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image: Wikimedia commons (link).
The Star Myths of the world can be definitively shown to be based upon a common, worldwide system of celestial metaphor, which uses the celestial realm to picture for us the Invisible Realm, the realm of the gods, the realm of spirit.
Even though we cannot see it, the Invisible Realm is very real -- in fact, as Lakota holy man Black Elk explained, that Invisible World is the real world that is behind this one, and from which this one flows. It is the spirit world which animates this material world -- and it is the spirit world which provides the life in every plant that grows, and which in fact flows through and animates every aspect of this material realm, and which is present and accessible to us at all times and in all places, even though we are not always attuned to it or conscious of its presence. In some traditions, the Invisible Realm was referred to as "the seed world," because in that realm, everything exists in infinite potentiality, in "seed form," like an enormous tree which is present in a tiny acorn or pinecone or seed-pod, but not yet manifest in the material world.
All the gods and goddesses and spiritual beings and heroes and kings and princesses in the ancient myths and sacred scriptures and traditions can be shown to be based upon the motions of celestial entities and heavenly cycles, including the stories in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, as well as in virtually every culture around the globe. Properly understood, this fact should actually be seen as uniting us all, because it shows that all the sacred stories and myths are in some way related, although where this common system originated remains a mystery of our very ancient past.
By employing this system of metaphor, the sacred traditions of humanity use the infinite realm of the heavens to show us the infinite realm, the "seed world" of infinite potentiality, and to convey profound truths regarding our own connection to this realm of spirit, truths which we need in this incarnate life -- truths which are intended for our benefit. Because they show us that each one of us -- as well as everyone we meet -- actually has a spiritual component, an infinite component, a Higher Self, and that we should be recognizing and acknowledging that aspect in ourselves and others and seeking to become more attuned to and integrated with it, and to elevate that aspect in others as well (as opposed to denying it, or trying to suppress it, in ourselves and others, or to put people down because of their physical and outward form or condition).
The sacred traditions and Star Myths also encourage us to align our lives with the patterns in the celestial realms and with the heavenly cycles of the sun, moon, planets and stars -- probably as a means of maintaining the awareness of our constant connection with and dependence upon the Invisible Realm, the infinite realm (the heavens being, in fact, infinite and thus not just a "picture" of the infinite realm but truly an aspect of that infinite realm, which we can contemplate on any clear and starry night).
One divinity who is recognized on every fourth day following the full moon is Lord Ganesh (often spelled Ganesha as well), also known as Ganapati (and by many other names as well), the elephant-headed deity who is revered and worshiped in Hindu tradition but also in many forms of Buddhism as well as the Jain Dharma, and whose devotion can be found across Asia, including (especially) in Tibet, China, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, and other adjoining regions, and in more recent centuries around the world.
As we just passed through the point of the full moon, if you wish to prepare to incorporate special meditation upon and adoration of Ganapati this month (on the fourth day following full moon), you may wish to start thinking about and preparing for that now. The fourth day of the waning moon of the Hindu month of Bhadra or Bhadrapaada is traditionally the day most intensely associated with the adoration and worship of Ganesh, and is known as Chaturthi, but in fact every fourth day of the waning moon can also be celebrated as Ganesha Chaturthi throughout the year.
There are many excellent sites on the web which describe ways in you can align your actions and thoughts on the fourth day of the waning moon each month with meditation upon Ganesh, such as this one, and you can also type in the words of the Ganesh mantra or Ganesh Dhun ("tune") into a search (or simply type in the search terms "Ganesh mantra" or "Ganesh Dhun") in order to hear how that mantra sounds and learn it for yourself (see here and here for more on the concept of mantras if interested).
As I will demonstrate below, Ganesh is undoubtedly a celestial figure -- as are all the other gods and goddesses and divine powers of the infinite realm who are shown to us in the myths and sacred scriptures around the world. Some of his most distinctive characteristics include of course his elephant head, as well as his serpent belt, and his traditional "vehicle" or mount, who is a mouse (or rat, or shrew). These characteristics, along with some of the aspects of the stories surrounding them, can in my opinion be shown to be celestial in their origin, and discussed below.
Before proceeding, however, I wish to assert very clearly that -- as with all Star Myths -- the reader should not make the error of assuming that because a sacred story can be shown to be based upon the stars, this fact absolutely does not mean that this myth is not true. Quite to the contrary, I believe that the world's Star Myths contain absolutely vital truths, which are not only true but necessary for our understanding in this incarnate life in which we find ourselves, here in this simultaneously material-spiritual universe or cosmos. In fact, as I explain elsewhere (including in my most recent book, examining the Star Myths of ancient Greece), it is when we begin to understand their celestial language that we can really begin to communicate with the sacred myths and to listen to what they are trying to tell us.
Below is an image of Ganapati from the twelfth century Hoysaleswara temple in southern India, showing him standing upon his rodent steed, and wearing his serpent belt (with a cobra head -- to see that, look just to the left of his navel):
image: Wikimedia commons (link).
According to the myths (and there are an astonishing array of variations to the Ganesha story, as described in the excellent collection of scholarly studies entitled Ganesh: Studies of an Asian God), Ganesh is the child of Parvati, the goddess consort of the god Shiva -- although Ganesh is usually described as being created without a father but is the son of Parvati alone. This is a result of a tension between Parvati and Shiva, because Parvati wanted a child, but Shiva as an ascetic practiced the art of having intercourse without emission, and because as an immortal Shiva did not feel the need to have children who would remember him after death.
Parvati was also exasperated because Shiva was constantly coming in to her while she was bathing and thus interrupting her baths, and he was able to do so because her attendant who was supposed to keep Shiva out was inattentive and irresponsible and easily bypassed by the god. So, she created her own son all by herself, and set him up as the guardian of the entrance to her bathing pools.
According to many versions of the legend, Shiva was quite surprised when he saw a strange young man at the entrance to his wife's bathing chambers, and not recognizing Ganesh, Shiva immediately cut off his head. Parvati of course was horrified and instructed Shiva to restore Ganesh without delay, and in his haste to find a head to replace the one he had cut off, Shiva had to make do with the first head that was available -- which happened to be an elephant's head. After all, it was an emergency.
From that point on, the legends tell us, Shiva accepted Ganesha as his son, and they were all a happy family.
Thus the story of how Ganapati got his elephant head. In another story, explaining why he is often depicted with a serpent belt, we learn that Ganesh was very fond of sweet cakes or pastry treats -- and in fact his statues often show him holding a bowl of such cakes or delicacies, sometimes with the tip of his trunk reaching into the bowl in order to pull one out and place it in his mouth. One day, after having consumed an inordinate amount of such treats, Ganesh was riding upon his mouse, and a serpent slithered across their path, scaring the mouse so badly that he bolted in terror, pitching Ganesh off of his back and into the road.
Ganesh had eaten so many cakes that his stomach split open and they all tumbled out -- and ever since then, he wears the serpent as a belt or bandolier, in order to hold the split together, or at least that is one version of the legend.
There is much more to learn about Lord Ganesh, for those interested in going further, but let us now briefly examine the indisputable evidence which I would argue shows the celestial basis for the sacred stories described above. Scholars have spent a great deal of time trying to find cultural or historical reasons for the existence of a god with an elephant's head who rides on a mouse or a rat, and there may be an element of truth in some of their speculations and analyses, but ultimately I believe that these aspects of the myth are directly attributable to the outline of the very same constellations which form the basis for other myths and legends literally around the globe.
In other words, like the stories in the Bible and in the Greek myths and the Mesopotamian myths and the myths of Africa and Australia and the Americas and the Pacific and of ancient China and Japan and other parts of Asia and Europe, the Ganesh stories are Star Myths.
Below is a section of the sky, from the open-source planetarium app stellarium.com, showing the constellational outlines as suggested by the great teacher of practical astronomy, H. A. Rey.
After reading the brief accounts of some aspects of the Ganapati myth described above, you should be able to see immediately where those details in the stories have their origin:
Let's begin with Ganesha himself: it is my contention that the constellation Bootes, with his distinctive upraised "pipe," plays the role of the celestial Ganesh. The long pipe resembles the trunk of an elephant, and the head of this constellation is already rather large and somewhat too big for the body.
Additionally, the Northern Crown, or Corona Borealis, which is located just behind the head of Bootes, could possibly be seen as an elephant's ear, although this is not certain and it is not necessary to accept this connection in order to see that Bootes is undoubtedly Ganesh (we will see more evidence in a moment).
