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I am a second year PhD student in the Astrophysics Group at University College London working with Prof. Giovanna Tinetti and Dr. Ingo Waldmann. My research mainly involves exoplanets (planets that exist outside our solar system), specifically my research interests include:
- Exoplanets characterisation
- Data reduction and analysis (of high resolution atmospheric spectra of exoplanets)
- Instrument Simulation
- Creating software to aid research (OECPy • LaTeXPy)
Along with my research i enjoy coding and web development (see ACometAppears and GitHub). I created a couple of sections for pagelines before the DMS update but since then have fell out of love with wordpress and prefer static site generation (using Jekyll).
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Robot radio. Various shots of inventor John Sargrove working blueprint for his new invention: a radio that is easy to mass produce. He sits at a desk in front of a blackboard with diagram on it, we see him drawing on blueprint with compasses and looking at models of radio.
On shop floor of radio / wireless factory. Various shots of machines involved in assembly line style manufacture of the radios. Most of the industrial process is automated, only a few workers operate the machines. M/S female factory worker fitting completed radio into its case.

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December 26, 2012
I've never been a big believer in resolutions for the sake of making resolutions, particularly as an old year comes to an end and new year approaches. On the other hand, I came across something in 1975 that has remained in my "Food for Thought" file since then, and which I make a point of reading at least once a year.
It spoke to me then and continues to speak to me about things in life I often forget to remember, and what's important and what's not.
It just happens to be called "Resolutions" and was penned by the late newspaper columnist Lloyd Shearer.
As this is my last editor's blog for 2012, it seems it would be as good a time as any to share it with you.
No one will ever get out of this world alive.
Resolve therefore to maintain a sense of values.
Take care of yourself. Good health is everyone's major source of wealth. Without it, happiness is almost impossible.
Resolve to be cheerful and helpful. People will repay you in kind.
Avoid angry, abrasive persons. They are generally vengeful.
Avoid zealots. They are generally humorless.
Resolve to listen more and talk less. No one ever learns anything by talking.
Be chary of giving advice. Wise men don't need it and fools won't heed it.
Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the wrong. Sometime in life you will have been all of these.
Do not equate money with success. There are many successful moneymakers who are miserable failures as human beings. What counts most about success is how one achieves it.
Thanks for making 2012 such a great year. There's no doubt in my mind that 2013 will be even better.
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Sonoma is the perfect destination for honeymooners or couples looking for a romantic hideaway. With its Asian-inspired design and secret-garden charm, the Gaige House fits the bill for travelers looking for luxury and upscale comfort.
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We are adding on a small bump out to our kitchen and will need to add a new exterior door to the backyard. We are thinking about an out-swing door because it will maximize usable floor space in the kitchen.
Is there any reason not to have an out-swing door to the outside? It will open onto a 4 ft deep x 7 ft wide landing at the top of two steps and be sheltered by a porch roof. |
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- Posted by on_greenthumb (My Page) on Fri, Jul 16, 10 at 11:33
I guess it really depends on where you are. Where we are, there is snow and that's really the best reason for having an in-swing door. We'll never be trapped during a snowstorm because the snow has piled up. Not sure if this is the official reason, but our shed has an out-swing door and is basically not usable in the winter, even though it has a porch roof. |
Yes, I have been wondering about that - we are in the NE and once had 3 ft of snow in one day. Our current porch does not fill up with snow because it is deep and walled on three sides, so snow rarely makes it to the storm door even though the winter winds blow straight into the open side. But the new entrance will be oriented differently and more exposed. The door will be near a corner L with two house walls, one side railing and the other open stairs. The porch roof will overhang 3 ft so that will give some shelter. However, the prevailing winds will blow towards the side with the rail, so I can see there might be some snow pile up there. I've been reading in other threads that some building codes do not allow an exterior door to swing out. Now that I think about it that cannot be the case in our town because our neighbour has an out-swing back door and I know he got permits for his addition. I should ask them if snow is an issue. Mind you, they don't go in and out of their back door much in the winter - they tend to use their side door- whereas we often park in the back of our house and use the back door year round. There will be room in the kitchen for the door to swing in, but I wanted to have the option of a larger table and chairs and didn't want the door area to feel cramped. Our current mud-room has a wide door that opens in and when I'm going in and out with the kids they have to step almost all the way out of the room or sidle around the door and it is a constant annoyance. I like the idea of just opening the door to the outside when they are all crowded around me. And I also like the idea of having the door wide open to the outside in the summer without it taking up space in the kitchen. Would an in-swing door be able to swing all the way back 180 degrees and sit against a wall? I guess the big advantage of the in-swing is we could have one of those retractable screen thingies. I hate storm doors!! I grew up in the UK and I find opening two doors is too much of a PITA, especially with one dog in the house and we're likely to get a new puppy in the next few years, too. |
- Posted by weedyacres (My Page) on Fri, Jul 16, 10 at 15:20
The other reason people mention is that with an out-swing door, the hinges are on the outside, so conceivably someone could break into your house by pulling the pins from the hinges and removing the door. Truthfully, though, if someone really wanted to get in they could break a window as well, so I don't know that that's a reason not to do it. |
The only code restriction about door swings is that doors cannot swing over steps inside or outside. Out swing doors should have security pin/stud hinges that have short horizontal pins that engage a hole in the other leaf of the hinge when the door is closed. Regular hinges can be drilled and have a security stud/pin screw added. The biggest problem with out-swing doors is the inability to add an exterior screen door although it is possible to use a side coiling screen inside. The hardware is intended to be on the outside so it's not very elegant. |
After considering the advice here (and in other related threads) I think I'm giving up the out-swing door plan. I checked the pricing again and it will actually save us $600 if we go with the in-swing. The snow issue and being able to have a screen on the outside are the influencing factors. And hubby pointed out that coming in from outside with the kids crowded around and opening the door towards you is just as much a pain as dealing with it inside (what we really need is a door that swings both ways so we can always just push it away from us:-) And I have to admit he is right because I deal with that getting the current screen door open. The kids always get to the door before me and stand right in front of it so I have to ask them to move so I can open it and unlock the back door, then they inevitably step towards the house and get trapped between the door and the house wall! We'll have less landing space by the new back door than we do now on our current porch, so I think pulling the door towards you in that situation will be even more inconvenient than it is now. Plus I'm thinking about coming in with groceries and being able to push the door open and step in. More and more the in-swing sounds better, even if I have to give up a bit of kitchen floor space for it. |
The screw in the picture macv linked is the typical inadequate length the door hardware comes with. You need at least 2-inch and 3-inch long screws are even better. The short screws do not get into the framing behind the door jamb but are only in the thin jamb wood. They are easily broken out by a good kick to the door. |
The screw in my photo is a security stud screw that acts in shear when the hinge is closed. Otherwise you can use any screw you want for the hinge. |
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Hey guys, Jack didn't wake up in time to write the blog post this morning and now he's at work and I'm done with work which means someone has to write this and it's me. That sentence needs some commas but it's not getting any because I'm in a hurry to get back to enjoying my weekend.
