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Sea Gem
I stand on the cliff, above the deep blue.
One step forwards, then I threw
My heart, attached to a line and a hook,
A symbol of the endless pain that I took.
Now I shall fish and I shall wait,
Wishing that someone would take my bait.
This would be my only hope,
Ending feelings that I couldn't cope,
Now, where is my sweet darling bliss?
I had loved the way she used to kiss,
But that was all in the past,
Of course love never lasts,
She left without even a kiss good-bye,
While I was left all alone to cry,
She was my shining Sea Gem,
Will she ever love me again?
My Sea Gem's heart was set on the Mage,
Now it's his turn to run the stage,
I simply sat back and watched it unfold,
He took her hand and her heart was sold.
I wanted to cover my eyes and turn away,
Hoping that this vision wouldn't stay,
I can feel my lip quiver and a broken tear,
Now all I want is to disappear,
My cheeks are flushed and polished,
After watching all my hopes get demolished,
My precious Sea Gem, why don't you know
That your red love is my black foe?
The Mage is still in love with the Maid,
But she still doesn't see the trade,
My Sea Gem, her love is not in his heart,
Though she says they'll never depart,
Why doesn't she end me now?
I beg you, please kill me somehow,
I am trapped in this dark, endless hole,
Just, please, cut my throat and kill my soul.
One day, they'll open their eyes and see
How depressing my life really can be,
This morbid storm, soon it will be gone,
But, until then, everything still going wrong,
I watch my heart on the hook and line,
Wishing and dreaming for myself to be fine.
I'll wait for you, and maybe smile, too,
Because, my Sea Gem, I'm still thinking of you.


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Quito De La Roque bounced back to form in the Grade Two Matty Ryan Memorial Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles.
Colm Murphy's charge looked a top-class prospect two seasons ago but after beating Sizing Europe over three miles at Down Royal in November 2011, he has not been the same horse.
Roi Du Mee (15/8 favourite) gave him something resembling a race, but he could never get on terms along the straight as Paul Townend gave Quito De La Roque an aggressive ride, with six and a half lengths the winning distance.
Joncol stayed on for third.
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I still remember the first tuna salad sandwich I ever ate. I was over at my aunt's house, sitting at her kitchen table. I couldn't have been more than four or five. She was making sandwiches for me and my cousin. I took a bite and was instantly taken with the creamy sandwich, soft white bread, and then the occasional crunch of garlicky dill pickle. When I got home that afternoon, I couldn't wait to tell my mom about it.
"You ate what?" she said.
I was known as being a picky eater, and that sandwich fell outside of the range of what she thought I'd eat.
A few years after that, tuna salad sandwiches became one of the first things I ever learned how to "cook." Just open a can, add a spoonful or two of mayo, the tiniest dollop of mustard perhaps, chopped dill pickle and celery, and then add my mom's secret ingredient – celery seed – for a little celery explosion in your mouth. Stir and slather it between two slices of bread. It couldn't get much easier. It was a lunch of pantry staples, which meant that even if there was nothing in the house to eat, there were probably ingredients for that.
It's fitting then that chickpea salad sandwiches were one of my go-to's when I first went vegan. I ate them almost daily. The process of making them is virtually the same as making tuna salad, with one obvious exception, of course – the fishes. Instead, homemade chickpeas or canned chickpeas that have been drained and rinsed are briefly thrown into a food processor and broken up once or twice. You don't want it to become hummus. You want it to still have some of its form, just crumbly and in flakes. If there are a few whole chickpeas left in the mix, that's fine.
Just like the tuna salad sandwiches of yore, I always have ingredients for chickpea salad. I pull out the Vegenaise and stone-ground mustard, jar of dill pickle slices, a stalk of celery, and a pinch of my mom's secret ingredient. Then a sprinkling of fresh or dried dill amps up the pickled flavor. (If you prefer to make your own mayo, I like the tofu-cashew mayonnaise from Susan at FatFree Vegan.)
Some people add dulse flakes to their chickpea salad for an added ocean-y quality, but I never do. The one thing I didn't care for with tuna salad was its fishiness, and so seaweed is one food I can't get my mouth around. Even just the smell of it makes my stomach do a flip-flop.
Chickpea salad sandwiches are great when you're late but need something quick to make on your way out the door, and it comes in handy when you lose power like I did a couple of weeks ago. A power line came crashing to the ground outside, leaving us without power for about 7 hours. So instead of using the food processor, I just quickly crushed the chickpeas with a fork instead. The texture is better with a food processor, but in a pinch, a fork will do. Sitting in the candlelight eating chickpea salad on crackers, it almost could have been romantic… but it would have been better with air conditioning.
Chickpea salad is terrific on a sandwich, served in dollops on top of crackers, rolled into a tortilla, wrapped into romaine leaves or endive, stuffed into a hollowed tomato, or eaten straight out of the bowl with a fork. And the great thing is, it can be tweaked to your tastes and preferences, no recipe necessary. It's so easy, even a kid could do it.
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Does anyone know if Disney has plans to repaint California Screamin before Paradise Pier is done? If so what color would you choose?
Does anyone know if Disney has plans to repaint California Screamin before Paradise Pier is done? If so what color would you choose?
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making it brownish like a true woody would be very cool.
Also I think the brown would make it alot harder to see once world of color comes out.
I agree, either they should redesign the ugly supports of California Screamin or paint them a darker color. I don't think the ugly modern supports compliment the new buildings very well. Sometimes it makes me wish they would have made it a real woodie instead of a steel coaster.
I think a tan would look nice but I don't think repainting the whole thing is necessary, but I do think they need to repaint and add some themeing to the tubes. I'd do a few more things if we were talking full overhaul, but that to me is the one biggest problem aesthetically to fitting in with the new theme and I hope is addressed soon rather than later.
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since the theme is a more upscale Victorian park... white fits it very well... as for the scream tubes... round tubes were not present back then
a more 5-sided arch would better suit the turn of the century feel... and then adorne it with small pennants.
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Hm, this is surprising. When I think of old fashioned roller coasters, I think of white wooden roller coasters. Not "tan" or "brownish." Did no one else grow up watching old animated shorts involving roller coasters very much like California Screamin'?
Well, sans the "scream tubes" and all that nonsense.
I think the white color on the structure is perfectly fine. It is the way roller coasters were painted back then. What I do suggest to make it more victorian is to paint the rails where the car rides brown and white instead of just plain white, like the way the roller coasters were built back then.
I vote for it getting painted a brown/wood color. I am sure if they really wanted, they could make it look like a wooden coaster, complete with the wood grain and all. That would look really cool looming up behind the "new" Paradise Pier.
