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"'Those illusions that give such color to the world"
It's possible that the greatest common factor among audible listeners (besides that we all love books) is this statement: "I think we had to read that in high school...and I didn't like it." Seems like there are the *under-threat* readers of The Great Gatsby, and the ones that named the first pet they owned as an adult Daisy or Gatsby. With my basset hound Zeb looking on, I did finally read this as an adult, then made room on that shelf next to Huck Finn, Hester Prynne, Tom Joad, Ahab, Atticus (and Poe's Raven).
You couldn't have a Gatsby today because so much of our response to literature is based on our bias, beliefs, knowledge, and experience. Or at least not without an understanding of the incredible and tumultuous time in history, the Jazz Age, that Gatsby occupied. [Today--Jimmy Gatz would buy his status/identity--get a stylist and a promoter; instagram photos with celebs at his lavish parties, pay for celebrity buddies, show off his crib and million $ cars on TV, engineer the release of a sex tape, get a reality show, and finally win his love's heart with a 10 carat engagement ring. Daisy, famous for nothing, would be tripping over her 6 1/2" red-soled heels to get to him; she would then have a very public dirty divorce from Tom that would play out in all of the celebrity gossip rags-including plenty of selfies and pictures of his numerous mistresses, then maybe onto a stint on DWTS. When Gatsby finally realizes that Daisy is as shallow as the pool he is floating in, and--*of course you CAN'T repeat the past*--he would drown his crumbling dreams in booze, alcohol, and reckless behaviors, thumb his nose at the legal system, lose his money and fans, go through rehab several times...]
At today's pace, Gatsby would just be The Really Really Good Gatsby; the story would seem minimally inventive and somewhat trivial. But Gatsby in Fitzgerald's masterly hands is timeless.
If, from your previous HS experience, you doubt that this is one of the greatest American novels, you may be surprised by the broader insightfulness you've earned since those days. Fitzgerald lived both sides of the generation he judged. Like the very best authors, his stories pour out from his mind with an honesty and authenticity that shine with a superior genius, tempered with absolute artistic control of their craft. This is one of the few books that has defined my reading experience.
The narration is such a big factor with this version. I doubt there is anyone that could have given a more inspired reading than Gyllenhaal; he was amazing not only when he was in character, but he impressed me so much with his reading of the body of the story, as if he felt a reverence for Fitzgerald's words.
"That's the whole burden of this novel--the loss of those illusions that give such color to the world so that you don't care whether things are true or false as long as they partake of the magical glory." - - F.S. Fitzgerald on The Great Gatsby
"On Track"
From the onslaught of pre-release reviews for this book I was very prepared for the *unreliable narrator,* that tricky little beastie that requires the reader to stay on their toes, but, when our girl Rachel settles onto the train and pops her canned gin and tonic for breakfast, I knew we were in for one helluva ride. In what has been called an *amnesia thriller,* been compared to Hitchcock's Rear Window, and tacked with the ubiquitous "the next Gone Girl" tagline (when will that stop?) author Hawkins gives us one of those always entertaining train-ride thrillers told from the pov of 3 female narrators -- one of whoms story is ala Mary Alice Young in Desperate Housewives, from the grave. Their connection...a man, a neighborhood, and a fateful event.
Not much should be said about the story because it relies heavily on slowly revealing a little more with each clickety-clak of the rails. I'd suggest just settling in and riding along as sad, overweight, unemployed, newly divorced, and barren Rachel rides the train and peers into a certain yard/window of a house that borders the tracks along her journey. Looking out the window of the train at that house, she projects everything she wished for onto a certain willowy blonde she names *Jess,* and her husband. Rachel used to live in the same neighborhood -- now her ex lives in the home with his new wife and baby girl.
Hawkins dishes out the information with a controlling hand, and might rely a little too much on this tactic to keep a sense of tension when more information, fleshing out the characters a little more, could have given the story more psychological depth -- she certainly has created characters with the underpinnings of a great psychological thriller and shows talent as a writer. Maybe I've seen too much Hitchcock, read too many Flynn novels; I didn't find the story really thrilling or mysterious, but that's OK -- it was fun and entertaining, and I flew through it enjoying every minute. I have to say it is a much lighter read than that GG novel (except for the issue of alcoholism, which is especially dark here).
The narrators did a good job keeping the novel moving and interpreting the characters and make this all the more enticing.
"Where Lewis and Clark Left Off"
Each chapter of this superbly crafted book contains multiple *moments in history,* events that intersected with the political strategy and shaped this country's development. It is also a character study of ambition, courage, greed, inexperience and bad decisions, all set on the grand stage of the beautiful and treacherous, still uncharted, American Northwest. On the heels of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (just 2 years prior) one of the country's wealthiest businessmen, John Jacob Astor, schemed to corner the hungry global fur market by establishing a trading post on the west coast of the continent, thereby harvesting the untapped resources of the Pacific Northwest. *[from his NY base, Astor was already trading heavily with a demanding China and Europe. It was an extremely lucrative business for Astor. His company was trading *trinkets and beads* to several Indian tribes for pallets of furs worth thousands of dollars -- at a "2,500% profit."]
Encouraged by Jefferson, who dreamed of claiming the country after Lewis & Clark's report, and expanding America from coast to coast, Astor financed 2 expeditions: by sea, the 94 ft. 290 ton, copper-hulled Merchant ship, the Tonquin, captained by a seasoned but arrogant, US Navy lieutenant, Jonathan Thorn; and a land expedition led by fur-trader businessman, Wilson Hunt Price. Though inexperienced, and it can now be added ignorant, Hunt planned to use information gathered from the Lewis & Clark Expedition to lead his group west to the mouth of the Columbia River. 340 days later, the two groups would meet at their destination...but, both journeys had been ill-fated. 61 men had perished (also an infant child born on the trek) or had suffered physical and psychological traumas, the Tonquin lay at the bottom of the Clayoquot Sound, and eventually, the weary survivors sold out to the Canadian North West Fur Company for pennies on Astor's dollars.
Stark has done an outstanding job researching journals, letters, articles, interviewing descendants of the explorers, and studying the different cultures of the Native American tribes that inhabited the landscape of the American Northwest -- a culture that paid the ultimate price of Manifest Destiny. Stark, wonderfully describing the topography along the journey, leads his own expedition in a sense: the passages detailing Hell's Canyon and the "Mad River" (The Snake River) are both beautiful and intense; the vistas of buffalo covered prairie's out of the Dakota's are majestic, and so on. The voyage of the Tonquin is just as eloquently written. Struggling to navigate through the system of bars and shoals at the mouth of the Columbia River, battling the waves, wind, and currents, Stark gives readers a white-knuckle passage through what is known as the *Graveyard of the Pacific.* Often I was left behind, picturing the scenes, in awe of the fury or the serene beauty -- the land seems so raw from what I have experienced... I've safely rafted down the Snake River, looked out across the Badlands, ridden a tugboat through the bucking swells of the Columbia Bar. To look back through history from our hard-won state of comfort is incredible.
The characters are nothing less than fascinating from the robust and colorful French Voyageurs to the quiet, brave interpreter, Maria Dorian [gave birth during the trek]. It would be overwhelming to highlight every stunning aspect of this book, or encapsulate such a huge and important adventure into paragraphs. The epilogue is the eye of history looking back over the expedition and wrapping it all up nicely for a great conclusion. This is a read I recommend highly to anyone, and an absolute *don't miss* for history fans. I would also recommend reading Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose, if you haven't read about Lewis and Clark.
"It Was A Good Death...almost"
Reading the account of the bear attack, I couldn't help but think of the almost silly slow motion battle between Tristan (Brad Pitt) and the monstrous grizzly bear (Bart the bear) at the end of Legends of the Fall. Apparently the trained stunt bear, Bart, thought the two were just rough housing and the clip had to be tweaked to make it appear the grizzly was the killer that would give Tristan his "good death."
