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Friday, July 29, 2011

Old Friends become New Friends Wedding!

Well what can I say about this beautiful couple, Sue and Gunther, well actually I could say a lot!

Sue loves chocolate and Gunther is a charming and by all accounts a good dancer!

When Sue first emailed me about her wedding here in Spain we had a few rather strange co-oindences, the first one that she lived in Camberley where I grew up and secondly and even more bizzarly was that her H2B, Gunther, had worked with Anoulka, my assistant, as a dancer years ago so along with our joint love of chocolate and cakes the relationship was off to a head start for this beautiful wedding :)

Sue already had most things planned out and was lucky to have her sister living here so life became much easier planning a wedding abroad, but she wanted a very simple and elegant fresh white and green slightly vintage style wedding.

We used dreamy white hydrangeas mixed with fresh green viburnums and the effect was stunning along with Sue´s beautiful birdcages, hearts, napkins rings and candles it really was a beautiful table design and we loved it.

Sue and Gunther got married at the prettiest church, La Virginia, here in Marbella and had their reception at the Hacienda San Jose.

Our thanks to Talia at Thoroughly Gorgeous for these stunning photos of a beautiful couple and our thanks to Sue and Gunther for contacting us and becoming such good friends and of course reaquainting themselves with old friends, we look forward to seeing you both in September for a cocktail and chocolate :) Fi if you want to replicate the cakes for September we would all be highly delighted!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

More Delightful Details of our Flamenco Styled Wedding

Last night we shared this fabulous Flamenco styled wedding with you and here are some more of the wonderful details we created to style this wedding.

The bridal bouquet was actually a last minute order as Anna had wanted a fan but when we arrived with it she changed her mind, we had to be honest expected this so had plan b up our sleeves! Sometimes this does happen if a bride sees something but in reality it does not work. We knew Anna liked stargazer lilies so created a red rose and stargazer bouquet and the bridesmaid was in ivory roses with red alstromeria. Andrew´s buttonhole was a red rose to match Anna´s bouquet.

We created personalised fans decorated with a thin black ribbon and a paper red rose detail, always useful to keep the guests cool at the ceremonies here in Spain and styled the wedding stationery in fan shapes using the black damask detail and red rose theme.

The table seating fan shaped cards were hung in the courtyard and the menu cards were created to match.

The table linens were our black and white damask style linens and worked beautifully with the white chiavari chairs.

The centrepieces were storm lanterns with white candles and red sand and we sprinkled some red rose petals in, the principle table also had a gorgeous floral display surrounding the storm lantern and we finished off the tables using red tealights and spanish ceramic tiles for the table numbers.

We thoroughly enjoyed creating this wedding and are thrilled with the results and would like to congratulate Anna and Andrew on their beautiful wedding day and for allowing us to put our creative hats on!

Our thanks again to Andreas Holm´s for sharing these photographs with us and as I always say without these wonderful suppliers we work with we could never create such fabulous weddings or show them to you :)

Vintage Spanish Style Save the Dates

We had to just share this fabulous Vintage Spanish Save the Date with you from one of our brides for 2012. Cannot wait to start designing this wedding with Sarah who is obviously a hugely creative bride, so some Spanish inspiration to start off your day!

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

A Fabulous Flamenco Style Wedding at Hacienda San Jose, Mijas, Spain

As June hotted up, so did our gorgeous weddings and we had such fun designing this stunning wedding for Anna and Andrew with this amazing dramatic flamenco theme, and you cannot imagine my excitement when Anna first sent me photos of her dress! She did apparently have it made here in Spain.

This was going to have the real Andalucian wow factor and we are thrilled to receive the photos from Andreas Holm.

I will have to get more photos of the details we created for this wedding including the spanish fan table seating plans and menus, the black and white damask table covers along with red rose accents on the tables and this beautiful cake created by Sue at Wedding Cakes in Spain.

Anna´s stunning hair and make up was created by Caroline and Karen our talented beauty duo, with a beautiful ceremony by Lizzie Marriage

Here is the lovely testimonial that Anna and Andrew sent to us all, as they had planned this fantastic wedding from Australia they really did need a team here to support them and help them execute their ideas into a reality.

I would like to thank you all for making Andrew and my wedding such a wonderful occasion. Organising a wedding from the other side of the world can of course be challenging but you all made it run so smoothly and made me feel that any queries I had could be addressed and no request was too small. I cannot speak highly enough for all your hard work and making Andrew and my dream wedding a reality.

We love Spain and wanted our wedding to reflect this and I think we accomplished just that.

Anna and Andrew x

Our thanks again to Andreas Holms for allowing us to share this stunning wedding with you.


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Friday, 25 April 2008

Japanese Penis festival 2008!!!

The Kanamara Matsuri (aka “Festival of the Steel Phallus”) is a Japanese health and fertility rite dating back as far as 300 years. During the festival, well-wishers literally worship massive, portable representations of the engorged male member. Fun for the whole family!

Also, for people a bit peckish, there’s the usual fare of noodles and nibbles on offer, although for those particularly partial, a pecker or even a pussy may also be purchased......

With their portable shrines and pots of sake, Japanese festivals are generally fairly boisterous affairs, but for Kawasaki’s annual fertility festival at Hachiman-gu Shrine, bawdy could be deemed a far more accurate description — the marvelling at massive members, being the main source of amusement.

Heres a video of this year's event

Apt greeting cards for the incarcerated

Three Square Greetings have released a range of greeting cards for those who have loved ones within the prison system.

The designs are pretty basic, but what i found rather "WTF" were the messages printed inside the cards! Just the type of stuff one would want to hear while locked up 23 hours a day and suffering from depression!!!

Click to view..............

No More Promises -
I apologize

Outside Message:
No More Promises - I apologize

Inside Message:
When you called recently, I wasn’t very sympathetic. I guess I’ve heard your promises to change too many times. Please - stop promising to change and just do it.

Happy Birthday

Outside Message: Happy Birthday

Inside Message: It’s your birthday and I know that you’d rather be almost anywhere else right now. Hopefully, one year older will really mean one year wiser for you. Take care.

Happy Valentine’s Day

Outside Message: Happy Valentine’s Day

Inside Message: If it weren’t for those walls, I’d give you lots of hugs and kisses.

Merry Christmas

Outside Message: Merry Christmas

Inside Message: You had the choice to be “naughty or nice.” And you chose . . . . . . .

Oh well, now you have to do your time. But, Christmas won’t be the same without you here. Stay safe. Merry Christmas

Thursday, 24 April 2008

My Lion versus your Tiger

Remember having heated debates at school about who would win in a Lion Vs Tiger fight?
Did you sit and think "How comes I haven't seen them fight before" (come on you were only little, them being continents apart wouldn't have occurred to you!)
Some bright scientist (Mr. Thomas Atkins) decided "If you make Lions and Tigers breed they will make super predators" .....please! If you mix a black man with a chinese woman you don't get a fast running, high kicking Kung fu master do you?......NO!

Anyway, the scientist have done their experiements and the results are below:
(Please hit 'Read More' for Liger facts)

1. The cross breeding of Lions and Tigers has been going on since 1824 (hugely unsuccessful in early years for many reasons)

2. This type of breeding only occurs in captivity (Lions are from Africa and Tigers from Asia, some people might say "what about mountain Lions in America" what about them....their not real Lions, they are actually more related to smaller cats.

3. Despite popular belief the results of this merge are not what you would expect, Ligers are very heavy, quite dosile, poor hunters and have short that is everything the scientists were trying to avoid!

4. The merge between the two species (the abomination that it is) has actually taken both donor parties strengths, amplified them and made them into weaknesses, Ligers are almost twice the size and weight of normal Lions or Tigers with half the speed and endurance.

5. The process of breeding these animals can be quite cruel so don't encourage it by increasing your demand to see them!

6. Left to nature this mix would never have happend!

7. Liger = Male Lion and Female Tiger
Tigon = Male Tiger and Female Lion
Li-Liger = Male Lion and Female Liger
Li-Tigon = Male Lion and Female Tigon
Ti-Liger = Male Tiger and Female Liger
Ti-Tigon = Male Tiger and Female Tigon

Oh yes these scientist have really gone to town with this one, but notice something, a male Liger is never used for breeding and there aren't any Liger on Liger combinations........if anyone knows why please post an explanation in comments, I am very interested to hear the reasoning behind this.

RUPAUL is looking terrible these days!

