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He ran the glass under the tap for the third time and put it to his lips. No, the water definitely tasted funny, not bad necessarily just funny. So far he wasn't too impressed with is new water supplier, he should have known when the representative had looked about twelve. He poured the rest of it away and set the glass back onto the draining board and walked back to the breakfast table. The paper lay flat, the headline informing him that there had been no news on the seven people that had disappeared from his area over the past six months. He sighed and sat down with his cup of orange juice in his hand. He read the news story more out of boredom than actual interest. The seven people, four
men and three women, had disappeared from practically right on his doorstep with no sign of a struggle, no clue as to what happened at all. He frowned but didn't really think much of it. People upped and left without a word all the time, it was nothing that he, Byron Harris, forty-something insurance salesman, divorced for the last decade, felt he needed to worry about.
He drained his glass and left it by the paper as he got up and left for work. He was not as excited about his job as he had once been, he didn't feel old but when it came to the computer he had to use he felt ancient. He just didn't have the brain for it, but he knew he had to use it, the world was run by computers now, if he didn't get with the programme he may as well go stand in a museum with the rest of the dinosaurs! His office was more a cube than anything else, very impersonal, very cold and more and more depressing with every passing week. He had not pictured his life being like this, when he was younger he'd had dreams, ambitions. He never thought he'd end up where he was now. He put his briefcase on his desk and sat down. The computer whirred to life with the press of a button and pages or data appeared before him. It was all gibberish to him, he knew the buttons to press to get to his work but only from memory, he didn't really understand what it was he was pressing. He did the ritual with barely an upward glance, and all at once his work was up on the small 14 inch screen. "Another day another dollar," he muttered and slowly got to work.
The house was cold and dark when he finally walked through it's familiar door and put his briefcase on the table by the window. He switched on the lights and went straight to the heater and switched that on too, he hated being cold, and since turning forty he seemed to be cold more than he was hot. H e didn't like growing old, he didn't like it one bit. He walked into his kitchen and put the kettle on, a nice cup of coffee would warm him up, but he was thirsty and couldn't
wait so he poured himself a tall glass of water. He drank it down without taking a breath, the taste was unusual, but not unpleasant. In fact he thought, as he put the glass back in it's place on the draining board, he quite liked it, it gave it a kind of zing that he found appealing. He turned back to the kettle but found he didn't want coffee anymore, he wanted more water. He stood at the sink and filled and refilled the glass until he was truly satisfied.
It took seven glasses.
He had the best sleep he had ever had that night, and when he awoke he realised he wasn't the only thing that rose that morning, for the first time in ages he awoke to a tiny tent where his groin was. He laughed his way to the bathroom and relieved himself in more ways than one, another thing he hadn't had cause to do in a while. It was a good start to what turned out to be a good day. He got to work early sat down in front of his computer and suddenly knew what he was doing, for reasons he couldn't fathom, he could understand what was written before him. He laughed to himself as he began to type. He laughed a lot that day, he had reason to laugh, it was as if his brain had suddenly come to life, like the huge lump that those scientists always say we never use had
been jump started by means outside of his understanding. I mean he had
no powers, no E.S.P. but his mind was extremely alert, so alert in fact that he managed to convince his boss that he should give him the day off and he spent the rest of the day in the park.
It was a good day and when he got home he had a good night, he cooked the perfect dinner, remembering to check on the food this time instead of only realizing it was burning when the scent singed his nose hairs, which were also disappearing by the way! He had a picture of cool refreshing water to wash it down with, then a cigar, something he hadn't had in a while because it burned his throat and always made him cough, but not this night, this night it was remarkable, probably the best cigar he had ever had. He smiled as he took a long pull from it, then relaxed back onto the sofa and he blew it back out in a long thin line, watching it disperse into the room with a look of complete
contentment on his face. A face that was not looking as worn as it had been, a face that for once didn't look it's own age let alone the usual ten years older. Byron Harris hadn't felt this good on years.
He woke the next morning with a monument in his lap that rivaled the Eiffel Tower.
"This is too much," he said as he practically jumped from the bed and into the bathroom. He washed his two slices of buttered toast down with a couple of
glasses of water, okay so it was six glasses but who was counting?
He walked to work that morning, all twenty blocks, and he still got there early. He felt wonderful as he sat looking at his computer with a new found excitement, he remembered things that had been lost in the Swiss cheese of his mind for years, he could remember the name of the girl he had kissed at Bobbi Farrell's party, hell he could remember Bobbi Farrell's party, her name was Kathy Simons. He had forgotten that name and that event not long after it happened, as was the way with a lot of stuff nowadays it seemed, it only took a few days for some piece of information to slip through one of the many holes in the cheese, and he was sure the holes had been getting bigger! But then suddenly it was there, as clear as if it had happened only twenty-five minutes ago instead of twenty-five years. He didn't get much work done that day, he
spent most of it deep in thought. He thought about everything from his life here on Earth to the possibility of life elsewhere. He thought about his childhood, his disastrous High School years and the following nightmare that had been College. There had been so much he'd wanted to do, travel, screw around, hell he'd always wanted to learn French, but now it was all behind him, well he still could learn French he supposed, but what was the point if he could never afford to actually go there.
"You wasted your life Byron," he told himself, "So make the most of
what's left!"
There was something else he noticed though. Women.
Before he had been like a shadow, no one really noticed him, but now all of a sudden he was getting looks and not just any looks, those looks, the kind that
you only give out when you're looking to score. He had been a good looking man in his twenties and early thirties but then the divorce had finally set in and out came the middle aged man he'd tried so hard to suppress and overnight it seemed the looks had vanished, but now it appeared they were making a startling return. Rhonda, from accounting had practically made a pass at him in the elevator this morning, and he couldn't deny the thought of taking her up on her offer appealed to him greatly, but he had been out of that scene for over ten years and didn't feel up to leaping back into it head first just yet. He paused for a moment suddenly overwhelmed with a great thirst. He glanced out into the hall where the water cooler sat, but he knew the minute he saw the clear blue plastic bottle that it's contents would do nothing to quench the dryness in his throat. He knew what he had to do, and the need was so strong that he knew he had to hurry. He left his briefcase on his desk, he even left his coat
hanging on the back on his chair and he just got up and left. He looked at his watch but didn't really take in the time it told he as he began to run back to his house, but he knew he made it in less than half an hour. He wasn't even that out of breath as he stood in his kitchen the glass held steadily under the running tap. The first mouthful was like life liquefied and chilled to perfection. He felt revitalised as it ran down his throat, and after several more shots he felt good enough to run back to the office. Which he did, beating the record he'd set himself on his first try.
