Quite the come on Sharks performance in their 5-4 shootout win over the Edmonton Oilers. After the 7-2 debacle last game against Chicago, I expected a bit more effort tonight, but alas, this is San Jose. Effort is harder to come by than a 2012 convention at your local church.

Patrick Marleau scored a hat trick with Joe Thornton as the set-up man on all 3. And every goal of Patty’s looked similar. All involved Joe being at or behind the goal line and throwing the puck to Patty in front of the net. Easy pickings for Marleau, who also tallied an assist later for a four-point night.

Ryane Clowe was the other goal scorer. He and Joe Pavelski camped out in front of the net, and Clowe pocketed the rebound.

Not many Sharks showed up tonight, unfortunately. And since all my angry emotions are drained from the Chicago game, I won’t be going off on them as much.

Please tell me why you wouldn’t play as hard as you could after a crappy performance. Your manhood was tested and you come back tonight with another ball-less act. You’re making a joke of yourselves. This should have been a blowout. Edmonton is destined for the NHL cellar and you guys needed a shootout to beat them? Really now?

I’ve avoided the Todd McClellan criticism, but this goes on him. I still don’t know what he’s like in the locker room, but if he doesn’t yell, that needs to change. This was inexcusable.

Joe Pavelski fights for position (From SJSHARKS.com)

OK, I’m really tired of talking about defensive letdowns but tonight it was as blatant as ever. One Edmonton goal came when Dan Boyle tried to bring the puck into the Oilers’ zone and was pickpocketed. A breakaway later, the Oilers were on the board. Another time, Jason Demers attempted a stretch pass, which was promptly intercepted. An offensive breakout later, another Oiler goal.

I guess I should just accept these kinds of things because that’s what Boyle and Demers do — try to create offense — but it’s just so annoying seeing it EVERY SINGLE GAME.

Tell Me Why

Kent Huskins and Derek Joslin were on the ice in overtime for a 3 on 3 situation. For the love of all that is holy, give me one good reason why those two have any business being out there.

Other Notes

Hit-O-Meter: SJ 16  EDM 22; Douglas Murray and Ryane Clowe led with 3 each.

Torrey Mitchell returned to the lineup for the first time this millenium; however, we didn’t get to see much from him. He accumulated 6:25 of ice time with one shot.

The Sharks play Vancouver on Sunday.

–Ray

There hasn’t been any “copying and pasting of news” this week – it’s been a busy one with a lot of deadlines. It’ll return come Monday. I also went to the launch on Baker Street last night of Trading Places, a new book by award-winning photographer and all-round good chap Steve Bloom. Also my dad. So that’s why posts have been scant: but it’s Friday, so I thought I’d cheer you all up with a few tips on how to survive the Christmas do…

The Christmas party: that perfect time to let your hair down and throw your reputation to the winds. What other time of year can you mock your boss, flirt with your co-workers and dance in your knickers, all at once?

But as legions of office drones know, that opportunity comes with a priceless hangover.

A good story was told by Adam, of High Street, Cardiff city centre. Things went wrong at his old job when fire fighters got more than they bargained for in a call-out.

Adam said: “My old work, a now-defunct bank, had a Christmas party in the office in 2003. There was a buffet, an awards ceremony for the year’s work, and karaoke machine, with added smoke machine.

“So the party was in full swing, people singing, people dancing and the smoke machine smoking. After about two hours of this, some men dressed in fireman outfits arrived at the office. Some of the female staff – including managers – assumed these were strippers.

“They started, well, gyrating around the men, trying to take off their ‘outfits’. The thing is though, they were actual firemen: the smoke machine had set the alarms off.

“Not surprisingly, that was the last Christmas party we were given in that office.”

So how does the humble worker bee prevent getting into pickles like these? Here are some ideas. Which type are you?

FOR THE NEW GUY

You have got to be extra-careful. For you have just entered a parallel world, in which your every move will be scrutinised to fit with the ‘banter’ of man-all-man employees who’ve been spending longer with each other than their wives for several decades.

So if you’ve been waiting for that perfect time to share your secret love of musicals, discuss French theatre, come out as gay or, worse, as a vegan, your first Christmas party isn’t it.

And beware, because it will seem like a good idea when you’re nine pints down and standing on the table without trousers or dignity.

Instead the best policy is cower in the corner, if possible with other trainees, and talk about ludicrously safe subjects.

Think along the lines of cars, ties (not shoes), bitter (not lager) and possibly politics, but make sure you tow the standard line: “Just how bad is that Gordon Brown?” Or you could stick to the ergonomic management keyboard:

FOR THE NEW GIRL

You’re over here. The punch is over there. In the middle is overweight Gwyn from accounts who always puts himself deliberately between you and the photocopier so you have to squeeze past.

This should be as good a hint as any not to drink anything. You’re young, fresh-faced, intelligent and unknown to you most people in the office are competing to be you, or worse, especially in Gwyn’s case.

So if they get you drunk, you’ll slowly turn into them: following the downward course until spring, when someone even younger and prettier comes in and sure enough, you want to be her.

Or, worse, you’ll canoodle in the corner with lovestruck Gwyn who, come 2010, will make sure he’s not only blocking the photocopier, but also the vending machine, water cooler and door.

But you’ve not got the same option as the New Guy. You can’t lurk in the corner with the fairer sex and a G&T, because unlike office guys, who mumble into their pints and keep eyes on ties, office girls will make sure they’re heard.

So it’s a no-go, especially if they have any gossip on Gwyn. The best bet is to flirt briefly with everything in the room – and walk away with your head held high.

FOR THE SAD HACK IN THE CORNER

You’re the only person older than the boss, so to rub in the fact you didn’t succeed even more you’ll be asked to toast him/her. If you’re sober, this will be an excellent exercise in brown-nosing. If you’re not, it’ll be an exercise in damage limitation.