Above is a picture of how we all remember the drag-Queen RUPAUL

But wait until you see how he/she is looking NOW!

Click for pics!

Goodness me.....he looks kind of "sick".............

A few days ago i brought to you, Oscar, the worlds ugliest bird.

The Cassowary lives in the rain forests of Australia and New Guinea and are actually pretty shy animals if undisturbed, but if you get to close and it thinks you’re a threat you could receive a bone-breaking kick or get sliced by its dagger-like sharp claws. During WWII, soldiers stationed in New Guinea were warned to stay away from these birds, but some of them still became victims.

The Cassowary is also one of the most difficult animals to keep in the Zoo because of the frequent injuries suffered by Zoo keepers that look after them. I like a bird that can take care of itself, but, unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to help it very much against human cruelty and it is on the endangered species list, along with so many others....

Penis theft on the rise in Congo - Perpetrators lynched!

Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.

Reports of so-called penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, where belief in traditional religions and witchcraft remains widespread, and where ritual killings to obtain blood or body parts still occur.

Purported victims, 14 of whom were also detained by police, claimed that sorcerers simply touched them to make their genitals shrink or disappear, in what some residents said was an attempt to extort cash with the promise of a cure.

Rumours of penis theft began circulating last week in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo's sprawling capital of some 8 million inhabitants. They quickly dominated radio call-in shows, with listeners advised to beware of fellow passengers in communal taxis wearing gold rings.

"You just have to be accused of that, and people come after you. We've had a number of attempted lynchings. ... You see them covered in marks after being beaten," Kinshasa's police chief, Jean-Dieudonne Oleko, told Reuters on Tuesday.

Police arrested the accused sorcerers and their victims in an effort to avoid the sort of bloodshed seen in Ghana a decade ago, when 12 suspected penis snatchers were beaten to death by angry mobs. The 27 men have since been released.

"I'm tempted to say it's one huge joke," Oleko said.

"But when you try to tell the victims that their penises are still there, they tell you that it's become tiny or that they've become impotent. To that I tell them, 'How do you know if you haven't gone home and tried it'," he said.

Some Kinshasa residents accuse a separatist sect from nearby Bas-Congo province of being behind the witchcraft in revenge for a recent government crackdown on its members.

"It's real. Just yesterday here, there was a man who was a victim. We saw. What was left was tiny," said 29-year-old Alain Kalala, who sells phone credits near a Kinshasa police station

Source: Reuters

Wednesday, 23 April 2008

YET AGAIN Snoop does ANYTHING for a paycheck!!

Landy Cognac calls itself the new generation Cognac and so they have found a spokesperson to attract the younger crowd. Snoop Dogg becomes the latest rapper to have a liquor endorsement deal joining Dr. Dre, Jay-Z and P.Diddy among others. Landy Cognac comes from some of the Cognac area's most famous vineyards. It is aged in oak barrels for many years. Sounds like a traditional cognac but it does come in some untraditional packages: the Desire is shaped like a woman's torso and comes draped in a little fabric strapless dress and the expensive Landy Great Ship comes with a blown glass ship inside the bottle. Prices start at around $20 and head up to over $300 for the more limited versions.

Over at THA FEEDBACK....This is what they had to say:

"Snoop Dogg is promoting a new drank called “Lady Cognac”. Unless they sell this ish at Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles, I don’t think Snoop cares anymore WHAT you say he is selling. I’mma package up some wet paper towels and call them Dogg Wipes. Take em out with you on your walks to the park with your pets! Snoop Dogg approved! Long as I send him a check…he’ll probably be like “coo.”

I mean really, where does the insanity stop!? I know no one is buying albums anymore, but this is out of control. What classy YT American is gonna bust out a bottle with tittays while the company is over for after dinner drinks?!"

The Official Video Released for CAN I SMELL YOUR DICK!!!

I know yall have been waiting with baited breath...well its finally here! THE OFFICIAL VIDEO for the (Ghetto mess) track called "Can i smell your Dick"........

Now you can breath again....through the dick-cheese......

I know you (or ya girl) already has this as your not hating!

Monday, 21 April 2008

How advanced are we?

I am a strong believer that we as humans have come a long way, from walking to horse back to cars, planes and even space rockets, but we have had to create 'things' in order for us to achieve these ends.

This bird is using the tools of its trade with a little improvisation and is providing some impressive results.....

The Lyre Bird

No its not fake that is David Attenborough for goodness sake, he don't mess with nature, he is natures own representative!

Saturday TV at its best Introducing Donald Bell-Gam....

Your life has been incomplete up until this point and you haven't even realised it!

Ladies and gentlemen, introducing a true musical inspiration Donald Bell-Gam.......

Sexual Chocolate everybody ........Sexual Chocolate

MURKLE GIRL! Shes not flexing like Urkel either!

Ok....we all know Jammer aka MURKLE MAN is NOT flexing like Urkel under any circumstances.....

He's also circling your ends in the Green and Purple!

But guess is MURKLE GIRL!

Excuse my ignorance....but whats...erm "necklin"???

Sunday, 20 April 2008

Snoop Dogg will do anything for a paycheck - Sings in German for Phone Ad!

Check out this Advert Snoop Dogg did for a German cell/mobile phone company. He’s meant to be Roy Black, a German singer and actor who as a huge superstar before he died in ‘91. I can’t speak a word of German, but it sounds like Snoop does a pretty good job......

.......Although i cant help thinking.....what WONT snoop do for a lil fame and a paycheck?

Things you REALLY NEED! - The inflatable Toast Mattress

Im wondering to myself WHO exactly might buy one of these....and for what reason? i guess it would be a talking point for guests, but.....would they actually want to stay at your house again after sleeping on a giant piece of toast??

Heres the website description:

"Breakfast in bed? No, breakfast IS the bed! Sleeping on this giant 6' by 7' Inflatable Toast Mattress is likely to make you dream that you are a pad of butter and that you are floating down a river of freshly brewed coffee. In reality, you should not use the Inflatable Toast Mattress as a flotation device nor should you expose it to excessive heat. This piece of toast is made of plastic, not bread, so if you wake up and smell burning toast, you are probably just having a stroke."

You can purchase it here: Archie Mcphee

Price: £85/$170

Designer Gas Masks?

Heres the artists explantion:

"We are in a state of perpetual war – with ourselves and with the eco-system that sustains us. Perpetual war breeds perpetual fear. In the present context, this fear stems from our extreme desire for authenticity and manifests itself in our collectively insatiable culture of consumption.

Deep down, we are afraid we may never be satisfied. An expanding archive of branded myths and icons feeds this fear. Designer Gas Masks is an attempt to visualize this state of mind. Because it is only by first acknowledging and then challenging fear that we will all be able to breathe a little easier."

I know there are a few people that would probably rock one of these to a club just for the "WOW" factor.....but i still think they are totally weird and WTF!

You can click on the pics below to see the larger image......

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Saturday, August 23, 2014

YA Guy Presents... The August "9 on 9" Feature!

It’s exactly ONE MONTH before Survival Colony 9 debuts! As you can imagine, YA Guy is excited, nervous, exhausted, overwhelmed: all those things everybody tells you you’ll be in the month leading up to your debut but no one believes until you’ve gone through it yourself!

For the final “9 on 9” feature before my book’s release, I thought I’d focus on mysteries. Survival Colony 9 is full of them, partly because my narrator, Querry Genn, has lost his memory, partly because so much knowledge from the old world has disappeared in the series of cataclysms that produced the world of the novel, and partly because people in Survival Colony 9 have a lot to hide! And that’s not even counting the Skaldi, whose ability to consume and mimic human hosts adds a whole new layer of mystery to the story! So read on—and to learn the answers to these mysteries, make sure you pick up a copy of the book!

  1. What lies in wait for Survival Colony 9 in the unexplored western desert?
  2. Why does Laman Genn decide to establish a permanent encampment?
  3. Why are Korah and her boyfriend Wali quarreling?
  4. Who’s behind the unrest in Survival Colony 9?
  5. What does Petra know about the Skaldi that she’s not telling Querry?
  6. What is Aleka planning without Laman’s knowledge?
  7. Which teenagers are on Querry’s side—and which aren’t?
  8. Is there a Skaldi hiding in Survival Colony 9—and if so, who?
  9. What vital information has Querry forgotten—and will he remember in time?

