text
string | is_toxic
int64 | lang
string |
|---|---|---|
Not a very educated post...what grade are you? | 0 | en |
أين خامنئي الذي سيبيد إسرائيل؟! أم هو مشغول بقتل العرب في سوريا والعراق! حسن نصرالله مشغول بقتل وتشريد السوريين! طريق القدس يمر بدرب التبانة!! | 1 | ar |
In both cases, they're the ones with the name tags. | 0 | en |
Thats BS Chris. Most adults in todays blue collar sector started off at the bottom and worked their way up. ya is't a struggle, so what. Struggle builds character. You claim that people who earn their way are selfish and then demand they hand over their money to you so you dont have to earn your way. I say that is selfish, and worse! Then you claim Capitalism, the economic system that built this nation into the most powerful on earth is a fail. You are either entirely clueless of how money works of you are just plain evil and want people to suffer under the ultra repressive mentality of socialism the economic system known for it's destruction of the human spirit. | 0 | en |
Emmett Coyne
You are not unknown.
Please pitch me what you would say to the " nones " for 2017 ? | 0 | en |
I didn't know the "dems" accrued anything. I could have sworn the entire country was on the hook for the national debt...
But by all means keep playing right into that 2 party charade. Politicians from both parties love it when you do that! | 0 | en |
Resumes of people specialising in innovation.
Arts management professional with focused experience in marketing and communications. Proven track record of establishing and nurturing relationships with strategic partners. Creative and innovative mind with exceptional project management and written/verbal communication skills. Passion for drinking up all the arts that New York City has to offer. | 0 | en |
Thanks. To be perfectly fair, though, he did hoist himself on his own petard with his "No new taxes line.
The point remains, though: he saw sense, changed his position based on good analysis, and was punished for thinking critically and making a tough call. | 0 | en |
For sure! When a group of +Dolan's priests boo someone, you know that person has lost most of the Catholic vote. Good! I feel better about the NYC church already! | 0 | en |
I checked his contributions log; he does in fact edit numerous articles on GW. In the past month alone, he has many times reverted many changes which didn't support his POV. In short, he's far from a disinterested observer, both on this paticular article and on GW in general. | 0 | en |
I have several rather disjointed reactions:
I'm betting there is no remorse whatsoever on the part of the perp. Certainly none has even been claimed by his lawyer.
I am very grateful Senator Paul was not shot. Thank God for that.
The wrist slap given the perp is very nearly as disturbing as the attack itself. The idiot should be in jail. He is dangerous.
I hope Senator Paul can continue with his Senate duties. But I realize it simply might no longer be possible due to the nature and seriousness of his injury.
Liberals nationwide are literally lunatics. If we get another one as POTUS, America is finished. | 1 | en |
Let's hope the polls hold too. | 0 | en |
RT @The_April_Fool: Fucking with them hoes! “@Marc_withdaC: “@CamBlunt: my nigga waka i hate it had to be him http://t.co/E12YlM2yVa” man t… | 1 | en |
Sorry Thomas, it does not work that way. There is no flipping the script. First off, I don't believe the industry surrounding the Clinton Destruction; there is more fabricated nonsense than a dog has fleas. Secondly, the shelf life on the Clinton Family (and President Obama) has expired. You cannot use them as an excuse anymore. Your man stands on his own. The nepotism, the dishonesty, the betrayal of the nonsense promises he made last year to you, the disrespect for your Country's laws. The most patriotic thing you can do is get a grip on the despicable behavior of your President. Don't make excuses, don't blame others, don't make false comparisons. Sorry to be harsh, but this is the new reality. | 0 | en |
Som formand for familieudvalget i Syddjurs klipper Per Zeidler snore over, når kommunen åbner børnehaver. Nu efterforskes han for sin rolle i sag om sexorgier.
Annonce
Byrådsmedlem og udvalgsmedlem i Syddjurs Kommune Per Zeidler har mindst to gange på 14 dage bragt piger til og fra gangbang-events i Ammitsbøl Forsamlingshus ved Vejle. I høj solskin onsdag 8. november om formiddagen var mindst 11 mænd, to piger og formanden for familie- og institutionsudvalget - Per Zeidler - samlet til såkaldt gangbang i forsamlingshuset cirka ti kilometer sydvest for Vejle.
Her ses Per Zeidler ved forsamlingshuset i Ammitsbøl på et tidspunkt, han burde have været til byrådsmøde i Syddjurs. Kvinden ved bilen er ikke en af de to kvinder på billedet til højre.
Til den nette sum af 2.400 kroner kunne man - ifølge annonceopslaget på internetsiden Annoncelight.dk - få hele arrangementspakken, som inkluderede alle tre timer inklusiv analsex og sex uden kondom. Østjyllands Politi efterforsker sagen. Viser det sig, at Per Zeidler er arrangør af gangbang-events og har økonomisk mellemværende med såvel kunder som kvinder, så risikerer han en sag om rufferi. Det kan give op til fire års fængsel. Per Zeidler er ikke meget for at tale med pressen om, hvad der foregår bag de nedrullede gardiner, da vi stoppede ham og en af pigerne på vej ud af forsamlingshuset efter de tre timer i forsamlingshuset. Per Zeidler, vi kommer fra Århus Stiftstidende, hvad laver du her? - Hvad jeg laver her? Det behøver jeg vist ikke fortælle dig! Sådan lød svaret, da avisens journalister forsøgte at få ham i tale foran forsamlingshuset, hvor der de seneste tre timer var trillet den ene bil efter den anden ind på parkeringspladsen. Alle med en enkelt mandlig passager.
Annonce
Fræk rødtop på 19
En, to eller tre timer, med eller uden kondom, analsex eller ej. Fantasien behøver ikke sætte grænser, når man tilmelder sig et gangbang i forsamlingshuset. En hurtig mail, og en time inden start, får man så adressen på sms. Allerede tirsdag kunne man på Annoncelight.dk få ovenstående oplysninger og tilmelde sig arrangementet, hvor de to piger i annoncen blev beskrevet som Putte på 19 år, en dejlig fræk lille rødtop, som tænder på at blive brugt, og at det er manden, som bestemmer farten. Og Esther på 23 år, en dejlig veldrejet "dansk adopteret" nougatgodte med dejlige faste berøringsvenlige bryster og et smukt ansigt. Annoncelight.dk er fyldt med annoncer for forskellige sex-arrangementer og heriblandt eventsene i Vejle. Og det lader til at virke. Fra lidt efter klokken ti begyndte de første biler nemlig at køre ind på forsamlingshusets parkeringsplads. Inde bag gardinerne kunne de fremmødte deltagere fra kl. 10.30 hygge sig med pigerne, men allerede kort før kl. 10.00 blev Per Zeidlers mørke VW Passat parkeret foran forsamlingshuset, hvor han og den ene af de to piger stod ud og gik ind i huset.
Annonce
Gangbang frem for byråd
Vi spoler tiden tilbage til onsdag 25. oktober. Her holdt selvsamme bil med selvsamme udvalgsformand også parkeret ude foran forsamlingshuset. Per Zeidler gjorde ikke meget for at skjule sin tilstedeværelse. På hans nummerplade står nemlig: "Per Zeidler, Syddjurs' største politiker". Den dag kom ikke færre end 16 forskellige mænd forbi, indtil Per Zeidler efter fem timer lukkede og slukkede og kørte pigerne fra stedet. Problemet var bare, at i stedet for gangbang nær Vejle skulle udvalgsformanden netop den dag have siddet på sin plads i byrådssalen på Ebeltoft Rådhus. Et møde, der er en obligatorisk del af hans job som byrådsmedlem og udvalgsformand. Et job, som han får knap 350.000 kroner om året for at varetage. Da avisens journalister spørger ind til datoen, kan politikeren pludselig ikke huske så langt tilbage. Du var her jo også onsdag for 14 dage siden? - Det kan jeg ikke huske. Men præsenteret for et billede, som tydeligt viser Per Zeidler sammen med pigerne fra den dag, må han alligevel krybe til korset. - Mig bekendt ligner det Per Zeidler!, konstaterer journalisten. - Det gør det, kommer det fra udvalgsformanden, som derefter søger tilflugt på forsædet af sin bil med kommentaren: - Jeg har ingen kommentarer til jer, I skriver jo alligevel det, I vil.