Working for Capt. Andrew Henry as a member of the Rocky Mountain Fur Co., Hugh Glass is sent out scouting the uncharted hostile territory along the tributaries of the Missouri River. The trapper is startled when a pair of frolicking bear cubs tumbles onto his path, their notoriously protective mother just a few yards behind. Faced with a charging mother grizzly, Glass knows that no matter how many bullets he can fire into the animal with his 1822 model rifle, he is facing certain death -- he draws his knife and braces for the blow of a massive paw.
Glass is mortally wounded; Capt. Henry and the trapping party begin to dig his grave. After days of caring for the dying man, Capt. Henry decides he is losing money and time and leaves two men behind to bury the body; a cold-blooded cutthroat John Fitzgerald, and the young Jim Bridger. Seeing hostile Indians nearby, Fitzgerald forces Bridger to leave with him, taking the dying man's weapons as they leave.
Against all odds, Glass does survive, and swears to kill the two men that left him defenseless, to die. Unable to walk, Glass begins his mission of revenge on hands and knees in what is a mind boggling account of survival and perseverance. Author Punke writes a riveting tale in the style of great westerns, based on the true story of Hugh Glass. The supporting characters are diverse and colorful pieces of the American Frontier. I couldn't put the book down (audible talk for couldn't disengage from my ipod) until I finished the story.
As a narrator, Graham did a good job bringing the characters to life. His depiction of young Bridger tended to be jerky and halted, and therefore a little distracting at times, but not enough to spoil the novel for me. For fans of the American Western, you can't go wrong with this piece of absorbing historical fiction.
*[I noticed a publish date of 2002 and found that this has been reprinted. It is probably no coincidence that the movie version is scheduled for release Dec. of 2015, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.]
"Treachery in the Troops"
The saddest story my aching arse....
Ford may have given readers the ultimate *unreliable narrator* in 1915 when he published The Good Soldier. For all of my reading, I don't recall ever coming across a narrator half as guileful, or as entitled, as John Dowell -- or is he so inconceivably dim-witted and naïve the story IS actually sad? There in lies the brilliant pinpoint on which this story is balanced, and masterfully so by author Ford Madox Ford. Though, there was the peer group of his day that would have taken to task anyone that thought the writer *masterful*, or anything other than *unreliable* himself. His own *wife* -- or should we say biga-mistress (seems Ford didn't have any problem *marrying* or carrying on affairs in spite of his legal marriage to another never being dissolved) wrote that Ford had "a genius for creating confusion," and he himself stated that,"he had a great contempt for fact." So, it is with that insight to this author that one should approach this story; this is the magic that turns just an OK story into absolute brilliant writing -- and a top notch mystery in disguise that requires an efficient reader.
A wealthy American couple, Dowell and Florence, and a wealthy English couple, Edward and Leonora meet at a spa during an extended stay in Europe and become friends. Interestingly, Dowell narrates the story directly to the reader/listener, as if it is a tale he was told, "the saddest story I've ever heard in my life." Immediately you assume he was told this story and is just now recounting it to the reader, but as he goes on we learn it is his wife Florence and the Englishman, Edward, that have an affair that leads to her heartbreaking death on her and Dowell's honeymoon.
Dowell's story continues to twist like a hanky wrenching out the tears. But, is it her reported weak heart that killed the young bride...(weak enough that she warns her new husband she is unable to have sex because of her condition) or is it suicide (her medicine bottle smells strongly similar to a particular acid)? So it goes... where nothing is as it first seems, nothing can be taken at face value. The outward grace, the breeding, the money, the passion, blend into a swirl of colors that lose definition and become a muddied mess. Even our narrator repeats often, "I don't know, I don't know!," sharing doubts as to his competence to recall what happened.
The profiles of these characters are intriguing; illuminated by Dowell's shaky perspective they become outrageous, even contrarily uncivilized, extravagant, and completely without principles. I could only conceive of this caliber of persons by reminding myself, "how reliable is this narrator/participant, what hidden agendas, sociopathic befuddlements contort the players and twist this supposedly sad tale?"
If you were a keen-eyed detective taking Dowell's testimony, you would listen carefully to this one...ignore your colleague's protests of his innocence...put a tail on him...watch for those insurance policies, secret bank accounts, more missing bodies of people he crossed paths with...sit back and wait for this Keyser Söze fellow to make a wrong move. Or; did poor Mr. Dowell just tell you, truly, the saddest story you've ever heard...? This is a classic that needs to be read competently to be truly appreciated. If so, you'll see The Good Soldier draws out the kind of reader participation, where the text is "open to the greatest variety of independent interpretation" -- what Barthes said was the *ideal text.* Gosh, what a masterpiece; if I wasn't so disgusted by the whole lot of them, I'd turn around and read this again, right now.
"Charming, Bittersweet, Pure Pleasure"
"It was a summer in which death, in visitation, assumed many forms. Accident. Nature. Suicide. Murder. I still spend a lot of time thinking about the events of that summer. About the terrible price of wisdom. The awful grace of God."
Frank Drum begins his story, looking back over forty years to this fateful summer in 1961 when he was 13 yrs. old. The story is immediately familiar and the nostalgia consuming. Krueger writes poetically, creating an idyllic summer so vividly the years tick backwards. For many it will recall that well-known coming of age through tragedy, Stephen King's The Body (movie: Stand By Me). There are similarities, but Krueger's story is a murder mystery tucked into a gentle and sweet tale, focused on family, small town secrets, and spiritual struggles, more than the physical threats of big brothers, dead bodies, and junk-yard dogs.
In addition to being a New York Times Bestseller, Ordinary Grace recently won the 2014 Edgar Award For Best Novel, the 2014 Dilys Award, and has been selected as a *School Library Journal Best Book Of 2013. I'm not familiar with the author's Cork O'Connor series and can't speak to any comparison, but I found this book completely charming and captivating. Krueger's ability to create a soothing kindness through his choice of words, even in the midst of violence, death, and some (mild) sexual encounters, is remarkable. The novel deals with a multitude of *delicate* issues with frankness and compassion instead of sensationalism. Moments like the Reverend's sermon after a death (I won't spoil it by divulging the victim) are healing balms, so beautifully written they are all the *church* you could hope for.
There are some stereotypes and clichés, some sentimentality, but it all seems fresh and original, they are so well used, and so much a part of the period. You may see the ending coming, may figure out the murderer, may even question little brother Jake's keen insight, but any concerns are lost in the overall beauty and grace of this novel. It may not be the block buster everyone is talking about, but for me it was a pure pleasure reading this novel; one of my favorites of 2014.
**The School Library Journal is a monthly magazine with articles and reviews for school librarians, media specialists, and public librarians who work with young people. They have this book listed as an "Adult Books 4 Teens." I would say use your own discretion.
"Iles Returns to Writing, Returns to Natchez-Almost"
After a near death collision in 2011, Iles has struggled back to give readers what he says is the *first of a trilogy,* the very ambitious Natchez Burning. From what little I've read about his accident it seems a miracle the author made this return. It's good to know that Iles is recuperating well and will continue to write. Whether or not I'll continue to read...I'm still uncertain. The word *trilogy* attached to this 800 page behemoth has me feeling like someone just offered me a piece of pie after I just finished a pie eating contest.
