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Nov. 20th, 2009

Clan Kerr

Sgt. Howie

Edward Albert Arthur Woodward OBE (1 June 1930 – 16 November 2009) was an English stage and screen actor and singer. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Woodward began his career on stage, and through his career he appeared in productions in both the West End in London and on Broadway in New York. He came to wider attention from 1967 in the title role of the British television spy drama Callan, earning him the 1970 British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. Among his film credits, Woodward starred as Police Sergeant Neil Howie in the 1973 cult British horror film The Wicker Man, and in the title role of the noted 1980 Australian biopic Breaker Morant. From 1985 Woodward starred as British ex-secret agent and vigilante Robert McCall in the American television series The Equalizer, earning him the 1986 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Drama Actor.

He made occasional appearances until taking the role of Police Sergeant Neil Howie in the thriller The Wicker Man in 1973. Many critics have cited the final scene in The Wicker Man as one of the greatest visual shots in cinema history. Woodward was offered a cameo role in the 2005 remake but declined. He also appeared in the 1982 film Who Dares Wins, also known as The Final Option,[10] as Commander Powell.
Woodward played the title role in the 1980 Australian biographical film drama Breaker Morant, which was highly acclaimed and his presence brought the film worldwide attention. Woodward also had a supporting role in the 2007 action comedy Hot Fuzz. His last lead film role was that of the Reverend Frederick Densham in A Congregation of Ghosts; the story of an eccentric vicar who is said to have alienated his congregation and preached to cardboard cut-outs
Robin Hardy, who directed The Wicker Man said, "He was one of the greatest actors of his generation, without a doubt, with a broad career on American television as well as on British film." Sir Noel Coward once said of him, "He was one of the nicest and most co-operative actors I've ever met or worked with."
The late 1970s were spent on both stage and film, but it was not until he took the lead role in the American television series The Equalizer (1985-89) as a British former intelligence operative that he found recognition and popularity exceeding that of Callan. After filming a few episodes of the third season, Woodward suffered a massive coronary. For several episodes, additional actors were brought in to reduce the workload on Woodward as he recovered from the condition. The first episode filmed following Woodward's heart attack involved his character being severely injured by a KGB bullet, providing Woodward with a chance to rest over several episodes. Later in the season, Woodward resumed his full duties and carried the show through an additional, fourth season during the 1988-1989 season

In 1999 Woodward appeared alongside his son Peter in The Long Road, an episode of the Babylon 5 spin off, Crusade, on which Peter was a regular cast member.[14] While both actors were playing the part of unrelated Technomages, the on-screen chemistry between them was clear.

Aug. 13th, 2009

Clan Kerr

Stressed

Mom and I both stressed waiting for the court date next Tuesday.  We're hoping the other side comes out with a fair settlement offer.

Doesn't help that there's all kinds of stress in my veteran's group and I'm a nano-second away from resigning my position and going back to being just one of the regular types.

Jackie's been extended by two weeks. So we have her cats for another 2 1/2 weeks.  And her car (that's a nice thing!)

Aug. 7th, 2009

Clan Kerr

Books

These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of today). As usual, bold what you have read, italicise what you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand. The numbers after each one are the number of LT users who used the tag of that book.

(from Mamapduck)


Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (149)
Anna Karenina (132)
Crime and punishment (121)
Catch-22 (117)
One hundred years of solitude (115)
Wuthering Heights (110)
The Silmarillion (104)
Life of Pi : a novel (94)
The name of the rose (91)
Don Quixote (91)
Moby Dick (86)
Ulysses (84)
Madame Bovary (83)
The Odyssey (83)
Pride and prejudice (83)
Jane Eyre (80)
A tale of two cities (80)

The brothers Karamazov (80)
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies (79)
War and peace (78)
Vanity fair (74)
The time traveler's wife (73)
The Iliad (73)
Emma (73)
The Blind Assassin (73)
The kite runner (71)
Mrs. Dalloway (70)
Great expectations (70)
American gods (68)
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius (67)
Atlas shrugged (67)
Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books (66)
Memoirs of a Geisha (66)
Middlesex (66)
Quicksilver (66)
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West (65)
The Canterbury tales (64)

The historian : a novel (63)
A portrait of the artist as a young man (63)
Love in the time of cholera (62)
Brave new world (61)
The Fountainhead (61)
Foucault's pendulum (61)
Middlemarch (61)
Frankenstein (59)
The Count of Monte Cristo (59)