To be entered into a drawing for a signed copy of Survival Colony 9, just leave a comment below or contact me via my website, telling me which of these mysteries you can’t wait to find out the answer to. If you leave me your address, I’ll also send you some signed SC9 swag!

Thirty-one days and counting....

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

YA Guy Hosts... The Release Day Blitz for MY TETHERED SOUL by Dorothy Dreyer!

Today, YA Guy has the shivers (literally) as I participate in the release day blitz for Dorothy Dreyer's MY TETHERED SOUL, the follow-up to MY SISTER'S REAPER. Read the blurb and the creepy excerpt below, enter the giveaway--and most important, get yourself a copy of this thrilling and chilling book!

It’s been months since Zadie faced her sister’s Reaper, months during which she’s been under her mentor’s magical protection. But now that she’s turning seventeen, that protection is about to run out.

When dark forces lure Zadie to wander at night, she’s manipulated into committing unspeakable acts. With her friends and family at risk, Zadie must try to use her powers to break free from the Reaper’s grasp, or surrender to the Reaper’s Rite, which can only lead to death.

Once I reached the hall, all the blood drained from my head. I stumbled in the hallway and had to slap my hand against the wall to steady myself. Everything swayed back and forth before me. The lights dimmed then got brighter. Or was the headache merely traveling to my eyes?

I pushed myself forward and finally reached the bathroom. I had to pause at the door for a moment to get the room to stop swimming before me. The sink was just two feet away from me, but it felt like miles. Holding my fingers to my temples, I thrust myself forward to the sink. The cool porcelain felt great on my hot skin. But only for a moment. Maybe I really was coming down with something.

I turned the tap on and leaned down, hoping a splash of water on my face would do the trick. Closing my eyes, I filled my palms with cold water and then splashed my face with it, allowing the icy liquid to run down my cheeks to my chin. The floor moved under my feet, so I steadied myself by gripping the counter.

You’re fine, Zadie. Get ahold of yourself.

I straightened up to check myself in the mirror. The eyes looking back at me were black.

That couldn’t be, could it?

Then my reflection smirked at me.

Intrigued? Here's where to find MY TETHERED SOUL and MY SISTER'S REAPER:

My Tethered Soul (Reaper’s Rite 2)

Barnes and Noble:
Book Depository:

My Sister’s Reaper (Reaper’s Rite 1)

Book Depository:
Barnes and Noble:

And to catch up with Dorothy, try these author links:

Author Website:
Facebook Fanpage:

Last but not least... the giveaway!

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Saturday, August 16, 2014

YA Guy Participates in... The Work in Progress #WIP Blog Tour!

YA Guy's been tagged by the prolific YA/NA author Carol Oates for the #WIP Blog Tour. Here's how it works:

Provide the link back to the post by the person who nominated you. Write a little about and give the first sentences of the first three chapters of your current WIP, then nominate four other writers to do the same.

Here's the link to Carol's post, where you can read about her three current works in progress. My hat's off to you, Carol!

In my own case, I've recently completed the (very!) rough draft of the final book in a planned three-book series that begins with Survival Colony 9. Book Two in the series, Scavenger of Souls, is in the hands of my editor. Book Three, Skaldi City, is in my own hands, and there's lots to do before it'll be ready to show anyone else.

As I've probably told you, I'm pretty much a pure pantser: I just sit down and write, with very little if any planning beforehand. That method generates considerable creativity, but it also produces supremely messy drafts. In the case of Skaldi City, I was planning to write a 75,000-80,000 word draft, but after months of struggle, I just plowed ahead and let it come in at a skimpy 67,000. So obviously, much of my revising will involve fleshing it out, deepening scenes and character relationships and world-building and so forth.

But this being the final book in the series, I also struggled to resolve everything in a logical and satisfactory way. There was much I needed to resolve--my narrator Querry Genn's family history, several romantic relationships I left hanging in Book Two, and (not least) the fate of the world--so wrapping it all up is no insignificant task! already have several pages of revision notes, and having looked the draft over, I've discovered certain embryonic ideas lurking there that I'll have to draw to the surface. I'm not concerned about the revision process; I just know it'll take time, and I'm hopeful I'll have it done by year's end.

And so, having provided you with A Portrait of the Pantser as a (not very) Young Man, I offer for your enlightenment the first sentences of the first three chapters of Skaldi City. Not sure these will make any sense out of context, but here goes!

In the darkness of my cell, a woman’s face floated before me.

Korah. A girl I'd known back home. A girl I'd loved.

The thing that looked like my half-brother approached the circle of Skaldi, which fell away to let him through.

I hereby nominate the following writers to follow me:

Jaye Robin Brown

Lisa Maxwell

Kat Ross

Sarah J. Schmitt

Take it away, gang!

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

YA Guy Presents... YA! for Nature with Sherri L. Smith, author of ORLEANS!

One of YA Guy's favorite YA science fiction novels of the past, well, forever is Sherri L. Smith's ORLEANS. (Here's my review, in case you missed it.) Today, I had the good fortune to interview Sherri for my occasional series, YA! for Nature. Here's what Sherri and I talked about:

YA Guy: Welcome to the blog, Sherri!

Sherri L. Smith: Hi YA Guy. Thanks for having me!

My pleasure. Please tell us about your book ORLEANS.

SLS: ORLEANS is set in a post-disaster New Orleans where a series of manmade and natural catastrophes have given rise to Delta Fever, a disease so deadly that the U.S. Government builds a quarantine wall from Florida to Texas and disavows that part of the country. Fifty years later, the survivors in the former city of New Orleans have gone tribal based on blood type—the last rules laid down by the CDC to stem the disease. Against this backdrop, the heroine Fen is tasked with saving the life of her tribal leader’s newborn baby after their tribe is destroyed. On the other side of the quarantine Wall, a young scientist named Daniel follows the smuggler paths into Orleans in his search for a cure to Delta Fever. Their paths cross and well, I guess you have to read the book to find out what happens next.

YAG: I know from your dedication and acknowledgments that you have a very personal connection to New Orleans and to the events that occurred when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. Can you tell us more about that connection and how it shaped your novel?

SLS: My mother was born and raised in New Orleans. She moved up north and met my father, but in later years, she returned to the city to take care of my grandparents until they passed. She was still living in the city when Katrina hit. Faced with the option of sitting in a car in traffic during the storm or weathering it in the 100-year-old house she’d grown up in, she opted to stay. Her house was damaged, but she would have been fine if the levees hadn’t broken and the city hadn’t shut down. There she was, a diabetic running out of insulin and drinking water in a city that had been quarantined against help. The Red Cross was not allowed in to offer aid under some misguided belief that people would be forced to leave. My mom tried to drive out of the city after the storm, but her truck was caught in flood waters and she had to be rescued by someone in a passing swamp boat. All told, it took my family a week of frantic phone calls and crazy plans to drive to the rescue (if only the few open roads were not patrolled by gun-toting law enforcement). At last, the Coast Guard, of all organizations, came to the rescue and got her out of the city and onto an airplane out of Louisiana.

Needless to say, it was a harrowing time.

In the aftermath of the disaster, Fen spoke to me, and Orleans was born. This book is my response to the tragedy of Katrina all along the southern coast. To the conversations about racism and rescue that took place as we watched the city drown. To the stories of gang members turning into protectors and law enforcement going rogue. I tried to remove race as an issue in Orleans and make it about blood type—something that you cannot see. Above all, I want people to remember New Orleans and Mississippi and all of the places forever changed by a single storm.

YAG: Of the two narrators in ORLEANS—a third-person narrator affiliated with the character Daniel, and a first-person narrator representing the perspective of the character Fen—I was most drawn to Fen’s voice and vision. Where did the character of Fen come from? Why did you decide to speak in her distinctive voice?

SLS: As I said above, Fen literally spoke to me. I was driving home from work one day in the weeks after my mom had been safely brought to California, and I heard a voice say “O-Neg Davis, he beautiful.” I had no idea what that was about, but I called my voicemail and left it in a message. And that turned into the powwow scene with Fen’s O Positive tribe and the O-Negs led by handsome Davis with his agate green eyes. Her voice was so natural to the story that I kept it. New Orleans is such a stew of cultures, it made sense that the natural language would be a patois of some sort. So there is “speaking tribe,” which is the voice Fen thinks in, and then there is “proper English,” which is used by the educated, the leaders and scientists.

