A lot has changed in the past decade, but one thing’s still certain: people love Batman. The 1995 production Batman Forever was hot…when it came out.

A recent look at Bruce Wayne’s (Val Kilmer) Oliver’s People glasses and power ties sent me running back to Christian Bale and The Dark Knight. But not everything is dated; set director Elise ‘Cricket’ Rowland kept Bruce’s office spacious and sleek. Neutral color palettes are the smartest choice for an office, but all the gold shades were a little too glitzy for me. I think the light shades of Bruce’s office and corporate life were meant to contrast with the dark, cavernous bat world. This contrast in interior designs is subtle but important in setting the mood. It’s a little more obvious in the disparity between the ritzy, uptown sections of Gotham and the rundown back alleys: Wayne Enterprises’ ball versus Robin’s joyride and street brawl mishap. All the neon lighting used in the city, especially the glow stick creations that the city-people wore, reinforced the contrast between the uptown corporate and downtown worlds.

In Dark Night they made Gotham look more like normal Chicago, but the design inside Wayne’s inner sanctum had this wonderful minimalist-industrial look that I can’t resist (well done Peter Lando). Batman's underground equipment room, where all the gadgets came to life, was simply an empty, fluorescent swathed garage. Usually, movie “equipment rooms” are plastered with clutter and animated thingamabobs (think Back to the Future or James Bond films) so the use of empty space in Dark Night was surprisingly effective.

Wayne interiors have this wonderful dark and sophisticated edge. To bad the outside view of Gotham looked so boring.

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Happy Garage Selling

SOUTH WHIDBEY

CLINTON

HUGE ANTIQUE & VINTAGE SALE! Hundreds of great items not usually found in a yard sale. Absolutely no junk! We'll have two estates and old stock from a closed antique shop at Pennies on the dollar. Categories include: Furniture, outdoor decor, architectural pieces, wrought iron. Elegant glass, china, crystal and linens. over 100 pieces of jewelry - all eras. Shabby chic, good country, lots of primitives. Potted bamboo. A canoe, California pottery. A wall full of art in all styles, originals by local well known artists. High quality limited edition prints. Vintage oils in fancy gilt frames. Clothing, vintage hat collection. This is one day only. Saturday July 26th, 9am-4pm. Please bring your own box to fill. We'll have plenty of packing materials! 6160 Lincoln St. Off Sunlight Beach Rd, Clinton. Please, in fairness to all, no early birds.

HUGE MOVING SALE! Everything must go! Vintage dinette set, antique dresser, assorted wicker pieces, patio furniture, electric fireplace, stereo equipment, twin beds, pine armoire, clothing, lawn equipment, books, kitchen items, etc. Saturday July 26th 9-4 and Sunday July 27th 10-3. See us at 3939 Brenden Circle. 2 miles from 525 just off Cultus Bay Rd. Follow signs! No early birds, please!

Huge Sale, Sat., 7/26th only. 9am-4pm. Olympic Marine View neighborhood, 6174 Barnacle Lane, Clinton.

Sat July 26^th 9am-4pm, Sun July 27^th 10am-3pm. 3*939 Brenden Circle, Clinton. 2 Miles from Kens Corner on Cultus Bay Rd. Huge moving sale, everything must go! No early birds.

We are having a garage sale tomorrow at 6174 Barnacle Lane, Clinton(off of Bayview Rd, near Sunlight Beach). I have a lot of infant/toddler clothes in great condition, some still with the tags.  Also, Baby Bjorn carrier, Graco jumpster, Tiny Love Symphony in Motion mobile, puzzles, etc.

LANGLEY
Garage Sale Friday and Saturday, July 25th and 26th, 9 AM to 4 PM computer desk, printer, old fax machine, antique dresser, chairs, misc tables, tools... Saxophone, books, clothing, toys, beanie babies, small appliances, lots of misc... 3546 Rabbit Run Road on Langley

FREELAND
MINI ESTATE SALE at Beverly Beach, Freeland. End of an era. Fishing gear, tools, furniture (full sized bed sets), TVs, household, glassware, artwork, freezer, refrigerator and much more. Sail away in a 10ft Sea Scooter. Saturday July 26th 9am-5pm. Follow signs to Maple Avenue. Off of East Harbor Rd.

