Let's Talk About Dying. No? Well no one would blame you. Very few people want to talk about dying and even less are able to do so with any kind of cheer. But, it really should be something we talk about. People love to talk about inevitable things like tax, weather, illness, traffic, work and so on but yet when it comes to the single most guaranteed thing in life we clam up.
There is, of course a reason for this and that is because it is sad, scary and a whole host of others things as well as being a bit impolite in some situations. The irony of it all is by talking about it less we actually make it all worse. If we were more open about it we can avoid some of the more negative aspects of dying.
Even if you are not much of a planner in life it is really useful to try and be one in death. By planning ahead you will help those you leave behind cope both personally and financially. Most people have a will but not enough people seem to have a funeral plan.
What exactly is a funeral plan? Well it is more than most people think. The term funeral plan makes people think of a set plan for what happens at your funeral but that is not strictly it. A funeral plan is actually a financial savings plan that means when you pass away the costs of the ceremony and cremation or burial are covered. This means your loved ones do not have to find a lot of extra money at a very upsetting time. But the added bonus of a funeral plan is that many of them do allow you to set a plan of how it all happens too! So not only are you looking after the cost you are also looking after the organisation and this can be a big help.
Buy being open and discussing both aspects of death we can go a long way to helping those we leave behind to cope and celebrate our lives rather than have a distressing amount of cost and worry to deal with.
Another cheerful subject? Well it should be one we are happy to talk about because…well there is a lot to talk about. Firstly for many people these days the idea of being buried is somewhat horrific!
We have been burying our dead for well over 100,000 years and it all started for a few reasons. Firstly it was a safe and easy way to get the body out of the way. It was also a good way to protect it from certain forms of wildlife shall we say. Aside from the functional aspect it soon became a tradition and one that has held sway for a long time. That being said our Nordic friends have long seen the value and honour in cremation. These days it really is important to have a think and an open discussion about how you would like to be "dealt with". There are other options now too! You can be buried naturally in a woodland rather than in a cemetery in a coffin. This popular new option is much more eco friendly using less materials, costing less and leaving less in the ground itself.
By discussing this openly you can really get to the bottom of how you would like to be treated be it ashes scattered from a cliff or helping plants and trees to grow in a woodland; without talking about it your loved ones will have to make a guess!
When it comes to planning events in our lives nothing will surpass a wedding or perhaps a 50th birthday but oddly almost no planning goes into a funeral. While you may sit back and say "I won't be there so I don't really mind" what you are actually doing is leaving all the decisions to the people you have left behind and that is stressful! They will worry they might get it wrong and offend your memory when you have only just died.
Once again, get chatting about it, start thinking about music, food, locations…maybe even a guest list! If you want people to talk about funny moments then specify this, if you would simply rather get everyone down the pub then get it written down. There is lots of inspiration out there!
However you would like things to go it is clear that we need to talk about it all more. From the financial aspect of funeral planning to deciding how we wish our body to be dealt with and how the ceremony will go. We need to cheer up about it all because it is going to happen so why not try and make sure it is how you want it and allow your loved ones to celebrate your live in a positive way that doesn't get them in debt or leave them worrying if they did it OK or not!


Rajun Cajun is the largest one-day crawfish festival in the Mid-South, with over 35,000 attendees and 17,000 pounds of fresh Louisiana crawfish. Enjoy live Cajun, rock and funk music from local award-winning bands, as well as our crawfish contests, gumbo cook-off, and VIP swamp tent. As usual, no pets, coolers, tents, handouts, or parking inside the festival area.


What's better than watching a movie outdoors, by the water in the cool night air? You guessed it! Brooklyn Popcorn had the pleasure of serving it up to movie-goers at Google's Movie Night, June 25, 2013 in the NYC.
The weather was great, the view was even better and everyone enjoyed a cool movie with an opportunity to munch on some delicious, freshly popped gourmet goodies. There was an awesome bouncer for the kids, and other fun things to take part in as well.
And we've got the pictures to prove it! Just check these out these cool pics with the out-of-this-world view, and we hope to see you soon so you can appease your taste buds too. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to see where the truck is heading next. You never know, we may be coming soon to a street near you!


Never has the switching on of a simple streetlight seemed so fraught with longing and dread. The sight of it struggling to light itself as darkness is about to engulf a nondescript Winnipeg suburb was one of the many bizarre pleasures peppered throughout Crime Wave, a film about a writer, a girl, and a dream. One of the most unique and inventive cinematic works to come out of Canada during the 1980s, the brainchild of writer-director John Paizs (Top of the Food Chain) puts the creative process underneath one of those newfangled devices that magnify things with an alarming level of detail. A throwback to the days when after school was special and socially maladjusted men could hang out with little girls without it seeming twisted or off-putting, the film uses many different techniques to tell its strange tale. There are parts where it feels like a well-meaning NFB documentary about writing, while others have the air of a cheesy instructional video. A struggling screenwriter named Steven Penny (John Paizs) rents the room above the garage on the property where a girl named Kim (Eva Kovacs) lives with her mom and dad. Thrilled to be in such close proximity with someone involved with the movie business, the curious little scamp, who narrates parts of the story as if it were a school project, takes a keen interest in the solitary writer. Watching him like a hawk, or any number of birds with strong eyesight, Kim starts to collect Steven's discarded writings. While reading what's written on the crumpled paper, she discovers that Steven, despite the illuminating splendour of the streetlight hovering outside his window, is having a spot of trouble coming up with an all-important component to his stories.
You see, he's got a beginning, and an end, but no middle.
The nitty-gritty of Steven's stories mostly involve a series of characters vying for dominance in their particular field of interest. Whether it be music, the world of self-help, or selling Amway (renamed here as "Allway"), an outsider, usually from the northern part of the continent, emerges at "the top," only to end up dying violently when all is said and done. What happens to them on their way to this bloody demise is a mystery, as Steven has no clue how to write it.
The segments that involve the stories without middles are fast paced and boast a loopy sense of humour. The one featuring Skip (Jeffery Owen Madden) and Dawn Holliday (Tea Andrea Tanner), the husband and wife Allway salespeople, in particular, as it had a scene where a woman in a wheelchair is force-fed dog biscuits.
