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"Get out." Holly yelled. I opened my eyes and saw Holly impatiently waiting outside the cab. I opened the door and grabbed my bag. I stepped out and saw a small, old fashioned motel. Holly hoisted her backpack onto her shoulder and stomped towards the motel lobby. I ran up to her and walked inside. The lobby was small, with a wood coffee table, two chairs, a desk, and a mini kitchen with a coffee maker. The woman behind the desk was a petite Indian woman with a purple maxi dress, her long…Continue
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The airplane ride felt great. The view, which wasn't much after the takeoff, was still great. And yet, I felt like I had seen it before. But darker. And more... secluded. But why? Why did I keep having these memories? Where was Adik and what was that building? Thinking of Adik, I gripped the bag. I hadn't touch the money, nor the phone, or anything else inside. After the "Ignore the memories" I hadn't dare touch any thing else.
"Man, you have got to stop…Continue
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Holly rushed me into an airport. It was as modern as it was busy and large. Holly grabbed my arm and led me to a check in counter. She spoke quickly and rushed through everything. She payed in cash and hurried the man behind the counter. She rushed me to security. Everyone stared at us; no suitcases, crappy bags, nothing you'd usually see. I looked down. How can I not realize what I was wearing?! A simple, cheap black dress that came up to my mid thigh. A bright light flashed and I was in a…Continue
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"You don't really think you're going to London, do you? How much did you forget?" A voice said. I whipped around. The person behind the newspaper... The voice was... a woman's. Pretty, but had an edge. The paper slowly floded back to reveal the persons face. It was a girl with short blonde hair and light, but bold make-up. "London? Paris? Italy? We're at a train station sweetie, not an airport. One train. One stop. It's mainly just to get people like you to leave." She chuckled.
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I got lost in the scenery. Ha. If you could call it that. More like nothing for miles. I mean nothing. I opened the bag Adik gave me. An envelope, a book, some unflattering clothes, a cheap cellphone, and other things. I opened the envelope. A large wad of money fell out with a blue sticky note attached. Didn't think we'd just leave you alone like that, did you? The note read. The hand writing was jagged and harsh. I put the money back in the bag, not counting it. I didnt…Continue
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The weather was cold. Find out by myself?! Learn how to be a vampire?! Start a whole new life?! How?! I shook my head. I turned around. The door had no handle outside. Great. Wait! I punched the door. OW! I grabbed my hand and fell to the ground. Crap, that hurt. Check that off list of I may have those things from Twilight. Ugh. I Looked again at the world before me. Nothing but woods. And some more woods. And some more. wait... nope, just woods. Maybe I can...…Continue
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I looked around the pint sized room. Where am I? Who am I?How long have I been here? All there was a crappy bed and a broken mirror. And a door of course. I quickly qiggled the handle. It was locked. I plopped on the bed with a squeak. I looked at my pale hands. I gazed at my reflection. Grey eyes looked weirily back at me. My face was sclupted and calm. The door slammed open. A male figure with scruff and an edgy look stands in the doorway. I begin to open my mouth to speak, but he…Continue
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I trembled with fear. Suddenly, a figure landed under a tree and began clapping.
"Congratulations.... You found me.." She smirked evily, her eyes bright with satisfaction.
"Jane, what do you want?" Edward asked.
"Like you dont know." she looked at me.
"Just give up. This is my family. Deal with it." I snarled. She flinted next to me and grabbed my face.
"We dont give up. We get what we want." She whipped my face around towards the house. "This will…Continue
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The rest of the ride to Alexander's house was silent. The image of Claire and ..... everything replayed in my mind. It was strange how I never knew how rude people could be and the things they saw. In Italy, I guess no one has time to pick on others. I sighed. I looked up at Alexander. His eyes were focused on the road. Why didn't he flinch when he shook my hand? I looked out the window and saw that he was pulling up into a driveway.
"This is me." He parked the car and got…Continue
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I was so glad that lunch was over. I had to eat and was worried where it would go. I fumbled my way to my next class, without Alexander. Yet, I had Claire. She walked and talked to me while on our way to the class. I heard multiple scoffs and rude comments.
"Stupid emo..." One kid said and Claire just whisped a hair behind her ear and lowered her gaze to the ground. I stopped.
"Excuse me?" I asked. The bot turned and smirked.
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I sighed. Yep. TV wasn't wrong about school I guess. I checked my map, and headed to my next class. The bell rang I hurried up. I reached the English class and I wasn't the first one there. Half of the class filled the room. I found a seat and quietly open my slouch bag. I found a binder filled with loose leaf paper.The bell rang and only three-fourths of the class was filled.
"Hello class... Today we will..... Oh! Right! Our new student! Class, this is Venus Cullen." She pointed at…Continue
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I slipped into my silver outfit, and headed to the front door. Alice handed me a sliver slouch bag.
"Ah, yes. I was wondering if the famous fashionista Alice had forgotten my fabulous bag." I said sarcastically. She stared me down.
"It's your school bag. At least for today...." She began. I walked into the garage. "Oh yeah.... You'll be driving yourself..." Alice smirked and tossed me keys. Without turning I snatched the keys and stood there. I sighed.
"I'm not old…Continue
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I sprinted down stairs.
"Edward? You called me?" I asked. I turned a corner. He was standing next to the white couch.
"Oh yes. Since you will be going to school tomorrow with a lot of humans, I think you should go hunting with Bella, Renesmee, and myself. Would you like to come?" He asked.
"Oh. Why yes. Always safe than sorry, right?" I said. He chuckled. I headed to the door and Edward followed me. Bella and Renesmee were waiting by the river. We caught up with them and…Continue
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* AUTHOR"S NOTE: If you haven't read the "New Born And The Cullens" series, you should before reading this series.*
I looked around the Cullen's home. My darker than chocolate brown hair got into my face. I swiped it away. I noticed all the changes. It had been a year since I scared off Cauis, Jane, AND Demetri. I was then dragged into the woods, and all of my senses were cut off by Alec. I was so drained and was probably the first person EVER to actually come out alive of…Continue
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"Bella, why are you sorry?" I asked weakly. I blinked a lot and looked around. I was in the middle of a forest covered in greenery. Where was I? I looked at Bella. She was…Continue
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Alec dragged Venus outside. He yelled at her to shut up, and she did. She was limp in his arms and he dragged her more. We all sat there ans stared. I rushed after him and caught up with him in the middle of the lawn. I pinned him to the ground. My head whipped in Venus's direction. Her…
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I rushed outside. Alec was standing motionless over Venus, her eyes rolled to the back of her head. She was sprawled there. Just laying there, her senses…Continue
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"Cauis! I... I..." I stumbled.
"Am a liar? Am a fake? A phony? well, then yes, yes you are. And I don't like liars. Not at all...." Cauis grinned at me.
"She promised to do your dirty work and she saw what was right!" Alec interrupted.
"No Alec!...." I was cut off.
"Jane. You know what to do." Jane nodded and stared at him.
