text:
What explains the rapid increase in the value of the dollar recently??
Asked by cyrus irani, 28 Oct '08 02:47 pm
Earn 10 points for answering
Answers (5)
It explains Foreign Institutional Investors are pulling out of money from Indian share market, means, they are converting there rupee into dollars so the dollar demand has gone up and hence it is going up substantially, this is the main reason otherwise indian economy has not changed so much so that rupees has hit its all time low,Answered by Reshma Mariam, 28 Oct '08 02:50 pm
Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7693020.stm The dollar has emerged as one of the main winners in the financial crisis. As credit has dried up, banks have started to call in loans, which has meant borrowers having to buy up dollars to repay loans they owe in the currency. This all of which means the price of the dollar is set to continue rising. Many developing countries face mounting problems financing their debts as US banks are increasingly reluctant to lend dollars to banks abroad. The scale of these loans is huge. International banks have extended about $2.5 trillion in foreign-currency loans to emerging markets. Investors are switching to currencies and markets they perceive as safe - and that means the dollar. The ICE futures exchange's US Dollar Index, which tracks the dollar against six other major currencies, has risen 21% since July, to its highest since October 2006. The dollar level has soared to a two-and-a-half year high against the euro and r ...moreAnswered by amol patil, 28 Oct '08 02:51 pm
Much demand for dollarAnswered by veeravenkata satyanarayana, 28 Oct '08 06:04 pm
Sell out of foreigh currencies,and withdrawl by fiisAnswered by sy hussain, 28 Oct '08 02:48 pm
10 point ke liye itna lamba jawab nahi likh sakta,, we need extra points for ESSAY type qna :DAnswered by conviction, 28 Oct '08 02:47 pm


text:
Sick Teen Got Her Graduation Wish
A Mom remembers the battle she had to fight for her daughter,who's battling Chiari Malformation, to walk on the stage with classmates.
A few years ago, Kati went from being a straight-A student and basketball star to being confined to her home when she was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation, a disorder that causes severe headaches and dizziness because the skull doesn't contain the base of the brain.Because of her illness, Kati is a few credits shy of receiving her diploma, and school officials banned her from participating in graduation. However, after 400 members of the community signed a petition to allow Kati to walk on stage, officials decided in a 5-2 vote to allow her to participate in the ceremony.
Friend of Mom•Logic and pediatrician Dr. Gwenn says that many people like Kati don't know they have Chiari Malformation until they reach their teenage years. In its most severe form, the malformation can push into the spinal column, causing major issues with pain and balance.Mom•Logic spoke with Kati's Mom, Christina, who shared her daughter's personal story.
Mom•Logic: When did Kati start experiencing symptoms?
Christina: In the summer heading into her 8th grade year, Kati went to stay with a friend of mine and visited several amusement parks. When she returned home she complained about lightning bolt cramp headaches in the back of her head. She said they felt like brain cramps.
We ended up taking Kati to a pediatric neurologist, who did an MRI on her brain. He diagnosed Kati with Chiari Malformation, a genetic condition affecting the brain.
Mom•Logic: After Kati was diagnosed, how did her life change?
Christina: Kati was diagnosed in February 2004. Shortly after, she underwent her first brain surgery, where they removed a section of the back of her skull to pull the pressure off the back of her brain. A few months later, Kati went downhill again.
Kati stumbled through her freshman year in high school. We ended up taking Kati to a specialist in New York. She is full of titanium and screws, but the disorder has progressed.
Each year, Kati missed more and more school and has been homebound for the last three years. She lost her ability to sit in a desk and be in school. She was passing out and hitting her head on things. And at home, she would black out in the shower or while brushing her teeth. Over the last few years, we've watched her suffer more and more from severe nausea, dizziness, head pain, joint pain, and it's stifled her ability to attend classes.
Mom•Logic: Why is walking in the graduation ceremony so important to Kati?
Christina: My daughter has felt so disconnected. Graduation day is an exciting day and also a sad day for high school seniors. It's one of the last times they're together before going their separate ways. It's the one day Kati can feel connected to her friends and classmates and feel like she's part of something. It's a milestone for her. High school graduation happens once in a person's lifetime. These are the kids she grew up with, played sports with, and had slumber parties with.
Kati isn't expecting a free ride--she wants to continue working with her teacher until she completes her credits. Kati could outlive me or die in two years, we just don't know. Her health problems are very severe right now, and the joy, peace of mind, and satisfaction of walking in graduation will really help Kati. It's the one thing she really wants.
What do you think of the high school's decision?
I think this girl should be allowed to graduate. I can't understand why her school would be so hardnosed with a good girl who's working hard with the situation she was given and not giving up. The school should let her experience graduation instead of trying to strip another experience away from her—as if her disease hasn't done that already!
what happened to the no child left behind act that president bush put into affect she is more then accepetable for that!!!!
Do you have interns writing your stories? You left out the "where" of this story. Remember the five W's of journalism - who, what when, where and why.
Kati should be able to Graduate and no one at all should hold her back from this issue! I myself knows what Kati is going through everyday, i have the same thing going on with me to. I have had a brain hemmage on top of this all to and i am also fighting Lymes Diease. Kati don't never give up hun and stay positive on everything that happens around you. The pain and aches and the joint pain is unreal, only people like me and Kati know what it feels like to hurt in a way some people just don't understand and get! Kati has every right to Graduate, i stand behind her 100% and everybody else should to. Godbless you Kati, and if Kati says she hurts when she write's and sit at a desk, well believe her. Because i am in such pain now, but i wanted people to hear me so people just don't think Kati is crazy when she tell's people the problems she has. We know Kati! NOW GO ON AND GRADUATE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE IN THAT SCHOOL!!!! A FRIEND WHO KNOW'S! Mr. Greco, but everybody calls me Tony!
well if you dont have the credits then no she shouldnt . but if she has the credits yes . when I was in school and you didnt have the credits you didnt graduate
I would like to say that I think she should be allowed to graduate, and still work with her teachers. It shouldn't matter as long as she keeps going with it. I completely understand what she is going through. I am 15 years old and I have dropped out of school to be homeschooled. My mom is real sick, and she needs somebody home with her at all times. She has a lot wrong. And now my oldest brother has been dignost with the exact same thing Kati has. Were going to be traveling a lot. He is no longer able to work, so I see how he feels to be losing a lot. IF they don't allow her to graduate I would go to the school boards and do everything possible. I wish you guys the BEST! And my family and I will be sending our prayers your way! Kati, hang in and stay strong, don't give up. God is with you all the way, no matter how lonely times can feel! My best wish's are sent out! Xoxo, Lily.
A powerful share, I simply given this onto a colleague who was doing a little bit analysis on this. And he in fact bought me breakfast as a result of I found it for him.. smile. So let me reword that: Thnx for the deal with! However yeah Thnkx for spending the time to debate this, I really feel strongly about it and love studying more on this topic. If possible, as you change into experience, would you mind updating your weblog with extra particulars? It's extremely helpful for me. Big thumb up for this weblog submit!

subset: commoncrawl


text:
LAWRENCE COUNTY, AL (WAFF) - A grand jury in Lawrence County indicted a man accused of two murders on a capital murder charge.
Charles Arthur Moore is suspected of killing a couple in Town Creek in a dispute over rent.
Investigators say Moore shot and killed Bailey and Betty Nichols last December.
Moore's trial date has not yet been set.
Related Stories
©2010 WAFF. All rights reserved.
1414 North Memorial Parkway
Huntsville, AL 35801
WAFF Is a Proud Member
of the Raycom Family of Stations
FCC Public File
EEO Report
Closed Captioning


text:
Grafton, ND (KFGO AM) Walsh County Sheriff Loren Wild had to be rescued by state plows after he became stranded in white-out conditions on I-29 east of Grafton late Monday afternoon.
Wild says he was headed to rescue two Winnipeg travlers who ran out of gas on I-29. Wild made it within two miles of their car when his four wheel drive truck got stuck. Wild had a full tank of gas and was in constant radio and phone contact with his office so he wasn't too worried. State D-O-T plows from Grand Forks got to Wild and the travelers Monday night and brought them back to Grand Forks early Tuesday. He says the plows pushed deep snow both ways on the Interstate.
Wild says he's been in worse situations and was only doing his job.


text:
I Want To...
Apply for City Grant »
Find a City Dept »
Pay Traffic Ticket »
Read the Budget »
Parks and Recreation Challenge Grant Applications Available »
City Program Breathes New Life into Blighted Homes »
New Chief Plumbing Inspector Announced »
Fountain City Lake Repairs Coming Soon »
KUB Construction to Close South Central Street for 2 Months »
Downtown Circulation and Mobility Plan »
Mobile Food Vendor Program »
Civil Rights Act Anniversary »
Cumberland Connection Blog »
Engineering Department Project Blog »
Like the City on Facebook® »
Follow the City on Twitter »
View Press Releases »
Public Meetings
View Complete List & Details »
Click Here for Printer Friendly Version
City Council
Beer Board
Beer Board Chairman
Community Television
Ijams Nature Center Board
Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis - First District
3815 Admiralty Lane
Knoxville, TN 37920
Home: 865-579-2055
Nick is a lifelong Knoxvillian. He grew up on Gibbs road in the heart of Fountain City. He graduated from Central High School in 1973 and from the University of Tennessee Chattanooga in 1977.
He spent the first 26 years of his career in his family business managing a wholesale gourmet food distributor. Nick is currently employed at Charter Communications as the Director of Government and Media Relations. In this capacity he serves as the liaison between state, local and media outlets for 260 cities and counties throughout the states of Tennessee and Louisiana.
Nick has been active in leadership roles in the City of Knoxville his entire adult life.
Some of his notable leadership roles have included:
Board member Fountain City Town Hall
Board of Directors Downtown YMCA
Board member Knoxville Tourism and Sport Corporation
1997 Graduate of Leadership Knoxville
Metropolitan Planning Commissioner 2007-2009
City Councilman At-Large, 1995-2003
Nick and his wife Joy enjoy working in their yard, cycling, golfing, and raising their two Brittany Spaniels, and Newfoundland.
Add to Favorites
Adobe PDF Reader
Email Page
Font Smaller
Font Normal
Font Larger
Get Directions
Make Home Page
Print Page
RSS/XML Feed
Search A to Z List
Site Map
Traduzca en Español
Translate to More Languages
Knoxville Weather Forecast, TN
Dial 3-1-1 For City Services
City Government
Mayor's Office »
City Council »
City Departments »
Boards & Commissions »
Public Meetings »
Copyright © 2014 City of Knoxville |
Read Our Privacy Policy
Email Webmaster
City County Building, 400 Main St, Knoxville, TN 37902 | Phone: Call 3-1-1


