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Starry...I use Ritz, Tan color and it works great for me...I just do small amounts at my kitchen sink...kinda' by guess and by golly. I have had great success. I have also used this color to over-dye, when I had B on W background and wanted a more natural background so used the Tan again. It worked great for that also. May "In Michigan" | ||||
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Comix Surgery: Morrison's Closeted Batman
Anyone out there remember these? Grant Morrison's epic-length stewardship of the Batman franchise is more or less neatly divisible into three phases, roughly equal in length if not in page count. The first phase is Morrison finding his take on the character, writing 15 or so stylistically bold single issues that don't add up to much together. Phase two is the magnum opus, the frenetic slow burn that wound through the Batman book and the Final Crisis crossover with a crescendo in the Frank Quitely-drawn launch of the new Batman & Robin series. Phase three has been a protracted nadir, the slow flaming out of the writer who was once the most solid reason to keep an eye on mainstream comics followed by the even slower realization that there's not going to be a second act, that Morrison has pulled off the "best writer in comics" act for longer than anyone else in the medium's history and the comics that are coming out these days are him cashing in a well-earned public rest on his laurels (not to mention his built-in 50K audience).
That little narrative of Morrison's tenure on the book makes the early phase one issues by far the most interesting to me. The meaty issues at the middle of the run are great, but they're another great long-form arc in a career full of them, a little better than JLA and not quite as good as X-Men. And given that nothing Morrison's done with Batman is a masterpiece on the level of Flex Mentallo or The Filth, the real place to get something unique out of his work on the series is at the beginning, which just might be the best example we've got of Morrison doing the superhero-hack thing in his typically grand style. Pretty much all of the writer's caped-adventure comics issues have been mere stitches in a larger tapestry, single installments of some grand multi-part whole. That's even true for these early Batman issues -- but given that this particular tapestry keeps stretching on and on with absolutely no end in sight and no meaningful end within reach, it's less compelling to read them as the opening of another Morrison epic, moreso to look at them as the work of the writer with the craziest ideas stretching out on the Batman warhorse for a little bit before bearing down and getting all self-referential with it like usual.
The issues from 655 to 669 or thereabouts are great entertainment, the creations of a Morrison with much more important things (All Star Superman) on his plate, clobbering readers in the face with goofiness and bombast and bombastic goofiness, glorying in the fact that nobody can pull off that particular combination better. These were the issues that came before Morrison had decided that Batman was going to be his serious comic, when he was just having fun with what's probably comics' most iconic world. The thing about Batman is, though, that it's the superhero whose dominant tone and portrayal relies most on being serious and not being fun. Because when you don't treat Batman seriously, you can slip quite easily into some highly subversive caricature that's downright dangerous for the folks holding the purse strings at corporate headquarters. But Grant Morrison is Grant Morrison, and what he was able to put on the page in his unserious, silly first year with the Caped Crusader still defies belief. Why? Because it goes right into the age-old, obligatory laff at the Batman concept with a vigor no one before or since has dared. In other words, it's really really gay.
I don't pretend to be an expert on queer literary theory, but I've got enough to know that one of its significant elements pre-1960 or so (and perhaps its dominant element pre-1920 or so) is coding, a process by which gay characters and relationships are presented either silently, without being overtly painted as such, or stealthily, under cover of gender changes or mysteriously absent or deceased opposite-sex love interests. You didn't think Dorian Gray actually likes girls, did you? You didn't think Blanche DuBois actually is a girl, did you? Coding can also occur when gay sentiments or acts are presented in the context of a larger hetero plot structure that explains them away. It's anything from an unmarried character being described as "a queer fellow" to Walt Whitman following up his virtuosic, homoerotic "Calamus sequence" in Leaves of Grass with a few clumsy, uninspired verses on male-female coupling. Coding was a necessary form of self-censorship for most of literary history, but it can be tough to pick your way through as a critic in these somewhat more enlightened, open times. It's often necessary to go at old works by gay authors with a directness bordering on the illogical, ignoring plot points intended to indicate that all is in perfectly hetero working order in favor of isolated events and snatches that depict a moment of two of homosexuality before being inevitably "corrected".
It's a tough critical faculty to develop, this willful discarding of broad mechanics and story logic for the quick beats that hold the real significance. Being an occasional critic of superhero comics helps, though, because that's what you have to do to get any aesthetic value out of the damn things: ignore the ridiculous, farcical plot beats in favor of a really killer panel here or a slick bit of sequencing there. The meaning of the pages doesn't matter; what's actually on them does, just like it does when you're dissecting coded gay lit. And the thing about coding is that once you've learned to pick it out, the same little "tells" can be found in books that aren't gay, or at least not known to be. Such is the case with the first arc of Morrison's Batman, which packs a ridiculous amount of barely-concealed homoeroticism into a perfectly straightforward story about Batman bringing a new boy home to the secret cave he shares with Robin. Yes, I'm perfectly aware that the new boy is a) his son and b) the product of a passionate hetero hookup. But I'm also aware that c) the female end of said sexual union is the daughter of archvillain Ra's Al Ghul, who was out of play for DC writers at the time after being apparently killed in the Greg Rucka/Klaus Janson miniseries Batman: Death and the Maidens. And none of those three backstory items affect the immediate impression left by the boundary-pushing tidbits that follow, presented with minimal commentary.
- #655, page 13 panel 1: Robin, the character whose very existence makes the Batman concept more explicitly queer than that of just about any other superhero, makes his entrance into Morrison's run by sliding down a phallic Batpole. The '60s Batman TV show's beloved mode of mansion-to-cave transportation only makes this single appearance in the entirety of Morrison's run if I'm not mistaken -- one has to question why it's used here of all places, in the same panel as the teen ward's opening line, which can be read as a statement of what's on his mind just as easily as a greeting. "Guys."
- #655, page 14 panels 3-5: Robin's exit comes hot on the heels of his entrance (he'll be back), and in similarly flamboyant fashion. Zipping on a jacket strikingly reminiscent of Jake Gyllenhall's in the then-recent Brokeback Mountain, the Boy Wonder announces that he's so excited about, yep, going up into the mountains for a little while! Alfred the butler reminds him about the necessity of removing his mask to pass for a member of the "normal" populace outside the cave, and Robin quickly complies with an Andy Kubert-drawn pout of the lips and dainty hand gesture.
