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The E63/E64 BMW 6 Series builds on BMW's sporty heritage with aggressive lines and an incredible motor to back the design up. Available in coupe and convertible trims with a standard 4.8 liter engine producing 360 horsepower and 360 lb-ft of torque, the 6-series is a popular choice that exceeds expectations.
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Got pulled over on my test drive!
Hey all, new here obviously, so not sure if this is the correct forum to post this, but funny story so...
It was a cold day in December. I just settled into the cozy confines of my new/used 6er for my test drive with the dealership sales guy. The car felt good, real good! So good in fact, didn't even realize I was doing 55 MPH in a 40 zone. It was a two lane road on both sides so, it's not like I was driving crazy like. Luckily, I always have a couple of detective cards from a friend of mine, so the officer let me go with a warning. But moved the old state trooper sticker over from my other car to the 6er, so I won't have any problems on the highway, but local cops are another story, but I hardly ever speed carelously. I may have a heavy foot sometimes, but I never drive recklessly.
Anyway, been reading the forum for a little while, seems like a great site, look forward to chatting with everyone. Love the 6 series, long been my dream car, finally found one that I could afford with 1 owner and low miles. Haven't driven regularly since I moved to NYC in 09, so excited about it. Missed it, couldn't stay away.
Problem is, after my purchase, I went back to the dealership and took another 2 test drives. A 2012 M6 and an 2009 M6, they are lovely. Too be honest prefer the look of the E63/64 over the new model, but it's a beautiful car too.
I'm hooked! BMW's are like coke. Well, maybe not like that horrible drug, but addictive nonetheless. You think, well, I'll start small and just get a used 6er, next thing you know you're dropping 70k on gorg M6 with only 6k miles on it.
Previously owned a 2000 328ci and honestly, once I got used to it, that car felt like a piece of junk compared to the 6 series, no offensive meant, I loved that car.
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China Motorcycle Diaries: altitude sickness at 5000m
By Farah Master
SHANGHAI (Reuters Life!) - Circumnavigating China's vast landscape on motorbikes was never going to be easy.
But being stuck 4,800 meters above sea level in a remote part of central Tibet with altitude sickness and an empty gas tank was one of the last things Ryan Pyle expected to happen.
Pyle, a Canadian-born freelance photographer, along with his 29-year-old brother Colin, a former forex trader in Toronto, set off from Shanghai in mid-August on a trip aiming to showcase China as a destination for motorcycle tourism.
But during their 19,000-kilometre, 65-day journey that passed through Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Dandong, near the border of North Korea, the unexpected became part of their daily routine.
Despite traveling on sturdy BMW F800GS motorbikes, the terrain and freak weather made it often impossible to cover the 200-300 kilometers needed per day.
"It was so much harder than we expected," said Ryan Pyle, who spoke to Reuters after arriving back in Shanghai in mid-October.
"We traveled through several hailstorms, a blizzard and sub-freezing temperatures on the border of Pakistan, altitude sickness at 5,200 meters near the border of China and India, then torrential rains in Southern China," the 32-year-old said.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Montana coach Wayne Tinkle was hired as Oregon State's new women's basketball coach.
Tinkle took the Grizzlies to the NCAA tournament three times in his eight-year tenure with the team. Montana finished below .500 only once during that span.
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Lee is rated the No. 6 middle linebacker in the country by Scout.com. He had a monster junior season with 84 tackles, nine sacks, five interceptions and two forced fumbles. He had eight touchdowns on offense.
Drake is the top rated running back in the Peach State. He rushed for 1,200 yards and 12 touchdowns. He added 500 yards receiving and eight touchdowns.
Jordan Jenkins, five-star defensive end from Hamilton-Harris County, has his top two schools of Alabama and Georgia. Jenkins is the top rated player in the state.
Geno Smith, National 100 cornerback from St. Pius X., is another selection in the Super 11. Smith will announce his college decision Wednesday between Alabama and Auburn.
Dalvin Tomlinson, four-star defensive end from McDonough-Henry County, camped in Tuscaloosa in July and high on Alabama. The Tide remains a major contender for his signature.
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Jonathan Jones, cornerback, Carrollton
Jonathan Taylor, defensive tackle, Millen-Jenkins County (Georgia commitment)
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Re: Solve never calls Equal?
On 07/18/2011 05:13 AM, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote:
>> I think it is hard to claim that these test could be done only with
> Significance arithmetic. However, DanL has indicated that tracing Equal
> may not be effective if the system programs utilize some internal call
> to a system entry into PossibleZeroQ. The point remains that
>> redefining Equal as done here does not seem to adversely affect
> NSolve, Reduce, NIntegrate. Nor does it seem to take much time.
> As usual, your reply avoids the only important thing, which is the
> example that I posted.
> Reduce[Exp[x] - x == 1/2&& Abs[x]< 1, x]
> Try it again yourself, with Equal replaced by SameQ and without. What do
> you see?
> [...]
> Hint: this equation is being solved *exactly* and yet your "improvement"
> breaks it.
> [...]
I think a minor variant of the Equal-->SameQ might be safer. One needs
to restrict to cases where both arguments have finite precision.
b_?NumericQ] /; (Precision[a] =!= Infinity &&
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With this version the Reduce example will work. Not sure what will be
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American Bobsledder Breaks Down Bathroom Door!
American Bobsledder Johnny Quinn (amazing superhero name) found himself trapped in his bathroom in the Olympic Village over the weekend. He did what any ex-NFL player turned bobsledder would do, he put his shoulder into it and busted out! Who knew he would be come the first "social media darliing" of these olympic games. Here's a video of the "Sochi jailbreak" and his tweets.
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Subaru WRX Forum (http://www.wrxtuners.com/forums/)
- Bolt-On Tech (EJ205 2.0L '02-05 WRX) (http://www.wrxtuners.com/forums/f52/)
- - vishnu stage 0 (http://www.wrxtuners.com/forums/f52/vishnu-stage-0-a-527/)
Anybody got one of these yet?
