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Aisthēsis comprises more than just visual perception; it stands for general perception with all the senses, as well as the impression that the perceived leaves on the body. In the original meaning of the concept, tactile and visual perception constitute a whole, and it was not until later (i.e in the Kantian tradition) that this meaning was reduced to merely an eye that observes, without a body.
(from Aisthēsis by Jojada Verrips)
(from Aisthēsis by Jojada Verrips)
Aisthēsis Also relates to:
1. Perception from the senses, feeling, hearing, seeing
2. Perception by the intellect as well as the senses
3. That which is perceived: scent
4. Ability to perceive: discernment
5. Cognition or discernment of moral discernment in ethical matters
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So the term co-washing has been popping up all over the web and in the black beauty world these days, but what is it? Well, its Condition washing and what that means is that you simply replace your shampoo with conditioner and it can be done as regularly as you wash your hair. This is called a no-poo regime. However, a shampoo is needed every now and then to give your hair a good cleanse.
So here is what i think you need to know before you co.wash as a stylist.
Conditioner washing is more gentle than regular shampooing. It minimizes colour damage and cuts down the stripping of oils caused by some harsh ingredients in shampoo. So if you work out daily or have bleached hair this can be beneficial to you to maintain moisture in both relaxed and natural hair.
If you decide to make co-washing a regular part of your hair care regime, stay away from silicone. Most of the time, the ingredients that end in -cone are sublets of silicone and are very difficult to wash out of hair. They are usually synthetic additives and are not waer-soluble which makes them difficult to dissolve and rinse out of your hair. This eventually ends up leaving build up in your hair.
You can over wash your hair when condition washing. If your hair starts to feel mushy or spongy, then its time to leave that conditioner bottle alone
You have to take the reaction of your scalp to the conditioner into consideration. If you have dermatitis (skin inflammation) it is best you stay away from constant conditioning as this could worsen your condition.
If you have oily hair, the conditioner could add more grease and oil to your hair leading to unnecessary build up. You can use the shampoo instead to remove some of that oil. The opposite applies to people with dry hair
Take your environment into consideration. If you live, work or move around areas with a lot of dust and air pollution you may want to stay away from the conditioner. Conditioners tend to add to the dirt because they are oil based and attract and blind particles. A shampoo would help cleanse all the dirt out .
If your hair is extra dry, then when you co-wash, seal in all that moisture with virgin oil, castor oil or coconut oil and leave it in to dry. This way you seal in the moisture in your hair strands and your hair slowly but surely starts to get all its moisture back.
Now, I know some of you may be thinking twice about that co-washing on a daily basis . I suggest adding a gentle sulfate free shampoo to your weekly hair care regimen.
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Rather than sit at home for the May Day long weekend, we decided to runaway from the clutches of reality and escape to the picturesque Umbrawarra Gorge. A place where were were under the impression that was only known to a few. Previous visits to this natural beauty in the wilderness have seen us have this bush oasis almost exclusively to ourselves. Naturally we were kind of expecting the same again.
As we neared the campground we began to see a sea of car rooves. Our secret destination was apparently not so secret after all.
Since they all turned off well before us we were certain of solitude when we arrived.
After a three hour drive, the last of it on a rough 4WD dirt track, we had few options but to see if we were able to squeeze ourselves in somewhere. The remoteness of it all meant that we couldn't just see if there was somewhere else nearby. We had to make room or face more long hours in the car.
|As fun as it was getting here, we were in no rush to do it again, at least not immediately.
Turns out not only were we able to squeeze ourselves in but also spread out quite comfortable. Luck would have it that there were some day campers leaving right next to the last patch of greenness that we had our eye on. Before long our new home for the next days was set up and it was time to check out the water levels.
Umbrawarra Gorge is a seasonal waterhole. Some years if there is not much rain then there is not enough water to dip your big toe in. Other years however it floods and you can stand with water over your head. While there might not have been much rain over my house this wet season just gone, there certainly seems to have been a lot out this way.
In all our years of coming here this was by far the most water we have seen. Mind you it is the earliest in the year we have been there so that may have a little to do with it as well.
As disappointing as it was not to be the only ones to visit this special bush retreat this weekend I was determined to not let it spoil my time. In true Rhianna fashion it wasn't long before I found the inevitable bright side.
With so many people in such close proximity it was the perfect opportunity for some hard core people watching.
The first night saw us sharing our fire with two young couples. And when I say young I mean late twenties/early thirties. So perhaps what I am really saying is more about how old I feel but that is a post for another day I am sure. Regardless of this though to me they were highly entertaining.
The two women, let's call them Yvette and Shannon. Which may or may not be their actual names, and either way it doesn't really matter. Anyway it was beyond evident that Shannon and Yvette were not friends. They only reason they managed to be as civil to each other as what they were was due to their respective partners, Josh and Reece. Who were clearly long time bum chums and would never not have each other in their lives, regardless of what some bimbo girlfriend may or may not think of the other's partner.
Due to the proximity of our respective sites I could not help but hear and as such listen to their conversations. The snarly comments from Yvette to Shannon were hilarious. All kinds of entertaining I tell you.
Well actually I can't tell you because I can't remember the specific one liners that made me giggle the most.Which bugs me endlessly. I spend so much energy if you will, enjoying the moment and really being in the moment, that the next day I can't actually remember the specifics of what made me tickled my fancy.
Which is exactly why I haven't written about how at DPCON13 I said something so funny that I made the very lovely Tina Gray snort. Not once but twice. I think though the second one was as a result of me saying I made Tina Gray snort, I am so blogging about that after the first rip roarer of a snort I managed to somehow induce.
For now though I must bid you adieu. The block of this post was written while we were away. Mr Awesome took the girls for a bit of a rock climbing adventure leaving me to pen this masterpiece. The next lines I have scribbled down go ...
... Anyway I would love to sit and keep sharing the antics of our adventures but the tribe has returned from rock climbing and is in need of food. The description of the toiler will have to wait. Which I am sure you will just be on the edge of your sit with anticipation as you wait for that one.
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Can sex late in pregnancy harm your baby? Doctors say no. Unless you're doing something violent at the same time, it doesn't harm the baby, and it doesn't trigger labor. But one mom blamed her baby's death on sex she had with her husband.
