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Saving dogs from going "kennel crazy"
Imagine a dog slowly going crazy.
She sits alone in her three-by-five shelter cage day and night, for weeks or maybe even a year.
She becomes frustrated, barks and jumps uncontrollably. She walks in circles.
The longer it goes, the more lethargic and depressed she becomes. The dog hangs her head and shows few signs of life.
When people looking to adopt a dog walk her way, they decide to keep going.
She is unadoptable.
In the phrase used by shelter workers, this unfortunate animal has gone "kennel crazy."
Nick Fisher has seen it plenty of times. So has Aimee Sadler.
And now Fisher, CEO of The Humane Society of the South Platte Valley, and Sadler, behavior and training program director at the Longmont Humane Society, have a chance to do something about the problem on a national scale.
That's because their shelters have have been tapped as partners by Camp Bow Wow, the nation's largest pet services company, to help shelters around the country end the isolation many dogs have endured.
Longmont and South Platte are in the forefront of "enrichment" and "socialization" for canines.
Their kennels are large enough for two dogs. Volunteers take animals on regular walks. Both shelters have common areas where dogs can
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"We've become leaders in the country," said Sadler.
Camp Bow Wow, based in Boulder, announced the partnership with the two Front Range shelters as part of its "On Our Way Home Project," which will aid in the improvement of current animal shelter facilities across the nation.
Heidi Ganahl, CEO and founder of Camp Bow Wow, began the business in Denver in 2000. It now has about 200 franchises in 40 states and Canada, 1,700 employees and in 2099 had revenue of $40 million.
Camp Bow Wow, which has a foundation that works with non-profit animal agencies, believes more exercise and socialization will make animals more calm, friendly and affectionate when meeting potential new families, improving chances of adoption.
"The idea is to do this across the country," said Fisher.
Potential adopters will also have the ability to see the dogs socializing with other animals via web cams or live at the shelters, rather than viewing the animals in kennels.
Camp Bow Wow's project will also offer free consulting and market guidance for shelter owners, as well as aid in the remodeling of run-down shelters. One shelter in desperate need of renovations will get a complete makeover .
"The program will undoubtedly assist shelters across the country that are unable to offer proper care to their furry friends, due to limited funds and access to the latest information about animal care facility design," Ganahl said.
In the first year, plans are to work with approximately 200 shelters nationwide, devoting more than 1,000 hours of staff time and raise $250,000 in sponsorships and grant money.
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Raising the woof — Foothills Animal Center, which is replacing the Table Mountain Animal Center in Golden. is hosting grand opening events this Saturday.
From 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., the public is invited to take interactive tours of the center. There will be demonstrations, live music, face painting, giveaways, Mexican food, other entertainment and adoptable animals. Shelter location: 580 McIntyre St., Golden.
From 5 p.m. until 10 p.m., there will be an evening gala at The Matthews Collection, a private car collection and event center at 5889 Lamar St., Arvada. There will be food from local restaurants, entertainment and silent and live auctions. Tickets are $150 per person. Information: 720 407-5226 or www.foothillsanimal.org
Larimer adoption drive — The Larimer Humane Society has two events scheduled this week to boost its drive to win a pet adoption contest put on by the ASPCA.
Friday and Saturday, it will take part in Loveland's Old-Fashioned Corn Roast Festival, at Fairgrounds Park in downtown Loveland. Adoptable animals will be available. Information: www.loveland.org.
Saturday, it will participate in the Annie Walk and Pet Fest, 7:30 a.m. to noon at the main library of the Poudre River Public Library District in Fort Collins. Information: (970) 221-6526 or www.poudrelibraries.org.
Behave! — Dr. Nicholas Dodman, BVMS, will present special behavior workshops Friday through Sunday at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley. Friday — The Well Adjusted Cat Workshop. Saturday and Sunday — The Well Adjusted Dog Workshop. Information and registration: Boulderhumane.org.
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Choosing a bank to meet your financial needs is no easy task, and the banking industry is drastically different than your parent's bank of decades past. It may be surprising, but the financial services industry is one of the biggest spenders on technology. This spending has allowed them to evolve rapidly and offer services beyond making loans and taking in deposits from individuals and businesses. Consolidation has also played a big part in lowering costs for customers, though the need for a personalized, local service will always be in demand. (For a related reading, see Your Banker's 6 Dirty Secrets.)