Depressed over the fact that he can't write a middle for what he likes to call his "colour crime movie," Steven passes the time by palling around with Kim (new wave music, taunting rivals, and Freezies), watching a guy count cars, riding his bike and looking at stuff (one of my personal faves - stuff rules), and attending dress up parties as a shirtless bank robber with explosives taped to his chest.
After Dawn (the beguiling Allway salesperson) bludgeons dominant musician Ronnie Boyles (Darrell Barren) with a typewriter in his bedroom (he has since moved from the garage to the house, and has obviously begun to hallucinate), Kim decides to contact a Texan named Dr. C. Jolly (Neal Lawrie) who specializes in creating the middles of screenplays.
The weirdness factor increases somewhat when we hit the sunflower fields of Kansas and meet Dr. Jolly; the spooky look he gives Steven while out the middle of the road will cause you to loose a fair amount of your precious urine.
The decision to make Steven a wordless character was quite risky, as it put the dialogue onus solely on the underdeveloped shoulders of a child actor. Luckily, Eva Kovacs is a spirited delight as the ever curious Kim, a girl whose thirst for knowledge troubles her parents (they think she should focus less on the persistence of vision, and more on her homework). Besides, Steven's voice can be heard loud and clear in the segments I alluded to earlier; in that, he speaks through his ambitious characters.
Filmed over the course of two years, Crime Wave is a fascinating portrait of what must be like to be from Winnipeg and possess an artistic temperament.
Also, if you've seen the Kids in the Hall sketch where Bruce McCulloch plays a little boy who brings a businessman named Mr. Stevenson (Kevin MacDonald) home with him and begs his mom (Scott Thompson) to keep him as a pet, you'll immediately "get" what the film is going for in terms of tone and style. Just substitute "businessman" with "colour crime movie maker," and you'll do fine.
Oh, and only a Canadian film could boast a non-creepy relationship between a little girl and a grown man in such a nonchalant manner.
Special thanks to Russ for providing the colour crime movie screen captures.
If anything is ever like a Kids in the Hall sketch, I am interested; so thanks to your comparison, I will watch this movie! It looks pleasant.
John Paizs is credited with directing a few episodes of The Kids of the Hall.
I love that KitH sketch. d. just bought us Seasons 1-4. We'll eventually pick up Season 5 even though the show's quality was in a fairly steep decline.
I thought about you last night when we were watching the trailers for In the Loop. There was one for a Norwegian Nazi zombie movie, Dead Snow. Looked right up your proverbial alley.
That Jeopardy! champ is too freaking hyper.
I get misty when those old school streetcars pass by just as Bruce is about to set Mr. Stevenson free.
I'll probably end up watching that Norwegian Nazi zombie movie one of these days. After all, it's been quite some time since I saw Kitchen Stories, and I think I'm ready for another Norge flick.
Always happy to see Crime Wave love. That whole nighttime scene with Dr. Jolly scared the bejezus out of me; that's one freaky dude.
You can really tell the two year gestation period - looks like Kim had a bit of a growth spurt somewhere.
I need to see that Food Chain film -- any good? I already talked up Springtime in Greenland...same tone and almost as good as CW.
Now we just got to get you a copy of PTA. I'd love to do the caps for that one.
Speaking of growth spurts, there's a YouTube clip of a grownup Eva Kovacs doing the news in Winnipeg.
Any good? Top of the Food Chain is freaking hilarious; Campbell Scott is deadpan perfection.
I was sure I'd seen this movie when I clicked... but no, I'd seen _Crimewave_ (1985), not _Crime Wave_ (1985). The other one is good too.
I've heard nothing but good (and weird) things about Sam Raimi's Crime Wave.


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Q: box plot does not show outliers This is my function to create box plot. But it does not show the outliers. any help?
def box_plot_draw (data, box_colors):
        #plt.style.use('Solarize_Light2')
        fig, ax = plt.subplots()#figsize=(10, 6))
        fig.canvas.set_window_title('A Boxplot Example')
        fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.075, right=0.95, top=0.9, bottom=0.25) #

    bp = ax.boxplot(data, notch=0, sym='+', vert=1, whis=1.5)
    plt.setp(bp['boxes'], color='black')
    plt.setp(bp['whiskers'], color='black')
    plt.setp(bp['fliers'], color='red', marker='+')
    box_colors = box_colors

    ax.yaxis.grid(True, linestyle='-', which='major', color='lightgrey', alpha=0.5) #what is which?
    ax.set_axisbelow(True)

    #setting the tile for distribution
    ax.set_title('Comparison of the duration of time for two Distributions')
    ax.set_xlabel('Distribution')
    ax.set_ylabel('Value')

You can test the code using this data.
np.random.seed(10)
collectn_1 = np.random.normal(100, 10, 200)
collectn_2 = np.random.normal(80, 30, 200)

## combine these different collections into a list
data_to_plot = [collectn_1, collectn_2]
box_colors = ['black', 'green']

box_plot_draw (data_to_plot, box_colors)
plt.show()

I am using the Jupyter notebook and I used styles for other functions. But I did not use any style for this function.

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Rob Lloyd Jones joins us today to share the inspiration behind the fairground setting of his middle grade book, Wild Boy.
A boy covered in hair, raised as a monster, condemned to life in a travelling freak show.
A boy with extraordinary powers of observation and detection.
A boy accused of murder; on the run; hungry for the truth.
BEHOLD THE SAVAGE SPECTACLE OF WILD BOY!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, take your seats. The show is about to begin.
Hello, and thanks for having me on Big Book Little Book!
So, fairgrounds eh? Whirling rides, whoops of laughter, nostrils flaring at the sickly sweet aroma of candyfloss. We all love them, right?
I always wanted to write a mystery set around a fairground. I knew the hero would be a performer in a freak show; a boy covered in hair and confined to a showman's caravan. He would dream of being different, sneaking through the fairground to spy on people he considered 'normal'. But he would be tough, his character forged from years of standing up to bullies. That meant his world – the fairground – had to be a tough place too. Well, I thought, I could make that bit up. It's a story after all.
Then I read Seventy Years a Showman – the memoirs of legendary Victorian showman Lord George Sanger – and I thought, 'Yikes! I'm going to have to tone this down a little'.
