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We've had a long layoff from the Usual Suspects, the holiday season created commitments for all of us, and back there in mid-December when I was working holiday hours at the shop and also working musician's hours with the band, I was pretty beat anyway.
But now we're back, North Carolina's no-smoking rule has gone into effect, Elaine got a big new job (we would never be so insensitive as to ask how much she's making, but I think it is quite a bit more than she was being paid to sell wine, since this is a much bigger job for a much bigger company), and--not that this was a big surprise--Elaine and Karl are dating. It's nice.
And I couldn't help but notice, looking around, that the smoking ban didn't seem to have chased away any regulars. And we can all stop complaining about smoke interfering with our enjoyment of the wines.
Anyway, we had a lot to catch up on, even though we see each other almost every day at the job, and I'm afraid conversation about the wine was sparse. Not that the wines weren't worth talking about: First up was a 2005 Condrieu from Éric Texier, which showed the characteristic nose of yellow fruit and orange blossom, as well as some hints of aromatic herbs. In the mouth, the wine managed to be both brisk with acidity and quite full. With food, a little creaminess showed up. This was very different from the '05 Delas I'd tasted a year or so back, which showed a lot of orange and a lot of creaminess, and was pretty straightforwardly in the off-dry camp. A creamsicle for grownups, I called it then.
We also discussed the generally poor results we got from cheap viognier. The only one we really liked was the '08 Domaine la Bastide, from Guilhem Durand, which had freshness and vivacity that was lacking in comparably priced wines (including the wildly popular Yalumba, which tastes to me of canned fruit salad). Elaine was of the opinion that good cheap viognier was essentially a matter of luck: "They're never consistent from year to year," she said.
Next up was a Canon-Fronsac from Chateau Moulin Pey-Labrie 2000, which made Elaine smile. "I've been buying this wine for almost as long as I've been in the business," she said. Naturally, it is a Joe Dressner pick, although the bottle we had did not have the fancy artwork shown on the Louis/Dressner web site. I got a big snootful of chocolate mint on the nose, and Karl mentioned a kind of green wood note, "…like when you scratch the bark off a tree in early Spring." Elaine added that it was also really juicy, "…like blackberry juice, and raspberry juice." I agreed, and thought the juicy quality was worth remarking on since the wine was 99% merlot (plus a pinch of malbec), and some of my recent merlot-heavy Bordeaux notes had included references to "chocolate milk." In this wine, it's just a hint, not the whole show.
Happy New Year, everybody, thanks for looking at this, whoever you are, and no, I would never dream of inflicting a 10-best list on you. There are plenty of those already.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Hangin' At The Usual Suspects #8
Posted by The Wine Mule at 5:08 PM
Labels: Canon-Fronsac, Chateau Moulin Pey-Labrie, Condrieu, Domaine la Bastide, Guilhem Durand, Texier
2 comments:
- Vinogirl said...
Condrieu, "creaminess"...ML, or sur lies aging do you think?
Love Viognier.
- January 7, 2010 at 12:37 PM
- The Wine Mule said...
Both: Delas does full malolactic, and also ages on the lees.
- January 7, 2010 at 9:53 PM
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Jack Fassino helped lead the Bobcats to an 11-1 win over Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School in Georgia. The junior 3rd baseman had another career day, going 3-3 with 2 Home Runs and 5 RBIs. Tristen Hudson and Coleman Smith combined to hold the Eagles to only 2 hits in 5 innings. Hudson struck out 8 in his 4 innings of work. Matthew Burgess, Hudson, Smith, Walker Lathrop, and Trey Hawk all added RBIs to the effort. Seneca returns to action on Monday, April 17 as it hosts Pickens. First pitch is scheduled for 6 pm.
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SHANGHAI, Jan. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Qiming Venture Partners ("Qiming"), a leading venture capital firm in China, today announced the addition of Helen Wong as a partner focused on investment in the Internet and consumer ("Intersumer") sectors.