Notice that Ganesh is sitting directly in between the two celestial figures who I believe play the role of his parents: the constellation Virgo (outlined in yellow) who plays the role of Parvati, and the constellation Hercules (outlined in red, to the left of Bootes as we look at the above star chart) who plays the role of Shiva. Remember that in the story, Parvati installs Ganesha as her guardian at the entrance to her baths, so that she can keep the unwanted attentions of Shiva at bay while she enjoys her bath.
Notice also that the outline of Hercules features a massive upraised club, which could also be easily envisioned as a mighty sword or scimitar -- and it looks as though Shiva (since I believe Hercules plays the role of Shiva) is charging towards Ganesh with his sword poised to strike off his head in a moment.
For those who may be unsure as to whether Hercules really plays the role of Shiva in the heavens, it should be noted that the distinctive posture or outline of the constellation shown above is often interpreted in Star Myths around the world (including some of those discussed in Volume Two on the Greek myths) as dancing vigorously, and that Shiva in Hindu iconography is indeed sometimes portrayed as dancing vigorously in a manner very reminiscent of the figure of Hercules in the sky.
Below is an image of Shiva in his form as Nataraja, performing his distinctive dance (known as the Tandavam):
image: Wikimedia commons (link).
And below is the same star chart shown previously, but this time with the outline of Hercules drawn as it is "conventionally" delineated, in "non-H. A. Rey" form (I usually prefer the H. A. Rey version of the constellations, of course, but sometimes other ways of envisioning them can shed light on the world's various Star Myths, and in particular the constellation Hercules often appears in myth in this "whirling form" rather than in his more "human form"):
If you look carefully at the statue of Shiva Nataraja dancing in the image above, you will see that his one foot is planted on the back of what looks like an infant -- a rather upsetting fact, but one which I believe is in fact also celestial in nature. The constellation Corona Borealis which we were just discussing a moment earlier can be shown to play the role of an infant in a great many Star Myths literally around the globe, from the Pacific islands to the Old Testament or Hebrew Scriptures. As you can see, Corona Borealis is located very close to the whirling form of Hercules, which I believe is also the whirling form of the dancing god Shiva Nataraja.
Here is a link to an earlier discussion of the story of the Judgment of Solomon in the Old Testament, which shows that the Northern Crown (Corona Borealis) almost certainly plays the role of a baby in that story, and here is a link to a video I made discussing the same story and some of its spiritual significance.
Continuing with our analysis of the celestial aspects of the Ganesha myth, it is very intriguing to consider the celestial counterpart for Ganesha's rat or mouse steed (sometimes known by the name Mushaka Vahana or Mushika Vahana -- "mouse vehicle" or "mouse vahana").
While it may be rather startling to hear it at first, after careful consideration of this question I have finally settled on the conclusion that the origin of the tradition that Ganesh rides upon a mouse (or rat, or shrew) comes from the shape of the outline of the constellation Virgo, who we have earlier seen playing the role of the beautiful goddess Parvati. In fact, in ancient myth, one constellation will at times be seen to play to very different characters in the same myth, and I believe that in the myth of Ganesh, when Ganesh is riding upon his Mushakavahana mount, the celestial mouse is played by the constellation Virgo.
Notice that the outline of Virgo does indeed have a very elongated head, with a rather pointed "nose." Note also that just below Virgo we find the long and sinuous form of the constellation Hydra, which extends out in front of Virgo and thus can be seen to play the role of the serpent that slithers across the path of the mouse who is carrying Ganesh, scaring the mouse and causing Ganesh to fall off. In fact, the outline of Hydra even has a kind of "cobra hood" at the front end of the constellation -- just as the serpent-belt that Ganesh is usually depicted as wearing is often a cobra in the paintings or statues of the god.
Further confirmatory evidence for this interpretation comes from the fact that Ganesh, like other Hindu deities, actually has multiple avatars or incarnations, some of whom ride on different mounts other than a rat (although rats, mice and shrews are the mounts for the majority of his avatars). Other mounts ridden by incarnations of Ganesh include a lion (and note the location of Leo in the sky) and a peacock. I believe the peacock can actually be explained by the proximity of another constellation -- Coma Berenices, or "Berenice's Hair," which is envisioned as a peacock or as a "whisk" made of the tail of a peacock in some Star Myths of the world (including others from ancient India).
One of Ganesha's other incarnations also rides a horse -- and this may have to do with his proximity to the Big Dipper, which is definitely envisioned as a team of horses in many other Star Myths of the world, including many of the Greek myths examined in Volume Two, as well as in other myths from ancient India, including the Mahabharata (discussed in Volume One, as well as in previous posts such as this one and previous videos such as those found at the bottom of this page).
Even more astonishing support for the conclusion that Virgo plays the role of the mouse or shrew that Ganesha rides when we consider another Star Myth, from a land that anthropologists believe has been isolated for longer than perhaps any other part of the world: Australia. There, in a myth which is examined in Star Myths of the world and how to interpret them, Volume One, and which is in fact available to read in the online "preview" of some of the material from Volume One (which you can see in online pdf format here), we find some amazing confirmation of the above interpretation, as well as some insight into other aspects of the Ganesh tradition.
The myth in question, from the Aboriginal cultures of Australia, is described in the very first chapter of Volume One, under the title of "The Bandicoot Woman." It involves celestial characters including a Bandicoot Woman, a Moon Man, and a pair of "hawk ancestors" named Kirkalanji and Warra-pulla-pulla. In the analysis of that myth, I argue that the Bandicoot Woman corresponds to the constellation Virgo in the sky.
Now, a bandicoot is a rodent found in Australia, and if you are not familiar with what one looks like, I included an illustration in the book (many others could also be found on the web):
image: Wikimedia commons (link).
The question might well be asked, "Why is the woman in the Aboriginal myth called a bandicoot woman?"
My answer, of course, would be that the myth in question is celestial in origin -- and the woman in the story corresponds to the constellation Virgo. And we have just observed that the outline of the rather distinctively-shaped head of that constellation is somewhat elongated, and pointed at the tip.
This is a rather startling correspondence between a myth from the Warramungu or Warramunga people of Australia and a myth from ancient India. Since it is generally thought that the Aboriginal people of Australia were largely isolated and undisturbed for millennia prior to the early modern period, if these two stories or ways of envisioning the constellation Virgo somehow share a common foundation, it must be ancient indeed.
Of course, some will argue that it is possible for two groups of people in different parts of the world to look at the stars of Virgo and envision a woman and a rodent at the same time -- but in fact Virgo is one of those constellations that does not really look much like what its constellation says it looks like, unless you really know what you are looking for. It is actually quite remarkable that Virgo appears as a woman in virtually every myth around the globe, because the stars of Virgo are not all that easy to envision as a woman, and to envision them as a rodent-and-woman in two different parts of the world is really even more astonishing.
But, even beyond that, there is more intriguing correspondence with the Warramungu myth of the Bandicoot Woman, which you may have already noticed.
The question could be asked, "Why is the Chaturthi or adoration of Ganesha celebrated on the fourth day of the waning moon? What is the connection between Ganesh and the moon? Why is he a lunar god in the first place?"
It's a good question -- and I believe that the sacred myth from the Aborigine people indigenous to Australia helps us to see the answer. As you may have noticed, the companion to the Bandicoot Woman in the Warramungu myth is a figure called the Moon Man -- and as I demonstrate in the analysis found in Volume One (which you can read online using the links above), it is almost certain that this Moon Man corresponds to the figure of Bootes. In fact, he sits down with his back to the fire in the myth -- the fire being the rising column of the Milky Way band, which the "back" of Bootes is indeed towards in the sky as well.
In other words, not only does the Warramungu myth of Australia help us to understand why Virgo plays a rat upon which Ganesh rides in the myth of ancient India, but it also helps us to understand why Ganesh is associated with the moon! The ancient system of celestial metaphor obviously connected the rather moon-shaped head of the constellation Bootes with the lunar orb. And, as we can see from the veneration of Ganesh on the fourth day of the waning moon, the head of Bootes was apparently seen as shaped about like the moon when it is beginning to wane, four days after it is at the stage of full moon.
