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KIKI Pyjama spanking
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The second film in our latest series, Uncle Paul's Pyjama Spanking Club and this story sees the lovely glamour model Kiki telling Uncle Paul about her pyjamas and then bending over his knees for a good hard spanking on her bottom over the pyjamas. All good things have to come to an end and in this case her pyjamas are removed and Kiki gets a real hard bare bottom spanking which continues till her bottom is red and well painful.
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Zalomander - 793 days ago
I still liked the clip, though I'm not the biggest fan of the fast-forward at the beginning.
foxmulder33 - 863 days ago
Please, if you are going to do pajama spanking videos, do not use floral prints. Stripes or single color. Technique is okay, but the pajamas are all wrong.
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If you live in a warm weather state and haven't experienced icy roads before, we've got some video that will show you what your northern friends have been talking about. Actually, if you're a veteran of snow and ice, own a four-wheel-drive vehicle and don't slow down when it's slippery because you think your 4-high is infallible, we really have a video for you.
We're thinking the good people of Columbus, Ohio know a thing or three about driving on snow and ice, but even the Buckeyes have trouble with black ice. Look below to watch several trucks and SUVs slip, slide and wreck themselves when encountering a patch of the invisible slick. It's too bad whoever was holding the camera didn't have the sense to put it down and go warn oncoming motorists to slow down.


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The Man From U.N.C.L.E - 125 - The Never Never Affair
A lot of giffable scenes in this one!
This episode featured Cesar Romero as the French TRUSH agent/boss Victor Gervais
And if you don't know who Cesar Romero is:
More GIFs from me (mostly "odd" TV-shows and movies..)
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Illya Kuryakin (…. oh all right, so it's McCallum!)
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Illya and Napoleon. 1st Season intro.
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facing the music: mfu, the off broadway affair
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always crashing in the same car
(mfu: the alexander the greater affair)
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because fezzes are cool
Enough with the smoulder, Illya. Just stop being so attractive.
double holster porn!
This has to be my favourite Man From U.N.C.L.E. picture ever. The End.
It's the clogs and the white socks that make it. Oh Napoleon!!
illya on ice (the five daughters affair)
Mad Mad Tea Party Affair dear lord I can barely contain my emotions at all the awesome in this episode.
My Illya wish list of hotness:
Shoulder holster - check.
Glasses - check.
Skinny 60s suit/white shirt/skinny tie combo - check.
Black polo neck/black suit combo - check.
Leather gloves/gun combo (whut my god this was not even on my wish list) - check.
Manhandling of girl
who I am totally imagining myself in the place of- check.
NEVER MIND all the snark and running down corridors into doors and this actually being a really well written ep of hilarity and Hemingway and Dr Egret's perfect make up on a peel-off face and explosive table/ashtray combos and MR WAVERLY WHY ARE YOU WEARING EYELINER
not just glove and holster porn, but DOUBLE glove and holster porn ;)
mfu angst! brainwashing! more angst! a vid made by bigbluemeany to go with azdak's the world's fair affair. i'm serious about the angst in the vid. the story is slightly different—though it does have a cameo by charles de gaulle :)
"The Girls of Navarone Affair"
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During the past couple of years I have been reading some scientific literature on children's sports but also following the phenomenon as a parent. The following remarks are some of my observations on the clash between the two worlds, theory and practice.
1) The lure of early specialization and early selection is strong.
Benefits of sampling – doing multiple sports as a kid – have been well shown but the problem is that the greatest benefits become apparent only years later. And the same goes for late selection.
Yet what helps children succeed asap is early specialization, and what helps the children's team win asap is early selection. That's obvious to all stakeholders. That is also why early specialization is still often encouraged and why early selection is still a normal procedure.
Also, children's coaches are often inexperienced. Hence they do not have the first-hand experience of long-term benefits of sampling and late specialization.
2) Games and competitions enhance learning
To fully enjoy the benefits of sampling, a kid should not only practice multiple sports but also compete in them. Meaning, take part in "official" competitions and games.
First, competing is an exciting and memorable activity in itself.
Secondly, the incomparable excitement and purposefulness of competing enhances learning. The games and competitions are learning opportunities as such, but kids also practice more intensely when they know that they are going to compete.
Think about it this way. In an off-season practice, children's ice hockey team may play soccer to add variety to the training. Is it effective? Or would it be more effective if the children practiced with an actual soccer team in a different social set-up under a real enthusiastic soccer coach to prepare for real exciting games played real uniforms?
3) Changes in weather enhance learning
When it comes to motor learning variability is good, generally speaking. One of the inherent advantages that outdoor sports have over indoor sports is that outdoors, practice conditions inevitably change from practice to practice, often during a single practice. This provides the athletes and coaches an automatic form of contextual interference. Conversely in indoor sports, practice conditions remain more or less the same all through the season.
4) Motor skill teaching is still done old school
Recently, research has changed a lot of assumption about motor learning. Now coaches should consider e.g. external focus of attention, self-controlled practice, random practice, implicit learning and practicing first with the non-dominant limb.
Breakthroughs in research have not yet caused a revolution in the way children are coached. Mainly it is still internal focus, blocked practice, start with the dominant limb and so on.


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1. Jury--selection--peremptory challenges--racial discrimination--procedure
The U.S. Supreme Court has established a three part test to determine whether the State impermissibly discriminated on the basis of race when selecting jurors. First, the defendant must make a prima facie showing that the State exercised a peremptory challenge on the basis of race; the burden then shifts to the State of offer a facially valid, race-neutral rationale for its peremptory challenge; and the court must then decide whether the defendant has proven purposeful discrimination. In this case, discussion of the prima facie showing was moot because the State set forth its reasons for challenging two of the prospective jurors before the court ruled on defendant's objections, and the court asked the State if it wished to give reasons for the third challenge before it ruled on the objection.
2. Jury--selection--peremptory challenges--race-neutral rationale.
The trial court did not err in a capital first-degree murder prosecution by allowing the State to use peremptory strikes against three African-American jurors where the first clearly stated that he had long been opposed to the death penalty and related an extremely strong predisposition for a life sentence; the second excused juror made a great deal of ye contact with defendant, had visited people in prison, and her father and two uncles had been in prison; and the third worked with the Department of Correction counseling inmates on a daily basis, was familiar with a death-row inmate, had concerns about the death penalty, and had knowledge of a psychiatrist who often testified for the defense in capital sentencing hearings. These reasons provide race-neutral rationales for the peremptory challenges.
3. Jury-selection--peremptory challenges--racial discrimination not shown
A defendant in a capital first-degree murder prosecution did not prove purposeful discrimination in the State's exercise of peremptory challenges where the defendant, the victim, and about one-half of the State's witnesses were African-American, the State noted during jury selection that this case is not about race, and the trial court made no procedural errors and thoroughly considered both parties' arguments concerning the Batson challenges.
4. Jury-selection--death penalty views
The trial court did not err in a capital first-degree murder prosecution by excusing for cause three prospective jurors based on their views of the death penalty. The first juror stated unequivocally that he would not follow the trial court's instructions on the law if they were inconsistent with his own personal beliefs; the second juror repeatedly changed his mind about whether he could recommend a death sentence; and the third indicated that her strong personal feelings about the death penalty would influence her consideration of the case and that her decision might be based on factors unrelated to the evidence or the trial court's instructions.