I've liked this author's previous books and especially found his portrayal of Mississippi seductive. Though his novels are consistently heavy on the violence, the morality of Penn Cage and his dedication to family, truth, and justice, as well as his love for the South, have always kept me wanting to return. Natchez Burning was the first of his books that I've had to force myself to continue. Substantial in both page count and story, Iles has over achieved in ways, and may have sacrificed some of the important points he is trying to make regarding the racial history of the American South. In comparison with the previous Iles novels I've read, this one was poorly edited (very poorly edited), congested with an overabundance of psychopathic sadists, and stuffed with pointless digressions and repetition, repetition, repetition. For me, much of the book seemed implausible, and the focus drifted from the civil unrest of the South that I was interested in following, to the gratuitous violence of Iles' characterizations of vitriolic *good 'ol boys* in white hoods.
Dick Hill has always been as much of the Iles novels as Will Patton is James Lee Burke, Ray Porter and Jonathan Mayberry...but I came to accept Ledoux, more than I accepted this work of Iles. There is a good and entertaining story here, but in so many ways, this was not the Iles I'm used to. Sadly, not up to my expectations.
"One Listener's *Meh* is Another's Listener's *Wow*"
I find myself in the latter group, because this is how I like my King...it's familiar, smart and layered, the product of a storytelling virtuoso. It reads tight, flows enjoyably without a bump, and whether you are actively searching for the infamous King-style Easter Eggs or just perched on the edge of your seat waiting for the inevitable terror ala King to hit, it is captivating. I for one, liked the slow steady crank -- I know King is like a sinister jack-in-the-box with a cozy style that lulls you into near-complacency...then POW! it sinks its teeth into you. But, I understand well why some listeners/readers found the story "slow" or did not like the ending.
Though this is one of King's shorter novels, it takes its time building those goose bumps. The eerie opening scene is a foreshadowing of the relationship between Preacher Charlie Jacobs and Jamie Morton. Jamie's once idyllic life stumbles into disillusion, sex, drugs, and rock & roll. The Preacher suffers a devastating loss, gives a damning sermon which ends his career in the Methodist ministry, then undergoes a malevolent transformation. Their paths serpentine through the years, with each meeting the pair seem to have added layers of corruption and ugliness -- the kind of disfiguration of the soul the supernatural portrait of young Dorian Gray collected hidden in his secret room. In a sense Jamie sold his soul to the devilish preacher at one point in his life, and there is a contractual bond between the two. King doesn't elaborate on the many incarnations of ex-preacher Jacobs (from minister to carnie to tent revivalist), the bulk of the book is devoted to Jamie and his life of guitars and rock and roll until the electrically charged ending (literally: homage to Frankenstein, and a healthy aside to King's passion for rock and roll). Though you may think this makes for a "slow" read, or a loosening of the plot, I felt the story remained tight and threatening, with a lurking sense of tension always building. I participated by keeping mental track of Jacobs, creating his evolution myself from the crumbs King throws in periodically.
Central to the overall nightmarish feel of this book is the *Dedication* by King, which if you have the book you will know reads as follows:
"This book is for some of the people who built my house: Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Donald Wandrei, Fritz Leiber, August Derleth, Shirley Jackson, Robert Bloch, Peter Straub, And ATHUR MACHEN, whose short novel The great God Pan has haunted me all my life."
A rich flavor pallet for fans of horror and a recipe for certain nightmares. The book will strike a strong Yagsafarian, or Cthulhu Mythos flavor, with a vigorous nod to Lovecraft by the time you finish, but it is the work of the all capped MACHEN that King echoes most in this novel, specifically The Great God Pan. [*you can download this short story free of charge at Gutenberg Project site.] What is it with King and bugs...ants? The answer may lie with his youthful years spent reading the likes of these horror heavyweights, definitely Lovecraft and Machen--'nuf said lest I spoil the last page.
To me this was a *thinker,* a foundation-shaker that had me examining these characters, science, religion, loss and extreme sorrow, and at what point our personal constructs shake and finally crumble. I won't say it is old-form-King. I think he has given readers different facets of his creative mind over the years that highlight his own growing pains and artistic expression (whether readers liked it or not), but I will say it felt like kicking off a pair of 5" heels and throwing on your favorite comfy slippers. It is less about the horror of antique collecting vampires on your block, sinister clowns hiding in the drainage systems, and more about the kind of terror we might feel faced with the death of our scientific *facts,* the disintegration of our *faith.* It's like going down the stairs in the dark, thinking you feel that secure bottom stair under your foot, but stepping into an abyss. Not my very fave King, but one of them; a good entry, and the best in a while.
And, a Post Script of sorts to fellow readers that ponder, dwell, dissect, perseverate...What direction does this story go for you if the Shelley-infused Jacob's first *patient* was actually his wife and little boy (hello Pet Semetary)???
"Difference of Opinion"
Because I am a klutz with crutches, I've had to "stay off that foot", so I've read enough print novels to blister my thumbs and listened to less audiobooks lately. Once I could navigate the 3 floors to my computer, I decided to review only a few of those novels, and that The Paying Guests would be first--with apologies to several GR friends that recommended the book to me. With multiple 5* ratings, an author that "has earned a reputation as one of our greatest writers of historical fiction," as well as earned a 3-time Man Booker Shortlist seat, this one has a *triple-dog-dare-you* not to find the novel magical. Well; I didn't, and I take umbrage at novels that sell themselves as one thing, when they textualize something quite different.
This is not historical fiction, not, not, not. There is more feel for post WWI London in the summary than in the novel; there is no sense of the politics of 1920's London, the social atmosphere, the changing economics as Britain began its decline as a world power and women rose to a position of more social power. What Waters did was a trending tactic...take a timely social issue from today and place it in the context of another era in history. I did not say immerse it, because this *issue* sits atop 1920 London like a drop of oil on water. She did not blend in any facts or knowledge that expand on that London. The paying Guests is simply (and more accurately) a lesbian love affair. The lovers are dressed in costume and dropped in London -- there's your hx. Change the costumes...change the historical time...voila! another *historical* novel. The history, what little there is, is foggier than a November morning in London.
This is the third such novel I've read recently, where there is no accurate description, or mention in the summary of the actual content other than: *forbidden love* that will *disrupt* society and families, or in this case: "the routines of the house will be shaken up in unexpected ways. Little do the Wrays know just how profoundly their new tenants will alter the course of Frances' life - or, as passions mount and frustration gathers, how far-reaching, and how devastating, the disturbances will be." *-sigh-* Haven't we advanced enough socially to just call it what it is?! Just say it...lesbian love affair--or just love affair if you prefer. This is a lesbian love affair set in London sometime after WWI. The history, in the context of this book, seems irrelevant, or at least contrived.
Now, it is a different book to rate and would probably get a better review from me because I had a knowledgeable choice of what I was getting. But putting a fictional love affair in period piece costumes and calling it historical is a ruse and I slash points for that kind of tactic. Good grief, call it what it is and stop blindsiding readers with these tales of !shocking! forbidden love that aren't so shocking or forbidden. I understand such a love affair would be eyebrow raising in any period of history (including 2014 to some people), and if I want to read that, I expect to read that in the summary and make that choice.
So, buy the book if you want to read about a lesbian love affair set in London circa 1920. It is narrated superbly and is an interesting story of two women falling in love during some period is time when it was difficult... It is also an example of attempted sensationalism... (but not history). For a great historical novel I highly recommend Lovers at the Chameleon Club. Perhaps it was reading that superior novel of historical fiction that in comparison, made The Paying Guests seem so vacant.
"No Magic...just great delivery"
Other than a few great card tricks (and some drink recipes that sound intoxicatingly good) NPH doesn't have much up his sleeve these days since coming out of the closet in '06. Anyone with a TV is familiar with the former child actor Dr. Doogie and has seen his successful transitions to adult actor, Broadway star, multi-talented host and entertainer, and committed partner and parent (absolutely darling twins, you should look up their yearly Halloween photos!). It's clear that in a relatively un-tumultuous life (by Hollywood showbiz standards) the guy has had a pretty smooth trip chasing his destiny toward the big bright lights. He's kept his cute little boyish nose clean, side stepped a few bad reviews to keep plugging away, and stayed pretty steady.