He hadn't been missed, and he didn't really care if he had, he had a hundred and one excuses already prepared in his head, and several more just waiting to be collected should someone question him about his sudden disappearance. He whistled his way through the day, even sang a couple of tunes that had also been victims of his holey memory but had risen from the depths like a whale, every word in place, every note in perfect pitch. As he reached out to pick up his briefcase at the end of the day he stopped in surprise and stared at his hand, a soft look of amazement on his face. His hand didn't look like his hand, it looked, well it looked like the hand of someone who wasn't nearing a half century. He reached out and touched the smooth skin and realised the other hand was the same. He stood for quite a while looking at the matching pair, astonished that they were attached to his body. But they were there was no way around it, they were his hands and he loved
them. He thought for a moment then stood up and walked over to the picture
that hung on the wall, it was a simple seascape that had been there when he first arrived, but now as he looked into it, seeing his reflection in the glass he couldn't believe his eyes. He spun around and fell back against the wall and began to laugh, a nervous not-sure-what's-going-on kind of laugh. He dared another glance but the face that looked back at him was the same. It wasn't his, couldn't be his.
He needed a mirror.
Once again leaving his things he rushed out and headed for the restrooms. He checked the stalls and when he was satisfied that they were all empty he took a deep breath and turned to the mirrors that lined the far wall.
"Oh my God!" he said loudly, then laughed at the sound of his own voice. "Jesus Christ."
He moved closer, staring at the bright eyes that looked innocently back at him. He turned his head to the side and looked at his hair line, the grey was gone, all of it was the rich deep brown it had been ten years ago. He reached up tentatively and began to laugh again as his hand felt for the hair hole he had had for the last eight years or so. He couldn't find it. Does hair grow back like that? He didn't think it did and yet it had, he had been balding last week and now he had a full head of hair. He had gone from George Costanza to George Clooney in less than a month! He turned on the faucet and filled his hands with cool water then leaned forward and splashed it on his, or whoever's it was, face and looked back up at the reflection. He waved his hand just to be sure, but he knew it was him. "Shit," he said laughing that laugh again, "Holy shit!"
He turned and began to pace.
"This is impossible, I mean is this possible? This can't be possible."
He stopped and looked again into the mirror, smiling broadly exposing his white teeth, "Shit, this is...this is...well I don't know what this is but whatever it is it's weird, and it's scaring the hell out of me and it's exciting and I'm talking to myself!" he stopped and took one final look at his new self then turned and collecting his things ran back to his house for the second time that day. He picked up his line of thought in front of the kitchen sink as he filled up his glass
"Radiation perhaps, maybe I've been poisoned and it's making me appear
younger, or maybe it's making me hallucinate," he took a sip, "No, radiation would make me sick and I'm not ill," he sighed and took another bigger sip, "Aliens, I was abducted, they performed cosmetic surgery" he started to laugh. Another sip. "Maybe my diet is finally paying off...yeah right Byron what diet?" He was getting no where even faster than usual, he refilled the glass and moved his thinking session to the sofa, "I haven't taken any mind altering drugs lately...have I?" he thought for a moment then shook his head laughing, "No, come on Byron your brain is working for once use it," he raised the glass to
his lips then stopped, "Oh shit," he said loudly, "Maybe it's a brain tumour, like in that John Travolta film, it's making me see things that aren't really there," He lifted the glass to his mouth and took a big gulp of it, "Nah, that was just a movie, if I had a brain tumour there'd be pain, headaches of some kind surely." He glanced at the paper on the coffee table, usually he only read the funnies, sometimes did the crossword but never finished it, now though he found himself actually reading the stories and not just the front page one either. He
picked up the paper now, letting his mind drift from the idea of a brain tumour to the news that the amount of abandoned babies had increased drastically lately and that two more people had disappeared and that a dog had caused mayhem yesterday afternoon when it decided to take a stroll up the middle of Finch Street and that police were still looking for clues as to why a woman ran her jeep into Partridge Canyon.
He sighed,
"No good news as always," he mumbled as he threw the paper back onto the table, he drained the glass and got up to refill it once more, "Maybe you're just lucky," he said to himself as he turned the tap on and ran his fingers in the stream of water until it was at a satisfactory coolness then plunged the glass into it, "Maybe God decided to do a little miracle, something not so attention grabbing and you're the lucky winner."
He nodded, he liked that line if thought, it was the kind that didn't end up with brain surgery or even worse him being lowered into the ground in a box with the family and friends he didn't have sobbing at his wasted life.
He spent the rest of the evening reading, not the paper but one of the many books that had, until now, been there only so that his bookcase didn't look naked.
He had read about a third of the way into it and so far he was impressed. He glanced at the cover, "King Lear huh?" he smiled, amused that he was actually reading and understanding Shakespeare, "Who'd've thunk it!"
He read almost the entire book that night and when he awoke (yes his flag pole was raised again!) it was all still clear in his mind, he got up, stretched and went into the bathroom, then froze as he caught sight of himself in the mirror.
"Holy shit!" The reflection that stared flabbergasted back at him wasn't the late thirties version of himself he'd discovered in the mirror yesterday, this guy couldn't have been more than thirty, maybe even less than that. He laughed the laugh of the unsure again and looked down at his body, it was all different, younger, toned, far smoother than it had been.
"I can't go to work like this," he said aloud, as if discussing it with
his inner voice, "People wont recognize me, or maybe they'll just think I had the worlds fastest face-lift."
He put the toilet lid down and sat on it.
"This is way past weird," he muttered, then found himself standing and walking to the sink, where he proceeded to fill his cupped hands with the cool clear water and lift it to his lips. Something made him pause, he looked into the crystalline liquid and thought for a moment.
