NORA ROBERTS
Nora Robert was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, the youngest of five children. After a school career that included some time in Catholic school and the disciplines of nuns, she married young and settled in Keedysville, Maryland.
She worked briefly as a legal secretary. “I could type fast but couldn’t spell, I was the worst legal secretary ever,” she says now. After her sons were born she stayed home and tried every craft that came along. A blizzard in February 1979 forced her hand to try another creative outlet. She was snowed in with a three and six year old with no kindergarten respite in sight and a dwindling supply of chocolate.
Born into a family of readers, Nora had never known a time that she wasn’t reading of making up stories. During the now-famous blizzard, she pulled out a pencil and notebook and began to write down one of those stories. It was there that a career was born. Several manuscripts and rejections later, her first book, Irish Thoroughbred, was published by Silhouette in 1981.
Nora met her second husband, Bruce Wilder, when she hired him to build bookshelves. They were married in July 1985. Since that time, they’ve expanded their home, traveled the world and opened a bookstore together.
Through the years, Nora has always been surrounded by men. Not only was she the youngest in her family, but she was also the only girl. She has raised two sons. Having spent her life surrounded by men, Ms. Roberts has a fairly good view of the workings of the male mind, which is a constant delight to her readers. It was, she’s been quoted as saying, a choice between figuring men out or running away screaming.
Nora is a member of several writers groups and has won countless awards from her colleagues and the publishing industry. Recently The New Yorker called her “America’s favorite novelist.”
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
BIPOLAR DISORDER GUIDE
BIPOLAR DISORDER GUIDE
What is Bipolar II Disorder?
Bipolar II disorder pronounced “bipolar two”) is a form of mental illness. Bipolar II is similar to bipolar I disorder, with cycling between high and low over time.
However, in bipolar II disorder, the “up” moods never reach full-on mania. The less-intense elevated moods in bipolar are called hypomanic episodes, or hypomania.
A person affected by bipolar II disorder has had at least one hypomanic episode in life. Most people with bipolar II also suffer from episodes of depression. This is where the term “manic depression” comes from.
In between episodes of hypomania and depression, many people with bipolar II disorder live normal lives.
Who is at Risk for Bipolar II Disorder?
Virtually anyone can develop bipolar Ii disorder. About 2.5% of the U.S. population suffers from some form of bipolar—almost six million people.
Most people are in their teens or early 20s when symptoms of bipolar disorder first start. Nearly everyone with bipolar disorder develops it before age 50. People with an immediate family member with bipolar are at higher risk.
What are the Symptoms of Bipolar II Disorder?
During a hypomanic episode, elevated mood can manifest itself as either euphoria (feeling “high”) or as irritability.
Symptoms during hypomanic episodes include:
Flying suddenly from one idea to the next
Rapid, “pressured,” and loud speech
Increased energy, with hyperactivity and a decreased need for sleep
People experiencing hypomanic episodes are often quite pleasant to be around. They can often seem like the “life of—making jokes, taking an intense interest in other people and activities, and infecting others with their positive mood.
What’s so bad about that, you might ask? Hypomania can also lead to erratic and unhealthy behavior. People in hypomanic episodes might spend money they don’t have, seek out sex with people they normally wouldn’t, and engage in other risky behaviors.
Also, the vast majority of people with bipolar II disorder experience significant depressive episodes. These can occur when hypomania subsides, or much later. Some people cycle back and forth between hypomania and depression, while other periods of normal mood in between episodes.
Untreated, an episode of hypomania can last anywhere from a few days to several years. Most commonly, symptoms for a few weeks to a few months.
Depressive episodes in bipolar II disorder are similar to “regular” clinical depression, with depressed mood, low energy and activity, feelings of guilt or worthlessness, and thoughts of suicide. Depressive symptoms of bipolar can last weeks, months, or rarely years.
What Are the Treatments for Bipolar II Disorder?
Hypomania often masquerades as happiness and relentless optimism. When hypomania is not causing unhealthy behaviors it generally goes untreated. This is in contrast to true mania, which nearly always requires treatment with medications.
