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The reader of The Classic of Mountains and Seas plays hopscotch from peak to peak, moving in leaps and bounds roughly according to one of the four cardinal compass directions. On each stop the traveller is given a Rough Guide equivalent of the major points of interest: natural resources, resident deity, flora and fauna. Some of the denizens are rather strange. A familiar creature may be used as reference for point of comparison, but deviations from the expected are dutifully noted: a multiplicity of legs, a single eye, a human face atop a snake's body.
None are perhaps as strange as the "look-flesh" creature, helpfully described by translator Anne Birrell in the glossary of the Penguin Classic edition, quoting third century commentator Kuo P'u, as "a mass of flesh which looks like the liver of an ox: it has two eyes." Coming across it again and again in the text, I'll admit I found it rather hard to visualize hopping about the slopes of its territory. Farther east than the scholars could have imagined (and their imaginations were robust), further even than the country of the Blacktooth people across a vast ocean is a city at the foot of two hills, barely worthy of mention compared to the legendary peaks in the eighteen books. I only bring it up it because it's here that I think I've finally got a glimpse of the "look-flesh," far from its home.
Liting Liang is only one of the dizzying number of participants in the Chinese Culture Center's current show Present Tense Biennial. Her ink on paper works immediately brought to mind the descriptions from the book (one of the joys of which is the many interpretations by artists throughout the ages of the creatures within). There is the crouched chimerical woman, lower body sheathed in rows of reptile scales. Another figure stands posed, cleaver in hand, snake wrapped around her neck like an alert scarf (snakes are often described grasped in the hands of deities or clamped between their jaws). Then there's a curious lump of a thing, kind of like a potato or blowfish with legs, in stockings and heels. Is this the "look-flesh," dressed to impress for the twenty-first century? It's probably wishful thinking. Maybe a distant relation? Or is it something never before seen, field notes for an as yet unwritten nineteenth book? At the very least, the impossibilities inherent in her striking work offer a good entrance point for the show as a whole, because it gives me license to call her a favorite among a multitude of favorites in this diverse and absorbing show (a site dedicated to images from the center has proved a broken link in the last few weeks that I've tried to visit. But you can get an idea of how amazing her pieces are here:, it's the first image in the review).
The bulk of the show is less concerned with mythology as a whole as it is with mythologizing, or to be more specific demythologizing. Curator Kevin Chen of Intersection for the Arts, with the aid of Abby Chen and Ellen Oh, have spread the net wide in the selection of contributors: 31 artists, not all of them of Chinese origin or descent. The diversity of the participants has borne fruit in a show with varied approaches and executions. I start with Liting Liang's work not just because I love her ravenous eater and dismembered legs washed ashore but because the works are so singular. The raison d'être of the show has such a strong psychological pull that it's easy to forget that Present Tense is not just an exercise in itself. The show offers many reminders that identity is a tricky thing, constantly embattled and contentious, and many of the pieces are meditations on that theme, urging the viewer to revise their assumptions. But the engine that drives that process is the uniqueness of each artist's vision: they are well worth appreciating each for their own sake.
Thomas Chang, for example, explores what's left of a theme park in Orlando, Florida fallen into disrepair. The miniature monuments captured in C-Prints have a haziness in the details which only serves to draw attention to the haziness behind the enterprise itself. The brain child of the Chinese government, the amusement site was meant to foster interest in tourism with replicas of famous sites in 1/10th scale. A facsimile of Tengwang Pavilion however is now gutted, the front exposed like a doll house and overgrown with weeds. This official "imprimatur" of Chinese culture, made for export and based on sites of historic importance and grandeur, has an interesting counterpart in the export of Americaness in Charlene Tan's work (more on that in a bit).
Across the room, Imin Yeh's Good Imports, 2008 presents a laptop completely shrouded in patterned textile. In an online interview, the artist explained that the fabric is typical of that found lining boxes of souvenirs from China. Perhaps it is the usual taboo of "look but don't touch" but the wrapping evokes a sense of prohibition at the sight of screen and keyboard enveloped, even while the design lends a mystique of value, despite both the material and the hardware being the result of mass production. There is a divide between the reaction to goods which reach our shores somehow imbued with a sense of China as a country of deep history and traditions and cheap consumer products whose cheapness would not be possible were they made State-side.
Exploring the source of those imported goods whose provenance is invisible to most consumers, Suzanne Husky recreates a factory floor of tiny workers. As a group they are nearly indistinguishable in their spread armed poses and blue aprons, but the faces are taken from photographs of actual people, giving at least the illusion of individuality. Down on Kearny St., Husky has installed a sister piece in an empty store front that instills the eerie sensation of spying on actual factory workers through the glass doors (see below).
The portraits in Sumi ink by artist Nancy Chan are precisely observed. The sense that Annie is observing you above her clasped hands is palpable. The works were rendered on long sheets of paper calling to mind traditional prints and calligraphy presentation.
I'm watching Fang Lu's music video Straight Outta HK when I see a familiar face. Alex Yeung is the front man of hardcore band Say Bok Gwai (and a coworker of mine) and the story behind the piece is coaching hip hop artist Kelda in a cover of one of their tunes, the trick being the lyrics are in Cantonese.
Perhaps the most dramatic piece in the show is the cornucopia built of wire and paper, spilling out facsimile cartons of McDonalds packaging. The name of the piece, The Good Life, 2009 reminds us of the associations that accrue to the powerhouse chain's product, being such a ubiquitous American brand. But a close look at the photocopied boxes reveal the traces of glocalization. These particular boxes have been tailored for the Chinese market, while still retaining the signifiers (like the arched "M" logo) that entice a consumer hungry not just for food but the array of symbolic connotations that go along with it. Charlene Tan's piece captures many of the absurdities: the ostensibly American meal would be prepared and served by Chinese workers employed by the franchise, and even the most American of offerings on the menu go through a process of vetting to make sure they're attractive to the palates of the country of that particular outlet. The abundance of empty boxes inside the horn of plenty underscores that our exported idea of "the good life" may not be all it's cracked up to be. Even the "weave" of the cornucopia is just a photocopied texture.
Fans of painted chopsticks, bundled in groups of a hundred, form Arthur Huang's demographic study of cities in which he has held residence. My Life as a Chinese American So Far (36 Years and Counting), 2009 breaks down the racial makeup of communities based on census data. Simply looking over the color key ("raw umber" for African Americans, "burnt sienna" for Latino Americans) reveals the quixotic nature of the enterprise. Huang has attempted to match the selected hues with an eye to them reflecting to some degree an approximation of actual skin color. In doing so he underlines the suggestive power of what appears at first glance to be objective statistical data. Even the selection of something as subtle as color coding can have a profound effect on our assumptions whether we are aware of it or not.
