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A seven-course meal at a fancy restaurant followed by a night at the opera is cool and all, but sometimes you just want to throw on your sweatpants, put on some old South Park episodes and settle in with a 10-piece bucket.
Games are like that too. Modern titles are pretty and challenging and interesting, but sometimes it's worth kicking off those high heels, putting on your slippers and settling in to something familiar.
Every year, a strange urge comes over me. A sort of nostalgic lust flushes through my body like a particularly brutal curry, and I find myself hankering after bad resolutions and linear game systems.
And there, like an old flame that never quite went out, sits DOOM. DOOM is my sure thing, my 3am booty call, my Wimpy breakfast after a night of bad decisions.
Now I know you're rolling your eyes so hard you're risking going blind right now, but bear with me. I'm not talking about firing up vanilla Knee Deep in the Dead and going at it (even though that's still awesome).
There is a world, a whole world you guys, of DOOM mods out there. This goes from entire, massive campaigns in the style of the original game to total conversions that turn the game into some kind of weird hybrid between Leisure Suit Larry and Street Fighter.
This is one of the most dedicated and passionate modding communities on the planet, and it's still going strong. Hell, even John frickin' Romero released a new DOOM map, in 2016. They have awards for them even, every year. There is SO MUCH CONTENT, and it's all free. I highly recommend going tumbling down the rabbit hole.
Do you want to play Mario Kart, but don't want to buy a Nintendo console just for that? Never fear friends, because Re-Volt still exists and it's still awesome.
A forgotten PC (and N64, and PlayStation) gem, Re-Volt has you race an RC car around elaborate tracks, with all the raw sexual energy and elite style that you've come to expect from RC car racing.
As you run through the tracks you can pick up power-ups which give you random bonuses like speed boosts, oil slicks, the ability to attack your competitors and stop me when this starts sounding familiar. Alright, so maybe this totally ripped off Mario Kart and used RC cars, but I think we can all agree RC cars are cool as shit. And so is this game.
Max Payne
Maaaaaan this game was GOOD. Do you remember how good this game was? Do you remember how bad-ass that story and dialogue was, as told through comic book-style cut-scenes?
Yeah, you may vaguely remember it, like you vaguely remember that Venga Boys concert you went to when you were 9, but that's not the same as re-experiencing it. I'll never again get to hear the Venga Boys tell me that Boom Boom, they want me in their room, but I'll always be able to hear Max Payne call Jack Lupino a dirty asshole again.
Maybe that's enough.
Diablo 2
Diablo 2 is the free refill of games – you keep coming back even when you don't want to anymore. Diablo 3 is new and shiny and pretty awesome, but Diablo 2 has aged like Jessica Alba in a bathtub of honey, and is as much worth your time today as it was then.
A much more unforgiving beast than Diablo 3, the second instalment has you commit to a particular path in terms of skills and stats, no reset button, no takesies-backsies. No free items. Drops are harder.
Besides the whole "crafting the perfect character" grind that Diablo 3 has become, Diablo 2 actually has a sweet campaign with a cool story – something its younger brother has always lacked. You don't have to sink your life into this one, but it's definitely worth playing through the story again.
Call of Duty 2
Listen to me bros – the LAN is not dead. I know we all have fibre internet and VOIP and have no need to be in the same room anymore, but it's time to rediscover the simple pleasures of shooting each other in the face.
All of the multiplayer stuff we engage in today is semi-cooperative. Dota 2, Counter-Strike, League of Legends – these are the biggest esports titles in the world, and the most popular competitive multiplayer games out there. And all of them are team based. Boo.
I love those games (except League, which can die in a fire), but having a couple of friends lug their PCs over to your place is still awesome. And Call of Duty 2 is perfect for this. Perfect.
It's now 12 years old, but it really doesn't feel like it. It's as smooth and pure as ever, it gives you that streamlined, iron-sights feel that we were all hankering after when Battlefield 1 came out, but in a much sleeker and simpler package. Seriously, you and two friends on the game's Tunisia map will reward you with hours of skill-based entertainment.
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Bernhard Langer may well have won his first major at the 1985 US Masters, but he had to share a lot of the headlines with the man who finished joint runner-up. For Curtis Strange, April 11-14, 1985 was quite an experience.
"It would have been a helluva story, wouldn't it?" Oh yes. The words of Curtis Strange in the immediate aftermath of the 1985 US Masters reflected a roller coaster of a tournament for the 30-year-old American. From zero on Thursday to potential hero on Sunday, before drowning in a watery grave on the famous back nine at Augusta. A Leicester City style story, but without the happy ending for the man leading the US money list in 1985. An experience that would live with Strange for years to come, even after he broke his major duck in 1988.
Strange's Sunday woes seemed a million miles away on the opening day of the Masters. Walking off the 18th and signing for an +8 total of 80, Strange booked a plane reservation back to Virginia, his chances of making the cut remote. After all, when you three-putt six times and find yourself 12 shots off the lead, on a day when 26 players shot par or better, then you might as well make plans to go back home and spend some time with your wife and new born child. Of course, Strange could still make the cut, but could he really get back into contention for the green jacket? Stranger things have happened.
The comeback truly teed off on Friday. A birdie at 2 was encouraging, but when Strange eagled the third after his 137-yard eight-iron dropped in, the signs were already there that things were about to get a whole lot better for the man who was mentally already on the plane home. Another birdie at 4 kept the ball rolling, and four consecutive birdies through Amen Corner and the 14th helped Strange card a 65 and finish the day just five off the leaders Tom Watson, Craig Stadler and Payne Stewart.
There was a slight blot on the scorecard, Strange bogeying the 15th after a bad drive, yet his real pain with this hole could wait until Sunday. For now, Strange had somehow hauled himself back into the mix, and was beginning to talk with a little more optimism.
"Winning was beyond my wildest dreams," Strange commented on the Friday. "Now, it's still tough to fantasise about a green jacket. If I shoot another 65, we'll talk about it." Strange didn't quite have his wish on Saturday, but a 68 maintained the momentum, and with just a round to go in the 1985 Masters, the man who had shot an opening 80 was now just a shot behind leader Ray Floyd.
Strange continued his charge on the Sunday. By the second he was level with Floyd, and another birdie on the 4th gave him the outright lead. Two more birdies saw Strange complete the outward nine in 32 shots, and as the players turned for home, the American held a four shot lead and was on the brink of the greatest comeback since Lazarus (© Sid Waddell).
The back nine on the final day at Augusta does funny things to men, though, and a dropped shot on 10 - his first bogey in 26 holes - may have got Strange's supporters worried. But a birdie on the par 3 12th got the wheels back on track, and with just six holes left to play, Strange was three shots in front of Bernhard Langer and sitting pretty.
"At that time, I had everyone else thinking about second place," Strange later related. "But, gosh, it always happens here." The fun and games really started on the 13th. A fine drive put Strange 208 yards from the green, leaving him with the option of laying up or going for the green. "It's not in my blood to lay up like that," Strange said. "I'm thinking that if I can make four, I'll increase the lead. If I had made four, this golf tournament would have been a different story." In hindsight he may have wished he had played it safe.
Finding Rae's Creek with his second, Strange got to the green and pondered whether or not he could get away without a penalty drop. Reaching into his golf bag to get dressed in his full waterproofs, Strange hoped to play a bunker style shot and prevent any serious damage. But his attempted shot from the creek hit the bank, and Strange was lucky that his ball rolled back in to a playable lie. A bogey followed, and Strange's lead was now down to just a single shot. Squeaky bum time was well and truly beginning.
