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Did Ex-CIA Chief Brennan Cook Up Russian Conspiracy
The report ("The Dossier") that claims that Donald Trump colluded with Russia, was paid for by the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign.
The company that claims that Russia hacked DNC computer servers, was paid by the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign.
The FBI's counterintelligence probe into Trump's alleged connections to Russia was launched on the basis of information gathered from a report that was paid for by the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign.
The surveillance of a Trump campaign member (Carter Page) was approved by a FISA court on the basis of information from a report that was paid for by the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign.
The Intelligence Community Analysis or ICA was (largely or partially) based on information from a report that was paid for by the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign. (more on this below)
The information that was leaked to the media alleging Russia hacking or collusion can be traced back to claims that were made in a report that was paid for by the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign.
The entire Russia-gate investigation rests on the "unverified and salacious" information from a dossier that was paid for by the DNC and Hillary Clinton Campaign. Here's how Stephen Cohen sums it up in a recent article at The Nation:
"Steele's dossier… was the foundational document of the Russiagate narrative…from the time its installments began to be leaked to the American media in the summer of 2016, to the US "Intelligence Community Assessment" of January 2017….the dossier and subsequent ICA report remain the underlying sources for proponents of the Russiagate narrative of "Trump-Putin collision." ("Russia gate or Intel-gate?", The Nation)
There's just one problem with Cohen's statement, we don't really know the extent to which the dossier was used in the creation of the Intelligence Community Assessment. (The ICA was the IC's flagship analysis that was supposed to provide ironclad proof of Russian meddling in the 2016 elections.) According to some reports, the contribution was significant. Check out this excerpt from an article at Business Insider:
"Intelligence officials purposefully omitted the dossier from the public intelligence report they released in January about Russia's election interference because they didn't want to reveal which details they had corroborated, according to CNN." ("Mueller reportedly interviewed the author of the Trump-Russia dossier — here's what it alleges, and how it aligned with reality", Business Insider)
Bill Maher Defends Kavanaugh
(via Zerohedge)
On his show Friday night, Bill Maher and his panel got into a heated debate over the "new" allegations about Brett Kavanaugh – yes, the ones even his accuser can't remember. Maher even turned on his liberal comrades, adopting the position that rehashing events from when Kavanaugh was 17 years old hurt the Democrats in 2018… and could hurt them again.
Citing polling from 2018, Maher said that Democrats could have done better in the midterm elections had it not been for the Kavanaugh hearings: "People did not like going after a guy for what he did in high school. It looked bad and now Democrats are talking about impeaching him again?" Maher said.
Guest Andrew Sullivan seemed to agree. "He probably did some shitty things in high school drunk," he said.
And when liberal guest Heather McGhee tried to jump in, asking "May the woman please speak about what this felt like?", Sullivan shot her down immediately: "Please don't play that card. You're making my point."
When Kavanaugh's temperament was brought up, Sullivan responded: "You try maintaining a good temperament when you're being accused of something, you had no idea it was coming at you, came at the last minute, and that happened years and years and years ago."
As McGhee tried to make the point that being a Supreme Court justice isn't just a "normal job", Maher immediately fired back: "So you're saying at 17 you have to have your fully formed character?"
He continued: "Live in reality, man! That's who they put up. We don't have the votes, and now we lost seats! Are we gonna do it again? Ruth Bader Ginsburg said glowing things about him… What were you like at 17?"
Social Media is the Biggest Threat to America… It's Time to Break Them Up
After the another mass ban by Facebook and Instagram of Alex Jones, Milo, Laura Loomer, and Paul Joseph Watson, it is evermore clear and a massive warning to all conservatives that they are not welcome on social media platforms. Something that should also be considered illegal considering their 'public square' standing and non-publisher status, which saves them from sued for libel but [should] curtail their ability to promote, dissuade, or ban content based on their choice.
Facebook went as far to even say they'll ban anyone or organization that shares content from Alex Jones, Infowars, or any of the banned people mentioned, maybe even more.
Facebook is also conducting election-meddling. Gang Emperor Yang, a meme page for Democratic candidate Andrew Yang, was removed less than a month ago.
President Trump has yet to act on this, ironically without social media Donald Trump would never be President. Considering the Media, Entertainment, and Political monopolies are aligned against him it seems maddening that President Trump hasn't done one thing besides offer the suggestion to "be good" online.
Despite the fact that it's hard to find to find any popular conservative right besides Ben Shapiro on the internet. When 2020 roles around it's going to for Donald Trump's old coalition to remain strong when his followers, his greatest allies in media, and people who helped get elected directly are being de-platformed, silenced, and banned off of social media.
News flash! Women's Lives Now More Than Bearable
This is a contentious time for feminism. In the age of #MeToo, Time's Up, and the Weinstein effect, just a few of the many products of the fourth-wave feminist movement, women are continuing to push forward a certain narrative about men and the Western culture's effect on women in general. It seems as if the conversation surrounding women and gender equality has seeped into virtually every realm of life: politics, culture, religion, and even medicine and technology. Fourth-wave feminists are expressing their distrust in men in many ways…celebrities are calling out sexual predators in front of public audiences, politicians are using sexual assault as a political tool, and students are marching and demonstrating. Corporations, eager to jump on the "let's make a political statement" bandwagon, are even using sexual assault as a marketing tool, spouting controversial messages about toxic masculinity and the like. A prime example is the recent Gillette ad, which garnered more than 19 million views on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
Many women are also writing about feminism. One example of this is an article, written last year in celebration of International Women's Day, that has been circulating on social media for the past few months. The article, entitled "100 Easy Ways to Make Women's Lives More Bearable" and authored by Dani Beckett, has been shared more than 300,000 times since its publication in March 2018. While we would not exactly call it "viral," it is no secret that the article's contents are becoming increasingly normalized, currently believed by a meaningful number of female millenials. Beckett's article was published in Broadly, a subset of Vice Media, a digital media and broadcasting company that launched Vice, the Canadian-American print magazine that gave rise to Broadly. Broadly, a heavily leftist channel catering to women and designed to "provide a space for us to understand, express, and navigate our identities as we define who we are and where we're headed next," has quite a solid readership.
After I kept encountering the article on Facebook for several months, I figured it was probably worth a read, but before reading it, I could not help but linger on the title. How to make women's lives more…bearable? Bearable means tolerable, able to be endured, not even touching the realm of pleasurable or happy. The title implies that women in this country are struggling so much that someone desperately needs to make their lives "more bearable." In a country where the vast majority of workplace fatalities befall men, the chief victims of non-fatal violence are men, men make up three quarters of all murder victims, women are outperforming men at all levels of education (they even outnumber men at most medical schools), women win custody battles, and women legally win half the earnings and belongings in a household, apparently women's lives are not yet bearable enough. I was confused, but intrigued, and proceeded to make my way down the long list of male-targeted demands, some of which are too good not to highlight.
The article is written in an incredibly patronizing tone, as if men in America need to be taught that forcing sex upon a woman is probably not a good idea, as if they apparently grew up in a society that conditioned them to rape. The first item on Beckett's list is, "Before explaining something to a woman, ask yourself if she might already understand. She may know more about it than you do." Well, is that not general logical advice for anyone? I know the point is to call men out for supposedly always trying to explain things to a woman, but if you are versed in the basic tenets of communication, then it must be the case that you know not to prematurely lecture someone on a topic you suspect they are already well-versed in, regardless of their gender. And let us suppose this is not the case and you have a habit of being didactical when not needed. Well, then this advice should certainly go for everyone, not just men. The point is, gender has nothing to do with it. There is no evidence that men are somehow more likely than women to try to explain something to women, simply because they are women, before considering whether those women might actually understand the topic. Fourth-wave feminists are pushing the narrative that men inherently feel entitled and better than women, so they feel it necessary to always explain things to a woman without thinking if she might already understand. It is a dangerous and baseless narrative to push forward. While it was certainly true fifty years ago when male professors would not even call on their female students in lecture, today, men DO listen to women, whether they like it or not. By virtue of the professional empowerment of women, which has become normalized in Western society, men listen to women explain things to them every single day. Consider this: women now hold 49% of total faculty positions in American colleges and universities. Women lecture, and men listen.
