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MusicRant#3: Taylor Swift Sucks Revisited

The Effects of Taylor Swift’s Influence in the Music Industry As Demonstrated by Two Videos:

Real talent like this gets undermined.

While young girls with rich daddies and no talent continue to churn out crap like this:

Chinese Superstitions

by American Girl

If I had seven years of bad luck every time I broke a mirror I would be long dead before my bad luck debt is paid off.  A gigantic klutz such as me cannot really afford to be superstitious about many things. The only superstition that I am inclined to believe in involves sleep and doorways.

I have an insanely superstitious Chinese mother. I laughed everything she said off until my freshman year in college. When I moved into my dormitory, my mom took one look at the room and told me sternly that I was not allowed to sleep with my feet facing the doorway. The fact that the door had a full length mirror made it double bad luck. I thought she was being nutty so I forgot about it.

Then I got really sick. Food poisoning, the flu, cramps, the whole deal. It lasted for two weeks until my mom brought me a screen which blocked the foot of my bed from the doorway.

Coincidence? Probably. But I’m sure as heck not going to go around sleeping with my feet facing doorways and mirrors again.

The following are superstitions that my mom has repeatedly tried to nail into our family’s heads from my childhood.

1. Do not sleep with your feet facing the doorway or mirror, as all your good luck will flow outside or be reflected away.

2. Eat all your food, or every grain of rice that you leave in your bowl will become moles/pockmarks on your future husband’s face.

3. Never stick chopsticks upright in a ricebowl. The dead will be offended as this is the way their food is served.

4. Always knock on hotel or unfamiliar room doors before you enter to stay the night as it is a polite way of warning the spirits of your presence.

5. Do not give clocks as presents. The Chinese word for clock (shi) sounds like the word “death”.

6. Do not give umbrellas as presents, as this will cause the receiver to have an unfortunate day.

7. If your eye twitches, you or someone you know will be put in mortal danger. (I almost got hit by a car once and when I told my mom she screamed”I knew it! My eye was twitching, my eye was twitching!”)

8. Do not sweep your house on New Years because you will sweep all the luck away.

9. Marry a man with a small nose and have a poor life.

10. Holding your chopsticks at the far end will cause you to move very far from your hometown for marriage.

11. Pregnant women should never use glue as it signifies a difficult birth.

12. Dropping your utensils during a meal means you will be forced to treat guests for dinner some time in the future.

13. Always greet guests in the living room. Never greet guests in the bedroom, as this will cause them to become sick.

14. Never go straight home after a wake or the dead will follow.

15. Do not have turtles as pets as this will slow down one’s business.

16. The noodles in a soup symbolizes longevity and should never be cut, lest the eater wants a short life.

There are also many Chinese superstitions involving Feng Shui and numbers, but I’ll get to those another time. What superstitions run in your family?

Cultured Penang Boy

By Penang Boy

Last Monday I had to bring my beloved sister to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) for her photography project. It was a beautiful day in a beautiful building. There were only 2 floors (out of 4) that was open because the other 2 were under construction for new exhibits.  Well, I am not one for modern art. I have nothing against modern art but it’s just that I find it kinda hard to appreciate those kind of art. It feels like they were random (I know they are not. I’m just saying that they appear to me as random) and I find it so hard to interpret them. It just takes too much energy. One thing that I found interesting though was a painting by Frida of Frida and her husband painted in SF. That was kinda cool. I don’t know how’s that modern art though.

Anyway, I got to the building, bought my ticket, went to the rooftop, got myself a cup of coffee and sat down. Gosh! I feel so cultured!

MusicRant #2

by American Girl

TravelRant: 5 Kinds of Irritating Subway Passengers

by American Girl

Strangers really take an interest in me.  People say it’s my innocent face that does it.  One afternoon I was reading Evelina by Frances Burney on the subway (because nerdy English Majors read everywhere) when a man leaned over and said, “Oh my god, I’m sorry, but isn’t 18th century literature the best? Chivalry and elegance are totally dead nowadays, huh?” We then had a lengthy discussion in which he told me how he turned down a multi-million dollar deal to build skyscrapers on his people’s land (he’s Native American). My supposedly “innocent face” will sometimes result in meeting really cool people like this man on the subway, but most of the time I want to chuck my textbook at the rest of the riders who catch my attention. The following observations were inspired from my weekly experiences of meeting subway riders.

5 Kinds of Irritating Subway Passengers

1. The Wannabe Gangster Rapper. The Wannabe Gangster Rapper, not always but usually an African American Male in his twenties, enjoys the music of “I got more hoes than the ozone” so much, he feels the need to share it with the rest of the world by unplugging his iPod and turning it to maximum volume. The public is then subjected to horrible thumping and obscene verses of the same song over and over again, for not only is the Wannabe Gangster Rapper inconsiderate about the music variety he provides to other passengers, but also because this is the rap song he currently memorized all the lyrics to. The Wannabe Gangster Rapper will then spend the duration of his ride trying to convince everyone that he lives the same lifestyle as his idol by rapping loudly with the music and bumping up and down in his seat to simulate driving a Cadillac. The annoyed looks of other passengers do not discourage him, as The Wannabe Gangster Rapper usually misinterprets them to mean that they are admiring his star quality. Sometimes a Wannabe Gangster Rapper will try to sell his homemade CDs on the subway, but due to his lack of professional sales skills, will come off as a total creep. Since a Wannabe Gangster Rapper actually believes that he will land a record deal through his self promotion, when you reject him he will convince himself that you just have bad taste in music or that you are discriminating against his race, and will move on to his next target.

2. The Pitiful Homeless Person. A Pitiful Homeless Person will not board the subway for traveling purposes, as the subway will merely transport him from Point A, a city where he begs for money, to Point B, a city where he begs for money. Instead, he will use the time he bought on the subway to do two things: seek temporary shelter and take the money of nice people. Smelling like rotten fish bombs, he will enter the subway and scout out his targets, which consist of amicable women and college kids who look like they get weekly allowances from their parents. He will sit down next to them looking as sad and pitiful as possible and tell a sad and pitiful story involving government conspiracy theories, his once luxurious lifestyle, being robbed, and his dog. Since he has  positioned himself in the aisle seat so that if you get up and walk away you’ll have to touch his rotten fish-bomb smelling clothes and still you’ll be staring at his pitiful face because there is nowhere else to go on the subway, you are trapped into giving him a dollar, lest you want to listen to the Pitiful Homeless Person’s story for another hour.

