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For a third-straight March, the Meadville High School basketball Eagles rolled east on U.S. Highway 36 to Macon Saturday, then turned north on U.S. Highway 63 (to Kirksville) to play a Class 1 state tournament game.
For a third-straight March, the Meadville High School basketball Eagles rolled east on U.S. Highway 36 to Macon Saturday, then turned north on U.S. Highway 63 (to Kirksville) to play a Class 1 state tournament game.
Beginning next December, it's a route they'll travel annually for the foreseeable future when they have regular-season road games against several schools as part of their return to the Tri-County Conference after a 31⁄2-decades absence.
However, thanks to what they did on the court Saturday, they'll make another jaunt east to Macon this week, only this time having finally earned the right to have their bus driver turn south, not north, on Highway 63 because their destination won't be Kirksville – it will be Columbia and the 2013 MSHSAA Basketball Championships semifinals and finals.
After four-straight district championships from 2009-12 had been followed by either sectional (three times) or quarterfinal (once) losses in state play, the once-beaten, Darren Smith-coached MHS Eagles (29-1) finally enhanced their legacy of success to include the program's first appearance in the state semifinals and finals by avenging last year's sectional-round loss to Marion County with a 42-35 victory over the Mustangs Saturday afternoon in Truman State University's Pershing Arena.
"Several (past Eagles) were here today," coach Smith told the C-T as he completed a sequence of post-game interviews following the long-sought triumph, "and I even had them come in and talk to the kids before the game, just to reiterate to (the current players) that they can do it and to finish the legacy.
"Those kids didn't get to finish the legacy, they didn't get to Columbia, so this was an opportunity for (this year's players) to finish the legacy for those older guys."
Although advancing to play at the annual final site of high school hoops in the state – University of Missouri's Hearnes Center and Mizzou Arena this week – is the last step of the geographic legacy, once there, there will be another legacy to try to further burnish.
The remarkable run of success to which coach Smith has guided the MHS boys' program the past five years would be even-further enhanced by MHS' first-ever appearance in a state-title game and immortalized with a state crown.
Accomplishing the former will require defeating the Stanberry Bulldogs (22-7) in a Thursday early-evening game ticketed to tip off at about 5 p.m. That game will be played in the Hearnes Center following the other Class 1 boys' semifinal between Eminence and Drexel.
Eminence (25-5) on Saturday ended Scott County Central's run of four-straight Class 1 crowns, but it probably will be an underdog to Drexel (29-1), which has lost only once this year after dropping last year's title game to Scott County Central by seven.
While coach Smith and a few of his players had been down the state tournament sectional or quarterfinal road before, many of the Eagles' contributors came into Saturday's crucible with less or no emotional or psychological baggage from prior losses in state play.
"This bunch of kids, I've thought all season, they've been extremely loose," coach Smith disclosed. "They get along real well together. They hang out together. They do a great job of including everyone. It's a testament to how good of kids they are.
"I'm not sure that they were as nervous as I was. I thought they played with composure and that's half the battle."
Indeed, Meadville's boys did not have any stretch in Saturday's victory over Marion County in which they showed any sign of the surroundings, circumstances, or stakes throwing them off stride.
While not having anything near a flaws-free game, they stayed within their offensive and defensive game plans and any in-progress adjustments their coach deemed necessary to the degree that they had an upper hand most of the way.
In fact, after five times in the first period swapping the lead with the Mustangs, whose 2011-12 club had topped Meadville's 54-47 on the same floor in the sectional (first) round of state play, the Eagles in fact were so poise and focused that, when they ended what could have been a crippling 61⁄2-minutes scoring drought starting the second stanza, they actually reclaimed the lead for keeps when they ended the dry spell on T.J. Schmitz's 3-pointer a mere 1:23 ahead of halftime.
They then reinforced their steadiness in different ways several times in the second half.
After using a 6-0 spurt in the first half of the third period to expand their 15-11 halftime lead to 21-13, the Eagles coolly and efficiently blunted a building Marion County surge after that margin twice had been cut in half with quick follow-up buckets of their own.
Finally, in the final frame, after seeing the Mustangs from the Philadelphia and Emerson areas finally make it a 1-possession game at 36-33 with still more tha four minutes remaining, Meadville's defensive soundness was such that its opponent never did reach that 36-points plateau, the Eagles closing on a modest 6-2 push.
When Derek Smith, the coach's son, made a free throw with 18 seconds remaining that took the lead up to the final 7-points margin, the celebration by the big contingent of MHS fans began to bubble over.
While Meadville led last and most, its foe scored first. Marion County's Kason Spratt netted two free throws 20 seconds into the action after a foul was called on De. Smith. The foul ruling took on additional import not much later.
On their first offensive foray, the Eagles did just what their coach wanted against a diminutive MCHS club that had no starter taller than 5'11". De. Smith fed the ball to 6'3" junior Kolton Friesner at the low post and, from left of the lane, he spun easily to the basket and laid it in, tying the game 2-2 after 32 seconds.
Spratt scored on a give-and-go in transition a minute later to restore the Mustangs' lead, but a minute after that De. Smith found the range from 10 feet on the right side while being fouled. Completing the three-point play at the 5:25 mark of the opening segment, he gave the Eagles their first lead of the game.
Only six seconds later, a tossup official's call went against Meadville when senior De. Smith was called for a blocking foul – his second of the game in baredly 21⁄2 minutes – when a bullrushing Spratt plowed into him. The call could have severely damaged Meadville, but instead – just as with two player-control fouls called on Eagles low-post players Friesner and Blake Burkholder in the first 8:20 of the game – only forced it to find other ways to get the job done.
"It really took him out of his game in the first half," coach Smith said of his son's having to play far more cautiously with the two fouls.
"His whole game is predicated on his penetration. That sets up his 3-point (shot opportunities) and sets up his teammates. His getting those two quick ones really changed the complexion of what we were trying to do."
Marion County took back the lead at 6-5, but Logan Newlin's shot in the paint off Cade Shiflett's pass with just over two minutes remaining in the quarter was a harbinger of important good things for MHS.
Just after the clock moved under a minute remaining, top Mustang Clay Pollard made his first offensive contribution with a weak-side putback, but Shiflett was left open in the left corner and converted Burkholder's pass into a trey with 20 ticks left to put Meadville in front 10-8 after one.
When the second period began with the second low-post offensive foul call against the Eagles, their coach decided not to risk trying to continue to pound the ball inside and try to overpower the shorter Mustangs. The result was a quarter deprived of much productivity as the teams combined to have only three scoring plays and eight total points.
"Early on, we were getting just what we wanted (on offense). We were getting Kolton inside, open," coach Smith reflected, "and they called a couple of charges on us and kind of made us refocus, because if we couldn't do what we were trying to do – we're not a great big, physical team anyhow – and they weren't going to let us what we were trying to do, I thought we might be in trouble.
"I thought we were going to have to switch gears to shooting more 3s – and they really weren't falling. I think that's why is was so 'muddy' in the first half."


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Monday, December 26, 2011
Wedding Look Experiment #1
I bought this birdcage veil with a huge ivory flower (and comb) at Forever 21 for $6.80 (can you say bargain steal!??), I just curled my hair and sprayed some gel (Tresemme Spray Gel) to give it more texture and makes everything stay in place without making your hair feel "crispy". I just put my hair up in a loose, messy bun, and just applied the veil; pinning the actual veil down with bobby pins so it stayed in place. I actually liked how it came out, the whole vintage glam vibe is definitely classic.
For my makeup (not gonna wear red lipstick on my wedding day, but thought it'd be fun to use Ruby Woo since it was Christmas day after all!), I used:
- MAC Ruby Woo lipstick
- MAC Pro Longwear Foundation in NC35
- MAC Careblend Pressed Powder in Medium Dark
- MAC e/s in Bisque and Bamboo all over the lids
- MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
- L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara
- Ardell Lashes
- MAC e/s in Chocolate Brown to fill in eyebrows
- Milani Blush in Cherries on Top on cheeks
Ruby Woo looks great on all skin tones (in my opinion), it has a blue undertone that just looks amazing because it doesn't look like a true red on, so it definitely draws attention to the lips. It's really matte/dry, so I apply a tiny coat of Vaseline on my lips before applying to help it go on smoother.