You will be inclined to make a cruel joke. Do not bend to this temptation. It will probably come out wrong, meaning after 26 years of the same old story at the office do, you’ll be repeating yourself again in the new year. Someone else will get that promotion, and you’ll be stuck counting down the days on your free calendar to the next party.

You’ll also be inclined to do your famous boss-impression. Unfortunately, its fame is probably due to an in-joke among your younger colleagues, and isn’t actually funny. Plus, impressions at office dos are seldom better than that dance Ricky Gervais did in The Office. Often, they’re worse.

So don’t do it. And especially, please, don’t try and impersonate Ricky Gervais. Just no.

FOR THE BOSS

Finally, if you’re the boss and you’ve not been told about the office party, it could be a surprise do for you.

Be prepared to walk through that door after ‘urgent business’ calls you in to be greeted with party poppers and bubbly by the whole staff. By the time they’ve finished stroking your ego you won’t be able to get your head through the door.

But it more likely means you’ve not been invited.

So a word of caution: have a good think about how well-liked you are. Do you bend, bad breath and all, over the hunched shoulders of your well-meaning employees and whine you-could-probably-do-this advice in their ears?

Do you give motivational speeches standing on tables where you use star-charts and words like “self-fulfilment”? Do you keep everyone on past 5.30pm in the name of “building a community spirit”?

If any of these things apply to you, you are probably one of those Hated Bosses you’ve heard so much about. Your best bet would be to stay at home with your kids. They’re too young to realise how irritating you are yet.

MC300-MS7 York-Sunbury Historical Society Collection
Description (page 121)

If you are interested in any of these files then please contact the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.

“The documents in this series were kept by two brothers, William Henry Street and John Ambrose Sherman Street, who were born in Burton, Sunbury County, the sons of Hon. Samuel Deny Street and Abigail Freeman.  They were educated at public schools in Burton and Fredericton.

William Henry Street was born April 11, 1793.  After completing his education, he engaged in the mercantile business in Saint John.  He was twice mayor of Saint John (1835-1836 and 1848-1849) and served in the militia.  In the General Election of 1842, he ran for Saint John City and, after protest, was awarded the seat.  He sat until the dissolution of the House in 1846 when he retired from politics.  W.H. Street was married twice: in 1824 to Mary Bruce, and in 1847 to Sarah Boyd Orr.  He died in Saint John on April 4, 1875.

John Ambrose Sherman Street was born September 22, 1795.  He studied in his father’s law office and was admitted to the New Brunswick Bar on February 22, 1817.  He practiced law at Chatham, Northumberland County, and in 1823 married Jane Isabella Hubbard.  He was elected to the Assembly as a Conservative member for Northumberland County at a by-election in 1833.  He sat in the House almost continuously until his defeat in 1856.  He then moved to Fredericton and unsuccessfully ran for York County in 1861 and 1865.  He was made a member of the Executive Council in 1851, and served as Attorney-General until 1854.  He died in 1865.

The Street Records pertain to the legal and business affairs of the brothers.  The material is catalogued alphabetically according to client’s name.  The types of documents found here include: indentures, deeds, declarations, bonds, assignments, correspondence, and leases.  The material dates from 1812 to 1863.  This series measures 9 centimeters.”

1 Bedell, George A.; Woodstock, 1855-1862.

2 Betts, David and Levi; Newcastle, 1831.

3 Bowman, William, and Daniel Campbell; Liverpool England, 1845.

4 Chisholm, Patrick; Northesk, 1828.

5 Clarke, Alexander; Nelson Parish, 1828-1831.

6 Clarke, Richard Samuel, High Sheriff, for land of William Matchett to Oliver Stringer; James Vye to John, Alexander and James Fraser; Charles McDonald and Ronald Davidson to James McDonald and William Ravinscroft.  Dennis Cochran, Samuel Porter to James D. Berton; William and Elizabeth Murray; and Thomas and Alexandra Wilson; Northumberland County, 1825-1832.

7 Crookshank, Robert W.; Saint John, 1826-1852.

8 Cunard, Henry; Newcastle, 1836.

9 Davidson, Allan, William, John and Phineas; Newcastle Parish, 1824-1847.

10 Hooper, Nehemiah Story; St. Mary’s Parish, 1851-1857.

11 Jardine, Alexander, Robert Jardine and Barnabas Tilton; Saint John City, 1849.

12 Johnson, John M, High Sheriff, for lands of Patrick Flannigan, and Alexander Clarke; Northumberland County, 1841.

13 Kerr, George, of Newcastle, for lands of John Kerr, John Mayes, and Jane Matthew to John Walker; Jeremiah Newman; Alexander Fraser Jr., George McGuigor, and Joseph Saunders; Andrew and James Grant; William Henry Moore; Northumberland County, 1828-1843.

14 Kirk, James; Saint John City, 1847.

15 Matthew, George; Saint John City, 1812-1850.

16 Mersereau, Jacob; Blackville Parish, 1831-1837.

17 Miller, Edward, High Sheriff, and William Grigor for lands of George A. Munro; York County, 1843.

18 Mitchell, Peter and Barbara, and William and Isabella Masson; Newcastle, 1828.

19 Moore, William Henry, and Patrick Keho and Alexander Fraser Jr.; Parish of Chatham, 1824-1826.

20 McDermott, John; Blackville Parish, 1842.

21 McKay, Donald and Zilpah; 1825.

22 McLaggan, Alexander; Blackville, 1850-1862.

23 New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company for lands of George Barrett; Stanley, 1847.

24 Rankin, Alexander, (William Bedell, W.H. Shore, Francis Ferguson, George and John Monroe); Miramichi, 1833-1855.

25 Spencer, John; Ludlow, 1841.

26 Spahn, Justin; 1856.

27 Small, Otis; Saint John, 1845.

28 Street, Louisa Isabella; William Woodbridge Street; Rev. Charles Frederic Street; John Ambrose Street; and George D. Street; Newcastle, 1845.