Helen is a long time venture capitalist and had spent 11 years at GGV Capital and Venture TDF. She was an early investor in Tudou which listed successfully on the NASDAQ and subsequently merged with Youku (NYSE: YOKU) at over $1 billion valuation. She is a Kauffman Fellow and has received degrees from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, INSEAD and Oxford University.
Helen has a reputation for insight and building true partnerships. "Helen found us while Tudou was still a tiny company and the Internet video industry was considered by most people a daydream. She stood with us through highs and lows, a strong and faithful partner for us as entrepreneurs," commented Gary Wei Wang, founder of Tudou and a member of the board of directors of YoukuTudou Inc. (NYSE: YOKU).
"We have known Helen for quite a few years and respect her capability and track record. We are very fortunate to have a person of Helen's quality and experience join our team. We believe Helen is a great fit with Qiming's sector-focused, research driven and disciplined investment approach and culture of integrity and commitment to investors and portfolio companies," said J.P. Gan, a managing partner of Qiming Ventures.
"I have observed Qiming's investment success, strengthening brand and growth over the years. I am very honored and excited about being a part of the Qiming team," said Helen. "I look forward to investing in and helping more high caliber entrepreneurs achieve their dreams and build great companies."
Qiming Venture Partners is also pleased to announce the promotion of James Wang Qi to Principal (Intersumer), and Peter Mao Shengbo (Information Technology), Shiyu Wang (Intersumer), Roger Wu Jialu (Healthcare), and Stella Zhou Lingfei (Intersumer) to Vice President.
James Wang has been with Qiming since 2008. Previously, he worked at Abbott Lab, ACNielsen, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He received his Bachelor's degree from Fudan University.
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Not all MS 2000 servers updated for DST correctly
Microsoft may hear some backlash for this.
I work for an IT company with multiple clients from various industries. We've been diligent to apply DST patches for All Windows server versions and for all Linux machines. All of the Linux machines, Windows 2003 servers, and XP workstations updated ok. However, over half of the Windows 2000 servers, which all had Microsoft's tzedit.exe utility used to correct the DST settings for the new dates, did not update correctly. We've been double checking at a number of our client sites, all of which had the manual tzedit utility run on Windows 2000 (since MS didn't provide a patch for anything pre-XP or 2003), and we're having to correct a huge number of those Windows 2000 machines manually since the tzedit utility didn't do its job in every instance.
Its not a technician problem; we have multiple techs at a lot of these sites and we double check each other on issues like this, so there is definitely a problem with the MS utility. :rolleyes:
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I had my first DD at exactly 38 weeks and my second DD at 38 weeks 6 days.
3rd child was 2 weeks late, 2nd was right on time, 1st was 2.5 weeks early.
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Last month's Opsview Meetup in Dublin combined great conversation with ample amounts of Guinness and food – and no one went home early! Despite the sporadic blizzards and the Luas workers strike, Opsview's finest successfully made it to Ireland for our first Dublin Meetup. Customers (existing and future), coders, developers, managers and more all came to share stories, watch demos, explore ideas, learn a few tips and tricks, and hear about Opsview's plans.
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A massive thank you to J.W. Sweetman for providing a great venue, and to everyone who joined us for what was a hugely successful evening. Same time next year?
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England in the 11th century wave of migration that was set off by the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Wollydge family lived in Kent, at Woolwich.
Wollydge Early Origins
Kent where they held a family seat. The name is derived from the borough of London, which, originally the Saxon name Hulviz, at the time of the taking of the Domesday Book in 1086 by Duke William of Normandy, was held by Hamo the Sheriff, sometimes known as Hamo the Senechal (historian). It was customary amongst the Norman Barons to assign the name of the locality as a surname to a son so as to distinguish son from father. Hamo's, second son, Hamon, is most likely to be the under-tenant holding Woolwich, from his father, and conjecturally, the family are descended thusly. Wollage Green was also held, as was Woolwich Wood.
