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I live in Colorado and my parents live in Oklahoma. All of our names were on the deed to a house that we wanted to sell. Josh and Robert were able to keep me in the loop throughout the entire process. I was able to complete my parts of the sale from Colorado without flying home. I would highly recommend them.
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We know of Robert and Josh through the family. We needed to sell one of our homes and gave them a call. Josh had the valuation packet put together and to us the following day after discussing the property with me. I was able to meet with Josh the day after the valuation packet review and show him the home. After review we decided to list the home. Within 2 days we had an offer! Josh and Robert were in regular communication with us and let us know of each step during the selling process. They helped us close early to miss the snowstorm that was coming. If you have a home you need to sell give them a call.
We live out of state and had a townhome we needed to sell in Edmond, Oklahoma. Josh help us with the sale of the townhome, from scheduling the small remodel with local contractors, to ensure that our best interest was held during negotiations, and to going over our questions with us in detail. If you need to sell a home we recommend calling Josh.
My wife and I found Rocky and Josh on-line after reaching out to several other area agents, without responses. As soon as we contacted them, the Market Valuation Packet was forwarded with our neighborhood market value and recommend listing price. As with any move, we were very hectic trying schedule a mover and finding a new house (out of state). Conveniently, we were able to complete the listing authorization paperwork via electronic signature and the photo shoot scheduled and Rocky came by to pick up the spare key from us all within the same day. I was impressed with their responsiveness. In addition, being out of state while our house was on the market, we thought we would be concerned with how the marketing would go. However, Rocky and Josh were very proactive in their marketing, ensure we had our open houses scheduled and flyer boxes full. As a result of their work, we went under contract in 36 days and closed within three and a half weeks. If you are getting ready to sell your home, call Rocky and Josh.
My wife and I began working with Josh and Robert about two years ago. I must say that our experience with working with them has surpassed our expectations. Josh and Robert were very patient with us as we worked though some challenges in securing financing for our purchase. We never felt pressured or rushed to make a decision. They were extremely knowledgeable about the area we were looking to purchase in. They were both available all the time to respond to our questions and concerns.
When they found the right house for us, they listed our home quickly and had a contract on it within 9 days of listing. We closed both on our sale and purchase within 30 days! Our experience with working with Robert and Josh was great. If you are considering buying or selling a home, Josh and Robert should be your first choice. What a great team!!!
We found Josh and Melissa through Zillow, contacted Josh the week prior to him leaving to go out of country. Josh provided us with the Market Valuation Report on our home and Melissa contacted us to follow up on the report, schedule the photo shoot, and sign drop off. They sold our home twice in the first month. The first offer flaked out and we closed on the second offer yesterday.
A few things about Josh and Melissa - they were, without a doubt, extremely dedicated to my sale, always available to talk, listened and gave detailed answers and addressed every concern. Their photographer is top notch, took beautiful photos of my home, which no doubt added significantly to the interest the market took.
If you want great agents call Josh and Melissa, you WILL be happy with their results.
I was referred to Josh by my Kansas realtor. Josh called and forwarded a valuation report for review and pricing. We discussed my situation and Josh said we could get it done. My home was under contract in less than 2 weeks and I had a quick closing despite a few issues that arose with the inspections. If you are selling a home in Oklahoma City, I definitely recommend calling Josh to help with your real estate needs.
My law school friend introduced me to Josh when I inquired about needing a Realtor. Her husband Michael Clutts is a mortgage lender and I trusted their judgment. I met with Josh back in February of this year and discussed the sale of my downtown condo with him. I didn't pull the trigger right away, as I had a tenant who's lease was not up. Josh kept in touch with me over the next 4 months and when I was ready, he got to work. I was unable to be in town during the sale, as I live out of state, but Josh's emails, text messages, and forwarding of progress pictures kept me up to date. It took about 45 days to get my unit ready from when I reached out to Josh and let him know to begin working on getting the unit ready For Sale. Once Josh had the unit on the Market, I was under contract in only 29 days, and the other units in my building had not even contracted yet. If you are going to be selling or buyer a downtown condo, I recommend Josh, you will be happy with his work ethic.
I was referred to Josh through McNeil Liquidations and I was impressed. During the listing, Josh held an Open House, had professional photos and a virtual tour shot, keep the flyer box full, and provided weekly updates. Josh took a vacation during some of the listing also, but the crew he had in place took care of everything and we even contracted the house while Josh was away. As soon as Josh got back, he took over the file and closed out the home. If you want a smooth sale of your home, call Josh, I was very impressed.
We were referred to Josh by Skyline realty of Tulsa. We contacted Josh and the next day we had a valuation report on our home and scheduled a phone consultation to go over the report the following day. Josh went over the report with us and the phone call gave us the knowledge and direction we needed to know to sell our home. We needed to wait about 6 months to get started. Josh kept in touch with us and when we were ready he scheduled the pre-listing site visit to discuss staging and to actually meet in person. We set our listing date and Josh ordered the photos and virtual tour. As soon as everything was prepped and ready, we were on the market and had our first open house scheduled. After 2 open houses and over 30 showings, we had an offer. We negotiated the offer, came to an agreement and closed on time. If you are looking for a relaxed, calm Realtor that has a whole system and buyer crew at his disposal, call Josh, you will not be disappointed.


