tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79687822695610160422024-03-05T17:39:30.765-08:00Paul and Paula's PlacematriarchShenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684058360125931809noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968782269561016042.post-32473316757262413312023-08-28T14:06:00.002-07:002023-08-28T14:06:43.002-07:00Happy Birthday<p> <span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You asked me to mentor. I can only tell you what works for me. Open your senses and receive God's directions. He will never leave you if you walk into His presence and ask Him for His Spirit to fall on you.</span></p><div class="x1yztbdb x1n2onr6 xh8yej3 x1ja2u2z" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 16px; position: relative; width: 475.991px; z-index: 0;"><div class="x1n2onr6 x1ja2u2z" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div class="" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="" style="font-family: inherit;"><div aria-describedby=":r4ev: :r4f0: :r4f1: :r4f3: :r4f2:" aria-labelledby=":r4eu:" aria-posinset="12" class="x1a2a7pz" style="font-family: inherit; outline: none;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit;"><div class="x9f619 x1n2onr6 x1ja2u2z" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div class="x78zum5 x1n2onr6 xh8yej3" style="display: flex; font-family: inherit; position: relative; width: 475.991px;"><div class="x9f619 x1n2onr6 x1ja2u2z x2bj2ny x1qpq9i9 xdney7k xu5ydu1 xt3gfkd xh8yej3 x6ikm8r x10wlt62 xquyuld" style="border-radius: max(0px, min(8px, ((100vw - 4px) - 100%) * 9999)) / 8px; box-shadow: 0 1px 2px var(--shadow-2); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 475.991px; z-index: 0;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="" dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r4f0:" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 4px 16px 16px;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x10flsy6 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x4zkp8e x41vudc x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="color: var(--primary-text); display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I should put it into a poem for others to read too. The world is sad from lack of God's touch and He has not moved away from us. It is us who left His side.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">THE MENTOR</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Truth be told, only from my view</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Herein lies the reality skew </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Eternity knows your path, true</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Many names I am called and thereby will answer</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone, no matter the moniker, is sprinkled with a censer</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">No one but the Divine can lead or direct </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The path was discussed, laid straight and correct</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Only you and your maker are privy to that</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Rest in that knowledge, for a glorious life, you were begotten.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">~PLS/PCS~8/28/2020</div></div></span></div></div></div></div><div class="x1n2onr6" id=":r4f1:" style="font-family: inherit; 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font-family: inherit; padding: 20px;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf x4cne27 xifccgj" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: -6px; margin-top: -6px;"><div class="xzueoph x1k70j0n" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>matriarchShenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684058360125931809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968782269561016042.post-52454175230779784762023-08-28T13:42:00.000-07:002023-08-28T13:42:21.615-07:00Memorie's Thorns<p> Marie Harris Thursday Photo Prompt</p><p>8.24.2023 - 8.27.2023</p><p>theme Roses and Rain</p><p>Paula Sheneany</p><p>Memorie's thorns?</p><p><br /></p><p>Many sights and signs </p><p>Evoke thoughts of distrust</p><p>Meandering thinking by design </p><p>Often brings only disgust</p><p>Remember though rebirth</p><p>Instead, Roses bloomed</p><p>Even-ing out the worth</p><p>Spraying the air, perfumed</p><p><br /></p><p>Trust can be restored by loss</p><p>Humans learn by questioning</p><p>Only then understand all is dross</p><p>Ruination brings a day of reckoning</p><p>Needs before wants demand maturity</p><p>Sorrow dissipates, leaving purity security</p><p>~PLS/PCS~8.24.2023</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCDDsxeflzrPLDThP0lm0N6nWQtDxMqkiUCso2zmiBSAwzKpj1zpLQW1zUgECfhM4sblARZTpqxRC8DKzMHKe53qBPiFXGWwR7LrppiHud8778vy-Gsi9UrKyVBxozXTn6X3Hkbi6hgSMeSiUqgSQTBwgylExFigMQgkIB8FpT8MK0D6RbqvQnMYfgtg/s2000/triple%20bronze%20award%20Marie%20Harria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="2000" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCDDsxeflzrPLDThP0lm0N6nWQtDxMqkiUCso2zmiBSAwzKpj1zpLQW1zUgECfhM4sblARZTpqxRC8DKzMHKe53qBPiFXGWwR7LrppiHud8778vy-Gsi9UrKyVBxozXTn6X3Hkbi6hgSMeSiUqgSQTBwgylExFigMQgkIB8FpT8MK0D6RbqvQnMYfgtg/s320/triple%20bronze%20award%20Marie%20Harria.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>matriarchShenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684058360125931809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968782269561016042.post-5397653559526295412023-08-24T08:35:00.000-07:002023-08-24T08:35:03.578-07:00The End<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">English devolving - In the past few days, I've used words where the automated system has said I needed a different word with an entirely different meaning. With being ill, I allow that the brainpan is a bit spotty, so naturally, I double-check and then triple-check because they have the instrument but not the verb. Or they decided that one spelling of both actions will do the trick - only if you're taught that. And remember it. </span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I now see how society falls- take away <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>reasoning, also known as critical thinking, then take away possibly confusing words - the automation was already fed lots of misinformation. Check that fact out, and you will find that 52 percent was wrong last week with automation,<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOplDlEFwtufoq_PviSuHXSDhc0bd2pjz3xaUt3neSWpoEB42VbbI5LBf8Nd9LKd_oTOE1rnFL2ndqJESpqQj-axASvLr7-VVdxBXOOZtMLVH5C0FyRldCKyNeXVnetQQeH3poZOJv-YGkBNJcb2ZZkw61M3haDJYp26aeimVDdzKl2EzszCv6eztc6NA/s3500/markus-spiske-j2s9TffBQLk-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2333" data-original-width="3500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOplDlEFwtufoq_PviSuHXSDhc0bd2pjz3xaUt3neSWpoEB42VbbI5LBf8Nd9LKd_oTOE1rnFL2ndqJESpqQj-axASvLr7-VVdxBXOOZtMLVH5C0FyRldCKyNeXVnetQQeH3poZOJv-YGkBNJcb2ZZkw61M3haDJYp26aeimVDdzKl2EzszCv6eztc6NA/s320/markus-spiske-j2s9TffBQLk-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> but our humans insisted that automation had the right answer: Roughly 35 percent.