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There is a new Facebook page made for The MACK Show with Richard Mack Machowicz which claims to be the new KSEV AM 700 morning show. According to the page, "Mack" is a 10 year veteran of the U.S. Navy SEALs, Host and Producer of Discovery and The Military Channel show FUTUREWEAPONS, Host of Spike TV's DEADLIEST WARRIOR, Author of the Bestselling book UNLEASH THE WARRIOR WITHIN and Founder of NDCQ.com The Not Dead Can't Quit Social Network. (Thanks @shawnrbouley)
Sam Malone is no longer at KSEV AM 700 The Voice according to a Facebook post today:
Officially.... I was let go by the station last Monday. Said they wanted to go in a "different direction". I was never on vacation. Thanks for all the support. I'll be right here on FB with all my friends!!!
A former morning show host on 104.1 KRBE and Mix 96.5 KHMX, Malone clearly still has the star factor after being on the radio here for decades. Why? I started receiving emails from his listeners last Monday about the talk show host not being on the air. I figured he was just on vacation. Then I got more and more tweets and emails asking about his whereabouts.
Malone did confirm to me last week he was not on the air anymore and promised to talk to me this Monday. I waited to post till I heard from him officially. Now that he has come out publicly, I see no reason to wait now.
His former KRBE co-host Maria Todd is now a weekend anchor at News 92FM KROI, but I'm going to say it anyway, let's hear it for a Sam Malone and Maria Todd radio reunion!
At the time of this writing the KSEV website is down, so I have asked the station for a comment by messaging its Facebook page. Will let you know if I hear back from a station representative.
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Crews from across northern Colorado raced Saturday morning to tame a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire near a subdivision at Carter Lake southwest of downtown Loveland.
No structures were lost, and the blaze charred about 15 acres before crews had it under control about three hours later. Initial estimates pegged the fire's size closer to 30 acres, but officials believe that number will be reduced after further review.
"The wind really was quite substantial," Berthoud Fire Protection District operations Chief Robert Stumpf said. "We're fortunate that we got it knocked down as quickly as we did."
Arcing power lines whipped together by the wind apparently sparked the blaze, he added. The affected area was along a steep, rugged hill to the east of the lake.
Crews from Berthoud, Loveland, Fort Collins, Johnstown, Windsor, Larimer County and the state were on the scene and had the fire completely contained by late Saturday afternoon.
Mop-up efforts lasted into the afternoon. In total, 16 units were utilized.
A helicopter led a brief aerial attack near Sedona Hills Drive and Snowy Ridge Lane, and a late-morning fly-over revealed no more active flames and only minor smoke patches, which were being tended to.
As crews responded throughout the morning, winds were gusting up to 30 mph and temperatures quickly climbed to springtime levels. The high temperature in the area was expected to approach 70 degrees.
"We have been unseasonably warm," said Jim Kalina, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Average high temperatures for this time of year run in the mid-40s.
The warm and windy weather also stirred up the persistent Fern Lake fire in Rocky Mountain National Park heading into the weekend.
The blaze started Oct. 9 and has burned about 1,370 acres with smoke flare-ups noticeable every few days across the Front Range. As of Friday, it was still only 45 percent contained, and crews don't expect full control for several weeks.
A heavy helicopter and six smoke-jumpers were ordered on Saturday to help in the fire effort.
A red-flag warning for dry, gusty mountain winds remains in effect for much of the region. No precipitation is forecast for at least the next week, though temperatures will drop closer to average.
"It's a little bit uncommon," Kalina said of the dry, windy conditions. "But we have had situations like this around this time of year."
The National Weather Service's Seasonal Drought Outlook, released this month, indicates that, overall, drought conditions will persist through most of the Great Plains and Rockies through the winter. The three-month temperature outlook calls for "enhanced chances of above-normal temperatures."
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I am so fed up with the Chinese fire drill operations of the U.S. Senate and Sen. Harry Reid. He is rushing to pass immigration legislation under the guise of fixing broken immigration laws.
What most politicians fail to mention is we have immigration laws that are not being enforced. One example of this is the 700 miles of border fence that has never been completed.
Considering all of the technological capabilities of the government, you would think monitoring our borders would be a piece of cake. Maybe they are just too busy spying on us to keep track of our borders.
One may wonder why everything is a crisis, why every piece of legislation has to be so long that no one either has the time to read it or the ability to understand when they have read it. Why do we have to pass a law to find out what is in it? Would you sign anything legally binding without reading it first?
We are constantly promised and rarely delivered the things we want in an effort to gain our support for immigration reform.
My idea is fix the fence first. This promise was made in 2006 and has yet to be fulfilled.
Once the border is secure, I think most Americans would be willing to consider legislation dealing with those who are here illegally. I am tired of empty promises from politicians who speak from both sides of their mouths. I am tired of their pandering to any group for votes. I am disappointed in Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, for his part in this Gang of Eight debacle. If he had stood firm in the secure-the-border-first idea, his credibility would not be suffering.
Please keep burning up the phone lines in Washington and remind them that they work for us — and they need to secure our borders before there can be any other debate on immigration in this country.


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General Comments: Futures closed higher on forecasts for stressful weather for developing crops in West Africa. Hot and dry winds now could hurt the mid-crop production and also hurt some development of the crops for next year. Speculators seemed to be the best buyers as trends started to turn up on the charts. Malaysia and Indonesia crops appear to be in good condition and weather is called favorable. Overall weather patterns in West Africa production areas are good for harvest progress and for the mid-crop and next crop, although hot weather now could increase stress to trees. Demand is still reported weaker from the US and Europe, in part due to current economics and in part due to changes forced by the World Bank that encouraged forward marketing of the crops. Traders are starting to look ahead and past the midcrop harvest and note that the market could move to a production deficit next year.
Overnight News: Mostly dry conditions are expected in West Africa. Temperatures will average above normal. Malaysia and Indonesia should see episodes of scattered showers, but Malaysia will be drier this weekend. Temperatures should average near normal. Brazil will get scattered showers and warm temperatures. ICE certified stocks are higher today at 3.823 million bags. LIFFE stocks are now 2,672 standard lots, 132 large lots, and 3 bulk lots.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are mixed to up with objectives of 2270, 2330, and 2360 March. Support is at 2210, 2180, and 2155 March, with resistance at 2265, 2280, and 2300 March. Trends in London are mixed to up with objectives of 1475, 1510, and 1535 March. Support is at 1440, 1420, and 1410 March, with resistance at 1480, 1500, and 1510 March.
