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It generally takes more than one reading to get the joke of any given Perry Bible Fellowship strip. In part, that's because the humor is intelligent enough to require thought, and obscure enough to require close observation. But it's also because writer-artist Nicholas Gurewitch obscures his sweetness with horror and vice versa, creating little cognitive-dissonance puzzles that often take a moment to unravel. For instance: the comic that has a crowd of honestly cheerful kids smashing the Kool-Aid Man and drinking his tasty beverage from pieces of his shattered corpse. Or the one with a panel of scientists telling a little girl that Santa Claus is dead, then celebrating the durability and absorbancy of the tissues they test on her hysterical tears. Gurewitch's humor is invariably sick, with a heavy dependency on adorable but morbid gags about sex, death, and horrible things happening to children, but even read in bulk in his first collection, The Trial Of Colonel Sweeto And Other Stories (Dark Horse), they don't become oppressive, thanks to their simplicity. (Most contain just a few words, or none at all.) Another contributing factor: Gurewitch's meticulously rich art, which ranges from simple, almost featureless figures to line-perfect parodies of other artists to gorgeously dense, candy-colored mini-extravaganzas. The thin book includes some "lost strips" that even Gurewitch couldn't justify, but mostly, it's a document of the terrific, disconcerting cartoons he's done online and for newspapers and magazines. It's a perfect holiday gift for the irredeemably cynical… A
Bryan Lee O'Malley—perhaps jokingly—once described his Scott Pilgrim series as "cruddy, lo-fi manga." But that won't fly any more. The book's fourth installment, Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together (Oni) is a marked leap forward for O'Malley's already formidable cartooning. Gone is the subtly ragged linework of previous volumes; instead, O'Malley's draftsmanship has become as bold, crystal-clear, and richly detailed as Jeff Smith's or Jamie Hewlett's. Thankfully, the visual improvement is matched by O'Malley's storytelling. While Scott Pilgrim's breezy mix of indie culture, video games, science fiction, and twentysomething romance is the same as always, Gets It Together moves the characters—including, of course, the bewildered, self-absorbed, titular hero—into more introspective and even mature places. There's no dearth of sight gags, ninja battles, and rock action, but O'Malley's flair for dialogue and compact, nuanced characterization has never felt so organic and effortless. Sure, it's funny stuff, but the cute never gets cutesy, and the plastic-y pop-culture backdrop only makes the sweet human moments that much fuller and more vivid… A-
Of course, Scott Pilgrim isn't the only comic out there coasting on youth culture and hip references. But where SP rocks, Suburban Glamour (Image) sags. Writer-artist Jamie McKelvie—best known for his artwork on Kieron Gillen's Britpop homage Phonogram—has cooked up an adolescent soap opera stocked with wooden characters, gratuitous nods to MySpace and My Chemical Romance, and lines like, "I know what this is. It's called being a teenager." While McKelvie's tip of the hat to Pretty In Pink—in the form of a budding emo/preppie romance and a cool older shop-owner—is sly enough, it's the only understated element of his forced, charmless story. Granted, his art is blankly flawless, and the supernatural shocker at the end of the first issue promises some excitement in the future. But when all the downtrodden freaks are gorgeous and even the main character's mom looks like a stereotypical hipster, Suburban Glamour unintentionally mocks the subculture it's trying to celebrate… C-
It's initially hard to tell where the Luna brothers are going with issue #1 of The Sword (Image); at first, it seems like a low-key character study, full of small incident and talky, carefully shaped character dynamics that recall Love And Rockets as much as anything else. It's all so calm, mundane, and well-realized that it's genuinely shocking when the supernatural emerges and the killing starts—just as shocking as it would be if something similar happened in real life. It'd be unfair to give anything further away, but speaking in generalities, The Sword is genuinely exciting because Jonathan and Joshua Luna (previously known for Girls and Ultra) render real life so well—both narratively and visually, with rich, subtle, earthy coloring—that the fantasy elements start to feel real as well. If the rest of the series is half as good as this amazing beginning, it'll be required reading… A
Writer-artist Naomi Nowak goes in the opposite direction with her graphic novel House Of Clay (NBM), a gorgeously rendered but chilly book in which an unpleasant, ungiving couple send their daughter to work at a sweatshop to get her out of the house. Ostensibly, she's going to become a nurse, except that she faints at the sight of blood. Besides, in her drifty, pastel-sherbet world, it's hard to conceive of someone moving into such a practical, hard-edged profession. Nowak blends Art Deco, rococo, and manga influences for a floaty, surreal style conceived by the page rather than the panel: The impressively creative compositions drip with weird emotional indicators, like the flying skulls and melting, dead-looking birds crossing the page to indicate sadness and grief, or the food dripping across the page to indicate hungry dreams. The whole book is much like a dream: The story isn't particularly grabby, thanks to the protagonist's vague, naïve personality and her lack of any interesting drive or direction, but the surreal art is lovely, and it redefines linear comic-book narrative by making half the pages more like drifty opium-inflected feelings than parts of a story… B
Boing Boing's Cory Doctorow has made a name for himself as a blogger, a pundit, and one of cyberpunk's most promising literary scions. Too bad he can't inspire a comic book worth a crap. Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales Of The Here And Now (IDW) is a six-part miniseries that adapts some of his short stories, and it's hard to view it as anything but a vanity project: The first issue is a clumsy, choppy reinterpretation of his story "Anda's Game," which riffs on Orson Scott Card's science-fiction classic Ender's Game while stirring up a debate about online gaming, sweatshop activism, and even childhood obesity. Disjointed and blandly rendered, Dara Naraghi and Esteve Polls' comic version is almost offensively unnecessary—up to and including the self-congratulatory interview with Doctorow that concludes it… D-
Recalling everyone from Moebius to Chester Brown to Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, the otherworldly art of Anders Nilsen is, at its best, brilliant. That's probably why readers might be able to overlook the glaring hollowness and ploy-for-depth preciousness of Nilsen's Big Questions (Drawn & Quarterly). Issue 10 of the series continues its tale of talking birds and dogs—oh, and a couple of mute humans—who must cope with the aftermath of a plane crash. While the plodding mechanics of Nilsen's plot are exactly as surreal as they need to be, there's no getting over his poor excuse for epistemological profundity; here, he trots out Plato's cave allegory as if putting it in the beaks of finches will make it somehow less clichéd, and his extended "chicken or the egg" metaphor is beyond groan-inducing. Plato himself would probably wonder if there's an ideal version of Big Questions out there somewhere, and if we aren't perhaps seeing just a flimsy shadow of it… C+
Talking birds are one thing, but AdHouse Books brings the full-on anthropomorphism with two of its latest releases, Zig Zag and Skyscrapers Of The Midwest. Issue #2 of Zig Zag is an arc of vignettes strung together with some cutely clever segues—not to mention plenty of walking, wisecracking animals (bears, turtles, bugs, etc.). The laughs are weird but cheap, and the long center-story drags, but creator J. Chris Campbell yanks some sharp laughs out of his crisply drafted critters. He even throws in robots and boring old humans for good measure—which leads to one of the book's funniest bits, in which a costume-party attendee dressed as Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan gets mistaken for Stewie from Family Guy. The fourth issue of Skyscrapers Of The Midwest shoots for something more poignant, and comes close to hitting the mark: In a sketchy style beholden to Robert Crumb, Joshua W. Cotter employs a kind of Breadbasket magic realism to probe the tenuous membrane between childhood daydreams and the jarring heartbreak of life. Cotter's characters are cats in human clothing, but they breathe, sweat, and weep convincingly—and his quiet, anecdotal asides and eye-boggling voyages to fantasyland make for a beautiful dynamic… Zig Zag: B-; Skyscrapers Of The Midwest: B+
