tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18620486403834724532024-03-13T22:57:08.924-07:00bradleyworldArt, Architecture, Design, Politics, Social Commentary and my own attempt at Living the Aesthetic Life.Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-49041797620378275772019-02-04T11:08:00.001-08:002019-02-04T11:08:41.988-08:00The longer I wait between posts, the better this gets...Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-57014318113089978712017-08-11T15:27:00.001-07:002017-08-11T15:27:33.253-07:00I knew it was coming, we all knew it was coming, but still...<br />
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<br />Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-42468328449503602452017-08-11T15:24:00.002-07:002017-08-11T15:24:29.747-07:00Just realized I had let this blog sit idle for exactly 1 year and 1 day when I realized I had something to say. Should consider the same schedule for facebook, twitter, instagram...Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-88648002126777007892017-08-11T15:23:00.000-07:002017-08-11T15:23:07.368-07:00This is important, and we cannot stop it, and it will truly change the world. But it is not all for the best. A number of things will be lost when we begin to make the change towards no more internal combustion engines in our automobiles.<br />
I'll have more thoughts on this soon...<br />
<a href="https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21726071-it-had-good-run-end-sight-machine-changed-world-death?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/thedeathoftheinternalcombustionengine">The Death Of The Internal Combustion Engine</a>Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-79337685814505375452016-08-10T12:00:00.002-07:002016-08-10T12:10:45.616-07:00<span style="color: white;">ELECTION 2016</span><br />
<span style="color: white;">AKA the Season of Madness.</span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">As a registered Independent, I don't really have a horse in this fight. Nor do I want to. But in reality, we all are in it, at least all of us in America, and all the countries with which America trades, travels, interacts and/or has conflicts. So, I guess, most of the world does actually have a stake in this election.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Over the next few weeks, I'll be putting down some thoughts on what, or who, we should be looking for in a leader, and on the policies that I believe will make a much more positive difference for our future than anything we are hearing now.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Some of these ideas include vast disruptions to existing international borders, and some just include mowing the lawn.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Coming back soon with more detail.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;">Cheers!</span>Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-34160091959594737662015-02-17T17:44:00.000-08:002015-02-17T17:46:21.216-08:00<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eat Red
Meat For A Healthy Heart!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even The Feds Are Starting To Say So.</span></div>
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The US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee no longer deems
natural cholesterol a "nutrient of concern". Their report will be sent to HHS and the U.S.
Dept of Ag. New gov't dietary
recommendations will eventually follow:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/">New US Gov't Dietary Guidelines</a></div>
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But this new attitude only applies to real food that
contains natural cholesterol, such as meat, eggs, cheese, butter, stuff like that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Processed foods with lots of ingredients, including
cholesterol, are bad.</div>
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Stuff made of
white flour and sugar is very bad.
Margarine is terrible. Never eat it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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All bad cholesterol is still bad.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But Get This:</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It Is
OK To Eat BACON!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And BUTTER!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even if you have high cholesterol!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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And have a glass of wine, or a drink, or a mimosa if you
feel like it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I've been eating this way for over 10 years:</div>
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Red meat + eggs
+ cheese + butter + fish + poultry + lots of vegetables & fruits, + whole
grains instead of white flour.</div>
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And I do
have alcohol (I abstain from abstaining).<o:p></o:p></div>
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You would be amazed at how good all the veggie and whole
grain stuff can taste, if you just allow some time get used to it. I can barely stand to eat anything with white
flour in it anymore. (Except for an
occasional Bacon Lardon Croissant at St Honore Bakery in Lake Oswego, OR... but who's going to
tell?)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Humans have an almost infinite capacity to adapt.<o:p></o:p></div>
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While eating this way, I also eat about half the volume of
food daily as I did when I was 20 or 30 yrs old. Makes me feel better, and I don't bulk up as
much. (Way less feeling of acid reflux,
too.) So my wife Heidi and I almost always share
1 entree at restaurants.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But I do get my own salad and martini.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And I still feel good. Satisfied.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When we split a Prime Rib - I Eat All The Fat.</div>
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Because It's Not Harmful. Seriously, It's Not Harmful.<o:p></o:p></div>
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(I know, no one will believe that one, but it is absolutely
true. Heidi still doesn't believe it,
but she also doesn't like the fat taste the way I do. So I eat it.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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However, I eat about as much in vegetables and/or fruit as I do in
proteins at lunch and dinner.</div>
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It's a good rule of thumb. I've grown to like extra veggies and no potato with an entree. </div>
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For me, breakfast is usually coffee with half & half, plus a piece of whole grain toast, lots of butter, and peanut butter. Or scrambled eggs with butter and cheese, and maybe some berries.</div>
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At home, all vegetables taste pretty good when sauteed for a
few minutes in olive oil, garlic, butter, etc.
