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Skip to comments.One in four Americans believes God influences which team wins a sports game
Posted on 01/30/2013 6:44:35 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
One in four Americans believes that God 'plays a role in determining which teams wins' at a sports game, a survey has revealed.
And more than half of Americans believe 'God rewards athletes who have faith with good health and success', the poll by the Public Religion Research Institute found.
It suggests that, while Ravens and 49er fans across the country are willing their teams to win the Super Bowl this Sunday, a significant portion of the country believes they had better get praying.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Then that one in four is a dumb as bag of rocks.
Not buying it.
Well it could be worse, we could be like Britain where three out of four sports fans will beat the crap out of each other no matter who wins! I pity the the Brits, less and less of them believe in God and more and more of their country is being overrun by Muslims.
The Angels and Saints took many hits before finally winning.
Like God gives a rats who wins a football game. Sheesh.
The Devils, Blue Devils, Demon Deacons, etc. have many more combined trophies than the Padres, Friars, Dons, etc...
Speaking in very general terms, I would guess that, all other things being equal, deeply faithful athletes are more disciplined and focused than their peers, and are far less likely to go out partying the night before, "the big game." That does not necessarily mean God 'favors' faithful players, so much as the lifestyle that arises from their beliefs enhances their performance.
Having said that, I would also contend that most people at the very apex of any profession do not get there without something of an obsession for their work and extreme degrees of self-confidence bordering on narcissism, both of which can push God out of one's life. So, while there may be some elite, top tier athletes who maintain very devout lives, I would guess that most of those who do obtain that status have done so by abandoning (at least in part) many of the things (i.e., faith, family, etc.) most of us in the comfortable middle of the bell curve try to balance.
Cool read.
Everything that happens in the world every second of every day is influenced by God.
Deliberately vague and equivocal wording. The survey is designed to maximize an affirmative response, so that believers can be portrayed as superstitious morons.
Roll Tide.
If it were true, the Cowboys would win the Super Bowl every year.
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James Woodcock takes a look at the 'Party Chat' feature of Xbox Live that has been key to causing a silent lobby in many online titles.
More like a blessing. No longer do i have to listen to little shit's playing rap (which is crap music anyways) over their mics.
Let it die, not a single f*ck will be given.
I can't be the only person who believes it to be abnormal to actually want to converse with complete strangers.
I don't think I could live without party chat anymore, it's such a blessing!
I even use party chat on the 360 when playing on my PlayStation.
I like meeting different people in lobbies, that's how I make more friends on XBL. If I used party chat ALL THE TIME, I wouldn't have met the people I play games with regularly.
I always find it funny when someone tries to talk on xbox live and then somebody tells them to shut up. If you didn't want to talk, take off your damn mic. I can understand when somebody is being obnoxious, but when you seen a lobby full of people with mics and no one is talking, you kind of wonder why they have mics at all.


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- Jan 11:
- Lyons driver sentenced to 8 years in prison for Boulder cyclist's death
- Jan 7:
- Monday sentencing for Lyons man who hit and killed a cyclist
- Jul 15:
- Patrick Ward ruled competent to stand trial in 2013 Lyons DUI crash that killed cyclist
- Apr 24:
- Competency review rescheduled for Patrick Ward in Lyons DUI crash that killed cyclist
- Jun 6:
- Boulder judge binds over felony case against Patrick Ward in fatal Lyons crash
- May 16:
- Patrick Ward charged with 2 counts of vehicular homicide in crash that killed Boulder cyclist
- May 15:
- Driver arrested in cyclist's death had complained bicyclists 'don't belong' in Lyons
- May 14:
- Boulder cyclist killed in SUV crash remembered as positive, patient
- May 13:
- Driver held on $25K bond after Boulder cyclist struck, killed by SUV in Lyons
- May 11:
- Boulder County Sheriff's Office: Cyclist killed in Lyons car versus bike crash
Doctors have concluded that Patrick Ward — the Lyons man accused of striking and killing a Boulder cyclist in May while driving drunk — is not competent to stand trial, and his case has been delayed while he undergoes further evaluation.
At a hearing Thursday morning in Boulder District Court, Deputy District Attorney Catrina Weigel said doctors at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo ruled Ward was not competent enough for the case to proceed.
Ward's attorney, Lawrence Mertes, submitted a motion in June seeking a competency evaluation of his client. The motion cited the results of a confidential neuropsychological examination of Ward.
Mertes said doctors are still hoping that with continued medication and nutrition management, Ward can be restored to competency.
A re-evaluation is planned in 90 days.
Boulder District Judge Andrew MacDonald scheduled a new hearing on April 24. Ward was not present at Thursday's hearing.
Ward, 69, was arrested May 11 after officials allege he was driving his Chevy Tahoe west down Main Street in Lyons when he went into a turn lane to make a left onto Second Avenue.
Witnesses said Ward crossed the double-yellow lines into the eastbound lanes before making the left turn and striking Michel Van Duym, who was riding his bike east.
Witnesses told investigators that Van Duym, 46, was thrown into the air and hit the Tahoe's hood and windshield before hitting the ground.
He was declared dead on the scene.
According to a blood test administered two hours after his arrest, Ward had a blood alcohol level of 0.096.
He is facing charges including vehicular homicide and DUI.
Ward told paramedics he had been at the American Legion for a trapshoot and drank two beers. A deputy on scene said Ward smelled of alcohol and found a spilled cup of beer in the front of the Tahoe.
Three bottles of liquor were also found in the center console of the vehicle, according to deputies.
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FOREST, Va. – The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) announced the 2011 winners of the conference's top scholar-athlete awards, the Harry G. "Doc" Jopson Award (Male) and Majorie Berkley Award (Female).
Recent Washington and Lee graduate Greg Kurkis (Roswell, Ga./Westminster) was tabbed as the Jopson Award recipient, while classmate Emmy Mathews (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr) was the co-recipient of the Berkley Award, along with Christina Rhodes of Bridgewater.
Kurkis garnered the honor after earning four letters with the football team and graduating this spring with a degree in biochemistry. He started all 40 games of his career on the Generals' offensive line and, last fall he helped pave the way for one of the greatest offensive seasons in school history as the Generals averaged 438.8 yards and 35.3 points per game en route to claiming the ODAC title and advancing to the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in school history. The 2007 ODAC Rookie of the Year, he received Second Team All-ODAC honors following each of his first three seasons. This fall, he was named First Team All-ODAC, First Team All-State and Third Team All-South Region.
