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Due space ... cyber space, sillies @ a thing they call BLOG BOARD, am considering re-booting FICTION FANDANGO. Also, did find former arena for viewing latest blog creations from community members. Who blog along @ the train we may dub http://www.writing.com. At that spot one may still find latest blogs by date & hour. This random thing that swept the site like a cow catcher, never cut it with moi. Writing seriously comes @ a price. Not costly in the least, instead a crux quite easy on the eye and mentally relaxing fer sure. That's the craft for you --- when folks dedicate their works to a degree of ultimate impression for their audience. 'Random' applied like salvage for lackluster pieces clocks in as unfunny, uncanny sameness, tech gear only, buy-this-buy-that, keep up with the Jonses, be a married couple only, paint the white picket fence of online persona clone-ship is history. It always was for a talented ken of authorship. So, if boredom turns you on, personally can't even grasp the concept. Okay? Previously FANDANGO underwent a major wash & dry, hung out to air since ... summer 2013, when blogs crumbled along with golden rod, last Autumn. A year before --- 2012 @ Teffom Estates came with discoveries which eventually tuned into major news events due revelations from Edward "Scissors hands" Snowden. International press hounded the guy all the way to Moscow. What he revealed to the American Public, due a closed and corporate owned media in the States ... went entirely unrelated to domestic spying. A blight on these shores, to be sure. Suffice, IF TEFF rants, don't think she dislikes EVERYONE. I don't. I do run the EVERYONE contests and oh my --- have nerve to dub myself Prez @
Also, currently searching my own bonafide noggin for a way to kick start another truly laid back group @
Regionally we can only do our best. Of course, thru our writing. Most folks are not active protesters, another thing like even a hint of news (shunned onsite) remains in disfavor nationwide. Oh, yes, my pretties, tis in fact out there like a ground cover of wild geranium. Why, lucky we color ourselves when finding real news, these days. Hoaxes come, entrapment stories build but common sense lives on in a place you may dub: -------- FICTION ------ FANDANGO ------- A ----- WRITER'S ----- BLOGGEROO. HAPPY NEW YEAR. Deadline Jan 30 ... @
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| I'LL HAVE ANOTHER WINS KENTUCKY DERBY BY A LENGTH & A HALF// By Mary Moffett, Freelance Journalist //5/6/12 Churchill Down's one and a quarter mile annual race of the year, the Kentucky Derby drew a record crowd for the 138th official Run for the Roses. As fair skies held anticipation for the eleventh race of the day, horseracing fans were unprepped for a shocking upset. The fact remains few trackside experts pegged the winner before post time. Seated atop Cinca De Mayo's thoroughly surprised thoroughbred, I'll Have Another, jockey Mario Gutierrez talks of feeling his family's thoughts during his now famous ride. A strong legged winner, atop a down to earth, smiling horse, ties to Vancouver were also voiced by 25 year old Gutierrez after his maiden Kentucky Derby race. And what an upset it was, indeed. Cutting that horse out of a field of closely striding, sailing contestants, Gutierrez steers his mount, I'll Have Another out of the melee without touching another horse, without upsetting any fully concentrating fellow jockeys to run one on one with the tiring second place steed, Bodemiester, who finishes second. Tell you the truth, tis amazing he stayed on that marvelous, uncanny, cool as a cucumber, caramel horse WHEN! I'll Have Another broke stride, passed Bodemeister at the finish line by only one full length. (1.5 lengths) Naturally, all this while the crowd roars ballistic encouragement. Partial to public scrutiny, myself, an appreciative surprise element hit home like a dirigible lifting sentiments far & wide. Especially returning back to California where five of the thoroughbreds in the top eight placements call home. Bodemeister, whom takes the second purse by holding the lead throughout, barely tiring. Instead, still sharing this race's record speed for the one & a-quarter-mile on turf. Until the last few mini-seconds of running head-to-head allows for the forward thrust. Enjoy an excellent head toss, front legs turning turf --- when I'll Have Another passes the second seed ... quickly orchestrates after last turn home. Repeat: I'll Have Another, out of the blue, bolted forward, flew down the final stretch. The crowd went mad. Now flabbergasted spectators stood shouting a phonemic turnabout for the day's grand stampede into the winning circle. WOW!! Don't see too many like this year's Derby. Viewable on HRTV @ noon, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Suggest to all, watch this one for future horseracing counter espionage, as owners, J Paul Reddam & team vow to take I'll Have Another to the Preakness, two weeks from now. Look out, Pimlico, here they come. And what a pair. With instant mics to the ready, a breathless, Mario Gutierrez's demeanor drips of the knowledgeable nod, yet remains close to the few seconds as the actual winning circle claims for the TWO Million purse, flicks across his purple and white silks. Better, yet, watch race reruns for the surprise on the happy faced, I'll Have Another, as his equestrian, questioning eyes glance upward toward his rider, as if making sure this thing has actually happened. Yeah, you guys, just won the Kentucky Derby. Fellers, it don't get no better than that for the moment frozen in time for a look of surprise on a horse's long face. My guess is these two are naturals and have a grand shot @ the Triple Crown. As for Fandango, my initial notes pegged Bodemeister in second place. However, after listening to advise from track commentators, I became smitten by "the great white hope" of the day, Hansen who finishes sixth, the only white horse entered. Nevertheless, a slightly proud moment here at deskside, picking one out of four. Fandango amiss for the miss.** IF I had paid closer attention to replays of I'll Have Another, with counterpart, pal, Mario Gutierrez winning the San Anita last Feb, maybe I too mighta observed their stunning maneuvers which win horseraces. Not, Union Rags, the favorite, friends. Nor, the undefeated Gemologist who left the gate, practically declared this year's Derby Winner. All water under the bridge, now boys. I'll Have Another, whom Churchill Down's packed-to-the-gills betting pool spotted yesterday @ 15 to 1 paid $32.60 on a two dollar bet. In Third Place, the show ticket goes to Dullahan, in my notes, not a pick, also a bit of a semi longshot, paying $7.20Â to show. Congratulations, folks. A belated Happy Derby Day to you all. Allright, TWENTY-TWELVE ... Let Cinca De Mayo set the record straight as Mexican born, Mario Gutierrez enters the Kentucky Derby Hall of Fame! Oh, yeah holding tight on a horse, with impeccable credentials, named I'LL HAVE ANOTHER. 30/all ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Sources: ** FANDANGO hand written notes: thus picking one winner, Bodemeister (out of a twenty horse lineup.) First time up: Moffett's final picks on Cinca De Mayo, DERBY DAY!! Gemologist --- Undefeated, has the speed Bodemeister ---Wins Second Place Take Charge Indy -- Great jockey, small black, rail Hansen --- has speed, hefty HRTV --- channel 404, Dish Network Credit for:Run Time for the race, winner speed: Approx: 2min, one second. Plus. size of the crowd @ Chrurchill Downs, Sat May 5 --- 165,000 TVGAMÂ --- channell 405, Dish Network ABC live coverage of the 138th, 2012s Kentucky Derby @ a splendid, historic location, Churchill Downs (which commercial, advert overkill attempts ruination of such a wonderful day.) Lastly: Not a source for this report by Mary Moffett, but from NYT email section --- a lukewarm newsfeed, aka breaking news @ 6:41 pm, May 5, 2012 --- In order for readers to search for more --- SEE: I'll Have Another Wins Derby - NYTimes.com Address: http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/05/welcome-to-the-138th-kentucky-derby/... Changed:8:54 AM on Sunday, May 6, 2012 ---- [Above, dear audience, one finds a winning post, wire photo from: "Rob Carr/ Getty Images." Great pix!] Suggest: Hint: Research words: Use: I'LL HAVE ANOTHER, more comes up faster. FICTION FANDANGO is not into notorious linking. ALSO --- Strongly suggest tossing ties to stupidity. aka dummy downing per se --- whenever tracker type announcers decide to repeat possible bogus, boring or inmaterial verbals re: twitter/ facebook. Those are free adverts of no consequence. Yes, Horseracing as a sport and a record keeper for same already claims a strong online following ... since and prior to 2000 to my knowledge. Horeracing websites always remain an important valid part of the I-net and Web. BTW --- Editor note: FICTION FANDANGO, A WRITER'S BLOG gains a new home on webtv. And shall be entering previous blog essays/ articles & stories into a changing venue soon. Thanx. Meanwhile, FYI, this writer seeks position as journalist reporter, paid only. Oh, and seeking print publishers for fiction by all means. Thanx. Website under construction currently. |
