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Definition of horse sense in English:
horse sense
noun[mass noun] informal
Common sense.
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- A vast majority of the people who write in for advice lack the common sense God gave most people, it's amusing, but it's also good that there's someone with a lot of horse sense available for the wisdom-challenged.
- In 'Poetry and Religion,' Jarman argues that 'Dickinson offers, with true American horse sense, the preferability of a deceptive hope, a fool's errand, to none at all, for it is that which gives illumination.'
- The decision to vote for him seemed wrapped up in the age-old city vs. rural dichotomy, change vs. tradition, theory vs. horse sense, new vs. familiar.
common sense, good sense, sense, sensibleness, native wit, native intelligence, mother wit, wit, judgement, sound judgement, level-headedness, prudence, discernment, acumen, sharpness, sharp-wittedness, canniness, astuteness, shrewdness, judiciousness, wisdom, insight, intuition, intuitiveness, perceptiveness, perspicacity, vision, understanding, intelligence
British informal common
North American informal smarts
rare sapience, arguteness
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More Evidence Emerges of a Parking Ticket Squeeze in L.A.
The L.A. Department of Transportation denies reports that traffic officers work under ticket quotas, particularly when they're assigned overtime, but the story seems to have legs.
See also: Parking Ticket Quotas in L.A. Are for Real, Traffic Officer Says
After recently retired traffic officer Larry Randolph came forward to tell his ticket tale, another retired LADOT employee followed up and said some of the same.
The second officer took his story to the Los Angeles Parking Freedom Initiative, which has been trying to get City Hall to stop using tickets as a device to balance its budget:
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That officer, who did not want to be named, says that overtime work is for writing tickets and doing little else. Officers normally have to do more than cite parking violators. They have to close roads, help cops impound cars and direct traffic.
But the retiree confirms that, with overtime, there's pressure to write up alleged violators.
Randolph alleged that overtime shifts came with strings attached that included a mandate of eight tickets per hour. If officers didn't bring home that bacon, then they wouldn't get more overtime anytime soon, he said.
State law prohibits ticket quotas.
The anonymous officer said that employees were expected to write as many tickets as possible during their overtime shifts.
He confirmed what Randolph said about pressure to write tickets:
In order to meet the demands of their bosses, some officers allegedly resorted to issuing notices for borderline violations such as having a bumper barely hanging over a red portion of a curb.
The allegations are alarming in a city where parking is a stressful issue, a $63 ticket can amount to a regressive tax for the working poor, and City Hall is pretty clearly relying on tickets for revenue.
The Los Angeles Parking Freedom Initiative is aiming to put a measure on the ballot that would limit both the cost and the kinds of tickets parking officers dole out.
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Writer James Robinson tweets that low sales might cut short his twelve-issue Shade miniseries. That would be a shame, because the first two issues of The Shade are tremendously entertaining, great-looking superhero comics. Robinson has returned to the character he revitalized, bringing with him the artistic talents of Cully Hamner and a bevy of high-profile guests like Darwyn Cooke, Frazer Irving, Javier Pulido, and Jill Thompson. The Beat's Todd Allen has written a supportive post, noting along the way that certain New-52 titles which are selling below The Shade #1's level (30,648 issues estimated sold to retailers) might also face the axe.
I'm somewhat skeptical of this rumor, despite Robinson's insider knowledge, for reasons having to do with the 2009-10 miniseries The Great Ten.
Created by Grant Morrison and introduced in 2006 as part of the weekly 52 miniseries, The Great Ten is the official superhero team of the Chinese government. The Great Ten miniseries, from writer Tony Bedard and artist Scott McDaniel, ran for nine issues (cover dates December 2009-July 2010), with a planned tenth issue cancelled due to low sales. Specifically (per ICV2.com and Marc-Olivier Frisch), The Great Ten #1 sold 13,159 copies to retailers, issue #2 sold 8,760, and by the time issue #9 came out sales were down to 5,782. Since each issue included a vignette about a particular member of the ten-person team, the cancellation also screwed up the series' format, adding a bit of insult to injury. To be sure, low sales might have been expected, inasmuch as the Ten weren't especially critical to 52's plot, Morrison wasn't involved in the miniseries, and it came out over two years after 52 ended. (In the meantime, the Ten had appeared in a few issues of Checkmate.)
Thus, while DC did pare an issue off The Great Ten, that miniseries started off with considerably fewer sales, suffered a 33% drop between issues #1 and #2, and still only lost the one issue. In fact, for whatever it's worth, the Ten's August General In Iron is now part of the New-52's Justice League International.
By contrast, The Shade follows one of the more popular characters from Robinson's fondly-remembered Starman series. For those who came in late, Starman was one of DC's 1990s successes, thanks both to the hero Robinson and artist Tony Harris introduced (along with a city full of other new characters) and for the ways in which it examined characters and legacies from all of DC's superhero eras. It's been collected in a 6-volume hardcover series, so clearly DC thought there was still an audience for those stories. In that context, a seventh volume with twelve issues' worth of The Shade isn't hard to imagine. (Admittedly, perhaps it is a little easier to imagine a slimmer hardcover; but again, I don't think it will come to that.)
