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"This was a great read"
I was browsing online suggestions and came across this - what a find! I loved this story, the reader and would highly recommend it.
"My interest was held throughout the story"
I loved the first book and couldn't wait for the second to be released as an audible book, but I didn't enjoy this as much as the first book. Something just didn't do it for me, I kept waiting for something more to happen and it never did...but the overall story is still interesting enough to hold your attention.
"Grab a Kleenex...box, that is."
The overall story was extremely interesting, some portions were a bit sappy sweet, but overall a good story and should make for an even better movie. The tears will be flowing so don't listen on the road if you don't relish the idea of being gawked at by surrounding drivers!
"I loved this story"
The story had me hooked and looking forward to the next chapter each day. If you enjoyed The Mayfair Witches, Twilight, etc... this will be an enjoyable read. The reader was easy to listen to and kept my interest the entire time. This is definitely NOT a waste of a credit.
"Loved the reader just not the story"
I couldn't relate to the main female character, in fact she annoyed me. Just couldn't get into it at all and this story was ultimately so depressing! I'm all for tragedy and drama but this left me wanting to slit my wrists. Yikes.
"This just left me flat"
I was really hoping this would live up to the hype, but it really felt like a waste of a credit. The story just never got good and I just couldn't get into the author/reader's voice.
"I just loved this book"
I read this based on a suggestion by a friend and completely loved it. This book contained the most shocking making of a vampire that I have read yet. I couldn't put this down and was held completely captivated until the very last sentence. If you love Anne Rice, this one won't let you down!
"I thoroughly enjoyed this one"
I could not stop listening all weekend and I can't wait for the movie to open!
"A joy to listen to"
I was a bit hesitant about listening to a story through the eyes of a young girl, but soon got over that - I loved the story of this girl's life and it even grabbed my 12 year old son's attention when he overheard the story being read aloud.
"I wasn't disappointed with this purchase"
I felt like I was reading the story of Forest Gump's brother,...if he had one. The author easily held my attention throughout and I found that I looked forward to listening each day. This should make for an interesting movie.
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Fogo Island Inn Now Sells Its Furniture Worldwide (But You'll Still Have To Go There For The Views)
Fogo Island, a remote and rugged island south of Newfoundland, put itself on the savvy (and well-to-do) traveler's map with the striking, stilt supported Fogo Island Inn, which opened last year. Just getting to the 29-suite, five-star inn is an excursion right up the adventurist's alley - island hopping (via ferry or charter plane) is a prerequisite.
But now it's upped its design appeal, as the inn has launched a furniture collection that is now available to purchase on or off the island.
Hotel Openings / Boutique Hotels / Hotel Design / Art Hotels / Ontario Hotels / Canada Hotels / → All Tags
Just Outside of Toronto, 'Drake-by-the-Lake' Has Opened
This is the kind of hotel that makes you feel like sitting around a fire and singing camp songs. Looking like a cross between your cabin at the lake and a quaint country inn, the Drake Devonshire opened this week just outside of Toronto.
Owned by the folks who brought us hipster hangout, The Drake Hotel in Toronto, you can see that "Drake-by-the-Lake" is complementary in style but with a more pronounced cheeky nod to rustic Canadiana.
Must-Stay Hotels / Toronto Hotels / Canada Hotels / Hotel Guides / Luxury Hotels / Boutique Hotels / Shangri-La Hotels / Le Germain Hotels / Intercontinental Hotel Group / Intercontinental Hotels / → All Tags
HotelChatter Must-Stay Hotels 2014: Toronto
Introducing our newest hotel guide--HotelChatter's Must-Stay Hotels--where we pick four hotels for four different types of travelers in a particular neighborhood of one major city. This is also a seasonal guide so the options may change depending on when you're going. Got a question about where to stay and when? Email us.
Looking for a hotel in Toronto? You can troll online review sites, crowdsource on Facebook and comb through endless Best Hotels" lists but why do all that when we've done all the work for you already?
Here are four different hotels to try when you head south of the border to one of Canada's largest metropolises, all located in Toronto's downtown area. Whether you're going for pleasure or work and whether you've got cash to throw around or have pennies to count, these hotels will fulfill your wants, needs and desires.
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Go Big or Go Home: $75M Reno Biggest Ever at Fairmont Le Château Frontenac in Québec City
If you've never been to this Gothic revival-style grand hotel dominating Québec City's skyline, you should know that renovating Le Château Frontenac would be like renovating a castle (the hotel even has ramparts!). But renovate they did and paid the princely price of $75 mill to revamp the 611-room, 120-year-old property. Wowza!
Compared to when this writer last stayed at the hotel about seven years ago, the lobby-to-roof reno looks to have kept the property's elegant classical interior while updating textures and adding a more contemporary color palette.
Some of the nifty new things include the changes made to the Fairmont Gold level, Fairmont's version of the Club Level. The room count went from 45 to 60 rooms and the private lounge – with dedicated concierge, morning breaky, evening hors d'oeuvres, and honor bar – has been consequently expanded and gussied up.
More below!
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Before and After: Omni Renovations are Happening at the King Edward Toronto
We love hotel renovations nearly just as much as we love new hotels. But what we really love about hotel renovations is seeing the transformation that happens when an old, tired and lackluster room gets a modern makeover and transforms into new, spiffed-up, stylish guest room. Or put more simply, we love comparing the Before and After.
We told you last year that Omni Hotels was taking over the King Edward Hotel in Toronto and would be spending $40 million on renovating the hotel, from guestrooms to the 17th floor Crystal Ballroom that has been closed since the 1970s. While its 20-foot ceilings and four-way skyline views will make for a dramatic addition to the hotel, we'll start today with a look at the before and after of the guestrooms.
The move to Omni last year marked 110 years since the hotel first opened in 1903, so it's probably no surprise the rooms had a rather classic feel, but how have they changed?
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Canada Gets Its First Autograph Collection Hotel with the Revamped Algonquin Resort
New Brunswick's Grande Dame of a hotel, The Algonquin Resort, reopened last week after a one-year "rafters to registration" refurb to become Canada's first hotel under Marriott's Autograph Collection brand of independent hotels.
The century-old plus Algonquin Resort's guest rooms and public spaces were completely redesigned by Toronto designer, Robynne Moncur of Moncur Design. The hotel's décor reflects its Victorian origins but is re-styled for a modern sensibility, with a living room-style lobby that invites lingering around the two-sided fireplace. The lounge now opens to an outdoor patio that takes in the nightly sunsets over Passamaquoddy Bay in the awesomely-named St. Andrews-by-the Sea.
Each guest room and suite in the 233-room resort includes comfy pillow-top mattresses and bathrobes, radiant heat flooring in the bathrooms so that your tootsies don't get cold, MP3 players, 32-inch flat screen TVs, in-room coffee, and complimentary in-room movies and WiFi. Select rooms and suites even feature a balcony or patio for you to while away an afternoon with a book — something like Michael Martin's Lost in Hotels seems appropriate!
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Hotel Indigo to Open in NYC and Miami's Financial Districts in 2016
We can't get enough of Hotel Indigos and fortunately, it's getting easier and easier to find a Hotel Indigo wherever we go.
The boutique brand from InterContinental Hotel Group has announced new hotels in New York's Financial District and in Miami's Brickell area.
The Hotel Indigo NYC Financial District will open in 2016 on Maiden Lane, one of the city's oldest streets, between Nassau and Broadway. This historic location will no doubt play a part in the Hotel Indigo's design which always works in elements from the surrounding area. And since Maiden Lane was where many of the city's watchmakers were located (there's a clock embedded in the sidewalk in front of William Barthman Jeweler), we're expecting a lot of clocks. Indeed, Hotel Indigo is already promising a "unique spin on the idea of time."
The hotel is also located one block from the new One World Trade Center. In total, the 25-story new-build hotel will have 190 rooms featuring all the Indigo brand standards--hard-surfaced flooring with area rugs, spa-inspired bathrooms, plush bedding and free WiFi, along with a bar and restaurant serving locally sourced food. And the new Interactive Neighborhood Guides will be in place as well.
This will be the fifth Indigo in NYC since it already has locations in Brooklyn and Chelsea with two more in the works in the LES and Flushing, Queens.
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Aloft Calgary To Open In April As Per Starwood's 'Go Big Or Go Home' Goal
We're hearing a lot about Aloft Hotels these days and here's why: Starwood is planning to open 100 Aloft Hotels in 14 countries by the end of 2014. That's a big shout-out to you, Gen Yers, since Starwood's building 'em mostly for you.
So without further adieu, here comes Aloft Calgary University, set to open on April 17—the first Aloft in Western Canada and the third to debut in the country.
Like all of the Aloft properties, you can expect modern design, loads of tech, and local live music at its signature W XYZ bar. You'll also find a 24/7 pantry for when you have the munchies, indoor pool, 24-hour fitness center, full-service day spa, spin studio and a casual eatery on the second level of the hotel.
The Aloft Calgary University will have 143 loft-inspired rooms each with a walk-in shower, Bliss toiletries, free and, they're promising, fast WiFi, and plug & play charging stations that connect to the 42" LCD TV.
Rates in May start at $189 CAD, but we say go the distance and have breakfast included for $199 CAD.
{Rendering: Starwood Hotels & Resorts]
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Montreal Says 'Bienvenue' to a New ALT Hotel
Groupe Germain Hospitalité is opening its fifth ALT Hotel at the end of March: the ALT Hotel Montréal Griffintown. Along with Hôtel Le Germain Montréal and ALT Hotel Brossard Quartier DIX30, this will be the company's third hotel in and around the city. It will also be the first hotel (try to keep with all of these stats!) to open in cool-sounding Griffintown, one of the city's oldest neighborhoods now home to Montréal's Fashion Week and its own bespoke beer, Griffintown Blonde Ale from Brasseur de Montréal. (You know you've made it when your name's on a beer, are we right?)
The hotel will continue to fulfill the ALT Hotels mandate of offering a "no-frills-chic hotel concept combining modern design and eco-friendly features at an affordable rate."
See more renderings below!
Groupe Germain Hospitalité is opening its fifth ALT Hotel at the end of March: the ALT Hotel Montréal Griffintown. Along with Hôtel Le Germain Montréal and ALT Hotel Brossard Quartier DIX30, this will be the company's third hotel in and around the city. It will also be the first hotel (try to keep with all of these stats!) to open in cool-sounding Griffintown, one of the city's oldest neighborhoods now home to Montréal's Fashion Week and its own bespoke beer, Griffintown Blonde Ale from Brasseur de Montréal. (You know you've made it when your name's on a beer, are we right?)
The hotel will continue to fulfill the ALT Hotels mandate of offering a "no-frills-chic hotel concept combining modern design and eco-friendly features at an affordable rate."
See more renderings below!
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A Peek Inside Toronto's Iconic Hipster Hangout, The Drake Hotel
The Drake Hotel was one of, if not THE, first boutique hotel in Toronto when it opened. When we heard that dot-comer Jeff Stober was opening The Drake west of Queen West, we thought it impossible for the hotel to survive in the then downtrodden boonies. We were wrong, so wrong—not only did The Drake persevere but it quickly became a hotspot for locals who lined up to get into its basement band venue and kickass lounge. Now, ten years on, we set out to discover whether The Drake Hotel still had true cachet.
We walked in on a wintry Saturday afternoon and the place was overflowing with bohos and hipsters alike, most waiting for a table in the recently-reno'ed (and enlarged but still full to capacity) restaurant and lounge. If you ever wondered what the Canadian design aesthetic is, you need to come here. There's lots of natural wood, industrial lighting, earth tones, forest motifs and—to take it one step further—The Drake has a kitschy camp feel that reminds us of every camping trip we ever took as kids, sans mosquitoes.
The rooms carry on that mid-century modern campground feel but with modern ModCons. You can see inside the rooms in the photo gallery, but there are a few things that deserve an extra shout-out. First, let's hear it for "Hairy Chest Man." This particular doll for adults with leather studded collar is handmade and you can find a different doll in every room. Next, the "pleasure menu": The Drake purports to be the first hotel in the world to carry one and while we can't vouch for that, we can say that it is probably the most extensive menu of its kind that we've had the "pleasure" of seeing (yuck yuck). We also loved the owl light and the toiletries by Malin + Goetz.
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A Peek at The Beverley Hotel in Toronto
Next up in our Toronto tour is the 18-room hotel, The Beverley, found on hipster hangout, Queen West. After some initial confusion as to whether to head up or down the stairs (go up to check-in and down to go to the popular restaurant and lounge), we met up with GM Scott Newnham who showed us around this tasteful minimalist boutique property.
The hotel's motto is, "Everything you need and nothing you don't," and we think this is a pretty accurate depiction of what the hotel's all about. Cool, white minimalism takes over the rooms — with a happy shock of vivid color coming from the bathrooms — and what's there is luxurious: Frette linens; local spa Body Blitz toiletries; fluffy cotton robes; and flat-screen TVs mounted on the ceiling or wall.
Have a look at the photo gallery below to see for yourself!
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A Frosty, Carnaval-esque Killer View from the Hilton Quebec City
Those hardy Québécois are well-known for embracing rather than fearing the winter. And when it blankets the city so attractively like this, we can almost see why.
This is an early February view from the 18th floor of the Hilton Québéc. The 23-story, 571-room hotel is located on Parliament Hill, which makes for some pretty sweet views of the St. Lawrence River, Parliament, or the Laurentian Mountains from every room.
From the floor-to-celing window in our King room, looking out across the snow-covered rooftops, the iconic Château Frontenac aka "the most photographed hotel in the world" now run by Fairmont Hotels, is visible, as is the Place Desjardins, the setting for most Carnaval activities.

