text:
Yeah, a drink. Why not? That time of day.
That's what he needed. A pre-text for the alcohol, a lot of alcohol.
Alone, at home, alone.
Cheaper. Cheaper, but prying eyes were still ever so keen. Even as her body rots, the eyes glow red and hunt down his shame.
No, a pre-text. And all good pre-texts must begin with a text. So he sent one, two, three… I forget, perhaps more… better odds, better chance of pre-text…
A veil whisper thin and draped vainly over the knowing eyes of friends. Transparent and never-fooled no more. A sigh and a much worn shake of the head. A party long since over. The replies, the resignation, the excuses. A veil of equal dull delicacy cast back in his direction.
Except….one. A maybe. A pre-text? A pre-text enough, certainly.
To the cupboard, the finery, the garb- a mask of black-eyed malcontent, both shield and warning. Enough, usually, only the shallow do not judge by appearances. A dead Irish paradox, a forgotten whispered truth.
With a bellow he sated the red-eyed beast, his keeper and kept, fleeing before it could rise from its drowning slumber, and into the cool autumn night. A gruelling and begrudged walk in mancle-like boots. Heavy leather. A cross borne like a thick fog. Then to the ash stained chariot, all human life contained within, animals marched on, obediently to the slaughter. Not this time, but soon, and they will have their celebration on a chalice serving soggy chips. Piss-stinking of vinegar.
Dusk lands with his feet on gummed concrete. A cursory glance at the obsolete phone reveals the rejection he knew was coming. Pre-text gone? No matter. It was only a pre-text, after all. As he mounted the dusty steps and drank in the tavern's sickly glow, he knew oblivion awaited.
Three hours later he was spat forth into the darkness, a little unsteady, but forced out by the guilt of squandering his feeble fortunes. That and the banality of those who made them his company. And fear that he now mirrored their vacuity.
Marginally unsteady of foot, numbness had largely brushed aside the discomfort of the early evening, as he strode into the ever chilled wind of the night, in pursuit of his rusted chariot.
A voice. Familiar, or maybe not, a face- bearded- could be one of any number.
A gaudy card boasting of negligible prices for sub-standard ale, for a nightclub doomed to failure.
Why not?
Exploit their predictable desperation. Time is short, and a fool and his money are the most tragic caprice.
He mounted the stairs, clumsily, before being subsumed by the swamp-like dirge of the music. An unexpectedly familiar face, one far more inebriated than his own- too many sickly smiles- he wanted to drink alone, but no matter, no matter.
Women friends, of course. One for himself, the pliant, wobbling flesh of the other for the interloper. Desolation breeds priapism on a sea of gin. Floating sickeningly, surrounded by voracious sharks.
Kisses. Vulgar tongue lashed kisses, neither had heard the other's name. No matter. Touches, gropes, fluids. Rancid sticky flavours. But time is short, and lust must be satisfied.
A hand thrust up a stockinged leg, seizing a gusseted vagina. Gasps, effrontery, then insouciance from the perpetrator. A a stinging slap and, then, in an instant, she is thrown off her chair in his drunken rage. The furious hunger of his cock, the brain addled by budget alcohol- he is pulled away 'midst friend screams and she weeps upon the floor.
Before the somnambulant doormen are fully roused by the incident, he heads for the exit. Apoplectic. Determined to fight or fuck something.
Gay bar? A gaudy temple of the preening? To drink of Hellenic affections in philistines robes? So be it.
Fight? Fuck? Both.
Angry stumbles through the streets. Through dark dim-lit alleys where tramps lie, sickly-moist in their own excreta, to the long decaying High Street. The lurid lights beckon him to the door where inverts, drenched in sweat and cloying products, rejoiced in the mythology of their freedom.
-What's this? An empty bar?
"Shut, I'm afraid."
Very well, I'll have no quarrel with you, my man, not this time. Later than he thought.
Shrieks, and cackles and vomit were swept upon the breeze as he struggled to make sense of the digits on his phone.
-"Oh, mate?"
A harsh voice cut through the white noise and brought him back to the present.
What's this? He thought. Girl, late teens, or so he thought. Pale, slim, not offensively unattractive.
But something of the gauntness about the eyes which hinted at her membership of the dragon hunt. Young for that, perhaps. Too young- they're always too young- a little familiar…… he couldn't say. Never the less, he instinctively thrust his phone into his pocket- better not risk a chase- not in this footwear, not at this time.
-"Have you got some cash you can lend me?"
Little whore.
Worthless bitch. All of them. The girl…the thing at the club…all with their little hands out, all wanting a little more than they've earnt. Well not this time. If she wanted to feed her addiction, she would have to feed his, and she had better do a good job. Without anticipating anything other than a hostile response, he offered bluntly,
"I'll give you £20 if you suck my cock."
Rather than a volley of abuse, she looked around quickly and ,then, back at his glaze-eyed, faintly sneering expression.
"Alright then, come on."
And with that she took his hand and led him to the gloom of a nearby alleyway. She settled on her knees behind a skip in a deep-set back door. He fondled at the buckle of his belt.
Drunkenly, angrily, desperately, until his three quarter hard cock hit the cold air. And, then, the burning heat of her mouth consumed him.
A moan, almost a roar, released into the night. A mountain lion mourning a lost world.
He looked back down. Insistent, methodical, professional- 19? How many times had she performed this act? On how many men? How expertly she judged the the pressure and timing….
Then he realised, she was enjoying this.
Good whore, obedient whore. Men will open their wallet in tribute to the sensual ecstasy of her mouth.
Stopping, briefly, and with a bedeviled smile, she whispered,
"Have you got the money?"
