tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40464372473421380742024-03-13T23:28:12.733-07:00The Seattle Kid--by Reb MacRathA chronicle of one man's move and a celebration of the Can Do spirit. glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-62802212351599398992015-10-01T00:30:00.000-07:002015-10-01T00:30:02.006-07:00A Heartfelt and Buoyant Farewell<img alt="Image result for farewell images" height="280" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSdeHZFWs3rsbUVuhlMIMFoQyDZ7Thawg0XnEanZXgb1RtyY9nr" width="400" /><br />
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Since March 2014 this blog has been several things to me:<br />
--For the first six months, it chronicled my cross-country move: from packing to planning to parring down my possessions to a trunk and just four boxes...<br />
--During that same stretch it served as a motivational force and an illustration to readers of how one man set a long-distance goal and kept himself on track.<br />
--The blog transformed, after my arrival in Seattle in September 2014, into The Seattle Rock, a monthly online 'zine exploring the city and and describing my adventures: finding and furnishing a studio...searching for a better job and greater success in the ebook arena...<br />
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For eighteen months, the blog's had a good run. I've chosen to stop now while it's still at a manageable size for new readers: six months of preparation and 12 monthly editions of the Seattle Rock.<br />
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Thanks for your support and your interest in my Seattle adventure. As I begin my second year in the Cool Gray City of Uncommon Funk, I wish you the best on your own quests and adventures.<br />
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<br />glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-58978103505712194442015-09-01T00:30:00.000-07:002015-09-01T00:30:00.511-07:00Reb MacRath's Seattle Rock: V. 12: 09/01/15<br />
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It's time, at last. You know it. But are you prepared for September and the frightening chance for rebirth?<br />
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The year's fourth quarter now begins. I began with a series of steps: some small, some not--all decisive. I began, Seattle-style: with a fine-tuned blend of passion, strategy and faith. The fourth quarter is the time for bigger and bolder decisions. And so...<br />
--I dealt a major blow to one personal flaw that disgusts me: a tendency to surrender when dreams begin drifting away. Now, it's good to be a dreamer--but not a wan and listless one, the kind that used to populate bad 19th Century romances. The slipping dream that most tormented me was my plan to re--begin traveling by train as often as I can. Though I moved cross-country last autumn by train, I'd traveled in coach and had been anxiety-ridden. The last time I'd traveled properly--and I mean first class--on a train? Almost thirty years ago. Soooo...last month, like Caesar, I did it: made reservations for a first-class, cross-country trip next year. Destination: Buffalo. My first visit there since...I cannot recall. Next: I'm looking into a visit to L.A. Another dream I've drifted from: a reunion with an old school friend. Reb MacRath, train travelin' man.<br />
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--I manned up and admitted that my vaunted, self-made daily planner wasn't working for me: too bulky and too high-maintenance: the blank journal required designing the pages for each new week. Since I hate admitting that I'm wrong, I admitted I was wrong. Proof: I hardly looked at it. I need something I can carry and look at through the day. And so this sometimes penny-pinching honorary Scot paid the bucks required for the planner he'd come to love best:<br />
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--I decided to stop stalling and begin exploring other employment opportunities. Goal: to reach the salary I'd had in mind when I moved here (at least $15 an hour), plus holidays and Sundays free--in a less stressful, non-call center setting. Secondary goal: to work fewer hours a week. Through a coworker on the present job I learned that the Mayor's office has a program devoted to finding work for Slightly Older Guys and Gals. Am filling out the forms required prior to my meeting them.<br />
Seeking a far better balance between:<br />
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Seattle is:<br />
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--Walgreens. <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white;">The legendary 3rd and Pike location.</span></span><br />
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The country's grungiest Walgreens has had a major face lift this year. Two floors now instead of one, with an escalator and an elevator. Hardwood floors instead of filthy, cracked linoleum. And a layout less conducive to smash-and-grab gangs of thieves. The corner itself is undergoing major reconstruction: sidewalks closed, bus stops moved further south, alleys closed or monitored, newspaper boxes (drug drop-offs) removed, etc. But is the city's favorite steal-from store really now predator-free? Not likely, since the staff are forbidden to stop known thieves or even demand return of clearly boosted merchandise. Anyone who's worked there will tell you their own stories: violent brawls at the entrance, a female security guard who was shoved and then fired for daring to hit back, an assistant manager punched in the face, cashiers receiving death threats, huge men snatching shopping bags and loading them up with high-end merch, then threatening to kill anyone who stood in their way...Good luck to Walgreens in its effort to transform this location from a dangerous hole in the wall to a toney site with sushi bar. It may prevail. But thieves who've been looting the store for years won't give up easily, though they may have to wait a while. The safe money's on betting that the tough cops now manning the entrance won't be there forever or even day and night. Not unless the face lift is something more than a face lift: say, a step up from exclusive thoughts about the bottom line.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><i>If you think I'm joking about the massive 'shrinkage' at the store, check out the following link to theft deterrent procedures at a branch store in San Francisco's Haight. At Third and Pike, thieves wouldn't care--they'd smash the cases, load up and run.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b><i><a href="http://hoodline.com/2010/05/8-things-people-steal-from-walgreens">http://hoodline.com/2010/05/8-things-people-steal-from-walgreens</a></i></b></span><br />
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--Barnes & Noble, 600 Pine Street, has earned its place a second time in the Seattle Hall of Shame.<br />
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Their official listing is as impressive as its location, near the ritzy Pike Place pavilion: <b><span style="color: purple;">The world’s largest bookseller offers a vast selection of titles, with more than 10,000 publishers. Shop here for an variety of books, NOOK and the new NOOKcolor, NOOKbooks™, eclectic accessories and gifts to enhance any book lover’s collection and reflect on their personal style. Barnes & Noble is a great place to relax and read, with a comfortable cafe, unique children’s section, and calendars of events featuring author appearances and discussion groups. We have free Wi-Fi, allowing customers to surf the web. </span></b><br />
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BUT...Huge BUT: As mentioned in a previous edition, their really huge cafe has just two pairs of outlets--on a single post. Others who need to plug in for Wi-Fi are just plumb out of luck. AND: The bastards have walled off their washrooms. That's right: not restricted their use to paying customers or required tokens for their usage--no, they have completely walled them off, as in a tale by Poe. So shop and spend hundreds...savor the cafe's delicacies...and enjoy the Wi-Fi if your battery still has some juice. But if you or your kids need to pee? Hit the road.<br />
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--Then again, there is a choice.<br />
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The world-famous Elliott Bay Book Company, in Capitol Hill, has a superior assortment of books, staff who really love their jobs, a terrific cafe--and bathrooms. Keys for these are obtained at the cafe register. <br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>SOS's of the Soul</b></span><br />
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September is the time to listen to SOS's of the Soul. Spring and summer have left us again, as they do every year, bringing us annually closer to the winter of our lives. This year we have the short stretch of this fall to get it right while there's still time.<br />
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My own SOS's are legion: terrifying thoughts of losses that might become fatal if I quit on my dreams or give less than my best...or simply drift too far from goals. Financial SOS's. Creative SOS's. Social SOS's.<br />
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For me, in the fall of 2015, the greatest SOS is this: the fear that, unless I am careful <b>right now</b>, the sense of romance will be squeezed from my soul by new practical concerns. And so I focus with all of my might on images like these that help me stay on track:<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Entertainment Kick of the Month</b></span><br />
Eureka! New DVD tactic. To keep up with the movies I've already bought, I'd have to watch one a night for a while. But I don't have the time to watch more for than an hour a night, sometimes less, whereas some of the films run to three hours--and contain hours of extras. Sad to say, but some evenings I can only afford half an hour.<br />
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Weekly combination strategy:<br />
1) Watch two 2-hour film per week, each film broken down into two viewings.<br />
2) Select two fave TV shows. Night 5: one episode from #1. Night 6: #2. Running time per episode should be about 45 minutes.<br />
3) On my Tired Night, one episode of a classic half-hour show.<br />
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Starting September lineup:<br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Week one's movie:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">TV shows: one episode of each per week:</span></b><br />
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<b><i>Am nearly through each of these. So will need replacements in October.</i></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Tired Night's half-hour classic:</span></b><br />
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<b><i>I own several seasons. And they'll last me a long time at one show a week!</i></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Litrachoor</span></b><br />
<b>Finished reading: </b><i>Darkness</i> by Bill Kirton. Very aptly named. A riveting, gut-wrenching mystery that's left me in need of a break. No more reading till October.<br />
<b>In the works: </b><i>Caesar's Ghost</i>, the novel that came to me on my March visit to San Francisco. I've just begun the third draft of this real genre blender. Or let's call it a Mhistory that's also a tale of possession. And then repossession. Oh hell, enough of that, Let's just call it <i>Caesar's Ghost</i><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Deep Thoughts</b></span><br />
--I like even a bad book that is what it is. But when a bad book seems not what it isn't--watch out.<br />
--Abstinence makes the fond grow harder.<br />
--Poverty ennobles the spirit, they say...between sales of Florida swamp land.<br />
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glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-17500851227910313762015-08-01T00:30:00.000-07:002015-08-01T07:00:30.300-07:00Reb MacRath's Seattle Rock: V. 11: 08/01/15 <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Nuts and Bolts</b></span><br />
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July was hot but August, ah, is in a league of its own. It is the month of quiet fire...reassessment....and plans for rebirth. August is the month of hope.<br />
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We're in the very middle now of the year's third quarter--while I'm also at the end of my first year in Seattle. Time to set my clock to yours and examine what I've accomplished in 2015...and also where I've fallen short. After that, I'll strategize to keep my first year in this city on track.<br />
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It's the apt month to remember the Roman emperor Augustus, who left a terse but telling list of his main accomplishments. In the Augustine spirit:<br />
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1) After six hellish months at The Joint, corner of Third and Pike, I said goodbye to the drunks, drug dealers, degenerates and dilettantes I'd put up with for too long. I also said goodbye to a loser salary and a company I'd stuck with for nearly six years, starting off in Charlotte.<br />
2) Within 3 weeks I found a job in a better part of town, at a far better salary. My escape from retail.<br />
3) I began investing in my quality of life, beginning with a decent TV and DVD player, and other home essentials.<br />
4) I began to build a world-class DVD collection, including as many Criterion classics as I can afford, also buying types of films that I don't usually watch.<br />
5) I weathered a family brouhaha with dignity and honor. Life is too short to be little or to be belittled.<br />
6) I bused to San Francisco in March and met with an online friend. A chance remark during the visit inspired my next book--whose subject I'd never considered till then.<br />
7) While I worked on it, my formatter, Yvonne, scanned the paperback version of my third novel, Mastery. And I went on to proofread and rewrite it, a project that took me four months.<br />
8) I had my first tattoo done, tired of thinking about it. No truer words were ever said than these: no pain, no stain.<br />
9) I continued to build my first savings account.<br />
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Not too shabby, all in all, though not at all Augustine. Still, I need to own up to my failures so far:<br />
1) No social life.<br />
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2) No love life.<br />
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--The changing face of Third and Pike. Since my arrival I'd been told that it would never change. The Scourge of Seattle, they told me, couldn't be solved or removed. Walk by or pass through at your peril. Night or day, here or there, you were just a blink away from a shank in your ribs or a hammer on your skull. And God help you if you noticed a bruiser selling drugs or got in the way of a thief on the run. In 2014, 10,000 complaints were received regarding this one area.<br />
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Per Seattle Times, 4/21/2015, Seattle Times Daniel Beekman and Steve Miletich:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Bus stops will be moved, alleys restricted and newspaper boxes used by drug dealers removed as part of the new “9½ Block Strategy,” which refers to the small section of downtown between First and Fourth avenues and Union and Stewart streets where much of the city’s crime is concentrated."</span><br />
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Let's make our groovy city safe for shoppers at Nordstrom and Pacific Place! And send all street musicians who sing between the cracks to either Oakland or Portland.<br />
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The late summer/early fall curriculum will focus on the complex art of spending dough to make more dough. So step right up and meet MacRath, Career Investment Student.<br />
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1) Today I invested in a Vidal Sassoon haircut by the director of the shop. Since I don't have the dough I should have at my age, all the more reason to look like a mil. I recall one Charlotte photographer trying to build up his business while cutting his own hair at home with a bowl and buying his cigs with rolled pennies. No, dude, we don't need to to look to know we know your work.<br />
And a special word to all you SOGs (that's right, Slightly Older Guys): love the hair that you're still with.<br />
2) I began consulting with my ebook cover artist, Jean, about creating a new branded look for my Boss MacTavin mysteries. They should be selling better, but readers haven't a clue what they 'are'.. They need to see that at a glance. Whatever this costs will be money well spent.<br />
3) Furthermore, I began checking out online operations that can help promote my books and, maybe, help gain more reviews. Folks can't buy what they can't see in the daily blizzard of signs.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Entertainment Kicks of the Month</b></span><br />
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A new cinematic passion has brought me unrivaled hours of joy: the films of Brian De Palma. Why would I spend 16 hours on a plane to see the Sistine Chapel when I can view wonders like these in my home?<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Litrachoor</b></span><br />
<b>Currently reading: </b><i>Darkness</i> by Bill Kirton. My third encounter with the charismatic Aberdonian cop, Jack Carston. A highly addictive, and recommended, series.<br />
<b>In the works: </b><i>MonsterTime--</i>scanned from the original paper novel <i>Mastery</i>, and rewritten/jazzed/tweaked/and proofed, will be released by August 15.<br />
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<br />glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-49883264071913368502015-07-01T00:30:00.000-07:002015-07-01T06:48:20.303-07:00Reb MacRath's Seattle Rock: V. 10: 07/01/15<br />
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You all know what July means: now the heat is really on.<br />
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It's not always pleasant. But what better time than when your body reminds you to bring the heat to your game? The year is half over. So pause to ponder where you stand in relation to the goals you set at the start of the year. Or even goals you have set several (many?) years ago. Whatever else I've accomplished, I reached a new level of intolerance for goals that I had drifted from...or not even dared yet attempt. In that spirit, I:<br />
--Had my first tattoo done on 6/28.<br />
--Arranged for a three-day trip to Portland over Labor Day Weekend.<br />
--Opened an account at a different bank and began to save for a trip or two back east next year: Buffalo and Atlanta. Am also working on saving for unforeseen emergencies.<br />
--Turned up the heat on the <i>MonsterTime</i> rewrite, planning to complete by July 4 and launch by mid-July.<br />
--After this, I resolved, to begin having something resembling a Life in Seattle.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>City Beats</b></span><br />
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Seattle is:<br />
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--Fifth Avenue, a vivid reminder of my four years in New York City. A walk here's the perfect antidote to the horrors of Third and Pike and the stretch known as The Blade. Ah, hello, Fifth Avenue!<br />
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--Pioneer Square, at once the polar opposite and the perfect counterpoint. We stay in touch with our roots here and it helps to keep us real.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Sports</b></span><br />
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With the completion of <i>MonsterTime</i> by July 4, I'll ramp up my workout schedule to prepare for the Portland reunions in September. Goal: a <b>greatly reduced</b> version of this:<br />
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Advance preparation: at work I now snack on cut-up apples and carrot sticks...lunching on a small Starbucks Protein box lunch and a bottle of carrot juice.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Financial</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>So then, the lifelong Bohemian--who's scraped by from payday to payday, working at menial jobs while he wrote--finally grew tired of that. Not just tired, sick and tired. S&T of ramen noodles...not being able to visit family or old friends...not being able to afford a really spectacular haircut...etc,<br />
