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I never knew love thru my teenage years to adulthood, so I started writing a long of emotional lyrics about love & loneliness.
After meeting a friend in FL who helped me learn more about composing, I started to produce those songs I wrote. I started working on a pop album, and during that time, I met a girl I fell deeply in love with, despite a very rocky relationship.
After moving to Hollywood with that girl, we eventually broke up, and that fueled my darker side that I had been stifling. I wrote deeper, more emotional songs with a gothic twist. My pop style became deeply infused with an industrial electronica sound & influenced by the rock and gothic music I've loved over the years. I crafted my style to fuse the pop style I like, with the gothic emotions, thence calling it Gothicpop. I then realized that I should use a new genre label, so I call my musical style DarkFujin, which is a type of pop/rock, infused with a blend of dance, R&B, Gothic emotions & a teaspoon of world flavors.
My 1st official album release was Save Me, which had my best selling song, Dirty Little Minds. That song was a great description of Darkfujin, with its dark dance beat and gothic feel in singing and heavy sounds. I did many live performances to promote that album with my old dance team, The Death Pixies. Although the promotions were lacking funding for my first album, it sold fairly well.
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Released: Nov 01st, 1995
Running Time: 85
Director: David Christopher
Company: Snatch Productions
Cast: Kymberly Kyle, Wild Oscar, Nici Sterling, Tony Montana, Jake Steed, Lani, Michele Whately
Critical Rating: AAA
Genre: Gonzo
The girls are cute and the guys perform admirably. The Pussyman-style Hi-8 camera work is in full swing here. Unfortunately, many of the scenes don't move in the "P Man's" usual expeditious manner. There is the "Pussyman," there are auditions, there are great looking babes - and although the sex is good, there are better in the series.


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Sheriff Joe Walker tells Beaumont television station KFDM that the warden was hit in a rural area south of Newton on Thursday evening.
Authorities are now searching for the red extended cab pickup truck that hit the warden.
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Released: Oct 01st, 2001
Running Time: 110
Director: Dion Giarrusso
Company: Elegant Angel Productions
Cast: ZsuZsa, Linda (I), Toni Ribas, Bobby Vitale, Brigitta, Samantha Twister, Claudia Bella, Sharon (I), Sergio Wind, Pamela (I), Claudia (I), Claire (I)
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Gonzo
This one casts a wide net - just about any porn fan would go for it.
Mostly Czech girls in this one, but there's a threeway with two girls who appear to be Brazilian. St. Claire's the token domestic performer.
Overall, it's a strong production, typical of this series. There's a lot of anal, and nobody's asleep on the job. Linda and Pamela's threeway with Vitale is the highlight of the tape (indeed, most of the scenes are two-girl, one guy), but Euro-tramp Sharon's scene with Claudia's nothing to sneeze at either.
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Stephanie Danler discusses Sweetbitter.
Kids are going to be ecstatic.
Turns out that the artist had a penchant for baking and was famous among friends for his apple-pie and spaghetti-sauce recipes.
Beyond The Third Plate.
It's being released in late October.
Welcome to the Selby.
In fact, she recommends the book being published by her former employer.
Plus, the 'Edible' magazines will become a book.
A new book will show you.
Rocco is publishing a cookbook inspired by his appearance on a TV show plugging another cookbook?
Gary Vaynerchuk goes from oenophile to self-help guru.
No need to drag a hardcover around anymore!
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How we got from the open hearth to the Cuisinart.
'It makes me happy to walk home every night and see his wife's elitist shithole blaze empty through its massive glass panes.'
Congrats to a couple of 'Top Chef' alums.
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John Liu is Concerned About Income Inequality; Mayor Bloomberg Says We Need the One Percent
Mayor Mike Bloomberg takes questions today at Google's headquarters in Manhattan.
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Today, City Comptroller John Liu and Mayor Mike Bloomberg talked about the actual one percent of New York City. And unsurprisingly, they differ in their views on how the wealthiest top percent of New Yorkers impact the city's economy.
Liu, who is expected to run for mayor in 2013, released a report today on income disparity in the city, finding that the top one percent of income tax filers receive one-third of all city personal income -- a share which his office says is nearly twice the national average. The report, called "Income Inequality in New York City," -- drawing on Occupy Wall Street rhetoric -- found that nationally, the top one percent accounts for 16.9 percent of income, while in New York, the richest percent account for 32.5 percent of reported income in 2009 (which is the most recent data available from the state).
This is troubling, according to Liu, because it can weaken or destabilize the local tax base, can reinforce racial and economic segregation, and can undermine the diverse economy in the city. In the release sent out today, Liu says: "It also threatens the very fragile economic recovery we are now experiencing."
The top one percent, according to the report, ended the past decade with an average income of $2.2 million. This wealthiest group also skyrocketed at a much greater rate than the average income growths of the 99 percent, the report says.
"We must not repeat the pattern of the last decade when a few gathered enormous wealth, while the vast majority of New York families were left behind or saw very modest gains," Liu said in a release.
NYC tax filers in the top one percent accounted for 32.5% of the city's entire reported income in 2009. Nationally, the top one percent accounted for half that, at 16.9% of income.
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"I don't understand what his [Liu's] charges are. We need wealthy people to come here Because they pay taxes," Bloomberg said. "Keep in mind, that one percent pays fifty percent of the taxes in this city. That's a very good deal for New York City, and I don't know why he has a problem with it."
The mayor went on to say that the root of the challenge is educational disparities, and that the taxes the one percent way help him continue his work of improving education in the city.
"Remember if you have an income inequality, it is fundamentally an educational inequality, because the correlation between education and wealth is virtually a hundred percent, and we are working as hard as we can to improve the schools for all of our kids so they can share in the great American Dream, so they can be wealthier," he said.
The mayor said that the city's investments in projects like CornellNYC Tech, the new campus on Roosevelt Island, help create jobs for people in all kinds of industries and services -- not just the professors. He compared it to a movie or television production, in which the actors actually make a small percentage of the total incomes of the project.
"We are taking the money that that one percent or half of one percent pays...and using it to actually provide programs," the mayor said.
The clash on this topic between Liu and Bloomberg is unsurprising. Bloomberg has been very unsympathetic to Occupy Wall Street, and most of the Democratic pols hoping to replace Bloomberg are generally seen as more fiscally liberal than the current mayor -- which has fueled interest from the GOP in finding a more conservative candidate for the 2013 race.
Bloomberg added, "If you know wealthy people around the country, you better get out there and help me recruit them to come to New York, because that's exactly the kind of...[people] we need if we are going to make the great American Dream available to everyone."
In other Bloomberg-on-the-economy news, the mayor today responded to a question about Governor Cuomo's comments this morning that he does not think a hike in minimum wage would be possible this year.
