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Review – When a Story Is Not a Story – Daniel F. Galouye's The Infinite Man
There's nothing more disheartening for a writer than to read something published by a major house and think, "I can write better than this!" That's especially true for a writer whose collection of rejection notices exceeds his collection of pay checks for work sold. (Isn't that most of us, though?)
Oh, yeah, there is something more disheartening… having that work be authored by someone that one of your literary idols thought was a real talent.
I picked up a couple of books by Dan Galouye because he's mentioned, in Robert A Heinlein: In Dialogue With His Century, as a writer whose work the Grandmaster really admired.
RAH must have read something by Galouye other than The Infinite Man.
The premise of this short novel is accurately summed up on its jacket:
The God Within
IT lived in Milton Bradford
IT could make planets vanish, alter mathematical constants, erase the laws of chance.
IT had the power to change the entire Universe…
Or destroy it utterly.
IT chooses to destroy the universe utterly. But, by the time IT does, the reader isn't left to feel that much has been lost.
Here's the highlights:
A not-so-wide-eyed beatnik named Bradford, who drops a lot of acid, is told that he's the heir to a billionaire's fortune. Financially, he's the most powerful man on Earth. He's also the primary subject of interest for a group of cynical, interchangeable scientists who call themselves Project Genesis. They know that Bradford is the human host to the Creative Force. They've managed to access that force directly a couple of times by plumbing the depths of Bradford's subconscious, and suggesting that the Force destroy both Pluto and Promixa Centauri. The suggestion is taken. Pluto vanishes immediately, and Proxmia Centauri's nova flare is seen in the sky four and some years later.
(Are there habitable planets around Proxima Centauri? Are the Project Genesis team, in suggesting its destruction, murdering entire civilizations? They don't ask. They don't care. They have no morals and no feelings at Project Genesis, in addition to having no personalities.)
Having blowed stuff up good, the team are satisfied that their pawn, Bradford, is the embodiment of the Creative Force. Better, they know some sort of trigger phrase that, if all goes wrong, will awaken Bradford to the knowledge of his true self and also, apparently, allow them to make him do whatever they want him to with his phenomenal cosmic power.
Meanwhile, Bradford falls under the thrall of a bunch of hippified, acid-dropping cultists, who recognize that he is the Primary One, the Infinite Man, and who cleverly say the names of everyone they speak to backwards. Yeah. Lemme tell you dlo steg reven taht.
Bradford learns that the billionaire who allegedly father him actually lost his testicles during World War II, thirteen years before Bradford was born.
Um, and no one cares, not even Bradford. That piece of information is never used in any way. Also, late in the book, it's posited that the billionaire isn't even dead, that he faked his own suicide. Again, that piece of information has no impact on the story. Ultimately, the Primary Creative Force, which is really the Primary Destructive Force, begins to communicate directly with a faceless drone named Powers. Powers plots to steal Bradford's, um… powers.
But, in the end, Powers just manages to murder all of the principle characters and shoot Bradford in the balls (making him the true heir to his non-father. Isn't that clever?) Then the PCF/PDF laughs in Powers's face and admits Powers was only a pawn. Then IT destroys the universe. With a BANG. And then God creates a new universe with square planets. We know they're square, 'cause they're… drawn… in spaces in the printed text. Along with some random sketches of cylinders. I think those were supposed to be stars.
Here's the deal. This is not a story. This is not successful fiction. This is some pseudo-scientiphilosophical rambling about the nature of creation and destruction with some named straw-people stuck in for illustration. The ideas are kinda clever. But (and this is something science fiction writers, and especially science fiction fans just don't seem to get)… CLEVER DOESN'T MAKE A STORY.
A good story, one that entertains, enlightens, shocks, delights, horrifies, mystifies, and is in other ways enjoyable to read, places interesting characters in challenging situations which they must overcome, thus producing an emotional reaction in the reader. The story may make the reader think, may give him a puzzle to solve, may educate him, may motivate him to action; but, above all, it must entertain him.
Oliver Twist is an entertaining story. It is not clever. Indeed, its use of coincidence and melodramatic plot twist is anything but subtle. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an entertaining story. Nothing clever about Tom's antics: flirting with girls, conning his friends, running away from home, witnessing murders or getting his backside tanned. These things happened to most boys of the 19th century, except perhaps the witnessing murders piece.
But Mark Twain's observations on human nature are clever, and they're worked all through the narrative. Charles Dickens's ability to lampoon the stuffed shirts and give an affectionate portrait of ne'er-do-wells is also clever. But, above all, these two authors, and all good storytellers, made the focus of their stories the charm and likeability of their characters. This is what Robert Heinlein did as well, in his science fiction.
The Infinite Man has no charming or likable characters. Indeed, it has no characters. It has some men with different names and a couple of girls who exist to be sex objects and little else. It has ideas, but they're not stitched into a story. No one in the book has a particular goal, except to not die, or to gain ultimate power. They all fail. And they learn nothing. They don't grow. They just die.
Galouye is not a bad writer, when he's not obsessing over spelling things backwards. I will try another of his books. But I cannot recommend this one in any way. Its publication suggests to me that, even in 1973, editors were just being lazy and accepting manuscripts from authors they knew could meet a deadline and whose names might sell books.
Review – Imitation of (a Very Sad) Life – The Imitation Game
This is the saddest film I've watched in a long time. Maybe ever. And, right up front, SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS. Yeah, that's kinda strange to say, given that the movie chronicles real-life events that happened 70 years ago and more, but, if you want to be "surprised" by events you didn't know about, stop reading now.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing, arguably the inventor of the first electronic computer, and leader of the effort to break the Nazis' top secret "Enigma" code during World War Two. Turing was a misfit from the word go. He was the smartest kid in his class, suffered, suggests the film, from OCD, and was gay at a time when homosexuality was an offense punishable by jail time or forced "chemical castration."
2014 – My Literary Year in Review
I wrote not one but two essays for the blog this week. Didn't like either of them when they were done. That's the kind of mood I'm in. Perhaps I'll rework them and share them later. Perhaps I'll file them away as pieces of journal therapy. At any rate, lacking substantive content, I thought it might be useful to review what I produced, and what I took in, literature wise, during this past year.
