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I have always loved recipes. The desription and photos are, to me, almost as enticing as the thought of making them. Not that I ever did, at least not until 3 years ago.
I remembered growing up reading a weekly children's magazine, which release every Thursday I look forward to with much anticipation and excitement. I remember waiting impatiently for my mother to come home from work every Thursday because I know she will bring with her a fresh, pristine copy. I remember the smooth, glossy cover, taking it in my two hands and lifting it up to my nose, inhaling deeply the scent of ink and paper fresh off the printers.
It was to this magazine that I wrote, one day when I was about 7 years old, putting in a request to feature more recipes, and to make the recipes a weekly feature in the magazine. It's funny that people always say that you change when you grow up; when I look back into my childhood, I realise that not much had changed at all. I loved reading and writing then, and I still do now. My parents caught me doing sketches of dresses one evening a long time ago, and guess what my major at university was. I loved playing with my kitchen set and recipe books, and I recoverd this lost love just three years ago. I remembered my parents buying a few interior decorating books and magazines when they were building the new house some 15 years ago, and I used to carry them around with me in the house, just so I can pore over the photos every chance I get. This is the only childhood interest which I have yet to revisit, but which I am hoping to pick up again very soon. I have been on a mission to revisit my apartement for sometime now. Somehow, my plans never took flight. I just don't know where to start.
Psrhaps I should explain. Most of my life has been lived overseas. Making a rented premise a home is an exercise in futility. Firstly, my student budget did not allow for excessive spending, and even now I feel that buying pretty home decorations is a waste of money.Although somehow, this frugality never crossed over to clothes shopping.
So, why am I telling you these things, again? I am thinking of redecorating, and somewhere along the line, I am hoping to redecorating my life too. This year is meant to be a fresh start for me, a fresh new book after 24 years in the occupation of a student. It did not start out very well, but I intend to finish it in a very, very positive way.
So, what are your ideas on how to start a redecoration?
These amazing brownies are from Alice Medrich's Pure Dessert. They are, and I kid you not, the best brownies I have ever had. I consider Medrich a perfectionist whose meticulous and slightly obsessive recipe testing enabled her to understand how each ingredient plays a vital role in transforming a good thing into a great one. She described these brownies as a cross between 'a very moist cake and a rich chocolate mousse'. I could not agree more. Although the nutmeg may seem unneccesary, I do not recommend skipping it. It creates a new dimension to the brownies that adds depth of flavour. After all, 90% of taste comes from your sense of smell.
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86g unsalted butter, cut into chunks
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Preheat oven to 160 degree C. Line the bottom and sides of the pan with baking paper. Place chocolate and butter in a bain marie, stirring frequently until the mixture is melted and smooth. Set aside. In a stand mixer, whisk eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla on high speed until the mixture is thick and pale. Whisk in the warm melted chocolate/butter mixture. Fold in the flour. Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake until skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean, save for a few moist crumbs. This will take approximately 25-30 minutes. Cool in the pan, invert and dust with freshly grated nutmeg.
Note: I have been intently following the news these past few days. Some of you may have heard of the devastating bushfire tragedy that wiped out entire towns in many parts of Victoria. One of the locations that suffered the full extent of the tragedy was a suburb near J's parents' home called Kinglake. On Saturday, when J was out, I received a phone call from his mother. She told me that the wind had changed direction and the fire was going their way, and that they were going to evacuate once the fire went past the nearby hill. It stopped just a few miles away, right before it hit the hill, thanks in no small parts to the laudable efforts put in by the firefighters.
A number of bushfires are still raging across Victoria up to this moment. Some of them have been burning for 4 days straight. The thought that some of these fires were intentionally lit during the total fire ban day on Saturday makes my blood boil, and then some. While I feel relieved that J's family was not affected by the fires, my heart goes out to all the victims of what has been termed 'Australia's worst-ever disaster'.


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Banana Chocolate Chip PancakesPosted: July 31st, 2012 | Joanna | | Tags: banana pancakes, Breakfast, chocolate chip pancakes, flapjacks, mickey mouse pancake | 1 Comment »
Sunday mornings are for pancakes, especially lovely Sunday mornings when it's not 98 degrees outside. Today I was finally able to use my kitchen without creating an at-home sauna sweat box. Windows open and a lovely breeze of high 70′s blowing through my apartment, I happily whipped up some Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes. My boyfriend happily gobbled them up. I mean really, who is not happy when chocolate for breakfast is on the menu?
My bf walked in when I was cooking and jokingly asked if the ratio was 2:1 on chocolate chips (2 for the pancakes 1 for my mouth). Sometimes there are advantages to being the cook.
My father is the breakfast maker in my family, and he ingrained in me this important tradition: Whenever there are chocolate chips in the batter, at least one pancake must be shaped like Mickey Mouse.

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Day 396 - Criteria
A pattern of criteria is very apparent within a lot of things that I do within my life/how I do things. Sort of like a very specific criteria. Also, like a set of guidelines on how to do something. And I see that it's 'difficult' to break these PRE-SET guidelines/criteria in which I HAVE created within myself. It is like a resistance in breaking the self-created criteria of how I do things, and if I do something/want to do something differently than how I've done something in the past, it is a struggle. Some examples okay, like..with music that I enjoy listening to, I'd prefer to have whole albums on my computer, as opposed to individual songs like others do. Not leaving home until I've done a thorough check of my appearance within satisfaction that I've passed my self-created criteria of what I determine as a 'passable appearance'. Eating a certain amount of food/variety of foods per day, keeping count as to whether I've eaten enough of a particular food, or not, and to adjust until I've met my self-created criteria. So much criteria! And so what I've realised is that I'm a slave to my own self-created criteria. All of them.
It's LIMITING. I'm limiting myself by only doing things ONE WAY. One way, although as I've mentioned above, it goes across many forms within my daily life. So instead of doing what's best for my physical self/what I actually KNOW is best for the present time, I go back to doing what my criteria says I should do..what I've always done, what I 'want' to do, even though it does NOT assist me. I can only grow without limits..