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The Bohemian saw an old mantra of his in a startling new light: Pay the Man--or, If you want That, you must do This. I'd escaped from a miserable job and a rock-bottom salary into a high-stress position in a better neighborhood--and for a decent wage. Instead of spending money like a drunken sailor, I saw how to Pay the Man in an exciting new way. The better I am at my job, and the better my attendance and attitude, the better my chances of getting a raise. I can buy better covers for my ebooks, pay for help promoting them, get more and more of the things I've never been able to have.<br />
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But also--Pay the Man!--I have the chance to save. Save for the security, power and dignity of having an adequate stash. The power to pay my own way and realize my dreams.<br />
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Protect your freedom with a strong financial foundation. But also affirm your dignity with this solemn vow: <b>wherever you go and whatever you do, always make sure--if the goings head South--that you can get up and leave. Leave with a smile, but be able to say: "That's it, dude, I'm out of here." </b><br />
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Example: Years ago, in the South, I attended a party deep in the heart of the country. I'd needed a ride to get there and I hadn't the means or the money to leave when the host became rude and abusive. Couldn't hit him--he was crippled and deeply alcoholic. Couldn't catch a bus--there were none. Cab fare: probably the price of a plane to Bermuda. Tried not to ruin everyone's evening--but failed, glowering and sulking. It's taken till now,with the start of a nest--along with F.U. money--to regain the self-esteem I lost.<br />
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Trust the Rebster on this one: always be able to leave a bad scene. And depend on nobody for your escape.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Entertainment: Kicks of the Month</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>--Yes, I know, this will strike some as silly. But one new monthly kick for me is a decent clock alarm/radio. For the last ten months I've used my cell phone alarm. Before that, in Charlotte, my income allowed me a cheap clock alarm that worked half the time. Nowwwww...I use this:<br />
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Advantages: dual alarm that accommodates my split work schedule: different hours on the Saturday half-day....USB ports for charging cell phone and/or Kindle...variable screen brightness...resonant radio sound...a snooze alert that graduates from the softest of beeps to a beep guaranteed to get your full attention...and a genie that pops out for a body massage.<br />
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--I continue working on my DVD collection. No, I'm nowhere near here yet:<br />
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But I continue building. And I've learned along the way to only purchase films I know I'll want to watch again. Anything in question, I'll check out first on Amazon Instant View or Prime.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Changing Time</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>I've reset my Vidal Sassoon appointment for:<br />
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My hair's still too short for them to cut, at least at the prices they charge. I want them to feel proud about dipping so deeply into my savings. And I plan to present them with an infernal challenge: transform my thinned, Slightly Older Guy hair into a 'do that is enviably hip. Come on, VS, let's see how close we can come to:<br />
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or this:<br />
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or this:<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Uh, just kidding on that last one. </span></b><br />
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--As for the right forearm tattoo, here it is. Thanks to Ludvic Pitre at Under the Needle, 2118 2nd Ave., Seattle, WA 98121. I'll write about the experience next month.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Litrachoor</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Now reading: </b><i>Spirit of Place </i> by Dennis Hamley. It's the damndest thing I've ever read: part literary history, part novel of ideas, part mystery and part ghost story. I'm loving it. And I recommend it for anyone who doesn't fear first-rate writing that gives the brain a workout.<br />
<b>In the Works:</b><br />
1) <i>MonsterTime </i>has a terrific cover by Jean Schweikhard and the book will be ready to launch around the middle of July after a three-month rewrite.<br />
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If you dig time travel novels--and vampires with a real difference--you should find this one worth your while.<br />
2) <i>Caesar's Ghost</i>, my new Work in Progress, will be completely second-drafted by the middle of the month. I'll begin typing the second draft's changes over the July 4 long weekend.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Deep Thoughts</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>--It's not what you don't do with what you haven't got that counts. It's how you feel about the feelings that you can't imagine.<br />
--Petty acts are emotional food stamps for the spiritually unemployed.<br />
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<br />glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-39278039652326232912015-06-01T00:30:00.000-07:002015-06-01T00:30:05.466-07:00Reb MacRath's Seattle Rock: V. 9: 06/1/15<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Nuts and Bolts</b></span><br />
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So! The magic of June has arrived. And for the next couple of weeks we're in the magical fusion of late spring and early summer. Now, before the heat waves hit, we're sparked by this powerful feeling:<br />
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We planted all spring....now we harvest--and harvest well with work and positive thoughts and good luck. In this mood, at the close of my third quarter in Seattle, I approached the Rubicon and chose to up my Game here.<br />
--I dug in and began to master the new call center position. Tough work and scheduling issues, but: I'm out of retail after too many years...I have Sundays and holidays off...and the extra money is being put to good use.<br />
--I launched the second part of my Southern Scotch blog's forum on violence in art. And in less than a month it whipped the numbers of the first part. (Combined total so far: 8300 views.)<br />
--I collaborated with my new cover artist, Jean Schweikhard, on a bold new look for my next book's cover.<br />
--I chose three words as my motto: <i><span style="color: orange;">Dared and Done.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b><span style="color: blue;">Seattle is both this:</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><b>and this:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: lime;"><b>Can't we find a way to meet somewhere in the middle? </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Sports</b></span><br />
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My disgraceful gym hiatus continued through May 30. Job pressure. Writing deadlines. Continuing schedule blues. At last, proud to say, I rallied--rather than become the punchline to some scoundrel's fitness jokes. Saturday, May 30, I did a rugged abs workout, then stretched. Sunday I returned to Gold's and punished myself properly for being such a slacker.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Financial</b></span><br />
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A lifelong Bohemian, I plan to make the most of the more serious salary. Three goals I plan to reach before even thinking of changing jobs:<br />
1) Spend the next three months getting the niceties and comforts my studio still needs.<br />
2) Invest in new covers for some of my ebooks--and also publicity to reach a wider audience.<br />
3) Arrange time to travel on my present job (no two days off in a row).<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Entertainment: Kicks of the Month</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>One day I'd had enough of watching DVDs on my 7" DVD player. I'd also had enough of the limited, impoverished thinking that kept me from upgrading. I ordered a Proscan 22" flatscreen combo TV/DVD player--that broke within<b> one hour</b>. Disgusted, and generally put off by flatscreeens, I returned the Proscan, then began to do some research.<br />
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Result: I visited a pawnshop, obtaining a used Sharp tube TV and a Capello DVD player--for less than the Proscan had cost me. Better picture, better sound.<br />
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Now that I had a TV and DVD player, I reached another Rubicon: pay through the nose for cable...or begin go build a world-class DVD collection: not just movies but TV seasons of great shows. I chose the latter, ordering:<br />
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<img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91aOw8yLu9L._SL1500_.jpg" height="200" width="164" /><img alt="Prison Break - Season One" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519F139WE8L.jpg" height="200" width="154" /><br />
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and more...<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Changing Time</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>When the June bug bites, you know it's time to stop idly thinking about plans to refashion your image. Live forever in the shallows or make up a list that you call Dared and Done. This is at the very heart of the Seattle spirit: the pluck and the almighty gall to remake yourself as you please.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>I divided my gall into two parts to start, thus beginning my Dared and Done list.<br />
1) No more bad hair cuts or bad hair days. After a hideous May cut for $30, I vowed: I'd let my hair grow all through June--then spend an outrageous sum to have my hair done right. Better second-hand clothes than a second-rate cut. So before July 1, I'll go to:<br />
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2) I refuse to spend another month imagining myself with a tattoo. Dared and Done this will be too. Under the Needle, here I come!<br />
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<img alt="Happy Memorial Day from Under The Needle!
@sweetmatilda @wizardmountain @christopher57robin @thedevilswork #undertheneedle #seattletattoos (at Under The Needle Tattoos)" src="http://36.media.tumblr.com/942d2ed9b6f675abbf746380fdbc0983/tumblr_noxmq22exF1tqbo8wo1_1280.jpg" height="320" width="320" /><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Litrachoor</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Finishing reading</b>: <i>Material Evidence</i> by Bill Kirton, first in the series of Jack Carston mysteries. Kirton's an exceptional writer with his unique blend of subtle stylistic grace and occasional in your face rawness. And Jack Carston is an engaging and deeply sympathetic hero.<br />
<b>Next in queue: </b><i>Spirit of Place</i> by Dennis Hamley. I know the book has something to do with time travel and Alexander Pope. But I've made it a point to learn nothing more about it. Hamley's such a wonderful writer that I expect to be as surprised as I was by Nabokov's <i>Pale Fire</i>, in which the actual story is told in the footnotes to an ancient poem.<br />
<b>In the Works:</b><br />
1) <i>Mastery, </i> my third Kelley Wilde horror novel, had a fresh and compelling story line: In 1986, the year of Halley's Comet, passengers on board the California Zephyr are sent rolling back in time. They arrive in San Francisco, 1906--the year of the Great Quake--stalked by a unique type of vampire who needs their blood type to survive. The original edition, though, was compromised by deadline pressures and personal stress. Twenty-five years later, I've set out to get it right: cutting over 5000 words and rewriting most of the rest. Launch date: as hoped, in July. New title: <i>MonsterTime.</i><br />
2) I'm halfway through the second draft of <i>Caesar's Ghost</i>, my work in progress. This may be the most unusual book I've written. But it remains, at heart, a tale for those who like hardboiled mysteries with a funky edge.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Homebodying</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>No more fooling around. No more dawdling. These are things I most need to transform my studio into a cool place to visit...by the end of this first year:<br />
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1) A used desk, smallish but with filing space. Something like this would be perfect:<br />
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2) A used office chair. Comfortable, but not fancy.<br />
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3) A used loveseat. Two-seater, preferably. Something a little like this:<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Plus: </b>a small bookcase, more linens and dishes, food and drinks for guests...and on.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Deep Thoughts:</b></span><br />
--Practice doesn't make perfect, as we know. Perfect practice does. But, till you get going, the imperfectly perfect imperfect may do.<br />
--It's never too late to let your hair down...as long as you manage to keep enough hair.<br />
--And:<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Special June Gift</b></span><br />
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How could I sign off without leaving you a gift this month? As you set about perfecting the art of Dared and Done, foes will try to bring you down. These miserable little morons are armed with sneers, jeers, rolling eyes and well-sharpened knives to be placed in your back. Fear them not from this day on, for you have something better. Something never shared before this day. You have a MacRathian malediction to ward off their whammies and inspire karmic payback.<br />
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Speak the words slowly, clearly and just a bit theatrically. Furthermore, be careful to give each line its full four beats. Here, now, the<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">Reap your due and eat my shorts,</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">You doody-loving dodo. </span></i></b><br />
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You will notice, the instant you say this, a charged sense of well-being and rebooted spiritual power. You are protected, loved and free to continue to cry 'Dared and done!' And rest at ease in knowing no doody-loving dodo can turn these words against you.<br />
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Happy June to all of you.<br />
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glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-47119822475968329492015-05-01T00:30:00.000-07:002015-05-02T07:06:40.658-07:00Reb MacRath's Seattle Rock: V. 8: 05/01/15<b style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Nuts and Bolts </b><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>May Day! You know you love it. The great trick is to love it in style and with heart. When winter's had its way with you, and April's made you wonder if there'll really be a spring or if the whole season is winter's last joke...the first of May arrives. And there's magic in the air: hope, anticipation, the marvelous sense of a new lease on life. You have been renewed again--and not a minute too soon.<br />
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Here are snapshots of the April that I've just left behind. I:<br />
--Survived an intense two-week training period for a new job, a call center position. Graduated with honors.<br />
--Hit the floor with minimal supervision for a half-day Saturday...then my first 2 nine-hour days.<br />
--Finished drafting the work in progress that I began in San Francisco during my visit in March.<br />
--Promoted a successful blog event: a round table discussion with six well-known writers on the subject of violence in art. Final score: about 4100 viewings.<br />
--And I began:<br />
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Oh, yes, I had some studio cleaning to do. My halo there had gathered dust. But I wanted this May to be special, more than dusting and sweeping and straightening. And so:<br />
--I got rid of all the old cool shirts I'd worked so hard to fit into my trunk. My taste has changed. I'd outgrown these--and I want my new shirts to have pockets!<br />
--I got rid of a $400 Ralph Lauren yellow seaman-style coat, also ten years old. I'd hardly ever worn it and it doesn't suit the style here.<br />
--After a former friend turned foe, I tossed 3 large metaphorical bags filled with emotional garbage: anger, hurt, the whole gang. Internal spring cleaning: done.<br />
--On the other hand, I took long and loving look at the circle of real friends I've been blessed with...and committed to strengthening those ties.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>City Beats</b></span><br />
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Seattle is:<br />
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--The Cafe on the Ave:<br />
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This was what I had in mind when I moved 3000 miles. An expansive indie cafe with a wealth of tables and outlets. The coffee is organic and the atmosphere is charged. <br />
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--My favorite shopping center:<br />
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I'd been a Trader Joe's fan since my time in Portland. The store there was a five-minute walk from my place. Naturally, in Charlotte, the nearest TJ's required a commute by two buses and dangerous confrontations with thugs and crazies on the buses and at the Transit Center. Boo-hoo. No Trader Joe's.<br />
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But...On the ground of our office building is a splendid Trader Joe's. And once again I'm lovin' pre-made sandwiches and salads made the same day, plus decent chocolate bars cheaper than $4.00.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Sports.</b></span><br />
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My gym hiatus continued. High stress from job loss for a couple of weeks...then the challenge of fitting both my writing and workouts into my new working schedule.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>May marks my return. The tentative schedule will be:</b><br />
<b>Sunday: my first day off work.</b><br />
<b>Wednesday: my second day off work.</b><br />
<b>Saturday: a half day at work.</b><br />
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Goal: to fit in one extra night, so that I can hit all core/arms, then legs, twice weekly each.<br />
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Progress report next month.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Employment</b></span><br />
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Through a staffing agency I landed a temp-to-hire position at a call center in the University district. Commute time from my studio: about 20 minutes on a tunnel train, with a 7-minute walk after that. Salary: $4 more than I made at 'The Store'. It's a definite change for the better in most ways. But it's highly regimented and all about checklist call handling and speed. Main drawbacks: more hours than I want to work and the schedule conflicts described above. Will give it my best while keeping my eyes open.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Entertainment: Kick of the Month</b></span><br />
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After scrapping Hulu and maybe-scrapping Netflix I looked into Amazon Prime. The free 2-day shipping would more than pay for the annual membership. Plus, close inspection of TV shows and films available made AP a no brainer for me. Will keep Netflix open for a month or two before I make my decision.<br />
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Currently watching on AP a terrific recent Arnold film:<br />
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Next month I hope to report on purchase of a good flat screen TV.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Litrachoor</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Just finished reading: </b><i>The Assassination of Julius Caesar</i> by Michael Parenti. I began reading this as further research for my work in progress, looking for anything the other Caesar books had missed. Lo and behold, Michael Parenti insists that the others have missed the real story: the assassination of a flawed but incredibly complex and brilliant, fearless man by the vested interests he planned to make pay for reforms. Parenti makes a powerful case. And none of the old 'champions of the Republic--especially the Nixonian Cicero--slink away smelling like roses. This 'peolpe's history' is highly recommended.<br />