Det er ikke første gang, at Per Zeidler har været med til et gangbang-event. Foto: Jens Thaysen
Annonce
Rolle stadig ukendt | 1 | da |
== syrian occupation of lebanon ==
can you take a look at the syrian occupation of lebanon article again? yuber made up an apologist name for the article and now someone named parlmiro is trying to get the name changed back. do you know this editor yuber? | 0 | en |
Canada needs to stop allowing foreign-owned companies advertising that they are Canadian when they aren't. | 0 | en |
من أعظم ماقيل عن قضيه التحرش من باسم يوسف @url | 0 | ar |
Well, if his name was Clinton, he wouldn't pay a fine b/c he didn't intend to break the law. And now, he will never employ anyone under the age of 16. So, teenagers are out of work. Good job, government trolls! | 0 | en |
The Civil War, or as my mother-in-law referred to it (The War of Northern Aggression), was over slavery. Your comment is pointless. | 0 | en |
3. No, *a few* of Lovecraft’s stories had the kind of themes that suggest inspiration from his fear of miscegenation. *The Shadow Over Innsmouth*, *Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and his Family*, and if you really reach you can fit *The Dunwich Horror* in there too. You also have some nakedly discriminatory stuff in *The Street* and *The Horror at Red Hook*, which even Lovecraft was like “these are garbage why did I write these”. Outside of that the *most* you can find is the cat’s name in *The Rats in the Walls*, and a few references to “mongrel” folk peppered in other stories or usage of words like “negro” (outside of his rather infamous poem *On the Creation of Niggers*). There’s so much of his work, some of his best even, that has *none* of that stuff, like *At the Mountains of Madness*, *The Colour Out of Space*, *The Outsider*, *The Whisperer in Darkness*, *The Statement of Randolph Carter*, *Dagon*, most of his Dreamlands stuff — the idea that racism was one of the primary driving themes of Lovecraft’s work is a lie being spread by writers who want to brand it politically incorrect so they can discard it unread and force people to read their propagandistic slop. Lovecraft’s key influences that pervade his work stem from his *nihilism*. That’s the overarching philosophy that infects most of it, not his racial politics which only surface in about 10% of his output. | 0 | en |
Each time a reader posts a comment they are asked to rate two previous comments on two dimensions: Helpfulness and civility. If a comment gets a lot of negative responses, it is flagged as not meeting standards of civility. If that has happened to you, then you need to think about how have addressed other readers in your comment. What are you writing that may be perceived as unkind or overly critical? Or simply annoying? One thing that might help is if you used your real name. - Monte Sahlin, CEO, Adventist Today | 0 | en |
" 2013 (UTC)
:Neither would be correct, but ""In 1998, DePaul became the largest Catholic university in the United States"" would be better. Even better would be to use a more precise term than ""largest"". Does that mean largest by enrollment, staff, graduates, what? 08:15, 10 November" | 0 | en |
It's Chinese scientists who are making the hydrogen bombs in North Korea. North Korea's threat to attack China is fake. North Korea & China are sending empty threats to each other in order to fool US. In fact It's China & NK together, US will be going to war with not North Korea alone. China & NK are together in this game | 0 | en |
As a kid I was obsessed with an abandoned house in the cow pasture across the street from my friend Anna's house. We never went inside, but just walking by was enough to freak me out. tThe roof caved in on the stone walls, every window was a punched-out eye, and I knew that if there was a murderer lurking around the woods at night, the murderer lived in that house. The rumors didn't help either. Local legend had it that high school boys used to hang out there until someone fell through the rotted second floor and broke his leg. No town is complete without a haunted house and the lore that comes with it. In honor of that ghoulish and seasonally appropriate fact, here are 10 haunted house novels that will scare you more than the chained-up shed at the edge of your neighbor's property or that condemned mansion behind your elementary school.
"The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
The greatest haunted house novel ever written. Remember all those crap movies where a bunch of attractive people get together in a house that's purportedly haunted to study the frequencies, or whatever, and then they get slashed one by one (after having rampant sex with each other)? Thank Shirley Jackson. "The Haunting of Hill House" inaugurated that premise, and its first iteration is about fifty-five million times more terrifying and subtle and well-written than anything you've read or seen. Which is probably why it has been stolen and shittily adapted so many times (with a few notable exceptions-including #9). Jackson understands there's a fine line between fear and hilarity-you'll love her characters for cracking jokes to stave off their anxiety, but their glibness will also frighten you.
Still have doubts? Consider the opening: "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood for eighty years and might stand for eighty more."
"Rustication" by Charles Palliser
When opium-addled Richard Shenstone, the 17-year old narrator of Charles Palliser's Gothic melodrama, grabs your hand and leads you into his twisted world of sexual obsession, murder, and sadistic letters (which may or may not be Richard's doing), you won't want to let go. The newly destitute Shenstones are forced to inhabit a dilapidated old mansion where Richard's unsteady mind makes much out of rooms with beds made for people he's never met and things that go bump in the night. Though the house isn't the source of evil, it deserves lots of credit for the book's spooky atmosphere.
"The Shining" by Stephen King
The Overlook isn't a house, but it's more thoroughly haunted than any place in the fictional universe. Nobody who's read "The Shining" can forget the images from its pages--the twin girls at the end of the hallway, the magically stocked bar, the topiary animals, the party hat in the elevator, the blood-smeared walls, the naked woman from the bathtub transforming into a rotting corpse. Stephen King, puppet-master behind the world's worst nightmares.
"The Little Stranger" by Sarah Water
The once-aristocratic Ayres family is clinging to Hundreds Hall, their crumbling 18th century estate that's a relic of its former glory. After a visiting child is mauled by a typically docile family dog, strange things begin happening at Hundreds. Childish writing appears in places where various family members have reported hearing tapping; even the maids are convinced that there's something (and something possibly contagious) wrong with the house. The novel only gets creepier as the ever rational narrator Dr. Faraday tries to explain away each frightening incident with a dismissive blend of science and logic. The discord between his unsatisfying explanations and the burned walls, source-less noises and eventual violence will leave you with unsettling memories of creepy things you've dismissed--and maybe shouldn't have.
"O My Darling" by Amity Gaige
You won't find Amity Gaige's ("Shroder") first novel classified as horror on Amazon or at your local indie (well, maybe at your indie). But this story of a marriage that almost implodes after Charlotte and Clark Adair move into their "dream" home has all of the elements of a true haunted house novel: ghosts/shadows fluttering around corners, discontented characters losing their ability to communicate, intruders with nefarious intent, disembodied voices.
"We Have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson again! I like to think of this slim, stylistically astonishing novel as a kind of haunted house origin story. (See also: Miss Havisham, "Great Expectations.") Merricat and Constance Blackwood live with their batty Uncle Julian in a lavish house on the outskirts of town. They are the only survivors of a poisoning incident that killed off the rest of their family. The townspeople are convinced that Constance is a murderer, but is she really the one responsible for the mass killing? When the townspeople turn on the remaining Blackwoods they're forced into total isolation, entombing themselves in the home that's both their sanctuary and their curse.
"The Shining Girls" by Lauren Beukes
Harper Curtis is far more deadly than your garden variety serial killer. Harper isn't constricted by time--he can move freely between the past, present, and future, planting memories in his victim's childhoods before chasing them through the years to the moments of their gruesome deaths (which of course feel horrifyingly inevitable). The mechanism for his time travel is a House. The House is described as a being with godly power over Harper--it urges him on, inspiring the bloodlust that drives him to kill.
