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The Evil DJ in your Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423904375305602182noreply@blogger.comBlogger855125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757997815896348337.post-62914140477331636082024-02-26T18:58:00.002-05:002024-02-26T18:58:58.629-05:00Curated By Princess Vic<p> It didn't start as a curation. It started as a way to sell some of the landscape and animal photographs I had taken. It blossomed. Over the years I would sell t-shirts, socks, tote bags, and even pajama sets. However, it was a hodgepodge of items. </p><p>To make things easier, I decided to put my items in order. I made a curation. Then, I put my curation into a pop up shop. </p>
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</div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;">The pop up shop has several curations. My favourite is the <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/collections/70s_style-119023510161938042" target="_blank">70s themed Curation</a>. It started as a doodle I would write on the board in my classroom. Then I found myself doodling this all over the place. My mum mentioned it looked like the wallpaper I had in my bedroom when I was 6 (in 1976). A lightbulb went off in my head. If it is something nostalgic that brings back happy memories for me, maybe it is for other people as well. </div>
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<a href="https://www.zazzle.com/collections/70s_style-119023510161938042"><img alt="70s Style" src="https://rlv.zcache.com/70s_style_119023510161938042-r_zruem_2blbng_425.jpg" style="border: 0px;" /></a> <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/collections/70s_style-119023510161938042">70s Style</a> by <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/store/princessvic">Princess Vic's Bits and Bobs</a> So I put this groovy 70s themed flower design on pillows, bathroom towels and wash cloths, bathmats, blankets, socks (a great seller), leggings, and tank tops. Zowie! The background is white and the other is black; but the flowers are groovy orange, purple nurple, and green manalishi (although, to some eyes it looks totally teal). </div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLb6LlJo0y59iU8YT7gEXYVyCR4byI00WIE-Fb0n2EetLQmqaSr1BN86WrylGdWPFCwmH0dtzpnAinfUltA_al7w1KgQ29O26qQNo6ryMSgBpj1xVE3_hVGfUkCkyYaAQIK7f2xzd7YtpuZ25FAypAwIBjBr9IgZ61KWnrIORLZaUwSidwh6Mshj1FH_R/s4054/a%20happy%20octopus%2005%20(1)%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4054" data-original-width="4054" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLb6LlJo0y59iU8YT7gEXYVyCR4byI00WIE-Fb0n2EetLQmqaSr1BN86WrylGdWPFCwmH0dtzpnAinfUltA_al7w1KgQ29O26qQNo6ryMSgBpj1xVE3_hVGfUkCkyYaAQIK7f2xzd7YtpuZ25FAypAwIBjBr9IgZ61KWnrIORLZaUwSidwh6Mshj1FH_R/s320/a%20happy%20octopus%2005%20(1)%20(1).png" width="320" /></a> Then there is THIS happy guy! ZOMG even when I was sketching her out she looked adorable. So I added the happy octopus to even more <a href="https://princess-vic.printify.me/products" target="_blank">products</a>. <a href="https://princess-vic.printify.me/products">The tote bags and t-shirts</a> are my favourite. There is a nice comfy large blanket, however, I get too hot, even in the winter time for such a blanket! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLuaxKWUEWsYI9SHq4RM47tt6GHN0PGTOGrrfKSGds6NLtfMz2B5xfOHOs7LLAfH8rmOmKsSi77hBSKK2RZcuY1-fHcZ_lyxj-dngZh49fIFrENjPG1Toj75zfmphxCvlqXfPbRoZ5zte1JF0r2AZMOuS4gtA-o7CyCX5D-TvLB769_gF42wAu2A4zWX-r" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="221" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLuaxKWUEWsYI9SHq4RM47tt6GHN0PGTOGrrfKSGds6NLtfMz2B5xfOHOs7LLAfH8rmOmKsSi77hBSKK2RZcuY1-fHcZ_lyxj-dngZh49fIFrENjPG1Toj75zfmphxCvlqXfPbRoZ5zte1JF0r2AZMOuS4gtA-o7CyCX5D-TvLB769_gF42wAu2A4zWX-r" width="226" /></a> I like wearing the <a href="https://princess-vic.printify.me/products" target="_blank">novelty t-shirts</a> with the quippy sayings about coffee. Coffee is indeed my love language! And these <a href="https://princess-vic.printify.me/products">novelty t-shirts and tote bags</a> are a testament to that. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiflHkpjBwPE7DAwsRzmtmYRbnogUVyD9-klspH6o4fMHDZnByZGINWHjYMVbyLZycDJpazR0sk28hGSccoucGbaWsJG0QnAu7heCqSg9osz0VwC3qiSaUS0aDvs9S1g1lt-WsGKCWS8QvfXXqGE_TltqwU-9IMO8ODWVUWeGnxGeHOSD3YmQ7qofAapcho" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="585" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiflHkpjBwPE7DAwsRzmtmYRbnogUVyD9-klspH6o4fMHDZnByZGINWHjYMVbyLZycDJpazR0sk28hGSccoucGbaWsJG0QnAu7heCqSg9osz0VwC3qiSaUS0aDvs9S1g1lt-WsGKCWS8QvfXXqGE_TltqwU-9IMO8ODWVUWeGnxGeHOSD3YmQ7qofAapcho" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Having curations are rewarding. I get to share my artistic vision, quirky personality, and natty fashion sense. Please check out my curations and if you see something you like, please BUY IT! ajjajjajaaj or procure a nifty novelty gift for someone you care about. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://princess-vic.printify.me/products" target="_blank">Curated by Princess Vic Pop Up Shop</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /> </div><br /></div><br /><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><br /></div>
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</div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><br /></div>The Evil DJ in your Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423904375305602182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757997815896348337.post-74766078121563637902023-07-01T06:45:00.005-04:002023-07-01T06:45:51.437-04:00Pluto starting new All Godzilla Channel<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJIIJJkR0f_VdDWIbStv2JikycfVLACw4VuU98lf_2f1AKQ1QIETkZiwjjcpzreBZbSj4fLVxlp6Bt3_qAG5jXxLmb64rHk6jmXDcp3ZL7QJBmd-eHGN2BcXHHGTWGjjlqrbN6OJY9BwjbOs3pXcfG-C684INNkWChu8bgs4misXPns8ttMkCuRmpMAQaU" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="300" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJIIJJkR0f_VdDWIbStv2JikycfVLACw4VuU98lf_2f1AKQ1QIETkZiwjjcpzreBZbSj4fLVxlp6Bt3_qAG5jXxLmb64rHk6jmXDcp3ZL7QJBmd-eHGN2BcXHHGTWGjjlqrbN6OJY9BwjbOs3pXcfG-C684INNkWChu8bgs4misXPns8ttMkCuRmpMAQaU" width="202" /></a></div><br />Squeeeeee<p></p><p>The universe has heard my prayers and those of every diehard kaiju fan. Pluto announces an all Godzilla channel - all the time! Slated to launch July 1, 2023, here is a list of what will broadcast on the channel:</p><ul data-skm-boomerang-el-0="processed">
<li>All Monsters Attack (Godzilla’s Revenge)</li>
<li>Godzilla 1999</li>
<li>Godzilla 2000</li>
<li>Godzilla (1954)</li>
<li>Godzilla Raids Again</li>
<li>Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956)</li>
<li>Mothra</li>
<li>Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster</li>
<li>Mothra vs. Godzilla</li>
<li>Invasion of the Astro-Monster</li>
<li>Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster)</li>
<li>Son of Godzilla</li>
<li>Destroy All Monsters</li>
<li>Godzilla vs. Hedorah</li>
<li>Godzilla vs. Gigan</li>
<li>Godzilla vs. Megalon</li>
<li>Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla</li>
<li>Terror of Mechagodzilla</li>
<li>The Return of Godzilla / Godzilla 1985 <strong>(Exclusive)</strong></li>
<li>Godzilla vs. Biollante <strong>(Exclusive)</strong></li>
<li>Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah<strong> (Exclusive)</strong></li>
<li>Godzilla vs. Mothra <strong>(Exclusive)</strong></li>
<li>Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 2 <strong>(Exclusive)</strong></li>
<li>Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla <strong>(Exclusive)</strong></li>
<li>Godzilla vs. Destroyah <strong>(Exclusive)</strong></li>
<li>Rebirth of Mothra</li>
<li>Rebirth of Mothra 2</li>
<li>Rebirth of Mothra 3</li>
<li>Godzilla: The Series</li>
<li>Godzilla vs. Megaguirus</li>
<li>Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monster All-Out Attack</li>
<li>Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla</li>
<li>Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.</li>