All of them. Even Kale! I got rid of a lot of pre-made gravies and
sauces when I started eating this way, and I actually don't miss those. Use the excess fat from your meat to add
flavor to the veggies, if you like.
That's okay, too.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are fast, easy and tasty ways to cook almost
everything.</div>
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You can even nuke leafy
veggies for 3 or 4 min, carrots, broccoli, beets, etc. for 6-8 min, then add butter, olive
oil and salt. Oven roasted brussels
sprouts are amazingly good. Even meats don't take as much time as we think on the stovetop. For good recipes, always, Google is your friend.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I feel so much better than I did when I ate so much processed
stuff.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We can eat it when we're young, but as we age, we may need
to adapt.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fun Fact - Pork is good for us! Not only Bacon, but Pork Belly, Lardon, Pork
Chops, Pork Loin, Prosciutto and Ham. All good! (As long as no nitrites/chemicals are
added.)</div>
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And for a better dish, you can cook pork
medium rare. It's true.</div>
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There have been Zero Deaths
from Trichinosis in America in over 100 years.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Btw - I recently had a savory appetizer of Bacon Cheesecake
at Swine Bar.</div>
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<a href="http://www.swankandswine.com/">Swine Bar - Portland</a></div>
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Cheese & Bacon, surrounded by greens. It was great!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am never going back to the way I ate before. No possible way.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fun Fact 2: Getting
fats and cholesterol only from real meat, butter, eggs, cheese, etc,
contributes to reaching and maintaining a healthy weight, even if we make no
other changes. That alone helps us!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Real food is real good for us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Processed foods are bad for our hearts, our weight, and
everything else.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">More News: Salt is
not harmful for high blood pressure</span>. I
know, also hard to believe, but also true.
The original studies that suggested it was bad were not scientifically
sound, but for decades docs and others have just said what they've always said
about salt. No one actually looked at
the evidence. They are just starting to
now, including reporting this exact information in The Economist.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Use as much sea salt or kosher salt as you like, because it
tastes better. And besides, no one in
this country is ever low on Iodine, and too much of it may be not so good for
our thyroid. Iodine was not part of our
original, historical diet. Meat and
vegetables and fruits were part of it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cholesterol evidence began pointing this
way several years ago, and it looks like it's finally come to the attention of
the Feds.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you cut way back on processed foods, you can eat as much
salt as you want, and you'll still take in less total salt than before. But there are other, much better reasons to
cut down on processed stuff.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For instance, the content and type of fats, sugars and white
flour in most processed foods combine to make us want to eat more, even when we
are full. The processed and fast food
industry knows that their products make so many of us overeat, but they don't
care. All of these things (yes, even my
sacred Doritos) actually do cause food addiction and constant overeating. The companies that make them aren't helping
us get any healthier, so we have to help ourselves.<o:p></o:p></div>
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(Don't get me started on pharmaceuticals, and that entire
industry.)</div>
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And if you really want to be good to your body, and have a much easier time keeping your weight where you want it to be:</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stop Drinking Pop.</span></div>
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Sugared or Sugar Free, that stuff is all crap for us.</div>
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Soda screws up our appetite, inhibits mineral intake, and messes with our weight, in a bad way.</div>
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And anything with High Fructose Corn Syrup in it should be taxed about One Hundred Thousand Percent. That's right: 100,000 %. The stuff is worse than margarine, worse than a Hot Pocket.</div>
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So why is it legal, and in so many foods, you may ask?</div>
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Because huge corporations that make it have all kinds of expensive, high powered lobbyists.</div>
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And all the regular people like you and me have Zero Lobbyists.</div>
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That's why.</div>
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Stop taking in stuff that's really awful for your health, and you will be surprised at the benefits.</div>
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My theory has been:
Even if you still think these are bad in some way, it should be okay to
eat at least some of the real stuff you like, for the pleasure, for the quality
of life they provide.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No red meat, no butter, no salt, no martinis... that's not
living, to me.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Moderate amounts of real food with real flavor - that's good
for us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not just my crackpot opinion anymore - the science is on our
side.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And - hard to believe - We Can Eat The Fat!<o:p></o:p></div>
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One more thing - when we turn 70 or so, we may start to
shrink down and waste away like some older people do. Then we should start eating twice as much as
we think we want. Older people often say
food doesn't taste as good as it used to.