In addition to 59 blog posts, I shared the short stories "Call Me Sam" on Phil Giunta's blog, and "Don't Go in the Barn, Johnny" in the Firebringer anthology Somewhere in the Middle of Eternity. I did also write one radio play (first draft only), five short stories (one sold, yet to be published, two rejected, one pending, one slated for my podcast), a novella (thrice-rejected), a premise for a (non-SF) novel, a premise for a comic series, and a good deal of copy for work-related websites. Kind of a disappointing showing, all things considered. Let's hope 2015 is better. I've already sold two essays sight-unseen to two books from a pretty prestigious publisher, so that's good.
Email is the Root of All Evil
Well, not really. I mean, I don't believe that. But I hear it all the time:
"Email is the root of all evil."
"Email is an inefficient method of communication."
"I hate email! Just call me! Just come see me! It's easier."
Email has garnered a great deal of resentment in the workplace these last couple of decades. Someone said to me recently, "Well, when email started, we all thought it was just going to be a way to exchange quick messages. We didn't expect it to become our principal means of communication."
Well, you don't always get what you expect. And while unfulfilled expectations are the root of frustration, unexpected outcomes are not always evil. Our workplace communications problems did not begin with email. We always had them. Even before email, workplaces were littered with misunderstandings, rumors, information leaks, half-stories and half-truths. Poorly written interoffice memos caused as many problems as do poorly written emails. (And has anyone seen an interoffice memo lately?)
And yet a lot of people cling to this belief that email is somehow more flawed than the in-person conversation, the phone call or the (shudder!) staff meeting.
It's true, email introduced some new problems, and made some existing problems bigger. You can't retract an email once it's sent. You can't. Don't believe anyone who tells you otherwise. You know all those emails you get, saying "So-and-so would like to recall the email 'The boss is a scum-sucking turd'?" Yeah, not only do those recall emails tell you an awful lot about what the "recalled" email said, they're also always preceded in your inbox by the email So-and-so (your ex-co-worker) wanted to recall. In these days of email-enabled phones and tablets, even if your mail server will let you pull an email from its data store, someone's already gotten a copy that's not going away. But you can go pull a memo off the boss's desk before he reads it, or rip it off the bulletin board and at least mitigate the damage.
You can't destroy an email. It's always going to be somewhere, no matter how faithfully you delete the trash. If you wrote something incriminating in an email, you just contributed evidence that can and will be used. Along the same lines, there's no such thing as a "confidential" email. Someone apart from the sender and the receiver can always access it.
(I refer here to popular email systems like Exchange / Outlook, gmail, Yahoo, Office365, etc. I'm sure the secure email system does exist somewhere… and it may not have been hacked. Yet.)
But you can trash a memo.
Finally, there's pretty much no upper limit on how many people can be given a copy of your email within seconds of you sending it. It costs the recipient no more to forward five hundred thousand copies of an email or to put a copy of it up on Facebook than it does the sender to send the original. At least, to circulate your interoffice memo far and wide, someone had to put forth a little effort and contribute to the death of at least one tree.
And, because it's so immediate, email gets a lot more people in a lot more trouble a lot more often than interoffice memos ever did (though inter-office memos got me in trouble enough, back in the day.) It's just a little too easy to call the boss a scum-sucking turd and tell everyone when you do it via email.
But, really, these very troublesome aspects of email are not what I hear people referencing when they complain about email. No, in my experience, what most people dislike about email is that it's hard to understand what the author is saying. Email is considered to be unclear, lacking in subtlety. "You can't see someone's face in an email. You can't hear their tone of voice or see their body language. You don't know what they're thinking."
Okay. That's true. It was also true of another method of communication which used to be the one we used exclusively over long distances, until the telegraph, the telephone and the SMTP protocol were invented: Letter-writing.
What is email, if it's not letter-writing? Written correspondence? "Well," I hear a lot of people say, "Letter-writing was different. People took their time writing letters. People weren't lazy when they wrote letters. They knew letters were permanent and would be read and saved, so they took pride in their content and their penmanship."
Um… Hello? You do realize that the average lifespan of binary data in disk-based storage is a helluva a lot longer than the average lifespan of a piece of paper, don't you? (Actually, you probably don't. Because data can be "erased" with the stroke of a few keys or the click of a mouse, a lot of people think it's less permanent than paper. Which is why they print so much paper, "For backup." Because paper can survive fires and floods so much better than a computer's hard drive can.)
Email lasts forever. Email is saved. Email is shared. If you're not taking pride and care in the content of what you put into an email, it's not email's fault, it's yours. And email is not the root of all evil… you are.
Why is email the platform upon which so much poor communication is built? Well, I think it's because more people use email than ever wrote letters. More people are communicating than ever communicated before. So email is bringing to light a very sad fact of the human condition:
A lot of us don't know how to think.
We don't. What goes on in our heads is a chaotic mass of conflicting impulses and half-formed argument. The emails we write, therefore, do not contain organized thought and carefully structured argument.
"Oh, but, when I speak to someone, we can communicate so much better."
Well, maybe. I suppose, when you have two people somewhat muddled thoughts, and you let them bounce their half-formed thoughts off each other, they stand a better chance of developing one coherent argument which they both understand. You also stand a great chance of having a conversation in which one person dominates, and the other person never gets to advance an argument at all.
If you really think spoken communication is superior to written communication, email or otherwise, I challenge you to listen to people speak. Most people speak in a very disorganized fashion. They don't get to the point. They don't put the most important fact, or the central point of their argument, first. They ramble. And they often seem terrified that they will somehow be made to stop speaking, before they've had their say, even if they don't know what that "say" is. And so they'll reserve the right to keep speaking by not shutting up, in some kind of informal filibuster. They'll end every sentence with "So…" in order to indicate that they're not done. Even if they are done. They'll repeat the same points over and over again.
