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Writer Ianthe Brautigan talks about applying fiction-writing techniques to memoir, the power of cookies, and rising up to contribute your best.
What sort of writing had you done before you started working on your memoir?
I was actually a Theater Arts major, and I was going to the Junior College, and I fell in love with my English 1A class and ended up writing nonfiction essays. At that point I realized that I was going to be torn between the two worlds, and I decided to choose writing. I still went to New York and worked for Roundabout Theatre and was in the theater world and toyed with that for a little while. And then I came back to Sonoma County and really started writing in earnest and did all the things that writers do -- I took creative writing courses and did workshops and worked with Robin Beeman, who's in the county and is absolutely phenomenal. I got my undergrad in English Literature at Sonoma State, which was the best thing I could have ever done.... You need to read a lot of stuff and get an idea of what's going on. Then I got my MFA at San Francisco State University, and I don't recommend that for everybody.
Going back to my memoir, God, I had started that in the form of poetry right after my dad died. And I'm a terrible poet. But I wrote a prose poem and Don Emblen read it and he said, "You're onto it -- this is what you should be doing; stay away from that poetry stuff." [laughter] And I began writing about my dad. And as you might imagine, it took a long time.
Was the transition from short stories to poetry to memoir writing difficult, or did you feel like you were finding your natural genre?
I think it's important to try all sorts of stuff. I love writing short stories. I've written a novella. I think that in memoir and nonfiction writing, you're using the craft of fiction writing. In fact, a lot of what makes, I think, a good memoir is that it has a lot of fictive elements, except it's based on truth.
Can you elaborate on that -- how fiction-writing techniques can play a role in memoir writing?
Well, you just are set free. Because you've been writing short stories and working in fiction-land, maybe starting novels that you discard, you develop your muscles for description and for structure.
How much of the way you approach structure and description in memoir writing is driven by the linear flow of events versus stepping back and applying a frame to life?
Well it has to be truthful. Memoir has to be truthful. Like, [if] you were speaking about your father and the way that he taught you to jog, that's a memory that's very clear in your head. And you know that that's truth. If you just wrote that down, in three sentences it would be done. But if you wanted to write about that as a chapter of a book or as a turning point in your life, it would be longer, and you would reach into the tools that you've learned as a fiction writer to make that scene work.
You would start to go, where was I? What was there? Were there trees? Was there grass? What kind of tennis shoes was I wearing? All those details, which are real, evoke incredible memory for you as the writer, so you're able to get the soul, you're able to get at the heart of what you're trying to write. But at the same time you're painting a fictive picture.
Not that all of us are Toni Morrison or Jim Harrison or Faulkner, but if you can... rise up to contribute your best -- if we all can do that, in our writing or in our creativity, that would be what creativity is -- can you rise up to contribute what's best in you?
Ianthe Brautigan was born in San Francisco at the tail-end of the Beat Era. Her book You Can't Catch Death: A Daughter's Memoir (St. Martin's Press, 2000), recently optioned for a movie, chronicles her life growing up as the daughter of poet and novelist Richard Brautigan and grappling with his suicide in 1984. Her work has appeared in Cartwheels on The Faultline, The Poet's Eye: A Tribute to Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Antioch Review, and will appear in Confrontations. She's taught at Sonoma State University and lives in Northern California, where she's currently working on a novel.
Ianthe Brautigan on the Web: Red Room, You Can't Catch Death
Did you develop techniques for bringing your memories to the surface? I remember one sequence in particular where you were a child in your father's Geary apartment...
You know what? Part of that had to do with getting all his stuff. I have some of that and so looking at that stuff again...
Objects triggered memory?
Was that true for places too? Did you try to revisit specific locales?
No. I didn't go back to Montana until after the book was done pretty much -- it was too painful to go back. I could only go back in my mind. I think when you're dealing with memoir, dreams are a big aspect of it.
Tom McGuane had this great thing he told me. We were talking on the phone, and we don't talk often but I was in the middle of the process, and he said, "What are you doing?" And I said, "Well I'm writing a memoir" -- I knew he would disapprove because those guys, they have their own code of things.
He was a friend of your father's?
Yes, he was a friend, along with Jim Harrison. And I knew he'd -- not disapprove of me writing a memoir in particular, but you know, they're fiction guys, they write fiction.
And he said, "Well, whatever you're writing has you by the back of the neck. And you just kinda have to go with it." It is what it is. You have to accept what it is. And that's the roughest part about memoir writing -- or any kind of writing, I think. I love Toni Morrison; I think she's incredible. I will never write like her in a million years. It's just not going to happen. I have a very distinct style. And it's not that. [laughter] So it's accepting your writing. If you're writing a memoir, accepting that this is what it is.
And then you have to find a structure for it.... I read a million memoirs. And I would find somebody and go, "Oh, OK, you can do this; this is a structure that will work."
What were you looking for?
I was reading books that had writers who were willing to take on way beyond what I had suffered, like Primo Levi, Natalia Ginsburg. And I was going, "OK, so these people are willing to take these heady things on and they survived." Because I think that's the biggest element of memoir writing -- that if you're going to write about something incredibly intense, you better be able to survive it. That's the first thing I tell people -- they'll tell me a really sad story that happened and say, "I want to write a memoir." And the first question I ask is, "Do you think you can? Do you think you have the strength to do it?" Because this is not something you take lightly.
One of the things I wondered was what the aftermath was like in terms of your creative life. Your memoir was also a healing process. What was your writing life like when the book was finished?
To be honest, it kind of sucked. [The memoir] was such a true thing. Now I'm dealing in the world of fiction, and so how do I make my fiction as true as that was?
How did you cope with that?
Well, it has to do with, I would say, writer discipline. I have a new writing pal, and what I'm learning from her is that it's about the pages. It's not about whether it feels good or not because it's pretty brutal, you know? [As I'm writing my novel] I'm constantly questioning myself going, "Have I lost my mind?" You know, all of a sudden these people are going to California -- what is going on?
"These people" meaning your characters?
Yes. [laughter]
It's lovely in California.
I know, I know. But they were in Nebraska just last week! My friend who's really helped me with this said, "Don't worry about it, just do the pages." (I have a certain amount of pages that I do every day.) She said, "And don't take a day off because you take a day off, it's really brutal going back." And she said, "Then you can just rewrite it!"