Wollydge Spelling Variations
Wollydge Spelling Variations
The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries. For that reason, spelling variations are common among many Anglo-Norman names. The shape of the English language was frequently changed with the introduction of elements of Norman French, Latin, and other European languages; even the spelling of literate people's names were subsequently modified. Wollydge has been recorded under many different variations, including Woolwich, Woolidge, Woolich, Woolidge, Woolage, Wooledge, Woledge, Woolage, Wolage, Wolledge, Worledge, Worlidge, Worllege, Worlledge, Worlage, Wolladge, Woolidge, Wollage, Wooladge, Worlych, Woolych, Woolydge, Wollydge, Warledge, Wullich, Wullidge, Wulladge, Wullage, Wooleich and many more.
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To escape the uncertainty of the political and religious uncertainty found in England, many English families boarded ships at great expense to sail for the colonies held by Britain. The passages were expensive, though, and the boats were unsafe, overcrowded, and ridden with disease. Those who were hardy and lucky enough to make the passage intact were rewarded with land, opportunity, and social environment less prone to religious and political persecution. Many of these families went on to be important contributors to the young nations of Canada and the United States where they settled. Wollydges were some of the first of the immigrants to arrive in North America: John, Henry, William and Mary Wooleich whom settled in Virgina in 1650; John Woliche, his wife, two sons and three daughters settled in New England in 1709 from London England..
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Los Skarnales celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2014 with the release of "Vatos Rudos Forever", a collection of 34 songs spanning the band's beginnings to the current line-up, demonstrating the band's diverse sounds.
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Grupo Fantasma has been praised as one of the most important independent acts in the Latin genre and has continually defied expectations to create one of the most unique musical voices to come out of the United States in the last decade. In 2011, they garnered further acclaim by winning a Grammy (their second such nomination) for their self–produced release El Existential on Nat Geo Music which the Wall Street Journal called "Latin music both new and traditional…vibrant fusions that transcend easy classification."
The band's incendiary live show, declared by NPR as "seamless whenever and wherever they're on stage" has brought the band to major festivals and venues internationally including Bonnaroo, North Sea Jazz Festival and Lowlands in the Netherlands, Kennedy Center, London's O2 Arena, Montreal Jazz Festival, WOMEX, Tempo Latino (France) as well as two tours to Kuwait and Iraq to entertain US troops. Their diverse spectrum of devoted fans speaks to the ensemble's universal appeal beyond just Latin or world music fans.In addition, they have worked or recorded with Maceo Parker, Sheila–E, Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets, Ruben Ramos, GZA of the Wu–Tang Clan, cult–hero Daniel Johnston and many others.
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Detroit Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler hopes his former team, the Texas Rangers, go winless in 2014.
"I hope they go 0-162," Kinsler told ESPN The Magazine's Robert Sanchez recently in a story published this week. "I got friends, and I love my friends, but I hope they lose their ass."
Kinsler was dealt to the Tigers this offseason in exchange for first baseman Prince Fielder.
"We won't go 0-162," Rangers manager Ron Washington said, per Richard Durrett. "Guaranteed."
In the story, Kinsler also calls general manager Jon Daniels a "sleazeball" and blames Daniels' ego for pushing Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan out.
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Every January, we put forward resolutions for the future and pledge to improve ourselves. In the world of federal CIOs, this is the perfect time of year for professional resolutions.
CIOs cannot afford to sit back and wait for change. They are hard-pressed to drive a technological revolution that meets the connectivity needs of the "always-on" government workforce. The old adage "Fortune favors the brave" has never been more relevant.
As we enter the New Year, I offer three bold resolutions that can help federal CIOs execute a broader strategic vision in 2014.
1. Communicate better. The CIO position in government requires a unique skill set that unites deep technical expertise with business acumen and a vision for the future of IT. CIOs are often in a position to communicate the IT needs of their organization to a broad range of stakeholders, and CIOs serve as drivers and brokers for innovation within their organizations.
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CIOs should take the time to boil new concepts down to their practical implications and serve as brokers of best practices. Such an approach would help a CIO become a powerful force multiplier and strengthen his or her position as a champion for technology.
