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Hey Dan,
Oh yes, absolutely! Stock for stock, the Bavaria is a joke compared to a stock M6, but I thought it was pretty clear that wasn't my point since my car was heavily modified. I built what BMW built with the M5 many years later...a very quick, 4 door sedan with decent room and trunk space that handled very well. I went a bit further with the suspension though.
The stock Bav had a 19mm front sway bar...mine had a 28mm bar with plastic bushings and Korman's mount reinforcements (and considering the stiffness of a torsion spring varies with the 4th power of the diameter...lol), etc.
There's NO contest between a stock Bav or any car of that day with a stock E24 M6...just like there is NO contest with your M6 and my E39 M5 or your Z8.
Regarding weight...it's actually more than 400 lbs lighter I guess now that you show the M6 weight. The spec weight for the 72 Bav was right at 1400kg which is just a bit less than 3100 lbs. The later E3 cars (1974 onward) had the big bumpers and other luxury stuff, and they weighed in around 3400 lbs. The 72 Bav though had no electric windows/locks/etc, no big bumpers and their chassis reinforcements, etc...
I'm not attempting to make any claim that the Bav was a better car...just that it was a lot of fun to play with the M's when they came out and have them walking up and asking me about the Bav after a track session was over. The Bav became well known in the CCA National Capital Chapter for being a track monster and also always winning FTD at the autocrosses. It was much harder to properly setup and modify a car back in those days than it is now. I was fortunate to meet Ray Korman at the right time.
Speaking of Ray and mods...many years back now, I can remember when he built his first "major" M6 with 45mm Webers, head porting, hot cams, special headers, titantium rods, the whole works. What a monster that thing was, and it sounded about as sweet as any 6 cylinder BMW I've ever heard.
Also, the craziest thing just happened last night. I get an e-mail whose subject line is the VIN of my old Bavaria (I sold it in 1994 after 22 years in the family) along with a picture of the VIN tag. The e-mail said "I would like to speak with you" and had a phone number. I called the number and talked with the current owner who just bought the car. Unfortunately, it had been left sitting outside by the guy I sold it to for years and is in rougher shape (it was always garaged for 22 years). Oh well...
It's too bad you're on the west coast as I would love to see an M6 with 33k miles by the original owner.
P.S. If you turn the clock back to 1971, I think most will admit that the Max Hoffman put together a great combination with the big engine and low optioned car to create the Bavaria. It was a sign of things to come, and that simple combination he spec'd out for BMW AG helped them really understand the US market. This was the beginning of the true 4-door performance sedan market.
Understood. I agree with just about everything you say.
BTW, if you want to see the M6 it was featured in the Nov. issue of BMW Car, along with all my cars. Both Barnes & Noble and Borders carry it. If you happen to be in either, I think the Nov. issue is still on the rack. Therein, they call it the "best M6 in the World." I could bore for hours, but they were pretty thorough in their description.
On a slightly different subject, the S62 in your M5 and my Z8 has got to be the best motor built by those crazy Bavarians. I have not yet driven the V-10 powered cars, but it's hard to imagine that motor being as smooth as the S62 with its near identical horsepower and torque. On paper the V-10 seems more peaky.
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Source: Martha Stewart Living, December 2003
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
- 1 cup sifted cake flour, (not self-rising), plus more for pan
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of ground cloves
- 1 very ripe large banana, mashed (about 1/2 cup)
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup firmly packed dark-brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinammon
- 1/3 cup chopped toasted pecans
- Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
- Sweetened whipped cream, for serving (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 6-by-2-inch round cake pan. Line bottom with parchment paper; butter, and dust with flour. Set aside. Into a bowl, sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves. In another bowl, whisk banana, buttermilk, and vanilla.
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David R. Chan, a 64-year-old accountant and tax lawyer based in Los Angeles, travels on his stomach – he's eaten in more than 6,000 Chinese restaurants across the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Chan, a third-generation American (his grandfather came over from Taishan, China in 1900), recently made headlines when he detailed his nearly lifelong quest to a reporter. (He documents each meal on an Excel spreadsheet.) When he's on the road he often eats at four or five different restaurants daily.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about Mr. Chan's findings is his opinion of Canada's Chinese restaurants: They're far better than anything in the U.S., he says. We reached him in his office last week.
You wrote in an article recently that if you were to rank the 10 top Chinese restaurants in North America, every last one would be north of the border. What makes the Chinese food in Canada so good?
