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BWW Interviews: Sara Webb Talks Houston Ballet's SWAN LAKE
Summer is upon us, and Houston Ballet is helping Houstonians beat the heat by presenting the idyllic classic SWAN LAKE. Featuring choreography by Stanton Welch, this version of SWAN LAKE first premiered in 2006 and this production marks the third time that Houston Ballet dances this crowd-pleasing version. In anticipation of Thursday's opening night, I recently chatted with Sara Webb about SWAN LAKE and dancing the iconic dual roles of the White and Black Swans.
BWW: Houston Ballet is getting ready to close its 2013-2014 season. Looking back, what was one (or some) of your favorite moments of this past season?
Sara Webb: I really enjoyed the last program that we did, the one featuring all of Stanton Welch's work. I think it stands out to me because when I was young in the company, Stanton Welch first started choreographing with Houston Ballet, and I'd always enjoyed dancing his ballets. I thought how appropriate for his ten year to have a program dedicated to just him. I was in all three ballets, and I really enjoyed each one for different reasons.
Of course, I am looking forward to SWAN LAKE. I've always, you know, loved that ballet and any opportunity to dance it is a treat. I had never done MERRY WIDOW before, so it was fun to kind of step out of my comfort zone and jump into Valencienne, the character who is a little more over the top. I had fun doing that.
I have really been looking forward to this next mixed program as well. I danced THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS like nine years ago or something, and I remember totally falling on stage. It was just, at that time, a very difficult program for me. It's always fun to revisit ballets you've done before to try and improve on them. So, I'm enjoying this experience much more. Also, PETITE MORT, the last time they did it, I was pregnant with my son. It was the one ballet that season that I was sad not to be able to be a part of, so I am really excited that it came back a second time around.
BWW: Houston Ballet is concluding their season with the beautiful and infamous SWAN LAKE. Can you tell the readers a little about your role in this production?
Sara Webb: Sure. SWAN LAKE is an iconic ballet. I think when you ask people about the ballet, they have either seen SWAN LAKE or know of SWAN LAKE or THE NUTCRACKER, of course. Tchaikovsky did the music, so everybody should be familiar with the music. SWAN LAKE is kind of the same story for every choreographer I think. Stanton Welch kind of elaborated a little bit more where she's a maiden by night and a swan by day. So, she falls in love with the prince who is trying to find love, like every prince in every ballet, and, of course, he always finds it in the forest with some maiden. (Laughs) They fall in love, but then he realizes that she has this secret that she is also a swan. Obviously, in White, their love is very vulnerable, but at the same time there is the angst of how can they be together when she is a swan half of the time and a maiden the other half of the time because of this curse on her.
The Black Swan is danced by the same dancer, obviously, and being able to dance both roles, White and Black, is what makes the role so iconic. They are very different personalities. I think that is also what makes the ballet so extremely difficult for the lead ballerina. You're tired from doing White Swan, and then you have to go out with a bang and be very fiery and convince the prince that you are the White Swan with just a little different personality.
BWW: This will be your fourth time dancing as the Swan Queen. What has been your favorite part about preparing for this role, and do you find that you find something new to look forward to each time you take on this part?
Sara Webb: Yeah, it's funny. I think the first time that I did the role I was just scared to death. It's exciting because you're like, "Oh my gosh. I finally get to be the Swan Queen," but then you're like, "Oh my gosh, this is the hardest ballet I've ever danced in my life." I think that the first time that I did it, looking back, that I really felt like a baby swan. You know, I was just learning how to find my wings.
However, each time this ballet comes around, I get to improve and grow from the time before. It's a classical ballet, but there is some freedom in SWAN LAKE. I think there is more freedom where you get to use your body a little more to become more creature-like as the White Swan. So, this time, I am trying to experiment a little more with that as well as making the dynamic of the Black Swan completely different than the White Swan. That way you really see physically the difference between the White Swan and the Black Swan.
BWW: What has been the most challenging aspect in preparing to dance both roles of the Black Swan and White Swan?
Sara Webb: I think the stamina and then also trying to portray the differences between the two. You dance the way you dance, and then you are tired by the time that you get to the Black Swan. It's hard not to give into that I guess, to really show the difference between the White Swan being very vulnerable and the Black Swan being very much in control and powerful
The stamina is challenging for sure, and the White act and the Black acts each have different staminas. The White act is not so much like you feel like you're going to vomit at the end of it, it's that you can't feel your left leg because the whole pas de deux is on that left leg. The Black Swan is more like running a marathon, keeping that strength up until the bitter end. (Laughs) It's a challenge. But that's the beauty of ballet, trying to make it look like it's not difficult at all. (Laughs)
It's funny watching it. I know when I watch the other dancers preparing for it, or when you watch another cast, you're out there enjoying the whole thing like, "Wow, they don't look tired at all," but then when you're up there you're like, "Oh my gosh, I'm dying." Everybody does a wonderful job; everyone that's working hard fights for it.
BWW: What can Houston audiences expect from this production of SWAN LAKE?
Sara Webb: This will be the third time that we've done Stanton Welch's version since he premiered it in 2006. In the end there is this dragon [Rothbart], and the last couple of times that we've done it, it has been very hard to kind of see the special effects of that. I think this time they are trying to change the dragon a little bit and make it more dynamic.
Then, I think, with any production that's new, the more you do it, the more you find that the dancers will add to the roles and try to put themselves into it a little bit more. There's that freedom that Stanton gives us. The more we do a ballet, the more he gives you a little more freedom to explore the role even more. I think if you came and saw every single cast, you would see a very different interpretation from each person, but I think that's what's so amazing about it all. That's the beauty of it. It's too bad that people cannot come and see every single cast because I think they would get something different from each person.
BWW: One of the best parts of SWAN LAKE is that you get this classic dual role. Do you find that you share any similarities to the characters that you are bringing life to on stage?
Sara Webb: That's a good question. So, the first time that I ever did the White Swan pas de deux was when I was like sixteen years old. At the Harid Conservatory I actually got to dance it with Marcelo Gomes. I'll always remember what we were told when they coached us. I mean we were young, and the first time trying to do something. He said the White Swan pas de deux is about love, but what is love? It's all of the different emotions in one. It's fear, it's anxiety, and passion. All of those emotions make up that pas de deux, like when you're first experiencing love or love in general. So, I think in that sense everyone can relate to the White Swan pas de deux because they have fallen in love at some point in their life or know what love is. I can definitely relate to that. I'm married and just in love in general with somebody who I want to be with forever. I think that's definitely something that I can relate to.
The Black Swan, I don't know, I think that we all maybe have a sassy side to us. (Laughs) I think that as the Black Swan is kind of fun to be a little sassy and to have the freedom to be something that maybe you're not all the time. I mean I think that everybody has something inside of them that is not on display all of the time. I think that is the beauty of being able to play this role; you get to be able to be free enough to be that one little part of you that you don't get to show to everyone all of the time. I think that my family and the people that I work with here would say that I'm sassy. (Laughs) It's kind of fun to be able to explore that a little more in the role of the Black Swan.
Stanton Welch's SWAN LAKE, produced by Houston Ballet, runs in the Brown Theater at the Wortham Theater Center, 500 Texas Avenue, Houston 77002 from June 5 to 15, 2014. For tickets and more information, please visit http://www.houstonballet.org or call (800) 828-2787.