Yu Yudong's One person's parade series is a good end point for this glimpse of a show that negotiates ideas of shared heritage, tradition and experience even while critical of imposed collective identities. The four protest signs display photographs of the artist, bullhorn pressed to his mouth, sign in hand. In one, he stands in an empty street, midway between a crosswalk, beneath signage indicating that this is the city of Songzhuang, China. In another, he is atop a wall of painted brick, near the building's corrugated metal roof. The works stand in stark contrast to the work of Hei Han Khiang just a few rooms away that focuses on the Tiananmen Square protests of Spring 1989. Although following the forms of the demonstrator engaged in a group action, Yu Yudong's "protester" stands alone with an unknown message that goes unheard, at times in locations where his presence is assured to go unnoticed.
The Present Tense show actually continues outside the gallery, with a number of satellite installations located throughout Chinatown on Kearny St., Clay St., Columbus Ave. and Walter U. Lum Place. You can watch video of curator Kevin Chen touring a few of the window displays on this installment of Culture Wire.


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Nate Chinen, estimable New York Times music journalist, questions the effect of grants like the $253,000 announced by Chamber Music America for jazz composers: Are applicants pressed to create overly grand and pc projects? Ottawa Citizen blogger Peter Hum asks why Canada's government supports jazz at all.But Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra leader Arturo O'Farrill has been commissioned to write a Latin jazz orchestra piece in honor of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Are grants and government support bad for jazz? … [Read more...]
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Donnie McClurkin ramps up the ridiculous to speak in tongues and call gays "vampires". The infamously "ex-gay"—or should we say merely "re-closeted"—Grammy Award winning gospel singer and evangelist rants against gays, gay youth and recently out gospel singer Tonex at the Church of God in Christ's Holy Convocation Youth Service. This happened last Saturday at the COGIC convention in Memphis.
In the first of three disgusting YouTube videos, McClurkin begins his rant against Tonex, the gospel star who recently confirmed his long-rumored sexuality. McClurkin says Tonex is a "perversion" and must pray away the gay: "God did not call young people to such peversion. Society has failed him, his church has failed him ... I would be homosexual to this day if Jesus hadn't delivered."
McClurkin also rails against openly gay youth as "broken and feminine": "I see feminine men, feminine boys, everywhere I go ... No, don't applaud 'cuz it ain't funny. It's because we failed. I see them everywhere."
Quite rich coming from McClurkin. If anyone has seen him or the young men in his inner circle, well, let's say the observation about "feminine men everywhere" is spot-on.
In the second video, McClurkin turns his hate toward young lesbians: "These young girls are just as bad as the boys in homosexuality, you don't see it. They can hide ... but there are some evil young hard butch girls."
McClurkin's appearance at the COGIC youth conference is ironic. The rabidly anti-gay Church of God in Christ is well-known for attracting many closeted black gay men. COGIC is also embroiled in numerous lawsuits, criminal investigations and internal church investigations around clergy sexual abuse—there is a micro-site on the Church website. ReportCOGICAbuse and Gay Christian Movement Watch, websites created by alleged "ex-gay" Atlanta-based "DL" Foster (How you doin' DL!), chronicles COGIC sexual abuses.One church reportedly has four convicted pedophiles on its payroll. A COGIC deacon in Milwaukee was caught exposing himself in a gay cruising park. Foster applauds McClurkin's anti-gay rant. Birds of a feather....
McClurkin recently suggested he still had gay sexual urges and compared homosexuality to diabetes: "I don't eat sugar, but it doesn't mean that I don't want sugar." You are what you eat, Donnie. Via Rod 2.0 readers Former COGIC and Jason.: Watch McClurkin's unhinged rants AFTER THE JUMP.


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Photos of Beer and Seafood at Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Beer and Seafood a Shore Thing at Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.
Beer sampler
Stellar brews, seafood, and views — what more could a girl ask for? After some serious arm-twisting, yesterday I made the trek down to the coastal town of Half Moon Bay to pay a visit to Half Moon Bay Brewing Company. The California establishment, which houses a 6,000-square-foot restaurant, a six-room oceanfront inn, and an on-site brewery, just celebrated its 10-year anniversary this month.
Take a look inside the brewpub — and check out its top eats — when you keep reading.


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Average age of a Tesla Model S owner?
Average age of a Tesla Model S owner?
Jeez, I posted this once, don't know what happened to it:
"Well, at 219 entries the average is now almost exactly 48."
Thanks for your humor-my grandsons are nearly 6 ft tall and won't fit back there. And they get all excited when anything is said about the Model S!
I'm excited to be above average on something! Wait, maybe I should rethink this........
I'm 19 (yeah, really). I hope to get the car before I turn 50...
You will PaulinaEm and you'll pay a lot less for it than we did.
I made my reservation in June, then turned 33 in July. I hope to get my Model S (#10,074) before I turn 34.
Reservation # R75..signed up at the launch event. 41 in January when the car is delivered.
I'm 27... Been following this company since they announced that they were going to build the roadster. Had less than 600 dollars to my name in 2009 or else i believe I would have been one of the first reservation holders.
36 and an anxious P85 reservation holder!
My average age is 11! Car reserved and current age is not surprisingly twice my average (22). Very excited about this electric masterpiece from a company named after one of my favourite historic, and heroic, scientists!
I will be 29 when my model S arrives,
I guess I'm just average... 47.
My wife (24) and Im 28 reservation 8665
58 and 60.
I am 25.
I won't say my age, but when I drove my Tesla to show my dad is weekend, he liked it so much that he also ordered one! He is 91, might be the oldest owner? his reservation number is 14168.
51 and dedicated to living life as a constant mid-life fling :)
If it has a motor, I'm in. I now need to clarify that electric motors are welcome.
Fantastic, portia! My father-in-law is almost 92, and his daughters recently bought him a test drive in a Lamborghini. It was at Candlestick Park in SF, and he really stood out among all the other people lined up for the drive. He had a ball, and even floored it (at the urging of his copilot).
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Brian H, thanks for the calcs...
However, not to be nitpicky, but, well, I guess I am being nitpicky.....
I just twigged where that rhetoric came from. Were you referring to: Office Memo?
I'm 70. For most of my 20's I was an impoverished student; and although dying for a Corvette, I couldn't begin to afford one. When I became successful and could afford to pay cash for a Corvette, I no longer wanted one... too awkward to get into, harsh ride, not plush enough, etc.
Now, after a lifetime of cushy sedans, I can finally enjoy something close to the speed and excitement of a Corvette while wrapping myself in luxury.
I can't wait for my Performance P859 to get here. :-)
Yep, as far as I can see ...
I'll guess he was 25 when you were borne, so that makes you the same age as I am.
My dad was a professor in Automotive Engineering at one time, he knows a lot about cars! Not a lot about Tesla, but obviously I told him when I ordered mine 2 years ago. He didn't think he would need another car, but this will be a great car to have. Oh, and he is not getting the performance version :)
31, 30 when I made the reservation
Mitrabbit is 72 and Portia's father in law is 92.