35 comments
- Davina said...
Very pretty pics and love the red lips.
- December 26, 2011 at 6:13 AM
- sahar awan said...
love your perfect satin finish skin and lovely red lips...
picture perfect makeup...grt
- December 26, 2011 at 9:35 AM
- Mara said...
very pretty potential look for your wedding. I love red lips year round but skipping it on your wedding is a smart choice. :)
- December 26, 2011 at 9:37 AM
- Jamilla Camel said...
Very romantic 1940's look!
- December 26, 2011 at 11:31 AM
- Mangotatoes said...
OMG you look beautiful! This is a perfect look for you wedding ;]
- December 26, 2011 at 11:41 AM
- jilliandanica said...
You look beautiful! Ruby Woo is my favorite MAC red. Maybe you can wear it during the reception?
- December 26, 2011 at 3:15 PM
- CrystalPowder said...
You are gorgeous, any look you choose will fly!! Just pick one that matches your dress and there will be no question :D
- December 26, 2011 at 5:04 PM
- Askmewhats said...
Nessa, I am so excited for you! It seems just like yesterday when you talked about the proposal! And now, look at you!!! All ready!!! :) Advance Congratulations and Happy Holidays!!!
- December 26, 2011 at 5:33 PM
- Jacquelyn said...
Ruby Woo looks amazing on you!!!
- December 26, 2011 at 8:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
i think red lips and cherry cheeks is too much red for a wedding..
your veil is lovely
- December 27, 2011 at 7:11 AM
- Layla said...
Holy WOW! You look absolutely STUNNING! You really do look beautiful! Gahhhh you make a beautiful bride lol!
- December 27, 2011 at 2:39 PM
- Danitza said...
hi nessa!!! =) the look is stunning and the vei looks so good in you! I love your look!! and any look u do is amazing =).
Thank you for your comment in my post like one year ago ... I wanted to blog but I stopped doing it and now im re taking again and i just read your comment =) .. thank you thank you and I hope you can come by to my blog too . it will be about all i have in my mind but mainly weight loss and make up sometimes. Anyway, I wish you and excellent day! =) thank you for being such a good blogger!
- December 28, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- M J said...
your skin is beautiful and flawless
- December 29, 2011 at 3:31 PM
- Vulcan_Butterfly said...
Gorgeous! You must be getting so excited for your big day!
- January 2, 2012 at 10:51 AM
- Pumps and Gloss said...
You will be such a beautiful bride. Such a pretty look and I love the veil!!
- January 2, 2012 at 7:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
Beatiful :g:
- January 6, 2012 at 2:52 AM
- L said...
You have such great skin Vanessa. I think your this is a classic & clean look (minus the red lips; I agree w/ your decision to not wear it on your day). Look forward to see what other looks you come up with!
- January 11, 2012 at 11:26 PM
- Diamond in the Ruff said...
looks beautiful
- January 24, 2012 at 6:50 PM
- Darling Diana said...
This is so elegant and gorgeous like totally old hollywood, love that the veil was thrifty!
- January 29, 2012 at 5:32 AM
- Carolin said...
Wow, you look really really cute and the makeup is beautiful!
- January 31, 2012 at 10:15 AM
- Rina said...
aw beautiful!
- February 3, 2012 at 6:39 AM
- Starr Looks said...
verry pretty!!!
- February 16, 2012 at 7:20 PM
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- February 22, 2012 at 7:32 AM
- imobsessedwithnails said...
Hey! I'm your new follower! I love this look for your wedding! Can't wait to see what else you come up with. Love your blog so far, I peeked around, it looks really thorough!
- February 25, 2012 at 8:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
So pretty!
- March 8, 2012 at 9:48 AM
- University Outfitters said...
love love love your blog!
- March 10, 2012 at 11:59 PM
- a.w. said...
Good luck on your wedding day tomorrow!
- March 24, 2012 at 5:17 PM
- jamie said...
classic...love it! :)
- April 7, 2012 at 8:13 AM
- lehhhbabe said...
Love it, reminds me of a pin up girl almost.
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- April 8, 2012 at 12:39 AM
- Emma-Lou said...
This is so beautiful. Love the lippy!
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- April 11, 2012 at 5:30 AM
- andiamoranto said...
You look more of a doll here! I love your eyes, cheeks, lips.. the whole thing! Very nice! <3
- April 11, 2012 at 5:16 PM
- alana said...
Hey Vanessa! This Wedding look experiment has really worked. It's simple and so lovely.I wonder what skincare products do you use, your skin is fresh and glowing! Simply Gorgeous!!
- April 18, 2012 at 7:04 AM
- Alana Mitchell - skincare tips said...
Hey Vanessa!! This Wedding look experiment has really worked. It's simple and so lovely.I wonder what skincare tips do you use, your skin is fresh ang glowing! Simply Gorgeous!!!
- April 26, 2012 at 1:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
Absolutely stunning. Love it. :)
- May 13, 2012 at 5:35 AM
- Monica Lynn said...
i love the eyes!
- June 2, 2012 at 8:28 PM

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Q: What's the point & purpose of this FAQ?
A: Short & simple answers for people who want a quick fix. You don't need to have followed the beta changes since day one. This is for those who didn't read everything on EJ, didn't pour over changes and just want to know what the heck is going on.
Q: You're wrong! My research says blah!
A: Maybe. And if so, point it out and I'll correct it. But I warn you - I do a lot of research and I'm good at it.
Q: But what about 5-mans? Or PvP?
A: I don't care. This is for bears who are MTing 10 and 25-man content, especially 25-man. It is probably suboptimal for other choices.
Q: You smell, and I hate you!
A: Enjoy the WoW forums then. I get flamed over there all the time too.
Q: You don't talk about trash mobs, enchants, or detailed gear selection!
A: Nope, this is quick and dirty. I've talked about professions, gear choices, various good stats and other things elsewhere.
Q: You're just repeating stuff on EJ, Tankspot, and Toskk's forums!
A: Largely yes. That's kind of the point - I do the reading so you don't have to.
Mechanics & play changes:
Q: What rotation do I use?
A@80: For single target it's mangle when it's available, lacerate if there is no lacerate on the target, swipe when it's available, pulverize to keep the buff up after 3 lacerates, lacerate otherwise. Faerie fire if you're in a low-rage situation. Maul if you're in a high rage situation. For multitarget it's largely the same, save that you should prioritize spreading lacerates around to proc more mangles if possible. And start the pull by thornsing yourself.
Q: Pulverize is that good?
A: Yep. Pulverize helps with more savage defense, helps with rage, and does a good amount of damage by itself.
Q: So no more faerie fire?
A: Faerie fire costs no rage but isn't that great in terms of threat any more, at least not compared to lacerate.
Q: Wait - so what happened to mangle? What's the new berserk thing?
A: Berserk now gives a 30% chance to your lacerate ticks to reset mangle's CD. There isn't an improved mangle any more - but the lacerate ticks mean that you have a good chance to get extra mangles if you're paying attention. That means lacerate should be up all the time (it should be the first thing you do after pulverize) and ideally you should pulverize only right after a lacerate tick.
Q: So the magic number for defense was 156 defense rating or 103 resilience rating before. What is it now?
A: 0. Bear form & Thick Hide automatically take care of being uncrittable.
Q: What are the new cooldowns bears have?
A: Survival instincts has changed to be a true shield wall - 60% reduction every 5 minutes. Barkskin is unchanged. Frenzied Regeneration (with the glyph) is now sort of like the old survival instincts but doesn't increase your current health unless you're very low, but adds the guardian spirit ability. All are very strong.
Q: Okay, those are pretty big changes - what else has happened?
Q: Anything else?
A: Vengeance is pretty neat for bears. Especially since Vengeance combines with Savage Defense to make blocking kinda ridiculous at times.
Q: Where's all my extra armor?
A: On leather, extra armor is long gone. On nonleather there's a bug that removed a lot of it; it should return soon.