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eBay sellers: How do you handle pictures?
I started teaching the eBay classes on Thursday. (Monablair, your help was invaluable--thank you!!) It went well, but I'm a little concerned about next week, when we start talking about selling. (We covered buying this week.)
One reason for my concern is that many of the students (mostly senior citizens) have had zero experience with digital cameras. Some don't even own one. (They should have taken the beginning digital photography class I taught in April.) So I'm going to have to go into a lot of detail about this aspect of eBay selling.
How do you handle your pictures? I use a Photobucket account for eBay, but first I use Photoshop to edit the images, saving them to a CD before they arrive at Photobucket. I'm sure there are simpler ways of doing this, and I'd appreciate your tips.
Also, how do you put up multiple photos in a listing? I use the Self-Hosting option since my images are in Photobucket, and if I want to add more pics to a listing I list them in HTML. But again, I want to give the simplest option to my students. Not only that, but eBay has some attractive photo arrangements that I don't know how to achieve with HTML. Waddya do??

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A four-disc set commemorating Sting's 25th anniversary as a solo artist is coming out September 27.
A four-disc set commemorating Sting's 25th anniversary as a solo artist is coming out September 27.
During a Maroon 5 concert in Hollywood on Monday night, Adam Levine was joined on stage by one of his idols, Stevie Nicks. They performed Leather and Lace, Nicks recorded the original with Don Henley. I must say they do an awesome job, it gave me goosebumps.
My video flashback this week is from the Gin Blossoms. This band got their start in Arizon in the 90's. In 1992 their multi-platinum record New Miserable Experience, brought us Found Out About You, Allison Road, Until I Fall Away and today's video flashback, Hey Jealousy.
This week's video flashback is from the band The Verve. This band formed in 1990 and it wasn't until 1997 that they found success worldwide. The Verve released their album Urban Hymns and their single Bittersweet Symphony became and instant hit
Adele has had a couple of amazing years, and she could hardly be blamed for wanting to take a little time to soak it all in for awhile -- but she isn't planning to slow down.
In fact, she's already thinking about her next album.
Here is another Flashback Video from my favorite time for music. I grew up in this era and loved all the music.
This week's pick is from the band Bush. Their fourth single release off their debut album Sixteen Stone, Glycerine.
So the 90's were my favorite time for music. I graduated in the 90's. The 90's had a whole genre change. It went from heavy metal hair bands to grunge to alternative. Every now and then I will get a song in my head and love and today I just wanted to share this one with you.
With 3.5 million copies sold and chart-topping radio play around the world, Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep' is arguably the song of 2011. You just can't escape it these days — not even if you're in the audience for a Linkin Park concert.
At a recent fan club show, band members Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda unveiled their unplugged version of 'Rolling in the Deep,' stripping it down to acoustic guitar and vocals. It offered not only a new take on the song, but a rarely seen side of Linkin Park, a band that has sold more than 50 million units (and won a pair of Grammys) on the strength of its loud, rap-tinged brand of rock.
Ah, Prince. Whether he's changing his name to a symbol, scrawling slogans on his face, threatening to sue his fans, or publicly daydreaming about a world in which no one is allowed to cover his songs, he's always good for a provocative quote or two.
His latest interview, with the UK's Guardian, didn't disappoint.
Believe it or not, it's been 20 years since U2 released its landmark album 'Achtung Baby' — and the band is preparing to celebrate with a newly expanded version.
The band isn't stopping its vault-purging there, either – Rolling Stone reports that there are also plans for a deluxe edition of U2′s 'Achtung' follow-up, 'Zooropa,' all part of a wider campaign that will see the songs repackaged in a number of formats.
Tomorrow, June 25th, marks the 2 year anniversary of the death of Michael Jackson. He died in his home in Los Angeles. Even though his past was littered with accusations of wrong doing and that essentially hurt his career it was only in death that people realized what an impact he had on the music world


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Amy Carr's Reviews > Wise Guy: The Life and Philosophy of Socrates
Wise Guy: The Life and Philosophy of Socrates
by M.D. Usher, William Bramhall
by M.D. Usher, William Bramhall
Amy Carr's review
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Another biography but not as well done as the others we have read. The illustrations were a little too "cartoony" and strange for me and the presentation and layout of text were a little scattered and hard to read in a meaningful stream. But I did certainly learn some interesting things about this philosopher and it has peaked my curiousity to study a little more about his life!
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An letter which brings up a couple of interesting issues concerning family dynamics appeared in Carolyn Hax's newspaper advice column on 3/12/15:
Dear Carolyn: My son came on a family vacation alone and confided to his parents, siblings and friends that he was unhappy in his four-year relationship. He is 34, and she is 31. They never talk, she is very needy, she does not like his family or friends and she discourages him from seeing or calling us (we live a few hours away). He said she wants all his time and all his attention. She thinks they should "be enough" for each other not to need others. I think that's a hallmark of an abusive relationship. He decided to ask her to move out. She can't afford to live on her own and does not want to move in with her parents, with whom she has a bad relationship. The day after he got home he called and said they are trying to work things out. But his family and friends can see the relationship has taken all the joy out of him. How do I support him when I think the relationship is toxic? I read the letter from the 24-year-old whose family hates her boyfriend; guess I need to dial it back and not become like her family. Trying Not to Interfere, but. . .
