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Chris from Cardigan, Wales
I've had the Dark Adventure Radio Theatre adaptation of "At The Mountains of Madness" now for about a month, and so far I've listened to it about 30 times.I do agree with certain reviews that I read prior to purchasing this, that the radio interference effects on some of the Antartic transmissions were a bit over powering, and yes I did have to strain to hear what was being said but suffice to say this does not detract from tha quality and sheer excellence of this radio drama.The Acting is superb and the sounds effects add all the atmosphere you could need, I have sat listening to this in my kitchen on several evenings and lost myself, visualising the scenes as I listen to them, in the story.This is a great peice of work, and well worth the money. I will be buying the other 3 stories, based on my experience of ATMOM and I hope the HPLHS will do some other stories, or a compilation of shorter stories, on one CD as I would love to hear their take on "The Haunter of the dark" as that is my favourite lovecraft story followed by Pickmans Model, or even "the picture in the house" a very short story but one that evokes such fear and terror, especially if told well.Keep up the good work!
Check out my full review at Epinions.com
The one caveat is that in some sections the distortion effect on the voices simulating static from poor radio reception, is sometimes so overpowering it renders the passage unintelligable.
But without doubt this a sheer delight for any fan of Lovecraft, nay, any fan of horror.
Production values-10 out of 10.Nice touches, the faux radio relays to Antarctica were excellent.(I'm a ham radio operator, KE7RYM.)
Fact-checking and background materials- 8 out of 10. I know, if I'm willing to believe in shuggoths I shouldn't have a problem with pilots flying over 20K feet without oxygen.
Overall, excellent, it held and holds my interest, I've ordered two other audio dramas, the movies, etc. and am happy with all of your treatments of Lovecraft.
It might be interesting to hear the "other" side of the story, as told by the poor entombed creatures awakened from their slumber by a curious and primitive bipedal species.
Adapting the stories of HP Lovecraft to other media has always been a thankless & mostly futile task. But the creators of this adaptation have succeeded wonderfully, because they had the sense to recreate the times & atmosphere in which Lovecraft wrote, setting his tale in context.
By recreating the glory days of radio drama, right down to the static & commercials & slightly over-the-top acting style of the 1930s. You can practically hear the vacuum tubes warming up when you put this CD on to play! The attention to detail & authenticity is truly astounding, from beginning to end. You'll swear that you're listening to something contemporary with Orson Welles' famed "War of the Worlds" broadcast.
At the same time, they don't focus so much on details that they lose sight of the story. Everything is in service to Lovecraft's vision of an ancient, titanic city in frozen waste of the Antarctic mountains, created by weird alien beings & their monstrous servants, now long dead ... or are they? The hapless expedition of mere mortal men will discover the horrifying truth before long!
So settle down in a cozy chair, turn the lights down low, and enter the theater of the imagination. But be prepared for some chills! For both horror & classic radio fans, this is a treat. Highly recommended!
This said, when the Dunwich Horror was announced, I hopped on it. I've heard the first Radio show based off the story, and this one beats it hands down, especially with the additional content which really adds to the story in general. I'm tickled pink!
I did have a little trouble hearing the radio transmissions at the beginning, so I had to lean in more closely to the speakers, but then I realized that this is exactly what listeners had to do in the 1930s - they had to lean in as closely as possible to the radio so they could catch even the faintest of transmissions from the bottom of the earth . . .
Great work!
As an aside I would like to thank you for the Lovecraft works you have done. I use to play Call of Cthulhu, but after moving to a new area haven't found anyone interested in it. The radio plays have helped satiate the desire to know things man was not meant to know.
Thanks and keep up the great work.
Years later I went back to his work and found it all the more thrilling and horrific. My younger mind couldn't pick up the subtle terror of the unknown that I believe Lovecraft mastered.
When I discovered one of his greatest works and one of his view 'novels' had been turned into a Radio Drama, I leapt at the chance. This is not just a 'reading' of the Mountains of Madness, it is an honest to goodness radio drama done in the style of the 1930's when radio was king and cigarettes were just darn good for ya! The voice acting, music and sound effects work to take the Mountains of Madness to where modern film could not go. The radio drama leaves much for the listener to imagine, the same as the written work. While film often destroys imagination by 'showing' you horror, the radio drama simply guides you into your own nightmareish visions.
Is the radio drama perfect? No. The beginning is a bit repetative with a series of 'World Wide News' stories which set the backdrop of the tale. A listener might get a bit frustrated hearing the morse code and musical jingle of the radio station over and over. However, once Professor Dyer begins his tale in earnest, listeners are left with the frozen wastes of Antarctica, the wonder of a forotten city, and the horror of what truly happened to Professor Lake.
What lies beyond the Mountains of Madness await and I strongly reccomend you let Dark Adventure Radio take you there!
Its a spooky feeling going about my ordinary life as a witless mortal with one of Lovecrafts stories in my ears. Yes, as soon as Ive heard it, (and after sobbing and weeping in a cold shower and traumatic stress management classes) Ill be glad to tell you how good it was! I love the Props. I was sitting on a train, with the disc a-playing in my ears, and looking thru the props when the man in the seat behind mine asked me what they were.I let him have a look thru them, hes never heard of Lovecraft but he was way interested. I finger them lovingly from time to time.
While the entire production from beginning to end was attended to with the highest professionalism, love of source material, and exceptional production values we've come to expect from these rogues, I do have one small complaint regarding the narration. There were times when it felt unnecessary, and a point or two where it intruded on the tension of the scene and briefly drew me out of the full immersion only audio plays can create.
Otherwise, top notch. Can't wait for Dunwich Horror. Now stop patting yourselves on the back, HPLHS, and get back to work! I command it! (Peace)
As for the radio play itself, I thought it was amazing. I love audio-drama, and this was really atmospheric. I've only recently discovered H. P. Lovecraft, and I'm busy reading his stories, though I haven't got to At the Mountains of Madness just yet. If the radio drama is anything to go by, it should be great!
The production values of the show seemed really high - certainly on a par with the best audio stuff I have heard. I can't wait for The Dunwich Horror! Perhaps I can get that one read before I get the play, though I don't want to hurry through it.
While I'm here, I may as well also say how much I enjoyed the HPLHS film 'Call of Cthulhu'. I had just read the story, so it was great to be able to go straight onto the film. At times it reminded me of films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and the original King Kong! Wonderful!
But yeah - At the Mountains of Madness - brilliant!
The script was extremely clever (although I will nitpick and confess that I miss Danforth's raving about "the colour out of space" after his terrible glimpse over the Forbidden Peaks; it always struck me as one of HPL's finest cross-references). I especially like the "teaser" aspect of the initial portion setting up Dyer's firsthand account. Truly a fine adaptation, and worthy of being rated with Orson Welles' magnificent adaptation of "War of the Worlds" for sheer radio theater (although it's much truer to its source than Welles' script was!)
I might also mention the nicely-done enclosures -- they add the perfect finishing touch. All in all, a wonderful follow-up to "Cthulhu."
Haunting, dramatic and very true to the original intent of H.P. Lovecraft's story of exploration and horror, this is a MUST BUY for any fan of the story.