[The water] his inner voice told him, [This all started when the new water came]
"Yeah but it's just water" he answered back, but the voice wasn't done.
[But you yourself said it tasted funny]
"But not bad, it didn't taste bad,"
[But it tasted funny, and you've been drinking a hell of a lot of it lately,]
"Not necessarily,"
[Byron you ran home from work to drink it, when there's a perfectly good water cooler outside your office]
"Yeah but that water isn't-"
[Isn't the same water] the voice concluded.
Byron separated his hands and watched the water disappear down the plug
"My water's been poisoned," he whispered as if if anyone heard him he'd be in trouble. "Does that mean I can't drink it anymore?"
He felt suddenly uneasy at the thought of not being able to drink it, he even reached for the tap but the voice spoke up before he could turn the faucet.
[Do you really want to do that?] it asked.
"Yes!" Byron told it.
[Go ahead then, do it, see what happens]
"It can't be poisoned, if it were poisoned I'd be sick...right?"
The voice didn't answer.
"Shit," he stared at the taps, wanting desperately to turn them, drink their entire contents, but he didn't instead he showered and got dressed, then have to force his voice to sound older he phoned in sick at the office.
He spent the day in front of the T.V. something he hadn't done in ages, he watched sitcoms that made him laugh until he almost peed his pants when a few days ago he would have moaned at the serious lack of comedy in any of them, he watched Jerry Springer, actually sat through an entire episode and found himself shouting at the screen when the transvestite revealed to 'her' boyfriend that 'she' was really a man.
"Oh come on," he yelled, "How could you not know, look at her!"
He laughed at the sheer stupidity of some people and for a few hours didn't think about his possible poisoning situation, but when he finally went to relieve himself he found himself staring into the eyes of a twenty-something version of himself. "Not again," he said as he stood frozen to the bathroom floor, "It's only been a few hours." But there he was, young tanned, handsome, no where near the balding, forty-something he had been a week ago. He'd had enough, he did his business then went to the dresser in the hall and rummaged through his wad of papers until he found the pamphlet the water company representative had given him. He took it into the lounge and dropped onto the chair by the
"Revivify, the water of the past today!" He read off the front cover, "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" He flicked through the pages searching for a number, but he couldn't find one. "Dammit!" He picked up the phone and dialled information. The voice that answered sounded even more pissed off than he was. "I need a number for the Revivify Water Company," he said as politely as he could. There was a mumbled, "hang on," and then the line went
quiet. He waited, drumming his slender, youthful fingers on the arm of the
chair, then with a loud cough the voice returned.
"What city is that in sir?"
"Umm, I don't know, is there more than one number?"
"No there's less than one number."
"I couldn't find a listing under that name, if you give me the city it's in I can try a better search."
"I don't know what city it's in, I assumed it was in this city."
"Um, no there's no Vivify Water Company in Southport sir, or in any of the neighbouring towns."
"You're sure?"
The voice sighed. "Yes, I am sure."
He hung up, he didn't feel the voice deserved a thank-you or a goodbye. He slumped back in the chair and frowned. "No number listed." He said quietly but the inner voice corrected him. He knew it would.
[No, not no number listed, no company]
"Yes thank-you," he said although he didn't think that voice deserved one either, it was always interrupting him, telling him he was wrong. "No such company, but there is such a company because it get my water from them."
[The water that tastes funny] the voice added [The water that we think is the cause of this weird stuff]
"We? No, no you, you think it's the cause."
[You think it to other wise you'd be drinking the water]
"I can drink the water," he told the voice. "If I wanted the water I'd drink it."
[No you wouldn't]
"Yes I would."[Go on then, you're thirsty I know you are, go on and drink the water]
"Fine," he stood up and walked to the kitchen sink, filling a glass and raising it to his mouth, he took a deep breath and parted his lips. The glass remained a few millimetres away.
[See I told you]
"Fine," he said pouring the water away and replacing the glass, "I wont drink the damn water but not because you think it's tainted, I just...I've had too much water lately I want something else." He walked top the fridge and got himself out a beer then returned to his place by the phone.
[The water is weird] The voice said after a few minutes, [You know that at least]
"Revivify," Byron said thoughtfully, "The Revivify Water Company."
[What about it?]
"Revivify," Byron said again, frowning as his thoughts deepened, "That means rejuvenate."
"The rejuvenation Water Company," Byron mused, "The breath new life into Water Company,"
"The make young again Water Company,"
[What are you doing?]
"Make young again, Revivify, Water." He sat forward suddenly, his fingers rested gently on his bottom lip, "Rejuvenating water, it's making me young again."
Without warning he laughed loudly.
[What? What is it?]
"The Revivify Water Company, it can't be, it...it is, but...it's impossible surely,"
He jumped up and ran into the bathroom, leaning on the vanity and staring hard at his reflection. "I'm younger," he said, "I don't mean I look younger, I am younger, I am-" he narrowed his eyes judged himself thoughtfully, "I'd say I'm
about twenty-six"
[Have you lost my mind? What are you talking about?]
"The Fountain of Youth," he said quietly, "I've been getting my water supply from the fountain of friggin' youth!" He began to laugh again even as he turned on the tap and filled his hands once more.
[I've gone insane!]
He drank the water down and refilled his hands.
[You shouldn't do that] The voice warned him, [Even if it is the fountain of friggin youth]
"Why not? I wanna be 18 again,"
[You don't know what this stuff can do]
Byron stopped and looked at his mirrored image.
"It can give me what I want," He said pensively.
[And what's that?]
"A second chance," He smiled and his reflection smiled back. He drank once again from his hands, then moved from the bathroom to the kitchen. A glass could hold so much more. He turned the radio on and spent the rest of the day dancing between the kitchen sink and the toilet, but he never even broke a sweat.
He had never felt so good.
He went to bed finally at 2.30 am, leaving the radio playing, and fell asleep with an ease he hadn't had in years, he dreamed of all he could do again, and his dreaming kept his waking mind from realising what was happening. The sleeping figure in the bed, was no longer in his mid twenties. The smooth tanned skin of his face was now a pimply kind of blotchy pink, his groin was overacting in a way he had forgotten about long ago. But it didn't stop there, the spots vanished as did all the body hair he had grown accustomed to, his groin grew inactive once more and the sleeping child continued to dream.