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Naturally, this Shade rumor carries with it a couple of startling implications about DC's cancellation policies. Put simply, DC may now believe that, after two months of chart-busting New 52 titles, it can afford to hold its superhero line to higher standards. Regardless, just as the Shade rumor is hard for me to believe, so is this notion that DC has suddenly become more draconian.
In April — the last full month of comics sales before DC announced the New 52, and therefore the last full month before the entire line got Senioritis — the charts looked a bit different. As it happens, the superhero line published 52 issues' worth of ongoing series, miniseries, and specials, led by the 75,780 copies retailers bought of Green Lantern #65. However, most of the rest of those issues sold fewer than 31,000 copies each, including the following ongoing series:
Superboy #6 (30,490)
Birds of Prey #11 (30,270)
Superman/Batman #83 (28,403)
Batman Beyond #4 (26,722)
Teen Titans #94 (25,187)
Gotham City Sirens #22 (24,438)
Batgirl #20 (24,310)
Legion of Super-Heroes #12 (23,419)
Adventure Comics #525 (22,946)
Supergirl #63 (21,598)
Titans #34 (20,590)
Secret Six #32 (19,714)
Zatanna #12 (18,432)
Power Girl #23 (17,071)
JSA All-Stars #17 (16,706)
Booster Gold #43 (16,018)
Outsiders #38 (13,092)
Jonah Hex #66 (10,335)
THUNDER Agents #6 (9,680)
Doom Patrol #21 (9,435)
Freedom Fighters #8 (8,601)
Xombi #2 (8,345)
Doc Savage #13 (7,426)
Spirit #13 (7,041)
Even then, a number of those were dead books walking. JSA All-Stars, Outsiders, REBELS, Doom Patrol, and Freedom Fighters had already been cancelled, with their final issues coming out in May. In fact, in light of the relaunch, we can lop off just about everything from Titans on down; because except for Jonah Hex and THUNDER Agents, none of it has survived recognizably to the New 52.
And that's another point in The Shade's favor: the THUNDER Agents ongoing series was selling fewer than 10,000 copies per issue six months ago, and it's about to be relaunched as a six-issue miniseries. Perhaps THUNDER Agents is a special case for which the math works out pretty well, albeit in some arcane fashion: in addition to the 10-issue ongoing and the 6-issue miniseries, DC has reprinted all of the back issues in hardcover Archives and is about to start paperback Chronicles reprints. However, it could mean simply that the feature has staying power, and it's reasonable to contend that Starman and its spinoffs are similar. By the same token, I suppose that if the new THUNDER Agents miniseries tanks, it doesn't look good for The Shade.
Anyway, at the very least it looked like DC in April had accepted a good bit of its line selling at or below the 30,000 mark. However, in October DC had jumped to an average issue selling (by my calculations) 56,851 copies, up almost 89% from April's 30,148. As Todd noted, if The Shade's 30K puts it in danger, then October's bottom four New-52 ongoings (OMAC at 29,434; Static Shock at 29,124; Blackhawks at 28,534; and Men Of War at 28,301) should be a little nervous too.
For now, though, I'm more concerned with October's other new miniseries. Legion: Secret Origin and Huntress debuted with sales of 38,248 and 36,099 respectively; and Penguin and My Greatest Adventure charted below Shade with numbers of 26,380 and 17,222 respectively. I note that while neither of the latter is a 12-issue miniseries, no one is talking about them ending early.
There's also Neal Adams' Batman: Odyssey vol. 2 #1, which charted just below The Shade #1 with 30,410 copies. No one seems especially worried about its future either, but it picks up about where Volume 1 left off in terms of sales. Plus, you know, Adams is apparently indulging every gonzo impulse he's ever had. Again, though, the fact that Odyssey seems safe, selling about what Shade #1 did, argues against a stricter sales standard.
Somewhat counterintuitively, so does the news of Marvel's recent cancellations. CBR's Kiel Phegley summarized the grim details:
[R]egular series Daken: Dark Wolverine, Ghost Rider, X-23 and Iron Man 2.0 have all been cancelled. Miniseries Destroyers and Victor Von Doom were scuttled before their first issues even saw print, while All-Winners Squad was cancelled before the completion of its life as a limited series. Alpha Flight was downgraded from an ongoing to a miniseries after being upgraded from mini to ongoing earlier in the summer. And monthly series PunisherMAX and Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man Alive will cease publication once their current, long-gestating storylines wrap in February.
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For the most part, titles that remain untouched are those built off of properties and franchises that have proven to have long runs in the market, be they spin-offs of popular titles or series that have lasted for hundreds of issues, even through market fluctuations and creative changes. Even the lowest selling comics that remain, such as X-Factor, have shown a level of sales consistency from month-to-month, pointing toward a dependable place in the market. It is logical to assume Marvel is relying on steady, stable performers first and foremost rather than banking on newer, unproven titles bucking their downwards sales trends and building an audience over the long run.
Among the titles listed above, X-23 sold the most copies of its October issue (24,043). With that number as a guide, it's not surprising that these books were cancelled; but at the same time, it's hard not to think that if The Shade were a Marvel book, it'd be pretty safe. For the past several years, Marvel has dominated the sales charts both through popular titles and sheer volume, so its standards are going to be a little different from DC's. Still, if DC aspires to those kinds of numbers, Marvel has just established its own cancellation threshold, which the vast majority of DC's October superhero titles would be well above. Moreover, thanks to its Starman pedigree, The Shade arguably has that "dependable place in the market" Kiel mentioned. While DC may want better monthly numbers, it would probably be just as happy with consistent sales on the inevitable collection.