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to participate within self-created and pre-determined/pre-programmed criteria of doing things.
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to within wanting to follow only ONE set of criteria for doing things within my life, in fact LIMIT myself by following a strict rule of guidelines/conditions.
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to face resistance when going 'against' my criteria, to allow that to just go back to the criteria way of doing things, instead of BREAKING the pre-programmed criteria in which I've created within myself and lived as.
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to not realise that this criteria is ONLY within MYSELF, it's nobody else's criteria, it's all down to MYSELF and what I've created/existed as because of it.
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to not see the SENSE in doing things that are BEST for me in the present moment/the exact moment of doing something.
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to stop my physical self from moving/doing something, because of resistance of doing something 'different' by going against my self-created/pre-programmed criteria/way of USUALLY doing things.
I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to not realise that I'm not getting the 'most' out of life by limiting myself to strict guidelines/criteria and doing things ONE way, instead of EXPLORING multiple ways/new ways and paths of doing things, and to really look at what will assist me as my physical body within my life, to see what is best for all, and to in the end, BREAK my pre-preprogramming of selective criteria in which I have allowed myself to exist as and within.
When and as I see myself BLINDLY following and listening to SELF-CREATED criteria/guidelines/rules about how to do certain things ONE PARTICULAR WAY, I stop and breathe. I realise that by doing so, I'm in fact going against what my physical self needs/requires, I'm ONLY participating within self-created/pre-programmed guidelines of doing things, instead of listening to what my physical body requires and doing things that are best for all.
When and as I see myself not realising that I am limiting myself by doing everything ONE particular way because of self-created criteria/guidelines that I follow, I stop and breathe. I realise that I definitely am limiting myself/the opportunities that I can have within my life by doing things how I've always done them for instance, instead of EXPLORING new routes/things to do/ways to do things within my life/when in interaction with others. I commit myself to physically PUSH myself to do new things/approach things differently to how I'd USUALLY do them within self-created/pre-programmed criteria of doing things, as a means of growing exponentially within my process and breaking the mould so to speak of how I usually go about doing things/interacting with others - to explore, learn and grow....and EXPAND.
When and as I see myself in the moment of resistance when breaking/going against what I'd usually do within self-created/pre-programmed criteria of usually doing something, I stop and breathe. I realise that it's NECESSARY to PUSH THROUGH THE RESISTANCES that appear within myself, because through practice, I can keep on pushing through future resistances when going against my 'usual' ways of doing things, and as to then be able to break the shackles of self-created/pre-programmed guidelines/rules/criteria. I commit myself to thus practice endlessly, the breaking of resistances that I face when going against the norm so to speak, which will fulfill me exponentially within my life.
When and as I see myself not taking into consideration what is best for all in any given moment, and instead following self-created/pre-programmed criteria whilst ignoring what is best for all in any given moment, I stop and breathe. I realise that it is VITAL to ALWAYS do what is best for all in any given moment. Whether that means BREAKING NEW GROUND that I'm yet to break, or going against the grain by doing something that I'd not usually do, or simply seeing what's best for my physical self in the given moment, to be able to satisfy my physical self within what is best for all life, taking into consideration what is best for all within life. I commit myself to again, practice and practice within my physical self, to break new ground, to do things that I'd never even consider doing in the past/because of self-created/pre-programmed criteria/ways/guidelines of doing things within my life, and to thus be able to evolve within my life/self.
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Visiting memorials
Traditional war memorials celebrate victory and sometimes boastfully depict a victor's prowess with tall obelisks and arches or statues of strong men and horses. The now 200-year-old "Triumphal Arch" in Paris, France does just this for the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars. It features the names of French generals and a surprisingly long list of French victories from the wars.
A war memorial that commemorates the injured and fallen is a relatively new concept.
Think of the seemingly endless list of names at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. or the Cornerstone of Peace memorial in Okinawa, Japan. Both were constructed in my lifetime. Newer still are the memorials that denounce war in the name of peace. These "peace" memorials are far and few between compared to monuments dedicated to death and destruction.
Peace memorials are sometimes statues of peaceful people or peaceful things. They depict peaceful acts like collaboration or icons of peace such as the angel or the white dove. They are ideas, and they are words, and they are beautiful works of art built upon fountains and reflection ponds or about gardens.
They aren't necessarily peaceful themselves. The World Peace Bell in Newport, Kentucky is just a bell named for peace. Depending on the hour, it can be heard unpeacefully for 25 miles in all directions.
The French make up for their pretentious Arch with the Wall for Peace. The pillar of metal and glass stands at the base of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It features the word "peace" written in 32 languages and 18 alphabets. If peace were merely words, I'd say we have a winner.
Words, however, do not make "peace." At the root of peace are actions and behaviors that convey trust and vulnerability. These are very conceptual ideas in word form. In action, people of different languages understand peace. Even animals without language communicate peace by their behavior. A pigeon knows when to come running for food or fly away to safety.
A pigeon will also poop on your peace dove after it eats.
Peace memorials are abstract. These implements of peace — trust, vulnerability — are immaterial. I don't mean that they are unimportant and deserve the pigeon poop. Rather, they have an existence that is difficult to depict physically because their meanings are not built in to their words.
Take for example the Peace Monument in Washington, D.C. It's one the most convoluted memorials to peace I've ever seen.
Dually known as the Naval Monument and Civil War Sailors Monument, it serves as a remembrance to the naval deaths (not peace) from a civil war of all things. A female figure representing grief stands atop the monument. Grief weeps into the shoulder of another who represents history. We know her name is History by the stylus she holds alongside a tablet inscribed "They died that their country might live."
Another figure below Grief and History holds a laurel wreath and carries an oak branch. Her wreath is a symbol of war victory just as it was in ancient Rome. The oak branch symbolizes strength and endurance. Below Victory rest the god of war, Mars, and the god of the sea, Neptune.
