completely faultless hero, he could have reason to run and find a girl who appreciates his goodness. But Will isn't perfect, and he starts out behaving in rather duplicitous ways. Pair this with Meg's inherent lack of trust for people--in that people have scorned her for years because of her blindness, and even her own sister betrayed her in a rather personal way--and she's just not capable of falling into his arms and declaring her love. Not at first, anyway!
Terra: The story focuses around our heroine and her sister. Will there be another story to come with the sister as the heroine and will she be as difficult to deal with?
Carrie: Oh, Ada. Yes, Ada's a difficult one. She's the heroine of the late 2009 sequel, currently titled SCOUNDREL'S KISS. In it, Ada has a great deal of growing up to do, which involves facing up to her fears, her faults, and her past. There to guide her--or perhaps to goad her--is Gavriel, a warrior-monk with his own laundry list of issues. Their love story is adventurous, tender and heartbreaking, in that I love to see two wounded people able to heal each other.
Terra: The tension between our hero and heroine is quite intense. Their arguments seem to be based on misconstrued words and feelings. Do you think that couples of today have much the same problems and barriers?
Carrie: Of course. Men and women haven't changed, even if we aren't charging through Sherwood with a sword and a pack of soldiers at our backs. And I believe men and women are essentially insecure when it comes to love. There's nothing more rewarding, but there's also nothing more terrifying--that possibility of opening up, hoping, dreaming, and being crushed under for it. That insecurity and fear makes people wary. So I hope I've been able to portray genuine emotions without contrivance or too much melodrama, just the way I see that men and women struggle and strive to connect.
Terra: Considering our heroine's occupation, why hasn't half the peasant population turned her in with the claims of witchcraft clinging to her so strongly?
Carrie: Fear! Actually, Meg keeps a really low profile until she meets up with Will Scarlet. So I think her isolation, something she enjoyed but also fought against, kept her safe. Obviously that isn't the case so much when she gets out into the world. Their fear holds them off only so long, and then mob justice comes for her.
Terra: As an author of such a delightfully decedent delicious romance, what is the one main thing that will make the reader fall in love with this novel and why?
Carrie: As much as I love and identify (in some respects) with my dear Meg, no one and nothing holds a candle to Will Scarlet. Strong, contentious, just, comic, sardonic, vulnerable, proud, and ultimately triumphant, he's a hero for the ages, and I hope readers fall in love with him too.
Carrie will be giving away one signed copy of one of her books to one lucky commentor. You must leave a comment about her interview or the excerpt along with your email addy to qualify.
Chapter One
"You, Scarlet, you are always moody here."
--Robin Hood
Near Melton Mowbray, England
Autumn, 1199
Will Scarlet hated trees. Any trees.
Woods. Holts. And Sherwood Forest, most of anything.
Although Sherwood lurked at the end of a long day's ride to the northwest, Charnwood Forest taunted him with its resemblance. The stink of rotting leaves crawled into his nose. Noises like chattering goblins sounded through the ever-moving branches. Even at noontide, details hid within clusters of shadow.
A shiver skimmed his backbone. Crouched in the ferns, he glanced to see if the other dozen men working for Sheriff Finch noticed his nerves, but they remained intent on their task.
"God grant me leave from this hell pit," he muttered, crossing himself.
Sinking a knee-guard into the loam, he leaned forward along the road to Nottingham. Four warhorses slowly approached, riding out of Melton. Struggling fingers of sunshine burnished the mail of the foremost riders. One's lax posture suggested a light sleep, while another carelessly held the reins of his plodding mount. Slender-bodied horses followed, bearing riders in stately dress and the crest of the Earl of Whitstowe.
Will's superior, Roger of Carlisle, a close confederate of the Sheriff of Nottingham, stepped from the cover of brush. The nearest horses snorted and shied. Riders jerked to attention, raising flattop shields and unsheathing swords in a cold song of steel sliding along steel.
The earl's foremost guard, a gaunt man with ruddy cheeks, raised a gloved hand and brought the procession to an abrupt halt. "Who goes? Away now, man."
"No." Carlisle crossed thick arms across his chest. The boiled leather he wore made his stout, muscular body appear even more formidable. "I shall speak to Lord Whitstowe."
The earl himself nudged his horse forward. "What's the meaning of this?"
"I am Roger of Carlisle. I represent the Sheriff of Nottingham, Peter Finch."
Lord Whitstowe pushed back the hood of his embroidered surcoat, scowling. "My party has not reached the Nottinghamshire boundary. What business have you here?"
"Milord, you hold lands in both shires. Your obligation to King John is to protect these forests from poachers and itinerants."
Whitstowe's face darkened. "You lark about in the road and dare remind me of my duty to His Majesty?"
"I do, milord, on behalf of the sheriff, because you've failed to obey that duty."
Holding his balance, Will flexed his feet. Reputation held Whitstowe to be a man with sense as good as his breeding, but with a history of defying royal edicts regarding quitrents and armies. He deemed a number of royal demands wasteful and, on that excuse, disregarded them.
Hiding in trees usually meant trouble. But perhaps dealing with stubborn nobles required Carlisle's dramatic methods--forcing an audience in the road like a highwayman. A recollection of the wage Will stood to earn smoothed his sudden unease.
