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"You will eat it…. right now!"
My mother's face was side by side with the bean I had singled out.
I had to eat it.
It was not the easiest food item to engage in a stare-down. With a black eyed pea there would have been something to focus on. This bean was nothing but a green, unresponsive blob.
"No one is leaving this table until you eat that bean and if you don't hurry up you'll eat all of them," my mother said, in case I had not heard her the fourth time she made this threat.
"Jesus, Charles!" This was my older sister. A reprobate with tobacco in his teeth and huge truck tires clearly compensating for SOMETHING was about to pick her up for a date. "Stop being a baby! Just eat it already!"
They were all nuts. Like that one stinking lima bean would fill a single distended belly among the millions of hungry African kids my mother had invoked again and again. It wasn't like the stupid bean had any healthy qualities left. She had bathed the thing in butter and pig's fat all afternoon. Maybe it was a few steps away from fast food, but, at best, it was a bastard child of the vegetable family now.
Still, Mom had made it clear. Not a single napkin would leave a single lap until I ate one of the forty beans she had slopped on my plate. She was prepared for all five of us to sit there all evening long.
My dad sighed as he tipped his beer bottle upside down over his lips, hoping for a drop gravity might have somehow missed. He was stuck, too.
"One damn bean," Dad mumbled as he slammed the empty bottle on the table. It wasn't clear if he was directing anger at his wife, or son, or both.
Even as a kid I knew my behavior was beyond ridiculous. My friends dared me to eat disgusting things all the time and I did. So why dig my heels in about a stupid lima bean? And why was my mother channeling Charles Manson about the whole thing?
Of course, now I understand my mother's lunatic behavior. We have standoffs over uneaten food all the time. Except now I'm the parent, paying for it, preparing it, and watching so much of it, and my effort, and my money, end up in the garbage can.
It doesn't make sense.
I recently watched my pickiest child slurp down road kill in the school cafeteria. It was one of those days where the parent comes to eat with their kid. I begged off the food I was offered. As a student my son could not do the same, but it never occurred to me that he would take the first bite. This was the same adventurous eater who would not tackle his pasta the night before because I had used a different noodle.
Now, as we sat face to face, an oil spill of grease shimmied on the top of his tray, making it hard to see what lurked in the dark liquid beneath. It was a morass of mystery. A dark swamp of bits and pieces of meat I don't want to comprehend, probably raccoon.
When he picked up his fork I assumed it was an impromptu science experiment to see if the steel would hold up to the chemicals on his plate. I was wrong. He kept telling me about some math test while he scooped up a big bite whatever it was and shoveled it into his mouth.
That little no-rigatoni-eating, stubborn, son of a gun was eating a school lunch!
There wasn't even time to say anything before he doubled down. That's right, he started eating his veggies. Was that? It was. He was eating lima beans.
"You will eat it…. right now!"


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GALLERY: Were You At Tennent's Vital – Do You Remember These Scenes?
65,000 people make this year's Vital "the best yet"
THIS year's Tennent's Vital was the biggest yet as nearly 70,000 people packed into the site at Boucher Playing Fields over the 2-day festival recently.
On Saturday night 40,000 fans danced the night away to a stunning headline set from superstar DJ Calvin Harris. The all-star supporting line-up, featuring Ellie Goulding, John Newman, Disciples and Burns, delighted the Tennent's Vital crowd throughout the day and provided stellar support to the Scottish DJ's headline set.
Disciples and Burns kicked off proceedings on Saturday with Disciples dropping their smash hit collaboration with headliner Calvin Harris, How Deep Is Your Love, to which the crowd went wild.
John Newman helped get the party started with a high tempo, energetic set starting off with hit single Blame, his number one collaboration with headliner Calvin Harris. "You look beautiful" he told the crowd, before blasting through his set.
Also on the first day, Ellie Goulding inspired a mass sing-a-long with this year's number one hit single, Love Me Like You Do. Blown away by the support from the enthusiastic crowd, the pop princess encouraged the crowd to dance along to her endless list of chart anthems. Before leaving the stage she thanked headliner Calvin Harris for having her, and paid tribute to the energetic crowd.
