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Mustique #47
Subject: Mustique #47 - Knowing your mules
(Posted on Feb 13, 2014 at 02:05PM ) Tags:
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When is a mule not the mule you thought it was? When you are in Mustique at your sister's wedding is when.
These four pictures below should make it pretty straightforward for anyone still perplexed, so as to enable sussing out the differences between the
, human drug
vehicle, and that fabled
with the Moscow handle slapped on the front end.
Note the simple cocktail (made with vodka, ginger beer and lime, on ice, and ideally in a copper mug as above), ain't even from Moscow, but is rather a good ole born-and-bred USA concoction dating to 1941 that became popular a few years later in the 1950s. So much for truth in names and marketing, and kinda like why the news ain't always makin' sense either.
There are some casual
for those mulling getting into that line of "transport" work (and not the one competing with the animal) if things are a little slow on the work front around where you are.
Like Bob mused back on that wedding day, it would be kinda nifty to be in a situation with all four at play simultaneously. You could be enjoying the drink with the other two live ones over witty repartee, taking in tricks of the "transport" trade and optimizing the use of various cavity spaces over body packing, all the while riding on board that 4-wheeler. It's probably a better idea to be letting someone else do the driving though.
Maybe if you don't want to be doing all of that in the same-name places in
for added effect, you could choose to pull it off in
Bishop, CA
, the so-called "Mule Capital of the World," when they have that annual
Bishop Mule Days
in the run up to Memorial Day. Turn it into a four-way global mule convention of excellence and party hearty.
Bob ain't gonna bother to get into the 80s game,
., or the software
model / framework
. That is strictly for you real die-hard mule keeners out there. So today, you can say you learned a tad about different mules, without needing to go to the trouble of some average single guy attending weddings in places around the world.
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Singapore #77
Subject: Singapore #77 - Swedish Snaps Songs
(Posted on Feb 12, 2014 at 01:06PM ) Tags:
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You know you have a diverse group of friends when you find yourself singing Swedish drinking songs at a wedding in Singapore with a bunch of Chinese folks spread around your table. You don't fight the situation, suck back the
and sing along as best you can.
While we all sang in English at the time to make it easier for the assembled international collective, you just know for sure that these tunes sound way way better in their original language. To prove it all, some of the energetic Swedes present decided to let us hear the difference in their native tongue.
Three songs, and three shots of snaps went down in quick succession. This type of Swedish snaps drinking song is called a
and is usually short and simple (to be sung with vigor) so as not to have too much time between you and your next shot (or song).
How strategic of them sly Swedes. It was probably all about getting oiled / lit up more quickly and letting that Scandinavian shyness slip swiftly away into the shadows.
Here is
Hell and Gore
(or Helan Går in Swedish), considered by some to be the Big Mama or Daddy of all these songs.
No offence to the lads in the version above, but some may find this more impromptu, feminine version as sung here by
to be a little more endearing and charming, if less boisterous. Who do you want to be out belting back shots and singing these songs with at the end of the evening when all is said and done?
Last, this interpretation of "1, 2, 75, 6, 7" with sign language as added accompaniment makes it a little more interesting (and tricky if you want to try both deliveries simultaneously). Note the numbers in Swedish are much more musical in nature. After a couple shots already down the hatch, this litle ditty can prove to be a real challenge if you try and sing it more quickly (and in Swedish too if you are an English speaker).
When faced with a tough, spur-of-the-moment choice in life, like choosing between a shot from the red/black label bottle of snaps (
O.P. Anderson
) or a shot from the touch-of-green label bottle of snaps (
Slotts Aquavit
), what is one to do?
Decisions, decisons. Take 'em both down between the rounds of songs and shots, and cover the bases, Bobbolin(o/a). That's what you do.
After a few, no doubt everyone present felt much better about their singing capability. Still, I wasn't about ready to quit my day job, no matter what that was. Somedays, it felt like attending weddings all over the place was Bob's part-time job.
To all my Swedish, and wannabe (with) Swedish, friends out there,
l / Skol!
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Los Angeles #70
Subject: Los Angeles #70 - Monty P meets South Park
(Posted on Feb 8, 2014 at 11:09AM ) Tags:
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Put a groom and his "best" man together for a few idle moments early on wedding day when no one else is around within earshot, and what do you get? You get a mashup of Monty Python and South Park, taking two separate pieces and slamming them together to make something better.
Sometimes, 1+1 = 3, especially when you're taking the best of British and American humor.
Step 1
- Take some elements from this classic "French taunting" scene in
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(1975). The relevant bit runs between 2:20 and 2:43 but the whole scene works well if you have the time and inclination.
Step 2
- Add a much more animated (and less subtle) Terrance and Phillip from their potty-mouth "Unclef#%$er" scene in the more current
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut
(1999). The relevant bit starts 0:25 in, but it is ALL top-shelf, classy, high-brow material.
Step 3
- Combine and stir artfully with some tender loving care, and yowza wowza, you get the end result as exchanged between George Johnson and Bob Boguslavski in their wedding finery before all the action of the day started up on the boat.
What else would some groom do on his wedding day after all when there was nothing else going on? Clearly, we were two sick Canuckistanis messin' around and having some fun, eh?
I think Kenny Dixon Jr. (aka
) said it best (at 3:50 for a few seconds) in this deep house number called
Ya Thang
Oliver $
released in April 2011.
Keep it simple folks, with just two categories, as the man said there. It makes for much easier navigation in life, and filtering stuff. Therein lies some real wisdom they will never teach you in skool, even if you're just some single guy hitting weddings all over the place.
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Mustique #47
Subject: Mustique #47 - Gettin' all ''rill'' with gin and tonic
(Posted on Feb 4, 2014 at 09:09AM ) Tags:
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A "proper"
gin and tonic
, as somebody was once lectured to in gang-bang fashion at his sister's wedding in Mustique in 2000, is supposedly made with lemon, and NOT lime. And it should never be made with both of those citrus garnishes, despite what one particular punter professed to prefer. However, the real case can be made for all three possibilities, depending where you are.
Hey, Bob reckons if you are British then you must know for sure. The cat in this
Telegraph piece
like he knows the drill on G+Ts and the proper garnish, from having whacked back a few over the years at home and abroad. Plus, when you're a writer, and your full name is
James Gerald Warner of Craigenmaddie
, then it must be gospel, even though you may actually be a Scot.
The English cast at that intimate tropical wedding were also going on about
s Gin
(note it is made in Scotland) and
tonic water
both being mandatory for the optimum result. Some contest that Gordon's isn't good enough anymore, but there are others who still do swear by it as
. Bob will let you decide on that for yourself.
As for juniper and the other botanicals at play generally in gin, he likes this
that mentions turpentine being used back in the day for the masses. Nice one there! Talk about putting a little extra sumpin' in your jump juice to make it more "hi-test" to squeeze out a little more horsepower per pour.
Maybe the Spanish way is the method to follow per this
At the end of the day, Bob still likes lemon AND lime together. Besides, the colors look very cool.
