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It is called a daith piercing because it hits a part in the upper lip.

Daith Piercing - A Brief Overview

The piercing usually hits a nerve called the vagus nerve. It controls several of the body’s hormones. Some of the body’s chemicals include endorphins, serotonin and oxytocin. The hormone oxytocin has been linked to motherly bonding and childbirth. The daith piercing can be a symbolic statement of love for men, and many men have given it to show that they are interested in women.

While there are many places where people can get with piercings, the most common place to get them is on the top lip. It is the most popular choice because it is usually visible from the front. If you are going to get a traditional pierced this is often the best option, but if you want something more modern you can also get a daith on your lower lip or chin. Many women choose this piercing because it adds extra attention to their face.

There are several different methods of piercing that people use. They usually go through a process that involves the removal of the old jewelry to create a new smooth surface for the new one to fit into. The old jewelry is then replaced with a metal bar called a barbell. This prevents the new barbell from sticking out of the skin.

Daith piercing is a relatively simple process. When you are considering getting one, you should ask your doctor if he or she would recommend a certain type of barbell for you to get. This will help you determine the type of jewelry that is best suited for your teeth and gum area.

You will find that a daith looks like a cross when it is finished, but in actuality it is a natural color. This is a good thing for many people because they want their jewelry to match their skin color. For other people, they may want it to look like the cross is in their mouth. Either way, this design is unique enough to show that you are proud of your pierced area.

The shape of a daith may vary.

Daith Piercing - A Brief Overview

Some people get daiths that look like hearts, while others may get ones that look like Celtic knots. There are even some designs that look like little angels. stars. You can also get a very elaborate design that includes intricate carvings and designs.

All types of daiths are made from different materials. Each one is designed to be easy to take care of and be comfortable with. There are even some that are completely edible so that you can eat them.

There are two types of metals to choose from: gold and silver. You may find a metal that is perfect for your taste, but it is important to make sure that you find a metal that is not toxic. Gold will look better than silver, but gold also wears out more easily and silver is sometimes brittle.

If you want your jewelry to last longer and look nicer then go with a metal that is stainless. Stainless steel will not tarnish, it will look beautiful and will not need to be replaced as often as other metals. This is especially important for children because some metals are toxic and should never be taken into children.

You can also get jewelry in multiple colors. There are some colors that are more suitable for younger people than others. For example, people who want to have a rainbow of colors will want to make sure that the jewelry is a solid color.

There are a number of different ways that you can customize your jewelry for daith piercing. You can get barbells that have different designs on them. or you can get jewelry that has designs in several places, allowing the jewelry to change as your hair grows.

There are also a number of other options. Some people choose to use daith jewelry in combination with other kinds of jewelry. For example, there are some people who get studs on their teeth. Some people get an additional row of jewels on the front of their gums.

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More Voters Say the Press Has Divided the Country Than Trump

Still, most voters say the president has also been a mostly divisive presence

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  • 64% of voters say the press has done more to divide, compared to 56% who said the same about Trump.

  • Plurality of Democrats say the press divides, along with eight in 10 Republicans.

President Donald Trump’s combative relationship with the national news media has been a staple of his White House tenure, perhaps reaching a fever pitch in the wake of recent acts of anti-Semitic violence and attempted domestic terrorism.

Days after authorities discovered a string of pipe bombs addressed to prominent Democratic politicians, donors and anti-Trump celebrities and after a gunman took 11 lives during a shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, the president suggested that “The Fake News Media, the true Enemy of the People,” was to blame for the division in the country.

“There is great anger in our Country caused in part by inaccurate, and even fraudulent, reporting of the news,” he said Monday on Twitter.

To a certain extent, a new Morning Consult/Politico survey suggests Trump’s criticism rang true for roughly two-thirds of Americans, although it shows a majority also says he has been a mostly divisive presence.

In the new Morning Consult/Politico poll, 64 percent of registered voters said the press has done more to divide the country than unite it since Trump took office, compared with 56 percent who said the same was true of the president. The poll of 2,543 voters was conducted Oct. 25-30, after news first broke of mail bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc’s attempted acts of politically motivated violence and amid news of a shooting by suspect Robert Bowers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

The view that the national news media has been a mostly divisive presence was shared among partisans: A plurality of Democrats (46 percent) said the national media has done more to divide than unite — about half the share of Democrats (88 percent) who said the same of Trump. Eight in 10 Republicans agree that the media has done more to divide, while a quarter of Republicans said Trump has been mostly divisive.

Much of this can be driven by opinions from political elites, such as that of the president, as political commentator Craig Crawford wrote in his 2005 book on politicians in the press: “Politicians won the war against the media with a simple rule: first, attack the messenger.”

A Morning Consult/Politico poll in July found that 28 percent of voters said they had “a lot” of confidence in the presidency — more than twice the 13 percent who said the same of television news and double the 14 percent who said the same of newspapers.

Karlyn Bowman, who studies public opinion at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said general views of the national media overall — despite polarized views about outlets viewed as partisan — have been declining sharply.

When it comes to the media’s involvement in political division, one theory — detailed in a 2013 paper by Matthew Levendusky of the University of Pennsylvania and Neil Malhotra of Stanford — suggests that press coverage of polarization leads people to overestimate its actual degree, leading to a phenomenon among moderates of antipathy toward partisans and more intensity in opposition to the other side among shrewder partisans.

Angelo Carusone, president of Media Matters, a liberal media watchdog and critic of the likes of Fox News, said there is a “segment of the ideological national media that’s actively working to stoke divisions for shorter or long-term political gain.”

But more than that, he said much of the rest of the press has fallen victim to looking at all of the news through the prism of Trump, a divisive figure in his own right, and in participating in the rat race — like jumping on Tuesday’s news about Trump’s comments on birthright citizenship.

“The press themselves have become a tribe, as opposed to a foundational source of information. They’re viewed as much as a political player as advocate groups or partisan interests are,” he said.

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  • Markets: Stocks once again reached record highs and are firmly on track to end July in the green. Bitcoin couldn't hold over $40,000 and plunged back to a resistance level of $38,000

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😳 A new study shows that methane gas leaks from Mexican oil and gas producers are twice as high as the U.S. leaks and is a major contributor to climate change.

📉 Trading app Robinhood had what experts call the worst IPO for a company of its size on the first day of trading on the Nasdaq.