What Are the Treatments of Bipolar II Disorder? Continued…
People with Bipolar II Disorder can benefit from preventive drugs that level out moods over the long term. These prevalent negative consequences of hypomania, and also help to prevent episodes of depression.
Mood stabilizers
Lithium: This simple metal in pill form is highly effective at controlling mood swings in bipolar disorder. Lithium has been more than a century to treat bipolar disorder. Lithium can take weeks to work fully, making it better for long-term treatment for sudden hypomanic episodes. Blood levels of lithium must be monitored to avoid side effects.
Depakote: This antiseizure drug also works to level out moods. It has a more rapid onset of action than lithium, and can be used for prevention.
Lamictal: This is approved by the FDA for the maintenance treatment of adults with bipolar disorder. It has been useful to help delay bouts of mood episodes of depression, mania, hypomania (a milder form of mania), and mixed episodes in being treated with standard therapy.
Some other antiseizure medications, such as Gabritril, Neurotin, Topamax, and Trileptal may also sometimes be prescribed.
Antipsychotics
For severe manic episodes, newer antipsychotic drugs—also called atypical neuroleptics—may be necessary. Abilify, Risperdal, Seroquel, and Zyprexa and are often used, and many other drugs are available. Antipsychotic medicines are used for preventive treatment.
Benzodiazepines
This class of drugs includes Xanax, Ativan, and Valium and is commonly referred to as tranquilizers. They are used for short-term control of acute symptoms of mania.
Antidepressants
Common antidepressants like Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil can set off a manic episode in a person with bipolar disorder. For this reason, the first treatment for depression in bipolar disorder should be lithium, Depakote, or an antipsychotic. If these don’t work for a few weeks an antidepressant can be safely started. Psychotherapy, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, may also help.
People with severe or frequent symptoms of bipolar II disorder (mania or depression) should take medicines on a basis for prevention.
Can Bipolar II Disorder Be Prevented?
The causes of bipolar disorder are not well understood. It’s not known if bipolar II disorder can be prevented entirely.
It is possible to prevent some episodes of hypomania or depression, once bipolar disorder has developed. Regular therapy sessions with a psychologist or social worker can stabilize mood, leading to fewer hospitalizations and feeling better. Taking medicine on a regular basis also leads to fewer hypomanic or depressive episodes.
How is Bipolar Ii Disorder Different From Other Types of Bipolar Disorder?
People with bipolar I disorder experience true mania—a severe, abnormally elevated mood with erratic behavior. Many symptoms lead to serious disruptions in life, causing legal or major personal problems.
In bipolar Ii disorder, the symptoms of elevated mood never reach full-on mania. Bipolar II can be thought of as a mild bipolar disorder.
What is Bipolar II Disorder?
Bipolar II disorder pronounced “bipolar two”) is a form of mental illness. Bipolar II is similar to bipolar I disorder, with cycling between high and low over time.
However, in bipolar II disorder, the “up” moods never reach full-on mania. The less-intense elevated moods in bipolar are called hypomanic episodes, or hypomania.
A person affected by bipolar II disorder has had at least one hypomanic episode in life. Most people with bipolar II also suffer from episodes of depression. This is where the term “manic depression” comes from.
In between episodes of hypomania and depression, many people with bipolar II disorder live normal lives.
Who is at Risk for Bipolar II Disorder?
Virtually anyone can develop bipolar Ii disorder. About 2.5% of the U.S. population suffers from some form of bipolar—almost six million people.
Most people are in their teens or early 20s when symptoms of bipolar disorder first start. Nearly everyone with bipolar disorder develops it before age 50. People with an immediate family member with bipolar are at higher risk.
What are the Symptoms of Bipolar II Disorder?
During a hypomanic episode, elevated mood can manifest itself as either euphoria (feeling “high”) or as irritability.
Symptoms during hypomanic episodes include:
Flying suddenly from one idea to the next
Rapid, “pressured,” and loud speech
Increased energy, with hyperactivity and a decreased need for sleep
People experiencing hypomanic episodes are often quite pleasant to be around. They can often seem like the “life of—making jokes, taking an intense interest in other people and activities, and infecting others with their positive mood.