Q: So what, we're supposed to wear rogue leather?
A: Yep.
Q: That sucks!
A: Not really, not any more. Most leather pieces have as much stamina as plate pieces do. It's not nearly as bad as it used to be.
Q: What rogue leather is best then? It's got all these weird-ass stats...
A: The only stats that help mitigation/avoidance directly that are on rogue leather are agility, stamina and mastery. Crit somewhat helps make more savage defense procs, as does hit and expertise, but they aren't big deals. And agility is huge now.
Q: But doesn't that mean PvP gear has the best stats for tanking then?
A: Yep! At least it has the best mitigation/avoidance stats. The PvE gear is better for threat. Sadly this hasn't changed in 4 years either.
Q: So great...I have to pvp now, don't I?
A: Not really. It may give you a small advantage, but since you can't reforge resilience away it loses a lot of item budget.
Q: What about the non-leather items?
A: This is sort of a tough one. On the one hand, the tanking non-leather items can have extra armor. On the other hand, the DPS ones have agility and more threat, which can give more boosts. I'd recommend taking the non-leather tanking pieces with + armor when they exist, take the tanking trinkets that give stamina and armor, but look for high-agility and high-mastery jewelry otherwise.
Q: So defense is gone...what does that mean for gear?
A: It means look for gear with armor, agility, mastery, and dodge. Strength is okay but not thrilling.
Q: How about gems?
A: Stamina is still the king. Agility is better than it was before, but avoidance still isn't thriling compared to the gains you get from stamina.
Q: You have mongoose on your tanking staff?
A: Sadly Mongoose is still the best bear enchant at 80. At 85 there are going to be better ones, at least.
Q: Okay...what about other enchants?
A: In general, go for stamina and agility, then avoidance.
Q: There don't seem to be a lot of options for bears.
A: That's not a question, but yeah, you're right. Most of the talents that are somewhat situational are either completely suicidal (King of the Jungle) or just aren't useful for bears at all (like Nurturing Instinct). Your options come down to brutal impact, infected wounds or stampede, basically. Of those I'd recommend skipping stampede, as it's only useful at the start of a fight.
Q: What about natural shapeshifter/master shapeshifter?
A: Master shapeshifter would be good if it were only 2 points, but it's essentially 3. And natural shapeshifter is worthless. There's not a lot else to spend your points on, though.
Q: King of the Jungle?
A: One of the best cat talents, but only meh for bears. Nice for an early threat lead but not all that useful otherwise. And threat really isn't that big of a concern right now. Still, get it if you plan on doing any decent amount of kitty.
Other choices:
Q: What Inscriptions?
A: Mangle, Berserk, Lacerate, Frenzied Regeneration and Feral Charge. Also Challenging Roar. I'd recommend swapping between the rebirth and the thorns glyph for the third major.
Q: What professions?
A: Too early to tell, but my guess is jewelcrafting (since it's useful for all specs of druid) and either leatherworking or engineering.
Q: If I'm taking all these bear talents, how do I dps as a cat?
A: Much better than before. The main cat talent you don't have is King of the Jungle, but your shreds, rakes, and rips all hit fairly hard. You also are missing out on glyphs which hurts, but it's much better than it was before.
Q: Wow...you're a sexy theorycrafter. You're so smart when you explain things. Where can I find
A: EJ forums on Cataclysm Feral druids - the big one.
Combat Ratings at 85, which talks about diminishing returns
Beta forums, which kind of suck right now
MMO Champion, which has the latest updates on specs and talents
Rawr, the best damn optimizer on the planet.
Plus a whole ton of places that I can't be bothered to mention.


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Woodstock didn't just bring together some of the most important musical acts of the late 1960s: It showed that a music festival could be a truly historic event.
These days, leave any pasture open long enough and someone will start setting up amps and concession stands. The outdoor music festival is ubiquitous in 2013. But so far, there has been no Woodstock for comedy.
Well, two intrepid organizers are trying to change that. Their names? Kyle Gass and Jack Black — or, as you might know them, Tenacious D. The acoustic duo, known for its absurdist delivery and reverence of all things metal, is the organizing force behind Festival Supreme, which will take over the Santa Monica Pier in California next weekend.
On the bill are some comedy legends — Eric Idle of Monty Python, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross of Mr. Show — as well as some of the performers known for incorporating music into comedy, such as Adam Sandler and Reggie Watts.
Jack Black and Kyle Gass recently joined weekends on All Things Considered host Arun Rath in the studios of NPR West in Culver City, and brought along their acoustic guitars. Hear their conversation and performance at the audio link.
If you're just joining us, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR West. I'm Arun Rath.
RATH: Woodstock, of course, brought together some of the most important musical acts of the late 1960s, and it turned music festivals into historic events. These days, though, if you leave any pasture open long enough, some hipster will start setting up amps and concession stands. The outdoor musical festival is everywhere. But so far, there's been no Woodstock of comedy. Well, two intrepid young organizers are trying to change all that, their names, Kyle Gass and Jack Black. You might know them as...
RATH: Tenacious D has organized an all-star comedy festival for next weekend at the Santa Monica Pier here in California. It's called Festival Supreme. And I'm proud to welcome Jack Black and Kyle Gass into the studio. Welcome.
: Hey, you bet. You've got thousands of people here. No, it's just Kyle.
KYLE GASS: To-do-do.
: Thank you. That was a tremendous introduction. Thank you.
RATH: Wow. It's intense, the raw animal metal energy in this room. I don't know if NPR's ever experienced this before.
GASS: You could cut it with a spoon.
: I also appreciate you comparing our little festival to Woodstock. That is what we were going for.
RATH: Well, let's start. How - is that a fair comparison, the Woodstock comparison?
GASS: Well, it's funny. We almost named our festival Woodcomedy.
: No, we didn't. But it is fair in that it's the first of its kind, in our opinion. There hasn't been a real great comedy music festival that I know of, ever, not even a bad one. Forget great one.
GASS: I think there's been some great musical comedy festivals.
: Yeah, that's different. That's why we say comedy music.
GASS: Ah.
: Not to be - there will be no, you know, Oklahoma songs that I know of.
GASS: Yeah. Right.
: Although we didn't tell any of the artists what to do. They may break into some musical theater.
RATH: And it's an insane lineup of some brilliantly funny people. I mean, I can't even read them all off. Tim and Eric will be there, the Mr. Show experience, Sarah Silverman, Zach Galifianakis, Adam Sandler is - he doesn't really perform much anymore, right?
: No. But, you know, he's one of the forefathers of comedy music. He wrote some incredibly funny songs on "Saturday Night Live," so we invited him. And he - we too are surprised. He was like, yeah, I'm game.
RATH: Think we'll hear anything new from him?
: He did say that he was going to be working up some new jams. We'll see. Our policy was just invite the geniuses and don't tell them what to do. Just tell them how long they have. But it's a four-stage event. There's going to be an open-air stage where all the rock bands and the big band things will happen. Like Maya Rudolph is going to be there with her band Princess, which is all Prince covers but done really hilariously.
RATH: Right. They do a great Darling Nikki.
: You know.
RATH: What one brilliant person who sings that I - there's just one name that jumps out of this list, I was amazed you were able to get...
RATH: ...Eric Idle.
GASS: Yeah.
RATH: We should say for people who are cave dwellers, possibly, Eric Idle from Monty Python...
: Yes.
RATH: ...responsible for some of the best songs...
: That's right.
RATH: ...created "Spamalot."
: That's right.
RATH: How did that happen?
: That was a huge get. I sent him an email and just basically told him that he was my hero and that we loved him and that we were doing this thing. And I made it sound as attractive as possible. You know, there's going to be delicious foods. There's going to be, you know, the greatest comedians in the world there. And it wouldn't be complete without him because he has definitely written some of the funniest songs in the history of comedy. And he responded with a positive. He was like, yeah, let's do this, to my shock.
GASS: The power of Jack's emails cannot be underestimated.
: I do have a very seductive power with my emails. I can get anyone to do almost anything.