29 Sutter, Byron, John Connelly, Allan Lyons, and Alexander Davidson; Miramichi, 1839.

30 Walker, John, James Robertson and Mary Green; Saint John, 1840.

31 Worrall, George William; Saint John, 1847.

32 Young, James, Alexander McLean, Alexander McLaggan, and Neil McLean; Nashwaak, 1852.

33 Miscellaneous items; 1847-1863. 

DISCLAIMER: Minor language. Proceed with caution.

Quite the piss poor, I-feel-like-disowning-you “performance” by the Sharks in their 7-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. The Sharks should have just stayed home in their cribs and choked on their pacifiers rather than “play” tonight.

Joe Thornton: Hey guys, let’s step on the ice.

*SILENCE*

Team: …and do what Jumbo? Are you going to finish that thought?

Thornton: Ya know, step on the ice and succeed with good ol’ fashioned California chillin’.

Team: OMFG, you iz brilliant Jumbo! Why didnt us think of that?! LOLZ.

Give me a damn break. This was disgusting. Absolutely putrid. Um, helllllooooo? Um, hi? You little children play professional hockey. Sounds kinda cool when you think about it. How about you actually play the game. And try. Just try.

What the hell happened during this long layoff to make the Sharks play like a beer league team? They allowed three, THREE shorthanded goals. Two of them were on the same power play!

Nobody wanted to play, everyone played with jocks on their heads. Turnover after turnover, fail after fail. If there was any doubt left about our defense, those were put to rest. From now on, if anyone tells you the Sharks defense is good, go ahead and tell them to remove their secret Ducks jersey or to go watch the NBA.

What a joke. Jason Demers played his worst game of his career. Dan Boyle felt like playing with an injured foot because this was a big game. He did end up scoring very late in the game, but it’s refreshing to know he waited 56 minutes to do something with his life. He finished with a -4 rating.

Also joining Pimple — I mean Boyle — with a -4 rating were Thornton and Dany Heatley. For all the great stuff they’ve done recently, this game shat all over it. Good gracious, it was atrocious. They must be stunned to know you have to play defense too. What a concept!

Manny Malhotra does his best pylon impression (From NHL.com)

With five minutes left to go in the second period, the shots were 26-7 Chicago. What in the blue hell is that about? Seven shots after 35 minutes? I could get eight shots on net by doing cartwheels the whole time.

At that time it was 4-0 and after the fourth, Ryane Clowe took it upon his messed-up-nose self to take a penalty. Brilliant. What a smart hockey player. Take a penalty and you show those bad guys you can beat them even with a man down. Ryane Clown. Blow me up a balloon while you make a joke of yourself.

Let’s go ahead and give credit to Chicago. They came in with an exceptional gameplan and their coach Joel Quenneville and perfected it. Sharks coach Todd McClellan was lost in the Tao of Joel’s stache.

This is the Blackhawks’ eighth win in a row and they’re no signs of slowing down.

LOL WUT?

Frazer McLaren managed a +1 for the Sharks. Ha ha ha ha.

AHL

Five AHL players were in the lineup: Jamie McGinn, Benn Ferriero, McLaren, Steven Zalewski and Derek Joslin. Certainly looked like Worcester was playing.

Kent friggin’ Huskins…

…was on the power play. Yes. On the power play and caused the turnover that led to a Chicago goal. Don’t EVER put that guy on the PP again.

Optimism Corner

Hit-O-Meter: SJ 26  CHI 17

Faceoff Percentage: SJ 56%  CHI 44%

The game ended.

Other Dreadful Notes

The Sharks’ injuries are plaguing them so badly now. Rob Blake, Devin Setoguchi, Jody Shelley, Brad Staubitz, Torrey Mitchell need to come back.

Per NHL rules, the Sharks are required to play again. They play Edmonton in Edmonton, Friday.

–Ray

(English below)

El próximo jueves 26 de Noviembre, proyectamos ¡Allirón! en el pub madrileño Big Ben (Plaza Matute 10;  21.00 horas).

El objetivo del proyecto, compuesto por videos de Iván del Rey de la Torre, Paula Noya, Marta Azparren, Rubén Coll y Álvaro Collar, es proyectar piezas de video con la temática fútbol en lugares donde normalmente se proyecte futbol.

Mi aportación a la proyección es una pieza titulada “c.1900″ en la que reutilizo peliculas de Mitchell & Kenyon, Edison y otros pioneros del cine.

Antes de la proyección de las piezas de los miembros del colectivo Haz!, se visionarán videos  encontrados en Youtube y Vimeo por el Observatorio de Video Digital.

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This Thursday 26th of November, we are screening ¡Alliron! at 21.00 at the pub Big Ben (Madrid).

The aim of the project, with videos from  Iván del Rey de la Torre, Paula Noya, Marta Azparren, Rubén Coll & Álvaro Collar, is to screen video art pieces about football at places where normally footbol is watched. 

My contribution to the screening is the piece “c.1900″ in which I re-utilize original footage by Mitchell & Kenyon or Thomas A. Edison.

Prior to the art screening, the Observatorio de Video Digital (Observatory for the Digital Video) will showcase some clips from Youtube and Vimeo.

So it has been a while since our last blog post in June and, as you can imagine, a lot has happened since then.  Baby Mitchell seems to get bigger and learn new tricks every day.  His latest favorite skill is “cruising” where he walks around holding onto the furniture, or hands, or arm hair (if you happen to be me/Ben), or whatever he can get a hold of.  We were thinking that he might completely skip crawling, but then he started crawling backwards (forward is overrated) and then sneaked in a couple of army crawls in the last couple of days… so he might crawl before he walks after all.

Even though times have been tough in a lot of ways, it really has been a joy having Baby Mitchell around and we just adore him.  Just look at this infectious smile:

Mitchell got to meet his friend Eva when her parents Allegra & Matt were in town.