"I'm disappointed if that's the way it turns out, but it's up to the state legislature," Bloomberg said, adding that while the minimum wage hike would be good for the city, he remains opposed to the city subsidizing some industries (he recently vetoed living wage bills in the City Council, paving the way for a courtroom battle).
In other other Bloomberg-on-the-economy news, the mayor was also asked today whether he bought stock in Facebook and whether he thought it was a good idea. He said Facebook is a "great company," but doesn't know what his investments or his foundation's investments are.
He still offered a pearl of wisdom on how to invest.
"What I would say is that I don't think any intelligent investor should have a very big percentage of their monies in any one investment," Bloomberg said. "If that isn't the lesson of Madoff, I don't know what is. It's your parents telling you, don't put all your eggs in one basket. And people have forgotten that."
He added, "If you have some Facebook stock -- I don't know if it works out or not -- but make sure that it's not a major percentage of your savings."
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We continue a MONTH of I Saw It Advertised One Day! Each day this January you'll get a piece looking at advertisements in comic books over the decades that amused me for whatever reason. In each installment, we'll take a look at three ads!
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I really don't get the appeal of having intentionally fake reviews of a video game.
I get the idea of treating the release of the video game like the release of a film, but why not then just get ACTUAL reviews of the game?
You have to almost admire how the company just flat out tells you that this is almost certainly going to be a bad deal.
You pay $3.33 and we guarantee you that you get a minimum "catalog value" of $4.50!!
What a bargain!!!!
So with that last ad in mind, let me just bask in the actual NON-SCAM-osity of this Scripto giveaway.
GASP! A giveaway that is just a…giveaway?!?! How can this be?!!?
Good on you, Scripto!
That's all for this installment! If you can think of some goofy comic book ads you'd like to see me feature here, drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com. Do not make suggestions in the comment section, so that they can still be a surprise for future readers! In fact, I think I'll just delete comments that contain future suggestions.
I don't mind fake reviews if they're in the spirit of the product, like hilariously made-up comments on the back of a humor comic book.
But yes, when it comes to this game, the move seems pointless.
The game ad was from 1983 (based on the copyright info in fine print at the bottom). I could be wrong, but I dont' think any videogame magazines existed at that time, or that there there were any other magazines that published reviews of videogames? Maybe the joke underlying the ad was the (at that time) preposterous conceit that these silly little videogames could be the subject of reviews, just like movies.
Small joke in the coin ad — notice the name Matt Numis.
When erasable pens were introduced, I thought that was the greatest invention of all time, and that mankind could stop even coming up with new products. Then, of course, I tried one and found the secret to the erasing is actually obliterating the paper rather than the ink. I hope they improved over the years.
This is kind of embarrassing to admit, but when that James Bond video game ad came out, I was about 7 years old, and until you posted it up here and I reread it, I always thought it featured real reviews – maybe I wasn't the only 7 year old out there tricked by this ad?
Mr. M beat me to it, but there were no places to compile real video game reviews from. Since Bond movies were popular, they wanted to capture the spirit of the videogame in a tongue-in-cheek way. So they took the normal text that would have accompanied the and broke it up into movie critic blurbs. For example without the movie ad style, it would probably have conveyed the exact same info but in a paragraph form:
"Sensation, a real thriller. This game is James Bond all the way. The action is so involving, you'll feel like James Bond yourself. You'll try to capture the pricless Faberge gems while bounding across the speeding Octopussy Circus Train, and the longer the game goes on, the more furious the action becomes. Karate kicks, jumps, lasers, knife throwers, gunmen and the James Bond theme to boot. A truly unique game that captures Bond at his best. "
Someone at the ad company probably decided, since this is a movie property tie in, let's make it look like a movie ad to really drive home the idea that it captures the feel of those movies. Then the broke up the text into movie review style. Asking why they didn't use real reviews misses the point. It was never meant to convince the public the reviews were real. There were no real videogame reviewers at the time. The blatantly fake names show it was tongue in cheek.
Yeah, it took me a few times to realize that the James Bond game ad was full of fake quotes.
Why would Morley Safer care about video games and/or Bond? I get the rest are either papers or film critic Vincent Canby, but Safer?
And it's an Atari game, so the graphics really aren't THAT intense…
did an erasable ink pen cost more than 2 candy bars and a stamp in 1984?
You only needed one wrapper.
I'm pretty sure that was the going exchange rate in prison, jjc.
Ah. I don't read good.
You only needed one wrapper.
Plus you got the benefit of the chocolate bar.
In the late 90s, I worked in an office that maintained paper records of everything. I think that the only computers in the entire building were in the finance and payroll sections. Because these records were intended to last the life of the company, pencils were not allowed.
One of my coworkers brought in erasable pens so that she could keep her documents clear and easy to understand.
At one point we had to go back six months to research something in her division. I forget what it was. But, we found all of her paperwork completely blank. Everyone else's was fine. The erasable ink had been obliterated.
The best we could figure is that the paper sliding against itself as documents were put in and taken out acted as an eraser.
There were certainly places to get video game reviews at the time. Electronic Games started in 1981 and was only one year from shutting down in 1984. Probably a few other (short-lived) mags existed as well. Even Marvel had the recently folded Blip.
Were erasable pens that expensive and/or rare at that time? Because the deal seems to be that you buy a $0.10-$0.25 candybar, affix another quarter's worth of postage, then wait up to two months for a pen you could buy at a dimestore for around a buck. I understand you still get the candybar, but there won't be the slightest biological trace of that treat by the time the pen arrives. It's not like it's a limited edition Captain America or Batman that you might keep around long after the ink is dry or the eraser is used up.
It's not only not a scam, but other than waiting a while for the pen to show up in the mail, it might actually be a good deal. I know it's a promotion to market a new product, but it's still a roundabout way of getting a garden variety pen from the consumer end.
Then again, that's kind of the point of this column.
And I wonder how many Baby Ruth and Butterfinger wrappers were in the breeze in Monticello MN during that promotion. This ad really has my knoggin' throbbin'.
My recollection is that the EraserMate pen was all the rage in my grade school circa 1981? So about 3 years before this ad. But not long after actually USING one of those pens, the novelty wore off fast, and you realized that using either a normal pen or a pencil was far superior for just about any conceivable task.
So (OK, I'm making a ton of assumptions here) this promotion might have been a promotional attempt with the basic message of "Hey! We make erasable pens that don't suck now! Try this free sample if you don't believe us!"
Yeah – the erasable pens of that era used an ink that could be erased by a regular eraser – so in effect it was an ink that didn't completely dry, and would smear even worse than #1 pencil lead. God forbid it had to be used by a lefty like myself – it would be a blue smear both on the paper and on the hand…
I actually ordered the coin grab bag about 1969. The "bag" amounted to a small paper pouch containing three foriegn coins, a worn buffalo nickel and a worn steel cent…
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After the success of Tyler The Creator's Goblin first week, breaking 50,000 copies sold, Def Jam will re-release fellow Odd Future member Frank Ocean's mixtape release, Nostalgia, Ultra. The single "Novacane" will be officially released on Itunes on May 31st, with the album following July 26th.