RATH: Maybe you can write an email for us. We can get President Obama on the show. We could use you as a - you could be a great booker, Jack Black. You're wasting it on rock and comedy.
: You really want to get Barack - you want to get Barack Obama on the - has that been something you've been trying to do for a long time?
RATH: Can you do that for us?
: I can get that done.
GASS: Yeah, Barry, he's an old pal.
RATH: What you do, though, I mean, this is - like I said, this is an insane lineup. You...
GASS: It's a veritable who's who.
RATH: How much have you guys - I mean, is it you guys working the phones, or how did you pull it together?
GASS: I wasn't joking about the emails.
: We emailed everyone. And basically, the trick is you tell everyone everyone else is already in. It's a dirty trick. And then they say: Oh, well, if they're doing it, I want to do it too.
: I don't know if that's entirely kosher, but you do what you got to do.
RATH: So you're playing competitive comics off of each other and - yeah.
GASS: Hey, well you're making it sound worse than it might be.
RATH: So this is a comedy and music festival. And I believe you, gentlemen, have your guitars with you.
GASS: What?
RATH: Yeah.
GASS: Do we happen to have our guitars?
RATH: Happen to.
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During the week my kids do their version of cleaning in their rooms. It's notsomuch clean, but at least everything is kind of shoved out of the way. You know, clean folded clothes under the bed where you can't see them. Dirty laundry on the floor of the closet. Old food items in the toy safe. This is how my husband cleans. He figures if you can't see it, it's clean. To that end, he makes sure that anything left sitting out, gets either shoved in a closet or thrown out. Ta da! Clean! He stinks at that part of cleaning. On the other hand, he's good at the scrubbing part of cleaning, so I can't complain. Or rather, I shouldn't complain, even though I still do. He'll clean the bathroom, wash the floors, vacuum, clean the kitchen, and yes, he even does windows. I hate doing that stuff. I do it, but I don't like it. In an absurd sort of way, I enjoy the organizing kind of cleaning. Putting everything away where it belongs. Videos on the shelf, game pieces with the right game in the right box, Barbies in the doll box, Hot Wheels in the car box. Misc. food and other garbage in the trash. I don't think my husband gets the way I clean. In order to clean a room, I have to first destroy it. Does anyone else do this? I clear out all the junk that's not where it's supposed to be and scoop it into a pile. Then I carefully make sure everything gets back to its proper home.
Today I had this brilliant idea. I decided to pull the carpeting out of the girls' room. It's nasty and stained. God only knows what kind of stuff has been spilled in there over the years. There's a giant blue drawing of a potato person in the middle of the floor courtesy of Clay. It's been shampooed and extracted a hundred times. Every time it's cleaned, I think it attracts even more dirt. It was time to get rid of it. I'm glad I took it out, but boy, was that a project and a half.
So I managed to get the house fairly clean today. It no longer looked like a tornado had hit it. By early afternoon it only looked like a small wrestling match had taken place here. And then the kids got home from school. While I was ripping out carpeting, they were busy redecorating in the Early American Tornado period. When I came out of the girls' room and saw the disaster that was once the family room, I lost it. I had my little tirade, then sat down with a magazine and told the kids that they were cleaning the family room while I rested and read my magazine.
Why is it that kids suddenly act all stupid when you ask them to do something? My son had been giving me all sorts of details on these video games he wants for Christmas. He knew everything about them. My other son had just been reciting copious amounts of information on the care and feeding of chameleons. However, when it came to cleaning up the room, this is what I heard.
KIDS: What should we do?
ME: Clean it up.
KIDS: But how (whine whine whine)
ME: Figure it out.
KIDS: Where does this book go?
ME: The same place it's been for the last ten years.
KIDS: Well, I don't know where it goes!
ME: On the bookshelf!
KIDS: OK, can we go now?
ME: Is it clean yet?
KIDS: I think so.
ME: You picked up one book. Do you see all the other
KIDS: Yeah, but I didn't get it out.
ME: I didn't eat your dinner, yet I cooked it for you. I washed the dishes. I didn't wear your clothes, yet I washed, dried, and folded them for you. CLEAN IT UP!
KIDS: OK, I put two things away. Can I go now?
ME: Yeah, you can go. You can go to bed if cleaning this one room is too hard for you.
Meanwhile, the three year old is blasting off into space because well, because that's what he does. The one year old is walking around with a juice box that she grabbed off the table and is squirting juice from the straw all over the place.
Guess how much of that magazine I read?
I think, from now on, I'll just leave it messy until they're all in college.


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Monday, October 1, 2007
"Inside NEXTEL Cup" Misses Schrader And Biffle
There was no doubt that lots of former fans of Inside NEXTEL Cup on SPEED decided to give this show another try on Monday night. There were two reasons for them to believe that this episode of the long-running series would be top-notch.
Panelist Greg Biffle had won the NEXTEL Cup race in Kansas in very controversial style. Comments televised nationally by both Jimmie Johnson and Clint Bowyer questioned whether Biffle had kept reasonable speed behind the pace car or had run out of gas. Should he have won? INC had the one man who could answer that question. Unfortunately, on this Monday Biffle had other plans.
Original show veteran Kenny Schrader was one of the key stories of the race. His decision to run three-wide alongside fellow panelist Michael Waltrip resulted in a collision that deeply affected The Chase for the Championship race. It was going to be interesting to hear what he had to say.
When Dave Despain appeared on-camera, he introduced at least two of the panelists. Seated alongside Despain were Michael Waltrip and Brian Vickers. On the seat between them was the lifesize Little Debbie display cut-out of Kenny Schrader. That did not bode well for a Schrader appearance. It seems that Schrader had other plans as well.
After Little Debbie was removed, Despain introduced David Reutimann, who would join the panel for this show. There was little doubt from the outset that Reutimann was out of his league with the pace of this program, but he held his own by using his real life good-natured attitude.
This mix proved to be interesting, as Waltrip and Despain handled the bulk of the show, and Vickers filled-in the blanks. Once again, Vickers and Waltrip seem to have mended fences, and worked well together. This left one role for Reutimann, which was to agree with everything that everyone said.
With an action-packed race like Kansas, the format of the program worked perfectly. Viewers saw all the issues and incidents of the race along with the Tony Stewart incident from practice. The panel also addressed the post-race issues raised by Jimmie Johnson and Clint Bowyer.
Waltrip spoke plainly about several incidents, including the Dale Junior vs. Kurt Busch accident. He also took some time out to focus some good-natured needling on Jack Roush and his work neighborhood of Livonia, Michigan. Vickers once again made his way thought the show with a much more mature personality than viewers had known in the past.
Dave Despain was a bit flustered, and several times lost his place. You just don't see that type of thing on the air too often when the show is taped. As The Daly Planet mentioned in a previous article, Despain's nervous laughter is gone, and in several weeks viewers might just find out why.
Hopefully, the original panel including Biffle will be on-hand after the huge Talladega race that already has news and personality stories building five days before the race itself. The next program in this series will be huge.
No matter what the outcome, someone in management has gotten their hands on this show and put things in order. Gone is the sniping and the control issues, and back in vogue is the good-natured fun and the driver comments that add to the understanding of what happened on the track.
That feeling for viewers only comes from hearing the information from the people who lived it. Everything changes when most of the panelists just came back from driving in the race. This week, despite the two missing "regulars," all the information and experience of the previous weekend was on display in a solid program.
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41 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I agree. This was a good and solid show.
- October 1, 2007 at 10:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
I hope the news explains why the nervous part is gone for Despain, not the laughter.
- October 1, 2007 at 10:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
I don't want the laughter gone either.
Then again, I LIKE DESPAIN on here unlike many.
Course, if they brought in John Roberts or got AB back, that might be ok with the same panel.
JD has me on the edge of my seat with his despain comment.
(I hate surprises :( )
- October 1, 2007 at 11:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
"Despain's nervous laughter is gone".
Dave was hinting at retirement, but I thought that was about two years out.
Despain is serving a life sentence from within the walls of NASCAR television, and I'm sure he would love to trash the set -- kicking Waltrip square in the head.
The show is boring, and one must ask -- how many recap shows do we really need?
