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They had explored every avenue, and it seemed that murder was their only salvation.
Reggie and Midge, genteel husband and wife who live in what was the family's more or less stately home, are now the reluctant managers of Chortlesby Manor Hotel, an English country inn of no particular distinction. But even this transformation will not solve their financial problems. The possibility of succor comes instead in a transatlantic phone call from Midge's old classmate, Victoria, who is arranging "mystery tours" of the English countryside for American visitors and wants to use Chortlesby Manor as one of the locales of her staged murders.
From the beginning, the mystery tour project is heading for disaster. Dissension, complaints, and shows of temperament abound. These are upstaged, however, by a snowstorm of paralyzing amplitude, which in turn is upstaged when a real murder takes front and center.
As a killer stalks this group of amateur sleuths on holiday, solving murders is no longer fun and games. Too many guests are checking out early from this eerie old English mansion. They're not settling their bills - or leaving enough useful clues.
©1985, 1987 Marian Babson (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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"A Traditional English Mystery"
If you like traditional English murder mysteries, then you should get this book. The story takes place at a manor house turned hotel. In order to save the family home, Midge and her husband Reggie, begin hosting a series of murder weekends for people from the states. The story starts off slow, but picks up after the characters are developed. Babson does a very good job recreating the 1930's golden age of mystery. As I listened to the story I completely forgot that the story takes place in modern times.
What I don't like about the story is how everything gets wrapped quickly and conveniently at the end of the story. I also felt like there were some things that didn't get solved. I don't want to give away the story so I won't go into detail. However, after reading this story, I might read a classic mystery instead of my usual contemporary cozy mystery.
"Written in the 1980's-unbelievable,confusing"
Because this is an Audible book meant to be heard, not read, the multiple characters, many of whom are playing a different character become muddled together. The sole narrator did his best, I suppose, but his female characters sounded similar to each other. The story line is preposterous, ponderous and the only sympathetic character in the book was the house cat. Please don't waste your time on this book. I wasted 6 hours of my life on it. don't make that mistake.
"Try to Find Someone that's Likable."
Everyone in the hotel is always complaining, the guests are always complaining and eventually I didn't care enough about anyone to finish the book.
"Great Golden Age homage"
if you love cozies you'll love this one ! a la Murder at Hazelmoor or The Mousetrap. Very entertaining.
"Give it a chance."
I made the mistake of listening to the bad reviews on this book and avoided buying it for quite some time. This book is not about the murder mystery, but listening to a cozy, enjoyable story about some folks that paid for a mystery weekend. The other reviews mainly complained about the boredom they experienced while listening to the characters drone on about nothing. I do not feel like it was for nothing; I was being immersed in their world and felt at home in it. By the end I could care less who did it (which was predictable) and was sad that this experience would end. Writing wasn't amazing, but most cozies aren't equal to Agatha Christie or Ngaio Marsh.
"Mystery Tour feels like your there!"
Wonderful idea for a murder game circa 1930's. In one of England's stately homes. It's great fun until real murders start. All murders are solved. See if u are able to follow clues or red herrings. And a snowstorm isolates the group with a murderer or two ??
"No 2nd book? The last chapter leaves you hanging"
I REALLY enjoyed this book.
No, I would have it I didn't have to go back a few times and listen to the chapter over again. Some of it can get confusing with all the characters if you're not really paying attention to what is going on, but I enjoyed it so much I didn't mind we relistening to chapters.
I enjoyed this book BUT it has no ending...something very suspicious happens and the author just leave you hanging.... I looked to see if there was a sequel and there's nothing there's no other books or a series its just a standalone book and it doesn't end it just kind a like stops...
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Once you have seen a movie it becomes almost impossible to see any other actors starring in it. When movies are made though, roles were not always initially offered to the star you see on the silver screen. A lot of actors turn down roles. For some movies this is a good decision (as Halle Berry turned down Gigli for example), but there some movies that became big hits and they might have been scratching their heads when they saw so.
Can you imagine the following actors starring in these movies?
The part : Butch
Who got the role : Bruce Willis
Originally offered to : Mickey Rourke
When you think of Butch in Pulp Fiction the first thing I think of is Bruce Willis saying "Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead". His role as boxer who decides to win his match which he was supposed to lose was originally offered to Mickey Rourke. It would have been a fitting role as Rourke was an avid boxer who stopped acting to pursue a career as professional boxer. The reason he turned it down? He wanted to keep boxing instead of doing it in a movie.
The part : Vincent Vega
Who got the role : John Travolta
Originally offered to : Michael Madsen
Having appeared in Reservoir dogs as Vic Vega, Michael Madsen was supposed to reprise his role in Pulp Fiction. Unfortunately he wasn't able to do his role as he was busy with Wyatt Earp. The role was then given to Travolta and the name of the character was changed to Vincent.
The part : Dr.Grant
Who got the role : Sam Neill
Originally offered to : Harrison Ford/Kurt Russell/William Hurt
It's a long list of actors that were not interested in playing the leading role in Spielbergs dinosaur movie. Harrison Ford turned it down, probably because he didn't want to play another doctor. Kurt Russell turned it down due to his salary demands and William Hurt didn't even read the script before saying no to it. It might not have been the most iconic role, but I would have loved to see Kurt Russell doing this.
The part : Morpheus
Who got the role : Laurence Fishburne
Originally offered to : Russel Crowe
I can imagine why actors would have turned this one down as the Wachowskis weren't big directors yet and the concept would probably be very hard to imagine. Crowe read the script but couldn't understand it and passed on it. He's not the only one though…
The part : Unknown (but possibly The Architect)
Who got the role : Helmut Bakaitis
Originally offered to : Sean Connery
Connery also turned down a role in the film as he said he couldn't understand the script.
The part : Agent Smith
Who got the role : Hugo Weaving
Originally offered to : Jean Reno
For this role I couldn't imagine anyone else but Hugo Weaving doing it. He acted as a machine (which in this case is a compliment) and was a real menace. Reno would have probably been able to do it as well, but declined as he didn't feel like leaving France for a couple of months to shoot in Australia. He took a role in Godzilla instead.
The movie : The Matrix
The part : Neo
Who got the role : Keanu Reeves
Originally offered to : Will Smith
It's amazing how many actors turned down roles for this movie. Will Smith was also one of them. Can you imagine him playing Neo? Somehow this role fit Keanu perfectly I think.