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We already have our hieroglyphics, except this time around, they are called emojis - we just need a few more levels eliminating words, get hooked firmly into the hive of the borg, or go wild and start with googoos advancing to the duhs and grunts. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Or maybe it is the end of the book.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">8.24.2023</div></div>matriarchShenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684058360125931809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968782269561016042.post-86685966518795811872023-05-27T06:51:00.003-07:002023-05-27T12:39:47.646-07:00What did a doctor say to you that they should not have?<p> I found this on Quora and answered there but also decided to share it here:</p><p><br /></p><p>I went for a check-up as I had been on the same diuretic for 21 years - different ones tried to be used as new pills came available, but with all my allergies, I could only tolerate the old one. </p><p>Several factors happened around the same time. The office switched from paper to computer files, and this doctor was young and full of himself. He greeted me with I am discontinuing your diuretic and giving you another, and I said no - that one and all the others tried in the past fifteen years made me ill. He said I will write a script, and he named what I said that made me sick. </p><p>Without allowing a rebut, he then said to me, “Now that you are 70, I am going to put you on a regimen of aspirin.” </p><p>I said, “Why are you trying to kill me? I am highly allergic to aspirin.” </p><p>He said it is not listed and read out the others. I said to add it - your transcriber left it out thinking, “No one is allergic to aspirin, and left it off my chart” </p><p>(I complained to the doctor in charge and said you should check your files for errors.) Anyway, I refused to follow up with the doctor and refused his prescription. </p><p>I looked into alternative methods of dealing with the lymphedema, and seven years later, as of the 70 quips by a doctor no longer in that office, my lymphedema inflammation is under control through clean eating and sound therapy. </p><p>And with those changes, I lost 125 pounds. Inadvertently a doctor who was prescribing by age bias did me a favor. I am back to my full range of ability with my limbs and heading for 78. I look younger, but most importantly, my body is back to working as it did in my 20s. Yes, I do also walk a couple miles per day.</p>matriarchShenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684058360125931809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968782269561016042.post-32329884034847704882023-05-14T08:08:00.000-07:002023-05-14T08:08:00.212-07:00Mattell<p> https://www.axios.com/2023/04/25/down-syndrome-barbie-doll-2023</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>matriarchShenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684058360125931809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968782269561016042.post-66710931704105024862018-11-27T15:28:00.001-08:002018-11-27T15:28:37.342-08:00Holly Jacobs ~Above The Cut ~ Chat<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Holly-Jacobs/e/B001HCXITK/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1543269196&sr=1-2-ent">Holly Jacobs </a> has a bubbly personality and her glee is infectious.It is a joy to see her postings on Facebook be it her cooking, her decorating, her 'road trips' with fellow author, Susan Mallery or her pottery...<br />
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Holly has been involved with learning pottery and then being the person she is, she got involved in a charity ~ "<span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #444950; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I just signed on to make 50 more bowls for that fundraiser! LOL," Holly said. Here is the link ~ </span><span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #444950; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> "</span><span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #444950; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It's called Empty Bowls and it's a National Fundraiser that calls attention to hunger and art." </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_Bowls" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_Bowls</a> <br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>Here is the link to<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/?fbclid=IwAR1JzS0jKAWDHjZrCoeDYgRIDjlwNFdTOBxTuhby0cJuCZqqFVJo1cJxrrY"> B&N </a></b></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-c751ab63-7fff-54b0-edbc-8ad0bfc8336e"><span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sadly, many if not most Trad publishers are using the test for 'readability.' Consequently, I now use the Hemi</span><span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">ngway App to 'test' before sending to the editor. </span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.techtoolsforwriters.com/hemingway-app-a-proofreading-tool-for-writers/">http://www.techtoolsforwriters.com/hemingway-app-a-proofreading-tool-for-writers/</a> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here is the new Hemingway app for desktops: <a href="http://www.hemingwayapp.com/">http://www.hemingwayapp.com/</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Kincaid Flesch test is the one used by publishers. Here is some text. Magazine publishers care. After the Flesch Reading Ease formula was created in 1943, leading publishers discovered that adhering to the formula could raise their readership by 40 to 60 percent. Predictably, many other publishers immediately jumped on board. Later, in a project sponsored by the U.S. Navy, the Flesch Reading Ease formula was adapted into a score based on U.S. school grade level, called the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level formula. The U.S. Department of Defense found the formula so useful, it now uses it as the standard test of readability for its documents and forms.