text:
find and save
Top Stories
Congressional forum to be hosted by Morehouse Chamber
Bill Gaither and Gaither Vocal Band coming to Monroe
Community forum for upcoming elections slated for Thursday
Angola Prison Rodeo kicks off 50th fall
Information sought on UTV, four-wheeler theft in Morehouse Parish
Congressional forum to be hosted by Morehouse Chamber
Bill Gaither and Gaither Vocal Band coming to Monroe
Community forum for upcoming elections slated for Thursday
Angola Prison Rodeo kicks off 50th fall
Pet day to be held at Tractor Supply Saturday
Court News
Fourth Judicial District Court officially opens Friday
Local news and notes: Owens sentenced, McAllister's office to host satellite office in Bastrop
Sterlington schools encourage parents to talk to their children about safety
Morehouse Parish School Board discusses busing, business
Delta Magnet students get career ready
Busing issues discussed at school board meeting
Pine Grove challenges Cherry Ridge as part of Ice Bucket Challenge
Police & Fire
Information sought on UTV, four-wheeler theft in Morehouse Parish
Suspect arrested in Bastrop for battery, rape
No phones in school zones
Two arrested on drug charges in Collinston
Fourth Judicial District Court officially opens Friday
State News
La. news and notes: Bayou Bartholomew documentary airs, job site launches and more
Top Stories
Payton Hollis protects the blind side
Payton Hollis' Bio
Getting to know Payton Hollis …
Prairie View celebrates district title on Senior Night
Central Hinds tops Prairie View
High School
Payton Hollis protects the blind side
Payton Hollis' Bio
Getting to know Payton Hollis …
Prairie View celebrates district title on Senior Night
Central Hinds tops Prairie View
Top Stories
Book Notes: Tavis Smiley looks at MLK�s last year
The many talents of Jane Fonda
Movie review: You never know what will happen next in �The Drop�
A terrific time at TIFF
Justin Long talks about becoming a walrus in �Tusk�
Book Notes: Tavis Smiley looks at MLK�s last year
A change of venue: Boston crime author Dennis Lehane�s first movie script set in Brooklyn
Book Notes: How much does reader need to be told?
Book Notes: An environmental �what if?�
Celebrity News
The many talents of Jane Fonda
Movie review: You never know what will happen next in �The Drop�
A terrific time at TIFF
Justin Long talks about becoming a walrus in �Tusk�
A change of venue: Boston crime author Dennis Lehane�s first movie script set in Brooklyn
Le Grand hosts musical performances
Peter Chianca: The review from the cheap seats
The Farr Side: Crossover stardom for Taylor Swift
11th Hour to perform at The Rose Theatre
Talent Shows
TV Guide
Top Stories
Indulge all your senses with affordable home luxuries
Dear Monty: 10 great tips to start your home search
5 Fantastic Coffee Creamers for Fall
Common Sleeping & Anxiety Pills Linked to Alzheimer's
Dr. Murray Feingold: We have a major mental health crisis
Common Sleeping & Anxiety Pills Linked to Alzheimer's
Best Crunch-Free Abs Moves
12 Best Marathon Training Tips from Experts
Health "Musts" For Every Decade
Get Fit At Home: Top New Fitness DVDs
Dr. Elaine Heffner: Parents and teachers
Family Time: Keep kids out of your medicine
Growing Outdoor Cactuses
Lost in Suburbia: Confessions of a toilet paper hoarder
It Is What It Is: Do we ever really know our kids?
5 Fantastic Coffee Creamers for Fall
Kitchen Call: Easy cooking with a broken foot
Food for Thought: Swap ingredients for healthier fare
Bacon: Tips, Recipes and Best Uses
A taste of Italy comes to Southern Grocery in Sterlington
Dr. Murray Feingold: We have a major mental health crisis
Health Watch: A half-hour will do
Health Watch: Personalizing health goals
Dr. Murray Feingold: We all suffer from the �Sunday night blues�
HealthStyle: Depression - a common mental health problem
Home & Garden
Indulge all your senses with affordable home luxuries
Dear Monty: 10 great tips to start your home search
Home Help: Home makeover in a weekend
How to remove summer stains from outdoor furniture
Dear Monty: 7 items to check about a home�s condition
Peter Chianca: Above and beyond the call of doggies
Sterlington pet owners be aware of leash laws
Taste of Travel: The beauty of Mirbeau
Taste of Travel: Alaska dazzles with �Dancing With The Stars: At Sea�
Top Stories
Jim Brock: You go, Madam Senator
Kent Bush: Feeding the outrage machine
Amy Gehrt: The NFL needs to tackle its players� abuse of women
Matthew T. Mangino: Law enforcement options in domestic violence cases
Michelle Teheux: Bring back common sense and freedom
Jim Brock: You go, Madam Senator
Kent Bush: Feeding the outrage machine
Amy Gehrt: The NFL needs to tackle its players� abuse of women
Matthew T. Mangino: Law enforcement options in domestic violence cases
Michelle Teheux: Bring back common sense and freedom
TV Guide
Branded Content
Submit your news
Your Photos
The Dog Blog
Massachusetts reporter Joe Reppucci's news and resources for those who love pets
The Ruff Report: Dogs and Safety
About this blog
Joe Reppucci of Lexington, Mass., writes about dogs and keeping them a healthy part of the family. He has worked as a reporter and editor on major daily newspapers in the Boston area for more than 30 years and is a graduate of Lexington High School ...
» Read more
The Dog Blog
Joe Reppucci of Lexington, Mass., writes about dogs and keeping them a healthy part of the family. He has worked as a reporter and editor on major daily newspapers in the Boston area for more than 30 years and is a graduate of Lexington High School and of Suffolk University in Boston. He writes often about nutrition, behavior and saving money on pet supplies and insurance.
Recent Posts
The Ruff Report: Favorite dog pastime a leading cause of illness
Sept. 17, 2014 11:15 a.m.
The Ruff Report: A wonder drug guaranteed to help your pet
Sept. 10, 2014 5:20 p.m.
The Ruff Report: Is your dog's name on the most unusual list?
Sept. 3, 2014 12:01 a.m.
The Ruff Report: Tips to help dogs cope with back-to-school transition
Aug. 27, 2014 11:15 a.m.
The Ruff Report: Overlooked household item causes most pet poisonings
Aug. 13, 2014 12:01 a.m.
March 9, 2013 11:05 a.m.
Are your pet's items on the high
toxin list?
any popular dog and cat items - like
bowls, collars, leashes, beds,
chew and tug toys and tennis balls - contain high levels of toxic chemicals that may be putting your pet at risk of l
iver, kidney and brain damage as well as cancer
, an environmental research organization warns.
Nearly half the 400 toys and products tested had detectable levels of lead, polyvinyl chloride (PVCs) or bromine flame retardants, according to the Ecology Center of Michigan.
Story continues below
A book about a rescue dog
that will touch your heart
a full-color book
by newspaper journalist
Joseph A. Reppucci,
is must reading for animal lovers of all ages. It has 60 color photos of dogs to illustrate the compelling story of Samantha, an unwanted rescue dog adopted at age 2 by Mr. Reppucci.
Travel with them
along a trail of life filled with surprising twists, sudden turns, mystery and even what some call a miracle. And when the journey is finished, you may never look at people and their pets, motherhood - and perhaps even God - in the same way.
will take you on a captivating journey - a trip like no other - that will touch your heart.
For more details and to order, go to the
MySetterSam E-store
Also find The Hunt of Her Life on:
Story continues here
"These chemical hazards are as real for pets as they are for humans," Jeff Gearhart, the center's research director, states in a media release. "While there are some protections in place for children, there is no regulatory system in place to protect our pets from these hazards."
Pets are smaller than humans, making them extremely vulnerable to toxic chemical exposure because they only need to ingest small amounts of contaminated dust to be affected, the Ecology Center says.
"Pets are involuntary canaries in the coal mine in terms of chemical exposure," Mr. Gearhart said. "Pets, like children, have higher exposure to chemical hazards and our data shows pet products are far more likely to have hazardous chemicals than children�s toys."
The Ecology Center says 45 percent of the pet products that it tested had detectable levels of one or more hazardous chemicals. Researchers found:
25 percent had detectable levels of lead.
7 percent had lead levels greater than the 300 parts per million standard for lead in children�s products set by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Nearly 50 percent of pet collars had detectable levels of lead and 27 percent exceeded 300 ppm.
48 percent of tennis balls tested had detectable levels of lead. Tennis balls intended for pets were much more likely to contain lead while sports tennis balls contained no lead.
Experts at the Ecology Center used a portable X-ray fluorescence device, which identifies the elemental composition of any material, to sample the pet products. Chemicals of primary concern include bromine, which is associated with flame retardants; chlorine, which indicates the presence of polyvinyl chloride or PVC; lead and heavy metals.
According to the Ecology Center, levels of bromine flame retardants in cats are up to 23 times higher than humans. Some bromine flame retardants have been associated with thyroid problems, learning and memory impairment, decreased fertility, behavioral changes and other health problems.
Lead exposure and poisoning in pets is common and can be an indicator of lead hazards in homes and products, the Ecology Center says. Exposure to lead, which is sometimes used as an additive in plastics, can lead to brain damage, and problems with kidneys, blood, nerves and the reproductive system. It can also cause learning and behavioral problems.
�Parents, including parents of furry, four-legged kids, shouldn�t have to worry whether the toys they buy are harmful,� Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, campaign director with the Washington Toxics Coalition, states in a media release. �People are sick and tired of hearing about toxic toys, toxic chew toys, toxic chemicals in their products. We need a better system of laws that doesn�t require people to be chemists before they buy something.�
The Toxic Substances Control Act, the federal law which regulates chemicals, is in need of reform, Ms. Sager-Rosenthal said. �It shouldn�t be the responsibility of public health advocates to test consumer products for basic safety information. Manufacturers of these products need to step up and replace dangerous substances with safer alternatives and legislators must enact laws to ensure harmful chemicals are not allowed in products.�
According to the
Ecology Center, t
he following products, listed on healthystuff.org, are those that had the highest levels of chemicals:
High Level of Detection
Cinopelca brown dog collar; Coleman Classic rectangular dog bed (small 18 by 24 inches; Coolaroo Pet Medium Bed; Hot Dogs blue multi-bones collar, Hot Dogs dark pink multi-flowers collar, Hot Dogs red skulls collar, Hot Dogs puppy flowers collar, Hot Dogs puppy paws collar, Nap Pet Kennel Bed (19 by 12 inches green); Penn-Plax Purr Pet Wiggle Wand toy for cats; Pet Supplies Plus tennis ball; Play N Squeak "Batting Practice" toy for cats; Play N Squeak "Twice the Mice" toy for cats; Purple Painted charm dog collar; Ringer Zinger Ring chew toy/tug; Spot Party Animal 6-inch dog dish; SS Ortho Care fleece top for 40 by 30-inch pet bed.
Medium Level of Detection
Burrow Pet Bed (25 inches); AirKong Squeaker football/medium tennis balls; Bamboo Feed & Toss bowl and liners; Bamboo Feed & Toss dog diner and liners bowl; Bone Dog Bed; Brake Fast feeding bowl; Canine "plus" dog chew/tug toy bug; Cinopelca red dog collar; Bagel Donut dog pet bed (extra large 52'' inches and large 40 inches); Fleecy Cleans fleece dog toy tennis ball knot tug (24 inches); Gizmo tennis balls for dogs; Hot Dogs collar (black multi-flowers); Kool Pet Club Pet Paws 8-inch bowl; Le Bistro feeder; Mint 3-pack tennis balls; Nap Pet Beds Bolster 21 by 30 inches; Nap Pet Beds Cat Cave (cream/khaki and light blue/chocolate); Penn-Plax Purr Pet Tiger Tail Wand cat play toy; Perfect Plush Pillow pet bed (26 by 41 inches); PestStages multi-texture chew ring; Pet Buddies Pooch tube chew/tug toy; Pet-Rageous Designs feeding bowls (multiple styles and sizes); Petco rectangle bed (30 by 40 by 4 inches Brown); Petmate Caf� Water Tank; PetStages Feathered Fun toy for cats; Play N Squeak "Elastomouse" toy for cats; Play N Squeak "Ruff 'n Tumble Mouse" toy for cats; Smarty Kat Wild Streak Wand with Feather attachment toy for cats; Solidcore Dumbbell tennis ball toy for dogs; Spot Tuscan fluted dog dish (blue or lime 5-inch); ToyShoppe Playables tennis balls for dogs; YAP Dog (Peluchi) Giraffe 22-inch oval pet bed.
Reports about dogs, poison and safety:
Grapes, mushrooms, pot are leading pet poisons
Common household item causes most pet poisonings
Pet poisons bloom everywhere
Protect your pet from accidental poisoning
Knowing signs of poison could save your dog's life
People medications cause most pet poisonings
Reports about dogs and safety:
Living room item leading cause of pet injuries
Protect your pet from theft and torture
Tips to keep your pet safe during floods, storms
In emergency, your pet's survival depends on you
No ID means death for 800,000 pets a year
Pets capable of swallowing strange objects
Protect your pet from hazards in your home
More reports about dogs and safety
Reports about dogs, food and safety
Toxic levels of chemical found in dog foods
Chocolate, candies mean danger for dogs
According to the Ecology Center,
226 pet toys and products were found to have low levels of detection.
So easy to read. You choose the topic!
Surveys and Studies
Like MySetterSam on Facebook
Comment or View Comments »
Recent Posts
latest blogs
Financial Advice from Jim Cramer
Jim Cramer: These Once-Momentum Stocks Will Run You Over
Sep. 17, 2014
'Mad Money' Lightning Round: Buy, Buy, Buy Verifone, It's a Winner
Sep. 17, 2014
Jim Cramer's Top Stock Picks: AGIO AAPL LUV
Sep. 17, 2014
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Let's Hear It for the Bull
Sep. 16, 2014
Read More
Connect with Bastrop Daily Enterprise - Bastrop, LA
Back to top
Site Services
Contact Us
Purchase Photos
Place an Ad
Church Directory
Special Sections
Market Place
Shopping Mall
Real Estate
Penny Saver
Community Info
Bastrop Chamber of Commerce
City of Bastrop
Morehouse Sheriff's Office
Morehouse Schools
Sister Publications
Beauregard Daily News
Donaldsonville Chief
Weekly Citizen
Leesville Daily Leader
Post South
Southwest Daily News
Sign up for our Daily Deals
Propel Marketing
More Content Now
Cars For Sale
Stay Informed
Email newsletter
Sign Up Today
Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox.
Your privacy is important, read our
privacy policy.
© Copyright 2006-2014 Gatehouse Media, Inc. Some rights reserved
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
Gatehouse Media Publications
Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted.
Bastrop Daily Enterprise - Bastrop, LA | 119 East Hickory, Bastrop, LA 71220


