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In reviewing the latest and one of the greatest novels in Pulitzer-Prize winning writer Richard Ford's literary career Canada, one is reminded of the simple turn of the tap, the water slowly seeping out before a sudden rush of brilliance, albeit the brilliance is also there in the wonderful beginning, only in more hushed tones.
It's been six years since Ford has released a novel and while it's been a tense wait for many devotees rest assured it hasn't been in vain. Canada is an stunning study of family, loss, and human nature at its purest. One of the greatest American authors of the era, Ford's skill lies in his incredible descriptions of the North American landscape as well as his mesmerising asides on the human condition when thrust into atypical circumstances.
The year is 1960, and the Parsons family – father Bev, mother Neeva, and 15-year-old Dell and his twin sister, Berner – are settled, just about, in the city of Great Falls, Montana, having moved there four years previously. Bev, a good ol' boy from Alabama, had been an air force bombardier who saw action in the Philippines and Osaka, "where they rained down destruction on the earth". Having left the service, he works as a car salesman and then gets involved in a beef-smuggling racket with a local band of Indians. Neeva, short for Geneva, "a tiny, intense, bespectacled woman with unruly brown hair, vestiges of which ran down her jawline", is Jewish, and has literary pretensions, or longings, at least. She and Bev are an archetypical American married couple of the time, who just happen to become bank robbers.
In Canada Dell, the narrator tells the story from the dual perspective of both 15-year-old boy and reflective adult, deftly beginning the book with the curtain still closed, the skill of a truly great writer. With this brave beginning, Ford begins to entice your knuckles to tighten as the story unfolds, the tension building as the curtain slowly cascades stage left.
As justice is seemingly being served Dell is parted from Berner as she walks off in hope of the American Dream, even at such a tender age. Dell is driven by a friend of his mother's across the border to Canada, where he will be left in the care, in the loosest form of the word, of her brother Arthur who owns a run-down hotel outside Saskatchewan. Here Dell meets Arthur's dangerously untamed henchman Charley Quarters, a character on whom an entire book could be devoted. Through the book, Ford brings us back to the same chorus, questioning the American Dream although remaining neutral on the merits of the pursuit of it.
"Through all these memorable events, normal life was what I was seeking to preserve for myself."
But what, by now, would constitute normal life?
The final encounter at the close of the book between Dell and Berner is one of the most tenderly drawn scenes in modern literature, and could only have been written by a writer of Richard Ford's empathy, insight and technical mastery.
Canada is another masterpiece by a true master. It's far too early to call it a true classic, but the parallels Ford draws between today's economic and social climate and the individual's quest for financial sovereignty of the 1960's is incredibly crafted. As always, his characters are richly constructed and his writing strikes chords you never knew you had, drifting between heart-achingly venerable to brutally direct in a single thought. Ford never loses control throughout his prose, as rich at times as it is demur at others. Soon to be talked about amongst literary scholars for years to come, why not talk about it today.
Guest Reviewer: Booktopia's Andrew Cattanach
by Richard Ford
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford's masterpiece.
First, I'll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then the murders, which happened later.
In 1956, Del Parsons' family came to a stop in Great Falls, Montana, the way many military families did following the war. His father, Bev, was a talkative, plank-shouldered man, an airman from Alabama with an optimistic and easy-scheming nature. Del and his twin sister, Berner, could easily see why their mother might have been attracted to him. But their mother Neeva – from an educated, immigrant, Jewish family – was shy, artistic and alienated from their father's small-town world of money scrapes and living on-the-fly. It was more bad instincts and bad luck that Del's parents decided to rob the bank. They weren't reckless people.
In the days following the arrest, Del and Berner lock themselves inside the house and wait for the friend their mother said would come. When no-one does, Berner runs away. Del, a solitary child obsessed with bee-keeping and chess, does not have friends to call on.
Del is saved before the authorities think to arrive. Driving across the Montana border into Saskatchewan his life hurtles towards the unknown, towards a hotel in a deserted town, towards the violent and enigmatic American Arthur Remlinger, and towards Canada itself – a landscape of rescue and abandonment. But as Del discovers, in this new world of secrets and upheaval, he is not the only one whose own past lies on the other side of a border.
In Canada, Richard Ford has created a masterpiece. A haunting and visionary novel of vast landscapes, complex identities and fragile humanity. It questions the fine line between the normal and the extraordinary, and the moments in our lives that take us into new worlds.
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Author: Richard Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1944. He has published six novels and four collections of stories, including The Sportswriter, Independence Day, A Multitude of Sins and, most recently,The Lay of the Land. Independence Day was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the first time the same book had won both prizes. He lives in Maine with his wife, Kristina Ford.
Novelist and regular Booktopia Blog contributor, Kylie Ladd, recently reviewed Canada on the Wheeler Centre website:
Read it here: Tipping Points and Transgressions: Richard Ford's Canada
About the Contributor
Andrew Cattanach
Andrew Cattanach is a regular contributor to The Booktopia Blog. He has been shortlisted for The Age Short Story Prize and was named a finalist for the 2015 Young Bookseller of the Year Award. He enjoys reading, writing and sleeping, though finds it difficult to do them all at once.
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11th Feb 2018
We were delighted to welcome the PSNI Community policing team to school on Wednesday during our Health and Safety week. They launched the start of our community 'School Watch' scheme (see yellow signs on perimeter fence). Letters have also been sent home explaining the scheme.
The police also visited each classroom to discuss the danger of strangers and sharing information on the internet as well as many other topics of Safety. Thank you!
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You can help Snowdonia by volunteering
The Snowdonia Ecosystem Project carries out regular practical conservation volunteer days to help enhance and maintain the natural beauty of the National Park. From toads and trees to footpaths and fungi our project is an ideal way of getting directly involved in the conservation and management of Snowdonia National Park, whilst having fun and meeting new (and familiar) faces.
You can volunteer as an individual or with a group, every workday, once a month or just once a year.Download a volunteer registration form here
You Could Help With
- clearing invasive species
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- habitat management
- litter clearing
- mammal surveying
If you prefer ongoing work at one location, at Tŷ Hyll we offer:
- wildlife gardening
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- footpath work
- welcome visitors to our open days.
Why Volunteer?
- Explore Snowdonia
- Meet new (and old) friends
- Keep fit and active
- Get relevant training
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- Meet other professionals working in the environmental sector
- Gain valuable experience to put on your CV
- Get a sense of achievement
- Work outdoors
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Snowdonia is your national park – come and help to ensure its survival in these changing times… If you don't who will?
Our volunteers enjoy a regular programme of conservation workdays which take place come rain or shine, at all times of the year. Whether you enjoy energetic activities such as clearing Rhododendron ponticum and maintaining Snowdon's well worn footpaths, or prefer to hone/improve your identification skills by carrying out mammal surveys or learning the characteristics of different habitats, our project has something for you.