General Comments: Futures were a little lower as traders got ready for the USDA reports that will be released later this morning. It was mostly a consolidation trade yesterday. Many are worried about a bearish surprise as prices have gotten much stronger in the last week. Bears point to increasing certified stocks levels for reasons to be bearish. Demand bulls noted positive economic data released last week and positive economic data in general as a reason to buy. However, export sales reports showed some reason for worry last week as sales were down and China cancelled some recent purchases. The current low new crop prices are bringing into question what farmers in Texas and the Delta and Southeast will plant this year. Some are wondering if planted area might be lower this year here in the US due to weak prices against competing crops. The area lost would go mostly to Corn and Soybeans. Current weather featured some precipitation in Delta and Southeast areas, but western Texas was mostly dry. Delta and Southeast areas will be dry. Ideas are that the market can continue to work higher overall.
Overnight News: The Delta and Southeast will see showers and rain tomorrow and Friday, then a dry weekend. Temperatures will average near to above normal. Texas will get dry weather, although eastern areas could see very light precipitation today and tomorrow. Showers are possible in all areas on Sunday. Temperatures will average much above normal. The USDA spot price is now 76.19 ct/lb. ICE said that certified Cotton stocks are now 0.154 million bales, from 0.146 million yesterday. USDA said that net Upland Cotton export sales were 93,600 bales this year and 19,500 bales next year. Net Pima sales were 30,700 bales this year and 0 bales next year.
Chart Trends: Trends in Cotton are mixed. Support is at 80.60, 80.20, and 79.90 March, with resistance of 82.10, 82.30, and 83.40 March.
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General Comments: Futures closed a little higher on speculative trading in preparation for the USDA reports that will be released later this morning. Ideas are that USDA can show smaller crops in its reports this week due to the greening disease and dry weather that has been reported in Florida. USDA has cut production potential in the previous two estimates and might be forced to trim the estimate a little more next month. Weather remains about the same in Florida. Temperatures remain mild to warm in the state, and conditions are mostly dry. Forecasts do not call for any threatening temperatures, but dry weather is creating ideas that more fruit can be lost. Fruit is holding for now, and irrigation is being used by producers to hold crop condition. Harvest in Florida of mid and early oranges is continuing, and the Valencia harvest is underway. Weather in Brazil is reported to be good. Brazil is seeing near to above normal temperatures and scattered showers. Harvest is continuing, so an increase in supplies should be expected at this time of year.
Overnight News: Florida weather forecasts call for mostly dry conditions. Temperatures will average above normal.
Chart Trends: Trends in FCOJ are up with objectives of 123.00, 125.00, and 131.00 March. Support is at 119.00, 116.00, and 113.00 March, with resistance at 124.00, 126.00, and 128.00 March.
General Comments: Futures were lower on speculative selling tied to reports of good weather in Brazil and increased production in Colombia. London was higher as Vietnam producers are not selling due to the Tet holiday. Prices for Arabica continue to work lower on ideas of big production. Bulls keep talking about the losses from rust in Central America and the bears keep noting that there is more than enough coffee being produced in other countries to cover the losses seen in Central America. For now, it looks like Central America could lose at least 5% of the total crop this year and more next year. Current crop development is good this year in Brazil, and production areas are getting beneficial showers for the developing crop. Production ideas remain big there, and also remain big in Vietnam even though producers there talk about the potential for 25% crop losses. Central America crops are mostly harvested. Colombia is reported to have good conditions.
Overnight News: Certified stocks are lower today and are about 2.648 million bags. The ICO composite price is now 131.24 ct/lb. Brazil should get scattered showers and storms. Temperatures will average near to above normal. Colombia should get mostly dry conditions, and Central America and Mexico should get mostly dry conditions. Temperatures should average near to above normal. LIFFE stocks are now 10,241 lots.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are mixed to down with objectives of 140.00 March. Support is at 141.00, 138.00, and 135.00 March, and resistance is at 147.00, 150.00, and 151.00 March. Trends in London are up with objectives of 2100 and 2290 March. Support is at 2040, 2020, and 2000 March, and resistance is at 2085, 2110, and 2130 March. Trends in Sao Paulo are down with objectives of 176.00 March. Support is at 173.00, 170.00, and 167.00 March, and resistance is at 179.00, 181.00, and 183.00 March.
General Comments: Futures closed near unchanged after trading higher much of the day. The lack of demand news has hurt the bull case and made it hard to sustain rallies given big production ideas. Brazil said it will increase the ethanol in its gasoline blends in May, and this could help work off a lot of the surplus production in Brazil and could tighten world balance sheets. Production has been strong in Brazil so far this year, and reports say that the new crop production looks to be strong as well, so the diversion into more domestic ethanol use will help. Exports from Brazil continue to be very strong after the delayed start to the program. The Thai crushing season is underway with good production expected, but the crushing and export pace remain slow. It is possible that the crop size there has been overestimated. Traders wonder if and when India will cut offers to the market due to the lower prices and perhaps less than expected production due to some dry weather at the beginning of the growing season.
Overnight News: Scattered are expected in Brazil through this weekend. Temperatures should be near to above normal.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are mixed to down with objectives of 1775 May. Support is at 1790, 1760, and 1730 May, and resistance is at 1850, 1875, and 1900 May. Trends in London are mixed to down with no objectives. Support is at 496.00, 493.00, and 490.00 May, and resistance is at 507.00, 512.00, and 517.00 May.


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Ko Lipe (Thai: เกาะหลีเป๊ะ) is an island on the Andaman Coast of Southern Thailand.
Ko Lipe (sometimes spelled Koh Lipe) is outside of the jurisdiction of Tarutao National Park, and as such is exempt from certain laws prohibiting development.
The island is home to about 500 Chao Ley, or Sea Gypsies, who were given a grant to half of the island and live in small villages, predominantly around the far east side of the island near Sunrise Beach. The name "Ko Lipe" means "Paper Island" in the local Chao Ley language.
According to a December 2008 report by the Sustainable Tourism Network, Ko Lipe is faced with numerous environmental problems, including destruction of wetlands, waste disposal, and water shortgages.
It is surrounded by uninhabited islands of the Butong Archipelago.
Get in
By Boat
The following companies operate boats in the high season (November to May):
The company also operates a daily speedboat to/from Hat Yao Pier in Trang, leaving Ko Lipe at 10:00 and arriving in Trang at 12:30. The trip costs 750 baht. The company offers continuing boat service to Ko Lanta (1,500 baht total, arrives 15:30), and Phi Phi (1,800 baht total, arrives 17:00). For the journey to Ko Lipe, the boats leave Phi Phi at 08:00 and arrive in Ko Lipe at 15:30.