Tells you a lot about the times when breaking 50,000 the first week is labeled a success
What's the point of selling an album that's being offered for free?
Apparently all their free music online is now gone… Not that you can't find it still, just gotta dig a bit
Lookin forward to Frank Ocean material!
I agree with you Tom L…I remember back in the day an album was considered a flop if it sold a total of 200,000 copies. Now most albums by hip-hop artists barely crack that and are considered a success.
Either way, good for Frank Ocean.
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We asked you folks if you liked Spider-Man better married or in his current single state and boy did you respond in droves (I let the poll go on an extra week because of the high turnout) with 5, 793 votes cast (WOW!)!
So what was your choice?
Read on to find out!
With a margin of 3,302 votes of "married" to 2,491 votes of "his current single state," your choice was married!
The 57% to 43% difference, though, is a notable decrease from the 70% to 30% result that the question had when I posed it back in 2009 (although many more people voted in this poll as opposed to the 2009 poll).
Wow, no wonder the results took awhile, look at all the votes! Very interesting poll, even several years after OMD, people still prefer what came before.
Hm, so next time this poll is done the pro-single choice will probably win!
Well, I'm married myself so I can't relate to a "single" Spider-Man. So that's why I don't buy his comics anymore.
I voted single, which I also thought would win. I can't wait to catch up on all these BND stories. Being a single guy I can't really relate to married folks, but relating to a character is subjective. Peter Parker is white, but I still relate to him more than any of the minority characters.
Although I prefer him single, I'm happy as long as the stories are good.
Maybe the audience for this site skews married, too? I'll never understand how personal people took this. As if their own marriages had been invalidated (even though the stories, outside the wedding itself, clearly weren't). Sure there was the "deal" but I don't know anyone who wasn't pissed about one that wasn't about the other, so same audience there.
The new stories have been superior to the JMS years, but there's a whole audience that missed out on it because of a kind of stubborn perspective.
Hey I am a black guy and so I can not relate to Spider-man because his white. That is stupid!
Beside that like Peter remarried because I am a fan of the relate ship of Peter and Mary Jane.
I am Canadian, I cannot relate to Spider-Man because he is a US citizen.
For me, it was never about him being single or married, but about not liking Mary Jane. I've always been of the school of thought that Peter/Spidey should be with Black Cat and I like that OMD was able to bring that back.
Of course, while I disliked MJ, I despise Carlie. There is nothing remotely interesting about her, plus she's whiney. The ironic thing about all this is that I now like MJ and wouldn't mind seeing a new romance blossom between her and Peter.
Surprise, surprise. I wonder what the results would be like if you removed the votes of people that don't actually read the book.
"The new stories have been superior to the JMS years, but there's a whole audience that missed out on it because of a kind of stubborn perspective."
For me, it was much less about a "stubborn perspective" in regards to marriage than it was about the horrible stories at the time. I think marriage is incredibly stupid as a general rule… I didn't stop reading Spider-Man b/c he wasn't married but b/c the comics had been pretty bad for a while, OMD was really freaking bad, and I just had no desire to read or support that mess anymore.
bummer to miss out on the new ("better") stories, but any interest I had in following the character has completely disappeared, and there are plenty of stories of equal or much better quality stories out there than the Spidey Soap Opera.
One of the reasons that Spider-Man is such a great character is because he grew up and changed along with his audience. The "magical divorce" really undid a lot of the growth that previous writers had created for Peter Parker. I would say that people don't dislike a SINGLE Peter Parker, but rather a "magically divorced" one.
I'm a DC fan so I can't relate to him because Marvel publishes his stories.
I do think the stories have usually been better when he's been single, but I don't think that's the reason they're better. I think the married period just happened to coincide with a lousy time-period for Spider-Man. The 1990s was a bad decade for most comics, and Spidey in particular got trapped in a lot of bad stories– Carnage, the return of his 'parents', the never-ending clone story. And then the next decade brought a lot of mystical stuff which didn't fit Spider-Man at all. None of these bad stories had anything to do with him being married. It was just bad writing.
I can't relate to him because I don't have spider powers.
I thought OMD was a terrible story. The most out-of-left-field Spidey comic since Amazing Spider-Man annual 21.
All I can say is, I hadn't read Spider-Man for several years, but I've read everything from Brand New Day on, and totally love it.
My only problem with the current attitude of some people is that they think there's a connection between Spider-Man's marital status and the quality of his stories. Yes, there were a bunch of terrible stories written during the nineties, when Peter and MJ were married. Guess what? If Peter were single during that time, the Clone Saga would still have sucked! Mary Jane would have simply avoided the shrapnel! And yes, Dan Slott is one of the better writers Spider-Man has enjoyed in his many-storied career. And if Joe Q had allowed the marriage to stand, Dan Slott's stories would, in all likelihood, still be damn good! Just some subtle differences.
I like him married, I like him single. What I don't like is the attitude that he must be always single, world without end, amen. If he and MJ get back together over the next few years(I'd prefer any reconciliation between them to be a long-term, slowly building thing instead of a two-issue "suddenly they're back together" thing), I hope that the editors won't pull an Adjustment-Bureau on him and automatically split them up because it's against "The Plan".
Well, I'm symbiotically bonded to an alien myself, so I can't relate to a 'red-costumed' Spider-Man. That's why I don't buy his comics anymore.
I liked the marriage because… it's what happened. He GOT married. The rest stinks of retcon. Now there's no Spider-Man story, just a series of Saturday morning cartoon episodes. Maybe that's all Spider-Man is, but it seems terrible to think small after we saw it could be and was more.
I cannot relate to him because his first name is a nickname for penis and mine is not.
The thing is (I think) people prefer Spider-man AS SPIDER-MAN. Having read some Brand New Day stuff I have to say it isn't much like Spider-man. Another problem is 'what is actually going to happen?' What's supposed to happen after readers got the big 'LIE' that was the Unmasking and that bizarre 'Other' story. You've got what should be the two biggest things to happen to a guy since he got powers and his Uncle Ben died and it's just telling readers they have stuff then making it so bad it doesn't matter and think of all the sales they could of made if it weren't written by a television writer and was actually intended as a decent story.
There's really nothing you can do after that and OMD. It's just beyond awful. You see Slott and crew were probably told 'nothing happens' and unfortunantly they had to follow that. It doesn't feel like Spider-man anymore and having read it a few times after that mess, it's obvious Marvel has inadvertently told us older Spider-fans to 'take a hike' even if they didn't realize it. OMD was a stupid idea to begin with. It was going to stupid around the time they gave Spider-man his second magical rebirth. It's like fans didn't get what they were promised. All I see is a story I'm not going to get starring a character I don't recognize. Present Peter Parker doesn't seem to have much of a personality and just makes wise cracks is either emotion 1 which is happy or emotion 2 which is dull-sort-of-sadness. The old guy had emotions and conflict. A single guy could have lots of those, but I don't see them. All I see is editorial dictates. Hey, are we getting that Unmasking story yet? NO? Didn't think so.
