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This is a story of friendship, commitment, love and trust. It is not a sex story. However, this story deals with love between male teenagers. If you are offended by stories involving love between two teenage boys, please do not read this story. There may be some sex scenes in this story; however, sex is not the main theme. If you are under age 18 or 21 or it is illegal to read this story where you live, don't read it. Reproducing this story for distribution without the owner's permission is a violation of that copyright.
Sam Lakes
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It was Saturday. Colt had spent twenty-five hours that week learning to dance at Arthur Murray's, figuring it would help him socially. He spent Friday night, dancing with women, nearly three times his age and more. He had had a great time. One woman he danced with, had her Ph.D. in Biochemistry, and Colt got her talking about DNA and Biochemistry. She was overwhelmed by his grasp of the knowledge, and his extreme politeness.
She was an attractive lady, Maureen Kidner, Colt thought, and her parting words boosted his self-confidence immensely, "Colt you are not only extremely smart, you're good looking, and polite, and a superb dancer. If only I were a teenager, but then, that really wouldn't work would it?" she said.
Colt nearly freaked! He knew that she knew he was gay. How? There had been only one other teen guy in the small class and he had really controlled himself, not to perv on the guy. He had virtually ignored the guy.
"Don't look so worried. I know what to look for, that others don't see. I have a son that is gay, who's waiting for me out in our car. Right now he is really sad because he was hoping you'd notice him but you've barely said two words to him all week. He has no real friends because his "best friend" outted him at school."
"I would love for you to meet him. Maybe, you two could become friends. How would you like to have lunch with us on Sunday?"
From what Colt could remember, her son was definitely a hottie. "Okay." Colt figured, making a new friend would be a great idea. Maureen gave Colt her address and phone number and then left.
Colt was dressed in a pair of old cut-offs, an old T-shirt and he raced to the mall on his 21-speed Mountain bike. He got to the mall in record time. With sweat pouring off him he walked into the air conditioned mall and sat down with his water bottle outside A & F. He took off his helmet and shook his head, then guzzled down the bottle of sports water. As he cooled off, he became aware of someone looking at him. He looked into A & F and saw a boy looking at him. The boy quickly looked away, but not before Colt recognized him. It was Alex Kidner. Colt stood there staring at him. He thought Alex was gorgeous. His heart raced. Alex glanced at Colt and Colt blushed, and looked away. After a minute he gathered up his courage, and walked into A & F and over to Alex.
"Hi, Alex" he said, quietly, "You are Alex Kidner, right? I saw you at the dance classes."
Alex's rich brown eyes fixed on Colt's deep blue eyes "Yes. I-I remember you."
Colt smiled "I'm Colt Smith. I was talking to your Mom last night. She invited me over Sunday. She thought maybe we could be friends. I'm sorry I ignored you all week, but, well, ugh, hmmm." Colt had no idea of what to say. His heart was beating so loud he was surprised Alex didn't hear it.
"Yeah, she told me she talked to you, and invited you over," Alex said, in a reserved voice, "But you don't have to come over. Once you get to know me you'll probably hate me like everyone else, so spare me the pain." He turned away.
"Why would I hate you?" asked Colt.
Alex hesitated, then turned back to face Colt "Because I'm gay. Are you happy now? Just leave! Leave me alone!" He turned and walked away from Colt and out of the store.
Colt ran to catch up, "Alex!" he said in a loud whisper, "Please stop. I-I wouldn't hate you, because of that. I'm, I'm, you know, ugh, well, hmmm gay too."
Alex stopped abruptly causing Colt to run into him, and knocking both off balance. Colt grabbed Alex to regain his balance and backed away feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Oops, I'm sorry."
Alex turned around wiping a few stray tears from his face, "You're really gay too?" he asked softly.
Colt blushed and nodded affirmative. The two stood facing each other, neither saying anything, both coyly looking at each other. Colt started giggling, and Alex followed, until each of them was having a good laugh.
After they'd calmed down, Alex asked, "Are you here to shop?"
"Yeah, Keith gave me some money to go shopping, but well, ugh, I'm not too good at shopping, cuz Ruthie usually buys my clothes for me."
"Who's Keith, who's Ruthie?"
"Well umm, my mom and dad, sort of. My mom died when I was four, and Ruthie and Keith took me in – they've known me since the day I was born and so has Arbor. He's like my brother and best friend."
"I can help you shop," volunteered Alex.
Colt eyed Alex, giving him an obvious look over. "Hmm, yeah, you're definitely a hottie," said Colt, then, blushed at being so forward.
For the next two hours, they shopped. Colt had always hated shopping, but this time, it was different. He really enjoyed himself. He was trying to do as Keith had told him, find out what Alex liked. He found that other than computers they had common tastes in music, movies and books. They both enjoyed reading.
By lunch time, they had finished shopping. Their shyness had completely vanished. In fact, Colt discovered, he could enjoy being silly, and deliberately stupid, in order to get a laugh. For example, he put a pair of pants on backwards. The problem was, the zipper got stuck and he had to ask Alex to unzip them for him.
As they walked along Colt asked "Are you hungry?"
"A little," Alex said, but he was starving really.
"Well, I'm famished. Let's go to the Food Court and I'll treat you to lunch. I was thinking, there's a movie theater here, and I was wondering, if you'd like to go see a movie with me?"
"I was supposed to be home by one," instantly Alex saw the disappointment in Colt's face, "but I'll call my Mom, and see if it's all right with her. What movie do you want to see?"
"Whatever you want to see, I haven't been to see a movie for over a year."
"Really, over a year! That's a long time, why not?"
Colt's stomach sunk. He'd been working at the U on his Ph.D. and making improvements to Mother, which had occupied about ninety percent of his waking hours and he rarely slept more than six hours. He just shrugged his shoulders.
"Were you grounded or something?"
"Yes, part of the time, and, I was busy doing things, the rest of the time."
"What did you do to get grounded for a year? Did you murder somebody?" Alex laughed.
"I wish. Going to prison I think would have been easier." He could tell Alex wanted to know "Well, I got picked up by the campus police. I was drunk as a skunk, and wandering about the campus, in my underwear. I have no idea where I lost my clothes. The last thing I remember, I was going to a Frat party, and drinking a couple of cokes. They were spiked with rum, vodka and Tequila. I was definitely grounded! Anyway, how about seeing that movie?"
"Okay. I'll have to call my Mom."
"Fine, while you call your mom, I'll get us some food. Hamburgers and fries okay?"
"Sure. No onions. No mustard. No tomato. Mayo, pickles and lettuce would be cool."
Colt got the food and found a table. He hadn't had such a good time with anybody outside of his family, ever, and he couldn't wait to tell Keith. Alex was so cute, and it felt like Alex liked him. He wondered if the feeling he was feeling, meant he was falling in love.
"Mom, guess who I met at the Mall? Colt Smith! Mom, he is such a babe! I helped him choose some clothes. He is so much fun. Anyway, he asked me if I would like to go to the movie. I told him I had to call home because you wanted me home by one."
"I'm glad you called. I ran into an old college friend of mine, and she's invited us over, this evening for barbecue. So you can go to the movie with Colt. Call me when it's over and I'll come pick you two up. I'm glad you like him. I knew you would."
"Thanks Mom. I love you. I'll call when the movie's over. Bye."
"My Mom said it was ok. I'll call her after the movie, and she'll pick us up."