🌨 A rare cold front has brought snow in Brazil, threatening coffee, sugarcane and orange crops with frost.

🌪 Tasmania was named the best place to live if society collapses, according to a new study. What about that devil problem though?

Coronavirus Update: 🗣 Total confirmed global cases as of 3:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday: 195,701,114 — Total deaths: 4,182,405 — Total vaccine doses administered: 3,957,319,952

  • Israel will begin giving a third Covid vaccine to people over 60 years old.
  • new study shows that those who are vaccinated and still contract Covid are more likely to have lingering symptoms known as “long Covid.”
  • President Biden will mandate the Covid vaccine for all military members.
  • Uber will delay return to its offices and require workers to be vaccinated when they do, joining a long list of high-profile companies to make this move including Apple and Google.
  • Disneyland, Disney World and Apple stores will now require masks indoors, vaccinated or not.

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Ford, General Motors and Stellanis have reportedly joined President Biden’s pledge to make 40% of all vehicles electric by the year 2030. Stellanis was previously Fiat Chysler.

This was reported by the Washington Post based on an internal email but the companies have not made this public yet and the United Auto Workers union has not ordained it either but it does seem to be forthcoming. It is part of a larger trend of new mileage and emission standards across the board.

The European Union announced recently that it would push for all gas vehicles to be banned by 2035, which is far more ambitious than President Biden’s plan but not a moment too soon. Climate change is happening. Just this week temperatures spiked in Greenland, causing 8.5 billion tons of surface melt. This is the third-largest melt in a single day on record. Experts say that the amount of ice that melted on Tuesday alone would cover the entire state of Florida in two inches of water.

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Did you know that there are apps to find yourself a Sugar Daddy? For those unfamiliar with the term, a “sugar daddy” is a romantic partner that will support one’s lavish lifestyle in exchange for companionship.

Apparently there is an app for that but they won’t be made available in the Google Play store anymore. Google updated its policy so that starting September 1, apps like this will not be allowed due to “new restrictions on sexual content, specifically prohibiting compensated sexual relationships.” This also includes “apps that promote sex-related entertainment, escort services or other services that may be interpreted as providing sexual acts in exchange for compensation, including, but not limited to compensated dating or sexual arrangements where one participant is expected or implied to provide money, gifts or financial support to another participant (‘sugar dating’).”

Apple already forbids such apps so if you want to find yourself a Sugar Daddy, you’ve got to pound the pavement and find them in the flesh.

News By The Numbers

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100,000. That is how many dominos a robot arranged into a huge Super Mario scene in just one day.

$1.5 million. That is how much Tesla will pay in a settlement over a software update that lowered the charging capacity of its vehicles.

3.2 million. That is how many forgotten oil and gas wells are leaking toxins into the earth, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Don't Mess With An Avenger

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Is Hollywood cheating its actors by releasing films at streaming services? That is what “Black Widow” star Scarlet Johannson claims in a lawsuit filed against Disney on Thursday.

Johannson’s suit claims that her pay was based on the box office performance of the Marvel film. When the studio released the film on Disney+, it cut into box office ticket sales and cost her those bonuses. The Wall Street Journal estimates that this was a $50 million loss for the A-list star.

Johannson’s lawyers say that the studio was suggesting releasing the film to streaming services long before the pandemic and that her representatives pushed to make sure this did not happen. The studio did it anyway, citing the pandemic as the need to do so.

Sure, it’s hard to feel sorry for someone who is rich and famous over a $50 million loss but maybe she’s got a point. At the very least you have to give her credit for having the courage to file a lawsuit against a behemoth such as Disney. If she is successful, this will force studios to account for streaming as well as box office profits when they negotiate actors’ pay.

Where We're Going We Don't Need Old Roads

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A German company is going to test out vehicle-charging streets in Indiana. These are streets that can charge electric vehicles that drive on them!

The company is called Magment and they have partnered with the government of Indiana and Purdue University to test these streets near Purdue’s campus. If the tests go well, the Department of Transportation will build more.

Scientists say that charging roads will cost about the same as regular roads.

The Jewel Thief: Starring Jean-Cleade Van Damme

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This story is straight out of a movie! Two people were arrested for stealing jewelry from a store in Paris. The employees and other shoppers did not notice because they were star-struck by Jean-Cleade Van Damme who was at an optician nearby.

The thieves stole jewels worth between €2 and €3 million and got away on electric scooters. They were seen on surveillance cameras taking the pieces and later arrested.

Interesting to note that in the year 2021, heists are still a thing!

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Deer Hunting for Beginners

Across much of North America, deer rank as the most common big-game animals—and some of the most ecologically significant critters on the landscape. Because of their size, distribution, and (overall) abundance, these fleet, watchful ungulates (hoofed mammals) have been prized quarry for hunters since prehistory.

In the United States, deer hunting is something of a religion for many sportspeople, and meanwhile wildlife managers rely on hunters to help keep the deer population healthy and in check. Obviously many hunters prize a big-antlered trophy buck, but much deer hunting in America remains a subsistence pursuit: linking the hunter of today with countless hunters of yesteryear. After all, venison is its own well-appreciated delicacy at dinner tables all across the country, and deer hunters relish the chance to provide meals for their families (and donate to food pantries, as well) via a few hearty days spent in the woods.

Here are a few very basic tips on how to hunt deer, aimed at complete newbies and designed simply as a blueprint to help get you thinking and inspire your education.

Deer Hunting for Beginners: An Introduction to Your Quarry

Technically North America’s home to five members of the deer family, but the three biggest—elk (wapiti), moose, and caribou—aren’t typically implied when we’re talking “deer.” What we mean by that are the white-tailed deer and the mule deer, both of which have over the years been variously split into many subspecies or lumped into just a few. In terms of hunting, the best-known subspecies would likely be the black-tailed deer, a smallish race of mule deer found along the West Coast from southeastern Alaska to Northern California.

One kind of deer or another inhabits virtually every corner of the Lower 48 States. Mule deer are strictly a western species, found from the Great Plains to the Pacific coast, while whitetails range more widely: Most abundant in the central and eastern U.S., they also inhabit much of the West save for most of the Great Basin and California.