Kurkis was named a Second Team Academic All-American as a junior and he followed that up with First Team Academic All-America laurels as a senior when he served as a team captain and received a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. A two-time ODAC Football Scholar-Athlete Award winner, Kurkis received the Pres Brown Most Valuable Senior Male Athlete Award and the Bill McHenry Scholar-Athlete Award at the Washington and Lee Athletic Awards Ceremony in May.
Mathews was a four-year letterwinner for both the field hockey and lacrosse teams, serving as a team captain for both squads during her final two years. This spring, she graduated with degrees in philosophy and business administration.
In field hockey, Mathews was a four-year starter in the midfield, totaling six goals and 18 assists for 30 career points. She also notched four defensive saves and helped the Generals post a 1.90 goals-against average over her four seasons. She earned All-ODAC honors three times, including first team accolades as a sophomore and again as a senior. She earned the ODAC Rookie of the Year Award in 2007 and was the 2010 ODAC Field Hockey Scholar-Athlete of the Year. A two-time all-region honoree, Mathews also received National Academic Honor Roll honors all four years from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association.
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Whom Toil and Sleep had worn so weak and wan,
Thus won his rest. In mean space Pallas went
To the Phaeacian city, and descent
That first did broad Hyperia's lands divide, 5
Near the vast Cyclops, men of monstrous pride,
That prey'd on those Hyperians, since they were
Of greater power; and therefore longer there
Divine Nausithous dwelt not, but arose,
And did for Scheria all his powers dispose, 10
Far from ingenious art-inventing men;
But there did he erect a city then,
First drew a wall round, then he houses builds,
And then a temple to the Gods, the fields
Lastly dividing. But he, stoop'd by Fate, 15
Div'd to th' infernals; and Alcinous sate
In his command, a man the Gods did teach
Commanding counsels. His house held the reach
Of grey Minerva's project, to provide
That great-soul'd Ithacus might be supplied 20
With all things fitting his return. She went
Up to the chamber, where the fair descent
Of great Alcinous slept; a maid, whose parts
In wit and beauty wore divine deserts.
Well deck'd her chamber was; of which the door 25
Did seem to lighten, such a gloss it bore
Betwixt the posts, and now flew ope to find
The Goddess entry. Like a puft of wind
She reach'd the virgin bed; near which there lay
Two maids, to whom the Graces did convey 30
Figure and manners. But above the head
Of bright Nausicaa did Pallas tread
The subtle air, and put the person on
Of Dymas' daughter, from comparison
Exempt in business naval. Like his seed 35
Minerva look'd now; whom one year did breed
With bright Nausicaa, and who had gain'd
Grace in her love, yet on her thus complain'd:
"Nausicaa! Why bred thy mother one
So negligent in rites so stood upon 40
By other virgins? Thy fair garments lie
Neglected by thee, yet thy nuptials nigh;
When rich in all attire both thou shouldst be,
And garments give to others honouring thee,
That lead thee to the temple. Thy good name 45
Grows amongst men for these things; they inflame
Father and reverend mother with delight.
Come, when the Day takes any wink from Night,
Let's to the river, and repurify
Thy wedding garments. My society 50
Shall freely serve thee for thy speedier aid,
Because thou shalt no more stand on the maid.
The best of all Phaeacia woo thy grace,
Where thou wert bred, and owest thyself a race.
Up, and stir up to thee thy honour'd sire, 55
To give thee mules and coach, thee and thy tire,
Veils, girdles, mantles, early to the flood,
To bear in state. It suits thy high-born blood,
And far more fits thee, than to foot so far,
For far from town thou knowst the bath-founts are." 60
This said, away blue-eyed Minerva went
Up to Olympus, the firm continent
That bears in endless being the Deified kind,
That's neither soused with showers, nor shook with wind,
Nor chill'd with snow, but where Serenity flies 65
Exempt from clouds, and ever-beamy skies
Circle the glittering hill, and all their days
Give the delights of blessed Deity praise.
And hither Pallas flew, and left the maid,
When she had all that might excite her said. 70
Straight rose the lovely Morn, that up did raise
Fair-veil'd Nausicaa, whose dream her praise
To admiration took; who no time spent
To give the rapture of her vision vent
To her lov'd parents, whom she found within. 75
Her mother set at fire, who had to spin
A rock, whose tincture with sea-purple shin'd;
Her maids about her. But she chanced to find
Her father going abroad, to council call'd
By his grave Senate. And to him exhaled 80
Her smother'd bosom was: "Lov'd sire," said she,
"Will you not now command a coach for me,
Stately and complete, fit for me to bear
To wash at flood the weeds I cannot wear
Before repurified? Yourself it fits 85
To wear fair weeds, as every man that sits
In place of council. And five sons you have,
Two wed, three bachelors, that must be brave
In every day's shift, that they may go dance;
For these three last with these things must advance 90
Their states in marriage, and who else but I,
Their sister, should their dancing rites supply?"
This general cause she show'd, and would not name
Her mind of nuptials to her sire, for shame.
He understood her yet, and thus replied: 95
"Daughter! nor these, nor any grace beside,
I either will deny thee, or defer,
Mules, nor a coach, of state and circular,
Fitting at all parts. Go, my servants shall
Serve thy desires, and thy command in all." 100
The servants then commanded soon obey'd,
Fetch'd coach, and mules join'd in it. Then the Maid
Brought from the chamber her rich weeds, and laid
All up in coach; in which her mother plac'd
A maund of victuals, varied well in taste, 105
And other junkets. Wine she likewise fill'd
Within a goat-skin bottle, and distill'd
Sweet and moist oil into a golden cruse,
Both for her daughter's, and her handmaid's, use,
To soften their bright bodies, when they rose 110
Cleans'd from their cold baths. Up to coach then goes
Th' observed Maid, takes both the scourge and reins,
And to her side her handmaid straight attains.
Nor these alone, but other virgins, grac'd
The nuptial chariot. The whole bevy plac'd, 115
Nausicaa scourg'd to make the coach-mules run,
That neigh'd, and pac'd their usual speed, and soon
Both maids and weeds brought to the river side,
Where baths for all the year their use supplied,
Whose waters were so pure they would not stain, 120
But still ran fair forth, and did more remain
Apt to purge stains, for that purg'd stain within,
Which by the water's pure store was not seen.