The second of the two lead sentries wore a conical steel cap, a nosepiece obscuring his face. He guided his warhorse between Carlisle and the nobleman. "You dare speak to Lord Whitstowe thus? Show respect, man!"
"Settle your temper, Hendon."
"Milord, I will not," said Hendon. "His insolence cannot be borne. You there, clear out of the way!"
Carlisle grinned. "You clear out. I have matters to discuss with your liege, gelding."
Hendon hoisted his massive sword and charged.
From all around, Carlisle's men jumped from their cover and rushed the procession. Cries and scorns slit the air as the two factions brought to blows. Swords bashed together with force enough to loosen teeth. Horses reared high. Arrows flew. A masterful shot pierced the neck of the first, ruddy-faced guard, dropping him dead at the hooves of the earl's horse.
Will watched in mute horror. Time blurred into a chaos of motion and violence. He should move. He should fight. But motives and meaning escaped him. How could he know which side to take if he hardly understood what sparked the fray?
A scream ripped through the impassive trees.
A woman? By the best!
Before he could deliberate, he leapt from his scrubby cover. No woman deserved to be caught out when men met with flaying swords.
He trained in on the echo of her distress and sped through a tangle of struggling bodies and deadly armaments. When he could evade direct conflict, he parried or ducked. But when he faced one of Lord Whitstowe's men in an unavoidable duel, he lunged.
Fully a hand taller, the challenger pivoted and swung his sword. The long, deadly blade caught Will on the left arm, embedding in muscle and leather-lined mail. Pain surged at his shoulder. He cursed, twisting and setting the other man off kilter.
Despite the torture of his injury at every flex and move, he gripped the sword with both hands. Again he lunged, pushing and attacking. The demand for survival and that ancient need to aid a woman in distress inflamed his assault. His physical responses slowed, but his mental acuity quickened. He waited for any misstep. When the man briefly exposed his neck, Will hacked through flesh with a sickening chop of steel.
The soldier gurgled and paled. Will wrenched his blade free, snaking from under the flaccid corpse as it collapsed. Blood coated his gloves and bile filled his mouth.
He spat, turning to behold another slaying--a slaying that turned his stomach more cruelly than the wound he suffered. Hendon, the earl's guard whose charge had sparked the fight, pulled his liege to the ground and bared his throat. The single slice of a dagger ended Whitstowe's life.
Stance relaxed, weapons lowered, Roger of Carlisle looked on. A grin stretched the weathered skin of his face.
They are in league?
When he met Carlisle's eyes, a cold sluice of understanding slid down Will's back. Treason. A plot. And he was stuck in its midst.
Another scream sprouted goose bumps on his neck.
He wheeled from the duplicitous butchery to find a woman in blue seized by Dawes and Munro, two of Carlisle's men. Dark stains of anonymous blood discolored their hands and tunics. The woman thrashed, whipping her head free of attempts to stifle her hysterics.


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9:41am Thursday 12th July 2012 in Football By Andy Cryer , Blackburn Rovers reporter
SHEBBY Singh insists it is important Blackburn Rovers cast their scouting net far and wide in the search of "undiscovered gems' – as defender Titus James Palani gets given the chance to become the first Malaysian in English football.
The 26-year-old, who plays for French Third Division outfit Nanteuil, will begin a trial at Brockhall next Thursday and he admits the invitation is a "dream come true".
The left sided player held preliminary talks with Rovers' global advisor Singh in Malaysia on Wednesday night and will bid to earn a professional contract with the Championship club.
Some will see Palani's opportunity as an attempt by Indian owners Venky's and Singh to spread Rovers' name in Asia but Singh is adamant the offer is not just "a marketing ploy".
He is adamant Rovers are prepared to give lower league players a chance to impress at Ewood Park - no matter what their nationality - but insists they will only be signed if they are deemed good enough.
Singh told the Lancashire Telegraph: "Players from all over the world will get their chance at Blackburn Rovers and it is down to them to take it. We can provide the opportunity but it is down to them in the end.
"We hope Titus can be a player from the lower leagues who has had his real potential spotted but, if he isn't the right one, we hope we can find some who are.
"We think spreading the net wide is very important, this is serious business now. We will be looking in the lower leagues in England and all over the world, in case there is that player that has been missed."
Palani was signed by French outfit Le Havre at the age of 12, having scored a hat-trick for a rest of the world team against Barcelona academy in an exhibition match during the 1998 World Cup.
Born in Kuala Lumpur, he has enjoyed spells in the French lower leagues but is now determined to 'give everything' in his pursuit of his dream.
He told the Lancashire Telegraph: "It is a dream come true for me. I will give it my best and hopefully it will be enough. If I do make it I will be the first Malaysian footballer in English football.
"I saw Shebby in Malaysia earlier this week. He was one of my first coaches when I was a boy back home."
Malaysian footballers Mohd Safee Sali and Safiq Rahim have had past trials with Cardiff City but work permit problems cut their bids short. Singh is hopeful Palani won't have permit problems having played in France for the past 10 years.