In the low season, there is one boat per day from Pak Bara leaving at 11:30.
Ferries are met by longtail boats offering transfers to anywhere on Ko Lipe for an additional 50 baht/person (non-negotiable).
Health and Safety tip: Speedboats can often bounce off the waves at very high speeds and passengers can get quite strong jolts into the non-sprung seats, so persons with back or neck problems should not travel on the speedboats, but on the ferry. There have been reports of serious back injuries happening on the speedboats.
Get around
All of Ko Lipe can be covered on foot, although its size at first can be a little deceiving. There are few motorcycles around the island, none of which are for rent. There are no cars on the island. Longtail boats will take you from any point on the island to any other point on the island for 50 baht. Small concrete roads link the various beaches.
The reefs around Ko Lipe are largely intact; the 2004 tsunami had little impact here. Around Ko Lipe are some Thailand's best reefs all within easy reach:
Currents: The currents here are predominantly tidal which means that at certain times of the month strong currents exist. At other times, none at all. You can always find somewhere good to dive but the widest selection of dive sites is available twice a month, following the half moon.</do>
Big Stuff: You can see numerous sharks, whale sharks and manta rays. Sightings of the big guys are more likely on sites around the edge of the marine park, nearer the deeper waters. For the best chance, try to visit 8 mile rock, Stonehenge or Ko Pung.</do>
Dive shops
There are several dive shops on the island:
Other activities
There are no ATMs on Ko Lipe. The Internet cafe along the main street will change travellers cheques at reasonable exchange rates. You can have your your Visa or Mastercard charged in exchange for cash back at Varin Resorts (7% fee), Pooh's (8% fee), and an Internet cafe near Ko Lipe Travel on the small road (5% fee). Bundhaya Resort offers the best exchange rates for dollars, euros, pounds or ringgit, but the rate is less than you would receive in a major city.
Most of the hotels serve food and drinks. In addition, there are several stand-alone restaurants:
Most of the hotels serve food and drinks. In addition, there are several stand-alone bars:
Pattaya Beach
Sunrise Beach
Karma Beach
Sunset Beach and Bila & Sanom Beaches
Fishing is illegal near the island so stay away from fishing trips and do not purchase locally-caught fish.
Stay safe
The Chao Lay village has a small medical clinic. There are now 4 doctors at the hospital. For emergencies they will provide first aid and organise transport to the mainland hospital. The phone number of the hospital is 0854543814 (English-speaking doctor).
Please also note that stonefish have been spotted and photographed in the waters of Ko Lipe. While the chances of getting stung are slim, you may want to consider protective footwear when swimming in the water.
Get out
Sometimes Lipe seems to be trying to hold onto you. Consider this, especially if you have a flight to catch:
There are quite a few travel agencies on the island, all offering you to book the speedboat/ferry and train/bus tickets, that can get you literally anywhere in Thailand. They operate in collaboration with mainland agencies in Hat Yai or Trang, two usual places to take the bus or train from. The mainland agencies are buy the tickets at the railway stations, and those close at 18:00. It's best to come to travel agency at the island before that time, since they won't be able to book your ticket later. If you reserve the ticket afterwards, they will try to buy it the next day, but the train may be fully booked. It's better to insist on them reserving the ticket when you are at the agency, as they happen to postpone it at times, which may result in not getting the ticket.
For the trains it's best to book at least 3 days in advance. For most buses one day ahead is enough. Buses are less comfy and more expensive though (compared with the 2nd A/C sleeper class trains).
Feel free to bargain - travel agencies can't do anything about the train/bus price, but they are able to lower the ferry/speedboat price as well as the minibus transfer from the port to the city.


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2. I don't have time to read the books I have already. (I don't care if you read it; just BUY it.)
3.If I buy one more book the floor will cave in. (In the current market, it should be easy enough to buy the apartment below yours and stack books there.)
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Month 31: Have you…Done the Pee Pee Dance Lately?
Thought Dilemma: Why does my toddler do the pee dance instead of just going to the bathroom! Arggh!
Familiar Behavior: Have you done the pee-pee dance lately? I do the pee-pee dance when I'm trying to juggle 3 or more chores at once and I put off a pit stop.! 🙂 So many things can distract me on the way to the toilet…finding a baseball cap where it shouldn't be, which leads to the desire to glare at DH, then on the way to put it back in the closet, I find a jacket not hung up..again, more spouse maiming fantasies, then there are towels to fix…again, sometimes a 2yo wanting to go potty first, and by the time I remember to go I'm doing the Pee Pee Bunny Hop while emptying the dishwasher!
I know how big my bladder is…I've known for years. It stopped growing a long time ago. That means I know exactly what it feels like just before I might just wet myself and that gives me the time I need to run to the bathroom. I also have a bigger and stronger sphincter. I'm not going to lie, there are a few times when a couple of drops have escaped and not just because of pregnancy.
It is very easy to forget that toddlers are people too and they have the same behaviors we do. Just because we don't know what they are thinking, doesn't mean their thought process isn't important or doesn't have a logical flow leading up to the event. It's tempting to want to throw your hands up and slap on a diaper because…well…that's what our society does. We place value on our floors, carpets, couches, and our time. That means that often we seek avenues to protect those things immediately with what we've observed a thousand times instead of trying something else. Honest to goodness we ALL do it. We'll keep on fixing that rolled up carpet a thousand times won't we? Try instead to behave as if the diapers didn't exist. After all, your solution to your own pee-pee dance isn't to run out for a pack of depends, right?
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Posted on April 30, 2012, in Parenting, Potty Training, Toddlers and tagged diaper free, ec, elimination communication, month-30, natural infant hygiene, nih, potty learning. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
Brilliant! I'm still beginning my potty journey with twins (moving so much slower than I initially intended but I'm not beating myself up) and it's such a sweet, gentle thought to remember…our kids do the same things we do…of course. Thanks. 🙂
Here here! Great post. Too true. My little one is 16 months and it was only a couple of months ago that I clicked about how important the nappy/diaper free part of EC is. I had been doing lots of communicating, but with a bub in nappies. We have way fewer "misses" now that she's diaper-free at home. She's getting much more practice using her own judgement rather than having the 'backstop' of a nappy. Again, a great post. Thanks for sharing.


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Rolla is a perfect spot for a hookah lounge, but will the Rolla City Council (and SAFERolla) relent and amend the strict ban on smoking wherever people work for wages?
