Ritemail Picdump — 50 Pics

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Brian Chan Creation

Brian Chan is an artist and craftsman with more than 10 years of experience at MIT and Mass Art. Some of the specialties he has had over the years are Japanese swords, replica props, and musical instruments. Brian also enjoys designing complex origami (he is currently working on an origami book to be published through Origamihouse Japan) and painting. He works at the MIT Hobby shop, and hopes to continue teaching fine craftsmanship and design in the tradition of his mentors, Ken Stone, Hayami Arakawa, Fred Cote, Toby Bashaw, Mark Belanger, JD Smith (Mass Art) and Jim Kelso (an independent metalworker). 14 more images after the break...

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Football Stars Then and Now

01. Messi.

Once they were mere children, and now they are stars of football. We offer a look at some baby pictures of football players. 16 more after the break...

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Life in the Bus

It turns out that the bus can not only move, but it is possible to live! So, for example, does the young American family.

After the wedding, Mike and Natalie Young decided to travel on their own bus, which concurrently serves them domom.U bus even has a name - Rosie. Now an amazing bus-house stands in the courtyard of a family of friends in Austin, but he was soon to leave for Washington. Family accompanies a good friend Atlas - dog, whom they rescued not so long ago. 06 more images after the break...

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Top 10 Ideas to Celebrate Your Anniversary

Although it seems by stereotype that men are notoriously forgetful of anniversaries and women seem very much the opposite, if you are a couple, an anniversary is indeed a milestone worth celebrating. You can take the opportunity to show your partner how much you love him/her, and more importantly, value him/her. Relationships are not something automatic. Even if you love each other very much, there still are some things you have to work on nurturing. It can be a task thinking up someway to make it special, more special than the routine dinner date. These top ten ideas may be of help.

01. A Nighttime picnic

This could be a romantic experience past comparison. You just have to find a suitable spot with a beautiful view. Pack the picnic basket full of special goodies like chocolates, wine, champagne, hot chocolate, cookies and other ‘romantic’ food. Let the locale handle the rest. 09 more after the break...

France Month: La barbe bleue ou conte de l'oiseau d'Ourdi

La barbe bleue ou conte de l'oiseau d'Ourdi with Auteur : Jean-Jacques Fdida & Illustrations : Claude Cachin is a Bluebeard, another fairly common site in France and virtually not to be found in the US. The illustrations are pretty and Bluebeard is sufficiently villainous to make this an interesting rendition.

Book description:

Barbe Bleue est une histoire terriblement sensuelle, effrayante et passionnante. Jean-Jacques Fdida entend bien nous le rappeler ! De nombreuses versions de Barbe Bleue sont publiées chaque année. Mais celle-ci devrait marquer les esprits grâce à l’écriture incomparable de Jean-Jacques Fdida et à sa liberté de ton. Fidèle à l’esprit de la collection, le conteur fait réapparaître des motifs aujourd’hui oubliés : l’épingle qui pique Barbe Bleue et la trace sur le mouchoir, censée attester son humanité ; le splendide château tenu par des mains invisibles ; la ruse de l’héroïne qui se métamorphose en oiseau ; la poupée à tête de mort qui leurre Barbe Bleue. Oubliés les frères, les parents qui sauvaient la jeune épousée ! Ici, l’héroïne s’en sort par ses propres moyens en se déguisant en oiseau d’Ourdi, laissant le mari écumant de rage. Si elle nous révèle la faiblesse, voire la complicité de la fille séduite à l’égard de l’éternel séducteur, elle rend également justice à l’ingéniosité féminine, à la force et au courage de la jeune femme. Un conte d’avertissement, certes, mais dans lequel les femmes retombent sur leurs pieds et se sortent du pétrin où l’attrait des richesses et des séductions faciles les ont entraînées.

Bargain Books by Alex Flinn

 

Cloaked with Bonus Materials by Alex Flinn is available for 99 cents as a special preorder. It is the full book, released last year, and Flinn's most recent fairy tale exploration. She kicks off a new series soon--Bewitching (The Kendra Chronicles)--which is why this book is being offered at a deal price to promote the new one.

Unfortunately, the bargain edition currenly doesn't have a cover image, so I am using the regular ebook link for the image but it is priced $9.99 so beware of clicking on it. Be sure to click on this link--Cloaked with Bonus Materials by Alex Flinn--to find the bargain priced one.

Flinn also has a new novella--Beastly: Lindy's Diary--a companion to her Beastly (the one made into the movie), which also doesn't have a cover yet. It is $3.99.

Book description for Cloaked:

I'm not your average hero. I actually wasn't your average anything. Just a poor guy working an after-school job at a South Beach shoe repair shop to help his mom make ends meet. But a little magic changed it all.

It all started with a curse. And a frognapping. And one hot-looking princess, who asked me to lead a rescue mission.

There wasn't a fairy godmother or any of that. And even though I fell in love along the way, what happened to me is unlike any fairy tale I've ever heard. Before I knew it, I was spying with a flock of enchanted swans, talking (yes, talking!) to a fox named Todd, and nearly trampled by giants in the Everglades.

Don't believe me? I didn't believe it either. But you'll see. Because I knew it all was true, the second I got cloaked.

Book description for Beastly: Lindy's Diary:

See the #1 New York Times bestselling story Beastly through Lindy's eyes! This is her diary, kept while living in captivity with the beast. Lindy's Diary captures all the romance and edgy mystery of the original!

Diary,

I am locked away . . . with no one to confide in but you . . . and him. His fur, those claws—they caught me off guard at first, but now I'm noticing something else about him—something deeper. It's the look in his eye. It tells me he's got a secret to keep. That's okay—I've got one, too. I think I'm falling in love with him. . . .

Lindy