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"Unprecedented financial pressure, and an ever-increasingly aggressive public culture, along with social, moral and spiritual fragmentation, are leading to lives being overwhelmed by stress, intolerable interior isolation and even quiet despair." This is the result of millions of women who have substituted the ideology of radical, second-wave feminism for the tenets of their Christian faith. kqd … Continue reading
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Good Guys – Conservative Radio Broadcaster Paul Harvey – "What are Policemen Made of?"
Thanks to Obama's lack of support for the Christian men, who comprise the vast majority of the police in America, the police are suffering through some of the most trying times in their history. These men are being attacked, assaulted and murdered at extraordinary rates, the likes of which America has never experienced in its … Continue reading
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"Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a pretty cocktail in an office-mate and not a pretty cocktail in a head of state. In fact, in a leader, it's a lethal cocktail." Please read my related post – Touchy-Feely Training Vol. #3 Essay … Continue reading
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Today, Sean and I had a late start going out. He had some school work to do, so we rolled out of here about 3:30. I had asked him earlier if he would like to go to a cache I've wanted to get to for a while, but we ended up going down to the Trolley Square, Wilmington, DE area. I love to share some of the pretty areas that his dad and I have found already. The Brandywine Zoo is in the Brandywine Park, so we must missed that-it closed at 4:00. The cache was near the service entrance and a guard happen to standing there letting people who work at the zoo out. I felt like I had to tell him what we were doing. He had no idea what caching was. We were saved by a worker who said, 'what are you doing, geocaching?' We just nodded and smiled. The smell from the llama area was very potent, and they weren't even out then.
We did find the cache, under a bush. I'm sorry, I look at the hints. If I go to all the trouble to go someplace and it's taking me longer than 10 minutes to locate it (mostly because of a jumpy GPS), I'll look at the hint.
We then ventured up to one called 'Monkey Hill'. That was bouncing us all over the place. The hint was kind of weird. We were up and over and sideways. Finally I saw a sign which had been placed in an area that got overgrown. It said the same thing as the hint-and there was the cache!
We then walked near the Brandywine River and saw a gaggle of geese heading toward the choppy waters.
I asked Sean to drive down a nearby road to so I could go looking for a nearby cache that was suppose to be under a holly tree. I looked all around where I thought it should be and I still couldn't find it!
Wilmington from Brandywine Park
We headed to an area where Sean goes to meet up with pals once in a while called 'Trolley Square'. There was one in a little park. I looked over and saw a path leading to a wooded area and we zoned in on a wall. It was inside the wall-been there since 2005!
We had white pizza with shrimp at a little Italian place, very yummy. I was about to hit #160 and I said a nano in a parking garage just has to be on something metal. We drove up to the top (level 7) of the St. Francis hospital. Sean zoned in on it first. I saw, it handed it to him and the lid was missing, so the little log almost blew away! We saw a nice view of the city.
Yesterday I went back to the chiropractor who said I do had deterioration in my hip area and a problem up near my right shoulder blade. I had a treatment and he wants me back several times a week for a few weeks. It's going to be pricey, but I have put up with this for 6 months and Dr. Mike said it should help me. The one area is near my sciatic nerve and if you remember, my mom has had issues with sciatica about 8 years. I go tomorrow morning and then Monday.


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Teenagers are among the most popular age group for teeth straightening procedures. In the past, the only options for straight teeth were unsightly braces and other metal appliances. Teens were often picked on and called names, like "Brace Face" or "Metal Mouth". These days, there is a much more ideal option for straight teeth, using Invisalign. Tulsa dentist, Dr. Hinkle provides top-notch service when it comes to straightening teeth using Invisalign. Undoubtedly, your teen will appreciate your decision to choose Invisalign over traditional orthodontics.
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Tonight, as I lay watching "The Case for Christ" on Netflix, a story of Lee Strobel a very important thought came to me on the basis of my faith. What is the next step after choosing to believe? This thought helped me perceive the importance of having a personal relationship with the Father (God), and I hope you can follow along and see how my mind works as The Lord gives me insight and knowledge further than what I would understand on my own. Enjoy!
Who is the Father?
"Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him."
(1 Corinthians 8:6)
As you can see, God is the Father, the one who created all things, and for whom we do all that we do in this world. He is the beginning and the end, alpha, and omega. God is the one who created all things and is walking with us through his story as a guide since He is the only one who knows all, and especially what is right for us. Truly, the only voice we should seek and the ultimate one we should value above all creation and created. The one we see in Luke 15:11-32 as leaving everything behind, including His image, kingdom, and life to run for the return of His beloved son. The Father that allowed His only son, who was present with Him through the creation of the world, to be sacrificed in order to gain a multitude of children. The Father that cares so much as to spend all His life praying and longing for a relationship with you, His own. That is who Yahweh, the Father, is.
How does He become our Father?
"Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God"
(John 1:12)
"But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship."
(Galatians 4:4-5)
"For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will"
(Ephesians 1:4-5)
Rather than how does He become our Father we will speak of it in the topic of how do we become His children? We become God's children as we choose to allow Jesus to be Lord over our lives and our heart. When we make that decision, we then walk into the inheritance placed ahead of us; which starts with being a child of the king, Yahweh! An inheritance that has been awaiting us since the beginning of time. It's that easy… All we are asked to do is spoken of in Romans 10:9.
"If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."
(Romans 10:9)
With over 33% of the world professing the name of Jesus and confessing their faith to be Christianity, what happens after accepting Christ into your heart and choosing to believe in and follow Him?
This is the thought that came into my head… What happens next? I cannot say that I have been to every church in the world. I cannot say that every church does it the same or that some are right and others wrong, but I can say one thing: Jesus is alive and He speaks. Now that we made the decision to follow Him, the next step is simple: seek His voice. Learn what He sounds like when He speaks to you and learn to trust Him. My thought was simple. With so many churches, pastor, priests, popes, etc. It is a tough place to stand in for the reason that they are stewarding God's sheep, His people, YOU! How can we say that every church, pastor, priest, or pope is leading you in the truth? The answer? Once again, learning Jesus' voice! As you learn HIs voice, Jesus Himself will direct you in right and wrong. He will warn you, protect you, guide you, and best of all, He will be with you always.
"Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world."
(1 John 4:1-3)
Do not always believe what you hear firsthand. A fear I have is that church leaders would lead people astray, down the wrong path or away from what God has. If we are not aware that God speaks, that God is alive, or that He is our guide in our lives than we are leaving our fate in the hands of man. And history has proven that man cannot always be trusted, but God can. I advise you, seek the Father and accept Him into your life. He created the world and has been in it since the beginning of it. He loves you more than you can think or imagine. And best of all, He wants you all for Himself! Would you allow Him in?
"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me."
(Revelation 3:20)
Then, as you continue walking in communion with Jesus and seeking/following Him, you will have many bumps on the road, as well as roadblocks, just like a life without Jesus. But the main difference is, you are never alone. And the hard times ahead are able to be overcome. Don't believe me, just ask Jesus.
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
(John 16:33)


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Selena Gomez←Back
Selena wrapped a three week shoot in Sofia, Bulgaria yesterday where she was filmingThe Getaway, a remake of the 1972 film starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw.