The 15th hole would play a huge part in deciding the destiny of the 1985 Masters. A Langer birdie at the par five saw the German draw level, and as Strange stood over his 200-yard second shot at the same hole with a four-iron in his hands, a key moment in the tournament had arrived. Strange appeared to strike the ball reasonably well, but the look of concern on his face told a story. His ball came up well short of the green and the tell-tale ripples confirmed to everyone that Strange had once again fluffed his lines. His tournament total of -2 on the par fives was dwarfed by Langer's -9, with Strange's angst on 13 and 15 in the final round highlighting his Achilles Heel.
"If I went back out there right now, I'd hit the same shot and hope that I hit it as well," Strange told the press afterwards. "My caddie said the wind died a little bit. But I was standing there after I hit it, thinking I'd make four at the worst." His bogey gave Langer the lead for the first time on the day, and now Strange was playing catch up once more. If you had given him the chance of clawing back a one shot deficit with three to play on the Thursday evening then Strange would surely have bitten your hand off, but come that Sunday night the man was going through mental torture.
Langer looked to have sealed the deal at the 17th, a birdie pushing him two in front and seemingly placing one of his arms in the green jacket. Yet nerves were being fully stretched on that Sunday, and a poor second at the last led to Langer dropping a shot and giving hope to Strange following behind. In fairness the American did compose himself, coming close to a birdie at 16, and doing well to save par at the 17th. Yet another poor approach shot at the last put paid to any hopes of redemption for Strange. The dream had turned into a nightmare.
"I guess the Miracle of '85, or whatever you want to call it, didn't happen," Strange joked afterwards, although he also admitted that his experience on that Sunday would leave him upset and hurt for years. "It would have been something to win here after shooting 80." Incredibly Strange had put himself into a fantastic position to pull off the impossible; four in front with nine to play; three in front on the 13th tee; level with Langer as he walked down the 15th. But it just wasn't meant to be, and Strange would have to live with the choker tag for years to come.
In fact, Strange was up front about his experience on his return to Augusta in 1986, using the expression "choking like a dog" to describe how he coped with the pressure cooker situation on that final Sunday. He spent the year constantly dealing with the cloud hanging over him, as friends and fellow pros tried to avoid the elephant in the room. One player did have the courage to broach the topic with Strange, though. Someone who you would definitely listen to when it came to the matter of winning majors.
Jack Nicklaus told him at the Tournament of Champions that the ordeal would either be the making of Strange or prove detrimental to his career. Luckily for Strange, the collapse did not prevent him from becoming a two-time major winner, and topping the US Money List in 1985, 1987 and 1988. But his Masters capitulation in 1985 was never far from his mind.
Indeed, before the 1989 Masters he was still being asked about that fateful April day in 1985. "Winning the US Open didn't make me feel any better about 1985. No way. I'm supposed to win when I have a four-shot lead like I had. I failed to pull off the shots I had to make, and that's really what`s sticking in my craw. I still feel like I should have won."
"Everyone remembers who won," Strange also pointed out. "No one remembers who didn't finish well and ended up second or third." Generally that sentiment is true in sport, but there are occasions where people really do remember the likes of Sanders and van de Velde rather than the victors.
Yet, win or lose, Curtis Strange was destined to be the major talking point with regards to the 1985 US Masters story. Either the greatest comeback or a complete choke. Those are the harsh realities with sport. At least Strange would experience a major win, unlike some of the other unfortunate examples in golf history. But deep down he will probably always think about the one that got away.

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I've been shooting teens, tweens a lot over the years as well as adults. I enjoy the fresh faces. I am good with new models, teaching them posing and putting together a shoot to start or add to their books. I like taking someone with little to no experience, immerse them into the process by making sure they understand the process. I'm not a, 'stand still, look pretty' type of shooter. I want them to really feel part of this.
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I put together moodboards for my shoots to engage the model in the thought process. I want them totally on board and it gives them an idea where the shoot is going as far as creativity, locations, makeup, etc.
I am one hundred percent professional at all times. I pride myself on this. But, I know how to keep the mood light with jokes and good music. (hopefully!)
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I still get nervous before each shoot. I like that I do. And when I arrive at the first location, I go to my happy place and let the fun begin!!
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I've learned how adapt quickly to overcome situations that come up. Equipment malfunctions so you go natural light.
I've been shooting since '79. I started out in landscape and architectural, loading and developing my own film and slowly moved into shooting people. I still shoot film, though not as frequently as I'd like, btw..
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It's hard to believe that the Holiday Season is well underway!
I've been a little neglectful of this blog of late, but will be remedying that in a larger way over the next few days and weeks. To get started, I wanted to post a list of what's going on in the next few weeks at the shop in terms of our current schedule:
Weekday hours remain the same (10-5 Mon-Sat, plus 10-7 on Thursdays)
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This week, everything in the store in Traer is 10% off (excluding machine quilting services…)
As we get to Christmas itself, we'll be closed December 24th and 25th, but we'll be open for an Inventory Reduction Sale on the 26th and 27th. More about that later — we'll have specials online that weekend, too, as I'd rather sell stuff than have to count it…
We'll be closed December 28th through January 4th (for inventory and then so I can take a short vacation…), and will be back to regular hours on January 5th.
I'm working on a new free pattern/tutorial, and will be posting more here about quilting/knitting and other crafty related adventures. Stay tuned!


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I am not fluently lucid dreaming, but have been interested is dreams since childhood. I am still wrestling with the concept of being awake in a dream. Happened once though. But it does not detract much from dreaming experiences in any way. There are heaps of other dream scapes and spaces to explore.
Dream control started as a little boy and the embarrassing bed wetting. So I told my mom that I was dreaming I was going to the loo, but obviously in reality not. So she suggested ringing a bell when it happens so that I realise I am dreaming and control my bladder.
So I randomly learn to control some dreams, especially nightmares of cause. But the control get sometimes too strong so that I wake up. Suppose it link back to the first instance of why I learned dream control. And now that I type it start to make sense why I have some recurring dream themes.
I look forward to learn more about dreaming and all its wonderful facets.
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But it does not detract much from dreaming experiences in any way.
Lucid awareness in the dream is only one aspect of dreaming as you correctly say and also only a step in one direction. If you recall dreams then you already have the ability to enrich your life and so way ahead of most people.
Keep at it and enjoy the forum
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Sunday, November 2, 2008
South by Southwest
Although my kids go to an international school, they get similar breaks so we headed southwest to the regions of Dordogne, Limousin, and Lot. The weather didn't exactly cooperate (it actually snowed on Thursday morning), but we still managed to make the best of it. The Dordogne region is quite beautiful, lots of small farms, manors with turrets in tawny colored stone, and rivers cutting curves into sheer rock cliffs. The regional specialty is foie gras and everyone and their brother seems to be selling it.
We visited the caves of Lascaux to see the famous wall paintings made by cavemen some 35,000 years ago. (Did you know that the name "Cro Magnon" comes from the French village of the same name?) Actually, you have to visit a faux cave because too many visitors were wreaking havoc on the real thing. But I have to say they did an amazing job of recreating the feeling of a cavern and the artist who reproduced the drawings apparently did so using the same techniques as the original artists. I expected a few drawings on the wall; instead you find hundreds of vividly colored animals painted on the walls and ceilings in various poses and the renderings are remarkable.
