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Alumni Spotlight: Wayne Thomas
by Rebecca Doverspike
MFA alumni Wayne Thomas and his students
I've been a fan of Wayne Thomas' writing since we read an essay of his in Katie Fallon's nonfiction workshop last year. The voice in the piece was unique and moving. I felt a distinct trust that he was telling us something more real than most uncover, and doing so through a voice that trusted itself. I had the chance to meet Wayne at AWP last year and found that sense of trust extended to his character as well as his work. Even in that brief time, it was clear to me that his students and colleagues have a strong relationship with him.
Wayne is currently the chair of the Fine Arts Department at Tusculum College and Editor of Tusculum Review. He holds a BA in Theatre History and Literary Criticism, an MFA in screenwriting from Georgia College and State University, and an MFA in Fiction and Nonfiction from WVU. He has been published in Sudden Stories: The Mammoth Book of Miniscule Fiction, River Teeth, and Spittoon, among others. The book he's currently co-editing, Red Holler: Contemporary Appalachian Literature, received the 2011 Bruckheimer Award. Wayne is also the recipient of the 2012 Tusculum College's Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award and is working on a novel. Obviously, I had many questions to ask.
There's such strong voice throughout your work. Where does this come from? How does the moment you know when a particular voice "fits" into the work at hand occur? Or is it more of an instinctual process?
Gravitas is essential to voice, and I learn that just from thinking about what I read, the good and the bad. Sometimes, you learn more from the bad. Lots of stuff out there might've been something if it hadn't been given to us by the most boring person ever. I don't mean the writer is boring, but sometimes I do. Poems and essays especially fail when writers feign that they're perfect or their "personas" are perfect. Great ideas for stories fail all the time because writers pick the most boring characters to tell them. We ain't gods. We're devils. All of us. If that weren't a fact, what'd be the point of literature anyway?
Also, I'm a Southerner, and if you want to fellowship with devils worth writing about, ride out to some porches in rural Georgia in the evening time. Listen to them talk. Listen to the way they talk. Now that's writing. That's poetry. Those words and rhythms compel, conjure, cajole. Like a lot of folks from the south who go for an education, the fact I was Southern embarrassed me to no ends. Felt I didn't stand a chance, if for no other reason than everyone pointed and laughed at my accent. Now, I know it's not anything to run from. Hell, the best writers are from the U.S. South. There's a reason.
What of your perceptions of characters in life make their way into your writing? Which authors' works have affected your take on life in a way that stays with you most?
The writers I admire all have one thing in common and that's a determination to write. Flannery O'Connor talked about the habit of art. She put the phone off the hook and worked three hours a day. Harry Crews wrote every single day, even when he was drunk for thirty years. He'd get up at four in the morning when he had to, and he had to a lot cause the bottle's less tempting at four in the morning. Tennessee Williams got up at five in the morning. The only sober part of Faulkner's day was when he wrote. Larry Brown was a fireman all day, and then he'd teach himself to writeand sometimes work another job in between.
I think the key is learning to balance everything else you got going without letting that everything else take over or exhaust you to the point you can't think well enough to sit at the desk. That's probably why so many folks get up before dawn to write. You ain't too brain dead, cause your day just started. You might be still stuck in dreamland, but that usually helps the creative process. Also, you know, if it's your first priority, then why shouldn't it come first?
But the thing to learn from all these folks is that determination and that balance. Lots of the kids I teach start out thinking the writing life is some sort of nonstop, self-destructive fling when, in fact, it requires ritual and never-ending durability. Certainly, you've got to live, to travel, to meet new people, but you also have to be okay with day-to-day humdrumif for no other reason than you got to find time to write, time to spend with your friends and family, time to mow the lawn, and time to work whatever job you got that allows you to pay the bills. Time's the most important thing you've got, because once you've spent it it's the only thing you can't get back.
I still struggle with finding that balance. I'm a little better at forcing myself to write while navigating my duties as a teacher, administrator, and editor. But there are days that I don't, and those days cut right down to the bone. I think about all my literary heroes who worked through emotional and physical devastation and commitments that overwhelmed. On the days I don't make time for writing, I live with guiltand I mean guilt. On days I do, the coffee tastes better.
You've written literary criticism, essays, short stories, plays, and are currently working on a novel. What draws you toward a particular form or shape for your work at certain times? Which elements of craft do you feel extend to all genres?
Though I came to WVU with an MFA in Scriptwriting in-hand and wanting to study short fiction, my eventual thesis was a hybrid one, stories and essays. I'm not sure if there's one thing that draws writers to certain forms. In fact, for the longest time, I sort of thought subscribing to one medium was self-congratulatory and certainly quite limiting, especially for folks enrolled in a creative writing program, where you go to learn to write better. Seems to me that working in script form gives you access to learn dialogue in ways other genres just don't, as working in poetry does the same for rhythm and sound, and fiction character, and nonfiction exposition. Why shouldn't serious up-and-coming writers submit themselves to all of these ways to figure stuff out?
I'm thirty-five and just figured out that I want to write novels the rest of my life. Can't really explain how I came to that figuring out. This past summer, I floundered, lazily plugged away at essays and stories until one day I asked myself what would excite me the most, to feel like I'd finally accomplished something. I've had this idea for a novel going on ten years, and really for years and years it's the one thing I haven't been able to shut up about, even if most of that talking happens mostly inside my own head. So, I said, "Well, shit, I'm just wasting all this time writing these other things that I never finish. Why not try a novel? It might take a year but, with the way it's going, nothing else'll get done in a year's time anyway" and I said, "So what if I write an entire novel and it fails? Really: so what? It's not like I won't just write another one and another one until one works out. If it were possible for me to stop writing, I'd have taken that route long ago."
My time working in the novel form has been eye-opening and rewarding. I almost had to give it a shot before I realized how constricted I felt in the other forms. In the short stories and essays, the space just feels too narrow to get it done for meto risk in the ways I like. I ain't having fun unless I surprise myself, and I find it nearly impossible to surprise myself if all I got is 15-20 pages. Not to say I don't appreciate the short forms or the people who create in them. Certainly, those structures are as necessary to their processes. Some just need fewer pages to get it done. Brecht said the best art is often a result of censorship, of imposed limitations. Oddly, I can write micro-fiction better than the short story. I can write a decent play in the ten minute format. It's that in-between I struggle with, like I can direct an explosion in short-short spaces but am helpless to do so in short ones. Not sure if I'm making a lot of sense here. Basically, whatever form works best is innate to the individual, and writers eventually find ways to gravitate to those forms. It's important to listen to your impulses.
You of course read a lot as an editor of the Tusculum Review. How does that process affect your writing and teaching?
Lots of writers inevitably want to put their hats in the editing and publishing ring if for no reason than to provide avenues for and to celebrate new literature. Some of my fellow WVU alumni are doing magnificent things as editors, too. Kristin Abraham and Matt VanderMeulen started Spittoon about a year ago, and that magazine seems to get better and better. Ken Robidoux started Connotation Press and publishes freaking amazing work on a bi-monthly basis. He's published everyone, it seems, including the current U.S. Poet Laureate and a slew of the celebrated but also up-and-comers. He's even published one of my students in his undergraduate series. All of that is fine and good, but I don't think Ken and his editors get enough credit for the scholarship they provide about contemporary literature. Read a couple of John Hoppenthaler's "Congeries" columns, for instance, and tell me you don't learn something about poetics. The creative work is great, but the level of thinking about the creative processes is what impresses me the most. The folks at Connotation Press deserve a lot of credit for the dialogues they contribute to literature, and they should be applauded for their energies. I mean, from personal experience, I can tell you what they do ain't easy, and I've no idea how they do it so often. All of those editors have other jobs, and they're all working writers. Talk about balance.