This is particularly true about speaking in meetings. I've noticed that every meeting, except those run by the best of facilitators, reaches a point that I think of as "We know the meeting's over, but we don't want to go back to our desks and work." People are afraid to let a meeting end, because, oh God, what if we forgot to say something we were supposed to say? What if we forgot to ask some question we were supposed to ask? We've got to keep talking until we're sure! We may never see these people again in this life!
Usually, at this point in the meeting, I'm hanging my head and thinking, "We should be so lucky." Meanwhile, those around me are asking questions no one needs the answer to, today, tomorrow, or ever.
All because we don't know how to organize our thoughts and communicate efficiently. And here I'm not just talking about email or letters. Organized thought it important in a two-way conversation as well. After all, if, as noted above, you never stop talking, the other person never gets a chance to say anything. Or he has to finally interrupt you, or tell you to shut up. And that might offend you. And then communication becomes even less likely, because you're pissed.
Chaotic thinking is the root of all this evil, and its effect on communication is only a symptom. Chaotic thinking, or non-thinking, impinges on our ability to solve problems. I help a lot of people solve various kinds of IT issues. I can't count the number of times that I've asked someone, "What have you attempted so far?" They'll name some step, and I'll ask "Why did you try that?" They say, "I don't know." I ask, "What did you expect that action to accomplish?" But they don't know. They're just trying something–anything–to see if the problem will go away.
Nor is this trial and error. There's absolutely nothing wrong with trial and error. Making mistakes is a fantastic way to learn. But, for trial and error to be useful, you have to know in advance what outcome you're expecting, you have to know if your trial produced it, and you have to record the success or failure, as well as the conditions of the trial, if you're going to learn anything from it. Too often then answer I get to "Well did this thing you tried work?" is "I don't remember! I've tried so many things I've lost track!"
This is not trial and error. This is one monkey, sitting at a typewriter alongside 99 others, with a random chance of creating a Shakespeare play this century. These proponents of the "just do something!" school are not using their rational minds to project outcomes and observe experimental results of attempted solutions, they're just, essentially, offering sacrifices to the gods by doing something, and hoping that the gods, not their rational abilities, will solve the problem.
And speaking of gods, modern spirituality is full of examples of religious leaders enabling this kind of anti-rationality. I'll call out Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D., only because she's the latest example I've come across. Last Sunday, my Sunday School class read her essay "An Invitation to God", in which she said:
"A lot of us don't give ourselves a chance to hear what our heart is telling us because we're trying to hear through our mind. We think, "I sat there waiting for God to give me a message, but all that came was, 'I have to pick up my dry cleaning,' and, 'My back hurts,' and 'I should feed the cat.' " Maybe you think God is not communicating, but it only seems that way because you're waiting for God to speak through your mind, and that's not the abode of God. God will not appear through the mind, because the mind separates us from God."
Excerpt From: Richard Carlson & Benjamin Shield. "Handbook for the Spirit." iBooks. https://itun.es/us/JKU_y.l
Dr. De Angelis is only one example. A lot of spiritual leaders and theologians make this argument. I don't mean to ridicule her. There was a lot to like in her essay. And I agree that it's important to quiet the mind sometimes of its frantic, compulsive thinking. But the rational mind is not the enemy.
A lot of people count on religion and spirituality to bring them happiness and fulfillment. When spiritual commentators and gurus say that our rational minds stand in the way of happiness and fulfillment, they're saying something risky. Without rationality, you can't solve problems, you can't communicate, you can't live your life. Whatever your spiritual beliefs are, if you believe in a benevolent deity, especially one who is responsible in some way for the gifts you possess, why would you claim that he or she wants you to reject the greatest of them?
Our rational minds are important. Very important. They're what set us apart from the rest of the animals. They're what allow us to solve our problems. We need to know how to use them. And we need to practice. So, when you go to send that email… read it over. Think about it. Be proud of it. It may be with the human race for a long time to come.
And it's not the root of all evil.
Random Harvest – Sadness as a Story Device
I tend to watch Random Harvest every Christmas. Funny, as I don't think it actually contains any Christmas scenes. It's a story that's probably considered trite today, with a plot device that seems contrived: a World War I Captain (Ronald Colman) gets amnesia after suffering a trauma in the trenches at Arras. He establishes a new identity as "John Smith," falls in love, gets married, becomes a father… then slips in the mud in front of a taxi cab, gets bonked on the head, recovers his original identity… and forgets that he was John Smith, a man with a family. Now aware that he's Charles Rainier, a wealthy industrialist, he spends years searching for his lost identity. Continue reading
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Take. Eat… Wait, WHAT?
So last week I gave a rundown of how four different SF stories used cannibalism in their plots. Most prominent were the first few episodes of this season of The Walking Dead, less obvious was an episode of the almost-forty-year old Space:1999 series called "Mission of the Darians." Less well-known to those who think science fiction was invented in 1966 by Gene Roddenberry are two of Robert Heinlein's works, Stranger in a Strange Land and Farnham's Freehold.
All use cannibalism as a metaphor. In the two TV storylines, it's a metaphor for denial of the importance of the individual. In Freehold, it's a metaphor for oppression of one group by another. In Stranger, it's a metaphor for strangeness, alien-ness, and acceptance of the universe. It's also used as a gentle poke at Western Christians who consider themselves more civilized than the heathens who go around rubbing blue mud in their bellies.
Soylent Green is… Not Mentioned in this Article on Cannibalism in SF!
As with most of my blog posts, this one has grown out of many intertwined roots. The first was the featuring of cannibalism as a theme in the opening episodes of The Walking Dead's fifth season. The second was my reading, at the same time, of Robert Wood's well-researched volume Destination: Moonbase Alpha, a re-visitation of the making of one of my all-time favorite SF series, Space: 1999. (A show which many in the SF community hold in utter contempt. 1999 fans long ago learned to stop caring in the slightest.) The final contributing factor was my participation at PhilCon, only days ago as I began writing this, in a panel discussion about William H. Patterson's authorized biography of the Dean of American SF, Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century. This was a well-attended discussion moderated by author Michael Swanwick.