- October 2, 2007 at 12:54 AM
- jfs-va said...
Like others, I was eagerly awaiting this show to hear what Biffle had to say along with Schrader.
It was still ok, but obviously much was missing without those two there. Reut was there, that's about it. Clearly he was not going to say anything controversial.
Waltrip dominated but I actually didn't mind it as much this time because to some extent he had to do it. I liked how they made fun of Jeff Burton and his fender and also brought a different perspective to what Jr did to Shrub.
Things are sure heating up in the Chase and while this show was ok, it could have been alot better with all the regulars.
- October 2, 2007 at 7:36 AM
- Busch Series Fan! said...
I enjoyed the show last night. Mikey wasn't his usual spouting self. I would have really like to hear Biffle's story about pulling into the grass!!!! Reut was thrown in and seemed to do ok but he needs more experience to stand up to the other 3.
- October 2, 2007 at 7:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
Based on how Kenny's been treated this year, I wouldn't be surprised if his new attitude is, "I'll do what I want when I want."
- October 2, 2007 at 8:31 AM
- Anonymous said...
I didn't see his "Livonia" comments as good natured, especially after he'd already slammed Jack once...Mike calling him a whiner is surely the pot calling the kettle black...and reeks of his usual Toyota vs. 'the others' jealousy...(and I personally don't care much about manufacturers.) I'd rather hear Jack whine than Michael's usually 'suck up to NASCAR' slant, but that's just me (and I get that they have to be careful about slamming NASCAR, which is their associate employer, after all.)
Other than that, it was okay--a little boring for me without Ken. And aren't we all a little tired of Mike ragging on the fans of WT? I like the show, and I'm not 'angry', but obviously people who call in to ANY talk show are going to be the ones the most upset, duh. They ought to give Dave his 2 hour Wind Tunnel back. And get Alan back on this show.
- October 2, 2007 at 10:04 AM
- Anonymous said...
And aren't we all a little tired of Mike ragging on the fans of WT?
No, and sometimes I think Despain would like to rag on them, too.
- October 2, 2007 at 10:09 AM
- Anonymous said...
As long as Michael is on this program, it's a tanker. If he could just get his ego in control, the program might be worth watching. You might as well have a member of Nascar as a panelist.
- October 2, 2007 at 10:34 AM
- Anonymous said...
What's wrong with having someone who agrees with NASCAR on the show? I didn't realize the title was, "Slam NASCAR."
- October 2, 2007 at 10:38 AM
- Anonymous said...
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- October 2, 2007 at 11:33 AM
- Don said...
I thought this was the most boring INC yet, I missed Schrader And Biffle, Mikey I can take or leave, but Biff has grown into a pretty good part of the show, and it seems to me every time they bring on a new driver, he is sort of left sitting there more as a prop.
- October 2, 2007 at 11:51 AM
- Anonymous said...
to anonymous 10:38--there is a huge area in-between slamming NASCAR and sucking up...as I said, I don't expect anyone to seriously criticize a 'sort of' employer. But the 'NASCAR is always right' thing gets a bit old. He admits he has reservations about the Biffle thing, I'll give him that, but at times he defends them to the point of absurdity. Even NASCAR will come out and admit it makes mistakes (and they have a difficult job; most of the time I agree with them.) But Michael acts like the viewers need to be scolded by his superior knowledge of them as if we're ignorant little children...it's just arrogant.
and anonymous 10:09--you DO have a point, lol! I like it for the interviews, not necessarily the callers...
(from anonymous 10:04)
- October 2, 2007 at 11:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
It was a good show. If you watched Windtunnel on Sunday, Dave did say that David and Brian were going to be on INC. And Mikey slamming Jimmy Spencer (but not naming him specifically) outrageous!
- October 2, 2007 at 12:09 PM
- Lisa Hogan said...
Nice little tease. So, what is happening in a few weeks?
I would hope that the announcement that INC ,sans Despain, will be back next season with the regular panel.
Although, with my luck, the new host would probably be someone else who mistakenly thinks they are the star of the show. Like Steve Byrnes.
- October 2, 2007 at 12:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'm a Waltrip fan and watch the show mostly to get his take on the race, but I too was very disapointed to see Schrader and Biffle MIA. I think the chemistry between Biffle, Schrader and Waltrip has gotten very good and the show provides a very entertaining recap of Sunday's events. Even as a Waltrip fan I can agree that his attempts to be goofy and funny get a little tiresome sometimes. But the banter between Michael and Kenny is often priceless. Better than most network sitcoms.
- October 2, 2007 at 1:00 PM
- pogeyboat said...
if you were looking at mikey when he went on about roush and several other things you quickly saw that it was anything but "good natured" ribbing. mikey does have a bit of an evil streak. his constant suck up to nascar is getting old,old,old. a lot less of mikey would be a very good thing. hasn't anyone noticed how the show tends to flow easily without mikey,everyone is more relaxed, especially dave.
- October 2, 2007 at 1:01 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
Monday night's show was OK - but no where near the average when JB and Alan Bestwick were on the show. However, even as damaged by the SPEED geniuses, INSIDE NC is stillALWAYS better than anything on ESPN with Erik Klueless.
- October 2, 2007 at 1:49 PM
- Mike24 said...
This show was ok but nothing to write home about. Im not a Mikey fan to say the least but I thought it was funny when he made a refrence about the Track Side post race show. He was of course talking about Jimmy Spencer taking issue with NASCAR re-starting the race after the red flag due to rain. Spencer was quite irate that NASCAR would restart the race knowing they couldnt finish it before dark. I couldnt figure that one out. What a crock!! Fans pay to see as much of the race as possible Spencer get with the program. I only wished Michael would have pursued the subject further but at least he brought it up.
- October 2, 2007 at 1:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
everyone is more relaxed, especially dave.
Then get rid of Dave.
Bestwick had no problem with Mikey--they got along great.
- October 2, 2007 at 2:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
I haven't seen this show for some time, basically because of Despain & Waltrip...Can't understand why they can't get someone that actually likes stock car racing to host the show...as far as Jimmy Spencer's comments, I thought it was strange too and the only thing I can think of is that he seems to be a huge T. Stewart suck up and when the race was red flagged , Tony was leading and it would have given Stewart a huge advantage in the points if they would not have got back on the track....
- October 2, 2007 at 3:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
If Waltrip could race as good as he talks he would have won a few championships by now.
- October 2, 2007 at 3:50 PM
- Anonymous said...
Why is it, MW's name can NEVER be brought up without people getting meanspirited and hateful. It's like people have a fixation on kicking him ALL THE TIME.
it seems to be encouraged here and I do not get it. lots of drivers I do not like but never get so personal as people do with Mikey.
And Jr is the same deal.
I think people are just miserable in their own lives they can only feel better when chopping down others.
Besides, we have all seen bosses in management that have NOT made it on skill but either good BS or great personality. If Jr and MW can do that, more power to them.
That said, Despain clearly said who was on INC monday, on WT, and he has never been wrong yet. No clue why SPEED website was used unless they wanted more people to tune in so they lied.
Should've had on Bif and KS to liven it up.
- October 2, 2007 at 4:04 PM
- Anonymous said...
If Waltrip could race as good as he talks he would have won a few championships by now.
Yep. So?
- October 2, 2007 at 4:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
I watched last weeks show and it was very good. Schrader is an untapped talent, he is really smart , witty, and funny when he gets to talk.I started to watch this weeks show and ran into the big mouth, shameless sponsor plugger and poor excuse for a so called comedian Waltrip, and as much as I like NASCAR and racing in general,I could not watch.I don't know what people see in him, but I also thought O.J. was guilty also.Please send him to his shop on Mondays to improve his teams performance and replace him with anybody except his brother!!
- October 2, 2007 at 4:42 PM
- Anonymous said...
Here we go, with the Michael Waltrip bashing again.
He's been on the show for ten years.
People like him.
Deal with it.
- October 2, 2007 at 4:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
Dale Jr. wrecked Kurt Busch too?