These, here arriv'd, the mules uncoach'd, and drave
Up to the gulfy river's shore, that gave 125
Sweet grass to them. The maids from coach then took
Their clothes, and steep'd them in the sable brook;
Then put them into springs, and trod them clean
With cleanly feet; adventuring wagers then,
Who should have soonest and most cleanly done. 130
When having throughly cleans'd, they spread them on
The flood's shore, all in order. And then, where
The waves the pebbles wash'd, and ground was clear,
They bath'd themselves, and all with glittering oil
Smooth'd their white skins; refreshing then their toil 135
With pleasant dinner, by the river's side;
Yet still watch'd when the sun their clothes had dried.
Till which time, having dined, Nausicaa
With other virgins did at stool-ball play,
Their shoulder-reaching head-tires laying by. 140
Nausicaa, with the wrists of ivory,
The liking stroke struck, singing first a song,
As custom order'd, and amidst the throng
Made such a show, and so past all was seen,
As when the chaste-born, arrow-loving, Queen, 145
Along the mountains gliding, either over
Spartan Taygetus, whose tops far discover,
Or Eurymanthus, in the wild boar's chace,
Or swift-hoved hart, and with her Jove's fair race,
The field Nymphs, sporting; amongst whom, to see 150
How far Diana had priority,
Though all were fair, for fairness yet of all,
As both by head and forehead being more tall,
Latona triumph'd, since the dullest sight
Might eas'ly judge whom her pains brought to light; 155
Nausicaa so, whom never husband tamed,
Above them all in all the beauties flamed.
But when they now made homewards, and array'd,
Ordering their weeds disorder'd as they play'd,
Mules and coach ready, then Minerva thought 160
What means to wake Ulysses might be wrought,
That he might see this lovely-sighted maid,
Whom she intended should become his aid,
Bring him to town, and his return advance.
Her mean was this, though thought a stool-ball chance: 165
The queen now, for the upstroke, struck the ball
Quite wide off th' other maids, and made it fall
Amidst the whirlpools. At which out shriek'd all,
And with the shriek did wise Ulysses wake;
Who, sitting up, was doubtful who should make 170
That sudden outcry, and in mind thus striv'd:
"On what a people am I now arriv'd?
At civil hospitable men, that fear
The Gods? Or dwell injurious mortals here?
Unjust, and churlish? Like the female cry 175
Of youth it sounds. What are they? Nymphs bred high
On tops of hills, or in the founts of floods,
In herby marshes, or in leafy woods?
Or are they high-spoke men I now am near?
I'll prove, and see." With this, the wary peer 180
Crept forth the thicket, and an olive bough
Broke with his broad hand, which he did bestow
In covert of his nakedness, and then
Put hasty head out. Look how from his den
A mountain lion looks, that, all embrued 185
With drops of trees, and weather-beaten hued,
Bold of his strength, goes on, and in his eye
A burning furnace glows, all bent to prey
On sheep, or oxen, or the upland hart,
His belly charging him, and he must part 190
Stakes with the herdsman in his beast's attempt,
Even where from rape their strengths are most exempt;
So wet, so weather-beat, so stung with need,
Even to the home-fields of the country's breed
Ulysses was to force forth his access, 195
Though merely naked; and his sight did press
The eyes of soft-hair'd virgins. Horrid was
His rough appearance to them; the hard pass
He had at sea stuck by him. All in flight
The virgins scatter'd, frighted with this sight, 200
About the prominent windings of the flood.
All but Nausicaa fled; but she fast stood,
Pallas had put a boldness in her breast,
And in her fair limbs tender fear compress'd.
And still she stood him, as resolv'd to know 205
What man he was, or out of what should grow
His strange repair to them. And here was he
Put to his wisdom; if her virgin knee
He should be bold, but kneeling, to embrace;
Or keep aloof, and try with words of grace, 210
In humblest suppliance, if he might obtain
Some cover for his nakedness, and gain
Her grace to show and guide him to the town.
The last he best thought, to be worth his own,
In weighing both well; to keep still aloof, 215
And give with soft words his desires their proof,
Lest, pressing so near as to touch her knee,
He might incense her maiden modesty.
This fair and fil'd speech then shew'd this was he:
"Let me beseech, O queen, this truth of thee, 220
Are you of mortal, or the deified, race?
If of the Gods, that th' ample heavens embrace,
I can resemble you to none above
So near as to the chaste-born birth of Jove,
The beamy Cynthia. Her you full present, 225
In grace of every God-like lineament,
Her goodly magnitude, and all th' address
You promise of her very perfectness.
If sprung of humans, that inhabit earth,
Thrice blest are both the authors of your birth, 230
Thrice blest your brothers, that in your deserts
Must, even to rapture, bear delighted hearts,
To see, so like the first trim of a tree,
Your form adorn a dance. But most blest he,
Of all that breathe, that hath the gift t' engage 235
Your bright neck in the yoke of marriage,
And deck his house with your commanding merit.
I have not seen a man of so much spirit,
Nor man, nor woman, I did ever see,
At all parts equal to the parts in thee. 240
T' enjoy your sight, doth admiration seize
My eyes, and apprehensive faculties.
Lately in Delos (with a charge of men
Arrived, that render'd me most wretched then,
Now making me thus naked) I beheld 245
The burthen of a palm, whose issue swell'd
About Apollo's fane, and that put on
A grace like thee; for Earth had never none
Of all her sylvan issue so adorn'd.
Into amaze my very soul was turn'd, 250
To give it observation; as now thee
To view, O virgin, a stupidity
Past admiration strikes me, join'd with fear
To do a suppliant's due, and press so near,
As to embrace thy knees. Nor is it strange, 255
For one of fresh and firmest spirit would change
T' embrace so bright an object. But, for me,
A cruel habit of calamity
Prepared the strong impression thou hast made;
For this last day did fly night's twentieth shade 260
Since I, at length, escap'd the sable seas;
When in the mean time th' unrelenting prease
Of waves and stern storms toss'd me up and down,
From th' isle Ogygia. And now God hath thrown
My wrack on this shore, that perhaps I may 265
My miseries vary here; for yet their stay,
I fear, Heaven hath not order'd, though, before
These late afflictions, it hath lent me store.
O queen, deign pity then, since first to you
My fate importunes my distress to vow. 270
No other dame, nor man, that this Earth own,
And neighbour city, I have seen or known.