How many pages do you write each day?
I'm trying to do five a day.
Did you consciously decide, "I'm gonna find myself a writing pal" or was that something that just happened?
No, it was an accident. I have a really good writing friend, and we keep each other going, but she's on a different level in writing than I am. She's got it kind of dialed in. This new friend has been really interesting because she's newer to the process. She's writing three books this year. [laughter] I'm learning a lot because she's really disciplined.
There's a Tillie Olsen documentary that's just come out that.... She wrote an amazing book, Tell Me a Riddle. And then she wrote a book called Silences, which is about writers not writing -- women writers.
In this documentary somebody asked, "Why didn't Tillie write more?" She'd been a working-class woman in the Depression, so for a long time she didn't have the money to write. Finally she had the money and time but it was too late in some ways. She was incredibly generous and gave a lot of talks, was very active, but she wasn't publishing.
And Alice Walker said this beautiful thing. I'm paraphrasing, but she said something like, "The mornings are very beautiful; one can do many things in the morning." You know, you can garden.... And I thought, "Ah...." At some point you have to say to yourself, "What do I want to do?" And know that it's gonna be rough. It's not going to be easy.
Where do you think creativity comes from -- what role do you think it plays in our lives?
I think for some people, the genes can run in families because I know that my daughter is a writer. My aunt said the most amazing thing about my dad. She was trying to explain him to me and she said, "Well he was different than everybody." I said, "What do you mean?" And she said, "Well he would say things like, "Look, look at that beautiful tree. Look, look at those flowers over there."
And this was a poor, working-class Depression family, and he was noticing beautiful things. They lived in a beautiful part of the country but nobody would articulate that. So he passed that on to me. And that has been passed on to my daughter -- you know a sense of observation, maybe.
With "look at that tree," there's also that desire to share the observation and not just keep it inside.
Yes! Exactly. And this willingness to suffer to try to say it in the best possible way that you can. Not that all of us are Toni Morrison or Jim Harrison or Faulkner, but if you can, as Tillie Olsen would say, if you can rise up to contribute your best -- if we all can do that, in our writing or in our creativity, that would be what creativity is -- can you rise up to contribute what's best in you?
You know, years ago I'd stopped writing for a while, and I ended up having a bunch of mini-epiphanies that got me back to it -- one of which was actually related to this idea of improvement and had to do with your dad.
Really? In what way?
Well, I love his poetry. And I picked up The Edna Webster Collection, with his unpublished poems from when he was much younger. And this will be blasphemy so I apologize...
Thanks. [laughter]
But I didn't think that collection was that great. Which was a revelation to me.
He didn't want it published; he called it "juvenilia."
I think he was seventeen or so?
He had so much confidence in those poems. And that picture of someone who wasn't yet great but then managed to bring out that greatness, it really hammered home the idea that we should keep working because we're just here to get better.
Well, my mom said that my dad used to say, the difference between a good writer and a bad writer is twenty years.
That's perfect.
The writing world is a strange world right now. You have to be writing, not for somebody to give you tons of money or to say something really fantastic...and at the same time, a writer has to have recognition in some form; otherwise they die. It's what you were alluding to with sharing. You know, when you get an acceptance, you're just thrilled. "Oh my God! Somebody loves this too!" [laughter]
That was one of the questions I had, having never tried memoir writing -- how do you get feedback and recognition along the way for something so personal?
I was in a novel class and I had a workshop, and we had to copy the whole darned thing and give a copy to everybody. My teacher was finishing a novel and she wasn't as helpful as she usually had been. And I had this wretched session where people were giving contradictory ideas and nobody was really making any sense. I was sitting there and this one young woman, she was twenty-two, she came up to me afterwards and she said, "I just had to tell you, I read this on the plane and I cried." She said, "It made me want to write a book about my father because I had a complicated relationship." And at that point I literally came home, threw away all the other remarks and kept hers.
So that showed you she was a receptive reader?
Yes. And at the same time, if you don't agree with something you don't want to be resistant -- you don't want to put up a big fight or make a big deal. You don't stand up in a workshop and burst into tears and go storming out. You just go, "uh huh, uh huh."
Working on the book, was it a challenge to keep your personal life and your creative life balanced?
There was a woman who had a great quote that really helped me when [my daughter] was about five. This woman said, "You can inconvenience your family; just don't damage them." And I like that, and that's kind of how I've lived my life....
I wrote a lot of my book when [my daughter] was little. At that point my office was in the house because when they're littler, for some reason, the kind of noise they make is different than when they become teenagers. When she became a teenager I moved out, and I have a studio outside.
Teenage noise isn't compatible with the writing life?
It's not, it's a whole -- I can't even describe it. Well, you'll find out. Actually it'll be a different noise by the time you get teenagers. But she was around a lot, doing her own thing. She got to observe me, and hopefully that was good. She's an excellent writer. It'll be really interesting to see what she ends up doing.
Is she in high school now?
She's in college. Now we have a fur child -- a little dog. She's a great writing buddy. She keeps me warm, she sits on my lap -- she's here right now. And she just moves wherever I move.
Does she help with your writing?
Animals do. Because you don't want to disturb them too much. Anything that keeps you in the chair a little bit longer....
Is there anything else you've found helps?
You can bribe yourself. I call it "toothpaste-tube writing," which is when you just sit down and squeeze. And one would assume that toothpaste-tube writing would be terrible, the end result would be terrible, and that the days when you "feel the muse" and everything is going really, really well would be better. What I found is, there's really no difference in the writing. You just do it. So after I do a toothpaste-tube kind of session, I'll reward myself with cookies or things like that. Food's a very useful reward.
Looking back, do you think there's anything in particular that you learned about writing from your dad?
I think I learned the inevitability of being a writer. That you just are what you are.
It's not like, "Oh, I'm a writer," and you trot around as a writer. There was this kind of somber inevitability that this is who he was. And it was kind of a comfort to see someone accept a difficult way to live one's life.
And then, it was that he was very disciplined. Somebody recently asked me, "So that was when he wasn't drinking so much?" and I was like, "Oh no, let's be clear -- he always drank a great deal." You know, he wasn't drunk all the time, but that was always a present force in his life. Despite that, he really protected his writing life. So the Wind [So the Wind Won't Blow It Away, the last of Richard Brautigan's novels published in his lifetime], I think, is a gorgeous book. His writing is just beautiful even when he was not doing at all well in his personal life. I mean things were really bad.