The movie : Apollo 13
The part : unknown
Offered to : Brad Pitt
Who got the role : Unknown
Unfortunately not a lot of details are known about this, but I am very happy that Pitt did turn down this role. Although Apollo 13 is a very good movie, the movie he decided to do instead was Se7en.
The part : Gandalf
Who got the role : Ian McKellen
Offered to : Sean Connery
After The Matrix Connery also turned down the role of Gandalf, the wizard who helps the hobbits in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He thought appearing in a fantasy film would hurt his reputation. He later stated that after turning down both The Matrix and Lord of the Rings he decided to say yes to The League of Extraordinary Gentleman although he didn't understand that project either.
Could you imagine these actors doing those roles? Do you know any other interesting ones? Leave a comment!
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Posted by PhilC on January 07, 2013 at 14:21:25 from (126.96.36.199):
In Reply to: Can't lower lift arms on my 801 posted by PhilC on January 07, 2013 at 13:34:31:
Temp outside was about 32° when I pulled the tractor out of the shop (52° inside). Any shortcuts to freeing the unloader valve or do I just bite the bullet and pull the topdeck?Sure wish I could have gotten the back blade on the arms, I think the weight would have put enough pressure on the system to free it up. My 170lbs hopping on the arms just wasn't enough. :lol:
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This page contains links to photos of my '79 Corvette that someone who is restoring one of these might find useful. The car was kept in stock condition throughout its life. Many of the images were taken when the car was only a month old. The pictures include wide-angle shots of the car as well as closeups of various components. These weren't originally inteded as documentation of what a factory original '79 looked like but hopefully there is enough detail to help someone out.
Overall views: Wide-angle shots showing the complete car from different angles.
Interior: Closeups where you can see the seats, dashboard and instruments. Includes a couple of shots with the console and dash dismantled.
Engine and mechanical: One shot of the engine when brand new, a poor shot of the underside of the hood plus an odd shot of the rear suspension, part of the exhaust system and a cat.
Emblems and exterior details: Closeups of a couple of the emblems, the grille and an aluminum wheel.
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Arsenal Tranfser News: Gunner's Hesitation May Cost Them M'vilaAugust 29, 2012
In what has been one of the most bi-polar summers of transfers in the history of Arsenal football club, it appears the excitement just never ends.
Having seen their best two players from last season, Alex Song and Robin van Persie, both move away from the Emirates, one could be forgiven for thinking that this has been a disastrous summer for Arsene Wenger and company.
However, the addition of Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud and Lukas Podolski has balanced out the flow of comings and goings at Arsenal, meaning that the Gunners may shockingly somehow be in a better position in terms of star power than at the end of the 2011-12 season.
However, one lingering issue that has plagued Arsenal for nearly a decade now, is their failure to seriously replace the great Patrick Vieira in the centre of their midfield.
When the Frenchman left the club to play for Italian giants Juventus, a part of Arsenal seemed to fade away.
No longer were they the stalwart team who could keep clean sheet after clean sheet year upon year.
Instead a new generation of football began, with the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and RVP turning the Gunners into one of the most offensively powerful sides in Premier League history.
Those players have now all gone, but their respective replacements have managed to maintain that same passion and dominance going forward.
Many argue that if the fabled "second Vieira" was eventually found, then Arsenal could once again rise to the top of the English League and reclaim their title as champions of England.
Finally, it seemed as though they might have found that very man in the shape of France and Rennes defensive midfielder, Yann M'vila.
However, shockingly, as The Daily Mail reports, Arsenal are still yet to lodge a bid, or even make significant contact with the French club over the 22-year-old's signature.
Many Arsenal fans will see no problem with this.
After all, the transfer window stays open for another three days, and it certainly is not uncommon to see many big name players being brought in in the final few hours of the summer period.
But the news of Arsenal's current lack of action is not all The Mail is reporting.
For quite some time it has seemed apparent that it would very much be a two horse race between bitter rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur to acquire M'vila's services.
But with the likelihood that Manchester City player, Nigel De Jong, will be moving away from the club come Friday, the current English Champions may now also be entering into the race for the Frenchman.
The transfer would seem a somewhat unnecessary one on City's part at the surface of things, with Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure currently holding the top slot not just at City, but as one of the best central midfielder's in the world right now.
The move for M'vila from the Sky Blues would very much tie in with their theme for the summer though. Buying players in their early twenties to prepare for the future.
Already Jack Rodwell has joined the club, and it seems as though Scott Sinclair may also be on his way out of Swansea and to the Etihad.
Arsenal are going to have a fight on their hands if they want to ensure Yann does end up playing in the red and white of the Gunners next season.
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Solving problems: LRF support
When I have a bit more time, I'll post a video, but I just couldn't locate mechanically fastening LRF's to the specs I need. So I drew up a concept on some paper, redrew it in illustrator, exported it to dxf, imported it to sheetcam, and cut a casting mold. I used the smooth-on shore hardness 40 silicone since I've decided it's too tough to work with for my buttons… Turned out pretty good! Maybe a little too tall. But it will be easy enough to slice off this mold and try again. I'm loving the time from concept to iteration. Very fast!! And I'm not committed to hundreds of failed designs. Just a couple few. I'll even use these for experimental projects.


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City directories can be very useful tools for genealogical research. They are alphabetically arranged making them easy to use, they are usually compiled each year, and they take care to capture all households of the city.
Because these directories were created more for business use, the creators took care to be exact with name spellings, middle initials, addresses, etc because they needed to be able to distinguish between their customers.
Check out some of these Durham based city and business directories below:
Branson's North Carolina Business Directories (1867-1896)
This historical directory is organized alphabetically by county and gives information on the county, names of the towns and post offices, county and town officers and magistrates, churches, ministers, hotels, lawyers, manufacturers, tradesmen, mines, mills, newspapers, merchants, schools, physicians, farmers, teachers, and so on. It also contains a list of railroads and an index to advertisements found throughout the book.
This is a great source for locating your ancestors and learning about what they did for occupations and for getting a good picture of the kinds of things that were happening around town during that time period.
These books are fully searchable and several have already been digitized by UNC and uploaded to the internet archives website.
Chataigne's Raleigh City Directory (1875-1876)
This source contains a general directory of the Citizens of Raleigh in addition to a complete Business Directory of the Cities of Raleigh, Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro', Newbern and Wilmington.
Branson's Directory of the Business and Citizens of Durham City (1887)
City directory of citizens indexed by last name.
Also includes a classified directory by trade, including tailors, teachers, farmers, printers, painters, milliners, grocers, druggists, dressmakers, butchers, clerks, etc, and a list of farmers by town. This book is fully searchable.
