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My words gush out like oil from a barrel- dark, toxic, bitter. They spill all over the couch and slosh onto the floor. I desperately want to make them stop, to scoop them all up and pour them back inside so I can hide them away in the space where all my other unwanted words go, but they keep on flowing, filling up the room, drowning me. I'm scared they'll drown John, too. I try to tell him that. Try to tell him to ignore what I'm saying, to leave me alone, to just leave, but he won't have any of that.
Because he's John- steady, dependable John- and without me telling him he seems to know exactly what I need. He pulls me into his arms as readily as he would a crying child, and in a lot of ways, that's just what I am. I lean into him, burying my face in his jumper so he won't see the sadness slipping between my eyelids and dripping down cheeks that shouldn't be half as rosy as they are. The knit smells of tea and calm. He is warm and solid and steady and safe.
Some days his voice is young and full of vigor, especially when he's angry or excited, but most of the time it's soft yet firm at once, older than the angry voice but much younger than his eyes, which feel far too old for so young (young?) a man.
Today his voice is soothing. It picks up the pieces of me that are scattered across the stained, worn carpet. It gently dusts each one off and sets it back into place. I doubt that even the most fragile of glass would receive such care.
I wonder what I've done to deserve such treatment from him. I'm no one- just a frightened little girl who's trying to find a place to hide because the world has proved once again that it's far too big for me to take on. Every time John and I run into each other, I'm more and more broken, and each time he unfailingly stitches me back together again. He is a doctor, after all, though his medicine is not a pill but instead tea and hugs and softly spoken words.
Despite all that he does to fix up other people, I can tell he's broken, too. Broken and lonely. It's getting better, though. I'm not sure how I know this, but I just do.
Maybe he needs me to help fix him.
I push away the notion, hoping it'll disappear among the words still oozing around us. It's preposterous. Who am I to fix anyone? Me, with my tangled hair and mascara-smudged face and crumbling spirit. Besides, who am I compared to the one who's left him behind?
But of course, the thought won't simply vanish or drown or even sit in time-out in the corner. I suppose it's been slowly slipping between weaker thoughts and further into my mind, lodging itself there, and by the time I noticed, it was too late. Wouldn't be the first time that's happened.
Unlike most times, I don't mind the idea. After all I wanted to be a doctor when I was younger. Fix people up. Make them feel better.
I imagine myself holding a long silver needle like my grandmother's and a spool of red thread- no, not red. I don't have the right to that. I briefly consider green- growth, new life- but ultimately decide on a quiet blue. The colour of water- calm, steady, life-sustaining. All in all, very John. But when I go to pick up the pieces, I suddenly become very unsure of which ones are his and which ones are mine and what to do with them once I separate them out. My confidence slips away, and I'm tempted to disappear among my catalogues of words and never come out again.
His voice- whose voice? Oh yes, John's- draws me back out into the world once more. I realize that I've run out of tears- actually, I'm surprised they lasted so long. I blink and look up at him. He wears comfort in his smile, but it doesn't quite reach his eyes. They're older than ever and filled with concern... for me. Guiltiness fills up all the empty space in my chest left by the words that have so recently vacated it. I decide that while I may not be ready to help fix John just yet, it doesn't mean I'll never be. Maybe he and I can fix each other. It's a nice thought, nicer than the one of me fixing him up by myself because no matter what I say, I don't like doing everything on my own. I may not be the one he lost, but I'm not "no one" either. Not to John. For whatever unfathomable reason, he's decided to care about me. Instead of pushing him away, maybe I need to let him fix me so I can find out just what it is that he needs.
I smile back up at him, clothing it in the same comfort he wears so naturally, though I already feel it slipping off the corners of my lips. But more than that, I try to tell him with my eyes- my young, nearsighted eyes- that we won't be broken forever. We are not automatons left out on the side of the road to rust and decay. We are flesh and blood and spirit and words, and while we cannot be fixed as easily as a clockwork human, we can be healed.
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Kids are many things. Their parents' greatest gift. Their parents' greatest achievement. And let's face it ... their parents' greatest source of entertainment.
As the saying goes, kids say the darndest things. Between the non sequiturs, the mispronunciations, and the all-around silliness that they get up to, sometimes life with kids is all about trying to remember the latest goofy thing that's made you laugh until you cried.
Do you remember the last hilarious thing your child said? What about the thing before that?
If you don't, you're missing out! But there's hope for you yet ...
With summer vacation upon us and plenty of family bonding time in the cards, how about starting a family quote journal?
Start by setting up a chalkboard or a dry erase board in the house so when the kids say something particularly hilarious, you can jot it down quickly ... where everyone in the family can see it.
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Next step? Transfer the quotes from the board into a journal. That leaves room on the board to add more ... and preserves the hilarity to look back on and laugh!
Need some inspiration? Take a look at these hilarious kid quotes that still give their parents the giggles.
What's the funniest thing your kids have said lately?
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Another packed house should be in order on Friday night as Nedal Promotions presents fight night at the Cedar Gardens in Hamilton, New Jersey. Headlining the show will be light heavyweight contender Omar Sheika (29-9, 20 KOs), who is scheduled to swap punches with Jim "Steel Chin" Strohl (27-8, 21 KOs). Former Olympian Terrance "The Heat" Cauthen (34-6, 9 KOs) is also making a sizable comeback of his own as he faces the upset minded Cleotis "Mookie" Pendarvis (10-2-2, 4 KOs).
Sheika, the 2004 ESPN fighter of the year, has returned to the limelight with two consecutive knockouts including a fourth round stoppage of hard hitting Garrett Wilson. Strohl should provide a difficult task for Sheika, having gone the distance with undefeated prospect Marc Tucker in his last bout. Strohl is a out of the mold of the fictional character of Rocky Balboa, who will take punches and just continue to press forward and fire back. Sheika is not accustomed to fighting on the retreat, so we should see a phone booth style war as both fighters look to establish ring supremacy.
Cauthen, a 1996 Olympian bronze medalist will have his hands full as Pendarvis isn't afraid to pull an upset. Pendarvis handed Hector Sanchez (18-1) his first and only loss on April 2nd in Las Vegas.
Also on the card, Atlantic City, New Jersey's Osnel "Prince of Darkness" Charles (2-2) looks to go above the 500 mark with a victory over Philly's own Ramon Ellis (0-5) in a four round lightweight scrap.
