The Long Dark Review
The Long Dark Review
by Pauly Hart
12/20/2014
PaulyHart.com
Where Truth Matters.
I teach a survival simulation course to children and adults.
I work at a camp where we have a variety of programs that we offer to grade-schoolers who come and take field trips at our site. Among the fun ones like "Log-cabin Building" and "Pioneer Cooking" is "Survival Simulation". What does that look like? Very similar to this game. We are open in the spring and the fall and are in the northern United States and often find ourselves doing this in the snow. As a matter of fact, on first looking at it, I was convinced that some items had been taken from my manual. But that was silly. Smart survivalists all say the same basic things.
Before I take the children out, I give them a quick lesson on all the things they will experience in the simulation. How to find water, how to find or create tinder, kindling and fuel for a fire, what a fire needs to live, what we need to live, how to build a lean-to, how to find what direction the wind is coming from, how to build an S.O.S. signal and how to create a splint, stop blood loss and treat shock. Pretty rushed though, but that's OK because we are going outside and going to practice everything that I just showed them.
by Pauly Hart
12/20/2014
PaulyHart.com
Where Truth Matters.
I teach a survival simulation course to children and adults.
I work at a camp where we have a variety of programs that we offer to grade-schoolers who come and take field trips at our site. Among the fun ones like "Log-cabin Building" and "Pioneer Cooking" is "Survival Simulation". What does that look like? Very similar to this game. We are open in the spring and the fall and are in the northern United States and often find ourselves doing this in the snow. As a matter of fact, on first looking at it, I was convinced that some items had been taken from my manual. But that was silly. Smart survivalists all say the same basic things.
Before I take the children out, I give them a quick lesson on all the things they will experience in the simulation. How to find water, how to find or create tinder, kindling and fuel for a fire, what a fire needs to live, what we need to live, how to build a lean-to, how to find what direction the wind is coming from, how to build an S.O.S. signal and how to create a splint, stop blood loss and treat shock. Pretty rushed though, but that's OK because we are going outside and going to practice everything that I just showed them.
So, at our camp, we have "The plane crash" in a wilderness area (no houses around sorry) and the burning wreckage is going so hot and heavy that the survivors only have time to grab five items out of a long list of things that was on the plane. We are looking basically for them to chose: Matches, Knife, Metal bucket, Rope, Tarp and not choose things like: Flashlight, Popcorn, Toilet paper, and the like. They only have a few minutes before the plane catches all the way, and then sinks into the bog.
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The main good news during my Survival Sim is that there are no wolves. Not real ones at least. The pretend ones come later. We do, however, put them to the test. There are around ten children usually and they are given fifty "Life Points" per group, each child accounting for five of those points. I will give them twenty minutes to find water, get a fire going and bring their water to a boil. Fire accounts for: Light, Heat, Ability to melt and boil water, Ability to cook food, Safety, Ability to dry wet clothes, and most importantly: Hope.
If they fail at the first task the rest are ultimately harder. And I take away half of their Life Points. Then I have them search for food, erect a shelter, someone "has an accident" and breaks their leg and bleeds everywhere and goes into shock, and then I have them build and S.O.S. and get into the shelter before the wolves come.
Usually around half of the children die. But we go inside out of the snow and discuss what happened and they write down the things they did that were successful and the things that were not.
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The main good news during my Survival Sim is that there are no wolves. Not real ones at least. The pretend ones come later. We do, however, put them to the test. There are around ten children usually and they are given fifty "Life Points" per group, each child accounting for five of those points. I will give them twenty minutes to find water, get a fire going and bring their water to a boil. Fire accounts for: Light, Heat, Ability to melt and boil water, Ability to cook food, Safety, Ability to dry wet clothes, and most importantly: Hope.
If they fail at the first task the rest are ultimately harder. And I take away half of their Life Points. Then I have them search for food, erect a shelter, someone "has an accident" and breaks their leg and bleeds everywhere and goes into shock, and then I have them build and S.O.S. and get into the shelter before the wolves come.
Usually around half of the children die. But we go inside out of the snow and discuss what happened and they write down the things they did that were successful and the things that were not.
All of that prepared me for The Long Dark. In the game, I found myself learning new and inventive strategies that I did not know I was able to invent. I felt as if I were a child and the game makers were myself, being patient and ever so helpful. Wait. No. There was no help. Only the savage fangs of the wolves. And the snow. The long dark? The long snow-blind, wolf-infested, frozen-soul dark. Dark and dirty... And damn cold.