White is very victorian compared to brown! It fits very well, just make it look more like wood!
As for the scream tubes cahnge the teall color more light bluish/aquamarine and make the tunnels box like!
Yeah, brown doesn't make any sense, in that all coasters during Seaside Amusement Park era in California were painted white (still are, in the cases of the parks that still exist like Belmont Park, Santa Cruz, etc.). From a distance it's supposed to look like one of those white wooden roller coasters, and I think it does a fine job of that as is.
As for wishing it was a real woodie, I have to disagree because nearly every woodie I've been on inevitably deteriorates into an unrideable headache-inducing mess (see: Ghostrider, Psyclone, etc.)
I did ride the coaster in Santa Cruz recently and was suprised how smooth, and generally fun it was, however!
^ agree with u 100% !
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With all due respect, the question posed related to whether California Sceamin' would be freshly painted ..and not what color it should be. To this end, the answer is definitely yes. When Disney said that a complete renovation is in store, this meant paint jobs too.
That being said, there is no reason to believe that the white color will be changed. There are two important considerations that support this assertion. As several have already pointed out, white is a Victorian color. In line with LLCMC's thoughts, many popular Victorian style waterside parks have opted for white coasters.
The second consideration exists in the fact that a dark color such as brown or tan would starkly contrast with the bright pastels of the Toy Story Mania building, the midway buildings and everything else. The clash of color would also serve as a distraction from the coming Disney's world of Color spectacular.
Here are a couple of pictures to support how smoothly the current color of the coaster blends with the TSM building -
Dlandclub's suggestion of changing the teal color of the scream tubes and tunnels box to bluish/aquamarine works for me. Just about any light or bright color would look good ..such as the the pinkish-magenta. or tangerine seen on the TSM building.
If a dark color such as brown or fan is to be used at all, Rocker had a good idea in recommending that the rails be painted as such.
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^ Actually, I would prefer the rails be painted pinkish-magenta. It would blend nicely!
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Authorities are saying they are not in a position to discuss the reward and the decision will be made by a committee at a later date. But many legal experts believe the man, identified as Park, will not be able to get entire W500 million because he reported to the police without knowing that the body was Yoo's.
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Police directives stipulate that reward money can be paid to anyone who contributes to the capture of a criminal. A prosecution official said, "The criminal does not have to be alive for the person who reported it to get a reward, but in this case he will be able to get it only if he suspected that the body was Yoo's and gave meaningful help to investigators."
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Seven carriages, each holding a decked-out model, will travel east from Seventh Ave. to the Plaza Hotel and back again, beginning about 7 p.m. on Sept. 3, the night before the fashion shows start.
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I've got a 2 week road trip taking me through several New England states including New Jersey and New York city. Destinations include at least 5 locations that are gun free zones by law. Only 2 of the states I'll be in (North Carolina and Penn) have reciprocity with my Georgia license. Just having my 2 main carry guns is illegal in NY and NJ because they carry more than 10 rounds. OC spray is also illegal. And I'm travelling with my wife and daighter. My SA will be on overload.
So if you hear any stories of a man valiantly defending his family with a multitool and a large flashlight against multiple armed bgs, you'll know it was me. Because that's all I'll be allowed against bgs that will certainly be armed. Any why? Because they don't follow laws, and I do. And for that I'm punished.
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Divorce — who cares! Yes, Katy Perry is still hurting after husband Russell Brand filed for divorce on Dec. 30th, BUT that's exactly why she needed to feel the love from her fans.
Katy Perry, you're a star. You're a HUGE star. And maybe that is one of the reasons that Russell Brand couldn't take being married to you. He was jealous.
But that's his problem. Not yours. You deserved to win the five People's Choice Awards you that fans voted for including Favorite Female Artist and Song of the Year for "ET"!
So why did you feel like you couldn't take your moment in the spotlight to accept those awards?
This was professionally, YOUR most successful year ever.
It's so unfair that Russell ruined your big day… of course, let alone, your life.
But that's the point. He wanted to hurt you. He wanted to ruin your life. He purposefully made a video in which he was pulling off his wedding ring. He wanted to break your heart.
So that's why you needed to be triumphant. Instead your tweet announcing that you wouldn't come — "Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the People's Choice Awards. I want to thank u all for voting for me, fingers crossed! #KATYCATS," sounded so sad.
Think of how empowered you would have actually felt if you had gotten yourself all dolled up, looking your hottest EVER — not a problem for you at all — and had made a BIG appearance.
Think of Sandra Bullock after Jesse James' affair with tattooed Michelle Bombshell McGee was revealed. She was reeling. She was completely blindsided AND she had just secretly adopted baby Louis.
But what did she do? She turned up at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards looking absolutely smashing in a super hot sequined mini dress that was virtually backless. She kissed Scarlett Johansson and looked FANTASTIC! She was funny and smiling from ear to ear.
She didn't want anyone to feel sorry for her. And the crowd was WILD! The standing ovation lasted forever! She OWNED the night!
That's exactly what would have happened for you, Katy. Your fans would have shown a mega-force of support for YOU … Russell who?
I and all your fans appreciated that you tweeted "THANK U to every1 who voted for me for the @peopleschoice tonight! We won so many! Now I need to get more books 2 successfully display them!"
But listen — you could have skipped the red carpet and media room to avoid all uncomfortable questions, and just been there for your shining moment. Don't let Russell Brand, or any man, EVER take the spotlight that YOU earned!
– Bonnie Fuller
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Posted at 10:35 AM on January 20, 2012
As NO ONE knows what actually went on between these two why are the vast majority of people blaming Russell Brand? She didn't turn up to honour her fans because she could not be bothered- so broken hearted she partied all through the holiday season!! she turns up for concerts because she is paid for it, not because she is brave! A soldier is brave!
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This article is the most disgusting thing i've read in weeks. How dare you!? who do you think you are? you are the biggest hypocrite, in previous articles you write 'KATY SHOULD FIGHT FOR HER MARRIAGE' and here you say 'WHO CARES?' you have multiple personality disorder. Katy is going through something very tough and the way she still carries her self still amazes me! she takes the time out of her life, out of her issues and problems to reassure her fans that shes getting better, and thanking them!. I have way more respect for Katy now more than ever, She didn't turn up to the awards because shes HUMAN. Shes hurting, she needs this time to find herself, to see what the future holds for her. Her fans still love her & yes she got so many awards, i see other celebrities not showing up and they got awards, wheres there article!? your disgusting bonnie.