Photos courtesy of Houston Ballet. Photos by Amitava Sarkar.
Ballet: Swan Lake Choreographer: Stanton Welch Dancer(s): Sara Webb and Artists of Houston Ballet
Ballet: Swan Lake Choreographer: Stanton Welch Dancer(s): Sara Webb and Connor Walsh
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After reporting this morning that Joe Carnahan's pitch to Fox for Daredevil "went up in smoke," the director decided to share those sizzle reels with Twitter. It's clear that I'm not cut out to be a studio executive, because Carnahan's hardcore, 70's take on the Man without Fear seemed spot on to me. Granted, sizzle reels aren't composed of actual footage; they are spliced together pieces of film stock, bits of soundtrack, some concept art and, in this case, comic book panels that are meant to give the viewer a sense of tone and theme. Carnahan's Daredevil would have been closer to a Frank Miller film: tough, ballsy and fearless. It's a shame we'll probably never see the vision on the big screen. Hit the jump to watch two versions of the Daredevil pitch.
Thanks go to @carnojoe himself for sharing these pitches with Twitter. I love the 70s aesthetic, with clips that are simply saturated in corruption and excess. Glimpses of The Warriors throughout give the piece a bit of gangland feel while panels and overtures from the Kingpin spotlight the villain. I particularly loved the cut of The Edgar Winter Group's "Frankenstein" climaxing the piece. Check them out below and let us know your reactions in the comments:
First up, the PG-13 version of the sizzle reel:
Here's the more violent, NC-17 version of the sizzle reel:
So did Fox screw up by passing on Carnahan? Keep in mind, the rights to Daredevil might as well be back in Marvel's hands now as the chances are slim to none that the former studio could get anything into production by October 10th. Fox already passed up the offer from Marvel to extend Daredevil's stay at the foster studio in exchange for some of Marvel's previous properties. We'll keep an eye out to see where Daredevil ends up and if a reboot is still in the cards.

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Yesterday, I posted about this amazing home that I recently fell in love with while browsing the Houston real estate listings. The home is gorgeous without anything in it, but I felt so inspired by the space, that I decided to create some design boards for each of the rooms. You know, since I can't actually buy the house and move in. A girl can dream, right? Needless to say, the bones of the home are conducive to a variety of styles, but I would definitely decorate it with a touch of glamour. First up, my plan for the study.
{Clockwise from Top: Devon Mirror from Z Gallerie, Ruhlmann Sconces from Circa Lighting, Sophia Sofa from Z Gallerie, Ikat Pillows from Madeline Weinrib, Stone Bolster Pillow from Jayson Home & Garden, Small Mykonos Chandelier from Circa Lighting, Cotton Steel Brooke Rug from Madeline Weinrib, Chinese Chippendale Chairs from Wisteria, Cococozy Cane Throw, Kate Lamp from Circa Lighting, Jett Desk by Z Gallerie, Eddie Chair from Z Gallerie}
I work from home and my husband is very kind and generous, so naturally, the study in "our home" would be mine and it would have a decidedly feminine feel. I adore the woodwork in this space. The paneling and built-ins are so beautiful and the walls of windows make the space feel so large and light, though it does limit how much you can hang on the walls. Speaking of the walls, I love the paint color chosen by the window. It is such a creamy, light taupe.
The first order of business for me was finding a modern sunburst mirror to hang above the fire place. Then I moved on to a desk. I knew I wanted something white and fairly simple. After that, I knew I wanted to incorporate some color and found this amazing peacock blue chair from Z Gallerie, which I would swathe with the cane printed throw from Cococozy. By the way, Coco was sweet enough to send me the same throw in navy and I LOVE it. The quality is amazing and it's reversible. On the other side of the desk, I would add a pair of black lacquered Chippendale chairs.The sofa is both modern and glamorous, but I like that it has sharper lines, lending a bit of a masculine sensibility to the room. It would go on the right side, between the desk in front of the fireplace and the wall of windows. The rug and ikat pillow are both from Madeline Weinrib. Next, I felt that the room needed a little more sparkle, so I added the bolster pillow from Jayson Home and Garden. Lastly, I added the jewelry of the room: the lighting. I knew I wanted something warm, so I decided on antique, hand-rubbed brass for my fixtures, all of which are decidedly glamorous, wouldn't you say? The sconces would go above the fireplace on either side of the mirror. I would fill the bookshelves with art and design books along with fun accessories like agate bookends.
{Clockwise from Top: Dabney Lee Desk Accessories, Eduardo Garza Rose Quartz Bookends, Vogue March 2010 Contributors by Lauren DiCioccio, Louis the Third by Jessica Snow, Tini Table by Oomph, Hermes Boule Clock, Iomoi Sandy Cay Paperweights, Matador Print by Happy Menocal}
At the risk of tooting my own horn, I have to say that I love the way my design board turned out for this space. It has the perfect balance of masculine and feminine shapes, just enough color and glamour for days. If only I could move in!


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New Year's Day is a great day to start planning out some trips. Circle Tour of Superior this June is looking good and I was looking for suggestions and insights you may have to share. Post is on ADV but linked below.
Basically I have 8-10ish days and will be looking to spend some time enjoying the area not just zipping around and back. Likely won't fit in everything, but I don't want to miss something that 'locals' may know.


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My husband wants to know why a kindergarten teacher in a quiet Connecticut suburb owned two 9-mm hand guns and a semi-automatic rifle. He wants to know why are there no checks for mental stability for gun owners or background checks in most states to make sure that the purchaser is not an outright criminal.
I want to know how come a relatively small number of gun nuts are able to hold our entire nation hostage. I'm pretty sure the majority of Americans don't believe that anyone who wants one should be allowed to own an arsenal. Most people have more sense that.
I don't think people who hunt are the problem, either. I don't hunt, but I don't feel I can consume meat while simultaneously objecting to someone else shooting a deer. I am not sufficiently hypocritical for that. In any case, hunters usually respect weapons, were often raised in homes where hunting is a tradition and guns are not considered toys … and they don't use semi-automatic rifles or assault weapons for deer hunting. Or any other kind of hunting.
So who are these people who have so much more power than their numbers or any commonsense, logic, or reason suggests? Why do they seem to own us? My gut tells me to follow the money because beneath and supporting every evil, somewhere there's money involved. Usually a lot of money.
Why do we allow private people to buy these weapons? Why are they not held liable for the damage their weapons do, regardless of who is pulling the trigger?
Why do we have less oversight of guns than of motorcycles? The odds of a motorcycle killing anyone but its owner are small compared to what a gun — any gun — can do.
Why? Anyone have an answer? Because my husband and I are pretty smart people, well-educated and reasonably sophisticated. He was a reporter for a lifetime and has seen more of these massacres than anyone should ever have to see. I read, research, and spend a lot of time looking for answers.
But neither one of us has answers this time. We just have questions. There are a lot of questions going around. Maybe it's time to start formulating a few answers.
