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<title><![CDATA[blog colectiv]]></title>
<link>http://dreampoet.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/blog-colectiv/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Din cauza faptului ca este implicat intr-un scandal de tip turism electoral, Gigel va lipsi vreo dou]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Din cauza faptului ca este implicat intr-un scandal de tip turism electoral, Gigel va lipsi vreo doua zile din povestile mele. Totusi, nu toate personajele au ales varianta vizitarii manastirilor in duminica alegerilor, asa ca disponibili pentru articolul de astazi sunt Mos Onofrei si <a href="http://iulia-diana-mihai.blogspot.com/">Iulia Mihai</a>. Ultima, nefiind un personaj fictional va avea dreptul sa prostesteze in cazul in care va fi nemultumita de rolul primit in povestirea de astazi.</p>
<p>Hostway i-au dat lui Dreampoet o idee interesanta, si anume un blog colectiv.</p>
<p>Cum scopul lui Dreampoet pe blog nu a fost niciodata acela de a face bani, blog-ul colectiv nu poate avea decat o tematica din aria de interes a acestuia si a colaboratorilor. Tema este una foarte vasta si nu poate fi cuprinsa atat de usor intr-un blog. Ne referim la<strong> Rock-ul din anii ’60 pana astazi</strong>. Cum Mos Onofrei a fost parte a miscarii flower-power, cum <strong>Iulia Mihai</strong> este experta pe zona de gothic si doom metal, Dreampoet va avea o echipa pe cinste. El se va ocupa de partea de heavy metal, power metal, si in general de tot ce tine de metal.</p>
<p>Nota pentru Gigel : «<em> Gigele, stiu ca ai fost bun la chimie, dar aici nu ne referim la elementele din stanga tabelului lui Mendeleev, ci la un subgen al stilului muzical rock. Cu totii stim ca ai fost olimpic de toamna la chimie organica si ca trebuia sa ajungi doctor ginecolog. Din pacate toamna se numara bobocii, iar in toamna aceea fatidica din 2005, tu sustineai bacalaureatul pentru a treia oara »</em>.</p>
<p>Dupa principiul numai sase-s norocoase, Gigel a nimerit din a treia incercare, reusind intr-un final sa faca deosebirea intre simpla si dubla legatura din catena unei hidrocarburi. Nu va spun cati bani a platit <strong>Gigel Al Batran</strong> pentru ca fecioru’ sa treaca si el examenul vietii. Cifra de afaceri a fostei companii a lui Gigel, <strong>Guma</strong> , pe un semestru ar putea fi un element ajutator in acest sens.</p>
<p>Dar sa revenim…Cei trei blogeri au fiecare cate o problema, ca de altfel orice echipa nou infiintata. Dreampoet nu se pricepe la editarea foto, Mos Onofrei inca se foloseste de masina de scris pentru redactarea textelor, in timp de Iulia locuieste intr-un oras ce nu ii permite sa se deplaseze la toate concertele majore. De obicei, 80% dintre aceste concerte au loc in Bucuresti.</p>
<p>Din motive de securitate nationala si din motive ce tin strict de partea financiara, Marioara nu a putut fi inclusa in echipa de soc. Aceste informatii au aparut in <strong>Double-Click. </strong>Din pacate, Dreampoet nu a beneficiat de un drept la replica, iar adevaratul motiv al refuzului includerii Marioarei in echipa apare pe blog-ul personal al acestuia : « Marioara, o fata simpatica in felul ei a afirmat ca cea mai buna voce din metal-ul actual este <strong>Calul Balan. </strong>Pentru noi, acest lucru a fost o adevarata blasfemie », a incheiat poetul de Berceni.</p>
<p>Revenind la subiectul acestui articol, problemele celor 3 pot fi solutionate. De editarea fotografica se va ocupa Iulia, de dactilografierea textelor si de mersul la concerte <strong>Dreampoet</strong>. Mos Onofrei va fi inteleptul care ne va delecta cu amintiri de pe discurile vinil pe care le asculta in tinerete, si de asemenea ne va povesti de concertele unor trupe precum Sfinx, Rosu si Negru, Semnal M sau Celelalte Cuvinte. In fiecare saptamana, administratorul de bloc va rememora aspecte legate de rock-ul romanesc din perioada pre-decembrista, dar si despre Deep Purple, Uriah Heep sau Pink Floyd.</p>
<p>Este clar ca acest blog se va adresa unui segment de piata restrans, nefiind adresat Gigeilor din Agigea, Marioarelor din Ciuca Macaii sau Maricicilor din Cucuietii din Deal. Trebuia precizat acest aspect din doua motive : sa nu ii facem pe acesti oameni sa renunte la mall-uri si <em>bambuuri</em> si, ca sa vedeti ca nu am uitat de unde a plecat fiecare personaj al meu.</p>
<p>Avand in vedere ca sansele ca acest blog sa aduca vreun venit sau macar sa depaseasca incasarile pe 2008 ale firmei <strong>Guma, </strong>categoriile ce vor fi incluse in site sunt la alegerea autorilor.</p>
<p>Pentru ca fiecare dintre cei trei va veni cu idei ce nu vor fi supuse cenzurii sau unor comentarii ce tin de subiectivismul situatiei, cineva trebuie sa coordoneze activitatea. Acesta nu se afla in varful piramidei nicidecum, ci doar are o atributiune in plus, mai precis management-ul blog-ului. Pentru aceasta pozitie a fost aleasa Iulia.</p>
<p>Nu se va respecta neaparat o cronologie, pentru ca nu se vrea a fi un manual al muzicii rock, ci un loc in care cei trei sa impartaseasca cititorilor impresiile lor despre aceasta muzica. Fiind un blog de nisa, se presupune ca printre cititori trebuie sa se afle oameni pasionati de aceasta muzica. De asemenea, cei trei au decis ca macar o data pe zi fiecare dintre ei sa aiba un articol, pentru ca blog-ul sa devina un organism viu.</p>
<p>Pentru inceput, Iulia ne va incanta cu o istorie a trupei <strong>Lacrimosa</strong>, Dreampoet va face o rememorare a principalelor concerte rock desfasurate in Romania in anul 2009, iar Mos Onofrei ne va vorbi despre personalitatea complexa a lui Roger Waters (ex Pink Floyd).</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/CGYDnOTPtk4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/CGYDnOTPtk4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Pentru a fi mai vizibili pe internet, cei trei ar putea apela la hosting-ul oferit de firma Hostway. Cum a reusit sa ii convinga Dreampoet pe cei doi ? Raspunsul poate unora li se va parea amuzant sau macar va aduce un mic zambet pe fata lor. Raspunsul este pasiunea si dorinta de a impartasi cu ceilalti aceasta pasiune. Pasiunea e mai presus de bani, de orgoliu sau de interese meschine. Pasiunea e singura optiunea pentru un suflet curat, pentru o viata fara resentimente.</p>
<p>Poate cu timpul blog-ul va creste, iar cei trei vor putea fi acreditati ca si publicatie media pe mediul online, realizand interviuri cu trupe si cronici de disc si concert.</p>
<p>L-am lasat pe Gigel la sectie, scriind o declaratie. Pentru interactivitatea acestui articol, va las pe voi, cititorii sa alegeti daca vreti sau nu sa il eliberam pe Gigel. Va propun trei alternative : Gigel sa fi fost acuzat pe nedrept si sa fie eliberat, Gigel sa fi fost vinovat dar sa scape avand anumite cunostinte prin domeniul judiciar sau Gigel sa continue concursul de la parnaie. In functie de voturile voastre, vom decide soarta lui Gigel. Acum se scrie istorie, cum in anii ’70, ’80 si ’90 o faceau Pink Floyd, despre care ne va vorbi mos Onofrei in primele sale articole.</p>
<p>Nu va dau nicio indicatie, insa pentru Gigel voi dedica melodia<strong> &#8220;Wish you were here&#8221;</strong>. Acum unde sa fie Gigel, voi decideti&#8230;</p>
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<p>Acest articol a fost realizat ca parte integranta a concursului SuperBlog 2009, organizat de <a href="http://pcnews.ro/">PC News</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Cupfincake Roses Bouquet 2]]></title>
<link>http://qishcupfincake.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/cupfincake-roses-bouquet-2/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Another Version of My Cupcake in a Flower Pot . . . . . tis flower bouquet consist of 10 EXTRA SMALL]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Summer Moods]]></title>
<link>http://zahraworld.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/summer-mood/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Colorful © Zahra ‘09 Diamonds of Summer © Zahra ‘09]]></description>
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<p><strong>Colorful </strong> © Zahra ‘09</p>
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<p><strong>Diamonds of Summer</strong> © Zahra ‘09</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Flower Power]]></title>
<link>http://gogreygirl.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/flower-power/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sunflower Power I like to garden. One of my favourite flowers is the Sunflower. I particularly like ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_215" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 279px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-215" title="Sunflower" src="http://gogreygirl.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/sunflower.jpg?w=269" alt="Sunflower" width="269" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Sunflower Power</p></div>
