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Mary Jane Gagnier is a native Canadian who has lived in Oaxaca for over 25 years. She owned an art gallery for the first 15 years before becoming passionate about horses. Along with her husband, Bobby Ortiz, ( horse trainer and former jockey) they own Rancho Pitaya, a B & B style guest ranch, 15 km. from Oaxaca city, in the intriguing Valle de Tlacolula ( FlipKey listing 503723 ) From the ranch they offer lodging, guided trail rides, riding classes and equestrian adventure vacations.
Casa Murguia is decorated with art and crafts Mary Jane personally collected during her art gallery days. The owners recommend travelers stay at both of their places - in the heart of Oaxaca's historic center and in a charming village in the beautiful and fascinating Valle de Tlacolula. Special rates available for split stays.
Mary Jane and Bobby are a fund of information about off the beaten track exploring in the state of Oaxaca.
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I've come across the Pacific for my second stay, this time with a friend who lives in america. We had a ball involving ourselves in the Ranch's animals and routines, as well as another wonderful horse ride the mountains. The food is as good as ever, the Margaritas delicious, and there is such a feeling of well-being at the end of each day. Next time, for sure, I must stay longer because it is so …
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We stayed for two weeks and it was by far the best "home away from home" experience I've had. The place is absolutely gorgeous, the pictures here barely make it justice, and the way we were taken care of by the owner and the housekeeper was excellent.
Definitely staying there in future trips.
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From the moment Mary Jane picked us up from our Hotel in Oaxaca to the moment she dropped us back there the following day the service we received was first class.
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: Hours after two suspects were arrested and a large quantity of explosives seized from a house in Puttur, about 100 km from here, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) intensified security arrangements at the famous hill shrine. Thousands of people are visiting the hill shrine where a nine-day Brahmotsavam celebration commenced on Saturday.
The TTD's vigilance and security department launched enhanced surveillance, especially at the entry points leading to Tirumala. Besides the heavily-guarded vehicle toll gate-cum-security check point at Alipiri, additional manpower was deployed in the foot path at Alipiri and Srivari Mettu used by padayatris.
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The Army has begun to transform itself into a more rapidly deployable and responsive force better able to meet the diverse defense challenges of the future. These far-reaching organizational and operational changes, which will affect virtually every aspect of the Army, will take decades to implement. Funding the transformation, from developing future combat systems to modernizing aging equipment, will be difficult. The Army has developed a Transformation Campaign Plan, which is a mechanism for integrating transformation efforts within the Army and for achieving the goal of transforming the Army over 30 years. The Army's Transformation Campaign plan serves as a common frame of reference for officials throughout the Army. It defines transformation goals, sets milestones for achieving them, and assigns lines of responsibilities for each aspect of the plan. The Army has established several forums at various levels to discuss evolving issues and address matters of concern. However, the lack of an overall DOD transformation strategy has led the Army to proceed with its transformation plans solely on the basis of broad departmental guidance rather than a clear understanding of how its efforts fit into an overall scheme for military transformation. Although the results of the Quadrennial Defense Review as well as other events are likely to affect the Army's plans, the Transformation Campaign Plan appears to be flexible enough to permit the Army to adapt its plans to evolving events.
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I admit this is the first book I read by Maya Angelou (but not the last), and I was hooked from the first lines. What I found fascinating is that this is a story that opens up to you unconditionally, and offers so many interpretations, depending on what you want to get out of it. To me, it is a story of maturing, of becoming, of being human. I have drown and come back to life while reading it, and immensely enjoyed it.
I know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou; (4*)
Written in such lyrical language, this is a very powerful story. It explains much about the end of the segregation era. Angelou rises to heights unreachable by other autobiographical writers.
It is a wonderful story telling of life as Black woman supported by family and dismissed by society. She warns of future times that may present the same challenges.
AUTHOR: ANGELOU, Maya
TITLE: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS Bio/1969/Ballantine Books/289 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE: 1st of 7 Autobiographies ( 2. Gather together in My Name, 3. All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, 4. The Heart of a Woman, 5. Singin' and Swingin' and Getting' Merry Like Christmas 6. A Song Flung Up To Heaven 7. Mom & Me & Mom
TIME/PLACE: 1928- 1945 approx 1st 15 years; Arkansas & California
FIRST LINES: "When I was 3 and Bailey 4, we had arrived in the musty little town, wearing tags on our wrists which instructed -- "To Whom It May Concern" -- that we were Marguerite & Bailey Johnson Jr., from Long Beach, CA , en route to Stamps, Arkansas, c/o Mrs. Annie Henderson."
COMMENTS: I think I have read this book … but many years ago. I recently came across an older pb copy of this book and had it ready to read when it was chosen as one of the monthly reads. Altho' I haven't really been a big fan of poetry (altho' that is changing, seem to have more of an interest lately) I've always liked Maya Angelou. Who doesn't like listening to that wonderful voice (both physically & on the page) so full of power! This is her 1st autobiography and it starts out w/ she & her brother, Bailey on a train by themselves being sent off by their parents in California to their father's mother in a small town in Arkansas. This "Mom" in Arkansas is a strong character and quite the respected person in town -- she owns the store in the black neighborhood. So she is pretty much known to everyone. She is a hard worker and expect the same from her son's children. She also has a grown son living w/ her who has some disabilities. This is a home where the children are expected to be devoted to God and work hard. Love is not openly talked about but neither is there abuse or mistreatment. Maybe not the warmest of environments but "Mom" definitely cares for her grandkids and does the best she can for them. They are shuttled back and forth between their estranged parents a few times and eventually end up in San Francisco w/ their Mother. Their mother is also a no nonsense woman and a woman w/ a head for business, maybe not as mainstream as a store, but she succeeds. There is an unfortunate incident when Maya/Ritte is young and taken of advantage by her mother's boyfriend and this is to shape her view on relationships and love for a long time. As this books ends Maya is a bit of a physically awkward teenager and is trying to learn about love. I look forward to reading on about Maya Angelou's life.