| 'TIS NO SURPRISE. Sunday is Earth Day. On the home front we had one shower this week. Aw shucks. Saw a feller watering his winter wheat last week. How sad. With less snowfall during the non winter past guessing he need instigate the evil deed: pump water from a pond source, fill the tank, attach to tractor, set out across dry fields. Although, before losing the thread, news this month prompts FANDANGOs Spy Theme. Not to worry, everyday is E DAY around here --- especially for those in the know. Now: Suggesting --- for a closer look @ "spooks" some from MI5, others from Russia -- all set expertly in a cold war take, dating in the novel --- begins in 1948 for the espionage side of: A LILY OF THE FIELD from acclaimed author, John Law's --- Detective Troy of Scotland Yard's, seventh Troy in the series. Wow! Life doesn't get much better than this when ensconced with a fantastic eye-opener last weekend. Yeah, read it in about three days. The story starts with Victor Rosen in Vienna where he gives cello lessons to a young girl. Sure, she becomes mid book, a concert cellist. However, Law's character's 1944-45 stint in Auschwitz certainly deserves mention. That was the most pitiful detail, I read recently. Being a WWII buff since the mid Eighties, this reader still gulped unprepared for the graphics surrounding those Nazi takeover-the-world scenes. Next: Enter the Manhattan Project, objections to same and naturally ending with a murder solved by Troy. Using the terms Spy vs Spy crests entire new insight now. Oh and news @ the house is --- One of my characters shall be a lady who lost a ton of muella during the Bailout Era of 2008. Her stats include a phase when she suspects neighbors are spying on her, poor baby. Sure thass in tune with a closer look @ lost pensions, IRAs (individual retirement accounts) by a group said character, call her Lucky Lucinda --- age fifty-ish manages to gather. Â Location --- in the New England States where with a bit of chutzpah dearest, nervous nilly, Lucy organizes a search for same, for more anguished like minded victims of bank fraud 2007-9. When her muliebrity** reaches the breaking point, and anger escalates for those on her formulated, growing list --- Hell yeah, OUCH!! --- A pattern of conspiracy & complicity, which remains obviously big bank driven, emerges all tied nicely together in the sequentially ongoing work in progress --- from this desk --- Titled: DON'T RISK IT ON BRISKET by Mary Moffett, journalist, fictionist, confessed rube. Knowledgable only to a limited degree. AHAH! Without online search engine dependence, don't you know? Mull that around the tongue, spit and rinse. Author to author hint --- Take it to thy sources, yon writers. RE: Research Modus operandi for said novel ... Firsthand dedication moves questions on investments forward --- with advice to take it directly to the bank. Although, in my lifetime including a misguided youth span --- well been thrown out of a few bars, many online forums, one comedy club --- let the record stand when asking questions mono on mono --- nah, I've never been thrown out of a bank. Best use the phone which beats online, pitiful time buildup. Plus, looking for a true definition of a webcam. While regretting not inquiring about a hand held movie camera spotted @ a local flea market, on the Wed past. Sunnova ... damn. Inside BRISKET --- The premise runs --- Greedy banksters didn't purposely badly re-invest all those millions of their customers' savings or pension funds. AHEM! As BRISKET reveals they likely withdrew it. So safely stuff these countless, unaccountable excuses. (Hedge funds? Jesus!) Uhoh, who dint see that coming? Well, life in the fast lanes & always these strangest of truths knit into fiction like kinky unravelled yarn. Great yarns, of course, spun nationwide any day of the year. Remember, you heard it first. And to the horn beepers, who blast us apart whenever a new blog surfaces --- thanks. Recognition appreciated allatime. And yes, heard your message yesterday. How you managed to shout --- YOU KNOW!!! YOU KNOW!! over the roar of your V-8 engines shall stand the test of time. So --- are we all spied upon? BTWs --- BUY THE WAYs -- Did purchase used binocs with night vision. You never know when you might need such a thing @ say an OCCUPY or a freaking frack stake out. Just saying after all. And ... BTW style is talking today, nothing new 'boot it from teffom@writing.com also on KINDLE, note above intro por favor. Word to the wise --- Three Things. 1. Stop saying politics --- supplant with national issues. Sounds better, covers more. 2. Stop using 'journalists" to uncover what is or isn't forthwith available or unavailable. Try the term reporter. 3. Q -- An appeal --- Can one of these spell checkeroos please add the word b-l-o-g anytime soon? Saves time, natch. But WE all know this over-played out,PC, online, digital setup scam is not into saving anyone time. That is a myth & a travesty. Leaving you today, dearest audience, whomever youse might be --- Inside A LILY OF THE FIELD one character, a Scotland Yarder opines that spies, he said spooks are not real. So continue to take it down a` notch ala Spy Theme. Consider the following: fakir, undercover agent, infiltrator, espionage, cloak & dagger, subterfuge, clandestine etc, etc. Like PC crappola, these guys boast their own lingo misinterprets. Perhaps (also shadowy guv'mint theme) similar to George Orwell's "government speak" played out in 1984, the novel, not the year. Onliner BEWARE! 30/all ** New one for me too ** muliebrity == womanly. PS: Earlier in April @ a meeting with MOFFETT Publishing, Inc --- Yours Truly made the statement that this blog should garnish a paying audience. Such a underpinning can be accomplished by placing FICTION FANDANGO, A WRITER'S BLOG on the Kindle. Then it can be delivered, thus the fee for delivery to hand held reading devices. More work .. sunnova Nova in the great and glorious sky above --- laden with air pollution. However, FANDANGO can still be viewed by hitting this url. So the story goes anyways. Ta Ta! Cheerio! |
| ONE OF THE COOLEST things going for the home gardener each spring is Mother E's rainfall. A shower blew past on Tues, That same day I needed a windshield wiper blade after discovering the passenger side blade disintegrated. Yeah, they're expensive. Bought those anyway and remain hopeful for any rare, next 30 minute splash down. This is beyond pitiful as not even onion tops broke ground although planted three weeks ago. On a lighter note, in order to not self destruct my mental acumen, which is paper thin on a grand day ... decide to visit the attic. Removing a box containing some antique MAD MAGAZINES, pore over the SPY VS SPY sections of said rag. From that comedic series note that the spies are known to each other. See, thass what I'm instigating. So, when they are known wouldn't you think they could be compatible? On the I-net (and sure, I realize a huge generalization stretch while typing that aspect when using the word I-net) we (apologies to the non participants in this pronoun) We might --- might mind you --- as years zoom into decades --- IF the popularity of the International Net grew to include millions from 1994 to 1999 approx ... we don't meet our known correspondents. Now say anyone one talks with in real world, face to face, if you ever manage to distract a cellphone fan on a busy city street, or catch the eyes of someone between their messages, folks might recall conversation that is not electronic. Otherwise, whom do we really know? Sure, what we do