The sun burst through the windows like a living thing, casting long shadows across the wooden floor. Alerting anyone inside that a new day had begun and they were missing it if they were still asleep. But there was no one inside. All the rooms stood empty. A single voice could be heard from far inside. A woman was talking on the radio. "-the woman, thirty-five year old Sandra McKinney, is said to have killed herself after being fired from her job last Friday, and finally
another abandoned baby has been found in the Farnham area of Southport,
the child, a boy, was discovered in a house this morning after neighbours reported hearing the child crying in the night. Authorities are searching for the owner of the house Byron Harris, a forty-four year old insurance salesman."
The End


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Harness Racing: Sharp Horses and Track Trends for Dec. 20-23, 2012
By Bob Pandolfo
12/23: 4w, no bias
12/22: 3w, no bias
ONE LAST CHANCE - Was parked the mile from post 9 while racing with cover, finished willingly
GIANT SCULPTURE - Quarter-moved to the lead, yielded and was shuffled with pace
JUSTLIVINTHEDREAM - Paced a :56 1/5 middle-half, lost cover and challenged for the lead, held okay
FIRSTCLASSALLTHWAY - Paced a :53 4/5 middle-half on a long first over bid and excusably weakened in the lane
FOX VALLEY YUKON - Left alertly for the pocket trip, yielded and was shuffled back to 6th, finished well late
12/21: 7w, + speed, cold night but speed did well
12/20: 10w, ++ speed, sloppy track, seemed impossible to close despite slow final quarters
BOLD RAIDER*** - Had post 7, followed cover from 4th over, stormed wide and drew off impressively on a night where 7 horses went wire to wire
NASH GRAM*** - Left strongly from post 7 and was parked to the lead in :27, set a quick pace on a cold night and gave way grudgingly late
FOX VALLEY MAHALO - Was first over a long way on sub-20 degree night and held well
12/21: 6w, + speed, sloppy track
12/20: 7w, + speed
MACKSMITH - Trotter had post 8, made a monstrous last-to-first brush and opened up on the field, wilted late but held the place
BAARIA - Left from post 7 and was used hard to clear to a quick opener, yielded to the 1-2 winner and held okay
12/20: 6w, no bias
BEAVERCREEK ARTIST - Left in :25 3/5, set a blazing pace and didn't tire that badly
SHOWDOWN AT SUN UP*** - Left from post 8 and was used hard to clear in :26, yielded and was shuffled back, held okay; post 8 at this track is more difficult that it is at most five eighth tracks
12/23: 3w, no bias
12/22: 5w, + speed
12/21: 7w, + speed, snow, wet track
12/20: 7w, + speed, sloppy track
WATTAFINE RUSTY*** - Left from post 6 and was used hard to get the lead in a fast-paced race, yielded at the three quarters and held the show gamely
12/21: 4w, no bias
12/20: 6w, + speed
ANDERS BLUESTONE - Had post 7 and was eighth at the half, followed cover wide and finished strongly
COURSER HANOVER*** - Had post 7 and broke leaving, was taken back to last and it took a while for Pierce to get him pacing again, got back on stride while at least 14 lengths behind, followed cover 4th over on the second turn, stormed three wide off cover on the final bend to loom boldly turning for home, flattened out a bit late while only losing by a length in a huge effort
12/20: 7w, + speed
12/22: 5w, + speed
12/21: 2w, no bias, off track
12/20: 6w, + speed
ROCKNROLL JEWEL - Had post 8, rallied wide and finished gamely in :28 4/5
12/22: 5w, no bias
12/21: 3w, no bias
12/20: 3w, no bias
WHITE RULER - Had poor cover from post 6, finished quickly; may be coming around
SANSOME HANOVER - Left well from post 7 and was parked to the lead in :27 4/5, set the pace and was clearly 2nd best on a chilly night that wasn't that speed favoring
FAROUCHE HANOVER*** - Power-brushed approaching the half and took control on turn three, opened up on the field with a snappy :27 4/5 third quarter and held her advantage in a strong performance
WE THE PEOPLE*** - Left from post 8 and was used hard to get the lead, maintained a fast pace and jogged
WHACKAMOLE HANOVER - Left from post 7 and was parked to the lead in :27 1/5, set the pace under second-half pressure and held the place gamely
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Good morning all,
Our schedule here at BostonBruins.com is jam packed with Black & Gold goodness.
This morning, some of the players will have a quick skate, then at 10:30 a.m. the B's annual "Media Day" activities will reintroduce the squad to the New England Hockey media. Of course there is the exhibition game versus the Capitals (7:00 p.m.) and then the Bruins board a bus to the airport (10:45 p.m.) where they will hop Bear Force One to Belfast (early Thursday morning, Boston-time).
Of course, all of us here at NHLBruins (on Twitter and Tumblr) and over on the mothership(s) (BostonBruins.com, bostonbruinsTV.com) will be ramping up our coverage of the B's trip to Europe and the opening games of 2010-11 in Prague.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin recorded a pair of assists in a feisty preseason debut, helping the Washington Capitals defeat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Jeremy Reich and Brad Marchand each scored for Boston.
Washington, DC - The Boston Bruins traveled to Our Nation's Capital on Tuesday afternoon for a 7:00 pm date with the Caps. The Bruins brought a squad populated with rookies, some AHLers and a few NHL veterans.
"Well, I think it's a lot like you saw in the last game last year (when) we sat out a couple of guys once we clinched a playoff spot and those young guys went in there, played really hard and did a great job," said Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien prior to departure.
"I'd like to see the same thing tonight. "It's a matter…where we're dealing with a real tight schedule here, but the best way to give those young guys a chance was (to give them) an opportunity to play again and play against some pretty good competition."
Julien talked about his criteria for evaluation, and explained the ways in which a young B's hopeful could catch on with the NHL Bruins.
Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today they have released two players from camp: Jamie Arniel and Ryan Spooner.
Arniel has been assigned to the Providence Bruins (American Hockey League).
