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Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we conclude our series on Minecraft. We talk about our stories, multiplayer, and other topics, before turning to our takeaways. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: A few more hours of Minecraft Issues covered: the upcoming charity event, Tim not knowing where Site D is, milestones for Tim, an epic story of loss with Mors, having high stakes and risk, Brett makes a long deep dive into an enormous open cavern, the procedural elements of exploration, connected caverns, Lost Lake's skill and visiting his place, the causeway that takes you to Lost Lake, automating systems, never finding an emerald, ad campaigns from the 1950s, a game developer muses about his existence in the universe, terrain modeling and erosion, not being able to tell that something wasn't hand-modeled, changes in the algorithm over time, getting lost in narrow caverns, simple goals that are obvious needs for survival, the excellence of the second-to-second loop of mining and picking up, height modeling for terrain with height maps vs voxels, player goals and having the ability to make them as specific as you want, leaving off the limits in a block game, trading verisimilitude for expressivity, allowing the player to impact everything, simple creativity, continuing the server. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Lost Lake, Trespasser, Phil Salvador, Video Game History Foundation,  mors_d, Buck Rogers, Disneyland, Star Trek, Burma Shave, Mad Men, Dwight Eisenhower, Fallout 3, Skyrim, Oblivion, mysterydip, Valheim, Lego, Ravenloft, Picross, Terraria, Final Fantasy VI, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: End of year review! Links: Defeating Games for Charity Video Game History Foundation Interview with Phil Salvador  Twitch: timlongojr Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com

Today's poem offers a needful portrait of ‘manly talk.' Happy reading.Louis Untermeyer was the author, editor or compiler, and translator of more than 100 books for readers of all ages. He will be best remembered as the prolific anthologist whose collections have introduced students to contemporary American poetry since 1919. The son of an established New York jeweler, Untermeyer's interest in poetry led to friendships with poets from three generations, including many of the century's major writers. His tastes were eclectic. In the Washington Post, Martin Weil related that Untermeyer once “described himself as ‘a bone collector' with ‘the mind of a magpie.'” He was a liberal who did much to allay the Victorian myth that poetry is a highbrow art. “What most of us don't realize is that everyone loves poetry,” he was quoted by Weil as saying, pointing out the rhymes on the once-ubiquitous Burma Shave road signs as an example.Untermeyer developed his taste for literature while a child. His mother had read aloud to him from a variety of sources, including the epic poems “Paul Revere's Ride” and “Hiawatha.” Bedtime stories he told to his brother Martin combined elements from every story he could remember, he revealed in Bygones: The Recollections of Louis Untermeyer. When he learned to read for himself, he was particularly impressed by books such as Alfred Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Dante's Inferno. Gustave Dore's illustrations in these books captivated him and encouraged his imagination toward fantasy. Almost 50 years later, Untermeyer published several volumes of retold French fairy tales, all illustrated by the famous French artist.In addition to children's books and anthologies, Untermeyer published collections of his own poetry. He began to compose light verse and parodies during his teen years after dropping out of school to join his father's business. With financial help from his father, he published First Love in 1911. Sentiments of social protest expressed in the 1914 volume Challenge received disapproval from anti-communist groups 40 years later; as a result of suspicion, Untermeyer lost his seat on the “What's My Line” game show panel to publisher Bennett Cerf. During the 1970s, he found himself “instinctively, if incongruously, allied with the protesting young,” he wrote in the New York Times. In the same article he encouraged the spirit of experiment that characterized the decade, saying, “it is the non-conformers, the innovators in art, science, technology, and human relations who, misunderstood and ridiculed in their own times, have shaped our world.” Untermeyer, who did not promote any particular ideology, remained a popular speaker and lecturer, sharing criticism of poetry and anecdotes about famous poets with audiences in the United States and as far away as India and Japan.Untermeyer resigned from the jewelry business in 1923 in order to give all his attention to literary pursuits. Friendships with Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, Arthur Miller, and other literary figures provided him with material for books. For example, The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer contains letters selected from almost 50 years of correspondence with the New England poet. The anthologist's autobiographies From Another World and Bygones relate as much about other writers as they do about his personal life. Bygones provides his reflections on the four women who were his wives. Jean Starr moved to Vienna with Untermeyer after he became a full-time writer; Virginia Moore was his wife for about a year; Esther Antin, a lawyer he met in Toledo, Ohio, married him in 1933; 15 years later, he married Bryna Ivens, with whom he edited a dozen books for children.In his later years, Untermeyer, like Frost, had a deep appreciation for country life. He once told Contemporary Authors: “I live on an abandoned farm in Connecticut … ever since I found my native New York unlivable as well as unlovable. … On these green and sometimes arctic acres I cultivate whatever flowers insist on growing in spite of my neglect; delight in the accumulation of chickadees, juncos, cardinals, and the widest possible variety of songless sparrows; grow old along with three pampered cats and one spoiled cairn terrier; season my love of home with the spice of annual travel, chiefly to such musical centers as Vienna, Salzburg, Milan, and London; and am always happy to be home again.” Untermeyer died in 1977.-bio via Poetry Foundation Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1005, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Brazilian Geography 1: 2 of this Brazilian city's most popular beaches are Flamengo and Ipanema. Rio de Janeiro. 2: The selva is this vast, ecologically important area where it sounds like you'll need your umbrella. the rainforest. 3: Brazil's tourism industry depends in part on these spectacular falls on the border with Argentina. Iguazu Falls. 4: Add two letters to the name of a river to get this state, so big it borders three countries. Amazonas. 5: This planned city in Brazil's vast interior has grown from being a construction project in 1956 to 2.6 million people today. Brasilia. Round 2. Category: They Still Make That? 1: KTS Productions still makes these tapes perfect for your custom van--What? No Frampton?. an 8-track. 2: Put your hands together for this gizmo seen on TV since 1985--but don't turn me off while you're at it. The Clapper. 3: American Safety Razor /Still makes this stuff, dear /Give us your response /It goes here. Burma-Shave. 4: You can still get these CO2 candies introduced in 1975 (don't worry, that kid from the Life ad didn't really O.D. on 'em). Pop Rocks. 5: This "exclusive" fashion brand for which Anthony Geary did ads relaunched in 2008. Members Only. Round 3. Category: Geo, Dude 1: We're gonna par-tay at this beach, 60 miles northeast of Orlando, and watch 500 miles of left turns at its intl. speedway!. Daytona. 2: Yo Broseph! We'll show respect in this capital as we visit the Peace Tower's Memorial Chamber honoring Canada's war dead. Ottawa. 3: Your period drama won Grand Prix at the film festival in this resort city in Alpes-Maritimes Département?! Way to go, bruh!. Cannes. 4: Lafitte's blacksmith shop...isn't one? It says it is "the oldest structure used as a bar in the U.S.", on this N.O. St.? We're so there!. Bourbon Street. 5: Come for some bro time and catch walleye on this Great Lake; my buddy in Sandusky, Ohio says we can crash at his place. Lake Erie. Round 4. Category: Give Us Z Answer!!!. With Z in quotation marks 1: Castor and Pollux are the twin sons of this god. Zeus. 2: This Hungarian enjoyed a single day of wedded bliss with Felipe de Alba in 1982. Zsa Zsa Gabor. 3: Leader of the musical Mothers of Invention. Frank Zappa. 4: A compound of this element, atomic number 30, is used in lotions as a sunscreen. zinc. 5: It's home to the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences. Zagreb. Round 5. Category: Beatles Songs 1: "Father McKenzie, writing the words/Of a sermon that no one will hear". "Eleanor Rigby". 2: "Well she was just seventeen/You know what I mean". "I Saw Her Standing There". 3: For Paul McCartney, this Beatles song title will become true on June 18, 2006. "When I'm Sixty-Four". 4: "Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out, come and keep your comrade warm" here, the title of a '68 song. "Back in the U.S.S.R.". 5: He's "as blind as he can be, just sees what he wants to see". "Nowhere Man". Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Travel the last half of Route 66 with Charles James, the famous Chicago pitchman that everyone believes was killed in a plane crash. Dying, for Charles, was an eye-opener. He decides to walk from Chicago, IL to Santa Monica, CA, In The Road Home by Richard Paul Evans, readers join Charles about two hours from Amarillo, TX. Each chapter begins with a quote from the protagonist. The quotes are like chocolate chip cookies, fresh from the oven. I savored the flavors of wisdom, humor, insight, connection, and growth! Here's a sampling: “On the road again. Blisters and fatigue. Willie Nelson made it sound much nicer.” “Abandoned buildings along an abandoned road stand (barely) as a testament to the truth that nothing this side of heaven lasts forever.” “Today I came across a man I thought was killing another man. He was trying to save his life. How poor our judgment is. Too often we open our eyes wide to condemn others.” “I wrote my own Burma Shave poem: He who lives/ like he won't die/ won't find a mansion/ In the sky.” “In the oddity of today's culture, some create false battles just so they can choose a side.” “I feel like Frodo in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy–his errand more difficult, each footstep heavier, as he nears his destination.” “Don't give up. Everyone who got to where they are had to start from where they were.” As Charles helps others, he ends up helping himself. He evolves into his best self. Humility made his transformation possible. As he told the jilted Uber driver, “It is always good to process things to help us, not hurt us. Don't play the victim.” We use our challenges to grow us, move us beyond being the weak link in a relationship. The Uber driver asked Charles if he was a marriage counselor to which he replied, “No. I am a weak link.” This book will stretch you, entertain you, and impact you! Enjoy the journey, dear readers! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recapbookchat/message

