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December 1989
"I'm almost positive that one is even better than last night's," Claire said.
"You might be right," John said. They were on the beach, watching the sunset. Claire was nestled between his legs and he had his arms around her. She had a glass of some virgin tropical concoction John didn't even know what all went into it. He just knew it was liquor-free. He'd been admittedly a little surprised how adamant she was about not drinking anything while pregnant. He was relieved beyond belief, but surprised just the same. She hadn't even had a glass of wine with Thanksgiving dinner, which everyone (except John) had told her would be all right. His drink of choice was a bottle of beer. He had a couple of Budweisers in the fridge, but he'd gotten daring and bought a couple of non-American beers to try them. That was what he was drinking now, and it wasn't half bad.
This was their second week here and it seemed no matter what he had to do he was here with her for the sunset. The one time he wasn't they'd woken up for the sunrise. They had sunsets and sunrises in Chicago, but they weren't anything like what they'd seen the past ten days or so. Even John had to admit they were pretty damned beautiful.
"I could get used to this," she whispered.
"Yeah?" he asked. He kind of had to admit he could, too. "You want to run away with me and live like nomads on the beach, Princess?"
"It would be kind of nice."
"It would," he said.
"Would you consider it?"
"What?" he asked. She couldn't be serious. "Not going home?"
He shrugged. "If I didn't have a house…"
"Which is paid off."
"A job."
"You could take pictures some place like this."
"You know, a year and a half ago that's all I would have been able to lay claim to. A house and a job. A decent job where I make money and do what I love to do versus what I'm sure everyone expected I'd be doing getting dirty and greasy every night. Still, though, it's just a job. I didn't have anything else to worry about. So if someone had said, 'hey, let's pick up and move to Florida' or wherever I wouldn't have had a damned thing stopping me."
"And now?"
"I have family. I know Ma isn't happy with her role in my life, but she's still there."
"You, though. Your family. Ma's family. Billy," he shrugged. "I couldn't just up and leave them."
"Even if I came with you?"
"You'd hate it, being so far from your parents and Christopher."
"You're probably right."
"I'd do it, though. I mean, if you really wanted to move somewhere and be just us and the baby. I'd do it. I'd question whether you'd be happy ultimately, but I have nothing really holding me to Chicago. I mean, you but if you wanted to leave you wouldn't be holding me there. It's not like there aren't airplanes that could bring us there to see any family we want to visit."
"You'd be away from Billy, though."
"Yeah, he's about the only one I'd feel real bad up and leaving on."
"Are you having second thoughts about being in Phillip and Elizabeth's wedding since he told you they asked Billy to be their ring bearer?"
"No. I'll see Ma, but it is what it is. She seems to be taking her meetings and stuff seriously. I gave her that information Mr. McMillan passed onto me. She was surprised I'd done it, but I told her to talk to her dad about who she was going to use. I think he'll look pretty cute and you are putting a camera in your purse that night."
"I know the photographer they went with, he's good, but Billy's my brother. I want real good pictures of him in that little tuxedo because he's going to look real cute and Ma would probably like one that she wouldn't have to pay through the nose for. She can't walk into the studio and order one picture, it doesn't work that way. I'm sure Phillip and Elizabeth would get her one, but the photographer's focus is going to be on them not on Billy. You know, I figured I could get it framed for her or something. Maybe one of me and him. She'd like that."
"She would, yeah," she said and John suspected that she knew he'd kind of like it, too. He'd never really had anyone until recently to get his picture taken with. His parents certainly hadn't done it. Sadly, he had no pictures of him and Mr. Fitzgerald together. He had a couple of the old man by himself, which he'd shown Claire because she'd been curious what he looked like. "You're a good big brother."
"You say that."
"It's true."
"That remains to be seen entirely. Talk to me when he's eighteen."
"He'll be fine. He'll have you around and your dad not around."
"I hope that's enough."
"Your mom will be fine, John. I really believe that. I know that bothers you in some ways, that she's fine for him and not for you, but maybe she's learned from her mistakes."
"I hope so," he said simply. He wasn't bothered by it so much anymore. Some days it ate at him, but he supposed that was normal. He was just glad Billy was getting a good version of his mom. John had turned out decent enough despite the odds, but only because he had the intervention of the likes of Mr. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Henderson in his life to make him realize his parents were the ones screwed up not him. Certainly very few teachers helped him. Most were like Vernon and saw what they wanted to see.
"And you really would've given this up?"
He shrugged. "I wouldn't have known any different. I mean I'd never been here so can't miss what I didn't know."
"That's not really an answer."
He kissed her shoulder. She was wearing a pretty basic cotton sundress thing that she wasn't overly impressed with, but they were comfortable and they kept her cool for the most part. He liked it because it was a dress. He always preferred her in dresses and skirts. He hoped the day never came he felt differently. "If you'd really been adamant I not go I guess I would have stayed home. I wanted to come, but it wasn't worth pissing you off and having you leave me or something over a trip. I mean, there's wanting to do more than weddings for the rest of my life and there's losing the rest of my life. No point in freeing up time to have no one to pass it with."
"I'm sorry," she whispered.
"For what?"
It was her turn to shrug. The downside of her having her back to him he couldn't see her face so he was left uncertain what she was feeling. Her eyes always told him so much. He'd thought about this long and hard after the first night they'd talked about him coming down here. What good would going do if he lost her? He wasn't sure when in the eighteen months he'd gotten to that point, but there it was. He didn't want to lose her. He wanted her in his house every day for the rest of forever and he'd do whatever it took to keep her there. If photographing weddings until the day he died was what it took then that's what he'd do.
"That you even thought you'd have to. That you thought you'd have to choose. I had no idea that you wanted to do more. You know? You'd never said so."
"Well, who wouldn't want to do more? It's not essential. Would I like the opportunity? Sure, but is it worth making you unhappy? No. It worked out in the end. You're here with me. The weather is great. Things are going well. Suzanne seems happy at any rate."
"She's surprisingly nice."
"I told you," he said. "Listen to you anyway being all judgmental based on what she does – or takes off – for a living. You have friends who are models."
"I know, but you haven't seen them naked."
He chuckled softly. "That is perhaps a good thing."
She sighed softly.
"You all right?" he asked.
He knew she wasn't very comfortable at all. She didn't complain real often, even down here where it was warmer than she'd like it to be. Neither of them had thought of that as she hadn't been real far along over the summer and she worked in an air conditioned building. There'd been a night or two during August that they'd gone out to eat, staying in the bar far longer than they would have normally so that she didn't have to sit in a stifling house. He now wished he'd found a house with an air conditioner, but it hadn't been a priority for him. The box fan in his bedroom had been sufficient. They'd bought another fan for the living room, which helped but there were a couple of evenings fans just weren't good enough.
He offered to buy and install a window air conditioning unit, but she'd insisted it wasn't necessary. As soon as summer was over, though, and things like air conditioners weren't a heavily demanded commodity the prices had dropped for them and he'd bought two. He'd install them next spring. He figured they could have one in the living room and one in their bedroom. He wouldn't make her go through being pregnant again without one. He didn't know much about babies, but had to imagine a baby being too hot wasn't a good thing anymore than it was an adult. Probably worse, because adults knew what to do to get cooler, babies wouldn't. So, the air conditioner units were a good investment as far as he was concerned.
So he knew she'd never tell her if something was wrong or bothering her that he could do nothing about. He could see it, though, her fatigue and general uncomfortableness when they got into bed at the end of the day that she was tired. Not just tired from the day either. She was beyond ready to not be pregnant anymore. He was kind of ready for her not to be, too. An entirely different reason, though. He just wanted to see her.