I think observing somebody who was so dignified and disciplined and felt hope in the world and wanted to share his feelings about that, and could see life in a different way -- I think that was very, very useful. And [it gave me] a sense of the responsibility that goes with that.
You mentioned when we first got in touch that there were questions you wished you'd asked him about writing -- I wondered what they might be?
I'd have structure questions. You start from an idea, how do you structure it? There would be structural questions for his novels -- what gave him the courage to write something like Sombrero Fallout? Or Hawkline Monster or Trout Fishing -- my God, talk about a structural tour de force. How he had the courage to get an idea and then carry it through....
But I think there's another element. You know, I was listening to [the NPR radio show] This American Life and it had this great episode about a guy whose dad died. He ended up being a physicist and he spent his life working on a time machine because he wanted to go back in time and see his father again. If I had a time machine, it would just be to sit in his presence, just to be with him. That was so comforting. Just to go for a walk with him or something.
That's how I feel about my grandpa too. Whatever questions I might have about my family history and such, ultimately I'd just like to be a kid and sit on his shoulders again.
Yeah, exactly, exactly. That's it I think.
Maybe that's part of what writing the memoir was about -- being in his presence?
I think it was. I really do think it was. It was going back. Also, I just wanted to make sure that certain elements of him were remembered correctly because when you're writing a memoir, and we're talking about using fictive elements, you have a responsibility to the heart of the thing that you're trying to share. And I was trying to do a lot of things in that memoir, but one of them was sharing my dad.
Was there much fear of misrepresentation? Fear that the burden of presenting someone else might be too great? Or was that not something you had to wrestle with?
Not too badly. I would panic, like when I was working on the blue lines [a copy of the book for review before it's printed] -- this is where kids come in really handy. They were all teenagers at the time, and so I had them double-checking things for me, double-checking quotes. Because you start to have a panic about things like that -- double checking the Faulkner quote or double-checking the Ondaatje quote.
Or like in that Geary section that we were talking about earlier. I had written that the bus fare is fifteen cents. And all of a sudden you're just panicking, "Oh my God, is it fifteen cents? Have I remembered that right?" What was really interesting is that you do remember all these things correctly. It was fifteen cents.


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In December, Joe Machado, marketing alfalfa assistant for America's Alfalfa, was awarded the Jim Kuhn Leadership Award by the California Alfalfa & Forage Association during the California Alfalfa & Grains Symposium. The award is given yearly to a person or organization for their lasting contributions to the California alfalfa industry.
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Ray Smith was named the American Forage & Grassland Council's (AFGC) Medallion Award winner at that organization's annual meeting held Jan. 7-8. Smith, University of Kentucky Extension forage specialist, works closely with county agents and producers across the state, conducts applied forage research for Kentucky and the transition zone and helps organize multi-county, state and regional forage conferences.
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Noodles has joined the Baboons, but she won't be able to play their next gig, tonight (Wednesday) at Squeeze. I hear Ferny from I Don't Know might sit in (on clarinet). The "Celebration of Spirituality" show also features Basketcase.
In Dade County tonight, two Browbands, two great bands, Vesper Sparrow and Black Janet, play at the Talkhouse.
Butthorns of the South Florida Rock Awards: Me, for not going (I literally fell asleep -- exhaustion is my paycheck) and the staff at Plus Five. After hearing rumors the next day (this is what they pay me for), I phoned up Rob Elba, singer for one of the Southeast's best live bands, the Holy Terrors, and elicited this tale: "During our set I mentioned that we were playing at the Zoo the next night, which means we can't play here. [Plus Five has an exclusivity rule.] The crowd cheers, whatever. Afterwards, I'm told the owner wants to talk to me. So I go back there, to a backroom, and inside is him and another big guy and a bouncer. I start to walk away. Another bouncer pushes me in, closes the door. They say, 'We're not gonna hurt you.' Then they start yelling at me, 'Who the fuck you think you are?' and 'This is not a political thing.' I told 'em they take it too seriously. They say, 'Your band's shit.' I say, 'You guys really want to beat the crap out of me, don't you?' They said you and the rest of your band get the fuck out of here right now." Remember the old you-can't-get-out-if-you-don't-go-in rule.
Butthorn of the week: MoJazz Cafe and any other clubs using the ol' slip-'em-a-bill trick. This week's nomination comes from two people who dropped by MoJazz late the other night to hear some music. They ordered two fancy coffees. The bill came to $17. They thought there might be some mistake. Yeah, theirs. They failed to notice the table stand that alerts especially attentive customers to the fact it costs five bucks to sit at a table. You'd think waitstaff might mention this hidden charge to nonregulars. Oh, by the way, our spies add, the music was great.
The media circus: I don't know, stocking stuffers? What to do with printed words. scrape #10 is out, still free, looking good with great new graphics (as Greg Brown might sing) and glossy cover. It includes a fantastic avant-interview with Stiff of Tampa's Stiff Pole Records. If you're wasting your time reading this lame-brain excuse for a column, you damn sure should be reading scrape. And now there's tip -- publications just don't capitalize their names any more, I guess -- which mixes rap and dance and all kinds of stuff, including in the December ish a Nil Lara profile (profiling Nil Lara, what an idea!). And on the national tip, a mega rag called Grand Royal that mixes rap and b-ball and Bruce Lee -- a lot like this column I suppose but bigger and better.
Pet corner: First, may I suggest the perfect Xmas gift: spaying and neutering of all companion animals. And second, may I offer my condolences to Kevin Cornish upon the loss of his friend, Buddy. Buddy was just a little lost kitten who wandered into Washington Square one night about two and a half years ago. Kevin did what any decent human would do -- he took the feline home. Ten days ago Buddy fell off the eighth-floor balcony. Rushed to the vet, Buddy survived a full day. "My hope was renewed," Cornish says. "I thought he might pull through." The next morning the vet called with the bad news. I remember Blondie, the most intellectually gifted and sweetly loving cat I ever knew. She died on the vet's table too, of some horrible ailment that made her suffer for no good reason. And Kimba, a long-ago companion who taught me about philosophy and magic A he used to vanish from our second-floor apartment. We could never figure out how, so one day I asked him. The big cat jumped up on the balcony railing, walked to the wall between units, twisted around it, tightroped a few more feet of railing, sprung high into the air, soared up and out about twenty feet, and crashlanded in a nearby tree, spreading his arms and legs so as to be caught in the branches. Then he shimmied down. When we fed the strays people dumped at the apartment complex, big Kimba would sit there in the parking lot by the Dumpster and make sure the smaller of the strays got a turn at the food. A regular catcher in the rye. Found him one morning in the front yard, dried blood trailed from his mouth, he died violently, cold and alone. Have a merry fucking Xmas one and all.