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So you say you love zombies. Maybe you routinely use the quote: "They're coming to get you, Barbara," and you've dressed up three years in a row for the local Zombie Walk. And yet…you've never heard of Lucio Fulci, the Italian director who made three of the best zombie movies ever. When I saw the new Angelika Mosaic Theatre featured an onscreen viewing of The Walking Dead season premiere, I figured it was time for a living dead history lesson.
Welcome to the "School of Rot."
For the first time in Cinema Siren column history, I asked a zombie expert, my friend Douglas E. Winter, to help pick 10 movies that are perhaps less known by late-coming fans of the undead, yet required viewing for any true zombiephile.
Doug is the horror critic and best-selling author known for writing a trilogy of short stories "Less Than Zombie," "Bright Lights Big Zombie" and "The Zombies of Madison County."
"Less Than Zombie" is credited with being the first zombie mashup, way, way before Seth Grahame-Smith's "Pride Prejudice and Zombies" crawled up the New York Times bestseller list. Check out the links below for great collections of zombie stories that will have you boarding up your doors and windows on Halloween night!
After quite a bit of haggling between Doug and Cinema Spouse (who himself has had the license plate "zombi" for 15 years), and a few peeps and eeks from my direction, the list below took shape and shambled forth:**
Top 10 zombie movies you've never seen
10) The Horde: 2009 This French film takes place in an abandoned apartment building in the bad part of Paris where a cadre of corrupt policemen and gangsters at odds join forces against a surprise attack of zombies. Very high body count…a great double feature with Versus.
9) Versus: 2002 Japanese film in which ruthless gangsters fight zombies from the 444th Portal of Hell in the Forest of Resurrection. Its relative plotlessness is made up for by a cool mix of traditional samurai and modern gang battles against the undead. Gangsters, Samurai zombies and machine guns…oh, my!
8) Shockwaves: 1977 Starring Peter Cushing the same year he was in Star Wars. A yacht full of party-goers shipwrecked on an island discover an aging S.S. officer (Cushing) whose experiments created a regiment of amphibious undead Nazi super-soldiers. Light on gore, heavy on atmosphere and iconic visuals of zombies from the deep.
7) Dellamorte Dellamore, also known as Cemetery Man- 1994 Starring Rupert Everett in an erotic, blackly comedic, and introspective zombie movie, directed by Michele Soavi, a student of Dario Argento. Everett is the lonely custodian of a cemetery in a small town in Italy, where unfortunately corpses keep rising from the grave. (don't you hate that?) He believes it his job to put them back in their place. Somehow love enters into the proceedings. Leave it to the Italians…
6) Demons 1985 Lamberto Bava (son of Italian horror maestro Mario Bava) directed this Dario Argento produced film about a group of filmgoers trapped in a West Berlin theatre where ravenous demons emerge from a haunted film to infect them and add to their numbers one by one. Claustrophobic and terrifying, this great classic is even greater seen as a double feature with Demons 2.
5) City of the Walking Dead (aka Nightmare City): 1980 This Spanish/Italian film directed by Umberto Lenzi is famous for American actor Mel Ferrer's immortal line "Aim for the brain!" An airplane loaded with the victims of a radiation spill lands at a metropolitan airport and the doors open to unleash hundreds of flesh eating zombies (and you thought your last flight was bad)…The creatures – possibly the first "fast-moving" zombies in film history – wield weapons, wreak havoc everywhere, and kill the "Solid Gold" dancers, and mankind's hope lies in the hands of … Hugo Stiglitz!
4) The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (aka Let Sleeping Corpses Lie) 1974 Director Jorge Grau's film, which was banned, censored, and released in a confusing number of alternate titles, is a stylish and graphic cult favorite. Would-be lovers on the run are chased by the police (led by Arthur Kennedy) for a series of murders committed by flesh-eating zombies awakened by environmentally unsound pesticide machines. Top-notch special effects by Giannetto De Rossi, later famous for his work with Lucio Fulci.
Zombie trilogy of awesomeness:
3) City of the Living Dead (aka The Gates of Hell): 1980 directed by undisputed king of Italian Zombie horror Lucio Fulci. Well-known Fulci collaborator English actress Catriona McColl plays a psychic trying to close an accidentally opened gate of hell (created by a priest who commits suicide in a cemetery. What was he thinking?) before the whole world is killed by zombies. Gore with a capital G.
2) House by the Cemetery: 1981 also starring McColl. An old mansion is the new home to a young boy and his bickering parents, who are preyed upon by the ultimate "monster in the basement" – the aptly-named "Dr. Freudstein," who is also a zombie.
1) The Beyond: 1981 Considered one of the best modern zombie movies, this time McColl stars with David Warbeck. She inherits an old Louisiana plantation that sadly sits on one of the seven gates of hell. (More house trouble for McColl!) When the death of a handyman opens the gates, all zombie hell breaks loose. Look for the breath-taking finale, which is the most existential in all zombie films.
In these three movies, the classic slow-moving, flesh-eating zombies are represented, and they are the blueprint for the modern zombie, as seen in The Walking Dead.
Honorable Mention:
Fido: 2006 in a world where zombies are commonplace, a boy keeps a pet zombie, Fido. Fido eats the neighbors, to the annoyance and embarrassment of his parents. Starring Billy Connolly, this film is unique in that it has a poignancy generally missing from zombie flicks.