Add a long stick of black licorice for extra color mojo action in your glass, and presto majesto, you have yourself a bonafide Bob N. Boguslavksi "Jamaican Flag" gin and tonic.
Note Bob just made this last bit up, but it sure sounds (and would look) mighty fine. And that ain't no coink-e-dink neither now, so remember you heard it here first. It's completely up to you whether you want to consider chewing that stick down as you go, or just keep reusing it as a garnish, untouched, in your refills.
Bob so totally agrees with one NYC friend (still not married either, but he's a divorce attorney and knows reality a little too close on the exit side of that game) that there is a reason it's called
tonic, and not the other way around. So you need to make sure you put a "rill" healthy dose of booze in there. If you ever order one in a bar or club in Spain (and some other places outside North America), you will know they be doin' the deed right as well. And hey, if you are splashin' it out and doin' bottle service and a bit of V.I. action in some domestic club, cuz that's how you roll and you a player, then you can pour your own measure and keep to the spirit on that, pardon the pun.
Suck back a few of these Spanish (or equivalent) stength / size bad boys, and you'll be getting all kinds of "rill" good insight into how stuff works for "rill" as Courtney Stodden (or a close enough impersonator) spouts forth
Think "rill" and be "rill" is all I can say. Use "rill" good ingredients too. Bottomline, folks, no matter how you like your G+Ts, just make sure they are "rill" strong. That way, they'll be "rill" good, and the world will quickly seem a better, kinder, and gentler place.
That's what this single, wedding-guy, traveler-adventurer-cum-poolside bum believes, no matter where he is at in the world.
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Barcelona #62
Subject: Barcelona #62 - Chopsocky cinema and that Ghanaian proverb
(Posted on Jan 31, 2014 at 04:22PM ) Tags:
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That Ghanaian proverb quoted in the book is a classic that has long vexed Bob since Ananse first told him of it years ago.
"It requires a lot of carefulness to kill the fly that perches on the scrotum."
It opens up a whole line of questioning, and makes one wonder if whoever came up with it meant to believe it applied only against their own set of
, or someone else's too. Who knows on that? That's why Bob figured one might want to have a more swift and skilled set of hands take a swipe there, if in fact a swipe, slap or short sharp shot of any sort was indeed the optimum strategy here. But Bob ain't here to question the wisdom of that tproverb to begin with.
Ergo the four
cinema stars thrown out there as a non-exhaustive shortlist of example candidates suitably skilled for the task, but only two could be trying that on their own set.
Lo Lieh
had the same birthday as yours truly does too (but he was just a little older is all),
Connie Chan Po-chu
Cheng Pei-pei
were born six days apart, and as for
Bruce Lee
, most know about that cat, so his name should have tipped the hand of the other three in the context of the discussion. A lot of flicks were made between all four, but as far as Bob knows, there was never a scene there anywhere involving flies on someone's scrotum. Geez, some of them were into swords and stuff as well, so you can just imagine some other potentially interesting solutions that might come into play with such implements/weapons in such a scenario.
It all reminds Bob of that line from the 1970s TV series,
Kung Fu
, when Caine is told many a time by his Master that "When you can snatch the pebble from my hand, it will be time for you to leave." It seems Master had the good sense to NOT envision, yet alone allow, multiple learning attempts along the way with flies located strategically somewhere else on his body. But as with many things in life, and after a lot of hard work, training and practice, that "time to leave" eventually comes, and you head off to the next set of challenges.
This Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
from 2011 touches on a few more proverbs from other countries on that continent that are cut from the same cloth and looks at them a little bit deeper. Whaddup with all that?
All in all, Bob think such psroverbs are best left to thinking about, and not actually attempting them at home alone, or together with friends and family. Some things in life, you don't necessarily need to experience. Maybe you also just don't let flies have much access to the jewels to begin with if you can help it at all. Even when you're some single guy sippin' on cava at a wedding in Spain, you can still reflect on the deeper things in life, in between all the other goings on of the day and night.
Gong Hay Fat Choy or Gong Xi Fa Cai--take your pick.
新年快樂 新年快乐
It appears that this entry and Chinese New Year are just pure coink-e-dink.
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Westport #94
Subject: Westport #94 - Subprime made easy for all
(Posted on Jan 29, 2014 at 04:07PM ) Tags:
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Around the time of that mid September 2007 affair for Bob and Natasha, rumblings were emerging from the financial markets about all that global money crammed inside the US subprime mortgage market that was making financial institutions and hedge funds alike a fortune up until then. It was a massive feeding frenzy, and it was supposedly all bullet-proof safe, paying out high returns, and was endorsed by the brightest minds and leading lights in the industry. Yeah, sure.
Then we all saw what happened thereafter by the fall of 2008 when the
hit full on. Bob's chat over a drink with Tristan Alford, then at a purposely anonymous hedge fund, and a former colleague of Bob "The Banker," was tied to this. Tristan knew what was coming down the pike, and had the good sense to want to get out of Dodge while the getting was good to preserve some of his wealth, and keep that Mrs. of his happy with her high-end baubles, haute couture, and gal pal spa getaway weekends with her "
nch" set, or
as Bob prefers. A great gig if you can get it!
Since that time, and the subsequent market meltdown, a lot of analysis, debate, and discussion has happened about the whole subprime crisis, and numerous books, TV shows and even movies have covered the topic 25 ways to Sunday.
This great little
is still one of Bob's favorites for explaining subprime to just about everybody and their dog in very simple terms. One can well forgive the couple of spelling errors with "traunche" (tranche) and Caymen (Cayman) Islands for the otherwise humorous insight.
This shorter animated piece is a little more serious, but also very good.
These two cats below,
Bird and Fortune
, also did a bang up job explaining it all with typical British flair and sophistication.
Alas, John Fortune
passed away
this past New Year's Eve, but he wasn't on the lads'
DeathList 2013
When this single guy is out there hitting weddings all over the place, the topics of conversation aren't always just fluffy and funny. There's real other stuff going on out there that surfaces every now and again and is worth bringing to light.
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Santiago #30
Subject: Chile #30 - 43-Man Squamish
(Posted on Jan 28, 2014 at 01:41PM ) Tags:
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MAD Magazine
was one of Bob's big favorites back when he was a kid, and its sense of humor has a longstanding impression on him to this day, and his writing style. The piece on
43-Man Squamish
from MAD #095 (June 1965) was definitely one of the more memorable pieces for him, and you can see it all in gory detail right
as a scanned image from the original issue. It was that crazy college sport those two kooks George Woodbridge and Tom Koch dreamed up, and it was explained with absolute clarity and brilliance.
By the time you are done processing it all you'll be an expert on all the positions from Grouches, to Brooders, Wicket Men, Niblings, Frummerts, Over/Underblats, Finks, Leapers and the Dummy. You'll know how they all mesh together in dizzying formations on the flutney, and how it is all about the Pritz and controlling things with the Frullip.