3. The Teen Clique. Teen Cliques are so excited about traveling without parental supervision that they will treat the subway as their personal party bus. This includes trying to impress their friends in the most obnoxious ways possible. A member of a Teen Clique  will continuously try to outdo another member’s “adult” knowledge through crude jokes, such as calling each other “gay” or comparing window stains to semen. Comments are always followed by the kind of over-the-top laughter that could only mean that the teenagers have no idea what their friend just said. Additionally, members of Teenage Cliques also attempt to imitate the professional stuntmen they see on TV by swinging and climbing on the subway railings, while everyone else on the subway is  secretly wishing they would slip and bang their heads.

4. The Rowdy Baseball Fans. Once in a while you will board the subway and realize that you are the only person not wearing A’s attire. These Rowdy Baseball Fans are going home after a long day of yelling in a stadium at their favorite team and are busy man-bonding by rehashing the details of the game. When dealing with Rowdy Baseball Fans, never mention your love for football, soccer, tennis, any other sport, foreign countries, or God forbid, the rival team unless you want to see some serious blood and spit.  Instead, ask them how the game went. This will prompt a Rowdy Baseball Fan to yell out “We OWNED them!”, followed by  a chorus of loud cheers and high fives. Beware as some members of this mob have a tendency to punch your face for no reason because they are too drunk and see rainbow spiders coming out of the walls because they are too high.

5. The Mother Who Needs a Day Off. The Mother Who Needs a Day Off made the brilliant decision of bringing her four ADD kids on a shopping trip and is now regretting it.  In tuning out their screaming  and spending the rest of her time on the subway dreaming about a tropical vacation, The Mother Who Needs a Day Off unfortunately leaves the public vulnerable to her little monsters. The children not only take up all the space on the subway running down the aisles and switching seats every five seconds, they also decide that right then is the best moment to have a tantrum. When one child begins to cry, all others think that it’s a good time to join in too. Unfortunately many elderly passengers encourage the mother’s lack of responsibility by telling her that her kids are “adorable at this age.” When you glare at the mother for refusing to do the right thing (slap all of her children and threaten them with no supper) she has the nerve to look surprised and annoyed.

What other subway passengers do you meet?

I got double down dared and I chickened out

by Penang Boy

I got doubled dare today and I couldn’t do it. It was just… too… fattening.

It’s from a prominent fast food chain and I love the food there but this is just too much. I don’t want to be like this guy.

Nothing wrong with you buddy but I just don’t want to be fat.

FoodRant #3: WOAH! The art of frying!

By Penang Boy

Thank you Mr. Alton Brown.

I sometimes cook and one thing I know, I suck at frying. I know, I know. Frying is greasy and the food is so bad for you. Why would you want to learn how to fry? Hey! Frying is a work of art. It is as honorable a method to cook as pan frying, roasting and even boiling (which is kinda of a no-brainer.)

Thanks to an episode about tempura on Good Eats which I happened to pay attention to, I have finally, for once in my life, been able to grasp the concept of frying! Woo hoo! I am elated beyond imagination! I am so excited! Now I just want to fry everything!

I have this recipe of my favorite dish from Penang that I always want perfected. It’s one of those foods that you can only find in the streets. They are greasy, oily Fried Belachan Chicken (Fried Shrimp Paste Chicken). I don’t know if the origin is from Penang but there are sure a lot of them in Penang street hawkers. It is absolutely delish and it’s one of my all time favorites (next to Fried Oyster. If you don’t know what is that, stay tune for more Penang food blog entries). I whipped up the recipe myself (Yes, pretty creative) but I have never been able to actually perfect it. It’s so frustrating. I’m pretty sure you all have experienced this. You got the recipe right but your technique is not there. I finally got it! This is actually my fifth official try and I GOT IT!! HAHAHA! SO HAPPY! I AM SO HAPPY! I AM SO HAPPY! THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!

And the result….  Crispy Fried Belachan Chicken! The picture only contains like 10 pieces of the chicken left. I bought 6 chicken thighs. My sister, E, and American Girl kept on eating the chicken as it got out the fryer. Gosh. I was so happy I do not know how to express it in words! Just ask American Girl how happy I was. I just can’t stop being happy.

Well, just for your info, here’s what I learnt. For those who are into cooking, the few tips I learnt are: the fryer has to be perfectly at a constant temperature of 375F. It is also advisable to use alcohol(vodka) to mix the batter as it will not form gluten, which absorbs the grease. The alcohol is actually volatile and will evaporate at a very low temperature so you don’t have to worry about your food being alcoholic. This technique is also useful when you bake. Less gluten, less ‘carb-y’ feeling, lighter taste, oh so goodness.

After my frying experiment, I went on to cook another dish. Nothing spectacular. Just plain old pasta! But… the mushrooms are actually cooked to perfection thanks to an advice from Julia Child. Ah…. cooking techniques are just marvelous! Here’s a picture of my humble pasta.

Ah! I Love Food! Happy Cooking and Eating!


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Restoring Refuge | The Molokai Dispatch

Restoring Refuge

The water at Kakahai`a National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), a 44-acre area on the eastern portion of Kawela I, sits still and muddy. Native `alae ke`oke`o (Hawaiian coot) and ae`o (Hawaiian stilt) struggle to thrive. But the refuge’s management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), wants to bring back Kakahai`a’s healthy wetlands and native birds – and they now have plans to make that happen.

USFWS’s preferred 15-year management plan for Kakahai`a NWR – one of three alternative plans presented by USFWS at the Mitchell Pauole Center last week – would expand the area they actively manage and restore to 32.3 acres, up from about 4.5.

The increase, called Alternative C, would allow them to seek funding to remove invasive species, repair levees, grow native plants, control water flow via pumps, and more. Other options presented in the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) include maintaining their actively managed acreage at 4.5 (Alternative A) or increasing it slightly to 12.5 (Alternative B).

The refuge includes 15-acre Old Pond and 5.5-acre New Pond, two areas largely overgrown by invasive plant species that absorb much of their water. Several acres of forest and grassland, as well as two acres of sandy area makai of the highway, also constitute Kakahai`a.

“We see this thing [Kakahai`a] all the time, and we have high hopes for it,” said Gene Anderson, who lives behind Kakahai`a and was one of six people who attended the meeting. He supported Alternative C, increasing the managed acreage. “[The refuge is] a beautiful thing when it’s working … It’s a treasure.”

The CCP is “not finite [and] not an exact science,” said Project Leader Glynnis Nakai, but it will allow USFWS to seek funding and grants to fuel its restoration initiatives.

Arleone Dibben-Young, who has a special use permit to bring school groups to the refuge for education, said the area is vastly different than in the early 1900s, when pond water moved freely. The invasive plants and resulting change of environment has caused difficulties for native birds like `alae ke`oke`o and ae`o. Like other attendees, Dibben-Young supported Alternative C while hoping for additional restoration in the future.