"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
When I first read "Great Expectations" as a high school freshman I completely glossed over the terrifying reality of Miss Havisham, who wears an old wedding dress and has left her mouldering wedding cake on the table for decades. Every clock in Satis House, her decaying mansion, is stopped at twenty minutes to nine-the exact moment she found out she was being left at the altar. She wears a single shoe, and eventually dies of burns (after the wedding dress catches fire). Is anything more upsetting than this? The story of Miss Havisham is the story of HOW a house becomes haunted. She's Satis House's ghostly lore. Or would be, if Satis House existed.
"Hell House" by Richard Matheson
It's clear to any Shirley Jackson fan (cough, cough) that Richard Matheson's "Hell House" owes a significant debt to "The Haunting of Hill House." But this novel, in keeping (perhaps) with its later pub date, is less psychologically unnerving than it is Hollywood in-your-face scary. It favors the holy trinity of horror tropes: Blood, Sex and Suspense. "Hell House," unlike so many Jackson knockoffs, is a fitting tribute to its inspiration--and it embellishes Jackson's storyline with scares that are all its own.
"The House of Leaves" by Mark Danielewski
Haunted house novels work best when the house is the scariest character. After returning from a trip, the Navidson family notices that there's something wrong with their home. Doors appear where there weren't any before, secret passageways seem to have been formed by someone/something with sinister intent, staircases lead nowhere. Characters report hearing a low growl, as if the house, itself, is a monster. Danielewski's novel looks more like a puzzle box than a book, with typographical hijinks on almost every page--lines of text running vertically or backwards, copious footnotes, unpredictable blasts of white space. This visual chaos exponentially increases the goose-bump factor. | 1 | en |
j'adore voir la eternalfreedom si prompt à défendre les palestiniens avec ses copains rebeus et qui se retrouve bie… | 0 | fr |
No way Lisa....get a grant going to have all the school students educated for life about their surroundings...not you. | 0 | en |
And thus the battle of the Harper-lites begins. Mr Sunny ways with his fake virtue signalling and phony foreign policy shifts versus Mr Scheer delight and his retooled socially conservative agenda.
Neither are truly progressive - just place holders for the machines in the backroom that run their parties behind the scenes.
There is a greater probability of these two sharing a joint in the HOC then either of them fixing Canada's stagnant economic growth and political malaise.
We are doomed. | 0 | en |
The Canadian lawyers will be queuing up to represent her and the Lefties will be getting out their placards. | 0 | en |
Anyone who the democrats oppose this wholeheartedly must be the best person for the job as a rule. | 0 | en |
Frankly, another embarrassing cringe-inducing effort on Trudeau's part.
(on the other hand, we are probably fortunate he didn't send a video of the songbird warbling a self composed tune....maybe that is next) | 0 | en |
I'm sure this column will resonate with most of her supporters. | 0 | en |
Tag Archives: disappointment
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been three months since I wrote my last entry. Originally, I pledged to write at least once a month… please accept my apologies …
So what did I do?
I really focused on finishing my thesis to the point that I now can’t even look at it without contempt anymore. I really really hate it by now. I guess and hope that this is normal. The thing is, I still have to do a presentation and an oral examination. Only then I’m done. I dream of some kind of fire ritual to burn my thesis and clean my brain 😉 I know, stupid, but it helps to read it for the 120th time…
I’ve chosen the worst possible guy to proofread my thesis. At first he hit on me although he’s twice my age and now he has let me down and needed a month for a whole of 30 pages. Please don’t judge. I thought he was professional. At least the work he did on my 30 pages is good 😉 Well, live and learn… Let’s hope the next one is more reliable.
I’ve been to every professor and secretary available at our institute to get the enormous amount of signatures to even hand in the thesis. Tracking down the guy who’s always out having his breakfast/brunch/lunch/dinner is pretty much impossible …
I’ve had about 3-5 (maybe more like 5-10) nervous crying fits when something went wrong with my thesis. I’ve pledged to let my boyfriend have his when he will write his own thesis.
My computer “died” at the appropriate time, just when I was doing my literature list. I guess the thesis wore the computer down too … Of course, that prompted another crying fit. Luckily, I obey to the golden rule of backup, backup, backup and I only had to redo an hour. But still, that hour sucked! Badly!
via cartoonstock.com
One of my uncles died and now it came out that he has another “secret daughter”. What is it with all those family secrets?! This was that uncle’s favourite saying, which I really liked:
Ohne Arbeit früh bis spät kann dir nichts geraten,
Neid sieht nur das Blumenbeet, aber nicht den Spaten.
Roughly translated (and very poorly, please forgive me … this saying means: Without work from dust till dawn, you will achieve nothing. Envy only sees the flower bed, but not the spade. (I’m sure there is some equivalent in English that I don’t know of …)
His children may not enjoy his lifetime’s work now because they have to share with another unknown sibling. So remember, if you have any secret children, make sure to tell the children you live with ahead of your death what awaits them!
I still feel bad because of my dad sometimes. But lately, I just tell people straight away that he’s gone to get it out of the way when they ask. And last time, a girl forgot that I had told her that he is dead and asked me what my mom or my dad think of something. That was pretty disturbing. I didn’t feel too troubled about it, but I think I need to readjust my strategy. What proofed to be successful in your experience to get the point across that someone’s dead?!
Somebody broke into our home last week. We thought that our apartment looks so crappy nobody would bother to even do that. Besides, Vienna is pretty safe. And we don’t live in a posh neighborhood. Apparently, that is no security. Mr. Burglar (it must have been a guy considering the things he’s stolen) stole the hard-safed money from my boyfriend, his PSP and, strangely enough, his brand new running shoes. Mr. Burglar has taste. He didn’t take my Nintendo DS, the Wii, or my boyfriend’s 10-year old running shoes that were standing next to the new ones. My boyfriend’s actually more pissed that his progress at GTA has gone to waste than about the money. And with the shoes, it’s getting personal
via cartoonstock.com
Naturally, nobody told us that this apartment has been broken into two times already. Would have been nice if somebody advised us to change the lock when we were so stupid not to do it. So, I’ve learned the lesson that even the crappiest apartment is a target for burglars.
Me and my boyfriend actually bought the running shoes together and we used to merrily run alongside, like a cheesy couple. I liked it. Now Mr. Burglar has taken away that too, because it doesn’t have the same feel to it when I have my shiny new shoes while he has to run in his crappy old ones. That guy is so mean!
The secretary I wrote about in this and this post is already shining in its new glory, courtesy of my cousin. Pictures will follow in a next post 🙂 It was the right decision to give it to her!
Speaking of which, we’ve found a guy who’s willing to rent my grandmother’s house, but only for a very small amount of money. On top of all, I have to prepare myself for grueling negotiations over the weekend. It gets tiring, really.
I’ve watched a ton of Korean Dramas in these past months. Those are the best to keep your thoughts away and just turn off your brain. So if you have a hard time with something, I can give you a list of the most perfect “braindead” dramas that there are …Of course, this is also a way not to forget my Korean, even if it’s Drama-speech … so it’s a win-win 🙂
Korean Dramas are also a perfect way to win new friends. There’s nothing like swooning over a guy with other girls. I’m currently in the “courtship” phase with a girl that wants to be my friend (yay 😉 ) We will meet up to watch dramas, eat and drink. Another win-win 🙂
via cartoonstock.com
Speaking of drinking, I learned a few new drinking games, most of them from Korea. I’ve already established in that post that Koreans have a thriving drinking culture. It’s a funny contrast to us Austrians, who only sit together getting wasted while talking.
I found out that my English is pretty bad, so please don’t hesitate to point out any mistakes I make! Really!!