Sanger's tales of life on a travelling fair hold no punches. In fact they are filled with punches, and whippings and knife fights and scams and swindles. His was a mud-splattered world of rickety caravans and saggy-roofed tents, where ruffians marauded along paths picking fights, and cutthroats lurked in the shadows.
The more I read about Victorian fairgrounds the more I realised just how tough my hero – Wild Boy – had to be to survive, especially after he's framed for murder. But I was determined that he would survive, and prove his innocence. It wouldn't be easy – stalked by bounty hunters, a hooded killer, and a secret society with a sinister machine. But he wouldn't face the terrors alone. He has a friend, a circus star called Clarissa, who's as tough and foul-mouthed as anyone at the fair. And all those hours that Wild Boy spent spying on people at the fair, reading them for clues to their lives, also taught him a particular skill.
He is the greatest detective of his time.
Armed with a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes, Kasienka and her mother head for England. Life is lonely for Kasienka. At home her mother's heart is breaking and at school friends are scarce. But when someone special swims into her life, Kasienka learns that there might be more than one way for her to stay afloat.
This is a book that is stunning in its simplicity. The writing, especially coming from a debut author is just exquisite. I originally bought this book for my school library as it was about a polish girl coming over to England and I work at a school with a large polish population. I thought it may be good for girls who had come over from Poland to relate to but really this book is so much more. I really didn't know what to expect from this book. I'd already read 'Breathe' Sarah's other book but not really realized that both were by the same author as the books are so incredibly different, both in subject matter and writing style. I'd enjoyed 'Breathe' but it hadn't quite lived up to the hype for me, in contrast 'The Weight of Water' very definitely does.
This is a book written as poetry rather than prose. I'm one of those people who just doesn't 'get' poetry and I normally avoid books like this like the plague, in fact the only time that I do read them is when they appear on the Carnegie Shortlist but this book was really a pleasant surprise. Telling the story of Kasienka, all from her point of view it covers, very sensitively, all sorts of issues that teens all over the world face. Family breakdown, isolation, bullying, first love and the building of new lives are all covered within the book. I did find the original premise a little unbelievable, that a mother would uproot their child from all that they knew to follow a man that had left without word with just a postmark to go on. But I think that may have been me reading the book as an adult rather than a child. I wanted to find out more about Kasienka's parents, but that was not something that Kasienka would know and this was her story not theirs, that would be what a teen girl would have been interested in and rightly so.
Kasienka is a strong central protagonist. Whilst we get a look into others lives this is her story not theirs. This works really well in adding to the feeling of alienation and isolation within the book, a very common feeling for many teens. That Kasienka comes from a different country and doesn't speak the language means that she finds understanding her peers very hard. These misunderstandings come from both language and cultural barriers, but again although they may be more pronounced in this case they work very well at showing the confusion of teens as they start to try to understand the world around them and their place within it.
'The Weight of Water' is an incredibly quick read, it only took me about 40 minutes to read, although running to over 200 pages the way the book is written mean that pages aren't filled. Yet what amazed me was the depth and range of feelings that the book provoked in me in that time, just because it is a quick read does make it shallow or superficial in any way. It is quite the opposite and I think that this is why the choice to write the book in poetry format really works.
Verdict: A beautifully written coming of age story, told in a very strong, very believable voice.
This week we welcome Erica Dakin.
I was born in the Netherlands and lived there until age 25, when I moved to England to live with my then boyfriend, who has been my husband since 2006. I have always been a linguist at heart, and while I only speak two languages fluently (Dutch and English), I know a little about a lot of other languages and will always be passionate about language in general and how to use it.
My sister taught me how to read at age four because I showed interest, and since then reading has been one of my main hobbies. I love curling up with a good book, and always feel a sense of loss when it finishes and I have to resurface from the world that I have been so absorbed in until then.
To pay the bills I work in the Human Resources department of a Government agency, but I dream of being a bestselling author someday. My home life is spent with my husband and four cats (which might possibly put me in the crazy cat lady category, but the simple truth is that I cannot look at two kittens and only choose one).
There have been many writers who have given me many hours of enjoyment through their imagination, and I can think of no greater compliment than other people telling me that I did the same for them.
At the moment that doesn't seem to happen very often, but I enjoy playing strategy-based computer games, going to the cinema, embroidery and tabletop roleplay. I also occasionally play the piano and I am, of course, an avid reader.
I don't think I had a particular epiphany that made me start writing, it's just something that happened. I learned to read when I was four and in my childhood I did very little else but read, so to then start writing was simply a natural extension of that. As to when I began to write, I have recently been trying to figure that out, and the earliest thing I can remember writing was around twenty years ago. I'm not saying I didn't write anything before then, but if I did I cannot remember what it was.
What was your inspiration for The Ritual?
In its very first incarnation it started as a story to accompany a tabletop roleplaying campaign I had just started, but the campaign never really got off the ground for various reasons, and as such the story was shelved as well. I dug it out again when a friend drew my attention to a competition to get a novel published, and the novel I was working on at the time was unpublishable due to copyright issues.
It tells the story of identical twin sisters, half human and half elf, trying to make their way in a world where their half-breed race is considered little more than vermin. Most half-elves are slaves, and those that aren't live on the edge of society. They meet two half-elf men, also identical twins, and are drawn into their dangerous scheme until they're in so deep that there is no way of backing out again. Added to that there is an almost irresistible mutual attraction coupled with very solid reasons for not being able to trust each other, even though the four of them have no choice but to rely on each other. The book is an equal blend of Fantasy, Romance and Adventure with some saucy bits thrown in for added spice.
If I'm honest, very little. The beauty of a Fantasy setting is that it gives you a lot of freedom to make things up on the spot without needing too much hard science to back it up. I have on the whole relied on my vast reading experience, my own innate desire to eliminate any possible plot holes and on my editor and beta readers for pointing out anything that didn't sound plausible.
Not consciously, although a friend has said that he recognised a lot of my own characteristics in Chiarin, the main character in The Ritual. Whether this is true I'm not sure, especially since he is the only one to have said so, but I guess it's unavoidable to put a little bit of yourself in your main character.