His daughter. He was curious, excited, nervous, and cautious all at the same time. He, of all people was going to be a father. Being a husband was scary as shit by itself. Being a father was a whole different thing. He was excited, though, because he knew he could and would do better than his old man had done with him.
He knew she thought after the ultrasound had told them she was a she that he was mad about it or something. Nothing could be further from the truth. He would've been happy with a boy, sure, but the name thing really ate at him. He was hoping they'd have time before the next one that she'd move onto liking some other name. That aside, the idea of a little girl appealed to him. He had no clue why as he had to imagine it'd lead to him having a heart attack when she got older. Little girls grew into older girls. John knew exactly what teenaged boys wanted to do with older girls. He'd been the epitome of the teenaged boy mothers warned their daughters about.
"Yes. Just relaxing and enjoying having nothing to do. I'm going to get spoiled and not want to go back to work."
"You know, there's nothing saying you have to go back to work."
"What? John…"
"What? Who says you have to? Would anyone, including your father, blame you if you wanted to stay home and be a mom for a while? I mean, people do it, shelve their career for a while to do that and they don't have a family business to welcome them when they decide to rejoin the workforce."
"Well, no."
"Would your dad not be probably pretty thrilled you wanted to do that?"
"Well, sure, but I went to college. He spent all that money for me to get my degree."
"You did. Your degree will still be there in a couple of years."
"I know, but my dad…"
"He's not retiring tomorrow. Are you going to be any less smart in a few years?"
"Okay, so you'd have to learn things again. You did last fall anyway. Clearly your dad's okay with you learning."
"Yes, but I've worked so hard."
"I know you have. I'm not trying to convince you. I mean I'd love it, don't get me wrong. You two could come see me or I could come home. I wouldn't complain about seeing the both of you. If you want to work then that's fine, but you don't have to. This trip perhaps setting me back a bit more than it would have if it'd just been me down here aside, I can support you. It was part of the reason I put your money away. I had to know if I could do it, support you on my own. You had your own things to prove, I did, too. I had to show myself I could do it. I mean, we may not be able to afford things like dinner at the Palmer House every week, but we'll be more than all right. We have no house payment. My studio rent is so low it may as well be nothing."
She snorted at that.
"I know," she whispered.
"I mean if you do go back to work. What are we going to do with her?"
"I don't know. I looked at a couple of daycares near the house."
"You did?" She hadn't told him that. To this point they hadn't talked about it, but he knew they were getting to the point they had to.
"Yeah. I called them for information. I didn't actually go in there yet."
"It's so expensive."
"We can afford it. I know you have plenty left over after what you give me each month. I mean, I'd pay for half of course, because she's my daughter, too."
"I know we can, but God paying all that money for someone else to spend time with my baby really bothers me."
He chuckled at that. "Oh, Princess, where's a camera and a microphone when we need one?"
"Shut up. I feel her move. I mean, I haven't seen her yet beyond the ultrasound, but I don't need to. I know that I love her and would do anything for her. I don't think I've ever had that feeling for anyone before besides you. I didn't want or welcome the feeling with you, though, I do with her."
"I know the feeling." He'd never had that before. Claire thought he was possessive of her. He felt that and more about their daughter. He was probably going to be the world's worst dad because he absolutely wanted to do as much as he could with her. Claire would be working downtown eventually, which would mean it'd be up to John to do things like get her to and from school and other things she'd do. He already knew that and he was strangely looking forward to it and very grateful he had the Jeep already.
"I mean, it's not about the money. I know we can afford it even if it is crazy expensive. It's over one hundred fifty dollars a week."
"Are you fucking kidding me?"
"I'm not. I sit here and think about what we could do for her with that money instead of put her in daycare."
"Well, if you're not working, sweetheart…"
"I know, we wouldn't have my income, but that's still money we could be putting toward doing things with her instead of paying someone to take care of her that's not one of us."
"Uh, she's not going to be able to do much."
"I know that! I just meant eventually. Even immediately better clothes, better things. I mean, that's six hundred dollars a month! The prices go down as they get older and everything, but God I hung up thinking I needed my ears checked."
"You'd be able to breastfeed her longer, too. I know you said you wanted to try. Being home with her would certainly make it easier."
"It would," she admitted.
He'd stopped being surprised at the conversations they had at times. If someone told him two years ago he'd be having a conversation with Claire Standish, or anyone, about babies and breastfeeding. Well, he would never have imagined it coming true in a million years.
"Phillip says six months is ideal and some even do it longer," she said.
"I don't know that I want to hear why you're talking to my uncle about you breastfeeding."
She laughed softly.
"Because he's a nurse. He asks me questions. You know."
"I do. I'm glad you have him to talk to."
"Oh God, my doctor's office would freak out if I asked them the questions I ask Phillip."
"I'm sure they wouldn't. That's what they're there for."
"I'd still feel like a pest."
"Well, what about working part-time or seeing if you can work something out with your dad that you could work noon to eight? There's nothing that says I have to have appointments in the morning regularly. I could bring her with me if I had one for someone who couldn't do an afternoon for whatever reason."
"And do what for the afternoons you have appointments?"
He shrugged. "Drop her off for a few hours wherever we decide to put her. It can't possibly cost one hundred fifty dollars for a couple of hours a day."
"It's not that much less. I asked about that, too, just out of curiosity. You know, thinking exactly what you said that maybe you could adjust your schedule a bit in the mornings. They still have to staff the nursery."
"I suppose," he said. He didn't understand it, never having thought on what daycares charges or why they had to charge what they did before in his life.
She sighed softly, running her fingertips along her belly before settling her palm there. Chances were it was a butt she'd settled her hand over. More often than not she got kicked in the ribs pretty violently anymore. John had watched the first few times he could see the physical movements in absolute awe. And a little horrified. He'd never before stopped to realize the movements would be … well, visible. He'd just never been that up close and personal with someone pregnant before to know such things.
John took a sip of his beer.
"The idea of someone else…"
"I feel the same way," he whispered. "I mean, I'd offer to quit my job and stay home with her, but I don't think I'd feel right doing that when all was said and done."
She laughed softly. "Why not?"
"People would think that was my goal all along! Marrying you, getting you pregnant so I could stay home, be a bum, and let you pay for everything."
"Instead of you having to pay for everything?"
"I'm the guy, Princess. We're supposed to."
"I know we have to think about this, but God I just hate the idea. Six months ago I didn't."
"I know. What about your mom? A few hours in the afternoon should be doable, wouldn't you think?"
"I don't know. She might."
"I mean, once she's older, you know being around other kids would probably be good for her."
"Right, I agree. My dad has asked me if I was going to come back."
"He has?"
"Yes. He wants to know if I'll be back and if so when I have in mind coming back. I suppose he wants to know what to do with Sam if I'm not going to come back for a while."
"I suppose that's true. The only drawback to you not going back is I'd have to get insurance. I mean, I could do that, it's not a hardship or a problem. I'm just saying. You have it already and she'd be covered by it, too. I looked into it when I hired Ronda until she told me she was on Bill's."
"I know."
"I mean, there might be other drawbacks. Trips like this wouldn't happen again anytime soon."
"I don't expect trips like this."
"You deserve trips like this."
"It is very nice."
"It is," he said, sliding a hand over hers at her belly. She still kicked and shifted, but she wasn't moving as much as she was a couple of weeks ago. He was told that was normal, but he still looked forward to those times she was real active so he knew without a doubt she was still, well, alive and kicking in there.
"You're going to get more work out of this, aren't you?" she asked.
"Maybe. Probably," he said softly. He was getting the impression it could happen. Not jobs like this again, but a couple of the women down here who lived in Chicago had talked to him a couple of times.
"Suzanne told me there are a couple of other models from the area here."