Like Scott McCloud's biggest wet dream, Yuichi Yokoyama's New Engineering (PictureBox Inc.) is a stunning exercise in narrative experimentation and pictographic overload. There's a smattering of dialogue throughout the graphic novel, but the story takes a backseat to the purity of sheer design and sound effects: Yokoyama stylizes Japanese onomatopoeia, inflates it to monstrous proportions, and sets it loose to interact with an army of odd characters who battle through acutely angled panels and postmodern architecture. Even Yokoyama's blocky, kinetic figures seem indebted to McCloud—particularly his work on Zot!—but the conceptual self-awareness is what makes New Engineering so beholden to the Understanding Comics creator. Ultimately, the book triumphs at tweaking sequential-art convention, even when the intellectual austerity comes off as a bit chilly… B+
Bill Griffith's long-running newspaper strip Zippy The Pinhead seemed to hit a creative wall five or six years ago, until Griffith started having his absurdist hero roam America's highways, admiring the decaying advertising icons and dingy diners of ages past. But the whole "the true America is hidden in plain sight" vibe of those strips wore thin eventually, and after an extended fallow period, Griffith has lately begun to look for new ways to revive his venerable relic of the underground-comics age. The 2006-07 strips collected in Walk A Mile In My Muu-Muu (Fantagraphics) mostly continue Zippy's icon-quest, but mix in some more inspired sections on politics, food, and the tenets of "The Pinhead Lifestyle." To some extent, the Zippy formula may have outlived its usefulness, given that roughly two-thirds of the recent strips could've had their speech balloons and captions generated randomly, but Griffith's art is still pleasingly detailed, and at its best, Zippy The Pinhead still achieves a Dadaist perfection… B-
The Batman who appears in Showcase Presents: Batman And The Outsiders (DC) didn't stick around long enough in the DC universe. This Batman is a better-rounded hero than the square adventurer of the '50s and '60s, and while he's every bit as driven and brilliant as the Batman of today, he's also socially adjusted enough to be part of a team of offbeat heroes, tasked to fight injustice in global hotspots. From a cultural and historical perspective, the Outsiders series is noteworthy for being one of the last of the mid-'80s X-Men/Teen Titans rip-offs, as well as for its finely detailed Jim Aparo art, and its Mike Barr-penned stories ripped straight from Reagan-era international news. But it's mainly a blast to see Batman just a year away from being transformed permanently by the grim-and-gritty era. Some aspects of the modern Batman's character are already evident, like his authoritarian air and attempts at a more mysterious public persona, but Barr presents those traits as relatable, not ridiculously overblown. This Batman is a hero, not a psychopath… B+
Conversely, the Wonder Woman who appears in Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman (DC) is more or less the character that the DC universe has struggled to integrate into its heroic tapestry for half a century now. Starting in 1958, the 500-odd pages of comics in this Showcase present a rough-and-ready heroine who splits her time between Paradise Island and "man's world," tackling mythological beasts and crime kingpins alike. The relentless pace and overall high-spiritedness of these stories make them a breeze to read, but unlike the knottier—even kinkier—WW comics of the '40s, the Wonder Woman of the Silver Age never really jumps off the page as a richly realized character. Even attempts to tell stories of her teenage years, à la Superboy, lack the wild flights of imagination that the DC writers and artists provided to their top-selling hero. There's nothing wrong with these comics per se, but it would've been great if DC had begun the Wonder Woman Showcase volumes with the "New Wonder Woman" of a decade later, who brought feminism and a social conscience to the WW mythos. Those stories remain an anomaly in the Wonder Woman run, and an anomaly worth revisiting… B-
Back to Batman, again… the Batman showcased in Batman/Lobo: Deadly Serious (DC) isn't the grim-and-grittiest version out there; if anything, he's pretty much a superhero cipher, quick to defend innocents or pound on the guilty as he sees them, but there's more characterization in his cape than in his lines. And Lobo's about the same: He says "Frag!" and blows things up, and that's about it. The real star of the two-part miniseries is Sam Kieth's always-bizarre art and a bevy of his usual big-tushed, dough-bellied, cheesecakey women, in this case, a series of luckless victims infected by some power that possesses them and makes them want to rip up their clothes, grab some guns, and blow away everything that moves. Summoned to the spaceship where the girls are going wild, Batman and Lobo follow in their wake as one by one, they get infected, run amuck, pass on the possessing entity, and die. The story is manic, repetitive, and not very interesting, but it does give Kieth a lot of room to indulge his artistic passions for sprawling, weirdo vistas; hyper-exaggerated machinery and monsters; and all other things over-the-top. As usual with Kieth's projects (The Maxx, Zero Girl, Four Women, etc.) worth the price of admission just to see what he does with colors, far more so than to see what he does with Batman and Lobo… C+
DC's "Greatest Stories Ever Told" collections generally make terrific introductions to the company's iconic characters, and Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told is no exception. The character's history is difficult to survey, because there have been so many Flashes and so many of them keep dying. But this volume at least hits the highlights from the Golden Age crime-fighter with the Hermes hat through Mark Waid's early-'90s run. A 1978 epic featuring all three characters to wear the Flash or Kid Flash costume up to that point takes up a lot of space, but it's awesome enough to justify its inclusion… A-
While Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead soldiers on, book by book and issue by issue, series Capes died ignominiously in 2003, after its initial three-issue mini-arc failed to sell. In the chagrined intro to Image's collection Capes: Punching The Clock (optimistically subtitled "Volume One"), he bemoans the decisions that may have spiked it, including overly cartoony covers in which his professional superheroes say or think things like "Stop hitting him! His shift is over!" and "Disability, here I come!" But the book's actual contents (which include those three issues, plus a 72-page story from Kirkman's Invincible and a bunch of sketchbook material) aren't nearly so irreverent; the employees of Capes, Inc. do occasionally respond to a supervillain alert with "let the night shift handle it," but mostly, they function like any other massive super-team in a Tick-esque superhero-crammed world. The book leans heavily on Alan Moore's terrific Top 10, and can't help but seem shallow by comparison, but it has some of the same pleasantly crowded, mix of practicality and fantasy as it follows a large company staffed by superheroes who treat the gig as a 9-to-5 routine, and have to deal alternately with time-traveling, super-powered, ambition-crazed crocodiles and the question of whether to drive to work, or catch a ride with a flying friend. Fans of by Austin Grossman's Soon I Will Be Invincible will catch a familiar smart vibe. B+


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These tempeh cakes were a perfect little lunch to enjoy with a fresh salad on a sunny day. I promise you that even if you don't particularly like tempeh, you will love these cakes! They are wholesome and flavoursome and taste great even the following day. You could enjoy these with a salad or with pita bread or any bread of your choice. You could also make a little dip (like this avocado one) or just have them with juicy tomatoes, like I did.