“I personally would like to have the study done to see if they can modify it back to their original size and shape of the pond,” she said. “Instead of two managed areas [Old Pond and New Pond], have one larger one [of about 20 acres].”

USFWS were receptive to the attendees’ suggestions, Nakai said – but in the end, it comes down to funding.

“What’s nice about it, is their vision is similar to ours,” she said, but added she was unsure of the cost of implementing Alternative C – let alone expanding upon it.

“I know it would be a lot [of money] because it’s a lot of work,” she said.

The public may comment on the alternatives via mail or Internet until Sept. 19. Maui National Wildlife Refuge representatives plan to submit Alternative C, along with public comments, to the USFWS regional headquarters in Portland by the end of the month, Nakai said. They hope to have a final CCP approved by the end of the year.

To view the alternatives online, visit fws.gov/kakahaia. To comment, email FW1PlanningComments@fws.gov with the words “Maui NWRC CCP” in the subject line, or write to Glynnis Nakai, Maui National Wildlife Refuge Complex, P.O. Box 1042, Kihei, HI 96753.

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Widespread Amazon and Internet Taxes Coming Soon

By Robert W. Wood – Since use tax is tough to collect, the battle is over getting online merchants to collect it. Soon we’ll all be paying it. See Internet Retail Tax Interactive Map. In California, Amazon’s compromise exempts online retailers from collecting California sales or use tax until September 15, 2012 if the feds do not pass a federal online tax measure in the meantime. See Amazon Tax: Good, Bad and Ugly. more> http://tinyurl.com/84uotpm

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A brief intro to Zizek
October 27, 2010, 10:00 am
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To those of you who somehow have managed to not come across Slavoz Žižek, Slovenian psychoanalytic philosopher / cultural theorist, here’s a nice, short animation that does the basics. If you haven’t read him or seen him talk before, you should really take a look (and it’s quite fun even if you have).

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What a great video. I love this guy and a lot more people should watch this. I saw this and thought of all of my school teacher friends. Yes I got them to show it in a high school international relations class haha.

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Review: Aria Protein

9 Jul
Disclaimer: The views expressed are my own. I paid for this protein powder and was not compensated in any form for this review.

I’ve been on the lookout for a decent tasting protein powder for quite some time now. I’ve tried the chocolate kind from GNC…blech. I’ve also tried Whey Protein Powder in chocolate from Trader Joe’s. Also not a fan. I wanted so badly to find a protein powder that didn’t taste like, well, crap. Excuse my highly sophisticated vocabulary.😉

You see, I recently bought a 3-month gym membership and have taken a liking to Body Pump. For muscle recovery reasons, I have become more aware of my protein-lacking diet.

Sure I eat cheese and greek yogurt (which by the way, is a great source of protein!). I have chicken about twice a week, so that’s good. But I know I could be doing better.

While in Trader Joe’s the other day, I noticed Aria Protein, an all-natural women’s protein. It’s from the makers of Designer Whey, which I’ve heard a lot about through various blogs.

I was intrigued that this protein was specifically designed for women, so I thought, “what the heck?” and grabbed the vanilla container.

I very excited to try it and after rushing home from Body Pump yesterday, I made myself a fabulous smoothie. It contained: skim milk (out of almond!), plain greek yogurt, strawberries, 1/2 frozen banana and 1 scoop of Aria.

Note: the serving size is 2 scoops – but I wanted to ease into the taste.

Friends, I have found my protein! I am very happy with the flavor, the nutritional stats and the benefits of Aria. The price isn’t too terrible either: $9.99. There are 17 servings per container, and I’ll probably only use half a serving at a time, so this will last a while!

Here are the facts:

80 calories/serving

14g protein/serving

Excellent source of folic acid (100% DV) & calcium (28% DV)/serving

50/50 Whey & Soy blend

I know many people have a protein powder that they enjoy, but if you’re still searching I suggest you try Aria Protein!

Do you use a protein powder? If so, what’s your favorite?!

15 Responses to “Review: Aria Protein”

  1. Kelly July 9, 2010 at 5:03 PM #

    AWESOME FOR YOU! We don’t have a TJ’s so I wonder if Whole Foods sells it or if this a Trader Joe’s only product.

    • Sondra October 21, 2012 at 8:36 PM #

      You can order it online from for 10.00. I have used it for the last year to replace my breakfast and lunch meals. I love it! I mix it with brothers brand smoothies different varieties, berry is my favorite. You can find the smoothie drinks at walmart

  2. angela1508 July 9, 2010 at 7:11 PM #

    I like to keep quite a few different protein powders on tap because I get bored easily! I actually purchased a new one today which I plan to test out tonight – I’ll post a review tomorrow! Some of my favourite brands are Whey Gourmet (peanut butter chocolate cup) and BSN Syntha6 (caramel latte). The BSN one is a slow-release protein, so it takes longer for the body to digest and keeps me feeling full for longer (I did a review on it a while ago… $9.99 is an awesome deal for protein! Good find!🙂

  3. littlemisspotato July 10, 2010 at 11:48 PM #

    I just may have to look into trying it!

  4. glutenfreemuse July 11, 2010 at 1:28 AM #

    I really like rice protein powder and egg white protein powder🙂 I also use soy and whey, but I feel that the ones mentioned above are a little lighter and easier to use in a variety of food items🙂

  5. Alycia @ Fit n Fresh July 11, 2010 at 2:15 PM #

    I haven’t seen Aria, I’ll have to look for it next time I’m at TJ’s! I’ve used GNC before, right now I’ve got some Designer Whey French Vanilla which is acutally pretty good. I really want to try Sun Warrior – but it’s just so expensive for my tiny college-kit budget lol

  6. Meg July 11, 2010 at 2:33 PM #

    I buy Aria at Trader Joe’s! I love the smoothness of it😀

    Jillian Michaels whey protein is good too, as well as Biochem! I love their flavors!

  7. Lindsay July 11, 2010 at 3:58 PM #

    I don’t use protein powder, but I would like to use this! I especially like that it’s “controlled-glycemic” (I saw that written on the container). Sounds healthy.🙂

  8. lisaou11 July 11, 2010 at 11:16 PM #

    ooo thanks for the review! I LOVE protein powder reviews…simply b/c pp is so expensive, you want to hear about it before shelling out the money for something you won’t like!

    I really like JAy Robb protein powder.

  9. atastelife July 12, 2010 at 4:29 PM #

    That’s my fav protein powder, too. And I only use one scoop in my green monsters in the morning – I had to try a new brand this week since I ran out and I have to drive a little ways to TJs, and it’s just not the same. Can’t wait to have the Aria back in my life.