From 1882 to 1943 it was pretty much illegal for anybody of Chinese descent to immigrate to the U.S. The only Chinese food you had in the U.S. until the mid-'60s when they changed the immigration laws was this old-style Taishanese, rural Cantonese food, from the early waves of immigrants. In Canada, you had Hong Kong influence coming over earlier than in the U.S.
My first visit to Canada in 1970 was to Vancouver, and even though by today's standards the Chinese food in Vancouver then would be considered primitive, it still was clearly better. The panic about the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese in 1997 created a panic there, and anybody who could leave Hong Kong did so. On my next visit to Vancouver in 1993, the food was so good that when I came back, I told people that the average food in a Vancouver food court was clearly superior than the best Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles.
In Vancouver, I love Sun Sui Wah – I think everybody knows that place. There's a place my wife's relatives took us called Landmark Hot Pot House. It was probably the most fabulous meal I've had. In Toronto, Casa-Imperial, Casa-Victoria, Lai Wah Heen. And there was a café place I really liked in Richmond Hill called Judy Cuisine. It was really good, stuff I'd never seen before.
Do Chinatowns ever have good food?
There are very few good Chinese restaurants located in core Chinatowns in the U.S. or Canada. That's clearly the case in Toronto and Vancouver, and it's clearly the case in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. Their function is, number one, tourists. I hate to say this, but you have to dumb the food down a little bit. And secondly, the Chinese who still maintain ties with Chinatowns tend to be the Taishanese – us older folk.
Are there any sure-fire indicators that a Chinese place is going to be good?
There's the old saying that if you see a Chinese restaurant that's full of Chinese people it's got to be good. That was my operating rule until my first trip to New York. We walk into this place in New York Chinatown and it's jammed full of Chinese people, and the food's not very good. The reason why it's so busy is that it was cheap and the portions were gigantic. If you see a lot of Chinese people in a Chinese restaurant, that's a good sign but it's not conclusive. If a Chinese restaurant serves dim sum, it's probably quite good, because in all my travels I have only found one dim sum restaurant anywhere that was not catering to Chinese diners looking for authentic Chinese food.
The best thing to do is once you find a good Chinese restaurant, most of them have throwaway Chinese newspapers. If you see who advertises in them, well you know these places are trying to attract Chinese people looking for authentic Chinese food. Even though I don't speak Chinese or read Chinese, the ads have a name and address and that's good enough for me.
I read that you can't use chopsticks. This had to be an error, right?
It's true. They say you're supposed to hold chopsticks the way you hold a pencil? And when I was a kid I picked up the pencil the wrong way, and by the time my teachers spotted it, it was too late – they were unable to get me to write properly. And because of that, it hurts me to write, and I cannot maneuver a pair of chopsticks. I've only been to China or Hong Kong four times, but when I travel I bring my own fork just in case.
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In looking back over 15 years since the inception of Friends of the Farms, members of the board were asked to identify what they considered to be the organization's top accomplishments.
We are proud of these accomplishments and wish to express our deep appreciation to all of the staff, board members, farmers and volunteers who have helped to make these possible.
Here is a partial list:
- facilitated the securing of 14-acre Johnson Farm as public farmland
- secured farmers for all available public farmland
- developed drafts of leases for farmers using public farmland
- developed drafts of farm policies for publicly owned farmlands
- developed 30 year lease between Friends of the Farms and the City of Bainbridge Island, adopted 2012
- prepared new farmer applications
- purchased/installed new drip irrigation for Suyematsu-Bentryn Farms at Day Rd. for environmentally-responsible watering
- established partnership with EduCulture Project for on-farm educational experiences
- created new look and identity of the organization (new name, new logo, new booth materials, new brochure)
- increased connection to the community by offering many Farm Walks and Work Parties
- coordinated total renovation of Morales Farm House with donated time and materials, thanks to the generosity of PHC Construction
- developed agricultural conservation easement for Suyematsu property on Manzanita Rd.
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RIO DE JANEIRO Aug 14 (Reuters) - Police raided a stadium in the northeastern city of Recife and other offices around Brazil on Friday as part of an investigation into fraud in contracting for the arena, which was built for the 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament.
In a statement, federal police said contracts for the Arena Pernambuco, built and operated by a consortium led by contractor Odebrecht SA, were overpriced by as much as 42.8 million reais ($12.26 million) in 2010, when the project was being developed.
With inflation and including additional costs that eventually worked their way into the project, the fraud today would total more than 70 million reais, police said.