Thus, when we worship Ganesh on the fourth day of the waning moon, we are connecting ourselves and our lives to the celestial cycles and to the realm of the gods, and doing so in accordance with a system which may be almost unbelievably ancient -- and which also appears to have been in some way (which we do not presently understand) worldwide.
As some of the essays in the Ganesh book linked above also explain, Ganesh's role as the guardian who protected the entrance to Parvati's bath makes him what is known as a liminal figure: he is associated with boundaries, or liminal spaces (the word liminal is an adjective to describe a threshold or a boundary or a "third space" which is neither in one room or the other). See for example the discussion on page 3 of the introduction by Robert L. Brown, in which he says:
In the Indian context, Ganesa is the liminal god of transitions: he is placed at the doorway of temples to keep out the unworthy, in a position analogous to his role as Parvati's doorkeeper, and he can set up, as he did for his father, obstacles to the successful completion of goals. His parents' ambivalent relationship, founded on the opposing concerns of asceticism and sexuality, places Ganesa in between. He is created by Parvati as a result of Siva's asceticism and refusal to have children, but is annihilated due to Siva's sexual interest in Parvati, only to be restored, transformed, as a bond between the two. He is here fulfilling his transitional role as a means to integrate opposing elements.
I believe that all of this also applies to his role in helping us to integrate opposing elements in our lives as well -- specifically the seemingly opposing elements of materiality and spirituality. Contemplation of Ganesh and his myths can help us to integrate the spiritual aspect of our nature, and to more fully understand the presence of the Invisible World, which is always "just across the liminal boundary" wherever we happen to find ourselves in this material realm.
One of Ganesha's other most important aspects is also referenced in the quotation above -- his association with obstacles: both placing them and removing them. Ganesha can help us to remove the obstacles to our connection with the Higher Self and the divine realm, to which we always have access and with which (the ancient myths tell us) we always need to be in connection in this life, because it is in fact the source of life.
It is my hope that greater understanding of the system of celestial allegory will also "remove the obstacles" to your access to the ancient wisdom that is available to us in the myths, which were provided to humanity as a precious inheritance and treasure, for our benefit and blessing.
Jai Ganesh!


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If you hang around Quaker circles long enough, you are likely to pick up on an often unexpressed tension between what are called the "mystics" and the "activists;" those who express their faith by doing, by acting in the world, by addressing social concerns, and those who prefer to express their faith through contemplation, conversation, and other spiritual practices.
Both of these expressions of faith are absolutely crucial for a world transformed, both spiritually and socially. When combined, they lead to the development of real, human relationships that plant the spiritual seeds for cultural change and inspire powerful collective action.
In our work with Quaker communities around the country, Lucy and I noticed that while each Quaker community might have determined an interest or focus—whether it be criminal justice, immigration, or Israel/Palestine—there is often an energetic split between the "activists" and the "mystics."
We've also have noticed that many Quaker meetings do not have difficulty identifying injustices, or even taking political action. But when it comes to developing relationships with those around them most affected by political or economic injustice, Quaker congregations are often fairly disconnected. And it is through those relationships that real transformation can take place—both socially and spiritually.
Perhaps Quakers have been unable to connect with communities working for grassroots change because we, as Quakers, have not yet learned how to ease the tension between mystics and activists within our own Quaker communities.
This tension is often felt in a strain in the responsibilities of the meeting, and the members can feel pressed for time and resources, both of which are likely being used to satisfy the needs of these two distinct approaches to faith rather than nurturing one coherent body.
As a result, resentment often builds between people who fall on either side of the spectrum. Why don't those mystic types go out and do something, the activists often wonder as they hear of the formation of another spiritual support group. Why don't those activists sit down and consider if their actions are motivated by Spirit or ego, say the mystics to themselves after the 4th or 5th announcement to donate food to a local shelter or attend an upcoming peace vigil.
How can we bring these two powerful means of knowing and living the Spirit together so that we are not only more powerful activists, but more powerful faith communities?
Rufus Jones, a Quaker from the 20th century and one of the founders of the American Friends Service Committee, referred to this unique combination of activist and mystic as "positive mysticism." According to Jones, an individual's mystical experience is not a reason to leave the world or to annihilate the personality. To the contrary, the experience of a deep resonance with the Spirit is a call to be more truly oneself, to refine one's personality so that it is in closer resonance with that divine Spirit in all walks of life. To experience the Spirit is to experience a call to action and to act with the faith that the Light will be revealed—through deep listening—after each step is taken.
Jennifer Piper, the Program Director for Interfaith Organizing in AFSC's Immigrant Rights program in Denver, Colorado, has seen both Quaker and non-Quaker faith communities bridge the gap between the activists and the mystics through a careful practice of acting and listening. After engaging in work for social change—whether at a peace vigil, a protest march, a homeless shelter, or a prison—participants come together for a period of quiet reflection, often with one person presenting on how the experience affected their spirit. This provides an opportunity not only for the participants to reflect on their social justice work, but also to get to know one another in deeper spiritual community.
By acting, learning and waiting with one another, in our Quaker communities, we are more intimately connected to the Truth that the Spirit bestows on each one of us, through our experience of this life.
What Rufus Jones called an "expanded personality," one that is inspired and shaped by the Spirit, can only be realized by engaging in work to create a world transformed. It can only be realized by being human, together.
We hope that the growing Meeting/Church Liaison program can help Quaker communities not only become better witnesses for peace and justice—we hope that through engaging with these issues, Quaker meetings can become more vibrant faith communities, living out Spirit in the world.

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SoCalAndy wrote:Pimpin' In High Places: Chris Bosh vs. Excalibur
Before he was known for his ultracharasmatic promos driven by racism and sexual pervertions, Chris Bosh was a spunky babyface who's claim to fame was getting KO'd by Excalibur's lariat at the Debut Show. The build up to this match was pretty much the start of the transformation from the old Bosh becoming the Mexican hating Bosh that we know and love today. The match itself was so much fun and the heat was off the charts so to say. The angle at the end with The AXP and Bosh turning on PWG was so awesome, and the brawl that took place was also great. This match will get looked over because of the 6 Man Tag and AXP/Pitbulls, but this deserves some praise.
It's A Bomb wrote:The Steiner Screwdriver was really sick, and I'm surprised Excalibur is still walking after taking that.
SoCalAndy wrote:It's A Bomb wrote:The Steiner Screwdriver was really sick, and I'm surprised Excalibur is still walking after taking that.
Yeah, and Excalibur's commentary when he saw the fans holding their heads after it happend was funny.
HeartPunch33 wrote:Maybe the reason that Hook doesn't get the love from the fans has to do with the image of him before and after every show in the parking lot puffing away on cigarettes. That and the fact that he hangs with that fat porn "star" Ed Powers. Oh, he probably could stand to lift a weight or two. Other than that, he's great.....
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Gene Robinson was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, and graduated from the University of the South with a B.A. in American studies and history. He completed the M.Div. degree in 1973 at the General Theological Seminary in New York, and was ordained deacon and then priest. Having served as Canon to the Ordinary (assistant to the bishop) for nearly eighteen years, he was elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire in 2003. He retired as bishop in January 2013. The author of three AIDS curricula for youth, he is also the recipient of numerous awards from civil, human, and LGBT rights organizations. Robinson is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC.


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Our bright, expansive, handsome children's department in the public library was closed for THREE ENTIRE MONTHS. Can you believe that? Renovations were apparently necessary
(the link doesn't always work, but it's totally worth trying it out because Rollergirls! In the children's department)--
but at times, I seriously wondered if I could last that long. I am addicted to requesting, online, large numbers of library materials as I think of them--say Sydney has been talking about death a lot, or we're invited to take a trip to Boston this summer--and having them sent to the drive-up, where I can pick them up at my leisure. For the entirety of the renovation, the majority of the children's collection was unavailable. That means NO copies of ! No ! I nearly expired.
And the beautiful, large playroom! Don't even get me started about how much I missed the playroom. Or the train table. Or the windowseats by the board books. Or spending the entire afternoon sitting in comfy chairs working on stuff while the girls browsed or read or played.
I REALLY missed that last one. The happiness of writing for hours, with the girls, without feeling like I'm neglecting them! And we've also gotten out of the house!