Tempeh Cakes
(makes 10-12)
(Recipe inspired by Candle 79)
340g tempeh
250ml water
50ml Bragg's all-purpose seasoning or tamari
1 garlic clove, grated
1/2 lime, juiced
200g (medium-grain) brown rice
200g cooked cannellini beans
2 green onions, finely sliced
1 tablespoon Bragg's all-purpose seasoning or tamari
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
2 tablespoons unhulled tahini
2 teaspoons ground paprika
freshly ground black pepper
1. Whisk together water, tamari, garlic and lime juice. Marinate tempeh in this mixture for 2-4 hours.
2. After marinating, cut the tempeh into cubes and steam or sautee for a few minutes (this will help cutting the slight bitterness of tempeh). Leave to cool.
3. Cook the rice until fully tender. Leave to cool.
4. Preheat oven to 180C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
5. In a large mixing bowl, mash together the tempeh, rice, beans, green onions, nutritional yeast and tahini. Season the mixture with paprika, tamari and pepper. Combine everything to a smooth mixture.
6. Form 10-12 patties and place on the baking tray. Refrigerate for 15-20 minutes, then bake in 180C for about 30-40 minutes. Turn the cakes half way through baking and bake until firm to touch.

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Vanguard has just reduced the expense ratios of 24 of its ETFs. The reductions are fairly substantial. What I noticed, in particular, is that the reductions include sector-specific ETFs.
The Vanguard Energy ETF (VDE), the Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT), the Vanguard Telecom ETF (VOX), and the Vanguard Utility ETF (VPU) each now have 0.14% expense ratios vs. 0.19% previously. While the expense ratios of these funds were already low, the new expenses are 26% lower than before. Continue reading


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MWC 15 Special
LG isn't the only company which announced today its first Android Wear smartwatch but also Motorola announced an Android Wear wearable - the Moto 360! Typical for an Android Wear smart device, the Moto 360 keeps its user on time and up to date without taking anyone out of the moment. It's telling the user what he/she needs to know before they know they need it - through subtle alerts and notifications. With just a twist of the wrist users can see who's E-Mailing or calling, what time the next meeting is or a friend's latest social post. Moto 360 also responds to voice by responding to "Ok Google" which allows to to ask questions like who won the Stanford vs. New Mexico game or what time the flight leaves.
Most importantly, Moto 360's iconic design, featuring a round face and premium materials, feels comfortable and familiar on a wrist. It's everything a user needs, with a look that a user want.
Moto 360 will be available in a variety of styles globally in Summer 2014, starting in the US.
Cheers ~ Arne
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Obama has come up short on the quality of his speeches. He raised hopes among the connoisseurs with his fine speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention — a speech that was largely a call for Americans to rise above their political differences.
Last week about this time, I was thinking about President Barack Obama's upcoming second inaugural address and wondering whether it would enter the history of American political oratory. As an avid fan of what seems to be the dying art of oratory, I knew the odds were not on the president's side.
In the 270-word oration that became known as the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln said that "the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here." Of course, Lincoln's historical judgment was a bit off — the Gettysburg Address became the most famous and revered speech in American history. But Lincoln's self-deprecating phrase does indeed apply to all but a handful of speeches delivered by American politicians.
The history of political speechmaking in the U.S. has been mostly filled with sound and fury signifying little or nothing. Yet, some speeches have risen to Olympian heights: Lincoln's magnificent Second Inaugural address, Franklin Roosevelt's uplifting first inaugural speech, John F. Kennedy's stirring call to history in his inauguration, Martin Luther King's soaring evocation of the "dream." Other speeches have entered the national consciousness, including Theodore Roosevelt's "bull moose" speech, delivered shortly after he was shot in the chest by a would-be assassin; and Ronald Reagan's address to the nation following the Challenger disaster.
You will note that the presidential inaugural address is the primary platform for memorable American political speeches. An inauguration is a grand occasion for our democracy, the equivalent of the coronation of a king or queen. For all the changes that have occurred in U.S. politics over the past two centuries, including the rise of mass media campaigns, the inaugural address is still considered a defining moment — or at least an opportunity for a president to make words truly count.
As a wordsmith by trade and an admirer of great oratory, I'm always rooting for a great speech on a major occasion such as an inauguration or a candidate's acceptance of a presidential nomination. I'm totally nonpartisan in that respect. Democrat or Republican, it doesn't make any difference: I want to see a leader stand before us and lift us up with the power of the spoken word.