5. Evidence--corroboration--fact not in issue
The trial court did not err in a capital first-degree murder prosecution by excluding testimony from the managers of two adult-oriented establishments that the victim came to their stores two or three times a month where defendant contended that the testimony would have corroborated his assertion that he met the victim in one of the stores on the night of the victim'sdeath. Neither of the witnesses was abl e to testify to seeing defendant and the victim together on the night in question; moreover, where and when defendant met the victim was not a disputed fact at trial.
6. Evidence--habit--occasional visits to store
The trial court did not abuse its discretion in a capital prosecution for first-degree murder by determining that the victim's visits to adult-oriented businesses did not constitute relevant evidence of habit. Occasional visits to a store do not rise to the level of regular and systematic conduct.
7. Appeal and Error--preservation of issues--basis for admission of evidence--change
from trial theory
A defendant in a capital first-degree murder prosecution did not preserve for appeal the issue of whether the victim's visits to adult-oriented businesses constituted admissible character evidence because he stated in no uncertain terms at trial that the proffered testimony was not character evidence. Defendant's change in position runs afoul of Appellate Rule 10.
8. Criminal Law-prosecutors's argument--reversal of voir dire assertion
The trial court did not err in a capital prosecution for first-degree murder by not intervening ex mero motu during the State's closing argument regarding defendant's account of meeting the victim in an adult video store. Even though the State asserted on voir dire that it did not contest how or where defendant met the victim and then attacked defendant's credibility in its closing argument by questioning defendant's account of how he met the victim, the State's argument was not so grossly improper as to warrant a new trial.
9. Constitutional Law--defendant's silence--cross-examination--admissible
The trial court did not err in a capital prosecution for first-degree murder by allowing the State to cross-examine defendant about his failure to tell the police about a witness who could have backed up his story, about his failure to tell a journalist about the person who allegedly committed the crime, and about statements made to an officer while in a holding cell. Defendant's objection to the first set of questions was sustained, the State asked defendant no questions concerning silence during cross-examination about his holding cell statements, and it would have been natural for defendant to reveal the identity of the real killer when he voluntarily spoke to the press.
10. Criminal Law--prosecutor's argument--defendant's silence
The trial court did not err in a capital prosecution for first-degree murder by refusing to instruct the jury to disregard the State's closing argument that the jury could decide not to believe defendant's trial testimony based on his silence about evidence that another person committed the crime when he was speaking to the media. A defendant who chooses to testify is subject to impeachment when his earlier silence is inconsistent with his testimony on the stand.
11. Evidence--expert testimony--basis--hearsay
The trial court did not err in a capital prosecution for first-degree murder by allowing an SBI DNA expert to base her testimony in part on bloodstained cloth samples taken by another agent who was unable to testify where the expert examined the pants from which the samples were taken to determine whether the cuttings were from the areas indicated by the other agent's notes. The cuttings and the pants were admitted into evidence, so that defendant was able tocross-examine the expert fully concerning the original location of the blood samples and was free to conduct his own tests, and the jury was free to make its own determination.
12. Sentencing--capital--statutory mitigating circumstances
In a capital sentencing proceeding, the trial court is required to submit statutory mitigating circumstances to the jury if they are supported by the evidence even when defendant objects. If a jury finds that a statutory mitigating circumstance exists, it must consider that circumstance in its final sentence determination.
13. Sentencing--capital--mitigating circumstance--emotional disturbance--drug use and
depression--evidence insufficient
Evidence of drug use did not warrant submission of the mental or emotional disturbance mitigating circumstance in a capital sentencing proceeding because voluntary intoxication alone is not sufficient. Although defendant argued that he was depressed, there was no testimony that he had been medically diagnosed as suffering from depression. Moreover, the mere fact that he was depressed or suffering a family crisis prior to the murder does not warrant submission of this mitigator where there is not substantial evidence that he was depressed or in crisis at the time he killed the victim.
14. Sentencing--capital--mitigating circumstance--impaired capacity--drug use--
insufficient link to crime
There was insufficient evidence in a capital sentencing proceeding to support submission of the N.C.G.S. § 15A-2000(f)(6) mitigating circumstance of impaired capacity to appreciate the criminality of conduct where defendant relied upon his extensive and continuous drug use. Although drug use can support this mitigator, defendant here did not show a link between his drug use and his allegedly impaired capacity at the time of the murder. His search for drugs that night at most reveals a motive.
15. Constitutional Law-ineffective assistance of counsel--procedure for raising
Ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) claims brought on direct review will be decided on the merits when the cold record reveals that no further investigation is required. IAC claims prematurely asserted on direct appeals will be dismissed without prejudice to defendant's right to reassert them during a subsequent motion for appropriate relief (MAR) proceeding. When an IAC claim is raised on direct appeal, defendants are not required to file a separate MAR in the appellate court during the pendency of that appeal.
16. Constitutional Law--ineffective assistance of counsel--attorney conduct not
A capital first-degree murder defendant who alleged ineffective assistance of counsel failed to show that his attorney's conduct rose to the level of unreasonableness or prejudiced defendant's trial where defendant pointed to an admission elicited as a matter of reasoned trial strategy, the failure to object to cross-examination about communications with his attorney which were not privileged, the failure to object to the proper impeachment of defendant with his post- arrest silence, the failure to object to closing arguments which were not grossly improper or prejudicial, and the request to submit statutory mitigating circumstances as nonstatutory circumstances when the evidence of the circumstances was not sufficient.
17. Sentencing--capital--death penalty--not disproportionate
A death penalty was not disproportionate where defendant repeatedly stabbed his victim; stole the man's wallet, money, jewelry, and car; left the man to die; went on a shopping spree with the man's credit cards; was convicted on the basis of premeditation and deliberation; and the jury found three of the four aggravating circumstances which can sustain a death sentence standing alone.
Appeal as of right pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-27(a) from a judgment imposing a sentence
of death entered by Bullock, J., on 18 May 1999 in Superior Court, Wake County, upon a jury
verdict finding defendant guilty of first-degree murder. On 13 August 2001, the Supreme Court
allowed defendant's motion to bypass the Court of Appeals as to his appeal of an additional
judgment. Heard in the Supreme Court 19 April 2001.
Roy A. Cooper, Attorney General, by Jill Ledford Cheek, Special Deputy Attorney General, and Steven F. Bryant, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.
Thomas K. Maher for defendant-appellant.
MARTIN, Justice.
On 12 May 1999, a jury found Nathaniel Fair, Jr. (defendant) guilty of robbery with a
dangerous weapon and the first-degree murder of Reubin McNeill (victim) on the basis of
malice, premeditation, and deliberation, and under the felony murder rule. On 18 May 1999, the
jury recommended a sentence of death, and the trial court entered judgment in accordance with
that recommendation. The trial court also sentenced defendant to 94-122 months in prison for
the robbery conviction.
The victim's body was found near a vacant lot off Wilcox Road in Wake County, North Carolina, on 6 August 1998. The victim, a middle school principal within the Wake County Public School System, had not been seen alive since 4 August 1998, when he left his residence around 6:00 p.m. to attend a church meeting. He had been carrying a wallet with credit cards in his back left pocket, wearing a silver class ring with a burgundy stone, and driving a green Ford Explorer. After the church meeting ended between 8:15 and 8:30 p.m., the victim spoke briefly with some choir members and then left. When the victim had not arrived home by 11:00 p.m., his wife began to call his cell phone. Early the next morning, she called the police.