The town then show me; give my nakedness
Some shroud to shelter it, if to these seas
Linen or woollen you have brought to cleanse. 275
God give you, in requital, all th' amends
Your heart can wish, a husband, family,
And good agreement. Nought beneath the sky
More sweet, more worthy is, than firm consent
Of man and wife in household government. 280
It joys their wishers well, their enemies wounds,
But to themselves the special good redounds."
She answer'd: "Stranger! I discern in thee
Nor sloth, nor folly, reigns; and yet I see
Th' art poor and wretched. In which I conclude, 285
That industry nor wisdom make endued
Men with those gifts that make them best to th' eye;
Jove only orders man's felicity.
To good and bad his pleasure fashions still
The whole proportion of their good and ill. 290
And he perhaps hath form'd this plight in thee,
Of which thou must be patient, as he free.
But after all thy wand'rings, since thy way,
Both to our earth, and near our city, lay,
As being expos'd to our cares to relieve, 295
Weeds, and what else a human hand should give
To one so suppliant and tamed with woe,
Thou shalt not want. Our city I will show,
And tell our people's name: This neighbour town,
And all this kingdom, the Phaeacians own. 300
And (since thou seem'dst so fain to know my birth,
And mad'st a question, if of heaven or earth,)
This earth hath bred me; and my father's name
Alcinous is, that in the power and frame
Of this isle's rule is supereminent." 305
Thus, passing him, she to the virgins went,
And said: "Give stay both to your feet and fright.
Why thus disperse ye for a man's mere sight?
Esteem you him a Cyclop, that long since
Made use to prey upon our citizens? 310
This man no moist man is, (nor wat'rish thing,
That's ever flitting, ever ravishing
All it can compass; and, like it, doth range
In rape of women, never stay'd in change)
This man is truly manly, wise, and stay'd, 315
In soul more rich the more to sense decay'd,
Who nor will do, nor suffer to be done,
Acts lewd and abject; nor can such a one
Greet the Phaeacians with a mind envious,
Dear to the Gods they are, and he is pious. 320
Besides, divided from the world we are,
The out-part of it, billows circular
The sea revolving round about our shore;
Nor is there any man that enters more
Than our own countrymen, with what is brought 325
From other countries. This man, minding nought
But his relief, a poor unhappy wretch,
Wrack'd here, and hath no other land to fetch,
Him now we must provide for. From Jove come
All strangers, and the needy of a home, 330
Who any gift, though ne'er so small it be,
Esteem as great, and take it gratefully.
And therefore, virgins, give the stranger food,
And wine; and see ye bathe him in the flood,
Near to some shore to shelter most inclin'd. 335
'To cold bath bathers hurtful is the wind,'
Not only rugged making th' outward skin,
But by his thin powers pierceth parts within.
This said, their flight in a return they set,
And did Ulysses with all grace entreat, 340
Show'd him a shore, wind-proof, and full of shade,
By him a shirt and utter mantle laid,
A golden jug of liquid oil did add,
Bad wash, and all things as Nausicaa bad.
Divine Ulysses would not use their aid; 345
But thus bespake them: "Every lovely maid,
Let me entreat to stand a little by,
That I, alone, the fresh flood may apply
To cleanse my bosom of the sea-wrought brine,
And then use oil, which long time did not shine 350
On my poor shoulders. I'll not wash in sight
Of fair-hair'd maidens. I should blush outright,
To bathe all bare by such a virgin light."
They moved, and mused a man had so much grace,
And told their mistress what a man he was. 355
He cleans'd his broad soil'd shoulders, back, and head,
Yet never tam'd, but now had foam and weed
Knit in the fair curls. Which dissolv'd, and he
Slick'd all with sweet oil, the sweet charity
The untouch'd virgin show'd in his attire 360
He cloth'd him with. Then Pallas put a fire,
More than before, into his sparkling eyes,
His late soil set off with his soon fresh guise.
His locks, cleans'd, curl'd the more, and match'd, in power
To please an eye, the hyacinthian flower. 365
And as a workman, that can well combine
Silver and gold, and make both strive to shine,
As being by Vulcan, and Minerva too,
Taught how far either may be urg'd to go
In strife of eminence, when work sets forth 370
A worthy soul to bodies of such worth,
No thought reproving th' act, in any place,
Nor Art no debt to Nature's liveliest grace;
So Pallas wrought in him a grace as great
From head to shoulders, and ashore did seat 375
His goodly presence. To which such a guise
He show'd in going, that it ravish'd eyes.
All which continued, as he sat apart,
Nausicaa's eye struck wonder through her heart,
Who thus bespake her consorts: "Hear me, you 380
Fair-wristed virgins! This rare man, I know,
Treads not our country earth, against the will
Of some God, throned on the Olympian hill.
He show'd to me, till now, not worth the note,
But now he looks as he had godhead got. 385
I would to heaven my husband were no worse,
And would be call'd no better, but the course
Of other husbands pleas'd to dwell out here.
Observe and serve him with our utmost cheer."
She said; they heard, and did. He drunk and eat 390
Like to a harpy, having touch'd no meat
A long before time. But Nausicaa now
Thought of the more grace she did lately vow,
Had horse to chariot join'd, and up she rose,
Up cheer'd her guest, and said: "Guest, now dispose 395
Yourself for town, that I may let you see
My father's court, where all the peers will be
Of our Phaeacian state. At all parts, then,
Observe to whom and what place y' are t' attain;
Though I need usher you with no advice, 400
Since I suppose you absolutely wise.
While we the fields pass, and men's labours there,
So long, in these maids' guides, directly bear
Upon my chariot (I must go before
For cause that after comes, to which this more 405
Be my induction) you shall then soon end
Your way to town, whose towers you see ascend
To such a steepness. On whose either side
A fair port stands, to which is nothing wide
An enterer's passage; on whose both hands ride 410
Ships in fair harbours; which once past, you win
The goodly market-place (that circles in
A fane to Neptune, built of curious stone,
And passing ample) where munition,
Gables, and masts, men make, and polish'd oars; 415
For the Phaeacians are not conquerors
By bows nor quivers; oars, masts, ships they are
With which they plough the sea, and wage their war.
And now the cause comes why I lead the way,
Not taking you to coach: The men, that sway 420
In work of those tools that so fit our state,
Are rude mechanicals, that rare and late
Work in the market-place; and those are they
Whose bitter tongues I shun, who straight would say,
(For these vile vulgars are extremely proud, 425
And foully-languag'd) 'What is he, allowed
To coach it with Nausicaa, so large set,
And fairly fashion'd? Where were these two met?