The Ritual is the first book in a trilogy. Each book will stand as a story on its own, but the books are interlinked. The second part of this trilogy, The Conspiracy, is currently in the beta-reading stage. Once I have the feedback from my beta readers I will need to make some final adjustments, but I hope to have it ready for publishing in April or at the very last May 2013. The feedback has so far been very positive, so the adjustments probably won't need to be extensive. In the meantime I have just started the first draft of the third book, tentatively titled The Coup. This book is little more than a very basic plot in my head at this stage, so I doubt I will have it ready before 2014, but it should keep me busy for a while to come! Apart from that I am very close to finalising the files to make The Ritual available as a print-on-demand book, which will hopefully expand my potential reader pool again.
I mostly write on my computer, and depending on how strong the urge is, it could be something I do from the moment I come home from the day job until I go to bed, with nothing but a break for dinner. I have also been known to write on a netbook or even in a paper notebook while on holiday. The beauty of pen and paper is that it will never run out of battery power, and it means that when it comes to typing it up later, you can make amendments and adjustments as you type.
Do you use anything to sustain you during the writing process?
Nothing I couldn't live without. I will always have music playing in the background while at my computer, but if I'm out on holiday with my pen and paper I don't miss it. Similarly I will gladly accept a cup of tea if my husband offers to make one, but it isn't essential to the writing process.
What prompted you to self publish The Ritual?
Impatience more than anything else. The book was ready, as far as I was concerned, and although I approached an agent to try and go through the traditional publishing route, it would have taken months to approach all the ones that looked to cover the right kind of genre, and I was fully expecting to get nothing but rejections, since everyone agrees that it is fiendishly difficult to get published if you're a beginning writer. By self-publishing I hope that in or three years time I can approach an agent with sales figures, decent reviews and other proof that my book has merit and deserves attention.
In all honesty, I haven't faced that many challenges. Writing the book happened all by itself, and although it needed severe editing, I am lucky enough to have a good friend who is also a very good editor to take care of that side of it. Apart from that the self-publishing process is pretty easy, since the various sites I've used take you through the process step by step. I've made a few beginner's errors, such as forgetting to list myself as the author of the book (I foolishly assumed that since I was logged on as me, it would do that automatically), but apart from that the process has been pleasantly smooth.
I have not yet experienced it, other than in the sense that I have written about characters and reached a point where there was nothing left to tell. Once I got to that stage I knew that it was time to move on to something else, so I did. At the very most I can get stuck on individual sentences, where I need half an hour to find the right words to describe something, but I wouldn't consider that writers block.
Get yourself a good editor. No matter how many times you read through something yourself, there will always be something that you missed, be it spelling mistakes, gaping plot holes or simply bad writing. It is also very important that your editor isn't afraid to tell it like it is – if something needs major work then they need to be able to tell you so, and you need to be able to accept that criticism. I had what I considered to be a publishable book until my editor told me that it needed so much work that I would be better off doing a complete side-by-side rewrite, and in hindsight it was the best advice she ever gave me. Sure, it was a bit of a shock when she first said it, but the book has turned out much better in the end.
How did you choose the genre you write in? What inspired you to write in it?
Simply said, the books I have read throughout my life. I have always loved Fantasy as a genre, and had dreams of writing the next big epic Fantasy novel. The problem was that my second great love is all things Romance, and whatever I wrote always ended up having a very heavy romantic side to it. Eventually I accepted that I was clearly incapable of writing anything without it being a Romance, and embraced it instead.
How did you get interested in Fantasy and Romance?
For the Fantasy side it must have been the books I read as a child. My favourite author until about age 15 was a Dutch writer called Paul Biegel, whose books were Fantasy for children. I then progressed onto The Lord of the Rings, and from there the path was pretty much set. As for the Romance side, my mother and aunts always had a number of Mills & Boons scattered around, and I have always found them to be wonderful if you're after some light reading that doesn't require much thought.
Oh, so many… The Lord of the Rings, the Assassin trilogy by Robin Hobb, the Sunrunner books by Melanie Rawn, to name but a few. Apart from that there are writers whose work I greatly admire for various reasons, and their work will inevitably have left a mark on my own writing. Tanith Lee, Jack Vance for his rich vocabulary, Terry Pratchett for his sense of humour, Nora Roberts, George RR Martin; the list goes on.
I read too many books at the time to have just one favourite, but if I absolutely had to pick one I suppose it'll have to be The Lord of the Rings, even if these days I admire it more for its story than for the writing.
I usually have at least two books on the go, one for in bed and one for reading on the bus as I go to work. The book on the bus is Terry Pratchett's Snuff and the book in bed is Death Comes to Pemberley by PD James.
The Assassin trilogy by Robin Hobb.
If The Ritual was made into a film, which actors do you envision in the lead role?
I believe The Ritual would actually make a good film, but I'm not fussed about actors provided they're good. Complete unknowns don't bring in the baggage of previous films, so they might even work better – the Lord of the Rings films have proven that you don't need a cast of A-list actors to make a brilliant film. That said, in looks Zashter is pretty much based on Michael Praed from the 1985 TV series Robin of Sherwood.
My musical taste veers into the obscure, so I doubt many people will have heard of them, but I would say Värttinä, VNV Nation, Rotersand, Assemblage 23 and Hedningarna.
Paper, although I love my e-reader and couldn't do without it anymore.
Depends on the time of day. First thing in the morning I need my cup of tea though, or I'll bite people's heads off.
Slippers in winter, barefoot in summer.
Probably e-mail, though I still try to send postcards when on holiday.
To learn more about Erica and her work visit her Goodreads author's page (here), her Amazon author's page (here) or her blog(here).
Chiarin is a stubborn, hot-blooded young half-elf whose only goal is to keep herself and her twin sister alive in a land that considers her disposable because of her race. Yet when she meets fellow thief Zashter, she finds herself drawn into his dangerous undertaking, and into an adventure she could not have anticipated.
Attracted to him despite his brooding nature, and determined to learn from him despite knowing she cannot trust him, she soon realises that there is no going back, and she must help Zashter fulfil the wish of his sinister employer, even if dragons, elves and magic stand in their way.
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Hairy Maclary goes off for a walk in town, followed by a few friends. All is uneventful until they meet Scarface Claw, the toughest tom in town, and run for home.
I can remember this Hairy Maclary book from when I was very small, so as I am determined my little monkey WILL relive my literary childhood this was on the must have list!