My age is in between, sequence #2,777. Hope to get my S in gear before the 92 year old gets his.
no, @douglasR mentioned a father-in-law, but not getting a Tesla.
my father is 91, since he just reserved his, his reservation number is in the 14000's so you will get your first for sure
I'm 36. But I wonder why the average based on Brian H's last tally is as high as 48 on over 200 entries. It seems more seniors are interested in futuristic ideas. Or could the issue just be affordability? Seniors have more money to spend and/or less avenue to spend it on???
coyness is not useful on a thread tabulating ages.
OK, with 251 people, the average has now dipped slightly to 47.8.
Hoping to have delivery in June for my 70th birthday present.
Mid-life crisis?
As an octogenarian, it will be my last car.
Took delivery as a 67 year old on 11/28; turned 68 three days later. Kinda leaned on my wonderful DS team to get it to me before my birthday. Pretty sure they caused the entire production sequence to be modified due to my birthday. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
@willardb, don't be pessimistic. It might be the last car you drive, but then again it might not. I plan to live at least 150 years, so in my book you are just over middle aged.
38--mid life crisis. my wife doesn't believe me though. she's only 34.
Willard - Driving electric makes you live longer.
My age 44 - waiting to finalize.
Hoping to take delivery before my 30th birthday next month, will be cutting it close.
50 at delivery...
52 Only a few days left to wait!!!
40. Act like I'm 30. Wish I was 20.
53 on April 6th. Hoping for my Model S for my birthday, but suspect that the multicoat-red will land me near the end of April.
You are not an owner. Your number range has been ignored.


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2010 Featured Stories
In 2010, San José State University honored 310 President's Scholars and 2,733 Dean's Scholars. The students below were nominated by faculty members and are wonderful examples of our "best and brightest" students. Congratulations to ALL 3,043 honorees! We are exceptionally proud of you!
|Killol Acharya
|Iuliana Manolache
|Amanda Aguilera
|Amy Marseline
|Aemal Aminy
|Ian Martin
|Ashley Bedford
|Robert McGuigan
|Amado Burgos III
|Jeff Picman
|Suzanne Chancey
|Karen Roy
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It was a tough day in many ways - just a week after losing my dad to have a big event was hard. But it was a good day overall. It started off with sleeping late and mimosas in bed since the kids spent the night at my mom's. My phone was blown up with calls and texts from sweet friends. I had people stopping by all day for hugs and with gifts. There were tons of cards in the mail. I could feel the love all day which I am so thankful for!
We met my mom and brother for lunch at Carabba's which was great. They showered me with lots of fun gifts. We had a low key afternoon then the Wrights came over for dinner (brought by a friend). It was perfect. I got a yummy Nothing Bundt Cake.
And then we played my favorite game - Catan!! They did not let me win just because it was my birthday. Not cool!!


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An amazing opportunity came my way last month. It started with a simple email, "Hello, Kay, my name is Don Duchene" and segued into a week-long Costa Rican adventure with a vanload of fellow Canadians, a friendly film crew from Nova Scotia.
That first email arrived without fanfare on a Friday, providing little more than a simple introduction to Don's documentary project and a request to meet when he and his entourage would eventually land in Monteverde sometime the following week. I mentioned it to a couple of people, Lucky Guindon for one. "In case anything comes of this Lucky, maybe you and Wolf would be available to talk to them?" I asked her. "I'm not sure what their interests are, but the documentary is called Ocean Voices, and you have both interesting voices as well as a great view toward the Pacific." She agreed to meet them, but then reminded me that Tuesday morning is coffee at Mary Rockwell's so it couldn't be that day. Hollywood has no special status in Monteverde.
Tuesday morning, I was still in bed, savoring my morning coffee, slowly turning the final pages of the book I was reading, when the phone rang. It was Wolf and Lucky's son Ricky, a guide at the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, calling to say that there was a group of Canadians staying there, having arrived just the evening before, and they were hoping to meet me. Could I come to the Reserve this morning, the sooner the better?
I was reluctant to put down my book, but I'm well versed as an extra on movie sets, understanding that for a director "soon" means "now" or they are likely to lose interest and move on – I know Hollywood, move fast then wait. Expecting things might get interesting, I jumped out of bed, took a quick shower, and hiked the three kilometers up to the Reserve, thinking as I walked about who and what may lie ahead, perhaps a morning of wandering through the cloud forest which is always a treat.
As it turned out, meeting Don, Art, Bud, Everett, and Kirsten would be one of life's door prizes that you win when you didn't even know there was a door. Within minutes of greeting Don, I recognized a shared spirit complete with sense of humor, a kind man with a mission that I could relate to. He found me through the Tropical Science Center who had generously allowed the crew to stay in the lodging at the Reserve while filming. Someone there had passed Don my book, Walking with Wolf, and suggested that he look me up while in Monteverde. I owe that person a hug (and a drink) for making the connection.
We sat surrounded by the sparkling not-so-cloudy forest, on the back porch of the restaurant at the Reserve, the crew preparing the equipment as Don and I got comfortable talking. We kept moving our bench across the deck, out of the glare of the strong morning sun that constantly shifted and threatened the lighting in the shot. Don began explaining his project to me by saying that he had been in Monteverde before.
"I made a documentary, "Rainforest-A Report from Costa Rica," on the economics of rainforests back in the 1980s," he explained. "I fell in love with Monteverde then and have returned many times to Costa Rica. This is my chance to fit this community that constantly fascinates me into yet another story. Ocean Voices is to be a collection of points of view of the various stakeholders concerned about the future of the oceans…which is all of us of course, but as a director of an hour long documentary I have to narrow it down."
"I want to make a film that isn't just for the choir and the converted, those who are already paying attention in some way, but rather open a conversation that can bring more people into the discussion. Help people understand the role they must play in protecting the future of our vast mysterious, unexplored oceans. I think that Monteverde is a good example of a community who goes about its business with mindfulness and a respectful purpose. I like the approach the Quakers and biologists here take to caring for the land. We will show this type of stewardship of the land, an engaged community, and draw the link between land practices, peace, and the health and future of the oceans."
Obviously there was much to talk about, so while Bud's camera rolled and Art's furry microphone hovered like a gentle sloth in the air above us, Don and I carried on a meandering conversation that moved from Canada's coastal beauty to Costa Rica's biodiversity, to consumerism, capitalism, democracy, peace, to making connections.
When we stopped for lunch, before we headed out to find other possible filming locations in Monteverde, Don asked me if I would like to go with them to Rara Avis, a thirty-year old nature preserve on the Atlantic side of Costa Rica, a mysterious place that I have often heard of and always been interested in visiting but never made it to. The legend of getting to this place – apparently slogging up a "road" by tractor & wagon or horse for several hours – is almost bigger than the legend of the Monteverde road (a tale that is soon to be updated with the anticipated paving of the Monteverde road set to begin in 2014).