Superficially similar, whitetails and “muleys” are easily distinguished at a glance once you know the basic fieldmarks. Whitetails are named for the fluffy white undersides of their large tails, raised like banners when the deer’s alarmed. (The great naturalist Olaus Murie referred to it as a “flagtail.”) Mule deer, by contrast, have short, skinny, black-tipped tails. They’re named for their outsized ears. A whitetail buck’s antler has a single beam branched with tines; the bifurcated muley antler forks multiple times.

Depending on the deer you’re after, you may be hunting in a wide range of habitats. Whitetails are predominantly forest deer (which certainly spend much of their time foraging in meadows and fields), as are blacktails, inhabitants of Pacific Coast temperate rainforest and oak savannas. Mule deer tend to favor more open country such as prairie, sagebrush steppe, chaparral, and high-country parkland while also readily inhabiting pine woodlands and montane conifer forest.

Where white-tailed and mule deer overlap—parts of the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, and Intermountain West, for example—you’ll typically find the whitetails in brushy ravines and riparian woods and muleys out on wide-open grassland or shrubland.

And if you've flushed both varieties of deer to flight, you'll see another clear difference. Whitetails run, often low to the ground—a handy form of high-speed locomotion in heavily timbered or brushy landscapes. Mule deer, by contrast, "stot": a sort of pogo-stick maneuver that has them bouncing along stiff-legged with all four hooves hitting the ground at about the same time. Here again, that reflects the deer's chosen habitat: Stotting is a good way to maneuver broken topography.

Deer Hunting Regulations

The agencies in charge of managing state deer herds establish hunting regulations based on the best available science with regard to population dynamics. This involves considering both the biological carrying capacity—how many deer a particular tract of land can support—and the social carrying capacity, which basically refers to the maximum number of deer people will tolerate (in the face of crop or garden damage, deer-vehicle collisions, and other human-perceived negatives).

Managers set quotas for how many deer of what class can be taken during which seasons and in which deer-management units. It’s about balancing the number of deer tags issued with the pressure on the herd from other mortality factors: from wild predators (wolves, pumas, coyotes, etc.) to disease and winterkill.

Typically deer seasons run from early autumn into early winter, which generally corresponds with the lead-up, peak, and wind-down of the rut.

(Here’s a toast to those state wildlife agencies faced with the often-thankless task of looking after the health of deer and their range while keeping hunters happy—or at least satisfied—with their opportunities.)

Deer Hunting 101: Your Weapon

Modern deer hunters employ a variety of weapons in their pursuit: rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders, and bows (both traditional and compound). Because of the fundamental differences in use and performance, there are typically distinct seasons for particular weapons: e.g., archery vs. muzzleloader vs. centerfire seasons.

Many sportspeople enjoy using different tools to go after deer: hunting with both bow and rifle, for example. A muzzleloader offers a different challenge than a rifle, as does a traditional bow (which requires getting much closer to a deer for an efficient killing shot), and prowess in each is its own art.

As a beginner, you’re likely going to want to start with a rifle: the most accommodating weapon for a novice learning how to hunt deer.

Whatever you choose, it’s essential you become proficient with a gun or bow before even thinking about stepping out into the deer woods. Learning how to hunt deer means, first of all, learning the ins-and-outs of your weapon. Attempting to kill an animal with a tool you don’t fully understand and lack familiarity with is irresponsible and disrespectful, increasing the odds as it does of striking but not killing a deer and causing undue suffering. Hone your accuracy at greater and greater ranges, but don’t overreach your abilities or the abilities of the firearm or bow in the field: Be conservative and wait until you know a deer’s close enough to have a decent chance of a killing shot before firing.

What isa killing shot? When it comes to maximizing your chances of landing a deer while minimizing its pain and suffering, your best option is usually a bullet or arrow into the heart or lungs of the animal, which in an ideal broadside position means aiming for just behind the shoulder.

Hunter Safety Courses & Apprentice Programs

Taking a hunter safety course is typically a prerequisite for getting a hunting license. The requirements vary from state to state, so learn what you need to do from the agency overseeing deer-hunting in the area you intend to hunt.

If you’re curious about deer-hunting but yet ready to go full-bore and enroll in a certified safety course, you can often test the waters via an apprentice-hunter program, which pairs you with a supervising licensed hunter for the experience. For some basic safety hunting tips, check out our "Hunting Season Safety" article.

Deer Hunting 101: Techniques

Any hunter’s success depends on how well he or she understands the quarry. A good hunter knows as much about deer habits as a biologist. With its razor-sharp senses (especially hearing and smell) and intimate knowledge of its territory, a deer has a whole slew of advantages over a human being. Blind luck (definitely a thing in the realm of hunting) aside, you’re going to want to familiarize yourself as much as possible with the basics of deer ecology in your hunting ground if you want to have any chance of bringing home some venison.

Finding deer means recognizing deer food sources and shelter. Staking out where deer feed or where they navigate between foraging grounds and hideaways is the M.O. of a hunter. Pre-season scouting in the country you’ll be hunting will boost your chances when it counts.

You’ll need to learn how to I.D. deer sign in the field, a skill that takes much on-the-ground practice to refine. Look for deer scat, which can vary depending on the animal’s current diet from a heapful of hard pellets to heavier, gloppier chunks. Their droppings obviously give an indication of what deer are eating—key information for hunters hoping to target their efforts. So can direct evidence of browsing: Deer, which lack upper incisors and tear off leaves or twigs between lower teeth and palate, leaving a ragged edge behind that contrasts with the cleaner cut of (say) a rabbit.

Depending on the area, in fall whitetails might be gorging on oak or beech mast in the woods, feasting on corn and soybeans in cropfields, or savoring fallen fruit in an old orchard. You may find mule deer in western rangelands nibbling bitterbrush and mountain-mahogany, while West Coast blacktails might be (like their whitetail compadres) cueing up for acorns.

Other sign to keep an eye peeled for include the ground scrapes and bark rubbings of a buck in rut; the flattened-down grasses or forbs where deer have bedded; and, of course, deer trails themselves.

Whitetail hunting in forests and farmland is often a pretty sedentary business: You find a likely spot (say, at the edge of the woods where a deer trail enters a cornfield, or at a deer-trail “crossroads”) and ensconce yourself, either leaning back against a tree trunk or perched in a tree stand, and wait for your prey to mince into view.