Beckett then states, "Related: Never, ever try to explain feminism to a woman." Well, what if she's wrong? Beckett would tell you, "Trust women. When they teach you something, do not feel the need to go and check for yourself. And especially do not Google it in front of them." So, if she's wrong, it doesn't matter. No one cares about facts anyway. Women are so privileged that they now also have the right to be wrong and to lie without getting called out. This is an important reminder of "Believe all women," the Left's mantra during the infamous Kavanaugh controversy. If you feel the need to check something JUST because the person who explained it to you is a woman, then maybe you need to treat your misogyny and perhaps Beckett's list is actually for you. But we live in a society where women are leaders in every sphere – politics, business, medicine, science, the law. At this point, men get it. The need to overpower women, of which remnants will perhaps always exist, has largely dissipated through the years as evidenced by the fact that women now control 60% of the wealth in the United States, for example. If men are such misogynists, why are they collectively not fighting tooth and nail to tear down successful women? Certainly some are, but it's virtually impossible to prove patriarchy-enforcing men outnumber matriarchy-enforcing women. Instead of acknowledging that, fourth-wave feminists are resorting to feelings, as opposed to facts, to craft their man-hating narrative. What's more, they are lowering their standards for women.
Clearly, men and women are different, no matter what radical feminists want you to believe. But even though they are different, every society is founded upon a standard set of basic principles and values that every human, regardless of identity, should be obligated to follow in order to preserve civility. Lying does not all of a sudden become okay for a woman if it's not okay for a man because women should not get special privileges. That is why Dani Beckett is also mistaken in suggesting "Be kind to women in customer service positions. Tip them extra." Because they are a woman? This sentiment points directly to the pinnacle of feminists' hypocrisy. Feminists want women to be treated equally, which naturally entails holding them to the same standards as men. Regardless of whether you are a woman or a man, if you don't do your job well, then you should not be tipped extra. Regardless of whether you are a woman or a man, your customers should be nice to you if you do your job well because that's the right thing to do.
Next on Beckett's list is a whole compilation of demands centered around how to describe women. She states, "Examine your language when talking about women. Get rid of 'irrational, dramatic, bossy, and badgering immediately." This implies that women cannot be any of these things, which they most certainly can. Or perhaps it implies that they can be some or all of these things but they should not be called out for it, which once again, means that according to Beckett, we should hold women to a lower standard. Let's be clear, women should not get free passes just because they are women and their ancestors have suffered through years of misogyny and oppression. If feminists want true equality, then they should not be cutting women slack and lowering their standards for women out of pity. Women are perfectly capable of meeting those standards. Pushing forward women's rights legislation should not be done out of a need to prop up identity politics. Women deserve equal rights not because they are women, but because they are humans.
If that was not enough, Beckett certainly has more! "Never comment on a woman's body," she says. When describing women positively, men should say she is "talented," "clever" or "funny," but not "gorgeous" "sweet" or "cute." Men also cannot call her unique, and "unlike other girls" because all girls are awesome. Long gone are the days when it was flattering for a woman to be told she has a nice physical appearance. And long gone are the days when men were allowed to make their physical attraction, the very basis of biological reproduction, known to women. I am assuming Beckett wants men to assign more value to women than their physical appearance, which is understandable, but assigning more value to personality and assigning some value to physical appearance are not mutually exclusive acts. A 2017 study published in Evolutionary Psychological Science found that most women are likely to choose physical attractiveness over personality and intelligence in potential partners. For a group of people who supposedly hate double standards, fourth-wave feminists sure do love double standards.
And now we arrive at the scariest portion of Beckett's list: the postgenderism demands. Beckett states, "If you read stories to a child, swap the genders. Cast women in parts written for men. We know how to rule kingdoms, go to war, be, not be, and wait for Godot." Right, and that is exactly why the parts of Katniss Everdeen, Hermione Granger, Wonder Woman, Lara Croft, Daenerys Targaryen, Mulan, and many, many more have been written. To show that women can indeed rule kingdoms, go to war, and do pretty much anything. Fourth-wave feminists are called "fourth-wave" because they are not the first. The women of the past have already proven that women are powerful and can rule kingdoms. There's no need to reinvent the wheel by going to extreme measures (i.e. swapping genders) to show something that everyone, barring exceptions, already knows. Perhaps, then, the point of swapping genders is not so much to normalize powerful, masculine women. It is, in fact, to get rid of gender roles altogether. My prediction is that postgenderism will pave the way for fifth-wave feminism.
So why is one article like this one so important? It's maybe just the opinion of one woman. Except it's not. Between 70 and 80 percent of college women currently identify as feminists. The contents of Beckett's article are at least somewhat representative of the mentality of young women in America today, even if some shy away from the label "feminist." I fear that this association we have started to develop between feminism and fourth-wave values, some of which are exemplified in this article, will only become stronger until, eventually, first and second-wave feminists are shut out entirely. Women who are pro-life are shut out entirely. Women who want other women to be held accountable are shunned and considered anti-feminist. Criticizing obesity, pointing to false allegations of sexual assault, challenging the misconceptions surrounding the pay gap, holding conservative views about female sexuality, and acknowledging core differences between men and women will become wholly incompatible with any definition of feminism. Women should be encouraged to be strong, not feed their victimization complexes. Women should be encouraged to listen to other women, even if they disagree. Fourth-wave feminist indoctrination should not be something we stand for if we want to actually help gender equality.


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Stephen Spotswood
Class of 1999
Major/Minor: English, Drama
Washington College Alumni Horizon Ribbon Award
While some call Stephen Spotswood '99 a humble man, his accomplishments are anything but. Spotswood is a Playwright who has received countless staged readings and productions of his work, and he was recently awarded the first-ever Washington College Alumni Horizon Ribbon Award.
In the ten short years since graduating from Washington College, Spotswood not only earned an MFA in Playwriting from Catholic University, but he has seen his plays performed in prominent festivals, receiving awards for his work. In 2007, Spotswood won The Kennedy Center National College Theatre Festival's Paula Vogel Award for his play The Aaronsville Woman. He was also recognized in 2009 with the Mark Twain Award for his play Miranda is Morning.
When asked how he feels accepting the recognition, Spotswood responded, "Whatever has driven me to a career in the performing arts and to write for the stage has many of its roots in the theatre at Washington College. I owe much of whatever success I have or will achieve to the work I did there and the people I did it with."
Sarah Jarrell Contos '00 nominated him for the honor "because I am so very proud to be witnessing the making of what will prove to be a treasured American artist." The Alumni Horizon Ribbon was recently established by the Alumni Board to identify and recognize outstanding WC graduates of the last 15 years. Any alumnus/na may nominate a young alum for the award which is given in honor of outstanding leadership, service, or scholarship in a particular area. The winner, chosen by the Awards Committee of the Alumni Board, is recognized with this distinction at Fall Convocation.
While she is always eager to tout Spotswood's many successes, Contos recognizes that he remains pretty modest about the recognition. "Most of the time when he wins an award, I find out months later because he's so humble of spirit. I'm just a very proud friend and want to see him continue to succeed," Contos said.
WC Magazine Appearances
- Young Playwright Accepts Alumni Award
- WC Reunion 2010, Starring You
- Weddings

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Pellegrini is proud not only of the position City are in heading into their final game of the Barclays Premier League season but of the manner in which they have got there.
Pellegrini has advocated an attractive brand of attacking football all season and, despite criticism his approach was too reckless at times, he has rarely deviated.
With City now realistically needing just a draw against West Ham on Sunday to secure a second title in three seasons, his methods are close to receiving significant vindication.
The Chilean said: "I repeat, the reality is the way we did it is one of my best achievements in this season.
"The first thing I can say is we chose the right squad for what we needed to do this year."
Pellegrini now expects his side, which moved two points clear of Liverpool at the top by beating Aston Villa 4-0 in midweek, to complete the job against the Hammers.
He knows the possibility for jitters still exists, however, and will want his players to follow his ice-cool example.
Pellegrini has betrayed little emotion all season and that is an approach he has honed from experience, having been "different" in his younger days.
"I think when I started this career I had, absolutely, a different character," the 60-year-old said.
"As a player I was a different character to the one I am today but to prepare to be a manager I think you must change a lot of things.
"You have to understand you are not a player and have another attitude with the players."
Asked if he does suffer from nerves, the former Malaga coach said: "I know how to control (them) - it is different.
"After so many years, it is very important to control your emotions because when you have to take decisions under emotion normally you do it the wrong way.
"I think it is very important of the manager to be calm, to try to repeat what we did the whole year.
