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A/N: Contains some mature themes and is alternate universe.
Birthday Boy
He found himself in his office yet again. However, the stack of dismal essays from before was gone thankfully. Rising to stretch his badly aching muscles, he ignored the cracking and popping that came with old age. His dark eyes glanced around the room, sighing a moment later.
Whirling around, the tall man with a thin, muscular build slowly rounded his desk, heading towards his private bathroom. Nature called, after all. And who was he to mess with Nature? The invisible door to his left shimmered for a moment before disillusioning itself and opening.
The man stepped into the small bathroom, closing the door behind him. He quickly undid his trousers and relieved himself into the loo. Once finished, he waved his hand towards it and whirled back around, ignoring the sound of the loo vanishing the contents. Sticking his hands under the faucet, the tap turned on automatically. Grabbing the bar of soap from its dish, he then rubbed the bar back and forth in his palms under the running tap. He nearly released a sigh of contentment as the warm water instantly soothed the sore joints in his writing hand.
Pulling his hands back a moment later, he grabbed the green towel and dried his hands off. He then caught his reflection in the mirror. To say he was stunned was the understatement of the year. His raven locks shone a healthy blue as the candlelight caught it just right. He even had a bit of a fluffy look to it as if he had air dried his hair.
His hand slowly came up, touching his youthful-looking face. The deep wrinkles that had once been there were now gone. Typically described as being dark emotionless eyes that held no warmth were quite the opposite now. His eyes were full of warmth and emotions, mostly confusion currently. The mocha-colored eyes slowly moved down his reflection and stopped at his nose. With his index finger, he touched the tip of it, just to see if it was real. His mouth opened slightly when he felt the touch. He couldn't believe it. His nose didn't show the signs of numerous breaks as it once did. It was perfectly straight again. Attempting to smile so he could look at his teeth, he was shocked when he saw that he had pearly white sparkly teeth. His teeth were perfect, likely more perfect than that idiot Lockhart's. Unable to hold it back, he laughed, hearing the rich tones erupting from deep within himself.
With his curiosity now piqued considerably, he quickly undressed, letting his clothes pile around him. Once he was completely naked, he glanced at his reflection towards the full-length mirror on the back of the door. The first thing he noticed was that his scars were gone, all of them. He glanced down at his chest to make sure, chuckling some more when he saw that they were in fact gone. He then turned his left arm over to expose his bare forearm. The stain, that damned black stain on his soul, was nowhere to be seen. His fingertips lightly ran down his skin, touching the beautiful pale forearm. This action sent chills down his spine. He was free. He was finally free.
Whirling around, he looked over his shoulder to see his back. Chuckling again, he shook his head in utter disbelief. The scars that once littered his back were gone. All that remained was pale skin. His eyes glanced down his reflection of his back before he whirled around again and looked himself up and down, taking in every inch of unmarred skin.
It was as if the past hadn't happened. He hadn't joined the Death Eater ranks. His father hadn't beaten him unmercifully from age three to thirteen. Of course, he couldn't tell if the Marauders did anything to him or not because they had left no marks in the first place. It was as if he had started all over again, and that feeling was beautiful.
With a sigh, he redressed quickly. He couldn't be staring at his reflection all day long. He had something to do. Didn't he? Narrowing his eyes, he tried to recall what that thing was. It didn't come to him, though. Whirling around, he walked back into his office.
He glanced around the darkened room and sighed. Well, whatever he was supposed to do hadn't come to him yet. So when he noticed the Daily Prophet on the edge of his desk, he picked it up and sat down in his black leather chair. Reading the paper, he sighed when it was the same worthless drivel he had read before. Couldn't the editors catch these nasty misprints?
"There's our birthday boy," suddenly said a red-haired woman as she walked into his office. Her dress was a deep emerald color that accentuated her lovely green eyes. At the top, it was cut diagonally from her right shoulder to just under her left armpit, where the material was three inches wide. From those three inches of material, a half-moon was cut out, stopping just above her hip. At the bottom, her dress had a diagonal cut that started mid-thigh on her left side and ended just above her right ankle.
"We should've known that he'd be down here, Lil," drawled an ashen woman with thick curly dark hair and rich chocolate-colored eyes, walking beside the redhead. The second woman's dress was red with a plunging neckline. Her breasts practically overflowed from the top as she walked closer.
"Aurora, Lily," he spoke, very much in disbelief at what he was seeing.
"Hello, Sev," replied the redhead, standing to the left of him. Her green eyes then glanced towards her companion. "I do believe he's overcome by shock, Aura."
"If not that, he's certainly overcome by something," quipped the curly haired woman. Her warm brown eyes sparkled radiantly as she flashed a soft smile towards him.
"And he hasn't even heard your good news whatever that is yet, Aura," Lily replied, smiling. Her familiar bell ringing laughter echoed around the room, bathing it in a warm glow.
"That he hasn't." Aurora then sighed, allowing her smile to falter just a bit. She seemed to be almost worried about something. "Maybe I shouldn't tell him, Lil."
"Oh, please, Aura," drawled the redhead. "If he can handle being married to both of us, he can handle your little news."
His eyes narrowed on both women as the paper lay limply in his hands. Married to both of them? He had to have heard that wrong. There was no way in hell he had been this lucky. His dark obsidian eyes then glanced towards both women's ring fingers. Sure enough, both witches wore silver wedding rings on their left ring fingers.
"Then again, judging by how he's staring at us right now, maybe his old heart can't take it."
"I'm married to both of you?" His voice was rough as sandpaper. There had to be some sort of mistake. No way in hell was he that lucky. He then sighed. Well, being married to Aurora, he could accept that. It felt close to the truth, real. However, Lily's presence felt off as if she wasn't real.
"Of course you are, silly."
"What? You're married to us both. How? You married Lily first and slowly realized that you loved me also. Being her regular Gryffindor self, Lil decided that instead of hexing me to hell and back she would embrace me into your little family because she knew it would keep you happiest the most. So I became your second wife. Why? Because you have so much love in your heart to give that you typically hid from others. When? You married Lil right after you both graduated. And you married me after your second year of teaching. Anymore questions you'd like me to answer?"
"Do we have children?"
"Have you been inhaling too many fumes again, Severus?" Aurora said with a laugh. "Maybe we should get Madam Pomfrey down here—"
"No!" He shook his head fiercely. "No, I don't require her attention."
"Yes, Sev," Lily answered, resting a hand on his. "You and I have a son, Harry. And you have a daughter with Aurora named Angel. Your godson Draco lives with us also."
That seemed right to him for the most part. He clearly remembered Harry and Draco living with him and his daughter with Aurora. With a soft smile, he chuckled and reached towards both witches, pulling them down on his lap.
"I do believe the birthday boy wants his presents, Aura."
"I have them already," he replied, feeling the happiest in a very long while. The scent of raspberries and wildflowers wafted around the room, only making it that much more real. "What happened to Potter?"
"Now, why do you want to talk about that git and likely ruin this moment that Aura and I worked so hard on, Sev?" Lily's arms were crossed as she stared at him.
"It won't ruin this moment. I swear."
"Fine," Lily said, waving her hand dismissively.
"Well, Potter still claims to whoever will listen that you stole Lily from him. Of course, most people know by now that he's just being wanker so they don't pay much attention to him anymore. Then again, he's vowed that someday he'll win Lily back, but he'll give up some day soon." Aurora then forcefully laughed. "It's almost as funny as what happened to that jackass Sirius Black. No witch or woman for that matter in her right mind will come within six feet of him anymore." When his eyes narrowed, she further explained. "He slept with the wrong witch. The story goes that that witch's husband was not quite fond of finding Black in his wife's bed so he cursed him with a rather ugly curse." She then paused for a few moments before saying that the curse was literal.
"So Black and Potter have been knocked down a few pegs?" he asked.
"Oh, and then some, Sev," Lily answered. "When they found out that their best friend had betrayed them, well, it was heartbreaking, I suppose." Her voice clearly gave the impression that it wasn't heartbreaking to her in the least.
"I'm certain Remus would disagree with you, Lil. He still hates himself for accidentally killing Pettigrew. I mean, I certainly would feel the same had I woken up the next day to find one of my childhood friends strewn about the room in little pieces."
"Well, it wasn't his fault. It's not as if he can control himself when the werewolf takes over. Plus, I say it is good riddance that he killed the rat. Merlin only knows what Pettigrew would have sold them out to next."
"Yes, Circe only knows who would have been next," Aurora replied with a sigh. "But we still shouldn't be all happy and grateful when Remus is around."
"Fine," Lily responded, rolling her green eyes. "Honestly, you'd think she was the Gryffindor, and I was the Slytherin some days, Sev," she whispered in his ear before kissing his jaw line.
"Oh, hush, Lil," Aurora mildly scolded. Her dark eyes then caught his. "Speaking of Remus, he wanted me to tell you that he and Reg would like to take you out sometime tomorrow so you men can celebrate your birthday the manly way. I'm rather certain that he was just relaying Reg's words."
Regulus was still here? Granted, he and the youngest Black weren't exactly on chummy terms when he had last seen the man, but they did have some sort of friendship. Well, that was if one could call tolerating the other a friendship.
"Now, come on, Aura. Tell our husband the good news that you won't even tell me."