My time of trial is over, however, for as of Monday, the children's room is officially open again. Things are spiffier, there is new carpet, the children's DVDs are in a SHOCKINGLY prominant location, but otherwise, things are back to normal. Story time was followed by activity time, world without end amen, and funnily enough, the activity was the exact food coloring, table salt, and ice experiment that Lisa talked about over at 5 Orange Potatoes this week: Of course, we are very little, so we just watched the salt melt through magnifying glasses:It was like going back home after a long absence, where even though things may be different, you can manage to settle right back in just fine:Willow learned to read while the children's room was closed, so I think this homecoming is going to be extra-sweet for her.


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Since its inception during World War II, the Ad Council (formerly the War Advertising Council) has tackled forest fires, litter, neighborhood crime, wasted minds and drunk driving.
Wednesday, they unveiled a new set of PSAs to discourage teenagers from using the phrase "that's so gay" as an all-purpose put-down. Among the celebrities supporting the initiative are Sykes and Hilary Duff (whom, you might remember, gave a shout-out to AfterEllen.com readers last June).
The campaign is centered around the website ThinkB4YouSpeak, where you can watch the PSAs by Duff and Sykes, get advice about how to tell people to knock it off when they use the phrase, and submit your own video. You can also sort through various words like "lesbos," "dyke" and "queer" in the "Say What" section to discover their original meanings.
The three television PSAs are actually quite funny. In each of them, a few teenagers use the phrase "That's so gay" to describe clothes, a statue and a curfew. And each time, a celebrity pops up to zing them. "That's so teenage boy with a cheesy mustache," Sykes says to a couple of guys in a pizza shop.
You can watch all three videos from the drop-down menu below.
In addition to the television spots, the Ad Council will also be airing their PSAs on the radio. Posters will be distributed to schools all over America — and just in time: New statistics show that nine out of 10 LGBT students have been the victim of harassment or threats at their schools in the last year.
Kevin Jennings, the founder and executive director of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), told the New York Times that this campaign was something he's been dreaming of for 10 years.
"If you follow hateful language, you eventually get hurtful behavior," he said. "The chain of events begins with kids learning it's OK to disrespect people."
My favorite part of the ThinkB4YourSpeak site is the Say Something Original section. Teenagers post other words or phrases that they'll use to replace "so gay."
Here are some of the best submissions so far:
Yesterday, VH1's Best Week Ever asked what they could call gay, if it is now not politically correct to use the word for every old lame thing.
My suggestions: How about Ellen DeGeneres or Rachel Maddow or Melissa Etheridge or Sarah Paulson or Jane Lynch? Use it when talking about those ladies and we won't have to eradicate the expression at all.
Perhaps eight years from now, a family will sit down to watch Tina Fey in a presidential debate. The mom will say she's intelligent. The dad will say she's attractive. The son will say that she's clever.
And the little girl, having grown up hearing the phrase used properly, will employ the catch-all word for all of those things: Tina Fey, she will say, is just so gay.
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Their clubhouse strewn with boxes, their season on the brink of ending after a 10th loss in 12 games, the Chicago White Sox headed out Sunday on their final road trip.
They had hoped the three games in Cleveland would be a time for celebration instead of reflecting on what went so wrong.
Now they need a lot of help and a three-game winning streak.
"Obviously we're up against it now, but we'll continue to play," Chicago's Paul Konerko said after a 6-2 loss to Tampa Bay on Sunday dropped them three games behind Detroit in the AL Central with three to play.
"That's what we do and what we've done all year. It doesn't look good obviously. ... You never know what can happen," Konerko added. "The main thing is to get us in order and go win a ball game tomorrow."
The White Sox held at least a share of the lead from July 24 until Wednesday and had not been this far back since late May. Their starting pitching has come up short but mainly their downfall has stemmed from an inability to get the big hit with runners on base.
"We didn't play good enough. The effort was there, the work was there, everything was there. We just didn't get it done," White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski said of the late-season fade.
Chicago's hope: win three straight in Cleveland and root for the Royals to sweep the Tigers in Kansas City, forcing a one-game tiebreaker on Thursday. Detroit beat Minnesota on Sunday 2-1 to go up three games.
"When we pitch, we haven't hit. When we hit, we haven't pitched," Chicago third baseman Kevin Youkilis said. " It's how baseball works sometimes. We just haven't had it. ... It's an unfortunate situation."
Tampa Bay has won 10 of 11 and remained three games behind Oakland for the AL's second wild card. The Rays go home to play Baltimore, hoping for a repeat of last season when they got in on the final day of the season.
"It's always about maintaining a slight mathematical chance. We were in the same boat last year. It could become a little bit better with some cooperation, but either way we just have to go home and play our game," manager Joe Maddon said Sunday after his team's a 6-2 victory.
David Price (20-5) became Tampa Bay's first 20-game winner, allowing two runs and five hits in seven innings. He became the fourth 20-game winner of the season, joining Washington's Gio Gonzalez (21-8), the New York Mets' R.A. Dickey (20-6) and the Los Angeles Angels' Jered Weaver (20-4).
"We still have a chance to get in with a good series against Baltimore ...We need a little help from Texas, but we have to continue to win and hopefully we get back in like last year," Price said.
B.J. Upton his hit his 27th and 28th homers, and Tampa Bay also got a solo shot from Ryan Roberts.
"You know you pretty much have to win them all," Upton said, sizing up the Rays' chances.
Chicago starter Jose Quintana (6-6) got in trouble before the game was barely three minutes old, giving up a leadoff triple to Desmond Jennings and Upton's two-run homer.
Roberts hit a two-out homer in the fourth made it 3-0. The White Sox rallied in the bottom half when Alex Rios delivered an RBI single and Dayan Viciedo hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly.
"We had our chance obviously with the bases loaded there and one out. Viciedo hit the ball real hard and we were hoping it would get over his head and might score three, but it didn't," Pierzynski said.
"We fell behind early again, it seems to be a common theme here. We tried to fight back, just not enough."
Upton's leadoff double in the fifth finished Quintana, who allowed four runs and six hits in four innings. Evan Longoria hit an RBI double and Ben Francisco added a sacrifice fly off reliever Nate Jones to make it 5-2. Upton homered again in the ninth against Addison Reed.
Chicago Baseball
White Sox Fade, Lose 6-2 to Rays
Sox need a lot of help and a three-game winning streak
Their clubhouse strewn with boxes, their season on the brink of ending after a 10th loss in 12 games, the Chicago White Sox headed out Sunday on their final road trip.


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As my of way of thanking everyone for unceasingly supporting me in my creative writing endeavor, I'm planning my Celebratory Thanksgiving 1st Blogversary Giveaway. Although, it might not be as flashy as I dreamed it to be (oh well, one can always wish for grand things! ;-D), I'll still be giving out great stuff that I personally purchased, and truly worked hard to get (hint: Entrecard Credits! ✌). And also I'm still hoping for more promotional items that I can still include in my giveaway. More than anything else, I'm still open to interested sponsors. ;-P Anyhow, it will be a giveaway from the bottom of my heart! ❥
I'm also looking to raffling of other goodies such as promotional mugs (I ❤ that you get to think of me during your coffee break even! :-D) or even sets of great personalized notepads for a number of my readers who will join the contests. A verbatim search for great promotions would lead to Go Promos website, obviously so! ;-D The site offers customized giveaways. Well, I'm dreaming of giving out personalized items spelling out CHIC & SASSY MOM! Wouldn't it be just nice?! Yay! I ❤! Well, I better be off to my monetizing, window shopping, and shopping pronto!
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- President Barack Obama says his re-election might help end the political stalemate in Washington, much like "popping a blister."
In an interview with Time magazine, Obama says he expects Republicans in Congress to work more cooperatively in a second term, since his re-election would no longer be a factor.
The president says he also wants to do a better job of explaining to the public how his policies will help the economy grow. Obama claims he didn't do a good enough job selling Americans on the stimulus plan and the auto company bailout because he was so focused on acting to fix the economy.
Obama says he wants to focus on overhauling immigration laws and reducing the nation's dependence on foreign energy during a second term.


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It's my great pleasure to host fellow author Cindy Kirk on our blog today. Cindy's one heck of a gal. She knows her way around New York City like a native and wears the most fabulous jewelry. With no further adieu, here's Cindy! - Diane Kelly
If you're like me, when I'm shopping for a book, I read the back cover copy first. If the story idea interests me, then I move to the first two or three pages of the book. If I want to keep reading I buy the book. If I don't really care, I put the book back on the shelf.