Spooner has been returned to his junior club (Peterborough Petes, Ontario Hockey League).
Recchi, Ference, Chara, Seidenberg, Bergeron, Caron, McGrattan, Seguin, Krejci and Horton.


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5. Less maintenance: At the same time, today's new homes are engineered specifically to minimize maintenance requirements. For example, Costello says his company uses composite products for a home's exterior trim instead of wood, which could rot or need repainting.
"You buy a used house, you don't know what you are getting; you might have to do a lot of maintenance," Costello says. "We are trying to look down the road and make things as easy as possible for [homeowners] so they can enjoy living there and not have to be saddled with maintenance."
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6. Warranty: In addition, builders often agree to take care of the necessary repair work in a new home for at least the first year.
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"A new home is generally fully warrantied by the builder for a minimum of a year, and most of all the other components are warrantied for extended periods," McCabe says.
So if your roof starts leaking or the heater breaks during the warranty period, your builder will pick up the tab for the repairs.
"When you buy a resale home, even if you have a home inspection done, it still does not turn up hidden defects that you don't find out about a lot of times for two years," McCabe says.
7. Fire safety: New homes often include fire-safety features that may not be in properties built years ago, Gilligan says.
"We use fire retardant in our carpeting and in our insulation," he says.
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In addition, all new homes are required to include hard-wired smoke detectors. These devices can provide better protection than battery-operated smoke detectors, which can fail if their battery runs out, Morrow says.
"Hard-wired [smoke detectors] run on the electricity of the house and then have a battery backup for if the house power goes out," he says.
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8. Concessions: Especially in today's sluggish housing market, buyers could squeeze more concessions out of a homebuilding company than an individual seller. That's because individual sellers often have an emotional attachment to their property that can blind them to its true value.
"People usually think that their home is worth more money than it is," McCabe says.
At the same time, builders often have greater financial wherewithal to absorb a loss on a sale than individuals.
"I'll put it to you this way: A $30,000 hit [spread] over 30 lots hurts a lot less than a $30,000 hit on one existing house," says Christopher Rachuba of Rachuba Home Builders, based in Eldersburg, Md. "So I think [buyers] may get more bargaining [power] that way."
9. Financing: New-home buyers can take advantage of mortgage-financing perks available through their builder.
"New-home builders — in many cases, the larger ones — have their own mortgage companies, or they will offer paying points or closing costs and buy down certain rates for you," McCabe says. "The seller of a resale home is generally not going to do that for the buyer."
For the older homes depending on the era depends on how much more you will spend to update to modern standards. 10 to 20 years old should not be that expensive to bring up to date ,anything older than that consider the wiring ,HVAC, and insulating.I have seen people buy older house (60 plus years) and attempt to renovate with remodeling going way over budget due to rewiring and installation of HVAC were there was none.
In the end the decision is yours ,with a very large investment at stake consider the future cost to make the house your home.
I build new construction for a living and have four homes one 2008, one 1987, two 1960(not financeable cash transactions)/ The 2008 I built with 9 inspections from building officials and a Dr. in civil engineering V.A./HUD inspector. It is a stucco style finish with enough hardware to face a 91 mph gust with no problems. We have faced close to 100 mph gust many times since I built this. Two of the other homes are slump block with minimal insulation level in the walls that are furred out to hang the drywall on with swamp coolers and 100 amp service, to upgrade widows to dual payne cost me 1200, to upgrade to ac with a required 200 amp service by the officials is 8000 and still had to buy new appliances, paint and floor finishing's. In the last house built in 1960 had no grounding wires so the house had to be stripped for a three wire system, 200 amp service, no insulation on exterior walls so I pulled all the exterior wall drywall off to properly insulate and am currently drywalling, this house is 1100 ft2 and I will remodel it all for 35000.
Both new and old have advantages the old requires a good amount of cash where a New construction can still be financed for little cash down. Many home buyers in our area do not even have the cash to buy furniture so they buy a new house that will appraise for the loan amount.
Also, a new home is up to code... here in South Florida, that means not only Energy Conservation measures but also the most recent Hurricane Codes regarding windows, doors, roofs and shutters.
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There are plenty of slightly improved 50-70 year old homes in our 'hood. We bought one in 2007 as it was the best of the bottom of the heap (in 2007, anything 'affordable' was the bottom of the heap...the houses we saw before this one all needed to be torn down and I'm not kidding). We are now paying the same to heat 900 sq ft as one would pay to heat a McMansion. I know. I used to read gas and electric meters and our gas numbers are similar to what I'd read on the brand new houses and also similar to what I read on many older, much smaller unimproved homes in 'hoods around the state.
I hate this house. I hate its old bones and I hate running into the tiny doorframes and twisting through an antiquated, path impeding layout. And dealing with a circa 1937 kitchen even with modern appliances.....I won't even go there, the hate is too great.
We are forced, finally (the crash happened right after we bought and purposely reduced to one income to dare to raise our very own child), to borrow from the 401(K) to do some energy efficiency updates because it costs less to borrow from the 401(K) than to continue to pay to heat the outside in the winter and cool the outside in the summer. I think any newer home is better than horsehair board and 73 year old windows, personally. We will never buy a slightly improved older home, again. It isn't worth it as we will be struggling to make this place worth what we actually paid for it......Sorry, no joy here, after this experience, we just may build. At least that stress pays off in a house one can actually enjoy living in (at least that was my mother's experience).
I'm tired of managing this outdated old house and its great energy ineffiencies. We looked at it with renters eyes and now we pay the price for our inexperience. But, good enough for the first time buyer, ay?
Yeah, just look at those beauties in the picture. All made of OSB garbage and 2x4's so light you can pick them up with 2 fingers. I for one would love to get my hands on one of those, so that it could swell and fall apart with the first water leak. Do yourself a favor and get an older block or brick home when they were made of quality solid materials and put a little sweat into the remodel. You will know that it is done right, and you will save tens of thousands in the process.
I have been hunting for a house to buy for the past year in the midwest. Here's my advice after a year of looking - It doesn't make any sense in this economy to buy a new home period. Unless ofcourse you have more money than you know what to do with.