No experience is needed as full training will be given on each workday. Fancy getting involved? Contact Owain or Mary-Kate:
The Snowdonia Ecosystem Project is supported by NRW and CAE the National Parks sustainable development fund.
"Volunteering is an opportunity to meet like-minded people and build a community." Cass Docherty, volunteer.
What We Provide
- Tools, gloves, training, insurance, First Aid Kit
- Travel expenses to/from work sites can be paid at a rate of 25p/mile up to a maximum of £15
- Transport to some workdays
- Full risk assessments are completed before each activity and a First Aider is always present
We have a small number of spare coats, waterproof trousers, wellies and steel toe cap boots. If you would like to borrow some please let us know before a workday.
What You Need To Bring
- Warm work clothes
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- Sturdy footwear (such as hiking boots or wellies with steel toecaps) is essential. Trainers or other light shoes are not acceptable.
- Food and drink
Under 18s
We welcome young people on our volunteer days, but please note:
- if you are under 16 you must be accompanied by a responsible adult
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A quintessential English pub set in the picturesque Kentish Hamlet of Hernhill located just a few miles from the historic towns Faversham and Whitstable and the City of Canterbury.
We believe in supplying quality fresh produce and take great pride in working with the best local suppliers to create delicious and diverse dishes for our seasonal ever changing menus and daily specials. Our style can be described as contemporary Kent and features incredible local lunchtime specials, a walkers' menu and Butcher & Trawler Boards to share.
Sunday lunches at The Red Lion are as popular as ever with the finest cuts of meat (the highlight being the sirloin of beef).
Whether it's for a quiet family lunch, a birthday or a special occasion, our crown post restaurant can hold up to 50 seated guests.
At the bar you will find a drink for whatever mood you're in. From our premium lagers, Peroni and Curious Brew, to our real ales, Master Brew, Harveys and A Local Guest. We work closely with our vintner to select wines to compliment our dishes from all over the world.
During the summer, if you're on your way to the beach or if its only a pitstop on your country walk be sure to come and make the most of our beer garden.
The pub is open all day (lunch stops at 2.30pm). We have a lovely garden, with a small entertainment area for younger guests, and welcome dogs. There are a few tables out the front that look across to the church and they are suntraps.
"Serves excellent food, appreciates decent customers and aims to provide an excellent service. Pay it a visit, you won't be disappointed. But one word of advice is to book a table because it is popular, and I am not at all surprised."
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*Aly took a picture of flowers she picked at our Grandma's house in front of a fence and I loved it. I think it's appropriate for this post 🙂
What's your definition of beauty?
Here at BIO, beauty is what we are built around. In fact, BIO stands for Beauty in the Ordinary – a phrase I (Beth) coined a long time ago when thinking of 'ordinary' things such as the sky, deep breaths, a cool breeze, etc. These things are so everyday that we take them for granted but when thought about I consider so beautiful and peaceful. Like how the sky can be all sorts of different shades of blue (something I came to love while playing softball in college, laying there stretching and finding something peaceful and beautiful in the midst of a grueling practice) Or a deep breath when feeling stressed or to remember a moment, and a cool breeze that comes just at the right moment and leaves you feeling refreshed and inspired. I know, a little cheesy and most people that know me would mock me a little right now bc they know the doodle journals that I've kept over the years that have these words scattered through them in the most creative ways I could come up with, and how when I talk about them I go to a slightly dramatic, 'deep' place 😉 I love words and I love finding beauty. And, here at BIO we love finding the beauty in each person we photograph. Everyone is so different, but contain a special uniqueness that is God given and inspired. Even as I write this I am tearing up a little bc I feel so strongly about it! haha, Aly would laugh at me and call me a nerd (I'm just slightly sensitive) 😉 .. ANYWAY, we want to hear from YOU, well Seniors in high school actually 😉 We want you to write us with what your definition of beauty is. It can be in whatever form you choose – poem, thoughts, stories, what inspires you – ANYTHING! We will read them all and pick one person to win a free senior session! Yes, a free photo shoot! Email them (firstname.lastname@example.com) or facebook message your entry to us ( facebook.com/biophotography )
Entries must be received by Sunday August 25th!
*winner must use this shoot by October 1st and it must be used for a senior session only
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Connecting People, Ideas and Solutions.
July 31, 2018
Migration to the new BC SUPPORT Unit eCoP platform will take place on Tuesday, Aug 7 with the new platform being launched around noon. Anything posted to InspireNet eCoPs that morning will not be included in the migration and won't appear on the new eCoPs.
InspireNet will be retired after that time, and all eCoP activity will move to the new platform, connected to the Unit website (www.bcsupportunit.ca).
Special Messages to InspireNet Members
February 21, 2017
Dear InspireNet Member,
Urgent: we need to hear from you about your wishes by March 15! Please see the highlighted paragraph below.
In May, we wrote to tell you about InspireNet's transition.
Currently, InspireNet is becoming the virtual networking platform for the BC SUPPORT Unit (BC Support for People and Patient-Oriented Research and Trials Unit), a multi-partner organization preparing to support, streamline and increase patient-oriented research throughout BC.
The BC SUPPORT Unit ("the Unit") is part of Canada's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research, led by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The Unit is part of the developing BC Academic Health Science Network (BC AHSN). You can read more about this transition here.
Here's where we need your input: we're reaching out to you as a former InspireNet member to determine whether you are interested in participating in patient-oriented research (POR) activities and becoming a member of the BC SUPPORT Unit database.
The Unit is seeking patient engagement; patient data will be maintained in a separate database.
By continuing your membership, you will benefit and further contribute to POR by:
- learning more about POR through webinars and other events and activities across the province;
- networking with other researchers, healthcare providers, decision-makers and patients interested in POR;
- leveraging InspireNet's virtual platform (webconferencing and password-protected website space) for your POR projects' collaborations*;
- participating on research teams or sharing research findings**;
- assisting with patient recruitment for their engagement in Unit activities**.
*of interest to researchers
**of interest to healthcare providers
If you wish to be a member of the BC SUPPORT Unit's database, please contact us now with a quick note to let us know.
We will remove from the database any former InspireNet members who have not responded with an interest in becoming a BC SUPPORT Unit member by March 15, 2017.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
Warm regards,
InspireNet's Management Team:
- Noreen Frisch, RN PhD, Professor, University of Victoria | Former InspireNet Academic Co-Lead
- Pat Atherton, BCom, MPA, Former InspireNet Manager
January 17, 2017
To our InspireNet membership,
At this juncture we are pleased to report that the InspireNet network is transitioning to become the communications platform for the emerging BC SUPPORT Unit (BC Support for People and Patient-Oriented Research and Trials Unit), a multi-partner organization to support, streamline and increase patient-oriented research throughout BC. The BC SUPPORT Unit is part of Canada's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research, led by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. It is also now part of the developing BC Academic Health Science Network (BC AHSN) with the network's interim board providing governance and oversight.
