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I was so distracted by the glowing fingers story (see previous post) that I completely forgot to wish you all a Happy Friday the 13th (I should note I nabbed the image to the right from Monsterama: Cute Creeps From Popular Culture who seems to have the same distaste for Valentine's Day as I do).
I ask, what better way to celebrate Friday the 13th than with the transformation of Winnie the Pooh into Jason, the homicidal machete-wielding maniac?
Found this on Deviant Art and had a good chuckle. See what too much honey can do? If you check out the creator's gallery, you'll find a load of zombified toys from Mickey Mouse to Hello Kitty and even My Little Pony.
Have a good day folks, and if I don't see you tomorrow, Happy Horrible V-day as well.
Every holiday results in retailers trying to convince customers that their product is the perfect gift for that particular time of year. The folks over at www.techchee.com are no exception, but I think the boys from China have pushed positioning of a product just a bit too far in this post for a Valentine gift idea published on Feb. 6, 2009.
The title reads "LED finger lamps for creepy-yet-romantic night on the Valentine's day". As a haunter, I thought the title seemed promising. Even after I saw the picture of the odd LED fingertips, I didn't dismiss the gadget completely, and thought perhaps they would spin it for people who like weird Halloweenish items (I could see prop and costume potential). But then I read the post that explained why these glowing fingertips would make the perfect gift:
You may wanna create special atmosphere on the Valentine's day. What about getting your girl and you in darkness and show her your green-glowing fingertips? It would probably be the most unforgettable Valentine's night for her.
Confused, slightly uncomfortable, and suppressing the 13 year old boy in my brain who is already stringing together inappropriate off-colour jokes, I keep reading the pitch.
Still pushing on with my Valentine theme, I decided to explore Valentine ideas when it came to presents: traditional gift ideas with a twist. Where better to do this monitor shopping (my term for window shopping online) than www.pushindaisies.com.
The first and most obvious choice is candy in a heart-shaped box. These are gummy hearts, and the front of the box reads "My love is pure, my love is true, you can have my heart and eat it too!". *cough*
If she prefers chocolate, then you can get her a chocolate heart instead; a one pound chocolate heart.
While I'm all for candy, I like jewelry even more (probably because Yetch never buys jewelry for me. Say it with me: awwwww, poor Ghoul Friday). Where was I? Ah yes. I really like the skeleton bracelets, and the coffin earrings aren't bad (but my spidey-sense tells me they might turn my earlobes green).
Zombie Harmony: because the apocalypse doesn't have to be lonely.
This is the slogan at Zombie Harmony's Free Dating Site; a site strictly for the undead. Animated corpses can search through the database, narrowing their selections to fast-moving or slow-moving mates, with or without limbs, ranging from fresh to rotten.
User names include 'Hungry Barbara', 'I_ate_my_family' and 'luvs2cuddle' (who enjoys slow lumbering walks along the beach, and whose interests include staring vacantly).
While the recipe has made the rounds online, I thought I would post it anyway. I originally saw this on yumsugar.com. In honour of V-day, I am resurrecting it from Internet oblivion.
I should note the recipe is originally from Hey There, Cupcake! by Clare Crespo. Here's the recipe:
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20 glass marbles or small balls of tinfoil
1 recipe batter for White Cupcakes (store bought or see below for the homemade recipe)
2 to 3 cups strawberry jelly or smooth strawberry jam
1 recipe Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting (store bought or see below for the homemade recipe)
Red and blue food colouring
Pastry bag and medium round tip (optional)
Ah Valentines. I never was a fan of the holiday, regardless of whether or not I was in a relationship. I'm a firm believer of year-round wooing (for me and my partner) and I don't have much faith in the authenticity of gestures made on February 14th.
Despite my general misgivings, I thought I would dedicate a couple of blog posts this week to the theme of marketed love. Today we'll look at your card options.
The spider card (pictured left) is a product posted on zazzle.com (along with a number of anti-valentines day items, for those interested). They also had a rather nice skull card (pictured right).
I was reminded of a quote today by Georgia O'Keefe: "To create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage." This is true of all genres, but I think the statement has a heavier truth when applied to artists whose focus falls outside the realm of the mainstream; whose subject isn't easily identifiable as beautiful to most people.
All artists have to face scrutiny, and there is a chance that some (if not many) people will dismiss the notion of the artist having talent. But I think it's harder for the haunter or artists whom are more dark at heart, because sometimes people aren't just rejecting your skills, but how you view life, and what you deem to be beautiful (or what you classify as art, for that matter).
I've come across a couple of interesting ideas for serving watermelon at your next bone-bash. The first, a watermelon brain, comes from two sources and seems pretty straight forward.