Wordlessly he pulled a £20 note from his shirt and handed it to her. She whisked it away into her pocket.
He hung his head back again in reverie at her attentions.
Then something changed, still warm, still delicious. But duller.
Less human.
He looked down and realised she had slipped a condom onto his penis without, seemingly, breaking rhythm.
Condom? Prissy little whore. Shares a needle, but won't swallow a load. Well trained clearly- no babies, no weaning on to methadone. Just false of habit- or just false self esteem…
"Are you going to cum soon?"
Asking questions of me? Setting times? My money, my decision when this party ends.
Too much had turned. Power assumed. Attitude all wrong. A lesson about to be learnt.
"It takes me a while to cum with condom- hang on."
He masturbated furiously, trying to offset the synthetic numbness with sheer brute force…
"Ready? Here we go…"
As the whore dropped her mouth back around the sheathed phallus, he seized the back of her head, and thrust it as far down her throat as he could.
She gagged and tried to pull away, but he clamped his hands upon her head like a vice. Tears filled her eyes, but her screams were muffled as again and again he assaulted her mouth with his manhood.
Now she would learn. His money, his choice. No smiles now- lost in the realisation in her worth:
£20, and her mouth was his until he was finished with it.
She wanted to bite down angrily upon him in protest, but he, like her, had done this before. And timed his furious lunges so expertly that she had just enough air to retain consciousness, but not enough time to do anything but gasp and gag.
Tears streamed down the gauntness of her face, until he hollered angrily into the night.
And with that, he gave one final thrust which took his cock as far down her throat as it would go.
Spray, twitching, into rubber. Sated.
He released her head and she fell back onto the cold concrete of the street coughing and spluttering.
He looked down. Smirked. Then threw the soiled condom at her.
Blocked with hands. Scowled. Not her worst indignity- not nearly. But still a scowl…
She was thinking of the high coming….
She stated bluntly, and with little drama. She ran away into the night, to serve her real master- the poppy.
He fumbled at his trousers ag………………………………….
His eyes opened. In bed, at home. Don't know how. Flashes…
A dream? No.
He didn't dream, not anymore.
He cried.
there were no tears……


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Stephen P. Halbrook on The Dick Morris Show Recorded: Wednesday, October 15, 2014
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Mary L. G. Theroux on the Epic Life of Willard Garvey Recorded: Sunday, November 17, 2013
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Maura McEnaney on Willard Garvey at Wichita Rotary Club Recorded: Monday, October 28, 2013
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Experts: Maura McEnaneyType: TelevisionIssues: Business, Culture/ Society, Economic Policy, Entertainment, Family, Government Waste/Pork, Housing, Privatization, Trade
Bruce Benson on Property Rights Recorded: Monday, October 14, 2013
Senior Fellow Dr. Bruce Benson, author of Property Rights: Eminent Domain and Regulatory Takings Re-examined, speaks with Jeanne Hoffman of Kosmos.
Experts: Bruce L. BensonType: RadioIssues: Business, Government Power, Property Rights
Anthony Gregory at P.A.U.L. Festival 2012 Recorded: Saturday, August 25, 2012
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noun \pig-ˈmāl-yən, -ˈmā-lē-ən\Definition of PYGMALION
: a king of Cyprus who makes a female figure of ivory that is brought to life for him by Aphrodite
Origin of PYGMALION
Latin, from Greek Pygmaliōn
First Known Use: 14th century
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noun (Concise Encyclopedia)In Greek mythology, a king of Cyprus who fell in love with a statue of Aphrodite. The goddess took pity on him and brought the statue to life, and he married her. In some versions of the myth Pygmalion was a sculptor who carved the statue himself because he was disgusted with the faults of ordinary women, and when it was brought to life he gave it the name Galatea.
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Bed Bug Captured At Fashion Institute Of Technology
"Yesterday, an insect — suspected of being a bed bug" was found in a classroom at the Fashion Institute of Technology. The bug was captured and no others were found — but just to be safe, everyone should probably panic.
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Stephanie Green: Fashion Designer Brings "Bug Show" to Life
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Election Day Fashion Flash Mob: "Voting Turns Me On!" | elephant …
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Publish Date: 11/05/2010 20:49
Michelle Obama — the Most Powerful Woman in Fashion?
Her husband may be the most powerful man in politics but Michelle Obama is the most powerful lady in fashion, boosting sales of any brand she wears.
Publish Date: 11/05/2010 16:58
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Eco fashion designers combine an eye for style with a commitment to sustainability. These four represent the best of upcoming green fashion trends.
Publish Date: 11/05/2010 22:12
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Is he related to Heribert Faßbender ?
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He can bend my fass anytime he wants!
He really is incredibly handsome. And a seriously great actor.
OMG Hunger. *shudders*
"Somewhere over the rainbow..."
I was watching a movie the other night when I spotted him. Completely forgot about this man, and what a hot guy he is. I've been fawning over him ever since, I think its the slight accent he has. Wouldn't you agree?
I <3 his accent, too. But then I think Irish accents are hot in general so...
But yes, he is so dreamy. I'm glad people are starting to notice him more after X-Men. Dude is a brilliant actor and he's gorgeous.
This guy is just perfect...
I don't know what it is about him, I see e's a handsome guy... but he just doesn't do it for me.
I think he's FUCKING hot as hell!
I saw X men and could not take my eyes off of him the whole movie! He is what I call dashing and debonair!
Btw what's the gif from? That is one hot banging bod he has!
^^ From his role in 300 as Stelios
totally agree on that!!! very nice and hot
Aww. I read his last name as "Fastbender". I was so ready to make a joke.