YAG: Late in the novel, one of the characters—a scientist who lives the life of a hermit—states: “Nature knows what to do with a poison. She dilutes it.” There are so many ways to read these lines, but given your novel’s representation of human society, one of the things they suggest is that human beings are the “poison” that Nature needs to “dilute.” What’s your feeling about this? How do you read these lines?

SLS: That’s an interesting way of looking at it. I certainly do think that humans, along with all other life forms, are as much a boon as a burden to the planet, and Nature has its ways of culling the herd—such as disease, and our own solution, war. It’s like homeopathic medicine—there is the tipping point at which the poison is too weak to kill, but can help you build an immunity. In the case of the character in the book, he is talking about Nature’s ability to recover even after a major disaster—the oil spill from the Deep Water Horizon will have repercussions for decades, but the ocean will survive. One of the reasons it was dangerous to eat seafood in the aftermath of the oil spill was because the shellfish and bottom feeders sift through the water and act as filters. It might make them inedible, and lead to illness in both the shellfish and the creatures that eat them, but eventually the water will be filtered clean and new shellfish will be born and life will continue. That’s what is happening in the Orleans of the book, but it’s hard to take that long view when your life could end the next day.

YAG: Some readers and reviewers have termed ORLEANS a cli-fi novel. What do you think about this emerging genre of fiction?

SLS: Climate has always been a topic in speculative fiction, so I don’t know that the genre is new so much as the classification is becoming more popular now. I think it’s great if it gets people to look at books they might have missed. That said, the climate is the backdrop for ORLEANS, rather than the point of the story. So, if you are looking for eco-lit, maybe you’ll find this title, which is great—and then the characters and the drama will carry you to the final page.

YAG: Last question. You and I are fiction writers, not politicians or pundits. What’s the role, if any, of fiction in calling attention to environmental issues and problems?

SLS: Hmm. I think the job of writers, particularly speculative fiction writers, is to ask interesting questions. Like Mary Shelley—is it okay for man to create artificial life like Frankenstein did? What are the responsibilities of such actions? For Orleans—are we willing to abandon part or our nation to its own devices (which is very much what it felt like during Katrina)? If so, what are the consequences? What happens next? It’s true that writers are not politicians or pundits, but we are citizens of the world, and students of human nature. There is a reason writers become political prisoners in some societies. We ask questions. If we’re lucky, someone reads the book, thinks about it, and answers start to follow.

YAG: Thanks for being on the blog, Sherri! Readers, if you want to learn more about Sherri Smith and her writing, here’s where to go:

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

It's release day for one of YA Guy's favorite debuts of 2014, THE ISLANDS AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Austin Aslan! I was lucky enough to read Austin's book in manuscript form, and it's a stunning work, full of mystery and adventure. I also had the pleasure of interviewing Austin; you can read it here.

So read my review below, and then, if you're as excited about this book as I am, follow the blog tour posted after the review. And, of course, pick up a copy of your very own!

Austin Aslan’s debut YA novel The Islands at the End of the World takes us to a place we think of as paradise--Hawaii--and turns it into a nightmare.

When sixteen-year-old Leilani (Lei) and her father travel from the Big Island of Hawaii to Oahu in search of a medical cure for her epilepsy, her world rapidly falls apart: meteor strikes herald the appearance of a celestial anomaly (dubbed the “Green Orchid”) that shuts down all electrical appliances, communications, and other technologies. Desperate to return home--and rapidly running out of the medication that keeps her condition in check--Lei and her father risk looters, a military crackdown, and nationalist forces eager to use the descent into chaos to restore indigenous rule of the islands. Meanwhile Lei keeps hearing echoes of the mythological past whenever she slips into a seizure. Could the Green Orchid be an emissary from the beyond, a voyager with a message just for her? And will she and her father survive long enough to unravel its mystery and begin to put their world back together again?

Aslan’s debut is intense and inventive, expertly fusing edge-of-your-seat action-adventure with a reflective, even mystical sensibility. Lei serves as the perfect vehicle to bring these two strands together, as she struggles to reconcile past and present, the world of modern science that promises a cure to her epilepsy with her grandfather’s world of powerful gods and ancestral spirits:

"My heart sighs as I listen to the rain. I’m only half Hawaiian, but I want to belong. I can feel the warmth of their akua--the Hawaiian gods and family guardians. When I’m hiking in the high forest with Dad, Kāne, the creator, is in the ohia trees, watching me. And Grandpa’s right: Pele speaks to me--not only when I’m visiting the glowing caldera of Kilauea volcano, but when I’m walking over her ropy black fields of lava, or surfing. I get light-headed and peaceful.

The island itself--it feels like home."

It’s intriguing that as modern society collapses, Lei’s identification with her Hawaiian heritage grows stronger; in powerful prose passages that depict her seizures through fractured sentences and yawning spaces on the page, Lei dreams herself into the old stories, becoming the “powerful, angry” goddess of the volcano, Pele. As she puts it: “My beautiful islands are changing forever. And so am I.” Aslan does an excellent job of capturing the voice of a teenage girl hungry to belong and slowly discovering the strength to fight for herself, her family, and her home.

Islands has a few rough spots: the narrative bogs down a bit in its middle section, when Lei and her father are stuck in a refugee camp, and there are moments where Aslan relies too heavily on dialogue to advance the action (a problem I suffer from myself, so I know whereof I speak). But these are minor issues. At once a thrilling story of survival, a touching tale of father-daughter bonding against impossible odds, and an eye-opening journey into the history and mythology of Hawaii, The Islands at the End of the World introduces a new and deeply original voice to the world of YA literature.

Blog tour schedule for The Islands at the End of the World:

August 12: literologie
August 13: 1) wordspelunking 2) imaginaryreads
August 14: mommyramblings
End of August: jenns bookshelves

Friday, August 1, 2014

YA Guy... Just Writes!

With the release of Survival Colony 9 less than two months away, pressures are building.

I've got a podcast interview scheduled for Monday. A Skype interview for later in August. Several blog interviews I have to write. Another several guest posts. Keeping my website updated about reviews and events. Inviting people to the launch party. Ordering food, decorations, and door prizes for the same. Making travel arrangements for a couple conferences where I'll be signing books. And so on.

Don't get me wrong. These are all nice pressures. I'd be a fool to complain about them. But they're pressures nonetheless.

And there are other pressures that go along with debuting that aren't so nice. Worrying about pre-sales. Checking Goodreads numbers and Amazon rankings. Wondering if and when my second book will sell.

These pressures are self-inflicted, of course. I don't have to check rankings or worry about numbers. But trust me, it's hard not to.

So today, I decided to take a break from all that stuff and do the one thing I most love about being a writer. Can you guess what it is?

That's right. I wrote.

I just wrote. I didn't open my browser until I'd finished a chapter of my current work-in-progress, the final installment in the YA science-fiction trilogy that begins with Survival Colony 9. (As it turns out, that was the book's final chapter, so I only need to add the epilogue and I'll have a complete draft.) I didn't worry about how well Survival Colony 9 might be doing in pre-sales, or how many cupcakes I have to order for the launch, or whether reviewers are going to like or hate my first book, or whether my editor is going to make an offer on my second. I just wrote.

All writers--and, perhaps, debut writers in particular--feel the pressure. Writing might seem like a carefree, glamorous life, but it involves lots of hard work and worry. Again, it's work and worry I'm more than willing to take on. But when you're stuck in the middle of it, it's easy to lose sight of what all the work and worry are for.

So my advice to writers? Every once in a while, just write.

Take my word for it. It'll do wonders.


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Sunshine of Your Love

The Beatles have been stuck in my head for the last several days. This may not seem like anythink revolutionary. The truth is, at any given moment for the last three and a half years, chances are that theres a Beatles' song running through my mind. But the past few days have been different. Instead of my usual playlist of Yer Blues, Oh Darling, Eleanor Rigby, Yesterday, Come Together, and a dozen others, is been Love to You, Mother Natures Sun, I Want to Tell You, I Want You/She's So Heavy, Julia, and especially Got to Get You Into My Life. I have dreams about that song. The strange thing is, nothing else has changed. I'm not so depressed right now, but give it a few days, it'll come back. I'm not in love, lust, or want. Nor in desperation, angst, or grief. The only song of that list I can even relate to is I Want to Tell You, witch is about being at a complete loss for words whenever your around someone you like. But, god, I want the feeling of Got to Get You Into My Life. It would be great! And you know what? I'm ready for it. Two weeks ago I couldn't have been in a relationship, I would have sabotaged it before it got off the ground. But right now, I be a great boyfriend. I mean, god damn, I'm love sick and I'm not even in love!