While in Sofia, Selena stayed at the Grand Hotel and hung out at the Yalta Club between night shoots that took place at various locations, including the city center and New Boyana.
It was a busy few weeks for Selena, but she did find time to post a couple pics from the set to her Facebook page. Though there has been no other mention of the shoot continuing in the U.S., a local paper in Sofia reported the movie would also be filmed Atlanta, GA, where Jon Voight will shoot his scenes.
Keep your eyes peeled for an official release date!
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Joleene Naylor
Joleene Naylor grew up in southwest Iowa surrounded by soybeans, corn and very little entertainment – so she made her own. She has been writing and drawing since she was a small child, with a particular leaning towards fantasy, horror and paranormal. It is this love of all that goes bump in the night that led her to write the Amaranthine series.
In her spare time she is a freelance artist, book cover designer and photographer. Her current projects include the sixth novel in the Amaranthine series, and The Terrible Turtle Conspiracy, a web manga collaboration with writer Jonathan Harvey. Joleene maintains blogs full of odd ramblings and hopes to win the lottery. Until she does, she and her husband live near Bolivar Missouri with their miniature zoo. However, unless she starts buying tickets she may never win anything.
VAH – Joleene in addition to being a prolific novel author with five books in her Amaranthine series, is also a creative cover artist. I'll just note that she was the cover artist for two of my ebooks and the print version of No Red Pen. Today we're talking about Joleene the author though, so let's start with why do you write?
JN – I write because I enjoy it.
VAH – And when did you start writing and what was your first story?
JN – That was about a girl who got a phone call and went roller skating. I was three or four and it had lovely illustrations with it.
VAH – Who would you say was your favorite literary character?
JN – Probably Jo from Little Women. This was also the first literary romance I was unhappy with. I always felt she should have gotten Laurie.
VAH – I think we're in agreement there on both counts. What book or series of books would you want if stranded on a deserted island and why?
JN – Middle Earth. It is such a rich place; so many characters and histories, that you could play with it endlessly in your head and never run out of possibilities. Had Tolkien lived forever he could never have written all the stories that are hanging on the cusp, waiting.
VAH – What would you say was the biggest influence on your development as a writer?
JN – Hmmm. I don't know. I love Tolkien's ability to create such an expansive universe, and Anne Rice's recreation of the vampire mythos (though she went a bit far when it got to Memnoch, but that's another story), and V.C. Andrews ability to make the common place, or even the adorable and innocent, seem creepy. Like the construction paper garden in the attic, for example. Or the shelves of dolls in My Sweet Audrina. The contrast was wonderful.
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Some trash cans just stink. Literally and figuratively.
Luckily, the simplehuman 6 liter stainless steel compact trash can — the best-selling of its kind on Amazon, beloved by savvy shoppers — is on sale for $15. That's 40 percent off its usual price.
Simplehuman 6-Liter Stainless Steel Compact Bathroom Step Trash Can, $15 (usually $25), Amazon
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The stainless finish doesn't attract greasy fingerprints, unlike most stainless home items (looking at you, refrigerator door handle). It's compact enough for tight spaces, like powder rooms or pantries. The removable inner bucket makes it a breeze to empty the trash, even if someone forgets to line it with a small trash bag. Plus, the foot pedal triggers the lid.
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Shop this item on Amazon before it sells out!
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Get your gaming on the go with the 8 best mobile games in this coming autumn.
You'll find a lot selection of games for Mobile games in the Google Play Store or App Store, but it can be difficult to identify the real funs. Here, we have research some of the best Android games that are currently available. Some are free and others cost a few dollars, but all of them provide an entertaining experience on the go.
First-Person Shooter Mobile Game (FPS)
Pubg Mobile
Tencent Games' PUBG Mobile has strengthened its position at the top after earning massive revenue, partially from items and skins purchases by its players, now reportedly reaching more than 100 million people monthly.
Skydive down to an Island, scavenge what you can, and kill, kill, kill in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile. You'll take on 99 other people with the same goal, but there can be only one victor. Controls are inevitably a little awkward until you get used to them , but this is a tense shooter that will suck you right in.
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The most popular game in the world is available on Android, but you can't get it on Google Play. Instead, you'll need to get it from the Epic Games website. For the uninitiated, Fortnite is a battle royale-style game full of color and strategy. In the game, you'll need to master building structures to truly compete with the best — but even if you don't, it's still a fun time.
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Action and Adventures
Honkai Impact 3
Honkai Impact 3rd is a "gacha" style game that allows players to obtain items both through gameplay and through the usage of its in-game currency called "Crystals," which can be earned or bought with real money.
The gameplay takes a lot of hints from popular action RPG series like Devil May Cry and Bayonetta but with lot of cute anime character. Players can string together various well-timed combos as well as activate powerful effects when dodging attacks with precision.
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Ragnarok M: Eternal Love(ROM)
Ragnarok M: Eternal Love is the latest Ragnarok Online adaptation for Android, and despite a heavy focus on in-app purchases and grinding, the gameplay isn't all that bad. You actually retain full control of your character, so you won't have to worry about a forced auto-questing mechanics, though there are a few auto-attacks at your disposal, should you chose to use them. There is different type of job and classes you can choose to start your adventure as your character!
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Kid's games
Mobile Pet Garden
Mobile Pet Garden is one of the best easy and fun mobile games that are very suitable for kid to play. The games contains of cute pet animation and tasty cut pet graphics that will surprise you. Slide the pets to advance along the pets track for special surprises and earn unlimited diamond to get booster item.
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Clash Legend : Candy Adventure
Clash legend: Candy Adventure is an easy and fun to play in your mobile. The games contains of cute animation and tasty cut candy graphics that will surprise you. Collect delicious candy-like fruits to solve match-3 puzzle!
Play with fluffy animal friends, Slide the candy to advance along the pets track for special surprises and earn unlimited diamond to get booster item.
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Survival Games
ARK: Survival Evolved
ARK: Survival Evolved is an extremely popular survival game that launched in summer of 2017, but today it has finally made its way to iOS!
The game tasks you with, surprise, surviving a dinosaur-infested island. You'll start with nothing, and death is around every corner. Here's everything you need to know about ARK: Survival Evolved on iOS.
The game is gorgeous looking, and the graphics are top-notch in every way for a mobile game. Unfortunately,the Android version are still yet to be released.
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Typically, celebrities don't travel without their A-list entourage, but last night, Ashley Madekwe left the glam squad at home and did her own makeup for the Audi and W magazine pre-Golden Globes parties. She posted a finished photo and shopping list to her Instagram page, where she also shouted out her missing makeup artist Allan Avendaño. "I did my own makeup for tonight's pre Golden Globes event. Damn I miss you @allanface!" she wrote. Getting the look is super easy.
