Lucky

Reports are that internet sensation and male celebrity hunk Levi Johnston, formerly Mr. Bristol Palin, has been assaulted by his new wife, who thinks that Levi does not hold her beauty in the esteem to which she thinks he should. Johnston's attorney says that Levi's wife beat him "mercilessly" recently. The story recently appeared in the esteemed newspaper The National Enquirer, but the lawyer insists that neither he nor Johnston spoke to the Enquirer. Other sources must be talking. Should there be any damage to Levi's genitals, a lawsuit in the trillions of dollars could be filed.

Ruth Rendell, for one. She has written so many books, and has already been "outed" as Barbara Vine, so why bother? Even her latest says Ruth Rendel, writing as Barbara Vine. In the beginning she may have wanted to write in a different style that would not confuse her readers, so she adopted a pseudonym, but now there seems to be no reason for it. s/ Lucky, writing as FiveAces

As much as I have read about this case, I had not seen that story? So much is being said after the fact. Even when the MIT president was explaining his shock and sadness at the suicide he didn't make that point. The university’s president, L. Rafael Reif, said last week, “It pains me to think that M.I.T. played any role in a series of events that have ended in tragedy.” I have since tried to verify your claim, and I cannot. Finding activity from China is not unusual. But it doesn't mean that they are behind the theft. In fact, the Chinese activity found here was brief- not enough to finger them as the culprits.

Someone must have told the NY Times about this thread, because today they covered the topic themselves: http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/travel/how-to-get-a-seat-out-of-your-award-miles.html?hpw

LOL! Yes, much more of Clark's today look.

At least she will be acting. Barry Manilow is going to Broadway too, but for concerts, not theater.

It is a very intriguing picture. Not so sure if it is warm and inviting or cold and threatening, but I tend to go with cold and threatening. Are those trees dead or dying?

Or are they hard up for visitors?

My library hold came up today for the novel Me and The Devil, by Nick Tosches. Read these blurbs and tell me if they interest you as much as they do me: Review Me and the Devil "This is the best, from one of the best writers around. Nick Tosches knows the devil as well as any man has."--Keith Richards "Words and wisdom that I shall carry with me into the fucking dirt."--Johnny Depp "If there was ever any doubt that Nick Tosches is the Dark Prince of literary fiction, Me and the Devil should settle the matter. The single, most brain-searingly dangerous man of letters. Read him at your peril."--Anthony Bourdain "A dark narrative that cleverly blurs the lines between reality and fantasy....Tosches takes readers on an unpredictable journey through disturbing and erotic desires ....excellent."--Booklist "By turns profane, obscene, perhaps even blasphemous, Tosches's fictional account of 'the most diabolically fucked-up year of my life' is like a cross between William S. Burroughs and J.K. Huysmans."--Ron Hogan, Shelf Awareness Pro "Tosches has created an erotic asphalt odyssey that takes him on a subcutaneous awakening, drifting through a world of hallucinations, dark secrets and dangerous desires."--Peter Wolf "During his long career, Toshces has earned a reputation as a writer who doesn't mess around....Me and the Devil is Tosches touching his outer limits. It's a compulsively readable tale of sadomasochistic obsession and Faustian misbehavior: a meta-rumination on aging, sex, and the nature of art."--Tony O'Neill, BlackBook "Another chapter in Tosches's unflinchingly perverse literary output."--The New Yorker

It would be nice to see the Arts forum thrive, but even at the other site there were three days with nothing posted, and that forum has been around for a while. (PS: I note that I have posted a lot tonight. Sorry about that, but I guess I am looking for something to do because my novel is not holding my interest.)

I would hate to think that anyone would be offended if a post ended up in a forum where it might not fit best. That would be taking things a bit far. What I welcome is the information in the post. For me, the Arts forum should be about art, but the definition varies as we well know. So as long as the post shows a general respect for the intent of the forum, I would prefer to see it posted rather than not.

MsGuy, do you really live in a mobile home? Here's mine:

Kevin Zegers was so cute in that movie. All across America gay guys were drooling. And it was a good movie, too!

Having seen the movie, I can agree that it does a good job of showcasing a bad situation. But I wouldn't recommend it to anyone as I can think of so may ways to spend time other than watching a movie about a sad situation.

I'd be surprised if there was anyone who enjoyed commercial flying anymore. First or business class may ease it somewhat, but the hassles of airports and security remain. Every flight seems so crowded, everyone seems to be carrying on as much as they can, flight attendants seem harried, and there are lines for lines. It's a means of getting from Point A to Point B, but no fun whatsoever.

Nice of you to notice his absence, lurkerspeaks. I too hope that he is okay. We met once when he was visiting Palm Springs and I enjoyed the meeting. The nature of anonymous posting leaves the possibility of people leaving the site with no notice or any chance of us finding out what happened. I hope that we hear from him soon.

Oh. Thank you for the clarification. I, for one, welcome your return to the forums and would not want to be responsible for that changing.

The author Ruth Rendell, writing under her pseudonym of Barbara Vine, is trying to describe how handsome a character she is introducing is: "The first thing anyone would notice about James was how handsome he was (sic). Not like an actor, because actors aren't necessarily good-looking the way they once were...Clark Gable and Cary Grant and James Stewart and Gregory Peck, were all stunningly handsome and, when amalgamated looked like James." That didn't help me at all in figuring out how handsome the character is. James Stewart stunningly handsome? I didn't think of any of the 4 as "stunningly" handsome. So, what is stunningly handsome? And how do I amalgamate 4 men? (The reason that I put "sic" after "was" is because if he is dead it might be hard to describe him as handsome, and she shouldn't be tipping us off that the character dies...if he does, I haven't read that far!)

Townsend, thanks for the link to thepointsguy.com. As you point out, using points takes work, and good advice can make it easier.

I did a Google search before I posted to be sure that I was not in error myself. Shows you how well that went.

I agree with Tomcal. Thermas Sauna is a wonderful, fun place, and Barcelona a great city to visit.

Tomcal gives excellent advice on this subject.

...and Lucky starts with a capital L. If my correction of your error was in any way nasty, I would understand a response such as yours. But I, for one, don't mind if someone corrects a mistake I make. I assumed that you would prefer to know too, but sometimes I guess wrong. We all make mistakes.

Excellent post, tomcal. Thanks for sharing this beauty with us.

A masseuse is a woman. A masseur is a man.