We do realize that we refer to us being in April several times in this episode because, yes, we recorded it back then and we finally got around to editing it. Our editing team took a long sabbatical but they are back and so are we!Did you know that you can credit a lot of our national highway system to a man from Wichita? Well you are about to learn! Woody Hockaday was THE guy who  really pushed to develop our travel capabilities across this country and can be credited for so many things we take for granted when driving around the country. From maps to road signs, we would not be where we are at if it wasn't for this Wichita man. Check out the episode to find out more and probably share several laughs along the way!Burma-Shave.Follow/Like Us!Website - https://www.wichitapodcast.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wichitapodcast/                          https://www.instagram.com/threeyumsix/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WichitaPodcast                          https://www.facebook.com/threeyumsixTwitter - https://twitter.com/WichitaPodcast                    https://twitter.com/threeyumsixTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@wichitapodcastEmail - wichitapodcast@gmail.comWichita Podcast YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5-HvQ16Chb5FzfXBeXuOMA(3YUM6) YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO5v3FPrfLHBAbUZ5OBozBgTheme music by Emily Hahn - @emilyhahnmusic on Instagram. Find her music on Spotify, Apple Music, and anywhere you can stream music! EP is out called "Brighter Tomorrow" and single "Take Time."© Wichita Podcast LLC 2023