Karen Smith checked into the hospital after she started bleeding and cramping a few hours after having sex. She was 31 weeks into her pregnancy. Her doctors didn't seem to think the bleeding and cramping were a big deal. They told her it was a normal thing to happen after sex. But not only did Karen's baby die during emergency surgery, she had to have her uterus removed!
After Karen's surgery, hospital records revealed she had been suffering from what's called a placental abruption. That's when the placenta peels away from the inner wall of the uterus. This condition can cause the mother to bleed excessively and it can deprive the developing fetus of oxygen and nutrients. Pretty scary stuff. Scary, but not necessarily fatal. If you pick up on the symptoms early enough, it can be treated and your baby's chances of surviving are higher.
In Karen's case, doctors blamed the bleeding and cramping on the sex she'd had hours earlier. And that caused Karen to blame herself for her baby's death. "I'd been torturing myself with the idea that we had caused our baby's death and I felt I needed to prove to myself that I was not responsible at all to be able to grieve." Once she realized having sex had nothing to do with the placental abruption, and that doctors had totally misinterpreted those symptoms, she sued. After a four-year battle, the hospital paid an undisclosed settlement but did not accept liability ... Well, draw your own conclusions from that.
But Karen wants to raise awareness of this dangerous condition. According to the Mayo clinic, placental abruption can occur in the last 12 weeks of pregnancy and can include the following symptoms:
- Vaginal bleeding
- Abdominal pain
- Back pain
- Uterine tenderness
- Rapid uterine contractions, often coming one right after another
On their own, these symptoms could mean any number of problems. I believe most competent doctors will take those symptoms seriously. It's the very few who make tragic mistakes like this that make so many expecting parents paranoid about every irregularity. But I also think that when in doubt, it's better to err on the side of being a total pain in the ass to your doctor and asking a million questions.
Do you trust your doctor to take your complaints seriously and catch a potentially dangerous condition in time?
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Continuing Momentum, Neebula Adds Senior Cloud Leaders to Management Team
Bring extensive experience and successful track record in scaling leading IT Management SaaS companies
By: Glenn Rossman
Aug. 22, 2012 12:18 PM
Neebula Systems, a provider of business-level service modeling, management, and automated full-stack discovery and dependency mapping solutions,has announced the addition of two senior executives - Bob Johnson, as chief marketing officer, and Ilan Shmargad, as vice president of business development.
Bob Johnson brings more than 20 years experience in marketing, product management, application development/integration, and broadband networking. Most recently, he was the vice president and general manager of BMC's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) initiative where he successfully grew the business to more than 250 customers within 24 months. In addition, he worked as director of marketing and product management for Cisco's SaaS/managed services organization. Earlier in his career, Johnson worked at Ernst & Young, as well as AT&T. He is a former captain in the United States Marine Corps. Johnson holds a Masters in Telecommunications from Stevens Institute of Technology, a Master of Business Administration and Management from Webster University, and an undergraduate degree from Boston College.
Ilan Shmargad brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in business development, sales and management. He was a key player in helping launch and successfully expanding software companies that were acquired for over $100 million. His background includes serving as vice president of business development at Identify Software, acquired by BMC. At BMC, Shmargad was the leading partner executive at the Identify business unit. Previously, he was executive vice president of worldwide sales, marketing, and business development at a spin-off of Mercury Interactive, where he launched and managed U.S. field operations, channel operations in Europe, and executed strategic alliances with major technology companies and system integrators. Shmargad holds a Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and attended the Recanati-Wharton MBA Program at Tel Aviv University.
"We're scaling to serve our growing clientele of global enterprises, government and education customers in North America and Europe," said Yuval Cohen, CEO, Neebula Systems. "Our goal is to free today's IT administrator from the drudgery of understanding details about how specific physical and virtual assets, among the thousands of assets deployed in a typical data center, combine to provide a business service while empowering them to manage services better by helping to pinpoint issues before they impact an end-user business service. Bob and Ilan will help us communicate this value and work with partners to make it a reality."
About Neebula Systems
Neebula Systems, the premier service-centric IT management company, provides the only business-level service modeling, management, and automated full-stack discovery and dependency mapping solution, encouraging organizations to shift from managing data center silos (servers, network, storage, applications) to managing end-user business services (example: CRM, billing, tax payment, fund transfer services). Leveraging unique technology that automatically maps business services to the underlying infrastructure, the enhanced visibility available through Neebula software allows IT to increase service availability, reduce costs, and improve operational performance and efficiency. Neebula has an installed base of global enterprises, Fortune 5000 companies, and government/education customers in Europe and North America, including Amdocs, Bechtel, Ceva, EL AL Airlines, and leading firms in the financial service market, among others. Headquartered in New York and Tel Aviv, the company is the leading innovator in service-centric IT management, including discovery automation, business service modeling, dependency mapping, and impact analysis. Neebula is interoperable with CMDB software from BMC Software, Computer Associates (CA), Hewlett-Packard (HP), IBM, and ServiceNow.
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Writer and photographer Mark Mathew Braunstein profiled the Creative Access Residency Awards in the February 2018 issue of New Mobility magazine.
Creative Access offers artists with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) the rare opportunity for concentrated time dedicated to their creative practice in a supportive residency community. The Alliance of Artists Communities administers these awards, in partnership with PLAYA, Ragdale Foundation, Santa Fe Art Institute, and Vermont Studio Center and with funding from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation.
In 2019, the twelve selected Fellows will each receive a 2-8 week residency at one of the participating residency programs, in addition to a $1000 stipend to offset travel and other costs of the residency, and room/board and travel support for a personal assistant/caregiver.
Printmaker Javier Flores, who was awarded a Creative Access Fellowship at Playa in Summer Lake, OR.
In the New Mobility article article Braunstein discusses his own experience as a 2018 Creative Access Fellow at Vermont Studio Center, and relays the relfections of other participants. Writer Elizabeth Sachs shared that her time as a Fellow at Vermont Studio Center, "allowed [her] to gather a disjointed manuscript representing 40 years of writing into a cohesive story."
You can download the full article by Braunstein here.