You'll know your Snivels and Ogres, and the very important difference between a Woomink and a Durmish, and surprisingly, why imitations of Barry Goldwater (hello
Tea Party
!) also may play a part in turning the tide of a match, but only if you are a Fink.
Was Draja Druvnik really one of the best at the game, judging by his big endorsement deal back in the day? No idea this side, and you could probably debate that for hours on end with those in the know.
The rules of gameplay and interpretation therein are where the action is really at, and if it all makes complete sense to you, then you are ready for a job as a German rocket scientist (even if you haven't learned that language yet, and only speak Swahili, cuz, clearly you got it all going on upstairs).
If this all sounds too complicated, or you can't find enough palookaheadz in your college to field a full squad, you can always opt for the much simpler version, 2-Man Squamish, where the object is to lose.
But after all of that, Bob's biggest takeaway from the whole mess was that certain special "wise old Chilean proverb" as immortalized there, and which has haunted him for decades (and maybe still does), until he actually got to Chile for the first time as a single guy on some wedding adventure junket.
It would be uberkool to see it played in Squamish, British Columbia, just up the road a bit from Vancouver on the way to Whistler. There's probably some reason out there somebody created that shared naming kinship between the place and the sport. Maybe Woodbridge and Koch should have added that to the mix.
As Bob always says to folks traveling that highway, "Don't forget to stop in
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Los Angeles #70
Subject: Los Angeles #70 - Canuckistan (be it Soviet or not)
(Posted on Jan 24, 2014 at 02:27PM ) Tags:
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Yo, whaddup with that
label for '
The True North strong and free
At least until some day when it becomes overrun militarily or economically 'integrated' by its steadfast friends and drinking
south of the 49th parallel (north).
In Bob's own twisted antihero way, 'infiltrated by all, inculcated by none,' he's really smitten by
Soviet Canuckistan
, and throws the term around liberally, much to the chagrin of some on the northern side of border. He so way prefers the handle with the 'Soviet' part exorcised--it's shorter and punchier, and most on either side of the boundary still totally get it unless severely geographically challenged.
Looks like we can thank Nat Bukannan for all
back on Halloween 2002 (Trick or Treat) amidst the discussions and build-up for the second foray in Iraq. Awesome job, buddy! Folks like him, Anne Coalturd, and Will O. Wiley are beacons of worldly analysis, insight and opinion, doing their utmost to keep our (m)asses
au courant
with global affairs. It's all right up there with
Freedom fries
But, in balanced fairness to both sides of any debate over a bottle or two (or more, depending on your cohort) of some unnamed refreshment, preferably of the red type, part of Nat's TV diatribe did have some valid points, as perhaps brought to light in this
which Bob doesn't completely agree with either from
spin on this matter. It's just that good old Nat muddled a bunch of stuff together.
However, the
initial usage
of Soviet Canuckistan can be attributed to almost a decade before, and digging one reference
deeper. Nat, because of his public profile, just took it to a whole other level is all (whether arrived at independently, or not), breaking it out into mainstream popular usage. We thank you profusely for that, Sir!
For anybody out there that has never been to Canuckistan, or knows little about the place, this
is supremely (mis)informative, depending on your point of view and sense of humo(u)r. Useful information to have as you plan that virgin trip to The Great White North. Here's a classic specimen of local art from 1981 that speaks to trumpeting that cause, eh?
It's always good to bone up on stuff before taking a trip to a new spot, even if it is to some fun wedding adventure far away as some single guy.
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London #15
Subject: London #15 - Theakston Old Peculier
(Posted on Jan 24, 2014 at 11:22AM ) Tags:
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No, "Peculier" ain't spelled wrong and it wasn't a typo slip-up by some prat pounding the keyboard. But Bob bets some readers will think so at first glance. In fact, he had to
[sic] make sure the spell check function kept it that way too.
That is the correct spelling for the fabled brew out of Masham, North Yorkshire that Bobby Bo and Cory McCracken were knocking back that day just before the wedding ceremony in Shepperton. It ain't and never was peculiar either, at least not in the "odd" sense, if perhaps for a while on the bottle or cask, per further down below.
Peculier is actually even a real word all by its lonesome, although not in most folks' everyday usage, and is known as a parish outside the jurisdiction of a diocese and in many cases (but not always) under the British Monarchy. Go figure. Makes one wonder if any peculiers are peculiar? Now, that doesn't have nearly as much of an impact or meaning to Bob, like having a pint or two of that brew, which is really good stuff, in some cozy pub.
The problem with peculier, the geographical area, is that it is also spelled peculiar. D-oh! How about that for clarity? One imagines going back to medieval times, it kinda maybe went that way with certain words and the evolution of the language over time, and may have been changed. Bob doesn't know and hasn't drilled down deep enough to really come down hard one way or the other on it and he certainly has no credentials as an
etymologist. Hey, in Scotland old is auld, and bonnie (or maybe bonny) is pretty and may have come from the French word
, for good. So anything is possible with peculier / peculiar one supposes. Or maybe it's like how some folks never get the difference between
, let alone the interchangeable usage of
you see all the time.
But, in all fairness to both sides of the spelling equation, and native English-speaking, spelling-challenged punters the world over, here is some evidence to show the ale was at some point also doubling down under the Peculiar moniker. Aha, them Theakston folks be caught out on schizophrenic labeling practices.
Maybe some historian cum brand police gatekeeper type at the brewery might clarify or expand upon that one day, and set the record straight for all. Bob's always open to getting the real lowdown on stuff, be it official, or not.
Anyway, if you are really into knowing more about this peculier geography thing cuz you got some time on your hands or are bored at work (and no one's peering over your cubicle wall, but the IT overseers might be tracking your Internet usage behind the scene), you can read a tad more about the
peculier of Masham
(after which the brew was named) and about
Royal Peculiers
(or Peculiars) in England, past and present.
Personally, Bob would rather drink the ale and call it a day on the matter. Keep it simple and focused.
The brewery,
T&R Theakston Ltd.
, has a cool past going back to 1827, and is still independently family owned. One day, Bob will have to make sure to take the tour of the place, and do a little sampling of all their wares. Old Peculier is their most famous pour, and is called "The Legend". Even everyone's favorite non-comic book news and views mag,
La Revista Economista
as Bob calls it, labeled that sucker the "doyen of real ales" back in 1985, if that adds any more credibility to the mix, as opposed to something like
Beer Advocate
Bob says, just go drink it, and decide for yourself. Enjoy, just like this single guy did on his wedding adventures back in the day.
, as the "Oirish" and "Scootish" may say on occasion.
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Subject: Author Interview with Tina Marie Says
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Bob N. Boguslavski - An Author Interview
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
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Guest Posts & Interviews With Tina Marie Says
Tell us a little bit about yourself.
My bio is here below, but in summary, I have been fortunate to be able to have done a lot of different jobs across multiple industries, in many places around the world, and that has provided the basis for my style and all the material for this book and future ones. It has given me a bit of a unique perspective.