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Bonnie what a evil person you are !! She is going through so hard time just because she is famous person – celebrity doesn't mean that you , i or any of her fans own her, that she has to attend at any of those events.You should have some empathy to her. Her husband (soon to be ex) filled for a divorce and instead of giving her support you just bash girl that she didn't show up. Really I wonder what you would do if your husband would leave you , how keen you would be to attend on public events and act like everything is hunky-dory.!! They should fire you asap because all of your articles here are under any level!
Posted at 2:12 PM on January 12, 2012
I disagree 100%. It's only been 2 weeks since this was announced. I don't blame her at all for not wanting to deal with being at an awards show in light of all of this. Her true fans know that she appreciates us. I'm glad she is taking time to deal with this as privately as she can.


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Cinderella Jane, by Marjorie Benton Cooke, has a lot of things in it that I love. The quiet girl who cleans all the artists' studios turns out to be awesome! And beautiful! The hero is kind of a dork! The heroine and this girl who was in love with the hero become best friends! He/she fell in love with his/her wife/husband! A wife in a mental institution! Read the rest of this entry ?
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August 24, 2010A couple of months ago, I was unexpectedly sent a boxful of Virago Modern Classics. One of them contained Emily Eden's two novels, The Semi-Attached Couple and The Semi-Detached House. People kept telling me as I was reading that they really liked the title of my book, and I kept having to explain that it was actually two books. The titles are still pretty good, I think.
There's a quote on the back of this book — no, wait: there are three quotes on the back, and all three compare Eden to Jane Austen. One of them, the one I've seen several times before, says that Emily Eden is the person whose books you read when you've finished all of Austen. I hesitate to say I've read all of Jane Austen — I don't feel like I need to read all of her juvenilia, and having read one of the unfinished novels, I'm not terribly interested in reading the other. I'm not sure if the number of times I've read Lady Susan counts for anything. Anyway, I'm a fan.
You can see the Jane Austen comparisons from the start of The Semi-Attached Couple, which was written in 1829, but not published until after the success of The Semi-Detached House, which was released in 1859. It's set in the same sort of world as Pride and Prejudice, and one of the families seems intended to draw comparisons to the Bennetts, although for the most part Eden concentrates on the characters who move in similar circles to the Darcys and Bingleys. So, there are characters similar to Jane Austen's. There are plot elements similar to Jane Austen's. Emily Eden's brand of gentle satire is similar to Jane Austen's. As I read The Semi-Attached Couple, I began to feel really irritated that I had been introduced to Eden in terms of Austen. Read the rest of this entry ?
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May 18, 2010So, that "he/she fell in love with his/her wife/ husband" trope I was talking about a couple of weeks ago? Margaret Widdemer seems to be at least as fond of it as I am. I've Married Marjorie is the third of her books that I've read, and the second one where the hero and heroine get married long before their happy ending. It's not as straightforward an example of the trope as The Rose-Garden Husband, but I don't think that's the reason that the book isn't quite successful.
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Anstice Barrett's father has just died, leaving her almost penniless. She goes to her elderly cousin Lucy for advice, and Lucy tells her to marry Justin Holme, who is a bitter widower with three uncontrollable children. This is a totally ridiculous idea, made more so by the fact that Justin is only home about two months out of each year, that his house is in a very rural area, and also that Justin hates women. It's so ridiculous that the only reason Amy Le Feuvre can come up with to have Anstice accept the offer is to that she's haunted by a dream of drowning children. Or something. Read the rest of this entry ?
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Sleeps: | 5 |
Type: | Condo |
Per night: | $110 - $140 |
Per week: | $500 - $825 |
Pets allowed: | No |
Internet: | Yes |
FALL AND WINTER RATES ARE $110.00 PER NIGHT with a 2 night minimum stay OR $500.00 PER WEEK.
Holiday and special event rates may be higher.
WINTER TEXANS AND LONG-TERM RENTALS ARE WELCOME-$850.00 per month
ENJOY THE FANTASTIC UNOBSTRUCTED OCEAN VIEW from the private and covered balcony of this beachfront suite located at Casa del Mar in Galveston, ONLY 4 CONDOS from the front of the Casa del Mar complex and oriented toward the landscaped courtyard (rather than the exterior noisy street suites) and JUST STEPS to the sandy shore and the fishing pier on Seawall Blvd and 61st Street.
PERFECT for COUPLES and SMALL FAMILIES!
THIS CONDO IS SO CENTRALLY LOCATED IT IS JUST MINUTES TO THE MAJOR ATTRACTIONS INCLUDING SCHLITTERBAHN WATER PARK, MOODY GARDENS, THE PLEASURE PIER and the HISTORIC GALVESTON STRAND.
Shopping for just about anything is also very close by at SUPER WALMART AND SUPER TARGET along with the hometown favorite grocery stores of KROGER and RANDALL'S
Designed to sleep 2 Adults and 2 Children but may accommodate up to 2 or 3 Adults and 2 or 3 Small Children.
1 New and Upgraded Queen Size Bed in Bedroom
1 New and Upgraded Futon in Living Area
2 Small Child Size Bunk Beds, built into hallway
Must be 25 years of age to reserve
ID Required
Special Events in Galveston Rental Rates may be higher than Standard Rate
Schlitterbahn Waterpark, Moody Gardens,The Pleasure Pier and Historical Galveston Strand and numerous restaurants including The Rainforest Cafe, Tortugas Mexican Cuisine, Papa's Pizza, Sonic and McDonalds, The Golden Corral, Laundry's Seafood, The Saltgrass Restaurant and shopping opportunities including Super Walmart, Super Target, Kroger and Randall's Grocery Stores and a myriad of beach shops offering groceries, and just about anything else including vacation essentials and souviners are also just minutes away!
The Casa Del Mar complex also offers 2 pools (1-heated) with lush landscaping, covered parking, elevators, grilling area with covered picnic area on site, guest laudramat, ice and vending machines and meeting facilities.