About the only remarkable thing is they managed to get Joe Mad to pencil 3 issues.
I *was* married. To a supermodel, actually, but I traded my marriage in a deal with the devil to save my aunt's life. So I can't relate to…
Oh, he *did*?
Maybe I should start reading Spider-Man.
surprised the married choice won. for thought fans would just accept a single spider man even though spider man being married showed that like the fans doing so in real life peter was making the normal adult steps from a young kid to an adult. including peter marrying even if Marvel ever did decide to remary spider man its with some one new
Wow, I voted married but figured it had no chance of winning.
I never got the whole "readers have to relate to Spider-Man" thing, or that marriage makes him seem old. I started reading Spider-Man in 1992. Back then, he was married. I was 13 years old, and Spider-Man was my favorite character, married or not. And I never got the idea that he was old, just from him being married. I loved both the big villain-fighting scenes he dealt with as Spider-Man AND the soap-opera-ish aspects of the books.
I think Marvel tends to overestimate the effect that Spider-Man's relationship status has on readership. If the stories are written well, who cares if he's single or married?
If you do the poll again some couple years in the future it will probably be closer to advantage for single. Not because it's better or worse, just because by then the fans will have bought what Marvel says or moved on.
Why should we care about a character that can be altered in such a insanely stupid way? You might like the stories and the direction of Spider-man now but as we all know they can do a OMD again. It might bring Gwen back, kill May, marry J.J and Peter… well anything.
After reading Spider-man since I was 8 I quit after OMD. Simply becasue anything could happen. Something Marvel believes in the worst possible way.
I cannot relate to Spider-Man because he's an Avenger and I just joined the X-Men, that's why I don't buy his comics.
It's interesting that the people who prefer him married get attacked for not reading the book now OR if they are reading it, they are then asked "why are you reading it then?" it's a no-win situation to be in that category. Ironically I dropped the book because of money, not because of his martial status.
The question should really be: Do you prefer Spider-man with or without a massive retcon?
When I buy my books—I always put what I think is going to be best at the bottom of the pile. I put stuff that has been passable or not so great at the top to get it read and filed a.s.a.p. to get to the good stuff. Spider-man hasnt been a "best" title (for me) since the Michelinie/MFarlane era.
I know we live in a society of loose morality—but I cannot relate to Spider-man being the man whore he has become. He's not James bond for cryin' out loud. But nowadays he's laid more pipe than a plumber.
I cannot relate to Spider-Man because he's a fictional character and I'm a real boy.
Be quiet, Pinocchio!
Hah. Married opinion wins again, even years later. Suck it, BND-ers. Seriously, just imagine how obscenely decimated this poll would have been if all the people who dropped this book like a bad habit and never looked back had bothered to give their opinions, as if any of them still cared! I didn't vote in the poll, but you can guess what my vote would have been if I had.
Breaking continuity kills comic sales. No matter how much you dislike what has come before, you can't just retcon everything, you have to work with what is given, or you're just a bad writer, plain and simple.
Enjoy your phony, devil-dealing Spider-clone, folks. He's worth about as much as a used postage stamp as far as the "winners" are concerned.
I was rejected as a founding member of the Future Foundation, so I can't relate to Spider-man, sorry.
No surprise here, people are going to refuse to admit that Brand New Day was great for Spider-Man. I wish people would just grow up and enjoy the great stories that are being told. But we're fans and we have to complain about everything, far be it that we just have fun.
Yeah I'm in the marriage camp. I'm fine with that marriage than I am any other super hero marriage (even more so than Clark and Lois. DC hasn't really done a great job of showing what Clark sees in her IMO).
I think the comments express things pretty well.
1. The "I can't relate to a married Spiderman" argument is absolute bullshit.
2. The marriage, or absence of the marriage, has no impact on the quality of the story.
3. OMD featured offensively incompetent writing.
4. Marvel should treat their properties better.
These polls are unscientific and flawed and it is as someone says your vote if you don't buy comics is pointless and not any good indicator of anything but very misleading and should in no way influence what creators do.
If we were to accept your poll findings eg for the new DCU…you would be announcing how it failed and not many people will accept it. It's all irrelevant. Instead of silly polls you should be posting up sales charts. That's the concrete evidence.
Even 71 years old Spider-Men should be allowed to be single these days. Those conservative days where you had to be married in order to be a valid member of our society are long gone. Nor is it embarrassing to be alone and have a lot of affairs with young beautiful women in his age.
Though, one wonders whether the 616 Marvel universe isn't getting overpopulated with all these over aged heroes, which even repeatedly come back to life after they died.
I'm a spider, so I can't relate to someone who's half human.
I vote for good writing. I liked Straczynski's run on ASM until Editorial got its hands all over the story. Four writers was a mess. Dropping Joe Quesada off a roof to land on Spider Man so he missed his wedding was ironic and laughable. FINALLY, at issue #666 with Spider-Island the book started to become enjoyable again. And where do we end up after all the retcon nonsense? MJ knows his secret and he doesn't have organic web spinners (although that could have easily been re-retconned with everyone getting spider powers)
I'm married and I have just as many good stories now as I did when I was single. Tell a good story and forget about marital statuses.
I gained mutant powers after toxic waste from the TCRI company fell on my brothers and I rather than gaining mutant powers from the bite of a radioactive spider, so I've always had a hard time relating to Spider-Man.
I exist in a 3 Dimensional world and can't relate to characters that only exist in 2 Dimensions. So that's why I don't buy his comics any more.
**These "relatable" comments are seriously the best part about this poll **
I can't relate to Spider-Man because he no longer has a mullet. That's why I don't buy his comics anymore.
When Peter got married, it felt like the logical progression of a storyline that had a long development. I enjoyed the pre-marriage Spider-Man stories, as well as the post-marriage stories. What I don't like is undoing substantial character development because some people wanted the character to never grow up.
The modern focus on major events one after another has derailed many books. They're fun to read, but you invariably feel betrayed at the end of an arc.
You're all completely wrong. Peter Parker should be married to Gwen Stacy. Any other answer is totally unacceptable — which, again, is why I stopped reading Spider-Man comics in 1975 and haven't gone back to them since.
All this proves is those who whine loudest spend more time voting in internet polls. Shocking!
I can'r relate to Spider-Man because he is a North-American and I'm European.
The bigger question is: Do you prefer Spider-Man still saddled with a 200-year-old aunt who was close to death 50 years ago but steadfastly refuses to die, despite multiple opportunities and false alarms, or would you like frail Aunt May to finally pass on to her final reward (……only to return to life again,………oh Marvel……..)