Yet another book that you have to take a deep breath before writing a review about. If for no other reason that what can be said about it that has not already been said?
I have been meaning to read this book for many years. Looked for it when I could remember (I often forget to bring my notebook that has books I am supposed to look for that I think I want to read). I finally came across it in a used bookstore and its been sitting on my shelf for about a year.
All I can say is, if you have not read this book, you are missing out! The book, the woman, is as amazing as everything you have heard about her and it. The prose is lyrical, haunting, like dripping honey infused with lavender highlights that seep into your soul and speaks directly to it.
For those that are not familiar with the story, its an autobiography of her younger life where she and her brother were left in the care of their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas, life there in their country store, the racism and hatred that was part of the time, and even more so in a small Southern town. Through her words, we are drawn into the little store, the home her and her brother share with their grandmother, her simple words, so perfect, you can smell the smells of the fires, taste the sugar lumps on their fingertips and smart at the harsh words of the white people who treat them as less than human.
When her mother shows up and carts them off to California, she shows you a new world. One that is changing fast with a new breed of colored that are finding a place in the world, a place where there is money and property. Where, if like her mother, you are light enough to almost pass for one of the white women, doors open for you. It is in this world that Maya is raped by her mother's boyfriend.
One of the most striking things of the novel is the lack of anger in the voice of the author. The story is told in the gentle voice of a storyteller who is passing along a tale of how things were. It is story to be savored by any willing to open its pages and promises sadness and tears, joy and laughter and an empowerment of the spirit. It is the story of a child who rose from the dust of the South to become one of the greatest and most loved voices in American Literature.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0553279378, Mass Market Paperback)In this first of five volumes of autobiography, poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, tragedy, and finally hard-won independence. Sent at a young age to live with her grandmother in Arkansas, Angelou learned a great deal from this exceptional woman and the tightly knit black community there. These very lessons carried her throughout the hardships she endured later in life, including a tragic occurrence while visiting her mother in St. Louis and her formative years spent in California--where an unwanted pregnancy changed her life forever. Marvelously told, with Angelou's "gift for language and observation," this "remarkable autobiography by an equally remarkable black woman from Arkansas captures, indelibly, a world of which most Americans are shamefully ignorant."
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Presents the story of a spirited and gifted, but poor, black girl growing up in the South in the 1930's. Tells how she came into her own, experiencing prejudice, family difficulties, and a relationship with a teacher who taught her to respect books, learning, and herself. The moving and beautiful autobiography of a talented black woman. "I have no words for this achievement, but I know that not since the days of my childhood have I found myself so moved. Her portrait is a Biblical study of life in the midst of death".-James Baldwin.… (more)
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Ever wonder what life is like when you step out of the loop? Ever wonder who you really are without the weight of expectation of a society, a religion, without the shadow of a past that surfaces its sorrow as a result of your own lingering mal-habits and the reminders in the behaviours of others who are locked into this past by way of their neglected emotions? Beyond the loop I had a better perspective and I certainly was eager to find the answer.
It would have been a big enough step to have travelled alone to an English speaking country with a similar culture to my own but somehow I felt a 'different' culture would offer me a better opportunity to free myself. The fact that I had to busy myself learning a new language was ideal as a new-found confidence came with it.
I was mindful however of the fact that home was so very far away. I wasn't exactly planning to run away forever. Instinctively I felt I belonged to a much wider world and here it was at my feet as visitors from almost every country visited this unique town of Ollantaytambo, a living Inca Museum in Peru's Sacred Valley.
My four weeks at Qusiqoller Hospedaje were coming to an end and I was preparing to move to a small hotel at the other side of town for at least another month. I looked around the room and remembered my first few days settling in and grappling with everything so new and different. I had adapted well. I had taken my time getting to know the place, the people, whilst earnestly employing ways of learning and practicing my use of Spanish language.
I smiled as I remembered how my youngest sister had stuffed a massive box of chocolates into my suitcase the night before I left home in Ireland. I protested that I would surely be stopped in customs for carrying food stuff. She insisted. I was so glad she did. They lasted at least three weeks. I shared them of course, but as long as I still had a few left in the box, I had her good intentions and love right there in the room with me. It was a huge comfort, for this room had seen the extent of my joy, my sorrow and my path to freedom as I prepared to accept that which I could not change and resolved to have the courage to move forward. I was traversing door ways. I closed the door behind me and walked out into the Peruvian sunshine and prepared to be greeted at a new doorway on the other side of this historical Inca town.
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Series Description: A Chef's Life is a new food/reality series featuring Chef Vivian Howard. Vivian was making a name for herself in New York City, when her father, a hog farmer, offered to get her started in her own restaurant. The catch? It would be located in her home town, a place she swore she would never return --- the Deep South. The series plunges audiences into the kitchen of the restaurant Chef and The Farmer, a highbrow restaurant located in Kinston, NC, one of the most impoverished communities in the U.S. When Vivian arrives home, she begs local farmers to grow fennel, lemongrass and Jerusalem artichokes --- none of which are native to the region. Soon, she realizes that the cooking techniques she learned in New York could be applied to her "grandmother's ingredients," the bounty grown by local farmers. Vivian's recipes are exquisitely assembled to bring out the best in the locally grown fresh ingredients. This is real "southern cooking," anyone can implement into their own lives. Six years in, Vivian has become a pillar in this small community, with the restaurant winning accolades across the country. As the series opens, she and her husband Ben are juggling the business and raising twins, when a devastating kitchen fire destroys the restaurant overnight. What happens next is a true testament to Southern grit.
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What can I plant here to fill the space ?