<p>I like to garden. One of my favourite flowers is the Sunflower. I particularly like the ones that randomly appear in my yard.  They pop up all over the place from seeds in our bird feeders. My husband is very diligent about keeping the feeders full. One of the feeders is near our office window so that we can easily see which birds arrive. Some of the smaller birds don&#8217;t want the sunflower seeds, so they simply pluck those seeds out and drop them on the ground. The blue jays spirit the sunflower seeds away, and hide them in caches in the ground. Blue Jays apparently hide more seeds than they ever eat, so each spring I get a new crop of sunflowers in these odd locations.</p>
<p>The Essence of Sunflower is said to increase self-esteem and encourage optimism. I&#8217;ve never made a flower essence, but apparently it involves brandy, so I think it would taste quite nice.  I guess I would have to ration myself as to how many sips of essence I took each day. I already have to ration how much dark chocolate I eat each day, so perhaps I could combine the essence sipping and chocolate nipping. At any rate, I can certainly how my self-esteem and optimism would increase with these little rituals.</p>
<p>&#8220;Flower Power&#8221; was a phrase coined in the 60&#8217;s to describe a passive resistance movement that advocated peace. It was an apt term. Flowers are calming, and they make us feel happy. No wonder so many people  have a houseplant or two on the window ledge, or a garden bed full of petunias.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Name of the Day: Aven]]></title>
<link>http://appellationmountain.net/2009/11/12/name-of-the-day-aven/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[She&#8217;s an inevitable mash-up of popular names, but claims botanical, artistic and Celtic roots,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>She&#8217;s an inevitable mash-up of popular names, but claims botanical, artistic and Celtic roots, too.</p>
<p>Thanks to Photoquilty for suggesting <strong>Aven</strong> as Name of the Day.</p>
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<p>On television&#8217;s <em>Gossip Girl</em>, Matthew Settle is dad to the earnest Daniel and queen bee Jenny &#8211; both in their teens.  In real life, he and wife Naama Nativ became new parents just this year, to daughter Aven Angelica.</p>
<p>Aven has yet to appear in the US Top 1000, but she <em>sounds</em> like a riff on Top Ten <strong>Ava</strong>.  She has much in common with plenty of popular picks, including <strong>Avery</strong> (#38) and <strong>Eden</strong> (#232), as well as masculine <strong>Evan</strong> (#38 for boys last year, and also occasionally bestowed on girls.)</p>
<p>But there are three other possible origins for Aven.</p>
<p>First, Aven could be a trim Anglicization of <strong>Aoibheann</strong>, <strong>Aoibhín</strong> or <strong>Aoibhínn</strong>.  They&#8217;re traditional Irish names that mean something like beautiful.  The name surfaces in the sixth century, when the well-born Aoibheann was the mother of future saints Enda and Fanchea.</p>
<p>But before you call Aven a legitimate heritage choice, note that the usual Anglicization would&#8217;ve been <strong>Eaven</strong>, which more accurately reflects the pronunciation &#8211; <em>EEV uhn</em> or <em>EEV ahn</em>.  Today, it is difficult to imagine an American girl named Aven not answering to <em>AYV ehn</em> or <em>AY vuhn</em>.</p>
<p>The second association is artistic.  You&#8217;ll find the River Aven on the map in France.  It wends through Brittany, lending its name to Pont-Aven.  From the middle of the nineteenth century onwards, it became a favorite spot for artists.  Paul Gaugin arrived in 1886 and while he didn&#8217;t stay long &#8211; apparently Pont-Aven was quickly overrun by tourists, tee shirt shops and Starbucks &#8211; the link remains.</p>
<p>Trouble is, Aven <em>might</em> bring to mind Biblical Beth-Aven or Bethaven, a hotbed of idol-worship in the Old Testament.  Or not.  The River Avon &#8211; a name shared by at least a dozen rivers &#8211; is so common because the Celtic <em>abona</em> meant river, as did the Welsh <em>afon</em> and Breton <em>aven</em>.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a nature name link there is a stronger connection.</p>
<p>The third source for Aven comes from flowering plants found nearly everywhere.  There are Mountain Avens and Creeping Avens, Purple, Yellow, White and Red Avens.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s said to be the flower that inspired Settle to choose the name.  And so maybe Aven is simply a modern floral pick &#8211; less enduring than Rose, not quite as fashionable as Violet but certainly less over-the-top than Petunia or Azalea.</p>
<p>You&#8217;d be hard pressed to find a real-life Aven, though there are a few male Avens in the census records.  They may be wearing a surname &#8211; in the last spot, Aven can claim Dutch, French, German, English and Scandinavian origins.</p>
<p>A handful of women wear the Gaelic version of the name, even in recent years.  Aoibheann Sweeney won rave reviews for her 2007 debut novel <em>Among Other Things, I&#8217;ve Taken Up Smoking</em>.  In 2005, the winner of the Rose of Tralee festival &#8211; a sort of Miss America for Ireland, but open to any woman with Irish roots &#8211; was Aoibhínn Ní Shúilleabháin.</p>
<p>Overall, Aven is intriguing.  There&#8217;s more to her than you might think at first.  Her similarity to other popular names is either a selling point or a reason to steer clear.  But there&#8217;s no shortage of reasons to embrace Aven.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Flowers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<link>http://hollarius.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/68-ein-aufruf/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[68, ein Jahr hat die Welt verändert, das Denken, die Moral, vielleicht hat es die Welt sogar mehr be]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>68, ein Jahr hat die Welt verändert, das Denken, die Moral, vielleicht hat es die Welt sogar mehr befreit, als das ursprünglich gewollt war. Für mich, der ich sechs Jahre später geboren wurde, ist 68 eine Legende. Ich bin mit diesem Jahr groß geworden, mit seiner Verteufelung, mit seiner Idealisierung.</p>
<p>Nun will ich gerne mehr wissen. Mehr über die Zeit und die Bewegung erfahren – natürlich geht es nicht nur um das Jahr selbst, sondern um die ganze Bewegung, die man mit dem Begriff 68 grob beschreibt. Viele der markanteren Daten sind bekannt, aber die sind nur in zweiter Linie interessant. Mir geht es nicht um die historische Berichterstattung, auch nicht um die historische Einordnung, mir geht es um die Geschichten dieser Zeit. Geschichten, Anekdoten, die Atmosphäre dieser Zeit will ich sammeln und daraus letztlich ein Theaterstück schreiben.</p>
<p>Deswegen möchte ich hier die aufrufen, die 68 erlebt haben, die mittendrin waren, die diese bunt gefärbten Jahre so richtig mitbekommen haben, mir ihre Geschichten zu erzählen oder aufzuschreiben. Egal ob Texte, Ton- oder Videoaufnahmen, alles, was erzählt wird, möchte ich gern haben und erfahren. Das können die Erinnerungen von heute an damals sein, das können aber auch Tagebucheinträge und ähnlich persönliche Texte aus der Zeit sein. Diskreter Umgang mit allen Daten ist natürlich garantiert – im Theaterstück werden alle Namen, die nicht zum Zeitgeschehen gehören, natürlich geändert.</p>
<p>Wenn es räumlich nicht allzu weit von mir entfernt ist, komm ich auch gerne auf ein Interview mit dem Diktiergerät vorbei.</p>
<p>Alle Materialien oder Anfragen bitte per E-Post an die folgende Adresse schicken: <a href="mailto:hollarius@gmx.de">hollarius@gmx.de</a> &#8211; persönliche Antwort ist garantiert.</p>
<p>Schon im Voraus vielen Dank, es grüßt der Hollarius</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Funny! Coffeeshop Flower Power Amsterdam steekt de draak met regels]]></title>
<link>http://sergiofelter.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/funny-coffeeshop-flower-power-amsterdam-steekt-de-draak-met-regels/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[flowers and a maniac! iti spun si tu stii ce-mi doresc deja. milk and vokda, pentru femeia cuminte c]]></description>
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<p>iti spun</p>
<p>si tu stii ce-mi doresc deja.</p>
<p>milk and vokda,  pentru femeia cuminte care te mangaie dimineata</p>
<p>dar si pentru cea fierbinte, dintotdeauna.</p>
<p>and flowers, you mention.</p>
<p>of course.</p>
<p>i&#8217;m your uberflowerpowered lady!</p>