Expressed mathematically, it might be something like this:
(Live + Think) x Different = Write Different
Born and bred in YUL, Canuckistan (home of the first peanut butter patent and Wonderbra
trademark), of Ukrainian Polish heritage, Bob N. Boguslavski has been a bit of a world wanderer the last decades. Life, career, and school have moved him between multiple places in Egypt, India, Spain, The Netherlands, UK, and USA and he reckons he's not done yet either by a long shot. He has traveled to many other spots on the planet for business, pleasure, and a seemingly ungodly number of weddings.
Along the way, he has successfully managed to dodge his own wedding bullet(s), and collect a mass of raw fodder for literary porpoises [sic]. Having worked in several sectors for companies massive, tiny, and sizes in-between, some of his friends (and family) persist in thinking he once was (and maybe still is) some sorta spy or sumpin' like that. His real-life experiences and observations form the basis of a unique, eclectic, and humorous writing style. For some strange reason, cats dig him (he wishes it would work just as easily and well with women) and if he could jar and sell it, he would be really wealthy.
He currently resides on the Left Coast of North America in YVR, and when he's not busy attending a wedding somewhere, or writing about it while listening to very loud house music, he has the semblance of a normal life and job. Sorta. Kinda. He enjoys being misunderstood in different languages he has butchered and warehousing inane information and factoids upstairs until Alzheimer's or dementia sets in to make it all disappear. One of his favorite sayings is "Your next best friend is someone you haven't met yet" and it's a philosophy he tries to apply as he mucks and muddles about.
What were you like at school?
During high school, I was a bit of a nerdy bookworm, and spent a lot of time in the library. If there were frequent reader miles given out back then, I would have been Super Platinum Plus measured by ass-in-seat page turns.
The librarians all knew me very well, and usually had a stack of suggested reads for me to pore through when I refilled with new material.
What are your ambitions for your writing career?
I think I have a very unique style, a fresh and easygoing voice, and have mapped out an innovative structure for telling the overall tale I want to convey over a few different series of books.
They will actually all be interconnected. I just hope I will be able to pull it off if life allows.
What genre are your books?
My style is a bit genre-defying or -busting, but the closest tags of which elements apply are fiction, humor, mashup and something I define at the start of the book.
This is a work of f(r)iction, where fact and fiction rub up against each other, and nobody wants to know it regardless.
How much research do you do?
There was actually a ton of research that went into Wedding Chronicles on several fronts. After so many years and weddings, I needed to go back to the couples and review details of the day on various aspects. Not surprisingly, in most cases, the woman always remembered much more of the specific details of the day, but one could get a lot of information overall from both, my memories of the day, and from other friends present there.
Then a lot of historical research was needed on the venues and current events/news (especially!!) at the time, as it pertained to conversations in the book, be they serious or lighthearted in nature.
There was more on cultural and societal elements as well for all the far-flung foreign locations, and the music as well.
It was a lot of work, and I needed to be very organized, as there was a lot of connecting the dots to paint the full mural.
When did you decide to become a writer?
There's actually a bit of a weird and interesting story behind this, and it happened in two steps.
The condensed version is that at Halloween 2006, an astrologer who was very accurate in her reading of my past and present life events and personality suggested that I become a writer. At the time, I didn't really pay much attention to that, but it remained in the back of my mind.
Eight months later in July 2007, in between a flurry of weddings, I was complaining to a friend of mine about all the weddings I was attending all around the world the past decades, and the money, time and effort spent going to them. He looked at me and said "Geez, you've been to more weddings than anyone I know. Why don't you write a book about it?"
I was like "D-oh, Homer!" and that's when the light bulb went on inside my head, and here we are now.
What made you decide to actually sit down and start something?
After that dual step process above, and the high level idea, I spent some time making an outline and some notes to see how I would map out the story, and how I would make it an engaging story. After that was done, I realized that there was definitely something there, and it could be entertaining.
Do you write full time or part time?
It was a mix of both over the years, and I hope that moving forward, I will be able to devote most of my time to writing the next books in the trilogy, as well as other series down the road.
I think I'm far from spent in that regard of having raw fodder to draw from.
Do you have a special time to write or how is your day structured?
After about a year or so of experimenting, I find that my best period for tapping out new text on a white screen is between 2am - 6:30am (in the dark, except for the laptop lighting), after going to bed early (and not staying up all night).
Research, reading, notes, structure, and editing can happen at any other times of the day with no problem, however, I am most efficient with telling the story in that early morning window. Trying to do it at other times is much slower and painful even. It's just the way my mind is at that time of the day. I am funnier and more imaginative then typically, as least as regards material for a book anyway.
Do you aim for a set amount of words/pages per day?
Not at all, as it depends on what needs to be done at the time, reading for research and making notes, writing fresh prose on a white screen, or editing.
Where do the your ideas come from?
The omniscient "they" always say to write about what you know, so after having been to so many weddings, I had lots of material to play with.
I hope to do the same thereafter with another series about all my work experiences around the world. I have done a lot of different things over the years, so I have ample fodder there as well. It will be written in very much the same off the wall style and structure as this first novel on weddings.
Do you work to an outline or plot or do you prefer just see where an idea takes you?
A serious amount of outlining, notes, and mapping out the structure happened well before any prose was written. It took a couple of years actually, and I had almost 700 pages in this massive file that probably only made sense to me. That file became the basis of the first book, and there is enough stuff in there leftover to write the next two instalments of the trilogy.
How long on average does it take you to write a book?
There is no average really to date, since there has been only one book.
This first one took several years actually. The initial idea was hatched in July 2007, the outline was done by end year, and then I spent two years collecting data, making notes, doing research, emailing and talking to friends, and throwing down any thoughts on the keyboard that came to mind. After those near 700 pages were done, then I set about to really writing it all out in normal sequential fashion a reader could understand, and that happened over 2010 and 2011, along with some initial editing, largely to refine my style and skills per below.
Along the way, I realized the initial concept as envisioned, one novel, was way too long, and would be on target for 1500 pages when complete, so I decided I had to pull it apart like spaghetti strands from a pile, into a trilogy, and that took a lot of work to figure out.
The first full draft was complete on the afternoon of May 5, 2012 (cinco de mayo on a full moon that evening), and editing took another year thereafter, and then formatting and layout for e-book distribution took until late August 2013. It was a long road, and a lot of the initial editing work in 2010 was really also doubling as writing tutorial and education as I really was working more on refining my capabilities and style.
Do you ever get writer
s block?
Fortunately, not yet. Lucky so far. If it looked like I was getting stuck on one passage or chapter, I could easy change gears by moving to another chapter, or do some research or editing on another part or angle altogether.
Do you proofread/edit all your own books or do you get someone to do that for you?
I am a big believer in having a detached, capable and professional set of eyes look at your work, and make it much better. I think it is very difficult for most of us to cook up a flawless and pristine manuscript on our own, or having your aunt who was an English major review it.