He shall be sure her husband. She hath been
Gadding in some place, and, of foreign men 430
Fitting her fancy, kindly brought him home
In her own ship. He must, of force, be come
From some far region; we have no such man.
It may be, praying hard, when her heart ran
On some wish'd husband, out of heaven some God 435
Dropp'd in her lap; and there lies she at road
Her complete life time. But, in sooth, if she,
Ranging abroad, a husband, such as he
Whom now we saw, laid hand on, she was wise,
For none of all our nobles are of prize 440
Enough for her; he must beyond sea come,
That wins her high mind, and will have her home.
Of our peers many have importuned her,
Yet she will none.' Thus these folks will confer
Behind my back; or, meeting, to my face 445
The foul-mouth rout dare put home this disgrace.
And this would be reproaches to my fame,
For, even myself just anger would inflame,
If any other virgin I should see,
Her parents living, keep the company 450
Of any man to any end of love,
Till open nuptials should her act approve.
And therefore hear me, guest, and take such way,
That you yourself may compass, in your stay,
Your quick deduction by my father's grace, 455
And means to reach the root of all your race.
We shall, not far out of our way to town,
A never-fell'd grove find, that poplars crown,
To Pallas sacred, where a fountain flows,
And round about the grove a meadow grows, 460
In which my father holds a manor house,
Deck'd all with orchards, green, and odorous,
As far from town as one may hear a shout.
There stay, and rest your foot-pains, till full out
We reach the city; where, when you may guess 465
We are arriv'd, and enter our access
Within my father's court, then put you on
For our Phaeacian state, where, to be shown
My father's house, desire. Each infant there
Can bring you to it; and yourself will clear 470
Distinguish it from others, for no shows
The city buildings make compar'd with those
That king Alcinous' seat doth celebrate.
In whose roofs, and the court (where men of state,
And suitors sit and stay) when you shall hide, 475
Straight pass it, ent'ring further, where abide
My mother, with her withdrawn housewiferies,
Who still sits in the fire-shine, and applies
Her rock, all purple, and of pompous show,
Her chair plac'd 'gainst a pillar, all a-row 480
Her maids behind her set; and to her here
My father's dining throne looks, seated where
He pours his choice of wine in, like a God.
This view once past, for th' end of your abode,
Address suit to my mother, that her mean 485
May make the day of your redition seen,
And you may frolic straight, though far away
You are in distance from your wished stay.
For, if she once be won to wish you well,
Your hope may instantly your passport seal, 490
And thenceforth sure abide to see your friends,
Fair house, and all to which your heart contends."
This said, she used her shining scourge, and lash'd
Her mules, that soon the shore left where she wash'd,
And, knowing well the way, their pace was fleet, 495
And thick they gather'd up their nimble feet.
Which yet she temper'd so, and used her scourge
With so much skill, as not to over-urge
The foot behind, and make them straggle so
From close society. Firm together go 500
Ulysses and her maids. And now the sun
Sunk to the waters, when they all had won
The never-fell'd, and sound-exciting, wood,
Sacred to Pallas; where the god-like good
Ulysses rested, and to Pallas pray'd: 505
"Hear me, of goat-kept Jove th' unconquer'd Maid!
Now throughly hear me, since, in all the time
Of all my wrack, my prayers could never climb
Thy far-off ears; when noiseful Neptune toss'd
Upon his watry bristles my emboss'd 510
And rock-torn body. Hear yet now, and deign
I may of the Phaeacian state obtain
Pity, and grace." Thus pray'd he, and she heard,
By no means yet, exposed to sight, appear'd,
For fear t' offend her uncle, the supreme 515
Of all the Sea-Gods, whose wrath still extreme
Stood to Ulysses, and would never cease,
Till with his country shore he crown'd his peace.


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With Mexico's BPM Festival in full throttke, VIBE has decided to look to Twitter-verse to see what's been going down this past week. Though a video streaming service has been provided straight from decks of BPM, we've come to learn that some other ish has gone down that is not very PLUR friendly.
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You've probably heard by now that former MMA fighter/current crazy person Jason Miller got into an altercation with Uriah Hall at a BAMMA USA event in California on Friday night, which involved a punch being thrown and repeated incantations of the phrase "bitch nigga." When the reports first came out, we had no idea what might have led to beef between the two middleweights, or even if the story was 100% accurate. But now Spencer Lazara of MMAInterviews has just released some footage on YouTube proving that yes, this all happened — and he also adds some backstory to the fracas:
The scene begins with Jason "Mayhem" Miller being aggressive to a woman who is apparently his ex girlfriend who he has allegedly assaulted in the recent past. This was told to me by a source close to Miller who added that he is currently out on bail in fact for allegedly assaulting her. She was visibly emotional and upset and he continued to yell at her as her friend shielded her from Miller. Uriah Hall poked his head in the situation and instantly Miller turned his aggression to him. He began with continuous rants of, "N**** please." Then the video starts and you see the rest.
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Joe Bowler Interview, Part 6: From Illustration to Portrait Painting.
LP: You mentioned that, because you'd worked for Collier's, you really weren't allowed to work for the Saturday Evening Post - that there was a sort of unwritten rule. So after Collier's folded, (SEP Art Director) Frank Kilker finally began giving you work...
(Below, Joe Bowler's first illustration for the SEP, August 1957)
JB: (Joe chuckles) Yeah... Kilker was a great character. He'd come over every Friday with his little briefcase with a whole bunch of scripts in it. And we'd all go out to lunch and get bombed - they were all martini drinkers - and then he'd pass out these scripts for Coby and Joe and when I could finally get with them, I'd get mine (he chuckles again). These scripts always had a little yellow typewritten paper that gave you the sentence - the actual sentence - that was to be illustrated. And that was it!
(Below, from the back page of that same issue, a photo of Joe and his family and a mention that this is the first appearance of Joe Bowler, "an able young New Yorker.")
JB: There wasn't any of this reading the script and finding out for yourself, which was how it was most of the time. At the Post they really wanted this particular thing in the magazine. So you did it.
LP: So that wasn't typical of other magazines?
JB: No. Most of the time they'd give you the script and you'd read it and - in the end, I don't think they even talked to me about it. They'd just give me a script and I knew what they wanted.
(Below, Joe Bowler DPS from Redbook, October 1961)
JB: If it was anything that was a little off my regular thing I would do some studies and show them, but for the most part it was my choice. The Post was the only one that really got very specific.
(Below, Joe Bowler DPS from Redbook, October 1961)
LP: Did you ever do any paperback covers?