Related articles
- The unanswerable question (lisagobrien.com)
- Questions I Ask Myself About Connecticut School Shooting by Juan Cole (zcommunications.org)
- The Unanswerable Questions (nancyaruegg.com)


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Recently I've become fascinated by education reform, and in the past year (And especially the last month) I've written on different aspects of the subject. I did this in two general periods, a pre-systematic period (actually beginning with the very first post I made, "US Public Schools — Still Terrible" from early December 2004) and continuing thru "How Science Works" (from mid-december 2011). In the comments to that post, Mark Safranski of ZenPundit made this comment on Christmas Eve:
The corporations involved in marketing to public education entities, including testing companies, are not run by scientists and are not doing "science'. That's not their objective.
There are companies that make (and/or administer) very high quality tests in psychometric terms in which you can have confidence that the results are valid and reliable. And then there are companies that offer testing products that…well….do not meet this standard but have the attraction of being markedly cheaper to purchase and can be administered by anyone off of the street or have students self-administer via computer.
If these much lower quality tests are used as a rough "snapshot†of academic performance as a guide to adjust instruction or direct remediation resources, that's somewhat useful if re-testing is part of the process. To make any life-altering decisions about students or teachers on the basis of the results of one of these substandard tests is unethical and invalid.
And then at the bottom there are testing products at the level of which the State of Illinois was recently forced to term "catastrophic vendor failure†on forms submitted to the Federal Department of Education. Psychometric quality was not part of test selection criteria under tGov. Blagojevich's ISBE.
*Who* gets to decides what test is used is a key decision; as is *how* the test results will be used, but low quality tests used for purposes for which they are not designed will discredit the process
which forced me to take the structure of education reform more seriously. ON Christmas Day I wrote "Major Political Actors," which began my process of seriously thinking about why education reform is so hard. Generally, my thoughts have clusered in several major categories: xGW Theory, Dimensions of Force, Central Actors, Labor Relations, and of course the pre-systematic stuff I wrote in the preceeding seven years.
In the Context of xGW Theory
In the Context of Dimensions of Force
- The Hard Way
- What Good Tests Look Like, and Why We Don't Have Them
- They Want Money
- The Political Economy of Education Reform
- Major Political Actors
In the Context of Central Actors
In the Context of Labor Relations
- The Lobotomy of Low Wages
- Review of "The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger,†by Marc Levinson
- How Professional Teachers Should Be Evaluated
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In the past decade, Luke Perry has transformed himself from a teen heartthrob to a versatile and well-rounded actor. Luke stars in this month's Hallmark Channel original movie, "A Gunfighter's Pledge," part of Hallmark's "Big Summer of Heroes" month.
Luke has been a man in command of his career, and perhaps even a bit outspoken, since he first auditioned for "Beverly Hills, 90210." He originally read for the role of spoiled-brat rich kid Steve Sanders (a part that eventually went to Ian Ziering). "I went in for the audition and was like, 'Look, I know I'm not right for this role, and you know I'm not right for this role.' They were very cool, you know. I just couldn't see myself as Steve. We ended up just having a really good talk."
And the rest, as they say, is history.
Since leaving "90210," Luke has accepted an eclectic mix of television and movie roles. Not surprisingly, he is very practical when deciding what type of role to take on next.
"I consider what I have going on in my life during that time. Have I done that type of role yet? Do I like the character? Or maybe there's an actor I want to work with." Luke explains.
"There are certain things I wanna do before I'm done. I want to run on top of a train. If the script says I get to run on top of a train, I'll do it. I accepted a role a while back — my manager didn't want me to because it wasn't that good — but the script called for running on top of a train. I didn't care, I wanted to do it, so I took the role. The movie ended up falling through, though, which I guess was good."
Growing up in Mansfield, Ohio, taught Luke small-town values and principles. "I only recently started to think about how long I've been doing this. I never want to be in something I don't believe in. Just keep it simple. I try to separate the two — I'm a guy from Ohio, but I live here (in California)."
Luke tries to get back to Ohio whenever he can, especially to cheer on his beloved Cleveland Browns. "I took my son to a game last year. It was so great. Did you see me? I led my section in a verse of 'Hang On Sloopy.' We played the (Baltimore) Ravens, and we kicked their ass! It was great to be there with my son and to explain to him: 'Now here we have the Ravens, and we hate the Ravens. Oh, and let me tell you a little about Art Modell …'"
However, when asked to choose between the state's two major-league baseball teams, the Cleveland Indians and the Cincinnati Reds, Luke is torn. "I'm split between the Tribe and the Reds. I always cheer for both of them."
The same goes for competing amusement parks, Cedar Point and Kings Island. "I haven't been to either since I was a kid, but with Cedar Point you had the Corkscrew. I remember waiting in line for hours for that one! And with Kings Island, remember when Evel Knievel jumped over all those buses? I'll never forget that."
One reason why Luke likes working with the Hallmark Channel so much is the because of the type of family-friendly programming that it brings to American homes. "A lot of TV nowadays is really kind of gruesome. It's nice to be able to just watch a movie on TV with your family. At no point in time as a parent do you have to worry about leaving the room with your kid alone (watching 'A Gunfighter's Pledge'). That's what I like so much about Hallmark: Their programming is interesting and intelligent, but not pandering."
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Luke Perry Is Just a Small-Town Boy
In the past decade, Luke Perry has transformed himself from a teen heartthrob to a versatile and well-rounded actor. Luke stars in this month's Hallmark Channel original movie, "A Gunfighter's Pledge," part of Hallmark's "Big Summer of Heroes" month.


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Christmas Traditions Trivia
Christmas traditions around the world can be nearly
identical to the way you celebrate Christmas, somewhat the same, or they can be entirely
different. Do you know how Christmas is celebrated in Mexico? Germany? Test
your Christmas traditions trivia knowledge with the facts below.
There are many different ways Christmas is celebrated around the world.
How do Mexicans celebrate Christmas?
Mexicans celebrate the birth of Jesus with las Posadas, nine days of preparation during which the story of the Nativity is reenacted each day. These days lead up to Noche Buena (Holy Night) or Christmas Eve. Most families go to mass, then head home for dinner with family and friends. The highlight of the evening is placing Baby Jesus in the manger in the Nativity scene.
To prepare for the celebration, the house is decorated with pottery; bowls of fruit; brightly colored paper ornaments; colorful confetti; tinsel-trimmed maracas; star-shaped piñatas filled with oranges, tangerines, peanuts, and candy canes; red, green, and silver tablecloths; small lanterns and candles; and, of course, a Nativity scene.
The spread for Feliz Navidad includes:
- Roast turkey, ham, or suckling pig
- Biscayan cod
- Tamales
- Stuffed chili peppers
- Wild greens in mole sauce
- Atole (beverage made from corn)
- Chili con queso with chips
- Guacamole with flakes of red bell pepper "confetti"
- Ensalada de Navidad (Christmas fruit salad)
- Sidra (sparkling cider)
- Chocolate atole (cinnamon hot chocolate)
- Ponche con piquete (hot punch of fruits and cinnamon sticks)
- Bizcochos (holiday cookies)
- Sweet Christmas fritters
- Flan
What are some of the Swedish Holiday Traditions?
On December 13, one of the darkest days of the year, St. Lucia Day, or the Festival of Lights, is celebrated throughout Sweden to symbolize the promise of the sun's return. In the past, a young girl would dress in a white gown with a red sash and a wreath of lit candles on her head. She would go from house to house offering baked goods.
Today, the tradition continues with the oldest girl in a family wearing the traditional dress with a wreath of (battery-powered) candles on her head, awakening everyone with a song and saffron buns and coffee.