Hairy Maclary is a cheeky little black Scottie dog who Lynley Dodd introduces us to using the most rhythmic rhymes! In 256 deliciously selected words we are sung the tale of how Hairy Maclary goes for a stroll and collects his friends; Hercules Morse (the Great Dane) as big as horse, Bottomley Potts (the Dalmatian) covered in spots, Muffin McLay (the old English Sheepdog) like a bundle of hay, Bitzer Maloney (the grey Whippet or Greyhound – I really need to pay attention to Crufts this year!) all skinny and bony, Schnitzel von Krumm (the brown dashund/sausage dog) with a very low tum. After walking through town this proud pack of poochy pals are startled by Scarface Claw, the toughest tom(cat) in town whose scary yowl sends them all back home sharpish with their hairy tails between their legs!
My two year old loves rhyming books and this was no exception. His favourite part is the excitement of the confrontational yowl "EEEEEOWWWFFTZ!" of Scarface Claw! Also the way the names of the doggy friends are repeated throughout like a endearing canine version of 'In my bag I packed', gives the familiarity he likes from a story/board book and also sets a fun challenge for us parents to try and learn off by heart too!
In addition to this delightful story there are 17 beautiful pictures also created by the author which accompany a few short lines. Seeing my son's eyes light up when we flip the page to see which character is coming up is so heartwarming, especially that glint of delight and excitement when Scarface Claw appears and he is fully anticipating the menacing cat yowl on the next page!
I can see this being a favourite the older he gets and is even more engaged with the books as he'll quite happily leaf through the pages now without the story being read, which is behaviour I just love and fully encourage! And the detail in the pictures could easily lead a discussion about the characters in the story, pointing out the numbers of the houses, colours of doors, letter boxes and gates etc. Also as the number of dogs increase I can see the fun of spotting the tails sneaking onto the edge of each picture also being a great source of fun!


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DEMATIC AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE (AGV) RECEIVES UL SYSTEM SAFETY CERTIFICATION
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - May 7, 2018 — Dematic, a leading global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimize the supply chain, is pleased to announce Dematic AGVs are the first to receive UL certification to the UL 3100 Standard. UL (Underwriters Laboratories) performs safety testing and certification on a variety of products, facilities, processes and systems worldwide. Its standards are recognized by industry, government and consumers as third-party certification of safer operation.
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UL 3100 applies to three main types of AGVs:
• Industrial truck-based AGVs such as rider-less industrial trucks
• Load bearing service AGVs such as those used in a service industry, which are intended to carry small loads
• Non-load bearing service AGVs such as product re-ordering AGVs that are used to drive up and down grocery store aisles and reorder products depleted from shelves
UL's vast experience and capabilities in evaluating and testing the safety of equipment and products helps Dematic achieve its goals and accelerates technological advancement in the industry. UL 3100 is expected to become a national consensus standard for AGVs by next year.
"Internally, this new UL 3100 certification provides an excellent methodology for us to better test our solutions," added Kaminski. "For our customers, it's another way to illustrate our commitment to AGV safety and to putting their interests first."
For more information about Dematic AGV solutions, visit dematic.com/agv or contact Cheryl Falk at Cheryl.Falk@dematic.com or 262-860-6715.
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Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (Technical University of Denmark) is an institution of higher learning located in Kongens Lyngby, which is north of Copenhagen. Hans Christian Orsted, a Danish chemist and physicist, aided in founding the school in 1829. Today it ranks among the leading engineering institutions in Europe. Students, faculty, and alumni commonly refer to it as DTU. The university houses multiple research centers, and provides undergraduate and postgraduate programs to students from around the world.
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The state of Georgia is known for many different things: It's the birthplace of Martin Luther King, Jr.; the home of Atlanta Braves baseball and the Augusta National Golf Club (which hosts the Masters Tournament) and the place where Coca-Cola was invented. These are all great things, but one other thing is synonymous with Georgia, even for those folks residing outside the state–peaches. Yes, Georgia is widely known as the Peach State. So what happens when a local brewery uses peaches in one of its seasonal offerings? Come along for the ride as we dig into Love Tractor from Six Bridges Brewing.
Love Tractor is a Peach Milkshake IPA brewed by the great folks over at Six Bridges Brewing in Johns Creek, GA (located approximately 25 miles northeast of Atlanta). Six Bridges has done an impeccable job with the seasonal offerings they release every year. This year's version of Love Tractor is even more peach-forward than past releases. They make this beer so well that the peaches aren't overpowering–it's a perfect blend of everything they put into this beer that makes it work so well. There are beers out there that are brewed with peaches that have a medicinal taste, or a fake candy taste to them; this beer is not one of those. You really do get that quality peach flavor that's very juicy and fresh tasting.
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Love Tractor is brewed with local peaches harvested from Jaemor Farms in Alto, GA. This year's version is brewed with Loring peaches. Clay Gridley, co-founder of Six Bridges Brewing explained that the Loring varietal of peach is a mid-season, large peach and it's an excellent "eating" peach. Its firm, has yellow flesh, is freestone and has great flavor.
"We always reach out to Jaemor months in advance when planning this beer and we want whatever variety is in peak season at that time," Gridley said.
The peaches are all painstakingly processed in-house by the Six Bridges Brewing crew. "We had a crew of fourteen people come in and knock this out," Gridley said.
Gridley explained that they set up an assembly line where they blanched the peaches; removed the skins and pits; pureed; simmered and sent them to a cooling vessel overnight. They then added this to the beer during fermentation so that all the sugars would be consumed to keep from having exploding cans because they contain fresh fruit.
When asked about the hops used in this beer, Gridley explained that it was a very simple decision to use Mosaic. Gridley said that Mosaic is probably his favorite hope for juicy IPAs. "We have a good crop of Mosaic this year, flavors make me think of blueberries, it's hard to go wrong with Mosaic," he explained.
Love Tractor is also brewed with flaked oats and wheat to add a little extra body and softness: This beer has a very soft, plush mouthfeel that coats the palate.
Image courtesy of Jason Murphy (@georgia_beercraft)
The name is the game
So just how did this beer get the name Love Tractor? Well, according to Gridley, it has multiple meanings.
"We were trying to think of a name that could tie in with Jaemor Farms for all the work they put into their craft," he said. Hence, the tractor and the peach on the label design.
