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"Our way is the way of the serpent in the underbrush,
Our knowledge is in the eyes of goats and of women."
~ Jack Parsons
Abbé Henri Breuil sketched diligently by the dim gas-light, in a high alcove deep within a cave system. What he drew there and in other caves, what theories he later published about his discoveries, would help shape not only modern archaeology but also modern Paganism.
The Abbé was a man obsessed, crawling through narrow passages and scaling walls, only to lie upon the floors of caverns humanity had not set foot upon for thousands of years. All to draw the images he found there within. The most ancient of art in European history called to him. Cave art; depictions of bison and horses, lions, disembodied body parts (such a vulvas without the woman) and hand prints. As well as a few images of the human form mingled with that of an animal, the experts call these part-human and part-animal figures therianthropes or anthropomorphs.
"God was born sometime in the Palaeolithic Age, the Old Stone Age, which corresponds historically to the geological ice age. There are indications of religious cults in altars and burial sites that date back to the time of Neanderthal Man (Homo sapiens neanderthalis) that is, as early as the Middle Palaeolithic (ca. 75,000 B.C.E.). But the first clear pictures we have of male deity are on the walls of the great cave of Cro-Magonon Man (Homo sapiens sapiens) in Europe, Africa, and Asia during the early part of the Upper Palaeolithic (30,000-10,000 B.C.E.) period. The Upper Palaeolithic was marked by the development of bladed stone tools, by some cave dwelling, by hunting and gathering and later fishing, and by the emergence of art in the form of sculpture and painting" ~ God: Myths of the Male Divine by David Adams Leeming and Jake Page
The Trois-Frères cave system was just one of many ancient cave systems Breuil would visit in his lifetime. In fact, it is far from the most famous of caves he worked in. Discovered in southern France, the art in this cave dates back to the mid-Magdalenian period of about 14,000 B.C.E. This cave features some 280 engraved images of bison, horses, stags, reindeer, ibex and mammoths. In a large chamber known as the Sanctuary, at the height of about four meters (about 15 feet) from the cave floor, a therianthrope dominates the scene. Part man and part beast this figure is both engraved and painted. He is not large, a little less than a meter tall in fact, but as the only painted engraving, he stands out from the animals depicted on the walls around him.
Breuil was known to exaggerate his images at times and to attempt to "fill in the blanks". He also worked in very difficult conditions, often on his back, trying to hold a light and his drawing implements at the same time. He drew this image with antlers, which do not appear in modern photography. This image is partially carved and at times photography does not do the relief of cave art justice. This may be a trick of light, or of Breuil's own mind. The experts still do not agree on this point. To this day one of the most commonly found versions of this image is a photograph with Breuil's artwork superimposed upon it. Below is a written description given by a modern researcher who had the chance to see the Dancing Sorcerer with his own eyes:
"His eyes are two black circles with black, round pupils looking straight ahead. His nose is a single line between them that ends in a small arc. A long, pointed beard that reaches to his chest covers the rest of his face. He even seems to have a thick handlebar moustache that turns up at the ends. He has the ears of a stag. They are pricked up and turned forward as if something has caught his attention. Two stag's antlers sprout from his head. He has the long body of a horse, outlined with thick stripes of black paint, and a horse's tail that is also partially painted. His arms are more human than not. He's holding them together in front of him. They end in what appear to be five long fingers but no thumb. His sizable penis, while not erect, sticks out beneath his tail. He has muscular legs bent at the knee. They, too, are colored in with black paint. He has lifted one foot as of he is walking, prancing, or dancing. He is a moving, bearded man-stag-horse who knows we are here and has suddenly turned to look right at us" ~ The Cave Painters: Probing the Mysteries of the World's First Artists by Gregory Curtis
This man-beast was dubbed by Breuil "The Sorcerer" (later referred to as The Dancing Sorcerer) and he theorized that this image was that of a shaman. He felt this supported his theory of "sympathetic magic"; an image of a shaman dressed in the skins of an animal, calling the hunt to him for the survival of his community [1]. Indeed the image itself does seem to be in mid-step, as if forever caught in a shamanic dance.
Margaret Murray read Breuil's work and combined with her other studies, and with her desire for a revival of Pagan practices, she built upon Breuil's theories. In her work "The God of the Witches" she called The Dancing Sorcerer "…the earliest known representation of a deity". An idea that became so poplar even Breuil himself adopted it. So did many others, including Gerald Gardner. In fact many introductory Pagan books feature an image of The Dancing Sorcerer and speak of the Stag King, the Horned God, or the Lord of Animals to this very day.
Many scholars and non-scholars have adopted the theory that the Dancing Sorcerer is either a shaman or deity or both. Though we must be honest in acknowledging these are educated guesses at best.
"Because they are uncommon in cave art and also infrequent in mobiliary art, the figures of humans have not yielded much information on their role in the Palaeolithic message. The magic of the hunt, symbols of human fertility side by side on the walls with those of animals, a shaman executing hunting dances, mother goddesses, all these explanatory
themes abound, and are based solely on the reminiscences of western thought." ~ From The Dawn of European art: an Introduction to Palaeolithic Cave Painting by André Leroi-Gourhan
Another therianthrope can be found within Trois-Frères, surrounded by a seething mass of bison, rhinos and horses. He is bull-like, complete with horns and a furry ridged back. He rises up on his hind feet, one leg bent in stride or dance. A long, thin object protrudes from his mouth (or nostrils) as if he is playing upon a reed pipe or some instrument.
The cave known as Chauvet may feature some of the oldest known cave paintings. This cave was discovered in 1994 in southern France. One interesting image found within Chauvet is that of the lower part of a woman with a bison and a horse above it. The pubic region is clearly and carefully drawn. The shape and style of the thighs and legs (minus feet) is eerily similar to the Venus statuettes found in archaeological digs, such as the Willendorf Venus. Her legs meld with that of the animals; the bison's head and horns cover where her belly should be. The shape and position of the bison's head mimic that of the female reproductive organs. Prehistorians refer to this figure as Venus and the Sorcerer. We find this enigmatic image in the deepest chamber of Chauvet; it is nearly 7m (20feet) high. It is drawn using charcoal upon a limestone cone than hangs from the ceiling above. The pubic triangle sits roughly at eye level. Among the numerous and astounding works of art within Chauvet there are many drawings horned animals and disembodied vulvas, though the Venus and the Sorcerer stands out.
Carved in the rock shelter known as Gabillou we find a bison or oxen headed figure. He, like the image in Trois-Frères, also stands erect. Both his legs are bent and he holds his arms out in front of him. It seems as if his lips are turned upwards in a smile. Yet, it is possible he is struck by a spear or lance of some kind.
These are but a few examples of such images found in our most ancient past. Although we do not know the true meaning behind the horned therianthropes found in Stone Age caves throughout Europe, we can still be certain they did have some important and possible even sacred purpose. As Professor Samuel Brandon said about the Dancing Sorcerer in Trois-Frères cave; "…it seems to be generally agreed that this picture of the 'Dancing Sorcerer' was a cult object of great significance to the community which used the cave."
The main competing theories to explain the therianthropes found in cave art is whether we see depicted in them a god or a shaman, or perhaps both.
Çatalhöyük (also called Çatal Hüyük) was a very large settlement in southern Anatolia, occupied from about 7,500 BCE to 5,700 BCE. Çatalhöyük is by far the largest and most well preserved Neolithic archaeological site we have found. The people lived in mud-brick dwellings crammed cheek to jowl. According to the research of the archaeologists who study this site, it seems the people here had begun to domesticate animals, such as sheep and cows, as well as begun grow crops.