According to legend, Lucia was a young girl that lived during the fourth century. She was blinded for her Christian beliefs. St. Lucia is the patron saint of the blind.
For a Swedish Christmas dinner, sit down to a table of:
- Ham
- Lutefisk (fish soaked in lye)
- Boiled wheat (cuccidata)
- Cabbage pudding
- Baby potatoes
- Sweet carrots
- Medley of vegetables
- Deviled eggs
- Julglögg (a hot, mulled wine)
- Fruit salad
- Saffron buns with raisins
- Rice pudding
- Lingonberry pie
- Broomstick cookies (a lacy cookie with almonds and butter)
- Pepparkakor (sweet ginger)
What is Christmas like in Germany?
Celebrating the season is a month-long event in Germany, with festivities culminating on Christmas Eve, when the Christmas tree is unveiled. Children are not allowed to see the tree until a bell rings to signify that the Christ Child has been there.
Once the tree is revealed, fully decorated with tinsel, lights, and ornaments, families place presents underneath and sing Christmas carols. The night later gives way to a feast so lavish that the evening is often called dickbauch, or "fat stomach."
It is believed that those who do not eat well will be haunted by demons during the night. Nuts, fruits, marzipan, greenery, candles, and adorable carved, wooden figurines of angels, trees, and Santa are placed around the table.
In Germany, the typical Christmas feast
features roasted goose instead of turkey.
- Roasted goose
- Ham or suckling pig
- White sausage
- Sausage and cheese bread
- Roasted potatoes
- Green beans
- Yams
- Macaroni salad
- Rice porridge
- Biscuits and marmalade
- Fruit salad
- Apple cider
- Christstollen (bread with nuts, raisins, and dried fruit)
- Lebkuchen (gingerbread)
- Marzipan
What is Boxing Day in England?
Although the exact origin of Boxing Day is unknown, it is believed to date back to England during the Middle Ages. The most widely accepted theory is that even though servants were required to work on Christmas Day, they were given a reprieve the day after to visit family, with their employers sending them off with a box containing gifts and food, hence the term "Boxing Day."
Today, people continue to celebrate by taking the day off to visit family and friends and to give presents to those who have helped them throughout the year. Traditional Christmas festivities in England include tables laden with pine boughs, holly, mistletoe, juniper berries, cinnamon sticks, oranges with fragrant cloves, bowls of fruit, and tiny Christmas trees scattered throughout.
For the Christmas feast in England, turkey and stuffing are staples.
The typical English Christmas feast consists of:
- Pheasant or chicken
- Turkey
- Assorted sausages
- Stuffing
- Roasted potatoes
- Yams
- Filo crackers
- Mince pies
- Poached pears
- Scones and muffins with berry butter
- Christmas (plum) pudding
- Fruitcake
How do you say "Merry Christmas" around the World?
- Glædelig Jul -- Danish
- Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan -- Chinese, Mandarin
- Joyeux Noel -- French
- Nadolig Llawen -- Welsh
- Mitho Makosi Kesikansi -- Cree
- Buon Natale -- Italian
- Kala Christouyenna! -- Greek
- Nollaig Shona Dhuit -- Gaelic (Irish)
- Shub Naya Baras -- Hindi
- God Jul -- Swedish
- Boldog Karacsonyt -- Hungarian
- Feliz Navidad -- Spanish
- Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom -- Russian
- Sung Tan Chuk Ha -- Korean
- Frohliche Weihnachten -- German
- Gesëende Kersfees -- Afrikaans
- Hyvaa Joulua -- Finnish
- Kurisumasu omedeto -- Japanese
- Mele Kalikimaka -- Hawaiian
- Suksun Wan Christmas -- Thai
- Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia -- Polish
So, you've learned quite a bit about Christmas traditions around the world and how to say Merry Christmas in more than a dozen languages. Are you ready to test your Santa Claus knowledge? Continue to the next section to test your Santa trivia.


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Gadget Nirvana
Apple announced a new iPad mini yesterday as expected, along with upgrades to several other products. Surprisingly, an iPad 4 is now available, just a few short months after the iPad 3 was introduced. Apple is a master of innovation and marketing, and somehow manages to make evolutionary changes to its products seem revolutionary.
But they are not the only game in town.
Microsoft has an event on Oct 25 to launch its Surface tablet, on Oct 26 to launch Windows 8, and on Oct 29 to launch Windows Phone 8. Early reviews show they are solid products. I find these new Microsoft products interesting. The Surface tablet has a lot of features that will make it easier and more seamless to use than an iPad. Corporate IT departments will love them. But iPad users may be slow to switch, as many of the apps we use with the iPad are not yet available. For example, iPad users using apps like pressreader, newsstand or flipboard won't switch until those are available for Microsoft products.
Not to be outdone, Google also has an event on Oct 29 where it is expected to launch its next generation Nexus smartphone, new tablets, and an update to its latest Jelly Bean software.
For the record, I use Microsoft PC's, an iPad, and a Google Nexus phone. They are all good products, even though each one has subtle advantages and disadvantages. Each one also has its fans and detractors to the extent that it is sometimes difficult to know how realistic either positive or negative reviews are. For example, there has been some criticism that the Windows 8 surface RT tablet operating system won't run full office software – just pared down versions. But that is the nature of the tablet beast – and is the same approach taken by Apple and Google.


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1st row: Lickitung, Arbok, Dratini, Chansey, Raichu, Muk
2nd row: Meowth, Snorlax, Vaporeon, Sandshrew, Skiploom, Electrode
3rd row: Omanyte, Tentacool, Chikorita, Koffing, Marill, Vanillite
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Quick Pic: Pokémon Eggs
Quick Pic: Adventure Time Eggs
"I love making themed Easter eggs (I don't use dye anymore, I just Sharpie 'em) and this year it's my favorite show, ADVENTURE TIME! Finn, Jake, PB, and LSP."
Labels: adventure time, easter, eggs, holiday, quick pic
Music Video: Rage of Thrones
Available for purchase on The Axis of Awesome album "Cry YOURSELF a River"
I wholeheartedly sympathize with this sentiment. Spoilers? How do you spoil a plot that's been in print for over a DECADE?!! Pick up a book, bitches.
Labels: game of thrones, humor, music, television, video
Quick Pic: Fullmetal Alchemist Eggs
Music Video: WHUR MUH BOATS AT
Available as a free download from the artist at Mediafire.
"These are my thoughts on season 2. They are good thoughts."
Adam Warrock, creator of remixes inspired by Futurama and Parks And Recreation, created this viral sensation just last week. The song has been stuck in my head every since. It's worse than "It's a Small World." I was absolutely delighted when I discovered that someone has created an extended cut.
Labels: animation, game of thrones, humor, music, television, video
Link Round-Up: Crafty Egg Tutorials
Easter is a wonderful time to get creative and let your imagination take over while decorating easter eggs. Here are a few examples to inspire you! Doodle easter eggs, Embroidered easter eggs, Floral easter eggs, Golden Marbled Eggs, Neon Eggs, Paint-splattered easter eggs, Pantone Eggs, Polca Dot Eggs, Rhinestone easter eggs, Sprinkle easter eggs, String easter eggs, and Washi Tape Eggs
Gallery: Pop Culture Easter Eggs
Quick Pic: Battlestar Galactica Eggs
Labels: battlestar galactica, easter, eggs, holiday, quick pic, science fiction, television
Crafts: Easter Egg Amigurumi
Pattern available as a free download on Ravelry.