"It's not working!" She yelled.
"Of course it's not." Bella smirked.
"See! If you had killed her, the Volturi would be…Continue
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I began to run. I was finished breaking one tree into a million pieces and had to run. I suddenly stopped, two feet away from where I just was. I can't run away any more. I plopped down and lied there. I lied on the soft grass.
"Go get her!" I heard someone yell. I heard a bound to make it over the river and then wind passing by me. I then saw four paws next to me. I looked up.
"Hi Jacob. What's up?" I asked in a half tone. He sniffed then laid down next to me. He turned his…Continue
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I wondered around the house aimlessly. I had to find something to do. I wondered upstairs. Nothing. Downstairs. Nothing. I already wrestled Emmett and won, but now what? I got to the living room and sat there. As a teenager, I could be at the movies or the mall. Something like that. And sleep would've taken most of my day, which I now miss terribly. I looked on the couch and a new looking French book sat there alone. I sat next to it, quickly opened it without moving it, and read the first…Continue
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Retired NFL players object to proposed concussion settlementNathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times
In the first objection to the revised National Football League concussion settlement, seven retired players claim the proposed agreement is riddled with "fatal defects" that "render it anything but fair."
Filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, the 47-page objection targets, in part, the settlement's limits on chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, compensation and the 75 percent reduction in monetary awards to players who suffered a stroke or traumatic brain injury unrelated to football.
The objection also says the proposed settlement notice is "false and misleading" because it doesn't indicate that players diagnosed with CTE after the settlement's preliminary approval aren't eligible for compensation.
"It is a lousy deal for the retired players," the objection said.
After U.S. District Judge Anita Brody rejected the proposed $765 million settlement in January, the NFL and plaintiffs' lawyers submitted a revised version last month. To address Brody's concerns about the settlement's adequacy, the NFL removed its cap on payouts to retired players diagnosed with a qualifying neurocognitive condition. In exchange, there isn't any limit to the number of payouts the league can appeal.
Both the NFL and co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs contend in the revised settlement that the original compensation fund of $675 million is sufficient.
The objection criticizes the mechanics buried in the settlement, including that players who don't register with the claims administrator within 180 days of notice are ineligible for any benefits and that appealing an award decision costs $1,000 to players (the amount is refunded if they win) while the NFL pays nothing. Additionally, NFL Europe players aren't credited for seasons in the league (award amounts are adjusted depending on a player's experience) though they are bound by the settlement.
The seven players involved in the objection -- Roderick Cartwright, Sean Considine, Alan Faneca, Ben Hamilton, Sean Morey, Jeff Rohrer and Robert Royal -- expressed similar concerns in a separate motion to intervene in the litigation in May.
The proposed settlement covers all retired players, regardless of whether they sued the NFL, who don't opt out.
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orkmjolhus said...
Lets try imagening this without Zonozz ball, he will cast his dot ASAP and imedietly folow with psychic drain and stand still intill Sylv uses her first blighted arrows which is also ASAP, Sylvanas will then use shriek of the highborne to which would slow him for a long time (30 sec), then she would use blighted arrows agein, not on zonozz himslef but in the middel, she imedietly summons her ghols and pulls him to mid, making him stand in the blight and take mdmg agein, next zonozz needs to kill 2 ghols if hes gonna completly avoid wracking pain cause he is so darn FAT, and he cant use psychic drain caus ethen he has to stand still, but he cant relly get to two of the ghols in time cause he is slowed (maybe still another 20 sec), so he WILL take the wracking pain dmg. Durning all of this Sylv would not have taken any dmg save the dot from the begining, and that was only for 3-4 second, while zonozz will have at least lost 20% of his health.
Its lickely that the dot went off when Sylv becomes imune, so zonozz has to cast it agein, giving Sylv time to use blighted arrows to control where his face is so that he cant use psychic drain effectivly, and cause of Sylv´s shriek zon can never hit her with his increasing stacks of focused anger, meaning that the dot is the onlysignificant dmg on sylv while she still hits with all her spells cause of zonozzes (unhelfull) size. when the the slow has even reached the remaining 10 sec she can use her ghols agein and repeat the above actions from the begining.
This is all considered that we dont have the ball, which is a massiv disadvantage for Zon, but it is ultimetly hes size and slow speed that will be his downfall, the bigger they are the harder they fall so to speak.


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March is Youth Art Month across the nation. We celebrate by showcasing local student talent. In the first part of the month, we host all four high schools in Dubois County. There are no prizes but everyone is a winner. This is truly a tribute to the creativity of the teachers and the students.
The reception for the Youth Art Month High School exhibit was held yesterday at the Krempp Gallery. About 200 students, teachers, and families attended. This is always a lively reception with lots to see. Check out the photos below.
Join us this month for a fascinating exhibit by a fascinating artist. Judi Krew of Canton, Ohio is exhibiting a wonderful array of character faces in pastels. She also has over twenty eclectic Hoard Couture sculptures – dresses made with a variety of collectibles from across the years.
Judi's sense of humor comes through loud and clear. Many may remember her exhibit with us several years ago of her paintings focusing on the irony of life and observations.
Join us on Thursday at noon for her Brown Bag with the Arts lecture as well as Thursday evening from 5 to 8 for the opening reception and art lecture.
Florida artist, Elzbietta Bittner, is currently exhibiting her beautiful wall hangings at the Krempp Gallery at Jasper Arts Center. These fiber art pieces are made of many materials – leather, cloth, felted wool – with the addition of sticks and twigs, clay and glass baubles, and much more. It is really impressive to see a whole gallery of these wonderful works. They're much larger than appear in the photos. Come on out. The exhibit closes on Friday, January 31. Free admission
Our third Senior Outreach took place this week. Residents at area senior homes were entertained by Alejandra Klawitter on guitar and traditional quatro instruments. Alejandra also has a beautiful singing voice. She has entertained for us on several other occasions.
We were so delighted to be able to host country music legend Clint Black this weekend. What a great performance and a wonderful person, too! Before the performance, he agreed to meet with a few members of our board and the Mayor.
We were delighted to host the Ahn Trio at our recent Brown Bag luncheon. They were due to perform on stage on Friday, October 25th. Since school was closed for Fall break, we asked them to come to our Brown Bag with the Arts noon event. The three sisters were so funny! Don't miss these events. For only $5 you get dessert, a beverage, and to learn something arty. You can also bring a friend for free!
The local group, Will Read (and Sing) for Food performed backstage at the Jasper Arts Center on Saturday, October 5, 2013. This is a great bunch of people who raise money for good causes. In this case, all donations went to the Paul Michael Ash Endowment for Music and the Arts. Their name is derived from their repeated benefit for the Dubois County Food Bank.
This evening of music and hi jinks also had some very poignant moments in the songs by Ed Walston and some of Scott Saalman's reflections. Abbie Rumbach was a hoot. The musical diversity of the group with Mark Steczyk, Buddy and Billie Hart, Krish Lasher and Kasha Schwartz Phillips was also amazing.