You can try following scoochmaroo's detailed instructions (her melon brain is pictured right), or Disney's version.
Feeling a bit more brave and artistic? I got a good chuckle when I saw this idea of having the dead rising out of the grave (or melon, as the case may be).
I've tried to find the original source for this idea. I always feel a bit unclean when I post an image or idea without giving credit. Unfortunately, Kim's Halloween Recipes page where I found this image simply label it 'online idea' without a reference. If anyone knows who came up with this little beauty, I'd love to know.
Kris Kuksi is a genius. I can get lost in the tiny details of his sculptures. Whenever I view his work online, I end up leaning forward in my chair, nose close to the glass of my monitor, but I can never see it as clear as I'd like to.
Each piece is like two works of art in one: you have the wide view, like a dark landscape; and then you have all the tiny characters within it.
Luckily, it seems he is coming to the Meta Gallery in Toronto from May 15th to June 14th, 2009, so I will finally be able to see those micro-beauties clearly.
For those of you who aren't going to check out his show in person, you can view his sculptures online. He has a handy (yet finicky) flash application that allows you to zoom in fairly tight on the images.
He has an interesting bio posted on his site, not unlike many stories we've heard before. But there were specific quotes that resonated with me:
A quick post for this snowy Tuesday.
I'd stumbled across Devon Devereaux's work months ago (maybe even as far back as 2007). It's been sitting in my "stuff I have to blog about" folder ever since, sad and neglected.
This image is part of his Perihelion Show, a collection of sketches starring cartoon creatures of the night, many of which have an on-the-road theme.
I picked this picture as my favourite simply because of the small character depicting Mary Poppins.
I always knew there was something fishy about her.
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Seriously, what's wrong with this guy?
Matthew Clemmens, a 21-year-old from South Jersey, took boorish behavior at a sporting event to an all-time low at Wednesday's Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park, authorities said.
His alleged crime had nothing to do with snow balls or batteries.
Police said Clemmens intentionally vomited on the 11-year-old daughter of an off-duty Easton police captain, and then slugged the cop in the head several times.
The disgusting display followed several innings' worth of slurred curses and spilled beer that Clemmens and another man directed at Michael Vangelo, his two daughters and one of their friends, said Philadelphia police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore.
"It reminds you of the type of behavior you used to hear about at the 700 level in Veterans Stadium," Vanore said. "It won't be tolerated."
Clemmens' vile harassment of Vangelo and his daughters was witnessed by another off-duty Easton cop who punched Clemmens after he doused the young girl in vomit, Vanore said.
His antics didn't end there. When Philadelphia police tried to arrest Clemmens, "he fought with them for a little while. He apparently threw up on one of the officers, too," Vanore added.
Clemmens, of Cherry Hill, N.J., was charged with simple assault, aggravated assault, harassment, resisting arrest and related offenses.
Man punches cop, vomits on daughter at Phillies game
Seriously, what's wrong with this guy?

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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 2:46 am
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It's interesting, the world of comics. When discussing long term goals with comic creators I find there to be a huge variety of responses regarding motivations, inspiration and overall dedication required to succeed. One thing is certain, all (save for a few) hope their comics become popular, however the amount of effort each artist puts into their work varies and is based off so many other factors. Age, writing and drawing skills, experience, all matter but not all are needed to become popular. Regardless, the one thing that separates the successful comics from the rest is determination, as in, how serious you take your comics. Eat, live, and breathe your comics, night and day, twenty four hours, seven days a week. Go to school, talk to people, mingle and share your work and experiences. This is what I believe it means to truely take your comics seriously.
So I ask you, what is taking comics seriously to you? Are you super serious about your comic endeavors succeeding? Would you be willing to do anything or give up everything to obtain such feats?
Thoughts, opinions?
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Like any project, starting a webcomic isn't an endeavour to take lightly. I thought a long time about
Heroes (or not)
and I had even drawn a few pages (1-4) before I was even sure I would put the comic online.
That may be just a personality trait though - I'm a Libra and that means I take a ridiculous amount of time to take a decision but once I'm set in motion, no mountain is too high.
I think it's important to have a long-term objective (otherwise, there's no point in starting) but small goals along the way keep you going. For me, it was to satisfy my need for creation and improve my abilities (kind of a carrot on a stick kind of objective), and more concrete ones like reaching 30 pages so I can set up a Project Wonderful account.
There can be varying degrees of involvement - if you have a day job and a family to take care of, you can't obviously dedicate as much time to your comic as when its your only obligation.