know is that during the 2000 election, Repugs actually advertised for online compatriots who sources admit infiltrating a huge online arena --- sure for the purpose of pushing an agenda from gurj bu who of course, eventually became more-or-less elected by the Supreme Court --- settled after the Fla debate ... by Mar 2001. Okay, I remember reading those sneaky-dickey adverts then. However this week we also see the outing of ALEC with a site sponsored by Center for Media Democracy --- titled: ALECExposed.com. So then one day prior tis factually announced on DemocracyNow.org how well-known corporations swam away from good old Alec, billed as a policy maker, lobbyist leader and backer of many a senator located sea to shining sea. Me? I never liked behind-closed door things from the likes of ALEC. The Koch bros place their donations on the ALEC list of contributors. However, what is difficult to compute --- hold on --- seeking a synonym for "remains." Steadfast. ... What regretfully endures is a conviction which surpasses good old common spin. How can so many people keep a confidence for so long a time? There's supposed to be leaks among a small sampling of twenty. Thus such a supposition questions returning to online persona infiltration. Uhoh, freaking spies. AGAIN? Nah, can't simply write --- go figure as an esteemed versions of such things as the search engine bing are going to decide for flesh & blood peeps what said entities wish to research. Hello? What kind of a world is this? Now, admittedly I eventually accepted Wikipedia as 1999 online strolled into 2012. Nice spot, turns history into a decent essay style in many cases for those amongst us whom seek shorter versions. Simply an example as I refer to my day long reads for Scottish History undertaken when it suited moi back in 2008-9. Now, ya'll probably have duplicitous conceptions for the term "hacker" also a digital spy by definition. Then too, hit on "spy ware" some afternoon ... with this notation. Spy ware per se was reportedly purchased hook line & sinker across the nation by law enforcement agencies prior to Sept 11, 2001. Today, there's word out that these city-funded, taxpayer paid for coppers are into drones. Okay. Once way way back --- twas thought that hard drives could be read within certain mileage perimeters. Nah, didn't believe that rumor at the time. However, to take this crazy fiction ploy of spy vs spy, or spy bates spy, or spy won't let us know he/she is a spy and shake and bake until the brain becomes fried like a blooming onion ... WELL!!! I ask you. Hell, what the hammerhead is actually going on --- way beyond this desk, although attached --- What's going on in Cyber Land? In conclusion --- let's just say --- a helluva lot we can't even fathom. Maybe today, just for kicks, I'll reread THE WASHINGTON POST 2010 article mentioned below in my last blog space. TOP SECRET AMERICA alerts us all to an eavesdropping dilemma. As for moi --- this invasion of privacy is currently dubbed gov'mint waste. Why? Well, according to the former citation sky-high salaries are paid to so-called "high clearance" individuals inside privatized spy tanks. While TOP SECRET AMERICA provides maps for complexes, where buildings multiply electricity usage per watt. The entrances are gated BTW --- nor a secret. So, let's do a tad bit of math. Suppose a guy receives $90,000 per year to read 90K emails per week. Uh huh. Sure, said guy-spy may opt to reduce his load and farm it out. So, instead of re-typing Verizon's phone books in your county --- Maybe spy-guy's or spy-gal's work load is passed onto PC-ers with ISPs who prefer a little cold cash now and then. FACT: Short story production includes plot & character limitations with variations. ALSO: With an honest-to-God realism stretch these days. Listen, I've never done a spy genre pen. Q: How come, Miss Mary? A: To close to home. Plus, t'aint really fiction these days. Ahah! Suffice: EVERYMAN can be spied upon. Your passport, cellphone & possibly your car's tag most likely sports a gps. Oh, Happy Friday The Thirteenth, Everyone! Pray for rain, my brothers. Sisters, please, I beg you, pray and wish for rain again today. 30/all |
| Summary: Revelations on a Sunny Day. If citing please quote. Eh? Say what? Anyone with brain power probably notices a few quirks now & then wherever they may abide. First of all, not addressing an onsite audience only. Honey, never did --- so guiltless in that aspect. However, as far as the I-net goes ... sure tis but another overall, over-praised, mind control scam. Myself? Jauntily risk being sick to death of free adverts. Why must even the good ones, like Amy Goodman always add the footnote aloud --- "follow us on fb"? Please. Then one day recently while watching C-Span see in mini logo form on a TV screen how Congressmen & Congresswomen are tweeting. Good luck viewing these folks IDs. So small no names shown... but there's pictures of this out of control illustrious gang. Congress? First thought --- how does this look in the UK? How embarrassing for US citizens. Congress tweets? Fuck that. So, thinking ... Shall we look forward to The Prime Minister's tweets on the BBC? And yeah, that turncoat, polecat in the White House who sold out lickety-split ... those of us who voted to stop a war (not escalate Afghanistan or Iraq Occupations by the US Military) Pres O --- he uses these socialnetworks. Fuck that too. See the mood here? Too bad, huh. On a worse note. Our Planet Earth is in an environmental crisis. Why? Hell, readers, come on now? You know why. But sure when climate deniers converge --- somebody's Aunt Ida from Idaho's latest posts can be pointed @ as a means to submit an argument that scientific facts be questionable. Good luck Summer --- TWENTY TWELVE. Perhaps show mercy. Please don't burn us up. Take those undefeatable, Yard Guys who mow & meticulously weed-whack our arrogant, Norte Americana lawns ... instead of plowing these useless grasslands for gardens so folks can eat home grown veggies. By summer's end --- they'll enter the realm of firefighters or unemployed. But my guess is they won't be mowing March to November --- maybe not even in your neck of the woods. Alas, silence on the homefront to look forward for enjoy bird tweeting aka birdsong. So where are April Showers? In Cleveland? Email comments a-ok. TEFF (That's ME!!) --- well suffice my busy-ness @ this time of the year is legend. Worse, tackling a 2010 novel ... which remains gloriously out of control. But I love it ... due creationism. (In fact recently read a brief Agatha Christie bio and decide to expand my solo, usual modus operandi re: Moffettism style. Nothing on that tidbit later. See, keeping it close to the core of individualism per se.) In FEB .. (yes, h--e-r-e ...) an awful, stabbing poster commented on my wavy, sprout from the crown hair do. Uh,oh ... reversed spy cam alert. Checking this out with several experts in the field of computer- techy, gammy world, even gathering face to face info @ such places as Office Max, Fed Ex & an instant photo swap/ fax mill -- discover my hypothesis is correct. The big ones can see us. Never fear, yon cell phone freaks, all they can probably watch is your elbows. Cover your face, just in case or you too could become a part of the great spy tank saves --- who categorize our every move. Aka -- gov'mint waste. Wasted $ that is. Those privatized big brothers of cyber fame remain still mapped out inside The Washington Post Article from July/ Spt 2010. Namely: TOP SECRET AMERICA. ONLINE, easily cited to this day. So Q --- All socialnetworking is recorded? Maybe yes, maybe no. Thick cardboard works for both killing lawn grass --- for later garden beds and for blocking PC screen doors. Giving whole new meaning to Windows The bother is moving bulky, cut to smithereens, former boxes ... from place to place. While typing a regular old blog or following yon aftermath from Goggles, the yard guy. The latter as deaf as a doorlknob. Poor jerk. So this important word reaches y'all --- move the cardboard sparingly on a daily basis. And just for fun --- Don't tell Aunt Ida. However --- Here's a hint for any faux fuzzy feels. Dry lawns mean discontent for robins these days. Yup, worms are pretty far down when rainless days surround. So, one might desire to DRIVE directly to the bait store. Suggest not using the bike, due radiation pollution in the air aka exergonic corporate by-products. Your mission should you accept same is to --- Purchase a pint of earth worms. If you must, toss 'em about as dawn crests friendly jet strewn skies overhead. (Although, robins stand a damn good chance without interference from robotic humans.) Now, don't you feel better about your closeness to the Earth you live upon? How joyous. Meanwhile no hose watering for youse. 30/all TEFF here as randy as a a bunny caught in the headlights. Who knew? Revelations on a sunny day. So far this blog has not YET approached Kindle as a go. Thinking stages at least. Oh, promises promises. Tsk. PS: To the many, intelligent readers who pride themeselves on chewing gum while walking ... (like moi) comments can reach me in the rev section, here someplace, I suppose. And as for the spies --- never my lookout to ponder either adroit dishonesty or deviousness. Yeah, we know tis undertaken for money. Where the world lives we call this invasion of privacy. Arrivederci. |