<p>and your maniac!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Exotic flowers set to bloom from Nov. 5]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ A flower model of late YSR to be displayed at Hyderabad Flower Show   Flower power: The 11-day show]]></description>
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<p><strong><em>Flower power:</em></strong><strong> The 11-day show will feature high quality flowers, plants, garden and outdoor products. </strong></p>
<p>HYDERABAD: Come November 5 and you can see a model of late Chief Minister Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy made of exquisite flowers. The model will be displayed at the first Hyderabad Flower Show being organised by Lifestyles Trade Fair from November 5 onwards.</p>
<p>Speaking at a press meet, J. Rajasimman, Director, Lifestyles Trade Fair said the 11-day show will feature high quality flowers, plants, garden and outdoor products. “This is our way of expressing gratitude to the late Chief Minister who had supported farmers and reforms in agriculture,” said Mr. Rajasimman. The show with over 150 stalls will feature imported flower varieties such as mokara orchids, tulips, ginger flowers etc from Holland, Hong Kong, China and South Africa.</p>
<p>“The show will also have on display technology and machinery apart from other related consumer goods,” said Mr.Rajasimman, adding that the exhibition aims at creating awareness among the public on the diversity of floricultural and horticultural products.</p>
<p>Professionals of flower and garden industry, wholesalers, designers, flower importers etc will gather at the flower show. The show will be held at Nizam College Grounds from November 5 to November 15. The entry fee for the show is Rs.75 and it will be held daily from 10 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. For details contact 93485-05700.</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[-  Nos veremos en la plaza… mañana… ¡a las 4! A Mauricio le daba vueltas la cabeza, de pronto se enc]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">A Mauricio le daba vueltas la cabeza, de pronto se encontraba frente a quién era posiblemente el peor matón de colegio de había conocido en su vida.  Pero claro eso no era todo, no sería nada que estuviese frente a él, sino que Mauricio, sin estar muy seguro de cómo había llegado a ese punto, estaba siendo retado a la pelea del año.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-    ¿Y tú le has pegado a alguien?, porque te informo que eso es como lo principal de una pelea.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¡Estás loco!, mis padres me matarían, si no fuera porque no creen en la violencia.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Hay algo que tienen que entender acerca de Mauricio y su familia, ellos no son de lo más “tradicionales”, de hecho todo lo contrario, los padres de Mauricio son parte de una raza casi extinta: Son hippies.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Lo que la mayoría de la gente ve como muchas flores y colores, para Mauricio era una verdadera pesadilla. Es que no es fácil ser el chico nuevo en el colegio, más aún con costumbres familiares que rayan en la psicodelia.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ya hacía un año que Mauricio, por primera vez en su vida, había emitido un juicio totalmente contrario a lo que sus padres esperaban de él y frente a todas las aprensiones que ellos podían tener, había decidido dejar el alma mater de papá y mamá, “El Instituto Kimeltu de las artes y la ecología”, para emprender un futuro sumamente corriente en el Liceo más cercano.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¡Tanto potencial desperdiciado!, ¿y qué es eso tan especial que enseñan en ese liceo para que quieras cambiarte Mauricio?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Bueno… Matemáticas, Física, Gimnasia… No se, lo típico supongo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Y todos los valores que te hemos inculcado, el amor a la naturaleza, el misticismo…</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Si papá, eso es todo muy lindo, pero tú sabes que con misticismo no se llega a la universidad.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¡¿Universidad?! Tú crees que la inspiración del pintor, la pasión del poeta, ¿tú crees que eso se enseña en una Universidad?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  No, creo que no, pero Ingeniería…</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En ese instante la respiración del padre de Mauricio se detuvo por exactamente 10 segundos, tiempo suficiente para que sus chacras terminaran por desalinearse.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Esto es el fin, ¡Quiere ser ingeniero!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Luego de mucho debatir – porque sus padres nunca discutían, ellos debatían, lo que significa un intercambio libre de ideas – por fin dieron su brazo a torcer, dando así paso a una larga lista de eventos que culminarían el día de la gran pelea.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¿Yo soy o no soy tu amigo?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Claro que lo eres.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Pues como tal te recomiendo lo más sensato: ¡Escapa!, escapa lo más lejos posible, porque  te digo que Molina te va a pulverizar.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Por mucho que la opinión del Seba fuera por lejos la más pesimista del planeta, Mauricio no podía dejar de pensar que tenía toda la razón.  El no estaba listo para enfrentarse a un peleador profesional, si para algo no había sido preparado en su vida era para pelear; sobrevivir de la naturaleza en caso de perderse en el bosque o  clasificar las variedades de té de hierbas que se producen artesanalmente en Chile, para eso sí que estaba preparado.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Camino a casa repasaba el día tratando de evitar al menos en su mente el fatídico instante en que él mismo se había sentenciado a muerte.  Desde su primer día de clases en el Liceo, Mauricio supo que se le haría difícil encajar, y no era sólo esa estela de olor a aromaterapia que lo seguía a todas partes, es que a cada momento le salía lo “hippie” de adentro.  Si no era el pan integral con tortilla de berro al almuerzo, era el chaleco tejido a mano con lana de alpaca.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">- Chicos, hoy hablaremos de los ‘60. Una década repleta de eventos trascendentales…</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Con esas palabras comenzó el final de los días de Mauricio.  La verdad al principio todo iba bien, el profesor habló de montones de temas relacionados con la década del ’60: Les contó a los chicos sobre las primeras exploraciones del espacio e incluso del surgimiento del feminismo – tema que para el porcentaje masculino de la asistencia, no resulto tan atractivo como el primero.  Mauricio estaba interesadísimo, le encantaba la historia y el profesor Rodríguez hacía las clases entretenidísimas representando los temas a manera de teatro.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Y como muchos de ustedes deben saber, a finales de los ’60 se realizó en EEUU un concierto que marca la manifestación más grande de un movimiento nacido en durante esta década.  “Woodstock” reunió a algunos de los artistas más importantes en torno a la congregación más grande de hippies que el mundo hubiera visto.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Mauricio había escuchado miles de veces del concierto del ’69, tanto que a veces sentía como si hubiese estado ahí y pese a que él, por susto, NUNCA hablaba en clases, no podía evitar en su cabeza interrumpir al profesor con correcciones y acotaciones al tema que hubiesen completado la narración de su maestro, mas de repente se alzó una mano a la mitad del relato interrumpiendo al profesor:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Profesor, disculpe, pero qué es ser “hippie”</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Mauricio no pudo evitar ahogar una pequeña risa al escuchar la pregunta de su compañera.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Bueno Camila, de hecho iba para allá.  Este es un movimiento surgido durante la década del sesenta que postulaba la libre expresión y el amor por sobre la guerra entre otras cosas como…</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¡Vagos!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Todo el salón de clases quedó en absoluto silencio ante la categórica sentencia del Pancho – también conocido como el matón Molina.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¿Qué dijiste Mauricio?  Dijo un profesor bastante desorientado.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Lo que escuchó.  Mi padre me ha hablado de esos tipos y dice que son todos unos vagos.