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Doncaster Mile
The race at Royal Randwick is always a highlight of the carnival, attracting a top quality field of milers.
Early betting for the 2014 Doncaster has the rising star Messene from the Hawkes stable as the clear favourite from the likes of El Roca, Hawkspur, Toydini and Boban.
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The five-year-old lightly raced gelding has been stepping through the classes and ticking every box along the way. He is on a seven-race winning streak which began in a Benchmark 75 race in March 2013 and last start won the Group Two Ajax Stakes over 1500m. The Doncaster was firmly in the picture for Messene following his win in the December handicap by two-and-a-half lengths.
He has started favourite in all of those races and looks certain to be the Doncaster favourite. He is thrown in at the weights, with only 50kg on his back making him a very tough proposition for his rivals.
The money has flooded in for the Chris Waller-trained import. He booked his start in the feature mile with a win last weekend in the Doncaster Prelude on a heavy track.
In a great gesture, Craig Newitt has stepped-aside to allow Tommy Berry to have the ride, with owners Geoff and Mary Grimish having been big supporters of his brother Nathan.
Weary had three starts at the mile before coming to Australia without placing, but he was strong at the end of 1500m last week on a wet-track.
El Roca
El Roca has been a model of consistency so far this autumn with a win first-up in the Eskimo Prince Stakes. Since then he has finished in the placings at all three starts including last start in the Group One George Ryder Stakes behind Gordon Lord Byron.
He steps back-up to the mile, the same distance as the Randwick Guineas where he finished second to Dissident. The knock against the three-year-old is he seemed to have the Guineas shot to pieces before Dissident fought back and was too strong on the line. The plus is he puts himself in to the race by being able to settle in the first few and gets in with just the 50kg like Messene.
The forgotten horse in some respects this campaign after starting the Caulfield Cup as favourite during the spring. His past two runs this preparation have been encouraging in Sydney since reuniting with Jimmy Cassidy. He ran third to Boban in the Chipping Norton Stakes before hitting the line well in the Ranvet when fourth to Silent Achiever.
The knock against Hawkspur is his racing pattern which sees him get a long way back and can find trouble as he attempts to wind-up from the back.
He looks to be finding form at the right time following after a strong finish to the George Ryder on slow ground, finishing 5th. He also steps-up to the 1600m, the same distance as his biggest win so far which came in the Group Two Crystal Mile during the spring.
The four-year-old is yet to stamp himself as a genuine top-line at four starts in open Group One company but hasn't been far away. He finished third in the Epsom as well as sixth in the Emirates Stakes, fifth in the Canterbury Stakes and fifth in the George Ryder. Toydini will carry 54.5kg.
Originally it didn't look likely that Boban would be heading to the Doncaster but is now a chance to be a starter. If he is to start in the race he is likely to be equal top-weight in the race with 56.5kg Gordon Lord Byron.
He had a massive spring where he won five races including the Group One Epsom as well as the Emirates where he carried 57kg. He wasn't at this best in his first two runs this preparation before returning to form in the Chipping Norton. He will be wanting a firm track in the Doncaster with his midfield performance last-start in the George Ryder forgivable given the wet-track.
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They are mostly sexual in nature but are all over the map! I don't generally wake up feeling jubilant either. They are just twisted enough where I wake up like UGH! Why did I dream THAT? Ha! Last nights dream involved my husband and I trying to do yard work on stilts (What tha...?) and I will spare you the kinkier side but it was really truly a frustrating dream!?!
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Well yes I think, that I thought I'd be having dreams full of butterflies and kittens (not really but you know what I mean) since we're so happy and pregnant and life should be such a joy! But having the weird dreams is curious to me. The hormones for sure are brewing up the "out there" dreams...but I'll take a few kittens and butterflies spliced in too!
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|Criminal Procedure: A defendant's voluntary consent to a search may be sufficient to demonstrate that an officer's failure to give a Miranda warning did not affect, or only had a tenuous connection, to evidence discovered during the search.
|Moro v. State of Oregon
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After checking with the Australian Yachting Award officials last year,the top awards - Male Sailor of the Year, Female Sailor of the Year, Youth Sailor of the year, that normally seem to go to racing sailors - are open to all. In the last few years that we have checked, apart from the amazing young round world sailor Jessica Watson, no cruising sailors have even made the nominations.
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Picture: Hilary Duff Maxim's 8th Annual Hot 100 Party hosted by Maxim Magazine held at The Hotel Gansevoort - Arrivals New York City, USA - 16.05.07
Pop star Hilary Duff is refusing to be drawn into the hard partying Hollywood circuit, preferring instead to spend her spare time with her "normal" friends.
Although the LIZZY McGUIRE MOVIE actress admits to being on good terms with fellow teen stars like Frankie Muniz and MARY-KATE and Ashley Olsen at celebrity events, she would never choose them over her real pals.
She says, "I'm not really part of that whole scene but I know a lot of teenagers that are in the business, like Frankie Muniz and the Olsen twins - we're always nice to each other.
"At events, we'll hang out together cause we're the only people who aren't grown up! But in my free time, I hang out with my friends who are normal - they're not celebs!"06/11/2003 17:02


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Despite poor results of late, Dynamo refuse to believe sky is falling
By Corey Roepken | May 31, 2013 | Updated: June 1, 2013 4:48pm
Photo By Thomas B. Shea/For the Chronicle5/18/13: Houston Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear kicks the ball back into play after being upset on a call on the Houston Dynamo against the New England Revolution in the second half at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas. New England Revolution won 2 to 0.
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Tonight: Dynamo at Columbus Crew
When/where: 6:30 p.m; Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio.
Television/radio: CSNH, KTBU; 1560 AM, 850 AM (Span.).