The cousins got to play together again when we took another trip to Seattle.

A visit to the Seattle Aquarium.

At a pumpkin patch.

Mitchell the Tiger.

At the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach with the other grandparents – as it turns out, Mitchell is a fan of fish.

Priscilla Cairns (Left) and Betty Mitchell (right) survey the damage

By Cara Sulieman

ACCUSATIONS of election rigging were just the start of what has become a power struggle between two different factions at a sheltered accommodation complex.

Now a police investigation has been launched into vandalism at the centre as tensions start to run high between the old rage pensioners.

It is understood that a long-running dispute between different cliques at the Calder Gardens accommodation in Sighthill, Edinburgh has led to the communal pool table being vandalised.

And it is not the first time the table was targeted – a previous incident saw all the balls being stolen.

“Inside job”

Several residents suspect that the fresh wave of vandalism is “an inside job” and just the latest incident in a feud that started with the election of a new residents committee in March.

The pool table was donated to resident Elizabeth Mitchell, 75, by local taxi firm and has been a popular addition to the community hall ever since.

Elizabeth’s daughter, also Elizabeth Mitchell, 45, said: “It was something that a lot of the relatives liked to play when they came round on Fridays, particularly the youngsters and it was well used by residents too.

“We called the police, although it looks like someone at the complex did it. It’s just so unfair. A few people are causing problems for everyone else, but this kind of behaviour is totally unacceptable.”

“Out of order”

Priscilla Cairns, 54, has been a resident at the complex for five years and claimed that most of the problems had been caused by the new committee who she described as “a new law unto themselves”.

She added: “It is completely out of order now, and no-one was particularly happy with the elections because it was all arranged in advance so they would win.

“Since then they have just been unbearable. They refused permission for one resident to have a 75th birthday party in the hall because it was bingo night, but they’ve cancelled a bingo night later in the year for their Christmas party.

“The incident with the pool table is just the final straw. We don’t know who has damaged it, but there’s no sign of a break-in so it must have been a resident, or someone else with a key.”

“Shocking”

Elizabeth Hitchin, who runs Picturesque Party Plan in Glenrothes, has been holding events in the hall for 15 years but was recently told she had to cancel her annual Christmas party.

She now plans to put in an official complaint to Edinburgh City Council about the running of the hall.

She said: “It is really shocking what has happened there. It used to be a real fun, happy wee community, but recently I’ve found that people are almost scared to go into the hall.

“It’s like they’re being bullied. It needs to be sorted.”

“Ongoing”

The complex is run by the council, and a spokesman for them said that they were trying to resolve the issues between the residents.

He said: “As with any group of people living together, differences can arise and we are working with the residents to solve them.”

A police spokesman said: “Inquiries are ongoing to locate those responsible.”

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ระหว่างที่ Marilyn Manson ยังเป็นเด็กหนุ่มอยุ่นั้น เขาอยู่ในเมือง Canton, Ohio เขามีชื่อว่า Brian Warner เขาได้ลงทะเบียนเรียนที่โรงเรียน ตอนที่อยู่ที่นั่นเขาเป็นคนที่อ่อนแอต่อการที่จะรับฟังเรื่องสยองขวัญเอามาก ๆ และยังมีความคิดต่อต้านศาสนา Christian เอามาก ๆ ด้วย แต่ถ้าพูดถึง คนที่น่าสยองที่สุดก็คือเขาเองนั่นแหละ เขาได้เริ่มที่จะถอยหนีและออกห่างจากสังคมเพราะเขาก็เริ่มเข้าใจตนเองมากขึ้น คือสิ่งที่เขามีนั้นแตกต่างไปจากทุก ๆ สิ่งที่อยู่รอบ ๆ ตัวของเขา สิ่งที่เขารู้สึกขัดแย้งได้เพิ่มมากขึ้นเรื่อย ๆ จากการที่โรงเรียนสอนศาสนา Christ ให้กับเขา และวันหนึ่งเขาก็เริ่มที่จะมองเห็นว่าสิ่งเหล่านี้เป็นสิ่งที่หาประโยชน์ไม่ได้ แต่มันเป็นเพียงการหลอกลวงของปรัชญาทางศาสนา หากจะย้อนเวลากลับไป และพูดถึงวง heavy metal ก่อนหน้านี้เช่น Kiss, Wasp, Judas Priest เป็นต้น พวกอาจารย์ในโรงเรียนของเขาได้สัมมนากัน แล้วสรุปออกมาว่า เพลงเหล่านี้คือ ‘ปิศาจ’ และไม่สมควรอย่างยิ่งที่จะฟังมัน ตามความเป็นจริงแล้วโรงเรียน Christ จะห้ามมิให้มีการลงไม้เรียว หรือแซ่กับเด็กนักเรียน อาจารย์จึงจนปัญญาที่จะลงโทษ Brian Warner ซึ่งอาจารย์คนหนึ่งก็สามารถรับรู้ได้ว่าเขาพยายามที่จะปฏิเสธต่อโรงเรียน เขาจึงเปิดโอกาศให้ Brian Warner ได้ย้ายไปเรียนที่อื่น คือที่ Glen Oak public school ใน grade 10 ถึง 12 เมื่อเรียนจบอายุ 18 ย้ายไปที่ Tampa Bay, Florida และได้ทำงานเป็นนักหนังสือพิมพ์ด้านดนตรี ในปี 1989 เขาเจอกับ guitaristที่ชื่อ Scott Mitchell ทั้งสองมีสิ่งที่แตกต่าง แต่ลงรอยกัยพอดี คือ กาพย์ที่ Manson แต่ง สามารถใส่รวมกับ line guitar ของ Mitchell ได้ (คือ Daisy Berkowitz)