In some ways, my work as an editor is merely pragmatic. We're one of only a handful of programs in the country that ask our undergraduates to work on an international literary journal. We want all of our students to do well once they graduate, so teaching them to be editors in a real-life situation opens up more opportunities for them. Certainly, dissections about what does and doesn't work about a particular piece helps us to understand our own writing missteps, but editing isn't just about evaluating manuscripts, either. We cover everything from database entry to design and layout. You know, journals began as testing grounds for new writers and new work, and we try to keep that in mind. Editors at some journals look to publish every "big" name they can get, and I guess there's a place for that. We're more interested in uncovering folks and work that's on the cusp of something. So many of our contributors have gone on to publish their first books. Inherently, I think this approach is most exciting for our students, as it gives them unique insight into where we are in contemporary literature.
I'd be remiss if I didn't also say I hardly read for the journal anymore. I'm fortunate to have superb faculty peers who serve as genre editors. H. M. Patterson oversees the fiction submissions, Desirae Matherly the nonfiction, and Clay Matthews the poetry. These are all serious writers who come from the best writing programs, and they have impeccable taste and understandings. I'm lucky to have them to work with, and it doesn't go unnoticed how fortunate I am to have so many accomplished colleagues at a school our size. I wouldn't realize any semblance of balance without them.
You've received The 2012 Tusculum College's Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award. What do you find most rewarding about teaching?
Looking back at some of my answers here, I think I probably sound like a teacher. I guess that's okay. I give a lot of myself to teaching. Sometimes I see writers use teaching solely as a means to write and that infuriates me, as I can easily credit a few of my own mentors with helping to shape me into a better human being. I don't understand committing yourself to such a noble profession and giving a care less about what kind of job you do, and I don't understand people walking around feeling important because they're writers, either. We write because we have to and because we're lucky, and we don't do ourselves any favors not to understand that. I'm amazed by these systems we create that inevitably end up destructive to our causes. In universities everywhere, we hire "big name" writers hoping this'll draw students into our classes. Being a "big name" doesn't make you an effective teacher. Being able to intuit craft doesn't mean you can articulate it. If you go to class and go home and that's it, you're missing the best part of teaching, which is having conversations with your students. There's nothing better than feeling you've done well because one of your students does well. If you can't humble yourself enough to learn from your students, do us a favor and quit. Go get a job as a fry cook or dock builder or a plumber and see if egocentricity works for you.
I love and appreciate that award, if for no other reason than my fellow teachers here at Tusculum voted for me to have it. Really, though, where our graduates end up says most about the jobs we're doing as teachers. My students have gone on to graduate schools at Columbia, the University of Tennessee, Eastern Kentucky University, Memphis University, the University of Tampa, Chatham University, the University of Central Florida, and those are just the schools I can recall off of the top of my head. Our graduates have been accepted into a slew of other schools, too. Our graduates work at a The Washington Post, Creative Nonfiction, a couple of nonprofits, as editors, as lawyers. We've got a graduate studying to be a mortician, and we've got another studying to be a massage therapist. Not bad, too, when you consider our creative writing concentration has only been around for a few years.
I love the description of the anthology you're co-editing, Red Holler: Contemporary Appalachian Literature, found on its Facebook page. It reads, in part: "Red Holler takes on the stereotypes of old (farmers, banjos, quilts, etc.), by instead celebrating the orneriness, earthy perversity, black humor, anti-authoritarian outlaw culture, home-grown magical realism, spirituality, and surrealism of Appalachian culture. As well, it seeks to include the voices of inner-city and mixed-race Appalachian communities and to explore LGBT aspects of the culture." How did this project come about? How is the process going?
My buddy John Branscum and I were driving back from one of those AWP conferences and decided we liked each other enough that we really wanted to work on some sort of project together. I'd had this idea of an Appalachian-specific anthology for quite some time. I went from Georgia to study in West Virginia, and right away I noted differences in the food, the architecture, the people, the music, and the landscape. And, of course, the literature. I was constantly surprised by how folksprobably for no other reason than convenienceso often grouped Appalachia and the South. For me, it was a bit like grouping California and Florida. If anything, current Appalachia reminds me of Faulkner's New South, with its rapidly changing landscape and economic system and its sense of individualism coupled with a new influx of people. Anyway, John and I got to talking about all of this, and we settled on what became the anthology. John gave the book its thematic quality, really, which gratefully focuses a lot on those voices folks typically don't think to include or are for whatever reason too afraid to include. John was so excited about the project that he almost single-handedly wrote up a prospectus and had a publisher within just a couple of months.
Editing an anthology is hard work, much harder than I think either of us anticipated it being. The worst thing is really just narrowing down the contributors. There's so much excellence happening in Appalachian literature and having to say "no" to so much of it is gut-wrenching and seems unfair even to us. But, it doesn't take long to fill 250 pages.
You seem interested in expanding or moving beyond expectations both in your work and in editing. How do you strike that balance between writing within a recognizable genre, place, etc. and moving beyond thatexpanding it? What choices are involved?
I think all those MFA programs out there have affected us in similar ways that film schools, the Film School Generation, affected motion pictures. All the time, work comes across my desk that's pitch-perfect in craft, sometimes absolutely beautiful in language. You see this stuff publishedHell, I've published some of it.and you see this stuff win awards, and you know why. But, you know, sometimes you're just stymied to find any depth beyond the craft. There are so many devils out there who deserve outlets, and too many of us ignore these characters and stories because they seem impossible to make pretty. To do them justice you almost have to defy whatever expectations you have of craft, and for so many of us those expectations are outlined in workshop. Sometimes you just have to write a stereotype, and the more away from workshop you get the more you realize stereotypes are really only problematic when readers don't understand how they came to be. I mean, if readers are caught up with some character and understand the character's choices, what's the problem? Tell Donald Ray Pollock he can't write a stereotype.
Despite whatever years you've got on you, you're a young writer if you're in a writing program, even an MFA one. When I was in the creative writing programs, I remember wanting everyone to see me as more accomplished, more ahead of the game than the rest. What's this accomplish, really? If you're so good, what's the point of spending all that money? You don't need a formal education to write. Just go ahead and sell your book if you can. I loved my workshop experiences, and I certainly don't aim to quit utilizing the workshop in my own classrooms. The only thing I'd say we don't do well enough as teachers is to teach students to surprise themselves, even if doing so seems to fly in the face of everything we're trying to teach them. Everyone's like "take chances," but too often we teachers don't explain what that means, and we slap students down as soon as they do take a chance.
As a writer, I need that surprise. I require revelation to enjoy the process at all. I can't just know where I'm going and go thereat least I can't get there if the path isn't brush-ridden and hard to see. Most of my characters require an acknowledgment of Southern oral traditions. There's more than one way to accomplish that, and no one way fits every glove. If you ask multiple persons about one event, they've all got their own takes and interpretations. They'll assign different relevances to what's happened based on whatever's at stake for them. I'm more and more invested in the way a story is shared as a community. I just hope what I've got to say is different and interesting enough, and maybe all this better explains my adhesion to the novel.
What is the Old Oak Festival and how have you brought it back to life?
I moved over as chair of English to chair a newly-created chair of Fine Arts Department. The fun part of this administrative kind of job is finding ways to advertise and push your programs. I'd always wanted to do some sort of festival that focuses on fine arts. Twenty years ago, there was this thing called the Old Oak Festival at Tusculum. I'd heard about it through various alumni I'd met along the way and discovered it was quite a big dealat least in our area of the world. The Old Oak Festival from long ago was comprised of lots of arts events, mainly live bands that'd come to campus and play throughout the weekend. Talking with the alumni, whose eyeballs widened with nostalgia whenever they reminisced about Old Oak, I realized bringing this festival back could be a hit. Our Institutional Advancement people got behind the idea quickly, and we ended up with a weekend festival made up of a couple dozen live bands on the campus lawn, creative writing readings, the launch of our newest issue of The Tusculum Review, visual arts and digital media exhibits, a theatre performance. We had artisans, books signings, and food vendors. I think everyone had a good time.
