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Tom Watson's Strategic Golf.
First Edition of Tom Watson's Strategic Golf; Inscribed by Tom Watson
Tom Watson's Strategic Golf.
WATSON, Tom; Foreword by Fred Couples.
Item Number: 47072
New York: Pocket Books, 1993.
First edition of this work by Watson. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by Tom Watson on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Written with Nick Seitz. Foreword by Fred Couples. Illustrated by Anthony Ravielli.
To master golf, players have to go beyond the mechanics of the swing and learn to play the golf course. Tom Watson shows golfers how to plan their game before they reach the course. He shares his secrets for handling pressure and for inventing "impossible" golf shots. Watson's advice gives golfers the advantage where it counts, on the golf course, playing the game.


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When Tori Amos saw some sequences to the upcoming Amazon Prime series Good Omens, based on the 1990 novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, she immediately jumped on board to contribute a song. "She said, 'Absolutely, I don't remember the last time I saw something about two sane, healthy men having a friendship,'" Neil Gaiman told Geek.com during this year's NYCC. The relationship between angel Aziraphale, played by Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex) and David Tennant (Broadchurch), who takes on Crowley the devil—complete with a coif of red hair— is the core of the six-episode series.
Premiering in 2019 and helmed by Douglas Mackinnon (Doctor Who), Good Omens takes viewers on the dysfunctional journey of the angel and devil as they live a very odd, human existence, and also stars Jon Hamm as Gabriel and Miranda Richardson as Madame Tracy and Frances McDormand as the voice of God.
The series follows Aziraphale and Crowley as they travel from the Garden of Eden to Noah's Ark to the French Revolution, the Second World War in a church, 1960s SoHo, and to Shakespeare's Globe theater with the famed playwright played by Reece Shearsmith. His League of Gentlemen co-stars Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton join the series as a Nazi spy and pilot, respectively.
"He (Gaiman) managed to take that odd, peculiar bananas world and to put it into structure," said David Tennant. "It's not the same story (as a series), but it's recognizably the same world. They all feel like that live in the same continuum. I can't imagine anyone else adapting it and maintaining that clarity and that peculiarity."
The cast immediately embraced the script, because it so closely mirrored the book.
Jon Hamm originally wanted Gabriel to be an upper class, posh Brit and got an abrupt "no" from Gaiman. Gabriel is American. "You hope that there will be something that resonates in the concurrent time," said Hamm. "You couldn't get a polarized antagonist and protagonist than heaven and hell. There's not a lot of grey area between those two. Yet, they find that grey area and realize that neither extreme is great. The middle where we all live, the muddy middle, and they'd rather not see it destroyed. I think that there's probably a lesson to be taken from there in the current political climate. Maybe we should find some way to live in the muddy middle rather than camping out on both ends and hurling insults at each other."
For Sheen, a long-time fan of Gaiman's from his "The Sandman" comic days, the role was a dream come true. "Obviously I read the book when it came out, so it was very near and dear to me," Sheen told Geek.com. "On the one hand you would think that the big challenge for Neil would be to adapt a story that he did with someone (Pratchett) who isn't around anymore, but the other challenge is that there is this collaboration with the 27-year-old Neil. He's going to a piece of work that he wrote very early on in his career… How true to that 27-year-old should he be, or not?"
When it came to developing the script from the book, Gaiman literally took the number of pages and divided the book into six parts (episodes) and went from there. "I went okay, one episode has to end around here, one episode has to end around here," said Gaiman. "I looked at what was in those chunks and realized that episode three had no Crowley or Aziraphale, which would be a problem given that they were going to be our stars, so decided in a spur of the moment that I would do a half hour history of Crowley and Aziraphale and what they've done on earth in the last 6,000 years."
The relationship between Aziraphale and Crowley is a close, yet platonic one, in Good Omens. "When I was constructing the TV series, I was constructing it as if you were constructing a love story," said Gaiman, who added that it's not sexual or about long walks holding hands and that book even alludes to angels and devils being genderless.
Not having Pratchett, who passed away in 2015, was another big challenge for Gaiman, but he made a promise to his co-writer to see this through and even included a scene of Aziraphale eating sushi, a scene the two writers once joked about sitting in back as cameos. (Gaiman opted out of his cameo in the scene without Pratchett.) Nevertheless, Pratchett was very much "there" on set with his name at the top of the call sheet each day.
"I cried a lot," said Gaiman. "There was a lot of weird crying in the writing process and the leading up to it process. I don't think there was any crying once we started shooting. I felt like I was doing the thing. I was doing it for him. While I was filming the script it was funny and sad."
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Interests include: setting unrealistic expectations for myself and then being disappointed with myself that I haven't achieved an arbitrary (and always moving) standard.
Enter: agreeing to take a friend's bib to do a 25k trail race that I haven't trained for.
Now there is no reason to think that I would do "well." I am not in race shape. I have been do three 4 miles runs (2 easy, 1 tempo) and one long trail run that's about 8-10 miles with 1200' of elevation. I didn't even know about Red Newt's Iron Mines 25k/50k until 10 days ago. Alas, that doesn't stop me. But I agreed to do this race, because I knew it would be good to counter these tendencies that I have (and I know so many people share.) I knew that I could at least hike a 25k. So I agreed to do it.
I wanted to share my experience, because it's one that so many can relate to. It's one about unrealistic expectations, fear of failure, perfectionism, and acceptance.