Rec: 2007 Spain: (Badly remade in the United States as Quarantine…ignore that version). Documentarian rides with a fire truck responding to an apartment building emergency with sick folk who turn into flesh-eating zombies. Shaky cameras capture the disaster as all are quarantined and left to fend for themselves.
With thanks to my friend Doug, I suggest you who embrace and celebrate creatures of the undead flesh-eating variety rent or buy these movies to educate and inspire your inner gore hound this Halloween season. ***
And if you encounter one of these in a cemetery at sundown, remember: Aim for the brain.
*from The Night of The Living Dead
**Don't think for a minute we'd include Night of the Living Dead (1968), Re-Animator (1985), Dawn of the Dead (1978) or Zombie (1979) on this list. Note to anyone who ever declared themselves a fan of the zombie movies: If you haven't seen those above, go back to gore grade school.
***these movies are NOT for children or even most teens, unless you want them obsessing about being cornered by the undead and ripped apart, ultimately resulting in expensive therapy.
Less Than Zombie
Bright Lights Big Zombie
The Zombies of Madison County
9:08 am on Saturday, October 20, 2012
Awesome list, I'm definitely going to check some of these out! If I may, I'd like to add that Peter Jackson's hilarious and absurdist gore-fest Braindead/Dead Alive is a great choice if you're into classic zombie camp!
Leslie Combemale
1:47 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012
Lindsay: to some Dead Alive is the best zombie movie ever. I tried not to include the obvious ones like Zombie (also a Fulci movie, and amazing...and seriously terrifying) but yes, i love that and now I consider for myself Zombieland required viewing around Halloween!
Leslie Perales Loges
10:18 am on Saturday, October 20, 2012
Fido is a great movie. :) We should check out some of these others though for sure!
Leslie Combemale
1:47 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012
Leslie: Fido made me sad but i loved it. Billy Connolly is seriously underrated!
ken briley
1:46 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012
A great honorable mention is one that was filmed local in Manassas and Great Falls done by John Pogue name the Wickeds ---- Check it out
12:07 pm on Monday, October 22, 2012
Great list. I'm always hard pressed to find anybody who has seen Versus or Gates of Hell! As for Horde, I would say it is the rare occurrence where a zombie movie is a better Film than Flick.
If you're looking for a fun zombie movie for zombie initiates, I recommend The Mad with Billy Zane. And even though it isn't a zombie movie per se, I never miss an opportunity to suggest people watch Army of Darkness.
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The Contest winner, a fake sneezing baby, bank complaint poetry, and Venn diagrams: Something for everyone.
So, the winner of the Zits Motion Comics contest. I know I'm repeating myself here when I say, once again, how appreciative I am for your participation and feedback and support. My husband--and his colleagues-- were so pleased by the response, so THANK YOU. Again.
In the interest of full disclosure, I feel compelled to discuss the process whereby I arrived at the winner. And yeah, this is exactly like that interminable minute at the Academy Awards when the dudes from Price Waterhouse walk out with their briefcases of sealed envelopes, and start caressing the ballots, and blabbing on about the ballots, and you're all, "SHUT UP ABOUT THE BALLOTS, RANDOM BEARDED TUX MAN! NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY! BRING BACK PENELOPE CRUZ SO I CAN STUDY HER EYE MAKEUP AND ATTEMPT TO COPY IT." Er, maybe that's just me. Regardless, I like to be open about these things.
There were 189 entries. Because I am a stickler, I had to abide by my stated deadline of noon EST on 5/19, which meant, unfortunately, that the last five entries (all of which were posted after such time) were not included in the set, leaving us with 184 potential winners. I utilized randomizer.org to make my selection. It selected number 60. Blogger is a bitch, in that it doesn't number comments, so I forced myself to count them manually not once, not twice, but THRICE to ensure I was correct before announcing the winner. And the winner of the $50 Sephora gift card is....
Jen of I'm Really Not That Busy!
Congratulations, Jen! Although I don't know you, I already love you because you have a picture of your adorable baby adjacent a giant-ass tub of cheese balls on your blog. Lady, I adore giant-ass tubs of cheese balls. And babies. Please send me your address, and I'll get the prize out to you!
Speaking of babies, I'd mentioned last week that Lo has started fake sneezing. And my god, people, it's pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen. Oh, and yes, I HAVE SEEN THE SNEEZING BABY PANDA. J and the kids got me a Flip video camera for Mother's Day, so I'd been stealthily trying to catch her in the act, but each time I tried, she looked at me disdainfully, her eyes clearly saying, "I'm not here to entertain you, mother." Well, joke's on her, because I sneaked up on her, ninja-like, and captured it.
The best part is how I try to get into it at the end with a little fake sneeze action of my own, and she totally ignores me, like I ruined her fun. I do believe I'm getting a glimpse of her adolescence.
In other news, my bank card was either lost or stolen on Monday, which, you know, just makes for a fabulous day. Now, I could rant incessantly about my experience in trying to get it canceled and reissued, but c'mon, let's all admit that people blogging about that shit is generally boring. That said, I do want to let my bank know how upset I am with them, and so, I channeled my rage into a brief poem:
Why, Citibank, Why?
