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Sounds interesting. I will definitely give a sniff when possible.
Nordstrom's had a big display of this stuff sitting at the front of the frag counter. I got a huge shot of mint (it's listed as peppermint in the topnotes) at first. Kinda reminded me of Roadster a bit. Walked around for half an hour and resisted sniffing my arm the entire time since I've always wondered why the HELL they even put topnotes in fragrances since they don't last. Anyway, I admit not having the best nose for individual notes but the drydown smells a LOT like Terre d'Hermes. Maybe some others who test this can give a better comparison but I do think if you like TdH, you mayy like this.
Sounds interesting. I will definitely give a sniff when possible.
Mint and earthy notes? Quite a combination!
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Sounds good to me. I really like the quality and the packaging of Jack Black products. Classy presentation. The scents have been solid, but not spectacular. I'll check it out in the future...who knows when I'll get to Charlotte or ATL...maybe my Sephora will get it.
To me, on the card (they had no tester out, only pre-sprayed cards) it smelled like something similar to The Beat.
Guy's I tried this today and the down dry reminded me greatly of Thierry Mugler's B*Men.
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Tried JB today and found that I liked it quite a bit. The tangerine threw me off it for a while but as it began to mellow, it turned into a REALLY nice tangerine dream. I thought that was going to be way too odd but NOPE, it works.
It would make a slightly unusual workhorse office scent or first date stuff.
Give it a try.
I found this one to be quite awful.
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It has earthy notes but it doesnt smell like Terre De hermes , it has an earthy quality yes , but its an earthy mixed in with a minty /eucalyptus medicinal smell . It reminds me of those nice colognes my grandfather wore from the 70s . Its been 6 hours since I sprayed it and its pretty strong . For its price its a great smell !
I got to try Jack Black JB today at a local shop and I was very impressed with it. The opening is tangerine made very bright -it seems to jump off the skin. At first I thought oh this is a very warm citrus, but helping make the orange note sparkle is a slight mint green aspect. The eucalyptus middle notes mix with blond woods for a very nice tangerine mentholated wood scent. The base is warm very dry woods. It smells very much like Atelier Cologne Bois Blond with the orange and blond wood base only I thought it seemed more potent. The orange and woods is also probably what reminds some of Terre d' Hermes, but it is gentler in scent that TdH in my opinion but there are some similar notes going on. If you are looking for a very fresh light woods scent that has some orange, mint and eucalyptus - I recommend it.
Orange and mint with woods sounds a lot like Eau D'Orange Verte by Hermes.
Is the juice worth the squeeze?
Funny story, A rep gave me scent strip of Jack black and I completely dismissed it because it wasn't ever mentioned in videos or on basenotes. She proceeded to say that out of all the fragrances she has smelled in the store JB was her fav.
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Silver is simply wonderful, really a great choice out there, i have to try JB and black.
Tried it at Nordstrom as well and was very excited by the complexity and peppermint in the top notes.. after about 20 minutes the mint and all subtlety had vanished and was reduced to a sweet, pungent citrus. Terre d'Hermes doesn't do it for me, and neither does this.
I tried this yesterday at Nordstroms and loved it. It was very dry with nice sharp woody and vetiver notes, as well as sage and mint. Kind of reminded me of some of the better (i.e., NOT AQUATIC) men's fragrances I remember being released back in the 1990s. Smelled to me like a cross between Declaration and Essenza di Zegna. I can't say I smell similarities to Terre d'Hermes, though (I hate that scent!).
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It smells so good I can hear it.
One of them smells identical to Zihr Ikon, forgot which.
I can't get past the name.
Didn't care for it at all.
Yes, I get reminders of Terre d'Hermes. Yes, I can even relate to the comparison to The Beat, due to the woody-citrus aromachemical in the drydown. But does anybody else get hints of angelica, as in Frederic Malle's Bois d'Orage/French Lover? With the mint opening, which is also prominent in FM's Geraniums Pour Monsieur, and the angelica dry-down, maybe this is another incident of niche experimentation filtering out to the broader market.
Just got it for Xmas today ... Love the minimalist bottle and I actually dig the scent, I was not a fan of the other jack black scents but I was pleasantly surprised by this one.....I'm getting a whiff of what I assume is papyrus? It has an element similar to bulgari pour homme soir, I also get a a smooth Ginger note even though I don't see it listed... I don't get earth but more a grassy note, I'm a fan!
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I wish to bump this thread because I think JB Jack Blackhas been hastily and unfairly put aside with negative opinions and comments. This is a fantastic fragrance that hides behind bold orange/tangerine mint opening. The fragrance really comes alive as it dries down. It lasts all day, and is one of the finest and most interesting dry wood fragrances I've tried. The lightness of the mix is incredibly good in the warmer spring weather.
Notes for JB include: tangerine, black pepper, peppermint, elemi, geranium, eucalyptus, tiger orchid, papyrus, black amber and blond woods. The opening tangerine notes hide the woods to come in a warm citrus mint. JB quickly dries down to a lively light woods and subtle floral incense fragrance. The comparisons to Terre d' Hermes are spot on, although it does not have vetiver as a base. I also think JB smells very similar to, but much bolder and superior to Atelier Cologne Bois Blonds which was also created by the same perfumer Jerome Epinette.
The nose for JB, Jerome Epinette is the also perfumer for most of the Atelier Cologne series (Bois Blonds, Trefle Pur, Oolong Infiniti) as well as the creator of the very inventive fragrances for Byredo Parfums - the entire line. Others in his resume are Fresh Cannabis Rose along with JB for Jack Black.
I think JB is a greatly underestimated and underapreciated fragrance. Give it a try and some time to develop - you will like it.
I tried this at Nordstrom a few months ago and was quite impressed, actually. Might have to bust out my sample and give it another go.
I dont find this similar to TDH at all , it has menthol saffron thing going on with it, a freshy earthy smell , and it lasts quite a while on my skin. The closest fragrance to this would be roadster I would say. I prefer JB. Its a fantastic fragrance!
Based on this thread, I'm going to check JB out today at lunch. Sounds very intriguing.
Thought I bump up this thread. I get the TdH comparisons but not the mint/Roadster at all. Still, JB is a lovely fragrance and one of the best I've smelled in a long time. Buzzlepuff hit the nail on the head on this one. Can't figure out why JB is an EdP (99% of men who buy it won't notice this) but I like the fact that JB is taking risks when most mainstream frag houses continue to release flanker after boring flanker to the masses with no artistry in sight.