The buildings had plaster interiors that were often richly painted and decorated. Amongst the painting, figurines and artwork found at Çatalhöyük the most numerous are images are of women (including the famous Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük, possibly a goddess figure), men with erections, hunting scenes, wild cattle and stags. The heads of cattle were mounted on walls.
"The painting on the walls of the shrines are rough and forceful. They lack the elegance of the earlier Magdalenian phase of the Upper Palaeolithic art or of the near contemporary work of the artist of the Sahara oases. They are powerful however; they give prominence to the bull but for the first time men (or rather figures with human characteristics) are shown as important elements in the scenes portrayed.
This is very different from the practice of the Upper Palaeolithic artists; though the human figures are still relatively small compared with the bull in Çatal Hüyük, and sometimes with the other animals with which they are shown, they have some individuality and independent character. They are represented with considerable vigour whereas the bull is static, though its massiveness makes it seem dangerous and full of menace. The warriors (for this is what they seems to be) who leap around it are clearly young, introducing one of the recurring elements of the bull-cult; the presence of armed boys or youths, which was to be found in all its later manifestations. They brandish their weapons though the bull remains impassive, in the most graphic episode on the shrines' walls. Some of the bull's attendants carry torches. This will become another constant element in the cult's iconography which harks back to the torches carried into the painted caves and forward to the boys or youths in many other later variants of the cults who are depicted lighting the dark interiors of shrines and caves." ~ From 'The Power of the Bull' by Michael Rice
"First came the temple, then the city." ~ Dr. Klaus Schmidt of the German Archaeological Institute
If the people who created cave art carved, moulded or sculpted the male form, we don't have much evidence of it. We have found many a little venus statuette. I am sure you are familiar with them, dear readers. A possible masculine representation is Löwenmensch, a statuette of a therianthrope with the head of a lion. The gender of the lion-person is uncertain even amongst the experts. It's entirely possible that the artist did not intend to portray gender at all.
Why were our ancient ancestors driven to portray part human, part animal images? What Mystery did this art represent to them? Are we looking at ancient recordings of the first forays into the Otherworld? Are they representations of how man felt himself to be part of the animal kingdom, at one with the world? Were these truly their gods?
It was a long road from forager to farmer, much of that road is still shrouded in the mists of time. We find our man-animal again in art of one of our first great monuments.
In what is now south-eastern turkey we find what may be the oldest known religious structure built by man. Göbekli Tepe (which means Potbelly hill in Turkish) is possibly the first piece of architecture constructed by man that was greater than your average nomadic hut. The people who built Göbekli Tepe were still hunter-gatherers; they had not yet invented the written word, agriculture or even the wheel. These people had no beasts of burden, they had only stone tools. Yet somehow they came together to build a complex so large and beautiful that it astonishes archaeologists and has changed how we think the birth of civilization came about.
The complex was inhabited and added to over the course of generations, but the main temple was built approximately 11,600 years ago, seven thousand years before the Great Pyramid of Giza and Stonehenge. It is in fact, older even than the civilization of Sumer and Çatalhöyük.
"Göbekli Tepe is the oldest known example of monumental architecture—the first structure human beings put together that was bigger and more complicated than a hut. When these pillars were erected, so far as we know, nothing of comparable scale existed in the world." ~ Charles C. Mann
It seems as though people came together to build a massive temple over the course of generations. The people of Göbekli Tepe were still hunter-gatherers, the archaeological record shows little to no sign of the domestication of animals. It does seem however, that the people who built and worked (or worshipped) in and around Göbekli Tepe did create some settlements. While similar sties, such as Çatalhöyük, show us that people were building settlements and giving up a nomadic life following the herds, the people of Göbekli Tepe were among the first to that we know of to construct permanent, massive, stone complexes.
"Other sites with comparable findings are Çayönü, Nevah Cori, Jerf el ahmar, Tell Abr, and Tell Qaramell … Göbekli Tepe is of a similar date, but it very different in comparison with these sites. It is unique not only in its location on top of a hill and in its monumental architecture but also its diverse set of objects of art, ranging from small stone figurines through sculptures and statues of animals to decorated megaliths, all of which set it apart. Göbekli Tepe is not a settlement; it is a mountain sanctuary." ~ Klaus Schmidt, the Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia: (10,000-323 Bce)
We do not find our horned deity here, though there are some therianthropic images. Many of the pillars seem to be wearing necklaces, belts and loincloths, while also depicting animals such as foxes or snakes. Many of the animals portrayed at Göbekli Tepe seem to have intelligence, as they gaze at us from their stone pillars. In this, they remind us of the painting and engraving found in Old Stone Age caves. Could it be that some kind of man-animal god was worshipped here? Perhaps animals themselves were the focus of the builder's religious devotion?
After 4,000 years of work and worship at this site, the people of Göbekli Tepe filled the site, burying it in sand and debris and seemingly walked away from it. We cannot guess as to their reasons why.
Looking through the archeological record, we see a strange gap in evidence of Horned Lord symbolism from the late Stone Age into the early Bronze Age.
"Through anthropological research one can trace the line of horned god prototypes back to Paleolithic times … It is into the Bronze Age when the horned figure flourished again among the Indo-European[Aryan] tribes of Egypt, Mesopotamia and India. Horned gods were quite common in Mesopotamia, as in Babylon and Assyria. The copper head found in the gold tombs of Ur is believed to be earlier than the first Egyptian dynasty, displaying an advanced stage of metal working.
When Alexander the Great raised himself above the kings of the earth and declared himself a `god`, he wore a horned head piece as a symbol of his divinity. Polytheism appears to have arisen among the Aryan cultures, East and West, with the amalgamation of tribes, each with its own gods. The horned deities were prevalent throughout Greece and Rome." ~ Ron McVan writing in his Creed of Iron Wotansvolk Wisdom
Now we are entering into the Classical era and the representations of a Horned Lord, or God of Animals that modern Pagans and Witches are much more familiar with. And so we will end our study here, with more questions than answers.
[1] It is interesting to note that the theory of sympathetic magic, so popular amongst Pagans today, is the brain child of an abbot.
It should be mentioned here that the theory of sympathetic magic being used in cave art to invoke the hunt has been debunked. The archaeological record tells us the animals most commonly eaten by the cave artists were not the most commonly painted animals and vice versa. Meaning people who painted Mammoths ate the prehistoric ancestors of goats; people who painted horses ate reindeer.
The current accepted theory for the purpose behind cave painting is indeed still shamanic and spiritual in nature however. Many of the non-animal images painted in caves have been found to appear within the mind and before the eyes while a person is experiencing sensory deprivation. People subjected to sensory deprivation also often hallucinated images of great personal meaning and cultural importance. Not much was more important to Stone Age people than animals and there is no place on Earth better suited to sensory deprivation and trance than the dark and silent depths of a cave.
(originally published for No Unsacred Place)


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Steve rolled his head back, feeling all of me inside of him, deep as I could go, buried to my balls in him. He moaned loudly, truly loving the feeling of me there. I loved being in him, but wanted, needed him more, but inside of me. Don't get me wrong, I truly loved doing what he wanted, but there is nothing better that a thick 9 incher spreading you, filling every part of you, sliding in and out of you. It made my mouth water thinking about it.
I thrusted upward into him, he moaned deeper. Again and again I thrusted, set up a rhythm in him. He relaxed his ass to accept me, letting me slide in and out, pushing my tight little but back against the mattress, then pushing upward again. I placed my arms over my head, wrapping my hands behind my head, watching him moan and his bottom lip quiver every time I pushed over his spot. I loved watching him.
My hips were like they were on automatic, pumping away. My cock was swelling from the motion, loving every second. It wasn't often that I had the chance to do this to him, as I always let him take me, the little whore that I am. My balls were relaxed and hanging in between my legs. I could feel them. I knew they were going to stay where they were until I was ready to shoot.