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Begins | Ends | Week Night |
Weekend Night |
Weekly | Monthly | Min Stay |
Feb 28 2015 | May 24 2017 | $110 | $110 | $500 | - | 2 Nights |
May 26 2015 | Sep 07 2015 | $140 | $140 | $825 | - | 3 Nights |
Check In: 4 p.m. Check Out: 12 a.m. | ||||||
Lodging tax: Included in rate | ||||||
Deposits: Rental fee and refundable $90.00 excessive cleaning/replacement deposit are required for confirmed reservation. This $90.00 excessive cleaning/replacement deposit will be refunded after your departure via Paypal as long as excessive cleaning/replacement is not required. NO SMOKING NO PETS Must be responsible adult 25 years of age or older to reserve. ID Required | ||||||
Payment Options: American Express, Discover, Mastercard, PayPal, Personal Check, Visa | ||||||
Other Fees: NO HIDDEN FEES! Special Events in Galveston Rental Rates may be Higher |
- 1 Queen Bed
- 2 Twin Beds
- 1 Sofa Bed
- Air Conditioning
- Kitchenette
- Outdoor Shower
- View (Ocean)
- Balcony
- Linens Provided
- Parking Included
- Waterfront
- High Speed Internet
- Oceanfront
- Private Pool
- Charcoal Grill
- Microwave
- Stove
- Toaster
- Coffee Maker
- Oven
- TV (Cable/Satellite)
- Washer/Dryer
- DVD Player
- Refrigerator (Full)
- Pool
(onsite) - Grocery Store
(<1 mile) - Shopping Area
(<1 mile) - Amusement Park
(3 miles) - Beach
(<1 mile) - Jet Skiing
(<1 mile) - Snorkeling
(<1 mile) - Movie Theater
(3 miles) - Bicycling
(<1 mile) - Kayaking
(<1 mile) - Surfing
(<1 mile) - Water Park
(3 miles) - Boating
(<1 mile) - Ocean
(<1 mile) - Windsurfing
(<1 mile) - Golf
(4 miles) - Canoeing
(<1 mile) - Restaurant
(<1 mile) - Hiking
(1 mile) - Horseback Riding
(5 miles) - Deep Sea Fishing
(<1 mile) - Sailing
(<1 mile) - Miniature Golf
(2 miles) - Live Entertainment
(5 miles) - Fishing
(<1 mile) - Scuba Diving
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1 New and Upgraded Queen Size Bed in Bedroom
2 CHILD SIZE Beds Built into the Hallway. These 2 Beds Are Smaller than Twin Size Beds,
1 Upgraded Futon in the Living Area
New Flatscreen TV
Reviews for this vacation condo rental in Galveston, Texas
Kevin Johns
Karen Langton
Ft. Worth
affordable and perfect location
June 8, 2014
The condo is immediately across from the fishing pier where it is watched 24 hour hours a day. The pier cam also provides for safety. The beach right next to the pier allowed non-fishermen to swim. Excellent pools. Very quiet. I don't even know if we had neighbors. Wonderful balcony with view of the ocean. Kitchen is small but well supplied. I would add a sponge for cleaning dishes, a second cookie sheet pan (we could cook all the french fries we needed), and one more large plastic bowel. We eat tons of salad and fruit and had difficulty washing it all and putting it out with one bowl. Though bunk beds were small, they were adequate for my 12 and 13 yr old. Futon in good shape and comfortable. I would recommend 2 more blankets. I like bringing our own pillows. Also bring shampoo. Walmart is 5 min away, restaurants abound. Is far from pleasure pier and crowded Stewart Beach which I enjoyed. We will be back.
kemah, tx
July 26, 2013
Thank you, We had the best time!!!!!! I'm glad we used this website and the lady we used was great!!!! we will be using this website for our future vacations. Thanx again, Jermane
Taryn Mathis
nice sized room with comfy bed
May 14, 2013
This was an awesome room! Kitchen and stove with Microwave was perfect. The bed is super soft and comfortable. The balcony was a nice bonus ! The sea wall view was beautiful and the ocean breeze feels great sitting on the balcony! Perfect for me and my BF.
Lynne Michelle Braud
New Orleans, LA
Sweet place
April 30, 2013
My fiancé, ten year old son and I stayed for a long weekend in this little condo. We have stayed in 3 other condo's at Casa Del Mar and like this one the best. Why? Because ALL of the condos are small- like 480 sq ft... but this one felt bigger. It isn't overcrowded with extra furniture. I liked how large it felt. Most all of the necessities you would need were there in the condo- towels, paper products, cleaning products and kitchen essentials. The condo was very, very clean. (That hasn't always been the case there at Casa... in other condo's) I like that the condo is so close to the beach and also to lots of sightseeing locations that everyone wants to visit. Finally, the owners are great at keeping in contact and were very helpful with all of my (aggravating!) questions. I will stay there again!! Thank you so much. I really loved this little condo!!
Rachel Murphy
Houston, TX
Great little get away
September 22, 2012
Really enjoyed our stay. Good view of ocean. So convenient to walk across street to beach. Everything's stocked for you in condo except pillows. 3 adults and 1 child stayed for a weekend. Only negative is condo size is fairly small but the only negative to so many positives. I'll definitely stay again.
Glori Gale Wilcoxon
Fort Worth, Texas
Lorenzo Coates
St. Francisville, La USA
August 6, 2012
First of all, love the view!!! Very conveint spot in the middle of all the activities, fishing pier, Walmart, restraunts, etc. The room was always comfortable. Housekeeping staff was amazing. Overall, I was satisfied!!!
Tom Burkart
Wylie, TX
Great value and location
June 12, 2012
We had a great time at this condo. It's in a great location close to restaurants and grocery stores. The price is about the same or less than your average Sea Wall hotel or motel, but you get a small but well-equiped kitchen and a private bedroom. It worked out well for my family of 4 with 2 kids. I would have given 5 stars, but there was a window from the bedroom to the hallway and the curtain wasn't thick enough to block out the lights, so I had to put one of the comforters in the window. Also the bed in the bedroom has a pretty soft memory foam mattress, which I didn't like much, The pools in the complex were nice. I would stay here again and recommend it for families of 4 or less who are looking for a great value.
Cynthia Pointon
Aurora CO USA
Great Location, awesome view
October 17, 2011
This one is at 61st street and the beach at the sea wall. Basic but very serviceable. Futon and bunks best for small people. Easy access to everything. Easy people to work with. We had a great time.
Lyn Dawson
Good family value!