I'm sorry. Grief, Victory, War? Where is Peace? Why, she is on the other side, facing the Capitol if you can believe it.
She has her boobs out and holds a sprig of olive. There was originally a dove below her, but it went missing some time ago, and no one seems to have ever taken a picture of it. Ever. And then there are symbols of industry and science, literature and art — things that suggest our civilization is making progress because of peace.
Honestly, I needed a manual to fully appreciate the "peace" in the Peace Monument. Pigeons, on the other hand, find it a very peaceful perch.
So, why build a monument to peace that is also a monument to war? Is it that war and peace are inseparable? The circuitous meanings of war becoming peace or vice versa are only made more appropriate by the Peace Monument's placement in the middle of a traffic circle, dubbed the "Peace Circle."
Around and around. War, peace — peace, war. One, and then the other.
Further reading reveals that this kind of dichotomous war/peace imagery is new. It's only slightly older than flat-out denouncing war in monumental form as does the multi-lingual pillar of peace in Paris. Traditional war monuments celebrate victory. Only in modern times has it become customary to honor the dead, and then even more recently, actually condemn war. A few of these "pacifist" war/peace memorials exist; they use a lot of the same imagery.
The earliest symbols of peace, the olive branch and dove, have served mankind unchanged since their inception thousands of years ago. The two peace symbols we recognize today (e.g. the v-sign and the nuclear disarmament symbol) were popularized in the last 100 years.
These new symbols are synonymous with anti-war movements but require a measure of abstract thinking or at the very least a passing grade in popular culture to understand. The older symbols of peace are no better and are best represented in religious texts. New or old, they just don't speak for themselves.
The implements of war, however, speak volumes.
We know to shy away from a crouching tiger. No one swims toward the circling fin. Our man-made symbols of danger are just as foreboding. The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. shows soldiers ready to fight, carrying arms, and dressed in full-combat gear. The Tomb of the Unknown in Arlington Cemetery is a war memorial to those lost and unrecovered. It is continuously guarded by armed men and women. And then there is the National World War II Memorial, which looks wonderfully peaceful and non-combative while also being self-important and pretentious.
You see, victors usually are self-important and pretentious. Even winners who lost at first but later won find ways to mourn… boastfully. This could be why our "peace" monuments are actually war memorials in disguise! I'm talking about you, USS Arizona!
It's not only the statues, monuments, and sunken ships that memorialize a deadly and destructive past. The numerous canons and other artilleries surrounding our historic fortresses and battle sites all over the South are anything but peace idols. These massive iron and stone relics of war quite intrinsically speak to death.
Conversely, a dove doesn't exactly convey the notion of trust. Angels are allegedly immortal; supposing a statue of one with open arms speaks to vulnerability is far fetched. As much as I hate to say so, the implements of "peace" are rather dull and those of war are pretty much awesome.
I'm not a fan of war, though I am a fan of war stuff. War relics are cool because they represent a kind of technological advance that has apparently been present among humans forever. While our ideological advance is questionable, our technological progress is unmatched in the animal kingdom.
Humans are arguably first when it comes to developing tools for out-killing one another. We know that a lot of animals kill other animals, and some even kill for the same reasons we do. Animals have been offing other animals for a very long time and in many different ways. They rely on sharp things like teeth and claws to mutilate others. They use dull things like bone or sheer size to smother life. Still others rely on venom or even bacteria to do their killing.
But these tools have been with the animal kingdom for as long as the animals have. None save man (and not coincidentally, other primates) has improved his killing ability by engineering advanced tools.
Bludgeons have been found among primates and within the remains of nomadic man. Bludgeons were just the precursor to sharp tools like spears and stone knives. Why get close to your prey when distance is safer? Man developed more exacting projectiles like darts, arrows, and bolts. Always eager to kill more, better, and faster, modern man produced exploding projectiles and bullets. And now we have tools to deliver the vilest of killers: radiation and nerve gasses.
This obvious technological advance separates us from our fellow animal killers. It fascinates me, and it's why I definitely prefer visiting war museums to peace memorials.
Stay pretty, Angel of the Waters.
Of course, this is really just a very long introduction to photos of Eric and me visiting war museums. Early in October, we took a road trip to Battleship Texas and the San Jacinto Memorial. Both are just east of Houston by an hour.
The battleship-turned-museum is complete with all the cool war stuff of an antique battleship. Much of the ship is inaccessible for being in dangerous disrepair, and still a visitor can spend hours walking deck to deck browsing the big guns, little guns, early electronics, and living areas. The ship's outer deck and tower are alone worth visiting.
The San Jacinto Memorial is visible from the ship. The battle it memorializes represents a decisive turn of events favoring Texas and its revolution with Mexico. The museum beneath the monument features war memorabilia (e.g. uniforms, firearms, swords) from the early 1800s, but the monument's coolest feature is a look-out observation deck 500 feet above.
The view is to die for.


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I got to see my sweet 2521 roomies today! These girls are so near and dear to my heart - I love them to bits! Laura came to town and suggested a meet up in Carrollton at the Chick-fil-a, so an impromptu get together came together. ;) We sure missed Cindy & Traci!
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Serving up local legends The West Winds Gin alongside aged scotches from far away and a fantastic array of local and international wines, shown off in a cellar-cum-doorway, Bob's is a congenial, tidy space to while away a few hours with your mates.
Frequented by business-types from the local hotels, Bob's is likely to entice local residents and worker bees for an after work drink with slick service and plenty of space. If you position yourself correctly you'll even be able to see the TV screens, and if that's not your thing there's talk of the kitchen coming to the outdoors for a bit of al-fresco cookin', or you could talk to the person in front of you. Crazy.
It's a steak (okay and chop) house, so inside there's a touch of the testosterones about the deep brown wooden finishes, leather booths and a selection of cigars, but it's just as friendly for the ladies.