PhilCon was before Thanksgiving, and The Walking Dead has already reached its mid-season finale for this year. As you can tell, this discussion has been brewing for a while.
Let it Go (Before it Kills Someone)
Okay, I had the blog pretty well ready to go this week. It was all about cannibalism in science fiction. Lovely topic, right? Macabre and fantastic. Beyond the boundaries of most of our personal realities. (I'd like to say all of our personal realities, but, well, y'know…)
But before I talk about the macabre and fantastic, life this past week has been a bit… ugly here in the United States, and even here in my own little corner of the world. And a lot of the ugliness stems from anger.
Re-Introducing Peace Lord of the Red Planet
I wrote this novel in 2010. Okay, actually I wrote it probably in 2006. I did the National Novel Writing Month challenge, but I did it in June. 50,000 word in 30 days, and I produced 75% of a usable manuscript. The last four chapters were awful. So I re-wrote them completely in 2009.
I knew it would be controversial, since it deals with religion, war, peace, monogamy, polyamory, polytheism and bisexuality. It also openly mocks a lot of our more prosaic ideas of what a "god" is. I figured the religious right would hate it. Imagine my shock when I discovered that the atheist left hated it more. Apparently, not only is it beyond the comprehension of some readers that a good person can suffer from prejudice and learn better, it's also unacceptable to a lot of them that a protagonist declare any religious belief.
Who knew?
But people hating my book did not disappoint me. If they're angry, they're reading. Trouble was, not enough people were angry. "Peace Lord" just didn't get the kind of attention that my Arbiter Chronicles stories do. I suppose some would say that means it's not as good. I can't comment. You don't ask a parent to pick a favorite child.
When I discovered the wonderful artist Bob Keck in the Farpoint Art Show this year, I decided to ask him to do a book cover. My son, Ethan, said, "Why don't you have him update 'Peace Lord?' It's a little dated." I should point out that Ethan designed the cover of "Peace Lord," and provided the cover art. I think it's pretty brave of him to make that assessment.
So, though I'm sentimental about Ethan's cover art, I decided to take his suggestion. I engaged Bob to bring the characters of Shep Autrey and Xhylanna of Jentana to life, and I think he did a wonderful job. This, then, if the new cover for Peace Lord of the Red Planet. It's the tale of a Civil War era Quaker physician who, like John Carter of Mars, dies on Earth and is transported to an alien world instead of going to Heaven or Hell. He saves the life of a warrior prince and becomes a hero. Then he commits a breech of etiquette and is sentenced to death. He faces death so bravely that his hosts declare him the bravest warrior alive… all because he refuses to fight. He goes on to unseat the staid traditions of an entire world, including its gods. Along the way he abandons some of his own faith and replaces it with a new understanding of himself and the universe.
If you haven't read it, its repackaging is a great opportunity to give it a look. If you have read it, now is a good time to recommend it to a friend. Here's the Amazon link. Don't worry that it shows the old cover. The new one is now the only one being produced. If by some bizarre chance Amazon dredges up an old copy, let me know, and I'll trade you a corrected one!


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The Griz |
July 29, 2013
The University of Montana Grizzly football program will be hosting its annual Gene Brosovich Celebrity Invitational Auction and Golf Tournament on Thursday and Friday, August 1-2, 2013.
All Griz football fans are welcome to join the coaches and Griz celebrities (former players and coaches) at the Holiday Inn Downtown on Thursday, Aug 1 beginning with a social hour and then followed by the auction. The auction is free to the public.
A Butte-themed hors d'oeuvre social hour begins at 6:00 p.m. A silent action will be offered, and the drawing for raffle prize drawings begins at 7:00 p.m., and will be followed by a live auction which starts at 8:30 p.m.
Former Griz players expected to attend the auction include quarterback Cole Bergquist (2005-08), offensive lineman Walt Brett (1971-74), wide receiver/returner Bill Cockhill (1990-93), safety Mick Dennehy (1969-70, and head coach 1996-99), safety Pat Dolan (1968-70), offensive lineman Sam Jankovich (1956-57), kicker Andrew Larson (1993-96), safety Blaine McElmurry (1993-96), lineman Steve Okoniewski (1970-71), nose tackle David Paoli (1978-81), safety Robin Peters (1969-71), tight end Brian Salonen (1980-83), safety Karl Stein (1969-70), the father/son duo of Bryan (linebacker, 1989-90) and Gene Tripp (lineman, 1963-64), running back JR Waller (2002-05), and wide receiver Glenn Welch (1970-71).
A couple of the auction items this year include a signed 1995 National Championship Dave Dickenson jersey, and original artwork by Montana Grizzly cornerbacks coach, Aric Williams. Fans are encouraged to help support this important fund-raising event for the Grizzly Football Program.
The golf tournament on Friday, August 2, has a full field of players, and will be held at the Canyon Golf Course in East Missoula.
For more information please contact the Grizzly Football Office at 243-2969.
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Well… Back on 9/11/13 when the twitter-sphere lit up about BackdropCMS, I too tweeted out that I supported it. Within minutes of my tweet, I got an email from Dries asking me why I supported it. We ended up discussing many aspects of the whole situation. We didn't really end the exchange with anything concrete other than the fact that we started with different perspectives and feelings and we ended with those same different feelings and perspectives. Since then, I've enjoyed many conversations with community members as we discuss the impact that Backdrop CMS is having or will have on the Drupal Community.
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Le guignol horizontal : Illustré de lithographies por José de Togorès / Henri Hertz
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Josep de Togores. L'obra, l'home, l'epoca (1893-1970). / Esteve Fabregas I Barri
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The Number One bestseller and the fourth Thursday Next adventure - 'Don't ask. Just read it'.