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The master of meshing gloom and doom with sturm und drang, Nick Cave takes delectable pleasure in doling out dire punishment. He's like the Old Testament God wreaking havoc on the world he created, packing his songs with characters whose horrible actions make redemption a struggle, if not an outright gamble, while he sneers viciously at their plight. Cave's last full-blown album with his band The Bad Seeds, 1996's chilling Murder Ballads, offered a song cycle of violent cause and effect, laced with a contempt for humanity sour enough to perhaps get some of it out of his system. His next album, 1997's The Boatman's Call, credited The Bad Seeds but mostly relegated the band to the background, sticking to spare and relatively sedate songs about as far removed from Cave's electrifying early work with The Birthday Party as they could be. No More Shall We Part reconvenes The Bad Seeds, but the disc again sounds out of place compared to most of Cave's other group efforts. As with The Boatman's Call, the mood is quiet and mostly reserved, and though Biblical themes rule the disc, his resigned but confident delivery makes it sound as if less is hanging in the balance. Or, conversely, as if his characters have no more to lose. Long, winding songs ("As I Sat Sadly By Her Side," "Hallelujah") define the disc with their lingering, haunting melodies. But while epics like "Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow," "The Sorrowful Wife," and the instant Cave classic "Oh My Lord" eventually build up steam, Cave just as often doles out simple, beautiful songs like "Love Letter," "Gates To The Garden," "We Came Along," and the oddly Bowie-esque "God Is In The House." Another welcome sign of the bright light at the end of Cave's dark tunnel is the involvement of folk sisters Kate and Anna McGarrigle, who not only counterbalance Cave's rich, dramatic baritone, but also demonstrate his continued desire to work with artists outside his usual circle of fiends. Cave has built his coffin and now he has to lie in it, but these tiny stylistic shifts bode well for his future. After all, the thought of Cave lightening up once seemed ridiculous, but now that he's toned down his intensity to such pleasant effect, it's hard not to cheer his transformation. Maybe redemption isn't so far out of reach after all.
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Nothing says I love you…like a box of rice.
With the holidays fast approaching and I'm still in Editing and Polishing Heaven, I thought I would re-post this blog. Thank you Kelly Bennett for suggesting this, so that the new followers can enjoy one of the Robins' adventures.


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At the beginning of Josephine Preston Peabody's quaint verse play Marlowe there's this little scene, in which two groundlings walk in a tavern. One of them comes from the playhouse, where he just saw the new play, Faustus, and is full of the wonders of it.
Little he knows that the young men egging him on are the Wits – poets, playwrights, and friends to the author of Faustus…
[Enter DAVY and OWEN, talking.]
– But what's a Faustus?
Why, it is the man!
This man you hear me tell of, in the play!
(Come, listen here!)
And Faustus is his name;
And he it is, doth sell him to the Devil.
[The playwrights approach, one by one, affecting a thirst for information.]
What man is this?
It is a man i' the play —
'T is a new play; I saw it yesterday.
He sells his soul to the Devil.
— What man?
Why, Faustus is his name. — It is a scholar
That doth most rare high talking; full of names
Of all the arts that ever you shall hear.
He tells of magic — and of Zodiac —
But yet he will have more!
Who 's Zodiac?
Well, let that be… He signs away his soul
Unto the Devil, and he signs with blood.
Nay, in plain sight?
Then Marlowe himself arrives, unnoticed at first – and eager to hear what impression his play made on the crowds. And simple Owen, the (Welsh?) Groundling, rhapsodizes on, both rapt and terrified…
OWEN (to the group).
Ay, you should see it, you!
'T is marvellous high with every kind of words;
And beyond that, 't is full of devilry,
And divers charms of magic and hell-fire;
Until his hour is come that he must die, —
When clock strikes twelve. And by and by he says,
O Faustus, — Faustus! Ye should hear him say —
GREENE (ranting).
— O Faustus, O! — And what ado in that?
Shall this waste pennies? Shall this bring a crowd
By bridge, by water, — horse and heels, to see ?
To pay a penny for a'standing-room,
And hear a dismal speech of Faustus, O!
Thou hast one hour to live! —
— So cuff me, now!
'T is a brave play.
— Od'sbody! I will go
And see that very play this afternoon.
Why dost thou
Waste a good penny on a dolorous tale
Of how a man sells his immortal soul
To the Devil?
Ay! (They turn)
What think you strange in that?
'T is an old tale, — a tale of every day.
OWEN (doggedly).
I never heard it; and the play is brave.
He signs away his soul for twenty years
Of power and glory; power and power and power!
He will have, and he must have, and he will.
Whatever 't is, why he will have it! —
Ah! —
Doth thy tongue stick at that?
But his doth fire!
He in the play, there is no holding him.
A-made my ears hum! — 'T is a godless thing, —
But for to see the arts he does, and all,
How he will raise up spirits to do his will,
And has Fair Helen out o' the history
To be his love — And in the end —
— The end —
The hour comes on;
The hour it strikes. — And after all, Hell has
But you should see it, you!
How when he signs with Mephistophilis, —
A poor sad devil, Mephistophilis —
I never saw a devil sad before —
Marry, wake up!
You would be thanking heaven
It did not fall to you: else who could say?…
But later, look you, when his hour was come,
I did not grudge him, — by the mass, not I!
He talked of heaven and did make much of God,
So I began to heed, against my will,
And came nigh to a terror. (Rises.)
That were base.
OWEN (vext).
Oh, say you so! But if you see the play,
Grin if you can at that! — It is a wonder
How this man Faustus, who is damned in the end,
As all men know, should so call out on God
As to put me in a terror!
So yes – it's all very quaint and Nineteen-Tens, and a little naïve. And yet I think it catches nicely the atmosphere surrounding Faustus at the time: the wonder, the stirring poetry, the excitement and fear, the feel of forbidden things, the sulphurous intenseness of the ending…
No mention is made here of Ned Alleyn, the bronze-voiced and, by all accounts, very intense original Faustus – but all in all, I think that JPP's Owen is a perceptive portrayal of the groundlings in Faustus' day.
If you like, you can read the whole play here.


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The Ex archives and the archiving process–the meaning of storing, filing, classifying and communicating about exes and the final, ceremonial, cathartic exorcism. That could be a good subject of contemplation today.
Why do we keep returning to the Ex-Files in life and literature over and over?
In Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock, for example, there is a big bonfire of letters and mementos from exes ceremonially burnt, albeit in mock-heroic fashion. Our culture's more recent obsession, Sex and the City, is a whole series' worth of testimonies to exes. More than one legal TV drama has had tension built through the Ex presence, both amongst lawyers and clients. To mention nothing of a whole industry that has sprung up around exes–advice manuals, self-help books, dating forums. It seems like we haven't "moved on" at all as a culture and we aren't looking for "closure" anytime soon.
For the purposes of this piece, we leave out the obvious. The heart wrenching, painful separations that turn a human into an Ex. We will concentrate on our culture's obsessive compulsion with listing, classifying, documenting and constantly talking about exes–a subject which, in many inward turning cultures, was, and still is, best left alone.
Why then, do we archive the Ex-Files and keep going back to the twilight zone of our lives?
A nice conversation starter? People attempt the ex conversation at potluck parties (when evening fades into the alcohol enhanced haze of the night), on first dates (with limited success?), even on long bus journeys. It's often a bonding ritual for many–"my ex," "your ex."