ANNUAL DEUX AMIS GARAGE SALE Saturday July 26th. 8-2. 5690 S Mutiny Bay Rd in Freeland. Off of Fish Rd. Dining table with 6 chairs, power lawn mower, garden art, frames, women's clothes & fun ecletic things.

GARAGE SALE July 25th & 26th. 10-4. 1612 Stewart Rd Freeland (Near Freeland Park) Everything Must Go!

Saturday 10:00am - 3:00pm Great Yard Sale!! All proceeds benefit the 3 Day walk for Breast Cancer Research! Home decor, Womens and Mens Clothing, dresser, Paintings, lamps, Kitchen stuff and many more great items! Also, there will be a bake sale with some yummy goodies! Please stop by and take a look! 4882 Spinnaker Dr.  Freeland, WA 98249

CENTRAL WHIDBEY

GREENBANK
Big Yard sale Sat July 26th 9-4pm Downtown Greenbank behind Top Notch roofing in the parking lot.

COUPEVILLE

Lots of baby/toddler clothes, mostly boys up to 5 years. Toys, baby blankets and gear. Kitchen cart with wood top (we used it as a microwave stand), large mirror in a wood frame, some adult clothes, etc. Friday and Saturday July 25+26 from 9AM-2PM Admirals Cove neighborhood- follow yellow signs starting at Hwy 525 and Admiral Drive. The address is 1207 Byrd Dr.

CROCKETT LAKE Estates 10th annual community garage sale. Saturday July 26, 9am-4pm. Off Wannamaker Rd, Coupeville. Dvd's, CD's, Game Cube game informers, household items, baby accessories: bassinet, carseats, playpen, etc. Books, tools, riding lawnmower, Raleigh 10 speed bike and more. Just follow the signs.

HUGE MOVING Sale on Sat & Sun 10am in Bon-Air/Ledgewood subdivisions Look for signs.

NORTH WHIDBEY

OUTSIDE OF TOWN
moving sale, furniture,new trampoline, john deere mower,lots of stuff.... 1108 forest glen rd, oak harbor wa. down monroe landing rd south oak harbor

Yard Sale Saturday 9-12 only. Variety of items including BBQ, Salt Water Aquarium Setup, 25 inch TV, Office Equipment, clothing (including ball dresses) and more.  Off Ft. Nugent and Union Street in Oak Harbor. Turn off Union onto 17th street and stay left, following the culdesac to the end.  Cash only...No checks...no early birds, please

Tons of clothing items for girls and boys, baby to toddler, double stroller, single stroller, triple jogger stroller, twin box spring, yard set with table, 4 chairs and umbrella with stand, and other misc. items. 2920 N. Heller #7, Fri-Sun July 25-27. Thank you.

Huge sale! Selling his & hers-- 40 year collection including glass, pottery, 6 gallon crock, linens, quilts, dishes, furniture, old wicker rocker, tools, antique wicker doll carriage, treadle sewing machine, textiles, wall art, trunks, hitches including a Reese Equalizing Hitch, and much more- We have 3 storage units full- phase one Friday and more on Saturday. Exxtra Space Storage 34904 State Route 20 (just north of Ault Field road) Security gate opens @ 9 a.m.

Big Garage Sale, furniture, marine, tools, Xmas stuff, NICE clothes, Lots, Lots more!!! 8 to 4 Friday & Saturday July 25th & 26th. A couple of miles south of Oak Harbor on Hwy 20. Miller & Scenic Heights...Follow signs...Easy to find. See you there

4511 Sunday Drive off Jones Road. Saturday, July 26 ONLY, 9:00AM - 2:00PM. Tool boxes and tools, ceramic tiles, big rug, canopy, portable TV, 8 track player with speakers and box of tracks, books and misc.

Garage Sale Highlands West Thursday and Friday July 24th and 25th 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Household items, adult men/womens clothing, teen boy and girl clothes. Look for the signs

11 SALES in one community! Mariners Cove Annual garage sale, Saturday July 26, 8am. Something for everyone: furniture, appliances, dishes, fishing & boating gear, crab pots. Tools, workbench, books, toys, camera collection, antiques, old linens, O'Brien wake board. Kid's stuff, clothes for all ages, plants and pots. Crescent Harbor to Polnell to Strawberry Pt.