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Naturally, for this kind of title, trying to arrive at an appropriate sales "sweet spot" is tough. Starman was a great series, but it's been over for ten years. Not all of its collections are in print, and as nice as the Omnibus hardcovers are, they're pricey too. Besides Starman's eighty-plus issues, The Shade picks up a little from Robinson's run writing Justice League of America, so depending on the amount of minutiae involved, it may not be too new-reader-friendly. In short, it can be a hard sell — and yet, DC solicited twelve issues of the stuff, of which two elegantly-written, exquisitely-drawn installments have been published so far. Additionally, DC ordered those twelve issues knowing they would run alongside the New-52's almost-completely-different continuity. DC may be expecting more from its New 52 titles, but I'm not sure it's fair to measure The Shade's success the same way.
Having said all of that, certainly The Shade could use more readers. It's a nimble, great-looking spotlight on a character who started out a Golden Age villain and ended up a peculiar sort of antihero, and it offers another glimpse into the unique world of Robinson's Starman. If you haven't read issues #1 or #2, they have my official endorsement (as does Starman, but that pretty much goes without saying). Heck, Gene Ha is the guest artist for issue #12, and he's stoked about drawing it, so the book needs to be supported for that reason alone.
On one level I'm not overly worried about The Shade making its full allotment of issues. DC is still a fairly conservative company and I have to think it went into The Shade knowing the New 52 books would make market factors behave a little differently. However, the fact that a book's writer is concerned about its fate this early is unusual enough to warrant some attention. Save The Shade, I say; and enjoy some great comics while you're at it.
Can't remember DC ever cutting a mini-series short, hoping they won't start now as the first 2 issues of Shade have been good reads.
Maybe a little bit of a sales pitch on Robinson's part? 30k is far from bad business in these times, would need a HUGE drop off to put it in danger compared to other books.
Shade's OK, but Huntress is a lot better.
It had better finish! I've waited, what, half my life for The Shade's origin story…?
Honestly, the writing and art felt a bit so-so after issue one, but I thought both improved quite a bit with the second issue. Now I'm hopeful of some very good things from this series.
Don't pull the plug now.
well, good luck. i'll wait for the trade if it gets to that point. no sense looking into a story that might not reach its ending
Robinson never said it would be cancelled… he coyly hinted at it, presumably to generate this kind of "grass-roots" reaction in the blogosphere (twittersphere?). I'm sure he's smirking somewhere right now. It's a good book and I'm all for helping bump up sales but I don't think we have to worry about not seeing all 12 issues.
Ok, so the Great Ten only had 6k in sales by issue 9!?! …. So it looks like The Shade has to lose ALOT of readers in 12 issues to be cancelled!!
I personally thought his recent JLA and Superman work were average at best, (and I'm scared to touch Cry for Justice) and have no interest in buying this in singles, dispite the top artists like Hamner and Irving.
I did however buy the first Starman HC – I've read about 6 issues, and while pretty good and with some great fast pacing (those were the days….), I'm not in any hurry to buy volume 2 …. let alone a Shade 12 issue HC somewhere down the line.
The Dark line titles are among the best titles from the new DC. I do not fear that DC will cancel Shade because of low sales level.
The Dark line is like a Vertigo line. And Vertigo titles are not in the top ten singles each month. It's OK (alas for the readers) if the sales are below 5,000 copies a month to axe the titles (despite the fact that a lot of indies sales are below this level and still are sold because it is a very good number of copies for them).
What I am most afraid of, is about some Edge line comic books. I already have stopped 5 comic books at the issue #5 (Blackhawks – no clone of a GI Joe series IS like the true one, and the ex-Wildstorm titles: Stormwatch, Grifter and Voodoo). I hope that this will the end of the drops, but I fear for the Suicide Squad because of the BIG spoiler from the Voodoo series…
So, as I have said, I am not afraid for the Dark line titles. I hope that there will be new titles added to this line, the more mature one from DC (except Vertigo of course!!).
Actually, it appears DC has cancelled the THUNDER Agents Chronicles. Its vanished from DC's website and the Comiclist website actually lists it as cancelled.
If DC cancels the Shade, then I will drop DC once and for all.
Since the reboot, I'm only buying a few titles from them anyway. All I need is one more excuse to quite buying DC's forever.
I'm sticking with Shade-apparently I'm one of the 30K who are reading it. Robinson's Starman was one of my favorite comics ever and the Shade was one of my favorite characters. I think Robinson has a better grasp on Golden Age characters, evident in both Starman and the Golden Age, and how to make them come alive for a modern audience. That's why I'm also leaving space on my holds list for his JSA mini if and when that comes out.
I will get the hardcover collection if the reviews are favorable, but have no interest in single issues. This series should be treated more like a Vertigo book than a mainstream DC title.