Turns out they were heading first to Isla Chira, another well-known but little visited spot in Costa Rica, here on the Pacific side, an island that we can see from Monteverde floating down there in the Gulf of Nicoya. I've heard of this place too, stories of a strong women's community and a fishing cooperative, and it was another place I wanted to visit, but enough out of the way that I never made the trip…until now.
Another member of the crew was Isabel, a Swiss who has been living many years in Costa Rica. She was the logistics person, researcher, chauffeur and translator on this, her first excursion with a film production. It was an eye-opening experience for her. She was set to leave the group once we got to San José for other obligations. As the time approached, I spoke up, saying I would be happy to drive, knowing the country well, I can translate and carry equipment. Don was happy to have someone who was comfortable driving and familiar with the roads to take over so he wouldn't have to.
While still in Monteverde, we spent a magical morning with Wolf and Lucky. Ricky and I were both quite impressed with Wolf's clarity and focus – Wolf was never known for his direct thinking or clear speaking, and in the last couple of elderly years he has definitely lost some ground. But this day, he told some stories and answered Don's questions rather sweetly, almost succinctly. I found out later that most of the crew hadn't understood much of what he said. When I told Ricky, we both laughed, thinking that to our ears it had been such a good day! Don spent a lot of time with Lucky, asking about pictures in the photo album and listening to her eloquent tales, told with humility and humour, of the early pioneering days. The Canadians, myself included, felt blessed for this time together.
Before leaving Monteverde, we also filmed at the new Foresta art gallery in Cerro Plano. Featuring beautiful original creations from artists in the Monteverde area, it was worth some footage. Then we went to see local painter and luthier Paul Smith, who I recently started a writing project with. Paul entertained the east-coasters with his great irreverence and charm, sharing his passion for creating art and his frustration that there isn't more teaching of art and music happening here in Monteverde. That led us to talk with Francisco Burgos, the director at the Monteverde Friends School, who told Don about his desire to increase the arts programs, hopefully with the participation of local mentors and teachers, to make both the enjoyment of and the learning of specific arts more accessible to local children and adults.
The following morning, despite our 5 a.m. departure, I was very excited about our trip to Isla Chira. We made it to Costa de Pájaros well ahead of the launcha, so we waited with the fishermen, watching boats coming and going. A few of the Fuerza Pública were there, local police on their way over to the island, along with men cleaning fish, others repairing shrimp nets, birds swooping in to raid the shallow waters as the tide went out, and dogs lounging like they all had hangovers. I have always loved boat communities, where the rhythm of the water – be it ocean tides, lake waves or river currents – is what everyone moves to. What with my propensity for cool water, raw fish and seaweed, I'm sure I was a seal in a former life.
We were received warmly by the women and men of Isla Chira, along with members of Mar Viva, an organization dedicated to the sustainable resource management along the Pacific coastline of Costa Rica, who explained the project. In 2000, the Women's Association of Isla Chira was established to create alternative sources of income for the women of Chira, who traditionally made their living from fishing but recognized that their catches were diminishing and so was the economic viability of living off this resource. They now dedicate themselves to maintaining and making sustainable use of the island's natural resources, protecting the mangroves and raising an "artisanal fishery" of small mollucks called pianguas. Their example influenced the men who also have a sustainable fishery program. For me, arriving on the island was a lovely step back into a simpler Costa Rica, watching the community working together to overcome economic and environmental challenges without the rush, pressure and competition of tourism yet taken hold. Filming continued over a shared lunch, through a tour of the mangrove nursery and into the small boat that took the crew to the building on the sea where the women cleaned the pianguas.
Like the seal I am, I took the opportunity to slip into the sea and therefore missed the boat. The tide was out, and I swam in still, shallow, salty, sun-kissed water, staying far from the areas where crocodiles may lurk. Now that I have been there, and understand the route, I know that I will return again to the warm embrace and interesting community of Isla Chira.
We only spent the morning on the island before heading back to the mainland. We made it by dusk to San José, and with much fuss and further ado, we found lovely rooms at Kaps Place, a small guest house across the road from the Hotel Aranjuez where Don's crew had stayed a few days before but since the hotel was overbooked, they didn't honor Don's reservations, apparently a common hazard with this popular hotel. In a moment of panic, with a tired crew and no beds available at the inn, Kaps Place provided a lovely alternative and will remain on my list of "places to recommend" in San José. I was added as a driver to the rental contract, we said goodbye to Isabel, dined on pizza and wine, and headed to our beds. We were prepared to get an early start, have breakfast with Amos Bien, the founder of Rara Avis who would accompany us, planning on leaving the city before the morning rush hour heading up Highway 32 towards Limon. Even following a good night's sleep, heeding all the warnings and with our own great anticipation, we still weren't prepared for the long road into Rara Avis.
It starts off quaint enough – after wrapping our backpacks and equipment in big plastic bags, piling into the utilitarian wagon, the tractor pulls out of the damp yard in Horquetas de Sarapiquí and winds through the puddled streets heading out of town, a quick stop at the pulperia for some junkfood…
Rumbling across bridges with big PRECAUTION-PELIGRO-DANGER signs, so we get off the trailer and walk while Eduardo steers the tractor to safety on the other side…..
We slowly rise in altitude through agricultural lands, past the familiar pretty wooden houses scattered across Costa Rica's rural landscape, glimpsing small herds of cattle, as the gravel-patched roads of town slowly change to a ruddy mud, the gravel itself becoming pebbles, then larger stones, then ginormous boulders.
The cameras were always rolling, so what could be done on a good day in less than four hours took us about twice that. We constantly stopped for another shot, Bud and Everett running ahead with their cameras to film the tractor approaching, but we also had to disembark from the wagon when the tractor couldn't move any further, held in place by yet one more cliff-like boulder and a deep soup of mud. Eventually, with a lot of rubber action, rocking and rolling, Eduardo was always victorious – in my mind, he was the hero of this journey, for without him we would have been on foot, slogging up and back those fifteen kilometers in our rubber boots in the pouring rain. He reminded me of a cowboy constantly trying to tame a bull that was all piss and vinegar, and although there was some kind of romance to the whole affair, we were definitely no longer in Hollywood.
Three-quarters of the way, we took a brief refuge at the Estacion Biologica Selva Tica, two thousand acres of private rainforest preserve administered by my Monteverde friends Susana Salas and Bob Carleson. The caretaker, Juan, spends his days in the peace of this lonely outpost waiting on the occasional arrival of biologists and students, infrequent visits by tapir and jaguar, the balconies wrapped in silky webs housing significant numbers and sizes of wood spiders. After that short break and three kilometers more on the wagon, banging against the sides of a mud tunnel, sloshing through the water collected in the wheel grooves as the inevitable rain falls – about 300 inches of rainfall a year keeps things very wet. We were mostly in heavy drizzle, though we had a downpour or two before we were done, and we made it to Rara Avis just as the shadows gathered into complete darkness.