August 9, 2011
Hi- the only reason for 4 stars and not 5 is that the 2 "twin"beds were signif shorter and narrower than an actual twin bed. A " tween" or younger would be comfortable in them, however, and I am certain they would think that the berths are "cool".. The condo is basic but does provide the linens, bath towels &dishes that a family needs. The beach (in Galveston condition, but complete with lifeguards!) and fishing pier really are just across the street via crosswalk &traffic light. The ocean view from the balcony is so peaceful, esp. as one listens to the surf. All sorts of retail options are close by-- including large retail chains-- we did not have room to pack beach chairs or an umbrella, but they were inexpensive locally. Back to the condo-- it is not fancy!-- bring extra pillows to sit on if your fam/guests like DVDs/TV at night... but why stay inside anyway?.. the balcony has a nice breeze and so does the beach..bring a flashlight.. There are two chairs for the balcony, but we added two of the beach chairs, too. The complex has two pools-- they were nice and clean-- and warm (a function of the heat wave) They felt like bath water-- fun when teaching little ones some water skills- I think couples could also have PC fun-- but my husband was in MI then, so, oh, well.. An aside, I needed some faxes, etc. during my stay and the front desk was very helpful.. To be honest, the next time I take my family to the beach (and there were six of us), I hope to enjoy a much larger condo, but this condo remains AN EXCELLENT VALUE and I am very glad that I found this rental. PS Salsa's was by far the best restaurant! I don't know if they take reservations.. we ate later at night..so much fun!! Also, some of my group wanted the Rainforest Cafe (not me-- I think it's overpriced hype for smaller kids) -- we missed out because they were so booked-- so reserve in advance if that's your interest... We also tried the shrimp place near 38th and O-- not that great, very greasy and crowded.. I was sorry and disappointed that my family blew our usual mealtime efforts there. PSS If you plan on needing ice from the condo-- Casa Del Mar is absolutely a complex designed for vacation rentals-- and as such, to avoid potential abuse, apparently, the ice machines require quarters. Obviously, it's easy to buy ice from a convenience store, but I just actually used the ice cube trays and made ice for my coolers via the plastic ware at the condo PSSS 2carsmax
Karey Davis-Ashcraft
Camden, AR USA
May 10, 2011
Everything was perfect! From the clean rooms to the great view from the Balcony! My husband kept thanking me for finding this place!!! And I just want to "Thank You" for being there for us to find! Judy, our contact, was so kind and gracious! The boys in the lobby were so helpful in locating the best eating places which were all close by! And the rooms, tho' small were perfect for the 2 of us!!! To reach the beach, all we had to do was walk across the street for a lovely clean beach! Then when we had enough sun, back to the balcony for shade! You never get tired of looking at the beach, waves, and sky! And the price was extremely well priced; not like some of the obsorbant ones we looked at! We couldn't have asked for a nicer place to spend our 4th Anniversary!!! You all were the Best!!! Thanks-A-Million!!!
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March 22, 2011
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August 23, 2010
The staff was courteous and helpful upon arrival. View is just as desribed and you can walk across to the beach. Room was clean and adequately furnished/stocked. The location was great. Close to everything and right on the seawall.
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Presentation by Terry M. Dinan, Senior Advisor in CBO's Microeconomics Studies Division, to the Hoover Institution Energy Task Force Meeting at Stanford University.
Wah (Urban Dictionary definition number 5):
California's manufacturing costs are expected to rise as regulators reduce the state's supply of emissions credits. Observers have expressed concern that the "lack of a national and global carbon-emissions market" may be negatively impacting California's economy, which is on track to achieve a 15 percent reduction in its emissions by 2020.
The solution seems simple ... let's have a global market!
November 24, 2014Presentation by Terry M. Dinan, Senior Advisor in CBO's Microeconomics Studies Division, to the Hoover Institution Energy Task Force Meeting at Stanford University.
via www.cbo.gov
Thank goodness that "low cost electricity" is not the penultimate goal in some parts of the world:
These are rough times for carbon taxes, aimed at mitigating climate change. Australia recently repealed its carbon tax. South Korea delayed a carbon-based tax on vehicle emissions. South Africa put off a planned carbon tax until 2016.
And yet, for environmentalists, a sliver of hope exists in the shape of Chile, one of Latin America's fastest-growing economies, which last month approved the first carbon tax in South America. The measure, due to take effect in 2018, was part of a broad overhaul of the tax system. ...
Chile's tax, which targets large factories and the electricity sector, will cover about 55 percent of the nation's carbon emissions, according to Juan-Pablo Montero, a professor of economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, who informally advised the government in favor of the tax. At $5 per metric ton of carbon dioxide emitted, Chile's tax is lower than the $8-per-metric-ton carbon price in the European Union's carbon-trading system, which has often been criticized as too lax. But it is higher than a carbon tax introduced in Mexico in January. ...
Chile's approval of a carbon tax owes much to its positioning inside a broader tax package, experts said. At the same time that it passed the carbon tax, the Chilean government raised corporate taxes substantially, in a bid to increase revenues for education and other projects. As a result, the carbon tax raised less debate within Chile than it might have otherwise, though electricity companies have objected. ...
In addition to the tax on carbon, Chile is also adopting taxes on other air pollutants, including fine particles, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, as well as a tax on some light vehicles that generate diesel exhaust. Santiago, the Chilean capital, has long struggled with pollution, due partly to its location in a dry valley.
via www.nytimes.com
We're going to quibble with the magnitude of the tax? $5 is higher than the carbon tax in the U.S. and a large number of other countries.
This is the least funny part of the show (but maybe the most important):
The next minute he's pitching you his idea about environmental tax reform. In addition to being a comedian and an economist, Bauman has committed his life to "using the tools of economics and the power of capitalism to protect the environment."
In fact, Bauman works with a group, Carbon Washington, that has a measure on the ballot in 2016 to implement a carbon tax in Washington state.
"If we had higher taxes on carbon and other types of pollution, we could afford to have lower taxes on things like income and investment," he says backstage. "Higher taxes on bads, lower taxes on goods. When I first saw that idea as an undergrad, I thought it was intellectually beautiful. Now, I'm spending my life working on it."
Even if you don't quite understand environmental tax reform (shame on you!), you find yourself nodding along and agreeing like it's a cheesy infomercial: I do want lower taxes on income! I don't want the Earth to burn!
via www.npr.org
There is no "listen" box in the archives so maybe it didn't make it to the radio?
Tyler Cowen:
I am predicting William J. Baumol, possibly with William G. Bowen, for work on the cost-disease. As you probably know, this hypothesis suggested that the costs of education and health care would continue to rise in relative terms, thereby creating significant economic problems. Not a bad prediction for 1966, and of course it has become a truly important issue. ...
... Baumol has numerous other contributions, including contestability, operations research and economics, entrepreneurship, externalities and Pigouvian taxes ...
Baumol has a bio (written by Ian Sheldon) in this book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1440801193/typepad0c2-20.
More required reading:
Baumol, William J. "On the increasing role of economic research in management of resources and protection of the environment." Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ. 2, no. 1 (2010): 1-11.