If you see this group around the area, you really ought to try to catch them. And everything they do is for a good cause.
We were delighted to open our season with a Backstage Program presenting Eugenia Zukerman and Friends. Eugenia is such a talented musician and such a really nice person. How delightful! She was accompanied by Milana Strezeva on piano and Sophie Shao on cello. Such an elegant evening and a great start to our season.


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VioletArrows said...
Okay, just what happened that they're taking back the whole "you have to discover the dungeon's entrance to see it in the DF"?
Sicadastra said...
I was a fan of the feature, from the perspective of encouraging exploration. However, I get the feeling it was probably screwing with queue times...
Going out on a limb, but there were a whoooole lot of people who refused to discover Stonecore and those people became very popular companions for random heroics because it made sure the group wouldn't get Stonecore.
This isn't Blizzard saying, "Hey, let's make it easier!" it's "Nice try, suckers. Get thee to Stonecore!"
I suspect it has to do with unbalancing which dungeons players were able to do. For example, not being a fan of The Stonecore, I purposely did not discover the entrance to this dungeon on several of my characters, and thus never saw it in my random queues. Good for me, bad for those trying to get gear from there.


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I'd like, if possible some suggestions to improve my methods of encouragement to my running partner. I'm 28 and she is 16 and as lovely as she is, I think she suffers from the teenage, slightly apethetic attitude when it comes to pushing herself beyond her comfort zone. The jogging was her idea and she always shows up in the mornings so I know she does want to do it. I currently have us jogging intervals, trying to improve our fitness, with the final goal of jogging a constant 5k. Problem is she always slows to the walking part of the interval much sooner than I like and as her partner I feel obliged to slow down too. So of course I'm not making any improvement myself either. I've tried slowing the pace of the interval but it doesn't seem to make any difference. I've tried setting us goals along our route, eg. Let's try and make it to that stile, gate or tree. Does anyone have any tips? I'm not a personal trainer nor do I have much to do do with teenagers on a daily basis. Infact it was a bit of a "oh my god I'm getting old" moment when I realised I was out of touch with teenage "stuff" when she sent me a text message in a code I couldn't make head nor tail of! Anyway, any ideas please?
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1. Early to mid-summer is a great time to prune shrubs. Remove any dead branches, trim broken or overlapping branches, and reshape any shrubs that have growth that distorts their symmetry or desired shape. Pruning will improve their appearance and encourage new growth. You can prune shrubs throughout the summer, but don't prune in the fall because the new growth encouraged by pruning may not survive the winter. You will get professional results and enjoy the convenience of battery power by using the Mantis Cordless Hedge Trimmer. The rotating front handle makes it easy to trim hedges and shrubs at any angle.
Continue to weed your garden often to stay ahead of weeds. Weeds can spread very quickly during the warm days of summer, and they'll rob your plants of both nutrition and water. Pull weeds when the soil is moist and the weeds are small. Grab weeds with your thumb and index finger at the soil level, and gently pull them straight up. This will allow you to remove the entire weed plant … roots and all. Early morning weeding sessions after an overnight rainfall or morning watering can be very efficient.
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An unintended consequence of the Charles James theme at this year's Met Gala? Just how hard it was to move around in those big dresses, especially at the "unofficial" after-party at the Top of the Standard. At one point, Hedwig and the Angry Inch star Lena Hall slipped on the dance floor; lucky for her, her full Jamesian skirt broke the fall: "Oh, it's fine, it's like falling on a bunch of pillows—I feel like I'm wearing a big comforter!" Sarah Jessica Parker spent the better part of the evening in the far back, by the fireplace, her massive Oscar de la Renta train safely out of everyone's way.
The consensus among all of the designers in attendance—Peter Copping, Peter Dundas, Stella McCartney, Alexander Wang, and Joseph Altuzarra among them—was a sense of relief that the event was over. "Well, until the CFDAs next month!" Phillip Lim exclaimed.
The room hushed when Beyoncé Knowles and Jay Z arrived, but only until the DJ queued up "Drunk in Love." Naomi Campbell, Riccardo Tisci, and Lupita Nyong'o led the room in a spirited round of dancing. At one point, Beyoncé enthusiastically approached a woman, believing her to be someone else, and to her dismay, was corrected. "Oh, I'm sorry, that's so embarrassing!" said Knowles. Blame it on her Givenchy Haute Couture net veil, or maybe Queen Bey mistakes strangers just like the rest of us. She quickly resumed her place on the dance floor alongside her sister, Solange.
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10 Top Ten Lists - "The Ingredients of My Psyche"
Apropos of Nothing and with no emotional blackmail whatsoever, a series of 10 Top Ten lists of the most influential Books, Comics, Movies, Albums, Video Games, Comedians, Tabletop RPGs, Countries to Visit, Favorite Dishes and Fictional Characters that stayed with me over the years. Feel free to participate and comment, or don't! If anyone modifies this to include some form of social pressure or guilt trip to participate, readers of the original status have my permission to kick them in the proverbial junk.
1. Dragon Prince (and its sequels), Melanie Rawn
2. Farseer Trilogy / The Tawny Man Trilogy, Robin Hobb
3. Sharpe's Rifles, Bernard Cornwell
4. The Eternal Champion, Michael Moorcock
5. Thus Spake Zarathustra Friedrich Nietzsche
6. Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Tad Williams
7. Einstein's Dreams, Alan Lightman
8. Prince of Ayodhaya, Ashok K. Banker
9. A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living, Joseph Campbell
10. The Last King, Michael Curtis Ford
Comics/Graphic Novels:
1. "The Game of You" & "The Dream-Hunters", The Sandman
2. "Days of Future Past", "Age of Apocalypse", "Schism", X-Men vs Avengers, X-Men
3. "Operation Galactic Storm", "Kree/Skrull War", "Revenge of the Kree" "Civil War", "Dark Reign", "Avengers: Disassembled", Avengers
4. "Hush", "Knightfall", "Battle for the Cowl", "Death of the Family", Batman
5. "The Winter Soldier", "Fallen Son: The Death of", Captain America
6. "Maximum Carnage", "Revenge of the Sinister Six", "The Other" Spider-Man
7. Grendel
8. Shrugged
9. "One Year Later", "Flashpoint", "Earth 2", "Infinite Crisis"/"Final Crisis"Justice League/DC
10. Watchmen (And before the Movie, FYI)
1. Silver Linings Playbook
2. Kingdom of Heaven
3. Asoka
4. Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse
5. Star Trek movies
6. Star Wars trilogy
7. The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
9. Pirates of the Caribbean
10. A Knight's Tale
1. Smash, The Offspring
2. Meteora, Linkin Park
3. Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi
4. Phase One: Celebrity Take Down, Gorillaz
5. Break the Cycle, Staind
6. Dark Passion Play, Nightwish
7. Good Times, Bad Times… Ten Years of Godsmack
8. Poetry for the Poisoned, KAMELOT
9. Broken English, Karsh Kale
10. Hoobastank, Self Titled
Video Games:
1. Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
2. Castlevania series
3. Final Fantasy
4. Metal Gear Solid
5. Deus Ex
6. Strike Gunner
7. Battletoads
8. Myst
9. Monkey Island
10. Reckoning The Game : Kingdoms of Amalur
Comedic Influences:
1."The Black Norns" Richard Pryor / Eddie Murphy / Chris Rock
2. "The Comic Relief Cast" Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal & Robin Williams