Without the pleasure, they eat less, until their strength and even
muscle mass declines alarmingly. So if
that's you, eat more. And if you make it
to that age, heck, eat whatever you want!<o:p></o:p></div>
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As you can tell, I have been thinking about this subject for
a long time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eat real food.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eat less food.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy life more.</span></div>
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This author is way ahead of her time:</div>
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<a href="http://thebigfatsurprise.com/">THE BIG FAT SURPRISE Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet</a></div>
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What do you think?<o:p></o:p></div>
Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-58170640498133550902014-11-20T15:37:00.004-08:002014-11-20T15:37:57.498-08:00Seattle UniqueAfter lunch with my new editor, and after visiting the Elliott Bay Book Company, I was on my way to my car, when I met...<br />
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A really nice guy named Purple Mark.<br />
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(He told me that it was Red Day.)<br />
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Keep on being who you are, Purple Mark!Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-81857207698361249172014-11-20T15:32:00.004-08:002014-11-20T15:35:26.877-08:00SeattleWhen in Seattle, I had lunch with Bryan, my new editor, at the Lost Lake Cafe.<br />
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Cool place, great food, really nice, attentive service.<br />
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Loved It!<br />
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And even better, it's right next door to the Elliott Bay Book Company!<br />
Got to be one of the 5 best bookstores in the US.<br />
Picked up a copy of Portnoy's Complaint (I had never read it).<br />
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It was a good day. I'll be going there again.Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-86972585777170680332014-11-20T15:27:00.001-08:002014-11-20T15:33:41.125-08:00The Editor is on the case...Day trip Seattle on Tuesday, to meet with my new editor, Bryan Tomasovich.<br />
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Bryan is doing my developmental edit, and I feel good about the project.<br />
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Love Seattle!<br />
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Saw some great tagging on the building wall next to the lot in which I parked.<br />
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Okay,</div>
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So this blog has been dormant for awhile now. Very dormant. Asleep might be a better word.</div>
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This was partly due to the Great Recession, which we now would all like to forget, if possible, and partly due to my having started a couple of other blogs and a twitter account that all took up some of my time and attention, and together made it tough for me to even remember this one.</div>
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Lame, I know.</div>
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In the interim from the previous post to this one, I decided to complete a couple of fiction novels, and start a few more. So... that's what I did.</div>
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The first novel is Black Ice, a murder mystery thriller set in a black ice storm,</div>
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in late December, 1979, in Oregon's Willamette Valley.</div>
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The next novel in this series will be called something like <b><i>Grey Storm</i></b>, or maybe <b><i>Grey Blizzard</i></b>.</div>
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The town was almost silent while the ash fell...</div>
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A murderer took the opportunity to do something terrible,</div>
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That coming novel will have the same two main characters at <b><i>Black Ice</i></b>,</div>
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The second novel I completed during this time is called <b><i>Fear of Intimacy</i></b>.</div>
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<b><i>Fear of Intimacy </i></b>is a story I have been working on, off and on really, for over 15 years.</div>
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If that seems like a long time to you, I can relate. It seems even longer to me.</div>
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But it is now nearly done, and I am going through the final edit to get it ready for publication.</div>
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It is about a middle aged man and his grown son, and their difficult relationships with women.</div>
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The story begins in Portland, Oregon, in the Pearl District, and is largely set in the art world.</div>
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The story moves through the Minneapolis Art Museum,</div>
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The conclusion of the story on the sailboat trip sees four people embark, and one survives.</div>