text:
If you choose to eat lunch inside an airplane hangar in the hot Nevada desert, where the midday sun can fry a scorpion in its tracks, there is always a chance your food will SPOIL. The undercooked shrimp in a slapdash Greek salad sumpin' or other will spoil. The highly flavorful yet oddly flavorless pimentos, capers and artichokes that you dump right from their #10 cans into a pliant mound of cold, sad pasta may SPOIL. So unless you want to read about these SPOILERS, please visit another blog or perhaps find some pictures of smiling pets. Preferably ones not named Preeti.
So this episode started out with a frisson of tension when Laurine, lounging poolside at the start of the show, turns to one of the guys and says, "It was lonely in our bedroom."
Excuse me? What she means is that now Eve and Jen Z. are gone, and the girls' dorm is empty. Oh.
Soon, everyone is buttoning into their chefs coats to leave the suburban McMansion and head to Top Chef kitchen. There, a universe of potatoes awaits.
"There are sweet potatoes, and purple potatoes! Russian banana fingerlings and French fingerlings!" cries Jesse of the pinned mouth, who reveals herself as the Bubba Gump of tubers. She loves potatoes. Really loves potatoes. She knows every variety by name, bless her heart.
With joy in her step, she lunges for the sweet potatoes and begins:
QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE: Make an "Out of this World" Dish Featuring Potatoes (or: the attack of the faux marshmallows)
Guest judge Mark Peel of Campanile restaurant in Los Angeles has occasioned this challenge with his lament that he spend his formative years as a potato-peeling "vegetable boy" in Wolfgang Puck's kitchen.
You know how that can be. "Vegetable boy! I need 30 gallons of Russian banana fingerlings peeled by tomorrow! Putin and his entourage have booked Spago!"
The contestants rush around in a Yukon Gold frenzy. A frantic Preeti uses Ashley's blanching water. Jesse over-cayennes her sweet potato soup, which results in a paroxysm of self loathing ("It's pretty —-ing spicy! Stupid me, I hate me!")
Hector makes potatoes three ways, including a dish of mashed potatoes with yeast. Perhaps they expand pleasingly in your stomach.
And Eli?
Not good. His play on Southern sweet potatoes casserole with pistachios and "faux marshmallows" has two strikes against it. First, Padma, her voice ringing with bitter accusation, pulls a nut shell out of our mouth and shows it to Eli. (Aside: I so hope in the DVD version we see this slo-mo and close up.) Then, guest judge Vegetable Boy acidly comments, "I understand Southern cooking, but that was too sweet."
Dude, if you even dare to mouth the oxymoron "too sweet" then you don't understand Southern cooking. Pecan pie with the contents of a glucose drip bag poured over it isn't too sweet.
Anyhow, Vegetable Boy give big props to the umami flavor of mushrooms in Ashley's potato dish but bestows the win on Jen, who somehow "found the essence of the potatoes" in her mussel and multi-tuber presentation with potato sauce. It also helped that she dressed up as Mrs. Potatohead and sang "Danny Boy" in a pitch-perfect brogue. Yessiree, Jen — who get immunity — is the fingerling to beat.
With nary a beat missed, in marches Colonel Dave Belote, the 99th Air Base Wing commander at Nellis Air Force Base for the:
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Prepare a meal for 300 Servicemen and Women in an Air Force Base Kitchen (or: uncanny cooking for the masses)
Colonel Belote informs the chefs that they are to report to the base at 1200 hours tomorrow. They are to break into teams of two, with immunity Jen in charge, and all work together to prepare a buffet extraordinaire for the men and women in uniform.
Kevin and Eli form a team, with Kevin remarking they "bond on a fat-kid level." The Pickle Brothers reunite. Hector, the odd Atlantan out, teams with Robin.
They arrive next day at the base — everyone with nice comments to make about our soldiers in uniform — and then stop short when they see what they have to work with.
"There's a lot of canned food!" cries one disembodied voice.
"Spam? Is this Spam?"
Cut to Mattin in a sit-down interview confessing, "I'm not comfortable using cans." That's okay, Mattin. The creamed corn isn't comfortable with your neckwear, either.
We find out a Voltaggio sister is in the Air Force from the two brothers who decide not to team up. We also learn Preeti knew she wanted to be a chef on 9/11.
There isn't a lot of equipment — barely any pots and pans. People have to wait their turn for the steam kettle, a massive stainless vessel that heats up its contents. Mattin stirs and stirs and stirs his béchamel sauce in it with a giant oar, looking like he will never finish. (With that red scarf, he also looks like a Venetian gondolier.) Finally, Jesse gets teed off and complains.
Eli stacks all his trays of yumminess on a steel speed rack and, catch this, wraps the whole damn thing in Glad Wrap. See, there's another use for all that Glad Wrap that "Top Chef" makes you covet. You can wrap up furniture and appliances wholesale with the stuff.
(Speaking of Glad Wrap, I'd like a show of hands. Who is more annoying: the Press 'N Seal stewardess of this season, or economical Erika of seasons past, who got giddy with her frozen peas while summoning a soul chorus?)
The next morning, a convoy of jeeps takes the chefs to the airplane hangar where they'll serve their lunch. Mike I. is thrilled with his vehicular convoy and comments, "It's pretty cool. It's like we're going to war or something." Um, yeah, minus the I.E.D.s, bouchedag.
A new jeep arrives at the hangar, a door opens, and a pair of shapely gams emerges first. Who is it? Bette Grable? No, Padma!
At ease, boys! Sargeant Lakshmi is just here to stuff her face!
The soldiers show up, some just back from Afghanistan, some about to be deployed, some toting along their cute children. The scene, all snark aside, is touching.
The judges like Hector and Robin's three-bean chicken chili, particularly for its "authentic flavors" and creative garnish of fresh celery leaves to replace cilantro.
But it is Eli and Kevin who get called to the winner's table for the Georgia-style braised pork shoulder with potato salad. The pork recipe, Kevin admits, is a good, quick cheat he learned from competitive barbecuers in his family.
But our Georgia fat boys are up against the two Mikes, I. and V., for the very clever braised bacon (cooked like pork belly) with soy-mustard sauce, peanuts and lettuce wraps. Mike V. wins for the dish. Mike I. stupidly makes a second dish (When will these people learn? Don't make a second dish) that involves undercooked shrimp (When will these people learn? Don't serve shrimp.) and flavorless Greek salad. (When will these people learn? Taste for salt.)
So Mike I. has to come back to the loser's table. He gets belligerent and acts out. Is this what "Jersey Boys" is like?
Joining Mike in the ultimate minutes are Preeti and Laurine, who seemed to have opened a bunch of cans and dumped them over farfalle pasta. Boy, the judges hated this dish. Gail Simmons (whose hair has become as straight as the late-model Jennifer Aniston's) says it's "a hack job. Not creative, inspired or interesting."
Laurine agrees it's like bad conference-hall food but says, "I forgot about the competition."
Preeti, on the other hand, sticks up for the offensive pasta salad. She likes it!
The judges are left with a Sophie's Choice, if ever there was one on "Top Chef." Who goes? The lame competitor or the defender of bad food?
Well, it's back to the Google cafeteria for Preeti. Let's hope she has stock options. If she shreds them finely and tosses them in the pasta, they might impart a little flavor.
September 3rd, 2009
7:49 am
I enjoy your column. However, I subscribe via rss and the pictures of the eliminated contestants spoils the show for me since your article is usually posted before I get a chance to see the show.
September 3rd, 2009
8:03 am
Great one again John! Loved the line about the glucose drip bag!
September 3rd, 2009
8:24 am
very funny!!! I forgot to set the DVR last night. Can't wait to see the rerun. You just can't go wrong with Pork!
September 3rd, 2009
8:35 am
As I remember it wasn't that the brothers didn't want to team up, but rather that d-bag Mike hooked onto shooting-star Michael by picking him as a partner.
September 3rd, 2009
10:49 am
Hilarious recap, John. D-bag Mike is, well, just that and I give him 3 more weeks (after Laurine and lip-pinned Jesse). The Atlanta boys are making us proud – Kevin's a rockstar.
September 3rd, 2009
11:03 am
Great column John. I love your writing style. But I must say, this is the most boring season yet. Does anyone have a personality? The show could really benefit from taking a year off.
September 3rd, 2009
11:46 am
Great recap! I wish Jennifer would just hurry up and win this. Each week Fancast hosts a live chat with the booted chef. Today Preeti will chat with fans. Check it out- http://www.fancast.com/blogs/top-chef/top-chef-live-chat-with-latest-eliminated-chef-2/
September 3rd, 2009
12:25 pm
"A new jeep arrives at the hangar, a door opens, and a pair of shapely gams emerge first. Who is it? Bette Grable? No, Padma!
At ease, boys! Sargeant Lakshmi is just here to stuff her face!"
GENIUS!!! I just laughed out loud at work and now people are looking at me funny…
September 3rd, 2009
12:28 pm
Kevin is starting to impress me as my favorite of the Atlanta chefs, but I've got to admit, that I'm very impressed with Jen…If Atlanta has to lose, I think she may be my top choice. I do want to see Hector gain some ground, though- I thought he would come in stronger than he has. Michael V is good too but for some reason, I'm not too moved by him. Mike I. needs to go home based on personality alone, but alas, as reality tv goes that means he'll probably be around for a little while longer. That pasta dish looked like a weak mess, but I think Laurine should have been sent home over Preeti, I just think Preeti played the wrong approach. On an unrelated note? How did Padma dress during the first season? I can't help but wonder if the producers are egging on this whole Padma craze by dressing her more provocatively? She is attractive, but I just don't get it.
September 3rd, 2009
12:35 pm
I know I am prejudiced, but I think Kevin has an excellent shot at winning. And don't overlook the Volt bros.
September 3rd, 2009
12:49 pm
can't keep myself from saying this anymore. PEOPLE – stop being lame (in this case ERIC). Really, life is ruined if you learn before the episode airs who is eliminated? Then unsubscribe from RSS!! SPOILER ALERT is written all over the place. I don't get a chance to watch night of either, but Kessler's write-ups are hilarious and I read them anyway then watch the episode (which, to Rule 303's point is extremely boring this year). How many days IS it appropriate to wait to post a review before your important schedule can be accommodated? Jeez. Go Atlanta! And Mike is SUCH a dbag.
September 4th, 2009
8:21 am
Thanks John.
justduckie, I think your missing my point. I'm fine with the column being posted as soon as the episode airs. Its easy to avoid spoiler text, its a little harder to avoid a spoiler picture at the very top of the article.
September 4th, 2009
9:56 am
Who taught Mike I how to pluck his eyebrows?
Everything about him disturbs me, down to those teeth that were used to model the new style rake in "1988's Home Show".
I think he may be secretly British.
September 5th, 2009
3:26 am
I'm as impressed with those who are able to serve in the military as anybody but the endless gushing from the contestants was a little much. They seemed to be competing over who could fawn the best.
September 5th, 2009
9:57 am
John Kessler, you are one of the reasons I enjoy my AJC subscription. And now I get a spicy side dish of comedic entertainment by reading your Top Chef blog. Thanks for the compelling prose every way you deliver it…I'm rooting for Hector.
September 6th, 2009
6:46 pm
This is my 2nd season of enjoying the series – as great as last season's (which some people complained about being boring). This is just as good – although the chefs are definitely tougher (massive tattooing and piercing). John you're delicious wit cannot be surpassed in the food writing world – and you brought more comments on the food which is great. There are some obvious cream of the crop and bottom feeder lines already drawn. Yes Jen is good but already a clear cut winner – I think not!! Sir Kevin is superb as well as the V brothers!


