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October 13, 2010 at 8:22 am
I want to say that I support breast cancer research and admire anyone who has had to deal with that disease. Cancer is bad. Fighting it is good. However, every time I drive by this display on Franklin Street, I feel like the pink thing has gone way too far:
Pink pumpkins? My drive-by photography doesn't quite capture the grossness of these gourds. Closeup they look like they were dipped in a vat of Pepto Bismol or coated in pink nail polish, neither of which sounds delectable to me. They are the very definition of BLECH. Pink is nature's way of saying, "DANGER! Do not eat!" Pink pumpkins are as unnatural as a sharktopus.
In addition, the witch in the top photo was probably strung up to make it appear like she's flying, but it actually looks like she was hanged by Puritans for practicing her dark arts.
To sum up, this yard display does not get me fired up about either Breast Cancer Awareness month nor Halloween. It does get me excited about using my accelerator pedal to drive away. Any hate mail letting me know how evil I am for making fun of anything even tangentially cancer-related can be sent to email@example.com
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Shannon • October 13, 2010 at 11:33 am
Now that you live in Chapel Hill, you HAVE to do Halloween night on Franklin St. They block off a couple blocks and everyone dresses up (mostly college kids) and wanders around looking at each other. There are some GREAT costumes but mostly it is just an amazing people watching event. It's fun, and you should do it at least once in your life.
Also, the witch does look strung up, not flying. They should fix that.
Kara • October 13, 2010 at 11:53 am
Ok, that's the worst I've seen so far. Wow.
I'm being a "pink" grinch this year. About the time I saw pink potato chips at the grocery store I lost any pink spirit. It's become nothing more than another marketing tactic that companies use to guilt you into buying their products.
Besides where are the ribbons/months/days for my friend dying of pancreas cancer or my father who died of lung/bone cancer or the thousands of other people with other forms of cancer?
Bah humbug. Down with the pink.
Peter • October 13, 2010 at 1:19 pm
I have to disagree; a "sharktopus" IS a quite natural creature, and I saw a documentary on SyFy that proved it. The sharktopus is a villainous sea creature, known for tossing cars about and devouring unsuspecting beach volleyball participants. It's a serious problem.
Linda • October 13, 2010 at 1:21 pm
I'm with you. I've heard more quilters say, "Oh, my friend has breast cancer. I'm making her a pink quilt." Well, dear, I don't think your friend needs to be made any more aware of breast cancer than she already is. What further annoys me is the fact that manufacturers jump on the pink bandwagon by coloring everything from machinery to emery boards pink, but there's no guarantee that they're actually donating anything of the purchase price to cancer research–or any other worthy cause for that matter! Bring back Octobers with orange and black!
Jackie • October 13, 2010 at 1:48 pm
I agree with you. That display is hideous. I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I drove past it on Monday. Fortunately I don't have to drive along that stretch of road very often as I have other routes to reach my dear friends "Trader Joe's" and "Whole Foods"!
Ellen • October 13, 2010 at 2:07 pm
That's crazy, but I think I can top it. The other day I was walking home from a concert and I saw a GARBAGE TRUCK with a breast cancer slogan and a pink ribbon painted on the side. I don't have breast cancer, but I have friends whose lives have been affected by it, and I don't think any of them want the "honor" of a stinking garbage truck dedicated to their cause!
I only wish I had taken a photo…
Debbi Does Dinner Healthy • October 13, 2010 at 3:31 pm
HaHa, I'm with Becca above, I thought maybe they represented boobs!
polli • October 13, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Totally agree. Kara, I'm absolutely with you. Family and good friends have fought the fight, and I support them, but I am just really over this pink business. I think it's become crass, actually. I find myself purposely avoiding those things, even, which I'm sure is NOT the intended consequence, but I get grinchier and grinchier every year!
goosh • October 14, 2010 at 9:20 pm
@Linda – I don't know your quilting friends but I would love it if someone made me a pink quilt. I have never, for one single second, forgotten I have breast cancer, so it would not be a "reminder" that I'm fighting a disease. Rather, it would be a reminder that I am not alone in my fight. A warm quilt from someone who loves me would totally make my day.
Now, the pink pumpkins? Ewwww!
nixpix • October 16, 2010 at 7:06 pm
I loved this post!! I was at the grocery store this morning and they had some kind of pink food on display (I don't even remember what it was, but it was something not normally pink) and I remember thinking, I use to like pink, but now I almost hate it. I am so sick of this whole pink cancer thing. Let's be real, we all know people who have had breast cancer….but this getting to be obnoxious.
Then I came home and just by chance came across your blog. It has become a fad/marketing pitch….and its getting old!
Kelly • October 24, 2010 at 11:30 pm
I am laughing at this now, because I actually drove by this today! I saw it, and I was like "I know someone posted a pic of something like this recently…" but I couldn't remember where I'd seen it, and I was thinking that maybe a bunch of Coldwell Banker offices do it. But no, I drove by that same one, when my husband was showing me around some of his old haunts in Chapel Hill on our way back to Baltimore from a wedding in Winston-Salem. That lovely display is just a couple of moments from his old apartment complex (Eastridge, or something like that).