My family has lost all hope that I’ll ever graduate anymore. I lost hope that it still happens this year. I guess subconsciously I really put it off so not to get to the next stage, which is unemployment 😉 Oh my…
So, that is a tiny fraction of what I did. Even if it’s pathetic, I hope you enjoyed 😉
I’m an avid fan of stars. As a kid, I even listed “looking at stars” as my hobby in autograph books. To check out those stars and get a first-hand impression, I booked a tour to one of the observatories in Vienna. Last week, it was raining and the sky was pretty clouded, but our guides informed us via e-mail that we nevertheless could have our tour. But when we arrived, those clouds hadn’t gone away, like they were convinced of in the afternoon. It was very disappointing, we couldn’t look at anything else but clouds. Children were crying, desperate father’s yearned for amusement for their children, couples were crying out that their romantic evening was ruined, chaos ensued.
Yeah…it wasn’t like that. But it could have been 😉 Despite this throwback, I optimistically booked another tour for today. Today it couldn’t have been sunnier and I was really excited to finally see stars in the evening. Well, until half an hour ago. The tour isn’t happening 😦 Those clouds are coming back and we would not see anything. This is tragic! I think heaven doesn’t want me to look at it. But I’m not gonna give in … Maybe someone could put in a good word for me with heaven … Please, please let me have a look next week! I’ll be good …
Not long ago, I inherited the house of my grandmother. It’s in the middle of nowhere and it’s so little and pretty and from another century that it’s heartbreaking. I would move in the minute I could if it would be in Vienna. But since it’s not, I now want to rent it out to somebody nice. If I find someone who’s willing to move out there 😉 And if I find someone who is willing to pay me some rent for such an old house…but that is a whole different story 😉
The secretary of my grandfather isn't that beautiful, but that one caught my eye. Maybe I'm gonna treat myself to one of those when I'm older... picture via inetgiant.com
Until I find that certain someone, I have to clear out the house. Which is a difficult task, considering it’s full of stuff my relatives loaded there the last few years since my grandmother died. The only thing I would have liked to keep was a little secretary that belonged to my grandfather. It has those little drawers and doors with tiny, beautiful keys. It also has a hutch with a round, built-in ceramic picture. I don’t think it’s antique but it is definitely charming. My granddad stored his most beloved things in there and nobody even dared to touch it. He died before I was born but interestingly, drawings he drew when he was a child only came to light when I was already in my teens. Somebody “dared” to look into the secretary and found those little beautiful drawings of his childhood home in the woods with a pond in front. He never showed those pictures to anyone. Not even my grandmother knew of their existence. Nowadays, all of his children have a photocopy of that drawing in their home and the original hangs in the house I inherited now.
Just a nice little back story to get to the point … because last week I told my mom to ask her siblings or my cousins if they wanted to have something from the house. Never did I think that somebody would want the secretary…
As it happens, my mom visited a cousin of mine last week. When mom mentioned the house, my cousin carefully asked her what would happen to the secretary. THE secretary. Of course. At first I was shocked. Disappointed. Sad. I couldn’t believe that she had the nerve to suggest to give her the secretary. She put me in an awful position. How could I refuse her wish? I was very upset and felt trapped. Grumpily, I told my boyfriend the story who wasn’t very impressed, since we don’t even have room for it. I would store it in some place that doesn’t do it justice. I still brooded over it a few minutes, and then I let go.
via cartoonstock.com
My cousin still knew my grandfather. Maybe she even saw him sitting there, writing letters or something. She still knows the real purpose of it. Additionally, she studied art and definitely knows how to restore the secretary to its old glory. With me, I would maybe paint it, but I would spoil the old appearance. If she gets it, the secretary will definitely stand in a fitting place in her house so that everybody can admire it. And then people will ask where it’s from, and she can tell stories about our grandfather. People should definitely hear more stories of him! He seems to have been a wonderful man. If I would have it, nobody would get to see it since I don’t have space. And that would be a pity. The most important point though, as my grandma (the other grandma who’s still living) always says: “You can’t take it with you when you die.”
I think of this saying a lot whenever I treasure material things too much so that they start to become a burden. I don’t want this flat to be my last one. I don’t want to only live here in Vienna. I hope to move a lot and get to know lot’s of places. How can I possess furniture if I want to do that? Where would I store it? Would it be fair to the furniture? Definitely not. What’s also important is that I can make my cousin happy. I always like to make others happy and this gives more comfort than holding on to it. Besides, she has four children. Those kids didn’t know our grandfather either, maybe they will appreciate their roots through the secretary. In the end, I hope I can admire the secretary in her house sometime with a feeling of perfect contentment. And maybe this is the chance to get back my Game boy I borrowed one of her kids in 1999 or something … what can I say, yet another crazy backstory 😉 | 1 | en |
Carl Helsted
Carl Helsted (4 January 1818 – 7 June 1904) was a Danish composer. Nina Grieg studied voice with Helsted.
See also
List of Danish composers
References
This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.
Category:Danish composers
Category:Male composers
Category:1818 births
Category:1904 deaths | 0 | en |
Lies, lies lies. That's what you need to get elected if you're a Repuglican. | 0 | en |
The first five stories were written by women. I don't know the rest, because I used up my quota of free reads. There is nothing sweeter these days in Toronto than getting revenge on the white, balding, middle-aged, under-educated, out-of-shape, working class Trump supporter.
"Why are men's stories ignored and rejected by the Globe and Mail editorial staff?" "Because this is the twenty-first century." | 0 | en |
5. I'm not really sure, he's just mentioned before that his mother married an abusive man and he had to move away because of it. And I think they were poor? Of course, it's Jim Sterling, so I take what he says on those matters with a tiny grain of salt. If his stepdad said: >"maybe, um, if you don't mind, you should, um, consider, you know, like, i dunno, eating a salad someday? I'm concerned for your health, Jim, I love you and want the best for you" Jim would retell the story as: >"He literally beat the shit out of me, calling me a fat tub of shit and saying I literally chug lard out of a pig's anus every morning and I need to lose weight because I'm a disgrace to all of the entire U.K. and I'll never, ever be welcome under this roof" | 0 | en |
What day is set aside to remember the 76,000 American & Filipino victims of the heinous Bataan Death March?