<li>Godzilla: Final Wars</li></ul><div>So grab some pop corn and settle in as Pluto starts broadcasting the Godzilla channel. All Godzilla. All the Time. </div>The Evil DJ in your Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423904375305602182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757997815896348337.post-58715896805556863712023-06-08T02:38:00.000-04:002023-06-08T02:38:48.338-04:00Ishi: The Last Yahi<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ishi (c1861 – March 25, 1916) was the last known member of the Native American Yahi people from the present-day state of California in the United States. The rest of the Yahi (as well as many members of their parent tribe, the Yana) were killed in the California genocide in the 19th century. Ishi, who was widely acclaimed as the "last wild Indian" in the United States, lived most of his life isolated from modern North American culture. In 1911, aged 50, he emerged at a barn </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">and corral, 2 mi (3.2 km) from downtown Oroville, California.</span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p style="font-family: inherit;">Ishi, which means "man" in the Yana language, is an adopted name. The anthropologist Alfred Kroeber gave him this name because, in the Yahi culture, tradition demanded that he not speak his own name until formally introduced by another Yahi. When asked his name, he said: "I have none, because there were no people to name me," meaning that there was no other Yahi to speak his name on his behalf.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Ishi was taken in by anthropologists at the University of California, Berkeley, who both studied him and hired him as a janitor. He lived most of his remaining five years in a university building in San Francisco. His life was depicted and discussed in multiple films and books, notably the biographical account Ishi in Two Worlds published by Theodora Kroeber in 1961.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />In 1865, Ishi and his family were attacked in the Three Knolls Massacre, in which 40 of their tribesmen were killed. Although 33 Yahi survived to escape, cattlemen killed about half of the survivors. The last survivors, including Ishi and his family, went into hiding for the next 44 years. Their tribe was popularly believed to be extinct. Prior to the California Gold Rush of 1848–1855, the Yahi population numbered 404 in California, but the total Yana in the larger region numbered 2,997.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />The gold rush brought tens of thousands of miners and settlers to northern California, putting pressure on native populations. Gold mining damaged water supplies and killed fish; the deer left the area. The settlers brought new infectious diseases such as smallpox and measles. The northern Yana group became extinct while the central and southern groups (who later became part of Redding Rancheria) and Yahi populations dropped dramatically. Searching for food, they came into conflict with settlers, who set bounties of 50 cents per scalp and 5 dollars per head on the natives. In 1865, the settlers attacked the Yahi while they were still asleep.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞, 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝:</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />"In 1865, near the Yahi's special place, Black Rock, the waters of Mill Creek turned red at the Three Knolls Massacre. 'Sixteen' or 'seventeen' Indian fighters killed about forty Yahi, as part of a retaliatory attack for two white women and a man killed at the Workman's household on Lower Concow Creek near Oroville. Eleven of the Indian fighters that day were Robert A. Anderson, Harmon (Hi) Good, Sim Moak, Hardy Thomasson, Jack Houser, Henry Curtis, his brother Frank Curtis, as well as Tom Gore, Bill Matthews, and William Merithew. W. J. Seagraves visited the site, too, but some time after the battle had been fought.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Robert Anderson wrote, "Into the stream they leapt, but few got out alive. Instead many dead bodies floated down the rapid current." One captive Indian woman named Mariah from Big Meadows (Lake Almanor today), was one of those who did escape. The Three Knolls massacre is also described in Theodora Kroeber's Ishi in Two Worlds.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Since then more has been learned. It is estimated that with this massacre, Ishi's entire cultural group, the Yana/Yahi, may have been reduced to about sixty individuals. From 1859 to 1911, Ishi's remote band became more and more infiltrated by non-Yahi Indian representatives, such as Wintun, Nomlaki, and Pit River individuals.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />In 1879, the federal government started Indian boarding schools in California. Some men from the reservations became renegades in the hills. Volunteers among the settlers and military troops carried out additional campaigns against the northern California Indian tribes during that period.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />In late 1908, a group of surveyors came across the camp inhabited by two men, a middle-aged woman, and an elderly woman. These were Ishi, his uncle, his younger sister, and his mother, respectively. The former three fled while the latter hid in blankets to avoid detection, as she was sick and unable to flee. The surveyors ransacked the camp, and Ishi's mother died soon after his return. His sister and uncle never returned, possibly drowning in a nearby river.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />After the 1908 encounter, Ishi spent three more years alone in the wilderness. Starving and with nowhere to go, Ishi, at around the age of 50, emerged on August 29, 1911, at the Charles Ward slaughterhouse back corral near Oroville, California, after forest fires in the area. He was found pre-sunset by Floyd Hefner, son of the next-door dairy owner (who was in town), who was "hanging out", and who went to harness the horses to the wagon for the ride back to Oroville, for the workers and meat deliveries. Witnessing slaughterhouse workers included Lewis "Diamond Dick" Cassings, a "drugstore cowboy". Later, after Sheriff J.B. Webber arrived, the Sheriff directed Adolph Kessler, a nineteen-year-old slaughterhouse worker, to handcuff Ishi, who smiled and complied.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />The "wild man" caught the imagination and attention of thousands of onlookers and curiosity seekers. University of California, Berkeley anthropology professors read about him and "brought him" to the Affiliated Colleges Museum (1903—1931), in an old law school building on the University of California's Affiliated Colleges campus on Parnassus Heights, San Francisco. Studied at the university, Ishi also worked as a janitor and lived at the museum for most of the remaining five years of his life.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />In October 1911, Ishi, Sam Batwi, T. T. Waterman, and A. L. Kroeber, went to the Orpheum Opera House in San Francisco to see Lily Lena (Alice Mary Ann Mathilda Archer, born 1877) the "London Songbird," known for "kaleidoscopic" costume changes. Lena gave Ishi a piece of gum as a token.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />On May 13, 1914, Ishi, T. T. Waterman, A.L. Kroeber, Dr Saxton Pope, and Saxton Pope Jr. (11 years old), took Southern Pacific's Cascade Limited overnight train, from the Oakland Mole and Pier to Vina, California, on a trek in the homelands of the Deer Creek area of Tehama county, researching and mapping for the University of California, fleeing on May 30, 1914, during the Lassen Peak volcano eruption.<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😭" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t40/1/16/1f62d.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>. Waterman and A.L. Kroeber, director of the museum, studied Ishi closely over the years and interviewed him at length in an effort to reconstruct Yahi culture. He described family units, naming patterns, and the ceremonies that he knew. Many traditions had already been lost when he was growing up, as there were few older survivors in his group. He identified material items and showed the techniques by which they were made.<br />In February 1915, during Panama–Pacific International Exposition, Ishi was filmed in the Sutro Forest with the actress Grace Darling for Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 30.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Lacking acquired immunity to common diseases, Ishi was often ill. He was treated by Saxton T. Pope, a professor of medicine at UCSF. Pope became a close friend of Ishi and learned from him how to make bows and arrows in the Yahi way. He and Ishi often hunted together. Ishi died of tuberculosis on March 25, 1916. It is said that his last words were, "You stay. I go." His friends at the university tried to prevent an autopsy on Ishi's body since Yahi tradition called for the body to remain intact. However, the doctors at the University of California medical school performed an autopsy before Waterman could prevent it.