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Are recurring Nosebleeds spoiling your summer vacations? Don't worry, today you can get some tips which help you to prevent nose bleeds and tips from dealing with them. Nosebleeds occur for many reasons and they indicate a serious medical condition. But they are more common during summers. The hot and dry air during summers can rupture the tiny blood vessels in the nose. This results in nosebleeds and makes people panic.
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With some preventive measures nose, bleeds can be avoided. Follow these tips to prevent nose bleeds in summer:
- Avoid going out in the hot weather. If you can't, cover your head with a cap and cover your nose with a folded kerchief or cotton cloth which helps to avoid hot air coming in.
- Placing air conditioners and air coolers in the room maintain some humidity in the air and help to prevent the nose from becoming dry.
- Avoid blowing your nose hard when it is blocked due to cold.
- Avoid alcohol, smoking, and hot drinks as they expand the blood cells in the lining of your nose.
- After the bleeding, the blood clots inside the nose. It is better to clean the nose when it is wet or use a wet paper towel.
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- Ice reduces the inflammation of the blood vessels and the numbing sensation can give relief. So try to hold an ice cube during nose bleeds.
- Vitamin C helps to clot the blood faster. Though it might not help during nose bleeds, taking foods that are rich in vitamin C keep blood vessels strong and prevent nose bleeds.
- Inhale steam to prevent nose bleeding. The steam helps to moist the nasal cavity and prevents it from becoming dry and hence avoids nose bleeding.
- When your nose starts to bleed, elevate your head and try not to bend until the bleeding stops. This posture helps to quickly stop the nose bleeding.
- During summers, make whole-wheat bread as a part of your daily diet. The high amounts of Zinc in it protect the blood vessels in the body.
- Drink plenty of fluids and water in summers to stay hydrated, to prevent the nose from drying out.
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- Bioflavonoids help to stop nose bleeding. As citrus fruits contain bioflavonoids, consume a citrus fruit once in a day.


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1 : the act of converging and especially moving toward union or uniformity; especially : coordinated movement of the two eyes so that the image of a single point is formed on corresponding retinal areas
2 : the state or property of being convergent
3 : independent development of similar characters (as of bodily structure of unrelated organisms or cultural traits) often associated with similarity of habits or environment
4 : the merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole
"Convergence." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.
We're seeing convergence in process, right now, in Oracle's enterprise applications. Some examples:
Simplified UI: Take a look at Simplified UI in Fusion Applications Release 8. Then look again at the Simplified UI recently announced for the E-Business Suite. And then take another look at the new UI for PeopleSoft 9.2. They're all looking and working in a similar fashion. Built on different technologies, to be sure, but providing a similar user experience. Functional design patterns are driving a convergence in the user experience for Oracle's packaged applications.
Continuous Delivery: PeopleSoft uses a continuous delivery model - feature packs developed incrementally, then automatically distributed to end users for review and application in an incremental fashion. Not upgrades, but incremental enhancements of the existing version...which may eventually lead to the end of major upgrade events for PeopleSoft altogether. With online patching as of release 12.2, the E-Business Suite seems headed in the same direction. With Fusion on the cloud as SaaS, moving to a continuous delivery model is not a difficult matter (in fact, short of the branding of new releases and the perception that branding creates, Fusion Applications is already built on a continuous delivery model).
Cloud: The convergence here seems to be one of industry strategy. Commercial industries on cloud, public sector industries on cloud, and the recently announced clouds directed at the higher education space. Oracle is utilizing their basic cloud applications services, then supplementing with additional services built for specific industries. Again, the higher education market is the best example of this: Student Cloud, Higher Education Cloud, and new higher education specific functionality for Fusion Applications.
These are simply the most visible examples of the convergence trend taking place within Oracle's enterprise applications. There are more taking place, and I'm sure the future holds even more. We're barely at the beginning of this trend.
The real question here: what does this mean for the customers? IMHO, it's significant...but each customer will probably come up with different answers. Just some ideas to get the gears turning: co-existence between different Oracle applications with a single, consistent user experience; hybrid platforms running transactions on-premise, but with big data processed on the cloud to provide information through a combination of transactional reporting and embedded analytics; moving from teams supporting major upgrade efforts to small teams engaged in continuous delivery, thus freeing up more resources for important, strategically-oriented work.
That's all I can jam into this post without turning it into an epistle. Hopefully I've left you with your brain cells jiggling about what convergence within Oracle's enterprise applications means to you. Thoughts? Comments? You know what to do.


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Glitter 06
I purchased this polish at a store inside the mall called Glitter. You might or might not have one in your area but anyhoo. The store sells really cheap jewelries and accessories for as low as $1.00. The only thing that I found of interest in that store was this glitter polish. It doesn't have a name but there's a number 06 on the label.
It has chunky hex red glitters, smaller red glitters, and holographic silver bar glitters in a clear base. The base was rather thick yet picks up a fairly good amount of glitters. Like many similar glitters, I had to move them around to distribute them over my nails evenly. The fact that the base was thick made my job a little harder. I think it looks really cool paired with a white nail polish and for some reason on my pictures, the glitters had a bit of orange glow as the light was reflecting on them. It's not as glowy in person but I sure like the effect on the pictures. I want one like this in blue now.
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What a unique glitter! Love it with the white base. There's a Glitter store in my local mall as well, but I've never actually gone in there to look around.ReplyDelete
Valentines day! that's what I thought of right away - fun polish!ReplyDelete
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We are waiting for yet ANOTHER snow storm in New Jersey. It makes the spring seem even further than before so I decided to make my own sunshine.
Starting with an oversized sweat shirt, I trimmed it to fit me better. That gave me the material for my beret! Growing up in Russia, we learned not to waste anything so I don't throw out trimmings in a project. I look for a nice way to use the small pieces. It is not only frugal but challenging and fun.
I combined the fleece from the sweatshirt with a piece of print material to make a decorative emblem. A short piece of lace trim makes a pretty frame and collar accent.