Abstract: This paper follows precedent in mixing substantive matters related to resource and environmental economics with an autobiographical framework. Unavoidably, this pushes the contents toward my own contributions to the field—especially those that, in my belief, have not received the attention they merit. After following precedent and beginning with some words on my origins and my subsequent affiliations, I focus on several examples showing how economic analysis has helped to illuminate this subject that is so critical for the general welfare. I begin with the origins of our understanding of externalities and their increasing role in the literature on the subjects under discussion here. Second, I turn to the issue of effective policy measures and the political obstacles that impede their adoption. As part of this, I discuss markets in emission permits as a way to make the Pigouvian taxation approach more palatable. I show that these two are basically equivalent, but the same is not true of the carrot and the stick approaches—i.e., taxes on emissions and subsidy rewards for reducing such environmental damage. Third, I use a Leontief approach to show how the benefits of the use of substitutes for scarce resources are commonly exaggerated and can inadvertently hasten depletion of a scarce resource, despite appearing to contribute to preservation. Finally, I turn to as-yet-unpublished material, which shows that the cost disease model I have used to account for the persistent, cumulative, and rapid rise in the real cost of activities such as health care, education, and the performing arts also describes and explains the pecuniary source of much of the threat that currently besets the environment—paradoxically doing so through the decreasing real costs of other products that are an inescapable companion to the rising costs that beset other economic activities.
We heart carbon pricing, wish everyone did:
President Obama stood in the chamber of the United Nations General Assembly last week and urged the world to follow his example and fight global warming. But a major new declaration calling for a global price on carbon — signed by 74 countries and more than 1,000 businesses and investors — is missing a key signatory: the United States.
The declaration, released by the World Bank the day before Mr. Obama's speech at the United Nations Climate Summit, has been signed by China, Shell, Dow Chemical and Coca-Cola. It calls on all nations to enact laws forcing industries to pay for the carbon emissions that scientists say are the leading cause of global warming. ...
Although the nonbinding World Bank declaration is meant largely as a show of resolve ahead of a 2015 climate summit in Paris, it signals the broadest, most explicit effort to date of world leaders and financial institutions to push all nations to enact new taxes on old forms of energy. The declaration notes that governments can either directly tax carbon pollution or create market-based cap-and-trade systems, which force companies to buy government-issued pollution permits. ...
In order to avoid more opposition from conservatives, Mr. Obama and other top administration officials no longer call publicly for a national price on carbon. But they have nonetheless signaled their support for international and state efforts. ... The Obama administration has also enacted a policy signaling its readiness to price carbon should the politics of Congress ever shift: a metric it calls "the social cost of carbon," designed to account for the cost of one ton of carbon dioxide pollution. Mr. Obama's economists have determined the cost to be $37 a ton. Secretary of State John Kerry, a longtime advocate of government policy to fight climate change — and the chief author of the failed 2010 cap-and-trade bill in the Senate — last week told a meeting of the Major Economies Forum that "when it comes to climate change, we know exactly what it takes to get the job done."
"On carbon pricing, there's a perfect storm taking place," said Robert N. Stavins, director of the environmental economics program at Harvard. "There is increasing recognition that approaches that have been taken in the past haven't worked, and that the only way one can affect the hundreds of millions of decisions is through price signals."
via www.nytimes.com
For the newbies, here is our primer: http://www.env-econ.net/carbon_tax_vs_capandtrade.html
Robert Frank:
Why aren't we demanding more forceful [climate] action? One reason may be the frequent incantation of a motley collection of myths, each one rooted in bad economics:
Myth 1: The enormous uncertainty of climate science argues for a wait-and-see strategy.
The claim here is that reducing greenhouse gases would be a wasted expense if climate change ends up causing only minor problems. But uncertainty cuts two ways. Things might not be as bad as expected, but they could also be much worse. ...
Myth 2: Slowing the pace of climate change would be prohibitively difficult.
Reducing CO2 emissions would actually be surprisingly easy. The most effective remedy would be a carbon tax, which would raise the after-tax price of goods in rough proportion to the size of their carbon footprint. Gasoline would become more expensive, piano lessons would not. ...
Myth 3: A carbon tax would destroy jobs.
If a carbon tax were scheduled to be gradually phased in once the economy recovered, its mere announcement would create jobs right away. As with any policy change, there would be winners and losers. ...
Myth 4: The cost of reducing CO2 emissions would be prohibitively high.
Because a steep tax on emissions would generate hundreds of billions of dollars in annual revenue, you might assume the policy would entail big costs for ordinary people. But every dollar raised by a carbon tax is a dollar by which other taxes can be reduced. ...Myth 5: It's pointless for Americans to reduce CO2 emissions, since unilateral action won't solve global warming.
Although an effective solution will take global coordination, America's inaction has been a major barrier to progress. If the United States and Europe each adopted a steep carbon tax, they could elicit broader cooperation through heavy tariffs on goods produced in countries that failed to do likewise. India and China need access to our markets, giving us enormous leverage.
Myth 6: Penalizing greenhouse gas emissions would violate people's freedom.
As John Stuart Mill, the British political economist, argued, people should be free to do as they please, provided they don't cause undue harm to others. ... Mill's cost-benefit framework provides no reason for thinking that someone's freedom to escape the small burden of CO2 taxation should trump other, vastly more important freedoms. ...
When I heard the phrase "Margarita Declaration" I had much higher (and drunker) hopes than 131 environmental groups banding together to call for an end to capitalism.
A UN-backed conference on climate change ended with a call to end capitalism. The conference, organised by the Venezuelan government, saw 130 green activist groups meet to discuss their demands.Green website Respond to Climate Change says that at the end of the conference, the groups issued what is being called the 'Margarita Declaration', which says: "The structural causes of climate change are linked to the current capitalist hegemonic system. To combat climate change it is necessary to change the system."
This declaration will be handed to environment ministers when they meet in the UN's talks in Lima later this year.
Participants at the meeting included the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Climate Action Network International, Third World Network and Christian Aid.
The declaration also condemned the idea of having a so-called "Green Economy", saying this was nowhere near radical enough, and only the end of the capitalist system would solve the problem of climate change.
Look, I get the point. Markets set prices. Prices ration goods. Because environmental goods and services are severely underpriced by markets (in many cases that price is zero), environmental goods and services are overconsumed, underproduced, overexploited, crapped on, however you want to say it. Environmentalists are rightly concerned.
Because environmental goods and services are mispriced in a market based system, market based systems must be to blame for environmental degradation and (here's where the logic breaks down) therefore, we must abandon market based systems for allocating goods and services.