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<b>Now reading: </b><i>The Grail War </i>by Richard Monaco. The Parsival cycle of novels is this author's masterpiece--and this is an exceptionally entry....with the semi-retired 'Parse' being drawn back into action.<br />
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<b>In the works:</b><br />
1) On 4/29 I printed out the completed first draft of <i>Caesar's Ghost</i>, my work in progress. (232 pages) For the second draft, and sometimes the third, I like to work from a hard copy. I'm in my glory with highlighters and multi-colored pens. Goal: to finish the second draft by the end of May or mid-June latest.<br />
2) At the same time, I'm proofing and revising, slowly, the scanned copy of <i>Mastery</i>. I'd hoped to do this in a month, but scanning results in scads of glitches. My scanner/formatter caught most of these. But I don't want any remaining, so I'm taking my time, also tweaking the ms. as need be. Expected publication: July.<br />
3) Have nearly completed the second part of the round table chat about violence. Expected publication on my blog: by May 8.<br />
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The Bilsom Thunder T3 earmuff/headset is an industrial-strength noise reducer--one of several in Bilsom's line. If you're working at home and car alarm outside is simply driving you crazy...this is your friend. Any loud, persistent noise is taken care of nicely. Voices are not erased but reduced: if someone speaks to you, you'll hear them...but if some is droning endlessly on his/her cellphone...the Thunder does the trick again.<br />
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Now that I'm better employed, I'll get back on track this month with Feng Shui-ing my studio.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>My two favorite discoveries are both on <b>The Ave (aka University Way) at 42nd Street</b>--in fact, they're on opposite corners.<br />
1) The Cafe on The Ave: please see above, under City Beats. Opens at 6:30 a.m.<br />
2) Starbucks--one of the great ones. Opens at 5 a.m.<strong class="street-address" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17.9999408721924px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong><br />
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Friendly service, clean locked washrooms for patrons, a wonderland of tables and electrical outlets. Once again, the preponderance of students and university staff make this a great place to write. And I haven't seen anyone rousted unless he falls asleep or sits forever with no purchase.<br />
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<b>Chiquita La Flama asks: </b>My boyfriend used to be a happening dude. Classic Harley badass. Then he discovered your blog and started meditating, cleaning our apartment, reading, writing, taking yoga, making nasty juices...What'd I ever do to you to make you ruin my life?<br />
<b>El Reberoo responds:</b> Now, now, don't blame me. True, there's no way to right a Harley badass who's turned good, other than to ride him until he begs for mercy. To do that, though, you'll need the strength that comes from nasty juices.<br />
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You're three days late, MacRath. It's true. But it's a good thing I can tell you that with a proud and happy face. For March, my seventh month in Seattle, tested my mettle--and awarded Thumbs Up.</div>
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--The trip to San Francisco--nearly canceled when my guest accommodations fell through--turned out to be a real success. I met with an online friend...an afternoon that resulted in the idea for a new book--with a plot line I'd never considered. More about this below, in the 'Litrachoor' section.</div>
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--After six years with my employer, in Charlotte and Seattle, I left. I've written often of the 3rd and Pike location--known as 'The Scourge of Seattle'--and the dangers that working there posed. When armed cops tell you that your job is more dangerous than theirs, take the hint and move along. There are cleaner, safer and healthier ways to make a living. And, though they say you need a job to get a job, you've also got to be ready to start when a new place has an opening.</div>
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--My laptop died. More time lost, finding a new used one, affording it and setting it up.</div>
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--Completed a 'roundtable discussion' with six terrific authors on the subject of violence in art. The whole thing was a delight and a cake walk...till it came time to copy and paste their individual responses, then find a format that was easy on the eye. A week's work. See the Entertainment section below.</div>
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Terrific selection of used laptops, ranging from $69 to much higher. I found a Dell Latitude #6410 with Windows 7 PRO 64BIT, Intel GD Graphics for $239.95.</div>
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I'd gone for an interview in the University District. Startled by the lack of restaurants, shops and cafes--students no longer drank coffee?--I asked. Good thing I did. For I was only several blocks from another, really major, piece of Seattle Heaven. From Wikipedia:<br />
"Once a 'department store eight blocks long', The ave has gradually turned into what now resembles an eight-block-long global foot court. And it is the District's pulsing heart for nearly 96,900 students, faculty and the staff of the UW. Here I found what I had sought: new and used bloo and record stores, clothing stores, movie theaters, cafes, inexpensive restaurants.<br />
Location: University Way NE, most densely between NE 41st and NE 50th Streets.<br />
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--UtiliKilts. A Seattle take on the Scottish manly skirt. Think Cargo Kilt. Pockets galore.<br />
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Founded in 2000, this is a classic American success story--and a testimony to the power of word of mouth. Without paying for product placement or seeking commercial endorsements, using customers not models in photos, this outfit's profits are soaring. Annual sales at the start: 750. Three years later: 11,000. And still growing.<br />
Location: 620 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98104<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Sports</b></span><br />
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On hiatus this month. The hunt for a new job took most of my time. The next photo sums up my feelings about the gym vacation:<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Employment</b></span><br />
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A big change is coming on April 13. But let's avoid the J-word--<br />
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--and save the details for next month. Stayed tuned for further news.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Entertainment: Kick of the Month</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>For some time I'd been toying with the idea of a group discussion on violence in art. The trick of it--and no mean trick--would be to assemble a lineup of a half-dozen topnotch writers...then to solve the logistical challenges of setting up and sticking to a production timeline, copying and pasting responses, creating a format that was easy on the eye and also easy to follow (six reponses to each question.<br />
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To learn more about those challenges and how I went about solving each, have a look at the following blog post:<br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/pkb8utr">http://tinyurl.com/pkb8utr</a><br />
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All in all, in turned out to be one of my writing life's better adventures. The discussion went Live on my blog 3/31. And you can find it here:<br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/ptkfbpp">http://tinyurl.com/ptkfbpp</a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Litrachoor</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Now finishing: </b><i>History of Julius Caesar </i>by Jacob Abbott. A short history in the public domain. Surprisingly well done, considering that the author published 160 books in his lifetime. I needed a good, no-nonsense account of a controversial but great man. In this book I found the basics I needed for my new Work in Progress.<br />
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<b>In the works: </b><br />
1) On my short trip to San Francisco, a chance remark from a friend led to my decision to stop work on one book--and go full steam on an idea I'd never even considered. I started work the next day and have held fast to a quota of 1000 words a day. First draft should be finished in 2-3 weeks. Then, while I'm revising that, I'll complete the outline for...<br />
2) The fourth Boss MacTavin mystery. When I set it aside last month, I'd completed most of the research and had half-finished a detailed outline. I plan to begin drafting it in June. So, for the first time in my life, I'll actually be working on two books at once.<br />
3) Meanwhile, I need to proof and edit the scanned version of Mastery, just in from Yvonne Betancourt. I hope to release this as an ebook by June.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Homebodying</b></span><br />
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Improvements to the studio had fallen behind until I had the chance to act upon a long-standing dream. One day in Target, I saw my chance on a clearance shelf..and you'd better believe that I grabbed it at less than a third of its regular price. Say hello to Babycakes:<br />
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<img alt="Jack LaLanne Juicer" src="http://scene7.targetimg1.com/is/image/Target/654521?wid=480&hei=480" height="320" width="320" /><br />
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Slowly, but daily, I begin my return to the health regimen I once enjoyed long ago in San Francisco.. And it begins with fresh juices that I make more adventuresome: adding parsley, lime, spinach, kale, ginger to such conservative standbys as carrots and apples, etc.<br />
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Homebodying also includes now almost daily jaunts to Pike Place Market for small quantities of fruits and veggies.<br />
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<b><span style="color: orange;">Conclusion: The best way to return to our lost Glory Days may be to regain our lost wisdom on fitness and nutrition. And to follow our young footsteps.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Ripoffs and Savvy Savings</b></span><br />
<b>1) Do you take tea with your sugar? Or: God save us all from Bubble Tea.</b><br />
I didn't mind spending $3.00 to use a Patrons Only bathroom before my job interview. And I was okay with their not serving any herbal teas. But really, I thought I'd get something that I was able to drink.<br />
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<img alt="Sharetea - ChauTime X ChauHandZ!!! - Seattle, WA, United States" src="http://s3-media1.fl.yelpassets.com/bphoto/JUpkrQ35UMkZrwLbXKgkrg/o.jpg" height="200" width="150" /><br />
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One sip and I understood that I'd gotten a cup of hot sugar, flavored with ginger and a taste of black tea. Into the garbage it went.<br />
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<b>2) Great shaving adventure update: </b>I ended up getting 25 shaves from my first Dorco cartridge. And it would have lasted 30, except shaving a thick mustache off took its toll. No nicks, no cuts: the honeymoon continues. And the tube of Proraso shaving cream looks good to last me a year. Not only that, the Proraso leaves my skin so smooth that I don't need after shave.<br />
<b><span style="color: purple;">Monthly shaving cost, shaving every other day: about $1.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Laptop Hoboing</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><img src="http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/durham/4505/common/section_under_construction.jpg" height="166" width="200" /><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>This section will be under construction through April. My new job will take me to the University District, where I plan to explore thoroughly the section called The Ave. I find that I've been limiting myself to the handful of coffee shops I listed in the March issue. An expert laptop hobo, though, needs a deep, expert lay of the land to give his adventuresome spirit more room.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Ask El Reberoo</b></span><br />
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<b>Joe Bob Dee asks:</b> So how I do get out of my own dead-end job? Not all of us are lucky, dude.<br />
<b>El Reberoo responds:</b> A shift in your perspective might turn out to be the key. I'd always had the willpower of ten men, But what I needed to find a new job was the WON'T power of one man--me: I <b>won't </b>be treated like this any more/I <b>won't </b>be disrespected/I <b>won't</b> even consider that I might possibly fail. At all costs, Joe, keep the faith. For self-doubt's a tired soul's unending good night to its dreams.<br />
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<b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Deep Thoughts</span></b><br />
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1) Abstinence makes the fond grow harder.<br />
2) Poverty ennobles the spirit, they say...between sales of Florida swamp land.<br />
3) The higher the horse that you sit on, the broader the view of your butt.<br />
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glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-76384594597711417592015-03-01T00:30:00.000-08:002015-03-01T00:30:00.175-08:00Reb MacRath's Seattle Rock: V. 6: 03/01/2015<img alt="Image result for rock concert images" height="300" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcShS4zYWA-D67TajnsJ9IKyPSiCWnH1q5em93aIaBPxEXKXxQ7y" width="400" /><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Nuts and Bolts</b></span><br />
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March arrives with a <i>flurrious </i>blizzard of pending things and memories of my trip to San Francisco (02/25-03/01.) Last month I:<br />
--Completed two lengthy kiosk job applications at a pair of stores claiming that they needed help. Quickly received two rejections, probably resulting from the restricted available hours I showed. (Heck, after years of working weekends and holidays, I want a better schedule.)<br />
--Printed hard copies of my retail resume for a few personal store visits I have planned for March.<br />
--Made serious note of the Help Wanted signs in the post office windows.<br />
--Worked through February on the outline for my fourth Boss MacTavin mystery.<br />
--Manned up when my free San Fran accommodations fell through, leaving me with a nonrefundable bus ticket. With a lot of online digging, I found a cheaply priced, decent hotel.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>City beats</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>Seattle is:<br />
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--<b>Mindful of travelers' needs.</b> The light rail to the airport can rival the best in the country. But Seattle doesn't stop there. The light rail also takes us to the Amtrak station, conveniently close to downtown. And the Greyhound bus station is also a short ride. Better still, I learned, the bus station is adjacent to the light rail station. No nerve-wracking treks along derelict streets. Finally--and this really is almost unheard of--the bus station is bright and clean, with a smiling guard and ticket attendant. (Greyhound moved to this location in March 2014.)<br />
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--<b>Mindful of non-drivers' needs. </b>I was skeptical when I first heard that the city planned to start posting <i>live</i> bus tracking signs around town, using OneBusAway. But they've begun to multiply in the following form<br />
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<img src="http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/images/transit_clip_imagelook2.jpg" height="142" width="200" /><br />
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and also in plainer street-side signs with gold lights on black background.<br />
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--<b>Committed to Old School customer service. </b>I found it at the A-1 Laundry, when I needed same day service on a single shirt. Three other places had told me that turnaround time was a couple of days. A-1 told me to bring it in by 9 a.m. and I'd have it back by 4 p.m. Not only that, they boxed it beautifully. (My former dry cleaner in Charlotte considered a handled paper bag to be a box--cardboard, they said, was too expensive.) The A-! also made sure that I had a piece of red licorice and asked me to return. I will. Location: 2401 1st Ave, at the corner of Battery.<br />
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<img alt="A-1-Laundry Inc - On the corner of 1st Ave & Battery St. - Seattle, WA, United States" src="http://s3-media4.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/NTosFLgomtSv3qOltMgV0Q/ls.jpg" /><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Sports</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>My 'guns' are good after four-plus months at Gold's. Not this good yet, I'm the first to admit:<br />
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But, still, my guns are much better than his:<br />
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I still have a couple of soft spots and my legs are lagging. But I'll humbly claim a silver star sprinkled here and there with touches of real gold.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Entertainment: Kick of the Month</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><img alt="Homeland S3 DVD.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Homeland_S3_DVD.jpg" /><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
My addiction to Homeland grew hopeless. I continued watching through the third season (so far the most recent available on DVD). And, when finished, I began rewatching the first season. 1-3 form a clear-cut, brilliant story arc. The last episode plays, in fact, almost like a show--not a series--finale. What happens next, I do not know. But the first three seasons can go toe-to-toe with anything else on the planet.<br />
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And week by week I grow more hooked on the new Breaking Bad prequel:<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Litrachoor</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Now finishing</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">: </i><i>Lost Years </i>by Richard Monaco. Will be sad to finish this one because I've enjoyed it immensely--and because it has such a juicy part for the series' most compelling character: Sir Gawain.<br />
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<b>Reading for the bus to and from San Francisco:</b><br />
1)<i> The Sparrow Conundrum</i> by Bill Kirton. A rogue chieftain of Tartan Noir took a darkly comic turn in this first novel...and the opening pages grabbed me.<br />
2) <i>Killer's Countdown</i> by Wendy H. Jones. A promising-looking mystery that's won some terrific reviews. Once again, the opening pages hooked me, so I chose to give this first novel a try.<br />
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<b>In the works: </b><br />
1) I chanced upon a hot new angle to the crime that I'd picked to explore in my latest mystery. I hadn't been this stoked in years. So I started outlining in earnest last month and have begun to write now at my slow and steady pace of 500 words a day. At 15,000 words a month, I'll have the book drafted in 3-4 months.<br />
2) Meanwhile, my formatter Yvonne Betancourt has started scanning <i>Mastery</i>, another of my Kelley Wilde horror novels. Yvonne is not only scanning the hard copy of this old book, she's cleaning up the glitches and typos that the process sometimes causes. The sample results she has sent me are flawless. And her hard work frees me to work on Boss MacTavin while getting out a second book this year.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Homebodying</b></span><br />
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Our apartment building gave presents to tenants to induce us to be spanking clean. The packages included items from the Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day line:<br />