The other highlight of our trip was a visit to Oradour sur Glane, a small village close to Limoges that was wiped out by the Nazis on a June day in 1944. There was no particular reason to do so but the SS was determined to demonstrate what they would do to anyone helping the resistance. Over 600 residents, about half of them women and children, were rounded up and massacred, and the village torched. After the war, a decision was made not to rebuild and to leave the shell of the town standing as a reminder to future generations. It was a sobering sight.
5 comments:
- Starman said...
Pardon my French, but that sucks. Just as I wouldn't expect to see fake artwork in the Louvre, neither would I expect to see see fake ancient art. I would much rather see pictures of the real thing, then a fake copy, regardless of how realistic they might make it. That's one place I now know not to visit, thanks for saving me the trip.
- November 2, 2008 at 3:58 PM
- Anne said...
They only let three or four academics a year see the real deal in order to preserve them. Every exhaled breath leaves chemical deposits so they have to limit human exposure.
That being said, I still found it completely satisfying. Pictures in a book wouldn't begin to give you the sense of the size and scope of the work. I wasn't disappointed in the least.
- November 2, 2008 at 6:27 PM
- Isabelle said...
I agree with you on Lascaux, Anne. I think that the goal of the 2nd cave is to show an ensemble, and that's why people come to visit it.
I've also been to Oradour about 2 years ago. This is difinitively a must see place. When I was there there were several goups of teenagers with their history teacher, as well as a group of Germans.
This place is so moving, words aren't strong enough to tell how you feel.
You can't be the same person after visiting Oradour, I find myself thinking about it now and then for no particular reason, and think how lucky we are not to have gone through such a terrible ordeal that was World War II.
- November 2, 2008 at 8:34 PM
- John said...
Oradour: My God, I can't imagine what it must have felt like to see such a place. But its reassuring that the town was left as is to remind us all of the terror and horror that occurred there.
- November 6, 2008 at 5:17 PM
thanks for sharing the pictures of this town..so sad.
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Peter Berg produces and directs Battleship, an epic-scaled action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Inspired by Hasbro's classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Lt. Alex Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane, a physical therapist and Hopper's fiancée; Alexander Skarsgård as Hopper's older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of the USS Sampson; Rihanna as Petty Officer Raikes, Hopper's crewmate and a weapons specialist on the USS John Paul Jones; and international superstar Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone's superior (and Sam's father), Admiral Shane.
My Review
To be honest, I actually enjoyed this movie more than The Avengers. It has less line setup and went into action mode pretty quickly. There was a couple of scenes made the movie memorable.
First of all, anyone who gets me chicken burrito in battleship style, I'll marry him right away. Second, I liked the scene where they tried to dock as close to the cove so the alien ship are in the direct line of the sunrise. Third scene when the last destroyer was destroyed and they had to use USS Missouri, a 70-year old decommissioned battleship that has been converted into a museum. It was moving when they invited the retired Navy personnel to join hands to defeat the aliens. The strategy of maneuvering of the old battleship was cleverly planned.
Keep an open mind and don't be a hater for this movie. You might be surprised that the movie wasn't half bad. It was well worth of the two hours of my time.
My Grade: B+
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Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets.
My Review
One sentence summarized it all. The trailer was way better than the movie itself.
It seems like the director had no idea which direction it wants to go with, so it was slabbed right in the middle between a horror/drama and a comedy. I knew this is a remake of an old movie which I think it should have been left alone. The only memorable character I liked from this movie was Willie Loomis, the housekeeper, played by Jackie Earle Haley. This movie shown how much Chloe Moretz has grown from Kick-Ass.
My Grade: C (too generous for my taste especially with so many heavyweight casts)
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Marvel Studios presents Marvel's The Avengers-the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.
My Review
There's one thing I had to vent about this movie. Why do they have to kill off Agent Phil Coulson? They could have killed Cobie Smulders' character Agent Maria Hill instead. Clark Gregg's character Phil Coulson was the anchor on all the Marvel comic superhero movies.
This movie was long. At times, it dragged trying to set the background on all the characters. Fans should already be able to pick the story line quickly, therefore, the introductions are not required especially Pepper Potts and Jane Foster appearances.
I absolutely loved Tony Stark's snarky comments and Hulk's smashing. Captain American doesn't have much room to explore, with that said, I can't wait for Captain America 2 movie. I can do without Thor. Chris Hemsworth just doesn't sit well with me. Now, I am scared that he will ruin the next movie for me, Snow White and the Huntsman.
I guess I have high expectations on the movie and was sorely disappointed.
My Grade: B+
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2012 summer blockbuster line-up preview
|May 4th, 2012
|Marvel's The Avengers
|May 11th, 2012
|Dark Shadows
|May 18th, 2012
What to Expect When You're Expecting
The Dictator
|May 25th, 2012
|Men In Black 3
|June 1st, 2012
|Snow White and the Huntsman
|June 8th, 2012
|Madagascar 3
|June 15th, 2012
|Rock of Ages
|June 22nd, 2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
|June 29th, 2012
Magic Mike
|July 3rd, 2012
|The Amazing Spider-Man
|July 13th, 2012
|Ice Age: Continental Drift
|July 20th, 2012
|The Dark Knight Rises aka Batman 3
|August 3rd, 2012
|The Bourne Legacy
Total Recall
|August 17th, 2012
|The Expendables 2
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Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) has always been the smartest man in the room…until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large-Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris)-and not only is he Holmes' intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective. When the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead, the evidence, as construed by Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan), points to suicide. But Sherlock Holmes deduces that the prince has been the victim of murder-a murder that is only one piece of a larger and much more portentous puzzle, designed by Professor Moriarty. The cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead of Holmes as he spins a web of death and destruction-all part of a greater plan that, if he succeeds, will change the course of history.
My Review
I heard of Sherlock Holmes but never got a chance to read the classics. They definitely have my attention now. I did watch the first installment of Sherlock Holmes but I don't remember the plot at all. Netflix time!
Alright, back to Sherlock Holmes: A Games of Shadows. It was actually pretty good with some good funny moments. I especially like both camouflage scenes where Sherlock Holmes hid in plain sight. I wasn't able to pick him out from the scene until he actually moved. Hats off to the costume designer. The directing and cinematography were exceptional. The detail attention paid to the exploding scene was mind blowing.
Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law chemistry was undeniable. The opening of the movie reminded me that Rachel McAdams did a good sexy job in the predecessor. Too bad, she only played a very small part in this movie. Noomi Rapace did a great job as Madam Simza and she was presented with a more feminine side compared to her Lisbeth Salander character in the The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy.
I hope they will make the third movie for this franchise.
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Without any sort of prior knowledge of the band, anyone would be able to guess simply off mannerisms and image that the boys of Drowners are in fact on their way to becoming rock stars. When I first spot Matt Hitt, lead singer of the band sitting at the bar upstairs The Catalyst club in Santa Cruz, I tentatively tap his shoulder, not quite sure if that is the correct way to approach him; but, with a look in my direction he quickly focuses his attention on me and after a quick introduction asks, "Why are cats so trendy?" Noticing my confusion, he laughs, and next asks, "What does Vanessa Hudgens do when it's not Coachella?" It then dawns on me that those are the last two things that I tweeted. Shocked at the situation, I call him out on "twitter-stalking" me, to which he just laughs and asks if we should go sit somewhere with more seats since the rest of the band are still on their way up. As the rest of the boys come up, introductions are exchanged all around: Jack Ridley (lead guitar), Joe Brodie (drummer), and Erik Lee Snyder (bassist). Once they're all together it becomes painfully obvious how cool they are, each wearing ultra tight black skinny jeans with variations of black leather jackets and hoodies. Literally, they look like they just walked off a black and white poster. Despite their obvious self-awareness of just how badass they are, they also prove to be some of the most easy-going and funniest guys I've interviewed. If I wasn't already sure after our fifteen-minute Q&A, their exhilarating performance definitely solidified my opinion that this New York-based quartet is quickly on the fast-track to indie music royalty.
