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The Warmth of Other Suns
By Isabel Wilkerson
By Isabel Wilkerson
By Isabel Wilkerson
By Isabel Wilkerson
By Isabel Wilkerson
By Isabel Wilkerson
Category: 20th Century U.S. History
Category: 20th Century U.S. History
Category: 20th Century U.S. History
Oct 04, 2011 | ISBN 9780679763888
Sep 07, 2010 | ISBN 9780679444329
Sep 07, 2010 | ISBN 9780679604075
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ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times • USA Today • O: The Oprah Magazine • Publishers Weekly • Salon • Newsday • The Daily Beast
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"A landmark piece of nonfiction . . . sure to hold many surprises for readers of any race or experience….A mesmerizing book that warrants comparison to The Promised Land, Nicholas Lemann's study of the Great Migration's early phase, and Common Ground, J. Anthony Lukas's great, close-range look at racial strife in Boston….[Wilkerson's] closeness with, and profound affection for, her subjects reflect her deep immersion in their stories and allow the reader to share that connection." —Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"The Warmth of Other Suns is a brilliant and stirring epic, the first book to cover the full half-century of the Great Migration… Wilkerson combines impressive research…with great narrative and literary power. Ms. Wilkerson does for the Great Migration what John Steinbeck did for the Okies in his fiction masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath; she humanizes history, giving it emotional and psychological depth." —The Wall Street Journal
"[A] massive and masterly account of the Great Migration….A narrative epic rigorous enough to impress all but the crankiest of scholars, yet so immensely readable as to land the author a future place on Oprah's couch." —The New York Times Book Review (Cover Review)
"[A] deeply affecting, finely crafted and heroic book. . . .Wilkerson has taken on one of the most important demographic upheavals of the past century—a phenomenon whose dimensions and significance have eluded many a scholar—and told it through the lives of three people no one has ever heard of….This is narrative nonfiction, lyrical and tragic and fatalist. The story exposes; the story moves; the story ends. What Wilkerson urges, finally, isn't argument at all; it's compassion. Hush, and listen." —Jill Lepore, The New Yorker
"The Warmth of Other Suns is epic in its reach and in its structure. Told in a voice that echoes the magic cadences of Toni Morrison or the folk wisdom of Zora Neale Hurston's collected oral histories, Wilkerson's book pulls not just the expanse of the migration into focus but its overall impact on politics, literature, music, sports — in the nation and the world." —Los Angeles Times
"One of the most lyrical and important books of the season." —Boston Globe
"[An] extraordinary and evocative work." —The Washington Post
"Mesmerizing. . ." —Chicago Tribune
"Scholarly but very readable, this book, for all its rigor, is so absorbing, it should come with a caveat: Pick it up only when you can lose yourself entirely." —O, The Oprah Magazine
"[An] indelible and compulsively readable portrait of race, class, and politics in 20th-century America. History is rarely distilled so finely." —Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A)
"An astonishing work. . . . Isabel Wilkerson delivers! . . . With the precision of a surgeon, Wilkerson illuminates the stories of bold, faceless African-Americans who transformed cities and industries with their hard work and determination to provide their children with better lives." —Essence
"Isabel Wilkerson's majestic The Warmth of Other Suns shows that not everyone bloomed, but the migrants—Wilkerson prefers to think of them as domestic immigrants—remade the entire country, North and South. It's a monumental job of writing and reporting that lives up to its subtitle: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration." —USA Today
"[A] sweeping history of the Great Migration. . . . The Warmth of Other Suns builds upon such purely academic works to make the migrant experience both accessible and emotionally compelling." —NPR.org
"The Warmth of Other Suns is a beautifully written, in-depth analysis of what Wilkerson calls "one of the most underreported stories of the 20th century. . . A masterpiece that sheds light on a significant development in our nation's history." —The San Jose Mercury News
"The Warmth of Other Suns is a beautifully written book that, once begun, is nearly impossible to put aside. It is an unforgettable combination of tragedy and inspiration, and gripping subject matter and characters in a writing style that grabs the reader on Page 1 and never let's go. . . . Woven into the tapestry of [three individuals] lives, in prose that is sweet to savor, Wilkerson tells the larger story, the general situation of life in the South for blacks. . . . If you read one only one book about history this year, read this. If you read only one book about African Americans this year, read this. If you read only one book this year, read this." —The Free Lance Star, Fredericksburg, Va.