Light heavyweight Charles Hayward (3-2, 1KO) will swap punches over four rounds with fellow Philadelphian Reshawn Scott (2-3).
Jordanian light heavyweight, Khalil "Bad Intentions" Farah (6-4, 1KO) is set to tangle with Trenton New Jersey's Alando Swain (0-1) in a four rounder.
Philly junior welterweight Rami Ibraham looks to rebound from two consecutive losses, when he squares off against Glassboro, New Jersey's Marcus Smith in an evenly matched four round spat.
A pair of Puerto Rican featherweights look to light up the Cedar Gardens as Francisco Ortiz (1-0) trades fisticuffs with Benjamin Morales in a four rounder.
Opening the show will be a pair of junior welterweights making the professional debuts as Philadelphia's Jesse Crawford battles it out with Puerto Rico's Joes Calderon.
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You've heard the old expression "Does a bear poop in the woods?" right? Well it is apparent that bears these days prefer Sears. A bear in Pennsylvania wound up inside a shopping mall and caused it to be evacuated.
Maybe, just maybe the bear was tired of the heat that has enveloped much of the US and decided to take the chance that humans might be kind enough to let it enjoy the a/c. Much the bear's chagrin, it was tranquilized and taken back to the woods.
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98 jeep wrangler sport with v6 automatic - Ok drove 2+ hours to cities with 1 - 20 min stop no issues on return trip home ( about 3 hours later with minimal driving in between ) after 45 minutes at 65-75 mph engine light sounds and jeep is over heating - by the time I called service guys maybe 3-4 mins temp jumped back to almost normal about 210 - 215 and light goes off. Ten minutes later same nonsense light on temp up then after backing off on speed slightly drops back down to normal and lights off - continued drive home no issues. Now this jeep has just been serviced for all obvious maintenance needs and as it over heated about 3 weeks ago the thermostats has been replaced. So whats this clutch fan thing do and fan cowling is? Yes I am not a mechanic and I'm a woman but I am tool adept if I can replace the tranny on a washing machine I can figure this out if I understand what is causing the problem. My service shop is guessing clutch fan - but then he guessed thermostat last time - I don't have time to keep guessing while jeep is in and out of shop. saw another posting with 3 suggestions 1. clutch fan 2. catalytic converter 3. radiator cap this I know is good at least thats what shop said.. Also what is the normal temp for these jeep in 12 yrs of ownership I feel it has always run at about 210. This is a great vehicle and all my children have used it during college so I have just gotten it back and want it running sound. Any advice will be appreciated.
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Although your mechanical fan is always turning it has whats commonly referred to as a clutch that engages when the temperature gets to a certain point. This "locks in" the fan to turn at the same speed as the engine to rapidly cool it down. When the temperature drops the clutch disengages and the fan speed will slow down. What can happen is either the bearings in the clutch will seize up and your fan will be turning at engine speed all the time which will not allow your jeep to run at normal operating temperature or the clutch itself basically stops working (sounds like your problem) and the fan will not engage to cool down your engine. It is actually a pretty straight forward repair that I'm almost certain you could do yourself. An easy way to test the fan clutch is to rotate it by hand (engine off), you should feel a slight resistance when you turn the fan, if it freely turns its no good, if it doesn't turn at all it's no good, if you can rock it up and down it's no good. If you don't already own one I suggest getting a Haynes or Chilton manual for your Jeep, it will walk you through most of the repairs you will have to do on the Jeep including the clutch fan replacement.
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You can get the RSS feed for my Blog here and head over to TheDigitalLifestyle.com for all my content First Impressions of the Linksys Extender Tonight I had my first play with Linksys's DMA2100 Media Center Extender, so here are my first impressions. I have been using an Xbox 360 as an extender for … Continue reading
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It that time of year to predict trends for the new year and PC Pro have their predictions for the top techs of 2008. In the list are things like Rich Internet Applications, 10 gigabit Ethernet and commercial P2P, topping the list are Media Center Extenders, which is properly the first time I have seen … Continue reading
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As the Extenders for Windows Media Center have finally started shipping Ed Bott has got his hands on one. Ed's first impressions seem very positive especially for things like startup time and quietness. The unit Ed got is the diskless DMA2100 which looks incredibly small and neat. I am looking forward to seeing the Extenders … Continue reading
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Zepto Helios TV with Media Center?
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Microsoft start big push for Media Center Extenders
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Media Center Health Monitor Update – Now with Web Service and Alerts
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Great Video Demo of Media Center and its possibilities
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I think it's time for Vista a "Home Media Suite"
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"Know Your Lifts" is an illustrated guide series where we'll show how to perform basic weight lifting exercises. Last time we covered the High-Bar Squat. On the docket today is another essential and beastly exercise: the deadlift.
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Mini project in computer engineering?
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Is personal computers are mini or micro computers?
Well as minicomputers are typically between the size of a 2 to 4 drawer file cabinet and microcomputers are typically smaller than one file drawer; personal computers are typi…cally microcomputers. Well as minicomputers usually have a multichip processor and microcomputers usually have a single chip processor; personal computers are typically microcomputers.
You want an idea for mini project in mechanical engineering?
go for some inovative model making process with some abstract design
You want a minor project in computer engineering?
I want some topices for the minor projects in computer engineering on dot net.
Which are the project topics for 3rd year diploma in computer engineering?
computer network security
Can a mini computer be a node on a computer?
Anything that is a normal computer that is part of a network can be a node, whether it's a pocket PC, netbook, laptop, notebook, desktop, or anything else. Just make sure the… systems are compatible first.
Mini projects in electronics and instrumentation engineering?
mini prject in instrumetation
What are the Advantages and disadvantages of mini computer?
Advantages of mini laptop o It is Flexible, sensible, powerful, light weight, cheap in price and durable. o It is the best choice for business travel. o It is perfect… for swift and easy computing. o It is your pal in completing your urgent project; it helps you in meeting the target within deadline. o It provides the best solutions for students to take the notes in schools and colleges. o It is a great productivity tool for techno geeks (business applications). o It does not need a huge or classy bag to be carried. You can keep these mini laptops in your pocket sized messenger bags. Disadvantages of mini laptops o Smaller screen size. o No CD drive. o Hardware speed is an issue. o No music, entertainment system. o Less storage capacity. Even though the screen size is smaller, it does not make much intolerance as long as the screen is 8.9 inches wide. We can not have size, portability along with higher processing speed. Mini laptop is designed for swift and easy computing. Mini laptop is not meant to do heavy computing tasks, nor they are meant for long period of computing. For music and entertainment system, external slim line USB CD/DVD drive can be purchased and used. So never hesitate to buy mini laptops!