Monday I called Citibank Customer Service
To report my card totally missing.
I was immediately routed far overseas,
Where "Rick" had me seething and hissing.
After asking me for my mom's maiden name,
S.S.N. and other ID,
He demanded I tell him the full card number,
Which I no longer had on me.
I explained that since the card was now gone,
This was info I no longer possessed.
He said "that's a shame" and I began ranting
Since he had the IQ of a...garlic press.(eh.)
He told me I should call them back later from home,
When I had a statement with the number.
I may have inquired about his mental state,
And perhaps may have threatened to rumble.
"I can't be the first one to face this issue!"
I asked him, incredulously.
"I'm sorry, but my hands are tied, ma'am" he countered,
Ever so imperiously.
Long story short, I was transferred four times,
And "Mary" then came to my rescue.
She took care of things in a matter of seconds,
Closed the lost card and made a re-issue.
But still, Citibank, I just cannot believe your wretched customer service.
Mary, of course, was helpful to me, and I'd daresay she's my hero.
But moronic Rick just stonewalled me,
As I pictured my account nearing "0. "
So if someone's calling to report a card
That's been stolen or lost, but not found,
Why can't you make the process straightforward,
And not this protracted runaround?
Ahhhhh. See? I feel better, and you didn't have to read an eighteen-paragraph, ire-filled missive. Everybody wins!
And finally, as promised, a little Venn action. Just because this showcases my THREE CIRCLE Venn prowess (though not my drawing skills. Clearly). And because I'm still clearly not over the obsession. And because Center Stage will never not be eminently, craptastically, addictingly watchable.
(And speaking of eminently, craptastically, addictingly watchable things, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NJ, OMFG. That show deserves a poem of its very own. And possibly a Venn Diagram. Hmmm. Stay tuned.)
23 comments:
- Ali said...
i won't tell you that i did a little happy dance when i realized that Eva from Center Stage was in Star Trek....
also? the video? AWESOME. that's exactly why you needed a flip! - 7:33 AM
Your daughter is darling!
p.s. I also was transferred overseas when calling to report my visa stolen. I threw a fit BEFORE giving my SSN and was transferred back to a native English speaker in the U S A. Sorry Visa, when I am freaked out that $700 has just gone missing from my checking account - I DON'T want to speak with someone in India. - 8:47 AM
- Rhiannon said...
Two things. No, three.
1) I used to babysit a little girl who LOVED to "blow" her nose. You'd hand her a kleenex and she'd hold it to her nose and then make the "SSSSSHHHH" sound. Quite HILARIOUS. As long as it wasn't my kleenex she was wasting.
2) Bill insists that he watches RHONJ with me and he's traveling. Am I really expected to WAIT for him?
3) I hate Citibank. Both my car and my student loans are through them, and I ask you, why can't I pay for both with one check? (I totally understand they're different divisions, but I am lazy) - 9:12 AM
- iheartgreen said...
Awesome post. Love the poem and Lo. I am amazed that you were able to get the poem to rhyme so well--the last time I wrote a poem for a friend's evite card it took me a good hour. And I made feat rhyme with feet which is just laziness.
- Kristabella said...
The fake sneezing is SO CUTE!
You know you can make perfect Venn diagrams in Word or Powerpoint, right?
Also, I had a similar thing happen with AT&T. They transferred me EIGHT times, no exaggeration. Before the last transfer I think I was like "Nooooo...." and the bitch transferred me anyway. - 10:39 AM
- Jen said...
Thank you. My baby is fake coughing and my husband doesn't believe me that she's doing it on purpose. He thinks she requires a doctor's visit and a co-pay.
- beyond said...
they're all equally annoying, citibank, bank of america, chase etc. phone calls with representatives always make me want to weep.
when did lo get so BIG? she's a cutie pie. - 11:37 AM
- Michelle said...
Lo is adorable...fake sneezes are the best! Is she almost a year old now? My daughter is home today (first day (actually hours) post braces appointment and is feeling uncomfortable...little Lo's sneezes made her laugh, so thanks, Lo!). J is welcome for the comments on their comics - they are great! And...Center Stage is in the Netflix queue - Yay! Lastly, how do you make those hilarious Venn Diagrams? So funny!
- Kmart said...
Lo sneezing is freaking adorable.:) I always end up being ignored by children and then trying to reason with them about it. My kids will be interesting for sure...
- bethany actually said...
Forget the cute baby fake sneezes (which are adorable) and the Center Stage Venn diagram...you had me at comparing yourself to Frasier with the knowledge of and compulsive urge to share language trivia, origins of sayings, etc. If we ever meet in real life we'll be able to clear the room with our attempts to out-Frasier one another.
- bethany actually said...
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- rebcram said...
Love the fake sneezing baby!! So cute.
- Megs said...
Lo is sooo cute, that is adorable!!
And, yes, your latest diagram is effing awesome. HA! I may need to watch that this weekend now. - 7:08 PM
- Heather said...
love the fake sneezes.
- Camels & Chocolate said...
LO=Cutest. Baby. Ever.
That video, I just watched it like 17 times. - 11:09 PM
- Journeying Mama said...
