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<title><![CDATA[Follow up to my posting about the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry plus Josh Ramsay's cameo in Social Code's "He said, she said" music video]]></title>
<link>http://simontonekham.wordpress.com/?p=430</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simon Tonekham</dc:creator>
<guid>http://simontonekham.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/follow-up-to-my-posting-about-the-detroit-windsor-truck-ferry-plus-josh-ramsays-cameo-in-social-codes-he-said-she-said-music-video/</guid>
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I had received a few documents sent to me by Mr. Gregg Ward, the Vice-President of the Detroit-Wind]]></description>
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<p>I had received a few documents sent to me by Mr. Gregg Ward, the Vice-President of the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry. <a href="http://simontonekham.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/windsor-detroit-truck-ferry-project-grinds-to-halt-truckers-find-way-to-devise-ways-to-bypass-hazmat-prohibitions-on-the-ambassador-bridge-plus-viva-strike-goes-on-and-on-and-on/" target="_blank">My blog posting about the Truck Ferry</a> caught his particular attention. He had told me that he sent his matter to the US congress dated in June 2007.  By reading pages 6 to 8 of the TI testimory, a few lines about accessing the truck ferry from the U.S. is pretty clear:</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em>On the Canadian side of the border, directional signage to the ferry exists on<br />
highways as well as county and local roadways.</em></span> These signs identify the U.S. hazardous<br />
material restrictions at the border and provide excellent trailblazing to the truck ferry<br />
terminal.</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>On the U.S. side of the border before the entrance to the bridge and tunnel, </strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>not<br />
a single sign exists on the state, county or local roadways </strong></span></em><strong>providing information on the<br />
US National Hazardous Materials Route Registry restrictions or the alternate hazardous<br />
material crossing of the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry.</strong></p>
<p>He also states that after the events of September 11th, 2001 - Detroit media clearly sees that fuel tankers and other trucks carrying hazardous materials were able to cross the Ambassador Bridge illegally. Even though that there are signs clearly state that dangerous goods are NOT allowed to cross the Ambassador Bridge (and the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel).</p>
<p>There was a little sign that was posted on the Ambassador Bridge - but after the toll collection procedure. In addition, <em><strong>there are no toll booth operators on the Canadian side to prevent a vehicle who carries dangerous goods across the Ambassador Bridge.</strong></em></p>
<p>While prohibition signs exist in a few areas in Montreal, Quebec (notably the Ville-Marie Tunnel of Autoroute 720, Melocheville Tunnel, Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine Tunnel) and Quebec city, Quebec to notify truckers that carrying dangerous goods are prohibited in addition to signs in Windsor, Ontario leading to access to the truck ferry to inform truckers who carries dangerous goods, nothing physically exists on the American side in Detroit, Michigan.</p>
<p>Something should be done to avoid such a catastrophe. This reminded me of a Sesame Street segments, "Danger's No Stranger" and "The word is Danger" (sung by Little Jerry and the Monotones) - but to make matters more serious and to tie in with the HAZMAT loophole, the song "Danger's No Stranger" is used. I want to thank Mr. Gregg Ward for sending me all the information that he provided.</p>
<p>Changing gears, I stumbled upon watching a music video up on Youtube from a band based in Edmonton, Alberta called Social Code. They recently released their new music video "He Said, She Said". By watching this particular music video and to my "sharp" eye, I can see that Josh Ramsay of Marianas Trench made a cameo in this music video. The music videos sets at a local baseball park (or field) and as the music video plays, there is some Japanese text on it! I literally laughed on what the music video unfolds and there is even a shot of a random person in a Gorilla costume!! I wonder what if Bobby Foley has his say about that particular music video. It's anyone's guess. The saddest part for Josh Ramsay - his signature blue hair is gone!!!!!!! The music video reminisces me of Nelly's "Batter Up". Anyways, enjoy the music video(s) below.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.boatnerd.com/news/newpictures01/lacstjeanstormont12-03-mn-pg.jpg" alt="" width="461" height="348" /></p>
<p><strong>Social Code - "He said, she said":</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/3gw0MadOLhk'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/3gw0MadOLhk&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Sesame Street - Danger's No Stranger:</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/_Y8O1TPHih8'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/_Y8O1TPHih8&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Social Code's "Behind the Scenes" of "He said, she said" plus their tour with Theory of a Deadman:</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/fqOBoVSGRsM'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/fqOBoVSGRsM&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[PLACE YOUR BETS NOW...........]]></title>
<link>http://theblogfactor.wordpress.com/?p=59</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cappuccino2go</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theblogfactor.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/place-your-bets-now/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Over at http://www.oddschecker.com/specials/x-factor you can check out the latest odds for all thin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over at <a href="http://www.oddschecker.com/specials/x-factor">http://www.oddschecker.com/specials/x-factor</a> you can check out the latest odds for all things X.</p>
<p>Here's what they have so far:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Winning Manager</span></span></p>
<p>Cheryl Cole - 11/10</p>
<p>Simon Cowell - 5/2</p>
<p>Danni Minogue - 11/2</p>
<p>Louis Walsh - 15/2</p>
<p><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Next Elimination</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Girl Band - 5/2</span></p>
<p>Scott Bruton - 4</p>
<p>Bad Lashes - 6</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Specials</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Cheryl to cry live on X Factor launch night - 3</span></p>
<p>Any act to fall over on stage live on launch night - 20</p>
<p>Contestant to break down mid song and not finish it - 20</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Top 14 - 24 female</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Alexandra Burke - 13/8</span></p>
<p>Laura White - 13/8</p>
<p>Diana Vickers - 9/2</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Top 14 - 24 Male</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Austin Drage - 4/6</span></p>
<p>Eoghan Quigg - 3</p>
<p>Scott Bruton - 8</p>
<p><span style="color:#808080;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Top 25 and over</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Rachel Hylton - 10/11</span></p>
<p>Ruth Lorenzo - 5/2</p>
<p>Daniel Evans - 5</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#008000;">Top Group</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">JLS - 8/11</span></p>
<p>Bad Lashes - 3</p>
<p>Girl Band - 7</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fire: Episode 1]]></title>
<link>http://louisederson123.wordpress.com/?p=66</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>louisederson123</dc:creator>
<guid>http://louisederson123.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/fire-episode-1/</guid>
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Louis and his family introduce themselves and Louis attacks people with his FOOT.