They sat and ate, and talked for over an hour. Colt thought things were going along fine. They'd been laughing and joking, then suddenly, Alex said "You're very smart, aren't you?"
"Huh? What?"
"You're some kind of genius, you know smart. Smarter than most people."
Colt looked down "Why do you ask?" he said in a barely audible voice.
Alex reached across the table and took Colt's hand. "Because my Mom said you were" he smiled "And because every time I mention school, you change the subject, and because you were picked up by the University police and not the city police after a Frat party. I really thought you'd be a nerd. I was so upset about Mom inviting you over for dinner. I'm being honest. You're not a nerd, or a geek! You're fun and you're interesting and I really like you."
"You like me? You really like me?" Colt beamed "I avoided talking about school, cause when I tell most people, they sort of don't like me. I wish I wasn't so smart, sometimes. I wish I was just normal, like other kids. I really like you a lot too. You're fun to be with, and I think you are a babe." Colt gave Alex's hand a gentle squeeze. Alex smiled, and they looked at each other for several moments.
"Do you really want to see a movie?" he asked.
"It's up to you."
"No. I invited you. So, it's your decision."
"Well, then no, I'd rather talk and get to know you better."
"How far do you live from here?"
"It's about two or three miles from here, on Morrison Ave. Why?"
"You live on Morrison? I live on Cleveland Avenue between Pinehurst and Willow."
"My gosh, I live on Morrison between Pinehurst and Oak!"
"Why don't we walk to my house? I'll get changed, into my new clothes, and you can meet my family.
Then, I'll walk you home and we can talk along the way. What do you think?"
"Sure. Let's go."
When they got to Parker's Hill, Colt impulsively said "Here hold this" as he handed Alex his shopping bag and mounted his bike. "Okay, you get on the handlebars and hold my clothes and we'll race down the hill. It's fun! Really! It'll be awesome!"
Alex sat up on the handlebars. "Colt I don't know about this!" he whined, but it was too late. Colt pushed off, and peddled as hard and as fast as he could. He shifted into high gear. By the time they got to the bottom of the hill, Colt figured they were going about thirty-five, and Alex was screaming his head off, half out of fright, and half out of the thrill. Colt was laughing and panting. He was completely out of breath as they neared the top of the hill. Finally, he could go no further. He stopped and Alex jumped off laughing, and Colt sort of fell off the bike, and onto the grass, by the side of the road.
"That was great!" he said as he took a big gulp of air and looked up at Alex.
"That was awesome!" Alex said, looking down at him "Are you all right?"
Alex sat down next to him, and they just looked at one another, saying nothing. Colt sat up, still not saying anything, just looking into his eyes. Finally, he leaned close to Alex and kissed him gently, on the lips. He pulled back, and said, "I hope you didn't mind me doing that." He smiled the broadest smile he had ever smiled.
Alex smiled back, and said quietly "No, I didn't mind at all, in fact…" and then he kissed Colt back. After the kiss, Colt smiled again, then closed his eyes, and lay back on the ground.
"Are you okay?"
Colt opened his eyes and smiled at him "Yes. I was just reliving the moment. I guess we'd better get going."
They continued their walk to the Maine's home.
"You haven't mentioned anything about your father. Are your parents divorced?" asked Colt.
"Yes. He never comes around, and I don't even remember him. They got divorced when I was two. We lived in Wisconsin, then. We only moved here a month ago. My mom works in research at Biodyne Labs. What about your father?"
"Oh, he comes around sometimes. I guess I like him. I don't know. My Mom died when I was four, and he took it real hard. I guess burying himself in his work, was his way of handling his grief. I've lived with Keith and Ruthie ever since. I don't really think he likes me, although we get along all right when he visits. He just doesn't visit very often. Sometimes, I wish he'd just let Keith and Ruthie adopt me. I really hate talking about all this, because it just upsets me. I used to daydream about him suddenly realizing that I was important to him and that we really would become a real father and son team, but…it'll never fucking' happen!"
Alex realized he'd hit a nerve. "So, uh, what's Arbor like?"
"Arbor, he's the greatest. You'll like him. People always like him. He's good looking, of course, not as good looking as me!" Colt laughed then continued "We're more like brothers than just friends. He's a typical big brother. He teases, picks on me, we fight sometimes, but he's always there for me when I'm in trouble or upset. He calls me geekoid, but once he beat the shit out of some guy, because the guy called me a geek, and a weirdo. He's very smart too, although he won't admit it. There's nothing I wouldn't do for him, or him for me. We built our own computer with Keith's help. It's the best computer in the world."
"You built a computer? That's incredible! I've used an Apple at school and I took a programming class last year, but I had a hard time with it. I like programming, but I like doing graphics work best."
"I can't draw worth a damn! If you're good at graphics, and I'm good at programming, maybe we could combine our talents and write some awesome games or something! What ya think?"
"I'm not very good at computer games."
"You mean the bang-bang shoot them up games or the one's that require intelligence."
"I guess the bang-bang shoot 'em up ones, you know the arcade type games. They're just not my sort of thing."
Alex thought for a while, as they walked along and then said, "I don't think I'm that good."
"Well, you're going to have to be better than me, even my stick figures look bad! Anyway, you didn't say 'no' and in my book that means 'yes'" Colt smiled.
"But what if my work isn't good enough? I don't want you to get your hopes up. I'm really not very good, I just said I like doing graphics work, I didn't say I was any good," Alex said angrily.
Colt let his bike fall to the ground. He stood in front of Alex, took his shopping bag from Alex's hand and let it drop to the ground and placed his hands on Alex's shoulders "I'm sorry, Alex, I'm very sorry. I…I just get…it doesn't matter…really! I only suggested the game thing because…because I…because I like being with you and…and I…" Colt made a really goofy looking face, and Alex laughed at him. "You see, I've only known you for a few hours, and I'm totally nuts over you!" he said as he gave Alex a hug. He rested Alex's head on his shoulder and sniffed.
"Oh, this is embarrassing. My nose always runs when I get sort of angry," said Alex.
"You can wipe your nose on my shirt and I shall treasure it forever." Alex did, and Colt blurted out "Oh, Gross!" Alex started to pull away from Colt but Colt quickly added "I'm joking! I'm joking! I shall worship this shirt!" Alex giggled and then kissed him on the neck. He moved his head back. They looked into each other's eyes and then kissed again. This time it was a much longer kiss.
"You know I could stay here like this for hours, but then I think your Mom might get worried. Shall we continue our trek homeward?"
They continued their walk, laughing and joking with each other until their laughter was somewhat broken, by Keith, walking up and saying, "Well, you two certainly seem to be enjoying something. Ruth saw you out here and is dying to see what you bought."
"Yeah, right, Keith!" Colt laughed "You just saw me here, with a new friend, and wanted to meet him."
"Alex Kidner, Dr. Keith Maine. Dr. Keith Maine, Alex Kidner" Colt said.
"I'm pleased to meet you, Dr. Maine" Alex responded.
"Please call me Keith, unless you want me to address you as Mister Kidner," Keith said, with a friendly smile.
"Okay, I'm pleased to meet you, Keith."
"We met at the mall. His mom was at the dance, last night. Remember, I told you she invited me over on Sunday, for dinner. Anyway, when I got to the mall, I looked up and saw him. They live on Morrison. So, we decided to come here, so I could change clothes and he could meet you and Ruth, then I was going to walk him home." Colt picked up his bike.
"You said your last name was Kidner? Any relation to Maureen Kidner?" asked Keith.