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Ishi's brain was preserved and his body was cremated. His friends placed grave goods with his remains before cremation: "one of his bows, five arrows, a basket of acorn meal, a box full of shell bead money, a purse full of tobacco, three rings, and some obsidian flakes." Ishi's remains were interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Colma, California, near San Francisco. Kroeber put Ishi's preserved brain in a deerskin-wrapped Pueblo Indian pottery jar and sent it to the Smithsonian Institution in 1917. It was held there until August 10, 2000, when the Smithsonian repatriated it to the descendants of the Redding Rancheria and Pit River tribes. This was in accordance with the National Museum of the American Indian Act of 1989 (NMAI). According to Robert Fri, director of the National Museum of Natural History, "Contrary to commonly-held belief, Ishi was not the last of his kind. In carrying out the repatriation process, we learned that as a Yahi–Yana Indian his closest living descendants are the Yana people of northern California." His remains were also returned from Colma, and the tribal members intended to bury them in a secret place.</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhA2QSWkx29nFT2fLH2l4Ky0kfiL6Rrfg_MQsLFmsKEJtyF-JPya0BIJo4JiIwZpQPLRA83lcaAVLelArzSS7PT2F-H9Fu7Mt54-bQ1ioQiYq_TlMWfJ8zCzjWm3SXEmaAxXPQ5EpbvRN2ZYzF5Wo_qIDPO6GcD5tGtdeJkpq34Ln5tMaVJGX4P2GIN" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img data-original-height="626" data-original-width="402" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhA2QSWkx29nFT2fLH2l4Ky0kfiL6Rrfg_MQsLFmsKEJtyF-JPya0BIJo4JiIwZpQPLRA83lcaAVLelArzSS7PT2F-H9Fu7Mt54-bQ1ioQiYq_TlMWfJ8zCzjWm3SXEmaAxXPQ5EpbvRN2ZYzF5Wo_qIDPO6GcD5tGtdeJkpq34Ln5tMaVJGX4P2GIN=w205-h320" width="205" /></a>(𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞: 𝐈𝐬𝐡𝐢, 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐧)</p><p style="font-family: inherit;"><br />(𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: 𝐈𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐬: 𝐀 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 & 𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢)</p></div>The Evil DJ in your Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423904375305602182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757997815896348337.post-33077557538829596072023-03-16T00:22:00.002-04:002023-03-16T00:23:39.218-04:00Saga of No Hot Water pt.2<p> I'm working in Vegas and mum calls me. No hot water. She calls SRP gas company to come out. They shout off gas and water to hot water heater. Says heater is busted and there is a leak. </p><p>So apparently warranty companies tell the plumber what they can and can't do. So Summit Plumbing is only going to do what the warranty company and insurance tells them they can do and nothing more. The insurance company is waiting on some third party to come out and assess the damage so they can get another quote. The adjusters are calling and talking to the plumbers, the water remediation company, and the water damage fixer company. None of them can do anything thing until one of them does something as long as the adjusters say it's ok. </p><p>Meanwhile.... I haven't had hot water in a month. It's now raining. Everything is sopping wet. </p><p>20th Feb SRP came out and turned off pilot light. Water poured out of something. They did not say what. They shut off the water. </p><p>20th Feb 1920 hours called American Home Shield. Paid them $125 to start the process of getting a new water heater.</p><p>* If the pedestal is compromised, Ecodry can not put a new water heater on it. Someone will have to come out and inspect the pedestal.</p><p>American Home Shield was supposed to cover the demo. Progressive is telling me I just have the $500 deductible but only a total of $25,000 for yearly total coverage. </p><p>Feb 21st contacted plumbing company Summit and Ecodry. The adjuster Progressive has to contact Mario from Ecodry for pictures and videos as he has everything. It should have taken 3-5 days to complete. I don't have to be here for it.</p><p>Speak to Progressive's adjuster on 21st Feb at 1515 hours. </p><p>Feb 22nd 0915 am plumbers </p><p>Feb 23rd Obed from American Home Shield tells me he will send itemized listing of costs as on the website, AHS says it's been partially covered. 1039am speak with Mario at Ecodry and he doesn't have access to any invoices going to AHS. 1055 speak with Joanna from Summit Plumbing. She gives me an itemized list: gas shut off valve, ball valve install, water line $385, gas line shut off / sediment trap $175, modify vent to fit $75, TNP line $25 , pipe pan into crawl space. At 1329 recall AHS for invoice and Saskie says 24 hours for email. </p><p>Feb 24th speak with adjuster and Seek Now will come out and call in one to two days. </p><p>Feb 27th 0940 spoke with Vince from American Home Shield: Denial letter sent via snail mail as modifications and code violations. Drip pan vent modification. Section I4B of contract about water line, bull valve, gas line, sediment trap and section I1G about drip code violations which was diagnosed by a technician. I have no idea who this technician is. Never met him. I have no paperwork from him stating any of this. </p><p>March 1 and March 3rd I pay the iron price of a total of $885 to Summit Plumbing so they can come out and put in the water heater. NOTHING will get done if I don't pay them this money I owe them according to AHS webpage. </p><p>March 3 Adjuster says the water mitigation and inspection is finished and will put in for a review. I will get an invoice. </p><p>Saturday March 4th 0845 Ecodry here to put in flooring. Chris from Summit Plumbing can put water heater in on the 4th or 5th of March - soonest opening. </p><p>March 6 at 1332 hours called Summit Plumbing and left a message. I still don't have hot water and the flow out of the hot water tap is 75% less than the flow coming out of the cold water tap. 1346 spoke to Ferd at American Home Shield about invoice. Said it should be with me within 7 days..</p><p>March 7 Chris from Summit Plumbing hears a busted pipe, open flow of water, can't go under house as the opening needs a small person. He can see from opening that the soil is wet and seeping and I'm losing a lot of water. He turned off water and turned down gas. </p><p>March 7 Adjuster 1046am from Progressive says the water mitagation estimate from Ecodry, $5000 is suspect and "Sedgewick" will review it. I'd only owe ecodry $500 (the deductible).</p><p>March 8 Steven from RMJ calls and is confused because his company was supposed to put in th flooring? or something? but he comes out and sees a new water heater and flooring. I call Summit Plumbing to find out if they put in the flooring and then the water heater. </p><p>March 9 Joanna from Summit Plumbing said AHS and I would have to open a new claim. She can give me a retail quote to fix the burst pipe. Larry came out and took photos and video from the crawl space under the house. He shows me the pictures and videos. He finds a cracked sewage pipe, sewer flies, mold, microbial growth. He says, "I'll pray for you." and leaves. </p><p>** I try to get him to send me the photos so I can send to the adjuster and have for myself. Attempts to get them are ignored. Ty from Summit calls and I tell him about the photos. He sends me 4 on March 13. </p><p>March 11 I have a notation about Jackson from Ecodry. I have to empty the entirety of the back bedroom and bathroom and closet so they can cut into the floor to dry up the water from the leak. Ecodry has ALL the photos. Larry and or Ty (from Summit Plumbing) sent ALL the photos to him but not to me, the home owner. </p><p>March 13 We try to start a new claim with Progressive for the burst pipe in the bedroom - the line that comes off the hot water heater that goes to the two bathrooms. It's 1236 pm. Thing discussed is water supply line, burst pipe, sub floor in bedroom. No standing water in bedroom and no repairs made. Ecodry and Progressive do not mention the mold. I am advised for them to leave the damaged items or take pictures; keep all paperwork and receipts. Jackson opens everything up and contacts Summit Plumbers. </p><p>** apparently the first person that came out needed to write a detailed claim about the water heater and the association of the burst pipe in the bedroom to the water heater. </p><p>** This is to prevent having two claims. </p><p>**ALL OF THIS IS FROM HAVING THE ORIGINAL PROBLME OF NOT HAVING HOT WATER MISDIAGNOSED**</p><p>I am told by Progressive on the 13th of March that mold remediation is not covered. I only have up to $25,000 coverage for the house. Sedgewick is still reviewing the findings. </p><p>** I am spinning on this date, the 13th. I haven't had hot water since the 19th of February. I've been working my full time job and then the part time job as much as I can. During spring break from the school I have scheduled myself to work doubles at the part time job - at 2 different locations. Everyone is sleeping in the living room amongst things moved out of the bedroom and closet that couldn't fit in the 2nd bedroom. It's laden with