The cast and crew of this fantastic radio adaptation should certainly be proud of what they've done, and I look forward to listening to any work they do in the future.
I hope you guys get the next one out soon.
My girlfriend said to me that my dream come trues...and now I'm living in Arkham as I always wanted.
I recommend this CD with eyes closed and no thinking twice!The magic of touch, see and feel the props it can't be explained.
Thanx a lot guys...
Desde Santiago "del Yermo Frio"
ps: para los que quieran comprar desde Chile, a me tomó solo 2 semanas de espera y llegaron en excelente estado, además el sistema de compra es muy eficiente.
This one was amazing! Good adaptation, and had the right sounds and qualities like it was done in the style of Orson Wells' War of the Worlds.
Good job, and do some more!
A few weeks back I blogged on the HPLHS version of "Call of Cthulhu". It was sweet, in the way that only the insanely-tainted wine of dead aeons can be; but I neglected to mention that when I ordered CofC on DVD, I also ordered the HPLHS rendering, on CD and done as a radio drama, of "At the Mountains of Madness", which is my personal favorite HPL story of all time.
HPL wrote it as an homage to Poe; it was meant, in some ways, to be a sequel to Poe's "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket". Well, HPL couldn't make it short; in fact, it turned out to be the longest thing he ever wrote. It's longer than some pages of the reduced IRS tax code, yet shorter, less insane and much more readable than anything ever done by Jane Austen.
You'd have to be mad to convert it to any kind of performance drama.
Enter, again, the HPLHS.
Unlike CofC, they chose to render this title not as a period-piece silent movie; they decided instead to do it as a 30s-era radio play. Immediate comparisons to Welles's "War of the Worlds" might crop up; but they'd be way, way off the mark. For one thing, the WoftheW broadcast was about 40 minutes in duration; for another, in Welles's tale (as with Wells's) the Good Guys -- humans -- win.
The HPLHS version runs long, at 71 minutes; but that isn't meant to be a complaint. Though I believe I could have done without about half of the first fifteen minutes or so -- the announcer's regular nasal reminders we were listening to the Worldwide Wireless News got to be annoying, and the heavy bed of introduced static made some key points of dialogue nearly unintelligible, not to the advantage of the story -- overall I believe their rendering of "At the Mountains of Madness" is genuine to its intent, and it is pretty damned good, too.
ATMoM is, briefly, a tale of an Antarctic expedition which discovers something ghastly and hideous. HPL wrote it back when missions to Antarctica were still fairly new; and in the story his explorers find themselves plumbing bizarre, ancient and Cyclopean architecture. The constructs, we are told, are 35 to 50 million years old.
This is a simply stunning gulf of time by almost any standard, far outside what is considered in most SF or horror fiction; hell, even most religious works don't go back that far. Our own species is perhaps 160,000 years deep; yet HPL was writing blithely of times when our ancestors were little more than marmots and Terror Birds roamed the Americas.
Muhuminawah. And you can quote me on that, because when I say it, I mean it.
Aha, but here's the big nail. What HPL meant to write, in our corrected scale now of geological time, was that the buildings were about four billion years old.
I'll tell you how I know that in a minute.
The narrative takes us to the unplumbed depths of Antarctica, vast frozen wastes which are pierced by jagged-toothed mountains so high the explorers' planes can barely surmount them ... and in some places, they see evidence of regular stone outcrops, geometric deliberation -- however architecturally insane -- that show life and civilization was once present there.
One early probative group finds "fossils" which seem too well-preserved to be worthy of the epithet; they are still leathery of skin, barrel-shaped, with tentacles on the narrower ends, multiplane wings, and starfish-shaped heads. The expedition's huskies are barking madly at the discoveries, they begin to dissect one ... and then all contact is lost.
A rescue mission comes too late; the camp is a bloody mess, torn in disarray, the food stores ravaged in a lunatic, insensate fashion, dogs' carcasses strewn haphazardly across the snow -- and in the last of the tents, the medical/scientific one, they find something ghastly: A man, apparently deliberately dissected, but by someone either mad, or totally unaware of what human physiology and physiognomy are.
And several of the "fossils" appear to be missing.
A savvy culture of SF and horror knows, now, what this signifies; steeped in Campbell's "Who Goes There?" -- both movie versions named "The Thing", and both, like Campbell himself, obviously indebted to this story -- we know that our Antarctic explorers have found a damned, benighted starchild race that fell to Earth long before there were humans, and they are probably doomed for their insouciant curiosity.
Intrepid, our heroes probe further and find, behind a particularly-impassable range of peaks that can only be bested by chance and careful flying, a massive, ancient and largely ice-packed ruin of a city. They land there, find a way into its nether depths, and explore.
They discover, among other things, carvings along the walls which seem to show, through time, the development on Earth of a civilization whose members are not even remotely human -- and yet who, by fiat of biological engineering, developed a race of ameboid proto-animals dubbed shoggoths.
These shoggoths were the slaves of the master race, the Elder Things -- for a while. They could take almost any form, they were large and powerful and graced with rudimentary intelligence, and eventually they rebelled against their masters.
We've been trying to figure out for a long time how life came to be on Earth. We have our religious myths; and we have "panspermia", and we have Brin's "Uplift" -- but before the biology, after the religion, we had Lovecraft, calmly suggesting that life here came into being because it was needed to be a servant to an ancient, incredibly-advanced culture of entities.
That ties back into my earlier comment about how long ago the Elder Things visited Earth, according to HPL. In his day, Earth's age was gauged at a few tens of millions of years. When he wrote that his race of Elder Things came to Earth and began the entire process of evolution on an otherwise-sterile planet, 50 or 60 million years ago seemed about right.
We now know better, of course. There is simply no way a civilization that existed here at the dawn of our planet's epoch could have left buildings that would have survived four billion years of time -- and yet, and yet; it is a romantic and compelling thing to want to retcon HPL into, say, 65 million years ago, when an asteroid slammed into the Yucatan and extincted the dinosaurs.
Or did it? What if that was simply how it appeared? What if the Elder Things saw promise here and there, but decided the dominant life was too dangerous -- and used mass drivers to sterilize Earth, for all intents and purposes, so they could descend and use it as they saw fit?
But with the improbability of this shoved aside, again we're left with something new, something that had not existed in either SF or horror literature before HPL suggested it: That our world was not created by divine fiat, that life here occupies no special place in the universe, that we may exist simply as a kind of cosmic accident -- or a sort of macabre cosmic joke. The equivalent of a spilled test tube, improperly cleaned up.
This is not a story that lends itself well to the screen, though tragedies such as "Alien Vs. Predator" have tried. It's something to be relished, with logs crackling in the fireplace or kerosene lamps casting an uneven, sputtery glow, as words on the printed page -- or, quite possibly, as a radio dramatization.
HPLHS did a respectful, honest job in reworking "At The Mountains of Madness", and I can recommend it to any HPL fan.