Investigators said the overpriced contracts amounted to fraud and a lack of transparency meant to distort bidding among competitors in the stadium project. Odebrecht also enjoyed more time to prepare its bid for the project than other competitors who sought to take part, investigators said.
Odebrecht called the raids "illegal and abusive" and said it was shocked the company had not been contacted beforehand to explain a stadium project that it had won in competitive public bidding and completed without government funding.
"Once again offices and homes of executives were violently subjected to arbitrary searches and detentions with the pretext of investigating alleged irregularities," it said in a statement.
Odebrecht took part in four of the projects to build or modernize 12 stadiums that hosted the World Cup, an event whose cost was widely criticized in Brazil, despite its success as a spectacle.
The full price tag for many of the projects built for the World Cup was still unclear because of cost overruns, contract disputes and other uncertainties. The Arena Pernambuco alone is believed to have cost well more than the already over-budget 533 million reais calculated by the federal government. Continuación...


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Last Thursday, Police in Gilbert, Arizona arrested two men who posted a Craigslist ad attempting to trade their 32GB iPod Touch and an amount of marijuana for a new Apple iPad. Adding to an easier to win court case for the District Attorney, the two men even added a picture of their marijuana and the 32GB iPod Touch to their listing. After receiving an anonymous tip, police officers responded to the Craigslist ad and met the two men. Arrests were made once men traded the marijuana for an iPad. Both men were arrested for possession of an illegal substance and conspiracy to sell marijuana.
According to The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News, The Federal Trade Commissions will be opening an investigation into whether Apple is illegally using its Apple Store to harm competitors. Last month, Apple enacted rules which prohibit certain development tools from being used to develop and release applications for Apple's iPhone and iPad devices. Apple has blocked several mobile ad network apps from becoming included in the Apple App Store, as the company released their own mobile advertising platform for the new iPhone 4. The FTC believes that Apple may be creating some rules regarding their Apple App Store to prevent competitors from releasing mobile applications similar to Apple's own mobile applications.
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I've had a fair share of experience with this, and I'm always left a little torn. I've had cases where I've already talked the D.A. into giving my client a conditional dismissal or where I know the case will be dismissed on speedy trial grounds on the next date, when my client calls me and tells me "I've hired a lawyer," or, worse, "I've hired a 'real' lawyer."
On one hand, I want to say, "Wait! I'm a real lawyer! I was going to beat your case for you!" On the other hand, my caseload is high enough as it is, and private attorneys need work too. So, it's better not to say anything.
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All those hours of hanging with pal Jay-Z have apparently rubbed off on Gwyneth Paltrow.
The actress, who has shown off her vocals chops on both the big and small screen ("Glee," "Country Strong," "Duets") ditched melodies for rapping in honor of Chelsea Handler.
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The "Chelsea Lately" host, who is celebrating her show's move to a new studio, debuted a video of Gwynnie and Cameron Diaz, or as she calls them, "Emcee Gwyneth Paltrow" and "Deejay Jazzy Cameron Diaz," welcoming their friend to her new studio.
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The Foundation's program, Transforming Care at the Bedside, was designed to develop new interventions to improve the hospital work environment with the goal of improving the quality of care provided by nurses at the bedside.This grant supports the creation of a family conference room adjacent to patient rooms for end-of-life and chronically ill patients. It will also create a professional conference room for nursing and allied staff on the Transforming Care at the Bedside unit. The grant also supports the purchase of hands-free headsets for clerical staff which will enhance the work environment for those who are the hub of communications in the unit.
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Awarded on: 11/21/2005
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It's unbelievable that we actually get to travel around the country as our real job (although with twelve people crammed into a bus it sometimes doesn't sound so good). It's almost like one big family. Well, actually we kind of are! With Jennifer's parents traveling, her Dad as road pastor, her Mom as Merchandise manager and my wife traveling as our front of house sound engineer it is a very unique situation and we love it.
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Anti-Gay Marriage Group Recommends Creating Tension Between Gays and Blacks
There are 12 comments on the thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com story from Mar 27, 2012, titled Anti-Gay Marriage Group Recommends Creating Tension Between Gays and Blacks. In it, thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com reports that:
An internal memo from one of the country's leading anti-gay marriage organizations outlines a plan to defeat same-sex marriage and create division among Democrats by creating tension between gays and blacks over the issue.