Adult/High School-This fourth book in the series continues the English detective's quest to protect her child, regain her husband, and save the world (not necessarily in that order). She decides that it's time to leave Jurisfiction and return to the real world of the Outland to resume her life. Taking her son and her pet dodoes, Thursday discovers that her actions in real life are possibly even weirder than they were in the realm of literature and certainly of more consequence. Fforde continues to pitch high, wide, and fast: only he could turn croquet into an extreme (and hilarious) sport with the fate of the world hanging on the outcome of the game. Particularly appropriate in this American presidential election year is the political debate show "Evade the Questions Time" where politicians score points for most successfully avoiding answering questions. Rotten is the concluding volume of this series and many of the subplots and characters from the first three titles reappear, floating through the space-time fiction-fantasy continuum. It succeeds in wrapping up in a most gratifying way. As Oscar Wilde's Miss Prism would say, "The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means." The Robertses' illustrations and mock advertisements echo the irreverent humor. Warning: Reaching the end of Rotten may cause readers to want to start again with The Eyre Affair (Viking, 2002) and ride the manic, maniacal merry-go-round of the Nextian world again.-Jane Halsall, McHenry Public Library District, IL Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
'Don't ask. Just read it. Fforde is a true original.' -- Sunday Express 'Ingenious - I'll watch Jasper Fforde nervously' -- Terry Pratchett on The Eyre Affair 'Jasper Fforde's imagination is a literary volcano in full spate ... SOMETHING ROTTEN is arguably Fforde's best book yet ... Fforde has a knack of creating memorable characters whom the reader greets like long-lost friends ... Buy it; chuckles guaranteed.' -- Independent 'Jasper Fforde has gone where no fictioneer has gone before. Millions of readers now follow ... Thank you, Jasper' -- Guardian 'The best yet, which is quite remarkable considering how good the others were.' -- Sunday Express 'The complexity of the plotting is le Carre-like in its ingenuity; the back-story detailing is Dickensian both in its vividness and in its depth; Umberto Eco would recognise an erudition that challenges his own (and far surpasses that of the hugely-overrated Dan Brown), and Orwell would have been proud of the persuasiveness of the depictions of the evil influence of multinational conglomerates, as exemplified by the Goliath Corporation, and of the inescapable misery and squalor of totalitarian communism as evinced by the Socialist Republic of Wales (national motto: "Not Always Raining"). One has to consider Jasper Fforde in the context of his predecessors in surreal comic fantasy - Lewis Carroll, Thorne Smith, the Goons, the Monty Python team, Douglas Adams, Robert Rankin, Terry Pratchett and the rest - and in many ways he not only matches their genius, but actually transcends it.' -- War Correspondent - the Journal of the Crimean War Research Society
What's Thursday doing next? Challenging a renegade fictioneer-and looking for a babysitter. A five-city author tour. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Welsh writer Fforde's fourth entry in the zany, hypercreative Thursday Next detective series revisits the "Literary Detective" as she retreats to her hometown of Swindon, England, retiring from the tedious job (as Head of Jurisfiction) she held in Fforde's previous novel, The Well of Lost Plots. Joined by her two-year-old son, Friday, pet dodos Pickwick and Alan, and Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, Thursday realizes that there's someone missing: her husband, Landen, previously "eradicated" by the Goliath Corporation, a ruthless bio-tech conglomerate corporation. She wants Landen back. Aided by her father, she is reinstated into her old employ, the Special Operations Network, and begins investigating the machinations of power-hungry Fictioneer Yorrick Kaine and the mysterious disappearance of England's president. The fate of the world rests on the outcome of a major croquet tournament, with Thursday pinch-hitting on a lethal playing field as Landen is finally returned to reality (only to fade out again). More than a little wacky, the novel is packed with screwball details as characters get "written" in and out of the story, hybridized creatures stalk malls and Shakespeare clones start popping up everywhere. With humorous illustrations and curious footnotes sprinkled throughout, Fforde's latest will have hardcore fans roaring-but those new to the series might want to tackle the convoluted mayhem from the very beginning. Agent, Eric Simonoff. 5-city author tour. (Aug.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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This is the fourth book in the Fforde's series about Thursday Next, a literary detective. The books are set in an alternative universe, where history is somewhat different, and the boundaries between fiction and reality merge. Fforde's world is surreal but once you delve in it takes on its own life, leaving you chuckling away. There's word play, clever manipulation and reorganisation of reality, and allusions to all sorts of classics and literary concerns. It's an intelligent read, but also requires some flexibility in the mind of the reader to accept all sorts of ridiculous ideas (which have a strange logic of their own). Once you do so, then you're hooked! The plot takes you through the fiction world and the "real world" as Thursday tries to maintain law and order. Many of the premises, characters and in-jokes have developed from earlier books, so any reader is best advised to start with the first in the series: The Eyre Affair.
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Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - Matt Flynn completed all but two of his passes in his first game as a Seahawk and Seattle downed the Titans, 27-17, in the preseason opener for both teams on Saturday at Qwest Field.
Flynn spent last season as a backup to Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay before signing a three-year, $19.5 million contract with Seattle in the offseason. The LSU product went 6-for-6 on his first series, and finished 11-of-13 for 71 yards and one interception.
Russell Wilson, who Seattle drafted in the third round back in April out of Wisconsin, played the second half and threw for 124 yards and a touchdown on 12-of-16 passing with one interception. He also rushed three times for 59 yards, including a 32-yard touchdown scamper to seal the game late in the fourth.
Tennessee quarterback Matt Hasselbeck started all 16 games for the Titans in 2011, the 36-year-old's first season in Nashville following an outstanding 10- year run in Seattle in which he made three Pro Bowls and guided the Seahawks to six playoff appearances.
Hasselbeck's first game in Seattle as an opponent got off to a rough start, as Brandon Browner picked off his first pass and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown to give Seattle a 7-0 advantage.
Hasselbeck finished 5-of-9 for 45 yards and two interceptions, while Jake Locker, Tennessee's first-round choice in last year's draft, went 7-for-13 for 80 yards.
Chris Johnson managed just eight yards on five carries, and rookie wide receiver Kendall Wright, the 20th overall pick back in April, caught three passes for 47 yards.
Seattle settled for a 41-yard field goal from Steve Hauschka on its first offensive possession to take a 10-0 lead before a 32-yard field goal from Rob Bironas made it a 10-3 contest as the teams entered the locker room.