3. The Marx Brothers. Always, ALWAYS Marx Brothers.
4. My "New Trifecta" Christopher Titus, Steve Byrne & Godfrey
5. Axis of Evil Comedy Tour - Maz Jobrani, Dean Obeidallah, Ahmed Ahmed, etc
6. Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert & John Oliver
7. Jim Carrey is Here. No, really.
8. Kevin Smith
9. Dana Carvey's Earlier work. Basically the 70's SNL Cast.
10. Lewis Black
Tabletop RPG Games
1. Dungeons & Dragons, my first love, always.
2. Pathfinder RPG, her younger, FAR hotter, smarter cousin. Not to be confused with her slower little sister D&D 4E.
3. Werewolf: The Apocalypse & Mage: The Ascension. Because Vampires Suck.
4. Exalted … because over-the-top Anime Fantasy can be fun.
5. Big Eyes, Small Mouth. Because any system that can encompass the sum of ALL the plethora of Anime genres in ONE book that is both sublime and simple? That's artistic eloquence.
6. NERO LARP. Because despite my experience being the verbatim experience from the movie Role Models (including the owner cheating and bearing a grudge because we killed his character) it was still such a worthwhile time that has fueled and inspired my other endeavors.
7. Human Occupied Landfill. May we never be *quite* that drunk and curious again.
8. Star Wars d20. Because seeing Evan's face as Adam, Gary and I WRECK the no-win scenario is STILL priceless.
9. Deadlands … turning "roleplaying with the gang" back into Poker Night.
10. Shadowrun … because every local GM I know would all rather play it than run it.
Countries I've been to / Would Like to Visit
1. India (Been, duh)
2. England (been, and need to go back at some point)
3. Canada (been, and MUST revisit. Montreal, y'all)
4. Germany (been ALL too briefly… MUST go back)
5. Japan (never been, MUST live there for a year)
6. Spain (not been, must go because it's FRIGGIN SPAIN)
7. Morocco (not been, want to because it's MARRAKECH ffs)
8. Scotland (#lookaway #MyWeaknessForRedheadsIsIrrelevent)
9. France (Will have to work out EVERY DAY to survive the cuisine … wonderful fattening cuisine)
10. Australia (because reasons)
Favorite Cuisine/Dishes
1. Chinese Sausage
2. Brooklyn Pizza
3. Sushi (specifically Spicy Tuna, Crab, Eel, occasionally something more exotic)
4. Peking Duck in Plumb Sauce
5. Churrasco Steaks
6. Cuban Sandwiches
7. Bangan Bartha, Sadha Dosa, assorted Indian Dishes
8. Eggs Benedict
9. Thai Curries
10. French Dip Beef Sandwich with Onion jus
Favorite Fictional Characters
1. Tony Stark
2. Captain Jack Sparrow
3. Trevor Belmont
4. Mara Jade
5. Benjamin Sisko
6. Daniel Jackson
7. John Crichton
8. Lee Adama
9. Kahlan Amnell
10. Harry Dresden
Apparently Jeff wants or expects fans to foot the bill again. Frankly, we shouldn't have to do anything. He already asked on the FB page if we'd want them back and the response was huge. East coasters get shafted because he doesn't want to pay performers who obviously bring in the attendees.
Well there should be enough of us to give them more then they need.We ALL got V.I.P. Tickets to their surprise (im lucky my birthdays in may) and there was so much of us we took over the convention.
I guess for people who cant afford that extra 10-20 bux i understand the hardship. Again Im just lucky its my birthday month. Unless theres some other way we can fix that I advise everyone to start saving heir holiday now.
We are not ever going to do a show in the United States again where the fans have to raise the money and then also pay to see us play.
That doesn't make sense and the only reason we did it the first time was because fans came to us and asked and presented donated funds. We thought we'd do it to appease fans on the east coast.
In the end though, even with the plethora of generous donations and free hotel stay, a performance that doesn't pay and covers our travel costs completely ends up costing us a ton of money ourselves.
The worst part in all of this is that if you do a show essentially for "free" that's what people come to expect.
Shades of 'The Great New England Steampunk Debacle" anyone?
NOT a classy look. Not at all.
But then, I warned JME about this sort of thing. Plenty of times.
*fist bump to SPG* I dunno about taking things public like this, but at the same time, I know literally hundreds of artists, myself included who feel where you're coming from. #YANA
Yes, Israelis are pale skinned. Yes, Israelis are white.
Want to talk to me like an adult? Come off anon or email me. If you're brave enough to respond, I'll post it publicly for you.
1) Ok. That's actually kind of my job, so I'll do what I'm paid to do.
2) Profanity in this conversation gets you nowhere.
3) I guess you're ignoring the wedding, a bartitsu instructor, cosplayers (although I did accidentally post one twice (In a row even!)), performers
4) I mean I COULD do the work for you, but I figured people would add in their own photos.
4a) Well, this blog IS for my photography, but if you really want, I could reblog the original post with someone else's work. It will take a bit longer to properly add in the source and all that, but I CAN.
5) My email is firstname.lastname@example.com I know you were too scared to ask. I know, it's a LAME email, but I made it back when AOL was a thing and I never really bothered to update it.
So this happened on my friend Babs's blog. It seems to be a week for Internet Badasses… What's doubly amusing is, like the mental titan they are, they fail to comprehend that Slick-Brass is a caricature that uses a blaxploitation lens to mock the romanticization of Western European Nobility.
But then, one can't expect much depth and rationality from someone who obviously fails at basic arithmetic either. :P
To said Internet badass, I posit the following: "As I said to another bigot elsewhere that was posting to Babs' Social Media … Do you like Canned Nuts, Anon?
Because … 'My Curry Brown Nuts on your Chin'"
Also, if the best thing to do with your time is to troll like this, Anon, you should probably do the world a favor and off yourself. No one will miss you. :)


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The Sinkhole That Swallowed Bay Ridge Street Not the First the City Has Seen
When she left to walk the dog yesterday afternoon, Maddie Flood found something unusual in the middle of the street outside her Bay Ridge home: an enormous hole.
Flood and her mother Anette had just parked her car in front of the house five minutes ago. Now, it was teetering on the edge of a 20-foot-deep by 20-foot-wide sinkhole that had opened up while she was inside.
"We're so blessed," she told CBS News. "If we were five minutes later or anything, we could have been in the hole."
FDNY and members of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) arrived at the scene — 79th Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues — and were able to rescue the car. No injuries were reported, though some family's cars were stuck in their driveways.