The memo was contained in a trove of documents unsealed by a federal judge on Monday in a case in Maine, where the group, the National Organization for Marriage, spearheaded a successful ballot initiative in 2009 to outlaw gay marriage and has sued to overturn state ethics laws that would require the group to reveal the donors who financed that effort.
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#1 Mar 27, 2012
No real surprise! Fundietards are some of the vilest, most ignorant disgusting 'people' on the planet! This just shows how low they will go to achieve their evil aims!
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#2 Mar 27, 2012
I would guess that at least 90% of black Americans are against equality for gay and lesbian Americans, as evidenced by all the screaming you hear when we draw parallels between the civil rights struggles of black Americans and the civil rights struggles of gay & lesbain Americans.
#3 Mar 27, 2012
There is no doubt that African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have no use for gays,lebians,gay marriage or any other weirdos.
#4 Mar 27, 2012
What does race have to do with homosexuality?
Call me an idiot here, but seriously?
Since: Oct 10
#5 Mar 27, 2012
OK idiot, for a LONG time, many black people have vociferously objected when gay and lesbian Americans compare our struggle for civil rights, and equal protection of the laws, to that of black Americans struggle for the same thing. Many black people get extremely angry and vocal about this comparison and swear that there are no parallels whatsoever. I mean some of them REALLY HATE when gay and lesbian Americans make this comparison. And because of that a large percentage of black Americans are very vocally opposed to equal rights for gay and lesbian Americans.
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#6 Mar 27, 2012
as I can tell you first hand being a gay black male.Black people hate lesbians and gays.
#7 Mar 27, 2012
Why shouldn't a political group recruit allies and let them speak?
Democrats became a majority party by having segregationists and the solid south in bed with Northern Liberals, Blacks and Trade Uniionists.
Can't black people who oppose gay so called marriage speak out and be recruited to speak out?
Especially when the self called "human rights" groups are running around having white people say that this is the same as the civil rights struggle?
It is perfectly fair for their opposition to recruit blacks who agree with them to say "NO it is NOT the same".
The LIBTARDS started this one and are going to have to live with it.
Since: Oct 10
#8 Mar 27, 2012
So you're against equal marriage rights for gay and lesbian Americans ? If so, why ?
#9 Mar 27, 2012
If you were actually a black male you would know it depends "which" black folks you're talking about.
The black "religious" freeeks, like their white counterparts, probably do hate glbt people.
That is, when they're not with their down low hookup.
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#10 May 10, 2012
As a black gay Canadian male this "Gays vs. Blacks" is ticking me off.
LGBT People of Color are largely being ignored either because:
- they are a margianalized group and/or
- apathy, they are not shouting loud enough to be heard or they simply don't care.
We just hear LGBT Activists (often not of color) speaking for gay rights, and the church leaders of color who are speaking against equality.
The result is this perception that LGBT People of color (blacks namely) don't exist and there is a conflict with being gay and black.
This perceived "conflict" with being gay, black and religious is a clever device used to limit and prevent LGBT people of color from being happy, mobilizing and reaching their full potential as citizens; they're too busy fighting these internalised conflicts to do anything else for the wider LGBT community.
This needs to change.
#11 May 10, 2012
Gay people don't need civil rights they need counciling. It is a sickness that needs to be addressed for what it is. Normal people who are working taking care of their kids and leading a typically hectic life haven't really paid attention to the gay community and their agenda to gain acceptance and rights for a perverse behavior. Can't believe this is even an issue!!!
#12 May 10, 2012
That was not the point of the post and this thread.
However I am opposed to so called equal rights for utterly unequal situations.
There is NO reason for so called gay marriage.
There is no religious reason in the western world (especially for any country founded on Judeo Christian principles) for Jews, Christians,or Moslems to raise an "ABOMINATION" to a Sacrament.
In terms of the state as opposed to the church there is also NO REASON for so called gay marriage.
The issues gays claim to have with hospital visits and other such issues can easily be handled with the appropriate paperwork.
The reason I as a taxpayer allow the state to impose upon me to pay the costs to enforce marriage laws is because Marriage is a relationship of unequals where the vulnerable wife and the even more vulnerable children that are the incarnation of "two flesh becoming one" need protection to prevent the wayward man from shirking his responsibilities. Even though women are less vulnerable now than in the past economically at least, the rule still holds and marriage protects her and the children.
Gays are biologically equal. There is NO inherent inequality that needs protection. There are also no naturally occurring children. Thus there is no need for this state provided and paid for protection.