I'd like to plant something along the fenceline (picture one) that will also thrive in the shade that comes in around noon (picture 2) and serves 2 purposes. The trees are Norway spruce, are limbed up around 15-20 feet. The area in question recieves about 3-4 Hours of morning sun but remains bright for a few more hours after
Here's what I'd Like (Aside from them being cut down)
1) Fill in the space above the fence (about 6 feet above) to create a privacy hedge/screen 2) Do this in a realtivly fast time period of 2-3 years. I'm thinking about Nellie R. Stevens Holly since it seems to be a fast grower, would reach the desired height, could be sheared as a hedge and is evergreen. Other options I've read about is using clumping bamboo such as Fargesia murieliae 'Umbrella Bamboo'. Although not as invasive as running bamboo, it seems that it would eventually get wider than i'd probably like. I'd be open to Trees (Redbud, Dogwood?) if i could get some hieght and canapy spread within a few years. I'd like to keep the width of the plant to 3 feet or so away from the fence to preserve space. Since a deciduous tree could be limbed up to the fence line, it would not apply.
I posted a similar message in the design forum, but realized it may be better here. Thanks
Here is a link that might be useful:
I have a similar area. Fence is 4', and a row of hemlocks have been limbed up to about 15". I had originally planned to put some nice full rhodies, etc. there and grow a tall shrubby understory, but the darn squirrels have systematically broken to bits every single one I've put in the last 2 springs. Hundreds of dollars of damage and dead shrubs, since i bought the biggest ones I could afford to fill the space faster. So..the "new" plan is to put lattice panels up between the trees all along the row. Perennial plants seem safe, it's only early spring that they rip and break and destroy the shrubs. So I'm thinking some vines maybe on the trellis.


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I Think it's Safe to Say Kemo should Start Over Simmons
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I knew Bill Cowher?s head wasn?t in the game when he got mad over the first-half official?s review of Santonio Holmes?s catch. Cowher didn?t realize, I surmise, that the booth called for the replay instead of the timeout-less Falcons, and upon realization still played it out by menacing the review of a pass Holmes did indeed bobble before pulling in.
Cowher recovered in the second half to make his best decision of the year. He allowed line coach Russ Grimm to yank Kendall Simmons. His last play at right guard was Willie Parker?s fumble. Simmons appeared to take his first step right, as if he was supposed to pull, and Justin Babineaux steamed right through the opening and blew up the play. Parker tried to reverse field and coughed it up. That was it for Simmons, who was replaced ? probably for the rest of the season ? by Chris Kemoeatu.
Now, Kemoeatu didn?t blow open holes or get out in front of any screen passes the rest of the way. In fact his best contribution came on the tying 17-yard touchdown pass to Hines Ward. Kemoeatu grabbed the 286-pound Babineaux and flung him to his right, where he spilled into Max Starks and the man Starks was blocking. The aerial replay of this ?block? showed Kemoeatu bowling with Babineaux and picking up the spare. Not that it had much effect on the play. Or did it? It did help create that big pocket for Charlie Batch. There was room, something Simmons rarely helped with.
So, I say to Cowher, good move, even if you were only overseeing your kingdom. Of course, that?s part of your job. The wise head coach allows his assistants to coach while you run over to share jokes with opposing quarterbacks on potential game-winning drives.
Did you ever play with a star who before games would slide over to the other team and talk to their star? It?s a disgusting bit of pre-game ego-massaging in my book. Well, the game has evolved to the point where you can do it in the midst of a last-minute drive. You, too, can put yourself on the same level as other stars with a smile and a joke above and beyond the fray ? the fray in which the players are spilling blood and guts.
So, anyway, where was this cool dude when it came time for him to do his most important job?
Clock management had been a notorious Cowher problem until last season, but it reared its ugly head again. Cowher had squandered one timeout by ordering a review of an easy touchdown run by Warrick Dunn. Maybe it wasn?t such a bad move; perhaps the coach saw something.
He did not, and in a game he was trailing he was now down a timeout.
The second timeout saved the game. Was it genius that Cowher waited to ice the kicker before a 56-yarder with 30 seconds left? I don?t know. He was in a frantic first-half rush to call a timeout when the Falcons had 12 men on the field and were trying to call their own timeout, so I?ll assume his head was somewhere else again and assume he forgot to call this timeout, too. Either way, good result. The good kick was blown dead.
Down to his last timeout, Cowher blundered. A missed field goal from 52 yards would give the Steelers the ball at the 42. With 25 seconds and one timeout, the Pittsburgh Steelers had an opening to steal a game that they were otherwise giving away. What a way to get out of this mess!
But Cowher burned the last timeout to freeze the kicker, a kicker who?d been on and off the field so many times that another stoppage of play would only provide rest. He was tired -- according to TV analyst Phil Simms -- from his other two long attempts.
Not that I agree with Simms on this, but what was the point of the timeout? If there?s no time left and you won?t need it, fine, throw it away.
This is where Cowher lost his head again. This is the point in the game where the head coach must be thinking clearly. The Steelers did get the ball and did complete one pass and were in line for a 50-yard kick at the gun that was Jeff Reed?s destiny on this kicker?s day in the NFL. He?d boomed his previous kickoff, and you could sense that the struggling kicker, who will not admit to slumps, was going to come out of his. But you know the rest of the story: illegal procedure, Nate Washington, flinch, drained clock, mad coach, mad owner.
So, with Rooney running to Cowher?s rescue this game will be remembered for an official?s incompetence and not Coach Clockenstein?s.
Sure, this team should?ve tackled Vick on third-and-nine, and sure their corners should?ve gotten around Alge Crumpler?s big butt and broken up a pass or two, and sure they could?ve held onto the ball better, but the Steelers were in their third ferocious road battle against a desperate team, and that team was playing well, as the others have done against the Super Bowl champs. While it?s easy to cast blame on the entire team for not responding with ferocity in return, is it asking too much of the head coach to perform his only true task on game day?
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Re: I Think it's Safe to Say Kemo should Start Over Simmons
As long as we win I dont care who is blocking.
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Re: I Think it's Safe to Say Kemo should Start Over Simmons
I like this guy Kemowhatevathef*ck his name is...I'd let simmons go after this season...
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Re: I Think it's Safe to Say Kemo should Start Over Simmons
Chris Kemoeatu should start at RG over Kendall Simmons.