First off, how was your set at Coachella yesterday?
Brodie: Amazing. Best day of my life.
Did you guys see Vanessa Hudgens at all?
Matt: Nah, she was too busy working or something.
Brodie: I saw David Hasselhoff. I got a picture with him.
Yeah? I saw Kid Cudi and tweeted a picture with him.
Jack: Yeah. I don't know where I was for that.
Brodie: You were on the table and I ran off.
Jack: Oh, he was in the artist area?
Brodie: Yeah.
Did you guys get to catch any other performances?
Yeah, we saw Cage the Elephant, Pixies, got a little bit of Julian [Casablancas], saw some MGMT. They were on the main stage behind where we were performing.
Are you going to be changing anything up for next weekend?
Matt: Our socks.
Jack: Hopefully it's the amplified version. I wish it was longer; like twice as long.
How long was your set?
Matt: Like half an hour.
Jack: I just meant the trip.
Are you guys going to be there longer next weekend?
Jack: Yeah, we'll be there all weekend.
Are there any acts you're determined to watch?
Matt: Yeah, The Replacements, Blood Orange, Drowners.
Do you approach festivals differently than normal concerts?
Matt: Nah, not really.
Jack: They feel almost not like a show, in a way, because you're so separated. For some reason, I get less nervous.
Is it just like a more casual "playing in the park with friends" type of thing?
Jack: It's just like they're not right there [the audience], you're more in your head type of thing.
Do they keep the audience really far away?
Jack: Yeah.
Matt: Yeah, there's a big gap between the stage and audience.
Jack: It's even bigger of a gap for the bigger stages.
You guys are also playing a couple other festivals this year; did you guys go to a lot of festivals before you started performing at them?
Matt: No, I only went to one when I was fourteen. Can't afford it.
Exactly! That's unfortunately why I'm not at Coachella.
Jack: I feel like I would just get burned out all day in the sun if I didn't have like an oasis or something.
Brodie: Yeah, it's so hot just standing there all day in the heat.
And you can't even bring in your own water.
Brodie: Really?
Jack: Yeah, that's the corporate side of it.
So your tour with Temples started in Seattle not too long ago. How has that been?
Matt: Great. Yeah, this is only like the third gig or something so it's relatively new, but yeah it's going great. We still have like 20 shows or something left.
Brodie: So far, so good. I'm glad we're in California now.
Yeah, California's pretty cool.
Jack: Yeah, it's nice to be on this part of the tour.
What? California?
Jack: Yeah, Northern California's really cool.
You've really been touring all over this past year. Where have you received the best reception?
Matt: The UK was really good.
Jack: Brazil was great.
Erik: Brazil was amazing.
Jack: San Diego was really great too.
You guys are based in New York, but where are you all from?
Brodie: I'm from Hull.
All: Yorkshire![Brodie shows me a tattoo right below his elbow that says "Hull." Matt at this point also shows me a tattoo in the same exact location that says "Wales."]
Matt: I'm from Wales.
Jack: I'm from Portland/Seattle area.
Erik: I'm from the Philly area.
Last year was really all about the British music scene, and it seems like this year has a lot of solid bands coming from New York. Why do you think New York is so happening right now?
Matt: I agree! I think it's just always good. It's just a spotlight shines every couple of years for some year.
Your debut album is less than 30 minutes in total. Why did you decide to make the songs fairly short?
Matt: They're long songs, played quickly.
That's a good way to put it.
Matt: If you look at a Ramones album, it's like that.
Is that one of your ultimate idol bands?
Matt: No. That's just my song-length idol band.
Are you planning on releasing any more singles off the album?
Matt: Yeah, well, I feel like nowadays you don't really release a single you just release a video.
Are you planning on releasing more videos??
Matt: Yeah, we're actually talking about releasing a video for all the songs. Nothing filmed yet, though.
What's your favorite song to perform live?
Brodie: Mine's "A Button on Your Blouse."
Jack: Yeah, that's mine too.
Erik: Mine's probably "Luv, Hold Me Down."
Matt: Yeah, and that's mine too.
When are you guys planning to start recording the second album?
Matt: Well, we are contractually obliged to so…I don't know. We're going to be touring for quite a bit, and you can't really write songs when you're all packed in a van. I feel like people who write songs on tour have their own bedrooms and such on their bus. But, yeah, we're working on it.
What are you most looking forward to in 2014?
Matt: Second weekend of Coachella.
Brodie: Yeah, me too.
If you could have written any song ever, what song would it be?
Matt: "Jailhouse Rock."
Jack: I don't know. That's tough. Do you go creatively or like catchiness?
Erik: I was thinking of "Let It Be" or "Monkey Man."
Jack: I was thinking of "Let It Be" too.[After much deliberation they decided on "something by the Bee Gees."]
Pick up Drowners' debut album, Drowners.
For the band's upcoming tour dates, check out their Facebook page.


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When Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered early in the 20th Century, a curse was found inscribed over the entrance: "Death shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the king". Before long, stories were being told about unnatural deaths of workers on the site. "King Tut's Curse" eventually found its way into popular culture and set the stage for a whole sub-genre of horror stories and movies.
In 1980 the security officer for the original excavation site admitted that stories had been circulated to scare away thieves. Historical records show that most excavation workers went on to lead long and healthy lives.
# 9 • The Cottingley Fairies
In 1917 and 1920, young English cousins Elsie Wright and Frances Griffith produced a series of photographs depicting themselves interacting with fairies. In modern times it is hard to imagine how anyone could be fooled by these obvious fakes, but in the early 20th Century they were convincing enough to attract a huge following and dupe such notables as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
It was not until 1981 that Wright and Griffith admitted the hoax, although they continued to claim that they had indeed seen fairies and that one of the photos was genuine.
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In 1869, workers digging a well in Cardiff, New York, uncovered what appeared to be the petrified remains of a giant 3-metre (10-foot) man. Archaeologists declared the body to be fake but the public reaction was more accepting, especially among those who considered it evidence in support of biblical history. The body became a business asset as crowds paid for a glimpse. Showman P.T. Barnum tried to acquire the body but eventually made his own replica, causing additional controversy over which was the genuine giant.
In December 1869, tobacconist George Hull confessed to the hoax. The body was sculpted from concrete and buried a year prior to the well-digging.
# 7 • Uri Geller's Spoon-Bending
During the 1970s Uri Geller enjoyed huge success with his mentalism acts, based largely on his alleged ability to bend spoons with his mind. Geller staunchly defended his claim to supernatural powers until hard evidence finally caught up with him. A 1982 book by James Randi exposed Geller's tricks, and Geller was caught numerous times on camera manipulating stage props (e.g. pre-bending spoons). He has since earned a reputation for frivolous litigation after a series of failed lawsuits—mostly against people who publish unflattering material about him.
Despite never officially "outing" himself, Geller has tacitly confessed to the hoax. In 2007 he expressed the following change of heart: "I'll no longer say that I have supernatural powers. I am an entertainer….My entire character has changed."
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#6 • The Amityville Horror
In 1974 Ronald DeFeo Jr shot and killed six members of his family in Amityville, New York. A year later the Lutz family moved in, only to move out 28 days later claiming they had been terrorized by ghostly presences. Their story became a best-selling book by Jay Anson and the basis of a series of films. The franchise has been highly successful, banking on the claim of being a true, verifiable story.