- #655, page 21 panels 6-9: Alfred ties Bruce Wayne/Batman's bowtie for him while teasing him about his reputation as a studly, eligible bachelor. An insanely girlish pose accompanies Bruce's declaration that Alfred "has crossed the red line with him." Ahem. The butler growls "Playboy!" before running through how to come off as the owner of that ladies'-man reputation one more time.
- #656, page 12 panel 5: Issue #656 is taken up mainly with a long fight scene in an art gallery that's showing a Roy Lichtenstein-esque pop art exhibit. One might think that Kubert would go off the hook copying his favorite vintage panels of DC-owned characters in a sequence like this -- but the only one that appears is HG Peter's rendering of William Marston's Wonder Woman, she of the highly camp, almost explicitly queer early issues, a gay icon almost from the day the first installment hit the stands.
- #657, page 9 panels 1-2: Robin comes back from his weekend in the mountains only to find that Batman has brought another young boy (his bratty son, Damian) home to the cave with him. His immediate question: "What about us?" It's a completely naturalistic bit of dialogue that takes it for granted that these characters have a much deeper relationship than crimefighting partners. Fans of the comic will no doubt think "of course, Batman's Robin's father figure" -- and that's what you're supposed to think -- but how many Hollywood movies drop that line between soon and father, and how many between lover and lover? Especially given the queer context Morrison's set up, it reads that way far more immediately to me.
- #657, page 11 panels 4-6: Look at that top panel and don't infer any depth. Wow. Of all the compositions Kubert could have used to depict this moment, he chose this one.
- #657, page 15: Yes folks, "sparring" is "fucking" in hipster slang, and has been for a good few years now. That's historically been an area of linguistics Grant Morrison's liked to keep up with, is all I'm saying.
- #658, page 10 panels 1-2: So after no end of troublemaking, Damian fianlly gets to tag along on a mission as a substitute for Robin, who's out for the count after too much sparring. Batman inducts him into the crimefighting fraternity by taking him for a ride on his rocket. "I have a lot of stuff nobody knows about," Batman tells Damian over his shoulder. Clearly.
I have no idea whether any or all of this is the product of either Morrison or Kubert's (or both's) intention or not. If so, it's a pretty fascinating subversion of a comic that's carried plenty of potential queer themes for decades now, but hasn't ever really seen creators working on it who are willing to exploit them. I'm certain some people will object to my readings of these panels as too overt, too campy -- and yes, they are ridiculously campy, no doubt about it. But camp has been an integral part of gay art and literature for decades now, and Batman himself, in his pop-art 1960s, has done his time as a legitimate camp icon. If all this imagery and innuendo is completely unintentional, then at the very least it shows up the Batman tropes and concept as being more susceptible to accidental homoeroticism than I'd imagine anyone previously suspected. Once again, I'm not claiming the "Batman & Son" story is a full-on gay text -- constructing an actual queer narrative for it is a bridge too far. But its parallels with coded gay lit are rather striking. At times it really appears to be performing homosexuality within the confines of a typical heterosexually-tinged superhero narrative, and I wouldn't be at all surprised that Morrison, before getting serious about making his Batman comics, decided he'd play around with the old joke about Batman and his Boy Wonders a little bit. Maybe he even asked Kubert in on the fun. Who knows? I don't, but I think these are moments worth considering from that angle.
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- Ramon Villalobos said...
Haha, they are definitely worth considering. I hadn't noticed that when I first read Batman and Son but now you have me convinced that, that's totally the case. Morrison came on Batman off the heels of Seven Soldiers right? Why not follow up that super heavy, complex story with a Gay Batman and Robin love triangle story. I kind of hope it was intentional, now. I remember at some panel, Morrison was asked about Joel Schumacher's Batman stuff and he said something along the lines of how great it was to have a totally gay Batman in the movies. Considering Morrison's philosophy with this stuff is that everything is in continuity, I don't think this is too far out of bounds.
- April 13, 2011 at 1:39 AM
I think that one of the greatest strengths that Morrison has is inclusiveness in that he invites the readers to draw whatever conclusions they want from his comics, but this all sounds like taking the piss and grasping at straws as applying the logic used in the article can make any form of media involving guys hanging out with each other (even if you substitute 'fighting' for 'fucking' as in any eighties Schwarzenegger movie) come off as pretty gay.
Enjoyable article even if I don't really agree. - April 13, 2011 at 6:30 AM
- Adam said...
this morning i wrote "gay batman" in a notebook during class. i cannot believe you just posted this.
- April 13, 2011 at 8:14 AM
- Adam said...
oh, and i should note that i wasn't trying to claim that idea as my own. it was just a reminder to read more about it, or to consider it more.
- April 13, 2011 at 8:19 AM
- Matt Seneca said...
@Brian well, the specific "fighting/fucking" thing I was hit by is that one pages insistent use of "spar", which is something I hear way more in the context of like "yeah I sparred a little with that girl/guy I met last night" than "hey, put on the boxing gloves and let's spar". And yeah -- it's totally possible to do an aggressive "queer reading" of a lot of hetero media. That doesn't delegitimize doing it. How many people insist on reading gay texts as straight ones, after all?
I'm definitely not trying to take the piss, though -- I really do think these comics invite that reading more than just about any other hero comics I know of, and given Morrison's former propensity for subversion, I wouldn't be surprised if some or all of this was intentional.
@ Adam that idea isn't yours OR mine, pal. It runs deep in this stuff, has for decades. Whether intentional or not, acknowledged or not, it IS. - April 13, 2011 at 9:41 AM
- Alee said...
Definitely good food for thought but Batman's been gayer in other hands (so to speak). I think these closeted references in Morrison's run are the "Gay Batman" qualities seeping through more than Morrison's own self-betrayal. I mean, shit, didn't he make Beast kinda gay in New X-Men? It doesn't follow that he'd pussyfoot so much here.
I think what's really happening is Morrison's auto-piloting too hard on some writing runs and letting these characters' years of history do the talking--history that includes these queer subtexts.
My two cents. Thanks as always for the insight, Matt! - April 13, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- Matt Seneca said...
Certainly could be. But I think Morison's interest in playing with the idea of gay superheroes strengthens the argument for this subtext. You can have the Beast make a (later retracted) declaration about his homosexuality. You absolutely can't do it with Batman. So instead you get subversive.
- April 13, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- Guido Rosas said...
Wow, I don't remember noticing much of that when I read it (years ago), but I think your examples are far too many to be considered a coincidence, or just the regular amount of homoeroticism found in the genre.