The BC SUPPORT Unit has contracted with InspireNet for its transition to the Unit's virtual platform in the areas of networking, professional development, knowledge translation, communications and evaluation. Planning for this transition – and the services that will be offered, and to whom – is still in early stages; however, in implementing this transition the network continues to be managed at the University of Victoria.
At this transition time the collection of InspireNet curated professional development publicly available resources is still available and plans are being made to move these links to the BC SUPPORT Unit's website.
Read more about this transition on MSFHR's website: http://www.msfhr.org/news/msfhr-news/inspirenet-transitions-new-role-bc-support-unit.
Warm regards,
InspireNet's Management Team:
- Noreen Frisch, RN PhD, Professor, University of Victoria | Former InspireNet Academic Co-Lead and Training and Virtual Networking Platform Advisor, BC SUPPORT Unit
- Pat Atherton, BCom, MPA, Former InspireNet Manager; Director, Training and Virtual Networking Platform, BC SUPPORT Unit
May 25, 2016
To our membership,
This note is to tell you about InspireNet's transition to support an exciting new initiative in BC whose aims are aligned with InspireNet's vision to improve healthcare through research. Details of the transition, what it means or may mean for members, and what you'll hear next, are below. In the meantime, please feel free to be in touch with any questions.
As you are likely aware, InspireNet has been funded since 2009 through an award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)'s BC Nursing Research Initiative. The network has worked to create and share health services knowledge; strengthen research and knowledge translation capacity; and, facilitate innovation in the delivery of health services. Initially our membership focused on nursing. As the network grew, our mandate expanded to become interprofessional, morphing InspireNet to InspireNet 2.0. Currently our membership is over 4,200 individuals interested in health services research; about 60% of them work in BC's health authorities, 25% work or study in BC's post-secondary institutions, and the remainder work in smaller organizations or are outside of BC.
As has been previously communicated, due to the demonstrated successes of the network and the generosity of MSFHR, funding for the network through its initial award was extended to a current end date of May 31, 2016.
At this juncture we are pleased to announce that the network will transition to become the communications platform for the emerging BC SUPPORT Unit (BC Support for People and Patient-Oriented Research and Trials Unit), a multi-partner organization transitioning from start-up phase to regular operations, preparing to support, streamline and increase patient-oriented research throughout BC. The BC SUPPORT Unit is part of Canada's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research, led by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. It is also now part of the developing BC Academic Health Science Network (BC AHSN) with the network's interim board providing governance and oversight.
The BC SUPPORT Unit is in process of contracting with InspireNet to transition into the Unit's virtual platform in the areas of networking, professional development, knowledge translation, communications and evaluation. Planning for this transition – and the services that will be offered, and to whom – is still in the early stages; however, the network will continue to follow the existing management model: the University of Victoria will serve as the 'host' in partnership with the Provincial Health Services Authority, and management of the network will continue in a collaborative leadership model with co-leaders from academia and practice, supported by a network manager who will work closely with the SUPPORT Unit team.
What does this mean for existing members? Again, it is early days, but we expect there will be services, initiatives and opportunities that will be of interest to you, as they will build on the strong foundation that InspireNet and its members have created. Additionally, BC AHSN, whose purposes will be broader than the BC SUPPORT Unit and will include the translation of evidence-based solutions into system wide implementation, will be exploring how it can build on this new platform working with us and the SUPPORT Unit. As we collaborate with the BC SUPPORT Unit and BC AHSN on this transition, we will be exploring how our members could benefit from, contribute to and participate in this exciting work that is underway in BC. We'll provide you with additional details as developments unfold.
In the meantime, the website, and its collection of curated resources, including recordings of past webinars, will be available until October 31, 2016.
Warm regards,
InspireNet's Management Team:
- Noreen Frisch, RN PhD, Professor, University of Victoria | InspireNet Academic Co-Lead
- Heather Straight, RN, BScN, MN, Director Academic Education, Provincial Health Services Authority | InspireNet Practice Co-Lead
- Pat Atherton, BCom, MPA, InspireNet Manager
Archived information
Leverage InspireNet
Become a member to gain full access to this site (free). To login to the site, click the blue Login button in the top right hand corner of this page; then you can Join the Discussion and Action Teams, and explore our Members' Database.
To learn more about current InspireNet Action Teams, follow this link.
Various Action Teams organize webinars which are available only to their team members. Therefore, in order to access them you need to join the appropriate team.
To Join an Action Team and to Access your Electronic Community of Practice (eCoP) and its webinars archive: Login to the website (blue button, top right hand side) and click My Teams. The list of eCoPs you're subscribed to as well as teams you can join will appear. Select the team you want to visit or be added to.
Resource to help nurses map their research careers
Health Services Researcher Pathway
A resource commissioned by MSFHR will help define how nurses progress throughout their careers in developing knowledge, skills, and competencies related to research and research use.The Health Services Researcher Pathway, developed through the BC Nursing Research Initiative, describes five distinct levels of nurses' research competency. The document is intended to support greater use of research at the point of care, where most nurses work. This framework was informed by published literature, as well as consultation with stakeholders from across BC, including nurses in practice. The pathway was developed by a project team co-led by Noreen Frisch (director, University of Victoria School of Nursing) and Sherry Hamilton (chief nursing and liaison officer, Provincial Health Services Authority).
►Details: http://www.msfhr.org/health-services-researcher-pathway-0
From the Knowledge to Action Team
Webinar recordings are open to the general public: details are here
1. Lunch & Learn Webinars: Open to All
Do you want to learn more about knowledge translation?
An initiative from the Knowlege to Action (KTA) Team for all members is the launching of a webinar series focused on knowledge translation. All are welcome; no need to RSVP. Webinars are recorded for future viewing.
Details: http://www.inspirenet.ca/Lunch-Learn-KT-Webinars
2. Researchers & Evaluators: Invitation to our Virtual Podium
Virtual Podium Webinars: Open to All
Attention novice/ experienced researchers & evaluators!
- Do you want to get your research out?
- Would you like to share your knowledge in a particular subject area?
Step up to our virtual podium! InspireNet is now offering BC's health services research community free use of our electronic platform to produce webinars and recordings for research dissemination to InspireNet members and on the open internet.