My first experience with this game was my wife screaming from the other room. "Oh my gosh honey! This is totally you!" she went on and on. She was so happy to have found something that looked like I would play it over and over. That was two weeks ago. It was to be my Christmas present... Heh. I've been enjoying it a little early.
Enjoying it? Obsessing over it? Living it? I caught myself looking up dog-food prices the other day. On the top of my review, it shows how many hours I have played of this game. Does it really reflect the thirty hours I've spent scouring maps and watching youtube videos? No. You niggardly hour-counter. How dare you scoff at my lack of total commitment! I love this game and have recently purchased it for my brother and one of my closest friends.
Do I recommend this game? Yes. Only if you want to live.
My first experience with this game was my wife screaming from the other room. "Oh my gosh honey! This is totally you!" she went on and on. She was so happy to have found something that looked like I would play it over and over. That was two weeks ago. It was to be my Christmas present... Heh. I've been enjoying it a little early.
Enjoying it? Obsessing over it? Living it? I caught myself looking up dog-food prices the other day. On the top of my review, it shows how many hours I have played of this game. Does it really reflect the thirty hours I've spent scouring maps and watching youtube videos? No. You niggardly hour-counter. How dare you scoff at my lack of total commitment! I love this game and have recently purchased it for my brother and one of my closest friends.
Do I recommend this game? Yes. Only if you want to live.
George RR Martin thinks Sony is a coward
In a stunning display of corporate cowardice, Regal, AMC, and every other major theatre chain in the United States have cancelled their plans to show the new Seth Rogen/ James Franco comedy THE INTERVIEW, because of -- yes, seriously, this is not a SOUTH PARK sketch (though I expect it soon will be) -- threats from North Korea.
I mean, really? REALLY?? These gigantic corporations, most of which could buy North Korea with pocket change, are declining to show a film because Kim Jong-Un objects to being mocked?
The level of corporate cowardice here astonishes me. It's a good thing these guys weren't around when Charlie Chaplin made THE GREAT DICTATOR. If Kim Jong-Un scares them, Adolf Hitler would have had them shitting in their smallclothes.
Even Sony, which made the movie, is going along. There are thousands of small independent theatres across the country, like my own, that would gladly screen THE INTERVIEW, regardless of the threats from North Korea, but instead of shifting the film to those venues, Sony has cancelled its scheduled Christmas rollout entirely.
I haven't seen THE INTERVIEW. I have no idea how good or bad a film it is. It might be hilarious. It might be stupid and offensive and outrageous. (Actually, I am pretty sure about the 'outrageous' part). It might be all of the above.
That's not the point, though. Whether it's the next CITIZEN KANE or the next PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, it astonishes me that a major Hollywood film could be killed before release by threats from a foreign power and anonymous hackers.
For what it's worth, the Jean Cocteau Cinema will be glad to screen THE INTERVIEW (assuming that Sony does eventually release the film for theatrical exhibition, rather than streaming it or dumping it as a direct-to-DVD release), should it be made available to us. Come to Santa Fe, Seth, we'll show your film for you.
Current Location:Santa Fe
Current Mood: pissed off
from HERE
Oklahoma's Satanic Statue
The Satanic Statue Being Made for Oklahoma's Statehouse Is Coming Along Nicely
Photo by Jonathan Smith
Two weeks ago I found myself in the backwoods of rural Florida standing in front of a bronzed bust of the pagan idol Baphomet. A few days later it would be attached to its eight-and-a-half-foot cloven-hoofed body and put to rest on a throne flanked on either side by a small metallic child. Eventually, its creators hope, it will be whisked away to Oklahoma, where it will be placed next to a Ten Commandments monument on the front lawn of the state capitol.
I had come to this foundry in the middle of the sticks with Lucien Greaves, the spokesperson for the Satanic Temple, the group behind the monument. The last time I saw it was in a small Brooklyn studio in April, when it was still being formed out of clay by Mark Porter, an artist trained in classical sculpture. Now, seven months later, it's almost finished.