Dracula (59)
A clockwork orange (59)
Anansi boys (58)
The once and future king (57)
The grapes of wrath (57)
The poisonwood Bible : a novel (57)
1984 (57)
Angels & demons (56)
The inferno (56)
The satanic verses (55)
Sense and sensibility (55)
The picture of Dorian Gray (55)
Mansfield Park (55)
One flew over the cuckoo's nest (54)
To the lighthouse (54)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (54)
Oliver Twist (54)
Gulliver's travels (53)
Les misérables (53)
The corrections (53)
The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay (52)
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time (52)
Dune (51)
The prince (51)
The sound and the fury (51)
Angela's ashes : a memoir (51)
The god of small things (51)
A people's history of the United States : 1492-present (51)
Cryptonomicon (50)
Neverwhere (50)
A confederacy of dunces (50)
A short history of nearly everything (50)
Dubliners (50)
The unbearable lightness of being (49)
Beloved (49)
Slaughterhouse-five (49)
The scarlet letter (48)
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (48)
The mists of Avalon (47)
Oryx and Crake : a novel (47)
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed (47)
Cloud atlas (47)
The confusion (46)
Lolita (46)
Persuasion (46)
Northanger abbey (46)
The catcher in the rye (46)
On the road (46)
The hunchback of Notre Dame (45)
Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything (45)
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance : an inquiry into values (45)
The Aeneid (45)
Watership Down (44)
Gravity's rainbow (44)
The Hobbit (44)
In cold blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences (44)
White teeth (44)
Treasure Island (44)
David Copperfield (44)
The Three Musketeers (44)

Clan Kerr

Workman Comp Date

Mom received notice she has a court date this month. Crossed fingers everyone. I'm not sure she could snap out of a depression if we don't get a positive settlement and a good sum. She's been suicidal before, this would really snap her over.

Jul. 22nd, 2009

Clan Kerr

Tired

Didn't go to Mariposa today to get Mom's license renewed - too tired and Mom is hurting too bad. We'll go Monday.

I've got a few chapters of a 2nd Awakenings series done. Now if my depression doesn't drive my muse off again.....

Jul. 20th, 2009

Clan Kerr

Hot, hot, hot

Supposed to be 105F here today and the week isn't going to get much better. Too hot to do much anything.

Fortunately we were in the shade, on a knoll with a slight breeze. Otherwise, standing around with a bugle and rifles would have been VERY hard on disabled and old bodies. Drank a lot of water yesterday, trying to keep it up today.

Money-wise, we'll get through the month, I think. Mom got on the phone and threatened the lawyer's office today, that everyone has advised us to get a new lawyer. We now have an appt with the lawyer. LOL

Jul. 18th, 2009

Clan Kerr

Bah

Decided to start writing in here again.

Mom's Workman's Comp check has run out. Those b*stards have delayed and delayed until the money has run out. Just as they planned.

And the state is going to issue IOUs instead of checks for home health care.

That means $700 less a month - leaving between $400-600 to live on with all bills (except rent)
Clan Kerr

Writer's Block: Childish Pleasures

RPG and comic books - I don

Sep. 17th, 2008

Clan Kerr

fighting against discrimination

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_en_ce/people_brad_pitt

Sep. 11th, 2008

Clan Kerr

New Writing Website

http://www.freewebs.com/frau-hunter/

Another free website - a little easier to work with.

Both will work for picking up my work.

Sep. 10th, 2008

Clan Kerr

New Writing Website

http://frau-hunter-ash.tripod.com/

Hoping this is my new website for my writing and artwork.  I'll be adding my writing over the next few days.

Aug. 15th, 2008

Clan Kerr

Beliefnet . com

1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (90%)
3. Bahá'í Faith (88%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
5. Orthodox Judaism (85%)
6. Sikhism (84%)
7. Liberal Quakers (80%)
8. Jainism (80%)
9. Islam (79%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (74%)
11. Secular Humanism (65%)
12. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (63%)
13. New Age (63%)
14. Hinduism (58%)
15. Scientology (55%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (54%)
17. Theravada Buddhism (54%)
18. New Thought (50%)
19. Nontheist (48%)
20. Taoism (48%)
21. Orthodox Quaker (46%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (41%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (35%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (33%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (29%)
26. Roman Catholic (29%)
27. Seventh Day Adventist (23%)

Aug. 14th, 2008

Clan Kerr

Dreamy Idealist

Dreamy Idealists are very cautious and therefore often appear shy and reserved to others. They share their rich emotional life and their passionate convictions with very few people. But one would be very much mistaken to judge them to be cool and reserved. They have a pronounced inner system of values and clear, honourable principles for which they are willing to sacrifice a great deal. Joan of Arc or Sir Galahad would have been good examples of this personality type. Dreamy Idealists are always at great pains to improve the world. They can be very considerate towards others and do a lot to support them and stand up for them. They are interested in their fellow beings, attentive and generous towards them. Once their enthusiasm for an issue or person is aroused, they can become tireless fighters.