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This Day Was Made By The Lord; We Rejoice And Are Glad.
A blessed Easter to all the readers and followers of the Breviarium S.O.P. blog!!
There are a number of peculiarities in the Dominican Office for today's holy feast. Among these are some interesting additions to the Office of Vespers for today, and the following Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. In addition to the shortened psalter that you also find in the Roman Breviary, the Dominican Breviary contains the following:
On Easter Sunday, the following reponsory is said immediately after the last psalm antiphon:
℟. This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad.Then follows the Mangificat antiphon, the Magnificat and the collect prayer. After the Collect prayer, the following sequence is prayed on Easter Sunday, and the three (3) days that follow:
℟. Christus resurgens ex mortuis iam non moritur: mors illi ultra non dominabitur Quod enim vivit, vivit Deo. Alleluia.
℣. Dicant nunc Iudaei, quomodo milites custodientes sepulchrum perdiderunt Regem ad lapidis positionem
Quare non servabant petram iustitiae?
Aut sepultum reddant, aut resurgentem adorent nobiscum dicentes Alleluia.
℣. Dicite in nationibus, alleluia. ℟. Quia Dominus regnavit a ligno, alleluia.
Deus, qui pro nobis Filium tuum Crucis patibulum subire voluisti, ut inimici a nobis expelleres potestatem: concede nobis famulis tuis; ut resurrectionis gratiam consequamur. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum...
Ant. Regina, caeli, laetare, alleluia:
Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia.
Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
℣.. Ora pro nobis, Sancta Dei Genitrix, alleluia.
℟. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi, alleluia.
Gratiam tuam, quaesumus, Domine, mentibus nostris infunde; ut qui, Angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem eius et crucem, ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.
Dominus vobiscum. Benedicamus Domino, alleluia, alleluia. ℟. Deo gratias, alleluia, alleluia.
℟. Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again, death no longer has dominion over him. * The life he lives, he lives to God, alleluia, alleluia.
℣. Let the Jews now explain how the soldiers who guarded the sepulcher lost the King, though the stone had been set in place. Why had they not preserved the Rock of justice? They ought to restore the body or else adore the risen One, saying with us, "The life he lives, he lives to God," alleluia, alleluia.
℣. Proclaim to the nations, alleluia. ℟. That the Lord has reigned from the tree, alleluia.
O God, who for our sake decreed that your son should suffer on the gibbet of the cross that he might deliver us from the power of the enemy, grant us, your servants, to attain to the grace of the resurrection. Through our Lord...
Ant. Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia, alleluia. For he whom you were worthy to bear, alleluia, has risen as he said, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia.
℣. Pray for us, holy mother of God, alleluia. ℟. That we may be made worth of the promises of Christ, alleluia.
Lord, we beseech you to pour your grace into our hearts; that we to whom the incarnation of Christ your Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by his passion and cross be brought to the glory of his resurrection. Through the same...
The Lord be with you. Let us bless the Lord, alleluia, alleluia. ℟. Thanks be to God, alleluia, alleluia.
At Compline, as in the Roman Breviary, the antiphon for the Psalms is Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. After the psalter is prayed, and the quadruple alleluia is said, there follows immediately the responsory:
℟. This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad.The antiphon for the Nunc dimittis is:
Alleluia. The Lord has risen, alleluia; as he told you, alleluia, alleluia.Then the following prayer is said:
Spiritum nobis, Domine, tuae caritatis infunde; ut, quos sacramentis paschalibus satiasti, tua facias pietate concords. Per Dominum…in unitate eiusdem…
Pour out upon us, Lord, the spirit of your charity; that you may render at one in your love those whom you have refreshed with the Easter mysteries. Through our Lord Jesus Christ your son...in the unit of the same...
From Wednesday on, the Prayer is the familiar "Visita, quaesumus, Domine, hatitationem..."(Visit this house, we beseech you...).
The rest of Compline follows, as in the Ordinary, with the alleluia added as noted.


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If nothing else, I've been more outfit-conscious this year. I've tried a lot of clothing I would have scoffed at and walked away from. This particular outfit seems simple, but it's a big step up from my old t-shirt and jeans habit.
Sweater - H&M and Liz's Goodwill pile :)
Leopard infinity scarf - Express
Leggings - JCP
Slippers (which I will wear as boots until snow ruins them) - Candies c/o Kohls
Earrings - Princess Vera Wang c/o Kohls
Now, for something that isn't totally out of the ordinary...I got another tattoo.
My grandpa has been gone twenty years now, so I decided now was as good a time as any to get it. I went with a carpenter theme since (it was his profession and) he built the house he and my grandma retired to. That's where all the Christmases and Easters and all of the family gatherings of my childhood were held.


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In recent decades, the requirements for cosmetics have changed and have become more stringent.People began to pay attention to the composition, use of and naturalness of each product, as well as on individual tolerance namely from its skin.To remedy really brings a positive effect and does not cause adverse reactions, it is necessary that it was not harmful chemical components.
Not every cosmetic company manufactures its products really of high quality herbal ingredients and sometimes difficult to make a choice in favor of a certain means.We present our safe and natural products known Israeli company Mon Platin.On the world market the beauty industry she left in 1993, and this is quite a long period of time has released more than two hundred products for different purposes, which have become popular and in demand among both women and men.
produced on the basis of minerals, salts, mud and water of the Dead Sea cosmetics "Mon Platin".Reviews from owners in a number of cases we speak of its high qua
Before releasing products undergo strict control, which is a guarantor of quality.A moderate cost will bring it to the mass level.Before buying all customers are free to pass the procedure and only then draw conclusions.Youth, health and beauty gives women cosmetics "Mon Platin".Reviews confirms its quality.The whole point of the active trace elements that penetrate to the deepest layers of the skin and stimulate its regeneration, enhance immunity and protect against premature aging.
High safety and availability of natural components distinguish this product from other similar.Today, the company is three lines: a series of DSM body care, face and hair, Professional - means of herbal ingredients for the care of locks and Black Caviar - professional series to combat age-related wrinkles.A collection of creams and serums for middle-aged ladies contain in its composition colloidal gold and caviar extract, which not only contribute to the rejuvenation and wrinkles, but also tightens the skin and make it firm and elastic.