Steve put his hands on the bed, to each side of me, lifting himself a little, changing his weight, letting me pound him faster and deeper. His moaning was getting more loud and his breathing was getting faster. I knew I was hitting his spot, as his eyes were rolling back in his head. His mouth opened wider and he moaned deeply and long.
"OHHHH!.....fuck, Kevin....I'm cumming...."
And did he ever! He blasted out, shooting it up toward me, hitting my down turned face, string after string. Fuck, it was fantastic. I licked up what was close to my mouth, then brought a finger down, pushing it to my lips. I was still pumping him, but slowed as I wanted this to last. His shooting came to an end, it trailing back to him, leaving trails over my chest and stomach. I was so excited watching it. I felt my balls tighten.
I slid in and out of him, bringing myself closer. I started to feel it deep down inside of me, my toes were beginning to curl. I thrusted deeper, lifting my hips higher, slapping his cheeks. I picked up the pace, faster again, shorter strokes, filling him more and constant. He moaned again, and then we both shot together, more cum pelting my chest and stomach as I was pouring mine inside of him. God, I loved sex with him!
I reached up, cradling his face in my hands. "I love you so much." I whispered, still sliding in and out. "I love your ass, when you clamp on my cock." He leaned down and kissed me deeply, tonguing my mouth, breathing heavy, resting on his elbows now.
I slowed down, only half of me in him, settling back on the bed. His hole was flexing around me, keeping me hard. I wanted to do it again. His mouth was so ravenous on mine, his tongue going everywhere. I was breathing hard through my nose. I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him into me, sliding one hand up and down his spine. I could feel his skin tingle with my touch. He lifted himself off me slowly, pulling away. I lay there just looking up at him, through dreamy eyes.
"You're so hard." Steve whispered, wiggling his butt on me slowly.
"You make me that way." I whispered back. He smiled, then slowly got off me. He rolled himself next to me, resting on the pillows, putting one muscular arm behind his head.
"Why don't you come up here and sit on my chest?" I was there in a second, thinking it was my turn to get him inside of me. My hardon was standing straight up, my balls were resting on his chest. "Stroke it for me." He said softly. "Make it shoot in my mouth." I looked down at him, wetted my hand and put it to me, sliding it up and down. He watched my hand, I moved it faster. "No,no," he said softly, "take your time. I want to watch you." I smiled out of the corner of my mouth. I started to act all sexy for him. I knew what he wanted. I rewetted my hand, going slow for him.
My hand went up and down on my length, twisting at the head, then going back down to the base. I moved slowly, loving the feeling, and loving that he was getting a show at the same time. I kept sliding my hand, up and down, pointing myself at him, then I would lift myself, pointing skyward. I could hear him breathing hard, then I reached my hand back, feeling him, as he was getting hard again. I fingered him, teasing his soft skin, as he watched me work myself.
"Oh, yeah. I like that." He whispered. "Make yourself cum. Shoot it in my mouth." I picked up the pace, shorter strokes, faster, rubbing my head. "Yeah, baby. Come on. Yeah, you like that, huh?" He said softly. His talking was sending me to the edge, listening to his voice, my eyes closed. My balls tightened again, my toes curled, I moaned, and then cut loose, pointing my cock downward to his open mouth. I watched myself shoot, covering his perfectly white teeth, his tongue, licking it up, making my load disappear. I trailed off on his chin and neck. I took a deep breath and moved myself, sliding down him, putting my butt over his hardness. I licked up my cum off him before he could get a chance to get it. I pushed my butt as he grabbed my checks, letting him enter me. I took a deep breath, finally getting what I wanted, and what I needed. I went nose to nose with him.
"How many times can you fuck me tonight?" I asked, squirming my butt on him, letting him slide in even more.
"Don't you ever get enough?"
"I never get enough of you." I said then kissed him softly. He smiled and exhaled into my mouth.
"I love it inside your little ass."
I chuckled, "Not as much as I love it."
"You're such a little machine." He moaned as I was squirming even more on him. He cracked a smile. "I'm starving. After we eat," he moaned as I slid myself on him, "I'll fuck you all night."
I slid him back out a little, he breathed heavy. "Are you sure?" I asked, sliding back on him. He sighed, exhaling.
"Or, maybe not." He whispered, sliding himself now, in and out. He lifted his legs, bending them at the knees, his hands moving to my hips, grabbing me. I knew he was going to pound me, my heart raced as I wanted it so bad. I loved it when he delivered. And pound me, he did, oh my god. Lifting me up off the bed with his powerful thrusting into me, like I was a rag doll, I was bouncing on him, letting my own weight do the work, oh it was so good.
His breathing was becoming intense again, through clenched teeth, the sweat was beading on his chest, I rubbed my hands all over it, tweeking his nipples as I came over them. He moaned, and then his eyes became very intense, staring at me, they narrowed. He thrust himself in and out harder, holding my hips tighter to him, we were going up and down together on his hardness, he was bottomed out in me, so deep, so long in me, I thought I could feel it in the back of my throat.
I cut loose again, cumming into the air, hosing his chest and stomach. I was doing my best to hold on with his bucking on the bed. He moaned loudly and I felt it, his throbbing inside me, oh how I wanted that, loved that, needed that. I smiled wide, leaning down, laying on him again, he was still throbbing in me. I kissed his chin, his neck, his cheek, as he was trying to take in air. He lifted his head and caught my mouth and went in again. I slowly wrapped my arms around his neck, he was pushing further into my mouth, breathing heavy through his nose, his exhaling was blasting my cheek. He moaned in my mouth. I pulled back.
"Are you okay?" I asked softly, kissing the tip of his nose.
"I am so more than okay." He answered, his eyes were bright, flashing side to side, taking me all in. "I am happier than I have ever been in my life." He said softly, wrapping his arms around my back, squeezing me, sliding around on all of the cum on his chest. "You are just too much, you know that? You have made me cum more times than I ever have in my life. And you know the best part?" I smiled, shaking my head. "It makes me hurt, in a really good way. My balls ache so bad, and my dick is so sore, but I love it. And, I love you."
"I love you more." I pushed his hair off his face, stroking it slowly. "Let's go fix something to eat. You said you were starving." He wouldn't let me go.
"I am, but I'm starving for you more. I don't know what it is about you that makes me feel that I just can't get enough of you."
I gave him my best little boy look. "It's my boyish charm."
He spanked my butt, hard, making me jump. "Little boys need to be spanked from time to time." He smiled wide.
"That's gonna leave a mark!"
He grinned. "I hope so. Gotta mark my territory." He grabbed both of my cheeks, squeezing hard. "And this is mine." I had a devilish thought with him saying that.
"I know where you can leave a mark."
I pulled away, he let me go. I moved up the bed over him. His eyes were wide watching my soft cock dangle in front of his face. I took a finger and pointed to my inner hip, in between the lines of my underwear lines.
"Right there." I said. He pulled me to him, his mouth going over the spot I had pointed to. His lips were on me, tight suction, tighter, like he was sucking the skin right off me. I had never had a hickey before, had seen several in school, but actually being given one, having myself marked by my love, it was totally exciting to me. I watched as he held me tight to him, his mouth not moving, his cheeks sucked in. He slowly let me go. I looked down at myself. I purplish mark on my white skin, oh yeah. Territory claimed! I felt owned and was totally in love with it. I wanted to show it off, being proud that I was claimed.
"Now let's get up. I'm starved. I want to hurry up and eat, so I can get you back in this bed."
My eyes were wide. "Now, who's a machine?" Steve smiled, then kissed me. "We've got to get all of this mess off of us. Let me get a towel." I went to get off the bed, but his hand caught me. I turned and looked back at him.