Matthew 24:33-46“But about that day and hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, and they knew nothing about what was to come until Noah entered the ark and the flood came and swept them all away; so too will be the coming of the Son of Man.”“Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken and one will be left. Keep awake, therefore, for you do not know on which day your Lord will come. But know this, if the owner of the house had known at what time the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake, and he would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.” There's a family of pranksters that shows up in my social media feeds pretty regularly. I guess that means I waste my time watching their ridiculous TikToks and reels often enough that the mysterious algorithms of the online universe keep pushing them in my direction. Anyway, here's a clip of how they live: Other than wondering how they can laugh and smile about that every. single. time. they get scared or surprised by a confetti gun, a balloon full of shaving cream, an explosion of colored powder – or all three – I wonder about what a pain in the butt it would be to clean that mess up every time. And I wonder, too, what it's like to live knowing someone is ALWAYS trying to surprise you, scare you, and capture it on video for all the world to see.And, maybe it's a stretch, but it made me think about Jesus and this morning's Gospel, too, and all of that talk about being ready; keeping awake; not knowing the day or the hour; and living like the unexpected is coming at any moment … all of the time. (And all of that made me think of the many billboards and Burma Shave signs you see between central Indiana and Northwest Ohio on Thanksgiving weekend warning you – in not so many words – to get right with God or get ready for your eternal damnation.)Despite what some Christians do with passages like this, I don't imagine it was Jesus' intention to provoke our anxiety, to make us lose sleep, or to simply scare us away from Hell and into Heaven. I also don't think we're supposed to make predictions about how or when the world – or our lives in it – will end, as too many others do. I trust the fact that Jesus said neither he nor the angels knew when that would be. So I think that lets me off of that hook and anyone who suggests they know otherwise, is pretending they know more than they can or should or possibly could know – according to Jesus, himself.Instead, I like to think a loving, compassionate Jesus could see people going through the motions of their lives in the world on auto-pilot; living unconsciously or unaware of or in denial about what was going on in the world around them. And I imagine Jesus wanted the people of his day – and you and me, too – to wake up and pay a different, more faithful kind of attention to how we live … to what surrounds us in this life … and to God's place in the midst of it all.See, the people Jesus refers to this morning weren't necessarily doing anything WRONG or SINFUL when everything changed around them. The people of Noah's day, at least according to Jesus, were just living their lives – eating, drinking, making merry and getting married. And the people in Jesus' day would, presumably, be doing the same – just working – in the fields and in the kitchen; or getting a good night's sleep, even, when the end of it all comes to pass.So what if the invitation for us today isn't to live with anxiety or fear or superstition or a sad kind of resignation, either, about how or when or that the end will come? (Like someone's waiting around every corner or behind every door with some kind of cosmic surprise or prank or opportunity to finish us off.) What if the invitation for us today is to live, instead, with a holy kind of joy and vigilance, a faithful kind of hope and expectation about it all – and about how we might live differently, in the meantime?What if, instead of running from or wringing our hands over whatever scares us most – we acknowledge that those fears exist and we trust God to be bigger and stronger than any of those fears could ever be?What if, instead of rushing through our lives – keeping so busy and staying so distracted – we slowed down, stopped working … stopped grinding more often, stopped keeping up with the Joneses, stopped pleasing all of the people all of the time – and let God stop and surprise us more often?What if, instead of being so bold and so brave in the face of our struggles… What if, instead of reaching for our bootstraps and demanding that others find theirs too, we let ourselves and each other be vulnerable? What if we shared the Truth and fullness of what burdens us? And what if we shared the load of it all together more often?I have a hunch that the unexpected thing about the coming of the Son of Man, isn't just going to be the day or the hour of the END of it all. I have a hunch that, no matter how much we preach and teach and try to practice the grace we proclaim as followers of Jesus, that the fullness of that grace … the complete, pure, utter, richness of God's love … is what will still manage to catch us off-guard, unaware, unprepared, and thoroughly by surprise in the end. But I also think God wants us to keep our eyes and our hearts and our lives open to experiencing it, in the meantime, right where we live, too.Because the promise and blessing and hope of Christmas is that God comes and joins us for every bit of our lives in this world – not just the ending, or on the other side of Heaven. Jesus is born. Heaven comes to earth. God, in Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit, walks before and beside and behind us every step of the way – on this side of eternity, not just the next.So, what if being ready for Jesus to show up wasn't just about the end of time or even just the coming of another Christmas? What if waiting for Jesus – keeping awake, being prepared and making things ready for God to live and move and breathe among us – wasn't just a special occasion, reserved for Advent and the 12 days of Christmas? What if all of this candle-lighting, gift giving, generous-living … what if all of this repenting and praying and hope-filled expectation was a way of life for us?What if we lived - something like that family full of pranksters - as though God could surprise us with love and mercy and forgiveness at every turn? And what if we worked to surprise others with that kind of love and grace and mercy? And what if all of that was no joke?Every day would be more faithful and righteous and filled with grace. Every day would include more love, joy and laughter. Every day would be filled with a greater peace of mind and might just lead to the kind of peace we pray for. And every day would be filled with the new life that was and is and is to come, in Jesus Christ, our Lord.Amen

Storyteller David Holt remembers a move from Texas to California and the drive with his Grandma.

Here's a little bit of Americana for all you who have enjoyed road trips.