Wow, I've totally forgotten where I was going with that rant. Whatever

I've been waiting so long
To get where I'm going
In the Sunshine of Your Love!

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

So, what else is new?!?

Well as stated before, we had one of the most productive weekends since moving day.  We handed over the keys to our apartment, we took a trip to Ikea, we picked out furniture.  All good productive things.  Lets see, I'm sure I'm forgetting something else.  Oh yeah, J picked up one of these on Sunday. ☞

He had a $50 gift card burning a hole in his pocket for a couple months now and finally used that baby.  Not that I would have behaved much better, though I do have five gift cards right now.  Ok, that settles it, shopping trip.

Oh wait, I digress.  I was talking about J's new toy; his PS3 move.  Now I haven't tried this baby out yet, but I have spent plenty of time watching J play around with it.  It's funny watch him use it, especially the ping pong game.  But my favorite thing to do has really nothing to do with the game.  To use the game you must calibrate it.  So it shows you a screen of what the little camera sees to show you where to stand.  Well I love to hold up the pug and make her dance in the background while J's calibrating.  It's funny.  Well at least I think its funny, and I don't care if you laughed or not at that, it's funny!  Anyway, this is exactly what we need, something to distract us from getting things around the house done.  Like painting, patching a wall, and setting tile.

And why haven't I tried out this new fangled technology?  Oh I could blame it on the fact that we only have one controller, or that it's funnier just to watch J (it is pretty funny), or that I just don't do this kind of thing.  But none of those are the reason.  It's because I pulled a muscle in my shoulder doing snow the other day.  Yes, I sometimes do the snow.  Now I thought I would just go outside and use the snow blower on the driveway and be done with it before J got home from work.  I started up the snow blower and got about 3/4 of the driveway done, so far so good.  Then I turned off the blower, moved my car, and TRIED to start up the blower again.  Only this time, it was not starting.  And not only would it not start, on one of the pulls it recoiled, yanking my arm with it.  So that damn, stupid, hell sent, piece of shit snow blower tried to rip one of my arms off.  And if that wasn't enough, I had to finish the driveway with the shovel.  Boo the snow.  I'm really starting to hate it.  So that's why I haven't tried out our Move yet.  Lets just hope the little neighbor girl (who was helping her dad shovel) didn't hear too much of what came out of my mouth when it happened.  And that's not a picture of our snow blower, I got the picture off the internets.  Our snow blower looks much, much more evil.  I think it has teeth and devil horns.

Little added story.  Last night J looked at me and and said, "boy my arm hurts a little bit." (as he rubbed it).  "Why?"  And what was his reply, "I think that I played way to much ping pong last night.  That Move really gives you a bit of a work out."  Oh I'm sorry, I'm supposed to feel sorry for you because you're arm hurts because you played too many video games?  Oh poor baby, why don't you sit down, let me make you a nice dinner, and I'll nurse you're poor hurt arm back to health.  Meanwhile, the shooting pain down my arm is making it difficult for me to raise my right (the most used) arm above my shoulder.  Men!!!  Don't worry the pain has almost completely subsided in my arm, thank god, I really thought I seriously hurt something.

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Saturday, May 30, 2015

Pockets for my Planner

Sequins Saturday!!!
Debbie here from Craftin' Chaos and today I did a little "Pocket letter" style dohicky for my planner. I just took the ATC card protector sheets and cut them down to fit my A5 Kikki K. I used the "Oh Snap" stamp set to stamp on a few project life cards from the Inspire collection to stick with the color theme I was going for. I had to choose the right kind of card since they have to be cut down a bit. The sequins are a mix from Bella Creationz and  really are more pastel colors but I took the photo in the sun and they appear more dark vibrant colors which are not really true to the colors they are.

I love the pocket letters and have wanted to do some of them but I am a planner lover so this was a way to mix the two. Super easy and with a fuse tool you can pretty much create any size you want if you wanted to do the pockets from scratch. Just use regular letter size pocket protectors and make your pockets any size. I dressed it up with a flair button, some cute washi tape. The washi in top left is super cute but it is tinie tiny so you can't even see it but it is gold foil and says "love" on it.

Friday, May 29, 2015

Moments Captured with twine

Hi.. Bev here today. Bella Creationz Timeless Twine.. makes creating so easy and fun.
The store also has many other great products besides twine...
be sure to check them out.
Supply List:
Stamp: Oh Snap
Ink: Tim Holtz ranger distressing
Liquid Embossing: All Night Media

 Thanks for stopping by.. hope to see you again soon.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Throwback Thursday!

Hi Everybody!
Jenny from Crazy About Cricut here, and today is Throwback Thursday!  So first I'll share a picture of a project I previously made.  Then I'll show how I kicked it up a notch using some delicious supplies from Timeless Twine/Bella Creationz.  For today I decided to refresh some birthday gift bags I had made.  Let's take a look:

First up is this balloon gift bag.  It looks ok, right??

Now let's add some twine, sequins, and detailed stamps.....

*Taaa daaa!  Looks so much better with the twine!
*Putting star sequins added some needed bling :D

*For some fun embellishment, I used the little chevron arrows from the Oh Snap stamp set.

 Up next is a monster birthday bag...

*Again, this isn't that bad (is it??!!)

Ok, let's take a look at the new and improved:

*Soooo much better!

*LOVING the dimension the twine adds!
*And that cute little monster is encouraging everyone to smile for their celebration!!!!!!!!

Click on the pictures below to grab the Timeless Twine/Bella Creationz supplies I used:

Silver Star Sequins - 7mm Metallic

Tuxedo Black Twine - Coming Soon!

I hope you enjoyed my project!  Make sure to check back daily for more inspiration from the design team.  TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :)

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Photo Bomb Mini Album

Hi everyone, Maria here from Maria Lina's Creative Designs. Today's project is a mini album that I made for beautiful photos that my husband took of all 4 of my boys at a park, it was a Mother's Day gift to me. It's always hard to get all 4 boys together, with one living in Jersey and the other always working, it's not easy. Luckily the twins are only 15 and are still living at home.

I bought this mini album svg file from the Silhouette store- design #67735, it's 3x4 and comes with all of the tag embellishments. I used the Bella Creationz stamp set "Oh Snap", which is so perfect for this album, I pretty much used every stamp in this set. I also embellished a lot of the elements with several colors of Timeless Twine.

There's lots of space for photos and journaling... I just have to print photos and add the journaling!!! I must say, having photos of all 4 boys together was one of the best Mother's Day gift ever!!!

Oh Snap

Aqua Delight

Key Lime Sorbet

Autumn Splendor

Solid Orange

Olive Green

Have a great day!!!

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Tag It Tuesday - 2nd Place is SWEET!

Hi friends!!
Amber with Best Stamped Intentions back again this fine Tuesday with a "Tag It Tuesday" post for Timeless Twine.
My little 4-year old daughter just competed in her first dance competition, dancing a solo.  I had a fun idea for this spread to use a brown bag as the tag holder.
Here's the full spread:
(click image for larger view!)
And, here's the cute tag pocket I made.

I trimmed down the bag to the 3x4 size.  Before I stapled the front and back back together, I used Raspberry Pink Timeless Twine to stitch the cute little heart on the bag.  I then cut the picture down (I think it's like 2.5x3) to fit.  Cut some pieces of the raspberry twine, and stapled them to the back of the picture for easy-peasy removal of the tag any time I want to see her happy little face. :)
Here's close ups of left and right side:

I also used these super fun Days of the Week journaling cards, as well as a few Silver Star Sequins and stamps from the Oh, Snap! stamp set to compete the finishing touches.
Now, I want to see YOU incorporate tags into you PL albums!  As you can see, it's EASY and oh so CUTE!!
Enjoy your day!!
xoxo, Amber

Monday, May 25, 2015

Monochromatic Monday: Orange Crush!

Hello there everyone! Sophie here and orange ranks as one of my favorite colors (though I really think rainbow is my all time fav=))

So I thought it would be fun to use it as my predominant color for the monochromatic challenge today.

I used the polaroid picture frame stamp from the "Oh Snap!" stamp set to create a background and I love how graphic the result is. To add interest to the background, I decided to stamp some of the picture frames on a darker orange cardstock before adhering them to the card. This adds dimension and interest to the card. Similarly, I also added smaller squares of a different tone to the background.