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Re: I Think it's Safe to Say Kemo should Start Over Simmons
I AGREE 1000 %... I have been saying this all along for awhile now... Keomateau is the man on that right sided in my opinion
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Re: I Think it's Safe to Say Kemo should Start Over Simmons
I have to agree with a lot of what was said by SteelrInsider. Cowher allowed this one to slip away with some bad judgement calls. But when you really think about it, hasnt he made a reputation for that over the years ? Really, the only thing that has allowed that rep to fade was SBXL and the run up to it.
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Re: I Think it's Safe to Say Kemo should Start Over Simmons
Kendall Simmons has been stinking up the field this season and it's well over due for this move to be made.
We could see Chris maybe get a match-up or two against his brother Maake who is a defensive tackle for Carolina when the Steelers play the Panthers later in the season.
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Re: I Think it's Safe to Say Kemo should Start Over Simmons
i really like kemoeatu and im not a big fan of simmons but this is a hard decision for me anyway. kemoeatu is probably our strongest guy on our line, and he has perfomed well when we decide to run a lot in a game(cheifs game-we rushed 42-43 times).
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Kemoeatu is a MONSTER.
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While I don't see it happening (Cowher likes his vets not matter what the case), I would like to see them play Kemo more often to see what he brings to the table.
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Sparks : "Perfume"
It has too many to even start...
Thread: songs that mention fragrances
How many songs mention specific fragrances?
One to start things off:
"Let Me Watch" by Viktor Vaughn calls out Samsara by Guerlin and Fahrenheit.
Sparks : "Perfume"
It has too many to even start...
http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=179137Originally Posted by PigeonMurderer
A snoop Doggs "lodi dodi" mentions Cool Water
Let me be the first to go country...Bubba Hyde by Diamond Rio mentions "Hai Karate Aftershave"
Alen Delon by Nautilus Pompilius
"He was some kind of a man... What does it matter what you say about people?"
The original with Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick mentions Polo along with a host of other men's grooming tips.
Originally Posted by zztopp
Paint it black - lots of 'black' scents.
Boney M.: Nightflight to Venus - Nightflight by Joop.
Kanye west - "Last call"
"My money was thinner than Sean Paul's goatee hair
Now Jean Paul Gaultier cologne fill the air"
Missy f/ Ludacris - "Gossip folks"
"Now all around the world on the microphone
He leaves the booth smellin' like Burberry cologne"
"...fragrance is a silent language that does not use words. One can express with fragrance things that cannot be expressed in any other way." - Jacques Polge
Is there a song which mentions any of the niche houses?
Funny that so many of us listen to rap. While we're on it...
Eminem says the following in the song "As the World Turns":
I walked in and all I smelled was Liz Claiborne
She was spread across the bed naked watching gay porn
Gangstarr drops the following line in the song "The Mall":
Others try to copy, I see them when they mock me
Baseball cap bent, the fresh scent Issey Miyake
And then there's that one older song (not rap) where there is a long intro where this girl talks for a while about how this scent didn't smell good on her old boyfriend but it smells amazing on her new guy who she's talking to. I don't remember the name of the song, or who sings it.
By the way, I'd like to mention that I didn't notice any of these things until I started caring about cologne myself. They just flew right over my head.
There is always the classic Cam'ron Song "Oh Boy" advertising his fragrance.
Can anyone remember love? It's like trying to summon up the smell of roses in a cellar. You might see a rose, but never the perfume.
-Arthur Miller
I remembered another. Blueprint, as the emcee of of Soul Position, drops the following line in the song "Right Place Wrong Time":
But I can tell somethin' ain't right, I stayed up and waited for your ass all
You walked in the door before daylight, make-up messed up smellin' like
Mr Liberfarb, I just listed to "Let me Watch" again. I'd noticed before that he says Fahrenheit, I just didn't know it was cologne. As for the Samsara reference, I was definately wondering what the hell that meant. Another one that used to go over the head.
Ask for more! Look at this:Originally Posted by zztopp
It's not a specific scent, but Rod Stewart knows her name is Rita, because her "...perfume smelling sweeter...". He also tells her that "You can even use my best cologne," as long as she isn't there in the morning when we wakes up. Classic!
You beat me to it Sandy!!
Anyways, I don't listen to much rap, but all the other rap lyrics got me thinking, and I remembered this excerpt:
"Easy, call em on the phone and
Platinum Chanel cologne and
I stay, dressed, to impress
Spark these bitches interest "
from Nasty Girl, Notorious B.I.G.
Biggie may have been a G, but he sure has bad taste in cologne.
sway - little derrek mentions versace dreamer
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels singing
Devil With The Blue Dress
"Wearin' her perfume, Chanel No. 5
Got to be the finest girl alive
She walks real cool, catches everybody's eye
They got to be nervous, they can't say Hi
Not too skinny, she's not too fat
She's a real humdinger and I like 'em like that
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress
Devil with the blue dress on"
High School Confidential by Rough Trade
She's a cool blonde scheming bitch,
She make my body twitch, walking down the corridor.
You can hear her stilettos click,
I want her so much I feel sick.
The girl can't help it,
She really can't help it now.
It's like a high school,
A high school confidential.
A high school, a high school confidential.
Teenage Brando's stop her in the halls,
They tease her with cat calls.
She's a combination
Anita Ekbert, Mamie Van Jorne.
Dagmar high school confidential.
A high school, a high school confidential.
What's the principal doing with her?
Who's the guy? Is he screwing with her?
What's her perfume? TIGRESS by FABERGE.
It make me cream my jeans when she comes my way.
A high school, a high school confidential.
A high school, a high school confidential.
She drive a candy pink Cadillac,
If I don't get her soon I'll have a heart attack.
When she passes me a look
I wanna burn my books, give up high school.
Oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well
A high school, a high school confidential.
A high school, a high school confidential.
A high school, high school confidential.
A high school, high school confidential.
Also, Just What I Needed by the Cars
I don't mind you coming here
And wasting all my time
'Cause when you're standing oh so near
I kinda lose my mind.