According to the DEP, the hole was caused by the collapse of a 50-inch, century-old sewer pipe. It remains unclear, however, exactly why the hole opened up.
DEP spokesperson Jim Roberts says repairs will last at least through the weekend. "It's a reasonably deep excavation, so we have to be cautious about how we go about it so it's safely done," he told CBS.
Some residents are skeptical about the quality of work that is going into the city's street construction in the first place. Christine Hansen said to CBS, "The work is shabby. They're not doing the work right. It's not being filled in properly."
Whether or not Hansen is correct, this certainly isn't the first sinkhole the city has seen. In fact, one appeared last month just 15 blocks away.
One struck 106th Street in Manhattan a year ago when a water main broke and flooded several subway stations.
A reoccurring one also stopped traffic in Midtown last year.
One hit Bedford Park in 2010.
One even swallowed an SUV in Brooklyn back in 2006.
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White bleaches the far reaches of the horizon, masking all that may or may not lie just beyond its limitless reaches.
It is a place of temporary use, admitting only those that are unaware. The lonely. The Inquiring. The confused.
Its inhabitants are dual-dimensional, operating consciously in the real world and obliviously in this one. Only the sensations can be felt, for that is the sole purpose of this empty location.
A body lays amidst the white, naked and supported by nothing but the forces that hold the refuge together. In the real world, the body is staring into the eyes of the catalyst. The eyes of he that forced the body into the sanctuary. Forced the body to think; to feel all that it's repressed.
Under the blanket of white, the body's eyes are closed. It's muscles begin to twitch and its nerves zap to and fro, generating heat in a realm of icy desolation. Its heart's rhythm creates music in a field of dead air. Bu-dum, bu-dum, bu-dum— ever quickly now, as the catalyst moves closer to the body's Earthly form.
Words of the catalyst enter the ear of the corporeal body, though they are not intended for that destination. The words sought the ear of another person, one finer in face and similar in humor to that of the catalyst. Both body's grow rigid, paralyzed as the heart sinks further and further into the tangible body's core. Jealousy, like a lethal poison invisible to the eye, leaks out of every pore. The vile chemical infects the thoughts of both bodies, the speed of the heart's descent rises.
The other body grips onto vacant air as waves of frustration flush its system. The body jolts as electricity rewires the framework of the heart. Hands instinctively cover the body's eyes wishing to erase the image. The image of the catalyst making its decision. The image of an idea smashed to pieces, leaving only fragments in its wake.
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A single capsule of salt water traces the outline of the body in the real world. It walks away, with feet barely able to alternate in movement. Meanwhile, the 2nd dimension and its inhabitant fade into an even vaster expanse, defined by characteristics one can only imagine.
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An Armchair at the Head of the Dinner Table
My family did it when I was younger: our dining room table had matching side chairs all around it, except for the position at the head of the table. That one was special, with arms, and it was where dad sat. I always thought, "Hmmm, dads just need arms on their chairs.":
Today, my dinner table is more equal opportunity than that: all of the chairs are the same and none have arms. Yet I can't help but admire a table where the head (or heads) are bestowed with a touch more comfort.
What about your dinner table? Are there arms or no arms at your head chairs? If you have armchairs at the head of the table, who gets to sit there?
Related: Take a Seat: Stools and Chairs in the Kitchen
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At my house, no. The chairs are all armless and alike. I dislike the idea of having "special" chairs at the head of the table.
I grew up with armchairs that matched. Same wood and uphulstory, but with little arms added. Maybe an inch or two taller. We recently moved into a house with a round dining room. Which means an oval dining room table. End chairs just don't work in the round, but without them capping the heads of the table, the whole scene seems so directionless.
Growing up our dining room table was the same - arm chairs at both heads, just fancied up versions of the regular chairs (one big really expensive solid oak set my parents got together before I was born I guess). My house now (first I've owned) doesn't have a separate dining room; the table we have in the kitchen area has 4 identical (and rarely used) chairs.
Perhaps I'm wrong but I've always thought it a sign of an inconsiderate host when they had the only truly comfortable chair. I have matching chairs, with arms, but I'm looking for matching wing chairs for my dining table... and it's proving more difficult than one would imagine (I'm in San Francisco and I'm looking for something reasonably priced!). Wing chairs are something family members do in Germany and Austria. we keep the standard chairs in the garage or spread throughout the house - for use for larger dinner parties, but there we truly live around our dining table rather than in the living room (American-style) and the wing chairs make all the difference at the dining table.
We've never had armed chairs in our dining area. We are equal opportunity eaters.
My parent's dining chair set came with 2 arm chairs for the head and foot of the table, and many dining chair sets I've seen are the same. I bought 2 small leather arm chairs to go with my armless chairs for my oval dining table. I love the look and the arm chairs really work well with my oval table. Maybe mine's wider than mysticfeline's? Anyway, I don't think it matters much. I find armchairs a bit annoying when I'm eating anyway - I keep hitting the arm with my elbow.
It would be cool if everyone at the table had a wing/armchair... you'd never want to sit in the living room! Of course, you'd also need a fireplace in the dining room. *dreams...*
the old dining room set from my childhood had two armchairs as well. other than the arms though, all six chairs were the same. the set i have in my home was given to me from someone who was going to throw it out after they upgraded their dining room. it also has two armchairs and four armless chairs. however, the armchairs also have cushion seats, where the others have wicker-woven seats. also, the armchairs have cutout wooden backs in the shape of o's, while the armless chairs are cutout in the shape of x's. i always thought that was kinda cute. our dining room table doesn't see much use, but when it does, i sit in the head seat. the wife sits to one side, and the boy to the other.
It's kind of funny, I did grow up with chairs with arms that match the rest of the chairs on the table. But actually we have an armchair at the "head" of our round table. It's an old club chair from the husb's parent's house he took when he moved out.
Our chair is different because we broke one of the chairs from the set that matches the table. We got the table second hand so the chair may have been broke when we received it.
Also, neither my husband or I sit in the green chair, it's reserved for guests. Or unless I am sitting at the table for a long project that will take hours.
I find it kind of disgusting if one has a special chair reserved for the family father. For me it screams: I am the boss of the family and don't you forget it!
I do think however it would be kind of nice to have them for family parties, so you can offer your old or great aunt or your uncle who recently had a surgery a more comfortable chair.


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With an epic year of racing in the books, we are recounting some of the biggest stories of the year. Let's start with post #10! How about a story about a guy who lost over 400 pounds and reclaimed his life, conquered a beast, and earned his membership into the Trifecta Tribe? We are talking about the one and only Chris Davis. His story inspired thousands. To see his journey, watch this video.
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Every day Spartan Race HQ gets emails and phone calls with success stories of our athletes getting off their couches and getting healthy preparing for a Spartan Race. Untold pounds have been lost, new levels of health and well-being found by those who embrace a healthy Spartan lifestyle. Every so often one of those stories strikes a chord so deep, we are compelled to tell it completely. One of those stories is in motion now, and we are going to keep sharing updates of a man who has turned to Spartan to change his life forever.