However, just out of curiosity: have you tried to read other regular superhero comics that way? I wonder how hard they are to find in a genre about strongmen in tights punching each other.
I've noticed A LOT of this kind of coding in classic Hollywood musicals, but I guess that would be almost expected. - April 13, 2011 at 1:07 PM
- Matt Seneca said...
I have tried it with a few other regular superhero comics (hello, Chris Claremont's X-Men!), but so few of the hero books I read are completely "straight" and non-satirical that I pretty much always assume it's at least partly intentional when stuff like this pops up. In the flagship Batman book, though, the question is a little trickier.
- April 13, 2011 at 4:56 PM
- Automatic said...
I think analysing for any kind of queer subtext in a Batman comic is somewhat going for low-hanging fruit. Personally I actually expected better from this blog than a comment that is basically, "hey, check this out, it totally looks like Robin is blowing Batman from this angle hur hur hur".
- April 14, 2011 at 1:51 AM
- Matt Seneca said...
Oh well, sorry I let ya down!
- April 14, 2011 at 2:47 AM
- Diego Gerlach said...
I didn't feel disappointed about the post at all, found it quite thoughtful and restrained in fact.
I guess I'd actually have a hard time thinking otherwise - that someone with as deep an investment in semiotics as Morrison himself would fail to notice such subtext in his own writing. - April 14, 2011 at 4:27 PM
- Jones, one of the Jones boys said...
Hey Matt. I can totally believe that Morrison would play with the subtext this way. But Kubert is inept enough that it's implausible these visual "cues" reflect any meaning, deliberate or not, on his part.
It's kind of like positing a clever reason for why so many contemporary superhero artists can only draw one face for each gender. E.g "It's a sly commentary on the interchangeability of corporate IP"--when it's actually just because the artists are shite.
The "blowjob" shot, for instance, is not thematically related to the narrative or dialogue--in the sense that there's no reason to use a queer signifier for *that* panel as opposed to anywhere else.
And Kubert's use of Wonder Woman...well, that may have been in the script. But if it was Kubert's idea, it was probably just a lazy allusion to Warhol's Monroe, in the way that all the other paintings we see are boring allusions to Lichtenstein.
Maybe if the visual cues were more sustained, or Kubert a better artist, but...
Anyway, it's, honestly, admirable that you can find *anything* interesting in this run. You're a better reader than I, Gunga Din! - April 14, 2011 at 6:30 PM
- Matt Seneca said...
@ Jones I see what you mean, but a lot of the little cues are in an area where Kubert is actually a pretty solid artist -- body language. That "you have crossed the RED LINE with me" panel with the flouncy pose? Definitely not a stock superhero-comics gesture.
And there's totally a reason why the Damian blowjob panel makes story sense -- it's the moment Batman curbs the new boy's independent streak and initiates him into the Bat-tradition of pederasty. (When that issue first came out I read it out loud to the girl I was dating at the time, who'd never read a Batman comic before, and her immediate response -- etched in my mind! -- was "Wow, that kid just got sodomized." - April 14, 2011 at 8:25 PM


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About leadership
Leaders are born, not made; or is it leaders are made not born. Either way, without effective leadership, a martial arts school will fail. Good instructors are leaders, but they are not necessarily effective leaders. Effective leadership may be learned two ways, from experience or from training. Experience is hard way to learn, it requires you to try something to see if it works, and it may not work and your business may fail. Training allows you to learn from the experiences and failures of others so you will not make the same mistakes. However, training does not necessarily mean you will be an effective leader, some people are not meant to be leaders, while others have people flocking to them wanting to be led by them.


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Grete Eliassen Wins Best in Action Sports
Longtime darling of women's Freeskiing, Grete Eliassen proved that her prowess extends beyond the powder-obsessed with her recent sweep of X Games' Best in Action Sports.
48 Hours of Celebrating Skiing: Tanner Hall Invitational, Shane McConkey Weekend and Dumont Cup
Nearly two-dozen skiers were on hand for the first-ever contest, but really, the Tanner Hall Invitational, held at Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort, was just a massive jam session between friends and fellow stylists – and it was just one of three celebrations of skiing going on across the country, which included a Chinese Downhill and the Dumont Cup.
Tanner Hall Invitational: Getting the Run-Down From the Man Himself
This Saturday, style will be the focus at Sierra-at-Tahoe. Eleven-time X Games medalist Tanner Hall will be on hand with a couple dozen of the most stylish freeskiers in the world for the first-ever Tanner Hall Invitational. With the event less than 48 hours away, we decided it was a good time to catch up with Tanner to talk about his first season back from injury and to get some insights on his signature event.


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Man Gets Jail, Probation, For Thefts
24-year-old Ryan Markle of South Valley Forge Road pleaded guilty to felony theft for stealing more than $17,000 from the Twin Ponds Golf Course in Douglass Township between June and October of 2011 while he was working there and living in Lower Frederick Township.
Court documents say he entered the business while it was closed and took money from various locations.
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The combination of UHPS fire extinguishing technology and an off-road ATV chassis extends the field of operations by a decisive factor.
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Jack's Answers
1. Do you know how to pick a lock? Have you ever used this skill to gain unauthorized access?
Yes, I know how to pick a lock. I own a lockpick kit that includes several picks and tension wrenches, and I've used the kit on occasion, though mostly for fun and not in the sort of situation where I'd have to get a motel room for the night. Once, while I was still doing office work, I picked a file cabinet lock, thereby restoring access to the Ma-Me file drawer. I was an office hero for about a day and a half.
2. Do you know how to open a safe with a rotary combination lock? Have you ever used this skill to gain unauthorized access? What did you find?
When I was a kid I had a piggy bank that looked like a safe. It was a cheap piece of crap, and while it did have a working combination lock, if someone really wanted in they could have basically spun the rotary mechanism until the door opened. Hell, if someone wanted the handful of coins that I kept inside, they could have given it two whacks with a hammer and access would be granted. I can open that sort of safe with no trouble, but the sort where I would be arrested, or beaten to death by hired goons? That one I can't open.
3. Have you ever made a copy of a key you were not supposed to have? Did you use it to gain unauthorized access? What were you looking for? Did you find it?