He glanced towards the curly dark-haired witch. What was this good news? He waited as patiently as possible, taking in every bit of her nervousness. He watched her bite her bottom lip and rub her hands together before she drew in a breath.
"What is it, Aurora?" he asked quietly, wrapping a comforting arm around her waist.
"I'm pregnant."
"Oh, Aura," Lily said happily before embracing the younger witch. She then pulled back with a wide smile. "We're having another baby," she softly chanted twice, practically bouncing in his lap. A few moments later, she playfully punched him in the shoulder, turning ever so slightly. "I see how it is, Sev. You keep giving her all your good sperm. Well, did you ever think maybe I wanted another baby?"
"Maybe it doesn't have any to do with his sperm, Lil. Maybe you're just too old," Aurora teased.
"Oh, you take that back, you Slytherin temptress."
"I'm just stating facts. You are thirty-five now."
"Don't make me hurt you."
"As if you could, Gryffindor," Aurora drawled, laughing loudly.
He watched both witches with utter fascination. They were getting along and appeared to be best friends it seemed. That wasn't quite matching up with his memory, but he wasn't really caring at this point. When Lily suddenly jumped towards Aurora, his first thought was to jump in between them. However, when both witches turned on him a few moments later, he realized that this was all a ruse to get him off his guard.
He nearly chuckled when both witches got him up to his feet, only to drag him towards his rooms. His suspicions were confirmed a moment later when neither witch stopped at his sitting room but instead continued on towards his bedroom. Well, it was his birthday after all. He immediately flopped onto the bed when Lily pushed him, feeling rather playful strangely enough.
"Now, what are we going to do, ladies?" he asked, hearing his lightheartedness. He received his answer a few moments later by a dark fluffy pillow hitting him upside the head. "Pillow fight, really?" he said with a laugh. Once more, a pillow struck him. "Now, you two are asking for it."
He grabbed a pillow from behind him and lightly swung it towards the witches. He paid no attention to the feathers raining down around them. He just listened to the laughter echoing around the room. This was paradise, plain and simple.
"Oof," he suddenly exclaimed after Lily had managed to tackle him onto the bed.
"Get his hands," Lily ordered, sitting atop of him with a wide grin.
His eyes narrowed on her. Just what were they hoping to accomplish? When he felt his arms being pinned above his head, he snorted. Oh, that was what they were hoping to achieve. He then felt something wrap around his ankles, pinning him some more.
"You do realize that once I get free, both of you are going to be taught a lesson, right?"
"We wouldn't want it any other way," Lily replied, laughing before she kissed him. "Now, you, Severus Tobias Prince, have been a very naughty boy this year."
"Lil, that's what we say for Christmas, not his birthday," Aurora pointed out.
"Oh, whatever, he's been very naughty, though."
"And just how have I been?" he asked, narrowing his eyes on both of them. He grunted softly when he felt Lily push herself up off him.
"Thinking impure thoughts about us," Aurora answered just before his clothes vanished.
"Fantasizing about us doing wicked things to you," Lily then said. Her green eyes trailed down his body, nearly making him shiver at the thoughts that produced.
"Or you doing wicked things to us," countered Aurora.
"Ah, yes, can't forget that one." Lily laughed softly before shaking her head, letting her red hair sway seductively. "Then there's the fact that you, my sweet Severus, still feel as if you're betraying me whenever you're with her." Her finger trailed down his biceps all the way to his left middle finger. "You're not, you know. I don't feel betrayed at all when you're with her. Do you know why?"
"I do not," he replied, ignoring the slight quiver in his voice.
"Because I know you love us both tremendously. I was your first love, the witch you'd give the world to if I had asked." Lily's sharp green eyes then glanced towards Aurora. "She's your second chance, Sev. If something ever happened to me, I'd want her to be by your side. I'd want her to be the one to help you learn how to love again." Glancing back towards him, she sighed softly. "You have always been fiercely loyal to me, Sev, even when I don't deserve it. It is something I cherish every day." Resting a hand above his heart, she stared deeply into his eyes. "She has been just as loyal if not more to you as you are to me. So, for this birthday and many more to come, I wish you to enjoy her with your fullest heart, Sev. Allow your love to take over and think not of me in the slightest. You will always love me. That will never change. Think of this not as a betrayal, but a gift from me to you. You have no reason to feel guilty. You have no reason to feel ashamed. You are simply in love with two witches." Lily then kissed his lips tenderly. "Happy birthday, my old friend," she said with a smile. "Enjoy it."
"Where are you going?" he asked as she started to walk away.
"You didn't truly wish for me to remain and watch you two together, did you?" Lily laughed, shaking her head again. "I am not going to stay here and cheer you on as if I'm watching a Quidditch match, Sev. But if you wish, I can at least give you this parting gift. Slytherin scores," she whispered, licking her lips rather seductively. She then inclined her head, letting her red hair sway forward before walking out of the room and closing the door behind her.
"We have her blessing, Severus," Aurora said, watching him carefully. When he reached for her hand, she smiled softly and laced her fingers with his. Giving her his silent assent by lightly tugging her closer, she slowly climbed on top of him, capturing his lips immediately.
He breathed in deeply, allowing the raspberries and strawberries to surround him. Moments later, the restraints slowly loosened enough so he could wrap his arms around her. Their dueling tongues clashed against one another, making him smile against her lips as he tasted her honey-flavored tea. His hands roamed everywhere, taking in every bit of exposed flesh he could and searing it to memory. But it didn't satisfy him enough. He wanted more. He needed more.
Roughly pushing the straps from her shoulders down, he released her breasts from their prison, cupping the supple mounds in his palms immediately. He then gently kneaded them, chuckling when she moaned against his lips. Her moans sent jolts of pleasure through him that made him desire more.
However, before he could kiss his way down, he felt a hand clench around his rigid member. A low groan escaped his lips prior to a shiver running down his spine. His groin felt as if it were on fire by this one intimate touch. Another low groan echoed around the room as the hand slowly moved up and down his shaft. It quickly became difficult to think clearly as the fog in his mind rolled in.
"Oh—Mer—Aur," he sputtered as he neared his release. The hand continued stroking the swelling organ, bringing him closer and closer. If one had asked him how to brew a Pepper-Up potion at that moment, he'd likely have said he forgot. He was that far gone into the pleasure. As he swelled even more, the pressure continued to build, producing pain now mixed with his euphoria. "AURORA!" he roared, knowing that he was mere milliseconds from release.
Suddenly it went black. Her hand gripping him was gone. Her raspberry and strawberry scent was no longer surrounding him. His tongue wasn't halfway down her throat. His hands weren't on her ripened breasts. He wasn't even certain if he was lying down anymore. It didn't feel that way at least. It was just utterly black. Nothingness, complete and utter nothingness, was all around.
Slowly, a blurry light in the distance approached with the sounds of someone, likely himself, panting. Gradually, the familiar scent he associated with Aurora returned, becoming stronger by the second. He then felt a gentle hand on his shoulder with sounds that he couldn't quite make out echoing around him. Had he passed out on her? He hoped not. He'd die from the shame.
He then grimaced slightly, feeling a dull ache in his shoulders and neck. Slowly, he watched writing come into focus. Blinking a couple of times, he attempted to read the extremely bad cursive.
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He groaned aloud. Of course! He had been grading the little dunderheads' essays. He should have known he wasn't that lucky. Moodily, he smacked his arm against the stack, pushing them onto the floor. The bastards' essays had been so boring that he ended up fantasizing about something that would never happen in a million years to him.
"Do you feel better now, Severus?" a familiar voice spoke above him.
His head whipped up instantly. His eyes then uncharacteristically widened. He couldn't believe it. He stared into the dark eyes, barely breathing. What the hell was happening now? Could she actually be there? He could smell her, but he could smell her before.
"Are you real?"
"Last time I checked," she answered.
"So if I kissed you, I'd actually be kissing you?"
"Yes, Severus, you would be kissing me."
"You're not a hallucination?"
"How about you and I go into our bedroom and test that theory?"
He popped up within seconds. If it was a hallucination, he was going to use every second of it. After all it was his birthday. So he could do whatever the hell he wanted to do, meaning he could pound her into oblivion if he wished it. Without waiting for her to say another word, he grabbed her wrist, dragging her into the bedroom and tossing her gently onto the bed.
"Aren't we excited, Mr. Birthday Boy?" she said, laughing.
When he ripped open her robes, he immediately felt his heart stop. He glanced up at her and then down at her outfit. Oh, this was gonna be fun. He pushed her robes completely off so he could see the entire ensemble. His dark eyes soaked in the very sexy green corset with silver ties with matching panties fastened by a girdle to her black lacy stockings. His grin widened. That had to be the sexiest outfit he had ever seen. His 'wand' agreed.
"You may commence unwrapping, Severus," she purred, staring up at him with a soft smirk.
If someone had asked him just this morning why birthdays were special, he'd claim they weren't. It only meant a person was a year closer to death. At this moment, he'd disagree with his self from this morning. Birthdays were in fact special. He got to open his gifts as slowly or quickly as he wanted. Chuckling darkly, he stared at the curly-haired witch beneath him. He loved birthdays.
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How can a country promote its wares, if it doesn't recognize its abilities? It is not sufficient for one, or even a few people to point at something.