Cosmetics "Mon Platin" receiving rave reviews, especially in relation to day and night care products for the skin.The cream is quickly absorbed, soothe, relax and invigorate.To enhance the action of the company recommends the use of serum, giving smoothness, freshness and prevents the formation of new wrinkles.The series has presented lotions, masks, gels and nectars for washing.For each skin type can be selected individually cleanser.
wide range of products for the body is an Israeli cosmetics "Mon Platin".Reviews of people have tried all the products, only positive.Many praised vitamin cream foot care that softens hardened areas, moisturizes and nourishes the skin.A means to protect the hand skin from the negative influence from the outside, dry cleaned, enriched with vitamins and filled with life-giving moisture.
beneficial effects on the epithelium has a cosmetics "Mon Platin".Prices per set of 8 months from the ultrasonic measurement range between 40 000 rubles.Expensive or not - you decide.The result will not wait long.Of course, a cure for wrinkles and age has not yet been invented, but may slow down the process.This will help cosmetics "Mon Platin".Reviews from celebrities even show its safety and effectiveness.


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Women building better communities. That's the Junior League.
The Junior League of Greensboro has been the driving force behind the kinds of initiatives and institutions that make our community a healthier, more vital place to live.
Junior League members, reflecting a wide range of backgrounds, interests, and professional pursuits work together to identify unmet needs, forge effective coalitions, and work for change. Time and time again, the Junior League is among the first organizations to step up to the plate and tackle a community's biggest challenges.
The Junior League of Greensboro, North Carolina, Inc. is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
The Junior League of Greensboro is composed of more than 1,000 members including:
Our Provisional Members – new members who are trained in leadership development, community awareness, and volunteer service.
Our Active Members – members who volunteer in community projects and fundraising activities and participate in the League's training, educational programs, and administration.
Sustaining Members – nearly 800 former Active members who have been trained to participate individually in community programs. This figure includes 6 Honorary members.


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Ø Egyptian art was a big influence on Greek, Roman, and even our contemporary life: our art, architecture, money, cosmetics, etc.
Ø The civilization of ancient Egypt lasted 3000 years. It had over 33 dynasties of ruling families, and can be divided into the:
· Old Kingdom c. 2649-2150 BC
· Middle Kingdom c. 2030-1640 BC
· New Kingdom c. 1550-1070 BC
· Late Period c. 712-332 BC
· Ptolemaic Period c. 332-30 BC
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Ø Egyptians painted stories in registers, meaning parallel lines, the way we write on paper today. Each line on the wall tells a different part of a story.
Ø Artists also used scale to create hierarchy. The biggest people in the paintings were gods and pharoahs. Common workers were painted very small because they were less important.
Ø Almost all Egyptian paintings include hieroglyphic text to explain the scene and the names of the characters.
Ø Egyptians were famous for their consistency. They kept the same style of fashion and art for their entire history, with only a few minor exceptions. Egyptians kept their artistic traditions to promote stability and balance in society and the world.
Ø However, Egyptian styles did vary depending on the materials used. Stone sculptures were very stiff and formal, with arms close to the sides of the body. But Egyptians also carved wooden figures doing all sorts of activities, looking much more realistic.
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Ø Many Egyptian homes had small shrines to their ancestors. People would offer food, wine, and perfume at these shrines, and would write letters to their ancestors asking for help and advice.
Ø After the Egyptians, it took almost 4000 years for anyone to build something taller than their pyramids.


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Ch 4, join with a sl st to form a ring.
Rnd 1) ch 2 for first dc, *7dc in ring, sl st to top of beg ch.
*8 stitches, counting the ch2 = Sm
10 stitches, counting the ch2 = Med
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Rnd 2) ch 2 for first dc, 2 dc in each dc, sl st to top of beg ch.
Rnd 3) ch 2 for first dc, 2 dc, in each dc, sl st to top of beg ch.
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Izzy McNeil is hot on the trail of one of Chicago's most notorious gangsters. Not that he realizes the crimson-tressed enchantress, a self-proclaimed "lapsed lawyer," is moonlighting as a private investigator. But when an unexpected run-in trashes Izzy's cover, she's swept into an evil underworld where she is definitely not safe.
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When it happened, it happened at night, the way bizarre things often do.
For a Sunday, and nearly midnight, the restaurant was buzzing. That's the way Sundays work in Chicago. Often the city is quietmost people tucked under sheets by 10 p.m., newspapers sprawled on the floor below them. Other times, on a Sunday in June like that night, when the weather plays nicethe occasional puffed cloud skimming across a crystallized blue sky, a sky that gently settles into a soft black without losing the day's warmth things can get a little raucous. And I'm the kind of girl who likes a raucous Sunday now and again.
So even though Rush Street wasn't my usual hangout, if I'd been surrounded by friends at that corner table at Gibsons Bar, the one by the windows that looked onto the street where people still strolled and lights still burned, I would have been very happy. But I wasn't with friends.
Dez Romano threw his arm over the back of my stool. Dez, short for Desmond, had dark black hair, even though he was surely a few years past forty, and it curled in pleasing twists, like ribbons of ink around his face. The somewhat thick bridge of his nose was the only coarse thing on Dez Romano's face, and he managed to make that look spectacularly handsome. He was so confident, so lit up with energy that you began to think every man should have such a face.
The story I'd been told by John Mayburn, the private investigator I moonlighted for, was that Dez had been named by his mother after a Catholic cardinal whom she admired. The religious connotation hadn't helped. Dez was now the head of his family business, as in the family business. Dez was, as Mayburn had said, "the new face of Chicago's organized crime."
Dez smiled at me now. I thought a smile by such a man would be flashy, a surface grin that easily revealed danger underneath. But it was genuine. Or at least it appeared so. I'd been told that, in some ways, Dez was the new kind of Mafiathe kind who had friends from all walks of life around the city, who opted, when possible, for courting rather than strong-arming, who made large donations to charities, not because he or his family business wanted something from them, but simply because every respectable business did so.
