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If You Can't Stand the Heat (Poppy Markham: Culinary Cop Series #1)by Robin Allen
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Poppy Markham practically grew up at the family restaurant in Austin, Texas, and, until recently, worked as a sous chef under her surly stepsister, Ursula. Poppy's not sure if her dad will ever forgive her for leaving the family business to become a public health inspector-the most reviled figure in the restaurant industry-but when he asks her back into the kitchen
Poppy Markham practically grew up at the family restaurant in Austin, Texas, and, until recently, worked as a sous chef under her surly stepsister, Ursula. Poppy's not sure if her dad will ever forgive her for leaving the family business to become a public health inspector-the most reviled figure in the restaurant industry-but when he asks her back into the kitchen to help out during the restaurant's grand re-opening, she can't refuse. Chaos ensues when the guest of honor, Michelin-rated chef Évariste Bontecou, is found stabbed to death with Ursula's knife.Sacrebleu!
Sorting through everyone who had it in for the hot-headed, philandering French chef is worse than deboning a Coho salmon. Could it be the bad-boy sous chef eyeing his chance at the top or the conniving waitress rumored to be Évariste's paramourdu jour? The closer Poppy gets to solving the mystery, the hotter things get. And as everyone knows: if you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
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Deboning the chef.
Flown in from Monte Carlo to Austin, Texas, to add sizzle and spice to the redesign of Markham's, a beloved local restaurant, Chef Évariste Bontecou antagonizes everyone from the dishwasher to the sous chef. So it's no big surprise when he turns up dead, impaled on a large butcher's knife. Unfortunately, that knife belongs to the restaurant owner's stepdaughter Ursula, who is thrown in the slammer. Poppy Markham, who used to work in the restaurant before decamping to become a public-health inspector, decides to save the day, the restaurant and even Ursula with a bit of supersleuthing. She's helped by her former beau, the deliciously handsome food critic Jamie, and the pair turn up a few secrets: that three mystery men who dine at Markham's weekly are treated to complimentary bottles of lavishly expensive wine; that several deals were in place to reassign ownership of Markham's; and that a certain waitress may have been romancing not only the roly-poly, married Bontecou but Ursula's sometime boyfriend and even the restaurant's new manager. Poppy's home will be torched, her dad hospitalized and her hormones reattuned to Jamie before just deserts are served up.
First-timer Allen delivers a breezy and likable menu with perhaps a tad too much panting after Jamie.
Product Details
- 9780738726076
- Publisher:
- Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.
- Publication date:
- 05/08/2011
- Series:
- Poppy Markham: Culinary Cop Series, #1
- Pages:
- 288
- Product dimensions:
- 5.10(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)
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If You Can't Stand the HeatPOPPY MARKHAM, CULINARY COP
By ROBIN ALLEN
Midnight InkCopyright © 2011 Robin Allen
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Chapter One"And just where have you been?" Ursula yelled when I walked into the kitchen.
"Up to my elbows in rancid chicken at a taco trailer on the east side." I swung my backpack full of cook's togs over my shoulder. "And don't start. I'm doing you a favor tonight."
She thwacked a small animal with a meat cleaver, severing body parts. "The favor is for Mitch, not me."
"So fire me," I said.
"How about if I wait for you to quit again?" Thwack!
Ursula York is my stepsister and the chef at my father's restaurant. Whatever had her so agitated couldn't have anything to do with me. Ursula was an of-the-moment kind of girl and we hadn't shared any moments for the past six months. "Seriously, Ursula, can't you give it a rest tonight?"
Before she could respond, Évariste Bontecou, the Michelin-rated chef my father had flown in all the way from his exclusive restaurant, Le Château Azul in Monte Carlo, for Markham's grand re-opening, burst through the swinging doors, red-faced and twisted tight about something. Évariste was a short man. If I said he stood about four feet tall and two feet wide and resembled an oversized, undercooked chicken drumstick, I would be exaggerating. But only by a few inches. His bright red chef 's coat made him look even more like raw poultry.
Évariste's brilliant modern interpretations of recipes in the classic 1938 French encyclopedia-cookbook, Larousse Gastronomique, earned him respect, but his tantrums made him famous. The evening promised fireworks, which was one of the reasons I had agreed to help out in the kitchen. No way would I pass up a chance to see the Wicked Witch of the Southwest mix it up with Europe's Enfant Terrible.
"Stupid reporters!" Évariste shouted. "When I say I 'ave a Michelin star, he ask if eet is from the tire people."
Will Denton, the restaurant's general manager, trailed Évariste through the doors. "Reporters love to joke," he said.
"Cretin!" Évariste roared, ignoring Will, or perhaps responding to him. "I will not be aggressed with stupidity!" He poked his finger into the air, grazing Will's chest. "Everyone knows what a Michelin star is. No more interviews."
I had heard firsthand reports about Évariste's flare-ups, but that was my first time to see him in action. I tried to catch Ursula's reaction, but couldn't see enough of her face to tell if she was fuming that he had brought his gripes into the kitchen or smirking that it was Will, not her, who had to deal with them.
Will's fading smile dropped completely from his face. "Évariste," he said, smoothing his voice, "this is an important night for you and for Markham's. I need you to speak with these reporters."