https://www.britannica.com/event/Bataan-Death-March | 0 | en |
vamo beber pra comemorar que eu não namoro mais uma não habilitada (de eu tiver que explicar esse também, pau no cu de vocês) | 1 | pt |
Kathleen, can you get me a job with your employers? Would I have to move back East for it? | 0 | en |
Exclude Jadger Anybody who has enough experience with ill will of Jadger please give me a hand. | 0 | en |
You're going to need a lot of it the next four years. | 0 | en |
Correct. The serious violation of DACA through executive order is on Obama. All Trump needs to do is fully enforce the laws that Congress has passed, and stop the violations enabled through Obama era Executive orders. In order to make Congress face the people, all Trump just needs to mandate that all executive branch personnel fully follow the LETTER of the law regardless of Obama's earlier wishes...... | 0 | en |
Too many transport trucks travel above the speed limit in the outside lane, one truck driver once told me "the faster I go, the more money I make"! | 0 | en |
كلام دا صاح ي احلام | 0 | ar |
Η Λορέιν μου θυμιζει την αγγλιδα πεθερα του αδελφου μου(ιδια ομως) μονο που εκεινη ηταν μονιμως σουρωμενη!#ShoppingStar | 0 | el |
A great story about a great man. Enjoy this new journey, you earned it. Cheers. | 0 | en |
So it is the Republicans fault for the Democrats shoving things down our throat? Precious | 0 | en |
Can't that Chuuk family go back home? Perhaps everyone can't 'fly back home' but many of them might be able to fly back to their home state, island or country where they could receive better support from friends, family, etc. It could be more cost-effective and/or practical for the State/City and County...jussayin'. Hawaii is waay too overcrowded with homeless and too expensive for most if not all to live here unless they are willing to make the sacrifice to work extra jobs/hours. I recall earlier in my younger years being in Northern Virginia and being forced to work at 3 part-time jobs before I was able to work only two to make ends meet. But in today's Hawaii, if you're not willing to sacrifice, you would be better off moving to the mainland. A friend of mine moved to rural Virginia and I visited his cabin which was pretty nice and reasonably priced. He just had farther to travel for work. You gotta do what you gotta do...jussayin. | 0 | en |
(Yes, Mrschimpf, I saw your user contributions list) | 0 | en |
The FBI needs to be investigate. Politics have taken over, our country will suffer. | 0 | en |
The Best Quotes From South Park
Back in October, Stephen Stanton wrote a piece for Tech Central Station called, “South Park Republicans.” That article got a lot of attention — including some from me. I’ve been a “South Park Republican” for a long time and I’m big fan of the show. So in honor of South Park, I’ve decided to compile a list of my favorite quotes from the program. Do keep in mind that South Park is obscene, controversial, and is oftentimes deliberately offensive. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea and if you’re easily offended, you might even want to skip these quotes. But if you’re a South Park fan — you’re going to like what you see. Read and enjoy…
“Each year, the Rainforest is responsible for over three thousand deaths from accidents, attacks or illnesses. There are over seven hundred things in the Rainforest that cause cancer. Join the fight now and help stop the Rainforest before it’s too late.” — Captions on the screen at the end of “Rainforest Schmainforest”
“I would never let a woman kick my @ss. If she tried something, I’d be like, HEY! You get your b*tch @ss back in the kitchen and make me some pie!” — Cartman
“Why does this happen every month? It seems like right about the same time every month, Kyle’s mom gets a hair up her @ss about something, and I always end up getting screwed by it.” — Cartman
“Kenny’s family is so poor that yesterday, they had to put their cardboard box up for a second mortgage.” — Cartman
“Anyway Kenny, Yellow MegaMan is only $8.95, so maybe your mom can put it on layaway and make payments for a year or two.” — Eric Cartman
“Well I looked in my moms closet and saw what I was getting for Christmas, an ultravibe pleasure 2000.” — Cartman
“It’s an Afghanistan goat, so it can’t stay here, or else it’ll choke on the sweet air of freedom.” — Cartman on a goat sent to him and his friends by some kids in Afghanistan
“There’s a time and a place for everything, and it’s called college.” — Chef
“Tolerant, but not stupid! Look, just because you have to tolerate something doesn’t mean you have to approve of it! …”Tolerate” means you’re just putting up with it! You tolerate a crying child sitting next to you on the airplane or, or you tolerate a bad cold. It can still piss you off!” — Mr. Garrison
“Half the kids in the class didn’t vote for your nephew. What about them? You don’t give a crap about them because they aren’t on your side. People like you preach tolerance and openmindedness all the time but when it comes to middle America you think we’re all evil and stupid country yokels who need your political alignment. Just because you’re on TV doesn’t mean you know crap about the government.” — Mr. Garrison yelling at Rosie O’Donnell
“That’s right, Mr. Garrison. Christopher Columbus discovered America and was the Indians’ best friend. He helped the Indians win their war against Frederick Douglass and freed the Hebrews from Napoleon and discovered France.” — Mr. Garrison’s hand puppet Mr. Hat
“Just remember what the MPAA says: Horrific, deplorable violence is okay, as long as people don’t say any naughty words!” — Kyle’s Mom
“If there are any questions, direct them to that brick wall over there.” — Network President
“It’s been six weeks since Saddam Hussein was killed by wild boars and the world is still glad to be rid of him.” — Newscaster
“The President responded to the situation by saying “Screw those commie b@stards and screw their wussy space station.” — Newscaster
“[the soldier next to him cocks his shotgun] You white Americans make me sick! [emphasizes his disgust with thumps on the table] You waste food, oil, and everything else because you’re so rich, and then you tell the rest of the world to save the rainforest because you like its pretty flowers.” — People’s Army Leader in the rainforest
“There’s a place called the rainforest; it truly sucks a**.
Let’s knock it all down and get rid of it fast.
You say, “Save the rainforest,” but what do you know?
You’ve never been to the rainforest before.
Getting Gay With Kids is here!
To tell you things you might not like to hear.
You only fight these causes ’cause caring sells.
All you activists can go f*** yourselves!
Someday if we work hard, boys and girls,
There’ll be no more rainforests left in the entire world!
Getting Gay With Kids is here!
To spread the word and bring you cheer. Yeah!
Getting Gay With Kids is here!
Let’s knock down the rainforest! What do you say?!
It’s totally gay! It’s totally gay!” — Song from “Rainforest Schmainforest” by the children’s choir called “Getting Gay With Kids”
“I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is that you’re perfectly healthy. The bad news is that you have cancer.” — Terrance
“Would you like a monkey claw, Phillip?” — Terrance
“Yes, please.” — Phillip
[farts and has the jury laughing] “That’s called a monkey claw because it feels like my colon is being ripped apart by a thousand monkeys!” — Terrance
“The monkey claw is smelly.” — Phillip
” … I don’t want to shoot the bunny.” — Stan
“No nephew of mine is going to be a tree hugger.” — Jimbo
“Yeah hippie, go back to Woodstock if you don’t want to shoot anything.” — Cartman
“Stan, what did I tell you about watching the Osbournes? It’s going to make you retarded!” — Stan’s Mom
“ENOUGH!! Oh, Haa-ha. Anyway, if you’ll come with me in my car, I’ll take you up to my condo where I’ll kill you – I I mean-uh, uh give you – moneyy – for the triangle.” — Barbra Streisand
“Sweet! I’m gonna be rich. Bet you wish you hadn’t given me that triangle back now, huh, Kyle? Dumb@ss! [heads for the car]” — Cartman
“Wait. Isn’t there some rule about not getting into cars with strangers?” — Kyle
“No, not when money is involved, stupid! [The kids climb into her car and Barbra revs it up]” — Cartman
“Dude, dolphins are intelligent and friendly!” — Wendy
“Intelligent and friendly on rye bread, with some mayonaise.” — Cartman
Thanks to RWN’s readers who: contributed: some of these quotes. You can read part 2 of RWN’s favorite South Park quotes: here. | 1 | en |
I see you still have not read the article. All of those historical citations to magisterial teachings, disciplines, and what not seem to indicate the late Cardinal knew a thing or two about theological history.
Yes, chattel slavery existed in the Roman world. No, all slavery in the Roman world was not chattel slavery, unlike what became England.
Yes, St Paul in his letter was condemning chattel slavery.
Perhaps you should try reading. | 0 | en |
I am happy that user is telling as it is to Ckatz. He/she is really a very bad adminstrator with very vindictive attitude. Ckatz should be reported to arbitration committee for his/her activities. ```` | 0 | en |
Vintage porn tube offering the best stuff from the good old Rodox era
Porn used to be so much better back in the day – and here at our free streamline vintage XXX video tube we can prove it as easy as ABC. Retro porn from 1980s, 1970s, 1960s and even before that – we’ve got something even for the most demanding admirers of vintage sex flicks! | 1 | en |
:: Yes, of course, I would certainly like to avoid a repeat. | 0 | en |
🏳️🌈LESBIAN NOT QUEER 🚫
🏳️🌈GAY NOT QUEER 🚫
🔥PORN/KINK BLOGS WILL BE BLOCKED🔥
this is a rage against homophobia side-blog, ask for my main | 1 | en |
She is one of 10's of thousands that have Canadian citizenship as a "new" Canadian then head back to their country of origin only to then come back to Canada to "re-up" on social benefits when required or when a medical emergency takes place. | 0 | en |
You are playing right into Trudeau's hand: envy and identity politics. What a divisive figure he is. | 0 | en |
No, the purpose of the pilot is not to study. The purpose of the pilot is to get re-elected. | 0 | en |
Как бехеровка - основан на травах, но более насыщенный вкус. Чистым не многим заходит, а вот в качестве лонг коктейля - самое то. | 0 | ru |
El articulo tiene tópicos realmente importantes, pero lo que realmente me gusta, es la interdisciplinariedad del mismo, pues los conceptos químicos, físico, médicos etc, son los que finalmente pueden orientar de manera integral a la comunidad sobre el tema y hasta en un momento dado brinda un posible solución. Paola Andrea Palacios Soto. Maestría en educación Ambiental y Desarrollo sostenible-USC | 0 | es |
sounds like if you take a step off the sidewalk, you'll be on w 11th | 0 | en |
@USER @USER @USER He is by definition an antagonist in certain canons, but by no means an objective villain overall. frankly, they put effort in the franchise to make players/viewers sympathize with the character, even when he was the bad guy." so,,,arguable either way i guess" | 0 | en |
He drank the Liberal Mainstream Media kool-aid that Hillary was going to win and Trump had no chance. If Obama truly thought Trump would be victorious, he would have brought the Russian allegations forward sooner, but he didn't. He thought for sure that Hillary would be President. Everything being proposed now is hindsight, because the Establishment did not get their desired electoral outcome. | 0 | en |
For those of the "They don't protest all pipelines, just this one - because of the river."