I've never made a copy of a key I wasn't supposed to have, but I once bogarted my way into the locked bedroom of someone for whom we were house-sitting. We knew they had a four-poster bed, a luxurious white marble bathroom with a jacuzzi tub large enough for two to sit comfortably, and a walk-in shower. Additionally we'd always wanted to have sex on their balcony three stories over the swimming pool. No sooner had we set our bags down in the guest room than we headed upstairs to the master bedroom, intent on getting naked and christening the place. One problem: The door was locked. Disappointed, we went about the business of befouling every other room in the house, from the living room to the cabana in the yard. During the first night of our visit, we were kept awake by the rhythmic beeping of a smoke detector with a dying battery. We investigated the sound and realized that it was coming from the master bedroom. It was so persistent that, half-insane with fatigue, we ended up sleeping on the living room floor. The following morning we called the homeowners to tell them of the situation, and they directed us to the key to the master bedroom, which was taped to the ceiling of their hall closet.
4. Have you ever stolen or guessed a password? Did you use it to gain unauthorized access? What did you do?
No, but I once ripped out someone's eyeballs in order to foil a retinal scan. (I've said too much.)
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Ben Doherty is Fairfax Media's South Asia correspondent. From Delhi, his brief ranges north and west to Pakistan and Afghanistan, south to Sri Lanka and east to Bangladesh, Nepal and Burma. He is a former Melbourne and Canberra reporter for The Age and won the 2008 Walkley award for Young Australian Print Journalist of the Year.
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What I had for Iftari
What I had for Iftari
I had 2 eggs on brown bread ( toasted ) and protein shake.
a glass of water
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Salam guys! Always nice to see old timers.
Apart from the youngest everyone got up for Suhoor today so it was a race against time lol!
Crunchy Nut Cornflakes, 2 slices toast and pancake with coffee.
Just got back from the gym so I reckon the calories have already been burned off!
mango, water and milk
I had BUTTERed prantha with tea
Today was kind of like a fish and potatoe pie bake with beans and a load of cheese thrown in with toast.
mum's own creation
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Soft Skills Engineering & Science Graduates Need
To celebrate the achievements of this year's graduates, we decided to share 7 "soft" skills that hiring managers are looking for when they consider science and engineering graduates for entry level jobs. These secrets are not in a particular order because they vary in importance to every manager.
- Intuition: A good engineer/scientist understands that technology can "snowball" small errors into big disasters. They can check their designs and calculations by hand when necessary.
- Interpersonal skills: Engineering and science projects are a collaborative process. It is important for engineers to be able to work with people from different backgrounds in order to solve problems.
- Listening: One senior engineer told me " Engineering is about solving problems by listening to input from others." Good listeners usually make great leaders.
- Design skills: Those who cannot perform the basic calculations and skills their discipline are vulnerable to layoffs. make sure you keep your basic skills sharp throughout your career.
- Presentation skills: Engineers and scientists deal with people on a daily basis and should be adept at presenting their ideas to technical and non technical audiences.
- Creative/Innovative Thinking: "Out of the box" thinking is a skill engineers and scientists should cultivate early and use often because many complex problem require creative ideas and tools to solve.
- Writing: Believe it or not writing is still a major form of communication. Those who cannot express their ideas on paper are at a disadvantage in the workplace.
Why These Are Important
The competition for entry level technical jobs is still very heavy. Graduates not only have to overcome competition from their peers. They also have to contend with experienced workers from other countries. Building these skills can set you apart from the field.
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NEW YORK (CNS) -- The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by Catholic News Service.
"The Man With the Iron Fists" (Universal)
Repulsively violent martial-arts fantasy in which a blacksmith -- played by rapper RZA, who also directed and co-wrote the script -- a secret agent for the emperor of China (Russell Crowe) and the heir of an assassinated warlord (Rick Yune) join forces to battle a variety of villains (principally Byron Mann and David Bautista), all of whom are out to purloin a shipment of imperial gold. Far from administering stylized karate chops, warriors on both sides dismember, disembowel and even liquefy their enemies to sickening effect. Excessive bloody violence, gruesome images, graphic sexual activity, implied aberrant sex acts, a prostitution theme, drug use, an anti-Catholic slur, much rough language, a few crude or crass terms. The Catholic News Service classification is O -- morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
"Skyfall" (Columbia)
A rousing return for British Agent 007 and a much-needed injection of vitality into the 50-year-old James Bond film franchise, this 23rd outing for the iconic spy is directed by Sam Mendes. Bond (Daniel Craig) and a field operative (Naomie Harris) are on the trail of a villain (Javier Bardem) who has stolen a computer disc containing the identities of every secret agent in the world. The sleazy megalomaniac uses the data to terrorize London and exact revenge on veteran counter-intelligence chief M (Judi Dench), who is also contending with the threat posed by a government rival (Ralph Fiennes) who seeks her job. Though the violence quotient is undeniably high, Mendes' film is thoughtful and character-driven, raising issues of loss, responsibility, patriotism and loyalty amid the battle of good vs. evil. Scenes of intense action violence and torture, implied nonmarital sexual activity, mild sensuality and innuendo, some profane and rough language. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
"Somewhere Between" (Long Shot Factory)
Filmmaker Linda Goldstein Knowlton's documentary offers an unvarnished look at the awkwardness involved when Chinese-born adoptees in the U.S. seek to reconnect with their original culture and birth families, and as they struggle to forge an identity for themselves as adults. Knowlton, herself the mother of a child adopted from China, follows the lives of four teenage girls in different parts of the country, one of whom is a devout evangelical Christian. She also charts the varied levels of interest those profiled display toward their homeland. Mature themes. The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.
"Wreck-It Ralph" (Disney)
This clever 3-D animated adventure, directed by Rich Moore, ponders the meaning of life inside a video arcade machine once the "Game Over" message appears. The perennial bad guy (voice of John C. Reilly) of the title wants to be just like his good-guy opponent (voice of Jack McBrayer). So he abandons his game for others in search of fame and glory. Along the way he encounters a violent warrior (voice of Jane Lynch) and an outcast (voice of Sarah Silverman) from a racing game with whom he bonds. The pair unites to overcome prejudice and embrace their differences, offering a positive lesson in self-esteem for young viewers. Mild cartoonish violence, some rude humor. The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested, some material may not be suitable for children.
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NEW YORK (CNS) -- The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by Catholic News Service: "The Man With the Iron Fists" (Universal); "Skyfall" (Columbia); "Somewhere Between" (Long Shot Factory); "Wreck-It Ralph" (Disney)


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Aubry Champagne stopper... pretty neat :-) Sorry for fuzziness
Smart man... I Can actually go use them :P LOL
What could it be?