"Because of the way our ordinance is written, we can't allow this," Councilman Jimmy Dale Williams said Monday night after a couple of businessmen pitched the idea to the council.
No action was taken; the council will likely take up the question at the next meeting.
The agenda identified the hookah bar proponents as Mr. Muthanna Aldahhan and Mr. Jamil Altar, of World Wide Foods.
Altar identified himself as a St. Louisan; Aldahhan, a Rolla resident.
Their store is at 1033 Kingshighway; it has been a food market and a restaurant serving Mediterranean food, Altar said, but they want to close the restaurant and operate a hookah bar. They also want to serve pastries, cold-cut sandwiches and coffee. There will be no cooking on the premises.
"This has been very successful in St. Louis," Altar said.
He acknowledged that they already have a sign installed above the door that denotes the place as a hookah bar, but he insisted that the smoking has been going on outside only.
What exactly is a hookah? It's a water pipe used for smoking.
You may have heard of them before if you paid attention to a well-known children's book. A three-inch caterpillar smoked a hookah in Lewis Carroll's "Alice In Wonderland" (or "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"). I'm not sure what the little worm was smoking in his pipe, for it "took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice. 'Who are YOU?' said the Caterpillar." Whatever he was smoking made him sleepy.
The Jefferson Airplane band recorded a song called "White Rabbit" that made reference to "a hookah-smoking caterpillar."
I recall seeing hookahs in small shops in Columbia way back in time when I was a university student. There was a sign next to the hookahs that said "sold for display purposes only."
Altar told the council that hookah bars are especially popular in college towns or in cities near college campuses.
Just before their presentation, another fellow, identified in the agenda as Mr. Kodie Campbell, spoke in favor of a "hookah bar" in Rolla.
Campbell identified himself as a Vichy resident. I'm not sure if he was speaking in favor of the hookah bar at World Wide Foods specifically or if he was speaking in favor of hookah bars generally. I guess it was both. He likes hookah bars and wants the city council to allow any business that does 75 percent or more of its business in the sale of tobacco to be allowed to open a hookah bar on the premises.
Many cities allow businesses like that to offer smoking rooms, he said, and he was armed with figures and statistics about cities that have smoking bans yet allow smoking lounges.
In summary, he said a hookah bar gives people a place to go in Rolla.
In other words, it is a tourist destination.
Altar explained flavored tobacco goes into the top part of the pipe. The tobacco is set afire and smoke is drawn from the burning tobacco by sucking on a tube. The smoke goes through water before it reaches the mouth and lungs of the smoker. The water cools the smoke. It is reported to be a pleasurable experience to breathe in the smoke from a hookah.
No matter how pleasurable, it is as illegal to smoke a hookah in the workplace as it is to smoke a cigarette.
City Administrator John Butz said the workplace ban ordinance would have to be amended to allow a hookah bar.
"I still couldn't support the hookah bar if we're going to discriminate against other businesses," Councilman Williams said. "We're not being fair to our business people already here who would like to have smoking allowed. I can't do it."
But Councilman Lou Magdits said, "I think it's wrong to say it can't be done." He said a smoking lounge, a cigar lounge, a hookah bar could be specified as allowable while retaining a ban on smoking in Rolla's workplaces.
And Magdits added another twist when he asked the men to describe the cultural significance of a hookah bar for "this is an international community."
Altar said, "It is very common in the Middle East." He said hookah bars were introduced in the United States in 2000.
Councilman William Lindgren said he believes the flavored tobacco smoked in a cooling water pipe is a gateway to more tobacco use by young people, a trend Rolla wants to get away from.
Moreover, he said, it seems to be a fad.
"I don't know why we'd want to change our ordinance for a fad," Lindgren said. "This is a fad. It just needs to be allowed to die."
Councilman Steven Leonard said smoking isn't the main worry for people with health concerns: "The biggest contributor to heart attack is a sedentary lifestyle."
"Our ordinance is way too broad," he said. "I want to revisit the smoking ordinance.
Leonard said the ban is affecting the Rolla bar business
Altar said he would like to bring a hookah to the next council meeting to demonstrate it. Butz, laughing, said the businessman could bring the hookah but not fire it up in the public building. Butz said people who would to see a demonstration of a hookah should check YouTube on the Internet.
What a dilemma the council now finds itself in. Will it allow smoking in a hookah bar? Will it allow tobacco shops to become tobacco lounges? Will it use the cultural connection as a reason to allow hookah bars but not smoking in regular bars? Will redneck culture rise up and demand equal consideration when drinking beer and whiskey? Will highbrow culture rise up and demand equal consideration for smoking while sipping martinis? Will trendy, hipster culture rise up and demand to be allowed to smoke while drinking brewpub crafts?
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"I said this all along. They went from nine All-Americans to seven," she said after the UConn women dusted the Terps in College Park last week, even without Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Morgan Tuck. "If they lose a couple more, Geno will start having to coach like the rest of us."
Get back, Jojo.
Did she really say Geno Auriemma doesn't have to coach?
Now it's possible that Frese was trying to be funny. Even so, there's the occasional element of truth behind every joke. Geno doesn't have to coach because his players are too good. Roll out the balls and que sera sera.
This much we know, however: Frese and Auriemma aren't candidates to, you know, exchange cannoli recipes. It's one thing if Harry Perretta or Doug Bruno, longtime friends of Geno, tease him. It's another from a coach whose roster isn't exactly bereft of All-Americans either.
The implication that Auriemma's life is easier than everyone else's in women's basketball is ? correct. Because he made it that way. Nobody handed him the keys to a Lexus here. The best players come here now because they want to. They want to get better, win championships and understand the general awesomeness of being involved in something bigger than themselves.
Here's what else I know: When Auriemma has the best players, UConn goes undefeated. (Think about that). When he doesn't, UConn still contends for (and sometimes wins) national championships. And if you've ever seen his spleen venters in practice, you'd know he's not exactly sitting with his feet up for two hours sipping Cabernet on winter afternoons.
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Nobody had asked Auriemma to comment publicly about Frese's musings, all the way into Friday night, when the Huskies were back at Gampel Pavilion for an enthralling endeavor against Boston University. File this under "it's a tough job but someone's got to do it."
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"It's a recurring theme stated in different ways," Auriemma said. "Well, of course UConn gets the best players and that's why they win national championships."
Then the coach began to warm up.
"That's like saying the only reason Nick Saban wins is because he recruits a lot of pros," Auriemma said. "I thought that was the point of our job. Go out and get the best players. If we get them, make them even better. If we don't, make the kids you do get even better, too."