2 LARGE Units. House hold goods, furniture and antiques. Extra Space Storage, 34904 SR 20, O.H. Friday & Saturday 25th & 26th 9am-2

ANNUAL YA-YA Garage sale. Beautiful 1940's mirrored armoire, kitchen supplies, designer clothes, Playstation 2 games, videos, luggage, 2 boy's bikes, collectibles, knick knacks - Too much to mention! Scenic Heights Rd, just south of Miller. Fri/Sat July 25th & 26th, 8am-4pm.

GARAGE SALE! Friday and Saturday July 26th & 27th, 8am- 3pm. 761 E Lefty Ln. 10 years accumulation

Garage sale Friday & Saturday, 761 East Lefty Lane off of Silver lake Road cleaned out the shop stuff for you guys very little for the ladies{i'm keeping my stuff}. boat things,some tools, 1949 Hudson 4 door sedan project car.vintage furniture.wood stove for shop, BCS roto tiller,crab pots

This a barn and house sale there will be Horses, from yearling to broke to ride QH and ponys, tack to fit them And then some House hold goods: dishes tables china hut clothes mainly women's and Girls, small animal cages for rabbit to ferret Collectibles: painted ponies, BEANIE BABIES all retired, framed prints and art, years worth of niknacs Sporting goods: cots, pool table still in box, Chimnea(outside fancy fire pit not sure of spelling but never used) FISH TANK 72 gal bow front have glass top, stand and Compact florescent Fixture This is worth your time and drive I am down sizing my life. Come SATURDAY OR SUNDAY 8am to 1pm Kim 360-632-4102 4382 Cerullo rd Oak Harbor, WA

IN TOWN (city limits)

NW
Mom is cleaning out her collectibles, come and see the lovely things she is parting with! Priced to sell!! 700 NW Crosby Ave in the CLUBHOUSE OAK HARBOR TAKE OAK HARBOR ROAD TO CROSBY TURN AT PARKWOOD MANOR!

Wood futon (cushion and cover *will be inside, ask to see it), LOTS of books ((*Stephen King & *Laurell K. Hamilton *ask to see these two authors) Star Trek, & etc.) children's books, high school aged books, and a couple of SVC text books, LOTS and LOTS of young women's clothes, women's shoes, TONS of purses, DVD stand, DVD's & VHS's, retired Ty beanie babies, paint ball gun, some house ware items, crafts, wireless keyboard and mouse set, a few computer games, and a few PlayStation 2 games. WHO: Crista 817-204-8555 WHEN: Fri. 25th 8am-2:30pm & Sat. 26th 8am-3pm WHERE: 1634 NW 2nd Ave Oak Harbor, WA 98277 We are located right beside the Hillcrest Elementary school off of Heller. Mapquest it, they give perfect easy directions.

SE

Big Annual Sale in Community Room at 625 SE 8th Street...collectibles, household, vintage and used clothes, small furnishings, decor, shabby cute stuff, unused shoes, tribal rugs, regular rugs, cool stuff, lots of jewelry, wall decor, antiques, lots of stuff...coffee and lemonade by donation...10- am -4pm on Friday and Saturday, July 25 & 26th..(360) 420-2353 if you get lost or need info..Between Hwy 20 and Midway...a couple of blocks up from Pioneer Way...DIRECTIONS: HWY 20...GO EAST TOWARD DOWNTOWN ON SE 8TH STREET (JUST AFTER THE HOME DEPOT)...1 1/2 BLOCKS TO SALE

Community Room: 640 SE 8th. Fri/Sat. 7/25-26, 10am-4pm. Art, collectibles, jewelry, rugs, misc.

Dressers, chairs, file cabinet, tools, boating equipment, retail displays, jewelry displays, dining room table, picnic table and glider, TV and lots of household items. 924 SE 4th Avenue. 1 1/2 blocks west of Midway Blvd near Oak Harbor Elementary School. Sat 8-4

We are having a huge garage sale this weekend, july 25, 26 & 27, from 8am-6pm. We have alot of everything from furniture to collectables to household items to books and toys. So please show up this weekend we are 3 households combining into 1 so we have alot of stuff that needs to go and they are at good prices. So if you are interested our address is 1386 SE 4th Ave, Oak Harbor, Wa 98277

NE

SW

Huge multi-family garage sale Saturday July 26th in Oak Harbor. Furniture, Antiques, Christmas, baby items, collectables. 9am-5pm No early birds please. 1526 SW Robertson Dr. Oak Harbor WA. No resonable offers refused

ESTATE SALE! Moving, must sell furniture, tools and house hold. Saturday, 7/26 from 8am to 4pm at 14th SW Ct, off of Fairhaven St.