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Through the wizardry of pay-per-view, I finally caught up with Woody Allen's Scoop, which received disappointed, so-so reviews after Match Point, where it had appeared that a change of urban scenery (from romanticized Manhattan to postcard London) had served as a B-12 injection, enabling him to pick up the pace and dump some of the wordy exposition. The effect of the B-12 shot must have worn off fast because Scoop sags and drags with the same flaccid verbosity and vague purpose that plagued Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Hollywood Ending, and, lodged at the bottom of the well, Anything Else. Allen's D-grade magician in Scoop is a continuation and perpetuation of his characterization as the mothballed comedy writer in Anything Else that Jason Biggs inexplicably adopts as his sage mentor: a creaky windmill of fortune-cookie insights and unfunny quips. It's hard to know which is more believable, that a pisspoor magician would play to packed audiences in London, or that in all his years in show business he hasn't come up with a snappier, smoother line of patter--he flusters about like one of the vaudeville refugees in Broadway Danny Rose. Any booking he'd get would be a mercy booking, and there's no variety venue on either side of the Atlantic for this sort of charity case. Woody Allen acts as he hasn't gotten the news yet about the death of vaudeville, and no one's had the heart to break it to him. There's a lot that doesn't seem to have reached Mr. Magoo. Anyone who's spent a day or two in London taking in the sites, reading the papers, watching TV, would realize that references to tea and crumpets and foxhunts and the Tower of London have the tinny ring of antiquity. The literate wisecracks that once peppered Woody Allen's dialogue and put him in the company of quick studies such as Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce--for instance, the famous joke in Annie Hall about Commentary and Dissent merging to form "Dissentary" (dysentary)--have been replaced by Metamucil gag lines that might have been dug out from the depths of Bob Hope's vault or Neil Simon's notebook, and delivered with less spin. They arrive in a puff of dust.
Lance Mannion enumerates the film's flaws here, but I add something about the bizarre repartee between Allen and Scarlett Johansson. She plays a cub reporter and he pretends to be her father (he looks more like her grandfather) so that together they can crack a murder mystery. At one point Allen's blathering on at a party--doing card tricks and boasting about his nonexistent oil wells--and informs a polite couple (they'd have to be polite to listen to his drivel) that his daughter has come so far in life, considering she grew up with a learning disability. Later, when the murderer's identity has been supposedly unmasked, Johansson's Sondra says Well, now we won't have to keep up the father-daughter pretense anymore, and Allen jokes, Well, actually, you were adopted--you're mother and I were looking to adopt a handicapped child...
Learning disability, handicapped--his fibs about her aren't funny, and they aren't pertinent to anything in the story. I don't know what the fuck they are. Perhaps they're veiled swipes at Mia Farrow, who has adopted handicapped children, because they make no sense in the context of Scoop except as misplayed shots of displaced hostility.
Or maybe it's displaced hostility borne of erotic frustration. In a Washington Post interview to promote Scoop, Allen lamented, "One of the great pastimes of my life was eyeing girls in short skirts, and that's gone. They're unavailable to you, and in the few cases where you could work your magic, it's to no practical avail because you can't plan a future if you're 70 and she's 22. So your flirtation life goes, which is a big part of everybody's enjoyment in life."
By the time you're 70--and married--you might have matured enough to get over it and reconcile with reality. Too old to ogle, Allen doesn't know what to do with his eyes and hands in his scenes with Scarlett J.; he just runs his mouth in her general vicinity and acts more ineffectual than usual, the midatlantic's answer to Sid Dithers.