My comic is always on my mind somewhat - even at work, I bring pad and pencils to sketch or write down my storyboard during downtime.
My girlfriend says it took over my life. Maybe I should be worried about that >.>
One thing is certain - the amount of time and effort you put into it is directly responsible for the result at the end.
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:13 am
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Well, you
take starting a webcomic lightly, it's just your comic will suffer for it. But it depends on what your goals are in the first place.
I consider it a serious hobby. I want to do well in it, but there
a real-world line that I shouldn't cross. I still have very real responsibilities and obligations that I need to handle, like paying my bills.
But, like hobbies, it's not something I particularly discuss at work. Most (almost all, actually) of the people I see on a daily basis are much older than me and have distinct differences in what they like.
I do think about it almost constantly, but it's a story that I've had on my mind for over ten years, so that has little to do with it being my artistic project now. The way I think about it has changed a bit since I've started putting it online, but I've always been a big daydreamer.
I've spent a good deal of time toward improving my skills, particularly my art. I wrote my website from scratch because I don't like WordPress and it's important to me that the site is how I want it to be. I read a lot more comics than I ever did before starting a webcomic - some I never would have considered - because making connections is important and it's good to know what else is out there. And, as far as giving more comics a chance goes, I've been pleasantly surprised more than once.
As far as being serious leading to success - it helps. Some of it comes down to how effective you actually are. You could be super serious and dedicate all your time to improving yourself and getting the word out there, but that doesn't say anything about the efficacy of the methods you're actually using. And like everything, there's a fair amount of chance involved.
For the most part, I'm getting what I want out of my comic. If I decide I want more, I'll start pushing more, and I usually push a little here and there. For the moment, I don't have time for something major.
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 2:10 am
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Everyone has different definitions of success, effort and determination, so it all depends on what you want out of making a comic. Not to mention that some people work themselves into a frenzy for years and never get a whiff of recognition while others work less hard and receive plenty... dedication, hard work and great material isn't enough... webcomics, like most endeavors today, is mostly winner-take-all (or at least winner-take-some). Luck is involved along with that eternal "who you know," which also really comes down to luck. Of course one can make one's own luck, but there are also plenty of factors outside one's control.
Only a small number of comics "make it" (if by this is meant making money or appearing in mainstream media or receiving numerous "likes") because a market can only support so many "winners." And what makes a "winner?" That's really hard to say. As far as webcomic success goes, many cite XKCD as one of the most popular. It's hard to deny its popularity - it has even appeared in the New York Times and the Economist, which is incredible. Good as it is, would anyone claim that it represents the absolute height of what a webcomic can and should achieve? In some ways yes, in some ways no. No one would probably call it an artistic masterpiece. But somehow it has reached a level of popularity that many webcomic artists crave. How did this happen? It's really hard to say.
As for me, I work relatively hard on my webcomic. But I don't pour my life into it because I know the payout probably won't amount to too much even if I did "make it." I enjoy it and so I do it. Many people have told me they enjoy what I do and some have told me they clearly don't. That's all fine. If for some reason my comic suddenly captures the mass public's imagination (and I doubt this will ever happen) then I'll probably enjoy the attention, assuming it doesn't take over my life completely. Until then I'll carry on doing it because I want to. In the end, if you're doing something purely for "success" and not for the love of doing it, you'll burn out eventually.
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:56 pm
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In the end, if you're doing something purely for "success" and not for the love of doing it, you'll burn out eventually.
Yup, first and foremost for me is enjoying what I'm making, which I didn't do so much with an earlier attempt at a webcomic and I burned out almost immediately.
And in terms of taking it seriously, my comic isn't a narrative so I'm personally not being consumed by characters or storylines, but the comic itself is still usually on my mind. Although it's still early days (my comic's exactly a month old today in fact) it's important to me to try and ensure I stick to a schedule so the amount I need to do doesn't overwhelm me and I keep going. I try to keep a buffer of about a couple of comics (today's an update day and there's not a lot left that needs doing on the next two comics). I think I especially take editing my comic seriously as well, I like staying a couple of weeks ahead because I can look at my work with fresh eyes before uploading it and this will often lead to final tweaks (or overhauls such as with today's comic) that tighten everything up which is important to me since fixing things like pacing is vital to a 'comedy' (I do my best) webcomic.
In terms of level of success, who knows? There are plenty of webcomics and creators I look up to whose success I'll obviously never even come close to (if I ever reach xkcd or SMBC numbers, drinks are on me!) and for me as long as I'm happy making it I'm happy waiting for any minute audience to sloooowly build. I'd say enjoyment is my main goal, and money isn't even a factor for the foreseeable future at least - I'll be surprised if I ever reach a point where I actually consider trying to make any advertising revenue (the few pence it would make me at the moment is not worth bothering with the self-assessment tax forms here in the UK). Maybe that'll change one day, who knows?