Marilyn Manson miss Daisy Berkowitz

เรามาพูดถึงเขา “Antichrist Superstar” Marilyn Manson เขามีชื่อเสียงอย่างปฏิเสธไม่ได้เพราะเขามักจะมีเรื่องขัดแย้งกับดาราคนอื่น ๆ เป็นประจำในยุค 1990’s หลายคนมักจะปรักปรำและติเตียนเขาอยู่เสมอเพราะการ Antichrist ของเขานั่นเอง คนพวกนี้อ้างตัวเองเป็นผู้กำจัดความชั่ว หลังจากนั้น Marilyn Manson ได้กลายเป็นวงดนตรีที่ติดอยู่ที่อันดับ 1 ของ chart แต่ถึงกระนั้นแล้วการที่เป็น Leader ของวง ก็จะต้องมีการต่อสู้ต่อไป และกลายเป็นการต่อต้านทุกอย่างทั้ง วีรบุรุษ นักการเมืองต่าง ๆ จนทำให้บิดามารดาของเขาต้องเป็นกังวลอย่างหนัก

ในขณะที่บางคนดูถูกพฤติกรรมของ Manson ว่าหยาบช้า บัดซบ บ้างก็ว่ามาลบหลู่ศาสนาของพวกเขาหรือมาชักชวนให้พวกเขาเอาใจออกห่างจากศาสนา ความไม่พอใจมีอยู่ครึ่งค่อนเมือง การออก CD Smells Like Children EP ในปี 1995 ช่วงสั้น ๆ หลังจาก CD นี้ได้ออก Berkowitz ต้องลาออก ZimZum ได้มาแทน ในปี 1996 ได้ออก CD antichrist superstar ได้อยู่อันดับ 3 ของการ vote เพราะความมีชื่อเสียงของเขาที่เจริญเติบโตงอกงาม ทำให้เขามีชื่อเสียงเกรียวกราว การจัด Live Take ก็มีไปรอบ ๆ เมือง ดนตรีของเขาก็แพร่หลาย อย่างไรก็ตาม มีคำถามว่าการแสดงออกถึงการสวมกอดอย่างรวดเร็วมันเป็นความจริงใจที่แท้จริงหรือเปล่า เพลงที่ชื่อว่า The Long Hard Road Out of Hell ทำให้คนสงสัยว่าเขาได้ขายวิญญานและจิตใจให้แก Satan แล้วหรือ Mechanical Animals ที่เกิดในปี 1998 เป็น Tour ที่มีผลทำให้เขาเสื่อมความนิยมลงไป และ 1 ปีต่อมา เขาได้ทำ the live Last Tour on Earth โดยให้ชื่อว่า Jason Ankeny

” Marilyn Manson เขามีความใฝ่ฝันจะขับเคลื่อนได้อย่างกล้าหาญ และจะขับมันด้วยพลังอันเหี้ยมโหด และจะยิงวงดนตรีของเขา กับสิ่งที่เขาปรารถนา เข้าสู่สื่อมวลชน วิธีการยิงและเหตุผลที่จะยิงได้แผ่กว้างออกไปและขอบเขตของมันก็จะแสดงมาให้เห็นอย่างต่อเนื่อง แทรกซึมไปทุกการเดินทาง อย่างไม่มีใครต่อต้านได้ ทำให้ไม่มีคนลืมมันได้ ” เหล่านี้เป็นคำกล่าวขันของผู้ที่เข้าใจเขา

Marilyn Manson paint Water colors Drawing

เขาไม่ได้เป็น Paul ในเรื่อง Wonder Years Paul นำแสดงโดย Josh Saviano ซึ่งตอนนั้นอายุ 20 ข่าวลือหลายอย่างเกี่ยวกับตัว Marilyn Manson ทำให้เป็นแต่ด้านไม่ดีของสายตาเขาที่ว่าไม่จริง ข่าวลือต่าง ๆ เช่น การมีเพศสัมพันธ์กับ Twiggy Ramirez จนกระทั้ง contact lens ที่เขาใส่ เป็นตาลูกแก้วของจริง และยังการรวบรวมแขนขาของหญิงโสเภณีเป็นงานอดิเรก เหมือนที่เห็นในการแสดงโปรโมทอลบัม The Golden Age Of Grotesque

ด้วยพฤติกรรมเหล่านี้ซึ่งไม่จริงแต่เขาก็ไม่เคยปฏิเสธเลย เขายังมีเรื่องไม่ดีเกี่ยวกับผู้หญิงมากมาย เขาเปลี่ยนผู้หญิงบ่อย ทั้ง ๆ ที่ถูกมองว่าเป็นเพศที่สาม บางคนบอกว่าเขามีเพศสัมพันธ์กับ Evan Rachel Wood เพียงครั้งเดียว และนั้นก็คือครั้งที่เขาถ่าย Video เพลง Heart-Shaped Glasses นอกจากนี้ แฟนเพลงของ Dita Von Teese หลายคนก็ไม่ชอบเขา ที่พยายามแต่งตัว Evan ให้เหมือน Dita การที่เขาไม่มีเยื่อไยกับ Dita ทำให้ credit ของเขาเสื่อมลงไป ตามที่ Dita ให้สัมมภาษณ์ว่า เธอและแมนสันนอนกันคนละเวลา และ Manson ไม่มีเวลาให้เธอ ที่จริงแล้วการคบผู้หญิงใหม่ ๆ ของแมนสัน อาจเป็นแรงบันดาลใจทางด้านศิลปะของเขามากกว่าความรัก เพราะ Marilyn Manson มักจะวาดผู้หญิงใหม่ ๆ ของเขาเสมอ เพื่องานแสดงสีน้ำ