I believe that Barack Obama is the best orator to come onto the U.S. political scene since Reagan. That assessment has nothing to do with the ideological content of his speeches. Obama knows how to "sell" a speech; he has a good feel for rhythm, pacing and emphasis. When he gets behind a lectern, he usually puts on a spirited performance. That ability to command a stage is shared by virtually all first-rate speakers.
But unfortunately for those of us who savor the most memorable words of Lincoln, Roosevelt and Kennedy, Obama has come up short on the quality of his speeches. He raised hopes among the connoisseurs with his fine speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention — a speech that was largely a call for Americans to rise above their political differences.
As president, he summoned the "better angels of our nature" (phrase from Lincoln's first inaugural address) with an eloquent speech following the shooting in Tucson, Ariz. But how many people remember any lines or phrases from his first inaugural address? On that historic occasion the nation's first black president spoke before what may have been the largest gathering of people for a political event in American history. But what most of us remember are the size of the crowds and the historic moment, not the content of the speech.
Obama's second inaugural speech also is unlikely to persist in the national memory. It was well-crafted, of course; and the president delivered it with his usual style and vigor. However, as some commentators noted, the speech read more like a State of the Union address containing the outlines of policy proposals and a campaign-style pitch for liberal programs.
He did use a nice "we, the people" riff to tie together the principal elements of the speech. And I especially liked this line, which reminded me of Kennedy and Reagan with its buoyant call to engage American energy and optimism: "America's possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it — so long as we seize it together."
That last phrase, "so long as we seize it together," sounds a bit off to me. He seemed to be hammering a message of collective action even as he described national characteristics that surely are related more to our world-famous spirit of individualism than any urge toward collectivism.
Obama needs to take a broader view of America's history and character. And he needs better speechwriters too. Abraham Lincoln, who ranks as one of the better prose stylists of the 19th century, wrote his own, but most modern presidents have relied on hired wordsmiths. Outstanding speechwriters can help a president transcend the politics of the moment and connect to the great flow of American history.
John F. Kennedy had Theodore Sorenson, the author of "ask not what your country can do for you." Some of Reagan's best speeches were written by the lyrical Peggy Noonan. Richard Nixon's place in history doesn't include his speeches, but he had superb speechwriters such as William Safire and Raymond Price.
President Obama's legacy won't depend on his speeches. But he should know that great speeches help us recognize great leaders. If he can step up his game in words, it may be a sign that he is rising to the historic challenges of the presidency.
Mac Thrower is the opinion-page editor of The News-Journal. Contact him at email@example.com.


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Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012
Valuing equality: Student recognized for success in promoting multiculturalism
MANHATTAN -- Positive influences and campus involvement have each helped a Kansas State University student promote multiculturalism.
Ariel Anib, a senior from Olathe majoring in criminology and international studies, is the recipient of this year's Commerce Bank Presidential Award for Enhancing Multiculturalism. The award is given each year to recognize outstanding individual contributions to diversity by a student.
The recipient of the award receives a plaque and $500, said Tom Giller, community president of Commerce Bank, Manhattan.
"Since 1997, Commerce Bank and the William T. Kemper Foundation have partnered with Kansas State University to support this award that recognizes services and dedication to minority students," Giller said. "These outstanding students aid in the development of a multicultural education for other students at K-State."
In addition to a pre-law emphasis, Anib is also working on minors in Spanish, nonprofit leadership and American ethnic studies. While at the university, she has been involved in the Student Governing Association as the director of multicultural affairs and she served as the multicultural assistant of Goodnow Hall from 2010 to 2011. Anib has also been a leadership studies ambassador and has been involved with the Kansas State University Student Foundation from 2009 to 2011.
She currently serves as the president of the Nonprofit Leadership Student Alliance and leads a Bible study for multicultural students through Ichthus, a campus ministry.
Anib said she served on the selection committee for this award her sophomore year. Inspired, she applied her junior year and while she did not win, Anib said she refused to be discouraged. Faculty mentors encouraged her to try again with a different approach and when she did, she found success.
"This time, I created a video to communicate my passion for enhancing multiculturalism at Kansas State University," Anib said. "I know the last three people to receive this award, and they are the most influential people I have known. I thank God for his provision and am truly honored that my name can be counted as someone who believes that people of all cultures and backgrounds should be valued."
Myra Gordon, associate provost for diversity and chair of the Commerce Bank Award selection committee, said Anib has found success in extending diversity issues into the international arena.
"I have no doubt that Ariel can change the world," she said.
A 2008 graduate of Olathe East High School, Anib is the daughter of Raymond Moses-Anib and Rhonda Workcuff, Olathe.


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Ready-to-Wear: Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony Week)Posted: November 13, 2012 Filed under: Ready-to-Wear | Tags: Aviator Nation, Lynn Ban, my little pony, my little pony friendship is magic, NIKE, rainbow dash, Uniqlo, Wet Seal Leave a comment
I have a RTW Rainbow Dash secret. But first, here is her Filly look:
Ready-to-Wear: Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony Week)Posted: November 7, 2012 Filed under: Ready-to-Wear | Tags: Blue Nile, brony, mlp fim, my little pony, my little pony friendship is magic, Nordstrom, pinkie pie, Swarovski, We Love Colors Leave a comment
♪ Hi, I'm Pinkie-Pie, let's throwapartynowtogetherfor you and I! ♪
Pinkie, this is supposed to be my segment.
But it's about ME!
Non, it is about FASHION!
Fashion about ME?
Non! Fashion inspired by you but put together — and presented — by me. Rarity. Not you. Pinkie.
That's not how you spell No.
You keep spelling No (N-O) Non (N-O-N). That's not how you spell it. I know (K-N-O-W) how to spell No because everyone is always telling me it.
…It's French!
Oh! Français! Mais oui, je comprends tout. Merci pour l'explication. Maintenant, vous pouvez présenter votre mode de tous les poneys. Continuez, Rareté, mon ami.
o~ ^_^ ~o
Well, hello again everypony! Pinkie Pie is an earth pony who enjoys parties. She brings cheer and laughter to everypony she meets…whether they want her to or not.
Ready-to-Wear: Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony Week)Posted: November 6, 2012 Filed under: Ready-to-Wear | Tags: brony, Dr. Martens, H&M, my little pony, polyvore, Tano, twilight, twilight sparkle Leave a comment
My friend Twilight Sparkle would like me to remind anypony who is an American citizen of voting age to VOTE in today's Presidential and other assorted races Election.