<img alt="Lavender Dish Soap" src="http://images.caldreacompany.com/get/w/421/h/550/MMCD_LAV_Dish.image?notfound=notavailable&q=090" height="320" width="244" /><br />
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I received the dish soap shown above, a package of surface wipes and a general spray cleaner--all with soothing lavender scent. And there's no question now, friends, about which of these two rules my place:<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Ripoffs and Savvy Savings</b></span><br />
<b>The Great Shaving Adventure continued...</b><br />
<b>1) Industry-wide extortion.</b> It's all malarkey and hooey, folks: shaving gels and foams...cartridges holding a half-dozen heads...60 different brands, each with its own perfect gimmick...You're mad as hell each time you pay because you know you're being had. Common sense will tell you that. Your poor brain screams, 'There is no need to spend $30-$40 a month on this<b> crap</b>!"<br />
<b>2) Let your sanity rule and be happy. </b>Know this: there are alternatives out there. My own choice is Dorco.<br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/q42tnw2">http://tinyurl.com/q42tnw2</a><br />
And here's what I can tell you based on my experience over the last month:<br />
--Shaving every other day, I've received 10 perfect shaves so far from my first Dorco cartridge--and I expect to get another 7-10 shaves. That's 17-20 shaves from a cartridge costing $1.22.<br />
--I have not had a single nick or cut.<br />
--Instead of rip-off foams or gels, I use these accessories: a boar bristle brush, a small shaving bowl--and--best of all:<br />
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A 150 ml tube of this cream may cost anywhere online from $6.50-$10. But only a dollop is needed, whipped up by your brush into the perfect lather. My own first tube should last me anywhere from 4-6 months. Do the math.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Laptop Hoboing</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>Going on six months here, my three leading candidates for Laptop Hobo Heaven are:<br />
<b>1) Seattle Coffee Works</b>, 107 Pike Street, just steps away from Pike Place Market.<br />
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I correct my earlier reservation about "spotty" wi-fi reception. That issue was corrected. The wi-fi connection is strong enough for all internet activity...except downstreaming. The staff are friendly, the coffee's great, and the outlets are abundant. Washrooms are clean, keys for each outside their doors.<br />
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2) <b>Starbucks, </b>4th Ave and Seneca.<br />
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A wealth of tables here, including one coveted double up front, alongside a column with a double outlet. I've gotten to know the other hobos who really dig this table and we help each other out. I may leave a little early, waving one of the two men over for his turn. They reciprocate.<br />
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<b>3) Starbucks</b> at 2nd and Cherry. The coffee house opened in 2013, but the building itself dates back to 1894. This is my little home from home, with a welcome touch of Old World charm.<br />
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Only major drawback: the local miscreants wreak havoc on the restroom every now and then. A few times every month the washroom must close for repair. Or even health department inspection. Literally filthy bums at work? Ewwww!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Wanted: </b>Reward for information leading to the release date of Homeland's Season 4 on DVD.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Deep Thoughts</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>1) I always do what I say. But I don't always say what I've done.<br />
2) My great aunt in old age confessed: 'From my earliest girlhood I've worshiped men's feet. But now that I'm older I've had to cut down. One foot, give or take an inch, is all my doc allows me."<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Nuts and Bolts</b></span><br />
The new year got off to a promising, if somewhat bumpy, start. I progressed but took my lumps:<br />
--Missed two full weeks in the gym while I finished a writing assignment, my first piece of flash fiction. (See below: Litrachoor.)<br />
--Put off updating my resume for an all-out new job search, despite two violent brawls, until the flash was finished.<br />
--Rallied finally, updating the resume and preparing to search online and also pound the pavement.<br />
--Bought new pants to prepare for personal visits.<br />
--Had a first-class haircut and washed out the gray.<br />
--Took still more serious safety measures after a second fight at work and an assault on an assistant manager,<br />
--Began serious note-taking for my next Boss MacTavin novel.<br />
--Increased my 'regularity' on the Southern Scotch blog: from 1 to 2 entries a week..<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>City Beats</b></span><br />
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Seattle is:<br />
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--<b>Fitness-minded</b>. Forget the drunks and druggies at 3rd and Pike or in Pioneer Square.<br />
Check out the tribes of men and women charging up steep three-flight escalators...sprinting up inclines of 60 degrees despite their heavy backpacks...humbling the competition at Gold's Gym for an hour or two every day. There's no LA narcissism here. After the punishing workout at Gold's, a buff male or female will throw on a suit or loose jacket. No need for tight muscle shirts--they know exactly what they've got and keep it under wraps.<br />
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--<b>Age-liberated</b>. In the gym, in the arts, in the workplace, older Seattleites still bring it home. And the city is committed to helping them stay in the game. The Mayor's office, for example, has a 55-plus Employment Resource Center:<br />
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<a href="http://www.seattle.gov/humanservices/seniorsdisabled/mosc/employment.htm">http://www.seattle.gov/humanservices/seniorsdisabled/mosc/employment.htm</a><br />
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I won't forget the woman who poured her heart out to me. Her husband had insisted she retire, though she was only eighty. "I'm too young to sit home!" she cried. And I agreed. The goal in Seattle's to rock till we drop.<br />
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<b><br /></b><b>And you can still write in Seattle if you're older than 39:</b><br />
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Jonathan Raban, 72 Terry Brooks, 71<br />
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Greg Bear, 63<br />
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--<b>Not San Francisco. </b>Yes, the two cities have important points in common: water, mountains, steep-pitched streets, a cafe on every block. But the differences between the two cities are pronounced. San Francisco takes your breath away with its eye-popping pastels and great vistas. San Francisco is a perfectly manicured, pedicured and waxed courtesan who can have any lover she wants with a wink--leaving them delighted to have had their pockets emptied. Seattle can't compete with her, nor does she even want to. Seattle is the natural girl who shaves when and what she damned pleases. There's a half-careless throwaway style to the town that may not work for everyone but works wonders on free spirits. Nordstrom and Macy's rub elbows with the roughs at Third and Pike, just blocks from Pike Place Market and the Puget Sound. And fashion in Seattle's in in your face with its free spirit as well:<br />
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And, whoops, I almost forgot to add this:<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Sports</b></span><br />
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You can always count on Reb MacRath to be honest with you in the Rock. And so it's true confession time...<br />
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The runner stumbled, as I wrote above. For two disgraceful weeks I worked on a writing assignment....and avoided Gold's completely. The really shocking thing, though, is how difficult it is--once a good habit's been broken--to get back in the groove. Yesterday, at last, I did.<br />
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Lesson learned: from here on, whatever it takes, I must avoid the horror of...<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Entertainment: Kick of the Month</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>I have a new TV delight. A not-quite-perfect, but nowhere near guilty pleasure. I viewed the first season of Homeland--and have committed to seeing it through the current season, critics be damned. Hell, the cast alone's worth watching: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin and Damian Lewis? The Emmys were well-earned. I'm hooked and willing to put up with whatever bumps may lie ahead.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Litrachoor</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Just finished reading: </b><i>Loving Imogen</i> by Mari Biella. A stunning collection of stories, with a stand-out title piece that has haunted me for weeks.<br />
Also: <i>Ratline </i>by D J Bennett. One in a series of dark, gritty mysteries by a brilliant UK writer. If you like your mysteries strong, without any sweetener, add this writer to your list.<br />
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<b>Now reading: </b><i>Lost Years</i> by Richard Monaco. This recent addition to his Parsival series is actually an 'interquel' that picks up immediately after the first novel's end. Monaco is one of my all-time greatest reading discoveries. And here's the link to my review of <i>Parsival, </i>with hopes you'll give his work a try.<br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/ot67tfo">http://tinyurl.com/ot67tfo</a><br />
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<b>In the works:</b> Just finished revising and proofing my first piece of flash fiction for a June anthology to be put out by Authors Electric. The story weighed in at just under 1500 words.<br />
And I've ramped up my groundwork for the next Boss MacTavin mystery: outlining and note-taking. I expect to be ready to write on March 1 and will reserve space in the Writers' Room at the Central Library.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">February's red-hot tips: </span></b><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b>1) Five-day free event: </b>A reformatted and revised edition of <i>The Vanishing Magic of Snow </i>will be offered free from 02/02-02/06. Here's the link:</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/mqpucy2">http://tinyurl.com/mqpucy2</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>2) Amazon Countdown event:</b> <i>Red Champagne, </i>my latest book, has won some terrific reviews and feedback has been glowing. To help the book reach more readers, the Countdown offers price saving incentives. on 02/02. the price will go down to $.99...rising to $1.99 on 02/5...and returning to its current price of $2.99 on 02/09. The link:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/kfm3usw">http://tinyurl.com/kfm3usw</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Homebodying</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>Sometimes homebodying requires outside help. Like most apartment buildings, mine has a bank of mailboxes in the inside lobby. And after-hours deliveries are sometimes left on the floor--where they don't always remain. After the theft of one shipment and the near-theft of a second, I began to check my options. Since my deliveries come from Amazon, I went directly to the source. And I found the coolest solution, described in the following link:<br />
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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/n66nuqk">http://tinyurl.com/n66nuqk</a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Ripoffs and Savvy Savings</b></span><br />
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<b>1) Razor blade extortion. </b>Once upon a time, stores didn't have to keep men's razor blades in locked cases like jewels in a vault. Small wonder that they need to now, with 4-pack cartridges running up to $20. That's five bucks a cartridge, And greed's tactics grow still more ingenious--with Gillette's spins on its Fusion blades. We have Fusion, Fusion Power (same thing but battery boosted), Fusion ProGlide--manual and power...and now ProGlide with FlexBall! ( As described by Chris Gayomali: "<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: MuseoSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">a multi-bladed, swivel-headed, scruff-leveling Avenging Angel Of Follicles.Its defining feature is a round fulcrum, which allows the bladed cartridge to pivot in three dimensions.")</span><br />
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Sanity begins with saying goodbye to the madness.<br />
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<b>2) A good clean shave for a lot less. </b>I did some online homework, heeded some suggestions and ordered one alternative that didn't quite cut it with me: delivery issues and low blade longevity (six shaves). Undaunted, I did more research and think I have a winner: blade cartridges costing $1.22 each and lasting for up to a month. The company, Dorco, offers a wide range of styles. I opted for the three-blade style, which arrives tomorrow. My review next month.<br />
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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/q42tnw2">http://tinyurl.com/q42tnw2</a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Laptop Hoboing</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Worst Starbucks, so far, in Seattle: </b>Broadway and Pike, in Capitol Hill. Modeled, it's said, on a Western saloon, it's a total waste of time from a laptop hobo's point of view. A few long tables and bistro-style rounds, with a shortage of electrical outlets. Long lines. Okay service--as long as you don't ask for decaf, either brewed or pour-over. The basic vibe delivered is: get in and get out, dudes, as fast as you can. Rebel, hobos, and move on!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Classifieds</b></span><br />
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<b>Wanted: </b>A part-time position that doesn't come with full-time stress or weekly brawls at the entrance.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Ask El Reberoo</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Dorita Q asks: </b>What do I do when I feel so damned blue cuz a dude that I love can't get out of the red and a geezer I don't love has nothin' but bucks?<br />
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<b>El Reberoo responds: </b>Remember my grandma's advice, dear: "Marry for money, divorce for love--of a lot more money." Seriously, though: try adding some green to the blue and the red.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Deep Thought</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>These days, sad to say, a penny saved is one poor cent of a duller bill.</div>
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glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-80772740844789094792015-01-01T00:30:00.000-08:002015-01-07T05:54:53.861-08:00Reb MacRath's Seattle Rock: V. 4: 1/1/2015<img src="http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/indiawest.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/13/71315b72-4811-11e4-9173-570350a11517/5429b792591d9.image.jpg?resize=760%2C507" height="265" width="400" /><br />
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Let's Rock the New Year in just right with a thoroughly upbeat edition.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Nuts and Bolts</b></span><br />
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December goes down as the month in which I really found my legs in The Cool Gray City of Uncommon Funk. What did I accomplish? I:<br />
--Published <i>Red Champagne,</i> my eighth ebook in just over two years. (The output consists of revamped work from my years in The Desert...new work...and a special 25th anny edition of my first published novel, The Suiting.)<br />
--Bought a 12-speed blender on sale. (See Sports section below.)<br />
--Also bought a DVD player at a Doorbuster special.<br />
--Picked up an application for Elliott Bay Books and organized my papers for an intensive new job search.<br />
--Increased my mastery of the city transit system, learning to rely more on the Tunnel system, where I can use any bus or train to get around within the downtown area.<br />
--Continued prepping the new Boss MacTavin novel.<br />
--Resolved the earnings ceiling on my current studio, the one factor that would have compelled me to move. I have their blessing now to earn more.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>City Beats</b></span><br />
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Seattle is:<br />
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--<b>Superior mobility</b>. Here's a partial list of the things I can get to in minutes by train or bus, or on foot: my job, the DVM, the main post office, Gold's Gym, the Central Library, dozens of Starbucks and other cafes, two movie complexes, the museum, two shopping malls,Macy's, Nordstrom, Barnes and Noble, the Mystery Book Store, four drug stores, Pike Place Market, hair salons, Office Depot, Safeway, QFC...and on and on and on.<br />
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--<b>Second wind. </b> Conventional wisdom warns us about running from Town A to Town B. If we're only running from, it's said, then we'll find the same problems wherever we go. I've done enough running from to testify to that. But I have also moved wisely--<b>to </b>New York, San Francisco, Seattle. And there aren't many boosts to the soul that surpass the joy of testing and finding ourselves in new towns. There's the difference, friends, for me: as I discover Seattle, I tap into the best of myself.<br />
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--<b>Risky business sometimes.</b><br />
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<b><br /></b>Though I've lived in some rough places, Seattle stands apart in ways. There's a genuine Wild West atmosphere in certain quarters of the town that I haven't seen anywhere else. As I saw more, I had concerns about getting home late at night after work. And, after chatting with two cops, I followed their suggestions for legal, non-fatal protection. Thanks, times two, to:<br />
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--<b>Spiritually empowering. </b>My focus has shifted, in less than four months, from thoughts of all I couldn't do to thoughts of what I can do. I couldn't: get around, work out regularly, escape my third-shift job, have time to write on a regular basis, etc. Now all that's changed and I wonder daily: where else should I feel more empowered?<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Sports</b></span><br />
I've added two things to my workouts at Gold's. Despite the difference in their cost, they're equally important.<br />
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1) A daily workout log.I found this one for under a buck:<br />
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I use this to help me step things up, day after day: with each exercise, each workout, raise the weight used or the number of reps.<br />
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2) Whey protein powder for the smoothies I make using the new blender.<br />
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The consistent advice I've read and heard is to drink a bit of smoothie before the workout...the balance shortly after so that the body isn't feeding on muscles I've worked hard to build.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Entertainment: Kick of the Month</b></span><br />
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The Doorbuster DVD player I bought further boosts my cable-free existence.<br />
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Through December I watched a half-dozen DVDs purchased at Doorbuster prices. And I'm now watching the 8th season of 24, the only one I missed. Soon I'll start replacing prized DVDs I lost--including all seasons of Prison Break and Have Gun Will Travel.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Litrachoor</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Just finished reading and reviewing: </b><i>Midnight Blue </i>by Pauline Fisk, a haunting and beautiful fable about childhood traumas and choices.<br />