text:
Meaningful living.
The 7 things you should know about yourself:
1) Your strengths & weaknesses,
2) Your likes & dislikes,
3) Your hopes & fears,
4) Your core values & beliefs,
5) Your passion & motivation,
6) Your uniqueness & identify,
7) Your purpose & meaning in life.
So, I found this list on facebook and it interested me very much. Struck to the core if you will. I'd thought I would share it and then throw in my own thoughts and feelings on the topic as usual (well, it is my blog innit?!)
Just what is the meaning of life? What is the grand purpose for why we trawl this earth?
Do I have the answer? Of course not! Do I have an opinion? Why, of course I do (tis my blog, as i said earlier !!)
I have been very much into a lady called Somanu isoma. She is from a tribe in Burkina faso and the things she writes and speak about really touch me deeply. Things move inside and more than my ears listen, more than my mind understands. Check out this video to see what I mean:
She believes that we are all hear for a reason and that we are all important threads in life's intricate tapestry and that there is a reason for everything. This feels good to me. This idea keeps me going on those dim days where I question my existence and regret not having done what my father wanted and gone to university so that I could have a stable and lucrative office job instead of this exhilirating yet exhausting music thing. I tell myself that I am reaching out to people, touching their souls for just a moment with my music. I imagine myself on the couch On the Oprah show talking about all the peoples who's lives I have touched, all the places I have been andl the wonderful music I have made… then I snap out of it!
Musique, motherhood and muses in my head
Ah some days I feel like Mother dust, wise and creaky like a rocking chair. Most time I feel spritely and wide eyed bursting with ideas and visions. In years I am a mere child when I see how long one can live… rumour has it a great great elder of mine lived to almost 200. Of course know one can really say for sure…..
Still so far in my few years I have had a really intersting life and every day it gets more and more so. My love for music has taken me to amazing places, taught me wonderful things and enhanced my life in ways I can not describe. I started out as a poet and writer when I was a little little child until my ideas got to much for words alone and I started stealing my father's guitar. He got fed up with this and eventually bought me my own!
I played music in many ways and in many bands, travelling and living the life of freewheelin' bohemian rascal. I loved it, although my ego was a devillish monster whose insatiable appetite was hard to sate. I loved it, although I didn't actually like myself most of the time. I loved it, except I always had to have MORE MORE MORE!
A few times I skirted around fame and fortunes door.
Then like a bolt out of the blue something miraculous yet so mundane changed my life and transformed me to the very core.
Blowing bubbles, singing songs, playing with teddington and litu-litu, making flapjacks, foraging in the woods, wiping away tears, laughing at the same joke again and again, facepainting, mask making, waking up far too early….
My "career" took a back seat for a few years while i focused on the intense yet rewarding process of being a mother. A few interesting things occured in the interim that I am bloody grateful for.
I stopped caring about fame and money. I started loving more. My heart opened up.
I started appreciating the simpler things in life like laughter, sleep and hugs.
I learned how to be honest with myself.
Patience. I became Mother Miyagi :-)
I love them so so much. They are the reason my gigs are rarer than the white wolf and why I have hardly put any music out over the past couple of years. Although they have inspried me a lot and I have never been so prolific and in tune with the muses in my head, one thing I have much less of is the TIME to execute, the time to be in the studio for ten hours everyday, the time to be on the road for weeks… but that time will come again one day. Until then, I can usually be found in the nearest woods hanging out with these two
My children challenge and bedazzle me at every turn yet they teach me so much and make every day a carnival. They smile at the right moments and forgive everything I do. They drive me mad, but they keep me sane. I think back to my aimless, hollow child free days and I shudder because life now is infused with magic passion and purpose. But bloody hell, I need some sleep!!!!! I think back to those leisurely lie-ins, those times when I could do whatever I wanted whenever (long weekend in Bruxelles? Yep why not!) and a part of me aches a bit. A glance at the bags under my eyes intensifies this ache.
I wonder how it is possible to love two being so strongly yet at times despair at yet another sacrifice….
I wrote a song about this conundrum a few years ago. It's called "Ease". I even got as far as recording it (at Gizzard studios with the fabulous Damian Immigration) but never mastered it so its not so radio friendly but still worth a listen after all this time methinks. Will post it soon.
G'night gators