On closer investigation, however, it seems that not much if any of the story can be verified. Police and other records contradict the book's account and many holes have been found in the story. In 1979, lawyer William Weber claimed: "I know this book is a hoax. We created this horror story over many bottles of wine."


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Says opposition profits from attempt to save America from economic ruin
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Following the deal to end the government non-shutdown, Obama took to the podium and teleprompter to excoriate Americans opposed to the staggering bankster and Federal Reserve debt destroying the country.Obama makes his comments at 5 minutes, 40 seconds into the above video.
He specifically targeted bloggers and radio talk show hosts, including Alex Jones.
"All of us need to stop focusing on the lobbyists, and the bloggers, and the talking heads on radio, and the professional activists who profit from conflict and focus on what the majority of Americans sent us here to do," Obama pontificated.
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South Berwick, Maine,
March 21, 1902.
My dear Children of the Grammar Schools:
One of your friends has written me that you have read my story of Sylvia and the little White Heron and have liked it. You cannot know how much pleasure this news gives me if I do not write and tell you, so I give you my best thanks now, and my kindest wishes.
I should like very much to know what each one of you liked best in the story and what seemed to you the best part of it, and if you think Sylvia would always be glad because she had been the heron's friend? I am sure that you do think so, as the writer of the story did. You see that the best thing in the world is to be self-forgetful and Sylvia was just that when she took care of the bird.
I wish that I knew whether you know the different kinds of birds that live near you, and how many you have learned to know by sight or by their songs, for even if you live in a large city like Indianapolis you must have many birds for neighbors. Some of you may have seen very strange and interesting birds, when you have been away from home, or have seen, what is still better, something very interesting about the birds that live in the trees that you know best. Perhaps you will each write a letter to tell me! Believe me always,
Yours affectionately,
Sarah Orne Jewett
Reprinted from MS Am 1743 (109) by permission of the Houghton Library, Harvard University. This letter appears with a group of letters from school children in Indianapolis, Indiana, responding to "A White Heron."
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[THE INVESTOR] "Winning customer trust is just wishful thinking," says Lee Seung-gun, founder of Viva Republica, most famous these days for its peer-to-peer money transfer app Toss.
Sounds rather discouraging? Perhaps it does. But what the entrepreneur really wants to say is that the seemingly unattainable goal prods startups like his to rise to the occasion.
Viva Republica founder Lee Seung-gun.
And rise it did. Viva Republica is a four-year-old startup that hit the jackpot with Toss, which it launched in 2015. As of September, there were up to 11 million transfers made via the app, with the total transaction volume reaching over 7.5 trillion won (US$6.60 billion).
The success was no accident.
It took Lee eight failed attempts before he finally emerged with Toss, an app that can wire money in just three steps, without submitting certification numbers. His goal was to make life easier, and it worked. Money transfers became a cinch and so did splitting the bill, all without the worry of giving out bank account details. And unlike most other similar apps in Korea, foreigners too can access Toss.
Making such differences was why Lee founded Viva Republica, the 35-year-old former dentist told The Investor in a recent interview.
So far, his mission has led the firm to a good place. In March, Viva Republica announced that it raised US$48 million from PayPal and a bunch of Silicon Valley venture capital firms.
This was the first time PayPal has invested in a Korean startup. Luck was on Lee's side too, since PayPal had been eager to duplicate the success of its own money transfer app Venmo.
Toss was also chosen as the best app of the year at the Google Play App Awards in Korea last year, when its user-base grew 14 times. It is now a dominant player in the money transfer market.
Recently, the app has started expanding its services that now include Bitcoin transactions, real estate investment and even one for charity donations.
The following are excerpts from the interview.
The Investor: What's the vision of Viva Republica?
Lee: It's to create a service that people actively seek out in times of need.
TI: What is the reason you work at a startup, and how significant is it for you?
Lee: From the beginning to the end, it's all about making a difference in society, and ushering in social improvement. That's the most and only important thing to me, and that's why I spend so much time for this company. Because I want it to work, and I want it to contribute to our lives.
TI: What about the other people working for Viva Republica? Please tell us about your staff.
Lee: The chief operating officer is Yang Joo-young, who was co-founder of messenger app Tic Toc. He was also with NHN and SK Planet.
Our Chief Technology Officer Lee Hyung-seok was another co-founder of Tic Toc and also worked at NHN and SK Planet. Our Chief Information Security Officer Shin Yong-seok served the same position at Nexon, the Blue House and the National Intelligence Service. Our Chief Financial Officer Cho Youn-je was with Bain & Company, S&P and PwC. Our Vice President of Strategy Song Ho-jin was with NHN and Monarc Gaming Labs.
Lee, by the way, graduated from Seoul National University and went on to work as a dentist for a few years before founding Viva Republica.
TI: How did you spend the first investment you received?
Lee: We used it for licensing, team building and overall business operations.
TI: How did you use your most recent investment?
Lee: It was nearly the same, except we are now focusing more on marketing. So this time, operations, marketing and team building.
TI: How many times have you received investments, and from where?
Lee: The investments we have received include --
Seed: Altos ventures (US$1 million)
Series A: KTB networks, Altos (US$5 million)
Series B: Goodwater Capital, Qualcomm Ventures (US$25 million)
Series C: Goodwater Capital, PayPal, Bessemer Venture Partners (US$48 million)
TI: Do you have plans for attracting more investment?
Lee: Right now, no, but we are thinking maybe some time early next year.
TI: What's your competition strategy?
Lee: Our strategy lies in our state-of-the-art customer intelligence database that enables us to offer customized services.
TI: What are the risks you face, and how do you plan on overcoming them?
Lee: As an app involving financial transactions, our foremost concern is security. To better protect our clients' financial information we will soon be attaining the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, which is used by most businesses dealing with major credit cards.
Competition is another issue, since we expect it to soon intensify. Our strategy there is "speed." We plan on sustaining and expanding our market share by developing and delivering customized services even faster than now.
TI: What are your plans for overseas market penetration?
Lee: We're interested in the Southeast Asian market, and just like with Toss, our strategy will be to zero in on the inconveniences of financial services and offer a much improved alternative.
TI: What is your bottom line like?
Lee: Thanks to business diversification that includes commission-based services in areas like real estate, fund investment, and credit extension, we expect to soon hit break-even-point.
TI: If you happen to have an exit plan, can you share it with us?
Lee: It's still hard to say at this point. Right now, our investors and our board are mostly focused on how to grow our business further.
Description: Viva Republica is a startup that operates Toss, a P2P money transfer app
Founder: CEO Lee Seung-gun
Headquarters: Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Total equity funding: US$79 million
Website: https://toss.im
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My Miss Wasilla belongs to America
2 comments:
- solerso said...
Hey Todd! Thanks for giving miss wasilla "to america". Im sure america will be very grateful. Will i get a letter from Gov Palins office when its my turn?I will wait patiently.
wasilla has been blessed overmuch, what with being the only town in America to have gotten the Hon. Sarah Palin as Mayor, then to be named
"THE METH CAPITAL OF AMERICA" in so many nationaly reported stories. It really shows the character of the kind leaders that Wasilla and Alasksa have been blessed with.
- October 8, 2008 at 1:42 PM
- TimboM said...