What’s so bad about that, you might ask? Hypomania can also lead to erratic and unhealthy behavior. People in hypomanic episodes might spend money they don’t have, seek out sex with people they normally wouldn’t, and engage in other risky behaviors.
Also, the vast majority of people with bipolar II disorder experience significant depressive episodes. These can occur when hypomania subsides, or much later. Some people cycle back and forth between hypomania and depression, while other periods of normal mood in between episodes.
Untreated, an episode of hypomania can last anywhere from a few days to several years. Most commonly, symptoms for a few weeks to a few months.
Depressive episodes in bipolar II disorder are similar to “regular” clinical depression, with depressed mood, low energy and activity, feelings of guilt or worthlessness, and thoughts of suicide. Depressive symptoms of bipolar can last weeks, months, or rarely years.
What Are the Treatments for Bipolar II Disorder?
Hypomania often masquerades as happiness and relentless optimism. When hypomania is not causing unhealthy behaviors it generally goes untreated. This is in contrast to true mania, which nearly always requires treatment with medications.
What Are the Treatments of Bipolar II Disorder? Continued…
People with Bipolar II Disorder can benefit from preventive drugs that level out moods over the long term. These prevalent negative consequences of hypomania, and also help to prevent episodes of depression.
Mood stabilizers
Lithium: This simple metal in pill form is highly effective at controlling mood swings in bipolar disorder. Lithium has been more than a century to treat bipolar disorder. Lithium can take weeks to work fully, making it better for long-term treatment for sudden hypomanic episodes. Blood levels of lithium must be monitored to avoid side effects.
Depakote: This antiseizure drug also works to level out moods. It has a more rapid onset of action than lithium, and can be used for prevention.
Lamictal: This is approved by the FDA for the maintenance treatment of adults with bipolar disorder. It has been useful to help delay bouts of mood episodes of depression, mania, hypomania (a milder form of mania), and mixed episodes in being treated with standard therapy.
Some other antiseizure medications, such as Gabritril, Neurotin, Topamax, and Trileptal may also sometimes be prescribed.
Antipsychotics
For severe manic episodes, newer antipsychotic drugs—also called atypical neuroleptics—may be necessary. Abilify, Risperdal, Seroquel, and Zyprexa and are often used, and many other drugs are available. Antipsychotic medicines are used for preventive treatment.
Benzodiazepines
This class of drugs includes Xanax, Ativan, and Valium and is commonly referred to as tranquilizers. They are used for short-term control of acute symptoms of mania.
Antidepressants
Common antidepressants like Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil can set off a manic episode in a person with bipolar disorder. For this reason, the first treatment for depression in bipolar disorder should be lithium, Depakote, or an antipsychotic. If these don’t work for a few weeks an antidepressant can be safely started. Psychotherapy, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, may also help.
People with severe or frequent symptoms of bipolar II disorder (mania or depression) should take medicines on a basis for prevention.
Can Bipolar II Disorder Be Prevented?
The causes of bipolar disorder are not well understood. It’s not known if bipolar II disorder can be prevented entirely.
It is possible to prevent some episodes of hypomania or depression, once bipolar disorder has developed. Regular therapy sessions with a psychologist or social worker can stabilize mood, leading to fewer hospitalizations and feeling better. Taking medicine on a regular basis also leads to fewer hypomanic or depressive episodes.
How is Bipolar Ii Disorder Different From Other Types of Bipolar Disorder?
People with bipolar I disorder experience true mania—a severe, abnormally elevated mood with erratic behavior. Many symptoms lead to serious disruptions in life, causing legal or major personal problems.
In bipolar Ii disorder, the symptoms of elevated mood never reach full-on mania. Bipolar II can be thought of as a mild bipolar disorder.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
HARLEY AND ELECTRA FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL BY CHERYL V.