"She's my mother, do you know her?"
"Sure, my wife just finished talking with her at the super market. They were friends in college, and so I guess you'll be having dinner with us tonight. This is quite a coincidence."
"Yeah, I'll say! Do you know the mathematical probability of all this happening, must be astronomical, and there isn't even a full moon!" Colt laughed.
"Alex, you'll learn, like me, to ignore Colt, ninety percent of the time, especially when he gets sarcastic. And never go to a movie with him, or you'll only get to see, like, maybe, the first ten minutes of it, before he gets thrown out."
"We almost went to a movie today" Alex said.
"Have your ever seen Mystery Science Theater 3000? It's the one where the three guys are sitting making sarcastic comments about the show?"
Alex nodded, 'yes'.
"Well, I think they took lessons from Colt. He sits there and talks, the whole way through the movie, and God forbid, anyone one should laugh! Then he really goes to town." Keith laughed.
"Is Arb home?" asked Colt.
"No. Alan's moving into a new apartment and Arb offered to help him."
"Oh, yeah, duh, I forgot! Did you see the awesome chess game I wrote?"
"Awesome is right, Colt. I lost in six moves and I'm pretty good at chess, so you'll have to fix that."
"You did? Didn't you change the mode?"
"No. What mode was I in?"
"Probably, the last mode I tested which was computer to computer mode. You must really be good to last six moves." Colt turned to Alex and said "I'm going to shower and change and I'll be right back," and he took off up the stairs. Alex smiled.
Keith shook his head and laughed to himself. "He's quite a kid! I think he likes you a lot!"
Alex blushed. "I like him too."
"I can see that, and you don't know how relieved I am as a parent. He's a lot to handle sometimes."
"What do you mean? Because he so smart?" he asked.
"Smart. Colt is way beyond smart. When it comes to computers and technical things, he's in another dimension! Colt has discovered things, that are so far ahead of our time, it sometimes scares me. Has he told you about Mother the computer?"
"He told me that he and Arbor built a computer with your help."
Keith smiled, and thought for a moment, trying to size up Alex. He knew he liked Colt, that was obvious, but if he told him how smart Colt really was could he still accept him as-is. If he dumped Colt, Colt would be devastated, and he would probably never forgive Keith, especially, as it was Keith who advised him, to steer away from the truth, about how smart he was.
"Anyway, my wife is waiting to meet you."
"But what do you mean, he's a lot to handle" he insisted.
At that moment Ruth walked in to the room.
"Oh, Ruthie. This is Alex Kidner" Keith said "He's Maureen's son. He met Colt at the mall. Colt met Maureen last night at the dance. You met Maureen at the super market. Now that's a coincidence!"
"And it's isn't even a full moon!" Ruthie smiled.
Alex laughed. "I'm sorry, that's just what Colt said. I'm pleased to meet you. You know my Mother?"
"Yes, we went to college at the same time. I was really surprised to see her in the supermarket, after all these years. She told me she had a teenage son. I had no idea you were so handsome!"
"Thank you."
"Colt told me that he met a Mrs. Kidner last night and was invited over to dinner on Sunday. I knew you're Mom as Maureen Scott. So you met Colt at the mall?"
"Yes. He introduced himself and asked me if I'd help him choose some clothes."
"Yes. He's hopeless at fashion. Have you had lunch? Half the time he forgets to eat."
"Yes. We ate at the Mall. We were going to go to the movies, but we were having a great time just talking and getting to know each other. He has a great sense of humor."
"Keith, could you marinate the chicken breasts and ribs?" Ruth asked. Keith knew what she wanted, which was to be alone with Alex.
After he left the room she asked "Would you like some lemonade, it's fresh!"
"Yes, ma'am, I'd love some."
"Please make yourself comfortable. I'll be right back."
Alex sat down on the sofa and waited. Ruth returned a few moments later with a pitcher of lemonade and a couple of glasses filled with ice.
"Okay, and you like him? And he's being a gentleman, not cussing or swearing?" Ruth inquired.
"I like him a lot and he's very polite and he only swore once when he was talking about his father, his real father, not Keith. I think he feels Keith is more of a father."
"Paul, Colt's Dad, is really a terrific person, he just can't seem to relate, with his own son. I'm sure he loves him, but when Sarah died; she was Colt's mother. He just buried his sorrows in his work, and it's become a habit now. Anyway, Keith and I do our best with him and long ago, we decided just to treat him as our own. Keith spends fifty percent of his time with Colt and sometimes I swear he loves Colt more than he loves Arbor. I used to be worried that Arbor would become jealous, but he doesn't, and Colt doesn't try to monopolize Keith's attention, or affection."
"Your son seems like a neat person. That's how I got Colt off the subject of his father, by asking him what Arbor was like."
"Yes, those two have been buddies I swear since Colt was born. They're actually more like brothers" Ruth said and then continued "I'm really pleased he's behaving himself like a gentleman. He unfortunately developed a bad habit over the last few years of swearing, or rather, using four-letter explitives… Sometimes, he can be a lot to handle."
"That's what you husband says. Is it because he's so smart?"
"Well, he's smart alright, but, he sometimes gets carried away with his emotions. It's not that he's immature for his age. It's that his intelligence is so far ahead of everything else, that, if you don't take into account that he's only thirteen, you'd think he is childish, but then he is only a child. It's sort of like because he's so smart you expect him to be on a comparable level emotionally, and you expect him to act like a grown up, and when he acts like a kid, it's just unexpected."
"My Mother thought he was great and so smart. So, what does Colt do at the University? Is he like a freshman?" asked Alex.
"He hasn't told you?"
"No, he deliberately avoids the subject. I know he is very smart. As I said, my Mom told me that, but it's also obvious, and he told me that he got picked up by the campus police for being drunk, and wandering about in his underwear."
"Oh, he got picked up by the campus police, but not in his underwear. He was drunk and completely naked. Luckily, the officer recognized him, and brought him home. I was so embarrassed!" She shook her head and laughed "Are you sure you wouldn't like a snack?"
Alex smiled "No. Really, we already ate."
"Well, I've got to get things ready for tonight. Feel free to watch TV. Colt should be down soon" and she hurried out of the room.
Alex sat there thinking about Colt, and his guardians. He wondered why Colt avoided the subject of school. Still in mystery, but getting bored he decided to get up and look around the room. One wall was covered with diplomas. He walked over to it. The three on top belonged to Keith Maine one for a BS in Math, one a Masters in Computer Science and the third was his Ph.D. in Computer Science. The second row belonged to Ruth Maine. The third row only had two diplomas and a space for a third. They belonged to Colt Smith. A BS in Computer Science, and a Masters in Computer Science, both were with honors. It was dated last year. He'd received his Masters at the age of twelve!
That must mean he is working on his Ph.D. he thought. "My God he must be smart!" Alex said to himself, as he returned to the sofa. He remembered Keith's comments, 'When it comes to computers and technical things, he's in another dimension!'. He thought about telling Colt that he sort of liked programming. He'd actually had a terrible time in the class! "He'll think I'm so stupid! He probably thinks I am stupid, and dumb!" Tears formed in his eyes and suddenly he had to leave. He got up and ran to the door.
At that moment Colt came cheerily down the stairs as Alex ran out the door.
"Alex!" he cried out and then took off after him. He had gotten half way down the block before Colt caught up to him. Colt grabbed his arm "Alex, stop! Please tell me what's wrong!"