Marriage was not created for gays and they are trying to usurp it by bad analogy. It does not fool me.
I think they are greedy for tax benefits and to force employers to pay health insurance for their love buddies.
I also think that they are incredibly foolish to allow the state to define their relationship via a bad analogy when they are free without state interference to create their own unique relationship.
Gay marriage will be a divorce lawyers full employment act and there will be much gnashing of teeth by winner gays when they want to unload a loser gay and then are taken to court to pay alimony.
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Just curious on y'all's thoughts. The BF and I have decided to add another fur baby to our little family. He has come a long way from the "not a dog person" when we first met, to now sending me ads when he sees a dog that needs a home :)
That being said he isn't sure he wants to go through a breeder and we recently talked about rescuing from the local shelter. Though, I do have a replacement puppy from a Boerboel breeder when I want her, on my terms. So there's that too. He said he doesn't care one way or another, that I am the "dog person" and he will be fine with whichever.
The problem is, if we go with the Boerboel from the breeder, I feel as though he won't feel like he had a say and won't feel like it's really his, because this was a prior incident before we were together. And I could see him getting a little more excited when we talk about going to the rescue and picking one out together.
NOW do I eat the $2500 already spent on the Boerboel for now and rescue? Or do I just go to the breeder because there's already money invested? It's hard because he says he doesn't care at all, but my gut says that he does and just knows I have money invested already in the other... What do y'all think? Obviously we will make the ultimate decision.. just curious on what you think :)
Decisions decisions...
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He'll be fine with any dog. He doesn't sound like he wants a certain breed, so I'm sure he'll fall in love with this dog as well. As he just wants another dog as a companion, I'm sure he really doesn't care that much about what breed or what dog it is.
My GF didn't have a lot of say in our first dog being a GSD. But she loves him more than anything and he's actually "her dog." Our second dog also ended up being a GSD because she needed a home, my GF has wanted to rescue a pittie for the longest time but knows we're a two dog household so she realizes that due to this second dog, she won't get her dog for at least a decade now. But she loves this dog just as much as our first one and this second one is exactly what my GF wanted, a huge cuddler.
Basically, unless he was really wanting to get into IPO or something where a different working dog is a better pick, I'm sure he's not going to mind where the dog comes from. If he does decide that he wants to raise this one, if I were you, I'd step back a little and let him make this dog "his." That way he'll feel a much bigger connection to this dog than the one you have now.
What breed of dogs are in the ads he sends you? Does there appear to be a breed he leans toward in those ads? That might give you an indicator of the direction he might be going?
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He sends me usually lab or goldens :) I know he really wants one of those. He doesnt want a shepherd.. unles we meet him in the rescue. He has the stigma now that all shepherds at Titan. Lol.. which he says isnt bad but he wants a lower energy level.. ha.
He loved the Boerboel I had.. we actually dated right about the time I had to return her and he loved her. Hmm..
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That's a tough decision considering the $2500. Aside from that I think a nice route to try is fostering some doggie that you two both initially like...That way you can make sure Titan gets along with the new addition as well (if that is a concern?).
Congrats friend...I'm kinda sad you didn't PM me about this! But I'm excited too! LOL ;)
I think you should rescue a dog and give a little rescue a chance. :hug:
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I think lab/golden people would be really mad that your BF think that they are less energetic than GSDs. Unfortunately, poor breeding and the popularity of those dogs as pets has led breeders to breed that breed's workability out of it as well...
has your situation changed enough to where you could raise and train the Boerboel?
was reading past posts where socialization and training were an issue
you might not have such constraints with a rescue lab or golden although i have to say i agree with martem in that they are not necessarily laid back dogs
$2500 is a lot of money to just walk away from. I'd probably have trouble with that.
I don't know what the population of shelter dogs is like in your area, either, but that might also be a factor to take into account. Around here it's uncommon to find nice Labs or Goldens in the shelter population (although it's usually fairly easy to find them in rescue, and in fact I might be picking up a Golden mix foster this weekend).
Fostering with the possibility of adoption might be a good intermediate step if you're really having trouble deciding.
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Thanks guys!! If we adopt, I think we will do the foster to adopt unless we fall madly inlove at first site.
Diesel-My situation has changed quite a bit... but I'm not entirely convinced yet if it's perfect for the breed, which is another thing rolling around in my head. I now live closer to work, much easier to get home for a puppy. It is now 2 of us, and much easer to help with everything including socializing, one with Titan, one with the new pup. I also would request a different personality than the last one I had. I wanted the pick pup, more confident, up front, protection personality. Which my have been some of the issue. This time I would want a more submissive, calm natured dog. Pretty much the opposite of what I had before.