Dana • October 28, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Breast cancer has such a high survival rate per number of incidences. I know some people do get really sick and die from it, but most of the people (not just women btw) who catch it will live for longer than five years. I really think the only reason anyone "raises awareness" about it is they're getting grumpy about all the boobies disappearing when they really wanted to be raising, erm, something else.
To which I say: Get over it.
Lung cancer kills more women per number of diagnosed cases than breast cancer does. But nobody gets horny from an air bag embedded in your chest cavity. Ovarian cancer kills more women per number of diagnosed cases and they don't even do the blood test as a regular screening procedure that would catch it early. But ew, who wants to be reminded of pregnancy and PMS.
The other day I bought a copy of Mother Earth News and I kid you not, there was this seller of animal feed advertising in said issue, and THEY SOLD THEIR CRITTER CHOW IN PINK BAGS. Chicken feed. Horse feed. Goat feed. In pink bags. I can't decide whether this is a cheap shot along the lines of the unproven (OK, false) notion that you get breast cancer from eating meat, or what. All I know is I want it to go away.
And if you thought that was a sunny walk in the park, you should read Barbara Ehrenreich's take on the whole "think pink" thing. If you liked her book Nickeled and Dimed, you'll love her breast cancer stuff.
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I made my Diet Lermonade Cheesecake on Tuesday. Last night my wife and I finished it off. YUM-YUM!!!!!
Here's a very easy way to make a pie that everyone loves. A friend gave it to me who doesn't cook much. She said it's her go-to recipe.
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Make (or buy) a crumb pie crust. I usually just put graham crackers (chocolate or regular) in a plastic bag and take one of those metal meat hammers/tenderizers and bang them into a bunch of crumbs. Then I melt some butter (anywhere from a few tablespoons to maybe 1/2-2/3 stick of butter) in a microwavable bowl, dump the crumbs into the liquid butter and pat into a pie plate.
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"The only thing you should do with a kiwifruit is beat it at cricket!" said a friend from Australia when I asked how to have this curious little, fuzzy brown fruit I'd bought from the neighbourhood fruit walla.
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In Pakistan, kiwifruit costs roughly around Rs400/kg. This isn't bad considering that you get at least 10-12 decently-sized fruits for that price, which will last you at least two to three weeks, depending on your consumption.
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Like strawberries, kiwi fruit is slightly tangy when unripe and sweet when ripe and ready. It's considered an all-star super fruit because researchers at Rutgers University found that the kiwifruit has the best nutrient density compared to the 21 commonly consumed fruits.
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Annette Beck-Sickinger's actions somehow remind me of Hitler's denouncement of Jewish scientists including Albert Einstein. I could have written pages about it, but what is the point? I could go on to say that Germans haven't learnt their lesson from history and are making the same mistakes again, but then I would be no better than her. As the German ambassador's mail clearly shows, all Germans do not share her views. In fact, I am sure most Germans do not share her views. So I will end this post with the hope that she mends her racist ways and stops judging people by their nationality or race. What good is a biologist who does not believe in the equality of all human beings?


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American Olympic League has stepped to to have four amateur female fights on their "Wesley Chapel Fight Night" card this Saturday.
Stephanie Alba and Cheyanne Vlismas will square off in a match of popular amateur stars. Alba just had a boxing bout this past week and has been looking active over the past month. Vlismas is coming off a win over Sheena Brandenburg at Tuff-n-uff last month.
Also on the card:
- In a bantamweight contest, Brittney Krycirik takes on Robin Wissman
- Ingrid Medrano and Jessica Branco battle at 115
- Another bantamweight match features Laura Mejia facing desire Williams
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David Wright: He's Just Like Us!
David Wright has a blog! So do Danny Haren and Jorge Cantu! Who knew?
I knew blogs were ubiquitious, but I was surprised that these professional baseball players have them. As a Mets fan, this just makes me love Wright even more.
I wonder how these blogs work. Does MLB clear all content? Do they have ghostwriters? It actually appears that the players themselves might have written these. Am I naive to think so?
It would be great to see one of these guys trashing opposing players and/or teammates in the blog, but somehow I doubt that is going to happen. Interestingly, Wright blogged about Barry Bonds, but didn't mention a word about the 'roids. Rather, he just said some stuff about how Bonds is a great hitter and that hitting that many homers is a real accomplishment. I have to imagine he is actually writing this thing, or at least working closely with those who do--I don't think MLB would just attribute thoughts about a player as controversial as Barry Bonds to someone like Wright out of the blue. He also blogged about teammate Lastings Milledge, but again, no controversy. Although as a Mets fan, that makes me happy.
For a minute I thought Haren had the potential to be a little daring when he wrote "I don't mean to sound cocky, but I'm probably the best hitter on the A's pitching staff." Then I realized he hadn't said he was the best pitcher on the staff, as I had thought, but rather that he was the best hitter. As a pitcher for an AL team, his teammates probably won't get too offended.
And I love that Cantu blogs about the World Cup! I'm going to have to add these three to my list of websites I visit regularly. Now if only they can get some reputed jerks, like A.J. Pierzynski or Jeff Kent, to write. Then we would have some good reading material.