Creation of the self through exes. Many people, it seems to me, like to think of themselves as starting at tabula rasa stage. The self as a blank slate. An illusion, a fiction, but real nonetheless. They are blank sheets that get written over by myriad exes passing through, so that their identities are a bunch of ex-experiences.
Excommunication through Exes? A whole bunch of people feel special because they have exes, especially if those exes were different in terms of ethnicity, geographical location or language affiliations. More points if they were ostracised by their own communities because of their exes. This is the new cult of the multicultural Ex-Files, the possession of which makes the owner feel rather cool and global.
Achieving complexity through exes. Many people will tell me that Carey is the most complex character in SATC. Why? She is a writer! Now, how are writers complex? By being able to perpetually analyze, write about, and infer things about their myriad relationships and exes, by going back and forth between exes.
Be with the crowd already. Of course, one has to be with it. It is my philosophy that most of us never really mature beyond high school. So, if you've had 5 exes so far, how can my Ex-File be lighter than yours? Hence, sometimes, that phenomenon that has mystified many a social thinker: the imaginary ex.
Aristotle's Poetics. All theories, at some point, have to go back to Aristotle. The beginning, middle and end. The start, the climax and the denouement. How can the common person's life have meaning, the drama, the epic quality without a few case files of exes consisting of characters, hubrises, meetings, expectations, complications and break-ups?


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When I heard the President of the United States complain that wearing a mask made him feel like the Lone Ranger, I knew there were problems brewing. (Can one of his aides explain how the mask works, please?)
At the start of this pandemic, everyone was was cautioned not to use medical masks because there was a shortage, and they needed to be available for front line workers. That situation created an immediate market for home sewers and since then fledgling businesses have sprung up in the most unlikely places. A large, vacant factory in my town sprung to life after being retooled to produce masks. Thousands began rolling off the lines. Companies who formerly made sports jerseys converted to these face coverings and you can now promote your favorite team by wearing their colours. I myself, got into the action. I was a sewer, I had lots of spare fabric, and plenty of time on my hands. I made them available for free to anyone who asked, but after making about 300, I was over my enthusiasm.
People started out wearing them cautiously not really certain they would protect them from the virus, but as more has been learned about covid-19, we now recognize that masks do indeed help keep infections down. As communities try to reopen their businesses, masks are increasingly being mandated. Some people have come up with creative solutions to the mask requirements.
Masks definitely come with their own set of responsibilities. Don't leave home without one; wash or change them after each wearing (yes, this is extra laundry; you'll manage), and for goodness sakes wear it properly. It should cover your nose and mouth, not one or the other, not hanging from one ear, or slung under your chin.
If you are someone who enjoys a snack as you go about your business, then a mask may just be the ticket.
For many of us, it is summertime and we enjoy spending time (which many of us have plenty of at the moment) out in the sunshine. Please remember your sunscreen.
I know this virus is scary, but please don't do this. This is more frightening than covid.
Listen, we all have to do our part to contain this pandemic and get back to our lives. If everyone would just comply with the science, we will soon be able to enjoy going out socially again.
In the meantime, I need to get groceries.
Be safe. Wear your mask! Everyone needs to do their part.
Thanks for reading,
Penny xo ♥


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We roll through Mule Mountain Tunnel into Bisbee, an 1880s mining town on the other side of Mule Mountain Tunnel, later described by Bruce, one of this town's long-term inhabitants originally from Minnesota and arriving in southern Arizona via Haight-Ashbury, as a time-warp portal made all the better, Bruce told us, "because people leave politics and religion on the other side, that's why people are so happy and friendly here."
Bisbee is built on a hillside and, like Tombstone, it is a protected historical landmark, if less commercial and more authentic as a real breathing town, except this place doesn't just breathe, it buzzes with colorful characters and fine art, much finer than anything still left in Old Town Scottsdale.
Cruising Tombstone Canyon Road I notice the Grand Hotel Bisbee, which I'd read about, on my right.
A sign at the entry directs us into the saloon where a gal called C.C. welcomes us and in a most friendly manner engages us in conversation about where we're from and how long we're staying.
"We need three rooms," I finally say.
"Oh, I don't work here," says C.C. "I have the Stock Exchange around the corner. Come see us. You've got to talk to the bartender about rooms."
Terry the barkeep provides a couple metal keys for poking around upstairs, inspect the accommodations, and I sign up for their ornate Victoria Suite and then hit the street, barely an hour to go before most everything would close at five o'clock.
We race around checking out the art galleries and one-off shops: a hat maker, lots of local torqouise, and an artist with his own gallery named John Thamm.
The slight, hirsute Thamm wears a black hat and exudes artistic skill and a warm vibe, and that's the thing about this place, Bisbee, the vibe, the buzzy-ness and authenticity—and everyone so friggin' friendly.
Curt departs to collect Van Stein in Tombstone just past five, and it starts to snow.
And then a full on blizzard moves in, coating the road and sidewalks with snow and, coupled with colored lights strung across the main road, a real life Christmas card emerges.
Downstairs I slip and slide snapping pics.
One of the servers at Café Roka, recommended to us by the Grand's barkeep, comes out to gaze at the falling snowflakes.
"Hasn't snowed here in three years," she says to me. "And I've never seen it stick."
I go inside, take a stool at the bar while awaiting the round table by the window I'd reserved, order a glass of chardonnay, taking a call from Van Stein who says they're going slow, maybe fifteen miles an hour because of the blizzard and hazardous road conditions.
Then I claim our table and stake it with a bottle of Sea Smoke pinot noir, uncorked and breathing, and take in the wonderful aromas of this world-class restaurant.
Bisbee. Who would've known?


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May 2, 2016
End Times Prophecy Report
Syria – Middle East – Iran – Israel – Iraq – Afghanistan – Pakistan – Russia – China – USA – North Korea – South Korea – Japan – India- Yemen – Egypt – European Union – United Nations – Ukraine – ISIS
NEWS about World War 3.
Are we on the road to World War 3? How much time do we have? Is there anything we can do about the events which are soon to overtake those living on the earth?
May 2– It's been two weeks (we took last week off again) and the talk of World War 3 has been subdued.
Though there's still talk of America's second civil war amid all of the threats of violence this summer at the GOP convention and demonstrations and protests surrounding various rallies by Donald Trump.
America's Second Civil War Soon?
It's almost like a replay of the unrest in Germany before World War II between the Nazi and communist parties.
This week's WW3 news features one piece which argues World War III has already begun. Another piece examines the claims that the next world war will be fought using robots.
We'll go on record: plenty of people will die during the next world war.
The legend of the "hypersonic missile" was in the news last week. It's claimed Russia and the USA already have these missiles and China is testing one.
There's little to report about actual wars.
The Syrian peace talks don't look to be in very good shape. Yemen is still fighting its civil war. There is domestic unrest in Iraq. Obama has sent 250 special ops into Syria (That should be helpful!). The USA sent various fighter jets around to countries which border Russia. NATO sent troops to take up positions on Russia's border. The Russians buzzed another US fighter jet in the Baltic Sea area.