Last night was SO fun ... It can get kinda boring sitting up there keeping score but not last night. You guys were an entertaining bunch and you made me LOL a lot. I don't really know what else to say so I am just going to say something nice about everyone's team picture.
SooGoo: You guys are a cute couple! Unless you're not a couple? Either way, you're cute.
Preciate Cha: Man on the right, you have pretty teeth!
Platonic Pleasures: Your team name is fun to say and the cherry in your drink is making me want to eat cherries.
BBach:These guys are our friends and they came and played a few rounds ... thanks, friends!
Nutsack of Rome: So much enthusiasm happening in this pic!
Fried Oprah: I liked your second place pic so much I made it the main pic on the Facebook album, but this one is nice too!
Jose Carlos: You two are attractive! I spy myself in the booth.
Penguinos: Another cute couple... was this a first date?
Death Wombats: Cool hair, lady in the green and blue jacket!
Popelessly In Love: BIG fan of the Disney princess pose, lady in front! Gonna steal that.
Fat Ugly Heads: Man on the left, why you holding your phone under the table all shady like that? That's not a compliment, though. I feel like you guys always have a high score so congrats on being smart!
I hope everyone liked their compliments. You can click here to see even more photos from last night and tag yourself in our Valentine's Day Quiz album! Also, don't forget that Jack is putting a special bonus question on the Facebook page sometime this week and the winner gets a special prize.


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The Moultrie in Lake Carolina (Columbia, SC 29229)
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- Beds: 3
- Baths: 2 Full, 1 Half
- Single Family Home
- 2,228 sq ft
Teh Moultrie is a 4 bedroom, 21/2 baths home w/ a formal dining room and bonus room.. The owners suite, secondary bedrooms and/or a bonus room are all located on the second floor. Pinnacle Ridge homes begin in the high 130s and feature granite countertops, tankless water heaters and community maintained front lawn! Get more info about this property.
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- Beds: 3
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Population 39,606 | Median Household Income $76,664 | Median Years In Residence 7 |
Median Homeowner Age 33 | Households with Children 57.43% | Percent of Homes Rented 10.68% |
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- 1151 Kelly Mill Rd
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- 4751 Hard Scrabble Rd
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- 1001 Longtown Rd E
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- 502 Spears Creek Church Rd
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Written by Charles Dickens Performed by Dave Mynne Directed by Simon Harvey (o-region / kneehigh) Adapted by Andrew McPherson
WILDFIRE Critics' Choice Award - Exeter Ignite Festival 2013
GREAT EXPECTATIONS is a small-scale show, designed for village halls and small theatres. It is completely self-contained and adaptable to most situations; it is literally 'out of a suitcase'.
You can download the GREAT EXPECTATIONS brochure, and read more, here.
If you have an enquiry, or would like to discuss booking the show, please contact me here
The show is also available to secondary schools (For students: Key Stage 3 - 5) along with a Great Expectations/Dickens workshop, if desired. The workshop can be tailored to your individual requirements and can be Drama or English based. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss availability and booking.
read a school performance review here
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Although this is a one-man show it took more than myself to make it! My thanks to Andrew McPherson who wrote, re-wrote and drafted the text. To Simon Harvey for directing the show and teasing out the story-teller. To Steve Tanner for taking photos of my gurning face and creating a great image. To Chloe Rickard for making me a Facebook page (I didn't have a clue!) and introducing me to Twitter. To Chris Fernley for constantly tweaking this website. To Sarah Wright (Little Angel) for helping with Miss Havisham. To Miracle Theatre for help with rehearsal space. To John Voogd for making the wooden boats and forge. To Romer, my lovely wife, who had to listen to me making stupid noises and practising my lines over breakfast, lunch, dinner and all the times in between. And to all my friends who have given me nothing but encouragement.


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Stopshoppingdebbie could make a run at Breeders' Cup
Emerald Downs' season begins Saturday.
The Seattle Times
Opening Day
When: The Emerald Downs 75-day meeting begins Saturday, with the first post at 2 p.m., and ends Sept. 28. Saturdays and Sundays through April; Friday-Sunday and holidays from May to Sept. 28.
Highlight: The $200,000 Longacres Mile on Aug. 24.
More information: emeralddowns.com
Undefeated filly
Stopshoppingdebbie is 5 for 5 in her career:
Aug. 10, 2013: Wins the Washington Oaks by 3 lengths after dropping behind early for the first time in her career and rallying from last in the race that was 11 / 8 miles.
July 14, 2013: Overtaken in the stretch in the Kent Handicap at 1 1/16 miles, but fights back along the inside to win by a head.
June 13, 2013: A dominating performance in the Irish Day Handicap, winning by 6¾ lengths in the 1-mile race.
May 26, 2013: The first stakes win after beating her more accomplished barnmates in the Seattle Handicap, winning the 6½ furlong race by 1½ lengths.
Aug. 12, 2012: Shows great promise in her first race, winning a maiden allowance event by 7 lengths as the 4-5 favorite at 5½ furlongs.
AUBURN – Emerald Downs trainer Tom Wenzel has settled into a comfortable routine of taking time off after the season ends, spending more time with his family rather than training at another racetrack.
But Wenzel has said if he trained a horse good enough to run in the biggest races, he would happily keep training.
That horse could be Stopshoppingdebbie, the undefeated 4-year-old filly who, if not the best horse on the grounds, is at least the biggest story entering the track's 19th season.