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The Energy Resources Conservation Board of Alberta (ERCB) has launched its library catalogue online at http://ercb.andornot.com The catalogue contains the combined holdings of the ERCB library in Calgary and those of the Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) library in Edmonton.
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Like I've mentioned in the previous blog, I didn't find a significant difference between the moderately-frothed usucha (thin tea) prepared with a 100-tine whisk and the one prepared with a 70-tine whisk. Then, I tried the same experiment on the well-whisked usucha with plenty of foam. The conditions are the same as the previous test. (Matcha: 1.7 grams, Water: 50 ml, Whisking: 20 sec) I beat both teas with faster motion to obtain extravagant foam, "A" with 100-tine whisk and "B" with 70-tine whisk.
|"A" with 100-tine whisk, "B" with 70-tine whisk
I felt a resistance in the liquid while I was whisking "A", and I could feel it in my senses that a generous amount of foam was formed. On the other hand, I find a less viscous feeling on beating liquid "B". Lavish foam is covered on both of the surfaces. The photo might not be clear but if you look at it closely, you will notice that "A" has finer foam and the foam in "B" is rougher and more bubbly. I would find out later on, after taking sips, that there are more apparent comparisons to see. For instance, the moment that the tea bowl reached my mouth, "A" has thicker foam. I could not tell it from the surface. I got a totally different impression on each tea now.
If you taste them more attentively, you'll find the same quality of bitterness and sweetness. However, the most obvious comparison would have to do with the texture of the foam produced. The foam in "A" fills your mouth, and delicate taste lingers for a long time. It consisted with fine tiny bubbles, so the foam is spongier. Meanwhile, the rough and big bubbles in "B" easily break and disappear, and give a lighter touch.
I therefore conclude that if you prefer usucha with rich and fine foam; use a whisk with a large number of tines. If you like your tea with lighter foam, beat with a fewer-tine whisk. There are various factors affecting the taste and texture of tea, and you can't simply find a perfect answer. However, the tea whisk matters for sure.


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Worlds colliding! For today's Monday Morning Key Bump, let's go way back in the Phish time machine... to 1990. Yes, 1990. Phish played an outdoor show in Woodbury, CT and I love the rustic setting with logs of firewood from behind the stage completely visible. The video quality is what you'd expect for the late 80s, but this is vintage Phish and includes trampolines during Walk Away and a wook'd-out Fishman performing a vac solo.
Tons of fashion disasters as my girlfriend pointed out like "Gordo's mustard yellow pants and Beastie Boys leather fedora," but she loved "Page's adorable sweater that would get preppy Ivy League girls weak in the knees."
Here's the setlist via Phish.net:
Phish 4.29.90 Woodbury, CT
Set 1: Carolina, Possum, Ya Mar, Y.E.M., Dinner and a Movie > Bouncin' , Uncle Pen, Divided Sky, Fluffhead, Walk Away, Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Lizards, Fire
Note: Fluffhead was a birthday dedication to "Sarah." Walk Away featured Trey and Mike on the trampolines. HYHU was played for the first time since March 1, 1989 (165 shows).


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micahsmommy | 13
While this certainly sucks for OP I'm quite sure that OP's ex isn't even in the same ballpark as Chris Benoit. OP and her child seem to definitely be alive.
MetalxSoldier | 26
My dad bailed too. Maybe it's just me but people who abandon their kids should sent to the octagon until they get some sense knocked into them. I mean sure, you dont have to be with someone if you dont want to but don't make babies and make innocent children suffer.
DerpyDerpinson | 0
The octagon? What the hell is that? I thought it was the pentagon or maybe a state prison that'd do the most
setodude258 | 0
Its the ufc ring
dobbyisfreeeeeee | 10
Divorce really sucks and I speak from experience as the girl whose mother had to call the cops on her father after he had a particularly violent outburst of abuse and beat my twin brother. I was ten. I think perhaps getting no financial support is better than having your children live with an abusive father figure. Just be kind to them, that's all I wanted then.
Shadow_Phantom | 26
Well, for some women, that's exactly why they wouldn't date you. (I, for one, honestly never want kids.)
As to the OP; he sounds like an ass. FYL.
As to the OP; he sounds like an ass. FYL.
yahoowizard | 16
Yeah, I'm sure most women want kids. However, you are only 24, and though it's okay to start a family then, there's less women in that age group looking for a husband and kids that early
MerrikBarbarian | 9
That's how life goes I guess. Try being a single lesbian who wants kids. There are options though. My best friend is also single and wants kids, so he's fathering them. You don't need a partner to have kids- just a sperm donor.
goodgood_fml | 5
I want kids and a family too. I also would like to be married first before starting. I try to date, but guys don't find me attractive. Cheer up, at least you're a guy. The odds are in your favor.
micahsmommy | 13
Family and kids come when you least expect it. I met my husband at Walmart while visiting my parents a couple summers ago, was married the following spring and then found out I was pregnant the following winter. Enjoy your freedom now and know that all will follow in good time. And if you want to spend time with kids before then good nannies are hard to come by.
b00ts3ct0r | 15
Personally I'm not sure why people would want kids but I hope your search for a mate goes well. :)
xgetxbentx | 13
That doesn't do shit.
