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ace pilot
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What do YOU buy? Why?
January 16, 2003, 04:35:26 PM »
While the people who visit this site, and who post may not be representative of the greater RPG audience, it might be interested to hear what products people believe in strongly enough to put down their money and why they purchased these products.
Myself, I�m a marketer�s nightmare since I really don�t buy much in the way of non-essential consumer goods anymore. Partly, this is because I�m a VERY tough sell and I�m naturally skeptical of salespeople. Partly, this is because my personal standards have risen so much (I�ve browsed the local Borders Bookstore dozens of times, as well as RPG hobby stories, and decided that I�m much happier going home and writing myself). Also, I think that most RPGs are highly overpriced. I remember buying the AD&D Player�s Handbook in 1986 for $15 (which I still feel was a good buy), and I feel that paying more than $30 for a hardcover is ridiculous. Admittedly, many of today�s hardcovers have a better grade of paper stock, and the flashier illustrations, but I don�t give a rat�s ass. I make purchasing decisions mainly on content, rather than packaging.
For example, recently, I flipped through Children of the Sun and was bored to tears. First of all, do people even care about Diesel Punk? What the heck is �Diesel Punk�? It basically sounds like the designers added guns to a traditional fantasy setting, slapped on a faux-cool name, and expected people to think that they were clever. Moreover, there�s nothing really interesting or unique about either the game world or the game mechanics. I�ve seen it all before.
I did buy Chaosium�s Call of Cthulhu last year, but that�s mainly because I�m a huge H.P. Lovecraft fan, and the gamebook does a great job of collecting background information and analyzing the Cthulhu mythos. I definitely would NOT have bought the new d20 Call of Cthulhu, which is obviously much more corporate and much less the work of hardcore Lovecraft fans. Also, by imposing the d20 mechanics, the new game wipes out the few really neat things about the original mechanics and turns the game into a bland, generic horror game set in the world of Lovecraft.
Anyways, I�d love to hear from other people on this subject.
Jake Norwood
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Reply #1 on:
January 16, 2003, 09:26:54 PM »
What do you mean by "what do you buy?" You mean what games have I bought recently and why? Or what kind of things do I look for?
Happy to answer, but I don't want to de-rail your thread.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -R.E. Howard
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Reply #2 on:
January 17, 2003, 04:17:24 AM »
HI all,
I'm pretty sure Ace is asking what qualities we look for in an RPG when we make a buy decision. I too am very conservative with purchases.
First, what I _don't_ buy:
Glossy color illustrations - unnecessarily cranks up the price. Makes me wonder if their trying to gloss over second-rate content with marketing. (Though I make an exception for RPGs based on movies or TV).
Setting-heavy books. Making the setting is the fun part, why should I let someone else do it? Again, this approach is often a marketing ploy to cover up an otherwise uninspired game product.
The latest way to be funky, superhuman, and/or dead. The whole fantasy that alienation gives superhuman powers over the group from which you are alienated leaves me cold. It's Gen X/Goth-think rehashed. I'd much rather play characters that participate in a human culture.
(I played humans in AD&D).
What I do buy:
- Consistent, well-thought out system. "Elegant" is what I'm looking for - a game that achieves it's goals with as few rules and rule variations as possible.
- Innovative design ideas
- Well organized books, set up for easy reference and use in play.
(Game system first, in the order it will be used - illos and fiction kept to a minimum.)
- Unadulterated genres (no magic with my SF thank you!)
- Alan
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Reply #3 on:
January 17, 2003, 09:34:13 AM »
First of all, I should point out that I rarely buy
RPG products (I borrow them, mostly), so my preferences here ought to be put in that category.
1. I like books with detailed settings. Half the time I find myself scrapping the mechanics anyway, so what I'm looking for is a sophisticated, well thought-out setting.
2. I sometimes buy books with historical settings, but mostly these days I borrow them. My main reason is that I always hold out hope that someday I'm going to see an RPG book with phenomenally good historical material. I've only seen it once --- the AD&D2 Historical Setting book A Mighty Fortress, oddly enough --- but for some reason I keep hoping. (Note: I probably missed lots of good stuff, in which case, let me know.)
3. I buy basic RPG mechanics books when I'm in a game using them. This isn't predictable.
4. I buy RPGs for their mechanics if (1) they're cheap, and (2) they're stripped down a lot. So I'm willing to pay $10 or so to download a game from the Forge Resource Library, if everyone is talking about how brilliant it is, but I'm not willing to shell out $35 for the same material plus a lot of cheez-whiz in a shop.
What I don't buy:
1. Image-heavy books. The only really well-illustrated RPG book I've ever seen was the afore-mentioned
A Mighty Fortress
. If you haven't seen it, take a look. The art was done buy a bunch of total unknowns, people with silly names like Rembrandt, Durer, and stuff like that. And for some reason it seems to have been copyright free, what do you know about that?
2. Story-heavy books. I really hate the RPG book that has 50 pages of a sample story, usually very badly written, occasionally only mediocre.
3. As others have mentioned, there is the "here's a whole new way to be insanely powerful and have a lot of ridiculous pseudo-angst at the same time, because you're dead BUT you're also cyber-dead," or whatever.
4. RPGs with a very obvious political bias, except for the odd satire. I get very tired of "Here's a neat new idea --- Christianity is bad and out to get you!" and the like.
Is it any wonder I don't buy White Wolf? :>
I don't know if this helps any, but there you go.
Chris Lehrich
Jake Norwood
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Reply #4 on:
January 17, 2003, 10:20:49 AM »
I think that I buy and read games that strike me. Something I've heard about it says "you can do something with this game that you can't do as well (or at all) with another game, and it's something that you want." I generally like some setting in my books, but not a lot, and I strongly resent "metaplot," which means that I usually end up ignoring it. Examples of games that "strike" me:
-L5R got me with it's mechanics and the fact that it was Samurai. I was less impressed with the setting once I picked it up, because I just wanted Akira Kurosawa.
-Sorcerer got me because it's the "rules light game that isn't," and it's approach to many problems in RPing really made me excited.
-InSpectres got me with the confessionals. That's it, but man did it get me.
-Pendragon got me initially because it was Arthur--not Arthur 2020, but just Arthur. I'll agree with what's said before that I like "purity" in my genres, generally. Later, the year-to-year mechanic in Pendragon, and the mass battles, addicted me.