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Impatiens (Impatiens wallerana)
Richard K. ZimmermanWVU Extension ServicePlant Sciences & Conservation Specialist
Family: Balsaminaceae–Balsam family
Scientific Name: Impatiens wallerana
Origin: Tanzania to Mozambique
Classification: Annual, houseplant
Use: Hanging basket, bedding, pot culture, window boxes
Height: 9 to 30 inches
Spread: 9 to 30 inches
Hardiness: Indoors 50oF to 55oF (10oC to 13oC); outdoors until frost
Flowers: Early summer to fall; solitary in racemes on terminal and axillary shoots; up to 2� inches in diameter; solid colors of white, pink, salmon, purple, orange or red, and many bicolor; single, double and semi-double; numerous
Fruit: Capsule, � inch long, glabrous
Stems (Bark): Herbaceous, fleshy, green
Foliage: Alternative, upper leaves sometimes opposite; lanceolate-ovate; green or reddish green on both surfaces
Texture: Fine to medium
Growth Rate: Rapid
Form: Spreading, rounded, flat topped
Insects & Diseases: Scale, spider mites, aphids; damping off
Propagation: Seed sown indoors 6 to 8 weeks before last occurrence of frost (late February to mid-March); give bright light but not direct sun; artificial lights, such as Grow Lamps, should be used–place 6 to 12 inches above the flats for 12 to 14 hours a day; soil temperature should be 70oF (21oC) and air temperature 75oF (24oC) for good germination; seed should germinate in one to two weeks; grow plants at 58oF (14.4oC) to 60oF (15.5oC); cuttings, anytime, place in sand and mist or enclose in a polyethylene plastic bag.
Varieties: Many varieties and series introduced each year with varying colors and sizes.
Dwarf forms: 8 to 10 inches tall, compact, 12-inch spacing; many colors; series includes Elfin, Elfin Improved; Elfin Improved bloom earlier and more profusely.
Semi-dwarf forms: 10 to 12 inches tall, flowers 1 to 2 inches across; spacing 14 inches, solid and bicolored blooms; series includes Duet, Fantasia, Futura, Minette, Novette, Ripple (star pattern in blooms), Rosette (blooms like a miniature rose), and Twinkle.
Tall forms: 12 to 14 inches tall, flowers 1� to 2 inches across; solid and bicolors; spacing 18 inches; series includes Grande, Blitz, Stars and Stripes, Tangelow and Treasure; New Guinea-Indonesian hybrids have leaves with red or yellow markings and variegations, to 24 inches tall; good for pot culture.
Related Species: Impatiens balsamina–Garden Balsam or Rose Balsam; annual to 2� feet; flowers axillary, close to stem, 2 inches across, many colors, some spotted.
Remarks: May be called Balsam, Sultana, Touch-Me-Not, Snap Weed, Jewel Weed, Busy Lizzy, Patient Lucy, Patience Plant or Zanzibar Balsam; may be listed asImpatiens sultana or Impatiens holstii; stems and leaves reported to be toxic.
Indoor Culture
Soil Requirement: All-purpose soil composed of two parts garden loam, one part leaf mold or peatmoss and one part coarse sand; soil must be well drained.
Maintenance: Keep moist but not wet, barely moist in winter, use water that is room temperature, it is best to let water stand overnight before using; fertilize every two weeks with a houseplant fertilizer at one-half recommended rate, reduce fertilization in winter; ideal temperatures are 50oF to 55oF (10oC to 13oC) at night and 65oF to 70oF (18oC to 21oC) during the day; repot anytime as necessary.
Situation: Bright light, 4000 to 8000 foot-candles (southern or western window), will tolerate 500 to 2000 foot-candles (northern or eastern window).
Outdoor Culture
Soil Requirements: Slightly acid to neutral, good garden loam rich in organic matter such as leaf mold or compost with liberal amounts of coarse sand for good drainage.
Maintenance: Keep moist but not wet; fertilize every two weeks with a general fertilizer; plant out-of-doors after danger of frost has passed.
Situation: Sun or partial shade

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According to multiple sources, the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds are in deep discussions about a deal that would send lefty reliever Sean Marshall to the Reds in exchange for pitcher Travis Wood and prospects.
Both Bruce Levine and Ken Rosenthal reported the talks a few hours ago, and a team source just confirmed it to me. I'm told the talks are quite serious, and a deal could even be announced as early as today.
It was just yesterday that the prospect of trading Sean Marshall – something that's been lightly suggested for a while – became a cold possibility. Having missed out on Yu Darvish, it was conceivable that the Cubs would move toward a more "sell" mentality, and it's possible that we're now seeing that happen with Marshall as the first piece.
Marshall, as discussed yesterday, is a free agent after this year, in which he'll make just over $3 million. For one of the clear best relievers in the game, he's a bargain. That he should net the Cubs a very good return goes without saying. And, to be fair, given his role and contract situation, trading him doesn't necessary signal an imminent dive bomb into the 2012 season.
As for the return on Marshall, Wood makes an interesting centerpiece. A lefty with just one year of service time, Wood debuted in 2010, and put up a 116 ERA+ in a half season at age 23. He had a 3.51 ERA and a strikingly good 1.081 WHIP that year, with a 3.31 K/BB ratio. He couldn't keep it up in 2011, though. In another half year, his ERA ballooned to 4.84, his WHIP to 1.491, his walk rate went up, and his K rate went down. The Reds' trade for Mat Latos this weekend made Wood expendable, if he was even going to crack the rotation at all in 2012.
Drafted by the Reds in 2005 in the second round out of high school, Wood, who will turn 25 in February, was a consistently good minor league pitcher as he worked his way through the Reds' system. Until his 2011 hiccup – not only did he regress in his time in the big leagues, he struggled at AAA – Wood had the look of the kind of pitching prospect you'd be thrilled to get for Sean Marshall. In that regard, he certainly makes sense as a "buy low" candidate for Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer. The kind of player they say they like to target.
Bruce Levine says the Cubs would also be getting prospects for Marshall, but, despite Marshall's superiority as a reliever, I have a hard time seeing the Cubs getting top prospects in addition to a young, lefty starter who has had success at the big league level, and who isn't even arbitration-eligible until 2014. Perhaps they could get a couple decent, high upside kids – ones they could include in a deal to the Padres for Anthony Rizzo, perhaps? – but I don't think we'd see the Cubs taking anyone from the Reds' top ten prospect list.