Oh -- the CD jacket included some very nice little extras, not the least of which were some carefully- and lovingly-crafted replicas of "newspaper clippings" appropriate to the period for the story. As with their "Call of Cthulhu", the HPLHS reverence to time, place and setting were simply delightful in helping set the tone for my appreciation of their work. I am by title and preference a graphic artist, and I have to say that these touches were really beautifully done: Very convincing, very authentic. The Fleurs-De-Lys cigarette ad was especially amusing in context; and it caused me almost physical pain to part the "Miskatonic University Arctic Expedition" seal in order to open the jewel case.
A well-crafted, not-overwrought homage to 1930s radio drama that is meticulously true to its source, "At the Mountains of Madness" is a CD I will continue to listen to, Worldwide Wireless News and all, for years. I'm very glad I discovered it in the eldritch complexities of the internet, and I believe Lovecraft would have approved.
Turn off the TV. Silence the phones. Sleep the computers. Douse the lights. And listen, and feel the call of darkness all around you for an hour or so. Welcome the madness.
And if Something rattles at your front door, Something that slithers with tentacular horror, that seems to cackle with insane glee words you almost hear, almost understand, almost remember from your worst nightmares ... don't open it.
But, the item I was really looking forward to was the radio play. The props included in the packaging are wonderful - a newspaper clipping, sketches, and photos. That night, I popped the CD into my player and lay down in bed. As I lay in the darkness, my wife sleeping at my side, I listened to the drama unfold. I was quickly swept away by the story.
I have to say it's one of the best radio dramas that I have ever heard. The voices, sound effects, music, etc. all come together to plunge the listener into the world of HP Lovecraft and all done in the style of the classic radio broadcasts of the 1920's.
In a word: superb. I sincerely hope we'll be hearing more of these excellent shows from the HPLHS!
I bought this as a birthday gift for a friend. When I saw the CD, I decided to immediately order a copy for myself.
A week ago, I listened to it on a flight to Charleston, South Carolina. I was awe-struck by the quality of the production. on every level, it is amazing. When I returned to Las Vegas, I made plans to have friends over to listen to it.
Last night, a friend and I drove into the desert to watch the Perseid meteor shower. I took a boom box and this CD. As a light breeze whistled through the desert and stars fell overhead, we listened. The CD was even better the second time around. possibly the best Lovecraft experience I recall.
Thank you for this fabulous production.
PLEASE make more of these audio productions!
4 Generations of the oldest males in my Family tree all in the same room.
Before I continue I feel I must explain a few conditions. 3 of us have fough at our courntries request. My grandfather a Infantry Man in WW2, My father a Marine in both Vietnam and in Desert Storm and my Self Twice in this recent Iraq Conflict.
All three of us thought of our selves harden to the core. inable to be scared of anything, espacily not of sound from a radio speaker.
My son is only 5 (almost six) and I have never once sheltered him from scary movies. I've always felt that if sees Mosters and how fake they really are on TV and film he will not fear mosters of his mind in the dark and so far it worked like that. then again i may have very well distroyed this childs sanity doing so. But I'm getting off track.
Back to my story.
4 generations of my Family all in my grandfathers house listening to my ipod hooked up to my grandfathers Vintage looking CD player. 3 of us had near heart failure and the other was to totally entralled with the story he actually watch the Vintage looking Radio as if watching mindlessly unintelligent Cartoons on the TV Jaw dropped in amazement and wrapped into the story like nothing else.
My grandfather cried with a great big smile on his face when the final words where spoken, and the soft hum of the next track started to fade in my father was speachless for the entire car ride to our favorite Eatery, once we got out of the car my fatehr chould not stop talking about how his mind was blown by the story. The Poor Waitress must have though our party of four completely and utterly mad men/boy.
My son was stunned that he could actully see the situation unfold in his imagination and it delighted him to no end that he was actually capapbe of doing so. as I said before "Mindlessly unintelligent Cartoons" and I feel this rob children of their purest asset, the childlike imagination.
I being the only HP Lovecraft fan and the only one who has read any of his work. It may suprise many to know I've never once gotten around to reading ATMOM but now I will deffintly read it. Probally on the long flight over seas to my third deployment.
Along with this I'm going to order the CD to round out my HPLHS collection of this great work and to get the added little goodies that come with it, these I'll leave home as the CD may never make it back alive and may beed to be burried as a fallen soldier. if that happen I have no doubt in my mind I'll order another copy with duplicate Extras and all.
HPLHS, Myself and 2 other Soldiers Salute you for the fine work done on this product, no, this work of art. This really did all it said it would and so very much more. my son also asked that I empart his review. I'll quote him word for word.
"Dad. Tell them oh my gosh, that was so cool."
~Stephen P.
Thanks for job well done. I was greatly impressed by the production values and amused at the extras. Looking forward to your next effort. Doing it as a radio show presentation works excellent well. Most of the readings, are just that, straightforward readings of the texts. I am not sure how many of HPL's works can be adapted this way though I am sure many could be, "Dunwich Horror" comes to mind along with "Call of Cthulhu," and "Colour out of Space," as they are all include public events.
Thanks again,
RonIn Japan, but from Rhode Island.
Not so on this excellent dramatization of "At the Mountains of Madness" by the always reliable HPLHS.
Just when you think those talented rascals have peaked, they throw you a curve and out-do themselves at every turn.
Fraught with suspense, unbelievably realistic sound effects and outstanding performances done in the style of those great radio shows of yesteryear, ATMOM delivers on every level.
For those who have not yet read this Lovecraft classic, the radio adaption would be an excellent first listen to act as a primer to understand the enduring quality of the Old Gent's work.
Thanks again to the gang at HPLHS for giving us fans countless hours of top notch thrills and chills. Audiences of the thirties should have been so lucky to have heard this masterpiece, but I consider this generation's exposure to this modern/retro classic to set the standard, as usual, for all time.
As expected, entertaining. As always, inspiring.
I love those old radio drama and it captured the spirit of them really well.
I happen to know these august gentlemen and please, believe me when I write that, the accuracy, emotion and devotion which with they and their team of players and artists have given to the great H.P.L's fine novella "At The Mountains of Madness" cannot be praised highly enough. Were I at liberty to say which of the governmental agencies have given great and sincere attention to the discoveries made in the Antarctic by the Lake-Pabodie Expedition of 1931, why, I'd be driven into exile. Suffice to say, that, rush, do not saunter to purchase or downloand this fine "radio drama" for if this not be fiction, we should surely loose our collective minds, true this IS the anniversary of that master of weird fiction, a certain New England gentleman of Maine, no? Vermont? Rhode Island was it? Anywho, do not hesitate to pick up this fine piece of "fiction"
I, of course, write this review using a Sue De Nimes, as it were....
I hope to hear more of Lovecraft's tales in this format. It really brings the story to life. The fungi in my basement would also agree.
Now I'm very proud to wear my Miskatonic Antarctic Expedition Sweatshirt!
In short, the HPL Historical Society has made my winter.
Thanks again.
George, long time listener of Dark Adventure Radio Theater.
Seriously, it was brilliant!
Cannot wait for the next installment. And what about a soundtrack?