Plus, name the team in the history of organized sports that ever won a thing of significance without really good players. Answer: none.
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Iwagakure (岩隠れの里, Iwagakure no Sato; English TV "Hidden Stone Village"; Literally meaning "Village Hidden by Rocks"; ) is the hidden village of the Land of Earth. As one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries, Iwagakure has a Kage as its leader known as the Tsuchikage, current being Ōnoki. Iwagakure is well-known for the rock-hard attitude of its shinobi; as soon as the Tsuchikage gives an order, the Iwa-nin do so without hesitation, even if it means death.[1] The standard attire for shinobi from this village consists of red outfit — which can either have one, or both sleeves — a lapel which is usually found on the side without a sleeve and a brown flak jacket — which also may, or may not have a pouch attached to it. They also tend to wear mesh armour around their ankles. Iwagakure ninja seem to specialise in Earth Release techniques.
The rocky mountain ranges that surround the village and country provide a natural stronghold. The village profits from this advantageous position and is proud of its strong defences. The village sits among a mountain range consisting of small narrow waterfalls, with the buildings being composed of rock and stone; shaped from large, elevated formations of rock into tower-like structures. Many of its buildings sit on cliffs connected by a network of bridges. The Tsuchikage's palace seems to be the tallest structure with a cone-shaped roof.
History Edit
During the time when Madara Uchiha was a shinobi of Konohagakure, he approached Mū and Ōnoki where he informed them that despite the alliance that Iwagakure had made with Konoha, his village was to remain the dominant power and that from that point on, they would obey Konoha. Afterwards, Madara fought and defeated them when they engaged him in battle. At some point, the First Hokage, distributed the tailed beasts to the Five Great Shinobi Countries as peace offerings to ensure balance amongst the nations.[2] Sometime in the past, due to great enmity between the Second Mizukage and the Second Tsuchikage, the two men eventually killed each other in a final confrontation. Although it is unknown which, or how many tailed beasts were given, the Four-Tails and Five-Tails were in Iwagakure's possession before their capture by Akatsuki. The Five-Tails, sealed within Han, was captured by Akatsuki under unknown circumstances. The Four-Tails, sealed within Rōshi, was captured by Kisame Hoshigaki while the jinchūriki was exploring the world. In the anime, Akatsuki had claimed that the villages of its first two jinchūriki, which Deidara indicates Han to have been one of, did not care and were glad to be rid of them.
Iwagakure played a small role during the Second Shinobi World War, being one of the villages to participate. The Third Shinobi World War would later make up for this, as Iwagakure becomes the main focus of the war by fighting against Konohagakure across Kusagakure. Despite the actions of Minato Namikaze, Iwagakure had the advantage and was successfully pushing Konoha back into the Land of Fire. When Konoha destroyed the Kannabi Bridge, they cut off Iwagakure's line of supply and turned the war in their favour. Due to their close proximity, Sunagakure and Iwagakure have had many battles over the years, resulting in a bitter enmity between the two villages and their ninja that they are slow to relinquish, even during the Fourth Shinobi World War, where they are allies.
In the past, the Tsuchikage were known for using underhanded tactics to win against their enemies. This included maintaining a strong military strength in times of peace by frequently employing Akatsuki secretly to fight for them during any quarrels they would encounter. This would earn Iwagakure the disapproval of the hidden villages of the other great nations. Other tactics included betraying an ally one the objective was achieved as seen in the anime during the Tragedy of Yosuga Pass when Iwagakure betrayed Kirigakure. Ten years before the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kirigakure requested Iwa's assistance in retrieving valuable documents stolen during Kumo's time of lust for power. Shortly after the documents were retrieved, the group of Iwa-nin betrayed the Kiri-nin on the orders of the Tsuchikage. This betrayal led to years of tension between Iwa and Kiri before the situation was settled, just short of the start of the Fourth Shinobi World War. Deidara, after stealing the village's kinjutsu, defected from the village because his art wasn't appreciated by his fellow village members, including the Third himself. In the anime, it was revealed that he had bombed the village before leaving.[3] He would later accept missions by governments across the nation as a terrorist bomber for hire, which would eventually lead him to being forced into join Akatsuki. Nevertheless, Iwagakure ninja still hold him in high regard.
In the anime, Iwa was also known to have attempted to destroy Konoha many times in the past. Iwa had in the past used their infamous Kamizuru clan to guide them in the battlefield. Unfortunately, they were stopped by the rival bug-users of Konoha: the Aburame clan, leading to the decline of the Kamizuru clan for their failure. After the invasion of Konoha led by Orochimaru had occurred, Iwa took the opportunity to strike back by deploying an extensive amount of genin led by an Iwagakure jōnin to attack Kohona while it was still reeling from the death of the Third Hokage. However, the battalion was disposed of by Kosuke Maruboshi with the help of subordinates.
Fourth Great Shinobi War Edit
At the beginning of the Five Kage Summit Arc, Iwagakure shinobi are seen sending the Tsuchikage and his bodyguards off. When they arrived at the summit, Ōnoki was verbally attacked by the Fourth Raikage who accused him of having affiliations with Akatsuki. However Ōnoki retaliates by commenting on Kumogakure's active lust for power in order to defend his village's actions. After the declaration of the Fourth Shinobi World War by Tobi, Ōnoki declares the creation of the very first Shinobi Alliance after much discussion. Ōnoki later travels back to Kumogakure along with a bodyguard to attend another meeting of the five Kage to discuss preparation for the war. Upon approval from the Earth Daimyō, Iwagakure forces set out for Kumo to attend the upcoming war. By allying with former enemy villages, the Tsuchikage apologises, in the anime, for the bad blood caused, showing a change in Ōnoki's view of the shinobi world and its future. Shortly before the war, Kitsuchi is appointed commander of the Second Division.
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- The second fanbook gives Iwagakure a population size of four out of five stars, a military strength of four out of five stars, and an economic strength of two out of five stars. Along with Kumogakure, it has the greatest military strength of the five main shinobi villages.
- Initially in the anime, Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi were the only two among the shinobi of Iwagakure to be illustrated with red under-shirts and forehead protectors, as distinguished in the manga. The rest kept their brown under-shirts and blue forehead protectors, as they were coloured first in the anime. This was fixed as of Shippūden episode 254.
- Two common features of Iwagakure shinobi are them only having one sleeve and lapel which is usually on the side of the uniform without the sleeve.
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1 ¼ cups sour cream
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and position the rack in the center. Butter the sides and bottom of a glass 9 x 13-inch pan. You can use a metal pan, but the edges of the cake may turn crispy (although that is not traditional, it is not an altogether bad thing).