So, keeping it all humble... what could possibly carry the autobiography of an actor that has only lived 40 something years...without a drug addiction, reality show, or other scandal or dark deed featured on a magazine cover in the checkout line at the grocery store? Wait for it...showmanship, gratitude, and pizzazz in spades. Harris is even entertaining in print; funny enough to laugh hard at himself, down to earth enough to talk about the humility of being able to be a parent, and real enough to express the love he has realized by having his own family.
Sure it's largely gimmicky owing to the format--but this is personal revelation and show biz at it's most fun. The magic tricks alone sound worth the practice to awe your family and friends; the drinks good enough to make a few trips to the liquor store; and the instructions and recipes are PDF included!! (And I howled out loud with laughter when David disappeared off the edge of the mountain while they were...read and find out--this is very funny stuff, I'm laughing again right now!) Like a Broadway show itself; fun entertaining book--and don't miss the PDF download. Sometimes it's nice to hear from a person that could have anything, that family and friends matter most.
"A Bad Conscience"
As far as just the facts ma'am...Navarro does a good job giving a detailed, no frills outline of psychopathy. It reminded me a little of watching one of those films in high school where everything is boiled down to rudimentary facts..."if a, b, c, d are present then you may be dealing with a psychopath. You're life is in danger. Get help immediately..." He knows his material and presents it in an easy to understand format for any level of reader, though a bit bland and blunt, very textbook.
Navarro gives a criteria checklist at the end of each chapter, containing over 100 items; when you're done tallying your own score, or your neighbor's and friends, you are convinced you are all psychopaths -- a problem inherent in these armchair psychology books. But before you schedule analysis, or turn your neighbors into the FBI, consider what Professor Robert D. Hare has to say. Hare is the criminal psychologist responsible for the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised which has been adopted worldwide. Hare's assessment tool, in contrast, uses a list of 20 criteria:
"On average, someone with no criminal convictions scores 5. It's dimensional" says Hare. "There are people who are part-way up the scale, high enough to warrant an assessment for psychopathy, but not high enough up to cause problems..."psycho-pathy", the diagnosis, bleeds into normalcy."
If you are seriously interested in this subject, I highly recommend Hare's book Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths. I sat in on several of his presentations while I was working in the field, and he was always fascinating. Navarro refers to Hare and the PCL-R often in this book.
Navarro is precise and accurate, narrates the book clearly, and his professional record clearly gives him authority in this field. He also responsibly advises readers with concerns to get professional advice. While he drops a few names that we all relate to heinous crimes, (Ted Bundy, Henry Lee Lucas, Jerry Sandusky, John Wayne Gacy) I felt he missed the chance to tie in the predators with their profiles which would have more narrowly defined the many traits on his lists. His professional/cautionary approach make this book read more like an informative report than the really chilling and interesting read it could have been.


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We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners.
- Bishop Desmond Tutu
Is there life after death? Many people would respond with a resounding
yes! It's not just faith that tells them that crossing over is not the end;
it's signs from loved ones who have died, messages that bring
solace and healing. Some describe having a near-death experience
in which they catch a glimpse of heaven.
Their inspiring stories strengthen the belief that a connection
exists between the here and the hereafter, that love never
dies but lasts for eternity.
Close to death, she speaks easily about going home to God, anxious to accept his promise of eternal life.
He was beginning to decline, but he had a peace about him that showed he had come to know God...
He awoke after being declared dead and realized that "there really is a God, and he loves you."
Pop Pop may have been gone, but his presence was still felt—in the form of his favorite soft drink.
They were constant companions. And when it was time to say goodbye, she looked down into the eyes of love...
A daughter encounters a picture of her late father in a very unlikely setting--and gets some prognostication help too!
A Florida widow is given an aquatic assurance from above that her departed husband is still with her.
My friend looked close to death. She asked, "Am I supposed to go now?"
Her departed parent's favorite song reminds a woman that she is never alone.
How does a glimpse of heaven transform those who are close to death?
Even in the dark of night, God gives us glimpses of heaven and reminds us that we are never alone.
Standing there she felt safe, unafraid, peaceful and ready to leave.
God had readied his soul for heaven; his grandson had readied him with unconditional love...
He was at peace with death after seeing his brothers at the end.

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that picture of simon is beautiful btw, is there a video anywhere?
that picture of simon is beautiful btw, is there a video anywhere?
Still looking 4 the source of those Roddick pix & the Simon video
earlier today Jo Wilfried Tsonga won the 1st ATP tournament of the season & the photographers caught a great shot of his butt (I know we've seen it nude)
Here's JWT & a few other butt shots
Flavio Cipolla, Marcel Granollers, Lleyton Hewitt & Milos Raonic
Anything new on Novak?
he- Tsonga, has the same reaction everytime he wins a match ....I wish tennis players were/seemed more spontaneous- it all seems so programmed, no genuine feel
The qualies r underway @ Sydney & the draw is pretty heavy
here's some faces from over there
Jan Hajek, Nicolas Mahut, Sergeiy Stakhovsky, Ryan Sweeting & Simon Greul
sorry the profile has to go along with that other pic
love andy r but reserving judgement on the hair till i see more of it. the ass is unquestioinable though.
sweeting looks like a real stud
A few more guys from Sydney's qualies
Lukasz Kubot, Cedrik Stebe, Viktor Hanescu, Grigor Dimitrov & Adam Feeney
Fernando Verdasco didn't win the Hopman cup this week (congrats 2 Czech team Berdych/Kvitova) but he did take his shirt off a bit
something tells me Andy lost a bet or something- regarding the hair...or maybe he's trying a Novak- he shaved his head after the 2010 season and look at his 2011..... (something tells me that logic won't work for Andy)
Juan Martin Delpotro will b the #1 seed @ Sydney
here's some random pix of Juan
These men r also top seeds @ Sydney this year (yes it appears the entire top 10 has snubbed the Sydney tournament in 2012?)
John Isner, Richard Gasquet, Viktor Troicki, Feliciano Lopez & Marcel Granollers
& Along with Tsonga's Qatar win these guys r also 2012 week 1 trophy winners...congrats 2 them all!
Thiago Alves = Sao Paulo
Milos Raonic = Chennai
Jeremy Chardy = Noumea
Andy Murray = Brisbane
A couple top 10 players went 2 Auckland though where ATP 5th ranked David Ferrer is the top seed
The Spanish Armada is strong @ Heiniken Open this year...Along with Ferrer are
Juan Carlos Ferrero, Nicolas Almagro, Guillermo Garcia Lopez, Albert Montanes & Fernando Verdasco
tennis players really are gorgoeous
can't wait for the open
Dustin "Dreddie" Brown will be making another attempt 2 land a GS main draw spot...been following him 4 years & think he's facinating...wish him luck!!
Other Australian Open qualifiers include:
Alexandre Kudryavtsev, Simon Greul, Robbie Ginepri, Danai Udomchoke & Thiemmo DeBakker
Thanks for the updates Tennis6. I'll keep looking and waiting for Novak, clothes or not. Totally "not" would be awesome.
Not only the new hairdo roddick also shaves his chest again!