Method and routinemay be hard to separate —Work it out in time* * *In the last episode of our series on Design thinking and Zen, considering methods and materials, tools and techniques associated with Zen practice — as well as their place in the process of Design and problem-solving in general — it occurred to me that zazen is not the solution itself, but a recommended method for arriving at an ongoing solution to the problems life presents. This may be belaboring the obvious, but Bodhidharma is credited with saying something to the effect that it is not really necessary to do zazen, but only to “grasp the Vital Principle.” I capitalize V and P, as is the custom to highlight terms pointing to ineffable reality, such as “Emptiness,” or the “Uncreate,” from Muso Soseki's letters to his students, two brothers who were shoguns of Japan at that time, titled Dream Conversations.I feel I am in good company when I assert that zazen, or any method for that matter, cannot magically turn the trick for whatever you may expect from it. No method can work itself; you have to work the method. As to grasping the vital principle of existence, how could that be limited to sitting versus lying down, standing, or walking? Or running, swimming, sky-diving or bungee-jumping, for that matter? Not to confuse being “in the flow,” and its accompanying adrenaline rush, with the effects of zazen. That we sit stock still in zazen makes it an even more extreme action, triggering a consciousness of the relative flux and flow of time. Counterintuitively, stillness elevates awareness of subliminal movement.We also promised that this episode will take a different tack in defining the problem of existence, and Zen's unique approach to penetrating — as opposed to solving — it. While the Zen problem constitutes our fundamental koan, a gordian knot of universal proportions, it is no more subject to intellectual solution than the illogical riddles of Rinzai Zen tradition, which nonetheless are all pointing to it. While we may have to give up our usual strategies for problem-solving, we should not give up on the whole endeavor. Our ancestors claim to have come to resolution and peace on this issue. And so we should not despair, however frustrating a slog the journey becomes. Zen is not the problem. Our approach to the method has to be where the difficulty lies.Taking Bodhidharma's claim that penetrating to the essence of the Great Matter, the mystery of life, is not, indeed cannot be, actually dependent upon zazen puts any discussion of the details of the method into perspective. If the very practice of zazen is not absolutely imperative, how important is obsessing over the subroutines? One answer is that you might want to familiarize yourself with these techniques before you decide to not follow them, rather than decide not to follow them without being familiar with them. After all, the masters who refined Zen's method over millennia past were quite accomplished in other dimensions of life. Anyone capable of copying monastery plans on sojourn in China with brush and paper, bringing them back to Japan, and building a copy, would likely be at least as competent in analyzing and codifying the method of meditation that inspired their demanding design-build endeavors.If we understand that the investment of time and effort necessary for zazen to work its magic has nothing to do with the efficacy of the method, but everything to do with our stubborn nature and its accumulation of ignorant and self-serving ideas about reality, we can embrace the recommendations of the ancestors wholeheartedly. It is entirely our fault that the method of Zen does not deliver results to our expectations, let alone on our unreasonable timetable. This is the attitude adjustment dimension demanded of us by any worthwhile endeavor. If we persist in our resistance, we are not really applying the method. So just give up, and give in. Surrender is a vital part of the Zen method. Zazen posture is one of surrender: the fight or flight syndrome is impossible to act upon sitting cross-legged, at least in the physical sense. But the monkey can still mount a vigorous array of mental evasive maneuvers.One example of such a maneuver involves counting breaths. While we may regard this recommended subroutine as a provisional aspect of the overall method of zazen, the monkey may seize upon it as something — better than nothing — to preoccupy itself. Are we counting correctly, in the most efficacious way? From one to ten? One to four and start over? Counting down from ten to zero? How many breaths per minute? Can we measure time counting the breath? How long can we keep up the counting without missing a beat? Et cetera ad infinitum.I once had a visitor come in for the one-on-one interview (J. dokusan) that we sometimes offer as part of regular meditation sessions or retreats. After bowing respectfully and announcing his name, he declared that his practice was counting the breath. I asked how long he had been counting his breath. He said about three years. I suggested he may want to stop counting his breath for a while.If and when a suggested or recommended technique goes from being an ancillary routine intended to help focus the attention, as the breath-counting is usually regarded — to an essential piece of the method, the instructions have gone from being a map of the territory to an imposed stricture. We cannot explore the territory if we have to stick to trails already blazed by those who have gone before. When the instructions so carefully considered and tailored by the ancestors are regarded as more like a jazz chart, on which we are to improvise — than the painstakingly detailed notation of a classical concert piece that we are to replicate as closely as possible to the original performance — we are less inhibited in our real-time experience of the music itself. Eventually we can throw away the written record entirely.But in the meantime we may want to take to heart the encouragement of Tozan Ryokai, founder of Soto Zen in China, from his teaching poem Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi:Penetrate the source and travel the pathwaysEmbrace the territory and treasure the roadsPrioritizing penetrating the source does not mean that we can disregard traveling the pathways followed by our predecessors. The territory now is the same as it was for them, though our experience of it is necessarily unique, differing in time and space, as well as in person. We are not them and they are not us, but we should treasure the roads they have paved for this Great Vehicle, to stretch the analogy. However confounding the message handed down to us, rendered in translation from culture to culture and language to language, the Great Way that it is pointing to is right in front of our face, and directly beneath our feet. The teachings are like so many Burma Shave signs, alerting us to what lies ahead.Like advertising, Zen teachings change over time, with developments in media and technology, but the basic message stays the same, like the annual Super Bowl commercials. The different approaches to selling the same old beer and vehicles each year illustrate the creativity of the writers and producers. We need to be equally or at least similarly creative in our approach to Zen. When we hear instructions for how to do zazen, we should take them as an approximation of what the actual method should be, rather than hard and fast rules. Even sitting still should be understood as relative, not absolute. Only by attempting to sit more and more still, for longer and longer periods of time, can we learn what is the point of not moving. But only by moving can we appreciate what is sitting still. If sitting still were somehow magically the trigger of insight, what would be the point of walking meditation (J. kinhin)? By witnessing the relative stillness of zazen, compared to the relative motion of kinhin, we begin to grasp the harmony of sameness and difference (shout out to Sekito Kisen) implicit in the contrast. Finally we come to embrace the principle of motion in stillness, and stillness in motion (Sino-J. mokurai).Our approach to the entire complex of form surrounding the practice of meditation: the environmental conditions of ambient light, temperature and sound; the clothing and the equipment; and finally the method itself: posture, breath and attention; is informed by this middle way of finding balance between extremes. Those niggling differences that at one time may have caused distraction and irritation begin to fade into irrelevance, with repetition. Eventually we can sit through a thunderstorm, as Sensei said.If identifying clothing as part of the method seems to be a bridge too far, consider sitting stark naked. Where would you sit, and on what kind of surface? Now expand the range of costume to include work clothes, party dress, military uniform, a medieval suit of armor, deep water diving gear, et cetera. It will become clear that appropriate clothing will support the method, while inappropriate garb will not. Even skinny jeans, the fashion choice of the hip, may cause bunching around the knees, inhibiting circulation and causing discomfort. Whereas spandex may support the necessary flexing of the muscular and skeletal system. In this context it is easy to get a perspective on why the ancient monks preferred to wear robes over the few other choices available to them. But it does not follow that robes are necessarily the best choice for sitting in meditation today.Take one more simple example. When in zazen, we recommend a specific hand posture (S. mudra). That we refer to it as a mudra does not imbue it with any magical associations. Any hand posture is a mudra, though in Buddha's India apparently a kind of gestural or sign language, having symbolic significance in iconography, the painted images and statues of various Buddhist figures of bodhisattvas and buddhas. But that is neither here nor there, one of my favorite English expressions. The hand position in zazen may be interpreted as rife with mystical meaning, but I want to consider it as a physical experience instead.We are encouraged to place the hands palm up, one on top of the other, thumbs lightly touched forming a symmetrical, jewel-like ellipse. The wrists are rested on the thighs with the hands against the lower abdomen, and no stress or strain on the arms, so we do shoulder rolls and flap the elbows out like a chicken flapping its wings, to relax the arms.Next time you try this, I suggest a kind of mini-koan that you may present to yourself. In principle, the hands and arms should come into balance with gravity, like the rest of the body in zazen. The effort required to sit upright in zazen segues from fidgeting and resistance in the beginning to a kind of equilibrium, or equipoise, or physical samadhi. So the question naturally arises, are my hands already in samadhi, complete balance with gravity, or not? In other words, how heavy are they, actually?The same query made be made of your head, as you rest it on your pillow at night to sleep. The only way to come to some resolution of this question is to experiment. Try pushing your hands (or your head) down as hard as you can, pressing into the flesh of your thighs (or your pillow). Then lift your hands gently to see where you can definitely tell that you are holding them up, ever so slightly, with muscular support from your forearms. Do this again and again until you can find the midpoint at which you are definitely not holding them up, but also not pushing them down, either. Extend to the rest of your body.While this may seem another monkey-mind distraction from just sitting, it illustrates the principle, again, that we may think we are sitting still, in perfect balance, when all unbeknownst to us (another favorite), we are actually tensed up, here and there in the posture. This was illustrated dramatically one day at the Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago, in the 1960s when I had started my tutelage under Matsuoka Roshi. One day in zazen he was doing his rounds checking our postures, when he placed his forefinger, I assume, just under the bump at the back bottom of my skull — called an inion for anyone who cares — and lifted slightly. It was very subtle, but exactly what was needed, what was missing in my posture. He would often say that you “have to work your way through every bone in your body.” And of course, there are a lot of bones in the human body, at last count 206. So get to work.* * *Elliston Roshi is guiding teacher of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center and abbot of the Silent Thunder Order. He is also a gallery-represented fine artist expressing his Zen through visual poetry, or “music to the eyes.”UnMind is a production of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center in Atlanta, Georgia and the Silent Thunder Order. You can support these teachings by PayPal to donate@STorder.org. Gassho.Producer: Kyōsaku Jon Mitchell