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<p>Louis and his family introduce themselves and Louis attacks people with his FOOT.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Yo]]></title>
<link>http://spanishyear9.wordpress.com/?p=94</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>spanishyear9</dc:creator>
<guid>http://spanishyear9.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/yo-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[  Hola, me llamo Louis. Vivo en Inglaterra y soy ingles mi ciudad es Bracknell y bracknell es m]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>  Hola, me llamo Louis. Vivo en Inglaterra y soy ingles mi ciudad es Bracknell y bracknell es muy industrial. Soy bajo.</p>
<p>  Tengo cinco en mi familia, una hermana, un hermano un padre y una madre y tengo 1 perro, se lammo Fego. Mi cumpleanos es el vienteuno de Junio.</p>
<p>  Mi pelo es largo y rubio y mis ojos azules. Me gusta musica y cocinar. Odio tocar la guitarray arreglo mi dormitorio.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Interview with the Vampire]]></title>
<link>http://thedaythatidie.wordpress.com/?p=29</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thedaythatidie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thedaythatidie.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/the-interview-with-the-vampire/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Last night, I found the copy of The Interview of the Vampire so I decided to watch it. I have watche]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night, I found the copy of The Interview of the Vampire so I decided to watch it. I have watched it numerous time and I never get tired of it. It's probably one of the best movies ever made and the best story ever penned. Lestat, is by far, the greatest vampire ever. He's sleek, fashionable, daring, without conscience and oh so evil. I just love him.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Gente di Dublino... domande, risposte, U2 e vampiri vari!]]></title>
<link>http://dailygodot.wordpress.com/?p=72</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Godot</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dailygodot.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/gente-di-dublino-domande-risposte-u2-e-vampiri-vari/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Non temete&#8230; non è la seconda parte della &#8220;SAGA DELL&#8217;ASSATANATA VECCHIETTA INCONTR]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align:left;">Non temete... non è la seconda parte della "SAGA DELL'ASSATANATA VECCHIETTA INCONTRATA IN AEREO"... e per i suoi fans... arrendetevi perchè non ho intenzione di riincontrarla!</div>
<p>I vampiri di cui parlo? No! Non sono neanche quelli di Anne Rice, Lestat (che detto tra noi è molto più affascinante nei libri), Louis, e Armand (che detto tra noi Antonio Banderas è molto più affascinante di un libro).</p>
<p>Ma allora quali saranno questi vampiri? Gli impiegati dell'Avis il giorno della donazione del sangue? NOOO! Anche se devo ammettere di aver avuto un paio d'incontri ravvicinati piuttosto inquietanti con i collaboratori Avis i vampiri di cui parlo sono quelli "classici e tradizionalisti" insomma i Dracula con le varie concubine di Bram Stoker!</p>
<p>Allora che ci azzecca Dublino? Dovevi forse scrivere Romania o Transilvania e ti sei sbagliata avendo sempre avuto un rapporto conflittuale con la tastiera?</p>
<p>Eh no! Perchè uno dei posti che mi è piaciuto di più a Dublino è il Writer's Museum... vabbè forse mi piaceva anche quello che ci lavorava, ma questo non vi riguarda... e visto che una bella saletta era dedicata a Bram Stoker, creatore del più sexy maniaco omicida della letteratura, sorbitevi questo post! Tratto da una storia vera (non la parte riguardante i pipistrelli e i canini e i nonmorti... spero) la storia di Drak l'impalatore è stata trasformata nel bel librone dell'orrore aggiungendovi alcuni elementi del Beowulf (non quello con Angelina Jolie e Russel Crowe... quello vero!) dove uno  dei nemici di Beowulf si chiamava Drak...</p>
[caption id="attachment_79" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="I primi vampiri non erano un granchè affascinanti!"]<a href="http://dailygodot.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/nosbite.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-79" title="nosbite" src="http://dailygodot.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/nosbite.jpg" alt="I primi vampiri non erano un granchè!" width="200" height="137" /></a>[/caption]
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<p>Comunque dopo essermi assicurata di non aver succhiotti del collo... con un certo rammarico, decisi di affogare il mio dolore nella "Guiness"!!! E quindi mi iscrissi al Pub Crawl... chi non è stato in Irlanda non saprà cos'è il Pub Crawl... e solo i più alcolizzati di quelli che sono andati in Inghilterra ne avranno sentito parlare... Il pub Crawl è una specie di "gioco"...  ci si organizza in gruppo e si entra ed esce da tutti i Pub, con l'obbligo di bersi qualcosina in ogni bar nel quale si entra! Penserete... più che gioco ci sembra "una sbronza ambulante" di gruppo! In realtà il gioco c'è: tutti i pub devono avere un "tema comune" e chi ti guida attraverso questi pub ti fa domande sull'argomento... se sbagli... paghi tu il giro nel pub davanti al quale sei stato interrogato!</p>
<p>L'argomento nel mio caso erano i libri e la "gente di dublino" ossia gli autori famosi... quali Wilde... Shaw... Beckett (ahahah a me è capitata proprio una domanda su di lui e capirete che non potevo sbagliarla! O non mi sarei fatta chiamare Godot!)... etc. etc.</p>
<p>Comunque dopo aver bevuto tanto... ma tanto... e per fortuna non aver pagato nulla... me ne tornai al mio alloggio per farmi le mie tre buone ore di sonno! Solo tre ore di sonno?! Sì perchè il giorno dopo avevo tutta l'intenzione di andare a caccia degli U2 (senza fucile o carabina) solo con un indirizzo... quello del loro studio di registrazione! Ovviamente loro non erano neanche in Irlanda... ma mi ricordo ancora quella sensazione... la sensazione di vedere quel palazzone così da vicino e pensare... mbè ma è tutto qui? Mi scuserete ma all'epoca ero ancora giovane e senza un tappeto rosso e le maniglie del portone in oro 18kt non mi sembrava un posto degno di nota!</p>
<p>Qualche anno dopo ci sono tornata... e mi è piaciuta sempre tanto Dublino... però non sono andata più a caccia di Bono Vox e compari... al Pub Crawl ci sono tornata... argomento... Fantasmi e Vampiri (ancora!) e ancora una volta non ho pagato neanche una birra! Non è che io sia spilorcia ma, con le pensioni che ci aspettano, mi sto allenando per andare a passare la vecchiaia ai Quiz Televisivi!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Yo, Joe]]></title>
<link>http://kelsonphilo.wordpress.com/?p=152</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kelson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kelsonphilo.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/yo-joe/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Well, any doubts I may have held about Biden have been quashed.  I&#8217;m sure that Palin will get ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, any doubts I may have held about Biden have been quashed.  I'm sure that Palin will get the obligatory "Oh, didn't she do swell considering" nod, but I think it's pretty clear which candidate is better suited for the VP.</p>