Dynamo (6-4-3) update: The Dynamo's depth will be tested. Midfielders Brad Davis (U.S.) and Boniek Garcia (Honduras) will miss the match while on international duty. Bobby Boswell will serve the final match of the two-game suspension. LB Corey Ashe, who suffered a groin injury last Sunday, and Jermaine Taylor, who suffered a left shoulder separation two weeks ago, are questionable.
Crew (4-4-4) update: Wil Trapp is out while with the U.S. U-20 national team. After tying the Dynamo twice last year, the Crew extended their unbeaten streak against them to eight games since a loss on Aug. 2, 2008.
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The last two weeks have not been kind to the Dynamo. Coach Dominic Kinnear isn't fooled. He knows three games do not make an entire season.
Just one point - thanks to a draw at Sporting Kansas City last weekend - is all Kinnear's side has to show for its effort. Less than halfway into the season, however, Kinnear knows there's a long way to go.
He points out that despite the recent results, or lack thereof, the Dynamo are still enjoying the best start in franchise history.
"I think we've been OK," Kinnear said. "Could we have done better in our last three games? Absolutely. You have to take the positives out of everything. My outlook is not always a sunny disposition with the guys, but when I look at the newspaper and look at the standings, if we are in the top five we are achieving a goal."
The Dynamo (6-4-3) hope their next goal comes Saturday at Columbus when they take on the Crew at 6:30 p.m.
Kinnear's squad will be without several key defensive players. Jermaine Taylor (left shoulder), Corey Ashe (groin) and Bobby Boswell (suspension) leave a big void to be filled.
That means Eric Brunner and Ricardo Clark likely will be called on again to anchor the middle of the back line. Kofi Sarkodie is expected to be the only regular defensive starter available Saturday.
The makeshift group fared well by surrendering only one goal in the draw with Sporting KC. In fact, Kinnear said the entire team played admirably in that game to help the Dynamo break a two-game losing streak.
He said it showed that the Dynamo may have stopped the bleeding that was comprised of the two losses that preceded it.
"It's a little bit unusual for us to lose two games at home," Kinnear said. "The (critics) are breaking down the door and wondering what's wrong, but not us. We understand you can't have it all your way. To lose two games in 38 - that's still pretty incredible. You have to take a step back and realize how much effort these guys put in every day."
Though it's still early, Saturday's game could give the Dynamo a stranglehold on an Eastern Conference playoff spot. They are in fourth place, five points clear of sixth-place Columbus and New England.
After Saturday, the Dynamo will be off for 11 days before facing FC Dallas in the U.S. Open Cup's round of 16. They don't play an MLS game until June 19 at Montreal.
"You obviously want to go into a break winning. For our team, though, we want to win every game," Boswell said. "It's a conference opponent, a team that always plays us straight up. We want to go up there and jump higher in the standings if we can."
Corey Roepken is a freelance writer.


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When anthropomorphic characters aren't the star of the show, the most common place to find them is as a human character's sidekick. Such is the case with two more pre-school animated TV series on their way to Netflix in the near future. First up there's Kazoops (from Cheeky Little studio) in 2016, which "…follows the inquisitive young boy Monty and his best friend, a pig named Jimmy Jones, as they seek answers to the questions children routinely ask about everyday life." There's a teaser trailer over at Cartoon Brew. Then in 2017 look for True & the Rainbow Kingdom from Guru Studio: It stars a young girl who "…with the help of her best friend Bartleby the cat navigates the magical Rainbow Kingdom using her creativity and ingenuity in search of harmony and love for all."
Review: 'Ethan the Meteor Hunter' for PCPosted by Sonious on Sat 30 Aug 2014 - 05:18
Ethan the Meteor Hunter is an action puzzle game developed by Seaven Studios. The blurb for the game on Steam's store page is as follows:
Freeze time and manipulate the world with endless possibilities: build the solution YOU want where nothing is scripted and levels can be solved in multiple ways. When Super Meat Boy meets Braid, you may die repeatedly and enjoy it!
I'm certainly one for setting high bars and lofty goals for one's self, but the question is now installed. Did this game succeed in taking the best of Super Meat Boy and Braid and blending them together, or did it fall short? Let's dive right into it.
Review: 'Watchers' by Dean KoontzPosted by Fred on Wed 27 Aug 2014 - 02:49
Dean Koontz first came to the public's attention in the early 1970s. He was originally considered a science-fiction author (his 1975 far-future Nightmare Journey contains talking evolved descendents of animals), but he soon established a reputation as one of the leading authors of horror/suspense fiction with s-f, fantasy, or supernatural elements.
Watchers, his most popular novel, straddles the border between science-fiction and "realistic" suspense fiction involving genetic engineering. In a detailed analysis in Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers (1996), Joan G. Kotker argues that it is a successful combination of science-fiction, suspense, a technothriller, a love story, a police procedural, gangster fiction and:
… overriding all of this, an inspiring dog story whose suspense is based on a series of threats to a very special dog.
NYC, G. P. Putnam's Sons, February 1987, hardcover $17.95 (352 pages).
Three comic book reviews: Pull List #23 ('GotG', 'MLP:FiM' and 'TMNT')Posted by crossaffliction on Wed 27 Aug 2014 - 02:03
We've got three issues from what are becoming the core books of this Pull List series of articles.
The oldest title in the series is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which has been around since the first Pull List and 14 issues have appeared in 14 other pull lists, counting this one. Eight spin-off issues, including the original Micro-Series, the Villains Micro-Series and The Secret History of the Foot Clan have also appeared in seven Pull Lists, bringing the total TMNT number to 23 issues in 22 Pull Lists.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic began at the beginning with #1 in Pull List #6. Since then, 10 other issues have appeared in nine other Pull Lists, with seven issues of its Micro-Series featuring in seven Pull Lists, bring the franchise's total up to 18 issues in 17 Pull Lists.
The new kids on the block are the Guardians of the Galaxy, with seven issues in seven Pull Lists and no spin-offs, so they're also the easiest to keep track of.