For the past several years, Out of Home advertising (OOH) had back-to-back growth. Then, like so many changes in our daily habits, travel slowed, media habits shifted and signage became less of commodity. But, as Anna Bager, the CEO of the OAAA - the trade association for outdoor advertising recently shared: Part of that is tempering excitement over new technologies with a focus on society's heightened need for humanity and real connections. The right strategy helps brands ensure they're reaching consumers where they are, providing an experience that's contextual and relevant. This conversation with Anna expresses the "what's old is new again" value of OOH and its ability to offer that "where they are" connection with consumers and provides an experience that's contextual and relevant, privacy-compliant AND hyper-local! NOTE: It's a terrific complement to Epi 43 with the CEO of Captivate which focused on how their form of digital place-based advertising --  in-elevator media -- also had to shift its "place" and pivot during the pandemic. In both cases you'll hear about the value of both digital engagement and innovation and good old purpose driven messaging. (And if you want to learn about the IAB -- Anna's previous home before her focus on out of home -- check out Epi 20 with David Cohen!) We discuss: The evolution of OOH from static hiway signs (think Burma Shave!) to interactive digital takeovers (think Times Square!) How the medium survived the downturn in travel during the peak pandemic months by doubling down on its track record asa public service tool... How OOH supports both "brand and demand" marketing. We wrap with Anna's personal preferences for cool tools of the future! Social Media Links: Anna Bager LinkedIn Anna on Twitter OAAA on Twitter Please share the podcast if you liked this episode, and follow Insider Interviews on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. And to support more please add to my virtual tip jar!  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mossappeal

It’s turkey time / once again / Dan and Rob / dive right in / we discuss / Buma-Shave! Host John McCoy with Dan McCoy and Rob McCoy.

It’s turkey time / once again / Dan and Rob / dive right in / we discuss / Buma-Shave! John McCoy with Dan McCoy and Rob McCoy.

It's a right tight fight for the might of how to write & rhyme while matching the time of the mime crime for a dime to get a lime. BURMA SHAVE! (Song Facts music, "Sunday Morning" by Nicolai Heidlas from Hooksounds.) Donate to the podcast through Patreon. Cover art by Tracer Anthony.

Bio of Ina Hillebrandt, Author, Speaker, Writing Coach, Publisher Born and raised in Philadelphia, Ina and her late brother Conrad spent half their “kidhood” living in Los Angeles, after their parents’ divorce. Bi-coastal living wasn’t half bad, they decided; Burma Shave signs on Route 66 alone were a treat. At age 21, Ina graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (an anthropology major), and then ran away from both sets of parents to attend graduate school in New Orleans, at Tulane. She married in the French Quarter, and soon moved to Manhattan with husband Barry, a lawyer, and Rapscallion P. Cat. At J. Walter Thompson in New York City, Ina became a qualitative researcher, doing scads of focus groups.

A special thank you to Burma Shave for joining us on this episode. Passing by Nella Larsen (1929) vs the poetry of Langston Hughes.

On this episode Stephanie and Kevin cover: the flu shot, Irish in Georgia, a very different sort of child, ducks and chickens, mystery illness, Stephanie rants on Southerners, Burma Shave, Klan activity, gender confusion among geese, Catholic roots, Iowa, and much more!

Even though John can’t stop talking about bodily functions, Burma-Shave is still discussed. Then things become poetic. This episode features a commercial for Pissing Match.

“The Leprecano” by Antonio Sacre on Uncle Tom and the Roller Coaster of Death(10:41)“Burma Shave” by David Holt on Live and Kickin' at the National Storytelling Festival(8:34)“Putting Down New Roots” by Dolores Hydock on Once in a Blue Moon (24:48)

Some of the best advertising campaigns ever done were somewhat accidental. This is one of the best I can think of. Enjoy--a story from the early 20th century.

In this episode, I am joined by my brother Scott LeBaron for cohosting duties while we interview my Grandma, Joann LeBaron about what it was like growing up in northwestern Illinois towns. She tells us about becoming a nurse and shares some interesting details about my late Grandpa, Keith LeBaron, and his temporary gig working at an Italian mafia family's pizza joint?? All this, and Burma Shave jingles on the first full episode of Hero Worship! Links: @RevoloverAudio www.twitter.com/HeroWorshipPod www.ko-fi.com/RevoloverAudio www.burma-shave.org Music: kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygond…dex.html

Shadow is unsettled. Czernobog displays his views of the world. The group takes a spiraling route. Find out more at https://the-world-beyond-the-tale.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-514c69 for 40% off for 4 months, and support The World Beyond The Tale - The Page-A-Day American Gods Podcast.