Quick Pic: Alien Vs Predator Eggs
Tutorial: All Natural Egg Coloring
Easter egg decorating is a fun way to welcome spring, but sometimes the chemical dyes are hard to justify, especially when you're feeding the results to children. Here's a chart of natural dyes, and here are three natural dye recipes from around the web:
Quick Pic: Portal Eggs
"I trucked most of my craft supplies with me on "vacation" in the desperate hope that I might finish these before Easter. After several late nights and only three trips to the craft store..."
Crafts: Black and White Easter Eggs
Black and White Easter Eggs by Cut, Tear, Stitch and Sew
"Covered some blown eggs in strips of newspaper using glue, painted the remaining eggs in chalkboard paint. Would be fun for children to draw faces on them or messages"
Quick Pic: Wind Waker Eggs
"Zelda themed eggs I painted for my flatmate for Easter. If you break them, a giant flying whale will appear and tell you the last significant part of your life has all been a dream, and you'll awaken on a floating shipwreck somewhere far away. True story. Happy Easter everyone!"
Tutorial: Easy Kool-Aid Dyed Eggs
"You know when you wait until the last minute to dye Easter eggs, and you go to the store, and there are only sad, broken eggs and an empty space where there used to be egg-dying kits? Yeah, that. I'm kind of that girl.
But if you're that girl too then I have a brilliant idea for you! Actually, lots of people have had this brilliant idea but this is the first time I've tried it. And I'm going to break it down for you. So on the day before Easter when the dye is all gone, just go get some Kool-Aid and you're golden."
Quick Pic: Angry Birds Eggs
Tutorial: Game of Thrones Dragon Eggs
"The Game of Thrones Season 3 premiere is coming up this Easter, totally upstaging the Easter bunny and all his absurd marshmallow regalia. This calendar alignment can only mean one thing: we are like, MEANT to make dragon egg Easter eggs. "WHERE ARE MY DRAGUNZ??" you ask. -Incubating in my doooope easter basket this year."
Quick Pic: Doctor Who Eggs
Doctor Who Eggs by Cortney of Allons-y, Alonso!
Painted in homage to the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors
Painted in homage to the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors
Link Round-Up: Easter Egg Tutorials
Camille Styles demonstrates how to marble an egg with fingernail polish and water.
Have a Glow-in-the-Dark Easter Egg Hunt with just a little ingenuity.
Labels: easter, eggs, link round-up, round-up, tutorial
Tutorial: Super Mario Bros. Easter Eggs
Super Mario Bros. Easter Eggs Tutorial from Instructables
"My son is going through his Super Mario Bros. phase. I don't know that I ever got over mine. Playing Nintendo for countless hours is one of my fondest childhood memories. With Easter right around the corner, I thought I would surprise him with these Awesome Super Mario Nintendo Eggs.
I'm not an artist and I know these aren't perfect, but I think they still came out pretty cool. I used images from my iphone to replicate the the Nintendo characters. I basically drew the images on with a pencil and then used Acrylic paint to fill them in. I used Sharpie Paint markers to fill in small details like the pupils."
Labels: easter, eggs, super mario, tutorial, video games
Quick Pic: Walking Dead Eggs
"In honor of the Season 3 finale of The Walking Dead on Easter Sunday, I decided to make some zombie eggs this year. Happy Easter 2013!"
Labels: easter, eggs, holiday, quick pic, the walking dead
Friday, March 29, 2013
Crafts: Adventure Time Embroidery
Adventure Time Embroidery by Chelsea Bloxsom
Check out Bloxsom's Etsy shop, Love & Sandwich.
Check out Bloxsom's Etsy shop, Love & Sandwich.
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Labels: adventure time, crafts, embroidery
Crafts: Avengers Earrings
Avengers Earrings by LizBeast of BeastlyArt
Available for purchase from Etsy. US$6
Available for purchase from Etsy. US$6
Labels: avengers, chibi, crafts, jewelry, merchandise
Short Film: Dead Friends
"Dead Friends" by SWMartin1981 directed by Stephen W. Martin
What could be more appropriate viewing material for our only zombie holiday than a short film about a little girl performing a bit of home brewed resurrection? In "Dead Friends," a bullied little girl decides to grow her very own best friend. The results are equal parts humor and horror.
Labels: comedy, short film, video
Video: 5m80
"5m80" by Cube Creative
If you think giraffes are cute you are going to fall in love with this animation.
Labels: animals, computer graphics, video
Quotes: Ira Glass on
Prints available for purchase from Etsy. US$20
Fresh Take: Little Video Game Books
Prints available for purchase from Etsy. US$20
Labels: bioshock, children's books, fresh take, Illustration, portal, prints, skyrim, video games
Posters: Bioshock Minimalism
Labels: bioshock, minimalist, posters, video games
Diorama: Consolidated Life
"Consolidated Life" by David Lawrey and Jaki Middleton, 2010.
Exhibited at the Australian Museum of Arts and Design
"In Consolidated Life the artists have recreated the scene of a seemingly endless corporate office, a recurring motif that has been repeated in a sequence of films: The Crowd (King Vidor, 1928), The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960), The Trial (Orson Welles,1962) and The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel Coen, 1994). This scene merges the mundane and the spectacular, and is a metaphor for all that is at once immense and insignificant."
Posters: Video Game Quotes
Prints available for purchase from GamerPrint. Price: US$12
Labels: posters, prints, quotes, video games
Link Round-Up: March 29, 2013
The new Iron Man 3 armors have been revealed. This is the Red Snapper, aka the Disaster Rescue Suit. Comic Book Movie actually looks at all the armors. Via: SlashFilm
Batwoman & The Question and Other Geeky Marriage Equality Memes
Can't Afford Art School? Jump Online for a World-Class Education in Design! Design is becoming a prerequisite for business success, but with a year at a top-flight school like RISD easily costing more than $53,000, that learning doesn't necessarily come cheap. Luckily, education marketplace Skillshare has created a new online school of design with world-class teachers that only costs $20 per class.
Washington DC Metro Map – Super Mario 3 Style
Why You Should Never Feel Bad About Not Paying the Met's 'Recommended' Admission Fee
Labels: concept art, iron man, link round-up, movies, round-up
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Short Film: Premier Automne
"Premier Automne" directed by Carlos De Carvalho & Aude Danset
This poinant short is a beautiful exercise in animation technique, and it feels very much on topic as we approach Easter and the transition from winter into spring.
"Abel lives in the winter and Apolline lives in the summer. Isolated in their "natures", they never met each other. They are not even supposed to meet. So when Abel crosses the border and discovers Apolline, curiosity is overwhelming. Their encounter soon becomes more complicated than they could imagine. Both of them will have to learn compromise to protect the other..."
Labels: short film, video
Short Film: The Ellington Kid
A classic British urban myth gets a twist in this tongue-in-cheek short from Vice.
"In a typical South London kebab shop Nathan tells Beefy a story. It's a story he's heard about the Ellington kid, who got stabbed and found refuge in the very kebab shop they are sitting in."