It's not the PERFUME that you wear
It's not the ribbons in your hair
I don't mind you coming here
And wasting all my time
Ric Ocasek
R.Kelly thoia thoing remix
...Notice your body girl and watch me step in the spot you know I got you (ahhchoo) Yea your little Gucci cologne be having me puffy when sneezing baby it nothing do......
LL Cool J the do wop
...was boiling hot So I stayed there a hour, cause I like it a lot Jumped out, dried off, put on the Denim cologne Then I called up Earl on the telephone He told me......
Method Man sweet love
...made her pussycat purr Sweet Love you look miraculous, brown eyes passionate High cheekboned, Tommy Girl cologne you smashin it Jump in, take a spin, destination Staten I......
Peter Andre Mysterious girl
...call Your pretty looks surround me like a flowers a bloom And I love the smell of your Elizabeth Taylor perfume Your personality alone light up de room Just one kiss......
Can anyone remember love? It's like trying to summon up the smell of roses in a cellar. You might see a rose, but never the perfume.
-Arthur Miller
Candi Staton - Cry To Me
When you're all alone, in your lonely room
And there's nothing left but the smell of his cologne
wow alot more songs in rap mention fragrances than i realized!
Ray Cash - "Pimp in my own mind"
She loves the way I walk
She loves the way I smell
What's that cologne he got on?
Platinum Chanel
Top 5: MPG Santal Noble, Gendarme, Knize Ten, Jaipur Homme, Le Male
teflondog's Reviews
In Elvis Costello's "Brilliant Mistake," he sings:
She said that she was working for the ABC News
It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use
Her perfume was unspeakable
It lingered in the air
Like her artificial laughter
Her mementos of affairs
That girl, that bottle, that mattress and me.
Pretenders - "Hollywood Perfume"
I went out on the balcony in the middle of the night
The hotel was dark except for just one light
Television burning in the other room
I couldnt sleep, so I put on some of your
Hollywood perfume
I went out on the balcony and looked across the way
Some guy was shadow boxing, he looked like Sugar Ray
I was feeling dizzy, began to swoon
Was it his punch - or was it just your
Hollywood perfume?
I feel like a fugitive escaped from my life
Seeking refuge in the sensual heat
These paper-thin walls make me party to calls
Of love wafting through the room
The night jasmine bloom
Of your Hollywood perfume
I went out on the balcony to clear my head
I was burning up in my queen-sized bed
Down on the strip beneath the billboard moon
Teenaged girls look for love in the
Neon sex and doom
Of your Hollywood perfume
I went out on the balcony with your photograph
I dropped it in the pool and that made me laugh
You like your tan but you dont like to swim
Meanwhile I feel like Im drowning in
Neon sex and doom
The night jasmine bloom
Of your Hollywood perfume
"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain
Wow! I love that Pretenders song. I don't have it, so I'll buy it tomorrow. Wow can Chrissie ever write.
That girl, that bottle, that mattress and me.
Madonna has one song from her "Ray of light" cd called Candy Perfume Girl:
Young velvet porcelain boy
Devour me when you're with me
Blue wish window seas
Speak delicious fires
I'm your candy perfume girl
Your candy perfume girl
Moist warm desire
Fly to me
I'm your candy perfume girl
Your candy perfume girl
Rush me ghost you see
Every center my home
Fever steam girl
Throb the oceans
Your candy perfume girl
Did I lie to you?
Candy perfume girl
Did I lie to you?
Magic poison
You're a candy perfume boy
A candy perfume boy
The sacred nerve is magic poison
It's candy, it's candy
I'm your candy perfume girl
Don McLean - American Pie
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
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"For all the girls I might take home, I got the Johnsons Baby Powder and the Polo Cologne..."
Journey - Don't Stop Believing
A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on
Somethin' Stupid by C. Carson Parks
"The time is right
Your perfume fills my head
The stars get red
And oh the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you..."
"He was some kind of a man... What does it matter what you say about people?"
I so wish these song writers were into fragrances like we are--I'd like to know which perfumes they're finding powerful enough to mention. Enough of this generalized "perfume"-yakkity yak, all song writers out there, let's follow the brand name thinking like the lines about Samsara and Fahrenheit!
That girl, that bottle, that mattress and me.
No particular perfume mentioned, but the whole atmosphere of one of the most hautingly beautiful songs, ever, is set up by scent.
The Lamia -
The scent grows richer, he knows he must be near,
He finds a long passageway lit by chandelier.
Each step he takes, the perfumes change
From familiar fragrance to flavours strange.
A magnificent chamber meets his eye.
Inside, a long rose-water pool is shrouded by fine mist.
Stepping in the moist silence, with a warm breeze hes gently kissed.
Thinking he is quite alone,
He enters the room, as if it were his own,
But ripples on the sweet pink water
Reveal some company unthought of-
Rael stands astonished doubting his sight,
Struck by beauty, gripped in fright;
Three vermilion snakes of female face,
The smallest motion, filled with grace.
Muted melodies fill the echoing hall,
But there is no sign of warning in the sirens call:
Rael welcome, we are the Lamia of the pool.
We have been waiting for our waters to bring you cool.
Putting fear beside him, he trusts in beauty blind,
He slips into the nectar, leaving his shredded clothes behind.
With their tongues, they test, taste and judge all that is mine.
They move in a series of caresses
That glide up and down my spine.
As they nibble the fruit of my flesh, I feel no pain,
Only a magic that a name would stain.
With the first drop of my blood in their veins
Their faces are convulsed in mortal pains.
The fairest cries, We all have loved you Rael.
Each empty snakelike body floats,
Silent sorrow in empty boats.
A sickly sourness fills the room,
The bitter harvest of a dying bloom.
Looking for motion I know I will not find,
I stroke the curls now turning pale, in which Id lain entwined
O Lamia, your flesh that remains I will take as my food
It is the scent of garlic that lingers on my choclate fingers.
Looking behind me, the water turns icy blue,
The lights are dimmed and once again the stage is set for you.