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">Are you marketing to adults? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yes, I only write children's stuff on contract, but my own books are adult/literary. I also put pages of The Old Man and The Sea through the Hemmingway app and while it is a classic with massive observations on humanity, it still only rates a 4.5 Grade! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">YOU NEVER LOST ME.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can travel the whole world over Over land and lake and sea- </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lose your house and your car and your family </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But- you never lost me </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the ship, as we left England</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Never seen such an enormous sea</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lost your breakfast, your lunch and your glass of wine</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But- you never lost me.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On your travels across New Zealand</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With such beautiful scenery</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lost your heart on Waiheke Island </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But- you never lost me.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And remember when you went fishing? Caught the biggest fish in the sea</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Lost your fish, and your line and your tackle. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But- you never lost me. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And the day you lost your temper- And the car you were driving hit a tree.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lost your no claims bonus, and lots of blood- </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But- you never lost me. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And now we are old, in our eighties Pensioners for all to see. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lost your hair, and your teeth, and your urge to work </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But- you never lost me. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">P.M. 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G<a href="http://raham%20whittaker%20amazon%20author%20page/">raham Whittaker Amazon Author page</a><br />
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<a href="https://paulandpaulasbooks.wordpress.com/2018/08/31/graham-whittaker-above-the-cut/">Interview with Graham Whittaker at Paul & Paula's Books</a></div>
</span>matriarchShenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684058360125931809noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968782269561016042.post-4007334503530507382018-08-15T23:38:00.004-07:002018-08-16T16:48:15.199-07:00Stephen Drake ~ Above the Cut continued I am almost finished with Stephen Drake's first book - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LZKB1EX/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0">Displaced</a> and I like it so much, I immediately went and purchased book number two in the series and that one is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079KQ8WB7/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1">Civilization</a>. Displaced will be reviewed the third week in August 2018. And if number two is as fast reading as is book number one, there will be two reviews. (links will be added when posted)<br />
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In the formal interview, Stephen Drake's first answer startled me because a lot of authors that start later in life with writing is due to injuries or disabilities and when I asked him if he would share the injury I was more startled because my initial inner answer had been "well, it is not his brain."<br />
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But it is. And, truly I know from having three strokes that neurons after head injuries if exercised will divert from the original avenue and build a bridge and reconnect. It has happened to me and most assuredly it has with Stephen Drake as well. The limitations of an injury can aptly be overcome especially when one gets bored and new ventures are attempted and conquered.<br />
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He loves dogs and raised them. Pugs are his favorite but Rottweilers and Dobermans while getting a bad rap are fantastic dogs. I've not really met a dog I did not like.<br />
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A fact in one of his answers gives hope to people who started and stopped. His first book was started when he was 22 back in the 1970s but put aside from lack of interest by his family. I know too in those days, it was impossible to be published unless you knew someone in the business. But his injury caused by undiagnosed sleep apnea is a blessing to his readers. He became bored and picked up the story started many years ago, dusted it off, and it is a good fast reading hybrid of a story. More on that when I do the review.<br />
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If you want to see what Stephen Drake reads and reviews AND a sneak peek into his books, here is a link to his brand new blog: <a href="https://planetoomah.com/">https://planetoomah.com/</a><br />
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Check out his interview at <a href="https://paulandpaulasbooks.wordpress.com/2018/08/16/stephen-drake-above-the-cut/">https://paulandpaulasbooks.wordpress.com/2018/08/16/stephen-drake-above-the-cut/</a><br />
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<br />matriarchShenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684058360125931809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968782269561016042.post-52749007475194641122018-07-11T11:23:00.001-07:002018-07-11T11:23:07.236-07:00Paul and Paula's Place: Rick Johnson ~ Above the Cut continued.<a href="http://paulandpaulasplace.blogspot.com/2018/07/rick-johnson-above-cut-continued.html?spref=bl">Paul and Paula's Place: Rick Johnson ~ Above the Cut continued.</a>: Rick Johnson has been writing for five years. In those years, I've been buried in day to day survival and missed out on his books - th...matriarchShenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07684058360125931809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968782269561016042.post-84956741179406485232018-07-11T11:14:00.000-07:002018-09-07T14:34:51.151-07:00Rick Johnson ~ Above the Cut ~ ChatRick Johnson has been writing for five years.<br />