Ben Goins and Andrew Howard, Twisted Method

เบน กอยส์ (Ben Gions) มือกลองของวง Twisted Method (วงนี้แตกแล้ว, และโด่งดังในปี 1993, แนวเพลงเป็น Nu-Metal เหมือน Slipknot) ให้สัมภาษณ์เกี่ยวกับการแสดงในงาน Ozzfest ของเขา ว่าวงที่น่าสนใจแบบ Marilyn Manson จะได้แสดงตอนกลางคืน นายแมนสันเป็นคนที่ชอบสร้างกระแส เช่น Anti-Christ ของเขา และเมื่อคนทำตามกระแส แมนสันก็จะดังเอง ไม่ว่าจะเป็นการด่า หรือเป็นการชม แสดงว่า แมนสันเก่งด้านการค้ามากพอดู ปัจจุบัน นาย เบน กอยส์ ได้เป็นบาทหลวงรักใช้ศาสนาคริสต์ไปแล้วหลังจากที่เพื่อนรัก Andrew Howard หวังหน้าวงหรือคนแต่งเพลง ของ Twisted Method เสียชีวิตอย่างมีเงื่อนงำ โดยถูกเดาว่ามาจากยาเสพติด

“Great Expectations”

November 18th, 2009

In terms of the great comedy battle of 2009, which continues to rage amongst shows both new and old, Modern Family is at a distinct disadvantage: with Parks and Recreation delivering some legitimately great comedy and Community doing a really compelling and confident meta-storyline, the simplicity of this show is a disadvantage in terms of being flashy. There comes a point where the hype surrounding the show creates greater expectations than the storylines themselves can live up to in terms of their premise, requiring viewers to appreciate the strong execution where originality isn’t overtly present.

“Great Expectations” is a solid episode of the show, featuring a number of fun loving gags and a couple of big guest stars, but nothing stands out as particularly stunning as compared to some of the other comedies. In this instance, I think there was enough nuance to each individual story to continue to prove how strong the writers understand these characters, but it nonetheless follows similar patterns to what we’ve seen in the past. I think it’s one of their stronger episodes due to a nice role reversal, but it’s not reaching as high as some of the other comedies are right now.

For me, this episode is about the little things more than it is about the guest stars. While Elizabeth Banks (playing Cameron and Mitchell’s barhopping friend Sal) and Edward Norton (playing the bass player/backup vocalist from Spandau Ballet) are both very funny and integrated well into the episode, the storylines they’re involved in really have very little to do with them. I thought the Cameron/Mitchell story was perhaps the episode’s least interesting, if only because it was so predictable: we’re shown that they’re having trouble getting out with Lily around, they make a night out of it with a friend, and discover that their friend is jealous of Lily and devolves into a petulant child. There’s nothing wrong with the storyline, and Banks sells the child-like reaction perfectly, but the storyline had absolutely no twists or turns or nuances to it – just a couple of fun moments (Mitchell refusing to allow her to hold her, Mitchell’s “I’m going in!” Re: new boobs), and strong performances all around.

I thought the other two storylines were simply more interesting conceptually. Jay’s Night, featuring Sloppy Jays and western movies, was the sort of storyline that was charming because of how great Ed O’Neill is and more importantly how you get small little running gags like Gloria’s tone deaf singing or Luke taking everything that Jay says as a sign that he’s going to die soon. Combine with the running battle between Jay and Haley, which nicely ties into what we know of Claire’s own childhood, and the conclusion with Dylan wanting to stick around for Jay’s Night, and the storyline just had a nice flow to it. It was never overly dramatic or overly broad (Jay squirting Manny like a dog was perhaps a BIT broad), staying within a simple comic mode and delivering on its promise.

And I thought the Claire/Phil storyline was the episode’s strongest, if not comically, then certainly in terms of the characters. Phil is still a bit too much like Michael Scott (the scene listing off the things he wants could have very easily been put into Steve Carell’s mouth without much in terms of change), but as with Michael it’s always good when he gets to be the smart one. He, unlike his wife, is capable of being romantic, so the anniversary becomes about Claire’s struggles rather than Phil’s. It’s a nice change of pace, as Julie Bowen is likeable even when she’s incapable of being romantic and Ty Burrell was great in interacting with (his good friend) Edward Norton as they struggle over whether the charade (which was a pretty ingenious comic device) could be continued. Like I say, the big laughs weren’t there, but the emotional payoff was solid and it kept Phil out of his usual tomfoolery role.

Nothing complex, but a funny and enjoyable episode – no need to place it relative to anything else to enjoy that.

Cultural Observations

• Alex gets all of the best one-liners amongst the grandchildren, and here she both played into Haley’s vanity and created Luke’s trauma over her grandfather’s death. Hoping for another episode for her soon.
• I was thinking of how Edward Norton was going to do “funny” in this show’s style, and it’s clear now that I should have thought of “accent” right away. Always funny!
• Spandau Ballet, of course, is an actual band, although I didn’t entirely realize this until I heard him humming the melody of “True” and I realized I recognized it (but would never have known the band name). I did enjoy the joke the show got out of this, as the reason Izzy Lafontaine refused to continue the performance was that the song was called “True” and the story was false.
• Wait, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark was also a real band? Oh, The 80s.

With an assault rifle missing from the Wheeling Police Department, a new policy has been put in place by Chief Robert Matheny.

M-16 assault rifles will now be kept under lock and key. Officers who handle the rifles will now have to put them in their assigned lockers at the end of their shift.

The change is a direct result of the theft of an M-16 assault weapon coming up missing on Oct. 21.

In an emergency situation, officers will have to go back to the station to get the weapons but Lt. Tom Mitchell thinks the benefits outweigh the risks.

There was still no word on a missing pistol stolen from an Ohio County Sheriff’s deputy.

By Melissa Reid

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Gosto é como nariz (para não dizer outra coisa), cada um tem o seu. Cada indivíduo nasce com um espírito diferente para música, cresce com influências diversas e, ao longo de sua vida, vai formando seu próprio gosto musical. Em certas famílias, o gosto é unânime; em outras, cada membro tem seu próprio estilo.