-Deadlands got me because the componets--dice, cards, pokerchips, etc, was so all-out that if just "felt" neat to me. It's the exception to the genre rule. But then again, the setting is still annoying.
-Warhammer Fantasy...blood, blood, blood and chaos.
I like good art. It doesn't need to be uber-numerous, but I do like it if it helps me get into the mindset of the game. A game book should have ideas rolling through my head about how cool it would be to get my players into this. THat's why setting-heavy books (whether it's Nobilis or Unknown Armies) are hard for me. I like reading them, but I doubt I'll ever play them because my players would have to read large quantites of stuff, too, and that just doesn't happen. The game should be approachable, innovative *or* thematically striking.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -R.E. Howard
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Jason Lee
Posts: 729
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Reply #5 on:
January 17, 2003, 10:23:08 AM »
I buy quite a bit of books. I consider the price reasonable. In theory, I should get quite a few hours of entertainment out of it (especially when divided into hours of entertainment per person in the group); more than a video game, which costs more and I still buy. Besides, the industry needs my money.
My main draws are quality of the book (art, color, layout, etc) and system. I'm buying an item, a product, and I want it to look good and feel like there was some effort put into it (and making it pleasant to read never hurts). I always look carefully at the character sheet before making a purchase. The character sheet tells you a lot about the system - it normally tells you more about the intended feel and flow of the system than the text ever does.
An interesting setting is nice to read, but I really don't care because I'll probably never use it anyway. I like reading lists of spells; I don't know why, I'm just sick in the head.
What keeps me away from a book is a cheap feel, a bland system, and a character sheet that might as well be a piece of lined paper.
I don't care much for short stories in a book. I loathe some sort of moral message or impossed newagey world view - it just gets under my skin, in an irrational hatred sort of way (The WW games Mage and Werewolf are perfect examples of this); but, by the time I figure this out I've already bought the book.
I rarely buy anything but core books (that's where the system is). I doubt I'll every buy a source adventure.
- Cruciel
ace pilot
Posts: 20
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Reply #6 on:
January 17, 2003, 01:56:41 PM »
Quote from: Jake Norwood
What do you mean by "what do you buy?" You mean what games have I bought recently and why? Or what kind of things do I look for?
Happy to answer, but I don't want to de-rail your thread.
As Alan points out, I'm interested in finding out recent purchases and why and qualities that people look for. I think that such information is invaluable for indie game designers, especially in terms of how to market a product.
Marketing is an area that I think is very much overlooked by many game designers. Myself, I'm going the grassroots, word-of-mouth route for now to conserve limited resources. This is also a good way to get quick feedback, and decide how much energy to put into a project.
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Reply #7 on:
January 17, 2003, 02:05:55 PM »
As you noted at the outset, the Forge may not be the most accurate survey of RPG gamers. Looking at what people have said here, as well as on the Actual Play: Pre-Packs thread, it looks like Forge people don't buy a good deal of what's actually on the market, and in fact are unimpressed by a lot of what seems to sell well (White Wolf products leap to mind, for example). Just something to bear in mind.
Chris Lehrich
Ron Edwards
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Reply #8 on:
January 17, 2003, 02:57:50 PM »
Here's my customer profile.
1) I buy any creator-owned role-playing game. No limits. At a con, say, if they want to give it to me free, I try to discourage them and pay for it instead, not always successfully.
2) I buy games which appear to have a strong Narrativist slant.
3) I buy any out-of-print core book, although not at the drop of a hat; it's a slow process.
4) I buy any supplement that looks to have immediately-useful stuff in it, usually images and maps, or rarely a neat premise.
5) With the exception of #4 above, I don't buy any White Wolf, AEG, or TSR/Hasbro products except at second-hand or mark-down.
6) With the exception of #1 above, I don't buy games with hard covers and/or which cost over $20 or $25.
7) I don't buy new editions of games I have unless they represent serious system-level re-design.
If #2 and #6 conflict, I go into a typical guy "um, um" dither.
Final point: I strongly urge caution in identifying particular games or lines as "selling well." Some of the most omnipresent products on the shelves are terrible sellers. Do remember that TSR went bankrupt or almost-bankrupt multiple times ...
Shreyas Sampat
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Reply #9 on:
January 17, 2003, 05:39:21 PM »
Some things that'll make me more likely to buy a game:
Interesting design. I don't have a collection of White Wolf games or a stack of fantasy heartbreakers in my bookcase.
Striking thematic elements. A game to me is very much like an idea for a story, and if it throws ideas at me the second I pick it up, that's cool. At this level, I like setting-light but not setting-free; a game that says "This is set in a fairy-tale Japan; here are some things you could find in it..." will hold my attention longer than one that has pages of floorplans of the Chrysanthemum Palace in Edokku.
Diction. Friendly, engaging diction. I don't like games that read like encycclopedias. If the game can convey the feel it wants to evoke through the way it's written, without becoming illegible in the process, that's attractive. It speaks to me about the quality of the writers.
Good art. Sparse art, ideally, separated carefully from the actual game text, nicely executed and presented, distinctively identifiable as associated with the game. I'm a very visual person; I like my games to have a visual style.
Organization. If a book has color and rules text, they should be clearly segregated, and the rules should be organized so I can find what I want, instantly.
Recognition. If I own something a particular person wrote, and enjoy it, I'm much more likely to buy something else by the same author.
Some things that turn me off:
Sincerely bad art or typesetting. Looking at my books shouldn't make me sad; reading them shouldn't hurt my eyes.
Metaplots. Ongoing conflicts that run a scale longer than any concievable series of games don't bother me; they're just states of affairs. But it annoys me when game settings have timelines finer-grained than hundreds of years.
"Generic" games. A game that doesn't know what it's going to be used for can't be prepared for its subject matter. Under this banner also fall games that take a single rules system and proliferate it to a number of settings or character roles - WW and D&D come to mind.
Clinton R. Nixon
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Reply #10 on:
January 17, 2003, 05:50:48 PM »
I, like Ron, buy
creator-owned game I see in the store. I'll admit I'm a little less inclined to by any creator-owned game that's electronic. I'd guess I hit about 75% of those.
Outside of that, I buy:
1) Games which take a new approach to a mechanic, whether or not I like that mechanic. To find this out, I read the back and introduction to any new game I see, then turn to the character sheet. If the sheet looks like they fulfill their promise, I'm in.
2) Any game I'm currently playing in.
3) Adventures, even for games I don't own. I don't buy as many of these lately, but I find them a mine for neat scenes I can throw into my own adventures.