We met Chris Davis in Georgia where he finished the race in 3:04, and at 390 pounds. Struggling across the finish line and exhausted, Spartan staffers helped him to his car and he headed home. But that is not where this journey begins and it's nowhere near over.
Chris started his Journey at 696 pounds. in 2010, he heard of the Spartan Race and started losing weight. We got in touch with him and moved him to Spartan HQ. He is currently down 300 pounds from his starting weight with the help of the Spartan Race motivation.
Spartan Race staff, including founder Joe Desena are attempting to get him to 180 pounds by September a loss of an additional 200 pounds over the next 5 months. In his own words, he'll share his journey on the Spartan blog. Here is his first entry.
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- This is an image gallery script that allows you to simply upload new full sized images in FTP and the script will automatically create the thumbnails for those images and add those images to a paged thumbnail gallery suitable for browsing.
- Sample photo gallery using this script.
Terms of Use
- Version 1.2.0 and onward is released under GNU General Public License. Basically this means you are free to use the script, modify it, and even redistribute versions of your own under the same license.
What's new
- 1.2.1 [January 13, 2008] - Code went through another cleanup and comment updates. Goal is to make it so anyone can easily modify it themselves.
- 1.2.0 [December 26, 2007]
- Stripped out broken Imagemagick support.
- Cleaned up the code.
- Better commented everything.
- Redid the gallery layout to use CSS the user can easily change.
- Changed the License to GNU General Public License.
- 1.1.0 [June 2, 2006] - Started cleaning up the code. This version was never publicly released
- 1.01 [May 11, 2004] - Initial release
gallery.php settings
- Open gallery.php and scroll down to about line 30 and look for $config['size']. Set this to the maximum width or height you want your image thumbnail to be.
- On the next line in the $config['imagequality'] set this to the JPEG quality you would like your thumbnails to be. I recommend you keep it set to 70
- $config['rows'] and $config['cols'] are the number of rows and number of columns of thumbnail images you want shown on each page
- $config['maxShow'] is the number of page numbers to show at one time. for instance if you have 100 pages of images, you can set this to only show the page numbers of the 10 pages close to where you currently are
- $config['fulls'] is the relative path to the full size images located on your server. Include the trailing slash. example: $config['fulls'] = "photos/";
- $config['thumbs'] is the relative path to where you want the thumbnail images to be stored. Include the trailing slash.
File Permissions
- You'll need to change the permission on the directory you set $config['thumbs'] to. CHMOD it to 775 or 777 so PHP and GD2 can automatically write and create your thumbnails in that directory.
Changing the Look
- The entire gallery table is controlled by the CSS settings you'll find toward the bottom of the gallery.php file. I tried to comment each specific part of the CSS and what it controls so you can easily change the look of the gallery without actually having to actually edit any of the PHP.
Lightbox Support (OPTIONAL)
- I've had multiple people want to know how to make this gallery work with the Lighbox script or telling me that they modified it (which is great!) themselves. While the above gallery script does not come with Lightbox support, modifing it to work with Lightbox requires very minor changes.
- In gallery.php edit line 116 to add rel="lightbox" so it becomes echo '';
- Go down to about line 353 and include lightbox.js and its CSS in the page header (it's normal HTML down there).
July 25, 2011 - 4:12am — Anonymous
Reading images from multiple folders?
Is there a way of simply adding this script to a folder and have it generate the thumbnails for that folder and all subfolders without adding the folder names?
For example, if I have 100 folders with images in, I would have to change the $config['fulls'] to match each folder (directory) name.
I have tried it with $config['/'] or $config['*'] and also leaving it blank $config[''] but none of these work.
July 26, 2011 - 3:42pm — ricocheting
There is no easy way in PHP to get the contents of a folder and all sub-folders. The script would need to be modified to get the list of folders in the initial directory then loop through each folder separately and get the contents for each one (doable, but not easily).
August 15, 2011 - 5:25am — Anonymous
Image thumbnails being rotated
the gallery is great but the vertical images get rotated in the thumbnails. Is there a way to prevent this?
August 17, 2011 - 7:37pm — ricocheting
I would guess the actual original image is in landscape (horizontal) mode even though it does not show that way to you. So the script isn't actually rotating it, the thumbnail simply shows how the image was actually saved.
Here's why. Modern camera's usually only save images in landscape (horizontal) mode. However, if you have the camera turned when you take the picture, while they still save the picture in landscape mode, they do include an EXIF tag that identifies the orientation of the picture.
Most new software/browsers will read the EXIF tag and display the images as rotated for you (even though the actual image is not saved that way). I'm guessing PHP's GD2 library does not read any of the EXIF tags so you end up with a thumbnail that does not display using the same orientation.
There is likely a way to either (1) read the tag and correctly adjust the thumbnail, or (2) rewrite the necessary tag into the thumbnail using PHP. However, that addition is beyond the amount of time I want to donate into a project I no longer use myself.
July 3, 2013 - 7:33am — pbyrne
Gallery runs out of memory
After adding more photos I ran into the following issue where memory has run out. See the error below. Is this customizable in the script?
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 17152 bytes) in /home/domains/stgrard/public_html/gallery.php on line 244
July 3, 2013 - 11:24am — ricocheting
You're hitting the limit on the amount of memory PHP is allowed to allocate for your server. Most likely because the image PHP is trying to process is too large in file size for it to load into memory and create a thumbnail for it. Some hosts allow you to overwrite this limit. At the top of the PHP file that is having problems, putting:
ini_set("memory_limit","128M"); might work. You can also try creating a /public_html/php.ini file with this value:
memory_limit = 128M
If that doesn't work, try creating a /public_html/.htaccess file with this value (if that file already exists, just add this line to it):
php_value memory_limit 128M
If none of those work, you'll need to either manually create the thumbnail and upload it to your thumbnail directory, or resize the original down to something smaller the script can handle (might be a good idea anyway so a visitor doesn't spend too long loading any full sized images).
July 3, 2013 - 12:34pm — pbyrne
Gallery displayed by date
Currently I'm using the gallery.php file and PHP Thumbnail script version 1.2. I want to change the order to which each JPG file is loaded with the newest on Page 1 and the oldest on Page 100 etc. Is there any way to modify the gallery.php file to do this.
July 3, 2013 - 5:04pm — ricocheting
Answer: Listing files by newest first
In PHP, that requires reading each file for the timestamp. You can make that happen by editing the GetFileList() function and changing it to:
# desc: gets the list of image files in the directory
# param: [optional] directory to look through
# returns: array with timestamp sorted list of images (newest first)
function GetFileList($dirname="."){
global $config;
$tlist = array();
if ($handle = opendir($dirname)) {
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
//this matches what type of files to get. jpeg, jpg, gif, png (ignoring case)
if (preg_match("/\.(jpe?g|gif|png)$/i",$file)) {
return $list;
October 23, 2013 - 1:40pm — Bill
add the option to show all thumbnails to the pagination
Is there a way to add the option to show all thumbnails at once to the pagination?