Review: 'Claws and Starships' by M.C.A. Hogarth (by Tarl 'Voice' Hoch)Posted by Voice on Wed 27 Aug 2014 - 01:14
When the results of Earth's genetic experiments fled for their makers, they took their own name as they left humanity behind; centuries later, the Pelted have spread into a multi-world alliance of cultures and languages, cribbed from Terra or created whole-cloth. Claws and Starships collects six stories of the Pelted, ranging from the humor of a xenoanthropologist on the wrong side of mythology to more serious works considering the implications of genetic engineering in a far-future classroom seeded with the children of those laboratories. Come stamp your passport and visit the worlds of the Pelted Alliance in all their variety!
Includes the novella "A Distant Sun," and the short stories "Rosettes and Ribbons" (Best in Show anthology), "The Elements of Freedom," "Tears" (Pawprints), "Pantheon," and "Butterfly" (Anthrolations magazine).
This book is a warm blanket, hot chocolate, and cuddles by a fire.
I had read a short story of M.C.A. Hogarth's before, and was curious about how she would handle a larger work. Stumbling across this collection of short stories, I decided to give it a try.
Illustrated by M.C.A. Hogarth, afterword by Fred Patten, Tampa, FL, Studio MCAH, June 2013, trade paperback $12.99 ([2 +] 203 pages), Kindle $3.99.
See also: Review by Fred Patten
It's about time for a 'Mr. Peabody and Sherman' reviewPosted by crossaffliction on Mon 25 Aug 2014 - 20:37
I had a friend in high school whose name began with an "S". This friend, as it may not surprise readers to find out, was more than a bit geeky and nerdy. His name was not Sherman, but my dad once admitted to often forgetting his real name and replacing it in his mind with Sherman. He was reminded of the character from the old The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show segment "Mr. Peabody's Improbable History".
I never really cared much for that old show, and I don't know if dad was actually a fan of it, or just found it unavoidable during his own childhood and adolescence. I doubt he'd admit to being a fan even if he was. That's just the way my dad is. He is not, thank you very much, likely to be described as geeky or nerdy; so, his apparent remembrance of this show, and a strange fondness for the Vger twist from the first Star Trek movie are the only hints that there might be that side to his personality, so I was mildly excited about this movie for that reason, as well as the fact that Robert Minkoff, one of the co-directors of The Lion King, was helming it.
But, at the end of the day, this movie was just okay. I don't regret seeing it, but I don't have any especial need to see it again. It's just an okay movie; nothing more, nothing less.
Review: 'Taboo', edited by RechanPosted by Fred on Mon 25 Aug 2014 - 03:45
Taboo is a work of anthropomorphic fiction for adult readers only. (publisher's advisory)
It is rated NC-17.
Every society has taboos, from sacred vows which must never be broken to the limitations of sexual expression. These [fourteen stories answer] the question, "Which line would you cross?" (blurb)
This is a longer book review than usual, since it covers 14 individual short stories. If you don't want to read a review this long, my critiques are all at the end.
Since this is a furry NC-17 anthology, you can guess that all fourteen stories feature explicit sex. Whether it fits the story or not.
"That Red Panda Girl" by Tarl "Voice" Hoch"
Raven, the almost-40 panther, is a high school teacher happily married to the beautiful nympho Holly the jaguar, who sets up some kinky sex activity for him almost every night. But that doesn't keep him from lusting after one of his students, the red panda Leah. She's gorgeous, she's over 18, and she's already unmarried-but-pregnant. Raven knows that a sexual liaison between a teacher and his student is taboo, and jeopardizing his relationship with his wife is really foolish. But Leah is also a nympho lolita, and she desperately wants him …
Illustrated by Kadath's cover.
Dallas, TX, FurPlanet Publications, March 2014, trade paperback $19.95 (318 pages), eBook $9.95.
Furry comics for October 2014 (Previews and Marvel Previews)Posted by crossaffliction on Mon 25 Aug 2014 - 02:59
Guardians of the Galaxy was the only furry comic to make it to the top 100 list again, so I've got nothing.
Review: 'The Awareness', by Gene Stone and Jon DoylePosted by Fred on Sun 24 Aug 2014 - 00:33
"Every now and again I sit back and wonder what it would be like if other animals could really fight back against the egregious violence to which we subject them in a wide variety of venues ranging from research laboratories and classrooms to zoos, circuses, rodeos, factory farms, and in their own homes in ours and in the wild. This thought experiment takes life in The Awareness and reflects their points of view, and it's clear they do not like what routinely and thoughtlessly happens to themselves, their families and their friends. By changing the playing field Gene Stone and Jon Doyle force us to reflect how we wantonly and selfishly abuse other animals and the price we would pay if they could truly fight back. This challenging book also asks us to reflect on the well-supported fact that we need other animals as much as they need us. It should help us rewild our hearts, expand our compassion footprint, and stop the reprehensible treatment that we mindlessly dole out." - Marc Bekoff, Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado (quoted blurb)
Suspense/terror/horror stories in which all animals, or all of certain species, turn against mankind go back at least to Arthur Machen's unreadable "The Terror" (1917). Probably the best-known is Daphne du Maurier's "The Birds" (1952). I recently reviewed Steven Hammond's Rise of the Penguins (2012). In movies, the terror-animals have ranged from rats to all of the giant mutations like Them and Night of the Lepus.
How successful any of these are usually depends on two factors. The skill of the author (or the director) in building a mood of terror, and the plausibility of the reason given for the animals to turn against humanity. In The Awareness, both of these fail.
NYC, The Stone Press, March 2014, paperback $14.95 (ix + 221 [+3] pages), Kindle free.
Review: 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 30th Anniversay Special'Posted by crossaffliction on Sat 23 Aug 2014 - 23:54
IDW has put out this comic to celebrate the fact that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have turned 30 this year, an age which is not only well beyond teenaged, but also past the point where pointing that out can be considered witty, but that's not going to stop me.