Here goes:
I met my friends, Diana and Wanda, at a Waffle House at 4:58 AM on Saturday to head to Ringwood, NJ. The course started at the New Weis Nature Center and went throughout The Norvin Green State Forest. When we got the course map and cues, I knew that it wouldn't exactly be intuitive in terms of finding my way. I also knew that based on the course map, there would be about three climbs with some nice downhills. At the end there would be some "baby" hills. That's what I knew going into it. So I knew what I physically had to do (kind of), but more importantly I was preparing myself for what I mentally had to do.
Prior to the race, I kept having to challenge my tendencies that I previously described of setting unrealistic expectations for myself. Oh and that is coupled by the fact that my expectations are always a moving target. If I achieve the desired goal, then it must have been too easy. I kept reminding myself, with the help of John, that it doesn't make sense for me to think that I would do "well" on this if I'm comparing myself to when I prepared for Naked Nick 25k in December 2018. Like I said, I haven't trained for "racing." I knew that I could definitely hike and run at least a bit of the 25k. So I kept reminding myself of that and challenging my narrative of unfair expectations.
I also decided to do it, because I know that I have previously been immobilized by fear of failure. A year ago, I would have never agreed to do this. But in some recent months, i've realized that failure is only based on how I define it. I couldn't actually really fail in this case when I thought about worst case scenario. Worst case is that I got hurt. I feel pretty comfortable on trails, so I wasn't too worried about that. The other worst case is a mental one: I DNFd (did not finish), because I was too tired. But even not finishing because I was too tired would give me an idea of the shape that i'm in. Then I realized that there's so much freedom if I change my definition of failure. Throughout the week leading up to the run, I kept challenging the fears that I had, because I knew that they were a construct of anxiety and my perfectionism.
So the ruminations of unrealistic expectations and fear of failure kept resurfacing throughout the week, but they pretty much subsided by the time I got my bib. I knew that this was going to be a really cool race in terms of terrain and overlooks. And it was going to be great weather. I kind of got an idea of what to expect in terms of climbs. I knew that I was supposed to do 15.1 miles with 2800' of elevation. I knew to follow the little pink flags in the ground. Got it. Well kinda...
My heat started at 7:45 AM, and I went out pretty easy. Within the first .5 miles the one part of the pack went off course. I should have realized that that wouldn't bode well for the future. Within 1-1.5 miles I was lost after following a group of hikers that said they were doing the 25k course. Well, they thought they were doing the course. But then I didn't see any pink flags for a while and new something was wrong. So add about 1-1.5 miles and I'm back on course. Immediately my perfectionism felt crippling. I was thinking "I'm not going to have an accurate gauge of how I did. This won't properly represent the shape i'm in. I wonder how I would have done without being off course." I just wanted to call John, but I knew what he'd say: It doesn't matter. The real problem would have been if I stole the rest of the experience from myself. I was going to be running through the woods, climbing on boulders, and hopping from rock to rock. That's what I love. That's what makes me feel free.
After that point, I slipped into a meditative state. I remember certain pieces.
-I remember thinking around mile 5 that I was so happy to be out in the woods, looking at the moss, hearing the water, being able to physically do this.
-Around mile 7 I was thinking about how I need to keep hiking and focusing on using my glutes. (See, I practice what I preach to my patients.)
-Around mile 8-9 I remember thinking about how typically I would be close to finishing my long run.
-Around mile 10 I was reminded of hiking down from the second highest point of Lake Como with John (as he complained incessantly haha).
-Around mile 11 I was at the last aid station, and I had a moment of panic when I found out I still had 6.5 miles to go. But then I got excited. I knew I was going to run the furthest I ever have.
-Around mile 12 or 13 I was going to be going up to High Point. I tried to tell myself it wasn't going to be so bad. But I remember the graph. I remember how much I just went downhill, and I knew I had to go back up. So I knew this was going to be critical. I knew that this is when I could really burn out. So as I started to climb, I remembered the sage advice of a patient: eat, drink, rest. I did just that. I knew that when it leveled out for part that I would keep walking quickly, because it was better for me to rest and let my heart rate come down.
-Around mile 14 I was speculating about how much more I had to do. I knew there were two "baby hills" left. Then I kept going up and down, and I kept thinking that that was the two. But then I kept going up and down.
-Around mile 15 I followed a group of runners ahead of me instead of following the pink flags. There was a moment of impatience; I just wanted to be done. But I knew the impatience and frustration wouldn't have me finish faster. Then I thought of my crazy patients that run 100 miles. I would be in the infancy of my race. Then I thought that I'm going to stick with 25ks.
-Around mile something-near-the-end FINALLY I saw a volunteer, and they said 1.5 miles left.
-Around mile something-nearer-the-end I saw another volunteer that said 1 mile level when I swear I saw that other volunteer 1 mile prior.
-I began to recognize the course vaguely from the beginning. Then I got excited. I did it! I made it!!
A few (several) things I've learned:
So let me ask you:
What is one of the most important things you've learned from training or racing?? Comment below!!
Jackie Hill
5/13/2019 06:42:41 am
Great job!! Love your insights!! Looking forward to seeing you at Loopy Bunny!!
Mary Reznick
5/13/2019 08:34:03 am
The days I don't want to train are the ones that I SHOULD go in and train. As time progresses, it makes it easier (mentally) to get in the gym. I am sooooOoOooOOoo amazed by your accomplishments. You are a wonderful human being and I love reading your blogs.