It's in my wallet and has been used already (boyfriend brought a beer to the couch and forgot it wasn't a twist off... LOL)
I really posted this to show off my super blingy nails....
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GIANT empty bottle of wine! will definitely decorate the wine room ;)
A full bottle of wine!
2004 Selbach Oster Riesling.... YUM!!!!
Blue and Black.... hmmm... what could it be....
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This is Mr. Baxter, one of our Boston Terrier puppies
THAT was amazing. My roommate immediately goes "...I want an arbitrary day friend :("
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The Dhalia is planted in a beautiful new planter I bought... if I sprout a baby from Iowa I will let you know...
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Wales number eight Toby Faletau is unfazed by the speculation surrounding his future, according to Dragons coach Rob Appleyard.
Faletau was heavily linked last week with a move to Bath in the Aviva Premiership, with the English side reportedly set to offer the Dragons a six-figure sum to sign the 22-year old.
However, Appleyard has said that Faletau has not been distracted by the speculation and continued to work hard in training, whilst also stating that ideally the Dragons would like to keep the 21-cap forward in Wales given the loss of Dan Lydiate at the end of this season.
"I don't think it's fazing him," said Appleyard to Wales Online.
"Toby turns up and trains as hard as anybody, whether he's just come back from an international campaign or whether he's been with us for a few weeks. He's a one-off character without a shadow of a doubt. He's a really good rugby player.
"We can talk about a new line-up set-up, which he's never heard of before and he goes in and delivers it having heard it just once.
"So he's a very coachable player and listens a lot. But one thing that's on my mind is we wouldn't want to overcoach him so he loses his X-factor. It's almost the way he runs he doesn't care.
"He runs as though he doesn't even know people are trying to tackle him sometimes. He just seems to run and beat people.
"We want Toby to stay. We understand it's not always that easy. If you are being offered double or treble your wages, would you take it to move to the south of France? I am sure most people would contemplate it.
"Obviously we want to keep Toby with us. He has got another season with us. It's out of my remit, but I'm sure talks are going on behind the scenes to retain Toby's services. But, at the end of the day, it comes down to what the individual wants to do."


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Every year during the last week in April, libraries all across the U.S. celebrate National Preservation Week, an initiative of the American Library Association to highlight what we can do, individually and together, to preserve our personal and shared collections.
National Preservation Week 2013. Special focus in 2013 on our military families and the challenges for preserving correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks -- both in traditional and digital form.
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BOCA RATON, FL -- Even though the presidential debate was geared toward foreign policy, the candidates took detours through the Motor City.
"Governor Romney, you keep on trying to, you know, airbrush history here," President Obama said. "You were very clear that you would not provide government assistance to the U.S. auto companies, even if they went through bankruptcy. You said that they could get it in the private marketplace. That wasn't true. They would have gone through a..."
"You're wrong," Romney said.
Obama replied, "No, I am not wrong." We did check the record and here's what Mitt Romney wrote in a 2008 op-ed in the New York Times. In the piece entitled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt," he said, in part, "Don't ask Washington to give shareholders and bondholders a free pass - they bet on management and they lost."
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A longer than average dating fling. When your casually dating someone for about 6-10 months but the relationship still never turns into anything serious. You may take this person to a movie or a friends wedding all while maintaining a highly sexual relationship but then the fling sort of just ends without any bad feelings. I like Jenny a lot and she's good in bed, but I just don't see me being married to her. I think this is just a flong!
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The greatest drinking game of all time.
You have a table, and 1 person from each pair is standing at a head of the table. So at first glace it looks like ruit, but you are actually standing ACROSS from your partner. Each person has 4 cups lined in front of them, and each pair has a ping pong ball. The objective is to throw the ball into your partners 4 cups, if you sink one, then your partner drinks it, and plays flip cup with it. Once he flips it, he can shoot on your cups. First team to flip all 8 cups, wins. It is a game of speed, which makes it infinitely better than ruit. What makes it different is also that the winner drinks more than the loser, usually it's a full beer for each four cups. Plus a game with good players takes about 3 minutes, so more people get to play. "Mike and Brian were 13-0 at flong, now they are sharing a victory vomit."
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Slang term for thong, perhaps in reference to a flesh-coloured flong, but can be used to refer to any thong.
The word can then be expanded upon and used as a verb. "I've got my flong on"
"I'm flonging it" "I'm feeling flongalicious today" "I'm flon flong flashing" |
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a midwestern saying for "working it at the bar or club". I'm going to flong some girls this weekend.
You want to go flong tonight? |
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The sexual act in which a male flings his dong into a female's oral, anal, or vaginal cavity and is usually performed on a king size bed. A derivative of the latin phrase "slutivus cum flongdivious." "Did you hear that Johnny totally flonged this chick on Saturday night?"
"Dude, if Sandy doesn't let me flong her tonight, I'm dumping her. |
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Originates from North London as a
description of a particular amount of time. ie 'For a long time' I've been gone flong time
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Flying dong or flying schlong.
There are several varieties of these, differentiated mostly by the type of their wings(fairy wings, dragon wings for example), and the curvature of the dong, which depends on the humor and personality of the flong. They appear frequently, particularly from Thursday to Saturday nights, on the white boards on doors in the student residences in Vermont, their natural habitat.They are known to be agile in the air, and frisky when excited requiring extreme care when handling. "Night night, don't let the flongs bite!"
"You're a flong!" or used as verb: "Man that exam was hard... I got flonged by the last question!" |


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Republicans on the House Oversight Committee want to hear why the State Department repeatedly denied requests for tighter security for U.S. diplomats in Libya before the deadly September 11th attack on the consulate in Benghazi. The State Department has been tight lipped on the issue.
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Lleyton Hewitt was feeling it Monday. After holding serve to go up by 6-5 in the first set against Janko Tipsarevic in his opening match at the Australian Open, Hewitt moved in for the kill, forcing two straight backhand errors to get to love-30.
The packed crowd at Rod Laver Arena cheered their native son not as an underdog, but rather as the clear favorite to take down Tipsarevic, the No. 8 seed from Serbia. To the crowd, Tipsarevic would surely succumb to Hewitt, a force of nature as much as a tennis player, revered throughout Australia for his seemingly limitless desire to compete and win at the highest level.
Hadn't Lleyton taken down Milos Raonic, Tomas Berdych, and Juan Martin Del Potro to win the warm-up event at Kooyong? Granted it was an exhibition event, but he had made three straight towering foes look average as he tuned up his game to prepare for this, his 17th Australian Open. With a home crowd urging him onward, how could Hewitt lose?