I can no longer relate to Spider-Man because I have organic web shooters and he doesn't anymore
Spider-Man was great from his first appearance. Growth has zilch to do with it. Marriage supporters don't support growth, they just support a very rigid status quo, actually the longest period of ungrowth in their words.
I'm sorry, Lawrence–CLEARLY Peter Parker should be married to Betty Brant. That's why I haven't read Spider-Man since 1964.
I voted "married". I've been reading Spidey since the early 70's and have enjoyed him as a bachalor as well as married. I agree with many here that it the story that matters not his "status". While I thought the OMD story was crap i have enjoyed BND (mostly) and Big Time but with a few exceptions none of the stories being told depend on his marital status and could have easily been told with him still married.
Either way…I still enjoy the book and will continue to buy it regardless. I CAN relate to the character in either form and feel Slott is doing a great job currently.
I just want good stories.
I'm the head of a spy agency and trot the globe battling villains. he's a street hero stuck in New York, that's why I can't relate to him.
It is funny poll results are tried to be used as the voice of the reader. It clearly is not as seen by the fact that were we to really pay attention to all the whining and soap boxing and then contrast it with what sells, then you get a highly different picture. And why should people who don't buy comics, and who hold onto ideas because of sentiment and nostalgia hold to ransom a new readership who demand more of the product? Spiderman if he is written well could marry Gwen Stacy this time around. It is worse having maintain a status quo and yet the writing is bad or it does nothing to progress a character. The Superman marriage was a great example of that. Fifteen years of marriage they had and they still couldn't make Superman really interesting. If your product is not selling or being competitive, then something is wrong. You don't continue to do what you do. Simple as that.
And why should people who don't buy comics, and who hold onto ideas because of sentiment and nostalgia hold to ransom a new readership who demand more of the product? Spiderman if he is written well could marry Gwen Stacy this time around.
In case you haven't actually been reading the comics (but have opinions about them anyway), the "do-over" aspect of Brand New Day does not actually extend to Gwen Stacy being alive again. (Not yet, in any case.) They haven't literally started Spider-Man continuity all over again–just parts of it.
Someone said it was good to see "Peter growing up and getting married just like everyone else"; the only problem is he isn't just like everyone else. He is a comic book character and should be ageless.
If Peter aged like everyone else, he would be around 65 years old now and probably have grand kids (this is saying he was around 16 years old when he became Spidey in 1962). Not to mention Batman and Superman who were created in the 1930s; they would probably be dead by now (at least Batman since he's human – he was created in 1939 and if he was 25 then, he would be 97 now). This is why comic book characters should be ageless and not do the things "everyone else does" regarding normal life like getting married.
Marvel comic book characters were ageless up to about 20 to 30 years ago, then the people who became in charge of Marvel, and who also grew up reading Spider-Man, wanted Peter to grow up "just like them", so they made him get older and get married "just like them". They took the immortality of Peter and of comic characters away.
So does this mean in another another 50 years kids will be reading the adventures of a "middle aged Spider-Man" dealing with the expenses of having a couple of kids in college and concerns of being able to retire? It will certainly happen if "aging creative teams" continue to "age" comic book heroes. I think DC has learned this lesson; that comic characters are for all generations and should be ageless. This is why they are starting completely over with their heroes and their titles.
The main reason I voted 'married' is because I don't like the idea that Marvel has that Spider-man can't move forward.
Personally I like to see character evolution and Peter has always been the kinda guy who wanted to settle down and start a family.
I think the BND era brought great stories but it still feels like Peter is being kept static as a character. I get the argument of why Marvel feels they need to do this, but it just makes the character less interesting to me.
@kellraiser "Marvel comic book characters were ageless up to about 20 to 30 years ago, then the people who became in charge of Marvel, and who also grew up reading Spider-Man, wanted Peter to grow up 'just like them'."
Actually, Marvel character's did develop and visibly age to an extent – Peter Parker, for example, finishes high school fairly early into the series' run. This began to change around the late 80s/90s.
I have a huge frickin' head, so I can't relate to a tiny-skulled idiot like Spider-Man.
First JMS was a wonderful writer. One of the best to work on Spiderman ever.
Second, Dan Slott is a wonderful writer who probably ranks right up there with JMS.
Third, I want the marriage back if this is an all or nothing vote. But could there be a third option-the one Mr. Slott appears to be heading for? The Carlie-Mary Jane competition has got my attention. It's a really good story and dramatic device.
It's silly to think single people can't relate to a married Spiderman.
Lets face it. A single Spidey is useless. All of his relationships are doomed to fail. I like Spidey married to MJ because she covers for him and is the only one who can put up with his life (most of the time).
The problem is that I still see them as married, because the timeline in Spider-Man now is a false timeline created by a devil in a corrupt deal. By comic-book logic, everything in the current comics is wrong and not meant to happen. The universe can't be put right until the timeline is repaired.
Not to mention the fact that Peter & Mary were morons to agree to any deal with a devil, let alone a deal to save the life of someone who seemingly has been living on death's doorstep for all of her existence and thus preventing their future children from existing. A deal that Aunt May would have seen as a betrayal of everything she lived for.
It's not a big deal to me whether PP is married or single. It is a big deal to me that in current continuity everything that happens to Spiderman is one, big, false, lie.
I'd be much more likely to buy the comic if they had just rebooted the character.
@Dayfan So you really only read comics about people who are married?
I voted married for three reasons:
1. Marvel claimed that the majority of readers "can't relate" to a married Spider-Man, but we did for a decade — even through poorly executed story lines like "The Clone Saga," which the present administration doesn't see as a bad thing (not when people come up and say they love it). Moreover, Spider-Man WAS married through the relaunch that Quesada was so proud of too.
2. Marvel claimed the marriage made writing good Spider-Man stories hard — but that's an excuse, since Stan Lee can do it on a daily basis with the regular strip. JMS couldn't, and present editorial didn't feel like others, but either Stan is a much better writer than them all or they're just not willing to come up with ways to involve MJ in his life.
3. Worst of all, the last decade has underlined the Gwen Stacy connection, bringing in clones, focusing on her during M-Day (and a What If?), and now making a Gwen-like Carley the main love interest. (Think about it: blonde, pretty, loves science….) And that's not done anything to boost the stories.
PLUS, I feel that having seen Peter mope after May's death vs Peter mope after MJ's death — both of which were in stories before — MJ has the stronger hold on his heart, so this decision wasn't keeping with any of the characters.
Had we seen them grow apart, maybe that would have helped. But a quick snap of Mephisto's fingers? Hell no. They had to backtrack with another story because under this scenario, Wolverine would be next for getting help with his anger, Cap over Bucky, etc. and there's everything to say that it's good.