On the surface, this letter seems to relate to a question I posed in a blog post on May 1, 2012, about how and when parents should stop giving advice to, and trying to guide, their adult offspring. It does relate to that issue, but it also brings up a frequently-seen situation that is far more complicated. Say adult children come to a parent complaining in the strongest of terms about a spouse or boy/girlfriend, and describes behavior by that person that borders on being abusive, or even that is unquestionably over that border. The parent naturally gets upset with the children's significant other, and starts telling their children that said other is bad for them and should be dumped post haste.
And guess what happens next? The adult children get furious with the parent about being so "judgmental" about their significant other, and begin to loudly defend him or her.
Of course, if the parents were to keep their traps shut, the adult children would conclude that the parents were unconcerned with the fact that they are being abused. I have seen many families in which an adult child is being severely abused, the adult child's parents know about it, and yet they do and say nothing at all, let alone offer to help their offspring escape from their dangerous environment. That sounds a lot worse to me than their just being "judgmental."
Before I explain what I think is happening here, there is an important side issue that is alluded to in the letter to Carolyn Hax. The adult children are apparently doing a version of this damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you don't double bind tap dance with their friends. Perhaps you know someone like this yourself. They complain and complain about someone, but if you criticize the person they are complaining about, or tell them to speak up to or even leave the person, they defend the person and get mad at you.
What should you do? Not being in the same position as the parents, a mere friend can in most instances get away with saying things that the parents could not without digging themselves into an even deeper hole. I'll provide some recommendations on how to handle that at the end of the post, but first I would like to address the question of why it is that you, as the friend, are the recipient of this behavior. The answer to this question goes right back to the issue with the parents.
When confronted with seemingly bizarre, but clearly non-psychotic, behavior such as this from otherwise intelligent people I always ask myself, what made the person this way? Why did they get into an abusive or highly problematic relationship in the first place, and why on earth are they staying in it? The answer almost invariably lies in repetitive dysfunctional family-of-origin interactions that I have described in many posts on my blogs.
When adult children put parents in the position described in the advice column repeatedly (this whole discussion usually does not apply to one-of-a-kind interactions), the real reason they do so is most frequently for one or both of the following: The parents are in abusive relationships themselves, and/or they seem to somehow get off on hearing about the relationship trials and tribulations of their offspring. Of course, the parents will deny this vehemently if they are asked about it, but therapists have ways of making them open up and tell the truth.
In the first case, the reason the adult child gets angry when the parent attacks the child's significant other is that the child is thinking some variation of, "Well, you're putting up with abuse. How dare you criticize me for doing the same thing? Why the hell don't you follow your own damn advice?!" The latter question is in fact a very good one indeed, and must be answered in psychotherapy, usually by constructing a genogram with a therapist, before this whole problem can be solved.
In the second case, the adult child gets angry at the parent because they are covertly thinking, "You need me suffer in a bad relationship; you're miserable if I don't, and you are gleeful when I am. How dare you insincerely ask me to end the relationship?! That isn't what you really want, is it?"
In the case described in the letter to Ms. Hax, the parent signs it, "trying not to interfere, but." This, if accurate, implies that the parent is making a great effort to hold his or her tongue. In some families, the opposite situation occurs: the parents lecture the offspring incessantly about their awful choices in romantic partners. In this situation, the adult child is possibly getting angry for a third reason: The child is thinking about the parent, "you need me to be in a bad relationship so you can continue to lecture me. If I were in a good relationship, you wouldn't know what to do with yourself!"
Keeping the right facial expression while attacking your parents when they are ostensibly showing concern for you, and not saying what you are really thinking when they do this - because you are protecting them from feeling bad about their own craziness and yourself from being completely invalidated - takes practice. Suppressing the real reason for your anger and putting on this kind of a show isn't all that easy.
So how does one get some practice before attempting to do this with one's parents? Easy: practice it with a friend, who is far less threatening and necessary to one's mental health, and probably far more forgiving as well. Therefore, people in this predicament enlist friends with whom to practice their moves.
Doing this is not necessarily a "conscious" decision, but is usually done automatically and without any deliberation. They also do the very same thing with therapists. So how to respond?
My favorite psychotherapy supervisor as a resident, Dr. Rodney Burgoyne, suggested responding with some version of, "Well, what would you tell someone to do who was telling this story to you?" The obvious answer is that the complainers themselves would tell that person to either change that relationship or get out of it. Or at least quit complaining about it if they plan to do absolutely nothing to fix their situation.
This question usually does stop patients in their tracks, and hopefully leads to more fruitful explorations of the main issue: why they are with the problem significant other in the first place.
That usually takes some time however. The patients can sometimes dig in their heels and refuse to answer the therapist's question or address the obvious implications. Sometimes they pretend that they cannot see what the therapist is driving at.
I have recently found a response that leads to an even quicker and more effective way to get out of the bind. It involves putting the judgmentalism where it rightly belongs: on the person complaining about the significant other. This is the response that I would recommend to the friends who are being covertly enlisted to help someone practice their moves.