Things I generally avoid, unless completely grabbed by an idea:
1) Rules supplements, even for games I like. The current exceptions are Hero Wars, Unknown Armies, and - if they ever come out with their supplements - The Riddle of Steel. I find the Hero Wars stuff is just plain needed - and usually cool; Unknown Armies' supplements are universally well written and interesting bathroom reading, at a minimum; and The Riddle of Steel is my own personal crack cocaine.
2) White Wolf games. I own one, Adventure! It's great. Outside of that, I don't get it anymore. (This is funny, because I used to have the world's largest White Wolf collection in about 1996.)
3) d20 games. I like d20 - really. Most of the supplements I see are just plain shoddily written, though. I stick with some of the Mongoose and Green Ronin stuff.
Clinton R. Nixon
CRN Games
Jack Spencer Jr
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Reply #11 on:
January 17, 2003, 08:28:33 PM »
I tend to only buy something if it strikes a point of interest. What these points of interest are varies from week to week and as I try to grow as a person. Until recently a major point of interest would be for research into what an RPG can do. Lately, this has gone by the wayside and now I only buy stuff I intend to use. Unfortunately, I haven't purchased anything since I had decided to do this so my mind is slipping back into the old habbit of research, which was never very helpful. I keep looking for something I am just not finding. I guess I should write my own game?
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January 18, 2003, 10:06:09 AM »
I tend to make my buying decisions based on the publisher's track record. For instance, I'll buy anything from Chaosium (or its spinoffs such as Issaries and Green Knight). I've loved everything for Call of Cthulhu that I've purchased, which led directly to my purchase of Stormbringer (even though I'm not particularly fond of the Elric novels) and supplements for Pendragon which have been useful in all manner of games.
For the same reason I avoid White Wolf. I was sucked in by their design, put off by their mechanics, and profoundly, "I need a quart of whiskey just to get through" depressed after reading through their books (Vampire and Changeling). I can take the cool concepts from either and implement them in a more satisfactory way with Sorcerer.
Home ownership and marriage have put a serious dent in my game purchases. I bought freely when I was single and lived in an apartment. Now all my money goes to the hardware and grocery stores.
Clay Dowling
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Michael Hopcroft
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January 18, 2003, 10:16:49 AM »
I buy whatever I think will help me with my own designs and whatever meets my own interest. I have a particular fondness for generic systems and am a sucker for a good GURPS or HERO book. I also love Guardians of Order (strange as they're my biggest competitor, but I've talked with Mark and have remained friendly about it) and have been buying their stuff since the very first book they released for Big Eyes, Small Mouth. My copy of Silver Age Sentinels is autographed.
I recently picked up D20 Modern as research for HeartQuest D20. the rules are nice, but the book seems to encourage really violent campaigns.
My religious views don;t usually influence my game purchases, which when you come to think of it is really weird. I converted to the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints abouta year and a half ago (please don't hold it against me) and the church has strong opinions on things like excessive violence in entertainment. I avoid White Wolf's line because of the excessive violence, and am rather disturbed by the direction D&D is taking at the moment with products like
The Book of Vile Darkness
. But I don;t campaign against books I don;t like -- I just don't buy them.
I like genres that encourage character interaction, non-fatal combat and solving problems without neccesarily resorting to violence. And I also believe that everything you do as a character in an RPG should have conequences in the game world, which is one reason
turned out the way it did. I have serious problems with killing an Orc just because he's an Orc. One of my themes in the upcoming
Fuzz: the Furry Police RPG
is that the many different furson species, carnivorous and herbivorous alike,
to get along for society to thrive.
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Jonathan Walton
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January 19, 2003, 02:24:19 PM »
I find myself buying games that are
Now, defining
just what that means
is problematic, but I've been obsessed with "beautiful game design" lately, so I'll give it a shot. My view of what makes a game "beautiful" covers a variety of perspectives:
Elegant game mechanics.
Surprise me. Make me look at the world in a different way. Game mechanics are a reflection of the cosmology of your world. They're the internal physics of setting and character. Our God may use a base-ten counting system and like round numbers, but that doesn't mean your God does. Make the mechanics do what you need them to & only that, without any waste or excess.
Evocative concepts.
Make me think. Make me dream. I want to read your game and not stop thinking about it for a week. "How cool would that be? No, wait. This would be even cooler!" Don't go for simple answers. Don't open all the doors or detail every dark corner. Leave room for exploration, but give me a sketchy map and a compass so I don't get lost. Point the way, but don't walk it for me. Give me the wanderlust to go on your journey.
You've got the concepts and the mechanics but you have to communicate them. Blow me away. Write like you spent time choosing every word. Organize your information so I can understand it. Arrange things on the page to reflect what you're trying to accomplish. Waste no space with art that does not do what you want. You know what you're trying to do, so DO IT. Don't mess around and don't settle for second best.
All in all, I want the authors/creators to prove to me that they CARE about what they've created and that THEY think it's beautiful. Not beautiful like a hot chick, beautiful like your grandmother's smile. Beauty that's worth writing home about, not just some initial attraction.
Games that IMO fulfill all three:
Nobilis, Toon, Torchbearer, Continuum, Fudge, Baron Munchausen.
Games that IMO
fulfill all three:
Universalis, Call of Cthulhu, In Nomine, Exalted, Unknown Armies, Kult.
I've found that a good many European games aim for beauty more than US games do, as my current wishlist (
Agone, Engel, Mechanical Dream
) reflects.
One Thousand One
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"48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty was in Missouri Tuesday with the parents of Ryan Ferguson — just as they learned their son, found guilty of murder in 2005 and sentenced to 40 years in prison, had his conviction overturned in a case that's been covered three times by "48 Hours."
"I've been coming back for the last three weeks. We've been on the story too long and I wasn't going to miss when the decision came down," Moriarty told me. "I happened to be with Ryan's parents, Bill and Leslie, when they were looking on the docket to see if a decision had come down.
"They were excited, but their reaction was measured. In this state it's likely the attorney general's office will appeal to the state Supreme Court."
Ferguson and Charles Erickson were convicted of the 2001 murder of newspaper sports editor Kent Heitholt. Evidence found at the scene did not match Ferguson (hair, blood) and, two years later, Erickson told a friend that he and Ferguson might have killed Heitholt — though he was foggy on the details. The men were arrested in 2004, tried and found guilty — though Erickson and another witness have since recanted, clearing Ferguson of any role in the murder.