Twilight is all about responsibility.
Now on to fashion. I am very, very pleased with this pony chic ensemble. Twilight is a unicorn, like me!, and a magic user. She is bookish and has a great number of opinions, like me!, but she is also a hard worker and an aristocrat from the capitol city of Canterlot…. oh, Canterlot. Erm. Voila:
Ready-to-Wear: Fluttershy (My Little Pony Week)Posted: November 5, 2012 Filed under: Ready-to-Wear | Tags: Abercrombie & Fitch, American Apparel, Betsey Johnson, brony, Converse, fluttershy, J.Crew, mlp fim, my little pony, my little pony friendship is magic, polyvore, TIBI, Vivienne Westwood, Wildfox Couture Leave a comment
Bonjours everypony!
Today I bring you the kindest and gentlest pony I know, pretty pegasus Fluttershy. She is too, erm, shy to say hello today… her last outing as a model was, well, shall we say it left her with a bad taste in her bridle. But I assure you all she is the sweetest pony to ever grace Equestria!
Ready-to-Wear: Butch!Applejack (My Little Pony Week)Posted: November 4, 2012 Filed under: Ready-to-Wear | Tags: Abercrombie & Fitch, applejack, Barneys New York, brony, cowboy, fashion, Fausto Colato, mlp fim, my little pony, my little pony friendship is magic, polyvore, Timberland, western 1 Comment
Friend of the site Sigrid asked for a more butch version of the Pony Chic and we aim to please!
The differences are subtle: a wider ("brony") fit for the jeans and top, work boots with no heels, simpler accessories. Brony Applejack is pretty close to Filly Applejack — the rest of the mane six are like to be more distinct.
Ready-to-Wear: Applejack (My Little Pony Week)Posted: November 4, 2012 Filed under: Ready-to-Wear | Tags: Abercrombie & Fitch, applejack, cowgirl, Diesel, Dirty Laundry, mlp fim, my little pony, my little pony friendship is magic, Pieces, polyvore, San Diego Hat Co., western 1 Comment
Hello everypony! The third season of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic begins next Saturday, November 10! To get ready for new adventures in Ponyville I've asked the stylish and generous Rarity to help us with Ready-to-Wear Pony Week!!
Helloooooooo, Equestrians! And all you little ponies outside our beautiful nation on the 'internet'. I am so very pleased to meet you and share my fashion tips. I will be here every day this week to discuss the couture of my very best friends. Everypony has their own unique chic, the trick is to make it your own!
Today we start with Applejack. Applejack is an Earth pony and a member of the Apple Family who work tirelessly at their farm to bring us all the most appletastic treats and superb cider.
Why thank ya, Rarity.
Of course, darling.
Applejack's style is Western and as down-to-earth as she is. She likes to keep things casual and most importantly, she never goes anywhere without her hat.
My Little Pony At the (Met) Gala!Posted: May 8, 2012 Filed under: Red Carpet Fashion | Tags: beyonce knowles, coco rocha, dakota fanning, diane kruger, elizabeth banks, emma stone, florence welch, kristen stewart, marion cotillard, met gala, mlp fim, my little pony, my little pony friendship is magic 2 Comments
The Met Ball is the most fun night for fashion every year. Or as the ponies would say: BEST. NIGHT. EVER. Unlike other red carpet events, the Met Ball is about fashion. Fashion takes center stage, legitimately, and so we get:
Coco Rocha as a humanized My Little Pony. Humanizing the ponies in art and cosplay is a huge part of the Pony and Brony fandom (my family is planning it for an upcoming convention ourselves). But I never expected to see it so CLEARLY on the red carpet. Basically, Coco is my fashion hero FOREVER for this.
Although she's in Fluttershy's colors, she's rocking Pinkie Pie's attitude: this is MY party. But don't worry, I found the other ponies.


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Caroline Villers Research Fellowship Lecture – 'Masking Tape: From Innovators to Early Adopters and Majority Groups'
Dr Pia Gotschaller presented her most recent findings on the history and use of masking tape in modern and contemporary art on Thursday 9 May in the Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre. This lecture was the second of a three part series on the subject, as Dr Gotschaller continues her research as the Caroline Villers Research Fellow.
The terminology of the title, 'Masking Tape: From Innovators to Early Adopters and Majority Groups,' is borrowed from innovation theory used by product developers. Although Dr Gotschaller was not aligning her research with this theory, it was useful as a framework to understand how products are initially developed and then how people begin using these products in their daily lives. Innovators and early adopters are the first two groups to test out new products, so Dr Gotschaller borrowed this concept and applied it to artists using masking tape in their practice. Before determining who these artistic innovators and early adopters might be, it was first necessary to research the history of pressure-sensitive tape manufacture. By establishing a timeline of its development, she could then work with this chronology to see which artistic practices coincided with the product as it developed. Moreover, research of tape's manufacture enabled a better understanding of its materiality, which provided valuable insight into the specific results the product yielded.
Dr Gotschaller then shifted her discussion to artists using masking tape in the 1930s and 1940s, including Piet Mondrian, Harry Holtzman, Charles Shaw, and Max Bill, describing the varying ways they employed pressure-sensitive tapes. For instance, while Mondrian only used masking tape to plan his De Stijl grids, tracing his compositional arrangements in charcoal before painting, Max Bill opted for Scotch magic tape for its compatibility with oil paint.
While artists working with masking tape in the late thirties and into the early forties could be considered the product's innovators, many Concrete and Neo-Concrete artists in South America could then be described as early adopters. It is likely that these artists were exposed to Bill's work in the 1950s when he exhibited in Brazil and consequently incorporated pressure-sensitive tape into their practices. A recent exhibition in Madrid, Concrete Invention, brought together the work of many of these Argentinean, Brazilian, and Venezuelan artists, along with works by Albers, Bill, and Mondrian, so that Dr Gotschaller could compare works of those artists who used tape and those who did not.
The next phase of research for Dr Gotschaller and her team will entail testing individuals' perceptions of paintings made with masking tape and those made without, the hypothesis being that people will be able to tell with relative certainty which method an artist used. This then calls into question what the further implications of using masking tape, the motivations of its innovators and early adopters, and the almost subconscious aesthetic effect of mechanistically straight lines in relation to growing urbanism and Modernism itself. But for now, research remains in its initial stages, exploring and discovering the process of artists who used an everyday material that we often take for granted.