Obviously we'll have more on this as it develops, which, again, could be as soon as later today. The Cubs will presumably be making a number of calls to other teams – if they haven't already – to tell them that this is their last chance to make a knockout offer for Marshall.
When calculating Marshall's value, don't forget: if he's on the same team for all of 2012, and then leaves via free agency (after an offer of a one-year contract worth the average of the top 125 salaries in the game (about $12 million), which he might decline), he will net his team two high draft picks.


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Bridgeway Island sits next to Bridgeway Lakes but has a more intimate feel with the neighborhood being screened by rock walls and surrounded by more lush greenery. Bridgeway Island Elementary School sits at the center of the neighborhood, adjacent to Bridgeway Island Park – a four-acre park with playground, turf area, barbeques, and basketball court.
Parks and family activities are plentiful in the Bridgeway neighborhoods, with Sunset Vista Park (jogging path, playground and turf area) nearby and the Bridgeway Lakes Park and Boathouse defining the area. Residents can take advantage of the 12-acre park and its large baseball diamond, turf area, amphitheater, walking paths, and water play area for hot summer afternoons. A number of classes and recreational activities take place at the Boathouse, including a Spanish for toddlers class and Camp Lakeside (a program for kids in the summer months). A man-made lake with paddleboats broadens the summertime activities.
More activities (and shopping) abound just three quick miles away on Jefferson Blvd. The West Sacramento Recreation Center offers a myriad of yoga, Zumba, bootcamp, cardio, and toning classes. There's also cardio and circuit training equipment, but the family fun comes in the form of a climbing wall, pool with waterslide and special events like the Soggy Doggy Swim Day for pooches that like to work out.
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Globe Asiatique president Lee wins a round in court
Globe Asiatique president Lee wins a round in court
Philippine Daily Inquirer —Christine O. Avendaño 5:08 am Monday Oct 14th 2013
MANILA, Philippines—The Home Development Mutual Fund, known as Pag-Ibig Fund, has failed to stop a Makati Regional Trial Court from ordering it to honor its obligations to property developer Globe Asiatique in connection with a mass housing project in Pampanga.
Voting 3-2 on Oct. 7, the Court of Appeals' Special Division dismissed the petition for certiorari filed by Pag-Ibig against two resolutions of Makati RTC Branch 58 directing the agency to honor its obligations to two Xevera housing projects.
The housing projects in Bacolor and Mabalacat towns in Pampanga became controversial following reports that Globe Asiatique under its president, Delfin Lee, had taken out up to P6.6 billion in Pag-Ibig loans for 9,000 units but the listed borrowers had denied having availed themselves of the loans.
Pag-Ibig filed the petition for certiorari against the decisions of Makati Judge Eugene Paras dated Jan. 30, 2012, and Dec. 11, 2012, on the grounds that he committed grave abuse of discretion when he ruled in favor of Globe Asiatique.
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Globe Asiatique Realty Holdings Corporation
Globe Asiatique Realty Holdings Corporation was primarily conceived to support the vision of the government to provide housing for the low income Filipino family. With this in mind, owners of the company decided to start its first venture on residential housing project by developing one of its properties located in San Mateo, Rizal. Named STA. BARBARA VILLAS I, a 100% socialized housing project, the subdivision has been a showcase for the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) for other developers because of its extensive development and having passed all the required geotechnic, landslide and erosion tests conducted by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau.
Today STA. BARBARA VILLAS I with a land area of 80 hectares stands proud and tranquil a top the hills of Barangay Silangan, San Mateo, Rizal, unaffected by natural calamities, its residents composing of employees and their families from the government and private sector, enlisted personnel from the AFP and overseas contract workers as well, each of them enjoying the fruit of their toils and fulfillment of a dream --- a house they can call their own.
As the demand for housing increases, the company continued to support the thrust of the government by developing another 14 hectare property also located at Barangay Silangan, San Mateo, Rizal, 3 kilometers away from the STA BARBARA VILLAS I with the same name. Type of development is a mixed low cost and socialized development aimed to cater the need for housing of the employees of the Office of the Ombudsman and Sandiganbayan. Funding of this project was also approved by PAG-IBIG subject of a MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT between the company, PAG-IBIG and the Office of the Ombudsman.
On August 4, 1995, a sister company which operates with the same line of business category was established. Mr. Delfin S. Lee, President of Globe Asiatique Realty Holdings Corporation together with his Malaysian business associates ventured again in the real estate industry, thus FILMAL REALTY CORPORATION was established.
Today, ST. MONIQUE VALAIS located at Barangay Pantok, Binangonan, Rizal is a byword among individuals in the metropolis who dream of owning a house and lot in the said subdivision because of the finesse and cultured type of development applied to the subdivision.
Middle of 2002 was a deciding period for the president of the company whether to venture into highrise development or not. DL as he is called by his associates made the boldest decision for the company to go highrise. Heads of the engineering department together with his consultants rolled and worked round the clock for the preparation of the plans for his brainchild ---- the GLOBE ASIATIQUE TOWER (G.A. TOWER) which will proudly rise at #83 EDSA, Mandaluyong City.
Launched last January 31, 2003, this 30-storey G. A. Tower was opened to the market and the 600- regular units plus its 29th & 30th floor penthouse units were SOLD OUT IN JUST 3 MONTHS.
Globe Asiatique Realty has once again come together to give life to the idea of "luxurious living within our reach". This is the "CHATEAU VALENZUELA", the 5-star condo-ville development right in the city of Valenzuela.
Ideal for the Filipino people searching for SAFE, AFFORDABLE and HIGH-QUALITY homes to call their own, Chateau Valenzuela is the perfect choice.
Chateau Valenzuela has 18 buildings, with each building having 6 floors with a total of 84 units per building. Each unit will be delivered FULLY FINISHED.
Launched this January 22, 2005, the G.A. TOWER 2, an identical twin of G. A. Tower 1, and as of todate, 60% of the total units are already pre-sold, a testament to the growing market for luxurious high-rise condo for the middle class.
Launched this January 19, 2008, the Xevera project of Globe Asiatique Realty envisioned to dramatically improve the landscape of the Pampanga province. Only a short distance from the Diosdado Macapagal Airport and the Clark Field Special Economic Zone, Xevera offers the nearby workers and middle-income earners a chance to purchase their very own homes at a price and financing package well-suited for their needs. Xevera is positioned to be a high-quality and prestigious residential community offered at a very low cost. With its housing units priced at only P750,000, and combined with Pag-ibig's low interest financing program, home owners will only have to pay a minimum of P5,000 a month for them to acquire their very own units. With this package, even minimum-income earning families can afford to buy their own houses instead of having to rent their units at almost the same cost.