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(The Sports Xchange) - Kyrie Irving has talked for weeks about shaking off the rust since his return from a long injury layoff but the Cavaliers guard moved like a well-oiled machine in Cleveland's 122-100 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday.
Irving scored a season-high 25 points while adding eight assists and six rebounds, and forward LeBron James had 20 points and seven assists while sitting out the fourth quarter on a night when all five Cavs starters scored in double figures.
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Canada's economy added 58,000 jobs in April, a report Friday showed.
Put another way, Canada added almost six times as many jobs last month as economists had expected. See Canada Markets report.
It's not a bounce back because it followed a much bigger-than-expected number in March.
"The strength of the labor market is a stark contrast to the weakness of the job growth in the U.S.,\" said Kathy Lien, director of currency research at GFT. \"Between March and April, a total of 140,000 jobs were added [in Canada], which would be the equivalent of 1.4 million in non-farm payrolls [in the U.S.] ," Lien said.
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Friday Girl Fight: Jade Vs. Power Puff
A recent post at Sexoteric reminded me that the Ultimate Surrender style of naked girlfights is just a recent entry in a long and venerable pornographic tradition:
I expecially enjoy the pre-bout photography. These matches always start out so promising:
Tonight it's Ally Ann (fighting as "Power Puff") versus Tia Ling (fighting as "Jade"). Ally Ann looms over Tia Ling, smiling that corn-fed Nebraska farm-girl smile, but I'm seeing more confidence in Tia's eye's than in Ally's. I've got bad news, Power Puff: This is one project where "little and cute" is not enough to get you what you want. And make no mistake, these are both tiny women in truth, as the fight card shows:
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I was overnight in Pohang recently before my trip to Ulleung Island - 울릉도 - and took the chance to find a local hot spot. After dinner and some drinks with a friend, I headed up to see what this large oncheon had to offer. It was just an overnight with an early morning, but it was a nice one. I'd highly recommend anyone spending time around Bukbu Beach in Pohang to check out this place. It is large, clean, with all the usual amenities for a very usual price.
Unfortunately, they don't have a website and there's very little information on the internet about this spa. I'll leave you with the couple photos I tracked down, directions & a map, and a teensy bit of info.
Pohang Oncheon is North from Bukbu Beach, it's only a short taxi ride, or you can get the bus numbers 108 or 109 from the rest of the city to the south.
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Gyeongsanbuk-do, Pohang, Buk-gu, Jangsung-dong 1518-1
Open 24 Hours
Seems to be 4,000 for adults / 3,000 for children
(I can't remember exactly how much I paid!)
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
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I recently visited this place (thank you for your post!) last weekend, but I came after midnight, so I can't give much feedback. I paid 7,000W (probably because it was after a certain time) and I don't think that included the bathing area (they didn't give me a towel). Make sure you get a shoe locker first (it wasn't just me, other Korean people didn't realize that first too) before going to pay. Since I didn't use the bath area, I explored a little bit but then went to the sleeping area and crashed a bit and then got up, lay in a sauna and then left around 9am. Hope this helps someone hahah And it was an okay place, I liked it well enough at 1am in the morning :)ReplyDelete
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Cannot sleep and epileptic
Hi everyone,
here I am again, unable to sleep. I am epileptic and my neurologist told me long ago, lay in bed for no longer than 20 min. and if not asleep, get up. It apparently is not good for people with epilesy to lay awake in bed trying to fall asleep.
I really stress at night. I am afraid of the dark, as I was hurt in the dark and I am not comfortable in my home due to an intrusion several months ago.
I am out of some of my seizure meds and cannot afford to get them filled so the sleepy effect I get from them is missing too.
You all know me well but due to the personal information in this message, I feel I have to go anonymous for this post. I am sorry.
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First off, vehicle hasn't landed in Canada yet. Currently in Japan in Mark's storage (highly convenient!), and cannot be legally imported until November 2014.
A bit of history. I first started off in JDMVIP looking to import my very own R33 GT-R, however, that was looking to be quite expensive and since school has taken most of my money, I had to look for a cheaper alternative without compromising on quality / performance. After a few months of annoying Mark, he contacted me with an amazing looking car. After looking through the photos, I liked the car more and more until I caved in and decided to reserve it and buy it.
Mark's overall attitude and service is nothing short of amazing. He was very professional and nice throughout the ordeal. At points, I would evaluate my responses to him and I would think to myself that I would have been really mad if I were Mark. But, in the end, Mark never got mad and I am thankful for that.
So onto the car, as stated before, the car is still in Japan so I haven't been able to do any tinkering like many of you have had the chance to (Jealous of you guys).
Manufacture Date: 1999/11 (MY00)
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Mileage: 99000 KMs
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When it lands, I think I'm just going to be driving it 99% stock unless there is something I need to change. First things I want to do is relay the headlights to pass OOP / OPI, and do engine oil change. Maybe even diff fluids. If necessary, tires and brake pads. I honestly don't know what to do other than that so if anyone has any idea, please post what you think I should do.
What I plan to do for the car:
I bought this car for a daily driver. I may change the suspensions depending on how I like the feel of it, however, I do not want to do any modifications really. I'd like to keep the car stock as much as possible. Since I don't want to race in it, I think 279HP is fine. In the future, I may end up getting an OEM 74F (color) V5/V6 STi wing, but I don't want it to be looking too riced out so I will check up on that. I did see someone say on here before: "If it doesn't have a ridiculous wing on it, it ain't an STi". I don't remember who said / had that, but props to you.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
gum-ball evolution...
If we got paid in candy... how many gum-balls would it take to make us happy? My girls would take a candy over a dollar any-day... but I have almost completely lost the lust for sweets. Dark dark chocolate is the only thing that still "works". However, I will always enjoy looking at candy! Love the different packaging, the colors, the shapes. Love the gum-ball machines in the lobbies. They are just such shot of color and fun:)
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- rachellovespeace said...
yummy, those look lovely!