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An alcohol tax, plans for Raymar Road South, and the approval of a patrol fleet plan for the Bryant Police Department will be among the numerous topics addressed late Thursday at the Bryant City Council meeting. The 7 p.m. meeting will be held at the Boswell Community Complex, 210 S.W. Third St. in Bryant and it is open to the public.
Marissa Lynn Wright of Traskwood, who recently admitted to killing two men since 2008 and burying them in her backyard, is expected to complete a mental evaluation on Wednesday. Wright, 50, is expected to be transported to a state hospital for the mental exam or license doctors could make the trip to Grant County jail where she is being held without bond.
Ashton Lee Hobbs, 6 of Benton, flew to heaven on Dec. 27, to be with Jesus. He was born August 13, 2005 to N. Pradhan and Felisity Light Powell. Ashton loved the mountains of Wyoming, loved to fly and playing with his puppy Dragon Lady. Ashton was also fond of Mary Ann Durham whom he referred to as Granny and Merlene Wegner as Mimi. He is preceded in death by his grandmothers, Marian Hulsey of Benton and Dorothy Hobbs of Malvern and his older brother, Randy Hobbs of Hot Springs.


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This is a very nice little camera case. This is definitely for a small, COMPACT digital camera -- my older, bulkier Canon A95 (which takes 4 AA batteries) won't fit, but my new Olympus Stylus Tough will. Your camera should be no more than 2 or maybe 2 1/2 inches high, and no wider than about 3 or 3 1/2 inches. (A camera that takes 4 AA batteries is probably too thick and NOT likely to fit.)
This case is VERY well padded -- something that I appreciate. Even the little front pocket (that can hold an extra memory card or even a couple of small batteries) is padded. And the front pocket has a little pocket-within-a-pocket, for those teeny tiny new memory cards that would get lost otherwise. The zippers are nice -- they slide smoothly, and there is no annoying "flap" covering them to get caught. Even the zipper pulls are rubbery to make opening and closing the case easier. The gray color is nice as far as not showing dirt, and also doesn't look too flashy or "come-steal-my-camera" obvious. :-) You can wear the case on your belt, and also there's a shoulder strap, that conveniently clips on or off (so if, like me, you NEVER want to use it, it can stay at home and not take up room and get tangled with everything else in your purse/bag). The strap is adjustable. Overall though, the best part of this bag is the padding. I have owned a few digital camera bags, but none that I remember being this well padded. It's padded all around - the front, back, sides AND the bottom and top (often the bottom and top will be unpadded in my experience). I definitely would recommend this case to a friend! P.S. My iPod Touch also fits well in this case - not sure if that's helpful to anyone, but I thought I'd mention it!
76 of 82 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely PERFECT for NIKON S8100,
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I hope this review finds you with ease if you're an owner of a Nikon S8100. You wouldn't believe (or maybe you would, if you experienced what I did) the extremely difficult task of finding a case to fit my Nikon S8100 on Amazon. First off, most the suggestions for "Nikon S8100 Cases" in the search box are bogus. THEY DON'T FIT (per other user reviews for the cases, contradicting the title/headline of the items completely). This case fits PERFECTLY and has room in front compartment for an extra battery or two and memory cards.
Outside of the fit, the case is very durable and does not look or feel cheap at all. All in all, in my opinion, a great investment. Thank you for taking the time to read my review. I truly hope this was very helpful to you.
32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Case for Canon Powershot SX260 in a humid climate,
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Perfect fit for my Canon PowerShot SX260 HS with room to insert a small pack of silica desiccant. I sprayed the outside with Scotch Guard. When the day is really wet, everything fits into a zip-lock plastic sandwich bag.
I am sure professional photographers already know this, but I had to learn the hard way that moisture condenses on the lens when you go from an air-conditioned space out into warm, humid air. (Like the drops that form on a cold beer glass.) In a few days, you have mildew in the lens. So it is essential to let the camera warm to the ambient temperature before it is touched by humid air. This case provides necessary and sufficient padding. Front pocket holds spare batteries, memory cards with room for a cable. Belt loop is sturdy enough to foil a "grab and run" theft. Eyelets for neck cable seem adequate although I haven't used them.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Functional and Attractive Compact Camera Case,
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I own quite a number of Case Logic cases. I find Case Logic cases *exceptionally* durable, well-designed, and functional. The Case Logic DCB-302 Compact Camera Case is no exception!
Features -------- o Protection The DCB-302 is generously padded all around to give your camera very good protection against drops. In fact, it has the best padding of any compact camera case I've seen. The case also has a soft nylon interior that won't scratch your camera. o 2 Compartments 1) The main compartment is big enough to hold most compact cameras. The case is a *perfect* fit for my Sony Cybershot DSCW170, which measures roughly 3.75 x 2.3 x 1.25 inches. My camera fits very snugly in the case with little room to spare. I reckon the maximum dimensions of a camera that will fit in this case with reasonable ease to be about 4 x 2.5 x 1.25. If you have a camera that exceeds these dimensions, you may want to consider getting a bigger case. 2) The front compartment is big enough for 4 AA batteries. It has a mini pocket with room for a CF card, a couple of SD cards, or several microSD cards. o Shoulder Strap / Belt Loop You can carry the case by using the shoulder strap or belt loop. The shoulder strap can be easily attached to or detached from the case. o Attractive Grey/Black Design The case is predominantly grey and black with a smidgen of light blue. The rubberized zipper tabs are black with light blue fringes. The trademark black and bright yellow Case Logic logo features prominently in front of the case. The simple color motif and clean-cut design help give the case a hip and sassy appeal. --- The Case Logic DCB-302 Compact Camera Case is functional and attractive. Its generous padding will keep your camera very well protected. Recommended.
