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2014 proved to be another successful year for our site managers in the NHBC Pride in the Job Awards. We rounded off this year's competition with 20 Quality Awards and four Seals of Excellence.
Our winners were:
Special congratulations go to David Mathie, Paul Ritchie, Bill Hughes and Paul Williams who also received Seals of Excellence.
The awards take place annually and are widely recognised as the house-building industry's most prestigious awards programme. They are dedicated to recognising site managers who achieve the highest standards in house building.
Winning site managers are recognised for their commitment to achieving the highest standards in housebuilding, ensuring the consistent delivery of high quality homes at their developments.
When it comes to our customers, delivering the best possible standards is a top priority, and the recognition our site managers have received throughout the competition demonstrates our on-going commitment towards achieving this.
Congratulations to all of our winners on their achievements this year.
Chris Endsor
Chief Executive
Miller Homes
It's true what they say - choosing a home is all about location, location, location and our recent 'great locations' competition emphasizes that perfectly.
We were delighted to receive fantastic entries from all over the country, with budding, amateur and even professional photographers keen to show us what's great about where they live. We were impressed with the array of pictures ranging from beautiful flowers in their back garden to vast landscapes of the country-side.
Our regional winners were then put forward for the chance to win the national prize of a gift voucher for a one-day photography course as well as a framed copy of their photograph.
Our professional judges helped select a winner for each of our six regions.
The six regional winners were:
- Scotland – Charles Garnett for his photograph of sunset at a country park in Barrhead
- North East – Rob Cole for his shot of Newcastle's iconic bridges
- North West – Brian Derbyshire for his photograph of a beautiful view across Lancashire
- Yorkshire – Arron Woolley for his photograph of Sheffield at night
- Midlands – Janine Lee for her photograph of the East Leicester countryside
- Southern – Victoria Timms for her photograph of children taking in the beautiful view from Brill in Buckinghamshire
Competition judge and professional photographer, Gary Baker said: "The standard of photography was extremely high and I was genuinely impressed by all six finalists."
Winners received a £50 Amazon voucher plus the opportunity to have their photo framed and displayed in their nearest Miller Homes development.
And well done to Victoria Timms who went on to scoop the overall prize.
"However, in the end I chose Victoria Timms as the overall competition winner. Her use of colour, composition and technical ability all contributed to the making of a well-executed image and a very deserving winner." said Gary.
Victoria commented: "I am absolutely thrilled to bits to win! This photograph is of my two children and their three friends looking out towards the beautiful Buckinghamshire countryside surrounding the village we live in. We are very fortunate to have such stunning views and I was lucky enough to capture this precious moment of them all."
To see all of the entries please visit out pinterest board.
For more information on our developments please visit our website.
It's a well-known fact that moving home can be one of the most stressful experiences we will ever go through. We do everything we can to make the home-buying journey as smooth as possible for our customers and include an easy-to-follow checklist within our homeowner's manual to keep our new purchasers on track for their move.
As moving in day approaches there's going to be a lot of things to do. So start your planning now by following our steps, reduce stress and you will find yourself being able to tick some of your check list boxes before you know it!
- Let your gas, water and electricity providers know that you are moving. They will have to disconnect the supply and maybe arrange for a meter reading on the day of moving out. Don't fret through as before you move into your Miller home we'll make sure that all of these services are connected.
- Let your phone company know and arrange for your new phone line to be installed at your new home. This can easily be arranged through your selected phone company but remember that phone lines can only be connected to your new home after completion. Advise your new phone provider if you require extra phone points and the Sales Adviser on your development will help to arrange the best time for your phone provider to install the connection.
- If you are living in rented accommodation, you'll have to notify your landlord in writing. This is also a good time to let any doctors, dentists and vets etc. know if you are moving to a new area and plan to leave their practice. Also let your children's schools know your new address if you are staying within the area.
- If you are moving to a new area, start looking into a new doctors' surgery etc. as soon as possible and ensure that you get your family registered.
- Newspaper, milk and any other delivery extras that you may have will have to be notified. Ensure that any accounts you have are settled before you move and if you want to continue their service, let them know your new address!
- When it comes to your mail, make a list of all the people you need to tell about your address change (i.e. family, friends, your employer etc.). A good way of letting people know is by sending some change of address cards. For any stray mail that may still come to your old address, you can arrange with the Post Office to have this mail redirected for a period of time for a small fee.
- Probably the most important step before moving day is to make sure your removal arrangements are all set in stone. Make sure the firm know where they're collecting from and where they are going to. Double check arrival times and let your site representative know in advance so a clear access to your home can be provided.
Once this is complete you should be on the home stretch to moving in day! For even more information, we have a range of blogs that can help you when it comes to moving that include Moving With Kids, Moving With Pets and a blog dedicated to moving home with Smart Phone Applications.
For more information on our developments, please visit our website.
In celebration of our 80th year, we are revisiting our heritage as we outline the story of how we became one of the UK's leading housebuilders. Continuing our trip down memory lane, we are now looking at Miller Homes during the 2000s, a new millennium bringing continued progress in technology, brand new regions and success across the board for Miller staff members on the awards front.
In 2000, and with the buzz of the millennium bug still fresh in the nation's mind, our IT department launched a state of the art project that aimed to provide a single source for company information that could be easily accessed by all members of staff. Named m'power, the intranet project was taken on tour during the autumn of that year with a team of staff training colleagues on how it all worked. Ready with the m'power bus, the training team covered areas such as online procedures, bulletin boards and a brand new photo library.
Even now in 2014, m'power has stood the test of time and is an essential tool for all staff members.As if taking over the web wasn't enough, we made our way onto the stage taking a leading role at the 2001 BBC Good Homes Show. Our Avon house type was constructed in less than five days by a team of 150 in the NEC Arena in the Midlands and when it was complete, famous designer, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, was on hand to open the show. Hosting more than 16,000 visitors over the five day event, 150 people then went on to register their interest in buying their very own Miller home. One visitor even went straight to the site after seeing our show home on display and snapped up the last remaining property.
Success continued with Homes North East becoming the first business in the UK to have its Chief Executive, Production Director and entire site management team awarded professional memberships of the World Body of Construction Managers in 2003. This acknowledgement came after 20 of the production team successfully completed their Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) training. Group Chief Executive, Keith Miller, was also awarded a special Fellowship of the CIOB.
A further accolade for the North Region came along when site manager, Bill Hughes, was presented with the NHBC Pride in the Job Supreme Award only months later. Beating 17,000 other NHBC registered site managers, the award meant that Bill was officially the best site manager of all the leading housebuilders in the UK. Bill's success in building excellence continued as he went on to win the Supreme Award again five years in a row and he was runner-up in 2008 and 2009.