Évariste waddled over to a cooling tray of silverware by the dishwasher. He selected a handful of spoons, then took his time walking across the thick rubber floor mats to the stove. He began tasting the sauces and soups simmering in huge silver pots, aware of his audience, but not acknowledging us.
Will was right. My father had a lot riding on this night and we couldn't afford a tantrum so early. I have a way with chefs and knew just what to say to calm him down and send him back to the dining room. "Évariste," I said.
He spun round. "Chef!" he barked. "You call me as 'chef' een my kitchen!"
"Okay, chef—"
"Chef Bontecou," Will interrupted, "you are the star of the evening."
That's not what I would have said, but it worked. Évariste stopped shoving spoons between his pink lips. He turned and looked up at Will, then tilted his head, inviting him to continue.
Will stepped closer to Évariste. "We've gone to a lot of trouble to bring you here and to promote your Texas debut. Important people will be here tonight. As a successful businessman, surely you can understand that we need you to do what you're good at."
"They are stupid," Évariste said, softening but still petulant.
"Yes," Will agreed, "they are stupid. But even a stupid reporter can write a good story."
"Pft," Évariste said, lifting the lid on another pot.
Ursula's special pot. The pot she uses to experiment with, to perfect her famous soup recipes. The pot everyone in her kitchen knows not to touch.
Ursula looked up from the frog legs she had been cutting off at the ankles, glared at Évariste, then returned to the business of defooting frogs. I doubted she had started inviting critiques of her cooking. She had once fired a cook who tasted one of her soups and then suggested that her crawfish bisque "felt grainy on the tongue." I considered that she had learned to control herself, but that seemed just as unlikely.
We crowded around Évariste to watch him work, but even standing on his tippie-toes, he couldn't see inside the pot. "Get him a step-stool," I said.
Ursula's sous chef, Trevor Shaw, stood closest to the stock room and in moments produced one. He held on to Évariste as the little chef ascended the steps. Évariste sniffed the pot, looked as if he had smelled nothing more enticing than boiling water, then lowered his head and sniffed again. "This is not mine," he said.
"It's Ursula's," Trevor said. "Venison stew. She's been workin' on the recipe for a few days."
Ursula looked up, her face as hard and white as horseradish root. Her cheeks flared crimson when Évariste poked a fat, hairy finger into the pot then into his mouth. He clicked his tongue, snapping the flavors around, then held out his hand. "Verte peppercorns." He said it with such authority, I expected them to materialize in his fleshy palm.
"Verte?" Ursula asked in perfect French. He had finally thrown her witch switch. We all turned to look at her, as quiet as boxing fans waiting to see if it's a true KO. "I have asked you many times to speak English in my kitchen."
That was it? Speak English?
Évariste stared into the pot as if looking for the translation rising in the steam. "Verte," he murmured, then looked up. "Grin!" he exclaimed. "Grin peppercorns."
I reached around to a shelf behind me and handed him a canister of green peppercorns. The look Ursula gave me could have singed a yeti bald. I should have felt bad about cooking with the enemy, but after making me miserable for months as her sous chef, she had run up quite a tab. That night was my first and maybe only chance at settling up with her. Besides, Ursula cooked better when she was ticked off.
Évariste shook two tablespoons of the peppercorns into his hand, brought them up to his face for a sniff, then rubbed them together in his hands and let them fall into the pot. "Eet weel be good in thirty meenoots."
Trevor helped him down from the stool, a look of awe on his face. "You're amazin,' Chef. One taste and you knew exactly what it needed."
Will broke up the love fest. "Chef, please, the reporters are waiting."
Évariste turned to me and pointed to his hat. "Is eet straight?"
I looked at the foot-high pleated cylinder atop his rotund body. He looked like a pudgy exclamation point. "Straight enough," I said.
"Straight as a shark's fin," Ursula muttered.
Will escorted Évariste out the swinging doors, setting off a lightning storm of flashbulbs and thunderous cheers among the reporters. Ursula returned her attention to the frog legs, her anger beginning to settle into a simmer.
Ursula's kitchen used to be my kitchen and then our kitchen until I quit and became a public health inspector. My father understands why I chose that traitorous occupation, but he hasn't forgiven me for leaving the family restaurant in the first place. The fact that I had agreed to be an extra pair of skilled hands in the kitchen during the rush that night gave him hope that I might return. I was going to disappoint him again.
I don't like Ursula, but I love my father and I love the restaurant, so I needed to get along with the chef. Even though she had been the one to yell, I decided to apologize for being late. I tapped her on the back and she turned to me, finishing a thought she had started in her head. "You know, my guys won't give me so much as an 'attagirl' when food critics add a fifth star to their restaurant rating system just so they can award it to me, but that Monaco midget adds one little spice to a pot of deer meat and they turn his step-stool into a pedestal."
"Just ignore him," I said, knowing she couldn't. Wouldn't.
She pulled a teaspoon from her apron and dipped it into a container of something one of her cooks had set on the counter. "That's what Mitch tells me," she said, sipping from the spoon. "But how am I supposed to do that? The only reason I'm going through all of this is because of that Gallic grunt. Big flippin' deal he can cook camel's ribs. My meat supplier's still laughing from when Évariste tried to place an order for them."
She dipped another spoon into the container then hovered it in front of my lips. I sipped something much too salty. "Tastes like the Gulf of Mexico," I said.
