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Friday, May 6, 2011
Summer Fun.....Sailor Pin-Up Themed Shoot Event at Terribly Girly!
Summer Fun.....Sailor Pin-Up Themed Shoot Event at Terribly Girly! Booking Now!
Ladies! It's time for Summer fun and we've got the perfect way to indulge in some girl time....pin-up style!
Terribly Girly's offering a flirty and fun "Sailor Girl Pin-Up" Themed Day Event"! We are booking now so please contact Jen at email@example.com to secure your session today!
We will be offering either custom sets with themed props or a plain colored backdrop. Your choice, please specify at booking.
We are using classic pinup illustrations as inspiration. You can choose to be cute and flirty or a sexy siren...you choose!
Shoot Details:
Location: Terribly Girly Studio in Wynwood, FL
Sessions Include: Themed set including props, professional makeup artistry and hairstyling. CD with your 5 final, retouched, print ready images on a CD and a gift print.
Wardrobe: Custom wardrobe by our fabulous wardrobe stylist can be provided for a fee of $30.00. Please inform at time of booking so that we may send you a wardrobe consultation form.
Shoot Cost: $350.00
Deposit: Deposit of $100.00 is required to secure your booking. The day of the shoot, the amount of $100.00 will be deducted from your shoot balance.
Shoot Dates: Booking now through August 31st, 2011
Groups can also be accomodated! If you and your group of pals want to make girl day of this please advise at time of booking so we can book you together. Groups of 4 or more may be eligible for a discount.
Gift Certificates are also available!
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The local food movement cannot be missed from small community development corporations to the national cheerleader of the local movement, BALLE. The local food movement has lofty, but very important goals that if accomplished have tremendous strengthening effects on the community. Here are four reasons:
1) The multiplying factor. The multiplying factor says that a dollar spent at a locally owned business recycles itself over and over again in the community creating economic opportunity and community development.
2) Increase food stability in a community. By buying locally, you are strengthening food producers' capacity to grow their business and reduce a community's dependence on imports and exposure to fluctuation in prices.
3) Reduce carbon footprint. The definition of local is not concrete, but typically refers to a 100 mile radius of a community. By sourcing a community's food from a small radius, it relieves the burden of trucking or shipping food from across the country or across borders.
4) Healthier families and individuals. We all know there's a lot of crap in the food we buy from GMO to processed; it's amazing when you read food labels what's in there. Buying locally cuts a lot of the mystery out of the meals allowing families and individuals to eat more wholesome, natural foods. Moreover, the time it takes to prep and eat food can create valuable family time that is scarce today.
OK so where do you buy all this wonderful local food? Well, there are niche grocery stores here and there like New Seasons in Portland and in.gredients in Austin, but across the country farmers' markets are where you can buy good, local food. Farmers' markets are great, and have been a long standing tradition in many communities; however, in some communities, the market has been saturated. All the people who care about local food already shop at the market and the people who are either ignorant or apathetic towards local foods do not patronize the market. In order for the local food movement to radically change the food buying behaviors in a community, the majority of residents must participate in farmers markets. The traditional route of incentivizing people to come to farmers' markets is to brand the market as a party – bring in a band, crafters, pop-up restaurants, etc. Those tactics have worked for the people who are already inclined to do their grocery shopping at a farmers' market, but I think that setting up a "party" atmosphere weakens the case for the urgent need to change food buying and eating behaviors. So here are some of my ideas on farmers' markets can increase foot traffic and sales.
1) Having shopping baskets available for shoppers to use. Baskets would make it much easier for shoppers to gather all of their items and transport them around the market.
2) Provide shopping bags or have a vendor that sells reusable bags. The ability to carry your groceries home impacts how much you will buy, if at all.
3) Compare produce prices with traditional grocery stores' prices. The notion that buying local is more expensive than buying local is not entirely true. Having price comparison signs above produce might ease the concerns of price sensitive shoppers and incentivize them to buy local.
4) Prepare meals on-site. Meal preparation can be a burden to working families, so what if a farmers' market had a volunteer-run vendor booth that prepares the just-bought produce into simple meals.
5) Organize food with like produce. Instead of each farmer having separate stands, combine like produce to make the look of the market feel more like a traditional grocery store. Produce stickers would indicate which produce belongs to which farmer. Of course, this tactic might be more harmful to farmers but it might incentivize more buying. Seeing all your options in one place and choosing from those options has been customary in our shopping.
6) Have the checkout at one place not at each individual farmers' stand to appease to the convenience-oriented shopper.
7) Have the farmers' market in a grocery store's parking lot/entrance to encourage buying local foods vs. imported produce. This would allow the shopper to do all of their shopping in one place. A step even further is to have the check-out line in the grocery store so there is only one check-out process.
I am aware that ideas 5-7 would probably create some logistical, political, and ideological nightmares. But the problem is urgent and calls for bold action. Collaboratives all around the country, including Nourish Yamhill Valley in Yamhill County Oregon, are looking for innovative solutions to curb rising food insecurity, weakening local economies, and skyrocketing health problems. Buying local food is just one piece of the puzzle.
What are some of your ideas to encourage shoppers to buy local food? Is farmers' markets the route to go or is influencing grocery chains? Do you know of farmers' markets that are implementing new, innovative ideas?
P.S. Don't know what a CSA box is? CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Community members pay a subscription to receive in-season produce from their local farmer on a weekly basis.

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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Martian Radio
On August 22, 1924 a telegram was sent from Chief of U.S. Naval Operations Edward W. Eberle, to all Naval stations. They were instructed to monitor the airwaves for any unusual transmissions in anticipation of contact from Martians.
Why the sudden military concern about alien contact? What did they know that we still don't, that motivated them to put the entire Naval armed forces on alert to listen for Martian radio transmissions, and specifically during this time when Mars was especially close to the Earth?
The official story is that nothing was picked up but static. But if something had been picked up, it would of course be classified. So we just don't know.
Letters of Note found an old issue of Popular Radio magazine from this same time period, that also suggested Martian contact was imminent.
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I'm not talking about writing this week--well, not exactly.
I've been trying to get my ridiculous website to work, and I think, finally, just short of an aneurysm, I may have figured it out.
Now, I don't want to date myself. You've already figured out I'm no spring chicken. But when I learned about computers in school--the first year we actually had computers in school-let's just say, "think, DOS" and leave it at that. 10 For x=1 to 100
I'm talking Tandy, folks.
So when I invested in my domain name and a year's hosting with a highly recommended service, I knew I'd have to shake off some rust and learn a little html. But secretly, I hoped they had a point-and-click site builder like some of the free hosting sites. Wouldn't that have been easy?
Not so lucky, never so lucky.
It began. I had a great time designing my pages in Office, and even figured out I could save them as web pages without coding any html. Whoopie!!! I found my way around the hosting site, discovered my file manager and dove into uploading files.
That's about where it started to fall apart.
My fonts looked funky, my text wandered across the wide pages, and my pictures...where were my pictures?