  10. an idiot abroad December 20, 2010 at 4:15 AM #

    This blog is merely superb, I assumed I do know a whole lot, but I’m so mistaken, like the previous saying the a lot more you already know, the added you discover out how little you know. Thanks for the info.

  11. Tanya Michelle April 26, 2012 at 3:27 PM #

    Love this stuff!! I’ve been taking Aria for nearly 5 years!

  12. Mariann June 1, 2013 at 8:28 AM #

    Thank you for the review to Aria. I started with a trainner and decided to start taking proteins. I checked in the internet proteins for woman and gave a list of 5 name. So, I picked Aria bcs has folic acid, soy beans, and not sugar. I placed my orden in Amazon $9.75 FREE SHIPPING… Yeahh🙂
    I’m very healthy but Im 53 but look as 34… Lucky me🙂 BUT I have to take a good care of my health and what I take… Bcs Im not young🙂

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First Plants Bring Major Climate Change

RTB’s creation model posits that the change in life throughout Earth’s history reflects the work of a divine intelligence transforming a hostile-to-life planet into one capable of supporting humanity. As the environs change, so must the life. Studies of the first plant life on the continents show how the plants altered the land and atmosphere and may have triggered an extinction of marine life—and prepared the way for new organisms.

Is animal death a good thing? Most would say no—especially when death involves something dear to us like cats, dogs, or Bambi. The Bible paints a different picture, one in which death is simply part of God’s economy. Discoveries about the first plants illustrate this principle.

Psalm 104 (a creation account parallel to Genesis 1) describes how God feeds the lions roaring after their prey (verse 21). It then describes how all animals wait for God to provide food, but when God hides his face, the animals perish (verses 27–29). Yet God sends forth his Spirit and creates again, thus renewing the face of the ground (verse 30). The psalmist clearly identifies God’s hand in providing for all life on Earth and (when integrated with Genesis 1) recognizes God’s work in transforming a primordial, hostile-to-life Earth into splendid abode for humanity.

In RTB’s creation model, we use this passage to buttress the position that, as he prepared Earth to support humanity, God regularly introduced new plants and animals for a time and then removed those organisms when they had fulfilled his purpose. This psalm helps explain why the fossil record shows different organisms flourishing at different times. As the conditions on Earth changed under God’s transforming hand, some animals and plants went extinct, only to be replaced by new life-forms suited to thrive in the new conditions.

The first land plants appeared in the fossil record around 470 million years ago during an era called the Ordovician. These specimens were not roses, bushes, and trees; rather they were more similar to mosses. Though not tall, these first plants brought dramatic changes. Land-based plants require mechanisms to extract nutrients (like phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and iron) from rocks. These harvesting mechanisms also accelerate the weathering of the rocks by factors ranging from 2 to more than 100.

Recent research shows two significant byproducts of this weathering. First, rock weathering exposes more silicates to the atmosphere with the net result of removing carbon dioxide (CO2). Modeling of the atmospheric reaction during the Ordovician showed that this CO2 removal lead to global cooling and an ice age a few million years long.1

Second, the study also reveals that higher weathering would dump more nutrients into the ocean. Since ocean life is usually nutrient limited (the amount of nutrients determines the quantity of life), the addition of nutrients would cause a large increase in ocean life, which would then deplete all the oxygen. During the Ordovician, this lack of oxygen, coupled with the lowered sea level from the glaciation, caused a large fraction of ocean organisms to perish in a major extinction event.

Scientists know that after the Ordovician-Silurian extinction, the oceans quickly filled with new life and the land proliferated with plants (ones we would recognize). This whole scenario comports well with the description in Psalm 104.2

1. Timothy M. Lenton et al., “First Plants Cooled the Ordovician,” Nature Geoscience 5 (February 2012): 86–89.

2. One question remains: do plants appearing 470 million years ago fit with the description of day three in Genesis 1? I think it does, but it means that the chronology may not be as strict as some would like. For example, the mention of plants in the day three description may serve to close the topic of preparing Earth’s surface for the life that would arrive on days five and six.

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Wow, six gap about to start! #sixgapcentury

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I have missed Six Gap the past few years, so I was excited when the opportunity to ride it came up at the last minute. I decided to make it an extra epic adventure this year by getting up at 1:30AM, driving 4 hours to the start (the time change heading east means getting up even earlier!), riding two laps of the course (208 miles and 23,000 feet of climbing), and finally driving 4 hours back home to Birmingham. Along the way, I managed to snag the 35+ KOM (barely) in a really exciting showdown with Amos Harvey.

Top of Hogpen Gap.

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This event has grown and grown over the years because I believe riders from all over the South have decided that it is a good testing ground at the end of the season to measure their fitness against the climbs in the mountains of North Georgia. A similar (but tougher!) event happens every May at the Cheaha Gran Fondo Ultra, so it’s nice that riders can bookend their seasons with really tough rides.

One of the things that makes Six Gap tough is the back-to-back timed climbs of Hogpen Gap (6.2 miles) and Wolfpen Gap (3.1 miles) coming after hard efforts up Neel’s Gap, Jack’s Gap, and Unicoi Gap. This year saw a split in the front group on Neel’s Gap. I had slid pretty far back in the pack before the start of Neel’s, so I had been passing people all the way up the climb when I noticed there was a small group ahead. I was worried that this group would get away and be the fast group for the climbs. So I bridged across to that group to find Jan Kolar, Amos Harvey, and Mark Fisher drilling it along with a couple other guys. Over the top and into the start of the climb up Jack’s Gap, a couple more guys joined us to make for a somewhat large front group of 6-8 riders.
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Everesting Mount Cheaha

Final stats #everesting #cheahagranfondoultra #festive500

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Training for next year’s Race Across America is giong really well. One of my training techniques is to do “adversity” rides, where it’s not just the distance, but also the unknowns on the ride that add in a bit of mental training to the physical effort. So when a huge storm system came through the southeast on the night I had chosen, I toyed with the idea of going anyway and doing the whole ride in the storms and rain starting at midnight on December 24th so I could be finished and back to Birmingham early in the afternoon in time for Christmas Eve with the family.

The evening of the 23rd rolled around, and the weather was looking too crazy and the idea of riding in a thunderstorm on top of mount cheaha was beyond what I was willing to do – so I bailed and decided to wait until Christmas day starting in the early afternoon and hopefully finishing sometime in the middle of the night. This meant, however, that immediately after finishing the ride we would be getting in the car and driving 18 hours to northwestern Wisconsin to spend the rest of our winter vacation with Kristine’s family.