The development of the Xevera project will not only improve the aesthetic aspects of the community, but will also uplift the lives of the ordinary workers as the prestige of owning their homes will encourage them to further expand and improve their lives. The safety and convenience of living in such a community will also have its social impacts on the Pampanga region as this could lead the way for further developments within the area.
Launched this January 25, 2009, the Xevera Mabalacat a first of its kind in the Philippines which promises to provide quality homes at affordable prices to suit a lifestyle of elegance and convenience.
Name : GLOBE ASIATIQUE REALTY HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Business : 2ND Flr. GA Tower 2 Condominium, EDSA, Boni Ave.,
Address Mandaluyong City
Tel. No. 576-6618
No. of Years in : 18 years
Established and registered with Securities and Exchange Commission on November 22, 1994 with a 100% Filipino shareholders.


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The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald on Monday blasted investigative reporter Barton Gellman for making "false" claims about the man they shared as a source: Edward Snowden.
The public tiff between two journalists who have led the way on disclosing National Security Agency surveillance offers a rare window into high-stakes negotiations between reporters and their sources. It illustrates the balance between publishing secrets and protecting the nation's security — and shows the risks that a source thought to be exclusive to one outlet might peddle his news scoop elsewhere.
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Snowden came forward on Sunday afternoon in both The Guardian and the Post, where Gellman wrote his piece, to say he was the source of the revelations about National Security Agency surveillance.
( Also on POLITICO: 10 things to know about Edward Snowden)
On Sunday evening, the Post published a story by Gellman detailing his interactions with Snowden. Gellman wrote that Snowden asked for a guarantee that the Post would publish, within 72 hours, all the PowerPoint slides he provided on PRISM. When Gellman said he couldn't promise that, Snowden went to Greenwald, according to Gellman's account.
Greenwald fired back via Twitter on Monday morning.
"Bart Gellman's claims about Snowden's interactions with me - when, how and why - are all false," Greenwald wrote on Twitter.
( Also on POLITICO: Glenn Greenwald says U.S. wants to destroy privacy worldwide)
On the issue of conditions for publishing the information from Snowden, Greenwald tweeted, "I have no idea whether he had any conditions for WP, but he had none for us: we didn't post all the slides." He also wrote he had been "working with" Snowden since February, "long before anyone spoke to Bart Gellman."
In the back-to-back scoop, Greenwald struck first in The Guardian with his bombshell about sweeping NSA surveillance of phone calls, while Gellman followed up quickly in the Post with the revelation about PRISM.
The spat continued during the day on Monday, with Gellman writing on Twitter: "Snowden didn't bolt when I refused guarantees, just quit going steady."
( PHOTOS: Pols, pundits weigh in on NSA report)
In his Post piece, Gellman described a series of "indirect contacts" he had with Snowden before their first "direct exchange" on May 16, Gellman wrote in an account for The Washington Post about his exchanges with his source. Snowden — who chose the name Verax, or "truth teller" in Latin for his code name, and called Gellman "Brassbanner" — "dropped a bombshell" on May 24 and asked Gellman for a guarantee that The Washington Post would publish, within 72 hours, all the PowerPoint slides he provided on PRISM.
Snowden told Gellman he wanted "to embolden others to step forward."
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Additionally, according to Gellman, Snowden requested that the Post publish online a "cryptographic key" so he could prove to a foreign embassy he was the source of the document leak.


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The Cake Wrecks "Winter Underlined" Tour
The day has finally arrived, loyal minions! I can now officially announce our third "world" tour lineup, and make at least three quarters of you mad that we're not visiting your city! WHOOHOOOO!!!
See, here's the thing:
The thing is, we're not flying this time. With the general awful, stressful, germ-exposing experience that is flying these days - not to mention airport "security" ridiculousness - we're just not up for it.
So, we're driving instead.
And, since we only have a limited amount of time between when the book publishes and when book stores stop allowing authors to appear because of the holidays, we're not going to make it out to the west coast this time.
But - BUT - we are going to 16 cities, most of which we've never been to before! And Canada! We're going to Canada!
So without further ado, here's our tour line-up:
- Atlanta, GA 10/18/11 (Tuesday) at the Buckhead Barnes & Noble, 7 pm
- Charlotteish, NC (Concord) 10/20/11 (Thursday) at the Concord Books-A-Million, 6:30 pm
- Richmond, VA 10/21/11 (Friday), Barnes & Noble, 7pm
- Baltimore, MD 10/22/11 (Saturday), Barnes & Noble, 2pm
- Philadelphiaish, PA (Exton) 10/24/11 (Monday) Barnes & Noble, 7pm
- Hartford, CT 10/25/11 (Tuesday) Barnes & Noble, 7pm
- Bostonish, MA (Brookline) 10/27/11 (Thursday) Brookline Booksmith, 7pm
- Montreal, Quebec 10/29/11 (Saturday) Indigo Books, 2pm
- Toronto, Ontario 11/01/11 (Tuesday) Indigo Books, 7pm
- Pittsburghish, PA (Homestead) 11/03/11 (Thursday) Barnes & Noble, 7pm
- Chicagoish, IL (Winnetka) 11/06/11 (Sunday) The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 2pm
- St. Louis, MO 11/07/11 (Monday) Left Bank Books (Downtown location), 7pm
- Memphis, TN 11/09/11 (Wednesday) Barnes & Noble, 7pm
- Dallasish, TX (Fairview) 11/11/11 (Friday) A Real Bookstore, 7pm
- Houston, TX 11/13/11 (Sunday) Barnes & Noble, 2pm
- New Orleans, LA 11/15/11 (Tuesday) Garden District Book Shop, 7pm
- And Orlando. Probably. Maybe. We're working on it.
As before, our tours will include a show by John and yours truly, lots of laughs, free cake, a wreckplica cupcake contest, prizes, and an all-night rave party with your fellow wreckies. (We'll vote on whose house once we get there.) Also, I might be lying about the rave party. But I might not be, either.
We've worked very hard to ensure that every show will be free for you to attend - something that is becoming a rarity these days, since book stores now often charge for author signings. (Yes, really - and that was news to me, too.) So, bring the kids! Bring your friends! Don't make me and John eat all this cake by ourselves!