Wenzel isn't looking beyond this Emerald Downs season, but the horse's owner, Jerre Paxton of Northwest Farms, is.
"We would like to try her in the Breeders' Cup," he said of the $2 million Ladies Classic that will be held Oct. 31 at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., and is the biggest race for fillies and mares in North America.
Paxton said he doesn't know how Stopshoppingdebbie would do against the best fillies and mares in the world, but he figures she deserves the opportunity to find out if she continues to win.
She will be heavily favored to do that once she returns to the races, most likely on May 11 in the Hastings Handicap.
If last year is any indication, she will be tough to beat. After winning her only race as a 2-year-old, Stopshoppingdebbie won four stakes races last season and was named 3-year-old filly of the meet. She didn't have to look far to scope out her top competition. That came from barnmates Goin to the Window and Blueberry Smoothie, with those two finishing either second or third in each of the four races.
"We really liked all three of the fillies, and I really thought that Goin to the Window might get her one time," Wenzel said. "But Stopshoppingdebbie is so smart and professional, along with being really talented, and that moved her ahead of the other two last year."
Stopshoppingdebbie proved she could win a sprint or a route race. She proved she could win taking the early lead or coming from off the pace. And when she faced adversity, she showed the heart of a champion.
That moment came in the Kent Handicap on July 14 at 1 1/16 miles. Stopshoppingdebbie went to the early lead but was pressured throughout by Gointothewindow, who overtook Stopshoppingdebbie briefly at the top of the stretch.
Horses usually don't come back after being overtaken, but Stopshoppingdebbie did. She went on to win by a head under jockey Rocco Bowen, the rider in all four of Stopshoppingdebbie's wins last year.
"She's got a lot of heart," Bowen said. "She's a filly, but she has the heart of a colt. It's one thing to have heart, but she has the talent too, and that makes her very special."
If there was still a doubt who the top filly was in Wenzel's barn, the debate ended when Stopshoppingdebbie won the Washington Oaks by 3 lengths over Blueberry Smoothie, with Gointothewindow another 2 lengths back.
"Nothing rattles her," Wenzel said. " I think she is the best filly I have had. I am going to try to get her as fast as I can, but it's up to her to continue the natural progression."
Stopshoppingdebbie's success is really no surprise. She was bred to be great, as was Gointothewindow and Blueberry Smoothie. Paxton takes some of top local mares and breeds them with top sires in North America in Kentucky.
Stopshoppingdebbie's mother is Taste the Passion, who won a pair of stakes races as a 2-year-old at Emerald Downs in 1999, and her father is Curlin, the 2007 Preakness winner who was twice the North American horse of the year and has shown great promise as a sire.
Paxton said he wanted to breed Taste the Passion to a horse out of the Mr. Prospector line, and Curlin is a grandson of the legendary sire.
Although Paxton isn't sure how he came up with the name Stopshoppingdebbie, he said his wife, Debbie, has no problems with the name. Paxton had high hopes for Stopshoppingdebbie, but even he is surprised how easily she does everything.
"I was a bit surprised how much of a push-button horse she is," Paxton said, referring to how she responds for Bowen. "She is the right kind of horse."
Wenzel said he doesn't feel extra pressure to help keep Stopshoppingdebbie undefeated, but it's clear he has big things in mind at Emerald before a possible move to the big stage.
"We are going to make the races here a priority," Wenzel said. "But it would be exciting and fun to go somewhere big with a good horse."
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Paid Search and Above the Line Integration
Paid search and Above the Line (ATL) advertising integration is a hot topic in the digital world. Discussions around marketing channel "integration," such as search and social media, SEO and PPC, and search and ATL, are starting to make real sense for advertisers who now realize that everything should ultimately work holistically together and no longer in a silo for a maximum success.
The good news is that each marketing channel is increasingly being seen as a part of the whole strategy to drive positive results. Agencies need to do more than optimise their own campaigns and report on results. In a world where enterprise companies and big brands have several agencies, those agencies have to understand what each other is doing and work closer than ever together, communicate and share.
Relative to other forms of integration, there is little information and/or case studies available that focus on search/ATL integration. I believe the reason is because this type of integration is more complex to implement as search and ATL are very different from each other and it's not obvious how to go about integrating them.
ATL refers to mass media advertising to huge audiences through offline media like TV, cinema, radio, print and out-of-home or through such digital media as online display, etc. ATL is commonly used to generate upper funnel brand awareness and exposure to a mass audience.
Paid search marketing is the process of gaining traffic by purchasing ads on search engines. It is sometimes referred to as CPC (cost-per-click) or PPC (pay-per-click) marketing because most search ads are sold on a CPC / PPC basis. This approach is commonly used to acquire qualified traffic, which will convert so we target deeper in the funnel.
Thus, paid search and ATL are used to reach different goals and success and are typically measured using different KPIs. As a result, there can be a disconnect with regard to objectives. While ATL brings traffic, search should bring quality traffic that converts.
Other channels may be easier to integrate. For example, a logical way to integrate SEO and PPC is to start building a "blended keywords report" for both with volume, rankings and CPCs, along with any other useful metrics. Once built, keywords can be identified with high CPCs that rank on the first page of the search engine results pages (SERPs). Budget can be saved on those expensive PPC keywords by not buying them anymore (since they come up on the first page of organic results).
Another integration approach with SEO and PPC is to bid on keywords until they reach the first pages organically. The strategy is to temporarily use paid search to have some real estate on the first search engine page until the organic/SEO results kick in.
For social media and search we can, for example, integrate some social extensions within ad copy to boost the quality score, or use YouTube True View ads as a mean to generate less expensive traffic and attract more heavily engaged users.
As just explained, there are logical ways to integrate some channels together, but, when it comes to paid search and ATL the integration, the approach is less obvious. So let's think about how we can proceed to have some kind of integration between these two channels since they definitely complement each other.
Integration means combining parts so that they can work together more effectively than either could alone. In the context of search/ATL, let's look at combining the two channels to fulfil a common goal (e.g., exposure, sales, actions, etc.), and leverage both for maximum success. (This is applicable as well for search/social or any other form of integration.)
It is important to note that paid search will not only support ATL, but ATL will also help boost Web traffic during the initial outburst so we find ourselves in a win-win situation.