<h4>"Ultimate Bridge to Nowhere!"</h4>
<h4>"Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we've had probably in American history."</h4>
<h4>"The idea he's part of the Legislative Branch is a bizarre notion invented by Cheney to aggrandize the power of a unitary executive and look where it has gotten us."</h4>
<p>Blammo.  Biden's been the <a title="transcriptify" href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/02/debate.transcript/" target="_blank">best debater</a> so far.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ireland Pt.2]]></title>
<link>http://djgnosis.wordpress.com/?p=254</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>djgnosis</dc:creator>
<guid>http://djgnosis.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/ireland-pt2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve finally posted all of my photos of Ireland - including Belfast, Dublin, the north coast, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I've finally posted <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnosis/sets/72157607203205007/" target="_blank">all of my photos of Ireland</a> - including Belfast, Dublin, the north coast, and Newgrange.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Empezar por el principio...]]></title>
<link>http://spanishyear9.wordpress.com/?p=5</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>spanishyear9</dc:creator>
<guid>http://spanishyear9.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/empezar-por-el-principio/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aquí está nuestro primer post. Espero que a partir de ahora vuestras páginas sean las protagonist]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aquí está nuestro primer post. Espero que a partir de ahora vuestras páginas sean las protagonistas...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[In woord en beeld]]></title>
<link>http://wmggs.wordpress.com/?p=348</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wmggs</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wmggs.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/in-woord-en-beeld/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Cd-recensies bestaan al jaren. Maar sinds Marc Mijlemans  in mijn geboortejaar op briljante wijze h]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cd-recensies bestaan al jaren. Maar sinds Marc Mijlemans  in mijn geboortejaar <a href="http://www.humo.be/cps/rde/xchg/humo/hs.xsl/Muziek_CDs.html?review_id=980">op briljante wijze</a> het Triffids-meesterwerkje 'Born Sandy Devotional'  recenseerde is er eigenlijk niet bijster veel meer aan het concept van de recensie veranderd. Het is een half A4'tje vol lyrische of minder lyrische vergelijkingen, aangevuld met een vakkundige beschrijving van elke melodielijn.</p>
<p>Daar mag wel eens verandering in komen, denk ik dan.</p>
<p>Wat al die recensies volgens mij missen, is beeld. Terwijl de hedendaagse kranten en tijdschriften elk artikel tegenwoordig vergezellen van pakkende fotografische meesterwerkjes, die de lezer onmiddellijk meesleuren in de stemming van de journalist, zijn recensies schijnbaar blijven steken in de jaren stilletjes. Op zijn best staat er naast elk stuk een prentje van de respectievelijke cd, wat de lezer zou moeten helpen om  het schijfje in de platenwinkel te herkennen. Terwijl er zo veel meer mee kan gedaan worden! Een beeld zegt meer dan duizend woorden. Plak een foto van een huilende Bert Anciaux naast de recensie van de laatste Madonna-cd: iedereen zal onmiddellijk beseffen dat dit schijfje hoogstens geschikt is om varkensdarmen mee uit te kuisen.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="  " src="http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v348/173/84/666601951/n666601951_843270_1732.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="197" />  <img class="alignnone" title="  " src="http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v348/173/84/666601951/n666601951_843365_3651.jpg" alt="" width="133" height="192" /></p>
<p>Uiterst doeltreffend, en zodoende de ideale manier om de nieuwste cd van <strong>Kings Of Leon </strong>te bespreken.</p>
<p>Niet waar, Bert?</p>
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<p>...</p>
<p>De laatste van Kings Of Leon dus.</p>
<p>Na hun vorige cd, <strong>'Because Of The Times'</strong> had deze band reusachtige verwachtingen in te lossen. Dat was namelijk een waar meesterwerkje gebleken, waar werkelijk alle songs het niveau tussen 'goed' en 'meesterlijk' moeiteloos overschreden. Erg verrassend eigenlijk, aangezien de band op zijn platen daarvoor nooit echt helemaal wist te overtuigen.</p>
<p>En nu is er dus '<strong>Only By the Night'</strong>, hun langverwachte opvolger. En in vergelijking met hun vorige, wel...</p>
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<p>... had het toch dat ietsje beter gekund.</p>
<p>Neen jongens, het kan niet altijd goed zijn. En na een meesterwerk nóg een meesterwerk produceren is bepaald een moeilijke taak. Maar dit cd'tje doet echt onrecht aan het niveau dat een groep als deze normaal gezien zou moeten kunnen halen. Er zijn uitschieters, daar niet van. De single <strong>'Sex On Fire'</strong> wordt niet voor niets grijsgedraaid op verschillende populaire radiostations. Eén meesterwerkje maakt echter geen goede cd, en het grootste deel van de overige songs komt nauwelijks tot aan de tenen van de single. Laten we hopen dat dit creatieve dipje vervolgens resulteert in een nieuw meesterwerk. De mannen van Kings Of Leon verdienen het, en ik zou er als trouwe fan meer dan blij mee zijn. In afwachting zullen we '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhhcKxflMY">Sex On Fire' </a>maar een tijdje op repeat moeten beluisteren.</p>
<p>Ook geen slechte zaak natuurlijk.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Special Delivery]]></title>
<link>http://comstock.wordpress.com/?p=326</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>athies</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The bane of Matt
No, this is not about Dan&#8217;s ill-fated dive into the movie business. You will ]]></description>
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<p>No, this is not about Dan's ill-fated dive into the movie business. You will have to wait until later to hear that story. This is a different kind of story. This is the story of faint, eerie, and mysterious echos emanating from the far reaches of a dark, misty cave. This is a story of that which pierces a man's heart like a icy toothpick. This is a story of feelings.</p>
<p>As we have grown and plugged into "normal" life more and more, my friends and I have scattered across the country. Perhaps we are burrowing deep to hide until it is time to explode in world domination!  Are any Homeland Security Paranoids listening? While technology has given us a good measure of contact, there is a non-filthy touch that is missing. I choose to satisfy this urge with the vehicle of the U.S. Postal Service, of which I was an employee for a very brief time. Put simply, I send weird shit to people.</p>