"I expect to win
We are thinking not of winning one point but just winning the match, and the best way to do it is to play the way we always do."
Pellegrini has a fully-fit squad available with Sergio Aguero back in contention after a groin injury.
Aguero, top scorer with 28 goals in all competitions this season, missed the game against Villa after limping out of the action at Everton last weekend.
Pellegrini said: "The whole squad is fit for Sunday
It is very important, always for a manager, if you have your whole squad and choose from all your players."
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Serving up frozen and luke-warm turkey for Thanksgiving...YUM!
Frozen and lukewarm turkey not exactly what you had in mind for your Thanksgiving dinner, huh? Well, before I completely ruin your appetite, let's just say the frozen and lukewarm bit of your Turkey Day has to do more with the weather and not with your meal (at least I hope that's the case anyway).
There's no doubt it was a COLD start to Thanksgiving, with many spots in the upper teens and low 20s. YIKES! So I sincerely hope many of you got started with the cooking nice and early to keep your home warm. Thankfully, unlike the past few days, we'll actually see things get semi-warm by the end of today. Lukewarm some might say. Highs will climb around 50° for both Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley.
Now, if you have any big shopping plans for after the big meal or into early Black Friday, I would highly suggest you bring along a warm jacket. Temps will dive back into the 20s overnight and if you're waiting outside in any of those big lines to get in, you'll be getting pretty cold rather quick. Black Friday will be even warmer than Thanksgiving by afternoon, with most spots in the low to mid 50s.
The warming trend continues right on through the weekend and into next week with more warm weather in the mid to upper 50s across the region.
Now don't be so quick to put away the heavy jackets just yet. Some of our long range models are hinting at some VERY cold air possibly making its way back into the picture towards next weekend and beyond. We'll continue watching it and see if it ends up panning out as we go forward.
In any case, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving surrounded by friends and family and of course, be sure to eat plenty of delicious food!


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Idea - option to set YOUR OWN "no image" artwork.
I want to be able to change the "no album art found" picture from the default grainy Llama to something nicer, like a picture of a record player or something. A user on Youtube gave me instructions on where to find the "no_alb_art" file and how to change it, but these changes only affect the Bento and Big Bento skins, I cannot get this change to work on Winamp Modern, which is my preferred skin, and even though I >have< gotten the change to work in the Bento skins, it still has glitches where there is bits of black on it when I click on the other songs in my playlist.
Another thought... perhaps maybe it would be possible to have an animated gif of a record player animating when a song that has no embedded art is being played. That would certainly be more entertaining to look at than just a pixelated Lllama.
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Well, the idea is not new, but is a fair request though.
Now it is tighlty tied to the skin system, so each skin needs some tweak to show your custom pic. It's actually easy though, in the Modern skin case the solution is sort of like on the other skins:
- Open the skin's folder (if you haven't extracted to a folder yet, do it now, ask me how to if you don't know how).
- Go to the folder where all the XMLs are.
- Open the file "player-elements.xml" (on every skin this file's name changes a bit) with any editor like Notepad.
- On the 2nd or 3rd row add:
- ..and Save.
- Voilá! Any PNG you put on your skin's folder named "notfound" will work.
I recommend you use at least 256x256px pics, but don't get too hopefull to get rid of the little artifacts Winamp makes to the image when resizing it.. (blame the engine.. or coders in charge at that moment heh..).
JPG's are allowed too, just change the piece of code accordingly ("..@SKINSPATH@/notfound.png" >> "@SKINSPATH@/notfound.jpg").
GIF could be use too, but there will be no animation at all. This is one of the great debts of Winamp..
PS: cPro skins have a picture of their own to show no-art pics, but it doesn't affect the ML pics, so the trick is useful there too (though you need to change 2 files to set it the same).
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Thank you, this is much better (imo) than the pixelated Lllama.
Maybe one day Winamp can do animated gifs, then I could have an animated gif of a record playing. ^.^
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If you want to buy the skills with peds, why not just use the auction?
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Child support resource fair offers fresh start, amnesty
August 11, 2011
Wyandotte County residents with unpaid child support, missed court dates or other child support problems can get a fresh start at the Child Support Amnesty and Resource Fair.
The annual 2011 Amnesty Day and Resource Fair will be from noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at the Holiday Inn Express at The Legends.
Residents attending the Amnesty and Resource Fair will have the opportunity to straighten out problems with the child support court, including making back payments, arranging new court dates and getting bench warrants lifted.
The event is also a resource fair for both payers and recipients of child support. The "Workforce One" mobile unit will be on hand assisting with online job searches and job opportunities. Representatives from local training programs and community colleges will also be there to help participants connect with jobs and job training. Additionally, information will be available for participants to learn how to remove barriers to employment, such as old criminal convictions and records of arrest.
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Warning: Section 1 is written in the style of a chapter of the ISO standard and thus a bit dry on first reading without background information, unless you are a true standards geek. For more tutorial information, check out the rationale in section 2 and the quoted references in section 3. Writing a detailed paper that explains in depth this design is still on my to-do list (don't hold your breath though).
The header <time.h> provides in addition to the facilities specified in ISO C 89 the following new features:
The macros defined are
all of which expand to an integral constant expression of type int and all of which should have disjoint bits set to one.
The types declared are
struct xtime
which represents a point on some time scale or a duration in time and
which holds information related to a timezone. This information can for instance include data related to a geographical region regarding its historic or planned timezone and daylight-saving time changes or an algorithmic description of rules for such changes, all of which can be used to convert between a struct xtime numeric time and some local-time and calendar-date representation of this time.
The xtime structure shall contain at least the following members:
int_fast64_t sec; int_fast32_t nsec;
The types are those defined in <stdint.h>, but these type names and the other type names from <stdint.h> are not included automatically by <time.h>.
The xtime structure describes a point in time relative to some reference point, which is referred to as the epoch. The member sec identifies the one second long time interval that starts sec seconds after the epoch. Negative sec values refer to second intervals before the epoch. The member nsec contains the number of completed nanoseconds from the start of the second interval identified by sec to the described point in time. The nsec value is always in the range 0 to 999_999_999, except during an inserted leap second, which extends the second interval identified by sec to two seconds, and where nsec is in the range 1_000_000_000 to 1_999_999_999 if the described point in time falls within an inserted leap second.
Note: Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the modern version of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), is the international atomic-clock time scale on which almost all time services and official local-time definitions are based. Leap seconds are occasionally inserted into UTC as an additional second 23:59:60 at the end of a UTC month in order to keep UTC and UT1 (another timescale defined by the rotation of the earth) from drifting apart by more than 900 ms. Leap seconds are simultaneously inserted into all local times derived from UTC. UTC and leap seconds are defined in ITU-R Recommendation TF.460-4.
The types time_t, clock_t, and all related functions and macros are declared deprecated by ISO C 200X but are still required in the form defined in ISO C 89/99 for backward compatibility with existing applications.
int xtime_get(struct xtime *xtp, int clock_type);
The xtime_get function determines the current time and writes it into *xtp. Several types of time are provided, and the value of clock_type selects among them. The following clock_type values are defined by this standard:
If any of the above clock_type values is combined with a bit-wise or operator with TIME_RESOLUTION before being passed to the function, then the value written into *xtp will be a time interval that describes the resolution of this clock and not the current value of this clock.
Note: The implementation is only required to provide its best-effort estimate for the value of any of the above clocks. Precise UTC and TAI representation and correct leap-second treatment will usually only be possible with a connection to an external reference clock that provides for instance data on the current UTC and TAI-UTC values plus a leap second announcement. On systems without such a connection, the implementation should provide the best available estimate for UTC. The implementation of TIME_TAI is optional and the majority of systems is not expected to implement TIME_TAI, because TAI data is not part of many time signal services and stored TAI-UTC tables that allow to convert the widely available UTC signals into TAI would have to be updated roughly every six months with every new IERS Bulletin C mailing. Implementations are allowed to offer additional non-standard clock types (for instance TIME_UT1 for the current UTC+DUT1 time, which is broadcast by some time services), and implementations are allowed to offer additional clock property macros to request more information about the clock than just the resolution.
On success, if the requested clock type was available, the function shall return a value r with (r & clock_type) == clock_type. If time != NULL then the value of the requested clock shall be stored in *xtp.
If the requested clock type was not available or the requested clock type was not known, the function shall return a value r with (r & clock_type) == 0 and *xtp will be undefined.