Make the crumb topping
In a medium bowl, stir together both sugars, the salt and cinnamon. Add the melted butter and whisk until combined. Fold in the flour until it is absorbed and set the mixture aside.
Prepare the Cake
Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl and set aside.
Using electric mixer, beat room-temperature butter in large bowl until smooth. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy; add eggs 1 at a time, beating until well blended after each addition. Add sour cream and vanilla extract and beat just until blended. Add flour mixture in 3 parts, beating just until incorporated after each addition.
Assemble the cake
Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan, spread batter evenly. Use your hands to scoop up a handful of the topping and make a fist. The topping should hold together. Break off in chunks and drop them over cake. Repeat to use all the topping. Remember the topping with look very thick.
Bake the cake for 45 to 55 minutes or until tester inserted into center comes out clean. Rotate the pan two times during the baking process. Cool entire pan on wire rack for about 30 minutes before devouring.
The cake will last 3 days, tightly covered, at room temperature.


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Thursday, May 23, 2013
The Wine Blog Awards--Death is Like Fermentation
When I turned up dead, I knew I had an unusual case on my hands. I'd been fine the last time I saw me, that morning, in the mirror. I remember because, since I've put on a few pounds recently, it was the first time I'd seen my penis since Anthony Weiner sexted a picture of it all over the damned planet. It winked at me. I'd finished showering (I like my showers like I like my babes—hot, wet, and finished in three minutes) and was shaving. I hate shaving. My electric razor shoots the damned shaving cream all over the mirror. But there I was, the HoseMaster, a private dick staring at his formerly private dick. Alive and dangling.
Or was I?
Funny thing when you die—you're the last to know. I'd seen it my whole career. I'd be sitting in the square, peacefully drinking Kosta Browne Pinot Noir from my shoe, when I'd look up and I'd see a woman walking by who was dead and didn't know it. You've seen the type. That stunned look on her face, like she'd just finished reading a Matt Kramer column in Wine Spectator, her face frozen like she's modeling for Edvard Munch, a wine glass suspended between her breasts in a wine yoke, her glittery T-Shirt declaring, "Wine Bloggers Do It Alone in Their Room." Dead. Her blog readers know it, her prose proves it, her ideas symptomatic of a straight line on an EEG. There are hundreds and hundreds of these wine bloggers among us. I always feel sorry for them, these Walking Dead, these Internet Zombies. Like so many people, they think death is sudden, a moment when the lights go out, your last thought the thought that this can't be happening to me, it should be happening to Jay McInerney even if it is twenty years too late. But death's not like that. It's slow, and it's apparent to everyone else but you.
Death is like fermentation. Your life happens while you're growing, when you've yet to be harvested. But when you reach maturity, your life is plucked from you, the great Winemaker in the Sky crushes you, and fermentation begins. It takes a while, and you think you're improving. You bubble with energy and radiate heat. But you're dying. It might take two weeks, or death might get stuck, it often gets stuck when you don't know what you're doing, but once that fermentation is finished, you're simply dead. Most of us are fermenting even now, especially bloggers, who stop growing even as they begin their "journey to discover wine," a written journey that virtually defines brain death. It explains the peculiar aromas. Death is one long extended fermentation; it punches us down, over and over, twice a day, to extract everything it can from us. And then it drains us of everything we are, puts us in a large wooden vessel, sometimes new wood, sometimes old, and puts us somewhere nice and cold, like between Natalie MacLean's lips.
So I woke up the other day and realized I was dead. And, even worse, I knew the people who had killed me. I had all the evidence against them I needed, but how could I bring them to justice? Justice is all you have left when you're dead. Well, that and a farewell boner. The dead want justice like the living want love. Neither ever gets enough. Perhaps it's better to want justice when you're alive, and love after you're gone. But you'll never get that either. What do we get instead? Pain, misery, heartbreak, and Wine Blog Awards. It is a tribute to human courage that we manage to endure.
You see, that's what killed the HoseMaster in the end. Wine Blog Awards. Believe me, this is an ugly way to die. Slowly and painfully, at the hands of ruthless and sinister people. People who have no right to even give you an award, people who intrude into a perfectly fine business, pretend it's theirs, steal your reputation and standing, and use it to enrich their own lives. They're like bank robbers, or a Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri tasting. They have no remorse for their foul deeds. They make Frank Cornelissen proud. They declare themselves in charge, and, dopes that we are, we accede. We give in because we lack imagination, and because we seek acceptance and praise like a Cru Beaujolais producer seeks more than 91 points—hopelessly, and because we imagine it matters. Just as we give in to death. Only death is certain, Wine Blog Awards are imaginary.
Sure, the people responsible hire fall guys. I wanted to blame the fall guys for my death. And, that morning, I was beginning to realize I was dead. I was starting to like Malbec. Who likes Malbec? Dead people, people with nothing to lose. But it wasn't the fall guys, the "judges" (honorary titles to flatter the suckers), who murdered me, it was the organizers, the con men, who killed me.
I did something stupid. It's partly my fault. Isn't death always partly our fault, like every tragedy, like the NBA? I opened an email attachment. I knew it was stupid even as I was doing it. Like when you walk down the stairs in your socks, or you check your gas tank with a cigarette lighter, or you buy rare wines at auction. In the attachment were my death warrants. Like Pandora, I'd opened the box. Or selected shitty music. I don't remember what metaphor works any more. But, when I saw what was in the attachments, I knew the HoseMaster was dead. Dead like "fighting varietals.". Dead like "soft wines." Dead like "Mutineer Magazine." Done. Over. Kaput. Kardashianed. Pamela Sue'd. I was in an Aldered state.
The attachment consisted of nomination badges in four different categories for HoseMaster of Wine™ to win a Wine Blog Award. It was the moment you hear the gun going off just long enough to know you're a goner. Not that I didn't have it coming.
Gumshoes make lots of enemies. But, in the end, my enemies didn't have anything to do with it. Death rarely comes from expected places. That's one thing I've learned as the HoseMaster. Death is slow, and you're dead before you know it, but the causes, well, they never reveal themselves until it's too late. It's like a blind tasting. All your years of experience, all that you bring to the table, all of your insight and passion and love, hell, it just doesn't matter. Where you stick your nose just might be the end of you. And, on top of that, the idiot next to you doesn't know crap. Blind tasting is the human condition.