<p>This started when the first of us left the motherland. Louis was in Illinois, attending grad school for a subject he selected "just because". As frequent readers of this blog may remember Princeton was the era before Mike left for the Air Force. He and I shared an apartment, and entertained frequent guests. One day we where overturning all the couch cushions for a reason I cannot recall, but it was a long and difficult process given the three long and elaborate couches we owned. As an aside, we left all three when we snuck out in the middle of the night. I hope they are all safe and well still at Princeton, or at least that big, metal fucker left a dent in the wall or someone's knee (spellchecker knows "fucker").</p>
<p>While exploring the couch crevasses we discovered a very smashed brownie. It was luckily still sealed in clear plastic, but there was no labeling of any kind upon the wrapper. Mike and I were nought concerned for how it got there, but what kind of brownie it was. Like a bolt from Valhalla the idea hit us.</p>
<p>"Louis is in grad school for chemistry. He must have access to a lab for analysis!"</p>
<p>With that we grabbed a free USPS Priority envelope, crammed the brownie in there and shipped it off to Louis. We forgot about it shortly thereafter, only reminded when Louis called a few weeks later...</p>
<p>"What is this?"</p>
<p>"A brownie we found in the couch for you to analyze."</p>
<p>We are still waiting for the report.</p>
<p>Here we reach a time of long pause between "shipments". I picked up the practice again when I was in Japan, knowing Mike's affinity for weird foods. I shipped him some freeze-dried squid, and strange shaped Japanese candy. He was very thankful. Whenever I find some odd food idea I grab it for Mike. I have sent him a few things over the last few years.</p>
<p>Another friend of mine always raved about how great Ikea was, and invited me to travel up to Toronto, the closest Ikea to Buffalo.  Why do I want to drive 1.5 hours and waste the entire day just to get a couch?  It was only years later I visited an Ikea and learned they have all kinds of stuff.  Things that would have been vital for me, especially at a cheap price, as a college/just out of college individual.  As a result I purposely placed the blame on the very man who tried to introduce me to Ikea.  Realistically he is the last person I should take revenge upon, but who said "shipping" is logical.  For his actions my revenge took the form of a smashed Ikea fountain drink cup from my first trip to Ikea.  That son of a bitch got his.</p>
<p>The next example is a personal shipment.  Those familiar with those of this blog well know Louis's fanatical addiction to Mountain Dew.  Because of this, while on a drive to his home in D.C. we left a 2 liter bottle of the Nectar of the Gods on his door step, rang the door bell, and hid around the corner.  Moment's later we heard the door open and the expected "Uh!"  I suspect that if we had not then emerged Louis would have cradled his sweet liquor back inside, leaving us for dead.</p>
<p>The camera on your cell phone makes the perfect tool for "shipping" pictures of weird findings to others.  I often send pictures to Mike of weird foods that he loves so much.  I sometimes buy these to send him, like the tiny, dried fish snack I found in Japan.  Weird beer labels also make their way in digital format to Mike.  Louis gets pictures of oddly-shaped containers.</p>
<p>When I find these items my wife used to shake her head and call me weird, but she occasionally links a product to a person before I do.  The most recent was when Louis was visiting us.  Where were in Chinatown, waiting for our Ghost Tour to begin.  We wasted the time inspecting the isles of a Chinese trinket shoppe.  My wife found a whined up masturbating monkey.  No sooner had she pointed this out that she said, "That would be perfect for Dan!"  And right she was.  A week later I found a comment on this blog as to Dan's confirmation of receiving this shipment.</p>
<p>I may be forgetting some of the other shipments I have sent over the years.  I'm sure my fellow posters will remind me.</p>
<p>Some advice.  Do not include any letter, label, or explanation with your shipments.  Just smile as you drop them in the mail, and wait to get the inevitable email.  You need to link the trinket with the person you send it to.  The USPS has free Priority envelopes and boxes to ship your "hello old friend" package.  I urge you to stay connected by shipping unannounced items to your friends.  I have received threats of being sent shipments in return, but nothing yet.  Since I am far more organized than any of my friends I will believe it when I see it.  Will this post be the billboard material they needed to follow through?</p>
<p>Only last week did I happen to come across some plastic eyeball glasses, which today have found their way into the mail, addressed for Matt.  I am hoping this will scare him out of his hermit state. Why is this a match for Matt?  Matt has a fear of any eye being poked.  In the past I was taken along to Darien Lake with Matt and his girlfriend, and her friends.  I bought a large, inflatable eyeball hammer to torture Matt with.  After arming his girlfriend with the information she promptly bought an eyeball keychain, which she used when appropriate.  We all have a little Dan in each of us.  Anyway, if I hear some response from Matt I will leave a follow up.</p>
<p>Dan sent his own special delivery to a girlfriend many years ago.  Back in the time of Goodyear, Dan was in the pickle (not his mom's pickles) as to what to give as an Xmas gift to his girlfriend of maybe a month.  This girl had the proverbial everything.  What did she not have?  Dan thought of it!  A double-ended dildo (why is dildo not in the spell checker?)  A nice "gag" gift.  Unfortunately for his girlfriend's shame, and Dan's relationship, she opened the gift in front of her parents.  The next time she saw Dan she walked up to him and poked him in the eye.  And such is the origin of the lens in Dan's glasses that forever fell out.</p>
<p>Dan's relation to this post is not yet complete.  Like the other authors on this blog my writing has improved greatly, but one of the least frequent authors has always possessed a certain skill with the pen.  Dan has been drafting elaborate stories well before I ever met him.  You have read a scant few of these on this blog, but arguably his greatest tale saw little light.  Let me remind you of the Dashwood Society, or was it the Church of Unconscious Revelations (I never know which took responsibility for what as they had the same membership).  Whatever group it was, they decided that pornography was the channel of choice for their creative outlets.  You see, a group like CUR needs to have a project to focus on at all times, lest they be distracted into apathy and drinking.  Within minutes Dan had constructed a marvelous script.</p>
<p>Knock on the door.</p>
<p>House Wife answers.  She sees a delivery man holding a package, but no pants.</p>
<p>Delivery Man: "I seem to have forgotten my pants.  Do you have any place I can put this?"</p>
<p>Activities ensue.</p>
<p>The project was titled "Special Delivery", and Dan selflessly volunteered to play Delivery Man.  A woman was cast as the House Wife, but when she read the "real" script she left.</p>
<p>"Special Delivery" will never sit beside "Taming of the Shrew" or "The Merchant of Venice" as it should, but you - the loyal reader - will know.</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden vs. Sarah Palin
THE TOP TEN RULES HAVE BEEN POSTED HERE. CHECK THEM OUT!