But at love-30 Tipsarevic hit a wide slice to the forehand that Hewitt netted. Next he unleashed an ace up the T to tie the game score. Hewitt coughed up an unforced error, then Tipsarevic hit another powerful serve, this one flat and out wide, that Hewitt missed to make it 6-6. In the tie breaker, Tipsarevic surged to a 4-0 lead with more aggressive play. From love-30 down at 5-6, Tipsarevic won eight straight points to take control of the set.
After losing the 69-minute first set, Hewitt responded by breaking Tipsarevic's serve to open the second set. Like Rafael Nadal, Hewitt knows that the victor of a long, tight set might be vulnerable to the impulse to relax psychologically. An early service break can make it seem as though the match is back on even footing. When Hewitt held serve and then secured a second service break, the crowd's relieved murmurs seemed to suggest that something essential in the tennis universe had been restored to order.
Tipsarevic's ascent up the rankings, from a talented and tattooed journeyman to a dark horse to win a major, began after he married Biljana Sesevic in July 2010. He committed himself to tennis as well, and became what the former United States Davis Cup captain Tom Gullickson called a "24-7" tennis player. His work with the German coach Dirk Hordorff focused on improved fitness, tactical flexibility, and the art of getting one more ball back in play. Hordorrf, who previously coached Rainer Schuettler (an Australian Open finalist in 2003), was also once ranked in the top 20 in the world in backgammon. He has gotten Tipsarevic to back off of the baseline, and to play longer, more disciplined points.
In an article in Deuce Magazine on the ATP Web site, Hordorff said of Tipsarevic, "Offensively, he is one of the better players, quick to capitalize on half chances, but defense-wise there is a lot of things that he can improve."
Down by 3-0 in the second set with Hewitt serving, Tipsarevic again reversed the momentum of the match, raising his level of play by taking the ball earlier and attacking, especially with his down-the-line backhand. He gained back one service break, and the level of play from both players ratcheted upward. Hewitt gamely hung on, fighting to hold serve to go up by 4-2, then again to lead by 5-3. The fans were settling in for a long night, a four-setter at least.
Tipsarevic held serve, then broke Hewitt to even the score. Neither player was backing down, but, remarkably, Tipsarevic kept coming up with highlight-reel shots time and again. After holding serve to go up by 6-5, he passed Hewitt on the changeover as if he were in a trance. When he came back on the court he looked utterly calm, focused, resolute.
When Hewitt moved to game point at 40-30, a long, grueling rally ensued. Hewitt worked Tipsarevic over, like a boxer throwing body jabs at the ribs, but Tipsarevic defended beautifully. He stretched wide to his forehand, shifting to a continental grip to block back a heavy Hewitt forehand, then sprinted to his left to run down Hewitt's approach shot. On the run, he laced a backhand passing shot down the line to deny Hewitt's bid to get into a second-set tie breaker.
On the next point, the two men again ran each other relentlessly. After pushing Tipsarevic wide of the sideline in the backhand corner, Hewitt flicked a forehand short cross-court to send him sprinting wide again. Tipsarevic got to the ball and ripped a forehand winner down the line, a shot from six feet wide of the singles sideline that traveled outside of the net post before landing in the corner. On the next point – set point for Tipsarevic to take a two-sets-to-none lead — the bespectacled Serb pounced on a short second serve by Hewitt and hit his third straight down-the-line winner to seize the second set before a stunned crowd.
Tipsarevic put Hewitt away in the third set to advance with a 7-6 (4), 7-5, 6-3 victory.


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Time and again, the U.S. Agency for International Development has turned to the researchers, professors, and students here at FIU to help us tackle some of the greatest challenges of our time: from minimizing the risk of disasters in El Salvador to ensuring the sustainability of some of our most precious natural resources, like the Mara River in Tanzania. It's a partnership that has not only grown over time, but has delivered some extraordinary results for people around the world.
In the late 1980s, FIU and USAID partnered on the Agency's first major media initiative, which focused on training journalists across Latin America in investigative journalism and election coverage. Within a few years, it brought media owners and journalists together to produce the first journalist ethics code for Central America. This effort built on a long-standing partnership—dating back to 1984—to strengthen the capacity of justice systems in Latin American countries.
At USAID, we believe we have the opportunity today build a new, more open model for development that builds on our strong legacy of university engagement to solve some of the greatest development challenges of our time. In food security, that challenge is more pressing than ever. By 2050, the world will need to double agricultural production in order to feed a world of 9 billion people. At the same time, a changing climate will lead to warmer temperatures, more erratic rains, and longer more severe droughts.
Here in Mississippi, you know this better than anyone. The Mississippi river has fallen to near record lows—and a stretch of the mighty river near Greenville has had to close briefly. And rural communities across the country continue to feel pressure from a parched land. But the truth is that our nation has some remarkable systems in place to support farmers and ranchers in a time of significant drought. They can buy insurance products, access our government's real-time data monitoring, and count on the USDA and universities like MSU to study the problem and foster new solutions.
The United States, President Obama and Secretary Clinton, have been very clear that we are calling on the Assad regime to end its brutal treatment and attacks on its own people. And President Obama has also asked us, the United States, to do everything we can to support the critical humanitarian needs that are in this region.
That's why we've already provided more than $82 million of support for humanitarian priorities, reaching more than 700,000 Syrians with food, water and medical support. And that's why, today, I'm quite pleased to announce an additional $21 million commitment. In this case to our colleagues at the World Food Programme, who are taking responsibility for providing effective food access to people who are in dire need, here in this camp, throughout parts of Syria and in other parts of the region.
The United States is gravely concerned by the multiple crises that are affecting the people of Mali: a political crisis following the military coup d'état of March 21, a security crisis as a result of conflict in the North and the actions of several armed groups, a food security crisis affecting populations across the country, all resulting in a complex humanitarian crisis that is affecting the people of Mali as well as its neighbors in the Sahel. 4.6 million Malians face severe hunger; 175,000 Malian children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition; and more than 450,000 have fled their homes because of ongoing violence coupled with food insecurity.