Below is an overview of the primary changes that have occurred in the banking industry and the options available to you.
Types of BanksDespite having one of the oldest business models out there, the banking industry in the United States remains highly fragmented. Merger waves do tend to sweep across the sector and this has created banks with a national presence. These banks are referred to as money center banks and include banking behemoths such as Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo. Yet, despite their giant size and ability to snap up smaller rivals, many regional competitors exist, as do local branches that seem to sprout up and feed a constant supply of acquisition candidates.
The Benefits of Going BigEach of these banking types offers certain advantages. The money center banks are a somewhat recent phenomenon that came from the growing drive to create financial franchises with a national footprint. Technology has played a big part, as it has created the ability for customer bank balances to be transmitted in real-time to disparate locations. A recent study detailed that the financial services industry spends the more on information technology than any other industry. Last year, this amounted to an estimated $500 billion across the globe. As a result, customers didn't have to be tied to a certain bank or state to make deposits or withdrawals.
Online banking is one of the many examples of how technology spending has helped push banking forward. Scale is important in the industry, as it allows fixed costs to be spread over a larger number of locations and customers. Again, money center banks have many scale advantages over regional and local competitors. For the most part, larger banks are best able to keep ATM fees and other transaction costs low.
The advent of internet banking means it is possible for customers to do their banking exclusively online. Deposits can be sent through the mail and withdrawals can be made via competing bank ATMs, with the possibility of having certain ATM fees waived. Since they don't have to maintain physical branches or hire as many employees, online banks can keep costs incredibly low and pass certain savings on to customers. (To learn more, see Online Banks: Lower Costs And Little Sacrifice.)
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A local bank can also be a safer choice if it lends locally. Many banks, especially the regional ones, got caught up in the recent credit crisis by stretching for profits in parts of the country that were far from their headquarters. Banks in slower-growing regions expanded too quickly into parts of Florida and California. They foolishly expanded into high-risk markets they knew too little about and were adversely impacted once the housing bubble deflated. (To learn more, see The Fuel That Fed The Subprime Meltdown.)
Banking Hours No Longer ApplyIncreased competitiveness has also forced the industry to evolve. The term "bankers hours" has come to represent the description of an abbreviated working day and it used to be common for a bank to only be open during business hours during weekdays. This was typically 9am to 5am and it didn't include weekends. These days, Saturday operating hours are common, as are days when banks stay open until 8pm to better match the needs of time-strapped consumers. Internet capabilities mean transactions can be entered any time or day, though actual fund movement is still mostly kept to standard weekly business hours.
Other ConsiderationsIn addition to improved banking hours, many banks operate in businesses that were not considered traditional banking activities. A traditional bank makes loans to individuals and businesses with the checking and savings deposits it receives from other individuals and businesses. It earns a profit from the spread in interest rates between these two activities, which is also known as a net interest margin.
These days, other fees, or "non-interest income", make up a large percentage of banking revenues. Banks still earn fees from allowing ATM withdrawals, such as from outside customers, and on overdrafts and other account activities. But now they also offer investment advice and provide brokerage accounts or portfolio management services, such as managing mutual funds. Many also sell insurance and earn a commission for providing homeowner and/or life insurance.
The Bottom LineOverall, banks today are a far cry from the banks that existed 20 years ago or more. The vast majority of branches are now owned and operated by money-center titans or other large regional rivals. These banks offer many advantages and sell services far beyond the traditional loan activities that banks used to only provide.
For the most part, banks now qualify as financial services firms that can provide or facilitate any type of financial transaction that consumers need. At the end of the day, as with any business, those that offer a wide array of services at low costs and with high levels of customer service will be the winners. For a consumer, it takes some legwork to determine who those players are, but it is worth it and the options are as plentiful as they have ever been in the banking industry. For you personally, it basically boils down to whether you value a bank with a local presence, or a larger bank with lower costs and a wider array of services. (For more, see The Evolution Of Banking.)