My favorite part of our inaugural festival was hosting Katie Fallon, another WVU alum, for a reading to celebrate her new fabulous book Cerulean Blues. Katie's one of my favorite people in the world. I'm proud to have graduated from the same school and program as she did. Somehow, that gives me a sense of accomplishment.
I've read that in the spring you'll be directing Theater-at-Tusculum "Experimental Theatre- 10 Minute Plays." As a writer and editor, I imagine you'd have unique insight into directing. What do you enjoy most as a director?
We're working on a theatre degree here. A theatre program offers some of the most essential academic offerings on a college campus, as theatre is inherently interdisciplinary. If done right, theatre combines heavy amounts of research of whatever play and subject matter is at hand, math and science in set design and building, music, writingreally, anything you can think up.
Of course, I'm an advocate because my undergraduate degree is in theatre. Initially, I agreed to direct because I wanted to bring in a visiting playwright. What happened in the end might be even better. I had so many excellent short plays come out of my last Scriptwriting class that it became apparent we should produce at least of few of them. So, that's what we're doing, plays penned by our very own students. Should be a lot of fun. More importantly, it's a chance to advertise our students and programs.
There was a time I felt like I was a better director than writer. You know, I'd recommend theatre to anyone interested in writing. To do theatre well, you've really got to investigate character motivations. You've got to know what's at stake for everyone at every single line. When you get into dissecting the choices playwrights make about characters, setting, story and plot, and all those other craft things, you quickly realize that none of the thinking that goes into making a single decision is arbitrary. More importantly, you appreciate how nothing can be arbitrary if you expect to have any success at all. This is true in the theatre world, and it's true for any art.
How have you found ways to balance being an editor, administrator (director of the Fine Arts Program), writer, and teacher (as well as a person outside all of that, of course?)?
Finding that balance is a theme in our entire conversation, isn't it? I think a lot of it is finally realizing there has to be a balance. I spent years where, at the end of the day, I said, "Damn, I didn't write today. When did I have the time to write? When will I?" You live like that long enough, and you begin to wonder why you do anything you do. If you don't write, everything else comes to seem pointless. Seriously, writers have to write. As I tell my students, if you can quit writing, you should. I don't mean that dismissively or anything. I'm not the first to point out it's a difficult lifestylefull of self-doubt and rejection. But, if you have to write because you can't quit and you find yourself not writing, you start living with this guilt that can easily turn into self-hate. Eventually, you realize this can't go on, and you seek out that balance. You start demanding of yourself those hours, or hour, or at least a few lines; whatever you can manage in a day saves you from nothing. You learn that everything else will be there tomorrow. More importantly, so will the writing, the best part of the day. You just plug away, figure it'll all get done eventually. It will, even if the thing you have to write is a novel that's apparently longer than most. And, always, you hear Flannery O'Connor, whispering in your ear, "A gift of any kind is a considerable responsibility. It is a mystery in itself, something gratuitous and wholly undeserved, something whose real uses will probably always be hidden from us. Usually the artist has to suffer certain deprivations in order to use his gift with integrity."
Wayne Thomas is the currently chair of the Department of Fine Arts and associate professor English at Tusculum College. He is the 2012 recipient of Tusculum College's Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award. You can find his work in Sudden Stories: The Mammoth Book of Miniscule Fiction, Spitoon, and River Teeth. He is also the co-editor of the Appalachian literature anthology Red Holler.


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Very pretty....and I think Robin's blue would be beautiful for the chairs!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful table setting! I love the crepe myrtle flowers in that wicker container. I never thought to bring them inside like that. Love the bistro chairs you found at ikea too. I didn't know they sold them there. Hope you sat out there and enjoyed your table before coming back inside.ReplyDelete
Hey, Lisa - I'm laughing because I set up tables just for the blog too....Tom is always rolling his eyes :) Looking gorgeous there! I'll come over, and we can have Chinese delivered!
Oh the little table vignette is so pretty. I love those chairs and I think a duck egg blue would be so pretty. Yep!! the neutral white and cream girl is saying blue for the chairs!!!! I think they are pretty white but the blue would be beautiful.
We finally got out of the 90's here in Chicago and are in the 60's and 70's. It has been beautiful finally. Hope you get to cool off soon.
Very pretty, Lisa! I love the lantern. I know what you mean about the crepe myrtles...they definitely don't do well as a cut flower. :) Hopefully we'll get below the 90's soon. :)ReplyDelete
Very lovely Lisa! Love your little vignette in the garden! Lantern is so cute, and everything looks so nice and cosy. Enjoy the weekend in your lovey garden!
So pretty...and probably better that no-one is going to sit there and eat...they would probably just mess it all up anyway :) x SharonReplyDelete
Lovely! So NOT weird to set up a table on one will eat at! I get it, i get it! It's so nice to hang out with bloggers now and then who GET everything we do! And they don't get a glazed look in their eyes anytime you mention something halfway related to a blog!ReplyDelete
Your table looks beautiful in your yard.Love your pretty dishes,flowers and those chair.....LOVE those chairs!
I am starting to decorate for fall sharing lots this week.
Really pretty! I do love my crepe myrtles but you are right about cutting them. They start to fall apart immediately. There's nothing prettier in the yard though. :)
We have high of 94 this week so it's cooling a little. How about you?
This is so pretty, Lisa! I've always wished we had crepe myrtle up here in the Midwest, it's lovely. I had to laugh about you running around in your nightgown. That's me every morning watering and weeding before it gets too hot!
I love your dishes...who makes them if you don't mind.
Hope you had a great weekend!
Love your vignette, Lisa!
So pretty and your flowers and berries
are so pretty too. I have not switched
over my flowers to mums yet either.
My pots are ready for the change out but
just have not had a chance to go buy anything
new to put in them!
Would love to know how you like living down south
versus living in Illinois. I am always tempted
to pack things up and head south for warmer weather!
Hope this finds you enjoying your week,
Lisa, I had to laugh! The things we do to get a good pic! :)
Love your whole table-looks gorgeous!
LOL! Not weird at all! I love that your embracing your climate and making it look oh so pretty. Your table looks so inviting maybe you and hubby should have a date night in the backyard tonight!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful tablescape you've created, Lisa! I love your folding chairs, and the basket that the flowers are in is just gorgeous. I'm guilty of the same thing, taking photos of a table setting, and not even sitting down to eat:)ReplyDelete
It looks beautiful, Lisa, even if you don't get to sit there and enjoy it. : ) I am sure it is hotter by you than me here in Ohio, but still too humid to really "Fall like".ReplyDelete
Such a sweet romantic spot for two! (To look at!!!) Gorgeous.
Absolutely beautiful setting! I love your blog!!! new follower via Bloglovin :)
Thanks so much for visiting me, don't know how I never found your blog until now. Oh and btw where did you get your gorgeous dishes? I so need new dishes and I adore yours.
Happy Saturday!
Looks AMAZING!!! I would much rather be in the warmth at this table than cold in fall decor. LOVE IT!ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful area and gorgeous photos! You can have some of our weather cause it's cold and wet here. I'd love it bit more warmth before the cold sets in for a while.