Also: <i>The Operator</i> by Valerie Laws. The second installment in this gritty crime thriller series was more than a match for the first.<br />
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<b>Now reading: </b><i>Parsival: A Knight's Tale</i> by Richard Monaco. This two-time Pulitzer nominee is greatest reading discovery in years. And, halfway through this masterpiece, I'm already preparing to order the second entry in the series. Will post a link to my review next month. Till then, check out Monaco!<br />
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<b>Just finished proofing and revising: </b><i>The Vanishing Magic of Snow. </i>My first ebook, a new novel, suffered in the formatting: faulty indents and line breaks, extra spacing between words. There were also some things that I wanted to change. So I spent most of December getting the book ready for new formatter to fix. This should be finished within the next week and will be re-launched with a free event. Details will be announced on both Facebook and Twitter.<br />
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<b>Red-hot tip repeated from the December issue:</b><br />
<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A wonderful new online literary magazine put out by Richard Monaco, Leverett Butts and Scott Thompson. The first issue is terrific!</span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.grandcentralreview.com/">http://www.grandcentralreview.com/</a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>To refresh your memories, I lost all I had in the cross-country move except for one trunk and three boxes. Here's a partial list of things acquired to get back on my feet.<br />
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Studio basics: air mattress, sheets, blanket, comforter, pillows, dish rack, plates/cups/glassware, cutlery, bathroom towels and washcloths, garbage can, broom/dustpan, blender, futon/sofa, vacuum cleaner, DVD player, dining table/desk, newspaper/magazine rack, thermos, smoothie bottle, caddy trays, bathroom rugs, shower curtain, hair dryer. desk accessories.<br />
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Personal: security devices mentioned above, sport coat, heavy winter jacket, lighter Eddie Bauer reversible jacket, umbrella, flat cap (a gift), lumberjack shirt, running shoes, Fusion razor...<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Ripoffs and Savvy Savings</b></span><br />
<b>1) Overpricing complaint. </b>Kress IGA on Third Ave. does have a prime downtown location. And I'd begun to go there after my boycott of Target. But one day at the corner had a small basket of stuff that rang up for...$25. My eyes were opened. I've moved on. This review says it all:<br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.9999408721924px;">"The only thing this has going for it is a convenient location.ad of</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.9999408721924px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.9999408721924px;">The small variety of food is overpriced, and the produce was terrible quality.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.9999408721924px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.9999408721924px;">I'll travel extra to go elsewhere."</span></span><br />
2) <b>Savvy Savings. </b>Once I got off my duff to look elsewhere, I found what I'd been missing--far superior selections and prices at both QFC and Safeway. On a typical visit, I save $5-$10 by using the store cards, more still (in comparison) when I buy the store brands. But I also save big buckeroos by making my own protein smoothies and post-workout treat (whole wheat muffin with a tbsp of peanut butter and a round of Canadian bacon).<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Laptop Hoboing</b></span><br />
<b>Discovery of the month</b>: Starbucks at Fourth and Seneca. A capacious and well-appointed Starbucks,with a balanced selection of long and private tables, plenty of electrical outlets. The single bathrooms are clean with code openings and Occupied/Vacant signs.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Classifieds</b></span><br />
<b>Wanted: </b>Brave new ways to greet each day with my hat--and not my hard--on.<br />
<b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Ask El Reberoo</span></b><br />
<b>Alicia T asks: </b>What makes you think you're so special?<br />
<b>El Reberoo responds</b>: We're all special, darling. It's just that those who don't know how they are make more of it than they should.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Petty acts are emotional food stamps for the spiritually unemployed</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Here's what I know about writing after fifty-odd years at the trade: Less is more...more or less. Except when it is not.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>R.I.P., Potty Man</b></span><br />
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Sorry, folks. But I've decided to bury this hero and the lists of best restrooms all over the town. The risk is too great that my legwork could result in my having to stand in long lines. But if I can find a way to sell the information... :)<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"><b>HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><b>Now go forth and multiply your talents, dreams and chances.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-29865787130242754372014-12-01T05:53:00.000-08:002014-12-01T05:53:32.166-08:00Reb MacRath's Seattle Rock: V. 3: 12/1/2014<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Nuts and Bolts</b></span><br />
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So, we've come to the critical landmark: three months. Enough time in any venture to know if we're on track...or running into landmines. What have I done in the last month? Well, I:<br />
--Finished revising and proofing Red Champagne<br />
--Sent it off for formatting.<br />
--Entertained my first out-of-town guest, photographer Paul Cotter.<br />
--Reinvented my online image with new Seattle shots by Paul.<br />
--Ramped up the workouts at Gold's Gym. (See Sports section below.)<br />
--Consulted with my new ebook formatter about scanning a physical copy of <i>Mastery</i>. It's one of the three remaining horror novels I wrote as Kelley Wilde. Scanning will spare me the nightmare of having to retype an old book from scratch and free me to work on a new book.<br />
--Began giving more serious thought to moving when my lease expires--to another studio, but without an income ceiling.<br />
--At the same time, began to plan for finding better-paying work on the same schedule of 3 days a week.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>City Beats</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Seattle is</b>:<br />
<b>--A city coolly on the go</b>. Briskly and efficiently. Those of us who'd gotten used to teeth-grinding waits in other places love how smoothly this town goes about its business. Even the bureaucrats are in the groove. There's no need to go postal at the P.O. or DMV--you'll be in and out in a relative blink. The buses run on something phenomenally close to real schedules. And the bus drivers mean business: they've no time to waste, so pay up or get off. So desperate bums, meaning business as well, scream for change at Walgreens and more speed in being rung up while their partners scream, 'Let's GO! The frigging bus is coming!"<br />
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--<b>12th Ave Arts: </b>a new and brilliant combo of retail shops, theater, community meeting spots and affordable apartments in one of the city's most happening zones.<br />
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<img src="http://12avearts.org/images/about-0.jpg" height="228" width="400" /><br />
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!2th Ave Arts should be a model for study nation-wide. In Charlotte, New York or San Francisco, the apartments would rent for $2000-$3000 a month, if not more. Here they're well under a thou. It's quite a story. Have a look:<br />
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<a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/entertainment/2025051729_12aveartsxml.html">http://seattletimes.com/html/entertainment/2025051729_12aveartsxml.html</a><br />
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--<b>Clear and sensibly placed signs posting holiday schedules for buses</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">. </i>Lots of luck finding these in many other cities. Here they're posted through the town and true to the town's spirit as a city on the go: Plan ahead, folks...Get in gear...Similarly, Seattle is planning a series of live feeds on screens around town: to-the-,minute updates on the status of your bus.<br />
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--<b>Belltown...on 2nd Ave.</b><br />
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Seeing this section of Belltown in the early morning, as I had on my first trip, is to pretty much miss it entirely. At night, the district comes alive: a bright and bustling hive of cafes, bars, restaurants and boutiques vaguely reminiscent of San Francisco's Union Street. Easy to see why Seattle's most densely populated neighborhood has been voted best place to retire in the metro area.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Sports</b></span><br />
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I continue to work out at Gold's M-F in 60-80 minute sessions and have booked a free session with one of their personal trainers. My focus has shifted from the parts prized by manly men--arms, chest and shoulders--expanding to work on my soft spots: weakish thighs, calves and forearms. Fitness and real strength for me lie in the overall picture. So I now focus on the small number of men who have their Gold's act together: persistently, chiseling classically balanced physiques.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Entertainment: Kicks of the Month</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>This will shock you, I know. It shocks me. What the hell: one of the high points of each day comes at the close, a half-hour before bed, With a cup of tea, I have at Latin again. A page or two a night, that's it. The discipline appeals to me. So does the regularity of the nightly ritual. And the challenge is a good one for a Slightly Older Guy. But there's an added benefit for a writer, or for anyone involved in a long-term pursuit: my perception of time becomes strengthened, as does my grip of the process of art. Though I'm reminded constantly of the minuscule progress I make every night, and the years of study that remain, I can also see the pages I've accomplished. And I'm reminded of the need to fix my sights on the lesson at hand.<br />
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Naturally, though--no dummy, I--when others wonder what I do for laughs, I say, "Oh, you know. The usual. I live, I laugh, I love. And you?"<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Litrachoor</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Just finished reading: </b><i>Dragon Knight</i> by Diane Rapp. Though I'm not a big fantasy fan, I am a major fan of Rapp--and I wasn't at all disappointed. I mean, really, how could I resist the tale of a dragon changed to human form...and the spirits of dead rock musicians? Call it a shaggy dragon story, or call it what you will. A real page-turner with a laugh on almost every page.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Now reading: </b><i>The Operator </i>by Valerie Laws. I loved the first Bruce and Bennett crime thriller, <i>The Rotting Spot</i> and am delighted to find this entry every bit its match. Laws is a wonderful writer, with a wildly electric background: poetry, drama, literary fiction. Can't wait to start on this one.<br />
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<b>Just finished writing: </b>I finished work on <i>Red Champagne</i> and have just received the formatted manuscript, which I need to proof. Expected launch date: around 12/5.<br />
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<b>In the works: </b>Am starting to work on the groundwork for the next Boss MacTavin mystery.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">And...This month's Red-Hot Recommendation from Reb:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A wonderful new online literary magazine put out by Richard Monaco, Leverett Butts and Scott Thompson. The first issue is terrific!</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Homebodying</b></span><br />
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Getting into the groove of any smaller place means tuning into its rhythms. I have. And I find electrifying comfort in merging with the rituals that make an average day unique if performed with a full-bodied spirit...or at least a full-spirited body and mind. Each morning I fold up the sheets, blanket and comforter...stow them in the purple trunk...then convert the futon to a sofa. The Venetian blinds are opened to let in the sunlight and showcase the room. I shave, shower, wash my hair, Dress and load my pockets with coins, keys and so on from the dual caddy trays. A quick inspection. And then off I go.<br />
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I come home to a perfectly clean studio with a pleasant view glimpsed through the blinds. Time for the night's rituals. Many are morning reversals, of course. But, as a small space resident, I treat the old and the new chores alike. In fact, the whole daily cycle to me seems embodied in two sets of actions:<br />
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Unloading/reloading the caddies and opening/closing the blinds. Two spiritual arpeggios, one signaling a fresh new performance at dawn...one helping the spirit to wind down for sleep.<br />
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Here are my two treasured friends:<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Ripoffs and Savvy Savings</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>1) Ripoff Alert: </b>Starbucks sells a packaged Protein Pack for $4.95: 1 hardboiled egg, 2 small wedges of cheddar cheese, a tiny bit of whole grain bread, a packet containing a tablespoon of peanut butter, 4-5 grapes and 3-4 small wedges of an apple. Forget the convenience and think of the cost. You can make that yourself for well under a buck.<br />
<b>2) Savvy Savings: </b>It pays to shop for certain things not only wisely but often. I'd planned to replace the major DVDs lost in my move by ordering through Amazon. A good plan for specialty items. But in Target I spied two DVD displays: for new films and TV shows. From retail experience, I knew these items come in batches...and when they're gone, they're gone. So, still without a DVD player, I bought the latest Bond film, Skyfall, and season 8 of 24. An Opportunity Shopper was born.<br />
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<b style="color: #38761d;">Breaking news, added 11/28: Attended my first-ever Doorbusters event, at Target, at 6 p.m., Thanksgiving night. And I arrived in time to get an RCA portable DVD player at $35 off. Also, DVDs were marked as low as $4-6, I added still more DVDs to my Seattle collection.</b><br />
<b style="color: #38761d;"><br /></b><b style="color: #38761d;">Further breaking news, added 11/30: An impulsive return to Target yesterday netted me the blender I've needed for so long. A 12-speed Black and Decker...at half price.</b><br />
<b style="color: #38761d;"><br /></b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Spiritual</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>How could the month of December be anything other than blessing and blessed?<br />
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<b><span style="color: cyan;">Whatever your faith or conviction, happy holidays to all of you!</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Laptop Hoboing</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>My discovery of the month leads to a mini-reflection about Hobo Etiquette.<br />
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<b>First off, the discovery:</b> The Courtyard by Marriott Bistro, at 2nd Ave and Cherry, has become in just one visit my favorite cafe. It's huge, bright and beautifully furnished, with scores of single tables as well as long tables for groups. All of these have outlets, And the single tables also offer remote-controlled Dish TV. Food prices are a bit steep for most hobos but the Bistro serves Starbucks coffee at Starbucks prices. The cafe is open from 6:00-10:30 a.m. daily, reopening later for Happy hour. I had no trouble sitting, with just a coffee, for an hour. But this leads to something we should keep in mind.<br />
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<b>Hobo Etiquette</b>. Feed the tip jar when you order. Get to know the staff by name and thank them for their courtesy. And know that it's time to leave if a large crowd of tourists comes in.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Classifieds</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b> Wanted: </b>one night in the arms of a woman who'll make me scorn only a night.<br />
<b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Ask El Reberoo</span></b><br />
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<b>Chiquita B asks: </b>Old man, what could you possibly bring to the table for a hot tamale like me?<br />
<b>El Reberoo responds: </b>My dear, it isn't to the table that I'll bring what I've got. Behave!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Deep Thought</b></span><br />
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You shouldn't sit that way, you know. Why, a girl who'll cross her legs like that will cross almost anything.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Poetry</b></span><br />
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From <i>Red Champagne, </i>my new winter thriller set aboard the Twentieth Century limited in 1938. Publication date: early December.<br />
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From <i>Red Champagne, </i>my new winter thriller set aboard the Twentieth Century limited in 1938. Publication date: early December.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">For Jimmy, like the others, the car's aura was part of the magic. Two flat ceiling troughs stretched end to end, curving down behind the bar. The light they cast was shadowless, suffused and indirect. Small fixtures in their bases beamed subtle accents of lensed light that left the ceiling's coppered cork glowing in content. The oak-wainscoted walls were top-leathered in gray; the chairs and curved sofas, in Century blue. These formed a cozy and intimate maze, instead of the usual strips down both sides. Staggered hand-carved tables sank into the thick rust piling. The curved bar had brightly stocked shelves made from the new rage, Plexiglas. Just past it was a radio, big on Sinatra and Crosby tonight. Next, a one-man barber shop. Then a crew dormitory, which slept eighteen in three-high beds. Finally: a shower/bath and the car's circular foyer, with early railroad models in glass cases in the walls. No thoughts were squandered wondering if those early models had been trains of the future back in their own day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><br /></span><span style="color: purple;"><br /></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>The Brief Delay of Potty Man</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #e69138;">Last month I announced the arrival of a new feature on this blog. I'd had an inspired idea based on the challenge of finding relief in a city with few Public Restrooms. In fact, it was a great idea--so great, I learned, that I'd been scooped by a major operation. Those wonderful rascals at Charmin have set up on their own nation-wide<i> </i>web site of public restrooms in Anytown, USA. I don't have Charmin's resources and won't even try to compete. That said, I can--and will--forge a way to present a supplement to Charmin's site. Mine will prove useful for three reasons:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #e69138;">1) The Charmin site, though exhaustively done, is difficult to navigate. Green and Red icons (for Recommended and Not Recommended) mushroomed alarmingly when I tried to scroll. They multiplied faster than the clones in the last Matrix. When we really, really have to 'go', we don't have time to fiddle.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #e69138;">2) My highly selective version will list top choices in the most popular parts of town. And in addition to public restrooms--often filled with riffraff--I'll list clean, safe, relatively private restrooms in cafes. Guiding principles: 1) It's best when we're traveling to structure our days, knowing roughly where we'll be at any given time. 2) We should be willing to buy at least a cup of coffee for use of the facilities. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #e69138;">3) Potty Man lives in Seattle and cares. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #e69138;">Till then, here's the link to Charmin's Sit or Squat site:</span></b><br />