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In those years, I've been buried in day to day survival and missed out on his books - this has been good for me because now I have a 'new' author to blitz. I have sampled two of his books and am in the middle of reading one, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Trailer-Trash-Rick-Johnson-ebook/dp/B00HJ64CUM/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8">Trailor Trash</a> which has a sequel in the wings.<br />
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Check out my sister site for a full interview with a 'new to me' author with a sense of humor - <a href="https://paulandpaulasbooks.wordpress.com/2018/07/11/rick-johnson-above-the-cut/">Rick Johnson ~ Above the Cut</a><br />
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The reasoning behind why I accepted his friendship lurks in the depths of our love for our dogs. And he is an author, but that comes second.<br />
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His first book, A Dog's Best Goober was<br />
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written, again with humor, and featured his dog Mentos.<br />
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I asked, "Is Connor the dog in your <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dogs-Best-Goober-Rick-Johnson-ebook/dp/B00N5ESAQ4/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8">A Dog's Best Goober</a> book?"<br />
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<b>He died 2 years ago today (July 10, 2016) in his sleep beside me. He was 18 years old. I went to the local animal shelter a couple of weeks later without any intentions of going through that pain again. Just wanted to make a donation. Then I saw Connor in a cage. Took him to a bonding room. The rest is history." </b><br />
<span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>I've gotten to know Connor in my mind as the Sonic dog on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ricky.johnson.58760">Rick Johnson's page</a> where you can ask for friendship if you want to follow Connor and his best friend on their day to day forays into the wilds of their local Walmart and Sonic! Connor is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B00L0J5E10/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1?redirectedFromKindleDbs=true">Rick Johnson's Amazon autho</a>r stand-in </b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Rick's thoughts on Connor - <i>"</i></b></span><span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #4b4f56; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>I</i> got lucky. Not many people find a Connor. He stepped in when I needed him the most. After Methos died, I took a long trip and went to every place we went together. Thought about taking Connor to those same places. Decided against it. We have our own roads to travel."</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #4b4f56; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #4b4f56; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Rick's other animals - "</b></span><span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>I miss all my fur babies. Still, take the time to tell them I love them every day. That includes Ceasar who has been gone 27 years now."</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>I asked if he had a picture of Ceasar?</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>His reply, "</b></span><span style="background-color: #f1f0f0; color: #4b4f56; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>I don't have one of Ceasar, but let me get one of Bear for you.</b></span><br />
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When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">I honestly don't think I ever thought about
being a professional writer until I started writing. Well, that is not entirely
true. I didn't think about writing novels when I was a kid, but I wanted to
write screenplays and make movies. At one point during my childhood, I wanted
to be a marine biologist. In fact, that was my ultimate dream at the time. I
was utterly obsessed with fish. It is funny to think of the things we dream
about when we are children. </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">2.How long does it take you to write a book? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">It depends on the book. I wrote Lucifer's
Ladder in around three months if my memory serves, but I never rush anything. I
take things at my own pace in order to ensure that the finished product is
perfect. It doesn't normally take me as long as you would think to finish the first draft, however, it does take time and
lots of patience. If I had to give a real answer, then I suppose it takes me at
least six months to finish novels these days. </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">3.What is your work schedule like when you're
writing?</span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Oh, God! I don't want to sound whiny, but it
is such a nightmare balancing all of the stuff on my schedule. (Especially
since I have people who actually care to see me these days) I spend most of my
time during the day promoting my published work on the internet as I
simultaneously mow through as many of my other daily jobs and family
obligations as humanly possible. Then I write a few pages at night. I realize
that part sounds easy, but you have no idea of how time-consuming writing is
for me personally. I spend an unholy amount of time just deciding my word
choices. Everything has to look beautiful on the page. If I am not too
exhausted after that, I will play a video-game... or watch a television show at
the very least. Remember, kids! Entertainment is absolutely vital to a person's
mental health.</span> </span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">4.What would you say is your interesting
writing quirk? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>I have so many quirks as a writer, but I
suppose that my most interesting one involves me occasionally taking on my
protagonist's personality traits and mannerisms. Writing is a lot like acting
for me. I slip into another world and I channel my character through me. I once
ruined a potential relationship because I was still in the mindset of my frigid
and narcissistic protagonist from Lucifer's Ladder. I was talking like him and even acting like him to an extent.