I would say, "Well, you certainly aren't painting a very nice picture of (insert name of the significant other)."
Of course, this statement will not in most cases help the complainer get out of his or her dangerous and/or self-destructive situation. But it probably will induce the complainers to stop putting you in this position, and go look for someone else whose responses more meet their needs.
To strenghten your position, you might then add something like, "Of course, I am only getting your side of the story." This statement presumes that the patient is indeed complaining about the other, and most people will not then put up an argument which subtly accuses the other person of being controlling or judgmental. It almost forces someone to explain further why they are complaining about someone but continuing to allow that someone to mistreat them. As a friend and not a therapist for such a person, however, this is not really your job.
Of course, if you do try to become their therapist or in any way continue to allow them to put you in the double bind position, then it is very likely that your friend will think that you need to be in the position they are putting you in, so they are also doing this for your benefit as well as that of their parents.


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Yes, Loisloser. America "does enough" for Israel, like micromanaging home building so that many Israelis can't afford a home, Arabs get to build illegal structures without any permits, and Israel's sworn terrorist enemies receive billions of taxpayer dollars that are used to buy weapons, build terror tunnels, and assemble missiles, all with the aim of killing as many Jews as possible. Obama has repeatedly humiliated Israel's freely elected leader, emboldening Israel's enemies to strike at Israel and kill more women and children, knowing that Obama will eventually insist on prisoner releases of Arab terrorists, and more "difficult sacrifices for peace" from Israel, but never from Obama's Arab buddies. Now, America will ensure that Iran, who has referred to Israel as a cancer that must be removed, gets nuclear weapons. Indeed, Loisloser, America has done quite enough for Israel.
That may be your stupidest post yet. And that's saying a lot, Loisloser.
Oh, Loisloser? And what war has Israel NOT fought on its own? You do realize that Israel would have struck Iran, on its own, several years ago had Obama not threatened Israel with severe ramifications for the U.S.-Israel relationship if it acted, right? I am not a huge Netanyahu fan, but somebody needs to be an adult an expose what is really happening in Iran, what Iran's plans are – for the United States – and how dangerous a nuclear Iran will be for the entire world. It might surprise you, but while Netanyahu does not wish to be the Prime Minister who presides over Israel's nuclear annihilation, he also values Israel's friendship with America, and does not wish to see America harmed, either. But that's hard for a JOOO-hater like you to comprehend, I guess.
Much of that comes from Islamo-pandering. Obama has set the tone for the Democrats, and that tone is one of elevating Muslims at home and abroad to a special, superior status over other people. The "join 'em, rather than fight 'em" herd mentality that afflicts Democrats has kicked in. Hating Jews just comes with the territory when you are kissing Muslim butts.
+1, traitorbill. Iran is developing ICBMs that can reach the U.S. Iran does not need ICBMs to hit Israel. Medium range rockets, which it has long possessed, can do that. But Iran is building ICBMs anyway. But I am sure there is nothing to worry about. Now, who's on American Idol tonight?
Here's a news flash for BHO: Many of the ISIS fighters *left good jobs* to join ISIS. What does that tell you?
IMHO, Obama sees Iran getting nuclear weapons as a means to "right the wrongs" of America's "colonialist" past. It puts Iran, at least in some ways, on the same level as America, further reducing America's status as superpower, a position Obama despises and seeks to end.
Communists hate Israel because Israel represents many things communists hate. Israel strongly identifies with its religious heritage, history and the bible. Jews generally have strong respect for the elderly and strong family bonds. All of those things are obstacles for communism, which, like all Leftism, must separate children from their families in order to indoctrinate them, and break the transmission of traditional values from one generation to the next. Also, as Israel moves gradually away from socialism and towards free-market capitalism, Israel's economic success is a thorn in the side of Statists and Socialists everywhere.
Hey, americathebeautiful, some of loisnumerouno's best friends have friends who have some friends that might be Jewish. I'm sure she loves at least some of the Jews. Six million of them, give or take.
Tehran, I would think.
Ah, nothing like a liberal mugged by reality, is there?


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If you read the first part of my Teaching Dreamweaver the Web Standards Way series, you may remember that I started the students on their CSS journey by having them do a hybrid CSS/table layout. A couple of semesters ago, I took the plunge. I dispensed with this preliminary step and took a "leap of faith" into the world of pure CSS layouts.
There is a concern among educators that web design is often being taught poorly—even at the college level—and without regard for standards. In some cases it is because the instructor has not updated her skills since the turn of the century. In other cases it is because there is a perception that it is too hard to teach and learn CSS. Yes, it is true that one must go slowly, start simple, and build skills in a systematic way. Still, after some experimentation and a few of my own lessons learned the hard way, I came up with some beginning exercises that seem to instill the essential concepts without overwhelming the students. In this series I would like to share some of these lesson plans with my fellow educators who, like me, would like to start their students out with "best practices".
Each lesson plan includes step-by-step exercises along with the starter and completed example files for each.
This series will culminate in a final site that the students will build over the course of four lessons:
- Lesson one: construct a simple "in the flow" page, float images, and divide a page into sections or divs
- Lesson two: learn to create the look of two columns first by using absolute positioning and then by floating a div
- Lesson three: flesh out the basic layout with design, type, and color; learn to use various kinds of selectors such as descendant selectors, pseudo selectors, and IDs.