text:
Monday, May 11, 2009
Urgent Prayer Request
7 comments:
- Amy B said...
Oh My heart is just hurting for this sweet little guy and his family. I know how scared they must be. I have been there and am still there and it is a hard thing to watch and wait and not know. I am up praying tonight for the whole family. Please let us know a update as soon as you hear one. I just so hope he takes a turn for the better...GOD IS GOOD and Miracles can happen.
- May 11, 2009 at 10:02 PM
- Sass said...
Without a doubt.
Praying with all my heart.
And the world needs so many more people like you...to help us know when someone needs a little extra.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
- May 12, 2009 at 5:54 AM
- Elaine at Matters of the Heart) said...
Oh my word, this just broke my heart. I will be lifting this family and little man in prayer.
- May 12, 2009 at 5:06 PM
- DysFUNctional Mom said...
How terribly sad and scary. My prayers are with them.
- May 12, 2009 at 6:35 PM
- Denise said...
Oh my heart just breaks for them! OF COURSE I will pray for all of them!!! I am so sad to hear all this!
- May 12, 2009 at 8:20 PM
- Amy Kate said...
I'm praying over here for them. I can't imagine how scary this has to be, and I'll be keeping him in my thoughts. Please keep us posted.
- May 12, 2009 at 8:38 PM
- sanjeet said...
I just so hope he takes a turn for the better...GOD IS GOOD and Miracles can happen.
Work from home India
- December 23, 2009 at 7:18 AM