"We're also a bunch of music lovers here and Grayson, our cellarman at the time, said how about Love Tractor? after the band and Widespread Panic song (about the band)," Gridley said. "We thought it was perfect, our love of beer and the farmers' love of agriculture."
If this is your style of beer, or if you are looking for a nice summer beer to help combat the sweltering heat, then look no further than Love Tractor. Or, perhaps you like both peaches and beer, but have never tried them together. If that's the case, then what are you waiting for? You'll be hard-pressed to find a better peach IPA that boasts such outstanding quality and flavor all the while supporting your local community. So climb in the wagon, the tractor is running!
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Laurence Fishburne, Jared Harris dazzle the crowd at San Diego International Film Festival
By styleboston On October 23, 2019 · Leave a Comment
SAN DIEGO – Six days brought the film world to San Diego as the 18th installment of the San Diego International Film Festival stole the focus from Los Angeles last week and saw the Southern California premiere of several films that are already generating award season buzz.
That hum intensified into a roar with the red-carpet arrivals of actors Jared Harris, fresh off the Emmy Award-success of the mini-series Chernobyl, and prolific performer Laurence Fishburne.
Things kicked off on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at downtown's Balboa Theater with a screening of the controversial and much-lauded satiric sendup Jojo Rabbit and the festival closed on Sunday, Oct. 20, with Marriage Story, an emotional domestic drama. In a bit of a plot twist, both films star Scarlett Johansson, but the similarities end there.
These Southern California premieres bracketed a lineup that included a wide range of 107 full-length films, with five in the narrative spotlight competition, 20 in the narrative contest, nine in the documentary competition, and almost 70 short films, combining major regional premieres with a focus on social and environmental issues, Variety reported. The festival is produced by the nonprofit San Diego Film Foundation.
As always, the festival offered an array of social gatherings, including its "Night of the Stars Tribute", which this year honored actor Fishburne, Harris, and others. The festival returned to the Pendry San Diego hotel and ArcLight La Jolla theater, and the 2019 box office was at the Gaslamp Quarter in the stunning multi-level Theatre Box, in downtown San Diego, which opened in June.
At the "Night of the Stars Tribute," Fishburne received the Gregory Peck Award for Cinematic Excellence, Pitbull received the Music Icon Award, Lindsay Wagner received the Humanitarian Award, Harris received the Cinema Vanguard Award, Jillian Bell received the Fairbanks Award, and Camila Morrone receiving the Rising Star Award.
Terri Stanley, Laurence Fishburne and Jared Harris
Harris, whose fans have launched a campaign to have him be the next James Bond, was a dynamic presence on Friday night charming both on the red carpet and in the VIP party. Another notable attendee was Bell, star of the wonderful film Brittany Runs a Marathon, who clearly is making a name for herself.
Yes, Laurence and Jared were in the same room and we even sneaked a photograph of them with styleboston/LeftCoast.LA creator Terri Stanley. "It was such a pleasure to meet both Laurence and Jared, but I have to admit I am smitten with the latter," Stanley said. "Loved him in Mad Men, The Crown and most recently, Chernobyl. I told him the story of my connection to Chernobyl–the explosion happened on the day of my wedding, April 26, 1986. Our honeymoon was in Italy and Greece and the skies over Italy were very grey! When Laurence made his way over to Jared to say hello it was very sweet the way he spoke to him, genuinely thrilled to see him."
Stellan Skarsgard and Jared Harris in Chernobyl. PHOTO COURTESY OF HBO
"I'm still overwhelmed that I would be given something called the 'Gregory Peck' award. He was singular," Fishburne told local FOX station. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that Fishburne received the award from Peck's daughter, Cecelia, who was sitting with San Diegan Geri Warnke, a close friend and former board president of the La Jolla Playhouse, which Peck co-founded.
Among the VIP crowd were representatives from the major sponsors including the Pendry, a new Montage brand, financial powerhouse Morgan Stanley, and luxe automaker Maserati.
The 2019 edition of the festival had a global reach and a social-justice conscience. The festival received more than 3,000 submissions from 68 countries, including feature films, shorts and documentaries. Panel topics ranged from technology and streaming services and what lies ahead for digital platforms while others included "Unstoppable Women" and "Social Impact." SDIFF screened films from Brazil, Congo, France, Indonesia, Japan, Romania, and South Korea.
Most of the film showings were followed by Q&As with their casts and crews, something that sets the festival apart with attendees having access to many filmmakers.
On Oct. 19, the festival presented "Filmmaker Awards Show & Party" at the Pendry. The competitive categories included narrative (fictional) and documentary. After receiving nearly 70 short films, the competition was divided into categories: "Twisted Humor," "San Diego Scene," and "Global Consciousness."
The winners of the SDIFF competitions were: 100 Days to Live, best world premiere; Angelique's Isle, Kumeyaay award; Babysplitters, best comedy; Breaking Their Silence, best documentary; The Steed, best feature film; Inside Game, best ensemble cast; Safe Spaces, artistic director's award; Love In Kilnerry, best original screenplay; Philophobia, best global cinema; Portraitist, best international short film; Riptide, best animation, Safe Inside, best thriller feature; Long Time Listener, First Time Caller, best short film; Sonora, best student film, and, Flourish, best local film.
In addition to the screenings at the Pendry and Theatre Box, ArcLight La Jolla hosted the SDIFF's popular "Culinary Cinema" on Oct. 20, which paired the screenings with delicacies provided by top local chefs.
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'DONKEY SHOW' ENDS 10-YEAR RUN IN CAMBRIDGE
By styleboston On September 12, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Styleboston creator Terri Stanley talked to American Repertory Theater Artistic Director Diane Paulus in 2009 for the TV show's "Power Player" segment.
CAMBRIDGE – After 10 years and tons (probably, literally) of glitter, The Donkey Show will end its run this week at the American Repertory Theater's Club Oberon on the fringes of Harvard Square.
The immersive theatrical experience was part of Artistic Director Diane Paulus' first season in the "Shakespeare Exploded" festival that also included The Best of Both Worlds and Sleep No More, which took over a school in Brookline.
Paulus created The Donkey Show with her husband, theater producer Randy Weiner, and they staged it Off-Broadway in 1999 to rave reviews.