- October 2, 2007 at 5:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
I agree with another post on here-I'd like to see Allen Bestwick hosting a show. He's one of the best out there and is rarely on the air these days. Same with Krista Voda. She's relegated to trucks now which is fine-I like the trucks-but she's so personable and self-effacing.
- October 2, 2007 at 10:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
I love David R. and will make a point of watching Trackside if he is on. He seemed nervous at the beginning of the show, but by the end he was relaxed and being his usual up-beat self.
Contrary to what some others may say, I think that, after the pitiful start, DeSpain has been pulling for Mikey.
- October 2, 2007 at 11:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
interesting fact: Clint bowyer said on NASCAR Now he watches Inside Nextel Cup.
- October 3, 2007 at 12:12 AM
- Anonymous said...
Despain is best on Wind Tunnel where he can bash NASCAR ... But, since he doesn't even watch the NASCAR races, it's idiotic of News Corp to have him host a show about NASCAR ... But, SPEED has turned into a junk pile since Chris Long showed up and started making changes to everything under the sun (including firing Allen Bestwick & Johnny Benson) ...
This week's show was lame ... No in-car or head-on video from the restart prior to the "Big One" which did NOT exonerate Mikey (How convenient that particular footage vanished) ... Reutimann added nothing ... Vickers is too hard to understand & has a bad hairdo/facial hair that creep me out ... Three toyota drivers is too lopsided in their personal biases, esp when two are on the same team & one is the owner ...
How could Biffle been at a birthday party for his brother-in-law ... unless it's his sister-in-law's brother (IF she even has one) or Nicole's brother (& Nicole's not married to Biff yet)??
SPEED has consistently dropped the ball this season by not having all three "experts" of Mikey/Schrader/Biff being on every show ... Throw in the wasted time at the front of the show used in the opening tease as well as the poll, emails, photo giveaway and you've lost a lot of time that could've been used to review stuff during any & all of the races ...
It would so much nicer if the show was on the amount of times that like it used to be ... The noon Tuesday airing was sometimes a lot easier to catch than the 5/9pm Monday airings on the West Coast ...
- October 3, 2007 at 4:26 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Krista Voda hosting INC, there is an interesting thought. Good comment.
- October 3, 2007 at 9:37 AM
- Anonymous said...
I hadn't seen this show in a long time, but happened to catch a little bit Monday night. What's wrong with Michael Waltrip? I always liked him, and he was always a little nuts, but in a fun harmless way. He started in on some subject that I don't even remember now, maybe he was objecting to some fan opinion somewhere, but it was this incoherent angry babbling that really made him seem like he was on drugs or just mentally had lost it. It was really uncomfortable to watch.
- October 3, 2007 at 11:12 AM
- SophiaZ123 said...
I feel like you and I watched two different INC's monday night?
But I take it by your tone, you have mixed feelings on Mikey. I thought he was fine and fun with vickers and Reut was good when he spoke up.
STILL the show MAJORLY missed the boat by not having Sniffles and KS there.
When Dave announced on WT who was on the show I IMMEDIATELY was disappointed. I like Mikey but TWO KEY PLAYERS were going to be missing in lieu of the crash AND the most talked about controversial finish in memory.
Wonder if the outcome of the race woulda been the same if Robby Gordon was in da Bif's place. That we shall never know.
NASCAR already erased their Etch-A-Sketch rule du jour.
- October 3, 2007 at 4:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
How could Biffle been at a birthday party for his brother-in-law ... unless it's his sister-in-law's brother (IF she even has one) or Nicole's brother (& Nicole's not married to Biff yet)??
Uh, if biffle has a sister and his sister has a husband then that would be his brother-in-law.
You get it now????? Are you from Kentucky?
- October 3, 2007 at 8:50 PM
- Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Despain is best on Wind Tunnel where he can bash NASCAR ... But, since he doesn't even watch the NASCAR races, it's idiotic of News Corp to have him host a show about NASCAR
October 3, 2007 4:26 AM
How can you say that with out facts? Are you in his office on Sundays? Every episode of INC, he makes comments about the race broadcast, that prove he actually watched the race broadcast!!
...check you facts before you type...
I agree he is not a favorite among NASCAR fans, but even on his show Wind Tunnel, he slams down crazy conspiracies theories against NASCAR.
- October 3, 2007 at 9:33 PM
- Andrew S. said...
Original show veteran Kenny Schrader was one of the key stories of the race. His decision to run three-wide alongside fellow panelist Michael Waltrip resulted in a collision that deeply affected The Chase for the Championship race. It was going to be interesting to hear what he had to say.
Nice spin, too bad it was Mikey who made it three wide and got into Schrader.
- October 4, 2007 at 4:15 PM
- Andrew S. said...
And for those who care, the mother of Ken's business partner at I-55 Raceway passed away and the funeral was on Monday.
- October 4, 2007 at 4:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
Biffle doesn't have a sister ... He's got a brother ...
Despain reads the race threads at the Speedtv boards ... So do Mikey and other Speed on-air talent ...
- October 4, 2007 at 5:58 PM
- hairyjim said...
Put a fork in AB - he'll never get back to the booth, much less host another show. DD does a good job on both shows. KS is what makes INC. MW is still funny, but Toyota has changed him for the worse, especially now that Gibbs is in the mix. MW needs to get out of the car.
Roush is dead on about Toyota outspending everybody, predicting exactly that, long ago. Doesn't make him any less a whiner, of course ...
Anybody besides me see Biffle steering side to side to pick up fuel, before dropping down? Any other time, I'd call it scrubbing tires for restart. It's not in any of the replays.
I'm not thrilled he lied about running out of gas ...
- October 5, 2007 at 1:48 AM


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Virginia Farr, of Mountain View Retirement Community in Ashland, passed away peacefully May 1, 2013 with her two daughters by her side. She moved to Oregon in 2001 after living in San Francisco where she was Director of the International Visitors' Center for 10 years, retiring in 1990. Virginia spent many weekends and vacations in Sonoma, Calif. on the Westerbeke Family Ranch. She also traveled throughout the world with friends, family, and colleagues, carrying paints and journals to record adventures in Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. She was a devoted member of the Rogue Valley Center for Spiritual Living in Medford.
Virginia was born July 25, 1921 to Franklin and Gladys Grist of Minneapolis, Minn. Most of her childhood was spent in Appleton, Wis. with three younger siblings. She graduated with a design degree from Northwestern University in 1944, and married Bill Farr, a Navy Lieutenant with whom she ran a record and music store. They raised two girls in Wisconsin, and later Connecticut and New York City with summers on the Maine coast.
She will be missed by daughters, Linda Farr Darling, of Vancouver, BC, Canada and Sara Farr, of Chicago, Ill.; her sons-in-law, Murray Ross and Lin Brehmer; her beloved grandson, Wilson Brehmer; as well as her sister, Louise; her brother, Jim and his wife, Mary; her sister-in-law, Judy; and 10 nieces and nephews (several, like Julie, who were as close as her children) and their families, along with many friends who brought joy and love into her beautiful life.
Friends will gather in remembrance with music at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Mountain View Retirement. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that friends who would like to remember Virginia send donations to the charity of their choice.


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Photographer Eugene Richards had several reasons to visit the Arkansas Delta 40 years after his initial visit.
"I went back, ostensibly, to look at the culture and see if there was anything left of it," he says. Or at least — that was the pitch he gave National Geographic magazine, in hopes that it would send him there, which it did. You can see the story in the magazine's November issue.
Richards' real motivation for returning, though, he tells NPR host Jacki Lyden, was a bit more personal. He wanted to see what he could remember — to fill the ineluctable void in memory that comes with age.
"Every once in a while, in all of our lives, the void becomes a little overwhelming and you try to fill it. So I went back trying to fill an emptiness," he says. "I found that I couldn't even find the places that I knew profoundly."
Richards struggled to find the places he had known so well — for two reasons. Primarily because, as the National Geographic article explains, the segregated sharecropping culture that once typified the region has been all but eclipsed by industrial farming.
"Everything [still] exists, but on a smaller scale. The churches exist," he says, "but they might have six people — where they might have been jammed before."