Again and again and again the underlying suggestion that is given to artistic artisans here in Italy is that we will come out of the recession thanks to the promotion of traditional skills and methods....but it is the class of skilled workers, struggling to survive that are unable to dialogue with the political system and find the strategies needed to market those strengths...or, damn it, even eliminate the darn "skill" if that is the outcome of a dialogue between professionals and institutions. At least one would have an answer.
I was finally contacted by a functionary of my region who spoke on behalf of the representative of development, promotion and discipline of artisan skills and to whom I specifically wrote.
The lady confessed to not knowing about the subject of traditional Italian decoration (?) and thought that I should:
A) contact/exchange with Art schools ( me on my lonesome trying to widen the audience by teaching wall decoration from a chalkboard to a handful of students who are unlikely to find work? William Morris would smile at my presumptuousness ) or
B) try participating at Turin's "Restruttura" fair, involved in promoting restoration. Here in Italy restoration is a highly elite market in itself, with interests that go beyond that of conserving historical Artwork. In theory, rightly, they are not involved in promoting painted decoration, however classical, but rightly in conservation. It is a generally accepted practice to integrate contemporary design within those areas that simply cannot be recuperated. Participating at that event might be a bit like trying to peddle sausages at a vegetarian foods fair.
The request for audience with the very institution that is supposed to be sourcing for marketable skills and protecting its territorial identity in this difficult moment, was excluded.
Norms state that Italy is bound to protect both it's Art AND the significant artistic skills that go to create them...it is a farce that there is no specific institutional body that represents and intimately understands artistic craft or any other creative field here in Italy.

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My friends and I are currently in the exploration phase of a 10-12 day trip back to Greece this summer, because we loved it so much last summer. But, because we are Americans with limited vacation time we hate to repeat a trip without seeing something entirely new - preferably visiting at least 1 city in another country for a few days. So, the question now is what and how can we combine a visit in Greece (perhaps just Mykonos) with a visit to another destination in the region, like Turkey (our current preference is Istanbul) or Cyprus, or other destination in the region.
I haven't been able to find ferry connections between these countries (do they exist?) but know that flights are an option...and I have consulted whichbudget.com for possible budget flight options.
I would love any Fodorite suggestions on what you would combine with the Greek islands. Specifically, more adventurous advice is requested - we know we could just stay in the Greek islands and explore more of them, and are considering that (e.g. Crete) but are looking for some unique ideas (aside from simply staying in the Greek islands, which we do love)
So, in addition to Mykonos, where to go...and how to get there? Thanks in advance!
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Don't know if this will help but we have been to Greece three times and are thinking of going back for a fourth time. I really recommend Crete - on our last trip, we sent two weeks just touring this island - many hiking trails as well as secluded beaches. I also suggest visiting Santorini and Rhodes as a combined trip - I have never been to Mykonos but I have found that each island has its own character.
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I don't know if this helps because we took this trip 10 years ago but we visited Mykonos,Santorini and Samos and then took a ferry from Samos to Kusadasi in Turkey (I think that you can do the same from Rhodes)...you could then fly to Istanbul...
My husband and I visited Crete this last October and totally fell in love with it...we're going back this October...I agree with Catherine...Crete might be worthy of your consideration too!
Happy travel planning!
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Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus (Turkish side) was a lot of fun. It had some great shopping, cobblestone roads, etc. It is a port city, but a gorgeous one. At night, all of the umbrellas on the outdoor cafe's are lit up and nightlife begins. Several clubs for dancing. If you go there, I'd also suggest Nicosia, Cyprus. More inland. It has great markets and filled with history (and I am not that big of a history buff). Beautiful mosques and I felt safe everywhere I went.
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What is your interest? What would you like to see and do. If you like to see some historical sites, Istanbul is the city that will offer you sites from both the Byzantine and ottoman period. If you are interested in the water, the sea, then you have to stay around the Aegean. If you want to combine both, then while in the Greek Islands, you can always get to Kusadasi (Kushadasi) and from there you can visit Ephesus, St. John's Basilica and the the museum in Seljuk by simply taking a taxi. If you are interested in the history of the period, the city
of Istanbul will definitely satisfy your thirst with its diverse offerings.
Read some of the guide books from your library, visit of Ministry of Turizm websites and you can also get maps from the Turkish Embassies or Consulates in the USA.
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Greece, Cyprus and Egypt could work. There are cruises that leave from Cyprus to Egypt for 2 or 3 day duration with various excursions.
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not sure where you are starting from but if you are flying into athens have you thought about making the return journey from maybe istanbul. from athens go to mykonos then onto samos boat to kusadasi visit ephesus then make your way to istanbul by bus or plane from izmir then fly home from istanbul then you will have more time because you wont have to back track to get back. i did this once and found the price of the flights were no dearer than if i bought a normal return
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions...
We are considering just doing Mykonos & Crete, but I am intrigued by your suggestion Deniz666uk - that may be exactly what we are looking for. To make sure I understand, you are suggesting:
*Arrive athens, travel to Mykonos (ferry or fly)
*Mykonos to Samos (ferry?)
*Samos to Kusadasi (ferry?)
*Kusadasi to Izmir (bus?)
*Izmir to Istanbul (bus or fly)
I would need to do a great deal of research yet on Turkey if we take this route, so forgive my basic questions, but would you suggest stopovers in each place, or would you connect directly through some places, e.g. should we spend tim in Samos or Izmir? What would you specifically recommend we see/do there (as you note Ephesus for Kusadasi)?
We may be looking at only 10 days for this full route, and we are amibitious (because we have to be with limited vacation time) - though certainly this is not ideal, is it at least reasonably achievable in 10 days?
Thanks for the advice!
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Quick install Drupal with XAMPP on Windows
This Cookbook shows how you can install XAMPP on Windows (e.g. Win 7. Win 8.x, or Win 10, 32 bit or 64 bit) to use it for Drupal as a development system.
- The intention of this cookbook is to explain the installation of XAMPP as a development system for Drupal.
- Important Safety Notice:
The instructions on this page should not be used on web servers that can be accessed from the Internet!
The safe operation of the web server is not guaranteed with XAMPP!
Follow it step by step!
Step 1: Install XAMPP as a development system1)
- Download XAMPP from Apache Friends. Choose the download with the version of PHP that you need.
- Click on the downloaded file to install. Do not start the Control Panel.
- In c:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf change the following lines and then restart the XAMPP console.
- Listen 80 to Listen 8080
- ServerName localhost:80 to ServerName localhost:8080
- Reboot your computer & start the XAMPP Console (C:\xampp\xampp-control.exe).
- Notes: If you create a short cut for xampp-control.exe then right-click on the shortcut and click the Run as administrator check box under Advanced Properties it will be easier to start.
- If you get a "Port 80 in use" message from Apache start Windows Task Manager & end other Apache tasks that may be running.
- If you get a "Port 3306 in use" message from mysql start Windows Task Manager & end any mysqld.exe process that you find.
- Click the "Start" buttons next to both "Apache" and "MySQL" in the XAMPP console.
- You may get a Windows Firewall Security Alert. Click Allow access to continue.
- Test your XAMPP installation by opening a web browser and enter http://localhost:8080/ in the address field.
- The XAMPP page should now appear.
- Type http://localhost:8080/phpmyadmin/ in the address field or click phpMyAdmin at the top of the page.
- If you get "Error; MySQL said:Cannot connect: invalid settings. Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed."
- Stop MySql in the XAMPP Command Window then press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and look for a MySql process and end it. Start MySql in the XAMPP Command Window and try again.
- Check C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\config.inc.php. Make sure $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = ''; contains the correct password. Change if necessary then stop & start MySql.
- Click on "Database".
- Below "Create Database" type the name of your Drupal database. Choose a name that you will remember during the installation of Drupal, e.g. "drupal7" (or "drupal8"; don't use "-" or "_" or space in the name and only lowercase or numbers), and click "Create".
- Click Server: 127.0.0.1 then User Accounts, then Edit Privileges for username root and hostname localhost: Click Change Password, then type your password.
- Make sure that
- $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = '';
- $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
- Are set to the username & password you used above in C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\config.inc.php.
- Behind "Create New Database" type the name of your drupal database, that you will remember during the installation of Drupal, e.g. "
drupal7" (or "
drupal8"; don't use "-" or "_" or space in the name and only lowercase or numbers), and click "Create".
- Once you read the message "The database ... was created." close "phpMyAdmin".
- Please create a password for MySQL for the user "root", that you will remember during the installation of Drupal:
- Restart "MySQL" in the XAMPP Control Panel by clicking the "Stop" button next to "MySQL" and then click the "Start" button again.
Create a folder such as Drupal8 inside C:\xampp\htdocs.
Copy or download your Drupal files there. Note: If this is an existing local or remote site you must first create an empty database then use phpMyAdmin to import the database dump. Be careful that
To start your site type http://localhost:8080/drupal8 into your browser where drupal8 is the name of the folder that you just created and copied/downloaded into.
Step 2: Change some values for the development system1)
Important Safety Notice:
The following settings apply only to a development system!
For a live web server, that can be accessed from the internet, other settings must be chosen, so that it can be operated safely!
The most common sources of installation errors are lack of available PHP memory and/or low maximum PHP execution time.