"Leave it." He whispered. "I like being covered like this from you." I smiled wider, looking at his bare skin, glistening in the low light. Oh, hell yeah, I thought to myself. He let me go, then got up. We walked out of the bedroom.
After we had made a simple little dinner, our first together, we cleaned up the kitchen. We were both still naked, walking around the counter. He would hip bump me every once in a while. I would chuckle. I would tweek a cheek of his, making him jump a little, he would just look at me, raising an eyebrow, I gave him dimples with a smile back.
He went to the sliding door to the back yard. He pulled back the curtain as I stood at the sink, watching him. He opened the door, my eyes widened. Was he going outside, naked?
Oh My God! I was getting hard. He went through the door and out onto the patio. I leaned over the counter to watch him out the window. He was so brave. I don't know if I could do that. Yes, it was almost dark, no, there weren't any lights on, but still what if one of the neighbors looked through or over the fence?
Then it dawned on me. He had probably done this before. And, probably the neighbors had seen him before. If I had a body that looked like that, I'd walk around naked all the time. Probably get arrested, but hey, who wouldn't mind seeing that? I know I loved seeing him naked.
He walked over to the pool, drifting a foot through the water. He walked around the edge, and then he stopped. I couldn't take my eyes off him. He was walking over to the fence toward the neighbor behind us. He leaned forward, putting his hands on the fence, like he was talking to someone. His head nodded now and again, he shifted his weight tossing his butt a little, standing on one foot. He was talking to someone! My heart was racing, beating hard in my chest. He turned his head and looked back toward the kitchen window, then back toward the neighbors. I watched him for a couple of more minutes, then he pushed back off the fence, waving a hand in the air. What the fuck?!
I slid the kitchen window open a little. He heard the aluminum frame slide. He looked up at me in the window, smiling a quick smile. He walked over toward the window.
"Were you talking to someone?" I asked quietly, not wanting anyone to hear.
"Yeah." He answered flatly.
"What? You're..."
"Naked?" He laughed. "I was talking to Billy. He lives behind us on the next block." Just like it was no big deal at all. Really?
"Did he know you're naked?" I asked, in shock.
"Sure." He smiled through the window at me. "He was naked, too." My eyes went wide. What? Really? "He said he'd be over in a day or two to meet you. Maybe we'll have them over for dinner." I went cold with nerves. "He has someone with him, just like us." Steve said to try and relax me. I turned as the phone was ringing, staring at it, then looking back at Steve. "Go ahead, baby, answer it, you're closer." He turned and walked away, as I went and got the phone.
I picked up the phone. "Hello?" The voice on the other end was soothing to my ears. It was my mother. She started the conversation with a hundred questions. I couldn't answer them all at once. She was talking faster and faster. I had to interrupt her to get her to slow down. I sat on a stool, twirling the cord in my hand, answering her questions, asking my own, then talking about what was going on here, leaving all of the sex out of the conversation, of course. Then she hit me with a ton of bricks. She said she wanted to come by day after tomorrow, just to visit, she and the baby. I stuttered, looking around, know there was a million and one things to do. I simply answered her, sure, that would be fine. I would make lunch for them. She almost squealed with delight, telling me that she loved me, and that it would be nice to see Steve, if he would be home. I said he didn't get home until late in the day, but if she hung around long enough, he would be here. She said she would see me in a couple of days, telling me goodbye and that she loved and missed me. I told her the same and hung up the phone.
I got up and walked out the slider, totally not caring I was naked. Steve was in the pool, floating and paddling in the water. I walked up to the edge and knelt down. He came to the edge, pulling himself up, resting on his arms, dripping on the concrete, the water trail starting to reach my toes. I was knelt before him, resting my arms on my knees, balancing on the balls of my feet, my legs spread wide. His eyes were focused on my dangling cock and balls, hanging low.
"Fuck, you are so sexy. Do you know that?" He asked, looking really sexy himself, his hair all back from being in the water, his skin covered in driplets and some trails of water running off him.
"How's the water?" I answered with my own question trying to focus. His thick muscular shoulders flexing on the pool edge. He had an evil grin in the almost darkness on us.
"It's great. Not as great as you look, though." He answered, then sighed. "Okay, tell me, who was on the phone?"
"It was my mom. She wants to come over day after tomorrow. I told her that I would make lunch. She said she wanted to see you , if you were going to be around."
Steve smiled. "That's nice. Guess we have to get moving, and get the house ready for her, huh? I don't want her upset and trying to drag you home because of shitty living conditions. So, why don't you join me for a few minutes, then we'll get busy."
I leaned forward, kissing him gently. I loved him so much. "I'm going to get some laundry ready to go, so I can start it in the morning..."
He grabbed my wrist and then my arm, leaning back in the water, pushing against the side of the pool, dragging me in. I fought against him, trying to stay on my feet. He was so strong and powerful, I was pulled in.
The water was cool and refreshing on my skin, as I surfaced next to him. He splashed water at me, blasting my face. I pushed off the bottom, launching onto him, climbing up onto his shoulders. I wrapped myself around him, legs and arms, clinging to his shoulders. He instantly changed from this sleeping gentle form that I had known to an absolute powerhouse of a man. He pryed me off him, regrabbing me, lifting me over his head like in a Tarzan movie, then chucking me into the water. I was amazed, resurfacing, swimming a few strokes to him, grabbing out at him. He blocked me at every move, then grabbed me again, picking me up over his head, chucking me again away from him. I launched from the bottom, using it to push from like a torpedo. I wrapped around his waist, bumping into his hard length. I grapsed it firmly with one hand, pulling on it. He stopped his struggle. I broke the surface, coming face to face with him.
"Look what I found." I leaned in and kissed him softly. "Is that all for me, my powerful man?" I kissed him again softly. "This is almost better than the pond."
He grabbed me tight, squeezing the breath out of me, his hard length trapped between us, mine rising up between his spread legs. He stared at me intently, with deep longing. His mouth fell on mine, working his tongue in deeply, taking my breath away, sucking all energy from me, making my body limp under his powerful grip and kiss, except my further stiffening cock, pushing his balls around. I pulled back this time.
"Nothing will ever be as good as the pond." He said softly. "You became mine there and then. I will always remember that day and that time til I die." He smiled softly, caressing my hair, pushing it back away from my eyes. "Everything after that, just makes us better and better together." He took a small breath and hissed, "God, I love you."
"I love you more." I whispered, surrendering everything I had to offer to him at that moment, my heart, my soul, my body. And he took them all, gladly, not looking back for a moment. He carried me over toward the steps, laying me out on the concrete, letting the water run off me. He lifted my legs and stuffed his tongue into my opening, licking, chewing, licking again, then doing the magic, applying his mouth over my hole, firm then tight, total suction. I moaned loudly under his suction, rocking my hips a little giving him total and unlimited access. My eyes rolled back in my head.
He worked my hole for what seemed like an eternity, in reality it was probably only a few minutes. He moved from there to my raging cock, almost dry now from being out of the water so long, my body getting hot. He bobbed up and down on me, getting me closer and closer. My fingers were running through his wet hair, clasping it, pulling it. Everytime I pulled, he became more intense on my cock, sucking it, stroking it below his lips, to the base. My balls tightened, and I moaned, blasting into his mouth. He took it all. I was breathing so hard. I sat up, stroking his hair. He looked up at me, my cock still in his mouth.
"I have to have yours." I whispered. "I have to have yours in me. Please, Steve, fuck me, please." I begged softly. He pulled off me slowly, pushing me back on the deck. He climbed up a step, clearing his thighs out of the water. He lifted my legs up, bending them at the knees, holding them, putting his stiffness at my wet hole. He slowly sid in, making me moan loudly. He was fully in me in no time at all. I felt whole and complete again, like we were totally joined together. He pumped me a few times hard, then slowed and became more gentle. I loved it even more, him sliding in and out of me slowly, feeling every inch, every vein rubbing my walls, I knew him so well now. He kept moving in and out, dripping water on my balls, down my legs, my ass so, so wet. It was awesome.