Amos started this project thirty years ago. Built as a working example of an eco-lodge, a place to bring students, biologists, bird watchers and interested tourists to experience remote rainforest and study its wonders, the place itself is very welcoming, especially considering the effort made to get there. There is a two-story lodge with tidy rooms each with its own bathroom, hot shower, and private balcony with hammock patiently waiting.
A large open-air dining room and kitchen is one of the common spaces, along with a classroom and some smaller buildings, but the real gathering spot is the surrounding forest, laced with trails, dissected by a river and a series of extravagant waterfalls, with the promise of endless green wet adventure. There is an in-house nature guide whose job it is to introduce people to the plants, birds, insects and biodiversity of this lush world.
It is advised that when you go there you should stay at least a couple of nights – a week or more would be even better considering the effort that the journey requires – but as the film crew was on a tight schedule, we only stayed for one night. In the morning before leaving we filmed Amos discussing ecotourism, the continuing need for education about and immersion in the world's wild spaces, the struggle to maintain this place as the road washes away and the termites feed on the wooden buildings. Rara Avis is a dream, but between today's economics and Amos' passing years, it is in need of a new force, a young vigor to raise the funds that will maintain it, bring in the ever more discerning tourist, and oversee its future.
It was already getting late when we reluctantly left for a slightly shorter tractor-wagon pull out to civilization, following the tractor's headlamps down the tunnel of light through the green ferns, the mud walls, and the insistent rain. We were all the way back to the gravelly roads near Horquetas before we finally saw a few stars peeking out from nocturnal clouds. By midnight, the pavement had led us back to San José, where we fell into hot showers and clean beds, still feeling the rattle and roll of the wagon as it wound its way from heaven back to the lowlands.
A week spent with five strangers traveling by van, boat, tractor-wagon, and rubber boot could have gone so horribly wrong, but it didn't because of the professional attitude of the crew Don, Art and Bud – all experienced with working in the field under deplorable conditions and in unfamiliar cultures – and the tough, keen young cameraman and production assistant, Everett & Kirsten. I fit in well with these Canadians of like mind who appreciated my knowledge of Costa Rica, my steady hand at the wheel, and my willingness to help them in whatever way I could.
As a bonus to the door-prize, our return to San José coincided with the second vote for the new president of Costa Rica. The general election in February had not resulted in the necessary 40% for a single candidate, so the top two were contested again on April 6th. We followed Amos and his emotion-filled daughter, Samantha, to their busy polling station at a school in Sabanilla, the camera allowed to follow them right in to the voting booth. It was expected, baring a big surprise, that Luis Guillermo Solís would win, the candidate from the "yellow" side, the colour that represents the left-leaning parties in Costa Rica. It was a very festive, social scene that surrounded us as we talked to many people on camera about their feelings, their hopes, and their concerns for the new president. I felt that wonderful flush of joy that comes when you are with people who are asking for and seeing change – and still believing in it. After twelve years of the verdiblancos, a different party is taking over. Without going too far into it, one of the things that I find encouraging about Solís is that several years ago he quit the Partido Liberación Nacional, the party who held power for the last twelve years and was now defeated, in rebellion against the corruption that has been endemic to the government of Costa Rica over the last decades of growth and corporatization. That night we joined with the celebrating thousands, shouting, dancing and waving flags representing both their new president and a new direction for their country. For many Costa Ricans, that means returning to a former simpler, more honest time.
So may this new president stand up to a system whose tangled roots run deep and renew the Ticos' faith in their democracy. May the nature preserves of Costa Rica, and around the planet, continue to protect the life mass that is vital to our future. May people of all cultures continue to successfully find ways to balance food needs, economic needs, spiritual and communal needs. And may Don Duchene make a powerful film that helps spread light in our world and allows the Ocean Voices to speak.


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This hearty soup originally called for meaty beef and ham bones, which were simmered for several hours. The meat was picked from the bones, and then the soup preparation continued. I've substituted steak and smoked ham for the meaty bones without losing much of the flavor of the original. With a warming bowl of this luscious soup as the centerpiece of your meal, all you'll need to add are good bread and a salad.
Add diced potatoes and ham and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in chickpeas and pepperoni and simmer 10 minutes more. Season to taste with salt and pepper before serving.
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A brilliant formulation from David Pierce:
The real world consists of what *matters*. It is interesting that the verb "matter" occurs naturally here, since it is derived from the noun that is used for what the "real world"—the physical world—is supposedly made of. But if we ask, "What's the matter with Fatma?" we may be asking about a physical ailment, or we may be asking about an *idea* that is causing Fatma to behave strangely. Ideas matter.
The whole point of education is to make things real for students, things that were not real for them before. [Things like fractions, for example.] I recall an example in a letter in the Notices of the AMS, some time in the 1990s.
Calculus students worried that on Problem X, their answer was 0.5, but the book's answer was 1/2.
"But they are the same thing!" says the teacher.
The students then use a calculator to divide 1 by 2, getting the answer 0.5. "Oh" they say.
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California's new prison program, which will transfer state prisoners to local jails, is "an ill-conceived fool's errand," according to L.A. County District Attorney Steve Cooley.
"It was done too quickly. There was never any vetting through any criminal justice committee or the state legislature," Cooley said. "It was strictly a budgetary decision passed after five hours of being introduced."
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"They may spend some portion of their state prison sentence in county jail, but I am predicting it will be very limited," he said.
L.A. County could receive 6,000 to 8,000 realigned state prisoners and while Sheriff Lee Baca said the county could handle the increase, Cooley said Baca was "overly optimistic."
Only non-serious, non-sexual, non-violent offenders will be eligible for the state-to-county transfer, but Cooley said that identification is very broad.
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On their retirement in April 2002 Alan and Sylvia Williams decided to follow a lifelong dream and purchase with their savings 11 acres of unimproved grassland to create a nature reserve for the endangered species of Barn Owls.
Too long these beautiful and indigenous creatures have been forced out of their natural habitat as more and more barns are restored, traditional rough grassland has been reclaimed and farmed for our use, leaving these creatures with a homeless dilemma which leads to breeding problems and eventual extinction.
The Williams' nature reserve gives these native birds a fighting chance. The whole area is surrounded by ancient hedgerows of some fourteen bush/tree species and includes acres of unimproved grassland which has three marl pits on site, one of which had formed into a pond, vastly overgrown, which has now been cleared and extended.
During the creation 5,000 broad leaf trees of 24 different varieties have been planted, a half acre wetland/reed bed dug out, a natural larch tree log cabin installed, leaving in the centre of the reserve a two and a half acre wild flower meadow.
Wild flower meadows are another casualty of modern Britain but by using the cuttings from the Williams' meadow, similar wild flower meadows can be created in open fields and restore one of the great delights of the English countryside encouraging back not only barn owls, but other struggling indigenous birds, creatures and insects.