Again, two periods of time in 2016 the reader may want to keep an eye on are June and late September-early-mid October.
June is the closing of the window for all of the Iran deal naysayers who called the deal another Munich. 11 months after the Munich Agreement, World War II began. June 2016 marks the end of the 11-month period after the Iran nuke deal was signed.
June also marks the EU referendum vote in the United Kingdom. Military analysts have been claiming that if the UK pulls out of the European Union, it will upset NATO's defense structure, effectively shutting it down for a while. As a related note, US presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has called for the US to leave NATO or for NATO itself to disband.
This would be a grand opportunity for an opponent to find the USA with few allies in a war.
Late September-to-mid-October is the window for the October Surprise, which is usually planned for an election year in which an incumbent isn't running.
Either of those dates might provide an opportunity for the start of World War III.
IN the USA, it sure looks like violence and unrest are being set up to happen this summer.
It could happen.
From (4-11-2016)
Threats of a domestic terrorist attack are almost a daily part of every newspaper in the USA. A domestic terror attack in the USA will almost certainly lead the USA into another round of war-making.
Will the wars go well? The guess here is probably not.
One feels there is still yet some time. At least until June; perhaps until fall. Perhaps even a bit longer.
But it's hard to imagine WW3 breaking out AFTER Barack Obama leaves office. He has been set up in the media for years as the 'undercover Muslim traitor' in the White House.
Otherwise, that uneasy quiet before the storm continues.
As stated, it's been quiet but it's been an uneasy quiet–although if one lived in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen or a number of other places, it might not have seemed so quiet.
UPDATES [May 2, 2016]
- World War 3 Escalates: US Sends Silent Fighter Jets To Romania To Intimidate Russia
- One big reason America isn't ready for World War Three
- WW3 in the Black Sea? US deploys F-22 fighter jets
- World War 3: Canada declares war on Islamic State after Canadian beheaded?
- World War III has begun
- World War 3 News: North Korea Attacks! Launches Missiles From Submarine – US On High Alert
- Iran: US double standards could lead to world war
- World War 3 News: US Begins Attacks With Hypersonic Missiles?
- Dangerous geopolitical crossroads: More steps toward World War III?
- The robot war is coming–and it's not against robots
- The third world war will be about water
- Hypersonic Missiles Could Spark Nuclear Arms Race, World War 3
[February 22-2016] Three new trends WW3Watchers surely noticed.
- World War 3 is now a topic the flagship media properties are talking about. US Today, US News & World Report and Forbes all carried pieces on World War 3. While the tabloids are still chatting about WWIII, the mainstream press has now joined in enthusiastically.
- Several stories speculated that world war might begin THIS MONTH. It's still a bit early. The feeling here: world war is several months, not weeks, not years, away.
- The counterfeit Christian publications began running pieces on world war and calling it "World War 3." While discussions on world war are not unknown in these publications, this week signaled a new level in pushing pre-WW3 propaganda to a new audience.
Revelation 6:4 tells us there WILL BE World War. It does NOT tell us where it begins.
However, there are plenty of other Bible prophecies which enable us to make an educated guess that World War likely will begin in the Middle East. One in particular which may point to Syria.
"The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap."
–Isaiah 17:1
Damascus, the world's longest continuously inhabited city, has never been a "ruinous heap." So, this prediction is still in the future.
There are other verses as well, some of the others being Ezekiel 38-39, Psalm 83 and Revelation 16 and 19.
To be perfectly clear: Revelation 6:4 (which foretells worldwide war) does not name a specific starting location for this war.
From March 2016:
ISRAEL-IRAN DRAMA: A Long-Running Part of an Ancient Plan – The threats and counter-threats between Israel and Iran have been taking place since about 2003.
What happened before 2003? Israel and Iraq traded threats until the USA invaded Iraq. Then, Iran took Iraq's place.
What happened before 2003? Israel and Iraq traded threats until the USA invaded Iraq. Then, Iran took Iraq's place.
NOTE: IF new readers want the regular, longer version of WW3 Watch, they can consult [World War 3 Watch: January 25, 2015] and earlier issues. Most of the basic assessments have not changed significantly in the last 8 months or so.
We will include several held-over important points in this edition. While new readers can get up to speed by reading this issue, more information is included in our regular editions (which are archived with links at the end of this article). Regular readers can, if they prefer, skip to the new parts.
When World War III begins, it will most likely begin in the Middle East and spread to Asia. The USA will be involved in every theater of the war with different opponents (depending upon where the battles are being fought. Ditto for its allies: Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan in Asia; NATO and a few assorted lightweights in the Middle East.
Regardless of any temporary let-ups in the frequency of CHAOS!, World War III is getting closer. The world's press (especially in the USA) has been busy preparing the world's populations for total war.
The Corporate Media continued its regular array of fear-mongering stories in preparation of an attack on American soil. The most popular involve guns and the possible banning of guns.
So how does the world seem to know that World War 3 is just ahead?
From a few months ago:
One question we haven't asked at WW3Watch for some time now seems appropriate (and this question is really for all of those who believe that history is just a series of random events caused by chance and the winds of fate): How do all of the media outlets already know that the next war will be World War 3?
There have been dozens of wars and rumors of war since the last World War concluded 70 years ago. Several of them were quite large: the Korean conflict, the Vietnam War, the 45-year-long Cold War: what makes the Corporate Media so sure that the next war will be a World War?
Never (even during the height of the Cold War nuclear war hysteria) did the Media conduct a months-long campaign calling the next possible war a "world war."
This writer remembers a conversation with a gentlemen about 30 months ago. The point was made that the media had (even then) started speculating that the next war would be World War III. And the question was asked "How do they know this will be WW3?"
30 months ago, the gentleman's answer was "I haven't seen any news stories using the term 'World War 3.'
So, copies of the stories were supplied and six months later, World War 3 Watch was born.
Is this the start of World War 3?
The consensus: Not yet.
The feeling is that the Middle Eastern war which begins WWIII won't start until the USA suffers an attack of 'terror' much worse than what hit Paris.
We're getting closer though.
Who knows when the terror attack on U.S. soil will happen?
Who knows what will happen in 2016?
We're still holding to our original idea that a terror attack on the USA could happen any time before the 2016 presidential election, BUT seems more likely in September-October 2016.
All this DOESN'T MEAN that World War 3 won't happen: it will.
That's a certainty.
Events are getting more serious.
What we said five months ago:
SPECULATION: World War 3 will start in the Middle East and spread to Asia to include the Koreas, Taiwan and China. And probably other countries as well.
Until that all gets underway, expect a period of calm over the upcoming months punctuated by outbreaks of violence designed to keep the folks at home guessing.
HOWEVER, history records it is during the midst of relative calm that previous World Wars have broken out after long periods of underlying tensions and military build-ups.
TICK TICK: Iran deal = Munich comparisons time clock runs out the beginning of July 2016.
REMEMBER: World War 3 will happen. It's not a matter of IF, it's a matter of WHEN. World War 3 will happen.
The Bible [Revelation 6:4 among others] is clear on the subject of an end times world war.
"And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword."