"At this moment Ryan is an innocent man," Moriarty says. "The state has 15 days to decided whether to retry Ryan or set him free. But what I think they'll do first is file an appeal to the state Supreme Court. But it does mean that Ryan could be home, on bond, for Thanksgiving."
So will "48 Hours" do a follow-up?
"I'm hoping to do that when Ryan is released on bond, but we're going to hang with this until it's resolved one way or another," Moriarty said.
"This isn't over by a longshot."
'They're barin' their canines
Some in the animal-adoption community are barkin' mad at NBC's "Today" show for ending its six-year run of "Bow to Wow" segments, which featured adoptable homeless dogs and cats from New York City's Animal Care & Control facility. The facility itself even posted a message on its Web site expressing its disappointment over the segment ending.
So . . . I reached out to "Today" show executive producer Don Nash to see what he had to say.
"The 'Today' show has dedicated many segments to pet adoption and animal rights issues, and we remain committed as ever to spotlighting these important stories," Nash said. "After six great years of 'Bow to Wow,' we are currently creating new ways to showcase and support animal welfare."
Last, but not least …
Wendy Williams emcees YAI's annual gala (Nov. 13) at Guastavino's (E. 59th) and will help CEO Stephen Freeman welcome guests . . . Daytime: "Bethenny" topped "Queen Latifah" in women 25-54 for the first time (week ending Oct. 27) . . . Olympic skating vet and upcoming NBC Sports (Winter Olympics) commentator Johnny Weir over at XL Nightclub . . . DVD: Fans of the late Edie Adams should check out "The Edie Adams Television Collection," four discs ("Here's Edie" and "The Edie Adams Show") spanning the years 1962-1964.


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Hall of Fame
During our fabled run, the Gauntlet has seen first-timers win it all, and just one champ do it more than once. I could give you the line about hurricanes, hospitalizations, and sleep deprivation, but you already know. Here are the Gauntleteers who showed us the most, and gave us some serious thrills. Our history's as real as it gets.
Samantha Jenkins
The history of regaining a major championship is marked by perseverance and commitment. This individual has a lot in common with competitors who have done this very thing. For boxing, it's Floyd Patterson. For MMA, you may think of Randy Couture. But if you're a writer and critic, and the Gauntlet is where you compete, then there is only one Sammi.
Excerpt from "Doing Life in Samarkand Sulci" by Samantha Jenkins
I groaned and flexed my fingers, twirling my wrist in a circle to try to loosen it up. The crackle within the joint made it feel better, but there was still pain when I clutched my tool to start working again.
"What's the matter wit' you?" Marta asked me. I shook my head and she raised her eyebrows.
"It's my wrist. I broke it when I was a kid."
She frowned. "You should have Doctor fix it."
"Well, it's not still broken."
Marta lowered her head and used her stylus against her order board. I bent to my own work.
"It's this cold. I haven't gotten used to it. It never hurt like this until I came to Sam."
I didn't think she was still listening to me, but my com beeped in my ear and I received the order to report immediately to Doctor.
"Dammit, Marta," I mouthed, but I gave no voice to it in case she was still listening to me. I did not want to have to report to Discipline afterward, for language.
I dropped my tool to the ground and released my belt to leave it behind, too. I turned toward the Gateline and saw that another worker was already heading over to take my position. Might as well, I suppose. Shift would be over by the time I could get back after a damn useless visit to Doctor.
The path was level enough that I was able to jog to Gateline, so at least the trip only took 10 minutes or so. And with my helmet on, the wind couldn't bite at my face like it once did on Earth during winter jogs. The freezing winds on Earth never did more than sting, though. Here on Enceladus, they could probably cause instant frostbite.
If you were lucky.
(The Gauntlet's 2017 Winning Story)
Tobias Backman, Beth Sadler, Gale Peterson, Chy Burch, & Steven Lugo
1. Paper Tiger (Ken Liu's "Paper Menagerie")
2. The Unreliable Narrator (Corpse Husband's Video)
3. Take Me Back to the Start (Review What You Love)
4. A Distant Place and Time (Assigned Location)
Travis Burnham
2016 was the year of Travis Burnham, a writer, teacher, and adventurer who had traveled the globe before taking on the Gauntlet. Was the Gauntlet his greatest adventure yet? You be the judge by getting to know Travis, and by reading a passage of his winning story, "The Long, Small Hours" which was based upon a movie trailer.
Excerpt from "The Long, Small Hours" by Travis Burnham
It's a dark night for dark deeds, and the avatars of seven gods of chaos are scattered across my lawn. They look human enough behind their masks and through the filter of the security cam, but they aren't fooling me.
Some young prepster with his blond hair slicked back is the first to step up to the front door and taps the mic plate before talking. The second he opens his trap, I know it's Abhotehath, the Hundred-Tongued God, because he's so polite when he says, "Please don't deny us, James, or I'm afraid we'll have to kill all of you."
Creepy windbag.
He rambles on a bit more, says they want the homeless guy, but I can read between the lines: they want me. They'll take Mary and the kids, Charlie and Zoey, too.
And then the gods of chaos cut the power.
(The Gauntlet's 2016 Winning Story)
Beth Sadler, Gale Peterson, Chy Burch, & Steven Lugo
1. Times Like These (Time Travel in Fiction)
2. Tell My Story (Second Person POV)
3. Regarding Fanfiction (A Particle, A Wave)
4. Trailer for Your Muse (Movie Trailer Inspiration)
Dimitra Nikolaidou
In 2015, a rising author joined us from Greece, and aimed to show us a thing or two. Our final round was philosophical in nature, and asked, 'What if a quote had built a world?' Dimitra entered "Blindness" for the win.
Excerpt from "Blindness" by Dimitra Nikolaidou
His foot slipped, and he fell.
But as he fell, among the snowdrops and the flame and his own short gasps, he saw her. And she was everything he had been promised. And he did not scream, even as his back hit the frozen ground and the world went away.
"I had never thought it would be her."
Plato's grandfather kept saying the same thing every time they opened the window. He had been blinded early in the days of the new regime, when taking the eyes of artists was more common than the rain, and the violence had taken all his words away. And yet, every time the shutters unlatched, this single sentence was let out, floating in the air between them.
He glanced at his grandfather, then turned towards the small part of the square that was still visible from their apartment among the tall buildings and the weighted clotheslines and the rusted antennae. The statue of the masked woman in its middle was the only shade of white among a sea of dirty concrete.