JB: I did one or two. I think one of the art directors called and I said, "Yeah, I'll try one." But I think I only did one or two. And that was right at the end [of Joe's illustration career] so I don't remember much about it.
LP: What about movie posters? Did you ever do any of those?
JB: Yeah. Before I came down here, Joe Mendola, who was an art rep, got ahold of me and talked me into him representing me. He said, "Oh, you'll make a million bucks on these Hollywood studio movie posters." So I said, "Ok, I'd like a million bucks." And I started to do one and I'll tell you, you really had to do two or three major comprehensives - which means "finished paintings", practically - and even then they would say "No, I don't like this, I don't like that." So very rarely did I make any money on those.
I remember they wanted me to do "Scrooge" and they said "But we want to do it differently; we want to do a portrait of Scrooge coming right at you."
So I got all excited about doing this painting of Scrooge. So I painted a study, and they had a big long conversation about it, and I told Mendola, "They're not gonna buy this thing. They're gonna come up with the same old crap that they always do." And they did!
I ended up doing this painting of Scrooge with the whole damn town dancing around him - oh, it was just terrible! (We both laugh)
JB: That's one of the reasons I came south, because really, nothing, nothing Joe Mendola promised would happen came true. And of course he was the type of guy who would say, "Oh, you can just knock this out, Joe. Just knock this out." Until finally Marilyn said to him (emphatically) "Joe does not knock anything out!"
(We both laugh)
LP: Now, you talk about moving south, and certainly a lot of illustrators were doing that - moving to the south west and getting into doing cowboy paintings, western art. Guys like Frank McCarthy, Ken Riley, Howard Terpning... did you ever consider doing that?
JB: No. No. I had taken on a big account; twenty-one paintings for La-Z-Boy Chairs and I'd done fourteen, and I couldn't even stomach the idea of doing seven more. (we both laugh) And the art director couldn't believe it, he says, "Joe, this is the biggest account any artist has had for years! What are you talking about?" So I said, "Look, if I can get somebody to do the other seven of these that you'll ok, would you feel better?" So not knowing him personally, but knowing who he was, I called Howard Terpning! I said, "Howard, it's Joe Bowler. I've done fourteen of these ads and there are seven more and I've taken most of the photographs, so how would you like that?" Well, (Joe chuckles) I don't think I'd hung up the phone and he was pulling into my driveway. So I gave him those seven paintings, which he did a great job on. And it wasn't more than a year that I was down south and not much longer that he was out west.
(Below, Howard Terpning illustration for a La-Z-Boy ad, 1971)
LP: So was that basically the end of your commercial art career? Around the early '70s?
JB: Well, what happened was, Good Housekeeping was always after me. And I started to get these portraits, and the portraits were paying a lot more than illustrations.
(Below, Joe painting a portrait in his Hilton Head Island studio, 1973)
And I told the art director that I couldn't do them (illustrations), but I could send pictures of these portraits. So all through the '70s, I would do a portrait of a child and send an Ektachrome to Good Housekeeping and they would use it.
So I was in Good Housekeeping all through the '70s and people thought I was still doing illustration, but I wasn't. I was selling the portrait originals, getting the ok from the clients, of course, and then selling the Ektachromes to Good Housekeeping.
LP: Oohh, I see.
JB: In fact, one time I did this painting of just a beautiful girl's head looking right at the viewer. I actually just made her up out of several models. And at the time, Good Housekeeping had this monthly poll asking readers what they liked the best in the magazine, what made them stop and read something and how much did they read and so on. And they got the best response ever to the painting I did of that girl's head!
(Below, portrait study of Betty Crocker by Joe Bowler, year unknown)
JB: So from that point on, if I just had a moment I would just paint a beautiful girl's head and sell it to Good Housekeeping. And Coby [Whitmore] did the same thing and Joe [DeMers] did the same thing! And they would just buy them because they got such a good response from the readership.
(Below, a recent example of Joe Bowler's portrait paintings, 2007)
LP: So once you moved down south, did the portrait painting commissions come very regularly right away?
JB: Well, yeah. I had two manuscripts left over when I moved down here and once I finished those up, I was devoted entirely to going after the portrait business. Never did much advertising at all. It just seemed to happen. And then the big thing happened in the winter of 1982: there's a magazine called "Southern Accents" that was still fairly new at the time. And they had been doing a monthly article about southern artists. And a friend of mine who was Andrew Wyeth's agent got ahold of the editor and said, "You gotta put Joe's work in there." So she did. She gave me about ten pages of portraits.
(Below, four pages from the 1982 article in Southern Accents)
JB: Well, we got over 1,800 requests for portraits! We told the magazine after we got about 800 and they couldn't believe it.
JB: That magazine became the place that every portrait painter put ads in.
JB: And that put me in business for the rest of my life!
LP: Wow. Isn't that incredible. And as a matter of fact, I understand you have a client coming by this afternoon...
JB: Yeah, this is part of a family I've done for years and years. The mother of this child that I'm going to paint is a gal that I painted when she was two years old!
LP: Oh my gosh.
(Below, a recent example of Joe Bowler's portrait paintings, year unknown)
JB: And then I painted her again when she was married and had two children, so I did three of them... now this is another son and she's having that done. This is a family that has bought probably in the neighbourhood of, oh, thirty five portraits of kids. It's unbelievable.
(Below, a recent example of Joe Bowler's portrait paintings, 2007)
LP: It really is! I mean I knew your career had taken you into portrait painting but I really had no idea you had that kind of relationship with your clients.
JB: Oh yeah. In fact, when they get that way, I don't even call them clients - I call them patrons!
(We both laugh)
* My thanks to Joe Bowler for spending so much time talking with me - nearly four hours over two separate occasions! - to ensure all of my questions were answered. Thanks as well to Joe's daughter, Jolyn, for assisting in coordinating our schedules so her dad would be available at my convenience. If you enjoyed this interview, blame Murray Tinkelman. Murray has been gently prodding me to phone Joe Bowler for at least two years, something I kept meaning to do and putting off, and I am eternally grateful to Murray for his persistance. Thanks Murray!
* Thanks also to Lawrence Levine for providing scans of the article in Southern Accents magazine.