Don Frye Haufbrau House Dive Bar – Portland Culinary Podcast Episode 41 In this enchanting Bozeman, Montana centric “on the road” episode of the Portland Culinary Podcast our Host Steven Shomler visits with Don Frye Haufbrau House Dive Bar. iTunes – You can subscribe to the Portland Culinary Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/portland-culinary-podcast/id1144423445?mt=2 Go to www.PortlandCulinaryPodcast.com to hear the other 40 episodes of the Portland Culinary Podcast. More About this Episode During this episode you will learn how in 1961 Watson’s Drive Thru become the Haufbrau House, how Don Frye Jr came to own the Haufbrau House in 1969, and what brought Don Frye III back to Bozeman to help run the Haufbrau House. Don shares how the beer served at the Haufbrau House has changed from the 80s forward, and he fills us in on the “table top tradition” that they began in 1962 and continues through to this day. During the course of this podcast Don and Steven talk about a number of the items on menu at the Haufbrau House - Don lets us know why the French fries are soooo good at the Haufbrau House, and he tells us the origin of the Lanny Burger. As you enjoy your beer at the Haufbrau House and you begin to look around you will see lots of intriguing things on the walls, and even suspended from the ceiling. This episode closes out with Don telling us the stories behind a number of these treasures including the Schwinn adult tricycle, the foot rails, the concrete skis, the banners for the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota Twins & Chicago Cubs, the Burma Shave signs, and more! Follow Haufbrau House Facebook - www.facebook.com/Haufbrau-Bozeman-246538678833359 The Portland Culinary Podcast 411 The Portland Culinary Podcast is brought to you by Portland Culinary Radio, and this episode was recorded at the Haufbrau House in Bozeman, Montana. Steven Shomler is the Host and Creator of the Portland Culinary Podcast. Many thanks to Ken Wilson a true Media Maestro for his excellent sound engineering and editing! Follow The Portland Culinary Podcast iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/portland-culinary-podcast/id1144423445?mt=2 SoundCloud – www.soundcloud.com/portlandculinarypodcast Facebook – www.facebook.com/PortlandCulinaryPodcast Instagram – www.instagram.com/portlandculinarypodcast Twitter – www.twitter.com/PDXCulPodcast Portland Beer Podcast The Portland Culinary Podcast has a sister podcast the Portland Beer Podcast. www.PortlandBeerPodcast.com

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Everyone and their uncle is a learner, but does this mean that everyone knows about learning? Our guest this week, Mirjam Neelen, thinks not. This week, she joins Ross G and Owen to talk about the evidence base that we should all be referring to when designing experiences. If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find us on Twitter @RossGarnerGP, @OwenFerguson and @MirjamN. To find out more about GoodPractice, visit goodpractice.com or tweet us @GoodPractice and @GoodPracticeAus. Mirjam blogs at 3starlearningexperiences.wordpress.com. The article that Owen referenced, on the need for evidence in surgery, was from The Guardian. It's available at: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/05/uks-top-surgeon-calls-new-procedures-undergo-clinical-trials The Ben Goldacre reference is at: https://fivebooks.com/best-books/best-books-unexpected-economics-tim-harford/ Ross' 'What I Learned This Week' was based on a discussion in the Song by Song podcast, about Tom Waits' 'Burma Shave'. You can listen to the podcast at http://www.songbysongpodcast.com/. The song is on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug7DZG1F6bs. And, for more background on Burma-Shave billboards, check out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma-Shave#Roadside_billboards. The book that Ross referenced, The Surprising Truth About How We Learn, does not exist. It was meant as a comment on pop science titles but, if anyone wants to use this title, feel free.

An American brand of brushless shaving cream, Burma-Shave was famous for its advertising. They posted humorous rhyming poems on small sequential highway roadside signs.

BrushnSoapnBlade Wetshaving Podcast – Where we look forward to shaving every day! BrushnSoapnBlade@gmail.com – Wet Shaving Questions and Feedback always welcome. @BrushnBlade Everything Wet Shaving on Twitter (and other stuff for fun!) (864) 372-6234 on GoogleVoice – The Wet Shaving Hotline, call me anytime.   SOTD - Lucky Tiger Molle Sometimes they Surprise You SOTD - Another go with Lucky Tiger Is a New Mobile Studio in the Future? SOTD - A Head to Head that was a long time in the making SOTD - A Benefit of Brushless Shave Creams Geez, Some people can be RUDE! SOTD - A Flip - Flop Final thoughts on the comparison between Burma Shave and Lucky Tiger Molle

BrushnSoapnBlade Wetshaving Podcast – Where we look forward to shaving every day! BrushnSoapnBlade@gmail.com – Wet Shaving Questions and Feedback always welcome. @BrushnBlade Everything Wet Shaving on Twitter (and other stuff for fun!) (864) 372-6234 on GoogleVoice – The Wet Shaving Hotline, call me anytime.   Catching Up on things Badger & Blade - Blade Dimension Table SOTD - N.O.S. Burma Shave Marketing - Why Small Businesses don't make it SOTD -  A Quick Shave Experiment Molding a Key SOTD - The Plastic One Blade and Burma Shave SOTD - Burma Shave and the Merkur Bakelite Slant

A struggling family business came up with a new product, a brushless shaving cream, hoping to turn things around. Still they were on the verge of failure. Then a new marketing gimmick turns things around and gave millions of drivers something to read. Today I have the story of Bruma Shave! And, as a added bonus, the story of the New England Confectionery Company (NECCO) Show notes and links: * Burma-Shave – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) * Kingman Daily Miner – Google News Archive Search (google.com) * Burma-Shave Jingles (burma-shave.org) * Burma-Shave | AdAge Encyclopedia of Advertising (adage.com) * Burma-Shave | AdAge Encyclopedia of Advertising (adage.com) * Oliver Chase | Candy Professor (candyprofessor.com) * A Brief History of Necco: America’s Original Candy Company (eater.com) * History of New England Confectionery Co. – FundingUniverse (fundinguniverse.com) * Civil War Soldiers and Conversation Hearts (histsociety.blogspot.com) * Necco – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)

BrushnSoapnBlade Wetshaving Podcast – Where we look forward to shaving every day! BrushnSoapnBlade@gmail.com – Wet Shaving Questions and Feedback always welcome. @BrushnBlade Everything Wet Shaving on Twitter (and other stuff for fun!) (864) 372-6234 on GoogleVoice – The Wet Shaving Hotline, call me anytime.     Email from Andrew Black Friday sale at Maggards Razors! Black Friday Deals at Maggards! SOTD - Have I found the Modern Day Burma Shave? Suavecito Shaving Cream SOTD - Suavecito Shaving Cream Being a Storyteller SOTD - Suavecito with a Straight Razor Don't Procrastinate! SOTD - Head to Head - Suavecito and Burma Shave! SOTD - Socially Acceptable is not Acceptable The Shopping Experience! SOTD - Socially Acceptable is...well...OK

BrushnSoapnBlade Wetshaving Podcast – Where we look forward to shaving every day! BrushnSoapnBlade@gmail.com – Wet Shaving Questions and Feedback always welcome. @BrushnBlade Everything Wet Shaving on Twitter (and other stuff for fun!) (864) 372-6234 on GoogleVoice – The Wet Shaving Hotline, call me anytime.     Email from Mike - SE Blades - what to look for Email from Bob - Autostrops and a great shave! Episode 116 - In Depth with the Autostrop Ep 117 - Valet AutoStrop VC4 and Tech Challenges Ep 187 – My Million Dollar Razor! A Burma-Shave SOTD! Reaching Back into the Past! My Ninja Skills are almost complete! We went Camping and almost Starved!! Another SOTD with Burma-Shave Sigh, My Last Shave, with Burma-Shave When you need ... to get out and play ... make this your SOTD ... Burma-Shave!  