(Though if no one shows up, I totally will. And I'll wash it all down with my salty, salty tears.)
Speaking of which: bakers, if you'd like to volunteer your services for a show near you, please e-mail me! It's a great way to show off your mad skilz to local cake-lovers, and we promise to give you lots of props at the show and here on the blog. (Sorry, professional bakers only, please!)
And west coast, I'm sorry we're missing you this time. I truly am. If it helps any, it's possible we'll be doing something out your way next year, so try not to despair *too* much.
We'll be publishing separate event pages soon to collect RSVPs and give you all the specifics for each city, so 'til then, mark your calendars, and start planning those wreckplicas!
Update from john: To those of you asking about detours and inbetween stops, we would absolutely love to. But we literally don't have time. For example, on Friday the 22nd, we drive from Charlotte to Ricmond and do a show at 7pm. After the show, we get back in the car and drive from Richmond to Baltimore to get ready for a show the next day at 2. It's crazy but coordinating bookstores and dates and drive times leaves us with a slightly absurd schedule. It's a little over 6,000 miles in 34 days with about 100 hours of driving.
Also, sometimes finding a bookstore that could work with the schedule required us to go a little outside the cities. For instance, the Chicago stop is actually about 30 minutes north of the city. It's the best we could do.
And finally, to our awesome European readers, we will get there someday. Maybe even next year depending on schedule. I've always wanted to do a road trip through Europe.
Thanks and Wreck On!
john (the hubby of Jen)


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As promised: a colorful post during grey days!
Love my colorful collection of stamp supplies!! :) Some of the stuff I've got in there:
- My two linoleum cutters from Pfeil
- Memento & VersaCraft ink
- A Speedy-Carve block
- Baby face wipes (for removing ink from the stamps)
- Handmade stamps
- Stamps by De Krantenkapper
If you'd like to make a stamp yourself, you can check out my tutorial here. Beware: it's very addictive!!! :)


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SOFTBALL: UNH wins, Southern eliminated in NE-10 softball
Despite hitting four home runs, including a pair of blasts from senior Jessica Rosa, the No. 18 nationally ranked Southern Connecticut State University softball team was eliminated from the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament on Friday evening with an 8-5 loss to Assumption.
Le Moyne defeated Southern 2-1 in the first game.
The Owls fell to 37-10 on the year and will now wait to learn of their NCAA Tournament opponent when the selections are announced on Monday morning at 10 a.m.
Assumption (30-16) advances to play either Le Moyne or New Haven in another elimination game on Saturday at 4 p.m.
Southern fell behind 5-0 in the second game before Kate Hoffman connected for her fifth home run of the year.
The next inning, Kristin Whitley started a three-run rally with a solo shot, her third long ball of the year. Then, after a walk to Alyssa Downs, Rosa launched a blast over the center field wall to get the Owls within a run.
However, Assumption scored three times in the sixth to push its lead to 8-4. Rosa homered again in the seventh to close the scoring for the Owls.
In the opener LeMoyne scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning and held on for the win.
No. 7 New Haven moved to the semifinal round with an 8-3 win over Assumption. The Chargers (29-18) will face fourth-seeded Le Moyne today at 1 p.m.
Kelsey Malloy picked up the win in relief of Alana Wesche. She allowed one run in six innings while fanning five.
Jess Spivey and Gilly Childs homered for New Haven and Shannon Angehr had two hits and two RBIs.
BaseballYale sophomore second baseman Jacob Hunter belted a three-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning to rally the Bulldogs to a 10-8 win over Brown in the second game of a doubleheader Friday at Brown's Murray Stadium.
It was the second ninth-inning victory in the twin bill as Brown's J.J. Franco walked with the bases loaded in the opening game to lift Brown to a 2-1 win.
Yale (11-31-1, 3-15 Ivy League) will host Brown (9-31, 6-12 Ivy League) for Senior Day on Saturday at Yale Field in a second doubleheader that begins at 1 p.m.


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But enough about me - here's a tutorial I made about miniature accordion books that I thought you might enjoy, republished from my bookbinding blog.
I figure that many of you, since this is a bookbinding blog, will be able to follow along, but if you'd like written directions, you can visit my original minibook tutorial post.
Some notes: the boards I used were scraps from the back of a notepad - I tested them with my PH pen to see if they were neutral, and then went ahead. the paper is 8.5x11 (regular US letter size) cut into strips in the short direction, I believe they are 1.5"x8.5", grain short (so the accordion folds more easily) but it's been a while. The glue I used is PVA.
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Sabahi, Aboul Fotouh won't endorse in runoff, raising fears Egypt presidential vote will be polarizing affair
The top two candidates considered revolutionary picks during Egypt's recent presidential balloting are refusing to endorse a candidate in next month's runoff, giving renewed life to fears that this nation's first contested vote for president is likely to be a polarizing, not unifying, event.
With the runoff pitting Mohammed Morsi, an Islamist from the Muslim Brotherhood, against Ahmed Shafik, a retired general who served as Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, a huge segment of Egyptian voters who favor democratic change say they have no representative in the race. Many say they haven't decided whether they'll even vote in the final round, now scheduled for June 16 and 17.
The refusal by Arab nationalist Hamdeen Sabahi and moderate Islamist Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh to endorse either Shafik or Morsi only complicates their decision.
Together, Sabahi and Aboul Fotouh won 40 percent of the 26 million votes cast in last week's balloting. Those 8.9 million voters, in theory, are now up for grabs, and they could decide who will become Egypt's first democratically elected president.
But a boycott could seriously affect whether Egyptians view the new president as a symbol of unity or as a figure imposed, in the end, by a relatively small, even if powerful, minority. Already there are concerns that the 46 percent turnout in the first round was far off the 60 percent participation rate of parliamentary elections last year. A boycott by Sabahi and Aboul Fotouh partisans would depress the turnout dramatically.
"It is in (Aboul Fotouh and Sabahi's) interest not to endorse anyone because it allows them to present themselves as the true defenders of the people's interests," said Karim el Assir, an analyst at the independent Cairo-based Signet Institute, a Middle East think tank. "But in the short term it contributes to political polarization at a time when whoever wins will need a broad mandate."
Both Morsi and Shafik have tried to woo supporters of other candidates with promises of reforms and calls for national unity. After weeks of endorsing strict adherence to Sharia, Islamic law, in a nation that is 10 percent Christian, Morsi's runoff campaign slogan now is "Our strength is in our unity." But neither candidate has swayed Christians.