"Flipping Dykes I though they were a myth like Weapons of Mass Destruction" Grace Adler.
I had seen him in "Band of Brothers" I guess, but, I think the first time he really caught my attention was in "300" and, him being all shirtless and to die for helped, but it was those eyes that pulled me in. I just wanted him to be on screen the whole time.
He had some great bulge shots in X-Men First Class, and I hear that he has some full frontal in "Shame" and I can't wait to see.
"The penis mightier then the sword!"That's right... right?
bow to his sexiness
because hes worth it
So we watched X-men this week and there's Michael Fassbender swinging some serious pipe.
So any pics of this incredibly well endowed and very hot actor floating around>
From Hunger
From X-Men: First Class
Here's an ass shot
Yum now just need caps from shame.
hes apparently going full frontal in a new movie...
I thought that the title of the thread was a reference to this story, told by Mia Wasikowska to Movieline:
Michael had a very huge effect on any horse he got on, Wasikowska recalled. There was a horse on the third day of filming [when] we were shooting the scene where Jane and Rochester meet, and every time Michael hopped on the horse it got a huge erection. And hed get off and theyd run the poor thing around the block to try to make it go away, and hed hop on it again and it would happen all over again, and theyd have to get him off and run it around.
He's brilliant - really cannot wait to see Shame and A Dangerous Method
For all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these, 'It might have been.'
Michael Fassbender's new movie is "Shame" from the same team that produced "Hunger". So far the movie hasn't been submitted to the rating board and it's possible that it might not be as it is assured of an NC-17 which they might prefer to avoid and go strictly the "art house" unrated route. It is reported that the first ten minutes contains Fassbender having sex with a prostitute as well as masturbating in the shower.
And here's the trailer to Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method:
For all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these, 'It might have been.'
Was just watching X-men First Class again, and I'm just mesmerized every time his swinging cock is on screen. LOVE THIS GUY!
He's so yummy!
"The penis mightier then the sword!"That's right... right?
Wow very impressive!
I want to see Shame so badly.
I can't find a theater in my city that's playing it. I am dying over here.
I'll just picspam this thread a little bit.
I don't know about ya'll, but I am desperately trying to get my ass to a select city to see Michael Fassbender's sex addicted ass fucking his brains out in the new movie Shame. Ever since I saw him in Fishbowl I have lusted after him. Hes beautiful.
He really is, I only heard of him since the new x-men but after I saw it I couldn't stop thinking about him. I would love to see that movie, and all the gratuitous Fassbender nakedness. It doesn't open till January over here in the UK.
I just remember a scene in X Men where you can tell he's HUGE!
Yes. He was wearing sweats. It was HOT!
He's HOT.
Can't wait for Shame and A Dangerous Method.
For all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these, 'It might have been.'
does anyone have pictures? I remember in fishbowl there was this one scene he wore really low cut jeans with no underwear on.
Michael Fassbender shirtless
Michael Fassbender bulge
i wanna see his naked pics from ''Shame''...
There are some nude pics of him from the movie 'Hunger' in this thread.
found these
I just saw shame, Magneto is HUNG


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Women whose mammograms suggest the presence of breast cancer that is eventually ruled out by further testing experience slightly increased anxiety that does not affect their overall health, according to a new study in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine. Researchers from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College compared 534 cancer-free women whose mammograms initially suggested breast cancer to 494 women whose screenings were negative. The women were interviewed after the first mammogram but before they were cleared of a cancer diagnosis and again a year later. Immediately after their first mammogram, the women who received false-positive results had more anxiety than those who received a clean bill of health but the anxiety leveled off after one year. There was no difference in overall health between the two groups of women. Read more on cancer.
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Earth Day: The Impact of the Environment on Health
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This is my first year in about 15 years of growing a perennial bed. I have never tried one this large and have never grown grasses. I started out with the idea of planting a few grasses and some flowering perennials in my backyard. I may have gotten a bit out of hand but here are the grasses I have planted.