27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect fit for Canon SX230HS,
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I actually bought this case over the counter at a store near me. I had seen so many reviews expressing disappointment with Amazon recommended camera cases that I decided to examine some cases first hand for my new Canon PowerShot SX230HS 12 MP Digital Camera with HS SYSTEM and DIGIC 4 Image Processor (Black) before buying. Of all the cases I looked at this one was the best fit and was constructed as well or better than any other case in this size/price range.
My SX230 fits snugly in the case but is by no means "tight". I can easily remove the camera without it feeling awkward. With my SX230 placed in the case with the lens mount forward and in the upper part of the case I can put a spare battery at the very bottom of the small front pocket and have it set against the face of the camera below the lens mount. A small sleeve in the front pocket will hold a spare memory card in a case or several cards without a case. A strong belt loop and a neck lanyard give you carrying options. The items mentioned above are about all you're going to fit in this case but it should be great for holding all your needs for day or weekend trips out and about.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ideal case for my Panasonic ZS-7,
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This review is for owners of the ZS-7 looking for a camera case -
Case fits ZS-7 like a glove - perfect. Anything smaller will not work. Case is well made, smart looking with red accents (black case). The pouch in front will easily an extra battery or two (imp if you use the ZS7). Also has a pocket stitched in for holding memory cards (very convenient). The front pocket will not fit both the camera and its charger at the same time (it will fit the charger if there is no camera). Other cameras with dimensions similar to the ZS-7 should do fine too.
61 of 73 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very small and tight for camera and basic accessories,
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I was looking for good case for my Canon SX130 camera.. I found this case bought together with the camera which made me go and buy it w/o worry about it might not fit the camera..
It can hardly fit the camera but will never close if you tried to place the very basic accessories: couple of AA batteries and memory card. Unfortunately, I have opened it otherwise, I'd return it and get bigger one that fits my camera, batteries and memory card.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very flexible design & storage capacity for S95 & accessories,
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After acquiring my S95 I went looking for the smallest possible case to hold it and a few accessories. What I found were cases with nice designs but limited functionality. As in all things in life, everyone prioritizes and makes compromises...
After starting out with the Olympus Horizontal Neoprene and Nylon Case (Black) I found a very nice, stylish and compact case with 2 small issues, a slight magnetic closure misalignment & somewhat offense odor. Its a great case for the S95 if you are looking to carry only the bare essentials; camera and 2-spare memory cards (w/out plastic sleeves or cases). You can read my review here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R16VC0Y97PZV74 I also tried the Case Logic TBC-302 Ultra Compact Camera Case with Storage (Black) and found a similar size case but with a very different look and a slightly expanded capacity. While I view the Olympus case as slightly more stylish, I see the Case Logic as more utilitarian. Not only can it hold my S95 and memory cards, but I can also squeeze in a battery. See my review here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3FUPIGEUSIFKM In my quest to pack just a little more into the smallest case I discovered the Case Logic DCB-302. Unlike the Olympus which sits on you belt horizontally, this case (similar to the TBC-302), is oriented vertically. Personal preference will dictate which you prefer as each has it's advantages and disadvantages. The horizontal orientation makes it less obtrusive when worn on your belt and facilitates easier insertion and removal of the camera. But it tends to bulge slightly when sitting in your car with a seat belt wrapped around you. Truthfully, none of these really work that well in this scenario. But what really sets the Case Logic DCB-302 apart from the other 2 cases is its exceptionally compact size and flexible storage capacity. Its made from a "ballistic" fabric similar to soft-sided luggage, very durable. The accessory pouch has a fine "mesh" design with a thin vertical red stripe detail that sets it off nicely. The sturdy zippers have perfectly sized "pulls" that are rubberized making it easy to open and close. The interior has a sewn-in light gray nylon lining, sort of generic but effective. Granted, it is the widest (thickest) of the three due primarily to it's accessory pouch but it also affords the most capacity. The overall outline is slightly larger (barely) than the Olympus case but with just a little "puffier" padding and more rounded corners. Its an attractive and elegant design that appears well made; securely contains both camera and accessories and provides flexible carrying options. You can either wear it on your belt (thread it through the stitched, wide loop sewn on back) or over your shoulder using the included adjustable shoulder strap that clips to 2 small plastic hook loops (attached at the top back side). While there is no question this design bulges slightly when worn on your belt its two zippered compartments will securely carry the following: - S95 Camera - (3) SDHC Cards (w/plastic cases) (2 spares + 1 in camera) - (4) Batteries (3 spares & 1 in camera) If you are willing to pack only one spare battery you can mange this optional arrangement: - S95 Camera - (2-3) SDHC Cards (w/plastic cases) (2 spares + 1 in camera or possibly 3 spares if you omit the plastic cases) - (2) Batteries (1 in camera + 1 spare inside charger) - Canon CB-2LY Li-Ion Battery Charger for NB-6L Li-Ion Batteries BTW, I also purchased Wasabi Power Battery and Charger Kit for Canon NB-6L, PowerShot D10, S90, S95, SD770 IS, SD980 IS, SD1200 IS, SD1300 IS, SD3500 IS, SD4000 IS, ELPH 500 HS and unfortunately discovered the battery charger design is very different from the Canon (much thicker) and will definitely NOT fit in the accessory pouch along with the S95. All this in a profile approximately 1/3 wider than the Olympus case which I consider to be the slimmest! Given all my requirements (size, style, quality, capacity and very reasonable price, I got it for $5.98) its an excellent value. It's not perfect (nothing is) but it does provide the smallest footprint while carrying what I consider the most essential items for an extended photo shoot.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Terrible neckstrap attachment,
By T. W. (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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I bought this case for my Canon SX260 and the fit is fine, I also liked the small front pocket for spare batteries and/or SD cards. One of the main reason I chosed this case is because it comes with a neckstrap too. However, the neckstrap turned out to be the fatal flaw in the design of this case. More specically, the flaw is at the attachment of the neckstrap to the case. Caselogic decided to use a very cheap plastic carabiner clip which frequently became unhooked by itself from the case. I nearly lost my camera into the ocean while on a cruise ship because the neckstrap had became unhooked SPONTANEOUSLY. The rings for the carabiner clips were sewn to the case with very frigile fabric as well that frayed badly after only 3 days of use. Finally I had to discard the neckstrap and use the belt loop attachment but that defeated my original intention of wearing it around my neck. I STRONGLY ADVISE ANYONE NOT TO BY IT IF YOU MAINLY WANT TO CARRY IT BY THE NECKSTRAP.