clothing for three working adults. There is now one bathroom and still no hot water. </p><p>** I call Venturi restoration and schedule them to come out and give an assessment. </p><p>13th March call AHS and speak to the most incompetent Jess (if that is her real name) who can't find my AHS account even though I've jumped thru the hoops of name, address, phone number, email. She says AHS can send an invoice in 10 business days. She repeats the script. I ask for a supervisor. She says she has no supervisor. I then proceed to call AHS to cancel service. This whole saga is here: <a href="https://thekalidiaries.blogspot.com/2023/03/saga-of-water-heater-and-american-home.html" target="_blank">American Home Shield and the Saga of No Hot Water since Feb 19</a></p><p>13 March (a very busy day) Tye from Summit Plumbing calls and says the only pictures he sent are the ones from the water damage. The mold /spore he won't send because the adjuster doesn't cover it. They won't know how much to fix the broken pipe until the floor is opened up. After that happens, then call them and they can come and look at it some more to put together an estimate (but not fix it as they don't seem to be in the business of fixing anything). </p><p>13 of March I notice the area around the computer desks, by the front windows, smells musty and damp. I start gagging and promptly throw up. The cats and dog have been throwing up for weeks. Are they smelling the mold / fungus / spores? Dogs and cats have vastly superior noses. I know I can't breathe due to allergic rhinitis and severe sinusitis complications. </p><p>14 March at 9am. Ecodry n location to rip up flooring in bedroom. Not the wet moldy subflooring. Just the top floor. They tape everything off, plastic is put in. The fans, dryers are put in. Joanna from Summit says a plumber, possibly Larry, can return on Thursday the 16th at 9am. </p><p>15 March Richard from Ecodry came to check the hole and equipment. I am quite angry and let him have it. He has no idea this has been a month long issue. I figure out how to turn on the water heater and gas. The break in the pipe immediately starts hemorrhaging water. Al from Venturi shows up. I show him everything. Tell him everything. He is from Long Island. He gets it. </p><p>Al tells me that the broken sewer pipe is indeed broken and STILL LEAKING. He sees the mold, fungus, whatever from standing in the drive way with just the access panel open. He says that if it's this wet all the way under the house, then lye or lime (I can't remember) will have to be added to the soil and it turned over. It's gotta dry out. The subflooring has to be replaced. Few homeowners policies cover it and it's an add on rider. </p><p>Richard calls me back and tells me to turn off all the equipment as it's drying the subflooring but is potentially blowing mold / fungus. </p><p>I get a call from Tye at RMJ Construction. He informs me that the insurance told him that Ecodry is doing all reconstruction work. I also get a call from AJ Restoration and that they have been assigned to work on teh house to take care of the water damage. </p><p>This afternoon, the 15th of March, Casa Del Sol's maintenance guy comes round. He says, don't shoot the messenger, but the office lady wanted me to check on you guys. The water bill came in and it's over $400. I tell him my month long saga. I show him the hole in the bedroom floor and the sewer pipe. He looks at the pipe and says the white thing is NOT a standard pipe fixture and that it does not belong there. He tells me that the broken sewer pipe can be fixed in about 20 minutes. He gives me the number of the plumbers the park uses to fix plumbing issues here. I call them and they can come out on Friday for $125 an hour plus parts. </p><p>Tomorrow, the 16th Summit is supposed to come out. </p><p>Ty from RMJ called me and said they needed a work authorization form - need to assign a project manager. They can't come out because of the containment from EcoDry (the plastic that is over the hole). They can do the measurements because plastic is over the hole. They won't start the job because they don't know if insurance will pay. I have to remove the plastic for them to fix ... something.... They only do reconstruction. 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Originally, the local gas company was called. They came out, shut off the gas to the hot water heater, heard a leak and told us that our hot water heater was busted. I go online to American Home Shield to submit a claim. I also contact Progressive Homeowners Insurance. On the 20th, I pay the $125 to AMS to get this sorted. They put me with Summit Plumbing. The plumbers couldn't come until the water closet was dried out, the old water heater removed, and new flooring put in. I look on the AMS portal and see nothing can move forward until I pay the plumbers $885 for uncovered costs. But that just lists standard water heater. </p><p>On 2/23 at 0949 I called and spoke with Obed and he said he would send me an invoice. I called Summit Plumbing at 1055 (I was at work trying to do this) and she gave me a list of things that AMS didn't cover: gas line shut off valve, ball valve, water line, sediment trap, vent, TNP line, and a pipe pan. </p><p>At 1329 hours, I called AHS again (as I had gotten a list from Summit) and spoke to Saskie. She said I had to wait 24 hours for an email of the invoice. </p><p>The 27th of February came and at 0940 I called American Home Shield and spoke with Vince. He said he would check into it and will send an invoice price of what is and isn't covered. Then he said a denial letter was sent via snail mail because of all the "modifications" and then violations - which was a technician's diagnosis. He couldn't tell me what technician nor what violations. But I needed hot water, so on March 1st I paid the money to the plumbers and on the 3rd they came to put in the water heater. I still didn't have hot water and now the water flow was 75% less than it was.</p><p> On March 6 I called Summit Plumbing. At 1336 I called American Home Shield and spoke with Ferd. He said he saw where I had requested an invoice and it should be with me via mail within seven days. </p><p>On March 7 another plumber from Summit came out and said there was a busted pipe and an open flow of water. He said the soil was seeping and I was losing a lot of water. He turned off the hot water heater and the gas. Now companies that dry out water damage and reconstruction companies are coming and going trying to dry this out but no one is fixing the busted pipe. Summit sent out a plumber and all he did was crawl under the house to take pictures and find the leak. He did. And he found mold and fungus all over the wet ground and on the sub-flooring. He never sent me the pictures but sent them to the drying company and his boss at Summit. They provided me with 4 of the pictures. 4. </p><p>From March 7 to 13 I had to deal with plumbers, restoration, claims, insurance: just to get someone to fix a leaky pipe. No joy. On 13th of March, I still don't have the invoice from American Home Shield. I still didn't have hot water. And now I have a hole in the back bedroom over the busted pipe (everything from that bedroom is now distributed throughout the house and everyone is sleeping in the living room and using the one bathroom - with no hot water). </p><p>On the 13th I called American Home Shield again about the invoice. At 1521 I spoke with Jess and she couldn't find my account. When she did she said an invoice would be sent out in 10 business days. I asked to speak to a supervisor. Jess informed me that she didn't have a supervisor. I went online to find a cancellation number. At 1555 I spoke with Sherry in member solutions. She tells me there is no option on customer service end to send an email. She said any "invoice" would take 14 to 21 business days. She said she could process this invoice. At 1606 I spoke with Frank in cancellations. He said there is the record of all my calls and requests for an invoice. He says it's "the system" that sends out any emails. Frank tells me the customer service doesn't deal with any of the things covered. They only know how much the customer pays. He said even he does not have the info about line item invoices of what part of appliances are covered and what are not. Customer Service, Member Resolution, Cancellations, et al do not have that information so they can not share that information. He offers to waive my March and April bill and to refund the $125. </p><p>Today, March 15, American Home Shield calls me. Chris, a female, called at 1039 about the water heater, the work order from Summit Plumbing and to reiterate that I do not pay the $44 a month for March and April and that the $125 will be refunded. She says that the only departments that have the line item invoice would be the authorization department