Though evil men may scheme and plan in secret; though YEARS may be spent carefully honing the strategy; though World War III has been a long-term project: EVERYTHING is on God's timetable, not man's.
When it is time, the red horse of Revelation 6:4 will be released.
World War 3 is coming–and it is a certainty.
Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation
For many WW3 watchers, the periods of calm are more uneasy than the periods of turmoil. And the world has been going through a relative period of calm over the last few month.
Every day brings WWIII closer to reality.
That point could well be in the next twelve-sixteen months.
Fear in America – Who will You Believe: the Media or the Word of God?
What will this coming week bring?
* What we said in July 2015 concerning the "countdown to Munich" bears repeating.
LAST WEEK: With the Iranian nuclear deal completed, President Obama's detractors took to the media to proclaim it the foundation for a future World War III.
One, in fact, called it another "Munich."
The Munich Conference was a famous stop along the road to World War II. The agreement was signed about 11 months prior to the outbreak of World War II.
World War III watchers may want to mark their calendars for June 2016.
OH, and Munich was hailed by British Prime Minister (who was portrayed in the media as weak and bumbling–just like another certain Western leader today is) Neville Chamberlain as evidence of "peace for our time."
Just as another certain Western leader is portraying the Iran deal as a victory for peace over war.
2016 should be interesting.
See [World War 3 Watch: June 1, 2015] for particulars concerning the next domestic terror attack in the USA.
* NOTE: Rarely are dates set around these parts. (Our date on the US terror attack being a notable exception.)
The main reason is: we do not have any special source of information not available to others. But in case its forgotten, the following (from a year-and-a-half ago) was just discovered and will serve as a reminder.
"Our under/over on Poland or the Baltic States is six months to bloodshed."
—World War 3 Watch: September 29, 2014
Assessment: May 2, 2016
Rolling into April 2016, there's a 40% chance of World War III; which is +0% change from two weeks ago.
This number has more to do with the time drawing closer than it does with any specific event.
We're keeping an eye on June 2016 and on late September-early October. There are several reasons for this. At some point over the next month or so, these reasons will most likely be the subject of a short piece in WW3 Watch.
About late September-early October. This would be 4-6 weeks before the US presidential elections, which is always a time for Surprises!
HOWEVER: All this is the beginning, not the end.
Wars and Rumors of War: The Beginning of Sorrows
"And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet."
—Mark 13:7
"But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by."
—Luke 21:9
We appear to be in the "wars and rumours of wars" and the "wars and commotions" stage of events.
The real action is still in the future. But the future is getting closer.
40 percent is still low historically. However, this a +10 since the Paris attacks in November. Continued action in Syria or the Middle East could raise that number quickly.
However, those who believe "all war is an engineered event" are convinced that this means big things are just over the horizon.HOWEVER, there is still a feeling here that events have a little bit longer to go before WWIII begins.
The long term view is 100%. This is no change from our last edition.
Pre-war propaganda levels in the USA against all things Muslim continues to escalate. The escalation in anti-Muslim propaganda in the USA began about in August 2014 and continues full force at present.
Pre-war propaganda usually starts somewhere between 18 months to three years before the shooting starts. The USA has been in pre-war propaganda mode for the last 16-18 months (August 2014).
NOTE: Something readers should keep in mind: the USA and Russia kept tensions high for 45 years during the Cold War without ONCE facing off in a shooting war. The tensions were continued by proxy wars in Korea and Vietnam and dozens of other, lesser points around the globe during that 45 years.
Of course, when World War 3 DOES begin, it's likely to happen quite suddenly after a long build-up. The world is in the building-up stage at present. But then again, as a point of comparison, the world built up for 45 years during the Cold War.
The Corporate Media continues to hype fear in the homeland.
However, these warning appear to be agencies protecting themselves so when the next attack comes, they cannot be accused of "sleeping on the job."
A continued chance of a domestic terror attack BY October 2016 leading to war in the Middle East : [+79%}. It is almost certain to occur while Barack Obama is still in office.
79%: That's +0% change.
There's no reason to expect a domestic terror attack won't happen. Expect this number to gradually increase until the actual attack takes place. Every day which passes by until January 20, 2017 brings the next attack a day closer.
Is the deceptive media setting up another scenario of hyped tensions over a long period?
Little has changed from last week.
However, the Bible is clear that at some point, there will be World War.
That is our final arbiter.
TENSION ASSESSMENT: May 2, 2016
Still looking for a terror attack prior to January 17, 2017. June 2016 and September/October 2016 has also drawn our attention for reasons we'll go into at some point in a later issue of WW3Watch.
It doesn't get any better from here on out (Though the man of sin has a short period of "peace and safety" before the wheels come off his wagon).
"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape."
—1 Thessalonians 5:3
Time continues to tick away to the end of Obama's term. And the feeling is very solid on something big happening before he exits office on Jan 20, 2017.
There's 269 days until Inauguration Day 2017.
The world is on a steady march to World War 3. There will be periods of calm, periods of violence. Even during the periods of quiet, nothing will deter the beginning of World War 3.
It's only a matter of "When?"
May 2, 2016
Overall Tension Assessment:The assessments have remained largely unchanged over the last twenty-one months. The assessment continues to be QUIET with a continuing chance of terror leading to war. 2016 looks like a logical time for events to begin ALTHOUGH a 'terror attack' could take place at any time.
No one appears to be in a hurry to commence World War III.
Of course, a major event will suddenly change all of this.
Will this coming week bring bad news?
We'll see.
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–Revelation 6:4
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The telephone switchboard at Santa Fe University answers with a recorded message which (in Spanish) says thank you for your call (at least it doesn't pretend that my call is important to it like many UK based phone systems) and if you want department x you should now enter the number 103 or if you want department y then enter 104, otherwise hold the line and you will be attended shortly. I didn't want departments x or y, but having been passed from pillar to post on my prior attempt, this time I am clutching the internal number that I do want, so I plan to ask the operator who will shortly attend me, to transfer me to this extension. As the message ends, there is a gap of approximately two seconds worth of silence, followed by beep beep beep, and a dead line.
Repeating this exercise twice more confirms that the promise of being attended shortly is no more than a malicious untruth from the camp of "your call is very important to us". However, a couple more tests (bet you wish your day had been this fun) I discover that if I interrupt the robot by bashing in my number as soon as he starts talking (ha, that learned you) then I can transfer myself to the chosen destination. Unfortunately this resulted in being told by human beings on eight occasions that my guy was unavailable, and, on the ninth that he had now gone home. So I've sent him an email.
Joni meanwhile has a far more pressing dilemma. He's five and a half, and I'm guessing some of his classmates have started losing their baby teeth, because he came home from school today full of questions about wobbly ones. Predictably, he is very enthusiastic about the idea of exchanging old teeth for hard cash. But his question is, exactly who will be collecting his discarded gnashers? Should we look out for the tooth fairy (UK), or in the tooth bunny (Argentina)? The issue is this: If I've got a wobbly tooth and it came out while I was eating something hard like an apple, then I might swallow it by mistake. So then the fairy and the bunny wouldn't know that they were supposed to give me some money. So then I'd have to write them a note to say sorry I lost the tooth so they can give me a coin. But if it is the fairy then she might only be able to read English, but the bunny might only be able to read Spanish. So how can we find out which language to write it in?