Turner and Company's Durham Directory (1889-1890)
A general directory of the citizens of Durham city with the White and Colored population seperated in different parts of the book. Also includes a business directory and a farmers list.
Ramsey's Durham Directory (1892)
Contains the name, occupation, street and number of Durham citizens, separated into Whites and Coloreds.
Includes business listing and advertisement index.
Mangum's Directory of Durham and Suburbs (1897)
Including citizens of East Durham, West Durham, North Durham, Trinty College, Brookstown, and Hayti, as well as business directory.
Includes photographs of buildings and prominant citizens of Durham as well as a historical sketch from 1881 when the county was first formed to the present day of 1897.
Adams' Directory of Greater Durham (1902)
Published by Samuel L. Adams. Contains the name, occupation, street and number of all the citizens of greater Durham over the age of sixteen. Also includes a business and miscellaneous directory alphabetically arranged.
Citizen directory is divided by Whites and Coloreds of Durham, East Durham, West Durham, and Durham Suburbs.
Hill's Durham City Directories (1903-1923)
Durham City Directory published by Hill Directory Company containing a general and business directory, guide to the streets of Durham, and other useful miscellaneous information. These books are fully searchable.
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Seeman's Durham Directory (1911-1912)
Published by the Seeman Printery, this book lists the citizens of the towns of Durham separated by Whites and Coloreds. Includes a guide to Durham streets. Mostly citizen only directory with small list of major business like schools, churches, banks, post offices and hospitals.
History of the town of Durham, N. C., embracing biographical sketches and engravings of leading business men, and a carefully compiled business directory of Durham, to which is annexed a compilation of useful information in relation to the cultivation, curing and manufacture of tobacco in North Carolina and Virginia, by Hiram V. Paul (1884)
This book's main focus is on the tobacco industry of Durham.
It does cover biographical sketches of several of Durham's prominant citizens such as Julian S. Carr, William T. Blackwell, Washington Duke, John R. Green, Caleb B. Green, Bartholomew Fuller, Thomas D. Jones, J. S. Lockhart, William Mangum, Eugene Morehead, D. C. Parrish, E. J. Parrish, James Southgate, Webb & Kramer, and J. B. Whitaker. Sketches include photographs of the gentlemen as well as their autographs.
The last part of the book lists the names of major tradesmen by trade. There is a table of contents, but no index. This book is fully searchable.


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Really, the Corona and Victoria grinders are virtually identical, both of them being made by Corona, in Columbia, South America. The biggest difference between these two grinders is the Victoria costs an extra $20.00. All the important parts come from the same mold.I really have nothing good to say about these grinders. On the first grind with the burrs set as tightly as I could set them and still be able to crank the handle, the grinder barely cracked the wheat. In fact, a few kernels were still whole. On the second run, the grinder broke the wheat down a little further to the point of cracked wheat. Running the cracked wheat through more times didn't improve the grind. I've read posts on the different forums from people who say they have made bread from the wheat they ground in a Corona. Me, I'd really like to see what that pitiful bread must have looked like. It had to be as heavy as a rock.
This grinder can not be mounted on your kitchen counter like all the other grinders in the study. This is because there are protruding ridges on the bottom of the mount that are designed to sink down into the soft wood of a board. I mounted it to a 2X8 for the grinding test and the mount did hold it very securely to the board. While I was tightening the clamp, I got a hammer and tapped rather heavily on the mount, trying to set the ridges down into the board. On the first strike of the hammer I broke a corner off the mount. I didn't hit it that hard! The frame of the Corona is made of cast iron, and not particularly good of cast iron.
The Corona has a thin plating on the outside which is probably chrome. This plating is also on the burr faces and worm feed. This is a real problem because the cracked wheat that comes out of the grinder has an occasional metal flake in it. The chrome may very well be a recent improvement to keep the grinder from rusting. In doing my research, I talked with a lady whose father sold hundreds of these things several years ago. She said she remembers seeing dozens of Coronas in the back room rusting away.
The Corona wasn't made for grinding wheat, even though hundreds of them have been sold for this purpose. They were made to grind field corn. It's amazing how many of these grinders can be found. They have been sold all over North and South America for at least the last 30 years.
The Corona Grinder pushed those 10 cups of wheat through the grinder in about 5 minutes. The problem, as I've already pointed out, was that it didn't grind it. Because of this, I've put N/A (Not Applicable) in the Corona's columns for efficiency in the Grinder Performance Table. It's impossible to compare the efficiency of a grinder that won't do what the other grinders accomplish.


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It's a protest. It's a love story. Padua Playwrights heats up Hollywood with the world premiere of the latest comic meditation from legendary poet-playwright Murray Mednick. In his newest work, Mednick experiments with archetypes in a darkly funny exploration of human nature and the processes of theater. Gary, a down-on-his-luck actor, finds himself at a nightmarish audition where we, the audience, discover the magical ability of theater to create new realities.
Segueing directly into a darkly funny and "improvised" play-within-a-play—a love story in the tradition of Edward Albee's Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Wallace Shawn's Marie and Bruce, and Mednick's own Joe and Betty—The Fool and The Red Queen, like all the playwright's work, is driven by poetic impulse rather than by linear story-telling. "As Murray Mednick experiments with language… he is emblematic of a Los Angeles dramatic tradition in much the same way that Clifford Odets is identifiable with Gotham or David Mamet with Chicago," – Variety.
The Fool and the Red Queen opens on Saturday, May 19. Performances take place on Fridays and Saturdays @ 8pm and Sundays @ 7pm through June 24. Tickets are $25. Lounge Theatre, 6201 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038; 323-960-7740; www.plays411.com/RedQueen
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Welcome to the First Semester Project website for "Technology Through The Ages." This project will involve individual research, analysis, teamwork, technology, design skills, and communication, and will involve several steps over the entire semester. The goals for this project are that each student will:
* Note - For this research project, an "invention" is defined as:
"A new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation. Some inventions are based on pre-existing forms, compositions, processes or ideas. Other inventions are radical breakthroughs which may extend the boundaries of human knowledge or experience."
Project Steps
1st Step:
Each student will be assigned to a specific historical period and team, and will research his or her historical period on internet and in print, analyzing sources for academic validity. Students will need to bring a list of at least 5 inventions, gathered from at least 3 separate academic sources, along with a brief description of each invention that explains WHY that invention was "important" to their assigned time period or civilization.