5/13/2019 09:43:00 am
You did AMAZING! How could you not absolutely love that course! It was so beautiful! It had it all... the climbs, the rock gardens and boulder scrambles. And the views were spectacular! You are such a strong runner- I am so happy you inhaled the race and exhaled your expectations of yourself! You need to be so extremely proud of yourself!! Thanks for asking me along!!
Bob Pyle
5/13/2019 04:21:53 pm
No mention of brunch: did this race really happen?
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I booked two 7 night stays using hotel + air miles back in July. Called reserv. to try to change one property and learned that somehow certificates were either never attached to the original reservations or became unattached, and now due to change to new program they were unable to fix this for one of the reservations. Completely Marriott error (either at reservations or computer glitch with changeover). Now being told I can call 30 days before my trip to Europe and they will fix this or I can use an additional 95,000 points from my account to fix it now. Anyone having this issue and who do you speak to to get it rectified. Elite services claims it cannot do anything due to Corporate Policy??? Yet, they can fix it in April before my trip. When I suggested this was a Marriott error and they should just fix it now I was told "you can't prove that". Wow. I guess my Platinum Premier Elite status make no difference. Anyone know who to write to at Corporate?
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China has launched a man into space, the first "Taikonaut", Yang Liwei. This is great news. In stark contrast to American and Russian officials Chinese officials have actually expressed real visions about their space program. Yang Liwei is set to re-enter the earth's atmosphere just before midnigt UTC. I wish them the best of luck.
There's lots of news coverage of the launch, there's interesting feed-back from readers on BBC News, the Pitt News have a good article and Taikonaut Yang says "Universe is beautiful". Great, I didn't know that.
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Traveling with a CPAP machine can be difficult. The machines generally aren't light, packing a humidifier takes up precious space, and nobody wants to think about having their machine handled and tossed around by the TSA or airport loading personnel. Recent regulations now allow patients to take their equipment on the plane with them more conveniently than before, but the fact of the matter remains that CPAP machines don't make great travel companions.
Well, some don't anyway.
At RespShop, we carry a number of CPAP machines that were designed with the traveler in mind. Built lightweight and packable, these travel CPAP machines are built to withstand the rigors of the road without slowing you down on your way through security. The smallest of these machines fits in the palm of your hand and all of them offer the durability you'd expect to find in an everyday machine. For patients non-compliant with standard CPAP machines, we even carry a couple of automatic machines. Read on for an in-depth look at our line of travel products!
Automatic Travel CPAP Machines
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machine. The APEX device offers all of the comfort features you'd expect in a top machine. In addition to automatic pressure variation, the XT Auto comes with a user friendly interface, an internal power supply, and a heated humidifier. Without the humidifier the APEX is about the size of a typical alarm clock (the humidifier can be attached and detached easily) but the Transcend Auto is even smaller. Tiny enough to fit in the palm of your hand, the Transcend still offers users pressure relief and the option of using a heated humidifier or a waterless humidifier for patients short on space.
XT Line of Machines
Beyond the XT Auto, APEX's line of XT machines offers something for every CPAP user. For patients concerned about price, the XT Fit offers comfortably automatic pressure for just $189, making it the most inexpensive CPAP device on the market. Users who want a few more features might be interested in the XT Fit or the XT Prime. The Sense is built with leak compensation – which detects when your mask slips off and increases pressure to compensate for the lost air – while the Prime includes both leak compensation and PVA, which reduces pressure during exhalation. All APEX machines are available both with and without a humidifier.
Other Options
We also carry two other CPAP machines from Transcend: the Transcend EZEX Travel Machine and the Transcend II Travel Machine. The EZEX comes with EPR, a humidifier, and a simple interface in a package that weighs just a pound. The Transcend II weights just a little bit more and is built compatible with several overnight battery options. It comes with a standard wall plug in and a built in battery that will switch on automatically in the event of a power outage.
Carrying Your Equipment
Whether you're a globetrotter or an occasional weekend traveler, anyone who has ever taken a CPAP machine on the road with them knows that they aren't always the easiest things to pack. Machines can be big and bulky and if you're trying to economize, it can be difficult to find room for the machine, all accessory equipment, and any other items you want to bring on your travels. Put it this way: you never want to have to choose between bringing your humidifier and taking a toothbrush.
Fortunately, we carry a number of travel CPAP bags
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The bottom line here is that you don't have to feel restricted by your CPAP machine while you're on the road. With our selection of travel devices and bags that can efficiently carry your equipment, you'll be able to travel in style without compromising your therapy. Check out our line of travel items
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The Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) considers graduate education to be a cornerstone of the university and is a major participant in the development and offering of several excellent interdepartmental graduate majors, including BCB, Genetics and Genomics, Microbiology, MCDB, Neuroscience, Plant Biology and Toxicology. GDCB is responsible for the development of graduate level courses, in consultation with the Directors of Graduate Education (DOGE) for the interdepartmental graduate majors; and with the administration of these courses and with providing instructors.
The DOGE for an interdepartmental graduate program is usually appointed to a two-year term. Currently, GDCB has five faculty participating in the role of DOGE for an interdepartmental program:
Professor Carolyn Lawrence Dill
Professor Carolyn J. Lawrence Dill was elected to serve as Associate Chair for the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) Interdepartmental Graduate Program starting fall 2015. Professor Lawrence Dill is also member of the supervisory committee for the BCBio undergraduate program.