"You must think I'm so stupid! I barely passed the programming course. I got a D minus!" he sobbed, "I wouldn't have said anything if I knew. I…I feel so stupid! So dumb!"
"If you knew what?" asked Colt.
Alex shook his head and tried to pull away from Colt.
"Why didn't you tell me you were working on your Ph.D. in Computer Science?" he yelled.
"Because you didn't ask me, that's why!" Colt yelled back. "Because I was afraid…this would happen…" he said sadly as he released his hold on Alex, turned and walked away with tears in his eyes.
Alex ran home, still crying.
Colt ran back home, and up to his room.
Thirty seconds later Keith and Ruth heard an upstairs window break as Mother went sailing through the air and crash on the front lawn. Keith ran upstairs noticing the front door was open and Alex was no where in sight. Keith opened the door to the boys' room and saw Colt lying face down on his bed sobbing and, a broken window.
"I take it Alex left and seeing as Mother is in pieces on the front lawn. I guess you're upset 'because he thinks your too smart for him."
Colt continued sobbing, but nodded his head.
Ruth was standing by the door.
"Keith, I told you trying to hide his intelligence wouldn't work. Damn it all! I knew I should have told Alex the truth! Instead, I avoided it. He's not a dunce. He's very clever and smart. He probably saw the wall of diplomas and figured it out for himself.
"And you, young man, stop feeling sorry for yourself. Get up out of that bed go pick up your computer off the front lawn and the two of you fix that window. I'll go see if I can salvage this relationship to some degree."
Colt looked up at her.
She wanted to run over to him and hold him tight, but, instead she smiled and blew him a kiss.
"Come on Casanova, get your little butt up out of the bed and get the window fixed." She smiled at the two who felt chastened by her words, as she turned and left.
After several moments, Colt asked Keith, "Is she always right?"
"Only ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of the time," replied Keith with a smile. "I live for the day that I get my hundredth of a percent!"
"Do you think she can fix it with Alex?" he asked hopefully.
"If anybody can, she can" replied Keith, as he began picking up pieces of glass.
"I love him. Really I do."
"Alex! He is handsome, lots of fun to be with, and he really is smart."
"Yeah, when she returns from having handled Alex, you'll feel forever in debt to her, and for the next ten years, when she needs a favor, she'll just gently remind you of the time she … Ruthie still reminds me of the time she saved my butt in high school by coaching me all night, so I could pass a math test. So, young man, get your butt moving!"
Colt jumped up out of the bed and wiggled his butt "You mean like this?" then he started singing 'Jive Talkin' by the Bee Gees, and he walked out. of the room dancing and shaking his butt.
Chapter 4
Ruthie pulled up in Maureen's drive and parked her car. Maureen came out to the car to meet her. They effusively greeted each other.
"How's Alex?" Ruth asked.
"Oh, he'll live. Feeling sorry for himself, of course. How's Colt?"
"The same. Feeling sorry for himself."
"Do you remember when you and Keith broke up for a day?"
"Oh, God! That seems like centuries ago. If it hadn't been for you and Sarah coming to our rescue."
"Well, more Sarah than me. Last night I kept trying to think where I'd met Colt before he looked so familiar and then when you called just now it suddenly dawned on me. He looks so much like her! No wonder he's so good looking."
"He's a lot like her. He's got her sense of humor and his emotions are like hers and he can be so loving."
"Do you see much of Paul?"
"No. A few times a year. I still don't think he's gotten over her death. I keep hoping he'll find someone new and settle down. I know it bothers Colt. He loves his dad, but he tries not to show it. Every time he comes and then leaves Colt goes off by himself where nobody sees him and cries. I've tried to talk to Paul, but it's like a blind spot all he sees is Colt being better off and happier with us and in away he is."
"I knew last night he was exceptionally smart. I had no idea he was working on his Ph.D. in Computer Science. Is he really working on his Ph.D.?" asked Maureen as they move towards the front door.
"Yes. He works with Keith on some research project and on his own thesis and he goofs around a lot of the time like any teenager, I guess."
"I know what you mean. I've never seen Alex this upset in a good way about any boy though. I think he's really fallen for him."
"I over heard Colt talking to Keith before I left and I'm sure he's 'in love'" Ruthie smiled "Well, let's see if we can't help cupid and straighten my husband's male stupidity out."
They both laughed in agreement.
Alex was sitting in a chair in the living room as they walked in.
"Hi, Alex. I've come over to apologize for my husband's stupidity. No actually for both my husband's and Colt's stupidity" Ruth said with a friendly smile.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, as smart as those two are when it comes to computers, they have less intelligence than a microbe when it come to relationships. To put it bluntly they are dumb! Colt was really upset a few weeks ago. He's thirteen years old and he suddenly discovered that there's more to life than a silicon chip. Arbor whose fifteen and not bad looking has at least two girlfriends. He's a pretty normal fifteen year old boy. Probably a little smarter than most and a very responsible young man, mainly, I think, due to Colt. Colt is a genius. Right up there with Einstein. And if you listen to Keith there's no one smarter than Colt. But socially he's practically zero he can be the most annoying pest and sometimes a real smart ass that you'd like to beat to a pulp. But, basically he's the most loving and caring person I've ever met. He has his mother's sense of humor and good looks and his father's drive. I've known him to work on a problem for days without eating or sleeping to the point of near exhaustion."
"Well, he hit puberty and began to realized that he was gay. Even for the normal gay guy that's a not necessarily and easy thing to confront. Colt always had a difficult time dealing with people his age because he primarily thinks like a scientist. He can probably talk a persons ear off when it comes to some of his theories which even I have a difficult time understanding. To cut a very long story short, Keith ended up giving him some 'manly' advice. Be polite and don't use a swear word in every sentence. Good advice. And 'If someone wants to know something about you and you don't want them to know avoid the issue or change the subject' Bad advice. I told Keith this and told him that the first intelligent guy that comes along is going to find out how smart Colt really is and he's going to be ticked off because he wasn't honest or he'd feel stupid because he said something dumb which he would have never said in the first place if he had known or both."
Alex instantly brightened up and giggled.
"You are so smart Alex, I knew from the moment I met you that this was going to happen and I apologize for not warning you sooner. I love my husband more than anything, anywhere and I always will, but sometimes men do the stupidest things to get our attention and Colt is just a stupid for believing Keith and going along with this idiotic scheme. You are his first love and in the same day his first heartbreak."
"He really loves me, he doesn't think I'm stupid?" asked Alex.
"No. I do believe I over hear him say to Keith and I quote 'He's handsome, he's fun to be with and he's really smart' unquote. As for love, well I don't think he was crying over his computer because he sent it sailing out his window in to the front yard."
Alex was clearly over her upset "All I want is for him to be honest with me and I guess I should be honest with him."
"Works for me" responded Ruthie.
Alex gave her a hug "He's so lucky to have someone like you in his life."
Then Alex hugged his Mom "And I'm so lucky to have my Mom in my life."
"Okay so. I'll see you two in an hour and a half?"
"Yes" they responded.
"How about I send my youngest boy over to apologize and you two can get things sorted out with each other?" asked Ruth.
"Yes. I think that would be good, but I owe him an apology too" said Alex.
Ruth left and returned home.
Chapter 5
As Ruth pulled up in the drive Colt ran out of the house and over to the car.