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This one is also the beginning of its own, separate series.</div>
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The next novel/thriller in the series will be Fear of Failure.</div>
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That novel will be followed by Fear of Commitment, and others.</div>
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It starts with a chapter that completely surprises and delights people when I give them the synopsis.</div>
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It is a thriller with a conscience.</div>
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The reason I don't know when it will be out is because, while first drafts now go really quickly for me, editing takes a long time, and it is hard work. But it is worth it. Editing well is its own reward.</div>
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How do I know this? Ernie said so, in a manner of speaking.</div>
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I hope you like them.</div>
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If you are animals or aliens, or robots, I may not put quite as much stock in your opinion.</div>
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TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SfnjcuPOA1I/AAAAAAAAAis/vGpSWUz8cVU/s400/apple-products-jobs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-20592188411639196192009-04-30T10:39:00.000-07:002009-04-30T10:43:34.219-07:00A good sign<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SfnjNHPRscI/AAAAAAAAAik/QUDkTBJqHxw/s1600-h/flower1.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330541448390619586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SfnjNHPRscI/AAAAAAAAAik/QUDkTBJqHxw/s400/flower1.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-16360102412283022832009-04-30T10:33:00.000-07:002009-04-30T10:39:37.327-07:00The Corpse Breathes, But Just BarelyGross Demostic Product in the US dropped again in the first quarter of 2009, even more than most economists had anticipated, but other economic signs were a bit brighter...<br /><br />Consumer spending stayed a bit higher than expected, helped in part by low fuel prices and low interest rates. Let's hope those two remain favorable.<br /><br />Some good signs out there.<br /><br />Maybe the recession/depression will start to ease later this year, rather than continuing it's downward trend...<br /><br />Some rays of hope are better than no, uh, rays of hope.<br /><br />Some are better than none...<br /><br />Anyway, it's not as grim as it has been.<br /><br />:-Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-9088327274818794992009-03-22T15:37:00.000-07:002009-03-22T15:38:44.993-07:00US Economy circa 1st Quarter 2009<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/Sca97z5PvFI/AAAAAAAAAiY/EfLffVwl8WE/s1600-h/new_locomotive_wreck-old-train-wreck-grand-trunk.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316145245397695570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 313px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/Sca97z5PvFI/AAAAAAAAAiY/EfLffVwl8WE/s400/new_locomotive_wreck-old-train-wreck-grand-trunk.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-1142799291932227032009-03-22T11:53:00.000-07:002009-03-31T09:07:04.655-07:00The Economy<span style="color:#333300;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">The U.S. economy, ahead of some of our world trading partners and competitors, and behind some others, has taken an extended vacation, to the South, where it is warm. Very warm.<br /><br />Farther South than the South of France, farther South than Mexico, farther even than Australia.<br /><br />Currently the U.S. and most of the rest of the worlds economies are spending all their time in Hell.<br /><br />Not expected to be back anytime soon.<br /><br />Ok, now what do we do? </span><br /><span style="color:#333300;">.<br />.<br /><br /></span>Good question, I'm glad you asked that question.<br /><span style="color:#333300;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#333300;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#333300;">.</span>Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-56193297026032426142009-03-22T11:52:00.000-07:002009-03-22T11:53:23.061-07:00Long Time GoneBeen a month since my last post.<br /><br />Yeah, that's probably for the best.Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-18975184427560439802009-02-17T13:42:00.000-08:002009-02-17T13:56:25.984-08:00Instant Dissonance<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303886936815570610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SZsxEV26DrI/AAAAAAAAAhw/BoMaXDbdmr8/s400/nude_study_001_2007_ges.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SZsxE2_aAwI/AAAAAAAAAh4/QILjGjRECho/s1600-h/Copy+of+sexy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303886945709589250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SZsxE2_aAwI/AAAAAAAAAh4/QILjGjRECho/s400/Copy+of+sexy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303886949502557906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 257px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SZsxFFHuHtI/AAAAAAAAAiA/Oj1WAYrGCHs/s400/nude_study_002_2007_ges.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Sort of like Instant Karma, only not quite as one with everything.</span></div><div><span style="color:#333300;">.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffff00;">More like, as 1/3 with everything.