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With the start of Vermont Archaeology Month in September, take a trip to Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell, Vermont, on Sunday, September 3, 2017, for a hike into history. The tour runs from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.
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PayPal revealed yesterday that its US customers can now use cryptocurrencies to pay for products and services at millions of its online merchants globally
Online payments giant PayPal announced yesterday that it had started allowing customers in the United States to use cryptocurrencies to pay for goods and services at millions of its online checkout terminals.
The company stated that customers who hold bitcoins (BTC), ether (ETH), or litecoins (LTC) in PayPal digital wallets could use them to pay for services at any PayPal checkout terminal. The funds would be converted to fiat currencies at checkouts to ensure smooth purchases.
President and CEO Dan Schulman told Reuters before the formal announcement, "This is the first time you can seamlessly use cryptocurrencies in the same way as a credit card or a debit card inside your PayPal wallet".
The move is expected to boost cryptocurrency adoption in the e-commerce space as PayPal is used at over 26 million outlets globally. PayPal introduced this feature after declaring support for cryptocurrencies last year. The company began allowing users to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies in October.
Its entry into the crypto space made PayPal one of the leading mainstream financial companies to adopt cryptocurrencies. Indirectly, PayPal's adoption helped propel BTC and altcoins to all-time high prices over the past few months.
The leading cryptocurrency is up by nearly 500% since October 2020, when it was trading just above the $10,000 mark. It reached an all-time high of $62,000 a few weeks ago, after rising by more than 100% year-to-date.
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With the unconventional, emotionally engrossing Hanagatami, maverick indie director Nobuhiko Obayashi wraps up his anti-war trilogy that includes Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012) and Seven Weeks (2014). Based on a novel by Kazuo Dan, Hanagatami (The Flower Basket) follows a group of adolescent friends living in an idyllic seaside town in the months leading up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and entry into World War II. Nearly three hours of dense storytelling roll by while a sprawling and vividly drawn cast of characters explore young love and the meaning of life. Everything is overshadowed by the knowledge that few of them are likely to survive the coming conflagration.
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The 69-year-old Obayashi, who has directed some 40 feature films, had the idea of bringing Kazuo's 1937 novel to the screen back in the 1970s, after his 1977 ghost story House brought him before world audiences. But the zeitgeist wasn't right for a war film. Postponed for decades, this plaintive lament for wasted young lives is deeply felt and quite moving. In a short prologue that adds a personal dimension, the narrator/director reminds the audience that what follows is not nostalgia, but the heartache of everything that has been devoured and lost by war.
This urgent but general message might well have been lost itself in a more conventional film. Here it bursts out in a jarring, iconoclastic directing style of inspired rule-breaking. The early black-and-white scenes bring to mind silent cinema and come as an aesthetic shock wave, no doubt meant to disorient the audience. As Obayashi deliberately overturns the conventions of acting, setting and cinematography, there are a lot of adjustments to be made by the audience, but it doesn't take long to get into the groove.
Soon the film's theatrical sets and back-projected seas seem just right to convey the unspeakable idea that youth is an acceptable sacrifice. Grossly overage actors, lead by the 35-year-old Shunsuke Kubozuka, play naughty schoolboys. Patently fake CGI cherry blossoms and fireflies dot the screen like blotches on a modern painting. A few bars of Bach's "Cello Suite No. 1" are recurrently looped on the soundtrack in an audio water torture that might best have been avoided.
Against the romantically unreal background of Karatsu in the Saga prefecture, the dark-eyed, 16-year-old Mina (young TV actress Honoka Yahagi) is gracefully dying of TB just like her brother, who enrolled in the Manchurian campaign so that his death would not be wasted. Mina is lovingly cared for by his beautiful, fatalistic young widow Keiko (Takako Tokiwa) in their family house by the sea. This is where Toshihiko (Shunsuke), who has been living in Amsterdam, is sent to live by his parents. Immature to the point of being goofy, he's a lovable boy who easily makes new friends when he arrives in Karatsu.
He makes no secret of his outright admiration for the handsome, manly Ukai (Shinnosuke Mitsushima), whom he calls a lion and who he finds late one night in the woods smoking a cigarette and playing the flute. His other notable classmate is the lame, embittered Kira (Keishi Nagatsuka), who walks with a twisted cane and dresses in the tattered robes of a Zen monk. Their friendship with Mina and two of her girlfriends offers the occasion for picnics by the sea and, later, tentative explorations of mutual attraction.
Sexual feelings remain fluid in the film as couples pair off and recombine. Though homosexuality is not explicitly mentioned, there are kisses between women, and more than a suggestion that Ukai responds to the crush Toshihiko has on him. The two boys share a rather extraordinary horseback ride in the moonlight, both drunk and stark naked.
Meanwhile, recruitment posters and posed pictures of soldiers foreshadow their fate, while aged hookers in bars mourn them in advance. The class clown Aso (Tokio Emoto) is the first to be drafted, and he bids a hysterical farewell to his friends as he marches off. A student wonders if being at war with America means they'll no longer be able to read Edgar Allan Poe in class. But the brighter ones ponder whether it isn't better to die by one's own hand, rather than let oneself be killed. In the film's poignant last act, set during a colorful local festival, the young soldiers bid a final farewell to each other and their youth.
As expressive as a tragedian in the key role of Toshihiko, Shunsuke bonds the group of friends together with his immature eagerness. The fact that he looks twice the age he's supposed to be playing forces the viewer to reflect. Keishi is similarly out of time in the intense, ambiguous role of Kira. Despite his physical weakness, he has unrivaled inner strength to face every challenge. The actresses are strongly individualized, with young Honoka rising above her invalid status and the bright red blood she coughs up on snow-white dresses to make her own doomed romantic choices.
Production company: Producers System Co.
Cast: Shunsuke Kubozuka, Honoka Yahagi, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Keishi Nagatsuka, Takako Tokiwa, Tokio Emoto, Hirona Yamazaki, Mugi Kadowaki, Takehiro Murata
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Screenwriter: Nobuhiko Obayashi, Chiho Katsura
Producers: Terumichi Yamazaki, Kyoko Obayashi
Director of photography: Hisaki Sanbongi
Production designer: Toshiharu Aida
Costume designers: Koichi Fujisaki, Shigeru Moriwaki
Editors: Nobuhiko Obayashi, Hisaki Sanbongi
Music: Kosuke Yamashita
Venue: Shanghai Film Festival (New From Auteur section)
World sales: Free Stone Productions
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A subway train clatters out of sight, into the gullet of a tunnel. Trapped in the last car is an evil spectre, glowing blue with rage, and gazing after it is an M.T.A. worker named Patty (Leslie Jones), who seems unmoved. "I guess he's going to Queens," she says. That is one of the quieter—and better—gags in the new "Ghostbusters," which is directed by Paul Feig, written by Feig and Katie Dippold, and based on Ivan Reitman's film of 1984. The format is intact, with a number of ghosts plaguing New York, and getting their immaterial asses kicked by a quartet of enterprising mortals. Patty is one of the four, the others being Abby (Melissa McCarthy) and Holtzman (Kate McKinnon), who are nutty scientists, and Erin (Kristen Wiig), once a pal of Abby's, who begins as a respectable scientist and ascends to nuttiness after contacting Abby again. Holtzman is especially keen to meet Erin. "I've heard terrible things about you," she says, with a winning smile.