Yes, you will get a color photograph (see posting about HP inkjet printouts) that will be 'signed' by Sarah. I say 'signed' because she might be so busy that we need to just borrow the auto-pen that Rummy used to use. It's probably gathering dust in Dick's office right now. The office that's not under a mountain in a secure location.
- October 8, 2008 at 7:29 PM


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Mirror's Edge on an HD4870 With a PhysX Card
nVidia has been pushing its Cuda enabled PhysX as the next big thing for a while now. For the most part the new PhysX effects have been less than stellar. That is until Mirror's Edge came along.
Mirror's Edge has some very impressive physics effects that bring a whole new dimension to the game. Sadly for ATi owners much of this is not available to you without a very high-end CPU (and then the code that offloads the Physics to the CPU is not very well done).
But the guys over at PCGamesHardware have found another way to get the Physics effect into the game without having to switch out your GPU. To do this they used an Old PCI Ageia PhysX card and an older version of the PhysX software.
With this combination they were able to get very good frame rates with an HD4870 running the game at 1680x1050.
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Related: the back cover of "This Week: Guide to Wonderful Copenhagen, May 5-May 11, 1973", brought back and stuck in a drawer by my grandparents.Pin It
Kei Bohji-san
A monkey pile of Japanese teak chimpanzees, slightly altered from Kay Bojesen's Danish original. The little one in the middle was on a shelf in my dad's closet growing up and the rest are from yard sales over the years. In the last few months we've used them in our son's room as a mobile (with vine-green yarn)(too dangerous), coat hanger (upside-down off the back of the door-too fragile), and semaphore (Beatles "HELP"-style for "FAOM", which didn't look that good- actually neither did HELP, as they changed it to the more design-friendly NUJV.) The new project is to make a little Ofuro hot tub barrel to keep them in, Macaque-style. If that doesn't work they're going up on a shelf.
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- Golden Smith said...
ofuro monkeys! classic!
- June 9, 2010 at 8:02 PM
- Karen + Sara said...
these are great...and we want to see more pics of that son of yours!!
- June 16, 2010 at 12:49 PM
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Bruce Willis is probably underrated as an actor. Sure, he's most well-known for dodging explosions and saving people from terrorists, but the man can act. That's particularly clear when he's got that look on his face that means he's trying to figure something out. You know that expression — he gets a little squinty-eyed and purses his lips as if he's just thought of the craziest thing in the world but isn't sure if it's real.
In fact, legend has it that when filming the amazing science fiction thriller 12 Monkeys, director Terry Gilliam's only rule before shooting began was that Willis had to keep his "steely blue eyes look" to a minimum. He still snuck a couple in, and the expression is apparent in other films like The Sixth Sense, Hudson Hawk, Death Becomes Her and many other titles in his filmography.
Next Movie, via Vulture, has done us all a tremendous solid and compiled his confused, flinty-eyed face into one amazing supercut. Watch it, giggle and see if you can figure out what movie each clip is from — and why, exactly, Bruce Willis is confused.
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I don't know why, but every time, no matter how careful I am to just skim the very top of the cream... it never works to make whipped cream or butter with our raw cream! My friend has no trouble putting the kitchenaid on high and making butter but I never end up with more than a half whipped mess... even though our cows are primarily Jersey = very creamy!
Every other recipe works fine ie: ice cream, custards, etc. when heating the cream...
Its always a cinch when I do that while in India, but nearly impossible when I try it in the US.. I think it may have something to do with the homogenization. The globules of cream are so finely shattered & dispersed in the milk that they never really can collect together well enough to yield a dollop of butter. Try starting out with un-homogenized milk thats available in organic health food stores
Oh no, sorry Panfusine, we have an organic dairy farm and don't homogenize our milk - it is fresh from the girls and separates naturally and quickly... and I skim the cream off and swear I'm getting no milk in with it... but somehow it never whips!! I can't justify buying cream but I need whipped cream to go with my coconut tart... :)
Sorry, my mistake,I always assumed that that was why.. I'd really love to know the answer to this question as well!
Anything I've read about working with raw milk, seems to suggest that it needs to be really well chilled, for a couple of days even. And people work with a blender, at least for making butter...saying it takes 3-5 minutes for butter to start forming, so I'm assuming you'd have your whipped cream somewhere before that, depending on your machine.
I have actually bought non-homogenized organic milk (but not raw), and found that the longer the bottle sat in the fridge untouched, the more lumps of butter formed in the cream layer that they missed skimming. It was an unplanned, but happy accident.
As a child, we only had the raw milk from our 2 cows and we could always make whip cream. I would suggest that after separating the milk from the cream, make sure the cream is very well chilled, even use a chilled bowl. Other than that, I am not sure the issue.
If you're gathering cream by skimming it, you're getting cream that has a butterfat content of about 25%, which is a medium cream. A minimum butterfat content of 30% (light whipping cream) is needed to successfully whip or churn it.
You can send a sample of your cow's milk to the Vermont DHIA and they'll tell you what the butterfat content of your milk is.
If you have the means and the wherewithal, purchase a centrifuge to do the separating for you. It's the quickest and easiest way to separate the milk from the cream.
Otherwise, pour the milk into pans to a depth of no more than 4" and refrigerate it. After 12 hours, skim the cream off the top. In the British empire, this is called "single cream." For British "double cream," wait 24 hours before skimming.
betteirene, it seems our cows and of course the pasture (Ireland is the best for milk & cheese) only gave use double cream (never knew where single cream came from). . . we also always had buttermilk because we did not have a cooler to keep our milk, so it would naturally ferment. . . mum always made wheaton from the buttermilk.
I agree with betterirene. We used to bring in the raw milk from the cows at my aunt's farm in the morning and strain it through a clean cloth diaper. Once it had cooled and settled to room temp., we would skim off the top, thick cream for butter or whipping cream. The rest was put in the fridge for another day to rest and get light cream for everything else. I remember pouring the heavy cream into an empty mayonnaise jar with a lid, and then shaking the heck out of it until it formed a ball of butter. The buttermilk was saved too. Try adding some cream of tartar to your cream - but everyone is right - it must be VERY cold to get stiff peaks.
I use raw milk as well, and when I want to separate the cream, I pour the gallon into a container with a spout. When the cream has fully separated again after pouring, I then use the spout to extract the milk from the bottom, leaving just the cream in the container. I have found this to be the best way to "skim" the cream without disrupting the separation. Then I chill the cream again before whipping for the same reasons others have mentioned.
Jordan - saw the article about your farm in Bon Appetit!!
wow this is so awesome, thank you to everyone for their hints, I am going to experiment...unfortunately the coconut tart that needed the whipped cream in the first place, is all gone :) I think I was trying to do the separating when the milk was too fresh. @healthierkitchen - :) I just saw the article too! That is actually our farm just over the hill (where Dan grew up and where the dairy operation is) - we live on the farm that I grew up on, just renamed it "Bliss Ridge". They forgot to mention the reason why we're in summer clothes, is b/c it is 90degrees in the cheesemake room, we were sweating when the Bon Appetit guys showed up... hmmm don't know why they didn't use the pics of us in hairnets making the cheese ;) pics of Bliss Ridge & blog here if you're interested. Im going to blog about cheesemaking soon! www.saucyvermont.com
Pour strained milk into glass suntea pitcher with a bottom spout. Refridgerate overnight. In the morning drain thin white milk from spout. In a separate jar drain thin yellow cream(half and half). You should have a thick cream left. Use this to make whipping cream and butter. We have two Jerseys and one gives excellent cream and one gives inferior cream for whipping. I have a friend who has had this same problem. You can also purchase a custom made butter churn from marshall pottery to aid in butter making. I had a half gallon churn made. Hope this is helpful.