Labels: comedy, short film, video
Performance: Cybertron Battle Routine
Take a moment to strap on your best headphones and watch/listen to the impressiveness of mixing Transfomers into itself live by Fresk Kils on an Akai Pro MPC1000.
Labels: performance art, video
Electronic Art: Mirage 2.0
Mirage 2.0 at Burning Man 2012 by Musicbyerland
"In the daytime the Mirage reflects the playa passively with it's mirrored exterior. At nighttime it becomes an interactive lightshow that reinterprets the sight's and sounds of the playa into a face-melting video montage."
Labels: electronic art, video
Woodwork: Cityscapes
"Cityscapes" by Pennsylvania artist James McNabb
For his MFA Thesis last September, McNabb created a series of architectural sculptures using discarded wood. He described his process as "sketching with a band saw."
Street Art: 3D Graffiti
3D Graffiti and Paintings by Manuel Di Rita (aka Peeta)
Italian graffiti artist Manuel Di Rita (aka Peeta) has been spreading his unique 3D style across Venice since 2000. His work appears to be hovering just off the wall it sits on. If you like this gallery, you may want to check out his work on cavas and his sculptures. Above is a mixture of artworks both old and new, and you can see much more over on Flickr and at Ayden Gallery.
Labels: graffiti, street art
Papercraft: Currency Collages
By carefully slicing up dollar bills and rearranging them into beautiful scenes of George Washington as an everyday man, Mark Wagner makes powerful statements about a culture dominated by money and greed. Wagner, founder of the Booklyn Artists Alliance, uses every detail of the dollar bill- from the pyramids, fire, flowers, seals and Masonic eye to the portrait of our founding father George Washington and the encrypted swirls.
Labels: collage, papercraft
Mosaic: Rubik's Cube Mosaic
"Largest Rubik's Cube Mosaic Ever Created" created by Cube Works Studio
Cube Works Studio set a new Guinness World Record for in the bizarrely specific "Largest Rubik's Cube Mosaic Ever Created" category with an 85,794-cube depiction of China's Macau cityscape. The mural stands thirteen feet high and runs for over two hundred feet down the wall. The mosaic breaks Cube Works Studio's previous record, which was set by a 12,090-cube recreation of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Read more about this feat at The Huffington Post.
Labels: mosaic, street art, video
Video: 12hr Chalk Illustration Time Lapse
"12hr chalk illustration time lapse for our 10yr Anniversary."
Labels: chalk art, speed painting, typography, video
Typography: Spectacular Lumen Type
"Spectacular Lumen Type" by Ruslan Khasanov
Labels: typography, video
Link Round-Up: March 28, 2013
This Gollum Sand Sculpture was created for a sand-sculpting competition hosted by the British town of Weston-super-Mare. This year's theme was "Hollywood." Photo by AV ClubSource: Ghost Mice are a 'FIRST-WAVE folk-punk band' who sing about playing Dungeons & Dragons as a metaphor for overcoming depression, wanting to be loved like John Hickley loved Jodie Foster and recycling so Cthulhu doesn't invade. They've recorded splits with other folk-punk bands like Andrew Jackson Jihad and Defiance Ohio. Ghost Mice's song Monsters Get Slain is a heartbreaking anthem about healing from a lifetime of depression.
How to make an amber egg with a bug inside it, for your inexplicably Jurassic Park-themed Easter celebration.
Illustrated Anatomy of Popular Disney Characters
Labels: link round-up, lord of the rings, round-up, sand art
Posters: Something Terrifying
Prints available for purchase from Etsy. US$30
"A typography piece based on a Batman quote. The mood of each word determined the chosen font. Printed on Black Speckletone with silver pantone. Featured on FPO, FRENCH PAPER SAMPLE ROOM and HOW MAGAZINE BLOG."
Labels: batman, posters, prints, typography
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Short Film: 23 Degrees 5 Minutes
"23 Degrees 5 Minutes" directed by Darragh O'Connell of Brownbagfilms
Easter is altogether the wrong time of year for this film, but it's too good to pass up.
"An old explorer close to freezing in the Arctic re-lives the events that brought him there in the first place. He recalls his student days at Trinity College in Dublin when he studied under the enigmatic Professor Orit, the professor who was driven to madness by his obsessive pursuit of the unified theory. Convinced that the answer somehow lay in the relationship between the numbers two, three and five, Professor Orit's obsession started the journey which has led his former student to the top of the world."
Labels: animation, short film, video
Illustration: Guilt
Labels: Illustration, sketches, spider-man
Mash-Up: Firefly / Game of Thrones
"Firefly Sigils"
Via: Reddit
Via: Reddit
Combining two great things: Game of Thrones & Firefly, Redditor CerebralBypass created a series of posters assigning all of the Firefly characters their own houses. I don't think all the quotes are very fitting. River's one is just plain incorrect. They're still fun to look through.
Labels: firefly, game of thrones, mash-up, posters
Design: Hotello
Hotello by Roberto De Luca and Antonio Scarponi
This odd little piece of luggage a portable space that contains everything necessary for a minimal room: a desk, a lamp, a stool, a shelf, and a locker. Hotello consists of a metal structure that supports double curtains (translucent and sound absorbant) as well as all the furniture needed to work and rest. It looks like something a cartoon character would pull out from behind his back when he needed to stop for the night in the middle of nowhere.
Crafts: Pixel People
Cross-Stitched Superhero (and Villains) by WeLittleStitches
Patterns available for purchase in PDF format from Etsy. US$6 - US$16
The following is a collection of DIY cross-stitch patterns featuring some of well-known superheroes and villains from popular comics. The patterns were all created by a duo of talented stitchers, who works under the name "Weelittlestitches," as part of their series of cross-stitched human characters they call "Pixel People."
Labels: comics, crafts, cross stitching, merchandise
Posters: World War Z Poster Challenge
World War Z by Matt Ferguson
An online gang of artists calling themselves the The Print Posse have created a series of amazing movie posters for the upcoming Brad Pitt movie World War Z, based on the excellent Max Brooks novel of the same name. The posters come in response to the official trailer, and so far, they beat the hell out of all the official promotional materials. It sort of makes me wonder why Hollywood doesn't save itself some money by just holding contests when the time comes for marketing material.
All of these posters were originally created for a challenge issued / organized by Blurppy.com. "The challenge was to create an image for a movie that they had not seen yet and had limited visual assets available."
All of these posters were originally created for a challenge issued / organized by Blurppy.com. "The challenge was to create an image for a movie that they had not seen yet and had limited visual assets available."
Labels: movie posters, posters, zombies
Link Round-Up: March 27, 2013
"Thor" by Michael Stribling
The Cloud is heavy and design isn't invisible
The History of Emoticons, an essay by Tom McCormack
Robot Calendar
The rules of the Free Desk Here are simple: Agencies around the world offer a free desk in their studio to a new talent. The agency gets to decide who they offer the space to and the duration of their stay. The idea is being supported by the well known graphic artist, Anthony Burrill who designed the limited edition screen-print to accompany the initiative. The first 50 studios to list a free desk will receive an Anthony Burrill signed, 'Free Desk Here' print.
StickyGram is a personalised printing service that turns your Instagram images into lovely little magnets. You create your pack online and we deliver them to your door.