Wilson started the second half and found free agent acquisition Braylon Edwards for a 39-yard touchdown to extend the lead to 17-3.
Tennessee responded with a seven-play, 84-yard drive, capped by a 21-yard touchdown run from Darius Reynaud to bring the Titans within 17-10.
After a three-and-out from Seattle, Reynaud took a punt 85 yards for his second touchdown of the game to knot the game at 17-17.
Hauschka knocked down a 40-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter to give the Seahawks a three-point advantage.
After the teams exchanged turnovers, Rusty Smith led the Titans into field goal range, but Will Batson missed wide on a game-tying 36-yard attempt before Wilson's touchdown run put the game away for good.
Southeastern Louisiana won't have to wait next season in its pursuit of a third straight Southland Conference football title.
Bill Elliott, a former Sprint Cup Series champion, and Wendell Scott, the first African-American to win a race in NASCAR's premier racing circuit, were among the sixth five-member class inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night.
It didn't take Nostradamus to predict what was going to happen Friday when Roger Goodell finally met the media for his annual state of the league address two days prior to Super Bowl XLIX.
The Boston Red Sox signed pitcher Alexi Ogando to a one-year contract on Friday.
Atlanta Hawks forward DeMarre Carroll was out of the lineup for Friday's game against Portland because of a left Achilles strain.
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Christian Ehrhoff will not be in action on Friday against the New Jersey Devils as he is undergoing tests for a possible concussion.


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A field of 10 fillies and mares will contest the $600,000 Delaware Handicap (gr. III) at 1 1/4 miles Sunday at Delaware Park. The Edward P. Evans entry of Summer Colony and Unrestrained has been installed the 8/5 favorite.Summer Colony is the main reason for the backing. The 4-year-old daughter of Summer Squall has already taken down the La Canada Stakes (gr. II) and the Pimlico Breeders' Cup Distaff Handicap (gr. III) this year, and was second in her most recent outing, the Molly Pitcher Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II), missing by one length to Atelier. Summer Colony has won seven of 15 lifetime starts and earned better than $500,000. Mark Hennig trains both halves of the Evans entry.Other contenders include Critical Eye, trying to recapture her stakes-winning form from a year ago; Two Item Limit; California shipper Starrer; Catch the Ring; and Pompeii.The field for the Delaware Handicap, in post position order with jockeys and weights:Quiet Lake (Harry Vega, 111)
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Title: Why will my blazing stars not bloom in Syracuse New York?
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I have two purple blazing star plants on the west side of my house, about 4 feet apart. They have bloomed the past two summers. This year, one is ready to bloom, but the other has no stalks that will bloom. It just has the leaves, but no stalks forming. What happened? Should I get a new plant? Will it bloom next year?ANSWER:
"Blazing star" is a part of the common name of 19 different plants in our Native Plant Datbase. Since you are writing from New York, Mr. Smarty Plants is guessing that you may have Liatris spicata (dense blazing star). Clicking on this link brings up its NPIN page where we can learn some things about this plant such as; its a perennial growing from 3 to 6 ft., it likes full sun, mosit soil, and slightly acidic soil (pH 6.8), and it attracts song birds and humming birds.
Since your blazing stars were flowering and now they are not, you need to try to determine what has changed; are they getting less sun light? Has the amount of watering changed? Has the pH of the soil changed? All of these can affect flowering.
What about fertilization? Flowering is also affected by the ratio of Nitrogen to Phosphorus in the soil. If the nitrogen is higher than phosphorus, flowering is inhibited in many plants. If you use regular lawn fertiliser in your flower bed, or if lawn fertilizer accidently gets into the flower bed while you are fertilizing the lawn, the Nitrogen/Phosphorus ratio can get out of balance. This article from Gardening-Advisor has some good advice about fertilizers and fertilizing.
For some help closer to home, you may want to contact the folks at the Onodaga County Office of Cornell Cooperative Extension.
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It hardly seems likely, but the end of the year, and thus the first of the new 2013 curriculum cycle for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is fast approaching. Are you ready? This year, there are some big curriculum changes in the youth program and if you teach or work with youths, I'd suggest clicking in to get a glimpse of what is in store. Plus view the Primary "Outline for Sharing Time: I am a Child of God" and find out which prophet the Relief Society and Melchizedek Priesthood will be studying.
In one fell blog swoop, Larry Richman links to many of the "LDS Curriculum for 2013" resources including the overview document "Instructions for Curriculum 2013" that highlights the upcoming changes. Note that the adults will be studying the Doctrine and Covenants this year in their Sunday School classes. Relief Society and Melchizedek Priesthood will be studying from "The Teachings of Lorenzo Snow" on the second and third Sundays (not online yet, but purchasable in the link below).
But the biggest news is the youth curriculum changes, the "Come, Follow Me" outline will be used in both Young Women/Young Men and the associated Sunday School courses. And, it will be mostly accessed online. The instructions document explains, "Printed copies will be provided as determined by area leaders." And check out this how to "Learn More about Come, Follow Me" introduction page, which includes a video that describes "Teaching the Gospel in the Savior's Way." I echo their invitation to come in and explore this new program. Oh, and the FAQ section can also be very helpful, especially for youth leaders curious about how to correctly implement the program.
Many of these curriculum resources will be available in app form. Richman explains, "Most of the materials can be viewed and downloaded online at lds.org/manuals or accessed in classrooms on mobile devices using the LDS Church's Gospel Library mobile application." Cool. Or, if you would like hard copies, click here.
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To receive information on future webinars, please use the e-subsciprtion service provided on this site: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/esubscribe.cfm#ped. Scroll down to "Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety" and select "subscribe" next to "Pedestrian Webinar."
Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations, (Will Take Place in December or January. Check back for details): The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has developed a new guide that gives law enforcement and community partners advice, guidance, and promising practices for setting up and conducting effective pedestrian safety enforcement operations. Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations: A How-To Guide offers detailed information about planning, conducting, and following up enforcement operations, as well as case studies highlighting successful programs from across the country. This session will include presentations and a discussion with the guide's authors and presentations from two-case study programs, introducing you to the guide and its findings and providing information about incorporating successful pedestrian safety strategies in your community.