Why ever not ?
The existing home prices have fallen quite a bit but the new home prices haven't fallen that much. You may get a discount from builders but the price they ask for new homes simply doesn't relate to this economy. Its not their fault because the cost of building doesn't play to the tune of the economy and moves only one way - UP. If I bought a 5-8year old house that is built very well and met all my expectations I will pay about 40-50% less than an equivalent house that is a new construction in the area I live in. I like new houses very much for all the reasons listed in the article but cannot find one for the price that is more in line with the existing homes. What I mean by that is, if I bought a new home today for $400,000 and lost my job 6months down the road there is no way I can sell it for $400,000. Not to mention all the expense I would have made in buying appliances, landscaping, etc. which you can easily get included in the price if you buy an existing home.


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Understanding the Incompetent Cervix
Causes and treatments for a common factor of premature delivery
Treating an Incompetent Cervix
The surgery is actually a simple matter of inserting a noose-like tape around the perimeter of the cervix to keep it closed until it can be snipped to allow delivery. Called a cerclage, it usually works well, but sometimes the compromise to the cervix is so profound that there's nothing left into which to sink the cerclage, thereby eliminating the benefit of this surgery. When this happens, prolonged bed rest, even in a hospital, may be necessary.
The usual cerclage placement is from a vaginal approach, but when there's nothing left of the cervix to work with, an abdominal approach is necessary to purse-string the portion of the cervix that extends internally past the wall that is the back of the vagina. Called an internal or transabdominal cerclage, it involves an abdominal incision and is best done before conception rather than after, because any surgery done during pregnancy, especially abdominal, is fraught with problem bleeding due to the extra blood vessel development that accompanies pregnancy.
That's the trick: to predict which patients won't do well with a second-trimester vaginal cerclage before they even become pregnant, so that the internal one can be done before the pregnancy.
Internal cerclage has other problems. Because it's placed via an abdominal operation, this mandates a C-section, because the vaginal birth route is closed off from within the abdomen. And although the cerclage can be left in for subsequent pregnancies, we're also talking about subsequent C-sections. Also, few OB-GYNs have actually done them at all and are therefore uncomfortable with learning to do it on one of their patients. Even in our practice, where we offer internal cerclage when clearly indicated, we've done less than ten in 15 years. It's a simple operation, actually, but it is nevertheless … an operation.
Unlike the permanence of the internal cerclage, the vaginal cerclage is designed to be removed near the end of each pregnancy—a mere office procedure—allowing a vaginal delivery soon thereafter in the hospital.
So it's easy to see the pros and cons for each of these approaches. A vaginal approach is simpler and safer and can be removed to allow for a natural delivery later, but it is structurally more risky as success rates go. The internal cerclage is a better cerclage, but you're talking a surgery to put it in and a C-section for each baby thereafter. The perfect choice between the two does not exist—it's got to be a decision individualized for the patient.
Although it's somewhat barbaric to think of preventing premature delivery by "tying the sack" closed, still a cerclage is a lifesaver and an intuitively obvious solution to the problem of incompetent cervix.
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Damas proposes the extravagant Excalibur by ROGER DUBUIS that demonstrates astonishing characteristics of the brand
Manufacture ROGER DUBUIS became well known in 2005 for its Excalibur Double Tourbillon model which is as virile as it was extravagant. The Excalibur collection is now brought to Dubai by Damas, the leading retailer of watches and jewellery in the Middle East. Shunning conformism and focusing on daringly glamorous designs, the brand, dedicates its creative competence to men and women offering them unique adornments which lend a peerless aura of elegance.
Tamjid Abdullah, Deputy Managing Director of Damas, said: "ROGER DUBUIS, young company, founded in 1995, brilliantly demonstrated that value creation is not time-dependent! Once again, this new model demonstrated the astonishing symbiosis characteristic of the brand, which comprises the close marriage (Poinçon de Genève) and a bold stylistic modernity. Thus we are happy to bring this amazing model to Dubai."
A few years later, ROGER DUBUIS has decided to re-engineer the movement and to redesign the contours of this model, which has meanwhile become the Brand's icon. The grooved bezel features more accentuated lines, the crown guard hugs the case middle more snugly, while still preserving its strong personality, and the dial exploits the deliberately deceptive asymmetry of the retrograde minute. The fully reconstructed movement, bearing the Geneva seal, powers the double Tourbillon in unison, as evidenced by the blue javelin seconds-hand, and is mounted in a platinum case enhanced with a hand-stitched alligator strap.
The Excalibur Double Tourbillon model is equipped with a mechanical hand-wound movement, 16''' studded with 61 jewels, is rhodium-plated, and has the Côtes de Genève motif. Other features include a flying tourbillon with differential, tourbillon carriages visible between 4 and 5 o'clock and between 7 and 8 o'clock. One-minute tourbillon rotation for each; power-reserve displayed on the case-back, jumping hours (360° sector), retrograde dragging minutes between 9 and 3 o'clock (180° sector). Movement stamped with the Poinçon de Genève.
The new ROGER DUBUIS timepieces will be available soon at Damas Les Exclusives Boutiques conveniently located in Emirates Towers; Burj Al Arab and Mall of the Emirates.
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Even if you've never picked up a paintbrush, now's your chance to have fun engaging with art while taking a closer look at works in the Museum's collection. Each session offers an informal gallery discussion paired with a studio experience exploring subjects in paintings and sculpture. Enhance your appreciation of art and try your hand at artists' techniques and materials in a relaxed atmosphere.
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Facebook: a firing offense?
POSTED: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 7:23am
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Two dozen Dallas city workers reprimanded for being on facebook while on the clock.
Tyler — The city of Dallas reprimanded 2 dozen employees and gave them couciling for being on-line with the personal facebook pages while on the job.
East Texans tell our radio partner: KTBB and host Garth Maier what they'd do if they were the boss and caught employees in the middle of social networking on company time.
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Facebook................we don't get paid to get on any social network. That is absurd in that people would even think of such. Go to work and do your job. Some of this new technology has really gotten out of hand and the cell phone is another. Can't leave their cell phones alone for a minute, continually texting, or getting on the Apps that are now so prominent. This is addictive/cell phone junkies, is what I call them.