Go to the twitter feed on Bioinformatics Jobs, which is a service the former BCB Chair, Professor Karin Dorman, developed to help us answer the common student question of "what can I do with this degree?"
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Professor Clark Coffman is in his final year as DOGE for the Interdepartmental Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Program.
The Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Interdepartmental Graduate Program is a multidisciplinary major that allows students to explore the mechanisms of life processes in cutting-edge research labs. MCDB students perform independent research under the guidance of top faculty investigating a diverse range of questions in the sciences of molecular, cellular and developmental biology.
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Professor Jeff Essner is the DOGE of the Interdepartmental Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program.
Professor Essner believes "the field of Genetics is a rapidly evolving discipline. I view one of my roles as associate DOGE is to maintain the Genetics graduate program as cutting edge program with a high degree excellence. I am also very committed to being responsive to the concerns of graduate students and to mentor students to ensure they reach their full potential."
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Professor Tom Peterson continues his two-year term as Associate Chair of the Genetics and Genomics graduate program.
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Professor Diane Bassham is the new DOGE effective fall 2015 for the Interdepartmental Plant Biology Graduate Program.
The Interdepartmental Plant Biology (IPB) educates scientists in basic plant biology, including but not limiting to plant molecular biology, plant cell biology, plant physiology, and plant organismal biology and provides training in the most state of the art methods and technologies.


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Cinco de Mayo is around the corner and many Americans will celebrate by eating popular Mexican meals like tacos, drinking Mexican beer, and listening to mariachi music. Since many people may not know the actual reason that Mexico celebrates this particular date, I will like to share with you a little about Mexico history.
Cinco de Mayo is a celebration that occurs on May 5th, which commemorates the Mexican army's victory over France in 1862 at the battle of Puebla. In Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is primarily celebrated in the state of Puebla. In the United States, Cinco de Mayo has evolved into a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage. Therefore, in the US, just like the celebrations coming from Mexican heritage have evolved, so has the cuisine that is influenced by Mexican tradition.
Mexican gastronomy is primarily a combination of indigenous Mesoamerican food with European ingredients, especially Spanish. Spaniards introduced a variety of ingredients including rice, domesticated animals (pork, chicken, goat, and sheep), dairy products, and some herbs and spices. Mexican cuisine is famous for its elaborate dishes and for its varied use of vegetables.
It is easy to confuse Mexican food with Tex-Mex (mix of Mexican and southern US cuisine), which is actually very different. Tex-Mex is often full of sodium (due to its use of processed meats), and uses yellow cheese (cheddar), flour tortilla (wheat or white), ground beef, canned vegetables, and cumin (cumin is not used in Mexican cuisine). There is a rule that says "the more starch there is, the more Tex-Mex it is". In contrast, Mexican cuisine relies more on local ingredients, and for that reason Mexican dishes vary by region, which explains the existence of many popular traditional meals such as mole, burritos, ceviche, etc. Some of the staple ingredients in Mexican cuisine include corn, beans, avocados, tomatoes, chili peppers, along with rice, regional vegetables and herbs. The most popular seasonings are homemade salsas and limes.
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That will definitely be placed on my ever growing "books to read" list. I was unsure if he was from here or not. Thanks for clearing that up. I think it's really important to support local writers, whether they are natives or not, and even those not currently residing here as well!
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Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year is Demi's way of trying to help. She gives us insight into her struggling and what it was like overcoming self-harm along with addiction. Start each day with a quote to get through the day. Know that nothing can harm you, but yourself and the thoughts you're having. Demi Lovato wholeheartedly put her entire soul into this book. She wants young girls to have a role model. In all honesty, this is a feel good kind of book. Almost everyone can relate to the things she's saying. Whether you've been bullied or not bullied, you need to read this book. We as people need to stop the hatred and violence going on in the world. We may not be able to do this one by one, but it's a start. Demi wants all of you to know that she is there for you, as do I. If anyone ever needs a shoulder to cry on, or someone to confide in, I will be here for you. Feel free to reach out to me, I'll be there for you 100% of the time.
Friday, November 29, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
The Fault in Our Stars
Let me start out by saying "My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations." That quote right there describes the entire book. When I started The Fault in Our Stars, I didn't know it was about cancer kids. I thought it was going to be one big teenage sob story, but it wasn't. Hazel is not like the normal teenager, she wheels around her breathing cart, Philip, and obviously cannot do most teenage things. However, she does go to the Cancer Support Group, to "live the best life today!" It's a drag most of the time. She speaks in sighs with her acquaintance, Isaac. Then she meets Augustus Waters, one of Isaac's friends. Of course they fall in love. But the steps they take together makes up the whole book. The three of them have different forms of cancer. Isaac eventually has to have his eyes removed, becoming permanently blind. Hazel has water in her lungs. And Augustus has a fake leg. Hazel and Augustus are two very bright teenagers. Using Augustus's only wish, they travel to Amsterdam to visit an author. The trip wasn't a total bust, but quite unexpected. I would continue on, but my tears are starting to cloud my vision. Fabulous book, almost any age can read it, just please pick up a copy as soon as you can!
THE MOVIE TRAILER IS HERE!! Took me forever to find, so I'll just make it easy for all of my readers. :)
Click this link to watch!!
Others by John Green:
Looking for Alaska
Paper Towns
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Turtles All the Way Down
THE MOVIE TRAILER IS HERE!! Took me forever to find, so I'll just make it easy for all of my readers. :)
Click this link to watch!!
