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May 2009

The Vital Importance of Visual Scan

May 19, 2009 by bob

Want to give yourself X-ray vision at the chessboard? Well, as with achieving any worthwhile result, you can expect that you will have much work to do - but the task is certainly far from impossible.

This seems to be a common problem when learning chess. Most people don't realize what hard work it can be to master it properly. They'd like to think that if they read a few books and practice a few games they will awaken the chess master in their souls. They don't realize that people who have reached this level actually have worked for it. It hasn't been all fun and (chess) games.

Polymer Clay Transfers

May 23, 2009 by bob

What are polymer clay transfers and what are they used for? As you may already know polymer clay is the hottest thing to hit the market. If you enjoy making your own jewelry you will love working with this material. Polymer clay transfers are a way to design and make your jewelry more unique and beautiful. It allows you to make them more personal by placing a photo image or other special design onto the jewelry.

"Hullababloo" (A Shannon O'Day Short Murder Story)

May 28, 2009 by bob

Hullabaloo

Top T-Shirt Design Tips - 5 Secrets For Perfect T Shirt Text (Plus One Bonus!)

May 21, 2009 by bob

If your funny t-shirts are turning out funny-looking, the problem may be your text. No matter how awesome your cool t shirt designs are when you imagine them, if your text is poorly designed, your shirts will always look unprofessional. But don't fear! With these 5 tricks of professional graphic designers, you can quickly turn those amateur custom t shirts into perfect and polished works of t shirt art.

Otis Wilder Mather's Revenge (A Shannon O'Day Short Story)

May 28, 2009 by bob

((A Shannon O'Day Story) (1955))

"The Rose Room" - Short Story About the Stockyards in Minnesota (In English and Spanish)

May 26, 2009 by bob

Chick Evens went to work for the stockyards one summer in 1966, near the town-let of South Saint Paul, the summer was extremely hot, and you could bake an egg on the sidewalks.

His mother worked at Swift's Meats (in the meatpacking department), the company, which he now came to be employed at, made a deep impression on Chick's mind and he never forgot the thoughts and experiences that came to him during those last months of that summer working at the stockyards inside a packing house (cutting up carcasses of hogs), and especially delivering animal waste to the Rose Room!

Amaze ((Gay and Angry)(a Short Story))

May 26, 2009 by bob

She troubled me.

She troubled me, and my wife, and from what I remember of her foster parents she troubled them, but most people seemed to like her, especially those who went on that school trip I once took with her to South Dakota, to: the Bad Lands, and Black Hills and Mount Rushmore. Her foster mother and father presided over some of the children on that trip of this Minnesota rural district, where my granddaughter, Maria-Lee lived (I had remarried, and so Maria was no relation to my new wife).

The Funniest Headstones You'll Ever See

May 28, 2009 by bob

How many times have you walked through a cemetery and noticed the writing on the headstones? In my profession, I am constantly looking for names of the famous burials so I have come across wonderfully creative epitaphs on my travels. Not just the famous can be clever in death but the obscure are equally as enigmatic in their final words. As I strolled through Westwood Memorial park, famous for the burial of Marilyn Monroe, I found the grave of funny man Rodney Dangerfield.

The Pawnshop - Recollections of Shannon O'Day's Father - A Sketch

May 29, 2009 by bob

(1959, as told by Shannon O'Day to Otis Wilde Mather)

Artists Employment - Brushing Up Online?

May 22, 2009 by bob

We have all herd the phrase 'the starving artist' and that's probably because artists employment has always been a little difficult to come by. Salaried jobs for the qualified and the lucky few who land the positions can be very good. But what about those artists who don't make the final interview or even the Bohemian creatives who simply don't want to be tied to a job?

Well there are the usual roots of selling your work in a gallery, setting up your own gallery or shop or working hard to find those rare but lucrative commissions.

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