Undercoat is an online community dedicated to collecting and sharing the most beautiful, inspiring and innovative content from creative students and graduates. It aims to provide exposure for the work coming out of universities, art and design institutions operating around the world. It is a platform designed to honour creativity as an essential trade. The fifth issue of their magazine, Overcoat, will be released later this week.
Labels: comics, link round-up, marvel, round-up
Featured Site: DIY.org
DIY, an amazing maker network for kids, has just launched Stories, a social network for kids to share their homemade DIY projects. I would have loved this as a kid.
Labels: diy, featured site, kids
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Short Film: Outside Aperture
Finally, the happy ending Chell deserves.
Labels: fan film, humor, portal, video, video games
Short Film: Strange Oaks
This twisted ad feels like a set-up for a Pixar movie. Funny, but very short.
Labels: animation, humor, short film, video
Video: Life On Mars
"Life On Mars" Directed and Animated by Lukas Vojir
Event: The Shell Game
The Shell Game by New York-based artist Molly Crabapple
An art show at the Smart Clothes Gallery in New York City April 14 - 23 2013
"'Shell Game' is comprised of nine, 6'x4' paintings and one 3'x3' painting about the revolutions and crises of 2011 (six of which have already been sold to collectors) including the mortgage bubble, the Greek anti-austerity protests, and Occupy Wall Street, filtered them through the artist's distinctive lens of surrealism, satire, and symbolic animals and, for eight of nine paintings, informed by travel to the settings, including Spain, Greece, and the United Kingdom, during which she interviewed activists for her reported illustrated journalism pieces and participated in demonstrations. For Tunisia, she interviewed members of Nawaat, the dissident blogger collective, via Skype. Nine preliminary watercolors, all sold, will also be exhibited."
Mash-Up: Adventure Time / Charlie Brown
"Charlie Finn" by BazNet
"It's Diner Time with Charlie Finn and Jake the beagle !!"
Mural: Calvin and Hobbes
Via: Reddit
"Friends asked me to paint a Calvin & Hobbes mural in their nursery."
Posted by Pipedreamergrey at 10:30 AM 1 comments
Labels: calvin and hobbes, mural, paintings
Illustration: Illustrated Maps of London
Mike Hall is an illustrator specializing in making maps of the London boroughs. Exquisitely hand-drawn, they are beautifully colored and each is presented with its own distinctive decorations specific to that particular area. Available for purchase from Etsy. Price: £40
Labels: Illustration, maps
Illustration: Hand Drawn Map of London
Anna Butler is the chief designer at Wellingtons Travel. She is an artist and architect by trade and of British-Polish descent. Taige Zhang is a lover of travel, history, and maps; also a cartographer. They started working on creating a hand drawn vintage but modern old London map in 2008.
"We believe in the beauty, allure and craftsmanship of old maps. In 2008, we started researching remarkable maps from the 16th to 19th Century from legendary explorers and cartographers such as Joan Blaeu, Captain James Cook, and Joseph Cross. Drawing qualities and inspiration from city maps by British cartographers of the early 1800s, we began work on the Grand Map of London using various existing up-to-date geographic data sources including those from open street map.
As a hobby and business, we produce maps of modern cities in historic, beautiful 1800s style. Our maps are made to enchant anyone who loves history and appreciates art. Some of our top customers include City of London, bookshops, galleries and hotels."
Labels: Illustration, maps
Video: How Ink Is Made
"A Chief Ink Maker shows how colour and ink is created from the raw ingredients--powder, varnish, and passion. Everything designers and printers need to know about the process, the challenges and joy of ink making."
Labels: documentary, video
Sweets: Zombie Cake
Zombie Cake featuring Jello Brains by the Artisan Cake Company
"I made this zombie cake as a display for the Portland Women's Show this weekend and I'm extremely happy with the outcome. It's so fun to just work on something that is your own vision. I hope I get some more zombie orders because I think this is the most fun I ever had making a cake to date."
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"I don't care what you think about anything !"
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Sheee's Baaack !!
"Today is a big day in America. Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good."
... Dingy Harry Reid !
"we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it !"
... Nancy Pelosi !
Never Forget
God bless the American Soldier !
Monday, March 31, 2014
Especially the Vietnam Vet's !
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If I have to see this .... so do you !
Filthy Democrats
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Sieg Heil !
Authorities in Long Island
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Landlords in the Long Island community of Westbury will be targeted by a newly created police "Housing Enforcement Unit" that will "modify search warrant law to eliminate prior notice, aggressively use warrants and housing sweeps on a regular basis."
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Newlyweds !
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obama's brother still lives in a hut !
Filthy Democrats
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They weren't called "The Greatest Generation" for nothin' ya' know !
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Somebody's not gittin' a promotion !
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How in the hell ........ ?
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Toon time !
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Heh, heh !
A girl goes into the doctor's office for a checkup. As she takes off her blouse, he notices a red "H" on her chest. "How did you get that mark on your chest?" asks the doctor. "Oh, my boyfriend went to Harvard and he's so proud of it that he never takes off his Harvard sweatshirt, even when we make love," she replies. "I guess it just leaves an impression." A couple of days later, another girl comes in for a checkup. As she takes off her blouse, he notices a blue "Y" on her chest. "How did you get that mark on your chest?" asks the doctor. "Oh, my boyfriend went to Yale and he's so proud of it that he never takes off his Yale sweatshirt, even when we make love," she replies. A couple of days later, Hillary comes in for a checkup. As she takes off her blouse, he notices a green "M" on her chest. "Do you have a boyfriend at Michigan?" asks the doctor. "No, but I have a girlfriend at Wisconsin. Why do you ask?"
Filthy Democrats
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And I struggle to maintain my drunken state when my rum bottle is empty !
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Stupid Moonbats
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Sunday gun porn !
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Somewhere old George Patton is smiling !
A U.S. Army Abrams M1A1 tank takes a defensive position at a staging area during Ready Crucible in Germany, on Feb. 11, 2005.
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Mini pic dump !
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Quack !
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Have ya'll ever seen a blind goat ?
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An Interesting piece of history !
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Cleanse your soul
with a little
Southern Boogie !
The Oath of the
Right-wing Extremist !
I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands,
one Nation
under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
The Second Amendment:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
I do solemnly swear
that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same ...
~ Title 10, US Code ~
Let us pray... Give me a sense of humor, Lord, Give me the grace to see a joke, To get some humor out of life, And pass it on to other folk.
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" !
...Benjamin Franklin
"Don't let anybody tell you that, you know, it's corporations and businesses that create jobs." !
...Hitlery Klinton
"Give whites a pile of bricks and they'll make a city, give blacks a city and they'll make a pile of bricks"
Teach someone how to fish, and you lose a Democrat voter !
Never try to teach a liberal to think, It wastes your time and annoys the liberal !
Liberalism is a sick religion based solely on emotion and feelgoodism and wiping away their perceived guilt with other peoples money. It has never been based in thought and common sense !
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."... Clarence Darrow !
"We have to spend money to keep from going bankrupt"
...Joe Biden !
"We tax everything that moves and doesn't move"....
Hitlery Klinton !
"I do think there are certain times
we should infringe on your freedom" !
.... Michael Bloomberg
"I never drink water because fish fuck in it"....
W.C.Fields !
"Life's tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid...." John Wayne !
"we are truly being governed by our inferiors, and in some cases criminals"
...Plato !