Lo sneezing - the most adorable, cutest thing EVER!!!
- Kerri Anne said...
So I watched the premier of Real Housewives of NJ and I'm already addicted to the trainwreck that is Danielle. She is so totally going to burst into flames any minute.
- SLynnRo said...
All too much good in one post!
- Amy said...
LOVE LOVE LOVE Center Stage. I have it on VHS. Thank you for reminding me to upgrade to DVD. :)
- perfect just like mommy said...
I am the best goddamn dancer in the American Ballet Academy. Who the hell are you? Nobody.
- TUWABVB said...
Love that video - your daughter is adorable!
Is it horribly sad that I can give my bank card number by heart? Might be an indication that it's "overused"?
I pissed that there is a "Scary Movie" type movie out that makes fun of dance movies. The nerve! Center Stage is one of my top 10 (as are ALL of the Bring it On genre).
I've saved TWO episodes of RHONJ to watch when my husband is 50 miles away and I can enjoy the hot mess that is my home state. I can't wait for your poem and/or diagram! - 7:53 PM
- moosh in indy. said...
I've walked the halls of Center Stage. I've stood on the very floor of Center Stage glory.
And yes, this is a highlight of my life.
Did my mom read this? Because I'm pretty sure she'd rather have you than me as a daughter.
I don't blame her. - 9:01 AM
- Kerri Anne said...
I miss Center Stage. I never catch it when it's on t.v. For shame.
And every time anyone references CS, this is the quote that instantly! pops in my head: "I am the best goddamn dancer in the American Ballet Academy. Who the hell are you? Nobody."
Awesome. - 10:59 PM


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LIFE Behind the Picture: Gandhi and His Spinning Wheel, 1946
Very few public leaders of the 20th century were — and remain today — as instantly recognizable to quite literally billions of people around the globe as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948). Albert Einstein, JFK, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, Jr. — there is a kind of evocative power in the most famous pictures of these men that immediately calls to mind the era in which each of them lived, and the deeds and words that elevated them from the merely great, or celebrated, to the realm of the iconic. Gandhi unquestionably belongs in this group of defining figures, and no single picture has become more closely associated with his life, and his way of life, than Margaret Bourke-White's 1946 portrait of the civil-disobedience pioneer reading newspaper clippings beside his cherished — and enormously symbolic — spinning wheel.
Incredibly, though, that particular photograph did not appear in the LIFE magazine article for which it was originally shot. Bourke-White, of course, was one of the century's most intrepid chroniclers of conflict and strife: her pictures from Buchenwald in 1945, for instance, and from the horrific violence that attended the 1947 partition of India and the creation of Pakistan are among the most powerful of her extraordinary career. But she was also capable of sensitively documenting the quieter — and, in many cases, the more representative and revelatory — moments from the lives of the great and the powerless, alike.
In 1946, during the run-up to the historic 1947 partition — and independence from Great Britain for both India and Pakistan — Bourke-White spent time in India working on a feature, ultimately titled "India's Leaders," that would run in the May 27, 1946, issue of LIFE. (See end of the gallery above to view the article, in page spreads, as it appeared in the magazine.) She made hundreds of photographs, including many of Gandhi himself: with his family; at his spinning wheel, by himself at his home; at prayer. More than a dozen of her pictures ran in the "Leaders" article in the May '46 issue: only two were of Gandhi, and neither was the well-known spinning-wheel picture.
In fact, that picture would not appear in LIFE until months later — and even then, it ran as a small image atop an article in June 1946 (left) that focused on Gandhi's fascination with and advocacy of what the magazine called "nature cures" for the sick.
"At the age of 76," LIFE wrote, "Mohandas Gandhi has embarked on a new career as a doctor. It is characteristic of the Mahatma that, at this moment when his lifelong crusade for a free India seems to have reached its final crisis, he is taking time out from a busy political life to preach a nature cure. Gandhi has no license to practice, of course, but to ask the Mahatma for such a document would be like requiring President Truman to produce his airplane ticket when he boards [the first presidential airplane, nicknamed] the Sacred Cow."
It's worth noting, though, that LIFE did not forget about Bourke-White's picture. In early February 1948, the photograph was given pride of place in a multi-page tribute to Gandhi that the magazine published immediately after his assassination. Filling a half-page atop the article, "India Loses Her 'Great Soul,'" the picture serves as a stirring visual eulogy to the man and his ideals.
In typed notes that accompanied Bourke-White's film when it was sent from India to LIFE's New York offices in the spring of 1946, the significance of the simple spinning wheel in the photo is made abundantly clear:
"[Gandhi] spins every day for 1 hr. beginning usually at 4. All members of his ashram must spin. He and his followers encourage everyone to spin. Even M. B-W was encouraged to lay [aside] her camera to spin … When I remarked that both photography and spinning were handicrafts, they told me seriously, 'The greater of the 2 is spinning.' Spinning is raised to the heights almost of a religion with Gandhi and his followers. The spinning wheel is sort of an Ikon to them. Spinning is a cure all, and is spoken of in terms of the highest poetry."