In 2004, the Athens Olympic Games were fast approaching and the UK had a future champion on its hands, Sir Chris Hoy. In his quest for Olympic glory, The Miller Group agreed to sponsor the World Champion. All his hard worked paid off as, a year later, Chris returned to Edinburgh and to Miller House to proudly show off his first gold medal. In his first visit back to Scotland since his success in Athens, Chris was given a hero's welcome by Miller staff. His Olympic glory continued four years later in Beijing. Chris brought three further gold medals back to Miller House and was given another warm and enthusiastic welcome from thrilled Miller staff members.
As mentioned in our 1990s blog, work was well underway when it came to building Edinburgh Park in the Noughties and, in 2005, a brand new head office for The Miller Group located in the park was opened for business. To mark the official opening, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal unveiled a specially-made sculpture of one of the founders of The Miller Group, Sir James Miller. His son, also James, and Keith Miller were involved in the opening ceremony and Miller House continues to be The Miller Group's HQ with Sir James' sculpture sitting proudly at the main entrance to the building.
Royalty continued to have an influence in the history of The Miller Group as in the summer of 2005, Keith Miller was awarded a CBE from Her Majesty the Queen for his services to the construction industry in Scotland and to charity.
To round off our Noughties blog, Miller Homes' business made inroads to the housing market in the South with the official launch of Miller Homes Southern. Based in Basingstoke, the region covered Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex and Berkshire with plans to achieve a £50m turnover within a three-year period.
Take a look at our Pinterest board to view a range of Miller Homes photographs from 2000 onwards and from previous decades.
Whether you are a first time buyer or a seasoned pro on the property ladder, securing your dream home isn't always a straightforward process. Giving our customers the best experience possible is one of our top priorities, so naturally we are delighted when they let us know just how happy they are!
Klara Gellert and her daughter Hanna moved into our Miller Point development in 2012 and not long after, Hanna decided it was time to spread her wings and leave the family home.
However, she didn't go very far! After being so impressed with the customer service and support provided by Miller Homes Hanna did not have to look too far when she was ready to fly the nest.
Klara said: "After 18 months Hanna decided she was ready to be independent and wanted to get on the housing ladder. She wanted something affordable and nearby. Miller Homes provided everything we wished for.
"After the wonderful stress-free service we had already received it didn't take much thought for Hanna to reserve and buy her first Miller home in August 2013. The Deposit Match scheme allowed Hanna to make the move and she's over the moon and has settled in really well."
Through our Home Exchange scheme, which offers a cash buyer for your property and also eliminates advertising costs and estate agents' fees, our Park View development welcomed the Lakey family, who also happened to be the first people to visit the site! With their two children, Sam and Eve, Julie and Philip grabbed the opportunity as soon as they heard about the development launching.
Julie said. "We reserved a three-bedroom Albert and since moving into our beautiful new home we have never looked back. We love the design and layout of the house - it's almost a surprise having a lower ground floor tucked away and the overall spec is outstanding.
"The standard of service from the entire Miller Homes team has been fantastic, but especially from the sales office staff and site managers. I have recommended Miller Homes to everyone I have spoken to."
Being close to home sometimes proves best as Mr and Mrs Lowe proved when they moved to our Brooklands development in Gainsborough after living in France for a number of years. The Lowes found their home online and were immediately attracted to the design of the house, the price and the positive recommendations they heard about Miller Homes.
"Everything has been a pleasurable experience from our initial contact, through the sales process, choosing our interior fittings at the Choices Centre right until we received our keys," said Mrs Lowe. "Andrea, our sales adviser, kept us updated at every stage of the build and played a huge part in the positive experience we enjoyed."
Our customers are hugely important to us, and seeing their journey progress successfully to the point where they can call one of our homes their own brings a great deal of happiness to our teams.
If you are interested in buying your own Miller home, please visit our website for information on our developments.
View further customer testimonials on our 'Happy Buyers' pinterest board.
Helping you to keep your finger on the pulse with exclusive insights, news and our views on what's happening in the housing market. Offering a steady flow of ideas, useful information, tips and advice for homeowners and those looking to get on the ladder.


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I took a brown ale recipe I thoroughly enjoy from time to time, and I took out the dark grains, and added a half ounce kent goldings dry hop for a nice summer ale.
Fermented with wlp005 at 67F in a temp controlled fridge.
Things that happened during my brewday that I am thinking could have caused this off flavor...
I like to decant my starters after I mash during brewday, and add a pint of sterile wort to get the yeast active again for pitching. After I add the pint of sterile wort, I put it in a temp controlled fridge at my pitching temp.
Problem this brewday was that I forgot to plug in the fridge, so by the time I was going to pitch, my starter was rocking @ 74-75F. So I had to chill down to my wort temp, which was around 60F and pitch, this took about 20 minutes. By morning it had a nice krausen that fell and cleared in 3-4 days.
This was also the first time I added lactic acid to my sparge water to lower the pH. I added 1/3 of a tsp to 6 gallons.
As of now I don't think it was the lactic acid, and am leaning more towards my starter temp, but I just don't know. Would that cooling down, cause enough stress on the yeast?
The beer is young for most beers...day 9 from fermentation, but I've successfully made the darker version of this, from grains to glass in 10 days before.
As of now, the beer is sitting in a keg, in my fridge at 70F conditioning more.
Any ideas of what went wrong here?
"A beer, every beer, is made with love, and begs to be appreciated." -De Struise
My guess it that the yeast weren't done cleaning up after themselves. Give it more time.
yeah thats what I'm doing...although Ive made this batch a couple times before, and its always a quick one from grains to glass...
Currently having a similar problem with WLP001 and fermented at 60F (though I pitched at higher temps). 12 days in, I'll let you know how it is in another week...
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Secondary: None
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On Deck: Bee Cave Brewery Bavarian Hefeweizen
Now brewing in South Korea!
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."--Ben Franklin


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Bhopal: An Additional DGP level officer will conduct a probe in the matter of Datia`s former Collector GP Kabirpanthi`s sons allegedly attacking a friend in Bhopal and the subsequent filing of an FIR in Datia by the police under alleged pressure of Kabirpanthi.
This was announced by Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta in the state Assembly while replying to a query by Dr Govind Singh (Congress), during Question Hour.
Gupta said an ADGP-level officer will conduct a probe into the entire issue and if it was found that the police acted under pressure in the matter, action will be taken against the officers concerned.