In mainstream comic book sales, the main selling factor is the character(s). While creative talent does matter, there are very few writers or artists with a dedicated fanbase that can drive sales. A good example of this is the sales on The Authority by Grant Morrison and Jim Lee. These two are arguably the most popular writer and artist working in recent years yet sales on Issue #1 were in the 50-60,000 range. That's because of a lack of interest in the characters, and the fact that Jim Lee was already late on issues of All-Star Batman & Robin at the time.
The Shade is just not a popular character. It's a testament to James Robinson that the series was approved and the initial sales were what they were.
And while the mini-series is employing some amazing art talent, they are also more expensive which makes the overall mini-series less profitable.
I don't buy a ton of comics, but went to the shop just to get SHADE. The art is fantastic and the story is a lot of fun. It had that energy that made STARMAN fun. Just sort of reveled in all the fun comics can have. Total blast! I'm on board for the run. Robinson's SUPERMAN made me totally lose faith in the guy, but this is a return to form and he has some amazing artists lined up: Irving, Cooke, Etc.! Come on, Guys! Check it out!!!!
Also, high sales will be rewarded with more stories!!!!!! He said it on his iFanboy review!
Sorry, but my plans are to get the collected edition.
The only way I could enjoy the Shade more is if they added a Xombie backup story to it.
Waiting for the collected edition in this case might mean no collected edition at all. Why collect an unfinished mini-series that didn't sell well to begin with?
The Shade and The Dark line need all the reader support they can get in monthly form, to send the message to DC that these well written books are the sort that readers want (because I assume that we all want well written books, right?).
I'm a huge fan of James Robinson, and his work on Starman and with The Shade. It was good to see The Shade n Justice League. Unfortunately, I'm more apt to wait for it to be collected. It eventually will, or else it would not be published in the first place. If it were Jack Knight, I might consider getting the individual issues; but my money's tight and I have to be a little selective. This sounds like Robinson has shaken off the recent Justice League debacle and gone back to familiar territory – great!
I doubt DC will cut the mini short, especially considering how well it could do in trade sales with Star Man fans. Honestly this seams like a publicity stunt by Robinson.
DC is absolute garbage if they cancel this before it's end. I'm a big STARMAN fan, and yet a very tough critic of Robinson (after all the shit he's written lately) but this is great and deserves a chance to shine.
For those "waiting" for the collected edition, I hope you realise if this mini gets canceled there NEVER will be a collected edition nor will anymore Starman-esque property be put out for a long time and if it did it wont be the same as the "series" you enjoyed.
As Rob said on ComicVines podcast, they have issue 8 scripted, and their is a HUGE risk that the series will be canceled before issue 12. Issue 12 being Shades orgin.
So its basicly now or never.
That's where I find the way DC publishes their "new 52 initiative" counter productive. They flood the market with 52 titles that are carried with tons of advertising, and whatever comes next doesn't have that luxury.
It's ironic, because titles like The Shade and Thunder Agents (which are brilliant) actually work far better as issues #1 for the New 52 than some of the 52 titles. In many ways, it's also the case for Legion Secret Origin and Huntress;
Canceling a mini-series seems absolutely insane to me. You promise a beginning and an end, let it go through, if the issues didn't sell see what the collected edition is capable of.
And to the whole "don't wait for the trade" thing. It's sad to see it's like this. I think judging book sales by floppies alone is fairly ridiculous. So just because of that we're supposed to endure reading 20 pages at a time, with ads on almost every page?
"For those 'waiting' for the collected edition, I hope you realise if this mini gets canceled there NEVER will be a collected edition."
Nobody will ever successfully use guilt to convince me to buy single issues. Any decision to publish a Shade mini-series should have counted on mediocre periodical sales and strong sales of collected editions. That's just the nature of the property.
For what it's worth, Starman #80 (the final issue) had under 25K sales to retailiers in June 2001:
It's not as if Shade sales in the 30K range are out of step with historical trends. This really makes me curious about how ruthless DC will be with cancellations after their sales return to pre-New 52 levels (and they will).
the mention of the other mini series is pretty irellevant since there finish lines are much closer… all the new mini are 3-5 months til they finish…. Shade has a bit longer and could shed more orders by that time…[note i said orders]
Also is this a case where if they dont finish publishing it in paper form the book will be completed Digitally and then yet still be able to be reprited?
And DC has done this a few time before The Great Ten…
Sonic Disruptors
The Shadow Stikes
the last three the sysnopsis of the issues that were supposed to be printed were then related in special pages or in the letters page…
Sonic ended up as missing completely never to be heard from again
and then there is a case of the 12 issues Maxi that was solicited and the creator was promoting it and even had a few issues done and it was yanked weeks before the first issue arrived…
Joe Kubert's Redeemer
I'll join in on the "waiting for the trade" brigade. I don't really see the need to buy it twice; I was waiting for the hardcover to sit next to my Starman Omnibuses (Omnibusae?). DC has to know there's a lot of us out there like that.
The Shade is so far very entertaining. Robinson is hit or miss, but his Starman and Shade stories are amazing. I highly encourage everyone to check it out.
After buying the Starman omnibus hard covers, I will purchase Shade in HC format.
why should i save your comic book? did you try to save any of my comic books? granted i may not have your better taste, but why should it matter your comic is better than mine?
I'm trade waiting on this one, so I hope it gets to finish. I also hope me and others trade waiting isn't the cause in the first place…
Yeah…no. I don't enjoy Robinson's writing, generally speaking.