After brunch, I headed out to drive over to Mount Cheaha – about an hour and a half away. I hate driving to ride or race my bike, but sometimes it is necessary just so you can take all your stuff and supplies for the ride or race. Many times, though, it’s a matter of deciding to ride hundreds of miles. I found a cool parking area right near the start of the segment that I was going to everest –

Strava segment for my everesting of mount cheaha - "Cheaha from 281 low pt on Adams Gap side"Strava segment for my everesting of mount cheaha – “Cheaha from 281 low pt on Adams Gap side”

This segment is an interesting one that I made a few years ago – it’s the lowest spot on AL-281 on the west side of the mountain so it gives you the most vertical diff up to the lookout tower at the top (Alabama’s highest point at 2,407′). That low spot, however, is located in the middle of several steep rollers. So even though the vertical diff is about 1300′, you get even more climbing than that both on the way up and the way back down. I knew that this would make it easier to reach the everesting elevation, but I was surprised that it was over 2 full laps sooner than everesting based on the vertical diff alone. I wanted to everest it that way as well, so I did the required 23 laps.

This is probably the “best” climb in Alabama to everest. It may not be the fastest, steepest, etc… but it is the perfect grade for some fast climbing, yet not too steep to exhaust you quickly. Also, the descent is still plenty steep in spots to give you lots of free speed on the way back down. On top of that, the rollers at the bottom are fun and add to the climbing as I mentioned previously.

But perhaps what makes this climb the “best” is how scenic it is. During the day, the views are amazing as the climb rises quickly out of the valley with a good view looking far below. You really get the sense of climbing high in the mountains. Most everesting attempts end up involving some sort of night riding. The lower part of this climb is so open that moonlight really lights up the climb (and descent). I did several descents with no lights towards the bottom using just the moonlight … in addition to having a shadow from the moon, I could clearly see the outline of the road and the pavement was so perfectly smooth that there was no danger of hitting any debris. This was not the case higher up the mountain which goes through a heavily wooded section. After the storms a couple days ago, there was lots of branches and debris on the road. I found a good line though and cleared it out by riding it over and over again. By the end of the ride I was not worried about hitting anything at the top either. I used my light on its medium setting for this part of the descent, which twists gently (no brakes) several times, and is much darker because of the tree cover.

Well, I’m running out of time here, so I’ll leave with a collection of all the pictures I instagrammed. Previously, I had posted pictures at the 1000 meter elevation marks all the way up to the summit of everest. This time in honor of the work that Nuevas Esperanzas is doing in Nicaragua, I wanted to start out in Nicaragua, then Central America, and finally South America before running out of elevation and having to head over to Asia … but this time I picked K2 all the way up to its summit before finally switching over to Everest for the final summit picture.

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On this blog, you’ve seen spinning the king and turning Tabuk, get ready for turning 70, which never looked so good.

That 70 is CVN-70 aka USS Carl Vinson, recently

departing San Diego for points west.  These fotos come compliments of Michael Torres, who just a few weeks back sent spectacular fotos of the return to port of Splendor of the Seas.

The orange numbered tugs make up part of the Edison Chouest fleet.  I believe these tugs make up a small minority of American tugs with forward-mounted azimuthing drives, or ATDs, in this article by Gregory Walsh in Professional Mariner.

For my mostly east coast eyes, these tugs are a distinctive as Michael’s fotos stunning.  I’ve written about them before here

The names are quite unusual also.

SDMs 7, 8, 10, and 14 turning CVN 70 . . . that’s unfamiliar

nomenclature for my east coast ears.  I’ve got lots to learn about these, but

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*Topaz Texture Effects, updated and on sale through the end of the month.

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For those who may have missed the introductory sale a few months ago on Topaz Texture Effects, it’s back, and includes 42 new textures, and 15 new effects along with performance enhancements.  Topaz has added to and updated the plugin, and is offering it for $20 off (available for $49.99, normally $69.99) through January 31st.  Updatable for those who already own Texture Effects, downloadable for those interested in a full free trial, or for purchase on sale via the Topaz website HERE, and if purchasing, use code “EASYTEXTURE” to get the sale price at checkout.

I reviewed Texture Effects when it was released HERE, and have continued to use and enjoy it.  Not an everyday plugin, but a great one if wanting to create a series of images, or enjoy adding some of that textured moodiness to an image or images.  Like all Topaz plugins, it’s intuitive, fast and creatively powerful.

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*The Topaz plugin half off sale is here with @topazlabs

Starting today through the end of the month, Topaz is offering everything for 50% off.  The entire collection (normally $500) is available for $250 HERE, and as an extra added bonus, for those of us who already own some or many Topaz plugins, we can still take advantage of the sale by logging into our account via the Topaz Labs website (here) and gaining the 50% off on additional plugins by using the code “BLACKFRIDAY2015” at checkout.  The Complete Collection is already at a 50% discount from the full price for all plugins individually ($1,010), so really, if starting from scratch, this is really a 75% discount from purchasing the plugins one by one, which is kind of nuts.

I’ve never shied away from praise for the various Topaz plugins I use regularly, and feel that there are a handful of irreplaceable plugins in my workflow.  The complete collection includes 17 plugins from DeNoise, ReMask, Adjust and Clarity to the brand new Texture Effects.

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One thing I find funny about modern digital photography, is how much we tend to revert back to wanting it to look like film.  The irony of using a $600+ software program, thousands of dollars in camera gear and a bit of time in front of a computer to get an image to look like it was taken with an older film camera and some expired film is not lost on me.  But, if we’ve already got the tools, why not have the ability to use them for a variety of effects right?  I love vintage, or aged processing, so here are a couple techniques I have played around with to get my high resolution images to look like they were taken a while back…

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Sick Day

I have been sick today but getting stuff done. I made some jewelry a cute 3 strand bracelet for me… O:) what it is my birth month… But for a sister at Church I made a pair of feather earrings.  It was quite easy. Here’s how…
I got two eye pins and two ear loops in gold for the winter, and some Gorilla glue.
Then I picked out a color that would look great with her dark hair. Teal green.
Found some beads, two of each size. One a seed bead in teal, the other slightly bigger a cat’s eye, in green.
I cut the eye pin a a little longer then the length of the two beads. Then rolled the pin in the gorilla glue. I squeezed a little on a piece of cardboard. I the slide on the beads and inserted the feather.  Once it is dry all you gotta do is open the eye of the earring loop and slip on the eye of the feather with beads. Then close the eye up. I make sure the feathers are pointing the right way before I close them. IMAG0441
As I said these are for a sister at Church who when she first came I guess I was slacking and did not give her a pair. I hope this was helpful for you to DIY. I am on the welcome committee at Church so I pass out earrings to new comers. They are also handy to have to give to people you meet during the day that serve you, like cashiers, waitresses. or just someone who needs a smile. IMAG0435
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American foods banned in Europe

Acorting to this post, there are quite a few American foods that are banned in Europe

Dairy products made with growth hormones. This was a big deal back when they first got approved in the USA, and I think it might have been stopped outright if the internet had been big enough at the time. It’s also the most boring recap I have to offer. Always lead with your weakest stuff, I say!