Once that is done, I had a ball embellishing the card with a huge bloom from Maya Road, an orange gift tag that I matted against black cardstock for some contrast. The greeting "Happy" was stamped using stamps from the Happy Days Stamp Set. For a final touch, I sprinkled on some orange toned sequins from the Clearly Beautiful Sequins pack.

Thank you for joining me today. Hope you will try your hands at some monochromatic fun too!

Gift Tags - Multi-Colored - Set of 40

Sunday, May 24, 2015

PlanNERD Sunday - Fitness

Hi guys, Maria here from Maria Lina's Creative Designs. Here we are with another planNERD Sunday post. This month I started my workout program, so it was time to pull out the Plan To Be Fit stamp set. I did switch it up a bit by using the water bottle instead of the cups, which was a nice change. As you can see throughout I continue to use the PlaNERD, PlaNERD 2 and the Plan To Be Fit stamps sets.  These stamps are so much fun to play with and it helps keep my planner nice and tidy.

I love the little "Epic Day" stamp from PlanNERD 2, especially since I had 2 epic days this week, my Wedding Anniversary and Mother's Day.
I had some really nice "Me Time" this week, again using PlanNERD 2
so loving the inspiration from the Plan To Be Fit Stamps, the swirly arrow, heart and everything in between from the other stamp sets
more fitness inspiration for this coming week...always plan ahead
Plan To Be Fit

PlanNERD 2

Have a great day!!!


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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Embalmer set release date for new Hells Headbangers album, reveal first track

At long last, legendary American death metal cult Embalmer returns with their long-awaited second album, Emanations From the Crypt, set for international release on April 1st via Hells Headbangers. The long-running band's first album for longtime fans Hells Headbangers, Emanations From the Crypt is both a new start for Embalmer and a return to its classic, core values. In 1995, the band released the classic There Was Blood Everywhere EP (of which Hells Headbangers reissued in 2014, and which sold out quickly) on then-death metal powerhouse Relapse Records, forever etching Embalmer's name into death metal legendry. Lineup shuffles ensued in the following years, culminating in the band's debut album, 2006's 13 Faces of Death, which is widely regarded (even by the band) as a misstep. Now armed with a vital 'n' vile lineup, Embalmer return to their dark 'n' disgusting roots with Emanations From the Crypt. Across a dozen quick-hitting yet complete tracks, you will find all the trademark Embalmer elements which obsessed fans back in the '90s: insane and completely pure blastbeats, sewer-sick riffing, wretched gurgles, and tortured shrieks atop some of the catchiest (but NOT cheesy) songwriting you'll find on a modern DEATH METAL record. The production is anything but "modern" in the pejorative sense: there are no triggers used on the drums, no beat- or riff-replacement anywhere, and just absolute crushing SICKNESS flowing forth from both guitar and bass, all without losing an ounce of clarity. It's a classic death metal record from a classic death metal band in an era that's far from "classic" and full of pretenders. Embalmer are the real deal again.

Says vocalist Paul Gorefiend, "This record is long-overdue, and we acknowledge that. The band never was truly happy with the 13 Faces of Death album, so we worked hard to really make sure this release was a return-to-form of sorts, and true representation of what we feel Embalmer is, and always has been. We went back to the basics and drew influence from the original Into the Oven and There was Blood Everywhere eras musically, peppered in some extra Terrorizer/Autopsy influences, added some crazed Deranged Rated-X-style riffing over the top, and backed it all against the blasting, non-triggered drum assault Roy has become known for. Matter of fact, Roy still plays the same drum-set he bought in 1988, and used for all previous recordings. Vocally, all the elements older fans expect from an Embalmer release are present, from forceful lows, the trademark eeeeeees, and tortured shrieks and highs. I am speaking as a 20-plus-year fan myself, and not a member when I tell you this is the most aggressive, blistering and punishing Embalmer release to date. Yes, the wait was long but definitely worth it, and we honestly can't wait to get this music out to the fans and hear their feedback!" Hear for yourself exclusively here, as Embalmer reveal the title track to Emanations From the Crypt on Hells Headbangers' Bandcamp, where album can also be preordered. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Embalmer's Emanations From the Crypt
1. Dead Female Stalker
2. I Am The Embalmer
3. Emanations From The Crypt
4. The Coroners Report
5. Undead Exaltation
6. The Casket Calls
7. Procession Of Bones
8. Botched
9. Reduced To Human Scum
10. The Apocalyptic Rains
11. They Can Smell Our Blood
12. The Graveyard Fog (Outro)

Plans are also in the works for Hells Headbangers to re-release Embalmer's Into the Oven (1991) and Taxidermist (1992) demos on gatefold double- or triple-LP, and of course, with tons of unreleased recordings, photos, fliers, and extensive bonus materials which have been recently unearthed from the morbid vaults. This will be the definitive collection for Embalmer's classic 1990-1992 era, and provide a rotted glimpse back to the earliest eras of the band, which previously began as Corpsegrinder in 1988/'89 before the name change.

Embalmer 2016 (L to R, bottom to top)
Paul Gorefiend - vocals
Roy Stewart - drums
Steve Pedley - guitar
Don Wolff - guitar
Joe Wunderle - bass

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Monday, August 05, 2013

  Even after all these years his face was filled with love songs that lead you to her.
He had eyes dark and drawing, skin that caused you to think of the English country side.
She was a beauty the kind that grew softer and better with age.
They were a perfect match in looks and life, anyone would tell you that, anyone but her.  She loved him now, coming into that love like the summer evening slowly moving into the night.

  Poets tell of love in many forms and shapes, hers had been like the hummingbird fast and surprising in it strength. She filled her days with work at the factory. Her evenings spent helping mother with children, cooking and chores, then came the moments of solitude with his letters.
  Marriage was coming with his return, each letter held the newest plan for their life ahead. Payday would add something to her hope chest newly embroidered pillow cases, blankets, table clothes, silverware,  things mothers need not see and dreams.

  The whistle blew, a break called, Sister knew she would find her outside, they always met for those few minutes, a letter may have come and they could share the joys of each other's love's.
 Dappling shade covered the lawn but Sister found it hard see her there by the edge, something was wrong terrible wrong each step proved that, She was like a porcelain figurine yet like a rag doll thrown in a corner.
  In trembling voice "He has come home. He was just here. He doesn't love me there is no wedding, he doesn't love me anymore, he doesn't love me".

  The chest was empty She had given her things to others, she didn't want the reminders, she didn't want this life. Her heart had began to encase itself trying to stop the pain. Pain can lead you to strange places, hers said the CITY, a new life, a free life what ever she wanted, whom ever she wanted, She packed.
    His easy ways drew them together, freedom was all they wanted  the city gave and they took. Evenings spent on the stoop watching, evening spent exploring the city, evening with friends talking, playing cards, being free.

  His love sprouted somewhere along those evenings, slowly it climbed reaching into his heart loosening freedoms grip replacing it with a longing for marriage,family and home.
 She too let go of freedoms grip, Just which day love came only she knows.
  We are left to wonder.

Need a map

 Getting around the in this computer world is getting harder and harder. I have spent hours trying to get on this page, maybe I shouldn't count the time I spent on Pintrest  because I had to get an e-mail telling me about my blog account and got side tracked. OH yeah then there was the whole spider poster that I never did find but I did find some funny signs that went on FB.
 Well, I'm here now.
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Kamis, 04 Oktober 2012

Top 10 Most Bizarre Hotels in the World

According to history, and canonical records, people have been accustomed in going from one place to another, and this process is called travelling. Hence, just like everyone else, they also need a temporary shelter where they can stay, rest, and put their belongings for specific period of time. This is the purpose of inn, hostel, travelling lodge, and better known as hotel. The word hotel is actually derived from the French word hote which means host, and its contemporary version is in the form of townhouse or any building that provides short-term accommodation, but varies according to amenities that it can provide. In fact, in our time there are various rates which are based on the financial abilities of individuals. Anywhere you go, you are certain that you can home for a home where you can relax, and feel the same comfort because different companies that offer hotel packages at certain cost, size, and functions that it can offers to all. There are small-scale type of hotels up to luxurious or grandest hotels where one can feel the major benefits of the environment, an up-scale setting, and renowned amenities. Hence, amidst the choices, and preferences, there also peculiar ones, and odd or off-base diversity of hotels, and on this list, you are going to find out the top 10 most bizarre hotels in the world, and find out why they are unusual.

