13 Manga
I have a thing for manga. Manga is what the Japanese call graphic novels. I call it manga, but I like the stuff from China and Korea too, and they have other words for it. Anyway, there are 13 I like:
On the left there is Air Gear. On the right is Bakuman. Air Gear is about a young punk who becomes someone special when he puts on a special kind of roller skate that can get you airborn for a long time. It’s a bit Science Fiction and a bit funny. I liked the earlier, funnier issues better.
Bakuman is about a couple of boys in Jr. High and later High School who want to draw manga for a living. I started reading it to see how drawing manga compared to writing, but their passionate devotion to the pursuit caught me.
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10/365 For Perspective
This is actually a set up for tomorrow’s picture, which a great shot, but not as impressive as I think it should be. It helps if you see this first.
By George! How to Become King
If you know anything about George IV, you know he can’t let a little thing like his own coronation go by without a celebration.
In the end the King never did receive the divorce he so ardently sought, but the Queen never officially became queen, either. And Caroline was going to discover that Wilberforce was correct, a mob was a fickle thing indeed. Once they lost interest… After the trial, the public mood began to change. For many, it was too close a call with revolution. And for what? Queen Caroline didn’t lose all her support overnight, but as the coronation drew near there was a noticeable shift in public feeling toward the King.
As to the coronation, the King was moving ahead with his plans, which did not include the Queen. (more…)
Age Freeze
I finished reading Twilight recently. I blame Andi for making me read it in the first place. It got me to thinking. If you were going to get yourself turned into a vampire on purpose and could pick the age you would be, what age would you pick? So of course I asked my family what they would pick.
The Girl Girl was quick to pipe up the the answer I would expect most. She said in her early 20’s, because it was “old enough but not too old.”
That about covers it. You can drive at that age, go to a bar at that age, water ski, just about anything else you might want to do.
But, if I could be perfectly healthy and have the physical edge in all respects, I might go for something closer to 40. At 40, you can pretend to have kids.
What about you? If you were determined to become a vampire, and would be stuck with the same age forever, what age would it be?
8/365 SLC Approach
This is the approach to the Salt Lake City airport. You’ll be seeing more like this in the next few days.
If you just surfed in, you might want to check these out, too:
For Perspective
The Plane Turned
Copyright Questions
This has come up a few times now, so I thought I better lay it all out there.
I do not in any way forfeit or relinquish my copyright on the original material I post on any part of my web site. If you steal my stuff, I will come after you. If you’re making money off me, I expect a cut.
That said, so long as you aren’t reposting my words on your site without attribution, or taking my pictures and putting them on T-shirts or something, I’m inclined to fairly generous.
Now comes the complicated part.
Pictures
Anything that says www.AliceAudrey.com on it with no initials in front of it is mine. Either I took the picture in the first place or I had my kids take the picture under my direction. (For some reason they freak out when I take pictures while driving. Something about inadvertent lane changes I think.)
So long as you keep the part that says www.AliceAudrey.com you are welcome to copy it and share it all you want. Put in on your iPhone, email it to your mother, make a stack of them and email it to everyone on your forward list. I don’t care. The www.AliceAudrey.com labels are fairly small and unobtrusive, so it shouldn’t be much of an issue.
If there are initials in front, then contact me before you copy. Those aren’t mine. I have to get a hold of the person who gave me permission to use the pictures and ask if it’s OK to pass them on.
If there isn’t either, then it’s something that was forwarded to me so that I neither hold the copyright, nor know who to contact. Same thing if someone else’s link is on the picture. You’ll have to go to that web site to ask about copyright issues.
Words
DO NOT COPY OUT ENTIRE POSTS.
If you want to take out a small section, and remember to attribute it to me, then by all means, you are welcome to do so. A small section would be anything less than 20% of the post in question. On a Flash Fiction Friday 55 we’re talking a sentence, maybe two. On a Suzie’s House we’re talking a couple of paragraphs. You want more than that, you better talk to me first.
The words of guest bloggers – including Mr. Al – are their business. If you want to quote them, you’ll have to take it up with them. I’ll gladly forward your email. It’ll help if you can point me to the specific blog so I can pretend I know what I’m talking about when I contact them.
I don’t expect any link-love here, but I sure do appreciate it. If you really want to share something like Jack and Jill, linking to it really is the best way.
Well, that’s about a clear as mud. As always, you can contact me at AliceAudreyJ @ yahoo . com with questions.
Wondering where to find the airplane picture? Click here.
Learning
Jill: I don’t know, Jack. Seems like ever since the real Tonic got switched with this other dog, that’s all we ever thing about.
Jack: Yeah, you’re right. We’ve been worrying too much about him. I think we need to just get on with our lives.
Jill: But how can we when he does everything different. I mean, look at him now.
Jack: (mumbling) he has better table manners than I do.
Jill: I don’t even remember giving him a fork.
Jill: Well, I guess so long as the rest of us are normal it doesn’t much matter if he is.
Jack: You can say that again.
Gin: Meow?
Today’s theme is utensils
Previously in Jack and Jill Ther Rocks in Jack’s Head
Saturday photo scavenger hunt
The rules for Photohunt can be found here.
Be sure to visit the home page.
Suzie’s House 123: No Good Deed
Oh great. He should have taken Lisa through the front door instead of acting all sneaky with the back. Of course Mom and Gene would be in the kitchen. Ben should of thought of that. But that woman he and Lisa eavesdropped on at school, what was she still doing here?
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Suzie’s House
Is in progress. No, I haven’t written it yet. Working on it now. Hey, it was a busy week!