Over the last eleven years the Williams have worked tirelessly on behalf of endangered species and nurtured the reserve so well that it has become a haven for over 70 different varieties of birds, the most successful of which has been their much loved Barn Owl.
To care for these beautiful and gentle birds, the Williams have installed four barn owl boxes, but as barn owls are nocturnal birds, they are rarely seen, so to measure how well their reserve was functioning as a habitat and to create an insight into the lives and breeding habits of the barn owls, a colour camera was installed inside the breeding boxes and set to record bird activity.
Since the summer of 2005, Alan and Sylvia have been rewarded with beautiful, heart felt footage of 33 barn owl chicks being raised on the reserve, successfully fledging and dispersing into the natural countryside.
This inspiring footage uplifted the Williams to such an extent that they decided to create a DVD telling the story 'in colour' of the Life and Times of Barn Owl families.
Alan & Sylvia featured with Ellie Harrison on BBC Countryfile on 21/02/16, to show how their work on the reserve had helped the barn owls living in the Staffordshire countryside.
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Production continues this week near Toronto, Canada on the UP Original Movie "Apple Mortgage Cake," starring Kimberly Elise in the true story of Angela Logan who when faced with foreclosure, set a goal to bake 100 cakes in 10 days to save her home.
A five-year-old Angela Logan (Millie Davis) is in her grandmother Nellie's (Darlene Cooke) kitchen in New Jersey learning how to make apple cake and discovering the joys of baking. Nellie tells Angela: "Cake makes people happy. One bowl, one mixer, and the right company, and you're set free for life."
Thirty-five years later, Angela ( Elise) is a single, working mom with three teenage boys, Marcus (A.J. Saudin), William, (Stephan James) and Nicolas (Lamar Johnson). She juggles various jobs and helps with employment counseling at the local Mission. While thrilled to be in the family home where she learned to bake, the house is falling apart, with sections deemed uninhabitable by inspectors after storm and flood damage.
Plus, the car just decided not to start – and the boys all still need shoes, books and food. She has always made due until now – when her lender calls in the mortgage loan and puts her into foreclosure. Angela has 10 days to come up with $4000 or she loses her home.
This is the true story of a woman who decides to bake 100 apple cakes and sell them at $40 each in order to save her home – and how this idea completely changes her and her family.
As word of her "bake sale" ripples out through neighbors, friends, her church and even old flames, such as Melvin (Kevin Hanchard), the story soon spreads to the news, locally, nationally and internationally. Orders fly in from all over the world. Angela is taken off guard by the overwhelming support. But soon, this fiercely independent woman learns to depend on the kindness and love of others that comes her way, particularly when the community and local businesses rally around Angela to help her finish and ship the initial stacks of orders.


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James Franco graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1996.
Now, nearly 20 years later, the actor has announced that he'll lead a workshop on film at his alma mater.
Hollywood Reporter noted that Paly students grades nine through 12 are eligible to take the class, but they must submit an application by Thursday.
According to that application, 24 students will be selected to create an original film that will be screened at a film festival "if it is good."
In 2013, Franco starred in "Palo Alto," a film about a high school teacher's inappropriate relationship with a student. It was based on "Palo Alto Stories," a short book he wrote.
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Sunday, August 07, 2011
300,000 - What's the message?
Like anything coming out of such a large (but perhaps not so diverse) group the message is anything but cohesive, but some things are cause for concern, and others, hope.
The repeated loud messages of hate and blame against the Chareidim and the settlers have been particularly worrisome. That some leftwing activisists felt it was OK to burn down the tents of some of those on they disagreed with ideologically only strengthens that concern.
That the common message seems to be "social justice" (socialism, communism, redistribution of income, government subsidies etc.) scares me tremendously. We have a vibrant and healthy capitalistic economy, and socialism is not the solution to the specific problem we are facing.
The real problem is not the actual cost of an apartment (really, how many 20 year olds do you know can afford to buy an apartment after college, or don't rent with 2 flatmates?). The real problem is that the overall cost of living keeps going up, while salaries don't seem to match the pace and taxes eat away at what you have. I know my family feels it as do those of many of my friends.
And the cost of living is going up, in my opinion, for artificial or at least fixable reasons.
Food costs far more than it did a few years ago. There is no reason that cars cost twice as much as they do in the US. Taxes are far too high for the lower end of the middle class – creating a working poor. Don't get me started on gas prices. VAT adds an unbearable burden on both companies (required to collect and file regular VAT reports even when they have no direct VAT liabilities) and on individuals where it artificially inflates prices by 16%! Rent prices are going up too, and that is because the government stopped building in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem, as well as the unbearably slow bureaucracy that new construction projects must first go through long before a project will ever reach the consumer.
But the solution to these problems is not socialism, its more capitalism.
Open up the market to more imports.
In America, when you go into a kosher food store you have a tremendous choice of kosher products to choose from (and I'm including cheeses and meats – of excellent quality), both local and from Israel, yet here in Israel it's always the same Israeli companies over and over again.
Reduce the bureaucracies involved in opening and running a company in Israel. Let's create a State of Delaware in Israel for companies and watch the market flourish with small businesses. Make importing easier.
Lower these horribly high taxes. Who needs 16% VAT on top of our high income tax and Bituach Leumi? If people could only spend more, they'd buy more.
Why does a car cost twice as much as in the US – taxes – that is the only reason.
Free up land for construction. Reduce the bureaucracy to new construction. Let us build again in J.J.&S.
These are all basic steps, simple steps even, that would fix the problems in our economy. Giving out apartments is not the answer, freeing up the economy from these artificial road blocks is.
While there are those in the background driving these protests with the hopes of overthrowing Netanyahu, or through ideological hate, or through a philosophy of socialism and entitlement, my hope is that the majority who showed up are people like you and me. Concerned by the real rising cost of living – an artificial problem that can be nipped in the bud.
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26 comments:
- yitz said...
the only thing i wanted to point out is this:
Food costs are going up all over the world .. the supply no longer keeps up with the demand -- it's a global problem, not an artificial one.
I agree w/ everything else u said.
- 1:15 PM, August 07, 2011
I'm seriously concernced what these protests are about. I don't understand them, don't understand the logic of the people behind them, and I certainly don't see the connection between the news paper reports and what I hear people around me saying.
All in all, very scary.
- 1:24 PM, August 07, 2011
- JoeSettler said...
I disagree. There's a distribution problem in that not all areas can get food (because of dictatorial governments, 3rd world infrastructure, etc.), but the world can produces more than enough food.
- 1:25 PM, August 07, 2011
My thoughts exactly- good post
- 1:37 PM, August 07, 2011
I very much hope for Israel, that it will not turn to the left ( socialism and so on)for that will bring a lot of misery, like leftist politicians enriching themselves and even antisemitism and wiorking together with muslims.
Don't go along that road!