She pitched the spoon across the kitchen with expert precision, landing it in the bus tub with a hard clink. "I am so sick of men telling me what to do."
"Then why don't you tell me what to do," I said.
"Get changed and you can field-dress the rabbits. Évariste swears we'll sell out."
So that's how it was going to be. She knew I was a vegan. If I didn't eat animals, why would I want to flay them? Why couldn't I peel potatoes or pre-plate salads? But grousing about my assignment would send both of us into the ring, and we had too much prep work to do.
"No problem," I said. I swung my backpack off my shoulder and hugged it in front of me with both arms, taking up as little space as possible as I veered around prep cooks slicing fresh beetroot and chiffonading parsley.
When I pushed through the swinging doors into the wait station, I stopped dead.
The main dining room, usually cool and serene before service, churned with people and activity. The French Fox, as American food writers had dubbed Évariste—not for his looks, but for his business acumen—held court in front of dozens of journalists. I recognized a lot of the Austin media, but also saw film crews from other cities and even a few with foreign identifications. All at Markham's. And all because of Évariste Bontecou.
I caught sight of a woman in a perfectly coiffed platinum-blond bob standing next to a tan, handsome, bald man. My stepmother Nina and my father Mitch. I hardly recognized my father anymore. He had been a cradle-to-grave hippie until Nina sunk her acrylic claws into him. She was more interested in how people looked than in who they were, and Mitch became a victim of her shallow upgrades. When he cut off his wispy ponytail and traded his full Hemingway beard for a trim goatee, local newspapers wrote stories on his "transformation."
Not one to pass up an opportunity to get her name in the paper, Nina had parlayed the interest in Mitch's makeover into more publicity by making over the restaurant. She had coerced Mitch into transforming Markham's Bar & Grill, the casual eatery he had started with my mother before I was born, into an upgraded white-linen restaurant with an upgraded name, Markham's Grille & Cocktails, the extra 'e' completely unnecessary and pretentious. Between husbands or when she's bored, Nina works as an interior designer, and I had to admit that the restaurant's sleek new look deserved to be celebrated.
I moved closer to the podium and waved across the crowd to get their attention. Mitch's face lit up when he saw me, but Nina scowled. The feeling is mutual, I telegraphed with my own scowl. She said something into Mitch's ear and his answer made her frown. Yes, Nina, I will be here all night. They turned back to the reporters volleying questions at Évariste, then to Évariste lobbing answers back to them.
"Chef!" a reporter called. "What's your favorite beer?"
"Free ones."
"Chef, what's your impression of Austin?"
"Ow-steen reminds me of home, but les filles at home, they wear no tops on the beach."
Ursula slammed through the kitchen doors just as a reporter asked, "Chef, do you like the Longhorns?"
"Eet depends on how you cook them."
Ursula uttered a forceful, "Ugh!" over the laughter and stomped past me.
The night was bigger than Ursula and bigger than me. If I was going to put up with her, she could put up with Évariste. I followed her to the women's restroom, ready to tell her to cowgirl up, but when I opened the door, what I saw shut my mouth before I even opened it.
Excerpted from If You Can't Stand the Heat by ROBIN ALLEN Copyright © 2011 by Robin Allen. Excerpted by permission of Midnight Ink. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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Meet the Author
Robin Allen is the author of the Poppy Markham: Culinary Cop Mystery series. Her writing has also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Country Woman Magazine and Writers' Journal. In addition to writing, Allen has worked as a food server, cocktail waitress, bartender, and barista. She holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and is a member of Austin's Heart of Texas Sisters in Crime (SinC) chapter. She can be found online at RobinAllenTX.blogspot.com.
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I was able to snag book two, Stick a Fork In it, from this series off Netgalley in the early summer and after reading it, decided I needed to read book one. It didn't disappoint either. Check out my review of Stick a Fork In It. I thought I would be met with a lot of details and set up as usually comes with first books of a series, but that definitely was not the case. There were a few new details that I learned, but these are definitely cozies that can stand on their own and out of order. Poppy Markham's family is introduced and are great characters. My family favorite is her dad. Met with a lot of changes and hardships in this book, he is still a great dad. My favorite overall characters are still John With and John Without. They definitely add humor to the story and life of Poppy. It was a lot of fun to learn about Poppy's dad, stepmom, and a little more about her stepsister. I thought the crime itself was pretty clever and I did have a hard time guessing who had done it. The scheme in the crime was pretty clever. There is a little bit of romance, not a lot, as expected, and definitely some wit. This is a great new series in the cozy mystery genre. I would recommend this book/series to all cozy mystery readers. If you are new to cozies, this would definitely be a good series to start out with.
Madcap action laced with a smorgasbord of zany characters, red herrings, quirky situations, and an un-healthy dose of murderous mayhem make this a MUST read. There is a little bit of romance, not a lot, as expected, and definitely some wit. This is a great new series in the cozy mystery genre. I would recommend this book/series to all cozy mystery readers. If you are new to cozies, this would definitely be a good series to start out with.
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It's Friday yet again. The first one in the lovely month of May. My sincere hope as we enter this month is that May doesn't become shorthand for mayhem here in the Riv. It's crunch time budget wise. The "most challenging budget" any of us has seen in a long while has to be before the council when this month comes to a close. It is still a fluid document at this point with many details yet to be made public. Some news about the ongoing budget process made headlines this past week. There were a couple of other tid bits on the radar this past week as well. It's wrap-up time.