Lucien Greaves, Leader of the Satanic Temple
The New Satanic Monument Being Built
Photos by Jonathan Smith
Before this trip I had been under the impression that bronze sculptures were created with a giant crane that dipped the work whole into a vat of molten bronze like a piece of bread into a fondue bowl. That's not the case. The work is cut into many pieces, each of which is bronzed separately before being welded back together. When we arrived, different parts of the sculpture lay scattered across the property. The bust sat on a wooden table inside a sort of open-air shed, while the torso rested nearby on a smaller table. The hooves and arms were splayed out on the ground nearby. The following day, Porter, along with two other men, would begin the arduous process of welding the disparate pieces together to create a smooth, fluid sculpture meant to serve as a testament to the equal representation of all religions under United States law.
While it's not yet finished, the below images should give you an idea of what these guys are working with:
Oklahoma is far from the only state with a religious monument—or even a Ten Commandments monument—on government property. In fact, there's even a handy website that maps them all out for you. So why did the Satanic Temple choose Oklahoma?
"They specifically made statements that this location was to be a monument park," Greaves told me. "They didn't put it in exactly those words, but that was the legal rhetoric that they instituted to justify it and pretend there was constitutional standing for it, and that was just a breach of the [First Amendment's] establishment clause. They set the perfect groundwork for us."
Oklahoma State Representative Mike Ritze set that groundwork in 2012 when he paid for the Ten Commandments monument and its installation with money out of his own pocket. Because he paid for the Commandments himself, it was classified as a donation and allowed to be placed on government property.
The Temple has been largely ignored by members of the Oklahoma government, so on July 30 they decided to file a Freedom of Information Act request for documents relating to the installation of the Baphomet statue. "I feel strongly that we didn't receive all the documents we should have," Greaves told me. "It seems highly unlikely to me that their files consist entirely of citizen letters opposed to the monument with almost no communication with government officials as to where they stand on it." The Temple even had proof that at least one of the documents was withheld, according to Greaves, in the form of a registered letter the Satanic Temple had sent to the Capital Preservation Commission. "We had gotten the notice that they'd received it," Greaves said. Yet "that was not included in their file of communications regarding the Satanic Temple monument request." After an appeal, the Capital Preservation Commission produced a copy of the letter.
Of course, all of this talk of installing the statue in Oklahoma is contingent on the Ten Commandments monument being rebuilt after a drunk guy who heard voices in his head pissed on the slab before smashing his car into it last October. If it's not rebuilt, the Temple will stop trying to put Baphomet on the statehouse yard.
According to Greaves, the existence of the Ten Commandments statue is essential to his organization's goals with this project. The Baphomet is "part man, part animal, points above, points below, the legs are crossed, upright pentagram on head, inverse pentagram behind the head, and the Caduceus on the lap representing balance and reconciliation," he said. "The message behind Baphoment is a reconciliation of the opposites, not this call to arms of one against one but a merging of the two. That's part of the reason that it can only exist standing next to the Ten Commandments. That's part of the message. We wouldn't want to proselytize as a single voice in the public square."
Luckily for the Temple, it seems as though the Commandments are on track to be rebuilt. Representative Mike Ritze, whose voicemail ends with "Have a great day in the Lord!" told VICE that he has already raised the money to rebuild the Commandments monument and plans to have it reinstalled at an undisclosed date. When asked how the money was raised, he responded, simply, "private."
When I broke this news to Greaves this week via email, he replied:
Everything is now in place for the battle ahead. This isn't a mere petty fight that exploits a legal loophole. The forthcoming battle for Oklahoma cuts to the heart of how we conceive of our rights as American citizens, how we interpret and respect our constitutional values of plurality and individual freedom. However this case is ultimately decided, it will have deep and lasting ramifications for generations to come. This monument of Baphomet will hereafter be recognized as a central icon for the continually growing populations of Satanists, secularists, and advocates for individual liberty who refuse to bow to the arbitrary authority of archaic edicts, and refuse to accept their marginalization at the hands of thinly veiled theocrats. We look forward to arranging with Oklahoma a date on which we may erect and unveil Baphomet, where it will stand in honor of the unjustly accused, the slandered minority, the maligned outgroups, so that we might pay respect to their memory and celebrate our progress as a pluralistic nation founded on secular law.
While the Baphomet is the Temple's most high-profile project to date, they are constantly working on other community-oriented projects, such as a Satanic holiday display that will be installed in the Florida State Capitol's rotunda near a Nativity scene. Then there's the Satanic coloring book, set to be distributed, along with Bibles donated by the Christian group World Changers of Florida, to students in the Orange County School District in January. And in July, the Temple used the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling in an ongoing effort to gain legal exemption to informed consent laws for women who want an abortion but don't want to be given a bunch of scientifically unsound literature.