Almost a thing of beauty.
He laid against the windowsill, looked down. Every woman walking in the street looked exactly the same, the bones of their faces twisted in the exact same shape to form the same flower-like mask. Hands covered under gloves, clothes similarly cut. Not even his own eyes could tell strangers apart.
The policewoman in the corner was a different one again, as far as he could tell by her height and the way her uniform fit, and the apartment opposite them had been vacant for three months now.
No, Grandpa had to mean the statue. Brave Lady Manya, the first one to free herself from the tyranny of beauty that held all women captive before the new regime took over and elevated them, whether they wanted it or not.
"I am going for a walk," he told his mother, backing into the room. She turned her head around, her hands still on the keyboard. She was worried about him. He felt it in her stance. It had only been three weeks since he had been released. Grandfather's silence though had seeped through the walls of this house, and she only nodded as he picked up his tiny camera and put on his coat, the slits of her eyes turning back to her screen.
(The Gauntlet's 2015 Winning Story)
Gale Peterson, Sheila Beebe, Cathy Douglas, Chy Burch, & Steven Lugo
1. Natural Selection (Nature's Futures)
2. Cure THIS (Cure Prompt)
3. Gauntlet's Razor (Paragraph Review)
4. Their Quote, Your World (Proverbia)
Julian Mortimer Smith
In our 2014 edition of the Gauntlet, Julian gave us "Practice" which secured his victory after three prior rounds of writing, reviewing, and time limits. He's the real deal. And if you like stories about reality, or that manipulate reality, then you won't mind if we share a snippet.
Excerpt from "Practice" by Julian Mortimer Smith
But as I start to play, the world falls still and all is silent, save for my violin.
Over by the benches, a pigeon hangs in the air, mid-takeoff. It looks startled and ridiculous, a foot from the ground, its legs dangling uselessly beneath it.
A Coke can hovers just above the rim of a garbage can. Three feet away, a man stands with his hand outstretched, his fingers slightly curled from imparting spin to the can. His brows are knitted with concentration. His aim isn't perfect, but the can's going to go in—just.
A jogger is caught mid-stride. She balances on the ball of her left foot, leaning forward at an impossible angle. Physics dictate that she must either thrust her left foot forward to catch her weight or topple to the ground. But she does neither. She waits there, defying gravity.
It's so peaceful, here in this motionless Manhattan.
I play a meandering adagio, half remembered and half improvised. It doesn't seem to matter what I play. A single note is enough to stop time, but I like to fill the silence with something more than that. It feels pure, this private music.
I yearn to stroll the streets while I play. I would like to explore this instant in the life of New York City, but as soon as I put bow to string I find myself rooted to the spot, my legs frozen in time, like the pigeon, and the jogger, and the Coke can. In vague terror, I wonder if I'll age faster above the waist than below. Will my boobs age and sag while my butt remains young and firm?
I bring my piece to its end. The bird flaps clumsily into the air. The Coke can bounces off the rim and rattles into the garbage. The jogger huffs and puffs on her way by. The world is full of noise and motion again.
(The Gauntlet's 2014 Winning Story)
Gale Peterson, Sheila Beebe, Cathy Douglas, Chy Burch, & Steven Lugo
1. Irish Blues (Stray Sod, Graphic Novel)
2. Don't Be Creepin' (CreepyPasta)
3. Review Yo Self Before You Wreck Yo Self
4. The Object of My Reality (Reality Manipulation)
Samantha Jenkins
And here she is, the baddest and the raddest, the first Gauntlet winner of the new age! Samantha has won the 2013 WYRM's Gauntlet! Congratulations, Champ.
Cathy Douglas, Chy Burch, Sheila Beebe & Steven Lugo
1. The Nuclear Option (Nuclear Family)
2. Monsters With Issues
3. Livin' in a Bubble (Plume, Graphic Novel)
4. The Mind-Expander (Doppelganger)
Before We Broke Out
Before we broke out on our own, we held our contest as a subsect of another website. We started in 2007 and have crowned a champ for as many years. Here are all of our champs prior to 2013. These are the originals, the daredevils that could, the Gauntleteers that took a chance and won big.
Some of our former champs have elected to use their partial names or to go by a nickname (sometimes lovingly chosen by a member of WYRM). If you're a former champ and want to reach out to us about changing your name in the Hall of Fame, or give us permission to display a sample of your winning story, drop us a line and we'll getcha sorted.
He Asked Lots of Questions
The Mean Sister
S. Cassey
Jace Milner
Sheila Beebe


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Baseball is a boring sport. There, I said it. It can be fun, as in it has the tendency to be entertaining, but overall, it's just a bunch of dudes standing in a grassy field, waiting for their multimillion dollar checks to clear. As a sports fan, I will always root-root for the home team, but only in passing; maybe if I overhear some news about the team from a third party like the local news or SportsCenter. It's a weird thing, but watching a baseball game always reminds me of better things I could be doing with my time. Baseball is like that aggravating parent that watches you play video games all day and nags at you to stop wasting your life and read a book instead. Every second my eyes observe a baseball game is another second that game is telling me to get a life and to use this time to better myself. I'm certain that if I were to start watching more baseball games starting today, I will be running a Fortune 500 company by the end of winter. During the off-seasons I would be living under a pier, trying to convince local fish mongers to buy the dead crabs I found near the shore next to that large pile medical waste. But during the season I would be boiling in a golden hot tub as a massive picture of my face gracing the cover of Time magazine acts as my bathroom's wallpaper.
The best part of thinking this way is that I'm not the only one. Sure, you may think this very same thing, but we're all in good company now that it has been discovered that three of the Boston Red Sox's highest-paid pitchers — Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, and John Lackey – all took breaks from watching their team play this past season on days they themselves weren't on the mound and escaped to the club house to indulge in some video games, beer, and fried chicken, as was reported by the Boston Globe in an attempt to solve the mystery of why the Red Sox collapsed during the tail-end of the regular season, having lost more games in the month of September than any other team in history, knocking them out of playoff contention.