It will ¢o$t you some Benjamin$ for sure, and depending on your budget it may be a strain, but if you are serious about being a writer and going to market, it is important to set your work apart. It will make the work more polished, especially in the indie and self-published market, what with hundreds of thousands of new titles coming out every year, and that's not accounting for any language translations either.
Do you let the book stew
leave it for a month and then come back to it to edit?
I tend to do that with various chapters for sure. Sometimes, certain chapters have been left for half a year at a time, before I look at them again, and take them to the next level of completion.
Who edited your book and how did you select him/her?
I was introduced to my editor, George-Therese Dickenson, through the friend of a friend in NYC who had collaborated with a group of over two dozen writers on a big non-fiction project. She is an experienced and talented editor, writer and poet, located in NJ outside of NYC.
I feel very lucky that she decided to work with me, a first time writer, with no prior writing experience, as she is very selective with her projects and engagements. I highly recommend her, as she has transformed and elevated my writing skills along the way, as well as doing a bang up job on the book edit itself. I look forward to working with her on the next books in the series.
What do you think makes a good story?
Pretty much any topic can make for a good story. One just needs to have the flair to make it engaging, entertaining, and fresh. Throw in a new twist or angle, or make it funny, and you are away to the races.
What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?
There's probably a few of them at play.
One very important thing is I write always while listening to music. Without music through a set of headphones, my work is painfully slow, and less imaginative. It's like the music does something to my mind and releases freer and more smoothly flowing expression. Louder is better, and my best writing seems to come out when listening to house music / electronic dance music. But my musical tastes are all over the map generally in terms of genres and styles I like and listen to. I need to better educate myself to opera and country though, as I am just not into them that much at all. But I am always open to great music suggestions, and I spend an undue amount of time listening to music every day.
Another quirk is the best time period of the day for writing as mentioned above. In the dark from 2:00am to 6:30am for fresh prose is the best for me. I have played around a lot with that, but now know my "zone" so I don't fight City Hall anymore.
After notes, outline and research, I wrote the ending of the book (Epilogue) first, before anything else. I read that way too. I would always read the last pages of a novel or book first, and then go back to the beginning to commence the story. I like surprises, but just want to know how they turn out ahead of time. I do the same with paper magazines (as opposed to electronic versions). I thumb from the last pages forward. Maybe I should have been born in other parts of the world where things flow right to left.
What advice would you give to aspiring writers?
A great imagination is one thing to help with writing, but if you ever have the opportunity and are lucky enough to get out there and see more of the world in your life, be it for work, education, or personal travel, it will make you a better writer, and give you additional insight and experiences upon which to draw from.
I feel very fortunate that things happened for me at a relatively early age to set me on this journey to different parts of the world, and I have learned a lot from it all, and continue to do so all the time. You will look at things from different perspectives, and that can certainly help with writing.
What advice would you give to your younger self?
Keep traveling, or as all those Johnnie Walker ads state, "Keep walking."
What is your favorite quote?
I have a few of my own that I made up, that kind of reflect my personality or sense of humor.
One is "
Your next best friend is someone you haven
t met yet.
It can be tweaked to be "favorite song" and "heard" as well.
Another is, "
s always funny until someone loses a testicle.
There are so many great ones out there by others, and I try to throw a few of them out throughout the book, as people may notice. But they need to be a fit for the conversation at hand, and in the right context.
Tell us about your book cover/s and how it/they came about.
The cover designer,
Anouk Jansen
, is someone from Amsterdam I first met on a new record label consulting project back in late 2005 and early 2006. I thought her work back then was great, she had talent, and so when I was thinking about a cover for the book in early 2013, I thought about her again and reached out to her to see what she could do.
We emailed about the book concept, and outline, and I asked her to read one chapter or wedding to get the flavor for the book's style and flow. She developed three different concepts, and after having a group of my friends and contacts, many with marketing, art, or graphics in their background, comment and vote on / prioritize the concepts, I made a decision to go with the current one, and we refined and tweaked it through a few more iterations. It was a process, but I think she nailed it, and I am happy with it. I get a lot of favorable commentary about the cover.
I wanted something to reflect the very different nature of the book on several fronts.
Do you think that the cover plays an important part in the buying process?
Absolutely, both online and at brick and mortar retail. Obviously, smaller images online bring certain restrictions, so you need to be able to work with that as well.
How are you publishing this book and why?
I have gone the self-publishing route. I know my style is very different and out there on many fronts, and the traditional route of querying agents yielded no interest. I know my work doesn't fall into any neat pigeonholes, so that would make it difficult to garner a nice fit with most agents and publishers. My writing takes a lot of chances creatively in terms for style, story, and structure, plus throw in the music playlist angle, and it is enough to scare away just about everybody, even those who say they are looking for something different that pushes the boundaries. So, after quite a bit of querying, and reading up about both the traditional publishing industry and how it works, and the self-publishing side, I decided I just needed to stop wasting my time, get on with it and get it out there.
What would you say are the main advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing against being published or the other way around?
Self-publishing advantages are that you as writer have way more control over the entire process on everything from final content to editing, cover design, marketing, financials and business aspects. At the same time, you also have to do everything yourself, or be willing to hire the right resources, consultants and people to do things you can't. You also get to market much faster. You need to front all the money for this, but in the end, you control the process, and copyright, and have way more flexibility for the future, for any possible business deals with publishers if they ever become interested later on.
There are no middlepersons either in terms of the agent and publisher. They can certainly offer value on a few fronts, but there are large trade-offs. You need to balance that all off.
How do you market your books?
It is a mix things between a website/blog/trailer just very recently out a few days ago after the "Holidaze" period as I like to call it, social media, engaging with reviewers and blogs, and other things. In many ways, I am just getting started, but will push a lot more once paperback is also out very soon. I am trying to focus on that as the next priority.
Why did you choose this route?
The choice was made for me. I felt good about the final product, and rather than continuing to query incessantly on deaf ears, I decided to just move and get going.
Would you or do you use a PR agency?
I am open to the idea for sure, and may well do something on that front down the road. But today, with the Internet and social media, an author can do a lot on their own, if they are willing to devote the time and effort to do so. I need to spend more time to understand the value proposition and payback of the PR agency approach. More research needed on my part.
Do you have any advice for other authors on how to market their books?
Yes, it is a lot of hard work, and you need to put as much effort into the marketing of your book(s) as you did on the writing, editing, and cover design.
What part of your writing time do you devote to marketing your book?
It is an ongoing process that requires a lot of time and effort. Not enough, so there is more to be done for sure.
What do you do to get book reviews?
A lot of effort is required here, and patience. You need to target them, read and pay attention to their submission requirements, and exercise patience.
Many have huge backlogs and waitlists, so it can be months sometimes before they get back to you, and even more before a review see the light of day. Casting your net far and wide, yet focused, is important.
Do you have a strategy for finding reviewers?
I try to spend time targeting reviewers who are open to multiple genres and something different, as opposed to being focused on particular genres like say, romance, paranormal fantasy or historical fiction. There's no point in trying to engage with someone who wants vampires and werewolves when your book is about killer zombie cats from Planet Myrna 77.43 who lust after beer post bloodbath, or something like that.