text:
Categories > Celebrities > My Chemical Romance > Marry Me, Stay the Same
I feel you in my heart6 Reviews
"You know I hate you, Michael. I hope you get an ass rash." Gerard's tone was teasing, but secretly he might have been urging his words to be carried to the ears of Fate, or whoever decided these things. The Way bros were cowering down in the basement (Gerard was cowering at least, Mikey seemed to have regained his grip on reality after the first few times Alicia had been around their mom), Gerard staring bullets and arrows and many other violent weapons that he didn't condone in the reality outside of his thoughts. While they were in his head, he could demean and violate and hurt anyone he wanted to with minimal guilt. It was still there, yes, he just couldn't have thoughts of mutilating his brother without feeling like a shit-face, but that didn't stop him. He would never REALLY kill Mikey, everyone in the world knew that. He'd sooner do in himself.
Mikey blinked at him. He fucking blinked. Gerard really wished that sometimes Mikey had emotions other than insane and unnatural love for cats and Alicia and, if he wanted to be a cliche little fangirl who wiki'd Mikey all the time, coffee and sushi. Gerard would really fucking appreciate his little brother more if, when he had an emotional crisis and wanted to talk, that Mikey would talk back and make the sympathetic faces and coos that Frank did.
"Really, and I also hope that it's so nasty that Alicia won't help you put medicine on it," was met with Mikey's 'I'm amused but I'm biting down on my smile because we cool people do not smile' expression. Bitch.
"Mom's going to love wiL. Didn't you see her and Alicia making goo-goo eyes at him right before we left."
Okay, Gerard might love his brother.
"I might love you, Mikes. Let's run away and start an Eskimo escort-service together. We never bond, you know?" Except over nerding out. Everyone can bond over that, and they did, and when it's three or ten other people in the room, it's not considered bonding. Just hanging out. Gerard stands firm on the fact that bonding's totally not a girl-thing. First off, that was completely sexist, and second, Frank agrees with him. That made it completely un-true.
"You know no one's going to be shocked that you married a boy." Mikey had a smirk. Eyes lidded, hand thrown over the back of his chair, completely comfortable smirk.
"Yes they will. Fuck, I'm surprised. I'm not even gay." That last part had slowly morphed into a well-known hymn. Not gay. Kissed a boy? Not gay. Had Frank lick his thigh? Not gay. Yank down his brother's shirt and lick his nipple? NOT GAY. It was really the hip thing to do nowadays, after all. Everyone was just a little gay, whether they wanted to admitt it, and Gerard just wanted to put it out there that, while he was completely into ladies, being gay was perfectly pc and whoever didn't like it could watch him make out with his band members, family members, drinking buddies and so forth.
"You know that I was just making a statement!" Gerard wailed.
"Yes, I know, that homophobia is sick and unjustly out-of-date and the cause of many pointless deaths, but--geez, you'd think with all the preaching you do about it that you wouldn't hide in the closet, Gerard. That's just as bad as gay-bashing. It's just your hypocritical mind playing tricks with you that eventually you'll find the perfect girl and fall madly in love while it's right in everyone else's face that you're way into cock."
Gerard winced at Mikey's choice of words. He hated that word. It was such a fucking turn off. He hoped that he'd never get into one of those situations where he was telling someone to suck his cock, because--yeah, after that word floated out of his mouth, he'd not get it up for a while.
"Am not."
"That was all your fault. Mikey! You're the one--"
Gerard shut up when Mikey flew out of his seat and got in his face. He didn't look pissed per se--unhappy and frustrated and very masculine, perhaps.
"Shut the fuck up about that, Gerard, geez! You really do know how to go on about things! I don't pity you anymore, because you're happy. You were sad and moping around my house, and I fixed it and made you happy. What else do you want? Can't you stop shitting youself for one minute and think about wiL--about how, fuck, he looks at you? How he attaches himself to you without a moment's hesitation?"
"That's his job." Gerard hated that part of the equation. WiL wasn't doing all of this because he liked Gerard. Gerard knew that some of it was that, he wasn't blind, but wiL wasn't riding off of pure emotion when he would listen to every word Gerard said like he was afraid of being kicked out if he did something wrong. He nearly had a breakdown in the kitchen the other day when he attempted to make cookies and burned them. Gerard had eaten a few anyway, hiding his face behind his hair when the taste got too much for him.
"You are retarded."
"Your face is retarded. And ugly," Gerard shot back. But--yeah, that insult didn't work anymore since Mikey had found out that girls hung all over him without the glasses and stupid spiked up hair.
"You're ugly. And fat."
Gerard watched as Mikey's face slowly formed into the 'oh fuck, I didn't just say that' face.
Because Gerard fucking knew that he was fat, and Mikey wasn't supposed to say something that was true. This was make-believe insult time.
"Shit. Gerard, you know I was just kidding. Don't. Don't you fucking dare start moping again. Gerard! Argh!" Mikey looked like he was about to rip his hair out. Gerard kinda wanted to see that. It really wasn't fair that Mikey got to be skinny and straight and have pretty hair. He watched his brother ascend the basement stairs three at a time on his stupid spindly, girly legs and the door slammed shut moments later.
Because yes, leaving the ex-junkie, existential crisis-having, overdramatic, depressed fat guy in a damp dark basement alone with only the memories of Ambien and Xanax floating off the walls was an excellent idea. Almost as good as Frank's idea to tackle him in the middle of a dirty lot with a burning Bob in the background.
Apparently, Mikey's not as iniquitous as Gerard pegged him, because within the time Gerard had pushed his fat self up off the creaky mattress, scuffed the floor all the way to one of the walls where his drawings used to be taped and reached out to stroke the wall like he'd heard some people do with missing limbs--albeit this one was a big, big appendage that caused nothing but grief and some dust on his fingertips--the door was swinging open again.
He didn't turn around to greet his brother, because he was still really mad and not willing to give Mikey the satisfaction of knowing that Gerard hasn't clawed off his own face yet, but he did swing around when he heard his name in that cute little accent.
"Gerard?" WiL stood in the middle of his basement biting his lip. The kid had almost as many nervous ticks as Gerard, but his were endearing while Gerard's just advertised that he didn't have acceptable-by-human-terms hygiene. "Are you good? Mikey leaved you."
Gerard tried not to smile, but it tugged at his lips unmercifully until his eyes squinted at the naive little boy that wiL always came off as. Sweet and constantly worried about Gerard, and it was uplifting to know that not all of that was fueled by his obligation. WiL generally worried about Gerard's well-being--but these days, almost everyone did.
"Yeah. He did." Gerard slumped back down onto the soiled sheets of his mattress, yelping and tugging a dust-covered remote out from under his ass moments later. But, he decided wiL's badly-hidden giggle was worth the pain. "Hey, c'mere," Gerard said, trying to sound at least a little indignant, just a little bit like wiL didn't have all the answers to making Gerard's mood swing from pissed to happy and cuddly. He patted his lap and made grabby hands that made wiL laugh again and settle himself down on Gerard's knees slowly.
"What happened?" WiL had the soothing caretaker schick down. He let his fingers curry through Gerard's hair and his lips rest against his ear, the whole shitty deal. Sympathetic look, check. Nosing into Gerard's jaw, check.
"Mikey called me fat..."
WiL's face was a blank for a moment, and Gerard had despairingly decided that the Mikey Syndrome had rubbed off on his husband, dammit, and he was going to have to kill his little brother.
When wiL's fingers found purchase on Gerard's fleshy hip and squeezed, Gerard winced. If even wiL wasn't going to take pity on him--he needed to call Frank and bitch about how everyone in his family hated him.
"Tu n'êtes pas gros. Tu êtes parfait."
Gerard didn't know what that meant, so, "Ce qui?" He could French right back at wiL.
"You are not fat." WiL poked again at Gerard's side, low on his hips where he carried all his fat. "Perfect. Cuddly," and to demonstrate he looped his arms right around the belt of fat Gerard was now wishing away and snuggled his face into Gerard's shirt. It didn't really help to make Gerard feel any better--now it was just so much easier for wiL to feel his fat rolls, and he was so sure that wiL was secretly disgusted but had to be sweet to Gerard because he's afraid of being kicked out.
Alicia flitted down the stairs, probably at a bad moment, but it was pretty transparent that she didn't care.
"Okay, cuties, time for dinner!" she announced, clapping her hands together and looking like she was torn between being starry-eyed at the cute, adorable, awkward couple and killing Gerard for being so close to her wiL.
Gerard decided after he had another agony of inner turmoil at dinner when he realized he knew which foods wiL didn't like without asking, that he was doomed.
He reached across the table to grab the bowl of guacamole (he hated guacamole with a passion however, so both Mikey and his mom looked flabbergasted when he picked up the dip) and set it in front of wiL's plate. He skipped on the olives and shredded cheese because wiL didn't like those, and went to work fixing up all the things he did like before going to fix his own plate. The stares fixed on him didn't slow him down either. He already knew he was doomed, duh, and he didn't need Mikey giving him the 'You are doomed' eyes from across the table.
"Stop staring," Gerard said to Mikey without looking over at him. He was really too busy crushing his nachos with his fork to avert his attention elsewhere.
"I never knew you could be so domestic."
"Shut up with your cat terms, Michael."
"...no, it can be applied to humans too."
"Nuh-uh, humans come domesticated at birth. Stupid," Gerard muttered around a mouthfull of taco salad. When he finally did look up at his brother, he wasn't met with the doomed, Apocalyptic look he was expecting. Mikey was smiling. He was smiling through the insults with warm eyes and one hand in his wife's.
So. The world wasn't ending?
He looked over at his mom as well, just in case they were all in on something he just wasn't getting. It seemed like his family did that alot. When one of their cousins spilled hot chocolate all over Gerard's sketchbook and RUINED it, his mom and his brother just glanced at each other over the table covertly while Gerard sat and stewed in his confusion until his brother finally broke the bad news to him after looking for his book for hours.
"What?" Gerard frowned and turned to wiL. "Is there something I don't know? Like...oh no, did Bunny die?"
Alicia sucked in her breath and looked like a stress-relief toy, eyes bugging out of her skull. Her answer was a squeaky 'no'. No, no, we do not even talk about such things.
"Then what?"
WiL shrugged. "Je ne sais pas."
"Vous n'êtes aucune aide," Gerard sighed. The French thing was definitely...different. He never thought of himself as the type to actually learn a language, but he was steadily doing it, picking up on things when he sat in on wiL's tutoring sessions and from just wiL himself. It felt like he was bettering himself, doing more than he ever thought possible, and it caused a little swelling and popping in his chest when he could look at wiL's pleased smile when they could talk in French.
"What the hell? Gerard!" Mikey threw a nacho chip aimed at Gerard's direction, but no matter how pretty Mikey had become, he was still a fucking nerd who couldn't throw worth a shit. "You know French? When did this happen?"
Gerard leaned his head on his hands and sighed overdramatically. What? He liked to be dramatic. "Oh, I don't know, since I married someone from France?" He flung a diced tomato at his brother's face and it stuck to his cheek. With a cry of anguish--aka, brotherly competition and retaliation--Mikey flung a spoonful of onion pieces in Gerard's general direction--and got hit by Alicia when one of the tiny white pieces fell on wiL.
Gerard chuckled and threw the towel at wiL, shaking out his own hair freely. His mom had taken everyone outside and hosed them off after the food fight (and after ten whole minutes of her yelling at Gerard and Mikey), and now wiL and Gerard were downstairs in his bedroom toweling themselves dry and sharing laughs.
"My mom's kind of crazy," he explained with a little smile as he leaned forward to let his hair drip on the floor.
WiL gigged as he cleaned out his ears. "I like her."
Gerard, accompanied by a wistful sigh, clapped his hand down on wiL's shoulder. "Welcome to the family, wiL. "
WiL rolled over onto his side, winced at the loud creaks as the springs shifted under his weight after years and years without use, and hoped that he didn't wake up Gerard, who was nestled between his chest and the wall now.
Gerard really didn't sleep much. Ever. When wiL would go to bed, Gerard would still be in the middle of some important project and he told wiL not to wait up for him, and he didn't because they both knew Gerard wouldn't be in bed until around dawn. But wiL loved to sleep. The bed he shared with Gerard was amazing, a Queen size with clean sheets and a big blue Teen Titans blanket that didn't itch his face when he wanted to burrow down into the covers and hide from the sun when morning rolled around. Once upon a time in the dreary haze wiL used to live in he laid on hay and covered himself up with a burlap sack fashioned into a blanket.
It was always a frightening thing to sleep in the barracks with the rats and flies and maybe snakes--wiL hadn't ever seen one in there, but he thought they could be, and just thinking about that made his skin crawl. What if there was a snake hiding in the hay he slept on? What if it only slithered up and down his back at night when he didn't know it?
Worse than the creatures was when wiL was left to his own thoughts. He's always been imaginative, always. Stories could float through his brain in coherent forms, he could picture princes being rescued by much more handsome princes and imagine it was himself being rescued. His favorite was the one he made from the Cinderella tale. The stories could get him through so much--being placed on high walkways to be gawked at, being groped when he followed one of the administrators in bars, the much worse things that he hoped Gerard never found out about. All he had to do was get lost in thought and in beautiful lands of pastels and blurred edges. But sometimes in the dead of the night, among the nasal snores of his 'family' and the sweltering body heat and the miserable smells, his mind went to dark places, visiting the scenarios that could and probably would happen to him when he finally got sold.
Fat, bald old men groping him more forcefully than the slightly-interested men at the bars, whipping him when he did wrong, getting so frustrated at him that they locked him in a cellar or bomb shelter or even just tied him up to a tree and let him starve. That is what all the other boys told him could happen when he was taken away, so he didn't want to go. He was in hell, but he didn't want to die. He didn't want to belong to someone. He wanted to stay in his bed of straw and think happy thoughts about his prince arriving to save him on a unicorn that he named Percible with a pink mane. He wanted to think about what his mom looked like--a thin, small woman with fair hair and dark-rimmed eyes and too many debts for her own good. He didn't want the bad things to invade the only place he had that belonged to himself.
When the call had finally come in that it was wiL's turn, he screamed. He screamed until the back of his throat itched for aloe and someone to extricate the cotton lodged in his mouth. None of his friends helped him either. They stayed back in the shadows as wiL was dragged out of bed and taken away. That was probably the worst wiL had felt ever, that none of his friends, his comrades, were going to miss him or even give him another thought other than, 'Oh, that wiL kid? Yeah, he's gone, went yesterday'. Or four days ago, or now, two months ago.
It had been two months since the morning wiL was awoken to three men pulling him out of bed. Now his only worry was that Gerard wasn't getting enough sleep. The bad thoughts were gone, because Gerard was the best person in the world. WiL wanted to spend forever with him because there had never before been someone who cared like he did, who looked and spoke and acted like he did and who never once made wiL feel like he was being controlled.
Gerard had explained to him, somewhat, that he didn't actually want to be wiL's lover, but that was fine. He was a good cuddler and an even better conversationalist when the language barrier didn't inhibit them too badly, and he was sharing his family with wiL. His mom had welcomed him into the family while he, she, and Alicia were upstairs in the kitchen cooking and Alicia had cooed at him and hugged him and said she was about to cry from her heart being happy.
Yeah, wiL knew the feeling. Every fucking time he saw Gerard smiling or reading the newspaper or smoking his heart did summersaults on a wire suspended from the Eiffel Tower all the way to Maine, to their house. He wished he was back there now. Oh, he liked Gerard's old house just fine, but it wasn't home, and he wanted to be home with Gerard.
He had homesickness. He had a home to be homesick over. He tried not to wiggle too much.
WiL woke up in the middle of the night--early morning, twilight, the dark before the light, whatever the time no one should be awake is called, much much earlier than he ever woke up at home with his back aching and panic pounding behind his eyes. He winced into the dark and rolled over, squinting against the pain to see where he was. For a minute he laid still, letting his eyes adjust until Gerard's pale face popped up out of the dark. The shadows of his eyes shone and wiL knew he was awake like he always was when he needed sleep.
"Gerard?" There wasn't really any need to whisper down in the basement with both boys awake.
"Yeah, wiL?" Late-night talking was a common thing between the two. It shouldn't be, not to wiL because Gerard needed sleep, dammit, and he was just so hooked on all forms of caffiene and online games that he didn't notice he went through his days half-dead. He tugged greedily on Gerard's collar, pulling him on top of his stomach as his own little human blanket.
"Go to sleep, okay?" That won't really happen, and he knew it, and Gerard knew that he knew it but he didn't know why it was always the first thing out of his mouth when he woke up like this.
"I'm not--"
I know," wiL sighed. "You're not tired." He tucked his hand up under Gerard's shirt to rub his back. "Sleep." Like the very word would help somehow. He'd never known it to, not when it was commanded or just a suggestion, or, as he was putting it a plead because he just wanted Gerard to be alive in the morning and not--ergh, zombified with an IV drip full of caffiene the whole day.
Gerard just mumbled more of the usual excuses, he wasn't tired, he didn't need to sleep, he could just take a nap that he never really will. His head dipped down to supersede his pillow for wiL's chest, fingers tugging at his sleeves because he needed to always be doing something with his fingers and now wasn't the time for a cigarette or badly-humored comic about talking eyeballs who travel to a distant country to find the bodies they belong to.
Gerard really wasn't as heavy as wiL thought he might be. Just a warm weight settled over his heart and stomach and legs reminding him that he was with the amazing person he liked so much, that kind of really got him sometimes. His hair was soft and pliant between wiL's fingers as he found his own aberration, his breath warm as it soaked through wiL's shirt. Both of wiL's hands were on Gerard under the guise of lulling him back to sleep, but wiL was also a tyrant when it came to Gerard. He liked to touch the warm white skin and kiss and smell and taste and breathe. He liked when Gerard flooded his senses, filled all the places that the bad thoughts could hide and flushed them out.
And before he could stop himself--since Gerard didn't know that much French, right?--he mumbled a quiet "Je t'aime," against the crown of Gerard's head wrapped in a kiss. He felt Gerard freeze on top of him, and then he knew he fucked up, because of course Gerard would know what it meant, everyone knew those words in French and shit, he really really didn't mean to make things weird between them because it was all going so well, too well, and Gerard had already made it clear that they weren't crossing that line.
He squeezed his eyes shut as Gerard's head moved and his face popped into view. It was too much to look.
The voice that replied to him was hesitant, laced with something wiL couldn't work out but it wasn't really 'this has gone too far and I'm kicking you out'. "I--I love you too, wiL. 'Night."
He watched intently as the little circles of yellow....egg-ified? Congealed? As they did whatever the fuck it was they did to come out as edible. Around him, the sounds of life circulated through the house, Alicia and Gerard's mom at the dining room table talking in clipped tones about grandchildren, Gerard and Mikey in the living room both crying out in anguish as Mikey's on-screen character got obliterated time and time again. He heard Gerard exclaim that 'My brother is useless, Mom, why did you have to birth such a sorry excuse for a human being?' and his mom shout back, 'Gerard Arthur Way, apologize to your baby brother right now! What if he stepped outside this house in two minutes and died, huh, then you would be crushed that those were your last words to him!'
WiL smiled slightly at the argument and turned back to the stove. As much as Gerard's mom and Alicia insisted, he really wasn't part of this family. He appreciated them acting like it, but he never could be. He didn't grow up knowing all of them, didn't even grow up in the same country or hemisphere watching the same things or acting the same way as a child.
"Isn't my brother such a loser?" Gerard asked when he stepped into the kitchen, hopping up onto the counter beside wiL to watch him cook.
WiL smiled and batted at his leg. "That's not nice, Gerard," he told him with a growing smile.
"'s true, though." He bumped wiL's hip with his foot. "He sucks."
From the living room, wiL could hear Mikey protesting loudly to his mom how much of an asshole Gerard was and giggled.
"Hey, I'm not an asshole...I just tell the truth! If you can't handle criticism, you suck!" Gerard frowned for a minute. "Which just furthers my argument that you suck!"
Mikey's indignant voice floated out of somewhere closer, probably in the dining room with the girls. "You suck!"
WiL wondered if this was what Mrs. Way had to go through every morning when Gerard and Mikey were still living with her. She was a brave woman.
"You both suck," he called out.
"WiL, I love you!" That was Alicia.
Gerard fixed him with a pout and shimmied off of the counter, coming to stand next to him with his chin resting on wiL's shoulder. "I'm hurt." He stuck his bottom lip out as far as it would go and whimpered. Mikey told wiL yesterday that this was how Gerard lured people into his web of apathy and over-thirty emo-ness.
"Tu n'êtes pas."
Gerard fake-sniffled and buried his head into wiL's neck. "Am too. You hurt my feelings."
WiL twisted his head to kiss Gerard's hair. "Too bad."
"Yeah! See, see Gerard! Even wiL won't take pity on you because you're an asshole!"
WiL stepped away from Gerard so his head was up and his pout was in view. "You're not an asshole, Gerard." He leaned up to kiss the pout away.
"Le petite déjeuner est prêt!" he called out to the house.
"That means Breakfast is ready!" Gerard echoed in the preferred language.