That may be today's mantra, but I don't buy it. Look at nuclear disposal. In the 1980's the DOE proposed site after site, all shot down for one reason or another (Too close to river, too close to lake, this animal would be impacted, that animal would be impacted, migration routes, old growth forests, too close to a population center, fault lines, upwind of such-and-such, soil instatbility.) Finally there was Yucca Mountain; a spot in south central Nevada desert, 100 miles from Las Vegas, surrounded by an Air Force Range.
So did the environmental movement say, "Good on you, we approve." Nope. Still not good enough. So instead nuclear material continues to be stored near rivers and coastlines in Oregon and California, and near population centers along the Eastern Seaboard. | 0 | en |
"
Please do not vandalize pages, as you did with this edit to Fallen Earth. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. " | 0 | en |
As far as I know, most of those have been resolved as being the driver losing control for one reason or another. Maybe a few have been the fault of the car, but if it was a real problem, we would be hearing about it like the Takata air bags and GM's ignition switches. | 0 | en |
He goes forth amongst the outlaw bikers to preach about god, that being his mission, so is a missionary, the same as the LDS members preaching to the gentiles. 65.94.43.89 | 0 | en |
If anyone is obsessed with Trump it's people like this writer. Geez could you guys give it a break for a while. I am so sick and tired of these guys.
What exactly is this guy and his colleagues trying to accomplish with the never ending day after day droning on and on about Trump. Get a life. | 0 | en |
How 'right on' your comment is JB. But what is the cost to all of us - at the local, borough, state and federal levels, not to mention the 'charity society' - of all of the 'social programs' that enable, support, promote, protect and so on the 'loser users' who create the need for those programs?
If you lead that horse to water - and it doesn't drink - there should be horse bones at the water hole. It takes buy-in, commitment, personal investment and initiative to survive in this world. But the enablers of those who don't take responsibility for themselves are trying to make those who do take responsibility feel responsible for the horses that would rather not drink.
I'm tired of trying to save them who are exercising their 'right' not to be saved. If you think the 'war on drugs' has been an uber-expensive exercise in futility you've not looked closely at the 'saving social losers' programs and costs. Just the absurdity of a 'needle exchange' to enable users to continue should do it. | 0 | en |
Good piece written in a wonderfully satirical way. Thanks. An important reminder of just how extravagantly corrupt dos Santos and his kin have been. | 0 | en |
And the likes of you would do better ? | 0 | en |
Good... somewhat successful. Trump is still looking presidential. | 0 | en |
Dear Jamie, thank you for offering to Adopt me! I would love to have a user who could help me master the tricks of wikipedia. Im not so sure how I accept your offer though. So if you could point me in the right direction, and help me get started, I would love to be your new protege. Have a nice day as well, -Taylor. | 0 | en |
Maybe they jumped over the traps? | 0 | en |
...question. It was not made loudly, but it did work on all the Catholics for Obama sites. Catholics voted for Obama those years in the same proportion of the general population. We will see if we can revise this line of argument for the next election and make Catholics MORE likely to vote Democratic again.
In matters of electoral politics, if the Church really wants to have influence, it will ask us first. The bishops can no longer speak in our name without doing so (especially if the Johnson Amendment is repealed - for right now, the Church cannot speak as a group at all except sideways). Simply have a meeting where we can make our arguments and then vote, preferably by secret ballot, on whom to endorse. We used to elect bishops, so none of this Church not being a democracy thing is relevant. It started as one and did well. Of course, the arguments may change some minds, which is the last thing the bishops want, since Truth has a liberal bias. | 0 | en |
First, don't assume these are all people "down on their luck". I'm sure that applies to some, but it's a pretty big leap if you go from there to the notion everyone in this motel is being victimized.
If you want an eye opener, take a look at the rooms wanted section on CL. I am astounded at the people who come here with virtually no money and no jobs, but they want a 420 friendly, new start in life. Many of these folks end up in motels paying by the day or week. This is not down on luck when someone moves to the tightest rental market in the country with no money or plan!
If you think everybody should have access to cheap rentals with no credit checks, deposits or background checks, fine. But then blame apartments for being greedy and picky. (That makes no sense, which is basically my point). | 0 | en |
isRuntimeServicesEnabledDefault()
INTERNAL:
isRuntimeServicesEnabledDefault(): Answer true if the JMX/MBean providing runtime services for
the receiver's DatabaseSession will be deployed at runtime.
void
prepareServerSpecificServicesMBean()
INTERNAL:
prepareServerSpecificServicesMBean(): Server specific implementation of the
creation and deployment of the JMX MBean to provide runtime services for the
databaseSession.
void
serverSpecificRegisterMBean()
INTERNAL:
serverSpecificRegisterMBean(): Server specific implementation of the
creation and deployment of the JMX MBean to provide runtime services for my
databaseSession.
isRuntimeServicesEnabledDefault
INTERNAL:
isRuntimeServicesEnabledDefault(): Answer true if the JMX/MBean providing runtime services for
the receiver's DatabaseSession will be deployed at runtime.
Provide the default value for ServerPlatformBase.isRuntimeServicesEnabled() for a
ServerPlatform. By default this is false but some platforms
can choose to have MBeans deployed by default.
prepareServerSpecificServicesMBean
public void prepareServerSpecificServicesMBean()
INTERNAL:
prepareServerSpecificServicesMBean(): Server specific implementation of the
creation and deployment of the JMX MBean to provide runtime services for the
databaseSession.
Default is to do nothing.
Implementing platform classes must override this function and supply
the server specific MBean instance for later registration by calling it in the constructor.
getMBeanServer
public javax.management.MBeanServer getMBeanServer()
INTERNAL:
Return the MBeanServer to be used for MBean registration and deregistration.
This MBeanServer reference is lazy loaded and cached on the platform.
There are multiple ways of getting the MBeanServer
1) MBeanServerFactory static function - working for 3 of 4 servers WebSphere, JBoss and Glassfish in a generic way
- JBoss returns 2 MBeanServers in the List - but one of them has a null domain - we don't use that one
- WebLogic may return 2 MBeanServers - in that case we want to register with the one containing the "com.bea" tree
2) ManagementFactory static function - what is the difference in using this one over the one returning a List of servers
3) JNDI lookup
4) Direct server specific native API | 0 | en |
TREB/Realtors are lying and lying and lying till it sounds real: foreign buyers are less than 5% and more supply or real estate is needed so on so forth. On top of that TREB is also warning about unintended consequences. This is the joke of the century. What could be worse consequences then what happened in Vancouver and what is happening in Toronto. TREB/Realtors and politicians with their dishonest ways and means have earned enough for their coming generations. Still greed is not ceasing. So what if Vancouver or Toronto middle class vanishes. Still there is time to clean their balance sheet till next election. Mean while welcome foreign buyers! Bring in more currency feed us and walk away without paying any kind of tax. Let us save for next few more generations. | 0 | en |
Many tumor agents, such as anthracyclines and vinca alkaloids, have been developed in the last few years and are especially effective for the treatment of cancers. However, these molecules are often characterized in vivo by an acute toxicity, especially a marrow and mucosal toxicity, as well as a chronic cardiac toxicity in the case of the anthracyclines and chronic neurological toxicity in the case of the vinca alkaloids.