Do not drink unde]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Joe Biden vs. Sarah Palin</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">THE TOP TEN RULES HAVE BEEN <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><a href="http://alaskaisclosetorussia.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/vice-presidential-debate-drinking-game-2008-palin-vs-biden/">POSTED HERE</a>.</strong></span> CHECK THEM OUT!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Do not drink underage. Drink responsibly :)</em></p>
<p><strong>This is meant to be a participatory post.  Like our election process, it only functions when people participate.  So, please add to the list of guidelines. The top ten rules <a href="http://alaskaisclosetorussia.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/vice-presidential-debate-drinking-game-2008-palin-vs-biden/">have been posted.</a><br />
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<p style="text-align:left;">After a wildly <a href="http://alaskaisclosetorussia.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/official-2008-presidential-debate-drinking-game-rules/">successful compilation</a> from wonderful politically active partiers (you) accross the country, it is now time to seriously focus on the drinking game surrounding the one-and-only upcoming vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We are offered three presidential debates, but only given one VP debate; therefore our choices must be efficient and prudent.  Choosing rules that focus on Biden's running mouth, or Sarah Palin's... well, everything from bridges to nowhere, lipstick, and beyond... choosing drinking game rules that focus on the idiosyncrasies of each cadidate is paramount to taking advantage of this rare occasion.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">We know how they act, speak, and their mannerisms.  Now it's time to compile the most efficient drinking game.  Once again, I will start it out:</p>
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<li>Every time Joe Biden mentions Scranton, PA, take a swig.</li>
<li>Anytime the proximity between Alaska and Russia is mentioned, take a drink from the person who is sitting closest to you.</li>
<li><em>See the comments for more rules, and add your own to make it to the top 10!<br />
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<p><strong>Important Announcement: This morning the top ten rules <a href="http://alaskaisclosetorussia.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/vice-presidential-debate-drinking-game-2008-palin-vs-biden/">have been posted</a>.<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Greetings form Taiwan (by Louis)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone, just in case if you are wondering how Louis (one of the Trackbastards) is doing in Taiw]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi everyone, just in case if you are wondering how Louis (one of the Trackbastards) is doing in Taiwan, I am happy to say that I am still alive. Not too sure bout that after tomorrow but at least I am still alive and updating this blog.</p>
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<p>As reported in the news stations here, a new typhoon which is bigger, badder and stronger will hit the shores of east Taiwan earliest tonight and gradually move across to west Taiwan. I am in Taichung, which is in the middle part of Taiwan, so you go and do the maths la...</p>
<p>But honestly, I just can't wait to have my first experience of TYPHOON.</p>
<p>Yeah baby! Show me what ya got!</p>
<p>*Put your hands up in the air, wave it around like you just don't care*</p>
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<title><![CDATA[REVEREND MICHAEL PHFLEGER DEFENDS REV. WRIGHT AND LOUIS FARRAKHAN]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[By: John Keitel
The racist Reverend Michael Phfleger defends the racists views of Reverend Wright an]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By: John Keitel</p>
<p>The racist Reverend Michael Phfleger defends the racists views of Reverend Wright and Minister Louis Farrakhan in this clip. Here we go again we having to hear the racist defend the racist.</p>
<p>We will see if this makes the MSM.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Links Part 2]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Watch these two new video's:</p>
<p>Smallville Director's Cut - (Plastique)[HD]+ New Season Preview<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Een godverdomse dag op een godverdomse blog]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Godverdomme. Dimitri Verhulst weet ze wel te kiezen, die titels. Wie dacht dat enkel Herman Brusselm]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Godverdomme. Dimitri Verhulst weet ze wel te kiezen, die titels. Wie dacht dat enkel Herman Brusselmans een patent had op beklijvende titels, is bij deze op zijn plaats gezet</p>
<p>En het is zo wáár. Is dit niet weer gewoon eens een godverdomse dag op een godverdomse bol? Verdomme, ik wil er zelfs gif op innemen. Op dergelijke godverdomse dagen is een mens bijna blíj als hij de volgende aankondiging ziet hangen aan de kassa van de St. Denijse Carrefour.</p>
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<p>De Dashverkopers, ze mogen gelukkig zijn, nu hun godverdomse pakken Dash eindelijk een eigen soundtrack hebben gekregen. Van <strong>Sam Gooris </strong>dan nog wel, een BV die er verdomme op wonderbaarlijke wijze steeds in slaagt zijn eigen eenvoudige zelf te blijven, zelfs op nationale televisie. Allen daarheen!</p>
<p>Niet verkrijgbaar bij de pakken Dash, en maar goed ook: de godverdomse teringherrie van <strong>The number twelve looks like you</strong>. Slacht een varken met een heel bot mes, na het bewerkt te hebben met een roodgloeiend, in prikkeldraad gewikkeld strijkijzer: het zal kreten tevoorschijn toveren die danig in de buurt moeten komen van wat onze vrienden van 'The Number Twelve...' op hun cd '<strong>Mongrel</strong>'<strong> </strong>bijeen hebben weten te krijsen.</p>
<p>Geen slechte muziek nochtans. Eens de oren gewend zijn geraakt aan het vrij monotone keelgeschraap van de vermoedelijke 'zanger', valt toch op dat de muziek zelf vaak uiterst geraffineerd in mekaar zit. Er gaat een donkere, mysterieuze sfeer van uit, die regelmatig omslaat in hersenloze agressie of wanhoop. Muziek verbeeldt emotie, dit is emotie in zijn puurste vorm.</p>