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:42 pm
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Frankly, right now I'm ignoring my webcomic. I doesn't need me, anyway. It'll just keep posting until the story's done.
And I've decided that splitting my attention between Black Flag and my other projects is not efficient. I've slotted the graphic novels directly into the queue, interposed between the novels.
Right now, I'm writing Book 3 of the EFP Epic. (Plus I just put this
fantasy-without-magic adventure trilogy
up on Amazon -- I've sold about 100 books in the past month... I think that's pretty good for self-published and completely unknown?)
Then I do covers for the two other books I plan to publish this year.
Then I edit Book 2 of the Space Opera Detective Series.
Then I get to work on Black Flag 2. (I would love it if I got it done before the first one finishes posting, but if not, oh well, the webcomic takes a hiatus.)
Anyway, it's got nothing to do with being "successful" for me. I just have stories that need telling. People liking them enough to pay money for them is a bonus. But if nobody likes them... ::shrug:: I write/create until I die, regardless.
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Anyone else, or is this thread gone with the wind?
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(Plus I just put this
fantasy-without-magic adventure trilogy
up on Amazon -- I've sold about 100 books in the past month... I think that's pretty good for self-published and completely unknown?)
Sounds pretty darn good to me! Congrats! : D
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Lavenderbard wrote:
(Plus I just put this fantasy-without-magic adventure trilogy up on Amazon -- I've sold about 100 books in the past month... I think that's pretty good for self-published and completely unknown?)
Sounds pretty darn good to me! Congrats! : D
I will now reveal to y'all the secret of my success. (Such as it is.)
I was lucky.
One of my beta-readers for the story recommended it to a friend, and that friend happened to be an author with a small following who posted an enthusiastic review on her blog, Amazon and Goodreads that convinced about 30-35 people to give me a try.
And now you may be thinking "Only 35 people? I thought you said a hundred sales!" I did. Some of the others were people who knew me. Most of them were people who read the first book coming back for the second and third.
So it isn't ALL luck. Some of it's me working hard and doing a good job.
But without luck I seem to be pretty helpless.
When I posted about it myself, I didn't convince anywhere close to 35 people to give it a try. More like six or seven.
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Anyone else, or is this thread gone with the wind?
Hi all, I'm relatively new to this board but I'll chime in.
For me creating webcomics is more about stubborn dedication than becoming popular or rich. I started my webcomic "Heavenly" (www.heavenlycomix.com) close to six years ago as a hobby, and as such I don't have much time to spend working on it. The time I do spend working on it is spent writing and drawing and not doing publicity or promotion. Thus, I have no readership but I now have a library of over 900 strips just waiting to be discovered. Most of those strips I'm proud of, a few I'm REALLY proud of, and some I almost despise. But, the challenge of doing a webcomic was forcing myself to put out three strips a week, no matter what. And that stubborn dedication has kept me going.
For me, the important thing is the creation of art and the creative satisfaction of bringing something new to the world (good or bad), even if it's just for yourself. (Although it would be nice to be able to make money off it).
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Nik! That was one of the best "why I do webcomics" posts I've ever seen - and you're definitely doing it for the right reasons and that's just awesomely awesome whether you "succeed" or not... you just like doing it... awesome (did I mention awesome) ... I'm in a similar boat as my comic went live around 7 years ago and, up until the last month or so, I posted a comic every three days mostly because I wanted to... I almost quit because other things are taking my time, but decided instead to compromise and post once a week... sometimes dedication is all you need... and thanks for posting your thoughts...
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:46 am
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I started my comic because I wanted to get better at drawing. What better way to do that than force myself to update three times a week? I'm of the mind that it's impossible not to get better at something you do everyday. I forced myself to get better by sheer repetition! Also, especially when I first started, I made sure that each and every comic was 100% my absolute best (art-wise, at least.)
Anyway! I'd say that I take my comic pretty seriously.
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4 Tickets To The Ravens at Bills This Sunday - Sec 108 - Row 6
Hey guys,
I am a Bills fan (and season ticket holder). Unfortunately, I cannot make this Sunday's game and am looking to sell my tickets. I am asking $125 a ticket (or a total of $500 for all 4). I have seats 3,4,5 & 6. If you are interested, please PM me. I can set up an EBay Auction, put them up on Ticket Exchange or we can Paypal. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
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Re: 4 Tickets To The Ravens at Bills This Sunday - Sec 108 - Row 6
Hey tried pm you but it kicked it back. If you still have them I'd be interested in buying 2 of them. Taking the wife to Niagra Falls for her bday and would be rolling past their anyway lol.