How are Micro computers different from Mini computers?
They are many different things between Micro and mini computers Micro Computer support one user at the same time desktop computers PDA laptops these are called Micro com…puters or Carry Along computers Mini computers support many users at the same time powerful than micro and expensive
Can you give me some best topics related to electrical and electronics engineering mini project?
automatic missile guidence system i want some mini projects on electrical engineering
What are all the Topics for mini projects in civil engineering?
Some of the mini projects can be done on Green building, Intelligent buildings, table top earth quake generator for designing a building to withstand the seismic waves........…..
What is a mini computer?
A minicomputer (colloquially, mini) is a class of multi-user computers that lies in the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the largest multi-user systems… (mainframe computers) and the smallest single-user systems (microcomputers or personal computers). The class at one time formed a distinct group with its own hardware and operating systems, but the contemporary term for this class of system is midrange computer, such as the higher-end SPARC, POWER and Itanium -based systems from Sun Microsystems, IBM and Hewlett-Packard.
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A minicomputer is a type of computer developed in the mid 1960s, they were generally about the size of one standard 19 inch relay rack and sold for under $100,000.
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mini project is a self made ideal project by using any language.
What are some topics for mini projects in computer graphics using OpenGL?
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The Summer of Dead Toys (original 2011; edition 2012)
by Antonio Hill
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The Summer of Dead Toys: A Thriller (Inspector Salgado) by Antonio Hill (2011)
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Inspector Hector returns from time off because of beating up a perpetrator, and is asked as a favor to investigate the circumstances surrounding a young man's apparent suicide. Three wealthy families are intertwined in the situation, with many secrets and betrayals. Hector's own family is also in a state of flux, and he has reason to fear for their safety.
This book is an Advanced Readers Copy sent to me by Random House. It explicitly states that it is an uncorrected proof so I hope my one big problem with the book was corrected in the final version. More about that later.Inspector Hector Salgado is employed by the Barcelona police force or, possibly, he is not going to be employed much longer. While investigating a people smuggling ring that was bringing young girls from Nigeria into Spain for prostitution Salgado brutally beat an elderly man who called himself a doctor although he had no formal training. Salgado was given a months' holiday while the investigation of his conduct took place. He returned to his birthplace of Argentina for the month but now is back in Spain. The doctor that he beat disappeared and blood, as well as a boar's head, was found in his office. Salgado has been instructed to leave the investigation of the disappearance to his colleague Martina Andreu. Salgado has been given a case of Marc Castells, a young man from a good family who fell to his death from his attic window. His boss knows the family and wants to assure them that all efforts have been made to determine how the fall took place but he is sure that it was an accident. However as Salgado and a new detective, Leire Castro, look into the case it seems that nothing is clear-cut. Everything seems to lead back to an accident that occurred at a summer camp when Marc was 6 years old. Meanwhile Salgado is dealing with his personal problems. His wife Ruth left him a year before to pursue a relationship with a woman. His son Guillermo is growing up and Salgado worries that he hasn't been a good father. His colleague Leire has problems of her own; she has discovered she is pregnant from a tempestuous, short-lived relationship.Parent and child relationships crop up a lot in this book. The mother of Marc Castells abandoned him and his father when he was 6 months old but she has returned for the funeral and to exert pressure to discover how the fall happened. Marc's father has remarried and they have adopted a Chinese girl. Marc's stepmother dotes on her but the father seems ambivalent. The book is fairly well-written although there is a tendency to use English sayings that are rather dated. Methinks the author, who is described as fluent in English, reads more books from England than from the North American continent. I liked the character of Inspector Salgado and his colleague Leire. However, there was a twist at the end that just doesn't seem possible in the time line. Salgado's ex-wife Ruth left Barcelona on Friday and was never heard from again. Salgado thinks that the doctor that he beat arranged the disappearance. However, we know from Sargeant Andreu's investigation that the doctor was taken prisoner on Monday and died some time before Saturday of injuries that occurred on Monday. To me it just doesn't seem possible that the doctor could have caused Ruth's disappearance. That really caused me to lower the rating I gave to this book.
I love love loved this book. I didn't have high hope after getting two books from Blogging For Books that I wasn't so thrilled with but this one didn't disappoint. From the very first page every motion was well crafted and thought out. I can usually figure out who ultimately was responsible for things but this book totally kept me guessing, even during the final unraveling and reveal I found that I was off the mark.
Salgado is a broken man, his wife left him for another woman, and he is on probation from work for assaulting a voodoo doctor who was involved in a human trafficking. Upon returning he is given the assignment to unofficially look into what seems to be an accidental death or suicide of a young boy of privilege. The further they investigate the more they uncover and this death is anything but routine. In the meantime the man who Salgado assaulted has gone missing.
There are many different story lines in this book but they all converge in the end to a mostly satisfying conclusion. I found the characters to be realistic with all their flaws and insecurities, it left me wanting to know more about each of the main characters. Even the descriptions of those involved in the cases were sympathetic in their own way. Even when they were a bit despicable you could feel some type of compassion for them. If you like a well written thrill pick up something by Antonio Hill.
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Note: Due to the amazing response we received from our "Tiny Pleasures" series in December, we've decided to extend this topic into a daily recurring feature. Stay tuned as you learn more about the Tiny Pleasures that Katie, Anum, Jessica and I come across in our daily lives.
Recently, I rediscovered my love for reading. Don't get me wrong – I've always enjoyed indulging in a good book, but lately I find myself unwinding in front of the TV more and more.
Fortunately, this all changed during my recent holiday vacation when I was forced to barricade myself indoors to avoid the freezing cold temperatures in New York. To pass the time, I picked up a book and instantly was mesmerized. I spent hours buried away with my nose in books as I read story after story.
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Bukowski Riff
Charles Bukowski would be 92 if he was still alive, which he isn't because he died in 1994.
I first read Bukowski in 1994 or 1995.
I can't remember how I had heard about him, exactly—he might have been on MTV actually (MTV used to promote writers, believe it or not. Writers used to be cool). The Boo Radleys called a song on their 1995 album Wake Up! "Charles Bukowski Is Dead," and I know I'd read Bukowski by the time I heard the record. I don't know. In all likelihood, I first read Bukowski by browsing his books at the local Barnes & Noble.