I returned Dez's smile, thinking that the problem with Dez wasn't his looks and it wasn't that he lacked generosity, whether toward a woman like me, whom he'd met at the bar, a woman supposedly stood up by a flaky friend or toward his associates. The problem was, at least according to the suspicions of the federal government, Dez ran an intricate business, an arm of the Italian Camorra, believed to be more ambitious and more ruthless than the Cosa Nostra faction made famous by The Godfather movies. In other words, Dez was also the old kind of Mafia. He wasn't afraid of strong-arming or something much more violent. No, not at all.
"So, Suzanne," Dez said, using the alias I'd given him, "where to from here?"
I laughed, looked at my watch. "It's almost midnight. I'd say home is where I'm going from here."
"And where is home?"
"Old Town," I answered vaguely.
I really did live in Old Town. When Mayburn first taught me to assume a cover name in order to conduct surveillance, he told me to always blend in some reality some truth that couldn't be easily tied to your real lifeor otherwise you'd forget or confuse yourself, and you could land in some very real trouble.
The blending of such truths hadn't exactly helped. My occasional moonlighting gig for Mayburn had gotten me into more than a little trouble, but I hadn't been able to turn him down this time.
I need a favor, Izzy, he'd said, earlier that night. I want you to hang out at Gibsons. Act like you're meeting a friend at the bar, act like the friend canceled on you. Dez Romano is always there on Sunday. Throw that red hair over your shoulder and give him the famous Izzy McNeil smile. Talk to him. See if he says anything about Michael DeSanto.
I didn't say that there was no "famous Izzy McNeil smile" that I knew of. I didn't point out all the things that could go wrong with this little "favor." Instead, I agreed rather quickly. Not because I needed the money, which I did, but because Mayburn was in love, the first time I'd witnessed such a thing. And yet it appeared he was about to lose his beloved to Michael DeSanto, a banker we'd helped put in jail for laundering money for the Mob. Correction: laundering money for Dez Romano.
"My car is outside," Dez said. "Let me give you a lift."
"That's all right. I'm a taxi kind of girl." I pointed out the window, where a few Yellow Cabs and Checkers floated by. "I won't have a problem. But thank you for dinner." I waved at the table toward the bottles of wine and grappa and the desserts in which we'd barely made a dent.
Dez answered that it had been wonderful, that he'd like to see me again. "I guess I should have asked before," he said, with a shy shrug that surprised me. "You're single, right?"
I answered honestly "I am."
A few short months before, I'd juggled three men, and then suddenly there were none. Today, one was staging a comeback, and I wasn't sure what to do about that. In the meantime, although I was occasionally tortured about those who had left my life, I was free to date whomever I wanted. Even a ranking member of the Mafia, if only as a part-time job.
If I hadn't known who he was and what he did for a living, I wouldn't have blinked before agreeing to go out with Dez. I was about to turn thirty, and with my birthday fast approaching, it seemed the dating gods had flipped a switch in my head. I had never dated anyone much older than me, never really been interested, but now Dez's forty-some years compared to my twenty-nine seemed just fine.
Dez leaned his elbows on the green-and-white tablecloth and shot me a sexy kind of smile. "Would you go out with me sometime? Officially?"
Officially, I was about to say, Sure, This was what Mayburn had hoped would happen. I would listen for anything having to do with Michael DeSanto, and if nothing came up, I'd establish a contact with Dez so I could see him again, so I might learn something about Michael in the future.
I looked out the window once more, thought about how to phrase my answer. And then I saw him.
He was standing across the street at a stop sign, wearing a blue blazer and a scowl. He glanced at his watch, then up again, and as the cars slowed, he began to cross the street, right toward us.
I opened my mouth. I must have looked shocked because Dez followed my gaze.
"Hey, it's DeSanto," he said fondly. He looked back at me.
I clamped my mouth shut and met his eyes, trying to cover my panic with a bland expression.
His eyes narrowed. "You know DeSanto?"
"Um " What to say here? Actually, we met when I was pretending to be friends with his wife, Lucy, in order to sneak into his office and download files to incriminate him. Isn't that ironic?
Mayburn and I had decided that if I was successful tonight and got to Dez Romano, and if I could somehow steer the conversation toward Michael DeSanto's name, I would ask about Michael, maybe volunteer that I'd once met Lucythe woman Mayburn was now in love with at my gym, or someplace similarly benign. But that plan had assumed I wouldn't actually see Michael; it assumed that Michael wouldn't pull open the door to Gibsons, and walk right in, and find me with his buddy, Dez.
I stood up. I leaned forward, hoping to distract Dez with a little cleavage. It worked. His narrowed stare relaxed. He glanced up at me and, to his credit, then kept his eyes there.
Meanwhile, my eyes shot toward the door. And there was Michael DeSanto, stopping to say hello to the maître d'.
Frig, I thought, attempting to stick with my stop-swearing campaign despite the circumstances. But I gave up quickly. Fuck, I thought. What is he doing here?
According to Lucy, her wayward husband was out of jail on bond, and although he was friendly with his compatriots of old, like Dez (all of whom had managed to avoid prosecution through one loophole or another), he wasn't doing business with them anymore. Rarely saw them much at all. As such, Lucy had felt it her duty, especially for her kids, to break up with Mayburn and give it a go with Michael, the father of her children, the man she was, or at least had been, in love with. And so their Lincoln Park home once again blazed bright, as did the lights on the security gates surrounding it. The whole thing had rendered John Mayburn bordering on positively vacant, which spooked me. Which was why I'd found myself agreeing to try and infiltrate the world of organized crime.
Yet now Michael was here, just out of jail, clearly stopping in to see Dez Romano. And about to come face-to-face with the person who was instrumental in putting him in jail. Me.
I took a step away from Dez, muttering, "Be right back."
I moved in the direction of the bathrooms, but when I realized it would put me in a collision course with DeSanto, I shifted, started to go the other way. I froze when I realized the exit and the bathrooms were both just beyond where Michael was standing.
He stopped then, completely still, looking at me with his eerily light brown eyes. He froze in exactly the same way an animal does when assessing a dire situation with the knowledge that this might be the end, this might be the time to meet the maker, but with a sure clarity that there was going to be a fight before the end came.