Others by John Green:
Looking for Alaska
Paper Towns
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Turtles All the Way Down
Thursday, November 21, 2013
The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars
Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches.
The title says it all! The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars covers everyone from 1915 to now. Jeremy Simmonds laid it out for us in a very neat way. In the beginning there is a page of symbols to show how that particular rock star died. Every page has a different story. We get an inside look into that rock star's life. Everyone from Elvis Presley, to Jimi Hendrix, to Sid Vicious is in this book! We get a little taste of their life along with interesting facts that are not always known. Not to mention he even includes some obituaries in there as well! Jeremy Simmonds did a great job counting through the years in an awesome chronological fashion. He literally counts up to modern rock stars from just a few years ago. I encourage any rock fan to pick up a copy of this book. Find your favorite musician and learn something new!
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
The Family
Ed Sanders wrote The Family for us to grasp the entirety of The Manson Family. He retells us about the gruesome murders, while giving us insight into what the Family was thinking that very night. We learn all about life on the ranch and life on the run. Keep in mind, I have also read Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi. These two novels show us a few different sides to the Family. Helter Skelter shows how cruel and vicious they truly were. It also takes place more in the courthouse than within the actual Family. The Family, however, tells us their tales. A little known fact about Ed Sanders, he spent time with the Family. They welcomed him and told him their tales. They thought being with him would make him even more famous. For the most part, they trusted him. Not to mention, Squeaky and Gypsy made Sanders a shirt for coming to sing with them on the ranch. Sanders has more information on the trials and the Family than anyone else. He also has the biggest Manson "shrine" so to speak. In all honesty, Sanders is an old hippie. We catch on to that early in the book, due to the phrases he uses. The Family is a quick read if you are truly interested.. Otherwise, it is kind of slow and hard to understand at parts. But this book did have some things in it that were not in Helter Skelter, almost giving us a full understanding of the Family. Lets face it, we'll never really know what was going through their heads those few years.
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3 Speed Reads for Valentine's Day (f/f, m/m/, and m/f)
Happy Valentine's Day my lovely readers!
I know, I know, it's a made-up holiday. But I think there's something lovely about celebrating romance in the middle of winter. Even if your version of celebrating it is delighting in the quirks of the genre and maybe not necessarily romance in real life.
(Personally I will be celebrating it in real life, but hey, I'm a newlywed. 😉 )
So maybe you're finding yourself at home with no plans for Valentine's Day. Sure, you could watch re-runs of The Bachelor, but why not spend the wintry day curled up with a quick romance read? Not sure what to read? Here are three speed read romances, vastly different from each other. What makes them a speed read? They are all less than 200 pages. And don't worry. All three of them got 4 stars or more here on Opinions of a Wolf.
Braided: A Lesbian Rapunzel
By: Elora Bishop
Mood: You believe in fairy tales and happy endings!
Pairing: f/f
Length: 61 pages
A lesbian retelling of Rapunzel. Gray, a witch's daughter, visits Zelda every day. The witch switched Gray's fate into Zelda, so now Zelda is the one entwined with the spirit of the tree that the people worship. She must live on the platform and every day lower her hair for people to tie ribbons and prayers into. Gray feels horrible guilt over their switched fates, but she's also falling in love with Zelda.
Full Review
Listening to Dust
By: Brandon Shire
Mood: You like a tragic romance that makes you cry. Keep the tissues handy for this one!
Pairing: m/m
Length: 142 pages
A chance meeting between orphaned British writer, Stephen, and American soldier, Dustin, leads to a passionate love affair in England. But when Dustin chooses to go back home to his small Southern town to care for his mentally challenged brother, Stephen is left behind, sending letters that are never answered. He finally decides to follow Dustin home and arrives only to discover that Dustin is no more.
Full Review
Love Among the Chickens
By: P.G. Wodehouse
Mood: You enjoy slapstick and want to laugh. A lot!
Pairing: m/f
Length: 176 pages
Jeremy Garnet, a novelist, is living a relatively quiet bachelor life in London when his old school friend Stanley Ukridge shows up. Ukridge is starting a chicken farm with his wife, Millie, and wants "Garnie old boy" to come stay with them. He'll get to write in the country in exchange for a few hours of work a day. In spite of the fact that Ukridge is planning to run the chicken farm without any prior knowledge or studying "the better for innovation, my boy," Garnie takes him up on it. Of course, life with the eccentric Ukridge surrounded by chickens isn't quite the quiet writing environment Garnie was planning on. Not to mention the Irish professor neighbor's lovely daughter that Garnie can't quite get out of his head.
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Short Story: The Tale of Leroy of the Backwoods of Vermont by Amanda McNeil
Note: This short story, which is humorous horror, was originally published in 2011 in the online horror magazine 69 Flavors of Paranoia (volume 3, menu 13). I recently discovered that 69 Flavors of Paranoia is now defunct. Their website and Facebook page are completely gone. An investigation of their twitter finds that they did not delete their twitter but they have not tweeted since evidently announcing on January 13, 2015, that they are now out of commission (view the tweet here). They did not give advance notice to any of the authors who had been published so that we could archive our stories from their zine, nor did they create an archive themselves. They, in fact, completely deleted their entire website; they did not even move it to a free host. It appears that the Internet Archive primarily archived their issue table of contents and not the stories themselves. You can view the table of contents for the issue that contained my story here. Since I never gave up my copyright nor can the story be read in their publication anymore, I have decided to re-publish it here myself. I don't feel the need to resubmit it to other magazines right now, as I have other projects I am working on. I do hope you all enjoy it. You can view links to the rest of my publications on my Publications page.