text:
Primos® Hook Hunter Mouth Call Case
Item # WX2-582717
- Google+
This item cannot ship via any of our Next Day or Second Day express delivery methods.
- Details & Specs
Primos® Hook Hunter Mouth Call Case. Perfect for runnin' and gunnin'!
All your diaphragm turkey calls, ready and organized! This simple Call Case stores up to 8 diaphragm calls and can either attach to your leg or be worn around the neck. With a silent magnetic closure, you can access all your calls without tipping off your position.
Order yours ONLINE today!
- Reviews
Customer ReviewsNo reviews exist for this item....
Don't Forget
Guide Gear® Umbrella BlindBuyer's Club $13.49 Non-Members $14.99
Dakota Decoy™ Turkey Decoy Breeder PackBuyer's Club $179.99 Non-Members $199.99
Cherokee Sports® Billy Bad Act II DecoyBuyer's Club $31.49 Non-Members $34.99
You May Also Like
Submissive SallyBuyer's Club $13.49 Non-Members $14.99
Hunter's Specialties® "Real Strut Talk" DVD ComboBuyer's Club $11.24 Non-Members $12.49
Cass Creek® Ergo Turkey CallBuyer's Club $13.49 Non-Members $14.99


text:
Elon Musk is recently pushing the idea of a hyper loop transportation system, but it's nothing new. This author and people here visiting the site know exactly why these projects do not get funded. And, it's not because of these well thought out theories aren't good enough.
It is because money today is more concentrated with a fewer individuals and corporations than ever before. These guys do not want competition nor any nouveau riche to join their exclusive club. Plus, they already have super advanced technologies within their super secret black budget world and don't want us catching up with it/them ever. Once the bullies, leeches and parasites of this world, now their world/civilization has gotten big enough that it has been able to break away. The leaders of this Breakaway Civilization have become our Masters of the Universe and modern gods to whom we owe our allegiance.
Wait a minute? Aren't they Human like you and I? They don't think so and members of this breakaway civilization are brought up to believe they are superior to us. Funny thing about consciousness at this level of awareness and place in the universe is that it begins to regress to its animalistic instincts and develops a very dangerous ego. That ego begins to fear death and suffering more than usual and cannot cope with it or accept it. This in turn becomes the need to control its ultimate destiny and to live "forever". Unfortunately, that means the need to destroy any competition even if that competition is healthy for and contributes to the improvement of the species and society. This ego becomes irrational and wants benefits and improvements only to itself, or a select few, but not for the "competition" or the rest of us. As in all owner/slave relationships, the situation between the super elite that make up the breakaway civilization and the ruled citizens of the taxed consumer economy becomes unsustainable.
Why is it so hard to get great ideas off the ground? Why does Wall Street only fund ideas and businesses that do not contribute a quantum leap to our civilization? It's because those ideas reside only in the black world, not where you and I work and reside. We, however, are stuck with fossil fuels, solar panels, wind farms, nuclear energy, bottled water, trash TV, censored history about us and our planet, archaic space vehicles, and cars on wheels. Those space vehicles and cars might drive themselves, but they are nonetheless on wheels and controlled through the wireless grid anyway which is built and controlled by the same super elite. We are slaves. Strides in technology are given and allowed. Those anointed to lead those innovations have been allowed to join the club and have become kings in their own right. Wall Street and the super elite have become Kingmakers, which they always have been, but now it is on a global scale.
Ever wonder why a musical artist, actor, entertainer, or entrepreneur that has clearly no talent becomes globally recognized? Most importantly it is to fuck with you. Just as important, the system is so closely knit that if someone has been "knighted" to be the next big thing, then they are; not just nationally, but globally. It's hard to imagine such overreaching power and influence on our species, but the infrastructure and technology is there; Always listening and always monitoring. Not for terrorists, mind you, but for competitors. That is the real reason behind the surveillance state. The powers that be want it all. Everything. Not just money, but they want the monopoly over the knowledge about who we are, where we come from, what we are capable of and the nature of the Universe.
The Black Budget and top secret U.S. intelligence funding is said to be at $53 billion. However, this is the tip of the iceberg. Read/listen to Richard Dolan and Catherine-Austin Fitz on the Breakaway Civilization and how it has been re-organizing the world through manipulated financial bubbles and created wars to fund their super secret black budget world. And now most recently with an engineered world war that starts in Syria to provoke Russia, China and Iran to "stop the bully from the West".
Our Western leaders will eventually rise from the ashes that they provoked Russia and China to induce, and use their ultra advanced weapons from the super secret black world they once inhabited to finally take over the planet. However, this time they will not be the aggressors, but our saviors. Even though we know they created the whole situation for global takeover, we will want and need them to do it. Maybe deep down it is a desire to finally see and experience the technologies hidden away from us for so long. Nonetheless, it will happen and just the way it has been laid out here.
Can we escape this reality?


text:
I've wondered when a general-purpose web engine(s) would begin offering a "roll your own search engine" service.
No more wondering, say hello to:
Gigablast's: Build Your Own Topic Search Engine.
It's now possible to create a subset of the complete Gigablast web index that ONLY searches the sites (or subsites) you specify. You can select up to 200 urls.
Simply copy and replace a few lines of code, list the urls of the sites you want your topic engine to search, paste the finished code into a web page, and you're done. You do not need to register and you can create as many topic engines as you like.
Very cool!
The Original Search Marketing Event is Back!
SES Denver (Oct 16) offers an intense day of learning all the critical aspects of search engine optimization (SEO) and paid search advertising (PPC). The mission of SES remains the same as it did from the start - to help you master being found on search engines. Register today!


text:
Buffalo Bayou, Houstons most storied body of water. In 1836, the Allen brothers speculated that, yup, there might be potential for building a city on the muddy banks of the bayou. You can see what they saw albeit with a bit different scenery while gliding along the waters on the Looking Back: History Boat Tour. Your guide for this two-hour jaunt is Louis Aulbach, historian and author of Texas river travel guides. Aulbach is also a debunker of the myth that the bayou was named by a homesick New Yorker. Aulbach says that it was actually named either for buffalo fish (which were once plentiful) or for the bison that roamed the area. You probably wont see either during todays float-along, but you will see the citys birthplace, a waters-edge view of Houstons skyline and lots of lush greenery on the bayous banks. 10 a.m. to noon, and again from 1 to 3 p.m. Allens Landing, 1001 Commerce. For information, call 713-752-0314 or visit www.buffalobayou.org/boattours.html. $50.
Sat., Jan. 3, 10 a.m.-noon. & 1 p.m., 2009


text:
- Nic Marks
- London
- United Kingdom
Director, Happiness Works
This conversation is closed.
Can we really become happier? Happier ourselves? Can we create happier places to work? Or even happier societies?
Happiness can often seem elusive ... like love ... the more we chase it the more it seems to slip away from us. Can we really become lastingly happier? Are such efforts worthwhile or futile?
What about organisations and businesses? Can we create happier organisations? Would they be more effective or simply not be competitive?
How about whole societies? Should governments be seeking to help citizens lead happier lives? Or is that somehow sinister?
The new emerging science of happiness and well-being seems to offer some insights but the real world is not the same as controlled experiments.
What do you think? What are your favourite recipes for happiness?
Take part in this Live Conversation this Wednesday, 11th January at 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm GMT (my time zone in London!)
Closing Statement from Nic Marks
Well I enjoyed 'hosting' this conversation very much ... we touched on so many topics from the meanings of happiness, the pathways to happiness and a look at the darker side of depression and suicide. We talked of determination, choice, acceptence, contentment and love ... of generosity and poverty ... of consumerism and education ... of passions and curiosity, mediation and exercise ...
It seems to me that a conversation about happiness can get to the core of the human experience ... and in a world facing difficulties of today and tomorrow (a MLK quote!) it could just be that thinking and having conversations about human happiness could be the start of a quiet revolution of our shared world ...
Thanks for talking with me today
Be well
Showing single comment thread. View the full conversation.
Jan 11 2012: As for creating a happier society, it's going to remain a huge challenge while identity and success continue to be defined by consumerism. As a life coach and professional declutterer, I know that retail therapy doesn't work, that acquiring material stuff doesn't make people happier. On the contrary, giving away things you don't need, finding ways to connect with other people, and learning to recognize what you really do value - those are keys to happiness, in my opinion. I think it is possible to promote a more mindful approach to consumerism but it will take massive changes, not least in the realm of political discourse. Any one else out there? I'm eager to hear other opinions.
Jan 11 2012: We did this work for the UK government on what are 5 things that make people happier. I mention themin my TED talk
Connect ...
Be Active ...
Take Notice ...
Keep Learning ...
Give ...
None of these are necessarily materialistic ... this is the great hope of societal transformation I think ... we don't 'need' the very things that are creating high levels of debt, huge amounts of waste (and CO2) ... so surely there is a possible pathway to a happier future - but will be take it?? that i do not know but it is there i am sure of ...
Jan 11 2012: I LOVE your list, Nic! I also appreciate the work of Marty Seligman, Ed Diener, and others in IPPA who continue to provide valuable research in the field of Positive Psychology. I was fascinated especially with the altruistic degree of giving of oneself or in the service to others; this usually topped the happiness charts! Thank you for the great conversation :)
Jan 11 2012: For me GIVING is key ... it is within our power to be generous at any time and i truly believe that what we sow we reap ... sometimes people will be ungrateful - be unpleasant but that is their problem ... if we give without expecting back - it comes back (mainly!) ... that is the lovely paradox ... unattachment ... (quite buddhist!)
Jan 11 2012: there was a time in my life where i had to sift through a family members things after their passing. at some point i knew i couldn't keep all of it...most of it was junk..there were countless pictures(which i did keep), and letters..i kept some of the letters, but realized these weren't my memories, so i burned them. Some of the furniture was divided between my siblings and I, and the rest was donated to the local thrift shops. Because of that time in my life, I am very frugal with my things..live minimally, and never buy new. There are so many resale shops now adays and am grateful for the people who give up their things for others who might not be able to afford things at retail price. I stay away from big stores like Walmart, and give my business to locals when possible. Thriftiness means watching how you spend. Do we really need 'everything' new to be happy? Well, No. thanks for reading.
Jan 11 2012: I too am living minimally. It's been a long process - almost 10 years now - but am down to the possessions that are truly important to me. Blogging about the whole experience connected me with so many people going through similar situations, and confirmed that wanting "less" is a valid life choice.
Showing single comment thread. View the full conversation.