Boy I wish I had had this when I was running 'Beyond the Mountains...'last year, could have made for some nice archive radio handouts! Though come to think of it I guess recording facilities were in their very early days back then!!
To put it simply, It was GREAT! Well worth the money. Some of you might be familiar with an earlier attempt at a Radio Style drama of ATMOM, which was produced my Atlanta Radio Theater Co. Although I did like Atlanta Radio Theater Co version, Dark Adventure Radio Theater has far surpassed their predecessor.
This version of is just Great... I can't say it enough...GREAT GREAT GREAT! And for those Lovecraft purest out there, the radio play is incredibly faithful to the original material.
But your dramatization brings it to life -- in spades. Things I never appreciated about the tale, such as the extra-terrestrial look of the mountains, came across as never before. The radio transmission format added so much atmosphere -- not just the barking of the dogs and the howling of the wind, but a sense of how _distant_ the Antarctic was,like a Mars expedition.
The voice talent was first-rate. Doing the host as an upbeat tenor John Cameron Swayze type with a slight Yankee accent was absolutely perfect -- in period, and in every other way. The principal narrator's voice was also dead on target -- though I would note, since the word comes up in something like half of HPL's stories, that the preferred accent in "Cyclopean" is the third syllable, not the second; the other way is also acceptable, but third syllable is not only preferred but just fussier and more Lovecraftian.
Anyway -- loved it. A tremendous value at the download price, and now I'm wishing I'd sprung for the newspaper and other props.
As for the package, it's fantastic, from the photos to the newpaper clipping to the drawings. Let's not forget the Miskatonic University Expedition stamp on the enveloppe!
I am not anxiously awaiting your next productions!
P.s Even the package is a joy to recieve, the official M.U stamp on the outside!!! The photos,the clipping.As one gets older it is easy to become jaded and bored with things.You have bought sparkle and wonder back to the imagination.
It resurrected that wonderful frisson of fear that Lovecraft first induced in me when I read him as an adolescent over thirty years ago. The descent into the city of the Elder Things was authentically shudersome?. Keep up the good work.
Dear all,
I listened to the recently released "At the mountains of madness" audio play (see www.cthulhulives.org ). In short: I can strongly recommend it to all "weird fiction" readers, not only to HP Lovecraft fans. This has been produced with obvious love for the material and with a meticulous attention to detail. You can buy it as an mp3 download, but you really want the CD version that includes splendid props: a newspaper clipping, 2 photographs from the antarctic ruins, and a page from a sketchbook. This product is made by the people behind the splendid silent b&w "Call of Cthulhu" movie, and indeed they know how to appeal to HPL fans. These guys love to get the details right: the sticker that originally seals the CD box has a "Miskatonic University Antarctic Expedition" logo, the packaging has a similar stamp, the invoice stamp says "Our shoggoths thank you".
The story stays close to the source material, and the nice touch is that it is produced as a 1930s radio show. If Lovecraft had become more famous, he could have heard exactly this adaptation on his radio. The vocabulary of the radio hosts and guests is deliciously old-fashioned, and of course HPL's own baroque language shines through. It is very entertaining to listen while browsing the props (such as the expedition map in the newspaper clipping). It was a long time since I read the story, and this cd is a nice way for many to discover it, even if I expect that only HPL fans will buy it. Anyway, it makes a good gift!
The sound quality of the CD is adjusted to sound like an old radio show with often bad transmissions during the interviews. Well, this is charming but it is also the one weak point of the CD: track 2 (18 min. long) is tiring. I mean, I can well imagine that wireless comms with Antarctica in the 30s was plagued by interference, but I thought it was too much of a good thing here as I regularly had to listen very closely to make sense of what the professor at those hellish mountains said. Also, this track is a quick succession of news broadcasts to illustrate what happened before, and to hear every 2 minutes the radio station tune got on my nerves. But still, this one weaker element doesn't spoil the total experience. It is a strong first audioplay for the HPL Historical Society, and I hope that they will produce more.
all best,
I recieved MoM last friday, and listened to it while working on a set project over the weekend.(Disk took only 2 days to arrive, btw!!)I was astounded by your production."Mountains" has always been my favorite HPL story, and I found your audio rendition, a near-perfect adaption.The cast was enjoyable, the sound effects spot-on, and the score inspirational (Any chance of releasing a disk of the music?)Oh yes, the extra artifacts in the CD were great. I especially enjoyed the newspaper article, complete with cigarette ad on the back, as well as the drawings supplied on real notebook paper! Please add these items to your already amazing lists of props!
I've been a big fan of your Props and Fonts for years. I also highly regard your "Cthulhu" film. I'm the Production Designer for a small film that has been in production for a couple of years (treasureofthetemplars.com) and I highly enjoyed all the behind the scenes footage on "CoC". I found your Lang-ian influences, and antique special effects a welcome change from all the CG stuff we must deal with nowadays.
Interestingly, I also listened to the Orson Wells version of "War of the Worlds" over the weekend, and found that "Mountains" had the same, if not more Creep Factor.
As another reviewer mentioned, I found the "radio broadcasts" from the pole a tad taxing, but they did help to instill the feeling of distance and isolation, for the Miskatonic expedition.
Lastly, I'm a WWII reenactor (1stairborne.com) and I will be slipping "Mountains" into our usual BBC lineup in the barracks.Several of our NCO's are HPL fans, and I think they will enjoy the surprise!(You may rest assured that they will want to purchase their own copies. ;-) )
Well, that's enough slavish devotion for today. Keep up the good work, and I look forward to the next "Dark Adventure"!
Best Regards,PCD
Dark Adventure Radio Theatre is an inspiring undertaking, and At the Mountains of Madness was genius. I really do hope that you and yours at the HPLHS continue to produce these genuine works of art. Even the soundtrack alone for the Call of Cthulhu is wonderful to listen to.
I look forward to your future endeavours.
P.S. - The script and acting in At the Mountains of Madness was wicked. Keep up the good work!
I'm a huge fan of the work of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company. I have many of their Lovecraft adaptations (including ITMoM), but there is no comparison. Your adaptation is a true piece of art.
Keep up the great work. If you guys produce it, chances are I'll be ordering it.
I'm actually just about to start running Beyond the Mountains of Madness for my rpg group - starting this Tuesday. I'm thinking about how to use elements of the show in the game.
You've done a great job here and I'll be talking it up wherever I go. Marvelous. I just wish I was nearer to you as I'd love to get involved in some of the projects you're doing (I'm a drama graduate!).


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Onigiri! (rice balls)
Recently I have been craving Onigiri. It has been years since I have made any and I'm not sure what has brought on the sudden craving. Over the weekend, I went to Daiso, a Japanese store that sells a lot of random supplies for $1.69. I got a few onigiri tools. While they can be made without the tools, the tools do help in making pretty shaped ones.
I bought a heart shape, triangle shape, and star shape.
You can use these as rice scooper, scooping directly into your pot of rice. Then you mash the cover on top of the rice, squeezing it down into the shape. On the backs of these shapes there is a lever you push in to help release the rice when you are done. This is really useful because the rice is so sticky.