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2. Choose open standards. In the government technology space, limiting options to a single-vendor IT environment often ties agencies to older and more expensive technologies. That can prove detrimental for the government IT workforce.
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It's like learning how to drive: You're not taught to drive a Ford or a Honda but are trained to operate any car. The same should be true for agency networks. IT managers should have the skills to operate any vendors' equipment, leaving agencies open for innovation and competitive diversity.
CIOs who encourage open standards will enable their IT workforce to embrace innovation instead of avoid it.
3. Keep your commitments. Through mandates such as the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), agencies have committed to the implementation of cost-saving technologies and strategies that will make a huge impact on reducing overall spending.
When FDCCI was initiated in 2010, officials anticipated savings of almost $5 billion through closing or consolidating 1,200 of 2,900 federal data centers. However, progress has been disappointing. Cost savings have proven difficult to calculate, and nearly 7,000 data centers, including many previously unaccounted for, have been identified.
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If CIOs resolve to communicate the necessity of IT improvements, prioritize open standards and keep their IT commitments, 2014 has the potential to bring forth some exciting technology developments in government.
What are your resolutions for the new year?
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This has got to be the most unprofessional group of people I've ever tried to deal with in my life. They are unresponsive, rude and unprofessional. Dr. Rawtani should have her medical license revoked immediately. She is the type of doctor that has caused the medical rates in this country to sky-rocket with unnecessary procedures, unnecessary follow-ups to get the billing and co-pay. I will be filing a complaint with the Tennessee Board of Medical Ethics and the Tennessee Board of Insurance Commissioner as well as notifying my insurance carrier of her billing practices.
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Posted on March 16th, 2011
Better take the day off for a visit to this doctor.
Good to find someone that is sincere
Posted on September 23rd, 2010
What I found most appealing about Dr. Rawtani is that she was straightforward with me. I don't need a friend in my doctor, I need someone who is going to tell it like it is - no nonsense. And she fits the bill. Don't get me wrong, she is a nice lady and has an almost motherly way of treating you but she will most certainly let you know where you need to improve and cheer you when you're doing well.
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Heather Bresch, chief executive of the Mylan pharmaceutical company, has come under fire for her company's handling of their EpiPen product. When Mylan acquired the EpiPen medication in 2007, Bresch referred to the project as, "her baby." Bresch turned the $200 million project into a $1.1-billion-dollar business for Mylan, while she ascended to the highest position in Mylan.
The EpiPen is used to stop allergic reactions as soon as a victim is exposed. Something as minor as a bee sting can cause some people to have difficulty breathing, making the EpiPen an essential medical product for individuals with severe allergic reactions.
Mylan practically has a monopoly on the sale of EpiPens, owning 90% of the medical device's market. Since their acquisition of EpiPen in 2007, the price for an EpiPen has increased by 400 percent! In 2007, the EpiPen cost users less than $100. Now the product is priced at over $600.
Coincidentally, CEO Heather Bresch's salary has increased by 600% since 2007, reaching $18 million in 2015! Unfortunately, it appears Heather Bresch's lavish salary has come at the expense of taxpayers and EpiPen users.
Despite repeated warnings from the Center for Medicaid Services, Mylan classified their EpiPen product as a generic drug, instead of a name-brand drug. This allowed Mylan to only pay 13% in rebate costs to state Medicaid programs, instead of the legally-required 23% rebate cost for name-brand products.
By classifying the EpiPen as a generic drug, Mylan allowed state Medicaid programs to cover the additional 10% rebate cost, placing an unnecessary burden on EpiPen users that need this medical device! While Mylan was cheating state Medicaid programs out of millions of dollars, their CEO was taking home an extravagant salary of $18 million!
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Electro-pop producer trio Miike Snow – made up of Bloodshy & Avant (Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg) and Andrew Wyatt – have released a new cut from their forthcoming LP, Happy to You, which is due March 27. 'Black Tin Box' features fellow Swede Lykke Li, and you can check it out below along with album track's 'Paddling Out' and 'Devil's Work'.