By contrast, pursuit of mule deer often means miles of hiking over rough terrain and scouting big reaches from high vantages. As you might imagine, some significant fitness conditioning is called for to pull off such a hunt. The challenge of a whitetail ambush in autumn woods, by comparison, often lies more in the arena of patience (and staying warm) than physical exertion.

Where to Hunt

Deer-hunting takes place on many different kinds of public lands, from state wildlife areas to national forests. Private lands also offer vast opportunities, particularly in the central, southern, and eastern U.S., but naturally it’s essential to get permission to hunt from the landowner. It’s good form (and often part of the agreement) to share any meat you may procure from the countryside with its owner.

Hunter Orange

Among the most important pieces of equipment you need to have on hand during your deer hunt? Blaze-orange outerwear. A bright orange hat and vest keeps you visible to those other deer-stalkers sharing the woods with you: not at all an insignificant safety measure, given how many hunters are accidentally shot every year.

We hope you've found these deer-hunting tips useful, and we wish you a big buck (or doe, depending on what your tag's for) down the line—and, more importantly yet, some quality time soaking up the backcountry with the sharpened senses of a hunter!

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In the Upper School, students participate in a process called iProject. At its core, iProjects mission is to “empower Mount Vernon students to drive their own learning through their curious pursuits of inquiry, innovation, and impact project work.”

iProject was originally created with Steve Jobs in mind. How could his education have been different, encouraging him to stay in school instead of dropping out?

So, what exactly is iProject? Watch this video to hear from both faculty and students about their personal experiences with these passion projects.

Not only does iProject benefit students learning while at Mount Vernon, but it also has a lasting impact as they prepare for a college career. As Dr. Erin McCubbin shares in the video, “When I was working in college admissions, that’s what always stood out about applications from Mount Vernon. They had just done and experienced things outside of the everyday classroom. One of those pieces that really stood out was iProject.”

In the college process, we see this payoff in the stories that they are able to curate and tell through essays and interview experiences that they have.”

Topic choices for students working on an iProject are intentionally left wide open, allowing them each to flex their creative muscles in different areas.

Topics of iProjects range from healthy/wellness, sports, maker/design/engineering, art/graphic design/photography, music, film, cooking, psychology, kindness projects, disease research/awareness, animals, family history, language, entrepreneurship, community impact, politics, mental health, religious topics, fashion, women’s issue, and empathy – just to name a few.

Upper School iProject Faculty member Ricky Hyde shares, “It’s a design thinking class to guide them through the whole process – from initial idea all the way through to launching it to an audience.

They are able to design projects that stimulate a passion for them and get them really excited about putting good design out into the world.”

Although iProjects take place during the school year, over this past summer, many students continued the work they had started, and it paid off big.

Aqil Merchant (‘21) celebrated the publication of his article, “Analysis of COVID-19 Awareness Among Georgia Private High School Students,” in the Harvard Public Health Review.

Livi Sweeterman (‘22) explored fashion design, photography, film, and women’s empowerment throughout her project. She recruited other MV students to serve as her models and released her completed “Women in Gold” short film on Instagram in July. To date, her video has received more than 1,100 views.

Maggie Sims (‘23) began working on her first EP during iProject in December 2020. Fast forward to May 2021. Her EP “Stay” debuted on Spotify and Amazon Music. Throughout her project and beyond, she worked with Vann Thornton and Matt Neylon inside the MV Studios to make her dream a reality.

Grayson Leiter (‘24) designed and released his first video game during iProject. Over the summer, he finalized player testing and bug fixes.

After completing his iProject, Cameron Jasper (‘21) shared, “iProject has made me feel like I can make a real impact on the world.”

Lynn Luster, Upper School iProject Faculty member, is excited to explore passions with future iProject students. “My goal here is that you would learn a little bit about yourself and learn a lot about how to manage a project, so you can take this learning and transfer it to all other projects you do, not just at Mount Vernon but beyond.”


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The Outrage (1964)

“It may not look it, but you are in a court of law. Justice doesn’t need a courthouse or trapping of any kind… only order and truth.” – Judge

Number of Times Seen – 1 (3 Nov 2020)

Brief Synopsis – Three men recount a crime and its aftermath where things change during each perspective of the events.

My Take on it – I am a big fan of Rashomon (1950) and was quite interested in seeing how they could translate it into an English language Western.

Unfortunately they lose some of the magic of the original film and isn’t nearly as gripping or enjoyable as it could be.

The film has a stellar cast which includes Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Edward G. Robinson and William Shatner, but something constantly feels off by the way this is all presented.

The film unfortunately also fails to find a way to feel unique from the original and instead seems like a carbon copy with just a change in language.

The choice to remake this as a western, like with many of Kurosawa’s stories ac tally works quite well despite the fact that it is just transplanting a story to another time and place.

The fact remains tho that as good as this version of the story is, it cant even come close to comparison with Akira Kurosawa’s version of things even if there have been numerous successes in the past of adapting his work to a Western setting.

Bottom Line – English language adaptation of Rashomon (1950) which isn’t as gripping or enjoyable as the original. The stellar cast that includes Newman, Harvey, Robinson and Shatner helps a bit here, but they never seem to find a way to make this unique enough to help distinguish it from the Japanese.  The choice to re-imagine this story in the Old West instead of Japan works well even if it just feels as if this entire story is reenacted in another place and time. As good as this one is, it’s not as powerful as the original by Kurosawa. This is so unfortunate because translating his work into a Western has been successful in the past.

MovieRob’s Favorite Trivia – Paul Newman wasn’t keen to take the role, but when he heard that his old rival Marlon Brando had turned it down, he accepted the part. (From IMDB)

Rating – BAFTA Worthy (6/10)

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September’s Hundred-Word Story

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Do you remember I’ve responded to the Hundred Word Story challenge a couple of times? I didn’t respond in August but I’m still looking at the challenge and thought September’s image looked worth writing.

“We visit your mother every bloody week! I’ve had enough – this week, I’m staying home”. Zeus hammers his clenched fist onto the dining table.

“You’re my husband… We’re a couple… I want us to go together.”, retorts Hera, unwilling to budge.

After a moment’s thought, Zeus proposes, “I can see there’s only one solution here”, before flouncing angrily from the room. A pregnant pause, before he bellows, “You coming? I’m waiting.”

“Boys”, sighs Hera, as she eventually follows.