But what's done is done. Justice will come one day. We have to believe that. I like to think that the Wine Blog Awards ceremony will be the HoseMaster's wake. People who hate me will still have to say nice things about me. I won't be there, so I won't care. My name will be announced, men will gasp and women will weep, but when the shock has worn off, people who otherwise revile me, people whose secrets I've uncovered, whose weaknesses I've held up to the light, those people will be forced to laud me, to say that, all along, they liked me, admired my work. When it's not true. I like to think that maybe the whole charade will crumble, that the people who campaigned and begged for votes, who surrendered their talent to vanity, who craved an award given by poseurs and decided by the wisdom of the hopelessly vacuous who live on FaceBook, that they'll speak my name in false reverence and realize the emptiness of the gesture. And slowly recognize the death of their own souls.
"And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee."
I've had tough cases before, solved The MS Conspiracy and Dial MW for Murder. I battled my arch enemy Frank Anosmia and came out not smelling a rose. I never thought I'd have to work my own death. You spend your whole life fighting the bad guys and then one day you realize you're one of them. It's the great mystery of life. And of death. You just don't know what you've got until it's done fermenting.
35 comments:
- Samantha Dugan said...
Ron My Love,
I am thrilled to see you are having fun with all of this. As always I am so very proud to be a member of your mouthy little peanut gallery, even more proud to call myself your internet wife. You are an astounding talent, a brilliant man and I've become a better person simply by loving you. All my love you Sweet Man, go get 'em! I love you!
- May 23, 2013 at 8:08 AM
- Thomas said...
Do I have to buy a black tie?
- May 23, 2013 at 9:00 AM
- Charlie Olken said...
Thomas--Nobody wears black tie to a funeral except the mortuary director.
Jose is dead and you want to bury him?
Personally, I can't stand the agony of waiting for the awards. On the one hand, I love the irony here. The Hosemaster nominated for awards that he has trashed.
Does it serve him right or does it serve the Wine Blog Awards right?
Either way, Thomas, The Hosemaster has beat you to the punch and declared himself dead. It is premature, of course, and I worry that the old boy thinks he is Mark Twain or worse--he could think he is Samuel Clemens.
The real operative question here is which will kill him off quicker? Winning or losing?
Tom Wark, in his infinite wisdom, has already declared the Awards passe'. Does he know the final results already--because if winning does not kill off The Hosemaster, it might just kill off the Poodle awards.
What a juicy two weeks this is going to be.
How can we hate the Poodle Awards if the Hosemaster wins?
How can we respect the Awards if the Hosemaster wins.
It's a mystery.
- May 23, 2013 at 9:24 AM
- Unknown said...
This is somber. It is a cry from the heart. From the corrupt heart of a rutabaga.
Ferment already.
Yours vacuously,
- May 23, 2013 at 9:26 AM
- Micah Nasarow said...
I read this like an old Twilight Zone episode.
- May 23, 2013 at 9:42 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Hey Gang,
I sat down yesterday afternoon to write about the Poodles, not having any idea what I was going to say. I knew that folks expected me to react to my HoseMaster Dominance of the Wine Blog Awards, and, while I always write only for myself, I do realize that the act of writing comedy involves the participation of its audience. One has to know ones audience in order to make them laugh, and in order to surprise them.
I actually started a piece about the emails I've received since I was nominated--solicitation emails, invites, other Spam--including one from my biggest fan, Chlamydia Jones. But I didn't like the tone. Then I started a straight-faced post, but that was horribly jejune. Then I started with this opening line, and my subconscious took over.
Many years ago, late '70's I'd say, I wrote a script about a dead detective (the bad guys were in the Gang Green). There were a bunch of detective shows with handicapped detectives at the time--Ironside with Raymond Burr in a wheelchair, and one with James Franciscus where he was a blind PI. So I wrote one about a dead detective. Somehow that premise reappeared in my mind in this "Aldered" state as a way to talk about the Poodles.
Awards are a form of obituary. Being up for four seems a death threat. So I just used as dark a tone as I could manage, and thought I'd have some fun, make some points about the authority of the Wine Blog Awards, and leave a weird taste in everybody's mouth.
It's what I do.
- May 23, 2013 at 9:48 AM
- Thomas said...
The black tie was to attend the awards ceremonies, but now that you bring it up, owning the tie would kill two birds, so to speak.
In my opinion, the award organizers engineered the nominations as a way to silence the HoseMaster. But the collapse of my blog clearly illustrates that my opinion is generally as worthless as an award.
- May 23, 2013 at 10:07 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Yeah, Thomas, that was it. It's not like I have any talent that the judges might recognize. Or that that plan would work.
Hey, don't tell anyone, Obama's a Muslim.
- May 23, 2013 at 10:12 AM
- Thomas said...
Yeah, Ron, you are probably right. It's good to know that the organizers have finally figured out what talent is. of course, we in the peanut gallery were first to recognize it, and that will never change.
- May 23, 2013 at 10:20 AM
- The Sommeliere said...
Poodle awards? I thought it was the Doodle awards. For the Doodle awards, I have two huge Labradoodles, who own me completely.
But I digress--I guess I have to get behind Samantha as your second internet wife. Are you leaving us anything of value or just empty bottles and corks?
- May 23, 2013 at 10:21 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
It's a myth that HoseMaster of Wine has any effect on anyone who blogs. Wine bloggers don't care what I think. I am, and always have been, just another barking Poodle, albeit with a whisper of talent. There's no gain for the Wine Blog Awards folks to nominate me. Do I seem like the type to change my bark because they're nice to me? That's insulting. Besides, I know many of the judges, and there isn't a single one whose integrity I would question, who wouldn't "out" the WBA folks if something phony was going on. All they'd have to do would be to inform me and I'd run with it.
I am having fun with the nominations. I've had them before, but never five of them at once. It's my blogger group sex. The main problem with the awards, in my view, aside from the lack of worthwhile nominees, is that the voting process tries to mix merit with popularity. This is profoundly stupid. They recruit qualified judges, accept their decisions, then toss it to the FaceBook and Twitter power of the nominees. Awards based on merit are great, and awards based on popular vote are fine, but the mix makes the results next to meaningless.
Marlene Darling,
Ah, My Love, I'd just leave you with a smile on your face.
- May 23, 2013 at 10:37 AM
- Max Murrey said...
Haha nice.
- May 23, 2013 at 11:10 AM
- Thomas said...
The FBs and Twits among us have to be included; they are the audience and this is how the social media revolution works. Everyone has a say, whether or not we know anything or have anything to say. We are all stars and our opinions are like clusters of en-light-ening. It's fright-ening.