Having worked with several global clients here at Covario, these are the steps I believe we need to take to successfully integrate paid search and ATL:
Step 1: Media plan briefing
Integration starts with communicating and sharing the media plan from the client(s) with the agency team(s). Whether the two programs are run by one agency or two, most of the time we have different teams of expertise. It's critical for the teams to attend a briefing meeting and go through the plan together. All parties involved must fully understand the key initiatives, messaging, marketing priorities, target audiences, and more. If nothing is communicated or shared, we can't go forward with an integrated plan.
Step 2: Identification of initiatives
The paid search team will then identify initiatives that make sense to support via search marketing, including online display, TV ads, and cinema, etc. The team will particularly target outburst timing. As ATL is running, we expect more search volume so paid search will attract all that incremental traffic.
This task is the most challenging, since it either may simply not be possible or it just doesn't make sense to support ATL. The choice of what to support must then be relevant and strategic. We won't recommend supporting a newspaper inserts for example as the content may not be relevant with our targeted keywords list.
However, other initiatives can usually be identified that would benefit from ATL, such as local events, public demos, road shows, any sponsored events. For those, we can trigger specific messaging by cities or areas with catching phrases like "as seen on TV," "coming to your area," and "special offer for a limited time." "Click to call" in text ads is another way for retailers to see that a lead comes from their paid search campaign. Specific URLs in the ads or coupon codes will help directly correlate the lead online to offline.
Step 3: Planning
Once we know what will be supported, we can now plan the implementation and launch. We can now identify several steps in that direction, including run rate adjustment, timing, rewrites of ad copy, and the client review and approval process. Everything should be documented for post mortem analysis.
Step 4: Execution/implementation
This is really launching the campaigns that will support the ATL burst according to our plan.
Step 5: Report on results
Visuals are cool because you can see a direct correlation between search volume growth and ATL outburst timing. A graph (like the one below) usually speaks by itself. However, we should always compare our KPIs before and after to evaluate the success like visits to the site and conversions.
This graph below shows page views and cost per action (CPA) trends before, during and after an ATL outburst. The light blue background outburst represents the duration of the ATL outburst. First, we notice that page views are trending up while CPA is trending down during the ATL burst. What is quite interesting is that, after the outburst, the trends remain.
Once results are in and all analysis is done, the process should be repeated with the new media plan. We should learn from previous initiatives, repeat those that were successful, and learn lessons from those that were not.
Actionable Insight:
Despite the challenge, don't be afraid to experiment with integrating paid search and ATL. Consider alternative offline and online media channels, as well as various promotions and events that lend themselves to opportunities to leverage search and ATL to achieve greater top and bottom of the funnel results than you could using just one of the two strategies.
Good luck with your integration!


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Most agencies in the CSBG network are Community Action Agencies (CAAs), created through the Economic Opportunity Act, a predecessor of the CSBG. Community representation and accountability are hallmarks of the CSBG network, where agencies are governed by a tri-partite board. This board structure consists of elected public officials, representatives of the low-income community, and appointed leaders from the private sector.
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: the policy of economic and governmental reform instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union during the mid-1980s
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Russian perestroĭka, literally, restructuring
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noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Program instituted in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid-1980s to restructure Soviet political and economic policy. Gorbachev proposed reducing the direct involvement of the Communist Party leadership in the country's governance and increasing the local governments' authority. Seeking to bring the Soviet Union up to economic par with capitalist countries such as Germany, Japan, and the U.S., he decentralized economic controls and encouraged enterprises to become self-financing. The economic bureaucracy, fearing loss of its power and privileges, obstructed much of his program.
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Lions clubs across the United States support beep baseball teams in their communities by contributing time, money and team spirit, so visually impaired athletes can enjoy their love of the game. Lions volunteer on the field as field judges, base operators, spotters and umpires. They also volunteer off the field by keeping score, managing information tents and doggie daycare tents, bringing water to the players and cheering them on. Through sponsorships, Lions send teams to various tournaments and the Beep Baseball World Series to help players achieve their dream of being champions.
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Elizabeth Fournier was 8 years old when her mother died.
She found visiting with her body, at Young's Funeral Home in Tigard, to be soothing.
"I felt OK there," says Fournier, now 45. "I wanted to go back the next night of visitation to see her. I wasn't scared. Something was nice about it."
Life went on. Her father quickly remarried. Her last grandparent stepped in to help, then he died in turn. Meanwhile, Fournier nurtured that comfort she felt in the presence of the dead. In grade school, she walked cemeteries near her home in Beaverton.
"And then when I got to high school and could drive a car, I would do that Harold and Maude thing and go to people's funerals I didn't know," says Fournier, sitting in the front room of Cornerstone, the funeral home she owns in Boring, Oregon. She started with funerals at Tigard's St. Anthony, but soon branched out. Wearing a black dress and sitting in the last pew, Fournier would see how fragile the living were in the wake of death, how much they needed support. When she graduated from high school, she told her father she wanted to go to mortuary school.
"That's not a good idea," Fournier recalls her father saying. "You're probably going to change your mind because you're only 18 years old. Plus you'll probably never get a date because it's creepy!"
Her father was wrong about the dates. Fournier is married, with a 6-year-old daughter. She is also working in the funeral business, and working to change it.
The $15-billion-a-year death-care industry in America has bloated into a financially onerous, emotionally fraught, sometimes ethically problematic operation: pumping our dead full of toxic chemicals, selling us expensive caskets, and sending off our departed in unfamiliar rooms replete with organ music and fake marble. Fournier willingly offers services as grand and complex as families want. She also identifies with what is sometimes called the "alternative death" or "natural burial" movement, one shifting the responsibility of caring for the dead back to families, and in greener, cheaper, arguably more sensible directions. Taking care of our own, she believes, is good for both our wallets and our souls.
"People aren't aware that when your loved one dies, you have options," she says. "The first thing they'll say at a hospital is, what mortuary are you going to use? And there's that sense that, I guess I need to pick out a funeral home because someone needs to come and pick up this person...Now, people are realizing, 'Hey! We can take this into our own hands.' They can be present with it, and that aids your healing, a lot."