Both Sabahi and Aboul Fotouh have continued to argue that they would have been better representatives of the national interests.
Sabahi has been the most direct about not endorsing, saying he intends to remain a national figure and that his supporters would have to decide for themselves whether to vote in the runoff and, if so, whom to support.
Aboul Fotouh has urged voters not to select a Mubarak regime holdover, a clear reference to Shafik, but he has not endorsed Morsi.
Sabahi, in particular, enjoys a coveted base of support. He won nearly every major Egyptian population center, including Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and the Red Sea region, areas where he was not even considered a contender weeks ago. His promise not to be swayed by a party or the military is thought to be what won him such wide support, and his popularity has only grown since he came in third in the election. Some talk of writing his name on the runoff ballot. Others contend he was robbed by a government that rigged the election.
Aboul Fotouh was once thought likely to be the leader in the race, but came in fourth as he lost support from voters unsure of him and his increasingly moderate Islamist views. Regardless, on Thursday he sough to reinvent himself as the voice of a struggling revolution, presenting a four-point plan that he said the next president should carry out. It included a coalition government headed by a prime minister from a non-majority political party; two vice presidents; and a constituent assembly to represent Egyptian civil interests.
McClatchy special correspondent Amina Ismail contributed to this article.


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High school students created a stir when they made light of domestic violence in a comic skit at a high school pep rally skit in small New York town.
The three white male students from Waverly High School covered their faces in make-up to make themselves appear black and parodied the incident when singer Chris Brown assaulted then-girlfriend Rihanna, according to the Huffington Post. After the 2009 attack, Rihanna had visible injuries and was hospitalized; Brown was charged with felony assault.
The students were participating in the school's Mr. Waverly competition, in which the skit with the loudest applause wins. The performance was approved by administrators before the pep rally.
Students later posted photos on Facebook and now some adults in the community are outraged. They're saying the skit was racist and sexist and that the students wrongly portrayed domestic violence as a light matter.
But many Waverly students are defending their classmates and saying the media has blown this incident out of proportion. "It's complete bogus that people were offended by it," Ryan Bronson, a 19-year-old graduate who attended the pep rally on Friday, told CNN. Bronson says kids were laughing hysterically during the performance.


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Gary Goddard always blames everyone else for the film's various failings, or viewers for daring to point out such obvious failings, but the truth of the matter is that there is a very good reason why he hadn't directed a feature before this, and has never been offered another one since, or even any tv work directing, and that is because he was a very poor director who spent his budget very poorly, and didn't deliver what he promised on time or on budget. And that kind of reputation doesn't go away in Hollyweird.
He whines about a lack of money and a low budget, and yet he had a budget of 17 million dollars in 1987 to play with, and still couldn't deliver all that was required (and pre-costed) in the script, and in fact did so poorly at being able to deliver what was required and do it in time and on budget that Cannon had to inject another 7 million dollars into the budget just to get enough of the required footage so it could be edited into a releasable condition. Goddard complains that they cut his last three days of shooting, what he fails to mention is that those three days were part of the weeks of over-runs that his ineptitude as a director had caused the production. And even with a final budget of 22 million all up, his film still doesn't deliver a whole lot visually and certainly doesn't have any style or energy to it, particularly during the action sequences. Remember, this became, at the time, Cannon's biggest budgeted film ever. It's also partly responsible for the company's later collapse.
By comparison James Cameron had just delivered Aliens shortly before on a budget of only 18 million dollars, after having made Terminator for around 6.5 million. Oliver Stone had made Platoon for only 6.5 million, David Cronenberg delivered The Fly for 15 million, Russell Mulcahy delivered Highlander for 16 million, Star Trek IV had only slightly more than Masters at 24 million, Top Gun was made for around 15 million, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors was only 5 million, and The Untouchables cost 20 million. None of these were simple or small films, and yet they survived on their budgets just fine. Thrived even.
Now take a look at Masters of the Universe. A film with no really expensive stars at the time, compared to the casting of other films of the time. Masters looks like a 5-10 million dollar film of the era, at best. And more often looks like something Albert Pyun would squeeze out for less than half that. It basically only had one big set, the inside of Grayskull, and only 5 not overly complex creature effects in Beast Man (a rather simple fursuit with a face appliance), Skeletor (with his skull mask appliance), Saurod (lizard head appliance and some body make up), Karg (another body suit and face appliance), and Gwildor (full 'hero' level face appliance, body suit, sculpted hand appliances, and mechanized ears) who was probably the most complicated. On top of that you had laser effects, that by that time even tv shows like V could replicate easily on a weekly basis, a couple of setpiece flying vehicles, which for the most part are just shells, and the hover board sequence, plus maybe a dozen different dedicated custom costumes, a couple of different mass produced guns, and some other custom weapons (swords, havok staff etc). That Goddard could barely deliver what surprisingly little that we got with 22 million dollars at his disposal in an era when that was a pretty damn large budget, well that is pretty telling in regards to his quality, or lack thereof, as a director. And that he still uses the "we didn't have enough money" excuse and fails to take any responsibility for any of the film's problems to this day is pretty pathetic frankly.
By the way, if you ever get the chance, ask Dolph Lundgren about Goddard. You'll get some pretty choice stories, believe me. And none to Goddard's favor either.
Now don't get me wrong, there's still some cheesy fun to be had with the film, if almost despite itself and all it's various problems, and what it did manage to deliver it did okay at, and I personally have a bit of a soft spot for the film, but even so, Goddard was the captain of this ship, and while his direction was merely mediocre and rather lifeless, his mismanagement of the film was borderline incompetent, and considering the budget that he had at the time he should have been able to deliver a lot more on screen that we ultimately got.
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I'm sorry Crom, I'm not trying to argue with you but I do feel that you are being very hard on Gary Goddard whether he's a competent director or not. It's hard to transfer comics, cartoons or videogames to screen and try to please everyone all the time. Whether you have 17 million or 70 million to spend on a feature, sometimes it just doesn't come off and there are problems. I absolutely love this film, for all it's flaws it's been a big part of my childhood even though I know it could have been miles better. I accept the excuses Gary Goddard has given over the years, but I am also open to the reasons given by others involved with the film. It's 2011 now, not 1987 and Masters Of The Universe is what it is.
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Hey, no need to be sorry, you are entitled to your opinion and you are entitled to disagree, that's cool. And I'd never try to convince you otherwise, just as I'd never tell someone they should like a film they don't, or shouldn't like a film that they do. Everyone is entitled to their own distinct tastes and opinions, and the right to share them, so as long as that is done non confrontationally (as it was here) then it's all good.