There are different things you can do with the rice balls. You can add fillings in the middle, you can decorate the outside with seasoning, you can wrap them in nori (seaweed), etc. I usually like to put shredded pork in the middle or just have a rice seasoning around the outside.
I wanted to make different ones, so I bought a shredded fish filling and some different rice seasonings.
Typically the rice seasoning contain some nori, sesame and some other flavors. The purple one contains plum. The pink one has some seafood. And the brown one has bonito flakes.
I ended putting the shredded fish filling in the middle of the triangle shaped onigiri. The heart shaped and star shape ones don't have a filling and are only seasoned with the rice seasoning.
There is so much you can do with rice balls. So many different fillings, seasonings, designs. It's like playing with your food. Heh. I used to eat these a lot when I was little. Eating them now brings back a feeling of nostalgia.
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Those are so cute! And looks delicious, too!
hehe! so cute! they have animal shapes here.. i guess people can use them to make shapes for ice cream sandwiches or toast too
I always wondered how they made those cute shapes, and now I know! Thanks!
Thanks! I think I'll try some more shapes and designs next time.
Interesting. I saw some bear and kid faces, but I thought that would look weird for eating. hehe. animal shapes sounds fun though.
You're Welcome! Shapes make them more fun to eat in my opinion.
awww there sooo kawaii!!!!!
thanks! I've been trying to make them cuter. I recently bought some with face shapes.
Hi, I remember to a recent trip to Japan my host family sprinkled this purple seasoning onto the rice in my bento box. I have been trying to figure out what it is called. I think it is the last image of the packets of seasoning. What is its English name?
The purple one is a plum flavored seasoning. Is that what you are looking for? I don't remember the English name. Next time I'm at the grocery store, I'll take a look and let you know.
I've been looking at this website for a few days now and I love everything! You have great recipes and reading your reviews of places makes me more interested in everything culinary. I had a question for this: how do you put the filling? Would you put it like it's a filling for a doughnut and then roll the whole thing? Or would you cut it and put it in the middle. I would think the second because the rice is so sticky. Thanks

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First of all thank God they don't have kids.
My sister has always been an entitled sort of person, learned that from our parents. They spoiled us. I had the sense to figure out the real world isn't like that.
She married a really good guy who owns a machine shop. He employs 57 people including office staff. He has made plans for a "what if" in case Obama was re-elected, he was pulling for Romney. Obama won and now he's at plan B, and he will have to let 8 people go before the end of the year to avoid the new Obamacare fines/taxes since his employees don't have insurance.
Now before you hate on this man, understand that after paying all his employees, expenses, taxes, maintenance, and upkeep/new equipment he clears about $140,000 per year. Some years more, some less. In the last 10 years he says his actual pay/salary fluctuated between $80K and $190K depending on contracts and business.
The cost of insuring his employees would be about $350,000 for a minimum basic plan. That would put him in the red even before himself taking a salary. He would have to close shop. If he paid the $2500 per employee fine that kicks in for employers with 50 or more employees, he would pay a fine/tax of $110,000. Meaning his expected take home salary/profit would be anywhere from a net loss of $30K to a positive salary of only $80K - the latter only if he has a banner year.
He is unwilling to take a chance with his own livelihood and gas already informed his employees of the coming cuts - two office personnel, and six machinists. They are upset but they understand his reasoning. Even the handful of Obama supporters at his shop seemed to suddenly "get it" o cw the reality hit them, that they could lose THEIR job because of Obamacare.
Which brings me to my sister.
My bro-in-law has had conversations with me, and with her, about how Obamacare will quite literally hurt his business and/or his ability to grow the company. He found out that she voted for Obama when he overheard her talking to a friend about the election. At first he was nonchalant about it, and asked her why and she told him "well it's good that he wants to help people".
After stewing over it a few days, he changed the locks while she was at work and put her stuff in a Uhaul truck. When she got home he had already had an attorney file divorce papers and since they had a pre-nup, she gets nothing.
I am having a hard time because I can't really blame him, but I love my sister. Although I cannot understand for the life of me why she would vote in a way that was so contrary to her personal interests.
Not sure what to think.
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First, Cleveland should be given its due.
The Cavaliers don't have the NBA's best record (57-15) and the driver's seat for home-court advantage for as long as they last in the playoffs for nothing. Certainly they didn't achieve the record they have without smacking down every caliber of challenger -- especially the inferior ones.
"They just picked us apart, " Hornets forward David West said. "LeBron (James) was able to get himself going and the other guys, and when they're doing that, they're tough to beat."
But the Hornets who took the floor at the New Orleans Arena against them Wednesday night, the ones that trudged off with a 105-92 loss that inched them closer to mathematical playoff elimination, weren't the same team that played lights-out basketball 48 hours earlier in a spirited win against Dallas.
And that's unacceptable on every level.
See, all the Hornets (34-39) have left to play for is pride. Realistically, it's all they've had left to play for the past couple of weeks, given that their likelihood of actually running down and surpassing one of the teams comfortably ahead of them in the Western Conference standings has been folded and tucked away in the "minor miracle" drawer about that long.
So when they don't put up all that much of a scrap when LeBron James comes to town, it's glaring.
When they essentially stand around and watch the Cavs shoot 56.1 percent from the field in the first half, and raise that percentage to 58.7 in the third quarter by making 14 of 22 attempts -- shooting enough unchallenged layups for onlookers to lose count -- the Hornets leave themselves open to the question of why a chance to take down Cleveland wasn't sufficient motivation.
"When you're playing against a team with the best record (in the league), that has championship focus, that's the type of team you have to be sharp against, " Coach Jeff Bower said before the game.
It's hard to think of a category in which thte Hornets were anything near sharp. That's not to say the Cavs didn't land in New Orleans intending to leave behind some wreckage and a message. The Hornets lost 105-95 in Cleveland on Feb. 23, but anyone who watched the game saw New Orleans rally and outplay the Cavs.
With rookie guard Marcus Thornton scoring a team-record 23 points in the second quarter and a career-high 37 points in the game -- and, since, he has proven unequivocally that it was no fluke -- the Hornets went toe-to-toe without Chris Paul before finally fading.
So Cleveland, obviously, had designs on putting New Orleans in its place. Again, a team doesn't post the best record in the league because it doesn't know how to restore order.
LeBron did his thing -- 38 points, nine assists, six rebounds in 40 minutes -- and enough teammates did theirs to leave a mark.
But hoping/expecting the Hornets to put together consecutive strong efforts didn't seem unreasonable. Hoping/expecting the Hornets to not allow Cleveland to score 58 points in the lane -- an embarrassing 55.2 percent of Cleveland's total -- didn't seem to be a ridiculous premise for a team that was much more full-bodied Wednesday than it was in Cleveland.
True, the Cavs aren't the Mavericks.
Dallas jumped on the Hornets early Monday, then found a recliner and took its leave.
The 16-point lead the Mavs held in the first quarter eventually morphed into a 16-point loss.
But even if Cleveland wasn't into allowing a 23-0 run as did Dallas, the Hornets certainly should've been a little more into it than they appeared to be. After playing Cleveland to within 52-48 at halftime, the Hornets checked out. Cleveland won the third quarter 35-23.