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In an update to its decade-old guidelines, the FTC - which at the start of this year cleared Google of biasing its search results to nobble its Stateside competitors - said its consumer protection staff had fired off letters to search engine outfits.
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The watchdog was heavily criticised by Google's rivals for failing to take action against the company's alleged dominance of the search market in the US.
A separate investigation in the European Union remains a hotbed of discussion in Brussels and tomorrow (27 June) has been set as the deadline for the market test of Google's "remedy" proposals to the Commission coming to an end.
So the timing of the FTC's decision to write to search engine providers is undoubtedly interesting - given that many of Google's rivals have complained long and hard about how Mountain View places results on its service. Critics have long argued that the company gifts prominent positions to those paying for ads in a move that - it is claimed - stifles competing businesses.
The US regulator argued that a search engine's failure to adhere to the FTC's guidance by setting apart ads from natural search results "could be a deceptive practice".
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The updated guidance emphasizes the need for visual cues, labels, or other techniques to effectively distinguish advertisements, in order to avoid misleading consumers, and it makes recommendations for ensuring that disclosures commonly used to identify advertising are noticeable and understandable to consumers.
The commission said it had written to Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft's Bing, AOL, Ask.com, Blekko and DuckDuckGo. Additionally, 17 other companies that specialise in vertical search markets such as shopping and travel also received the letter from the FTC.
Social media, mobile apps, and voice assistant services all fall under the guidelines, too, the watchdog added.
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Thursday is our Big Fish Blog and it's the turn of Marukyu, the bait innovators who are proud to have one of their ace British anglers on our magazine's front cover this week, with a specimen barbel.
The words below come to us from their man Nick Marlow (pictured right), the well-travelled former editor of Tackle Trade World.
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MANY of you will have now seen one of the magnificent fish that Marukyu's dynamic big fish field testers Tim Hodges and Adam Cooper caught on the River Trent last week. In fact one of the photos was even deemed good enough to make the front cover of this week's Angler's Mail!
Catching big fish is nothing new for Tim and Adam. But what was new, was the fact that neither of them knew the stretch of water they were fishing – a day ticket stretch of the Trent in Nottinghamshire…
And stranger still, Adam had never caught a barbel in his life before!
Between the two of them they managed five 12lb-plus fish in one session. It just sounds too good to be true! So what was the secret of their success?
As the marketing manager of the world's largest bait company – you are probably going to expect me to tell you it's all down to bait. That would be a realistic expectation I guess? Yes bait is important, but so often, specially in cases like this, finding the fish is the priority.
I spoke at length to Tim about it…
"You can have the best bait in the world," he said, "But if there are no fish in front of you – you are obviously going to struggle."
In fact on their recent trip to the Trent, Tim and Adam spent three hours walking the banks before they finally decided to fish.
"For me, the number one rule is to find the
fish. And the number two rule – give them something that they actually want to eat! There is no point making it difficult is there?"
Of course, Tim is right – you do have to give them something they want to eat! How many times have you seen anglers sat around carp lakes blanking? You ask them what they are fishing – it's the same bait as last week, last month, last year in fact!
"Anglers often surprise me," says Tim. "They behave like sheep – following what one person does – when really – if you were what I call a 'proper' angler – you'd have a completely open mind – and actually try new things!"
Tim and Adam both put their recent success down to the additives that they used in their baits, and I understand there will be details about this in Angler's Mail magazine. So watch that print space (not this website!)
What they have been using, I can disclose (sshhh!), has a unique but strangely pleasant smell, and is available in two powders and a liquid form. All fish seem to love it!
But Tim goes to great lengths to stress the importance of fish location: "We spent three hours looking at where to fish before we even got our kit out of the car. There is no such thing as a wonder bait – a catch-all type bait that just can't fail. You need to find the fish. Once you have found them – good bait will always catch you more fish… but I cannot stress this enough – find the fish first!
"A casing point has been this trip. We'd never fished this part of the Trent before – in fact this is the first time Adam had even seen the Trent.
"We spoke to other anglers after the session and none of them had caught – and all of them had fished halibut pellet. Was it the bait's reason that they didn't catch? Doubtful… I think the fish had moved downstream to the faster water, as the river was low and clear.
'Was it because of out bait that we caught fish? Again doubtful… the fish were in front of us – they would have eaten anything we put in front of them… but did we catch quicker on our bait, and it did nail all of our barbel?
"To say anything else would be assumption – and we all know you should never assume anything… just always have an open mind!"
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Pemphigus is a group of organ-specific autoimmune disorders, including pemphigus vulgaris (PV), pemphigus foliaceus (PF) and paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP). PV is the most common disease and represents this kind of potentially life-threatening disease. It is characterized by development of blisters and erosions on skin and mucous membranes, termed acantholysis.
In China, the number of the patients with PF and PNP are lower than that of PV, perhaps because of the limitation of diagnostic methods. We only diagnose these disorders by clinical symptoms, histopathology and immuno-fluorescense. In our hospital, from 1989 to present, we have detected 32 patients with pemphigus. Among them, 28 patients were diagnosed as PV and 4 patients were PF. We found PV often occurs in middle-aged people. In two older patients, potential tumors were accompanying. Now, with the development of immunology and molecular biology, the different autoantigen in every patient can be detected. Therefore, we can redetect the patients by ELISA.
Although pemphigus is a rare disease and its incidence in China is about 0.5-3.2 per one hundred thousand people, its impact on patients is devastating. In the past, the mortality of this disease was very high and many patients died within one to two years after diagnosis. At present, with the discovery and development of glucocorticoids, for example, prednisone, patients survive. But an important problem has emerged — the side effects of this drug. After a period of taking the drug, many patients suffer from infection, higher blood pressure, diabetes and osteoporosis. Some patients died, not from the disease itself, but from the side effects of prednisone.
Therefore, how do we treat patients correctly and how do we decrease the mortality rate? We have found the combination of glucocorticoids and immunosuppressives is the best method. In the acute stage, glucocorticoids are used to control the symptoms. Then, immunosuppressives are added to avoid the rebounding when the dosage of prednisone is decreased. The most common immunosuppressives are Azathioprine, Methotrexate and Cyclophosphamide.