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glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-77461661027146162732014-11-01T07:29:00.000-07:002014-11-01T07:29:17.846-07:00Reb MacRath's Seattle Rock: V. 2: 11/1/2014<img height="249" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQM8TUpOBo751eZwumXWA_RA5en_XfJnFTXsqbzKfysaJwME46C" width="400" /><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Nuts and Bolts</b></span><br />
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The Seattle Rock picks up the pace in this second issue. I:<br />
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--Succeeded in reducing my job hours to three shifts a week to allow time for writing and workouts.<br />
--Joined Gold's Gym, the downtown branch, on a no-contract, month-to-month basis.<br />
--Established a M-F routine: up by 5:30 a.m. to work for 90 minutes in the corner Starbucks: email and social media. Walk to Gold's and work out from 60-90 minutes, five days a week. Nap, then march to library.<br />
--Received Enhanced State ID, valid as a passport to and from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean.<br />
--Worked with new artist, Jean Schweikhard on the cover for RC, my upcoming winter release while continuing the next-to-final draft--and raising the length from 34,000 to 38,000 words.<br />
--Began daily use and study of the metro bus system.<br />
--Began collaborating with author Claude Bouchard on our second interview.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>City Beats</b></span><br />
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<b>Seattle is</b>:<br />
--The infamous intersection at 3rd & Pike, known as The Scourge of Seattle. Thugs, rummies, druggies, thieves and nutcases hang out here when not looting nearby stores. A wild Twitter account chronicles the sordid life forms at The Scourge:<br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/3rdAndPike">https://twitter.com/3rdAndPike</a><br />
--The recording at one crossing: "Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!'...then a series of crisp drum rolls when it's okay to cross.<br />
--The bus pass, which should be a model for transit systems everywhere. No cheap cardboard pass that's a wreck in a week, the ORCA card's made of thick plastic and can be reloaded online or at stations. The choice is yours: dollar amounts or a monthly pass. Tap the card on the fare box when boarding and your balance will be shown.<br />
--Metro buses. I've made a list of bus routes with bad reputations. But I've seen nothing even close here to the hell of the buses in Charlotte: rude drivers...crazed passengers...fare beaters...gang warfare and muggings at the city's Transportation Center. Some drivers are warmer than others, but I haven't met a bad one yet. Some of the buses have high-backed, Gray Coach-style seats. All are clean and comfortable (bad rep lists excluded.) And transit cops and fare enforcers look like they mean business.<br />
--Grand Central Bakery. Located in Pioneer Square's Grand Central Arcade. Erected in 1879, the Arcade was originally Squire's Opera House. Several incarnations later, it has been fully restored and now contains two floors of shops. And the Bakery is the main attraction with its chairs and tables outside in a simulated railroad terminus from the 19th Century.<br />
<span style="font-family: freight, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;">--Home to more stars than you'd think. Here are Wikipedia's lists of celebrities who were born here and those who have moved here:</span></span><br />
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--The downtown Department of Motor Vehicles. Had bad experiences in your own town? I had a 3-hour round trip by bus and a four-hour wait back in Charlotte. Not here. To apply for my Enhanced Washington ID, I made an appointment online. The next week, I walked there...was buzzed in...and waited all of ten minutes. I learned that the office for regular licenses was just around the corner. Curious, I looked in--to see that I might have had to wait 15-20 minutes, tops.<br />
--Paul Allen, billionaire owner of the Seattle Seahawks. Allen contributed $100 million to the fight against Ebola.<br />
--The city's KeyArena 4-day free health event, care including everything from root canals to mammograms to on-site prescription eyeglasses.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Sports</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>A new chapter in my sporting life began when I walked into the downtown Seattle Gold's Gym. Forget Venice Beach. There's no Arnold inside or sons of the spirit of Arnold. Some brawny men and goddesses can be seen throughout the gym. What struck me though, and what I liked, was the focus on overall fitness. Barbells and dumbbells and cables abound. But for every member using those, you'll see ten who are stretching, hitting their abs, cycling or running on treadmills.<br />
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M-W-F, I work my core at an upstairs circuit station, using Life Fitness (Nautilus-style) machines. Biceps, triceps, shoulders, chest, back, traps and abs. I switch to dumbbells for more focused arm work, then hit the abs again with the cable pulley machine. Final treat: 15 minutes rowing.<br />
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T-Th: squats, leg curls, leg extensions, calf work, hip 'abduction' and 'adduction', back extensions. Final treat: 20 minutes cycling.<br />
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Two days off to rest and grow.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Entertainment: Kick of the Month</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>Here's a shot of the sexiest lady in town: the Seattle Central Library:<br />
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The renovated library opened to the public on May 23, 2004. The architects decided to let the building's essential functions dictate its appearance, instead of forcing functions to conform to their design. The 'Books Spiral' resulted from that decision: the library's nonfiction collection spirals through four stories on an unbroken series of shelves--with no interruptions of the Dewey Decimal System. The 362,987 square foot, 11-story, building holds about 1.45 million books and other materials. It offers 400 public computers on its fifth floor and underground parking for 143 vehicles. Very cool But cooler still:<br />
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Instead of a stuffy old, badly-lit building, the library here is a cool place to be. Take the third floor Living Room. Two work tables, with twelve chairs each and outlets, plus a smaller table seating eight, provide wi-fi and 'office space' for those who have their laptops. Between the tables, big and small, there's a bright seating area with a section of plants at its core. And also a pleasant non-Starbucks cafe alongside a gift shop.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Litrachoor</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Just finished re-reading: </b><i>Asylum</i> by Claude Bouchard. Vivid proof that what we expect is often what we see. CB is best known for his best-selling Vigilante series: snappy blends of police procedural, mystery and gritty Death Wish-style fun. Those who expected the same from <i>Asylum</i> were surprised, to say the least. It contains many of the old elements but in a fresh and startling way. My delight was twice as great this second time around.<br />
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<b>Currently re-studying:</b> <i>Reading Latin</i> by Jones and Sidwell. I've had the full three-volume set of texts, grammar, vocabulary, exercises and extra commentary for over a decade. I'd started on it back in Portland, but--drifted. Time to return. A good hobby to balance the writing and gym. <i>Bonus puer sum!</i><br />
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<b>Next up: </b><i>Dragon Knight: And The Heart's Blood Curse</i> by Diane Rapp. One of my favorite mystery writers has served up a playful fantasy that sounds as if it might be fun. Am not a true-blue fantasy fan...but the best writers can take us anywhere they please. And I'm pleased to follow this Rapp star.<br />
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<b>Currently writing: </b>Still at work on <i>Red Champagne</i>. my upcoming winter release. Hope to wrap within two weeks, so I can start laying the groundwork for my next Boss MacTavin mystery.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Homebodying</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>Progress with the studio has been slow but true to color and spartan simplicity:<br />
--Espresso and aqua-colored bath rugs, towels and accessories for the bathroom.<br />
--A cherry wood stool, topped with a brown wicker caddy to pick up on the living area's brown rug and dominant red color.<br />
--A small winged oval table abandoned in my building. It serves as a dining room table and desk, looking good with a square of red linen on top.<br />
--Scarlet dishware.<br />
--A thick, plush rose-pattern blanket.<br />
--A dark red glass box for pencils and desk accessories.<br />
--Good-quality wood caddy trays, set on the broad window sills, to array my stuff each night.<br />
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I follow my budget and instincts, not a long list of items I speed to check off. I hunt and look till something calls. And in this way the space becomes the spot I hurry home to.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Ripoffs and Savvy Savings</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>1) <b>Ripoff Alert</b>:<b> </b>Don't be suckered into paying for tap water in disguise. This link provides a tale of greed and duplicity, with our old friend Coca-Cola back on center stage:<br />
<a href="http://www.allaboutwater.org/tap-water.html">http://www.allaboutwater.org/tap-water.html</a><br />
The story in a nutshell: Coca-Cola has been charged with filling its designer Dasani 'pure, still water' bottles with...purified tap water. And researchers have found that 25% or more of bottled water sold also comes from taps--sometimes treated, sometimes not. One other well-known brand sold 'spring water' from a source next to a hazardous waste-dumping site. Think about this and decide for yourself.<br />
2) <b>Savvy Savings Tips</b>: Salvation Army and Good Will are best for home supplies if you're on a budget and don't mind pre-owned. Why pay $15 for flimsy faux silver at Target when you can buy heavyweight sterling for $.20 a piece? Does it really matter, when you're getting on your feet, if the patterns differ slightly? Two rules for thrift store shopping: be persistent, shopping at least once a week...and be open to items that aren't on your list or you'll miss out on bargains that won't be there long.<br />
b) Value Village is consistently better for clothes. Bigger selections and far better chances of getting new things from the generous rich.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Spiritual</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>"Man, where is your connection?": a question asked of me in San Francisco, 1983, before I set off for New York. 31 years later, I've found the answer:<br />
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Now.<br />
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Here.<br />
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This.<br />
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This town. This day. This hour. Here and now I feel fully connected.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Poetry</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>From <i>Red Champagne, </i>my new winter thriller set aboard the Twentieth Century Limited in 1938. Publication date: December, 2014.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">For Jimmy, like the others, the car's aura was part of the magic. Two flat ceiling troughs stretched end to end, curving down behind the bar. The light they cast was shadowless, suffused and indirect. Small fixtures in their bases beamed subtle accents of lensed light that left the ceiling's coppered cork glowing in content. The oak-wainscoted walls were top-leathered in gray; the chairs and curved sofas, in Century blue. These formed a cozy and intimate maze, instead of the usual strips down both sides. Staggered hand-carved tables sank into the thick rust piling. The curved bar had brightly stocked shelves made from the new rage, Plexiglas. Just past it was a radio, big on Sinatra and Crosby tonight. Next, a one-man barber shop. Then a crew dormitory, which slept eighteen in three-high beds. Finally, a shower/bath and the car's circular foyer, with early railroad models in glass cases in the walls. No thoughts were squandered wondering if those early models had been trains of the future back in their own day</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"> A speedometer placed in the foyer read seventy miles an hour. But the drink lines of the glasses looked as steady as the stars. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Laptop Hoboing</b></span><br />
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Cautionary notes from the field.<br />
<b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b><i><u><b><span style="color: blue;">(#@!)</span> indicates Laptop Hobo Hall of Shame.</b></u></i><br />
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1) The Seattle Central Library's third floor work tables with outlets: okay for relaxed Web surfing but not for attempting more serious work. Noise levels change from day to day, sometimes from hour to hour. Think Living Room, not Study Room. The 10th floor Reading Room is a better bet if you need to concentrate: a giant, split-level area with tables divided into cubicles. No cell phone shenanigans or loud conversations. Peace!<br />
2) Pine Street's Barnes & Noble <b><span style="color: blue;"> (#@!)</span></b> is a ruined ideal location: its massive cafe has only a pair of two-plug outlets, both on the same post. Best chance of catching one of these: 9 a.m., at opening. Otherwise, be warned: hobos here squat for hours.<br />
3) Starbucks at Pike Place Market <span style="color: blue;"><b>(#@!</b>)</span>: no electrical outlets for hobos.<br />
4) Starbucks on 2nd Ave. at Seneca <b><span style="color: blue;">(#@!)</span></b>: no wi-fi access on any of my three visits.<br />
5) Starbucks at 2nd and Cherry: a superb sight...if you can get one of the three tables by outlets...or have packed a long extension cord. Best chance: 5-6 a.m. or after 4 p.m.<br />
6) Seattle Coffee Works: 107 Pike Street. Great coffee, relaxed atmosphere, multiple outlets...but sometimes spotty wi-fi access.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Classifieds</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Wanted: </b>sufficient success from my writing to enjoy<b> </b>a bi-coastal lifestyle involving two tastefully tattooed women who adore my mastery of the semicolon; really.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Ask El Reberoo</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b>Billy B asks: </b>Hey, dude. I got a great idea for a book but like I'm not too big on the word things. How's about if we split 50-50? I'll do the hard part and you put it down. Then I'll throw in a date with my sister.<br />
<b>El Reberoo responds: </b>Well, I'll pass on the date with your sister--since I'll be booked, with any luck, for the next twenty years with more word things. That said, I believe I'd be out of my league in doing your great ideas justice. Or even a decent injustice. My advice: collaborate with someone who shares your belief that the hard part is thinking of writing--then find an agent behind on his rent or with only a few months to live.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Deep Thought</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>Near-death experiences tend to get all the attention. But shouldn't we be thinking more about our near-Life moments?<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Monthly Mystery</b></span><br />
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The studio I love comes with a Catch-22. Since the building is subsidized, my allowable income's restricted. The fixed portion of my dual income is enough to pay the rent but not to live on comfortably. And full-time work would push me over the top. Currently, I work three days a week in retail. I could earn more, working limited hours, at editing or proofing. But, again, the better pay could put my place at risk. Somehow, some way, there must be an answer.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Parting Tout</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>Rooty-toot-<i>tout</i>, Rooty toot-<i>tout</i>! I know exactly how you feel. So many touts for your money and time, And no one seems to give a hoot about your lives--what you want, who you are. For your reading pleasure, therefore, I offer <i>April Yule: </i>a short thriller for anyone who owns a home or rents. On the night of its grand opening, two callow careerists are trapped in their home...which, they learn, is booby-trapped. Someone, or something, wants payback. And they have until midnight to win a cruel game.<br />
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Through the month of November: just $.99.<br />
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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/k9oqeuv">http://tinyurl.com/k9oqeuv</a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Coming Attraction</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b><span style="color: magenta;">Starting in December, a unique attraction that I alone would think to write:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: magenta;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: orange;">Potty Man's Seattle Peepee/Poopoo Guide</span></b><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b><span style="color: magenta;">Yes, friends, you've guessed correctly! I'll post monthly listings for tourists and natives: where to go when you've really, really gotta GO in a city with few public rest rooms. Don't race about in agony. Don't let your children soil themselves. Potty Man will save your day!</span></b><br />
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glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-59254376601668631972014-09-29T09:10:00.002-07:002014-10-01T06:16:59.165-07:00Reb MacRath's Seattle Rock: V. 1: 10/01/14<img height="248" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTZ13qXHMi5soJkNpy4pb9luQCI914UuXScIwneb4mVqspbiBEjYw" width="400" /><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Nuts and Bolts</b></span><br />
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Well, now! After nearly six months of planning and prep work, I boarded a train for Seattle on September 1 and arrived here September 5. In my first month in Seattle I accomplished the following things:<br />
--Began work at my employer's Seattle location, reducing my hours to thirty.<br />
--Stayed in a convenient hotel for five nights till my studio apartment was ready.<br />
--Moved into the studio on September 10 after completing a 20-page lease form and obtaining proof of Seattle employment (which took no little doing).<br />
--Decided to travel on foot, not by bus, to gain a thorough knowledge of the downtown area where I work and live.<br />
--Found within easy walking distance: a copy shop, scores of Starbucks and two 4-star indie cafes, a terrific sandwich shop (half sandwich for $2.75), several soup and salad joints, a mystery book store, two movie multiplexes, a medium-sized grocery store, Pike Place Market, hair salons, a post office, an Office Depot, a Walgreens, restaurants of all persuasions (Indian, Chinese, Thai, Mexican, Italian, Japanese, etc.), a large Bank of America, the central library, a store for kilts..The list goes on. All found on foot.<br />
--Visited Gold's Gym and committed to working out there on a month-to-month basis starting by mid-October.<br />
--Spent a couple of mornings on line, notifying anyone who needed to know of my change of address.<br />
--Applied for State Enhanced ID.<br />
--Continued revising my upcoming winter thriller for release as an Amazon ebook.<br />
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<b style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;">City Beats</b><br />