I do know that I "borrowed" three beautiful Black Sparrow Press editions of Bukowski from a kid in high school journalism class. I do know that I never returned those books, and they're still on a shelf with probably five or six other Bukowski volumes. I feel sort of bad about stealing them.
One of those books was/is Women, a rambling riff-novel about Bukowski's fatter years as a poet of some renown, of some notoriety. I've probably read Women in full five times through. It's hilarious, occasionally silly and hamfisted, and glorious in parts.
I read a lot of Bukowski in high school. A lot. My friends read Bukowski. We all read him, even his poetry. I remember the excitement a friend and I felt when we saw a quick shot of his novel Hollywood in the film Swingers. I don't know why.
And then I kind of dropped Bukowski. This was when I was a junior or senior in college. I had seen the limitations of his prose, the brutality of his fiction, the sheer sloppiness of it all, the anger, the misogyny—I was aware of these things from the get-go, to be clear—but I became overly concerned with his status as not one of the greats, or as a popular writer, or as a writer from a macho-age better left behind.
But I never traded in my Bukowskis, or put them away. I kept them on the shelf. I go to them every now and then—not for nourishment, but for what? I don't know. The work is admittedly spotty—a weird brand of self-deprecation and self-mythology. Henry Chinaski. Hank. Bukowski the autodidact, hunched in an LA library, reading his Shakespeare, his Celine. Bukowski the impoverished drunk. Ugly Bukowski. Romantic Bukowski.
There's no point to this riff, of course. I was in a faculty meeting all morning and I thought about Bukowski on his birthday. What I mean to say is that Bukowski is a writer I read so thoroughly and so intensely when I was at such a young age that I feel that I know him, or at least know the version of himself that he willed to be let known. But of course I don't know him.
Alphabet Soup–Our Favorite Literary Characters (Part One)
A is for Antigone, the incestuous product of Oedipus and his mama Jocasta. In Sophocles' play of the same name, Antigone is punished for burying the body of her exiled brother Polynices. Like her papa Oedipus, Antigone pushes the limits of cultural boundaries and the conflicts that duty to one's family and the gods present to social order. Good, tragic stuff.
A is also for Alice, the heroine of not one but two Lewis Carroll classics, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Full of logic puzzles, cryptic satire, and good old fashioned nonsense, Alice's adventures work on a range of levels that appeal to both children and adults. She explores altered states and missing signifiers while flirting with death and madness in a surreal dreamworld. (Fans of Carroll's twisty logic will surely delight in Douglas Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid).
B is for Bartleby the scrivener, the eponymous non-hero of my favorite Herman Melville short story. Bartleby is hired by a wealthy lawyer to copy texts, a job at which he excels. But whenever Bartleby is asked to do something other than copy letters, he always replies "I would prefer not to." This answer incenses the other employs and bewilders the lawyer. Eventually Bartleby stops doing any task, but somehow always remains around the office, almost like a ghost. Just what exactly Bartleby is meant to symbolize is up for grabs–Melville's text is rich with possible interpretations. Every time I read this one, I get a new perspective. Read the full text here.
B is also for Billy Budd, yet another Melville character. Maybe you read Billy Budd in high school (it made me scratch my head quite a bit my Junior year). Billy Budd is a foundling who grows into the type of man admired by all. When he joins the crew of a ship, he is lovingly called "Baby Budd" by his fellow sailors. However, when he encounters his embittered superior Claggart, his innocence is put to the test; Claggart accuses young Budd of plotting mutiny. Billy is literally struck dumb by the accusation, and he responds by striking Claggart, inadvertently killing him. For this crime he is put to death and revered as a Christ-like figure by the crew. Like the story of Bartleby, Billy Budd resists easy decoding. Simply put, this is a great novella to come back to more than once.
C is for Chinaski. Henry Chinaski was the alter-ego Charles Bukowski used to represent himself in his books. Chinaski was a macho coward, a drunken gambler who was always chasing ladies and losing jobs. Chinaski was (bizarrely) the ideal imagined self for Bukowski, full of faults and shortcomings and egotistical brutality. I recently watched the documentary Bukowski: Born into This. One memorable scene goes something like this: the filmmaker (this is in the early 70s, when the filmmaker first begins shooting the footage that becomes Born into This) follows Bukowski from L.A. to San Francisco, where he's giving a poetry reading. Bukowski gets drunk on the plane, makes an ass of himself, is a moron at the reading, is a bumbling idiot, etc, etc. However Bukowski writes up the whole event very differently in his Open City column, "Notes of a Dirty Old Man"–he paints a picture of himself having to help this idiot camera guy out; he says the filmmaker is a lost fool. When the filmmaker runs into Bukowski, he's upset; he says: "Don't you realize that I have film of the whole thing? I've got you drunk on film, looking like a fool!" Bukowski replies: "Fuck you! When I write, I'm the hero of my shit!" So that's Chinaski: the hero of Bukowski's shit.
C is also for Calliope, the protagonist of Jeffrey Eugenides' 2002 novel Middlesex. To be honest, I thought the second half of the novel was weak (in fact I thought the end was downright awful), and Eugenides' writing was surprisingly rote, even hackneyed at times (I use the adverb "surprisingly" as I was under the impression that he was something different based on friends' reviews of The Virgin Suicides, which I never read). Nevertheless, poor cursed Calliope is a complex and at times enthralling character to follow. No one realizes Calliope is a hermaphrodite until she (Cal is raised as a girl) turns fourteen and shit gets weird. The gender study implications are interesting here, but what I found truly fascinating about the novel was the way that Eugenides used Calliope as a muse for genetic history; the character is essentially a complex and conflicting comment on the clashing paradigms of different ages and different spaces. Boys and girls, Turks and Greeks, blacks and whites, rich and poor, hippies and squares–as the name of the novel implies, there is never a definite and simple space where identity can rest.


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Serving the Homeless with Compassion and Respect
Preventable deaths from homelessness or hypothermia were reduced to zero from 2008 to 2015
People are homeless for many reasons. Twenty-five people died on our streets in 2005-06 and 24 in 2006-07. Existing agencies were overwhelmed. The faith communities of Santa Fe were moved to provide a winter emergency shelter through a largely volunteer effort.
Our mission: Working with volunteers and community groups, we provide short-term survival services, as well as active service experiences for volunteers, and additional long-term services in collaboration with the City of Santa Fe and local service provider partners.