"Get in. I want to have a talk with you" she said and Colt face went from smiling to slightly worried and she added "Come on, you're not in trouble. I just want to have a mother-son talk with you." His face brightened up and he smiled.
"What?" he asked as he sat in the front seat looking at her. "Does he hate me, will he never talk to me again? Have I foresworn my true love's love for me? Tell me mother what part of this vile anatomy doth he hate so that I may…"
"Sorry, while I was waiting I decided to read Romeo and Juliet. I like the story I just don't like the ending. It's so sad."
"It's supposed to be, it's a tragedy."
"Oh, duh!"
Ruthie sighed. "Colt, maybe you should just get out of the car and I'll cancel the barbecue" she said angrily.
"No. I'm sorry. I'll knock it off. It's just that I know you fixed everything and I'm giddy. I love you so much" and with that he leaned across and gave her a hug. Ruth hug him back and kissed him on the top of his head.
"I love you too, so very much." She continued to hold him in her arms as she talked.
"Look, Keith adores you too and I don't think there's anything he wouldn't do for you. He's super smart at computers and engineering. But, when you need advice about romance you should come to me. Alex thought you would think he was stupid and that's because you weren't honest with him. I don't know how to really explain it, but it's like he should have known, only didn't and then when you find out, the way he did, you do feel stupid. You know it's like when you've been working on a problem and you can't figure out the answer and yet it's staring you right in the face."
"I wanted to be truthful, but I was scared that he'd be like the others and not like me. I really love him."
"Colt, if he or any other person for that matter, can't accept you the way you are including your faults then is he really the one for you? I love Keith more than anything in my life, but I love him as he is, he can be so stupid sometimes about certain things, however I can have that and he's got so many more good things about him that one or two little things don't matter. Life isn't always a bowl of cherries and sometime we have our differences and sometimes we argue, but we always communicate and we're always honest with each other and that always wins out. My responsibility to you is to see you really understand this so that you can have a happy life with whomever you choose. Maybe it will be Alex, maybe someone else. But whoever that person is you have to be honest with each other."
"I was stupid, wasn't I?" he said.
"Yes, and I think you owe him an apology. I think you need to go get things sorted out with him about yourself and if he really loves you and if you really mean a lot to him then he'll love you because you're smart, even when you do stupid things. He'll love you because you are you. And if he doesn't, well, he doesn't and you just keep looking because someday you will find that special somebody."
"Should I go see him now and apologize?" he asked.
"That would be a good idea, he's expecting you."
"Do you think he likes me? Even a little bit?"
"You know it's funny, he asked me that very same question."
"Really! What did you tell him?" he asked excitedly.
"I told her that I didn't think you were crying over you computer cause you throw it out the window."
"You told her I was crying!"
"Well, you were, weren't you?"
"Yes, but he'll think I'm a wuss!"
"No. I would say he thought it showed that you really liked him and were sorry for not being honest. I also told him earlier that the police didn't pick you up in your underwear." Ruth smiled.
"Mom! I couldn't tell him I was naked as a jay bird! Now he'll think I'm some kind of pervert!"
Ruth laughed "Then you shouldn't have been running around without any clothes on, besides now maybe you'll get the idea of how embarrassed I was when Jack Murphy brought you home that night!" she continued laughing.
"You are vindictive! But I still love you. It's is sort of funny when you look at it."
Colt smiled "I gotta go!" He kissed her again and hugged her tight "You're the best mom in the whole world!"
"Go on go, get out of here and be honest!"
Colt got out of the car and ran half way down the block before he realized he didn't know Alex's address "Ruthie! What's his address?" he yelled.
Ruth held up her hands and communicated 5 1 8.
Colt got it and continued on his way


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eNerds calls on Mitel to enhance its managed IT Service Offering
Category : Case Studies
Improving Service and Responsiveness
As a provider of managed IT services to a large number of businesses, often supporting mission-critical IT systems and applications, telephone support is an essential part of their toolkit, responding as needed and in real-time to their customers' needs. Telephone support is subject to peaks and troughs and although these were handled well with no noticeable degradation in service for the majority of calls, on occasion, some support issues were leading to extended call times and this meant that calls started to queue for longer than were considered acceptable. eNerds needed a way to address and react to these situations, and to hopefully predict when these issue were about to occur and be able to proactively change call flows and bring in extra call handlers.
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Mitel MiVoice was the existing central communications platform for the company and was handling large call volumes as a result of significant expansion in business levels. The one piece that was missing was an effective contact centre solution. Essential Data + Voice (EDV) were already the supplier and maintainer of the eNerds communications solution and so a meeting was arranged to discuss these issues and possible resolutions. EDV, as a specialist integrator of comms technology were able to suggest a unique solution to the issue that would be a truly collaborative piece of work.
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Richmond, BC, is the city just south of Vancouver, BC. (If you're flying into the Vancouver International Airport, you're actually arriving in Richmond.) Richmond is a great destination for day trips from Vancouver, especially the historic Steveston Village, which is about 30 minutes (by car) from downtown Vancouver. Steveston is loaded with charm and easy to explore. There are national heritage sites for history buffs, loads of boutiques and artisan shops for shoppers, and plenty of activities for kids, too.
Top 3 Reasons to Visit Steveston Village
1. History, Heritage & Salmon!
Steveston Village was a historic salmon canning center and once the "salmon capital of the world." Founded in 1880 by William Herbert Steves (hence the name), Steveston is the ideal place to learn more about Pacific salmon. (Generally, if there's one food everyone wants to try in Vancouver, it's salmon.)
You can tour the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site museum to learn all about salmon canning and fishing, and see restored heritage boat works at the nearby Britannia Heritage Shipyard.
If you're in town for Canada Day (July 1), you must visit the annual Steveston Salmon Festival, a free Canada Day event that includes a parade and Steveston's famous salmon barbecue, where 1200+ pounds of wild salmon filets are grilled over open fire pits. (Yes, you get to eat the salmon.)
Of course, you can also find delicious salmon dishes--as well as loads of local seafood--at Steveston restaurants year-round.
2. Shopping for Local Products
I love shopping for locally-made wares when I travel. (For local Vancouver goods, see Made in Vancouver: Where to Shop for Local Products in Vancouver.) Steveston Village is a wonderful destination for shoppers who want local color and flavor. The shop-lined streets are easy to stroll, and there are plenty of homemade products, including arts, crafts, and local foods. There's also the Steveston Farmers & Artisans Market, which is open on the first and third Sunday of every month, year-round.
3. It's the Real-life Storybrooke from ABC's Once Upon a Time
Are you a fan of ABC's hit TV show, Once Upon a Time? If you are, then you've already seen Steveston Village--it's the real-life setting for Once Upon a Time's fictional town of Storybrooke. In Steveston, you can see the real exteriors used for Storybrooke locations, including Granny's Diner and Mr. Gold's Pawn Shop.
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1. A big part of your life is a result of the choices you make. And if you don't like your life – if it completely lacks excitement and passion – it's time to start making changes and better choices.
2. Life is to be enjoyed, not endured. You CAN follow a path that moves you. You are always free to do something small and positive that makes you happy.
3. There is good reason why you should wake each morning and mindfully consider what and who you will give your day to. Because unlike other things in life – money, entertainment, obligations, etc. – time is the one thing you can never get back once it's gone.
4. It's not what you say, but how you spend your time. If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.
5. Your passion is an inherent part of you. Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about. Nothing you have that much passion for is ever a waste of time, no matter how it turns out in the long run.