(to the tune of "THAT GIRL" starring marlo thomas)
a-men, gaultier, kouros
That Scent
issey, rochas, birley
it's That Scent! from creed to malle to artisan and then...
if you find one scent to love... only one scent to love
y'll buy the whole bottle of That Scent too oo oo oo!
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It doesnt mention a specific fragrance but the first verse of Lupe Fiasco's "I Gotcha" could be a Basenoter's anthem.
They call me Lupe I be a new day
They wanna smell like me they want my bouquet
But they can't they accented like the UK
Turnin' Uday Lupe to Pepe L'peu spray
flagrantly fragrant and they cant escape it
my perfume persued them everywhere that they went
You dont wanna loan, leave my cologne alone
It's a little to strong for you, let me put it on
Trust me, I say this justly
I went from musty to musky and y'all cant mush me
I warn y'all cornballs I hush puppies
The swans in the pond called my duck ugly
But now they hug me because its lovely
They love the aroma of, aroma of the world
Got the shakers, and the skaters, and the players and the girls
Keep the fakers and the flakers and the haters in a twirl
Oh boy. The surest sign that he's lost it.Originally Posted by supermarky
"Find the River" by R.E.M. is one of my favorites off the "Automatic for the People" album.
Hey now, little speedyhead,
The read on the speedmeter says
You have to go to task in the city
Where people drown and people serve.
Don't be shy. Your just deserve
Is only just light years to go.
Me, my thoughts are flower strewn
Ocean storm, bayberry moon.
I have got to leave to find my way.
Watch the road and memorize
This life that pass before my eyes.
Nothing is going my way.
The ocean is the river's goal,
A need to leave the water knows
We're closer now than light years to go.
I have got to find the river,
Bergamot and vetiver
Run through my head and fall away.
Leave the road and memorize
This life that pass before my eyes.
Nothing is going my way.
There's no one left to take the lead,
But I tell you and you can see
We're closer now than light years to go.
Pick up here and chase the ride.
The river empties to the tide.
Fall into the ocean.
The river to the ocean goes,
A fortune for the undertow.
None of this is going my way.
There is nothing left to throw
Of Ginger, lemon, indigo,
Coriander stem and rose of hay.
Strength and courage overrides
The privileged and weary eyes
River poet search naivete.
Pick up here and chase the ride.
The river empties to the tide.
All of this is coming your way.


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Railroad crossing work closes U.S. 301 this weekend
Published: Friday, May 13, 2011 at 3:55 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 13, 2011 at 3:55 p.m.
Lots of warning signs are out but in case you haven't seen them and are planning to pass through Starke the next few days, plan again — the reconstruction of the railroad crossing on U.S. 301 will close the road Friday night through Sunday and send the unsuspecting on a major detour.
"We've got the signs as far as Interstate 75 in Marion County and as far north as Interstate 10 in Baldwin," said Department of Transportation spokeswoman Gina Busscher. "There must be 100 signs and message boards in place all over the area."
DOT has gone the extra mile on the signage because it wants motorists to avoid extra miles.
The detour from U.S. 301 in Orange Heights goes along State Road 26 to Melrose, north on State Road 21 to Keystone Heights and then back west on State Road 100 to Starke.
A total closure of U.S. 301 is needed in Starke because of the tub-style reconstruction of the railroad. It requires cement to be placed under the rails.
Extra law enforcement will be in the area to help drivers find their way and to prevent big trucks from trying to evade the official detour route by taking streets and roads that are not designed for heavy traffic.
"They will be helping in case people get lost along the way," Busscher said. "Particularly in the Starke area, semis will be turned around and not allowed down any of the side streets."
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Gloria Cain breaks silence, responds to harassment allegations
NBC NATIONAL NEWS — Herman Cain's wife is speaking out for the first time, about the harassment accusations against her husband. Gloria Cain defends her husband.
"This is my family," she said during an interview with FOX News.
Gloria Cain has been nearly invisible during her husband's run for the White House, "Because this thing is going to move so fast you'd better look quick," she says.
However, she has been mentioned on the campaign trail.
"I can tell you one thing about my wife of 43 years," Herman Cain said. "She is 200 percent behind me."
But unlike other candidates' wives, Gloria Cain has not been stumping for her husband.
"My wife and I, we have a family life, and she is maintaining the calmness and the tranquility of that family life so, when I do get a day off of the campaign trail, I can go home and enjoy my family," Herman Cain explained.
The reluctant campaigner is now stepping forward to defend her husband against sexual harassment allegations in an interview with Greta Van Susteren that FOX News will run tonight.
"...to hear such graphic allegations," Gloria Cain says. "...and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her as a woman. And I know that's not the person he is. He totally respects women."
Two other women had filed claims and received cash settlements from the National Restaurant Association where Cain served as president. Gloria says the claims do not match the husband she knows.
"I'm thinking he would have to have a split personality to do the things that were said."
Cain has repeatedly denied any inappropriate behavior.
"The charges and the accusations I absolutely reject," he says.
Fighting back, yet acknowledging the strain on wife, Gloria.
"She can get angry like anybody else," he admits.
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Put on your thinking caps, have as many guesses as you want – but most of all, have fun. Your time starts … NOW!
The case was cracked by three "visual detectives" from around the world. UK-based Woodie was right on the money, Australia's CapturedbyKylie worked out exactly what it was and finally US-based Rachel Stickney nailed the fact that it is a Super Soaker. All solved in under four minutes!
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Water spray of some sort
Keep going …. more information, Neil?
– David McMahon
Is it a water pistol?
If I were pedantic, I'd say – give me more details. But yes, Kylie, it is one of those Super Soakers! You've done it again, for the second week in a row …. I'll link to you in a minute!
– David McMahon
Looks like a water gun to me, Super Soaker. Great color!
"Super Soaker" is 100 per cent correct, Rachel. I'll have a link up to you in a minute.
– David McMahon
Trigger for a bottle spray.
Indeed, it is the trigger, Neil. Well done all round – you are an international troupe of visual detectives!