Sexy clip of Kohli (Kohlschreiber)
Some training pics in Australia...Tomic, Nadal, Djokovic
Well I know now why we're not seeing much as we're used 2 of our favorite players...seems the weather down under hasn't been very cooperative with quotes showing up on twitter like "omfg there's actual hail" & "very Wimbledon like weather so far" WTF
Maybe they should've come here 2 Florida instead since we were almost 80 yesterday...whatever hope it turns around soon
here's a few things I picked up yesterday
Nadal training indoors @ Melbourne
Roddick on court @ Kooyong
& several pix from Sydney (Lopex practicing with Bogomolov, Fognini flashing his belly & Gasquet smashing an overhead)
well done on bringing us such a great selection, let#s hope it hot up in oz! teh boys are lookin beautiful though, i think tomic will really grow on me as a player and 'fanciable male'
This Tomic is gorgeous and with a great body for a probably still growing 6' 5 guy.
Here is Murray showing off.
so true just watch live coverage of the qualifying rounds. They didn't even change their shirts. And the commentators said like the crowd dressed as if they were in Scandinavia.
Andy Roddick, all the way.
Here's some Kohli pix
love andy in that white vest top. just following hte draw on twitter, it has not been kind to him!
That's it...he's been around a long time & was very handsome when he was younger though I couldn't fins anything sans chemise
Found a few crumbs
Tsonga practice video from a couple days ago...he looks incredible & I love when he goes up 4 the serve all the camera clicking!!!!
nice still shot of Jo
and another crazy shot of Murray playing with his shorts
You can make out the outline of Novak's two balls due to the way the shorts are scrunched up a bit and the way he's sitting.
...couldn't make that out, but these Novak pics do the same
What a pity!!
top players not showing off much this year
Here's James Ward
i like james ward, thank you
A few other s who got through include
Alex Kuznetsov, Matteo Viola, Peter Gojowczyk, Alex Kudryavtsev & Danai Udomchoke
Also we can add 3 names to the new 2012 winners list as Jarkko Nieminen wins @ Sidney & David Ferrer & Bernard Tomic take Auckland & Kooyong respectively
throw in a couple crumbs from Melbourne of Nadal (showing some rare bump) & a nice ab shot from Delpotro
several news sources reporting on the Fed Nadal tiff...


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Philemon was an inhabitant of Colosse, a person of some note and wealth, and a convert under the ministry of St. Paul. Onesimus was the slave of Philemon: having run away from his master, he went to Rome, where he was converted to the Christian faith, by the word as set forth by Paul, who kept him till his conduct proved the truth and sincerity of his conversion. He wished to repair the injury he had done to his master, but fearing the punishment his offence deserved might be inflicted, he entreated the apostle to write to Philemon. And St. Paul seems no where to reason more beautifully, or to entreat more forcibly, than in this epistle.
The apostle's joy and praise for Philemon's steady faith in the Lord Jesus, and love to all the saints. (1-7) He recommends Onesimus as one who would make rich amends for the misconduct of which he had been guilty; and on behalf of whom the apostle promises to make up any loss Philemon had sustained. (8-22) Salutations and a blessing. (23-25)
Verses 1-7 Faith in Christ, and love to him, should unite saints more closely than any outward relation can unite the people of the world. Paul in his private prayers was particular in remembering his friends. We must remember Christian friends much and often, as their cases may need, bearing them in our thoughts, and upon our hearts, before our God. Different sentiments and ways in what is not essential, must not make difference of affection, as to the truth. He inquired concerning his friends, as to the truth, growth, and fruitfulness of their graces, their faith in Christ, and love to him, and to all the saints. The good which Philemon did, was matter of joy and comfort to him and others, who therefore desired that he would continue and abound in good fruits, more and more, to God's honour.
Verses 8-14 It does not lower any one to condescend, and sometimes even to beseech, where, in strictness of right, we might command: the apostle argues from love, rather than authority, in behalf of one converted through his means; and this was Onesimus. In allusion to that name, which signifies "profitable," the apostle allows that in time past he had been unprofitable to Philemon, but hastens to mention the change by which he had become profitable. Unholy persons are unprofitable; they answer not the great end of their being. But what happy changes conversion makes! of evil, good; of unprofitable, useful. Religious servants are treasures in a family. Such will make conscience of their time and trusts, and manage all they can for the best. No prospect of usefulness should lead any to neglect their obligations, or to fail in obedience to superiors. One great evidence of true repentance consists in returning to practise the duties which have been neglected. In his unconverted state, Onesimus had withdrawn, to his master's injury; but now he had seen his sin and repented, he was willing and desirous to return to his duty. Little do men know for what purposes the Lord leaves some to change their situations, or engage in undertakings, perhaps from evil motives. Had not the Lord overruled some of our ungodly projects, we may reflect upon cases, in which our destruction must have been sure.
Verses 15-22 When we speak of the nature of any sin or offence against God, the evil of it is not to be lessened; but in a penitent sinner, as God covers it, so must we. Such changed characters often become a blessing to all among whom they reside. Christianity does not do away our duties to others, but directs to the right doing of them. True penitents will be open in owning their faults, as doubtless Onesimus had been to Paul, upon his being awakened and brought to repentance; especially in cases of injury done to others. The communion of saints does not destroy distinction of property. This passage is an instance of that being imputed to one, which is contracted by another; and of one becoming answerable for another, by a voluntary engagement, that he might be freed from the punishment due to his crimes, according to the doctrine that Christ of his own will bore the punishment of our sins, that we might receive the reward of his righteousness. Philemon was Paul's son in the faith, yet he entreated him as a brother. Onesimus was a poor slave, yet Paul besought for him as if seeking some great thing for himself. Christians should do what may give joy to the hearts of one another. From the world they expect trouble; they should find comfort and joy in one another. When any of our mercies are taken away, our trust and hope must be in God. We must diligently use the means, and if no other should be at hand, abound in prayer. Yet, though prayer prevails, it does not merit the things obtained. And if Christians do not meet on earth, still the grace of the Lord Jesus will be with their spirits, and they will soon meet before the throne to join for ever in admiring the riches of redeeming love. The example of Onesimus may encourage the vilest sinners to return to God, but it is shamefully prevented, if any are made bold thereby to persist in evil courses. Are not many taken away in their sins, while others become more hardened? Resist not present convictions, lest they return no more.
Verses 23-25 Never have believers found more enjoyment of God, than when suffering together for him. Grace is the best wish for ourselves and others; with this the apostle begins and ends. All grace is from Christ; he purchased, and he bestows it. What need we more to make us happy, than to have the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with our spirit? Let us do that now, which we should do at the last breath. Then men are ready to renounce the world, and to prefer the least portion of grace and faith before a kingdom.
Philemon 1:1-25 . ADDRESS. THANKSGIVING FOR PHILEMON'S LOVE AND FAITH. INTERCESSION FOR ONESIMUS. CONCLUDING REQUEST AND SALUTATIONS.
This Epistle affords a specimen of the highest wisdom as to the manner in which Christians ought to manage social affairs on more exalted principles.
1. prisoner of Jesus Christ--one whom Christ's cause has made a prisoner (compare "in the bonds of the Gospel," ( Philemon 1:13 ). He does not call himself, as in other Epistles, "Paul an apostle," as he is writing familiarly, not authoritatively.
our . . . fellow labourer--in building up the Church at Colosse, while we were at Ephesus. Colossians.
2. Apphia--the Latin, "Appia"; either the wife or some close relative of Philemon. She and Archippus, if they had not belonged to his family, would not have been included with Philemon in the address of a letter on a domestic matter.
Archippus--a minister of the Colossian Church ( Colossians 4:17 ).
fellow soldier--( 2 Timothy 2:3 ).
church in thy house--In the absence of a regular church building, the houses of particular saints were used for that purpose. Observe Paul's tact in associating with Philemon those associated by kindred or Christian brotherhood with his house, and not going beyond it.
4. always--joined by ALFORD with, "I thank my God."