 

For Dreamy Idealists, practical things are not really so important. They only busy themselves with mundane everyday demands when absolutely necessary. They tend to live according to the motto “the genius controls the chaos” - which is normally the case so that they often have a very successful academic career. They are less interested in details; they prefer to look at something as a whole. This means that they still have a good overview even when things start to become hectic. However, as a result, it can occasionally happen that Dreamy Idealists overlook something important. As they are very peace-loving, they tend not to openly show their dissatisfaction or annoyance but to bottle it up. Assertiveness is not one of their strong points; they hate conflicts and competition. Dreamy Idealists prefer to motivate others with their amicable and enthusiastic nature. Whoever has them as superior will never have to complain about not being given enough praise.

As at work, Dreamy Idealists are helpful and loyal friends and partners, persons of integrity. Obligations are absolutely sacred to them. The feelings of others are important to them and they love making other people happy. They are satisfied with just a small circle of friends; their need for social contact is not very marked as they also need a lot of time to themselves. Superfluous small talk is not their thing. If one wishes to be friends with them or have a relationship with them, one would have to share their world of thought and be willing to participate in profound discussions. If you manage that you will be rewarded with an exceptionally intensive, rich partnership. Due to their high demands on themselves and others, this personality type tends however to sometimes overload the relationship with romantic and idealistic ideas to such an extent that the partner feels overtaxed or inferior. Dreamy Idealists do not fall in love head over heels but when they do fall in love they want this to be a great, eternal love.

 

Adjectives which describe your type

introverted, theoretical, emotional, spontaneous, idealistic, dreamy, effusive, pleasant, reserved, friendly, passionate, loyal, perfectionist, helpful, creative, composed, curious, obstinate, with integrity, willing to make sacrifices, romantic, cautious, shy, peace-loving, vulnerable, sensitive, communicative, imaginative

These subjects could interest you

literature, philosophy, psychology, music, art (museums), writing, drawing/painting, astrology, spiritual things, meditation, handicrafts, writing, voluntary work

http://www.ipersonic.com/type/DI.html

Jul. 17th, 2008

Clan Kerr

Library Mayhem



Jul. 9th, 2008

Clan Kerr

Ravenwood 2008

Ravenwood 2008 was this last weekend.  Jackie, Stewart and I had a great time and the weather was fantastic.  Not too warm and not too cold (for that area, not too cold is always nice).  We had a subdued sumbel to Viking Fred, an enthusiastic sumbel for Vampyre Mike and a moving sumbel for Steve (Wulf) Corum.  Pasha sang Zombies for Jesus at Steve's memorial for both Mike and Steve.

Now we're home and the central valley is setting heat records again.  Bah!



































Jul. 7th, 2008

Clan Kerr

To Mike, Fred and Steve

A drinking horn is raised to Sig-Fred, Vampyre Mike and Wulf.  Now Wulf can drink without worry, Fred and be the amazing fantastic Viking he always was and Vampyre Mike won't mind playing Zombies For Jesus over and over.  We missed them more than words can say at Ravenwood this weekend.

Hail!

Jun. 25th, 2008

Clan Kerr

Animal Quiz




You're a Tiger!

You've really earned your stripes. People like to sing about your
eyes, which some find to be thrilling. You're rather fond of Detroit, as well as
half the universities and high schools all across America. When people want to calm
you down a bit, they use the word "easy". Overall, you're grrrrreat!



Take the Animal Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Jun. 24th, 2008

Clan Kerr

Smoke Everywhere

We've got a lot of wildfires throughout the state right now and several in the mountains where we are. The smoke is thick enough to make it a hazy day, like a cloudy winter day. We've got the windows shut and are trying to breath. I woke up with a bloody nose yesterday. First time in a very long while.

Hot, smoky and can't breathe. Yeah, it's a black flag day.

Jun. 18th, 2008

Clan Kerr

The Who - Behind Blue Eyes

Jun. 17th, 2008

Clan Kerr

Stan Winston 1946 - 2008

Kinda grieving today. Stan was my all time favorite creature effects guy (Rob Bottin is a close second). When I saw Jurassic Park in the theater, it was amazing. You believed the dinos were real. You knew the Terminator wouldn’t stop and cheered when Ripley yelled at the mother alien and challenged her.

He will be missed.

Stan Winston, 1946 – 2008

Date of Birth
7 April 1946, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Date of Death
15 June 2008, Los Angeles, California, USA (multiple myeloma)

From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news
16 June 2008 1:24 PM, PDT

Stan Winston, an Academy Award-winning special effects and makeup artist known for his work in “Aliens” and “Jurassic Park,” died Sunday after a long struggle with multiple myeloma. He was 62.

Winston won a total of four Oscars in the special effects and makeup categories for his work in “Aliens,” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and “Jurassic Park.”

Besides his four wins, Winston was nominated for several other Academy Awards in the same categories for “Batman Returns” and “Artificial Intelligence,” among others.

Other projects he worked on as special makeup effects artists included “Constantine,” “Pearl Harbor” and “Edward Scissorhands.”

Winston also worked on the visual effects in Jon Favreau’s “Iron Man.” He earned his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2001.
Franck Tabouring

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