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Algo apretó el pecho de Mauricio, el tenía claro que sus padres podían ser un poco locos y que esa locura lo exasperaba de tanto en tanto, pero ¡nadie los llamaba vagos sólo por ser diferentes! Fue entonces que Mauricio se dio cuenta que estaba de pie junto a su puesto con un ardor que le llenaba el pecho.  Nadie había visto nunca a Mauricio de pie frente a la clase. Su  mejor amigo, el Seba, ni siquiera se acordaba de la última vez que lo había escuchado dar una opinión en voz alta en alguna de sus clases, pero ahí estaba, fijando la mirada sobre el matón Molina, que se la devolvía sin temor.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¿Se te perdió algo?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  N…no deberías hablar a…a…así de gente que no conoces.  No tienen por qué ser vagos sólo porque tu papá lo dice, ¿qué sabe él?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El matón Molina se puso de pie sin dudarlo y se le paró delante con la nariz pegada a la de Mauricio, o por lo menos 20 centímetros por sobre la suya, es que era el más grande la clase.  Mauricio tiritaba completo al darse cuenta de lo que le había causado su gran bocota y ahora no quedaba nada más que aguantar como hombre.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Nos veremos en la plaza… mañana… ¡a las 4!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Y con esa sentencia comenzó el calvario de 26 horas de Mauricio.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La noche previa al encuentro fue terrible, no había como pegar un ojo y de sólo pensar en lo que podría hacerle el matón Molina se le aceleraba la respiración.  Incluso sus padres lo habían notado extraño a la hora de cena, pero habían atribuido su comportamiento a una gripe y determinado que lo mejor para esos casos era  un jugo de naranjas con jengibre.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¡Buena suerte hoy, Mauricio!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Fue lindo conocerte, compadre.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Todos tenían algo que decirle a Mauricio esa mañana, pero él no hallaba que responder de vuelta. 2 horas después de la hora de salida de clases Mauricio tenía una cita con el destino y no estaba para nada seguro de que hacer al respecto.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Tal vez era el destino siéndole cruel, o tan sólo la ansiedad ante su encuentro con el matón Molina, pero parecía que las horas estaban pasando demasiado rápido ese día, hasta la clase de matemáticas, que solía ser eterna, pasó como si nada.  A la hora de almuerzo se sentó junto al Seba como todos los días, en una mesa junto a la ventana, todos en el comedor se le quedaron mirando con lástima, es que hasta los alumnos de los cursos mayores le temían a Molina y ver al chico nuevo horas antes de su enfrentamiento era como ver a un hombre muerto caminando.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¿Y qué pretendes hacer?, no me digas que te vas a presentar a la pelea.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Y que quieres que haga, todos esperan que el chico nuevo se acobarde y no puedo darles en el gusto, estoy cansado de que me llamen cobarde y aunque me cueste un puñetazo en la cara, estoy dispuesto a aguantarlo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-   Me alegra escuchar eso amigo, porque si algo te espera esta tarde es un puñetazo en la cara.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Gracias Seba, tú siempre sabes que decir.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Cuando quieras.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Sonó la campana de salida y todos en el salón de clases se dieron vuelta para ver a Mauricio, todos excepto a Molina, que tan sólo se puso de pie, se arremangó las mangas de la camisa y salió por la puerta.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Las 2 horas previas al encuentro pasaron aprisa, Mauricio se encontraba en cierto trance que anticipaba su final y el camino a la plaza lo caminó casi por inercia.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Al llegar se encontró con más concurrencia de la que esperaba, todos en círculo entorno a un Molina borracho de adrenalina, actuando como un animal salvaje, completamente irracional.  Al ver que Mauricio había llegado, los asistentes empezaron a empujarlo hacia el centro del circulo, sin que él pusiera demasiada resistencia, si había que terminar con esto, mejor que fuera rápido.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Al aparecer de entre la gente, el matón Molina lo miró con ojos desorbitados, como un león hambriento, pero carente de la astucia de aquel animal y Mauricio sintió como un soplo le hinchaba el pecho y los tiritones de sus manos se tensaban hasta hacer de toda la inseguridad corporal que le había acompañado durante el día, una cosa del pasado.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¿Y “Mauricio”, estás listo para tu fin?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  No.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Perdón</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La respuesta descompuso a Molina, lo último que  esperaba escuchar era una negativa, esperaba llantos y súplicas como siempre, pero esta respuesta era nueva.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¿Sabes que, Francisco?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nadie llamaba a Molina por su nombre de pila, estaba fuera de discusión.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Tú no quieres hacer esto.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nadie entendía nada, hasta que la presión había llevado al hippie a la locura.  El Seba miraba desconcertado a Molina que no hallaba qué hacer del camino que habían tomado los eventos.  Lo que nadie sabía, es que Mauricio, luego de meses de ocultar lo que era, se había dado cuenta que su única salida a este entuerto, era enfrentarlo de frente con todo su poder hippie: Paz y amor.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¿De que me hablas tú, chico naturista?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  No tienes que seguir haciéndote el fuerte, eso no te llevará a nada.  Y qué si me pegas, ¿acaso hará más verdad lo que dijiste ayer en clases?, no, para nada, lo único que hará es que todos los que están aquí te odien aún más de lo que ya te odian.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Esto era cómo Davis y Goliat, versión hippie, Mauricio le estaba dando con todo lo que tenía a Molina y eso era con la razón, no sabía si funcionaría, pero aunque no sirviera de nada, se iría con todos los honores del que pelea de vuelta.  Molina lo miraba con cara de quién no entiende nada, y aunque Molina ciertamente no era el chico más brillante, muchos de los que estuvieron ese día, tampoco entendían nada.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Es que mira a tu alrededor, me tienes aquí porque eres simplemente un intolerante y eso no va a cambiar nunca.  Tienes suerte de que aquí nadie es más grande que tú y por eso dejamos que nos asustes, ¿pero, acaso pretendes responder así a todo lo que no entiendes, aportillándolo?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La multitud se estaba aleonando, el discurso del hippie estaba funcionando y por fin su público estaba respondiendo a la matonería de Molina.  Pero cuando Mauricio ya se estaba dando por vencedor con su discurso pacifista Molina respondió con todo lo bruto que podía ser.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  A ver si de una vez te callas.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Las luces se apagaron y lo siguiente que Mauricio supo, fue que se encontraba tendido mirando al cielo con una multitud a su alrededor, a su lado se encontraba su amigo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Eso fue increíble, creo que un record, te noqueó en menos de 10 segundos.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¿Qué? ¿Que no sirvió de nada?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  ¡Estás loco, eres un héroe! Luego del embarazoso detalle del puñetazo que te dio Molina pasó lo inesperado…</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Y Sebastián tenía razón.  El discurso de Mauricio había surgido efecto, sólo que no exactamente en la persona que él esperaba.  Mientras el bruto de Molina había respondido con lo único que sabía, con violencia, el resto de los espectadores habían caído en cuenta de que la presión que ejercía Molina sobre ellos no era nada más que fuerza bruta, y que por muy fuerte que fuera Molina, no había como le diera una golpiza a todos ellos juntos.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-  Todos te defendieron, y ninguno tuvo que levantarle un brazo, le dijeron exactamente lo que era y que nadie aguantaría más sus abusos, fue increíble Mauricio, tú, de todos nosotros el que menos nos esperábamos… ¡Tú te enfrentaste a Molina en tus propios términos!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Luego de ese día, el matón Molina pasó a ser un mito en el Liceo, ya nadie estaba dispuesto a tener miedo y de hecho al ver a un hippie enfrentarse a Molina, ya nadie parecía encontrar razones para tener miedo en absoluto.  Sin embargo mientras Molina pasó a ser un distante mito, Mauricio se convirtió en una leyenda, fue el hippie que se enfrentó al más terrible de los matones, y esto a Mauricio lo llenaba de orgullo.</p>