Steve slid in and out for quite a while, fulfilling all of my needs, wants, and desires, with his body, and his massive cock. I couldn't ask for more from anything or anyone. I was so happy at this moment. He was breathing hard. His hands were working all parts of my chest, and stomach, rubbing all over me, they slid around onto my butt cheeks, he carressed them softly, rubbing, then moved around, picking up my softened dick, pulling on it a little, fondling my balls, tossing them around in one hand, as one hand went to my neck, giving it pressure, sliding up and down its own length, not choking me, but tight. I was so excited under his hands, his dick in my ass, filling me. I began to breathe hard myself. I knew he was getting close, and then I felt the throbbing inside me. I moaned softly at the feeling of it. I wrapped my legs tightly around him, squeezing him. He threw his head back in the air, moaning softly, breathing hard.
After a few minutes, he regained control of his body, tilting his head down, looking at me, smiling. I smiled back. He slid out of me slowly. He bent forward, leaning onto me, scooping me up in one powerful arm, kissing my neck, my ear and then my mouth. He lay me back a little, looking into my eyes.
"What the hell did I ever do without you?" He asked softly.
"I was thinking the same thing." I whispered in answer to him. "Before you, there was nothing. Now, I have everything. I love you so much."
"I love you more." He mouthed without uttering a sound. I could follow his lips in the rising moonlight. I smiled, wrapping my arms around his neck. He picked me up with both arms, walking up the last steps of the pool, carrying me in his arms to the house. I nuzzled my nose against his neck, he leaned his head against mine, carrying me through the door. He used an elbow on the handle to slide the door closed, walking through the living room, down the hall toward the bedroom.
He lay me out on the bed, on my side. Wow! It hit me like a brick. I had my own side of a bed. I was involved with someone, a boyfriend, a relationship, what ever you want to call it. I belonged to a special person. Tears welled in my eyes. He looked at me, cocking his head to one side, questioningly.
"I'm sorry. I'm just very happy right now." I said softly. He smiled down at me.
"I am too." He put a hand to my cheek, caressing it to my chin, then got up and went over to the doorway, shutting off the light. I saw his outlined figure coming back, he flicked on the alarm, then climbed into bed next to me. He ran his left arm under me, pulling me to him, I rolled a little half laying on him. I nuzzled down into his neck and shoulder. Slowly I ran my fingers up and down his muscular chest, he gave out a soft muffled hum that he liked it. I stopped as sleep finally took me, feeling loved and well taken care of.
It seemed like it was only a few minutes, as the buzzing of the alarm was ringing in my head. I slowly opened my eyes, into the darkness of the room. I felt great warmth and weight on me. I moved one arm, my hand touched his skin. It was so warm, I smiled to myself. We had shifted in the night, and now he was laying on me, almost fully. I breathed deep. The alarm still buzzing loudly. I nuzzled him with my nose, he moaned. I nuzzled again, he moaned louder.
"Shit." He mumbled into my neck. He rolled over and hit the snooze button, rolling back onto me. I was wide awake, very, wide awake. He slid his hand, finding my length. Fingers wrapped around it, I took another deep breath, at his pressure on me. He didn't move his hand at all, just held me. I was thinking, hello, uh, waiting...pull me, tickle me, do something with me, don't just hold me! Nothing. Then, the fucking alarm screech, damn I hated that thing. He let me go, rolling up out of bed, shutting it off. He stood up and walked into the bathroom, staggering a little as he went.
"You okay this morning?" I asked as I heard him unload in the toilet, then it flushed. He walked over to the sink. I could hear water running.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He answered. Brushing his teeth, he leaned back a little, looking in my direction. "Why do you ask?"
"I don't know. It looks like you're walking a little funny this morning."
He chuckled. Leaning over the sink, he rinsed and then came back toward me. He sat back on the bed. "I seem to have this little machine that is hell bent on screwing my brains out. It's like I can't turn the switch off, it just keeps going and going. I'm almost worn out. Gonna need a vacation just to relax and get my strength back."
I lowered my head, looking at the bed. "I'm sorry. I'll leave you alone for a while."
He pushed me back into the bed, sliding on top of me. He kissed me softly. "If you do that, then I will get mad. I've just got to get used to fucking constantly like this." He smiled wide. "I'm looking forward to it. Sex as soon as I walk in the door, til I drop on the bed at night." He chuckled. "I'll tell you, I haven't sleep that hard in a long time."
I reached up and touched his thick shoulder. I threw back the covers on my side, spun and climbed out of bed. He watched me walk around the bed and walk to the bathroom. I came back out a couple of minutes later, going over to my bag, pulling out some clothes.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Gotta get dressed. I have way too many things to do today. I gotta get busy." I answered.
He shook his head. "Guess you don't need coffee. You're already charged up."
A shock went through me. "You need coffee. Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't even think. You have time for me to make some?" I asked as I was hopping to get my pants up.
"No, baby, it's okay. I'll get some later, really." He watched me bouncing around. "Kevin, slow down, will you? You're moving too fast. It's making me dizzy." He grabbed my arm, pulling me to him. He leaned in, kissing me softly again. It was becoming another of my favorites of his. I put my arms around his neck and shoulders, looking into his dreamy eyes.
"Sorry." I said softly. "There's a lot I would like to get done before my mom comes."
"I know. I'll come home early and give you a hand." My eyes went wide.
"You will not. Don't sacrifice your job for just my mom coming. I can take care of this. If you want to come home early, come home early tomorrow. She would really like to see you, and I know my sister would be happy to see you."
"If you're sure. I'll just stay at work and slave away then." He smiled out of the corner of his mouth.
"You are such a jerk sometimes." I said, poking him in the stomach and ribs with my fingers. He ducked and flexed against my jabbing, then grabbed me hard, pulling me in, rubbing his hands all over me, grabbing my butt through my jeans. He started kissing my neck. "If you start this, I'll make you finish it, and then you're gonna be late." I moaned as he was turning on all of my buttons. He let me go, turned, and finished getting dressed. He gave me a kiss as we reached the front door. I watched him walk down the sidewalk, going around the corner of the garage. I shut the door, hearing his truck start. I turned around, my hardon was back, looking at the rooms that I wanted to tackle. I walked into the kitchen to start my coffee. It was going to be a long day.


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- Year:
- 1988
- Length:
- 44'
- Engine/Fuel Type:
- Single / diesel
- Located In:
- Deltaville, VA
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
- 6944-3032697
- Current Price:
The Irwin 44 Center Cockpit is a strong cruising boat and Aspire has been well taken care of by her current owners, so she is ready to go places.
Aspire has been modified from the original design, so the fold down transom was removed and stairs have been cut into the transom. This makes her easily accessible from the water and makes getting on and off the boat very comfortable.
The current owners have done extensive major maintenance on the boat including:
Re-enforcing the keel;
Sandblasting the hull and re-coating w/ 6 coats of epoxy before anti-fouling
pulling chain-plates and re-enforcing the knees before re-bedding;
creating a custom plate and chain feeder between the bow roller and the anchor locker;
removing and re-bedding the stanchions and re-enforcing the toe-rails where they are attached with thickened epoxy;
refinished cabin soles:
installed new propane tanks & regulator
replaced generator and fresh water pumps, faucets & added a filtration system
replaced bilge pumps... and much more (See descriptions for details).