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Weeks ago when I went to see Silver Linings Playbook, (which originally may or may not have had something to do with Bradley Cooper), I was moved by the simple yet profound message that I took away from the film: we all need a strategy, which (give or take) leads to our silver lining.
Weeks ago when I went to see Silver Linings Playbook, (which originally may or may not have had something to do with Bradley Cooper), I was moved by the simple yet profound message that I took away from the film: we all need a strategy, which (give or take) leads to our silver lining.
Sounds simple, right? Come up with a plan---and your future becomes optimistic. Develop an action item for each area in your life---and you no longer are faced with unfortunate situations. So, with a successful strategy in place, your life should be full, content, and happy. Your silver lining is in tact.
Imagine sitting down with a pen and a sheet of paper to make out your life's plan. I can't tell you how many half written in journals I have lying around to do just this. I buy them in different sizes and colors, some lined…some unlined, some with inspirational quotes on the cover and some plain, some with perforated edges and some with messy ones. Point being, clearly the type of journal doesn't matter. What matters is me taking the time to figure…it…out (my strategy that is, so I can have my silver lining of course.)
We all try to carve out personal "thinking and planning" time but life just gets in the way (the dog gets sick, or the kids, or your laundry calls your name, or you get caught up paying the bills, or making dinner, or your eyes get heavy in bed, or...zzzzzz…)
The plan. For some it might be an entire life plan. Every part of your life: relationships, family, friends, profession, religion, social life, and on and on and on. People with these "plans" might be really good at having life figured out. What they might not be good at is when one of these areas falls a part. Can their ultimate silver lining still be had?
For others, the plan just focuses on one area. You might have one part of your life really well strategized…but all other areas go by the wayside. So is this to say your silver lining is really just making one area in your life hopeful? Can you have a partial-life-silver-lining? It's not a question for me to answer…it's just a question for me to ask.
I'm personally guilty of planning details out for occasions, and activities, and events, and everything else in between in my life; every…single…day. I make a plan of action at work, at home, with my children and their activities, and with simple every day happenings. The notebooks, and phone notes, and sticky notes are what contain my plan, my strategy. For me, it's a strategy of survival on a daily basis; it's a daily silver lining. When everything falls into place, well then that's a good day with a good outcome! When everything falls a part, well then, I suppose tomorrow's a new day.
I don't know what the answer is for your plan, for your happiness, but what I do know is this: you can't be a part of anyone else's plan OR optimistic future without having an ounce of an idea of where you want to be, how you want to get there, and what that (whatever it may be) looks like.
A Strategy. A Silver Lining. Or heck, if nothing else…a cool, new journal.


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With "The Wire" drawing to a close, series creator David Simon is turning his attention to his next TV project: a drama series set in the New Orleans music community.
Reached by phone on the South Africa set of "Generation Kill," an Iraq war miniseries he's executive-producing for HBO, Simon said his pilot script is near completion and awaits the conclusion of the Writers Guild of America strike to be turned in to the network.
But Simon cautioned that the prospective series is still a long way from "Action!"
"I've got no green light," said Simon, who in deference to the WGA strike wouldn't discuss details about the upcoming "Wire" season during the interview. "It's taken me twice as long as I thought it would, and I don't want to (screw) it up because if I (screw) it up, it dies right there, that's the end. Either I write a good pilot or we're done.
"HBO has made no other commitment to me other than being interested in reading it. I don't want to get everybody all wound up (in New Orleans). It's not like we're ready to start hiring crew or anything."
But the prospect of a Simon-penned series about New Orleans, especially in light of the unrealized ambitions of the recent Fox drama "K-Ville," is tantalizing.
Simon, who began work on the project before Hurricane Katrina, said getting it this far has been a daunting task.
"I'm still playing with it, because I'm now at the point where I'm not ashamed to run some of these story lines for the people I've been relying heavily on for research and verisimilitude," he said. "I sat down to write several times and came up with stuff I did not feel was organic enough, or that has enough of the voices that I was trying to capture. The more I went back to New Orleans and the more I talked to some of the people I was talking to, the more comfortable I got to approximating voices.
"Obviously, it's a lot easier for me to write Baltimore," the setting for "The Wire." "I've spent so many years there. The people who will be reading it at HBO may or may not know that certain things are not accurate, or know that I can correct them later . . . but there's some part of me that has been a little bit intent on convincing myself that I could execute (the script) in such a way that I wouldn't be ashamed of the material.