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Here at Executive & Airport Travel we pride ourselves on helping you have a day to remember by providing you with a personal service but with professional care. We can provide our wedding car service to any location, although we are at our most competitive when providing ours within the Boroughs of Bromley, Bexley, Dartford Lewisham and Sevenoaks.
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Funding shift brings small increase in services to Perham's Someplace Safe
So far this year, Perham's Someplace Safe outreach center has served 327 people - victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or general crimes.
With an average of 30 new victims each month, the total number of individuals helped is expected to be close to 400 by the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30. This is almost 80 more people than last year, and 160 more people than the year before that.
This growth has been the trend since the organization was established in 1998.
"Each year, those needing our services are finding their way here," Kris Warhole, the current advocate in Perham, said in an interview. "We have made a significant difference on the east side of the county, and we are here to stay."
As people become more aware of the smaller outreach centers, like Perham's office, the traffic through the emergency shelter based out of Fergus Falls dwindles. This trend made the Someplace Safe organization reexamine its financial plan recently.
Effective Oct. 1, Someplace Safe funding from the Minnesota Office of Justice Programs-Crime Victims Services will end funding for the emergency shelter in Fergus Falls due to a history of low occupancy and the availability of other violence shelters in nearby Becker County.
Becki Jordan, the Director of Development of Someplace Safe based out of Fergus Falls, said 40 percent of Someplace Safe's budget was sunk into emergency shelters. By closing the shelter, all that money could be invested in outreach offices in order to offer more services to clients locally.
Jordan said, "It makes more sense to have local offices in each county so people can get assistance they need locally" instead of driving to a shelter many miles away.
Jordan said, "Our clients won't see that much of a change because even though the shelter is closing, we will still supply emergency housing" through the hotel/motel program, which puts victims in motels in order to remove them from emergency situations.
Currently, Someplace Safe operates nine outreach offices in eight counties, but the recent funding shift will allow the organization to open another outreach office in Wadena and expand the hours at the Perham office.
Located at each outreach office is an advocate who helps individuals complete restraining order paperwork, works alongside police and other agencies, and provides information about Someplace Safe programs, among other things.
The Perham advocate position will expand to a full time position because of the funding shift.
The shift will also help one of Perham's most well used programs, the Parenting Time Center Program.
Since 2006, this program has provided a safe alternative to public confrontations for families involved in a custody battle. The Parenting Time Center eliminates face-to-face contact between mother and father when exchanging kids, as the parents are not at the drop-off point at the same time.
Individuals are referred to Someplace Safe by various agencies throughout the county.
Someplace Safe relies on community support to help raise awareness, and although most of its funding comes from the state, it also relies on community fundraisers to help fill the gaps.
The Perham Someplace Safe has two upcoming fundraisers: Perham's Lady Charity sixth annual golf event, and a 'Walking in Women's Heels' event.
The golf fundraiser will be held on Saturday, Sept. 8 at the Perham golf course at noon. The $65 cost includes lunch and golfing with a cart; a portion goes toward prize money.
'Walking in Women's Heels' will take place in downtown Perham on Friday, Sept. 28 at noon. Men are invited to step up to raise awareness against domestic violence and sexual assault by taking a walk in four-inch high heels. Cost is $50 and includes a T-shirt and a sparkly pair of heels in men's sizes (to borrow, not to keep).
To reach Someplace Safe's 24-hour crisis hotline, call 800-974-3359. The local office can be reached at 346-7276.


text: Guys, I'm kind of freaking out. It's already the middle of August! I hate that feeling of summer slipping away. No matter what I always feel like I didn't have enough fun, didn't spend enough time outside and this year, didn't eat enough summer corn. It's a terrifying feeling, frankly. Especially for a lady who lives and dies for corn. I once infamously (or famously depending on how you look at it) ate THREE cobs of corn as an after school snack at the tender age of six. (lay off of me, I was starving). Anywho, summer ain't over yet, theres still time to take advantage of the corn bounty at your local greenmarket. I really love corn cut fresh from the cob with whatever other vegetable you have lying around plus a little grated garlic, balsamic vinegar and good olive oil. It's true what they say about the simplest preparations being the best ones. Of course, there's still always room for recipes that require a little more effort. Here's some corn-y delights that I've been eyeing. Let's make the last few weeks of summer really count. What do you say?