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Another year in rock and metal has come and gone... and this year might have been more difficult than any because there were just so many albums that I listened to and enjoyed. Both from our 80's favorites and "new" blood that is carrying the torch. With any list that you have to "rank", it seems like it's a never ending cycle of changing the order around, and that was the case for me. So I'm done, this is it! lol, here's my top albums of 2012, with some honorable mentions & other categories thrown in as well.
A big thank you to all of the artists and labels that have been so supportive of Hair Metal Mansion!
1. L.A. Guns - "Hollywood Forever"
These sunset strip legends deliver another in your face, sleazy masterpiece with a bit of a darker feel to it. Who knew they could deliever another album on par with their previous release "Tales From the Strip", but they have done just that. Fans of classic L.A. Guns will not be disappointed.
2. Great White - "Elation"
The first GW album to feature Terry Ilous on vocals. Being that Great White has always been one of my favorites and Ilous is one of the most underrated voices to come out of the 80s, this was the perfect storm for me! Re-energized, and each member is at the top of their game... that classic, bluesy style Great White is known for, with a new soulful flare.
3. Tango Down - "Identity Crisis"
The latest record from melodic rockers, Tango Down.. this time, they have taken it to a whole new level with the addition of veteran singer, David Reece (Bangalore Choir/Accept). Crunchy riffs, and big hooks that will stick with you. Very memorable.
4. T&N - "Slave To The Empire"
What can I say? This is the closet thing to a Dokken reunion we are going to get, let's face it. George Lynch, Jeff Pilson and "Wild" Mick Brown reunited once again, not only to deliver some killer new/original material in the same vein as the stuff we love from them, but they recruited some big-name guests to take part in Dokken classics such as Brian Tichy (Whitesnake), Sebastian Bach, Robert Mason (Warrant), Doug Pinnick (King's X) and Tim "Ripper" Owens.
5. Hardline - "Danger Zone"
Even though Johnny Gioeli is the only member left from the original Hardline lineup, this is the BEST Hardline effort since that classic "Double Eclipse" debut. Johnny has never sounded better and has the instant classic melodic rock anthems to back it up.
6. Lita Ford - "Living Like a Runaway"
FINALLY, we can now say that the Lita Ford we have come to know and love over the years, is officially back. Lita returns to the style that made her what she is, accompanied by guitarist and producer Gary Hoey. The best Lita Ford stuff in a long time, filled with hard edged riffs and grooves that only Lita can provide.
7. Adler - "Back from the Dead"
The best Guns N' Roses-related release in a long time, if you ask me. Great to see Steven Adler back and healthy, and he has a killer band backing him up - including Jacob Bunton from Lynam, Lonny Paul (Adler's Appetite) and Johnny Martin. Killer production thanks to Jeff Pilson. This album has it all, from the kick ass anthems to the ballads with a whole lof of passion and hooks.
8. Trixter - "New Audio Machine"
Another return and a triumphant one at that. Pete Loran, Steve Brown, PJ Farley and Mark "Gus" Scott - yes, all orgiinal members, which is very rare these days. This is some of the best work of their career.
9. Bad Boy Eddy - "Over The Top"
Absolutely killer release from these Bay Area rockers - classic style metal with a whole lotta fantastic riffs. Take notice of these guys!
10. Sister Sin - "Now & Forever"
Hard n' heavy, female fronted rock from Sweden. They combine their classic metal influences of the 80's, with a new-in your face style that will have you raising your fist and bangin' your head.
11. M!SS Crazy - "Grip"
Led by the one and only Markus Allen Christopher, returns with a third M!SS Crazy album that I just love. Straight up rock with his signature raspy vocal style.
12. Accept - "Stalingrad"
These German metal legends deliver again. The second album to feature Mark Tornillo on vocals and the perfect follow up to "Blood of the Nations".
13. Halestorm - "A Strange Case Of.."
Lzzy Hale, one of the best voices in today's hard rock scene. This is a band that seems to appeal to both the modern rock crowd and fans of the classic hard rock style.
14. Dokken - "Broken Bones"
If this is infact the final Dokken studio album, Don and the boys go out on a high note. More of that signature Dokken style. Guitarist Jon Levin deserves more recognition.
15. Bonrud - "Save Tomorrow"
One of the surprises of the year for me. If you love top notch melodic rock, with strong vocals and guitar to match, I strongly recommend you give this one a shot.
16. Lovebite - "Lock N' Load"
Another new, young bad to hit the scene. That classic glam/sleaze style that ruled the glory days of the sunset strip, by way of Birmingham, UK. One of the most promising new acts to keep our eye on.
17. S.U.N. - "Something Unto Nothing"
This year's top "supergroup" - Canadian, award winning singer Sass Jordan, drummer Tommy Stewart, along with Whitesnake members Brian Tichy & Michael Devin, join forces to deliver a true classic hard rock album.
18. Frank Hannon - "Six String Soldiers"
The new solo effort from guitarist Frank Hannon, of course of the Tesla fame. Frank proves once again why he should always be in the conversation when talking about top guitarists in hard rock. Insrumentals mixed with newcomer Jeff Sandoval on vocals. Some cool guest appearances from the likes of Dave Meniketti (Y&T), Pat Travers, Rick Derringer & Dickey Betts. Air guitars out for this one!
19. The Last Vegas - "Bad Decisions"
Nice to have a band here in the states (Chicago) to call our own, that is keeping real rock n roll alive, with their own sleazy style.
20. Tyketto - "Dig In Deep"
Another one of the most underrated bands from the early 90's is back at it again! Danny Vaughn has another one of the strongest/most underrated voices of our genre, and glad to see him back at with Tyketto.
Honorable Mentions:
KISS "Monster", Bangalore Choir "Metaphor", HEAT "Address the Nation", Eclipse "Bleed & Scream", Lillian Axe "The Days Before Tomorrow", Geoff Tate "Kings & Thieves", John Corabi "Unplugged", Fatal Smile "21st Century Freaks", Crazy Lixx "Riot Avenue", Gotthard "Firebirth", Jack Blades "Back in the Game", Little Caesar "American Dream", Hotel Diablo "The Return To Psycho California", Diemonds "The Bad Pack", Humbucker "ROCKS", Xander Demos "Guitarcadia", Van Halen "A Different Kind of Truth", Jeff Scott Soto "Damage Control", Jackyl "Best In Show", Doro "Raise Your Fist", Dynazty "Sultans of Sin", Devil's Train self-titled, Donnie Vie "Wrapped Around My Middle Finger", Jorn "Bringing Heavy Rock to the Land", Herman Frank "Right in the Guts", Hess "Living In Yesterday", Million $ Reload "A Sinner's Saint" & Slash "Apocalyptic Love".
EP's that would have made the list if they were full albums:
Lynch Mob - "Sound Mountain Sessions", Bloody Red Hearts self-titled & Black Tora "Raise Your Fists".
Live Albums worth checking out:
Kix "Live In Baltimore", Y&T "Live at the Mystic Theatre" & UDO "Live In Sofia".
Hair metal recorded back in the day, that finally got an official release:
Murder Bay "Never Was An Angel", Youngblood "No Retreat", Rattleshake self-titled & Gypsy Rose "Poisoned By Love".
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Was just brought to my attention - KISS "Monster"....I KNEW there would be one that I would totally forget to add in there, and I definitely would have! See, this thing drives me crazy every year, hahaha...KISS would definitely be in the top 20, but just threw it in honorable mentions now anyway.
Thank you so much for including T&N's killer album in this list. Gotta give it up to George Jeff and Mick for doing what they do together so well. George always rocks the shit! Keep rockin' Andrew!!! \m/ \m/
Very nice list Andrew! I completely forgot about Hardline on my list! But I definitely agree- Hollywood Forever is a freaking killer album!
Cool list, but where's the Fastway release?
In any case, it's almost 2013 and classic metal marches on!