"Yeah," he said cautiously. He still wasn't sure how he felt about those two talking. He wanted to believe she was all right with the situation. He or Suzanne hadn't given her any reason to believe he'd lied about their relationship. He liked Suzanne. She was pretty and if he hadn't met her when she was sixteen he couldn't deny he probably would've been interested when he did meet her. The fact remained, though, he met her when she was sixteen and he was over eighteen. He did a lot of things that toed the lines of legality over the years, but having sex with a minor was not one of those things.
"They seem to like you."
"Not that way! I swear that's not how I meant it. She seems to think they like you. She says she showed them her portfolio because they were asking about you."
"She did?"
"Yes. She showed it to me, too."
"Oh," he said.
That made him a little nervous. He wasn't sure why. What if she didn't think he was really that good and that this trip was a waste of their time and money? She'd never seen samples of any of the type of pictures he was taking down here. He hadn't thought she'd be interested truthfully. He did show her the finished product of the pinup calendar he'd done a while ago, which she'd admitted looked as though the woman had fun while doing.
"When did you get so chatty with her?"
"You were out taking pictures one evening when we first got here and she came here. She said she was going to ask you some questions, but I think she was bored. So, she stayed for a while and we talked."
"She's not a drinker," John said.
"Yes, and it seems that's about all there is to do down here in their spare time. Party."
"If you weren't pregnant…"
"I'd have a great time, but I wouldn't be here either."
"I probably still would've asked you to come with me."
"Well, you know, three weeks away from you not pregnant. Who could blame me for not wanting to take you to a romantic spot?"
"Probably no one."
"Only because they don't know you like I do."
"That may be true."
"Whatever you want to do. If putting her in daycare part-time makes you feel better I'll make it work."
"Yeah, but…"
"Talk to your mom. If I had to do something in the mornings and Ronda couldn't make it maybe your mom could help out once in a while. Not every day. Ronda not being available doesn't happen frequently, but I'm beginning to wonder if you being pregnant has given her the bug to try herself."
He shrugged. "I just see the way she looks at you. You know, like she wants that, too."
"She hasn't said anything."
"Well, I doubt she would, but then I don't know what you two talk about and probably have no desire to know."
"We don't talk about you and Bill, I promise."
"Good to know, except I suspect you're not being fully honest saying that. That's okay, though, I'm glad you have a friend you can trust."
"I'll talk to Mom and Dad. If Dad doesn't mind me being home for a while I think I'd rather do that. At least a few months."
"I suspect he knows that already and would probably want you to be."
"Maybe. If he gets uptight about it."
"Then we'll figure it out. You just need to let me know. My schedule is very flexible. You know this. Ronda would certainly watch her, too, for an hour at a time or something. It's not like she'll be walking or anything for a few months."
"Right," Claire said, laughing softly at him. He was so clueless, but he didn't get the impression Claire was any more knowledgeable about babies than he was. They were both going to be learning together, which was probably a scary thought to most of the people who knew them. Good thing he had a pediatrics' nurse for a friend. And an uncle.
"And if I decide after a few months I don't want to go back," she shrugged.
"Then we'll make it work, Claire. Your dad won't be mad for you wanting to be a mom to your kids. Like I said people do that. You're twenty-three and he's what? Fifty-three?"
"Yeah," she said.
"So, even if you took ten years off, not that you would. Just saying. That still leaves him at sixty-three and a huge amount of time to spend being retired."
"I know," she said. "You'd like it, wouldn't you?"
"If you stayed home? Sure, but I also know you had plans that didn't involve that. So, I'd be fine with a few months."
"I'll start with a few months and go from there."
"Just be sure you're honest with your dad about whether you think you'll for sure want to go back. I mean, that you wonder if you will. That wouldn't be fair to him or Sam if he shifted her somewhere else temporarily only to find out he has to find somewhere else for her altogether."
"I know," she said.
"So, Laura what?" he asked.
"I didn't realize we'd agreed on Laura."
"I like it," he said. "It's nice and doesn't leave me thinking she's going to follow a career path we'd both hate."
She laughed softly.
"No magazine centerfolds named Laura?"
He chuckled. "I'm sure there's one somewhere. It's not a family name, at least not one that I know about so we're not naming her after anyone."
"We could go with Laura Marie, so she'd have your middle name as hers."
"Hmm," she said, drawing away from him. She moved her glass and his beer out of the way before settling herself on his lap. Sex wasn't as easy anymore as it had been. He couldn't be on top of her, which he didn't mind but that left her on top or him behind her whether it was the usual way or something more creative. A lot of times anymore he left it up to her to initiate because he knew she wasn't real comfortable regardless of the position. She knew wanting to was never an issue for him and he'd told her more than once it wasn't anything beyond him not wanting her to think she had to when she may not want to so much anymore.
So, when she slid her hand between their bodies into his shorts he gave a very obvious sound of excitement even if it was quiet. She leaned in, kissing him as her hand slid along his length.
"What? I like your middle name," he said softly.
"I know."
"That's good because I like your name. I especially like your last name," he whispered.
"Yes. That surprises you?"
"I don't know."
"I look forward to being the exception to the norm for the John Benders out there and their wives."
He shifted a bit so she could fit more comfortably on his lap. It was her turn to give a sound of excitement as she settled herself over the part of him her hand made harden very easily. Then she always made him react that way easily. It was pretty much a given.
He thanked their times on his porch for this happening between them here. He knew if they hadn't done that last summer there was no way in hell she'd be daring enough out here in the open like this. No one was around so they weren't going to see and even if they were he didn't give a shit. Neither of them was nude or anything.
He liked her on top anymore. She was in complete control and while he would never intentionally hurt her he knew as she got further along things weren't as comfortable for her. Like this, riding him, she could take him as deep as she wanted or needed to. He liked it much better in a bed with her naked so he could watch her body as she moved herself on top of him and touch her. He had no difficulty settling for just touching her right now, sliding his hands over the top of her dress. He loved touching her breasts, more than familiar with the subtle changes that had been occurring as their daughter grew. These days she really loved it.
She was a little more direct and less leisurely than other times, but he didn't mind. Him inside of her always lead to him ready to finish. He didn't think she understood that, the feeling being not just inside of her but with her gave him. He'd never be able to put it into words either so he had never tried.
She settled next to him on the blanket they'd brought out here, barely missing spilling her drink over because she'd evidently forgotten about it. He caught it, though.
"So I guess you like that name I take it?" he asked.
"I do."
"All right. That wasn't so hard, was it?"
"I still like…"
"Yeah, I know you do. Simone maybe you could've talked me into, but no way on Crystal was I budging on that."
"I could've made you budge."
"Sweets, you can make me do any number of things, but giving our daughter that name was not going to happen. Never in this lifetime."
"You're so mean!"
"Laura is a nice name."
"I know it is."
"Well, then why the hang up on a name that two men told you sounded like it belonged to a stripper. I suppose stripper is better than a hooker name, but I don't know. Some of those strippers…"
"I don't want to hear about your strippers."
He chuckled softly.
"Actually, that's one thing I never did. I mean, you know, I've been to a club or two, but I never spent more than like fifty bucks at a club and I never, ever even contemplated getting with one."
"Nope. No interest at all."
"Why not?"
He shrugged, gathering her to him. "What can I say? I guess deep down I knew I wanted this. You."
"It's the possessiveness in you."
"Maybe so, that's what I like, though. I've never been possessive about anyone else so I wouldn't know. I admit I like that you've never been with anyone but me."
"I'm not arguing or disappointed."
"Me neither. I'd hate to disappoint you," he said.
"You'd really be okay with my not going back to work?"
"Are we talking forever?"