2nd Step:
Students from all schools will meet their teammates at the Kickoff Field Trip to brainstorm all important inventions from their assigned historical period, and to decide on the most important technological developments to feature on a website. Students will also determine individual responsibilities for the team portion of the project at the Kickoff Field Trip, and will review information on determining the validity of sources.
3rd Step:
Each student will write begin the writing process for an individual academic paper of at least 1200 words, not counting their "Works Cited" page. The paper must support their choice for the most important invention from their assigned historical period. Students must write an outline and a rough draft for submission prior to writing the final paper. Note: See "Project Dates" on the Navigation Bar at left for important paper dates! Students must submit their rough draft through www.turnitin.com.
4th Step:
Individual research papers submitted to classroom teacher through www.turnitin.com.
5th Step:
Teams of students will meet for to begin to develop their website according to roles established in their group contract. See "Due Dates" on the Navigation Bar at left for important team dates.
6th Step:
Students will provide feedback to their own group and to other project groups on their websites so far. Teachers will also provide feedback to groups. Groups will revise and improve websites as needed.
7th Step:
Groups will submit their final website for grading. Grading will be done on both an individual and group basis.
Please check "Project Dates" and "Grading" in the Navigation Bar at left for more specific information on expectations for the First Semester Project.


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Oh my gosh you two are so cute, and I love your story, such faith! Praying for your happy future!
Hello, guys. I am not new a member here... but I didnt open it for a very long time because of some reason.
But just want to share my first LDR meeting experience... by posting a link in here (the link of my LDR blogsite)
but I really dont know if it is ok to post a blog post in here. if it is not, let me know please by a message. thank you.
but yeah.. here's my story.
I am a filipina and my now-fiance is from Puerto Rico. We met online and fell madly deeply inlove to each other. He visited me last December 26, 2016 and spent 2 weeks together. It was the best 2 weeks of my life... and I will be so happy to share to you our love story.
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Oh my gosh you two are so cute, and I love your story, such faith! Praying for your happy future!
First Met Online: April 2016
Started Going Out: September 18, 2016
First Meeting: Jan 11-18, 2017
Second Meeting: March 9-19, 2017
Thank you so much Whats your first meeting story?
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Just Look AroundOf course looking and seeing are not the same. But because I do believe in God I see His creations everywhere. In living nature it is sometimes just the pure beauty I see with my eyes and with my mind I realize that these things are made up of atoms and complex molecules. With inanimate ob
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Happy Titty Tuesday, Readers! I'm feeling feisty. This is going to be a multiple part story and honestly I don't know how long I can wait to write the next chapter. Stay tuned, I may surprise you 🙂
I'm not sure how I got roped into this, but I'm going to do my best to enjoy it. My friend got tickets to a "local" wine and food tasting, but her cardiologist boyfriend got called into work this morning as they were set to leave. She called me at some ungodly hour telling me she was on her way over and begging me to get dressed to go with her. In my morning daze, I didn't have the brain power to ask her why I had to get up so early. All I knew was I could barely hold my eyes open as she threw some of my clothes in a bag and shoved me out the door to her car. No one seems to understand that being nocturnal means anything before 10 a.m. is almost unbearable.
Two hours into a road trip and we are nearly to our destination, Long Beach. It was almost noon and I was beginning to feel alive finally…and hungry. We were going to a little restaurant a block from the beach and apparently we were to be there for a few days by the way my friend packed my bag. I couldn't imagine three days of wine tasting. Good thing there was food involved, because wine went straight to my head and my intent was to drink something different with the food though I am sure that is frowned upon. After we stop at our hotel on Ocean Ave and are shown our rooms (my friend graciously paid for a separate room for me), we walk to the restaurant for our seminar on food and wine.
The tables are long and in rows with chairs only on the side facing the front of the room. As we make our way to our seats, I survey the company surrounding us. Seems to me that the majority of the couples and people were older or gay, no single hotties for me I guess. While they could all be fun to chat with during our meals, I didn't see how I was going to keep myself entertained. It reminded me of lecture sitting in college.
We go though the first painstaking hour listening to a little lady who looks very much like Sally Field tell us about color, smelling, swirling and finally tasting before we actually have sight of food. As these glorious meals are placed before us, I have the feeling of being watched. I look around the room but see nothing out of the ordinary. Once everyone got their food, the room turned silent. That's when I see him.
He walks to the front of the room wearing white sneakers, a snug pair of jeans, and a white chef's jacket. His shoulders are wide beneath the jacket but that doesn't take away from the strength I see in his thighs, his meaty, strong-looking hands, and that deep, controlled look in his light chocolate eyes. Instantly I am tingling. He welcomes us with the slightest hint of an accent I can't place and begins telling us why the salmon should go with a white and the shrimp with a Riesling. No wonder this is to take three days…so many foods, so many wines!
The Chef scans the room methodically as he speaks making sure to catch everyone's eye, but when he gets to me he seems to linger. My head is already a buzz from the Sally Field lectures and the little bit of wine we had already consumed, but the look in his eye as he penetrates me with his glare has a stronger effect. The next hour of the tasting is almost torturous as my skin tingles and my lady parts swell just thinking of the things I want to do to The Chef. To say the least, he is absolutely yummy.
As we finish our deserts with a bit of Moscotto, some of the guests greet The Chef for questions and thank him for a lovely presentation. My friend is ready to return to the hotel and says she is overdue for a nap. I tell her since she has been up hours before me that she should catch a cab and head back ahead of me. I would see her this evening. I tell her I have a few questions for The Chef and I want so badly to see the beach. She seems pleasantly surprised that I am so interested in the seminar when in actuality I am interested in the breathtaking man before us. As I watch her get into a cab, I walk carefully to the front of the room feeling my buzz awaken full force. I'm such a lightweight, it's ridiculous.
The Chef is charming with his answers to questions and keeps a light tone about him as he speaks. He also is very good at not going into too much detail since we have two more days of wine testing on this trip. The guests slowly filter through and all that remain are a few random bus people clearing the remains of our feast, The Cook, and myself. I approach him cautiously watching his eyes as I near. I feel like I am prey and I am walking into enemy territory. When I get to him he says to me plain and simple, "Where are you staying? I'm taking you there." I tell him the name of the hotel and my breath quickens as I feel his strong hand at the base of my spine.