Details: http://www.inspirenet.ca/KT-Invitation-Virtual-Podium
November 2015
InspireNet Webinars:
Knowledge Dissemination in Action at the Point of Care
Did you know? Many InspireNet teams organize webinars to provide free educational opportunities. The Knowledge to Action Team also organizes webinars related to knowledge translation. Participation options are synchronous (i.e. in real time) or asynchronous (i.e. viewing a recording).
InspireNet webinar stats since 2011:
160+: Number of webinars held
2,116: Average number of participants (asynchronous and synchronous)
>20,000: Number of contact hours: 2,800 synchronous; 18,000 asynchronous.
Read our new report: http://www.inspirenet.ca/document/webinar-stats-oct-2015
BC KT Community of Practice
The BC KT Community of Practice featured InspireNet as a knowledge translation vehicle through the webinar: Mobilizing Knowledge to Improve Health Services: Tech-enabled KT Close to Care.
►View the recording here: http://goo.gl/2k3iO5
Research teams: Use InspireNet's e-platform in new ways!
Consider 2 ways that your team can leverage InspireNet's established and proven e-platform:
1. Research Team eCoP
If you are a prospective or newly emerging health research team with BC representation, you can apply for an InspireNet eCoP, which is closed for use by your team members only, to support the work of your team:
- during proposal development, and if successful
- during project work
An eCoP gives your team a 'virtual home' via a password protected web presence where you can share documents and collaborate online. Webconferencing supports communication through your computer.
2. Knowledge Translation (KT) eCoP
If you are an established research or knowledge translation team, you can apply for an InspireNet eCoP to support KT activities when your team is at the point of readiness to do that. An example of this is the MSFHR-funded iPANEL Team which is using an InspireNet eCoP and webinars to meet their KT goals. An eCoP supports KT by giving you an easy way to present your project via webinar/recordings of webinars, and to hold online discussions.
Visit the detailed webpage for research teams
Navigating the Website
Did you know? To find content on the content-rich InspireNet website you can use the powerful search engine, which appears in the big green box near the top left of all webpages on our website ("Search this Site"). When logged in, your search includes InspireNet's database and content in your Action Teams' eCoPs.
Any item on this website in blue is a hyperlink. Click on it to go to the linked page.
Most people don't know about the Ctrl+F trick: if you enter a large webpage anywhere on the internet, you can find specific content by holding down the Ctrl button then pressing the F key (Command+F on a Mac). This will pop open a finder in your web browser where you can enter the word or term you're looking for. More about this is available in this article.
You can also check our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page for tips.
Bookmark your content
At the bottom of the webpage you'll see an option to "Add to My Library"; click this to bookmark the content for later review. Then, when you have time, click View My Content, then the My Library link in the left hand navigation to review your previously bookmarked content which will appear in a table display. You can remove items from your library on either the webpage or from your library.
Leveraging Linkedin
Many InspireNet members are leveraging professional social media using Linkedin, which provides a way to create your own professional network. If you have a Linkedin profile, you can now add the link to your InspireNet Members' database profile, making it even more powerful in making connections.
► To add your Linkedin profile to your InspireNet Members' Database profile
Webinar Recordings
InspireNet teams convene webinars which are recorded for future viewing. Webinars are open to different audiences. Some are open to:
- the general public
- InspireNet members
- InspireNet's Action Team members
Full details on all webinar recordings are available here.
About InspireNet
InspireNet is a component of the BC Nursing Research Initiative funded by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (2009 – 2015).
By bringing people and knowledge together in new ways, InspireNet creates collaborative advantage and builds capacity for nursing health services research in British Columbia, Canada, and beyond.
InspireNet welcomes a diverse range of researchers, clinicians and policy makers from various professions and disciplines who seek linkages and partnerships with nursing health services researchers.
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Sailor Mouth Saturday: Rat/Rate
When I think of Poe, which may be more often that is good for a healthy psyche, I generally start to dwell on the things that he is not credited with. Just one "for instance" would be the invention of the detective story. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle owes Holmes to Poe's C. Auguste Dupin. But no one ever talks about that, do they? When those type of blue-Devils take hold, I like to turn my morbid thoughts back to Poe's writing and the more familiar stuff that gives me the willies just thinking of it. Like those big, brown rats crawling all over the poor guy in "The Pit and the Pendulum." And away we go...
Rate was originally a word for tariff, at least in seafaring parlance. In the 18th century, the navies of Europe began to rate ships according, for the most part, to their size and armament. A first rate could carry 110 guns or more, a second rate between 90 and 100, a third rate from 80 to 85, a fourth rate from 60 to 74, a fifth rate 30 to 50 and a sixth rate any number including none. These last were only rated if they were commanded by a Post Captain.
A rating, on the other hand, had to do with an individual seaman's stated position in the ship's books. This included wasters, idlers, able seamen and so on up to Admiral.
One often hears of ratlines (also spoken of as ratlings) in nautical fiction. These are the small ropes that traverse the shrouds horizontally. They form the footholds of the rope ladder climbed up and down by men going into and out of the rigging. To rattle down the rigging or rattle the shrouds is to fix the ratlines parallel to the water line, an occasional task that must be undertaken for the safety of those using the ratlines. A rat's tail is the tapering end of a rope.
And so we come back around to those brown rats. As Admiral Smyth puts it:
These mischievous vermin are said to have increased after the economic expulsion of cats from our dockyards. Thus, in the petition from the ships-in-ordinary, to be allowed to go to sea, even to carry passengers, we read:
Tho' it was hemigrants or sodgers -
Anything afore them rats,
Which now they is our only lodgers;
For well they knows, the artful dodgers,
The Board won't stand th' expense of cats.
A shame too as, after the dawn of nautical insurance, insurers would not pay for damage done by rats. Time to bring a ratting dog aboard, evidently.
A rat, too, was a sailor's word for one who turned his allegiance easily to suit his own best interests. Sounds familiar to this day.
All that said, I hope you and yours enjoy Poe's birthday. Perhaps with a reading of one of his better stories. But first stop by the dear Undine's World of Poe blog and read her tribute to the great man and his humor. You'll love it; I promise!
Header: Brown Rat by Archibald Thorburn via Movie Posters Lounge
3 comments:
- Timmy! said...
Happy Birthday to E. A. Poe!
And anything that gets rid of rats if fine with me, Pauline.
- January 20, 2013 at 11:28 PM
- Munin said...
Hi Pauline, I hope you are doing well and this year brings you fairer winds than last. Oh, and a belated happy new year. It is my intention to be a much more regular reader here. I've started getting out of bed a little earlier each day to fit some sketching time in, so a cup of tea and a little interesting reading seems like a nice reward for abandoning my warm bed.