Looks great Andrew ;) \m/
VERY good list. Definitely love almost everything on this list. The Youngblood CD was a special surprise. Just recently found it and been rocking it hard. Sister Sin and Doro CD's have gotten lots of abuse as well.
For what it's worth, here's mine:
Dude nice choice for number one I bought L.A. Guns' Hollywood Forever two weeks after it was released and it was one of a few CDs I ever bought without hearing a few songs from it first. I gotta admit that I at first thought just watch me but a new album from a band and not know any songs and then I'll find it sucks and I'll be mad. But luckily it didn't turn out that way just about every song is great especially Underneath The Sun which is my favorite off the whole CD.
How is Aerosmith's 2012 album not in here?!
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My Project started out in July.
I was looking for a cabinet manufacturer that carried Lyptus cabinets. I did extensive search on the Internet and surprisingly found Kathleen's Company. I made contact with Kathleen and sure enough not only did she tell me that she had a cabinet manufacturer that worked with Lyptus, she had a longing desire to do a kitchen with that species of wood. She said she could provide a quick turn around time of approximately three weeks.
The process of communicating back and forth seemed easy enough; I communicated to her the dimensions of my space, the layout of the kitchen, the dimensions of the SIX cabinets, and the models of my appliances. The process seemed smooth, but from the beginning she was evasive about answering questions regarding specifics of the cabinets.
For example in an email dated 7-11-09 to Kathleen I asked, " Quick question - what is everclean?"
I received no response.
Follow up email dated 7-14-09 "HI Kathleen, I received the sample. I was a little surprised because the samples were rather thin and small, about the size of a note card. I expected to get a door sample to get an idea of the the thickness of the door fronts. Perhaps you already informed me, but can you remind me what the thickness of the door fronts are? I like the colors, both the ones with onyx looked better with the light in the kitchen. Also did you find out where "everclean" was going to be used on the drawer cabinets?
No response from Kathleen.
Instead she said she found this custom, furniture grade, cabinet maker in Houston that had suffered great loss due to the Hurricane and in addition his son had been diagnosed with cancer. He was looking to start his business up again and was dedicated to using Green material. I agreed to using Terry.
Terry sent stained samples of Lyptus on 7-23
Kathleen drafted several proposals, each had omissions or errors; a kitchen sink had been omitted, a panel was omitted, the cabinet dimensions we not correct, finish side were not specified.
During this process, Kathleen informed me that Terry was no able to obtain Lyptus and if I would consider using Mahogany instead because he had lots of that in stock. I agreed to the change.
on 8-7 I asked Kathy if Terry would start on my project if I gave him a $2000 deposit. The Bill at this point was about $4600 for six cabinets. Kathleen said Terry was agreeable to start with a cash deposit.
8-27-09 Contract was drafted with these terms: and cabinets were paid in full.
We hereby submit specifications for:GREENWOOD MODULAR CABINETRY (EUROPEAN): KITCHEN & ISLAND
Door style: WATERBURY(FLAT PANEL SOLID WOOD).
Specie: MAHOGANY
Finish: STANDARD 1- STEP STAIN. (T.B.D.) Drawer face: SLAB.
Interiors: WOOD Drawer box: 3/4 SOLID MAPLE DOVETAIL.
Drawer guides: TANDEM FULL EXTENSION SOFT CLOSE.
Hinges: THREE WAY, ADJUSTABLE.
Overlay: FULL (DECORATIVE HARDWARE REQUIRED BUT NOT INCLUDED).
Construction: PLYWOOD
Crown molding: NONE.
Under cabinet molding: NONE.
Glass type: N/A.
16x84x29 PANTRY WITH 5 ROLLOUTS $950
Since Kathleen said he turn around time would be quick and that Terry had agreed to start on my six cabinet at the beginning of August, I started to inquire about estimated time for delivery on Sept 1st.
I was persistent and emailed Terry. He finally responded on 8-25-09
Terry's Email:
I am pleased to hear you are excited about your cabinetry. However, we have a
standard minimum lead time. The lead time is three to six weeks. We are a custom
manufacturer not a high volume assembly line manufacturer. We generally work on 1
job at a time until it is finished.
When I received the deposit on your job I immediately began souricing materials
and fabricating the plywood, however I was told to wait on completion due to the
fact that it was unclear as to whether or not and when the funds would be
available to pay the balance due. As such I moved your parts to store and
shelved the job until further notice.
I received the majority of the balance only 2 weeks ago because your check had
to clear Kathleen's account before she could pay me. We had to finish 2 other
jobs we started before resuming work on your job.
One of our essential machines crapped out on us in the process of finishing
your job, I am waiting on a part now, we worked around the issue and your
cabinets should be ready for pick up early next week.
I will email photos for you prior to shipment and I have to tell you they look
and feel great. I know you will be very happy and we are deeply appreciative of
your patience.
I am going to ship your pantry cabinet, and there still is a balance due, I
think of 950.00.
Thank you and have a great day.
???My check cleared my bank on the 27th of August and he is stating that he did not received the money until the second week in Sept????
The lies just kept getting bigger and bigger as time progressed. The following is complete text communication between Kathleen and myself:
Kathleen (7/24 12:07 pm): Hi Monica Just wondering if you got a chance to see the samples? Give me a call when you have a chance. Thank Kathy
Me (7/24 12:08 pm): When I left they had not been delivered. I will call you when I get back home.
Kathleen (7/24 12:09 pm): Ok sounds good. They were delivered at 11:00.
Me (7/27 9:24 am): Working on two deals that need to close. Will call you later. Thx
Kathleen (7/27 9:26 am): Sorry about that. Just have a couple of questions. Need measurements on stove, microwave and which way do you want the hinge on pantry?
Me (7/27 9:32 am): no worries. Can text or email . Multitasking. Micro and toaster oven are sm. Largest is 18"x 12"x10". Hinge for pantry on rt. Will call u later though
Kathleen (7/27 9:32 am): Thanks
Kathleen (7/27 6:56 pm): Hi Monica, What size is the stove in the island?
Me (7/27 6:57 pm): Not at home yet but it is an advantium (sp?)- trivection slide in range..
Kathleen (7/27 7:03 pm): Oh, when you get a chance just let me know. Thanks
Me (7/27 7:04 pm): Ok .
Kathleen (7/28 10:23 am): Hi Monica. Just wondering if you have some time to go over your order?
Me (7/28 10:25 am): will call you at noon...ok? Lol.. I just sent this text to the wrong person.
Kathleen (7/28 10:26 am): K
Me (7/28 12:02 pm): Call you in 10 min
Kathleen (7/28 12:05 pm): K
Kathleen (8/7 12:04 pm): Hi Monica, How are things going with you? Any news yet?
Me (8/7 3:18 pm): Hi Kathy..put the $ in your account. That bank is S0 not user friendly. I had to sign your deposit and sign another sheet which I assume is a transfer request
Kathleen (8/7 3:36 pm): Sorry about the hassle. Did you go the same bank as before?
Me (8/7 3:37 pm): Yes.
Kathleen (8/7 3:40 pm): Az Central ccu has been really good to work with as far as being a business owner. That really went above and beyond for me. Maybe it is just the Federal ccu.
Kathleen (8/7 3:41 pm): Can you do me a favor? When you get a chance please measure both your toaster oven and microwave? You can also edit the pdf and send it back to me.
Me (8/7 3:42 pm): I sent u measurements in a prev. (couple weeks ago)Email. I know they are not taller than 12''
Kathleen (8/7 3:44 pm): Ok I will look for it. Again, I apologize for the hassle they gave you at the bank.
Me (8/7 3:44 pm): No worries.