- Lesson four: turn the basic layout into a template, create several new pages based on the template, and learn how to extend skills by adding gradient background images, centering the layout, and adding some code to keep the clearing of the image from clearing the floated left column as well.
In this first tutorial in the series, the students will construct a simple page, learn to wrap text around an image, and learn how to divide the page into a series of divs that will later provide the hooks for positioning page areas with CSS.
Tip: It is highly recommended that students learn some basic HTML
before using Dreamweaver's visual view. Because the design of documents now
goes into the CSS, learning HTML is easier than it used to be in the days when
you had to remember how to code all those attributes such as align and bgcolor.
Start with a Simple Page
We start with a very simple page that contains elements that conform to the natural flow of the document. This would be a good moment to discuss the two ways in which browsers render content: as inline or block elements. If you need help in explaining the difference between them, you can read John Gallant and Holly Bergevin's How Inline Elements Work - Part One.
It is assumed that you have taught the basics of the Dreamweaver interface, how to access panels under the Window menu, and how to insert simple elements on the page using Dreamweaver's visual tools.
The image below shows a page with some basic content, some navigation links, and some standard footer information.
Image 1: Start with a simple document
You can either use the simple_page.html file that is included in the tutorial download as a starting point, or you can have the students build it themselves.
Warning: Later, when the students do the positioning exercises, they'll change the order of the content and navigation areas. For now, make sure the navigation list is beneath the content area. There is a specific educational purpose to the initial order.
I try not to distract the students by asking them to provide their own text in a first CSS layout. I use the Lorem and More extension by David Powers to allow students to quickly insert a few paragraphs of a Shakespeare sonnet as the text for the page. I even have the students install the extension themselves to give them the experience.
Once the extension is installed, you can have the students insert 3 or 4 paragraphs of Shakespeare text to a new document. You can have them leave the doctype at the Dreamweaver default: XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
Image 2 : Add a few paragraphs to the page by using the Lorem and More extension
You can then have the students add a first level heading for the name "William Shakespeare", and pull a phrase of text out of the poetry to create a second level heading. After they add some dummy links (each within a paragraph element) and some copyright information, they're ready to go.
The first step-by-step exercise introduces the concept of floating and clearing images, a technique that they will encounter again when they learn to float columns in part two of this series.
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I was minding my own business on that warm Wednesday in July. Honestly. It was almost noon, and I was sweating and designing gag gifts for music teachers when the phone rang.
"Kate, this is your mother," the voice on the telephone told me.
Her announcement didn't help my perspiration problem, especially once my heart began to race.
"Are you all right, Mom?" I asked, wiping my sodden face with the back of my hand.
"I'd be better if you had a real wedding," she answered and paused. My brain began to play tag with my heart. "So I'm sending out your Aunt Dorothy. She's a certified wedding coordinator--"
"She'll be arriving on the four o'clock, afternoon flight into San Francisco tomorrow. I told her you'd pick her up--"
"You wouldn't just leave her at the airport, would you, Kate? She's in her eighties now."
"Of course I wouldn't leave her at the airport, Mom," I said, thinking that maybe air-conditioning might help. Or an antiperspirant. "But--"
"She's made reservations at the Best Western nearest to you."
"I know you don't really have room for her in your house." Her voice lowered. "Your brother, Kevin, told me about the state of your house."
I decided to kill my little brother later. And what was wrong with my house, anyway? I looked across the entryway that separated my home office from the living room, seeing all the loveliness of overflowing bookshelves, clutter, towering houseplants, pinball machines, and swingingchairs suspended from the ceiling. And the handmade wood-and-denim couch. Who could ask for anything more? My mother, a sane voice in my head answered.
And it wasn't just my house that was bugging my mother. In her opinion, a gag-gift business was no business for a woman in her forties, especially for a woman who was her daughter. And then there was my marital status. Mom had almost forgiven me for divorcing my first husband, Craig. Almost. Until she'd learned that I was living with Wayne Caruso. Then she'd thrown a ladylike and thoroughly guilt-inducing hissy fit. And finally, the marriage march had begun in her head. Wayne and Kate, thump, Wayne and Kate, thump, Wayne and ... And if that wasn't bad enough, Wayne wanted to get married, too. So Wayne and I had compromised, agreeing on a brief civil ceremony that was supposed to have remained secret until the perfect time to let our loved ones know. But, of course, it hadn't. Once the shock had worn off, my mother threw another fit, this one less ladylike but just as guilt-inducing.
A brief civil ceremony wasn't enough for my mother. My mother wanted formality. Wedding dresses, bridesmaids, color coordination, guests, invitations, music, and food floated through her mind and into mine, via her mouth. Now came Aunt Dorothy. Mom couldn't have strategized her attack any more effectively. She should have been a general. She probably had been in a past life. I liked my Aunt Dorothy. How could I tell her I wasn't a willing party to my mother's plans?