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<link>http://sonalimangal.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/riot-of-colors/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://sonalimangal.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/riot-of-colors/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[GOOGLE HIM, BABY!]]></title>
<link>http://maatgoddess.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/google-him-baby/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>maatgoddess</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maatgoddess.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/google-him-baby/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google Him, Baby! Everyday there is this frenzied search for the Padawan&#8217;s papai. Today, 42 se]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Name of the Day: Hana]]></title>
<link>http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/21/name-of-the-day-hana/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>appellationmountain</dc:creator>
<guid>http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/21/name-of-the-day-hana/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[She&#8217;s the spare sister of Biblical powerhouse Hannah &#8211; and a name in her own right, too.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>She&#8217;s the spare sister of Biblical powerhouse <strong>Hannah</strong> &#8211; and a name in her own right, too.</p>
<p>Thanks to Rachel for suggesting <strong>Hana</strong> as Name of the Day.</p>
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<p>It&#8217;s hard to avoid Hannah.  She&#8217;s a Biblical good girl, the virtuous mother of Samuel in the Old Testament.  Usually listed with the meaning grace, Hannah is feminine without being frilly and simple without being plain.</p>
<p>Of course, you&#8217;ll hear Hannah <em>everywhere</em>.  She ranked in the US Top 100 back in the 1980s.  More than 32,000 newborn Hannahs arrived in the decade best remembered for <em>Flashdance</em> and the Rubik&#8217;s Cube.  By the 90s, Hannah was a hands-down hit, bestowed upon 158,000 baby girls.  And in the current decade, she&#8217;s a solid Top Ten, already worn by 148,000 newborns.</p>
<p>While her popularity has slipped of late &#8211; she ranked just #17 in 2008 &#8211; you&#8217;ll still hear plenty of parents considering Hannah.</p>
<p>Just like Jennifer led to Jenifer and Zoe led to Zoey, some parents decided a variant spelling was in order. <strong> Hanna</strong> was #367 in 2008.  And Hana ranked #827.  (The similar, but not related, <strong>Johanna</strong> came in at #448.)</p>
<p>But Hana isn&#8217;t just a stripped-down version of the name.  In Czech, Hana is the accepted spelling, and a fairly common given name, worn by athletes and models alike.  Hana also features as a nickname for<strong> Johana</strong> in several Eastern European languages.</p>
<p>Hana also boasts pan-global appeal, with other meanings and origins attributed, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Japanese for flower, bloom or blossom;</li>
<li>Arabic for happiness &#8211; though that&#8217;s probably best spelled <strong>Hanaa</strong>;</li>
<li>Persian for flower;</li>
<li>Korean for one;</li>
<li>Albanian for moon.</li>
</ul>
<p>You&#8217;ll also find Hana on the map &#8211; she&#8217;s an isolated hamlet located on the eastern end of Maui, in Hawaii.</p>
<p>As with many names with multiple meanings attached, it is tricky &#8211; even impossible &#8211; to verify some of them.  The Japanese origins are sound, with related names including <strong>Hanae</strong>, <strong>Hanako</strong> and <strong>Hanaye</strong> in use, too.</p>
<p>While there are plenty of famous Hannahs, it is a tough to turn up Hanas of note.  On the animated series <em>Kim Possible</em>, Hana Stoppable is &#8220;unstoppable&#8221; -  Han Stoppable.  (Say it fast.)  A minor character on the first season of <em>Heroes</em> was hero Hana Gitelman.</p>
<p>Just as Hannah herself is falling in the rankings, Hana is sliding from use.  Cross-cultural vibe aside, she&#8217;s just not different <em>enough</em> from a tremendously popular name to satisfy most parents seeking something uncommon.  She peaked at #621 back in 2002, and seems headed for obscurity.</p>
<p>The most interesting twist on Hannah/Hana might just be Hanae.  It&#8217;s the given name of design powerhouse Hanae Mori, and a rising favorite in France, where it is spelled <strong>Hannaé</strong>, <strong>Hanaé</strong> and <strong>Hanaë</strong>.  Pronounced <em>hah nay AY</em>, she&#8217;s an intriguing import, if a bit tricky to say for the average American.</p>
<p>But if nearly 400 American girls were named <strong>Chanel</strong> in 2008 alone, why couldn&#8217;t a few be named after a Japanese design icon?</p>
<p>Should you need a name that works in Tokyo and Prague equally well, Hana is a safe bet.  If you&#8217;re looking for a truly innovative pick for a daughter, Hana will probably leave you wishing you&#8217;d looked a little bit more.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Name of the Day: Fuchsia]]></title>
<link>http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/16/name-of-the-day-fuchsia/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>appellationmountain</dc:creator>
<guid>http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/16/name-of-the-day-fuchsia/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s Scarlet and Violet, Ruby and Jade.  But if you seek a truly daring color name for a da]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>There&#8217;s <strong>Scarlet</strong> and <strong>Violet</strong>, <strong>Ruby</strong> and <a title="Jade" href="http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/04/name-of-the-day-jade-2/" target="_blank"><strong>Jade</strong></a>.  But if you seek a truly daring color name for a daughter, this could be one option.</p>
<p>Thanks to Imogen for suggesting <strong>Fuchsia</strong> as Name of the Day.</p>
<p><!--more-->Plenty of color names have become commonplace.  Others, like <strong>Indigo</strong> or <strong><a title="Lilac" href="http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/01/yea-or-nay-lilac/" target="_blank">Lilac</a></strong>, are less expected, but not eye-poppingly unusual.</p>
<p>Fuchsia crosses the line from the surprising to the downright dramatic.</p>
<p>Maybe it is because fuchsia is a relatively new color.  As a hue, the word first appears in English late in the nineteenth century.  It wasn&#8217;t until 1990 that Crayola added a fuchsia crayon to the roster.  (It&#8217;s #25 in their Box of 64 &#8211; check out fuchsia&#8217;s <a title="Fuchsia coloring page at Crayola.com" href="http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/print/no25-fuchsia-coloring-page/" target="_blank">coloring page</a> on their official site.)</p>
<p>Before it was a color, it was a plant.  Still is, actually.  Named in honor of Leonhard Fuchs, the sixteenth century botanist, the plant produces vivid pinkish-purplish-reddish blooms.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the botanical angle that just <em>might</em> make Fuchsia wearable.  With parents looking to expand the Garden of Girls from <strong>Rose </strong>and <strong>Lily</strong> to <strong>Azalea</strong> and <strong><a title="Juniper" href="http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/05/name-of-the-day-juniper/" target="_blank">Juniper</a></strong>, it is possible that Fuchsia could make the  cut.</p>
<p>In fact, Fuchsia was chosen by musician Sting all the way back in 1982, for his firstborn daughter.  I&#8217;m not sure if dad regretted his daring pick, or if his darling daughter didn&#8217;t care for her outlandish moniker, but Fuchsia Catherine prefers to be called <strong>Kate</strong>.</p>