Kabirpanthi`s sons Lalit Muni and Sambhav had allegedly attacked Anant Shrivastava on January 6 and issued life threats to him in the Tulsi Nagar area, following which, Anant
Filed an FIR against them in the TT Nagar police station.
After the incident, Kabirpanthi`s sons went to Datia town where their father was posted as Collector and filed an FIR in the Kotwali police station against Anant and few others.
Replying to a supplementary, Gupta also said that both Lalit Muni and Sambhav were arrested by the police, but were granted bail by the High Court.
He said that as per the report filed in Datia, Lalit suffered 13 injuries, but now the government will ask him to appear before a medical board, possibly today itself.
However, Govind Singh and others alleged that though the government has removed Kabirpanthi as Datia Collector in the recent reshuffle of IAS officials, it has not taken any action against the Superintendent of Police and other officers, who filed an FIR against the victim, under pressure of the former collector.
The Home Minister then said that if any lapses were found in the ADGP`s report, appropriate action will be taken.


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Aug 29 2014
Photo Canvases
As I showed you a couple of weeks ago, we decided to adorn the walls of our new office with black-and-white photos of the ranch and family.
I think it provided a nice consistent look to the office without detracting from the natural features like the old brick walls, original wood floors, and mural.
Here's the arrangement my mother-in-law came up with for the conference room.
The canvases are mounted on a wood frame, with hardware on the back to hang straight to the wall. I could have ordered regular prints on photo paper…but then I would have been stuck with figuring out how to frame them all, and it would have wound up being much pricier once the frame, mat, and glass were factored in.
And the canvases come in lots of different sizes…
So they're great for bookshelves or any other nook or cranny (or urinal stall; ha!) that needs a photo.
I've been asked about where I had my canvases made, so I wanted to share the link with you today! UnitPrints did a great job, and they'll work with you to make sure you're ordering exactly what you want. They also have experts on their staff to make sure the photos look the best they can look once they're printed. Great guys!
Here's the link. They do all photo printing of any kind, so check 'em out next time you need prints.
(Psst. Not an advertisement. Just sharin' what I know.)
Aug 27 2014
Kitchen Tool Giveaway!
The winners of the kitchen tools are…
#2367 Kathleen K. "My balloon whisk, because I use it all the time."
#7564 Amy S. "My current favorite is my new juice press. It gets every drop out of citrus fruits without making a huge mess."
#22303 Brandy W. "My Garlic Press!"
Congratulations, winners! Contact [email protected] to claim your great tools!
By popular demand, this is an encore of a similar giveaway I had several months ago. Yay for kitchen tools!
Here are some of my favorite kitchen tools!
Links below, but note that most of these things can be found in most kitchen stores.
Stainless Steel Flat Whisk. I can't live without this. It flattens against the bottom of a skillet and scrapes the surface for making gravies, sauces…the works!
LamsonSharp Pro Slotted Turner, also known as…a spatula! I reach for this baby time and time again for everything from eggs to burgers. The quality is great, the handle is comfy…but it's the ultra-sharp edge that I love. You can scrape along the pan and scoop up anything.
Four-Sided Stainless Steel Box Grater. I've well established that the pre-grated cheese you buy in the store is against my religion, and this perfectly rectangular, four-sided grater is my very best friend. There are lots of models with more slanted sides, but I prefer this boxy one myself.
Cilio Olivewood Spatula. Does the same trick as the slotted wonder up above, but with a gentler touch on skillets with a more delicate surface. I love this thing. It's gorgeous, adds warmth among all the stainless craziness, and lasts for a long, long time.
Wusthof Nakiri Knife. I have a problem, and that is that I don't believe there is any other knife in the world besides this one. It's all I use. I adore it. I can't live without it. I give thanks for it. It's the best.
Microplane Zester.These zesters (they actually began as wood planers for carpenters!) are indispensable, as they can neatly scrape all the zest off an orange, and grate nutmeg and chocolate like there's no tomorrow. They have lots of styles with plastic handles now, but I prefer this no-handle original.
Various sizes of stainless measuring scoops. Oh, am I in love with these. Scoop cookie dough in different sizes according to how big you want your cookies, fill muffin tins with batter, scoop ice cream, melon balls…anything! Gift them in single sizes, or give the whole set. Once you've had these at your disposal, you can't imagine cooking or baking without them.
And…if you want to spread icing on a cake, spread melted chocolate on a pan, or spread any kind of substance on a flat surface without contorting your body, this Offset Stainless Steel Icing Spatula is what you need. (And pssst. The mini version is perfect for cupcakes and cookies.)
Today, because it's Wednesday, because I'm doing some cooking today, and because I love ya, I'm giving away three (3) sets of these kitchen tools.
To enter, just shout out your favorite kitchen tool in the Comments section of this post!
One entry per person.
Winner will be announced Thursday night.
Good luck!
Giveaway sponsored by Pioneer Woman. No affiliate links above; no paid advertisements.
Winners have been announced and comments are now closed.
Aug 22 2014
Weekend FitBit Giveaway (Winners!)
The winners of the FitBits are…
#928 Andrea: "My plans for the weekend are yet to be determined."
#10683 John: "Honey-do list. Does it ever end?"
#10682 Jennifer: "Working on our new mapping business started up!"
#13841 Heather: "Since it's pouring rain, I'll be catching up on movies and doing a bit of cleaning!"
#14034 Libby L: "Soccer scrimmage for my son (they won!), lunch with the in laws and church on Sunday!"
Congratulations, winners! Contact [email protected] to claim your FitBits!
Note: Because I continue to be obsessed with my FitBit, and because I love ya, I'm repeating the FitBit giveaway I've held in recent weeks!
For those of you who aren't familiar, a FitBit is a small device you wear on your wrist, in your pocket, on your waistband, in your bra, or somewhere on your person, and it tracks your daily steps, activity level, water you consume (you manually enter this figure), and also tracks the length, restfulness, and restlessness of your sleep.
I first got my FitBit late last summer and hit it hard, really enjoying the info it gave me about my level of activity, which was much lower than I would have guessed, and the amount and quality of sleep I was getting. Then, after some time, I took it off my wrist and went on my book tour, got busy with the holidays, and just now got back into the swing of things a week ago. Since then, I have become consumed with it again—even more than before—and it has helped me not just increase my activity level…but also shed a few pounds right off the bat! (Update: I've lost 22 pounds since May 1!)