Of the most famous portrait Bourke-White ever made of Gandhi, meanwhile, the memo to LIFE's editors simply states: "Gh. [the notes' common shorthand for Gandhi] reading clippings — spinning wheel in foreground, which he has just finished using. It would be impossible to exaggerate the reverence in which Gh's 'own personal spinning wheel' is held in the ashram."
Here, 65 years after Gandhi was shot dead (Jan. 30, 1948) by a Hindu nationalist named Nathuram Godse — who felt that the apostle of non-violence was, somehow, catering to Muslims in India — LIFE republishes Bourke-White's great portrait, as well as other images of Gandhi from the same assignment. We've also included the page spreads of the "Indian Leaders" article that ran in May 1946.
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"It's the beginning of the revolution," Tahir ul Qadri told a rally in Islamabad. "Dissolve federal and provincial governments by tomorrow morning; otherwise, the public will force them to step down!"
Qadri urged the demonstrators to remain in the capital until they achieve their goals. "Now and onward, you have to take care of Islamabad," he said.
He referred to President Asif Ali Zardari as ex-president and to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf as ex-prime minister. "Today, the president and the prime minister have become ex as (they) won't have their government tomorrow," he said.
The rally was held Monday night in Islamabad's "blue zone" in the center of the capital. Qadri spoke early Tuesday.
The group's numbers fell far short of what organizers of the "Million Man March" had predicted, with witnesses estimating that some 20,000 people took part.
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Leave the station crossing the street until you get to the river, walk straight 2 blocks (passing a square 'Plaza de Bilbao') until you find the cathedral, take to your right hand and cross the San Martin street (the main way infront of the cathedral), then walk 2 blocks by the Loiola street and in the corner is the building. The entrancy is around the corner in San Marcial street No33 5th-A
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By foot: a 15 min walk. In the Concha beach direction, you should follow Sancho el Sabio street, and continue along Urbieta street up to the Buen Pastor Cathedral. Cross the San Martin street and after 2 blocks we are in a corner in front of the San Martin Shopping Center, the entrancy is around the corner in San Marcial street No33 5th-A.
By bus: Bus N.28-26. Get off the bus at the Buen Pastor Cathedral, and cross the street. After 1 block we are in a corner in front of San Martïn Shopping Center the entrancy is around the corner in San Marcial street No33 5th-A.
There´s a public parking in front our building, the price is between 15-20€ per day.
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Price increases range from $3 to $10 for 90 percent of the seating bowl, with some United Club seats remaining flat. Lower-level mid-field seating price increases range from $15 to $30. The overall average increase for 2013 season tickets is 4.2 percent.
Non-club season ticket prices now range from $79 to $165 and account for approximately 85 percent of the seating at Soldier Field. United Club season tickets range from $265 to $540. Season ticket holders will continue to see a $25 per game savings for each regular season ticket as compared to the individual game price.
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The building on U.S. 190 on the western outskirts of Opelousas has been slowly tumbling down since it was closed in 1996, but in its day it was what swamp pop historian Shane Bernard describes as, "one of the oldest, perhaps the largest, certainly the most-legendary swamp pop nightspot" in south Louisiana."
Bernard wrote about a visit to the old club as it might have been in the days when Lionel "Chick" Vidrine made it the spot that outshone such legendary rivals as the Step Inn Club and the Green Lantern in Lawtell, the Purple Peacock in Eunice, the Jungle Lounge and the Rendezvous in Ville Platte.
"You enter the vast, smoky, dimly lit structure, cross a dance floor of swirling couples and glance at the familiar figures mingling around the bandstand: Johnnie Allan, Warren Storm, Rod Bernard, Tommy McLain, Clint West, Bobby Charles.
"A motley group, one performer might wear sneakers, worn-out blue jeans and perhaps an old letter jacket; another, two-toned suedes, pleated slacks, a fancy dress coat and a flashy tie studded with musical notes.
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Johnnie Allan and The Memories were the house band at the club for a while, but yielded the stage regularly to big-time talent. Fats Domino played the Southern Club five times. Chuck Berry, Dee Clark, Jimmy Reed, Loretta Lynn and her sister Crystal Gayle were among the music legends who brought in the crowds.
Chick opened the club in 1949 and ran it until his death in January 1994. His wife continued to run it for several years, but it got to be too much.
It closed in 1996 and today offers only "stacked tables and chairs, dusty billiards tables and a maze of faded puzzle pieces strewn about the floor," according to a description by Opelousas reporter Zane Hill. There's a big hole in the ceiling in the back room.
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Local business and community leaders will have the spotlight turned on them in March.
The Rowlett Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual awards banquet on March 7 at the Hyatt Place Dallas/Garland, 5101 N. President George Bush in Garland. The event will begin with cocktail service at 6 p.m. and the dinner and program at 7 p.m.
"We chose them to host the event because they are chamber members. We held the event there last year and it was a very good event," said Carol Prano, chamber membership services director. "We always try and do business with chamber members as much as possible."
"We chose to call the event that because it signifies what is happening in Rowlett with all the transportation issues that have come together recently," Prano said. "We believe it exemplifies what Rowlett is right now."
The chamber will present its annual awards as part of the program portion of the evening.
"The awards banquet is held each year so the chamber can honor those people that have worked long and hard to help Rowlett to become a better place to live and work," Prano said. "It's really our chance to give something back. The chamber awards have become highly prized awards."