I was initially scared of the static chip limitations, but now it seems like it might be the easiest route to go.
Not sure if I should go to one of Cobb's affiliates and have it tuned or just order from Vishnu or TXS.
Yeah whats up with that Kit? How come I have never heard anyone talk about Vishnu? There pruducts look cool, they sound like they no there stuff and I think there located in Martinez, which I think is right out of the Bay area. Does anyone got this???
If all you want is the uni-chip I would forego the whole Vishnu stage0 kit then. The stage 0 includes an underdrive pulley and a Uppipe, both of which are fairly difficult to install. The unichip by itself is much easier, but the vishnu one requires cutting 4 wires going to the factory ECU. The turboXS one comes with a plug and play harness, but the wait is longer. From what I have heard, the people with the Vishnu Stage 0 are happy with it, just like the people with the TurboXS ones are. (including me  )
Hope this helps...
I've heard nothing but good things about Vishnu, so if you're local,.. go for it. The only thing that would hold me back is that his UniChip doesn't have the plug and play harness so you'll have to splice wires to your ECU. That's probably not something I'd want to explain to the dealership if I was trying to take it in for warantee work!
I think I decided to go with the Vishnu Stage 0. After looking around at seperate prices for the parts included it seems like a decent deal at $995.
Looks like I'll be getting rid of the TCG intake that I waited so long for and putting the silencer back in. Anybody want to buy a slightly used TCG intake with a K&N flat panel.
I'll even re-oil the filter
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Sales are as good an indicator as any of an automaker's success, and Infiniti saw an exponential sales increase. In fact, the automaker's U.S. sales rose by 41.2% over November of the previous year, while year-to-date sales were up by 22.6%. November saw 11,897 units sold — up from 8,428 the previous year.
The increased sales are even less surprising when considered alongside the fact that the J.D. Power and Associates Sales Satisfaction Survey identified Infiniti as being ranked second overall among luxury brands. That's an eight-position jump from the previous year, with a 52-point improvement in the survey year-over-year.
Infiniti also made aggressive moves toward expansion. Two new models hit dealerships in 2013: the 2013 IPL G convertible and the 2013 JX luxury crossover. It's part of the automaker's moves to create a product lineup that runs the gamut of the entire premium market. To that end, they are embracing a new naming strategy: sedans, coupes, and convertibles will be prefixed by Q, with crossovers and SUVs being prefixed by QX. A double-digit number will follow the prefix, with higher numbers indicating higher-end models.
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The highly addicting word game Letterpress by atebits has received an excellent update, today, that address a few of our gripes, the main one being the inability to start a rematch after a game ends. With Letterpress 1.1, now you can!
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Chain3D for iPhone and iPad is a new match 3 game with a twist -- literally! The goal of this puzzle game is to remove all the colored blocks from the cube presented at the beginning of each stage. To do this, you much place the small cubes that are given to you in a manner that matches at least 3 small cubes of the same cube.
Over the past 2 weeks, my Game Center has blown up with challenges from my friends for Extreme Road Trip 2 for iPhone and iPad, so I finally decided to give this game a shot. I'm not so sure this was a great idea because now I can't put the game down! Extreme Road Trip 2 is an endless survival game where you must get your car to travel as far as possible while also doing flips, wheelies, completing challenges, and more.
Every week, the editors at iMore carefully select some of our favorite, most useful, most extraordinary apps, accessories, gadgets, and websites. This week's selections include a few games, an app for storing videos in various formats, a game based off a Disney movie, an app for viewing photos on your favorite social networks, and an app for storing all your kids' art projects.
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My Little Pony fans rejoice! Twilight Sparkle and friends have made their way to iPhone and iPad in My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic. In this game, Nightmare Moon is set free after being locked away in the moon for centuries and spreading night across Ponyville. It's up to Twilight Sparkle and her friends to bring friendship and light back to Ponyville and it's your job to help them rebuild the town and complete quests.
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Monday, June 23, 2014
Vento Aureo - Volume 1
Finaly our first important Post! I've Started the VA translations a month Ago, and i have both Volume 1 and 2 finished, but i'll only display volume 1 for now. A word of Advice, for the first 4 volumes the translations are not mine but after it will be working with Daxing Dan and he will translate Fresh new Scans for you guys! So Enjoy all the colors and Hype that Vento Aureo Have, I expect this to be A Gold Experience!
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- AnonymousApril 24, 2016 at 12:17 PM
So what's going on with Vento Aureo? I'm pretty new to the Jojo fandom, but I noticed that you guys have pretty much everything colored - I think it was the first half of Stardust Crusaders, and then 15/17 volumes of Vento Aureo also uncolored, but you have the next parts...?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 8, 2016 at 5:43 PM
yeah why dont you just color volume by volume part by part ?ReplyDeleteReplies
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Hope that i get word on my Cobb tuner by tomorrow finally found me a hookup on em just got to see if the guy holds up hiw words.
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Hey guys i'm from homer glen/lockport/orland park area. and about a month ago i was in my buddies 07 sti and we were driving back from top speed cause he picked up his ecu.. and on the way back in the lemont area i saw a sick silver bug eye. all i saw was a c/f hood and a fmic. it was pretty sick i was just wondering if the owner cruises this forum.
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inspired me 2 get 1 lol
Just rec. my VF34 and pink injectors yesterday now i have to wait on my new fuel pump... i had also gotten my Cobb V2 in and all is good with it. Also just recently put in a Double Din DVD/mp3/mp4 radio yay i got a hook up on those for a decent price they are new to the market so they have no name on them yet.
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My name is Jennie Ostendorf and I am a senior at Barnard College. Barnard is a small liberal arts college located in the middle of New York City. It is known for its rigorous academics and competes for students with schools like Georgetown University, University of Pennsylvania, Wesleyan University, and NYU. But there is one quality about Barnard that sets it apart from these other institutions: Barnard only accepts female students.