"A truly auspicious debut. . . . The author deftly intersperses [her characters'] stories with short vignettes about other individuals and consistently provides the bigger picture without interrupting the flow of the narrative…Wilkerson's focus on the personal aspect lends her book a markedly different, more accessible tone. Her powerful storytelling style, as well, gives this decades-spanning history a welcome novelistic flavor. An impressive take on the Great Migration." —Kirkus, Starred Review
"[A] magnificent, extensively researched study of the great migration… The drama, poignancy, and romance of a classic immigrant saga pervade this book, hold the reader in its grasp, and resonate long after the reading is done."
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"Not since Alex Haley's Roots has there been a history of equal literary quality where the writing surmounts the rhythmic soul of fiction, where the writer's voice sings a song of redemptive glory as true as Faulkner's southern cantatas." —The San Francisco Examiner
"Profound, necessary and an absolute delight to read." —Toni Morrison
"The Warmth of Other Suns is a sweeping and yet deeply personal tale of America's hidden 20th century history – the long and difficult trek of Southern blacks to the northern and western cities. This is an epic for all Americans who want to understand the making of our modern nation." —Tom Brokaw
"A seminal work of narrative nonfiction. . . . You will never forget these people." —Gay Talese
"With compelling prose and considered analysis, Isabel Wilkerson has given us a landmark portrait of one of the most significant yet little-noted shifts in American history: the migration of African-Americans from the Jim Crow South to the cities of the North and West. It is a complicated tale, with an infinity of implications for questions of race, power, politics, religion, and class—implications that are unfolding even now. This book will be long remembered, and savored." —Jon Meacham
"Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns is an American masterpiece, a stupendous literary success that channels the social sciences as iconic biography in order to tell a vast story of a people's reinvention of itself and of a nation—the first complete history of the Great Black Migration from start to finish, north, east, west." —David Levering Lewis
"Isabel Wilkerson's book is a masterful narrative of the rich wisdom and deep courage of a great people. Don't miss it!" —Cornel West
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Posted on: 2021-09-08Six tips for financial fitness this Fall
It's September and there is some optimism that we may be moving towards the end of life in a global pandemic. The Fallhas always been a great time to go back to school on financial fitness, and this year it may be more important than ever. Here are some tips to help make sure your finances are fit and stay that way:
- Splurge, just a little. Many of us dealt with stressors that we didn't even know existed, like not being able to see loved ones. That's why we all want to live a little, but perhaps do it strategically so you don't break the bank. Maybe have some celebratory days with a set amount that you can spend where you go out and do the things you've really missed.
- Revisit (or start) your budget. Having a budget is one of the most important ways to achieve a solid financial future. It might not be the most thrilling task, but it's one that will give you a clearer picture of where you stand and how much you can truly spend. You'll also be able to determine how much money you can allocate to your "live a little" fund. While preparing your budget, first take a new look at your monthly bills and go through them line by line. You may have signed up for services you never really use or perhaps don't remember requesting. Look for small, unexplained charges, fees, and add-ons, and the services that you can now live without.
- Maintain your credit. Your credit score is essentially your passport to financial opportunities. It can mean the difference between getting approved or denied for any kind of credit and can prevent you from getting the lowest mortgage rate. The good news is that you have a lot of control over your score. That's why it's important to always have good credit behaviours. The single biggest factor to having a good score is a timely bill payment history so never let a bill get past due. Be sure to know your credit limits and try not to use more than 30% of the available amount, don't be tempted to apply for store cards just to save on your purchase that day, and before you cancel a credit card get advice.