<p>Word is that Dad borrowed the name from a fictional Fuchsia.  Back in 1946, Mervyn Peake penned<em> Titus Groan</em>, the first book in a series about the inhabitants of Gormenghast, a remote, desolate kingdom.  Lady Fuchsia is big sis to <a title="Titus" href="http://appellationmountain.net/2008/11/26/name-of-the-day-titus/" target="_blank"><strong>Titus</strong></a>, the heir to the Earldom of Gormenghast.  There have been multiple adaptations, including two by the BBC &#8211; radio in the 1980s, a mini-series in 2000.  Sting himself voiced the scheming servant Steerpike in the radio version, just a few years after his daughter&#8217;s birth.  In the 1970s, a short-lived progressive rock band named themselves Fuchsia in her honor; a 1981 song by The Cure references Fuchsia, too.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s also at least one real-life Fuchsia &#8211; English food writer, Fuchsia Dunlop.  You&#8217;ll find her work in <em>Gourmet</em> and <em>Saveur</em>, as well as anywhere an expert&#8217;s opinion is need on Chinese cuisine.</p>
<p>But even if you&#8217;re all about extreme baby naming, there&#8217;s one hitch that might steer you away from Fuchsia towards <strong>Azure</strong> or <strong>Gardenia</strong>.  The flowers&#8217; fan club &#8211; the American Fuchsia Society &#8211; readily admits that their cherished bloom is among <a title="American Fuchsia Society" href="http://www.americanfuchsiasociety.org/whatsinaname.php" target="_blank">most misspelled</a> of all flowers.</p>
<p>It leads me to think that Fuchsia&#8217;s flaws might outweigh her charms, even for the boldest babynamer, the kind who can shrug off accusations that their child&#8217;s name is better reserved for a drag queen.  That&#8217;s not to say that color names aren&#8217;t possible options.  In fact, <a title="Colorful Crayon Names at Nameberry" href="http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/08/24/colorful-crayon-names/" target="_blank">Nameberry posted on appellations inspired by Crayola</a> just a few months ago.</p>
<p>And yet, wait a few years.  No so long ago, Violet and Scarlet were edgy and Indigo was extreme.  Fuschia might make it into the wearable category yet.</p>
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<link>http://shutterboo.com/2009/10/16/flower-power-shooting/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>shutterboo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://shutterboo.com/2009/10/16/flower-power-shooting/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Every time I see flowers, I take out the camera.  It&#8217;s just one of those things I do.  Like Wi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Every time I see flowers, I take out the camera.  It&#8217;s just one of those things I do.  Like Winnie the Pooh&#8217;s attraction to honey, I beeline to flowers without fail.  With so many varieties out there, it never gets boring.  Different colors, different shapes, different feels, different fragrances&#8230; and I shoot them all at different angles.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve tried shooting flowers with my point-and-shoot and it isn&#8217;t the same as the dSLR.  That &#8220;face recognition&#8221; stuff is nice and all but it effs up my process.  And I have not yet mastered the manual settings on my p-a-s.  Call me Lazy.   So with the dSLR in hand, there are four things I do when photographing flowers:</p>
<ol>
<li>Keep the composition simple.</li>
<li>Set up the exposure for a short depth of field.</li>
<li>Use the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds" target="_self">Rule of Thirds</a>.</li>
<li>Walk all around that SOB to get several different views.</li>
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<p>Simple composition makes sense.  Flowers are already colorful, you don&#8217;t need an elaborate set up to make it look good.  A shorter depth of field allows you to &#8220;tell a story&#8221; and helps keep it simple.  By focusing on the flower in front of you, everything behind becomes bokeh and the flower stands out.</p>
<p>Walking, climbing, standing, crawling, laying&#8230; I&#8217;ve done it all in the name of photographing flowers.  When I&#8217;m Waterfront Park, the bums give me a strange a look.  Which I&#8217;m fine with because no matter how many times you ask me for cigarettes, I still don&#8217;t have them.  That tends to happen when you don&#8217;t smoke.  Weird, huh?  But my photos usually turn out much more interesting.</p>
<p>Last November, I walked down to the Waterfront to practice.  I do this quite often as it&#8217;s basically out the back door of my building.  Anywho, the irises were out in full force while everything else was dead.  So I decided to practice on them.  I probably had about 40 shots of a single bloom &#8211; but no two were the same.  This is the best example I could find to show how to look at one flower from different angles.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">I took this one at eye-level, making the center of the flower my focus.  With the center being taller, I shot it vertically.  Though you can make out the ruffles of the iris, the color is competing with the blue sky behind it.  Time to try a different angle.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="An Iris View by shutterboo502, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterboo502/4006270303/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2519/4006270303_3561b6be6f.jpg" alt="An Iris View" width="333" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>I shot this one at eye-level as well, only I found a difference view.  I focused on the entire bloom and decided that a horizontal shot was best.  Just moving around the flower made a big difference.  The Rule of Thirds are in place, drawing your eye to the left of the frame.  The light through the trees provide a beautiful bokeh background.  And you can even see some of it&#8217;s iris friends hanging out back there.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="An Iris View by shutterboo502, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterboo502/4006273383/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/4006273383_387f7cca0c.jpg" alt="An Iris View" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Enough with the eye-level shots.  Let&#8217;s climb up and shoot directly down.  A totally different view of the same flower.  My only problem with this photo is that I didn&#8217;t use the Rule of Thirds very well.  But it can be cropped to make it a more interesting shot.  I do like how the purple pops against the green leaves.  That mother nature sure knew what she was doing.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="An Iris View by shutterboo502, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterboo502/4007037794/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2601/4007037794_a192879970.jpg" alt="An Iris View" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Then I started rolling in the dirt.  Actually, I remember lying on my back on the concrete wall of the planter and then craning my neck to get this shot.  If you haven&#8217;t tried shooting below the flower, please do.  The veins on the back of the petals are beautiful.  We can see the green veins on the iris stretching out into the ruffled purple petals of the iris.  Again, the color is competing with the blue sky but it&#8217;s a completely different perspective.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="An Iris View by shutterboo502, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterboo502/4006274997/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3479/4006274997_a65fe3612f.jpg" alt="An Iris View" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>One thing I&#8217;ve learned with the 50mm lens is step into and away from the subject.  I didn&#8217;t have the 50mm when I took these, but I still managed to step back and created a different story with the depth of field.  The buds in front are in focus and the shot blurs the further back the stems are.  But that iris in the middle still draws in your eye.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="An Iris View by shutterboo502, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterboo502/4006276287/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/4006276287_26874ebcdc.jpg" alt="An Iris View" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>The next day, I went straight back to the irises to experiment with my ultra-wide angle lens.  The outcome was satisfying.  I continued to experiment with the u-w lens on other flowers but nothing else has turned out to be as cool.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="An Iris View by shutterboo502, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterboo502/4007043472/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2646/4007043472_cf0f436c06.jpg" alt="An Iris View" width="333" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>Tell yourself to just keep moving around the flowers, shooting at different angles.  It pays off.  One more thing you can do is to move the camera.  Vertical, horizontal, cock-eyed &#8211; it&#8217;s all up to the photographer.  But with flowers, sometimes just turning the camera can make all the difference.</p>