On 6 August 1998, around 1:30 p.m., a Carolina Power and Light employee found thevictim's body and called 911. Law enforcement officers and paramedics who responded to the scene described the victim's clothing as extremely bloody. The victim was wearing a watch but no other jewelry. The authorities found no wallet or money on the victim. The inner lining of the victim's left rear pocket was flipped over the top of his pants, with a bloodstain appearing on the pocket lining.
Around 9:30 p.m. on 6 August 1998, police located the victim's car at Crabtree Valley Mall. They found a stained gauze bandage inside the truck, and the City-County Bureau of Investigation (CCBI) noted blood on the driver's door, steering wheel, and console area. CCBI found defendant's prints on the truck's left front door, rear hatch, and the cell phone on the console.
On 5 August, around 1:00 a.m., defendant approached the home of Tony Lucas in a green Ford Explorer. Defendant had a deep cut on his hand and blood on his clothes. Defendant refused to go to the doctor and instead bandaged the cut himself with duct tape. Lucas testified that when defendant cut the tape for the bandage, defendant produced a knife with blood on it. Defendant stated that his hand had been cut when he was jumped by three men.
Defendant changed clothes while at the Lucas residence and then went to buy beer with Lucas and another individual. During the drive Lucas noticed blood on the Explorer's steering wheel. An employee from Handy Hugo convenience store testified defendant had purchased gas that night for a green Explorer. Defendant paid for the gas with a credit card and signed the credit card slip as Reubin McNeill. The Handy Hugo employee recalled that defendant was wearing a class ring with a stone which may have been reddish in color. At some point during the evening, defendant told Lucas' sister, Carolyn, that he was in trouble and that she would not see him again.
Several employees at Crabtree Valley Mall testified that on 5 August, a man fitting defendant's general description had purchased items with credit cards bearing the name Reubin McNeill. At least two of these employees, Ted Murphy from Brookstone and Penny Franklin from Sharon Luggage and Gifts, identified defendant as the man who made the purchases on5 August.
Haywood McCoy testified that defendant had asked him to retrieve luggage from an Explorer parked in the Crabtree Valley Mall parking lot. Defendant told McCoy he had left the vehicle there because he had the feeling the police were watching him when he left the mall after shopping. Defendant also told McCoy the items in the Explorer were the only evidence that could tie him to a crime in which he had cut somebody up. McCoy testified he could not locate the Explorer in the parking lot.
Defendant was arrested on 13 August 1998 at an apartment in Durham, North Carolina. As police approached, defendant raised his hands in the air, dropping some cards in the process. Police found a driver's license and various credit cards bearing Reubin McNeill's name near defendant. At that time, defendant told the police, those aren't mine. Police also found a purple card bearing the name Tank and a pager number.
The state presented DNA evidence at trial via State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) Special Agent Brenda Bissette. Bissette testified that a DNA profile taken from three samples of the victim's pants matched defendant's DNA. On a piece taken from the inside of the victim's pocket, defendant's DNA was dominant. Finally, Bissette testified that the DNA of both the victim and defendant appeared in samples taken from the Explorer.
Dr. Thomas Clark, a pathologist, performed an autopsy on the victim's body. In addition to multiple superficial wounds, the autopsy revealed a stab wound that entered the victim's lung and caused bleeding in the chest cavity. The autopsy also identified a group of wounds that entered the heart. According to Dr. Clark, the cause of death was multiple stab wounds.
Defendant testified on his own behalf. He stated that after graduating from high school, he had pled guilty to a rape charge, received a life sentence, and served prison time in South Carolina. Defendant was paroled in 1993 and eventually attended Fayetteville State and North Carolina State Universities. According to defendant, in November 1997, he began using crack cocaine and never stopped. Defendant testified he purchased crack cocaine from people known on the street as Tank and T-Bone. In one transaction, defendant obtained $600.00 of cocainefrom T-Bone and never p aid for it. Defendant testified T-Bone had once shot out defendant's car windshield and tried to attack him because defendant owed him money. Defendant reported this incident to the police.
Defendant testified he first met the victim in 1996 at Snap Shot Video, an adult video establishment. Defendant also testified he had encountered the victim on 4 August 1998 in an adult-oriented establishment where defendant was smoking crack cocaine. Defendant and the victim left in the victim's car. The two men drank a beer together at a restaurant and discussed engaging in some sort of sexual conduct with each other. Defendant decided, I wasn't going to have any sex with him or get with him or anything like that unless I got some drugs. Defendant and the victim drove to Shepherd Street, where defendant bought three rocks of cocaine from Tank. Tank made a phone call to obtain more cocaine for defendant, and directed defendant to drive to the spot where the victim's body was eventually found. Defendant testified that Tank told him to wait there about fifteen minutes for more drugs.
According to defendant, after they arrived at the spot, a car pulled up, and defendant and the victim exited the Explorer. Defendant recognized the man in the other car as T-Bone. Defendant testified that T-Bone demanded the money defendant owed him and brandished a knife in front of defendant's face. Defendant grabbed the knife and T-Bone shoved defendant into the front of the victim's truck. Defendant then grabbed T-Bone's knife by the blade. After continued brawling, the victim eventually pulled T-Bone off of defendant. According to defendant, T-Bone stabbed the victim, and they fell down. Defendant then fled in the victim's Ford Explorer to Carol and Tony Lucas' house.
Defendant denied bringing a knife to the Lucas home but admitted using the victim's credit cards. Defendant stated he left the Explorer at Crabtree Valley Mall because when he left the mall, he saw a police officer in an unmarked car with a radio in his hand. Defendant also admitted he asked McCoy to try to retrieve items from the Explorer but denied telling McCoy he had cut anybody up real bad.
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"Nacho Loco does not begin to explain the evil you have wrought on this day." ~Brian GoodheartFrom the desk of Irene Rosenfeld Chairperson & CEO of Kraft Foods To: Matthew K & Brian Goodheart Senior Flavor Innoventors Influence Labs Dear Sirs, Thank you kindly for your repeated letters and free samples. Your unwavering belief in your creation knows no hurdles. How did you get my home address, by the way? Currently, Kraft Foods has no formal submission policy for new products, but I felt it necessary to personally respond to your endless stream of messages regarding your Nacho Loco. A beverage that "sports a robust barrage of flavors achieved by combining cheese and liquor" can only be described as truly original.
I had my assistant sample your product and she told me it was unlike anything she had ever tasted. I'm not sure if she meant it as a compliment but I suspect you'll take it as such. It is a true tribute to chemistry that you've managed to produce a dairy drink that will not spoil during it's travels through the US Postal Service. However, I am afraid we will not be pursuing a partnership with you to market Nacho Loco at this time.
While I agree "there is a gaping hole in the American marketplace for a thick and creamy cheese-based cocktail", I feel the product is not in line with the family friendly values this company has spent the last 50 years proudly cultivating. Might I suggest you contact one of the more risqué cheese manufacturers with your idea? I'm told Sargento recently introduced a "pepper jack"-flavored cheese product that is selling quite well on college campuses. Tell Lou Gentine that I said he could have this one.
Perhaps in the future, the American palette will grow to appreciate your distinct and original property. Until then, I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors and pending lawsuits. Party Tip: Please remove our branding from any and all of your promotional materials. Sincerely, Irene RosenfeldEye-Witness Accounts: Brian: "You got your cheese in my tequila!"
Matt: "You got your tequila in my cheese!"