Many of us in this room and thousands of other across the globe have and continue to spend tremendous energy on improving our effectiveness in development. We choose smarter things to do, focusing on key competencies and appropriate roles. We measure relentlessly, inviting cold hard facts to challenge our warm, fuzzy assumptions. We have become hard-nosed in pursuit of our soft goals, and, when doing so, we have often invoked the ideal of 'How They Do It In The Private Sector.' ... Perhaps we need to explore how we could use an open source development model to connect our work to all people. Perhaps to genuinely win the war against extreme poverty, leverage social networks to deliver real democracy, and ensure every kid everywhere lives to see their fifth birthday and thrives in school in the years ahead, we need to both elevate development in the Situation Room of the National Security Council and in the hearts and minds of how millions of additional people express their own personal quest for meaning.
It is an incredible honor to be here and to be here with so many members of Diaspora communities from around this country and around the world. I'm one of you, and so, I'm pleased to be able to join. In fact, joining you last year and hearing about the businesses you've started, the volunteer programs you've supported, the innovations you've generated and the resources and inspiration that you've offered to your original home communities was one of my more personal and inspiring moments of the year. So, thank you for allowing me to participate.
Today, more than 62 million Americans, a full fifth of this nation are first or second generation Diaspora community members. That undoubtedly is what makes our country great. We all collectively represent a vast and diverse community, and we do so much both here and with our home communities and the countries from which we came that we're excited to now have the opportunity to partner more deeply together to improve on the results we can accomplish when we do work together.
At USAID, we understand that our development assistance will never be fully effective unless we draw on the full contributions of the entire population, including previously marginalized groups such as the LGBT community, women, young people, ethnic and religious minorities, people with disabilities, and displaced persons.
We come together at a moment of great hope and equal challenge with respect to the refugee situation in Afghanistan. We celebrate the return of nearly six million people to Afghanistan from neighboring countries, a clear reflection of the progress we have collectively achieved in rebuilding and stabilizing the country. People are voting for a better life for themselves and their families. Indeed, this is an expression of confidence in the future, one that the United States government has been able to support with more than $700 million in assistance for refugees and returnees over the past decade.
Ten years ago, I took part in the first Tokyo conference on Afghanistan on behalf of the United States Government. In many ways, I have a strong sense of deja vu. In January 2002, in the wake of the fall of the Taliban, the world came together to pledge our mutual commitment to support the stability and reconstruction of a fragile and devastated Afghanistan. Working together as a community in support of the Afghan people and government, we have kept faith over the past decade. This fact is reflected in a 15 year increase in life expectancy for the Afghan people; the presence of some seven million students – of which nearly 40 percent are girls -- in schools; a huge decline in infant and maternal mortality; and a three-fold increase in per capita income.
In Tokyo, the international community and the Afghans will come together to discuss the best way to solidify the progress we've made in the past decade. The timing of this conference is significant because it some so quickly on the heels of the G8 in Chicago that focused on the 2014 transition. As we all know, there are really two transitions in 2014 - the transfer of security operations to the Afghans, and also the first democratic transfer of power in the history of Afghanistan.
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Prince of Whales excursions leave Victoria's Inner Harbour on a regular schedule throughout the spring, summer and fall. Passengers embark on a wildlife cruise up to 100-kilometres in length in search of Killer Whales, Humpback Whales, Minke Whales, or even Gray Whales. A variety of smaller marine mammals and sea birds are often seen as well. Our passion is sharing the experience of seeing whales in their natural habitat with guests from all over the world.
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In the early 1990's, Alan McGillivray ran a marine mail service out of Victoria, that delivered newspapers and mail to the Southern Gulf Islands every morning. Al couldn't help but notice how often he saw members of the Southern Resident community of killer whales (also known as orcas). He spotted them almost 95% of the time he was on the water. Alan and his partner Chris Hall thought to themselves about the idea of whale-watching. The whale watching industry at that time was virtually non-existent in the area, but they knew that the whales were out there. And thus, Prince of Whales was born. By 2004, Prince of Whales had expanded to include two Daigle EagleCrafts, a fleet of 10 rigid-hulled inflatable Zodiacs, and later, two 74-passenger Ocean Magic Expedition Cruisers. With its large number of vessels, locations in both Victoria and Vancouver, and almost 50 staff in peak season, Prince of Whales is now the largest whale watching company in British Columbia.
The size of Prince of Whales in no way affects the quality and customer service people have come to associate with us. Our earliest staff members set the tone for our tours to this day. Our veteran skipper Mark Malleson has over 16 years of experience as a whale watcher. Not only is he a star member of our team, he is also a renowned killer whale researcher. He works with expert Ken Balcomb at the Center for Whale Research and works to catalogue Southern Resident Orcas, and transient orcas in an effort to monitor their general well-being and behaviour. We also employ Dr. Anna Hall, PhD., and Rhonda Reidy, M.Sc. as our resident marine mammal experts. Between Mark, Anna, and Rhonda, the tours at Prince of Whales are cutting-edge, informative, and exciting. Our team works to make sure that all our guests have the adventure of a lifetime.
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Stemming from the creation of project focused upon literacy and skills training in 1991, Baidarie is committed to the role of education and awareness in expanding the rights of women in Sialkot district, Pakistan. Through capacity building projects, Baidarie has worked hard to help women become more active in the decision making processes. Providing rights awareness trainings for women and men, as well as legal aid, medical aid, access to legal recourse and shelters, Baidarie works constantly against gender-based violence, without social, political, or religious discrimination.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
at a client's house, they'll ask "what i should a put here". me: 'oh, a tray".
i went around the house and captured my tray collection. it's out of hand.
this one sits at the bottom of the stairs on the congos to collect jewelry that gets discarded before bedtime.
small python holds a monkey and some books.
remotes and coasters under the (dark) coffee table
this guy is in the bathroom to hold matches and orange chickenthings
there's another python in the guest room to hold magazines
there's two on the bar. (where did all the bourbon go??)
miscellaneous bedroom tray
bowl on a plate on a tray action in bedroom
a coaster moonlighting as a tray on bedside table
soap gets trayed/dished.
and i actually stopped. there were more trays. you so trazy.
20 comments:
- Tori said...
ooooh fancy schmancy! Love the trays! But as one of your faithful blog readers I think I'm going to start searching for a trays anonymous group! LOL
- November 17, 2011 at 5:50 PM
- EJR said...
your so tray tray
- November 17, 2011 at 7:15 PM
- heather (love your space) said...
whoa. That is a LOT of trays! I'm wondering if there's something I have sort of accidentally collected. Also, that soap is pretty fancy.
- November 17, 2011 at 9:36 PM
- Melissa said...