TEFF ON PROULX ... ROCKING THE HOUSE BY MARY MOFFETT Reading books before the movie comes out always affords me a thrill discovering MANY well-written, initial stories according to published authors. Well, content  for the hardcover @ hand, shared with over a million other people....certainly worth discussion, of course satisfies genre or information cravings for one & all. Before PRACTICAL MAGIC became a movie, I’d already read this gem from Alice Hoffman & suggested it to my daughter whom sat beside me at the movie and rather bragged this info about to pals. Like we read the book. Mom said it’d be a movie and here we are. Yippee. Then we wait for the witches to lively outact each other. Hoffman’s rose bushes were character/ setting crux of the matter, rather in the face of a small seaside town ... in New England. We loved both the novel & the movie in this case. Next came THE SHIPPING NEWS from E Annie Proulx. Despite the difficulty of memorizing spelling for Proulx, book reporter news runs Annie’s taken movie industry moguls by storm. When her other novel-to-movie hit ... BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN was praised on msnbc TVs famous IMUS IN THE MORNING, The scene on the screen ... OH OH ... way way back in 2007. Watch cohosts giggle, snickering, suddenly dive for the floor ... behind Don’s desk chair. Proulx a Pulitzer recipient is an incredible author, whose voice & style regale incredible settings. THE SHIPPING NEWS slipped easily into a very good movie which didn’t surprise me. I was hopeful from the start. However, Stuck that far up in Newfoundland scares the bejeesus out of me in any case. Recalling joy via printed placement touches my  via association. Later came twenty-some views of the movie, a few more knit projects snuggled on the couch ... THEN whoooooffffffffff passing years allow the actual creation of this story to still impress. The best thing about E Annie Proulx? Style. Jan 24’s prompt wonders at what books can’t/ won’t perhaps shouldn’t waft into movies. Tons of documentaries are based on non fiction books, filed by call numbers assigned by The Library of Congress after publication. These are usually reduced by chapter content according to relevance for the entire sequence pattern of said documentary. Ahah .. LIB Cataloging. LIBRARY MEDIA -- DOCUMENTARY COLLECTIONS The world is really alive with documentaries these days. Most topics are easily looked up online or by requesting them at public libraries. Public libraries buy DVDs and afford many a household a continuing chance to attain self educational advancement without a heavy cost for purchasing. NON FICTION SECTION Last year --- 2011 --- after grinding through about one/quarter of ABSOLUTE MONARCHS: A HISTORY OF THE PAPACY from historian, John Julius Norwich, c-rt 20ll from Random House ... I can still recall the gruesomeness and outright ugly violence attached to the early church. Transition to the throne in Rome didn’t always come up rosy for antipopes nor their successors. A pattern was actually established when imprisonment of the seated pope or blinding or sheer eradication or the shame of excommunication ran its course. Sure, these things were akin to the general goings on of wars fought betwixt Holy Roman Empire or German Monarchs in some cases. The names of these popes are thus recorded and their actions explored inside ABSOLUTE MONARCHS for an adept audience of totally interested plebeians like ourselves out here in readership land. I loved the book and took to the read-back of entire pages as gently as I could. One day, I’ll return and take the book off the shelf once more. lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Kinda doubtful that the above would morph into a movie. Maybe certain parts will enthrall Hollywood fans, however I doubt it. Maybe the Italians will give it a shot but only in part or this one would take up about ten weeks of theatre sittings. Oh, tis certain, Norwhich’s 2011 gem is HUGE!! Recently on Link TV (a cable/ satellite channel) an interview with author, Randall Robinson exposed to Amy Goodman, hostess of DEMOCRACY NOW’S television audience his latest work: MAKEDA. Wow, this one truly promises use of back in time, revisited plot twists. RE: MAKEDA --- As a budding author, Randall’s main character interviews his grandmother whom tells him about her dreams and her belief in her former incarnation. The elderly dame in question revisits her ancestral homes in Africa from her bedroom. I hope to suggest it to our local librarian since this one sounds truly a fine read. It never ceases to amaze me how many of Stephen King’s novels became movies. Fitting IT into a movie musta been a trip for screenwriters & directors along with THE STAND. Once I was working with a college student attending college @ MULENBERG COLLEGE, located in Allentown, PA. (Allentown is where WDC first debuted and remains the largest city in Lehigh County. You can find that info in lieu of confirmation on the wc shopping store.) Anyways @ the time in question ... I kidded this student for carrying IT around. I felt hoisting yet another popular, Castle Rock, ten pounder should earn her an A+. RE: BOOKS TO MOVIES? --- happens all the time. Whereas movies or television shows often morph into novels too, due works popularity. I never think of setting so photogenic ally as the camera lens. Nor speculate a dialogue scene spouted from actor’s faces as I compose ... Never any of the pen as outright becoming an action packed part of a movie. Instead, I’m apt to consider that form is best left to screenwriters. However, the way I do actually harness a story from the thinking-plotting stage zeroes in primarily on setting. Which, in the minds-eye is viewable by moi. Plus, April Sunday   researches all these settings thoroughly. Then, exploding various goings on is what we hope to achieve. Things like telling any author their work is confusing without a total re-read is rather a cheap shot. Waiting it out is better because of another writing secret. Those renditions RE: authorship tricks could be possibly tagged under author-to-author hints, another term for writing tips @
TEFFs 2008 forum above became recently opened as site viewable for the first time. The ploy is meant to reveal online credentials launched at last to impress Kindle e-book purchasers. Kindle Direct Publishing carries my work since last autumn. Perhaps readers may note a list of Mary Moffett’s traditional short stories included at the opening of "Invalid Item"  Gee whiz, I hope so.You see, what is changing onsite and online is more promotional aspects of the world of serious authors whom welcome & court readerships. We refer to this as “smarty-up” @
Another thing happening out here in free-speech/ “talk the craft of writing land” certainly warrants TWENTY TWELVE lingering, laidback time for building bridges with readers from all walks of life. Sharing works & library finds attracts casual writers whom also set caps or tammyshanters for publication stats -- Decide is an option to an audience keen on acquiring portfolios of copyrt. works. Suppose one rests a spell, stays dormant ten more years ... wait it out, write late in life? So what. MEANWHILE ... READ! READ! READ! READ ON! While you lapse into Write, Write, Write: shorten grammatical, linear overload of perfect tense. Researching on, creating .. is an open book imagined via anyone writing should goals occur OR a story surface. Plan your own careers is a fine encouragement signal. AHAH!! Only a matter of time, my dears. Thus, promo venue surrounds onliners @ every turn or scroll down or research engine. Right? Righty-oh! Oh and BTW the motto @ "Invalid Item" grows like mold on a stale beer when summery seasonal stories return to Yours Truly. Kidding. Well, the mug in the corner from Coney Island, circa 1947, two foot, thick green glass, cobwebs, spiders ... ya know?THE WAVEs way open ... staying that way. @