"Well, if one turns into two…"
"I'd be fine with whatever makes you and our kids happy, Claire. If staying home is it then that's what we'll do. We'd make it work. Your dad isn't going to let you or your kids starve even if something happened to my business. If something did happen to my business I could stay home and you could work. We'd make it happen."
"You like the idea, don't you?"
"I do," she admitted. "I mean, not forever, no, but you know, when she's little."
"Then that's what we'll do, Princess. I want to keep both of my princesses happy."
"I'm not sure you can handle more than one."
He chuckled softly, kissing her neck. "I know I won't be able to. I'm prepared to give it my best shot, though."
"And if we have another girl?"
"The fact that you can be this far along and think about wanting another one astounds me."
"It's not so bad."
"I'm glad you think so."
"Well, then, I'd be pretty damned lucky, Princess."
"Us, too."
~The End~
Story ©Susan Falk/APCKRFAN/PhantomRoses.com


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Posts tagged 'asperger's'
I'm going straight to you know where
We suffered through the school Christmas pageant last week; happily it wasn't as painful as I expected it to be. There was definitely no Santa – far too pagan – but there were some familiar Christmas carols coupled with the seriously uncomfortable older kids playing Mary and Joseph with their plastic baby Jesus. C dutifully rehearsed his two lines (he was one of many narrators) and was all ready to speak them slowly into the microphone. "With sheep, cattle, and a manger," he read, "baby Jesus arrived on a very special night."
It was all very sweet and good. But I miss the days when school plays were more entertaining – when some kid knocked over the set, sat down and cried, or stole the show. C's kindergarten play was priceless. C was a pumpkin in a garden full of vegetables. He hated the hat he had to wear (sensory issues), and try as she might, his teacher could not get him to keep it on. He spent the entire play tipping forward, letting his hat fall, and then picking it up, putting it on, and starting all over again. It was hilarious. At the end of the play, C got stuck in front of the curtain and laughed with a joy and abandon that will forever make that video one of my favorite treasures.
When I listened to C rehearse his lines for this year's play and discovered his mistake, I admit to not working too hard to correct it. I probably should have; the mistake was irreverent in its tone, but the innocence of the misspeak was too cute to worry over. We let it go. To draw attention to it probably would have given C a self-consciousness he rarely exhibits, and we didn't want to stifle any of his enthusiasm. So we held our breath when C proudly got up to the microphone and said, "With sheep, cattle, and a MANAGER, baby Jesus arrived on a very special night."
Honestly? I don't think anyone really noticed. Everyone was so focused on watching their own kid I don't think people really listened to everyone else's. But Husband and I chuckled and reveled in the return to the joy that should be a school play. Complete with sheep, cattle, baby Jesus, and his own special manager.
In case you haven't figured it out…
…I seem to be on a blog sabbatical. Perhaps a permanent one. But you can always reach me by leaving a comment on any post, and I will respond.
In the meantime, I'll be trying to figure out just what we need.
You say Levicious, I say Leviticus
C tends to be on one end of the spectrum or the other, no pun intended. Inevitably during the first weeks of each school year, C's teacher will email me asking, "Does C go to the bathroom a lot at home? Because he's going a lot here…" I have to explain to them that he will go a lot (mostly to explore) at first, and then it will wear off…then they'll email me later in the year with concerns that he's not going enough during the day.
Every. Single. Year.
As is his way, C tends to overdo, generally followed later by underdo. It's sometimes entertaining and sometimes dangerous (like the kindergarten bathroom experience during his plumbing phase, where he got diarrhea so often it prompted him to ask me if everyone got it once a month). If nothing else, it's always interesting.
This time, it's the Bible. We knew it would happen; his previous inexposure to church coupled with an immersion into an Evangelical Christian school would likely result in a soaking up of the information like a sponge. The Bible is appealing to C as it has lots of numbers, chapters, and short clips to memorize. I don't even have to quiz him on his weekly Bible verse as he usually has it memorized on the first day it is assigned. C asks everyone their favorite verse. It is reminiscent of his weight phase when he was four and asked everyone he encountered – and I mean everyone – their weight. We were all too happy when that one passed. I don't think I've ever explained or apologized as much as I did during that phase.
But I reached my limit this afternoon after 20 solid minutes of Bible discussion – or more of a one-sided fountain of information with few spaces for breath – in the car. "I don't like Levicious (Leviticus) or Dotonony (Deuteronomy), Mom. What's your favorite verse you learned by heart? I already know this week's verse. It's _____. Mrs. T's favorite verse is ___, and I asked her if we could learn that next week. So the Jews like the Old Testament and the Christians the New Testament, right? I think I like the Psalms. I know Pa's favorite verse. I'm not the nicest kid in the world, Mom, Jesus is. Whose name do you say when you pray, God or Jesus? I say Jesus or the Holy Spirit. Did you pray that Mrs. T's smartboard would work today, Mom? I did. You know you should pray five times a day, don't you? Do you? Pray five times a day? I do."
I finally had to ask him to stop. I could barely get a word in edgewise. We've had therapists tell us in the past to stop him when he's going on and on about a special interest, all while ignoring all the cues from other people who have lost interest long ago. We've also had therapists tell us that we should be his soft place to fall and should engage and immerse ourselves in C's special interests every bit as much as he does. I don't know what the answer is, but I know I'd heard enough proselytizing for a Friday afternoon and had to call "enough."
The Bible discussion inevitably turns into preaching. I'm used to C imposing his moral code on us – he's a rules boy, after all – but not quite in this format. If you want to be disconcerted, try being preached at (I know it's not grammatically correct, but he actually IS preaching AT you) by an almost ten-year old. No one is immune, except, it seems, my brother and sister-in-law. I've been waiting for that first "Have you been saved?" phone discussion, but it just hasn't happened. Yet.
So, have YOU heard the good word? No? Well, come on over to our house, we've got plenty to share.
Completely uninterested, thank you very much.
We've been waiting for it for years. Contemplating it, wondering how it would go, and thinking about the end result. Would it be awkward? Would we all be embarrassed? Would we leave something out and C would misunderstand? Would we convey the most helpful possible message to C in the hopes that he would navigate his future armed with the necessary information to be successful?
No, I'm not talking about the SEX talk. I'm talking about an equally important talk – the one where you tell your child he has a diagnosis. It's something parents agonize about, plan for, and worry over. If you watch Parenthood, as we do, you watched Max's parents absolutely botch their first attempt to explain Max's autism to him. It was beyond bad. Our experience, however was the complete opposite. It was the most anticlimactic, non-event you could possibly imagine.
We kind of pushed ourselves into having the discussion simply because we were afraid C would hear it somewhere else, a la Parenthood (where Max hears it brought up during a family fight), although hopefully not in such a dramatic fashion. We are an open book; C's friends' parents know, the neighbors know, random people at the park know. Doctors, teachers, the people at church. It was time, but we knew C wasn't ready.
You see, this child of ours is perhaps the least introspective person on the planet. It's charming, at times, how unaware of himself – his actions, and the effect of those actions on others – C actually is. He is convinced the whole world loves him, and while he is incorrect in that assumption, his delightful unawareness means C is enthusiastic without care about what others think. There is no soul more uninhibited than C's. He takes joy in the most mundane things and shows no qualms about sharing that joy, regardless of the consequences. Oh, yes, we've tried to redirect, calm, and make appropriate those happy outbursts, but there is no squelching it – social appropriateness be damned. C has no care, nor does he seem to understand, that he is often acting against the norm.
C has his moments; he worries about not wearing a belt to school (despite having permission to not wear one) because the other kids will notice he is out of uniform. He worries about wearing a necklace to chew on because he worries no one else does that. But that's as far as it goes. Someone doesn't like him? No way, no how. He won't hear of it. Impossible. C is not in denial, but rather he is just complete and utterly unaware.