The city has made it official. They are taking public employee's health care into the GIC. This does not require collective bargaining. I'm of two minds on this one and I haven't really come to any sort of conclusion yet. I have the perspective of a private tax payer faced with footing the bill who lives in the real world where private industry health care plans change often and never to the employee's advantage on the one hand. I also have the perspective of a former city employee. I had a real live permanent civil service position with the city somewhere back there through the haze for about a dozen years. I know it's not everyday that you hear of someone who "got on the city", had a permanent position from which they could have retired, and left of their own accord, but I sit before you guilty as charged. They broke the mold with me. I've heard it my whole life. I have this really low tolerance for BS. You can't have that and work for the city. Mutually exclusive conditions. I also have the perspective of being the child of a city retiree. My father will turn 82 this summer, worked for the city for 47 years and now is about to get a big change in something that he thought was a given. I'll just vent to you guys here and maybe work out my feelings. It'll be fun.
As a tax payer this makes sense. We are in a financial crisis. Regardless of who's to blame something has to be done. Now. You can make other changes if you want at the next city election but for now there is this. This has the potential to save the city millions in future budgets. Quite frankly, given the numbers being thrown around, it should have been done long ago. If you ask any public official who has served in the last few decades they will tell you that employee health care costs have been the city's biggest budget back breaker. People in private industry have been living with this reality for a long time. My last plan was United Health. It reminded me of an old Hoover wet/dry vac I used to have. That thing sucked out loud too. A four thousand dollar out of pocket deductible. Going to pick up a prescription is a crap shoot. The co-pay was always a mystery. No dental. No eye care. Real world stuff. But.........
That's the reason I went to work for the city in the first place. Benefits. God knows it wasn't for the money. Retirement plan. Vacation time. Accrued sick leave. Union protection. I was a freakin' Teamster for Christ's sake. And health care. The second of my three children was in the pipeline at the time. Blue Cross/Blue Shield Master Health Plus boys and girls. The Cadillac. I paid 25% of the cost. The city paid the rest. Accepted everywhere. Five bucks at CVS . Livin' the dream. That's what the city has always done. What you lacked in take home pay was made up for on the benefits side. I can see where city employees would be less than pleased with this move. Their problem this time is that they will get very little sympathy from the people who are paying the bill for all of those benefits.
Retirees are in a different boat. They did their time. I think we all have this Utopian view of what the retirement years ought to be like. The "Golden Years" as they like to say. They aren't so golden. Living on a fixed income while the price of everything continues to rise. Been to a gas station lately ? Property tax increases, utilities, food and everything else. The last thing city retirees saw being added to the mix was the cost of their health care. Percentage wise, the elderly are pretty much the frequent flyers when it comes to using the health care system for obvious reasons. Adding a new burden to their already overly burdened pocketbooks seems to be one of the more unfortunate aspects of this whole story. There are real, human consequences to the cost saving measures that the city must now embark on. This is one of them. By the way, one of the other things that elderly folks do in big numbers is vote. Just sayin'.
Speaking of cost saving measures the gang over on the School Department side are looking to rein in transportation costs. Student transportation has turned into a big expense. One of the options they are exploring is what the cost saving would be to bring some transportation services in house. I'll be very curious to see what those numbers turn out to be. We constantly hear that the way to go to save money is to privatize various city services. The school system did it not that long ago when they contracted out the school lunch program. The case is being made right now to go private with our trash collection. Now we hear that it might be possible to rein in transportation costs by de-privatizing . Seems like a bit of a mixed message.
Did you happen to see the number associated with the transportation of homeless students? Never mind the cost or the fact that the School Department is running about 30 vehicles daily to pick the kids up and drop them off. The fact that there are somewhere in the range of 250 homeless children, right now, today, in the City of Fall River school system, is a mind numbing, sad, shameful reality.
The mayor and the firefighters union leadership met again. They report another good meeting. Details remain to be seen but the indication is some progress is being made. I'm positively giddy with anticipation to see what comes from all of this.
I got no fewer than 5 different text messages this week informing me that the condom has been removed from the fountain at Highland Park. Summer is almost here gang. Let it all hang out !
I have arrived. A complete and total validation of my meager existence occurred this week with the arrival of my first piece of fan mail. It was an email actually. It was anonymous and from a sketchy Gmail account but it was signed "A Fan" so I've got that to hang my hat on. I don't usually open sketchy email from unknown senders but they played to my ego by putting the word blog in the subject line. I figured it might be an actual aying gig. Anyway, I wish I could fulfill the writers request but I checked with my doctor and Google and it turns out that it's not anatomically possible to fit a laptop where the email writer wants me to fit my laptop. Sorry to disappoint. One thing that I did take a bit of offense to was when the writer referred to people who read this as my "stupid friends". That;s not very nice. They aren't all stupid. People who understand sarcasm are awesome ! (that's sarcasm)
One more blog specific bit of business before I go. Don't take this too seriously. I'm begging you. Lord knows I don't. As a matter of fact if you can find anybody who cares less about what is written here than me I'd like to meet them. And for the love of all that's holy please don't expect me to read any comments that you might post on any of these blogs after I publish them. When this all started I was encouraged by The Herald to interact with people who commented on the various blog posts. Drives people to their web site, that sort of thing. I don't. Never read the thing. Once I hit publish it's done as far as I'm concerned. It's like raising your kids. You can't let em talk back but at some point you've got to let them go. I mention this because I was told that a member of the city council commented on something last week. Still haven't read it. I'm not even the least bit curious.