text:
Click on a letter below to browse thru the Millersville website index/directory.
Policy for Responsible Use | Right-to-Know Policy | Digital Millennium Copyright Act | Employment
Millersville University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity institution;
a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
© 2007 Millersville University. All Rights Reserved.
(717) 872-3011
Contact Us


text:
A&A Studios is a multifaced studio dedicated to preserving the beauty of vintage photobooths and the legacy of analog photography.
Our store location is:
350 North Ogden Suite 410
Chicago, Illinois 60607
Posted on May 22, 2014
Work Reflections
Posted on January 28, 2014 with 1 note
Miniature Kodak!
Posted on January 23, 2014
Mt. Lassen Eruption 1914 - Real Photo Postcard - Click Here to Check out our EBAY Store!
Posted on January 21, 2014
For sale soon - check out our EBAY Store! & as always stop in, say hello, and see what we have in the shop.
Tagged: vintage photographs
Posted on January 20, 2014 with 1 note
Cutting Metal! Making all our edges neat and tidy.
Posted on January 16, 2014
Posted on January 13, 2014
well worked and beautifully aged.
Posted on January 7, 2014
Posted on December 30, 2013
Holiday Lights in a vintage Philco TV Receiver - Happy holidays from A&A Studios!
Posted on December 23, 2013
Field Notes Theme. Designed by Manasto Jones. Powered by Tumblr.


text:
Become a Member!
Members Login
Our Teens
Nude Photos
Teen Videos
Teen girls learn how to fuck
The Girl-Next-Door Loves Sucking Cock
Rating: 4.6 / 5
Lara Brooks
» The Girl-Next-Door Loves Sucking Cock
Doesn't Lara look sweet? She's an everyday beauty, the kind of girl you'd see behind a cash register, walking her dog or eating a burger in a restaurant. But despite her wholesome looks, Laura is actually very naughty. "I love sucking cock," she proudly admitted to us. "When I hear the word blow job, my pussy goes crazy. And whenever I meet a guy or just pass by one in public, I look directly at his crotch to see what he's packing. I guess it's kind of like how guys check out a girl's tits and ass. I'm totally checking out their packages! And my mouth will literally water if he's got a big bulge!"
Click here
to gain access to 1000
of teens!
Other Photosets You'll Love from 18eighteen.com
Tiny Tits, Petite Pussy
Riding Cock
Twerkin' On a Cock
Wet & Sloppy BJs
Brace-Face Slut
Boned At Home
Clit Commander
Membership Features
Daily teens guaranteed to get you off.
Download or high-speed HD streaming.
Get PC, tablet, and mobile access.
Loyalty program for recurring members.
FREE Access to TnATryouts and PickingUpPussy!
An archive of over 320 videos and 1,950 photo sets!
Rate and comment on your favorite girls.
18eighteen.com is the hottest XXX Teen site!
Join now and enjoy the largest collection of teen photos and videos.
Members Login
Member Services
Terms and Conditions
Privacy Policy
Adult DVDs
Modeling Jobs
Affiliate Program
Receive FREE Nude Previews of Our Babes!
We will not spam, sell, or trade your email.
18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement
All models depicted on this website are at least 18 years old.
© 18eighteen.com All rights reserved.


text:
|Previous Page of 34 Next
Tip: Click on the TAL manga image to go to the next page. You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between pages.
If you find missing chapters or pages, please contact us here
|Previous Next
Tags :
Read TAL 34 english, TAL 34 raw manga, TAL 34 online, TAL 34 chap, TAL 34 chapter, TAL 34 high quality, TAL 34 manga scan


text:
Written by:
I wonder what she's thinking
whilst she pretends to watch T.V
She's sat on that same spot
on the same sofa for more years
than I care to remember
gradually not caring about
the seven long hairs that grow
from her chin or the stains
all over her clothing from
last weeks dinner
She sips her cider
I watch
She sips
I ask: "where is he?"
"He's in bed." She answers,
not removing her eyes from
the commercials.
"Pour me another, will you?
and open the window"
She is almost robotic.
I can see past the piss stained
mess that has become her
well enough to know she
is scared as hell.
I open the window
The breeze bounces past my cheeks
"He can't open the windows
anymore" she whispered-
"He can't do anything"


text:
Deutsche Erotica
How to Play
Player sit in a circle. The first player initiates play to their right by saying "Ooooh" accompanied by appropriate fisting movements with their left hand. The player next to them can continue play to the right by saying "Oooh" and fisting to the right; change direction by crossing hands across their chest whilst saying (in their best German porn star voice) "Das ist good, Yah"; or skip a person by standing up with both hands raised above their head and saying "Up de pooper". Other players have the same options to control the direction of play. The game invariably gets louder (and more orgasmic) as time goes on. Players consume two fingers everytime they get it wrong.


text:
Four years after he finished seminary, Norm began a mission to Kenya that lasted 26 years. He helped train Kenyans for ministry in the church and taught missionary kids at Rift Valley Academy. He returned to the States - and pastoral ministry -- in 1999.
"It is gratifying to know that there are still men in the ministry that I taught here in the US, and that across Kenya and other African countries there are literally hundreds of men and women faithfully serving the Lord who sat under my teaching and mentoring ministry," he says.
Norm retired in 2007 but still pastors a church part time and is a retirement community chaplain. "The commitment of the Evangelical faculty to quality education and their vision for reaching a lost world was more than adequate to enable me to continue on in theological education and to serve in a wide variety of ministries," Norm says. "What was lacking in breadth of teaching because of the limited number of faculty was compensated by learning the skills that enabled me to continue to grow."


text:
Chris Matthews Compares Hillary Clinton To Luca Brasi
By John Amato May 26, 2007 5:33 pm - Comments
Chris Matthews just can't get enough of Bill & Hillary. He dedicated most of his Saturday Show to the new books that the Washington Post put
We welcome relevant, respectful comments. Please refer to our Terms of Service for information on our posting policy.
Happy Birthday Daily Kos
Speaker Controversy Sends Texas House Into Chaos


text:
San Francisco, CAUSA
Hometown: San Francisco
September 23, 2011
No answer yet
No answer yet
No answer yet
hello, i work in a consulting firm specializing in data mining and analytics. i want to have my own business sometime in the future and would love to learn from this group!!
Hey there... We should plan to go to this event together...
Welcome and thank you for joining Cliff! Please feel free to suggest venues and events at our page: http://www.meetup.com/Lovely-and-Happ... See you soon! Cheers!
Meetup members, Log in
By clicking "Sign up" or "Sign up using Facebook", you confirm that you accept our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy


text:
On Thursday night, Scotland's Simple Minds -- which was born the same year as Sarah Michelle Gellar, James Van Der Beek and Jon "Napoleon Dynamite" Heder (1977) -- wrap up its first U.S. tour in over a decade at Roseland Ballroom. For a lot of people, the band's usefulness begins and ends with thei ... More >>
This month, to celebrate the Internet's unbridled love for wallowing in nostalgia and even greater relishing of talking about why certain cultural artifacts are horrible, Sound of the City presents First Worsts, a series in which our writers remember the first time... they ever hated a song enough t ... More >>
Michael Becker/FOXOh boy, here we go. I can't possibly overemphasize how not excited I was to watch this Idol finale: Two perfectly decent singers who stick entirely within their genre--the exact same genre, even--and who both ran out of interesting tricks and wrinkles weeks ago. TMZ had a st ... More >>
You've befouled Diana Ross' good name for the last time, Ashthon. Credit: Ray Mickshaw/FOX.Ashthon Jones got sent home from American Idol tonight. I am perfectly OK with this! She was not very good on this show! In her final performance, she once again bleated her way through a Diana Ross son ... More >>
Jim DeRogatis has probably penned the definitive thing so far on John Hughes the music fan, complete with the eye-popping detail that while in Chicago, and "well into his prime years as a filmmaker, he loved nothing more than haunting the racks of vinyl at the old Wax Trax record store on Lin ... More >>
A lot of folks in their forties will be hauling out their fingerless gloves, vintage hats, taffeta and Simple Minds albums when they hear that John Hughes has died, apparently of a heart attack while walking with his family in New York, at 59. As a director, writer, and producer Hughes create ... More >>
For the week of November 2228, 2006


text:
Let's face it - video is a hassle.
Long scenes aren't fun to record, and without time-stealing editing, they're boring to watch.
We think all your videos want to be stories - so we're liberating them.
Blinks are short moving memories, no more than 5 seconds long.
All the colour and drama of an experience, captured in a short scene.
Blink whenever the mood takes you and watch as your moments are transformed
into vibrant stories you can share on demand. All without the exhausting editing overhead.