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|Sun, 03-28-2010 - 12:41am
I've pretty much known since she was about 2 that my now 5 1/2 year old had ADD.
|Sun, 03-28-2010 - 7:46pm
HI, and welcome!
YOu would need to contact a Psychologist, or a Neuropsychologist for an evaluation. A pediatrician should not be diagnosing ADHD. The ped can however refer you, and do the necessary bloodwork, order EKG's etc. Eye and hearing exams are also a good idea.
The school can also test for Learning Disabilities, you will have to request it though. She may not have any LD's or even have ADHD, but better to find out.
A child may HAVE ADHD, but it is not what they ARE. Never tell a child they ARE ADHD.
|Mon, 04-05-2010 - 3:28pm
I'm new here, too, but came across your story. I've also known since my DD was 2 that we were going to go down this road. My DH is ADHD and she is him up and down. We did start with our ped. My DH is a child therapist/behavior specialist and knows what to look for. It was tough for him to be objective with dd, but first grade (which she is in now) pushed us all over the edge. So, you are right to think about doing something now.
I'm also been very active in looking for ways to help dd without meds, but about a month ago, I finally broke down after a very rough few days and told DH "If someone would hand me a pill right now to help her, I'd try it." When the disorder starts to affect their functioning, happiness and self esteem, you have to consider all options. I was at my wits end and I'm very involved in reading ways to help her, behavior modification and just doing everything in my power to not have to medicate her. On Friday, she started a very small dose of Adderall prescribed by her ped. I know many are against peds prescribing meds/evaluating, but there has to be a starting point for everyone. My dd has been through a LOT medically, so her ped is very involved and trustworthy. This, for us, was the best place to start.
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I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-67276819607955319802014-08-28T15:58:00.001-04:002014-08-28T15:58:24.870-04:00A joke.A male porn star is out in his yard raking leaves when he spots his neighbor outside. They start talking about this and that...small talk mostly.

Here is the good part of the conversation:

PORNSTAR: "So what did you do last night?"

MAN NEIGHBOR: "I went out on a blind date."

PORNSTAR: "How was it?"

MAN NEIGHBOR: "Eh. It was okay...we only got to first base."

PORNSTAR: "That's too bad....but at least you got your ass licked."

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I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-10867297644723577092014-08-13T12:28:00.004-04:002014-08-13T12:28:33.928-04:00Lauren Bacall's moving tribute to Robin Williams..I Ain't No Oprahhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-6125484299495107482014-07-31T13:29:00.002-04:002014-07-31T13:29:48.206-04:00New checks.This morning I was writing out a few checks to suppliers when I noticed I was running low on blank checks.

I went to the little box I keep checks in and pulled out the little reorder form.

In bold letters it said:

REORDERING CHECKS HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER!

And then it proceeded to tell me how to go about it online or on the phone.

I used to just say to a bank teller: "I need more checks." And she took care of it (bank tellers are women)

SO IT'S NOT EASIER NOW!!

Lying pricks!

I Ain't No Oprahhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-32576824054648219132014-07-24T14:09:00.000-04:002014-07-24T14:09:57.112-04:00BATMAN DAYCUSTOMER: "Is today Batman Day?"

ME: "No...yesterday was."

CUSTOMER: "What is today?"

ME: "Thursday."I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-32045325084741010962014-07-09T17:56:00.002-04:002014-07-09T17:56:30.391-04:00The PriestSo about an hour ago a priest came into my shop. He was young...maybe early 30s. First time in.

We started taking about toys and stuff. We seemed to be hitting it off well.

 Here is the rest of the conversation:

ME: "Are you really a priest?"

PRIEST: "Yes."

ME: "You seem kinda short to be a priest."

PRIEST: "How tall are priests supposed to be?"

ME: "I think around 5' 10" or taller."

PRIEST: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

ME: :::smiling:::

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I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-9392738276914369632014-06-28T15:59:00.001-04:002014-06-28T16:00:30.373-04:00Amazon Woman....Bang! Zoom! To the Moon!MOM TO DAUGHTER: "So just look around the store, pick out what you want, and I'll order it from Amazon."

ME: "You do know I'm standing right here, correct?"I Ain't No Oprahhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-49979962147894604832014-06-14T10:31:00.000-04:002014-06-14T10:31:02.866-04:00How did I miss this before?? <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/UWWLwtMLWCI?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/UWWLwtMLWCI?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>I Ain't No Oprahhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-24991910695841120652014-05-31T12:46:00.001-04:002014-05-31T12:46:17.687-04:00Balls.A woman in her late sixties came in my shop the other day. Here is that conversation.

WOMAN: "Hello...do you have balls?"