I recommend for the development system the following values instead of the default values (change them!):
File \xampp\php\php.ini :
max_execution_time = 600 max_input_time = 600 memory_limit = 512M post_max_size = 64M upload_max_filesize = 64M mysql.connect_timeout = 600
If you run Drupal 8:
extension=php_fileinfo.dll(without ";" in the first column)
File \xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini :
max_allowed_packet = 64M innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 2
File \xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf : 5)
Listen 127.0.0.1:80
# for drush and migrate:
SetEnv DRUSH_PHP /xampp/php
- Now restart both "Apache" and "MySQL" using the XAMPP Control Panel ("C:\xampp\xampp-control.exe") by clicking the "Stop" button next to both "Apache" and "MySQL" and then click the two "Start" buttons again.
Step 3: Install Drupal
Install Drupal as told, e.g. in the Installation Guide or Using an installation profile or Cookbook: Build a non-English D7 website.
Good luck!
1) = XAMPP should be used only as a development server (look at the first section of https://www.apachefriends.org/about.html for details or in German at FOCUS berichtet: XAMPP ist schuld am Hack der Bundespolizei)!
3) = Put the XAMPP folder directly in the root of a hard disk or an USB flash drive or an USB hard drive (as "\xampp\" and NOT as "C:\Program Files\xampp\" or similar)!
I assume for the paths in this cookbook, that we are installing XAMPP on the first drive as "C:\xampp\", elsewise read your drive letter instead of "C:".
4) = If you have put the XAMPP folder directly in the root of
- a hard drive, later you can copy this folder XAMPP to every root folder of every windows computer hard drive, if the folder name stays "XAMPP",
- an USB hard drive (or an USB flash drive), you can connect this drive to any windows computer to use XAMPP.
If there the ports 80, 443 and 3306 are not used, you can start XAMPP without any problems and without any local configuration, e.g. at your laptop or from your USB drive e.g. at your clients windows computer, but only if you never have run
5) = Hints:
The line "
Listen 127.0.0.1:80" instead of "
Listen 80" secures, that this webserver can only be accessed on that computer, where the web webserver runs.
The new line "
SetEnv DRUSH_PHP /xampp/php" is only needed, if you use Drush.


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I'm only 20 y/o but I know that I want to have children someday. I adore babies and toddlers, but also feel protective of people only a few years younger than me. I've been told I would be a really great mother, which makes me happy as I'd love to have four kids one day. Anyway, since this is so important, when in a relationship should I tell a guy about wanting children? I understand that I'm young and the boy I'm dating currently most likely won't be the boy I'm dating years down the line, but I don't know that I'm compatible with someone who never wants children. Being nurturing and motherly is part of who I am, but how do I show that without scaring my boyfriend away? How do you even talk about a subject at my age? Just looking for some advice.
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ok just skip all the technical parts, just skip straight to what you want. imagine you have a kid now. you´re dead tired, cause it´s crying all the time, you´ve not been sleeping more than 3 hours in one go for months and you still feel the pain of giving birt. what does it feel like. do you think everything is set? do you think he´s the right partner? are you able to propperly raise the child and fullfill the obligations it brings?
wanting a child is of course not wrong. having one just because you want one is wrong. having a child isn´t about you. it´s about the child. if you can answer the question:"is this the best time for a new human to be born and raised by you?" with a resounding yes, then you can start actually consider thinking about having one.00|00|0
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I think you should tell the guy as soon as possible. I doubt it would scare off anyone who's genuinely interested in being in a serious relationship with you.00|00|0


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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- You almost have to rewind to the dark ages of tape delay to find an NBA Finals that has struggled for ratings like these Finals.
So ...
Allow us to lob in some ratings to try to help, since Spurs vs. Pistons threatens to generate lower ratings than even Spurs vs. Nets in 2003. Which attracted the smallest national TV audiences since (gulp) 1981.
Herewith, then, is a list rating the 10 individuals most likely to tilt what's left of the NBA's Team Play Championship ... with each team aware that the one winning Sunday's Game 5 instantly becomes the heavy favorite for the rings.
1. Ben Wallace
Big Ben (and his hair) is the closest thing to a barometer in this series.
When his hair is blown out in full "cotton candy" mode, to quote Scoop Jackson, Wallace is more assertive and Detroit, in turn, is up and looking fearsome.
When Ben (and his hair) is flat, as seen in Games 1 and 2, so are the Pistons.
Yet when I got him alone for a sec and asked him after Game 3, Ben said the hair was going back down into braids when the series returns to San Antonio for Game 6. This still baffles.
But back to Game 5. The safe bet remains that the Pistons we get Sunday night, with their switch flipped on or off, depends on which Ben Wallace shows up.
2. Tim Duncan
Let's be real. He's more like 1a on this list, because Duncan is the best player in this series ... and he's long overdue to start playing that way.
Meaning he has the most room to improve. If anyone on either team is capable of finding another stratosphere, it's Duncan -- more than teammate Manu Ginobili or fellow former Finals MVP Chauncey Billups.
I say so even though Duncan has responded meekly so far to Detroit's physicality, and even though the defense coming from the Wallace Brothers and Antonio McDyess gets better every game.
Reason being: I remember when Duncan went to L.A. for a Game 6 and hung 37 points and 16 boards on Shaquille O'Neal's Lakers -- on the Lakers' floor -- to KO the three-peaters. He's capable of taking it to anyone.
3. Tony Parker
The focus, from a Spurs perspective, is bound to zoom in on Ginobili's mobility after two off-days and Duncan's response to two days of rare criticism.
Us? Like Eva Longoria, we'll be watching Parker closest, and not simply because he's matched up against the rugged Billups.
It's because Parker has a history of fading on the big stage. The Frenchman was muscled out of the second-round series with the Lakers a year ago after two games of glory, and Speedy Claxton finished the 2003 championship run as the Spurs' point guard of preference.
After Detroit's two overwhelming victories changed the tenor of the series, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich admitted on the eve of Game 5 that most of San Antonio's problems can be found with "what's between the ears and what's in the chest." In Parker's case, Pop is referring to Parker's mindset and willingness to be a driver/scorer.
The Spurs obviously need lots more than they've gotten in Michigan from their two best players. Yet they also need Parker to hurt Detroit with his penetration to loosen things up for Duncan and Ginobili.
Larry Brown called Game 4 maybe the best game a Larry Brown team has ever played, which is obviously quite a claim given all the teams on that list, but Big Ben insisted it wasn't a perfect game.
The proof? Rip managed just 12 points on 4-for-16 shooting, suggesting that Hamilton hasn't exactly solved Bruce Bowen as Rip announced he had after Game 3.
Three times already in this series, Bowen has held Hamilton under 15 points. Assuming these games ever get tight, Detroit will be counting on its silkiest shooter to do better.
No matter how many times 'Sheed starts a game by scoring a couple buckets inside with the greatest of ease -- over Duncan, even -- no one in Detroit seems terribly interested in forcing him to stay down there and keep doing it.
Memo to 'Sheed: The only reason so many of us pundits are always asking why you won't be more assertive offensively is because you can make it look so effortless.
Whatever. If it doesn't bother anyone here, I guess it shouldn't bother us. Maybe anchoring the Pistons' Duncan platoon as ably as 'Sheed has so far is enough.
6. Robert Horry
He really hasn't had a moment worthy of the nickname Big Shot Rob -- or Big Shot Bob, depending on your preference -- through the first four games.
Without any fourth-quarter drama through four games, mind you, there hasn't been a stage for the usual Horry Story.
I'd say he's due for a killer three or something else clutch, just as this series has to give us a nail-biter eventually.
7. Antonio McDyess
As John Hollinger covered in some detail, Detroit's bench is outproducing San Antonio's, which is only one of zillion scenarios no one expected when the series began.
Yet I'll go out on another limb now, undaunted, and predict that Lindsey Hunter isn't going to outscore Duncan again in Game 5, 6 or 7. Dare we say Hunter doesn't have another 17-point game left.
McDyess, then, becomes even more critical than he has already been for Detroit. This is the Dice one ESPN scribe expected to see (hello!) in picking him to win Sixth Man Award honors back in October. He's not just scoring; Dice's defense has given Detroit a third option to throw at Duncan to keep No. 21 off-balance.
It must continue, since I can't imagine the Spurs' reserves to keep no-showing like they have on the road.
8. Manu Ginobili
Just putting one of our lefty faves down this low is probably bad karma. But we did it anyway, because we consider a step-up performance from Manu a given if his thigh cooperates.
9. Chauncey Billups
Daring to list Chauncey in this vicinity is equally at risk for misinterpretation. As with Ginobili, he's only this low because we doubt him the least when lined up with all of his teammates. We know his Finals finish will be strong.
10. The Field
Throw everyone else in here, starting with the desperate coaches.
Pop doesn't want to be the guy who presides over another blown 2-0 lead, which would be even more painful than falling from 2-zip up against the Lakers last spring because this is the championship round ... and given that his mentor is on the other bench.
Larry, meanwhile, is trying to make his departure from the Detroit bench a triumphant one after a season of unending tumult and tzuris, to use the same Yiddish word for problems Brown used the other day.