- May 19, 2009 at 10:46 AM
- Northern NY Mom said...
Oh wow...how fun!
- May 19, 2009 at 10:50 AM
these are so gorgeous!
It's a good job the sun has come out here because I was wishing I was in NY earlier! I'm dying to know how it went...Would have been lovely to have a wander round the shows and get some inspiration. Never mind, next year!!
Hope your work is going well. xx
- May 19, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- Tikimama said...
I think my daughters and I feel the same as yours and you! They could eat that sugary stuff all day, but just give me some good chocolate!
I was just thinking how adorable this print would look on kids' bed linens!
- May 19, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- Heather Moore said...
Paid in candy! He he!
- May 19, 2009 at 1:47 PM
- Emily Harris said...
Oh My! I love this one! The black and the white gum balls were my favorites-this pattern is so, so fun!
- May 19, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- s a n s k u :) said...
I so wish chocolate and salty licorice wouldn't have such a strong hold on me. I can't get enough and it shows.
Gum ball machines are fun even though they don't tempt me. Nice to look at though.
- May 19, 2009 at 5:24 PM
- Estelle said...
Oh, I love these designs. Literal eye candy.
- May 19, 2009 at 5:30 PM
- one creative girl said...
HI! was so happy to find your blog and website - you are an incredibly creative artist - so inspiring. I am going to mention you on my blog so my friends can see all the coolness that is your art. wow. - melissa
- May 19, 2009 at 8:39 PM
- oldkitty said...
love these!
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Plugs of Muscle
Joanna Kavenna
- A Friend of the Earth by T.C. Boyle
Bloomsbury, 275 pp, £15.99, October 2000, ISBN 0 7475 4753 X
The point at which the consequences of global warming will become inescapable is often placed around 2050. By then the world's present population will, according to some estimates, have doubled. T.C. Boyle, in his new, provocative novel, A Friend of the Earth, brings Doomsday forward to 2025. It matters little what the oil-powered President does now, Boyle suggests: time has run out – no further preaching and petitioning can undo the devastation. The recklessness of corporations, the cowardice of governments, the myopia of the general public have ruined the planet. A Friend of the Earth skitters between the crucial 'last chance' decades in Boyle's doom-teleology – the 1980s and 1990s – and 2025, when the former deserts of California have been freak-weathered into swamps, traffic inches along over-burdened freeways and the bedraggled remnants of the Earth's wildlife have been repatriated from their now inhospitable natural habitats to the safari park of an ageing pop star millionaire, Maclovio Pulchris.
Our Tiresias of the global meltdown is Tyrone Tierwater, Boyle's artificially regenerated 75-year-old narrator-malcontent, who is spending the apocalypse in a leaking shed in Pulchris's park. 'The whole world's a comic strip now,' mutters Tierwater – a particularly grim, 2000 ad meets Marge Piercy comic strip. Where once there was open country, bobcats, mule deer, rabbits, quails, foxes, now there are condos: 'grey wet canyons of them', housing weird-eyed 'criminals. Meat eaters. Skin-cancer patients'. The super rich are 'computer repairmen, movie people, pop stars'. Rocket is grown under the cover of immense domes; the only fish is farm-grown sushi tilapia. There are 'eleven and a half billion people on the earth … sixty million of them right here in California'. The US West Coast has been afflicted with a vicious Mucosa plague – a malady reminiscent of the encephalitis which has sent insecticide helicopters whirring above New York for the last two summers. Air-conditioning, the American addiction to perfect frigidity, has been outlawed. Despite floods, winds, thunder and lightning, hail, the population of the US remains fixated on celebrity-goggling and the accumulation of fashionable debris.
T.C. Boyle is part East Coast acerbic, part Californian flower-guru. In youth, he took the Burroughs-tour from a childhood in the 'vestigial woods of suburban Westchester', through fixations on Huxley, Orwell, Salinger and Kerouac, into drop-out drug addiction and subsequently dragged himself out of smack-bohemia, settling into a PhD in Victorian poetry. He has been publishing novels since the early 1980s, and is now a member of the English Department at the University of Southern California. Yet he still mistrusts the orthodoxies of middle-class liberalism. In The Tortilla Curtain (1995), he angles ambiguous glances towards both the Californian Wasp communities who are robbed by Mexican immigrants and the illegal immigrants themselves. The 'liberal-agnostics' in the earlier novel are represented by Delaney Mossbacher, a nature writer, and his wife, real estate agent Kyra Menaker-Mossbacher, who live on a luxury housing estate 'in nature'. When illegal Mexican immigrants steal the Mossbachers' garden furniture and coyotes savage their pets they lose their tolerance for nature and the impoverished, and take to building fences and snarling at the sound of Spanish. There's nobody very admirable in The Tortilla Curtain; the immigrants are feral and destroyed, the middle classes nervy and selfish.
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This is the fangirl speaking. I am currently possessing the author. I am very sorry she is now in a deep slumber…nah, I'm only kidding xD bring on Uraboku!
Name: Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru aka Uraboku
Japanese Name: 裏切りは僕の名前を知っている
Air Date: April 11 2010 – September 19 2010
Studio: J.C. Staff
Episodes: 24
Yuki Sakurai is an orphan with a mysterious ability. Found near the fence of his current home – the Asahi Orphanage – Yuki strives for independence. The last thing he wants is to be a burden on anybody. His ability makes this nearly impossible, however; whenever he touches someone, he feels their emotions and can see the darkness within their hearts and exactly what caused such darkness. Unable to control his ability, Yuki has often made insensitive blunders while trying to empathize with the person he feels pain for. Now however, with death threats clouding his judgement and his ability increasing immensely, what will happen when a man claiming to be Yuki's older brother appears?
This series is full of famous voice actors as well as loads of bishounens. *Mentally preparing for a bishie fest.* I mean, have you seen the official images yet? They're like eye candy, especially Shuusei. I'm going for him since I have a fetish for most characters voiced by Mamoru Miyano. And plus, Shuusei is a little cutie!