Today over 2,000 volunteers from 43 faith communities and community groups have joined in providing overnight shelter and food from late October through early May. We also provide a hot lunch, showers, and clothing year-round on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, and we work with other agencies to provide additional services for the homeless throughout the year at "Pete's Place."
In the 2014-15 winter season we provided 17,570 "bed nights," a hot dinner, and a cold breakfast to 1,097 homeless men and women. (A bed night is one person for one night.) In addition, another 3,892 individuals were provided with dinner only for a total of 39,032 dinners and breakfasts served.
During 2014-15, the year-round "One-Stop" provided 15,214 free lunches; 204 referrals to Life Link for substance abuse, behavioral health counseling, and housing; 134 referrals to the Veterans Administration's counseling and housing program; 537 referrals to Healthcare for the Homeless for medical care and screening; and 89 referrals to Santa Fe Community Services for harm reduction and case management. Participants received 37,672 items of free clothing from the Community Closet, and 4,199 showers.
In the last six months, working together as the "One-Stop," ICS and our partners assisted 56 homeless people in getting into permanent housing and 58 more helped onto a path to housing.
You are invited to join us by:
- Offering your prayers for the homeless and for this service.
- Volunteering from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. during the winter season or assisting throughout the year on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon with lunches, showers, clothing, and assistance in finding jobs.
- Contributing food, clothing, or personal items needed by the homeless.
- Making a financial contribution.
Our Guests Who Died in 2015
We remember you. We remember you, who were one of us—the people of Pete's Place. We remember you for your presence in our shelter community and in the larger community of Santa Fe. We remember your laughter, your tears, your friendship, your troubles. We remember something you said to us one day that eased our suffering, or made us giggle, or caused us to stop and see that we are truly kin. We remember you, because you changed our lives. Thank you.
* Abel M., age 33
* Shanta D., age 36
* Samantha S., age 38
* Gordon K., age 72, he was a veteran
* Tom S., age 37
* Andrew R., age 62
* Robert K. AKA "Pappy", age 72
* Robert D., age 49
* John R., age 38
* Abel P. AKA "Spanky", age 52
* Melissa T. , age 52
* Danny J., age 66
* Delila G., age 40
* Danny V., age 57
* Vincent R., age 56
* Kami K., age 47
* Janeen N., age 53
* George Vincent W., age 66
* Alan C., age 51
* Marty H., age 47
* Charlie V., age 56
* Emmett S., age 39
* Richard M., age 56
* Donna O., age 57
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Mysterious power failure leaves thousands in cold
BATON ROUGE - There are lingering questions after thousands of people lost electricity during a six-hour hard freeze Monday.
Power was lost as temperatures dropped to 19 degrees and did not come back on until early Tuesday morning.
"There is no fault known at this time," Entergy spokesman Will Johnson said. "Usually it takes a couple of days and sometimes we don't know what happened."
A falling branch could have caused the outage and blown away by the time crews get there, Johnson said.
According to a press release from Entergy Tuesday evening, outages are more difficult in certain weather situations.
"Whether an outage is caused directly by the temperatures or something else, restoration becomes more complex because of the different way customers are restored once any needed repairs are made," another spokesperson wrote.
DEMCO Energy leases power from Entergy and had approximately 8,500 customers without power Monday due to the other company's complications.
A DEMCO spokesperson said customers should be prepared for weather-related issues.
"Be prepared and in this case, we just ask folks to remember we are using a lot of power," David Latona with DEMCO said.
In Tangipahoa Parish, people had to find extra warmth since they didn't have power for hours.
"I had to cover myself and then insulate myself," Marlene Colona said. Colona was powerless for more than six hours overnight Monday and into Tuesday morning.
"They called and told me it was due to overpower," the 63-year-old said, who was celebrating her birthday when the power went out.
"I'm not going to say what I said, but it was ridiculous. My son was saying 'Happy Birthday mom.' I was like 'really...really?'"
There were few outages Tuesday.
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The band was formed in Brisbane in late 1993 when Ben Ely and Quan Yeomans met by chance on a bus. Previously, the two had only known each other from other bands they were involved in. With drummer Martin Lee on board, Regurgitator contributed the B-side of a demo Ely's more conventional group, Pangaea, and submitted to Warner Bros. for distribution. Warner showed much more interest in Regurgitator and offered the group a six album deal.
The band subsequently traveled to Bangkok to record their debut album, naming it Tu-Plang, the Thai word for jukebox. A couple of the album's tracks contained samples of the street sounds of Bangkok. Released in May, 1996, the album made the Top Ten in Australia and achieved platinum status. The second album, Unit, was recorded quickly in just six weeks in an old house in Brisbane, because the band didn't want to be away from home. It also reached the Top Ten, and spent most of 1998 in the sales charts. In October, the band breathed new life into the songs with a remixed version called Unit Rebooted, which also made the Top Ten. They spent more time in the studio to put together the third album, ...Art, released in August 1999. In between Regurgitator commitments, Ely continued to work with Pangaea, while Yeomans formed Happyland with his girlfriend Janet English of Spiderbait. After months of denials, drummer Martin Lee left Regurgitator at the end of 1999. ~ Ed Nimmervoll
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No picnic at Hanging Rock: Australian beauty spot which was setting
Protest meetings – and even a protest picnic - held at the site as petition with 5,000 signatures urges council to reconsider
Protest meetings – and even a protest picnic - held at the site as petition with 5,000 signatures urges council to reconsider
Firing off bullets into the sky has been a jubilant climax to thousands of weddings in Russia's remote areas - but now the custom is under threat, as armed guests venture closer to cities and stray bullets cause an increasing amount of mayhem.
Honda has confirmed that it will produce two new versions of the Civic model at its UK plant in Swindon.
Anyone who doubts the important role of the smartphone at modern sporting events would have been instantly put straight during last week's Opening Ceremony at the Olympics, as the finest athletes in the world filed into the stadium while holding their phones aloft, filming and snapping as they waved to the crowd. The crowd itself may have been more nervous about capturing those moments for posterity; the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog) made a stern declaration before the Games that images, video and sound recordings could be used only for "private and domestic purposes", thus clamping down on our natural impulse to share everything across the web with friends, family and complete strangers.
Is Ford's new Focus ST as punchy as its 'signature' tangerine colour?