You have to throw in the stoppers, too, since Bowen and Tayshaun Prince have been known to uncork the occasional offensive outburst, and we'll even include some off-the-board candidates for X-Factor Status, like Darvin Ham and Devin Brown.
Let's go one step beyond and make room for David Stern and Billy Hunter, who've apparently listened to their own gloom and doom. It was Hunter who said Wednesday that a lockout could be a "death knell" for the league, after Stern admitted that he could never justify a lockout to the public even if there were countless sound business reasons to back him up.
Stern and Hunter have since presided over a U-turn in negotiations that suddenly makes labor peace probable by the time these Finals end, after a month of insiders insisting that a lockout was unavoidable.
If Stern and Hunter deliver on the promise that materialized in Friday's marathon negotiation session, we'll have some salvation no matter what happens for the rest of these Finals.
Whether or not the blasted ratings get any better.
Marc Stein is the senior NBA writer for ESPN.com. To e-mail him, click here. Also, click here to send a question for possible use on ESPNEWS.


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Honestly, it looks kind of scary.
But keep on keepin' on!00|00|0
its fucking terrifying,
Its some sort of dog or coyote right?
Thanks for mho and did you end up using it for target practoce
Honestly, it looks kind of scary.
But keep on keepin' on!
That thing will haunt in my nightmares.
If I wet the bed tonight its your fault.
5 hours modelling a lump of clay is quite a while. Just saying don't destroy it, if you keep it up it will eventually be a testament to how much you've improved. I've got things I made and painted/drew from years back. I thought they were terrible then but I appreciate them now. It's nice seeing progress, it's nice seeing what inspired you years to come.
@TakeMaker getting closer lh3.googleusercontent.com/.../8459912014593577468%253Faccount_id%253D1
Ah, I just meant it's quite pagan sounding. Animal masks and such...
Lol ok from the comments I see that it's a dog or wolf. I think the main reason people keep confusing it is because the ears aren't on yet lol, might wanna put them on if you don't wanna confuse people. But in all honesty, it's actually pretty good! I think the proportions for the shape might've been out a bit, seems a little bit too rounded for a canine. Are you gonna paint it? Because if you do it's gonna be AWESOME
Ohh yeah, I remember haha I'm starting to remember all of the stuff I learnt from Art a while back haha. Are you cross hatching it so it will stick on properly? Also what colours do you plan on using?
Oh ok cool, lol I remember making a mask as well, mine is just some weird Satanic shit I swear, still got good marks for it though haha
Also nice colour scheme
Lol true, white definitively complements red and black better than dark blue would
Lol blue and black are also some of my favourite colours but I have other specific colours that I prefer a lot more
and geting closer vary vary slowly lh3.googleusercontent.com/.../8459912014593577468%253Faccount_id%253D1
Oh dang, that's coming along very nicely! Also my favourite colours lol, that's a bit complicated since I don't know how to describe them all. You know that purplish-White you sometimes see lightning as in the sky? That's one of them. You know the grey that comes during and after a storm? That's one of them. You know the pinkish-orange and deep orange the clouds turn into as they scatter during a sunset? That's another one
Lol no it's not crazy, I like doing that too, my mum just freaks out sometimes when she sees a lot of lightning but I like it
Haha yeah I just LOVE the strong winds. Reminds me of when I went swimming in the river and winds just became CRAZY so quick, I hit into the side a boat like 20 times before I could get out and into somewhere safe lol
Hahah shit, that must've been pretty embarrassing lol, kinda like the time someone pulled my shirt off trying to embarrass me or something, backfired when he realised I didn't care and just did my workout like that for the rest of the day, also kept me less sweaty than normal lol
lol well it might not have been embarrassing for you but this happened to me in front both girls and guys I didn't all know haha
hahaha oh dang! Lol well what can you say, they're guys and us guys have our urges, usually for no apparent reason. Like I saw a tree one day and I got a boner, I began questioning my own sexuality at that point haha and you were a girl so it would be even more difficult for them lol
it did not help that i just froze there my friend was laughing so hard i think she might have peed a little her brothers wore laughing to except for the 3 with a boner thy wore red in the face and trying to hid it lol the 3 could not look me in the eye for like 5 weeks one kept looking at my boobs till i snapped my fingers in his face and said hay eyes up here bud
Hahaha oh shit, well that seems a little pervy lol. How old was he though?
Jk haha, it's still pretty weird though
Haha damn, that must've been one scary experience for him lol.
Lesson learnt: Knock before opening the damn door
Lol typical guy shock from seeing a girl naked like that for the first time, happened to me too
Haha true, not all but I'm sure most of them will have a certain degree of surprise when seeing some girl full-on naked in front of them for the first time
Lol I'm sure he was since most guys enjoy seeing a girl naked no matter what haha, we become these mindless zombies that don't know how we feel, all we think is 'Look at those BEEWWBS'
O_o DD's at 13? Holy shit no wonder all that shit happened haha, that's not even a teen figure lol, sound more like a fucking adult!
haha oh wow, that's actually amazing gene inheritance! lol but it wouldn't have mattered too much anyways, most guys love boobs no matter how big or small they are haha
haha those cats sounds like my girlfriend, literally slept on top of me no matter where it was haha, like this one time I woke up and see her somehow curled up fast asleep on my chest and I'm just thinking 'How the fuck is all of her on me right now?' because she's almost my height lol
lol I'm sure she is haha, you also sound like the opposite of her lol. She just LOVED getting all close and snuggling even when it was fucking hot I'm like 'dammit please get off, you don't realise how much I'm sweating back here FFS'
Lol yeah I'm pretty sure she doesn't, she's tolerant to both heat and cold somehow. She slept on me in the freezing night WITHOUT a blanket or anything and I'm just trying not to freeze my balls off haha, she didn't understand what happens to guys when it gets cold lol
haha I love the heat more still, it's natural to me. Also when it gets cold, for us guys down there, the genitals shrink up and the dick basically becomes really small. Kinda like how a turtle retracts it's head into it's shell, our dick and balls do the same. It's difficult to get hard when we're cold as well
hahaha yeah, kinda the opposite on how women's nipples are supposed to get hard lol, we just shrink and shrink haha
lol haha, well now you understand if any guy does some shit like that again when it's cold lol
lol sounds like typical rivalry between you 2 haha
lol from what you've told me that typically sounds like you most of the time haha
lol yep but i can be nice when i want to be like my cussin was having a school parade and thy said he needed a Halloween costume and it had to be made from recycled materials he wanted to be a leatherback sea turtle so i worked for weeks on his costume i made it out of cardboard and made the head so it went on like a Motter cicala helmet i then found out no one was going to be thare to watch him in his parade and he was looking forward to it so i decided to skip my class party even tho i wanted to go and went down to his school and helped him with his custom and stand in a class of second graders till school was over a few of the moms thare said your a good mom or is that your kid im like eww no he's my cussin
Haha aww, that's honestly so sweet! I mean not many people would be willing to do that much for their cousin but you were. Respect for that!
i can say i did not really have fun but i remembered how disappointed i was when we had school plays and shit and every ones mom and dad wore there but mine so i did not want him to feel that so i helped with taking pics of the kids and putting thare costumes on setting up gams and snakes for them
Aww really, that's amazing of you to do! People like you are why kids actually are able to enjoy their childhood like that when not all of them can have great experiences in their life
Haha lol for some reason the puppy eyes never got to me unless it was my girlfriend or sister
My girlfriend would do them whenever she wanted one of my clothes
My sister still does them whenever she wants my old clothes lol
Hahah omg Smeagol lol, that ugly fucker damn, also yeah my girlfriend said she liked my shirts because they were baggy on her and really comfy lol
lol well i like dads becuss thy got cool shot on them lol like flaming skulls that and the long sleeved ones he gives me are to long in the arms so i cut a small hole for my thumbs lol and yes smeagol he makes this face and says s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/.../...bb8e46ad1d.jpg and says please and im like AAAAHHHH quit its creepy
Hahahah but I gotta admit, in that pic Smeagol has some nice big blue attractive eyes haha 😏
Wait just a question but do you read a lot of books?
Haha well sorta, I read a lot before but now not so much lol. What genre were they? My favourites right now are alternate history and epic fantasy lol they're kinda basic but fun to read
Oh cool haha, who's it by? I'm currently waiting for The Winds of Winter lol, it's taking ages to get released
Alyxandra Harvey www.babelio.com/.../AVT_Alyxandra-Harvey_5818.jpeg
Is that her? Cool haha, is that book part of a series?
Lol do guys still hide porn like that? Haha I thought we used the Internet lol it's much easier than magazines haha
Oh shit haha, did you actually look through them though?