If the requested clock type was available and was TIME_UTC or TIME_TAI, and if the system was recently in contact with an external reference clock and can assure with high certainty that the provided time is still correct within one second, then a value r with (r & (clock_type | TIME_SYNC)) == (clock_type | TIME_SYNC) should be returned.
If the requested clock type was not available and the implementation knows only some local time in some unspecified time zone, then the function shall return a value r with (r & (clock_type | TIME_LOCAL)) == TIME_LOCAL and if time != NULL then this local-time value shall be written into *xtp in a way such that the epoch is 1970-01-01 00:00:00 in this local time, not counting during any inserted and counting for all deleted time intervals for timezone adjustments or leap seconds in this local time.
void xtime_delay(long sec, long nsec);
The function shall wait for at least sec + nsec / 109 seconds on the TIME_MONOTONIC clock. The function shall return immediately if this value is not positive.
Note: Signal handlers can be called while this function is waiting, but it will not return prematurely due to the arrival of a signal. The POSIX.1 function nanosleep provides a similar service that is interruptible by signals.
A timezone in this context is the information necessary to convert between a struct xtime UTC value and a struct tm broken-down or string-formatted local time. This information can include not only a fixed time offset in minutes between UTC and the local time, but also algorithms that determine how this offset varies during the year due to daylight-saving times regulations and even tables that determine how the offset and the daylight-saving time regulations change over the years. The following functions convert a timezone description that is provided as a text string into an in-memory representation of the timezone. Since timezone information can include tables of variable length, dynamic memory allocation and deallocation functions are provided.
int tz_prep(timezone_t **tz, const char * restrict tzstring);
Allocate memory for and create the in-memory representation of the timezone specified in tzstring. This standard does not specify the syntax of the timezone description in tzstring. If tzstring == NULL, then some externally defined default timezone shall be used.
On success, the function shall set *tz to the address of the allocated timezone_t data structure and shall return 0. If there was a failure during memory allocation, the function shall set *tz == NULL and shall return -1. If there was a problem with interpreting tzstring, the function shall set *tz to the address of the allocated timezone_t data structure, shall then write into **tz further information about the cause of the problem for evaluation by tz_error, and shall return 1.
Implementation Advice: The supported tzstring values can be full algorithmic descriptions of the timezone, for instance in the TZ format defined in ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (POSIX.1) section 8.1.1, such as "CET-1CEST,M3.5.0/2,M10.5.0/3" for Central Europe in 1999. They can also be names of geographic locations or timezones, which are then translated by a configuration database lookup into a detailed description. A possible convention is for example to name a region with common timezone rules after the most populated area in this region, such as ":Paris". If tzstring == NULL is specified, the default timezone can for instance be determined using environment variable TZ or failing that using a system-wide configuration file.
char *tz_error(timezone_t *tz);
After tz_prep has signalled an error by returning another value than 0, this function can be used to generate a readable error message about the cause of the problem by looking at the timezone_t value allocated by tz_prep. If tz == NULL or if no error has occurred, then this shall also be indicated by an appropriate message. The language used in the message should depend on the locale. The implementation is free to arbitrarily select between the locale that was active at the time of the call to tz_prep or that active when this function is called.
The function returns a pointer to a zero-terminated text string that contains a message. This text string is usually not accessible any more for the application after the next call to tz_error or tz_free with the same tz value. Calls to any of these functions with other tz values generated by tz_prep shall not affect this text string (multi-threading safety).
Implementation Advice: There are several ways in which this function can be implemented in a multi-threading safe way. One is to let tz_prep generate the text message and store it somewhere in **tz, such that tz_error just has to return a pointer into this timezone_t value. Another is that tz_error determines the error cause by examining data found in the timezone_t value, and allocating space for the string on the heap. The pointer to this string would then not only be returned by tz_error but would also have to be stored in the timezone_t value such that tz_free can deallocate it again. A conforming portable application should not change the locale between calling tz_prep and tz_error.
void tz_free(timezone_t *tz);
This function deallocates the timezone_t data structure that was allocated before by a tz_prep call which returned with a non-negative value. The function shall perform no action if tz == NULL.
long tz_jump(timezone_t *tz, struct xtime *xtp, int forward);
This function allows an application to find all non-continuities in a broken-down time representation defined by *tz about which the implementation is aware. Such non-continuities are all inserted or deleted time intervals that are not predictable by a continuously running 24h-clock and the normal Gregorian calendar. This includes leap seconds and daylight-saving time start and end, perhaps even calendar exceptions. If tz == NULL, then only UTC leap seconds shall be indicated. The value *xtp shall be interpreted on the TIME_UTC clock and defines the point in time where the search for the next non-continuity starts. A non-continuity on this start point shall be ignored in the search. After the function returns, *xtp shall contain the point in time where the non-continuity begins if one had been found. If forward != 0 then the function shall search for the next non-continuity after *xtp. If forward == 0, then the first non-continuity before *xtp shall be searched.
A return value of zero indicates that the implementation is not aware of any non-continuity in the requested search direction and *xtp will remain unmodified.
A positive return value r indicates that a time interval of r seconds is inserted into the time scale starting at the time *xtp in the timezone *tz. Unless the non-continuity is just a leap second, this means that the clocks in this timezone are turned back r seconds at *xtp and that the broken-down time representations during the r seconds that follow *xtp are a repetition of the r seconds that preceded *xtp. For example in the case of an inserted leap second, the function will return 1 at the point in time that corresponds to the start of the leap second (23:59:60 UTC) and xtp->nsec == 1_000_000_000. In the case of a switch from summer time back to winter time, the function will return 3600 if the difference is one hour, and *xtp will be set to the start of the repeated hour, that is to the start of winter time.
A negative return value r indicates that a time interval of r seconds is deleted from the time scale at the time *xtp in the timezone *tz. This means that the clocks in this timezone are turned forward r seconds when the time *xtp is reached. For example in the case of a deleted leap second, the function will return -1 and write into *xtp the point in time that corresponds to the start of the second after the deleted leap second (00:00:00 UTC). In the case of a switch from winter time to summer time, the function will return -3600 if the difference is one hour, and *xtp will be set to the start of summer time.
int xtime_make(struct xtime *xtp, const struct tm *tmptr, const timezone_t *tz);
This function interprets the broken-down time in *tmptr as a local time in the timezone specified in *tz and writes the corresponding value of the TIME_UTC clock type into *xtp. If tz == NULL then the *tmptr values are interpreted in UTC on the Gregorian calendar. Since struct tm provides only second resolution, the function sets xtp->nsec = 0 or in case tmptr->tm_sec == 60 then it sets xtp->nsec = 1_000_000_000.
On success the function shall write the requested time into *xtp if xtp != NULL and shall return 0. If the conversion is not possible because the values in *tmptr did not correspond to a valid broken-down time in the specified timezone, then the function shall return -1 and *xtp will be undefined.
Note: A possible implementation of this function could look like this:
... example below not yet finished ...
int xtime_make(struct xtime *xtp, const struct tm *tmptr, const timezone_t *tz) { if (tz == NULL) { if (tmptr->tm_sec < 0 || tmptr->tm_sec > 60 || tmptr->tm_min < 0 || tmptr->tm_min > 59 || tmptr->tm_hour < 0 || tmptr->tm_hour > 23 || tmptr->tm_mon < 0 || tmptr->tm_mon > 11 || tmptr->tm_mday < 0 || tmptr->tm_mday > ... || tmptr->tm_isdst > 0) { int mon = tmptr->tm_mon - 1; int year = tmptr->tm_year + 1900; int sec = tmptr->tm_sec; if (!xtp) return 0; if (mon <= 0) { mon += 12; year--; } if (sec == 60) { xtp->nsec = 1_000_000_000; sec = 59; } else xtp->nsec = 0; xtp->sec = ((((int_fast64_t) (year/4 - year/100 + year/400 + 367*mon/12 + tmptr->tm_mday) + year*365 - 719499) * 24 + tmptr->tm_hour) * 60 + tmptr->tm_min) * 60 + sec; // ... check for negative years ... } } } else { // handle other timezones // ... } }
int xtime_breakup(struct tm *tmptr, const struct xtime *xtp, const timezone_t *tz);
This function interprets the value in *xtp as a TIME_UTC clock type value and writes the corresponding broken-down local time in the timezone specified in *tz into *tmptr. If tz == NULL then the written *tmptr values are in UTC.