Thank you for this. I have the exact opposite experience when I make butter from pasteurized cream - if it's cold, it takes forever to make butter, but if it is room temperature, it makes butter in about ten minutes through the "give your child a jar to shake" method. Tonight I bought my very first gallon of raw milk and found this post. I'll have to keep all this in mind!
The fast and easy way is to use a small cream separator. Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com...


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Glenard came to the States at the beginning of his five year old year. Sadly he only managed six races before injury put him on the sidelines but those five races included a Stakes and Allowance win and a Graded Stakes second, so not too shabby!
His new home is with Graham's Brother Andrew and wife Janie in Bluemont, Virginia. He had his first day hunting the other day and apparently was very good and everyone had a good day.
Below is a photo with Andrew riding him.
Glenard 2010
Career Racing Summary:
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24 5 3 3 $255,447
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Chappelle is under fire after storming off the stage at a comedy show in Connecticut last night. The comic apparently had a meltdown after being heckled by people in the crowd.
According to NBC Connecticut, Chappelle had only been on stage for a few minutes when he started to become frustrated with the number of comments from the audience.
Chappelle reportedly stopped his routine — lectured the crowd about heckling — and then quietly sat on a stool for the next 25 minutes before finally walking off stage.
Now, according to NBC, several fans who attended the show are demanding a refund.
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Last honours given to Hugo Chбvez in Caracas, attended by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
On March 8th, Mr. Lukashenko attended the public memorial service for the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chбvez, in Caracas. Before the ceremony began, many wreaths were brought to the hall, including one from the Republic of Belarus and from the Head of the Belarusian State. Hugo Chбvez and Alexander Lukashenko were very close friends, their active friendship inspiring relations between Belarus and Venezyela to reach a level of strategic partnership. Turnover increased many times and the peoples and cultures of our two geographically distant countries drew closer.
At the funeral ceremony, Mr. Lukashenko was among the most distinguished guests. Despite the large number of heads of states, the President of Belarus held a place of honour in the front row, among the closest relatives and friends of Hugo Chбvez and the Venezuelan leadership. Mr. Lukashenko was the first president from among the non-Latin-American states to give the last honour in the guard of honour at the hearse.
During his stay in Caracas, the President of Belarus held brief talks with the Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and the Chairman of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello. Both parties confirmed their willingness to continue active co-operation. "All agreements reached by Hugo Chбvez will be continued," stressed Mr. Maduro. Mr. Lukashenko also spoke with Chбvez's family, including his brother, the Governor of Barinas state, Adбn Chбvez.
In addition, Mr. Lukashenko met the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Evo Morales, who had also arrived in the capital of Venezuela to attend the funeral; an agreement to develop Belarusian-Bolivian relations has been signed, using the Venezuelan partnership as the example.
"I never thought that we would meet here under such circumstances. We talked much with Mr. Chбvez about your country and even developed a joint action plan; now we must continue this deal with you," said the Head of the Belarusian State. "I hope and am sure that Venezuela will elect a president able to implement the ideas of Hugo Chбvez with us."
"I want to assure you that Belarus will do everything possible to establish with Bolivia the same relationship as with Venezuela," said Mr. Lukashenko. In turn, Mr. Morales noted his readiness to develop bilateral relations with Belarus. "Thank you for our meeting and I hope that it will contribute to future liaisons," he noted. "Unfortunately, we have gathered here for a tragic reason: the death of our mutual friend. Now, more than ever, we should join forces. I thank you on behalf of all Latin American people for your support at this tragic time," said Mr. Morales.
The Bolivian President has asked for assistance in developing agriculture, in constructing agro-towns and housing, natural resources extraction, and personnel training. The heads of state have agreed to do everything possible to strengthen bilateral relations and to analyse obstacles. Mr. Lukashenko has invited Mr. Morales to visit Belarus to see firsthand the potential opportunities.
The presidents have also agreed to discuss several tripartite joint projects (worth $3.2bn) with the new leadership of Venezuela. It is planned that, in the first half of 2013, a special working group will be created at the Belarusian Embassy to Venezuela, co-ordinated by the Head of the President's Property Management Directorate and the Co-chairman of the Joint Belarusian-Venezuelan High Level Commission, Victor Sheiman.
Mr. Lukashenko also held a meeting with the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa Delgado, at which they reaffirmed the importance of agreements reached during the recent official visit of Mr. Lukashenko to Ecuador. Mr. Correa Delgado has promised to make a return visit to Belarus. He notes that, in the near future, Ecuador will host a meeting of the Council of Ministers, at which a report will be read on the implementation of Belarusian-Ecuadorian projects.
In addition, Mr. Lukashenko spoke with the Chairman of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, Raul Castro. The President of Haiti, Michel Joseph Martelly, also expressed a desire to co-operate with Belarus, noting that Venezuelan President Hugo Chбvez spoke warmly of Belarus on many occasions.


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Cookie Packaging
Actress Melora Hardin ("The Office") joins Martha to make delicious cowboy cookies with inventive packaging. Because no matter what the cookies look like out of the oven, you can always fix it with presentation!
Source: The Martha Stewart Show, September 2008
Enclose a delicious treat, such as Cowboy Cookies, in this inventive packaging for a perfect homemade gift.
Print the template onto card stock and cut out. Trace the template onto decorative paper and vellum and cut from each.
Score the paper and vellum shapes corner to corner (on the wrong side, if there is one) with a bone folder. Fold the flaps you have created upward to make a small open container. Place the vellum container inside the paper container.
Cut two strips of 3-by-20-inch cellophane. Layer the strips on top of one another, perpendicular and crossing in the center.
Place decorative kraft paper with vellum in the middle of the cellophane cross. Place cookies in the center.
Gather the 4 ends of cellophane and secure with baker's twine. Punch scalloped circles from paper and vellum to create a tag, and string onto twine. Embellish package with a flower sticker.


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A blog to show my journey into the world of mixed media art and my sister Trinette's journey into the written word.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge #146
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Great cards and a great way to honor your children's service to our country.ReplyDelete
Nice cards! great colors! tfs!!!ReplyDelete
It is really nice to get the comments. Thank you.ReplyDelete
These are beautiful and have such a lovely sentiment. I really like seeing one with masculine colors and one with feminine colors...what a great idea! These are both so very nice and such a wonderful way to honor your children. So glad you are getting back into card making, as it is obviously a gift you have!ReplyDelete
I agree with the others that OWH cardmaking is a great way to honor your children! These are wonderful and I love how you did two different takes on the sketch! I like the sketches, too. Although I had a lot of books on cardmaking, I'd tend to get in a design rut before being challenged every Sunday. I'll keep you and your daughter in my thoughts and prayers. We had two nephews do multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and i know it's not easy being home worrying.ReplyDelete
Welcome back! I absolutely love the sentiment on these - perfect for OWH! Thanks for joining us in this week's Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge!ReplyDelete
I'm glad you're back and making cards for OWH, because these are wonderful! I love the M&F versions of the same card. I love that sentiment too! Would you care to mention who makes the stamp?ReplyDelete
The stamp comes from Verses Rubber Stamps. I am sorry I didn't mention where it came from on the post.ReplyDelete


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Life as a "senior" brings with it both challenges and insights that you might have thought you were prepared for, but (at least in my case) weren't. When you realize that you really are going to have to budget the time you have left, it can be daunting. Do you (I hate writing in the second person – I promise it won't last) run like a mad person, trying to fit everything you ever wanted to do but couldn't into the last few years, or do you try to accept that it isn't going to happen, and become mindful? Mindfulness is supposed to cure you of the frenzy- help you to accept and cherish every minute no matter what it brings you. Be "present" on the toilet, at the grocery store, or when someone breaks your heart; that way everything is special. I totally understand the advantages of that sort of deliberate consciousness and even pragmatism, but honestly I don't think it's enough.