Failed to comment on the Firing Offense. #1, companies need to lay out job rules and if they are abused, time to reprimand the behavior. Or, companies can block such sites. Go to the local library and you can not access Facebook, or for that matter, I would think, any social website.


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Balance sheet beauties
Many non-financial U.S. firms are awash in cash, and my Guru Strategies are keying on several of them right now.
We've all heard the reasons to be fearful of stocks right now -- potential spillover from the European debt crisis, questions about the housing recovery's sustainability, a burgeoning national debt and budget deficits. All of those (and more) have been highlighted pretty extensively in the media.
But there are also plenty of reasons to be optimistic. And in a recent opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal, strategist Bob Doll pointed out some particularly interesting bullish signs. In fact, Doll (portfolio manager and chief equity strategist for fundamental equities for Blackrock) said that despite the formidable challenges the U.S. faces, "overweight positions in U.S. equities are more than warranted" right now.
One of the most interesting factors Doll addresses involves corporate balance sheets. Unlike many companies in other countries, U.S. firms went into cost-cutting mode and became much more efficient when the financial crisis hit, he writes. As demand rebounds, that has them in very good shape. For nonfinancial companies, cash on the balance sheet is close to 11% of assets -- a 60-year high, he says. And he notes that, according to Citigroup, unit labor costs are falling at the fastest pace in 40 years.
"The importance of improving America's productivity growth can't be overstated. High productivity tends to lower unit labor costs and boost corporate profits," Doll writes. "High cash levels are already generating dividend increases, share buybacks, capital investments and M&A activity -- all extremely shareholder friendly."
Doll's comments on clean, cash-rich balance sheets and increased productivity got me wondering which U.S. firms might have those characteristics, and also have shares that get approval from my Guru Strategies (each of which is based on the published approach of a different investing great). I searched for Guru Strategy-approved companies that have current ratios (current assets/current liabilities) of at least 2.0 and more net current assets than long-term debt (criteria that my Benjamin Graham-inspired method uses); free cash flow yields (free cash flow/share price) of at least 9%; and profit margins of at least 5%. I found several stocks that fit the bill. Here's a look at some of the best of the bunch.
Kirkland's, Inc. (KIRK): This Nashville-based home décor retailer has about 280 stores across 28 states. The small-cap ($397 million market cap) has a very strong balance sheet, with no long-term debt and a current ratio of 3.04. And it also has a free cash flow yield of 9.8%.
Kirkland's gets approval from two of my models. The strategy I base on the writings of hedge fund guru Joel Greenblatt likes the firm's strong 16.8% earnings yield and 43.8% return on capital. The model I base on the approach of Motley Fool founders Tom and David Gardner, meanwhile, likes Kirkland's 9.0% profit margins, lack of any long-term debt, and exceptionally low 0.07 P/E/Growth ratio, a sign that this fast-growing stock is selling on the cheap.
Aeropostale Inc. (ARO): This New York City-based teen clothing retailer -- which has profit margins of 10.6%, a free cash flow yield of 9.4%, and a current ratio of 2.52 -- gets approval from three of models, including my Warren Buffett-based strategy. The Buffett model likes that its EPS have increased in every year of the past decade, its lack of any long-term debt, and its 10-year average return on equity of 32.9%.
My Peter Lynch-based strategy, meanwhile, likes Aeropostale's 33.6% long-term EPS growth rate. (I use an average of the three-, four-, and five-year EPS figures to determine a long-term rate.) Lynch famously used the P/E/Growth ratio to find bargain-priced growth stocks, and Aeropostale's 0.36 P/E/G falls into my Lynch model's best-case category (below 0.5).
The Greenblatt-based approach is also keen on Aeropostale. It likes the firm's 16.7% earnings yield and 71.6% return on capital.
Stepan Company (SCL): This Illinois-based chemical company ($702 million market cap) has a current ratio of 2.17, free cash flow yield of 15.1%, more than twice as much net current assets as long-term debt, and profit margins of 5.3%. The market has also been embracing it, part of the reason it gets high marks from my Momentum Investor strategy. The stock has a relative strength of 83, and Wall Street's appreciation of it appears to be merited: The firm has been growing earnings at a 40.8% clip over the past five years, has a 27.6% return on equity, and a reasonable debt/equity ratio of 31% -- all reasons that the Momentum model likes the stock.
The Gymboree Corporation (GYMB): Based in San Francisco, Gymboree offers play programs, toys, and clothing for children, and has close to 1,000 stores around the U.S., and in Canada. The $1.3 billion market cap firm has a free cash flow yield of more than 10%, profit margins of 10.5%, and a current ratio of 3.74.
Gymboree gets approval from both my Peter Lynch- and James O'Shaughnessy-based models. My Lynch-based strategy considers the stock a "fast-grower" because of its 28.1% long-term growth rate. It likes Gymboree's 0.44 P/E/G ratio, and the fact that it has no long-term debt.
My O'Shaughnessy-based growth model, meanwhile, likes that Gymboree has upped EPS in each of the past five years, and that its stock sells for a reasonable 1.3 times sales.
Disclosure: I'm long KIRK, ARO, and GYMB.
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Soffits and electric outlets
Over the weekend, Matt was building our new soffits. After several redesigns (on paper), he eventually decided to go with a simple design. We'll provide an update soon to show the completed result. Or at least what we pass off as complete around here, which means fully functional but lacking finishing touches. In the meantime, here are a few progress shots.
The plastic sheeting that has been serving as our temporary soffits (and seems to have done its main job of keeping animals from making their home in our attic) is finally gone!
Matt is pretty good about protecting himself from the sun when working outside. He has been known to go shirtless once the sun is lower in the sky, but in the hours around noon, it's long sleeves, a hat, and maybe even a t-shirt to protect his neck.