ME: "Yes....what kind are you looking for?"

WOMAN: "I want some nice ones that will fit in my hand."

ME: "How about these?" [I showed her my balls]

WOMAN: "No...those are a tad too small?"

ME: "Would you like some the size of a baseball?"

WOMAN: "That size but something more squeezable."

ME: "Nope....just these hard ones. Try the guy down at the Dollar Store...I'm sure he has some."

WOMAN: "That's a good idea! Thanks for your help."

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(I kept a straight face the whole time. )

I Ain't No Oprahhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-13787402817427932402014-05-28T11:53:00.002-04:002014-05-28T11:53:28.045-04:00The Leather Jacket.In my shop I'm selling a leather jacket.

A guy came in the other day and started looking at it. Touching it. Asking about it.

Here is that riveting conversation:

GUY: "Is this a real jacket?"

ME: "Yes."I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-75023780539034262792014-05-26T14:55:00.001-04:002014-05-26T14:55:41.375-04:00<object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/xLw73qBUMYw?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/xLw73qBUMYw?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-80554376047266917132014-05-20T17:27:00.000-04:002014-05-20T17:27:11.252-04:00GLUTEN SUFFERING FRIENDS

I was away over the weekend and I saw this dude. So did thousands of other people as they walked by. Most people pretended he was invisible. I didn't.

I pulled out five bucks and showed it to him.

He nodded.

I asked if I could trade him the five dollars for a picture of him.

He nodded.

I've seen lots of bums in my day (::winkwink::) but I have never quite seen one with such a compelling sign.

Was it genius? Or not so genius?

I'm leaning towards genius and here's why...

I'm gonna assume that most women would be frightened by this creep...so regardless of what his sign said they wouldn't stop and give him spare change anyhow.

Now we have the other half of the population.

I'm thinking this homeless hobo makes some good money per day...it's just SOOOOOO wrong but yet somehow very funny.

SAVE THE WHALES? Not another glance.

FREE TIBET? Huh?

HELP OUR GLUTEN SUFFERING FRIENDS? Eh?

But SAVE CAMEL TOES????

Five bucks. Everytime.

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PS: My greatest fear about this whole episode is that my homeless hobo friend can't read and he asked some 'friend' of his to make the sign for him. (Homeless guy probably wanted his sign to read: HELP OUR GLUTEN SUFFERING FRIENDS)

Greatest practical joke ever? Possibly.

I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-69853546733219700442014-05-14T14:55:00.004-04:002014-05-14T14:59:32.070-04:00We'll call this story Mount Fuji because I don't know how to spell Mount Kilimanjaro
Sometimes at my shop people will ask to use the bathroom. The vast majority of them use it the way it's supposed to be used.

But I'm always on Bathrrom Alert after someone uses it. I'd hate for it to be gross when the next person goes in....so I always check it right after someone is done (after they leave the store, of course)

For some reason kids don't always flush the toilet. I put that in the gross category.

How does a parent put up with a kid that doesnt flush? I don't want to see his urine!!

I especially don't want to see his poop.

And now here comes the story:

The other day a fat little cretin asked to use my bathroom. I said yes.

He went in and very quickly afterwards he was done. WHEW!

No cleaning up a big potty for me. But I checked the bathroom anyhow after he left.

The motherfucker left me a gigantic bowel movement in the toilet!

I looked at it. I was angry.

How does someone just leave that in my toilet???

Then I looked again. It was huge. I looked again.

I was shocked at what I saw....or should I say what I didn't see???

There was no toilet paper in the bowl!!!

He left me a Mount Fuji and he didnt use toilet paper!!!!!

Who does that?

I'll tell you who does that...Fat Little Cretins do that!!

I Ain't No Oprahhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-28655807327233760272014-05-11T13:57:00.002-04:002014-05-11T13:57:08.520-04:00

I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-63620903452827994712014-05-08T12:59:00.001-04:002014-05-08T12:59:12.073-04:00RIP Lee Marshall...the voice of Tony the Tiger.Sad news my friends.

I thought in his honor I'd re-blog a post from 2006.

It's under the dotted line. It's G-R-R-R-REAT!

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In my lifetime I've met dozens of people and not one of them dislikes Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes. And why would they dislike them? They're made of sugar, frost, and flakes. That my friends is a trifecta of perfection. No other food is as universally loved as the flake with the sugar and the frost. They're not just g-g-g-reat! They're a-a-a-a-awesome!

You put sugar and frost on just about anything and it instantly becomes better. You put sugar and frost on a flake and you have Sugar Frosted Flakes. And joy.

Show me a person that doesn't like Sugar Frosted Flakes and I'll show you John Kerry.

Show me a person that doesn't like Sugar Frosted Flakes and I'll show you a douchebag.

Show me a person that doesn't like Sugar Frosted Flakes and I'll show you retard.

Show me a person that doesn't like Sugar Frosted Flakes and I'll show you stupid.

Show me a person that doesn't like Sugar Frosted Flakes and I'll show you a Special K loving broad with a Thighroid problem.

Show me a person that doesn't like Sugar Frosted Flakes and I'll show you....you know...something.

Show me a person that doesn't like Sugar Frosted Flakes and I'll show you someone I just don't want to know.

(Brownies are pretty g-g-g-reat! also.)
I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-2033357915347990202014-05-02T13:39:00.001-04:002014-05-02T13:39:11.338-04:00Medicine ManThe doctor gave me some medicine the other day.

On the sheet of paper with all of the instructions and warnings it says:

'If vaginal itching should occur call doctor immediately.'

Trust me...if I get vaginal itching I'll be calling more than the doctor.

I Ain't No Oprahhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-87497660928696227172014-04-26T09:39:00.002-04:002014-04-26T09:39:57.399-04:00I Grok CaulkI needed caulk.

Badly.

I kept putting it off and putting it off but finally this week I decided to do what needed to be done.

I needed caulk.

And I needed it now.

I thought I had some caulk out back years ago. Untouched caulk.

But I had no way of getting the caulk out.

So off I went to the store to get a caulk gun.

I've never messed around with caulk before so I had to watch a tutrorial on YouTube...some goober explaines how to use it. The more he explained the more I laughed.

You'd think caulk would be easy to handle...I suppose it is if you know what you are doing. But I'm a novice when it comes to caulk.

So I watch the video, I prepare the caulk, I prepare the gun...I'm all ready to to squeeze the trigger and get this caulk going.

Nothing happens.

The caulk won't come out. I call up my buddy Glink and ask him why the caulk won't come out.

We talk. He asks questions.

We discover the caulk is too old to come out....way too thick.

No matter how hard I pump or squeeze the caulk just won't come out.

I sit there frustrated. I need caulk and I need it now!

No can do.

So I go to another store the next day to seek out some new caulk. None of that old caulk for me.

A sales gal comes up to me and asks if I need anything. Here is that conversation:

SALES GAL: "Do you need anything today?"

ME: "Yes....I need caulk."

SALES GAL: "Me too!"

BOTH OF US: :::laughter::

For some reason caulk is funny. It's almost too funny. I'm sick of needing caulk. I'm sick of looking for caulk. I'm sick of thick old caulk.

And there it is next to the caulk!!! Clear silicone!

This should do the trick.

I race back to the shop, load my caulk gun with silicone, I pull the trigger and silicone EXPLODES out of the tip! I then take it over to front windows and seal my windows. They've been rattling and sqeaking for years. A nice tight seal. Windows are fixed.