But to paraphrase Winston Churchill, capitalism is the worst system for allocating environmental goods and services, except for the rest. I'm always stunned by the misunderstanding and misrepresentation of market systems by environmentalists. Markets ration scarce goods. They do so through prices. The problem with environmental degradation is not that markets lead to overexploitation of environmental goods and services, but rather market conditions fail to allow markets to establish the proper price for environmental goods and services. If the price is right, people will (usually) make rational decisions.
So, the solution to environmental issues is not to abandon markets and dictate to people the choices they should make, but rather the solution is to establish the correct set of prices that capture the full scarcity value of all goods and services, including environmental goods and services. In some cases this might happen through the establishment of markets for environmental goods and services (for example, cap and trade) or it might happen through direct pricing of environmental goods and services (for example, emissions taxes), or it might happen through restrictions on use (for example, endangered species laws).
Abandoning markets will not solve environmental problems, because the environment will still be viewed as free. Prices, or some other representation of value, are still needed, and there is simply no better way to establish prices than through markets.
Poorly functioning markets might lead to environmental problems, but well-functioning markets are the best solution.
In my opinion--of course.
Now where's my Margarita?
*Since it is throwback Thursday, I decided to use a paraphrased throwback title from 2007.
I think so:
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and Senator James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma are among the most vocal Republican skeptics of the science that burning fossil fuels contributes to global warming, but a new study to be released Thursday found that their states would be among the biggest economic winners under a regulation proposed by President Obama to fight climate change.
The study, conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Rhodium Group, both research organizations, concluded that the regulation would cut demand for electricity from coal — the nation's largest source of carbon pollution — but create robust new demand for natural gas, which has just half the carbon footprint of coal. It found that the demand for natural gas would, in turn, drive job creation, corporate revenue and government royalties in states that produce it, which, in addition to Oklahoma and Texas, include Arkansas and Louisiana.
The report concluded that the rule would hurt states where coal production is a central part of the economy — chiefly Wyoming, the nation's largest coal producer. States that produce both coal and natural gas, such as Pennsylvania, would experience an economic trade-off as diminished coal production was replaced by new natural gas production. ...
The study took into account the economic costs imposed by the regulation and concluded that it would raise electricity rates by up to 10 percent in some parts of the country and eventually freeze coal production. But even taking those costs into account, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas together would experience an annual net economic benefit of up to about $16 billion, according to the study.
"The irony is that some of the states that have been the loudest in opposing E.P.A. climate regulations have the most to gain in terms of actual economic interest," said Trevor Houser, an analyst at the Rhodium Group and a co-author of the study.
via www.nytimes.com
Given this definition of irony:
a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
Australia has repealed their Carbon Tax. I'm sensing a need for some snark...
Opposition politicians and environmentalists in Australia reacted with dismay Thursday to the country's repeal of laws requiring large companies to pay for carbon emissions, saying that it made Australia the first country to reverse progress on fighting climate change.
Australia was also the first country to invent the grain stripper. Which isn't nearly as fun as the name seems to imply.
The Senate voted 39 to 32 on Thursday to repeal the so-called carbon tax after Prime Minister Tony Abbott's conservative government secured the support of a number of independent senators.
Only 71 senators? I'll bet out 100 senators could kick their 71 senators' collective butts!
The House of Representatives had voted earlier in the week to repeal the unpopular measure, which has been a highly contentious issue in Australian politics for seven years.
The tax was devised to penalize hundreds of Australia's biggest producers of carbon emissions, setting a price of 23 Australian dollars, or $21.50, per metric ton of carbon dioxide when it was put into effect in 2012 under then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard of the Labor Party, which is now in the opposition. The price rose to 25 Australian dollars this month.
'Penalize' seems a bit of a harsh term, especially for a country once used as a penal colony. Let's try this instead: "The tax was devised to properly price carbon emissions for those companies that choose to use the environment as the equivalent of pooping in their neighbors yard."
Mr. Abbott, of the conservative Liberal Party, who took office in September, made repealing the tax a central pledge of his election campaign, arguing that ending it would reduce electricity prices and enhance economic growth. But he struggled twice to get the measure through the Senate before the vote Thursday.
If at first you don't succeed...
The government now plans to introduce a range of measures that it says will encourage business to reduce pollution, rather than penalizing polluters.
Every time you go poopy in your own toilet instead of my yard, you get a lollipop.
After the vote Thursday, Mr. Abbott characterized the tax as a "useless, destructive tax, which damaged jobs, which hurt families' cost of living and which didn't actually help the environment." He called it a "9 percent impost on power prices, a $9 billion handbrake on our economy," and said the repeal would save the average household 550 dollars a year.
And what would it cost them?
Australia is among the world's biggest producers of carbon emissions on a per capita basis. The government is committed to reducing emissions to 5 percent below levels recorded in 2000 by 2020.
And I am committed to stop drinking.
Politicians from Labor and the smaller Greens party said the repeal would undermine Australia's efforts to address climate change. The Labor leader, Bill Shorten, described Mr. Abbott as an "environmental vandal."
Mr. Abbot is "a member of a Germanic people that ravaged Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th–5th centuries and sacked Rome in AD 455?"
"Today, Tony Abbott has made Australia the first country in the world to reverse action on climate change," Mr. Shorten said. Christine Milne, a senator from Tasmania and leader of the Greens party, said, "History will judge Tony Abbott harshly for his denial of global warming and his undermining of Australia's effort to address it."
John Connor, chief executive of the Climate Institute, a Sydney-based advocacy group, said that some governments had pulled back from carbon reduction targets, including Japan after the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster in 2011, but that "no one else in the world has repealed a working, functioning carbon pricing mechanism."
But in Australia's defense, very few places in the world have actually implemented a working, functioning carbon pricing mechanism, so there really haven;t been that many opportunities for countries to repeal them.
"We are taking a monumentally reckless backward leap even as other countries are stepping up to climate action," Mr. Connor said in an interview. He said that Australia is the highest per capita emitter of carbon in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the group of developed countries, and that it ranks in the top 20 globally, emitting around 25 metric tons of carbon dioxide per person every year. "Australia's economy is much more carbon-intensive than the U.S. economy,"...
U-S-A! U-S-A! (sorry, watched too much soccer last month).
...Mr. Connor said. Mr. Abbott has said that the repeal will lead to lower energy costs for consumers.
Mr. Abbott (2 b's, 2 t's) understands supply and demand.
But Mr. Connor said that while Australian electricity prices have indeed risen, that was due in part to power companies investing in infrastructure. "The government effectively used the carbon tax as the scapegoat for higher energy costs," he said.