I shall shut up now and go back into my work cave until the next massively important subject brings me back out.
- May 23, 2013 at 11:39 AM
- Mike Dunne said...
As I read this I kept thinking, "Will rigor mortis never set it?" (Insert your own joke here.) Then I got it: He's writing longer to accommodate all those badges over on the side. Badges! Must be a recond high. Congratulations!
- May 23, 2013 at 12:19 PM
- David Fish said...
He would be missed
not by those he dissed
for he spoke the truth
and enlightened youth
and somehow brought to light of day
the image of Parker nursing Jay...
- May 23, 2013 at 12:21 PM
- Catie said...
Death becomes you. And you are welcome, as I voted for you in every category you were nominated. Best wishes.
- May 23, 2013 at 1:06 PM
- Daniel said...
awards can only be used for evil. either you become a narcissist who brags about winning all over your blog, or after your signature (to go with the run on of letters after your name...CS..MS...CSW...MSNBC etc...)
or you become Roberto Benigni and we never hear from you again.
aren't poodles like kindergarten graduation ceremonies, participation trophies, or 'best wine steward' awards for grocery store buyers?
long live the revolution!
- May 23, 2013 at 5:12 PM
- gabriel jagle said...
congrats dude. or condolences, if you prefer.
- May 23, 2013 at 5:14 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Ah, you're a princess. Thanks for your votes. And no one ever looks as good as their death mask. I'm wearing mine now.
Lovely tombstone sentiments. Something for my grave's visitors to spit upon.
Yeah, well, I was feeling a bit longwinded last night. And, damn, those are big badges. I need to shrink them. I'm thinking some Preparation H might help right now.
I nearly inaugurated the HoseMaster of Wine Awards, but, you're right, they would only be used for Evil. So I should.
It's hard enough for me to accept praise much less awards. Awards only have power when we grant them power. Just like scores for wines. If I win, and that's incredibly unlikely, it won't change a thing. But I am flattered that some talented judges gave me a wink and a nod. That's all the award I need. Campaigning for it, not really who I am. I already have HMW after my name. I don't need more than that.
Back at ya!
- May 23, 2013 at 5:35 PM
- Dean Tudor said...
If it's Canadian, I wear a black tie...otherwise...
- May 23, 2013 at 5:42 PM
Sam, looks like we need to plan that get together. 'Ol Ron is a weinnnner!
Chris / 'Knurd
- May 23, 2013 at 6:14 PM
- Joe Roberts said...
Papa Olken - "Does it serve him right or does it serve the Wine Blog Awards right?"
This is like irony cake with Conundrum icing (okay, maybe the icing isn't quite as sweet as that...)
- May 23, 2013 at 7:19 PM
Hosemaster cleaning up would bring credibility to the Wine Blog Awards. It would be horrible.
- May 23, 2013 at 8:40 PM
- Georges Meekers said...
In lieu of flowers, vintage birth year port.
- May 24, 2013 at 2:46 AM
- Bob Henry (Los Angeles wine industry professional) said...
Regarding your Hollywood anecdote:
"Many years ago, late '70s I'd say, I wrote a script about a dead detective (the bad guys were in the Gang Green). There were a bunch of detective shows with handicapped detectives at the time -- Ironside with Raymond Burr in a wheelchair, and one with James Franciscus where he was a blind PI. SO I WROTE ONE ABOUT A DEAD DETECTIVE. [Capitazlization used for emphasis. - Bob] Somehow that premise reappeared in my mind in this "Aldered" state as a way to talk about the Poodles."
Was your nom de plume "Joe Gillis" ?
(More contemporarily substituted for the nom de guerre "HoseMaster" ?)
Get ready for your close-up if you win.
A paraphrase: "It's said in Hollywood, it's not enough for you to succeed. Your friends must also fail."
[Reference: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/08/06/succeed-fail/]
- May 24, 2013 at 5:05 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
You, me and STEVE! in the same category! Wow. Some braggin' rights on the line. But watch out, as you know, people tend to vote for the tallest candidate...and at a statuesque 5'8" I rule!
Hell, it doesn't matter. What's funny is that most of the bloggers I read who yearn for a Poodle nomination never even get a mention, while many of us who don't really care get a bunch. I don't write this crap to garner awards, or even to gain recognition. I have too damned much recognition these days. But all that is fleeting, it always passes, it's the work that matters. Getting wrapped up in awards is death to a writer--part of the point of this lame post.
Was '52 a declared vintage? I think it may have been for a few houses, but not many. Also, like me, probably dead by now.
- May 24, 2013 at 8:49 AM
- Charlie Olken said...
Joe Roberts (see the CGCW blog of Weds last--I did not write it, Steve Eliot did so I am not responsible for its content) claims in the comments section that He voted for you.
I would be very wary of incestuous relationships between you famous bloggers.
- May 24, 2013 at 10:48 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Awesome. I got a vote!
Not sure why you capitalized "He." Though, to be certain, 1WineDoody is a God among mere mortal Poodles.
Is this damned Poodle thing over yet?
- May 24, 2013 at 10:56 AM
- Charlie Olken said...
Is this Poodle thing over yet?
And therein lies the irony. If you win, it will never be over. And if you lose, your community of fanatics will never get over it and say all kinds of nasty things about the Poodle awards.
Of course, you will have said them all before yourself.
That is why I am rooting for you to win. Because life is full of ironic twists--and this would be one of the more amusing.
- May 24, 2013 at 2:55 PM
- Joe Roberts said...
HMW - but if the winnings went to who among us most comfortably fits in the overhead bins on a commercial airplane...
- May 25, 2013 at 5:47 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
It's funny, I was saying to my wife last night that I think my readers have more invested in HoseMaster winning a Poodle than I do. Winning or losing won't change who I am or what I do here, it won't change my lack of career, or enhance my already corrosive reputation. It may gain me a few more readers. I may end up with more than fifteen!
Yeah, but you're over the weight limit. Otherwise, man, you and I could save a bundle on airfare. Not that, with all the junkets you go on, you pay airfare.
- May 25, 2013 at 7:56 AM
- Beau said...
I hope you win. I think you will win. It would be great to see actual talent get recognition.
- May 27, 2013 at 8:22 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Thanks. I'm not particularly concerned about winning. In fact, I don't really care at all. But it is nice to have such kind words and support tossed my way.
- May 28, 2013 at 8:06 AM
Send a beautiful Indian princess in your place.
- May 28, 2013 at 4:23 PM
- Joe Roberts said...
I might not be over the weight limit, actually...
- May 30, 2013 at 5:30 AM


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