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Fun Beach House Vibe!
My husband and I just returned from a two night stay and I couldn't wait to post a positive review. This hotel was such a great find - not only for the incredible rate we got (with our AAA card we received a rate of $134 for Thursday night and $81 for Friday night), but also for its d�cor. It's like visiting a beach house in the middle of a busy city. Sure, those concepts don't sound like they'd meld well but, for us, they really did. It really felt like we were staying in a room at a friend's beach house, yet with all of the conveniences of a big city right outside our door.
Our trip was a mix of business (for him) and pleasure (for me). While he spent the day in a business meeting, I walked over to the Galleria (less than a five minute walk) and did a little window shopping. After spending the day in a busy mall, it was a great relief to return to our hotel for a little beach vibe and relaxation. I don't know about you but color can greatly influence my mood and that's what this hotel is so rich in...color. You're surrounded by lots of blues, greens, turquoise and white and while this may sound busy, it's not...it's very cheerful and relaxing at the same time.
OUR ROOM - I normally travel with a camera and always try to post pictures with my reviews, unfortunately I didn't take it this trip and I started kicking myself as soon as we walked in. I hate that I don't have pics to post! I just hope my description can do it at least half the justice it deserves...
We stayed in a regular room and since we received such a low rate (we're used to rates in the $200 range), I wasn't at all sure what we'd find when we opened our door. Imagine my surprise when we opened the door and walked into our own mini beach retreat. The room was rich in blues, greens & white and the bed was incredible! It was definitely higher off the ground than we're used to but that just made us feel even more on 'vacation' and pampered. There was even a white breakfast tray sitting on the bed complete with turquoise ice bucket and glasses. There was a cool sea glass picture behind the white headboard (took up the whole wall) and that really set the tone for the room...very beachy.
All of the furniture was white (armoire, two nightstands, desk & chair) so it appeared very crisp and clean. There were also a few pictures on the walls and they were all framed in 'vintage' type white frames - very nice touch. There was a somewhat comfy blue armchair next to the bed and also an ottoman that could serve as additional seating. Color was added to the room with fun lamps - two were frosted green w/white shades and another had a navy base w/white shade. I also enjoyed the arched entryway between the entry hall/bathroom area and the bedroom (it was nice to see something other than square walls!) Another nice touch were the hardwood floors in the entry hall area and bedroom.
The armoire provided ample closet space for the time we were there. Had we been there for more than two nights, we may have needed to use the small closet by the door (yes, there were two closet areas in the room). However, there wasn't any drawer space in our room so everything that didn't need to be hung ended up staying in our bags.
In the entry hall area there was an area that housed a sink, a decent amount of counter space, coffee maker and in the cabinet below there was a little refrigerator (came in very handy for the bottled water we brought). Although this area seemed a bit out of place, it was quite handy and gave us a little more room to spread out.
Another thing I need to mention is the AC unit in the room. My husband and I tend to like our room on the cooler side and normally when we adjust the temperature it takes awhile for the AC to kick on. Not here! As soon as I lowered the temp, it immediately kicked on and started to cool down the room. While it is a wall unit, it did seem to work pretty well and we didn't have any issues with it. One thing I must note - the floor we were on (3rd) was incredibly hot! Even though the temperature outside was in the 70's, it felt like the heater was still on and made it a miserable walk from the elevator to our room. Just another reason why I was so happy our AC unit worked so well!
BATHROOM - The bathroom was much bigger than I'd expected. While not huge, there was plenty of room and I never felt cramped or claustrophobic in there. It would be tough to have two people getting ready in there at the same time but since there's a full length mirror outside of the bathroom in the entry hall area, we never had that issue. While there isn't a bathtub, there is a huge open shower that was wonderful! I'd called ahead to check on the hot water issue and was assured it had been rectified. We never had any issues with the hot water and I found the water pressure to be great (I have very thick hair and one of my biggest pet peeves are hotels with poor water pressure). The sink in the bathroom was beautiful black granite that looked great with the sky blue walls. There were plenty of towels stocked for our use and although they weren't of the highest quality, they were definitely better than some we've had in hotels that were 3X the price!
FRONT DESK SERVICE - We received wonderful service from the time we arrived until the time we departed. Check-in was a breeze and the young lady that assisted us was very friendly and informative. She came around the desk to hand my husband our keys and even pushed the button for our floor in the elevator! We used the front desk personnel on a couple more occasions for directions and restaurant recommendations and each time we were met with a smile and friendly service.
HOTEL RESTAURANT - I didn't eat in the restaurant but my husband and his business associates did (breakfast) and he said his food was good.
HOUSEKEEPING - The only real issue we had was that we didn't receive the additional towels we requested. Since our room hadn't been made up by the time I returned from the Galleria, we decided we didn't need them to service the room...other than to refresh our towel supply. On our way out to dinner we ran into one of the housekeepers on our floor and let her know we didn't need our room cleaned but asked that our towels be refreshed. When we returned a few hours later, this had not been taken care of. We were able to get by with what we had left but were disappointed our request had not been handled.
SUMMARY - While I don't think everyone would enjoy their stay here, we definitely did! I'm not so sure what businessman would think of the d�cor, and I really can't see my grandparents staying here! However, if you're looking for a change in pace and are in the mood for a fun beach house vibe, this is definitely your place!
For business needs, not up to par.
We booked a weekend stay here through a Site59 last minute package. Although we did not stay for business, there are a few things a business traveler should be aware of.
Wi-fi is available in-room but connection is spotty. One moment is was good, the next low and then eventually dropped. This was sitting still at the desk in the room. There is no way I would have been able to work with this type of connection. It's possible they were doing maintenance during the weekend, but we tried every day (over 3 days) to connect with the same/similar results.
There is no bath tub -- only a shower. We did not know this when booking.
The bed is really HIGH off the ground (about 3 feet!) This could be good or bad depending on your situation. Bad for our daughter who slept in the bed with us as she could fall off and hurt herself. Also bad for elderly grandparents trying to get in or out of bed.
We personally did not have issues with hot water -- but our grandfather who was staying in the room a few doors down did. It seems to be a problem based on the room you are placed in. If you encounter this problem, try asking for another room.
There was an issue at the front desk when we checked in. They had our reservation but no indication of payment. We were asked to pay (again) on check-out when we had already pre-paid for our room. I had to call Site59 to get this cleared up. Site59 contacted the Hotel and somehow they found the payment. Poor record keeping on the part of the Hotel or Site59; I'm not sure.
Good: tastefully (if you like boutique) decorated, clean, quiet.
Stayed here for 3 nights in December. Some would call this hotel funky, some would call it weird. I think it's weird. Pleasant aroma of potpourri perpetually permeates the lobby (nice alliteration). Maybe we should have upgraded to a bigger room because the regular room we got was tiny. With a really big bed. Bed was very comfortable but the wallpaper was a thing of blueberries. Who puts blueberries on the wall? The bathroom has no door, so when you shower, water gets everywhere. The foyer area is huge compared to the tiny room where the bed is. The hotel was formerly a nursing home so that may explain some of the quirks (like the ridiculously wide hallways and enormous elevators). Nobody would build a hotel with such a tiny room where the bed is but have a huge foyer and hallways. Seems silly. Also, the food in the shop downstairs is just awful. Don't get anything there.