Haha well I don't blame you, I mean I would be interested if I found porn like that haha
lol i was 6 so i did not no what porn was all i was looking for that day was socks and what i found was mags and DVDs not going to lie if i look at any form of picture im looking for a long ass time because im looking at every line starting from the bottom and scanning all the way up did this even when i was six so was looking at the porn for a long time and since i looked at it for so long i still fucking remember most of the pictures
hahaha well, hopefully your dad had a good taste in porn because otherwise some people keep photos of some WEEEIIIRD shit
lol that's probably a good a sign, some people are into weird ass shit like necro, beast, snuffs, crushing and a whole lot more lol
lol yeo my bad haha, still at least he wasn't into the dreaded 'Floor Tiles,' 'Genital Mutilation
and 'Mexican Sugar Dancing'
haha that sounds about right for a guy lol, but then again we all have different tastes I suppose
hehe clearing the browser history, a lesson that should be taught to every boy older than 12 and with access to Internet lol
lol I usually clear mine every night haha, but then again I prefer using a TOR browser, no history left behind and tracking is pretty much impossible after you learn some things
ya i came home one day and i asked where my pc was she said my cussin was on it and i realised i had not cleared my browser yet i was at a dead sprint to his room and when i opened the door he said hay cat what is all this on your computer with some cocky ass grin i said ha go ahed rat me out i got way worse on you
lol shit, I'd be fucking disowned and executed by my family if one of them found out my history hahaha it's literally the worst fucking thing ever lol
hahaha was your history ALL porn? Mine usually isn't but it's also all other kinds of weird fucked up shit other than porn lol
Lol that's good, I just try to not leave any traces behind and hope for the best, like this one time I forgot to clear it and the next day at school I typed in the letter P... yeah I'm sure you know what came up haha
Hahaha well that was a close one! Shit lol at least you don't deface other people's history like me, my friend is on his laptop and when he goes a way, I open Google and search up weird shit like 'Midget striptease gangbang' and 'history of tentacle porn' and 'transsexual dolphin pleasures multiple squids with blowhole' hahah
haha because it annoys him mainly, more of an inconvenience than anything because he uses a TOR browser as well so it's hard to find history but I can do it on his lol
haha that's probably a wise choice lol, my friends don't learn from their mistakes though lol
Haha ok, who's Franky now lol, so many names ahaha
lol what kind of trick was it?
shock grenade he handed me it just looked like one of the toys that went tick tick boom and he said just click the button im like why its just going to make some sound effects like all the others he said come on humour me i said fine and clicked the button then was unable to move my whole body tensed up and i was shaking i did finally manage to let go but i was breathing heevy and my hair was on end i was like not cool my arm was numb for 5 hours
haha oh shit lol, I've had that happen to me several times but it was with the shock pen lol, it's annoying as fuck
wow shit, you know how many volts it was?
Damn, it must have been set pretty high then
Damn, I hope you got him back good haha
hahaha nice, bet he was pretty pissed lol
Oh also I need your opinion on something, what should I draw next
Darth Vader?
or Scorpion?
Ok imma do Lord Vader lol, and seriously? How didn't he realise it was you after so long hahaha must've been high as fuck
why, what did you do with him?
it wasn't so much to him as to mom see she embraced the fuck out of me in front of a guy i liked so to get back at her the first time i was meeting her boyfriend he was coming over to the house and my mom had been telling him what a good girl i was and all that so when he came over i walked out had my hair jacked up on one side put some spray in it so i had a few strips of purple blue and green put on some thigh high boots found a old shirt with hiles and stains to put on some ragged ass jeans put some dust on my face and walked out when he went to shake my hand i said nice to meet ya bro and spit in my hand when we sat down at the table i spun my chair around so i could cross my arms on the back i bleched i farted i was trying to as ill-mannered as possible i said hay did you know that when mom sleeps she snores grinds her teeth at the same time and she farts in her sleep to her boy friend was laughing and thought i was just trying to get rid of him
Lol well it kinda does sound like you wanted him gone with that behaviour haha. Lol but why'd you wanna get back at her? Embarrassment? Because guys really don't care when they see girls hugging their parents lol
hu o i really dont care abut that if you dont like me hugging my mom or fam then you can fuck off dont let the door hit you ware the good loard split no she just said some shit that a found embaressing and donent like shared i sat thare stared laughing a bit and looking at mom like stop talking now but she cept going so my face was red and i kicked her and the leg and mothed the words stop talking then i saw she was geting ready to say somthing i reallly dident like so i said in a reall loud voice o i just remberd whe have to go get that thing for the thing and was pushing my mom across the floor when we wore far away i glared at her and hissed and said you sower you wodent tell any one that stuff who ealse have you told o just 6 people from work my mouth droped and i said whitch 6 when i got the name i relised mom had told 2 of the biggest blaber mouths in town
wow shit don't you hate when that happens? I mean seriously, I hate when someone starts telling stranger's about my personal stuff that I don't want people to know, but they still say it anyways
ya i was like im never going out side again and then one day mom said katie someone is at the door for you i was sitting in a corn of my room my knees pulled up to my chest browned in a bunch of stuffed animals i said who is it sh said some boy i sait thare for a second and was thinking boy boy boy what fucking boy mom i know like 20 boys she said his name and like hair color hight and eye color i realised who she was talking abut and said tell him im not home or im sick or some shit
lol, well I've never known what it's like to be in that but that's probably because embarrassing shit doesn't happen when other people are around. Like when I'm alone I'm such a fucktard and SO clumsy, if someone saw me then I would probably die of the embarrassment
lol you gotta take that shit in stride, I mean how badly damaging is that info to your reputation?
haha oh shit, thankfully that stuff doesn't happen to me and I manage to keep all my info private lol
oh wow, I wold probably have run out and never come back again lol
lol wow, understandable considering what happened to you I would probably be happy with either choice
lol even worse when it happens younger, people will remind you of that shit for the rest of your life haha
ya but at least moved 3 days later so i only had to deal with hell poking and prodding for 3 days the last day someone pissed me off i put on a wall and said i hear one more word from you today I'm going to put you 6 foot under and guess what you want something to make fun of how abut you hu hay everyone guess what he wears his sisters lace panties
hahah oh shit so I guess you were still roasting 8 years ago as well haha
lol that's what parenting should be haha, seems like you 2 were really close
wait whoops I was thinking of the wrong thing lol
O_o Worms? A frog? Lol wtf that's nasty shit haha
lol but still when I was 8 I didn't touch anything I found even a little bit gross haha
lol if you were here you wouldn't try to catch fish with you hands lol too many jelly fish but for some reason we just throw them around at each getting all slimy and shit haha still do it after so many years lol
cottonmouth breeding grounds? Damn that's actually kinda scary oh and we also started a makeshift jellyfish farm lol there's like hundreds of them in there
lol wow you be crazy lol and ya we lived really cloce to one i stumbled in to it when i was 12 saw a big ball of breeding cottonmouths i was like that is a big as ball of get the fuck out of hear ok maybe if i back up nice and slow i can get out of this unscathed i was wearing knee high boots when i was walking backwards i stepped on a big female approaching to get breed i was like fuck run run run
haha yeah I probably am crazy lol, and also damn that's fuckng scary. I mean once I got chased by 2 adult male kanagaroos, that shti was crazy both of them around 2 meters (6.5 feet approx.) tall and were muscled as fuck, they literally looked like Roger the kangaroo haha THAT was a terrifying experience lol
lol wow kangaroos lol ya that would be scary lol i used to have a friend kangaroo at the zoo lol i got to pet her she had a kid to lol i got to pet her i called her miss kanga all the time and the kid roo lol my cousin tried to pet her she smacked him lol I'm like i love this kangaroo i want to take her home lol but look at it this way at least a goat did not try humping you like it did me lol
lol wtf? Why'd the goat hump you lol I've once had a chihuahua hump my foot before haha
haha a great dane sounds uncomfortable to say the least. Lol and I've never had a hamster try to fuck my hand it's not a very attractive hand. The only thing I can do with my hand is make cats fart and shit at will by rubbing them in a certain way lol
i had a cat try to fuck my foot once and wow why the fuck do you know how to do that lol and i never figured out why animals did that but a guy i know thought i was scared of his pit bull and he asked why i was scared of him i told him I'm not he said i have never seen you pet him not once i sighed walked over and petted the dogs head and face then bit down on my pant leg trying to hump my leg the guy grabbed his harness trying to pull him off he said im so sorry i never seen him do that i said its not him thats why i did not pet him
lol any idea why the animals try to do that? haha seems like there woudl be smoe connection and also I know how to make cats do that because I was just sorta petting and stroking my friend's cat and I rubbed it somewhere and it magically farted on me haha and now I do that to every cat I see to piss people off
hahah lol for some reason whenever I go to the zoo, there's this one giraffe that I like to feed, it always licks my hand lol, it's also the weird one of the group it tried to hump the other male giraffes haha
hahaha probably a good decision, I wonder what would happen if you went up to a male elephant lol
haha oh shit, did it try anything on you? Lol it would be pretty freaky to see it in front of your face lol
hahah omg, lol so you don't know why it happens? Haha strange
nope no clue why but it doesn't happen any more lol one day i was really cruise because the only thing the animals had in comin was the way i pet them and i had a guy friend who was sleeping and he was a really heavy sleeper and i was away wondering why that happens and was looking at my hand and said i wonder and i went over and petted my friend the same way
haha lol, guys usually don't like people petting them like that haha makes us feel weak and like babies again lol
haha I can see why, but I think girls don't like it even more than us when guys pet them lol, I did it to my girlfriend and she got super mad haha all I could think of was how cute she was when she was mad
Wait what test? What 'complication'?
haha ok, lol what was it
well it did work but i was surprised and went to walk away he woke up and grabbed my wrist won't lie he looked kinda creepy in the lighting and he had darker eyes like amber or somthing had some creepy smirk kinda like this only you no not anime lol 3.bp.blogspot.com/.../...nimefullfights.com%5D.jpg he said what wore you doing i said nothing he yanked me down and started squeezing me and said tell me or i crush your ribs i said nothing agin he squeezed tighter and said dont lie to me
woah wtf? Damn that's pretty creepy what did you do then?
wow, ok ok, so tell me EXACTLY what you did I wanna understand this properly lol
ok I see now lol, but damn must've been scary when you realised he woke up
lol what made such an ass
lol wow ok now I see why you think he's an ass haha
haha lol, most guys think they're playful when they do that stuff but they can still be cool lol
haha nice, you still keep in touch with him?