Those very public projects, as well as others, have led some to accuse the Temple of being media whores performing stunts to get attention. "Well of course!" Greaves says. "You need media to bring attention to these issues. If we're going to do a public prayer, we want to do it in a place like the town of Greece where it's a Supreme Court battle. We don't want to keep this secret. We want it high-profile."
You have the wrong number
You have the wrong number
by Pauly Hart
12/13/2014
PaulyHart.com
When I lived in Fort Wayne Indiana, our phone number was Landy Enterprises old number and was ALMOST Hires Auto Parts phone number... Like seriously we would get four or five phone calls a day about this and that and one thing or another...
How much is an alternator for an '82 Bronco? Could I bring in my 95 Camry because the exhaust manifold fell off. Does Chris work today?
And we couldn't make them stop. So I just started making stuff up. I remember distinctly someone calling asking for Steve. I told them Steve had packed his stuff up, yelled at a bunch of people, threw stuff around the store and quit yesterday. That was a classic one because they actually knew Steve and said it sounded just like him and they were going to call his wife.
Another time I argued with a guy about his catalytic converter because I told him I was going to charge him $150 for one and yesterday "I" told him it would only be around $40. He was going to "Come down there and deal with me in person" when I became belligerent.
Oh the good times to be had by all. Anyway. Enjoy this terrible happy wonderful awful video.
by Pauly Hart
12/13/2014
PaulyHart.com
Where Truth Matters.
When I lived in Fort Wayne Indiana, our phone number was Landy Enterprises old number and was ALMOST Hires Auto Parts phone number... Like seriously we would get four or five phone calls a day about this and that and one thing or another...
How much is an alternator for an '82 Bronco? Could I bring in my 95 Camry because the exhaust manifold fell off. Does Chris work today?
And we couldn't make them stop. So I just started making stuff up. I remember distinctly someone calling asking for Steve. I told them Steve had packed his stuff up, yelled at a bunch of people, threw stuff around the store and quit yesterday. That was a classic one because they actually knew Steve and said it sounded just like him and they were going to call his wife.
Another time I argued with a guy about his catalytic converter because I told him I was going to charge him $150 for one and yesterday "I" told him it would only be around $40. He was going to "Come down there and deal with me in person" when I became belligerent.
Oh the good times to be had by all. Anyway. Enjoy this terrible happy wonderful awful video.
Robots and Heather
Robots and Heather
by Pauly Hart
12/11/2014
PaulyHart.com
Where Truth Matters.
The only memory I really have of the movie "The Black Hole" was from the fifth grade where had we watched it on an over night field trip. Kail asked me if I thought Heather was pretty and if I would want to "Go Together" and I jumped at the chance because I had a crush on Heather ever since the fourth grade.
Later I found out that Heather, Tara and Whitney were all playing a trick on me. I was crushed. I would probably love this movie and hold it most dear if Heather hadn't killed my soul that day. I had a crush on her even into college where I finally worked up the nerve to ask her out and she said yes. It had only taken me twelve years to summon up the courage...
by Pauly Hart
12/11/2014
PaulyHart.com
Where Truth Matters.
The only memory I really have of the movie "The Black Hole" was from the fifth grade where had we watched it on an over night field trip. Kail asked me if I thought Heather was pretty and if I would want to "Go Together" and I jumped at the chance because I had a crush on Heather ever since the fourth grade.
Later I found out that Heather, Tara and Whitney were all playing a trick on me. I was crushed. I would probably love this movie and hold it most dear if Heather hadn't killed my soul that day. I had a crush on her even into college where I finally worked up the nerve to ask her out and she said yes. It had only taken me twelve years to summon up the courage...
She stood me up. Later I asked her about it and she told me that she hadn't believed that I was serious.
Pauly Hart
12/10/14
Mixed Media for sale
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10" by 8"
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Price includes shipping, your choice of title and
personalized autograph on the back for you or a loved one.
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Here's a little sumtin sumtin from my homie Mike Lang. He's done some work for me so I figured I would throw a little publicity his way. He's awesome. Find him at http://mlangphotography.com/
My name is Mike Lang. I’m a storyteller with a yearning desire to leave the world a little better than I found it. I live and work at YMCA Camp Tecumseh in Brookston, IN, documenting the tremendous work that happens at camp through photography, writing, and design. I’m lucky to have a loving, inspiring wife who simultaneously keeps my head screwed on straight and forces me outside of my comfort zone.