Next door, Zeus counts down. “Ready… set… GO!”, he commands, as the pair grip their controllers and the game of Scalextric begins.

[100 Words]

I haven’t submitted anything yet. I figure I’ll sit on it and ponder any edits, as there’s still three weeks until the end of the month.

But it just kinda tickled me, that the gods would settle an argument by playing “Scalextric”… with real trucks! Especially as from what I am just reading about Hera, she seems a bit of a henpecker, doesn’t she?

Author: Mister Bump UK

Designed/developed large IT systems, interrupted by a stroke in 2016, aged 48. Now mix development of health-related software with voluntary work and writing. Married, with a grown-up, left-home daughter.

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Unstoppable Octobia May

20894025Flake, Sharon G. Unstoppable Octobia May
September 30th 2014 by Scholastic Press
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Octobia lives with her Aunt Shuma because her delicate health frightens her parents. Her aunt runs a boarding house, and Octobia is obsessed with one of the residents, Mr. Davenport, a writer whom she believes to be a vampire. Octobia spends a lot of time in the local graveyard and is a fanciful child, but Shuma lets her run wild through the neighborhood, sometimes wearing boys' clothes. Her best friend is Jonah, with whom she gets into all kinds of trouble, and she tries to befriend new neighbor, Bessie, who has been mute ever since her older brother was killed in Korea. Octobia and Jonah think that Mr. Davenport has killed a woman, so they start an investigation and steal money and other things from his room. This gets them into a deeper mystery involving banker Mr. Harrison, who seems to have known Mr. Davenport in the past. What seems like childish fantasies about vampires turn in to real intrigue when secrets about both men come to the surface, and Octobia and Jonah find themselves in real danger.
Strengths: This book covers a lot of historical topics that are very interesting and not much covered in middle grade literature. Bessi is racially mixed, Aunt Shuma tries to get a bank loan to build a hotel but no one will loan money to a black woman, and some of the boarders are Holocaust survivors. Even Officer O'Malley talks about the prejudice that the Irish faced. A fair amount of action and mystery, and the secret involving Mr. Harrison is quite interesting.
Weaknesses: Octobia is an unreliable narrator, so I was very confused at the beginning of the story. The topics covered in the book are so important that having Octobia's vampire fascination made the book seem... odd. Perhaps Ms. Flake wanted us to think that Octobia was making up things about Mr. Davenport so she could surprise us with the seriousness of reality, but this didn't quite work for me in a way that I find I cannot effectively articulate. I will be interested to see what others think of this book.

18405507Preus, Margi. West of the Moon.
April 1st 2014 by Amulet Books

Astri's mother is dead and her father has gone off to America, so she and her younger sister Greta are staying with an aunt who can't afford to keep them. Astri is sold as a servant to Svaalberd, the goat herder, an unpleasant man who is not at all concerned about Astri's well-being. Finally, Astri has had enough and runs back home to get Greta. She steals a book that she thinks is magic from Svaalberd, and cuts off two of his fingers when he comes after her. Also running away is a mute girl whom Svaalberd has locked up in the house. The three girls manage to make their way onto a boat bound for America, even though they needed a lot of money to put together all of the provisions needed for the trip. Notes at the end of the book explain a bit about immigration from Norway in the 1800s.
Strengths: Can't think of many books set at this point of history, and I did learn that people had to take their own provisions on boats to America. Readers who like problem novels might find Astri's plight to be an interesting one.
Weaknesses: Very violent, in a Grimm fairy tale kind of way, and rather odd.

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At the meeting residents and stakeholders were given an overview on the process, see some results from marketing reports and also got to vote in the Dot-ocracy game (pictured) on potential amenities.

If you missed the meeting, you can click here to view a copy of their presentation.

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, July 26th at 6:30 p.m. at the Des Moines Yacht Club. The consultants will be presenting results of the Statistically Valid Survey that evening. The survey is another tool to best determine what direction we should proceed with your input.

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Work My Fingers to the Bone, what do I get…

Imagine that… it’s not my work at all. My Pastor reminds, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10).” Did you catch that? … Continue reading

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India is the largest English speaking democracy in the World.  As a democracy it should be a better government for its people when it comes to industry and pollution.

India has severe air pollution problems that need to be dealt with soon. Indians have a rate of 620,000 premature deaths per year. The air pollution is so bad in India that it takes around 3.2 years of life away from the average citizen. India can make changes to better their pollution situation, but it has to start with better governmental regulation and harsher air pollution laws.

I think India could take measures to have cleaner air. I think India will need more stations to track pollution and if corporations go over the set number for the pollution, they should get a heavy fine. This will start with India’s government though. They will need to research and budget the pollution they can put out, to have a healthy living setting. India’s government is aiming their future and if they don’t follow through correctly, I think many of peoples lives in India will have a major impact. It will start with their heart and their lungs getting effected then they will slowly die. India’s fate is lying in their own hands, hopefully the government will take action and monitor the health of their people.

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5 unexpected things that change after having a baby

5 unexpected things that change after having a baby

By having a baby you are embarking on an exciting and magical adventure. During pregnancy you’re aware that you are taking on a huge responsibility and that there’s going to be an unavoidable season of chaos but everyone seems to take great pleasure in telling you just how much your life is going to change once you give birth. How it won’t belong to you any more, how you’re never going to sleep again, you’re going to be forever skint, you’re never going to be able to enjoy yourself again, you’ve pretty much RUINED your life, so well done.

Of course things are going to be different, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to be terrible. Not by a long stretch. But parenthood changes so much more than just your sleep cycle. No one seems to concentrate on the positive mental changes to your life that having a child also brings, so here are the 5 most noticeable things I found really changed about myself after birthing our own personal sleep thief…

A newfound admiration and respect for my own parents

When my own mum told me I wouldn’t know what love was until I have my own children, of course, I struggled to fathom the magnitude of just what she meant. I thought ‘love’ summarised my feelings for butterscotch Angel Delight and shiny new Zara heels. But it turns out that wise ol’ owl was right again. All I think about now is Millie and the lengths I would go to in order to protect her, keep her healthy and make her happy. I never realised I had the capacity to love this much and whilst it continues to grow, it continues to terrify and amaze me every day; my beautiful little baby, who grew inside of me, and I love more than I ever could have imagined possible.