I won't go on and on about it, lest it seem like I have some kind of crazy stalker grudge against Goddard, but over the years I have personally talked to a couple of the cast members, as well as three of four of the crew that worked this show, and few had anything kind to say about the man, his direction, or his management of this production. At best he comes across as someone who was in way over his head, and who lacked the necessary skills, talent, and experience to be able to make good on his promises and ambitions. At worst...well, I won't even say. He ended the show with few friends on that set though, and a reputation that didn't exactly lend itself to picking up more work behind the cameras from that point on, but lets leave it at that.
The film is what it is, and people are free to like it or not, as they see fit. I guess I've just heard and read too much about the making of this film to be ever able to truly see it unhindered from such knowledge, and minus the baggae of it being, in my eyes, such a missed, even botched, opportunity.
But again, to each their own.
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Oh this was just as bad & good as we all remember. I know someone who still has the castle of grey skull chilling in his garage. And I am very happy to still have a picture of myself, wearing a Dick Tracy shirt slurping jello through a straw at the table with... you guessed it, my He-Man toy and his green tiger sitting center view. Everytime I look at kids' toys now and think, "What in the crap are they teaching kids in these shows today?!?" I think back to He-Man and the "Snorks", "Fraggle Rock" and the "Thundercats" and then shut my trap.
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Courtney Cox working at a chicken restaurant with homoerotic quick shots of an oiled Dolph Lundgren= box office gold.
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Allow me to introduce my dear friend, the second boss of Blackwing Lair, Vaelstrasz the Corrupt. Vael pops up a couple other places in the game (LBRS and UBRS) where he is friendly and helps you out, but when you see him in BWL it's a different story.
First, a quick rundown of BWL lore. BWL is the home of Nefarian, son of Neltharion. Netharion was the leader of the Black Dragonflight and, like most of the dragons in WoW lore was a pretty cool dude. But then he went all emo and started listening to Thursday and My Chemical Romance and he probably got some tatoos of a rose with a tear or something and he changed his name to Deathwing. He convinced the other Dragon Aspects to lend him a part of their soul so they could make a weapon to destroy whomever they were all fighting at the time (demons iirc). But Deathwing is a sneaky bastard and he wasn't actually trying to kill demons; he had gone batshit crazy and was going to try to kill the other Aspects. He was the only one who didn't contribute any of his power so he was full strength AND he had some of the power of all the other dragons and they were all weakened. But the other dragons figured it out in time and curbstomped Deathwing. He went into hiding and hasn't been seen since. He presumably is wearing black thick rimmed glasses and tight jeans and is badly in need of a haircut.
Neltharion/Deathwing had a couple kids, notably Onyxia and Nefarian. Nefarian inherited his father's hatred of humanity and the other dragonflights. Inside BWL he is doing a little bit of genetic engineering trying to combine the different dragonflights into a Chromatic Dragonflight that will be under his control. The plan is to rally the Black Dragonflight and use them plus the new Chromatic Dragonflight to strike back and destroy the other dragonflights that beat up his dad. The other dragonflights kinda know what is going on and they understandably want to stop it. Vaelstrasz is part of the Red Dragonflight and is kind of a big deal and he tracks Nefarian to Blackwing Lair. But Vael gets whooped by Nefarian and when you encounter him he is at 30% health.
There is a cutscene before the encounter starts and Nefarian does a little speech where he tells you that he beat up Vael and now Vael is corrupted and is going to serve Nefarian by killing your raid. Vael tries to fight the corruption and tells you to gtfo. Right before the encounter starts, as his final effort before the corruption takes over, Vael gives your raid a buff called Essence of the Red to help you kill him. The buff lasts for three minutes and it restores 500 mana per second to mana users, 50 energy per second to rogues and cat druids and 20 rage per second to warriors and bear druids. It means you basically have infinite mana/rage/energy.
Vael, like most dragons has a frontal cleave and frontal cone fire breath attack but this one adds a stacking DoT on the tank. He also has a flame buffet that will hit everyone in the raid for around 600 every 3 seconds. So raid healing is a huge deal in this fight. But since the healers have infinite mana, it isn't too hard to spam what would otherwise be mana intensive party heals. He also has a debuff that he will randomly put on 1 member of the raid called Burning Adrenaline. Burning Adrenaline increases damage done by 100%, increases attack speed by 100% and makes all spells instant cast. After 20 seconds the person with BA will explode killing that person and everyone around them. BA can't be removed by anything (including pally bubble, iceblock and cloak of shadows) and Vael can and will cast it on the tank.
You would put your raid on one side of the boss and the tanks on the other side. If anyone pulled aggro, the boss would cleave and it would chain to everyone on that side and kill a bunch of people and then he would flame breath and kill anybody left standing. One of the most impressive things about Vael is how quickly he can wipe a raid. Back in the day an aggro pull or early tank death meant that Vael would wipe your raid incredibly fast. We are talking 40 people alive to 0 alive in less than 5 seconds.
The space behind the dragon was left clear for people with BA. When someone got BA, they would sprint to the back of the dragon and then DPS like mad until they exploded safely away from the rest of the raid. If/when the MT got BA, then the second tank would run next to the MT and the healers would all stop healing the MT and start healing the OT. The idea was that you would let Vael kill the MT before BA killed him so that he wouldn't explode.
Even though Vael is at 30% when you walk into room, you still have a long way to go. The tanks have infinite rage, but threat can still be an issue since rogues and dps warriors have infinite energy/rage too. Casters generally didn't have a problem with threat because more mana for them does not correlate to a huge dps increase like it does for druids/rogues/warriors. The key was having the dpsers stay below all the tanks, not just the current tank. Once Vael was below 20% though, the OTs could go to Battle stance and start dropping full rage bar executes on the boss which would generate plenty of threat.
This fight was THE dps race on vanilla wow. Everyone loved being able to put out huge numbers. Burning Adrenaline was a great mechanic that was gauranteed to kill the person it was cast on but it gave you the consolation of a HUGE damage burst before you died. The "enrage" timer was basically the 3 minute duration of Essence of the Red and it was pretty tightly tuned. A guild that had been clearing MC and was playing well would beat the enrage timer, but if your dps was off their game or healers were letting people die, then you were going wipe no matter how good your gear was. It was a gear check and a skill check at the same time. Lots and lots of guilds shattered on Vael. He was the guild killer of vanilla WoW.