Genetically modified soy, corn and wheat. To be fair, to the best of my knowledge GMO wheat isn’t being grown anywhere in the world right now. You wanna know the real reason I’m against these things? They totally run counter to what all my comic book training has taught me. If you get genetically modified, you get a super power, and it’s going to be something you can use in a fight. Crop yield doesn’t qualify.

I am from Europe and didn’t know about that, but i am glad they did.

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2.Significantly better video recording quality
1,080 x 60fpsvs 1,003 x 36.4fps (the average)
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3.Plenty higher pixel density
462ppivs 360ppi (the average)
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75.8mmvs 96.6mm (the average)
vs 39mm (best: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX400V)
5.Significantly higher resolution
831x1,108pxvs 875x609px (the average)
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6.Has built-in optical image stabilization
Yesvs No (54% don't have it)
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SE Foster & 50th, 1937

This should be a familiar sight to anyone who’s passed by the intersection of SE Foster Rd. and 50th Avenue. The cars and businesses have changed but the buildings remain the same. All three buildings in this 1937 photo still remain.

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  1. Any explanation for the white area on the Katzky’s Pharmacy building.
    I see a shadow of the Mobil Gas flying horse logo (Pegasus) and wonder what the Star is (Texaco Oil and Mobil were competitors so I doubt if they were sold together)

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Gaming in the Universe of: Superman

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace so far the only review of Superman movie done by the family.

supermanlogo1Why re-invent the wheel?  There are many good RPGs centering around Superheroes.  TSR’s Marvel Super Hero game is available online as PDF, of course that’s not the Superman Universe, but heck they’re available for free.  Hero Games’ Champions, the grandaddy of all super hero RPGs is still available.  DC Heroes as published by Pulsar Games is a defunct game though the mechanics are used in their Blood of Heroes RPG.  Pinnacle Entertainment’s Necessary Evil, although not a super HERO setting does provide the rules for adding Super Heroes to your Savage Worlds campaign.  The current Super Hero RPG of choice appears to be Mutants and Masterminds, an in depth review of the game can be found at Greywulf’s Lair

The first thing we need to ask are you gaming in a generic super hero universe or one of the copyrighted ones?  I have many fond memories of playing in a Champions campaign from my high school days (no I won’t say when just know that Reagan was President when I graduated).  My GM for those days usually had Marvel and DC heroes pre-genned for folks just wanting to sit in on a game.  Though they were super heroes by the names of Supreme, Arachno-Lad, Night Stalker (a Batman clone) and Amazon (this was long before the Amalgam Universe).   In a generic universe, your Superman would be the supreme hero in that universe.  All other heroes would look to him as the ideal.  That is if you’re following the archetype right down the line.  Currently in the Marvel mainstream universe the character of the Sentry is a Superman of sorts, but his arch nemesis did a real number on him.  The character is unstable even on his best days.  The Sentry is all-powerful but is very hesitant of using his abilities.

Some ideas of how I would use a Superman character; He is the supreme hero in your universe all other heroes look up to him and follow his example, Take the Sentry route and play him as someone that doesn’t even know the extant of his powers the GM would stat out the character but not give the PC anything but the barest idea of what the character is capable of (ie let the discovery of the power base be part of the game), or I’d turn the whole Superman idea on its head, he rules your world with an iron fist and it’s up to the PCs to take him down.

The main problem with a Superman character is coming up with credible threats against him.  Superman as an archetype doesn’t provide much of a challenge for PC.  Unless the PC had a VERY good reason for wanting to play a super man, I probably wouldn’t allow him as stated out.  As an NPC/GM-controlled character who’s lending a hand against a larger threat (ie hordes of villians) then yes.

Savage World stats for Superman

Race: Kryptonian
Attributes: Agility d12, Smarts d12, Spirit d12, Strength d12+12, Vigor d12
Skills: Fighting d8, Guts d6, Intimidate d8, Notice d4, Stealth d6, Throwing d8
Charisma:+40; Pace: 6; Parry: 6; Toughness: 11
Hindrances: Dependant (Minor or Major) Lois Lane is the one human above all others that Supes flies half-way around the world to rescue.  Depending on which iteration of the universe, she is even Mrs. Kent;  Power Negation (Major) – Kryptonite; Weakness (Major) – Magic
Edges: Arcane Background (Super Powers), Brawny, Power Points, Take the Hit!
Gear: Supes being who he ie doesn’t usually have gear but he does have access to a wide array of Kryptonian technology in his Fortress
Super Powers: • Attack, Melee (4): +2d6 • Attack, Ranged (4): +2d6 • Fearless (2) • Flight (15) •  Heightened Senses (1) • Immunity (4) • Lair (1) • Super Attributes (5): (Super strength.) • Toughness (7): +2, Hardy

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  1. You could do like the bad guys did in the Question mini-series from a couple years ago…cause major disasters someplace else in the world, and then go rob the bank (etc.) while Superman was out of town. They had it down to a science and knew how long he would be occupied with whatever they set up and would be gone before he got back. Of course, they weren’t counting on the Question (or whatever hero you might have to intervene).

    So basically, Superman might be the paragon, but he’s usually pretty busy with world shaking events, so the other heroes need to take care of the “little” stuff.

    Comment by Ruminator | March 11, 2009

  2. Cool write-up. I’m intrigued by the idea of using Savage Worlds for superhero gaming. Have to look into that, thanks.

    A while back in our campaign, an evil superman-like villain (Overmann)… how can I say this…. um…… exploded in a battle against the PCs. Yes, it was messy, and yes, they did it on purpose.

    Sometime later when a player wanted to create a new character he used the idea that Overmann’s powers had dispersed when he died and (inspired by Dynamo 5) created Aevian, a hero who had gained Overmann’s power of Flight during the dispersal. There’s also guys who gained his strength, eye blasts, etc – one power each but get them together and they gain each others’ powers too. Nice.

    Me, I’ve a certain fondness for the Paragon archetype. Give me flight and superstrength and I can find unlimited different ways to spin it. Here’s a quick example: Paragirl One.