<p>Niet alle nummers kunnen zo echter op mijn uiteindelijke goedkeuring rekenen. Sommige, zoals <strong>'Allright, I Admit It,... It Was a Whorehouse' </strong>en <strong>'Paper Weight Pigs'</strong> missen de subtiliteit die de agressie in nummers als <strong>'Jay Walking Backwards'</strong> en <strong>'Grandfather'</strong> enigzins tempert, en een plaats geeft in het muzikaal geheel. Dat soort songs is breinloos, rechtlijnig, weinig inventief en erg schadelijk voor het trommelvlies.</p>
<p>Aangezien een groot deel van deze cd gevuld is met dat soort creaties, kan ik hier uiteindelijk geen oprecht lovend oordeel over vellen. Iets minder gekrijs, iets meer inhoud, en het kan nochtans nog helemaal goedkomen met die mannen van <strong></strong>The number twelve looks like you. Wie op zoek is naar een zachtere en naar mijn mening betere (zonder gekrijs, mét lyrics) versie van dit soort muziek, raad ik van ganser harte het schitterende debuut van <strong>The Germans</strong> aan, dat ik hier eerder al besprak.</p>
<p>En aangezien mijn medeblogger Tom zo vriendelijk was om mij op dergelijke aangename luistermuziek te vergasten, bied ik hem met veel plezier iets gelijkaardigs aan: de laatste worp van onze grote Dashliefhebber Sam Gooris.</p>
<p>Toy toy toy!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Benson-Putting the Cape Down (Round 2)]]></title>
<link>http://wutheringvipercanyon.wordpress.com/?p=161</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
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William felt that his job as Captain Hero for Wuthering was risky job as he was always concerned ab]]></description>
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<p>William felt that his job as Captain Hero for Wuthering was risky job as he was always concerned about how his family will be like if he was exposed to his kryptonite (metaphorically speaking). Plus there is a very low crime rate in Wuthering as his son-in-law Benjamin Benson tells him that most of the day in the station is sitting down or eating cake from Jessica's bakery. So he quit his job, borrowed a loan and bought the local toy store in the Wuthering shopping district while gaining a gold toy making badge.</p>
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<p>Then it was Louis' birthday...</p>
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<p>...as he happily grew up into a child.</p>
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<p>The Bensons also bought another dog-a beagle named Abbey and would plan to breed puppies for a bit of cash. Abbey started to get along with Dookie and Peaches.</p>
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<p>Sari started to invite Edmund over after school finished. They would talk about the time when Edmund got abducted by aliens.</p>
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<p>Then things became serious when she shared her first kiss with Edmund. Only problem is that Edmund already has a girlfriend, Casey Worthington who is one of Sari's best friends.</p>
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<p>As seen here when she snuck out one night with her.</p>
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<p>After Edmund left after dark she gave herself a makeover with makeup and a new hairstyle. She went from innocent child to teen femme.</p>
<p>Outtakes:</p>
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<p>Pull my finger!!! This is the only snapshot I got from William's toy shop with the cashier he hired. She didn't do that pull my finger prank but rather her hygiene bar was low from standing all day and William reacted as she was pointing and laughing.</p>
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<p>You are my brickie, my only brickie. You make me happy when skies are grey...</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">Como es bien sabido, las <a href="http://cptaichi.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/las-diez-esenciales-de-yang-cheng-fu/" target="_blank">Diez Esenciales de Yang Chengfu</a> son una guía valiosa para la práctica diaria, ya que de una manera clara y concisa nos dice como debemos tener cada parte de nuestro cuerpo y mente durante la ejecución de la forma. Si seguimos cada una de las Diez Esenciales durante la práctica, el resultado será una forma más refinada, lo cual traerá muchos beneficios tanto marciales como terapéuticos.<br />
Sin embargo, algunas frases dentro de las esenciales son más confusas que otras, y un ejemplo de ellas es la primera en la lista: “<em>Xu Ling Ding Jing</em>, es decir, <em>Una energía intangible y viva levanta la cabeza</em>.”
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Mucha gente se pregunta que significa “vacío” en el contexto de la práctica. Otros preguntan que si se trata de una "energía" como es posible que sea intangible, o vacía. Estas y muchas preguntas surgen, y con toda razón, porque el Taijiquan tiene algunos conceptos bastante abstractos, y este es uno de ellos. Pero basta con la guía de un buen maestro para poder experimentar en la práctica, lo que en palabras es tan difícil de explicar. Sin embargo, haremos un intento de exponer los distintos puntos de vista de diferente maestros al traducir esta frase que, aunque corta, esconde un significado muy importante para la práctica del Taijiquan.<br />
Primero veamos la traducción literal de cada uno de los ideogramas que componen la frase:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">虚 (Xu): vacío, hueco, vacuo,<br />
灵 (Ling): ágil, sensible, eficaz, espíritu<br />
顶 (Ding): coronilla, cima, cumbre, llevar sobre la cabeza<br />
劲 (Jing): fuerza interna (v.),  fuerte, vigoroso, enérgico (adj.)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">De aquí podemos observar de donde sale “Una energía intangible y viva levanta la cabeza”. Cuando hablamos de “vacío” o “intangible” no quiere decir que esta “hueco” o “sin nada”, más bien quiere decir que “algo” levanta la cabeza suavemente, y este algo es la intención mental. Pero el énfasis esta puesto en “suavemente” porque si lo hacemos de manera brusca, tensando los músculos del cuello, los resultados serán adversos, y no obtendremos los beneficios de esta esencial: Alinear el cuerpo para que quede derecho y levantar el espíritu de vitalidad.<br />
Sin embargo, a pesar de esta corta explicación el concepto permanece elusivo para la mayoría del practicante que recién comienza a estudiar Taijiquan, motivo por el cual me pareció conveniente colocar distintas interpretaciones de diferentes Maestros y autores reconocidos en el área, de modo que podamos ampliar más los conceptos que parecen más difíciles de comprender e incorporar en nuestra práctica diaria. Aunque pueda considerarse como un poco largo, vale la pena leer, estudiar, analizar y comprender estos conceptos. En total son cinco fuentes bibliográficas diferentes para su referencia. Esperamos que sean de mucha utilidad.