@Battle cAt: I think you meant "Spelljammer" not "Spellbinders." DC's never published a title with that name. (Marvel produced a mini-series in the mid-00s called "Spellbinders"–written by Mike Carey and drawn by Mike Perkins–and, in the mid-80s, the company had a character called "Spellbinder" who was the star of "Spellbound," a series created by Louise Simonson and Terry Shoemaker. Also, Fleetway/Quality produced a series in the mid-80s called "Spellbinders," an anthology series of UK characters, including Nemesis the Warlock, Slaine and Amadeus Wold.) DC's series was based on the TSR "D&D in space" game, Spelljammer.
I also wouldn't really include "The Shadow Strikes" in the list since there were extenuating factors involved in the series' cancellation (the primary one being the licensor, Conde Nast, decided to increase the fees).
As to "Sonic Disruptors," even series creator Mike Baron has admitted that he really didn't have an ending in mind. And from having read the 7 issues that came out, I'd have to agree. Each issue seemed to meander with only the vaguest hint of a storyline coming through.
Not really interested in The Shade. Liked the Starman series, but with the JSA wiped out in the New Coke DCU, I don't really have any further interest in Robinson's little corner of the DCU.


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Break up now, have time to get over him, then move.
If he can't understand that the place you're living is killing you, he's not the right guy.
You must do whatever it takes to get yourself happy, and if that's never going to occur in Seattle, and he's never going to leave....well, the math kinda does itself, doesn't it?
that's a risk we all take when moving to a long-term relationship. just be honest -- what more can you do? require a deposit?
Just move. He'll either move or he won't, and that's what you really want to know. Just move.
Hell, wait and see if he moves with you. What's it matter if you have a broken heart in seattle or somewhere else?
Summer is still months away. Also, if it's the cold and the gray that she doesn't like, shouldn't she leave at the END of summer, if possible? Depending on when the move takes place, there are 6-8 months before then.
I think it would be foolhardy to up and break off a relationship she's so happy in. Just like most relationship logistics, communication is the answer here. She should ask her boyfriend to seriously think it over for the next few months, and explain why she wouldn't want to wait until the last minute. Let's say she gives him until the first day of spring. Until March 21st, they can keep having the wonderful relationship they have, and not focus on the impending summer move and what it will bring, because 1) it will be resolved by then and 2) letting him think about how great they are together (or otherwise) will come a lot easier without a verbal reassessment between them along the way. Just put it out there, enjoy at least a few more months of a good thing, and if it have to ends there will be plenty of time to do so and bounce back with the warming weather.
Buy a sunlamp and have sex underneath it
Break up with him now. Then, he can find a girl who loves him AND rain, and you can move to a sunny town where people are open and friendly. Also, since they'll be so outgoing, you'll have better chances of meeting a new guy. Win!
Just make sure you love the new digs before you date again. Being dumped because of a disagreeable climate sucks ass.
What kind of person leaves Seattle in the summer?!? Seattle is AWESOME in the summer leave now or leave next fall, but if you leave in the summer, you're nuts.
BTW saying everyone else is cold and isolated is kind of like saying everyone else is crazy. Might want to take a closer look at your demeanor and actions before blaming the roughly 600,000 people living in Seattle for your misery.
Don't leave! I mean, we now have a SLUT running. ;_;
(ok ok, pretty much what everyone above said.)
@8's latter point is completely correct by the way.
Winter is awful in Seattle. It's not life-threatening, but the gray and the cold do hurt the soul. But the summers! Pure nature's glory; the best in the world. Last summer was nothing to write home about. It was an off year. Wait for this summer before deciding to move. You may fall in love with our beautiful city again.
Is it really that hard to say "No, seriously, I'm really going to move, and I need to know now whether you will start actively preparing for that or not"?
Well, actually, yeah, it might be. But she still needs to say it.
Also, I don't see why starting a new life in a new city (newsflash: apathy is a fact of urban life in many places, so do your research) with a broken heart should be that bad. It sucks, but what about him? If he leaves, he loses all his friends and family; if he stays in Seattle, he's constantly reminded of what exactly drove his girlfriend away.
If she's been here for a year and a half, she's seen a Seattle summer already. No hope in convincing her, folks.
@13:if he stays in Seattle, he's constantly reminded of what exactly drove his girlfriend away.
Playing D's A, he might end up relieved.
Dump him and get out. FNG.
@15: That is true.
But if he isn't, he can stand outside every time it drizzles and cry under the clouds (and the tears will mingle with the rain on his cheeks!). It's the ultimate pathetic fallacy. For this alone, I hope he decides not to move and forces her to break up with him.
How does she even know they will still be together by the summer?
Don't blame her for leaving. Wish I had that luxury. Stuck here in the miserable rain with all you miserable unfriendly people.
@14... Last summer was hardly summer.
I know from experience that your first winter in Seattle is the worst, in a make-you-want-to-die kind of way, but it does get better. That aside, I wouldn't say that him not telling his friends and family that he might move is that good of an indicator one way or the other, but if she's considering breaking it off now because of it, he has a right to know that that's a factor. So more or less I agree with everyone else on this thread, and I have the same reaction I often have to Savage Love letters: Don't tell Dan, tell your man!