Me (9/12 1:42 pm): Hi Kathy, what's the update with my cabinets? Did terry finish them? But most importantly when will they arrive at my house? Thx monica
Kathleen (9/12 1:45 pm): Hi Monica I guess he had to order special wood to finish the sides. He has them put together. They should be complete by Tuesday or Wednesday.
Kathleen (9/12 1:46 pm): I will have the shippers pick them up asap.
Me (9/12 1:48 pm): What kind of wood? I am such dire need of a kitchen, the expense of having to eat outside is unbelievable. :-((
Kathleen (9/12 1:51 pm): I know. That's what I told Terry.
Kathleen (9/17 1:06 pm): Waiting to hear back from Terry. He said he was in a meeting. I will give you an update as soon as I hear from him.
Me (9/17 1:08 pm): I don't really understand why there is a delay since he told you the cabinets were nearly complete four weeks ago and you guys were just waiting for my money:-/
Kathleen (9/17 1:10 pm): It has to do with the finished sides. I don't think he did them correctly the first time. He had to remake 4 cabinets.
Me (9/17 1:11 pm): Uhhhg. That does not sound good.
Kathleen (9/17 1:12 pm): At least they will be right when you do get them. :)
Me (9/17 1:14 pm): Yes. well... I pray they shipped.
Kathleen (9/18 12:16 pm): Just sat down for lunch with a friend. Will call back in a few.
Me (9/18 12:18 pm): Ok.
Kathleen (9/18 1:19 pm): Thanks
Kathleen (9/21 3:56 pm): Hi Monica, Your cabinets are being picked up on Wednesday. I will give you the delivery date as soon as they tell me.
Me (9/21 3:57 pm): Thank goodness! Thx for the good news!!!
Kathleen (9/21 3:58 pm): No problem. I am happy too!
Me (9/23 12:04 pm): Hi Kathy, I need the transport info.
Kathleen (9/23 12:16 pm): I guess they can't pick up until tomorrow. I will give you details once I have them.
Me (9/23 12:18 pm): Oh my god Kathy. This is ridiculous.
Kathleen (9/23 12:38 pm): I have no control over when the trucks deliver. When a truck has enough room they schedule pickups. They thought they had enough room but didn't.
Me (9/24 3:30 pm): ????
Kathleen (10/1 10:40 am): Hi Monica Terry had some issues with 4 of your doors for the microwave cabinets. They should be on the truck tomorrow.
Me (10/1 10:42 am): No. This is not ok. I have waited an extended period of time. I keep getting excuses of why I do not have a product for which I have paid. Nothing has been
Me (10/1 10:43 am): Been provided. I have tried to communicate with terry and I have not received a response. I want a refund for the full amount to be deposited into my checking
Me (10/1 10:43 am): Account by tomorrow.
Me (10/1 10:45 am): This should not be an issue since I deposited the money into your account directly, there is no reason why you cannot do the same. I have contacted an
Me (10/1 10:46 am): A representative. I need my money returned to me immediately.
Kathleen (10/1 11:55 am): I just text him. He hasn't gotten back with me yet. I am also pissed. I will come down and help you with your ikea cabinets if you like. I'm so sorry.
Me (10/1 11:57 am): I am so heartbroken about this situation. But it is beyond impossible for me to keep waiting. I may have to take you up on your offer. I know you understand ...
Me (10/1 11:57 am): And am very thankful for that.
Kathleen (10/1 12:00 pm): I was a single mother for 14 years. I understand. I'm so disheartened. I have been in tears myself about this so I can't talk on the phone. Sorry
Me (10/2 5:50 pm): Kathy, I have been on the road. Can u give me an update?
Kathleen (10/2 5:52 pm): He is finished with them and a truck is coming on Monday. It was too late to get one for today. He was being a complete jerk. I told him you are getting the
Kathleen (10/2 5:52 pm): The pantry for nothing because of all the bs you had to put up with.
Me (10/2 5:56 pm): That's one good thing. But I am still not closer to getting them. how long is transport? I have no faith in what he says :-(
Kathleen (10/2 5:57 pm): I will talk with the shipper on monday and find out for sure. They really are freakin nice cabinets though.
Me (10/2 5:59 pm): Thank you for your help with this. Uhhhg!
Kathleen (10/2 6:00 pm): I just get so upset and emotional about this whole thing. I haven't stop crying since yesterday. I really pride myself on good customer service.
Me (10/2 6:03 pm): I just feel like melting. It is so hard. I know you are a good person and it sucks he put you in this position.
Kathleen (10/5 11:01 am): Your cabinets are crated and ready to be picked up. I contacted the shipper. Just waiting to hear back. I am excited to finally have them to you.
Me (10/5 11:01 am): Oh I so needed some good news today! Thank you!!!
Me (10/8 11:08 am): Kathy I have not heard anything from the transport company.
Kathleen (10/8 1:31 pm): You will. I know they are on there way. They will call soon. Hang in there.
Me (10/10 10:21 am): Kathy can you send me the transport info. I want to call them.
Kathleen (10/10 10:23 am): My computer is down right now and is being worked on as we speak. I should have it back on Monday. I will send you info then.
Me (10/10 10:49 am): When did the leave Houston?
Kathleen (10/10 10:49 am): Tuesday
Me (10/12 9:28 am): Kathy. I need information. I want the phone number for the transport company. I want to know when my cabinets will be AT my house.
Kathleen (10/12 9:31 am): Its Columbus day. No one is in. They will call a day before they get there.
Me (10/12 9:32 am): When?? When will they be at my house. I want their number.
Kathleen (10/12 9:36 am): I just checked my email. Sorry. They are coming tomorrow. You need to get some strong guys to help unload the pantry. Its super heavy. Have them uncrate it firs
Kathleen (10/12 9:36 am): Uncrate in the truck. They pantry.
Me (10/12 9:37 am): I need a time I have to ask people to help me.
Me (10/12 9:37 am): Phone number please.
Me (10/12 10:42 am): Kathy, I am tired of being strung along. I just want a refund. This is just not right.
Me (10/12 11:06 am): Terry has a copy of my check. My account number is on there. I will call you later to give it to you verbally.
Kathleen (10/12 11:10 am): I am not giving you the freight companies number. I have a great relationship with them. I don't them being harrassed by my customers. They will call you tomorr
Kathleen (10/12 11:11 am): tomorrow when he gets closer. I am not trying to give you a line of crap! Freight companies are on the road and don't have exact times. Weather, car acidents.
Kathleen (10/12 11:11 am): They will call you. I promise you that!!!!
Kathleen (10/12 11:13 am): You need to just be patient one more day. I have gone above and beyond for you! I also have other customers I am dealing with.
Me (10/12 11:14 am): Harrassed??? I have been EXCEEDINGLY patient.
On the 15th of October I received notice that my cabinets were in Phoenix but could no be delivered directly to me. After negotiating with the trucking company they were finally delivered to my home on the 22nd at 7pm.
What I received was Horrifying. The craftsmanship on the cabinets were horrendous!
I immediately called Kathleen and my call went directly to voice mail. This was no surprise since she had been directing my calls to voicemail for sometime.
I did not receive a call back. The following Day I called her and she was unresponsive...she felt ger job was done and she hung up on me.
I sent both Terry and Kathleen he following email with pictures:
My drawers were 1/2" plywood.. a far cry from Solid Maple.
As of his writing , I have not had a response or received the remainder of my order!
The cabinets are simply embarrassing... the craftmanship from IKEA would out shine the ones I received.
Prior to receiving the cabinets, Kathy had stressed that I needed to get a professional Installer because there were *Furniture grade European Cabinets* . This is laughable! I had an Installer come out to see if the cabinets could be corrected and he simply said it would better to just donate the cabinet to Goodwill. To fix the poor craftsmanship would take as much time and cost that it would just be cost effective to buy new cabinets.