But energy costs should be higher if carbon is priced at its marginal external cost.
But representatives of major industries, including agriculture and mining, said that the costs passed along to other businesses because of the emissions penalty were high.
and again...THAT"S THE FREAKING POINT!
While the agriculture sector was exempt from directly paying the tax, its costs "hit Australian farmers every time they paid for essential electricity, fertilizer, chemicals and fuel supplies," Brent Finlay, president of the National Farmers' Federation, said in a statement.
Brendan Pearson, head of the Minerals Council of Australia, said in a statement that the removal of "the world's biggest carbon tax is an important step towards regaining the competitive edge that Australia lost over the last decade." The council estimated that the tax cost the mining industry 1.2 billion dollars per year.
And saved the rest of society 1.2 billion dollars per year.
A representative of independent grocers also applauded the repeal, saying that the cost of electricity and refrigerant gases had skyrocketed since the carbon tax was introduced. "A small, corner store operator will save about 17,000 Australian dollars a year," said Jos de Bruin of Master Grocers Australia, which represents about 2,400 independent supermarkets.
I know it's uncomfortable, but if carbon is properly priced, electricity, food, fertilizer, chemicals, fuel supplies, cars, trucks, motorcycles, go karts, pens, pencils, paper,...should all be more expensive.
via www.nytimes.com


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The "Phantasm" series is pretty much a catalogue of primal fears. Why have they been so successful and popular?
Well, number one, it's all about that paradigm of things beyond your control. Obviously that's the basic premise. And I think it's gotten scarier as we go. It's really interesting because a lot of horror series – and I don't want to name names – but in talking to people, a lot of series of films that have come through the years, sequels and stuff, they say, "Oh, I really liked 1 and 3, but 2 sucked or 4 was bad . . ." But, if something can continue to get creepier and scarier . . . For example, in "Phantasm IV" when Michael (Michael Baldwin) lands out in the desert and he sees all those portals, the chromium posts, and there's tons of them out there. How can you be sure that the portal you go through will be the one that puts you in your correct time or place? You could get lost out there and most likely, you're already lost. In the "Phantasm" paradigm (the main characters) are lost. Lost in space, time and dimension trying to figure it out. And here's Reg in the last picture leaping through this portal in hopes he'll be able to stop Michael from dying in that time frame. But where's he going? Does he know? No. It's all guts and balls. You've gotta love that. But, the idea of moments out of time and not really being able to call the shot on where you might end up. I think that's kind of scary. The uncertainty of the unknown is always a scary thing. And I think that maybe because the story is a fairly nonlinear one and things can happen that you can't explain and you find yourself in places that you don't understand. I think the "Phantasm" series has that atmosphere and has carried it through every sequel from the first one until now.
The Reggie character is very popular with fans. Why do people like him and identify with him so much?
Reggie is every man's man. It's an easy call as to why everyone digs him because he certainly didn't sign on for all that's happened to him. In the first movie, he was just an ice cream man. He just wanted to hang out in a small town, play music with his friends, sell ice cream to the kids and be in his small town community thing. He just wanted to kick back and love life. And all of a sudden he's thrown into the mayhem that's brought on by the Tall Man. By the second picture, Mike's still trying to convince him that they've got to join together and go after this dude and stop this thing that's going on in the world and he can't buy into it until his family gets blown up. Then it's "no more Mr. Nice Guy."
It's very similar to me being conscripted into the army. In 1966, I was drafted. I was in a very popular musical group (The Greenwood County Singers) at the time. We were in Lake Tahoe playing with Andy Griffith and I got my draft notice. Once I realized that I was going to end up in Vietnam, I just went, "Dude, you'd better hunker down and be the best soldier you can be." Originally, I used that feeling of being trapped into survival and being put on a mission that was certainly no part of my life. Hell, I was a musician. I was an actor. And now you throw this automatic weapon at me and tell me I'm a soldier. Wow. I know that's what I used to recreate Reggie in the "Phantasm" series. Reggie had to get serious. He had to take life if necessary. He had to be willing to go through the gates of hell and throw himself on the flames of hell for his friends. So that's how Reggie grew into the character he is from part 1 to 4. And by "OblIVion," he's totally down with it.
Where does the real Reggie Bannister begin and the onscreen, "Phantasm" Reggie end?
Reggie is a caricature of me. So, if you know me, it's really easy to see the things that are part of me in Reggie. As an actor, I can only be me portraying somebody else. The character of Reggie really is a characterization of myself. So, where does he end and where does he begin? He's kind of an overt Reggie Bannister. I can relate to a lot of stuff that goes on with Reggie. He's a horndog. That's for sure. But it gets hard on the road (laughs). No one can ever accuse me of not liking the ladies. I can see those feelings that I have for my wife, Gigi kind of manifesting in Reg as he's always trying to get laid. And there's nothing wrong with that. Then there's his loyalty. I'm a very loyal person. He's a nice guy. I like to think that I'm a pretty nice guy. I'm tolerant. I grew up in the '60s. I took a lot of consciousness expanding drugs – I don't feel bad about saying that because it's like looking over the garden wall, man. I gained a lot of truth out of the '60s and I try to apply it to my life in everything I do today, and in that way I think the Reg character is a bit like me as well.
One of the great and often overlooked elements of the "Phantasm" movies is that, when you strip away the horror elements, they're about family. You really get the feeling that, behind the scenes, these guys really like each other and are 100% behind what they're doing.
Yeah, and I must say that when we get together to do one of these things, it is like a family. And even some of the folks behind the scenes who've come on over the years have started off as huge "phans."
One more "Phantasm 5″ question. Will the next film continue with the style of "OblIVion," which hearkened back to the first Phantasm as almost a mood piece rather than an action-oriented-balls-out-Reggie-kicking-the-hell-out-of-dwarves thing?
I like action, I really do. And I like atmosphere. I think Don's got a fresh look at the series and I think it's time for a fresh look at "Phantasm." The world has changed dramatically since we made the fourth one. I think we need to look at the environment that we're in and the culture and how humanity sees itself right now and we have to relate to that stuff. We need to "refresh the screen" with a new splash of a "Phantasm" that will certainly stand on its own and hopefully continue the great feeling everybody gets from "Phantasm." The fans feel like they own it. If I can make somebody feel the same way about a movie as I feel – like I own it, that's great. I think most "Phantasm" fans feel pretty prideful in the fact that they own this film. That's a good thing and that's a great feeling.
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Posted on March 4, 2004 in Interviews by William J. Wright
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