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John has some more process photos of The Puerto Rican War up on his blog. Check them out.
John has some more process photos of The Puerto Rican War up on his blog. Check them out.
John Mejias has posted some new images from his book, The Puerto Rican War, which we'll be publishing. It looks great and we're pretty excited to see it in print!
Earlier this year I wrote a post asserting that ethnicity is not equivalent to race. And in the United States, we tend to get it twisted.
I've given a lot of thought to my own experiences with racism, as a light-skinned Mestiza. I'm finding that actually, much of what I've experienced looks a…
Italo Calvino, If on a winter's night a traveler
I'm reblogging all of the entries to the composition competition -FS
HACIENDA - Dave Ortega
Entry for Frank Santoro's Comics Workbook Competition 2013
If you haven't read Dave Ortega's brilliant (and award-winning) comic, take a couple minutes to do it soon. It's wonderful.
The first page of my comic about color-blindness, parenting, and Latinidad.
Bien Vestido Press is currently seeking submissions from Latina cartoonists! Please check out the submission guidelines below. If you have any questions, you can email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
We are currently seeking submissions of narrative comics by Latina cartoonists.
We're looking for comics with a sustained narrative. We love stories and characters, and we want to be able to spend some time getting to know your characters, the world they inhabit, what haunts them, and what they struggle with. We're a press dedicated to the art of narrative, however you define that.
We love well-crafted narratives and thought-provoking visual explorations. We're looking for stories that make us laugh and cry. We especially want stories that shake the foundation on which we stand: ones that make use ask questions about what it means to be human.
We also really love mini-comics that challenge the format of comics and sequential art.
If it's helpful, here are some cartoonists we love: John Mejias, Warren Craghead III, Dave Ortega, Manu Larcenet, Simon Moreton, L. Nichols, Jordan Crane, Pascal Girard, Theo Ellsworth, Anders Nilsen, Melissa Mendes, Drew Weing.
This isn't a comprehensive list, and it doesn't mean that we only want to publish comics like these creators. They're actually all quite different, except that their work carries a certain weight to it. These cartoonists make comics that resonate: their work means more than it says.
We are looking for work that can be published in 5.5″x8.5″, black and white, between 16-32 pages. If you have something that falls outside these bounds, but you really think we should see it, then send it anyway, and include a note. We print and bind in-house, with a Risograph machine and our hands.
If you have something you'd like us to look at, you can send an email with a link/attachment of the finished work (or the work-in-progress) to email@example.com. Please, please, please, tell us a little bit about yourself with your submission. We are as interested in publishing you as we are your work.
You can address submissions to Jarod, as he'll probably be the one fetching them from the inbox.
We pay the artists we work with, take no copyright or exclusive printing rights, and provide as many author's copies as we can.
Broken Bear, Broken Bear, What's Wrong With You?
The Risograph is up and running which means Bien Vestido is a functioning press as of today. And to commemorate it, we're releasing our first book made completely in-house, Broken Bear, Broken Bear, What's Wrong With You? by Jarod Rosello. There are only 8 copies in existence, and they'll be for sale at Jarod's table at Locust Moon Fest in Philadelphia this Saturday.
In the coming months, we'll be soliciting manuscripts from Latin@ cartoonists who have been on our radar for a while (some of whom we've been in contact with). We're also going to be looking to start up an anthology of comics and writing that we'll have open submissions for.
One of the things I'd really like to do is to get together with other cartoonists of color at SPX. It would be nice to know one another, maybe have a mailing list we could use to collaborate on projects, propose panels, etc.
How might I go about doing this and would anyone be interested?


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Let's say quite hypothetically that Herman Cain drops out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. What would the GOP race look like after that point?
I base this on a look at the responses of Republicans in our Nov. 2-6 poll when we asked them to name their second choice for the nomination. The key focus is where Cain's support goes. The answer? Cain's supporters give Mitt Romney 27% of their vote, followed by Newt Gingrich with 23%. Falling way behind those two are Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann, each with 13% of the support of those whose first choice is Herman Cain.
Of course, the sample sizes are fairly low here, but the data suggest that if Cain were to leave the race, Romney would be in the lead. Remember that Romney ties Cain for the lead (at 21% each) among Republicans when they make their first choice. Newt Gingrich gets 12% of the first choice votes. So, even if Cain's vote were to be split evenly between Romney and Gingrich, Romney would be in the lead because he has the bigger base to build on. And Romney gets a slightly higher percentage of Cain's support than Gingrich as this point. So Romney's lead would be clear should Cain drop out. So, too, would be Gingrich's clear second place behind Romney in this "Cain drops out" scenario. Rick Perry would be in third place.
All of this is hypothetical, I note again. No one knows what will happen in the days and weeks ahead in the Cain situation. And, were Cain to drop out, the sentiments of Republican voters could change in unknown ways from what they were in our Nov. 2-6 poll.
On another note, you can see in the accompanying table that Cain leads among Tea Party supporters, with 26% of their support compared to 19% support that goes to Romney, 17% for Gingrich, and 11% for Perry.
Romney is obviously not total anathema to Tea party supporters. He comes in second behind Cain among Tea Partiers, in fact. So, if the Tea Party supporters were to face a Cain departure, it looks as if as much of their support might go to Romney as to any other candidate.
(Among those Republicans who are not Tea Party supporters, Romney wins by a two-to-one margin over Cain, 28% to 14%, followed by Perry and Paul at 11%, with Gingrich behind at 7%.)
Another interesting variable in all of this is education. Among those Republicans with only some college or a high school degree or less, Romney gets only about 16% to 17% support. Among those with college degrees or postgraduate degrees, his support jumps to 31%.
- Republicans who have postgraduate degrees: nine-percentage-point lead for Romney over Cain, followed by Gingrich and Perry.
- Republicans with college degrees but no postgraduate degree: six-point lead for Romney over Cain, followed by Gingrich, with everyone else behind.
- Republicans with some college, but no college degree: Cain wins by eight points over Romney, with Perry in third place.
- Republicans with high school degrees or less: Romney squeaks by Cain and Gingrich by two points, with Perry just one point behind those two.
One possible plus for Romney is that turnout traditionally is higher among those with the highest levels of education.
One final factor is religion. The relations between traditional Protestants and Mormons have historically been strained. Mitt Romney, of course, is a Mormon. The data show that among Republicans who are Protestant or some other non-Catholic, Christian religion, Cain beats Romney by 23% to 18%, with Gingrich (who recently converted to Catholicism) behind at 14%, and Rich Perry at 12%. Among the relatively smaller group of Republicans who are Catholics, Romney beats Cain by 24% to 20%, and among those Republicans with no religious identity (a very small group), Romney is essentially tied with Ron Paul, and both of these are slightly ahead of Cain.


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Monday, 25 August 2014
Party for Peru Champs!
We met Alberto de Cárdenas, CEO of Peru Champs in april 2014 in Lima and we turned fan imimmediately!
Their vision is to connect high-potential kids from low-income families with people around the world who are willing to fund their education. These kids will receive a scholarship to study at Innova Schools - a local chain of schools designed by the award-winning innovation firm IDEO - that provides affordable world-class education to the Peruvian emerging middle class.