<p>Earlier this week (while I was staring at the hydrangea) there were these funny tall flowers with cone-like blooms.  Distinctively, I took some shots of them with the camera horizontal.  It&#8217;s interesting, I used the Rule of Thirds, the purple is striking against the greenery bokeh.  But I wasn&#8217;t satisfied.  I had about five shots that looked like this one.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Purple Flower1 by shutterboo502, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterboo502/4006949642/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/4006949642_71eb6d9266.jpg" alt="Purple Flower1" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>And then one that looked like this.  Just by turning the camera vertically, the flower took on a totally different feel.  The Rule of Thirds are still at play but now we can see the length of the flower, it drawing your eye down the photo, showing you how skinny and tall this bloom actually is.  I like this one much better.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Purple Flower2 by shutterboo502, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterboo502/4006947068/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/4006947068_f15b8c08a4.jpg" alt="Purple Flower2" width="333" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>Now remember, I&#8217;m a just hobbyist so you can&#8217;t believe everything I say.   This is just how I do things.  Who knows if any of it is right.  I&#8217;m sure there are professionals out there who share their experiences too.  But I think the best way to learn is to practice.  And roll around in the dirt while you&#8217;re at it.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Name of the Day: Sanne]]></title>
<link>http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/15/name-of-the-day-sanne/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>appellationmountain</dc:creator>
<guid>http://appellationmountain.net/2009/10/15/name-of-the-day-sanne/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Would you name your daughter Sue &#8211; just Sue?  In the Netherlands, plenty of parents are opting]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Would you name your daughter <strong>Sue</strong> &#8211; <em>just</em> Sue?  In the Netherlands, plenty of parents are opting for a related nickname name.</p>
<p>Thanks to Kelleita for suggesting <strong>Sanne</strong> as Name of the Day.</p>
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<p>I first mentioned Sanne more than a year ago in a post about <strong><a title="Susannah" href="http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/04/name-of-the-day-susannah/" target="_blank">Susannah</a></strong>.  While Susannah is feminine and conjures up images of a pinafore-clad girl churning butter, Sanne is cosmopolitan, even sleek.  And yet both come to us via <strong>Shoshannah</strong> &#8211; a Biblical, Hebrew name meaning lily that might just stretch all the way back to Ancient Egypt.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s nothing throwback about Sanne.  While she&#8217;s never charted in the US Top 1000, she&#8217;s currently all the rage in the Netherlands, ranking #5 there in 2008, and even reaching the top spot #1 in recent years.</p>
<p>For an American audience, popular Dutch names range from the familiar (<strong>Sophie, Emma, Eva</strong> and <strong>Julia</strong> all feature in their Top Ten) to the surprising (<strong>Isa, Noa, Lieke, Lotte, Anouk</strong> and <strong>Maud</strong> are all current favorites, too).  While a few of these &#8211; Lieke seems like a real stretch &#8211; would not import well to the US, many of the others have cross-cultural appeal.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s put Sanne in that second group.  The Dutch derived Sanne from <strong>Susanne</strong>, as a contracted form.  (Scandinavians did the same with <strong>Susanna</strong> and arrived at <strong>Sanna</strong>.)</p>
<p>But what if you&#8217;re not Dutch?  Let&#8217;s suppose you&#8217;ve never even been to Amsterdam.  Would Sanne work for you?</p>
<p>Maybe.  The ending -sana is common in plenty of languages.  There&#8217;s the Russian <strong>Oksana</strong>, the Nigerian <strong>Hasana</strong>, even the (probably) Persian <strong>Roxana</strong>.</p>
<p>On the map, you&#8217;ll find a hamlet in Northern Germany and a village in eastern Nepal both called Sanne.</p>
<p>If we think of Sanne as a twist on the diminutive Sue, there&#8217;s even a stronger case for her use.  As a stand-alone name, Sue charted in the US Top 100 from 1939 through 1950.  That&#8217;s more than 40,000 Sues born in the 1940s alone.</p>
<p>Notable Sannes are few, and almost entirely  European:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sanne Salmonsen was a Danish pop singer in the 80s;</li>
<li>A handful of (mostly) Dutch athletes wear the name;</li>
<li>The winner of <em>Holland&#8217;s Next Top Model</em> back in 2006 was Sanne Nijhof.  Fellow contestants included <strong>Marcia, Annika, Daisy</strong> and <strong>Charmayne</strong>.</li>
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<p>While Sanne isn&#8217;t hard to say &#8211; <em>SAH nuh</em>, sort of like the Latina <strong>Ana</strong> with an S &#8211; the spelling could prove problematic.  If you&#8217;ve never seen this name before, it could be tempting to rhyme her with sane, or even just give her a one-syllable pronunciation &#8211; sand sans the final d, maybe.</p>
<p>But if you&#8217;re willing to work through those challenges, Sanne makes for an international import that could wear well on <em>both </em>sides of the Atlantic.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[YouTube - soon to be JeanJacquesTube!]]></title>
<link>http://jeanjacquesfighterpilot.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/youtube-soon-to-be-jeanjacquestube/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sean Dercksen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jeanjacquesfighterpilot.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/youtube-soon-to-be-jeanjacquestube/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Well faithful fans, Jean Jacques has done it again. He is on the small screen (YouTube) again as a v]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Well faithful fans, Jean Jacques has done it again. He is on the small screen (YouTube) again as a visual reminder of his fantastic French flair! Don&#8217;t drop the pilot&#8230;</p>
<p>Visit: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98bFUO8EHAc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98bFUO8EHAc</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[FLOWER-POWER FÜR DAS ISLAM-SCHWERT]]></title>
<link>http://arouet8.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/flower-power-fur-das-islam-schwert/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>arouet8</dc:creator>
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<p><strong>011: </strong>Flower-Power für das Islam-Schwert <strong> 010: </strong>Lore Ley im Euro-Scheichismus<strong>  009: </strong>Ich, Muhammad Ibn ‘abd Allah Ibn&#8230;<strong>  008: </strong>Ich, Adolf Wolf Hitler  <strong>007: </strong>Mein Gestern  <strong>006: </strong>Wir Klerus-Männer  <strong>005: </strong>Der prophetischste Prophet   <strong>004: </strong>Unser Emir Hitler  <strong>003: </strong>Geburtstagsverzückung 2071 <strong>002: </strong>Zur Erinnerung an alle vom Islam ermordeten Menschen  <strong>001: </strong>Werde Muslimin</p>
<p><strong>011:                               </strong>20091002      KATEGORIE:  Lyrik</p>
<p><strong>FLOWER-POWER FÜR DAS ISLAM-SCHWERT</strong></p>
<p><strong>      1</strong></p>
<p><strong>Blumen verwelken und Erde verweht.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nur noch die Tränen von trauernden Frauen</strong></p>
<p><strong>nähren die nackten Wurzeln des alten Europas.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ausgerissen hat der Islam die Demokratie,</strong></p>
<p><strong>um den Weg frei zu machen für seine Sheikhs.</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>      2</strong></p>
<p><strong>Das kann vielleicht noch lange dauern</strong></p>
<p><strong>und es werden viele Tränen benötigt,</strong></p>
<p><strong>um diesen Spuk, der eingeschlichen kam</strong></p>
<p><strong>und der sich eingenistet hat ins Mauerwerk,</strong></p>
<p><strong>dingfest zu machen und herauszufordern.</strong></p>
<p><strong>      3</strong></p>
<p><strong>Es nützt auch nichts, sich zu ärgern</strong></p>
<p><strong>über die antiautoritären Blumenkinder, </strong></p>
<p><strong>die Mohammeds Despoten Blumen streuten. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Diesen tolerant versteckte Tore öffneten,</strong></p>