To be fair to the three pitchers named above, if you are a pitcher that isn't on the mound that day there really isn't a whole hell of a lot to do. You still have to show up to the game and you still have to dress in full uniform, but after showing up to work with some pants on your day is pretty much done. In fact, one can argue that a pitcher that isn't pitching that day hits the peak of his work day once he's done tying his shoe laces. Everything after tying his shoe laces is the equivalent of you collapsing on the coach after an arduous and taxing 8-to-12 hour day at the office. You may have been yelled at by your boss, and you may have had to deal with idiot customers that don't seem to understand how thinking works, but – and, again, to be completely fair – you didn't just tie your shoelaces, did you? No, you did not. Therefore, you don't deserve $18 million a year and you don't deserve to take a break in the middle of your work day for some beer, fried chicken, and video games. Yeah, you may do your best work only one day a week, just like a major league pitcher, but you don't represent an entire city, do you? Nope! You only represent yourself and your shitty family. And your shitty family is shitty. If I got a card of your son in my freshly opened pack of Fleer Ultras I'd trade that bitch for a different kid that has a higher ERA and maybe doesn't piss himself as often during nap time.


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So with the Evil Dead remake hitting this weekend, we've put together the following stroll down memory lane. Here's a quick rundown of Ash's no good, very bad life...
Mr. Falls A Lot
Whether getting bookcases dropped on him multiple times per movie, hurtling through the woods at high speed while at the mercy of an unseen demonic force, or crashing through his car window, Ash has proven time and again that he deserves a gold medal in… falling down. He's just that good at it!
He's a Cutter
Well, hello Mr. Fancy Pants! Yeah, we all know about how Ash cut his own hand off. It was a freaking farewell to arms! But let's not forget his particularly destructive encounter with those mini-Ashs in Army of Darkness either, where boiling water and impalement by fork also came in quite handy.
Simple dinnerware also does the trick when self-mutilating.
Loved Ones Beware
Generally speaking, friends, family and acquaintances of Ash wind up hideously deformed, possessed and, eventually, dead. Which sucks for them, but is also rather unpleasant for Ash too, who's typically already having a bad day before his loved ones start croaking left and right. And then it falls to him to bury them, decapitate and dismember their undead corpses after they rise from the grave, gouge their eyes out, shotgun them, and so on. This has included at least two Ash girlfriends and one Ash sister. Yes, Ash has (had) a sister.


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There has been much discussion recently about the anticipated release of DSM-V and how it will impact the diagnosing of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). I was especially interested in the discussion that came about from two Op-Ed pieces recently published by the NY times. My wife often criticizes me for playing "devil's advocate" in debates (which I usually lose when the "debate" is actually with my wife), so it is not surprising that I feel compelled to chime in on the discussion surrounding our current diagnostic criteria for ASD. Read full post »
Autism and the Media
With increasing awareness about autism, it is inevitable that it is being portrayed in the media more and more.
The classic example of autism that pops into many people's minds is Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man." Certainly this is ONE representation, but most people would say, "that's not my kid." How can we expect autism to be portrayed to our liking when we think of the mantra "if you've seen one kid with autism, you've seen one kid with autism"? Read full post »
Autism and Giving Feedback to Providers
We hope that you found our series on the emergency department, hospitalization and insurance helpful. One resounding note in each of the interviews we did was the critical role that families play in the care of their child, particularly in the emergency department or hospital. Today we turn our focus to ways in which families can share their experiences, both good and not so good, with various Seattle Children's systems of care (including emergency department, inpatient hospitalization, and outpatient clinics) and get a response to questions and concerns. Providers need family feedback. We need to hear from you how to best care for your child within the constraints we face. Read full post »
Autism and Insurance
Part 4 in our series on Autism and Things We Would All Rather Not Think About is, drum roll please…. insurance. Health care coverage can be a complicated area that can (at times) feel like a barrier to accessing the care your child needs. As many of our families know, our children are complex and sometimes see many different providers. Here at the Seattle Children's Autism Center we have nurse practioners, neurodevelopmental pediatricians, neurologists, speech and language pathologist, psychiatrists and psychologists all under one roof. What will be covered by insurance if your child has to see one of these providers? What about if you need to see two of them? Or several of them? Will the appointment be covered by your insurance? How much is this going to cost? Read full post »
DSM 5 and Autism- An Update From the Front Lines Part 2
We've all heard the adage: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". The questions we face surrounding autism in the DSM 5 are first, is it broken, and if so, how should it be fixed? In the current system, Autism, Asperger's Disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) are treated like distinct conditions. Indeed, if a medication is FDA approved for the treatment of Autism, that approval does not extend to Asperger's or PDD. It is not uncommon for service systems to treat these diagnoses as distinct conditions, and differentially recognize them (or not). Read full post »


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Proverbs 31 Ministries is a non-denominational, non-profit Christian ministry that seeks to lead women into a personal relationship with Christ. With Proverbs 31:10-31 as a guide, Proverbs 31 Ministries reaches women right in the middle of their busy day through free daily devotions, radio program, speaking events, conferences, monthly magazine, resources, online communities, and Gather and Grow groups. We are real women offering real-life solutions to women who are striving to maintain life's balance, in spite of today's hectic pace and cultural pull away from godly principles. Wherever a woman may be on her spiritual journey, Proverbs 31 Ministries exists to be a trusted friend who takes her by the hand and walks by her side, leading her one step closer to the heart of God.
July 12, 2011
Laying Me Down to Sleep
"God called the light 'day,' and the darkness he called 'night.' And there was evening, and there was morning— the first day." Genesis 1:5 (NIV)
What time did your day begin today?
Did it begin as the sun poked through the widow urging you to wake? Or, did the alarm buzz at 5:30 AM? Or maybe at 6:45? Perhaps you slept until 8:00?
What if I told you your day began last night as the sun set — would you disagree?
In the modern, westernized world we think of our days as sun rise to sun rise. In other words, we rise, we work, and then we end the day in rest. We rest to recover from our work ... with whatever time is left over after the work is done.
However, in the ancient Jewish tradition the day runs from sundown to sundown. That's quite a different concept. In other words, we rest, then we rise and do our work. Rest becomes the source and fuel for the work rather than merely recovery from it.
Where did the Hebrews get this seemingly backwards notion of the day beginning in the evening? From the God who never sleeps, in the Bible. Notice in today's key verse — in fact, in multiple verses throughout the Genesis creation account — there was evening, and then morning and that was counted as a day.
A secular rhythm of life makes work primary. We work first, then go from work to vacation. In contrast, a sacred rhythm makes rest primary, moving us from God-ordained rest into our vocation. The sacred rhythm is rest, rise, work rather than rise, work, rest. Let that difference sink in and sway the seat of your soul.