- Focus on your high-interest debt. Always keep an eye on your high interest debt and pay down your credit cards as much as possible. If you find that your debt is making things difficult, you may be able to move that debt to your lower-rate mortgage if you have enough home equity. You could save thousands in interest, have one lower monthly payment that greatly improves your cash flow, and enjoy much reduced financial stress.
- Spend time, not money. We've all gained a new appreciation of the value of being able to spend time with loved ones in person, that it's something to treasure. Focusing on this may keep you from spending money you might not have or might not want to spend!
- Help others. There are many that weren't very fortunate during the pandemic. Consider committing some money to giving back – charities, shop local, tip restaurant workers and others generously.
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Long answer
Ascorbic acid is the chemical name of Vitamin C. Vitamin C is naturally present in many fruits and vegetables including oranges, sweet peppers, strawberries, grapefruit, papayas, kiwis, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and peas. It is also added to foods like cold cereals, vinegar, cured meats, rolled oats, powdered milk, fruit juice, sorbet, wine, and mustard as a natural preservative. People who suspect they may be getting sick sometimes take over-the-counter Vitamin C to fight infection and shorten the duration and severity of the illness. Those who do not receive enough Vitamin C in their daily diet may also supplement with over-the-counter vitamins.
Incorporating an adequate dose of Vitamin C into one's daily diet can help prevent illness and infection. However, exceeding the recommended daily dose of 2,000 milligrams can result in uncomfortable (but typically not harmful) side effects. Because the intestine is not able to absorb excessive amounts of ascorbic acid, water volume in the gastrointestinal tract increases, causing severe abdominal cramps, pain, diarrhea, and the potential for dehydration. Those experiencing gastrointestinal side effects should lower their daily dose of Vitamin C. Furthermore, a 2005 Journal of Clinical Nutrition study found that intake of excessive ascorbic acid increases the risk for development of kidney stones, which can be painful to pass and may require medical attention.
While these untoward effects are both undesirable and uncomfortable, neither is proven to result in long-term harm to the body.
Possible short-term side effects
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The Arab uprisings of 2011 produced a clear set of winners — the Islamist parties that were well-organized and prepared to swiftly fill the political vacuum left by toppled autocrats.
But the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood now points to the possibility of a countertrend: the failure of Islamist groups to govern effectively and growing public discontent with their rule.
"Once again, an Islamist political party in charge has failed the simple test of finding its way into the modern world," Michael Hirsh writes at The Atlantic.com. "Ideology trumped reality in an era when the reality of the global economy demands fast integration, openness, and adherence to basic economic principles."
As Hirsh and others note, Islamist groups have been successful in coming to power, often through elections. But their track record for governing has been poor overall.
In Iran, where clerics have ruled since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, voters overwhelmingly opted for the most moderate choice on the ballot, Hasan Rowhani, in June's presidential election.
In Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is regarded as a moderate Islamist who can point to multiple successes during his decade of rule. But he has faced huge demonstrations from secular, middle-class Turks who feel he has gone too far in pushing an Islamist agenda.
Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip both came to power through the ballot, but have struggled to govern since.
Once in power, Islamist groups have generally been difficult to dislodge. But the events in Egypt have generated speculation about whether political Islam has peaked and is now facing a backlash.
In Egypt, Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood inherited a country rife with problems. There was an urgent need for a new political system, including a new constitution. The economy was crumbling. Law and order was collapsing.
But the massive protests reflected the broad-based opposition to Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood just a year after the president was elected.
"They alienated potential allies, ignored rising discontent, focused more on consolidating their rule than on using what tools they did have, used rhetoric that was tone-deaf at best and threatening at worst," Nathan Brown, a professor at George Washington University, writes in The New Republic.
Potential Opening For Secular Groups
If Egyptians have turned against the Islamists, who will they look to?
Secular, middle-class Egyptians were the driving force behind the 2011 protests that toppled Murbarak as well as the recent wave of demonstrations. But this group has been unable to cobble together a substantial political movement of its own.
In Egypt and other Muslim countries, this sector is still relatively small. Political parties are still in their infancy. And while secular groups often get wide attention in the Western media, they have generally been weak at the grass-roots level.
Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and winner of a Nobel Peace Prize, is considered a potential leader that secular forces could rally around. On Saturday, state media and ElBaradei's spokesman said he had been named interim prime minister. But interim President Adly Mansour's office later backtracked and said no one had been chosen for the position yet.
ElBaradei supported the ouster of Morsi, describing it as a "recall." But ElBaradei, who chose not to run in the 2012 election, told CNN he is not interested in becoming president of Egypt.
Military Reasserts Itself
The Egyptian military, meanwhile, is enjoying a rare surge in popularity, at least for now, from those who wanted Morsi out.
Yet Egypt's military has played a dominant role in the country since a 1952 military coup and was widely blamed for many of the country's ills. The generals who ran the country for 16 months after Mubarak's ouster were widely despised. The military seems to have learned a lesson and is expected to operate more behind the scenes rather than taking center stage.
However, critics of the military say they are not convinced that the military will allow the rise of civilian institutions at the expense of its own power. In addition, the latest move has echoes of the 1990s, when the security forces waged a nasty battle against Islamists and were accused of widespread human rights abuses and unlawful killings.
The military has reportedly detained Morsi and dozens of senior figures in the Muslim Brotherhood.
"The message will resonate throughout the Muslim world loud and clear: democracy is not for Muslims," Essam el-Haddad, the foreign policy adviser to Morsi, wrote on his website. Shortly afterward, he was among those seized by the military.
The Middle East has been defined by authoritarian leaders who dominated their country for decades, brooking little dissent and rarely facing serious threats to their rule.
Two Egyptian leaders have now been ousted in 2 1/2 years, reflecting the broader region where rulers now appear increasingly vulnerable from populations no longer afraid to take to the streets.
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Fix Your Web Site Performance Problems
- Introduction
- YSlow
- Pingdom Tools
- IBM Page Detailer
- Fiddler
- Quick Fixes
- Summary
My article "Why Is My Website So Slow?" describes limitations of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) that can result in unacceptably long response times for non-broadband or global visitors to your website. To improve the website's performance for these visitors, you have to do the following:
- Minimize the number of HTTP requests required to download all the necessary information.
This article describes a few guidelines that can significantly improve the response time of your website. However, before jumping into optimization tasks, you have to analyze the current structure of your website to select the areas that would benefit most from optimization activities. For example, it doesn't make sense to focus on reducing the size of your HTML code if each web page loads 10 long non-cacheable JavaScript files in the HEAD section of the web page. Fortunately, a number of free performance analysis/reporting tools are available to the web developers. The following sections cover some of my favorites.


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The online message board 8chan was effectively knocked offline Monday after two companies cut off vital technical services following the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, whose perpetrator was linked to the site. 8chan is known for trafficking in anonymous hate speech and incitement of hate crimes.
A racist "manifesto" posted to the site is believed to have been written by the suspect in a Saturday's killing of 22 people in El Paso, Texas. If it was, it would be the third known instance of a shooter posting to the site before going on a rampage, following mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques in the spring, and another at a California synagogue.
Late Sunday, the security company Cloudflare announced it was cutting off the message board, which has a history of use by violent extremists, for being "a cesspool of hate."
8chan quickly found a new online host: Sammamish, Washington-based Epik.com, whose site declares it "the Swiss bank of domains." Epik provides similar support for Gab.com, another social media site frequented by white supremacists that doesn't ban hate speech.
Gab is where the man accused of massacring 11 people last October in a Pittsburgh synagogue posted anti-Semitic vitriol. Epik also owns the security company BitMitigate, whose clients include the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi and white supremacist site.
Like Cloudflare, BitMitigate protects web sites from denial-of-service attacks that can make them unreachable — the kind of online armor that contentious message boards require to survive.
But on Monday, London-based Voxility, a provider of network hardware and services, upended both Epik and BitMitigate by terminating its contract with the companies, said Maria Sirbu, the company's vice president of business development.