Available from the 1st May, for 560 Microsoft Points, the Forza 4 May Top Gear Car Pack has something for car fans of every stripe, from emblematic examples of 1970s American style: the MC Pacer X, to one of the coolest off-road vehicles around in the shape of the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon.
As Friends Reunited undergoes yet another reincarnation, its reclusive multimillionaire founder says he's delighted to have got out. Kunal Dutta meets Steve Pankhurst
Being a delivery driver saves on childcare, says one of Britain's growing number of female truckers
One of the highlights of my week at The Open was sharing a moment on the tee with the big-hitting American Bubba Watson. We were both sizing up our drivesat precisely the same time.
Peter Cade wants a large diesel estate car. His recent experience has been with Vauxhall Vectra 2.0s. He's had two from new, but once the three year warranty period has expired he has experienced serious electrical failures. He wants a replacement vehicle that would cost a similar amount to a brand new Vauxhall.
VW's new small saloon is just a cynical attempt to make as much profit as possible. But it won't work in Europe
Forget its Opel alter ego, Vauxhall's svelte new estate – with its gem of an engine – is UK born and bred
These days it can be hard for even the keenest anorak-wearing enthusiast to tell cars apart.
Seat hopes its new estate is a little bit Lamborghini
A series of articles from The Independent archive recalling key events of the past decade: the siege of Beslan ends, 3 September 2004
Mercedes' new E-Class estate follows the pattern set by the saloon model launched earlier this year; solid technical advances combined with a reassuring nod to the traditional Mercedes values many thought had been lost as the company chased sales outside its established markets.
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Married to the GOP talking point about how Obama's gutting the economy and ruining Wall Street, the Beltway press remains borderline hysterical about the fact that Obama hasn't fixed everything already. Americans, though, aren't quite so irrational.
Here's Klein today in The Note perfectly parroting the GOP line (that's pretty much his job description):
On a political level, how long can the president muster the public support for his prescriptions, without tangible evidence that they're working?
If Klein bothered to read polling data, that exact question has already been answered. But we fear Klein and the rest of the press aren't going to like the results.
As Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight recently highlighted, the latest NBC/WSJ poll found that a strong majority of Americans (66 percent) won't begin to assign to Obama responsibility for the performance of the economy until 2010, and 43 percent won't until 2011.
The press ought to just take a deep breath before assigning blame. But with conservatives pushing their it's-Obama's-fault line of attack, we doubt journalists will be able to resist.
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Bombing kills 15 in Iraqi village
BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden car among houses in an ethnic minority village in northern Iraq today, killing at least 15 people and extending a wave of bloodshed that has gripped the country.
The bombing happened in the Shabak village of al-Mouafaqiyah near the restive city of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, according to police officials.
The force of the blast leveled houses in the community and wounded at least 52 people, according to the officials.


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|You just need to realize that less flex means quicker response. Instead of having to push your knee all the way down you can get the same amount of force without wasting all the energy.
|I had a similar issue with some Burton Driver Xs I switched to mid season. It was so hard to flex forward in the boot I would end up doing this sitting motion when hitting jumps and took some shitty diggers. They did start to flex a bit more after a few weeks.
|I searched the archives and it appears as though BurtonAvenger answered my question. I think I have to move the green boa condor internal pad further down the foot in order to get the better forward lean/flex that I am used to. Higher up you get a stiffer feel to the boot. This forum is great!
Stiff boots less knee bend
So I switched from the Burton Hails which are soft to K2 UFO's which are a relatively hard boot. The UFO's are very, very comfortable. The only thing is that it seems harder to initiate a turn from heel to toe. Seems like me knees don't bend as much as you cannot get alot of forward movement in the boot. The one thing I did like about the Hails is that I could get down pretty low and bend the knees which seemed to make me more agile and precise. As the days progress, I am becoming more comfortable riding with the UFO's, but it seems like my progress from last year has been stalled. Will more aggressive riding eventually cause some "give" and allow me to initiate a toe turn with more knee bend or am I out of luck? I assume that I will just get used to them, but I feel like a bit of a beginner again....lol
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whats up with the bleeding hearts in this country the guy was robing a store with a gun he deserved to be shot. this case wont stand up in court he was totally justified in his actions. and you said it was a cow town so i guess that means texas.
This is a discussion on Did having his CCW Permit become a Vendetta? within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; This older man and wife who run a small junk store on the northside of our fine crime infested cowtown. Had two young thugs walk ...
This older man and wife who run a small junk store on the northside of our fine crime infested cowtown. Had two young thugs walk in on them a few days ago. And announce that they had guns and this was a stickup.
They demanded the money and when the old man did not move fast enough they knocked him to the floor.
Having been robbed a few times before he had a CCW permit "You don't need a permit to defend home or place of business" Anyway he pulled out a 38spl revolver and blasted away.
The young thugs ran for the door one getting hit in back. They jumped into a waiting getaway car driven by his sister and headed for their apartment.
Well at the apartment his mother called EMSA but the kid died on the way to hospital.
Now about the Vendetta deal the Family was being interviewed on one of our TV news station last night. The Mother and other family members said the store owner had a Vendetta because he had been robbed before.
She the mother said he the store owner should not have shot their son.
They want charges filed against the store owner because he had a CCW permit and a Vendetta to kill someone.
whats up with the bleeding hearts in this country the guy was robing a store with a gun he deserved to be shot. this case wont stand up in court he was totally justified in his actions. and you said it was a cow town so i guess that means texas.
Maybe her son should not have been committing crime? guess he learned his lesson the hard way.
Im always glad to read stories about elderly Americans that are still active, productive, and can provide such a valuable public service.
You better pray I dont jam, because my backup is a ball peen hammer.
I heard this same thing on the news, but was not quick enough to catch where it happened. Only problem I can see with the way it was reported is that the kid was shot in the back while running away. If the incident happened in Texas, the CHL laws are pretty specific in relation to dealing with an 'immediate' threat. Depending on the local prosecutor, the immediate threat ended when the young thug turned to run away.
It will be interesting to watch this develop. Being a Texas CHL holder I follow these incidents very closely.
I'm with Bud here, What a joke!
Train and train hard, you might not get a second chance to make a first impression!
I vote for Monica Lewinsky's Ex-Boyfriend's Wife for President.....Not!
I agree with Dave. Good thing that didnt happen in Texas. They are are so anti-gun and anti-shoot that Im surprised they even issue CCW permits. Some local bureaucrat would have crucified the old guy under technicality, just for the free press.