As my work is quite different, reviewers who read multiple genres may better appreciate the work, and then I have a better chance to get through to them, work into their waitlist or backlog, and get a review.
What are your thoughts on good/bad reviews?
Bad reviews will inevitably happen. Reviews are the opinion of that particular reviewer, and one needs to respect that. It is certainly easier to swallow a poor review if the reviewer professionally maps out their reasons and logic as to why a book didn't work for them. Take it in, and keep moving, even if easier said than done.
What do you think of
for books?
They play a valuable part of the marketing mix for sure. Being able to distill a book down into a minute or two of imagery, words/voice, and/or music in combination, is key in a world where consumers have very short attention spans before they disengage and wander off to some other distraction.
I was adamant to keep
my own video trailer
to one minute in length.
Since Wedding Chronicles has so many different things going on, and is not plot driven in the traditional sense, I tried to encapsulate a few other angles of the book experience, using fewer words, focus on the cover a bit, and with more of an emphasis on imagery for the journey's backdrop and music. I know the sequence of locations is not a very common one for a novel, unless it is some sort of spy thriller.
Do you read much and if so who are your favorite authors?
I used to read a huge amount, and was the kind of reader who stayed up all night to finish a good book.
Alas, in early 1997 while living in Amsterdam, I came to the conclusion that I was reading too much, so I quit cold turkey after I finished two novels by Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting and The Acid House. One must keep the crack away from a crack addict.
One day, I think I will go back to reading books again. Just not yet.
For your own reading, do you prefer ebooks or traditional paper/hard back books?
I am totally into e-reader devices and think the advent of them has changed reading habits and the publishing industry for good.
Paper is great still, and I think it will always be there, albeit perhaps in diminished form, but the notion of having a library on a tablet, and being able to read in the dark in night screen mode is fantastic. You just don't want to drop that sucker in the bathtub if you like reading there is all.
So, what have you written?
Wedding Chronicles
is my debut novel, and the first instalment of a trilogy. The summary/blurb is here below.
Life's a wedding for Bobby Bo, who's traveled to nearly 100, from Tenerife to Singapore and Chile to Iceland. He's been best man, groomsman, "father" of the bride, and bridesmaid--but always the single guy, whether with a girlfriend, flying solo, breaking up, meeting a new flame, or witnessing an ex take her vows.
An interracial cast of diverse personalities from all rungs of the socioeconomic ladder entangles him in a kaleidoscope of comedic conversations and adventures that unveil the wounds and wonders of the places, cultures, and religions he encounters. Quirky, elegant, and quickly moving dialogue roams from agribusiness to colonialism, war to world trade, yielding insight into the state of world affairs. There's even the odd sexcapade thrown into the mix. Each wedding features a music playlist that sets the mood and may provide clues as to what's really going on.
Fueled by his and others' experiences, Bobby Bo humorously offers the occasional wedding "how-to" and receives usually unasked-for advice on marriage and relationships, all the while being pressured to join "the club." Will it ever end? He seems in no rush to be a groom.
This first novel in a trilogy is a roller-coaster romp through 13 weddings spanning two decades. It's a genre-defying mashup best described as Wedding Crashers meets Up in the Air crossed with a biting, male Eat, Pray, Love on a James Bond backdrop.
What are you working on at the minute?
Answering all these interview questions for you. I started at 3am on Left Coast time, and it's now almost 7:30am as I am about to finish. I didn't answer the questions in sequence either.
Besides that, working on website related material, and the second instalment of Wedding Chronicles is well underway, but I won't focus on that really hard core for another few months I reckon.
s it about?
It's the next/second book in the series, but as I want to tell the story differently, it is told in an innovative way from what you might normally expect in a traditional sequel or prequel. It will be both at the same time. The intention is that each book in the series can be read in standalone fashion, but the sum of them will collectively spin an interlocking, more sweeping and deeper saga.
Where can we see or buy your book?
The ebook is available on Amazon, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble Nook, and Kobo in all country markets. Trade paperback availability is expected end January on Amazon and CreateSpace in all their country markets.
Where can people connect with you?
for the music playlists
Thank you for your extensive interview, Bob.
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I think so , just checking.
Yes that one would be fine.
Yes. That's what I use in my R4 and I haven't had any problems.
Any MicroSD card works, just that Kingstons are preferred.
Im pretty sure ANY MicroSD Card works with the R4.
Nope. 4gB or more will not, unless you find one of the rare, slow, and useless 4gB non-SDHC cards.
Uh... technically such cards are microSDHC cards, not microSD.
And you've got a better chance of catching malaria than finding a non-"HC" 4GB microSD cards these days. It's a non-issue.
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"That's cool, it's an honor," Paul said. "It's a privilege. For me, it's crazy. I'm so competitive I think about all the game I missed because of injuries, but that's an honor and a privilege. I think it says a lot about my teammates and my coaches that I've had over the years."
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Wow, it has definitely been a long time since I have posted. Best laid plans and all. I seem to have gotten so busy, so quickly. I finally have some down time and can't am patiently awaiting summer. As soon as I think that I have our finances figured out, something comes up that requires cash. Some unplanned expenses and the budget is shot. I know that we will be able to recover; however, the process seems to take forever.
I am continuing to search for methods of saving money. We are still investigating television services. Hopefully we can figure out the best service with the lowest price. But we shall see. The few things that we have been able to work out, seems to continue to work. I hope that I will be able to keep saving and continue to expand our savings.


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Five of my weird habits are…
1. I tend to run my nail in between the seam of my significant other's shirt. It's kind of hard to describe… but anywhere that's been stitched will generally have a bit of fabric beyond where the stitching is. And I tend to run that part of the fabric under my nail (from one side of my nail to the other). I'm not quite sure I do it, and I only really know I'm doing it when he tells me to stop.
2. I dunno how much of a 'habit' this is, but I can't wear anything on my head for an extended period of time. Glasses, headbands, hats, touques, sunglasses… you get the picture. I get a headache otherwise. It's the reason I always have my hair down, have to wear contact lenses and hardly ever wear fashionable hats. And also partly to blame for my constant state of cold (the other culprit is my low-blood circulation). Hm… kinda goes for wearing a bra all day too. Can't do that or I start to get cranky. haha!
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3. Sleep. I have to sleep on my side – either side, but mostly my right side and I have to have a pillow to hug in my arms, a pillow to put between my legs and another up against my back. So, I employ between 3-4 pillows: one pillow for my back, one pillow under my head, and one body pillow for my front – or in lieu of a body pillow I need one for between my legs and one to hug. I also can't sleep without some sort of cover on me. I haven't tried in a while but I'm pretty sure that a simple blanket won't do it either, it has to be a duvet or comforter – that means that the room always has to be cold enough to use a comforter or duvet in. I'm sure it's symbolic to that psychologist reading this.
4. I can't start any school work without a clean desk or room for that matter. So I usually end up wasting time cleaning my room before I even begin studying, which is why this semester is looking real troublesome… considering I still haven't unpacked!!