more vows are thrust into the melee as a garden collection of newsletters meant to TOSS out to audiences ... a belief that writing superbly is already @ the LIBRARY of choice, THE BOOKSELLERS .... BUT MIGHT remain inside each individual. Thass my theme and I’m sticking to it. Essay from Mary Moffett/ Jan 23/ 2012 30/all WDS: 1406 http://www.amazon.com/dp/e-book ... author MARY MOFFETT @ KINDLE BOOKSTORE out my new profile. Read samples of stories. |
| Looking for scary reads during the crazy month of Shocktober? Then look no farther than popular, author, Kathy Reichs whose splendidly crafted mysteries span over a decade worth of finely tuned novels from her postmortem coffers. Yes, Ms Reichs' first novel, "a forensic thriller" titled: DEJA DEAD made the scene in 1997, acclaimed as a "prestigious Ellis Award for Best First Novel" upon debut. Naturally, it goes beyond better, for as we know character, Dr. Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist mirrors Reichs' actual profession travelling between Charlotte, NC to Montreal, Quebec and eventually arriving smack dab @ BONES, a television series fully based on Reichs' many achievements. Sure, every now & then, one encounters those special books, when readers don't want to admit they are scared to death of their own shadow, but yet unwilling to finish the last chapter simply because then their journey as reader shall come to an end. Yeah, that often happens to TEFF. Remember TEFF? Whose adequate bio tauts a stint of both Journalism & Librarianship. Of course, I was unprepared for an eerie aside while page turning, Kathy's second novel, DEATH DU JOUR. And this is how the story went. Whether or not, I'd met any of this series before, now escapes my memory. So what really, since I've read a helluva ton of novels in the last fourteen years since 1997. Naturally Kathy's dedication page sets my nerves on end. It reads: "To all who survived the Great Quebec Ice Strom of 1998." Inside DEATH DU JOUR one is smitten sideways with stormy Canadian weather reports cresting the chapters like thin coatings of frigid ice. Still not as bad as book jacket info predicting: "scorched and twisted bodies" "discovered at a burning chalet." Then the plot breaks from freezing temps to North & South Carolina for an island tie to a doomsday cult threatening to off it's own membership. Well before any nick-of-time salvation clauses, which Reich sees fit to drag out with baiting finesse, low and behold, I find the qualm of my entrance into a side line of stand-thy-hair-on edge clues. As a phone number link appears, implicating the two cults from Detctive Ryan --- Damnantion! Yes, a note actually pops out this hardcover's pages. Found inside Chapter 18, close to the time that the area code appears for Murty Island, near Hilton Head, 843, to be exact. I nearly jump out of my freckled skin. There it lay, folded in half, on a lined scrap of loose leaf, the phone number for Hampton Inn. Room 330 is also scripted. Not to worry, by this time my doors are re-locked, as I'm rather cursing the fact I live alone, keep cats instead of canines with larger teeth. Well, this odd circumstance probably has a simple explanation. The last reader, or a reasonable facsimile surrounding DEATH DU JOUR, a library favorite which departs its own makeshift, shelf life faster than snow on a windshield in Montreal ... may actually have decided to visit one of those South Carolina Islands, take the book along, read it until all hours of a moonless night. Then cunningly leave an address for all of us left back home to ponder on our way to the hospital of choice. Since things such as this, although eerily cast, are but the makings of cardiac arrest for some. Others merely takes such things in stride, blame it on the librarians, or call the damn phone number, and like most cowards quickly hang up. Morale of the story? Readers beware these thrillers. Don't let them bother you with sleepless or speechless nights of utter woe. Library patrons should never take such instances personally. Instead, we should see fit to remove tiny notes to self from the center of said thrillers. Bejesus & the saints be praised, why ever not? Sure a glutton for scary, I'm now into my second, Temperance Brennan novel from the illustrious author, Kathy Reichs. I'll be glad to let anyone know, whom faithfully inquires on FICTION FANDANGO -- IF a re-opening of this blog's comment section comes to pass --- just how much I'm particularly enjoying, DEVIL BONES, from Scribner, c-rt 2008 with "devil worshippers & Wiccan" among "surprising plot twists." RE: Murty Island, implications of two corpses on this monkey laden environ ... oh, please help us one & all. More than two monkeys in one place gives me the creeps. I abhor monkeys overall. While I'm trying to let y'all know crime fiction that is so well done, like this one, has a starring role, actually inclusive of a thing THEY call contemporary realism. YIKES!!! Of course, sea salts added to the relaxing bath syndrome, always helps. ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Image from Walpurgis9 ala webtv. |
| CAULDRON TIME 2011 BLEW into town Fri last. Below find TEFF on TEFFs fiction. "TITLE: ANALYZE THIS, VAMPIRES! BY MRS MARY MOFFETT SUPPOSE for the sake of clarity vampires are blood suckers. Blood suckers as in Wall Street/ Banker Bailouts (including TARP shields covering up both 2008 & 2009) suck dry the US Treasury. Now, mix and stir average greedy persons. Here greed doesn't center on greedy for fame, greedy for attention, but instead equates to financial greed. As in when someone goes I MUST HAVE ALL YOUR MONEY, Honey. My estimate is that there are at least ten sociopaths (or psychopaths) to every one one hundred people, which feel high. No matter square mile. Greed is out there, a capital sin like sloth and envy. Okay. FANDANGO RETURNS ---> 2010 Late Summer, two years bback(May 9 edit) MRS MOFFETT April Sunday undertakes an outline, writes six chapters of a novel in progress --- set in NY's Greenwich Village --- titled: DON'T RISK IT ON BRISKET. Specifically while researching via a hands on manner back in 2008/9 a patron (great guy, highly intelligent, an investor) gave me more than sixty pristine copies of the Wall Street Journal dating from July 2007 to Jan 2009. So, please picture TEFF swamped, inundated with stock market speak. Sure, I locked in on a definition cheat sheet, notations/ vocab growing like mold on a stale beer, apt to supply quick ref on the side. Thus, unknown, seldom deciphered SEC terms were popping up at me like acne on a teen. No offense .. but add gluttony to the mix. Greed, Gluttony, Sloth. Ouch! What if you knew a person who wanted all of everyone's money, plotted to take such things which subtraction is spelled t-h-e-f-t? Would you be tempted to do an embezzler story? True Crime stories are indeed out there. The SEC hasn't prosecuted, nor reported to DOJ, many a fine CEO whom in their own greedy rights rob our entire nation, my friends. Coast to coast. Albany to Santa Monica? In my lifetime I met two embezzlers. The first served five years probation, was fined, caught after purchasing a new house, a new pickup. WHILE running a bar with weekly music in a college town which sits on nearby Ohio River. Poor gal, a woman in her early thirties, decides one day (way back in '79) to cook her boss's books to the mere tune of thirty thousand missing and directly found in her pocket. Ouch!! Sure enter classic tale side (above.) BTW, no attempt on any related plot. Sample case only. As for the second, well book is still out on this particular entity. What comes into play with that person is same gender, overly rich, living beyond income, not an investor (no Wall Street Journal subscription showing at that address.) This publication WSJ is not online, kids. Most serious stock portfolio holders discuss their guesses, taut well intended gambles like feral cats screeching in the dark of night. Profs precisamente