I'm pretty stubborn, and by Gods I was going to do this myself. So I poked around for the problem and figured out all my code was saved in a folder apart from my html file. I uploaded the folder. No change. Thought some more and figured out that my file paths didn't point to the pictures correctly, so I opened the site's html editor and all HELL broke loose. Whatever I did to that html code resulted in funny little black question marks dancing across my site.
About that time I figured out I could save the pages as single files, or mhtml, and it worked!!!
Everything worked. Except my host wouldn't use an mhtml page as my .com, and anyone wanting to actually SEE my site had to download a mysterious little program.... egad.
I lost a lot of sleep over this thing. I pulled out hair. I counted the days and subtracted them from my annual site cost to figure out how much money I was wasting. My brain was very close to imploding.
Then I noticed something funny. Outside my file manager and its easy little upload button, the site had something called an FTP client. My brain twitched. My memory strained. Doesn't that have something to do with file transfer?
I only had to load each page, reverted happily back to html files, about three times to get all my links working.
Anyway, to make a long story a touch longer...the site is up....again. This time it should be user friendly. I've added a free short story, for my, er, your pains.
Put away the champagne, I could use a G&T.
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Holly and I are very blessed to welcome Baby Warren to our family soon! Due date March 15, 2011! We are very excited and can hardly wait. I am entered to run Way Too Cool 50k on March 12, but it all depends on when Warren decides to come! I will decide the morning of the race whether or not I will be able to make it as Holly may go into labor that same day. If you do not see me out there, it is safe to say Warren is on his way! If I am able to run, I don't have any big expectations for myself with this race as I have been battling a bad bout of plantar faciitis since New Years, and I have been working 80 hour weeks during the public accounting busy season right now! It makes it a little hard to get out for a run. So, WTC will be nothing but a training run for me this year with Western States 100 Mile Run as my main focus at the end of June. See everyone out on the trail!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Baby Warren Should Make His Debut Soon!
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This is something like usual diary stuff again.
People who is using common sense will find self, will move self effectively than who are still using their 'knowledge', using their 'past'. The past is a swamp, moment by moment, step by step we have to pull ourselves out, trough breathing.
Moving self means the inner core of my being starts to explore, starts to live. Starts to express. Without mind, without past, without future. It is not body movement, it is not art, it cannot be anything. It is life.
Honestly - I can give it to myself - so
honestly I do not care of anybody, any buddy. I see my reactions, and understanding, forgiving and stopping. Pulling back my mindtentacles, my minddefinitions. Always wants to go so fucking forward, like my eyefocus, I look, focus, and mind is there...mind is projected there outside, and by this I manifest. Like that I manifest my mind. I manifest my deception. I am not deception. I am not my mind. I am, i repeat, not my mind. I am if I stop my mind. I start to be as I stop my mind. And if someone does not see that fact 'mind is not me' - that person is behaviouring as the mind. The mind have taken control, that being is actually a mind. That person is just a reaction machine actually. Predictable, Controllable, usable slave of itself, of anyone has power who understand the mind. Like a turing-machine: I put some input, I will know what will happen. Strange. But I realized I do not have compassion with minds. Mind even do not know what is compassion, just got that word, and put many pictures around that, to be able to load those if needs to prove : mind is life. NO. Mind is just a designed idea, a tool for absolute control and enslavement. We have to stop.
So I am focusing on myself. And who is saying that is selfish, well haha 'you do not know what is self, even what you speak'. Self means moment, self means inifite, self means life, self means unpredictable, self does means anything, self even do not exists! Self-honesty. That is what can be developed. Self-honesty from moment to moment, to trust, to be, to BE absolute self-honesty as onness and equality as breath as life as all as breath: that is self.
Light is deception. Light is evil, light is trap, light is illusion. Light comes and goes.
Light is the mind. Light is only in mind, light has begining and end. Light is conditional. Light is the hope, the faith, the believe, the absolute prison.
But light has a begining and has an end...
In the light you do not see your shadow, but there is.
Why do you fear from darkness?
Because in the dark there is no mind. And mind wants to survive. But it wont. That's impossible. As it started in one moment, it will end in one moment. Just like this post.


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What a Fun May Day!
As the families arrived, each with a bounty of cut flowers, the teens prepared for chemistry class and the flowers were loaded onto the picnic table. Nasturtiums, lavender, daisies, lilies, more than I can recall. It was so beautiful and brought such a festive feeling to the morning! A few of the teens stole over to make a few bouquets of their own, they just couldn't resist...until they were called over to class. Then the junior gang all set to work. This year the kids made not only the baskets of flowers but really cute little button flowers to add to the bouquets. We found this cute addition to our craft at Family Fun.
Here are the girls, busy at creating. So many flowers to choose from. How do you decide?
Making the baskets....
Choosing the flowers.....
And the main event! We had a rousing time of May Pole dancing. Can you hear the flute?
Here we go round the May Pole high, the May Pole high, the May Pole high,
Here we go round the May Pole high
On a Monday afternoon!
Look how well we are doing with weaving the ribbons round the pole. We were so proud.
After our May Pole fun, we had another yummy potluck. I shared a yummy and healthful strawberry shortcake. Here it is:
- 8 C organic strawberries, sliced
- 1/4 C honey, agave, maple syrup or sucanat
- 2 C whole wheat, spelt or oat flour
- 1 T baking powder
- 1/2 t sea salt
- 1/4 C butter or coconut oil
- 2 T of above sweetener of choice
- 1 egg
- 3/4 C milk (soy, hemp, rice, almond etc)
- Topping: Vanilla yogurt or fresh whipped creme
- Can be egg free - Use 1/4 C milk to replace egg or 1 T flax oil
- Can be vegan
- Can be wheat free
- Preheat oven to 450 F
- Stir together strawberries & 1/4 sweetener (can be dry or wet)
- Set aside
- For Biscuits: Stir together flour, baking powder & salt in a large mixing bowl
- Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs
- In a small bowl combine egg, liquid sweetener and milk
- Add to dry ingredients & stir to moisten
- Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheet and bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown
- Split biscuits, fill & top with fruit & topping.
- Enjoy!


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I just had one of those marvellous rant-inspiring moments reading a letter in which someone was complaining about the potential environmental impact of a particular energy project and I thought, wouldn't it be great if there was some way we could produce energy that didn't have any environmental impact? But there isn't. Not a single source of energy is completely benign. Not solar, not wind, not nuclear, not run-of-river, not storage dam hydro, not LNG, not methane, not geothermal, not syngas, not woodpellets, not coal, not diesel, not fuel oil, not nothing, not nohow, not no-sirree.
Birds (sometimes) fly into windmills. Solar panels in mass arrays are a blight on the landscape. Nuclear requires careful handling of highly toxic metals. Run of river diverts watercourses. So does tidal. Dams flood forests and farmlands. Geothermal requires holes in the ground. LNG produces greenhouse gases. So do coal and diesel and fuel oil and waste-to-energy technology.
If the actual production of the energy doesn't have a significant impact, the manufacture of the machine that makes it sure does. Solar panels and windmills are made in factories that consume energy, and are made with materials that are mined and processed and refined, and all of those activities have an environmental impact.