So what does one do with a child so clueless about his own special differences? You point them out, of course, gently. Remember, C, how difficult it was for you to learn to ride a bike? How much you struggle with handwriting? How much you hate it when a loud noise surprises you? "Yes, yes, and yes," he said. And you know how awesome you are at math? How amazing your memory is? How much you like to learn each and every possible piece of information about each and every Pokemon? "Yes, yes, and yes."
That's autism, C. That's what makes you so special.
"Okay. Can I go outside now?"


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Nickname: Susan.
Resides: Lakewood, WA.
Local Game Store: The Game Matrix.
Born: October 28. Scorpio-4-Life.
Started Writing for HCO: 2013.
Started Podcasting: 2013.
Roles: Frequent podcastor, occasional editor, sporadic writer. Karaoke master, boardgame analyst, and Devil's advocate. Co-Host on Removed from Play 2015, Thrall Life, and When Nerds Collide.
Favorite Games: Warmachine, Hearthstone, Star Wars Armada, Loaded Questions, Werewolf One Night, Prisoner's Dilema.
Introduction to Gaming: For nerdy gaming specifically, my High School crew and I had the pleasure of discovering D&D and Warhammer 40k together (we've all moved on to better systems since). As for competitive gaming generally, when I was 10 or so my family had to draft homebrew rules of conduct for Catchphrase because our unregulated games were ending in too many physical injuries, so it kinda runs in my blood.
Joining the HCO Family: I started podcasting with the original RFP: Into the Arena crew back in 2013, though I may have written an article or two and/or podcasted with Charles and Emon about some of the bigger local tournaments a couple times before then.
Achievements: 1st Place, Seattle Open Warmachine Weekend Qualifier 2014. 2nd Place, Intermountain Cup Warmachine Weekend Qualifier Spring 2013. 1st Place, Gauntlet Charity Event Team RFP 2015. Mage Hunter, Lock and Load Hardcore Tournament 2013. 1st Place, I-5 Warmachine Team Championship 2015, Team Robby's Angels.


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Originally posted by Kali74
Alex Jones is such a disgusting pig! How can anyone support him after posting pictures of seemingly any random person with a backpack... making them targets of retaliation. Think people!
You are right. My sentiments exactly. See my post on the previous page. What he did was reprehensible and a very dangerous turn of events. Innocent until proven guilty has no meaning with Jones which is very sad. As I pointed out he should have contacted the FBI or Boston Police instead of glossing himself in this way. Those people in these pictures are someone's children or brothers or neighbors.
Authorities may have taken into custody a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings based on security video that showed a man depositing a bag at the bomb scene before the blasts, according to two media reports citing U.S. and Boston law enforcement sources.
CNN and Fox News have reported an arrest has been made, while the Associated Press and Boston Globe say the bombing suspect is in custody and expected in federal court. However, Reuters, CBS and NBC are reporting there has not been an arrest in the case.
An official announcement is expected at 4 p.m. central time.
Originally posted by Destinyone
CNN redacted whole arrest story now...
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Originally posted by Destinyone
CNN redacted whole arrest story now...
"an arrest is imminent"....thats what I have been hearing for a while now.
I do wish that these news outlets would vet their info before they air it.
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Shot@Life program ambassador Amanda Peet gets flu shot in NYC Walgreens to support 'Get a Shot, Give a Shot'
DEERFIELD, Ill. — In preparation for flu season, actress Amanda Peet, ambassador of the UN Foundation's Shot@Life program, received her annual flu shot at Walgreens' flagship store in New York City to support its "Get a Shot, Give a Shot" campaign.
As a mother, actress and ambassador to the UN Foundation's Shot@Life program, Peet spoke about the importance of providing life-saving vaccinations to children in need across the globe.
Walgreens has partnered with the UN Foundation's Shot@Life campaign to provide up to 3 million vaccines to children in need to help protect against such diseases as measles, pneumonia, polio and rotavirus. From now through Oct. 14, Walgreens will donate the value of one life-saving vaccine to children in developing countries for every flu shot or other vaccine administered at its pharmacies, or Healthcare clinic or Duane Reade pharmacy across the country.
J&J must change color of labeling on Duragesic patches to aid safety, FDA says
SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration is requiring Johnson & Johnson to use long-lasting ink in the labeling and dosage strength of an opioid painkiller patch it markets in order to make it easier to see.
The agency announced that it would require J&J subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals to change the color of the ink on Duragesic (fentanyl) patches. The patches administer the drug fentanyl through the skin, but because of the delivery method, they can cause serious harm or even death to children or pets if they touch a patch that has fallen off the patient. The more prominent coloring will make it easier for patients or caregivers to see if the patches have been improperly applied or fallen off.
The FDA also recently issued an advisory saying that fentanyl patches should be discarded by folding the sticky sides together and then flushing them down the toilet, and that patients regularly check them to make sure they haven't come loose.
Bartell sponsors week of health, beauty events
SEATTLE — Several Bartell Drugs locations will offer week-long events devoted to health and beauty starting next week, the Seattle-based retail pharmacy chain said.
Bartell, which operates 61 stores in and around Seattle, said health events that include mobile digital mammography screenings offered by Evergreen Health would take place at eight stores, while health clinic testing and screenings would take place at five stores. Screenings include blood glucose testing, meter exchange and education, cholesterol testing, bone density screenings for osteoporosis, blood pressure testing and others.
J.J. Virgin, author of the New York Times bestseller "The Virgin Diet: Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days" will appear at two of the chain's Seattle stores.


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Cabaret show fundraiser for marriage equality
LOVEMORE Cabaret is a fundraiser, with all monies raised going towards the creation of a video with an urgent call-to-action to get postal ballots in before the November 7 deadline. And to vote "Yes".
With a liquorice all-sort of performance talent, Lovemore Cabaret is a chance to frock up, have fun, and be part of a joyous community activation in support of marriage equality.
Organiser Dee Dee Chenille says art, creativity and humour are often the best ways to "go deep" and really touch people's hearts.
"As a New Zealand citizen who's unable to vote, I'm taking positive action by organising an event in celebration of love, which is what marriage equality is all about," she said.
Lovemore Cabaret's MC will be Mae Wilde, who'll be bringing a sexy side-dish to assist with a marriage medley, the artistic partnership behind Killer Fridays - Essie Thomas and Alikeen Killer - sharing a story of long distance love expressed through music and dance, and Spiral Orbit, described as "an angel of liberty and gender fluidity".
Other performers on the night include Arte Gitana Flamenco, Jex Lopez and the Gravediggers, Foxy Brown-Eye, Vinegar Tom and Dragan Zan Wright.


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Ukeclear Power
Music, comedy, and tomfoolery. Can you dig it? Yes uke can! A multi media night of comedic entertainment, showcasing the wonder of all things ukulele, presenting it as the shredding axe of musical glory that it is! Expect sing-a long rock and pop favourites, comedy and musical mayhem all set to the sweet tune of the tiny machete. Featuring music ...
Burlesque Idol Grand Final 2018
Europe's most prestigious Burlesque competition has reached it 9th year and YOU can help decide who will tassel-twirl their way to take the title Miss Burlesque Idol 2018!
House of Burlesque Revue
Pop the champagne...Are you ready to join the stars of the House of Burlesque for the best party town? Celebrating 10 years at the top, the UK's No.1 showgirls are back, led by Queen Diva Tempest Rose with an evening of provocative and stunning performances. Come, worship in the church of the House of Burlesque with audience sing-alongs, epic soundtracks ...