Amazing work happens behind the lens and the best of it resides at the intersection of art and action, capturing the relationships between people and the world in ways that inspire us to love a little stronger, marvel a little longer, and laugh a little harder. With every session I strive to capture those magic moments that transcend everyday snapshots and tell the kinds of stories that work their way deep into our bones.
If you’re interested in booking a session, or just want to hang out and talk craft beer, media theory, or the latest Drudkh album, get in touch.
Here are some of the shots he has taken for me.
Shots for By the Gates of the Garden of Eden
Undisclosed shoot
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at Camp Tecumseh #givingtuesday
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at Camp Tecumseh as a pirate
google.com/ncr
the good news about google.com/ncr is that it restricts your search to the actual world. the entire open above water internets. still doesn't go into the darknet but that's ok with me, i can't read perl.
so i logged out of my google account and searched my name. it seems that i am still the first five pages of hits for my name, then you start getting pauly d and pauly shore.
ugh... those tiny italians are always messing up my google seo.
whatever.
here is an article from ehow about it
What Is Google NCR?
Visit Google from South Africa, and you'll see the URL "Google.co.za."
Google's search engine offers country-specific sites. When you enter "Google.com" in the address bar, you're automatically directed to the site most appropriate for the country from which you are visiting Google. If you don't want to automatically go to that country's site, use an alternative Web address for Google.com; this address ends in "/ncr."
Google's Country-Specific Sites
Google's country-specific sites are designated by the ending of the URL. Google in Japan, for example, has the URL "Google.co.jp." In France, you'll see "Google.fr" and in the United Kingdom, Google's URL is "Google.co.uk."
How Google Knows
Your IP address shows Google the location from which you are visiting the website. All devices with a public Internet connection are assigned an IP address, which is a series of four numbers, each separated with a period. The IPs are assigned by region, so Google reads your IP address, determines the location and automatically redirects you to the country-specific site.
If your IP address is incorrect, Google may redirect you to the wrong country's Google site. To check your IP address, visit WhatIsMyIPAddress.com and view the address and location that show up automatically. If your location is wrong, that likely explains why Google is taking you to the wrong country site. Visit Google's "Report IP Problems" site to enter an incorrect IP for Google to update, if you wish.
Bypassing Country-Specific Google
If you'd rather visit Google.com without being directed to a country site, type the URL "http://www.google.com/ncr" and bookmark the resulting page. Then, no matter where you are in the world, you can visit this bookmarked page to see the Google.com page.
so i logged out of my google account and searched my name. it seems that i am still the first five pages of hits for my name, then you start getting pauly d and pauly shore.
ugh... those tiny italians are always messing up my google seo.
whatever.
What Is Google NCR?
Visit Google from South Africa, and you'll see the URL "Google.co.za."
Google's search engine offers country-specific sites. When you enter "Google.com" in the address bar, you're automatically directed to the site most appropriate for the country from which you are visiting Google. If you don't want to automatically go to that country's site, use an alternative Web address for Google.com; this address ends in "/ncr."
Google's Country-Specific Sites
Google's country-specific sites are designated by the ending of the URL. Google in Japan, for example, has the URL "Google.co.jp." In France, you'll see "Google.fr" and in the United Kingdom, Google's URL is "Google.co.uk."
How Google Knows
Your IP address shows Google the location from which you are visiting the website. All devices with a public Internet connection are assigned an IP address, which is a series of four numbers, each separated with a period. The IPs are assigned by region, so Google reads your IP address, determines the location and automatically redirects you to the country-specific site.
If your IP address is incorrect, Google may redirect you to the wrong country's Google site. To check your IP address, visit WhatIsMyIPAddress.com and view the address and location that show up automatically. If your location is wrong, that likely explains why Google is taking you to the wrong country site. Visit Google's "Report IP Problems" site to enter an incorrect IP for Google to update, if you wish.
Bypassing Country-Specific Google
If you'd rather visit Google.com without being directed to a country site, type the URL "http://www.google.com/ncr" and bookmark the resulting page. Then, no matter where you are in the world, you can visit this bookmarked page to see the Google.com page.
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November 29th is Louie Day
Today, here in the United States, there is nothing happy about yesterday which absolutely ruins the day before that in which we all sit down with people we rarely see, and are somehow related to, and eat dead birds.