Aspire has the following equipment:
Kohler 9KW generator w/ less than 1000 hours
New Batteries (2015)
2000W inverter (2011)
Raymarine ST6002 Autopilot (2011)
Raymarine C90 Chartplotter (2011)
Raymarine 4KW Radar (2011)
Raymarine ST60 Wind instrument (2011)
120V stand alone fridge/freezer
55lb Delta anchor w/ chain and rode (2011)
60lb Bruce anchor w/ chain and rode
Electric head in aft cabin (2013)
... and so much more
If you Aspire to a cruising, or comfortable live-aboard lifestyle, come and take a look at this vessel.
Hi, I am Jonathan Hutchings, the listing broker for this yacht. Please call my mobile (804) 436 4484 for most prompt attention. I am a Certified Professional Yacht Broker (CPYB) and take pride in listing quality yachts. I inspect all the boats I list, where possible take all the photos and represent the boats as accurately as possible. I am an experienced cruiser and racer who has crossed the Atlantic several times and who understands boat buyer's needs. Feel free to call me at any time to discuss this listing. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Annapolis Yacht Sales, Deltaville, VA
(804) 776 7575 (office)
(804) 436 4484 (cell)
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Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Boat Name
Keel: Full
LOA: 43 ft 6 in
Beam: 13 ft 4 in
LWL: 35 ft 8 in
Minimum Draft: 4 ft 11 in
Displacement: 26000 lbs
Ballast: 7000 lbs
Total Power: 44 HP
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: Yanmar
Engine Model: 4JHE
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Hours: 1500
Propeller: 3 blade propeller
Engine Power: 44 HP
Fresh Water Tanks: (200 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (90 Gallons)
Holding Tanks: (24 Gallons)
Number of single berths: 2
Number of double berths: 2
Number of cabins: 2
Number of heads: 2
Outside Equipment/Extras
Electric windlass
The interior of the Irwin is light, extremely spacious and substantial, with easy access from one part of the vessel to another. The aft cabin can be accessed via the galley to port or via the nav station and head, to starboard, no crouching required to move about.
Behind the companionway is the engine/generator box with top access behind the stairs and access via doors on the midships side of the galley. The engine is situated behind the generator.
The galley is to port and has a large sink and stove, large top loading fridge (w/ new 12V unit, 2016)) or cool box, microwave and storage on both sides of the passageway. The master cabin is accessed through a door and there is storage down the port hull, a queen-sized, center line bunk and door to the head to starboard. The head has a separate shower area. Exiting the head to starboard, the nav station, with comfortable swing seat, is against the hull with 110V Fridge/Freezer forward, engine compartment and battery switches amidships.
Step up to access the salon. A large central table has leaves that can be folded in or out so they stretch to both settees. The starboard settee is straight, with storage up against the forward bulkhead; the port settee is L-shaped around the table. There is a 32" TV on the port bulkhead.
The forward cabin is accessed through a door in the bulkhead. The forward head has 2 doors and can be entered from the vestibule or from the v-berth. The V-berth has a large bunk, drawers and a hanging locker for storage, a seat and access to the anchor locker at the foot of the bunk.
3-burner propane stove w/ oven
Single S/S sink
GE Microwave
12V Fridge top loading (2016 - new unit)
110V fridge & freezer, front loading
Access doors to engine & generator amidships
Custom glass holder under companionway stairs
Counter/access to generator under companionway stairs.
2 x Shorepower Outlets
2 x 30A Shorepower cables
Kohler 9KW Generator (under 1000 hrs)
1 x 4D Start battery (2015)
3 x GR31 House batteries (2015)
Mastervolt 40 Amp battery charger
Inverter - 2000W (2011)
MarineAir Reverse Cycle Aircon (16K [2013] & 12K BTU)
Hot water heater - 6 Gal (new thermostat & element 2011)
Stand alone 120V Fridge/Freezer (2011)
Raymarine ST6002 Autopilot
Raymarine C90 Chartplotter (2011)
Raymarine ST60 Wind Instrument(2011)
Raymarine 4KW Radar (2011)
Horizon VHF w/ ram mic at helm
Lighted compass installed (2011)
Shakespeare TV antenna w/ amplifier (2011)
Sanyo HD TV (2011)
Sanyo Stereo
Sails, Rigging & Canvas
Classic mainsail (2008)
140% Genoa (2008)
2 x Barient 27ST Primary winches on coaming
1 x Barient 19ST Secondary winch near traveller
2 x Barient 19ST winches on mast
1 x Barient 15 winch on boom
Mainsail cover/Lazybag w/ lazy jacks (2008)
Full enclosure (2008)
Wheel cover
Hatch covers
Jib tracks re-bedded (2010)
Mainsail track behind cockpit
Main Halyard and masthead sheave replaced (2011)
Standing rigging inspected and tuned (2011)
Chainplates removed and inspected and knees reinforced (2011)
Hull, Deck & Cockpit
Hull sandblasted (2013)
Rudder bearing repaired (2013)
Keel strengthened w/ fibreglass, epoxy coated and painted (2013)
Double bow roller w/ clasps to hold anchors in place
Custom s/s plate/chain feeder forward of chain locker (2013)
66lb Bruce anchor w/ 75' chain and 100' rode
55lb Delta anchor w/ 25' chain & 100' rode (2011)
Anchor locker
Lewmar electric windlass (retrieve only)
Hand holds on coach roof
S/S guards over Dorades
Stanchions removed and re-bedded (2013)
Lifelines replaced (2013)
Large, deep Center Cockpit
Cave lockers in cockpit coamings
Cockpit cushions
Binnacle w/ wheel
Pedestal w/ instruments on binnacle
Custom cup holders on binnacle
Teak cockpit table (fold down)
Deck storage - starboard side deck / port & starboard quarters
Spacious aft deck
S/S sternrail
Magma propane BBQ (2011)
2 seats on stern rail
Cut away in stern rail for access to steps
Custom steps to custom swim platform
Stern shower on steps
Storage in second step
Yanmar 4JHE 44HP
+/- 1500 hours
engine impeller
generator water pump
ac raw water pump
engine belt and rear motor mounts
engine compartment blower
hoses & clamps replaced as needed
Installed main and engine bilge pumps & switches
New port fuel tank
Clean engine fuel injectors and compression test 400/400/400/410
Prop polished, balanced & coated
Additional Maintenance
New propane tanks, regulator, and gauge (2010)
New mast wiring as required
Leather swiveling chair installed at nav station
New domestic water pump
Water filtration system
New shower faucets
Refurbished and refinished galley table
Cabin flooring refinished Replaced cabin light covers
Non-skid repainted (2013)
.The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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ISRO Scientist & Engineer Answer key 2015, 11th Oct exam paper solution, question paper in set wise format soon available to download at www.isro.gov.in.
ISRO Answer Key 2015: One of the famous space agency of Indian governments ISRO has recently organized written examination for the post of Scientist/Engineer at various examination centers. Exam was successfully conducted without any disturbance due to which applicant where very happy. Now candidate who have attend the exam are waiting for answer key so they can get an idea how many answer are write and where they have done the mistake. We suggest aspirant to have a regular visit on offical website because answer key will be first available on ISRO official website. So one should have a regular touch with it or you can click on the link which is available below which will directly take you to that web page where paper solution is placed.
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- Šablóna:Ci was designed by Guinsoo.
- Šablóna:Ci is voiced by Brian Sommer, Who also voices Šablóna:Ci and Šablóna:Ci.
- Šablóna:Ci was named after Marc Merrill's character on Šablóna:W, which is also his forum and summoner name.
- He previously held the title "The Dark Champion", but since the second official trailer, he now holds the title "The Barbarian King".
- In the August 31st 2010 edition of The Journal of Justice, it was written that Tryndamere was passed down his sword from his father, who had it passed down from his father before him, and so on. Tryndamere said his father's words of wisdom were "master using it and you can have this" - a quote from the original Šablóna:W on the Nintendo Entertainment System, released in 1987.