We had a case here in Jacksonville, where a 15 year old "delinquent" repeatedly walked into an independently owned convenience store, taking beer from the cooler and walking out of the store, asking the owner "whacha gonna do bout it?".
One day the owner followed the kid outside and shot him in the back multiple times, killing him.
He was declared justified.
You better pray I dont jam, because my backup is a ball peen hammer.
It happened in Oklahoma and it makes all of us CCW holders think it could someday be happening to me.
I understand he got hit in back. But when the shooting started the man was getting up from the floor where he had been knocked.
Was he able to really see well? They said they had guns how long should he have waited? Till they shot him and his wife full of lead?
He was and older guy with a wife in the room who he needed to defend.
So he pulled his gun and started shooting. Maybe he was not a guy who trained at a range a lot. Maybe he was just a plain old chap doing the best he could to defend his life and the life of his wife.
For that I say good shooting dude... I say was the correct thing to do at that time.
Instead of "He shouldn't have shot my son" - should have been "My son shouldn't have been robbing anyone to begin with."
We are all preaching to the choir here aren't we.
For God, Family and Country!
I hate to say this...... But is anyone really surpprised at this?
After all, just read the papers...... Every kid that gets shot is a straight A student that NEVER did anything wrong in their life!
Just once I'd love to hear that the kid was a $h!t and deserved exactly what he got!
(Pushes soap box back under desk, and goes to this corner! )
EOD - Initial success or total failure
I think around here they want to put all us CCW holders on notice. That we just might get hauled into Court to defend our actions.
Anyway last week two hooded thugs held up a guy coming out of his apartment. When he only had coins in his pocket they shot him dead.
Last night a home owner came home to find two hooded thugs inside his home. They hit him on his head and then shot him. He is going to live.
If both the above victims had been CCW holders and been able to whip out their guns maybe just maybe things might have turned out different.
Yeah - ''vendetta, my a$$". Sheesh.
''Vendetta'' (positive action) against hoodlums robbing with guns, perhaps. Which translated means having learned the hard way that no one else will protect you but yourself. A basic uptake of the means of defence.
Hardly a vendetta tho if this took place in his store - just happened he was more prepared. It might have been a vendetta had he walked around town ''a la Charles Bronson'' - doing some ''cleaning up''!
Of course these punk robber kids are always ''such good boys''
Chris - P95
NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member.
"To own a gun and assume that you are armed
is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
http://www.rkba-2a.com/ - a portal for 2A links, articles and some videos.
Here's another version of the story:
A Tulsa robbery victim fights back. The man says when he was forced to decide whether to kill or be killed, he pulled the trigger.
He talks about that decision exclusively to News on 6 crime reporter Lori Fullbright.
Gene and his wife were inside a flea market on North Lewis Saturday when two people walked inside and began asking about prices. Gene turned away for a moment, and then was body-slammed to the ground. "I was on my side and rolled over to my back and this young man was in my face saying give me all the money, I'm going to kill you and on and on and all I could think was Im about to die and so is my wife."
In that instant, instinct and military training took over and Gene pulled his gun from his waistband and started shooting. Several of his shots missed the robber and landed in the wall, but then, he noticed some blood drops. He thought he'd nicked the robber, it wasn't until later, he learned, the robber died. It's a horrible thing that this young man lost his life. And, we say young man, but he was 6-feet-2 and was 200 pounds of young man muscle. He made a decision that ultimately cost him dearly. I'm sorry I had to hurt him, but I don't regret it."
Gene says he didn't want to end up like the woman who was recently beaten to death after being robbed of her laundry money or the man who was shot and killed because he didn't have as much money as the robber wanted.
The flea market has been robbed before. The owner of the store had been robbed and beaten just a few months earlier. The previous owner had been robbed and pistol-whipped. Not even adding security cameras was a deterrent.
Gene doesn't believe this incident will deter other teenage robbers very long, and he's thankful for a law that allowed him to protect his own life and that of his wife.
Gene has had a permit to carry a concealed weapon since a state law was enacted several years ago, Tulsa Police do not expect him to be charged with a crime.
Police cannot find evidence the robbery suspect had a gun. However, they say Gene was still within Oklahoma's Make My Day law, because there were two suspects and Gene had good reason to fear for his life.
DITTO!Originally Posted by ArmyCop
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The following charitable organizations are accepting donations throughout the holiday season for needy families in Westchester County, NY.
Food Bank for Westchester
Millwood; 914-923-1100
The Food Bank for Westchester is sponsoring a Holiday Card Mailing and card Ornament program. Community members are invited to make a $25 donation on behalf of anyone on their Christmas list, and in return their loved ones will receive a holiday card and an ornament. Donations go directly to the food bank, enabling them to purchase food for the needy. This program will run through January 31st.
Groove Performing Arts Pajama Drive
Larchmont; 914-834-3383
All winter, Groove will be collecting PJs to benefit the Pajama Program, a non-profit that collects new, unworn pajamas and books for children, many of whom are waiting to be adopted.
Habitat for Humanity Westchester
New Rochelle; 914-636-8335
The organization's Homes for the Holidays campaign, running through December, asks participants to help HFH build 10 homes and raise pledge money in time for the holidays. HFH will also host a party for all of their Habitat families at New Rochelle High School in December where families can contribute to HFH's foreclosure fund.
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Tarrytown; 914-366-7898
Westchester JCC members and non-members are invited to participate in the UJA Gift of Chanukah Program, which is ongoing from November 19 through December 3. Drop donations off in the JCC lobby at 371 South Broadway and they will be sent to UJA, who is collecting new, unwrapped toys to distribute to local agencies around Westchester and all of New York.
Three Kings Toy Drive and Networking Event
Yonkers; 914-879-9076
Westchester's 100 Hispanic Women chapter invites community members to gather at Zuppa Restaurant & Lounge (59 Main Street) on November 30th for a toy drive and general networking event. Admission is one unwrapped gift for a child, plus $30 for buffet access. RSVP by November 23rd at www.100HWW.org.
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Brewster; 877-219-3060
Volz Auto Group is teaming up with Toys for Tots to collect new, unwrapped toys for 1,000 underprivileged kids in time for the holidays. Donate a toy and you'll get a free oil change, discounts for future auto needs, plus Volz will even add an extra $10 to your donation. Call 877-219-3060 or click here for more details.