6. When you focus your heart and mind upon a meaningful purpose, and commit yourself to fulfill that purpose a little bit every day, positive energy gradually floods into your life.
7. We have to stop telling ourselves that other people are our reason for being unhappy, unfulfilled, etc. They aren't in the long run.
8. The more we fill our lives with genuine passion and purpose the less time and energy we'll waste looking for approval and admiration from everyone else.
9. Your body may eventually grow tired, you may lie awake some nights listening to your past regrets, you may miss your only love, you may see the world around you overcome by negativity, or know your respect has been trampled on by unfriendly faces. There is only one thing for healing that works every time – to rediscover what excites you and then dive deeper into it. That's the only positive effort that a battered mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or doubt, and never dream of regretting.
10. Just one small step today. That's all. True purpose has no time limit. True passion has no deadline. Don't stress and overwhelm yourself. Just do what you can right now – just the next smallest step on a meaningful path.


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|Location :
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|Democratic Governance and Peacebuilding
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|Starting Date :
(date when the selected candidate is expected to start)
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UNDP is a key development partner supporting the Government of Pakistan in achieving its own development objectives as well as in working toward the internationally agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP promotes transformational change by fostering strategic partnerships with national counterparts with the federal, provincial and district governments, in addition to fostering partnerships with civil society, the private sector and the local and international community. UNDP supports transformational change by providing technical assistance focusing on developing capacity within national and local authorities, providing solutions with strong monitoring and evaluation tools, and delivering programs with maximum efficiency, transparency and accountability.
One area of UNDP's work is in democratic governance, where we work to provide technical assistance to support the institutional development of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Senate, and the National and Provincial Assemblies. The core focus of UNDP's Strengthening Electoral and Legislative Processes (SELP) project activities is working jointly with and developing the professional skills and key functions of our government partners, promote greater public engagement and trust in processes, while supporting a more democratic culture. UNDP's work with the ECP is based on the concept of supporting the electoral cycle, which addresses both one-off and resource-intensive election support, and capacity development based on a longer-term development agenda within the broader context of democratic governance.
UNDP IT related assistance to ECP mainly focuses on support to the IT Department of the ECP in overall development and implementation of a Results Management System (RMS), which includes GIS/Geo mapping of polling stations, a RMS, including software, which standardizes the processing and relaying of election results, and support to a Results Transmission System to speed results transmission from the polling station to central results consolidation centers. Against this background, the project is seeking services of an international IT Expert to provide technical assistance to the ECP.
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The objective of the consultancy is to provide expert technical support to the UNDP/SELP project and the IT Department of ECP. More specifically, the consultant will review the software and systems of ECP already in place, which ECP will assign, in light of international best electoral IT practices and recommend improvements. The consultant should have good knowledge of electoral processes and operations, and demonstrated experience in electoral IT advisory services.
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Under the direct supervision of the Chief Technical Advisor – SELP (CTA), the consultant will work closely with the SELP election IT lead and IT Department of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in order to deliver the following:
Required Skills and Experience
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Please submit your Technical and Financial proposals to the following address or through e-mail at email@example.com no later than 13-February- 2018 (1230 hrs) Pakistan Standard Time
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Ubisoft hasn't released a major game in a few months, but that didn't stop the publisher from having a strong sales quarter. For the first quarter of the fiscal year 2017-2018, the company hit sales of $234 million, higher than its projected $196.8 million.
Ubisoft managed this thanks to back catalog and digital sales. Digital revenue, which includes downloadable content and microtransactions, brought in $188 million. It represented 80.4 percent of Ubisoft's sales, compared to 75.3 percent in the same period last year. Back catalog sales brought in $220.45 million.
The year has been good to Ubisoft. As of May, the publisher had the two best-selling games of the year so far: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands at No. 1 and For Honor at No. 2. This success comes at an important time for the company as it battles a hostile takeover bid from Vivendi.
For the next quarter, Ubisoft is expecting sales of $220 million. During that time frame, it will release Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for the Nintendo Switch on August 29.


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Lilly watched Hudson guide Sandy's elbow from behind Sally's dirty curtains, her favorite spying place, until the pair were lost between the blueberry rows. She ran her thumb over polished nugget hidden in her Lloyd's apron.
Tell me what to do now!
She looked at the old fair ribbons half expecting Sally to be shaking a bony skeleton finger at her out of a wicked mist, but there was nothing there except a decade of cobwebs.
Sandy's rental car tires crunched on the gravel said everything about her departure to Lilly, and Lilly sighed. When she peeked out those lacy curtains once more, Hudson was waving Sandy off with Cielo at his feet.
Travis was swinging on Hudson's arm in an all-too-acquainted fashion.
"Travis!" she yelled knowing the single pane glass would do little to muffle her voice. "Come eat your supper!" She rapped on the glass with her knuckles for added measure. Travis let go of Hudson's hand like he had been caught stealing candy and ran toward the blueberry patch with Cielo in fast pursuit.
Seconds later Hudson stood in the kitchen, his lips on her neck and his hands low on her hips.
"Why is she here?"
Hudson kissed her neck. Her skin prickled, rippling until she pushed back on him, unable to stand his touch.
"She wants to buy the buckskin." He took his hands away and giving Lilly space to air her fumes.
"How much?" Lilly asked. She cranked on a can of clam chowder of Yoyo's supper.
"She hasn't said—"
"She's an old girlfriend, isn't she?"
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Daniel Handler is a writer who is more famous for writing under a pseudonym. Let's see if we can review his new book without even mentioning the pseudonym. Given how lively his new book, All the Dirty Parts, is – it's probably for the best. We wouldn't want any young fans of L—– Sn—– to accidentally chance across this and, you know, find out a few things a little sooner than perhaps they should, eh?
"There are love stories galore and we all know them," Cole, our young narrator, informs us. "This isn't that. The story I'm typing is all the dirty parts." When he isn't watching porn, or jerking off, or discussing porn with his best friend Alec, he's sleeping around. He has a rep. "It doesn't matter how many girls I've slept with… What matters is that it doesn't feel like enough."
It's a dark book, then, in many ways, dark like Philip Roth's Deception or like Yorgos Lanthimos' new film, The Killing of a Sacred Deer; it's the kind of book that may make some readers uncomfortable. Landing, as it does in the middle of the latest blitzkrieg of sexual outrage, film producers, directors, actors and politicians toppling left, right and centre, accusations and condemnations filling the airwaves (and condemnation the only accepted response – check out Woody Allen's attempt to admit any kind of complication into the debate, only to be labelled "a vile little worm"), All the Dirty Parts feels mildly dangerous.
And yet, at the same time, there is an unexpected sweetness to things, at times – if you are brave enough to tear through the braggadocio – that recalls Joe Dunthorne's Submarine. After flirting with a bisexual interlude, our narrator takes up with a young woman called Grisaille who is every bit as interested in sex as Cole. It would be easy to dismiss Grisaille as the product of a middle aged man's fantasy (Nicola Six anyone?) if it weren't for the authenticity of Handler's dialogue. The back and forth between Cole and Grisaille is by far the best part of the book.