Anyway, you know when you glance at a paragraph and a few bits pop out? My brain latched onto 'influential writer', '50 Shades of Gray', and 'Twilight'. Hehe, for a few seconds my heart sunk. But then I began reading and, well, shame on me for doubting you. Huzzah for Poe! I always read a bit of Poe along with Dickens, M.R. James etc... over the Christmas period. Ghost stories are kind of a Christmas tradition over here. I know Poe never really wrote ghost stories, but I always make a little room. This year I enjoyed Into the Maelstrom again. One of my favourites. I also read Arthur Gordon Pym again earlier last year. The parts on the Grampus are always memorable.
Speaking of rats, were Queues called rats tails too?
Oh, and bravo for mentioning Poe's humour. It was diabolically good, but I always figured many people would not see it as humour.
- January 21, 2013 at 9:53 AM
- Pauline said...
So good to hear from you, my friend. I've been a huge fan of Poe for as long as I can remember. It is a little mind boggling how under served he is as a genius.
You might have heard a long line of men, particularly those waiting their turn to sign up for service and receive their half-pay, called a "rat's tail" in the 18th century. Good point there.
Thank you for adding so much to this post!
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(Feb. 17, 2017) – The Breakdown returns after a one-week hiatus. Let's take a look back at the past two weeks, which were busy for the Breakers.
The Breakers welcomed back a familiar face with the signing of midfielder Tiffany Weimer. Weimer, 33, most recently played for Kvarnsveden in Sweden's top-flight league Damallsvenskan. She played in 10 matches for Kvarnsveden, scoring five goals in 900 minutes of action.
No stranger to the Breakers, Weimer played eight games for Boston during the 2010 Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) season. In the NWSL, Weimer has played for Portland (2013), Washington (2015), and FC Kansas City (2016). In three NWSL seasons, Weimer has logged 577 minutes, played in 18 matches, and scored one goal to go along with one assist. Both came during the 2013 season with Portland, a year in which Weimer and the Thorns won the first-ever NWSL Championship.
"I've had some great conversations with Tiffany, and she's hungry to come back to Boston and the NWSL," Boston Breakers head coach Matt Beard said. "She's gone away and had a great season in Sweden, and she will be another great addition to our team. She is a technically gifted player with a good soccer brain, and I'm looking forward to bringing Tiffany back to the Boston Breakers."
Read more about the Tiffany Weimer signing at http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/NEWS/930939.html.
The Boston Breakers announced Monday the re-signing of forward Natasha Dowie, pending receipt of her P-1 Visa and International Transfer Certificate (ITC). Per team and league policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Dowie, 28, most recently set a franchise record for the Melbourne Victory, scoring nine goals during the 2016-2017 Westfield W-League season in Australia. She was named to the PFA Jetts W-League Team of the Season.
"I'm delighted to be joining back up with the Boston Breakers," Dowie said. "I really enjoyed my short spell there at the end of last season. There has been some strong additions to the squad, and I can't wait for training to start. It's a beautiful city, a great club, and I felt a lot of support from the fans last year. I'm enjoying my soccer right now, and I'm really looking forward to the new season."
In 2016 with the Breakers, Dowie started all seven games she appeared in, logging 605 minutes. She led team in scoring with three goals. Dowie scored on her debut, a 1-0 win at home against the Orlando Pride on July 31, 2016.
"It was important to tie Natasha down after her impact she made last season on a struggling team," Boston Breakers head coach Matt Beard said. "One thing I know she will do is score goals. I'm excited to see how she links up with all the attacking players we have signed this offseason."
Read more about Natasha Dowie re-signing at http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/NEWS/931055.html.
On Feb. 8, U.S. Women's National Team head coach Jill Ellis named 25 players to a training camp roster prior to the 2017 SheBelieves Cup that will feature the USA, Germany, France and England playing in three doubleheader events at three different venues over a seven-day period. The match days on March 1, 4 and 7 will see four of the best teams in the world meet over six games that promise to be highly competitive and entertaining. Included on the roster is No. 1 draft pick Rose Lavelle.
Read more about the U.S. Women's National Team's She Believes Cup roster at http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/NEWS/930877.html.
The Breakers launched a new residential camp program! Take advantage of our early bird special at http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/CAMPS/residentialcamps/index_E.html.
In other news …
The 2017 NWSL season will be here before you know it! Season tickets are currently on sale and can be purchased by visiting www.breakerstickets.com or by calling 617-945-1704.
For the latest in Boston Breakers news, be sure to follow the team on:


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Abby, Carey & the pizza that miraculously survived the FEU ovens.
"The note" - straight from Javier's facebook.
Latin Quarter at night - so crowded!
Just walkin home past the Notre Dame...
Don't look so excited to go look at dead people, ladies!
The Catacombes literally holds thousands of bodies - eerie!
Sara ain't scurred.
Steps of Sacre Coeur
At sunset. So gorgeous.
Photo: Cara Freeman - the infamous inside of Sacre Coeur photo!
Phot: Cara Freeman, of course.
Cara, Ulysses & me at Sacer Coeur
My favie ladies: Abby, me, Cara & Holly on the steps. Love this pic, thanks Uly!
Photo: Cara Freeman
View of Paris from the top of the steps. So beautiful.
Photo Cred: Cara Freeman
Carey, Sara & myself at the goodbye dinner :(
Photo Cred: Cara Freeman
Jessica & Abby trying escargot. Looove Abby's face!
Oh the Seine. So pretty, so dirty.
A week from today I'll be at home in Bend. Very bittersweet thought. Gonna go try some haggis now, it's basically the most popular Scottish dish and what all local Scottish people eat Nick says. It's lamb stomach or something foul. Hopefully I don't vommmm.


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Killer Destinations
Check out infamous locations made famous by some of the most heinous serial killers in history.
Photo By: By Ewan Munro from London, UK (Princess Alice, Aldgate, E1Uploaded by Oxyman) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Photo By: By DCTWINKIE5500 (Ted Bundy%u2019s VW Beetle Is Now a Museum Piece) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Los Angeles
Charles Manson was responsible for the Tate/LaBianca 'Helter Skelter' murders in Los Angeles.
Serial killer Albert Disavow, The Boston Strangler, murdered 13 women in Beacon Hill and other areas of Boston.
Shooter Charles Whitman killed 16 people and wounded 32 from atop the University of Texas Clock Tower in Austin.
Green River, WA
Gary Leon Ridgway strangled 70+ women and dumped their bodies along the Green River around Seattle and Tacoma, WA.
Queens, NY
David Berkowitz, aka the Son of Sam, claimed his neighbor's dog ordered him to shoot people on the streets of Queens, NY.
Washington, DC
Snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the people in and around Washington, DC's I-495 Beltway.
Serial killer Jack the Ripper hacked prostitutes to death in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888.
Alcatraz, aka The Rock, in the San Francisco Bay housed some notorious killers like Machine Gun Kelly and the Birdman.