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2010-11 Season (Junior): Averaged 10.8 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.8 assists…played in all 30 games starting 15…shot 41.5 percent from the field, 41.8 percent from the 3-point line, and 76.1 percent from the free throw line…Opened the season shooting 35.2 percent from the 3-point line (37-of-105) over the first 16 games…Shot 49.0 percent from the 3-point line (47-of-97) in the final 14 games of the season…Ranked 19th in A-Sun for scoring (10.8), fifth in 3-point percentage (41.8), and first in threes per game (2.80)…Led Lipscomb in scoring five times and rebounding once…Scored in double-figures 16 times…Scored 20 or more points four times…Scored a season-high 28 points at Tennessee Tech (Dec. 11) on 7-of-12 shooting from downtown…Had a 1.22 assist-to-turnover ratio…Hit four or more three's in 12 games…Atlantic Sun Games…Averaged 10.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.9 assists in conference play…Ranked third in 3-point percentage (44.8) and second in threes per game (2.80)…Hit a career-best nine free throws against Campbell (Jan. 17)…Averaged 12.8 points over the final 14 games of the season….shot 48.5 percent from the field in last 12 games of season…
2009-10 Season (Sophomore): Averaged 12.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game … Third leading scorer on a team that won the regular season Atlantic Sun Conference … Was the Atlantic Sun's most prolific three-point shooter, boasting a three-point percentage of 43.0 percent … Ranked sixth in the nation in three-point percentage and three-point field goals per game … Made a school record 96 three-pointers, shattering the previous record of 64 … Made at least four 3-pointers in 13 games … Played in 29 games, making 20 starts … Led the team in free throw percentage (.840) … Recorded four 20-point games … Scored in double figures 16 times … Notched a career-high 31 points on 9-of-15 shooting, including 8-of-12 from downtown in win at Mercer on Dec. 3 … Eight made three-pointers against Mercer tied Trey Williams' (2006) school record for made threes in a game … Scored 22 points and dished out four assists in win vs. Florida Gulf Coast on Jan. 4 …Recorded 22 points, six rebounds and four assists in win vs. North Florida (Feb. 5) … Made at least five 3-pointers in six games … Atlantic Sun Games … Averaged 14.9 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game in 20 conference games … One of three Lipscomb players to rank among the league's top-10 scorers … Averaged 15.3 points per game in final seven regular season conference games … Connected on 74-of-164 three point attempts to rank first in the Atlantic Sun with a 45.1 percent 3-point percentage … Made 39-of-47 free throw attempts (83.0 percent) in conference play.
2008-09 Season (Freshman): Averaged 4.1 points and 1.8 rebounds per game … played in all 31 games, starting once (Campbell, Jan. 8) … averaged 12.4 minutes per game … shot 37.5 percent from the field and 35.6 percent from the 3-point line … led the Bisons in scoring once (at North Florida, Dec. 4) … scored in double figures four times … scored a season high 17 points at North Florida on Dec. 4 … had a season high six rebounds versus North Florida on Feb. 28 … had a season high six assists vs. Oakland City (Nov. 15) … connected on three 3-pointers five times … ranked 12th in the Atlantic Sun for 3-point field goal percentage (.356). Atlantic Sun Games: Averaged 5.2 points and 2.1 rebounds per game … shot 47.2 percent from the field … second on the team with a .464 3-point field goal percentage … Ranked second in the Atlantic Sun for 3-point field goal percentage (.464) … shot 56.0 percent from the 3-point line in the final six regular season games … averaged 9.0 points per game during the last six regular season games.
High School: Averaged 12.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game as a senior … Shot 46.4% from the 3-point line hitting about three per game … Shot 94.6% from the free throw line (35 of 37) … Led the Ames High School Little Cyclones to a 20-3 record his senior year … Rated a two-star recruit by Rivals.com … Selected to the second team All-Conference in 2008 by the Des Moines Register … Selected to the coaches first team All-Conference in 2008 … Selected to the Basketball Coaches Association Class 4A All Sub-State 2 team in 2007 and 2008 … Scored a season high 26 points twice his senior year (Dec. 4 at Des Moines East and Feb. 22 vs. North) ... Two-year varsity starter ... Coached by Vance Downs ... Also played golf and soccer for Ames HS ... Leader of the school's tailgate - CHILLGATE ... Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
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It is so wet and stormy Father has gone to see if he can get on the 8.15 bus' to Ingoldmells and patrol back instead of cycling one way. We had snow showers all yesterday, very wet and slushy but not nearly as cold as Monday. Washed on Tuesday but it hardly dried a thread. Lit fire in room yesterday morning and put them round fire. They are all dry now so must iron today. My asthma not so bad now. I usually get about 3 months when I am free from it. Must persevere with "Anestans" now I am improving and who knows? Not I, certainly.