So I have decided to embark on the creation of a new holiday... Not something to be scoffed, mind you... But something to be used in place of any other word for this time of year in the United States or anywhere else in the world.
Louie Day, today in 2014, falls on November 29th which is the birthday to one of my favorite authors: C.S. Lewis.
She also published a Children's collection of short stories in eleven books entitled: Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag and is the author of over fifteen more manuscripts, collections and short stories.
November 23rd
So I have decided to embark on the creation of a new holiday... Not something to be scoffed, mind you... But something to be used in place of any other word for this time of year in the United States or anywhere else in the world.
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| Clive Staples Lewis |
He wrote several wonderful books including a revisit of Pilgrims Progress called: The Pilgrim's Regress as well as a seven novel fantasy series called: The Chronicles of Narnia, as well as his critically acclaimed science fiction space trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength.
Aside from fiction, he also wrote almost fifty books, collections of letters and poetry collections that are widely regarded as some of the best Evangelical apologetic writers, with his cornerstone books: Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce, Surprised by Joy and Till We Have Faces as well as many others.
Not only is it his birthday, but also Louisa May Alcott's as well. She wrote her most famous books: Little Women Trilogy (in four parts) Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men and Jo's Boys as well as her fifteen other novels that she published under her own name or as her pen-name A. M. Barnard or even one that she published anonymously called A Modern Mephistopheles.
Aside from fiction, he also wrote almost fifty books, collections of letters and poetry collections that are widely regarded as some of the best Evangelical apologetic writers, with his cornerstone books: Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce, Surprised by Joy and Till We Have Faces as well as many others.
Not only is it his birthday, but also Louisa May Alcott's as well. She wrote her most famous books: Little Women Trilogy (in four parts) Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men and Jo's Boys as well as her fifteen other novels that she published under her own name or as her pen-name A. M. Barnard or even one that she published anonymously called A Modern Mephistopheles.
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| Louisa May Alcott |
She also published a Children's collection of short stories in eleven books entitled: Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag and is the author of over fifteen more manuscripts, collections and short stories.
With these two very prolific authors at our helm, it is our hope to do several things to push back the anxiety and angst of the BLACK FRIDAY PLAGUE that has covered the United States. Both Louisa Alcott and C.S. Lewis were devout believers of family and the love that they have to give and how that, with a great family and a great faith, nothing can stand in your way. Alright I made all that up, but I've read Little Women and Perelandra and I can surmise from both books that the authors weren't Douche-bags.
Louie Day is about returning to your family and letting hope rule your life instead of negative materialism. Too often in this culture have we given ourselves over to the pattern of:
Get ready for the guests, stuff turkey in our mouths, watch something worthless on the idiotbox, get our coats on and go watch a movie, go shopping, help mom and aunt idiot get their winter coats on so they can sit in the snow and wait for the doors to open at midnight.
Woah. This doesn't seem like the turkey day I remember when I was a kid. Something has changed and Louie Day is here to help solve that. Louie Day is NOT about stopping the idiocy on Black Friday. If the police can't do it, I'm not going to try. Louie Day is about corralling in your instincts to use the DAY AFTER BLACK FRIDAY as a day to go out and be idiots.
Louie Day is special for me personally, and maybe, deeply, this is why I have spent so much time on this project. Louie Day falls (respectively) on both my mothers birthday (two days ago) as well as my wife's (tomorrow). But that's ok. Somebody had to take the reigns on this thing and I'm kinda glad that it's me.
So, basically, celebrate your family on Louie Day. And if you don't like these two authors, celebrate another fine Louie! Leave your Louis or Louie or Lewie in the comments below with what birthday they were born! Let's celebrate ALL THE LOUIES!
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| Happy Louie Day Louis |
November 23rd
1934 - Lewis Alan Hoad, Sydney Australia, tennis star
1407 – Louis I, Duke of Orléans -died
1995 – Louis Malle, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter -died
November 24th
1867 – Louis de Champsavin, French horse rider
1949 - Anita Louis, US singer
1927 - Emma Lou Diemer, composer
1745 - Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire
1967 – Louis Fratto, American gangster -died
2013 – Lou Hyndman, Canadian lawyer and politician -died
November 25th
1868 – Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
1883 - Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author
1913 - Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist
1921 - Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer -died
1924 - Lou Brissie, American baseball player -died
November 26th
An exception to the rule of Louie. Nobody famous either was born or died on November 26th.