This has had a significant negative impact on me and my family emotionally and financially. We still don't have a kitchen after all this mess.
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The Toorak mansion Coonac is Melbourne's most expensive home. It was bought on Tuesday night by transport and logistics magnate Paul Little for a record price of about $16 million.
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The previous record price for a Melbourne home was $11.25 million paid by businessman Brian Watson last year for 1 Towers Road, Toorak, which was sold by John Elliott.
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McCrackin was appointed to the council in February with hopes to be elected to a four-year term.
"I'm very grateful for all the people that voted for me," McCrackin said. "I went down to City Hall to see the results. I was just wondering whether I was going on vacation or I was going to go back to work. It looks like I'm going to work."
Miller said he originally did not plan to run for re-election, but after several members of the community called him asking for him to run again he reconsidered.
"We've accomplished a lot since I've been a member," he said. "I'm happy to be re-elected. I'm hoping we can accomplish just as much in the next four years."
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Originally a carpenter named Jumpman, this Italian plumber has gone on to become the most recognizable video game character of them all, starring in a veritable pantheon of titles like kart racing and sports. He has been voiced by Charles Martinet for nearly 20 years.
Luigi is Mario's brother. He began as a simple palette swap of Mario, but was later differentiated. In his later forays, he provides comic relief.
Bowser is one of the most iconic villains in gaming. His role as the main antagonist in the Mario franchise has cemented this King of Koopas' status in video game history.
Princess Peach Toadstool is usually the damsel in distress from the Mario franchise. She gets kidnapped frequently by Bowser, though she's not averse to being captured by various other villains from time to time.
The Toad is a member of the Toad species. He is a loyal attendant of Princess Peach and often assists Mario on his journeys in a variety of ways.
The Original Donkey Kong made his debut in the game of the same name, where he tossed barrels at his nemesis Mario. His grandson, Donkey Kong Jr., went on to create a legacy of his own in games such as Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.
Yoshi is a recurring character in the Mario franchise and has since gone on to star in his own games.
Lakitu has appeared in a variety of Mario games; from Super Mario Bros on the NES right up to Mario Kart 7. He is responsible for dropping Spinies onto the levels below, holding up signs and his very own start signal from all nine Mario Kart games.
Wario is Mario's "evil" cousin; a garlic-loving man with an obsession with treasure. Wario's name is a derivative of the word "warui" ('bad' in Japanese) & "Mario".
Link is the iconic protagonist of The Legend of Zelda franchise.
One half of the deadly twosome, the Hammer Bros. from Super Mario Bros fame. They jump from platform to platform in a seemingly random pattern throwing goshdarn hammers!
A Magikoopa and a well recognized enemy in many Mario games. Kamek traditionally shoots magic attacks at the player.
Diddy Kong made his first appearance in 1994 as Donkey Kong's side-kick in Donkey Kong Country for the SNES. Since then, he has starred in numerous Donkey Kong games, his own Diddy Kong Racing games and Mario sports titles. He wears a red Nintendo hat.
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Luigi's dark counterpart, who is mainly known for appearing in Mario spinoffs. He is voiced by Charles Martinet. Enjoys playing a game of tennis with Wario.
Samus Aran is the protagonist of the Metroid series. As a bounty hunter, she uses her armored power suit to hunt space pirates and other dangerous forces. She frequently crosses paths with dangerous creatures called Metroids in her adventures.
Bowser Jr. is the son of Bowser and the main antagonist of Super Mario Sunshine and New Super Mario Bros. He loves to play sports with his dad in various Mario sport titles like tennis, golf, basketball and kart racing!
One of the more unusual aspects of the Mario series is Birdo, a cross-dressing dinosaur fellow who always wants to look their prettiest, whether they're trying to kill Mario, driving a go-kart, or playing a variety of sports.
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Luigi's love interest and Peach's sidekick. She's the princess of Sarasaland.
The main antagonist and embodiment of evil in the Zelda series, Ganon lusts after the Triforce and the ultimate power it affords its user. He often appears in his less monstrous form, Ganondorf.
King Dedede is the self proclaimed king of Dreamland. He is Kirby's arch-nemesis and has appeared in numerous games.
A large apple tree from Kirby games. He is said to be very old and wise.
Wendy is Bowser's fifth child and only daughter.
Larry is the second youngest child of Bowser. He is the self-proclaimed king of eavesdropping.
Roy Koopa is a general powerhouse and the third oldest son of Bowser.
The oldest koopaling and longtime second-in-command of Bowser. He composes "Koopa Symphonies" and is a great inventor to boot.
Iggy is the fourth oldest son of Bowser, a member of the koopalings, and a crazy genius.
Lemmy is the second oldest of Bowser's eight children. He always appears somewhat dizzy.
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BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal continued his all-out attack here Tuesday on a House budget reform plan, calling it a tax increase that jeopardizes a $21 billion Sasol project planned for Southwest Louisiana.
Promises have been made to the company, he said, "and we don't want to go back to being known as the state that doesn't keep its promises."
Republican conservatives and Democrats who came up with the $527 million proposal think the Jindal administration is being overly dramatic about effects of the plan that they unveiled late Monday.
The coalition produced a state general fund chart showing higher education in the state has been cut 80 percent since 2008. Colleges and universities received $1.4 billion in fiscal 2007-08, and $284.5 million in the governor's proposed budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.
Republican conservatives blame Jindal's constant use of one-time money and contingency funding in his budgets for annual mid-year and year-end cuts to state agencies. The House Appropriations Committee last week removed $490 million of that money, and that is what the coalition plan would restore.
The House is scheduled to take up House Bill 1, the state spending plan, Thursday.
Jindal, as he did a day earlier, brought some two dozen individuals together for a news conference to express their concerns about how the House coalition wants to plug that budget hole.
Reductions would take place in three areas. Cuts to department budgets would produce $106 million, other anticipated reductions total $27 million and changes in a number of tax break areas would bring in $329 million.
The coalition is also counting on $20 million from refinancing of the state's tobacco settlement and $45 million in excess revenues expected to be announced by the Revenue Estimating Conference.
Jindal was quick to call the plan a "threat on the horizon," and a $1.3 billion tax increase over the next four years.
Rep. Brett Geymann, R-Moss Bluff, one of the leaders of the coalition, said work continues on the plan with more fine-tuning scheduled for Tuesday evening. The goal is to make it more acceptable, he said.
Speaker of the House Chuck Kleckley, R-Lake Charles, came out in support of the plan last week. He told members of the Chamber Southwest Louisiana at a noon luncheon near the Capitol Tuesday the coalition proposal will solve budget problems for the next four years.
Jindal spoke later, and disagreed.
"The threat is right here upon us. Make your voices heard," he told the chamber group.
The main bone of contention in the coalition plan is a 15 percent reduction in most of the state's annual tax exemptions that would produce $329 million. Geymann said any attempt to remove some groups from the 15 percent cut would create a snowball effect.
Recipients would still receive 85 percent of those exemptions. Some of the affected areas involve movie-making, investment tax credits, enterprise zones, the Quality Jobs program, historic building restoration, wind and solar energy systems, digital media and software, milk producers and sugar cane transportation.
The 15 percent adjustments would produce $144.9 million, and corporate changes would raise another $157 million.
Dan Borne with the Louisiana Chemical Association was among the two dozen at the Jindal news conference.
"I am not here to pick a fight with the House," Borne said. "This is not a good idea; it's a terrible idea." He said it placed the business community and manufacturing in the bullseye.
"It sends shockwaves into every corporate boardroom around the world," Borne said. He called on the House to "revisit the plan and ditch it."