Nothing in this movie is as mean or as frightening as the host of haters who went online when the movie was first announced and forbade it to exist, as if the rejigging of a Reagan-era comedy were tantamount to a reconstruction of the True Cross. Some of the loathing was in fact a fit of misogyny, squirming with unease at the prospect of male roles passing into the hands of women. To any such complaint, there is a one-word retort: Hildy. In "The Front Page," the Broadway hit of 1928 about shameless newspapermen, Hildy Johnson, the star reporter, was very much a guy, and yet, when Howard Hawks took a pop at the story, in 1940, Hildy became a dame, played by Rosalind Russell. The result, "His Girl Friday," was one of the smartest and most headlong movies ever made. The message to men was as loud as a banner headline: Anything you can do, we can do better.
So, how do the Ghostbusters of today shape up against the boys of yesteryear? Pretty well, except that something vital to the success of Reitman's film—a shabby air of relaxation, with our heroes none too impressed by all that weird stuff from beyond the grave—seems to have leaked away. When Erin is deluged with green gunk from a phantom's mouth, she and her colleagues race outside, hop up and down, and exclaim, "We saw a ghost!" However much you share in their delight, it feels like a wet squib compared with the deadpan dryness of Bill Murray, back in 1984, who reacted to a comparable gunking with the words "He slimed me," followed by a more thoughtful assessment: "I feel so funky." I was praying that Kate McKinnon, one of those blessedly funny souls whose very presence cheers you up, would inherit the Murray mantle for the purposes of this film, and she does have a couple of swipes that do the trick ("I can think of seven good uses for a cadaver today"). But rather too much of her time is spent in pulling goofy faces and jerking around, as if her body had been invaded by the spirit of Doc Brown, from "Back to the Future," or, more dimly, by that of Jerry Lewis.
That touch of overkill derives, I think, from Paul Feig, who finds himself toiling on a scale that is both wider and less raunchily broad than what he is accustomed to. "Bridesmaids" (2011), "The Heat" (2013), and last year's "Spy" were all R-rated comedies, none of which demanded much in the way of special effects, unless you count the bathroom sequence from "Bridesmaids"—a retching rebuke to Mary Wollstonecraft, who stupidly forgot, while issuing her feminist call to arms, more than two centuries ago, to mention a woman's fundamental right to barf. "Ghostbusters," by contrast, is tame fare, rated PG, and it's as if the director, mournfully deprived of his regular curses and gross-outs, weren't quite sure how to fill the leftover space. His central foursome is never less than affable, but the backchat among the characters lacks the binding ease of Murray and the gang, and the women often perk up when they turn away from one another to bounce off lesser characters. McCarthy has her sharpest exchanges with a hapless deliveryman (Karan Soni), just as Wiig melts like butter at the arrival of Chris Hemsworth. He plays Kevin, the team's assistant, who is luscious and modestly brained—punitive casting, I suppose, in revenge for a long tradition of actresses being dished up as airheads in lowly roles.
Another hitch, for Feig, is that, whereas the cheesiness of the effects in the earlier "Ghostbusters" was part of its rackety charm, no current audience will settle for anything less than a welter of wizardry. And so he piles it on, until whole sections of the movie collapse beneath the visual crush. Some of it doesn't even belong in a spooky film. There are kicks to be had from a gremlinish dragon that roars around the revellers at a heavy-metal gig (most of whom presume that any fire-breathing is part of the act), but what is a dragon doing here in the first place? Is it even a ghost, and, if so, of what?
Atop all that lies an even heavier burden: G.G.I., or Ghostbuster-generated images. You might expect that the executives at Columbia Pictures, seeking a new audience, would concentrate on the millions of kids who, being too young to have seen the original film, have no fond and squishy memories to cling to. Instead, Feig and Dippold are forced to cram the frame with gestures of obeisance to the glories of 1984. Thus, we get the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, wobbling down the avenue; cameos from Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson; the nagging hook of the theme song; the famous logo, freshly sprayed on a subway wall by a graffiti artist; and, yes, fear not, Bill Murray. He appears as a dandified debunker of the paranormal—itself a neat joke, since Murray has spent the intervening decades debunking the normal. Strolling into the Ghostbusters' office, he asks the women, "Why are you pretending to catch ghosts?" Close your eyes, and he could almost be a troll.
A blockbuster fronted by women alone marks a necessary step and, with luck, a shape of things to come. For a true model of manlessness, though, try the nineteen-nineties, when "Absolutely Fabulous" arrived at the BBC. The lineup was topped by Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders), better known as Eddy, who worked, if that is the appropriate word, in P.R., and her longtime friend Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley), whose principal loyalty was to booze and drugs. Eddy had a sensible mother (June Whitfield); an even more sensible daughter, Saffron (Julia Sawalha); and a personal assistant called Bubble (Jane Horrocks), whose dress sense made no sense at all. (Many people wear collarless shirts, but Bubble, reversing the trend, once wore a shirtless collar.) In such a world, the male sex was not simply unfabulous but superfluous, and the bickering among the women, across the generations, felt more liberating—and, oddly, more radical—than the hunting of silly monsters, in "Ghostbusters," does today.
All the characters now return in "Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie," directed by Mandie Fletcher. To transform a TV series into a film is to surround yourself with pitfalls, and "Absolutely Fabulous," sad to report, nosedives into every one of them. First comes the plot: no longer some local difficulty but a ramshackle tale involving the putative murder of Kate Moss—little more than an excuse, it turns out, for a march-past of middle-ranking celebrities. Then, there is inflation. The finest sitcoms are self-imprisoned within a few rooms, and "Absolutely Fabulous," on the small screen, was at its happiest in Eddy's basement kitchen. (Lumley's entrances, down the staircase, were of regal majesty and duration, from the first clack of her heels to the crown of the beehive hair.) The movie, though, takes the fatal decision to open up, and, once Patsy and Eddy flee the country, we are treated to threadbare views of the Côte d'Azur, backed by the lilt of thumpingly obvious songs—"C'est Si Bon" and "Where Do You Go To, My Lovely?"
To which Patsy and Eddy would reply, Where else? The best defense you could mount would be that the South of France is still their idea of bliss. If the TV show belonged to the nineties, the central characters were perennially glued to the myth of the sixties, and what lent the farce its terrific poise was that the bacchanalia were matched by jolts of pathos—the dread, in Eddy's eyes and Patsy's scarlet-lipped leer, that the jollity was growing ever harder to sustain because it was already a thing of the past. With the film, that balance has gone. "I'm fat and old and hated and nothing," Eddy says, as she sinks into a swimming pool. "Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie" is not that funny, but the more discomforting question is: How funny does it really want to be? ♦