November 27th
1941 – Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist
2013 – Lewis Collins, English-American actor -died
November 28th
1912 – Morris Louis, American painter
1698 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France -died
November 29th
1229 - Louis the Stern, ruler of upper Baveria
1832 - Louisa May Alcott, American author
1833 - Louis Douglass Watkins, Brigadier General
1898 - C. S. Lewis, Irish-English author
November 30th
1637 – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian and author
1813 – Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet
1976 – Josh Lewsey, English rugby player
1407 – Louis I, Duke of Orléans -died
1995 – Louis Malle, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter -died
November 24th
1867 – Louis de Champsavin, French horse rider
1949 - Anita Louis, US singer
1927 - Emma Lou Diemer, composer
1745 - Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire
1967 – Louis Fratto, American gangster -died
2013 – Lou Hyndman, Canadian lawyer and politician -died
November 25th
1868 – Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
1883 - Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author
1913 - Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist
1921 - Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer -died
1924 - Lou Brissie, American baseball player -died
November 26th
An exception to the rule of Louie. Nobody famous either was born or died on November 26th.
November 27th
1941 – Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist
2013 – Lewis Collins, English-American actor -died
November 28th
1912 – Morris Louis, American painter
1698 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France -died
1229 - Louis the Stern, ruler of upper Baveria
1832 - Louisa May Alcott, American author
1833 - Louis Douglass Watkins, Brigadier General
1898 - C. S. Lewis, Irish-English author
November 30th
1637 – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian and author
1813 – Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet
1976 – Josh Lewsey, English rugby player
Mockingjay Summary
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SPOILER ALERT! THIS IS THE WHOLE MOVIE SPELLED OUT FOR YOU!
Part 1: The Ashes
Katniss takes stock of her new position as a rebel in District 13. She and a few others were extracted from the Quarter Quell (Katniss's second Hunger Games adventure), but Peeta wasn't one of them – he's still missing, under control of the Capitol. Katniss is still haunted by President Snow. After much angst, she decides to be the figurehead, the Mockingjay, for the rebel side. In return, she gets immunity for her friends and permission to kill Snow. Another Games victor, Beetee, makes Katniss a special weapon.
Katniss has to star in commercials for the rebel side, called propos. For one propo, she and a team that includes her old friend Gale are sent into District 8, where they see a hospital get destroyed. This inspires Katniss to call for justice. Because the rebels are gaining in strength, and because Peeta has sent out a coded message to the rebels warning them of an attack, the Capitol releases footage of Peeta being tortured.
Part 2: The Assault
Katniss is horrified by the way Peeta is being treated. The Capitol bombs District 13, just as Peeta warned it would. Citizens of District 13 retreat underground for several days. When it's all clear, Katniss makes another propo, while rebel teams go to rescue Peeta.
The rebels get Peeta and some other folks out of the Capitol, but Peeta's been badly damaged. He's been "hijacked" (as in, brainwashed) and now thinks of Katniss as the enemy. As soon as he sees her, he tries to kill her. Not-so-happy reunion indeed.
Once she recovers from Peeta's attack, Katniss needs to be part of the action. She heads back to District 2 and is part of a summit about whether to attack the other side humanely or inhumanely. Gale suggests some inhumane kinds of weapons and strategies. During the battle that follows, Katniss gets shot. While recuperating, she bonds with another victor who we met in Catching Fire, Johanna, and witnesses the wedding of victors Finnick and Annie.
After a second recovery, Katniss trains to be part of the fighting again. She, Gale, and Finnick are assigned to a special unit that will be filmed during combat and turned into more propos. Right before they go out into the field, Peeta's assigned to their unit too. Hmm. Is it just us, or does that seem like a bad idea?
Part 3: The Assassin
Katniss is afraid for her life. Though Peeta has improved a bit, he's still hijacked and hates Katniss. Her commander, Boggs, agrees that she should watch out. But Boggs is one of the first casualties. Before he dies, he gives her command of their unit.
Katniss tells the others she has a secret mission to kill President Snow, and they follow her on what turns out to be a suicide mission. One by one, their team members are sacrificed as they make their way to the heart of the Capitol. Only five of them, including Katniss, Gale, and Peeta, are left by the time they reach it. Then those three get separated.
During the ensuing battle, many innocent children die. Members of the rebels' medical team, including Prim, Katniss's sister, are also killed. Katniss is badly wounded again. On the positive side, the rebels have gained control and have captured President Snow. Katniss visits the imprisoned President Snow, who says she should blame President Coin (of the rebels) for the attack and Prim's death.