And that’s how my parents felt about me. And still do, everyday, for 25 years. It’s weird feeling to finally comprehend that unconditional love. (*Ahem* so yeah, soz for being a brat.)

Thanks for everything mum

Body confidence

Now I’m sure many others disagree with me but I have so much more confidence post-baby. My body is awesome, it literally made and housed a person for 10 months and continues now to provide all the nutrition we need to keep that little human alive. It’s amazing not to have that worry about my appearance constantly any more.

My once perfectly perky boobs are closer to my belly button than my chin, my stomach resembles something Picasso created and it kinda looks like I’m wearing an apron made of Babybel cheese when I bend over, but for now as long as A-line skirts exist, I’m totally cool with that.

Compassion and empathy for fellow parents

Prior to having Millie, I wouldn’t have called myself a bad person; I didn’t have an overly short patience and I wasn’t exactly selfish, but becoming a mama has definitely opened my eyes and if there’s one thing it has really given me (apart from a bit of a sore foo-foo) it’s empathy.

It’s embarrassing to admit now, but on reflection before having a baby I could perhaps act like an iddy bit of a beef whistle, rolling my eyes at the misbehaving child in the supermarket, or tutting at the ‘inconsiderate’ mum taking up the whole pavement with her Bugaboo Donkey, I mean how dare she (cringin ‘ell).

Fast forward to now and I’m much less Judgy McJudgerson and a LOT more understanding, it’s like I’ve been submerged in a pool of compassion and it’s so lovely and refreshing. I find myself sharing an understanding look with the tired looking mum in the midst of a baby public meltdown, or receiving a knowing smile from fellow parents that one time every time my little hellion screams a restaurant down at a pitch only dogs and bats should be able to hear.

It’s like a private members club and it’s pretty darn cool.

5 unexpected things that change after having a baby

Appreciation for my other half

It’s true when they say there is nothing sexier than a good dad. I watch them together and it gives me all the fuzzies inside; I’ve fallen in love with him all over again in a way I never knew possible. After the birth, he wasn’t just there for me; he was really there for me. You don’t know love until you see the lengths someone will go to in order to look after you postpartum; it’s intimate and it’s messy, he really was a champ. I don’t think I will ever be able to thank him enough for that.

But don’t get me wrong, it’s a huge transition to go from a lovely life of late nights and endless wine, just the two of you, to then be thrown head-first into caring for a helpless little being 24/7, crying at you through startlingly familiar eyes. As we navigate through the early days of parenthood, we’re certainly both still finding our feet and although we might not agree on everything, we are 100% team-mates and I’m so grateful to have him to share this adventure with.

It’s so important to be able to rely on each other, support each other and when you feel like you’re knee deep in shit (I mean that quite literally), you have someone who can tag in, Tekken style.

5 unexpected things that change after having a baby

Now I’m organised (Kind of)

To say I was an unorganised person is probably up there with the biggest understatements in the history of the world. I’m actually quite surprised I got as far in life as I have. But having a baby has pretty much forced me to get my shit together. No matter what anyone says, your life doesn’t have to change completely after having a baby, you just need to plan ahead a bit more than before.

I’m still not exactly 100%, I mean nobody’s going to be hiring me as a PA any time soon. There’s many a day I forget to put breast pads in (literally most days) or carry a spare set of baby clothes (of course that’s only on the days when a nappy load decides to forego it’s elastic barriers) but I’m definitely much better.

My baby inspires me to be a better person every day and she’s teaching me so much. My life is no longer about just me and yes, I might be a little bit more tired than I was pre-baby, but I’m so much happier.

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I’m sure most of you have heard of Twitter by now. You may not be on it, you may not understand it, but you’ve at least heard about the ubiquitous microblogging site.  Well, Lauri Apple and Seth Gershberg with the Chicago Art Department have heard about Twitter, and they have decided to see what it is made of by conducting a social experiment.

Twitter Island, which will be held today from 1-3 at the Chicago Art Department (1837 S. Halsted), plans to bring together 30 volunteers for a “social networking experiment and art performance piece.” Essentially the volunteers will be split into two groups: one will be given prompts by a moderator and encouraged to tweet about those prompts, while the second group will be allowed to tweet without boundaries. Will the control group rebel and tweet off-prompt? Will the tweets turn into shameless self-promotion or will the idea of community win out? Can this online social networking platform be used to create art? I spoke with Lauri and Seth to ask these questions and more.

Museumist: How did you come up with the idea to used a social media platform like Twitter for creating art?
Lauri: I’m a community manager at a Chicago-based website, and have also worked at start-ups. Social networking has become more and more a part of every job I have/do. So there’s that. Also, it doesn’t seem like many artists are exploring social networking as a subject or medium yet, so we’re taking advantage of that.

Museumist: Is Twitter Island art? Or rather, how do you view the differences between social experiments and art? Is there a difference?
Lauri: The actual event is not art per se, I don’t think. The art will come out of the results — we’ll ask people to make art based on their Twitter conversations, and we’ll also try to make art from the experience. The art can be a poem, a sketch, a painting — whatever people feel comfortable doing.
Re: Social experiments and art questions: Sure there’s a difference. Communism in Eastern Europe and Russia, and the creation of housing projects, were both decades-long social experiments, but I wouldn’t call them art.

Museumist: What do you think will happen? What is your ideal outcome? How will you judge success or failure?
Lauri:  I think/hope that some lively conversations will result, that people will think about new ways to use Twitter, and realize how they are creative (if they’re not already full-time creative types). The ideal outcome is that everyone has fun, learns more about themselves, and then feels enthusiastic about creating something more based on their experience. As for failure, I think the only way this will fail is if the server konks out or if nobody shows up.

Museumist: What can galleries and museums learn from the Twitter Island project?
Lauri: Maybe that you can use these social networking tools to get people to come to your museums and galleries and use them to get people to think about art and creativity.

Museumist: Is there an incentive structure for people in the “control group” to stay on task?
Seth: No, we want to put as little restrictions as possible so as to observe human nature.  We will have some rules, but we will not enforce them.

Museumist: Do you think that lots of rules and guidelines are good or bad for online communities?
Seth: IMHO they are very bad.  Rules curtail freedom and creativity.  I believe there is an inverse relationship between rules and revenue opportunities.  The mnore you restrict activity the more you restrict income.  Should they be allowed to self-regulate?  To some degree – online communities should police for child predators and criminal activities – in other words they should provide a safe environment.