10. Rotel Tours
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If you love travelling in a literal way of touring and exploring even the remote places, then take advantage this rotel or better known as rolling hotel where you could enjoy their coach, and hotel into one comfortable unit. You may be familiar with sleeper buses, but this is different because you can tour around the whole cities and other places along with your family while enjoying their company and time. This is being offered by a German Tour Company called as Rotel Tours wherein it offers a six-foot-long bed or equivalent to 3 feet wide by 3 feet high that can accommodate specific numbers of passengers. It has been operating for about 50 years, and it has been one of the exciting hotels that foreign visitors look forward to. Yes, it’s one of the favorites of the people outside Germany who want to experience the coolest vacation, travel, and hotel in their lifetime.
9. Ice Hotel
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This is not just unusual, but totally bizarre especially if you are a kind of person who does not want to stay in ordinary, but love to experience the odd things in life. You can find this Ice Hotel in Kiruna, Sweden. It was opened to the public in 1990 and it holds the title as the largest hotel which is made pure of ice and snow. Hence, it’s being built yearly from December up to April. Of course, it possesses the same amenities that you can find in a regular or standard hotel such as beds, and chairs, but everything is built out of ice blocks and snow. Imagine that you have to endure the 23 °F or equivalent to−5 °C. There are also other Ice Hotels erected in different parts of the world, but this one is the rarest and beautiful edifice more than just a hotel description.
8. Tree House Hotels
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7. Jail Hotel
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This is also known as the first prison hotel, and it’s literally a prison which was developed into hotel. To those who would want to cut on their cost, and find budget-friendly, yet offers complete features just like any other luxurious and even standard hotel has. This prison was actually in existence since 1800s, and has been operating as one of the jails in Switzerland until 1990s. Visitors may stay grab this one of a kind accommodations especially that it allows full access to all local sights and sceneries around Lucerne, Switzerland. In fact, the original materials for each prison cell have been retained such as cell doors, and replete. Moreover, since it’s converted into a hotel, there are showers and toilets inside along within their spacious and bright rooms. You might find it creepy, but you would love experiencing being in jailed, but happy since you would have the chance to share it with other fellow hostelers.
6. Gamirasu Cave Hotel
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It has started its operation in 1999 which is located in Ayvali Village in Cappadocia, Turkey. It has 30 rooms which were all restored monastic retreat where you could find the contemporary touches of convenience, but it’s built for spiritual rest, and rejuvenation of spiritual feeling. This place has been a place of habitation of the early ancestors of it over 5 thousand years already. This is one of the favorite hotels of the couple for honeymoon getaways, and other thrilling experience that some foreign visitors want to experience. You would also feel the magical feeling once you try to tour around the area of Gamirasu, and it’s indeed famous not just because its cave set-up, but the location is near the top tourist destinations in Cappadocia in Turkey. They are also offering activities and amenities to all their guests like body care massage, Turkish cuisine course, agricultural activities, and others.
5. Dockside Crane Hotel
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You may find yourself building a structure using a crane once you book accommodations at Dockside Crane Hotel in Harlingen, Netherlands. Try spending a night here wherein the idea is out of the intelligent engineering which turned to be a temporary abode, and home where you could stay at. The ladders going to your room has a modern lift so you could go inside your room, and see the wonderful transformation inside. You may feel terrified when you see the heights, but once you check-in, you would surely recommend this place because of the comfort, and wonderful environment which is indeed cozy like ordinary hotels.
4. Drain Pipe Hotel
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If you have experienced sleeping outside during camping, then, try visiting and booking a room at the Drain Pipe Hotel in Daspark Hotel in Austria. They have literally pipe rooms which are all stand-alone wherein you may feel like you are one of the members of teenage mutant ninja turtles. Of course, it’s very private, but it has double bed, storage space, skylight window, 220V power, double door, and decorative wall art. If you feel that you will not achieve the same level of comfort that you can find in some inns, and hotels around Austria, you are wrong, because if you are after amenities, then you are in the right spot, the only difference is, it’s for adventurous people who love to explore and experience odd things a very extraordinary way.
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The main purpose of developing Osaka Capsule Inn is to provide affordable and cheap accommodations to travelers especially those who would want to have a place where they can stay at which is especially built during the time of recession. Who would have thought that from an economical purpose that it will become one of the tourist attractions in Japan. In fact, each room is indeed small, which is the same reason why it’s called capsule inn. It is measured 2m x 1m x 1.25m dimensions. Nonetheless, it has wireless internet, TV, bed, and other luxurious things that you can find a 5-star hotel. It has become the favorite hotel of businessmen when they have business trips, and those who love spending their night life outside, and would just stay for a night at Osaka Capsule Inn. It was actually designed by Kisho Kurokawa and it started its operation in 1979.
2. Hobbit Motel
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It is a motel built in farm which is actually near Waitomo Caves. This is actually built at Woodlyn Park wherein it has self-contained kitchens, shower toilet, furniture, decorations, and there are separate rooms along with its double bed and two set of bunks. This is not just a bizarre hotel, but it’s extremely included in weirdest ones as well, and it’s one of the prides in New Zealand. You might feel strange in the surrounding area, but it encompasses still the definition of comfort, and home.
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If you feel like flying without really fastening your seatbelt and exploring the whole world, definitely, you would love the coziness that Hotel Costa Verde in Costa Rica offers. It’s also known as an airplane hotel at Boeing 747 Suite which is actually made out of the 1965 Boeing 727 Aircraft. This is actually perched or positioned on the tree after it has been dismantled and transported it to its homeland. Nonetheless, it is fully furnished like wooden teak furniture, flora and fauna experience, local wood paneling as part of its interior design, small kitchen, two bedrooms, dining area, flat screen television, and air-conditioned. Of course, you have to pay for the cost depending on the room of your preference which is priced between $300 to $350.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

I'm Sorry!

.... really, really sorry.  I am having trouble believing how long it has been since I posted here.  To me, it feels like only a few weeks.

What have I been doing you ask?  I have been spending time catching up on soap re-stocks as well as spending time on more mundane things, like work.  Hubby and I have also been 'spring cleaning' in winter.

It is winter in our part of the world..... brrrrrrr.....

The reason?  A really, really good one ~ we have had quite a lot of our interior rooms re-painted (for the first time in more than 18 years!) so it was very well worth scrubbing walls, ceilings, skirting boards and architraves for that.

To make up for how long I have been neglecting you all I am sharing some quick pics of new creations (click on the pics to see them better).  I will have some prettier 'staged' photos very soon, I promise!

New soap 'Rooibos & Lychee' using rooibos (red tea) for the lye liquid and sprinkling rooibos powder on top.  This is scented with a Bramble Berry fragrance oil called Lychee and Red Tea and it smells totally yummy ~

Here is a new version of my 'Kiss Me' soap, using cubed soap embeds on top rather than soap balls.  It still has lots of sparkly glitter on top and soap confetti inside ~

Another new soap 'Vanilla Sunshine' - using vanilla bean powder and tolu balsam essential oil for the swirl and folded orange essential oil for the main scent, this soap smells very orange zesty with a vanilla base note.  It also has almond milk and kaolin clay added ~

I have also been playing with lovely body creams.  Here is my newest emulsified body butter, called 'Beautiful Butter' because it is.  It has lots of lovely moisturising ingredients and was originally created for my niece to use on her pregnant belly.  We soon discovered it to be totally excellent for dry, chapped winter skin anywhere on your body ~

Lastly, I have been creating and testing facial moisturisers.  My favourite so far is 'HoneyBee Cream'.  I add royal jelly and a modified beeswax called cera bellina and it is perfect for my normal to oily facial skin.  It makes a very nice light body cream too ~

I will be back very soon with some polished up pics to share.  Thank you for being patient with me and have a lovely day!

Milla said...

Everything looks so beautiful! I'm loving your creams too! ooh and a facial cream too...lovely!

Topcat said...

Thank you Patti :)

Michelle Somers said...

Wonderful, I especially like the look of your new butter.

Anne-Marie said...

It all looks so good, especially the Rooibos & Lychee Soap, I'm totally digging the tops!

Topcat said...

Thank you Michelle and Anne-Marie :)


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By Frank Tisher OAM

22 November 2016

An assignment/transfer of lease generally occurs in the following scenarios:

When the tenant grows out of its premises and has found a better premises midterm;
When the tenant has financial difficulty but the premises is a good location; and
Usually, the most prevalent, when the tenant sells its business.