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One of my goals is to cook more with my kids. I grew up watching my mom cook and turned into an awesome one myself (#humblebrag.) She didn't actually cook that much with me so I could just take my chances that the terror twins learn by osmosis like me. But that would defeat my goal of turning them into domestic servants by eight. So cooking with kids it is.
Up first, Tiana Mac and Cheese!
My brilliant mother actually was the impetus behind this cooking gig. She and my dad took the girls to see their first Disney movie, The Princess and the Frog. So when she saw a Princess and the Frog cookbook, she snatched it up. For those who have not seen The Princess and the Frog, the main character Tiana dreams of opening a restaurant serving southern food like her dad used to make. And (spoiler alert) even after she gets the tiara, she fulfills her dream by opening the restaurant with her prince. Combine that unusually empowered story with lush animation, and you have a must see film. At least in my and the Terror Twins opinion.
Anyway, this story based cookbook is the perfect way to get the girls interested in following a recipe. They love the idea of making food that their favorite characters like. Over the weekend, their dad guided them in making a southern classic: baked mac and cheese.
For once, lunch was eagerly eaten!
If you are wanting to get your kids in the kitchen, here are some other favorite story based cookbooks:
Little House on the Prairie Cookbook : Out of print but available on Etsy.
Roald Dahl Revolting Recipes : Also out of print but the website has several recipes on it.
Pretend Soup and Other Recipes : The classic's sequel!


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Courtyard by Marriott Lynchburg places you within a mile (2 km) of Candlers Station and LaHaye Ice Center. This 90-room, 3-star hotel has a restaurant, a 24-hour fitness center, and free in-room WiFi. It's near the airport and also close to Liberty University and Sandusky Historic Site and Civil War Museum.
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All 90 air-conditioned rooms provide refrigerators, coffee makers, and phones. 49-inch flat-screen TVs come with satellite channels, and guests can stay connected with free WiFi and wired Internet. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and designer toiletries, and pillowtop beds with premium bedding ensure a restful night. Other standard amenities include ironing boards and desks.
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Today I have for you a story that I have been wanting to share for some time -- "I Am Curious (Black)!" from Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #106 (November 1970). Written by Bob Kanigher, and illustrated by Werner Roth and Vince Colletta, it is truly a story that only the 1970s could have birthed! And, perfect for both this last day of Black History Month and on the tail of the 75th anniversary of Superman. And yes, though Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane isn't a romance title per se, as you may remember from my 2010 booklet The Look of Love, many of the Lois Lane stories contain romance comic-like qualities. And as you will see in this issue, Lois's concern with Superman's love for her ultimately makes it a romance story.
Lois follows Dave into the alley as he pursues the teens. The kids are dropping off a pile of loot to a couple of gangsters, and as Dave goes to stop them, he is shot by one of them. Superman quickly makes it to the scene before they can do further damage, and he quickly brings Lois and the weak Dave to a nearby hospital. The doctors inform them that Dave needs a blood transfusion, but they do not have his blood type (the rare O-) in stock due to lack of funding. Luckily, Lois knows she is a match so she volunteers to be Dave's donor.
After the transfusion, Lois approaches Superman about an always touchy subject -- marriage. As she looks in the mirror at her altered self, she asks him if he would marry her even if she was black.
Though Superman briefly touches on the racial implications of her question and how he too is an outsider, he gives Lois the same answer he always does -- marriage between them could never happen. His enemies would kill Lois to hurt him. And before Lois can say anything else, she begins the transformation back -- ahead of schedule. A shocked nurse comes in to tell Lois that Dave has been asking for her. Lois panics and worries over Dave's reception of her in her current state. Superman tells Lois that she must see him or she will never know.
The last page of the story contains no dialogue, but the final panel says everything it needs to. There is hope for peace in the world after all.
This is definitely one of those comic book stories that could be dismissed as overly goofy from today's perspective. But taken in context of the time it was published, the socially-relevant message that underneath it all, we are all the same, must have been pretty powerful for young and old readers alike.


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Life plus 1000 years. So far as prison sentences go, it's fairly emphatic.
But even before Ariel Castro shuffled, shackled, into court, his fate was set at life behind bars.
It was a mild afternoon in May when the world's attention focused on an otherwise unremarkable suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Details came fast of three women rescued from the most deplorable conditions, from a loathsome, monstrous captor.
Raped, beaten, starved and tortured: the horror they'd endured couldn't be understated or undone.
But the community partied. Crowds gathered by the victims' family houses, eager for comments or smiles or a signal, maybe, that everything was actually all right. And we waited for the magazine deals to come through.
You couldn't have blamed the Ohio victims for cashing in on the torture they endured. Like Jaycee Dugard before them, they've no doubt been peppered with book deals and glitzy photo ops, offers from magazines.
With no federal compensation available to them, and a nation's appetite for sensational detail, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight would've no doubt considered the most profitable of publicity offers. But no.
"She does not want other people to write or talk about what happened," Amanda Berry's sister told the sentencing court, as she read from her sister's victim impact statement.
Berry wants to be the one to tell her daughter about what happened.
"Today is the last day we want to think or talk about this," said DeJesus' cousin.
The sentiments contrasted with a highly unusual sentencing. Despite having spared the women the agony of a trial, prosecutors and law enforcement spent two hours theatrically articulating the detail of Castro's crime.
As someone who usually argues in favour of judicial openness and public scrutiny, did we really need to see photographs? Whose interests were being served? With the facts not in dispute, couldn't the victims and their families be spared the pungent detail of Castro's abuse?
Yet through it all, the young women and their families were composed, calm and strong.
No one yelled at Ariel Castro, and many of those who spoke rightly noted the women's courage.
There is much to be said of the crimes Ariel Castro committed. There is more to be said for dignity.


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I want to keep the voltage drop within acceptable limits on a long feeder run. 240v Single Phase @ 200amps for 500' underground. The lugs at each end can accommodate 4/0 max. Can I connect 4/0 at each end and then have 500 mcm for the majority of the run?
Provided they are available in the sizes you need, you could use pin terminals to reduce the 500 to 4/0. A Burndy AYP500 will terminate to 500MCM and provide a pin .68 inch in diameter. You will need the proper compression tool to install these connectors. Some electrical supply house will loan you the tool when you purchase the terminals.
250mcm will give you 4.9% drop or 10 volts.
then go 350kcm.that is 3%.i would do a cost check.
Branch circuits are maximum of 5%, preferably 3%.....DC is maximum of 3%
Even if he uses 250 or 350 his lugs still arent big enough.........You can just bring the 500 mcm into a "tangle box" such as a 8x8x6 PVC box and make junctions inside with splicers or split bolts.....tape em up and you are good......
as long as your overcurrent device is rated, i dont see why not.
I'd hate to be the one having to make joints with 500 MCM in a 8X8 box. One maybe...but 4? Not my idea of fun...
I realized the OP is from the states. Here in canada FYI the VD allowable is 5% from meter to end of branch circuit. No more than 3% from your main to the end of a branch circuit. That's to say if you only have 1% from your meter to the panel, it doesn't mean you can have 4% on a branch circuit. I hope that makes sense
Obviously you would have to do a cubic inch calculation for the used wires. I was making a suggestion using an example. Common sense dictates you would use a bigger box if it didnt fit.
FYI: to the OP, you can reduce your neutral down, I *think* 70% of the rated capacity of the OCPD. Also you can reduce your ground. I would say a 4/0 ground is fine. Grounds are not Current carrying so you dont have to worry as much about ampere rating.
Note: i do not have the code in front of me, but if i remember right there is a provision for reducing the neutral in feeder circuits.
Also OP, why do you HAVE TO HAVE this capacity? im guessing 200A......Derating and biting the bullet may be in your best interest.
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