And that my friends is my caulk story.

It's nice when these things have a happy ending.
I Ain't No Oprahhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-30449621691176857642014-04-24T17:41:00.001-04:002014-04-24T17:41:33.014-04:00The Windy CityYesterday was kinda windy.

In walks a retarded guy. Blathering on and on like retarded guys do.

I doubt retarded guys mind being called retarded....it's usually their wranglers that get all upset with the term.

Does mentally challenged really sound better?

But I digress...

Anyhow...Tard starts yapping about this and that. Pointing out the obvious. Talking about whatever and a pickle.

It's time for him to leave.

He notices that the wind blows open my door (or was it the ghosts of you-know-who-from-you-know-where?)

Then he looks at swaying trees and says goodbye with a hearty "HAVE A GOOD WINDSDAY!"

Smart like a retarded fox.I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-25651889671936333742014-04-07T12:49:00.003-04:002014-04-07T12:49:52.335-04:00Dee NealI'm not sure when this happened but I was told about it Saturday night.

It seems my Son-in-Law saw my wife's name written out somewhere and he thought it said "Dee Neal"

He was told of his mistake. Laughter followed.

He then started calling Wifey "Dee Neal"

Laughter followed.

He now calls me The Captain.

(And I'm good with that)I Ain't No Oprahhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-77719812960662972902014-04-02T16:26:00.001-04:002014-04-02T16:26:41.600-04:00SKULLSSo a mother was in my shop today with her eight year old daughter. Here is the conversation I overheard.

MOM: "Do you want a skull button?"

GIRL: "No, thank you....though I do LOVE skulls."

MOM: "But not the scary kind of skulls, right?I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-3709567246576549012014-03-27T16:16:00.001-04:002014-03-27T16:16:52.475-04:00BaseballCUSTOMER: "What is this?"

ME: "That's a baseball."

CUSTOMER: "What's it for?"

ME: "To play baseball with."

CUSTOMER: "But what does it represent?"

ME: "Baseball. It came from a museum."

CUSTOMER: "Oh."

I Ain't No Oprahhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-78528547576358557252014-03-24T14:41:00.002-04:002014-03-24T14:41:22.034-04:00Sometimes a camel is just a cigarette.I went to a casino the other night by myself.

Had some dinner, couple of drinks...

Then I played some roulette.

A guy sitting next to me at the table got up and left but he forgot his cigarettes (Camels) and his lighter (Bic).

I played for a while and he never came back.

I took the pack of Camels and the Bic lighter and put it next to my stack of chips. Shortly after that a guy comes up to me and 'bums a fag' from me (that's British for asking for a free cigarette)

No problem...I give him the Camel and flick my Bic and he walks away happy.

I play for a bit longer and then decide to walk around. I take the pack of cigarettes with me. And the lighter.

I'm not sure why. I don't smoke.

But now I'm packin' some smokes and feel really cool. (Cigarettes are still cool, right?)

I play some more games, some slots, goof around...now I need to use the bathroom.

It's tinkle-time at the MGM.

I saunter over to the urinal (that's the thing that men stand at to urinate. The urine comes out of the penis.)

I feel someone hovering over me.

You don't want people hovering over you while urine comes out of your penis. Ever.

And I hear a familiar voice.....

VOICE: "Hey...got another Camel, Bud?

ME: "Really? You're picking NOW to ask me? Can you wait until I finish? (Finish means when the urine stops coming out of my penis and after I wash my hands.)

VOICE: "Okay."

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MORAL OF THE STORY:

If you smoke cigarettes chances are that strange men will try to look at your penis.

And they might call you Bud.

I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-91103464461905652092014-03-24T14:23:00.001-04:002014-03-24T14:23:08.151-04:00Malaysia airlines flight 370<object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/g450eyrN7Pg?hl=en_US&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/g450eyrN7Pg?hl=en_US&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-22917739.post-88340701942055483622014-03-18T16:39:00.000-04:002014-03-18T16:39:12.017-04:00M'ick J'agger's girlfriend L'Wren dies.According to the reports she killed herself.

By hanging herself. From a doorknob.

It happens.

So Mick postpones part of his New Zealand tour and rushes back to New York.

He's quoted as saying: "I will never forget her."

That's really big of Mick not to forget her.

I'm sure most people forget their girlfriends after they kill themselves.I Ain't No Oprahhttp://email@example.com