"The Tale of Leroy of the Backwoods of Vermont"
Amanda McNeil
Leroy never saw no need to leave these here backwoods of Vermont, kinda like m'self. His mama birthed him here when she was only fifteen years old in the family log cabin right up on this here hill. Her mama done whupped her good when she found out she had a bun in the oven, but her daddy put a stop to it. Every babe is a gift from God. Ayuh. That's what he'd said. So he was birthed, and his mama done named him Leroy.
Leroy's folks; they didn't trust the gubmint none. No sir. The gubmint's the one that's been slowly takin Vermont from the good, rignal born, old-timers and handin it over hook line and sinkah to them dammed librals. Leroy's pappy–he alwuz insisted he married Leroy's mama on purpose, but Leroy alwuz suspected that it was more of a shot gun affair–anyhow. He alwuz tole Leroy, "Boy! Don't you take nothin from nobody. We's bettah than that. We's take care of ourselves n our own. Don't you be like them dammed useless welfare folk."
So his mama done taught him right there at home while his pappy went to work in the mill down the road n Gram cooked n kep house. Sometimes, Grandpappy'd take him out n teach him all's'bout huntin and fishin and survivin without the food you kin get in a grocery store. Ayuh. Course, ventually, the gubmint done made him go to school, but it was only down at the gubmint school close by, and well Leroy, he warn't never near the top of his class, if you know what I'm sayin.
I was friends with good ole Leroy back in the day. Ayuh. You might say that. I'd scaped from that gubmint school soon's they let you. Been out a few years. Leroy, he was gettin close to it. Anyway, Leroy's folks n mine, they was all on us to do our share fer the families. I'd done took to collectin fiddleheads n beer cans an sech on the side of the road when I warn't workin in the mill with the rest of the fellers. That sorta thing's alwuz more fun with a buddy along, so I done asked Leroy to join me on one sech excursion on a…..well durn. It musta been a Sat'day afternoon, cuz I don't recollect havin gone to church in the mornin.
So, we was out on one of them thar back roads. Y'know, the ones that alwuz have big ole ruts in em n sometimes a farmer or a backwoodsman'll come puttin along in his ole truck with the sharp edges, nothin like them new trucks with them pussy-ass rounded edges. An the forest, well it just come right on up near the side of the road with just them thar drainage ditches betwixt the two. Makes fer more interestin collectin that way. Sometimes you see a critter or some sech. Well, it was late spring-like. I recollect that, cuz I was collectin me some fiddleheads. They make a durn good supper if you cook em up right good with a big ole dollop of butter, y'know.
Anyway, so I was toolin my way along in one of them drainage ditches that run along the side of them old-fashioned dirt roads. It was real muddy-like. Course I didn't care cuz you gotta wursh the fiddleheads anyway, an I had me some real good boots. Leroy, he was pokin his way along on the other side of the road. He done got a bit further down than me when he call out to me. "Hey, Bobby!" He done shout it just like that. "Hey, Bobby!"
"Yeah, what?" I done called back to him.
"Lookee here. Lookit what I found."
I sighed n looked up expectin a whole bunch of nothin. Leroy, he warn't exactly strong in the head department, if you know what I'm sayin. Well, thar stood Leroy. He was a scrawny kid, Leroy was. Ayuh. Scrawny n tall topped off with a shock of red hair, but not the tempmint to match. Anyhow, thar stood Leroy holdin up a squirrel by the tail. This squirrel, he wuz the deadest durn thing you ever done saw. I mean his middle was squirshed flat. His head and hind end looked like two hills with a valley in-between, an little bits of guts all full of road dirt was stuck to the poor thing's middle. I done shook my head, cuz, y'know, guts ain't never a fun thing to see, an I said, "Leroy! Whatchoo doin pickin up the road kill?"
"Road kill?" He let out a he-haw kinda laugh an bent forward. "This ain't no road kill. This here's supper!"
"Leroy, you damn fool!" I went back to my bizness, searchin fer the good fiddleheads. "T'ain't right to eat roadkill. Them critters done suffered enough gettin squirshed to death without you hackin em up and makin one of yer god-awful stews out of em. Sides. Poor critter's covered in dirt!"
"Bobby, you know better than to waste perfectly good food that you don't got to pay good money fer."
I done fixed my gaze back up at him. He was standin there with his feet planted a good couple feet apart lookin the most stubborn I ever done seen him. "I don't believe you will. Even you ain't that stupid."
"It ain't stupid to eat food God done left in the middle of the road fer ya," his forehead had got all wrinkled and sech.
I dropped the fiddlehead I'd done plucked into my paper bag. "Aw, now you're just joshin me. You know better than to eat it now. I can see you thinkin about it."
Leroy done stomped over from down the road so's he was leanin down an lookin in my face real close-like. "I'll go eat it right now, an you kin watch me."
Well, it ain't easy to get good entertainment up in these here hills, so I said I'd come watch. Leroy figured he'd just tell his mama he done got hungry and et early. My place was the closest to whar we were, y'see. Ayuh. This place rightchere. He done cooked it up right thar on that same stove. My mama was out in the garden, an my pappy was over visitin his pappy. I called out to my mama that we was hungry and was gonna fix us up some of the food we done found on the road. She just sorta grunted at me. Mama warn't never much on words. I got myself around and warshed and done cooked my fiddleheads up in that butter like I done tole you before right good while Leroy, he went out back to skin and prep that durn squirrel. He come back in, an he started fricasseein it with some gravy mah mama had left over in the fridge whilst I set myself down and ate me some of them nice buttery fiddleheads.