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Open Source Tweeting
It would do more or less exactly what the twitter.com website does. Same prefs, same commands, same user experience. Think Apache for the Twitter user interface.What Dave proposes is decentralized, open, and adaptive in ways a centralized proprietary platform like Twitter can't be:
let's create an open source client that can be repurposed in as many different ways as we, as individuals want. Some of us may want to do deals with Twitter Corp, and that's fine — but others may wish to embark on paths that are independent of Twitter. They wouldn't try to guess what would make the platform vendor happy, and instead follow the grain of the Internet, or go where the users want to go, or some users, or to scratch their own itch. Some may want to be part of the Cathedral and others part of the Bazaar.
Dave isn't sure yet what it should be. Maybe some readers can help. For now, Dave writes,
Probably a JavaScript framework that comes with a Twitter timeline object. So displaying a timeline is automatic as are the user interactions. So any kind of client, one written in any language — Python, Perl, Java, JavaScript, PHP, C, etc — could store data in it. It wouldn't know anything about the Twitter API. It would be up to the applications to put data in the structure.It would do more or less exactly what the twitter.com website does. Same prefs, same commands, same user experience. Think Apache for the Twitter user interface. It would, of course, be programmable through a user scripting language.
Having this one component would let a thousand flowers bloom in exactly the place where we need them to bloom. The key thing is to find out what would happen if we could take a path that was not designed to please the platform vendor. Note I carefully did not say "to piss off the platform vendor." I really do mean to chart courses that are independent of the vendor.
There's more. Read the whole thing. And let us know what you think. Or, better yet, how you can help.
Doc Searls is Senior Editor of Linux Journal
problem with second link
The link to Dave's posting is broken. The link is to
which doesn't work... Should it link to a posting at www.scripting.com ??
Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.
Getting In Touch with Dave
I do think Dave is on to something here. BTW if any folks see him, please let him know he has clients (I for one) who are seeking his help. http://radio.userland.com/discuss/
Linux News
I also agree with the first comment. Same question. What exactly does twitter provide that you can't already get via IRC?
What exactly does twitter
What exactly does twitter provide that you can't already get via IRC?
Java script...ew
I am all in favour of an open tweeting platform, right up until I read the dreaded java script. Second only to Flash on my list of technologies that need to be banned from the web. But I like the idea in general, but lets keep it so that it will work on a variety of platforms.
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Ya, It Is
I know Dave knows about Status/Identica as Steve Gilmore tried to get everyone over there when he hated Twitter for ditching track. What does Dave want that isn't already in existence (except for he wasn't involved)?
The trouble with Identi.ca even though SG tried to lure others over was that everyone was on Twitter, very few on Identi.ca. People go where the people are. Will probably be the case with any other initiative too.
Not identi.ca(l)
I don't want to knock Identi.ca (nor Status.net), and I don't think Dave does either. He can correct me if I'm wrong (and I might be), but Dave believes we're all still stuck, even with Identi.ca around, and he wants to get development moving. By characterizing the effort as a shell, he's saying he wants something less (simpler, less bundled) than Twitter or Identi.ca -- and more likely to invite developers and new uses. (Hence the Apache analogy.)
Doc Searls is Senior Editor of Linux Journal
already here
Most of what Dave Winer is asking for is already here in the form of Status.net (formerly laconica), which is what powers identi.ca
identi.ca had groups and conversation threading almost from the start, and way before Twitter came out with similar features. status.net can also be federated so you can have communications between different status.net instances. and it's all open-source.
Should there be just one open source microblogging toolkit?
Could be you're right. We should also note that for many application categories there are a number of applications, toolkits, languages and the rest of it. There should be room within microblogging for more than one approach to solving any number of problems.
Dave is making an appeal here. If it turns out that Status.net covers all the bases (or enough of them), and no developers are interested in joining Dave's efforts, well, that's fine. And if some want to join, that's fine too. The beauty of open source is that the choice is there.
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A Different World: Children's Perceptions of Race and Class in the Media, 1999
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Young people overwhelmingly think that it is important for children to see people of their own race on television. Children of color are most likely to think so. White and African-American children say they see people of their race on television while Latino and Asian children are much less likely to see their race represented. Across all races, children are more likely to associate positive characteristics with White characters and negative characteristics with minority characters.
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In order to improve recognition of CPAN authors and help users to empathize a bit more with them before they send off a scathing "OMG YOUR MODULE IS GARBAGE I HATE YOU!!!" bug report, search.cpan.org now includes pictures of the CPAN authors. Now you can see Graham Barr's grinning mug or RJBS's shining brain dome or Michael Schwern's secret Lorikeet overlord.
The images are drawn from gravatar.com. A Gravatar is a Globally Recognized Avatar. It's pictures associated with an email address. You get the picture for an email by constructing a simple URL to talk to gravatar.com. Gravatar::URL does this for you. search.cpan.org is simply getting the Gravatar associated with an author's cpan.org address. If you're a CPAN author, just sign up with gravatar.com using your cpan.org address and upload a picture.
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Readers of our blog out there will remember a piece we posted a few weeks back about the concept of 'the uncanny valley', and I'm sure you'll agree that it's pretty darn weird in action!
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I haven't yet seen the Croods, but my four year old's pester power means a trip to the cinema is inevitable this Easter. When I saw the first trailer a number of months ago, however I was left a little cold and felt little compulsion to make the effort to see it. It seemed rather predictable, not particularly lovable characters and no real 'hooks' to grab me. I did change my mind completely a few weeks later when Chris Sanders started releasing his story boards for the Croods. They are nothing short of stunning.
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This morning, Escape Relationship Manager Anita Gribble and Head of 2D Davi Stein, took students on a trip to the heart of the West End – to see the newly opened Double Negative facility in Great Portland Street, which opened just 3 months ago! As is always the case with our studio visits, everyone set off early with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and a hunger for adventure.
'The Croods' clubs the weekend box office!