and purchasing. She said prices are different than retail prices for those services. I asked for those phone numbers and she quickly ended the call. The ONLY things approved and paid for by AMS were the disposal of the old water heater, the labour to install it, and the actual water heater tank (not any of the bits and bobs to attach it to the gas line or the house). Today March 15, 2023, I still don't have hot water. </p>The Evil DJ in your Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423904375305602182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757997815896348337.post-60056726338039621962021-07-13T22:24:00.000-04:002021-07-13T22:24:24.830-04:00Floating Floor: Tongue and GrooveSo, I ended up having to move into an apartment. After weeks of searching, I choose one. It isn't perfect but it'll do. The one major drawback was the carpeting in the bedrooms. I have no bloody idea why anyone would want carpeting. It's manky, smells funky, hard to keep clean, and if you are like me, full of allergens. Can you tell I flat out HATE carpeting. <div><br /></div><div>So what to do? I had an idea about vinyl flooring, the tongue and groove style. I watch WAY too many HGTV shows. But I had wondered if it was something that could be put over carpet. So I google it. Sure enough, how to go about it depends on the pile, the thickness and depth of the carpet. I thought I had a high pile carpet, so I was looking at getting wood planks as the subfloor and then laying the vinyl tongue and groove planks over it. My mum looked at the carpet and told me it was low pile. That was great as I didn't have to buy huge 8 feet by 4 feet wood planks (and figure out how to get them to the flat).</div><div><br /></div><div>After watching the videos and reading the how to listings I headed to Home Depot to make my purchases and set about laying a floating floor above carpet. I got a roll up vinyl moisture barrier and opted for the cheapie laminate (if it didn't work, I didn't want to be out a lot of money). </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OK2Wzkod0tQ/YO5AvyZS6pI/AAAAAAAAFrY/BGIrqGl0E5IcYaWaFs2ISJpCPXrDx9YpQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="251" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OK2Wzkod0tQ/YO5AvyZS6pI/AAAAAAAAFrY/BGIrqGl0E5IcYaWaFs2ISJpCPXrDx9YpQCLcBGAsYHQ/w188-h251/IMG_5349.JPG" width="188" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y25WHCYOijY/YO5AvgolURI/AAAAAAAAFrQ/TuzK-H-1L_MFr2jU_UYxOCCUhAZfDaF_ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5350.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="234" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y25WHCYOijY/YO5AvgolURI/AAAAAAAAFrQ/TuzK-H-1L_MFr2jU_UYxOCCUhAZfDaF_ACLcBGAsYHQ/w312-h234/IMG_5350.JPG" width="312" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8pz3zD2T0d0/YO5AvlPdtAI/AAAAAAAAFrU/GKnCOxZMwF8EPeIjC_wNYzGEiwH7cqbPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8pz3zD2T0d0/YO5AvlPdtAI/AAAAAAAAFrU/GKnCOxZMwF8EPeIjC_wNYzGEiwH7cqbPQCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h240/IMG_5351.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>This is what a sub floor would look like. This is the cheapest option in the Home Depot. Luckily, I didn't need it as the pile on the carpeting was low. But, just in case you do need it, something like this is the go to. You can buy thicker but the price for an 8x4 goes up to like $60 or more per. Don't forget to measure the dimensions of the room and then add another 15% on each side. Why? Better to have more than you need than not enough. Also, if your room is an odd shape, you'll have to cut the boards. I was able to just use a moisture barrier on top of the carpet and then lay down my planks. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Evil DJ in your Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423904375305602182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757997815896348337.post-17959048169040266912020-07-22T16:11:00.001-04:002020-07-22T16:15:47.305-04:00James and Galatians<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><img alt="80 Best Poverty in Black and White images | Old photos, Vintage ..." height="496" src="https://i.pinimg.com/474x/47/2a/2c/472a2c29747b42dcd98ec7446f174004.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="356" /></font></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font color="#f3f3f3">One never
thinks that life will go awry. One wakes up, engages in the morning routine, is
cordial to the spouse and children, pops off to work, spends one fourth of
their time in mindless drudgery, meanders home in a zombie-like state, is
cordial to the spouse and children, partakes in a meal (ritualistic of course),
engages in the evening routine, goes to sleep, repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat,
ad nauseum. That is the entirety of the adult human lifespan. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Things. Don’t. Go. Awry.” </span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jane kept
repeating this to herself as if it was a mantra. Jane, the dutiful daughter,
minding the Diner for her parents. Things don’t go awry. Jane, voted most
likely to succeed, her dark and set jaw, always working and reworking math
problems for herself and her friends in the high school calculus class. Things.
Don’t. Go. Awry. Jane, part-time babysitter, always making time to watch the
neighborhood kids; infants her specialty. Things. Don’t. Go. Awry. Jane, tall,
statuesque, lean, skin the perfect shade of dark chocolate. Things. Don’t. Go.
Awry. Jane, named after her grand mum whose ring she’d worn since her 12<sup>th
</sup>birthday. Things. Don’t. Go. Awry. </span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">July
all started innocuously enough. The Petersons, Madge and Carol, had moved into
the neighborhood. They had bought the old Carson place. It had three floors and
a belfry, falling apart, rickety and drab. The old Carson place was the one
blight on an otherwise pristine tree-lined street. Everyone welcomed the
Petersons with open arms. Madge Peterson was a typist. She boasted she could
type 107 words per minute. Carol Peterson was a dentist. His practice was in a
sleek new building that had air conditioning units in every window. Posh. They
had two children, Peggy and David. Mr. Peterson’s constant pronouncement that
children should be seen and not heard ensured that they were quiet and obedient.
Draconian, yes. But the Peterson’s were clean, something the former occupants,
the Carson’s and their brood were not. </span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font color="#f3f3f3">In
a very short time, they had transformed the house into something close to
godliness. Madge was devout. Such new Testament verve hadn’t been seen in a
long time, not since tent revivals and snake handling. With her fervor, Madge dragged
Carol to church every Sunday. She insisted on paying Jane double her
babysitting fees when Jane babysat as she felt a pang of distress that Jane
couldn’t go to church at that time. Madge promised she would pray for Jane’s
immortal soul, so that it can be lifted up to heaven. Jane would chuckle and assure
her that Wednesday night bible study and Saturday afternoon ministry would
ensure her saved soul and her ticket into heaven. Jane minded the Peterson children
for ten Sunday’s in a row. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
first week had the awkward getting to know you phase. The kids’ eyes would dart
to and fro with lizard-like rapidity. They would whisper to each other
conspiratorially while sequestered in their rooms. The second week
uncomfortable blinking; Peggy tugging at her ear and David picking at his
clothing. By week four Jane had noticed the children staring off into the ether
for endless minutes. They’d jump when she yelled their names, eyes affixed on
the interloper. They would blink rapidly, their eyes grew to saucer shape, and
then their bodies went rigid. Six weeks in and Jane was sure she was losing at
the world’s most immutable game of Hide and Seek. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs. Peterson assured her that things were as
they should be. By two months, Jane noticed the Peterson children had stopped
fidgeting and whispering all together. Were they even breathing? Yet, things
don’t go awry. Peggy could go for minutes without blinking. David had a
permanent vapid grin on his face. Neither child would move. Mr. Peterson
reminded her that children should be seen and not heard. Things don’t go awry. Jane
worried as the children didn’t even answer to their names being yelled into
their ears while the force of the exhaled syllables made their hair waft. They
stopped eating. [Things]. Then the kids stopped blinking. [Don’t]. The kids
stopped moving. [Go]. Finally, the Petersons stopped asking Jane to babysit.