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The followers of Lefebvre will not return to the Roman fold. Primarily, because they are not willing to accept the Second Vatican Council in all its extremes. The Vatican, through the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Levada, had demanded "full acceptance of the Council". And the Lefebvrists are not willing to return with that condition. They believe that accepting the Council would accept its errors, which, according to them, they are particularly focused on the chapters of "religious freedom, ecumenism and conciliarismo".
The decision of their hierarchy will be well accepted among the followers of the Lefebvrists, which did not see with good eyes a return to Rome conditional on the acceptance of the Council, in which they criticized much of the evils of the present church. However, they are thankful to Rome for the rapprochement and the possibility that has been provided for them to be able to present their doctrinal point of view.
Tomorrow, the superiors of the local FSSPX will read out the statement setting out the reasons and circumstances of their refusal to return to Rome and to reintegrate into the Catholic Church.
Original translation done in great haste- now revised.
Not a surprising decision given the recent unhelpful comments of the new head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. But a caveat regarding the source at rorate-caeli.
If so a tragedy for the Church and the SSPX.
In other news, the Chapter voted to maintain the exclusion of Bishop Williamson.


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LONGVIEW, Texas (AP) — An agreement reached in an East Texas court between attorneys for a company building a Canada-to-Gulf Coast oil pipeline and various groups protesting the project could signal a retreat on the part of demonstrators.
The Longview News-Journal reported Saturday (http://bit.ly/14mwHZG) that lawyers for TransCanada obtained a permanent injunction against Tar Sands Blockade, Rising Tide North America, Rising Tide Texas and others on Friday in Wood County District Court.
Under the injunction, protesters agreed to not go onto TransCanada property to protest; not to prevent access to the company's right of way easements or equipment or that of contractors; and not to threaten or harm any employees of the company or its contractors.
The injunction encompasses all TransCanada and pipeline contractor properties, personnel and easements in Texas and Oklahoma.
"We are hopeful the protesters mean what they say in this agreement," said TransCanada spokesman David Dodson.
A spokesman for one of the anti-pipeline groups, Stop Tarsands Oil Pipelines, did not immediately return an email seeking comment Saturday.
TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline is designed to carry tar sands oil from Canada to refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast.
The Obama administration has twice thwarted the 1,700-mile pipeline, which Calgary-based TransCanada first proposed in late 2008.
The State Department said Tuesday it does not expect to complete a review of the project before the end of March. The State Department has jurisdiction over the pipeline because it crosses a U.S. border.
TransCanada has been constructing a shorter portion of the pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas. But work in East Texas has been repeatedly stalled by protests in Franklin, Wood, Smith and Nacogdoches counties.
Actress Daryl Hannah was arrested in October in Wood County protesting the pipeline. In December, three people were arrested near the town of Winona after they crawled inside a section of pipe to stall work on the $7 billion project. Others have chained themselves to equipment and built tree houses on easements to stop tree-clearing.
"The poor law enforcement guys have been tied up so long they can't do their jobs," Dodson said. "And hopefully those days are over."
The company hopes to complete the Gulf Coast portion of the pipeline by late 2013.


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People got very excited in the lead up to the Moto X launch as Motorola teased us with talk of a customisable smartphone. In reality it wasn't as customisable as we'd hoped, but the real sticking point was its US-only badge.
All may not be lost for the humble Moto X though, as Motorola has hinted that it's considering various opportunities for the handset.
Marcus Frost, Motorola's Senior Marketing Director for EMEA spoke to TechRadar at the launch of the firm's new Moto G handset.
Continuously perusing opportunities
"The reception of Moto X has been fantastic and we're continuously perusing opportunities in the EMEA region, so really watch this space," Frost said.
While the trail is still cold for Asia and Australia there is a potential light at the end of the Moto X tunnel for anyone holding out for the handset in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Motorola's Vice President for EMEA, Magnus Ahlqvist, added: "We are serious about Europe and we want to bring strong propositions to the market."
The Moto X sports a 4.7-inch, 1280 x 720 display, 1.7GHz dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 10MP rear camera, 2MP front snapper, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and the choice of either 16GB or 32GB of internal storage.
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
Happy (Halloween) Visiting Teaching!
I love the vintage vibe of these little witch pictures and distressed frames. Wrapped 'em up in a little cello bag with shiny black shred and an orange ribbon. The "goo" border punch is a Martha Stewart classic. My mom and I thought it could also be used for snow or icicles if not feeling inclined towards the macabre... The poem I actually got from my dorm mom my freshman year at BYU in DT. I've never found a cuter Halloween poem. Perfect for visiting teaching.
"Since this is the time for goblins and bats,
Halloween spirits, ghosts and cats,
Weird happenings and witches brew,
These are our Halloween wishes for you:
May the only ghost that comes to stay,
Is the Holy Ghost to light your way.
May the only spirit you chance to meet
Be the spirit of love and friendship sweet.
These are our Halloween wishes for you,
And may the Lord bless you in all that you do."
--Sister B.
Fast and cute.
Here is what I did last year for our visiting teaching gifts. One of my all-time favorites. And I've seen the boxes of test tubes at Michaels on the Martha Stewart rounder this year for about $10.
Have a fabulous Conference weekend!
14 comments:
- Jeni said...
That is the cutest Halloween poem ever! I might like to use that.
p.s. I am working on my "O Pumpkin Tree".
- October 3, 2010 at 7:35 AM
- Camie said...
If anything, your cute visiting teaching gifts are a constant reminder to get my visiting teaching done...love the wreath btw. Glad you are home and hopefully doing ok!
- October 3, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- Albanie said...
I agree with Jeni! You always have such great ideas for vt. I mentioned you on my blog...you should go by and check it out. :)
- October 4, 2010 at 3:29 PM
- Walker said...
I wish you were still here, it would be so much fun to have you down the street now that I live down the street from where you live. I pass your old house almost every day. Then you could show me all the wonderful crafts you do, so I won't feel so hopeless. I miss you and think of you often. Sending you hugs;)
- October 8, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- zakkalife said...
I really like the distressed look of the frames and the is poem cute as well. What great little gifts.
- October 8, 2010 at 9:28 PM
- Janna said...
love it! lets see if i can get my act together and make it!! thanks for sharing!!
- October 14, 2010 at 7:08 PM
- My Mad World said...