The challenge of digging up old haunts was even harder for Richards, though, because of his issues with memory. He suffered a serious head injury when he was younger. And though he rarely talks about it (because, in his mind, who wants to hire an injured photographer?), it has had a serious impact on his life.
"One of my reasons to go back was that I was embarrassed by it — that I couldn't remember my years there," he says.
Ultimately, though, perhaps it's a futile effort. Even those who remember everything can't control the way things change. The fact is, memories might remain intact, but people and places rarely do.
When the photographer Eugene Richards was a young man, he left Massachusetts for the Arkansas Delta where he volunteered in the small city of Augusta. Though segregated and even dangerous, the Delta still had vibrant local traditions, which he documented with his camera. Decades later, industrial farming has emptied the Delta geographically, and, as he found through his lens, almost spiritually.
That's what was depicted in Richards's recent photo essay for National Geographic when he went back after 40 years. When we spoke, I asked him about first coming to Augusta, Arkansas.
EUGENE RICHARDS: It was a sharecropper culture, and there's a little romantization of things. You've got to be very, very careful because the people there were very poor and sometimes actually extremely hungry - lack of food, nutrition, all kinds of tragic underpinnings. But on the other hand, there was a spiritual largeness. And what we talked about is all the times, poor as people were, they always wanted - they were working their butts off in order for their kids to have a better life.
LYDEN: Right. I think it says in the National Geographic article that at the time, the per capita income of the people there was about $68 a year.
RICHARDS: Mm-hmm.
LYDEN: And, of course, we're talking just 40 years ago, not 100 years ago. So as you returned for this article with National Geographic in which you shot these wonderful pictures, what was flashing through your mind?
RICHARDS: I went back for a couple of reasons. I went back ostensibly - and this is what I persuaded the editors - to look at the culture and if there was anything left of it and had a lot of trouble, initially. Asked what it was like, I found out that I couldn't even find the places that I knew.
LYDEN: You mean they'd been wiped off the map?
RICHARDS: Yes. The sharecrop existence. The houses they lived in, the land they lived in has changed profoundly. The houses, they looked like, you know, the great Mississippi had washed them all away. They're gone. I recall the - one of the first times that I went back there, I went out on a road and there was these three houses that I used to visit regularly. It took me a long time to find the place that they were because now the old wooden bridge was now concrete bridge, on and on and on. But I found it, and I went around with my hands - it was early morning - and feeling around to try to find some remnant of these houses.
And I remember I couldn't find anything. And behind me, when I turned around - it was one of the nifty days in the Delta morning - there was a 40-year-old man standing there. That's what I figured he was. And I - he said: What are you doing? And I says: I'm trying to find - there was a plantation here and these houses are here. And he said: I lived here my whole life, and they've never been here. So there's a - in other words - and I know that they were. So there's a denial of a lifestyle. But it's also, on the other hand, the manifestations of that lifestyle were gone.
LYDEN: Yeah. Wow.. One of these pictures that you have - speaking of that place where the imagination borders and bleeds into reality - is a picture of ruby red slippers, as worn by Dorothy, and they're inside a Lucite box. And you write that they glowed like broken glass. Tell us about taking that picture, please.
RICHARDS: There were three little houses in the town of Lehigh, which were - turned out to be farm labor houses. And on the outside porch were these absolutely amazingly red glowing slippers that you recognized right away from "The Wizard of Oz." And they were sitting there, and so I made the photo rounds. You find these things, and in my - in your mind - because it's an - everything's empty, the houses are torn up - you say to yourself, maybe I should take them with me. But I've never been able to do that. These belong here.
A month later, I came back with my wife Jeanine, and I was looking for them. And as we arrived at the house, a van pulled up. And outside, about seven or eight - actually, I'm not exaggerating - huge men came out covered with tattoos, wearing torn T-shirts and military outfits, asked me what we were there for. And Jean pops up. She says: I'm here to see the red shoes. And this tough, armored man says: You mean Dorothy's shoes, maybe sort of internally smile. But they were gone. It was like one of those things that happen, surreal things that happen all the time to all us who go on the road where things don't make sense. But they do make sense later.
LYDEN: Where are all the people who came to work there, thousands of people who were the descendants of former slaves, sharecroppers who came from around the Delta region? How has big agriculture changed things, and where did those people go?
RICHARDS: It's been an outmigration - it's classic outmigration to Chicago, in many cases, in the people from the Delta where it just got to be too much. The schools weren't good for so many years. Racial separation was there. And people wanted to make life better. And also, there was no work because big machines came in. So now you have tractors when you had people working in the fields by hand. So there was no work. Right now, I feel, when I was there, that all you have left is a support group, you know, for a large mass of agricultural business. And in time, these people will go. Basically, they're not needed. It's a disposable population.
LYDEN: In one of your last pictures in the magazine, we do see young children there today from a family called Kern, the Kern family.
RICHARDS: Mm-hmm.
LYDEN: And they're walking down a road past a huge field petting their dogs. Is there anything traditional still there - used to be music and oral tales - that binds these communities together any longer?
RICHARDS: Yes. Well, everything exists but on a smaller scale. The churches exist. They're spread all over the place. But they might have six people in the church while the place would have been jammed before. The thing that doesn't exist is that feeling, at least in my mind, you know, you have an experience - you don't want to say that my experience down there even recently was everybody's experience. But there's not the sense of hope that there was before. And you could feel it.
The kids, you say, what do they want to do? And they shrug, and they say nothing. I just want to, you know, be - live my life out here. Before, there was always that the kids wanted to get out. They wanted to somehow help their parents succeed, move out into the world. And that seemed to be gone.
LYDEN: That's Eugene Richards. His photography was featured in the November issue of the National Geographic, and you can see the photos we talked about and others at our website, npr.org. Eugene Richards, thank you so much.
RICHARDS: Thanks so much.
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William Yarnel Slack was born in Kentucky in the summer of 1816. Three years later, his family moved to Boone County, Missouri and settled near Columbia. As a young adult, William Slack studied law, passed his bar exam, and then established a private practice in the village of Chillicothe in 1837. Chillicothe was to be his home for the remainder of his days.
In my opinion, Willam Slack has not been given due credit by local histories. I certainly was not aware of his many contributions.
From several sources, a consistent characterization of William Slack emerges:
He could not be accounted handsome (check the pic). He was not considered a great speaker.He was highly intelligent and methodical. He prepared well for any task he undertook. He spoke rather softly, but people listened because they knew he had something important to say. He held his pro-slavery stance with great conviction. In battle, he was absolutely fearless and beloved by his troops. I will provide some support for this profile in what follows.
Prior to his arrival in our then backwater town, he was recognized as being one the key citizens of Columbia that helped raise the sum of $117,000 (25 Million today) to ensure that the University of Missouri would be established there in 1839. It was clear that Slack was already a leader at 21 years of age!
During the Mexican War, Slack raised a company of Livingston County men and served as their Captain in the 2nd Missouri Volunteers. He mustered out of the army in 1847 after fourteen months of service. Upon his return to Chillicothe, he purchased a home at Polk and Washington Streets. His first wife died in about 1848 and he remarried.
In the late 1840's, Slack served in the Missouri General Assembly, where he was noted as a strong pro-slavery advocate. He became a member of the state convention called to develop and ratify the new Missouri state constitution.
In 1854, Attorney Slack was defense counsel for the notorious Joe Slagle who had murdered his brother in law (Benjamin Collins) in what seemed to be cold blood. This famous case was the first murder in Livingston County per our 1886 history.
The depiction of Collins in this obviously one-sided account bothered me as I posted a five-part Judge Joe Slagle story a few months ago in this forum.
It occurred to me that Slagle was still very much alive when the history was compiled and he submitted his side of the story. Finally, I realized that part of this story was based upon a deposition for the defense at Joe's murder trial. It was researched and submitted by his attorney --- William Slack. Slack was well prepared for trial, as always.
This court document characterized the late Mr. Collins in no uncertain terms: he was a drunk, a loudmouth braggart, and a person that had been associated with a "negro show" back in Quincy, Illinois. Even given that, I still marveled how Joe Slagle was found "Not Guilty" by a jury of his peers.