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Matthew Bresette, JD '01
Partner, Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP, Cape Cod
When Matthew Bresette, JD '01, began his professional life as a commercially licensed boat captain and boatyard manager, he found contentment in his work, but knew he had different career interests long-term.
"I wanted a career that was intellectually challenging and put me in a position to be a problem-solver," Bresette says. "I was also attracted to the idea that a law degree would be an excellent background for public service either through nonprofit governance and advocacy or direct government service."
Bresette says he was drawn to Washington University School of Law by the "great people, unexpectedly great city, terrific community at the law school, and the Admissions professionals."
After graduating in 2001, he began specializing in trusts and estates as an associate at the Boston office of Nutter, McClennen & Fish. He says his area of focus was heavily influenced by his time in Professor David Becker's property class. "I really connected to the idea that advice and planning that I might provide for a client would have lasting impacts and result in a client relationship lasting years and over generations," Bresette says.
Four years later, Bresette started a new branch of the Trust and Estates Department in the firm's Cape Cod office. By his seventh year, he had made partner and now acts as both the managing partner of the Cape Cod office and chair of the firm's Hiring Committee.
He credits the skills training he received through the Clinical Education Program, a class in estate planning, and his first-year summer associate position at the firm with paving the way for his position after graduation.
He continues to be a true believer in giving back, holding various positions throughout the Cape Cod community. Bresette is past president of the Barnstable Bar Association and is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Cape Cod, as well as a guardian ad litem appointed by the Barnstable Probate & Family Court. Additionally, he is co-chair of South Coastal Counties Legal Services, which provides legal services for indigent clients for civil cases in Barnstable, Plymouth, Bristol, Nantucket, and Dukes Counties. Finally, Bresette serves on the Board of Directors of Cape Cod Child Development, Cape Cod Times Needy Fund, and the Cape Cod Foundation.
Twelve years since starting on this new path in life, Bresette has found that his current career has provided him with the challenge he was searching for and much more. When reflecting on what he enjoys most, Bresette says, "Building long-term relationships with clients and knowing that I am making a difference in their lives and the lives of their families."


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Firestone Walker Parabola Imperial Stout...
pretty much makes everything else I have drank prior to it taste like piss AND... it packs a major punch sitting at 12.5%
Firestone Walker Parabola Imperial Stout...
pretty much makes everything else I have drank prior to it taste like piss AND... it packs a major punch sitting at 12.5%
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Just grabbed a 4pak of the Goose Island Bourbon County Stout.
Store had Clown Shoes for the first time too...so picked up a bottle of Imperial Stout.
Drank this and was actually surprised that I didn't absolutely hate it.
This bottle was about a year old, so maybe age actually helped it out a bit. I don't know.
Earlier today, before the Rogue beer...
One of the best beers out of Arizona, Four Peaks Hop Knot. I'm all for IPAs in cans.
Last edited by pat_ernzen; 07-15-2013 at 01:54 PM.
Weyerbacher updated their label this year... same awesome beer.
Wishing I was at GABF, man.
Well, today I went to Bomber's Burrito Bar in Schenectady with Run Dub and had UFO Pumpkin ale served in a cinnamon-sugar rimmed glass. It was glorious.
This though, I am even happier with:
Good, simple red ale. It tastes loud(which is a weird adjective) and is so darn good.
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I love that stuff. Lakefront Brewery itself is awesome, too: real dingy, old school, piecemeal brewing facilities with a kickass beer hall above it
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Had Sweetwater IPA on draft last weekend, has a nice hint on orange and bit of citrus in it. very smooth too, doesn't leave a bitter after taste
had my parents pick me up a 4pk when they were in VT, this stuff is awesome! i wish i could find it locally
Heady Topper is still THE best IPA I've had.
Omegang three philosophers, and art of darkness are my 2 new favorite beers.
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I also picked up a bottle of their Double DBA and Wookey Jack Black Rye IPA. I'll probably crack open the Wookey Jack this weekend and save the Double DBA for a special occasion.
Tried the Old Rasputin on nitro at a local pub and it was unbelievable. Like drinking a beer milkshake
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Magic Hat - Heart of Darkness Stout
Fuller's - London Pride Ale
Fuller's - London Porter
No pics but I was at a brewpub this weekend and tried their Hasukappu Weisse:
Was delicious.A local collaboration; we teamed up with LaHave Natural Farms and the Haskap Growers Association of Nova Scotia to create a brilliant and delicious brew comprised of - the Haskap berry. North America's first commercially produced Haskap berry beer. The spicy phenols of our hefeweizen combine with the tartness of the Haskap for a refreshing, acidic finish.
Had the Lost Abbey which was pretty good, but the winner of the night was this:
Clown Shoes/Brash collab called Pimp. Double brown ale, almost in the stout territory. Been aging about 5 months. Absolutely fantastic beer. I wish I had bought more bottles of it.
I always pass on Clown Shoes because I think their names/labels are dumb. Think that one is still at stores around here.
regarding the Rogue VooDoo Maple Bacon Donut beer: BLEGH.
a friend of mine came over the other night, and we decided to try it. i poured him a small beerfest sample glass, and a regular glass for myself. while the bottle certainly smelled good, and not too over-powered with smokey or maple smells, taste was a different story.
he had about half his small glass, and i had just a couple sips of mine, and we both agreed that's all we needed. so i still have about 1/3 of the bottle left in my fridge.
worst part though, both the beers were in an assumed safe spot on my coffee table. apparently, there is no safe spot when you have a kitten. the little bastard got curious with the smell and leaned forward too far, resulting in her clinging to the coffee table and regaining balance only to knock both glasses over on my carpet. i used almost a whole roll of paper towels to sop up the beer, but now my living room smells of liquid smoke, maple, and ****ty febreeze. good thing i'm moving in five weeks.
welcome to the layer cake
Drank this beast earlier today...
Very good and SUPER easy drinking, given the 15%. Can still get bottles at like $6 for a 22oz bomber, so will likely buy more. Might do a Fifteen and Sweet Sixteen side-by-side and get absolutely trashed, haha.
Now onto this, as I wanted something completely different.
Such a great beer. Shame I'm drinking it in Arizona, where I can't run to the nearest Piggly Wiggly and get more, haha. Fortunately, I do have one more in the fridge and three more back in my parent's basement in southern WI (along with some other goodies). Drinking this now kind of makes me want to crack an R&D Sour Ale... but I think that's best done at a time when I can share.