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>I. Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan, por Fu Zhongwen, Traducido por Louis Swaim, pp.182-185. North Atlantic Books, 1999. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">¿Qué significa "Xu Ling Ding Jing"?<br />
Una de las frases más molestas para traducir en este compendio de textos aparece en el “Tratado del Taijiquan” de Wang Zongyue. Esta es la frase que he traducido como “Una energía intangible y viva levanta la coronilla de la cabeza.” La frase real en chino es "xu ling ding jing". Xu significa "vacío", "nulo" (void), "abstracto", "sin forma", o "insustancial".  Ling significa "cuello", "collar", "llevar"(lead), "guiar", o "recibir". Ding significa "la coronilla de la cabeza". Jing es una palabra que debería ser familiar a la mayoría de los practicantes de Taijiquan, la cual significa "energía" o "fuerza". Traducir esta frase literalmente de una manera que tenga sentido es imposible en apariencia. Para complicar más las cosas, un ideograma alternativo para la segunda palabra en la frase, aparece en algunas versiones. Este ideograma también se pronuncia ling pero es pronunciado con el segundo tono, mientras que el otro se pronuncia con el tercer tono. Este ideograma alternativo tiene el significado de "espíritu",  "maravilloso", "misterioso", "hábil" (clever) o "ligero" (nimble). La versión con este segundo ideograma ling, es la que notablemente presenta la primera de las "Diez esenciales de la Teoría del Taijiquan" de Yang Chengfu. Para demostrar las dificultades presentadas al traducir esta frase, he reunido, para hacer una comparación, diferentes traducciones:</p>
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<li> Yang Jwing-ming lo traduce como: Una energía lleva hacia arriba a la cabeza".</li>
<li>T.T. Liang (alumno de Chen Manching): Una energía ligera y activa debe ser mantenida en la punta de la cabeza.</li>
<li>Benjamin Pang Jeng Lo (uno de los más respetados alumnos de Chen Manching): El jing alcanza la punta de la cabeza fácilmente.</li>
<li>Douglas Wile la traduce diversamente: "La energía en la punta de la cabeza debe ser ligera y sensitiva" y "Abrir la energía en la coronilla de la cabeza".</li>
<li>Guttman da una traducción que reza: "…la punta de la cabeza se mantiene derecha con el espíritu intangible". En otra parte da una traducción literal bastante plausible, si es comprendida, en forma de una frase nominal: La energía en la punta de la cabeza, de la habilidad vacía ("Empty dexterity's top energy").</li>
<li>Huang Wen-Shan la traduce como: La punta de la cabeza debe estar vacía, alerta y derecha.</li>
<li>La versión de Robert Smith: El espíritu de vitalidad llega a la punta de la cabeza.</li>
<li>La de Jou Tsung Hwa es similar: El espíritu, o shen, llega a la punta de la cabeza.</li>
<li>Finalmente, en una de las traducciones más libres que he visto, T.Y. Pang dice: La columna y la cabeza se mantienen derechas por la fuerza, la cual es guiada por la mente.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Como el lector puede observar, el rango de matices en estas diversas traducciones de dicha frase es considerable. Virtualmente todas las lecturas son interpretativas; es decir, la frase de cuatro caracteres tal y como ha sido pasada no dará una lectura fidedigna basada solo en los ideogramas. Solo se puede concluir que esta frase es un remanente de una fórmula oral cuya estructura original elude nuestro conocimiento. Nuestra comprensión de esta depende inevitablemente del contexto – la frase siguiente que trata sobre hundir el qi en el dantian – y de los comentarios de maestros del pasado, incluyendo la explicación de Yang Chengfu de la primera de sus "Diez esenciales". El concepto también está ligado a frases redactadas en otros clásicos de formas distintas pero relacionadas, por ejemplo, el "espíritu" se enhebra (threads) hasta la cima de la cabeza" (shen guan ding) en la "Canción de las Trece Posturas"; y en la frase que habla sobre "suspender la coronilla" (ding tou xuan) que aparece en "La elucidación mental de las trece posturas" y en la "Canción de las Trece Posturas".<br />
En mi propio esfuerzo por comprender la frase "xu ling ding jing", consideré la posibilidad de leer los primeros dos ideogramas como un compuesto. De hecho, hay un compuesto en "xu ling," con el mismo ideograma "ling" que aparece en la versión de Yang Chengfu de la frase. El filósofo Neo-confucionista <em>Zhu Xi</em> (1130-1200) la utilizó como parte de una frase que significa "una mente clara" ( xu ling bu mei - an unclouded mind). El libro de Thomas Metzger, <em>Escape from Predicament</em>,  puede ser una guía útil para descifrar esta oscura fórmula Neo-confuciana. Él habla de las frases "xu ling, zhi jue, xu ling zhi jue, y xu ling ming jue", las cuales tienen significados intercambiables: "Conciencia inteligente en su forma pura, naturalmente dada, e indivisible cósmicamente; vacía de todo concepto o sensación específica y consciente."<br />
Él también menciona el ensayo del filósofo moderno <em>Tang Junyi</em>, "El desarrollo de ideas de valor espiritual en la filosofía china". Tang escribe sobre xu y ling:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>"</em><em>Xu significa ser vacío y receptivo. Confucio y Laozi hablaron de </em><em>xu principalmente como una enseñanza moral. Zhuangzi, seguido por Xunzi y por los Neo- confucionistas, toman a </em><em>xu como una naturaleza fundamental de la mente y la conectan con la palabra </em><em>ling, que significa conocer/saber libremente, espontáneamente y sin apegos. Cuando la naturaleza de la mente es vista como vacía y receptiva, el sentido del ego o del ser como un individuo, diferenciándose a si mismo de otras cosas, es extirpada en la profundidad de la mente."<br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;">En consecuencia, leí unos comentarios que apuntan en una dirección similar, en el libro de Zeng Zhaoran – Taijiquan quan shu (Libro completo del Taijiquan). Zeng habla específicamente sobre esta frase, haciendo notar las variantes del ideograma ling en las ediciones "comunes" de los manuales de Taiji, y agregando que ninguna versión de la frase de cuatro caracteres transmitida comúnmente, puede ser realmente explicada. Zeng afirma que la frase xu ling es una alusión al significado de la frase de Zhu Xi: una mente clara (an unclouded mind). Además, Zeng cita ideogramas alternativos para la segunda mitad de la frase: ding - fijar, determinar, y jing - quieto, diciendo que ambos constituyen una alusión una frase del antiguo libro de Confucio "Da Xue" (La gran ciencia). Zeng refiere que su versión de la frase del “xu ling ding jing” es de un documento escrito a mano que tuvo la oportunidad de leer, y él da a entender que este refleja la frase original. Desgraciadamente, no hay ninguna manera de confirmar los hallazgos de Zeng, pero estos sólo sirven subrayar la "inestabilidad del texto" de la cual habla Douglas Wile,  y para resaltar otro estrato de los posibles matices escondidos dentro de los Clásicos del Taiji.<br />
Mi propia traducción de la frase, depende del contexto y de los comentarios disponibles, incluyendo aquellos de un libro tan importante como el Taijiquan pu yu mipu jiaozhu (Manuales y manuales secretos con anotaciones del Taijiquan) de Meng Naichang. Meng escribe que la frase significa “la habilidad para elevar el espíritu vital (neng ti qi jingshen), que “es intangible (ruo you ruo wu) y que no debe tener ningún exceso ni deficiencia.” Incluso la palabra “intangible” en español es problemática, ya que esta implica algo que no puede percibirse a través de los sentidos. De lo que estamos hablando aquí, definitivamente puede sentirse pero el énfasis está en la intención mental y no en los discretos y locales músculos del cuello. Todo el tema trae a colación el pasaje del Carretero de Zhuangzi, el cual habla sobre su oficio diciendo, “Ni demasiado suave, ni demasiado duro – usted puede ponerlo en su mano y puede sentirlo en su mente. No se puede expresar en palabras, y aún así  de algún modo tiene un truco para hacerlo.”