The book contains a brief history of the ninja turtles, starting with their beginnings as a self-published comic in May of 1984, with various pieces of turtle nostalgia, including the sketch of what is now considered the "first turtle," ads, posters and press releases for the first ever issue, as well as full page tribute art by Steve Lavigne, Michael Dooney, Ken Mitchroney, Ben Bates, T-Rex, Ross Campbell, Mark Torres, David Petersen and Daniel "Pez" Lopez, with a cover by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird with a back cover by Mateus Santolouco, not to mention a variety of alternate covers.
The book covers the history of the TMNT in the comics exclusively; it features brand new stories taking place in five comic book continuities: the early Mirage years, the Archie TMNT Adventures, the Image "third volume", the later Mirage years and the newest IDW series, with a limited cover gallery showing the first issue of each of these eras.
May 2014, IDW Publishing, San Diego, CA, trade paperback $7.99, Kindle $1.99.
Review: 'The Bees', by Laline PaullPosted by Fred on Sat 23 Aug 2014 - 23:52
The man stared through the trees, not listening.
"There – thought for a moment it had vanished."
An old wooden beehive stood camouflaged against the trees. The woman drew back.
"I won't come any closer," she said. "I'm a bit funny about insects." (p. 1)
The reader knows from the beginning that the orchard hive is on an old, out-of-business farm being sold, to be demolished so its land can be added to a light-industrial complex. But the bees in the old wooden beehive don't know it.
Bees are controlled so much by instinct that it is very difficult to realistically anthropomorphize them. But it has been done, in A Hive for the Honeybee by Soinbhe Lally (original Irish edition, February 1996; U.S. edition, March 1999), and the award-winning 1998-1999 five-issue comic book Clan Apis by Dr. Jay Hosler, a neurobiologist specializing in the study of honeybees, collected into a 158-page graphic novel in January 2000. And now there is Laline Paull's complex dystopian The Bees.
Front., bee illustrations from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 1897, NYC, HarperCollinsPress/Ecco, May 2014, hardcover $25.99 (340 pages), Kindle $12.74.
Furry Movie Award Watch: November 2013Posted by crossaffliction on Fri 22 Aug 2014 - 02:46
Since this is so late, I'm going to somewhat use hindsight; however, I'm going to be honest with what I thought was going to win at the time (for instance, I would have put money on My Little Pony: Equestria Girls winning the Ursa Major right until the end). However, back in November, it became clear that Frozen was going to take the two animated awards (I don't think anyone could have predicted how unfurry the furry award would get).
For the record, it's a boring movie, and the fact that both the Oscar and the Ursa Major have gone to movies trying to eat their cake and have it to on the "feminist" Disney princess thing is pretty much the saddest outcome ever. At least it wasn't an upset this year at the Oscars.
Review: 'Doc Rat Vols. 11-12', by JennerPosted by Fred on Wed 20 Aug 2014 - 03:51
I reviewed volumes 8-10 here in May 2013. My review was so favorable that part of it is quoted in the back-cover blurb on volume 12. Here are volumes 11 and 12, equally enjoyable and not-to-be-missed.
These two pocket-sized books contain the Doc Rat daily Internet comic strips from #1427 to #1558 (December 13, 2011 to June 13, 2012), and #1559 to #1758 (June 14, 2012 to March 20, 2013). Volume 11 is a normal one, collecting six months of the comic strip. Volume 12 is a giant-sized one, collecting more pages to take the story to the conclusion of a long story-arc.
Dr. Craig "Jenner" Hilton has been simultaneously an active furry fan and an Australian doctor since the early 1980s. His anthropomorphic cartoons were published in the progress reports and program book of the 1985 World Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne.
For about twenty years after graduating from medical college, Hilton was assigned to provide medical services for a series of small towns around western Australia, from which he sent his furry cartoons to America. During a stay as the doctor for the coal-mining town of Collie, he drew an anthropomorphic comic strip, DownUnderGround, for the local newspaper. He finally settled in permanently as a GP in a suburb of Melbourne. His character of Doc Rat began appearing in individual cartoons in medical and non-medical publications during the 1990s. On June 26, 2006 he launched Doc Rat as a Monday through Friday comic strip on the Internet. Since then Doc Rat has picked up an international following, including placing as one of the five finalists in the Best Comic Strip category for the Ursa Major Awards for 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013 voted upon this year.
Doc Rat is a combination of stand-alone comedy strips, usually emphasizing medical humour of the groaner-pun variety, and urban drama in an anthropomorphic world where carnivores are allowed to hunt and eat the herbivores, although they have to do it legally. This involves a lot of red tape and filling-out of forms. Often the carnivores are too impatient to do this, and they hunt illegally, which provides much of the drama of the strip. The herbivores are working politically to make all predation of intelligent citizens illegal, which is also a plot point.
Doc Rat. Vol. 11, "I'm Fair Off Me Tucker, Doc", by Jenner, June 2013, Platinum Rat Productions, Melbourne, Vic., Australia, trade paperback AUS $16.00 or US$12.95 ([76 pgs.])
Doc Rat. Vol. 12, "It Hurts To Swallow, Doc", by Jenner, December 2013, Platinum Rat Productions, Melbourne, Vic., Australia, trade paperback AUS$18.00 or US$14.95 ([110 pgs.])
Review: It's the Muppets again in 'Muppets Most Wanted'Posted by crossaffliction on Wed 20 Aug 2014 - 02:41
The latest Muppet movie begins at the end. Not like in media res, I mean like the first thing you see in this movie are the giant words "THE END." We're back at the end of the last Muppet movie, and it slowly dawns on the Muppets that the cameras are still rolling. This could mean only one thing!
Obviously, James Bobin forgot to shout cut.
No, wait, the Muppets are doing a sequel! So, the movie begins with a meta moment when the Muppets realize they're now in a sequel, and they sing an absolutely hilarious song about this fact entitled "We're Doing a Sequel." So now they're puppets, who are actors, who are playing themselves in a movie. It's kind of like This is The End, except I don't think James Franco is a puppet. At least I'm pretty sure he's not.