Fournier's father may have been wrong about her life's path, but he was half-right about her changing her mind. She's had many jobs, often with an emphasis on the theatrical. She worked as a ballroom dance teacher, played "Tough Looking Woman" on the TV series Grimm, and has done voiceover work for 25 years, ever since a radio DJ told her she had a great voice (which she does: all throat and honey, Brenda Vaccaro without the scratch). Still, the funeral business stayed on her mind. But what did it mean to be a mortician? She did not consider herself "a black suit kind of girl"; she was young and "kind of kooky."
Between her junior and senior years at Linfield College, she took a job as the on-site caretaker at Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Southwest Portland. She thought it might be fun to live in a trailer in the middle of the cemetery. It was not.
"Scariest summer of my life," she says, recalling being frightened not by the dead but by the living, who partied on the graves, peered into her trailer, and prank-called at midnight, saying, "I'm locked inside the cemetery and I need you to get me out!"
"I was 22 years old with long blond hair," she says, with a shrug that suggests she might have expected to be seen as a curiosity. What Fournier did not expect was a different sort of contact.
"I would get someone calling in the middle of the night, saying, 'My brother's [interred] there; I need to know he's OK,'" she says. "I'd spend an hour on the phone with this person. I realized I do have some of these skills. I can talk to these people. Maybe this is more than just being there with a big car at a funeral at a church and handing out folders. What it really is about is comforting these people."
She honed the capacity for which she felt destined and became a licensed funeral director first in California, then in Oregon, before buying Cornerstone from its aging owner in 2005. If Fournier is the consoling professional bereaved families need, there is also the sense—as she mentions her appearance on Grimm or that she was once fired from a DJ gig for playing "You Light Up My Life" one too many times—that at any moment that big voice of hers might break into a show tune.


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JAMES' GANG In a recent Tony Scott-directed BMW short film, James Brown consorts with the devil, so it's fitting that the Godfather of Soul is ready to raise a little hell in 2003 to commemorate his 70th birthday, on May 3. Plans are under way for a gala concert this month, and Brown is touting his latest CD, The Next Step. ''I've got one song on there called 'Good and Natural,''' he reports. ''It's speaking about the basic things, like collard greens and black-eyed peas and lima beans and America's apple pie. Then I've got another one called 'Killing Is Out, School Is In.' We're right on top of all the current issues.'' Brown is also working on an album of collaborations. ''I have an arrangement of 'It's a Man's World' I've done with Mr. Pavarotti,'' he says. ''I think Sting and I are going to do something together, and I don't think it'll be too hard to get Elton John and Paul McCartney. They're my friends. As great as they are, they're like my little fans who've been dreaming of cutting a record with me.'' No release date has been set, but Brown is aiming for '03. ''I'm on my way,'' he says, ''and I want to do something.'' Tom Sinclair
TECH AND GO While major labels scramble to keep fans from downloading music for free, at least one indie, MSC, is encouraging it. Visitors to therealtechn9ne.com can get all 21 tracks of Absolute Power, the latest CD from Kansas City, Mo., rapper Tech N9ne. They are then urged to buy the disc, which includes a DVD and seven bonus cuts. Sounds radical, but Priority cofounder Mark Cerami and former Priority exec Dave Weiner, who started MSC, contend that only majors have easy access to radio and music television. ''It's a complete monopoly,'' says Weiner, who signed N.W.A and Master P. MSC has also created a campaign, ''F--- the Industry,'' with TV ads featuring Tech rapping from his single ''Industry Is Punks'' and directing viewers to the site. But the jury's still out on the Power play. In the two weeks after its Nov. 26 release, the album was downloaded 70,000 times, but only 3,469 people went on to buy it. Tech is unfazed. ''If it's truly meant for this s--- to blow up, it will.''


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Hi, Can anyone recommend a stripper that is no or low voc/fumes? Do the organic citrus stripperts work? Need to strip the finish off of kitchen cabinets. The house was built in the late eigties and am assuming polyurethane or varnish and the folks will be in the house while it's being done. I can visquine the area off and open a window and maybe use a fan, but one of them has respiratory problems. Thanks for any suggestions! |
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- Posted by bobsmyuncle (My Page) on Thu, Jan 29, 09 at 20:08
I use an NMP stripper. I can't speak to the consumer version. Perhaps the article below will be of some help. |
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- Posted by sierraeast (My Page) on Thu, Jan 29, 09 at 22:00
Thanks BMU, NMP sounds good. Time isn't a problem, no need to rush on the project, just looking for the safest, less fumigating way as possible. It just seems that on products in the past where they sounded too good to be true, that was always the case. There are some citrus type, no voc, no fume products that are sold at walmart that seem to fit the too good to be true philosophy. I was curious if anyone on board had ever gave them a go. NMP being pricier isn't a problem when it's something that works. Saves dinero and headaches down the road. Thanks again! |
- Posted by sierraeast (My Page) on Thu, Jan 29, 09 at 22:04
I was referred to this product over at the paint forum, but it seems geared more for paint removal... |
Here is a link that might be useful: smart stripper
Here's an article I find helpful. It doesn't cover citrus-based products, but it does help clarify which situations call for various types or stripper. Notice that it recommends the more noxious stuff (MC) for varnish and polyurethane. If the cabinets were finished with conversion varnish then you'll probably need some fairly heavy-duty stuff. FWIW, I recently tried one of the milder-mannered, rinse-with-water strippers on an old coffee table my wife wanted refinished. The table had been sloppily painted with latex house paint. The stripper was almost odorless and it worked well enough on the latex, but barely touched the underlying varnish. I ended up plowing most of it off with a card scraper. I assume you can remove the doors and drawer fronts to strip elsewhere, and just do the face-frames in place, no? |
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- Posted by sierraeast (My Page) on Fri, Jan 30, 09 at 10:26
Thanks Jon for the info! Yeah I can take the doors and drawers and strip them outside in the carport leaving the faceframes and sides, so that helps. The NMP sounds least effctive concerning fumes as they appearently evaporate and are slower acting, so hopefully i can pull the majority out a window with a fan. Another concern is temperature, might have to wait until things warm up a tad before going the open window route. If Im understanding it right, the warmer the better for most strippers to work? The folks might have to wait awhile for this project. Problem is...they want it done yesterday! |
You need to balance the effectiveness of the stripper against how toxic it is. If you have to use more coats or spend more time dealing with a 'safer' stripper, you could easily end up with a greater exposure than using something like methylene chloride. You can also get a respirator and the correct cartridges if methylene chloride worries you. It is the only really effective stripper for a number of catalyzed and fully synthetic finishes. |
- Posted by sierraeast (My Page) on Fri, Jan 30, 09 at 20:30
Thanks Brickeye! There is a possibility of them moving and putting the house up. The ideal situation would be to wait and when they are moved, jump in, respirator up, and take care of it with an empty house. They aren't certain as of yet but im going to let them know about all the advise that has been given and hopefully they will postpone for the time being. Thanks again for all the info and advise! |
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Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution for iPad is built upon the foundation of the award-winning title that popularized the "just one more turn" formula on the iPhone platform. Exclusive to the iPad, the World/Scenario Creator is an entirely new feature for Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution for iPad which allows players to customize the world and game parameters to create hundreds of different scenarios and game types, providing limitless hours of entertainment. Additionally, Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution has been updated and optimized for the iPad's larger 1024×768 pixel high resolution screen, with an enhanced user interface that improves the fidelity of world map tiles, improved controls for better unit movement, leader portraits, icons, and a broader view of the world map enabling increased vision and strategy for tactical gameplay.