Twenty minutes of phone hell later, I put the key in the ignition of my elderly Toyota, reflecting on my inability to utter the word "no" when my mother was involved. Even my keys felt strange in my hand. They felt lighter, for one thing, and they seemed to jingle differently. I attributed the difference to the effect of talking to my mother. Everything always felt weird after talking to Mom. I turned the key, applied my hands to the oven-hot steering wheel, and backed out of my driveway, popping gravel as I went. I was going to be late for my twelve o'clock lunch date with Wayne. How had it happened that I had not managed to make clear to my mother that I didn't want a formal wedding? That I'd hate a formal wedding?
I tore my brain away from Mom and forced myself to think about something else. Wayne's Heartlink Men's Group was always good for extended speculation, I decided as I urged my Toyota onto the highway entrance. My car was of an age at which it needed a reassuring--"you can make it"--every once in a while, not to mention the reassurance I needed.
Wayne and Steve Summers had started the Heartlink Men's Sensitivity Group some years back, along with a couple of other guys who'd eventually dropped out. Over the years, sensitivity had given way to support, but the group still lived on, and Wayne still attended the group meetings, from ten to twelve, two Wednesdays a month. And I met him for an after-meeting lunch whenever I could.
Excepting Wayne, of course, the members of Heartlink were as weird as ... well, as my home county of Marin, in my opinion. Steve was too quiet for a journalist, Garrett too sad for a psychiatrist, Ted too flighty for a financial advisor, Isaac too childish for an elder statesman of education, Mike Russo too emotional for an accountant, and Van Eisner was too irresponsible for anything, much less his own successful business. These were my own observations, however. Wayne had certainly never expressed those opinions.
Wayne was a man who took the concept of "confidentiality" seriously. He never told me what was said at the meetings. And it drove me crazy, as much as I admired his scrupulous nature. But I had eyes, not to mention ears. And every second month, the Heartlink Group allowed its members and significant others to mingle at a potluck at one lucky member's house. Garrett had hosted the most recent one a week before. I'd heard the jokes, complaints, and significant silences of the members. They were weird, all right, no matter what Wayne did or didn't say.
Despite my feelings about the members of the group, I had to admit they had staying power. The seven met faithfully, no member missing a group without good reason. And they did seem to be a support for Wayne. He certainly didn't need any more sensitivity--any more sensitivity and he'd be out saving the whales with his own outstretched arms.
Two exits down, and I was on my way into Cortadura. I could feel the temperature cool as I headed down Main Street. Ah, heaven. Cortadura was on the beach. At least the tourist part was.
Cortadura was a town with a split personality. The beachfront was lined with T-shirt shops, poster shops, over-priced restaurants, and every kind of novelty outlet that you could think of, from crystals to puppets to Native American artifacts. But Main Street led to the old downtown section. This part of Cortadura was inland by ten or so blocks, still solidly small-town, with brick buildings, civic pride, and less-traveled streets.
The library in Cortadura was big enough to offer a meeting place for the Heartlink group. Theirs was one library that hadn't downsized in space or availability. The taxes generated by the tourist trade probably helped. And nothing much ever changed in downtown Cortadura, unlike the tourist section, which sported a new shop or restaurant every week. Still, the ocean's coolness filtered all through the town, indiscriminate of nouveau tourism or downtown traditions.
I was enjoying the rush of air coming through my open front window when two of the dreaded tourist species jaywalked in front of my car. I could tell they were tourists by their shorts, cameras, and the merry smiles they flashed my way as I screeched around them, missing them by a good yard.
"Go that way!" I yelled, pointing my finger out the window, back toward the beach.
They smiled again and kept walking in the wrong direction.
I took a deep breath and told my car to calm down. And I reminded myself that I was also a tourist when not in my home county. But even so, I didn't dart in front of old cars. Cool air or not, I was sweating again. That encounter had been too close for me.
Now I had two things not to think about: my mother and the possibility of accidentally hitting someone with my car.
I let my mind drift back to Heartlink, wondering for the hundredth time why each of the members of the Heartlink group did stay.
I thought about Garrett Peterson. He was a psychiatrist and a genuinely nice man. His dance card had to be filled with friends. And his lover, Jerry Urban, was a laugh-a-minute kind of guy despite his recent diagnosis of diabetes. What did Garrett need with the group? It didn't seem to make him any happier.
Mind you, I'd asked Wayne these questions, but of course he hadn't answered.
And what did Isaac Herrick need with the group? I used to think he'd been using them as an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous, but he'd never stopped drinking, not even after his wife, Helen, had left him because of the alcohol. She was currently filing for divorce, though they claimed they were still friends. And I believed that they really were still friends; they had come to the last potluck together. Neither of them could have been younger than eighty. Somehow, I didn't think they'd just go their separate ways completely after the years they must have spent together.
And then there were Ted Kimmochi and his wife, Janet McKinnon-Kimmochi. Ted had two little girls, Niki and Zora, as well as a successful financial consulting firm. But the way he slunk around, sighing melodramatically, you'd think his life was tragic. Maybe it was. How would I know? Wayne wasn't about to tell me.
Still, I could almost see why Steve Summers came to the group. His wife, Laura, was a member of the state assembly. The group was probably the one place he could be himself, out of the glare of the spotlight. But as a journalist, he'd certainly done his share of shining the spotlight. There was irony there somewhere.