Graziella Miscanthus, Adagio Miscanthus, Silberfeder Miscanthus, Karley Rose Pennisetum , 5 Karl Foersters, 3 NorthWind Panicums (started with one and just added two more), 1 Northern Sea Oat, 3 "The Blues" Little Bluestem, 3 Prairie Dropseed and a Carex Indian Summer. I have had a big time wet soil problem (clay) and have had to raise up some of my original plantings. But the grasses as a group have done okay. The other flowering perennials have had a harder time. |
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Patient Refusal of Nutrition and Hydration: Walking the Ever-Finer Line American Journal Hospice & Palliative Care, pp. 8-13, March/April 1995. Ira R. Byock, M.D. In the midst of an increasingly heated debate over physician-assisted suicide (PAS) another option available to patients who are determined to end their lives is receiving serious attention -- the conscious refusal of nutrition and hydration. Patient refusal of nutrition and hydration (PRNH) is hardly new, indeed, virtually all hospice clinicians remember people who came to a point in their illness when they could be described as having "lost their will to live" and who recognized that continued eating and drinking was having an undesired, life-prolonging effect. In the hospice context, death that follows the decision to refrain from food or drink is not usually considered a suicide, however, by choosing to do so these patients were conscious that their death would likely be hastened. Critical examination of
this latter case gives rise to a number of questions. Seasoned hospice clinicians will wonder whether sophisticated palliative care would have uncovered other options available to this patient. However, two points of relevance to the current discussion stand out: a) neither starvation nor dehydration seemed to contribute to this patient's physical distress, and b) the patient lived for an unexpectedly long time. In addressing the prolonged course of his patient, Sullivan emphasizes that she was not known to have an underlying terminal illness or any ongoing catabolic process. Additionally, she began her fast with apparently normal nutritional stores (she is described as having been "always mildly obese") and her refusal of fluid followed two weeks of intravenous hydration. While the currently available research is not exhaustive, hospice clinicians now possess respectable scientific data to supplement anecdotal experience in forming their own opinions, and informing patients about nutrition and hydration. This information has relevance beyond responding to a hospice patient who is expressing suicidal intent. When diminished gag reflex, altered sensorium or obstruction makes oral feeding impractical or risky, thoughtful clinicians and their patients often struggle with decisions about whether to place nasogastric or PEG feeding tubes. The practice of a physician or nurse responding to a patient's request for assistance
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Here is a link that might be useful: GW thread of our kitchen remodel
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- Posted by holligator (My Page) on Sun, Jun 7, 09 at 10:37
I've often wondered whatever happened to your project. I followed your Thanksgiving week DIY undertaking with great enthusiasm, and I'm so glad you posted this follow-up! Your space is just beautiful, and you have what looks like an enormous amount of storage now compared to the old setup. I'm still impressed with your DIY skills and tenacity. Your view is gorgeous and it's wonderful that you now get to take such great advantage of it. Congratulations on a job well done! P.S. I also love your kitty, who looks like an older female version of my brand new kitten. :) |
WOW! I love love love it! What a transformation. I especially love the cabinetry surrounding the frige. I love the colors in your kitchen. I too am having white cabinetry put in. I bet you just love it. Congradulations and enjoy! |
I can't even believe that's the same space. You really maximized the layout and made it beautiful too - your cabinet color and granite look fabulous together. Great job! |
Really beautiful! Love the light fixture in the breakfast nook! |
Simply Beautiful! Everything flows so wonderfully together & you must be absolutely thrilled with all the storage space! I also really like your bronze pencil tile definition. I can't be sure from the photos, but does it have a twist to it? If so, it is a lovely echo to your birdcage pulls, which are btw outstanding! |
Amazing transformation! The wall of cabinets with your refrigerator is to die for. I'm jealous of your (and kitty's) view from the breakfast nook. Great job! |
What am amazing transformation! I love the Rialto Beige Tiles and maybe I will consider them again with same lot numbers on the boxes for my kitchen when I am ready to do the kitchen with big and small tiles like you have that look great. I also love how you have the microwave off of the counters but not so high that I could not reach it since I am very petite. I love the cabinets and the way everything goes so perfectly together with the backsplash, the light fixtures, the counters, and the neutral coloring. Thank you for sharing your finished kitchen. I wish I lived closer to you and if you husband had any time I would hire him to help me with my house since you both really are amazing at having an eye for design as well as being so talented. |
- Posted by loves2cook4six (My Page) on Sun, Jun 7, 09 at 11:49
Stunning. I am so glad I popped over to kitchens today and get to see the finished results in all their glory. I remember the original thread and I am most impressed that you did it yourselves. What an achievement. I love your backsplash. And I love your eat at bar and the work station next to it with the desk at the same height. |
GORGEOUS Weedy! What a wonderful transformation. |
Wow, what a terrific new kitchen. I was wondering how your remodel went, glad to see the finished project. Enjoy |
Kitty has the best spot in the house! What a view and what a gorgeous transformation. I hope you are enjoying it 24/7. You did a wonderful job. Love, love, love the fridge/oven/micro/pantry wall. |
Wow! Weedy, the kitchen is as gorgeous as expected from what you posted at the time, but I don't remember that amazing view! (Of course, midsummer makes a difference...) I'm not generally a view person, but with that panorama framed just so in that window, I think I'd be standing there all day ogling the lake and pointing out birds and rabbits for Nemo to bark at! |
- Posted by peytonroad (My Page) on Sun, Jun 7, 09 at 17:19
Very nice kitchen, huge!! Great KD for sure, Your granite is gorgeous! Is it called something else? |
- Posted by desertsteph (My Page) on Sun, Jun 7, 09 at 18:26
man did you get a ton of storage space put in there! super! i love your floor - if i could have tile, that's exactly what i'd want...now if i could find something like that in vinyl... what a super job - and great view. do you live by me? I could use the help next yr... |
- Posted by dinkledoodle (My Page) on Sun, Jun 7, 09 at 18:36
A stunning DIY. Looks 100% pro. Congrats! |
I'm still amazed at the great job you guys did--to have just a fraction of the DIY talent on this forum! I remember when you'd posted pics at the beginning of the process. Very nice! |
Thanks for the update! I remember the original threads well. Nice job. |
Wow!! Your kitchen looks fabulous. I am jealous. Hope my remodel looks as good as this one. |