And even if generating the energy is relatively benign, how are you going to get it from the place where it is made to the place where it is used? No, not via Star Trek tansporters. It's transmission lines, pipelines, tankers, or trucks, and they all have environmental impacts.
So get over it, people. Either turn out the lights and park your cars and turn off your laptops, or start talking in terms of choices among competing alternatives, and balances and trade-offs. Because that's what it's about. I'm not saying we shouldn't care about impacts. We should. But we have got to stop pretending that we can sustain ourselves without at least some impact on the environment.
I know there a few folks who really do want us to turn the lights off. Completely off. Good luck with that. There are other folks who are thinking about new ways of making energy that might have little or no impact. May they succeed sooner rather than later. Most of the rest of us are generally trying to conserve and reduce our impact, although it's easier to talk about it than do. But let's not fool ourselves - and let's not let anyone else - whether politician, pundit, industry or NGO spokesperson - fool us. We can reduce our footprint, but almost everything we do that requires energy has an impact somewhere, somehow, on the fish and the air, and the water, and the trees, and the view and all the other things we hold dear.
It all comes at a cost. Let's debate our options realistically, recognizing that these are not easy decisions, and there is no free pass or way around the problem of how we can sustain our economy, our culture, our society without at least some cost or consequence for the environment. Perhaps the answer is to repair faster than we harm? Fine, but at least let's not pretend we can have it all without impact.
The next time you hear someone express their concerns about the environmental impact of a particular energy project, make sure to ask them where the heck else they plan on getting the energy they need.


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Waiting for the Dow Jones to implode has been a long and frustrating process for those who have been anticipating financial Armageddon since long before most people in the U.S. had ever heard the terms "credit default swap" or "derivative". While there definitely was a sudden and steep drop in the market's valuation from October of 2008 until about mid-March of 2009, as steep as that correction was, it was very brief and the resulting rise that followed has stubbornly defied the law of gravity. This correction or over-correction if you will, from the March lows has not been supported by much of anything substantive.
Since March, employment has continued to crater; housing sales have largely consisted of foreclosures picked up on the cheap by vultures or first time homebuyers taking advantage of an $8,000 tax credit; and retail numbers have failed to improve significantly, yet retailer stocks have been bolstered - not by improving sales, but by cost cutting and overhead reduction that has come most often in the form of layoffs.
In this same time frame, banking has also been salvaged. Again not because of its own decisions and practices, but because of the government's willingness to utilize Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac to purchase banks' toxic assets at close to, if not full, face value despite the lack of any realistic market for these products. To support these purchases and to reload banks' vaults, the Fed has resorted to printing money. The actual dollars in circulation have nearly doubled in the last 12 months, yet the government insists that inflation is low.
And despite all the propaganda spewed by the government, the media and all the parroting talking heads who have worked tirelessly to convince the American public that "all is well", fewer and fewer people outside the U.S. are acting as though they believe it. Foreign interest in U.S. debt, specifically in U.S. treasuries, has waned enough that the Fed has been purchasing its own treasuries for the better part of the last year when they have failed to generate sales at auction. This is akin to someone writing themselves a check from their own empty account and expecting it to clear.
But the curtain that has shielded the wizard, as it were, is being pulled back.
Watching gold climb to new records on a near daily basis has tipped the government and Federal Reserve's hand. They have been printing money like demons and since it has to go somewhere, it inevitably finds its way into the stock market. This sets people up to think all is well, but our creditors know the score. They don't think we have done anything other than debase the dollar and so they are starting to bet that we will default on our debt.
Think we won't? You'd better think again. The U.S. economy, one that is more than 70 % based on consumerism, is still in very real trouble. We went from the largest creditor nation on Earth to the largest debtor nation in less than fifty years. Our economy has moved away from manufacturing and production and moved into consumption and consumer debt servicing. The wall we have hit, largely a production of our spiraling debt and declining incomes, is not one that will be easily remedied.
And our creditors, with reality staring them in the face, have begun to hedge their bets on a medium that has been around far longer than any other currency – gold. While the precious metal's price has been climbing to new highs, the Dow has followed suit and continued its march back toward unrealistic levels. The difference being that when the Fed is done printing in its desperate effort to maintain civility by preventing a panic in the U.S., the dollar won't be worth the paper it's printed on and gold will again be the world's baseline currency.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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- AnonymousNovember 19, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Best post you've written yet, John! You're right on the mark. Figures like the GDP from a few weeks ago, which the government insisted improved (while consumer spending and corporate production are down--only government spending prevented it from tanking), are not only misleading but deceitful. Citizens who read the news at face value are in for a rude awakening.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 19, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Perhaps our leaders are thinking: "It's better to have a few very rich and powerful friends than millions of poor ones if the system crashes."ReplyDelete
I just loved the way Obama begged Chinese president Hu to continue investing in US treasury bills......pathetic for several reasons: we are in debt up to our ass and Obama meakes us look weak to other countries......ReplyDelete
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Three players have been kicked off the Duke football team for conduct unbecoming of members of the program.
Coach David Cutcliffe said freshmen John Drew, Kyle Griswould and Brandon Putnam had been dismissed from the team.
University officials said the three have been charged with felonious possession and discharge of a weapon after an early morning incident on campus.
-- Staff reports
Monday, January 18, 2010
Duke dismisses three football players
Three players have been kicked off the Duke football team for conduct unbecoming of members of the program.
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typical dookies...no common sense
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Bruce Chabner, MD, director of Clinical Research for the MGH Cancer Center, was the recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Medical Sciences from the Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The award recognizes his contributions to cancer research and cancer drug development. During the July 3 ceremony, Patrick Johnston, dean of the Queen's School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences – who also was a fellow with Chabner at the National Cancer Institute – said, "One of the major features of Dr. Chabner's career has been his focus on the improvement of treatments for patients. His work has led to significant advances in patient treatment and improvements in the quality of care during both his time at the National Cancer Institute and, more recently, at Harvard Medical School and the MGH. He has been a mentor and an inspiration to many leading U.S. and international oncologists and cancer specialists throughout the world."
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The Rays have a legitimate pitching staff with Scott Kazmir, James Shields, and Matt Garza in particular, and the Jays have more than adequate offense with Carl Crawford, Evan Longorio, Carlos Pena, and B.J. Upton in particular.
So how do the Sox stack up against the Rays, mano-a-fish?
Runs scored: Boston 2nd, Tampa 6th
Team ERA: Tampa 4th, Boston 6th
Fielding percentage: Tampa 6th, Boston 9th
Catcher: Edge...Rays (Jason Varitek mired in a miserable slump, Navarro over .300)
First base: Edge...Red Sox
Second base: Edge...Red Sox
Shortstop: Edge...even
Third base: Edge...even...Longoria's gonna be big-time, coming on fast
Left field: Edge...Rays (Crawford over Moss)
Center field: Edge...even
Right field: Edge Red Sox
DH: Edge Red Sox...if Manny can be Manny
The pressing issue for the Red Sox currently is the stability of the bullpen, with inconsistency plaguing many of the Sox' relievers, notably both Okajima and Hansen.