</span></div><div><span style="color:#003300;">.</span></div><div><span style="color:#003300;">.</span></div><div><span style="color:#003300;">.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">"I am .333333333333333 with the Universe." </span></div><div><span style="color:#333300;">.</span></div><div><span style="color:#333300;">.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="color:#333300;">.<br /></span></div></span><div></div>Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-73666695728748081562009-02-17T13:37:00.000-08:002009-02-17T13:41:34.665-08:00ObamanomicsThe stimulus bill has passed Congress, and the President has signed it, and now we will see what happens.<br /><br />I hope it helps.<br /><br />The final bill seems laden with a lot of crap that won't create many jobs.<br /><br />It would have been clearer if Congress passed a single focus jobs bill, then a single focus tax bill, then a single focus bill to help homeowners, etc.<br /><br />But we have this instead.<br /><br />I am still optimistic, but it looks like a lot of money is spent on many items that make very small differences.<br /><br />Maybe they all add up to big differences, which we need.<br /><br />Keep hope alive.Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-60270789693913157022009-02-07T12:51:00.001-08:002009-02-07T13:29:57.656-08:00Vacation Time!<span style="color:#003300;">.</span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SY354AtaAEI/AAAAAAAAAho/f2Iv_V9lQW8/s1600-h/paul+bunyon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300167077143380034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SY354AtaAEI/AAAAAAAAAho/f2Iv_V9lQW8/s400/paul+bunyon.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SY33s99FJ9I/AAAAAAAAAhg/UoCSLuFp4NU/s1600-h/Paul-and-Babe.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300164688401999826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SY33s99FJ9I/AAAAAAAAAhg/UoCSLuFp4NU/s400/Paul-and-Babe.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SY30dJQXRvI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/ULwtYqDpei8/s1600-h/babe+the+big+blue+ox.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300161118022878962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SY30dJQXRvI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/ULwtYqDpei8/s400/babe+the+big+blue+ox.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><p></p><br /><p>In Northern California, there is a tourist attraction that has been in business for at least 40 or 50 years...</p></div><div> </div><div><br /><p>I saw it many times as a kid, with my brother and sister and 4 cousins, thanks to my grandparents. This is in the middle of some of the most beautiful Redwood forests on earth.</p></div><div> </div><div><br /><p>This tourist trap has a huge gift shop, an enormous parking lot, some interesting naturescapes called The Trees of Mystery, and these fantastic statues of Paul Bunyon and his faithful companion, Babe, the Big Blue Ox.</p><br /><br /><p>Paul and Babe are classic characters from American mythology.</p><br /><p></p><br /><p>Paul, like so many other timbermen, is a giant logger who cuts down enormous trees and hauls them to the mill with the help of his trusty companion Babe, who is, well, a really big blue ox.</p><br /><br /><p>Few people know that the Grand Canyon was actually created by Paul walking along the Southwest U.S. dragging his axe behind him. </p><br /><br /><p>And Mount Hood, in Oregon, was formed when Paul piled rocks on his campfire to put it out.</p><br /><br /><p>There are other statues of Paul and Babe in Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Maine, and statues of just Paul in many more places, including Arizona, Idaho, Washington, New York and Oklahoma. </p><br /><br /><p>There is a good one in a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, and another, as one would expect, is on top of a Vietnamese restaurant in Albequerque, New Mexico.</p><br /><br /><p>These particular statues are the best, because they most accurately show what Paul and Babe looked like when they were living, in the early 1900's.</p><br /><br /><p>And because they are the largest (as far as you know). You can actually see them from Google Earth. They are on Highway 101, the Redwood Highway, about 2.5 miles North of Requa.</p><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300161115741805906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 209px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SY30dAwg3VI/AAAAAAAAAhY/F4pOciOK_lM/s400/babe+-+under+the+ox.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><p>And the most important reason they are the best is because Babe is anatomically correct. </p><p>Babe, like all giant oxen, has big blue balls. </p><p>And a humongous blue dingus.</p><p><span style="color:#003300;">.</span></p></div>Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862048640383472453.post-34260517165581201802009-02-07T12:46:00.000-08:002009-02-07T12:47:29.176-08:00My Condo Building...Someday<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SY3zWZ_bx6I/AAAAAAAAAhA/SqZWzJbxh7M/s1600-h/26vision.600span.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300159902744561570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 252px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pq2cVMRzMF4/SY3zWZ_bx6I/AAAAAAAAAhA/SqZWzJbxh7M/s400/26vision.600span.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Bradley Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17113508535027521608noreply@blogger.com0