Interstate 5
Serial killer Randall Woodfield murdered 18 women along the I-5 Highway running from Washington state to California.
National Museum of Crime & Punishment
Ted Bundy's car and the set of America's Most Wanted can both be seen in the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in DC.


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[/url]Passenger shot in head at roadblock
October 25 2006 at 12:06PM
By Rivonia Naidu
A woman passenger is in a critical condition in hospital after a South Coast traffic officer at a vehicle check point in Hibberdene allegedly shot her in the head.
Magotso Tsulele, 28, was one of eight passengers being transported in a Toyota Venture on Monday when the incident occurred.
The traffic officer faces a charge of attempted murder.
The driver of the Toyota allegedly failed to stop after being signalled to do so by the traffic officers manning the check point on the R102 Old Main Road.
Police spokesperson Captain Vincent Pandarum said when the driver of the Toyota did not stop, one of the traffic officers fired a shot at the vehicle.
The bullet hit the woman.
"Tsulele was admitted to the Port Shepstone Regional Hospital and remains in a serious condition. She has not regained consciousness.
"None of the other passengers was injured as a result of the shooting," he said.
He said the woman was identified by witnesses.
A relative of the woman said they were deeply saddened by the shooting and were hoping for Tsulele to recover soon.
The traffic officer is expected to appear in court soon.
o This article was originally published on page 1 of Daily News on October 25, 2006


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For all those who did not join Tia and gang for the Bangkok sketch trip, you can still join those in Singapore for Thai-based sketchwalk. We will be sketching around Golden Mile Complex where they sell Thai products and good Thai food! We will meet at the Golden Mile FOOD CENTRE (see map below) somewhere on the 1ST FLOOR (not basement) at 930am. Just look for a bunch of sketchers gathered there. You can have your breakfast there earlier too. At 930am, we will spread out in all directions, free and easy style, to sketch.
Here are some ideas where you could go: 1) snoop around Golden Mile Complex. 2) draw behind Golden Mile complex where you can see the shoreline. 3) Draw the army market where army boys buy army gear. It's just above the food centre we are meeting at. You can buy foldable stools there too. 4) Climb up to the higher floors of the flats and building around for a fresh view of things.
We will meet back at the same meeting point at 1230pm to see each other's sketches. For lunch, you can try out the food stall at Golden Mile Complex or anywhere else you like. At the food centre, the claypot rice at the basement right at the corner is good. And so is the Fried Hokkien mee in the middle of the basement floor. If you are lost, you can call Andrew at 91070735. But we should not be hard to locate.
To get there, the closest MRT station is Lavander. From there, it is a short walk to the meeting point. See you there!


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Actually, it is quite easy to over fertilize. How do you know if you've done so?
One of the first things that starts to happen when you've over fertilized is that they leaves start getting a much darker green, even to the point of being a bluish green. They will also start to get a leathery feel to them. The upper most leaves will start to wilt and be limp to the touch. After almost 2 weeks you will notice that the edges of your leaves will start to discolor and look burnt.
So if you have over fertilized, what should you do?
Flushing the soil is about the only thing that you can do, and this does not always work depending on how badly damaged your plants are when you realize they have been over-fertilized. But it is worth giving it a shot.
To flush the soil you will want to first rinse all the plants to be sure there is no residue of the fertilizer on the leaves otherwise the fertilize will rinse off them with the next rain and get into the soil, resulting in a repeat of the over-fertilization of the soil.
You will need a soaker hose. Set up your hose around the soil that has been over fertilized. be sure when you turn on your hose that the water comes out at a rate that allows it to be soaked into the dirt instead of puddling on top of it. Continue watering like this for 10 to 15 minutes. Repeat this process again in 2 hours and throughout the day.


text: Artists Ruby Neri and Paul Gellman who have collaborated on numerous projects came together to transform LAMOA into a stage for the theatric performance of The Real Art Hangers of Cheviot Hills, a one-act play written by Paul Gellman and performed by a cast that includes both artists and a group of amateur actors. The set is defined by Ruby Neri's murals titled The Villa of Mysteries, inspired by the famous ancient Roman frescos which are widely believed to show the initiation of a young woman into a Graeco Roman mystery cult. The murals are painted on canvas sheets attached to both the inside and the outside of the building.


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I played the Battle of Hoth using the Star Wars Miniature Battle rules, which are fun rules to play. This was a game during a winter vacation watching my daughter. It was my first Star Wars game and it was a few years ago. Not my best looking game. I used a lot of the old Star Wars Micro play sets and the 3 3/4 inch AT-AT's. The miniatures are the new WOTC figures. I also had a few of the old Micro figures that I used as well, just so they wouldn't feel that they were left out. I will eventually replay the game with better terrain. Eventually I want to have a really nice looking game. I had a little fun with microsoft paint.
|I used white fabric and cotton to make the ice mountains, worked out okay.
|I made the generator out of the Titanium bases from some of the die cast Republic Gun ships I bought.
|I bought 4 sets of the Hoth Micro play sets from the 1980's


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Yamaha Rock Tour in Textured Green Sunburst finish. 9-ply shells of Big Leaf Mahogany (Textured Ash are 6-ply mahogany, 2-ply ash). The mahogany for Rock Tour is a South American species that is grown in a reforested, managed forest as a renewable resource. Rock Tour shells have a low fundamental, and a warm musical tone while maintaining a strong attack and great projection.
Sizes are as follows:
22″x18″ Kick Drum
16″x15″ Floor Tom
12″x8″ Rack tom
Snare Drums
I use a Gretsch Renown 14″x6,5″ snare drum with flanged hoops as my main snare. I also use a Tama Superstar 14″x5,5″ snare drum with Die Cast hoops as a side snare or when I need a main snare with a shorter and high pitched sound. The Tama snare is also equipped with PureSound Percussion EQ snare wires.
13″ Meinl Byzance Traditional Medium Hi-hat
17″ Zildjian Avedis Medium Crash
18″ Zildjian Avedis Medium Crash
20″ Meinl Sand Ride
Hardware and stands
I use a variety of stands and hardware from different brands such as Yamaha, Premier, Tama and Pearl. Mostly from the Premier 2000 series. I use a Tama Iron Cobra Power Glide singel kick pedal.
Sticks etc.
I have a selection of different types of sticks to use for all my playing situations such as stick, rods, brushes and mallets. Most of them are made by Pro Mark. My go to stick is the Pro Mark Forward 5A .550″ Hickory Tear Drop Wood Tip.
What drumheads I use depends on what situation I'm in. I usually prefer Evans Drumheads and currently use:
G1 coated on the resonant side of all toms and the batter side of my Gretsch snare.