I don't mean to get anybody in trouble but whoever delivers my paper needs to stop leaving it thirty yards from the front door submerged in a puddle every time it rains. Which is often. It's in a bag, which is thoughtful, but the bag ends up full of water too. This has a tendency to render the paper unreadable.(he says while taking a pass on the hundreds of possible jokes that could follow) I'm still waiting for the delivery of the new one after two separate phone calls. I'd rather not come down there.
Okay I've gotta bolt. I know this wasn't much but it was the least I can do, and never let it be said that I don't do the least I can do. I've got to go do a thing that's turned into a bigger thing. The other day a "friend" asked if I could pick up their kids after school today. I shrugged. That was taken for a yes. It has now turned into me picking them up, taking them to McDonald's Playland and after that staying with them until eight o'clock tonight. I'm telling you all this as a cry for help. On the flip side I have a truck all weekend so if you need something moved I'm available at a reasonable rate. Story of my life right there. The Katie Brown Golf Tournament is Monday ! Boom !


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Experimenter takes us inside the whirring mind of famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram who conducted a series of radical experiments in the 1960s to test human's willingness to obey authority. Peter Sarsgaard steps in to play Milgram, while Winona Ryder plays his wife.
Experimenter Movie Synopsis
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard) designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they're delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger (Jim Gaffigan) strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his pleads for mercy, the majority of subjects don't stop the experiment, administering what they think is a near-fatal electric shock, simply because they've been told to do so. With Nazi Adolf Eichmann's trial airing in living rooms across America, Milgram strikes a nerve in popular culture and the scientific community with his exploration into people's tendency to comply with authority. Celebrated in some circles, he is also accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster, but his wife Sasha (Winona Ryder) stands by him through it all.
Rounding out the cast are Taryn Manning, Kellan Lutz, John Leguizamo, Jim Gaffigan, Anthony Edwards, Lori Singer and Anton Yelchin. The Michael Almereyda-directed film opens in theaters October 16. Check out the trailer below.
With the 2015 MTV VMAs airing on Sunday night, many artists seized the moment to debut music videos. Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Nick Jonas all premiered new clips. Justin Bieber joined in on the action by dropping the accompanying visual for his well-received new single "What Do You Mean?"
Given that the Poo Bear and Skrillex co-production has a tropical house sound, I was expecting the music video would be a sunny lighthearted affair. Boy, was I wrong.
Instead, the Brad Furman-directed clip features The Biebs concocting an elaborate prank that involves John Leguizamo abducting his on-screen love interest played by model Xenia Deli. After being bound and gagged, his girlfriend finds herself at a surprise underground skateboarder rave. Now that's romance 😉 Check out the random music video below.
With Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosting the Golden Globes the past three years, it hardly feels like seven years since they starred in Baby Mama. But it has. The two Saturday Night Live alums reunite on the silver screen for the upcoming comedy Sisters.
They play estranged sisters who come together after being summoned by their parents. Turns out, their childhood home has been sold. While cleaning out their bedrooms, they come up with the brilliant idea to throw one last rager and invite their former classmates with the exception of Maya Rudolph.
Ike Barinholtz, John Leguizamo, Dianne Wiest, John Cena and James Brolin round out the cast. Sisters rages into theaters on December 18, 2015. The movie is rated R for "crude sexual content." Once you watch the full trailer, you'll see why. Poor music box never saw it coming 😉
Who doesn't love a good pot-themed comedy? Dazed & Confused and Pineapple Express quickly come to mind as two of the best. Hoping to follow their success at the box office and stoner households around the world is Jesse Eisenberg's new film, American Ultra. Mark Zuckerberg, definitely he is not, in this action comedy.
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There are a few stereotypical things that every gay man should know about. These things include certain musical artists such as Barbara Streisand and Bette Midler, how to mix a fantastic cocktail, and a number of movies that should be part of every homo's "I've-seen-that" repertoire. Whether you're gay or straight, if you haven't seen any or all of the movies on this list, you're missing out on something great.
Originally this post started as a collection of my top 5 gay-themed movie recommendations and my top 5 recommendations for non-gay movie essentials. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep either list to just 5… and after reaching over 1,000 words not even 1/2 way through, I decided to break it up into three articles: Top Gay-Themed Comedies, Top Gay-Themed Dramas and Top Non-Gay Movie Essentials. So… let's start with the comedies- listed in no particular order, click the title to watch the trailer!


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As a web developer, connecting my laptop computer to the internet via bluetooth with my iphone is something I do several times a day. Is there an easy way to do this in Windows 8 that I'm missing? It seems like the sort of thing that would be perfect in the charms menu somehow.
After it is paired, currently I:
- Go to control panel
- Search for "Devices and Printers"
- Click on the iPhone icon
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When you hear the word "MOTHER," what comes to mind? The word in itself is strong, forceful, and commanding, while also bringing about a life giving, nurturing feeling. This group of four from the New York metropolitan area encompasses the above and much more. From the stage, Mother is in charge. The energy and confidence is what drives each performance of their heavy, groove-driven aural fix. Meanwhile, the songs will captivate the listener, leaving them searching for more.