October 23, 2013 - 7:06pm — ricocheting
If you want it to show all the images on a single page by default, the easiest solution would just be to change $config['rows'] to a high number
// rows of images per page
$config['rows'] = 100;
However, if you want to keep the current default but add a "Show All" link, look for the line:
$imagelist = GetFileList($config['fulls']);and under it add:
if(!empty($_GET['showall']) && count($imagelist)>0) $config['rows'] = ceil(count($imagelist)/$config['rows']);
Then in your HTML, add your link to show all:
Show All
October 23, 2013 - 11:11pm — Bill
How to make the thumbnails square?
I have one last question hopefully - How do I make the thumbnails square? I.E. Crop them - 120px by 120 px
October 24, 2013 - 3:00pm — ricocheting
Answer: Cropping the thumbnail images
You can create cropped thumbnail images by replacing the ResizeImageUsingGD() function with this one:
# desc: resize and crop image using GD library
# param: ($fullFilename) filename of full size image ($thumbFilename) filename to save thumbnail as ($size) max width or height to resize to
# returns: true if image created, false if failed
function ResizeImageUsingGD($fullFilename, $thumbFilename, $size) {
list ($width,$height,$type) = GetImageSize($fullFilename);
if($im = ReadImageFromFile($fullFilename,$type)){
//new is wider than old
if(($height/$width) > 1){
//new is narrower than old
// same ratio as old. just resize
return WriteImageToFile($im2,$thumbFilename,$type);
return false;
Note that if the thumbnails already exist, you'll need to delete them first so they can be recreated at 120x120.
February 16, 2014 - 12:36pm — Nicola
Update Thumbnails
I'm using your script as thumbnails creator for my webcam images. My webcam shoots a photo every 3 minutes and then store all the photos in a folder where I use your script to create thumbnails. Every 24 hours the photos are overwritten with the same image name. Problem is that for the first 24 hours thumbnails match the real photos, while after 24 hours all the photos you see in thumbnails are the old one while if you click on it it shows the real updated one. Is there a way to have all the thumbnails always updated with the last photos shot?
February 25, 2014 - 5:16pm — ricocheting
Answer: Auto updating thumbnails if fullsize changes
You'll need to add a check and see if the full sized image is newer than the thumbnail. Replace:
// create thumb if not exist
// create thumb if not exist or fullsize is newer
if(!$thumb_exists || filemtime($thumb_image)<filemtime($config['fulls'].$imagelist[$i])){


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Thursday January 24, 2013
One loan in the amount of $75,000 was approved by the Louisville Metropolitan Business Development Corporation, leveraging $378,000 in total investment.
$75,000 in gap-financing loan to Stonybrook Childcare, Inc., located at 5206 St. Gabriel Lane. The loan will allow owner Richard Morris to purchase an established 23-year old daycare in the Fern Creek area. Morris will upgrade and grow the location, retaining six employees and create an additional 15 jobs.
METCO Board also approved a new calendar of meetings for 2013. Meeting times have changed to 8:30 a.m., and all meetings are on the fourth Thursday of the month, unless otherwise notated, at 444 S. 5th Street, 6th floor.
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Change is a normal part of life but when you work abroad change is constant. When I first came to Kuwait I worked for a company called CSA, Ltd. Combat Support Associates and its principal subcontractor, CSA, Ltd., provide logistical support, training and force protection to U.S. Army troops and Allied Forces at camps located throughout Kuwait. I made a lot of good friends while I was there briefly before transferring to ITT. I left ITT and went to a better company where I remain now. Some of these friends I made along the way have become my family in Kuwait.
Almost every American working here knows that CSA will no longer exist after February 12th. The CSA contract and a few others will go to ITT KBOSSS, SAIC, Triple Canopy, etc. on February 13th. Why should I care since I no longer work for these companies? Well, only a few of my close friends will remain in Kuwait and the rest of them will go home, to Afghanistan, Qatar or U.A.E. This makes me feel really sad because no one could ever replace them.
What does this mean for Kuwait? A LOT of American contractors are going home around February 12th. Maybe the Kuwaiti's will be happy about this? I hope that Kuwaiti building owners will be forced to reduce their inflated rent prices in 'little America" (Fintas, Mahaboula, Abu Halifa, etc.) once CSA is out of the picture. There are only a few US companies / DOD who will pay what CSA did and I feel local landlords may have to charge less in the future. I know of a few buildings already (from friends looking for new apartments) where the prices were decreased.
What will happen to my beloved Egypt? A country that I had the pleasure of being in for quite some time. Will their main source of income, tourism, decrease to 50% or less? Will the country continue to be in a state of chaos which creates the perfect opportunity for an 'Iran like Revolution' to begin? I fear that this is the perfect storm where the East and West could collide and explode. I pray for the people of Egypt that God will protect them from eminent danger and destruction.
One thing that isn't changing is the love I receive from an amazing Kuwaiti man who adores me. I cannot express in words how wonderful he is to me. I don't know how I made it in Kuwait before I met him without his constant support and love. He is not pressuring me anymore and gave me all the time I need. He never gets mad at me now, even when I do something to him that should make him furious. He spoils me in every way and I feel like the luckiest girl in this world.
I've been working on a project for the past two weeks and the hours I put in are insane. When I get home I just want to fall into bed with my clothes on. The last thing I want to do is see anyone or eat. He is so worried about me and has supported me emotionally every step of the way. He tells me I'm the most beautiful girl he has ever seen when I don't even have lip gloss on and a sandstorm has kicked my ass and ruined my hair. He thinks my constant yawns are adorable when I can barely keep my eyes open.
He has either delivered or sent me food every night from a different place to make sure I have something to eat. Then he brings or sends me enough food for an army. There is no point in resisting because he never takes no for an answer. With his schedule he cannot deliver the food himself every night so he either orders from a restaurant close to where he works or he uses the website 6alabat. This week I've had special deliveries from Casper and Gambini's, The Kitchen (which he sent me two nights in a row because I went on and on about how delicious it was), before that was a Kuwaiti restaurant (forgot the name in English) with traditional dishes and many times from different restaurants at the Crown Plaza. He even sent food for my cleaning lady yesterday because he is so thoughtful.
My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him. ~ Mohandas Gandhi


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Theater preview
"Fiddler on the Roof"
8 p.m. Tues., March 20; 2 p.m. March 20-21; 7 p.m. March 21. Through March 21. $15-$65. Presented by Atlanta Broadway Series, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta. 1-800-982-2787, www.ticketmaster.com.
By Wendell Brock
Harvey Fierstein is holding forth about his role as Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof."