Because everyone knows the Marvel way is to make a deal with the devil rather than deal with it in your stories. :goodgrief:
Last time I checked Peter Parker was dead and Spider-Man's name was Miles Morales. I don't know what book you guys are reading, but it sounds awful.
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I think everyone should just buy Spider-man no matter what. It doesn't matter what his status is and it doesn't matter what the stories are, we just need to keep the Spider-man train running. Marvel should just print a cover and blank pages and tell the world their characters matter and are the most important ones in comics. Also: increase the price. How about 8.99 for twelve pages? That'll work.
Carry on, Spidey!
Wow, I'm really surprised "Married" prevailed with "Spidey 2099″ being the only readable post-McFarlane Spidey book up until 2001's "Coming Home". And heck, I'd take that arc back if it meant we'd never see Spidey enduring everything he has up until Slott's current run (it's pretty good, but only when Ramos is drawing).
I would have voted "Single" in an instant if not for the wording "his current single state".
I don't think anything gets remotely close to the Ditko (and Lee, I guess) run on the character but if I had to pick a 2nd favorite run it is a married one in the Michelinie/McFarlane years.
I just think the marriage was inevitable with Gwen having passed as well as comics readership aging and fracturing into the direct market throughout the 80s. I mean, what other character could Marvel had married and gained the same mainstream media coverage, especially in the late 80s when speculator stunts were just in their infancy? The beat DC to the punch on Supes really…
I like the Spider-titles more now under Steve Wacker's editorship than I did over the past several years. Yeah, it's too bad that MARY JANE made that deal with Mephisto, but it happened – it's done. It's comics. If I want to read about a married Spider-Man, I've got a longbox full of those stories.
My Uncle Ben taught me that with great power comes no responsibility, so I can't relate to Spider-Man.
I cannot relate to this poll because I cannot read
The problem is that the character is now completely unrelatable not because Marvel (whomever was deciding what did or did not happen in the last decade) just didn't care if their material was any good. Seriously, Spider-man's had a lot of bad stories to go with the good, but can you imagine a story where Spider-man has died by 'some guy' then come back to life with no explanation (because he's magic, you see) and then new stuff seems to happen to him every month, yet it never goes anywhere. The world finds out who he is, yet it's only mentioned a few times. It's like they stopped caring about the quality of their material.
Oh yeah, and that terrible OMD thing. They don't even care enough to acknowledge how bad it was. They just do it again. OMIT. Do they even care anymore?
Simple truth is any of the stories since the damn stupid "devil deal" would have worked just as well with a married Spider-Man and MJ and been just as good, as has been oft stated above. I think Marvel went with the "let's have him expose his identity to the world" idea and wrote themselves into a corner and thought they could kill two birds with one stone by retconning the marriage and making his identity secret at the same time. Now we have a Peter Parker with the morals of James Bond, which is no morals at all. Can't wait for the issue where he becomes H.I.V. positive, or gets some other STD; he'd deserve it. Again, as said above, bad stories during much of the married years, better stories since which would have worked equally fine with P.P. married. And the deal with the devil sucked. And JMS' stories, especially P.P.'s desperation once Aunt May was shot, and his prison confrontation with the Kingpin, "Back in Black" and all that, were some of the most compelling I've read since the beginning, and AF #15 was my first Spidey; I've seen 'em all. But let's face it, Marvel didn't know how to get P.P. back to a secret identity status quo so did what they did. Stupid stupid stupid stupid!
Well, if they keep having these polls every few years, eventually all the people who remember a married Spider-Man will be dead… and the 27 Spider-Man fans left will vote unanimously for a single Spidey — the one they grew up readiing.
Then Quesada and Wacker can both do their victory CBR interview — entitled "We TOLD you so!" — before announcing the title's cancellation; quoting the 27 copies sold monthly as insufficient to keep the book afloat.
Soon followed by JMS' victory CBR interview, also entitled "I TOLD you so!"
Joe Q has a history of underestimating his audience. Instead of a slow breakdown of a marriage that 'should' work, and ends in divorce we get a cheap parlor trick employing one of Marvel's semi-omniscient characters conveniently. There is no history between Mephisto and Peter, none….please, tell me if I'm wrong. Here's the problem with Spiderman that goes back to at least 1984, every time there is a groundbreaking change in the character, some 'cosmic' event eventually happens and hits the reset button. According to Joe Q this characters primary appeal is that he is supposed to be down-to-earth and relatable…nice try lazy, I love heavy metal music but, I don't buy a demon erasing his marriage….you took the EASY way out…when you could have had the comic book story of the century of a marriage SLOWLY disintegrating affecting every facet of Peter and MJ's life. What I would love to see is a return to several story-threads running concurrently for longer than 6 issues. I collect comics because I love reading them, and Marvel seems to be convinced that I read comics because I love collecting them. Lastly, is anyone else tired of seeing Wolverine and Spiderman everywhere?
@Jon Yeager: did you not read the article that said that 2,491 people voted for "not married." I believe you'll find 2,491 is a bigger number then 27 (unless my maths is really off today). An many of us voted not for "not married" so much as we voted for "not married to MJ."
Frankly Peter Parker was never "married:" Oh sure, he had a wedding, but then once that was done he just went on being single, but with this annoying red head who complained a lot. The two of them had nothing in common, didn't seem to actually like each other all that much & never seemed to plan any sort of future together. They both just went on being single, but together.
I prefer him gay.
When I was bitten by a radioactive spider, it only gave me a nasty rash, so that's why I can't relate to him….
Seriously, though, as much as I love Dan Slott's work on the book (one of the few comics I can actually get around here these days), I liked him better when he was married. (Granted, I liked him best when he was shacking up with The Black Cat, but that wasn't one of the options, now, was it?)
@Matthew Lane: Wow, do you really need for me to explain how my hypothetical future scenario was written tongue-in-cheek, and that the number "27" was not intended to be taken literally?
Really, dude? You need me to explain how I was being facetious with my prediction, to make a point that seems to have flown right over your head?
If you want to take things literally, then I'll point out that your 2,491 people aren't enough to keep *any* book from getting cancelled. But that would be a preposterous argument. Kinda like another one I just read…
There should be a poll on the funniest comments in this thread.
I no longer read Spider-Man because I believe he should be married to Flash Thompson. And I also believe that JJJ should revert his surname to that of his ancestors who came over from Europe, so he can be J. Jonah Jingleheimer-Schmidt.
And I also believe that JJJ should revert his surname to that of his ancestors who came over from Europe, so he can be J. Jonah Jingleheimer-Schmidt.
Hey, that's my name too!
Of course then we'd have to face the inevitable stories about how he's related to the Red Skull … and I'm sure they'd manage to cram Wolverine in there somehow too.
I wonder how the Brand New Day team would have handled the series if OMD had not happened before it was OMIT-ed.
I can't relate to –
Wait, Peter Parker is Spiderman?
My name is not hyphenated so I can't relate to Spider-Man.