Thanks to the birthday's parties of Fanny and Lionel we raised funds and could sponsor 3 kids for one year. Here are "our" kids:
- Roberto Montoya Riviera, 13 years old. He said: "I want to illuminate cities with an alternative form of energy"
- Junior Ochandarte Lazo, 12 years old. He said: "I would like to redesign transportation system"
- Sergio Mariano Zegarra Castillo, 14 years old. He said: "I want to find a cure for cancer"
Check out the website of Peruchamps
Friday, 04 July 2014
Time to eat!
You remember Taller de los Niños? We met them in september 2013 in San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, Peru where they do a great job helping access to education to the poorest disctict of Lima. We kept contact with them and were happy to be able to support them in the renovation of their stove kitchen wich dated back 1977!
In this kitchen cooks prepare 345 meals for kids and their educators. Some of the meals travel to the houses of day mothers, taking care of small group of kids.
Thursday, 12 June 2014
Nguyen Family
Meet Nguyen family living in a challenging disctrict outside Ho Chi Minh. They have 3 kids:
- Nguyen Bao, 17 years old, in 11th grade, he will enter 12th grade in September 2014.
- Nguyen Loc, 11 years old, in 8 th grade, he will enter 9th grade in September 2014.
- Nguyen Phuc, 9 years old, in 5th grade, she will enter 6th grade in September 2014.
In spite of both parents working the family revenue is poor. The father drives a moto taxi and earns about 2.30 US$/day. He became handicaped after suffering an accident in the construction work he used to do before. The mother does cleaning and get little money for letting someone using her house to do some sawing.
Irène Bostsarron -our representative in Vietnam- met them through Jean-Marc Mignot, a very engaged man who has been doing charity for 42 years!
Association Léon sponsored the 3 kids' educational fees for the coming school year (2014-2015).
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Association Léon in Vietnam!
We are glad to introduce you to Irène Bostsarron. She is a french friend of Nicolas & Fanny living in Vietnam since the begining of 2014. She kindly accepted to be our representative in this wonderful country and quickly made contact with key persons.
We are already working on 2 possible projects in Vietnam.
Bienvenue Irène!
Monday, 12 May 2014
2014 will be our "RIDE RUN AND PARTY" year! We launched a new concept so that people can commit to Association Léon in a new way : offering VISIBILITY!
Anyone competing in a sportive event can order his sport shirt and we will provide it with Association Léon's lively colors. Same if you organize a party for an important anniversary or birthday, you can choose to give a special meaning to it and do it as a charity for Association Léon.
Your Ride, Run or Party will be shown in Association Léon's facebook wall, allowing you to show all your friends you care for education!
A lot of people already signed up and placed the order of their shirt. Up to date (15th of May 2014) we have :
- Bike race. Desafio Rio Pinto, Cordoba, Argentina. 4th of May 2014 participating Ezequiel Fernandez Sasso, Andres Arechavaleta, Matias Aldao and Nicolas Brabeck-Letmathe.
- Trail. Monthey d'Illiez, Switzerland. 24th of May 2014 participating Tobias Sievert.
- Marathon of Stockholm, Sweden. 31st of May 2014 participating Ignacio Arsuaga and Ivan Gouin.
- Tennis Interclub, representing TC Bussigny, May and June 2014. Participating Daniel Lopez-Palao, Stefano Rusponi, Claudio Wanderley, Dinand Ressink, Guy Béguin, Carlo Fazzi, Minh Pham Quan, Yvan Blanchard.
- Strongman. Fisherman's Friend Strongman Run. Engelberg, Switzerland. 7th of June. Participating Paud Edgington.
- Relay race. Tour du Val de Bagnes, Valais, Switzerland. 8th of June 2014 participating Lionel Constantin, Patrick Micheli and Phidias Ferrari
- Triathlon. Preverenges Triathlon, Switzerland. 29th of June 2014. Participating Paul Edgington.
- Trail. Marathon du Mont Blanc, France. 29th of June 2014 participating Nicolas Binet, Cyrille Brichant and Augustin Lagrange.
- Tour du Lac de Joux, Switzerland. 5th of July 2014. Participating Paul Edgington, George Stewart-Harris, Vincent Renaud, Maia & Léo.
- Swansea Half Marathon, Wales, England. 20th of July 2014. Participating Paul Edgington (again!)
- Nyon Triathlon, Switzerland. 9th of August 2014 by famous Paul Edgington.
- Lausanne Triathlon, Switzerland. 24th of August 2014 with our triathlon specialist Paul Edgington.
- Triathlon. Trivera, Vevey Switzerland. 31st of August. Who else but Paul Edgington?
- Racing the Planet. Ultramarathon (250 km) in Madagascar. Self-supported race; competitors must carry everything they need for the seven days on their back. The average backpack will weigh 9 kg. From 31st of August to 6th of September 2014 by Harald Petersen.
- Morat-Fribourg run, Switzerland. 5th of october 2014 participating Vincent Renaud and Patrick Steffen. In the Mini-Morat-Fribourg participating Pierre & Louis Burdet.
- Marathon of Lausanne, Switzerland. 26th of October 2014 participating Vincent Renaud (again), Patrick Steffen (again) and Paul Edgington (again). Mareva and Camille Freites will join the marathon for kids.
- New York's marathon, USA. 2nd of November 2014. Participating Nicolas Binet.
- Ultraman. Hawai. 28-30th of November 2014. 10 km open ocean swim, 421 km cross-country bike ride, and a 84 km ultra-marathon run. Participating Harald Petersen.
Thank you to all of them for the great gift they do to Association Léon.
On top of that, we will be represented on a concert by Karbone14, featuring Sandy Voutaz, Patricia Sortino, Alexandre Ferrajoli, Daniel Saxer and Daniel Chanson, May 24th as well as in October 2014! Let's rock'n'roll for Association Léon!
See evolution of our teams on www.facebook.com/associationleon
Who's next?


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Drag sisterhood and performance art collective Chez Deep kick off Pride Weekend in New York with a performance of Common Visions — a ritual drag transformation and live talk show with special guests Domonique Echeverria, Linda Simpson and Mss Vee. A narrative framed within a classical drag revue, Common Visions reaffirms the drag performer as spiritual guide to interpret and celebrate the psycho-spiritual and pop-culture myths that make each of us diverse and divine.
Chez Deep is the New York City-based drag sisterhood of performers Alexis Blair Penney, Sam Banks, Hari Nef, Colin Self and Bailey Stiles. Common Visions goes down this Friday evening at Ace Hotel New York — RSVP here.
Intellectual drag.
Rest in peace, Vicki Marlane — the longest-standing drag queen in San Francisco. The Girl with the Liquid Spine, you will be sorely missed.


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((ooc: Thanks for watching~
Drawing answers to asks! Dunno how chatty I'll be or how long I'll last, but I want to test this out!
The universe just will not cut Sam a break. You guys have been awesome so far — so awesome that her advisors were so impressed with the efforts Sam's been going to to show how serious she is about getting to Vancouver and getting to school, that they arranged for the school to cover her first month's rent! Benchmark number two achieved!
But things took another turn today. Her landlord refuses to take the money from the school, stating that he needs proof that she can cover her own rent, for legal protection reasons (she's emphatic about the point that he's NOT an evil mustache-twirling Snidely Whiplash, he's just trying to protect himself). The school can't just give it to her to give to him either, because they have their own procedures and red tape binding them.
She still needs help, guys. Please get the word out. She's done everything she can, but the universe seems determined to see how many hurdles she can jump before she can get her life back on track.