CRESENT HARBOR & CAPEHART NAVY HOUSING

VICTORY PARK & SARATOGA NAVY HOUSING

Having a 3 family yardsale. The address is 2341 Lark St, Unit C. (Victory Park Housing) It will be Friday and Saturday from 8 till ??? Sooo much stuff can't mention it all. A few items will be: * LOTS AND LOTS of baby girl and baby boy clothes. (NB sizes up to 12 months) * Maternity clothes * womens clothing * baby bouncer, stroller, bassinet, rainforest take along swing, play mats, bottles, sterilizer, plus MUCH more) * Super Nintendo and games, playstation and games * Guitar and banjo * household items (pictures, wine rack, crock pot, quesidilla maker, plus lots more) * I cant even think of what else....just come on my and check it all out...make us a offer!! :o)

Im having a garage sat from 10am-1pm. My address is 2384 N. Oriole st.

both boy and girl baby stuff (brown and green infant carseat, pink stroller both Graco, bouncy seat and a few
other big items, lots of clothes .50 each), men's and women's clothes, and household items. Ibanez electric guitar asking 250.00. Starting around 8am and going until all is gone!  2208 D HERON DR  IN SARATOGA HOUSING RIGHT OFF REGATTA...LOOK FOR BALOONS!

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For privacy reasons this post will be edited at the end of the weekend so that peoples addresses are not left up on the web.

Please visit the 25th, 26th & 27th post for the rest of the sales this weekend

Tillsammans med garageportar s??man ?n lite utrymme och tak ? huvudet s?an kan tv?a bilen utan att beh?oroa sig f??et.

Det finns m?a f?ag som kan jobba kring detta och ge sina kunder den service som de beh?. Det g?er att finna det f?ag som kan ge en det man beh? och varje garageport ?unik i sig. Det m?e passa till bilen eller bilarna man har, men samtidigt ?n fungera korrekt d?an oftast anv?er bilen r? s?fta och beh? ha en v?ungerande port.

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Disfrútenlo.

Se vienen mas videos del rock peruano de los 60's, estén atentos.

Nyligen har de installerat nya garageportar på jobbet för att ersätta de gamla som började se slutet på karriären vid garaget. De nya är även så fiffiga att de brukar låsa sig själva automatisk vid en insatt tid på deras tajmer, så ingen otillbörlig parkerar där inne. Dessutom måste man ha en liten dosa man checkar in varje dag för att kunna parkera, förr var det man var tvungen öppna med en magnetisk nyckel. Det är kul när man förändrar de här små sakerna som gör livet till det lilla etra, då kan man enklare styra upp sin dag utan att stressa.

Well, not exactly.  They want $300 to do the initial 600 mile break-in service, which includes:

• Replace engine oil and filter
• Drive chain cleaning, lube, and adjustment
• Tighten chassis bolts, exhaust pipe bolts
• Brake inspection
• Engine idle speed inspection
• Throttle valve synchronization
• Throttle cable play inspection
• Steering inspection

Do they honestly believe I'll hand over good money for something a person with a 5th grade reading level could do themselves?  Well, I wouldn't.  And as soon as I learn to read good, I'm doing this service myself!

]]> http://tuningproject.wordpress.com/?p=33 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:16:22 +0000 Sascha http://tuningproject.wordpress.com/?p=33 Anfang dieser Woche schauten wir uns zuerst einmal das Objekt an, in dem der größte Teil der Arbeiten absoliviert werden sollte... unser neues zu Hause, unsere Garage.

Beim Anblick dieser, wusste man gleich, dass es ohne Räumungskommando garnicht erst vorran gehen würde, denn die Garage war vollgepackt mit Regalen, Schränken, Brettern, alten Werkzeugen, Müll und sonstigen Sachen, die vorher erstmal beseitigt werden mussten. Dazu kamen unzählige Haustiere, wie etwa Spinnen, Fliegen und dergleichen. Auch konnten wir eine tote Ratte verbuchen, die sich vor uns unter einem Schrank versteckt hatte.