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Our tour around the island will show you hidden places out off the usual circuit and will make you know the Island in a different way.
Along the coast or inside a volcano, discover with ComunicAir the secrets of Terceira. Come with us to a pasture and experience milking a cow or learn how wine is made at the village of Biscoitos.
At lunch time, taste the delicious "Alcatra", a dish of rump cooked for 6 hours to intensify all flavours and textures, at the best typical food restaurant of the island, with a friendly and homely atmosphere. Opportunity also to visit the "Algar do Carvão".
At the end of the day, you will have a better perception of the island as a whole.
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Rooms, services Hotel-Café Rathaus Bad Abbach would be glad to host you for a memorable journey in Germany. The hotel is offering eight tasfefully furnished, nice rooms for those looking for a place to stay at in Bad Abbach. You may taste delicious, fresh meals in the restaurant of the hotel every day. For those arriving by car parking is available nearby. The café and the bar have excellent atmosphere for a relaxed evening talk or a personal meeting. In the safe you may secure your valuables. If you have a suitable portable device, you can connect to the Internet via a wireless network (WiFi) available at the hotel. The exact list of services available at Hotel-Café Rathaus Bad Abbach (including those for an extra fee) and the exact list of equipment in a room can be found on the information sheet below.
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With the exception of an unrevealing promotional poster and a couple of (official) stills, Summit Entertainment has let fan hype create the majority of the buzz for [movie id="420622"]"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,"[/movie] which comes out on June 30. Now, three months after the release of [movie id="414921"]"New Moon,"[/movie] the series' official Twitter revealed that the first "Eclipse" trailer will debut in theaters on March 12 before screenings of [movie id="430301"]"Remember Me."[/movie]
The debut continues a trend of RPattz cross promotion that began when the trailer for "Remember Me" debuted before the November release of "New Moon." Summit seems to be hoping the magic hype circle will work again, drawing "Twilight" fans to the theater to see Pattinson romance Emilie de Ravin and to catch their first glimpse of the third movie (unless, of course, it leaks onto the Internet ahead of time).
This might be Summit's smartest theatrical trailer release yet, considering that in 2008, the "Twilight" trailer debuted before the Warner Bros. superhero flick "Speed Racer," while this past year the "New Moon" trailer was shown before the Summit-helmed slasher "Sorority Row."
On the other hand, those films, whose genres didn't exactly match up, might have exposed to the saga while drawing Twilighters to the action and horror pics to catch the trailers. We assume die-hard Team Edward members were already planning to see Pattinson's new romantic drama.
Or we could be wrong. Have you decided to see "Remember Me" based on this "Eclipse" news? What scenes are you hoping to see in the trailer? Let us know below!
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From the first third-generation baseball player in Major League Baseball history, a sometimes moving, always candid look at his family's 70 years in the world of professional baseball.
Bret Boone made history in 1992 as the first third-generation major leaguer in baseball history. A five-foot-ten firecracker who was spurned by scouts for his small size, supposed lack of power, and temper tantrums (one scout called him a "helmet-throwing terror"), Bret didn't care about family legacy; he wanted to make his own way. He did just that, building a 14-year career that included three all-star appearances, four Gold Gloves, a bout with alcoholism, and the ignominy of being traded for the infamous "player to be named later." Now that he's coaching minor leaguers half his age, and his 15-year-old son has the potential to be a fourth-generation major leaguer, Bret is ready to reflect on and tell the story of baseball from the perspective of his family's 70-year history in the sport.