Anyway, the best part? This movie was going to be called The Muppets Again! Because it's about the Muppets, again! It's so absurdly stupid it's kind of brilliant, which is why it was changed at the last moment to Muppets Most Wanted. They went with a more descriptive, less generic title that somehow managed to be less descriptive and more generic.
Everybody got that?
Good, now explain it to me.
Review: 'Red Devil', by Kyell GoldPosted by Fred on Wed 20 Aug 2014 - 00:19
Red Devil, a sequel to Kyell Gold's Green Fairy, is both the second volume of his Dangerous Spirits series, and part of his Forester series (Out of Position, Isolation Play, Waterways, Bridges and others), set in an alternate contemporary America inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Solomon Wrightson, the homosexual teenage wolf who was the protagonist of Green Fairy, is the best friend of Alexei Tsarev, the fox protagonist here.
Alexei, a young Siberian in the States on a student visa that expires in two months, hopes to impress the Vidalia Peaches semi-professional soccer team enough to become a member.
If they sponsored Alexei, he could apply for a visa that would allow him to stay in this country indefinitely. (p. 3)
Besides being good athletes, everyone on the Peaches is gay. Alexei has only recently come to the States from his hometown of Samorodka, Siberia, partially to play soccer but really to escape the brutal anti-gay attitude prevalent in Siberia. (Gold is clearly using Siberia to refer to all Russia in this anthropomorphic world.) Alexei misses his sister Caterina, with whom he was especially close. They were exchanging letters, but she has not answered his last few missives. Alexei is sure that their abusive parents are preventing her from writing.
Alexei is rooming with Sol at the house that Sol shares with Meg, the mannish teenage otter from Green Fairy, in Sol's room where his portrait of Niki, the murdered 19th-century fox transvestite is hanging. Alexei, who semi-believes in ghosts, already is influenced by the spirit of his great-grandmother "Prababushka", whom he feels may have followed him to the States to protect him. In addition to worrying about Cat back in Samorodka, and getting onto the Peaches soccer team to stay in the States, Alexei has developed a crush on one of the Vidalia amateur players, Mike, a friendly Dall sheep; but the insecure, withdrawn Siberian fox is always being shoved aside by Kendall, a more brash and self-assertive pine marten also on the local amateur team. Alexei is unsure whether Mike is just being polite to Kendall, or if he really prefers the more outgoing marten. Or whether Alexei should continue to concentrate on his feelings for Mike, rather than looking for another boyfriend in Vidalia and the States' more open and relaxed straight and gay sexual atmosphere.
Illustrations by Rukis, St. Paul, MN, Sofawolf Press, January 2014, trade paperback $19.95 ([iii +] 269 [+ 2] pages), Kindle $9.99.
Three comic book reviews: Pull List #22 ('Howard the Duck')Posted by crossaffliction on Tue 19 Aug 2014 - 03:44
For all the hubbub about Marvel Studios deciding to go with an obscure team featuring a talking raccoon with a machine gun for their latest movie, they're only continuing on as they started.
Think about it; not counting serials, what was the first DC universe character to get his own movie? Batman, followed by Superman (followed by Batman, Batman again, even more Batman, Superman, Superman and next Batman and Superman together). That's their two biggest guns, and barring that weird Ryan Reynolds thing and Vertigo adaptations, that's about it.
What was Marvel's first superhero to get his own theatrical movie? Howard the Duck, followed by Blade, a character who struggles to headline his own comic books, but somehow managed a trilogy of movies. Yeah, Howard the Duck was the first obvious warning sign George Lucas wasn't perfect, but now that Guardians of the Galaxy movie doesn't sound so weird, does it?
Anyway, this is a special edition of Pull List; we're taking a look back at one of the odder cult characters in mainstream comics. Howard the Duck got his start in a horror comic, of all places, created by weird writer extraordinaire Steve Gerber (four words: elf with a gun). Howard would have been a nobody in his home universe, where everybody is a duck, but he got stuck in our world, "trapped in a world he never made," as the series' tagline goes (which kind of applies to everybody, but whatever), so he got his own comic book series here.
His comics' introduction describes him:
From the time of his hatching, he was … different. A potentially brilliant scholar who dreaded the structured environment of school, he educated himself in the streets, taking whatever work was available, formulating his philosophy of self from what he learned of the world about him. And then the Cosmic Axis shifted … and that world changed. Suddenly, he was stranded in a universe he could not fathom. Without warning, he became a strange fowl in an even stranger land.


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Touring Scotland on the KTM 990 Adv
This was our first big outing on the 990 Adv, two up, fully laden with camping gear and two free weeks to explore Scotland's minor roads and stunning landscapes.
We decided to do a clockwise route starting and ending in Peak District, although weather got the better of us and we cut the trip short by a day.
I'll be honest and say that living off the bike and under rip-stop nylon for almost two weeks was quite enduring. Not because of riding, but rather due to getting soaking wet, day in - day out and struggling to get / keep things dry. However, the scenery more than made up for the weather, likewise did the nomadic lifestyle.
The Rev-it two piece textile suits (I slated in the past) actually turned out to be a really good. I was surprised how well they kept gale force winds, driving rain and midges out......more on this later!
Anyhow, here's a ride report of sorts.....
Day 1 - Eastleigh to Peak District - 196 miles
We kicked of at 9:30am and took things gently, stopping every 90 minutes or so to get the blood back into my butt, filling up with fuel, coffee and grabbing a bite to eat at various motorway services on route. The wife (Anne) struggled with her knees, not sure what the cause was, but guessed it was either the seat or foot peg positions.
Our route was M3, A34, A43, M1 and was pretty boring really. We arrived at a "no vacancies" sign on small campsite near Monsal Dale off the B6465 mid afternoon.