During its run at the ART, the show was extended because of popular demand and later moved to weekends only, where it continued as a destination stop for brides-to-be and superfans. The Boston Globe's Meredith Goldstein documented the show's long run. The show succeeded in at least one area, Goldstein writes, it attracted audiences considerably younger than had been seen at the ART.
The show's closing also opens a coveted timeslot for local or smaller productions and marks a new chapter for Oberon.
Styleboston's host and creator Terri Stanley interviewed Paulus prior to The Donkey Show's opening as one of the TV show's "Power Player" segments. (See clip above.) This segment originally aired 10 years ago this month.
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RICKI LAKE TALKS ABOUT HER LATEST DOCUMENTARY
By Carol Beggy On April 9, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein
To what lengths would you go to save your child from the pain and possible death from cancer? Weed the People, a documentary that follows five families who, in a desperate effort to find treatment for their children's cancer, obtain cannabis oils to give the young patients a better path to a cure. It was screened in Cambridge on April 8, 2019.
The team behind the film – director Abby Epstein, Emmy Award-winning TV host Ricki Lake, and producer James Costa, a Boston native known for the documentary Lunch Hour – was in town for the screening and question and answer session at the Landmark Square Cinema in Cambridge. The event was hosted by the Boston Globe's Meredith Goldstein. It was a return to town, of sorts, as the documentary brought Lake and Epstein to Boston, specifically Harvard Medical School, where we see the medical efficacy of marijuana in cancer treatment is being studied.
The documentary, which was released late last year, also looks at the federal government's reluctance to allowing marijuana to be accessible to all patients. (Currently 33 states allow medical marijuana and 10 states and the District of Columbia allow marijuana for recreational use.) Weed the People is available for download and online viewing. For more on the film, click here.
Before the screening, styleboston.tv and LeftCoast.LA caught up with Ricki Lake and asked her a few questions about the documentary, the need for medical marijuana, and Dunkin' Donuts and her other Boston connections.
Q: This project started with a 7-year-old girl reaching out to you at a time when the opioid crisis was coming to the front and center? How have people been reacting to this documentary?
Scene from the documentary Weed the People
A: The reactions to this documentary have been incredible. People seem to be ready to open their hearts and minds to the true medicinal benefits of the cannabis plant. Yes, the film began with a seven-year-old girl who was a fan of mine from "Dancing with the Stars." She was undergoing chemotherapy and there were very few options to treat her condition. My late husband Christian Evans had been researching cannabis oil and CBD for his grandfather and we thought it might help this little girl as well because of the anti-tumor properties of the plant. That experience was how our film was born.
Q: Was there anything from the filming that surprised you?
A: One of the most surprising things for me personally was to see how well cannabis can actually work and how little you need to get therapeutic effect. You see one child in the film who was taking six OxyContin a day plus other pain relievers and after two days of taking a sesame seed-size dose of the concentrated cannabis oil, he was completely off the OxyContin. So not only was his pain gone but he was sleeping and eating, where on the opiates he was just vomiting and deteriorating.
Q: Here in Massachusetts we have embraced marijuana, first medical uses and later recreational. But even here, in a super-liberal blue state, it seems like people still don't "get" the potential of what marijuana can do and the benefits of legalization of it.
A: Yes, there is such an intense stigma around the plant it is incredibly hard to break through, even in the medical community. Doctors have been trained that this is a drug abuse and of course the public has also been brainwashed into thinking this is a dangerous narcotic and a gateway to other substances, which is untrue. That's been the revelation of this movie and we have shown it in places like Oklahoma City and weeks later they passed their referendum on medical cannabis! The film is a really powerful tool to help people understand the real potential of medical marijuana.
Q: As filmmakers you looked at the choices available to patients and parents. Have you seen changes since you started filming in those choices that the patients' families have? In the attitudes of the medical community?
A: We've seen so many changes since we started this film back in 2012. At the time, a lot of the families were getting medicine from underground sources, medicine that wasn't properly tested and in one case in the film you see it actually contained rubbing alcohol! In California the regulations have helped improve quality and testing for patients, but ironically the regulations have also made it harder for patients to access certain preparations and strengths. We've definitely seen the attitudes of the medical community change but it's still way too slow and it seems to be that money and the green rush is what motivates most of the public perception changes these days.
Q: You and Abby set up a GoFundMe account for those in your project and others. It seems like this film pushed you in ways that a "typical" film project might.
A: Yes we set up a GoFundMe account for the kids in the film. All of them still take a maintenance dose of cannabis oil and one of the children is still in treatment. Unfortunately even the maintenance dose can run these families around $1,500 a month and it's just not affordable without help. Our website is weedthepeoplemovie.com And you can make a donation there under the "get involved" menu tab.
Q: OK, a few Boston-centric questions. We know you've been to Boston before and even filmed a movie here, do you have any favorite things to do? Go see? Do you load up the carry-on with Dunkin' Donuts coffee?
A: Oh yes, I grew up in New York so definitely a fan of Dunkin' Donuts! I absolutely love Boston and have the best memories of shooting "Mrs. Winterbourne" there. I'm excited to share this film with the community.
Q: There's always Provincetown, but the Fast Ferry is fully running this time of year. Do you get back to the area when you are not?
A: Yes, I have been to the Provincetown Film festival a few times and we screened my earlier documentary "the business of being born" there. My dear friend John Waters invites me there all the time.
Q: Many people know you from so many different things in your varied career. We imagine that people approach you with all kinds of references in your background, but we hope that none of the really whacky people are from Boston.
A: I definitely have some amazing fans from Boston! It's a fantastic city and I'm so proud of Massachusetts for making cannabis accessible.
Q: Will you be stopping by the recently opened marijuana dispensary in Brookline?
A: I would love to check out the new dispensary Brookline! We are very fortunate that a local cannabis company called Green Line is sponsoring our Boston premiere screening. I love how Green Line is integrating social justice into their company philosophy. They are including members of the Roxbury community on their board and helping to repair some of the harms of the drug war on communities of color. I believe that social equity needs to be a major component of marijuana legalization.
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Episode 1 of "This Is Us" Gives Us More Than Enough Reasons to Stick Around: Season 3 Premiere Screening at Paramount Studios
By Anna Paula Goncalves On September 28, 2018 · Leave a Comment
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Season 3 of TV's number 1 drama (all around show really, if we're being honest) is already giving us all the feels – as expected – with this first episode. With laughter, tears to some and a bit of curiosity, the touching stories and relatable characters is the consistently winning combination that makes this show the success it is.