I'm sorry to hear about your dad. I hope you are doing alright.
I love the vintage look of the picture! Great job!
I REALLY love that poem though!! That is a very cute poem! Do you mind if I use it for my family?
- October 14, 2010 at 7:16 PM
- My Mad World said...
Thanks Amber!
Um... I'm stealing it and posting about this cute little project tomorrow! lol
Hope you don't mind on that either. Glad I ran across this, I wasn't sure what I was going to post about tomorrow.
- October 14, 2010 at 8:47 PM
- Becky Rose said...
I've been looking for this poem for the last few years! Finally I found it! Thanks you!
- October 14, 2010 at 9:06 PM
- the hatch batch said...
I just popped over on a link from sugardoodle and guess what, I know you from once upon a time when you guys were in Montana! How fun is that! =o)
- October 14, 2010 at 9:27 PM
- AlohaAmmie said...
I LOVE this idea! Did you used to live in San Angelo, Texas? I think we were neighbors and friends!
- October 15, 2010 at 2:46 AM
- Kelli said...
Just happened across your blog and realized I went to school with your husband (from preschool all the way to High School). He is a GOOD guy, tell him hi from Kelli (Liddle) Stephenson!
Thanks for the great VT message for this month, I rely on your creative women out in blog world to give me ideas, there is not a creative bone in my body!
- October 28, 2010 at 8:22 AM
- Jena said...
I came across this cute idea in searching for gifts to give to our RS sisters this month! Such a cute cute idea! By the way, do you have a reference or link for the original poem?
Is "Sister B" Sister Beck or another Sister B?
I would really love to give credit where credit is due :)
- October 13, 2011 at 12:02 PM
- Jen said...
Love this! Thank you so much for sharing it.
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Hollywood, CA — Pimpbusta's hos around tha world is celebrating as it has just been confirmed by Hollywood.com dat Bizzle Murray has signed on to do Pimpbustas 3.
Fo' years it has been unclear whether Murray would be joining tha rest of tha cast, which includes Harold Ramis as Dr. Egon Spengler n' Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Raymond Stantz, or even if tha movie would ever be made at all. In September on tha red carpet at "Hyde Park on Hudson" Bizzle Murray admitted there was another Pimpbusta's script in tha works n' dat he was considering it.
Ramis told reporters how he had received word dat Murray was agreeing to tha project. "Yeah, it was kind of cray," Ramis said. "Just out of nowhere, I get a ringa-dinga-ling-ding from Bizzle at almost three in tha morning on Thursday n' he simply said, 'Yeah, ok, I'm in'. Dat's Bizzle Murray fo' yo ass. Surprising n' straight to tha point." Ramis continued, "Bizzle also said a major factor in his decision to do tha movie had been all tha support he received from hos during his 29 city 'Party Crashing Tour' earlier dis shit year."
26-year-old Kaiser Solzie attended one of tha parties dat Murray appeared at during tha tour. "In Austin I actually got to talk wit him fo' a few minutes, what a cool guy," Solzie says. "I said Pimpbustas 3 wouldn't be tha same without yo ass. He told me if he done decide to do it, I could have a role in tha movie." Solzie laughs, "Now dat Bizzle is doing tha movie I sure hope he doesn't forget what he said to me."
Paul Horner who is one of tha co-writers dat assisted Etan Cohen in writing tha script had heard dat Murray could possibly be a part of tha third movie. "Word through tha grapevine was dat Murray enjoyed reading our pimp-ass script dat was passed along to him a few months ago. As fo' if he was going to be a part of it, well dat was tha million-dollar question," Horner said. "tha writers, tha cast, tha hos… erybody is truly excited fo' dis shit to have finally all come together."
Ivan Reitman, who directed Pimpbustas 1 & 2, will return once again to direct dis shit highly anticipated film. Returning stars from tha original movie is Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett n' it's said Rick Moranis could come out of retirement to perform as Louis Tully. Possible new faces fo' tha project is Jack Black, Seth Rogen n' Rainn Wilson.
Shooting fo' Pimpbustas 3 is said to begin in tha fall of 2013, but now wit Murray on board, filming fo' tha movie could start as soon as February of next year.
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This is from yesterday at Wrigley. It's another reminder that the importance of wearing a cup when playing baseball cannot be overstated. It's also a reminder that playing catcher has its own unique set of on-the-job hazards.
Sometimes a foul ball hits you in the nuts. Sometimes Wellington Castillo's backswing clubs you in the back of the head. And sometimes you're Ryan Hanigan, human crash test dummy.
Hanigan had just come off the DL last Friday. He was not seriously injured here. Watching this, I felt like he was about to put his hand on a hot stove, bump into a door covered with wet paint, have a window fall on his hand, trip into a wedding cake, step into a bear trap, and fall off a boat. It's happened before.
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NY Museum Stages First 'Scent' Exhibit
Chandler Burr calls his works 'olfactory art,' and says he's not a freak—he just uses his nose more often and more carefully than the rest of us. Blake Gopnik reports.
What a fantastic idea! The very thought stirs my scent loving soul… I wish I was closer so I could attend. Although if I were making real wishes I would wish to share a bottle of red wine with Chandler Burr and talk scent for an afternoon.
I personally disagree with his idea that "a thing must be artificial; it is impossible to create art entirely with nature"—but I understand the point he is making.
I love all kinds of fragrance; traditional as well as all natural.
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"(CBS') 'The Amazing Race' just can't win again. I think it is kind of ridiculous to just keep giving that show Emmys. I think 'Runway' might have a real shot both at getting nominated and maybe winning."
"I think that it will be a combination between network and cable shows only because I think 'Project Runway' and maybe 'Top Chef' will work their way in. Both are high-quality shows that involve people with real talent, which is a distinguishing characteristic on reality television. I watched most of 'The Amazing Race' for the first time this year, and I thought, 'Wow. I have been missing out.'"
"'American Idol' and 'Project Runway' are hampered by a lot of people sitting in a room talking. 'Survivor' and the 'Amazing Race' get so much attention because they are big and they look movie-like, and there is a lot of activity and variety. So I think there is always going to be a bias toward that."
****ING ROBBED!!!!!! Those Sons a bitches.....
Let's not be coy about this. The nominations forREALITY COMPETITION are:The Amazing RaceAmerican IdolDancing with the StarsProject RunwayTop ChefThis looks identical to last year to me.
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