Really? Huh that's strange, any idea why?
strange, I really can't tell what happened, maybe something in his personal life? It's usually stuff like that people don't tell you about and try to hide away, but I'm not sure since you were actually in contact with his family and might've known if something was wrong
wow, that's really weird, I've never seen stuff like that happen to anyone I know though
i think one day i got really pissed off abut it and shake him around saying what the fuck is wrong with you why are you not speaking to me i can't fix what i don't know damn it whatever it is just tell me i can't fucking take this anymore he sat thare for a min and opened his mouth looked like he was going to say something then just shut his mouth and looked away aging
really wtf? Damn I don't know but something BAD must've happened to him that made him stop talking to you, honestly I'm just as confused on this as you are
Wow damn, sorry that even happened at all. He doesn't sound like an asshole or anything but tbh I think he should've said something at some point before that
yeah, it's confusing as hell really, I don't blame you for ending things with him that was probably the smartest choice if he didn't even talk to you
lol really? Was it because you moved around a lot I'm guessing?
haha lol you might lose your things to schools, I end up taking shit from them unintentionally. Like when I left my primary school in year 6 I got a fine I had to pay for ONLY books from the library that ended up totalling to approx $1300 lol, that's ONLY books in like 1 year haha
lol PB&J? Why was she calling you that haha
Also yeah I don't know how I managed to get so much haha, I told you that I read a lot before and I meant A LOT. Like legit I would get through big books like Inheritance in 1 or 2 days, I guess I never stopped reading then lol
hahah nice, thankfully no one's called me some weird nickname yet lol
What the fuck? Ok now that's pretty weird haha, did she do that to everyone? Or just you?
Hahaha sounds like the typical stalker case that turns into some sort of home invasion just so she can watch you sleeping
Lol you probably would have to if she was with you longer haha, I don't keep my weapons in my room though lol that's in my special spot, but I do keep a knife and wooden shank in my room just in case along with a metal bar
Lol I know you told me about that already haha, problem is if someone's already in your room the they can use that stuff against you unless it's all hidden or locked away
Lol that's probably a good idea, I hide my ones so no one fucks with them lol, only I sharpen them haha
Aww damn, that seriously sucks :/
Haha true, I don't keep mine in my room just in case. I have this little secret place in the bush where I keep some of my weapons along with other shit, kinda like my base haha
Haha I guess it is lol, the only thing I have to watch out for is bushfires, snakes, floods, possibly kangaroos, wandering people and possums lol
Lol they are but they like getting into trees here and my stuff is kept a lot in trees don't want them breaking shit apart lol
Haha aww that's cool, I fed a baby elephant once
Do not want to be crushed again lol
I also fed baby sharks
They were actually cute lol
Lol adults or babies? I remember swimming with rays, all kinds of them and other weird fish, like this SUPER LONG one, all black and rough skin with these red teeth and a big ass beluga lol it was fun
Haha how was he funny? All the Rays I was with kept trying to nibble on me with their flat mouths when I put my hands underneath them haha
Hahah aww that's kinda cute though lol
Haha well maybe you'll see him one day, you never know lol
Wait, he died?
Woah, the fuck? Don't they have the barbs removed over there?
Oh no, that's so sad😢
Oh damn, sorry that happened, it's extremely unfortunate
Wow, the whole thing actually sounds completely fucked
The ray? What the fuck, that's weird, crazy as hell
Yeah I can tell, hopefully that was the only crazy one out there
Oh ok well at least it isn't able to do shit like that anymore
Lol wut? Oh ok so some guy just randomly came out of nowhere and started flirting with your mum? Lol ok seems legit
Hahah lol, so does that mean you look a lot like your mum? Or do you think you look more like your dad?
Lol ok then he's probably flattering your mum, sure sounds like it hahah
Lol unlucky you, but you gotta realise that if they do get with your mum them you'll be a big part of your life might as well try to get to know you a bit when flirting with your mum or whatever haha
Lol sounds like a nice policy of yours haha
Haha shame, sucks to be in your position then lol
Lol, if that's all they say then that's fine, I wouldn't care haha
But I'm assuming they keep trying to talk to you lol
Lol I know, fucking hate it when someone interrupts me when I'm doing something important haha
Haha wtf, greatest intro I've ever heard!
Lol you should share your stuff with him
If you have nothing on you, tell him to GTFO an into the kitchen
Haha sounds about right, similar to how I treat guest who come into my room unannounced lol
Unlucky I wouldn't know how that's like since all my cousins aren't even in the same country haha
Lol, he's just a 'curious young man' hahaha
Haha ok that's true, seems a little old to be doing that stuff lol
Haha it's called 'family bonding' lol
Lol that just makes it all the more fun
Well more fun for him at least haha
Hahaha lol typical family arguments always start because someone is uncomfortable like that
Haha yep, seems like typical family argument lol
Haha nice, didn't want it escalating into some sort o violent family orgy where potato sized unborn fetuses are used as soccer balls as offering to the Old Gods and the New
Haha very sorry you had to see that small part of me that just needs to say some weird shit lol
lol good, I've said much worse things though that have apparently given people nightmares lol
lol maybe, might mean he's secretly as psychotic as me haha
haha lol nope probably he isn't, I've been described as an 'overall somewhat dangerous boy with deep-rooted mental issues' by people who actually work that shit for a living haha
lol what did it say? Whenever I got drunk I'm apparently coherent but pretty spastic haha
something abut a big black worm that he puked up and it was tearing apart and turning in ta 2 and it was running down the street and it did something to the girl next girl and she blew up and melted and then later said it was getting smart and that it was reading what i was saying and that it asked if i would be a host for its warm generation i was over her like bro you drunk go to sleep talk to me in the morning sleep bed go now
haha wow, must've been pretty fucking drunk to say all that lol
hahaha omg, wow that's nice of you to put up with that shit so late haha
haha nice, reminds of this one time my friend got high as fuck and she texted me saying random shit like 'DUDE THE FLOOR HUGS ME' and 'IM SO ITCHY I NEED MILK' and 'FUCK MY MILK IS ITCHING"
lol I know, I went over to check on her and I see her scratching herself with a milk bottle and in this huge ass puddle of milk on the floor lol
hahah lol, that;s usually the funny part, when people don't realise how retarded and annoying they are when they're high lol
haha oh shit unlucky you lol, I'd be pretty pissed as well though haha
lol true, most guys don't wear them haha, but why were you wearing those when it was winter lol
Haha I can see why your grandma might've been a little mad, she probably thought you were teasing all of them lol
hahahaha omg wow, your grandma sounds amazing lol
Lol ouch, but thank god I'm not the only who sleeps in my underwear as well haha
lol I just do it even if it's cold, I don't know many guys who sleep like me though haha, maybe like only 4 or 5 guys I know
haha well I guess it's just less common down here then lol
lol sleep pants, are those the only ones he'll wear to sleep? lol I think I had something like that many years ago haha
Also boxers can't wear those while sleeping, makes me uncomfortable haha, I prefer hugging trunks instead
lol ya thy are like some blue plaid i don't know if thy are the only ones he will wear but thy are the ones i have seen a few times lol thy look kinda like this thumbs.ebaystatic.com/.../s-l225.jpg
lol nice, funny enough I have no plaid clothes except for one shirt that my girlfriend gave haha
lol jumping over a camp fire, try jumping out of a burning hut haha
also for some reason I've never had PJ's, in bed it's either a shirt or nothing haha
lol yep, friends and I found an abandoned hut in the woods and we went inside, slept for a bit. Woke up to some heat and we saw that the floor and some walls were on fire haha we think lightning caused it, the whole thing was wood anyways
haha well at least you didn't burn your skin lol, I only got out with a burn on my shoulder
lol I can imagine, but don't you have kinda long hair? It'll grow back in a while anyways haha
lol nice, most guys like the long hair haha, at least your hair is a bit more manageable now lol
i was so pissed when i saw what my ant did i was going to cry curly hair needs to be long i wore a wig to my new school on the first day lol and the bad thing is it was a pink wig and people believed it was my real hair in one of my classes and it was like my last day thare so i said what the fuck and took the wig off in frount of the class every ones jaw dropped
aw damn, haha well I bet they were all pretty fucking shocked to see your real hair lol
lol ya thy wore one had this camera he took to school and when the wig came off i saw a flash im like bitch delete that thy all said you wornt kidding why you said it was short like damn lol my friend snatched it off my head saying it can't be that bad then she put it back saying yep your right you need that
haha lol, so was it really THAT bad?
oh damn, lol well at least it's come back now
oh my god, I read that as cum for some reason hahaha
lol and yes, probably easier to cut it rather than trying to pull it out instead
haha what can I say? After all, I'm an immature bastard for life lol
haha damn, true I guess it's fair to say we're all immature then hahaha
lol, this is the one reason I don't think will ever grow up haha
haha the simple fact we can seem to make anything a bit sexual lol
lol ya i would prefer that stays with guys lol its cute even if it means i can't eat this without people laughing damn perverts d2ydh70d4b5xgv.cloudfront.net/.../...3a55d11f6.jpg
I'm sorry I can just imagine what it would look like hahahaha
Omg that's why I never buy any food that is long and that I have to suck on lol
lol it was something my dads girlfriend got me and i was not thinking abut it and was sitting in a room full of boys and i want from sucking on it and licking there was no way thy wore not going to take it perverted as fuck at some point i realised when thy kept laughing looking right at me but it doesn't matter because if i eat this img0.etsystatic.com/.../il_fullxfull.271037242.jpg
haha lol, lollipops are fine, only because they aren't long hahaha
hahaha lol I'm thinking he would like that a LOT more lol
haha true, I can vouch for that lol
bj > lollipops forever
Wait just a question but how do girls enjoy bj's? I mean, all that happens for them there is the sucking and playing, where's the pleasure in that? Asking this on behalf of all guys lol
Haha no use asking the girls I know, most of them are lesbians lol
Haha oh yeah, I might ask that in one of my questions lol
Looks good.