I'm in love with your kitchen, your kitty and your view! And, OMG on your DIY skills and energy (I went back and read the Thanksgiving threads)! I'm very impressed. You certainly have earned a huge chunk of sweat equity. |
Hard to believe that is the same kitchen. Amazing is an understatement. Congrats! |
- Posted by weedyacres (My Page) on Mon, Jun 8, 09 at 22:32
Thanks for all your kind words. You guys are the best support group ever! katienic: Yes, the bronze liner is a rope/twist. You guys have nailed 2 of my favorite things in the room: the tons of storage (yes, I have empty cabinets) and the view. Though the view from upstairs is even better: we made the nook 2 stories, and the upstairs attaches to our master bedroom. Sometime I feel so spoiled. |
About time :-) I remember when you were working on it and we were all waiting each day for the update! Everything looks wonderful...view, cabinets, storage, cat...!!! I also really like the desk & eating area...the desk is the perfect place for a laptop w/o getting in the way of eating or other projects on the bar. BTW...you're the reason we have birdcage pulls & knobs in our kitchen. When we realized cup pulls wouldn't work for us, I had no idea what hardware to get....then I saw yours and knew they were the ones! Thanks so much!!!! |
- Posted by homey_bird (My Page) on Tue, Jun 9, 09 at 0:52
Weedyacres, this is a fabulous remodel! Total transformation. Congratulations on the vision and the execution. Very neat job!! Enjoy the space, and best luck with your rest of the remodel. |
- Posted by sapphirestitch (My Page) on Tue, Jun 9, 09 at 10:43
I keep going back and forth between the pics of the "before" and "after"...it just doesn't seem possible that you could fit so much more in that same space! It all flows together so nicely and the colors are calm and peaceful...a very lovely room, you did a great job. I am intrigued by your diagonal corner upper cabinet to the right of the range has a door that doesn't open all the way down. What sort of nifty storage solution or design feature lurks in that space? Nemo is a beautiful kitty, BTW, I love her markings and sweet face. We used to have a cat who "barked", too...my friends thought I was bit nutty when I told them that. But his prey-watching noises were definitely barks. |
- Posted by weedyacres (My Page) on Tue, Jun 9, 09 at 19:35
Alas, sapphire, no nifty storage solution lurks behind that panel, though I've thought I might hang a paper towel roll behind it. Here's the story: I wanted a raised cabinet on that corner, with a tambour below. Max cabinet height is 42", so my KD originally lowered ALL other uppers to 36" so the bottoms would be flush. I wasn't willing to give up that much cabinet space, so we decided on a spacer between the upper and the tambour, with a small "drawer front" to trim it out and make it look purposeful. I decided after we started putting the cabinets up that I didn't like the corner tambour (counter space hog), but still needed to fill in the space. I couldn't just leave the jog in the bottom, because the light rail under the corner cabinet would butt into the adjacent cabinets' doors. So I did the spacer: carefully scribing a piece of filler to bridge the two adjacent cabinets evenly for the light rail; painting the mitered edges; and adding some scribed skin on either side. The "drawer front" idea didn't work because the glazed border part is too wide. So there you have it, another vagary of remodeling/kitchen design. As for the Jack & Jill bathroom photos, it's been done since Thanksgiving except for the shower doors. Still laboring over whether to pay $1100 for 3/8" frameless or $434 for DIY 1/4". And I'm unwilling to post while we're still using a shower curtain (it's a guest bath, so isn't getting a lot of use). Hopefully this won't take us a year and a half, but I'll try to make a decision soon. I do love how it turned out. |
I LOVE your kitchen! So beautiful -it would be my dream kitchen if my budget would allow! The telephone area is a great touch! I wish I had room for this! I'm in the process of doing my kitchen and I think have very similar taste. Do you mind letting me know what faucet you have? Is it the Delta Saxony? |
Wow what a beautiful place. Elegant and fresh. I love the white cab and the soft taupe walls. The granite is lovely and the detail on the cabinets are amazing. DIY? You need to go into business. This is a work Great job. |
- Posted by weedyacres (My Page) on Sun, Jun 14, 09 at 17:44
The faucet is Price Pfister Marielle. |
Really wonderful, so many great ideas! Can I ask about your tile- the Rialto Beige- does it come in that small and large tile pattern, or did you have to create that? |
- Posted by weedyacres (My Page) on Fri, Jun 19, 09 at 10:16
The Rialto Beige tile comes in 16x16, 12x12 and 6x6. We used 16s and 12s and put them together in the pinwheel pattern shown. |
- Posted by marthavila (My Page) on Fri, Jun 19, 09 at 10:46
Gee. Gosh. Golly. Wow! I am so glad I finally opened this thread to see what was inside! Like others, I remember when you were working on your kitchen and I also remember being so impressed with your DIY energy and skills. Seemed like you had brought us pretty far along in the process and then you just disappeared! To be honest, I didn't open this thread right away because I thought it was one of your older threads being revived (Yes, I now realize that it does say "finished kitchen" and the start date is June 19, '09. LOL). At any rate, let me repeat that this is one fantastic job you have done and I am so glad to be seeing the finished product! Love everything about your new space, especially how you achieved an increased sense of spaciousness even though you have put more into the kitchen! Also loving that view and Nemo! Congratulations! |
Wow, I totally missed this post too! Your kitchen is wonderful and the fact that you did it yourselves is amazing! I love your finish choices everything looks great together. Those chairs are really cool and of course the kitty is the best accessory of all! Enjoy! Kat :) |
Wow! What a wonderful transformation! I can't wait to see what you'll accomplish on your 7 weedy acres if you put the same energy into them as you did your kitchen. One question for you... may I archive your kitchen in the Finished Kitchens Blog? I would also like to include some of the information about how you did your DIY. Thank you!! |
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Kudos on a beautiful job!! Thanks for taking the time to offer pics. I'm really liking some of the ideas and design cues presented. For one, I didn't think that the mix of knobs/handles and styles of handles could be used successfully, but works quite well. BTW, best to go thicker the better with your glass shower enclosure and nothing less than 3/8". Pricey, but worth the look and you need that show of substance with frameless. One of the other things I had to consider was the color of glass to use (whether to go with the standard green hue or the pricier blue). Oh, Nemo is a cutie for sure!!;) |
Weedyacres, again I am enjoying viewing your beautiful kitchen loving all the changes you have made including the beautiful tiles installed in a pattern and that gorgeous view. Thanks for sharing the pictures and sharing the grout color and brand. |
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Last week, we called upon our Facebook community to answer Belalang Tempur's question concerning his upcoming trip to Morocco. He said, "I would love to enjoy the Marrakesh Djemaa El-Fna this coming October. Any suggestions on where to stay? Any specific activity that I must try there?"