Another thing too that I had issues with was that I couldn't leave Athena with anyone because she didn't like anyone else.. Though there is the possibility of deploying at the same time and vacations every now and then, I don't really have to worry about if I leave, who will watch her.. and vice versa.
With the rescue.. sometimes it sounds like the better option. We aren't looking for anything other than a pet so requirements for drive and working ability aren't there. We just want a calm(ish) happy pup. Ready to go when we go on walks or to the park, but can chill out in the house. plus I think the BF would appreciate being part of the picking process.. he doesn't say it, but I know him :)
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There have been several articles lately on "literary television," programs that occupy the same space within television as literary fiction does among books. AMC has been particularly adept at producing some high-quality literary television shows, foremost among them "Mad Men," which might be one of my favorite programs of all time. As I've been re-watching Season 1, in light of all that I now know after having seen Season 4, I've realized what it is that makes "Mad Men" so literary: it's character-driven.
This may sound like a banal conclusion, but I found it revelatory for a fairly simple reason. I believe that "Mad Men" does character-driven storytelling better than some contemporary literary fiction, and when it comes to examining a well-written, character-driven story, I'm more likely to turn to this TV show rather than a novel.
That's not to say there aren't wonderful character-driven novels out there, because there are, and I've read and loved them. But here's the thing: most of the writing-craft manuals I've read address character-driven fiction and plot-driven fiction as almost mutually exclusive entities, and contemporary writers — or perhaps contemporary publishers — seem to have taken that fallacy to heart. Stories and genres that are driven by plot don't, on the whole, take too much time to develop their characters, whereas character-driven stories sometimes seem to sacrifice plot for development: the characters are rich and wonderful, but not much happens. And when contemporary writers try to mush the two together — plot and character — the results aren't always pretty (Chris Adrian's The Great Night, which I read last week and will review shortly, springs to mind).
Some viewers have accused "Mad Men" of being slow, which is understandable — but you can't say that nothing momentous happens. Right from the beginning, there are affairs and infidelities, an unexpected and hidden pregnancy, and a rape. One character suffers a heart attack. As the show progresses into successive seasons, people are hired and fired, allegiances change, marriages and divorces occur, and some people die. And for those who find themselves missing the occasional gunfight or explosion, there's an episode in which a guy gets his foot chopped off because a secretary gets drunk at an office party and drives a lawn mower through the building.
Writing all those occurrences down, one after the other like that, makes "Mad Men" sound a little like a soap opera. Maybe it is. But all that drama and melodrama happens because of the way the characters are; it grows organically as a direct result of character development.
Take the lead character of Don Draper. He's ambitious, always pursuing something or someone, whether it's an account, an idea, or a woman. He's also a child of the Depression, raised in an unloving family, who escapes that life the first chance he gets. However, his method of escape — living a double life with a stolen identity — leaves him little room for innocence, and no room for him to be himself within the confines of the world he's built. For most of the show thus far, Don has had someone who knows who he really is, doesn't blame him for it, and with whom he can be himself, and so, unlike many of his contemporaries, he doesn't chase after innocence: he doesn't pursue his secretaries; he tends to turn away the earnest young women his colleagues desire; and when he does go after a woman (or women), the woman in question tends to have a little more life experience behind her.
Yet when Don loses that person with whom he can be himself, he loses his voice of reason and his link to innocence. He's still ambitious, he still has the hunger for pursuit, but now he has to search elsewhere for what he's lost. And that reaction, that search, is driven by the needs, wants, and flaws of his character.
The same is true of all the characters on the show: plot elements occur because of character elements. Don tends to stay out of trouble (plot element) because he is discreet (character element) and assertive (character element). Peggy moves from secretary to copywriter (plot element) because she sees herself as unique (character element) and wants to defy the gender-based roles of a patriarchal society (character element). Roger Sterling marries his secretary (plot element) because he wants to live life as if he'll always be young (character element). Bert Cooper makes most of the important company decisions (plot elements) because he's seen a level-headed guy who practices Zen (character element).
I could go on like this for every character on the show, but I think the point is clear. Whereas a plot-driven narrative might force twists and turns on its characters, the things that happen on "Mad Men" happen as a result of who the characters are, or who they think they should be, and while there are still plenty of twists and turns, they don't seem forced.
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