"I'm really conscious of the fact that New Orleans has this incredibly ornate string of traditions -- musical, oral, architectural, everything. It's incredibly ornate, and for an outsider -- even though I've been coming down there in recent years, I'm still nonetheless an outsider -- I'm trying to figure out what constitutes an unforgivable error.
"None of this is to suggest that we've got this thing in our pocket. It really is intimidating."
HBO commissioned Simon's script based on a verbal pitch -- which included a 20-minute digression to answer a network executive's questions about a Simon reference to Mardi Gras Indians -- for a show based around the city's vernacular culture, but which would also address larger issues about urban life in America.
Simon wants to use the premise "as a way to examine cities, and why cities matter," he said. "From my point of view, having been to most large American cities in my life and having become acquainted with a few of them, they're all valuable. You may not have known it from 'The Wire,' but it was on some level a love letter to Baltimore. A very angry love letter, from somebody who might be a little bit conflicted in their affections, but no way were we arguing that Baltimore could not or should not be saved.
"The one thing that New Orleans offers in making that kind of argument in a narrative form -- what's valuable about New Orleans, (what's) so unique, so unlike anything else the United States -- (is that it's) so visual and musical that it can be depicted and ought to be depicted in such a way that people understand innately what is possible in this city.
"Cities are kind of demonized in television culture, and in a lot of storytelling. We have very idyllic notions about the country and a very conflicted sense of what we are as an urban people. But we are urban people. Americans, the vast majority of us, live in and around large cities. Yet how we feel about them is really sort of ambivalent. I'm fascinated by that."
Simon was hesitant to name all of his research sources for fear of leaving anybody out.
"I better just say, 'a lot of people,' " he said. "Whenever I made a phone call and said what I was trying to do, people not only responded, but they were extremely generous with their time. I feel beholden to a lot of people. No matter what angle I came to people with, they would point me in good directions. People were really intent to explain New Orleans. They were really intent to try to explain the inexplicable.
"They're really earnest about it. 'Well, what you have to understand is . . .' And then 75 minutes later you're still taking notes."
Simon's primary collaborator on the project, Eric Overmyer, a playwright and TV writer who has worked on "Law & Order," "Homicide" and "The Wire," is a part-time New Orleans resident.
Some of Simon's known research sources for the script include New Orleans locals intimate with the music scene -- Kermit Ruffins, members of the Rebirth Brass Band, Donald Harrison Jr., DJ/pianist Davis Rogan -- as well as media members, police and political players.
"David's process consisted of him and I putting more damage on Time Warner's bottom line than the AOL merger," said Rogan, referencing HBO's parent company and its disastrous 2000 merger with the Internet-service provider. "We went to second-lines and some gigs and I introduced him to a lot of the musicians that I know."
Rogan, whose song "Do Me That Way" is on the soundtrack of Sunday's "Wire" season premiere (also there: Ernie K-Doe!), has seen a few pages of Simon's New Orleans script, and said the writer was open to the most niggling kind of fix -- correcting the ward in which a specific second-line would take place, for example.
"I'm a native, fifth generation," Rogan said. "And if I'm vetting the script, I'd like to say that speaks worlds for the show's accuracy.
"He has a real ear for dialogue, which is kind of vital for someone who's going to get New Orleans.
"He got Baltimore right. If there's anybody who stands a chance of getting New Orleans, I'd say it's him."
If it's not him, it won't be the result of indifference. (Here, on an older version of this blog post, you can listen to Simon talk about a memorable night at the Funky Butt in New Orleans.)
"I live in mortal terror that somebody looks at something I write who's actually living the event and says, 'That's exactly wrong. That guy got it exactly wrong,' " Simon said. "I don't want to sell anything to HBO that I can't sell to myself first.
"The best things I've ever seen about New Orleans have been documentaries that have been watched by a handful of people" -- citing Les Blank's 1978 "Always for Pleasure" and Stevenson Palfi's 1982 "Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together," both music docs -- "(not) mass appeal dramas.
"How do you get that in a drama? How can you not want to try? If you've experienced New Orleans at any level, how can you not want to try? I can't think of anything better to try.
"Is there a part of me that thinks this stuff will never make it into a network drama, even on HBO? Yeah. And yet there's a part of me that thinks it's just there. How has it not gotten in yet?
"It's delicate. The more you touch it with something as indelicate as television, it kind of falls apart on you. I'd almost rather it not get on the air than have it get on the air and have it be lame."