The Red Sox starting rotation now is also in flux:
- Beckett, still tops, but not having a premium top-of-the-rotation year
- Lester, is he the number 2?
- Matsuzaka, still the power nibbler
- Wakefield, the Ancient One still has a role
- Buchholz (huh?)...expecting to see him back very soon
- Masterson...back to reality leaving sinkers upstairs
- Colon...how long's that back been weak?
Just wondering?
- When will they do something about these shattering maple bats...before somebody gets killed?
- Is Jonny Gomes the new Gates Brown?
- What's Rocco Baldelli's future?
- Is anybody counting out the Yankees? Not me.
- Have you noticed the Tigers creeping back into the Central race?
- Did you see that Saunders just won his twelfth for the Angels?
- Pedroia
- Youkilis
- Drew
- Manny
- Lowell
- Moss
- Ellsbury
- Lugo
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Dog Shoots Man
A TUSSLE over prey between a Bulgarian hunter and his hound ended when the dog shot the man. The man lost his temper and began beating his Deutsch-Drahthaar hunting dog with a rifle when the animal refused to release a killed bird it had brought back. But the dog's paw caught the trigger and the hunter was blasted with buckshot.
While this headline is not quite as perfect as one reading "Man Bites Dog" would be, it is pretty close!


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Monday, October 31, 2011
New Books: Gardens of Night by Greg F. Gifune
Greg F. Gifune:
It began as an idea for a trilogy. Three novels: BLOOD IN ELECTRIC BLUE, GARDENS OF NIGHT, and SMOKE IN CRIMSON. All would deal with female mythical beings (largely as metaphor) and explore various aspects of the human experience intertwined with mythology. The novels would be connected yet individual, in that they would (and could) stand alone as separate pieces. One could read only one, two or all three (in any order). But if all three were read, answers to many of the mysteries surrounding the stories would be revealed so that once completed the trilogy would become a single maze with a beginning, middle and end connected by a single enigmatic character that would appear (to different degrees) in all three, a transsexual named Wilma Malloy.
Ironically enough, it was the third novel that appeared first, but as a short story called SMOKE. It was published years ago and also appeared in my short story collection DOWN TO SLEEP. The novel, SMOKE IN CRIMSON, I have not yet finished (I've been working on it on and off for several years now), but the first two novels have been completed and published. Both have received a great deal of praise from readers and critics alike, and BLOOD IN ELECTRIC BLUE has just been released in Germany (to rave reviews, thankfully) as part of a foreign rights publishing deal I have with FESTA. As for GARDENS specifically, the idea behind it had to do with how violence (mythological and literal) might impact people who have suffered a terrible trauma without fully understanding why. For Marcus Banyon, the main character, a violent sexual assault against himself and his wife opens the door to what very well may be an alternate reality controlled by the Three Fates. A reality where Marcus can communicate with nature itself on levels never before imagined, and where nature can communicate with him in the same potentially dangerous ways. In the end, what GARDENS is truly about is the unprovoked annihilation of someone's life. It seemed to me that, unpleasant and difficult as it was to write, using sexual assault was the best way to illustrate this, as I could think of no crime that strips away one's dignity in such a primal and base sense as rape does. As Marcus wanders through a surreal dreamscape (much of which, despite his medication, may very well be real), he is confronted not only by the horrors of this life (and perhaps the next), but issues of emotional isolation, love, marriage, friendship, lies, loyalty and a myriad of challenges that will either lead to his destruction or deliverance. Perhaps, in some ways, the strange and frightening corridors Marcus wanders, from mental institutions to hospitals to haunted farmhouses with hellish underground labyrinths, will lead to both.
When Robert Dunbar of UNINVITED BOOKS (a dear friend and a wonderful writer himself) approached me with an idea to launch his new publishing company UNINVITED BOOKS with a novel from me, I was flattered and excited. After hearing his goal with UB to publish dark literary novels, I knew GARDENS would be a perfect fit. Rob loved the concept, so I finished the novel and turned it in. He loved it and went on to publish it, bringing to fruition the second book in the trilogy. Since its release, reviewers have called GARDENS OF NIGHT "superlative literary horror," "brilliant," "psychologically horrifying and brutal," "deeply disturbing" and "extraordinary." I'm very proud of this novel, and honored that UNINVITED BOOKS chose to launch with it. So far reaction has been terrific, and I look forward to finishing the trilogy by completing the final novel SMOKE IN CRIMSON soon. Interviewers often ask me if, of the novels I've written, I have a favorite. I don't. But I do believe GARDENS OF NIGHT is some of my best work, and will speak to readers open to it in ways nothing else I've written has (with the possible exception of BLOOD IN ELECTRIC BLUE).
Many of my novels have been compared to David Lynch films, in that if you're looking for something where everything is spelled out and tied up in a neat little red bow by the end, then I'm probably not your guy. On the flipside, I don't want people to come away from GARDENS having no idea what the hell it was about either. But if you enjoy being challenged and delving into the darkest corners of the human experience, then I think you'll enjoy GARDENS OF NIGHT as both an existential thriller and a thought-provoking and spiritual journey deep into the heart of what it truly means to be alive.
GARDENS OF NIGHT is available from UNINVITED BOOKS at www.uninvitedbooks.com also at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and virtually everywhere books are sold.
Visit Greg F. Gifune at his official site www.gregfgifune.com or on FaceBook.
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1 comment:
- Lee Thompson said...
Great book! And glad to hear it's part of a trilogy!
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North Peak Brewing Company
400 West Front Street
Traverse City, Michigan
(231) 941-7325
Visited on May 28, 2011
This week I'm posting a lot of beer reviews from North Peak Brewing Company in Traverse City, Michigan, so I figured now was a good time to go ahead and get the review of their actual brewpub up and on the site. Located just a hop, skip and a jump away from the west arm of Grand Traverse Bay in Lake Michigan, the building is a revived grey stone relic of a beautiful, historic downtown. They've done a magnificent job restoring the interior with hardwood floors, exposed brick, a giant bar smack in the middle and a nice patio out back. This is how restored historic old buildings are supposed to be renovated.
I had just completed getting washed up after completing the Bayshore Marathon, so I might not have been completely cognisant at the time. I remember the menu being fairly large and with a nice amount of creativity in the dishes. I think I had some sort of an appetizer along with a pizza, though the original review will tell for sure in a second. Whatever it was, it's an indication that it didn't blow me away. They featured several taps that were brewhouse specialties – not their regular lineup that is easily found in stores throughout Michigan – which I always appreciate. I remember they concentrated more on light ales like pales and IPAs. While everything was solidly good, I did not find an excuse to pick up a growler. So again solid, but not very memorable.
Packed after a long morning run (I'm talking the Bayshore Marathon), my girlfriend and I diligently waited for a couple of seats to open around the bar, which is large and in charge and in the middle of the establishment, curving around to the back. Though the building doesn't look like much from the outside – a giant white brick, three-story building, it's done-up right on the inside. Besides the aforementioned bar, exposed brick, dark wood, televisions and a friendly atmosphere beckon inside.