Here's an example of the info it gives you. (I'm also entering my daily weight, which I've conveniently hidden in this screenshot! Ha.) You can sync the FitBit to an app on your phone and get real-time updates throughout the day about how close you are to meeting your daily goal (my daily goal is 10,000 steps a day.) Or, if you don't use an app on your phone, you can sync it with your computer and see your data there.
Also throughout the day, you can tap on the FitBit and it illuminates lights to tell you how far along you are that day.
And then—this is the kicker—when you meet your goal, it gives you a huge high five by vibrating proudly on your wrist. I've come to really love that vibration! Last night, after a really long walk, it still hadn't buzzed…and I was starting to think "Grrrrrr. What does a woman have to do to get a buzz around here?" I got back to the house after my walk, got some water, plopped down on the couch, and only when I reached for the remote control did it finally buzz.
That totally made me laugh.
Today, because I love my FitBit and I want to share them with the world, I'm giving away five (5) FitBit Flex bracelets, in the color of the winners' choice.
Note: There are lots of different FitBits; I'm giving away the Flex, which is worn as a bracelet because I'm not responsible enough to remember to take things out of my pockets, off my waistband, or out of my bra.
I hope that wasn't too personal.
If you're interested in winning a FitBit, just answer the following question in the Comments section of this post:
"What are your weekend plans?"
Just shout out what you plan to do this weekend—whether it would be climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro or watching movies—and you're automatically entered to win a FitBit!
One entry per person, please.
Winners will be announced Sunday night.
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Aug 19 2014
Pretty Blue Mixer Giveaway (Winners!)
**Note: Because of the response to this giveaway, I've added an additional prize—so four winners total!
The winners of the pretty blue mixer are:
#8358 Kim P.: Rizzoli & Isles
#16834 Luanne P: The Pioneer Woman! (Aw, thank you Luanne. HavenHaven)
#20073 Madeline L: Sherlock! Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are great!!
#49093 Samantha T: Haven
Congratulations, winners! Contact [email protected] to claim your pretty blue mixers.
Today, because it's August 19…
Because fall is just around the corner…
Because Charlie is snoring at my feet right now…
And because I love ya…
I'm giving away three (3) of these gorgeous KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixers in this exceedingly springy "Crystal Blue" color.
Oh, do I love this color. I want to wear this color. I want to live surrounded by this color. I want to marry this color. It's lovely!
To enter this giveaway, just answer the following question in the Comments section of this post:
"What is your favorite TV show right now?"
It's a weird time of year for TV, and I'm having a hard time figuring out what shows I should be watching. So do tell: What shows are you into these days?
(If you are a highly evolved human being and do not watch TV, no problem! Just say so in the comments.)
One entry per person, please.
Winners will be selected at random and announced Wednesday night.
Good luck!
Aug 11 2014
I always enjoy seeing before-and-afters of renovation projects, so I thought I'd post a few today! Some I've shared before, some I haven't…hopefully you'll have fun scrolling through. Here's my corner of the office just after we began work on [...]
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Aug 05 2014
Bathroom Throwdown
You can read more about it here, but as I explained a few weeks ago, Marlboro Man and I have had a running competition over whose bathroom (the Girls' or the Boys') is better. Everything from the floor choice to the tile pattern to the wall color to the shape of the sink, [...]
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Aug 04 2014
A Tour of the New Office
Well, after months and months, we've finally finished up our new office in town. This was Phase 1 of our Building project, and while it did take us quite a bit of time to complete it, we're so glad we didn't rush the process. So many of the decisions we made in this [...]
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Jul 31 2014
The Girls' Bathroom
We were all at the Building for many, many hours yesterday, moving in furniture and arranging photos, and I'll post a whole bunch of photos tomorrow showing the whole office. I think I have a hernia. In my mind. In other news, I want to show you photos of the girls' [...]
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A Taxi Romance
A writing blog for those interested or curious about what I'm working on.
Friday, October 24, 2014
Published on Amazon
This is my second novel in a series of historical fictions. The next one is soon to be finished titled Adrienne.
My first novel, A Time Ago and Then, of this series was originally published on smashwords.com but is now available on Amazon. The two novels are connected but stand on their own:
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
On to Asturias
Sleeping… hung-over… soothed by the lullaby rhythm of steel wheels on steel tracks… chunk-cat-clack…chunk-cat-clack… chunk-chunk… Then noise: a whistle… awake… another town… steam hissed… exploded from pistons, escalated by the chatter and clamoring of another group of volunteers boarding. Alesandro peered through half-shut lids to watch the eager new ones standing in the aisle, falling against each other whenever the train jerked to a start. He'd been crammed into a seat on the wooden bench of the car, shoulder to shoulder, with young men… young or younger than he. Their voices were, from the start in Madrid, loud and boisterous… songs of the revolution… "A Las Barricades!" Bravado smothered fear and anticipation, driven by the cheers of crowds alongside the tracks. Red and black flags on "la locomotora del destino" chugged their cars away from the station and from the safety of homes and chalkboards of classrooms.
After this disruption of not-thought, his attention turned to the changing Castilian landscape that passed his window… images flashed by. The train wound its way towards Asturias; another country on the far side of Spain. Some aboard were CNT labor unionists, veterans of street fighting, but most were volunteers: metropolitan boys with pink hands. The propaganda posters depict men; masculine men with chiseled chins and muscled forearms, fists thrust skyward over the barricades... men, not boys… boys who hoped to be greeted with cheers and welcomed by the calloused hands of miners holding firm at the barricades of Gijón and Oviedo, they would be heroes; heroes alright, dead heroes.
The train that left Madrid was loaded up with untrained young and eager faces armed by little more than the enthusiasm and the naivety of youth. Only a few had seen blood from more than a scratch before and were unprepared for what awaited them in the mining towns in and above Oviedo or Gijón on the Biscay coast. From Madrid they crossed north through the heartland of Castile-Leon and into a region of rugged mountains. Towns and stations that prominently posted the red and black flags of the Revolucion flashed by Alesandro's window like in a dream. The rails were controlled by the anarchist labor union, the CNT, most sympathetic to the cause. But, this was an irony of a civil war full of ironies that, in cooperation with the new Republic in Madrid, the same union trains, controlled by the same union, would fill its cars with experienced and hardened Moroccan troops. Regular Army troops of Colonel Yague and General Ochoa, steamed towards Basque Country under orders of the Generals of the Republic in Madrid, Francisco Franco and Manuel Goded. Sent to quell the miners' general strike that had crippled most of the country.
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Shake My Cage
Chapter 9: Mad Max
|Shake my cage and free me from it.