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"We have made the connection that at least two or three of the latest mass shooting in the U.S. were connected with these guys," Sirbu said. "At some point, somebody needed to make the decision on where the limit is between what is illegal and what is freedom of speech and today it had to be us."
In the absence of regulation, it falls on internet services companies in the United States to ban online speech deemed unacceptable.
Neither 8chan nor Daily Stormer were reachable on Monday afternoon, when the person identifying themselves as 8chan's administrator tweeted that "strategies are being developed to bring services back online."
Two weeks ago, Voxility informed the Daily Stormer that it was in violation of the company's abuse policies and then cut off its service for a day, said Sirbu, who said her company has 20 data centers worldwide and operates in 80 countries.
Service was restored after the objectionable content was removed. But it became clear to Voxility after the El Paso shooting "that these guys were not going to stop," Sirbu said. "We will not renew services for these guys and will ensure that they don't return to Voxility under false names."
Neither 8chan nor Epik.com representatives could immediately be reached for comment despite attempts via email and LinkedIn.
On Sunday, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince wrote in a blog post that the suspect in El Paso "appears to have been inspired" by discussions on 8chan.
He said a suspect in an earlier shooting at a synagogue in Poway, California, also posted a "hate-filled 'open letter'" on 8chan, as did the mosque attacker in Christchurch, New Zealand.
"8chan has repeatedly proven itself to be a cesspool of hate," wrote Prince. "They have proven themselves to be lawless and that lawlessness has caused multiple tragic deaths."
With the big social networks doing a better job of moderating hate speech, incitement to violence and harassment, extreme speech is gravitating to smaller websites that are often little more than message boards — sites teenagers routinely make in their bedrooms, said Joan Donovan, the director of the technology and social change project at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Services like Cloudflare or BitMitigate are necessary to keep extremist-tolerant message boards like 8chan online because they typically attract hostile traffic from hacktivists aimed at overwhelming the sites and making them unreachable.
But without them, it's difficult for any site of consequence to survive.
We're not going to get rid of message boards," said Donovan. "But we stifle the spread and the impact of these manifestos by refusing to let them elevate to the level of mainstream media."
Two years ago, Cloudflare terminated service to the Daily Stormer, which on Sunday Prince lamented as "still available and still disgusting."
"They have bragged that they have more readers than ever," he said. "They are no longer Cloudflare's problem, but they remain the Internet's problem."
In the absence of laws regulating hate speech and incitement to violence online, Donovan said, it's going to be up to local jurisdictions — and internet service companies— to crack down on forums.
Otherwise, people such as Epik.com CEO Robert Monster of Bellevue, can continue to support them.
In November, Monster defended in a blog post his company's decision to host Gab.com after its previous domain host, GoDaddy, dropped it.


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As spring has arrived and bikini season is quickly approaching, I am in need of a few lighter smoothie and salad options. Over the next few weeks, I will be adding these to the blog under the category of Spring Shape Up, taking some personal favorites and making them a little lighter. In general, I don't have to worry about calories as my weight has been stable for awhile, but the prospect of bearing almost all in my adorable new bikini has me noticing I could stand to lose a few pounds. Don't tell my husband about the new suit, it's going to be a surprise- lol
This is actually quite a large serving, very filling and satisfying! Use frozen berries if you don't have fresh, it'll still taste great.
The light almond milk only has 35 calories per cup and half a cup was plenty. I added the agave for just a little sweetness, but if you leave it out, your calories are even lower!
* and sparkling refers to the taste and photo here, as the berries look sparklie *
Ingredients: calories:
crushed ice 0
1/2 cup ( 4 ounces) blackberries 32
1/2 cup light almond milk 18
1/2 banana 53
1/2 tablespoons agave 30
1/4 cup soy yogurt 52
Total Calories 185 * check your ingredients for accuracy/changes
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Picture this iconic scene: Investigative reporter Lois Lane has once again taken too big a risk and fallen out of an airplane / spaceship / helicopter / skyscraper. The situation seems hopeless, and her fate is surely sealed.