Had a cable from Ron on Tues. with Xmas and New Year Greetings. It is nice to feel in touch once more. Mavis and Mary P. came for tea on Tue. They were like 3 old women playing card games all the time except when Mary could bury herself in a book. Jean went to Sk[egness] on Monday and stayed dinner at Coulston's. She did not take coupons so could not get slipper wool? 4 oz 1 coupon 4½ oz. However, Father took Mrs Jones, Cook's Welsh friends, to the station on Tue. and got it. It is blue, very pretty, and she has nearly finished them. Had a short letter from Jock, Wed, saying he expected to be married that day, so sent him a Greetings Telegram. Virgin took it so hope he did not forget it. It was so rough to send Jean out, tho' Rene came. Mavis came too to fetch her cycle just before dark and brought the paper. She found it too rough to take cycle. I was sorry she had come, we don't expect them to bring papers. Did not get any rug done yesterday as I had to put a hook and eye on Fa's collar (tunic) and he got his gloves so wet they would not be dry for to-day, so he thought he would have mittens made into gloves. It was a longer job than I thought but found a pair of Ron's wool ones for him to wear today.
Hope the weather improves, I haven't got my groceries from Stow's yet. My throat is dry and tickly. It would be, as we have no sweet coupons until next week, having been rash at Xmas. Also I made a mistake in the weeks and thought this was the commencement of 7th period and it isn't until next week. Am alright except for tea, it will be "tea begrudged and water bewitched" I'm afraid until Monday. Made too many cups at Xmas I'm afraid. Infantry in R.As [Royal Artillery's] billets and in two of Ashley's houses. They do not cook here or have meals so we don't see much of them. Our pig is missing the R.As most, especially as we can't seem to get pig pot[atoe]s either. Heard the sound of bombs yes[terday] afternoon. Father went on watch for Joe Kirk 6 to 8 pm. and found they were at Mablethorpe, no particulars, but one on beach sent shrapnel thro' Watch bx. Others were dropped down Vic[toria] Road. Later on radio said bombs were dropped on East Coast and damage and casualties resulted with some people killed and afterwards a place in E[ast] Ang[lia] was bombed too.
Will did catch the bus – to Mastin's Corner, Ingoldmells, near the 'Royal Arthur', almost in Skegness. (Jean's diary: 7 January 1943.)
Mary Plant, Jean's friend lived at 'Waysmeet' with her aunt Mrs Dandison (see 4 Jan. 1942).
The three 'old women' were Mavis Simpson, Mary Plant and Jean.
The note on slipper wool probably meant that, whilst May intended to buy 4 ounces, 1 coupon was required per 4½ ounces of wool.
Jones, soldier, and his wife were friends of Army cook Jock Brown. Their daughter was also a taxi passenger on that occasion (Jean's diary: 5 January 1943).
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Recalling Steinbeck's 'Doc' in Monterey
Ed Ricketts' biology lab was cultural hub in 1940s
A ramshackle wooden cabin sits a block from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, wedged between former sardine canneries, its backyard dropping into the Pacific.
This is where Ed Ricketts - the marine biologist immortalized as "Doc" in John Steinbeck's novel "Cannery Row" - studied the creatures he pulled from the sea.
Together, writer and scientist made Monterey Bay famous, bringing to light the characters who lived there, both on land and underwater.
Frank Wright, 93, of Carmel is one of the few people who have a key to Ricketts' lab. That's because he's one of the last remaining friends of Ricketts' who can remember when the lab was a cultural hub of Monterey, the place where artists, scientists, fishermen and the penniless came for dinner, discussion, classical music and lots of beer.
"After the sun went down, people just sort of gravitated here," said Wright, during an interview inside the former lab. "His door was always open, and whenever you came in, you were guaranteed a good time."