Many people advance the argument that one (not sure that's better than second person) never really knows how long they will live. Mahatma Gandhi and many others (including 50s heartthrob James Dean) have been quoted saying something like "live each day as if it were your last." I get that – I really do- and I have lost people all too soon in my life, like both of my siblings, and Gary Weist, whose brother decided to try to beat a train across the tracks in the summer between Gary and my 8th and 9th grade years. Gary had asked me to go steady after summer, and I had agreed. Some things just stick with you (or me, as it were). Anyway, I get that you really never know when your life will come to an end, but as I get older, the idea that even with the best of luck the sand in my hourglass is getting low, well, it's a different kind of realization. All of a sudden I find myself having to think about making choices based not on money or time off from work, but rather on a sort of "bucket list". Here's the irony, though: what difference does it make? I've always wanted to travel, but sometimes, when I am being very honest with myself, I wonder if it's just another way to try to cheat death. After all, I can't dream of places like Lisbon or Tierra del Fuego without also thinking about time spent. Time spent in one place is of necessity spent away from someplace else. Just so, time spent with friends is generally spent away from family, at least in my life. This isn't such a big deal when time doesn't seem as finite as it does when hair begins to gray and skin to seriously wrinkle. All of a sudden, each planned journey or activity must of needs be balanced with every other; again, not because of money or time off of work but because in the end life really is a zero sum game. Death will not be cowered or deterred, nor will it be predicted. Not to be maudlin, but death-delivering lumps, rashes and disintegrations of all kinds can pop up at any time like unwelcome relatives, saying "the time has come to set the countdown clock."
And then, something comes along that perhaps is designed to help you make the transition to slowing to a stop: you find that your body is incapable of doing things it used to do. All of a sudden you have bad knees, upper arms that flap like jibs in the wind, and copious amounts of subcutaneous fat, none of which helps when what you really want to do is take up paddle boarding (and look great doing it.)
And then of course there is that other life you were supposed to have – or thought you might get around to someday. Or maybe more than one other life. I never understood women who said all they ever wanted to be was a mother. Don't get me wrong; motherhood is the best part of my life without a doubt, but like Kahil Gibran said, your children are really only on loan to you (not the exact quote, clearly) – they belong to the future, and to life itself. Therefore, you have to find something that makes your life worth living. Something that makes you jump out of bed in the morning ready to live life like a firecracker. But is that a zero sum too? I always wanted to be in the theatre (notice the spelling). Early on it was clear that my voice and body were not meant for performance, but that didn't stop me from wishing I was part of that world. Has anyone written a really good musical about Eleanor Roosevelt; her heartbreak over Franklin's affair, her dedication to the poor, her ability to rise above the ugly things said about her to become an inspiration for millions of girls and women? I should have done that.
Or… I should have joined the Peace Corps in my twenties and made a difference in some far off place with people who were suffering and struggling just to live instead of partying and trying to find the American Dream (not easy to do simultaneously, but I wasn't the only one thinking we could somehow merge the two).


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Hello everyone! For my very first post back in June of 2014 I promised I would share our crazy but fabulous handmade air conditioner, and here it is! I had scoured the internet looking for ways to keep cool during craft fairs and ran into the idea of making your own air conditioner.
My husband and I built it together using these genius instructions. There are TONS of tutorials out there on how to make them, but this guy beats them all with a built-in radiator!
Craft fairs and festivals can be challenging because you never know what the weather will bring. Torrential downpours, gusty winds, snowstorms, and even hot weather will clear out even the best of events. We try to combat the weather by using propane heaters for the cold and this air conditioner for the heat. It gets the customers attention and is a nice ice breaker. Also, it makes our tent cooler, so customers want to stay and shop longer! It also keeps my husband and I from passing out of heat stroke.
We just plug in the bilge pump and fan, add tons of ice and it lasts for a good couple of hours. Down the road we plan on investing in a heavy duty battery so we will be able to run all our gadgets and doohickeys without having to buy electricity.
So there you have it, our redneck air conditioner. I love it! So how do you combat the elements during outdoor craft fairs and festivals? I would love to hear your ideas!


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Tony Awards 2012 presenters
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New York, NY (June 1, 2012) The biggest night for Broadway is Sunday June 10, because of the 66th Annual Tony Awards, Broadcast Live from the Beacon Theater on CBS from 8pm-11pm (ET/PT time delay). Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theater Wing.
It had already been announced that they would be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, winner of an Emmy Award. The rest of the people that will appear are: Nick Jonas, Amanda Seyfried, Tyler Perry, Jessica Chastain, Jim Parsons, Paul Rudd, Ellen Barkin, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Candice Bergen, Christopher Plummer, James Marsden, Mandy Patinkin, Sheryl Crow, Trey Parker and Matt Stone among others.
The Antoinette Perry Tony Awards reward theater professionals because of their outstanding performances on Broadway. This is the 66th anniversary of the Tony Awards, which were held the first time on April 6, 1947 in the Grand Ballroom in the Waldorf Astoria.
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Eleven planes missing from a Libya airport are raising fears that militants who stole the jetliners could use them in terror attacks to mark the 9/11 anniversary.
Intelligence agencies have warned the jets could be used in attacks in North Africa, and said one or more of the planes may be used to strike targets on Sept. 11 to mark the anniversary of terrorist attacks on the USA, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
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Al-Qaeda announces jihad in India
Ukraine president meets with NATO amid Kremlin warning
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The date also marks the second anniversary of the Libyan terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, which killed four Americans including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.


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Like-minded rappers Deniro Farrar and Shady Blaze have decided to move past merely jumping on a track or two on their respective solo projects. On May 15, they will release a full-length joint album that's off to a strong start with lead single "43 Hours In." Backed by woozy, booming Ryan Hemsworth production, the East-meets-West duo is joined by frequent collaborator ST 2 Lettaz, of G-Side, for a blistering and meditative piece of boom-bap.
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Bruchette are among the most common things one finds on Italian menus and restaurant tables. It's a good use for stale bread - bread goes stale when it sits out at a bakery all day, then is left unwrapped around the house for a few more hours. At our little campsite, we concocted a slightly unorthodox version with apples added to the mixture.
Lacking a toaster oven, we cut the bread up beforehand so that it would get harder faster. We bought pesto - which is sold from the deli counter at the supermarket - to spread on it as a kind of base layer.
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The Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour brings together riders and organisers from the big mountain freeride, slopestyle and dirt jump fraternities, and with seven events already completed this year, British rider Sam Pilgrim is in the lead with 1,588.75 points.
The global series aims to make freeride contests more professional and safe, with more consistent judging and ranking, and it will make its
Highlights so far in this year's tour have included the Mongoose Slopestyle at the iXS Dirt Masters in Winterberg, Germany, where more than 50 riders hit the dirt and thousands of spectators turned up to watch. Sam Pilgrim took the win with Martin Söderström and Felix Rosendahl second and third, respectively.
The Teva Mountain Games Slopestyle in Vail,
Sam Pilgrim in high spirits during last year's BikeRadar Live
There are now 11 events left in the Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour including Chatel Mountain Style,