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With The Sopranos, what you see is not what you get. In fact, it's hard to imagine another drama so dedicated to the art of lying. Throughout its six seasons, there's scarcely a scene in which the characters' words could be taken at face value. David Chase's series is about the Mob, yes, but mostly it's about untruths and their consequences. That, and selfishness. And greed. And self-deception. And denial. And death. The values of the average American family. Small wonder Tony needed therapy.
At the outset, when Chase decided to retool Scorsese's GoodFellas as a morality play about the family affairs of the Mob, Tony was a Mafioso of the middle-rank, his ambitions held in check by Uncle Junior, while his abusive mother yanked the chains of his mental stability.
This season begins with everything under control. Tony is boss. His mother is long dead, and Uncle Junior is paddling on the pebbled shores of dementia. Tony's marriage to Carmela has been repaired - she will swallow her conscience in return for a new house - and the family prevails. It's still midlife, but the crisis has been quelled. Then, blam! Tony ends up in a coma, prompting power plays among his soldiers.
The struggle is unseemly, but it does offer extended airtime to some of the supporting characters. The elegantly-coiffured Sil - played like a Tex Avery cartoon by Steven Van Zandt - steps up, but quickly discovers that ambition is a curse. Vito (Joe Gannascoli) - his confidence stoked by the success of a recent diet - looks well-placed for promotion, but is hampered by some unwise sexual adventures. Being a "fenucca" is not a smart move for a made man, and neither is it a good idea to squabble with the irascible Paulie Walnuts. Paulie's sense of injustice is almost thermonuclear, but Tony Sirico plays him with such tender self-mockery that he comes across as a lonely soul, rather than the beast his actions might suggest.
The therapist, Dr Melfi, used to operate as a kind of secular priest, offering Tony a kind of confession without guilt, but she is less central here. The role of Carmela, is more significant. Apart from the occasional intervention by her daughter, Meadow, Tony's wife is the only character capable of imagining a different way of life. On vacation in Paris, she visits the remains of some old Roman baths, and turns tearful: "We worry so much, sometimes it seems like that's all we do. But in the end it just gets washed away." But even the saintly Carmela has her price.
And then there's Tony: a vicious, violent thug who thinks of nothing but his own gratification. So what's not to like? James Gandolfini has the brutal charisma of Jack Nicholson, but he's also capable of looking boyish and pathetic, or merely dissolute, as he shuffles to the fridge in his white towelling robe. He is physically diminished, but that only makes him less predictable, more dangerous.
Chase has faced some criticism that Series 6 is slow, and that nothing significant happens. The first charge has some validity, but the measured pace is a mark of quality. The opening three episodes do offer a challenge to the viewer, but they're works of bold invention, with half of the action unfurling from inside the imagination of the comatose Tony. Not since Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective has there been a drama in which the storyline was hitched so obviously to the delusions of the central character.
It's confusing, but it works, and the effect isn't based on suspense. Watch it twice and you can appreciate the quality of the writing, the richness of the language, and the way every action is prefigured by another event. The script is springloaded with consequences, and the prevailing mood is one of doom.
As a piece, Season 6 is incomplete. These four discs house the first 12 episodes. The final eight are due in Spring 2007, and a judgment on the conclusion of the series will have to wait. As it stands, everything is finely poised.
The end, surely, is nigh. The signs are all around that the old ways don't count for anything in corporate America. Even the priorities of the Feds have changed. They're now more interested with the War on Terror than organised crime.
It's all good, and it's all bad. Best moment? The scene where Christopher and his scuzzy pal Corky inject heroin, while Fred Neil's mournful "Dolphins" plays on the soundtrack. Cut to Tony, in therapy, lying, as always, to sexy Dr Melfi. "Every day is a gift," he tells her. "It just ... doesn't have to be a pair of socks."
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Rating: 5 / 10
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Heartbreaker! Lee University coach Paul Furey nailed it when he described the Flames 2-1 double-overtime loss to visiting Christian Brothers University on Friday evening.
In the end, the hard-fought 108-minute contest was decided in a span of less than 117 seconds. The Flames missed a golden opportunity to win in the final minute of regulation play when not one, not two, but three attempts were fired from point-blank range at the visitor's goal and none reached the back of the net.
With the clock ticking away the final minute in the second overtime, CBU's Josh Ferraz struck a shot past Lee keeper Tom Halsall to give the Bucs the stunning 2-1 victory. In fact, both teams and the Lee fans appeared to be in shock for several minutes. Lee faithful seemed content to just stand around the field, maybe in hopes their eyes were deceiving them.
"That was a tough one," said Furey. "We played well, good enough to win. Certainly we should have gotten a tie, but it is a tough lesson learned. Overall, I thought it was a pretty high level, high intensity game."
The Flames (1-2-1) will long remember their home opener against Gulf South Conference competition. After a scoreless first half, freshman Arturo Rocha put the Flames on top with a 35-yard free kick at the 53:41 mark.