* To see recent works by the artist, visit Joe Bowler's website
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A terrific, fun read on Joe Leif---thanks much!ReplyDelete
Great interview. And thank you Murray for hounded him. Joe's work is just wonderful. Something we all aspire to before we all expire.ReplyDelete
Another great Post, Leif. Many thanks to Mr. Bowler for sharing this story.ReplyDelete
That strange exclusivity requirement between the SEP and Colliers seems to have come from the Post throwing its weight around. Robert Fawcett used to work for both magazines, and one day the SEP gave him an ultimatum: stop working for Colliers or we won't give you any more assignments. Fawcett had just the reaction you'd hope for: "Go to hell." Working for Colliers, Fawcett went on to do his famous Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie series, far better than anything appearing in the SEP at the time. When Collier's later went bankrupt, the Post had a few years to chortle before it went bankrupt too.
BRAVO, Leif! Loved every post on this bowler interview series. Great job!!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for posting!ReplyDelete
- Luca Carey6:39 PM
I had no idea the south was such a hot spot for illustrators back in the day. It's always funny to see the progression in the career of any artist bc it can be so unpredictable. I didn't look twice at the commercial illustrations near the top of the post, but I stared awhile at the portraits, which are really soft in value but realistic in color palette. Much enjoyed them, and, good business or no, a great creative direction.ReplyDelete
Thank you Leif. This was a terrific series of postings.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for this interview - it's been fascinating - I really enjoyed finding a new instalment in the morning.ReplyDelete
A big thanks to you, Leif, for this superb interview. Joe Bowler is an inspiration to all of us.ReplyDelete
It was a pleasure reading these Leif, thanks again for posting it and all the incredible illustrations throughout!ReplyDelete
Fantastic series, Leif! It's wonderful to read a first-hand account of Joe's life and work. Thanks so much for posting.ReplyDelete


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President Obama is proposing that the National Security Agency end its practice of collecting mountains of data on Americans' phone calls. According to an account in the Associated Press, the administration this week will send Congress draft legislation that would replace this part of the NSA dragnet with a more limited program, under which phone companies would keep "metadata" phone information for 18 months, as they do now for business purposes.
US spy agencies would have to obtain the consent of the secret Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court every time they want to search the data for a particular phone number, according to the AP. Before giving their approval, FISA court judges would have to be convinced that phone number might be linked to terrorist activity.
If it becomes law, this proposal would represent a major change in US surveillance activity. The NSA itself currently siphons up and holds information on numbers called, duration of calls, and other markers on vast amounts of US telecommunication activity.
The NSA retains these data for five years. Agency analysts can conduct searches for specific numbers, without court approval.
Begun in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to try to track connections between terrorism suspects, the effort is often referred to as the "215 program," after the section of the Patriot Act that governs it. Its existence and scope were revealed by NSA-connected leaker Edward Snowden.
Privacy advocates are generally supportive of the administration's proposed changes.
"The indiscriminate collection of phone records is neither legal nor useful. As the president seems to have recognized, there is no justification for continuing a program that undermines constitution values with no proven benefit to security," said Faiza Patel, co-director of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, in a statement issued Tuesday.
But the White House approach comes with a number of questions. Most notably, what would Mr. Obama do if Congress does not pass this bill, or if it passes a significantly different piece of legislation?
After all, agreement is in short supply on Capitol Hill these days, and the NSA dragnet is a controversial government activity. Some lawmakers have defended it as a necessary national protection, while others have inveighed against it as an unconstitutional infringement of Americans' privacy rights.
Congress is already debating this question on its own. A competing bill announced Tuesday by Rep. Mike Rogers (R) of Michigan, the House Intelligence Committee chairman, and Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D) of Maryland would also end government collection of phone records, but it would not require prior court approval for NSA searches of these records.
So why get Congress involved at all? Obama could end the 215 program with a stroke of his executive pen. He's commander in chief and has direct jurisdiction over the NSA. There is nothing in Section 215 of the Patriot Act that requires the NSA to carry out this activity.
For one thing, Obama may want to make sure the program is ended for good. He could end it via executive order, but if he does that, a subsequent president could revive it at any time. A legislative fix would keep that from happening.
The big telecommunications firms also would almost certainly prefer this to be handled by a bill. They don't want to be seen as aiding and abetting an NSA abuse of the privacy rights of their customers. A law that would limit the companies' legal responsibilities, and make clear that the NSA must go to court every time it wants to search a phone number, could make clear to customers that the firms are not colluding with the government in any secret way.
Finally, Obama may want to make sure that responsibility for ending the program is widely shared. After all, what if something bad happened afterward?
"If the president unilaterally ended the program and a terror attack followed, it wouldn't take long for Obama to be blamed for weakening America's defenses to the detriment of American lives," writes Philip Bump of "The Wire" in his own analysis of Obama's motives.
Congressional passage of legislation could head off such finger-pointing.


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Richmond Hill and Bryan County High School were well represented last week, as the Savannah Morning News unveiled its 2012-13 Winter Sports end-of-season awards. In total, 17 athletes from the two schools were named to the wrestling, boys basketball and girls basketball teams.
Richmond Hill senior wrestler Ethan Wampler and wrestling coach Bob Parker, garnered the highest honors, as they were named Wrestler of the Year and Coach of the Year.
Wampler, who finished 39-4 with 25 pins in his final campaign, won the Area 3-AAAAA title at 120 pounds (for the second straight year), and after placing fifth in sectionals, he was runner-up at the state competition in Macon. Wampler steamrolled his opponents at state, winning his quarterfinal match 12-4 and semifinal match 12-1 before falling to Clarke Central's undefeated Andrew Geigrich by technical fall in the final.
Wampler's other big victory came early in the season, when he won the two-day, 32-man Seahawk Slam at Hilton Head High School.
Parker, 54, was in his first season as Richmond Hill's coach after coaching 19 seasons previously in Alabama. He coached five wrestlers this year who qualified for the state tournament.
Other Richmond Hill wrestlers named to the first team were Grant Foy at 126 pounds, Zach Bringer at 132, Zach Perez at 138 and Ian Phifer at 145. Logan Rooker (152 pounds) and Derek Tucker (182) received honorable mention nods.
In boys basketball, Richmond Hill senior shooting guard Jeremiah Hill was a second team selection. Hill's teammates Daniel Wilder and Nick Fitzgerald as well as Bryan County sophomores Kajana Dixon and Jeremy McClendon were honorable mention selections.
And in girls basketball, Richmond Hill forward Keeara Jackson made second team, Bryan County guard Diamond McGirt (who scored her 1,000th career point) was named to the third team, and Richmond Hill's Hannah Riley and Khadijah Scriven along with Bryan County's Brianna Smith were named honorable mention.