Since its founding in 1889, Barnard has been dedicated to the enrichment and success of women. I can say with certainty that my college experience has been extraordinary because of Barnard's values. Because I came to Barnard, I have met pioneers like Gloria Steinem and Anna Quindlen; studied leaders like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Bella Abzug; worked with peers and professors who challenge and inspire me; and have learned, grown, and excelled in an environment where women can (and are expected to) do anything.
In 2009, the college opened the Athena Center for Leadership Studies with the goal of fostering and advancing women leaders. As a member of the Athena Scholars program, I have taken a specialized academic curriculum focused on women's leadership. The culmination of the program comes during senior year, when students design and implement a social action project. As an avid listener of National Public Radio's This American Life, I knew I wanted my project to be a community involvement program that incorporated stories about human experiences—but the thematic focus of my project was still unclear.
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to meet with Sheila Gordon, Barnard Class of 1963, to discuss fundraising and development for the college and how we can form a relationship between our two classes that benefits the community at large. We spoke about the culture of our college, how the school has changed over the years, how it has stayed the same, and how wonderful and unique Barnard is. After speaking with Sheila, I found that I felt even more connected to my college and felt with even more conviction that Barnard and institutions like it serve a critical role in our society. I felt so lucky that I got to listen to Sheila's experiences, and I knew I couldn't keep her stories to myself. I had found the theme of my storytelling social action project—The Barnard College Experience: Now and Then.
I was able to sit down with Sheila again, and this time I filmed our conversation so it could be shared with our community. Sheila discussed with me what it was like to attend a women's college at the end of the 1950s and early 60s, when ladies were beginning to wear Bermuda shorts out in public and explore inter-racial dating. We spoke about how Barnard students socialized during the time Sheila attended college and how the location of weekly Happy Hours for students has practically stayed the same over the past fifty years. And we talked about what it means to attend a college that is committed to women.
While I was working on this project with Sheila, I had to keep in mind that I was still technically working on this project as an assignment for school, and that the assignment had requirements—one of them being that the project must involve a community outside of Barnard. Barnard is a part of the rich history of women's education, and is a member of The Seven Sister Schools, the association of historically women's liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States including Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley. I began reaching out to these other colleges and my project The Seven Sisters: Now and Then started to take shape.
The Seven Sisters: Now and Then is a multimedia exhibit including recorded conversations between current students or recent graduates and alumnae of the Seven Sister Schools. These conversations focus on how each respective college has changed, how each has stayed the same, the value of a women's college education, and why these institutions should continue to exist. The mission of the project is three-fold and aims to…
1. Create a cross-generational network of women with ties to the Seven Sister schools by bringing together members from today's generation of women's college students with those of previous generations
2. Strengthen ties between students, alumnae, and their respective colleges
3. Provide a unique survey of the women's college experience, both historically and presently, that is accessible to the public
To date, two installments of the project have been completed—one for Barnard and another for Smith College.
Please visit www.sevensistersnowandthen.com to watch video interviews about Barnard and Smith. If you are interested in contributing to the project or have questions, feedback or ideas, please contact Jennie Ostendorf at email@example.com
Learn more about the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College and the Athena Scholars program at http://athenacenter.barnard.edu


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We had another interesting discussion on this week's Association Chat (#assnchat) Tweet-up (Tuesdays at 2:00 ET). I recommended that associations (and all organizations for that matter) have a social media strategy to effectively leverage the plentiful tools that are now available to engage members and customers in productive online conversations.
However, I was challenged by my friend Jeff De Cagna who I respect as a thought leader in the association community and one who challenges conventional wisdom. Jeff is a skeptic of strategic planning and suggested that a social media strategy is likely unnecessary and may be perceived as too controlling. He recommended that you hand this off to smart people and let the communities grow organically. It sounds to me like he believes that if "we build it, they will come" or perhaps "let them build it, they will keep coming back."
While I agree with Jeff that long-term planning in this fast-paced world is a waste of time and traditional top-down planning may indeed be perceived as controlling the conversations, I hope that participants in #assnchat were not left with the impression that robust online communities can just happen and grow without any planning. I have seen that happen rarely when there is an overwhelming demand but more often these efforts fail even when there is real constituent interest.
A social media strategy can help organizations in many ways:
- Clarify business objectives that will define success for the organization
- Research user needs to make sure the community is of value to constituents
- Identify potential participants that are already sharing knowledge in other communities
- Plan for nurtuing the community (e.g. featuring interesting posts in an enewsletter)
- Mitigate risks by setting reasonable (not overly restrictive) rules of engagement
- Clarify roles for maintenance, support and leadership
I suspect that Jeff and I agree more than we disagree. Perhaps it is more about who we involve in the planning than whether or not planning is necessary. Our experience with social media provides solid evidence that those with thoughtful web strategies are much more likely to get it right for both the organization and its constituents.
To learn more about social media strategy, I invite you to participate in one of the following Ironworks events where I will be presenting in February:
- Social Media Successwebcast in collaboration with Oracle -- Friday, February 5 (11-noon ET)
- Social Media Win: a NASDAQ Case Study-- Presentation in collaboration with Microsoft at their North Central office in Bloomington, MN on Wednesday, February 17th (4:30-7:30 PM CT)
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Hi guys,
I've been doing a bit of experimenting with my drums sounds lately and would like to try the Glyn Johns method.
I just want to check i'm getting this exactly right so I can compare with my other recordings.
Im using 4 mics, 2 overheads (C414's), 1 snare mic (SM57) and a kick mic (D112) + my home made sub kick paired up with the D112. My kit is a well tuned Pearl masters.