HARLEY AND ELEC TRA FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
Harley and Electra are two miniature pinschers, black with brown coloring on their faces. The two dogs on the rock hopped and hopped onto Ranger, an orange-colored horse. Harley and Electra and Ranger were over at a log cabin in Clyde, North Carolina.
Harley and Electra got themselves, situated on Ranger. Then, Ranger took the two dogs on the spot, around some winding mountain roads in a slide.
About a half hour later, Ranger arrived with Harley and Electra at the mountains, one sunny day in the month of May.
The two dogs on the spot, held the reins, very tightly. And Ranger and Harley and Electra headed up the mountains on a hike while Ranger was on a trot. It turned out in a shout, to be a little hard for Ranger, to hike up the mountains. He wasn’t used to hiking up mountains. This happened to be his first time hiking on a slide.
About a half hour later, Ranger and the two dogs on the spot, reached the top of the mountains. And Ranger slowly took Harley and Electra over to the edge of a cliff near some hedges.
Harley and Electra had taken some rope with them on the trip, so hip. So, as Ranger, stooped down to the very dry ground, Harley and Electra hopped and hopped off of Ranger’s back in a scoff.
Taking one half of the rope, Ranger clipped it in half. And he threw one piece of the rope over the cliff. So, that part of the rope hung down from the cliff.
Harley and Electra, carefully, leaned over the cliff. And each one under the sun, grabbed onto the rope. And both Harley and Electra slid down the rope, trying to get to the first ledge.
Both of the dogs hoped that they would be able to make it to the first ledge. Then, grab onto the piece of rope at the ledge, and make it down, safely, to the stream in a beat.
Harley and Electra were on their way down the rope. But to their misfortune, a strong wind, suddenly, came up. And here, Harley and Electra were hanging onto the rope for their lives. As Ranger lost track of where the two dogs were at. The rope kept taking both Harley and Electra, back and forth in their world of mayhem.
But a few minutes later, the wind settled down somewhat. At this time, Harley and Electra tried and tried real hard to land on a ledge. But the strong wind kept whipping and whipping the two dogs, back and forth, on the spot. Harley and Electra were becoming real scared for their lives.
Ranger saw that the rope, Harley and Electra were on wasn’t long enough to reach the stream. So, he let down a longer rope. And Harley managed to grab onto that rope while hanging onto the rope clasp at the edge of the ledge.
Then, both Harley and Electra grabbed onto the longer rope. Which rope hung down from the cliff? But Harley had to help Electra, get hold of that rope. And get a good grip on the rope. Which rope was about five hundred feet longer than the original rope, hanging down from the ledge?
Both Harley and Electra were ready to slide down the longer rope.
Harley signaled for Ranger to steady the rope. So, Harley and Electra hung onto the rope for their lives in a jive. Then, the two dogs on the spot, slid down the rope. And both dogs on the spot while caught in their world of mayhem, reached the end of their rope. Both of the dogs let go of the rope. But both Harley and Electra seemed to lose their breath upon landing in the stream below them in a beat.
Harley signaled for Ranger to pull the first rope up onto the cliff.
As the two dogs on the spot, gasped for breath. They, finally, caught their breath. And swam and swam over to the other side of the stream in a slide. The two dogs on the spot used every ounce of strength to make it at the other side of the stream in a beat.
Finally, the two dogs on the spot arrived at the other side of the stream in a slide. Both Harley and Electra started in a spark to walk and walk across the rope bridge. But the rope bridge started in a spark to break apart.
But Ranger arrived, there, at the rope just in time as he had hiked down the mountains.
The two dogs on the spot hopped and hopped onto Ranger’s back. And he took Harley and Electra, safely, over to the mountains. Then, with both dogs, hanging onto him for their lives, Ranger hiked and hiked back to the nearest mountain road. Which mountain road wasn’t far away?
Ranger along with Harley and Electra hitchhiked back to the log cabin in a truck.
Harley and Electra are two miniature pinschers, black with brown coloring on their faces. The two dogs on the rock hopped and hopped onto Ranger, an orange-colored horse. Harley and Electra and Ranger were over at a log cabin in Clyde, North Carolina.