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This week's Xbox Live Gold-exclusive deal was voted for by you all last month... so by popular demand, two Battlefield: Bad Company 2 DLC packs have received a substantial price drop. Note that the PC online marketplace is still recovering from today's upgrade, so things might be a little touch-and-go for a while. As always, click the links to check out or download the offers, and remember that Gold Members will need to log in to access the lower price!
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Super Meat Boy is this week's freshest new XBLA offering. This hardcore platformer already cooks up major value for money with a huge number of levels and snubs Microsoft's money-grabbing DLC policies by guaranteeing free DLC map packs for the duration... but they've also opted for an interesting inverse deal. Usually games debut at an inflated price and eventually receive a price cut, but Super Meat Boy has been released at a discounted 800 Microsoft Points that will eventually increase to 1200 next month. My advice? Take advantage of this reverse deal now! Many thanks to Erik for dropping us the inside scoop, and flimflam at Hot UK Deals for getting there before we did.
Also On XBLA: Costume Quest & Dream Chronicles
Costume Quest is Double Fine's first foray into downloadable games, and the first of the "smaller" projects that Tim Schafer's studio decided to implement. It's a Halloween-themed adventure that lets us don magical costumes to rescue our kidnapped sibling. Wacky, fun and unmistakeably Double Fine.
Finally, Dream Chronicles has also been released. This PC adventure has been adapted for XBLA with a new cooperative mode and a lick of paint, providing plenty of Puzzles and an attractive art style.
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For once, credit investors can thank the spectre of rising interest rates for strong returns, says Jon Brager, senior analyst at Hermes Credit..
Welcome relief: Ford and General Motors (GM), with their chronically under-funded pension schemes, were poster children for perceived US industrial decay at the depths of the financial crisis. But higher US Treasury Bond yields have since elevated the metric used to gauge future liabilities: larger "discount rates" have shrunk pension obligations. For credit investors, this boosts the credit quality of parent companies by driving down balance-sheet gearing and improving free cash flow.
Big picture: In 2013, companies in the S&P500 index saw their defined-benefit pension deficits contract 35% to $432bn. Since unfunded liabilities can be seen as interest-bearing debt, this is the equivalent of $248bn in corporate deleveraging and promotes balance-sheet strength and boosts free cash flow as companies don't need to contribute to schemes. For example, GM and Ford paid $1.5bn and $5.4bn to their respective pension plans in 2013 but, as a result of a stronger funded status, both companies do not expect to make any further commitments in 2014 or 2015.
High-yield highs: The performance of five-year credit default swaps (CDSs) for automotive, manufacturing, transport and mining businesses show the implications of shrinking pension deficits for credit investors. The four high-yield debt issuers that experienced the greatest falls in pension liabilities, which includes GM, benefited from greater spread compression than the market. This outperformance started, in fact, when the US Federal Reserve triggered a spike in yields and subsequent sell off in June 2013 by foreshadowing tapering.
Credit default swaps on US industrials have performed well since the 2013 high-yield market sell off
Source: Bloomberg
Pole position: Investment-grade issuers with large, under-funded pensions have also outperformed. This includes Ford, which experienced the greatest deficit improvement among all US industrials. Its liabilities fell $10.7bn, helping to cut its net leverage – which includes pension obligations – by more than two-thirds to 0.39x. It seems no coincidence that the Ford five-year CDS has performed strongly since its improved pension status was first announced in its financial-year 2013 results.
Investment-grade issuers have also benefited from shrunken deficits in their corporate pensions
Source: Bloomberg
Not over yet: Credit securities from many other US industrials should continue to benefit as balance-sheet improvements and increased free cash flow tighten spreads. The outperformance of high-yield and investment-grade issuers amid fears of rising interest rates is promising: in a market heavily influenced by policymakers, company-specific fundamentals can still determine valuations and yield rewards.
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Do Michael Dell, Carl Icahn Really Want to Buy Dell?
WSJ Financial Editor Francesco Guerrera explores one thing that seems to be missing from the takeover battle for Dell: someone really hungry to buy the computer maker.
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I'll save you my gruesome yet very poetic ode to of the month long bout with stomach flu and the cold from hell. Or my grab-you-in-the-gut tear jerker about how I'll always remember Little Rock as the place where my 3rd born was conceived. Or the post about how I'm still a little traumatized about the three men "hanging" from the cross on the side of the road.
Rather, I'll just tell you that Little Rock rocks. And so do the bloggers that hold down the fort. Or the rock. Or whatever it is here that you need to hold down.
But I'm ready to get back to my totally unfurnished house with lots of steps for my son to fall down and lots of carpet for me to vacuum, and lots of toilets for me to scrub.
Or the person that I plan on paying to scrub them. (heh)
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I'm looking forward to decorating and furnishing and running my ass off after those kids all by myself since my husband will be in Little Rock until the end of May. Okay, maybe not that part, but I am hoping this is it. However, a little bird with a cute ass tried to tell me that we might be living in Philly all summer courtesy of our fine US Military.
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So, let's all pretend we didn't hear that and move along to what IS important.
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Podcast: Tracey Clark and Kate Inglis from Shutter Sisters!
Blog Blast: Oh this is a good one. Gifts Gone Right, Gifts Gone Wrong. C'mon and pull out those nasty old things your husband tried to pass off as a gift. Or better, what your mother-in-law gave you. We want pics, stories -- good or bad. Here's mine.
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In case you haven't noticed by looking here, we're sorta really excited for The Perks of Being a Wallflower to finally come out (next week!). And lucky us got to sit down with Nina Dobrev, only the most gorgeous person ever, to chat about her character, Candace, complicated relationships, getting tattoos, the usual. Also, we got her to speak a few words of Russian so yay us!
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Second Lay Day For KSP World Tour Finals On Maui
Kahului, Hawaii – November 30, 2012: Another official lay day was called due to continued light and variable winds. Advisory level swells greeted competitors at Ho'okipa Beach Park this morning, but contest directors deemed wind conditions to be uncontestable today.
"Anything can happen", said KSP Head Judge Brad Price during this morning's live broadcast. "Starting Tuesday there's an outside chance we'll have wind. But, Thursday for sure, Friday for sure. So we'll have to see how it goes."
The next call will be at 9AM tomorrow morning following an assessment of conditions. Tune in live on www.kspworldtour.com/live tomorrow for the morning show and a first possible start of Men's Round 1.
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