You warnt to learn how to cook it? I can teach you later. Right, right, first Leroy.
So Leroy he done make himself this fricassee. I was gettin all ready to be mad at him for wastin my mama's gravy when he done set himself down with a bowl and a spoon, and he just started spoonin that squirrel into his mouth like it was the best dish at the church potluck. The whole time he was starin at me with this…..weird grin. Like he was some coyote who knew the farmer left the chicken coop open, n he was about to get himself an easy all you can eat buffet. I got all froze like watchin that smile in that gaunt face of his. Watchin him eat that thar fricassee.
His spoon, it clanked at the bottom of the bowl, an he done lifted the bowl up and licked it clean. He put that bowl down, n he said, he said, "See? I done tole you. Ain't nothin wrong with eatin a critter, no sir no way."
I shook my head. "I still say. T'ain't right," an I got up and started to warsh the dishes when Leroy, he made this funny sound. Kinda like he got himself stuck in a zipper. I turned around, n thar's Leroy, standin next to the table, holdin his bowl with a funny look on his face. I mean, his face was all twisted up. One eyebrow up here, another down there, his mouth in a weird twisty line, his nose wrinkled up.
"Leroy!" I snapped. "What's wrong with you? If you gonna puke up that damn fricassee, you better get out the back door and out of my mama's kitchen!"
An that. That's when he sorta half-pointed at his stomach. It was wigglin. All on its own. Kinda like how a lady with a bun in the oven, her tummy will wiggle when the babe moves around? Well that's what his was doin, only his belly was flat.
Then Leroy, he done scream and double over. He started screamin out, "Help me! Help me, Bobby! Oh it hurts; it hurts!"
I dropped the dishrag, right there on the floor, right next to the sink. I done grabbed him an tried to help him stand up. "I gotcher," I told him. "I gotcher."
His eyes, they got all wide like a little kid's do when he done first see a scary movie. I dunno why, but I looked down. Inside his stomach, thar was a shape of a squirrel. I mean you could see the outline of his head all's the way down to his fluffy little tail. Seein that, well, I done lost my grip on Leroy, and he fell down on the floor, writhin in pain. He looked just like a snake. Ayuh. He let out the biggest durn yell I ever heard. I think the only time I ever heard one close was that time Frank down the road done got his foot stuck in a bear trap. My mama, she must've started to yell an come runnin then, but I didn't notice. No way, no how. Cuz right then a squirrel covered with blood an mucous an bile an whatever all else was in Leroy's stomach done come bustin out of his gut. Bits o' Leroy hung from his teeth, an his beady black eyes done give me the once-over. I ain't never seen nothin so frightenin in all my born days then nor since. No way. That squirrel, well then that squirrel, it shot me a look. That look said, it said, "Tit for tat. Tit for tat." Then it skedaddled on out the door.
Leroy, he was writhin on the floor, graspin at that hole in his stomach with one hand an reachin out to me with the other. Well, I didn't know what to do. Just then, my mama, she come runnin in an see the blood an guts all over her nice, clean floor. Then she sees Leroy with his guts pourin out of him, n she starts screamin. "What done this? What happened, Bobby? Tell me what happened!"
"It was a squirrel, mama. A squirrel et its way out of him!"
Leroy, he was slowin down with the movin an the writhin, n he let out a gasp n collapsed back on the floor. His eyes hangin open.
My mama. She believed me that a squirrel done it, but we knew them thar cops from down the hill wouldn't, so we just tole them that Leroy done gutted himself like them Japanese soldier fellers do sometimes. I dunno if they believed us or not. Truth be tole, no one from down off the hill missed Leroy that much.
But us? Us good ole-fashioned Vermont folk up on the hill? Oh we remember Leroy. Ayuh. And that, that's why not even the mangiest, strangest lady or feller up on this hill, no matter how hungry, no matter how skeered of the gubmint, they won't never eat no roadkill.
© Amanda McNeil 2011
Book Review: Blonde Bombshell by Tom Holt (Bottom of TBR Pile Challenge)
A sentient bomb is hurtling through outer space toward Earth, better known to the bomb creators as Dirt. You see, Dirt's music is making the inhabitants of Ostar (a canine species) completely loony. But the bomb stops in its tracks and orbits around Dirt to try to figure out whatever happened to the *first* bomb that the Ostars sent out. Dirt doesn't seem to have any sophisticated defense system to speak of, so what gives? Meanwhile, Lucy Pavlov, the creator of new computer programming protocols that led to a leap in technology, is seeing unicorns in her forest. Also a bank security executive is trying to figure out just how, exactly, money is teleporting out of banks. In between getting very drunk and trying to forget about that one time aliens stole his dog.
This made it onto my TBR pile thanks to multiple comparisons to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, which is one of my favorite series. I can completely understand why the comparison is made. The book is witty, zany, and consists of a hilarious imagining of outer space and aliens.
The plot is complex without being confusing. It revolves around three people (well, one is a bomb) who are connected in mysterious ways they just don't know yet. It kept me guessing, managed to surprise me a few times, and had some delightfully creative elements, such as the fact that the bomb can create probes to send down to Earth that appear to humans like organic matter. Or even the fact that the bomb can sit there and slowly decide whether or not to go off. Clever.