I'm gonna go ahead and second the "sunlamp + sex" suggestion, or at least the sunlamp part. On the off chance that you're just having a severe emotional reaction to lack of vitamin D...isn't that at least worth trying?
And most of the time, the people who claim everyone here is "cold and isolated" aren't very friendly or open themselves. I'm just saying, whenever you point a finger at someone there's four other fingers pointing back at you.
Take it a day at a time. No, he might not want to move immediately. Ever hear of a long distance relationship? A year apart feels awful, but it isn't actually all that bad. You talk every day on the phone, try to see each other once a month, and then maybe you assess if this is what you WANT for life, and he moves.
Leave Seattle. Leave the boyfriend. Or don't. Whatever. But leave Seattle. Our beautiful city isn't for the fairhearted. It's beauty and riches are reserved only for those bad-assed enough to handle the bad with good.
I hear Portland is accepting new citizens.
@22 - Also it takes 37 muscles to frown and 22 muscles to smile.
Depends on where she's going. If Montreal (like a certain person I know), she'll probably be fine. If you're moving from Seattle to Vancouver BC ... um, it gets grey there too.
Is it semi-commutable? A good bf would consider flying to SF if there was anything there ... or Spokane or Portland. And they have cheap flights to NYC.
@26: I wonder if she's sensitive to other weather as well. She doesn't like rain and clouds, but is she going to like ice and snow any better? I personally find little more miserable than having to climb an incline in February -- against the wind.
Also, French people. Not saying they're cold and isolated ... but you know. It's a possibility.
It's gotta be south if she's going anywhere.
Get a sunlamp and go for a walk. Then give him a big sit-down talk about Where We Are Going (Or Not). If he's in, then you have more options for housing. If not, you need to know now so you can plan ahead for it. And if he's in, he needs to tell people NOW so they can start dealing with it.
One of my best friends just moved back to FL after spending 7+ years up here. She never tired of bitching about the same things: the weather, the people, the winters.
However, NRT might want to think about this: aforementioned friend is now back in her beloved FL, miserable because she knows nobody except her parents and husband, complaining about how it's 80 all the time, and surrounded by rednecks. All her friends live up here and can't afford to fly to her.
I think if you and him continue to get close, love each other and have sex like everyone dreams about, then the painful move will at least be accompanied by the remarkable feeling that someone thinks you're fucking amazing. You could have six incredible months that might leave a positive mark on you forever.
As the move approaches, you should definitely communicate about it. Maybe he'd be more into moving to Austin than NYC, or whatever.
If you two continue getting close and maybe he begins to believe there's stuff to experience in the US besides Seattle, maybe it'll work out. If he doesn't move with you, then at least you spent a good chunk of your best days with someone you think is wonderful.
Plus, if you think Seattle blows now, I bet it's quite a bit worse when you're not routinely getting laid.
25? Quit being a coward at love. Take your lumps.
Give it a chance. If he doesn't want to move, then bounce on his ass and find someone new wherever you go. If you try out new cities, you can try out new men.
What's with all this trying to get through life unscathed? Don't stress. There's plenty more asskickings and broken hearts in store for this life time. Stand them with the your legs under you and whenever you can, give some back.
It's not that people are cold...they're just damn cliquey and introverted. It took me as long as she's lived here just to suss out where to find queer geeks with social skills that I wanted to hang out with, since I don't work at Microsoft and all. Now that I've accomplished that though I'm not going anywhere.
@31 so true, i have had the same Seattle friends for 15 years and i am only 22
Take a chance, and move. Moving to another city is the best way to get over a broken heart anyways, so if it happens, you're still in the best position possible. You'll be too busy discovering to mope.
If he comes with, you win too.
What Poe said.
So I was in Palm Springs for the First time in my life last weekend. It was grey, rainy and cold; the first time in 2 years! The snow line on the mountains was low.
Dumb the BF and move to sunny warm Palm Springs. The people there will be happy to talk with you. They'll think you are their grand-child!
Is she kidding? I'd LOVE to live in Seattle!
If she's not happy then she should leave. If he's truly happy there though she can ask but can't expect him to follow.
Hey everyone: anybody sez Seattleites are cold -- let's berate them and tell them they're wrong, and its their own fault!
That'll teach 'em to think we're not friendly. Dammit!
We've certainly NEVER heard this from ANYONE else .....
In friendship and welcoming,
I hate to be the stodgy, nerdy voice of reason, but if she moved here from a place with a very different climate, she should see her doctor and ask about Seasonal Affective Disorder. It can be pretty easy to treat, but it makes living in place like Seattle really difficult. It makes living in a lot of other places really difficult, too.
If that's not the cause of some of her SADness, then I vote for one last kiss goodbye right before she jumps into her car with all your stuff and ship off. Take several days to drive to wherever she's going, meet new people on the way or stop and stay with friends. getting settled into her new life will keep you busy enough to get over the old guy.
Also, even though I've only lived here for five years, I second the notion of needing some BADASS-ness to live up here. for my part, I'm a bicycle commuter all year long, rain or shine or snow.
A new city is the perfect way to get over somebody, in my experience. (Although it has been a while)
So that's convenient and all!