On success the function shall write the requested time into *tmptr if tmptr != NULL and shall return 0. If the conversion is not possible then the function shall return -1 and *tmptr will be undefined.
int xtime_conv( struct xtime *dst, int dst_clock_type, const struct xtime *src, int src_clock_type);
On success the function shall write the result into *dst if *dst != NULL and shall return 0. If the conversion is not possible because the implementation lacks the necessary information, then the function shall return -1 and *dst will be undefined.
Implementation Advice: Implementations which have a built-in leap-second table should provide access to this table via xtime_conv in the form of supported conversion between the clock types TIME_UTC and TIME_TAI. Implementations can also offer the application to convert TIME_MONOTONIC values into TIME_TAI or TIME_UTC values as soon as these clocks have been adjusted using an external reference. This way, TIME_MONOTONIC values that were measured at a time when the implementation had not yet been able to determine UTC or TAI can later be converted as soon as contact with the reference clock is established.
size_t strfxtime(char * restrict s, size_t maxsize, const char * restrict format, const struct xtime *xtp, const timezone_t *tz);
The strfxtime function places characters into the array pointed to by s as controlled by the string pointed to by format. The format shall be a multibyte character sequence, beginning and ending in its initial shift state. The format string consists of zero or more conversion specifiers and ordinary multibyte characters. A conversion specifier consists of a % character, possibly followed by an E or O modifier character (described below), possibly followed by a sequence of digits that indicate the requested minimum width for the conversion, followed by a character that determines the behavior of the conversion specifier. All ordinary multibyte characters (including the terminating null character) are copied unchanged into the array. If copying takes place between objects that overlap, the behavior is undefined. No more than maxsize characters are placed into the array.
All conversion specifiers supported by strftime are also supported by strfxtime, with the following extensions and modifications:
If the total number of resulting characters including the terminating null character is not more than maxsize, the strftime function returns the number of characters placed into the array pointed to by s not including the terminating null character. Otherwise, zero is returned and the contents of the array are indeterminate.
The ISO C 89 <time.h> functions have a number of such serious shortcomings that the only clean solution is to introduce a complete set of new time manipulation functions. The major problems with the old time API are:
Considering this large number of problems, it seemed to be the best solution to completely redesign the time API instead of trying to fix the old one. Several previous attempts to improve C's time API have remained unsatisfactory:
All these problem can easily be solved by simply giving up time_t and introducing a new time type with a carefully defined encoding. The definition of struct xtime used here is inspired by the POSIX.1 struct timespec, which again was inspired by the struct timeval interface of the BSD Unix gettimeofday system call, so there exists plenty of practical experience with this encoding.
The improvements that struct xtime brings compared to its POSIX and BSD predecessors are:
The POSIX.1 approach of just ignoring that leap seconds do exist is unacceptable for a proper international standard. Leap seconds do occur in the official legal definitions of local time in almost all countries today, and computer systems with high-precision timing facilities and requirements have to be able to deal with them. Delaying return from the clock-query system call until the leap second is over is not an option for real-time applications. Defining an encoding of a time scale that is completely based on TAI is also not feasible, because TAI is not widely publicized. End users usually expect UTC-based external representations of time, and forcing implementations to represent everything in a TAI-based time scale without leap seconds would cause in practice numerous wrong timestamps caused by out-of-date UTC-TAI tables in systems (as demonstrated by the experience with complaints from owners of early GPS receivers).
This API does not specify whether the system's internal clock runs on UTC, TAI, or on a completely independent (monotonic) time base. It provides applications equally with access to all three types of time scales and fully supports implementations that are unaware of TAI. Implementations of this API are not required to store an up-to-date UTC-TAI table or to keep track of how the internal monotonic time is related to UTC and TAI, but if the information is available to the implementation, then the user can access it in a portable way via the xtime_conv function. This way, this API does not put extraordinary burdens on the implementor, but at the same time allows highly sophisticated implementations to offer their full UTC/TAI functionality to the user.
The TIME_MONOTONIC clock type is offered for two reasons. The first one is that a reliable leap-second free time-scale is required for algorithms like "Wait 3000 ms before opening the valve", even on systems that do not have access to TAI, and access to TAI is also not required otherwise for such applications. The second reason is that many applications require a time-scale that is guaranteed to be available right from system start, but devices without a reliable battery-backed clock have to acquire UTC first after startup from an external source, and even devices with a battery clock can drift so far away that a crude adjustment is necessary, which would affect wait loops if UTC were the only timebase available.
The problem that struct tm does not provide all information that an efficient and extensible time-string formatting function might need is solved elegantly by just defining strfxtime such that the struct xtime and timezone values are provided directly to this function, avoiding the inefficient and lossy detour via mktime that was unfortunately necessary in ISO C 89.
This approach avoids that we need significant extensions of mktime and clumsy mechanisms for future extensions in a second struct tmx as one of the ISO C 9X draft proposals suggested.
None of the previous drafts provided a clean interface to handle timezone information as an object of its own right and in a multi-threading safe way. Timezone information can be a comprehensive data structure that needs a compilation step in order to be transformed into an efficient in-memory representation. The textual description format of a time zone can be complex, therefore an error message facility is necessary to help users in getting a correct configuration. An API with three functions similar to the POSIX.2 regular expression functions has been provided for this.
The old mktime, gmtime, and localtime functions have been replaced by the two new functions xtime_make and xtime_breakup, which provide a simpler and yet much more functional interface. They accept a universal timezone specification as a parameter and are not bound to a single timezone. The old functions allowed breaking up a time only for local time and UTC, and a time could only be composed in local time and not in UTC. The new functions do not return pointers to internal static buffers like their original equivalents and are therefore multi-threading safe. They also allow the user to switch between arbitrarily many timezones and provide two-way conversion for all of these. The supported timezones can have very complex relationships with UTC, for instance it is no problem for an application to offer via this API the local time for some Mars robot. The role of the xtime_make and xtime_breakup functions in this new API is also much less important: While in ISO C 89 mktime, gmtime, and localtime were the only way of performing portable arithmetic on time_t, with the new API, arithmetic can be performed directly on struct xtime, since the encoding is fully defined there. These functions are also not relevant any more for printing a time since, in contrast to strftime, strfxtime operates directly on the second-counter time and the timezone descriptor.
The list of conversion specifiers of strftime was much shorter than needed, and a number of new ones had to be added in order to support the POSIX.2 date functionality, all ISO 8601 date and time formats, the European Union summer time directive regulations for denoting the last hour of summer time and the first hour of winter time, and customary locale based abbreviated and full names of timezones. Most of the new conversion specifiers are already provided in ISO C 99, so we have to add only a few additional ones.
This proposal emerged out of discussions on the tz mailing list, and I am especially thankful for valuable suggestions from Paul Eggert, Joseph Myers, Antoine Leca , Clive Feather, Chris Newman, Nelson Beebe, and others.
Suggestions and comments on this text are very welcome!
Markus Kuhn
created 1998-09-09 -- last modified 2002-04-05 -- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/c-time/


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Books Gone Hollywood
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There are some movies that everybody knows come from a book-- The Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings, the comic books turned movies like Superman, Spiderman, and Fantastic Four, and many classic novels. But there are a wealth of others that have flown slightly under the radar.
Take a look at some of these book titles that are available at our library that have been turned into movies or television series.
If you like this list, and want to see some adult and teen book titles that have been made into movies, check out this list of children's books that have been made into movies in Books Gone Hollywood: Children's Edition
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*Because so many classic novels have been turned into movies (and so many versions of each have been done), they are generally not included in this list. Also not included are the very popular superhero comic books that have been made into films in recent years. This list is intended to help readers find that many popular movies were actually books first, and since these are well-known adaptations, have been excluded from this list.
*Please note that JMRL does not own all of the corresponding movies or TV shows.
The Short List
A great list of titles to start with, and annotations to them.
About a Boy by Nick Hornby After Will tries to pick up women at a single parents' support group, he is befriended by an odd boy named Marcus, who latches onto him as a father-figure.
Film: 2002 with Hugh Grant & Nicholas Hoult. TV show: 2014 with David Walton, Minnie Driver, & Benjamin Stockham
Forrest Gump by Winston Groom Join Forrest Gump's odyssey through, and his involvement in, three decades of American culture all while remaining true to his one love, Jenny.