I am taken to his car where he opens my door and waits for me to get settled before closing it, he takes off his chef jacket, then gets into the driver seat. Before he starts the car, he looks at me and I can see the gears turning. His eyes are on fire and now that he is in a regular t-shirt, I could see the muscles beneath tight and hard. As I inspect him, he subconsciously licks his lips and we begin the drive. He tells me we are going the scenic route because he has to check on his wine order for tomorrow. Not knowing if it is true or not, all I could do is smile. He is taking me for a ride…the same thing I want to do to him. Every fiber of my being is pulsing and alive. I am having a hard time calming myself. When he reaches over and places his hand on the inside of my knee just below my skirt, I take it as a "Go".
I move closer to him, turn his way and put my right hand on his chest. His heart is pounding slow and hard. I expected more. He has more control than I thought though I could see the bulge in his pants growing. I move my hand slowly down his abs and down to his well packed jeans that are just begging to be opened. As I rub his cock through his jeans, I begin kissing his neck and jaw. My fingers find the button on his pants and I begin releasing what is in store for me.
The second I reach in and touch his cock, he takes a big breath and I could feel his heart pick up pace. I gently move his jeans so that I can get as much of him out as possible. Since he is driving, I will have to be somewhat cautious of how much effort I put into this. I lean into him and taste his the crown of his cock, licking it across the top and around the ridge. He lifts slightly and moves his pants further out-of-the-way before he grabs my hair. I take him deeper into my mouth and work my tongue so that I am nearly milking him. I don't want to make him cum, but I want him to know that I will give him a challenge. He has a strong exterior, but I'm not sure he can match my will even though he comes across strong. As I get more into taking care of him, his moans escape him though he tries to contain them. Just then, I feel the car pull over. I try to lift up, but he pushes my head back down pushing his cock deep to my throat. When the car stops, he pulls me up.
We are parked under a pier on the beach. No one is around but the seagulls. I climb up on him and rub my pantiless wet pussy around his cock. I certainly am not giving in just yet especially in a car. At least that was what I thought until he lifts my hips and brings me down upon him hard. I let out a yell and he moans just as loud as my pussy stretches around his cock and my already building juices lubricate us both. He takes control moving his hips to fuck me as I ride him, his hands keeping me in place. His lips lock on mine stifling our moans. My clit is swollen and sensitive as it rubs against his body bringing me even closer to climax. Suddenly, he reaches over and opens the car door.
He moves us outside as I wrap my legs around him to hold on. He sets me on the car hood, puts one hand to my throat and leans me back. From his standing position, he slams his cock deep inside of me holding me in place on the car hood. He is slightly bigger than I am used to but he feels so good inside of me, hitting all the right spots. I tighten against him trying to make him work harder to thrust and when he feels me do that, he just gets more aggressive. He fights my control and takes me completely. The look in his eyes is animalistic, wild, lost in his mission to make me cum for him. His grip tightens on my throat and hip. We we're both ready. "I'm going to cum, baby, I need to cum," I say between screams.
"NOW!" he said, "Cum for me NOW!" I can't hold back. Every fiber of my being surges with energy as I feel his cock grow and explode deep within me. He fucks me through my orgasm as my body shudders and quivers around him. When we finish, he leans into me and kisses my lips and neck. He stands there for a minute as we catch our breath before he slowly pulls away. Our juices drip down my slit, coating my ass. He helps me off the car hood and into the car through the driver's side. "What is your room number?" he asks. I tell him the hotel name again and room number. "Good, you're mine tonight," he says and looks into my eyes. There is a look there that means business and I know the power he had just shown me was only the tip of the iceberg. My heart skips a beat…
To Be Continued…


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Posted Tue Mar 8th by Ian Henson
In a quest to see who will be the number two pick (and possibly number 36, 46 and so on…) the Denver Broncos' three headed lion bronco consisting of general manager Brian Xanders, head coach John Fox and Vice President of football operations John Elway headed to Auburn, Alabama to see quarterback Cam Newton defensive tackle Nick Fairley's Pro Day.
That didn't stop the trio from smoke screening critiquing Newton a little bit (okay done with the strike-through text, but if we don't link to the Denver Post's video, who will? Nor would it allow us to critique Lindsay Jones' (an Emory graduate) classification of Auburn and Alabama as smaller colleges; we're only kidding Lindsay).
Next up on the tour de force is a trip to College Station, Texas to attend TAMU aka Texas A&M's Pro Day tomorrow to see linebacker Von Miller and then to Alabama's Pro Day to see defensive tackle Marcell Dareus on Thursday (missing defensive end Da'Quan Bowers' Pro Day in Clemson (also on Thursday)). Before any conspiracies begin Patrick Peterson/LSU's Pro Day is Monday, March 14th; the same day as notable perennial NFL funnels as Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Montana, and Newberry.
And if any of you local Colorado fans are thinking that the Broncos may be interested in one of the Colorado Buffalos or Colorado State Rams their Pro Days are also tomorrow, March 9th. Let us not get into the University of Wyoming, but Nebraska's Pro Day is Thursday, March 10th.


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toxic test for HEK 293 - (Jan/17/2013 )
Unfortunately, despite the name, the exact type of cells produced by the transformation of the HEKs when the original experiments were being performed is unknown. Embryonic kidneys contain many cell types, not just differentiated kidney cells. The most recent evidence is that these are a neural type cell and as such are not able to be used as a kidney toxicity test.
Have a look on the ATCC (atcc.org) website for kidney cell lines.


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Yono's restaurant in Albany will be serving three-, four- and seven-course menus for New Year's Eve.
The three- and four-course options, priced at $69 and $85, respectively, will be from a menu of many Yono's favorites including escolar with five-onion pudding, foie gras with pumpkin panna cotta, alligator with lemon-white wine-caper butter, black cod with fontina risotto and pork tenderloin with soy and ginger.
The seven-course chef's tasting menu is $120, or $180 with wine pairing.
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This is an in-depth post about contested subsidies for nuclear power plants in Central New York. A few prominent anti-nuclear groups are strongly working against these subsidies. At the moment, their strategy is to make an economic and taxation argument – that these subsidies cost too much, that it raises our electric bills, and is a bailout of "big business".
My interest in this topic surrounds climate change, and about discourse based on facts with a minimum of spin and propaganda. We need more transparency behind what we claim are facts, so people have enough information to judge for themselves. In this spirit, I offer this work, deconstructing the argument that these subsidies are "bad" and providing links and information that anyone who wants to can follow.
There has been plenty of information and data in the reporting on the bailout or subsidies for Upstate nuclear plants, but the reporting is lacking context related to the role of hydrofracked natural gas (fracking), comparisons to the subsidies renewable energy receive, and longer term analysis of electricity prices. This missing context is crucial to understanding impacts on climate change and to better understand the nature of anti-nuclear spin and propaganda.