Thus, it has been sought to develop more specific antitumor agents, so that they are more effective against tumor cells, and consequently to decrease the side effects of these products (toxicity, destruction of non-tumor cells, etc.).
U.S. Pat. No. 4,296,105 describes doxorubicin derivatives linked to an optionally substituted amino acid, which possess in vitro a higher antitumor activity and lower toxicity than doxorubicin.
However, since these derivatives have an intracellular action site, these molecules are still liable to enter tumor cells and normal cells.
Thus, in the last few years, new therapeutic agents have been proposed in the form of prodrugs.
Prodrugs are molecules capable of being converted to drugs (active therapeutic compounds) by certain chemical or enzymatic modifications of their structure.
However, these prodrugs are also characterized by a low stability in the blood and serum, which contain enzymes which inactivate these molecules.
The documents Chemical Abstract 97:150635, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. 23, pp. 1171-1174 (1980); Drugs Exp. Clin., Vol. 9, pp. 303-311 (1983); Journal of Medical Chemistry, Vol. 23, pp. 1166-1170 (1980) and Patent Application BE-882.541 describe prodrugs comprising a carrier linked to the drug via a peptide arm. Preferably, the arm consists of four amino acids and is linked via its free carboxyl function to the free amine function of derivatives of anthracyclines such as daunorubicin.
In addition, the arm of these prodrugs is linked via its free amine function to a carrier consisting of a macromolecule (protein such as BSA, immunoglobulins, etc.) which permits the selective endocytosis of the prodrug by target cells.
It is also known that methotrexate may be used for the treatment of inflammatory reactions such as rheumatic diseases, but its high toxicity limits its applications. | 0 | en |
I don't quite understand you. I personally am against discrimination of any kind. Are you? Gay people are not sinners, they are born that way. As US citizens they have the same rights as heterosexuals. The court decided in favor of human rights against the claimed right of radical religions to discriminate against them. | 0 | en |
have autism and I'm also retarded | 1 | en |
IRT "Webster knows about pesticides" There are more pesticides being manufactured/sold now than ever before. The governmental protection agencies may have multiple priorities these days the outcome of which may not be a healthier environment or healthier food. Trust in our current falsehood/alternative truth world is very thin. Wash your food well and get some thick glasses so you can read the miniscule chemistry terms on the labels. | 0 | en |
Instead of going to Health Canada who are clearly incompetent ( or we wouldn't be discussing this) go to the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, talk to the Hospital Boards and the Cancer Society.....all the people who DO monitor smoking related decease and death. Even if the patient doesn't die the ongoing cost is significant and we simply can't afford to have fools smoking. Going to Health Canada for info is like having a pissing area in your pool. | 0 | en |
شو هالزمن يللي خلا مياومو الإعلام يقيموا انسان شاغل الكون متل جبران باسيل | 0 | ar |
Or the translators thought they could do better than whoever wrote the original Creed.
Why do we need to say "we" to make it communal? | 0 | en |
@user brain dead retard. yeah terrorist kills handful people comparable w @url | 1 | en |
Mandy's Musings
Friday, 29 October 2010
Ace pushed Josh behind a row of wheelie bins. A finger to the lips silenced Josh’s questions as snake man shuffled along the alley.
Geoffrey Mortimer - snake man, had earned his reptilian moniker for two reasons. One he kept snakes, two he looked remarkably like one. The skin on his face stretched to peeling point over a high boned brow and small flat nose.
A pale tongue tasted the air, darting from dry compressed lips, and his scant hair clung to a shiny liver spotted pate. He stood six three but weighed no more than 10 stone, adding weight (or lack of it) to the overall serpentine appearance.
A tin can found its target with a resounding thump. Geoffrey hissed and dabbed at his head with a filthy handkerchief. Blood. Those little bastards were at it again. His beady black eyes darted around the alley but found no one.
“Why don’t you clear off and leave an old man to go about his business in peace!?” he rasped.
Ace boldly stepped out.
“Because you’re not an old man you’re a snake, and you stink,” he picked up a brick. “It’s up to people like us to clean the streets of scum!”
Lucky for Geoffrey, this time the missile fell short. He hissed again and hurried away.
“I think you went a bit far,” Josh said “You made his head bleed; we were just supposed to scare him.”
“If you want to hang around with me shut up and behave OK?”Josh nodded. He’d just moved there and he didn’t want to get on the wrong side of Ace. Besides, he didn’t like the threatening look in his eye.
“Follow me!” Ace yelled sprinting off.
Ten minutes later they hid in the bushes outside a dilapidated terraced house. “What are we doing?” panted Josh “Quiet! Just do as I say.”
Geoffrey appeared seconds later and started to unlock the door. As he turned the handle Ace sprang up pushing him inside. Josh followed.
“What do you want? I’ve no money,” Geoffrey whined. “You have snake man, and we want it.”
Josh didn’t like the way things were going.
“Ok we scared him, let’s go.” “Go? No way! This man’s a pet killer, feeds em to his snakes. My dog Shandy went missing the other day.” “These snakes are too little to eat pets!” Geoffrey pointed to a few docile worms asleep in tanks. “Give us yer money.” “I don’t...” Ace flicked open a knife and speared the nearest snake.
This was enough for Josh - he ran out.
“Ok, please stop! Go through that door and open the door under the rug.”Ace grinned and went in. He kicked back the rug and wrenched open the trap door.
It took a few minutes for the screams to stop but at last calm was restored. Geoffrey smiled indulgently as the constrictor began to swallow its meat.
“Looks like you won’t be needing that Alsatian for a while eh Boris?”he chuckled.
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Went to the opticians last week and had an eye test. You'd be pretty shocked if I said I had a filling now wouldn't you?
Anyway, apparently I have enlarged optic nerves. That's the important bit at the back of your eye ball that keeps your eyes glued to your brain. The optician said I needed to have photographs taken of the back of my eye to make sure there was no sign of glaucoma.
Well I tell you I nearly fell into one at the very mention of it! (a coma..do keep up). Thing was they couldn't do it 'til the following week. I shouldn't worry too much though she said as every other sign indicated normality - well obviously not complete normality as it is me we're talking about!
So anyway you can imagine all week I was worrying that the photos would show abnormality and I'd been on the Internet looking at all the horrid things associated with enlarged optic nerves. Tumours - all sorts! Too much information - scared myself witless.
This Friday morning I was driving to work - the photos were due to be done later that day. It was a particularly dark morning, cold, drizzly and miserable - I felt that winter had truly arrived. The cars all had their headlights on and every driver's face seemed to reflect my mask of woe.
Then on the radio came the old song Mr. Blue Sky by E.L.O. I loved it when it was in the charts when I was a teenager, but since those times have thought it sounded a bit cheesy.
For some reason listening to it again on that miserable morning it lifted my spirits. I half expected the dark clouds to part theatrically allowing the blue to shine through. And you know it is a very good bit of work. The orchestra and the 'bom bom bom' vocals toward the end are brilliant.
Maybe I didn't appreciate it as much when I was younger, maybe it had the advantage of nostalgia, maybe I'm crackers, but I thought... even if the photos bring bad news glaucoma or tumour, something worse I haven't had such a bad run.
I felt grateful for the life I had, and even if my sight failed I started to remember all the fantastic sights I had seen over the years.Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Pacific Ocean rollers, too many more to mention and of course the faces of my wonderful family and friends.