Film: 1994 with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright
P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern When Holly's husband Gerry dies of a terminal illness, she is torn apart with grief. But through a series of letters Gerry wrote for her before he died, Holly might learn how to put herself back together again.
Film: 2007 with Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler
Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde A 12-year-old boy accepts his teacher's challenge to change the world for the better by doing good deeds and paying it forward. Film: 2000 with Kevin Spacey and Haley Joel Osment
Push by Sapphire 16-year-old Precious Jones is pregnant with her father's child when she meets a teacher who will change her life.
Film title: PRECIOUS: 2009 with Gabourey Sadibe and Mo'Nique
Q & A by Vikas Swarup In a Mumbai jail cell, a poor uneducated orphan explains through a series of painful tales how he could answer all the questions correctly on India's biggest quiz show.
Film title: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE: 2008 with Dev Patel and Freida Pinto
Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella The mysterious words, "If you build it, he will come," lead Ray to create a cornfield baseball field in honor of Shoeless Joe Jackson, his hero, in this story about baseball, and the power of dreams.
Film title: FIELD OF DREAMS: 1989 with Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges 24-year-old Gilbert Grape wants nothing more than to leave his tiny Iowa town to escape his family troubles, until a mysterious girl comes to town and helps him see things in a different light.
Film: 1993 with Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio
The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich When two Harvard undergrads create the first social network in an attempt to join an elite Harvard society, their differences in the future of Facebook along with corporate greed tear their friendship apart.
Film title: THE SOCIAL NETWORK: 2010 with Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose Watch the battles of World War II Europe come to life with interviews, journals, and letters from survivors of the Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, who were involved in some of the war's most dangerous missions.
HBO TV Series: 2001 with Scott Grimes and Matthew Leitch
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar The author takes a look at the brilliant mathematician John Nash who shared the Nobel Prize in economics for his work on game theory, and who suffered dramatically from schizophrenia in the 1950s.
Film: 2001 with Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, and Jennifer Connelly
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston When hiker Aron Ralston's arm gets pinned by a boulder in a canyon eight miles from his truck, he finds the courage to do the one thing that will save his life.
Film title: 127 HOURS with James Franco and Amber Tamblyn
Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale, Jr. The true story of a Frank Abagnale, Jr., a scammer, forger, and escape artist, told by himself, tells of his many riotous ruses and adventures before the law catches onto him.
Film: 2002 with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman Sneak a peek into the life of late-18th century British aristocracy with the story of Lady Georgiana Spencer, who became an instant celebrity of her time as a friend of Marie Antoinette, and a politician in her own right, all while hiding struggles in her personal life.
Film title: THE DUCHESS: 2008 with Keira Knightly and Ralph Fiennes
Lost Moon by Jim Lovell The story of Commander Jim Lovell and his crew's incredible near-tragic moon shot comes to life through the words of Lovell himself, and puts readers inside the spacecraft during this disaster.
Film title: APOLLO 13: 1995 with Tom Hanks and Bill Paxton
Playing the Enemy by John Carlin Nelson Mandela is freed, wins the presidency in South Africa, and unites the still-segregated and war-torn nation through the national rugby team as the country hosts the World Cup in 1995.
Film title: INVICTUS: 2009 with Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon
We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee When author Benjamin Mee buys a dilapidated zoo in England, he learns the power of family and unlocks secrets of the animal world, even as he overcomes personal loss.
Film: 2011 with Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson
Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi Henry Hill's insider's look at a mafia life in the late 20th century.
Film title: GOODFELLAS: 1990 with Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci
The Extended List: Adult Fiction
This list includes adult and young adult titles because many movies crossover into both age groups.
- 24 Hours by Greg Iles (Film title: Trapped [2002])
- 3:10 to Yuma by Elmore Leonard (Film title: 3:10 to Yuma [2007])
A through D
- About a Boy by Nick Hornby (Film: 2002)
- About Schmidt by Louis Begley (Film: 2002)
- All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (Film: 2000)
- Along Came a Spider by James Patterson (Film: 2001)
- American Pyscho by Bret Easton Ellis (Film: 2000)
- Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (Film: 2009)
- Animal Husbandry by Laura Zigman (Film title: Someone Like You [2001])
- Atonement by Ian McEwan (Film: 2007)
- Be Cool by Elmore Leonard (Film: 2005)
- The Beach by Alex Garland (Film: 2000)
- Beastly by Alex Flinn (Film: 2010)
- Beloved by Toni Morrison (Film: 1998)
- Beowulf (epic poem) (Film: 2007)
- Big Fish by Daniel Wallace (Film: 2003)
- "The Body" (short story) in Different Seasons by Stephen King (Film title: Stand By Me [1986])
- Bone Collector by Jeff Deaver (Film: 1999)
- Bourne Series by Robert Ludlum (Film titles: Bourne Identity [2002], Bourne Supremacy [2004], and Bourne Ultimatum [2007])
- Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote (Film: 1961)
- Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (Film: 2001)
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reasonby Helen Fielding (Film: 2004)
- "Brokeback Mountain" (short story) in Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx (Film: 2005)
- Chocolat by Joanne Harris (Film: 2000)
- The Cider House Rules by John Irving (Film: 1999)
- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Film: 2003)
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Film: 1985)
- Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (Film: 2009)
- Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan Sheldon (Film: 2004)
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Film: 2009)
- Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernières (Film title: Captain Corelli's Mandolin [2001])
- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (short story) in Six Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Film: 2008)
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Film: 2006)
- Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake (Film: 1990)
- The Dead Zone by Stephen King (TV series: 2002-2007)
- Deadwood by Pete Dexter (Film Title: Wild Bill [1995])
- Dear John by Nicholas Sparks (2010)
- The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (2006)
- The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells (2002)
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick (Film Title: BladeRunner [1982])
E through H
- Emma by Jane Austen (Film Title: Clueless [1995])
- The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (Film: 1996)
- Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Film: 2005)
- Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter (Film: 1991)
- Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Film: 1999)
- First Wives Club by Olivia Goldsmith (Film: 1996)
- Forrest Gump by Winston Groom (Film: 1994)
- Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (Film: 2003)
- Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara (Film: 2003)
- Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane (Film: 2007)
- The Green Mile by Stephen King (Film: 1999)
- Hanging Up by Delia Ephron (Film: 2000)
- Hannibal by Thomas Harris (Film: 2001)
- Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris (Film: 2007)
- See also: Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs
- Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King (Film: 2001)
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Film: 2011)
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (Film: 2000)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Film: 2005)
- Holes by Louis Sachar (Film: 2003)
- Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (Film: 2006)
- The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans (Film: 1998)
- The Hours by Michael Cunningham (Film: 2002)
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan (Film: 1998)
- How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney Otto (Film: 1995)
- The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy (Film: 1990)
I through L
- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (Film: 2007)
- I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (Film: 2011)
- I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (Film: 2004)
- If Only It Were True by Marc Levy (Film title: Just Like Heaven [2005])
- The Iliad (epic poem) by Homer (Film title: Troy [2004])
- In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner (Film: 2005)
- Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (Film: 1994)
- James Bond Series by Ian Fleming
- Jaws by Peter Benchley
- Jumper by Steven Gould (Film: 2008)
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (Film: 1993)
- Killshot by Elmore Leonard (Film: 2009)
- Kiss the Girls by James Patterson (Film: 1997)
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Film: 2007)
- K-PAX: A Novel by Gene Brewer (Film: 2001)
- The Legend of Bagger Vance: Golf and the Game of Life by Steven Pressfield (Film: 2000)
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (story) by Washington Irving (Film title: Sleepy Hollow [1999])
- Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (Film: 1992)
- The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Film: 2011)
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (Film: 2001)
- The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien (Film: 2003)
- The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (Film: 2002)
- The Lost World by Michael Crichton (Film: 1997)
- The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Film: 1997)
M through O
- The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon (Films: 1962 and 2004)
- Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian (Film: 2003)
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Film: 2005)
- Misery by Stephen King (Film: 1990)
- Must Love Dogs by Claire Cook Must Love Dogs (Film: 2005)
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Film: 2009)
- Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (Film: 2003)
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (Film: 2006)
- The Natural by Bernard Malamud (Film: 1984)
- The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (Film: 1984)
- No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (Film: 2007)
- The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (Film: 2004)
- The Odyssey (epic poem) by Homer (Film title: O Brother, Where Art Thou? [2000])
- Oil! by Upton Sinclair (Film title: There Will Be Blood [2007])
- One for the Money by Janet Evanovich (Film: 2012)
- One True Thing by Anna Quindlen (Film: 1998)
- Othello (play) by William Shakespeare (Film title: O [2001])
- Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (Film: 1985)
- Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard (Film: 1998)
- The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (Film: 1983)
P through R
- P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern (Film: 2007)
- The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham (Film: 2006)
- The Palace Thief (story) by Ethan Canin (Film title: The Emperor's Club [2002])
- A Passage to India by E. M. Forster (Film: 1984)
- Patriot Games by Tom Clancy (Film: 1992)
- Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde (Film: 2000)
- The Pelican Brief by John Grisham (Film: 1993)
- Pet Sematary by Stephen King Pet (Film: 1989)
- Peter Pan (play) by J. M. Barrie (Film: (2003)
- The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LeRoux (Film: 1989, 2004)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Film: 2005 and 2007)
- The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico (Films: 1972 and 2006)
- The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov (Film Title: Bicentennial Man [1999])
- Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher (Film: 1990)
- The Postman by David Brin Film: 1997)
- Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (Film: 1998)
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Film Title: [1998])
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Film: 2005)
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Film Title: Bride & Prejudice [2004])
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman (Film: 1987)
- The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (Film: 2001)
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller (Film: 2009)
- Push by Sapphire (Film title: Precious [2009])
- Q & A by Vikas Swarup (Film Title: Slumdog Millionaire (2008))
- Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice (Film: 2002)
- The Quiet American by Graham Greene (Film: 2002)
- Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (Film: 2002)
- Relic by Douglas Preston (Film: 1997)
- Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (Film: 2008)
- "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" (short story) in Different Seasons by Stephen King (Film title: The Shawshank Redemption)
- A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean (Film: 1992)
- Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins (Film: 2002)
- The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson (Film: 2011)
- The Runaway Jury by John Grisham (Film: 2003)
S through T
- Sahara by Clive Cussler (Film: 2005)
- Sabrina Fair by Samuel Albert Taylor [Film Titles: Sabrina (1954) and (1995)]
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday (Film: 2011)
- Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally (Film: 1993)
- Scott Pilgrim (comics) by Bryan Lee O'Malley [Film Title: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)]
- "Secret Window, Secret Garden" (novella) in Four Past Midnight by Stephen King [Film Title: Secret Window (2004)]
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Film: 1995)
- Shadowlands by William Nicholson (Film: 1993)
- The Shining by Stephen King (Film: 1980)
- The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (Film: 2001)
- Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella [Film Title: Field of Dreams (1989)]
- Shopgirl by Steve Martin (Film: 2005)
- Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (Film: 2010)
- The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (Film: 1991)
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (Film: 2005)
- Skipping Christmas by John Grisham [Film Title: Christmas with the Kranks (2004)]
- Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson (Film: 1999)
- Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin (Film: 2011)
- Sophie's Choice by William Styron (Film: 1982)
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Film: 2004)
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman (Film: 2007)
- Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (Film: 1997)
- "Steel" (short story) in Steel, and Other Stories by Richard Matheson (Film title: Real Steel [2011])
- The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin (Films: 1975 and 2004)
- Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (Film title: Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker [2006])
- Strip Tease by Carl Hiaasen [Film Title: Striptease (1996)]
- Taking Lives by Michael Pye (Film: 2006)
- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (Film: 1999)
- The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare [Film Titles: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and Kiss Me, Kate (1953)]
- Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry (Film: 1983)
- The Tempest by William Shakespeare [Film Titles: Forbidden Planet (1956) and The Yellow Sky (1948) and The Tempest (2010)]
- Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley (Film: 2005)
- The Thin Red Line by James Jones (Film: 1998)
- The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (Film: 2002)
- A Time to Kill by John Grisham (Film: 1996)
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Film: 2009)
- Timeline by Michael Crichton (Film: 2003)
- True Grit by Charles Portis (Films: 1969 and 2010)
- Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare [Film Title: She's the Man (2006)]
- The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer
- Twilight (Film: 2008)
- New Moon (Film: 2009)
- Eclipse (Film: 2010)
- Breaking Dawn (Films: Part 1 - 2011, Part 2 - 2012)
U through Z
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (Film: 1988)
- Up in the Air by Walter Kirn (Film: 2009)
- V for Vendetta by Alan Moore (Film: 2006)
- The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides (Film: 1999)
- The Visitation by Frank E. Peretti (Film: 2006)
- Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan (Film: 1995)
- A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks (Film: 2002)
- The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (Film: 2005)
- Watchmen by Dave Gibbons (Film: 2009)
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Film: 2011)
- We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (Film: 2011)
- What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson (Film: 1998)
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges (Film: 1993)
- What's the Worst that Could Happen? by Donald E. Westlake (Film: 2001)
- Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts (Film: 2000)
- White Oleander by Janet Fitch (Film: 2002)
- The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (Film: 1993)
- The Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (Film: 2000)
- The World According to Garp by John Irving (Film: 1982)
The Extended List: Adult Nonfiction
- The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich (Film title: The Social Network [2010])
- Awakenings by Oliver Sacks (Film: 1990)
- All The President's Men by Carl Bernstein (Film: 1976)
- Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose (TV series on HBO, 2001)
- A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar (Film: 2001)
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston (Film title: 127 Hours [2010])
- The Big Year by Mark Obmascik (Film: 2011)
- Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden (Film: 2001)
- The Blind Side by Michael Lewis (Film: 2009)
- Capote by Gerald Clarke (Film: 2005)
- Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale (Film: 2002)
- Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile (Film: 2007)
- Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth (Films: 1950 and 2003)
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby (Film: 2007)
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Film: 2010)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (Film: 1998)
- Finding Fish by Antwone Fisher (Film title: Antwone Fisher [2002])
- Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger (Film: 2006)
- Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen (Film: 1999)
- Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by by Amanda Foreman (Film title: The Duchess [2008])
- He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt (Film: 2009)
- An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (Film: 2006)
- The Informant by Kurt Eichenwald (Film: 2009)
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
- Jarhead by Anthony Swofford (Film: 2005)
- Julie and Julia by Julie Powell (Film: 2009)
- Lost Moon by Jim Lovell (Film title: Apollo 13 [1995])
- Marie Antoinette: the Journey by Antonia Fraser (Film title: Marie Antoinette [2006])
- Marley & Me by John Grogan (Film: 2008)
- Masters of Sex by Thomas Maier (TV series on HBO: 2013)
- The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson (Film: 2009)
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (Film: 1997)
- Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford (Film: 1981)
- The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean (Film title: Adaptation [2002])
- The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose (TV series on HBO, 2010)
- The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Film: 2000)
- The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman (Film: 2002)
- Playing the Enemy by John Carlin (Film title: Invictus [2009])
- Riding in Cars with Boys by Beverly Donofrio (Film: 2001)
- Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam (Film title: October Sky [1999])
- Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (Film: 2006)
- Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand (Film: 2003)
- Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer (Film: 1997)
- We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee (Film: 2011)
- What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff (Film: 2012)
- Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi (Film title: Goodfellas [1990])


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Colorado Parks and Wildlife commission sets 2013 Big Game Regulations
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission finalized 2013 big-game hunting regulations at its meeting in Westminster on Thursday, Jan. 10 and Friday, Jan. 11.
The largest change in regulations from previous years is a modification to the late youth elk hunt program. Originally developed to help address overpopulations of elk on agricultural, private lands in western Colorado, the late youth elk hunting program is transitioning to continue offering hunting opportunity at a time when elk populations are being reduced to desired long-term levels. In 2013, youth with an unfilled limited cow or either-sex elk license will be able to hunt late seasons in the general area of their original license. While this is a restriction from larger late hunt areas allowed in the past, the commission and Colorado Parks and Wildlife remain committed to find innovative ways to get youth hunters in the field.
"Allowing youth to hunt late seasons has been very popular because the late seasons typically overlap the holiday breaks from school and that makes participation easier," said Rick Cables, Director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife. "Given this change, we'll be looking for other ways to provide additional youth opportunity."
Youth big-game hunters interested in 2013 opportunities should closely examine the 2013 Colorado Big Game brochure that will be available at license agents and Parks and Wildlife offices in early February. The brochure will provide a map showing the changes as well as links for online information that will explain the late youth elk hunt in detail.