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Grass beds survived storm to welcome waterfowl, Bay babies
Housing stock is on the rise for the young fish and crabs who'll be sheltering at the top of the Bay come spring. The vast grass-filled Susquehanna Flats, the circular area where the Susquehanna River meets the Bay, appeared unexpectedly healthy in aerial survey images made late last year.
The valuable Bay habitats seem to have survived fall 2011's deluge of runoff and sediment.
That was a welcome surprise. During Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, monitors saw large tangles of all varieties of uprooted grasses floating downstream. Remembering the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Agnes almost 40 years ago, scientists feared the worst.
"Back on those days of Tropical Storm Lee, looking at the deluge of water over the Conowingo Dam, I would've bet that we had lost the Flats grasses entirely," said Rich Batiuk of the Chesapeake Bay Program.
Had that been the case, over-wintering waterfowl would have lost a favorite table. Many juvenile Bay creatures would have been homeless come spring.
The grasses' survival is good news not only for the creatures that feed on and live among them, but also for the Bay.
"That large, dense beds can survive extreme conditions is another indicator of the Bay's resilience," Batiuk said.


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As one part of the AICPA's grassroots advocacy efforts, representatives from three firms met with Administration officials and a Member of Congress in June. Ken Baggett of The Reznick Group, Bill Hancock of Mayer Hoffman McCann, and Leroy Dennis of McGladrey Pullen met with Representative Scott Garrett, a New Jersey Republican, with Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, and with various Treasury staff to share their insights about business issues facing clients and employers.
"It's always worthwhile to spend time with legislators, whether it's in DC or at home," said Baggett. "We were able to stress the economic importance of small and medium sized businesses, and the issues that our clients are facing, during our meetings."
"In our firms, we see the effects of economic, legislative and regulatory policy every day as we advise our clients and as we run our firms. It's critical that the people who make those policies hear from the people they affect," Hancock said.
The visits followed the AICPA's governing Council and key person visits to Capitol Hill in May, and were scheduled to reinforce many of the messages that AICPA leaders took to the Hill. "A steady stream of information – and visits – about the accounting profession is important to maintain with leaders in Washington," said Dennis. "CPAs have tremendous insight on business and professional issues, so it's important to keep reaching out to them."


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|2004-04-22, 14:51
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School for me was great. After all those are your best years. You will always remember your school friends...anyway here is that way, I'm not sure but in USA seems that schools are hell, unfortunatly my only reference are the stupid teenage movies with 30 year old actors, but I think something is wrong if you need a metal detector in your school. Are schools really that bad over there???
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Schools are usually pretty chill in the US. People form their clicks and have their fun just like anywhere else. Personally...I don't know any schools that have metal detectors. It would be kind of difficult to enforce that in an open campus like the one I went to in high school. Umm...there are drug dogs that come around once in a while to sniff for stuff.
There were a few bomb alarms that occured at our school as well but most of it was due to the lack of reasoning skills of our school staff (a cd case had "this is a bomb" written on it and we were force to evacuate the school for a few hours). One of my friends did "accidentally" throw away a working albeit simple bomb...but I don't think he knew it was a bomb. One of his friends in juvie gave it to him.
But I'm sure this kinda stuff happens everywhere...I mean school is school.
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|2004-04-22, 15:47
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|2004-04-22, 15:51
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In my school no one was over 18 years old, or any school I can think of, there maybe is someone over 18 but almost everyone is underaged.
I get the metal detector idea from "never been kissed" and "pay it forward" movies. The harrasment kids suffer in those movies is horrible, so I ask you, is really like that?
|2004-04-22, 16:09
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Location: San Francisco
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Then again,my school had no concept of 'jocks', 'nerds', the bitchy cheerleaders, etc. etc.
My college is NOT a singles bar - pretty much all the girls I meet have boyfriends - even the ones I have no real interest in. SF State is the home of 'girls with boyfriends who go to other schools'.
College rocks - you can take classes you have interest in/more interest in than the alternatives.
I took Anthropology instead of Bio, and Astronomy instead of Chemistry.
In high school (as far as in-class stuff goes) you're taught to just do what the teacher says.
"I think this poem is a metaphor for the death of his cat - what do you think, class?"
Class: Yeah, uh huh. Okay.
In college, the teacher actually WANTS to hear other opinions.
|2004-04-22, 16:11
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Location: God forsaken middle of nowhere, Texas
Find me any major city anywhere in the world, and you will find an area there that is the "bad" section of town. Everyplace has em.
Having been lucky enough to travel a lot, the thing I noticed is how much is the same everywhere you go. The language may be different, they culture may be different, but human behavior is pretty consistant no matter where you are.
Most high school/secondary school students have the same issues, and the same problems no matter where you go.