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text: Introduction: Welcome to the May issue of the Brujah newsletter, a little bit more on time than the previous ones. In this issue the strategy section offers advice for all types of decks, while the Deck Of The Month is, as promised and at last, a little on the bizarre side. Still it shows some of the points I want to make in the strategy section, and its main angle is something not common, but still not unusual in tournaments. So read it, try it or at least take away some useful information. Four newsletters have passed already, still I'm sorry that I can't give you too much feedback on the decks I introduced so far. At the end of the day I will never muster Xian's determination and just play Brujah decks (although I should, as my latest non-Brujah creations all sucked apart from a decent Ravnos thingy I made to get ready for Final Nights - first time ever I played this clan), which basically means that the March rush affair has not been played since I published it. Last month's frisbee deck I took apart just the other day as a pre-emptive measure against the anticipated shift in the meta game. For what it's worth it still stands (almost) undefeated, sweeping all but one table so far. The local meta game looks favorable for pure rush now, so probably next month I can give you some live experience from the March ranting at last. I played February's Euro-Brujah in a slightly modified form lately, and it fared reasonably well (one defeat due to the most horrible crypt and library draw ever, one sweep on a four player table). Also please check the SydCon Winning Deck by Chris Arthur which is similar to the one I posted. Good job, Chris! Fiction: "Awful weather, this. What with global warning, err? May approaching and still snow. 'Tis crap, I say." "Sure thing, lad. Shit hole this, as well, end-of-the-world type of stuff. Nothing to wet the throat as well." "Aye, just ice, no booze. What does the big-shot spaghetti want here anyway?" "Meet with the bums. Well, bird over there on the boat looks cute though..." I shoot them a warning glance, and they fall silent. Jimmy 'Fingers' Macintosh and Aaron 'Ace' Aswell, who is apparently so dumb that he needs to repeat his name in every second sentence. Two tall bikers from the Cold Dawn, Inverness-shire branch, shuffling their booted feet uncomfortably on the bleak pier. Too much water everywhere for my taste, the woolen suit the Don made me wear is soaked and uncomfortable. I rest my back against the black Rover I drove up here from Glasgow, every single mile longing for some honest punk rock. I mean, Joey Ramone just died, and man: That calls for some respect. The Don wouldn't have any of it, of course, instead we were listening to Verdi for hours: crooning bitches, strings Burt Bacharach would drown in, pompous Ben Hur-type orchestral affair. So much for my promotion after the Munich "success". I light a Gauloise and look over to the rusty fisher boat. The Pride Of Uig, I presume... The guys are right, this place is remote. The Isle Of Skye lies behind us, ahead the black and cold Atlantic ocean. The bearded guy the Don came over to meet must be one of The Wylde Ones, and an Olde One. Crazy tongue he speaks, could hardly understand anything he grumbled when the Don, exquisitely dressed as always, greeted him with exaggerated friendliness. Well, there is someone here I would understand, but we never exchanged as much as a nod of the head. Kallista and a moronic native american fellow named Bear Paw form Olde One's escort. She looks worn out, thick make-up on a pale face, the familiar pret-a-porter dress hanging loosely around her haggard frame. No rest for the wicked, I presume. With a sad smile a squash the cigarette but under my heel. I'm whistling 'Kids In America' for no apparent reason while scanning the deserted waterfront of Uig for suspicious movements when Fingers catches my attention with a polite cough. Mr. Winthrop, who looks like Caine's school buddy but is actually mortal, about 100 years old and the Don's factotum, feebly waves in my general direction. I suspect that my humble presence is required inside the venerable hulk and make my way to the plank. "Guess you kids are now in charge. You take care that nobody creeps around. If you fail, you will be dead AS WELL", I command with a wry grin to Ace before I slowly descend the slippery gangway. "Yes, Captain", comes the satisfying reply. A quick glance into the cabin shows me that everything inside seems to be fine: the Don and the Olde One smiling, tumblers in hand. A venerable looking bottle of Scotch dominates the table between them. The Olde One's lustrous eyes rest on Kallista, who desperately tries to become invisible as I enter the cabin. The Don clears his throat. "Mind if I take some", I ask, but nobody reacts. So I help myself to a good shot of the amber liquid and concentrate on the screen. Funny that the Don always carries his fancy Getaway laptop but doesn't have a clue about how to use it... He hands me a floppy with a phletoria of "undisclosed recipients", then I unleash a storm of spam. "DONATE BLOOD AND WIN 100K!!!" - a clever move, I think, involuntarily envying the Don. Who of Caine's children would donate blood? But then again who would resist a Hunting Ground like this? No hassle, tons of Vitae. "Click here for more information", and pronto, you have Black Cruezade (tm) installed on your machine. The rest is handled by our server farm back down in NYC. It will open a non-traceable connection to every infected computer and communicate an "irresistible offer" - which apparently will not involve graphic demonstrations of power incorporating huge amounts of heavy iron. I feel like the pawn I am in this big game and wonder when someone is going to spend this much of, well, anything to make me happy. Strategy: The Master Question: How many I should have? After the recent discussions on the newsgroup the question about the appropriate number of Master Cards in any deck is still unresolved, it seems. And rightly so, I would like to add, as I think it really depends on what you want to achieve. Still, many decks I see err on the excessive side of Masters. To me Master Cards roughly fall into three categories: Deck management: Cards hat help you to manage your pool, blood on minions, library size and card flow (for