Museumist: How have Twitter and other social media platforms affected artists?
Seth: Exposure, networking, promotion, direct contact with fans.

Museumist: Where, when, and how will the results of the project be put on display?
Seth: Results will be organized into at least two art projects that will be shown at CAD and Rooms (another gallery in Pilsen, Chicago).

Museumist: Are you on Twitter? Care to share your Twitter names?

Seth: sgchicago

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So Long As You Still Have Something to Learn…

Photo by Wesley Fryer; taken from Flickr Creative Commons.

Last week, Marty Knowlton passed away. This was an event that went largely unnoticed by the museum community. Who is Marty Knowlton you ask? Well, he was the co-founder of Elderhostel.

Elderhostel is a non-profit organization founded by Mr. Knowlton and David Bianco in 1975. At its most basic, it is an educational travel organization for adults age 55 and older. However, on a deeper level Elderhostel: “changed the perceptions of aging by introducing a new understanding of older adults as active, engaged learners, travelers, and explorers…and ushered in an era of active learning in retirement.” Ultimately, Knowlton was instrumental in creating an opportunity for an entire generation to mix the social with the entertaining and educational. After a lifetime of learning, Elderhostel found a way to make organized education relevant again.

So, what does this have to do with the museum world? Well, museums and cultural opportunities make up a fair portion of the educational and travel opportunities offered through Elderhostel. Here are just a few of the programs offered on the organization’s website:

  • From Legends to History: Turkey’s Legacy of Civilizations and Culture
  • Traverse Tucson: Its History, Art and Architecture
  • Treasures of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Great Art Centers in New York City
  • Music Along the Mississippi
  • The Maya and More: History and Culture of Honduras, Guatemala and Belize
  • National Treaures: Introducing Historic Philadelphia
  • Classic Tuscany and the Treasures of Florence
  • City Museum: A World of Its Own
  • Dinosaur Encounter at the LA Natural History Museum
  • Working Behind the Scenes to Preserve and Renovate a Shaker Museum
  • Inside San Francisco’s Museums

With nearly 160,000 elderly adults participating in Elderhostel programs each year – and with many of the museum-related programs receiving “most popular” ratings – museums receive a relatively unheralded bump in visitors thanks to the efforts of this organization.

However, this is about more than just bringing elderly visitors through museum doors. Elderhostel has succeeded in adding a different dimension of participation to museums. They have attempted to make the museum a more  interactive experience: where visitors’ perspectives matter just as much as the curator’s. This is done through tailoring learning experiences to the museum visitor’s/program participant’s interests; providing opportunities for discussion and a forum for expressing opinions about museum collections; and encouraging the view that museums are not only educational institutions, but also venues for socializing and entertainment.

So, Mr. Knowlton, thank you for showing that education extends beyond youth and for promoting museums as a venue for lifelong learning.

Someone Forgot to Pay the Water Bill

Judging by some of the laws on the books, I can’t say that I have complete faith in the governing abilities of Chicago’s City Council. Some of these laws include: 1) It’s illegal to protest naked unless you are under 17 years of age, 2) Eating at a place that is on fire is – you guessed it – illegal, and 3) fishing while riding on a giraffe is also a no-no (would love to know the story behind that one). Needless to say, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while, and the City Council has found theirs.

Last week, I was one of several bloggers who wrote about the proposed admissions hike at the Art Institute of Chicago. Apparently the City Council agrees that this sudden and significant leap in entry fees is more than a little unwarranted. In response to the AIC’s actions, Alderman Ed Burke of the fighting 14th and Ald. Ginger Rugai(19th) have proposed an interesting condition:   any museum that charges city residents more than $10 for admission “shall be ineligible for any public subsidy.” According to the Chicago Sun-Times:  “For decades, churches, museums, hospitals and other non-profits have received free water from the city. They also get free building permits and waivers of license and inspection fees.” Essentially, if a museum charges Chicagoans – whose tax dollars provided the Art Institute with a $6.6 million Park District subsidy last year – more than $10 to peruse their cultural offerings, then the water gets shut off.

On the whole this seems like a rather reasonable compromise. Here’s why:

  • If residents of the city are already contributing millions of dollars to the museum through tax dollars, it only seems fair that the financial burdens of a museum should not fall squarely on their shoulders.
  • Museums should reward their core audience, which frequently consists of the residents of the city or town that the museum calls home, and a reduced city resident admission price is a logical and easy way to provide loyal visitors with a benefit.
  • The Art Institute is a public institution and thereby a participant in an unspoken give-and-take with Chicago and its residents. For example,  the city will provide free water to a museum that offers a significant cultural outlet for residents. Or, a museum will receive Park District subsidies if it provide x number of free days each year. Or, the city will waive certain fees and permit requirements if a museum serves as a beacon in the city’s tourism appeal. Essentially, by introducing such an extreme hike in admissions fees, the Art Institute has violated that unspoken agreement.
  • This proposition introduces some accountability into the decision-making process of museums. This is not to say that every decision a museum makes should be approved by the city council/governing body, nothing would get done. However, museums need to know that when they make a decision that drastically impacts the residents and visitors who make the institution relevant that they will have to answer to someone. A museum holds items in a public trust. What good is that if the public can’t afford to come see, appreciate, and learn from those items?

One question I have to raise is how did Ald. Burke and Rugai come to the $10 mark? I would be interested to know why $10 is any less arbitrary than the $18 set by the Art Institute? Without any details to flesh out either number, I will have to take comfort in Burke’s statement that he’s willing to compromise with the museum (now there is the City Council I remember).

So, the City Council just might be in the right on this one. My advice to the Art Institute would be to reconsider raising their admission prices. Then again, maybe the museum could charge their visitors another $2 to use the port-a-potties they brought in when the water was shut off.

The Collection

$1 = $20

Is it really surprising that visitors don’t want to pay $20?

The Collection

without inward

From Within Outward? I guess that is one way to name the Guggenheim Frank Lloyd Wright show.

The Collection

shut the door

Two D.C. art galleries closing.

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Cardinal Burke Addresses Traditionis Custodes

Yesterday Raymond Cardinal Burke released a statement on Pope Francis’s Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes.