Burma-Shave was a popular brand of brushless shaving cream, made famous by a brilliant advertising campaign that featured a series of witty rhyming poems appearing in a sequence of roadside signs that would entertain the motorist driving down the road.   In this episode of The Route 66 Podcast, Anthony Arno interviews Clinton B. Odell, grandson of the founder of Burma-Shave. This episode begins with over twenty Burma-Shave jingles professionally recorded to give the listener a brief background of some of the earliest jingles, the most humorous, those promoting road safety, and even those that were released during the war years to unite the country.   Mr. Odell talks about the creation of the Burma-Shave company, which was originally created as a liniment product for burn victims.  When the founder switched products in 1925 to brushless shaving cream, he gave his son $200 to create a marketing campaign.  The result was the Burma-Shave rhyming campaign.     Clinton talks about his his father, Alan Odell, who came up with the Burma-Shave campaign.    

This week on Song by Song Martin, two Sams and a Simon head out onto the wide open roads of America to examine possibly one of the strongest songs on Foreign Affairs, with discussion of the origins of the Burma Shave advertising campaign, the interplay of voice and melody on the track, and the appearance of Farley Granger in Nicholas Ray's debut film They Live By Night. Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay; two musicians listening to and discussing every single Tom Waits track in chronological order. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod e-mail: songbysongpodcast@gmail.com Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: Burma-Shave, Foreign Affairs, Tom Waits (1977) They Live By Night (film), directed by Nicholas Ray (1948) We think your Song by Song experience will be enhanced by hearing, in full, the songs featured in the show, which you can get hold of from your favourite record shop or online platform. Please support artists by buying their music, or using services which guarantee artists a revenue - listen responsibly.

REMEMBERING: The king of the road in song and sign as we recall not only the road, but those famous Burma Shave messages along the way. Also: A movie that takes place almost exclusively on Labor Day and a mini-salute to Labor itself.

Featuring songs from The Buzzcocks and The Clash, a subtle tribute to the significance of the events on that Tuesday morning ten years ago today.  With some association, a narrative might be divined. None was intended. Concludes with Music For Airports.V. Here we go round the prickly pear Prickly pear prickly pear Here we go round the prickly pear At five o'clock in the morning. Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom Between the conception And the creation Between the emotion And the response Falls the Shadow Life is very long Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence Between the essence And the descent Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom For Thine is Life is For Thine is the This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.Track, Name, Artist, Album1, Everybody Knows, Leonard Cohen, I'm Your Man2, Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain, Sparklehorse, Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain3, Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've), Buzzcocks, Love Bites4, Atomic Garden, Bad Religion, Generator5, I'm So Bored With The U.S.A., The Clash, The Clash (U.K.)6, Manière de parler, Daniel Bélanger, L'échec du matériel7, Shiva, The Antlers, Hospice8, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Joy Division, Substance9, High and Dry, Radiohead, The Bends10, An Appeal to St. Peter, Pale Young Gentlemen, Pale Young Gentlemen11, Float On, Modest Mouse, Good News for People Who Love Bad News12, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea13, Karma Police, Radiohead, OK Computer14, Dilaudid, The Mountain Goats, Dilaudid15, Dirty Old Town, The Pogues, Rum Sodomy & the Lash16, Homeward Bound, Simon & Garfunkel, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme17, Burma Shave, Tom Waits, Bounced Checks18, The Hollow Men for Trumpet and Strings,  Op. 25, T.S. Eliot & Vincent Persichetti, The Estamos Unidos Project19, 1/1, Brian Eno, Ambient 1: Music for Airports20, 2/1, Brian Eno, Ambient 1: Music for AirportsLyrics to come:

Towards a Perfect Definition of the Term “Sign”; by Louis Capet; From Volume I, Number 3 of Better Words and Morphemes, The Journal of the Linguistic Society of South-Central New Caledonia, May 1991. — Saussure defined the sign as the union of the signifier and the signified. Steinmetz emphasized the importance of the interactional element. Burma-Shave proposed that a sign could only be understood in the context of adjacent signs. Modern linguistics has elaborated the concept of the sign system. (Read by David J. Peterson.)