Lessons on Newton at school taught us that this kind of fall means hitting the ground at about 200 kilometers an hour, meaning certain death, at least for a normal person. But Lane is not normal – she is Superman's true love. And, fortunately, Superman can not only fly, but is also equipped with Kryptonian super-senses!
He can hear Lane scream from a hundred miles away, locate her position, and see her falling, even through walls. At the same time, his superhuman brain processes all the data perfectly despite everything unfolding at such extraordinary speed. The result is a heady mix of romance and sci-fi: Superman catches her in the air, carefully equalizing their relative speeds to ensure she doesn't come to a nasty end when she collides with his super-strong arms.
The machine which knows it all
That's the kind of sensor technology that inhabits many engineers' wildest dreams, especially those who are currently investing so much effort in adding a healthy dose of superpowers to the realm of material processing.
One thing they need is a tool that is super-flexible and capable of adjusting itself in a matter of microseconds. You've guessed it: the laser! And the second thing is a sensor system that allows machines to "see" and "feel" at breathtaking speed. These sensors can detect the position of the workpiece and the energy delivered by the laser as well as the pulse duration, light path and job progress – and they can even predict when a component might fail.
At the same time, they can react faster than Lois can say "Clark." That yields processes featuring ultra-efficient loops with high tolerances at the preparation stage and absolute precision at the machining stage.
Can you bear it?
Obviously you still need hardware that can handle all this without collapsing – taking in its stride, for example, a laser processing head accelerating or braking at 9G. Of course, that wouldn't be a problem for Lois Lane. She can brake at 100G without coming to any harm, just before Superman gently brings her back to Earth – and we celebrate yet another happy ending.


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Meet Xavier, a seeker/searcher man/beast who takes his spirit quest thru Connecticut. When a town is infected with a mystery virus, Xavier must use his healing abilities to save and his brainbilities to stump a evil computer. What doth Xavier?
When a young boy's dreams of mascoting gets crushed by a local gang of gang members, Xavier takes the toughs under his wing. His good deedery results in a drug Lord's death-and per chance a lover for Xavier
Xavier comes to the rescue of a curious youngster who gets in over his heart trying to impress his father. Things nearly blowup in their faces, but Xavier employs some quick think and tasty treats to avert catastrophe.
When a troubled woman loses her babies, Xavier has to insert himself into his own inner child to help him locate the lostlings. Unfortunately for all, Xavier finds himself on the wrong side of the law. But which side is that?
Xavier surrenders his own freedom to the whims of a spoiled child to save dame humanity. Humanity, she fights back in unsuspecting ways.
When a battered woman reaches out to Xavier for help, Xavier reaches inside her-- to find that the truth hurts. Pain, madness, and fries collide in this intergalactic time bending mission to find out; why??
When a factory mixem-up brings a town to its dusty knees, Xavier decides to PFR (Pray For Rain), but God She no take kindly to freaks.
When Xavier's significant Crystal is stoled, he is forced to venture forth.
Xavier must choose betwixt thy heart and thine mind.
And so the final chapter begends when Xavier meets his match.
Xavier's sacred mantra brings solace to a sad, pathetic pill popping soul-- his own.
Xavier unleashes his revolutionary lifesaving maneuver all up on those who find theyselfs in need of his protection.
Xavier lifts homeless veterans up from the filth of the streets and into the filth of their meats.
When Xavier sets him sights on friendship, the Energy Crisis won't know what hit it in the face.
Xavier returns to the scene of the crime, his childhood.
When Xavier wakes up with no memories, the power of deja vu reigns supreme. When Xavier wakes up with no memories, the power of deja vu reigns supreme.
Just whenst you most expect it, Xavier's gratitude starved heart shrieks out "Abandon ye lifequest!" and then wolfs down a steam-filled puddin' pie of limits.
A reporter gets his scoop on Xavier. Here cometh the twist: It turns out to be a scoop of Lotion. It's pretty cool. Or, did he?
Poor, poor Xavier awakes with his fate in the goo drenched hands of the grandest menace of all time: You.
When Xavier runs out of desert across which to ramble, he drowns in a sea of completion.