As a reminder, here are the thank-you's that I've offered toward the fundraiser, and there are more great ones on the site. Thank you to everybody who's helped so far, either with donations, or thank-you incentives, or spreading the word. We keep running into setbacks, but each time, we're a little bit farther forward, too. We can do this. Thank you everyone, with all my heart.
- For a donation of $25 or more, you get to tell me what I'm writing next and pick my brain about writing. I will write a page of the story of your choosing (including my original work), live while you watch in a Google Doc. So if you've been waiting for me to update something for months, or get my stupid novel out the door, this is your way to bump that story to the front of the queue while we talk shop about writing in the GoogleDocs chat feature.
- For a donation of $75 or more, you can have a cameo in a story of your choosing, where appropriate (including one of my original novels — but if you pick one of those, fair warning that I have no idea when or if they'll be published).
- For a donation of $100 or more, you can have a writing workshop with me. We can work on your short story or first chapter for an afternoon in a Google Doc, and I'll offer what constructive criticism I can, while we talk about what I've learned so far about the mechanics of writing.
- and if anybody does anything REALLY special, like, first-month's-rent special, it would require something really amazing in return, which we could negotiate before you donate.
(via chanceofclouds)
OOC: Merchandise?
((ooc: Wow, I dunno what happened to the post, but…
Hey, everyone, if I sold any merchandise (most likely TMNT/SRMTHG! stuff), what would ya'll be interested in buying?
Stuff like buttons, stickers, prints, comics, etc?
I wanna see if there's any interest and/or suggestions.))
((ooc: LEO ABANDONED A SPACE HEROES MARATHON WITHOUT NEEDING TO SAVE THE WORLD, MY LIFE IS A LIE.))
"You are such a dork."
"And trust me, they weren't. He escapes."
"At least, that's what that lame website said."
I'll watch the re-runs, thank you very much.
temperamental-turtle replied to your post: I can't believe I missed the …
"… You're seriously still worried about /that/?"
I wanted to see the captain's final moments…if they really were his final moments.


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I am a feminist, and I really believe I have always been one. My parents raised my sisters and I to be independent, socially-aware, educated people, so I blame them for my recent, intense interest in Women's Studies. I'm a sophomore at Penn State and believed that we were a diverse, open-minded group of people [...]
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I just started reading "The Purity Myth" by Jessica Valenti. LOVE her writing. Everything is so matter-of-fact, how can you disagree with her arguments?
I also started watching Pan Am. I've heard that it's rather post-feminist, but I'm still not sure. More episodes will tell.
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Tackling The Basement: Chapter Seven
We're back with our weekly basement update and since we're edging closer towards the best word ever (finished!) this week's project is quick and easy. It actually has to do with that built-in cabinet (to the right of the Ikea workstation) that we painted white last week. Remember it was bare but we promised we had a storage idea in the queue for you guys? Well, here it is…
Yup, those are matching paint cans. And yes, we're ok with you calling us nerds. We've actually been meaning to move our paint from the garage to the basement for a while. It's a lot more temperate thanks to its underground location (it stays cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter) and because paint can freeze, dry out, and otherwise "spoil" when it gets too hot or cold, the basement is definitely a smarter place for it. Before moving it to the garage, we used to store our paint in the house until we read an article about how paint cans can off-gas and pollute your indoor air (so a lesser used basement or garage is a better choice).
And although we could easily have brought all of our old mismatched and gunked-up cans straight into the basement and called it a day, we just love the organized look of our "new" basement so much that we suddenly even hold paint storage to a higher standard and yearned for a more cohesive and effective solution. Not only do new cans look good, they create a tighter seal on our paint to help it last longer (which is always better than "casualty cans" sadly lost each year due to dried out paint- what a waste!). And for a few bucks a pop, new cans would be great "insurance" to keep all of our $25+ paint in ready-to-use condition.
Lucky for us, True Value sells these awesome empty paint cans (in both gallon and quart sizes) that we decided would be prefect for unifying everything for that newly spruced open shelf in the basement and keeping our paint nice and fresh for years to come. Remember how awesome True Value has been to us by giving us a spot on their DIY Blog Squad and offering us a generous gift card? Yeah, we kind of love them.
But seriously, how cool are those empty paint cans? Industrial-chic at it's finest, no? Plus the act of transferring our paint allowed us to go through all of our old gallons and quarts to eliminate colors that we no longer need (like the old green color that we first used in the living room or the yellow paint that was on our front door) and you know we love to pare down, organize, and donate things that we're no longer using (giving paint a second life is like two makeovers for the price of one!). Note: never toss old paint out with your regular garbage, either bring it to your local recycling center and drop it in the paint section or donate it to places like The Habitat For Humanity ReStore.
Of course before we grabbed our empty gallons and quarts we counted how many of each we'd need (and snagged a few extras for future additions). Then John's inner "account guy" came out and he suggested that we head over to Office Max and buy some printable labels so we could transfer the name, brand, finish, and paint formula to each of the new cans (so we'd never have to worry about getting more whipped up if our supply ever dwindles). Sure it seemed a little obsessive (ok, a lot obsessive) but printing the labels only took about 15 minutes and they seriously make my little organization-loving heart skip a beat whenever I see them. Even John's man heart swells with pride over his paint label making skillz.
Plus John even took a cue from the paint pros and left a little thumb print of each color on each label (you can never be too careful when it comes to guarding those paint formulas). The result: mouth-wateringly delicious open storage that keeps up with the rest of our basement while keeping our paint fresher thanks to a tighter seal that isn't all gunked up with years of paint between the lip of the can and the lid. Gotta love a little "paint maintenance" to keep from having to trek out and rebuy paint all the time (nothing's more annoying than needing a tiny bit of paint for a touch up and finding the entire can dried out which calls for the purchase of an entirely new one).
So what's next on the basement agenda? Well, we still have to obscure our no-privacy windows and build a DIY screen to cover that eyesore of a water heater. Stay tuned for those details next week (in what will be the final chapter of our basement makeover!). Then it's on to a big bathroom reno that has us laying awake in bed talking about tile options (and subsequently dreaming about said tile options). Do any of you have a big project that you'll be taking on before the holidays? Maybe because people will be coming over and you want to spruce up the place or even because you know you'll be traveling so leaving refinished floors to dry or going kitchenless for a bit while your new cabinets are ordered won't be so bad? Do tell.
Update: One of our lovely readers chimed in with a solution to keep our new cans looking new and sealing securely for years to come. We plan to pick up a "latch on pour spout" which attaches to the lip of a gallon or quart and helps you pour paint without getting any around the lip of the can for a pristine look and a tight seal every time. Amazing!
Psst- Want to look back on our big basement makeover from start to almost-finished? Here's the first post, the second post, the third post, the forth post, the fifth post and the sixth post. Ah memories.
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Hey Youngsters, while you're at it with paint organization pick up a latch on pour spout from your paint store. It attaches to the lip of a gallon or quart can an helps you pour *without* getting any paint all over the can. I tell you it will change your life and keep your new cans looking that way.
I love it! I hate the way mismatched, gunky, paint cans look in our garage. It has always bothered me but I thought I was crazy and really couldn't do anything about it. Thanks for the inspiration, I will definitely be doing this with my own paint.
Great job, guys! It looks awesome! So inspirational!
Everyone is obviously not going to think the same on issues; and that's ok, too! You keep your wardrobe sparse, while others buy "needless" items to junk up their closet! I am convinced you would have done this to stay organized and polished no matter where the money was coming from! Good job!