Ricketts' lab, Pacific Biological Laboratories, is now owned by the city of Monterey and can be visited four times a year when the nonprofit Cannery Row Foundation leads public tours. Occasionally Wright joins the tours to share his memories of Ricketts, and this year he has been spending a lot of time with a film crew from Los Angeles that is making a documentary, "For Ed Ricketts."
In the 1930s, Ricketts supplied universities and research centers with the sea anemones, starfish and mollusks he pulled from the tide pools, and amassed the most complete intertidal record of the west coast of North America into a manual, "Between Pacific Tides," that is considered a seminal marine biology text today.
Wright had been drafted out of a biology program at UC Berkeley in 1942 to work as a teletype operator at the Presidio in Monterey, when he met Ricketts, who had been enlisted to work in the dispensary giving shots and urinalysis tests. Every time Wright was given a three-day pass from the base, he stayed with Ricketts at the lab. He remembers discussing art and philosophy over abalone dinners in the lab, while listening to Beethoven and Gregorian chants. Once, he spied a draft of "Cannery Row" on Ricketts' desk.
"Steinbeck fictionalized his character as kind of a boozer," Wright said.
While Ricketts did enjoy the Burgermeister beer he bought across the street at the Wing Chong Market, he never drank to excess, Wright said.
"And the name 'Doc,' that didn't come from Steinbeck, it came from some kids, about a half dozen who knocked on the door and said, 'We got the impetigo,' " Wright said.
Steinbeck was visiting at the time, Wright said, and watched Ricketts swab the children's skin lesions with gentian violet, a purple antiseptic.
"The children said, 'Thanks, Doc,' when they left, and that left an impression on Steinbeck."
Wright likes to reminisce in a favorite chair by a window in the front room of the lab, near a dusty record player. The scientific jars, measuring devices and biology papers are all long gone, many of them donated by Steinbeck to Stanford's nearby Hopkins Marine Station after his friend Ricketts was killed at age 50 when his car was struck by a train in 1948.
After his death, friends of Ricketts', including Wright, turned the lab into a private bohemian men's club, continuing Ricketts' love of intellectual discussion, classical music and long dinners. They built a bar in Ricketts' former bedroom, and rolled in a player piano. One wall in the front room is covered in Picasso prints, fashion photos of Sophia Loren, and stills of famous philosophers and Renaissance paintings, all arranged in a collage by New Yorker and Playboy cartoonist Eldon Dedini, a regular.
Several club members went on to start the Monterey Jazz Festival, and several of the early performers, such as Dizzy Gillespie, held private after-parties at the lab.
In 1961, Wright got married in the backyard, right next to the empty concrete holding tanks where Ricketts kept his larger specimens - octopuses and small sharks.
During Ricketts' time in Monterey, some considered him an aquatic poacher. Lacking a college degree, in the shadow of Stanford's world-class marine center, he was often dismissed as a poseur. Steinbeck portrayed him as a sad, dejected outsider, which contradicts what historians believe.
"He was ahead of his time," said Michael Hemp, author of "Cannery Row: The History of John Steinbeck's Old Ocean View Avenue," and founder of the Cannery Row Foundation.
"Ed would say it's important to know a certain species by its weight and length, but he also needed to know why interrelated congregations of organisms live together under certain conditions - what we now know as ecology," Hemp said.
In 1984, the Monterey Bay Aquarium opened as the first oceanic museum to group compatible creatures in group exhibits, Hemp said. Now it's an industry standard.
Inside the Ricketts lab, there is a new sound system. Before shutting the door, Wright fired it up to check the sound. Gregorian chants filled the wooden clubhouse.
Wright closed his eyes.
"Yes, yes," he said. "That's exactly what it was like."
Ed Ricketts lab tours: Tours arranged by reservation through The City of Monterey Museum Office (831) 646-5640 and the Cannery Row Foundation (831) 659-2112.
Meredith May is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Bryan Fuller's cruelly cancelled, just-as-it-was-hitting-its-stride show Pushing Daisies might not be dead! After dropping some wild hints about the return of this beloved series in some form or another, we've finally got a follow-up, and it sounds like more Pie Hole sing-a-longs will be in our future.