Don't get me wrong, telling them off and calling them out is great, it makes you feel better, but my sister's said this to my niece's dad countless times since she got pregnant.
She's still only 7months old, but it hasn't changed anything. Despite how nicely or how brutal she says it, if a guy doesn't want to be a parent, all you can do is file for child support so that he doesn't have a choice.
Don't get me wrong, telling them off and calling them out is great, it makes you feel better, but my sister's said this to my niece's dad countless times since she got pregnant.
She's still only 7months old, but it hasn't changed anything. Despite how nicely or how brutal she says it, if a guy doesn't want to be a parent, all you can do is file for child support so that he doesn't have a choice.
By immaMonsta | 8
Who cares if he *says* he's not paying anymore? Bring the law into this and make him do it. I hate it when men can't man up and pay child support for a life they helped create. It's the least they can do.
immaMonsta | 8
You're absolutely right, there are some women out there who don't woman up and pay child support; but I pointed the finger at men since the FML is about OP's husband.
No 19 he does still have to pay child support if he signs his rights away, all he gains by that is giving the mother complete legal custody and giving away any rights he had including visitation. In essence it does the mother a favor, if they just want the support
Whoa there.... The only way a person can sign over rights to their kid is if there is another person in there to legally adopt them (ie if a dad wants to sign over rights to a kid there has to be another (non related) male there to take responsibility) you can not just sign over custody to the mother. And yes when custody is signed over and the kid is adopted NO there is no more child support there to be paid. BEEN THERE DONE THAT!!!
camochick you most certainly can sign your rights away as a father or mother, and no it does not get rid of child support, otherwise sucky dads would do it all the time. the situation of adoption your referring to yes does get rid of support but its not necessary to sign your rights away. Ive been there done that too so to speak. if you try joining the Air Force as a single parent, they require you to sign your rights away as a father or mother to be accepted. so yes it is entirely possible to sign away rights just not support
I know because thats what the Air Force wanted me to do and I sure as hell didn't need another guy to do it they had the form ready. But there wasnt a chance in hell I was gonna give my rights to the mother, so I switched to Reserve because they don't make you do that.
Oh excuse me. Let me rephrase my previous statement. In the (state of Kentucky) to sign over rights to your child to the other parent there has to be another non related person to step in and take care of the child in their place and yes when that happens there is no more child support. And for you to be asked to sign your child over because of going into the service or whatever IDK cause I have never been in or around that. So that sucks on your part.
slinger2519 | 0
This is what's wrong with the court system. Some cunt fucks a guy gets pregnant, then demands money. Fucking bitch
No girl has to twist a guys arm to have sex. And it takes two (male and female) to make a child. Not all girls just screw guys to get pregnant stupid fuck. And if a guy And girl makes a child NO MATTER the situation they should both have to handle their responsibilities or give up rights to that child to someone else who can take care of it. You above, your attitude is the reason ppl have to go to court because of child support. Because douche bags like you think all girls are out to just get money from broke punk ass bitches that don't man up to their responsibilities!!!!!!!!
HaraAishi | 8
#34, I assumed that if he signed his rights away the payment stops because my stepsister got her baby daddy to sign his away. I suppose there's no real payment to be made if he is in jail (for an unrelated reason...)
#63, Re-read my comment dumbass. I said IF he signed his rights over. I didn't assume that he did, I did however assume you could read my damn comment.
#63, Re-read my comment dumbass. I said IF he signed his rights over. I didn't assume that he did, I did however assume you could read my damn comment.
IdfkMyUsernamexC | 5
You picked a bad comment.
efrainelboricua | 12
Not taxes paycheck
CassieStrawbs | 7
They never took it from by dad but if he missed a month, his drivers licenses would have been suspended. Maybe the rules are different everywhere.
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There are many unique things about this book. At some instances I'd have that great experience of reading something that I had thought many times, except written in such a perfect way that you read it over and over again before going on to the next page. These next two excerpts are examples of that. It was my thoughts right there on the page, the words I could never quite reach when trying to describe the effect of music, the alternate reality I've created for myself and what that says about my character…
I've never read a book that was crafted quite the way this one was. The reader was always described as a viewpoint, a camera. Each chapter opened up like it would on a movie script. "We allow ourselves to become a single point of view, and we observe her for a time…Our viewpoint takes the form of a midair camera that can move freely about the room."
This book didn't have very fancy descriptions or monologues. Most of it was just interesting conversations and confessions between a couple of characters, and when things were described it was just like how a camera would see it. I know I said that before but for me, it was just so unprecedented when at the beginning of every chapter it would open up with something like: "The interior of the same Denny's as before. Martin Denny's "More" is playing in the background. The number of customers has decreased markedly from thirty minutes earlier, and there are no more voices raised in conversation. The atmosphere suggests a deeper stage of night." Do you see how it's so simple yet so intricate at once?
Excerpt #23:
"Are you planning to be a professional musician?"