That's why I was, well, disappointed last year when I read the back cover copy of my Harlequin Special Edition, The Christmas Proposition (December 2010). The editor told me they thought it might be fun to do the back cover copy to the tune of a Christmas song. I said, hey, okay, sounds cute.
I'll only give you the first paragraph because you'll quickly get the message:
(To The Tune of Jingle Bells)
Dashing through Jackson Hole
A handsome stranger's come to town
He's an ex-baseball star by trade
But a broken engagement's got him down
I told my editor that if they decided to do this again, please give someone else the privilege. She said they wouldn't be doing it again
After reading that back cover copy, I was seriously tempted to ask my editor to put something in my file (if they even have a file) that mentioned that back cover copy. Thankfully I didn't ask because I got my first royalty statement and was VERY pleased.
But now, I'm concerned. I really like the back cover copy on my book that is on the shelves now—IF THE RING FITS (book 4 in my RX for Love mini-series)—but now I'm wondering if it'd sell better if the back cover copy was as good (wink, wink) as The Christmas Proposition.
This week tell me how much you rely on the back cover copy of a book to guide your buying decisions and I'll enter you into a drawing to win a copy of The Christmas Proposition (with that fabulous back cover copy).
And thanks so much to my buddy Diane Kelly for inviting me to blog!
Monday, August 29, 2011
Back Cover Blurbs by Guest Blogger Cindy Kirk
Posted by Diane Kelly at 12:01 AM
7 comments:
- Refhater said...
Welcome to K.F. Cindy!
As for your question about back cover copy, Yes it does influance quite a bit if I'm going to pruchase a book.
However, I'm a bit of an oddball. I always read the last sentence of a book as well as the back copy. Usually the last sentence is forgotten by the time I read the rest of the story, but if I don't like the ending I'm, not going to purchase the book. I hate investing what little "free" time I have on a great book only to be dissappointed by one of the main characters getting killed off or somthing of that nature at the end.
- August 29, 2011 at 4:31 AM
- Cindy Kirk said...
I can identify with reading the last sentence...or the last few pages.
I usually do that if the book isn't keeping my attention but I still want to know the ending OR if I'm stressed that the ending won't be happy and I just want to know for sure. :)
- August 29, 2011 at 7:51 AM
- Diane Kelly said...
I consider cover copy to be like an ad and I always test the product by reading the first page. I can be turned off by cover copy if it doesn't sound like my type of book, but if the cover copy sounds good I still have to be taken in by the writing. I think the jingle bells thing sounds cute, but i'm a bit of a goofball and i like funny things.
- August 29, 2011 at 9:14 AM
- Sarah S. said...
I rely heavily on the back cover copy, especially if it's for an author I've never read before. If the back cover makes me groan I generally put the book back and never think about it again.
- August 29, 2011 at 10:18 AM
- chey said...
I usually read the back cover copy to decide whether to read a book.
- August 29, 2011 at 11:57 AM
- Cindy Kirk said...
I like the way you think...especially considering that it would give this book another chance.
Sarah and Chey,
Oh no....this one would have never passed your test...that's for sure. I think you're fairly typical which is why I was worried.
- August 29, 2011 at 2:22 PM
- Cindy Kirk said...
You're the winner of the book!!! Please email me through my website with your mailing info and I'll get the book in the mail to you!
- August 29, 2011 at 8:12 PM


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Increases Mark Lifetime's Strongest 3Q Year-on-Year Growth in More than a Decade;
Network's Median Age is Youngest for 3Q in 14 Years
LOS ANGELES, CA (October 2, 2012) - For a third straight quarter, Lifetime has registered year-on-year growth among the key demographics, according to Nielsen Research. The network posted a +14% increase among Women 18-49 in Third Quarter 2012 versus Third Quarter 2011, Lifetime's strongest year-to-year growth for a Third Quarter in 11 years (3Q 2001, +15%); +9% in Women 25-54, its strongest in a decade (3Q 2002, +14%); and +5% among Adults 18-49, a 3Q best for Lifetime in 11 years (3Q 2001, +18%). Lifetime's median age of 48 marks 3Q'12 as its youngest Third Quarter in 14 years (3Q 1998, 48).
Among the top 10 basic cable networks, Lifetime was the second fastest-growing network among Women 25-54 during the quarter, reaching its highest ranks among Women 18-49 (#3) and Women 25-54 (#4) in eight quarters (since 2Q'10). Lifetime also made great strides among Total Viewers, ranking #14 vs. #18 in 3Q'12, Adults 18-49 (#14 vs. #17) and Adults 25-54 (#13 vs. #14).
As Lifetime further expands its programming slate featuring original dramas, unscripted series and movies, year-to-date it is pacing ahead of 2011-YTD +15% with Women 18-49, the strongest year-to-year growth for Lifetime in 14 years (1998-YTD, +17%); +8% among Women 25-54, the strongest in 10 years (2002-YTD, +21%); +8 with Adults 18-49, also a 10-year best (2002-YTD, +9%); and +3% with Adults 25-54, the strongest in 7 years (2005-YTD, +6%). Lifetime's YTD median age of 48 is its youngest median age in 12 years, since 2000-YTD (48).
Lifetime's YTD highlights include:
· Project Runway Season 10 is the #1 unscripted cable series on Thursday night (8-11pm) with Women 25-54, Women 18+ and Women 2+ (excluding sports).
· Dance Moms season 2 was the #1 unscripted cable series in its Tuesday 9-10pm time period among Women 18-49 and Women 2+. Season 2 over-delivered season 1 by +69% with Adults 18-49, +72% Women 18-49, +64% with Adults 25-54 and +66% with Women 25-54. Dance Moms is Lifetime's youngest skewing current series with a Season 2 median age of 32 years old, five years younger than Season 1.
· Army Wives and Drop Dead Diva launched Lifetime to the #1 cable network on Sundays 9-11pm among Women 25-54.
· Army Wives Season 6 was the #1 ad-supported cable series in its premiere time period among Women 18+. YTD it ranks as a top 5 ad-supported cable drama among Women 18-49 (#5).
· Drop Dead Diva ranked as the #1 drama across ad-supported cable in the Sunday 9-10pm time period with Women 25-54, Women 18-49, Women 2+ and Women 18+.
· The Client List delivered Lifetime's strongest freshman season for an original series since Drop Dead Diva (Jul-Oct 2009) among Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Women 25-54. Among Adults 18-49 and Women 18-49, it was the best freshman season since Army Wives premiered in Jun-Aug 2007. The Client List propelled Lifetime to #1 in the Sunday 10-11pm hour among Women 18+.
· America's Most Wanted has improved the Friday 9-10pm daypart by +44% with Adults 25-54, +21% with Women 25-54, +40% with Adults 18-49, +19% with Women 18-49 and +37% with Total Viewers.
· Lifetime has the top 5 original basic cable movies among Adults 25-54 and Women 25-54, and 4 of the top 5 original basic cable movies among Adults 18-49 and Women 18-49 (excluding miniseries).
· Drew Peterson: Untouchable is the #1 movie telecast across cable among Total Viewers, Adults 18+, Women 18+, Adults 25-54, Women 25-54, Adults 18-49 and Women 18-49 (excluding miniseries).
In First Quarter 2012, Lifetime posted major growth in viewership among the key demos versus First Quarter 2011, including a 9% jump in Adults 25-54, +12% with Women 25-54, +14% with Adults 18-49 and +18% with Women 18-49. In addition, the quarter marked the first time Lifetime had posted 1Q year-on-year growth for Adults 25-54, Women 25-54 and Women 18-49 in seven years.
For Second Quarter 2012, the network continued to enjoy growth compared to Second Quarter 2011, posting a 13% jump among Women 18-49, +5% among Adults 18-49 and +1% in Women 25-54. Among Women 18-49, Lifetime also marked its strongest 2Q growth in a decade, while its primetime median age of 48 was its youngest for 2Q in 12 years.
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Haathi Mere Saathi and the World of Love
Raj Kumar a.k.a. Raju was saved from a cheetah by a bunch of elephants. He was orphaned at an early age, but not before his father's last wish instructed him to protect these elephants, which he did. A grown-up Raju (Rajesh Khanna) was as fond of the friendly animals, but was tested and emerged victorious after his accountant cheated him of his estate in hope he'd sell his elephants to rival Sarwan Kumar (K. N. Singh). Not all was rosy for Raju, though. His wife Tanu (Tanuja) -- the couple overcame the opposition of Tanu's father Ratanlal (Madan Puri) to unite -- presented him with a tough proposition related to his elephants for no fault of theirs. How dumbfounded would the result leave us?