The major problem we had with this place is that the hotel room wasn't clean when we arrived in the afternoon. There was what looked like shavings off a man's beard stuck to the wall in the bathroom. There was also dried piss on the toilet seat. We left our room and asked the front desk to clean our bathroom again and said the toilet seat and hair stuck to the wall needed to be cleaned. We got back to the hotel later that night and found the toilet seat still wasn't cleaned. Called the front desk again, and they said they would send someone right up. 20 minutes go by, we call again. They say someone is on the way. 5 minutes later, a maid shows up and is angry. Says "I cleaned the toilet seat before!" Calmly asked her to clean it again and to please use disinfectant. She did and the dried pee was gone. The only good thing about this hotel was it was so cheap. We paid like $90 a night, but I guess you get what you pay for. Needless to say, we're never staying at an Indigo hotel again.
Great Hotel!!
This is a great hotel. We stayed in a suite, which had a large bedroom and a large living room. It was only $150 a night! The room was bright and colorful, so different from the average hotel room. The staff was friendly and helpful. Free internet access, in addition to free computer and printer use in the lobby. Great deal, great hotel, walking distance from Galleria. Recommended!
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My wife and I stayed at the Indigo in Houston for two nights. What a cool funky hotel. We read the prior reviews and asked about the water before we made our reservation. They promised us it had been fixed and it was. The beds were very comfortable and are huge! Great location next to Galleria Mall. Will reccommend to all my friends.
Cold shower
I stayed at the Hotel Indigo in Houston; they lied to me about having the hot water problem fixed. I will never stay there...ever. Further, No one I speak with will ever stay there. It was this simple: "do you have the hot water problem fixed?" they said "yes." After I arrived, there was no hot water in my room for three days. THEY LIED TO ME ABOUT THE HOT WATER!!!! The city was booked solid and I was forced to tolerate no hot water for three cold days in November. It became a running joke between the guests, people would check in and the clerks wouldn't say anything and then angry guests show up at the front desk yelling for hot water.
If you have a problem with something be honest about it, disclose it. The way this situation was handled was completely inappropriate.
Still No Hot Water
I should have read the reviews before I booked 1 suite & 2 rooms for 3 nights directly with the hotel. I see that as far back as August, 2006, there were problems with the hot water. It's Still a Problem. ....& what's even worse is they continue to book reservations without disclosing that bit of info. We had enough warm water for 1 shower in 3 days. The staff seemed very apologetic about the No Hot Water---guess that had a lot of practice apologizing over the last 3 months. Would have gone to another hotel, but thought the water problem was being resolved. & illness prevented all the extra work involved. At the time I booked reservations (a month earlier) I explained I was travelling with people with walking disabilities & asked specifically about room service. Was told 'there was room service, however, the menu was somewhat limited'.The first evening there we tried to order room service & was told "no room service" but we could call in our order & they would call our room when the food was ready & we could come down & pick it up. After discussing the issue w/ the front desk, the staff did bring meals to the room. We appreciated that, along with a complimentary breakfast & one night complimentary stay & small discount for the other 2 nights. We were just anxious to get checked out, because of illness of one traveller. (Spent one night in Emergency Room.) The hotel did arrange for a shuttle to take us to the airport, but they (nor the driver) bothered to ask us which airport & we ended up @ Bush & needed to be @ Hobby. Almost missed our flight. Thought the shuttle was complimentary from the hotel, but enroute found out it was $20 each. (Guess they were just glad to get us checked out & gone.)The hotel was beautiful, the staff friendly, & beds comfy, but the disabilities/shortcomings of my travelling companions were visabily obvious & I wish the staff had been kind enough to steer us in another direction when we arrived for check-in. Overall...we paid WAY too much money for ur very disappointing stay. Don't stay here if room service & hot showers are important to you. They were still checking people in as we were checking out & not a mention as to the hot water issue. That seems just somewhat deceptive to me.
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This hotel was a really different experience. The colors and style are very eclectic and bold. The lobby, halls, and room all were really trendy and nice. The hotel is funky but cool. They seemed to have fixed the hot water problem the other reviewers mentioned. I still had some problems - my room didn't have an alarm clock and the the tv menu system wasn't working. My room had hardwood and wood blinds - again very different - which I found refreshing. The blinds do tend to "glow" from the street lights outside, it didn't bother me, but if you like your room totally dark it could be an annoyance. The staff was very friendly and went out of their way to explain the hotel features and make sure I was happy. Overall I thought it was a great value, especially for the Galleria area, and would be willing to go back.
Unique hotel but unfinished!
My husband and I stayed at this hotel 4 weeks after opening. They regretted to tell us there was no hot water when we checked in. If we would known this before, we would not have stayed there! Cold showers are no fun!
Good things:
Unique, fresh decor (beachy feel)
Free wireless internet
Aveda bath products
Cool pod style coffee maker (there were no instructions on how to use, however)
Comfy bed
Huge open style shower
Starbucks coffee downstairs
Friendly staff
Not so good things:
No hot water
No blackout shades (there was a street light outside the window all night )--only blinds and decorative sheers.
Small room with echoey sterile feel (tiled floor)
No info on TV channels
No counter space in the bathroom
No towel racks, only one hook
We personally like a more cozy and luxurious type feel in a hotel room. This hotel is unique in its concept of decor, but it's just not for me. I'm sure they will work out the kinks eventually.
It is a great location for shopping at the Galleria. You can walk there, it's so close. Also a great value.
On a huge positive note, the hotel did apologize for not informing us about the lack of hot water and refunded our money.
Great Price - Location - Decor
Hotel is only four weeks old therefore a few oustanding items still require completion (elevator decor, hot water is luke warm, no hotel room portfolio) but nothing major. Very cool chic boutique type hotel with awesome bedding and shower. Best sleep I have ever achieved in a hotel evironment. In room pod coffee maker that makes either coffee or espresso, aveda bathroom products, free wireless and dsl, free business center, free parking,and great work out room. For a hotel that has a huge upside I thought the bar and what they call a restaurant very lacking. I would install a full functional bar and restuarant that would enhance the hotel significantly. I will continue to stay at the hotel whenever I am back around the Galleria area.
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22 comments:
- Jill said...
Look how cute you look!
- April 28, 2012 at 1:17 PM
- A Blessed Life said...
It is so lovely so bright.you will carry her proudly have a great day.
- April 28, 2012 at 1:32 PM
- Donna said...
How adorable you and Marie looked in your mirror!
Have a fun day!!
- April 28, 2012 at 2:14 PM
- NanaDiana said...
What a fun win! Love how bright and cheery it is for summer. xo Diana
- April 28, 2012 at 3:28 PM
- vintage grey said...
Such a great win!! Love the details!! ;) xo Heather
- April 28, 2012 at 3:47 PM
- Gail Thayer said...