I froze, too. I wished at that moment that I was better at this stuff, but no matter how much I'd learned from Mayburn, the whole undercover thing was simply not in my blood.
And so, lacking anything better to do, I gave Michael DeSanto the same smile I gave lawyers at Chicago Bar Association events when I didn't recognize thema sort of Hi, how are you? Good to see you kind of smile.
Physically, DeSanto looked a little like Dez Romano, but he wasn't even glancing at his friend right now. His intent stare stayed focused exactly on me. He cocked his head ever so slightly. His face jutted forward then, as if he were straining to understand. And I knew in that moment that it was one of those situationshe'd recognized me, sort of, but he couldn't place me. Yet. I was sure he'd figure it out any second.
I didn't wait for the wheels to start clicking in his mind. Instead, I averted my gaze and hightailed it to the right, then veered back behind him. I glanced across the room at the front door. It was clogged with a huge group of people saying goodbyes, giving each other boozy pats on the back. I could sense Michael turning around to stare at me, so I darted up the staircase and bolted for the bathroom.
I panted inside the stall, trying to work out what to do. Should I somehow try to say goodbye to Dez? Should I give up on the infiltration job and just take off for the calm confines of my condo?
It wasn't much of an infiltration job anyway, just a job that required chatting up someone at a bar, a task I used to be rather good at, if I say so myself. However, that skill had gone rusty over the last few years. Who could blame me after my series of, shall we say, unfortunate circumstances. Two friends killed and a disappearing/reappearing fiancé, who was now officially off the map, had caused me to spend a lot of time in my condo, licking my wounds.
Eight months ago, I'd been on top of the worldthe highest paid associate at a big, glitzy law firm, en route to partnership not only with the firm but with my fiancé. And then poof all gone, rendering me tired and stunned and jobless. What I'd been doing for the last few months consisted of nothing more than feeling guilty about doing nothing.
Shortly, my funds would literally drop to zero, causing my fears about being forced to sell my Old Town home to become a reality.
And so this request from Mayburn, who believed Michael DeSanto wasn't as squeaky clean as he was telling his wife, led me to Dez Romano. But enough was enough. Heartbroken or not, Mayburn would understand that I had to get out of there.
I left the bathroom, went down the first flight of stairs, peeked down the rest of the way, my hands on the silver banister. I saw no one. The large group appeared to have left. I trotted down as fast as my high heels would allow, past the signed photos that plastered the wallseveryone from local judges to international celebrities seemed to have autographed a glossy for Gibsons.
My breath was managing only shallow forays into my lungs, so I stopped once to suck in air. A few more steps and I was at the bottom, the front door only a few feet away.
The maître d' gave me a bored nod as if to say goodnight. But then he glanced to the right, and a questioning expression overtook his face. I peeked to see what he was looking at. Michael. Across the room, Michael was talking to Dez, his arms waving, gesturing.
Right then, Dez looked over Michael's shoulder and saw me. "Hey!" he said, his eyes narrowed in anger.
There were only a handful of diners in the restaurant, but Dez's voice was loud enough to get everyone's attention. They looked at Dez, then at me. Suddenly, Dez and Michael were on their feet and coming toward me, the furious expressions on their faces enough to catapult me into action.
I reached down, pulled off my high heels and dashed out the door onto Rush Street.
"Cab!" I yelled, waving at one. But the taxi's light was off, and it blew by. Same with the next one and the next.
I took off running toward Oak Street, hoping desperately for the shimmering vision of a cab with its light on.
I heard someone shout. Glancing back, I saw Michael and Dez sprinting after me. Behind them was another man, also running, his head down, face obscured by a baseball cap. Was he security for Dez?
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In Chicago, since losing her job as an entertainment lawyer, Izzy McNeil works for private investigator John Mayburn. After her undercover work exposed Michael DeSanto as a crook (with the help of his wife), she is working on his associate Dez Romano, head of the family business. However, her identity as Suzanne is exposed when Michael sees her with Dez. They chase after her into a garage when a man calls out to "Boo" enabling her to escape. Mayburn, who loves Michael's wife, tells Izzy to leave town. She decides to head to Rome to talk to her paternal Aunt Elena because only her mom and her late dad called her "Boo". Mayburn agrees to conduct research in the States. In Italy, Izzy is joined by her best friend Maggie and two hunks as she learns of her family connection to the Camorra mob, but remains ignorant to how deep and that they are aware of her presence in Rome and Naples. The third Izzy "Red" thriller (See RED HOT LIES and RED BLOOD MURDER) takes a family spins on both sides of the Atlantic. The story line is fast-paced as the Italian mobsters try to scare the heroine back to Chicago so the American side of the family can quietly silence her; a killing of a red headed Yank in Italy would be international headline news as opposed to just local in the Windy City. Although lacking the humor and anti-noir feel of the previous two story lines, RED, WHITE AND DEAD is an enjoyable mystery with a few terrific twists as fans and Izzy try to figure out what is going on. Harriet Klausner


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Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Joseph Freeman Horror Story Competition
Anyone attending "As the Nights Draw In" an Evening with Joseph Freeman, on 4th October 2011 will know they're in for a treat when he returns on 6th December 2011 to adjudicate the first competition, a horror story, of our new programme. Not only did he set out the guidelines giving tips and details of how to write horror stories but he gave us an insight into the pleasures of writing the horror genre and the inspiration one has to generate for oneself.
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When your 13-year-old daughter comes out, you do not ask her if she's sure. You don't treat it like a weird phase she'll grow out of. You don't belittle or demean or diminish her feelings, just as you wouldn't for a heterosexual child who expresses an interest in the opposite sex. This isn't an anomaly. This isn't something that went wrong. This is a biological feeling every bit as integral to who she is as your particular preferences are to you. Only, after years of society's ignorance and cruelty, you're privileged enough to be considered "normal" while she will always in some way be treated as "deviant." Don't reinforce those horrible stereotypes and dogmas.
When your 13-year-old daughter comes out, you don't turn all weird and make it sexual. If she's gone through puberty, she should have a pretty good idea where her antenna is pointed, and it's okay for her to express that out loud. Again, don't diminish. I'm pretty sure you all knew by that age if you liked boys or girls "that way."