Designing for Older Road Users (Thursday, November 20, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time: This session focused on how streets and highways can be designed to better meet the needs of older road users. Becky Crowe (FHWA) discussed programs and projects underway at FHWA to advance the safety of Older Road Users. Gene Amparano (FHWA) provided attendees with an in-depth look at the updated Handbook for Designing Roadways for the Aging Population. Jesse Mintz-Roth (New York City DOT) focused on New York City's Safe Streets for Seniors Program. To view the recording, visit http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/training/webinars_FHWA_112014.cfm
Roadside Landscaping and Safety, Thursday, May 15, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time This webinar focused on safety tradeoffs associated with street trees and roadside landscaping. Though street trees provide many benefits for pedestrians, the environment, and motorists, they also present concerns for safety. Dick Albin, from the Federal Highway Administration Resource Center, discussed these issues and identified strategies for incorporating street trees while improving safety for all modes. View the webinar recording here: http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/training/webinars_FHWA_051514.cfm.
Pedestrian Safety and the Highway Safety Improvement Program, Thursday, March 13 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time This webinar provided an overview of the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) and its applications for addressing pedestrian safety. The webinar also featured presentations from two states – Arizona and California – to focus on how HSIP is applied on the state and local levels. You can download the presentation slides and view the recording here: http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/training/webinars_FHWA_031314.cfm.
Pedestrian Facility Maintenance (Friday, December 6, 2013): This webinar provided a review of the new FHWA Guide for Maintaining Pedestrian Facilities for Enhanced Safety. The development of the guide relied on research of the common, accepted and exceptional maintenance practices in the United States. During the session, participants learned about common and successful approaches to sidewalk and shared use path maintenance in the U.S., including winter and summer maintenance, basics of a well-rounded maintenance program, and barriers to maintaining facilities. http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/training/webinars_FHWA_120213.cfm
Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System (PEDSAFE) Webinar (September 4, 2013): This webinar focused on each component of the newly revised PEDSAFE, giving special attention to the newest features and innovative countermeasures, such as rectangular rapid flashing beacons, roundabouts, pedestrian hybrid beacons, and road diets. You can download the presentation slides and view the recording here: http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/training/webinars_FHWA_090413.cfm
Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool (Tuesday, May 28, 2013): The webinar provided an overview of the Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool and the potential application to address pedestrian safety issues. You can download the presentation slides and view the recording here: http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/training/webinars_FHWA_052813.cfm.
Technical Assessment of State Pedestrian Safety Programs (Thursday, March 14, 2013 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time): During the assessment, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) organizes a team of pedestrian and highway safety experts that evaluate State pedestrian safety program activities based on NHTSA's Uniform Guidelines for State Highway Safety (No. 14, Pedestrian Safety). The team develops a consensus report that includes the current status of the State's pedestrian safety program and provides recommendations for improvement. You can download the presentation slides and view the recording here http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/training/webinars_FHWA_031413.cfm
Come hear about the most recent State Pedestrian Safety Program Technical Assessment conducted in Florida. Panelists will discuss the process involved in planning and implementing an Assessment, the Assessment Report and direct benefits to the Assessment process. Leah Walton (NHTSA) and Trenda McPherson (Florida Department of Transportation) will lead the presentation. To register, visit https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/508766698.
Road Diets (November 20, 2012): This webinar presented information about the safety benefits of road diets, particularly to pedestrians, and highlighted examples of road diet implementation in the United States. To view the recording, please visit http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/training/webinars_FHWA_112012.cfm.
Pedestrian Safety Initiatives in New York City: This webinar provided detailed information about New York City's strategy for improving pedestrian safety in the City, highlighting two examples of ongoing programs. You can view the recording here: http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/training/webinars_FHWA_081612.cfm
Raised Median Island and Pedestrian Safety (May 30, 2012, from 1:00-2:30 EDT): This webinar discussed design considerations for raised median islands and barriers to implementing these countermeasures, and presented case studies of agencies that have been using these treatments to improve pedestrian safety. Click on this link to access the recording: http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/training/webinars_FHWA_053012.cfm
Pedestrian Safety and Accessibility Considerations at Modern Roundabouts (March 7, 2012): This webinar explored considerations for pedestrian safety and pedestrian accessibility at modern roundabout intersections. Modern roundabouts are one of FHWA's proven safety countermeasures due to their clear and documented reductions in vehicle injury and fatal crashes compared to signalized intersections. However, the safety performance of roundabouts to pedestrians is less clear, and a lot of research in recent years has pointed to significant concerns about the accessibility of roundabouts to pedestrians who are blind. Click on this link to access the recording: http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/training/webinars_FHWA_030712.cfm
Safety and Operations of Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon (HAWK) and Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) (November 30, 2012): This webinar reviewed the origin of the HAWK and RRFB, along with current installation and operational experiences. It also presented findings regarding motorist yielding and safety. Speakers were Richard Nassi, Pima Association of Governments; Kay Fitzpatrick, Texas Transportation Institute; and Ron Van Houten, Western Michigan University. To view the recording click on this link: http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/training/webinars_FHWA_113011.cfm
May 3, 2011: The FHWA Safety Office released a memo two years ago strongly encouraging the states to adopt nine countermeasures that are proven to increase safety and implement them wherever it makes sense. There are two that are aimed specifically at improving pedestrian safety: medians/pedestrian refuge areas and walkways. The FHWA sponsored a webinar on the implementation of medians and pedestrian refuge areas and walkways. In addition to an overview presentation on the Federal policies and application of the countermeasures, Sheila Lyons (Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator from Oregon DOT) and Gary Sokolow (Florida DOT Systems Planning), shared practices related to the development and implementation of their DOT's median policies. The NYDOT policy on pedestrian walkways was also be presented. To view the recording, click on this link: http://fhwa.adobeconnect.com/p9tfxbngqv6/
Planning for Pedestrian Safety was presented as 7 FREE webinars. The recordings of the series can be viewed here: http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/training/webinars_PSAP.cfm. The webinar series is intended to help communities address pedestrian safety issues and initiate the steps to drafting a tailored pedestrian safety action plan. The following topics were addressed:
Session 1 - Course Introduction and General Planning Principles: presented by Peter Eun (FHWA ), Ryan Snyder (Ryan Snyder Associates) and Paul Zykofsky (Land Use and Transportation Programs, Local Government Commission). April 26, 2011 - 1:00-3:00 p.m. EDT
Session 2 - Stakeholders: presented by Peter Lagerway (Toole Design Group), May 4, 2011 - 2:00-4:00 p.m. EDT
Session 3 - Data Collection and Analysis: presented by Charlie Zegeer (Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)), May 18, 2011 - 2:00-4:00 p.m. EDT
Session 4 - Pedestrian Safety Education: presented by Nancy Pullen-Seufert, (National Center for Safe Routes to School). June 1, 2011 - 2:00 p.m. EDT.