de bean counters natures abide on hands on hands on OP $$$$. To plot an average rip off story --- Think accountability de accounting firms & CPA shipsters. Shape shifters travel light. Whatya mean you only need your cell phone, Hon? Brisket wonders Who are & were these escape artists anyway? Premise out there, not mine alone truthfully. Yet, self-made financiers are over the top giddy with gab aimed at all listeners --- like lice on a bird's nest, present and accountable. They spout, share success, toss out a rope that begs to lasso feedback from the common consumer. Or not? Hidden agendas de embezzler in action can also zero in on power trip swindles, fraud, larceny. Worst of all these terrible sins happen every single day to unsuspecting families. Oh, triple OUCH! At the bottom of the pile, do note cheap essence of a filament a le proteger. Nobody safe, taxpayers in line, citizens all. Think swamp gas invasion. Horrendous perfume, among TEFF gripes? Greed de greedy. Meanwhile beyond the pale of dastardly greed spot hungry catfish gather low down in the mud, in murky unseen waters. ?? One of my bugaboos? --- Oh, hell yeah. This be simply "never trust a human soul, continue to question controllers, whomever they may be." Warnings abound out here in Logic Landfill Villa and sure we read them all. Yeah, identity crisis is one aspect of aging. Maybe for character actions, writers can and do separate fiction from reality. Damn straight, we do. However, know this, whenever a journalist dabbles in a world gone haywire (there's that TARP thingy) serious minded know the rule. If it happens to you, you may write about it. So at the next needle & craft meeting, aka cross county Stitch & Bitch tell alls --- Maybe YOU might actually be seated next to a Madame DeFarge. Probably not, so beyond all else, don't sweat the small stuff. As for DON'T RISK IT ON BRISKET a remission occurs with that story. At this time, at least. Why? Hell, I'll tell you why, darlins. Readers, the reason is because the nature of the WSJ leaves me speechless, beyond numb. You see TEFF declares to all and sundry ---- Help me Jesus! Low lowest of the low-low-tolerance for greed. I just hate the bitch. Guess, what, I'm pretty damn sure Ah aint alone. HELL, YEAH! Still charged $5 non sale price for a can of coffee which got smaller per ounce & now comes in cardboard, tin history. Which flavorful brew once cost $2.50. Cakes in our frozen section of local grocers are smaller, cost one dollar per box higher than one year ago. Actually, the aforementioned suspect, shall we say is not in anyway at all inside the novel title from this desk, the extraordinary -- DON'T RISK IT ON BRISKET. Let's conclude with there are blood sucking vampire types out there who could scare the life out of a lion. Best to be avoided at all costs. Whenever one blends with reality world .. if nec ... simply keep a phone number for your favorite Assistant District Attorney inked in the palm of one's hand. In the meantime, bury the story comes to mind. Skip thy honest stitch, forgo that worst final bitch. 30/all <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. Thanks to DON'T RISK IT ON BRISKETs highly motivated reader for staying the course. Best thing about the pen, she said, is the humour. When a middle age matron, mother of Private Eye, Mac Chromey enlists to study Librarianship with a stint @ THE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY .. sadly enough the promised chapter --- A LITTLE LIBRARIAN HUMOR is not yet available. CIRCA 2010. YO! KINDLERS!!! WOW!!! I you guys.UH OH!! So near --- Oh, honey it's here. It's Cauldron Time! |
| BREAKING NEWS --- {USER: TEFFOM} aka MRS MARY MOFFETT, TEFF teffom@writing.com SHORT STORIES 4 $ale. YES!!! Here they are ---> http://www.amazon.com/dp/BOO5IYFGVO http://www.amazon.com/dp/BOO5IWDIYU April Sunday TEFFOM@WRITING.COM ---- Mz TEFFY!!! TALKING KINDLE WITH SUBMISSIONS CHRONOLOGICALLY written, produced, held for ransom money (sales) teffom@writing.com presents stories ....Since 2005 !!!! TO TWENTY-ELEVEN, RECENTLY COMPOSED. SALES SAIL ON!!!. FIND TRADITIONAL SHORT STORIES!!! GENRE TAPPING!!! ALA TEFF!!! OCT: 2011 --- Placing said e-stories also dubbed e-books on the KDP, last Autumn prompts the past promo. "Bring it on!! AH, imagine the competition. This close to the opening of CAULDRON TIME!!! An Annual TEFF tradition. Setting , time ... autumn. Whewhhh weeee!! Does it get any better than this momentous event?" Sure it does. SEEKING PRINT PUBLISHERS, TODAY (MAY 7) Read this author!! MARY MOFFETT on Kindle .. Currently courting Kindle Blog readers --- clearing decks, looking back, my first blog ---JUNEBUGS & ELDERBERRY WINE --- MAY resurface RE: USA historic journalism, 2005-9. Please stay tuned ... UPDATES A websitery: RE: Selling a Menu of Short Stories written by teffom@writing.com ---> NOW offered on Amazon.com @ Kindle Direct Publishing. A relatively new venture Crt Aug 2011 in the planning stage for ages. Still crafting new ones daily. Tis TEFF's time to reflect, schedule, sell short stories. Oh yeah. Thank you Jesus!!! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ HUGE thanx to Amazon, KDP for this opportunity to embrace society, Gracias to new readers responding. Everything matters in ordinary time. Moving the word out with utmost decisive grains of full truth are possible. Audience please enjoy --- Fandango's theme: Three Es of Authorship & READERSHIP remain -- Entertainment, Education, Escape. Oh, TEFF's boasts style, you bring the smile. Revamping La PORTFOLIO: Previously on FANDANGO, many blogs include author-to-author writing hints under the category of Writers War, a premise for a war on writers when creativity wanes, while reading preference thinks to dictate the hows of writing. Which basically is learned in one's school years. Of course, the entire kittenkaboodle varies. Find proper Biblios here from both print sources and I-net links from this freelance journalista. Find commentary on newsy items as pertains an outlook for changing times inside the USA, which is wildly enmasse under duress. Why? Anything to do with a corporate led media spells control. Whereas true journalism even at a local or researchable level can satisfy a ken to be rightfully informed via reporting --- bereft spin doctors. Autumn 2010 blogs emphasize aims & stats of world wide audience (offsite patrons predominately courted -- please understand that luck is a groovy mistress @ this familiar address, one among many, luvs}) Taste samples @ " WEEKLY RACY VOCAB FORMS" PRESIDENT @ "AUTHORS DISCUSSION CLUB" MUSIC available --- For webtv-ers CLICK below: http://norbert26.com/midi_1/amazinggrace_2.mid Thank YOU, Norbert for these wonderful linkable mids!! I love them all! LET FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION LIVE! WORLD WIDE WEB OPEN! Word on the street: "OH, and brag, writers brag! But only if enabled. IF (and only if) you carry in your anthologies traditional short stories to brag upon." The world claims readers who are not writers. To my knowledge writers read. FANDANGO WELCOMES ALL READERS! 2010 quote attributed to TEFF'S ON KINDLE!!! (96) Editors note: Reserving a spot to include recent Lit read/ w commentary from ... Yours Truly, Miss TEFF aka Mary Moffett, published on Kindle Direct Publishing. (Updates soon.) $$$$$$$$$$$$$ Closing with ------ Many of FANDANGO'S blogs below were originally meant as a record for thoughts on various topics. Editing again today, a laughable copy & swipe. Allright, folks --- READ ON!! Mmmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmm, mmmmm Stories UP: THE RIPPER RETURNS TO WHITECHAPEL COURT Crt @ 2/ 2005 --- wds. 5,634 ROMANCE ON THE BAY OF FUNDY C rt 12/ 2005 wds: 3,353 PS: Cauldron Time an annual clebration ... When: Be careful comes into play. Readers, Prepare for comedy genre as well Open next autumn. Sept 21, 2012. FLAMING FANDANGO OH she be diversified. (Blogs JAN 2009 --- 12) Ed note: May 7, 2012 --- New webpage working ... |