The manga is ongoing and I'm saving up to buy the manga volumes. It's £12.99 for each volume which I think is rather pricey. I mean, I normally get my manga for £6.99 so that's a huge difference in prices. It doesn't help that Uraboku has roughly the same amount of pages that the manga I buy have. Weird right? I might have to send a complaint and casually mention my distaste for the higher prices. Is that too much to ask?
First Impressions
Mamoru Miyano as Shuusei Usui.
Takahiro Sakurai as Luka Crosszeria.
Akira Ishida as Kanata Wakamiya.
Jun Fukuyama as Tsukumo Murasame.
Daisuke Ono as Hotsuma Renjou.
Takehito Koyasu as Takashiro Giou.
*Faints from too much fangirling.*
It's just too much. God must of answered my prayers! Most of my favourite voice actors star in this…thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! You can imagine how happy I was when I found out xD my poor parents have to go through this nearly everyday when I watch anime LOL. But when Kanata Wakamiya appeared on my screen, I literally died inside. All of the male characters are hot…with the exception of Yuki, he's quite cute but not the guy I would usually go for!
I've heard mixed reviews about Uraboku so I'm quite worried. Let's hope that this won't let me down!
Midway Impressions
Tsukumo looks like Zero from Vampire Knight it's the silver hair that does it. I'm a sucker for hot guys with unusual hair colours. Not forgetting blonde haired ouji-samas ~ *Thinks of Aoi Kaji straight away…hmmm* ehh?! \(//∇//)\ !!! I'm sorry, going a little off topic here xD I like Tsukumo a lot. He's so laid back and relaxed plus his love of snacks is just too adorable.
Zero look- a -like? Just much kinder \(^o^)/
Uraboku has a serious tone so I am actually paying attention to what happens otherwise I may miss something important and then get confused later on. The music helped show how serious the series is so I know what mood the series is trying to give off. A very gothic series like Vampire Knight!
I like Luka. Correction…I FREAKING LOVE HIM! Powerful, dark, mysterious and sexy, he's got the whole package deal! Luka is so devoted to Yuki that he's actually willing to go as far as dying for him. I'm a huge fan of these sorts of plots! If a guy was willing to do that for me, then I'd be touched. His voice though, is to die for and this has to be the hottest thing he says throughout the whole series:
Luka: "Only I know your pain…your uncertainty…your loneliness".
"If only we could be together forever. I'll say it as many times as you wish".
"I will not betray you".
The look in his eyes reveals his pain 。・゜・(ノД`)・゜・。
Ahhh, Luka! Why you look so sad? His voice is so seductive, I was frozen stiff because I've never heard a voice that SEXY before ~apart from Mamoru-san of course (๑´ლ`๑) I love you Mamoru! No jokes though, I was drooling when I heard Takahiro Sakurai's voice…seriously, there was literally a puddle of drool where I was sitting! My apologies go towards my sister who had to clean it up xD but this is the first time I've been introduced to the man that is Takahiro Sakurai. I'm being honest here! I've never watched an anime with him voicing one of the characters so this is the first. Pretty good introduction there!
Hotsuma and Shuusei are cute together \(^o^)/ they bicker and have their problems but that's what makes their bond even stronger ❤ these two probably have one of the best relationships in the whole series! I sense a hint of yaoi here but oh well! I read somewhere that in his previous life, Shuusei was actually a girl and was happily married to Hotsuma. I'll have to read the manga then to find out if this is true or not! These two are perfect together, it's unbelievable. They've suffered through a lot but they get through everything together. They're always there for each other which is what I like about their bond.
Akira Ishida's character, Kanata Wakamiya, made a slightly predictable revelation in the middle of the series. Kanata is actually Reiga Giou's human incarnation. Reiga is the enemy of the Giou clan therefore he is enemies with his childhood friend Yuki. I had a hunch that he would be an enemy because of the book he had in his room in one of the first episodes. It was fairly obvious and easy to figure it out. You don't have to be a genius to solve it! He's still pretty hot though!
Overall Opinions
Uraboku gets off to a serious start delving into heavy subjects such as orphans, parental abuse, troubled pasts, death threats and world destruction. An impressive start to the series and it made me wonder why so many sinister things are happening around the most innocent person ever – Yuki.
Yuki is a soft-spoken and mature boy who helps take care of children in an orphanage that he grew up in, and he often hangs out with his childhood friend, Kanata. The peaceful days don't last forever though as the Duras begin to stir activities nearby whilst a friend engages in more odd, secretive behavior. Furthermore, Yuki has these powers that suddenly awaken and begin to cause problems. After a chain of events, he meets a mysterious man named Luka who claims to be his protector, followed by members of the Zweilt Guardians, and the head of the Giou Clan who tells Yuki that he is his half-brother and would like to take him away. So the group end up taking him to the Twilight Mansion, and he comes to learn about the Zweilt Guardians and their shared destiny.
Luka is a powerful duras fighting on the protagonist's side, and it's obvious that he is very attracted to Yuki. Most of the time, he is standing around quietly with a deadpan expression and mostly observes. While he doesn't seem to be that interactive and sociable initially, he gradually gets more involved with the other characters. In addition to that, he has an ancient love story that he is hiding from Yuki, and it eventually becomes a concern and interest to him.