<p><strong>weil sie ihre eigenen Väter hassten.</strong></p>
<p><strong>      4</strong></p>
<p><strong>Wer hätte damals daran gedacht </strong></p>
<p><strong>in jener ausgeflippten Janis-Joplin-Zeit,</strong></p>
<p><strong>als die Langhaarrevoluzzer hüpften</strong></p>
<p><strong>über Wiesen und bei vielen Demos </strong></p>
<p><strong>gegen Hierarchien und für Flower-Power.</strong></p>
<p><strong>      5</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nicht Blumen, sondern Menschenköpfe</strong></p>
<p><strong>werden nun in Massen abgeschnitten. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Schaut endlich durch das Periskop </strong></p>
<p><strong>eures Yellow Submarine,</strong></p>
<p><strong>dann seht ihr sie vorbeirollen.</strong></p>
<p><strong>      6</strong></p>
<p><strong>Wie rolling stones</strong></p>
<p><strong>hüpfen sie nun über harte Böden.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Das sind die Köpfe von Apostaten </strong></p>
<p><strong>und von Schwulen und von Frauen,</strong></p>
<p><strong>die sich vergewaltigen ließen.</strong></p>
<p><strong>      7</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ein Kopf hat den Orts &#8211; Imam beleidigt.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Er hat es gewagt, vor ihm zu lachen!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Die Lacherei ist doch längst vorbei,</strong></p>
<p><strong>weil sie emotionell und unverschämt ist.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nur ehrfürchtige Mienen sind gestattet.</strong></p>
<p><strong>      8</strong></p>
<p><strong>Um dieses Mund-Verzerren abzustellen, </strong></p>
<p><strong>wird das heilige Islam-Schwert aktiviert.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Wird die Verbindung zum Körper gekappt,</strong></p>
<p><strong>so fällt das Grinsen urplötzlich hinunter. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Es ist besser tot, als beleidigend zu sein.</strong></p>
<p><strong>      9</strong></p>
<p><strong>Lachen gefährdet die tiefste Demut</strong></p>
<p><strong>im weitläufigen allgemeinen Sinne</strong></p>
<p><strong>gegenüber der ewigen höchsten Macht.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Und im genaueren speziellen Sinne </strong></p>
<p><strong>gegenüber den ewig regierenden Sheikhs.</strong></p>
<p><strong>     10</strong></p>
<p><strong>Die alten Griechen, die Europa schufen,</strong></p>
<p><strong>wussten das vom krankhaften Vaterhass.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Der so weit gehen kann, zu öffnen die Tür</strong></p>
<p><strong>um jene einzulassen, die alles zertrümmern</strong></p>
<p><strong>und wertvolle Bäume der Ahnen entwurzeln.</strong></p>
<p><strong>     11</strong></p>
<p><strong>Voll Sorge für ihre Kinder erfanden sie</strong></p>
<p><strong>Geschichten, was alles so drohen kann.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Um gewarnt zu sein, wenn vielleicht ein</strong></p>
<p><strong>schreckliches Monster hereinkriechen sollte.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Doch von Ödipus erzählten sie umsonst.</strong></p>
<p><strong>     12</strong></p>
<p><strong>Auch von Inachos, der alles von sich schob,</strong></p>
<p><strong>was ein wenig unangenehm werden könnte.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nur keinen Konflikt, nur keinen Streit.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Die kleinen Bedrohungen wuchsen so heran</strong></p>
<p><strong>und erdrückten seine vierte Generation. </strong></p>
<p><strong>     13</strong></p>
<p><strong>Überheblich wähnen sich die Blumenkinder,</strong></p>
<p><strong>sie wären ach wie so sehr fortschrittlich.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Es kann, weil die Welt die große Ehre hat</strong></p>
<p><strong>nun mit ihrer Anwesenheit beglückt zu sein,</strong></p>
<p><strong>deterministisch nur alles besser werden.</strong></p>
<p><strong>     14</strong></p>
<p><strong>Doch wie wird das Urteil ihrer Ur-Enkeln sein.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Werden sie bewundert, wie sie es erwarten,</strong></p>
<p><strong>als die großen Revolutionäre hoch verehrt?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Oder werden sie nicht nur gehasst,</strong></p>
<p><strong>sondern wie Inachos auch verachtet werden?</strong></p>
<p><strong>                    </strong>vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv</p>
<p>arouet8 &#8211; against mohammedanism+hitlerism+sheikhism</p>
<p>                    vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[just a little bit]]></title>
<link>http://jennhur.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/just-a-little-bit/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[my dorm room look at how big they are. bug eyes! breathtaking stella she hitched on to livca&#8217;s]]></description>
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1511" title="9923_162526788486_565988486_3633997_3119053_n" src="http://jennhur.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/9923_162526788486_565988486_3633997_3119053_n.jpg" alt="9923_162526788486_565988486_3633997_3119053_n" width="500" height="332" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>my dorm room</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1512" title="sunflowers 021" src="http://jennhur.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/sunflowers-021.jpg?w=225" alt="sunflowers 021" width="225" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>look at how big they are. bug eyes!</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1513" title="IMG_0079" src="http://jennhur.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_0079.jpg?w=300" alt="IMG_0079" width="415" height="276" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>breathtaking</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1514" title="IMG_0087" src="http://jennhur.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_0087.jpg?w=300" alt="IMG_0087" width="376" height="250" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1515" title="IMG_0005" src="http://jennhur.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/img_0005.jpg?w=300" alt="IMG_0005" width="371" height="247" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>stella</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>she hitched on to livca&#8217;s sunflower!</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">sunflowers are absolutely beautiful. you can&#8217;t help but plaster a smile on your face when you see them. me and livca are just in the best of moods because there are so many flowers in our room! we&#8217;ve got gerber daisies, and three different kinds of sunflowers!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Big Day Reminds Itself of Rosiness]]></title>
<link>http://neomovement.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/the-big-day-reminds-itself-of-rosiness/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220; Here dear.  Have a lovely flower, &#8221; Fred chirped in the early morning sun. &#8220;Why ]]></description>
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<p>Here dear.  Have a lovely flower, &#8221; Fred chirped in the early morning sun.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Why Frederick, you shouldn&#8217;t have!&#8221; Matilda Glided under langorously to drink in the golden nector.</p>
<p>At last they had finally made it.  Long nights gathering pinecones and long days bargaining with rats and weasels to give them the needed clearnce to get across the highway had  brought them to the land of joy and sunshine.  If they were human they would have read the sign that read keyfood.  Every evening the discarded foodstuffs from the store rained down on them like manna from heaven.</p>
<p>Matilda and her husband had many many children and they all remember the day when Fred gave her the first flower of the new land.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>The End</strong></em></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Guitarras, guitarras... *-* algunas de mis guitarras soñadas y otras que no tanto]]></title>
<link>http://metalpatriot.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/guitarras-guitarras-algunas-de-mis-guitarras-sonadas-y-otras-que-no-tanto/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>metalpatriot</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[La que estaria de primera en mi lista de momento, deos como desearia tener esa guitarra Martin flowe]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flower Power]]></title>
<link>http://thecelebrationsgame.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/flower-power/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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