- Tryndamere has strong similarities to Šablóna:W.
- His story appears to have been based off of the opening sequence of the 1982 "Conan the Barbarian" movie, in which Conan's entire village is slaughtered and he swears revenge upon those who destroyed it.
- In the original stories, Conan is said to have come from a nomadic people of the far north of his world, while Tryndamere comes from the Northern Freljord.
- Conan is said to have "become a king by his own hand" in the 1982 movie. Tryndamere became the Barbarian King by uniting all the Barbarians of his home land under his leadership, thanks to his friendships with most of the Barbarian leaders.
- Tryndamere's dance refers to Šablóna:W, the traditional Šablóna:W dance. His previous dance, before patch V184.108.40.206, was a reference from N'Sync's dance in their song, Bye Bye Bye. A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- As of patch V184.108.40.206, Tryndamere now uses the Fury system instead of health for his abilities.
- Tryndamere was the first champion to have an attack rating of 100.
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- Šablóna:Csi skin is a reference to his marriage to Šablóna:Ci and becoming the King of Freljord.
- Šablóna:Csi skin is a reference to the Highlander films.
- Attendees of the Season One Championship at Dreamhack qualified for a code to unlock Šablóna:Ci. All others were able to purchase the skin from the League of Legends store on 24 June 2011 for 975 Šablóna:RP.
- The Šablóna:Csi trailer can be seen here.
- This skin is possibly a reference to Nightmare from the Soul Calibur series of games.
- This skin also bears a resemblance to Haru Glory from the Rave Master series. one of Haru's swords will claim the soul of the wielder in exchange for greatly increased strength. During the process, the sword will fuse with the wielder's arm.
- Šablóna:Ci was the first champion to have a non-comical Legendary skin voice-over, followed by Šablóna:Ci, Šablóna:Ci, Šablóna:Ci and Šablóna:Ci.
- Šablóna:Csi is a commemorative skin created to celebrate the launch of League of Legends in Turkey.
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Wonderful 10 acres in Paw Paw School District. Very private setting with mostly wooded and some open ground. Home needs some TLC, but some items are already done. Some recent updates include a new roof, some flooring and some of the windows have already been replaced. Home has an enclosed front porch. Very motivated seller, call to set up your appointment today!!!
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- Address
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Changes from comic to Tv show I thought were good!
Hey guys! I've noticed some people have been picking at the TV show recently, and for good reason I totally agree. But I think the TV show has done somethings better than the comics, or added some pretty cool stuff. Here is a list!
(Obviously spoilers for the TV show up to S04EP04 and comics up to the end of Volume 4)1) Glenn's haircut.
Now I know this is a really small detail, but I am really glad they didn't include Glenn cutting his hair off. When he did it in the comics I was just like oh okay, you're bald. I can deal with that. But knowing he has hair in the TV show makes me happy xD
Say what you will xD
2) Letting Shane survive to see the Farm.
I think this let Shane develop a lot more and it kept things fresh and different. I think it would of been stupid to see him die in S1 only after 6 episodes. I think in S2 is when we see Shane go full crazy, be a threat. Also him killing Otis and opening the barn, nice ideas. And that last scene when Shane tries to kill Rick. I loved it. That one quote. "You did this! Not me!"
3) The CDC.
Adding this to the finale of S1 was a great idea. It skimmed the surface of the infection but we were basically informed this show will never have a cure, there really is nothing left. I think Jenner was a great character and seeing the group react was great. Also it was a good way for Rick to find out about everyone being infected giving him a moral dilemma.
4) Daryl and Merle Dixon.
Now I know a lot of people hate Daryl but hear me out! Introducing Daryl and Merle was a great idea. The whole Merle rooftop situation, Daryl questioning his loyalty to the group for Merle. Plus they're both two great characters! Merle was great and he was one of my favourites. But Daryl, S1-S2 he was good, now hes a flawless cash machine. S2 we saw him being a dick. S3-S4 is all about doing whats best for the group and trying to be the good guy. But come on everyone has flaws! I want to say Daryl fuck up... But I stand by the fact they were good ideas.
5) Carols departure.
Now we can all agree Carol is very different Comic-Tv wise. I prefer the comic character simpy as I find her more intresting. But I think Carol in the TV show is great too! Her change from S1-S4 was great! But of the most recent episode she has been kicked out! Exiled! And I think it was fucking great writing. Her reaction to Ricks reasoning and then Sharon's song Serpents playing. Amazing. And I'm sure we'll be seeing her again one day.
6) The prison flu.
I think adding this flu to the mix in Season 4 was a great idea. It's a threat that they really can't deal with for certain. The medicine might not even work! Also it presents a serious threat to characters such as Glenn and Sasha. I'm pretty sure there is no flu like this in the comics and I think it's a great idea. Gives a lot of storyline options too. Such as; Carol killing Karen and David leading to Ty's anger. Hershel risking his life. Glenn and Sasha's chance of death. The group leaving for the hospital place! I think this is a great way to fill some of S4 up.
7) T-Dog
Lastly, T-DOG! I don't care what you say, the fact this man exsisted gives the show a one up from me. Always in our hearts T-dog.
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Elsa would make an excellent herding dog for sport.
Beautiful Elsa knows commands. has been fostered with trainer.
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Esquire's editor Jeremy Langmead is leaving his position at the magazine to join Mr Porter as editor in chief.
Langmead originally joined the National Magazine Company's men's title in March 2007, and founded the Esquire Man At The Top Awards as well as the Best Dressed Real Man competitions.
Dan Davies, deputy editor at Esquire, will become acting editor until a replacement for Langmead is officially appointed.
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Gather.ly photography collective presents the first studio workshop for students and content from our photography group EXPOSURE
Last week we held the first Gather.ly Photography Workshop and it was great to see some familiar faces, alongside some new.
We worked with an awesome group of contemporary dancers - called the Uncollective, to explore the idea of capturing motion without movement.
The students got to chat to our Gather.ly photography collective and learn some new lighting techniques, test out new kit and work with movement.
We'll be putting together some of the shots from the night and kickstarting a Gather.ly Photography Zine...so keep your eyes peeled for this in the new year!
If you're a photography student and you'd love to be involved in the next events then join us here in our group on Gather.ly to be kept up to date with exciting opportunities.
TELL TALES | Photography Stories
Jon gives an insight into his field of travel photography and the benefit of learning to tell the story to accompany a photograph.
As a photographer who gets paid to shoot around the world, check out what he has to say about his shots and blogs from shooting his current hometown - London.
Get inspired here.
In the new year we'll be moving on to bigger, better photography projects so watch this space for more talented young photographers and their amazing work.
-In order of appearance images by: Holly Smith, Joe Earley, Jon Reid and Nicole Gomes.


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In Mac OS X Lion Apple introduced a new feature that lets the OS restore all of an application's windows the next time the app is started. This helps users pick up where they left off, and while I find this to be extremely helpful there are also times where it can be highly annoying. A good example is with the TextEdit app. A lot of times I fire this up so that I can use it as a temporary holding ground for a snippet of text. When I quit TextEdit that is my way of telling it that I'm done using that text, but with the new window restoration feature Lion will bring back that document even though I wanted it to be discarded.
The workaround to this is a really useful preference pane called RestoreMeNot, which lets you disable this feature on a per-app basis. If you have a program you want to disable the window restoring feature this gives you the power to do it, and it takes just a few clicks to do. Now with this in place every time I run TextEdit I am starting with a clean slate, which is really nice. Thanks to RestoreMeNot I can still take advantage of this awesome feature for most apps, and disable it for the ones where it really bothers me.