There he was again, in County jail. Max's life was looking like an old country song, "I'm in the Jailhouse Now." He tried to decipher the confusion… thoughts ran wild… "Pardon me, Hank Williams, but I don't want to be in one of your songs at this moment, eh?" He thought he'd broken that cycle when he got sober but here he was, thinking "Surely, I ought to be able to get out on O.R. first thing in the morning… no outstanding warrants or fines… living pretty clean too…what does all this have to do with a cosmic plan?"
A newly familiar calm came over him as he sat on the bunk once all the noise of the concrete and steel settled down after lights-out. Max was at peace and it felt as though a hand was on his shoulder. He turned to look but no one was there. So he sat with his back to the wall of the cell… Hell, he was given a private cell, isolation they call it, and he waited there while his mind leafed through old catechism stories… thinking again, "Would an angel appear before me, shake my cage, and unlock it?" The gentle hand on his shoulder assured him and he fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning Max still had the feeling of that hand and everything became clear... all this shit. He didn't know how it would turn out or what motives and powers were behind it but he knew for sure that he was to play an important part in some sort of cosmic drama. It was a cosmic drama that made perfectly clear what his next step would be. He hadn't known such clarity since that day in the hooch with Kuka a decade before.
He slept and every night a dream, or vision, of a Kachina Jaguar... sometimes with Kuka's face... danced around him singing a chant... "you are back in the tall grass". About a week later that he was awakened at three in the morning, "McGee, roll it up, you're goin' home."
"What… Someone bailed me out?"
"I don't know… just roll it up!"
Three in the morning: What the hell? He didn't like the feel of it. "Was I out? I could get a ride home from another cab driver, but shit," he noticed that Richards was parked at the far end of the parking lot. Just for the hell of it he walked over to the squad car. When Richards opened his window, Max asked, "Don't suppose you could give me a ride into town… eh?"
"I don't think so. You know you've been snitched out by your junkie friends." Richards rolled up his window and pulled away.
The cab finally arrived; his sponsor, Jim, behind the wheel. They'd been on the road for a good five minutes before Jim asked, "So, what did that cunt do to get you in jail this time, Max?"
At that moment he had a newfound distaste for the "C" word… especially when applied to Adrienne. He glared, "Drop the 'C' word, Jim."
"Yeh, yeh, okay," Jim grinned, pleased at this change in attitude. "It was on the front page of the News Suppress… but I wanted to hear your side."
"I can't believe it Jim, but, back there in my cell, a calm came over me and I felt a hand…" he gave Jim all the details.
"The Hand of Gawd, eh?"
"Something like that. I told you about Kuka. She came to me in dreams."
"Awe, c'mon, Max. Don't go psychedelic on me."
"No, Jim, it is just that I now know there is a cosmic dance going down here and I'm in the middle of it."
"The center of the universe, eh." Jim scowled, "You know where that bullshit takes you."
"Yeh, maybe you're right..." Max admitted, "But there was this peace and clarity in knowing."
"Most of us didn't think you did it and you still have your shift on the roster at the cab company." Jim assured him, changing a subject that gave him the creeps.
"I have to check and see if the city hasn't pulled my license," Max would've been surprised if they hadn't.
"I'm sure you can still dispatch if they did… you got everyone in the office behind you." Jim had one eye on his rearview mirror, "A cop is tailing us."
Sure enough, Richards was following the cab, making no attempt to make his presence unknown all the way back into town. He even parked at the end of the cul-de-sac just past Max's place.
"Did the company bail me out?
Jim hesitated before he answered, "Naw… Sue is too tight with the cash to do that,"
"Well then, have you heard anything about Adrienne's condition?" Max wondered if Adrienne might've…
"Say, you ain't still in love with that bitch, are you?" Jim asked as Max opened the door.
Max sat back down a few minutes as though he was going to say something before Jim continued, "Y'know, maybe you're right. You got some karma with that chick. She comes all the way to Santa Barbara… across an ocean and the whole damned continent to hook up with you. It is cosmic… it is what it is, damned karma."
Max tried to sleep but couldn't nod out while thinking of Adrienne… of Ryan; of Richards out there, and wondering what those damned S.O.B.'s were up to. The clarity he'd experienced in the jail cell clouded up once more.
Adrienne didn't bail Max out. All charges against him had been dropped. The DA saw no chance for a conviction once she became able to communicate through her own lawyer. She'd also lifted the restraining order on Max. No one was charged with her beating either. It was very unusual for charges of spousal abuse or assault against any woman to be dismissed so easily. The State usually pursues charges even if the victim doesn't want to. Max was curious about this lapse and suspected it to be a covert corruption of the justice system. He seriously wanted to know but he decided it was best to leave it be.
It was his powerlessness over it all that bugged him the most. He was damned if he was going to do nothing about her beating. Hadn't he just spent a week in jail without an apology or a howdy-do from the law? But, he already knew that the justice system rarely, if ever, apologizes for its mistakes. Once they sink their teeth into you, no matter whether you are guilty as charged or as innocent as the baby Jesus, an ambitious prosecutor will comb the books to hit you with anything to get a conviction… unless you have connections and Max thought that he didn't have any.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Adrienne (cont...) Danang
Chapter 8: Patrick Ryan
Ryan stood by the water cooler oblivious that he was smoking in the non-smoking police station. It was a new rule: first it was restaurants… then bars… and, even before the jails, the police station. He hadn't read Max his rights for two reasons. One: because he Knew Max wasn't guilty, and Two: because he hoped Max would talk more freely and give him something useful... something other than what he knew already about Nick.
Richards approached him waving the smoke aside and coughing… "What do you think?"
"He didn't do it." Ryan blew smoke in Richard's face.
"What do you mean, he didn't do it? Nick saw him coming up the hill on his motorcycle…"
"You mean, Mr. Baker?" Ryan didn't like Richards… a sloppy cop that was too enthralled with the power a badge gave him. Ryan knew Richards had a bone for Max and he also knew Richards had another bone in his pants for Adrienne. "Then how did McGee drop her off at the hospital in his taxi?" He glared at Richards now, "Don't piss me off, Dan. The receptionist at the ER witnessed that much and we already know Mr. Baker is a damned good liar."
Ryan thought of himself as a good cop. He looked forward to starting each day with a good case to investigate. Most cases were as simple as putting together a kindergarten picture puzzle. However, he hated cases where influence, old debts, and favors, filtered into his judgment… the pieces of the puzzle get smaller and it takes on three or four dimensions. He didn't know what to do about Nick Baker because Nick Baker was a part of that kind of a puzzle. Now we had this Max McGee getting entangled in this mess with Richards pissing on the case files.