However, the ending was lacking. Most series are like this now where they leave you asking yourself how the series will really end and how they should end. It got on my nerves so much that I nearly whacked my head against my bed just so I could unsee it ( ಠ_ಠ )
Although Uraboku as been categorised as shounen-ai (yaoi), there are no obvious indications that this is a shounen-ai series. Yes the male characters are close but they could be interpreted as best friends rather than lovers. I was coming into this expecting something along the lines of popular yaoi series such as Gravitation or Junjou Romantica but there wasn't anything along those lines in Uraboku. I never saw any obvious indication of yaoi, like kissing for example. They are really close though so I'm wondering…
The villains were clichéd. I don't know why, they just were. I guess they weren't being proper villains. Most of the time, I was going Σ(゚д゚lll)whenever they appeared in front of Yuki, Luka and the Zweilt Guardians! They weren't doing their jobs properly and they didn't seem threatening enough to be classed as proper villains. The only one who managed to scare the living daylights out of me was the red haired one who's name I can't remember well. Casanova I think it was? Anyway, I thought villains were meant to be scary but these guys are not.
How adorable! Shuusei, you're too handsome ❤
Speaking about the Zweilts, they're too attached to Yuki and they constantly worry about him…let the poor guy have some space! They're a bit melodramatic and sentimental at times too. It kind of got on my nerves (´・_・`) but they all had detailed backgrounds, the characterisations were very well done as they have distinct personalities and a strong fighting morale. They rarely ever hesitate in battle and emphasize on working as a team. Their close relationships give off a charm as they become very likeable characters ❤
SPOILER: Yuki is 'Kami no Hikari' lit. 'Gods Light'. The battle between the Giou family and Reiga has been going on for thousands of years now so the Zweilts end up being reincarnated whenever they die so that they can continue to fight. Yuki was a girl in his previous life and also Luka's lover. However, when she was reincarnated she was reborn as a boy instead if a girl. The mysterious thing is, no one knows why Yuki is a boy. One possible theory is that the previous Yuki wishes for the fighting to end.
Luka has a younger brother he's only shown in the last episode. I was not happy…more screen time is needed for the younger brother! He's just as hot as Luka ヽ(*´ー`*)ノ
The original soundtrack was epic. Everything from the opening and ending (sung by Rayflower) to the battle music and slow music. During major battles, the tunes are orchestral, enchanting, and dark; strongly emphasizing the dark theme that Uraboku gives off. It was all enchanting and melodic so it suited Uraboku and it's dark themes really well!
Overall, a good series. Uraboku's plot lacked originality and the villains weren't…good villains but the likeable, well-developed cast of visually appealing characters, colourful action, dark undertones and an epic soundtrack totally make up for this. I would definitely watch this again –
mainly because of Shuusei and Luka, they're too gorgeous and smexy!


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Chapter 1 The Wrong Door
1. Where is Digory's father?
(a) In India
(b) In the country house
(c) He is in prison
(d) He has died
2. Which of the following does Polly not keep in the "smugglers' cave"?
(a) Ginger beer
(b) Apples
(c) A story she is writing
(d) A store of toffee
3. What do the children use to see where they are in the tunnel?
(a) Candles
(b) Nothing - they feel their way in the dark
(c) Flashlights
(d) Lanterns
4. What season is it when Digory and Polly decide to explore the houses?
(a) Spring
(b) Fall/Autumn
(c) Summer
(d) Winter
5. Which piece of scientific equipment is on Uncle Andrew's desk?
(a) A bunsen burner
(b) An alembic
(c) A telescope
(d) A microscope
6. What color are the rings
(a) Green and yellow
(b) Black and white
(c) Red and yellow
(d) Green and blue
7. What would Polly call Aunt Letty?
(a) Miss Ketterley
(b) Mrs Ketterley
(c) Miss Letitia
(d) Miss Letty
8. What unsettling thing does Digory hear one night coming from the attic?
(a) A weird flashing light
(b) A peculiar smell
(c) A strange humming sound
(d) A yell
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...living the reality of a "retired" person, which means I work harder than ever at being a writer, lurching from one deadline to another.
About Me
- Glenda Larke
- Australia
- My life was described by one of my editors as "impossibly exotic" – although really it was not my life, but me, that was the exotic, the uprooted plant, the one who didn't belong, always living in someone else's backyard...
Now I am back in Australia, the returning native learning to live where I was born. Writer, traveler, environmentalist. Author of The Isles of Glory trilogy (The Aware, Gilfeather, The Tainted); The Mirage Makers trilogy (Heart of the Mirage, Shadow of Tyr, Song of the Shiver Barrens); The Stormlord trilogy The Last Stormlord, Stormlord Rising, Stormlord's Exile, and writing as Glenda Noramly, a stand-alone book Havenstar.
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Thursday, November 04, 2010
Live in the UK? This is the day!
That's right. You can now go out and buy it! Right this minute! You can read it over the weekend. And post an Amazon review, or something.
(Do I sound desperate to know what you thought? How did you guess?)
Oh, and look - on the back of the book there is a tiny sneek preview of what the cover of Stormlord's Exile looks like...
6 comments:
- Jo said...
I don't care what the cover looks like, where's the book? I know, I know!!! I am surprised your daughter hasn't read the book yet, I could have lent her my copy. On the other hand, I would have thought you would send your kids a freebie. You know I liked the book, I have mentioned it once or twice.
Seriously, is there a publishing date for Exile yet?
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- Glenda Larke said...
- 5:24 pm
I just wanted to say that the first book I read that you wrote was Stormlord Rising. I purchased it when The Last Stormlord came out in the US. I absolutely loved both books and wanted to read more that you wrote. B&N didn't have anything I could get, so I purchased the Isles of Glory series from various places on the internet. I just finished The Tainted (literally like 5 minutes ago) and am already trying to find more books I can read that you have written. Your books are fabulous and I can't wait to read more. Keep up the good work! p.s. can't wait till august...
- 10:10 am
So, since November 3 (UK release date if remember correctly(I stay in SA))I have been hounding my local book shops, and at last, yesterday I got my hands on Stormlord Rising. My Christmas sorted! Amped!
- 5:03 pm
When is book 3 coming out? Please let us know!
- 4:53 am
- Glenda Larke said...
Hope Stormlord Rising meets expectations! I have just completed the copy edit for Stomrlord's Exile, and it goes into production in the new year. Publication date in Australia, UK and US is the same - beginning of August 2011.
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