Hmmm. He hasn't mentioned anything to his friends or family? He's not moving with you. Dump him.
Also, you're an idiot for moving out of Seattle in the summer. Move if you must, but why leave during the 3 months of spectacular weather that we get? Move now or move next fall.
Also, people are people. Protestations to the contrary, Seattle people aren't all that different than people in a warmer climate. If you think you're going to find dramatically friendlier people somewhere else, you're delusional.
Something you didnt mention is where you're moving to. It has to be on par with seattle, for instance if you're thinking of moving to alabama (an entirely different depression inducing area of it's own) you can't very well expect him to move there-nothing is worth moving to alabama. If you havent decided yet you should discuss it with him, especially if you want to stick with him, he probably has some areas that are simply off limits. And if you're move is a collaborative process it increases your chances of staying together.
Go away. People who love Seattle's very mild climate are sick of you pansy-ass weather whiners.
This is probably a reiteration of all the above, but I feel you should give this great relationship a bit more of a chance by sticking around through the summer. During this time you might meet some of the many warm, friendly non isolated folks (and I agree you should take a closer look at yourself if you think everyone in Seattle is cold and isolated.) If at the end of summer this relationship of yours hasn't progressed, and your heart gets broken, and you move, presumably someplace sunny, what greater balm for your broken heart than the warmth and sun of your preferred climate. And you will know that you gave things in Seattle a proper chance and your relationship as well. What ifs suck.
Do what you got to do ... but relax and toughen up a bit. Just because a relationship ends doesn't mean it's a failure. Just take the feeling with you ...
And you don't get to take care of anyone else until you take care of yourself.
Warm(ish) but cloudy winters & fucking glorious summers beat frozen slush misery & humidity every time. And maybe you didn't notice, but there's mountains in every goddamn direction & its fucking beautiful here. The most beatiful city in Murka.
But if you can't take it, get out. Where is it better, LA? Miami? Right.
Besides, there's probably a 1000 "Mr. Rights" for you in 'Murka. Asking someone to leave their hometown is mean. Unless it's Cincinnati. Cincinnati sucks ass.
I would know.
I agree with Max. I lived in Philadelphia for two years and the weather consisted of hot and humid summers to go along with the bitter cold winters.
@31:It's not that people are cold...they're just damn cliquey and introverted.
...everywhere in the Western world.
(Although it's more notable in Capitol Hill, which isn't surprising since it's more of a central nightlife spot than an informal making-friends spot.)
Leave. And try to take out as many Seattle residents with your U-Haul as you can on your drive outta town.
You cant imagine being without him but staying is not a possibility. Youve already made up your mind to move, with or without the amazing wonderful guy, out of a city youve only lived in for a year and a half. What you didnt say is how long he has lived there? When did you make him aware of your decision to move? Dont be so quick to force him to make a major life decision. Thats exactly what you are doing by threatening to break up with now just because you dont think hes serious about moving with you since he hasnt mentioned it to his friends and family. While you may be a part of his life, his life may be in Seattle. You are asking him to choose you over his job, friends, family, etc., when you yourself are choosing a different city over him. Is this fair? Maybe he hasnt mentioned it to his inner circle yet because he wants to think things through more or not get anyone riled up yet when the move is so far off.
Youre not moving till next summer. Give it time and lighten up. Enjoy being with this amazing guy and get some good orgasms out of it. Dont pressure, nag, or obsess as women tend to do. Yes your heart may be broken come summer time but if you dump him now youll be broken hearted in a city that you hate for no good reason. Whats better than living in a brand new city to get over a guy? If you end up giving him an ultimatum hell stay. You two arent even married and youre already forcing his hand on some pretty heavy shit. Hell end up seeing a lifetime of this in the future and run. Or stay as the case may be.
Depart from me, ye cursed.
Doesn't she know that newcomers stick to Seattle like flypaper? If she doesn't want to live here forever, she needs to break up with him now and remain celibate until she moves. Otherwise, she'll get pregnant, and she'll have to stick around, with her only option being to spend weekends in Spokane so Seattle seems cheerful in comparison.
she could move here. i'm in lousville, ky. granted, it's a red state, but we're really nice to new people especially if they move here from a big city (people tend to take it as a compliment or something).
the weather, though, is still iffy; last year we had a storm every single thursday (it seemed like) from april through december. and yet, yesterday in the middle of december while much of the midwest was covered in ice, we had temperatures in the seventies. it's whimsical, which is fun, you just can't plan for it is all i'm saying.
oh, and 45 is right. cincinnati is the absolute worst.
why are people in seattle so cold? i have heard this so many times. i had planned on transfering out there next summer but i don't want to be surrounded by a bunch of aloof individuals with avoidant personality disorder.
Go spend the weekend in Minneapolis in January. Marvelous people, but every goddamn time you walk outside, you're in physical pain. Then come back to Seattle and appreciate what you've got.
JW, true enough. i'm currently sitting here with my A/C on full blast. normal in december. i've grown to despise hot weather, but i cannot handle months of snow.
@53: We're only avoiding people who move here and spend the entire time bitching about how much Seattle sucks, and how (insert former home here) has such better: weather/music/food/prices/people. Nobody likes a whiner.
It's largely due to the fact that nobody in Seattle is getting laid, unless they have ovaries.