He shakes his head. "I'm not that talented. I love to play, but I could never make a living at it. There's a big difference between playing well and playing really creatively. I think I'm pretty good on my instrument. People say they like my playing, and I enjoy hearing that, but that's as far as it goes. I'm gonna quit the band at the end of the month and basically cut my ties with music."
"What do you mean, 'playing really creatively'? Can you give me a concrete example?"
"Hmm, let's see…You send the music deep enough into your heart so that it makes your body undergo a kind of a physical shift, and simultaneously the listener's body also undergoes the same kind of phsyical shift. It's giving birth to that kind of shared state. Probably." (88)
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"You seem to have a good, strong grip on yourself."
Mari shakes her head. "Not me," she says. "When I was little, I had no self-confidence at all. Everything scared me. Which is why I used to get bullied a lot. I was such an easy mark. The feelings I had back then are still here inside me. I have dreams like that all the time."
"Yeah, but I bet you worked hard over the years and overcame those feelings little by little – those bad memories."
"Little by little," Mari says, nodding. "I'm like that. A hard worker."
"You just keep at it all by yourself – like the village smithy?"
"I think it's great that you can do that."
"Work hard?"
"That you are able to work hard."
"Even if I've got nothing else going for me?"
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Mari thinks about what Korogi said. I do feel that I've managed to make something I could maybe call my own world…over time…little by little. And when I'm inside it, to some extent, I feel kind of relieved. But the very fact I felt I had to make such a world probably means that I'm a weak person, that I bruise easily, don't you think? And in the eyes of society at large, that world of mine is a puny little thing. It's like a cardboard house: a puff of wind might carry it off somewhere. (158-159)


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"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." James Joyce's The Dead is a beautifully rendered evocation of time forgotten and love unrequited in early 20th century Dublin. What's even more astounding about this seemingly "unfilmable" story is that it did just that, become an actual movie in 1987. But it wasn't made into a haphazard adaptation, diluting its content as it went through the stages of pre-production, shooting schedules, etc. No, it became a boni-fied masterpiece all its own! John Huston's final directing effort trims and rearranges certain aspects of Joyce's original novella, but the substance is still there, lull and temperate until The Lass of Aughrim croons its way through a parlor door so as to hit Gretta Conroy like a distant ray of light upon her shoulders. The fact that John Huston would die not too long after filming wrapped also adds to the movie's poignant sense of lament, a coping of the past and death similar to the cinematic bookends Huston provided Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe twenty years before. And so The Dead stands at the top of my list in a surprisingly good year for film. The rest of the decade… maybe not so much.
1. The Dead (John Huston)
2. Where Is the Friend's Home? (Abbas Kiarostami)
3. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders)
4. Au revoir les enfants (Louis Malle)
5. Boyfriends and Girlfriends (Éric Rohmer)
6. Withnail and I (Bruce Robinson)
7. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick)
8. Hope and Glory (John Boorman) and Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg)
9. Yeelen (Souleymane Cissé)
10. Prick Up Your Ears (Stephen Frears)
Where Is the Friend's Home? and Au revoir les enfants are both magnificent in the way they allow children to play adult roles without having the films compromise their wonder. Add the war themed Hope and Glory and Empire of the Sun and one could even argue that 1987 was the year for kid actors. Wings of Desire and Boyfriends and Girlfriends make for the art-house anchors, while Britain delivers two scathing drama/comedies in Withnail and I and Prick Up Your Ears. Then there's Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, which, while not being one of Kubrick's best, still is Kubrick.
A couple of close contenders fishing for the bottom slots include Gillian Armstrong's "teeteringly" sentimental but still acerbic enough family drama High Tide. Kathryn Bigelow outdid all "hipster vampire" movies twenty years before they became the popular thing with Near Dark, and Todd Haynes bursted onto the scene with his barbie doll biopic – if that's how to describe it – Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story. Oh, and Bill Forsyth had Housekeeping, which is this week's painful omission from my top ten list.
Two impeccably photographed period pieces, The Last Emperor and Red Sorghum, took on Chinese culture. Then there's Ishtar and its not wanting to focus on much of that – culture, that is – for Morocco, at least not compared to its other more commercially oriented goals. But Elaine May's infamous flop is still fascinating the same way that Heaven's Gate is fascinating, that and it's… hell, it's even one heck of a funny movie! A couple of well-known titles: The Princess Bride, Broadcast News, Robocop, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Mooonstruck, provided good pleasures. And Evil Dead II… provided good pleasures as well… I guess?
Below those you'll find Alex Cox's Walker, Pedro Almodóvar's Law of Desire, Lindsay Anderson's Whales of August, and Brian De Palma's The Untouchables. All flawed but in a very likable fashion. Finish it off with Jean-Luc Godard's King Lear and Kazuo Hara's The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On – movies I have yet to watch – and that's just a sliver of the films produced for 1987 (seriously, it was a busy year: House of Games, Predator, Barfly, Radio Days, Babette's Feast, Maurice, Wall Street, Fatal Attraction, Space Balls, freakin' Space Balls!, Some Kind of Wonderful, Overboard, etc…).
I'll be taking a hiatus for the next couple of weeks but will be back at it soon with 1935. A great year for a studio synonymous with horror.