Anne sweet talked the owner and he said that due to poor weather, many of his bookings were cancelled. We pitched the tent, had a brew and then wondered over to see the views of Monsal Dale.
We then headed to the local pub, had a few beers and grabbed a meal before staggering back to the tent for an early night....well, there's no need to push it - it's only day 1!
Day 2 - Peak District to Galloway- 240 miles
Sleeping under rip-stop means you're awake as soon as it gets light. That happened to be ~5:00am. So after a few brews, we slowly packed up and got on the road.
We followed the B6465 (nice road through the Dales) up to the A623 and then on to the A6 and M6, stopping for a (crap) sandwich at some derelict services outside Blackrod on the M61.
Back on the bike, the heavens opened and we had torrential rain and 60mph side gusts all the way up the M61, so we dived into the services at Horwich for fuel, a fag and a rest bite!
We gingerly carried on up the M61 to Carlise and again stopped for coffee and bun at the Little Chef at Todhills. Back on the M6 and off at the A74 (relief), we picked up the Queen's Way through Galloway National Park.
This was a great road taking in Chatteringshaws Loch and a some great scenery before turning onto the A714 to Glentrool. We arrived at the campsite late afternoon, the sun was out and we found a great spot next to a small lake and pitched up.
Time was getting on so went looking for the local pub. About a mile up the A714 we found what we thought was our first real Scottish country pub, until we walked into what turned out to be an up market wine bar / restaurant that wouldn't look out of place in Brighton. I guess the owners decided to revamp the place to pander to the Motorhome / Caravan brigade. Prices were high and to be honest the food wasn't that good.
Leaving the pub at 10pm in daylight, we were confronted with swarms of midges. We got back to the tent, made a brew and discovered that we were covered head to toe in the little buggers. We broke out the Mosi nets and repellent, but it was too late, Anne had ~80 bites on her face, neck and arms. So we called it a night, closed the tent and exterminated every last one of them (found on the inside!)
Day 3 - Galloway to Oban - 181 miles
Off to an early start, Anne woke up looking like she had just had a severe course of botox injections. Her face was so puffy with bites I couldn't see her eyes Piriton to the rescue!
We packed up and were on the road by 8:30. In mist (drizzle) we followed the A714 and soon diverted onto some fantastic B/unclassified roads up through Kilkerran (stunning landscapes) - meeting up with the A77 at Maybole and then stopping for breakfast.
We continued on A77 up to McInroy's Point and caught the ferry to Hunters Quay.
We then followed the A815 and A83 to Inveraray, before getting on the A816 for Oban.
We arrived early evening at a nice campsite off Glennshellach Road. The sun was shinning and we had a chance to dry some of our kit.
That night we ate in....two tins of chicken casserole and one tin of mushy peas, all mixed together and boiled on the petrol stove .washed down with couple of shots of Southern Comfort!
Day 4 - Oban to Isle of Skye - 198 miles
We woke up to the sound of rain, packed up and headed off towards the Isle of Skye.
We followed the A822 to Glenachullish and stopped for breakfast at a local golf club. The place was empty, so the proprietor wasn't averse to having a biker pull in to increase trade.
We carried on the A828 and then caught the Corran-Ardgour ferry. Soon after arriving at Ardgour, the sun came out and we carried on the A861 until we found an amazing coastal road (B8043). For me, our Scotland tour had now begun, no cars, no people and postcard scenery!
After ~20 miles at 25mph, we left the B8043 at Lochuishe and worked our way down - to what was meant to be Lochaline.
Unfortunately, when I planned the route, I placed the waypoint on the wrong side of the loch and I ended up off-roading for 10 miles, until Anne said...enough!
Being happy Larry, I followed the same route back, picked up the A884 and worked our way along the scenic A861 until Acharacle, where we then stopped for a late lunch.
Back on the A861 we followed the breathtaking coastline until the A830 at Lochailort and then went parallel with the railway line until Mallaig.
Another ferry crossing to Armadale (Skye) and under heavy rain we headed up to a campsite at Sligachen, arriving early evening.
Our intention was to have two nights here, we paid this guy £24 (he mentioned a storm was brewing but still took our money), pitched our tent and grabbed steak and chips at the local "walkers" pub. We left 2 hours later under heavy rain and gale force winds. Got back to the tent and attempted to make a brew. No chance, the stove wouldn't stay alight, so we called it a night. What a night indeed!
The tent was battered by heavy wind and rain, the flysheet ripped, the poles bent and water was seeping in. We spent the night holding the tent down and finally gave up at 4:30am, donned the motorcycle gear and packed the lot up and moved to the barren toilet block to make a brew.
Day 5 - Rest Day
Supposedly our rest day, we were tired, soaking wet and it was only 6:00am. At 7:00am, we were visited by an Aussie, whose opening sentence was "that's the bike Charlie and Ewan weren't allowed to have....nice bike". After a 30min journey conversation, I moved the bike off the newly formed pond, loaded her up and rode to Portree. Conscious, that I was already 20 miles into reserve and the next petrol station was 12 miles away. Fortunately, the bike was true to KTM form, it had spent a night hammered by torrential rain and was now running on vapour, but it made it!
After getting petrol, we parked up in the centre of Portree, walked into a cafe and had a full Scottish breakfast. Anne and I looked at each other and said, bugger it let's get a hotel tonight and dry out.
We wandered to the local Tourist information centre and was met by dozens of poor souls (campers) looking for hotels/B&Bs. Yep, the storm was that bad. Out came the plastic and we booked into a harbour based hotel (£150/night Ouch!). Only one problem, it was 10:00am and we couldn't check in until 14:00, so off to the pub then!
Four pints of Guinness later and broad knowledge of how the Skye mafia operate (pub landlord), we dragged ourselves into the Hotel, hung everything out to dry and then slept for 3 hours. I did wonder why the Hotelier was persistent about using their laundry room.