"Sure We Can Kill ISIS, But We're Not Going To Get Suckered Into That
...John Kerry !
"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do".... !
"God have mercy on my enemies because I won't." ...
George S. Patton ! !
"There is no worse foolishness than the truth in the mouth of a fool"...
Don Colacho ! !
"If you take out the killings, Washington D.C. has one of the lowest crime rates in the country." ...
Marion Barry !
"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."
... Sir Winston Churchill !
Old Crap
Remembering Sarge...
64 !
Toon time !
Commin' 'Round The Corner !
Teach your children well !
Fuckin' with the halfrican !
Suppertime !
Meanwhile at the soup kitchen in Juarez !
Well lookie there .... a bacon bit !
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AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has added Mike Worlton, P.E., as a senior member of its Earth and Environmental division and leader of a new water and wastewater practice in Arizona.
Worlton provides AMEC with an impressive array of experience involving project management and technical oversight for the design, planning and construction management of water and wastewater projects throughout Arizona. His background includes the analysis and design of water mains, sewer mains, wells and tanks, pump stations, lift stations and force mains, water and wastewater treatment plants and reservoirs. Recent clients have included a broad range of municipalities in the west Phoenix area, including Peoria, Glendale, Avondale and Surprise.
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Taranaki (The Heavens Declare the Glory of God), New Plymouth, 14 May 1986
printed 1987
Laurence Aberhart
New Zealand
1949 -
Since the 1970s Laurence Aberhart has been photographing locations of cultural interest. While Aberhart takes a traditional and controlled approach to photography his work is unconventional, inverting the position photography has held in the past as a truthful eye, using it instead to suggest the unspoken truths of history. His work suggests that 'place', be it the natural landscape or the built environment, has an enduring memory and resilience.
The selected work has a metaphysical aspect in its content: Parihaka is an important location near Mount Taranaki, New Zealand, where a pacifist Maori group lived in the 19th century, their dreams of a gentle, inclusive and egalitarian society destroyed by the government of the day. The ancient and perfectly formed volcano Taranaki and the imposing observatory in the foreground stand as enduring witnesses to the passing of time and human history. Similarly, oceans, stone statues, vacant buildings, faded signs – all have appeared as resilient survivors in Aberhart's photography.
Aberhart's interest in the historic is evident both in the choice of location and the photographic techniques employed. Using a vintage 8 x 10 inch Korona view camera and contact-print processes the artist revisits 19th-century photographic techniques used to record the landscape. This early photographic technology requires long exposures as it slowly absorbs detail and light and, particular to Aberhart's interest, evidence of time itself. The resulting images, which combine superior depth of field, rich detail and intense luminosity, have a hallucinatory effect.
© Art Gallery of New South Wales Photography Collection Handbook, 2007
printed 1987
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Materials used
gelatin silver photograph
19.5 x 24.5 cm image; 24.7 x 30.3 cm sheet
Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, silver pen "L. Aberhart 1986/1987".
Purchased with funds provided by the Photography Collection Benefactors' Program 2002
Not on display
Accession number
© Laurence Aberhart
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Nature Morte: 105 Photographs, 1971-1989, National Art Gallery, Wellington, Wellington, 19 May 1990–01 Jul 1990
Unknown, Aberhart's first solo exhibition in Australia, Darren Knight Gallery, Melbourne, 1994–1994
Dream Collectors: One hundred years of art in New Zealand:
º175 East, a Tasmanian/New Zealand photographic exchange, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, Unknown–Unknown
Referenced in 3 publications
Judy Annear, Photography: Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection, 'Magical realism', pg.226-245, Sydney, 2007, 226 (illus.), 244 (illus.).
National Art Gallery, Wellington, Nature morte: 105 photographs, 1971-1989, 1990.
Te Papa - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Dream Collectors: One hundred years of art in New Zealand, Wellington, 1998, 164.


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Moroney won the clincher by pitching a complete game, while throwing 81 pitches, four under the maximum, according to Little League rules. He fanned eight along the way. Steve Reardon, who was on the District 15 10- and 11-year-old championship squads the last two years, smacked a three-run homer over the leftfield fence in the home half of the fifth to help seal the deal for his teammates.


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If you'll remember back on Series #3, we moved. Because of a wedding. After Captain America accepted his new job, the company set us up with a realtor to help us transition. We brought the girls with us for a marathon day of rental and house shopping. No really. NINE HOURS STRAIGHT.
We weren't sure at first if we wanted to go ahead and buy a new place, or if we should rent for a while to make sure we liked the particular area and sold our other house. So we spent an entire day looking at various housing options. With a 4 yr old and an almost 6 yr old. Our realtor was incredibly patient, and one of the first I've ever met who seemed to have no desire to push us out of a price range we were comfortable with.
We found a house we really liked. But we had no idea how long our house would take to sell. And we had no idea if it was a neighborhood we'd want to be in. The yard was the size of a postage stamp, but that really appealed to Captain America, who had to spend 2 hours to mow our yard.
We decided to check out plenty of rental options as well. Quite a few were easy to dismiss. Funny smells. Strange layouts. Too small. No place for me to work. We found one that we liked. Nice layout, nice looking neighborhood, nutty landlord. He spent the entire time talking about how much he hated DirecTV, and if we rented from him we were banned from ever getting it. We'd be tied to a year lease, which was a little tough since we wanted more freedom to buy something once our house sold. One more place to check...
The last place was a side-by-side duplex, split level. It was a little tough to look real closely, because the family that currently lived there was home (awkward). But it was nice, too, because we could ask them questions. Our realtor smooth talked the landlord into a 9 month lease by offering to help him rent it again when we were leaving. We had lunch, looked at a few more places, and decided to go with it. He had another appointment to show it at 5, and we knew it would rent quickly.
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Duke Parts
Founded in 1925, Duke Manufacturing Co. is the producer of over 4,500 products made in Missouri. Their focus on customer service and energy efficiency has lead to some of the best steamtables, holding units, convection ovens, broilers and other restaurant and retail equipment designed to help you serve great food. From buffets to fine dining restaurants, their products will shine in your business. When you need Duke Manufacturing replacement parts, turn to Heritage Parts. Our 100% Genuine OEM guarantee means you get the Duke quality you expect. Plus, our dedicated parts specialists are ready to answer your questions. Our goal is to deliver the Right Part, Right Time, Every Time!™
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Quantity Available: 4In stock, ships todayList Price: $26.06 Guest Price: $24.16
- Heritage Part #: DUK155749
- Manufacturer Part #: 155749
- Manufacturer: Duke Manufacturing


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We are committed to delivering quality products. Our customer service team reviews every order before it goes to production. We may call or email you if we have a question about your order. If the product you receive differs materially from what you saw on the site or if the products are deficient (e.g., holes, tears, stains), then please contact us within 14 days of receipt. If we agree that there is a material difference or deficiency, then we will replace order promptly at no additional charge to you or refund your purchase price. We have sole discretion to decide whether to replace your order or refund your purchase price. In some cases, we may ask that you ship your order back to us in order to receive a refund. We do not cover shipping costs to return your order.
Please contact us before returning your order so that we can process your return promptly and efficiently.
Please review your order and related product descriptions and sizing charts before placing your order, as many items are customized and cannot be returned.