Hey yhl! I love the idea of organized paint cans…they look so cute! Printing out the labels, while might be a little compulsive, I totally get it, and adore it!
I started repainting the trim in our house from honey stained oak to pure white. (I've dubbed it 'operation honey to white'- very clever I know)…My goal was to have the bulk of it done before everyone came for Thanksgiving. Mission accomplished!
Not only did I get the trim completed throughout the house, I repainted the family room, kitchen, half bath and laundry room. In the next few months I'll be tackling the guest bedroom and office. Eek!
Head over to muh blog (www.erinteriors.blogspot.com)…I just posted the 'afters' of the half bath :)
there's a post about this post on apartment therapy today! woohoo!
I've often heard the tip to keep a little paint of each color in a baby food jar for small touch-ups. I found a way to do that one better; I put a little paint from each room in glue jar with a brush (I get them at Discount School Supply).
They're meant for kids to use them for glue or paint; they have a little brush in the lid so it's super easy to use them to touch up scratches and nicks on a wall. (I'm a perfectionist like you guys).
I'd link to them here but I don't know if your comments can handle html and the link is really long :)
We just bought our first house and are repainting the entire interior! (Not to mention the existing paint is all dark and yucky, we're using TONS of primer!) The latch-on pour spout is about to change my life as well :)
Thanks TTH and YHL!
I love love love love this idea! My husband and I were just discussing doing this the other day. We have so many different paint colors in our home and so many gallon containers with just a small amount of paint left in it. We live in a 1950's bungalow so storage space is a premium. What a perfect way to consolidate all the leftovers and have them looking beautiful! I was quite surprised by a comment earlier that they don't touch up their paint! I can't keep myself from doing it. We are constantly whipping out the good old leftovers and touching up any small nicks or worn areas. It keeps things fresh all the time! Thanks for an awesome post from one organizational freak to another :)
It looks awesome! Love it!
My husband and I have started organizing the storage side of our basement too (inspired by you guys!). First thing we did…put up a shelf unit to bring all the paint in from the garage! We also did the purge and label (admittedly with a sharpie though and not your swanky labels ; ) Unfortunately, the storage side of our basement is not quite as aesthetically pleasing as yours, but we decided we just had to organize as best we could with wire shelving before diving into the pretty-fying. And as for your question about projects to take on before the holidays…I desperately want to do a makeover on our totally 80's wallpapered powder room, especially since we're hosting a family Christmas gathering this year. I just haven't worked up the guts to broach the subject with the husband (he has nightmares about wallpaper removal from previous experiences). Wish me luck!
Hi there,
Love the re-do! I am inspired beyond words to tackle my basement! What are your plans for the windows??
Question: Where did you get the chairs by the desk?? I love them.
Didn't you lose alot of paint during the transfer to new cans? As in, all the paint in a can can't possibly all come out unless you scraped it with a spatula?!
way to go!! you graced apartment therapy's website today :)
Oh… I'm sort of in love with this! Paint cans are taking over my apartment, and they are SO UGLY! Only problem is I think my roommate might really think I have some "issues" if I were to suggest coordinating new paint cans. Oh well! I love this idea… and your labels are great too!
Hi guys! Love your site and just wanted to add another tip to your painting subject: I take my brushes (and roller if space allows) wrap them in a left over plastic grocery bag and stick them in the freezer whenever I have to put my painting on hold for a while. Whenever I am ready to begin painting again, I either let them thaw out for a bit, or hold them under a little hot water, shake off the excess water, and get back to painting. :)
Keep up the good work with your blog–I check you guys out practically every day!!
what a cool idea … you have me thinking of the many ways i can use those little paint cans in our basement :)
WOW – You have totally outdone yourselves (and maybe set the bar for compulsive organization. Martha Stewart – you're a slacker!).
Those brand spanking new paint cans also make great containers for Christmas cookies to bring or send to friends and family! Just tie a paint key to the handle with festive Xmas ribbon!
Thanks! Thats a great idea for the windows! I wonder if the frosting film would look OK with my bathroom windows. They are from Window World and have the faux panes in them. They are 2 panes acrossand 4 panes up. What do you think?
that's an awesome idea that would definitely save a lot of people some money (myself included).
as for bathroom reno, we're in the middle of redoing our stand-in shower in the master bathroom. the pan that used to be in there was a leaker and we decided to gut it and redo it ourselves (or at least try and then hire a professional if we really screwed up). when we took out the shower pan, we realized why it was leaking: the installing contractor did a horrible job and it wasn't supported evenly by the cement underneath!
we bought a Schluter-Kerdi shower kit (www.schluter.com) and we're in the process of tiling right now! our goal is to finish before Christmas. at first that goal seemed pretty lofty, but it's looking almost manageable now!
i definitely understand what you're going through with the tile choices keeping you up at night. i can't even count how many times we looked at tile in stores and online. good luck to you! if you'd like, i'll shoot you a couple before and (eventually) afters when the time comes!
can't wait to see what awesome idea you come up with next!
I think you guys are totally awesome but I'm not kidding myself I would ever get this organized (I'd be sitting on the sofa drinking tea and eating cookies long before buying fresh paint cans)!
However, love the tips on getting extra labels printed and the non-drip pour-spout thing.
Right now, I'd just be pleased to get all our paint in one place – I can think of at least 3 rooms where it's "stored" right now!
you mentioned that you like to do quick touch-ups, even on your flat paint. I'm in need of a touch up (roommate's cat, metal decorative thingamabob, black lines down a week old paint job). I've been putting it off because it seems ridiculous to open the paint can, buy another tray AND a new roller just to roll over this tiny section of wall. is there a better way that i'm not thinking of? using a paintbrush wouldn't match up with the rest of the wall. how do you do your quick touchups on flat paint?
At such great prices, those empty paint cans would be great for other types of storage as well. Or plants, etc. VERY cool look!
My husband and I live in Minnesota, in the suburbs of Minneapolis, and we just found our new home! We close on the 14 of December, and move in on the 19th – so we will be spending a LOT of time before Christmas organizing and painting (I just checked out 3 different fan decks of paint swatches from my local Hirshfields – when I found out that they have fan decks, my heart did a little hop-skip of happiness!) Now I'm holding up different paint colors to every wall!
My jaw is wide open! Holy Cow you all are organized. If you end up with too many colors you can always donate it to schools for murals. I am an art teacher and for free paint stores will usually tint the paint (especially for schools.)
Ok, you guys are nerds! But you made my heart skip a beat with envy, so I guess that makes me a nerd too! And I'm ok with that. Those new paint cans look so awesome; I've been wanting to organize all our cans too, now I know how! The thoughful previous owners of our home left all their cans labled with that room they used them in, but they're scattered in the basement and the garage, and we've added significantly to them as well! (We've painted our daughter's room and a bathroom in just the past month.)
We're just finishing up a cheapo-bathroom update (paint and hardware only), but we're planning to do a big reno in the upstairs one. It has a shower up there (the only one in the house) that has cracked glass, and I really hope to replace it with a tub. Baby #2 – A BOY WE JUST FOUND OUT TODAY!!!!!! – is due in April, so I don't know if we'll get it done by then or not. I sure hope so!
another FREE solution to the gunked up rim on paint cans is the first time you open it (before pouring!) take a nail and hammer and in the rim pound a few holes (at least 4) evenly spaced. Then when you pour the stuff that usually sits in the rim will drip back into the can- it's not 100% clean but it's much much better!!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has MAJOR issues with mismatched paint cans! I was thinking of using mason jars (I use them for EVERYTHING) but wasn't sure if being exposed to light (even in a basement) through glass would cause issues with the paint… I hadn't thought of getting new cans, though! And I do have one of the snap on paint can "spout" things, and it was the best buck I ever spent! Home Depot usually has them at the paint counter. :-) Hooray for your OCD matching my OCD and you testing the waters! I'll be doing this ASAP!