Ryan had served in the Brown Water Navy on swift boats out of Qui Nhon in Viet Nam where he met Nick's dad, Harry Baker. Harry Baker wasn't in the Navy. He wasn't in the Army. He wasn't in the Marines or the Air Force either. At first Ryan thought Harry Baker was C.I.A. or maybe O.N.I. but soon learned Harry Baker was one of many contractors hired by the services to do jobs... well, jobs that were, off the record. Harry Baker was one of those people you had to work with in the services that you respected but wouldn't have wanted anything to do with off the job. Ryan's crew had dropped off this mysterious man in places no one but Charlie would venture into and then pick him up a hundred klics down-river. Nothing was ever said about these missions.
A year or so later Ryan had been transferred to the O.N.I. and stationed at the Saigon Embassy. Ryan was in his room when there was a knock on his door. He hated these knocks on the door. He hadn't slept a full night in a week and he had been looking forward to hitting the sack for so long he'd stopped counting the hours, "Go away!" He shouted from his pillow, "I'm off duty."
However, the way it works with the intelligence services, there is no such thing as off duty. His team had been investigating a case about the China White that was being stuffed into the guts of those GI's in aluminum coffins before being shipped from Da Nang to Travis Air Force Base. Harry Baker wasn't instrumental in uncovering who was exporting it and to whom it was imported but he was involved in taking care of the problem. Ryan's team had uncovered the problem and, at the head of the list under the magnifying glass was Ryan's brother.
|Bonds that aren't easily broken...
"Ryan, open the door or I'll kick it in."
Ryan had been expecting Baker... he'd looked him up and made contact through a friend of a friend so he got off his cot and opened the door.
Ryan's work was supposed to be about investigating and accumulating evidence to be turned over to Hoover's suits for prosecution stateside. But for independent contractors such as Harry Baker, it was about eliminating the problem altogether. There was no official need for Ryan to bloody his gloves over a personal problem like his brother. This was, after all, a very personal problem for Ryan. His brother was stationed in Da Nang…William Ryan, Spec-4, at the Mortuary Affairs Unit. The O.N.I. boys had pulled the covers on most of those involved in the smuggling racket. William Ryan's part was that of an amateur, way over his head in it.
"So what do you want me to do?" Harry Baker's motives were oftentimes vague to Ryan but, suffice it to say, that he always knew what strings to jerk, how hard to jerk them, and how to use what he knew to some future advantage. The then Chief Warrant Officer, Patrick Ryan, liked Harry Baker's ability to get things done but his likes and dislikes didn't interest, or were of little influence, on him.
Look, I'm up for promotion. My brother..." Ryan was embarrassed to admit his motive but he was up for a promotion and the fact that his own brother might be involved in smuggling heroin made him particularly vulnerable. "I don't want you to harm him beyond fuckin' him up enough..."
"...enough to have him shit his pants out of this racket." Harry paused a minute. He liked Ryan and had seen him in action. Whatever corruption he might be involved in was covered by the fact that he was good under fire. "You know you'll owe me for this one."
|The China Beach Surf Club
Harry met with Willy Ryan at the China Beach Surf Club. It was a casual meeting in front of the beer stand. Surf boards leaned against the beer shack, GI's in knee length cut-off baggies hung around with bottles in hand, waiting for a set: it could have been from an Instamatic picture of any scene in Baja California or anywhere else every surfer dreams of. The surrealism of a war going on just a few klics away didn't escape anyone's consciousness. That is what the beer, the rum, the vodka, the gin or the pot, heroin, and for some… some are even said to chew on a taste of C-4 to get a kick assed mother-fuckin' trippin' high… that's what all of that was for… to blot out the faces of smiling gooks from out of the dark of a hootch or the thump of mortars and the AK's staccato clack of caps busted... decapitations… punji sticks, legs and limbs… bloody shit and guts spilled out… all of it that was surely awaiting the next patrol. The chances that the award for service, beyond getting fucked up in one of the above aforementioned ways, was very likely to be in one of those aluminum boxes Army Specialist William Ryan had been packing up to be shipped back to Travis for the past six months.
Reaching out a hand to greet Harry, Willy offered, "Ya fuckin' wanna Tiger Piss?"
Harry put a hand forth, wrapping his huge paw around the un-calloused hand of a man who'd not done a lick of work in several years. "No thanks, I'll stick with a Schlitz."
"Pat told me you're some kind a skivvy honcho… got some fuckin' Mo-Jo of some sort, eh?"
The word, fuck, Harry never did like it…, no matter where there were GI's in Vietnam everything was fuckin' fuckin'… mother fucker…, fucked-up, fucked-over and fuckin' this or fuckin' that. No offense was meant by the term and no offense was taken but Harry just wanted to get on with his business and get it fuckin' over with.
"I want you to listen real close to me," Harry paused long enough to make sure the kid was listening.
"I'm all fuckin' ears," Willy's brain was in high gear wondering, who the fuck did my brother send over here behind these pilot's sunglasses?
"You have a choice… You need a change of scenery," Harry pulled out a manila envelope. "Read 'em."
Willy held the papers away from the sunlight for longer than it would have taken him to read them twice… … a lateral transfer to the Marines… report to Camp Schwab… rank and all. He knew the training camp in Okinawa… he'd stuffed enough of the Corps' corpses to know what the line at the bottom of the form meant… Marine Recon units were trained there.
"Okinawa? What the fuck? A Marine recon unit? Who the fuck are you?" The papers trembled in his grip. "Shit, I ain't being trained for fuckin' recon… I ain't never even been through grunt fuckin' boot camp! How can I…?"
"Your question ought to be, what is my choice?"
"I don't fuckin' get it." Like a rat in a maze… Willy's mind had no idea where it was being led. It hit on the idea that this had to do with an O.N.I. investigation, or something like that… maybe his brother was tipping him off by sending this guy. "You got fuckin' nothing on me. Even if you fuckin' did, I'd take the Stockade at Presidio over humpin' the paddies like a pig-fuckin' grunt.
"No one said anything about Fort Mason." Harry took off his shades so that there was no doubt left at all about his steel grey eyes.
"Hey, does the lieutenant know about this?"
"No, you're in the clear… just another body-bagger that can't take it anymore."
Willy tried to stay composed but he was damned near shittin' his pants, "Let me get this straight, you ain't talkin' stockade?"
"No, I'm not talkin' prison."