    Comment by greywulf | March 11, 2009

  3. There’s now another SW option. NE is a great set of rules, but unless some serious changes were made to the SWEX release, it’s plot point is really weak. Anyhoo, there is now Dawn of Legends from Daring Entertainment. I know nothing about it, but I’m the guy who was collecting supers systems for a while.

    Personally, I think NE stumbles at the Supes/cosmic power level, but that’s still a cool write up of the character.

    Comment by drcheckmate | March 12, 2009

  4. I’ve been doing my write-ups of Superhero stats using the .pdf of the player’s handbook for NE. The UPS man brought me my copy of the complete rulebook yesterday. I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, PIT#1 spied it and absconded with it. She’s already got her hero built. When I went looking for my brand new book and got her to confess, I set the book down next to my chair. 2 minutes later I went to reference the book and PIT#3 had already snagged it.

    Looks like I’ve got a winner here.

    Comment by Vulcan Stev | March 12, 2009

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The Wedocrats December 25, 2013 Tips & Tricks

This is how we think of the flow of inviting people, in order of how it usually went for us:

  1. Might Invite
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1) Might Invite

When you first add a Party, they aren't yet invited. You are just adding everybody you might invite.

2) To Invite/Not Inviting

You have decided you want to invite them, or you won't be inviting them.

3) Invited by Email

When you send out an Invite to either the Wedding or to an individual Event, wedOcracy marks the status of the invitation to "Invited by Email" for you. You don't have to do anything to make this happen.

4) Not Responded

If you have sent Invites out a few times, maybe you have even tried to call and you simply don't hear from a Party or Wedocrat, you can mark them as Not Responded. This shows up in your stats so you can track what's going on.

5) Attending/Will Not Attend/Unsure

This is the goal - get people to commit one way or another so you can get on with the plans. Every time you mark somebody as one of these statuses you get a gold star - and if they do it for you (which they can, by clicking a link in the invitation email or by updating it on the site directly), give yourself two gold stars!

The Wedocrats November 10, 2013 General Information

Who created wedocracy and why?

What happens when an engaged couple working in the world of web development plan their Nigerian/American/Jewish/Mexican wedding?

They don’t just want to use good online tools, but great ones.They want their guests to not only have fun, but to have a blast. They don’t want to just enjoy their wedding, they actually want to have no regrets. So, on Bastille Day in 2012 when Peter Jacobson asked Uchechi Kalu to marry him, she said yes and they decided to create what they wanted but weren't finding in other apps: a collaborative social network, for weddings. They were married on November 10th, 2012 and not only did they have a blast, but they also started a wedOcracy.

What is a collaborative social network for weddings?

Wedocracy's collaborative, comprehensive event planning platform is a wedding planning toolkit worlds beyond anything out there today. It enables couples and guests to actually enjoy the wedding planning process, by using the power of existing relationships and social networking you already do. The relational tools built into our DNA exponentially multiply the value of every single step you take in the system. In short, couples who use wedocracy have more fun, stress less, and so do their guests system for you!

What are the benefits of using wedocracy?

Almost every couple hates even the thought of wedding planning. Event guests are often loathe (and have to be pestered) to even RSVP. It's confusing, stressful, expensive, fraught with emotional challenges, logistically complicated, and rife with miscommunication. The abundance of one-shot apps, product search engines pretending to be planning sites, and half-baked management systems available now just add to the feeling of how overwhelming it all feels.

With wedocracy, you can invite guests to log in and manage their own information and plans (RSVP's, flights, hotels, rental cars, meal preferences, etc) so you don't have to. Plus, you can bring your vendors into the mix the same way, and keep each other up to date in real time, so everyone's always on the same page.

What if I have a wedding planner already, would I still benefit from using the system?

Regardless of who's helping you, you still need help keeping track of every detail, and you have plenty of information your planner will need, like guest lists, seating charts, special meal requirements... don't get us started. That's where wedocracy comes in!

How do my guests benefit from using wedocracy?

One of the big motivators for making this app available to the public was our guests. They simply had a blast and we really felt that weddings should be enjoyable for the couple and their guests. Once you invite your guests using our online invitations, they can then manage their own profiles. Their profile is where they can keep track of everything from their travel plans to their meal preferences. Oh, and that's not all. Guests can socialize with other guests they may or may not have already known (heck, even share shuttles to the airport), thus getting to know everyone before the big day. The goal is to get them excited about being part of your big day so they too can enjoy the planning. The thing to remember is this: Happy guests equals a great wedding!

Does this app provide a wedding website?

Yes, we do. You get a stylish, well-designed wedding website to show off your plans for your big day (no sunset graphics or decorative wedding-themed clip art here - unless you add it...). You can blog, post photos and video, post an engagement slideshow, introduce yourselves and more. Best of all, since it's part of wedocracy.com, it's integrated with your guest lists, RSVP system, everything.

Can I use the app on any of my mobile devices?

Currently, we are a mobile-optimized Web application. This means that you can use it on your desktop and on your mobile devices through our website, which will adapt to any of your device screens. The native iPhone, iPad and Android apps are not yet available, but we are working on them (and we can't WAIT to launch them!).

There are many free wedding websites out there, so why do I need to pay for this one?

If you're not paying for it somebody else is - and that means they are the real customer, not you. Our focus is on the couple, which is why we don't take money from vendors. Our commitment is to our paying customer, which is you the couple, and your guests. We also know from experience that when people make an investment in their wedding planning services, they are more committed and involved in participating. It's kind of like learning a foreign language - you can just go to the library and read language books, but there's a reason language schools exist. Sometimes paying for something and having a structure can make the difference between success and well, you know.

What is a private beta?

On November 10th, we launched our private beta, which means anyone who signs up to use the app, and receives an invitation, can now subscribe for a monthly or yearly plan. You cannot yet sign up and start using wedocracy without requesting access. During this time, we will work to fine tune the app and get customer feedback to make it even better. We will open up our public beta in the very near future.

How much does it cost to join?

We have monthly and yearly plans. Did you know the average engagement in the US lasts for 15 months? We want you to know you're covered for the duration of your engagement, and you save more when you subscribe for a year. Right now, we're in private beta (not yet launched publicly), and we’re offering a special Holiday discount. Sign up before Cyber Monday (December 2nd) and get your monthly or annual subscription for 50% off (that price will be good for the duration of your planning - so if you want to save a couple of hundred dollars on your wedding budget, take advantage and join now!). Monthly fees in the beta period are $18USD, and annual fees are $198.