WEBTV!! Oh, Hell is right. Ed. Note: Dear Readers: Please SEE: 5 W's explanation at the end of this FICTION FANDANGO, A WRITER'S BLOG at the end of this blog entry. Oh my gawd, gaz-zooks, webbers. We-uns paid our bills religiously to save our own hides aka our cyber space connection, to moreorless hold onto near the end of a decent run, despite constant refusals, rewritten rules, etc --- from said msn.com, which now owns webtv since (?) 2007 or 2008. Sunova, those endearing Miscrosoft network folks, that bunch won't up our browser capacity. So, pretty sure, not alone on enjoying msn.comsearch all these years (since 2001 at this desk.) That be 2001-10- Aug 2011. Like wake up last week to read -- no more msn.com search for webtv. Or for anyone else either. Damnation! As webbers -- We're still here, perhaps bootable to the core, we're gorgeously colorful, can take the movie plunge at will. Alas costly world gone awry. Yeah, we went out into the netherlands of real forests, ocean sides. History swept us along on msnbc.com search. Yet, we endure. Now we lost our msn.com search. Woe, are we @webtv. The ultimate demise came with a non effect for webbers, we still had the boxes, man. We had the dates, we had the sum --- gone all gone no matter we kept hundreds at bay, to the side, knew what they came up with in research data as early as 2001. Course, cough cough, most of that gone missing like a decent non polluted wind. WHO do you think you are really to combine with the inferior bing? Deduce an offer so high, you think to curtail us again this year? How dare you, is all this writer can say. Oh the humanity, pollution invasion so foul as you track us. We webbers, we'll figure it out. Most of us, correct me if I'm wrong are heading to Yahoo, which search mode supports the common decency to supply an amount of hits. Of course, map of I-net stats -- selling PC's, sporting PC upgrades --- many hateful of the ancient ones born in Cally, that be webtv circa 1994-99 which went world wide in a matter of months. Daily we face crumbs of a Preclude status, everybody erased, wikipedia as light as a dove nowadays. Nobody listens, few care. Yes, we need not perform like trained tigers: a time wasting exercise involving a computer mouse nec. Gawd, enter snidely dealings from (pooh-pooh) owners for an unjust loss of the best SE the world of the International WEB had ever known. What does this mean, temporarily not in service? Then toss us onto bing, into a basin among an awful overcrowded, currently holding back numerical hits to sites --- whereas webbers were so damn proud of what they purchased since 1994! In my case 2000-1. Damn you Microsoft Network, give us our msn.com freaking search. Yahoo shows the # of hits for topics. Bing now controls our former staple -- for webbers that tis --- msncomsearchy & Windows Likelihood search are all plain old bing. Unless? Nah, not even an announcement. Imagine some poor stiff working on a his college thesis. Already my face went from purple to red to green to blue. Help me, Jesus! Take a good product, fudge it because those corp need the special touches, the more, but they now hide the best. You see? The word is censorship. Ah, damn. Ten years gone in a flick of a switch. Unfuckingbelievable actually. No telling what might happen with this latest loss. Gawd, we took so much already. Nobody wants us to be compatible, and yeah they use explorer. Which webbers do not need. Nobody reads our history out here in cyberspan. We lost a country, we owned it first. Webbers credited with -- surf the web, worldwide web =-- WE were the explorers in a very brave new world. We wanted to sell short stories on disks. Instead the market expanded, writers wrote for free, we weren't hacks, We are still superior, now we use Yahoo Search. I wouldn't google a message to the last time I saw my ancestors running away in Scotland to save your souls. I wanted to sell my writing, not give it away. WEB tv took that option too with: no sales for you. Well, I never. Due personal, sure TEFF needs a vacation from the norm. Since my Lamborghini Fleet flies me anywhere @ the drop of a sun bonnet --- Now LOOKY here. I'm already in New England, in Amherst @ an undisclosed hotel where I am staying after my first week here, now for free. Why? Well, I somehow convinced the owner of the Bed & Breakfast to allow me to advert her business via geographical ID. Thus write, my famous LaRue/ MOFFETT PUBLISHING --- KINDLE awaits byline from any of the offices she's decorated splendidly in early mock, Sixties Colonial. Trying touristy, come join the fun. Retirees welcome! Heavy on historical, natural, praiseworthy architectural delights, then come spend a few bucks --- please? Now, Ladies, you blue hairs shall not want for something to do or view. We're into a have-a-blast theme. Doesn't knitting seem so orderly? Toss in theatre nights, open snack canteen. Daily cleaning the entire meal producing kitchen, cooking seafood. One's imagination soars jumping on ladders, lining library shelves, ordering magazines. Tiring, down & dirty, kneeling upon cramped gardening knees -- but worth tantalizing bouquets & fresh veggies ... Paula's choice for all of the above? Why, darling, Ah must testify --- Garden Club's a big hit. So, into week two. Oh how time flies, oh my aching back. My idle, ideal vacation happily morphs into moi as paid activity director of sorts. With a foul temper since I lost my msn.com search in its pure original, 2001 form. Oh, damn. Now I must enjoy myself twenty-four seven. Yeah, don't smoke the small stuff, shift gears, spell it out babycakes. Complaining is the IN THING!!! Voiced this quote in May 2011. "Insults are a part of speech." Kinda says it all from ... "Invalid Item" Topic: WHAT --- TEFF talks about the demise of msn.comsearch. WHERE --- Cyberspace, she be a-changing. WHEN -- Aug 2011 WHO -- didn't guess ahead of time, see this terrible loss coming --- due FCC controls ebbing like incoming tides since 2007. WHO -- those who buy & sell, own everything eventually, because they purchase what they want. Spelling --- one word, in sum --- c-e-n-s-o-r-s-h-i-p, amigos. WHY -- supposing it's both dummy down, as opposed to smarty up (which msn.com's former msn.com search engine (SE) was: better/ offering an intelligent research approach. AND -- corporate control on a major level. Rest in peace msn.com search, you will be missed forever. |
| Hello August 2011 Greetings to Authors Discussion CLUB! Welcome Audience! For the sake of clarity, while writing a bit better in the mawning early .. this author spent half the night mentally planning an otherwise open "Invalid Item" entry/ inclusive of to whom it may concern re: the state of Planet Earth.Coming from a wonderful visit last night with friends at a nearby establishment, where they grow all their own food, can same, and these talented folks even make jellies & pickles .. one should ask themselves .. what is happening to our planet? The outlook is not good. Summer temperatures rise across the nation, forest fires are rampart, MTR hasn't stopped, fracking's taken hold even in Upstate New York, droughts ensue. Yet, post Fukajima, Japan (Mar 2011) we're totally aware the USA claims more than one unsafe nuke plant, built in bygone eras, and not exactly specifically annually, appropriately regulated. So, there's air conditioning in a nutshell. We rob Appalachia of mountain serenity, destroy more than 477 mountains in WV, leave those poor folks and cultures with avid black lung specifics, which is now simply airborne. Coal dust lingers in water supplies as well. Such mining practices from King Coal's profit powers nukes. Yes, MTR rapes land which was here long before you or I turned on any air conditioners or blazed evening lights which, of course lead us all on the the Great White Way, another name for NY's Broadway. In the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, April to be exact, BP orchestrated a major oil leak, which took the lives of eleven men when an oil rig exploded. Louisiana's Governor couldn't even stop huge amounts of chemicals dumped into the Ocean to disperse the oil. By nature intended everyone knew oil at the surface would eventually sink. Guess what? These horrendous 'detergents' as they were called by the press and chemical companies, some subsidiaries of BP, are still being flown about, dropped upon ocean waves. This causes the final phase to ALL aquatic life. Porpoise are tracked as pods go completely white, before their final death knoll, now effecting a species whose paths may lead them as far north as the Carolinas. Nah, you won't see this on faux news, CNN will look the other way, 20 20 won't take the time to do decent documentaries anymore, at all and 60 minutes likes to follow white on white crime or medical stories which wrench one's heart in half. The EPA came out early