Peculiar things happen in life that turn a guy like Willy around. His first tour in Recon gave him a taste of blood… he loved it… loved it so much that he re-upped… loved it so much that, after he recovered from shrapnel wounds in Okinawa, a couple Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart, he went civilian contractor for the P.R.U. He took his bullet in Cambodia or Laos… no one says… no one cares… he was a civilian and the body counts are for G.I.'s. He never got to go home in one of the silver caskets either… his newfound honor bought him a hole in the red clay. In spite of that, CWO Patrick Ryan was beholden to Harry Baker because, in a way, he'd saved his brother and, well, these are the bonds that aren't broken very easily.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Adrienne: The Sequel to The Book of Job
The manuscript I'm working on now is written as two parts. In part one I was drawn into a history lesson on the Spanish Civil War, the Post WWII Franco Regime and the French Resistance. These were the parents of the people in part two: where they got their start and so on.
At present a plebiscite for Catalonia's autonomy is climaxing after a century of struggle by the people of Northeastern Spain. The results of which are overshadowed by Scotland's drive that just recently failed. Over on the West end of the Pyrenees another people whose language and culture were suppressed with equal ferocity by the Franco regime is often skipped over.
I'd read Hemingway and Orwell (mostly about Catalonia) and seen several documentaries and movies that covered what had gone down during that period. It was, however, difficult to find sources about the Basque people in English.... not even documentaries. The suppression of the Basque language by Franco is partially responsible for this but what sources I did find were rich with a spirit that is skipped over by the pro-Stalinist or Marxist Anarchists of Barcelona and Madrid. The libertarian Basque nationalism that the first spark that lit the flames of the Spanish Civil War begins in Asturias and still fetsers today. Asturias is where my story begins.
From Part I: The Maquisard
Chapter 2: Asturias
A group of villagers were huddled at the side of the tracks leading into a mining town nestled between steep hills. A woman patted a young girl on the head and slipped the girl behind her skirts as the Guardia Civil ordered the group to line up. The girl scurried away and down into the arroyo behind. The woman raised her fist in the air as a distraction and a last gesture of defiance with a shout, "Viva la Revolucion!"
A man joined her with raised fist, as did the others in the group. "Viva la…"
The girl scurried away down into the arroyo before some of the bodies, neighbors she had known since she was born, fell after a loud volley of Mausers. Then there was then a horrible silence except for a restrained moan, a few pops and cracks of pistols. She watched from her hiding place under a boulder as the refrain from an old lullaby passed softly from her lips: "Los pollitos dicen los pollitos dicen pío, pío, pío cuando tienen hambre tienen frío." Tears clouded her vision. It would be the last time she afforded tears to wash her face for over thirty years.
In English the whole verse is: "The little chicks say pio, pio. pio when they are hungry... when they are cold. The hen looks for the corn... gives them food, and provides them shelter. Under her wings sleeping chicks huddle together to hasten another day!"
Sleeping… hung-over… soothed by the lullaby rhythm of steel wheels on steel tracks… chunk-cat-clack…chunk-cat-clack… chunk-chunk… Then noise: a whistle… awake… another town… steam hissed… exploded from pistons, escalated by the chatter and clamoring of another group of volunteers boarding. Alesandro peered through half-shut lids to watch the eager new ones standing in the aisle, falling against each other whenever the train jerked to a start. He'd been crammed into a seat on the wooden bench of the car, shoulder to shoulder, with young men… young or younger than he. Their voices were, from the start in Madrid, loud and boisterous… songs of the revolution… "A Las Barricades!" Bravado smothered fear and anticipation, driven by the cheers of crowds alongside the tracks. Red and black flags on la locomotora del destino chugged their cars away from the station and from the safety of homes and chalkboards of classrooms.
After this disruption of not-thought, his attention turned to the changing Castilian landscape that passed his window… images flashed by. The train wound its way towards Asturias; another country on the far side of Spain. Some aboard were CNT labor unionists, veterans of street fighting, but most were volunteers: metropolitan boys with pink hands. The propaganda posters depict men; masculine men with chiseled chins and muscled forearms, fists thrust skyward over the barricades... men, not boys… boys who hoped to be greeted with cheers and welcomed by the calloused hands of miners holding firm at the barricades of Gijón and Oviedo, they would be heroes; heroes alright, dead heroes.
The train they rode left Madrid was loaded up with untrained young and eager faces armed by little more than the enthusiasm and the naivety of youth. Only a few had seen blood from more than a scratch before and were unprepared for what awaited them in the mining towns in and above Oviedo or Gijón on the Biscay coast. From Madrid they crossed north through the heartland of Castile-Leon and into a region of rugged mountains, passed towns and stations that prominently posted the red and black flags of the Revolucion. The rails were controlled by the anarchist labor union, the CNT, most sympathetic to the cause. But, this was an irony of a civil war full of ironies that, in cooperation with the new Republic in Madrid, the same union trains, controlled by the same union, would fill its cars with experienced and hardened Moroccan troops, Regular Army troops of Colonel Yague and General Ochoa, under orders of the Generals of the Republic in Madrid, Francisco Franco and Manuel Goded, to quell the miners' general strike that had crippled most of the country.
Next to Alesandro snored the fledgling journalist; his brother by adoption and Euskara blood. Euskara blood knows no nation but the Basque Country of the coastline and mountains along the Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenees Range of Southern France and Northern Spain. Their bond, however, was stronger than the fraternity of blood. Alesandro Otxoa was orphaned at five years of age by the pistoleros of the Guardia Civil. Alesandro Otxoa had been embraced and given a home near Biarritz by Marcel's half-Basque father out of loyalty to the Otxoa family. It happened during the general strikes at La Canadiense in 1919. One of his earliest memory was that of a door being kicked in… of his father's shouting… his mother's cursing… screams… both taken out the door… the sound of clap-crack pistol retorts… their bodies lifeless on the street.
Alesandro took his secondary level education at the Lycée Militaire and thus had an inkling of military experience: little more experience than to know how to load and shoot a rifle, to march in drills, and to study rudimentary military history on his own in the school's library. Therefore he felt responsible for, and protective of, Marcel, whose military ambitions were next to nil and who wasn't supposed to be on this train in the first place.
The storm clouds forming in the atmosphere over the Second Republic of Spain were dark with foreboding: a civil war of which the life of Alesandro (Gotson) Otxoa would be entangled, from his first taste of combat in this one week in October of 1934, until his imprisonment in Carabanchel in the mid nineteen-fifties.