Commissioners also approved a proposal to extend the mountain lion season through the month of April. In the past, most units closed to hunting at the end of March. Mountain lion harvest in Colorado has been below harvest objectives in recent years and the extension of the season will aid in achieving the goals for harvest. Mountain lions are native to Colorado and biologists say the population in Colorado is robust and healthy.
Two issues brought forward through citizen petitions were heard by the Commission. During discussions Thursday, the commission asked Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff to work with Ouray, Hinsdale, San Miguel and San Juan Counties to address concerns about conflicts between state off-highway vehicle regulations and off-highway vehicle regulations in those specific counties. Commissioners moved to discuss the petitions further during a future meeting.
On Friday morning, commissioners denied four petitions seeking to overturn a sanctuary regulation that prohibits animals from the wild being taken into private possession. Commissioners expressed concerns about the petition requests for complete elimination of the regulation. The commission instead requested agency staff remain open to discussions with licensed sanctuary facilities and other stakeholders about how to best deal with rare situations that may require exceptions, while also making sure that issues of disease, private possession, animal welfare and public safety are properly weighed.
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is an 11-member group appointed by the governor to provide public oversight for state parks, wildlife and outdoor recreation in Colorado. The commission meets monthly and travels to communities around the state to facilitate public participation in its processes. Thecommission is scheduled to travel to Greeley, Alamosa, Grand Junction, Walden, Gunnison, Trinidad, Montrose, Lamar and Pueblo in 2013.
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World Tribology Congress
September 08 - 13, 2013
Location: Torino, Italy
Venue: Palaolimpico
The 5th World Tribology Congress will highlight how tribology fundamentals and applied studies can supply an essential support to minimize the environmental impact. Particular attention will be devoted to the importance of Tribology for the environment. A sustainable development is today recognized as an inevitable priority for industries operating in current world.


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Home Page Press Becerra Wins U.S. Class Chess Championship
|Becerra Wins U.S. Class Chess Championship
|By Joan DuBois
|August 13, 2009
Official Press Release
Aug. 13, 2009
Franc Guadalupe,[email protected]
(Crossville, TN) The U.S. Chess Federation (USCF) held its 2009 U.S. Class Chess Championship July 17-19 at the Marriott Boca Raton located in Boca Raton, Florida. The national championship drew 142 players from all across the U.S.
The event was divided, by rating, into eight sections: Master (2200/up); Expert (2000-2199); Class A (1800-1999); Class B (1600-1799); Class C (1400-1599); Class D (1200-1399); Class E (Under 1200); Unrated.
Julio Becerra won the Master section with a final score of 4.5/5 to grab the title of 2009 U.S. Class Chess Champion.
The final crosstable which shows all players and their scores can be found at: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200907193221 and the feature story can be found on USCF's website at: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9539/539.
In addition to the main event, two side events were held: 5-min Blitz and Scholastic Tournament.
The USCF thanks Chief Tournament Director Francisco L. Guadalupe for running a fantastic event!
The United States Chess Federation (USCF), founded in 1939, serves as the governing body for chess in the United States and is now headquartered in Crossville, Tennessee. USCF is devoted to extending the role of chess in American society. It promotes the study and knowledge of the game of chess, for its own sake as an art and enjoyment, and as a means for the improvement of society. The USCF is a not-for-profit membership organization with over 80,000 members. For additional information on the USCF see: http://www.uschess.org.


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I liked this book because it was interesting and funny. I really liked the part where Squiggles the hamster plays a maze game. My favorite character was Kipper because he kept bothering Wilson. The book made me think about two of my friends that fight a lot.
I recommend this book to first graders and up because it doesn't have hard words and it is not a difficult book to read. It is also a funny and interesting book.


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Happy Wednesday!
I'm finally back with a post! So sorry to be absent lately! I've been on vacation and also busy working for Heartfelt Creations behind the scenes...keeping me busy:)
My card this week is from the new Celebrate the Season Collection released July 13th. I love the colors in this collection! There is something so calming about the teal and lavender colors together and I love that it's a little different from the typical red and green for Christmas.
I used the Celebrate the Season Paper Collection for the background mat and to cut the pre-printed sleigh. The other pieces, flowers, presents and mittens, were stamped on white cardstock and colored with Prismacolor Pencils and mineral spirits. All of these pieces, including the sleigh, have matching dies to cut them with which makes things so much easier!
Here's a little close up of the flowers for you.
Emma Lou has a wonderful video for you here to show you how to shape the poinsettia flowers and holly. She also shows you some great tips and techniques along with a complete look at the collection.
I'm submitting this to the following challenge:
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #240-241 - Anything Goes
Thanks so much for stopping by to visit!
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Other products: Paper: Papers: Neenah Solar White, Recollections White; Inks: VersaFine Onyx Black; Accessories: Scotch Mounting Tape, glue dots, adhesive pearls, Lavender Seam Binding, Bow-Easy Tool, Diamond Stickles, snowflake button, sponge, mineral spirits, paper stumps, Prismacolor Pencils: Parma Violet, Violet, Dark Purple, Muted Turquoise, Peacock Blue, Deco Aqua, Light Aqua, Aquamarine, Lavender, Cobalt Turquoise
Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Mj-EfcDvs for shaping tips and techniques on the poinsettia flower and holly leaves.
Instructions: Card measures 4 1/2" x 5 1/2". Cut white cardstock 9" x 5 1/2", score at 4 1/2" and fold create top-fold card base. Cut light aqua snowflake designer paper 4 5/16" x 5 5/16", ink edges with Teal Zeal using a sponge and add to base with Scotch Mounting Tape.
Die cut pre-colored sleigh from designer paper using the matching Celebrate the Season Die. Ink edges with Teal Zeal, stamp sentiment with Onyx Black Ink as pictured and set aside.
On Solar White with Onyx Black, stamp mittens, small and large flowers/holly and presents. Color with pencils and mineral spirits using paper stumps. Cut all images with their matching dies. Shape flowers/holly with Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit. Add sleigh to card using Double Dots. Add presents inside sleigh using Scotch Mounting Tape. Add mittens to sleigh using Scotch Mounting Tape and glue under bow. Add flowers to sleigh using glue dots.
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Red Sox Trade RHP Sandy Rosario to the Athletics for a Player to be Named Later or Cash Considerations
The Boston Red Sox today traded right-handed pitcher Sandy Rosario to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. The announcement was made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Ben Cherington.
Rosario was claimed by Boston off waivers from the Miami Marlins on October 17 and was designated for assignment on November 20. The 27-year-old posted a 1.04 ERA (3 ER/26.0 IP) with 16 saves and 24 strikeouts over 25 appearances for Miami's Triple-A club in New Orleans in 2012, all in relief. In six rehab outings last season between High-A Jupiter and Double-A Jacksonville, he gave up four runs in 5.2 innings. He also appeared in four Major League games with Miami in 2012, allowing six runs over 3.0 innings. This offseason, the right-hander has appeared in 10 games for Gigantes del Cibao in the Dominican Winter League.
Originally signed as an international free agent in 2004, Rosario has compiled a 30-18 record with 47 saves, a 3.15 ERA (137 ER/391.0 IP) and 403 strikeouts over 181 career minor league outings in the Marlins system, including 35 starts. He has pitched in 10 big league games over the last three seasons for the Marlins, yielding 13 runs in 7.2 innings.


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bad decisions make great stories
My outfit details:
Audrey sweater – c/o d.RA
high waisted polka dot shorts – Corey Lynn Calter
flats – c/o Seychelles
Kim's outfit details:
flower crown – she made it
sweater and jeggings – Urban Outfitters
During our visit in Nashville, we had the pleasure of staying at the Hutton Hotel. We stayed there last year and liked it so much, we decided to stay there again! I highly recommend it. The staff couldn't be friendlier and we felt right at home. We were so incredibly spoiled by the lovely accommodations and service, we got a little too used to it and thought it was our real life. We're reluctantly coming back to reality, and reality came in the form of a much less glamourous overnight stay.
As I type this, Kim and I are staying in a very sketchy motel that looks like it could be the set of a horror movie. We picked a bad time to get off the highway and since we're in the middle of nowhere, had to take what we could get. Which, come to think of it, is exactly how a lot of motel-based slashers start. We couldn't stop laughing, once we double locked the door and checked every potential hiding place for murderers or hidden bodies. Bad decisions make great stories, right?
p.s. Annnd the television just turned itself off. Definitely some ghosties up in here.