– David McMahon
I'm to old to recognise a moderm water pistol/gun.
Never too old, Neil! Not ever ….
– David McMahon
You know the old saying,
This your Rifle, this your Gun,
One is for fighting, the other's for fun!!!LOL
I've never heard that one, Neil!
– David McMahon
It was pretty easy for me, my son has a lot of Super Soakers, but not this particular one. Thanks for linking me, David. Good to see the UK, Australia, and the US come together to solve something. LOL. :)
Great effort, Rachel. This Super Soaker has seen a lot of outdoor fun, as it's summer here in Australia.
– David McMahon
Drat! I just came over and knew right away it's a Super Soaker water gun but Rachel beat me to it. Congrats, Rachel! :D
I thought this would be a difficult one, Leslie! Turns out everyone knew EXACTLY what it was!!
– David McMahon
squirt gun?
'Tis a squirt gun indeed!
– David McMahon
oops just saw someone else got it already
International effort – they nailed the case in about two minutes flat! (I used to post these images every weekend, but have been busy lately. Will resume on a regular basis.)
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Lumpy Rheumatoid
By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist
It's been a while since I've seen these many lumps on a rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient.
He's had not-so-well controlled RA for decades and just presented from St Elsewhere.
These lumps are rheumatoid nodules. There are firm and felt under the skin, usually close to joints, and often close to areas which get exposed to trauma for example the hands, knuckles, and elbows.
Often you can move the nodules but sometimes, the nodules are firmly connected to the tissues under the skin.
Rheumatoid nodules can also be found in areas distant from joints – the lungs, heart and other internal organs.
They can range in size, think a pea to a walnut. They can be painless but some people find them uncomfortable and irritating, particularly if they get bumped a lot.
Rheumatoid nodules are thought to be present in up to 20%-30% of RA patients, and are thought to be associated with more severe disease. Most patient with rheumatoid nodules have a positive rheumatoid factor (RF).
Smoking is thought to increase nodules. Methotrexate use has uncommonly been linked to increased development of rheumatoid nodules.
I don't get to see these very often nowadays, certainly not in 20-30% of my RA patients. Maybe it's because I get to see patients relatively early in their disease course or our treatments are more effective. I don't know.
Happy to hear what you guys think.Dr Irwin Lim is a rheumatologist and a director of BJC Health. You should follow him on twitter here. Arthritis requires an integrated approach. We call this, Connected Care. Contact us.
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How does Ankylosing Spondylitis affect your sleep?
By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist
This post is a special request from Barry, a regular contributor.
Barry is happy for me to share with you that he has spondyloarthritis (SpA), with both Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) and Crohn's disease.
He's on TNF-inhibitor therapy (Cimzia) as well as an anti-inflammatory medication to help his problems, including a number of other medications.
Barry's major issue is sleep disturbance and he's allowed me to quote him:
"The night sweats occur for a few day period once every month or so. I wake up in constant thirst from sweating, and with chills. It occurs during about half of my flare ups. None of my doctors have a good explanation as to the cause, or advice about dealing with night sweats.
The topic I wanted to address is more broad than night sweats. During "good periods" (a very relative term), I wake up 3 or 4 times a night, due to stiffness. During severe flares, I wake maybe 10 – 15 times a night. (I bet many of your patients experience this to some degree. It SHOULD be addressed on your patient survey.)
This level of sleep interruption greatly effects my physical and mental health. It's depressing. It aggravates all of my conditions, more than any other single factor.
Apart from the flare ups, there are other night time issues. How do you get yourself comfortable to sleep? As mentioned before, I cannot sleep on my front or back due to my spine. I position pillows in front and behind me to keep on my side. But sometimes I have significant hip pain. This is a dilemma."
I imagine some portion of your patients experience this to some degree. I'm curious what nighttime issues they face and how they deal with them. Do they have advice for my issues? This has potential to be a very beneficial topic for your followers. And you might learn a bit about what difficulties your patients face. I can't be the only one with these issues, right?"
As a rheumatologist, I know that my SpA patients can be sleep-disturbed, and I do ask some rudimentary questions about this. If patients have night sweats, I would typically worry about:
a) Infection
b) Blood disorders/malignancy
c) Very active, poorly controlled inflammatory/autoimmune disease
I don't know Barry's history in any significant detail. I of course don't want to be providing personalised advice on social media as it would not be appropriate. Barry understands this. But he would like general help from readers of this blog.
He tells me he has great doctors who he has faith in, and I am sure they've already excluded any nasties. He's from the USA, so it's likely that he has been thoroughly investigated rather than under-investigated.
In addition, the recurrent and long term nature of these nocturnal symptoms would suggest that they are part of his "regular" medical issues.
AS/SpA can of course cause significant stiffness and discomfort at night. My experience is that this improves a lot once the disease is controlled with NSAIDs and/or TNF inhibitor therapy (when effective).
But do these problems continue even when your rheumatologist tells you the disease is under control? And, what about the night sweats?
Barry, and I, would love to hear your experiences.Dr Irwin Lim is a rheumatologist and a director of BJC Health. You should follow him on twitter here. Arthritis requires an integrated approach. We call this, Connected Care. Contact us.
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Improving how I introduce myself as a rheumatologist
By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist
33 members of our BJC Health team just completed a tiring weekend learning about HealthChange Methodology.
Our physiotherapists, exercise therapists, massage therapists, dieticians, rheumatology care coordinator, admin & reception staff, and our rheumatologists all together. Confronted by information and tools to help us improve our ability to help our clients/patients change behaviour.
The truth is compliance in healthcare is poor. I'm not sure what the best available stats are but I have an inkling that compliance with taking medication is probably around the 50% mark. I'd imagine compliance with exercise prescription and dietary changes are likely to be lower. Follow through with smoking cessation advice is likely to be abysmal.
So, we wanted to learn how we could improve patient/client compliance and adherence. We wanted to learn how to better engage patients in their own care. Basically, to be more effective in delivering good outcomes.