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Inspired in Česky Krumlov

I was in Česky Krumlov this weekend with a group of people from PSF, which you can read more about here if you so choose. It is a beautiful town 3 hours south of Prague, which was having a festival. Along with the festival was a small art/craft fair near the castle.

I got a whole bunch of things, among them some plants, and some beads!

I found these really cute glass octopi. They’re adorable.

The bigger red beads are coral. The seed beads are Czech glass.

I really like these earrings.

Also, I found these two vintage silver buttons in an antique shop.

And I thought hmmm…

The third one is a bead I had. Someday I’ll find another vintage button I like, and I’ll replace it.

I had been going to add more bubbles, but then I looked at it and I actually really liked it just as it was. So I declared it a necklace and called it a day.

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  4. I am in love with the necklace you made with the vintage buttons. So creative!

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LaZarre Wines

2010 Central Coast Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

California: Central Coast

Offer Expired:Nov 06, 2012 at 11:59 pm
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Mission Briefing

The Exclusive

The Wine Spies are so fortunate to enjoy such a close and special relationship with today’s winery. We are proud to report that we are the only wine merchant to have today’s very special, soon-to-be-released, LaZarre Pinot Noir.

I first came to know Adam LaZarre, winemaker for today’s spectacular Pinot Noir, nearly six years ago. If you ever meet me in person, ask me for the story of our meeting!

Today’s 2010 LaZarre Central Coast Pinot Noir is everything that we’ve come to expect from a LaZarre wine. It is delicious, balanced, elegant and packed with authentic flavors. Flavorful enough to be enjoyed on its own, but with enough acidity to make it an extraordinary fine-dining companion, this all-purpose wine will certainly find a home on many an Operative’s Thanksgiving table, this year.

Order this rare treat of a wine now, in time for pre-Thanksgiving delivery!

Tasting Profile

With heart of pure garnet, color is evenly concentrated from heart to edge. Swirl the wine, and short, skinny, wine-stained sears fall slowly from high up on the glass wall.

Deep and lush with wonderful fruit and spice, lead by cherry, wild strawberry, red currant, sweet brown spice and dusty bramble. As the wine opens, it reveals black tea leaf, wild strawberry, sweet cigar box, toasty vanilla and flint appear.

Red cherry, red currant, wild strawberry and dusty bramble take the lead. As the wine breathes, it opens to reveal juicy raspberry, black tea leaf, dried cranberry, subtle and soft brown spice.

Elegant and very long, with clean, sweet and tart fruit that slowly fades, giving way to earthy spice, black tea and the finest hint of subtle white pepper.

What the Winery Says

Tasting Notes

Cherry, cola, and forest floor nose. Flavors of boysenberry, Fresca, and cherry Jolly Rancher candy. Very solid thread of acidity under the typically lush and velvety richness that Pinot is all about.

Central Coast of California

100% Pinot Noir

Cases Produced:

16 months 20% New Chateauroux 80% one and two year old mixed French Oak

About the Winery

LaZarre Wines is a small, family-run venture created by veteran Central Coast winemaker Adam LaZarre and his wife, Angie. The brand was started in 2003 primarily as a high-end, single- vineyard Pinot Noir project and has grown to include such varietals as Merlot, Albarino, Sauvignon Blanc, Vin Gris, and Chardonnay.

Both Adam and Angie are completely committed to providing the very best possible wines at any price and will continue to do so until they depart this earth. After all, wine is a gift from God and should be enjoyed responsibly.

Winemaker Adam LaZarre

Adam LaZarre is a veteran winemaker with nearly 20 years of experience behind him. He was the mind behind the successful Villa San-Juliette and Fat Monk line of wines in Paso Robles, producing wines for the creative geniuses Ken Warwick and Nigel Lythgoe, Executive Producers of such shows as American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, and America’s Got Talent. He was the Vice President of Winemaking for Hahn Estates winery in Monterey County and was part of the team that created such superstar wines as Rex-Goliath and Cycles-Gladiator. Prior to that, Adam produced wines for a number of Central Coast and North Coast wineries as well as participated in the production of wines in Chile and in Spain.

Adam fell in love with wine while he was serving in the U.S. Navy on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula in the late 1980s. He graduated from Fresno State’s highly acclaimed Enology program and, during his studies, fell in love with and subsequently relocated to the Central Coast of California where he produced wines for Elliston Vineyards, Jekel Winery, and Constellation Wine.

Adam is one of the most accoladed winemakers in California, with Best-of-Show wins at the most prestigious wine competitions in the world, including the L.A. International Wine Competition where he is the only three time winner of this respected wine competition. In 2005 he was named Winemaker of the Year in the Sacramento Bee and was also named One of the Top Five Winemakers in the San Francisco Chronicle in 2006. Adam was also named one of theTop 100 Most Influential People in the U.S. Wine Industry 2012 by

Adam is completely committed to providing the very best possible wines at any price and will continue to do so until he departs this earth. After all, wine is a gift from God and should be enjoyed as such.

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Menswear issue 10/01/2013

Once upon a time, every man had a tailored suit and a signature scent to go with it. Then vanity inflated the male ego, the recession dulled it, and all that was left was a chump, alone at the hotel bar, doused in Drakkar Noir.

But now it’s once again all right to crack the cap and dab some fragrance onto the neck. “Times have changed so that now there is a new breed of man who cares very much about his scent,” says master perfumer Roja Dove, who cannot help adding: “The ultra-successful man has always cared.”

This story first appeared in the October 1, 2013 issue of WWD.  Subscribe Today.

Designer Tom Ford is one of those responsible for bringing it back. His first grooming collection for category XY, Tom Ford for Men, includes a cleanser, moisturizer, concealer—as well as two new fragrances, part of Ford’s Private Blend collection.

Bottega Veneta is in on the trend with Bottega Veneta Pour Homme, its first men’s fragrance in collaboration with Coty Prestige. It is a tangy mixture of bergamot and sage, with a strong leathery nose. Dove himself praises its notes as symbols of masculinity, saying, “The most refined male scents are what are referred to as Chypres, with mosses and woods at their core, which in the best versions will be bergamot.”

Zegna has also brewed a new elixir, Uomo, developed by renowned perfumer Alberto Morillas. It has a sharp bite of vetiver. Meanwhile, Hugo Boss is on the market with Boss Bottled Night, a cologne endorsed by actor Ryan Reynolds. There is also Gucci’s Made to Measure, a sweet and fruity concoction.

For baseball fans not put off by the latest A-Rod scandal, there’s a new, team-endorsed New York Yankees fragrance. A product of Swiss perfumery Firmenich, the cologne makes woodsy coriander synonymous with the old ball game.

What do all good men’s fragrances have in common? “They convey a sense of authority,” says Dove.

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