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>II. Traducción de las Diez Esenciales del Taijiquan, realizada por Jerry Karin, webmaster de la página oficial de la familia Yang (<a href="http://www.yangfamilytaichi.com" target="_blank">www.yangfamilytaichi.com</a>), y experto en idioma chino.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">“Vacía, vivaz, ascendente y enérgica”: “Ascendente y enérgica” significa que la postura de la cabeza se mantiene erguida y derecha y que el espíritu es infundido en su cúspide. No puede utilizar fuerza bruta ya que al hacerlo pondrá rígida la zona de la nuca, después de lo cual el qi y la sangre no podrán circular libremente. Debe tener una intención que sea vacía, vivaz (o libre) y natural. Sin una intención que sea vacía, vivaz, ascendente y enérgica, no será capaz de elevar su espíritu”.<br />
Esta frase de 4 caracteres es probablemente la más difícil de traducir en toda la literatura del taiji. Elegí contemplar cada una de las 4 palabras cumpliendo la función de un predicado o verbo-frase. Otro enfoque bastante obvio sería tomar los dos primeros ideogramas como un adverbio y los dos últimos como sujeto-predicado: “Vacía y vivamente, la coronilla es enérgica.” Muchas otras interpretaciones son posibles.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>III.	“Chen Style Taijiquan. The Source of Taiji Boxing”, Davidine Siaw-Voon Sim, David Gaffney, pp. 53-54. North Atlantic Books, 2002.<br />
</strong>"...En la práctica del Taijiquan, la cabeza se sostiene derecha (erguida) – xu ling ding jing (una energía insustancial levanta la cabeza). Imagine un objeto ligero reposando sobre la coronilla de su cabeza, el cual no es pesado pero siempre está presente. El cuello se mantiene naturalmente relajado y flexible, y debe coordinarse con el cambio en la posición del cuerpo. No se enfoque con mucha intensidad haciendo que los músculos del cuello se tensen. La barbilla se mete ligeramente. El punto de acupuntura Baihui en la coronilla de la cabeza es halado suavemente hacia arriba (Chen Xin utiliza la imagen de una cuerda halando el Baihui hacia arriba)…”</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>IV.	Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan, por Shen Jiazhen y Gu Liuxin, 1963. (<a href="http://www.yangfamilytaichi.com/about/articles/rep/2004-08-31" target="_blank">http://www.yangfamilytaichi.com/about/articles/rep/2004-08-31</a>)<br />
</strong>Segunda sección, primer capítulo: “…Suavemente guíe la cabeza de modo que presione hacia arriba (xu ling ding jing) y hunda el qi en el dantian --- Lo que se refiere aquí como energía que sube y que suavemente guía, quiere decir tomar una energía que presiona hacia adelante (ding jing) y llevarla suavemente hacia arriba; hundir el qi en el dantian quiere decir, tomar el qi y hacer que se hunda en el dantian (de manera natural); al combinar estos dos conceptos, hay una intención que hala hacia direcciones opuestas, lo cual provoca que el torso tenga una sensación de alargamiento…”
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>V.	Yang Zhenduo, Video “Traditional Yang Family Style Taijiquan”, A Taste of China, 1990.</strong><br />
Primera Esencial: <em>Xu ling ding jin</em> - Una energía insubstancial guia a la cabeza<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em>Enderezar la cabeza</em></span><br />
El primer punto trata sobre los requisitos para la cabeza. Dice: “Una energía insubstancial guía a la cima de la cabeza.” Los chinos lo llaman xu ling ding jin. Si examinamos los carácteres chinos literalmente, significa “el espíritu insubstancial (vacío) que extiende la energía a la cabeza.” La idea es que la cabeza permanece vacía pero se extiende hacia arriba.<br />
El propósito primario de este principio es tratar con problemas que pasan en el área de cabeza. Al practicar taijiquan, algunas personas tienden girar la cabeza o dejarla inclinada hacia arriba o la apoyan a un lado. Para corregir esos problemas, el requisito es que la cabeza este nivelada y el cuello recto. No debe mirar hacia abajo o hacia arriba; los ojos deben estar nivelados. Haciendo esto, el espíritu puede ser elevado. Es como si usted tiene algo equilibrado en la cima de su cabeza. De esta manera, el espíritu de vitalidad puede elevarse. Al practicar el taijiquan estilo Yang, debido a que la cabeza se levanta, el espíritu de vitalidad se eleva.<br />
Si usted baja su cabeza entonces no tendra mas un aspecto “enérgico”. La postura tampoco luce muy agradable. Si apoya su cabeza hacia arriba o la inclina hacia abajo, o si su cabeza oscila de un lado a otro, todo esto luce poco elegante. Adicionalmente, no mejora la circulación en el área de la cabeza. Si tiene estas fallas, no podrá levantar el espíritu. De manera que el taijiquan estilo Yang, no sólo da énfasis a una postura buena, también da muchísimo énfasis al espíritu cuando este es manifestado en el área de cabeza. Si sigue estas reglas, y los ojos miran hacia delante, lucirá muy enérgico. Si sus ojos miran hacia abajo, usted no lucirá enérgico y ya no podrá levantar el espíritu.<br />
En resumen, cuando practique taijiquan, el requisito para la cabeza es estar nivelada y extendida hacia arriba. Entonces la postura será muy elegante…”
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<p style="text-align:justify;">También puede consultar:</p>
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<li><a href="http://cptaichi.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/principios-en-la-practica/" target="_blank">Principios en la Práctica: Una Guía Práctica para los 10 Principios esenciales. Entrevista con Yang Zhenduo.</a></li>
<li> www.chino-china.com/diccionario</li>
<li><a href="http://books.google.co.ve/books?id=EPUu2mRMhnIC&#38;pg=PA75&#38;lpg=PA75&#38;dq=wheelwright+%2B+zhuangzi+%2B+not+too+hard&#38;source=web&#38;ots=nOtQhawtu4&#38;sig=ReeAdx6e33BvfD-wZi1JGMPwcAs&#38;hl=es&#38;sa=X&#38;oi=book_result&#38;resnum=3&#38;ct=result#PPA75,M1" target="_blank">Essays on Skepticism, Relativism, and Ehtics in the Zhuangzi, Paul Kjellberg and Phillip J. Ivanhoe, 1996</a></li>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Autor: Dr. César Escalante</p>
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