In this outing: The news yas can use! The comic book reviews! The Statue of Bruce! Kirk and Han’s number twos! The Sturges interviews! Tag might make you say “eewwwws!” Beetle’s got the blues! And one listener in ten gets the joke when I say, “Burma Shave.” All this and more, cause papa needs a new pair of shoes This episode is sponsored in part by the Mid-Ohio-Con (www.midohiocon.com) NEWS Watchmen Movie in Trouble Linkage Dark Knight Beat Star Wars to move to the number 2 spot of all time Linkage Sexual Harassment at SDCC Linkage Contest Major Spoilers is giving away the Frank Miller inspired Limited Edition Dark Knight 2 Statue. You can win it and all it takes is a picture. Linkage Win a copy of DC's Absolute Watchmen edition by creating the Major Spoilers Theme Song REVIEWS Rodrigo: Incredible Hercules #120 COVER BY: JOHN ROMITA JR., KLAUS JANSON & DEAN WHITE WRITER: FRED VAN LENTE GREG PAK PENCILS: RAFA SANDOVAL INKS: ROGER BONET COLORED BY: MARTE GRACIA LETTERED BY: VC - JOE CARAMAGNA "SACRED INVASION" reaches its cosmos-shattering climax! Hercules leads the ragged remains of his God Squad into desperate battle with the unimaginably powerful Skrull pantheon -- and if they lose, Earth dies! Rated A …$2.99 Matthew: The Twelve #7 COVER BY: PAOLO RIVERA WRITER: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI PENCILS: CHRIS WESTON INKS: CHRIS WESTON COLORED BY: CHRIS CHUCKRY LETTERED BY: COMICRAFT It's the return of Captain Wonder's time-lost sidekick, Tim! But where the Captain spent the intervening years locked away in cryogenic deep-freeze in a Nazi time-vault, Tim was forced to live every torturous moment of those six long decades. Now he's back—with a life-changing question for his one-time mentor! Plus: the birth of the most unlikely twosome on television: The Blue Blaze and Electro! Rated T+ …$2.99 Stephen: 500 Essential Graphic Novels by Gene Kannenberg, Jr. Including more than 350 authors and 400 artists, this lush volume contains an essential mix of some of the finest visually-stunning stories of our time. From politically-charged non-fiction sagas to imaginative fantasy tales, this ultimate guide has something to satisfy everyone's taste. The first of its kind, this book focuses on each graphic novel separately, honing in on art technique, style and prose, plus an age rating system so parents will know what is suitable for their children. Chapters are divided by genre, complete with individual plot synopses and star-scaled reviews for each book, providing the reader with a concise and balanced understanding of today's best graphic novels. Interview: Matthew Sturges Matthew Sturges is an American writer of comics, most noted for the Eisner-award nominated Jack of Fables from DC/Vertigo. He currently writes Blue Beetle and House of Mystery for DC Comics. POLL OF THE WEEK The Second in Command is an interesting spot for most characters. While the spot could be filled with the likes of Kiff, more often than not, the second in command is a strong powerful character. That’s why this week we ask the question A) Chewbacca B) Spock VOTE TRADE PAPERBACK REVIEW Tag Vol. 1 TPB Writer(s): Keith Giffen Artist(s): Andy Kuhn, Kody Chamberlain Spine-snapping horror in the tradition of the movie The Ring! An average joe strolls down the street after a fight with his girlfriend when a random stranger TAGS him, handing off an ancient curse! He literally begins to die – and rot – seeing his body begin to decompose every day before his very eyes. Cursed, he must either surrender, or find the next victim to TAG… Collecting the three issue mini-series from white-hot Wizard Magazine favorite Keith Giffen and 30 Days of Night Bloodsucker Tales artist Kody Chamberlain! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Ookla the Mok. You can visit them on the web at www.ooklathemok.com and purchase their music at the iTunes Music Store. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

In this outing: The news yas can use! The comic book reviews! The Statue of Bruce! Kirk and Han’s number twos! The Sturges interviews! Tag might make you say “eewwwws!” Beetle’s got the blues! And one listener in ten gets the joke when I say, “Burma Shave.” All this and more, cause papa needs a new pair of shoes This episode is sponsored in part by the Mid-Ohio-Con (www.midohiocon.com) NEWS Watchmen Movie in Trouble Linkage Dark Knight Beat Star Wars to move to the number 2 spot of all time Linkage Sexual Harassment at SDCC Linkage Contest Major Spoilers is giving away the Frank Miller inspired Limited Edition Dark Knight 2 Statue. You can win it and all it takes is a picture. Linkage Win a copy of DC's Absolute Watchmen edition by creating the Major Spoilers Theme Song REVIEWS Rodrigo: Incredible Hercules #120 COVER BY: JOHN ROMITA JR., KLAUS JANSON & DEAN WHITE WRITER: FRED VAN LENTE GREG PAK PENCILS: RAFA SANDOVAL INKS: ROGER BONET COLORED BY: MARTE GRACIA LETTERED BY: VC - JOE CARAMAGNA "SACRED INVASION" reaches its cosmos-shattering climax! Hercules leads the ragged remains of his God Squad into desperate battle with the unimaginably powerful Skrull pantheon -- and if they lose, Earth dies! Rated A …$2.99 Matthew: The Twelve #7 COVER BY: PAOLO RIVERA WRITER: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI PENCILS: CHRIS WESTON INKS: CHRIS WESTON COLORED BY: CHRIS CHUCKRY LETTERED BY: COMICRAFT It's the return of Captain Wonder's time-lost sidekick, Tim! But where the Captain spent the intervening years locked away in cryogenic deep-freeze in a Nazi time-vault, Tim was forced to live every torturous moment of those six long decades. Now he's back—with a life-changing question for his one-time mentor! Plus: the birth of the most unlikely twosome on television: The Blue Blaze and Electro! Rated T+ …$2.99 Stephen: 500 Essential Graphic Novels by Gene Kannenberg, Jr. Including more than 350 authors and 400 artists, this lush volume contains an essential mix of some of the finest visually-stunning stories of our time. From politically-charged non-fiction sagas to imaginative fantasy tales, this ultimate guide has something to satisfy everyone's taste. The first of its kind, this book focuses on each graphic novel separately, honing in on art technique, style and prose, plus an age rating system so parents will know what is suitable for their children. Chapters are divided by genre, complete with individual plot synopses and star-scaled reviews for each book, providing the reader with a concise and balanced understanding of today's best graphic novels. Interview: Matthew Sturges Matthew Sturges is an American writer of comics, most noted for the Eisner-award nominated Jack of Fables from DC/Vertigo. He currently writes Blue Beetle and House of Mystery for DC Comics. POLL OF THE WEEK The Second in Command is an interesting spot for most characters. While the spot could be filled with the likes of Kiff, more often than not, the second in command is a strong powerful character. That’s why this week we ask the question A) Chewbacca B) Spock VOTE TRADE PAPERBACK REVIEW Tag Vol. 1 TPB Writer(s): Keith Giffen Artist(s): Andy Kuhn, Kody Chamberlain Spine-snapping horror in the tradition of the movie The Ring! An average joe strolls down the street after a fight with his girlfriend when a random stranger TAGS him, handing off an ancient curse! He literally begins to die – and rot – seeing his body begin to decompose every day before his very eyes. Cursed, he must either surrender, or find the next victim to TAG… Collecting the three issue mini-series from white-hot Wizard Magazine favorite Keith Giffen and 30 Days of Night Bloodsucker Tales artist Kody Chamberlain! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Ookla the Mok. You can visit them on the web at www.ooklathemok.com and purchase their music at the iTunes Music Store. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

It is all in how you space your thank you notes and acknowledgments for your donors, and by using companies such as 1-800-postcards or Modern Postcard, to help show how the money you have collected is being spent. For those of you that are unfamiliar with this advertising medium, the company rented a series of billboards by major highways, and […]