Overhead One: set up directly above the centre of my snare drum, facing down, 40" above the snare. Panned right to 3 o'clock
Overhead Two: Set up 4-6" above the floor tom and exactly 40" away from the dead centre of the snare, angled so the mic capsule is pointing directly at the dead centre. Panned left to 9 o'clock
Snare and kick spot mics placed to taste.
I think i'm pretty close with this but feel free to let me know of any changes you'd make or suggest!
Would it be better to listen to both overhead mics individually first or as a pair?
Levels wise i'm assuming i'm aiming at the same level from both overheads when the snare is hit, and that the snare feels central in the stereo image.
Assuming I throw the C414 into carded does it matter if the stand and mic body is placed in front, behind or coming in from the drummers left hand side, just as long as the mic capsule itself is directly over the dead centre of the snare?
Many thanks in advance.
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Re: Help with the Glyn Johns Method
I think all the elements are there for the method. To keep the phasing to a minimum use a tape measure to ensure equal distance to the snare from each overhead mic. Roll off the bottom frequencies off the 414s as the bottom end will be mostly via the bass drum mic. Record a test segment with snare and zoom in on the DAW to if see the overheads align. The suggested panning of the overheads about half way to the left and the right (not full panning) sounds correct. If you have a nice stereo valve pre put the overheads via that possibly as the newer 414s can be rather clinical sounding IMO.
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Re: Help with the Glyn Johns Method
thats brilliant thanks, when I zoom in on the waveforms of the overheads should they be perfectly aligned with each other for the snare hit, i'm guessing so.
I have a pair of TLAudio tube channels which can be stereo linked so i'll probably use those.
thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it.
I have a pair of TLAudio tube channels which can be stereo linked so i'll probably use those.
thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it.
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Re: Help with the Glyn Johns Method
That's the ideal situation. Since they're the same distance from the snare, the sound will reach them at the same time, so the waveforms should be matching up.
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Trudging up the three flights to her apartment, Darlene Foxx was caught between animal metaphors: hungry as a horse and tired as a grizzly bear come winter.
Snow melted against the heat of her fingers when she removed a glove and carelessly combed through her hair. A part of her still expected to feel thick, flowing waves instead of short, silky layers. Hair--another thing she hadn't been able to afford. Not the salon-babied stuff she'd worn since she'd escaped her parents' house at eighteen.
She moved down the hall to her door, one of the few on the floor with a welcome mat still in front of it. If anyone in the building had held any illusions about New York City before, they'd dragged their welcome mats back behind triple locked doors after a rash of robberies had hit the neighborhood a month ago. Each burglary had followed the same pattern: Victims returned home from work to find their doors wide open and their lives scrubbed clean of valuables the way a kid's face got scrubbed clean of dirt by a fastidious mother.
Darlene wasn't worried. She'd been extravagant with money from the day she'd started making her own in New York City. The only humble part of her life had been her apartment, which was cheap and sparse on accommodations. But she'd always figured it was what you put into a place that made it interesting.
Letting herself into her apartment now, Darlene saw a shell of what had been her home. She'd beat any thief to pawning her valuables. Desperate times call for desperate measures, she'd told herself while accepting only a small portion of what her movie-theater-screen size TV, deluxe stereo, VCR and camcorder were worth. Luxurious furniture had been replaced with functional, second-hand pieces.
She pushed her door shut behind her wearily and locked both deadbolts. Eat or sleep? She dropped the mail, her gloves and knit hat on the table near the door. When she reached for the zipper of her coat, she realized didn't even have the energy to manage that task. Without switching on the living room lights to dispel the burgeoning shadows, she walked the couple feet around her couch, eased herself onto it and curled up on her side.
Her mind shut off on her long, deep sigh. Minutes or hours later, she was startled awake to darkness with her heart slamming against her chest. Someone was trying to get in! One deadbolt opened with a click. Scrambling to sit up, Darlene cursed herself for not pulling the chain lock. Lot of good it would have done! This guy must have a degree in lock-picking!
The phone was in her bedroom. She couldn't call 911. Frantically searching for a weapon, her gaze skidded over the thin book that lay on the coffee table in front of her. What are you going to do? Fend off a robber with Winnie the Pooh?
Left with no other recourse, she yanked off one of her pink, fur-lined boots. Just as the last lock sprung open, she hid in back of the door. Her heart was beating so hard, she could barely hear over it. All of her instincts kicked in. Protect...
A tall, dark shadow moved inside. Darlene raised the boot, causing her nylon coat to crinkle loudly. The figure simultaneously closed the door and dropped what looked like a duffel bag. He turned to glance at her, point blank, a second before she could lunge at him with her boot. "Darlene?"
Her entire body went rigid in mid-attack. She saw the keys in his hand, thought in stunned stupidity, How did a thief get the keys to my apartment?, then her mind supplied the answer. Only one other person had the keys to her apartment. "Jace? Dear God!"
He flipped on one of the light switches, which illuminated only the far corner of the room. "You planning to take me down with that or is your apartment infested with roaches?" His gaze followed the drip of melting snow from her "weapon".
Darlene could barely keep herself from laughing like a lunatic or bursting into tears at how worked up she'd been a second ago. She lowered the boot. "I thought you were a burglar. There've been some break-ins in the neighborhood."
"A stiletto-heeled boot might serve as a better weapon than a wet rubber boot. None of that fur to cushion the impact." Jace rubbed his head almost unconsciously, as if reliving a memory.
She didn't bother asking how he'd know what a stiletto heel to the head felt like. It was easy to imagine some dumb blond furious enough with him to get her digs in, literally.
Now that she knew she wouldn't have to fight off a burglar, she stared at her intruder in forced annoyance. "What are you doing here, Jace?" He still had the keys to her apartment, apparently, although it'd been over two years since the last time.
You're not alone anymore, she thought too quickly. Tears formed in that instant. But she couldn't allow herself the luxury of believing his presence might be permanent. She knew Jace too well. Unfortunately, she also knew herself too well. I can't take it again. Not this time.