[Awry].</span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Things.</span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Don’t. </span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Go.</span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Awry. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Autumn started unexceptionally. Jane took an
early morning shift at the Diner. She loved the smell of coffee and bacon. The
sounds of glasses tinkling, bacon frying, the chit-chat of the punters, and
orders being called out filled Jane with energy. Betsy Wilson breathlessly rushed
in at about 8 o’clock that morning. Betsy needed Jane to watch wee Rosa as
Betsy had been called into the hospital. There had been a crash on the state
route that runs just north of town and Betsy was the best trauma nurse in five
counties. Jane received baby Rosa and assured the harried mum that all would be
well. </span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Things.</span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Don’t. </span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Go.</span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Awry.</span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By
noon, baby Rosa had had enough of the hustle and bustle of the Diner and fell
into slumber. Jane sat and pondered. She realized she hadn’t seen hide nor hair
of Peggy and David Peterson in some time. She hoped the children were doing
well in their new school. The after-church crowd meandered in for lunch around
one. Jane was surprised to see the Petersons among them. Still holding a now
wakeful and cooing Rosa, she approached the Petersons to inquire after their
children. Madge and Carol looked up in astonishment. “Well, of course the
children are doing just fine.” They smiled. Jane queried as to their
whereabouts. At that moment, Rosa gave out a cry and begin to fuss. Carol
chuckled softly and wiped his glasses with his handkerchief. Madge tenderly
patted Rosa on her legs. Jane cocked her head as the world around her slowed; a
fog covered her periphery. Carol and Madge’s soothing voices were whispering. Time
seemed to stand still. Rosa stopped fussing. Then, as if woken out of a
reverie, Madge squealed and bolted out of the diner to her car. </span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font color="#f3f3f3"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jane
turned to Carol and he smiled patiently. He rose from his seat and strolled
after his wife. Jane watched anxiously as the Petersons returned to the diner. Each
parent was holding a child. A child? They were at the door. Not Peggy and
David. Not a child. They walked into the Diner. Porcelain dolls. [Things]. The
Petersons sat the dolls down gingerly. “Well,” Madge breathlessly said. “It’s
been a tic since you’ve seen the wee ones. Here they are, right as rain.” [Don’t].
“Peggy and David are pure and undefiled,” continued Carol. “See how loving,
happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle, and self-controlled
they are? James and Galatians. It’s as it should be with all children.” [Go]. Both
Madge and Carol were now staring at baby Rosa. June, horrified, backed away,
stumbled over a chair and tried to suppress a scream. Madge deftly caught baby
Rosa. Rosa blinked rapidly and her eyes grew to saucer shape as June’s screams
reverberated throughout the Diner. [Awry].</span><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: ariel, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><font color="#f3f3f3"> </font></o:p></span></p><br /><div><a href="https://thekalidiaries.blogspot.com/2020/07/gary-works.html">Gary Works</a><br /></div>The Evil DJ in your Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423904375305602182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757997815896348337.post-22401056259408406492020-06-22T17:07:00.001-04:002020-06-22T17:09:10.515-04:00Charging Streaming Video Firms<div><div id="bullets_ul" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding-left: 20px;"><p class="bullets_li" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: list-item; list-style: outside none disc; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Charter Communications (<a class="ticker-link" data_retrieved="0" href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CHTR" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #024999; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" symbol="CHTR" target="_blank">CHTR</a> <font color="red" style="box-sizing: border-box;">-1.5%</font>) is petitioning the FCC for the ability to start <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/charter-seeks-fcc-nod-charge-video-streamers-1299624" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #024999; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">charging streaming video firms</a> for the efficient carriage of their Internet traffic.</p><p class="bullets_li" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: list-item; list-style: outside none disc; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The cableco says the online video market is flourishing, and it should be freed up from two conditions imposed on it as part of its acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.</p><p class="bullets_li" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: list-item; list-style: outside none disc; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">In one case, Charter hasn't been able to charge interconnection fees to streaming firms like Netflix (<a class="ticker-link" data_retrieved="0" href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NFLX" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #024999; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" symbol="NFLX" target="_blank">NFLX</a> <font color="green" style="box-sizing: border-box;">+2.4%</font>), HBO Max (<a class="ticker-link" data_retrieved="0" href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/T" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #024999; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" symbol="T" target="_blank">T</a> <font color="red" style="box-sizing: border-box;">-0.6%</font>), Disney (<a class="ticker-link" data_retrieved="0" href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DIS" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #024999; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" symbol="DIS" target="_blank">DIS</a> <font color="green" style="box-sizing: border-box;">+0.8%</font>) and others, as its merger plans were decided when stricter net neutrality rules were being written that barred such fees.</p><p class="bullets_li" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: list-item; list-style: outside none disc; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Eventually, under a new administration and new FCC commissioner, the FCC repealed the net neutrality regulations - and Charter says the market is strong despite reported interconnection fees charged by Comcast (<a class="ticker-link" data_retrieved="0" href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CMCSA" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #024999; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" symbol="CMCSA" target="_blank">CMCSA</a> <font color="red" style="box-sizing: border-box;">-1.5%</font>), Verizon (<a class="ticker-link" data_retrieved="0" href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/VZ" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #024999; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" symbol="VZ" target="_blank">VZ</a> <font color="red" style="box-sizing: border-box;">-0.7%</font>) and AT&T.</p><p class="bullets_li" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: list-item; list-style: outside none disc; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The other condition from which Charter is seeking relief is tied to imposing data caps.</p></div><div class="pianoInlineBottom" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px;"></div></div> <a href="https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-100154004-13201914" target="_top">
<img src="https://www.lduhtrp.net/image-100154004-13201914" width="750" height="350" alt="Chicago Steak Company Best Seller - Free Shipping" border="0"/></a> <div><br /></div><font face="arial" size="5">So what does this really mean? Well, the cable companies want to be able to charge even more money for using their service. They are charging the consumer for using the utility. The faster more efficient the speed you want, the more you have to pay. But at any time, the company can throttle, or slow down, your speed... that you are paying for. Now they want to be free to charge fees to streaming services for using their network. Right now, they haven't been able to charge Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney + for simply being online services but it seems they want to change that. </font><div><font face="arial" size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="5">Think of it, it's like Comcast charging Facebook because Facebook is an online service. This is just an example. Good ol' American capitalism at work. But it isn't like this everywhere. For example, when I lived in Daegu, Korea my flat was a new build. All I had to do is plug in my computer using an Ethernet cable and viola! instant internet. If I wanted wi-fi, I just had to go buy a router and hook it up. My internet was the highest speed (there is only the one speed in Daegu) and had never been throttled (slowed down). If I perused my utility bill, the internet was less than $4 a month. And before you westerners start screaming restrictive access or websites you can't get on... I've actually encountered MORE restrictions to websites and downloading in the states than I ever did in Korea. And, there were no DATA caps. </font></div><div><font face="arial" size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="5">Data capping is when the cable company you are paying decides you are using too much data in a given time, even though you are paying them to use the data. Good ol' American capitalism says the company can arbitrarily decide that even though you are paying for a high speed or unlimited data, they can slow down or even stop data transfer if they determine you are using too much... of the service you are paying for. </font></div><div><font face="arial" size="5"><br /></font></div><a href="https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-100154004-11517166" target="_top">