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Finally, the fifth item that receives the most complaints is visibly soiled restroom floors. This may prove to be more of a problem in a park and recreation location than in an office building because most park and recreation facilities are outdoors; the time of year can also impact how floors become soiled during the course of the day.
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While the poll found these five issues the main complaints in public restrooms, your facility may have its own unique concerns. There's no point in hiding from them. Instead, managers and maintenance professionals should encourage users to mention them. Install a "suggestion" or "comment" box right in the restroom. Some concerns are so basic that they can be easily corrected. Others may require changes in how the restroom is cleaned and a selection of new cleaning equipment; however, the improvement in cleanliness can be well worth the investment.
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Chinese Medical Journal 2007;120(5):363-369
Myofibroblastic sarcomas: a clinicopathological study of 20 cases
MENG Guo-zhao, ZHANG Hong-ying, BU Hong, ZHANG Xian-liang, PANG Zong-guo, KE Qi, LIU Xi, YANG Guo
MENG Guo-zhao (Department of Pathology and Laboratory of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041,China)
ZHANG Hong-ying (Department of Pathology and Laboratory of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041,China)
BU Hong (Department of Pathology and Laboratory of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041,China)
ZHANG Xian-liang (Department of Pathology and Laboratory of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041,China)
PANG Zong-guo (Department of Pathology and Laboratory of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041,China)
KE Qi (Department of Pathology and Laboratory of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041,China)
LIU Xi (Department of Pathology and Laboratory of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041,China)
YANG Guo (Department of Electron Microscopy, School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041,China)Correspondence to:ZHANG Hong-ying,Department of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China (Tel: 86-28-85164030. Fax:86-28- 85401825. E-mail:email@example.com)
Background Myofibroblastic sarcoma was used to be a controversial neoplasm. This study investigated the clinicopathological features of 20 cases of myofibroblastic sarcoma arising in different locations.
Methods The paraffin-embedded tissue samples from 20 cases of patients with myofibroblastic sarcoma were stained immunohistochemically, and 5 cases examined by electron microscopy. Student's t test was used to analyze the difference of Ki-67 labeling index between grade 1 and grade 2 myofibroblastic sarcomas.
Results Histologically, the tumors were composed of slender spindle cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm, and fusiform, tapering, wavy, or plump ovoid; vesicular nuclei and a small central eosinophilic nucleoli. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells expressed smooth muscle actin (18/20), muscle specific actin (16/20), fibronectin (20/20) and desmin (2/20). Ultrastructurally, the tumor cells revealed abundant rough endoplasmic reticulum and longitudinally arranged fine filaments with focal densities in the cytoplasm. A clinical follow-up of 19 patients showed that 2 cases experienced local recurrence and distant metastasis 6 months to 4 years after the initial operation. Nine cases recurred locally 17 to 46 months after the initial excision, and 9 cases were alive with no evidence of disease.
Conclusions Myofibroblastic sarcomas, which exhibit diverse histological appearance, can easily be misdiagnosed as benign tumors. Myofibroblastic sarcomas are local destructive lesions with frequent recurrence, and may metastase distantly.
Myofibroblasts were first observed in granulation tissue in 1971.1 Myofibroblastic sarcomas (MS) mainly composed of myofibroblasts were described by various terms,2 and used to be a controversial neoplasm. Recently, the clinicopathological features of low-grade myofibroblastic sarcomas occurring in various regions were reported.3,4 Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma is classified as a distinct entity in the newly published WHO classification of tumors of soft tissue.5 In this study, we examined the clinicopathological features of 20 cases of MS, and discussed the differential diagnosis from other spindle cell lesions showing fibroblastic and smooth muscle cell differentiation.
Patients and tissue samples
The cases were retrieved from the consultation files and surgical pathology archives of West China Hospital, Sichuan University between 1998 and 2005. All sections of the cases were confirmed by at least two independent pathologists and fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of MS:4 a myxoid to fibrous spindle-shaped cell tumor showing a predominant fascicular growth pattern with a diffusive and strong immunoreactivity for at least one myogenic markers (muscle specific actin, smooth muscle actin, or sometimes desmin), with signs of morphological malignancy such as infiltrating margins, mild to moderate nuclear pleomorphism; and WHO classification of tumors of soft tissue.5 The tumors were studied with respect to growth pattern (circumscribed or infiltrative), cellularity, nuclear atypia, mitotic figures and necrosis. MS was graded according to the modified NCI system,6 in which the presence of necrosis (up to 15%) and six or more mitotic figures per 10 high power field (HPF) was considered to be grade 2. Clinical information and follow-up data were directly obtained from the hospital records and the patients.
Immunohistochemical staining
In all cases, the hematoxylin and eosin slides were reviewed, and paraffin-embedded blocks of tumors were used for immunohistochemistry by streptavidin-biotin complex method. The primary antibodies (all from the same manufacturer, Dako, Glostrup, Denmark) included: smooth muscle actin (SMA, monoclonal, 1A4, 1:100), desmin (monoclonal, D33,1:100), Ki-67 (monoclonal, MIB-1, 1:100), muscle specific actin (MSA, monoclonal, HHF35, 1:100), type IV collagen (polyclonal, 1:100), fibronectin (polyclonal, 1:300), laminin (monoclonal, 4C7, 1:50), h-caldesmon (monoclonal, h-CD, 1:100), vimentin (monoclonal,V9,1:100), ALK1 (monoclonal, ALK1, 1:100), and CD68 (monoclonal, PG-M1, 1:100). The positive and negative controls were included in each run. The tissues of leiomyoma were served as positive controls for SMA, MSA, desmin, h-caldesmon and vimentin. The tissues of basement membrane were served as positive controls for fibronectin, type IV collagen and laminin. The tissues of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) and malignant fibrous histiocytomas were served as positive controls for ALK1 and CD68 respectively. Primary antibody was substituted by normal mouse serum in a section as a negative control. Four µm-thick sections were deparaffinized, rehydrated and washed in phosphate buffer solution (PBS) for 15 minutes. Endogenous peroxidase activity was blocked by 30-minute incubation in 3% hydrogen peroxide solution. Tissue antigens were retrieved by pressure cooking at 120˚C for 8 minutes in a citrate buffer solution, pH 7.0. The specimens were washed with PBS, pH 7.5. Non- specific binding was blocked by incubating the slides with normal goat serum in PBS for 15 minutes at 37˚C, then incubated overnight at 4˚C with the primary antibodies. After washing with PBS for 3 times, the sections were incubated with secondary antibody, goat anti-mouse biotinylated antibodies for 40 minutes at 37˚C. After washing with PBS for 3 times, the sections were immunostained with avidin-biotin complex for 40 minutes at 37˚C. Visualization of the immunoreaction was conducted with 3, 3'-diaminobenzidine (DAB;Sigma, Co. UK) for 5 minutes. Finally, sections were counterstained with hematoxylin. Ki-67 labeling index was evaluated by counting the positively stained nuclei in at least 500 tumor cells.7 Immunoreactivity for other 10 antigens was evaluated semi-quantitatively by scoring as -, negative; +, <25% positive cells; ++, 25%-50% positive cells; +++, 50%-75% positive cells; ++++ ,>75% positive cells.
Electron microscopy
Materials retrieved from paraffin blocks of 5 cases (case No. 1, 2,4,6 and 10) were used for ultrastructural study. The tissues were deparaffinized in xylene and rehydrated in alcohol, then transferred to glutaraldehyde fixative, and then processed and embedded in Epon. Grids were cut and stained using lead citrate and urany1 acetate.8 Sections were observed under H-1600 LV transmission electron microscope, Japan.
Statistical analysis
The SAS9.0 statistical software was used for statistical analysis. The difference of Ki-67 labeling index between grade 1 and grade 2 MS was evaluated by Student's t test. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Clinical characteristics