I also appreciated an imagined future where people have handheld devices that are given a simple name rather than compounding a bunch of words together. The former makes more sense since in reality that is what companies do. (For instance, Google Glass or iPad as opposed to handheldpersonaldevice. Don't laugh. I've seen something very similar to that in scifi). In this book the iPhone device is the Warthog. With no further explanation given. This is scifi done well. The reader can tell what a Warthog is from how the characters use it. Holt never over-explains.
The characters were rather two-dimensional, but that works well for the humor, not to mention for the fact that one of them is a bomb. If a character has a good heart but is a lazy drunk because aliens stole his dog, well that's enough for the reader to know in a book like this. Motivation enough is present for the characters to be recognizable as people and to move the plot forward.
As for the humor, I found it quite witty, although not quite as gut-wrenching as Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It plays on slapstick, situational humor, and pop culture references for the most part, with a dash of insight into human nature, romantic relationships, and dogs. I particularly enjoyed the unicorn probe who takes a nasty turn for the violent and insists that there is data in human records showing unicorns exist. I also really enjoyed the scenes where a couple first starts to fall in love, hilariously so. All of which is to say, if you generally enjoy a Douglas Adams style of humor, you won't be disappointed.
Now, I was a bit let-down by the ending. I didn't really like the final plot twist. It kind of….creeped me out a bit and left me on a bit of a down note instead of the delightful upswing I felt throughout the rest of the book. I think other people might enjoy it more than me. It really depends on your feelings about people and pets and having pets. It's not enough of a let-down to keep me from recommending or enjoying the book. It was just enough to keep it from 5 stars.
Overall, this is a delightfully witty piece of scifi with a unique plot. Recommended to scifi humor fans, particularly those who enjoy Douglas Adams.
4 out of 5 stars
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Book Review: Beast Saves the Brothers and Sisters of the Cosmic I Am by G. W. Davies
Lisa Miller can't believe she's off chasing after her fraternal twin sister, Millie, yet again. After her sister ran away to join the hippie commune, Lovestock, she thought it was out of her system. But a hippie named Beast from Millie's past shows up in town, and together they head off for Montana following The Two who claim to be in contact with the Twellorasians who will soon arrive to whisk away their followers. Along the way, they pick up a junkie jazz trumpeter and his drummer and get tailed by the drug dealer the junkie stole heroin from.
I kept reading this book thinking, "I should be finding this funny. I should be enjoying this story. I should be lost in this world," but I never once laughed and glanced at the clock more times than I can count. I think I'm really just not the intended audience for this book.
The storyline is definitely unique and zany without being unbelievable. The split of the camp into the hippies who follow The Two and the hippies who follow the jazz trumpeter was a great move and added depth to the story. The characters are easily differentiated and fairly well-rounded. There are two bisexual characters presented in a positive light, which was nice. The dialogue is snappy.
There is a serial rapist element to the story that some might find triggering. I, personally, don't think it's played for laughs and Davies handles both male and female rape well. But readers wary of that content should be aware it is in the book.
I think three elements really made the book a miss for me. The humor is not my style. It's composed of a lot of similes and tongue-in-cheek references to 1960s culture (like the Beatles and stoners) that I just personally don't find funny. Second, the story is set in the 1960s in the middle of hippie culture, and that's the sort of setting that takes an amazing storyline to leave me satisfied. Third, I disliked the ending, but I know some people will love it.
Overall, although this book didn't do it for me, it is well-written, and I believe it will appeal to those with a vested interest in the 1960s and hippie culture.
3 out of 5 stars
Source: Kindle copy from the author in exchange for my honest review
Book Review: Hetalia: Axis Powers by Hidekaz Himaruya (series, #1) (manga)
The nations involved in WWII and the events leading up to it are personified as over-the-top manga characters and through manga-style scenarios the historic events leading up to WWII are explored.
One of my good friends loaned this to me informing me that I would love it. I DID. I REALLY DID. I haven't seen WWII this funny since Hogan's Heroes was a mild obsession of mine in middle school, only this is historically accurate.
Each nation's stereotypes (that are partly true) are blown over the top for the manga characters. France is proud and snobby but pathetically weak. The UK acts like a put-upon uncle who really just wants everyone to start acting their age. Japan is impatient with Germany for including Italy in their alliance. Italy is really short and loves pasta. The US can't stop eating hamburgers long enough to speak with his mouth empty. It just goes on and on from there. Every page or two depicts a different historic event that set the scene for WWII to explode across the globe, complete with footnotes to clarify anything that might not be entirely clear from the manga-style interaction.
I was a History major in undergrad, and WWII was "my war." (Every History major has a favorite war. My close second was the Revolutionary War, but I digress). In any case, I have a lot of knowledge about WWII, and Himaruya clearly knows his stuff, but he also gets the irony and funny aspects of different cultures clashing, and that's what makes Hetalia so incredible. It felt like reading nonfiction in an incredibly entertaining way. It reminds me of back when the History Channel was amazingly cool.
I can't wait to swap this for the next book in the series from my friend. I'm incredibly curious as to how Himaruya will handle the more serious topics such as the Bataan Death March and the Holocaust in the future entries.
While I loved this book, I primarily recommend it to fans of humorous manga and WWII buffs primarily. I have the feeling others might not "get it."
5 out of 5 stars
Source: Borrowed