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Give me a city of neighborhoods any old day of the week. Depending on the source you check, Seattle has somewhere between 63 'hoods and a hundred. Central District, Downtown, Capitol Hill, Belltown, Pioneer Square, Lower Queen Anne...and on. In my walks so far I've seen enough to resolve the confused first impression that I was in San Francisco or Portland.<br />
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<b>Seattle is:</b><br />
--Pike Place Market: a superior indoor version of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. Every bit as much a tourist trap--but with reasonably-priced world-class produce stands. And they'll sell you a handful of grapes...or a cluster....or a half-pound or more with a smile. Six dates? Absolutely, sir! Three bananas--for today or tomorrow or just a bit green?<br />
--The produce artiste at my favorite stand. When asked how much an apple weighed, he held it up in the palm of his hand, deliberated solemnly, then answered: "Seven tenths of a pound." The woman scoffed and insisted that he use a scale. He did--and he'd been off by less than half an ounce. How could I not return there?<br />
--The stoned kid camped out in a doorway, barely holding up this sign: IT WOULD BE SO AWESOME IF SOMEBODY HELPED ME.<br />
--Pioneer Square's stone and brick buildings dating back to 1852.<br />
--The double-buses that seem to stretch half a city block.<br />
--The pedestrian-friendly traffic lights that give walkers time to cross--and cars little more than a second before yellow turns to red.<br />
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<b>Size, Statistics and Climate</b><br />
--The Seattle Metro Area includes the city of Seattle, King County, Snohomish County and Pierce County within the Puget Sound region.<br />
--Estimated population of 3.5 million as of 2012. The 13th largest Metro Statistical Area in the U.S. The adjacent metro areas--Olympia, Bremerton, etc.--raise that population by about 1.3 million.<br />
--Downtown population: <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">652,405.</span><br />
--The racial makeup of the SMA is said to be:<br />
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="White American">White</a>: 71.9% (<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Hispanic_Whites" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Non-Hispanic Whites">Non-Hispanic White</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="African American">Black or African American</a>: 5.6%</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Native Americans in the United States">American Indian and Alaskan Native</a>: 1.1%</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Asian American">Asian</a>: 11.4% (2.3% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chinese American">Chinese</a>, 2.0% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Filipino American">Filipino</a>, 1.6% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Vietnamese American">Vietnamese</a>, 1.5% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian American">Indian</a>, 1.5% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Korean American">Korean</a>, 0.8% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Japanese American">Japanese</a>, 0.5%<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Cambodian American">Cambodian</a>, 0.2% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laotian_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Laotian American">Laotian</a>, 0.1% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Thai American">Thai</a>, 0.1% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pakistani American">Pakistani</a>, 0.1% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Indonesian American">Indonesian</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Islander_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pacific Islander American">Pacific Islander</a>: 0.8% (0.3% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Samoan American">Samoan</a>, 0.2% <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guamanian" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Guamanian">Guamanian</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_people" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chamorro people">Chamorro</a>, 0.1% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Hawaiians" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Native Hawaiians">Native Hawaiian</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiracial_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Multiracial American">Two or more races</a>: 5.3%</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Some other race: 3.8%</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_or_Latino_Americans" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Hispanic or Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (of any race): 9.0% (6.4% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Mexican American">Mexican</a>, 0.5% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Ricans_in_the_United_States" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Puerto Ricans in the United States">Puerto Rican</a>, 0.4% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Spanish American">Spanish or Spaniard</a>, 0.2% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadoran_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Salvadoran American">Salvadoran</a>, 0.1%<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Guatemalan American">Guatemalan</a>, 0.1% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_American" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Peruvian American">Peruvian</a>)</li>
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--The climate, often described as 'always raining', is close to that of Portland: frequent but not constant rain in the autumn, winter and early spring. The coolest month: December, temperatures ranging from 20-40 degrees F. Summers are sunny and dry, temperatures averaging 66 degrees F but reaching 90 degrees F a few days a year. Hardly San Diego, true, but not a rain forest either.<br />
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I'll bring you more in months to come as I pound the city beat in search of the Soul of Seattle.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Sports</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>Time now to reactivate! In my time I've been a jogger, a cyclist, a passionate walker, an Hapkidoist, a Kendoist, an Aikidoist and a bodybuilder. Martial arts are too risky at this point, since I won't have full insurance till summer next year. Then I may reconsider Tai Chi or Aikido. For now: till I start at Gold's, home circuit workouts based on The Men's Health Big Book of 15 Minute Workouts. (Note: a Women's Health Guide...is also available.)<br />
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<a href="http://tiny.cc/wyramx">http://tiny.cc/wyramx</a><br />
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A fair number of the exercises don't require weights. And, by bumping the time from 15 to 20 or 30 minutes, you can work all major muscle groups...then add focused time on arms or abs, whatever. My October plan: 3 high resistance gym days a week and 3 days of cycling, abs work and stretching.<br />
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<b style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;">Entertainment</b><br />
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For seven years in Charlotte I lived in what I now call a form of house arrest. I worked the graveyard shift, slept and spent hours traveling by bus--to and from work or a distant Starbucks where I could write or enjoy free WiFi. True, I did succeed in publishing seven ebooks after twenty-plus years in The Desert. But, as you can guess, Entertainment is now one of my premium values. So I'll begin surrendering soon to some of my new city's Sirens:<br />
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--The Seattle Art Museum I pass every day.<br />
--The Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall, also on my daily map.<br />
--A film in the Meridian Cineplex.<br />
--Trips to Pike Place Market to hunt for fresh new produce.<br />
--Ferry rides, locally or up to Vancouver.<br />
--Occasional train trips to Portland and San Francisco to visit friends and family.<br />
--Long walks once or twice a month to Elliott Bay Book Company.<br />
--Pleasures unique to Seattle that I have yet to find.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Litrachoor</b></span><br />
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<b>Currently re-reading</b>: <i>The Art of Seduction</i> by Robert Greene. A masterful text on persuasion in all forms, including advertising and politics. Greene, better known for his <i>48 Laws of Power</i>, may be related to Satan. Then again, he may be simply be telling the truth when he says it is better to know than to not know the tricks that some others are up to. And know this: Greene treats sexual seduction as a mating dance between two willing partners and he sets out the rules of engagement as he sees them for both sides. He does not endorse lying, roofies, cruelty or force.<br />
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<b>Currently reading: </b><i>Dead Blossoms: The Third Geisha</i> by Richard Monaco. This has been described as a hardboiled samurai saga. Or I'd go that one better: Shogun meets The Continental Op, Though Monaco's been working for decades, he'd slipped under my radar till a friend recommended one of his Arthurian novels--told in the first person and channeling Raymond Chandler. I was hooked. This one is much longer and I've just begun. Too soon to review it. But I can say: a great prose stylist is at work here...full-tilt boogie, Edo-style.<br />
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<b>Just finished reading</b>: <i>Wolves of Vengeance</i> by David North-Martino. A paranormal wolf novel with real teeth, plus theme, strong plotting, rich characterization...and style to spare. If you like horror, check it out. The fact that it's an ebook should be all the proof you need that traditional publishing's in a bad way. North-Martino's a writer to watch for.<br />
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<b>Currently writing</b>: <i>Red Champagne. </i>a short (40,000 word) thriller about a retired safecracker on board the great old American train, The Twentieth Century Limited. The thief has a top urgent reason to disclose his identity by cracking the train's safe. Goal: a classic blend of mystery, suspense, wit, romance...and rich Thirties atmosphere.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Homebodying</b></span><br />
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Starting from scratch, on a limited budget, takes strategy, discipline and a lot of patience. You can't have all the bigger ticket items at once--plus dishware, cutlery, garbage cans, paper towels, light bulbs, sheets, linens, etc., etc., etc.<br />
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The day I moved in I ordered a metal frame futon from Walmart. Till it arrived, a week later, I needed something to sleep on and bought a twin-sized air mattress, intending to store it for guest use. My thinking evolved: I'll continue to sleep on the air mattress while using the metal frame futon as a sofa...or an occasional Get Lucky bed. (I mean, of course, after I manage to assemble it. Not easy when you're Reb MacRath.) Two pieces of furniture to start with, plus my purple steamer trunk, prominently placed. Next up: a utility table and a chair for writing.<br />
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<b>Shopping strategies</b>: Ensure every step is directed toward this groovy end result: a feng shui-fueled studio that appears as spacious as a large apartment. Buy nothing that can't be used, even in a different way, as I continue to furnish. And let everything contribute to greater freedom and simplicity.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Ripoffs & Savvy Savings</b></span><br />
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1)<b> Ripoff Alert</b>: Don't become duped by the 'all natural' juice scam. The Naked brand is owned by Pepsi...so we can expect pretty much what we would from Vitamin Water, which is owned by Coca- Cola--and tastes like a bottle of sugar whatever the label may claim. (The first formula for Coke actually included cocaine.) A class action suit against Naked alleges that Naked is hiding the presence of GMO and synthetic ingredients including zinc oxide, ascorbic acid and calcium pantothenate, That last one comes from formaldehyde. Odwalla began as a small California company that made real, raw juices but is now owned by Coca-Cola. The pasteurization of juices destroys the vaunted nutrients. Cold-pressed, non-pasteurized Evolution juices are over-priced at Starbucks ($5 a bottle!), but can be found cheaper in some grocery stores. Best bet: your own blender.<br />
2) <b>Savvy Savings Tip</b>: I needed to protect my Kindle Fire in a rainy town like this one, since my 'water-resistant' backpack doesn't do its job. A waterproof cover would cost up to $70. Worse: numerous online reviews point out that the Atlas Kindle cover is hard as hell to put on or remove...and has annoying glitches: hard to use the now-covered control buttons or tap the screen with a stylus. With a little checking I found a 'waterproof case sleeve/dry pouch bag' on Amazon. All the protection I need, along with easy access and a decent price: $10.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Spiritual</b></span><br />
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In one form or another I want to restore worship back to my life. I trust the right form to come to me soon. For now: daily meditation, starting at 15 minutes, slowly progressing to thirty.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Poetry</b></span><br />
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From <i>Red Champagne</i>, <i> </i>my new winter thriller set aboard the Twentieth Century Limited in 1938. Publication date: November, 2014.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;"> Claire's asleep now, her head in the crook of his arm, her face a few inches from his. Smoke and wine. She stires once, then lifts her left leg at the knee. When it grazes him Jimmy groans, stiffening. Bliss. Her left breast, plumped against his ribs, feels softer than a pillow. Down comforter. Crisp linen sheets. Plush blanket of Century blue.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"> And through some magic of the heart, the roomette seems as big as the Van Der Kloosts' suite. Yards on yards of open space invite their berth for sailing.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"> Claire murmurs nothings dreamily as prized scenes of their coupling loop around and around in her sleep. When he closes his eyes, he'll have loops of his own and be thrown for one too, three times better. For now it's good to bless his luck as moonlit vistas sway beneath.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Laptop Hoboing</b></span><br />
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One confirmed laptop hobo's wi-fi observations, based on Seattle (so far), Charlotte, Portland and cross-country travel by train.<br />
1) Only the train from Charlotte to Washington provided wi-fi access--and it was useful only for checking email or surfing the web, not watching TV or a movie.<br />
2) The train stations in Washington and Chicago did provide free wi-fi.<br />
3) I learned upon reaching my Seattle hotel that my Kindle Fire still remembered the guest password from my visit two months before. And Starbucks also remembered my Fire. In Charlotte, I'd had to shut down the Fire and reboot whenever I changed locations--even from a Starbucks to the adjacent Harris Teeter grocery.<br />
4) I'd encountered the same problem when using my laptop in Charlotte....and, oh-oh, at first in Seattle. <b><span style="color: purple;">But I've discovered a trick here that works. </span></b>When I choose my network connection--Seattle Coffee Works or attwifi for Starbucks--I come to the usual home Google page. And that's where the old trouble starts: if I click Outlook or Facebook in my Favorites bar to reach the Acceptance of Terms, the gateway to free wi-fi, I get an error message. Again and again, even when I reboot, till I get through--eventually. BUT if I click Amazon, another of my Favorites? I get through immediately. Every single time.<br />
5) Seattle, so far, seems friendlier to hobos than Charlotte or Portland. Outlets are scarcer in the latter two towns. (In Charlotte, I'd habitually carried two 8-foot extension cords...and sometimes raced by cab at dawn to get my favorite Starbucks table. And Amelie's--Charlotte's best cafe--offers plentiful outlets...but no free wi-fi.) In Portland, hobos might come close to blows over good tables with outlets.) No problems here. Seattle knows how to make its hobos feel at home.<br />
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<b style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;">Classifieds</b><br />
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Wanted: a literary agent who can chew glass and crap diamonds without bragging that s/he can.<br />
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<b style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;">Ask El Reberoo</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Sally X asks:</span></b> Dear Reb, I'm a little on the shy side but I just can't help asking...Would you like to send me a thousand so I can show you a really good time?<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">El Reberoo responds:</span></b> Dear Sally, That is one serious photo. And I thank you for sending it. Who'd have guessed a body could contort in such a way? Still, my own shyness compels me to answer: how about if I show you a thousand instead and you send me a really good time?<br />
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<b style="color: red; font-size: xx-large;">Deep Thought</b><br />
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No one ever thinks to tell you of the things they can't think of to tell you. And--I'll tell you, cross my heart--I can't begin to think of what could be sadder than that.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>Monthly Mystery</b></span><br />
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In the Poetry section, there's a buried numerical sequence. First 3 peeps to find it and tell me by email win a gift copy of <i>Red Champagne</i> when published.<br />
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<b style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-large;">Parting Tout</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This month, to prepare you for <i>Red Champagne</i>, have a look at my first Amazon train thriller. That book is called <i>Nobility. </i>In it, one lonely man takes on a 'whiz mob': six pickpockets determined to loot a train on Christmas Eve. Here's the link to this short novel..and, if you care to check them out, some pretty decent reviews:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://tiny.cc/9r2dmx">http://tiny.cc/9r2dmx</a></span>
<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span>glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-46500496570284554292014-09-06T15:00:00.000-07:002014-09-16T09:27:14.487-07:00A New Beginning for This BlogSo, here I am after a half-year of preparation: the Seattle Kid has arrived!<br />
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Let's let the seven Blocks remain as a self-contained, short chronicle of one man's plans and preparations for a long, challenging task...plus the strategies and actions involved in his pulling it off. The daily maintenance of faith and motivation proved every bit as important as those.<br />
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But why prolong a story that's come to its natural end? I'm here; I succeeded; I now get to face a better class of challenges. The seven Blocks will still be there for anyone planning a difficult move, a risky career move, a frighteningly intricate project. That said, though, it's time to bounce to a more open, adventuresome format.<br />
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The (title TBA) portion of this blog will debut October 5 and further chronicles will follow on the first Sunday of each month. The format is still under construction, but you can look forward to breezy, provocative and entertaining installments each month.I see sections like a newspaper's but way shorter and strictly on point: front page announcements, city news, business (career/economic/ebook news), entertainment, sports (gym/tai chi--or Aikido if my age allows it). Gee, if I get lucky I may even throw in a Romance page. Short guest pieces by other writers? We'll see.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>So put this on your calendars. The (title TBA) debuts October 5.</b></span><br />