Jetzt könnt ihr euch erstmal ein Bild davon machen, wie es Anfangs, also vor den Räumungsarbeiten aussah.

Nun hieß es: Aufräumen, aufräumen und... ähm... achja... aufräumen

Natürlich wurde das auch dokumentiert. Es wurde aufgeräumt, verlagert und gefegt.

Nachdem nun alles sauber gemacht wurde, kam uns noch die spontane Idee: Warum nicht gleich noch pinseln?

Der Dialog spielte sich in etwa wie folgt ab

"Ey, wollen wir noch Farbe kaufen?"

"Wirklich?"

"Ja klar, bis gleich!"

Also wurde noch Farbe gekauft und somit wurden auch noch die Wände gestrichen.

Nachdem auch das so halbwegs erledigt war, gönnten wir uns zum Schluss einen wohlverdienten Döner

Insgesamt haben wir an diesem Tag doch recht viel geschafft und somit eine solide Grundbasis geschaffen.

Weitere Infos und Bilder folgen ;)

Tillsammans med garageportar så får man även lite utrymme och tak över huvudet så man kan tvätta bilen utan att behöva oroa sig för vädret.

Det finns många företag som kan jobba kring detta och ge sina kunder den service som de behöver. Det gäller att finna det företag som kan ge en det man behöver och varje garageport är unik i sig. Det måste passa till bilen eller bilarna man har, men samtidigt även fungera korrekt då man oftast använder bilen rätt så ofta och behöver ha en välfungerande port.

The weekend past was packed with good things:

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  A great sale at Banana Republic, yay! I got a fabulous trench coat for $60, hemmed for free. Double yay.

• Lunch at Pacific Whey in Newport Coast. The cafe is a great place to people and car watch (think: Lamborghinis and Ferraris), and the food is great. I steered clear of their famous pastries.
• A clean garage. That's a big success story.

The garage from Hell

This cleanup project was long overdue. The giant space, which can house two large vehicles comfortably, had become a repository for all things unnecessary in the main house. Since I only park one car there, the remaining square footage became a place to jam in the junk I wanted to keep around. So on Sunday I donned some durable cotton, found my dirtiest shoes, put the hair in a pony tail, and dug in.

My neighbor's daughter, Carissa, ventured over to help me out. She even brought dust masks (she's such a smart gal for her whopping 8 years of life) ... She swept, collected trash, and kept the dog preoccupied while I tore through boxes, put up a new shelving unit, organized the tools and reshuffled items for long-term storage.

It took almost nine hours, but by the end of the day, I had an amazingly clean space. Even the floor was minus the usual debris that sneaks in from the great outdoors. The Santa Ana winds had done me no favors, pushing all varieties of lawn debris, dead bugs, feathers, trash, you name it, into every crevice. Luckily, Carissa loved my extended dust mop, so she happily went from corner to corner, dust mask in place, swishing the dirt away.

I loaded the car with random things for Goodwill, where I learned they'll also take electronic waste. That's great news as I have an ancient PC I'd like to delete from the garage. More space!

Shelby and Sable, the "sister" Labs, showed up at 4 p.m. to help me destroy boxes. This helped me get it all jammed into the recycle bin. Here's a video of Sable getting the job done:

B4 The Dual

Crunked Up

Evolution

Benga is an important name in the development of the dubstep style for his fusion of the already existing South London dubstep sound with the newer East London born grime sound, and was also one of the first dubstep producers when the style was emerging in the early 2000s.

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Bengas Off His Head

True Sound (with Dynamite Mc)

Drums West

On The Edge

26 Basslines

Night (with Coki)

Night is one of the most famous dubstep track over the world. Here an acapella version with Dizzee Rascal, the famous grime mc.

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The first few years after Miranda died, I marked the occasion by a solitary pilgrimage to the coast where I once sprinkled her ashes. Being her widower was my religion and the anniversary of her death was the high holy day; I prepared for weeks. But I've been getting sloppy. Being a widower is no longer a religion, it's simply the sad state of things. Like being held prisoner by God while wishing you could just be an atheist. Where I used to pack the tent for a star-strewn rendezvous with her memory on the beach, now I just get a haircut, I put on a tie, and then I drink scotch until my guts dissolve and leak out between my eyelids into the powder-blue carpeting where she used to sit in her sweatpants and casually flick through Time and Newsweek like celebrity-gossip rags.