A lot of people hated the Vael fight and I never really understood why. If was definately one of the hardest fights in BWL and its placement as the second encounter of the instance meant it was a major stumbling block. But the hard fights are the fun ones IMO. And Vael was very hard. The mechanics were unique, especially after Molten Core, it was a dps race and a skill check. It was a relatively short fight and was very intense the whole time. It was just a great fight.
Fun fact: when BWL was first released, if you didn't kill Vael within an hour of the first time you engaged him he would automatically despawn for 12 hours and iirc, you couldn't move on to the next boss without killing Vael so if you didn't get him within that hour then you were screwed.
The attunement for BWL is very very easy by modern standards. When you head up to the doorway for UBRS, if you keep going past down the hallway there are some mid-50s elite mobs. One of them is called Blackrock Quartermaster (or something close to that). You kill him and he drops an item that starts a quest. The quest is to go kill General Drakkisath in UBRS and touch the orb behind him. Once you do that you are attuned to BWL. Get yourself back outside the UBRS portal and head all the way to the end of that hallway and you will see the Orb of Command and you can put your hand on it and you will be teleported into BWL.
The only hard part of the attunement is finding someone with an UBRS key. With 10 people you can clear UBRS in about 20 minutes. If there is someone who has done the fights before and can explain them, then you can do everything in BWL with 15 people. You will need Onyxia Scale Cloaks for your tanks if you want to do the three drakes and your whole raid will need those cloaks if you want to do Nefarian, but those are easy enough to get since Ony can be killed with 5-10 people (less is possible but it takes a while).


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BATON ROUGE — Scott Angelle at one time served as parish president of his native St. Martin, home of Longfellow's Evangeline and the legislatively recognized Crawfish Capital of the World.
BATON ROUGE — Scott Angelle at one time served as parish president of his native St. Martin, home of Longfellow's Evangeline and the legislatively recognized Crawfish Capital of the World.
And he used to keep a glass gallon jug of Tabasco in his Baton Rouge office as state secretary of natural resources.
But he wouldn't necessarily call himself a Cajun politician.
"I don't think I describe myself as that, although I think others have," said Angelle, who turned 51 in November. "I don't want to limit myself or my background. I spent a lot of time in northwest Louisiana working in the Haynesville Shale, in central Louisiana working on a project for synthetic gasoline and in the southeast part of the state helping get levees built."
While his world view may stretch well beyond the Basin, Angelle, a Democrat-turned-Republican, didn't sell it to voters like that when he made a successful run for the Public Service Commission this fall.
"Scott Angelle has crafted an image of a man of the people," said Pearson Cross, political science professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. "He embraces his French culture, which can really bind certain parts of the state. And having a distinctive regional calling card can be a good thing, especially in politics."
In the early 1970s, former Gov. Edwin Edwards of Crowley is considered by many to be the first Cajun politician to break cultural lines in a significant way, although others made successful careers for themselves much earlier, such as former state Sen. Dudley "Coozan" LeBlanc of Youngsville, who made millions off of his alcohol-heavy medicine Hadacol in the 1940s and 1950s.
Since then, many more have emerged from south Louisiana's ranks to wave the Cajun banner in regional and statewide politics: former Gov. Kathleen Blanco of Coteau, whose campaign commercials included Cajun music; former U.S. Sen. John Breaux, who helped introduce Washington to Mardi Gras; and former Congressman Billy Tauzin of Chackbay, who became known on the Hill for his Boudreaux and Thibodeaux jokes, among other things.
Angelle, who once boiled crawfish on Capitol Hill as part of a coastal awareness campaign, is the latest to fit the political mold — that much was evident from his cornerstone campaign ad this past fall.
In the television spot, Angelle decried the federal drilling ban that was implemented after the BP oil spill, speaking in terms that were immediately recognizable to the audience.
"This moratorium is not hurting the stockholders of BP or Exxon or Chevron," he said in the clip, his tempo and volume increasing. "This moratorium is hurting the Cheramies and the Cailliers and the Dupres and the Roberts and the Boudreauxs and the Thibodeauxs."
It was Blanco, a Democrat, who originally appointed Angelle as natural resources secretary in 2004, a position he relinquished to run for the PSC.
Gov. Bobby Jindal reappointed him four years later and had much more use of Angelle than his predecessor.
Jindal also tapped Angelle to serve as interim lieutenant governor for seven months in 2010 and often relied upon him to be the executive branch's legislative lobbyist.
During his time with Jindal, Angelle said valuable lessons were learned.
"The governor always said that we're going to run out of time before we do ideas and things to do. I share that urgency and dedication," he said.
More recently, the governor appointed him to the LSU Board of Supervisors.
What helps set Angelle apart from the likes of Blanco and Edwards, both Democrats, is the GOP affiliation he now shares with Jindal, having switched two years ago.
In doing so, Angelle was criticized by some for forsaking the African-American base of the Democratic Party, which traditionally carried politicians like Blanco, Edwards and Breaux into statewide office.
"(Angelle) represents the Acadiana of today, just like Edwards and others did in their times," Cross said. "Things are different now. Acadiana and the region is trending Republican and has been for the past 20 years."
Angelle said party affiliation doesn't affect who he has always been, which he contends in sum is more than just a Cajun politician.
"That label, being a Cajun politician, it speaks to a person who has a flair for life, a passion for living. It's someone who doesn't take themselves too seriously. People respond to politicians who keep it real, who understand hunting and fishing, who like football and cooking and faith and family. All of that, plus more, is what makes a Cajun."
Themes aside, Angelle's message clearly resonated with the PSC's 2nd District, which links the Bayou parishes with portions of Acadiana and the capital region.
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Angelle carried 57 percent against four opponents, including a state representative from Baton Rouge.
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At this moment in time, Blanco may offer a good model for Angelle to follow; she served on the PSC as well.
Huey Long was a commissioner, too, which explains why many view the PSC as a stepping stone to the Governor's Mansion.
Angelle has never been shy about sharing his own ambitions to become governor one day, although not as candidly now that he's in elected office again.
"I've been wired to provide leadership, so I do ponder from time to time what my calling is," Angelle said. "But I'm in a position where I can best serve now. I'm really excited about it."
He was the first St. Martin Parish president, serving from 2000 to 2004, and prior to that he was an elected member of the parish police jury.
His father, J. Burton Angelle, was also a former state lawmaker and served as wildlife and fisheries secretary under Edwards.
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