The arc – slightly shallow sex obsessed young man finds love and has his heart broken – is well-trodden to be sure but Handler's light touch (the novel clocks in at just shy of 150 pages and is comprised, for the most part, of extremely short paragraphs) allows for an elegant pace. All the Dirty Parts is a book that is deceptively simple to read, a book you could read quickly, and yet it's also a book that loiters, like a figure you glimpse in the shadows of a shopping precinct at night. It's a worrying book. A book that nags at you. Are we supposed to read this is a tale of a young sexual predator who gets his comeuppance? Is it a book meant to work in the same way as AM Homes' The End of Alice – are we supposed to feel some sympathy for Cole? Are these things mutually exclusive? It's a book that raises questions and the answers are not straightforward. Questions are good because we have to think. A lack of easy answers is good because we have to think. Thinking is good. We thank Mr Handler for that.
Any Cop?: Whilst we imagine that All the Dirty Parts won't be for everyone, we enjoyed it more than Handler's previous outing, We are Pirates.


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Doug was born in Bristol in 1972. The third of four children, his upbringing was
a lively affair dominated by improvised football and cricket matches in the
street, a whole menagerie of noisy pets, and playing rugby on a Sunday and
watching his dad play on a Saturday. Family holidays in St Ives, now such a
centre of artistic excellence, were spent playing on the beach and laying
into Cornish pasties without a thought of what the future might bring. But
running parallel to this seemingly carefree existence were two aspects of
Doug's life that played a large part in forming his early character.
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The Nomad S-307 is the third release from Nomad Cigar Company, and Nomad's first full production Nicaraguan release. The S-307 is following the heels of the Nomad Lot 1386, which was Nomad's first limited Nicaraguan product released at IPCPR 2013. The Nomad S-307 is made at the AJ Fernandez Cigars. You can get the full details on the S-307 here.
It's go time!
Vitola: Toro
Size: 6 x 50
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra
Binder: Ecuadorian Habano
Filler: Nicaraguan
Beverage: Sweet Tea
Cigars Smoked for this Review: Two
Smoking Time: 90 Minutes
Price Point: $7.95
Cigar Purchased: Fred sent me the samples
Setting the Context
I got these in the mail just a few days ago and couldn't wait to smoke them. I really, really enjoyed the Nomad Lot 1386, and you can read my full review here. I have said several times that I didn't really enjoy the Nomad Original, but I have a feeling the S-307 will be right up my alley.
For being a soft box press, it seems solid. Visually, this is a very striking cigar. The very dark Sumatra wrapper has a very nice sheen to it and the veins of the cigar are lighter in color, and accent well against the wrapper.
Cold Draw
When I nosed the S-307 I get a ton of black pepper and mild notes of tea. The draw was perfect. During the cold draw the pepper was more muted, and it was the only thing I was able to detect. In the process of trying to figure out the cold draw, I did notice the wrapper did give me a slight burn on the lips. It was unexpected.
First Half
There was a HUGE blast of pepper when you first light the S-307. The S-307 quickly changes from the big blast of pepper, to a very mild and mellow woody notes. It was very surprising how quickly the profile changed in depth. There are notes of tea present as well. Then the earth notes really took over and dominated the profile. There was a nice sweetness which was in the background, which complimented the wood and tea notes well.
It really surprises me how slow the burn is on the S-307. The draw is prefect, but the burn acts like the cigar was just freshly rolled. Just about this time I start to get a run in the wrapper burn. It was easy to correct with a bit of spit.
Second Half
The second half was mostly a repeat of the first half. There was a new doughy quality which emerged in the S-307 and a refined earthiness which sat in the background.
The more I smoked into the S-307 the more "Nicaraguan" the profile became. It picked up in strength to the medium range. The earthy flavor became much more complex adding a few notes of nuts and toast.
I think Fred has done a fantastic job this year on producing two completely different, but quality Nicaraguan cigars. You can see in my pre-release review of the Lot 1386, and you will see there is no doubt it is a must buy, at least IMHO.
To me the S-307 doesn't taste Nicaraguan at all. Also, I could swear there is no ligero used in the blend, but of course I could be wrong. I didn't reach out and ask Fred about this and he say there is "some" ligero used in the S-307 and on a scale of 0-10 for strength it would be considered a 7.
The S-307 will appeal to those who are looking for a more mellow smoke which at the core is very earthy. While I enjoyed the S-307, it didn't have me saying, "fuck, I need to get a box of these."
The S-307 was complex and to someone like Catfish, would be perfect, but it wasn't for me. Coming off the recently release Lot 1386, I found the S-307 lacking the strength I would have expected.
Based on the price point, I would recommend anyone to try the S-307, but I don't see people rushing out to buy boxes in droves. I do think though based on the new cigars which have been released this year, I would expect the S-307 to find its way onto a few Top 10 lists.
Final Thoughts
Since Commonwealth Cedar Spills was just on CigarChat, I decided to light my S-307 with some spills I got during IPCPR. I have to admit that it worked better than I thought it would. I was able to light the entire cigar in one pass, without lighting a side and causing a wonky burn.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
TJ's Commissions: Be a Disney Princess.
Pearliology is a Beauty Guru on Youtube and I got to know her via my sister Cilla. She is a huge Disney fan and she wanted to have herself captured as one for her header. Of course, I said "Yes"
So obviously I went a bit in stalker mode and checked out her blog. A header space isn't that big, so I had to keep in mind what I wanted to paint as I didn't want lots of details to go missing. However, it was clear from the start that there had to be one big princess Sarah, as all Disney princesses have their moment of prettiness on a poster. Then after a bit of research I decided to add 3 little princesses. 1) She loves to snap pictures as much as she can (and her blog is filled with lovely peeks in her life), so because of this I chose to have one mini Sarah holding a camera. 2) She loves slushies! 3) Disney princesses always seem to have cute birdies around them (and then they burst out into singing...)
I don't have a whole lot of pictures this time as the design was pretty straight forward and the sketch was right in one go. I wanted to add frames around the 3 little princesses, but decided to leave them out in the final sketch as it would take up too much space. Also on the original I hand-painted "Pearliology"
She absolutely loved it and hearing this just makes my day! It's always a challenge to create something that the client will love, but so far the response I get is way beyond amazing.
Little updates:
1. YAY! The SOS Sahel painting is sold during the auction! The lovely Betty Dravis is the proud owner of the Goddess of Nature and the painting is on her way as I type this post! She is a writer AND a celebrity interviewer (she interviewed Clint Eastwood back in the days. How COOL is that?!) and if you're interested to see her work, please go to her site, Betty's Dreams.
2. All the giveaway prizes are on their way to their new owners! AND there will be a new one up in a week or two.
3. I'll be doing some major redesigning of a lot of things soon, but I will update you accordingly when the time is right.
Thanks for reading lovely readers! Till next time.
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wow you did a good job on that! I love the header! The header looks like your sister! Yup! Fun! :DReplyDelete
Goed gedaan hoor! Heel cool!
Heb ik al gezegd dat ik de header mooi vind?
Nee? Echt niet? Oh... ik vind de header echt heel cool!Replies
Hahahaha thank YOU!! Ahh so funny, my mom said the exact same thing! Sarah and Cilla do look a like a bit as well!Delete
DANK JE WEL!! Ben super blij dat je de header mooi vindt haha. Oh! Ik switch binnenkort naar een WP site! Dat is update nummer 3 maar ik wilde niet teveel ramblen in deze post hehe.