The Lee defense held until the 77th minute when Ferraz scored the first of his two goals and his fourth and fifth of the young season to push the battle toward overtime.
"Both goalkeepers played well," pointed out Furey. "Tom (Halsall) had some big saves (two near the end of the first half). We had our chances to win but were a bit unlucky on some shots and their keeper did the job."
Halsall finished with six saves and CBU keeper Britton McGuire had eight key saves for the winner. The Flames out-shot the Memphis club 20-16. Both teams placed 10 shots on target. Lee was awarded 12 penalty kicks and Christian Brothers eight. The visitors were whistled for 16 fouls in the rugged affair and the Flames for 14.
The victory sends CBU on to Shorter University on Sunday with a 2-3 record. The Flames will get some needed rest and return to the Lee Soccer Field on Sunday at 3 p.m. and face Delta State (Miss.). Shorter University defeated the Statesmen 4-3 in Rome, Ga. on Friday.
Said Furey, "We will be ready on Sunday for another challenging GSC match."


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A coordinated rate cut from FED,ECB and others!!! 1/2%...In reality it doesn't do much to free up the credit crisis,but the "perception" is the important thing here..it should calm the nerves of investors,at least for a short while... |
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IMO, Short while are the operative words!! |
And the Nikkei plunges 9.4% on Wednesday. I'm wondering when we'll see news about investors and leverage planners jumping out of windows. |
The Nikkei dropped prior to the cuts,although considering the futures have reacted poorly here in the US,the Nikkei would have likley dropped,but perhaps not by that % |
What effect does this have on mortgage rates? I'm still locked in at 5.875%. |
It should have no effect on mortgage rates. 30 yr US Treasury bond yields are about the same today as they were on 1/1/08. |
Rates aren't just the same in the long end of the yield curve, but I don't think rates will change because of the tightness in the credit markets. |
My variable rate loan just went down to 4.29%. I was paying 7.25 on a fixed. |
Rate cuts didn't work...Wall St. was moaning that the ban on short selling was an issue..ban lifted last night..market down over 600 today...which is '98 levels when things were in far, far better shape (clearly more is not ALWAYS better) ...and more realistic..as the 14K plus was inflated fakery..largely based upon fruit from the poisonous tree. They won't play nice until the 700 bil gets handed out...with no restrictions or strings attached. |
"The Nikkei dropped prior to the cuts,although considering the futures have reacted poorly here in the US,the Nikkei would have likley dropped,but perhaps not by that %" Fast forward a day and the DOW is down another 7% today and the Nikkei down 10% Friday. |
- Posted by bushleague (My Page) on Fri, Oct 10, 08 at 4:32
What happened to the 'curbs' that used to be in place when the Street tanked heavily? |
Market looks like it's headed for another decline at the open..That said, those who invest at todays levels will be very happy 2+ years from now...I think(or hope) there will be significant support around 7000-7500 level, which could be approached today,lol... |
NEVER (!!!!!!) catch a falling knife! |
If you believe the market is going to be higher 1-2 years from now, you MUST be investing at these levels..Of course, make certain you have cash available in case of unforseen emergencies...The hysteria surrounding the market is terrifying,BUT the world is not ending...Just as when EVERYONE was singing the praise of their homes value, how you couldn't lose $$$,this is just the opposite ,though much more magnified.. Anyone who is 10+ years from retirement should continue to invest... |
qdog, I don't see this as your average Bear. This isn't about the equity markets. It's all about the credit markets. We don't have much history to base decisions on after the government nationalizes our financial system. :( I'm reminded of that statement on the bottom of the prospectus..."Past performance is no quarantee of future performance." If we don't stabilize the credit markets SOON this is no longer even a banking story...next week, we'll be talking about large, household-name US corporations going under. How, praytell, qdog....do you make a decision right now on where to place your bet? I used the word "bet" on purpose because that's what it feels like, IMO. The G8 meeting this weekend is another wrinkle to decipher before I'm willing to start pouring money into US equities. I'm getting very tired of these Sunday night surprises! We've stabilized our entire portfolio except the 401(k) where we have little room to maneuver due to the plan's limitations. Thankfully, most of our portfolio is in IRAs & other investments. That job change of DHs that allowed us to roll our old 401(k) into IRAs is proving to be very valuable. We much prefer being in control of our own destiny. Good luck to you if you should decide to jump in today. I'm waiting a bit longer. Also, we're going to be 'Bushwacked' at 10:20 a.m. & that's never good! :o) S&P futures are now -41.70. The open looks ugly. GE has just announced their Board has voted to stabilize the dividend thru '09. That's good news since these dividends have proven so unstable. /tricia |
t, i have been 40% in cash for quite awhile, and have been scaling in at "the close" each day for the past 10 days...Yes, it hurts, but one needs to "cost average" to have any hope of recovering some of the recent losses..I may have been early by 10-15%, but the upside risk outweighs the downside risk significantly,imho... that said, as you point out,the credit markets DO need to loosen up to have any hope of market stabilization... |
The credit market problems are a symptom, but such a severe symptom that it causes its own host of problems. It still all boils down to housing. Once prices bottom out, or better yet start climbing, all will be well. Until then, only those with enterprise and capital (usually, its just one or the other) will profit. The national average price of a house is still up 90% in the last 10 years. Normal growth would be more like 30%. I am still buying stock with every 10% drop the markets make, because I like to manage my cost basis down and my holdings are meant to be cashed out a long time from now, but also because the markets could just as easily return to irrational exuberance. Still, its a good thing I shouldn't need that money soon - it could well take "a long time" to get to where prices (of houses, and consequently the credit markets and the stock market) are supported by fundamentals again. |
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Breakfast Topic: What would be your biggest Mists of Pandaria surprise?
We obviously can't talk about what we learned at the press event yet, but there were definitely some surprises in there that will cause a stir. What would shock you the most? Tell us! Break out the Carmack the Magnificent hat and see if you're really psychic come tomorrow.
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My colleague and friend Andrew White was kind enough this morning to send me a link to a very interesting article in today's Financial Times: When Procurement is a Matter of Life and Death. I think it's a good article from the standpoint of bringing up that procurement need not be a backwater for "little people." It's a wonderful place to be for capable people that are fascinated with how to build a top-notch, innovative supply base while simultaneously keeping spend to a minimum. I'm really glad that people are more and more broadly recognizing the important and strategic contribution procurement can make to the organization.