Oh, it's just yummy! I hope Amy is ready to take some orders because everyone will be asking you where you got that darling clutch....get ready Amy!!
- April 28, 2012 at 3:58 PM
- LizlovesVintage said...
Pretty and so is the owner!!
Wear it in good health. Don't forget to put a penny in it for good luck :)
Have a great weekend :)
xxx Liz
- April 28, 2012 at 4:27 PM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
DANIELLE! What a great win and the color of your BATHROOM!!!! I LOVE THAT COLOR!
It is so good to see you and thank you for your visit. I tell you, I felt that God provided those two girls for me that walked in to greet me to tell me how much I impacted their lives. Just an hour later during a conference, a dissatisfied parent and her daughter BOTH basically told me that I was not what they had hoped for and what they expected. WOW. I have to say it hurt but God sent me a REMINDER before hand. Isn't He good?
Have a lovely day! Anita
- April 28, 2012 at 4:39 PM
- Vickie @ Ranger 911 said...
It must have been custom made for you. It even matches all the jewelry in your blog header!
- April 28, 2012 at 5:37 PM
- My Grama's Soul said...
Hi Danielle......What a cute, cute bag you won....I'm going to visit her right now.
BTW....scrolled down to your last post. I had a bug EXACTLY LIKE YOURS YEARS AGO......In fact...it was the first one sold in the state of Washington. We had a home in the San Juans at the time and my beautiful husband bought it for me for our 20th anniversary......ahhhhh you and I are truly "birds of a feather".
xo sweet friend,
- April 28, 2012 at 6:14 PM
- Special 'K' said...
Good on you! It is gorgeous. thanks for sharing. Cheers SpecialK XoXo
- April 28, 2012 at 9:14 PM
- blondie blu said...
Oh, that is gorgeous! Congratulations on winning such a wonderful treasure! Enjoy. I will def check out her shop. XO Helena
- April 29, 2012 at 3:54 AM
- Debbie said...
you are so cute danielle. the purse is really pretty but you are adorable!!
and that bathroom, WoW!! you need to do a house tour for us peeping toms!! i am suppose to be looking at the clutch and i am looking at everything else!!
- April 29, 2012 at 7:51 AM
- outjunking said...
What a happy looking clutch! It's a feel good bag for sure.
- April 29, 2012 at 8:33 AM
- Scrappy Pink Corner said...
Congrats on your winning. Enjoy your clutch.
- April 29, 2012 at 8:56 AM
- Rayanne said...
So pretty, and you are so cute!! Have a good day, friend!!!
- April 29, 2012 at 10:19 AM
- Kami said...
ok - i know im supposed to be looking at the clutch but wow! i love your bathroom lol thebluekazoo
- April 29, 2012 at 10:48 PM
- Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking said...
Wow what a blessing! Congratulations on winning, it is really pretty!
- April 30, 2012 at 6:29 AM
- Liliana said...
So cute Danielle, I love it!!
- April 30, 2012 at 4:45 PM
- BlueShell said...
That purse is beautiful...
I'll go there...to see!
- May 1, 2012 at 4:30 PM
- Miss Gracie's House said...
It is cute and YOU make it cuter:)...Love the photo of you and your smile!
Happy May Day!
- May 1, 2012 at 8:17 PM
- Esther said...
Cute! Love your pic :)
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South Korea's new tax on corporate cash piles is already getting mixed reviews from analysts, who say it attacks an important problem but may not produce the desired results.
Korea on Wednesday announced details of the new tax, which is part of a $40 billion stimulus package. Starting next year, the largest 1% of Korean companies by capitalization will be liable for an additional tax of 10% on net profits if they fail to pay between 60% and 80% of the gains back out as investments, employee raises or shareholder dividends.
Rather than raising government tax revenue, Seoul aims to compel companies to start dishing out the roughly $270 billion in retained earnings HSBC estimates they have lying around in cash and liquid investments.
A similar push is under way in Japan and China. The idea is that those vast corporate reserves would do more for the economy if they were freed from the corporate balance sheet and put in the hands of workers and shareholders, who can invest or spend them.
"While high firms' cash holdings play some positive roles, such as providing insurance against shocks, they also imply a high macroeconomic cost if they prevent resources from being used in a more efficient way," wrote two economists at the International Monetary Fund, Chie Aoyagi and Giovanni Ganelli, in a working paper on Japan's corporate cash problem published Tuesday.
Ms. Aoyagi and Mr. Ganelli argue that the answer to Japan's problem is corporate accountability, since companies with better corporate governance tend to amass less cash.
The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears to agree: It has been pushing companies to become more accountable and for shareholders to demand greater returns from them. But Ms. Aoyagi and Mr. Ganelli say Japan needs to go even further, forcing companies to have more independent, outside board members, putting more women on corporate boards and making it easier for companies to go bust and merge with each other.
Then there's Korea. As the two IMF economists point out in their paper, Korea has tougher governance requirements than Japan. One result is a much higher ratio of board members being independent in Korea than in Japan.
But Korea has similar problems with excessive corporate savings. So better corporate governance may not be enough to cure companies of the habit.
But is Korea's new tax enough? Some critics say it isn't.
Even if companies raise their dividend payments, that may primarily benefit foreign or big institutional investors, said Ronald Man, an economist at HSBC. Korean individual investors own only about 38% of the shares listed on the country's benchmark index. Foreign investors own almost a third of Korean stocks by value, according to HSBC.
Also, companies may prefer to fork over the tax than to paying out their cash, Christiaan Tuntuno, an analyst at Credit Suisse in Hong Kong, argued in a note to clients Thursday.
While the new tax provides subsidies for companies that raise wages, he said, companies may be cautious in doing so because cutting wages again if business worsens is much more difficult.
Companies may also prefer paying the tax over losing their cash, he said.
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That could provide the government with an unexpected and unwanted source of new revenue. CEO Score, a South Korean research firm that tracks the country's big business groups, estimated that the biggest 10 conglomerates would have to pay up to 1.1 trillion won ($1.07 billion) in extra taxes under the new plan.


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The chief negotiator concluded his remarks by calling on the international community to "invest in peace and support Palestine's admission to the United Nations."
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Full disclosure: I'm a backer of Republique. I listen to a monthly podcast made by the developer called Camouflaj Radio and enjoy hearing the core creative team at Camouflaj discuss the changes happening to their game. If you're someone interested in the process of game design, their show offers some valuable insight into the conversations that typically happen behind the behind the scenes.
Camouflaj earned my support on Kickstarter because of thier game's ambitious premise: It's a big-budget iOS release that wants to deliver a core experience not typically associated with Apple's platform.
As part of a site wide update, the makers of Republique posted new screens and a developer video to give everyone an update regarding the status of their game. The video talks about some of the changes to the final version of the game, which includes a departure from pre-rendered backgrounds to fully 3D areas, and revised one-touch mechanics and A.I.
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I've been stoked about this game since it's announcement. I just hope my feeble little iPhone 4 will still be able to play the game decently now that they're not using pre-rendered backgrounds.
The last episode of their podcast was incredibly interesting from a design and development persepective. I just want to kiss Ryan Payton's whole face.


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