Come to think of it, Carl Russo needed the group, too, being a single father of a teenager, and a goofy teenager at that. And Van Eisner needed all the help he could get, with his string of women, and, I suspected, drugs. Not that Wayne would confirm my suspicion of drugs, of course. I felt a little growl start in the back of my throat, surprising me. Was I mad at my own sweetie? I couldn't be, could I?
Wayne's continued attendance at Heartlink was really what I didn't understand. What was it that he got out of the group? Something that he didn't get from me? That little growl burbled up again and, for a moment, I glimpsed the jealousy that fueled my hostility toward the Heartlink Group. Even my car seemed to feel it, delicately coughing as it continued forward. I shook my head. Other women had to worry about other women, and I was jealous about Wayne's support group. I chuckled, glad again that I was married to my loyal, if occasionally frustrating, sweetheart.
Still, I knew something had gone wrong with the last Heartlink group meeting. I knew it from the way Wayne had shut down when he'd come home afterward. I knew it from the faint distance members had put between themselves at the last potluck. Even the wives and children and lovers had seemed different at the potluck. Of course, their significant others had probably told them what had happened, unlike my own confidence-honoring Wayne. I shook my head again, hard this time. My obsession with his group was definitely getting unhealthy. I was going to overheat before my Toyota did.
Was it jealousy that had made me feel such an urgent need to have lunch with Wayne after today's group? Because I had felt an urgent need. My pulse quickened again, just thinking about the feelings I'd experienced when Wayne had left for the group this morning. Dread, anxiety ... foreboding? I told myself I'd been friends with a psychic too long.
I just wanted to see Wayne for lunch. That was all. Just in case. But just in case of what?
I shook off the shiver that settled on my shoulders just as I spotted a parking space in front of the Cortadura Library. I slid my Toyota into the space carefully, turning off the engine and saying a "thank you" to my car for getting me there.
And then I saw Wayne, walking out of the library with Steve Summers. I smiled upon seeing him, his battered face serious under his low brows. My Wayne, always so serious. But Steve's slender, lined face looked serious, too. He squinted through his wire-rimmed glasses and said something to Wayne. I stopped smiling. I wondered what they were talking about. Wayne nodded and touched Steve's shoulder, the male equivalent of a hug.
The two men parted company at the sidewalk and Steve made his way across the road in the crosswalk, turning to wave at Wayne once more. No jay-walking for him--Steve Summers was a straight arrow.
I opened my car door, already imagining myself hugging Wayne hello. But I never got that far.
A car came screaming down the road, a car that looked familiar.
When the car hit Steve, he was flung into the air as if in slow motion, but he landed with a definite crunch--a crunch that would make me sick later, but that was too surreal now. And then the car backed up and ran over him.
My body was immobilized. Then I figured it out.
It had to be a dream.
Because the car that had hit Steve Summers and was now speeding away was Wayne's own Jaguar.


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Forum - View topicJason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Fruits Basket
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Man, I love Fruits Basket. It's like the golden retriever from Homeward Bound in manga form. It's so wise and gentle and loveable and cute. I really hope that somebody picks it up for a reprint soon-- plus Takaya's later works that have for some reason never appeared over here!
I'd never thought about the ending being "too neat" before. In the montage spoiler[where everyone's curse is broken, there's a lot of internal monologue about how lonely and alienating it is to no longer be part of the zodiac-- that pervasive fear of isolation that characterizes the series continues to linger even at the happy ending.] I'll have to re-read the whole series again with some of these ideas in mind. If only I had the time!! (sob sob sob)
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I love Fruits Basket so I shamefully admit that I don't have the last seven volumes from my collection.
Even with it's flaws, it's was the first Shojo manga to make me cry, first
anime box set I ever bought, and spoiler[one of the first Shojo manga where I paired so many characters~]
But yeah, reading all 23 volumes at once is probably the worse way to read it; I used to read two or three at a time depending on my allowance growing up.
I sort of agree with this. I used to think that Takaya just wanted to end all of the drama on high note where everyone in the Zodiac, more or less, get the normalcy that they never had (or lost) before Tohru influenced their lives.
I won't say it's a complete cop out though (I like my happy endings, after all :3) but I still enjoy this manga immensely and I'll look for the final volumes. (Maybe Right Stuf's Print on Demand could bring it back? )
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Seems you've got a slightly different translation to me since for me it was the 'Foolish Traveller' rather than tourist. I also noticed that you said it was Yuki's teacher who said Kisa should like herself more when it was Kisa.
While this format for the review was a novelty (and interesting as I'm re-reading it at the moment), I would have preferred a more normal review, simply because I felt that most of the review was spent describing what was happening and quoting the series rather than discussing it in any depth.
As a side note, I know some people on ANN like discussing what makes a strong female well I think that Tohru is one of the strongest out there. Cooking and cleaning aside, she is wonderful. Almost a saviour in some respects, on the emotional side of things I see her as a role model. Maybe the only problem with her is that's she's almost too perfect and shoulders too many other people's burdens to hide from her own issues.
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I think Fruits Basket is a very emotionally moving series, and it's nowhere near bad. But I do not think it is the be-all, end-all of shojo manga. Sorry, but there are other shojo series that are better at doing all of the things Fruits Basket gets praised for. There are many other shojo series more romantic (Boys Over Flowers), funny (Lovely Complex), dramatic (Nana) and bittersweet (We Were There) than I found Fruits Basket to be.