Electricity Prices and Natural Gas
Let's start with electricity pricing and prices. The graph below helps us understand the history of electricity prices in New York State over the past 15 years (dark blue line) and how linked it is to the cost of natural gas (yellow line). They are linked for a number of reasons but suffice it to say that the price of natural gas heavily influences the price of wholesale electricity.
As seen in the graph below, from 2000 to 2003 and about 2009 to 2013, the cost of electricity fluctuated around $55 per MegaWatt-hour (MWh), a unit of energy, seen in the light blue horizontal line. This is an important number to remember. The cost was significantly higher from about 2004 to 2008 ($65 to $95 per MWh). Further, the graph doesn't show month to month changes or swings which can be even larger. For instance, residents of Central New York may remember that electric prices shot up in January and February of 2014 to about $160 per MWh due to high demand for natural gas in the winter. This was just before fracking brought prices down to a historic, stable 15 year low for the rest of 2014, 2015 and onward. (NYISO Power Trends 2016 – also the source for the graph below). This price decrease occurred because of the start of fracking in Pennsylvania, with lots of cheap natural gas coming to New York State through pipelines. The price of electricity has since stayed in the $40 to $45 per MWh range due continued fracking.
The effects of low electric prices due to fracking on nuclear power
The Fitzpatrick nuclear power plant in Scriba, NY (near Oswego) sells its electricity at the wholesale rate and needs a price of about $50 per MWh to break even and about $55 per MWh to make what's considered a good profit. For most of the last 15 years, therefore, Fitzpatrick was making a good profit and was doing extremely well in 2004 to 2008. It's only been struggling in the last couple of years because of the low $45 per MWh price caused by fracking. Therefore, arguments about the high cost and expense of nuclear power related to Fitzpatrick simply don't make sense. Fitzpatrick is in trouble because of fracking, something environmentalists detest.
The new development of fracking, put Fitzpatrick in financial trouble and it was actually scheduled to close in January 2017, but for action by the State and Cuomo. What a shame if the 600 employees of the plant would have lost their jobs, especially in a small town highly dependent on the economic benefits of the power plant. Further, we know fracking is "boom and bust" – wells produce for only a few to several years – so natural gas prices are likely to go up within a few to several years in which case Fitzpatrick will be profitable on its own again, without any help or subsidies.
This explains the speed and nature of the subsidies put together to help Fitzpatrick. To help justify the subsidies, it was also noted that nuclear energy produces very little CO2 or other greenhouse gas emissions: it doesn't cause climate change and global warming like fossil fuels do. Wind and solar energy receive subsidies because they don't contribute to climate change, so why wouldn't it be fair for nuclear to receive subsidies based on CO2 as well? That's how the thinking went.
As a result, the Public Service Commission suggested an initial subsidy of about $17.50 per MWh. Based on the increasing costs of climate change over time, the PSC had the subsidy increasing gradually to as high as $29 per MWh within 11 to 12 years. These subsidies are based on an assumed wholesale price of $39 per MWh, so the initial subsidy would mean the power plant gets a little over $55 per MWh, which is profitable.
Now the catch is that the subsidies also have a provision so if the cost of electricity goes up on its own, the subsidies will decrease by the same amount. This makes sense and is very fair – the power plant will only get subsidies if it really needs them. Due to the expected slowdown of fracking and for other reasons, the cost of electricity is expected to be back up to about $65 per MWh within 6 years. When this happens, Fitzpatrick won't be receiving any subsidies because it will be very profitable on its own (i.e. wholesale price of electricity is greater than the profitable value of $55 per MWh).
So why are people raising such a big stink about these subsidies, which are just a temporary measure?
Well, a big part of it is spin: these subsidies will cost taxpayers BILLIONS.
The cost of the subsidies, and comparisons to renewable energy subsidies
An average household will pay about $2 a month more in its electricity bill because of these subsidies. That's $24 a year, and when multiplied by the millions of people in New York State, that does in fact add up to BILLIONS of dollars. But it's still just 2 bucks a month.
Further, I haven't seen any articles or reporting on this topic point out that hey, your electricity bills actually fell by about $2 a month because of fracking. This subsidy therefore isn't really increasing people's overall electricity bills, it's just restoring them by $2 to the level before fracking. Because of this, arguments about the excessive cost of these subsidies really fall apart in my view. Something else must be going on beneath them.
But before I get to that, let's take a quick look at the subsidies that renewable energy require. Wind energy has been growing in New York State, and this is a great thing. Yet, wind energy is still reliant on subsidies, as seen in the following graph from the Union of Concerned Scientists. The story is this: Congress has to re-approve subsidies for wind turbines every few years. When these subsidies are in place, we start ramping up the number of wind turbines we build each year. But then the subsidies are up for re-approval, and businesses just don't know if they'll be approved, so they don't build as many turbines. If the subsidies are approved, then it starts building up again from the low level and if they aren't approved, then they fall even further. You can see this in the graph below.
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists.
How much do subsidies for renewable energy cost, and how do they compare to the nuclear subsidies? Well, subsidies for wind and solar power in New York State have ranged from about $22 per MWh to $35 per MWh, for 20-year fixed terms. The Fitzpatrick subsidies range from $17.50 to $29 per MWh, but go away if electricity prices go up. Wind and solar subsidies stay in place.
So we actually pay a little bit more in subsidies for wind than for Fitzpatrick and within 6 years will likely pay no subsidies whatsoever for Fitzpatrick. Not only that, but wind and solar receive federal subsidies as well, on top of the state subsidies.
Hang with me, I've got one more line of thinking and reasoning, then I'll wrap up.
How much wind would power it take to replace Fitzpatrick?
Some groups such as the Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE) argue that Fitzpatrick should be shut down and its energy replaced by renewables. As an example, how much wind power in particular would it take to replace Fitzpatrick, how feasible is this, and how does this all look in the context of climate change?
The Fitzpatrick nuclear power plant produces 850 MW of power. You might think that 850 MW of wind power would replace it, but it wouldn't. The catch is that the nuclear power plant produces this power basically around the clock, while wind turbines produce power only when the wind is blowing fast enough. The concept that describes this is called the "capacity factor". Nuclear in NY State has a capacity factor of 94%, while wind has a capacity factor of 26%. This means that nuclear power plants ran 94% of the entire year of 2015, while wind turbines spun only 26% of the entire year of 2015. Therefore it takes the ratio of 94/26 = 3.6 times as many MegaWatts of wind power to get the same amount of electricity as 1 MW of nuclear power. Therefore it will take 850 x 3.6 = 3060 MW of wind power to replace the electricity produced by Fitzpatrick.