I know what I am talking about... for the left has destroyed almost everything in the Netherlands, my country: the schools, the churches, the media... it's all about keeping people stupid, poor an badly informed, so that the politicians can do whatever they want and can become millionairs in one or two years time and in the meantime sell the country and the culture of it to the Arabs.
So please, keep fighting the leftists!
- 2:12 PM, August 07, 2011
Globes (before it become a tabloid promoting the current social justice) regularly printed lists of Israeli products that were cheaper in the States; Juice, soup almonds, meat, etc... The prices of commodities have gone up but that increase is not 1:1 in the weight of the price. If rice goes up by 50%, the price of rice in the supermarket goes up much less.
I would not want the cost of cars to come down. There would be no space on the streets here. Keep it up, make buses free.
- 3:55 PM, August 07, 2011
- JoeSettler said...
People are buying cars anyway if they can. No one is willingly giving up their car.
Instead, get the old gas guzzlers and polluters off the streets. Offer zero tax on low polluting cars, especially if it gets a car older than say 10-15 years off the road.
- 4:09 PM, August 07, 2011
- Jameel @ The Muqata said...
- Raise taxes on cigarettes (the health care costs will kill us all because of all the smokers)
- Raise taxes on motorcycle insurance (there's no reason that motorcycles should have lower insurance just because they are the #1 leader in accidents in the country)
- Lower taxes (even for leased cars) on HYBRIDS! Instead of the Mazda 3 being the #1 leased company car in the country, it should be a HYBRID. The only reason it isn't is because the monthly tax on a HYBRID is more than a Mazda 3. Making the tax the same for the HYBRID would significantly lower pollution.
- Tax breaks on the interest part of mortgages for single home owners.
- Tax rent -- currently its tax free.
- 4:36 PM, August 07, 2011
What about electricity ? Tomorrow its supposed to go up by 20% ! - all because of some tax on the 'cheaper' fossil fuel - I don't understand why electricity needs to go up at all - they can save plenty of money by making chevrat chashmal more efficient - Me thinks that if the price goes up tomorrow, the govt will have a lot more than 300K people on the street shouting...Violence is in the wings ... and it is only a mater of time before the frustrated masses kill a minister or two ...
- 4:45 PM, August 07, 2011
JoeSettler - The problem with cars here is not global warming, we are too small a country to have much effect either way. The problem is that the roads are clogged and there's no space to build new ones. That's why as many people as possible need to use public transportation.
- 6:30 PM, August 07, 2011
- Mark said...
Joe Settler - but the world can produces more than enough food.
Sure it can. BUT at higher prices. Primarily because energy is costing more. So is fertilizer, etc. China is being smart and buying sources of energy/fertilizer/etc. But there is huge demand and that will keep prices high. Food prices are going up all over the world, even in the USA where we are so used to a huge bounty of food at low prices.
And many of the other price increases on various items can be directly traces to higher energy (and basic input) prices.
- 7:04 PM, August 07, 2011
- GooGl(e)itch said...
How many apartments in Gush Dan are filled with illegal aliens, which could be rented to students?
- 8:37 PM, August 07, 2011
- Miriam Woelke said...
Electricity is going up by 9 % and NOT 20 % !!!
Even when you rent an aprtment with two or four flatmates, Tel Aviv is so expensive that most of your salary is being spend on rent. But not only TA, as Bat Yam, Holon and Rishon (even Nes Ziona) are follwing suit.
I have been dealing with Israeli tent demonstrations for many years. The start made Vicky Knafo and Israel Twito from Kikar HaLechem. The tent villages always follow the same scheme, as they are financed by the radical left called SHATIL.
- 9:58 PM, August 07, 2011
it is estimated that at least 2000 Tel Aviv area apartments are now taken by illegal aliens. They even rent houses because it's cheaper to pack more into them. But don't mention this to the New Israel Fund leaders or the mass media tabloids.
More ideas:
Break up the monopolies on importing brands. Single importers control the price on anti-perspirant, shampoo, chocolate, diapers and more.
- 11:52 PM, August 07, 2011
- Michael Sedley said...
agree with everything you said, but we also need high speed public transport from the more remote areas (Galil, Golan, J&S, Negev) to the center of the country.
Lots of cheaper housing in all these places and lots of land to build.
If people were encouraged with tax incentives to populate the Galil Negev and Northern Shomorn, and there was a high-speed train that would get them to downtown Tel Aviv in less than 45 minutes, that would bring down the price of housing for everyone.
Would also reduce the number of cars driving into Tel Aviv each morining.
- 12:17 AM, August 08, 2011
- Ben said...
Great post. Making the country harder for Diaspora Jews to emigrate is seriously idiotic.
- 7:00 AM, August 08, 2011
"If people were encouraged with tax incentives to populate the Galil Negev and Northern Shomorn, and there was a high-speed train that would get them to downtown Tel Aviv in less than 45 minutes, that would bring down the price of housing for everyone."
HA! I pay roughly 10% taxes because I live up north. (instead of the 40% I would be paying if I lived in say, Haifa) Housing up here is tight also. The tax incentives already exist, but nobody wants to come to the pretty parts of the country.
- 1:29 PM, August 08, 2011
- Nachum said...
Kind of disappointed in Jameel- he's using Rahm Emanuel's old formula of "never letting a crisis go to waste" by throwing in all sorts of demands for, basically, pet projects of his that have nothing to do with anything here. Smoking? Hybrid cars? Please.
Right on, Joe.
- 7:07 PM, August 08, 2011
- Holy Hyrax said...
I don't understand. These protests want government to step in and help them in some way. Most likely, some government program. Well....aren't taxes going to go up again? In which they will complain about that. Nothing is free
- 8:37 PM, August 08, 2011
Beware !
The city of Jerusalem has initiated a project called 'lightson.Jerusalem.muni.Il' with the stated purpose... "The concept is to turn your property in Jerusalem into a rental unit for young families and university students or into a temporary guest house for tourists, all while enjoying a monthly income ..." In reality, the City of Jerusalem wants to begin taxing empty apartments in the city at an exorbitant rate. If you fill out the form on their web site, in essence you are setting yourself up for a huge tax bill that will have to be paid with penalties and interest in many cases. Talk about social injustice in Israel, this ploy reminds me of the time I purchased a Television for my daughter then received a huge bill a week later from the Israel Broadcasting Authority even though I personally never owned a TV or radio.
- 8:00 AM, August 09, 2011
Are there no limits to the genius of Joe Settler? As well as being a military expert, a political visionary with all the answers, he's now an expert in tax and trade economics too?
Shame he didn't even make the effort to understand what the protests are about. He could have even come to the protest on motzei shabbat in yerushalayim, stood with all the other settlers. Shame he took the sinat chinam route based on hearsay.
Tzom KAL
- 9:37 AM, August 09, 2011
"The protests started out about affordable housing, but they're really about the make-up of Israeli society."
"And while enormous sums are spent on West Bank settlements, the social safety net is disappearing beneath our feet."