All of the award recipients were initially nominated by members of the chamber. The top three vote-getters receive a letter notifying them they are finalists for an award and are invited to attend the banquet.
"We will announce the results at the banquet itself," Prano said.
Prano said the chamber is seeing an increase in interest from businesses about joining.
"There are more and more people becoming interested in joining the chamber," Prano said. "[The tollway and DART rail] are bringing people into our city to talk to us about Rowlett. We expect to see a big growth in the business community as a result."
Prano credits the strength of the Rowlett business community for the chamber's continued success.
"Rowlett always has had a great business community. Our business community here really gets it. They really do support each other. They understand that if everyone succeeds it's good for them and the city," Prano said.
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nrTiinflririFHiniifiM Honoring Those Who Sacrificed So Much We have so much to be thankful for in this wonderful country we all call home. And while certainly, we as a Nation, are facing many difficult problems, we still have so much to cherish and appreciate. The United States of America is the greatest nation in the world. It is a Nation that is 3ased on the principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for all its citizens. But those rights, those principles did not come without a price. Freedom is not free and there have been so many brave men and women who have paid the price for those rights and freedoms. Sadly, some have 3aid the ultimate price. On Memorial Day we salute our Veterans who gave their lives so that we can enjoy the rights and freedoms that we have come to know. We salute their courage, their spirit and their dedication to this wonderful country. We honor their commitment, their courage and we also honor their families and friends who were left behind, bccause certainly they sac-rificed as well. This Memorial Day as you line the streets to participate in our parade, please, when you see our glorious flag parade by, put your hand over your heart and salute it. Respect it. Every star and every stripe is a symbol of those brave and loyal Veterans who fought long and hard, and are still fighting, so that we as a Nation can live as free people. Every star and every stripe is a symbol of the dedication and spirit that should lie inside all our hearts and every star and every stripe represent a Country that we all love and are privileged to be citizens of. And when you see our Veterans marching proudly down the street, thank them. Thank each and every one of them for giving unselfishly. Their spirit and eternal belief in this Nation is inspirational. So when you arc looking for heroes, when you or your children are looking for role models or someone to look up to... look no further. The real heros are and always will be our Veterans. The real role models are the men and women of our armed forces. They are TRUE AMERICAN IDOLS. God bless them all. We received a wonderful poem from Doris Steimer, which we are hon-ored to print below. They gave their tomorrows for our todays We visited their graves in memory of all they sacrificed and to say " Thank You " Once Decoration Day, is now Memorial Day. Flags fly row on row to honor all those brave souls. They gave so much, each who served Do we remember? Let not all they gave and those still serving, be lost or forgotten. Keep their sacrifices imbedded in hearts and minds. Valor, honor, sacrifice, flag and country! Land of the free Because of the Brave!" Doris Steimer REMEMBER THEM ON MEMORIAL DAY! SALUTE THEM EVERYDAY! BETHPAGEWAS READY TO RELAY!!! Bethpage Community Raises Over $ 77,000for American Cancer Society The Bethpage community braved threatening skies to support the fight against cancer during this year's Relay for Life fundraiser held on the Bethpage High School field overnight from Saturday, May 16 to Sunday, May 17. More than $ 77,000 was raised through the event itself as well as associated fundraisers, including a car wash, plant sale, auction, and flea market. Relay for Life brings community members together to camp out overnight and take laps around the quarter- mile track to raise awareness for the fight against cancer, raise money for research, remember those who have lost their lives to the disease, and celebrate those who have survived it. Judy and Kevin Wichter spearheaded the effort with the local Relay for Life Committee. Bethpage Guidance Counselor Jennifer Payne was instrumental in the logistical coordination. Bethpage Water Commissioner Gary Bretton served as the emcee. Nassau County Legislator Ed Mangano, Town of Oyster Bay Councilwoman Rose Walker and Town Clerk Steve Labriola were on hand to help kick off the event, which began with a survivor lap, followed by a caregiver lap. Later in the evening, Bethpage High School Assistant Principal Kevin Healy per-formed the bagpipes to commence the cummemorative lighting of the lumir ries in remembrance of those who have lost their lives to cancer and those who con-tinue the fight. Many Bethpage students, community members and local organizations were on hand to participate in the relay and provide support. The Bethpage Fire Department was on hand throughout the evening as well. See more pictures i: de the centerfold as well as an important thank you letter from Relay Co- chairpef^' sons, Judy Wichter and Patty Donohue Brown
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Type | Periodical |
Format | PDF; TIFF |
Source | Bethpage Public Library |
Language | English |
Coverage | United States |
Rights | The Newspaper is in the public Domain and Digital Rights Held by Bethpage Public Library. |
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Coworker Flowers
Even though you see them from 9 to 5, sometimes it's hard to come up with great coworker gift ideas. Let Dot Flowers help! When it comes to sending a fabulous coworker gift, flowers are a wonderful choice. Thank the office clown for always making you laugh with our Carnival bouquet, or welcome a newcomer with our Let's Be Buds arrangement. And don't forget about our coworker gift baskets ? with their selection of seasonal fruits and chocolates, our gift baskets are sure to be a present the whole office will love!
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