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FOSTER CITY, Calif. (AP) -- HIV drug maker Gilead Sciences Inc. said Monday that its board approved a two-for-one stock split that will take effect in January.
Gilead said investors who own its stock at the close of trading on Jan. 7 will be issued one additional share for every share they own. The company's stock will begin trading at the post-split price on Jan. 28.
The split will increase the number of Gilead shares to about 1.52 billion. The company said it had 759.3 million shares on the market as of Nov. 30.
The stock has nearly doubled in value over the last year after the company acquired hepatitis C drug maker Pharmasset and continued developing some of Pharmasset's promising drugs, including sofosbuvir. The shares reached an all-time high of $76.28 on Nov. 23.
Shares of Gilead Sciences rose 33 cents to close at $74.25. In aftermarket trading the stock added 40 cents to $74.65.


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All Units, Counties, and Districts sending in monies for donations, memorials, etc. please note on the check the Unit number or corresponding County or District. Believe it or not there are checks coming in that it is not apparent on the check. To get credit for your Unit properly we need to know this information! Do not staple or tape checks onto any form.
The following are still on our list of not paid obligations as of today. They cannot be a viable Unit if Obligations are not paid and membership not sent in. These obligations were due October 20. Units amounts vary. Questions – call Traci at the Department Office – 515-282-7987. Thank you.
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IRS Exempt Organization Updates: 990-N (e-Postcard)
The IRS has posted that the host site for the annual filings of the 990-N (e-Postcard) will be changing on February 29, 2016.
How does this affect American Legion Auxiliary Departments, Districts, Counties, Councils and Units? The overall impact should be minor for those organizations filing for the tax years of 2014 or 2015.
The transition requires the following:
Those organizations of the American Legion Auxiliary that have already filed the 990-N online for the current required tax year prior to February 29, 2016 will not be impacted until the next required filing due date. However, when your organization is required to file, please note that the site has changed and it will be necessary to establish a new account on the new IRS repository system for filing.
The IRS will formerly take over the 990-N (e-Postcard) system of filing February 29, 2016. The IRS will not be obtaining or retrieving the already established account data of user id(s) and passwords from the Urban Institute.
American Legion Auxiliary Departments, Districts, Counties, Councils and Units that have NOT filed a 990-N for the current tax year before February 29, 2016 should note that the host site has changed and the account-user ids and passwords, established through the host site of Urban Institute will no longer work with the new IRS repository system for filing. The IRS requires that the eligible organizations required to file the 990-N (e-Postcard) will need to establish a new account – user id and password on or after February 29, 2016.
We ask that you please forward this information on to your units, districts, counties and/or councils.


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Recently HMD launch first Nokia smartphone named Nokia 6. With the starting of new year 2017 Nokia also look toward a big change and give phone users a new option for Nokia 6 android phone. Nokia 6 is now release only for china smartphone user but at half of this year Nokia 6 will be unveil in rest of country as HMD CEO, Arto Nummela said.
Nokia 6 Features
Nokia 6 is designed as Aluminum unibody with high level structure quality. Nokia 6 has 5.5 inches full HD display with bright hybrid in cell. Display is protected with 2.5D gorilla glass. On the technical front, Nokia 6 comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor with X6 LTE modem design. Nokia 6 has 16 MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture features with phase detection, auto focus and 8 MP front camera. On the software, front Nokia 6 runs on latest android version Nougat. Phone has 6 GB RAM and 64 GB internal storage. As you know Nokia phone were famous for its sound quality so Phone also features dual amplifier for louder sound which deliver 6db louder sound and it is also features with Dolby Atmos sound for sound effect.
As China has a large phone user base so it will available only for China now. Nokia 6 price in china will be 1699 CNY and available at JD.com


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Dynamic Duo's Gaeko Announces His Wife's Pregnancy with Second Child
Dynamic Duo's Gaeko expressed his happiness for being gifted with a second child.
According to Amoeba Culture, Dynamic Duo's agency, Gaeko's wife Kim Soo Mi is 8 weeks into her pregnancy with her second child. The child is due next January.
Gaeko stated through his agency on June 9, "I am very happy. I hope that my wife and child will both be healthy."
Gaeko married Kim Soo Mi in May of 2011, after dating her for five years. They had their first child Kim Rhythm on September of 2011.
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Effect of Double Dose of Alpha 1-antitrypsin Augmentation Therapy on Lung Inflammation.
This study has been completed.
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Tim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been translated into 40+ languages. Newsweek calls him "the world's best human guinea pig," and The New York Times calls him "a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk." In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.), digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.
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This episode is a little different. I visited the Googleplex -- the Mountain View-based headquarters of Google -- and had a public chat. I was interviewed and made sure that we covered some ground that has not been discussed before. There were questions such as: What has been the most important Stoic teaching that I've come across? How do I manage the many requests I receive? What are the factors or elements that have led to the success of the podcast? Where do I see myself in five years? If I could pick three people -- alive or dead -- to be in my personal board of directors, who would they be? How do I experiment with my dog training? What are my recommendations for longevity? How do I fight insomnia? And much, much more... As always, I hope you enjoy this episode and find it useful. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at www.fourhourworkweek.com/podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Wealthfront. Wealthfront is a massively disruptive (in a good way) set-it-and-forget-it investing service led by technologists from places like Apple. It has exploded in popularity in the last two years and now has more than $2.5B under management. Why? Because you can get services previously limited to the ultra-wealthy and only pay pennies on the dollar for them, and it's all through smarter software instead of retail locations and bloated sales teams. Check out wealthfront.com/tim, take their risk assessment quiz, which only takes 2-5 minutes, and they'll show you -- for free -- exactly the portfolio they'd put you in. If you want to just take their advice and do it yourself, you can. Well worth a few minutes to explore: wealthfront.com/tim. This episode is also brought to you by Headspace, the world's most popular meditation app (with more than4,000,000 users). It's used in more than 150 countries, and many of my closest friends swear by it. Try Headspace'sfree Take10 program-- 10 minutes of guided meditation a day for 10 days. It's like a warm bath for your mind. Meditation doesn't need to be complicated or expensive, and it's had a huge impact on my life. Try Headspace for free for a few days and see what I mean.
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February 16, 2009
Jeff Reed, Steelers kicker and guy who looks like that (→), got into some trouble with the law over the weekend. Reed rampaged a Sheetz bathroom and was cited for disorderly conduct and criminal mischief, all because the place was out of paper towels. So, you know, at least he had a good reason.
Pennsylvania state police say Reed threw a temper tantrum at a Sheetz convenience store in New Alexandria, a tiny borough about 35 miles east of Pittsburgh, because its restroom didn't have any towels.
Reed has been cited for disorderly conduct and criminal mischief, offenses similar to traffic tickets that carry a maximum fine of $300 and 90 days in jail each. Police said he broke the towel dispenser then used profane language to an employee and also outside the store.
"Reed caused damage to a towel dispenser as he was infuriated at the fact that there were no towels in it," according to a news release by Trooper Shawn Askins, who issued the citations. The incident occurred Saturday about 2:50 a.m.
Come on, Jeffy. It's almost 3 a.m. ... just wipe your hands on your pants, man. It's not like you're on your way to church or something. It's not like you need to look good right then. And any woman who is with you at 3 a.m. at a Sheetz, I can promise you, does not have the self-respect to to turn you down because your pants look wet.
And that's just one alternate solution. Maybe wipe your hands through your hair, because it's not like you can make it look worse. That head of yours actually looks quite absorbent. Or, here's a thought: Walk over to the place where they make the Shmuffins and ask for a napkin. You're Jeff Reed, they'll give you one. You could even try the little island where they have the coffee. You wouldn't even have to ask there.
Or, you can beat the hell out of a paper towel dispenser. Your call, champ.
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