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Till then!glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-9061886207549645402014-08-30T16:36:00.003-07:002014-08-30T16:36:42.476-07:00Block 7: The Home Stretch: Part 3<img height="416" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZ8oFgUlKp003YzTJVYwSzEme5TDNtwGDTMJHeezvDmpRE3Z23" width="640" /><br />
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So, here we are! The adventure that started on 3/20/14 concludes its incarnation as a story told in Live time of a cross-country move. Here's a little recap of the concluding timeline:<br />
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Tomorrow a co-worker will drive me to the baggage station with: one purple steamer trunk and two small boxes containing manuscripts, notebooks and personal papers. To travel more lightly and economically, I got rid of two boxes containing 99% of my books, plus all my DVDS...and CDs except for Queen. Though I've continued paring down the trunk, I can't know its packed weight till I reach the station--and more stuff may have to go to stay under the 50# limit.<br />
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The first of the three trains I'll take leaves Charlotte Monday, 9/1, at 7 p.m and I'll stay overnight in Washington DC before boarding train #2 on Tuesday.\<br />
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Wednesday I'll board train #3, a spacious superliner that will offer the journey's real fun.<br />
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Friday, 9/5, I arrive in Seattle, where I'll spend at least 3 nights in a good hotel, hoping my Seattle studio is ready by the 8th or 9th.<br />
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Sunday, 9/7, I begin work at my employer's Seattle location.<br />
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What a ride it's been so far! Come back to this opening 'movement' of the Seattle adventure from time to time for a quick reminder of the planning and action required to pull off my cross-country move. Then return to your life adventures, refreshed.<br />
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">This blog will remain active, but in a different form, once I've settled in Seattle. You can look forward to either monthly or bi-weekly Seattle Chronicles. See you soon!</span></b><br />
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How I love the Cool Gray City of Quintessential Funk.<br />
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<br />glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-56981392105705084732014-08-26T16:35:00.003-07:002014-08-26T16:35:46.186-07:00Block 7: The Home Stretch: Part 2<img height="400" src="http://www.alec-longstreth.com/writing/2008/AlecStress.jpg" width="348" /><br />
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The apartment is, finally, empty, except for my bed, a dying lounge chair and a small TV. Lined along one wall are: the purple steamer trunk, three boxes, two carry-ons and my backpack.<br />
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The last remaining challenge--closing on the studio--has become my main concern now. The process must be respected. But I leave 9/1...arrive 9/5...start work at my new store 9/7...and still can't change my address.<br />
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Grace under pressure. I know, I know, I know...Nothing to do except wait, put in a great last week at work and keep tinkering with the contents of the trunk and my carry-ons. A half-year's labor's nearly done. Try to enjoy this last week, Reb MacRath.<br />
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The sweet payoff's coming fast:<br />
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The view from that studio window will look a little like this:<br />
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Yes, it's true, I'm really on The Hallelujah Trail!<br />
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This seems as good a time as any to bring to start phasing out of this part of the blog: plans and preparations for the cross-country move to Seattle.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">--I've bought my train ticket, departing 9/1 at 7 a.m.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">--I've successfully arranged a transfer to my employer's Seattle branch.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">--Last night I ensured that the contents of the trunk weigh less than fifty pounds and reduced the boxes from 4 to 3 by pruning and combining.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">--I've sent my application and fee to a studio apartment building in walking distance of where I'll work in Seattle. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Major tasks remaining:</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">1) Arrange transportation of trunk and boxes to Amtrak Baggage the day before departure.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">2) Try to avoid expensive cab fare to station at 5 a.m. 9/1.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">3) Gently nudge employer into confirmation of salary and starting date.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">4) Pray that studio building manager won't demand a full month's security and will pro-rate the rent for September.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">5) Carefully, carefully, carefully pack the carry-on luggage--ensuring that it contains all necessary paperwork, charge cords for phone and Fire, address book, etc.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">6) Clean the apartment a little each day.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">7) Dry clean remaining shirts. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">8) Have laundry washed and folded--and wear as little as possible next week before departure.</span><br />
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Now's not the time to get sloppy or coast, not this close to:<br />
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<br />glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-75186308611167985042014-08-13T15:01:00.001-07:002014-08-13T15:01:07.869-07:00Block 6: Putting It All Together: 6th Flash Bulletin<img height="238" 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Train reservation's been paid for, along with a decent hotel room for the overnight layover in Washington DC. The hotel cost a little more but is less than a mile from the train station--and a cheaper hotel in the 'boonies' could easily have cost $30 in cab fare.<br />
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Train leaves at 7 a.m., September 1.<br />
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I need to drop off the trunk and check-in luggage on 8/31.<br />
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Today I burst into tears on the bus--pressure, I guess, catching up with me.<br />
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No time for the weepies now. More stuff to do!glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-42885881737103586082014-08-12T15:33:00.004-07:002014-08-13T14:49:08.937-07:00Block 6: Putting It All Together: 5th Flash Bulletin<img height="238" 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Events have taken a dramatic turn and everything is moving now at the speed of fright.<br />
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--Moving date has been bumped forward a couple of weeks--from September 10-15 to September 1. This date coincides with the end of a 7-night work rotation and the expiration of my apartment lease.<br />
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--A strong reference from my present boss led, today, to a confirmed transfer to one of two Seattle stores that interested me most. I'll start soon after I arrive, exact date to be determined.<br />
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--I've committed to moving by train, a journey of about 5 days, so I can carry on or check most of my belongings. May need to mail one box.<br />
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--Have begun looking into shipping my steamer trunk by Amtrak as well.<br />
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This week I must apply for the studio apartment I looked at last week. And next week I need to start cleaning the Charlotte apartment.<br />
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At the rate things are proceeding, it won't be long before I get another cat.<br />
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<br />glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-79993344432869658762014-08-11T15:04:00.003-07:002014-08-11T15:04:24.155-07:00Block 6: Putting It All Together:4th Flash Bulletin<img height="280" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTtyysUNRjt4dulAyyWUwKVGgEatrtSOUl-nFlpmY_YUzsd0Yc3" width="640" /><br />
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The tension escalates as I wait for one of the two stores to come through with a transfer offer--enabling me to apply for the apartment in Seattle.<br />
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I've verified with one store that my reference was solid but was told that the hiring manager is 'thinking.' Today I asked my boss to call the second store.<br />
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Meanwhile, he needs to fill my position and has a candidate in mind--but he'd like me to leave by or around the 1st. If I can do this, I can save a full month's rent on my current apartment, better setting me up for Seattle.<br />
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The clock is ticking.<br />
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I've emailed Amtrak about the price for shipping my trunk by train.<br />
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Am very nearly ready to go.glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-10674989858090587432014-08-07T09:56:00.003-07:002014-08-07T09:56:52.975-07:00Block 6: Putting it All Together: 3rd Flash Bulletin<img src="http://bloomfield-garfield.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/BGC-bulletin-header-images.png" /><br />
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Yesterday, I raced straight from the airport to see my store manager. I announced my desire to transfer and asked where I stood for a reference. Though I'd done good work the past five years, we've had a few differences. He assured me there'd be no problem and thanked me for giving him ample notice to find a replacement.<br />
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I should learn where I stand by this weekend. Knowing that, I can complete the apartment application (which will require store salary verification).<br />
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For now, this one leaves one major hurdle: how to ship my trunk and boxes. So, rather than wait any longer, Reb MacRath--the fleet-footed warrior--Googled the morning away. Result:<br />
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Train will be the right way to travel and move. I can bring two carry-ons and check two boxes for free, then check in two more boxes (of 50 lbs apiece) for $20 each.<br />
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As for the trunk: I had to email Amtrak. If they can't handle the trunk, I'll contact truckers on my next week off.<br />
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Next step: prepare to step up roommate search if the studio doesn't pan out.<br />
<br />glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-40493409955861156292014-08-05T13:57:00.002-07:002014-08-07T09:41:02.394-07:00Block 6: Putting It All Together: 2nd Flash Bulletin<br />
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Keeping it real, my results have been mixed. From here on I'll need to be persistent, resourceful and lucky. No cause yet to panic but signs to take care.<br />
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Successes:</div>
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1) I've gotten a feel for the city and know that this is It for me.</div>
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2) I've gotten my reduced fare reloadable bus card at half what I now pay in Charlotte.</div>
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3) I've established that the cost of living is not significantly higher than in Charlotte for a nonsmoker and nondrinker.</div>
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4) I've met with two branch managers of my current employer and have checked in with Randstad Staffing, who've asked me to email my resume.</div>
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5) I've found a studio apartment building that really rings my bells.</div>
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Setbacks and Hurdles:</div>
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1) The bookstore seems to be a bust. Reaction there was frosty and defensive. Failed to meet the manager, who was never there when I was told to come. Repeated remarks about not hiring part-time help seemed to show hostile awareness of my letter to the owner outlining part-time advantages with the new higher minimum wage.<br />
2) Business there wasn't strong on the four days I dropped by...though it was bustling at Barnes and Noble.<br />
3) The new minimum wage won't take effect till next year.<br />
4) A recent dispute with my Charlotte boss may pose a more serious threat than I'd feared. Company policy mandates that any other manager must approach him about a transfer. The first Seattle manager I approached declined to approach alternative store references--and I had no choice but to tell him I'd disputed my last review. Couldn't quite read his reaction to that, but he said have my manager call him. I tried a different tack with a second manager. Am guardedly optimistic but we'll see how it goes...soon.<br />
5) The perfect studio for me would cost the same as my new Charlotte rent. But we won't know availability till 8/11. Next size up would be bigger and $100-150 -more.<br />
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And so the frontline battle goes. Stay tuned!</div>
glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-80693290771285043202014-08-04T09:15:00.001-07:002014-08-07T09:40:30.917-07:00Block 6: Putting It All Together: 1st Flash Bulletin<img src="http://bloomfield-garfield.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/BGC-bulletin-header-images.png" /><br />
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The real hunt begins: I've arrived here for a 3-day scouting trip.<br />
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Saturday: Wrestled with the jet leg demons and, after checking into my hotel, set off to find Elliott Bay Book Company. A very long walk because of a confusing walking map which showed 10th Ave segue-ing off from Broadway. As I got further and further from the action, I became concerned. But no one had heard of the store or knew exactly where Broadway became 10th. I despaired. This made no sense! Finally, a lovely tattooed lady with a GPS, showed me the 10th Ave I wanted-- miles back...just blocks from where I had turned onto Broadway.<br />
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Found the bookstore, introduced myself and picked up an application, arranging to meet the manager on Monday. Walking back to the hotel, I passed a branch of the store where I work in Charlotte. Introduced myself, learned there may be an opening and arranged to meet the manager on Tuesday. And, just blocks from my hotel, I chanced upon another. So I dropped in, etc.<br />
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Sunday: My walking day. I decided to consult my map rarely if at all, walking as I like to walk, with my tootsies in the lead. In the course of the day I discovered Belltown, Downtown, the Public Market, the piers, Capitol Hill...And while I walked I also worked, noting the numbers of a leasing company advertising studio apartments and a Randstad Staffing office with a Jobs Now sign...and a giant Target for cheap water, snacks and personal fare.<br />
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Monday: Today I know I need to hit it on all eights.<br />
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Stay tuned. And sorry for the absence of pictures this time. Couldn't add them from my Fire.<br />
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Today I'll show my love in pictures, not in words. A few reasons why I love you:<br />
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<img alt="Seattle Outdoor Movie Guide 2014" src="http://cdn.seattle.findwell.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Seattle-Outdoor-Movie-Guide-2014-550x400.jpg" height="290" width="400" /><br />
Outdoor movie nights.<br />
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<img alt="Timber!14" src="http://cdn.seattle.findwell.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Timber14-550x400.jpg" height="290" width="400" /><br />
Timber! Music festival.<br />
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Pianos in the Parks.<br />
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<img alt="One of the Washington State Ferries" src="http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/1e/23/6f/one-of-the-washington.jpg" height="299" width="400" /><br />
Washington State Ferries.<br />
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<img alt="Space Needle Summer 2005" src="http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/16/49/7a/space-needle-summer-2005.jpg" height="284" width="400" /><br />
Space Needle.<br />
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<img src="http://www.seattle.gov/tour/images/pioneer1.jpg" /><br />
Pioneer Square.<br />
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Elliott Bay Book Company<br />
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The mountains!<br />
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The Puget Sound<br />
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The cafes!<br />
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Pike Place Market<br />
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Smiling Faces<br />
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I'll be there soon, Seattle!<br />
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<br />glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046437247342138074.post-35337819816785962002014-07-13T06:28:00.000-07:002014-07-25T08:48:54.857-07:00Block 5: Action Hero Time: Checklist #2<img height="265" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSTp2CEkrpSu9qkSQZm0AqIUt0cfl9APaQM_McqJ1VZWLaFZkoWwclY-vk" width="400" /><br />
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A few items remain on the first checklist, but I'm on track with the thirty-day timeline, and pleased. Now's the time to take some time to fine-tune the overall game plan.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Room/Roommate Arrangements</b></span><br />
( x ) Expand search beyond Craig's List, including roommate.com and an ad placed in 'Seattle's Only Newspaper', The Stranger (comparable to Creative Loafing).<br />
( x ) Emphasize location desired, rental/job stability--and preference for initial 3-6 month commitment.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Physical/Image</b></span><br />
( x ) Continue and intensify workout regimen: 3 resistance training days, 2 cycling sessions in between...and High Intensity Interval Training on Saturdays.<br />
( x ) Daily protein drinks and juices.<br />
( x ) One high-protein meal daily (chicken allowed till I reach the right shape).<br />
( x ) Reboot hair style with senior stylist July 23.<br />
( ) Total juice fast for 2 days/nights this week, July 13-20.<br />
( x ) Buy new running shoes before the August trip.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Personal</b></span><br />
( ) Return to daily meditation for at least 15-20 minutes.<br />
( x ) Begin devoting, daily, as much attention to my thoughts and attitude as I do toward the trunk and four boxes.<br />
( x ) Continue to try to reach C, the old school chum I've drifted from. He should still be in LA.<br />
( x ) Also call or email S in Portland.<br />
( x ) Try to further strengthen family ties before I leave for the West Coast.<br />
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( x ) Prepare to visit my job references before the August trip.<br />
( x ) Gauge disposition of my present boss from upcoming review.<br />
( x ) Begin preparing the packages for Seattle store branch and book stores.<br />
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The next two weeks are critical, so it's time to sign off and fine-tune for dear life.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>glitter noirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.com0