"Am I late or something?" he teased, grinning as if nothing had changed.
Just friends, that grin said. A friend dropping in after two years without a word, without a single promise. Remember that--a friend, because you don't ever want to need promises from a vagabond like Jason Radcliffe again.
Darlene lowered her boot to the floor, careful not to step in the puddle it'd made. For a second, she considered avoiding Jace's eyes. They still stood in shadows. If she didn't look at him, maybe he wouldn't see the truth. She wouldn't give away what she hadn't admitted even to herself. That she'd prayed for a friend, a knight in shining armor. Someone to simply hold her hand. She'd never expected that prayer to come true, especially not with Jace on the white steed.
He stared at her speculatively for a long minute. "You cut your hair," he said finally.
Jace had always loved her long, thick hair, and yet he didn't sound disappointed. Maybe it didn't look as bad as she thought.
Facing him, even in the shadows, she couldn't control the emotions that crowded in on her. He was such a contradiction. So cute, so dangerously sexy. Teddy bear and bad boy all rolled into one. Healer and heartbreaker. And I always end up falling in love with someone who used to be my one and only best friend--how's that for a contradiction?
"Long hair no longer suited me," she said on a shrug. Her nonchalance stuck in her throat when he stepped forward to cup her face in one large hand.
"I don't know about that. You and long hair go together like long kisses and making love." His voice was soft, so intimate she somehow knew before he stepped closer that he planned to put his arms around her. All he'd need to do was hug her, and he'd know the truth. "I missed you so much, I think you'd look good to me if you were bald."
Damn you, Jace. Damn you. Darlene couldn't laugh or tease or think, not when he was bringing her closer to him, into his embrace. Not that she'd had any opportunity to hide in subterfuge, what with his unexpected arrival, but the jig was up anyway. There was no way he wouldn't notice.
Instead of sinking against him the way she wanted to, she focused steadfastly on his dark eyes in order to remind her of reality. He'd betrayed her, and she'd let him. She always knew what she was getting into with Jace Radcliffe. The only person she could blame--and withhold forgiveness from--was herself. But that didn't make the situation any more logical.
He glanced down, as if wondering about the obstacle between them. Her coat was huge, but there could be no mistaking the fact that she filled it out, flesh for fabric.
As if anything else had to be beyond his comprehension--and remained beyond her own--he teased, "What do you got under there? A basketball?"
Damn you, Jace, she thought again, this time feeling the anger she needed to keep him at a distance. How do you always manage to escape the real issue? Why you're here.
Darlene leaned around him to flip on all the room lights, then stood back to let him look his fill. "No basketball. A baby."
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Darlene Foxx, the original not-me, not-ever, no-way-am-I-ever-having-kids was pregnant? Jace stood staring as Darlene moved around the sofa and slowly removed her coat.
No basketball, definitely not. That full, rounded belly couldn't be mistaken for anything except a baby growing inside--and growing rapidly. The rest of her body was exactly the same.
"And no, I'm not going to give birth right this minute," she said wearily, as if she'd heard that particular exclamation one too many times to be amused.
When his sister had been pregnant, she'd heard the same remark often, too, especially when she only had a few weeks to go. Darlene wasn't that big yet. She still moved fairly easily, although much slower than before.
Jace realized he'd accepted her pregnancy for a few minutes and shook himself. Darlene pregnant still didn't make sense, even if it was real. He glanced past her, and then nothing made sense. This wasn't Darlene's luxury apartment in the slums. "Did you get robbed?" he asked in shock, stepping forward at the same time she sat down heavily.
"Where's your stereo? TV? The furniture? This isn't your couch."
Since Darlene had moved to New York City, everything she'd owned had been top of the line. This ragged couch with the crocheted blanket over it to hide its lack of appeal was definitely flea market stuff.
"I wasn't robbed. I just got tired of navigating around everything."
The exhaustion in her voice penetrated his shock. She sat with her head back, eyes closed. He let her obvious lie go by without calling her on it. It was the least he could do anyway. You got off scot-free, Jace told himself, not feeling any real victory. You're in instead of back out there in the cold. And she let you in without screaming any of the obscenities at you that you deserve. He should have been glad. He wasn't.
"So who's the lucky guy?" he asked quietly, nudging his duffel behind the sofa before moving to sit on the coffee table in front of Darlene.
She glanced at him mutely for a few seconds, as if trying to read his motive. Then she shook her head. "No one you know. No one you'll ever know."
That slight edge in her voice--this was the Darlene he knew. Pretending she didn't care even when she might be devastated.
"He bailed?" Jace guessed softly, unable to control the anger he felt at this unknown creep who'd not only walked away from a one-of-a-kind lady like Darlene, but from his own kid. Could've been you, he reminded himself, but it didn't make him any less protective.
"The very day he found out he was going to be a father." Darlene stood, keeping her gaze averted. "Let's not talk about it."
Jace nodded, turning his head to watch her wearily carry her coat to the closet. Not much to talk about--now that you're on the long list of guys who've walked out on her, he thought. He figured he had a lot to make up for. Before deciding to come back here, he'd discovered a contradictory side of himself. He wanted Darlene to welcome him back and--had to have been kicked in the head to feel that way but--he wanted her to scream at him for the way it'd gone down two years ago.
He couldn't say when he'd realized it, but he hated Darlene's silent, smiling acceptance of anything that came her way. Even more, he hated the thought that she took everything inside of herself like swallowing barbed wire. She'd never admit when something ripped her up inside, even if that thing was supposed to set her free. A thing like love.
Jace watched her, feeling his teeth clench against the emotion rising violently inside him. He'd never seen her look so guarded--and that was saying something. Her dark eyes, her posture, even her thin arms seemed ready to fly up to shield her at a moment's notice.
He sighed. Damn, he'd missed her. All he wanted to do was wrap her up in his arms and make her promises...promises he wouldn't keep because she wouldn't demand them and she wouldn't hold him to them if she did.