<img src="https://www.awltovhc.com/image-100154004-11517166" width="300" height="250" alt="Chicago Steak Company Best Sellers" border="0"/></a><div><font face="arial" size="5">There are only 4 areas in the USA that have a higher population density than Seoul: 1. Manhattan 71,240 people/square mile, 2. Guttenberg NJ 56,560, 3. Union City NJ 51,650 people/square mile 4. Koreatown LA 42,610 people per square mile. But in Seoul, as in the rest of Korea, internet isn't throttled. So if Seoul and the rest of Korea can manage to keep their population (of gamers!!!!) online at the highest internet speeds in the world for an average of $17, what does that say about USA companies where the average for median speed is $45 (mine is $100 for the highest consumer speed and the company still throttles and has rolling brown outs of service). </font></div><div><div><br /></div></div> The Evil DJ in your Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423904375305602182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757997815896348337.post-39059107472687378092019-11-24T17:00:00.001-05:002019-11-24T17:00:26.903-05:00U.S. Anti-Tax Sentiment Linked To History Of Slavery<div class="speakable-paragraph" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; margin-bottom: 1.2rem;">
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The notion America’s wealthiest individuals do not pay enough taxes has widespread political support, and several Democratic politicians and presidential candidates have strong proposals for various forms of wealth taxes.</div>
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Yet taxing wealth has proved elusive in this country. Witness the latest effort at tax 'reform' from Donald Trump and the Republican Party, which moved radically in the opposite direction.</div>
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The new law cut individual taxes for the rich and slashed corporate taxes, <a class="color-link" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-economic-agenda-is-exacerbating-americas-inequality-crisis-2018-8" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-economic-agenda-is-exacerbating-americas-inequality-crisis-2018-8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003891; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">further boosting inequality</a> that is already at levels not seen since the Great Depression.</div>
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A new book entitled <a class="color-link" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://wwnorton.com/books/the-triumph-of-injustice" href="https://wwnorton.com/books/the-triumph-of-injustice" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003891; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">“The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay,”</a> by economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, helps trace the roots of the apparent tax-phobia that pervades the American political class.</div>
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The Berkeley economists maintain that the reluctance to tax wealth is linked at least in part to the gruesome days of slavery, when human beings were kidnapped then bought and sold as property.</div>
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While Northern states had developed fairly elaborate systems of taxation, Saez and Zucman argue, the economies of the South were more primitive, and local governments made no attempt to raise revenues by taxing income.</div>
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Citing historian Robin Einhorn, the economists identify a "deep link between this backwardness and slavery."</div>
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"A fear haunted slaveholders of the South: that non-slaveholding majorities would use taxation to undermine and eventually abolish" slavery, Zucman and Saez write.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">"They particularly feared wealth taxation: at a time when 40% of the population was considered property, property taxes were an existential threat for slaveholding planters."</span></div>
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Doesn't American politics make so much more sense with a little bit of context and history?</div>
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"While the sources of anti-government sentiment in America are complex, over the last centuries, few have done more to perfect the anti-tax narrative than Southern slaveholders," Saez and Zucman argue.</div>
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Tax phobia is not the only pervasive anti-social instinct in the United States descendant from the scourge of chattel slavery, according to research from other economists and activists.</div>
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The Evil DJ in your Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423904375305602182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757997815896348337.post-24655254445830739392019-06-05T21:20:00.002-04:002019-06-05T21:20:51.704-04:00Going Up the CountrySo not for the first time, I’m to set off on a gnarly road trip. Bryce Canyon (was on my To Do) list, Canyonlands, visit my brother, then my sister, maybe some beach camping, visit my Dad, nephew, best mates, grandmum, and back. I’ll blog as much as I can with available internets. Why? It’s 2019 and the us of a is in unrest. Loads of not nice things tend to happen to brown skinned people. But when you turn on the TV or watch You Tube vids, the only travelers are buff white dudes. I want this travel blog to be for the short, cute, Princesses that feel the call of the open road, a great camp spot, and miles to go before you sleep. And, it’ll be a nice concise way to put up pics for those that aren’t road dogs. I hope you enjoy my adventure! <div>
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The Evil DJ in your Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423904375305602182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757997815896348337.post-88621570824071550612019-01-03T14:35:00.003-05:002021-07-13T20:54:54.755-04:00Doctor Who?<br />
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<a href="http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/tom-baker-sladen-sarah-jane-300x247.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Image result for tom baker" border="0" height="164" src="http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/tom-baker-sladen-sarah-jane-300x247.jpg" width="200" /></a>Full disclosure. As you can see, Tom Baker is my doctor. He was my first. I've been on this ride over forty years. I've cycled through 73 different writers. Yup 73!!! I counted!!! Thank you Google. I understand the vitriol and trepidation of the new. You should've heard my comments when Colin Baker became the Doctor. I was less than thrilled. I was not polite about it. My family told me, suck it up or stop watching. I sucked it up. </div>
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I like the new companions. They are bold, strong, and intelligent in their own right. They don't "need" the Doctor to tell them how to do things. They have their own ideas and ways and they aren't goo-goo eyed over a seemingly immortal alien. Think of Ace and her baseball bat. Think of (my sainted) Sarah Jane. Mel. and some extent, Leela. I like how they get along with each other. The familial bonds that change with loss and experience (I think of this relationship an allusion to the Doctor with his Granddaughter). The cop that wants to prove herself. No, they aren't 'mates' or 'fam'. 13 struggles to find a word that describes the new relationships. As with every new regeneration, it takes the Doctor time to find themself again, resort the memories. The strong characters to keep the Doctor safe and creates a balance.<br />
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Because we all know what happens when the Doctor loses his balance: saving Captain Adelaide Brooke. He goes to far. No one should have that much power. A Time Lord Victorious. No one to stop him. Captain Adelaide Brooke had the audacity to<i> defy</i> him! She took her own life because it was the right thing to do. The Ood came a calling. He knew he went to far. As a result, he regenerated into a bumbling child, burying his past and just out for a good time. Speaking gibberish and waving his hands like a buffoon to cover his deep seated anger with himself. It peeked through here and there. Amy and River kept it at bay and in check. Twelve had Clara. In a weird way (and make no mistake I hated Clara. Hated her more than I hated the Sixth), would've made a "good" Doctor - in relation to what happened to the Doctor the prior seven or so years.<br />
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So, where does that leave us? 55 years. 37 seasons. 851 episodes. 13 doctors. 45 companions.<br />
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Some good.<br />
Some bad.<br />
Some amazing.<br />
Some forgettable.<br />
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Instead of cancelling Luke Cage, how about just hire better writers? Like this brand new Luke Cage story, "Everyman". It's from the writer of "Kill Shakespeare" Anthony Del Col. It's release date is November 21st. I've read it. It's a wicked good story. Luke tracks down a serial killer in the midst of Harlem’s worst-ever heatwave, one killing the community’s richest people. And on top of that, Luke is diagnosed with CTE from the years of internal trauma he’s suffered. Serial Killers. Heatwaves. Luke with CTE!!! You can't ask for more. A GOOD story line. Cute kids. A decent Iron Fist!!! I know right? After that debacle that you, Netflix, gave us. This is what Danny Rand is supposed to be like! And my favourite part? Luke and Jessica stay together!!!<br />
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So for all you Luke Cage fans out there, go pick up Everyman on November 21st. You'll be happy you did!<br />