It doesn't usually last long. I typically transition back to my normal self
soon after I stop writing. My date just caught me at the wrong time. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">5.How do books get published? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Books are published through inhuman patience
and seemingly irrational persistence on their writer's part. </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">6.Where do you get your information or ideas
for your books? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sometimes the ideas just come from some sort
of deep and unseen well of knowledge in my soul. When I become aware of an
idea, I write it down and wonder how the concept in question could have
possibly been born. I occasionally even know things that I shouldn't know. It
weirds me out! "Where in the blazing hell did it come from?" That is
something I constantly ask myself. That being said, I actually know where
Lucifer's Ladder came from for the most part. It was primarily inspired by
Japanese role-playing games such as Final
Fantasy and the psychological horror masterpiece known as Silent Hill 2. I also
longed to see a story that featured a dark and ruthless protagonist like Hugh.
Perhaps I needed to see him. I was struggling with a lot of darkness of my own
at the time. </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">7.When did you write your first book and how
old were you? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">I</span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> wrote my first book in 2009. I was eighteen
at the time. </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">8.What do you like to do when you're not
writing? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">This is going to sound incredibly nerdy, but I
am a huge geek. I love playing video games
and watching lots of television... especially anime. I am currently geeking out
over Berserk and the upcoming Pokemon games. </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">9.What does your family think of your writing?
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">My family is proud of my writing. (Especially
now that I have been traditionally published!) </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">10.What was one of the most surprising things
you learned in creating your books? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">I suppose the most surprising thing I learned
is how natural it feels for me to create entire worlds and histories from
nothing. I can conjure an entire universe into existence and it feels as
typical as slipping on a pair of pajamas. </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">11.How many books have you written? Which is
your favorite? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Is it bad that I don't know the answer to that
first question? At least eight, I suppose. Although, I have likely written a
lot more than that. My personal favorite out of all of the books I have created
is Lucifer's Ladder because of how personal the story is to me. </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">12.Do you have any suggestions to help me
become a better writer? If so, what are they? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>I realize this sounds cliché’, but just keep
at it. Writing is something you naturally become better at as you go along.
Write a couple of novels and admire your progress. I guarantee that you will
see the improvement. </b></span><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">13.Do you hear from your readers much? What
kinds of things do they say</span></i></b><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">It depends on the readers, but they mostly say
positive things. I have a few haters, but the fans are the people I concern
myself with. If I am making the fans happy, then I am happy. </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">14.Do you like to create books for adults? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129;">I</span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> don't write books for children. My stories
are intended for adults, but if children want to read them and their parents
let them, then I am all for it. Personally, I think my writing is better for
children than most of the mindless crap that is being shoved down their
throats. </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">15.What do you think makes a good story? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Characters who feel as real as family, an unforgettable story, and a unique
atmosphere. </span></b><span style="color: #1d2129;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a child, what did you want to do when you grew up? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Like I said earlier, I wanted to be a marine
biologist... or at least a rapper like Eminem or LL Cool J when I was a child,
but now I remember very little about aquatic life and while I still appreciate
good rap songs, I am not as into it as I used to be. I am more obsessed with
David Bowie and Nobuo Uematsu these days.</span></b></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></div>
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