March 14th, 2014, Mother released their second album to a sold out Mercury Lounge in New York City. The night was a culmination of many things; as their EP is titled, it was the start of "A New Life" for the band. The addition of Marshall Castaneda on drums solidified their lineup as an unstoppable force in the up-and-coming national market. Their sound is tight and powerful, full of emotion and soul. "A New Life" draws influence from classic bands, but breathes modern musicianship and aggression to revive a sonic enigma that is fresh, yet reminiscent of old school hard rock. Staple tracks such as "Dying Day" and "Ghost" hold a strong and heavy groove. "Outside" takes you on a progressive ride of driving riffs and atmospheric bliss. "Driving Myself Insane" is the epitome of heavy, swampy blues and reminiscent of Black Sabbath. The final cut, "To Live Within," is an emotional roller coaster- an epic concoction conjuring up sections influenced by Guns N Roses, Jeff Buckley and Pink Floyd.


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Episode List
Season 11
18 Sep. 1965Seven Hours to Dawn
Mace Gore's gang has taken over Dodge. When Matt is believed killed, Festus and Doc have a plan to lure Gore into a trap, even though his usual plan is to leave by dawn.
25 Sep. 1965The Storm
A man is convicted of robbing and murdering his partner, but the sons of Matt's old friend are responsible. Matt must arrest the remaining son after the other's dying declaration and make it to Hays City in time to stop the hanging.
2 Oct. 1965Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood
Thad, son of and deputy to an Oklahoma sheriff, arrives in Dodge pursuing vandals on his father's warrant, not realizing the Oklahoma warrant isn't executable in Dodge.
9 Oct. 1965Ten Little Indians
Someone has placed a fabulous price on Matt's head, and there are many competing to earn it.
16 Oct. 1965Taps for Old Jeb
After a successful search for gold, two prospectors hire a man who shows up at their campfire as a bodyguard.
23 Oct. 1965Kioga
A young Pawnee arrives in Dodge to seek his own revenge on a murderer, not trusting in the white man's justice.
30 Oct. 1965The Bounty Hunter
Lured out of retirement with the promise of land, a bounty hunter is aimed by his boss at the man who killed his son. He just doesn't tell him the reward and charges had been dropped.
6 Nov. 1965The Reward
A man who persuaded the good folk of Dodge to invest their money in a mine is out of prison and back to prove that there really is gold in the mine.
13 Nov. 1965Malachi
While Matt's out of town, his friends play along with a drifter's innocent impersonation of the marshal, but a man comes to town determined to get revenge on the marshal, and he's not playing.
20 Nov. 1965The Pretender
An elder brother took the blame for the younger as both were sent away for cattle rustling. When they return home, the younger is not done with doing wrong, nor with asking his brother to cover his tracks.
27 Nov. 1965South Wind
A twelve-year-old boy recovers in Doc's office and then goes with a gun after the man who robbed and killed his father.
4 Dec. 1965The Hostage
Twenty-two men escape from a territorial prison. The remaining 4 kidnap Matt hoping to get safe passage into Mexico. One of them has another agenda which he reveals to Matt as they get closer to the border.
11 Dec. 1965Outlaw's Woman
After a risky train robbery and with two posses on their trail, four men hurriedly ride to some fresh horses. Dillon wounds one of the gang carrying the stolen money and it turns out to be a young woman.
18 Dec. 1965The Avengers
A retired judge and his sons abduct Kitty, Festus, and Doc after Festus shoots his other son in order to defend Kitty. The judge "tries" Kitty and Festus for murder, pressing Doc into service as their defense attorney.
25 Dec. 1965Gold Mine
When Matt is too busy to escort Kitty to a gold mine she inherited, she travels there alone and meets with claim jumpers and other difficulties.
8 Jan. 1966Death Watch
Two Bounty hunters bring in a wounded Mexican bandit worth $30,000 and find out the Mexican government might not pay for a man who dies a natural death, so they get the idea of shooting him dead.
15 Jan. 1966Sweet Billy, Singer of Songs
Festus's nephew arrives, seeking a bride who can read and write. He soon finds one, but runs into difficulties earning the money he needs for her dowry.
22 Jan. 1966The Raid: Part 1
A band of robbers have hit numerous banks with uncanny precision, planning and ease. They have their sights on Dodge now but they must remove a big obstacle before they can proceed - Marshal Dillon.
29 Jan. 1966The Raid: Part 2
When one of the gang is hurt after robbing Dodge, the Doc is taken to patch him up. The posse was preparing to go after them but a new problem has been set they must take care of before they can recover their friend.
5 Feb. 1966Killer at Large
In Matt's absence, Festus is accused of drawing first on a drunken man. Though innocent, Festus leaves town to avoid Matthew's having to arrest him, and takes refuge across the border with a widow and her son.
12 Feb. 1966My Father's Guitar
A talented guitarist impresses all who hear him on an instrument that is more precious to him than a man's life.