Is 3060 MW of wind power a lot? Let's look at how much wind power all of New York State has.
NY State Wind Power Capacity Additions (MW). The blue color shows the number of MW's that were installed in each year, while the orange color keeps track of the cumulative or total number of wind MWs installed. Source: US Department of Energy statistics
According to statistics from the US Department of Energy, from 1999 to 2014 a total of just under 1800 MW's of wind power were installed in New York State. Shutting down Fitzpatrick would lead to the loss of the equivalent of 3060 MW's of wind energy, setting us back roughly 20 years of building wind turbines. Basically, Fitzpatrick alone produces the amount of energy that all our wind turbines in the whole state plus 70% more produce! So it is simply not true that the energy from the power plant could be quickly replaced by wind turbines.
Why not subsidize the nuclear power plant for the maybe 6 years it needs it, pay a couple of bucks a month, and also build lots of new wind and solar panels? Why do some groups make it out to be either/or? Climate change is a pressing concern. Why do we need to go backwards on climate change by shutting down Fitzpatrick?
Wrapping up
I hope this piece has made it clear that our local nuclear power plant – and all the jobs and people it supports – is only in financial trouble because of hydrofracking. Why would we let hydrofracking kill this nuclear power plant? We all seem to agree we should pay a little more for renewable energy. So why not pay just a little more to keep this plant open – 2 bucks a month for just 6 years, especially when our bills have gone down by the same amount anyway because of hydrofracking? It blows my mind that the core argument against the nuclear subsidies implies an acceptance of the status quo with hydrofracking and the savings we get from it.
I can't escape any other conclusion than that the arguments against the subsidy are really a front for being against nuclear power in general. It only makes sense to be against these subsidies if you really want the plant to close, period, no matter what. And why would we want a plant to close that provides so much of our electricity, jobs to a small town that desperately needs them, and that provides electricity with almost no greenhouse gas emissions? We would only want that if we were absolutely convinced that nuclear energy – or at least this particular nuclear reactor – is unsafe, an imminent danger, or that it's already caused loads of cancers in people. We should instead be focused on ways to phase out fossil fuels.
The truth is that nuclear power in the United States is extremely safe and has an amazing safety record. There have been only two major nuclear accidents around the world, yet there have been countless deaths caused by fossil fuels that far outstrip all the deaths caused by nuclear. Further, fossil fuels have been causing climate change, which has already caused suffering and will only continue to cause more suffering in the future. New nuclear reactors with advanced and passive safety systems promise even safer power.
I hope this has made a convincing case that all this talk about subsidies and taxpayer burdens and unfairness and "The Cuomo Tax" (check out the link) is all a front for people who want to shut down nuclear reactors at any cost, at any price…even at the price of the communities around them and the employees at the reactors. So if you equate nuclear energy with the doomsday, then by all means, be against these subsidies. But say what you really mean, and don't hide behind all this talk about #StopTheCuomoTax.


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Kevin & Bean's April Foolishness
Shrine Auditorium
On Saturday, Kevin and Bean's April Foolishness brought a cavalcade of badass comics to the Shrine Auditorium, including Jim Jefferies, Patton Oswalt, Tim Minchin and more.
When you have an all-star comedy line-up, a ton of alcohol consuming fans, and attach a couple of super causes to it, you're sure to have nothing short of spectacular. DJ/VJ Mike Relm was on wax and video duty and once again, he killed it. Mad skills Mike. Mad. Fucking. Skills. After a hysterical video intro from Jimmy Kimmel, Kevin and Bean hit the stage and the wild crowd became even louder cheering the boys on as they thanked everyone for coming out. They shouted out the comics that would be entertaining us all and let us know that proceeds from the night would be benefiting Fisher House (that provides homes for VA's) and Cedars-Sinai NICU. Laughing is great but when you pair laughing and a charitable cause together, you have even more to be grateful for. And let it be known, everyone sure did seem grateful for the night ahead.
Patton Oswalt was first up and immediately thanked all of the "charitable drunks" and compared the audience to a "sea of winos." He was spot on too, everyone was pretty sauced. His set was amazing with stories about his daughter Alice, visiting his folks and how he loves them with "benefits," losing three pounds and attempting to not be shamed by wanting John Varvatos pants although they are made for "heroin addicts who eat one rice cake a year," and how "swabbed my folds" would be a great name for obese porn. (You had to be there on that last one I'm sure.) He also mentioned that he saw the movie Frozen five times in the theatre and then broke into that annoying song from the movie, "Let it Go." I swear to you, Patton knew every god damn word and when he started skipping around the stage while belting it out, the crowd went insane.
KROQ's Lisa May (who looked better than ever) came out to introduce last minute addition (in lieu of Marc Maron) Reggie Watts and he came out with high energy head banging that giant fro of his all around. Screams of, "Awwww yeah, Reggie!" were shouted out solidifying that KROQ made the correct choice with the replacement act. While Reggie is a master with his vocals via beat boxing, his comedy is more of an intellectual mind fuck. Unfortunately, his set may have fallen a little short on some of the unruly crowd members that clearly weren't in the mood for doing any actual thinking. A few "hecklers" shouted out but since Reggie is the man, he shut them down with ease as the rest of the eager crowd cheered with delight. My personal hope is that Reggie does in fact do this show again because there were plenty of fans (including myself) that were all in and loved every minute of him gracing the stage with his presence.
The incomparable Mr. Ralph Garman came out to an explosion of cheers and brought Taylor Williamson to the stage who was making his April Foolishness debut. He was well received by the crowd looking dapper in a suit with tie mentioning, "I may be a little overdressed. Everyone is dressed like they live on skid row and I'm dressed like Peewee Herman." He went into a set that would have never flown on "America's Got Talent" but that included his hate for the Japanese (Calm down people, it's only because he lost to one on AGT), what it's like to be a loser on a reality show, and how he's half Jewish but that he is in fact circumcised because "he's classy." He ended his set with a few "impressions" (and I use the term "impressions" loosely) and was given a standing ovation by more than several people. Taylor may have come in second place on AGT but to this crowd, he deserved a first place win because he seriously killed it! Well done rookie!