She appeared utterly fragile in that soft, fuzzy sweater she burrowed into like a life preserver. For the first time in her life, she couldn't hide that fragility from him, no matter how guarded she remained. And maybe for the first time, Darlene Foxx needed someone. Needed someone to take care of her.
He had no right to think it, but that had never stopped him before: Maybe he'd come just in the nick of time to be that someone.
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This is a discussion on Bad: CCW holder stalks/murders waitress. within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; I first heard mention of this on The O'Reiley Factor tonight. O'Rieley's guest alleged that the shooter had a CCW. I haven't been able to ...
I first heard mention of this on The O'Reiley Factor tonight.
O'Rieley's guest alleged that the shooter had a CCW.
I haven't been able to verify that one way or the other.
Ex-Hooters Waitress Stalked, Killed By Customer - Orlando News Story - WKMG OrlandoEx-Hooters Waitress Stalked, Killed By Customer
Murder-Suicide Victim Wanted Restraining Order Against Shooter
POSTED: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
UPDATED: 10:51 am EST February 10, 2010
Alissa Blanton
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The woman who was killed while walking into work on Monday in a murder-suicide had been stalked by her killer, a customer from when she worked at Hooters, for years.
Local 6 News reported that Alissa Blanton filed a restraining order against Roger Troy one week before he shot and killed her, and then himself, in front of an AT&T call center in Research Park near the University of Central Florida in Orlando Monday afternoon.
Troy, 61, was dead at the scene and Blanton died several hours later at the hospital.
Blanton's husband saw the shooting happen and performed CPR on her before paramedics arrived.
Blanton was granted a Feb. 16 hearing for an injunction for protection against Troy.
"Roger Troy started harassing e-mails when I stopped working at Hooters and talking to him," Blanton said in the complaint.
Troy was a former customer of Blanton's when she worked at the Hooters in Merritt Island until September 2008.
"In the beginning Roger was a regular customer that came in daily and always sat in my section. I gave him my e-mail one day because he continued to ask for my number. That way he knew my schedule," Blanton said in the complaint. "He never harassed me in the beginning."
According to Blanton's complaint, Troy eventually began to cross the line.
"At the end of employment at Hooters, Roger always tried to walk me to my car at the end of the night, but he would stand and talk and hug me and so on. My manager John didn't like this. The customers are not allowed to touch any of the girls," Blanton said in the complaint.
The Hooters manager confronted Troy about touching Blanton.
"He has said several times that he spent so much money there and on me, and he doesn't deserve to be treated this way (not talking to him). After this incident he stopped sitting in my section, and the e-mails started about how terrible I am and all about an ex-boyfriend I was dating. I moved to Orlando to be closer to new job and he began showing up there and e-mailing about seeing me. I reported it. Then got married and moved back to Brevard County and letters are coming and stalking here also," Blanton said in the complaint.
Blanton married an AT&T co-worker last August, according to a wedding announcement.
"He started as he says his 'ADG Project' (my initials). He states several times drove by my home, how he has seen me in Orlando. He describes how I look (like that I gained weight and cut my hair). He once came to my work at AT&T call center in Orlando, and blocked me in my car. (Parked his car behind mine and came to my window and put arms on window ledge.) Also, in letters, put in other remarks, like 'Wearing your seatbelt?' " Blanton said in the complaint.
Local 6 initially reported that Troy was ordered to stay away from Blanton's work in Orlando.
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The hotel is worthy of his class. Everything was on the level. Unfortunately the hotel beach is not suitable for swimming.
Not much at all, I thought the welcoming staff were quite rude. A form was placed in front of me on my arrival and told to write in my details while reffering to my wife as "her". Air conditioning did not work so we were moved to another room. In the other room, there was no hot water and when reported we were abruptly told that it would get hot if we just waited and stopped calling about it. The pool area was very dirty and the man behind the pool bar could not stop telling us about how bad the Australian soccer team was, to the point that we left the area. The breakfast was very bad and unhieginic. The tiolet leaked all through the night. Could not wait to get out of there!
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I like that the staff and manager were very nice and helpful. I didn't like the food. Sometimes it seemed to me that they served same food over and over, I got bored with it after second day.
I didnt like much my stay there. There was a problem with my credit card but afortunately the manager solved it. I didnt liked much the food and the behaviour of the staff.
staff were very helpful and warm, however hotel isn't in city center but you can go there easily by mini bus and just with 2 TL.but it is good and is appropriate for whom like quiet. I think they should more emphasize on cleanliness of hotel
Wonderful family run hotel with a beautiful garden and relaxed atmosphere. We really enjoyed our stay and would come any time again to this little heaven.
Quiet place by Kusadasi´s standards; best price-performance ratio; very familar; extremly hospitably and friendly; simple rooms but clean; nice turkish food.
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mcborzu Wrote:If a multiimage control it's:Essentially I want a multiimage, except the images are not alone in a single path, but rather two properties of the container item. If you know how to make a multiimage that doesn't take a path but rather a series of paths directly to images, then that's what I need.
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Henry Porter has caught up with the Isle of Wight ferry story, which I looked at here the other day. On his CIF blog he asks, "At what stage do we say to the government, Enough, this is our information, not yours"?
He's not alone in his reaction. As might be expected, the story that the government wants to require ID checks of anyone travelling on ferries to and from places such as the Isle of Wight or the Western Isles went down badly with the people most affected. The proposal would damage tourism and be greatly resented by locals who have no other means of getting on and off the island. It would, in effect, turn the Isle of Wight into a huge open prison. The island's MP, Andrew Turner, described it as "plainly daft":
If a Home Office spokesman did, originally, say such a thing, then he clearly needs his head examining...You can drive from John O'Groats to Lands End without needing any ID – why should the Island be singled out simply because you need a ferry to reach us?