19 Feb. 1966Wishbone
Festus has a habit of using the wishbone from a dead chicken for making wishes on. When he comes across the doc, alone and snakebit, he uses that wish to help him, if it can. Meanwhile, Matt searches for three outlaws who held up a stage, killing the driver and guard.
26 Feb. 1966Sanctuary
An outlaw gang shoots it out fleeing Dodge City. When one of them is injured real bad, he hides out in the church where the reverend is fearful but not for himself.
5 Mar. 1966Honor Before Justice
The Osage Council has found Two Bears guilty of murder. His daughter rides into Dodge seeking Matt's help but he's out of town chasing horse thieves so Thad tries to help. He finds out that he and Matt are really riding the same trail.
12 Mar. 1966The Brothers
Billy has always looked up to his brother Ed. During a robbery gone wrong, he is arrested. Matt begins to open his naive eyes when his brother tries to free him from jail.
19 Mar. 1966Which Dr.
While on a fishing trip with Festus, Doc is abducted and forced to operate on a sick child, then ordered to be a bridegroom in a true shotgun wedding.
26 Mar. 1966Harvest
Some homesteaders have chosen a piece of land that is free to use per the government but Ben Payson has other ideas. When his daughter starts to care more about their son, he decides to force them off the property regardless the cost.
9 Apr. 1966By Line
The new newspaper in town seems to be in the business of fomenting trouble, starting with its employment as a reporter of the illiterate Festus.
16 Apr. 1966Treasure of John Walking Fox
When old Jacob is shot dead in self defense, his loyal Indian partner, John Walking Fox, starts paying for things with $50 gold pieces, and he becomes the talk of the town, and a target for would be robbers.
23 Apr. 1966My Father, My Son
Fast gunman Jim Barrett kills a man in self defense. Now the man's father and brothers are gunning for him, in addition to a young man who wants Barrett dead for a different reason.
30 Apr. 1966Parson Comes to Town
A mysterious man rides into town and says he is after one of two men responsible for killing his brother. When he starts crowding a stranger in town, Matt must decide how to make sure he doesn't take the law into his own hands.
7 May 1966Prime of Life
Kyle Stoner is fast with a gun and likes to prove it. When he mixes with the wrong crowd and goes up against Matt, his father gets involved and he is a friend as well as an ex-lawman.


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Australia Travel Guide: 50,103 reviews and 133,436 photos
I spent a long time in Australia. About 7 months in total. A great experience I have to say!! This page will probably always be in progress. I constantly think back to things I just need to add. While I was travelling in Australia and New Zealand I sent e-mails home and to friends I met along the way. I also posted them here on this page, but I decided to move them to another location. Click here to read my e-mails.
An introduction
Australia is quite a new nation. At least in it's present form. It was inhabited by the aboriginals for many many years, also before we started having a calendar already 2006 years ago. Just like New Zealand, the first westerners to discover Australia were the Dutch. The Dutch had no interest in the country since it was dry and sandy, and the belief was that there weren't any spices and other things that could be traded. The country was left alone again. Later Abel Tasman 'discovered' Tasmania. Later Tasmania was used by the Brits to send all their convicts there. You can still see the remains of that part of history in Port Arthur. Over the years more and more people seeked asylum in Australia. This is where people had the chance to start a new life. However the westerners never really respected the locals - the Aboriginee. They couldn't and still can't really adjust to the new Australia, because their culture is just too different.
Maybe the worst thing the aboriginals had to experience is the whole strory of the Stolen Generation. This matter still affects the current generation. I suggest you take a look at the film called Rabbit Proof Fence. This is a true story about three girls that were stolen from their parents and travelled all the way back to from where they were taken. While watching this movie please think about the fact that this started in 1918 and only recently finished in 1970!!
Beside this horrible bit of Australian history the country also offered many people a better life. New opportunities, a new job and a way to start all over again. If you look at what they have achieved that is something remarkable. It was a land built up from nothing into a rich and prosperous country. A country with vast lands, beautiful and unique nature and landscapes. Some of the greatest surfing in the world and an easy going way of life. The cities are clean, well planned and offer a lot of space and parks for the people to enjoy. However there is one big problem and that is the drought. It is just the northern most part of the country that has sufficient water since they have a dry and wet season. The southern states have areas where no rain has fallen for years. So save water!
But.... Go to Australia, it's a top country for holidays. The facilities are fantastic and it's simply beautiful! The people are helpful and friendly.
My Australian Travels
After a very long and tiring flight from Amsterdam, with short stopovers in London and Bangkok I finally arrived in Australia. It was early in the morning but of course I had to get a glimpse of the country before going to bed. The weather wasn't too good, but I went to see Circular Quay with the Opera House and Harbour Bridge right away. Not too impressed of the Opera House I went back to the hostel for some sleep. Next day I went again and wow, stunning. You should see the Opera House with the sun shining heavily and with blue skies. Amazing!!
Sydney to Melbourne
Anyway I spend two months in Sydney, worked a bit, spent Christmas and NYE here and did a short trip to the Blue Mountains. I started the year 2004 by renting a car with 2 mates I met in Australia and in 10 days we drove down to Melbourne, following the coast to start with. We passed Jervis Bay and Pebbly Beach. That's when we turned inland to Canberra and the Snowy Mountains, before heading back to the coast again. We followed the Princess Highway again and stopped at places like Lakes Entrance and Wilson's Promontory. In the Dandenong Ranges we drove up to Mount Dandenong for a view of Melbourne and the Dandenong ranges before handing the car back in with Europcar in downtown Melbourne.