5. Hearing--the ground of his thanksgiving. It is a delicate mark of authenticity, that he says "hearing" as to churches and persons whom he had not seen or then visited. Now Colosse, Philemon's place of residence, he had never yet seen. Yet Philemon 1:19 here implies that Philemon was his convert. Philemon, doubtless, was converted at Ephesus, or in some other place where he met Paul.
love and faith--The theological order is first faith then love, the fruit of faith. But he purposely puts Philemon's love in the first place, as it is to an act of love that he is exhorting him.
toward . . . toward--different Greek words: "towards" . . . "unto." Towards implies simply direction; unto, to the advantage of.
6. That--The aim of my thanksgiving and prayers for thee is, in order that the, &c.
the communication of thy faith--the imparting of it and its fruits (namely, acts of love and beneficence: as Hebrews 13:16 , "to communicate," that is, to impart a share) to others; or, the liberality to others flowing from thy faith (so the Greek is translated, "liberal distribution," 2 Corinthians 9:13 ).
effectual by--Greek, "in"; the element in which his liberality had place, that is, may be proved by acts in, &c.
acknowledging--Greek, "the thorough knowledge," that is, the experimental or practical recognition.
of every good thing which is in you--The oldest manuscripts read, "which is in US," that is, the practical recognition of every grace which is in us Christians, in so far as we realize the Christian character. In short, that thy faith may by acts be proved to be "a faith which worketh by love."
in Christ Jesus--rather as Greek, "unto Christ Jesus," that is, to the glory of Christ Jesus. Two of the oldest manuscripts omit "Jesus." This verse answers to Philemon 1:5 , "thy love and faith toward all saints"; Paul never ceases to mention him in his prayers, in order that his faith may still further show its power in his relation to others, by exhibiting every grace which is in Christians to the glory of Christ. Thus he paves the way for the request in behalf of Onesimus.
7. For--a reason for the prayer, Philemon 1:4-6 .
we have--Greek, "we had."
joy and consolation--joined in 2 Corinthians 7:4 .
saints are refreshed by thee--His house was open to them.
brother--put last, to conciliate his favorable attention to the request which follows.
8. Wherefore--Because of my love to thee, I prefer to "beseech," rather than "enjoin," or authoritatively command.
I might . . . enjoin--in virtue of the obligation to obedience which Philemon lay under to Paul, as having been converted through his instrumentality.
in Christ--the element in which his boldness has place.
9. for love's sake--mine to thee, and (what ought to be) thine to Onesimus. Or, that Christian love of which thou showest so bright an example ( Philemon 1:7 ).
being such an one--Explain, Being such a one as thou knowest me to be, namely,
Paul--the founder of so many churches, and an apostle of Christ, and thy father in the faith.
the aged--a circumstance calculated to secure thy respect for anything I request.
and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ--the strongest claim I have on thy regard: if for no other reason, at least in consideration of this, through commiseration gratify me.
10. I beseech thee--emphatically repeated from Philemon 1:9 . In the Greek, the name "Onesimus" is skilfully put last, he puts first a favorable description of him before he mentions the name that had fallen into so bad repute with Philemon. "I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus." Scripture does not sanction slavery, but at the same time does not begin a political crusade against it. It sets forth principles of love to our fellow men which were sure (as they have done) in due time to undermine and overthrow it, without violently convulsing the then existing political fabric, by stirring up slaves against their masters.
11. Which . . . was . . . unprofitable--belying his name Onesimus, which means "profitable." Not only was he "unprofitable," but positively injurious, having "wronged" his master. Paul uses a mild expression.
now profitable--Without godliness a man has no station. Profitable in spiritual, as well as in temporal things.
12. mine own bowels--as dear to me as my own heart [ALFORD]. Compare Philemon 1:17 , "as myself." The object of my most intense affection as that of a parent for a child.
13. I--emphatical. I for my part. Since I had such implicit trust in him as to desire to keep him with me for his services, thou mayest.
I would have retained--different Greek from the "would," Philemon 1:14 , "I could have wished," "I was minded" here; but "I was not willing," Philemon 1:14 .
in thy stead--that he might supply in your place all the services to me which you, if you were here, would render in virtue of the love you bear to me ( Philemon 1:19 ).
bonds of the gospel--my bonds endured for the Gospel's sake ( Philemon 1:9 ).
14. without thy mind--that is, consent.
should not be as--"should not appear as a matter of necessity, but of free will." Had Paul kept Onesimus, however willing to gratify Paul Philemon might be, he would have no opportunity given him of showing he was so, his leave not having been asked.
15. perhaps--speaking in human fashion, yet as one believing that God's Providence probably (for we cannot dogmatically define the hidden purposes of God in providence) overruled the past evil to ultimately greater good to him. This thought would soften Philemon's indignation at Onesimus' past offense. So Joseph in Genesis 45:5 .
departed--literally, "was parted from thee"; a softening term for "ran away," to mitigate Philemon's wrath.
receive him--Greek, "have him for thyself in full possession" The same Greek as in Matthew 6:2 .
for ever--in this life and in that to come (compare Exodus 21:6 ). Onesimus' time of absence, however long, was but a short "hour" (so Greek) compared with the everlasting devotion henceforth binding him to his master.
16. No longer as a mere servant or slave (though still he is that), but above a servant, so that thou shalt derive from him not merely the services of a slave, but higher benefits: a servant "in the flesh," he is a brother "in the Lord."
beloved, specially to me--who am his spiritual father, and who have experienced his faithful attentions. Lest Philemon should dislike Onesimus being called "brother," Paul first recognizes him as a brother, being the spiritual son of the same God.
much more unto thee--to whom he stands in so much nearer and more lasting relation.
17. a partner--in the Christian fellowship of faith, hope, and love.
receive him as myself--resuming "receive him that is mine own bowels."
18. Greek, "But it (thou art not inclined to 'receive him' because) he hath wronged thee"; a milder term than "robbed thee." Onesimus seems to have confessed some such act to Paul.
put that on mine account--I am ready to make good the loss to thee if required. The latter parts of philemon 1:19 philemon 1:21 , imply that he did not expect Philemon would probably demand it.
19. with mine own hand--not employing an amanuensis, as in other Epistles: a special compliment to Philemon which he ought to show his appreciation of by granting Paul's request. Contrast Colossians 4:18 , which shows that the Epistle to the Colossian Church, accompanying this Epistle, had only its closing "salutation" written by Paul's own hand.
albeit, &c.--literally, "that I may not say . . . not to say," &c.
thou owest . . . even thine own self--not merely thy possessions. For to my instrumentality thou owest thy salvation. So the debt which "he oweth thee" being transferred upon me (I making myself responsible for it) is cancelled.
20. let me--"me" is emphatic: "Let me have profit (so Greek 'for joy,' onainen, referring to the name Onesimus, 'profitable') from thee, as thou shouldst have had from Onesimus"; for "thou owest thine ownself to me."
in the Lord--not in worldly gain, but in thine increase in the graces of the Lord's Spirit [ALFORD].
my bowels--my heart. Gratify my feelings by granting this request.
in the Lord--The oldest manuscripts read, "in Christ," the element or sphere in which this act of Christian love naturally ought to have place.
21. Having confidence in thy obedience--to my apostolic authority, if I were to "enjoin" it ( Philemon 1:8 ), which I do not, preferring to beseech thee for it as a favor ( Philemon 1:9 ).
thou will also do more--towards Onesimus: hinting at his possible manumission by Philemon, besides, being kindly received.
22. This prospect of Paul's visiting Colosse would tend to secure a kindly reception for Onesimus, as Paul would know in person how he had been treated.
your . . . you--referring to Philemon, Apphia, Archippus, and the Church in Philemon's house. The same expectation is expressed by him, Philippians 2:23 Philippians 2:24 , written in the same imprisonment.