The clinicopathological data of 20 MS cases is summarized in Table 1.The patients reported in the study included 12 men and 8 women aged 7-53 years (average, 32 years). Lesions involved the soft tissue of the head and neck region (n=4), femur (n=4), kidney (n=2), truck (n=6), extremity (n=1), lung (n=1) and the base of skull (n=2). Six cases were subcutaneous, 2 cases were submucosal, 3 cases were intramuscular, 6 cases were intraosseous, 2 cases were in the kidneys and 1 case in the lung. Case No. 4 was multicentric lesions, and the other 19 cases were single nodular. The most common clinical symptom was painless enlarging mass. The cases arising in the bone showed an osteolytic bone-destructive lesion without periosteal reaction under radiographic examination. Surgical resection of tumor was performed on 20 patients, with 5 patients (case No. 3, 11, 12, 13, 18) complemented with additional chemotherapy and 2 patients (case No. 15, 20) with radiotherapy. Three patients (case No. 4, 6, 10) were complemented with a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Clinical follow-up information of 19 patients was available over a mean duration of 27 months (range, 8-73 months): 2 cases (10%) recurred locally and developed distant metastasis 6 months to 4 years after initial operation. Nine cases (45%) recurred locally 17 to 46 months after initial excision,and 9 cases (45%) are alive without evidence of disease.
Table 1. Clinicopathological features of 20 cases of myofibroblastic sarcoma
Morphologic findings
The size of tumors ranged from 2 to 15 cm in diameter (average, 4.7 cm). The tumors were firm and fibrous with pale section surface. The tumors were diffusely infiltrative (10 cases), ill-defined (6 cases), and well-circumscribed but not encapsulated (4 cases). Microscopically, lesions in the muscle and bone showed the tumor cells infiltrated between muscle bundles (Fig.1A).Tumors occurring in the bone always had an infiltrative and destructive growth pattern. The tumor cells infiltrated into the bone trabeculae, and formation of reactive bone rimmed by osteoblasts was seen at the periphery of the tumors. Neoplastic bone and osteoid were absent in the tumors. Hypercellular areas and hypocellular areas, both of which distributed irregularly and transitioned to each other, can be identified in the same tumor. In some hypocellular areas, the feathery or stellate tumor cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm and tapering nuclear showing moderate hyperchromatin and pleomorphism were scattered randomly in the myxoid stroma with infiltration of sparse lymphocytes and plasma cells, resembling tissue culture-like growth pattern (Fig.1B). In other hypocellular areas, the spindle tumor cells with tapering nuclei were arranged in fascicles pattern and deposited in a hyalinized collagenous matrix (Fig.1C). The hypercellular areas of the case occurring in the lung showed the spindle tumor sells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, unclear cell border and minimal hyperchromatin and nuclear pleomorphism arranged in intersecting fascicle or vaguely storiform pattern, with abundant fibrous collagen in the stroma. The metastatic tumor in the brain of the case (Fig.1D) was histologically similar to the primary tumor in the lung. In other hypercellular areas, the moderate atypia tumor cells with indistinct cell boundary were arranged in a intersecting pattern with rich collagen in the stroma (Fig.1E).The mitotic figures, which arranged from 1-7/10 HPF, were easy to find. Coagulative necrosis can be seen in the centric areas of 6 cases in the study. Based on the nuclear atypia, mitotic figure rate and necrosis, 14 cases were grade 1 and 6 cases were grade 2. Tumors of grade 1 showed mild nuclear atypia, few mitotic figures and less cellulality (Fig.1A),and tumors of grade 2 indicated moderate nuclear atypia and hyperchromatin (Fig.1E).
Fig. 1. The morphologic spectrum of myofibroblastic sarcomas (HE, original magnification ×200). A: The spindle tumor cells with tapering nuclei infiltrating between the muscle bundles, admixed with sparse lymphocytes (case No.16); B: In the hypocellular areas, the feathery or stellate tumor cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm showing a tissue culture-like pattern in the myxoid matrix accompanied by infiltration of inflammatory cells (case No.15); C: The spindle tumor cells with abundant pale cytoplasm arranging in fascicles, with abundant fibrous collagen in the stroma (case No.18); D: The tumor cells metastasized to the brain showing similar histological appearance with the primary tumor in the lung (case No. 6); E: The neoplastic cells with indistinct cell boundary and moderate nuclear atypia and hyperchromatin arranging in intersecting pattern (case No. 7).
Immunohistochemical findings
The immunohistochemical findings of MS were summarized in Table 2. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells strongly and extensively expressed vimentin (20/20), SMA (18/20, Fig. 2A), MSA (16/20, Fig. 2B) and fibronectin (20/20). Only two cases (2/20) focally expressed desmin. Type IV collagen, h-caldesmon, laminin, ALK1 and CD68 were uniformly negative staining. The average Ki-67 labeling index in MS of grade 2 was significantly higher than that in MS of grade 1 ((74.00±16.73) vs (32.67±14.62), t =-3.281, P=0.004).
Table 2. Results of immunohistochemistry of myofibroblastic sarcomas
Fig. 2. Immunohistochemical staining of MS. A: Diffuse cytoplasmic positive immunostaining for SMA (case No.7) (SABC, original magnification ×200); B: Extensive and strong positive staining for MSA (case No. 3, SABC, original magnification ×400);
Electron microscopic findings
Ultrastructural examination of 5 cases consistently showed that the tumor cells were spindle-shaped, and poorly developed fine filaments with focal densities and rich rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER) were present in the cytoplasm. Some bundles of fine filaments, known as the fibronexus junctions, which were roughly parallel with extracellular fibrils and diverged into the outside collagenous matrix, were seen at the cell surface (Fig.3A and B).
Fig. 3. Ultrastructrural features of MS. A: Abundant rough endoplasmic reticulum in the cytoplasm and the fibronexus at the cell surface (arrow, original magnification ×6900, case No.4); B: Spindle tumor cells showing poorly developed fine filaments with focal densities (arrows, original magnification ×5000, case No.2).
MS may occur in the patients of any age but seem to have a predilection for the adult patients with a slight male predominance.3,4 In this study, 16 cases (80%) were adults and 4 cases (20%) were children; 12 cases (60%) were males and 8 cases (40%) females. The current study indicated that MS predominantly involved the adult males. MS had been observed in diverse sites.3,9-12 In this study, the tumors involved the bone (6 cases, 30%), truck (6 cases, 30%), head and neck region (4 cases, 20%), extremity (1 case, 5%), lung (1 case, 5%) and the kidney (2 cases, 10%). According to our study and other literatures,4,9-11 MS involved preferentially the bone. Clinically, all patients presented with painless enlarging mass. A destructive and osteolytic lesion without the reaction of bone membrane was the most striking feature for MS in the bone under X-ray examination, which was demonstrated in this study and other report.4 On the whole, an infiltrative growth pattern is characteristic of MS.
In the study, myxoid stroma, collagenization and infiltration of inflammatory cells were common features for MS. Myxoid degeneration seemed to be more prominent in lesions of the bone than that of soft tissue. In the myxoid areas, the tumors were less cellular by showing spindle or stellate cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm and tapering nuclei scattered haphazardly in the stroma. Focal myxoid stroma of different degrees was present in 17 cases (85%) of the study. The myxoid stroma was frequently accompanied by the infiltration of inflammatory cells, which seemed to be a common feature for MS. A large number of inflammatory cells including lymphocytes, plasma cells and macrophages were noted in the pleomorphical myofibrosarcoma of bone.9 Moreover, inflammatory cells were considered to be occasionally numerous, but seem not to be a consistent feature for MS.13 In this study, the infiltration of inflammatory cells was were in 13 cases (65%), including 6 occurring in the bone, 4 in the head and neck region, 2 in the trunk, 1 in the lung and 1 in the extremity. In addition, MS variably have rich collagenous stroma, at least focally. It was reported that extensive stroma hyalinization was a common feature of myofibroblastic tumors.10 In our study, focal or extensive fibrous hyalinization areas were present in all cases of MS. Thus, we considered that MS frequently exhibits a diverse histological appearance, which includes myxoid areas, hyalinization areas and different degrees of inflammatory infiltration.
Diverse nuclear atypia in the same case or in different cases of MS was also noticeable. Nuclear pleomorphism was mild in the hypocellular areas, and moderate in the hypercellular areas. The mitotic figures were predominantly found in the hypercellular areas. In some areas, especially the hypocellular areas, the mitotic figures were absent. Thus, thorough sampling is crucial in establishing the diagnosis of MS. Several times of biopsy were performed on case No. 6, which was misinterpreted as reactive lesion owing to the large areas of hemorrhagic infarct, mild nuclear pleomorphism and few mitotic figures. Only when metastasis occurred in the brain six months after initial operation, was the tumor confirmed malignant. It was reported that necrosis was not uncommon for MS.2,13 In this study, coagulative necrosis was present in 6 cases, which all belonged to grade 2. Necrosis was not identified in the MS of grade 1. No high grade (grade 3) case were found in the current study. However, some cases of high-grade myofibroblastic sarcomas had been reported in other studies.3,13,14