Here is how the incident came down (short form):
Slagle rode up on horseback to Collins and companion who were on foot to Chillicothe. From there, Collins planned to head for California.
Collins' repeated threats against Slagle's life were just that... threats.
Collins didn't own a gun and had a knapsack and banjo strapped on his back.
Slagle responded to Collins' nervous "good day" by shooting him at point blank range with his double-barreled shotgun.
Seeing that Collins still lived, Slagle calmly dismounted and finished the job with barrel number two.
I had not given Atty. William Slack his due in my earlier blog. He convinced the jury that Slagle was entirely justified in his actions. Joe Slagle had a very good lawyer!
Shortly after the start of the Civil War, pro-Confederacy factions in Missouri became organized as the Missouri State Guard (MSG). Slack was appointed by Governor Jackson as Brigader General in command of the 5th Division. He recruited, mustered, and drilled volunteers from twelve Northwest Missouri counties.
The story of Slack's escape from Chillicothe is very interesting and deserves more attention from me in the coming days.
Pro-Slavery sentiment ran very high here in 1861. Consider that in Livingston County, President Lincoln received only two votes in 1860 election!
A Pro-Confederate parade was held in downtown Chillicothe one June afternoon. Slack and his nearly 250 volunteers slipped out of town that evening to nearby SpringHill as 800 Union troops arrived by rail. But for the heroic actions of a teenage girl, Slack might have been killed or captured!
Slack led the MSG at the battles of Carthage and Springfield. He insisted upon leading his troops from the front. They respected and loved their leader and followed him into the Hell they would face. General Slack's risk of death by leading the charge with sword drawn was very high because of his rank and proximity. He ate the same food as his men and never requested special treatment. He able to convince nearly all of his volunteers to stay with him when their service time had expired.
Slack was seriously wounded by a bullet in the left hip at the Battle of Wilson's Creek (near Springfield) in August of that year. Based on this information, Union leadership immediately dispatched 1500 men to Chillicothe in hopes of capturing him. Clearly, the Union Forces considered our General Slack to be an important enemy leader. They had assumed that Slack would return home to recover. Instead, his wife bravely made her way through enemy lines to South Missouri and nursed him back to health.
By the end of October, Slack had recovered sufficiently to resume his field duties. He took command of the 2nd brigade of the Missouri State Guard on January 23, 1862. On March 7 of that year, he was shot again in the left hip during the Battle of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern) in Northern Arkansas.
He was taken to a nearby house, where he improved and was assumed to be recovering. Because of fear he might be captured, he was transported to a field hospital where his condition worsened. He died on March 21, 1862. He was buried nearby, but in 1880, his remains were exhumed and re-buried in Fayetteville's Confederate National Cemetery.
In closing, here is a stirring tribute to Slack, as it appeared in the Confederacy's Daily Messenger:
None familiar with his capacities of General Slack, will deny that he possessed many of the qualifications requisite to constitute an efficient commander of volunteers. Temperate and abstemious in his habits; impetuous, daring, and courageous, yet prudent, wary, and cautious, he was well calculated for skirmishing, or as a leader in a charge.
But these are not the qualities which alone distinguished him. His mind was bold, clear, and vigorous, and altogether practical; which, added to a sound and penetrating judgment, gave his opinions no ordinary weight in council; while his business and orderly habits enabled him to conduct with ease and accuracy the affairs of his command. He was affable and courteous in his manners, generous and unselfish in his disposition, and kind and indulgent in his nature. His age was about forty five
But that which most distinguished him was his earnest devotion to the cause in which he fell. It was for this he gave up his beautiful home, its enjoyments and associations; it was for this he encountered, with the fortitude of a soldier and patriot, the frosts and snows of winter, and the heat and dust of summer.
It was for this he endured the hardships, toils and privations of one of the longest, most active and bloodiest campaigns recorded, or to be recorded, on the pages of history; it was for this he suffered long and painfully; it was for this he looked death in the face in many shapes and forms; it was for this he died!
Many others of the great and noble of our land did the same, but none endured all more patiently, suffered all more gladly, or gave up their lives more freely. And of all the offerings yet laid upon the altar of State sovereignty and constitutional liberty, there is none purer or nobler than that offered by General W. Y. Slack.
Our William Y. Slack was a great man.


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I've always liked taking pictures. Even back when I was a kid with a snazzy new 110 camera, I enjoyed taking pictures on vacation. I guess it's in the blood. My dad has always been the crazy tourist-guy with a camera around his neck; toting a camera bag with 420 lenses and filters, and a tripod. I must have learned from him.
So here are a few early attempts at picture-taking, while on vacation, by yours truly...
This is a picture of Haleakala Crater in Hawaii. It's beautiful. It's a volcano that's cool and no longer active. My parents made us get up before the sun so we could drive to the top and watch the sunrise.
Here's a picture of Haleakala Crater at sunrise. Gorgeous, no?
And here's a more typical example of the kind of pictures I took back then. The backs of my mom's and my sister's heads. Nice.
My dad was always coming up with these great ideas for pictures. "Hey girls, hang off the side of these rocks like you're climbing up a mountain and I'll take a picture of you." (You should see all the pictures my parents have of me and my sister in a tree!)
"Hey Dawn, sit on the edge of this wall. What? You're scared? I know there's a 500,000 foot drop. Just don't fall. You'll be fine. Now smile."
Meanwhile, I was taking pictures of a cactus that looked like Ernie.
and cacti that looked like they had mustaches...
Now here's a picture of the lovely Boundary Waters between Minnesota and Canada. I took a canoe trip there when I was in highschool. I was insane back then.
so peaceful...
"Oh no, we don't need to be rescued. Thank you anyway. No really, we purposely ran our canoe into the rocks. We just wanted a closer view of a um, a DUCK! Yeah, that's it! We saw a duck over here in the trees, so we thought we'd just paddle over and check it out. What? No, we weren't screaming, silly. No, we were um, just squealing because we were so happy. You know, to see the duck."
This is what we ate on this trip. Dehydrated junk cooked up with lake water. Mmmm.
This is some more lovely
And the best part - this was our bathroom when we camped on the Minnesota side. Nope, you aren't missing the walls. There are none. That's right, it's just a box in the middle of the woods. This was luxurious compared to the Canadian side. Let's just say - you needed a shovel to go there.
And you wonder why I hate camping now.
This concludes our slide show for tonight. Tune in next time for pictures of my room, misc. stuffed animals, and blurry people, taken when I was 10.


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Dentastic!July 19, 2012 at 10:41 am | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, Me | Leave a comment
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I've just been for my regular three-monthly dental check-up. It was the nicest and most uplifting dental check-up I've had in my entire life, punctuated not by drills and pokey things but by comments from the dentist like, 'Gosh, you're doing a fantastic job looking after those gums!' and 'Yes, things are looking really good here' and 'You're obviously brushing really well.'
Then he made an interesting point, and one that I'm sure is right. To summarise (as he can waffle on a bit), he said it's amazing how everything comes as a complete package; when my arthritis was bad, my hands weren't great (and certainly my arms), and consequently even though it wasn't a conscious thing I probably wasn't brushing as well or for as long. On top of that I was generally feeling pretty rotten and it's entirely possible that a day went by here and there without me even giving teeth a passing thought. I've been really well now for a good few months, with barley a flare, and not that many twinges (except that blasted left knee, which is still a bit of nuisance), and my shoulder (non-RA) is recovering well, and as if by magic my teeth are doing fantastically too.
If you have severe RA those holistic effects must be blinding obvious, but I thought it was quite interesting that even with a very mild condition like mine, there are differences that can be seen in the most unexpected places.
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Scientists say menstrual blood can repair hearts
Scientists obtained menstrual blood from nine women and cultivated it for about a month, focusing on a kind of cell that can act like stem cells.
Some 20 percent of the cells began beating spontaneously about three days after being put together in vitro with cells from the hearts of rats. The cells from menstrual blood eventually formed sheet-like heart-muscle tissue.
Take that, period-haters. I can repair a human heart with my blood. What can you do?
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