Aliens Love Underpants (From August)
Based on the book by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort Adapted & directed by Adam Bampton-Smith Aliens love underpants Of every shape and size But there are no underpants in space So here's a big surprise! This zany and hilarious tale based on the best-selling children's book is wonderfully brought to life on stage for the very first time. With ...
Monski Mouse's Baby Disco Dance Hall
Why toddle when you can dance? Join our resident dj-mumma, Monski Mouse and her Dancers for an hour of bopping family fun. There's no better place to do a chicken-dance, all summer long, it's time to 1, 2, 3 DISCOOOOO!
Black Cat - Bohemia
London's much-loved purrrrveyors of dark and daring cabaret entertainment - The Black Cat Cabaret - invite you to join them for a night at the circus like no other, in this their latest theatrical spectacular.


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- Exercises & Stretches Lumo Run Racing
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7 Yoga Poses for Race Recovery
Running can take a toll on the body. The repetitive motion has a huge impact on our joints and muscles. It is, thus, vital to take the time after that big race to recover. Taking the necessary time to stretch and cool down may prevent running injuries, increase flexibility, and allow time for your body to return to a balanced state. Yoga is a combination of gentle static stretches and strengthening that may further support race recovery. Including these 7 yoga poses in your post-race flow can stretch out those tight muscles, improve your running form via postural correction and core activation, and reduce the risk of running injuries.


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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Memphis Grizzlies - Los Angeles Clippers Player Performances
Los Angeles Clippers will start to NBA 2012-2013 season against Memphis Grizzles tonight. Those two teams played against each other in the first round of last years Western Conference Playoffs and Clippers managed to get past through Grizzles after a seven game series, 4-3. This year, Clippers will try to repeat the same success, even improve that record if possible. In order to do that, Clippers were quite active during the offseason. Lamar Odom is back in Los Angeles, this time playing for Clippers. Matt Barnes also joined to the team from Lakers. Besides them, veteran shooting guard, former 6th man of the year, Jamal Crawford was signed from Portland. Grant Hill, Willie Green and Ronny Turiaf are other new faces that will wear Clippers jersey this year.
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Josh Shipp reunites with Mahmudi
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Indiana Pacers - Toronto Raptors
Lets leave Raptors for a while an start with Pacers. Indiana was one of the most respected teams of last season. with the additions of David West and George Hill, they were suddenly regarded as one of few top teams on the east which made them automatically a serious playoff candidate. In fact the season, despite some injuries, went pretty well for them and they managed to advance till Eastern Conference semifinals. They were kicked out of the competion there by the biggest favourite Miami Heat with series of 2-4;however, this elimination didn't affect them gaining the respect of others by their performance. During the offseason, they sent Darren Collison to Mavericks and replaced him by D.J Augustin from Bobcats.
There wasn't much exciting happening in Toronto last year. It was another lost season where team finished the season not being able to qualify for playoffs for another year and ended up as a lottery team again. After such a disappointing season, Raptors has a very active offseason period. Jerry Bayless was sent to Memphis and James Johnson departed for Sacramento. The draftee of a previous season Jonas Valanciunas joined to Raptors during offseason. Landry Fields from Knicks was also signed. Terrence Ross is another draft addition whom Raptors fans expect a lot from. Nevertheless, the most important addition of the offseason is Rockets' guard Kyle Lowry. He averaged 17 pts and 6 assists in the last three preseason games. Expectations is high of him, some could even argue that perhaps he is the player to take Raptors to the playoffs after a while if Raptors are to reach there.
I expect a decent game from tonight's matchup. Pacers some serious injury problems. Danny Granger is definitelly out of action whereas George Hill is listed as probable;however, we should indicated that he missed most of the preseason due to his injury. In Pacers' last 3 losses, Granger was out of action twice. He only played agains Chicago when Chicago trailed Indiana 97-90 at home. No need to mention that he is a leading scorer of Pacers and his absence is of great weakness for them. Raptors, in contrast, has had quite impressive preseason with a record of 6-1, losing only against Detroit on the road. They are 5-0 at home during preseason. Kyle Lowry seems to have already boosted Raptors offense. Lithuanian rookie Jonas Valanciunas gave a solid contribution by averaging 10 points and 8 ribaunts in the last three preseason games. As of the preseason indications, Raptors look hopeful for the future.
The odds determined for this match up is totally misleading. Tonight's visitors, Pacers, are indicated as favourites only for the sake of good old times of last year. Without Danny Granger and possibly unfit George Hill, they are far from being favourites on the road especially when Raptors is currently at a decent shape. Such an odd could be named nothing but a trap set by bookies. Although a close game is anticipated, a Raptors win is very likely outcome. I suggest being on the safe side as usual rather than being greedy. So, you can even buy a +0.5 and play Raptors +2.5 at 1.83 odds if you want to avoid a failure of a last offense outcome
Pick : Toronto Raptors +2.5 @ 1.83
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Lebron James under 6 assists
Since it is the first game of the season, it is a safe approach to watch the teams 10-15 days before putting serious stakes on picks. Both teams have undergone some serious changes;therefore, it is not so easy to figure out their capabilities with their new squads. Miami will definitelly gain offensive power adding good perimeter shooters such as Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis. Boston Celtics, on the other hand, strenghthened their squad with Mavericks' swingman Jason Terry and Rockets' forward Courtney Lee. Jeff Green is also fully recovered from his heart injury and he is ready to show what he is capable of. In short, both teams seems to fill in the holes they were supposed to be vulnerable.
Due to the reasons explained in above paragraph, I avoid taking any game totals. Since I expect quite a tense game, i think the handicap is quite uncertain as well. I do notice one nice opportunity, though. In the seven game series of last year's conference finals, Lebron James made over 6 assists only once on 30.05.12, in the second game of series. Let me also add that the game went to overtime. During the regular season matchups, Lebron making over 6 assits is 1/3 (on 20.04.12) when he played 41 minutes. One might possibly argue that Heat has a good shooters now, so they might help James to increase his assisting efficieny. I expect Ray Allen to be defended seriously by Celtics. Since Lebron is 2/10 in terms of making more than 6 assits against Celtics, I think this bet is of a great value. Both were games with high game totals, therefore, unless tonight's game going into overtime, I don't think he could repeat such performance again.
Pick: Lebron James under 6 assists @ 2.0
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The recap of the week (24.10.12-29.10.12)
By this post, I would like to evaluate this week's picks, revisiting them one by one and comment on the outcomes of them.
We started to the week with two Women Euroleague Picks. Tarsus played against Spartak in Moscow, whereas Galatasaray was hosted by Crotian squad Novi Zagreb. Tarsus, despite being a first timer, performed surprisingly well against Spartak Moscow, not being swept out as bookies and we thought and handed us a losing pick. Galatasaray, on the other hand, played surprisingly well, not being affected by the absence of their star players at all and swept out first time participant Crotian Novi Zagreb in front of their home crowd. Both results were totally unexpected which certainly helped bookies make lots of profit.
After women's euroleague competition, three men's euroleague picks were presented here. We backed our money on game total under in Besiktas JK's game against Barcelona Regal, knowing that they were supposed to control the tempo and backed Anadolu Efes half time handicap, knowing that Anadolu Efes were to smash Cedevita Zagreb already at the first half. Both picks were succesfull. We evaluated also a player performance pick, hoping Erazem Lorbek to score more than 11 points. However, he neither received as many minutes as he played per game nor made as many field goal attempts as he averaged in previous games. So, loss for this pick became inevitable.