And maybe he's right. It appears the rebels staged the final attack, and the weapon Gale made (you know, the one Katniss thought was inhumane) could have been the one that killed Katniss's sister. Katniss can't forgive him.
In a meeting right before Snow's execution, President Coin says that the remaining Hunger Games victors must vote to determine whether or not the new rebel government should start up the Hunger Games again, as a way to punish the citizens of the Capitol for what they did to the citizens of the Districts. (Wait, we thought the rebels were fighting to end cruel practices like the Hunger Games?) Katniss votes in favor. In part because of Katniss's vote, the answer is yes – the Hunger Games will start again.
Then it's time for Snow's execution. Katniss has the task of shooting him with her famous bow and arrow, but at the last minute, she kills Coin instead. Snow dies anyway.
At this point, Katniss has a serious breakdown. Time passes, but she's pretty much in a fog. Later she learns that she was acquitted during her trial, and she's sent back to the ruined District 12, along with Haymitch and later Peeta. Gale disappears into another district.
Over time, Katniss is able to grieve for her sister and the many others who died. As she begins to rebuild her life, she and Peeta restore a romantic relationship and eventually have children.
Katniss is horrified by the way Peeta is being treated. The Capitol bombs District 13, just as Peeta warned it would. Citizens of District 13 retreat underground for several days. When it's all clear, Katniss makes another propo, while rebel teams go to rescue Peeta.
The rebels get Peeta and some other folks out of the Capitol, but Peeta's been badly damaged. He's been "hijacked" (as in, brainwashed) and now thinks of Katniss as the enemy. As soon as he sees her, he tries to kill her. Not-so-happy reunion indeed.
Once she recovers from Peeta's attack, Katniss needs to be part of the action. She heads back to District 2 and is part of a summit about whether to attack the other side humanely or inhumanely. Gale suggests some inhumane kinds of weapons and strategies. During the battle that follows, Katniss gets shot. While recuperating, she bonds with another victor who we met in Catching Fire, Johanna, and witnesses the wedding of victors Finnick and Annie.
After a second recovery, Katniss trains to be part of the fighting again. She, Gale, and Finnick are assigned to a special unit that will be filmed during combat and turned into more propos. Right before they go out into the field, Peeta's assigned to their unit too. Hmm. Is it just us, or does that seem like a bad idea?
Part 3: The Assassin
Katniss is afraid for her life. Though Peeta has improved a bit, he's still hijacked and hates Katniss. Her commander, Boggs, agrees that she should watch out. But Boggs is one of the first casualties. Before he dies, he gives her command of their unit.
Katniss tells the others she has a secret mission to kill President Snow, and they follow her on what turns out to be a suicide mission. One by one, their team members are sacrificed as they make their way to the heart of the Capitol. Only five of them, including Katniss, Gale, and Peeta, are left by the time they reach it. Then those three get separated.
During the ensuing battle, many innocent children die. Members of the rebels' medical team, including Prim, Katniss's sister, are also killed. Katniss is badly wounded again. On the positive side, the rebels have gained control and have captured President Snow. Katniss visits the imprisoned President Snow, who says she should blame President Coin (of the rebels) for the attack and Prim's death.
And maybe he's right. It appears the rebels staged the final attack, and the weapon Gale made (you know, the one Katniss thought was inhumane) could have been the one that killed Katniss's sister. Katniss can't forgive him.
In a meeting right before Snow's execution, President Coin says that the remaining Hunger Games victors must vote to determine whether or not the new rebel government should start up the Hunger Games again, as a way to punish the citizens of the Capitol for what they did to the citizens of the Districts. (Wait, we thought the rebels were fighting to end cruel practices like the Hunger Games?) Katniss votes in favor. In part because of Katniss's vote, the answer is yes – the Hunger Games will start again.
Then it's time for Snow's execution. Katniss has the task of shooting him with her famous bow and arrow, but at the last minute, she kills Coin instead. Snow dies anyway.
At this point, Katniss has a serious breakdown. Time passes, but she's pretty much in a fog. Later she learns that she was acquitted during her trial, and she's sent back to the ruined District 12, along with Haymitch and later Peeta. Gale disappears into another district.
Over time, Katniss is able to grieve for her sister and the many others who died. As she begins to rebuild her life, she and Peeta restore a romantic relationship and eventually have children.
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieve it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieve it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas
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