in the Spring of 2010 against these risky, undefined chemical dispersants. The oil sank, also while still on the surface became picked up by the rain & wind and sure that went inland from the long Gulf Coast. Ultra toxic chemical stew sprayed into the Gulf harm the human population. This is similar to West Virginians plight, Kentucky residents and Tennessee natives who experience Valley Fill Mining, aka Mountaintop removal. Which incidentally after laying mountain to a rock face, only harvests 8% of the coal. I often wonder when they'll go back for the rest. President O stood in WV and said he'd end MTR. He hasn't. The EPA could not stop toxic chems being dumped into the Gulf. Otherwise known as a despicable practice of terrible consequence to man and fish and water sources. We're on a thin line with water quality in many geographical regions where man made destruction is daily fair for states who are the unlucky ones so ... we may sell our coal, allow oil to be purchased from BP for two foreign occupations, as BP sells straight to US military factions. Wow, in Jersey, people must Yahoo search MTR! The best kept secret OF: an ongoing environmental disaster for our generation, to date. Nobody knows about these environmental catastrophes, is not an accurate statement. Many of us, indeed are fully aware, semi conscious, whatever. Our media corporation owned conglomerate non news or bogus spin channels are apt to shut out scientific facts. Honey chiles, they spin, debate, slam such knowledge into their standard disinformation bent. Lack of real news is astonishing, so instead one turns not to Public Radio, which has it's mediocrity intact, but to the safe haven world of non fiction print. Inside your libraries, ADC members may even find some of their nearby counties, or specific Librarians will take it upon themselves to not upset coddled patrons, US residents, state by state. But not all of them will deny readers an advantage. I tell you true, Librarians honor requests for purchases almost 90% of the time. If we do not know about closeness of a Planet in utter distress, we should. This has been parleyed about since the first Earth Day back in the Seventies. Here's the worst, FICTION FANDANGO recently discovered that environmental issues are not being mentioned, taught, explored in highschool classrooms, but only going by a small local sampling. Now, if that aint bad enough Public Schools are turning out grads who can turn their heads to the side and deny: Climate Change, Overuse & Dangers of Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Power, Global Warming because they didn't hear about these topics during 12 years of their passage into the throes of educational venues, grade by grade. Worse, I-net SEs (Search Engines) are totally controlled, a change since 2010. When BP purchased the top ten spots on Google, who didn't see this coming? This week, the ones who were here first, in Cyber space, us webtv-ers, we lost one of the most valuable additions to the online world at large. Msn.com & msnbc.com have foregone the msn.com search. We're Bing now sponsored by Windows Live. My suggestion is to turn to the bookstore, purchase non fictions appropriate for one of the most important issues in authorship, LIT and reduced in the long run to be labeled "writing." While the three E's of LI/ Non fiction remain: Entertainment, Escape, the last is important for today's citizenry faced with a grueling task, often at their own expense. EDUCATION! This awful sell out of nature taking its course when hurricanes make landfall, tornadoes waft destruction, and torrential storms cause floods, or lack of rain causes ruination of land and crops, ETC... must stop being tauted around like it is the word of the Lord. Look around your homestead, your town, your city, your skies, your rivers, your coastlines. Yup, these environmental topics of grave importance sport basic causes. And, yeah these are man inflicted. In Congress, blast those guys & gals, we suffered thru the debt, the ceiling borrowing debt, now we are credit deficient on a world wide scale. Sure, we'll see everyone believe we're broke. Meanwhile, during the next sham, BIG OIL & King Coal will continue serving customers due an irreplaceable ken for fossil fuel addiction. What can one do? Well, saying no to the extras, try to live green ... etc etc. But the most important thing to do is self educate. I mean just in case you too want to applaud the planet you live upon. Look then to nature at its core, not just the seasonal fluff of a snowstorm story, an October scare, an Easter Lily, blooming calm. The situation is indeed quite dire. Because of rising summer temps, a total disregard for the fishing industry in the Gulf (obviously replaced by the oil rigs) irretrievable harm to oceans and mountains, then ask yourself and your neighbor, maybe even all of your relations and friends --- how come we didn't know about these terrible things. Please do that, if and when you can. Vice President or Elected President in 2000, our one and only Al Gore has a Rolling Stone article out this month, where he talks down to skeptics. And yes, the article generalizes the shame present within this great country of ours. Sure, VP Gore attempts to educate a swath of reasonableness which should meet & greet all ages. Suggested reading for August: SEE: CLIMATE OF DENIAL -- The Media & The Merchants of Pollution By Al Gore Publisher: Rolling Stone: Issue 1134/1135 July 7-21, 2011 Then write and tell me which books are the best to reel in sinful actions, gungho goings on of the major Planet Earth Polluters, when actually the term is destroyers. It's no longer a place in Bangladesh, a torrid spot in Africa or Cambodia. It's here, CLUB and unfortunately for us, Earth's demise has been here, and yeah, tis growing much worse. We waited for that liar in the White House to push more environmentally safe jobs. Wind power picked up. Solar efficiency is not exactly available to all for winter times yet to come. So, stalemates, sellouts, when my prediction is that Prez O will switch parties because to me he is the Republican's Democrat. Keeping Obama's Afghan war going for little or no reason is not only to escalate war profiteering for military equipment, as expensive as hell, Mr & Mrs Actual Taxpayers, profitable to Boeing and the like -- the issue is also security contracts. These are owned by cyberspace pirates and create millionaires (who pay no taxes -- not part of the debt ceiling crash, mentioned above) due gov'mint contracts. Those wars were always about security, espionage via electronic contracts. Rather broad but out there none-the-less. Time to take a better look at the harmful side of effects happening hourly to this planet? Yes, without a doubt --- past time. Yet still of extreme importance. More pollution spells less quality of life on this planet, more diseases and illness related issues, such as the horrendous aftermath of BP's 2010 oil leak. Yes, a civilization is at risk in the Southern Gulf states. And along our Appalachian Mountain Range. Your examples are everywhere. Not a surprise, to readers of this missive to be honest. Bring the concerns to "Invalid Item" and let us all know what to do, what to read, how to express. Thank you. Cordially, Mrs. Mary Moffett ED Note: removing ref to a blog contest. When in the starting line, that summer --- TEFF wrote: on FANDANGO --- RE: PROMPTS --- (yes, I wrote many prompts, went for smarty-up @ the time ... Please continue ... TO: AUTHORs DISCUSSION CLUB ... newsletter copy //// "Anyone is welcome to join or post any type of blog entry which might purport this subject, a waning safe, Planet Earth in distress, denied by tagdoging tv media, or not. Those yokels are aka climate deniers. However, when we choose our prompts in September, as bloggers are allowed their time to instigate subject matter, I truly hope that more members of "Invalid Item" come on down and give this world of ours a proverbial shake. Rolling Stone: Sept 2010: See: ON THIN ICE by Ben Wallace Wells VANISHING ICE SHEETS/ GLOBAL WARMING'S TICKING TIME BOMB Again, Dear Audience, thanks for reading this rather general missive of adroit importance to all residents living on Planet Earth. ADC NL @
May 8, 2012 --- Since it is FANDANGO SPRING --- ED: NOTE: HOUSECLEANING/ GARDENING IN PROGRESS. SPRING RECIPE around the far corner. |
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