TV Line sat down with Fuller and pressured him to elaborate on the hints he dropped on his Comic-Con Munsters panel, where he admitted that he's working on a Pushing Daisies revival that doesn't involve comic books or a film — which only leaves Broadway! Fuller response to this inquiry? "Perhaps!" But then he followed up with this line:
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Wednesday, 23 January 2013
I feel I should say..
First I read the full set of archeology thrillers by Elly Griffiths, then The Girl on the Stairs by Louise Welsh (eh?), then The Blackhouse by Peter May, because someone recommended it and someone else said it was utterly dreadful and I was curious (verdict: slightly heavy on the seabirds and leaden, brooding menace for me), then I read Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton even though it has ghosts and I don't normally hold with that kind of thing, and In the Woods by Tana French which was really great but I felt slightly cheated at the end and now I've found a Denise Mina I hadn't already read (even though, having read the subsequent ones, I know whodunnit).
Problems with reading too much dark detective fiction:
- Wake up every morning with a steel band tension headache from a night of tooth grinding.
- Twitchy, bug eyed, anxious.
Advantages of reading too much detective fiction:
- Would have been anxious anyway, and now twitchiness/anxiety can now be ascribed to reading habits, not real life.
- Instant perspective: have I been dismembered, or accused of dismemberment today? No? Well then. Also, I think real life takes on a sort of benigner hue due to the absence of disgusting, senseless, violent, sadistic crime in my front room. The pigeons in the back garden fight a lot, and the bastard dog jumped onto the kitchen work surface and ate my last three triangles of Blue Toblerone today, but that's as bad as it gets.
So: what next? I have done quite a lot of the Scandis in varying quantities/quality, but none but Asa Larsson in the last two years. Am I missing out on further opportunities to grind my horse teeth into tiny stumps and get palpitations? What crime do you recommend? My tastes run particularly to gritty/realistic-verging-on-profoundly-gloomy/Aga saga gone bad, and much less to PIs with 'pieces'. Alternatively, what have you read recently that is good and that you recommend to wean me off this run of autopsies and dark childhood secret misery?
In other news, M and I have had a disagreement about those Shetland ponies wearing Shetland jumpers.
E: I'm not sure about the jumpers. I am concerned that they adulterate their essential pony-ness.
M: There is something wrong with your side of the brain.
E: Why can't ponies JUST BE PONIES? LET PONIES BE PONIES.
M: This is like the Bartlet campaign all over again.
E: YES. YES IT IS. And yet I am still not in love with Josh despite your assurances.
In other, further, other news, my life as a Tiger Mother malgré moi continues ingloriously, but with intermittent high points of comedy. F dropped his rental violin, denting it, during an over-enthusiastic rendering of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and we have entered the dark, dark world of Learning Chinese Characters By Heart. Bugger all that encouraging stuff about forging new neural passageways of two posts ago, my brain finds this process physically painful.
"HANG ON. I thought this one that looks like a picnic table was 'ma'?
"Naaooon, that's huan".
"And since when are there TWO that look like small stick people? AND WHY DOES ONE OF THEM HAVE A FAT LEG??"
F is totally on top of it.
He can also sing you a Chinese song about tigers with no ears, and do some kind of eyeball massage. He is quite the renaissance man. My very favourite of his new skillz is listing huge numbers of animals in Chinese, which has enabled me to learn the following composite creature expressions:
Panda is "Bear cat"
Turkey is "fire chicken"
Goat is "mountain sheep"
Owl is "cat head .. something". (I think it is bird. F is unsure)
Fire chicken! I want to make up my own now, but unfortunately my brain is still cowering in the corner, licking its wounds. Weepette's composite name is "chocolate bastard neurotic scrawny fiend" and soon my youngest will be able to write that down for me in beautiful calligraphy. I have tried gently querying with him whether all his self-imposed extra-curricular activities make him feel like the sister in Mr Stink who has jousting lessons and plays the trombone and so on, but he claims not so, so on we go, towards imminent ruin.
Final other news: I just have discovered this (after nearly 10 million other people, I am quite the early adopter) and now I cannot stop muttering to myself "fuck your Toyota Yaris, I've got a horse outside" even though sadly this is not at ALL true. More on the subject of horses soon, however, even though they do not have an entertaining composite name ('ma', but not the same 'ma' that looks like a picnic table, because it has an uppy-downy accent instead of a straight across one I TOLD YOU IT WAS HARD).