I hated school by the time I got to middle school, HATED high school, and had an absolute blast in college.
I will say one thing though. Get the most out of your education that you can. It may be stupid, it may be annoying, but it gives you a choice to do something better later on.
Work sucks for most folks, and unlike school, you can look forward to doing something you couldnt give a damn about for the next 30 years. With a decent education, you have options to do things that you might not get otherwise. Find something you like, and work twoard it. School may be a pain in the ass, but its only a few years, and then its up to you.
|2004-04-22, 16:32
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Oh, I see, those stupid movies and their stereotypes...
Here we have elementary school, secondary school, then university (if you can afford it) and then is a " congratulations, good luck with your unemployment ) sadly thats true for most people, im looking for a postgraduate study right now.
|2004-04-22, 16:39
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Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Age: 48
Schools with metal detectors are usually in response to community concerns about the safety of the students. Maybe the neighborhood is bad, or there is a fear that illegal activity and weapons will make their way into the schools. My niece goes to a grade school (kindergarten through 6th grade) near Detroit that requires all backpacks to be mostly transparent. Locker searches are fairly regular. Schools that have had shootings (i.e. Columbine) also have metal detectors installed.
I haven't seen either of the films you've noted, but there indeed are schools out there in the US with closed campuses and metal detectors at the doors. I can't say if the films are an accurate portrayal of some school situations, but I'd guess that it totally depends on the school you're talking about. They're not all like what those films may suggest.
The original post of this topic is way too vague to respond to anyhow. It's posted by someone who is either from a country where English is not the primary language, or something is really going wrong with his/her education (depending on his/her age.) To agree or disagree with this run-on sentence, I need more information. For example, where are you from? How old are you? What specific things are wrong with school? Can you think of some things or people at school that you like?
|2004-04-22, 16:48
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Coordinated Insanity
Humm, that's better than what I usually say If I want to scare girls...
Click here for the most wrong line you've ever heard...
Oh, and who the HELL studies 4 hours a day for high school I personally skipped 1 month straight of my senior semester because I woke up one morning and decided "Hummm.. I don't feel like going... I think I'll stay home". I still graduated on time with a decent GPA though... had to pull some strings for missing around half of all my classes .
My philosophy is "Least amount of Work, Maximum Results" which is also the Motto of Sladism. . Around a 3.9 GPA with that philosophy ain't too bad imo.
|2004-04-22, 18:04
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Yes, school is bothersome(I really hate waking up early), but it's worth it. I've been getting decent grades lately(B-C average). I could do better, but then school would be stealing away this great time of my life.
Like, here's an example of someone who has totally wasted this great time of there life. I was watching the news, and near the end they have what is called "The Student Scholar of the week." It had this girl who said ever since she was young she has always wanted to be a cheerleader. This year, she finally achieved her dream, but soon she decided to quit. The coach asked her she would do that. She said that now she has to work on becoming a doctor. She then said that she didn't think she would be able to become one with her 3.6GPA(which is roughly A to B+ average). So now she's going to waste her whole youth studying and reading books. I feel sorry for her. I guess it's a matter of opinion.
What would you guys choose if you had to pick one of these two choices?
A.) Waste your WHOLE youth being focused on getting straight A's so you can get into college and waste an extra 8-10 years of your LIFE getting your master's degree, but once you get out you start making lots of money and your able to buy fancy cars and houses.
B.) You go to school, but you treasure your youth(having fun, hanging out with friends, etc) more than your education. Your grades are average or a bit below average, but at least your making the most out of the time that you are young.
I choose "B"
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King War is a free multiplayer online adventure game. This world is dominated by five races: Human, Undead, Elven, Beast and Monster. You will be a king or queen, who controls a kingdom with one castle in this magic and mystery world. You should upgrade technologies, build structures and recruit armies with resources, fight for more territories and resources by hunting, by adventuring...
King War is a free multiplayer online adventure game. This world is dominated by five races: Human, Undead, Elven, Beast and Monster. You will be a king or queen, who controls a kingdom with one castle in this magic and mystery world. You should upgrade technologies, build structures and recruit armies with resources, fight for more territories and resources by hunting, by adventuring, by attacking a castle, town or village and by fighting in sea.
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--- Completely free.
--- You can play this game in client, web browsers and mobile.
--- Simple and easy to operate. We provide instant help, video tutorials and FAQs.
--- Multi-races: Human, Undead, Elven, Beast and Monster.
--- Multi-tasks: Sea War, Hunting, Adventure, Attack castle, town and village.
--- Many kinds of reward mechanism.
--- Massive treasures, magics and equips.
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