When your 13-year-old daughter comes out, is it okay to say, "I'm not surprised?" I honestly don't know. I don't pretend to know all the right things to say. But even so, I wasn't surprised. I could see the writing on the wall for a good while, but it's good to give someone space in these matters, to let the egg hatch on its own while you provide enough warmth to further things along. It's not like anyone was holding their breath around here. This isn't TMZ. "Is she or isn't she? The world must know!!" It wasn't like anything would change between us, except for maybe an addendum to the whole safe sex talk.
When your 13-year-old daughter comes out, you may feel like you did something right raising her well enough to feel safe in herself and her home, for not feeling the need to hide for half her life pretending to be something she's not, possibly marrying a man in order mask her true feelings out of a sense of shame, or a fear that she could lose us if we knew. By the way, if either of my kids felt for a second that being open about who they choose to love would result in me or their father denying or shunning them, I would be the biggest fucking failure as a parent.
Even so, when your 13-year-old daughter comes out, you may feel a flutter of panic. You have done your best to create a safe haven for her at home, but you will always worry about the people who fall outside that safety zone, who do think she should be ashamed, who might ridicule and reject her, who might shoot barbs at her, who might actually physically harm her for simply being who she is. You fleetingly think of the movie Boys Don't Cry and become sick to your stomach, because there are still people like that in this world. You might feel a desire to tell her to keep it under wraps so she can stay safe from the wolves out there, because the thought of something happening to your child makes your soul bleed.
But you must never ever do that. If you've given her the tools to live authentically, you can't take them away, anymore than you can prevent her from driving because she might have a wreck, or do her homework for her so she won't get an F. She is your daughter and she may share half of your DNA, but she is not an extension of you.
She is a person.
Finally, when your 13-year-old daughter comes out, you say she's awesome. You tell her you're proud of her for living fearlessly and out loud in this crazy world of ours that seeks to silence anyone who steps out of bounds.
And then you tell her to go unload the dishwasher, because she's only 13, and you still have a few years left to extract free household labor.


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Hatters defender Luke Wilkinson is well aware that talk is cheap as his side look to arrest their disappointing slump in league form.
Luton's 3-0 reverse at Newport County on Saturday made it back-to-back defeats for Town after going down 4-3 to Carlisle on Tuesday night.
"It's all right standing here and saying sorry to the fans but we can't keep doing it."Luke Wilkinson
All of the hosts' strikes came in the second half, and Wilkinson understands that actions will speak louder than words when it comes to improving Hatters' goals against column.
He said: "It's massively disappointing as to get to half time at 0-0, they probably had more possession than us, but they didn't really look like they were threatening us.
"We probably had the best of the chances, Greeny's (Danny Green) had a shot and then second half, I don't know what's changed, but we've come out and conceded three goals.
"At the minute it's not good enough, us at the back, and defensively as a team, we've got to be doing better.
"It's all right standing here and saying sorry to the fans but we can't keep doing it, we've got to go out on the pitch and deliver. We've got the squad to do it, but at the minute we're not."
The swiftness of the goals is a major concern for Wilkinson too as Luton have now shipped six in just 39 minutes of play.
He continued: "It seems we concede one goal at the minute and then we collapse.
"I don't know what it is, stupid mistakes, as I was at fault for the first goal, it's not good enough from me, the man got across me.
"As a team we've got to be better. If we go 1-0 down we've still got to be strong and get back in the game and at the minute we're not."
Keeper Mark Tyler made two rare mistakes for the second and third goals as he fumbled Alex Rodman's shot allowing Oliver McBurnie to score, before his clearance was straight at Scott Boden who squared for McBurnie's treble.
Wilkinson said: "The second one is a bit harsh, it skipped up at him and was hard to handle.
"The third one he's probably got to do better, but he's usually so reliable and I'm not going to start digging him out for making a mistake as everyone makes mistakes.
"It's just one of those days, we've got to move on."


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PARMA, OH (WOIO) - A couple pays a $10,000 reward after their dog is found safe!
Kobe, a red Shiba Inu, went missing around 8:00 p.m. Saturday.
Amanda Fickel and her fiance Matt Gorey were at the Ukrainian Village Park near State and Snow Roads, when Kobe ran onto State Road and got struck by a car.
After the accident, Fickel freed Kobe from the car, but Kobe took off running. Fickel and Gorey searched for hours, but could not find him.
On Sunday afternoon, a local shelter contacted Gorey with the news that Kobe had been found.
Another couple out walking their own dog Saturday evening found Kobe and took him home. They started calling shelters on Sunday to track down his owner. They do not want to be identified.
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text: Cheetahs made their debut in 1998 at Po Na Na, Highbury, London. Three boys obsessed with the MC5, Iggy Pop and Guy Debord they play loud. An angry, passionate rock n roll fuelled by gasoline and outrage at the khaki-clad conformity of today's branded kids. Cheetah M (guitar, vox), Gavin H (bass, vox) and Simon (drums, vox) bond together to thrill with pure adrenalin and six stringed guitars. Finding themselves in a world devastated by disco music, they decided to start their own club. Kitsch Bitch took up residence at Po Na Na where it established its reputation as the dirtiest, sleaziest and most frenzied night out in London. As Kitsch bitch's popularity increased, a bigger venue had to be sought. So at the begginning of this year, the switch was made to the world famous transvestite cabaret bar, Madame Jo Jo's, where Kitsch Bitch became the focal point for London's trash-punk underground. Bored and frustrated with conventional media, Cheetahs have also published their own fanzine, Big Bad Pig since their first gig. This A3 black and white one-sheet is distributed throughout London and the West End by a hardcore of pale-skinned night creatures who leave BBP in the desingated spots where there fellow kind can be found. BBP attacks the cultural hegemony of Tommy Hilfiger, Nike and other corporations that have fullfilled Joe Strummer's prediction that all rebellion will be turned into


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When I open the newspaper every morning, the first section I read are the obituaries. At work, when I say out loud, "Oh my God," my co-workers respond, "Who died?" If it were not for celebrity deaths, I don't know what I would do with my free time.
But, it isn't just celebrity deaths I find fascinating. My rabbi once said, "If you want to know how to live your life, go to a funeral."