During the weekend, Ofeek readers had the chance to consider 5 picks in 5 different games from Turkish Basketball League. On saturday, we were 2/3, winning on 2 handicap picks with odds of 1.88 each and losing for our money line choice whose odd was 1.57 only. The losing pick was a complete underdog which surprised not only us but anyone else too. On sunday, we had totally bad luck. We addressed the reasonably right pick by backing handicap on behalf of Mersin against Fenerbahce. Till the beginning of second half, score was going quite well on behalf of our pick; however, Mersin Bsb's American Center John Edward Prince punched his opponent David Andersen and he was kicked out of the game by referees. This unprofessional behaviour turned things around completelly, causing Fenerbahce being awakened. The final score is totally misleading. If it weren't Prince, Fenerbahce wouldn't have defeated Mersin so badly. Honestly, the final pick of the week was quite an obvious one. I always prefer to be on the safe side exploiting + handicap for away team, rather than being greedy and staking on riskier money line option. As presumed, Galatasaray defeated tired and unprepared Anadolu Efes comfortably.
As a result, I believe we had a quite successful betting weekend by which I hope Ofeek readers might have made enough profit. We'll continue to work harder together to beat bookies even further.
See you with new picks in the near future.
Ofeek Admin
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Monday, October 29, 2012
Anadolu Efes - Galatasaray Medical Park
During the offseason, Galatasaray Medical Park acted aggressivelly, signing David Hawkins and Ersin Dagli from Besiktas JK, Jamal Gordon from CSKA, Henry Domercant from Unics Kazan and Boniface Ndong from Barcelona Regal and Milan Macvan from Partizan. Some of the Turkish players left the squad. Considering the amount of money, they are definitelly a title candidate both in Eurocup and Turkish League. Galatasaray Medical Park is 2/2 in the league so far. They were also 3/3 in Turkish cup group stage where they managed to beat also rivalry Pianigiani's Fenerbahce Ulker.
Anadolu Efes, as we all know, is a regular participant of Euroleague and always a title candidate in Turkish League.After losing against Emporio Armani Milano, they won their following 2 games consecutivelly, trailing their opponents with at least 25 points in each game. Anadolu Efes is a team with full of a talent, for them, it is just a question of whether or not they could manage to act as a proper team both in offense and defense. They are also 2/2 at the league so far.
Today's game will bring their first loss to either team. Galatasaray head Coach Ataman's basketball mentality is based on taking defensive cautions seriosly. He is also quite capable of making right in game decisions. Anadolu Efes coach Mahmudi, on the other hand, is more like a coach of stable basketball mentality. None of them are laid back, where you can see them always excited and tense in their benches, during the game. Anadolu Efes is in shape, but their calendar is much more loaded when compared to their visitors. Since, Eurocup season is not started yet, Galatasaray is well rested now, which gives them some edge over Anadolu Efes. Within Turkish League, only 3 foreign players are allowed simultaneously at the court. So, both teams have to alter their rotations, giving more minutes to their Turkish players. Although, this is a predicament for both coaches, I doubt if Mahmudi and his players who receive less or no minutes in Euroleague are ready for this challenge. Jordan Farmar, Sasha Vujacic and Jamont Lucas Gordon at Anadolu Efes and David Hawkins at Galatasaray Medical Park are at top shape.
Last year, E.Ataman was so superior over rivalry coaches in terms of motivating his own squad for big games like this one. Despite game being scheduled in Anadolu Efes court, there will be more Galatasaray spectators chilling, for sure. So, it is absolutelly wrong to consider Galatasaray playing on the road. Rested Galatasaray has just the same chance of winning the game as Anadolu Efes who might look nominally superior. Henry Domercant has been injured for a while but he'll play against Anadolu Efes. This will make things much easier for Galatasaray's scoring. The handicap is quite high in a game which I expect to being played head to head till the final possession.
Pick : Galatasaray Medical Park +4.5 @ 1.88
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Fenerbahce - Mersin
About Fenerbahce, there is not much new to say. Since they have been in the headlines quite often during the offseason, thanks to their sensational signings. They regularly play ine euroleague scene too, so even an average basketball fan knows very well what they are doing and what they are capable of. What might be unknown is how much Fenerbahce clearly struggled on the domestic league matchups so far, mainly due to lack of concentration after prestigious Euroleague scene. In both games, they suffered a lot, especially last week, it is safe to say Ted gave away the victory to Fenerbahce.
Bo Mccalebb was injured during the week. He played against Real Madrid;however, he was obviously far from being at his %100. He might still need to rest for a while, so i don't expect him to give %100 at this match either. From Mersin Side, this game is an opportunity to bring themselves to the headlines, so they must be looking forward to the game. As I explained above, the team has the capacity but they just haven't managed to present it yet. I think the handicap spread indicated for this game is a trap by bookies. Tired Fenerbahce would definitelly have motivation problems for an early sunday afternoon game.
Pick : Mersin +15.5 @ 1.88
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Pinar Karsiyaka - Turk Telekom
Pinar Karsiyaka,in contrast to Turk Telekom, being one of the most consistent performers of Turkish Basketball, is completelly reorganized this year. The new coaching staff was employed, all foreign players were replaced by new ones, even the national players were changed, remaining only 2 young players from the last year's team. Karsiyaka is 2/2, both home victories in the league. Last week, they beated Jerrellsless Besiktas JK 86-79 leading the entire game. Consequtivelly third time, they will be hosting visitors this season.
According to their performance so far, I can safely say that Pinar Karsiyaka has the best package of foreign(american) players this year within the past 4-5 years.In terms of signing better foreign players, Latest more spectacular season I can think of was 2007-2008 when Pinar Karsiyaka signed undrafted Gary Neal, currently playing San Antonio Spurs. Against Besiktas, 4 americans scored 60 of total 86 points last week. They not only performed productive individually, but also played fitting to the team chemistry. It is no secret that they will be carrying the team even further each week. The team plays tempo basketball with huge spectator crowd behind it, creating one of the toughest road match ups for opponents.
Turk Telekom currently is out of shape and has lack of creativity due to budget shortages. They'll have hard time stading against Pinar Karsiyaka which is mentally at top level, after beating defending champion Besiktas JK last week. Pinar Karsiyaka will start the game aggresivelly, trying to hit Turk Telekom at the first half. Considering their team rotation, and the fact that they play at home, once again I'm on behalf of half time handicap rather than full time spread. A handicap of around -5 is quite a value pick to take for me.
Pick : Pinar Karsiyaka half time handicap -5 @ 1.88
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Olin Edirne - Hacettepe University
Hacettepe University was registered to the season at the last minute, due to financial problems. Therefore, they were unable to establish a competitive team. The squad consists of mainly known veteran players. Hacettepe is 0/2 at the league right now and the team is considered as one of the biggest relegation candidates this year.
Olin Edirne starts to its third consecutive season in Turkish league. In their first year, Olin indeed made quite a noise in the league, current Rytas players Samardziski and seibutis leading the squad. Last year, they performed badly and hardly survived in the league. The team is still coached by the same trainer and they could be regarded as a team with some sort of collectivity. This year, they don't want to have same nightmares again. Olin Edirne is 1/1 at the league, defeating the new team of Gaziantep BB at home with double digits and being defeated against strong Banvit on the road.
If Olin wants to avoid the nightmares they suffered last year, such opponents like Hacettepe should be target games.For the past two years, with the help of their own crowd, they performed well at home, so Olin could do it again. Starting point guard Mehmet Yagmur who won championship in Besiktas and who scored 23 points against Gaziantep BB in the season premiere this year had been for some reason excluded from the squad by staff. He did not play against Banvit. However, according to news, he is forgiven and will play against Hacettepe. Olin knows how to play such games from last year, so I expect them to be more prepared side, mentally. The money line odd is quite satisfactory, so i don't see any need to involve in handicaps for this game.