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Addendum: Be sure to read the comments from Tim O'Reilly and Electric BookLab—they cover additional factors I forgot to bring up myself or are outside my primarily print-based experience.
So once again Hachette and Amazon are in the spotlight as their Bleak House drama staggers on. Lots of side-choosing and rhetoric, with a side dish of "I'm weighing in because nobody's raised this point I consider very important." Count me in the latter camp.
I'm not fond of Amazon and avoid them when and as I can; I won't cut off my nose to spite my face, but I'm willing to go to a little more trouble in taking my business elsewhere. I have no particular feeling about Hachette one way or the other, though their willingness to carry this whole affair to the ends of the earth certainly doesn't help their image in my eyes.
But leave all that aside. The dirty little secret I haven't seen anyone else raise—in fairness, possibly because it isn't well-known outside publishing circles—is that a good part of a physical book's cost is not in the printing and binding. Most people, I suspect, would be greatly and unpleasantly surprised by how much of a book's cost (not its price, I should add) is fixed, regardless of final format.
Why? Because it's the labor, not the ink and paper, that makes up that fixed cost. The writer, editor, proofreader, and typesetter—at least—put in the same number of hours on a book, regardless of whether it's a hardback, a paperback, or an e-book. They still need to get paid, and they sure as hell are not going to accept less money just because people don't value a digital product as much as they do a physical one. I certainly won't put up with it.
There are differences, of course. The incremental cost of a digital copy is, practically speaking, near zero once a publisher's electronic distribution is set up, and that is the basis of the argument that e-books should be cheaper. Moreover, the labor costs of the print house are gone along with the physical costs.
All well and good, but just because a book is easier to get doesn't mean it will sell better. A publisher (even a self-publisher) still has to estimate how many copies he or she thinks people will buy, and base the cover price on that estimate. It isn't going to be infinite, and frankly, I doubt sales even will be significantly greater—lots of people just don't read all that much. Textbooks are grotesquely expensive because there's no economy of scale: Only a small number of copies are needed for a very limited audience, so the costs of writing, proofreading, editing, and typesetting them have to be covered by relatively few buyers. On top of that, textbooks require more of all those costs than just about any other kind of book.
Maybe it's true that e-book pricing currently is inflated, especially if it's pegged to the price of a fancy hardback rather than the cheap paperback that is the e-book's real ancestor. Maybe ten bucks US is a good floor when taking into account these fixed labor costs. Frankly, I don't know—I know only what I charge as a designer and typesetter, and I'm not qualified to comment on the financial arrangements common in other parts of the production chain.
I just want people to be aware that the floor exists and that it won't go away. Too many people apparently think digital arts (including software) appear as if by magic and thus should be free or nearly so. I'm here to tell them that, no, in fact these artifacts are created not by fairies but by people who are working for their livings and want to make those livings.


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So the Greek parliament has approved the latest bail-out deal. They get 130 billion euros from the IMF and the ECB and a 100 billion "haircut" of their debts in return for massive austerity. But for me, the most revealing news was that the Germans were insisting that the 130 billion be kept on a separate account that would be used to pay off the interest payments on national debt!
In other words, this deal is not to help the Greeks at all. It's just a way of making sure that the bankers can get to suck the life blood out of the Greek economy before moving on to the next countries on the list - Italy, Spain, Portugal, France.....
OK. They've agreed to accept a 100 billion "haircut". But given that the markets are currently charging the Greek government 25.91% interest, they will do ok anyway. I presume that the Germans intend to block the 130 billion on a separate account to make sure that the markets really do get paid their 25.91% of interest. And don't forget that much of the "money" lent to the Greeks was not money that the banks had to lend anyway.
The situation is a total disaster. And I still cannot believe that no-one is talking about the other option of using the ECB to provide the money needed to get Greece off the hook. The mechanism is there! It just needs a single "publicly-owned credit institution" to act as intermediary, and the 340 billion needed to pay off the entire national debt could be provided on the 29th of Feburary.
The fact that no-one has even mentioned this option can only be explained one way.
If any country were to pay off its debts to the banking sector, everyone would suddenly realise that we have been all ripped off for decades by banks who create money out of thin air, lend it to governments, and then sit back and wait for the taxpayers to pay them interest - 4.3 trillion euros for the eurozone between 1995 and 2010.
We have to stop this insanity now. Otherwise, we will be next on the list.


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2017 Mercedes-Benz GLA | San Luis Obispo, CA
For drivers who are hoping to acquire the best of everything, it's perhaps no surprise that the crossover SUV segment has made such great gains in popularity in recent years. And, if there is a case in point in this progression, it just might be the all-new 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLA, which presents buyers with an option that goes long on power, efficiency and style. This model can now be found at Alfano Motorcars in San Luis Obispo, and drivers from around California are beginning to take notice.
|Two Available Engine Options
|Distinctive crossover SUV styling
|Standard 7-inch display touchscreen
|Up to 375 horsepower
|43.6 cubic feet of rear cargo volume
|Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity
|Up to 35 highway mpg
|Standard 18-inch wheels
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|Comfortable seating for five
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Sterling uses humor and flippant remarks to mask those wounds so I thought I'd share a few STERLINGISMS today.