Immunohistochemically, desmin-negative and actin- positive or desmin-positive and actin-negative were found in different myofibroblastic neoplasms.15 Recently, it was demonstrated that myofibroblasts were positive staining for calponin and negative for h-caldesmon, whereas smooth muscle cells and smooth muscle cell tumors were consistently positive staining for both calponin and h-caldesmon.16 Apart from desmin, α-smooth muscle actin and vimentin, an important marker for myofibroblastic differentiation, is the positive staining for fibronectin in combination with negative staining for laminin and type IV collagen,2 with which the immunohistochemical results of the study were consistent. Desmin, which was focally positive staining in two cases of this study, was a variable marker for MS. Desmin was found to be negative staining in the myofibrosarcoma of the breast,3 the upper jawbones,14 the salivary gland,17 and the pleomorphic myofibrosarcoma of bone.9 In addition, desmin was found to be positive staining in some cases of MS.4,10,12,18 According to our results, desmin was rarely expressed in MS. The immunohistochemical findings further demonstrated the variable immunophenotype of myofibroblastic tumors and confirmed the existence of desmin-negative/ actin-positive and desmin-positive/actin-negative myofibroblastic neoplasms.4 Additionally, we found that the proliferative marker of Ki-67 had a higher average labeling index in MS of grade 2 than that of grade 1. Although the statistical significance from this small group does not allow us to draw stringent conclusion, Ki-67 index may be useful in grading of MS. However, some MS of grade 2 indicated a very low Ki-67 index, while still showed an aggressive behavior by showing metastasis to the brain in a short period (case No. 6). Some grade 1 MS even demonstrated a very low Ki-67 index (case No. 17, 1%). Thus, low Ki-67 index can not exclude the diagnosis of MS.
Ultrastructural findings are the gold standard in defining myofibroblasts, which show the ultrastructural features of both fibroblasts (abundant rough endoplasmic reticulum) and smooth muscle cells (microfilaments with focal densities).19 The smooth-muscle cells are distinguished from the myofibroblasts by the fibronectin fibril and the fibronexus junctions, which had been argued as the most important criteria for defining the myofibroblast.2,11 Fibronexus junctions, which were first described and designated by Singer20 in 1979,is an unit composed of fibronectin and 5 nm microfilaments that converge at the cell surface, and is considered as the most characteristic ultrastructural marker for myofibroblasts.21 But it is not necessarily seen in every myofibroblastic tumor.9 In this study, we found that fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells in the cytoplasm were prominent features for MS. Fibronexus junctions were focally seen at the cell surface in 2 cases, and nuclei with indentation was also noted.
MS should be distinguished from leiomyosarcoma, IMT, fibromatosis and nodular fasciitis. Not infrequently, myofibrosarcomas bear resemblance to leiomyosarcoma under light microscopy.2 Leiomyosarcomas exhibit mainly a well delineated pushing margin and generally lack a diffusely infiltrative growth pattern, and show more eosinophilic and longitudinally fibrillary cytoplasm and cigar-shaped vesicular nuclei with paranuclear vacuolation. In contrast, the spindle-shaped cells of MS exhibit indistinct and paler cytoplasm, which is less fibrillary than that in leiomyosarcoma, and have a tapering rather than blunt-ended nucleus with common infiltration of inflammatory cells in the stroma. Immunohistochemically, previous studies demonstrated the stable expression of h-caldesmom in most smooth muscle tumors; in contrast, h-caldesmon was consistently negative staining in reactive myofibroblasts and myofibroblastic tumors.16 It is reported that h-caldesmon is a specific marker for smooth muscle cells and is valuable in differentiating leiomyosarcoma from myofibrosarcoma.22
Owing to the diverse histological appearance of MS, the hypocellular areas of MS may resemble the IMT morphologically, making the differential diagnosis become very difficult. Macroscopically, IMT is frequently sharply demarcated and composed of myofibroblasts and fibroblasts with more prominent inflammatory cell infiltration, whereas MS shows an invasive growth pattern and is mainly or entirely composed of myofibroblasts. IMT shows lower cellularity and no prominent nuclear atypia and mitotic figure, which are always present with variable degrees in MS. Additionally, more than 50% of IMT are positive staining for ALK1, which was negative staining in the present study. So ALK1 may be helpful in the distinction between MS and IMT. Case No. 10 in the study was initially misdiagnosed as IMT owing to the rare mitotic figures and marked myxoid and inflammatory cells infiltration in the background, but the metastasis occurring four years later excluded the diagnosis of benign tumor. We considered that myofibroblastic tumors with infiltrative growth pattern, high cellulality, and mild to moderate nuclear atypia should be classified as low grade MS instead of IMT, even very few mitotic figures are present.
It is evident that malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) frequently contains myofibroblastic cells in varying degrees.21 MS was easy to be confused with so-called pleomorphical malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone.23,24 Case No. 3 was initially misdiagnosed as MFH, but its immunostaining extensively positive for SMA, but negative for CD68,excluded the diagnosis of MFH. Histologically, MFH frequently shows anaplasia and multinucleated giant cells and marked cytological pleomorphism and nuclear atypia, often with bizarre tumor giant cells, admixed with spindle-shaped cells and round histiocyte-like cells. Immunohistochemically, MFH frequently expresses CD68 and lysozyme, and occasionally exhibits myoid phenotype focally, but extensive expression of the mark can exclude the diagnosis of MFH.25 When MS occurs in abdominal wall, the desmoid-type fibromatosis enters the differential diagnosis. MS and fibromatosis bear great similarity in that both of tumors indicate infiltrative growth pattern and contain spindle myofibroblasts. Case No. 1 in our study was initially misdiagnosed as desmoid-type fibromatosis, but its clinical aggressive behavior did not support the diagnosis of fibromatosis. Histologically, apart from myofibroblasts, fibromatosis contains some proportion of fibroblasts. Additionally, fibromatosis differentiates from MS in that the cells in fibromatosis do not touch one another, but are frequently separated by collagen owing to its richer hyalinization collagen. Furthermore, fibromatosis exhibits lower cellularity with absence of nuclear atypia, atypical mitotic figure and necrosis.
Nodular fasciitis shares a great resemblance with MS in that both kinds of tumors are composed of myofibroblasts with myxoid matrix and infiltration of inflammatory cells. MS can easily be misdiagnosed as nodular fasciitis when it is subcutaneous. Case No. 5 had initially been diagnosed as nodular fasciitis. In contrast, MS is more cellular, fascicle, and infiltrates into the muscle than nodular fasciitis, which exhibits no nuclear hyperchromatin, pleomorphism and atypical mitoses. Additionally, nodular fasciitis is usually characterized by short duration and smaller size.
MS were demonstrated to have a relatively indolent course with frequent recurrence and rare metastasis.3,4 In this study, distant metastasis occurred in 2 cases (all belonged to grade 2), focal recurrence was seen in 9 cases (45%), 7 of which were located in the bone. The result indicated that MS had higher recurrent rate in the bone than that in other locations. The reason may be that the lesions in the bone are difficult to be excised completely. According to our observation, MS of grade 1 are local aggressive lesions with frequent recurrence, so management by wide excision of the tumors with long-term follow-up is suggested. MS of grade 2 exhibit high recurrent rate and frequent metastasis, and should be managed by excision with a wide margin of normal tissue and adjuvant radiation therapy or systemic chemotherapy. Owing to the rare reports of MS, the cytogenetic and molecular genetic alterations of the tumors are presently obscure and need to be investigated in further study.
1. Gabbiani G, Ryan GB, Majne G. Presence of modified fibroblasts in granulation tissue and their possible role in wound contraction. Experientia 1971; 27: 549-550.
2. Eyden BP, Christensen L. Leiomyosarcoma versus myofibrosarcoma: observations and terminology. Ultrastruct Pathol 1993; 17: 231-239.
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