Following Williamson, Jim Jefferies came out and the people in the Shrine went absolutely ape shit. I mean, Jefferies pretty much got a standing ovation just walking out! Now that Jefferies is the father of a little boy named Hank, his set ranged from how he hopes it not illegal that his son slapped his cock (because he laughed and told everyone), how he doesn't want a father's day gift because it's bought with his own money, and how having a dog is more stress-free than having a baby because if the dog dies while your girlfriend is at work, it's a lot easier to replace it without them knowing. He also mentioned that there should be a holiday called "Anal Sex Day" because if women have Valentines Day, men should have that. Hilarious.
Adam Carolla was fifth up and immediately thanked Mike Relm for, "playing that awesome music that I fucking hate." Classic. Speaking of classic, he reminisced on how it was to the day, the 20th anniversary of the first time he was ever on KROQ with Kevin and Bean. Pretty awesome. In between name dropping (a lot), Carolla told the fans an epic story of how he accompanied Natalie Maines (of the Dixie Chicks) to the Grammys at the Shrine. He went to say that afterwards, Jimmy Kimmel played a prank on him by sending him a slew of deliveries from "Natalie" to thank him for going to the Grammys with her….which lead him to call her and tell her how he had a girlfriend and that he wasn't interested in her advances. She of course had no idea what the fuck he was talking about. Awkward! Adam is a master of storytelling and he once again proved it to us all this evening.
Lisa May, Chip (hayyyy girl!!), and Christine from KROQ came out to intro Doug Benson while Mike Relm queued the appropriate song choice, "I Got Five on It." The stoners went crazy as did the rest of the venue and one bold person yelled out, "You holding?" Doug's reply while his eyes stayed at half-mast. "That's a good one." Doug is a real crowd pleaser and last year he mentioned that he was, "on a scale from 1 to 7.4, high as a 7.4." Coincidently, this year he said he was also a 7.4 which just goes to prove that this man is a complete professional. Mad props.
Benson is stellar at crowd work and this time around, he didn't let us down by riffing about how he hoped the balcony would fall on the crowd below and smash them all (he's only kidding of course, "he's a comedian"), yelling at people to settle down, roasting the other comics. He even picked on Mike Relm by saying, "he was fake laughing all night, especially at Patton singing that Frozen song." He later gave a proverbial "high five" to Patton agreeing with him that "the drunks in the close rows suck" and mentioned that it was a "nut festival" due to all of the people in the front wearing shorts. Such a skillful set from an unbelievably high comic. How he keeps it together the world may never know but, it is absurdly enjoyable to watch him do it that's for sure!
After the return of KROQ favorite Ralph Garman, a shoeless Tim Minchin hit the stage. He started off with a poem called "Angry" that he wrote because his therapist suggested it and to be clear, he catches a case of full on Tourette's during it. Seriously brilliant. His facial expressions made everything come together and for the people who weren't familiar with this man before, they certainly became captivated by his every word. Minchin dazzled the scene by taking to his piano (YESSS!!!) and crooned a song about his wife and also a "love song" that included some ideas of what you'd do "if you really loved him like you say you do." You know, like videoing yourself peeing while standing up, letting him wear your underwear, purchasing forty cockatoos and teaching them to fly so they could shit the words "Tim is God" on his ex-girlfriends Hyundai, and sticking a finger up his bum because he heard it's surprisingly fun. Hey, we're not here to judge. OK we sort of are judging so we'll just leave it at, Minchin is fantastic. And that judgment was not overruled by the fans.
Kevin and Bean returned to thank everyone once again and to bring out Eddie Ifft to cap off the long night of epic joke slinging. Yeah the audience was boisterous pretty much all night and with the drunkards tired but still in party mode, Ifft slayed the viewers with his no holds barred comedy. Holy shit there is no topic that will be left unturned when Eddie hits the stage and while he mentioned that he wasn't originally supposed to headline, everyone (and I do mean everyone) was happy that he did. The response to the words that came out of his mouth was overwhelming. He threatened the disorderly people by telling them to "shut the fuck up or I'll come up there and pistol whip you with my cock," bagged on his own last name saying that "Ifft" sounds like a slow leaking fart, and brought up that he loves to use the word "faggot" often to "take the power out of the word."
Of course he also mentioned that he doesn't use the "N" word because he isn't scared of gays. (At that point a literal tear shot out of my eye because I laughed so hard.) He threw in an awesome Kobe rape joke, waxed poetic on a recent trip to India and how all of the adventures he had ended in diarrhea, how he handles "after sex crying," and gave a shout out to Brad Williams (who was sorely missed from the line-up this year) before leaving the stage. If four words could explain his presence it would be, "Eddie Ifft is magnificent."
Insert uproarious applause and the show was over.
Critic's Bias: With this being the first year that April Foolishness was held at the Shrine, I was worried about how it would all go down. That being said, it went off without a hitch. If I may add a tip (I'm doing it anyway so you really have no choice), pay the extra money for the VIP tickets. The Shrine had an AWESOME "VIP party area" with minimal lines to private bars and a full on spread of free food that was delicious. Also, a lot of the KROQ crew and comics were back there rubbing elbows with us "common folk" which gave everyone a chance to gush about what big fans they are and take photos.
The Crowd: These people were a perfect mix of young and old, dressed up and dressed down and as always, they were ready to party. Also, almost everyone was talking "selfie" upon "selfie."Enough already! While they were about 90% well behaved I will say this, the other 10% of the audience was pretty fucking despicable. Now I might be somewhat of a comedy snob BUT, yelling out "you suck" or "get the fuck off the stage" is super disrespectful and ruins it for the rest of the people at the show. OK. I guess this is more of a PSA but really folks who just have to yell out, YOU shut the fuck up.
Overheard in the Crowd:
"The crowd was electric tonight at the Shrine!"
"First I had to wait in line to get in and now I have to wait in line for the bathroom? Mother fucker!"
"Holy shit Eddie Ifft is so funny! OPRAH'S NIPPLE!!"
Random notebook dump: I swear the couple sitting next to me laughed harder and louder than a ton of people in the building. At times it literally shook my chair because they were so involved in cracking up. Now, it could've been all of that booze they were pounding (and I noticed a TON of booze being pounded) but, I'm pretty sure the comics had a little more to do with it. Props to the chick too for asking me if her perfume stunk also after she paid $1 for a spritz from the bathroom attendant. Heads up girl, it did. Kidding…kinda.
Patton Oswalt
Reggie Watts
Taylor Williamson
Jim Jefferies
Adam Carolla
Doug Benson
Tim Minchin
Eddie Ifft
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