A razão pela qual decidi falar sobre isso hoje foi por causa de uma situação que aconteceu entre minha mãe e eu. Hoje ela estava empolgada, balançando a cabeça com os olhos fechado escutando música em um daqueles iPod Shuffle. Ela me viu passando por perto e me chamou, pedindo para eu colocar os headphones pra ver se eu sabia quem diabo era aquela cantora. Ela disse que fazia uma semana que estava escutando a tal cantora no iPod da minha irmã, mas não fazia a mínima idéia de quem era. Para minha surpresa, quando coloquei o headphone escutei -nada mais, nada menos-, do que Joni Mitchell cantando California.

Joni Mitchell é uma das minhas cantoras preferidas. É a mulher do sentimento. Vi uma vez, no filme “Love, Actually” uma personagem dizer assim: “Joni Mitchell taught your cold english wife how to feel” (trad.: Joni Mitchell ensinou a sua mulher inglesa fria como sentir). Obviamente a tradução não mostra a beleza da afirmação, mas dá para dar uma idéia.

Lá em casa todos gostamos de Joni Mitchell e de variados grandes artistas. Os escutamos juntos, cantamos juntos, tocamos no violão. Entre os nossos favoritos estão: Beatles, Paul McCartney, Queen, Bob Dylan, Chico Buarque, Tracy Chapman, Janis Joplin, Paul Simon, BB King, Eric Clapton, entre milhares de outros.

Obviamente, cada um tem suas particularidades. Eu também sou fã do metal, hardcore, rock pesadão mesmo. Minha irmã está passando por uma fase loooonga e, aparentemente, infinita de samba e Chico Buarque. Meu pai conhece quase tudo da  MPB e minha mãe não dispensa um forrozinho (já cheguei a pegá-la de surpresa dançando sozinha no escritório com a porta fechada).

As vezes acho incrível como você pode olhar para a sua família e dizer “Nossa, eu realmente pertenço a isso aqui”. Com tantas coisas legais parecidas e tantas coisas chatas diferentes. É um relacionamento do qual não podemos nunca fugir. Não há escapatória. E quem iria querer fugir de um lugar desse? Onde todos se conhecem intimamente, se respeitam (na maioria das vezes), se amam e conseguem ultrapassar todo e cada obstáculo. Afinal, em família não existe divórcio.

Daqui a alguns poucos meses estarei deixando a minha família para morar com meu noivo e minha nova barriguinha. A saudade já começou e já sinto os sintomas da abstinência familiar. Só rezo para que essa nova família que eu estou começando seja pelo menos um pouquinho parecida com a minha. Se for, tenho certeza que a felicidade estará sempre presente.

The Raps have their hands full tonight

Coming off a tight loss in Phoenix Sunday, the Raptors are in Denver tonight to face the Nuggets — never a fun task, but we might as well get this one over with. As always, a full preview over at Raptors Republic, featuring my NBA 2K10 game simulation.

Last year Toronto was pasted in Denver 132-93 in early December — Sam Mitchell’s last game as head coach. The Nuggets come into this one 7-3 and tied with Portland atop the Northwest Division, undefeated at home and coming off a 105-79 romp of the Lakers on Friday. They didn’t do much to upgrade in the summer, but last November’s addition of Chauncey Billups transformed them into a top-five team in the league, where I believe they still stand. A couple keys tonight will be to keep Billups in check and keep Carmelo Anthony completely going off — he’s currently tied for second in the league at 29.7 points per game. Denver also got a boost last week with the return of suspended guard J.R. Smith, who’s averaged 14.3 points in three games. Smith is talented but extremely shot-happy, and has proven capable of shooting the Nuggets out of games on off-nights. Let’s hope tonight is one of them.

Chris Bosh should be able to have his way in the paint with Kenyon Martin and Nene, though Birdman Andersen will bring some shot-blocking punch off the bench. I’m not sure what else Toronto can do to come out on top tonight other than to cross their fingers and hope for a miracle, though.

The Raptors and Nuggets get going at nine.

Just to whet your appetite, you can now download a small excerpt from this great new book from the South Dakota State Historical Society Press.

The film features an eclectic cast of characters – a gay couple, a dominatrix, an ironically sexually-frustrated sex therapist and her husband, a stalker, and a musician. Their conflicted stories intertwine with each other and are collectively resolved in the the saloon from which the title of the movie is derived, the place for the gifted and challenged.

Despite being a virtually unknown cast, their portrayal of their respective characters is so effective and true-to-form that the film almost felt like a documentary. Maybe it’s because the actors found parallelism between themselves and their characters.

What makes the film work and stand out is the use of sex as the medium in which the characters display their anger, desperation, loneliness, and finally, satisfaction. Be warned that the film makes no effort to veil the oft intimate act of sex in any form of pretension.

However, it would be almost impossible to understand the context of the film without sitting through these scenes. Much like the Kama Sutra, “Shortbus” is probably not for everyone, but anyone who has the guts to watch the entire film will feel a bit cathartic afterwards.

Susannah POCOCK is my 3x great-grandmother, and her claim to fame is that she is the only one of my ancestors for which I have been unable trace a set of parents.

The purpose of this post is to put out the known facts about Susannah POCOCK in the hope that someone somewhere knows who here parents were, or that someone has an idea where to go next.

Although I am using the christian name Susannah, she has also been recorded under the christian name Susan and Susanna, although Susannah has been most commonly used.

The earliest reference I have to Susannah is her marriage in New Alresford, Hampshire on the 16th January 1832 to William MITCHELL. Both were living in the parish of New Alresford at the time, William was a bachelor and Susannah was a spinster.

The two witnesses at the marriage were Ann WESTWOOD and John LOCKETT. William MITCHELL’s mother’s maiden name was LOCKETT, so I believe that John LOCKETT was almost certainly a relative of William. Ann WESTWOOD was probably Ann LOCKETT who married Richard WESTWOOD in January 1816, so again probably another relative from the MITCHELL side.