The question really is not wether the BND stories are better than what came before, (and frankly when I look at these stupid events they are having in the Spidey-verse all the time, I don't really think the stories can be that much better)., no the question is wether there is even one good or great story which couldn't have been written with a married Spidey (or maybe with a divorced or split-up Peter).
And I doubt it!
I don't see how I would be able to enjoy any Spidey-Story where he is not (or has not been) married to MJ, as the marriage is essential to the character for me.
@Googam son of Goom Do I just follow "married people" comics? That would be silly of me. I mean, other than Blondie in the comic strips my choices would be very limited, right? I couldn't resist snarking on this at least once since everybody else has expressed their opinion over the years with varying amounts of decorum. I read most of the discussions but stay out of them mostly. I didn't agree with OMD, I stopped buying/reading the new stuff. But that's just me.
I think everyone pretty much agrees most of the '90s stories sucked and would have still sucked, married P.P. or not. And most agree the mostly good to great Spidey stories of the 00s would still be just as good if P.P. were still married and Aunt May had been allowed to die, or even miraculously survived in some manner…maybe the blood transfusion from P.P. back in some silver age story. I guess everyone at Marvel thinks kids can't relate to characters if they're married, maybe not even their parents if they're married. Sad, sounds like Marvel is being written by a bunch of bastards (traditional meaning). OMD was a colossal mistake, and I'm not altogether sure kids, even today, relate that much to a sexually immoral P.P. doing it with just about everybody. Guess the "ol' Parker luck" simply doesn't apply to our "hero" whenever it applies to the "score" department. Sorry, I'm no prude, but I certainly can't relate to THAT. Or a deal with someone like Mephisto, which came out of nowhere. Bad bad bad writing and does force one to vote with one's dollars.
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We should have another one like … Scott with Jean or Emma??
If Parker had never gotten married, I would say keep him single. But since he's been married, I'd like to see him stay married and work out THOSE problems. Married life comes with a few.
I actually would like to see peter parker and MJ married again because their marriage just felt real in the way they interacted.
When I was single I could relate to a married Peter Parker. SpiderMan was continuous. The retconn is like rewriting reality because you can, it shows a profound lack of creativity, and an almost childish behaviour – walking away from a problem, often perceived poorly. It also shows undedicatedness to a cause. I can't wait till they make him so politically corect and so relatable that the character is going to be a industry trademarked character that nobody cares about. But if DC's doing why should Marvel refrain from trying to see how it is when people leave?
Unfortunately, those of us who would like the marriage to stay can't fire Quesada. But, we might be some marvel stock, become an association, become important stockholders and they might listen to us. Of course this is fantasy.
Hopefully, someone else might see the light in the future. For me, the SpiderMan canon stops before OMD (One More Day).
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Hendersonville Little Theatre will hold open auditions for Seussical the musical, based on the works of Dr. Seuss with book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
These auditions are for adults and children of all ages and ethnicity. There are principal roles available for five to nine men, seven to 11 women and one boy. Many ensemble and character roles are also available.
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Next Stop: Pickyville
Last week I mentioned my "Oh Wow!" strategy to help encourage healthy eating when R and G are slow to eat their vegetables. It works a lot of the time, but I think I may need to have a few more tricks up my sleeve.
Anyone with more than one child can attest that two children from the same parents can be as different as the East is from the West--even when the kids are the same gender. R is my little vegetarian-in-training, who loves tofu, beans and anything with (brown) rice. G is a carnivore. Meat, meat, meat is what he craves. It is amazing.
R has always been a fairly good eater, and I didn't realize how easy I had it with him until G started turning his nose up at some Sweet Pea Family standbys, such as this week's guacamole recipe, and other favorites.
Lately G has become even pickier, and I have started to seek out some more outside advice. This article from the American Academy of Pediatrics really drove home some good points.
Food strikes and food jags are G's favorite food-time challenges. What are your challenges feeding your little ones?
Yes, each kid has individuality even for twins. Good parenting needs to meet each kid's unique needs. I share some my thoughts on "Guide Kids by their Individuality" at http://www.parents-and-kids.com/blog/en/topics/guide-kids-by-their-indiv...


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I'm dual booting Windows and Mac ML, and I'm try to access a file on both operating systems. This file is a song file with japanese characters in it. Windows has no issues accessing this file, however Mac refuses to list the files in Finder. The file is listed when using the
ls command on both Windows and Mac. On Mac this file cannot be opened to be read. Mac currently uses Tuxera for NTFS drives, but I have it disabled for the drive that this file is located on.
Here are the things I've tested:
In python, I went into the directory containing the music file using
os.chdir, then proceeded with
os.listdir(u'.'). All the files are listed including the music file. I copy the filename of the problematic file into a variable
m. I attempt to open it with
open(m, 'rb') but receive a file-not-found exception. So I take
m and create an empty file elsewhere, like on my desktop on Mac which has the HFS+ case-sensitive filesystem. It can read and write, and I was able to delete it from the desktop successfully. I repeated the procedure to create the file on my desktop elsewhere, like on my external hard drive that is formatted as NTFS and yielded the same results.
The drive of the folder of the problematic file has the Tuxera driver disabled, and the external hard drive I used to test the creation of a file with the same name has it enabled. I decided to test again after disabling Tuxera on the external and found no problems creating/reading/writing the test file with the same name.
The filename of the file in question is as below:
u'03 \u5929\u79e4 \uff5e\u5f37\u304b\u3099\u308a\u306a\u79c1 x \u5f31\u304b\u3099\u308a\u306a\u541b\uff5e.flac'
I just want to know if this is a bug with Tuxera or not.


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A day in the life of the Aquarium
24 March 2014 by Alyster
Hello, I'm Alyster, an aquarist at World Museum. Today I'm going to tell you a bit about a 'typical' day working in the Aquarium – although each day can be very different from the last! I'm not the only aquarist who works at the museum. Myself and Ben (who has a starring role in the video below) take care of the majority of the husbandry, with help from our boss Paul, who isn't afraid to get his hands dirty and is happy to relay his 15+ years of experience as an aquarist. Read more…
Meet our clownfish (aka Nemo!)
18 March 2014 by Alyster
Hi, I'm Alyster and I'm an aquarist at the Aquarium at World Museum. Over the next few months I'm going to introduce you to some of the fish in our Aquarium. I'll be picking out the characters from the film 'Finding Nemo' and telling you more about the real fish behind the animation!
I'm going to start with the characters Nemo, Marlin and Coral, who are all clownfish.