Alesandro was determined, and obligated by his heritage, to leave the comfort and safety of Bayonne at twenty years of age to join the CNT of the anarchist movement rising up in Barcelona. There in Madrid, as soon as he heard the news of the strike, he tried to bid farewell to Marcel over wine in a café alongside of other boys eager to become men.
"You aren't going without me," Marcel protested.
"There is too much going on here, Marcel. The people need your voice. Someone has to keep an eye on the political wrangling of Euro…" Alesandro rattled off his argument staccato knowing his words were falling on deaf ears.
"I won't have it Alesandro, the hottest story in all of Spain is in Asturias."
Taking a sip, holding the bottle to his lips without mocking, he said sincerely, "You're an academic, Marcel. How well would you… would you be able to kill a man?"
"Ha, I can. Just as well as anyone. Hell, we are all amateurs!" he argued.
The brothers got drunk… so very drunk that Alesandro barely remembered agreeing to board the train singing what would be the anthem of the revolution, "La Rhumba La Carmella," and chanting "¡Unidad, Proletaria Hermanos!" with the others. His stomach sick, he came to and swore to himself that he'd never get drunk again. It was an oath that he kept except for an occasional toast or to wash down stale bread. Alesandro knew from the time he awoke aboard that train he was going to keep his vigilance guardedly; for, one afternoon, his guard was down and his drunkenness nearly cost the life of his little brother.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Screenplay: A Taxi Romance (excerpt)
Max had read the Book of 'Job' describing heaven, the throne of god: white light: Angels zip about. The Satanic entourage approaches. Lucifer steps forward, leans with one hand on the left arm of the throne.
From where do you come?
From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down on it.
Have you considered my servant 'Job', that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and upright man, one that fears God and eschews evil? And still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved against him, to destroy him without a cause.
Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has will he give for his life. But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.
Behold, he is in your hands now, but save his life.
'Job' sits in rags with boils over his whole body. Job's wife, in fine silks, adorned with jewelry, approaches him, and whispers in his ear
Do you still retain your integrity? Why don't you curse God and die?
Angels sit on Oriental Rugs in a Bedouin Tent of God way up on high; while, in a dingy cubical, one of an eternity of cubicles that stretch out for an infinity, several levels down, sits a lower-level angelic bureaucrat. He reads from a large screen.
Shit, his troubles have only begun. Max, he's no 'Job', but is alone with or without, new, or, old friends. He has a loving family that would have nurtured him but he will disappear from their sight for several years. Like a cat, he's gone away to lick his wounds. Hoping that everything would be back to normal someday, someday always will be after the one he's in. And, that reality is one he lives in for over a decade.
A nasty little imp, Lucky, enters the angel's cubical.
Wha cha upta, old boy.
Angel cancels the page, spins around, sees the visitor is the Imp, Lucky, with a black cat, turns back to the monitor, and fakes looking busy
(mildly sarcastic)
Oh, Lucky! Did the cat drag you in? I'm busy with some new directives on venial sins. Some are shifting, you know. Like eating meat on Fridays and all that. What have you been up to old boy?
(puffs up its chest)
Oh, I've been tagging along with the Master Satan. You know, Numero Uno, the Big S, to and fro, and all that. What were you reading?
Angel turns its back to the screen and scrolls down the page, comes back to Max's name, opens the file
Lookie here. This guy, Max? Looks like you've been at him.
Lucky peers over Angels shoulder. Angel leans away from the smell.
Vaguely. Oh yeh. Just a few days ago I smacked him down a notch or two.
Seems okay. Pretty good guy. Some black marks but, well, he's human.
He's a damned drunk.
Angel pulls out a pint labeled Heavenly Nectar from a drawer, takes a toke, and passes it to his friend. Lucky guzzles it down until it is empty.
Lucky points to the floor
Ah! We don't get much of this stuff down there unless one of you guys get busted, or switch sides, smuggles a case in through the back door: know what I mean? All we get is rot-gut.
(reads consul and comments)
Yes, Max has his faults, marriage on the rocks. She dumped him and married again. No real fault of his. He did try to mess around back then but his heart wasn't in it. Didn't have much luck there. Good to his daughter though. Pays double the going rate for support. Volunteered at that! He likes his work and the inmates he helps with writing poetry, painting, sculpture, and, ah yes, even a fledgling or two with novels.
Yeh, but hey, this ego-maniac. This A-hole has some protection goin' for him.
Isn't this the pot calling the kettle black?
He has his health, his career and his wits about him. He is a drunk but a happy drunk. Say, give me a chance, lift that fence a bit and let me at him. Suppose we put a case of Nectar on it.
Have at him if you're bored. It might be interesting to see what he is made of. I say he'll come out smelling like roses.
Where's that Imp ever going to get a case of Nectar when he loses.
I've seen these types before. They can be moral: all good and happy as long as they don't have to go out of their way too much for it. Let's say you let me take away his creative drive and see what happens to our happy-go-lucky chap after I'm done with him. Even the Big Kahuna won't recognize him.
Angel speaks at the screen after he watches Lucky leave
I've also seen cases like this before. They can't get so bad that the Big Kahuna doesn't recognize them.
Bearded San Juan De la Cruz sits at a table in the back of the bar. The bar looks empty but for a prostitute at the bar, the balding barkeep and a neon Our Lady of Guadalupe on the wall.
SFX: clacking of pool balls o.s. on the break with intermittent clicks and clack of each shot
(reads under his breath)
Sluts, Dykes, Whores, and Saints: These are the women I've given my heart. Madonna Saint; Hard core slut; all unavailable; no contest. I fall in and out of love with a purity and intensity that confounds me. It never fails. The more they reject this unconditional love the more I crave them. Such subservience can be depended upon.
The neon Virgin of Guadalupe comes off the wall and opens her robe suggestively.
Senoras de la noche oscura: Masochist! Absolutely! Absolutely!
(as barkeep)
Hey, knock it off or your gone!
Okay. Right.
(low voice)
The purity of passion and intensity is astonishing, purging. This my friends is no playground masochism of leather costumes, whips and chains.
Say, what are you reading anyway, PORN?
San Juan stands with the book in his hand as if a preacher
This here is the Big Tent, out of the donjons, an open-air variety of being led about on a leash of unfulfilled aspirations, and submitted to the sting of the whip of labored love lost!
Dammit, John! Outa here!
Such a pathetic waste of time!
The old junkie wasn't so far off. Max had found his self bouncing around in the limbo of a private purgatory for so long that he'd begun to accept that San Juan de la Cruz's condition was going to define the rest of his life.
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