G2 coated on the batter side of all toms.
Evans 300 on the snare side of all my snares.
G14 coated on the batter side of my Tama snare.
Emad Coated on the batter side of the kick and the Yamaha stock head on the resonant side with a 5″ sound hole for easier placement of microphones.
Microphones and recording equipment
MacBook Pro 15″ Early 2011 with 2Ghz Intel Core i7 processor and 8GB of RAM. I'm using Logic Pro X for recording and editing work.
I use a Presonus Firestudio interface connected to my MacBook Pro with firewire. This gives me up to 8 different channels of drums and can be expanded with more channels if needed.
For monitoring I use Tannoy Reveal studio speakers and Shure se215 In-Ear monitors both for tracking and live situations. I also use a pair of Sennheiser HD-201, mostly used for editing when I'm not able to use my studio speakers for some reason.
I use a selection of microphones from different brands while tracking, I can also bring my own microphones for live use. A selection of the microphones I use are:
Shure SM57
Samson C01
JoeMeek JM27S
Apart from those I've also got a selection of no-name microphones and a DIY sub kick mic (basically a backwards wired speaker) to pick up some really low end from the kick drum.
I own a selection of shakers, tambourines and other hand played percussion (Cajon and different afro cuban percussion played with your hands), to use when the situation calls for it.


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Printable Version: 1_AlphabetNumbers
Learning Goals:
– Learner will be able to recite the entire English alphabet from memory
– Learner will be able to count 0 – 100
Materials: pen/paper, iPod/iPad, computer, Monopoly money (toy money)
Review: Can the learner write their name? How about the alphabet?
Overview: A lot of the core concepts of English will be easier if the learner understands the English alphabet and numeral system.
I. Practice introductions
e.g. "Hello, my name is ______"; "Nice to meet you. My name is _____"; "I'm from_____"
II. Ask for alphabet in home language
a. Listen for pronunciations
b. Note how it is different from English alphabet
III. The English alphabet
a. Present each letter in its upper case first
*Be mindful of what font you use – Comic Sans is a good choice
b. Once the upper case is mastered, move on to lower case
c. App: English Letter Tracer – assists learner in writing letters
IV. English Numeral System
a. Start with 0 – 10; Write each number and have learner repeat after you
b. Further practice: Gather items around learner's home (pencils, paperclips, etc.) and put them in stack to count; make a phone call and have learner identify the right numbers on the phone to enter
c. Continue on through 100
d. Bring in fake money (e.g. Monopoly money) to help with counting larger numbers
e. Explain larger intervals (thousand, hundred thousand, etc.)
I. Phonics Practice:
a. For each letter, present a word(s) and pronounce the sound the first letter makes: e.g. "bat" – pronounce "b" and have learner repeat back – now say "bat"
b. Create a list: For each letter, record a small sample of words that correspond to the letter's sound – you will have multiple sounds for some letters (e.g. long and short "a")
c. Make sure learner understands that how you say the letter in the alphabet does not always correspond to the sound the letter makes in a word
Summary: Assist the learner in spelling their own name. How many letters are in their name?


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Eat, write and sleep. Write, sleep and eat.
Odd menial chores.
Sleep, eat and write.
Bathroom breaks. Various lengths. Some tasks rhyme with write - others with behave. Others hiss.
Weekly excursion - visit old folks home.
Collect wages on way back.
Eat, write, sleep.
'I think we need a hobby,' said Gus, already claiming his first week of paid leave from the supermarket. Linda was working. Coinciding holidays might give their little secret away. I mean, how dare they fall for each other contrary to company policy. Unwritten too. NO employee liaisons.
'We?' I said, as Andy Murray, great British tennis hope, turned to his Mum, fist clenched, having just taken the first set in the Wimbledon final against Roger Federer. The time had come.
'Yes. It can't be all working and no playing,' he said, grabbing two bottles from a box of top-end beer he had bought in a two-for-one children's allowance day offer at a rival store earlier in the week. Gus doesn't have kids. So, he doesn't get the allowance. But why shouldn't he, should we say, take advantage.
'What's this?' I asked. 'Is this working. Sittin' here on a Sunday - getting slowly intoxicated?'
'No. This is not my meaning,' he said, as Andy's Mum jumps forward, raising a loving fist at her son as he takes another game. I can't see Murray being denied. His time must be now. He's hitting it sweetly.
'Tennis?' Gus offered. I nearly choked on my suds.
'You're kidding - right?' I said, recovering.
'Do I look like I is for kidding?' He raised his right eyebrow. He didn't. Unfortunately.
'Tennis isn't really my thing.' I said.
'Then what? he asked. Break point, Murray. Looking like his day.
A second one.
No again. Fed ain't a six-time champion for nothing.
'Then - how about we just watch the TV?' An extension of tone on the 'then.'
'OK,' he said - ruffled.
Menial conversations. On Wimbledon final day. Can't be having it!
Another break-point.
Murray would rue these. Minutes later he did. Federer wraps up the second set from no-where. Didn't see that coming. Neither did Murray by the looks of things. He's slumping. He has to hold.
He does.
What next? The skies to open.
Yes. Players off.
'I must go,' Gus said rising. He took three bottles from the box and left them to the side.
'Call in during the week,' I said. 'When you're off.' He picked the box up and put it under his arm. Clinking all over the place.
'I is off now,' he said, waiting for a second.
'Talk to you soon.'
I jumped up myself, leaving Gus to let himself out. I'd bought strawberries. And cream. They're very green though. Must be the rain.
I shut the curtains over not long after Gus had closed the door. Soon after the roof went over Centre Court. Off, it would not come again. The rain hopped off it, rebounding out from the speakers on the TV. Quite the pour.
As the players came back out to a longing British crowd, it didn't take long before they started to realise that Federer was hitting form, and try as he may, Murray had no answer. Federer was coming in more, making Murray move, being more aggressive on Murray's second-serve. An error that had cost the Swiss the first set. Serving sublimely. Focused.
The writing's on the wall. With all the grace and elegance that has made him the greatest tennis player of all time, Fed reels off the closing two sets to claim a record-equalling seventh crown. His seventeenth grand slam title. World number 1 again. At 30.
As Murray reflected on his fourth grand slam final loss, the disappointment flowed from his eyes as he thanked those around him. Graceful in defeat like William Wallace on his final day in Hollywood.
Time is on his side - but he is playing in the Federer/Nadal era. Throw in a Djokovic, and one can see why it is difficult for the Scot - the weight of an entire nation on his back. The burden of carrying the failures of his peers at the London Venue stretching back to the 1930's on his shoulders.
What might have been...