He added that he had written to Jacqui Smith asking her how much terrorism and organised crime there was on the Isle of Wight.
However daft it may sound, the original story (by Jason Lewis in the Mail on Sunday) was confirmed in the local press the following day.
The Southern Daily Echo carried a jokey, light-hearted report that managed to repeat unquestioningly the government line about terrorism:
DON'T forget your passport!
Ferry passengers travelling to the Isle of Wight could soon have to show identity papers under a new anti-terrorist crackdown. The Government's latest plan would also see passengers' personal data, including name, date of birth, home address and travel plans, passed to the police whenever a ticket booking is made.
A Home Office spokesman told the Daily Echo that Government officials were considering introducing the anti-terror powers under the Police and Justice Act 2006....However, the spokesman said new legislation would have to be passed before police could begin to collect people's personal data and travel plan details.
This isn't actually true: no new legislation would be needed, merely an executive order "laid before the House". Theoretically, it could be challenged or overturned by MPs but in practice that never happens.
The Echo's reporter spoke to one of the ferry companies, who seemed worryingly enthusiastic about doing the government's bidding:
Kerry Jackson, marketing manager for Wightlink, which runs services between Lymington and Yarmouth, said: We have not seen any firm guidance from the Government yet but we will obviously comply with whatever is implemented in order to ensure the safety of our passengers.
They really have drunk the Kool-Aid, these people, haven't they? "Safety of our passengers"?
A few days later, and the picture seems to have changed somewhat. The Isle of Wight County Press reports that the claims "have been rubbished by the Home Office":
A storm of protest greeted Sunday's reports that people would need their passports.
It led to a flood of e-mails and telephone calls from residents, outraged that ferry company booking clerks would record personal data that would then be made available to police.
The Mail on Sunday quoted a Home Office spokesman as saying photo ID would be needed on Isle of Wight ferry journeys.
But on Tuesday a Home Office spokesman said: This would not include the Isle of Wight. Our only intention, at this time, is to introduce this for routes between Northern Ireland and Great Britain; and this would be subject to prior public consultation and parliamentary scrutiny.
The government is considering such an extension to allow for the collection of travel information on air and sea routes which have been identified by the security and intelligence agencies and law enforcement as a risk in terrorist and serious organised crime terms.
That sounds like a climb-down to me. Despite the apparent denial, there's no doubt that the Home Office were seriously considering the proposal. I thought initially that the story might have been either a kite-flying exercise (with the MoS used as the Home Office's stooge) or a misunderstanding, with an under-briefed spokesman put on the spot by the Mail's reporter. Neither seems to be the case. Instead, it would appear that the government has been taken aback by the strength of opposition that greeted the story's appearance.
There are also a couple of loopholes. First is the phrase "at this time" which, of course, implies a future intention. Then there's the reference to routes that have been "identified as a risk". In relation to a small holiday island a few minutes' ferry-ride off the south coast terrorism would seem to be an almost laughably specious justification. But, as I have learned, that hasn't stopped the career paranoics of the security service speculating about Al Qaeda training camps being set up there. Peshawar on Solent, perhaps. In their baroque imaginings, potential terrorists may slip on- and offshore, evading detection by laying low in out-of-the-way islands, perhaps like the Druids of Angelsey who so alarmed the Romans.
Nevertheless, it would seem that the proposal is off the agenda so far as the Isle of Wight is concerned, at least for the time being. They wanted to do it, they planned to do it, they probably hoped that no-one would notice until it was too late. Happily, the Mail on Sunday did notice, and public disquiet did the rest. The game's not up quite yet.


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Cycling in Taiwan
This page contains some general information and links about cycling in Taiwan.
Bicycle touring
Taiwan is an excellent destination for bicycle touring. Once you get beyond the crowded cities there are plenty of quiet and scenic roads. If you don't mind going uphill then Taiwan has an exceptional range of roads going through its steep Central Mountain Range. In recent years the round-the-island ride (環島) has become part of Taiwanese culture and an expression of Taiwanese identity. It was also popularised by the 2006 Taiwanese movie Island Etude.
Drew of Taiwan in Cycles has compiled an excellent list of Taiwan's best cycling routes complete with maps. He has also put together a collection of photos of some of the scenery on his recommended round-the-island route.
Reddit user x3nomik had this to say about riding around the island.
Bike hire
There are numerous options for hiring bikes in Taiwan. These range from cheap hourly hire to fully equipped touring bikes for multi-day tours.
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Drew has compiled all the information you need to know about Giant's touring bike rental service. This is ideal for anyone visiting Taiwan who would like to hire a bike for multi-day tour or round the island ride.
Another option for hiring a touring bike is Tripercise. Bikes can be picked up and returned from their shop in Taipei City.
Public bike sharing systems have become very popular in Taiwan. Taipei's system is known as Youbike (or U-Bike) and is the largest with over 6,000 bikes. Youbike or similar systems are now operating in New Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung, Changhua, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Pingtung.
In popular tourist destinations like Sun Moon Lake or the Dongshi Bike Trail in Taichung you should have no trouble finding a bike to hire for few hours.
Taiwan in Cycles has compiled detailed information in English about taking bikes on trains. There is also a discussion at Forumosa.com which may have some updates and additional information. It should be noted that the rules and conditions for taking bikes on trains may be somewhat confusing and inconsistent.
Taiwan KOM Challenge
The Taiwan King of the Mountain Challenge is held annually in October. The race attracts an international field of cyclists. The 109 km course has an altitude gain of 3,275 metres! See the Taiwan KOM Challenge website for more information.
Tour de Taiwan
The Tour de Taiwan (國際自由車環台公路大賽) is held annually in March. It is a UCI Class 2.1 race and part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is on 26-30 March 2017. More details on the Tour de Taiwan website.