Meanwhile, I did a little bit of electrical work. We had already run wire for a new circuit to our future tankless water heater, which will be installed on the south exterior wall of the house. I decided to install an outlet on the inside of that wall to give the water heater ground fault protection. I'm not sure whether it needs to be GFCI protected, but it seemed like a good idea since the water heater will be outside, and if it turns out to be a requirement, I don't want to have not done it and find out when the inspector comes. I looked at GFCI circuit breakers, but those things are about $50. A regular breaker is only a few dollars, and a GFCI outlet is under $10, so I just couldn't see spending that much money when I could get the same effect for so much cheaper. A GFCI outlet protects the rest of the circuit that is downstream from it. That's why your kitchen might have a couple of GFCI outlets and the rest are regular. Press the test button, and the rest of that circuit will turn off. Kitchens have to have at least two circuits serving the outlets, so it probably will only turn off half the outlets, most likely along the same wall.
I ended up installing a double outlet, mainly because I didn't have on hand a single box that would attach to the side of a stud. And can you really have too many outlets? There is nothing else in this circuit. Matt had already opened up the whole wall because some plumbing will need to be done in there for the water heater. The inspector will want to see the connections in the box; the receptacles will be pushed into the box and covered with a plate later.
Then I covered it all up with copious amounts of painter's tape, which I always do conscientiously ever since I once witnessed a spider come out of a hole we had cut in the wall. Never again! I also finally put a plate on the Cat-5 (ethernet) outlet we'd put in, oh almost two years ago and left hanging out of the wall with some more blue tape over it. It took about one minute to put that plate on. For shame.
I also replaced an old two-pronged outlet with a new three-pronged one, even though we haven't upgrade the wiring to it yet, which means it is not grounded. The old outlet was just loose and ugly. The most annoying thing I've had to deal with in upgrading the electrical in this house is that someone painted over all the screws holding the outlets and switches to their boxes.
Every time I need to remove one, it is really hard to get the screwdriver to bite on the screw. I have tried scraping the paint out of the screw head with a razor blade, using an old chisel as a flathead screwdriver, and if I still can't get a grip, sometimes I turn the screw with needle nosed pliers. I don't know where this tool came from or what its intended purpose is, but it worked pretty well for me this time. If anyone knows what this is, please tell me.
I always label outlets as "not grounded" if they look grounded but aren't - for safety and also to remind myself that a particular outlet still needs to be upgraded to new wiring.
We are making progress! I am almost ready to have my electrical work inspected, and once that is done, we can have the water heater installed and finalize the installation of the fireplace insert.


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Sunday, September 14, 2014
First look at Fall '14: sporshirts
It's September at Jackson & Connor, which means that we're getting new merchandise in every single day. In the last week or so, we've gotten a ton of incredible new shirts from Gant, Bill's Khakis, Ingram, Luchiano Visconti, Borgo28, Report Collection, Arnold Zimberg, Alex Cannon and more. Check out what we're putting out on the floor...
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More new fall gear landing at Jackson & Connor
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Your Clothes are Talking
Your jeans, your shoes, your shirts -- even the socks you're wearing right now are talking about you. Or maybe a better way to put that is, they're talking for you, and saying all kinds of things about you to other people. It took a long time for me to grasp this simple concept, that our clothing is a very loud bullhorn of sorts, broadcasting various messages about us to the people who we encounter in our little daily adventures.
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Scientists in the UK have just shared the news of a completely awesome discovery: the first mechanical gear ever found inside a living creature. The creature in question is an adolescent insect known as Issus coleoptratus. Issus is a genus of 'planthoppers' and they're one of the fastest accelerators in the animal kingdom.
"Jumping is one of the most rapid and powerful things an animal can do," says Malcolm Burrows, a zoologist at the University of Cambridge and the lead author of the paper, "and that leads to all sorts of crazy specializations."
And today, thanks to Malcolm Burrows and his team, we've learned how the mighty Issus coleoptratus manages to be so fast:
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Head over to Popular Mechanics to learn more about this awesome scientific discovery.
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Giving birth taught me three very important things:
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So you can imagine how excited I am to share that I'm partnering with SpeakeasyDC for a Mother's Day show called: Bad Mommy Moments: A Storytelling Playdate for Moms. Mark your calendars and get a babysitter for Saturday, May 12th!
And if you're a mom who likes to tell stories, also mark January 18th. We're conducting the first round of auditions on that date, with auditions via Skype for those who can't attend. We're looking for moms with stories on any of the following topics: motherhood failures, surprises, tough decisions, "new" bodies, balancing work and kids and life, losing yourself, finding hope…and why it's all worth it.
You don't have to be an actor, or someone who's ever been on the stage before. Just a mom with a story to tell. (Though if you're a mom who's also an actor, that's incredible, email me.) There will be rehearsals before the show, so you can feel confident that your piece will be in fantastic shape before you take the stage. And if you can't find a babysitter, or you live too far to make it to the rehearsals, we will be conducting rehearsals via Skype as well.
Wondering if your story fits, or how to tell it SpeakeasyDC-style? Here are some guidelines I swiped from their website:
- Storytelling is an oral art, so we share our stories in front of an audience without notes. It's a telling, not not a reading.
- Our stories are autobiographical which means they are true, original, and first-person. It's not fiction or folktale.
- Our stories have a narrative arc which, in a nutshell, means there are characters and a plot. It is not an essay, a series of jokes, or poetry.
Still with me? If you are, you should consider auditioning. Because the best part? The part that makes it all worth it? The audience. On any given night you'd find them ready to laugh, and generous with their applause. But this audience will be special because our show celebrates them. Moms just like us.
So while I can't promise you won't crap on the table the next time you give birth (though I'll certainly be rooting for you), I can promise that you'll laugh, you'll meet other great moms, and your experience on the stage with SpeakeasyDC will be one to remember. Check out the clips below. They aren't all on a Mother's Day theme, but they'll give you a sense of how it all comes together.
PS: Please pass this along to anyone you think might be interested. Thank you!
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To audition, prepare a complete story on one of the above themes and contact Amy Couchoud at coosh(at)speakeasydc(dot)org for an audition time and more details. You can also email me at ck(at) badmommymoments(dot)com if you'd like help putting your story together and preparing for the audition.
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It was The Twilight Zone's Rod Serling who promised to whisk viewers to "a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land of imagination." Yet here's Ang Lee stealthily co-opting that claim for Life of Pi.
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