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Tohru is my biggest problem with Fruits Basket. She has no backbone, and I've always found that the most important function of her character is to heal those around her rather rather than grow into her own. Sawako from Kimi ni Todoke is a similar type of character because neither feels comfortable speaking their minds and always go out of the way for others, but I much prefer Sawako because she has an excuse for being introverted (she's been teased her whole life) and because she's quirky. Most importantly, the series is about her growth.
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Sorry about the typos! I got mixed up rereading my notes because it was Yuki thinking about what Kisa's teacher had said to her.
I like Fruits Basket. It's good readin'. I should have ended this review on a more upbeat note rather than making it seem like my complaints about the ending are a big wet blanket over everything. Basically my main complaints about the ending are: spoiler[ (1) as an excessively literal-minded fantasy fan, I wish all the fantasy hadn't vanished from the story in the end; (2) as someone who likes queer stories, I'm a little annoyed that even the gayest-seeming characters (Ayame) ended up with ladies. Not surprised, since this is how it often happens in bishi manga, but meh; (3) Also, I would have preferred more drama & action in the climax (just ONE eye gouging in the story, Takaya!?!? Just ONE? That's like leaving me waiting for the other shoe to drop!!!), but I suppose I knew that wasn't in the cards.]
To continue the inaccurate Ranma 1/2 comparison -- since Ranma 1/2 has one of the most frustratingly INconclusive non-endings in the world, you could say that Fruits Basket has one of the tidiest endings. They're opposites in that way, too. There's a lot to write about in Fruits Basket. It deserves a deeper analysis, but for now, I wrote a commentary track.
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I don't like romance but, for some reason, collected almost all of Fruits Basket. It was good enough, though I quit when spoiler[I read that everyone winds up in some relationship, like that's all you need to be happy.]
Also, the fact that spoiler[Kazuma, right out the blue, is implied to be dating Tohru's teenage friends, who happens to be the same age as his son. There absolutely no build-up, except for Kyo having a misunderstanding volumes before the end.]
To me, it felt like the author was trying too hard to pair up every character with someone else. I know it's shoujo, but c'mon.
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Fruits Basket is so amazing. I now want to reread it.
Well, if the theme of Fruits Basket is dealing with loneliness, then spoiler[giving everyone someone so they won't be lonely] pretty much solves the main problem of the story anyway. Sure, there are tons of different aspects to life, but once your physical, basic needs are met, it seems to me that relationships with other people (not necessarily romantic) are all that really matter in the end. Love and kindness prevails and all that. It's like the hedgehog's dilemma though, it is both the hardest thing and the best thing to be close to someone. Losing the people you love is just pretty much impossible to get over, but you do have to just learn to move on. Fruits Basket has very universal themes running through it, and I like that it gets a nice thorough ending.
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Of course, Tohru does the cooking. Just once, I'd like to read a manga about a guy who lives in a house full of girls and does all their cooking for them."
Have you tried ToraDora? Admittedly, there are only two girls in the house, but Ryuuji does all the cooking and cleaning.
Also, Familiar of Zero is a harem comedy where Saito (at least early on) does all the laundry and cleaning.
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Seconded. I think Jason's comment might be applicable to the majority of American manga readers; not quite so for people not fitting into the two criteria.
Furuba was popular in Taiwan a decade ago, but far from becoming a phenomenon as it was in USA (which continues to thrive even today). Unfortunately it is mostly forgotten by most shojo manga readers here nowadays.
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I have to comment on this (I know, it's not even close to the main point of anything here) because I got stuck at 9:27 for several minutes while reading. I think the majority of shoujo manga I've read show the girls to be fairly clueless when it comes to cooking, and it's often the hot boy who unexpectedly makes adorable/delicious bento lunches for himself: the stereotype-reversal has become a stereotype itself! (Otomen is the extreme example of this.) As a girl who loves cooking and baking (and knitting and gardening and so on...), I appreciate the occasional heroine who isn't a total clutz when it comes to domestic skills.
Anyway, I agree with others that for Fruits Basket, a story about loneliness and isolation, ending with most of the characters paired off isn't just settling for a typical "happily ever after." I also think it's acknowledged that finding the person/people you can connect with isn't going to magically solve all your problems at once, but it can set you moving in the right direction.
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Not everyone. As far as I remember, spoiler[Momiji and Kagura] didn't end up in any relationship, but you are right that some couples were out of the blue.
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As far as I remember, most of the relationships were set up along the way spoiler[Kisa and Hiro, Rin and Haru, (to me it was always fairly obvious Kyo was going to get Tohru) Did Kazuma and Uotani end up together? My memory is not 100% on that... I don't think Shigure ended up with anyone either... Again I could be wrong]
Definitely want to read this series again now, so glad I made it my mission to pick it up when I heard of Tokyopop's death. I remember my friend from school seriously considering importing some of the Aussie volumes because they were further ahead than Tokyopop. Those were the days...
Dormcat: Are there any shojo series which achieved similar levels of popularity in Taiwan as Furuba did in the US?
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spoiler[Shigure ended up with Akito. ]
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