1. First, the things I remembered going in. The title song by Kishore Kumar (watch it at the Bollywood Food Club at this post, through which we learn the film's appeal transcends people -- Sita-ji's pet found it engaging, and so did Gemma, who occasionally provides us with invaluable filmy insight at MemsaabStory)...
...the loyal elephants...
...the beautiful but foolish (this has since changed to paranoid) woman in red...
...and the zoo.
2. The film clearly belonged to the elephants and other animals including lions, tigers, a porcupine, bear, and goat. Was it too much to expect horses? I enjoyed watching the monkeys too, I must admit. South Asia is full of these shows, and they tend to be a lot of fun.
The scenes involving the friendly animals, which constituted the vast majority of the scenes, were very well done. Three decades after its release, the sequences maintain an element of realism to them that is quite remarkable. So it might not be too far-fetched after all to expect an elephant to 'hand' over a phone...
...or play soccer.
How cool must it be to invite lions to dinner?
3. Loved this frame!
4. Rajesh Khanna was brilliant. Conveying messages through the plot required a convincing performance, and he was more than up to the task. Tanuja was very good too, about the only thing about her that bothered me was the make-up she wore in her first scene.
5. Full of some touching moments for which the elephants deserved as much credit as did the actors and filmmakers, the film was engaging. There was always something interesting going on, and always something new the animals would teach the humans, proving, as a key piece of the effective dialogue suggested, that 'the worst kind of animal walks on two feet' (read: humans). If that was the primary message the film set out to convey, it did so easily, courtesy the antagonists and their often varying degrees of wretchedness at various points.
The flaws were easy to overlook, and putting them in the perspective of the era, they hardly took much away. The soundtrack (Laxmikant-Pyarelal) was decent, Dilbar Jaani stood out in addition to the title song, and the background score was delightfully in sync with the screenplay (Salim-Javed). In trying to incorporate several elements consistent with cinema of its era, there was the misunderstanding complete with a surplus of tears, the unexplained and deliberate endangering of a life, the father opposed to a marriage, the deceitful confidant, the merciless villain, and a surprising spunky item number.
Thankfully, these elements yielded center stage to the animals and their friend, which was what made the film work rather well. It could have directed more emphasis to the World of Love as a symbol for a greater good we must all work toward, e.g. more references such as this, to why the Mahatma Gandhi favored simple attire.
But it was always more about friendship and loyalty any way, and let that not take anything away from the end result. Four stars for a novel entertaining film that has stood the test of time, is packed with some of the most unlikely stars, and that incorporates some familiar elements for anything but a familiar product of film. I highly recommend you see it, if only for the enthusiasm Raju shows to his guests!
Yes, Ramu, take a bow... :)
Movie rating: 4/5 (Excellent!)
Music rating: 3/5 (Good)
My classification: U/G (suitable for all viewers)
I'm curious to see how children of the twenty first century react to it, and cannot wait to try it on my little nephew! ;)
27 comments:
- Nicki said...
OMG, I have this movie and haven't watched it yet. Now I want to. Thanks for reviewing it.
- Wednesday, October 08, 2008
- Filmi Girl said...
I've always wanted to see this one because I LOVE elephants. (I even volunteered at the elephant house at our local zoo for a while.)
I'm going to have to bump it up my viewing list after your review!
PS I didn't want to read your "Kidnap" review because I haven't been to see it yet, but is it worthwhile? I'm crossing my fingers it will still be in the theatre this weekend. :)
- Wednesday, October 08, 2008
- ajnabi said...
Ooh wow, I can't wait to show this to the kiddos! They're addicted to HHRPK and I cannot bear another viewing. LOL
- Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Seriously, Gemma can't take her eyes off the screen. It's the only film where she doesn't eventually look at me, roll her eyes as if to say "God! humans are boring" and walk away.
Family night. I love it too. Plus, Rajesh Khanna!
- Wednesday, October 08, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Thank you all for your comments.
Nicki: Sure thing, and have fun watching!
Filmi Girl: You'll LOVE this, go for it soon! The elephants (especially Ramu) are the real stars. And that's fantastic that you volunteered at the elephant house! I knew I had to re-visit Haathi Mere Saathi when I got my annual reminder in the form of a donor packet from the World Wildlife Fund, complete with some beautiful postcards and a calendar...you'd think Bollywood would have more movies devoted to animals...are there any others that anyone else is aware of?
Kidnap was interesting, and despite what many reviewers are calling its 'flaws', it worked well for me. If you have no issues taking off your thinking caps, you might just like it!
Ajnabi: This is a go, then. Just make sure they get back to HHRPK after a couple of viewings, LOL.
Memsaab: I get she's seen it more than once, which is awesome! She must look forward to family night ;)
- Wednesday, October 08, 2008
I havent seen this since I was a kid but I remember I loved it. Just not sure how I will react to it now - I tend to feel bad for the animals who are trained (usually) quite cruelly to perform all these super-cute acts.
If you are looking for more animal-starring stories my personal childhood favorite was Tapan Sinha's heartwarming Safed Haathi. The elephant was awesome and Shatrughan Sinha was so convincingly (to my childhood self) evil! I also remember one Jackie Shroff movie from the 80s (I think it was Teri Meherbaaniyaan) that had a dog in a major role!
- Wednesday, October 08, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Bollyviewer: That's a good point that's often easy to overlook. I hope the 'greater good' in this case made up for any such treatment, assuming some of it happened.
'Safed Haathi' and 'Teri Meherbaaniyaan' sound great, I'll be checking them out, starting with the former. Thank you!
- Wednesday, October 08, 2008
- Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawat said...
oh god oh god- EVERYONE loves this movie- and I love Tanuja and elephants- but I dont like this movie!!!! my disability to care for this is making me mental!
I guess I have issues :B
- Thursday, October 09, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Shweta: If it's these issues that bother you, then you're in a good position, my friend :P
Don't we all have those movies that did well, but that we reacted to with, "and they liked *this*?"? :) I'd share the ones I don't like too much, but I'm afraid it'd be classified as blasphemy, and with, "and you call yourself a Bollywood fan?!", LOL...
Now tell us, was it because of Rajesh Khanna? ;)
- Thursday, October 09, 2008
- Pitu said...
OMG I LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie! I have a photo of myself with a baby elephant that I should scan and put up on my blog :-) The title song of this film is wonderful! If you're ever in TN, visit the Hohenwald Sanctuary for elephants :-)
- Thursday, October 09, 2008
- Pitu said...
Hmm I dunno any other films 'focusing' on animals, but some films did have an animal playing a pivotal role. I second Teri Meherbaniyan. And also in Noorie (Poonam-Fahrooq) Noorie's rapists I think are defeated by her dog. Other than that, Barjatya's films have the doves of MPK and the doggy (Tuffy) from HAHK which from a plot perspective plays an important role given that he intercepts the letter and makes sure it reaches Mohnish Behl.
I suppose plenty of pivotal roles have been played by an assortment of snakes in the tons of ichhadhari naag movies we have lol but I'm not sure I want to go there. As an Aamir fan, I'm sure you have seen the disaster known as Tum Mere Ho ;-) produced by his dad no less :-p How come no movie features the tiger, India's national animal? One of the most awesome films I have ever seen is 'Two Brothers', an incredibly beautiful film about 2 tiger cubs. It is a MUST watch!
- Thursday, October 09, 2008
- Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawat said...
err yes, that is true- I am sure RK is a wonderful person- but I cant stand his acting- like 95% of the time :S
one day i will get over it [guilt guilt]
- Thursday, October 09, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Pitu: The title song is wonderful indeed, and thanks for the tip on the Sanctuary. You must share that picture!
The animals in MPK and HAHK were brilliant! And 'Tum Mere Ho' a disaster? You're kidding, right? :P
Kaal (2005) had tigers, but I didn't like how they were used, which is understandable given we're talking about a Bollywood scary movie. I remember seeing it at a ranch in Texas, where I spent the night in a guest house alone, and I wasn't scared ONE BIT, LOL...