example Fragment, Dreams, Elder Library, ToR3, Info Highway, Minion Tap, Ascendance) Strategy enhancers: Cards that give you stuff like extra bleed, stealth,rush, intercept or votes (Rumor Mill, Haven Uncovered, Ventrue Headquarter, The Labyrinth etc.) Active strategies: Cards that form the backbone of a distinct strategy (stuff like Hostile Takeover, ToGP, Betrayer, Madness Network in case of OOT combat) Only the first category I implement in every deck, but then the whole discussion about how many Masters is moot - you never need close to 20 percent in your library of these. I do not expect to play a Master Card every turn, nor to hand jam on them any time. Actually the last effect is something I try to avoid altogether, for obvious reason. If your main strategy doesn't rely on Master Cards, you should be fine with about 12 in a 90 card deck. I normally take some Blood Dolls, a Dreams Of The Sphinx, maybe Minion Tap if I use huge minions, and than a little extra from the second category. It would be stupid not to use Masters to enhance your strategic options, be it casual intercept (News Radio), extra rush (Haven Uncovered), more votes (Legendary Vampire) etc. But when thinking about these cards, keep in mind that you can only play one Master per turn (normally that is) and the average game rarely goes beyond 12 turns. Which is to say: If you really need intercept, take transient cards or retainers/Sport Bikes, if you really need rush, use Bum's Rush/Ambush, if you really need votes, use Bewitching Oration... Of course the third category is different. There are strategies that need Master Cards as a core element. Anarch Revolt decks are maybe the best-known and most-feared type - if you want to construct one of those, you want to play an Anarch Revolt every turn. So you include many, plus the means to go around master card hand jam: The Parthenon, but also Fragment or The Barrens. So there is no definite answer to the question "How many should I use?" . As the whole process of deck building it boils down to deciding what strategy you want to follow. I'd say: Not more than you need. And never think along the lines of: "I have a master phase, I have to use it." Nobody ever lost a game because he refused to play a master card, but many have lost after the card they really needed for their winning move didn't show up because that second Hunting Ground they put in "just to make sure it comes out" actually came instead. The Big Vampire HOWTO (or a few ideas towards something like this) A similar point as in the above Master Card discussion has to be made about minions. A lot of huge capacity guys and gals look dead cool, but coolness doesn't win games. Your minions of choice should be bigger than they need to be to get the job done. This doesn't rule out big vampires, but say in a rush deck that simply needs Potence and maybe a hint of Celerity, everyone above 5 capacity is a waste of pool (with obvious exceptions, Beast being a classic in rush decks because of her inherent rush ability - these are general guidelines, not the Ten Commandments...). On the other hand there are deck concepts that need huge minions, be it bloat, politics relying on inherent votes or special things as this month's deck. Which leads me to the points I want to discuss: How to get them going Okay, my first advice is a personal preference, it can be done either way. But if you don't need Don Cruez for the unlife of you first, and you don't have a crypt full of biggies, I think it's better to bring out a small minion first. You will play passively during the first few turns, but some defense is better than none. Plus an early minion means early actions or reactions, which means card cycling that should improve your hand. Of course there are the so-called speed toys, namely Tomb Of Rameses III (shouldn't that be "Ramses", LSJ? ;-) and Information Highway (honorable mention is due to the always handy and versatile Dreams Of The Sphinx). One of these played in the first round will give you (if you don't start with one transfer) your Don in two turns. But there is a drawback: All these cards take up master slots, and to guarantee one in your opening hand you have to include redundancy. How to survive Basically I want to repeat the advice from the last paragraph: You need massive minions? Fine. But also include some smaller vampires as they might give you the crucial extra generic actions (bleed, call a vote) or reactions (which might be a suicidal block). Apart from that there are some things to keep in mind: You will spend a lot of pool on minions, so get it back. Minion Tap is the card of choice in a big minion deck. Bloat is the perfection of this, basically you need Minion Tap and ways to refill (be it The 5th Tradition or stuff like Voter Captivation) to get a decent bloat deck. Yet another possibility, which comes back to my first advice and really depends on what your strategy is: If you simply need one big guy, let there be one and only one. A Lazverinus All Star deck needs Laz, period. While having a crypt of twelve Lazverinus copies is a little extreme, everybody else should be in a neglectable price range. One vampire decks are definitely exotic, but still fun to play - I will post a Brujah variant soon (well, as soon as everybody has recovered from this month's exoticness). Still the lesson to learn is simple: Never play big minions without reliable pool gain. How to be competitive with them Normally it's a very simple calculation: Two 5 capacity vampires can take twice as many actions or block twice the number of actions than a single 10 capacity monster. To offset this disadvantage you need to use special card effects. That doesn't come down to superior disciplines: Neither means superior as opposed to inferior twice the effectiveness, nor do you need double the capacity to get the necessary skills at superior. Other cards can make the difference though. The 2nd Tradition (or more generally all Traditions) is maybe the best example: Untap and block at +2 intercept for all Princes and Justicars, so your fat boy can take an action and still be able to block. Study all cards that offer advantages to certain vampires in terms of multiple actions/reactions and try to incorporate them into your strategy. Normal multiple action strategies are good for standard decks, for huge minion decks they become essential