23. The same persons send salutations in the accompanying Epistle, except that "Jesus Justus" is not mentioned here.
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner--He had been sent by the Colossian Church to inquire after, and minister to, Paul, and possibly was cast into prison by the Roman authorities on suspicion. However, he is not mentioned as a prisoner in Colossians 4:12 , so that "fellow prisoner" here may mean merely one who was a faithful companion to Paul in his imprisonment, and by his society put himself in the position of a prisoner. So also "Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner," Colossians 4:10 , may mean. Benson conjectures the meaning to be that on some former occasion these two were Paul's "fellow prisoners," not at the time.
25. be with your spirit--( Galatians 6:18 , 2 Timothy 4:22 ).


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Land Rover and the Red Cross have released a short film to demonstrate how the Sierra Leone Red Cross and Land Rover are working together to help young people rebuild their lives and create a more hopeful future. The hope is that the film will inspire people to support the Red Cross by donating at www.redcross.org.uk/landrover
The effect of the war on children and young people was particularly severe, with around 17,000 having fought as "child soldiers" most of them just teenagers, some as young as six years old. With Land Rover's support, the Sierra Leone Red Cross is able to deliver a life-changing programme called Child Advocacy and Rehabilitation (CAR), which helps some of the country's most traumatised young people, to recover and reintegrate back into society.
Through the CAR programme, Land Rover and the Red Cross are providing young people with counselling support, basic education and vocational training, as well ensuring they are accepted and reintegrated within their community. Thanks to Land Rover's support the Sierra Leone Red Cross is able to run five CAR centres across the country, helping 12,600 vulnerable young people per year, and has just recently opened a new centre in Moyamba district.
Land Rover has been supporting the Sierra Leone Red Cross since 2008 when it donated eight Defenders to help them reach remote and vulnerable communities across Sierra Leone. Through the new global partnership with the IFRC launched in 2010, Land Rover is continuing to provide vital funding for the Sierra Leone Red Cross to reach 85,000 vulnerable people over the next three years.
In addition to the CAR programme, Land Rover is also supporting the Community Animated Peace Support (CAPS) programme, which encourages communities to work together and build peace through participating in communal development activities. Land Rover's support will help people and communities across Sierra Leone to secure food and clean water, set up learning opportunities for young people and adults and promote community cohesion. In just six months the Red Cross has been able to deliver farming management training and distribute seeds, tools and goats to the communities to help them build sustainable livelihoods.
As well as the work being done in Sierra Leone, there are other valuable and successful Land Rover and Red Cross programmes under way around the world as part of the 'Reaching Vulnerable People Around the World' partnership:
- Land Rover donated six Defender 110 station wagons to help the Pakistan Red Crescent Society reach out to survivors of the country's devastating floods last year. These are being used to deliver relief aid to thousands of people in some of the most remote and hardest hit communities.
- A campaign in the Netherlands saw Land Rover raise 20,000 Euros to support children affected by HIV in Kwa-zulu Natal in South Africa.
- In the UK Land Rover supported the British Red Cross, by funding defibrillators to work alongside the 30 vehicles it had donated in 2008, for first aid and emergency response duties.
- In Brazil, after the recent devastating floods and landslides, Land Rover Brazil galvanised the support of its employees, suppliers, dealerships and customers to help the Brazil Red Cross respond to the disaster. Food and clothing donation points were set up at dealerships and dealers helped the Brazilian Red Cross distribute supplies to those worst affected. Please see the following film which highlights this support:
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Oh what the hell :/
Mike ("The Situation")
Pauly D
Oh what the hell :/
I do not watch the show,..but he looks like an obnoxious little shit. His attitude, as well as his average looks, is quite a Turn Off.
Work on that lower body bro.
GOSH he is so short too.
Ewww at his hair.
Whats your fav picture or fakes
Vinny is my fav, wish we could see his penis! haha
I really wanna lick and smell Pauly D's ass, and I occasionally jack off to the Situation. Got to see him in person once, his face is hotter in person.
i cant watch the show as i cant stand their personalities, but id still bend over for them. its like real life, isn't it? i cant stand some guys but ive still hooked up with them because i find them physically sexy.
This show and the so called guys turns me off.
can someone please do all of them fucking( all the boys) ur have ronnie fuck mike and pauly fuck vinny n have Danny their boss cum on all their faces
Last edited by Corny; June 16th, 2012 at 11:26 PM. Reason: don'tpost your e-mail in public
i want ronnie's fat dick in my mouth, squirting his cum all over my chest. im soooooo horny!
Here is a great Pauly and Vinny fake!!! I know some (ME) have been waiting for a good one of these for a while... follow the link and you can see it!! This guy is incredible!!
It's been a long time but I'm back with two new Jersey Shore pictures! In this first one Pauly shows off his prince albert piercing in the mirror.
Last edited by ThisIsAUserName; August 4th, 2012 at 10:36 AM.
Would love to give Pauly a good rimming...can just imagine his tight, orange hole...mmmmm...wasn't there rumours he would do Playgirl? Maybe he just said it jokingly but he is one centrefold I'd go crazy over!
Please send this to me at *** email removed per Code of Conduct *** pppplllleeeeaaaasssseere!!!!and any other Jersey shore fakes you have
Last edited by quasar; October 28th, 2012 at 12:46 PM.
I need pauly d fakes in my life,, now....
]Hey guys, I've noticed that there aren't many fakes of the Jersey Shore guys. This thread is for all those fakes. Post away guys!*
Hey guys If you are interested I made a Jersey Shore magazine
Here's the link :
Here are two fakes about Vinny Guadagnino:
Last edited by jake846; January 11th, 2013 at 02:57 PM.
i wanna real wanna real (
i can't stop cumming back to this thread.
Although Mexican, my former roommate looks just like Vinny (Italian).
Same face, eyes, hair, almost the same personality as well. I give him crap about it frequently, he hates it so I keep doing it. I tell him to take it as a compliment since Vinny is hot and has a huge cock. A couple times when I could see him calling from the caller ID I have answered the phone with, "hey, Vinny how's IT hangin'." Then there's a click silence. That's my idea of quality time.
I thought Pauly D was gonna do a Playgirl shoot? hmmm...
Mike Sorrentino "The Situation": Great Body, Seems like he could be Heteroflexible, Possibly a Great Fuck, & Seems like He Would Be into Rough Sex and Freaky stuff!
Ronnie Ortiz-Magro: Great Beefy Body, Cute Face, Nice Butt, & Seems like He Would Want to Be a Bottom If He Fucked Guys! (On the Ep. When he went to the Dr. and got a Rectal examination, he told Sam that he Nutted when the Dr. finger was up his ass and he seemed to like it…Just saying)
Vinny Guadagnino: Vinny is average and gotta have the Biggest Dick out of the guys in the house, because he doesn't have a great body and he's ok looking but he gets lots and lots of pussy! Either he has a Big Dick or girls just hook up with him because he's on Jersey Shore. My Guess "Big Dick"!!!!!!
Pauly D: To me he's the lease attractive out of the guys in the house even though everybody I know thinks he's the best looking out of the 4 guys, so I'll just fuck him to see how big his dick is and if he's good in the sack!
Last edited by ilovejstrokesdonk; March 23rd, 2013 at 10:08 AM.
I'd fuck Mike and Vinny.
The other 2... no.
I'd wanna fuck Ronnie and he'd def have to be a bottom. Nothing beats a hypermasc, cocky guy who gets turned into a submissive bottom.
I think Ronnie does like cock.. thats been a rumor for some time. but I would pick Vinnie first.
Rumor was Vinnie liked cock--at least that's the rumor I heard---it seems he can take or leave pussy--but loves Pauly D---but aren't they all yesterdays news? Or the day before yesterday.