It looks really good - Well done
Sorry should have said "Well done so far, I realised it wasn't finished yet.
Wow - It is coming along nicely
Damn, awesome work!
Seems like a wolf in the making to me
Keep it up!
What's the occusian?
ah alright
Pretty cool
It's not blowing me away.
I'm an artist by the way.
haha oh.
Keep practicing.
You should learn to criticize your own work.
Blimey. There's criticism and then there's... well, that.
Aww 😝
Your skill 😐
No! I'm not a creative person. You're precious to have such a skill.
No, they are teasing you. This is good 😁
thanks and getting closer lh3.googleusercontent.com/.../8459912014593577468%253Faccount_id%253D1
Is that a pig with fangs or a dolphin with pig eyes?
Ohh so thats why its blue but what is it you're doing?
Ohhh its a dog/wolf. You know you should not be discourage even if most thought its a dolphin. You should still finish it or start again. Depends which you choose
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That's one fucked up dolphin.
Honestly I clicked on this thinking about like make up kind of stuff. Oh boy, was I wrong.
*hisses* makeup is beautiful! How dare you! XD
All good. I just find there's something fun about makeup. Patting on your face with foofy brushes and crazy colours brings me joy XD Making a mask with clay is art and I think doing on your face is also art. But each to their own.
I feel you XD I spent 25 minutes yesterday getting my liquid liner right
Terrifying lol
What is it?
Cool lol


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Make Your Very Own DIY Ringflash!2014-05-31 3 Share Tweet
Are you a little tight on the budget for a ready-made ringflash? Or just looking for new projects to pour your time and creativity into? Try out this make-shift DIY ringflash and repurpose a plastic bucket in the process!
Gear collectors know the value of a well-made piece of photographic equipment. Let's face it, who wouldn't want a specialized item for each photographic need? Well, you have that or you can make your own photo equipment from scratch.
This nifty tipster from photographer *Laya Gerlock* shows us how you can repurpose a bucket from a KFC dinner meal into a DIY ringflash. And yes, it can work with your flash and film SLRs.
Things you'll need:
- A plastic bucket (preferably one from fast food chicken bucket meals)
- Scissors or cutter
- Aluminum foil or aluminum tape
- Adhesive tape and double-sided tape
- Tracing paper
- Pen
- Plastic folder or illustration board
1. Cut the main part of the ring with the plastic bucket. Use about 1 ½ inch in length.
2. Then, cut a portion for your flash around the ring about 2 inches wide.
3. Trace the base of the ring around the cover of the bucket. Also, draw a smaller circle in the middle of the hole for your lens.
4. Cut the outside and the inside of the cover of the bucket for the base of your DIY ringflash. You can tape the smaller holes of the bucket cover later on.
5. Using the remaining piece of the bucket, cut a part for the inside wall of your ringflash.
6. Use tape to secure the two parts and create a cylinder.
When assembled, it will look like this:
7. For the flash connection of the ringflash, you can use the remaining cut out parts from the bucket. But Gerlock suggests you use old pieces of plastic folders because it is easier cut and shaped.
Make a rectangular shape with your piece of plastic to fit your flash.
9. Put aluminium foil or tape on the inside before you use tape to stick it all together.
10. Connect the flash attachment of your ringflash to the ring you made earlier. Make sure you measure all parts carefully so it snugly fits your camera.
11. Tape the parts together. Secure them as necessary.
12. Put aluminum foil on the inside of the ring.
And you're done with the ring part of the ringflash. You can also decorate the outside part of the ringflash if you like.
13. And for the diffuser part, trace the outline of your ringflash on the tracing paper. Cut the tracing paper on the part of the hole for your lens and fold it and tape it to your ringflash.
14. The final product looks something like this:
There you go, your very own DIY ringflash. You just saved yourself a few bucks, learned a new gear trick and helped lessen your carbon footprint! Lomo on!
All information and photos used in this article were sourced from DIY Photography.
written by cheeo on 2014-05-31 #gear #tutorials #slr #tipster #diy-ringflash


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Agency: Leagas Delaney
Client: Timberland
A sprint off between a man, a wild hog, pack of wolves and a brown bear hopes to inspire couch potatoes to take on the great outdoors. Or simply to buy the latest Timberland shoe – to give the impression they might. One day. When they get around to it.
The outdoor clothing and footwear company has launched an integrated campaign designed to support its new Mountain Athletics line of multi-sport outdoor footwear.
UK-based Leagas Delaney, created the television and advertising portion of the worldwide campaign.
The worldwide campaign includes television; mobile iPhone and Blackberry applications and games; interactive billboards; branded videos and commercials on Hulu; customizable Pandora radio stations; reverse sidewalk graffiti; "station domination" out-of-home advertising; in-store promotions and retail windows; and public relations targeting trend-driving blogs and magazines.
The 'Bait' television spot, which breaks across the UK, Italy and the US this week, shows a trail runner being chased by dangerous animals on a run through the forest.
The hero is seen successfully outrunning a wild boar, a pack of wolves and ultimately a bear, across difficult terrain, aided by his Timberland Mountain Athletics footwear.
In the end he is able to stay ahead of the animals and as he leaves the forest, the animals give up the chase. The chase is accompanied by the adrenalin pumping song "Don't Give Up" performed by ad land favourites, The Noisettes.
"The 'Bait' spot Leagas Delaney has created perfectly expresses the outdoor credentials and excitement of the new Mountain Athletics collection in a fresh, impactful way that is consistent with the Timberland brand," said Vice President of Global Marketing for Timberland, Jim Davey,
"Our new worldwide marketing campaign, with its combination of social and digital media, innovative advertising and public relations, creates a meaningful conversation with our young consumers and demonstrates Timberland's commitment to integrated marketing around the world."
As part of the campaign, print ads will be running in Italy and the UK supporting the TV concept of a runner being chased by wild animals.
Out-of-home will run in the UK and US, including a "station domination" of the high-traffic Harvard Square neighbourhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts for one month. In-store the campaign will be supported by window and POS displays based on the print artwork.
The online campaign will include digital sponsorships on Hulu and a create-your-own playlist integration on Pandora.
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From: "Diane Holt" <firstname.lastname@example.com> > > What is the motivation for this? > > To clean up old cruft. I just don't see > any need to keep including in the > documentation stuff that we don't want > people using anyway. (And besides which, > I have this tendency [okay, call it a > compulsion :)] to fix up any text that's > in front of me, so I end up reading and > editing old junk -- until it hits me that > I'm putting energy into something I don't > really need to be putting it into.) If it has been more than 2 releases old, then +1 to chuck it away from documents. Otherwise, I would prefer they stay because a user transitioning, say, from Ant 1.4 to 1.6 should be able to see the deprecation warning before we pull it off altogether. Would this be acceptable as a document deprecation/removal process policy? > > Diane > Cheers, Magesh *********************************************** * Yawn: The only time some married men ever * * get to open their mouth. * *********************************************** -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
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World Series of Poker officials conducted their annual pre-series news conference on Wednesday, for the 62 events that will run from May 29 to July 15 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
New this year is The Millionaire Maker, a $1,500 buy-in event on June 1 that awards $1 million to the winner.
The main event will take place July 6-15, at which time play will be halted until November to be shown live on ESPN and ESPN2 Nov. 4-5, in case anyone is planning their vacation schedule and also expects to be playing those days.
WPT officials note that prize pools should exceed XX -- "more than the PGA tour," noted WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart.
There are also significantly more re-buy events, which I don't like but apparently a lot of players do.
"We think they'll be huge." he said.
The WSOP also finally bought in to the fantasy poker craze, announcing a partnership with FantasyPokerManager.com, and said all final tables will be livestreamed.
They also responded to the announcement that Doyle Brunson is retiring (although he did so on Twitter).
"He has been an ambassador for all of these years, but we're hopeful we can talk him into Brett Farve-ing one time," he said.


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- molecular biologist
- noun see molecular biology
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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