What will they say about you when you die? Everything you do will be condensed into one sixty-word paragraph, unless our family spends a few bucks and you get one-quarter of a column, which by the way can cost as much as $800. A little tip: if you allow them to run the extended obituary whenever they have room rather than the day of the funeral, it costs nothing. And, you thought you wouldn't learn anything today.
How do I know this? I have a degree in Funeral Service Administration, and I worked in a funeral home for a while. How many of you made an eww face when you read that?
The first thing you need to know is WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE! The second thing you need to know is YOUR FAMILY IS GOING TO TOUCH ALL OF YOUR THINGS AFTER YOU DIE, AND YOU CANNOT DO A THING ABOUT IT!
For the above reasons, I plan to pull a Chester Arthur. President Arthur, our twenty-first president, also known as the "Elegant Arthur," "Gentleman Boss" and "Dude President" because he was such a dapper dresser and changed his pants several times a day, burned all of his personal papers the night before he died. He actually changed his pants so often because he suffered and eventually died from kidney disease. June Alyson's husband also had kidney disease, which is why she did all those Depends commercials, but that didn't stop everyone from keeping her off their furniture.
All that aside, President Arthur made sure no one touched his things. How do I know this? After I completed my book, Harriet Lane, America's First Lady (shameless plug), my next subject was Chester Arthur, but there is very little left of his legacy, except all those ashes in his fireplace, which is surprising for the man who signed the Pendleton Act into law. All you DC civil servants owe a debt of gratitude to the man whose career benefitted from political favors and party machinations yet signed a law that completely reformed the civil service system and how federal government employees were hired, promoted, and unfortunately, never fired.
His former New York City residence is now a Lebanese market.
See how much I know? I am not just another pretty face.
Every year, we pass the anniversary of our deaths without realizing it, so when I am finally aware that I have less than twenty-four hours to live, I plan on lighting my trailer and everything in it on fire. It is not that I don't want people to have my things; I just don't want people touching them. Even from the grave, that will drive me insane.
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Recently, I bought property. According to an old boss of mine, it is the only property I will actually own. Yes, I bought a plot. This weekend, I am finalizing the pre-planning of my funeral. Before my enemies get too excited, I plan on being around for a while … or at least until I pay off the plot and the funeral. I did make one request. There will be six limousines at my funeral. I don't care if they are empty, but when my procession goes through traffic from the funeral home in Silver Spring to my plot in Southeast Washington, DC, I want all those waiting at intersections for it to go by to say, "Damn, he had a lot of friends." This is another reason I have to stick around. Limousines rentals are expensive.
How many of you have imagined how your funeral would be? Wouldn't you love to be in attendance? If you are lucky and not a blonde woman on a beach in Aruba, you should be present at your funeral, right up front, so everyone knows you are there.
Some elderly people who make it into their nineties are now having pre-funerals, where they can see what everyone has to say. I am sorry, but this is not a fair representation of your actual memorial. People have to be nice when the deceased is not ceased. Personally, if I make it to ninety, I plan on having a roast. Let whoever is still alive to remember me over the years come on down and say anything they want. I have a sense of humor and would love to hear what all those dried up, wrinkled old bastards have to say. I don't want to be awake for my funeral.
However, the obituary is much more important than the funeral. That is because strangers can read about your extraordinary life. My mother felt the same way. A month before she died, we wrote her obituary. I didn't tell my father or brother because they couldn't have handled that, living in the state of denial and all, but I enjoyed working on her obit. She wanted to be sure all the facts were correct. Ironically, we found out after she died that half of what we knew about her life wasn't exactly true, and we had no clue about the other half. The things we learned over the next few years!
As I said, everything you do in life is about the obituary. Did I say that? If not, I am saying it now.
Will your obituary be about your good work or the fact that you went to work? Will it be about the things your owned? Will it be about where you lived or the life you lived?
The obituaries that I find the most fascinating are the ones that say so little. For example, "Shirley Stanford, Church Member. Shirley Stanford, a member of Some Assembly of God Required Church, died on Friday. She was married for forty years and had two children. Funeral on Monday." That's it! And if you read the obituaries, there are dozens like that. If the title says "Church Member," there is never any substance to the obituary. I sometimes write down their names in the hopes of seeing a more comprehensive obituary in future issues when space opens up in a column or two, but there never is a follow-up.
Can you imagine living your life for eighty years, and all they say is you belonged to a church? This reminds me of Deb on Drop Dead Diva. She died, and when she went to Heaven, she was listed as a zero. No good deeds, no bad deeds, she accomplished nothing! So, she came back as Jane. Great show; you must watch it. Joan Rivers, Liza Minnelli, and Delta Burke have guest starred.
Then, of course, is the picture that accompanies your obituary. For the love of God or whomever your deity, make sure your weird ass family doesn't put the worst possible picture of you in the paper. I still cannot decide if I want one of me at forty or a good one of me close to whatever age I achieve before looking at grass from the other side. The glamour shots are nice, but if you have an open casket, people are going to remark on how well you did … or did not … age. I am glad I am Jewish. We don't give Nana a postmortem make-over then scare the crap out of the grandkids.
"Doesn't she look peaceful?"
"She looks dead."
When I worked at the funeral home, we had an embalmer, who I swear was a make-up artist from MGM in another life. Every woman had the complete Hollywood glamour treatment for her viewing. No one could draw a lip line or attach a false eyelash like this guy. Little known fact – seventy-five percent of funeral home employees are Gay.
I feel sorry for the hairdressers. These women's actual hairdressers would complete the make-over. Can you imagine getting your last comb-out when you can least appreciate that this one will actually last the entire weekend?
The worst obituary picture I ever saw was of a woman who looked to be seventy, sitting shlumpilly in a recliner, wearing a house dress, her hair an absolute mess, and a large filthy bird was sitting on her shoulder. Her family must have hated her. Her obituary said, "Molly McGuire, former CIA operative, died peacefully with her beloved chicken sleeping by her side."
Make sure you don't piss off your family. You don't want to be remembered like Molly McGuire, sitting in a Lazy-Boy with an angry chicken on your shoulder.
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