5. I often fidget with a pen or my rings. All the time. That is unless I'm sending a text message, doing some other work, or planning the rest of my week in class. Basically, I can't ever be doing only one thing. I always have to be multi-tasking. I'm pretty sure I multi-task in my sleep. I'm multi-tasking right now. The only exception? *sex*!!
Well there you have it. 5 weird things about me. I honestly thought that it would be pretty easy because I thought I was quite weird… I think I've made it pretty clear that it was pretty hard thinking up that stuff. And now, I gotta go run some errands, grab some grub and head off to work!
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Melissa Jardine is a PhD Candidate at the UNSW Law School. Her special interests in policing and Vietnam have been combined to form the basis of her research – Policing in a Changing Vietnam. Melissa was a police officer with Victoria Police for 10 years (2001-2011) working at the frontline and in criminal investigations. She works part-time for the Centre for Law Enforcement and Public Health (CLEPH) which promotes collaborative responses to issues where policing and public health intersect, e.g. drug use, sex work, violence, mental health etc. Her dedication to supporting improvements to police practice is evident through her work as a Co-ordinator for the Law Enforcement and HIV Network (LEAHN) – a global network of police who advocate for evidence-based approaches to HIV prevention. Prior to commencing her PhD in 2014, Melissa completed a Master of Asian Studies at Monash University, followed by a Master of Philosophy at The University of Melbourne, which examined police responses to the implementation of drug harm reduction programs in Hanoi, Vietnam. Her thesis highlighted the complexities of the police role in policing drug use Vietnam in an environment characterised by a conflicting regulatory framework and organisational incentives which predisposed police to certain types of outcomes.
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Police practice, police culture, professionalisation, public health, harm reduction, Vietnam
Research topic
Policing in a Changing Vietnam: in pursuit of a professional People's Police Force
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Vietnam has undergone significant social and economic transition since the economic renovation (Doi Moi) period in the 1980s. Whilst economic development brought many benefits, opening the nation's borders had ramifications for public security in the post-French colonial and post-Vietnam-American War era. Of particular concern for the public police (People's Police Force), are issues including severe traffic congestion, increasing drug use and sex work (behaviours that transgress moral norms in Vietnam), human trafficking, and new possibilities for economic crimes e.g. corruption and money laundering. Police are adapting to these changing conditions, positively, e.g. through learning new skills and applying new technology, and negatively, e.g. through increased avenues for corruption. Internationally, many police organisations have pursued a 'professional' model of policing – even though there is no agreement on what professionalisation actually means among scholars. This research will examine how professionalism of police is officially defined, furthermore, it will investigate factors that facilitate or impede the pursuit of police professionalisation in Vietnam.
Janet Chan, David Dixon
International Police Advisory Group, Law Enforcement and HIV Network (LEAHN)


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Yesterday was the 41st (!) Annual Spinning Seminar at The Mannings (description here). This is a demonstration event with a number of tables/booths. No sales (except for the usual stuff in the store). Spinners are invited to bring their wheels and stay awhile. Want to see my slide show? (Open in Flickr so you can read the notes.)
My favorite part was definitely creating my own batt. It's so much fun to have a participatory experience at an event like this. It would be great if more exhibitors incorporated this into their display/demonstration (the needle felter did, but I didn't get pictures of her). For instance, I would have welcomed the opportunity to hackle some of that flax or try spinning it for a few minutes. Same with the cotton.
I also enjoyed seeing how many knowledgeable children were at this event. Some of them were part of a sheep-to-shawl 4-H team who took the day to train for their next competition (there were 2 or 3 teams there, with multiple wheels and a loom each). There were lots of other kids around with various fiber club t-shirts on. I had a lovely conversation with one of them at the batt booth.
Next year, I'll bring a folding chair and my spinning wheel. This year I just had my knitting with me.
I was intrigued by the drumcarder. I wish I had access to one that I didn't have to purchase outright (they are quite expensive). I know some places have guilds with equipment that can be borrowed or rented, but there is none around here (that I know of).
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Spinning Seminar at The Mannings
Posted by Janelle Wertzberger at Sunday, June 14, 2009
Labels: spinning, spinning seminar, the mannings
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LOVE the slideshow thing. Is it easy to do? I'm going to copy you if it is.ReplyDelete
Really enjoyed these pictures. I had to laugh at the word "hackle." Did you know that the person singing to his friend Barnaby in the song "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" (from Hello Dolly) in the opening of Wall-E is named Cornelius Hackl? Spelled differently, but still, a funny coincidence.
Sounds like you had a great time. It looks like it was a beautiful day for it, too.
It looks like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing these pictures.ReplyDelete
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The acquisition of Gnip by Twitter signals the maturation of the social media industry. Like other, more established industries have done, social media is integrating its supply chain. What better way for that industry to control the end-to-end flow of product (in this case, data) and its associated revenue streams?
As a young company, Twitter had to focus on its core competency: building and growing a high throughput and reliable messaging infrastructure. Therefore, Twitter relied on an open API and an ecosystem of partners to develop and deploy the other tools that enabled adoption. Consolidation started with client software as the first target, with Twitter's acquisition of TweetDeck in 2011 and the subsequent restrictions imposed both on access to the API and on the relevance and completeness of data delivered by this API.
Now, with the acquisition of Gnip, Twitter is targeting the "fire hose" the full feed of Twitter data sold to vendors, who in turn sell measurement and marketing based on social media.
It is probably worth recalling who owns the unlimited distribution rights to your tweets (and to mine). You don't, I don't. Twitter does. Sure, the content is yours (or mine), and you (or I) can distribute it, too but only via the Twitter API. (See Doug Laney's post "Twitter's Secret Nest Egg is in Plain Sight" for more clarification on this matter.)
Like Facebook, Snapchat and LinkedIn, Twitter knows a lot about us. In my case, it knows where I am, which airline I am flying (or bickering about), which conference session I am attending, which publication I just read, and in which high regard I hold striking air traffic controllers or cab drivers. And I am more of the discreet type
Twitter also detects major events, such as earthquakes or floods, before satellite photos become available. It will probably detect pandemics before health authorities (despite Google Flu's recent demise). Some traders have used Twitter to predict stock trends, with astounding accuracy. And although tweeting-and-driving is not a good idea, Twitter undoubtedly has a pretty accurate view of traffic jams on many major highways.
Combine these two angles in-depth understanding of individual behavior and detection of global patterns and you most likely have the future Twitter business model. Of course, Twitter has been dabbling into targeted advertising and has generated some revenue from their fire-hose licensing. But industry observers have wondered how far this could take them.
Controlling the end-to-end supply chain is essential for Twitter to leverage its data assets to the fullest extent. Data monetization is the name of the game, and Twitter is moving full steam ahead.