"NIF-backed organizations are a part of this effort. Our Shatil organizers are in the field, lending expertise at protest sites all over the country."
"This is our moment to press for the progressive and democratic values we cherish."
Rachel Liel
Executive Director in Israel /New Israel Fund
- 10:35 AM, August 09, 2011
Wait a minute! Anonymous 9:37 is accusing JoeSettler of a lot of things, but then Rachel Liel, the Executive Director of the New Israel Fund confirms what JoeSettler said - in her own press release. Methinks that Larry got it wrong again.
- 10:42 AM, August 09, 2011
This Sinat Chinam, but I think it's only the radical left. Most secular Jews love their fellow Jews including the Settlers.
- 3:05 PM, August 09, 2011
Reality TV comes to Rothchild Street "Tent City"
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All those beautiful, smiling people... Makes you just want to leave your Ramat Aviv Gimmel penthouse and join in on the fun !
- 9:31 AM, August 10, 2011
Y/S, LOL - like Rachel Liel would even care about this blog!
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Behold the SHOWGIRLS of Pro-Tosu Vids (No, I'm not over-selling it)
So I had already scheduled our posts for Thursday and was about to call it a night. Then I stumbled upon...upon...this. What is it you ask? How can a perfect storm of awful be adequately summed up? Answer: it can't. It just must be consumed.
I know, I know. "Yost, be careful," you're probably thinking. "You're overselling it."
No. No, I'm not.
When you finish reading this paragraph and then click play below, you could conceivably find yourself watching the SHOWGIRLS of pro-Buckeye videos. All 3 minutes and 44 seconds of it (no, that's it. Just 3 minutes, 44 seconds. Honest. It just feels like 3 hours and 44 minutes since the awfulness in it is apparently traveling at the speed of light and thus bringing time to a virtual standstill).
"You can get yourself drunk//you can tailgate//you can bring your daaaaate!"
I think it's safe to say, with lyrics like that, even Sir Paul McCartney would simply nod and say, "Bravo, Mascot Man. Bravo."
And thank you, YouTube. I can never repay your generosity tonight.
PS Hey, Buckeye fans, lemme know if this catches on at the 'Shoe. Personally, I can already see this haunting little ditty replacing Hang On Sloopy.
11 comments:
- Mikoyan said...
Wow. Um....Thanks for finding that. Not only do I have to poke my eyes out but I think I have to poke my mind's eye out.
Just how did Whetstone let that out anyway?
- October 14, 2010 1:13 AM
- Reed said...
Numero Uno indeed
- October 14, 2010 7:17 AM
- phil said...
Obviously not done by an OSU undergrad. To get to this level of psychosis you'd need to be in a post-graduate OSU program.
- October 14, 2010 7:21 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
Sigh..., My dear, dear misguided friend, Yost.
(shaking head in a condescending display of faux pity)
Jealousy is a harsh taskmaster.
I know you yearn to be in Mascot Man's cleats and bulbous head. Yes, Virginia, America does have talent.
- October 14, 2010 9:06 AM
- Crabapple Buck said...
This video makes Freakbass look like Mozart. I would apologize, but it would only fall on now deaf ears. I'm going to rewatch my 'Pure Michigan' video to 'get my mind right'.
- October 14, 2010 9:09 AM
- phil said...
Am I the only one who totally misses the comparison to SHOWGIRLS?
SHOWGIRLS is unequivocally the greatest cinematic classic of all time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDw8tACJFt8
How is this Bucknuts video even remotely related to SHOWGIRLS?
- October 14, 2010 9:59 AM
- Unknown said...
As a Buckeye fan and Ohio State graduate (with several Michigan fans and graduates in my family), I want to apologize for all of Buckeye Nation. No one was ever meant to see that video. That dude's mom should have taken his laptop out of his "apartment" in the basement and kept it in the living room where she could properly monitor her son's online behavior.
Seriously, I am very, very sorry.
- October 14, 2010 10:53 AM
- Yost said...
LOL, Zac. Since we can no longer beat the Bucks in football, we have to get our jabs in where we can.
I even loved, what appear to be, three framed OSU programs hanging on the otherwise-empty wall.
- October 14, 2010 11:06 AM
- Unknown said...
I think that is my buddy Steve's brother. He fell off a third floor balcony on E 13th street after shotgunning 3 beers consecutively...he hasn't been right since.
- October 14, 2010 5:41 PM
- Mikoyan said...
That is so bad the song is infectious.....I've had that damn song in my head all day......
- October 14, 2010 9:31 PM
- Yost said...
Yeah, I know what you mean, Mikoyan.
- October 15, 2010 1:36 AM


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Sunlight and views of nature flood into the living room in Doug and Donna Mulholland's home. The home has 3,000 square feet on each of the main and bottom floors.
Scott McKeen, Edmonton Journal · Oct. 10, 2012 | Last Updated: Oct. 15, 2012 2:07 PM ET
Doug and Donna Mulholland's place is not difficult to find, in theory.
It's on a named city street. It's got an official address. Google Maps says it's right here.
OK, so where is it? The houses adjacent are numbered to indicate .... AHA! I see a driveway.
I pull into the driveway and walk up to the home. The door opens and the secret is revealed.
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The home is 3,000 square feet on the main floor. Beneath it is another 3,000 square feet that, were I to call it a basement, would also be wrong.
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And what better way to get fired up about the big game than a batch of Bacon Bread from awesome Salty Snacks author Cynthia Nims?
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6 slices thick-cut bacon
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt or flaky or coarse sea salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
11/2 cups (about 6 ounces) finely crumbled fresh plain goat cheese
1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 large eggs
1 cup whole milk
1/3 cup chopped fresh chives
Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the bacon slices and cook, turning the slices over every couple of minutes, until nicely browned and crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer the bacon to paper towels to drain and cool. When cooled, crumble or cut the bacon into small pieces; set aside.
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Butter and flour an 8- or 9-inch round cake pan.
Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl and stir well to mix.
Combine 1 1/4 cups of the goat cheese and the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat at medium speed until smooth. Add one of the eggs and beat until fully incorporated, then beat in the second egg, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Gradually add the dry ingredients with the mixer at low speed, alternating with the milk. Take the bowl from the stand and stir in the bacon and chives by hand, just until incorporated. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top. Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup of goat cheese over the top.
Bake until the top is lightly browned and the bread pulls away from the sides of the pan, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool slightly in the pan, then turn the bread out onto the rack to cool completely, inverting the bread so that the goat cheese topping is upright.
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Mennonite Benevolent Society (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
Mennonite Benevolent Society, Winnipeg, Manitoba, was organized in 1946 for the purpose of owning and operating Bethania Home for the Aged and Infirm. It has some 200 members, all from Mennonite groups in Manitoba of Russian Mennonite background, and elects 12 directors who in turn appoint an executive council to operate Bethania.
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