Day 6 - Isle of Skye to Applecross - 76 miles
We woke to a misty (drizzle) morning, grabbed a monster Scottish breakfast (Haggis and all) and loaded up the bike for day 6. All ready to hit the road at 9:30 and bugger the bike wouldn't start!
I immediately thought that the heavy rain has got the better of the mighty KTM. I checked the fuses, pulled the bashplate, cleaned/dried the relays, checked the wiring and after an hour, was completely stumped. So out came the trusty KTM Service card. I phoned the hotline and was told someone would be with me in 1 hour (11:30am). So I thought, better put the bike back together so the guy can start from scratch.
After a momentary lapse of ignorance, I noticed that the neutral light was out....yep, I had left the bugger in gear! Sh!t, this is going to make me look a right twat, so I quickly phoned KTM back and said, "I managed to get it to start ...Ahem, it must have been water in the electrics...no need to send the relay truck".....at which point Anne called me something that rhymed with dick!
We finally got under way at midday and got off the misty isle heading for Applecross. Over the Skye bridge following the A890, we followed the coast road and passed Loch Kishorn and Loch Carron before turning onto the A896 and heading cross country.
We arrive at the Applecross Road under stormy skies and made our way over the 3rd highest road in Scotland.
As we worked our way up to the peak, visibility dropped to about 20 feet. I did a quick 360 at the top and started my descent. About a 3rd of the way down the skies turn blue, the sun comes out and I'm loving it!
We pull into a campsite early afternoon and checked into one of their camping huts. (Thanks to DG for the heads up on these...brilliant idea, why aren't there more of them in the UK?).
Making the most of the sunshine, we air the tent and notice its badly damaged, so much for shelling out £400+ on a high performance tent. Out came the plasters and we patched it up as best we could.
Shortly after some Dutch neighbours arrived on a BMW Tourer and we spent an hour or so chatting about our journeys so far.
The Dutch were doing Scotland anticlockwise and we were going clockwise. We then grabbed a meal at the campsite (not bad food) and then wandered down to the shoreline for some overdue exercise.
With hindsight, we should have booked two nights and given the Misty Isle a miss!
Day 7 - Applecross to Clachtoll - 152 miles
A new day started with plenty of sunshine followed by another hearty Scottish breakfast. We were saddled up 10:00am, riding the stunning northerly coast road out of Applecross and joining up with the A896 at Sheildaig. At Kinlochewe we joined the A832 and headed for Gairloch onto Poolewe, again following the coast passing through Gruinard Bay and Little Loch Broom.
At Braemore with turned north onto the A835 and after 20 miles we stopped at a Pub in Ullapool for a late afternoon dinner. We then pick up the A837 to Lochinver and turn onto the B869 heading for Clachtoll.
Early evening we arrived at Clachtoll under threatening skies and pitched up for the night. The campsite was owned by an ex Royal Navy Diver and we quickly learned that it was his little slice of Scottish paradise. In good weather you couldn't disagree, white sand, rugged rock coastline and beautiful sunsets.
Fortunately, for us the sun came out 10pm and the place lit up like a oil painting!
Day 8 - Clacktoll to Thurso - 135 miles
Our original plan was head for Talmine (Kyle of Tongue), approx 50 miles west of Thurso and do short ride on day 9. However, we decided to push on for 35 miles and stay just outside Thurso.
We were on the road 9:30am and worked our way north and east along the B969 to Drumbeg and Kylesku, where we stopped for breakfast.
We then picked up the A838 to Durness, stopped for coffee and pressed on around Loch Eriboll, across to the Kyle of Tongue and onto the campsite (a pub garden) at Melvich.
We arrived late afternoon and pitched up for the night. The landlord was an ex Army Sergeant from the East End of London and we spent the evening (in an empty pub) listening to his life story and political views. Quite an insight!
Day 9 - Thurso to Rousay (Orkney) - 40 miles
No rush, we had already booked the Scrabster ferry to Orkney and only had 15 miles to go. Today was the day we were going to meet up with some friends - who decided to change their lifestyle and move to some barren island off Orkney.
We needed some provisions and couldn't turn up empty handed, so we followed the A838 into Thurso, dropped into the Co-op and picked up some wine and food.
Thurso is quite a strange place, we asked a local where we could get a breakfast and he pointed to a Bar which doubles as a Cafe in the morning. We each sat down to the largest Scottish Breakfast we've ever eaten - enough for 4, while watching the locals sup their pints and chasers at 10am.
We then headed off to Scrabster and caught the midday ferry to Orkney (took about 1.5 hours).
The ferry passed the Old Man of Hoy (a 450' pillar of red sandstone that stands out from the Hoy coastline) which I recently learnt was used (back in the 80s) as a dummy torpedo target by RN submarines.
Arriving at Stromness, it was quick jaunt across Orkney to Tingwall and onto another ferry to Rousay to meet up with our friends.
Day 10 - Rest Day
Chill out time, a leisurely breakfast followed by a tour of the island, all 14.3 miles of it. Rousay is fascinating place if youre into archaeology. Within 1 mile, you can see the Midhowe Brock (200 bc), Midhowe Cairn (3000 bc) and a Viking church (600 ad), all set against a backdrop of sea and sparsely populated islands.
By the evening we were both feeling a little cabin bound and were itching to get back on the road.
Day 11 - Orkney to Loch Ness - 204 miles
We had to a long ride ahead of us and had to catch an early(ish) ferry to meet the Orkney Cat at St Margaret's Hope on time. We left Rousay at 8:45, arrived at Tingwall at 9:00, rode 30 miles to St Margaret's Hope and sat around for an hour waiting for the Cat to load up.
Just after midday we were back on the mainland and heading down the B876, then B870 and onto A9 passing Mybster, Achavanich, Latheron, Berridale and stopping at a Truckers restaurant outside Evelix. We carried on the A9 through to Loch Ness and camped at a site in Drumadochit just of the A82.