But the article also demonstrates the continued lack of understanding of what procurement does. Lost tanks? Procurement BUYS things – including tanks – but I've never seen the task of choosing where to keep things or setting up an inventory system that effectively tracks it location as in-scope for procurement. Procurement's job ends when the purchased items or services are received. And a helicopter with a kitchenette? Procurement doesn't design the products it buys – at most procurement would work with suppliers to facilitate input into design, not decide what features to put in.
Someday I hope to read articles that blame procurement for things that really are their fault – such as picking unduly risky vendors, not addressing supplier performance issues, or paying too much for what they buy. And until then, I guess I'll be glad to settle for procurement increasingly getting the attention that it deserves.
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Wonder if this is a test to see if folks will like the setting under the 4E rules?
4E Mini Adventure?
Posted 10 August 2009 - 04:23 PM
Posted 14 August 2009 - 05:38 AM
What a horrible surprise. Hopefully FFG will not cripple Midnight by WoWing it, like WotC did to DnD with the 4th Edition. I should stop now, before I start raging again.
If the download from DriveThroughRPG wasn't so slow, I would have something to WATCH!
Posted 21 September 2009 - 10:17 AM
I, for one, hope that Midnight eventually gets released as a 4e setting. The powers system in 4e is extremely flexible and makes it so designers can better translate fiction to rpg without having to pigeon hole abilities in the fiction into existing systems. 4e is a game where players and DMs can "see the code" and costruct powers/monsters/abilities from scratch much easier than in earlier D&D games.
Posted 27 September 2009 - 06:52 AM
As someone who has all the 3.5 designed Midnight product and won't be migrating to 4th Ed, I hope they don't switch to 4th. Keep it 3.5 or switch to Paizo's Pathfinder rpg
Posted 01 October 2009 - 08:37 AM
So far, I have all the works for Midnight in my collection.
I thank you for the D&D 4E adventure in the DVD.
I look forward to seeing Midnight become established as a D&D 4E Campaign Setting.


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Yeah, Inception was a pretty cool movie. I still maintain that he never really got out of the dream and that he was Tyler Durden the whole time.
Also: can we praise the 10th Avenger in this film…. Alan Silvestri. Damn that man writes an awesome hero score.
This list is unfair…. because, No Homo, but ALL of the Avengers are totally fuckable.
I really liked the part where HOLY SHIT ALL OF THESE COOL SUPERHEROES ARE DOING REALLY COOL SUPERHERO THINGS AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF LAUGHS AND AWESOME ACTION AND I CAN STILL BE EMOTIONALLY CONNECTED BECAUSE OF CLARK GREGG AND HONESTLY I WASN'T LOOKING FOR SHAKESPEARE BUT THEY EVEN FOUND A WAY TO HUMOROUSLY ADD SHAKESPEARE AND YES! (Also: I really really want to play a superhero in a superhero movie. That is my goal in life.)
I'm actually getting to comment on Monsters Ball before 30 other people got to it?! AND I'm going to Karaoke tonight?! And it is 65 degrees outside in the middle of MARCH!?!? Holy fuck I need to go slut it up to celebrate!
Ohhhh, no I would totally love being on a Segway tour of the distillery district of Toronto. Why not?
I have a sad love for the half desiring "ugh"s. Like, fuck those people, but more so because I wish I was one of them. Just like the football/lacrosse players in high school. Or 6′ tall bartenders who literally have the same skill set and everything else as me but they just happen to be 2 inches taller.
"My boobs are bigger" – Paula before getting her left foot amputated.
I'm with you teacherman. BnL are a fun goofy band who know how to write some awesome music.
I am going to defend this idea. I mean think about it, most of the most beloved musicals of all time are based off of other things (movies, books, other plays). Phantom of the Opera (which I do not care for) is based off of the novel, which spawned a movie, which spawned the musical which spawned another movie. My Fair Lady is based off of the play Pygmalion. Rogers and Hammerstein's Carousel is based off of the play Liliom. Ragtime was a novel and a movie first. And then theres Lion King and Beauty and the Beast.
All I'm saying is that source material does not denote the value of a musical, and just because something is respected as it is (I'm assuming we all thing Animal House is hilarious) doesn't mean it is exempt from being adapted and expanded.
I think this could be a really good show. I love BnL and Animal House and they seem to be styles that'll mesh together well.
One last note: Ghost the Musical is actually kind of great. Not as great as Matilda, but still a fun listen.
Look, I'm sure it'll run for more than a week. I mean, If I Had $1,000,000 I would keep it open as long as I could.
"One laugh? One laugh? I don't think so!" – This woman, before whipping out her newest and most miraculous laugh "Magnum."
Well you know badideajeans, that not only is it our duty, but it is our 1st Amendment Right. FREEDOM!
Kirk Cameron is a DWEEB! (That's still something people say right?)
Solitary laugh reminds me of Maniacal laugh. And I don't like it.
See, these are the kind of things in this world that really just make me lose hope… On one hand we have hate mongering and flat out ignorance. On the other hand, we all have a right to free speech so it's not my place to say someone cannot voice their shitty opinions.
Fuck it all.
So you're saying that this photo is unrehearsed?
My friend wanted me to give her 10 headlines of social issues in the news for one of her classes, and I wish this had come up sooner.
Tyler Perry's Madeas Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.
This is at the point in the movie where Gosling gives a smouldering look toward his foe, and the foe's head subsequently explodes in slow motion Real-D (Thus making the movie more violent than Drive.)
After some self reflexion, I change my casting. CUSACK for ALL OF THE ROLES.
Bill Murray was rumored to be cast as a ghost too, but he is too busy golfing and getting paid to go to golf tournaments and laugh and be funny.
I am not ashamed of that. Have you seen High Fidelity? It's just so good. Grosse Point Blank? Hilarious. Say Anything? Classic. Cradle Will Rock? So interesting. Being John Malkovitch? So different and fantastic.
Eh, Cusack isn't right for the role. He's waiting on The Peanuts: All Grown Up series…
Lies, I definitely would want Matthew Lillard to do it.


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