Pick : Olin Edirne ML @ 1.57
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Optimum Ted Kolejliler - Gaziantep BB.
Ted Kolejliler,though being new in the team, seems to have things more organized. They are 2/3 in the turkish cup group stage. They take quite stable contribution from their foreign players. Especially at the front court, they have such a nice pair of good players as Jovo Stanojevic and Nedim Yucel. In both games,they won, 4 players created double digits in scoring. They play attack basketball, averaging 79pts per game so far where they are 1/1 in the league. Especially last week, they almost beated tired,unconcentrated Fenerbahce Ulkerspor,losing 79-77 on the road.
Gaziantep BB has PG Andre Collins injured which shortens their PG rotation. He won't play against TED and they are definitelly handicapped here. TED Kolejliler is strong especially at the paint both defensivelly and offensivelly. One interesting statistics is that Gaziantep BB made 30 2pts field goal attempt whereas making 34 3pts shots!!!!
Such an statistic clearly means they are not organized enough at the offense.Considering the poor road performance of Gaziantep BB.(Turkish cup games were held in neutral arenas), I pick TED Kolejliler handicap with me. Gaziantep BB. won't prevail all 4 quarters and will collapse eventually against TED.
A double digit Ted victory is quite likely to happen.
Pick : Optimum Ted Kolejliler -8.5 @ 1.88
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Anadolu Efes - Cedevita Zagreb
Cedevita Zagreb is a modest crotian team who mostly consists of crotian players. They are 0/2 in the euroleague so far being defeated heavily at Lithuania against Zalgiris and losing against Emporio Armani Milano at home in the previous game. The terrible 4th quarter that they performed handed in the victory to the visitors even though Cedevita Zagrep managed to keep the game in control during first 3 quarters.In tonight's game, they are hosted by Anadolu Efes which is always a tough match up on the road.
aggresivelly and accelerated the game pace as much as they did. Jordan Farmar and Sasha Vujacic who were teammates also in New Jersey Nets before shared the responsability, sending the visitors to the dressing room with 22 points margin already in the first half. Olympiacos showed some signs of effort to come back at the third quarter but Anadolu Efes managed to control game till the end. The game ended with a 26 points margin Anadolu Efes victory.
I expect Anadolu Efes to start to the game showing the same agresiveness on the defence and pace on the offense. In order to present that the last week's victory was of no coincidence, they will try to smash the visitors already at the first half. 2 days ago, Crotian center Stanko Barac injured and will be out of action for at least a month; however, Efes bench has enough depth to cover his absence. Despite a very reasonable full time spread, I prefer to focus on half time spread. Cedevita Zagreb couldn't hold on against Zalgiris when playing on the road.(Halftime score in Kaunas was 55-38) I presume a similar Anadolu Efes performance like their last game and end the first half with a double digit lead. Mediocre Cedevita Zagreb can not hold on much against heavily armed Anadolu Efes. Almost forgot, that Anadolu Efes will host Galatasaray in the domestic league next Monday, so they could make some rotation in the second half, considering this tough upcoming game. This is another reason to avoid full time spread.
Pick : Anadolu Efes half time handicap - 7.5 @ 1.90
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Erazem Lorbek over 11.5 points
Gasper Vidmar will play against his countryman today. Erazem Lorbek averages 14:40 minutes and 10 points so far in Euroleague. He averages 8-9 field goal attempts per game. For a center position, he is also a good free throw shooter, averaging %76 percent from the line last year in Euroleague. Given Gasper Vidmar's defensive versatility, Erazem Lorbek might draw fouls very easily.
He can improve his scoring average tonight.
Pick : Erazem Lorbek over 11.5 points @ 1.85
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Barcelona Regal - Besiktas JK
Last year's Final Four participant Barcelona is one of the most experienced teams in Euroleague and they certainly try to at least reach to F4 again. Home team is also 2/2 so far, averaging 69.5 pts points per game while allowing only 54.5 points per game in their rim. Their traditionally known tough defensive mentality seems to have already settled as they've recently held their opponents in ACB by 68 and 50 points respectivelly.
The success of Besiktas laid in their tempo so far. They performed well when they accelerated the game. Curtis Jerrells is the key player of this mentality who was out due to injury in the domestic loss last weekend. This week, he didn't exercise properly and his performance is of question mark even if he plays tonight. Besiktas offense is based on also the accuracy of perimeter shooting outside the arc.Barcelona is tough at home,so they will definitelly control the tempo during the game. If Besiktas JK seeks to keep up with Barcelona's tempo, it might be disaster for visitors. Therefore, with or without Jerrells, visitors need to slow down the tempo, using the shotclock to the full extent.
The handicap spread slightly increases. It might be a bookie trick or perhaps depends on the JerrellS situation who scored 27 points on the road against Brose Basket last week. Due to Jerrells' unclear situation, I prefer to stake on total points rather than handicap spread. The given total is quite reasonable to bet on.
Pick : Under 142.5 @ 1.85
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Besiktas JK cursed ?
Is the champion of Eurochallenge cup 2012, Turkish Basketball League and Turkish Cup Besiktas JK cursed ? It all started when British national center Pops Bonsu Mensah, one of the key contributors of Besiktas JK's success last year was injured during the olympics and later after the olympics he was released by his team Maccabi Tel Aviv due to his failure in medical examinations.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Stanko Barac injured at Anadolu Efes
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I love stationery
Folksy (the British version of Etsy) has some fantastic stationery items.
I want to spend hundreds (okay, thousands) of pounds on all the beautiful items I look at for hours.
Some people are so talented.
Cute birdie stamps from Skull and Cross Buns
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Re the cartoon in the ``Letters to the editor'' on Jan. 8: It depicted a drawing of a handgun and an automatic rifle with the caption reading, ``Two baby killers pro-lifers never talk about.''
As a pro-lifer, I'll talk about it. Any person pulling the trigger of a handgun and murdering a pregnant woman should be charged with two homicides.
The person pulling the trigger of an automatic weapon that murders a pregnant woman should be charged with two homicides.
The doctor who commits an abortion should be charged with the murder of the baby inside a pregnant woman.
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The HTC One M9 is expected to be the 2015 successor of the current HTC One M8 smartphone. The HTC One M8 is one of the best android flagship phones right now and is one of the most rated phones with a great design which is being compared with the top class smartphones like Samsung Galaxy Alpha, Sony Xperia Z3 and LG G3 and all of the android phones of that class.
What can HTC do to actually improve the Design?
Many of the smartphone critics are looking forward to HTC M9 about what exactly are they going to come up with which can improve the formula of the M8 and actually release a new smartphone that has a whole bunch of extra features. So what we can expect from HTC based upon rumors and leaks are discussed below.
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The HTC M9 is pretty much expected to launch during March 2015 just like the M8 which launched in the spring of 2014 because HTC generally likes to launch their new phones around the same time as Mobile World Congress which is supposed to be in the early March 2015 and if HTC plans to officially launch M9 during the event then the release date is almost expected to be between the mid to end of March 2015.
The current HTC One M8 is priced around $650. So the HTC One M9 is expected not go too far above that range and keep the price between $700-850 without contract and $300 with contract. The M9 is going to be a pretty good designed phone with high end materials. So in a lot ways it does make sense that the HTC is going to be keeping the price within the range of its class.
According to a lot of rumors and leaked sources, the HTC One M9 is going to have a Snapdragon 810 processor, 2.5 GHz with 3GB of RAM. That will give the smartphone a much needed speed which will be about on par with the other upcoming 2015 smartphones. So in a nutshell HTC is going to launch HTC One M9 with more upgraded features like more speed, more battery life, more camera megapixels and sensors and better display specs. Other than the M9 is also going to have a category 6 LTE radio which will make the call quality really great.
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