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An Uber Comic Book FanThe Evil DJ in your Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423904375305602182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757997815896348337.post-78697437174871041912018-05-30T16:17:00.000-04:002018-05-30T16:17:22.040-04:00Apocalyptica "Escape" Chandler, AZ 13May2018<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sxJCGpfae0E" width="480"></iframe><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Saturday evening just after 7:30 pm, the Phoenix Convention Center’s fire alarm system activated. The Convention Center takes these alarms seriously, and decided it was necessary to make an orderly evacuation of the building.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The preliminary indication is that it was a false alarm and there has been no actual emergency. Technicians are currently checking the system along with fire prevention specialists from the Phoenix Fire Department. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The Phoenix Convention Center made the decision to suspend programming for the rest of the evening, as the technical evaluation is completed.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Phoenix Convention Center and Phoenix Comic Fest will hold a media briefing at 7 am Sunday morning at 2<sup data-originalcomputedfontsize="13.333333015441895" data-removefontsize="true" style="font-size: 0.8333333134651184rem;">nd</sup> Street and Adams, in front of the Phoenix Convention Center West Building.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We have met with the Phoenix Convention Center, security providers, and fire department officials. Phoenix Comic Fest will continue as planned on Sunday, May 27th. We anticipate all security checkpoints will open on time based on posted hours.</span><br />
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All attendees with a Saturday single day credential will be allowed to exchange it at any redemption station for a Sunday credential. Attendees are asked to bring the Saturday wristband with them if possible.</span></span><br />
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Exhibitors will be able to enter at 8 am at any entrance. Staff and crew will report at scheduled times so we can be prepared to have a fantastic final day of Phoenix Comic Fest 2018.</span></span></div>
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Square Egg Entertainment would like to thank the Phoenix Police Department, Phoenix Fire Department, EMTs, Pride Group, CSC, IPSA, The Phoenix Convention Center, Unified Command, MSA, and our staff and crew for their dedication and hardwork in keeping all of us safe, but we would especially like to thank you, our attendees, who we consider part of our geek family, for your support, your patience, and your understanding. </span></span></div>
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The main reason I like Last Bullet is because it sounds exactly like stuff I like: Velvet Revolver and Stone Temple Pilots. Barring new music from those bands, listen to Last Bullet as they will satisfy your craving for straight ahead basly rock and roll with an attitude.<br />
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This EP is perfect for playing pool in a smoky bar or driving fast with the top down or dancing around a pole. It's damn infectious. I dare you to try to listen to it and not dance about your flat! There is an awesome heaviness to Last Bullet that just slays. This band is tight!<br />
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'Bright Lights' is my favourite song. I couldn't stop dancing to it. It's swanky, schmarmy, sexy, sultry! It lays just behind the beat enough to have that raunchy factor. 'Smoke and Ashes' is a song that perfectly shows what Last Bullet are about. This song is just fracking perfect!<br />
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Sometimes things just stumble into your path and you've a great WTF! moment. Osamu Kitajima's Dragon King is one such thing. I was actually researching another band, a death metal band when this was listed next to it. I was intrigued and was met with some awesome jazz from the 70s with a Japanese twist. So why then in 2017 and I reviewing an album almost 40 years old? Because it fucking rocks!<br />
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The bass work is stellar! It has this great forward momentum that sucks you in and doesn't let go! There is a wildness to the album courtesy of the compositions and musicianship. The flutes, the guitars, the shakuhachi; everything melds together to create a sense of freedom.<br />
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The weakest song on the album is the third track 'Say You Will'. That's only because it has vocals. The music becomes cookie cutter to make way for the vocals. 'Share Your Love' is your basic R&B 70s track. Lackluster and stock is how I would describe it. But then it gets back to the awesomeness with the title track 'Dragon King'. It's wicked and other worldly! Overall the album is a good listen. It's still on sale at various internet outlets.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/goRegJa8Nww" width="560"></iframe>The Evil DJ in your Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423904375305602182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757997815896348337.post-12968936218416641902017-07-08T13:39:00.000-04:002017-07-08T13:39:05.438-04:00Mid Year Album Round UpWelcome to July! I've had a whole six months of groovin to new tunes. Here's what you should have bought already! But don't worry! Everything is still being sold and you can pick up some groovy music! Tell them <b>The Evil DJ in your Brain</b> sent you!<br />
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The Top 5 Albums 2016 Midyear Roundup<br />
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<b>5. All Hell - The Grave Alchemist</b><br />
<b><i>Vapiric Lust</i></b><br />
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<b>1. AFI - The Blood Album</b><br />
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I love how episode 3 starts out with the white bread mayo couple. I was taken aback by (trigger warning) how abusive the wife is. ZOMG. It's a bit of a treatise on how suburbia destroys men. He's doughboy fat and afraid of his wife who is super controlling. I feel sorry for him and instantly hate her. But I do like thier music. It's so so ... happy and innocent!<br />
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This is juxtaposed with Jonathan (Julian) attending a conference call (ooops, trigger warning) with the marketing team. That is truly hell as anyone who has had to sit thru a meeting with corporate. Just the way he holds the phone and tries to get them to use his real name. But they aren't having any of it! They don't care. But hey, The need more CLOWN DICK!!<br />
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We finally get to Barbie and the ill named D'Argento. They have to make pit stop in the creepy Steel City to fix the car. Which mysteriously drives fine as they enter Steel City. So our first gang of Steel City is the Corporate Synergy Talk Dudes. Just listening to their speak gives me the heebie jeebies.<br />
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I'm still wondering how Arthur can be so naive. Seriously, he gets locked in the supply closet. Saw that coming a mile away. He's so apple pie innocent. How the fuck has he survived? Then to run off to some dead person screaming "help me" seriously!<br />
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So 42 minutes in and I've still not seen the naked partner. It was a tease. I am saddened by this. 47 minutes in and now I'm happy. ZOMG those abs!<br />
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Finally! Julian Slink and Mayhem! This is why we really tune in and they made us wait for it. As usual, Grace and Arthur are in last place **yawn**. Clown Dick stops for some tits just yards away from the finish line and Grace and Arthur make it. **yawn** They had a heart to heart talk **yawn** take Heart down yadda yadda save the sister yadda yadda save everybody <bored now=""></bored><br />
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The marketing team was right. We need more blood and carnage. We need more racing. We need to see the stories of the other races. And for everything good and holy we need more Julian Slink!<br />
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Blood Drive is on Wednesday night on SyFy. Check your local listings.<br />
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<a href="https://thekalidiaries.blogspot.com/2017/06/blood-drive-s01-e01.html" target="_blank">Blood Drive S01 E01</a><br />
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This, of course, no way reflect what was going on in their minds as they played. Except, maybe, Davey saying that about the dude that was in fact crowd surfing and fell on his head. I was just being pithy on a Wednesday morning (ok, I over dosed on Costa Rican coffee). </div>
<br />The Evil DJ in your Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423904375305602182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757997815896348337.post-67673660590119292632017-06-28T17:40:00.000-04:002017-06-28T17:40:32.307-04:00Blood Drive S01 E02Aaaahhhh the second installment of Blood Drive. Where to begin. The crew's pit stop this week is at a town/ diner in Pixie Swallow. A groan inducing name. On first viewing it put me in the mind when Sam and Dean went to Biggerson's: everyone is chowing down in burger eating bliss. In Supernatural, the burger was some weird goo. In Blood Drive, it was long pig. That's right - people. Shock. Horror. But hey, you don't understand the amount of water it takes to keep cows and chickens are extinct. What's a small business to do?<br />
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Our bright eyed bushy tailed cop gets in touch with his eye candy partner who spends the entire episode shirtless. No complaints. I'm not sure what he did, but he had no shirt on! Oh yeah, he skulled around the basement finding his cell phone and files and wot nots. Without. His. Shirt! <claps hands="" happily=""> </claps><br />
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Meanwhile at Pixie Swallow, some random cannibals are fighting and stuff. Bored now. Cue time in the evil corporate headquarters of Heart Corporation. The mega giant corp that owns everything. Everyone works for Heart in one way or another - they have the contract for Contra Corp Police and the Blood Drive. The receptionist is pure bitch. "Heart Corporation, please hold." over and over and over again. No wonder Slink goes mental and bashes in beige-man's head. Quite an explosive yet justified scene.<br />
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The corporation wants to broadcast Blood Drive world wide. Slink can save his job by making it more bloody and ridiculous than it already is. I'm so down with that. Bring on next week.<br />
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Blood Drive is on Wednesday night's on SyFy. Check your local listings.<br />
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