Session 5 - Safety Enforcement: Craig Allred (FHWA) and Peter Flucke (We Bike). June 16, 2011 - 2:00 p.m. EDT.
Session 6 - Engineering: Hillary Isebrands (FHWA) and Michael Moule (Livable Streets). July 7, 2011 – 2:00 p.m. EDT.
Session 7 - Funding Issues: Keith Sinclair (FHWA) and Peter Lagerwey (Toole Design Group). July 27, 2011 – 3:00-4:30 p.m. EDT
The FHWA Safety Office and the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) will offer an 8-part Webinar series intended to help communities address pedestrian safety issues through design and engineering solutions. Modeled after the FHWA's/PBIC's in-person training course "Designing for Pedestrian Safety," the free Webinars will cover topics ranging from sidewalk design to road diets.
Part 1: Introduction to Pedestrian Safety Design and Planning Principles
Presented by Craig Allred, FHWA Resource Center Technical Specialist and Michael Ronkin, Owner, Designing Streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists, LLC.
Tuesday, July 20 at 2:30 p.m. EST
Part 2: Sidewalk Design
Presented by Peter Eun, FHWA RC Safety Engineer
Tuesday, August 3 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Part 3: Treatments at Unsignalized Pedestrian Crossings
Presented by Charlie Zegeer, PBIC Director
Tuesday, August 17 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Part 4: Intersection Geometry
Presented by John LaPlante, Director of Traffic Engineering, T.Y. Lin International, Inc and Keith Sinclair, Acting Assistant Division Administrator, FHWA Connecticut Division
Thursday, September 9 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Part 5: Signalized Intersections
Presented by Michael Moule, President, Livable Streets, Inc.
and Fred Ranck, FHWA Resource Center Safety Design Engineer
Monday, September 27 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Part 6: Interchanges and Roundabouts
Presented by Fred Ranck, FHWA Resource Center Safety Design Engineer
and Hillary Isebrands, FHWA Resource Center Safety Specialist
Tuesday, October 5 at 2:00 p.m. EST
Part 7: Road Diets
Presented by Peter Lagerwey, Senior Planner, Toole Design Group
Part 8: Pedestrians and Transit
Presented by Dan Nabors, Senior Transportation Engineer, VHB


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"It would be about people who like to eat good food and sit down and play good board games while they are eating. Such as 'Bacon and Banana Grams,' and 'Cheese Burgers and Checkers,' and 'Pizza and Pictionary.' If you are inspired to get this show started, I can be contacted at the office here."
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I love finally having a pair of linen shorts!
I made them in a size 44, but lengthened the rise by 1 inch. Afterthought: I should have prewashed my linen (but didn't because I was anxious to possess the finished object) and over the course of the very hot and sticky day that I wore them (pictured at the Siren Festival) they grew and ended up being a very loose hip-hugging pair indeed. I think next time I will take the time to prewash and might as well cut size 42 with generous side seam allowances.
Mods: I opted out of the back pocket flaps and instead did 2 matching back patch pockets. I also left off the extraneous belt.
The front welt pocket and the white shell buttons are my favorite parts. The buttons were kinda expensive though! I used 12 and the cost about $11 total. I think they really make the shorts and are totally worth it. The black stripe linen I found at my favorite LFS in the NYC garment district and it was about $6/yard so I think I used 2 yards…. that is a $22 pair of linen shorts that fit me specifically! I'm thrilled and can't wait to make more bifurcated garments.
Linen – Chic Fabrics on 39th St; 12 buttons from M&J
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So cute, great length, awesome fabric!
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awesome pair! linen is definitely my choice of fabric for the summer :)
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Seaweed is nature's duct tape—it works as well at holding together rolls of sushi as it does at quickly fixing a mermaid's broken bikini top. Keep it together with this Groupon.
The Deal
- $30 for $50 worth of sushi and Asian and Hawaiian cuisine for two
- See the menu
'Ohana presents diners with an invitation to escape first by immersing them in tropical sights and sounds, and then by tempting them with a menu of Japanese-style sushi and Hawaiian entrees. In addition to rolling maki with scallops, peanut sauce, sea salt, and other ingredients, the chefs roast servings of Hawaiian-style pork and simmer big pots of curried stew. Beneath a thatched tiki bar, the bartenders pour sake and mix tropically themed cocktails with pass-o-guava juice and coconut rum.
These flavors spread out to add a distinctive tropical vibe to the entire dining room. A panorama of an island sunset dominates one of the walls and bamboo stalks surround each of the booths, which feature upholstery with leafy, flowery patterns. T-shirts and trinkets adorn almost every free surface, filling the space with everything from lava lamps to life preservers. DJs perform on most weekend evenings, and from time to time, the restaurant hosts live island music that occasionally makes the tribal masks hanging from the rafters break into songs that nobody can understand.
88% of 706 customers recommend
"For real islanders- the food was Ok...its not like back home but it was a great experience."
"Be sure to read the fine print, don't go wild ordering off the super affordable happy hour menu...otherwise they won't take the voucher "
"Keep the wild kids from running through the restaurant."