This is an historical moment in the Church. I would like to encourage all of you to do three things:

  1. Read Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum and it’s accompanying letter HERE. (It’s not long.)
  2. Read Pope Francis’s Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes and his accompanying letter HERE. (Again, these are not long documents.)
  3. Think about the PNC, The Principle of Noncontradiction.
  4. Read Cardinal Burke’s statement.

It’s important as Catholics to be educated about these things.

Have your older children read these documents too; they are not long. Talk about them. If you need a short historical timeline, Dr. Taylor Marshall put together one HERE a few days ago. I had my children watch it.

Look, this drama isn’t going away. There is a crisis in the Church.

Of course there’s no need for hysteria and despair, but rather, prayer, fasting, and faith. For those of you being evicted from Traditional Latin Mass parishes, righteous anger is a real thing too. (See HERE for a recent Crisis Magazine article.)

Finally, if one is feeling despair, perhaps it’s time for a break from all media this weekend. Enjoy your families. Pray a rosary. Play badminton in the backyard with the children, then enjoy a glass of wine with your spouse.

Jesus has this.

“What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too, and it cannot be all of a sudden entirely forbidden or even considered harmful.  It behooves all of us to preserve the riches which have developed in the Church’s faith and prayer, and to give them their proper place.” Benedict XVI HERE.

Update: Bishop Schneider of Kazakstan has responded in an interview with Diane Montagna HERE. It’s excellent.

Life is Worth Living

Cocktails, the End of a Successful Hunt, and the TLM

The other day, well, I mean the other month, my husband made a few drinks.  I meant to share them with you then, but I forgot because I was busy.  So, I’ll share them today because they’re good, and we’re celebrating the end of a successful Hunting Season.

Now I’d like to share a photo of my husband’s dead deer too, but there isn’t one.  You see, he had a Doe Tag and according to him, “Does are hardly worth taking photos of.”  So not only will there be no photo of him with his deer, but there will of course be no antlers to mount on the garage walls.  The boys were seriously disappointed.  One can never have too many antlers on one’s walls apparently.

Some antlers on our garage wall.

A pile of antlers that haven’t made it to the wall yet.

Brandy Alexander & a Sidecar

Which one is mine?

On to drinks.  As I said, we’re celebrating a swift end to the Hunting Season, and I’d like to highlight two of our favorites: a Brandy Alexander and a Sidecar.

The drink on the left is a Brandy Alexander.  My husband and I began drinking these after reading Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, in honor of Anthony Blanche.  Those of you who have read the book or watched the (good) version of the movie (with Jeremy Irons) know what we’re talking about.  There’s a scene wherein Anthony Blanche downs three of them in a row, which is a bit reckless, no?

Normally a Brandy Alexander is made with cream, but as we never have any on hand, my husband makes them with whole milk, which of course is not as creamy, but still good.

Brandy Alexander:
Equal parts Brandy, Creme de Cocoa, and Cream

Sidecars are way too strong for me, but my husband insists that they’re classic and tasteful.  I’d probably be rather drunk if I attempted one.  Nevertheless, here’s how they’re made.

3 parts brandy, 1 part lemon, 1 part triple sec

And lastly,

The Traditional Latin Mass

A good friend of mine sent me an article written by Jake Neu and published in Crisis Magazine this morning.  It’s excellent.  (Click HERE for it.)  It’s also interesting that more and more people are choosing to attend the TLM.

A big Thank You to Jake Neu.  Your sentiments are mine as well.


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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Firozian Checkmates Your Hunger

Haven't you noticed? Indian restaurants have been growing out of nowhere.
If you missed the first two episodes, links are here: Episode #1 and Episode #2.

At Don Jose Avila Street in Capitol Site in the city of Cebu lies this little tea house which houses five low tables with little divans and a bunch of pillows, and two chess tables that double as a dining table.

Indian music

Cast of characters:
Ms. Chinni Chicken
Don't let her fool you. She can catch you off guard: she is both sweet and racy.

Mr. Durum
A hefty, meaty man but is really chicken inside.

Ms. Lassi
You can call her Rose. She is the best lassi in Cebu.

The Frugurts
Ms Strawberry Frugurt and Mr Mango Frugurt are a smooth couple
who are cold and sweet at the same time.

Little Gulab Jamun
Don't let his size fool you. He can overpower the Frugurts...in the sweetness category.

Capt. Baklava
A tough man who smells a bit like cinnamon and is a little nutty. Not my most favorite character.

The extras made an appearance for free.

More characters I have yet to get to know:
Especially the Teas. It is their house after all.

Did you know?
The Firozian staff knows how to play chess.

Episode Review:
★★★★★ of 5
This episode has got me screaming for more!

Firozian Indian Tea House
Don Jose Avila St., Capitol Site, Cebu City
0917 990 5897
0932 241 4850
10AM - 11PM Daily

How this episode got Mustachio's wallet screaming for more-der:
Chinni chicken Php 150
Durum Php 80
Lassi  Php 70
Mango frugurt Php 90
Strawberry frugurt Php 90
Baklava Php 40
Gulab Jammun Php 40
Chips Php 0

Wait! What's this?
Fortune telling while you wait?

  1. hai di ko masyado gusto yung taste ng indian food :(

  2. I've been there too and didn't like my lassi and gulab jamon. Maybe I should try the food sometime. Looks good. :D

    Try Taste of India!

    Babe for Food - your BFF in Cebu dining! :)

    1. Really? I actually liked the lassi! Not so much on the desserts (and to think I love sweets). I've seen Taste of India but it hasn't lured me into it yet. How's the value for money?

  3. I have wanted to try out Middle Eastern Cuisine. All this lassi talk got me excited. Added to my list. :)

    1. How long's your list? So many places to try, so little funds! Wahhh!!

  4. Have never tried out Indian food but because of your features we're planning to try it out.
    Thanks Mustachio! :D

  5. love the way you wrote this post! :) The cast of characters is funny! Firozian could possibly be the best Indian restaurant here in Cebu, not that we have many choices around.

    1. Why, thank you! These are rare times :D Have you tried Mr. India? I like their samosas (my blogpost for it is gathering dust in my draft folder hahaha)

  6. yummy yummy I tested during our meeting!

  7. This is one of my most favourite Indian places. I almost always order the butter chicken when I go there. Their tea is really good too!

    1. I have been there several times but I don't think I ever tried the butter chicken haha. Yup, their tea is really good! I can drink a whole pot.


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