I commend the tray-session. I also wish you would make that blue ikat again. If you do, point me the way when I'm in the store 'cause I'm too flummoxed by all the gorgeousness to see straight. Also, that is a very large bottle of Four Roses, and it makes me happy that you know it's the yummiest.
- November 17, 2011 at 11:25 PM
- Emily said...
I am a very trazy too!
Please check out my Man Men one in my etsy shop
www.LadyEM2.etsy.com. - November 18, 2011 at 8:00 AM
- Decor Arts Now said...
So funny! :-). But it is a great collection!
- November 18, 2011 at 8:41 AM
You're such a tease. I went to the website to buy trays and none of the ones I liked were there.
- November 18, 2011 at 9:46 AM
- Brandi said...
I love trays too. There was a moment I was making a little vignette at home and put a tray on another tray and had to stop and think about what my life has become!
- November 18, 2011 at 10:15 AM
- Voyage-On said...
Love they trays, and the ones in your store. Can you recommend some other sources for affordable trays? I need a big one, but am hoping to stay under budget...
- November 18, 2011 at 10:23 AM
- sarahelizabeth said...
oooh love.
where oh where can i find one like you have in your bathroom?? ADORE. - November 18, 2011 at 10:51 AM
- i suwannee said...
here's the one from the bathroom
http://store03.prostores.com/servlet/furbishstudioonline/the-564/Zig-Zag-Pinched-Tray/Detail - November 18, 2011 at 10:55 AM
- sarahelizabeth said...
thank you!! knew i should have checked your shop before asking ;)
- November 18, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- Bethany said...
LOVE! Need to get a tray - last one I got from you all was the cute Chiang Mai Dragon. I need a python or ikat now!
http://powellbrower.blogspot.com/2011/11/first-item-offered-for-sale.html - November 18, 2011 at 11:01 AM
- Danielle {freshquince} said...
Agree completely...in fact for the past 4 years I've made trays, albeit dorky kid inspired trays, for my son elementary school auction. I have the kids create mini vignettes and then decoupage them onto a vivid tray. I love them, but last year a mom told me no one likes trays and that no one wanted my hand made one...so rude, but guess what she has no style and walks like a bull dog, therefore I wasn't offended. Love all the more en vogue trays you carry!
- November 18, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- Kecia said...
I love it! One can never have too many trays! I'm building up my own obsession...er, collection. I would kill for that monkey lamp! I'm a zoologist with a specialty in primates so whenever I can incorporate monkeys into my design I'm totally geeked!
- November 18, 2011 at 1:29 PM
- Kecia said...
ps... I feel totally Creepy McCreepster when I pin images of your house cuz I know you follow me on Pinterest and will see them. Is that weird? ;)
- November 18, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- Helena said...
I love this post so, so much!
- November 20, 2011 at 3:42 PM
- Arestia @ Hiker in Heels said...
Hysterical. You so Tray-zy!
- November 21, 2011 at 5:40 PM
- the well being said...
that gin is telling me it wants to be in the freezer....
- November 22, 2011 at 2:32 PM
- kristina said...
oh, you are like patrick trayze. and i loved this post.
wonderswillnevercease.blogspot.com - November 27, 2011 at 11:59 AM


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Ouachita Parish deputies arrested John M. Pitard, 46, Friday and charged him with DWI-4. According to the arrest report, Pitard has been arrested for six DWIs since 1990.
A deputy stated Pitard was driving a white Dodge pick-up north on U.S. 165 and crossed the yellow fog line three times. The suspect continued north, crossing the center line and driving in both lanes.
Pitard was stopped at a convenience store. He reportedly had slow actions and bloodshot eyes. Pitard denied drinking alcohol prior to being stopped.
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The bride-elect is the sister of Emily Blanton of Rome. She is the granddaughter of Linda Manis of Rome and the late Lamar and Margaret Chapman, Bill Manis, and Jim and Joan Combs.
Garrett is a 2004 graduate of Model High School. He is employed at Tucker Electric in Rome.
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to be so incredibly stoned that you look chinese, (unless you are already chinese, then you'd look like a mole) wait- what was i just talking about? god, i'm gooned.
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to get extreamly drunk i was so gooned last night, i dont remember anything.
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to be run over by a car Jim: Woah dude don't cross the street yet you don't want to get gooned
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Verb; to be gooned is to be awaken by two large men (usually Somoan) and escorted from your home to a wilderness program, RTC, or other therapeutic or recovery establishment. Frank: "Jim! Have you seen Todd? I haven't seen him in a couple of days."
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The act of making a joke or witty remark about someone while in their presence. Usually it is uncalled for which can be termed as a "drive by gooning" example.(Conversation with a friend with a headache)
Since you have a headache i will stop making jokes and let you be. So is it a sick to your stomach type, or just want quiet type. (I am asking how bad the headache is) Now the response. "Just the quiet type, wait did you mean my headache or your humour?" There, that was me being "gooned" arghhh. |
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Being high off of ketamine. I'm so gooned right now! Lets sniff another gooner!
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1. to get beaten, pushed, or pwned by a Goon or member of a Goon Squad
2. to have slept with a Goon or member of a Goon Squad 1. that motherfucker got verbally gooned!
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To live a well balanced, rewarding life of our dreams by day and sleep restfully at night.
Here are twelve ways to perfectly and properly pamper yourself this Fall evening: (pay attention very closely now!)
1. Put on some nice jazz music,
2. Pour a glass of red wine, and
3. Have fun cooking and trying a new recipe tonight: perhaps a Fall soup or pumpkin bread?
4. Light some candles and enjoy a nice dinner with your family.
5. While your sweetie or children are cleaning up, draw yourself up a nice hot bubble or oil bath with some relaxing and pleasing scents.
6. Rejoin your family to watch a movie together (a few movies that we have watched recently that I can highly recommend are: A Dog year, Limitless,
The Town, Shadows In The Sun, and Something Borrowed)
7. While you are watching the movie you can be exchanging back rubs with your spouse or partner or cuddling up close with children and pets.
8. Come to bed to freshly laundered linens (which you did earlier today in preparation for this wonderful night)
9. Make love or
10. Read something inspirational and relaxing. A few titles I am thoroughly enjoying and you will find on my bed stand are: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Power of Decision by Raymond Charles Barker, Heart Centered Marriage by Sue Patton Thoele, and Secret The Power by Rhonda Byrne
11. Finally, write a few things in your journal that you feel blessed about and thankful for.
12, Always remember that you are safe, you are loved, and that you are enough!
Lights off.
Good night!
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