Melbourne and Victoria
I stayed quite some time in Melbourne and surroundings. I had the intention to work a bit here too before I would fly to New Zealand. No luck getting a job but I did manage to see a lot. Of course I visited a lot of Melbourne itself. I also went to Phillip Island, Mornington Peninsula, did the Great Ocean Road with VT-member Kate-me and her husband Paul, drove through some of Victoria's least visited areas, and also checked out Ballarat and Bendigo.
When I got back to Melbourne again in April after two months of New Zealand it really was time to work. I found a working hostel in Echuca at the border of Victoria and New South Wales. From here I did various jobs. I picked apples, worked at a wedding, set up an irrigation system at a turf farm, worked at a bar and planted olive trees.
Darwin to Broome
After all this hard work it was time to fly to Darwin. I know it sounds a bit odd to fly there from Melbourne, but my parents also travelled through Australia for about 5 weeks and this was the place I though would be cool to meet up with them. So we met up in Darwin and booked a tour that combined Litchfield and Kakadu. When the tour had finished it was time for my parents to move on again. I couldn't find a job again in Darwin, so together with two girls (one I met in Echuca while working) we rented a campervan. It was a relocation for Kea campers so it was dirt cheap. All we had to do was pay for the insurance and return the campervan in Broome in 5 days. Quite a challenge since there is lots to do along the way, but we accepted the offer. In five days we manage to see Katherine Gorge, Kunnunurra, Duncan Road in the Kimberleys, Geikie Gorge, Derby and we finished in Broome.
Broome to Perth
After spending more than a week in Broome, our ways split again. I joined two other girls (one I met in Darwin) and we drove down to Exmouth. The car had quite a few problems on the way down, so we had to skip a couple of things we wanted to see. Good thing we did, since the car was dead by the ay we got to Exmouth. Here we swam with a whale shark and manta rays, and saw some whales. I did my Padi scuba diving course here and then booked a hop on-hop off bus to Perth. First place I jumped off was Coral Bay. Excellent snorkelling here and also great diving. Here I did my first two dives after the padi course. Then further down to Perth in a few days, visitng Shark Bay and the Pinnacles desert along the way.
Perth to Alice Springs via Adelaide
Again my intention was to find a job in Perth, but somehow I might be to picky or something or the Australians don't like to hire non-english speakers. Whatever the case Perth was great and I met up here with some VT-locals. Also went to Rottnest Island to see the beautiful beaches and the quokkas. After Perth I took the Indian Pacific train to Adelaide. Stayed here for 1 night to go on the Wayward bus to Alice Spings. This tour was absolutely amazing. And a real highlight of my travels Down Under. In 8 days we visited Clare Valley, some small town in SA, Flinders Ranges NP, we drove on the Oodnadatta Outback Track, saw Coober Pedy and did some hikes around Uluru-Kata Tjuta NP and Kings Canyon NP, before arriving in Alice Springs.
Alice Springs to Darwin and back to Sydney
Only spent two days in Alice Springs, but I think there isn't much to do in the city anyway. I booked another Wayward bus trip to Darwin. On the way saw the Devil's Marbles, a petrol station ET style, Daly Waters, Mataranka, Katherine Gorge and Litchfield NP. Another great 4 days! Then flew down to Adelaide again for a Barossa Valley wine tour. Haven't spent any time in Adelaide really, but I don't think I missed out on anything really. Then another flight back to Sydney for my last 4 days in Australia. It was nice to be back again in Sydney, the place where I started, but it was somewhat different. The people I had spent 2 months with weren't there. Sad to leave Australia I flew to Singapore for another month in that region.
More about Australia
I'm still busy building my Australia pages. So far I've done these:
==> Sydney, NSW
==> Nan Tien Temple in Wollongong, NSW
==> Jervis Bay,NSW
==> Pebbly Beach, NSW
==> Canberra, ACT
==> Snowy Mountains, NSW
==> Lakes Entrance, VIC
If you find anything missing or incorrect on my pages please send me an e-mail. All help is appreciated. Also other suggestions or tips are welcome!
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Pleasing to see that you got to see some of the more interesting yet less known spots. Well done.
Happy belated Queens Day! Oh, and guess what? I'm going to cycle the Netherlands. :-) Like...all of it. :-) Then I can see if my Dutch classes have been worth the expense!! -oh, and thanks for introducing me to CS. it's been awesome!-
Fly and mozzies net...lol. interesting invention. you should have worn that when we were walking around the dam. hahaha
Fantastic overview of the wide brown land here. You certainly managed to see and do lots of the best it has to offer. leyle
Prachtige Australia page, martin, great memories came back
Hi Martin, Thanks for taking the time to "virtually" visit Cape Town, and the well appreciated comments. Browsing through your Australian Page made me think of only one thing......"Wanna go there!!"
Nice sunset!
What a wonderful page!!!!!How many days do you spend to see everything? I love this country!
What an excellent Off the Beaten Track page on Australia! The best I've seen so far. So glad you went to kimberlys! it's one of those places not many go. I went there last yr too! Awesome.
Great page, fantastic pictures, really informative tips! Thanks! Hello from Greece! ;)
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