I was starving after the race, so I immediately dug into the menu. Corn dusted calamari started us off before my main course of a burger appeared. Everything was decent, but the real winner of dinner was my girlfriend's pizza. Topped with pesto, grilled chicken, sundried tomatoes, mozzarella, parmesan and fresh spinach, I was glad she couldn't finish it. Local and fresh, the food is above average, but also nothing to go out of your way for.
The beer is better than the food, though not up to par with some of the state's best breweries, it would definitely top the list in more than half of the other states in the union. Already familiar with 6-packs of Diabolical IPA and Siren Amber, I was glad that they had many small-batch options to choose from, including some cask conditioned ales. Though everything was tasty, North Peak definitely specializes in the highly hopped varieties and tend to have more IPAs than other types of ales.
Being as busy of a weekend as it was (Memorial Day), the service could have been faster and better. But I'll give them a pass.
Location: 20
Food: 16
Beer: 17
Service: 16
Overall: 17
Total: 86


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Sets A High Standard For Other Superhero Films
- Sturgeon's Law states that "90% of everything is crap." I find this statement to be quite accurate in general but Sturgeon's Law must be extended another 5-9% when it comes to the superhero film genre. The vast majority of superhero films strike me as built from the bottom-dwelling up with cheap thrills and lifeless acting, completed with an added bit of overtired film clichés, cheesy jokes, and lame overall atmosphere, made simply in poor quality to top it all off. However, the nice thing about Sturgeon's Law is that the percentage of great things tends to overshadow the 90% of crap that surrounds it. Tim Burton's Batman (1989) is not the average superhero movie crap - it is a fantastic action/thriller with strong atmosphere and character.
One of the biggest reasons that Batman is such a great film is the great ensemble cast. Michael Keaton stars as Batman/Bruce Wayne and was a risky casting choice. Having never done an action film before, and being noted mainly for his physical comedy (film fans of the day scoffed at the idea of "Mr. Mom" as Batman), Keaton would have been one of the last thought actors for this role. However, I think that there has never been a better Batman than Michael Keaton. With a cool, collected and confident swagger, Keaton has the perfect mix of qualities for Batman and he does a great job convincing as Bruce Wayne as well, an ordinary guy with a noticeable amount of mystery and stuff going on underneath it all.
Kim Basinger does a good job as Vicki Vale in the film as well. While there is not much to the character besides being the damsel in distress and the name "Vicki Vale" does sound like a really bad Quentin Tarantino character, Basinger is an elegant screen beauty and also gives an overall enjoyable performance. Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Michael Gough, Billy Dee Williams, and Jack Palance are all very memorable in their small-to-tiny roles.
Jack Nicholson's performance as the Joker in this film could be his most entertaining performance to watch. Before Heath Ledger, Nicholson defined the character - and still does for me. Even though Nicholson is playing "the Joker," he is not just goofing around for two hours; he is seriously into his character. It just so happens that the character is very funny and just far-out crazy, which brings out Nicholson's creative and out-there side that is an absolute delight to watch - but Nicholson's Joker is still a dangerous dude (so don't mess with his rhubarb). Nicholson may be best remembered in Hollywood and history for this statue-winning performances in films like One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and As Good As It Gets (1997) - but for me, Nicholson's performance as the Joker in Batman is (outside of his performance in Chinatown (1974)) as good as it gets.
Apart from the great acting, Batman is just a very well made film on really every technical level. Arguably more than a mere "superhero" or "action film," Batman includes many memorable action sequences but is not completely focused on that aspect. Instead, Batman is focused more on the film's characters and style. It is interesting though: despite Wayne/Batman being the most focal character in the film (being the hero and all), he almost plays a supporting role to the Joker in his own film. While that might sound bad, to not give Batman a monopoly on screentime in a film entitled "Batman," this actually could not have worked out better for the film. By highlighting the Joker character a little bit more than Batman in the film, Batman becomes a more shadowy and mysterious character and subsequently a more imposing force in the film since the spotlight is not focused on the character 24/7 - the audience feels the presence of Batman more because he is not around so often. And, of course, with more screen time for the Joker, we as the audience get to see more of Jack Nicholson's awesome performance - which does nothing but good things for the film.
The film's overall story is not incredibly interesting in and of itself.... You know the drill: the bad guy wreaks some havoc and the good guy tries to stop him. This really does not hurt the film at all - simple can be good too after all - and the story provides opportunity for the characters (and the wonderful performances) to take center stage over events or gimmicks. Plus, the Bruce Wayne and Joker characters are written so well that the audience forgets how simple the plot is (if they cared in the first place).
However, one thing the story does particularly well is bring out the humanity of Batman; one of the reasons that Batman is such a great and popular character, especially for me, is because of his humanity. Instead of being an unreachable and untouchable "super-human," like so many screen superheroes are, being human - damaged, driven and vulnerable - makes the Batman character relatable and is a huge, fundamental part of who he is. Michael Keaton and the film's script bring this dimension out very well and the audience is able to invest more of themselves into the character and entire film as a result.
While the film does focus primarily on the characters, there are some great action scenes as well. Batman gets his gadget on during this film, none of which are too over-the-top; it is easy to believe that Batman throws this stuff together in the cave next to his giant computer and waffle iron and that they would really work in real life. The most memorable gadget of the film is of course the flashy Batmobile that looks cool, unique and stylish enough not to look overdone - unlike the other pimped-out Batmobiles of the later films.
But one area of Batman really separates it from the rest of the superhero pack: its style. Thanks to Tim Burton's visual genius, Roger Platt's lighting and Anton Furst's one-of-a-kind art direction, Batman has an incredibly unique and interesting look equipped with dark atmosphere, very creative art direction, fantastic makeup and great costumes. Burton takes his signature style and infuses it with a classic gangster/film noir look and Furst's divergent art direction to create a visual presentation that cannot be duplicated. The resulting film world for Batman is pretty ambiguous as far as architecture and what time period the story is set, which holds a realistic yet other-worldly quality at the same time.
Also, I cannot end a review of Batman without mentioning the unforgettable score by Danny Elfman. The score for the film is exceptional, adding an incredible amount of power and feeling to each scene. Two decades and many Batman films later, no other Gotham-set score says "Batman" quite as forcefully or definitively as Elfman's score.
Sturgeon's Law notwithstanding, 1989's Batman gives the superhero genre a good name. Nicholson, Keaton, Burton, Elfman, Furst - what a job well done. When I think of the genre, Batman is part of the elite handful of superhero films that stands the test of time and begs for more re-watches. Few superhero films leave as strong a sense of character and as mighty an impact visually as Batman does. However, with all the awesome performances and Tim Burton's stylistic talent that go into the film, Batman is not just a great "superhero movie," it's a great "film."
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What an astonishing book I just read. The story is so emotional, exciting, breathtaking and filled with history I had to read it all the way through to the end. It is not easy yo put down a book that is so expertly written. I learned a lot about Italy through the eyes of the author. She captured the beauty of the land and people with brilliant words that painted a picture of pure beauty. I loved the food that was described and could smell the pasta cooking on the stove. This is one story that will stay with you for years to come. The story has captured the meaning of family in such a way that it has left me emotional but filled with hope.