I lay prostrate on the couch. Head tilted to the side. Catching the glow from the fire and glimpses of the TV set in equal measure. The fire - patching my face. The TV - parching my brain. To combat the boredom I did what all self-respecting practitioners of the state of elusiveness do. I fell asleep.
There I was. Driving Sonny to talk Andy Murray off the Wimbledon roof. It took a long-winded motivational appeal, but Sonny talked him down.
Seconds later.
We're all refused entry in The Fed's private party. Wimbledon champs only - and their agents.
'Maybe next year,' said Mike Tyson to Andy. He was bouncing at the door. With Mitch!
'I'm heading back to Italy,' Sonny said - telling Andy to keep his chin up. Andy thanked him for talking him down.
'I do it all the time,' Sonny said, before shaking both our hands.
'Nice to see you again, Don,' he said. He disappeared like the figment of my imagination he was.
'Who are you again?' Andy asked.
'Don Booker.'
'Never heard of you, Don?' Don't worry about it kid.
But this was a dream. My dream. I could have fed him anything. Took advantage of the scenario.
'Wanna get drunk?' he asked. A bolt from the tartan.
'Shouldn't you be getting back to your girlfriend and Mum?'
'They won't stop crying. You'd think I'd died or something.' He turned his head back a little and attempted to smile. 'Unless you have to get back to yours?'
No. That certainly wasn't going to be a problem!
Somehow or other my face had found itself nestled, nose first, down where lost pennies go to hide in the couch. Among the stale crumbs and discarded hairs. Forensic nightmare!
We found ourselves drinking a 200-year-old bottle of Jim Beam on the very couch I lay sleeping on. From his private collection.
'Bit of a hole,' he said, looking around. He passed the bottle over.
Cheap shot.
'Tis. Writings a bit of a slow burner.'
'You must be devastated with your loss?'
The mouth fulls pass.
'Must be nice,' he said, offering his hand to take the bottle again. 'Being a nobody. Not that I mean any disrespect.'
I handed Jim back over. Us pair of slang-slingers. Probing.
'It has its benefits,' I began - not able to list many. 'It's quite for one.'
'Yes it is,' he said.
We listened for a time. Passing the bottle too and fro. Commenting occasionally on its hidden nectar's - its values - its historical importance in times of male woe. Near its death, it came.
'What do I have to do to win one of these damn things?'
That's Sonny's field. I had no answers. I thought about giving his a few positives. Like he had got to final. That he had millions in the bank. Third best player on the entire planet. Or is it the fourth? I was never third at anything. Not even at egg and spoon. But I didn't. Like a seasoned voter, I knew it wouldn't make a difference.
'You need a hobby, man,' I said eventually, after some serious thought. I wanted to help.
'You think?' he said, tipping his head as far back as it would go to drain the final drop of Jim down passed his mouth. It was an impressive sight. 'Like what?'
Fuck. I should have just kept my mouth shut. I was stumped.
'Do you read?' I asked. He looked at me like i had asked him something offensive.
'Of course I can read.' Ignoring his hearing, I passed him the copy of my book which just happened to be in my hand.
'Try that,' I said. I expected him to say 'No.' But he didn't.
'Booker's World,' he said. 'Imaginative!'
I don't know how long it took in dream hours, but he got through it in what seemed like the blink of a squinting eye.
'And I thought I was a loser?! he said, breathing out, eyes bulging like he was stressing a fact.
'See,' I said. 'There always someone/something worse.'
'I just needed reminding,' he said - shaking the empty bottle in hope. But this was not a fairytale. 'Thanks. Just what I needed.'
I knew it would have its uses. Someday. I told him to keep the book.
'Toilet reading,' I suggested.
His Galaxy something sounded off. He took it out. Fancy.
'It's the girls,' he said, passing it over for me to read.
Sleek too.
We've stopped crying now.
'Guess, I gotta go,' he said, starting to rise. Thank fuck. The legs on which he sat were numb. I wasn't doing my own chest cavity much good either. So, I rose off me as well.
'Do you think I can win a Grand-Slam?' he asked. He disappeared before I told him he could. He just had to do it. I sounded like a Nike cliche. I was glad he didn't hear me.
I woke from my slumber. Morning. Trying to cascade through those heavy curtains that served me so well. I felt like an eighty-year old man having just done a 12-hour shift on a ground-roller over rocky terrain. Which isn't good. I'm no where near eighty.
I attempted to stretch. I felt a twinge. Jaysus, had I pulled a disc? No. I could walk. My blood turned to pins as it began to circulate.
What was that noise?
Skype? Upstairs. Who'd be calling at this forsaken hour? Through a simple process of elimination I realized who it was. Sonny. He's the only one in my Skype list. Ordered to download it. By him.
I made coffee. Purposely strong. Those cheap bottles!
Ten minutes later I'd framed myself adequately and had Sonny on the other side of a computer screen. Bronzed as usual. Reminding me of those medals I never won.
'I tried calling you,' he said.
'I heard,' I said.
'Why didn't you answer. It could have been important.'
Not to me.
'Is it?'
'Well, no...'
I listened to him bang on again. Like his marriage counsellor. Amanda and Luke were fighting. Over how to develop the Italian enterprise to make Sonny 'fit in.' To make it pay for them all. So they'd never have to come back. I listened. Silently. Until he stopped for breath.
'Do you think they're having an affair?' I said. I watched as the expected look fell across his face. The classic furrowed brow. Might as well give him something else to think about. Throw a little family triangle among those thorny Italian vines. Paint that. Abstractly.
'I never said that?' he whispered - looking cautiously over his shoulder. No you didn't, Sonny. But now your thinking about it. Still - at least you have the sun down there.
He convinced me there was nothing going-on. Not that he had too. Boredom's a wicked thing sometimes. My bad.
Personal note to self - Must try harder in inter-personal relationships. Claim more sensitivity from universe. Must maintain friendships. Might need feeding. Someday.
Eventually the conversation ended itself in its usual way. The connection died. Like it does. Not sure if he tried to call back. I'd sent the computer into hibernation and got beneath the bed covers. That's more like it for a Monday afternoon. I'd talk to Sonny soon.
Larry Mulligan used to say he'd ban days of the week in favour of a more 'floating' approach if he ever got into power. Not sure of the power he had on his mind - being the independent hippy of the wrong era he was. In the wrong town. In the wrong country. Contemporary California might have suited old Lar better.
Me? I'd just ban Mondays. Make Sunday a 48-hour thing. Get the publicans on board. Reclaim the beer from the supermarkets. An Irish revolution.
You'd miss certain people. Certain places. Things.
Maybe I do need a hobby.
Kite surfing? You'd need a kite for that.
Research the family tree? - No thanks!
A job? - If only.
I think Ireland has me withered.
Write, eat, sleep.
Eat, sleep.


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