The campsite was an offshoot of the stables and we were told in no uncertain terms that we cannot ride the bike between 9 and 10 am, for fear of upsetting the horses.
We pitched the tent and wandered off to a local Inn for some grub. After 1.5 hours of waiting and three pints down, the bar staff told us that they had overlooked our food order, which prompted a free drink offer. So I grabbed the single malt whiskey menu and had wee dram or two (after the meal of course!) We then staggered back to the tent for a brew and hit the sack.
Day 12 - Lock Ness to Pitlochry (Cairngorms) - 160 miles
Ironically, we woke up to the sound of Quad bike rounding up horses. So much for upsetting the locals!. We got underway early and headed off to the Cairngorms. We stopped at a Tourist haunt on Loch Ness and grabbed a breakfast before picking up the A82 back to Inverness. We turned onto the A9 until Cambridge, where we joined the A938. The A938 takes you over the highest road in Scotland with some breathtaking views.
We passed through Dulnain Bridge, Craggen, Speybridge, Bridge of Brown and watched an electricity pylon fall over on the Letch Road.
We pressed on towards Ballater and picked up the A93 to Braemar, where we stopped for tasty Haddock and Chips in the village chip shop (highly recommended). We continued on the A93 to Blacklunans and turned onto the B950 to meet the A924 heading towards a campsite at Moulin.
Arriving in a heavy shower the Campsite refused to let the bike on the grounds and insisted that we park at the gate and carry our luggage 1/2 mile to the camp field. Guess what? We didn't stay long! We punched in the postcode of the nearest alternative campsite and rode another 10 miles into Pitlochry arriving early evening.
Unfortunately, campsites in around the Cairngorns are bloody expensive! Most sites cost less than £10 or free, this one was £25...yes £25 for a patch of wet grass and a paving slab with no 75 sprayed on it.
We had another wet night and the Tent wasn't up too much, so we called it a day and agreed to go for an endurance run home.
Day 13 - Pitlochry to Eastleigh - 497 miles
Leaving the campsite at 10am, we rejoined the A9 down to the M6, picked up the M42, M40 and A34 arriving home at 9pm.
So how did the KTM 990 perform?
With the bike being marginally overweight to start with, it performed everything effortlessly (if you excuse pilot's error).
She averaged 44.5 mpg over the 2100 miles. Many of the single track roads forced constant 1-2-1-2-3-2-1 gear changes for hours at a time.
I maintained 75-85mph on most of the A roads and motorways with the only problem being side wind. A fully laden KTM 990 acts like a spinnaker and I had to lean into the wind to stop being blown across two lanes.
Surprisingly, she used no coolant and ~1/2 litre of oil over the whole distance. This was more than I thought as it used very little in the first 2000 miles.
As for tyres, the rear Scorpion is almost toast after 4000 miles, while the front still has plenty of tread. Time to spoon on a Mefo Super Explorer!
The Gobi luggage was totally waterproof if a little restrictive in capacity, however the Wolfman medium duffle on the CJDesign rack was dependable, it kept our sleeping bags, fleeces and Thermarests totally dry and was solidly mounted.
Would I change anything on the bike?
Yes, the handlebar mounted SW-Motech GPS bracket will be replaced with a proper dash mounted KTM (Touratech version). The GPS on the bars was difficult to read - being too close, in the sun and out of road view. I prefer not to use bluetooth as its irritating .
The 150 mile tank range was a bit of bind. Filling up the tank never coincided with wanting a break, so I'm adding a 2in1 exhaust and Ned tank to increase the range to 250 miles.
After ~1.5 hours the seat was bloody awful, It felt like I had been sitting on an 8" log, so I've joined the 6 month Renazco waiting list.
As a summary of the journey, the west and north-west coast roads of Scotland offer amazing seascapes views and are exciting to ride, even more so on a KTM 990. The single track roads are empty bar the odd motorhome driver ignorant of unsuitable road signs. However, the east side is gentler (easier to ride) and has more mountainous viewpoints. When I return, I will definitely spend more time on the west and north-west!
We did see a lot of bikers, mainly Dutch and German riding BMW GS and GSAs. As for KTMs, we only saw four, a group of three Dutch going in the opposite direction and a UK reg'd Silver 950 (two up), who we inadvertently played tag with for ~200 miles around the north west coast.
Cost-wise, we spent a total of £1300 over 2 weeks; £300 went on fuel, £150 on ferries, £350 on campsites (inc. 1 night hotel) and the rest on good food and beer.
Surprisingly, even given the very "changeable" weather we both enjoyed the ride, the lifestyle and the freedom, so much so, we are now planning a 10 day trip to the Pyrenees in October!
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Great pictures!
Reminds me on my last holiday last year....
But I got more luck with better weather!
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Really good RR, good pictures too. Sorry that the weather wasn't a bit kinder for you.
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Wonderful trip with very crisp log & nice pics.
I can imagine with rain as a constant uninvited companion, how messy things can get.
Thanks for sharing the ride.
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This looks great... I love Scotland.
Where did you get the little luggage loops on top of your panniers?
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great rr
I've been camping in Scotland and remember the midges - tenacious and vicious!
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Good stuff, thanks for sharing. I was in Scotland two weeks ago, though only for four nights, and got soaked as well. BTW, I stayed at the same campsite outside Oban (Roseview, formerly the Diver's Campsite) - that little lean-to/BBQ area came in handy.
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Nice pics and good write up. And theres a KTM in it. Hard to beat !!
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great RR !
your story about the bike in gear made me
thanks for sharing !
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Nice ride, but I wouldn't do the Pyrenees in October... earlier is better.
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Nice report, enjoyed it.
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Great report, loved it. Gotta go there some time.
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Hi, great pictures and lovely bike. I think you lasted longer in the tent than i would in that weather.
Did you get to see much of Glencoe & The Trossachs? If not put it on your to-do list for a weekend away, not to be missed!!!
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