22 comments:
- JJ said...
You've just reminded me I want to read the rest of the Asa Larsson books. Those archeology books look great, too, I hadn't heard of them.
I loathed The Blackhouse. Properly passionate dark muttering loathing. (I didn't particularly like NW either but I don't particularly like Zadie Smith although I really want to.)
And I'm with M on the ponies, sorry.
I had not seen that video! That's brilliant. I think if I tweet it I will get cool points from my son who, as of today, is following me. Bonus.
- 23 January 2013 at 21:16
Also agree re The Blackhouse- I shelled out dollaros for the audiobook and felt utterly cheated.
Recommendation- Stuart MacBride! Gory, gritty, much foul language, and the funniest black humour I have ever read. Start with Cold Granite and work your way through them. He and Denise Mina are my absolute favourites, closely followed by Mark Billingham and, for a little trans-atlantic flavour, Karin Slaughter (worth it for the name alone).
Why yes, I AM a crime tragic. :-)
- 23 January 2013 at 21:27
- MsCaroline said...
My late father was a Chinese linguist, and he was always(unsuccessfully) trying to teach me Chinese(oddly, he did succeed in teaching me to speak fluent German.) Besides the numbers, all I can remember is a sentence that goes, "Ma ma ma ma," which, -if said with correct tonal emphasis - means 'Mother hit the horse with a stick.'
I was never able to get the correct tonal emphasis, sadly.
- 23 January 2013 at 22:18
- paola said...
I've also just read "In the woods": like you I really liked it and then felt cheated at the end... So I decided to go straight into the second book "The likeness" and I just can't put it down! Haven't finished it yet, so no spoilers, but it's much better than the first. Give it a try!
- 24 January 2013 at 08:47
- Robert Hudson said...
Have you read Carol O'Connell? It's crack-y. Definitely start with Mallory's Oracle if you fancy going down the road. Lawrence Block's 'The Burglar...'s are effortlessly and actually good light reading. I love Janet Evanovich.
- 24 January 2013 at 09:36
- Mrs Jones said...
How very odd. We get the cat to do owl impressions by squeezing his ears together. He also does a passable Yoda (push the ears apart) and snake (pin the ears flat).
Anyway, I'm not sure if you're into historical detective fiction (probably not) but I'm going to highly recommend the 'Bernie Gunther' novels by Philip Kerr (starting with 'March Violets') and the Station series of books by David Downing. Both are set in Nazi Germany - Bernie Gunther is a melancholy ex-policeman and in the Station books, John Russell is an American/British journalist caught up in Berlin in the 1930s. Both sets of books are brilliantly written, taut, scary plus added Nazi menace. And I liked them much better than Alan Furst's books. Anyway, just putting that out there, in case you're interested!
- 24 January 2013 at 10:48
- Michelloui | The American Resident said...
Chinese characters? I'm going to have to make a cup of tea after this to calm the worries that I-should-have-done-that-for-my-daughter and am-I-not-a-good-enough-mum-for-not-thinking-of-it.
I always crave fanatsy fictyion in the autumn and winter. Weird. I wondered if I was the only one to have seasonal literature cravings. I can understand the crime craving! I haven't read good crime stuff since the Aurelio Zen novels. I shall check back for others' recommendations here then to get a list going, after reading this I quite fancy some good crime fiction. And yes, it does keep things in perpspective--I love this: "have I been dismembered, or accused of dismemberment today? No? Well then."
- 24 January 2013 at 11:37
- Waffle said...
Michelloui - Oh god, I must explain that this whole Chinese thing came SOLELY from my son and if it were up to me we would spend every afternoon and evening watching reruns of Come Dine With Me and eating Cadburys chocolate buttons.
JJ - It was your hatred/India's rec of it that made me curious! I am on your side on this one.
Dee/Robert/Mrs Jones - Thank you so much for these, they are now on my list. I may never need to read literary fiction again (sorry Zadie)!
- 24 January 2013 at 11:51
- The Reluctant Launderer said...
One on One by Craig something. (David ? No, he's the singer.) anyway. It's brilliant. read it and then make a fantasy dinner party guest list based on the subjects. I'm only half way through but so far want GB Shaw and Rasputin.