After last week's mention of 'Despicable Me 2' arriving soon to hit cinema screens, it's fair to say that animation is very much in the public eye at the moment, and the trend continued this weekend as animated movie 'the Croods' has dominated the box office.
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A great mash up of some amazing VFX, motion and animation work collated by the guys at Stash. Titled 'Stash 98: Another 100 minutes of motion brilliance' this one and a half minutes of footage is a showcase collaboration of clips that are tantalising for the eyes.
Lovable Film, Despicable Me 2.
I loved the first slice of 'Despicable Me'. And it'd be an understatement to say I am excited about this new trailer and release of 'Despicable Me 2' this summer! On the site, you can see some of their 3D turntables of the CG car they designed that is amphibious, there's also some concept art on there too.
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To get a real good grasp of compositing and the discipline that surrounds it, there's no better way than seeing the process in action for yourself. And if this is something that sounds right up your street, the only other thing to add is that your guide for this comp session is none other than NUKE devout, Simon Richardson.
Getting Wavey!
With my on-going love of all things oceanic and particularly wave related, I really loved this sculpture created by David Bowen, shown in Poland's National Museum. It uses data accrued by a buoy in real time to mimic the ocean surface.
Godzilla finds a home!
Those who are as pumped as we are about the prospect of a rebooted sci-fi tinted Godzilla movie, hold on to your seats, as the latest news on the project is that it's found a home for filming!
Lee's App Of The Week: Zombies and Trains
OK I know I talk a lot about zombies and these days the topic of a zombie apocalypse is fairly meh BUT how could I ignore an app called Zombies And Trains?! This is the latest game app from Norwegian based Dragonhead Games and it is a corker!


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I'm planning a trip to Switzerland & was wondering what the campsite was that you stayed at in Bern. And if you have any other camping suggestions for Switzerland, I'd love to hear those too!
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Our campsite was a fair hike along the river out of town but the campsite was wonderfully green and wooded. In town we hiked amongst the steep cobblestone roads and visit the Cathedral for a rustic clay red outlook on the rooftops of Bern. We visited the tourist centre for a very good show on the history of Bern and watched the crowd pleasing bears that live in the dig out beside the building. It was also raining a lot here but it didn't dampen our spirits, as it was such a stunning place. We also managed to find a decent camping store and brought oursleves a new camping stove. I also managed to snap my knife back when opening a can and put a decent gash in my finger, lots of blood, but I'm now o.k. thanks for the concern though.


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Riding the crest of the timely wave of high-end design hotels at low-end prices, the CitizenM brand's first property, located within Amsterdam's Schiphol International Airport complex, stands out for its super-efficient, cutting-edge design, conceived by Dutch star architects Concrete, with prefab rooms stacked on top of the ground floor. Guests check themselves in via high-tech monitors in the lobby (rooms are then preset according to guest specifications) before making their way through a buzzing 24-hour café with bright-red counters and communal tables. On either side of the café are several open public rooms outfitted with funky multi-colored Vitra chairs, bookshelves, flat-screen TVs, and desktop Mac computers available to guests. All 230 identical rooms are a compact 150 square feet, but they feel bigger thanks to a clever layout. Two Jetsons-like cylinders each enclose a toilet and a high-pressure rain shower, while the rear half of the room is taken up entirely by a floor-to-ceiling window and an enormous custom-made bed with Frette linens. A "mood pad" allows control of everything from the TV and the window blinds to the colored lighting and wake-up alarm music. If only all airport hotels were this much fun.
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At first I think Mistress could have loved me as a daughter. I think she wanted to, planned to. She did love me at first. My young heart bonded to her because she loved me. I tried so hard not to change. I tried so hard it hurt. But I couldn't hold it back for long. Horror at my hideous form killed all her love for me. But her disgust didn't kill my love for her.
I don't remember my life before I came to Mistress. I know I did not come to be when I first looked in her face, but I can remember nothing else of my life. She named me Lyneth on that day.
A sore blow struck me later when she saw my ungodly form and hardened her heart against me. I suppose I was fortunate she didn't kill me or turn me out. But she kept me. Though her rejection tortured me, I preferred it to isolation. She never called me by the name she gave me after that. She only called me "Girl".
My world was within the inn and the stable, and the wood behind them. Even though I dreamed of escape almost every day, I knew that escape would mean my death.
"We are too far from anywhere for you to travel on your own, girl, anywhere except the village. Folks there would give you a beating and send you back. Any other direction you'd get lost. You'd die. Don't wander more than a few minutes away, hear?" Mistress said on a frequent basis.
Mistress loved to say things like that to me again and again. She believed that it did me good. She also loved to say, "Listen to me, girl. It will do you good."
I wouldn't leave, either, because I belonged to her. Mistress had bought me on that first day of my memories. I existed to help her run the inn. She couldn't seem to decide whether she got me for a bargain or was cheated. Sometimes she felt one way and sometimes the other, depending on who she spoke to and how well I had behaved.
My life revolved around the inn and the commands of Mistress. I lived to do everything she said—hard work to make the inn "A decent place". I scrubbed every inch of that inn from top to bottom, and then when it shone, I started at the top again. I cleaned the stables and kept Horse (that was its name), and any other horses that visited.
I could clean and scrub, but I could not touch the beds and I could not cook. Mistress said, "That would be disgusting! I wouldn't let my enemy sleep in a bed that such as you had touched, nor eat a morsel of food you'd cooked. Horrible!" She told me that often, too.
I wasn't allowed to use the bathroom inside the inn. Mistress sent me outside and into the woods to "do my business". As time passed, I surrendered to my fate and made a little latrine out there for myself. Summer or winter, warm weather or foul, I went to the woods like the animal I was.
I grew expert at my chores. By the time I reached eleven years, or thereabouts, I could do it all without Mistress' instruction or correction. She only corrected me after that when she felt cranky, which was frequent. But she could never find real fault with my work.
At about that time too, my eleventh year, Father Miller cured my terrible change.
Father Miller was the only person I had ever known who cared about me. Mistress cared for me but only because she needed me. When she bought me, she had almost grown too old to do all the needful work. Father Miller cared about me. He spoke to me and taught me scriptures. He taught me to read the scriptures and each night before I went to the stables to sleep, Mistress made sure I read ten pages of scripture—at Father Miller's order. You see, Father Miller brimmed with care for me in the form of profound pity. He had met me the day Mistress bought me and while she still loved me. He was the one Mistress called when I first changed. He held the responsibility for my soul, he said, because I suffered from such a profound curse.