"We Renegades write our own rules. The good, bendable kind that let me kick your ass all over the curb and then do it again just for fun."
After being punched -- "Feels Good"
"You don't know the meaning of 'wait,'
do you?" Caleb asked.
Sterling grinned. "You wouldn't love me if I did."
"I'll be taking that vial of ICE you got there in your pocket. Then you can mosey on along and take the rest of your lifetime on vacation. You know, do whatever retired drug dealers do. Play the casino tables. Watch SpongeBob for all I care. Just get the hell off my streets."
"You're the suit-wearing, talk-down-to-you, and then bust-your-wallet-in-the-balls, kind of asshole. I'm the dirty-boxing, back-alley kind of asshole."
Sterling's lips twisted with a wry taunt. "The next two bullets won't hit the ground. Think of all those little bones in your feet blasted away by the steel force of a bullet." He shook his head. "Ouch. That hurts just thinking about it. Even on an ICE high, that's gonna bite like a bitch. After that, we'll move upwards." He pointed the gun at Mohawk's knee. Then his thigh. Then shoved the gun toward his crotch. "About midway up is where all the fun starts. If I blow it off, will ICE grow it back? Wanna find out?"
Sourcebooks Casablanca (November 2011)
The Storm That Is Sterling.
Jones, Lisa Renee (Author)
Nov 2011. 384 p. Sourcebooks/Casablanca, hardcover, $6.99. (9781402251597).
The exciting Zodius futuristic suspense series features soldiers enhanced by a GTECH secret military experiment. Sterling Jeter, who is assigned to guard Rebecca Burns, the scientist working on an antidote for the highly addictive and fatal drug ICE. But Rebecca is also the high-school dream Sterling was never able to realize. She has cancer and tangling with bad guys who want her science skills for their ends has left her an ICE addict, too. She wants to take advantage of her time left with Sterling, while Sterling wants to protect her. As danger mounts, they try to sort out who is trustworthy. The GTECH and science details can best be followed with the help of the index, but they do not overwhelm the appealing characters or action. Jones' suspense truly sizzles with an energy similar to FBI tales with a paranormal twist by Julie Garwood or Suzanne Brockmann. Alpha, military, and paranormal romance readers will want Jones' entire series.
The cover copy:
He may be invincible to everyone else…
Sterling Jeter has remarkable powers and has shown himself
to be just about indestructible. But beautiful, brilliant Rebecca
Burns knows that even a Super Soldier needs comfort, and so
much more…
But she can see that deep down,he's just a man…
Sterling and Rebecca's teenage romance was interrupted,
but years later the heat between them flares back to life.
Even though it endangers everything they're fighting for, it's
impossible to resist picking up right where they left off…


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Today's environment of slow organic growth is putting even more pressure on business leaders to increase efficiencies and productivity in the name of improving margins, but this often comes at the expense of creativity which is generated during times of boredom. The problem is that in management's efforts to squeeze as much value out of every minute of every day, workers are missing out on important downtime that can actually help generate breakthrough ideas. "While boredom may threaten your ability to work quickly and efficiently, it may be essential to working well," according to FastCompany.
Boredom allows our minds to recharge and think creatively, which can result in improving the long-term balance sheet. Think this is a bunch of psycho-babble? There is science behind this theory. Researchers in England discovered workers given boring tasks were much more creative right afterwards than were workers who were not bored. "Boredom is the psychological equivalent of fallow fields in agriculture – where they are left without any crops for a while to allow them to regenerate," explains Dr. Ian Robertson.
When we allow our minds to wander and daydream, we are more open to wonder about piecing together seemingly unrelated ideas and that is specifically how sector disruptors are discovered. "Some of the most talented and successful people all share the ability to combine two or more ordinary things in a completely novel way. That kind of creative thinking doesn't happen as a result of brute-force cogitation . . . it happens during those transition zones, the moments of unforced boredom that they've each made an intentional effort to restore to their lives."
According to research by Cindy Foley, executive deputy director for learning and experience at the Columbus Museum of Art, there are typically three steps essential to creativity.
- Wonder and Curiosity. This is where we engage with moments of suspended disbelief and are open to new ideas.
- Collaboration and Negotiating Ideas. We begin to figure out where the parts of puzzle actually fit and how we can muster resources to execute.
- Experimentation. We put our ideas to work and learn about boundaries. We learn from our mistakes for future action.
Embracing boredom and daydreaming at work can help employees increase focus on their jobs. Is it any wonder disruptors like Google have elaborate break rooms for employees to step away from work and relax? It sounds counterintuitive but "just like resetting a computer, that process allow(s) us to shed extraneous garbage, come back fast and focused, and flourish."


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With a 13-4 City Council vote, last week Philadelphia became the first major city to pass a 1.5 cent per ounce tax on sugary drinks. While it's a win for Mayor James Kenney, some city residents and business owners are outraged.