Two years ago, I settled for a stagger down memory lane with a bottle of scotch and a knee-high stack of overstuffed photo albums. Last year, I forewent the scrapbooks and settled for just the bottle of scotch. This year, I forgot altogether.

Until she reminded me.

I've always been a cynic. Miranda, while living, was both practical and tenderhearted. She could make me see the point of something, the utility. The cosmic importance of certain romantic tendencies. How things knit together in a profound and meaningful way. Her down-to-earth kindness was persuasive; I always agreed with her. But she died before she taught me how to see things the same way.

Being the party animal that I am, I decided to spend Saturday afternoon and evening cleaning out the garage. (This was before I remembered I was supposed to be sobbing into a bottle of Johnny Walker until 2 a.m.) For a single person, my garage was surprisingly full of crap. I don't own a car, but if I did, I wouldn't be able to park it in there. Instead, I own(ed): A stationary exercise bike my sister gave me when she upgraded to a treadmill. Boxes of junk mail from five years ago. Mr. Pibb's fishbowl. Three framed inspirational posters featuring words like "Determination" or "Achieve". I had already made three trips to Goodwill and was eating a bowl of canned soup and surveying my progress from top an old steamer trunk when I saw the envelope.

I don't know where it came from. It must have fallen out of something I had moved. It was slightly yellowed and one corner was lacy with the nibbles of mice or silverfish. The front of the envelope was addressed to The Future Mrs. Saxon. The handwriting was unmistakable. It was Miranda's.

It was dated July 19, 1989. It took me a minute to remember why she would have been writing such a macabre letter; our marriage was never rocky enough to consider divorce. Then it came to me. The cancer. She fought valiantly against it, and won. My Miranda, who wore makeup and high heels to her chemo treatments, who never once missed her Friday rounds with Meals-on-Wheels. Who insisted on cooking for me, even when she was too nauseated to eat more than a few crackers. When I tried to get her to rest, she would laugh and say, "Jesus, Norm. It's not like I'm dying!" And she wasn't. But she had secretly prepared for it, just in case. That was Miranda, ever-practical, and thinking positive at the same time. She always insisted I should remarry if anything happened to her. She made me promise.

Hello,

I don't know how much you know about me, but Norman has presumably told you some things. We have a lot of happy memories together. I hope you don't mind if he talks about me sometimes. However, the most important thing you should know about me is that I'M DEAD. This is not meant to be spooky. I never want to be a ghost, haunting your life or Norm's. I've gone wherever it is that I'm supposed to go, and now it's your turn to be Norm's wife.

I could tell you what I've learned about him, what I've learned about myself by being his wife. But those are the kind of lessons people have to find on their own. Besides, you probably don't need my advice. I could tell you other things, like his favorite meal, his favorite place to have coffee, and the three Puccini arias that always make him cry. But that's not my territory anymore. Anyway, my greatest hope is that you and Norm discover new foods, new places to have coffee, and experience new kinds of beauty together. I hope his favorite things change.

I am telling you this because I imagine it would be intimidating to follow in the footsteps of a much-loved dead wife, which is what I am. Don't be afraid to take down my pictures. Get rid of my china. Redecorate the house. Or hell, sell the house and buy a new one together. You have my blessing.

Only one thing will I ask of you. Please, please take good care of my Norm. Well, he's your Norm now, but take care of him anyway. That's silly, I guess. You married him so I'm sure you plan to do just that. Norm was the only man I ever really loved, and there was never a single heartbeat that I stopped. He needs looking after- on his own he just kind of swims in circles, like a one-legged duck. Be patient. He will be kind to you- it's not in his nature to be otherwise. I think you'll find that Norm is a very good husband. He's thoughtful and funny and sensitive, although his sense of humor is often a little dark. Oh, well, you already know all that, I'm sure.

Good luck to both of you. You have my best, fondest, brightest wishes for happy, heart-full life together.

Mrs. Miranda K. Saxon

P.S. One word of advice: the snoring is truly astonishing. I always found those little foam earplugs to be quite indispensable.

I must have read the letter fourteen times. It was beyond coincidental that she died precisely ten years from the day the letter was written. That was when I checked my watch, and noticed the date for the first time that day. July 19, 2008. A chill ran down my spine. "Miranda?" I said out loud, half expecting her ghost to materialize from behind a box and shake its head at me. At everything being the way it is.