I'll definitely check out 'Two Brothers', thanks! As for Bollywood, I guess we'll just have to rely on the animated flicks 'Roadside Romeo' and 'Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang' (I wonder if they made mosquito repellent commercials of it!).
- Thursday, October 09, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Shweta: If there's a film that falls in the 5% of time during which you can stand RK, do let me know. I haven't seen many of his movies at all, and given that we tend to agree on most movies, I'll at least know where to go, LOL.
- Thursday, October 09, 2008
- Rum said...
this looks like the only overt non-harming animals movie I've ever seen. As i watched the drivel that was Dharamendra's Maa about elephants and tigers and leopards all getting beaten by him or Ranjeet, this one looks great, and i do love me some elephants!
- Friday, October 10, 2008
- Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawat said...
I like RK's Mehbooba- primarily cos its a murder mystery, and I am sucker for those, + has Vinod and Hema to distract one most of the time :B
- Friday, October 10, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Rum: Thanks for visiting! It's always nice to have films that portray any being in a good light (so what if its at the expense of humans?!). Haathi Mere Saathi, as you say, was a welcome outlier as far as Bollywood's concerned.
Shweta: RK with Vinod and Hema, sounds awesome! Thanks!
- Friday, October 10, 2008
- Pitu said...
TBF, you actually liked Tum Mere Ho?? I hope you're being sarcastic lol. I hate ichhadhari naag films as a rule and even the adorable pair of Aamir-Juhi couldn't save it for me.
- Friday, October 10, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Pitu: By definition, an Aamir-Juhi film cannot be less than good, LOL. And yes, I was being sarcastic about Tum Mere Ho ;)
Aamir's best film (by far) in 1990 was Dil, with Madhuri.
- Saturday, October 11, 2008
- Pitu said...
Yes, agreed. And on the topic of animals, Dil had a pomeranian regarding whom Madhuri quips "Iske saath to meri .. bhi shaadi nahi karegi".. can't remember the dog's name, was it Chinky? This was the shaadi ki baatcheet scene. Aamir-Mads had FABULOUS chemistry esp in the 'Mujhe need na aaye' song. *Sigh*
- Sunday, October 12, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Aha, you remember that scene well Pitu! It was Chinky indeed. And I think Aamir's response was on the lines of, "main is [Chinky, or what she was/edited for content :D] se shaadi karne ke liye tayyar hoon, par is chudail se nahin", ROTFL!
Aamir and Madhuri not acting together after Deewaana Mujh Sa Nahin (also from 1990) was a big loss for fans of both. They were fabulous together, yes!
- Monday, October 13, 2008
Thanks for the mention in the post, dost. I think this movie would work in any century. Nice review! What still sticks with me from this moive is that careless, careless nanny, letting the little baby crawl off into danger and the great elephant to the rescue, and Tanuja's harsh misjudgement of the haathi! Now you make me want to see this again.
All the best!
Shweta, Maybe you'll like Rajesh Khanna in Namak Haraam (1973)?
- Tuesday, October 14, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Sita-ji: That nanny should have known better than to lie; I guess the theme through the second half was forgiveness, but it would've been nice to have her put on the spot. Tanuja's misjudgement was ridiculous, but I understand it a lot, lot better now than I did in first grade or so, LOL. Thanks for stopping by!
- Tuesday, October 14, 2008
RK - Vinod Khanna and Hema Malini appear together in the movie "Kudraat" - the movie is really good for music, acting, etc
Mehbooba was a good movie too - Hema Malini and RK with some good music by RD Burman.
- Sunday, November 23, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Hi Anonymous: Thank you for stopping by. Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, and R. D. Burman -- sounds like a great team! As does Vinod/Hema. I haven't seen either; thanks for your recommendations!
- Monday, November 24, 2008
This movie is one the biggest hits of Super Star Rajesh Khanna and is a movie which made him popular with kids who grew up seeing his future movies. This movie is about the relationship/bondage between man and animal. Elephants play an equally important role with Rajesh Khanna in the movie and the movie revolves around them. Tanuja playing the heroine also contributes. The movie has excellent music by Laxmikant Pyarelal who have composed some great hits for this movie sung by Kishore Kumar. One song of Mohammad Rafi is a class. The movie is a must see for movie watchers of all ages and especially the kids will enjoy this classic.
• Taking movies ahead in quantam leaps – Super Star Rajesh Khanna
Super Star Rajesh Khanna evoked a type of hysteria in India that only Elvis and the Beatles did in the West. The receptivity to his persona was due to the actor's exuberant presence on screen. The masses felt a type of "deliverance" to a higher and better level through his films. They were elevated and taken forward. They wanted this progress; to cast off the "static" patterns of the past. There was no mere identification with Super Star Rajesh Khanna. He broke all previous success barriers without a godfather or godmother to guide him or shower their favouritism to him. He did it alone and so was called "superstar" for the same reason. Super Star Rajesh Khanna in the eyes of the Indian cinema-goer was taking movies ahead in quantam leaps. Wherever he took them, they would follow. This was a celluolid utopia no one had experienced before or since. As an actor, he broke out of orbit to become a "superstar" and lead. Super Star Rajesh Khanna delivered the cinema from a usual place, and ended "where they lived well" to the other, "but we lived better". Until another breaks his unforgettable groundbreaking precedent of euphoric conditions, he is still 'the pride of the nation" and the "National Super Star."
- Wednesday, February 25, 2009
- Unknown said...
i am always like pets so for that movie is very nice n fine ........
whenever we go to seen movie always remember that movie. so this is my best movie now days.
in that movie rajesh khanna role was very nice.
he play our role is very nicely.
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Dear readers,
Over 5 ½ years ago, I began the Legal History Blog at my kitchen table. Over 5000 posts (collectively) and well over 1 million visits later, I am now signing off. The blog will continue, and as with all on-line ventures, its future depends in part on you. From the beginning, what has kept the blog going is its readership.
I began the Legal History Blog in part because I thought that the field needed more of an on-line presence than it had at the time. As colleagues joined me, first as guests and then as on-going bloggers, LHB has achieved the goals I had at the beginning. I continue to think that bringing the work of legal historians to an on-line readership is essential. I am moving on nonetheless because the blog can continue in one form or another without me, and because – with a new position and new program to launch – it is time for me to create something new.
For now, you can find me on occasion at Balkinization, and also at War Time. Whether my new project will lead to a blog or some other online form I don't yet know. A while ago I blogged about the relationship between intellectual work and work in the garden. A garden is more than a respite from work, or a place where ideas find themselves. It is also an apt metaphor for my current state, especially as I wander around my very new garden in Atlanta. Sometimes in the garden you simply have to wait quietly, and see what will grow.
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- Gautham Rao said...
All students of legal history owe you a tremendous debt, Mary. Thank you for founding this great forum!
- July 23, 2012 at 12:15:00 PM EDT
Many, many thanks to you, Mary, for founding the Legal History Blog and making it such a success. Very best wishes on your new endeavors at Emory!
- July 23, 2012 at 1:01:00 PM EDT
- Alfred Brophy said...
We're going to miss you, Mary. On a happier note, welcome to the South!
- July 23, 2012 at 1:03:00 PM EDT
- Karen Tani said...
We will miss you so much, Mary, and work hard to sustain what you have built.
- July 23, 2012 at 1:07:00 PM EDT
- Josh Stein said...
You have a built an enduring community. For that, we owe you our appreciation and gratitude. Thanks!
- July 23, 2012 at 4:21:00 PM EDT
- Paul Harvey said...
All our best, Mary, you helped inspire me to form the Religion in American History blog. Congratulations on what you have achieved here.
- July 23, 2012 at 5:35:00 PM EDT
- Patrick S. O'Donnell said...
I can only second the chorus of above comments. Wishing you all the best in your academic and other pursuits, Patrick
- July 23, 2012 at 7:25:00 PM EDT
No, No, I just found your blog today!!!!
- July 23, 2012 at 7:46:00 PM EDT
- Mary L. Dudziak said...
Thanks to all for your kind comments and good wishes! I am not going away, I promise. I will be here as a reader. And I will be online is some other form before too long. I just feel the need to wait until it germinates.
Many thanks to my colleagues Karen Tani, Dan Ernst, Tomiko Brown-Nagin and Clara Altman for all they've done for the blog. You have inspired me.
- July 23, 2012 at 8:06:00 PM EDT
- Serena Mayeri said...