most of the time. Use Wakes and if possible Freak Drive to the utmost effect. To put the point more generally: Make use of the specials big vampires possess. Be it a title, a massive bonus to bleed or hand damage, inherent stealth or an inherent rush action - these make those big dudettes worthwhile, IF your strategy needs their special. Never rely on the multitude of different skills. Although there are examples of decks that rely on a strange discipline combo only found on a particular minion, three things speak against using a minion only for his disciplines. First: The more disciplines involved, the more complicated and thus unlikely the combo is going to be pulled off. Second: Skill cards can handle the problem without spending that much pool. Third: If the combo depends on having one minion out, it becomes very vulnerable. Not only to bad crypt draw, but also to decisive action against this weakest part of your game - be it combat or stuff like Banishment. Vampire of the month: Not surprisingly I give to you Don Cruez, The Idealist: 10, ani CEL dom pro POT PRE, Brujah, Justicar Brujah Justicar: Once each combat, Don Cruez may burn 1 blood to get one maneuver. As many huge minions the Don suffers from six discipline syndrome. A classic Jyhad vampire, he's the Justicar of our clan and as all of his colleagues (apart from Sheldon) the privilege to use him costs you 10 pool. For this big wad of cash you get all Brujah clan disciplines at superior, three votes, a sometimes useful, if somewhat expensive special and three extra disciplines. Two of these, Animalism and Protean, are extra combat boosters, while Dominate can be seen (as mentioned in the February issue while discussing Euro-Brujah) as the fourth Brujah discipline - and a good one at that. While no deck will ever use all six of his skills, the more you focus a deck on the Don, the more you can toy with interesting combos. All in all a decent vampire, although normally I need very strong reasons to include a 10 cap. vampire - bloat decks being one good use for him, this month's deck... well, maybe also. Card of the month: Temptation of Greater Power: Master, Justicar, 3 pool Master. Requires ready Justicar. Choose a vampire. Any Methuselah may bid pool for control of the vampire. Highest bidder burns pool and takes control of the vampire. Methuselahs may be credited up to five pool on the bid: highest bidder pays 1 pool toward his or her debt at the end of each of his or her turns until debt is repaid. (That's the ToGP abbreviation I used throughout the whole newsletter.) The one original Jyhad card that took the V:tES community years to break, it is now considered borderline broken. Legbiter first introduced us to the power of this card, and his version of the ToGP deck centered around the Nosferatu Justicar Sheldon is possibly the best in terms of effectiveness and having a secondary strategy. What does this card offer? Played against your prey it means either the loss of a minion or the loss of pool when he has to "repay" her. Against a weenie horde arguably not a trump card because of its high cost, but in most cases it will bring the victim almost down on its knees. Its use has to be augmented by a good pool gain strategy, be it classic Minion Tap/5th Tradition or political power cards like Parity Shift. Deck: The Don's irresistible offer Strictly an alpha version, this month's deck features both Don Cruez and Angus, Justicars of Clan Brujah and Gangrel respectively. They share a good amount of disciplines, namely Animalism, Celerity, Potence and Protean - pretty close to the ultimate combat ability. Problem is: If you spend 10 pool for one of those characters, combat is not really the way to win. Which not surprisingly leads us to ToGP. So the basic idea is to use ToGP to put pressure on your prey and use the minions to intercept and kill anything in reach. As massive bloat and a smidgeon of politics is also recommendable to make a deck like this work, it approaches toolboxiness quickly. The other vampires are mainly auxiliary, I concentrated on Animalism because it is the most versatile of the skills present. An extra prince for playing the Traditions and some Presence are included as well. An unwieldy affair, probably, but at least 50 percent Brujah, and always remember: The real punch comes from the ToGP. So your first priority should be to get out the Don or The Olde One. Let their irresistible offers do the job for you... (And of course some vampires like Kallista are in there due to story reasons and might be exchanged for suitable, preferably weenie minions ;-) Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 11, Max: 40, Avg: 6,5] 1 Anastasia Grey (ani pro, Gangrel, 3) 2 Angus the Unruled (ANI cel for pot PRO, Gangrel, 10, Justicar) 1 Bear Paw (ANI for pre pro, Gangrel, 5) 3 Don Cruez (ani CEL dom pro POT PRE, Brujah, 10, Justicar) 1 Dre (cel pot, Brujah, 3) 1 Kallista (AUS CEL pre pro, Toreador, 6) 1 Rake (aus cel pot PRE, Brujah, 6, Prince) 1 Raziya Samater (ani pot, Brujah, 3) 1 Vliam Andor (ani, Gangrel, 2) Library: (80 cards) Master (18 cards) 2 Information Highway 1 Legendary Vampire 5 Minion Tap 1 Parthenon, The 1 Presence 2 Protean 5 Temptation of Greater Power 1 Tomb of Rameses III Minion (62 cards) 2 Army of Rats 2 Bewitching Oration 3 Blur 4 Bone Spur 3 Carrion Crows 3 Cats' Guidance 1 Distraction 4 Earth Control 5 Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The 4 Flash 2 Flesh of Marble 3 Guard Dogs 1 Hand of Conrad 5 Immortal Grapple 4 Legal Manipulations 3 Parity Shift 1 Raven Spy 7 Second Tradition: Domain, The 1 Shadow of the Beast 4 Torn Signpost Final Note: That's it for this month. The next issue will write about the increasingly more popular toolbox approach applied to Brujah. I'd like to thank Hardy Range as I should have every month for his valuable assistance in writing this. Any comments, suggestions or praise please send to email@example.com Any abuse please direct to /dev/null Thanks for reading Skaffen Chantry Elder Of Munich 'I saw pale knights, and princes too, Pale warriors, death-pale were they all; Who cry'd - "La belle dame sans merci Hath thee in thrall!" I saw their starv'd lips in the gloam With horrid warning gaped wide, And I awoke, and found me here On the cold hill side.' (Dre, Leader of the Cold Dawn, as remembered from John Keat's 'La belle Dame sans merci')