Internalizing this difference is the basis for connecting with God through rest. Pastor and author Eugene Peterson describes this ancient rest-first rhythm:
"This Hebrew evening/morning sequence conditions us to the rhythms of grace. We go to sleep, and God begins his work. As we sleep he develops his covenant. We wake and are called to participate in God's creative action. We respond in faith, in work. But always grace is previous. Grace is primary. We wake into a world we didn't make, into a salvation we didn't earn.
Evening: God begins, without our help, his creative day. Morning: God calls us to enjoy and share and develop the work he initiated. Creation and covenant are sheer grace and there to greet us every morning."
I don't know why God's Word marks out time in this way in Genesis, but I am discovering I think and live differently when I adopt this view of my days. I see each night's rest as something important, something to prepare for — and something important that prepares me. I've long known that rest prepares me physically to rise and work again, and now I'm finding it prepares me spiritually to rise walk in grace and faith.
As I lie down, close my eyes, pray, and slip from consciousness, I do so with the understanding that it is God who holds everything together during my temporary absence from the world. And it's Him who will continue to hold everything together when I rise and work in the coming daylight. At no point — day or night — am I independent of Him. He even has the power to direct my dreams should He desire.
So I've developed a theology of sleep that punctuates my days. It helps me see my nights and my rest as set apart and holy. It helps me to see God as I lay myself down to sleep. In fact, it helps me see that it is He who lays me down for the gracious gift of rest.
What about you? How do you think about rest? How do you treat it? How might God be calling you to look at it differently?
Dear Lord, thank You for rest. Thank You that I can rest while You continue to hold everything together. Help me rest well and worship You through rest. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Related Resources:
If today's topic struck a chord, you'll want to read the chapter "Turn the Beat Around" in Rachel's new book It's No Secret: Revealing Divine Truths Every Woman Should Know.
Visit Rachel's blog for six tips on resting well.
Jesus says, "Come to Me, and I will give you rest." Do you know Him?
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Application Steps:
Make intentional plans for how you will end this day in a way that is peaceful, restful and connects your heart with God. Head over to Rachel's blog for some ideas on this.
Do I make time for rest, or treat it as an afterthought?
Can I worship God through rest?
Power Verses:
Genesis 1:7-8, "So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. God called the expanse 'sky.' And there was evening, and there was morning — the second day." (NIV)
Psalm 3:5, "I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me." (NIV)
Colossians 1:17, "He is before all things, and in him all things hold together." (NIV)
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As'Salaam wa Alaikum wa Rahamtullahi wa Barakatahu,
Haven't been here in a while, and I apologize to those who've been checking in regularly. Hope you were patient with me. I won't be able to update this site as often or as regularly as I'd like, due to studies and preoccupation with my chosen profession as it's beginning to get a bit time consuming. However, Insh'Allah Rahman, with the support of My Sheykh, I'll be dropping by to share some things from time to time, which I feel may be beneficial to me and to you.
Jazak'Allah Khair to all those who've read and stopped by. Take care of yourselves, and your families, and one another as you yourself would like to be treated, and taken care of -as per the advice of the Holy Prophet(ASWS). Prophet(ASWS) is saying, 'Deen an-naseehat- Religion is advice'. Insh'Allah we will take the advice of the most beloved one and one day become beloved ones ourselves. It is a long road, but we have our guides, the Sheykhs, to rely on for support, Insh'Allah Rahman. And we wait for Mahdi (AS) to come, revive the sunnah once again , Insh'Allah. We must work to be with those who are with Him, always.
'Be with the Saliheen until Death comes to take you' - from the words of our Holy Prophet(ASWS). Insh'Allah, with support, we will endeavor to do just that. Ameen.
May Allah guide you to His presence through His Beloveds and forgive you, and guide me and forgive me. For the sake of His beloved Prophet(ASWS) and Sultan-ul Awliya and Sheykh Abdul-Kerim Effendi. Ameen.
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Breds Foundation Annual New York Fundraiser set for May 16The Breds Foundation is holding its annual fundraiser in New York on May 16. The Fundraiser will also feature a silent auction with over 15 different items.
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French authorities are stepping up security, once again, as the 69th annual Cannes film festival opens today.
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Election Day in Lawrenceburg will also include the sale of alcohol while polls are open, once the city council approves an amended ordinance to reflect new state laws.
Senate Bill 13, passed by the Kentucky legislature in March 2013, allows for the sale of alcohol on Election Day in areas where beer, wine and liquor are normally sold.
The new law went into effect June 25, according to the Kentucky League of Cities.
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The man who served as Anderson County Coroner for nearly 30 years died Thursday morning following a lengthy illness.
Wilmer C. "Woody" Gash, 71, served as coroner from 1964 through 1982 and was owner, funeral director and embalmer at Gash Memorial Chapel on Main Street, Lawrenceburg.
Visitation is scheduled for 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Gash Memorial Chapel.
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A Shelbyville woman who allegedly owes over $17,000 in child support was indicted by the grand jury Nov. 5 on two Class D felonies for flagrant non-support, according to court documents.
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More Anderson County High School seniors are going to college and more than half of the class of 2010 came back for their sophomore year, according to data released by the state education department.
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Roughly 400 people packed meals for the hungry in Haiti on Nov. 9, sending more than 100,000 bags of rice and raising more than $25,000 for the "Harvest for Haiti" ministry, according to event organizers.
Fox Creek Christian Church served as the host for "Harvest for Haiti," a ministry sponsored by Mission Journeys.
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Donna Phillips tore off a piece of Bulgarian bread dipped in honey and fed her stepson, Jeff, and his new wife, Valentina Vacheva to bring sweetness into their marriage.
Sitting at her kitchen table in Lawrenceburg, Donna brushes off memories of nervousness as the center of this important Bulgarian wedding tradition.
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A gas station attendant checking on a vehicle with a motor still running but hadn't moved after several hours found a man dead in his vehicle on Nov. 10 at the Murphy's station in front of Walmart, according to city police.
Felix Nelson Slone, 59, of 120 North Main St., Apt. 4, Harrodsburg died suddenly late Sunday night of apparent cardiac-related natural causes, according to Anderson County Coroner Mark Tussey.
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
So I worked hard and achieved my goals. I earned my master's degree in five years and became licensed as an independent practitioner of clinical social work two years later. I bought a house and settled into a job I enjoyed. I got married at 28 and was ready to enjoy a comfortable life with my husband. I was content.