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Joseph is Ben's brother and has been doing his best to keep the business going. There is definitely some friction between the brothers but Emily can't figure out what it is. Emily has started to help do some restoration in the restaurant and help Joseph out. I loved how they both shared the same interest in art and their talks were fascinating.
I was a bit surprised when Ben suddenly asks Emily to marry him. They had only known each other for two weeks. She had plans to stay and work with Joseph. Ben's charm was to hard to resist and off she goes to get married. When they reach Italy I'm sure she was overwhelmed with what she had just done? Was she to impulsive? Will Ben's family accept her?
The story is so much more than restoring paintings and old relics. It's a look at a family that has been torn apart by something that happened a long time ago. Emily is not easily accepted by Ben's family , especially his mother. She is cold and distant. I loved Ben's father and found him to be so enduring and lovable. What is the secret that broke the family apart? Why won't Joseph come home to visit his family?
The author shows us through the eyes of Emily, brokenness , anger, unforgiveness and rediscovery. Her art captures each element and opens hearts that have hardened by pain and shunning. There is a part in the story about a painting that has long been covered up. The biblical reference is unmistakably the most powerful part of the story. The painting depicts a time when sin was thrown upon a woman that almost destroyed her. How this story is reflected back to Ben's family is emotional and I loved how the author used it to show how shame and guilt can cause someone to become bitter. What is the significance of this painting to the family? Can it bring healing and hope ? Can Joseph forgive the past and reconcile before it is to late? I kept thinking of "Beauty from ashes." Our lives may seem like they are in ashes and there is no hope, but God sees the beauty and gives us hope, joy and restoration.
I received a copy of this book from The Fiction Guild. The review is my honest review.


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Sunday, November 30, 2008
My last hurrah with Creatively Yours
Saturday, November 29, 2008
So glad we're friends...
Friday, November 28, 2008
Big Man on Campus
Thursday, November 27, 2008
My Brown Eyed Girl
Happy Thanksgiving!
Just wanted to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you're spending some quality time with your friends and family, giving thanks for all the blessings in your life. I know I am!
And, Happy Birthday to my favoritest cousin, Kristi! Don't worry, I won't mention your age! ;)
I'm braving the madness tomorrow and going shopping with Mom and Kasara. What the heck am I thinking?!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
I took some pictures on Saturday....
for my friend, Angie, and her family. Her ENTIRE family! It was loads of fun! I got home and started utilizing the Photoshop Elements 6 that I've had for about 9 months and not done hardly anything with except crop and stuff.
Talk about amazing! I used Photomerge for the first time. OMG. I took several pics of one pose so that hopefully out of all of them, one of them would be good. Well, if you choose all those pics, PSE layers them. You choose your base photo and then go thru all the pics individually and circle the good faces. It automatically puts them in your base photo and your end result is a perfect photo!!! This totally rocks my socks, man.
In some other photos, you could see a wooden stake in the ground. I was able to make that disappear! Too stinkin' cool! As soon as I'm done editing the photos, I'll post some on here. I can't wait to show you!
Back 2 School
Pics of my girlies on the first day of school this year. Isn't it funny how the color of their tans is the same exact color of my pantry?!
Used some Basic Grey Recess. Yep, everything is from that line...even the chipboard scissors! Well, except the ribbon, that's just from my stash. Oh, and I used the spiral punch from SU on the journaling tag.
Monday, November 24, 2008
New name frame!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Infinite Goodness
Stamp set: Infinite Goodness (retired); Cardstock: More Mustard, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Not Quite Navy; Ink: More Mustard, Old Olive, Not Quite Navy, Close to Cocoa; Accessories: hemp string, twill
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Spring Solitude Thank You card
Friday, November 21, 2008
Cheers to You
Finally whipped out this stamp set I've been dying to use! Isn't it adorable?! I paired it with the paper that keeps freaking multiplying in my stash....CUTIE PIE from SU like 2 catty's ago (it seems like, at least)!!! Watch out Doodlebug, this stuff is going in the Scrap Sale! I can't stand looking at it anymore! I made 8 cards using different variations of the sketch and didn't even put a dent in the scraps of Cutie Pie I have. Seriously. It's doin' the dirty in my scraproom and having little scrappies. Disgusting.
Stamp set: Cheers to You; Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Whisper White; Ink: Staz-on Black, Bashful Blue; Accessories: Stickles, SU markers in Rose Red, Old Olive, So Saffron, More Mustard, Signo pen, white taffeta ribbon.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Goofy Girl
Vases in Vogue
Stamp set: Vases in Vogue (retired); cardstock: Whisper White, Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue, Glorious Green, Pretty In Pink; Ink: Pixie Pink, Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue; Accessories: SU markers in Glorious Green Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Apricot Appeal, Scallop edge punch, stampin' dimensionals.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Pocket Silhouettes Thank You cards
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
QuiKutz Revolution for Sale!!!
Friday, November 14, 2008
What's her deal with FROGS?
This is my latest layout for Creatively Yours sketch blog! I used stuff from the November BYOM kit, Scenic Route goodies. I almost didn't even post this layout....not my best work, to say the least. When I worked on this, I'd been battling a fierce sinus infection/nasty cold for the last 5 days. Don't worry, I already apologized to Noella for not giving my best for her awesome sketch!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Is this not the cutest little face you've ever seen?!
This is little Toby!! He is just the sweetest little thing ever! He is adapting to life in the Birrell household just fine. When he first came last Wednesday he was a little bit timid. One day in this house and he made himself at home! He's running everywhere, but still likes to follow us around. He sleeps in his pet porter on my nightstand and he likes my fingers in the door of the cage before he settles down for the night....and he sleeps thru the night! I've not gotten up in the middle of the night since his first night home with us! Housebreaking him is proving to be a bit challenging, though.
Oh, and Steve has completely fallen in love with him, although he won't admit it! But, who could resist this little cutie pie?!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
I forgot to post the cards that me and my Stamp Club swapped using the technique we learned in September....the grid technique!
Everyone was so creative! I loved the grid technique on Carolyn's fish card to resemble scales. It was so neat how everyone stepped out of their little scrappy box and came up with such wonderful ideas! Girls, I hope you don't mind that I'm posting them on here!
And, here's the card I did for the swap...
Stamp sets: Baroque Motifs, Punches Three; Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White; Ink: Real Red, Old Olive; Ribbon: Real Red grosgrain; Other: Scallop Square punch, Stampin' Dimensionals; Technique: Grid technique
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Congratulations card
Steve called me last Tuesday late afternoon and asked me to whip up a congrats-on-your-baby-news card real quick for some friends who recently found out they are expecting! So, this is what I whipped up really quick. You can't see it too well, but there are yellow Stickles in the giraffe spots!
Stamp set: Bundle of Joy (retired); Cardstock: Whisper White, Apricot Appeal, Wild Wasabi; Pattern Paper: DSP in Apricot Appeal and Wild Wasabi from the 6x6 pad that was a hostess benefit in the last SU catalog; Ink: Apricot Appeal, Old Olive; Other: brads, ribbon, ticket punch, Stickles
Monday, November 10, 2008
Stamp Club meeting!