I love this idea and I love True Value for recognizing your talent. I must go out and get some of these! Thanks for the inspiration! You guys are the best!
My inner geek loves your paint cans. Another idea is to get plastic containers (I bought mine at Lowes, I think they're Rubbermaid) designed to hold a small amount of paint (maybe a pint?). Just enough for touchups. Mine are in a cabinet, but if they were on display I think I'd go for your industrial-chic cans! :-)
For those considering using the paint cans for Christmas gifts or goodies – they can even be shipped through the US Postal Service! :) Makes for a real hoot when you drop off your packages!! :) Just make sure there aren't any embellishments to fall off or get damaged in transit.
so funny that you added the bit about latch-on pour spout… i was thinking about it while i reading about the years of gunked up paint on can-lips. My guy put it our cart at the hardware store and I said, "Really? We need this?" and he convinced me that the 2bux would be a good spend. Pour spout rules!
I saw in some comments people were asking about "empty" paint cans that still have paint in them. One thing we have done is fill the "empty" ones with cheap cat litter (we dont have cats) and let the litter absorb all the moisture… then you can dump the litter in your normal garbage and recycle the can.
Next project on my list: buy empty paint cans, label and transfer paint into them so my garage can start on its way to looking super cool.
Do you two EVER run out of ideas?? My house looks so sad compared to yours!!
I like this idea! I personally wouldn't use it for paint, but this is a great storage idea for other things, and I'm also totally stealing the idea for holiday gifts. (Everyone's getting a paint can of cookies, haha!)
What font did you use on your labels? I love how its very plain.
Hi guys – Just read this post and wanted to share with you how I keep my paint. Unless there is a bunch of paint left in the can, I pour any extra paint into glass canning jars and label them where I used it (like "kitchen walls" "living room ceiling," etc.) When I need to touch up a smudge, I just grab a jar, shake the heck out of it, and paint away. I am very careful not to leave any paint around the top of the jar before I screw the lid back on. I find it is easier than using a messy paint can. I also keep paint cards for all paint that I have used. Even if the paint color is discontinued, the paint store can always look back at the formula and mix up some more for me. Thanks!
Did you end up leaving all this paint for the new homeowners – or bring it along for touch-ups in the new house?
This is 2 years after your post– but a question on your use of an upside down lampshade in the basement– did you use an extra long bulb? I tried to do this but the wires inside the shade are too deep into the shade and the bulb doesn't reach. Went back to look for a shade with a "flatter" set of wires, but couldn't find one. Did you get lucky? Thanks!
I have to admit to being that nerdy that I love everything, even paint, to be organized. But I do hate the idea of making more landfill- that's a biggy for me. Reusing glass jars is my compromise.
I haven't yet transferred all of my paint into neat containers (yet) but I like to save glass jars and reuse them for leftover paint. The jar threads are easy enough to wipe clean after using so that the lid seals properly, unlike the problem with the paint cans. Easy to see the colour at a glance but also labelling with the paint cards ensures you have the formula if you need to get more to match.
While 1-gallon jars aren't common, generally I buy only the amount of paint that is needed for the project and that way I usually don't have more than a quart leftover. Buying too much paint hoping that it will store is a bad practise- especially when using voc-free paints. I have had leftovers zero-voc paint go bad- what a stench! Something to keep in mind when buying eco-paint- buy enough to do the job and don't plan to store it for years.
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Reasons to Sponsor a Small to Mid-sized Conference
We just returned from Bloggy Conference (#bloggycon), which was held at the Hyatt in Downtown Cincinnati from Thursday September 27-Saturday September 29th. After doing a number of conferences this year, we have become used to large crowds, loud noises, and generally needing nothing shy of a full fireworks display to grab the attention of attendees. So, this conference was quite a welcome change up for Megan and I – as we shared the sponsorship space with only a handful of other great brands, and had time to speak with almost every attendee one on one. Wow. That's a pretty amazing experience.
Don't get me wrong – large conferences are great, and a lot of fun. But for a sponsor introducing a new company – or even a new product/brand – it is very important to make some sort of actual contact with people in order to tell them about what it is you are selling (or in our case giving away for FREE!). And even if there are a few thousand attendees at an event – you still can physically only talk to a certain amount. So at some point it does become more about the quality of the conversations than about the quantity of conversations – especially if that is what is important to you.
Our initial thoughts after leaving Cincinnati and BloggyCon? We felt that the interactions we had with attendees were possibly more valuable than other conferences we attended. This was because we had the chance to meet with tech savvy women (who also tend to be the mom-influencers within their social circles), and to walk them through how Hatchedit.com works. Additionally, we had time to ask each person about their blog, their life, their home situation so that we could show them different ways that Hatchedit.com might help make their life easier.
Homeschooling? Hatchedit.com is a great way to organize lesson plans and keep track of assignments and projects.
Special Needs Child? Coordinating doctors' appointments is an enormous part of juggling those extra responsibilities. And for some of these moms – who are also businesswomen, they really need a tool that lets them manage their family schedules (including making changes) from the road. Once you show a mom how she can input information on her calendar or on a to do list of medicine dosages and know that grandma, or dad or the sitter who is at home will also see them – the smile on her face will light up your entire day.
Married? No Kids? Sometimes I feel bad about the fact that we target moms because it's the user group that makes the most sense to reach first in getting our product out and into the public eye. We conceived of Hatchedit.com before Megan actually gave birth to her little Miss M – and she saw how it would fulfill a need in her life trying to coordinate her schedule with her husband's. Instead of sending each other invitations to individual events (like the invitation to the Saturday golf she actually wasn't really ever being invited to!) through Outlook (where you still can't see your spouses calendar) they could have both populated the Hatchedit.com calendar and seen what the other had planned – and probably avoided a lot of arguments.
Not Married? No Kids? – We were able to speak with more than one person who wasn't married – but as I like to point out – everyone has family somewhere. Realizing that a heavy travel schedule for work, might be something your mom may want to track even if she lives far away…or being able to see what siblings or nieces and nephews are up to can make people feel more connected to their families especially as we all feel like we are getting busier every day. Sending invitations and coordinating workouts or girls' night out with friends is even easier if you are all sharing calendars!
Single Parent? Divorced? Chances are you are coordinating a custody schedule somewhere – and chances are even higher that custody schedule is causing a lot of unnecessary arguments. Being able to give another parent the ability to see what is going on in kids' lives means there is no more "well your mother/father didn't tell me about that" argument to be made. If your kids are older, and they have a Hatchedit.com account it also gives them the chance to be more proactive in managing a schedule between two households too.
At Bloggy Conference, with plenty of time to really delve into people's lives I had conversations around each and every one of these situations. Those conversations also gave us some great ideas for other groups that might find a real niche use for Hatchedit.com
We really had a great time, and found enormous value in a user base that was so willing to listen to us, connect with us, and give us great feedback on what they need in their lives.
Thanks ladies of Bloggy Con!