How it's an honor and a privilege to do it every night, how he bases his Russian milkman on the old Jewish men who used to sit on the stoop of his family's home in Brooklyn, N.Y. How his very emo family starts crying at the beginning and boohoos till final curtain — every time they see the show. No doubt about it, Fierstein says, Tevye is "the best male role in the canon of musical theater," and "Fiddler" is the best show ever. "I know that popular opinion is that it's 'Gypsy,' but I don't think the two of them compare. I just think …"
And then his famous gravel-on-sandpaper baritone voice goes from a loud whisper to a roar. "Lola! Lola, no!" he barks, abruptly halting the conversation so he can stop his "rescue puppy" from chasing the snowplow guy at his Connecticut home. You can almost see the campy queen who donned bunny slippers in "Torch Song Trilogy" and won his fourth Tony Award for playing full-figured Irma Turnblad in "Hairspray" chasing his pooch in the blizzard. A few minutes later, the phone rings and Fierstein croaks, "Now where wuz we?"
We wuz talking about "Fiddler." That's what.
In 2005, the actor with the one-of-a-kind growl stepped in for Alfred Molina in director David Leveaux's Broadway revival of the classic. Now 57, he brings Tevye's salt-and-pepper beard and prayer shawl to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, where the national tour of "Fiddler" runs Tuesday through March 21. It's Fierstein's first time on the road, and he is fully aware of the irony that shades the opening lines of the classic: "A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no?"
Fierstein — whose "Torch Song Trilogy" won him bookend Tonys for best play and best actor in 1982 — credits his mother for introducing him to the theater. He says he has a "visceral" memory of seeing Zero Mostel, the original Tevye, when the show opened in 1964. "For this kid from Brooklyn, it was mind-boggling. I had seen nuns in 'Sound of Music.' I had seen orphan boys in 'Oliver.' I'd seen all kinds of things. But I had never seen a stage full of Jews before. It was absolutely remarkable."
When the flamboyant theater artist was approached about the role, he was leery. He had made his acting debut as "an asthmatic lesbian maid" in Andy Warhol's only play, "Pork." Now he was supposed to portray the papa of five daughters from the Russian village of Anatevka? Come again.
"I called Jack O'Brien, who directed 'Hairspray,' and I said to him, 'What do you think?'" O'Brien said: "You either do it, or you spend the rest of your life telling people, 'You know they asked me to do "Fiddler on the Roof," and I said no.' And people will say (sarcastically), 'Yeah, sure.' So you have no choice. You have to do it.'"
Fierstein put himself to another test. He sang "Fiddler" to the trio of aging writers: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick and Joseph Stein. "I said, 'You have got to know what your show is going to sound like. I assume there might be people who might say, "Well, he doesn't have a pretty singing voice. Why is he doing this?"' In my opinion, 'Fiddler' does not call for a pretty singing voice. Zero Mostel did not have a pretty singing voice. … Legend has it that Jerry Bock sat and wept while I sang 'Chaveleh,' and they all laughed at all the jokes in all the right places and they said, 'You have our blessing.'" From their mouths to God's ears.
"The only real downside of touring, one of the evils of touring that I'd never thought about before, is that you have to face the critics in every city," he says. After a performance in a town he can't recall, one reviewer called him the Tevye of his generation, while another said he had "absolutely no right playing this role." That cracks him up.
March 18th, 2010
7:32 pm
Harvey Fierstein is certainly a fine actor and the performace I saw last night confirmed this for me. Harvey's wit and timing complemented his his role as Tevye. Nonetheless, if you plan to see this performace, you should read between the lines of Wendell Brock's to appreciate that Harvey's modesty regarding not having a 'pretty singing voice' is spot on. I missed having these signature songs belted out as I have in the past.
In any event, it was a fine performance by the entire cast as they did complement Harvey's acting skills with the strength of their singing.


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Listening to Anne Silverman play piano is a transformative experience.
I recently visited with Anne at her home on Waverley Street where she teaches piano to children and adults. Before we began to talk, I requested that she play a piece of music, anything at all. The piece she selected sounded both familiar and new; I immediately began to relax. I watched and listened in amazement as her hands glided across the keys and it was all I could do not to stretch out on her couch while the notes she so effortlessly created caressed and soothed something deep inside.
I've known Annie for several years both through art group and book group and via the transitive law of friends. Over the years, I'd been fortunate in occasionally hearing Annie play, but I only recently got the chance to learn how and why she became an accomplished musician.
Annie explained that she came from a family who emphasized the appreciation of music. Her parents frequently attended classical music concerts and "name that classical music tune" was a game the family engaged in on car trips. She began taking piano lessons at age six and studied with the same teacher for the next 12 years.
Annie smiled remembering her years as a piano student.
"My teacher played beautifully. I know I was a huge source of frustration for her because I liked to play by ear. She was insistent that I read the music, then play it. That's the traditional way to teach piano, but it doesn't work for all kids."
Although her parents wanted her to attend a conservatory to major in music and become a classical concert pianist, Annie had other ideas.
"Oh, sure, I studied classical music at Smith and then composition at Mt. Holyoke and Amherst College, but I knew the concert pianist life was not for me. My interests have always been broad. I love to improvise, to play the blues, jazz, ragtime, pop, and show tunes."
The creative path Annie ended up following has reflected her broad musical interests. She wrote five original musicals for a children's theater on Martha's Vineyard, she performed jazz, pop, and show tunes for several years while living on a boat in St. John, she played and traveled with Shawna Carrol, and what has really made Annie's heart sing over the years is playing for dancers and dance companies (ballet and modern dance).
Teaching piano has also been a source of satisfaction for her.
"Having studied piano for 12 years, I knew I would eventually try my hand at teaching. My own experience taught me that children learn differently and there is not one way to approach teaching. I've been teaching children at their homes, or they've been coming here, since 1997."
Unlike the lessons of her childhood, Annie encourages her students to improvise, to make up their own songs, to play what they love.
"Kids bring different personalities to the table. I get a sense of their individual temperaments and then adjust the teaching method to them.
Annie explained that the lessons have to be meaningful for the kids, or they won't put their hearts into it. "It's my job to let them find the music that speaks to their souls. And for the kids that are more linear and want to proceed from page 1 to page 50 of a traditional music book, that's fine too."
Annie teaches music theory, pitch, ear training, and rhythm.
"I use the traditional pieces to teach good technique and I'll use something modern, like Coldplay, to get the kids excited."
Toward the end of our time together, I asked Annie to put into words what music has meant for her, over her lifetime.
"Music is an emotional anchor. It keeps me centered and grounded. When I am playing music, I am not thinking about anything else. The focus is so pure, so completely in the moment. Something in my brain chemistry shifts and I just escape. Almost every time I play, I land in that zone. Music is as much a part of me as a limb."
"Playing music," she added, "is like dancing with a really good partner or like eating a delicious feast. Some music is tangy, like Spanish dance, and some music is sour and dissonant. Debussy is sweet, Beethoven is a structured seven-layer cake, Gershwin is such an American blend – he's a coffee frappe! And Fats Waller, a definite favorite, he's like champagne, all bubbly and bright."
Spending this time with Annie made me want to sign up for piano lessons right then and there. Learning from her would be wonderful, but writing about her is also a joy.