The dirty little secret about Seattle is that it's about 75% single guys. Go to a bar? Single guys. A party? Single guys. Dance lessons? Single guys. The ballet? I don't know, but most likely a bunch of single guys who heard it was a good place to meet women.
At the end of the day, this sad state of affairs makes it impossible to make friends here: women are tired of being approached constantly, and do seemingly anything in their power to prevent social interactions with men. Meanwhile, the men are too busy elbowing one another (so that they can win 30 seconds of rejection from the troglodyte in the corner), to make friends with any guy whom they don't already know.
Mix that shit up with 9 months of drizzle and darkness, the asian/norwegian "reserved" culture, an overwhelming number of book and computer nerds, cliquish Stranger-hipsters who are doing their damndest to imitate something they heard about New York or San Francisco on the intarweb, and self-satisfied hippies, and you've got a recipe for World Class social dysfunction...
please LEAVE. please also take anyone else that complains about the rain and clouds, with you. I've heard Cali & Arizona are sunny.
Yeah, if you don't like it, leave... THE COUNTRY! SEATTLE A-#1 THE BOMB FOREVER.
As you may have noticed, many people here play defense and refuse to say "You know what, that aspect of our city totally sucks and you can still be my friend".
Most people here are much more cold and judgmental than elsewhere to me. This is the fifth place I've lived (and its my hometown) and coming back after years away was depressing and perplexing for at least the first year. I love many things about this city, but the weather and social culture are things that you can't change.
This was expounded by the fact that I've been in a similar situation for years can honestly say that if you and the man aren't happy in the same place then your relationship is going to get fucking fierce down the road when one of you gets restless and wants to move on. Get it worked out sooner or later, because it won't get better with time.
I'll second the possible Seasonal Affective Disorder, but assuming that's not it...
Be honest, tell him you are going to move for sure in...6 months?...whatever you've decided. Tell him you love him and you want him to come with you, but you understand that he likes Seattle, has family here, etc. Tell him that in order for you to plan a move, you need to know if he's coming with you by...May 1st? Or however amount of time you think you need to get a new apartment, pack everything, etc., but give the guy a couple of months to think about it. Then don't bring it up and let him think it over until he's ready to talk about it with you.
Will a guy leave his friends, his family, his job, and a place he likes to live in, all for you? I don't know about your bf, but mine did. Of course, he wouldn't have moved to the rednecked woods of Alabama with me, nor would I have asked him to, but he was willing to drive 3000 miles to SF.
So let him have input on where you go. He might say yes to a west coast city but no to a east coast suburb.
Typically, at the age of 25, where you want to live is more important than the person you are dating, being in love or not. This is possibly true as you get older, but especially true when you're 25 and under and still figuring out what is right for you.
61: wish i'd realized that before i moved out here
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Cracker Barrel restaurants specialize in country cooking and old fashioned southern hospitality. But as CBS News Correspondent Byron Pitts reports, allegations of old school southern racism and discrimination have led the NAACP to file a class action suit on behalf of a dozen current and former company employees.
NAACP President Kweisi Mfume says, "Cracker Barrel in some cases not only tolerated but, we believe, supported racist and bigoted comments and racist and bigoted jokes and outright racist behavior by some of its staff."
Marilyn Hall agrees. She trained new employees at Cracker Barrel and says there was an unwritten corporate policy to discriminate against blacks.
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The suit against Cracker Barrel is only the latest in a growing list of high profile, high stakes class action lawsuits claiming discrimination.
Shoney's restaurants settled out of court for $132 million. Texaco did the same in a similar case for $176 million.
Legal analysts say the surge in class action suits and big dollar settlements started when a change in federal law allowed workers to sue for what's called compensatory damage or emotional suffering.
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Now that it is easier to sue and there is more to gain, experts say we will continue to see more class action lawsuits like the one filed against Cracker Barrel.
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- Miami-based industry health testing clinic Talent Testing Service, Inc. has opened an office in Porn Valley, presenting the first local competition to the Adult Industry Medical (AIM) Healthcare Foundation since its inception in 1998.
Having provided its services to the Miami talent pool for close to three years, TTS initially is offering L.A. performers a basic "Industry Test" and a "Full Panel" that includes screening for hepatitis B and C, as well as syphilis.
"We're looking at just providing an alternative to AIM," TTS director of operations Julio Conde told AVN. "We hear of different complaints and issues related to AIM, against the monopoly they have in the service. Then again, it has been the only one providing the service in the industry, and they have done a great job up to this point. Competition is never a bad thing ... I think it will be for the best of the industry; that's what we're here for. And hopefully we'll be working with them as well, somehow there will be some sort of communication of information at some point."
Conde said that the Northridge TTS employs two full-time staff members and one practitioner who for the time being will be available Tuesdays and Thursdays. The clinic uses the PCR-DNA testing method — the same as AIM — and offers its Full Panel test for $150.
TTS differs from AIM, Conde said, in that, "This is strictly a testing facility, we are not providing counseling or any kind of support on that end." Furthermore, he noted, "There is a big difference on the producers' side, which is, we are offering access to our database of results free of charge to the industry. And we are passing that control to the talent through our website. Basically, when they access this dashboard, they have a way to select those which they would like their results to be seen by."
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