Landlords may be reluctant to allow a transfer to occur as they don’t feel comfortable with dealing with a new tenant. But what can they do to fight the transfer?

Most leases will contain a provision to the effect of “the landlord must not unreasonably withhold consent to a transfer of this lease if the proposed transferee or subtenant proposes to use the premises in a way permitted under the lease”.

The question is: what does this actually mean in the context of a retail premises lease? The answer, as set out below, is not as simple as you may think…

Retail Leases Act
Section 60 of the Retail Lease Act 2003 sets out that a landlord is only entitled to withhold consent to an assignment of a retail premises lease if one or more of the following applies:
a) The incoming tenant is proposing to use the premises for a purpose not permitted under the lease;
b) The landlord forms the view that the tenant doesn’t have sufficient financial resources to meet its obligations under the lease;
c) The incoming tenant has not complied with reasonable assignment provisions; and/or
d) If the assignment of lease is in connection with the continuation of an ongoing business at the premises and the outgoing tenant has not provided the landlord with business records for the previous three years to the incoming tenant.

If a Landlord wants to object to an assignment they have a strict timeline in which to do this.

Landlords need to ensure that they do not act unconscionably and carefully review the above to make sure that their objection is made in writing within the time required by the Act and the objection is legally supportable. Otherwise, the landlord might find themselves in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Common Law Principles

At common law, the assignor has the right to transfer contractual rights to a third party (the assignee), without the consent of other parties to the contract (except in rare situations where the rights are non-assignable).

The withholding of consent must be “objectively reasonable” in the particular circumstances, but the terms and proper construction of the relevant lease are paramount. “Reasonableness”, in this context, is assessed by an objective standard and is given a broad and common sense meaning.

Decisions to withhold consent should be based on factors “relevant” to the lease. Such “relevant factors” will differ in each case and heavily depend on the particular circumstances including the nature and object of the specific lease and the purpose of the clause prohibiting the “unreasonable” withholding.

Relevant factors may include:
(a) any defaults in obligations under the lease; or

(b) the solvency, financial position or identity of a party.

A party’s actions in withholding consent will generally be considered “unreasonable” if the grounds relied upon to support the withholding are:

extraneous or disassociated from the subject matter of the lease;
materially inconsistent with any provisions of the lease; or
based on collateral or improper considerations.

Leading High Court Authority on “reasonableness”
The leading High Court authority considering “reasonableness” and withholding of consent (albeit, that this case did not consider the issue of limiting common law assignment) is Secured Income Real Estate (Australia) Ltd v St Martins Investments Pty Ltd [1979] HCA 51; (1979) 144 CLR 596; 26 ALR 567.
In Secured Income, a contract for the sale of land provided that all leases of the premises after the contract’s execution should be approved by the purchaser, but that approval was not to be “capriciously or arbitrarily withheld”. Mason J (with whom Gibbs, Stephen and Aickin JJ agreed):
held that “arbitrarily” connotes “unreasonably” in the sense that what was done was done “without reasonable cause”
on the issue of what constituted “unreasonableness”, adopted an earlier statement of Walsh J that “the reason for refusal must be something affecting the subject matter of the contract which forms the relationship between the landlord and the tenant, and not something extraneous and dissociated from the subject matter of the contract” (citing Colvin v Bowen (1958) 75 WN (NSW) 262, [264])

Lessons for Landlords

Get legal advice as soon as the request for consent is sought. Most leases will alllow the landlord to recover their legal costs from any request for consent of an assignment.
Ask for further information from the prospective tenant on its financial position and business expenses;
If the landlord has a right under the law to refuse consent, consider whether additional obligations (such as a personal guarantee or higher security deposit) will deal with the problem;
Make sure any objection is based on law and after all information has been elicited from a landlord.
Be mindful that in many occasions concerning a sale of business, a tenant and the guarantor will be released under the lease by virtue of compliance with the Act, irrespective of what is said on the lease or transfer document.

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Bb is Bigger and Better

But before we get to that, BB is also for back breaking. I have an excellent studio set up which allows me to sit or stand when I work, but this month of colored pencil is killing me. My back is still, I know I am bending my neck too far forward, but no matter how I position myself to start, as I begin to concentrate, I am soon in one or another achy position. How DO artists work in small detail without turning themselves into pretzels? I'd really like to know.

Meanwhile, the work is coming along. This is the completion of yesterday's colored pencil on sand paper abstract. The photo is not quite right, but in person, ...

8x10. Bigger, better? Beautiful?


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Chunky Monkey Baby Bib

Ta da!  Here it is, the Chunky Monkey Baby Bib!  If you read my last post, then you've been gleefully sitting on the edge of your chair, biting the tips of your curled fingers with anticipation, knowing this was coming.  Yes?  No?  I've been working on this for what seems like forever, because I kept getting interrupted.  In fact, I've been done with the bibs themselves for almost a week now, but just haven't found time to post about them.  I'm currently working on creating the instructions and pattern in PDF form to share with you.  No telling how long that'll take.  You might not want to wait on the edge of your seat for it, is what I'm saying.  (Update!  I've completed the free pattern and instructions - here's the post!)

So anyways, this bib was born out of necessity, as so many craft projects are.  I was very fortunate to have been given lots of bibs for Lila by my mom and friends, so I didn't have to think about them for the longest time.  But then, she started growing, as babies are wont to do, and she basically outgrew a lot of them.  Let me tell you, what you want in a bib is coverage, and if you don't have that, you're in trouble.  Especially if you dress your baby in pretty handmade dresses and shirts.  So it was time to either go buy some bigger bibs, or make some of my own.  As it happens, my awesome crafting friend out in California, Pele, sent me some sweet little bibs for Lila a few months ago (you can see them below), and that inspired me to hit the sewing machine and make some of my own.

These babies have seen a lot of use.
Here you can see the size difference.  Pele's bibs are a good size, I'd say a nice medium fit, not for newborns, not for two year-olds.  Do two-year-olds use bibs?  Funny that I don't know.  Anyways, I went BIG on these bibs, especially around the shoulders.

And I'm completely crazy, so I took the time to applique designer fabrics on each one.  Yes.  A product whose sole function is to be spat up on.  A product that will be thrown in a crumpled heap into the dirty laundry pile, and washed in hot water repeatedly.

And I even took the time to apply bias tape, even all the way around those hairpin curves.  But I do so very much like the look of these bibs.  By the way, the terry cloth fronts came from a hooded baby towel.  I was also given lots of those, and had like ten on hand.  Lila doesn't need ten towels.  I don't even need ten towels.  So a couple of the hand-me-down's from cousins have found a new life.

It was a lot of fun to pick out the shapes and fabrics for the applique.

You have your happy star, your green apple, your musical note, your hot air balloon, your teddy bear.  That teddy bear turned out electric.  He's like a disco teddy bear from the 70's or something.  He's clearly dancing, which is why he's at a funny angle.  It's not because I wasn't paying attention while appliqueing him, and he ended up tilted to one side.  No.  He's dancing.

And here are the back sides.  I just used whatever sturdy, somewhat coordinating fabric I could find in my stash.  I suppose these are reversible, so if one side gets all stained up you could then switch to using the other side.

And here we see the bib in its native environment, under the head and around the shoulders of a human child.

It looks good on you Lila.  Real good.
Notice the lovely shoulder coverage, and the elegant draping down the front.

Mmmm, gobble gobble gobble.  Let the feeding frenzy begin...

Success!  Dirty bib, clean shirt.  Happy baby, happy mommy.  :)

Best Wishes,

  1. Teresa, these are amazing! I'm especially loving the wide shoulders, as that seems to be where Elise ends up with a lot of food as she frantically turns her head side to side to watch the animals. Yes, please do post a tute - I need to make some as I am in the same place as you were - lots of little bibs for a growing belly! I can't wait to make some of my own! And really really nice job on the applique - another dread of mine.


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Do Well By Doing Good : Dispatches from the Culture Wars

Chris Rodda, in an perhaps futile but ultimately admirable attempt to counter the lies of pseudo-historian David Barton regarding his Christian nationalism and the religious views of the American founding fathers, has decided to give away his her first of three books debunking this revisionist nonsense.

Well done, Chris, and thank you.

Edit: As correctly noted, Chris Rodda is female.  I've only read her writings, and perhaps my male chauvinism assumed that anyone with a name like Chris has to be of the male gender.  My apologies.

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(it looks like Chris is a "she")


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