Susannah appears in six census returns from 1841 to 1891, in Exton, Hampshire. The 1841 census information is not as precise as later years, because of the rounding of the individual’s age and the question asked about the place of birth. However the later years do provide more useful data.

*her actual age could have been anywhere between 30 years and 34 years.

All this data (with the exception of the 1861 census) seems to indicate a birth year of around 1807-09 and almost certainly in the parish of Micheldever.

According to the GRO Death Index Susannah died in Q2 1898 in Droxfield Registration District aged 90, pointing to a birth year around 1808. She was buried on the 28th April 1898 at Exton, Hampshire. The entry in the burial register gives her age as 90 years, so once again giving a birth year around 1808.

So all this data points to the fact that Susannah POCOCK was born in Micheldever, Hampshire around 1808. The problem is that there is no record of a baptism in Micheldever for Susannah POCOCK around that time. In fact there is no Susannah POCOCK baptism anywhere in Hampshire around that time. Without a baptism record I am unlikely to find out who her parents were.

The Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS) Baptism Index only records the baptism of two Susannah POCOCKs, one in 1785 and another in 1827. There don’t appear to have been any POCOCK baptisms in Micheldever during the years covered by the index.

The HGS Baptism Index only includes Church of England baptisms, so there is the possibility that Susannah’s parents may have been non-conformists, but there was no non-conformist chapel in Micheldever around that time. If they were non-conformists then they could have worshipped almost anywhere in the county.

So where does this leave me, I have three other leads to explore, which I will detail over the next few days. It is probably worth me following up the names of the witnesses at the marriage of William and Susannah, to prove that they were both on the MITCHELL side of the family.

It might also be worth searching the registers of all non-conformist chapels close to Micheldever and then gradually working further out. Also there is a possibility that the baptism in 1827 could have been a late baptism for my Susannah, so I should try and rule that one out of the equation as well.

If anyone has any other suggestions then please let me know, all suggestions are welcomed, although there are very few avenues that I haven’t already explored.

Yes, you read correctly! (“TWITTER! TWITTER! TWITTERLY-SHITTERLY-TITTER!–What?”- Mitchell Davis) I got bored (yes again), so I made a twitter. It’s: http://twitter.com/ridiQlusLEfuni. Or you can just click this link. I will post from my ipod my whereabouts, whatabouts, and all the other abouts! I’ve always kind of found twitter sort of creepy, but I’ll try it out. Are you on twitter? Follow me and I’ll follow you, and we’ll all be like baby duckies following their mother!

UPDATE (10 minutes later)

Um..I don’t know how that last picture got there…..

..I’m keeping it..

Joi Geen!

-Catherine

Bethany’s best friend Alice had her 5th birthday at Playtown, so while Mitchell bounced around…

Bethany had fun at the birthday party.She got to spend time with some of her classmates, and I got to realise how short my little girl is! They had so much fun running around playing, then eating, then playing some more.

Quite the steal-and-run performance by the Sharks in their 3-1 win against the St. Louis Blues. The Sharks were outworked on every part of the ice, but goalie Evgeni Nabokov stole a victory for his team.

I can’t remember the last time the Sharks were this badly outshot (39-17) and still came out with a win. But your goalie has to keep you in games and sometimes steal some. I wouldn’t say Nabby stood on his head though. Despite the huge number of shots, most of them weren’t clear shots at the net. A lot of the times the puck would deflect off someone, and roll around the crease before Nabby covered it.

The game featured a lot of big hits and intensity. Devin Setoguchi plowed two Blues players — Roman Polak in the first and T.J. Oshie in the third. The Blues dished it back in the form of a fight, which was one-sided. Cam Janssen dropped the gloves with Brad Staubitz and Janssen whooped Bitz. No contest at all.

The fight did help spark the Blues as they scored off a bank-shot late in the first.

Unfortunately for the Blues, this game was decided in 16 seconds; that’s all it took for the Sharks to score two goals. They came in the second period; Dany Heatley deked around a Blues defender and beat Chris Mason. Right after that, the Blues turned it over to a waiting Manny Malhotra, who shot the puck off Mason, and Ortmeyer batted in the rebound.

That’s about all the offense the Sharks could muster, except for the empty net goal by Joe Thornton at the very end.

Two of the three goals were on the power play, so that is still hot on the road.

Jamie McGinn tries to skate past Roman Polak (From SJSHARKS.com)

Once again the Sharks’ third period was weak. I wish I had a good explanation for this. Maybe they’re getting tired out there; their best period is the second, so maybe they’re wearing themselves out? I’m not sure. I would love to get in the locker room and ask coach Todd McClellan what’s up with that.

But again, the game belonged to Nabby. This is the front end of a back-to-back, and he’ll probably start again tomorrow against Chicago.

Givin’ You the Blues

Blues owner Dave Checketts ripped the team yesterday for their weak play. That obviously played a huge part in the emotion St. Louis played with tonight. I wonder what Checketts thinks right now about this loss. Gotta be tough, but I concede the Blues deserved this one. But in order to become that elite team, you have to win ugly. Not sure if the Blues have learned that yet.

Other Notes

Hit-O-Meter: SJ 26  STL 18; Patrick Marleau led with four hits, while Seto, Heater and Douglas Murray added three each.

I saw Jamie McGinn on the penalty kill tonight. Can’t say I’ve seen him there before, but it’s good he’s getting rewarded for his hustle. That kid might be Scott Nichol, Jr.

I forgot to mention last game that Torrey Mitchell was reassigned to Worcester for conditioning. Big step for Torrey. Hopefully he gets his legs under him quickly.

The Sharks travel to Chicago tomorrow to take on the Blackhawks. Should be an entertaining match.

–Ray

Do they look like sister and brother? A rare moment of sibling love.