And so I've continued to enjoy the life I've made for myself. I am actively pursuing two goals (in partnership with my husband): selling our house and buying a bigger one and having a baby within the next one to two years. Perhaps these aren't as lofty as the goals I once had but I'm okay with that.
I am, for the most part, satisfied with my life. Unfortunately, my husband is not. He is firmly convinced that we need to make more money if we're going to live comfortably. He devotes a significant amount of his free time to buying things, fixing them up, and selling them for a profit. He has also taught himself photography and occasionally takes jobs photographing weddings, family portraits, private events, etc.
I don't have a problem with my husband's extracurricular endeavors and I only interfere when I notice that we're running out of room to store his current projects. My husband believes, however, that I should devote as much time as he does to earning extra money.
This has brought me to the following realization: I am not as ambitious as I once beleived. I have no desire to spend my free time trying to earn extra income. I enjoy having time to relax, to wake up on the weekends and have no obligations. To me, the luxury of not having to work all the time is one of the hallmarks of a comfortable life (and I'm living it already)!
As it turns out, ambition is not one of those things that tends to decrease over time. In their 2012 article, Judge and Kammeyer-Mueller explain that ambition is a trait that remains stable throughout life; it does not disappear once a person has acheived a certain level of success. From this I conclude the following: if I am not ambitious now then I probably never was.
Judge and Kammeyer-Mueller define ambition as striving for "worldly success," things like status, rank, and material wealth. Ambition is not, they are careful to stress, concerned with less tnagible achievements like wellbeing, sense of purpose, or happiness.
So now I must admit to myself that I am not, nor have I ever been, particularly ambitious. I strove for a certain level of attainment - a college degree, a career in mental health, a comfortable home, a sufficient income - and I achieved it. I've never wanted to be "rich" (whatever that means these days). Yes, I enjoy having a certain level of comfort but I don't need a bunch of expensive toys to be happy.
Lately this has been a point of contention between my husband and I. In fact, we discussed it again last night. "You have absolutely NO ambition!" he exclaimed in frustration. And I guess he's probably right.
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In the *go-go* part of our society the word ambition is such a big word. When the acquisition phase comes your husband will really kick into gear. Children are a massive game changer. As long as you are content then there is no worry.ReplyDeleteReplies
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I find this funny as I am the one in the relationship who is always working and worried to make more money to live that comfortable life. My husband sees that we have a house and our cars and he is set and content with his life. I think I look into it more because I also want the bigger house and I want to have another child. This to me though means I need to make more money so that when the time comes to buy a house I get it bigger and when I have my child I can give him/her all I can.ReplyDeleteReplies
The question is, will you be content once you have the bigger house? Or will you still feel like you need more?Delete


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Attention BSC Members!
We are kicking off our Storm Gear Fundraiser!!! You can view our selection of Storm Gear at the BSC Store and place an order through the store, or download the paper order form to write a check.
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The BSC Annual Meeting will be held on September 27 at the Multi-Purpose room at the Elementary School, NOT the Middle School as posted in the newsletter. The meeting will run from 6:15 to 7:15 and the coaches have agreed to keep the players until that time. Please plan to attend.
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GWS Interns Put Feminist Knowledge Into Action
The Department of Gender and Women's Studies piloted its new internship program this spring. The architect of the program, Professor Karen Flynn, teaches the internship course and works closely with the interns and their supervisors throughout the semester. This semester the intern sites include the University of Illinois Press, Sexual Health Peers at McKinley, and ATLAS. According to Professor Flynn, the goal is for students to deepen their understanding of how theories and ideas discussed in the classroom are manifested in practice.
Kate Johnson, a GWS minor and Integrative Biology major, is working with the Sexual Health Peers, one arm of Peer Education offered by McKinley Health Center. Kate and other members created videos for STD Awareness and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Kate wrote scripts for the scenes, and in order to provide accurate information, she underwent testing for STD's at McKinley. She's also been doing research on national campaigns to get ideas for local awareness events, as well as completing the training program to become a Sexual Health Peer. Kate says that her experience "has made me a better, more confident facilitator surrounding discussions about sexual health and empowerment…. I have become more aware of the intersections of identities and sexualhealth, and how an organization like McKinley runs on a daily basis in regards to health education.
At the University of Illinois Press, Belinda Nam (major in GWS and English) and Jenna Brashear (major in Political Science and GWS) are learning about how a press operates, from acquisitions, to editing and design, to marketing. Both students are assigned to work with books on gender and sexuality studies, including Football and Manliness by Thomas P. Oates; Colored No More: Reinventing Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C. by Treva B. Lindsey; and Lost in the USA: American Identity from the Promise Keepers to the Million Mom March, by Deborah Gray White. Jenna and Belinda work individually on blog posts and tweets, and together they created an Instagram project.
GWS plans to offer the internship course every spring, and to broaden the scope and number of internships available. The department is grateful to Professor Karen Flynn for taking the lead on integrating community engagement into the GWS curriculum in both the internship course and her senior seminar. GWS also thanks the supervisors—and the GWS students—for participating in the pilot and paving the way for more GWS interns in the future.


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China and South Korea are facing intense criticism in Japan after both nations refused to attend the official 2nd anniversary memorial service for the 3/11 tragedy, with China even going a step further and criticising Japan for allowing Taiwan to present a wreath at the ceremony.
The Japanese government's 2nd anniversary memorial service for the tragedy of 3/11 saw victims of the disaster joined by the prime minister and emperor.
However, amongst the over 150 other nations joining the service, two were conspicuously absent – China and South Korea both refused to send representatives.
Japan's foreign ministry merely comments that "it was the Chinese side's decision." China has not given any reason for its decision, and nor has Korea.
The previous year's service saw Taiwan excluded from the nations providing wreaths as a gesture of appeasement towards China, a decision which was widely criticised in Japan given the extremely sympathetic attitude of Taiwan in response to the tragedy.
This year, likely helped along by the presence of an LDP government and China's continuing provocations, Taiwan was allowed to present a wreath and announced together with the other participating countries – tacitly acknowledging its independence and infuriating China into the bargain.
China denounced the change, saying it was "firmly opposed" to "any violation of the principles of the joint declaration" and voicing its "intense dissatisfaction and protest" against the development, although it has not gone so far as to tie the two events together.
Online there has been almost universal condemnation (some are evidently happier with them staying away) of both nations, with efforts to politicise attendance at such an event being seen as in the worst possible taste.
Perhaps not coincidentally, the 11th also saw reports of Chinese patrol ships once again circling the disputed Senkaku islands.