Taipei International Cycle Show
The dates for Taipei Cycle 2017 are from March 22 to 25 at the TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall and TWTC Exhibition Hall 1 (near Taipei 101). Taipei Cycle will move to a later date on the calendar in 2018. It is currently scheduled for 31 October to 3 November 2018.
Taichung Bike Week
Taichung Bike Week is held annually in October. The dates for 2016 are 18 to 21 October.
Critical Mass
Bike Smiling (微笑單車上路) was Taipei's version of Critical Mass. It was held regularly from 2007 to 2009. The Bike Smiling blog is mostly written in Chinese but it contains a good archive of reports about past rides and many issues related to cycling and sustainable transport in Taipei and Taiwan.
More recently some Critical Mass rides were held around Taiwan on 20 April and 22 September 2013. A report of these rides can be found here. An article in the Taipei Times reports that the rides are occuring regularly in 2016. For more information see the @criticalmasstw Twitter account or Facebook group.
Interesting articles about Taiwan cycling
Taiwan cycling photos
Taiwan cycling links
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The Bend Fire Department strongly recommends that those who chose to burn debris do so early in the day, prior to winds picking up that could spread a fire to nearby combustibles.
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Dona Hoffman of Addison, IL maximizes the potential of convenience products to create a hearty soup for cold winter nights. This full-bodied dish contains lots of beans, veggies and sausage, and the pasta mix ties everything together.
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- 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) beef broth
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Let the teaching begin! The class turns out to be gov't not econ. They're starting foreign policy and the teacher gave them some choice in what to work on. The areas that got the most votes were terrorism slash the war on terror; immigration; and health and the environment. (The others were nuclear nonproliferation, something else I can't remember, and Iraq, which came in last. Students today get barraged with Iraq the Global Warming, and the vote count was a clear plea for "not more about Iraq, please, anything but Iraq.")
So we're putting together a 2week foreign policy unit on terrorism. That's certainly not my own favorite topic - how icky, really. But there's loads of interesting stuff there, and it's a great chance to teach controversy and deliberation. In our training program we've been talking about teaching controversial material and teaching about controversies, and what are the limits on First Amendment protection for teacher speech on controversial matters. It seems there's little protection for 'academic freedom' and teacher free speech against complaints by parents or disciplinary action by the principal or school district. The courts see teachers as deliverers of chosen curriculum and when the principal or the school district is unhappy with what you say in class, the first amendment isn't a protection. Anyways, despite that, we hear that the city school district is actually dying to get more teaching of controversy into the social studies classroom. Students dig it, and it's a valued part of building democracy - deliberation, learning to disagree with an idea without attacking the person, studying a complicated topic and finding strong reasons to support your opinion, etc.
So here we are in terrorism for a couple weeks. It's not a unit my cooperating teacher has taught before. The upside is she's responsive to their interest. The workload side is we can't just open the foreign policy drawer of the file cabinet and pull out the time-honored finely-honed folder on terrorism and off we go. She has some materials, including a really good Choices unit, but it still means a fair amount of prep - at least for me.
We started this past week with what turned out to be a good discush about Afghanistan and the US covert supporting of the Mujahideen against the Soviets. The covertness added a cool wrinkle to the topic: since even most of Congress didn't know about it, yet were approving the secret funding for it, to what extent was it or was it not US foreign policy? Most of the students were into it. Yay!
This coming week we'll start with how to define terrorism. A Palestinian strapping dynamite to his chest in the West Bank, clearly. Klan lynchings, sure. But how about Sherman's March to the Sea? or the fire-bombing of Dresden or Tokyo? or the Mujahideen's rebellion? These'll be good for the students to wrestle with.
And I'll be practicing assessing their small group work and their participation in discussions realtime, and monitoring who I call on and who talks how much, and how well have I gotten to know not just the outgoing kids but all the kids even the ones who expect to never speak in class in 4 years of school.
ps -- Through the power of abbreviations, the agenda for my class on testing and assessment in college last week was to include "group anal and discussion". Group anal?! Whoa. WHOA! I don't really know what to picture for that, but I'm sure it's more than I signed up for.
Feb 3, 2008
3 comments:
- littlehorn said...
You should talk about Irgun too. Try to make the point that terrorism goes across religious boundaries and nationalities.
- Feb 3, 2008, 9:24:00 AM
- Jerry N-K said...
good point. I'd intended to include the case of Baruch Goldstein shooting up the tomb of the patriarch in 1994. I was there in '05 and can talk about what it's like now and show the students a couple photos - the ridiculous wall down the center of the building, and how, chillingly, his grave is something of a shrine for ultrahardliners who see him as a martyr.
- Feb 3, 2008, 12:28:00 PM
- David said...
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
- Feb 3, 2008, 3:16:00 PM
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The Pop Five is a series of Pop Candy readers' top five lists. Today's contribution comes from Andrea S. (aestrap):
I've always been a Saturday Night Live fan. One of my favorite things about watching the show for the last few years are the "Digital Shorts" produced by The Lonely Island. These are my Pop Five Favorite SNL Digital Shorts:
5. Mother Lover -- The sequel to D--k in a Box shows the guys five months later trying to figure out a Mother's Day present for their moms. Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson appear as the mothers.
4. Natalie Raps -- In order to shred her good girl image, Natalie Portman decides to be a gangsta rapper. Who knew Natalie was so hardcore?
3. I'm on a Boat -- Who wouldn't want to win a cereal contest for a boat trip? The T-Pain cameo makes this digital short hilarious. I'm going to go get my flippy-floppys and I'll see you on the boat.
2. D--k in a Box -- A tribute to the awesome cheese of '90s bands, Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake take gift-giving to a whole new level. They even point out that a d--k in a box is not just for Christmas. It is the gift that can be given throughout the year.
1. Lazy Sunday -- This is the first Digital Short I remember watching and thought it was great. I loved seeing Chris Parnell and Samberg rap about going to the movies. I had the Chronic-what?!-cles of Narnia stuck in my head for days.
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