Thank you for everything, Mary! You have transformed legal history online, and this remains the first and only blog to which I (enthusiastically) subscribe!
- July 24, 2012 at 9:34:00 AM EDT
- Dan Ernst said...
Thank you, Mary, for creating and perfecting this resource for the field and for others interested in legal history. We'll soldier on somehow without you.
- July 24, 2012 at 9:34:00 AM EDT
- Malick Ghachem said...
Congratulations Mary on a fantastic accomplishment/creation in the legal history blog and on your new role in Atlanta Much good wishes and we will look forward to continuing to read you.
- July 25, 2012 at 9:03:00 AM EDT
Aside from stimulating my inherent interest in the subject, LHB has helped me with day-to-day professional work as a librarian on many, many occasions. Thank you, Mary, and thank all of the LHB contributors, for producing one of the most interesting and informative legal blogs around.
- July 25, 2012 at 2:34:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the great blog!
- July 29, 2012 at 2:16:00 PM EDT
Dear Prof Dudziak, thank you very much for creating and sharing with us your Legal History blog.
I absolutely agree with you and with Voltaire in Candide
"we must cultivate our garden"
I enjoy visiting the Legal History blog and I am shure it will keep growing with the academic inspiration of your followers
- August 8, 2012 at 7:01:00 PM EDT
I echo the above comments, and add that, like Serena, this is the only blog I read on a regular basis. I appreciate all that you have done to create such a vibrant scholarly community online!
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He lights his cigarette and passes it on to me, and I light mine off it.
My veins are laced with too much wine, and tobacco, and weed, and my mind conjures up a movie-like sequence, that maybe should best be left up to the movies. Pretty bokeh, blue inky sky et al. I may kiss you if you keep looking at me like that, I say. Then you should, you reply lazily. We smile a synchronous smile, and I should have known, standing with you in a semi-lit room, that this day would go down in history as That Which Should Not Have Happened. We kiss, and the stunning unfamiliarity of your whiskey breath, hits me the second our lips touch.. but no, it is too late to stop now. Pandora's box is open now, and secret and hidden desires are spilling out.. no matter how much she may regret revealing them later on. I need not look into the future to predict if I will or will not stop. I already know this mistake was meant to carry on, write itself in stone, irreversible, immovable.
In a semi-lit room, you undress me, and there is too many substances flowing freely through my system, to worry about consequences. I breathe in your scent, and again, my mind mildly registers its unfamiliarity, something that it had always just imagined, never verified. Now it does, and I drink up your scent, your taste.. It is crude, and hurried, but its done. Its sealed. Its becomes the marker in time, that will always demarcate when I was faithful, and when I was a cheater.
I open my eyes some time later, and for a second, I try fooling myself into thinking it does not matter, it will remain within these dirty sheets, inside this dirty room. But my eyes open soon enough, and my heart goes down buried in a landslide of deep sharp rocks. There is extra gravity on my heart, thats pulling me down.
Two days later, I meet you in the airport lounge. Twelve hours of flight-time, and yet there is no trace of tiredness in your eyes. Instead there is eager puppy love, which had always amused me. I can tell you are glad to see me.. and you are glad that I am still here with you. That you managed to keep me where you thought I belonged. Where I know now I was always supposed to belong. But its too late now, much too late now.
I allow myself a moment. I crash into you, into your strong arms, like I was begging for you to save me from myself. Curve my body into yours, ignore the noise around us, because soon there is going to be silence between us... and silence is scarier than noise right? Something broke, will you help me fix it please my love? Please please please don't go, please stay? I inhale your scent and allow myself moments when you still think everything is happy and shiny and perfect in our little world, because I know in a few moments I am going to tell you. I am going to tell you that I cheated on you, and see your face change, the light go out in your eyes and the warmth fade from your hands. Things are going to change, forever. Written in stone, irreversible, immovable.
We drive in silence, you are taking me through roads I have never known, but I am too afraid to say anything. I let you drive blindly, and I dare not sneak glances at you. I am afraid to touch you, to fake my excuses, to say he did it first, to say I was too drunk, to open my mouth and form syllables at all, because I am just too afraid. I am afraid to remind you that I told you I sucked at relationships, that I know I will screw it up.. because now to my own self my words sound hollow and made up. You finally stop outside my home, and allow me a minute to gather my things and step out, and then you drive away. You left.
We must survive this. Its you and me, we are meant to be. This can make us stronger, but just let me in. Let me in and try and gather the pieces of the mess I made. Let me in, because I need to. But the phone does not ring. I sit in the silence, and listen to the tick-tock of the wall clock, watch shadows deepen across the walls, and wait for something to change, knowing all to well in my cheating heart that it never will.
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Happ, the Jefferson County district attorney, is one of three Democrats vying for the attorney general post. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne and state Rep. Jon Richards are in the mix as well. The three of them will square off in an August primary. The survivor will go on to face Waukesha County's Republican district attorney, Brad Schimel, in the November general election.
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Not only do women hold up half the sky. We do it while carrying a 500-pound purse.
Women carry with us, at all times, everything we might need to start life in a new state. Our purses contain the all the merchandise found in a Quickie Mart or a bodega.
Men? Men carry a credit card and a twenty. If they need it, they buy it. Or they ask us for it.
After all, we'll have it in our bag.
We carry extra eyeglasses, lip balm, Q-tips, Band-Aids, a half-empty water bottle, four pens (two of which work), 16 crumpled receipts, a tiny notebook, gum, mints, hand sanitizer, perfume sample (empty), tampon, aspirin, non-aspirin pain relievers, Tums, Imodium, matches (we don't smoke, it's for friends), a "fun size" Snickers, nail glue, an emery board, a compact 5X mirror (ironic, right?), tweezers, cell phone, Bluetooth, floss, AAA battery (which helps with nothing, ever), and three cute, striped paper clips too adorable to discard.
We also have a folded article we're going to read as soon as we get a minute, an address book (don't trust technology — like to have it written down somewhere), calendar (ditto), an encouraging fortune from cookie ("Forget the doubts and fears creeping into your life. The universe is guiding you!"), a packet of cheap tissues, a packet of nicer tissues (for other people), a note from our niece ("I love you THIS much!") and one earring.
Every woman over 30 has, at the very bottom of her bag, a lipstick that we got as part of a "Free Gift" from Clinique in 2007 that we've NEVER worn (it's beige) but who in her right mind would ever throw out a perfectly good lipstick from Clinique? Yet we don't want it cluttering up our bathroom. So we carry it, talisman-like, and go around offering it to strange women, saying with false conviction, "I think you'd look great in this color!"
We stock up. A few months ago, before doing a talk on humor and wellness at an elite medical conference, I walked around the vendors' area to see what items they offered as bait to lure attendees to their booths. I find some of these treasures particularly alluring; I once came home with, no kidding, a Viagra clock. I laugh when it reaches noon.
At this conference, however, one company was giving away medicated bandages in small plastic containers bearing their logo. Nice, right? Practical, sensible and inexpensive.
And for 20 minutes I watched as elegantly dressed, name-badged women from the medical industry, the insurance industry and huge pharmaceutical companies who, in Armani suits and with Fendi purses, scooped up those plastic containers as if they'd never seen an adhesive strip before.
They could be heard justifying themselves as they grabbed handfuls: "I'll keep this in the car. I'm putting this in Zack's knapsack. Good for traveling." Some were sliding the containers directly into those Fendi bags. They wore the same glazed expressions as Doomsday Preppers.
I did not see one man — not one, mind you — take this particular trophy.
Guys were taking baseball caps, pens, flashlights and pedometers, so it wasn't as if they were averse to the process.
They simply steered clear of the non-fun items, which, of course, they could rely on the women around them to have.
C'mon, would you ever consider going up to a guy and asking if he had a Band-Aid? Or some ibuprofen?
In fact, if you went up to a man and said "You wouldn't have any pain reliever on you, would you?" he'd recoil. He'd assume were nuts or that you mistook him for drug dealer — and not from a pharmaceutical company.
Women get asked this kind of thing constantly and we feel guilty if we can't say yes. One morning I was muttering about missing my coffee. A stranger reached into her bag, gave me a cardboard container of hot coffee and apologized because it might not be the way I take it.
Women: Isn't it time for us to lighten our burdens, dump the junk and use our shoulders for the real work of the world? Also, would you like this lipstick? You'd look great in it.
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