By the time I arrived at school (work) I felt sooo much better. Even the miserable drivers I passed on the way cheered up and began to sing along waving their arms in time to E.L.O.(no not really, that bit is a fib)
Well anyhow - the photos were duly taken that afternoon and thankfully they were OK! I have to keep my eye on them (pun was intended) and have the photos done every 3 years or so, but apart from that all is well.
So thanks E.L.O and I'll never think you were cheesy ever again, promise :)
Thursday, 21 October 2010
I once read that an ‘upwelling’ was an oceanographic term describing the movement of nutrients to the surface of the water. This phenomenon brings shoals of fish in huge numbers to feast on the bounty.
I was witnessing the human equivalent.
Her tanned body slipped from the pool.
Rivulets silver in the moonlight trickled from golden hair to breasts and hips - a liquid accentuation of curves.
A feeding frenzy of would be suitors offered towels, champagne and adoration.
She declined. I had her sole attention, her hand and her marriage vows.
Thursday, 14 October 2010
“So you didn’t win again? Not even bloody shortlisted! Give it up for God’s sake!”
He logged off and headed downstairs, but her demanding rant followed - drilled into his brain.
“How much have you chucked away this month on these bloody stupid competitions? “
“Not that much, a fiver here a fiver there,” he switched the radio on to drown her out.
It didn’t work.
“Yes but it all adds up doesn’t it eh? Have you seen those bills piling up over there since you decided to go part-time so you could swan about pretending to be a writer? ’I must follow my dream’ you say, all shiny eyed. You’re hardly sodding Martin Luther King are you? And all the time you chuck good money after bad, month after month on these scribbling you call stories. They must see you coming and laugh all the way to the bank!”
“OK, I’ll cut back a bit, perhaps just enter two next month,” he poured a good glug of red and dived into it.
“Oh and when have we heard that one before huh? You can’t help yourself. It’s like you’re addicted, telling yourself you have a good feeling about a ‘story’...yup, this is the one. You’re like a broken record. What’s the old song by Tony Bennett? How’s it go now? Oh yeah, ‘maybe this time I’ll be lucky , maybe this time I’ll win’...well you don’t stand a cat in hell’s chance, so quit it.”
He ran his fingers through his hair and poured another.
“And you can forget buying that stuff soon as well. Wallowing in booze and self-pity is too expensive. In fact, go to see the boss on Monday, ask him if you can have the extra hours back. It’s time you came to your senses before we end up living under the bloody viaduct in a cardboard box!”
“There’s still the novels...I’m waiting on a couple of agents.”
“Oh please! If you can’t make it with the scribblings what chance do you have with novels?”
“For God’s sake shut up!” he threw the glass against the wall and fled back upstairs.
“Oh that’s mature. Artistic temperament is it? More like a bloody kid’s tantrum if you ask...”
He slammed the door cutting off his nagging conscience in mid rant. At last a bit of quiet.
In his head of course, it was always only in his head. The things he’d pictured doing to her when he was Alfonso couldn’t be voiced - he’d be carted off to the secure unit.
Part of him secretly longed for that though. The padded cell, the protection of the straight jacket – she couldn’t get to him there, wound him with her throw away lacerations.
From the plush carpet he picked discarded clothing and dirty underwear, relishing their silky feel on his skin before depositing them in the laundry.
“For God’s sake blubber boy; you’re such a disgusting excuse for a human being!” she shouted from the bathroom.
“What do you mean?” he asked, already realising she’d seen him lingering over her knickers through the mirror.
“You know what I mean. Mind you that’s as close as you’ll ever get to a woman intimately, you being the size of a row of houses an all.”
“I’m not that fat Cassandra!”
“Wanna bet? If you got on top of a girl she’d feel like she’d been crushed by avalanche! Now book me that taxi I’ve to be at the studio in an hour, and make sure my liposuction’s sorted for tomorrow.”
Liposuction ... she looked like a stick insect already.Nevertheless she was his stick insect and he worshipped her. He’d been her personal slave for the last five years, tending to her every need and whim.
Alfie loved that she needed him. That would have to be enough. He put up with her cruelty just to be near her.
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
I found out about Flash fiction only about a year ago. Well, when I say I found out about it, I kind of knew what it was as it popped up in competitions and such, but I'd previously dismissed the concept.
I couldn't see the point of squeezing a story into a word count of 500 words or below? Some Flash fiction can be of a 1000 words, but generally it tends to be fewer.
It seemed to me as if the whole thing was just about playing a literary game for the sake of it. Some pieces of flash I read seemed meaningless and flat, yet others I began to realise were very well executed.
What made these better pieces stand out was that every word counted. Each word had been carefully selected and considered to create maximum impact. The writer of Flash is denied the luxury to faff and frill around the edges of a story because of the word count.In order to engender the reader's empathy, invoke emotion, or induce a belly laugh, the words used must be tailor made for the task.
I had a few cracks at it, and I must say I really enjoyed the challenge. It became more than a literary game for it's own sake, and I found it really helped me focus on the message/meaning of the story. I tend to always have a message/meaning somewhere in my writing as I guess if it means nothing to me, why should it mean anything to anyone else?
Words have the power to sometimes change lives, the course of history, or just bring a smile to a sad face. We should harness that power in many different ways to enrich our lives. | 1 | en |
Do you know what "transgender" means? It's not "in between male and female", it's going from one to the other.
I see you did not address the fear and loathing towards our LGBT neighbors expressed by the society. | 0 | en |
Actually I think it a good negotiating tactic. If someone is prepared to open up a contract with me it gives me pause as to what they are after... | 0 | en |
ask Hawaii Judges why these repeat offenders free to roam? It makes no sense at all. | 0 | en |
Don't worry, with things going the way they are, she will be. She has both sides mad at her now. | 0 | en |
Talk is cheap. History will indeed judge the current crop of ANC 'leaders' in an extremely poor light. Their grandchildren may be quite perplexed when they learn of how the ANC's proud history was trampled over in the rush to fill ANC pockets with taxpayers money at the expense of the very constituencies they claim to serve. ANC MPs may be able to justify their actions to each other but they can't fool the bond or currency markets, which are driven by some of the smartest minds in the world. No prizes for guessing why the value of South Africa's bonds and currency leapt at even the outside chance that the country's hopelessly conflicted president may be forced out (gains that immediately reversed when the ANC once again showed it's true colours). THE FISH ROTS FROM THE HEAD, and this rotten fish will certainly be judged by history as the worst ever president of post-apartheid South Africa. | 0 | en |
Gracias a tí también por entenderlo, y por los halagos. Una pequeña cosa, para firmar tus mensajes basta con colocar cuatro ~~~~. The Game, HHH (are you talking to me?) 21:15 25 abr 2008 (UTC) | 0 | es |
2. Honestly this is an important fact to realize. World governments view social pressure waves as business cycles and you'd have to be retarded not to suspect that the global elite have a hand in this. How else would big media be bought out and exhibiting counter positions to what the population obviously holds. guys, this doesn't mean that orz_frog isn't a faggot and we can downvote bigsnicker to oblivion. It just means we should keep being smart in how we voice our ideals just like with the recent campaign. | 1 | en |
Could have been exposed years ago. | 0 | en |
Tidak banyak yang mengetahui, lewat Yerusalem orang-orang justru diajarkan indahnya keragaman dan pentingnya toleransi. Wajah kota suci agama Islam, Kristen, dan Yahudi yang toleran; .; #PenerbitMizan #Mizan35 #Yerusalem | 0 | id |
@USER Συριζαίοι μαλακες σανοφαγοι αποθεώνουν μέχρι και τον...Μπέο. | 1 | el |
Judges are rated by lawyers? Therein lies the problem. Alaska has about 4000 lawyers. How many defense lawyers compared to prosecutors in Alaska? If the number of defense lawyers is significantly larger, my guess is they aren't looking for fair judges. They are looking for soft on crime judges. If there are more prosecutors, I stand corrected. | 0 | en |
Subsets and Splits