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|UEF Eagle Eye
The Eagle Eye Bomber is a UEF air unit. It is fast, but lightly armored and has no anti-air weaponry, so must be escorted with Wasps for maximum effectiveness. Notable upgrades include Shell Cam, which provides an extended view of the target being bombed, and torpedoes, which allow it to serve in an anti-naval capacity. While its bombs track their target, the explosions do damage over time and thus are less effective against agile units.
- The Eagle Eye is the only dedicated bomber in the game.
- Bombers are cheaper to build than gunships
- Automatically comes with a damage over time bomb. Cluster Bomb increases the damage over time and the size of the bomb.
- Unlike gunships, bombers keep moving throughout their bombing runs, whereas gunships hover in place. This is both a blessing and a curse, as it leaves the Eagle Eye less vulnerable during the initial strike, but an easy target when it slows to turn back for another hit. A good counter to this is to include enough bombers in a strike to kill the target on its first pass and allow the bombers to continue flying straight out of the danger zone before turning around.
- Unlike the other two factions, the Eagle Eye has a torpedo bay on board when upgraded, allowing it to drop a pair of torpedos, making them valuable versus navies and invaluable should the enemy have a Kraken or an Atlantis on hand. However, torpedo bombs are useless against Illuminate units, as they hover above the water.
- Unlike SC1's Janus and Scorcher, the Eagle Eye doesn't use strip-bombing and can't be used to manually bomb subs.


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Build your stamp collection with a new stamp set every month! Along with your stamp set you will recieve the materials to make 4 cards using the featured stamp set. To help you make your cards you will recieve 'recipe' sheets with a color photograph of each of the cards with measurements and a supply list, including ink colors, so you can duplicate these designs.
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- Video Tutorial for each of the projects.
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Previous Classes TO GO
March's Stamp Set was 'Going Places"
4 great cards perfect for the fellas in our lives !
January's Stamp Set of the Month was Birthday Blossoms (Still Available)
October's Stamp Set of the Month was Acorny Thankyou
This stamp set has a coordinating punch so you can punch out those Acorns in a snap! . If you would like the punch in addition to the stamp set and card kits then please let me know – there is 15% off the punch when purchased with the stamp set – so your total cost for the whole bundle would be $48.22 (+ postage if not in my area)
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August's Stamp Set was 'Heartfelt Sympathy' (still available)
July's Stamp Set was 'Sprinkles of Life"
May's Stamp Set was Lovely Amazing You
March's Stamp Set was Moon Lake
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November's stamp set was 'Festival of Trees'
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Yik Yak is a beautiful app filled with the daily ventings and musings of young people (mostly). The app often has posts that truly hit home – and there are many that UC Santa Cruz students that strongly relate to them (especially the more unique ones). Here are some of the best:
1. Buses
UC Santa Cruz has two bus types: city (metro) buses and loop busses. The city buses are primarily used for off-campus travel, whereas the loop buses merely move around spots on campus. If the metro buses are filled with people who just wish to get to a stop on campus, students travelling to off-campus are stuck waiting for another metro. Most
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whether they will see the famous invertebrate around campus.
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UCs are on the quarter system, which means that school starts later for us than for semester system universities. We at Santa Cruz happen to be one of the last UCs to commence classes, so we are left waiting forever to get back to school. The frustration of this difference in college entrance dates is even worse at the end of the year, when everyone on the semester system is beginning summer break and we are stuck with midterms and six more weeks of school.
5. Forest
UC Santa Cruz is a school in a forest – literally. Because of the woody surroundings and the lack of parking, there are not very many cars to be seen around campus – especially around classes. This means that when we do see cars, we can't help but feel as though they don't really belong in our world.
6. Many beliefs
Even though UCSC is revered for its distinctive background, it's still true that there are many commonalities in student appearances/beliefs/tastes/IQs. Coming to a university as large and reputable as Santa Cruz means realizing that you are no longer going to be the number one most perfect person in the school.
7. Music
Walking around campus, you are bound to see plenty of people listening to music. As college is filled with both introverts and extroverts, one can't always tell whether the music is simply for pleasure or a means to avoid awkward eye contact with strangers. Anyone who walks the campus knows this to be truth.
8. Etiquette
Bus etiquette states that people should move to the back to make more room for others. If this does not happen, the bus winds up looking fuller than it actually is, meaning less people can get on. However, it can be so very difficult to be separated from your friends for more than five minutes, so this etiquette is often forgotten.
9. Tuition Costs
This one rings true for most college students. The cost of tuition is only rising with time. UC Santa Cruz costs a total of $30,000+ to attend, making it near impossible to have spare change (let alone cash) lying around for food and other necessities.
10. Transition
College is a struggle between adulthood and the powerful wish to become a kid again. Between figuring out loans, jobs, and class schedules, the transition into adulthood is tricky and complicated. This is just as true for students at UC Santa Cruz, who face the same complications of major life changes.


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She began her involvement her freshman year serving as the delegate for the Residence Housing Association in Osprey Hall. Her sophomore year she then continued her journey by participating in Panhellenic Association's primary recruitment and joining Phi Mu Fraternity. Through the mentors she met and created relationships with, they inspired her to continue her leadership with Emerging Eagles, a leadership program. Ashley then found a passion for inspiring individuals and helping others discover their leadership styles. She became a mentor for Emerging Eagles her junior year, was elected on the Executive Board fro Phi Mu, and served as the Chief Justice for Student Government (serving her second term currently).
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In Cranberry Christmas, young Maggie's friend Mr. Whiskers faces two problems: mean Cyrus Grape, who claims no one can skate on the pond because he owns it, and Mr. Whiskers' sister, who wants to make Mr. Whiskers leave his home in Cranberryport and move in with her in the city. With Maggie and her Grandmother's help, Mr. Whiskers thwarts them both.
I absolutely love the illustrations in this book. Here are my favorites:
|Maggie and Mr. Whiskers skating
|Mr. Whiskers declaring his outrage to Grandmother and Maggie
|My favorite illustration of all
Do you and your children have favorite Christmas or winter books? Please share! I'm always on the lookout for new books to introduce the kids to.


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Semper Paratus is a Latin phrase, meaning "Always ready". It is used as the official motto of some organizations, such as the United States Coast Guard. A 1928 song of the same name is also used as the U.S. Coast Guard's official march, and appears on the organization's flag.
- Semper Paratus is the motto of The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) of the Canadian Army formed in 1862 and headquartered at the James Street Armoury in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[1]
- "Semper Paratus" is also the motto of Galt Collegiate Institute (GCI) in Cambridge, Ontario, the first high school in Canada to become a Collegiate Institute (established 1852).
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- Semper Paratus is the motto of the United States Coast Guard, and is the title of their marching song "Semper Paratus".[2]
- It is the motto of the U.S. Army 16th Infantry Regiment, Fort Riley, Kansas.[3]
- It is the motto of the Long Beach (California) Fire Department.
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- Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003 Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces. Volume 3: Combat Arms Regiments
- ""Semper Paratus" (Always Ready)". Coast Guard History - FAQ's. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- "Special Unit Designations". United States Army Center of Military History. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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