Last Tuesday, November 4, was Stamp Club at my house! Our project we did for this month was Christmas ornaments using the On Board Trinkets Ornaments kit from the Stampin' Up Holiday Mini Catalog. Super cool stuff...die cut chipboard and die cut Designer Series paper. I split up the entire package between the 6 of them and just let them at it! There was a lot of trepidation at first, not knowing where or how to start, but once everyone got going, they were unstoppable! Their creations made me want to buy another kit and make them for myself!! They were so creative in what they came up with, it was amazing and FUN!! Here's some pics from stamp club.....
The girls with their creative juices flowing!
Angie with her ornament, but this wasn't even the finished product! She added some hanging stars on this and it was really cute!
Margaret with her favorite ornament of the evening!
Kay with her little creation!
Jana and the one ornament she got done with! ;)
Carolyn with her ornament...and she said she's not creative!
Christine with her ornament that she finally got done with! ;)


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I go by Servivorgirl. Just over 8 years ago I was diagnosed with advanced IIIC ovarian cancer. I recurred in January of 2012 and have recently rejoiced in N.E.D. via C.T. scan. My numbers have risen slightly but I worry not. I have chronic serious side effects from long term treatment and have adapted to a new normal. I remain on maintenance Avastin. I pray daily. My praise is to God for His love keeps me whole. Amen.
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Director: John Glenister
Genres: Indie & Art House, Drama, Television
NR 2000 1hr 26min
Anthony Hopkins has made many made-for-TV movies, and this is one of them.\nAnd it's better than most.\nHowever, DirectSource's video transfer is grainy at best--my copy even jumps forward to the next "chapter" before the... more »
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Reviewed on 7/26/2012...
A glimpse into the characters, lives and times of some British intellectuals who were bucking the establishment through lives of spying. Well executed and very well acted, but for an American audience it fails to show the class distinctions that spawned such thought and behavior, even while they enjoyed the comforts and privileges of the upper middle class.
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This one deserves a better DVD transfer
frescobaldi8 | Carmel, IN USA | 01/14/2003
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Anthony Hopkins has made many made-for-TV movies, and this is one of them.And it's better than most.However, DirectSource's video transfer is grainy at best--my copy even jumps forward to the next "chapter" before the end of the previous one! Hardly what I like to find in a DVD. (Therefore the rating of 3 stars instead of what otherwise would rate a 4 or even 4 and a half.)If you're looking for a watchable version of this one on DVD, it will "do," since the subject matter is good enough to hold one's attention. However, if you like your movies presented with a decent image quality, don't spend your money on this one.I can only hope a DVD edition with better picture resolution than this one (the only one available at the moment) becomes available in the future!"
A Little of This....
frescobaldi8 | 03/01/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A little history, a little spy thriller, a little Anthony Hopkins... all adds up to a lot of entertainment!"
A Good Cerebral Spy Thriller, No Special FX, & Dull
Mr. P. Power | Chicago, Illinois USA | 02/18/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)
"First let me say; I really Like spy movies. And this being a true story (makes it very appealing) with Anthony Hopkins as one of the main characters along with the cheap price made it a must have.
With that being said, my DVD is from "Passion Procductions" This copy has both decent picture and decent sound. Could be better, sure but it is quite adequete and I think a better version/transfer than the one another reviewer has. But hey it's an old movie that never made much money so they aren't going to put bucks into the reprint.
It was for me very Staid, obviously a low budget movie. There's virtually no action and much of the dialogue been very english, couched with many axioms Americans aren't familiar with made it a bit hard to follow at times. Coupled with sometimes you can't even understand what they are saying. But these spots are that often and don't seem to be forfieteing any of the story necessaries. Also it leaves gaps of info. in the front and end of the movie. You never know exactly what these guys motivation is besides them being good friends. What were they shareing/giving up to the russians? And what did they hope to gain by that risk? For me it left made more questions than it answered. It was interesting but showed almost no cloak & dagger affair that I'm sure the real/complete story holds. Its flet like it was the sanitized version that was approved by the British M5.
There's a lot of display of how several of the characters including Hopkins part were Gay. In fact I think they spent to much time on this fact. Like in those days this was as bad as being a traitor? And the ending was, well abrupt and cut short wanting for the full play-out of how they got caught and how it was all handeled in the end.
For me the movie portrayed the English Government and Secret Service M5 either didn't really care about the trist, or was aware the whole time and working it from both ends... or maybe both. Truly a movie for those really into Spy movies.
If you like old spy movies I would recommend "The Spy who came in from the cold" 1965 with Richard Burton"


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A hallmark day!
Our bedroom at 11:55am
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It was a very long eleven week fight with multiple air mattresses but worth the sacrifice to avoid debt. We finally saved up enough money to order the bed on Friday. Thankfully, the mattress store had one in stock and could deliver this morning.
I am in desperate need of a good night of sleep. Thank you, Lord, for a new bed!!
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It's the birthplace of Whole Foods (or "Whole Paycheck," as my former partner, Kelly, likes to call it), but still, there's so much more here than I'd expected in terms of local, sustainable producers. Whole Foods has started climbing onto the locavore bandwagon in recent years, but the majority of products are still sourced much further afield. Around town, however, I have been regularly surprised. I mean, really: urban pasture-raised chicken eggs? local rum? goat milk feta? olive oil? Check, check, check, and check. All produced within Texas' borders. Apples, wine, grapefruits, sourdough. Some I purchased at the Wheatsville Co-op when Laith and I biked over on Friday, others I sampled at the Saturday and Sunday farmers' markets, and quite a few of the local delicacies were offered at this Sunday's farm tour. All have earned the bikeable feast "deliciousness seal of approval." Yum.
I was fortunate enough to be invited by Marla, publisher of Edible Austin magazine, to join her and her husband at yesterday's East Austin Urban Farm Tour. The event allowed me an opportunity to visit a handful of successful urban farms, meet the farmers, and sample farm-fresh goodies prepared by some of the city's most talented local chefs. (Yeah, I love my life.)
Ollie and I started out yesterday afternoon's activities at Boggy Creek Farm, nursing a pepperita (a rum and jalapeno-based cocktail) and nibbling on a broccoli and goat cheese tartlet as Carol Ann gave an inspired tour of her farm. Knowledgeable, unpretentious, and eminently personable, the farmer pointed out unusual varieties of heirloom fava beans and tomatoes, shared recipes for parboiled broccoli leaves, and apologized for the chicken-pecked brassica row ends. Since she and Larry started farming nearly two decades ago, they have grown food for themselves, then also neighbors, then even Whole Paycheck. They have mentored neighbors, including farmers at the next three stops, who continue to approach them with questions about composting or choosing crops or raising chickens.