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"It's about the ideas and actions of people who inspire others," the magazine's managing editor Rick Stengel, told TODAY's Matt Lauer Thursday. "It's not about the influence of power, but the power of influence."
Along with expected political figures like President Barack Obama (appearing for the eighth time; wife Michelle also holds a slot) and Vice-President Joe Biden, Time also singled out power couple Beyonce and Jay-Z, Oscar winners Jennifer Lawrence and Daniel Day-Lewis, musicians including Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Frank Ocean, television stars like "The Mindy Project's" Mindy Kaling and "Breaking Bad's" Bryan Cranston, and entertainers from other countries such as Bassem Youssef, dubbed the Egyptian "Jon Stewart," who is under investigation in that country for his political satire.
For the first time the magazine features select names from the list to feature on different covers; Lawrence, Jay-Z and Sen. Rand Paul are just three of those whose black-and-white portraits are set to appear.
But the list wasn't just about entertainers -- Pope Francis made the list, as did Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un, writer Hilary Mantel and skiier Lindsey Vonn (though not her beau Tiger Woods). Activists include 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in an assassination attempt last October for her blog writings, and Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader.
The list is truly a who's who of the names that have flavored the discussion around the U.S. over the past year, and who continue to be influencers in culture, innovation and political spheres.
The authors of the 100 profiles, however are almost as interesting as the profiles themselves -- Time commissioned well-known names to write about their peers and friends: President Obama took on Sen. Tom Coburn, Timberlake wrote about Jimmy Fallon and Sarah Palin wrote about Paul.
Stengel said that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's profile "says that Jay-Z is a kind of deputy mayor of New York," while New York Yankee Derek Jeter wrote about Miami Heat's LeBron James and Ted Nugent noted that executive VP for the National Rifle Association Wayne LaPierre is "a sledgehammer for truth."
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Hastings is invited to a grouse shoot which goes disastrously wrong when Archie Havering swings his gun too far round. With everyone in low spirits, the party begins to break up. Later that evening, a mystery figure arrives at Hunter's Lodge and murders Roger Havering in his gun room. Having taken to his bed at the local hotel with a high temperature, Poirot shakes off his illness to find the cold blooded murderer.


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Wicked investments
Sin stocks have some definite virtues.
As I write this, stock markets are plunging. You can't open a newspaper without reading a prediction of depression ahead. Serious issues, for sure — but no matter what happens next, I'm confident people will continue to smoke, drink and gamble.
In keeping with that philosophy, I thought it would be interesting to select a handful of stocks that cater to humanity's worst impulses. "Sin stocks†like these are often excellent investments, particularly in bad times, because they tend to benefit from steady customers, no matter which way the economy is headed.
I used the seven deadly sins as my guide to naughty behavior and I selected one stock per sin. Just to be clear, I'm not saying that the stock itself is sinful, nor do I think that these firms or their employees are destined for the fiery pit. My intent was to pick companies that provide products or services that may aid others with their sinning. When given the choice between similar sin stocks in the same industry, I stuck to larger firms, with relatively little debt, that trade at modest price-to-earnings ratios. Call it value investing for the damned.
All joking aside, I think these picks deserve your attention. Sin stocks often trade at a premium because they tend to be outstanding businesses. They are now selling at bargain levels. That doesn't happen often. Most sin stocks are also big dividend payers. Such stocks tend to do better than average during downturns.
Let's kick things off with the sin of wrath — or, as we say these days, the military-industrial complex. In this category I nominate Goodrich (NYSE:GR, $34.38*) of North Carolina. It provides aerospace components to the defence andhomeland security markets. The company trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.95 and it pays a dividend yield of 2.62%.
To illustrate the sin of greed, what better than a gambling stock? I like Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD), $6.73) despite its decision to temporarily halt construction on a new $4.8-billion Las Vegas casino complex because of tight credit conditions. Boyd remains profitable and has boosted its share repurchase program. It should fare well when the good times return.
Gluttony happens to be one of my favorite sins, but instead of food and drink I'll focus on cigarettes. Cancer sticks are both deadly and consumed with relish by far too many. My puff of choice at the moment is Reynolds American (NYSE:RAI, $44.71), which has a price-to-earnings ratio of only 8.72 and a dividend yield of 7.6%. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
Lust is also a mighty addictive sin — perhaps even more so these days, thanks to Pfizer (NYSE:PFE, $17.78). Its blue Viagra pills have brought a new urgency to romantic relationships. The drug maker's 7.2% dividend yield and $26-billion cash hoard are also reason forarousal.
After all the lust and gluttony, I enjoy a bit of sloth. I'm thinking of a nice Sunday morning spent reading the paper. Newspapers themselves have been accused of being slow to react to the Internet, but one of the few with a good online presence is The New York Times Co. (NYSE:NYT, $13.39). It pays a dividend yield of 6.87%.
Turning to another communications medium, let's consider television. It inspires desire in millions of viewers, so it's a natural symbol of envy. I like CBS Corp. (NYSE:CBS, $11.91). It trades at 6.95 times earnings and pays a 9.07% dividend yield.
Last but certainly not least is the sin of pride. I've been told that pride goeth before a fall. So, it seems appropriate to select a stock to short. Shorting a stock involves borrowing it, selling it, waiting, and then hopefully buying it back at a lower price. If you short a stock, you're betting that its price will fall. It is a complicated procedure that should be avoided by most investors. By suggesting a short candidate, yours truly might be the one who's in for a fall.
Nonetheless, I'm going to suggest Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY, $45.13) as a potential short based on its high price-to-book value. You can't actually short Royal at the moment because of a short-selling ban imposed by regulators who are worried about the slide in financial stocks. So call this a short-on-paper suggestion — in other words, a warning to be wary. Keep in mind that Royal is a fine firm. Its stock just happens to be a little expensive compared to historical levels.
I hope that you've been tempted by a sin stock or two. But make sure that any stock is right for you by investigating it more thoroughly before investing. And let me make one final suggestion. If you happen to profit from these sin stocks, give a portion to charity. That's the most effective way I know to turn vice into virtue.
* Stock prices as of Oct. 7, 2008