It's safe to say our clownfish are one of the most popular fish in our aquarium, and often draw the most attention. Children and adults a like will point with glee and exclaim "NEMO!" It's no surprise given the massive success of the film and the iconic look the clownfish has. Read more…
New residents at the Aquarium are a cuttle above
24 January 2013 by Angela
Here's Alyster Chapman, Education Demonstrator at the Aquarium, to tell you about some new inhabitants at World Museum…
There are some new animals to come and see at the Aquarium, the common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis). Though the name tries to suggest it, these animals are not fish at all, but molluscs, they're related to octopus, squids and nautiluses, and more related to a garden snail than a fish. When we first got these cuttles in they were only a few cm in length, we fattened them up in the back and waited till they were feeding fine and grown on to put them out. They're currently around 6cm in length. Read more…
European Shark Week!
12 October 2012 by Lisa
There's something fishy going on… it's shark week at World Museum! Here's Education Demonstrator Alyster Chapman to tell us more:
It's that time of year again when Europe celebrates European Shark Week. We will be having shark activities this weekend, 13-14 October, at World Museum.
Celebrate World Oceans Day
6 June 2012 by Lisa
Our staff from the aquarium don't just work at World Museum, they also head out into the city – and sometimes to the River Mersey – to help spread the word about the importance of looking after our marine life.
This week Alyster Chapman, an Education Demonstrator at the aquarium, is looking forward to celebrating World Oceans Day…
On Friday 8 June, the aquarium team will be heading down to Liverpool One with some of our more outgoing animals to celebrate World Oceans Day. Come down and find us for the chance to get up close to our rock pool animals and even touch some of them! Read more…
You'll never look at sharks the same way again!
Here's our Education Demonstrator at the Aquarium, Clare Allen, to tell us about her favourite sea animal – the shark! We have some great shark-related activities coming up at World Museum, so read on to find out more…
Me and the rest of the aquarium team are busy gearing up for this years European Shark Week. We are particularly excited this year as we are screening the award-winning film 'Shark Water' as well as running some fantastic sharky activities. Every year we join up with The Shark Trust to put on activities for European Shark Week – find out about all our sharky fun this year on our 'Wonderful World' events page.
When people ask me what my favourite animal in the sea is I have to say the shark. They are truly amazing and charismatic animals, thought they are hugely misunderstood. They have been on this earth since before the dinosaurs and come in all shapes and sizes. My very favourite shark is the Whale Shark. Thought to grow over 20 meters in length it is the largest fish in the sea, but this gentle giant eats only plankton. Read more…
'Perfect chemistry' for new coral display
8 July 2011 by Lisa
We always like to let you know when we get some new additions to the World Museum, so here's our Aquarium Manager Paul Tyson to tell us about his latest news:
On 15 July, we will be welcoming 100 guests for a special evening event at World Museum. Members of the marine hobbyist forum 'Salty Box' will be coming to donate coral fragments to the aquarium for the newly built coral propagation unit.
The unit involves the latest lighting and filtration methods utilising natural ecosystems to maintain perfect water chemistry for these delicate animals to grow. In return the Salty Box members will be given exclusive access to the aquarium and a tour behind the scenes. Read more…
New arrivals at World Museum
11 May 2011 by Lisa
Here's Paul Tyson, our Team Leader at the Aquarium, to tell us about some new arrivals at World Museum…
I'm very pleased that we now have four Atlantic wolf fish, who have come to the World Museum aquarium from the MacDuff Aquarium in Scotland.
The Atlantic wolf fish (Anarhichas lupus), also known as the sea wolf, is a marine fish, the largest of the wolf fish family. It has been known to grow to nearly five feet in length.
I have been keen to bring wolf fish to the aquarium since I started in November. They are extraordinary-looking creatures and I have a bit of a soft spot for them as I have worked with them for 15 years! Feeding time for the wolf fish is fun as these aggressive animals have some serious teeth. However, despite their fearsome appearance Atlantic wolf fish are only a threat to humans when defending themselves out of the water. They also produce a natural antifreeze to keep their blood moving in their cold ocean habitat. Read more…
Green monster loose in the World Museum
11 June 2010 by Lisa
Ever wondered what might happen if one of the animals in the museum escaped? To continue our celebration of the World Museum's 150th anniversary, we have asked Senior Education Manager of sciences, Mike Graham to tell us about one of his memories from working in the Aquarium in the 1970s…
I started in 1972 at the museum in Liverpool when it was the city museum. We had 26 four-foot, cube shaped, aquaria displaying temperate and tropical marine fish, invertebrates and temperate and tropical freshwater fish. We also had a number of displays of snakes lizards, spiders and other invertebrates. It was a brilliant place to work and in those days it was at the cutting edge of aquarium technology. Every day was different with something new to see and experience. We accepted numerous donations from the general public with surprising results.
We were once offered a large green Iguana which had out grown its owner's home. It's owner told us that it was about 4.5 foot long – which we assumed was an exaggeration – and when she appeared with a tiny zipped shopping bag, we thought our assumptions were correct. I made the big mistake of opening it in the public gallery to have a quick look and this 4.5 foot monster poked its head and shoulders out of the bag. How she got it in there in the first place was beyond me! It scanned the area in a nonchalant sort of way and then leapt out and scuttled off down the gallery. We had a marble floor and it wasn't really able to run on this surface, so it made loads of noise which alerted the visitors and of course lead to absolute pandemonium. I rugby tackled it at the end of the corridors and managed to get back into the lab area. Read more…
From pyramids to underwater exploration
29 April 2010 by Kay C
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Our Public Lecture Series on Thursday afternoons at World Museum got off to a flying start last week. It continues today, with two great topics: at 2pm – The Recovery of a Fragment of an Egyptian Pyramid; and 2.30pm – Raywatch: Angling for Data. The talks will take place in the Treasure House Theatre and admission is free. See you later!


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Here's a fishtail pommel Type XII sword.
*-* So beautiful! I used here for a drawing. Tell me if you are not agree, I'll delete it. ^^ swordcapricorn.deviantart.com/…
Thats sword looks like its from House Tully
Oh god!<3 What a beautiful piece.
I like this one. How much did it cost for you?
This one I made for a customer as part of a special sale pricing a while ago. Best to give me a call or e-mail (can be found on odinblades.com) to discuss current pricing.
how do you affix the pommel to the tang? I'm going to apprentice to a smith this winter and would appreciate any tips you could give me
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Beasts and Maidens
Beasts and Maidens
The air was hot and humid, and a faint smell of alcohol lingered. It was night, and only two candles burned in the room, casting a pale glow that flickered over the wood-paneled walls. There were four people in the room, three of whom were gathered around the woman lying in the roughly-hewn wooden bed. The off-white sheets appeared brown in the dim light.
Sweat beaded on the woman's forehead, and her young daughter mopped it away with a dry white cloth. The little girl cringed back when the woman moaned, moving to sit in the chair at the bedside. She hated seeing her mother like that, and it scared her.
"Just one more push," the midwife encouraged her. "You're almost there. Just one more."
The woman gripped her husband's hand hard enough to turn his fingers purple, but he knew better than to complain. His wife was in far more pain than he was.


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