Oh echt!! Wat goed! Jippie! Dat is super goed nieuws! Wheehoo! :DReplyDeleteReplies
Haha yes!! Blogger is te gelimiteerd voor mij nu man! Moet uitbreiden...hehe :DDelete
This is so cute! I love their dresses :3.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you SO much D.! It's been a while since I dropped by your blog. So sorry, my life is very hectic at the moment! XxDelete
You must have LOVED doing this! Your two favorite loves combined :DReplyDelete
It must be an extreme sense of satisfaction when your client is excited over the finished product! As someone who WAS one of your clients, it was pretty exciting on my end too.
So happy your painting sold at the auction. It was incredible!Replies
Haha! I did love doing this one and yours was sooooo much fun to do as well!Delete
To hear that people love the end result...it's difficult to describe what this does to me. Very often it's surreal as to me it's just "drawing", for someone else is more like "characters coming to live through lines and colors"...it's very, very cool.
Thank you SO much for strolling by!!
Hey TJ, I've noticed the "Commission TJ" page on the blog doesn't exist anymore O.O Is it my internet connection, or you stopped doing them, or you're just editing the blog or something? xD I was thinking of commissioning you around Christmas time :DReplyDelete
I will have a look now!! I did change some stuff, so maybe I did something wrong? I'm very curious now haha. You got my e-mail!! Xoxox!Delete
That commission was perfect for you -- how awesome! And it's beautiful, as well. Also glad to hear Goddess of Nature sold. What a great painting for a great cause!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Janene! Thank you so much. It was indeed a very cool commission and so happy you like it as well! The Goddess of Nature...so pleased it's traveling to her new owner now!Delete


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The couple split when news that he had a daughter surfaced. Still, Chris seems to be intent on getting her back.
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On October 1, Il Volo appeared on the Carmen Nebel Show to perform their newest single, "Nessun
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thanks so much for this update, Kelly
I saw it!! And they were their beautiful, talented, charming selves!! Never disappointing!! ❤ ❤ ❤
Always perfect our beloved boys, thanks Kelly.
Great voices. Great singing performed by our
precious IL VOLO no matter what country in
which they sing.
I love it! I play it over and over. Thanks Kelly.
Italian article, interview with boys:
Thanks Lydka, I had not seen this article.
Daniela, I am proud on this exposition, that shows the beauty of our art , on the occasion of Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU in Rome you can see Baroque treasures of Slovakia !The exhibition runs until 13 November, I recommend to see. Have a nice day !
Oh, sorry, I made mistake, is Gothic treasures of Slovakia
I explain my mistake, in this exposition you can see work by great artist Master Pavol of Levoča, I saw pictures from the Italian site, and when I wrote name of exposition, I thought about nice church, about Baroque Holy Spirit Church and monastery of Ordo Fratrum Minorum Conventualium which is in Levoča. 🙂
Thanks Lydka, very beautiful this exhibition at the Quirinale, I scheduled a visit to Rome, but we still have not established the date, whether it will be possible before the date of the show will not fail to visit.
Here is good quality video Nessun dorma from Carmen Nebel Show:
Thank you Lydka. I don't know how the audience stayed in their seats after hearing this!
Very beautiful and symbolic because they sang it on October 1 and this day is World Day of Music (or International Music Day) ! For example in my country great orchestra was created on Saturday in our capital city, Bratislava was visited by many young musicians from all over Slovakia. Their meeting had a beautiful, unique and cultural significance. The aim was to achieve record.
On Hviezdoslavovo Námestie on the occasion of the International Day of Music met together a large number of gifted and talented young musicians ( age : 10 – 19 years ) from all over Slovakia. The square was filled with well-known melody of song Let It Be by the legendary Beatles, with Slovak singer Peter Cmorík.
Margaret I had the same thought …In Florence I continued to jump up and forcibly clapping had reddened arms up to the elbows
Lydka this beautiful initiative, the music is wonderful.
Thank Lydka. You always find such great information for us to check out.
Gina, I do not know if some informations from me are interesting for you all, but I try to promote little bit also my country.And video Nessun dorma from ZDF show is really glamorous. Have a nice evening !
You may be interested, every first Sunday of October in my town is Košice Peace Marathon,the oldest in Europe :
thank you Lydka I haven't been able to axquire the new CD'd & DVD yet This just gives me a taste of what I am looking forwaed to from the most magnificent singers on the face of the earth
Loretta, I am also waiting on my 2CD+DVD, delivery time takes from 7 to 21 days. I have to be patient. I wish you very nice day, hope you are doing well. Sincere greetings to you !
Kelly. I am still tearing up. Nothing could be better. amazing. Joanie G
This was so beautiful. They seemed so relaxed. Piero looked like he was smiling in his solo. Can't wait til next year and see them sing this live.
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Rose Marie, yes, world is big, but in the same point also small place. During World Music Day all around the world musicians are doing different events to celebrate beauty of music. Wishing nice day !
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02 Aug HOW TO SURVIVE LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP (LDR)
Long Distance Relationship is the main highlight of my love story. My first relationship was with my high school sweetheart. It ended after nearly 2 years (1 year of LDR). My second and current relationship is also a long distance one. Thank God it is still going strong after two years. I am not a relationship expert, but I am pretty confidence to speak up about
How to Survive in Long Distance Relationship (LDR):
- Accept the fact that He will not be there for you right at the moment.
Who doesn't want to be consoled by your loved one right after something unpleasant happened? Distance, time differences, working hours' discrepancies and whatsoever are the limitations here. Sometimes you just can't call him/her after, you have to wait until his night shift ends. And the universe is not always on your side all the times, sometimes the internet connection sucks too (true story. Lol). Not to mention you won't spend any date nights celebration until he come back home. At first it seems okay, but after sometimes it becomes tiring. Remember, we cannot blame that person. It's either we want to accept this situation or not because it's just the nature of long distance relationship.
- Nurture your relationship EVERY SINGLE DAY
I truly learn about this from my first long distance relationship. No matter how much you were head over heels with him/her at the beginning, if you don't maintain the sparks, it will be gone without you even realize it. When we are in long distance relationship, your couple is not involved in your daily life. Then, how do you expect your couple to know or to understand your situation if you don't tell them? OKAY. HE/ SHE IS NOT WITH YOU PHYSICALLY. It is your job to let him/ her know to make your couple stay relevant in your life. When you nurture your relationship every day, you will realize that
distance is just a distance because being close to your lover is never about proximity.
Maintain the little gestures that you do from the very first day of your relationship until now, because it matters A LOT.
- Be independent. Don't centralize your life in your couple
There are some couples who make each other as the center of their life where they do almost everything together. It is not wrong, though I am opposed to that. What i learn from LDR is that you cannot rely on your couple. You are the source of your own happiness and your couple shouldn't be the center of your relationship. Have life outside him. Be busy, Make the most of your time to develop yourself, so you won't have time to think much about Him and the future of your relationship.
- Set your goals together
Having a shared vision and goals are very essentials for this relationship. It fuels your spirit to keep fighting for this. Most importantly, when things are getting harder, you won't be easily give up because you know that all of those sacrifices made now are not for nothing. Indeed, it is for greater purposes in the future. Be positive that when things start getting harder, it means that the relationship has leveled up and ready to surpass another challenge.
Dear you: thanks for being the best LDR partner 🙂
- Pray without ceasing
We have to learn to love that is deliberating not demanding. Maintaining long distance relationship itself is not easy, don't be a demanding partner that makes the situation even worse. Ask God to strengthen us so we can through this relationship. Pray to God that if He/ She is The One, He/She will be.
As i read this again, those tips are also applicable for non long distance relationship. Best of luck to all of us 🙂


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