Love the Rubberbandits. I hope all this Chinese intonation practising has left you impressing Irish folk with your Limerick accent? ("harse owtside") Have a look at the vid for Bag of Glue for more amusement. Best line ever in a song "there's no way I'm riding you, unless I'm wrecked on bags of glue". Ah, takes me back to my college days...
- 24 January 2013 at 12:13
- Patience_Crabstick said...
I am dying over those Shetland ponies. They are going straight to Pinterest.
Off topic, but regarding your post about life success beyond the twenties. I just remembered that Penelope Fitzgerald, a most excellent writer, did not publish her first novel until she was in her sixties.
- 24 January 2013 at 12:52
- mountainear said...
Did you read Tove Jansson's 'Moomin' books as a girl? Try her semi-autoBiographical 'The Summer Book'. Not challenging. Rather sweet but With an underlying melancholy. Ticks the Scaninavian box.
- 24 January 2013 at 13:02
I just finished Where'd You Go Bernadette? by Maria Semple. Total fluff, but quite amusing. I'm also making my way through the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde. The first one is the Eyre Affair and is also quite amusing.
I also don't like Zadie Smith as much as I should.
- 24 January 2013 at 13:24
- Simon said...
If you're open to crime NON-fiction, try People Who Eat Darkness, about the murder of a British woman working as a hostess in a club in Tokyo.
- 24 January 2013 at 14:13
- Jenna@livingsocial said...
I agree. Reading dark detective fiction does have those benefits- I mean, side effects. It keeps you on your toes and reminds you that no matter how charming someone may seem, they could very well be planning to kill using poison and you could be their target.
Okay, so most of the things that are described in those books are a little overworked. However a healthy does of suspicion never hurt anyone.
Watch a light comedy before bed- it may help with the tension headaches.
- 24 January 2013 at 15:14
- Xtreme English said...
Crazy about Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti series.
- 24 January 2013 at 22:29
How about Kate Atkinson?
- 25 January 2013 at 01:20
I'm very impressed that your son will be over to take over whatever confusing EU machinery you have over there once the Chinese government starts demanding back its money from the US and doubles itself as a super power. The EU non-Chinese side will be wowed by his knowledge of opera and violin concertos. I would try and follow his lead, but since I still haven't learned French after ten years in a predominantly francophone city I will focus on other neural pathways.
If you haven't already read it, I suggest a more picturesque crime novel, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. I can't vouch for the sequels.
- 25 January 2013 at 04:06
- Margaret said...
Sorry, I have no crime recommendations: I like my detective novels fluffy and funny a la Sarah Caudwell (you've probably read them all and understand them much better than I do) and Elizabeth Peters. Lately I've been on a Kazuo Ishiguro tear. It started with Never Let Me Go and has progressed rapidly through everything I can find for my Kindle. At first The Unconsoled was all WTF, but now I'm
hooked. I wish you could get Elizabeth Bowen on Kindle.
- 25 January 2013 at 05:28
I have just walked past this:
It's only a little exhibition, but if you're in coming into London before May, it's next door to the Eurostar...
Also, not a crime story but a family mystery type thing I loved recently was 'The House of Silence'. A friend drunkenly insisted on giving me the two quid to buy it for Kindle and I loved it. Although it's obvious something is up, I didn't guess what it was.
Would also recommend the Jasper Fforde - very funny alternative-world literary-based detectiving!
(And now I will stop pretending I'm writing my thesis and actually go and read some Brecht.)
- 25 January 2013 at 10:58
Och I like the Fin MacCloud books ( so send me to a guano streaked rocky outcrop why dontcha)
Currently wading through Leif Persson- not to be recommended. The translation is practically incomprehensible. Perhaps a little Liza Marklund would fit the bill or indeed a soupçon of yrsa sigurdardottir - I enjoy her heroine almost as much as the fragrant Rebecca Martinsson.
You been watching Børgen then? Always faintly amused that there are only a total 5 actors in Denmark.
Anyhoo. Saw this and thought of you.
Might you get a wee story out of it?
- 25 January 2013 at 19:37
I have a hunch you would enjoy Reamde by Neal Stephenson - or Cryptonomicon by the same author.
- 26 January 2013 at 00:53
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