[Speaking of chickens, Carol Ann wrote a hysterical one-page piece in the most recent issue of Edible Austin on the joys and challenges of having backyard layers. It ends with her urging readers to "take your favorite hen with you when you go hiking in the wilderness--if you become lost, she will demonstrate what is edible in your surroundings. In addition, while stranded on a mountain, she will lay an egg for you almost every day." I think even MacGuyver would do well to bring a chicken with him after this sound advice. He'd probably figure out a way to cook the egg using only toothpicks and a stick of gum.]
With chickens on the brain, Ollie and I next biked over to Springdale Farm to meet up with Marla and admire rows of veggies and flocks of chortling poultry as we sampled Dai Due sausage and sipped on cups of Live Oak brew. Next, we hiked over to HausBar Farm (the third stop on the four-farm tour) where Eastside Cafe chef/gardener Dorsey kindly gave me a personal tour of the farm. The property, I learned, was converted less than a year ago by Dorsey and her partner Susan. You'd never guess that the fabulous chicken coop was formerly one of three crack houses on the property, or that there were once weeds ten feet high where chickens now placidly wander near rows of lush, leafy kale. That these two managed such an impressive transformation so rapidly and successfully is an inspiration for novice food growing city dwellers like me. (I have complained about the rats in the alley behind my little studio apartment in DC: at least the ground wasn't littered with crack pipes and used needles when I moved in!) I was impressed by Dorsey's intensity and her infectious enthusiasm. I've visited the farm, but if I'm truly going to understand the full spectrum of this food expert's, er, expertise, I might need to make my way over to her popular organic garden-sourced eatery before I hit the road for Houston....
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One of the things I look for in a company I am invested in or considering on investing in is insider buying/selling. The people running the company should have the most up to date information on how the business is doing. If they are willing buy shares on the open market this is another clue that I use to help me decide if the business is worth investing my money into.
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The CEO of Input Capital has been buying shares in the market recently. This bodes well for Input Capital's prospects.


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Action, Romance, Fantasy
Setting and Context
At school, St. Vladimir's Academy
Narrator and Point of View
Told from the first person perspective. The narrator is Rosemarie Hathaway.
Tone and Mood
Frightening, violent, gory, lighthearted, funny
Protagonist and Antagonist
Rose is the protagonist who tries to protect Lissa from any threats, especially the Strigoi. Victor Dashkov is the main antagonist who kidnaps Lissa for his own selfish purposes.
Major Conflict
Victor and the Guardians come into conflict in the fight scene, where Psi-Hounds are unleashed on Christian. He also uses torture tactics on Lissa in order to force her to heal back to his optimum health.
Rose realized that training to become a Guardian by remaining at the school will aid her in protecting Lissa from evil as opposed to running away again. With Victor now imprisoned, the threats to Lissa's life has now drastically reduced, giving Rose the time to focus on her relationships at school.
Victor's constant questions about Lissa and how she is faring should be the first sign of his true motives, but this is understated due to the rank he holds both socially and in his relationship with Lissa.
There are many allusions to good and evil, and this is represented by the Moroi and Strigoi. It could be an allegory for the idea of evil existing in this world, caused by the fall of Eve. The idea of Original Sin is presented by the idea that much like Eve was tempted, Moroi are tempted by the immortality that comes along with turning into a Strigoi.
The imagery of the Raven in the final chapter is symbolic as it seems to represent Rose herself. The Raven itself is a shadow-kissed creature to Lissa and so there is a strange connection between the two. The fact that Rose notes its dark color further highlights how close the Raven is to death – much like Rose herself, who is intertwined with death.
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Bryan Rust's health, Evgeni Malkin's drought and Chris Kunitz's hot streak could swing the balance of the Stanley Cup final for Pittsburgh, for better or worse.
PITTSBURGH – It bodes well for the Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup chances if the term "big line" applies to any number of their forward trios. Sidney Crosby between Conor Sheary and Patric Hornqvist? Sure, that's a big line, by virtue of Sid playing on it. The 'HBK' line of Carl Hagelin, Nick Bonino and Phil Kessel has been the talk of the playoffs.
But the line du jour giving opponents fits? Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust and Chris Kunitz. Rust has scored in three straight games dating back to the Eastern Conference final, including a breakaway dagger in Game 6 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, both goals in a 2-1 Game 7 victory and the first tally of the night in Game 1 of the final against the San Jose Sharks. Each of those Rust goals was assisted by Malkin or Kunitz.
And this line could hold the key to the rest of the final – because its fate could go in so many different directions.
Rust was knocked out of Game 1 Monday night after taking a big hit from Patrick Marleau. Rust skated Wednesday and was visibly shocked to find a swarm or reporters waiting for him in the Penguins dressing room. The current status, according to Rust and coach Mike Sullivan: game-time decision. It's risky to bring Rust back so quickly from a head injury, but the Penguins look like they'll insert their hottest scorer in the lineup for Game 2.
"What you wee see with Rusty is just his skating ability, his speed, his tenacity on the puck, his compete level," said coach Mike Sullivan Wednesday afternoon. "He's got a sneaky shot. He can shoot the puck. When you think of those attributes, it all adds up to someone that has the potential to score. He scored a few goals here throughout the course of the post-season. His confidence is probably at an all-time high. That helps."
Kunitz, 36, has enjoyed a mighty resurgence lately in the playoffs. He has points in six straight games and nine points in his past 10 games. Sullivan praised Kunitz's proactive approach on the forecheck and ability to force the play and "create havoc" with a physical forecheck.
The weird thing about this hot line, though? Malkin isn't scoring. The towering pivot who ripped off 14 goals and 36 points in 24 games and won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2009 has just one goal in his past 13 games. Does that constitute a slump? And does that mean there's room for the Kunitz-Malkin-Rust line to get hotter? It's a scary thought for the San Jose Sharks. Sullivan doesn't see Malkin as struggling, however.
"Geno is playing well for us," Sullivan said. "The thing we watch most is his scoring-chance involvement, his primary chances himself. He's been involved in a fair number of chances, both primary and secondary, over the last two series. We feel real comfortable with his game. We know it's a matter of time before he scores."
A Malkin breakout seems inevitable, just as it was for Crosby before he went off for three game-winning goals in the Tampa Bay series. It could spell curtains for the Sharks if No. 71 starts filling the net, though they don't want to spend their time worrying about that.
"I don't think that way," said Sharks center Logan Couture. "I don't look at their team as individuals. You look at them as a team, and they've had scoring throughout their lineup for these playoffs, so any guy on that team can strike at any time. It's the same with our team. You win as a team, you lose as a team. If you ask him, it doesn't matter if he scores, I'm sure, if they win games. And it's the same for a lot of guys in our room."
Asking Geno wasn't in the cards. Malkin wasn't available to speak Wednesday, probably because he just became a father Tuesday. He and partner Anna Kasterova welcomed a son, Nikita. Maybe Malkin's newfound papa pride will light the match that starts a new hot streak. His goal-scoring drought and Rust's health have the potential to swing the balance of this series depending on which way they break.
Matt Larkin is a writer and editor at The Hockey News and a regular contributor to the thn.com Post-To-Post blog. For more great profiles, news and views from the world of hockey, subscribe to The Hockey News magazine. Follow Matt Larkin on Twitter at @THNMattLarkin