"I really don't like it. I'm disappointed in it," one Philadelphia resident told Yahoo Finance's Seana Smith in the video above. "I think it's incredibly regressive, and I think the population it's purported to aid and help is exactly the population it's going to negatively affect."
The tax is expected to generate $91 million in the first year and up to $386 million over five years. Some of the money will be earmarked for improving early education and fixing neglected infrastructure such as parks and recreation facilities in the inner city.
But here's what Yahoo Finance found out when talking to Philadelphia residents: They're upset that all of the money is not being allocated to pre-K and parks and recreation facilities. During final negotiations with council members, it was determined that some of the money generated from the tax will go to the city's general fund and other expenditures including retrials for juveniles.
A Philadelphia resident told Yahoo Finance that he doesn't agree with how the tax will be spent, calling City Council's decision a "disgrace." Another critic of the tax said it will have a negative impact on the restaurant industry and cause sales to slow.
Here's why: People who buy sugary drinks in the city of Brotherly Love will have to pay an additional 18 cents in tax for each 12-ounce can of soda and $2.16 in tax for each 12-pack purchased.
The new tax will affect thousands of beverages—essentially anything that contains either artificial sweetener or sugar. Drinks that will not be taxed are those that are more than 50% juice or milk.
Philadelphia will start collecting the tax January 1.


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The chief taxi regulator in Los Angeles tried to put his boot to the throat of upstart Web-based transportation services Uber, Sidecar and Lyft this week, directing them to stop picking up passengers in the city. The problem is, he doesn't have the authority to do so. Rather than operating conventional taxis, the three companies offer innovative ride-for-hire services that the state Public Utilities Commission oversees. In fact, the PUC has signed agreements with all three that govern their operations. And the main danger the companies pose at this point is to cabbies' hold on what used to be a captive market.
Uber, Sidecar and Lyft may be disrupting the cab business, but they're not operating cab companies. They're electronic clearinghouses that efficiently connect people seeking rides with a bigger universe of potential drivers. Customers reserve a ride through a smartphone application, which summons a limo (in Uber's case) or a privately owned car willing to deliver them in exchange for a donation (Sidecar and Lynx). All three open new opportunities not just for those who need rides but for those who'd like to make money driving their cars.
Taxi administrator Tom Drischler believes the three services are indistinguishable from a garden-variety taxi company. On Monday, he sent each a cease-and-desist letter, asserting it was operating an "unlicensed, commercial for-profit transportation service." But local cab regulations exist to protect people from unknown drivers they hail on the street, not from drivers they hire for pre-arranged trips. Those are the state's purview.


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Egan Sign Hires 3 New Team Members
Wyomissing, Pa. — Egan Sign, a recognized leader in national sign management and corporate rebranding, has made three new hires. Vi Phan has joined the organization as graphic designer, and Ginger Houck and Alex Beilhart have been hired as project coordinators.
- Published in The Latest News


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Wow Pam! Love that art, and it looks great where you have hung it! Love the idea of changing it out for the seasons, though I am powering down on seasonal decor, and limiting it to a fewer items that I just adore.
Hope your week is going well!
Thanks for sharing!
I love your bicycle art Pam. It's perfect for your family room! My motto when at HomeGoods, TJ Maxx or Marshall's is "if in doubt, buy it because you can always return it" if you don't like it when you get it home.ReplyDelete
Great buys, I love the bicycle picture. I have to get to Home Goods, I see so many of their products on blogs, we have one hear in Orlando...I have just never went!!
Love the print, and think changing out artwork is a great idea. I do it to. Gives the area a fresh new look:)ReplyDelete
I love the bicycle art and changing it out for the seasons is a great idea. You found some great stuff at Home Goods. The bird house on clearance is too cute. I think it's time for me to make a trip to Home Goods!
Lori : )
Thrifty Decor Mom
Love the new print Pam! Looks just like you!ReplyDelete
That is a great piece of art you have! I think the colors make it work with just about any color scheme you use. Everything goes together so well. Love it!
Love the bicycle art. I change out pictures all the time, it gives a fresh look for not a lot of money.ReplyDelete
Great finds at Homegoods.... and love the pillows. I voted and good luck!
I really love all of these decorations. I shop at Homegoods all the time, and I seem to always find great things. Our next home improvement project is to re do our living room. I'm going to go for this type of style.ReplyDelete
Hi, visiting from Cottage Style Link party. I love your bicycle canvas. Happy that it was still there when you went back. It really is a fun piece of art. Now following you.
I have had a great time poking around your blog! Your Home Goods shopping trip turned out to be very rewarding! Everything looks great.I am your newest follower :)ReplyDelete
This bicycle art of yours is really adorable. Not just that the other pics are wonderful as well.ReplyDelete
Just saw that same print too, love it!!....Looks wonderful in there!ReplyDelete
FYI, I voted for you gladly!ReplyDelete
Great article about Living Room Los Angeles. I really like your blog very much and also share this article with my friends. Good Job keep it upReplyDelete
hi- I love that canvas and saw the same one in my homegoods but didn't buy it up and now I am kicking myself! is there an artist or infomration on the back where maybe I can google to buy online since In S. CA they are gone- ive called them all. thanks.


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