I did not get drunk that night.

But I did take off my wedding ring. And, maybe because I felt like she was there, watching me, I did not cry.

Unfortunately, it started to rain so I ran toward the garage at the front of the house when all of a sudden--it was very sudden mind you--something jumped out at me. It was like being behind the wheel of a speeding car that you just can't stop...CRASH!
 

I have never been so surprised by my own stupidity. Or scared, for that matter.

A few weeks ago, I put up a 4-foot galvanized metal dog fence on the side of the house. I just ran into the 4-foot fence and let me tell you, if you have never ran into a metal fence in the dark, you have no idea how freightening it can be. My left arm was covered in blood and a day later, still pains me to think about it. I'll tell you more about why I have a 4-foot dog fence a little bit later. Perhaps when typing doesn't feel so much like ripping a Band-Aid off a hairy arm.

i've always had a love-hate affair with prog rock. it's generally not quite my cup of tea, but i can't explain why i like bands like dungen so much, and yet just can't quite appreciate the mars volta. anyhow, it's with this questionable track record that i picked up crystal antlers' new self-released ep from my mailbox bearing much apprehension, which of course was mixed with much curiosity as well considering the rave reviews it's been receiving all round. i've also got to admit my first spin was a rough one, something to the equivalent of a splitting headache. but there's something excessive about this record that kept me listening more, as neatly summed up in the psychadellically overblown album closer "parting song for the torn sky". i don't think i've come any much closer to being a prog rock convert after listening to this, though i don't mind being a fellow traveler for the time being.

mp3: crystal antlers - parting song for the torn sky

My mum seems to have a throwing out stuff complex. By this I mean she won't throw anything out. She hoards everything. I was trying to persuade her that she didn't need to keep my baby things, since I had grown out of them now (about 15 years ago) but she seemed to want to keep them in case she had grandchildren. This is understandable - and they will also hold memories and sentimental value. But the only time anyone ever looks at the old junk and thinks 'oh yeah, I remember doing that' is when they are clearing out the space where the junk lives. I know this because I did a lot of that over the last week. The best one was finding artwork from when I was about 8. What I thought was a perfect replica of something at the time really, really wasn't. I think I'm going off topic though. Things like artwork can be kept. Toys however cannot. What grandchild wants to play with some 50 year old toys? They want new toys surely... Besides I think they would be overwhelmed by the number of toys my mum/I have kept.

The solution to this throwing out nightmare I think is to say about everything:  'will I ever use this again? will I ever wear this again?'. Obviously you don't need to say will I ever wear this again about things like cuddly toys, or golf clubs. But you know what I mean.

So to any junk hoarders out there that might just read this, then do as I said above and you might be able to get rid if stuff. Sell it at car boot sales etc. Although I have doubts that anyone would buy any of our stuff! :p

El bueno de John Reis aka Speedo tiene disco de su último proyecto. Se trata de The Night Marchers, grupo en el que continúa con su prolífica actividad musical una vez que ha dado carpetazo a Hot Snakes. Lo cierto es que el bueno de John Reis siempre ha destacado por su buen gusto a la hora de componer canciones de mi agrado, imagino que será difícil que vuelva a impactarme tanto como con Scream Dracula, Scream de Rocket From The Crypt, anque con Hot Snakes a punto estuvo.

Pueden imaginar que este su nuevo disco discurre por esos territorios del rockandroll, del punk, del garage... pero no termina de tumbarme en la lona. Me parece irregular, con momentos más que interesantes, como Branded o Who's Lady, que alternan con otros un tanto mediocres, canciones alargadas, en las que se repiten y repiten los mismos riffs, y falta de gancho.

A pesar de todo, por ser quién es y porque me acabo de hacer con el disco, hoy dejo para vosotros este See You in Magic de The Night Marchers que vio la luz en el pasado mayo.

The Night Marchers: See You in Magic [Vagrant&/Swami, 2008]

01. Closed For Inventory
02. In Dead Sleep (i snore zzzz)
03. I Wanna Deadbeat You
04. Jump In The Fire
05. Branded Prevista
06. Who's Lady R U
07. You Got Nerve
08. Open your Legs
09. Bad Bloods
10. And I Keep Holding On
11. Total Bloodbath
12. Panther In Crime
13. We're Goin Down

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