The success of Calvin Harris' impressive back catalogue was in full force as he took to the stage with his single Sweet Nothing, a smash hit collaboration with Florence Welch which included an impressive visual display.
Welcoming the crowd the DJ said: "Belfast, my name is Calvin Harris – it is amazing to be here".
He carried on his set with I Need Your Love, Drinking From The Bottle, Outside and Say My Name.
Then, asking the crowd to "make some noise", to which they obliged, the night sky erupted with an impressive pyrotechnic display, the biggest ever to be used in Ireland.
Ending the night with his John Newman collaboration Blame, Calvin said: "Give me everything you've got one last time, Belfast!"
Throughout the night the superstar DJ effortlessly mixed classic dance tracks including Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat with his own stellar hit collection.
The second night seen Irish rockers The Script thrill the crowd with an epic show of stunning lasers and spectacular pyrotechnics.
The band kicked off their set with a fan-led parade through the Tennent's Vital crowd, culminating in an epic performance of Paint The Town Green, with flag bearing fans lighting up the crowd.
Taking to the stage lead singer Danny O'Donoghue said: "We're from Dublin and it's been too long since we've been back in Belfast…it's good to be back. As I was walking through the crowd I could see so many familiar faces there", before powering into smash hit Breakeven.
The Man Who Can't Be Moved, For The First Time and Man on a Wire showcased the band's impressive back catalogue and the final song, Hall of Fame, gave the crowd one last chance to sing their hearts out at Tennent's Vital 2015.
Thanking the crowd for an incredible evening, Danny said: "Music meant so much to me growing up so what I want to do right now Belfast, is I want to make something that we're going to remember, not just for this festival, this year, but for the rest of our lives".
As the band took their final bow Dayy told the crowd: "Belfast, Tennent's Vital, we can't thank you enough. This is officially our last show in Ireland, and we're going to go and make some badass music for you and we'll be back before you know it".
Kodaline's performance was packed with festival anthems, from High Hopes to Love Like This, Honest to Way Back When.
The band's hit single The One, dedicated to guitarist Mark's newlywed cousin. Telling the origins of the song, the Irish rockers explained they forgot to get the happy couple a wedding present, so instead wrote them the perfect song for their first dance. They then closed their set with the epic All I Want.
The queen of dance music, Annie Mac, stormed the Tennent's Vital stage, treating the crowd to a dazzling selection of dance music perfect for a sunny afternoon.
Annie brought with her the summer vibes as she adorned the stage with neon palm trees, recreating a classic dance festival atmosphere and showing the 25,000 strong crowds exactly why she's one of the most respected DJs around.
Clean Bandit's unique blend of classical and dance music got the party started as thousands of fans were treated to their massive hits including Real Love, Stronger and, in what was a crowd-wide singalong, Rather Be. Their infectious pop vibe went down a treat and fans revelled in the party atmosphere which only grew as the day continued.
Singer-songwriter Jack Savoretti brought his soulful summer tunes to warm up the Tennent's Vital crowd as they basked in the hazy afternoon sunshine, playing hits from his critically acclaimed fourth album including Written In Scars, Broken Glass and his new single Back Where I Belong.
Justin Green of MCD extended his thanks to all involved saying: "MCD Productions wish to extend their gratitude and thanks to all those who made the Tennent's Vital 2015 a great success, in particular local residents and the business community, Belfast City Council, PSNI & security personnel, NIAS, medical staff, Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service, the many artists, crews and all those involved in running the event, not least the 65,000 well-behaved fans who made the whole experience special."
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Company Generic Business Cards
Budget $20 AUD
Hi, me again! Could you please design some cards (the same as Peter Askwith) but just a generic company card with no name just main phone number, address and services we provide on the back of the card?
Please give me a price.


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If you are looking at some October midwest bookings this is not half bad. The coach price from Chicago works for same day/redeye back and the one from MKE in first is a bit high but you can tweak to get some full-flat flights. Here are the numbers:
Cost $320
5,556MQMs at under 5.8CPM
Bookable on Delta.com
DM yields a very respectable 12,502 Skymiles per CWSI.net!