It's all in the "construct of the show," as show creator, Dan Fogelman said during the panel discussion that followed the premiere screening. It's a construct that he credits to the writers of the show (which he, and the cast, made a point to honor) for their brilliancy.
With a plot that lives in the past just as much as it does in the present (with this season expected to tackle glimpses into the "future") there's a level of excitement in learning about each character and what makes them, them. Like Chrissy Metz' character, Kate, and how heartwarmingly real her character is depicted. Someone who "can't catch a break" while battling her weight, guilt, loss, addiction, and how that all ties into her struggle with self-acceptance. Which to that point, Chrissy says, when asked how she feels about her storyline helping others facing the same struggles as she: "I just know things happen as they should. And that everyone has their really beautiful journey and we get to help each other along and through that journey."
Logan Shroyer, Justin Hartley, Parker Bates
Hannah Zeile and Chrissy Metz
In the midst of laughter and "truth, dare, or 'swear on Oprah'" (You need to watch S3E1 to understand the Oprah reference), the panel discussed the first episode and how it embraced a more light-hearted relationship between Randal (Sterling K. Brown's character) and his wife, Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson's character). They also each talked about their individual characters, the season's construct and how we'll "live in the past a bit" during season 3. We will get to learn more about Jack (Milo Ventimiglia's character) and his past, including his time in Vietnam, and also life following his death as Rebecca (Mandy Moore's character) navigates as a single parent caring for teenagers. We can also look forward to upcoming "stand alone" episodes that will dive into specific characters that we know little about underneath, like Chris Sullivan's character, Toby – a character who suggests something deep in connection to his dependency on anti-depressants and after this first episode, also speculates about the trajectory of his relationship with Kate into the "future". Another character we can all look forward to seeing unfold is Lyric Ross' character, Deja, now a season's regular. Described as "the truth" by her cast-mates after becoming a revelation to them while shooting season 3, and to us in this first episode as the embodiment of what boldness and hope looks like.
In true "This is Us" form, the first episode entitled "Nine Bucks", which falls during the Big Three's birthday (as it has consistently done in previous season premieres) gives us just enough to make us sink into our seats while looking forward to speculating what's to come.
Thank you to NBC Entertainment Director Jeanette Eliot for the invitation.
Season 3 of "This Is Us" continues on Tuesday, October 2, on NBC.
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HBO PREMIERES A WHO-DONE-IT WITH "SHARP OBJECTS"
By Joane Nelson On July 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Actor Taylor John Smith at SDIFF Film Insider Series
Left Coast. La was honored to attend the San Diego International Film Festival's VIP Film Insider Series featuring HBO's new "Sharp Objects" starring Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson and Taylor John Smith. The event was held at the ArcLight Cinemas in San Diego, CA.
Based on the book of the same name by The New York Times bestselling author Gillian Flynn ("Gone Girl," "Dark Places"), "Sharp Objects" is an eight-episode series that tells the story of reporter Camille Preaker (Amy Adams) who "returns to her small hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. Trying to put together a psychological puzzle from her past, she finds herself identifying with the young victims a bit too closely," according to HBO. In addition to Adams, Clarkson and Smith, the series features Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen, Elizabeth Perkins and Matt Craven. It is directed by Jean-Marc Vallée from scripts by Marti Noxon and Flynn.
Heading into the theater no one knew what to expect, but by the end of the VIP preview the 200 person crowd was on the same page. This show is definitely a must see! "Sharp Objects" Premiers Sunday, July 8 at 9 p.m.
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GRAMMY GRIPING
By Kennedy Elsey On February 9, 2015 · 1 Comment
Did you sit through the endless red carpet coverage? I did. I'm pretty sure I lost some IQ points and all I wanted to do was feed Giuliana Rancic a sandwich, but I powered through it. Ryan Seacrest just needs to embrace his vertical challenge and start standing on a phone book because when he interviews people like Taylor Swift or Nicole Kidman, he looks like a 12 year-old. It's so awkward. Kat McPhee looked like a deer in the headlights when she was interviewed by Seacrest. I mean they KNOW each other right? Why was she so weird? I'm thinking it's because she forgot to wash her hair.
Ariana Grande was interviewed with her new guy Big Sean and he was her biggest accessory. The level of cuteness was pretty high on the nausea scale, I mean she wanted everyone to know "this is my man and you can't have him". Look girl, if you want a man that will take your inevitable breakup and use it to write a marginally interesting song that will be played on radio stations everywhere, then you do you. I look at this and I think about my ex that I brought to my sister's wedding. He's in the pictures and I wish he wasn't. I feel like when Ariana looks back at these pics after the public breakup, she will wish she hadn't hung all over him like a cheap suit.
I'm not a fashionista by any stretch of the imagination, but here are my picks from the red carpet.
BEST: Taylor Swift, Chrissy Teigan, Jessie J and Gwen Stefani.
WORST: Rihanna (WHAT WAS THAT?) Iggy Azalea's hair crown, Kim Kardashian's bedazzled robe and Keith Urban's ponytail.
New England Patriots will be on stage? What!! I had no idea. I was hoping for a Grammy Gronking, but Edelman and Butler did pretty well with a well-played interception joke.
Kanye West put on his best sweats to Auto-Tune his way through a crappy song. Someone please explain Kanye and his "art" to me, because I don't get it.
Madonna as a matador. I don't think I need to say anymore do I? I love her, she does no wrong, haters to the left. She kept it classy on the red carpet as well…
Keith Urban has a ponytail? Stop. Just stop.
I felt the song with Paul McCartney, Kanye and Rihanna was all over the place. Matching black suits? Is it me or did Rihanna show NO skin this evening? Something is wrong in the world somewhere. The song is good, but I just can't listen to Kanye sing. Mostly because he can't. And Paul just looks so out of place. And constantly surprised.
The Grammy's were far too long and peppered with performances that truly sucked (Usher singing Stevie Wonder) and performances that delivered (Madonna, Beyonce and Tom Jones) but it's the one time where I will sit in front of the TV for hours on end that doesn't involve Netflix.
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