Combining the brashness and candor of Ball Four with a dollop of Big Russ and Me sentiment, this book will trace the evolution of the game - on the field and behind the scenes - from Ray Boone's era in the 1950s to Bret and Aaron's era in the 90s and 2000s, when players made millions, dined on lobster in the clubhouse, injected themselves with PEDs, and had their choice of "Annies" - female clingers-on, or as today's players call them, "road beef." Along the way, the book will touch on pieces of Boone family lore, including Bret hitting zero dingers in a home run derby and Aaron's home run (if you don't know what this is referring to, then consult the nearest Red Sox fan). Blending nostalgia, behind-the-scenes profanity, close analysis of the game that only players can offer, and insight into baseball's ongoing evolution as a sport and a business, Bret Boone will offer a one-of-a-kind look at America's favorite pastime from a family who has seen it all.
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Good stories, but bad story teller
If you're a die hard baseball fan, you'll enjoy the stories. Takes a while to get past his ego though.
Bret is an awful narrator. I appreciate hearing from the horse's mouth, so to speak, but he's a pro ball player, not a narrator.
awkward transitions, inconsistent speed, ultimately felt like they cut just before he asked for his check at the end.
Again, if you love baseball, you'll enjoy the stories.
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Snowing! I started out the day walking in the rain, but then it turned to wet snow and has continued snowing steadily since. We've gotten several inches now and it is still snowing. It looks like it'll be pretty icy tomorrow and the forecast shows more snow overnight. That will impact the morning commute. Fortunately, I'm not scheduled to work. I hope everyone stays safe!
Castle Panic
Speaking of staying safe, tonight we played Castle Panic for the first time.
Fun game! For a long time, it looked like we were doomed! A few well-timed boulders, barbarians, and scavenge helped us overcome the monsters and win with one tower left standing. I first heard about the game (as with many others) by watching the Tabletop episode with Wil Wheaton. Thanks, Wil!
Santa Clarita Diet
This evening I watched the first episode of the Santa Clarita Diet. It's a dark comedy with Drew Barrymore and it's a blast! Gross, but loads of fun.
Don't watch it if you're easily bothered. If moral ambiguity, gore, and Drew Barrymore are your thing, though, then go for it.
I've also recently watched the first episode of Mars (enjoyed it too), and I've been watching (and enjoying) Colony as well.
I've spent most of the day studying. In fact, I have more to do. Plus I want to get a story scheduled to be posted.


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This week there are some changes on the website, and there is one more to come. First, I'll tell you about the coming change which is to introduce a true e-commerce element to the payment mechanism of the site. This means that there will be a shopping cart, which can be updated as you make your decisions about which yarns you want. Payment will be made by credit card and shipping calculated by weight.
For the customer, it means that it will be easier to review your shopping card and to change your mind. Right now, customers are taken away from my website when it is time to pay, and as the business owner, I don't want you to be taken away from my site! Also, if you are not a PayPal member you will not be forced to sign up just to buy my yarn. PayPal will still be available for those who choose to use it.
From my end, things will be simplified considerably and I will be able to generate reports to help me run my business better. So! Easier for you and easier for me! Sounds like an act of efficiency to me.
But, I was going to tell you about the current changes on the site. There are now pages for my newest BLUE FACED LEICESTER yarns and for KAREN ALFKE's UNPATTERNS. Now, you can click a couple of places on the HOME page to get to a page where you will see the sock yarns, which are very popular, as well as the BLUE FACED LEICESTER.
In an earlier blog post I listed the yarns which are being discontinued: Big Ben, Cuddles, Newport, Noko Bonjour, Silk & Ivory (new name 'Carrera'), Toaga, and Twirly. These yarns have been moved to the SPECIALS page, and I still have stock of all except the Silk & Ivory/Carrera. That one is sold out, but is always available by special order.
In late summer, two new Blue Faced Leicester yarns will be posted -- a true bulky yarn in this soft, luxurious yarn and a new sock yarn! Just to tantalize you sock knitters a bit, I'll give you a preview. The new Blue Faced Leicester Sock Yarn is a three-ply in superwash BFL. I expect lots of interest in this one and can't wait for the shipment to come in. BUT I get ahead of myself. This yarn is an exclusive for Wool2Dye4 and is being milled and spun for exclusive distribution in the