A core component of what we learned was the need to be much more Client Centred. Clients/patients need to be given choice and control. The way we conduct consultations need to become much more Client Centred.
I still have to process the stuff we learned over the coming weeks and months.
But I thought I'd share one simple change I'm going to make.
Seeing patients day-in day-out, I'm guilty of forgetting that for patients coming to see a rheumatologist for the 1st time, there may be quite a degree of anxiety and uncertainty.
Is this the right doctor for me? Why do I have to see another health professional when I've seen so many already? What is he going to do different? What is a rheumatologist?
We actually sat down to try and work out how best to address this at the start of the consultation, quickly and efficiently. How should I introduce myself? How should I allay these fears?
I've been a doctor for 18 years. This shouldn't have been as hard as it seemed. Good thing my colleagues were there to help & we had good facilitators.
Anyway, this is the workflow/spiel we came up with:
(I walk to the waiting room & call out the patient's name)
Mr David Smith…
Hello, my name is Irwin (handshake)
Please come this way. Please have a seat.
Can I start by finding out what you would like to be called/addressed?
I am a rheumatologist. Have you seen one before?
(usually not)
Well, let me explain my role. I'm a specialist in arthritis; in problems affecting bones, joints, muscles & tendons; and in immune diseases.
(helps reinforce that the patient is seeing the correct doctor)
David, could I please ask what's your understanding of why you are here?
Good. Well, by the end of this consultation, what I hope you'll take away is a better understanding of the problem and a plan to help you manage that problem. I'm here to work together with you to develop this plan.
Is that what you are expecting?
(Benefit statement -> patients should know what's in it for them. The patient should also feel involved & respected)
What do you think of getting this style of introduction? Does it help you as a patient to have the specialist you are seeing describe what they do up front? Is it obvious they are there to help you or does it actually help if the health professional actually articulates how they plan to help?Dr Irwin Lim is a rheumatologist and a director of BJC Health. You should follow him on twitter here. Arthritis requires an integrated approach. We call this, Connected Care. Contact us.
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Does the prospective father need to stop Methotrexate?
Received an email from Kay, which I'm sharing with her permission:
"My partner has been taking Methotrexate (Methoblastin) for Psoriasis for an extended period of time. I believe that the dose is 20mg per week.
Are you aware of any referenced evidence or trials relating to birth defects where the male partner has been taking Methotrexate at the point of conception?
I am having a lot of trouble finding any detailed information about this topic though I did find one forum where there was a broad indication that there is no real evidence in this situation and claims by some women that they have given birth to babies with no defects despite their partners treatment.
I really can't see my partner being able to come off the drug for the three months that the pharmaceutical manufacturers recommend as he suffers a lot of pain within about two weeks of stopping.
We have been very conscious about the potential side effects and so have been very careful to not get pregnant – unfortunately, not careful enough."
She's obviously quite concerned by the situation, which is fair enough, given the general recommendation is to cease Methotrexate in both females, and males, prior to trying to conceive.
I think it's clearly accepted that the prospective mother should cease Methotrexate, usually for a period of 3 months, prior to falling pregnant. The situation with males should be different, given their obviously different role in pregnancy.
My response to Kay was:
"I am not aware of any known case where a male patient continued on Methotrexate and then this led to a birth detect. Please do understand that birth defects do occur at a background rate in people not on medications as well.
I do know that the recommendation is for the male to cease Methotrexate prior to attempting conception but I do not think this is based on any scientific evidence. Rather it is based on avoiding litigation from distraught parents.
I have not insisted that my male patients stop their Methotrexate and have been privy to patients conceiving healthy babies while the male patient continued on Methotrexate.
Hopefully, this helps you. You and your husband should discuss this in much more detail with the treating rheumatologist."
Kay also highlighted 2 very useful fact sheets from OTIS (Organization of Teratology Information Specialists):
I thought it worth opening up this topic for discussion here.
What are your experiences with this issue, either as a patient, a partner, or a health care professional?Dr Irwin Lim is a rheumatologist and a director of BJC Health. You should follow him on twitter here. Arthritis requires an integrated approach. We call this, Connected Care. Contact us.
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Can TNFi for Psoriatic Arthritis worsen Psoriasis?
By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist
Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitors (TNFi) have been used for more than a decade as effective treatment for a variety of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis.
Many patient with psoriasis show rapid and marked response in their skin lesions with TNFi therapy. This is what I as a rheumatologist would expect and tell my patients with psoriatic arthritis when I commence them on TNFi therapy.
Paradoxically, some patients, even when their psoriatic arthritis manifestations improve (these include spinal pain, joint swelling, enthesitis and tendon inflammation), develop worsening psoriasis or new psoriasis-type skin lesions.
These psoriasis-type or psoriasiform lesions have been reported in patients with the range of different diseases treated with these TNFi agents. They've also occurred with the full range of different TNFi medications.
The most common lesions are plaque and palmopustular psoriasis but a small number of patients have also presented with guttate lesions.
The lesions can occur anytime following initiation of the TNFi, weeks or years after.
You can appreciate that in the small minority who do develop these skin lesions that the management can be difficult, especially if the drug is working effectively to control whichever disease it was started for.
Management options include:
- Making the diagnosis. Infection needs to be rules out and we need to work with a dermatologist as a skin biopsy may be very useful.
- A variety of topical treatment (corticosteroid or vitamin D derivative creams or ointments) are often required.
- If the psoriasiform lesions are severe or distressing for the patients, discontinuation of the TNFi is recommended.
- Therapies including phototherapy, methotrexate, acitretin and cyclosporine may be required.
- If the lesions are less severe, a switch to another TNFi medication can result in improvement. This response varies from patient to patient and is not predictable.
- Swapping to a different class of medication with a different mode of action, ie non-TNFi
Have you experience paradoxical psoriasiform lesions on TNFi therapy?
How did you deal with it?Dr Irwin Lim is a rheumatologist and a director of BJC Health. You should follow him on twitter here. Arthritis requires an integrated approach. We call this, Connected Care. Contact us.
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