Mike and Vinny! Vinny is gorgeous and Mike is cocky which is a turn on lol x
Concerning Ronnie these things are obvious, He Like to Dance with Guys Instead of Girls, He Secretly Loveees Dick, Hes Definitely a Bottom, He Would Fuck Vinny If He Could, & Mike Want to Fuck Him!!!
More please!
That guy is a tank!
Under rated show I love The situation yumm
I wanna eat sniff and fuck the situation so bad
So I've had a thing for Vinny since the show came out and I follow him on Twitter. I was creeping his pictures and Vines and came across this:
It was clever and it got me thinking nasty thoughts.
Very hot! Need more like it


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Oof: Talking Brewers with Al's Ramblings
milwaukee brewers July 2nd, 2012
Sometimes we just like to talk about baseball. No jokes, no fashion judgement, just plain old baseball talk. For that we call upon Al Bethke of Al's Ramblings. He talks a lot about politics (and Meghan McCain's looks) on his blog, but when he talks baseball there are few who can match his intelligence and rationality.
VINCE: The talk of the fanbase right now has moved past the point of contention in 2012 and moved firmly into "let's trade all of our assets and rebuild for the future." You know, because contending in 2013 isn't possible apparently. (Not to be too simplistic, but if Axford/K-Rod have 4 losses instead of 9 they are over .500. Just saying.) Now I'm all about maximizing value on potential free agents in the trade market, but I have my concerns.
- 85 wins is still not out of the question and I think Wild Card #2 might have 85 wins. Of course this could all change over the next week, but I still think it is possible. Just not all that probable. There have just been too many games that could have easily gone the opposite way for me to give up now.
- What message would trading Greinke and Hart or Greinke and Marcum send to potential season ticket renewals for 2013? I could honestly care less how rich Mark A does or does not get (one of the few bright spots of the Brewers play this season is the amount of cheap tickets available on Stubhub), but I have become accustomed to the Brewers having a healthy budget and I'd love to see that continue. A Yo--Fiers-Estrada-Wolf-? rotation wouldn't exactly send fans racing to the ticket window.
- And this is the big one: I think this team is clearly capable of contending in 2013, but that will be really hard to do while replacing two starting pitchers. Trading Greinke and Marcum not only raises the white flag for 2012, but possibly for 2013 as well. One can be replaced (a Fiers or Peralta for Marcum swap seems almost too easy), but both is a different story.
I think we are both contrarian when it comes to matters of the 25 man roster, but how do you see the trade market panning out? Specifically Zack Greinke. His issues have been well documented (by you), but despite those issues there is no replacement that will be found on the free agent market or in the farm system that can even come close to what he has produced. (When he is "on" at least.) Should they look to spend some money to keep him? I hate spending big money on pitchers, but this is about as similar to when CC left as you're going to get. Some pitchers are worth that risk. Well, as long as that risk isn't for too many years. Read the rest of this entry »


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Yes. Nationwide, it's estimated that more than 9,000 crashes are caused annually by motorists who run red lights. In 2012, Columbia Police issued more than 300 citations for violations of traffic signals and stop signs. Those drivers put themselves and others at risk of property damage, injury and even loss of life.
Photo red light enforcement has been used in the United States for more than 15 years and in Europe for nearly 30 years. Systems are used in the United States in more than 160 communities in 25 states.
During "AMBER Alerts" used to locate missing children, the red light cameras in Columbia can be switched to search for wanted or suspect vehicles.
Studies indicate a substantial decrease in the severity of traffic crashes at intersections and on roadways where traffic enforcement cameras are installed. Organizations such as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have information available on this subject.
Cameras have been placed at four of the city's busiest intersections: Broadway and Providence Road, Stadium Boulevard at Worley Street, Stadium Boulevard at Forum Boulevard, and at both the north and south approaches of Providence Road and Stadium Boulevard.
Signs are posted at intersections with a camera, warning drivers that photo enforcement is in use.
Red light cameras continuously monitor the traffic signals where they're placed. The camera triggers only when a vehicle enters the intersection after the signal has turned red. The camera records the date and time of the violation, time elapsed since the beginning of the red signal, vehicle speed, vehicle images before and after the violation, and license plate.
Trained Columbia Police staff members will review all photographs and videos from the red light cameras, approving citations only when it's clear that the vehicle entered the intersection on a red light. Violators will be cited based on the registered owner of the vehicle that ran the red light. The vehicle's registered owner will receive the citation by mail and may view photographs and video of the violation online. A driver who views this evidence and believes that the ticket was issued in error must appear in court on the arraignment date provided in the citation.
Violators will receive digital images with the citation, including two of the vehicle before and after the violation and one of the license plate. The citation will include the date and time of the violation, time elapsed since the beginning of the red signal and vehicle speed. Also included in the citation will be instructions for viewing a video clip online, using a password, and a court date and time for the arraignment hearing.
If the violation does not involve an accident, the driver may pay the total fine and court costs of $120 through the City Traffic Violations Bureau. An online payment option is available.
If the owner of the vehicle disputes the violation, he or she will need to plead not guilty and appear at a trial. The judge of the municipal court will set the fine amount based upon the court's Violations Bureau schedule.
Citations issued as a result of this process are considered civil penalties, not moving violations. No points are to be assessed upon a conviction of this ordinance.
There is no cost to our community for installing, operating or maintaining the system. The entire program is funded by the fines paid by violators.
Absolutely not. Red light cameras will help keep our roads safer and let Columbia Police officers spend their time protecting citizens in other ways. Red light camera systems have been shown to reduce red-light violations and the severity of intersection crashes.
Enforcement in urban areas by traditional means creates special difficulties for police. In most cases, they must follow a vehicle through a red light to stop it for the violation. This can endanger motorists, pedestrians and officers. Police cannot be everywhere at one time. Communities do not have the resources to allow police to patrol intersections and roadways as often as needed to ticket all motorists who run red lights.
A Columbia Police Officer reviews all of the violations before approving citations. The officers will only approve citations where it is clear the vehicle entered the intersection on a red light.
The citation is mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle.
Liability for this type of violation is based on ownership of the vehicle without regard to operation except as provided by Missouri state statute section 304.120.4, RSMo. If the owner of a vehicle is claiming the exception under this statute, the owner must furnish the name, address, and operator's license number of the person renting or leasing the motor vehicle at the time of the violation within 30 days from the time of receipt of a written request for this information.


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who wants to join me?
i would right behind you
I'd join you in bed anytime!
I wouldn't toss you out of any bed.
I may be bad, but I'm perfectly good at it.
Me too!
Ready for the bed and sex.
Welcome to JUB!
Sir Ron would be leased to join you...
The Three Musketeers... Bashful, Chrisglass, and Ronboy!
Welcome to J U B!
Yep, I'll join ya too Great ass!! But...looks like I'm not first in line though
I would to take up the rear.
forget bed time, I want that arse any time, out on the Appalachian Trail here, in my antique car's back seat, on an ocean beach, and OK at bed time too. Welcome to JUB. You bring some real good looking goods to us. Thanks.
Touch, Arouse Me, Kiss & More!My signature picture was designed for me by Reone.
I'll gladly tuck you in.
In bed, not for bed.
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Thanks boys!! Looks like I'll have to break the camera out a little more often! haha
perhaps a spanking before bed?
You'll get more than a spanking


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confession: I always thought Elvin came across as kind of an asshole but of course, I didn't know him well and I'm sure the people who did have a much better impression
back to people using fake pictures, before he was banned, I was pretty well convinced that MoltenRockIII was -- if not an outright sock puppet -- lying about just about all aspects of his life in his posts. there's another regular CE&P'er that I still think that about.
there was someone else... KingdomHeartsBoy or something? who I'm also about 90% convinced was posting fake pictures in the Show Yourself Off thread / Amateur forums.


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