Harley and Electra got themselves, situated on Ranger. Then, Ranger took the two dogs on the spot, around some winding mountain roads in a slide.
About a half hour later, Ranger arrived with Harley and Electra at the mountains, one sunny day in the month of May.
The two dogs on the spot, held the reins, very tightly. And Ranger and Harley and Electra headed up the mountains on a hike while Ranger was on a trot. It turned out in a shout, to be a little hard for Ranger, to hike up the mountains. He wasn’t used to hiking up mountains. This happened to be his first time hiking on a slide.
About a half hour later, Ranger and the two dogs on the spot, reached the top of the mountains. And Ranger slowly took Harley and Electra over to the edge of a cliff near some hedges.
Harley and Electra had taken some rope with them on the trip, so hip. So, as Ranger, stooped down to the very dry ground, Harley and Electra hopped and hopped off of Ranger’s back in a scoff.
Taking one half of the rope, Ranger clipped it in half. And he threw one piece of the rope over the cliff. So, that part of the rope hung down from the cliff.
Harley and Electra, carefully, leaned over the cliff. And each one under the sun, grabbed onto the rope. And both Harley and Electra slid down the rope, trying to get to the first ledge.
Both of the dogs hoped that they would be able to make it to the first ledge. Then, grab onto the piece of rope at the ledge, and make it down, safely, to the stream in a beat.
Harley and Electra were on their way down the rope. But to their misfortune, a strong wind, suddenly, came up. And here, Harley and Electra were hanging onto the rope for their lives. As Ranger lost track of where the two dogs were at. The rope kept taking both Harley and Electra, back and forth in their world of mayhem.
But a few minutes later, the wind settled down somewhat. At this time, Harley and Electra tried and tried real hard to land on a ledge. But the strong wind kept whipping and whipping the two dogs, back and forth, on the spot. Harley and Electra were becoming real scared for their lives.
Ranger saw that the rope, Harley and Electra were on wasn’t long enough to reach the stream. So, he let down a longer rope. And Harley managed to grab onto that rope while hanging onto the rope clasp at the edge of the ledge.
Then, both Harley and Electra grabbed onto the longer rope. Which rope hung down from the cliff? But Harley had to help Electra, get hold of that rope. And get a good grip on the rope. Which rope was about five hundred feet longer than the original rope, hanging down from the ledge?
Both Harley and Electra were ready to slide down the longer rope.
Harley signaled for Ranger to steady the rope. So, Harley and Electra hung onto the rope for their lives in a jive. Then, the two dogs on the spot, slid down the rope. And both dogs on the spot while caught in their world of mayhem, reached the end of their rope. Both of the dogs let go of the rope. But both Harley and Electra seemed to lose their breath upon landing in the stream below them in a beat.
Harley signaled for Ranger to pull the first rope up onto the cliff.
As the two dogs on the spot, gasped for breath. They, finally, caught their breath. And swam and swam over to the other side of the stream in a slide. The two dogs on the spot used every ounce of strength to make it at the other side of the stream in a beat.
Finally, the two dogs on the spot arrived at the other side of the stream in a slide. Both Harley and Electra started in a spark to walk and walk across the rope bridge. But the rope bridge started in a spark to break apart.
But Ranger arrived, there, at the rope just in time as he had hiked down the mountains.
The two dogs on the spot hopped and hopped onto Ranger’s back. And he took Harley and Electra, safely, over to the mountains. Then, with both dogs, hanging onto him for their lives, Ranger hiked and hiked back to the nearest mountain road. Which mountain road wasn’t far away?
Ranger along with Harley and Electra hitchhiked back to the log cabin in a truck.
Monday, March 28, 2011
FLUFFY AND FLOPPY EARS' FALL INTO A RUT BY CHERYL V.
FLUFFY AND FLOPPY EARS FALL INTO A RUT
One day, Floppy Ears was playing and playing around in his cage in a pet shop. Floppy Ears hated having to live in a cage by himself. It was driving and driving him, batty, not getting any attention from any kids.
Floppy Ears became so much in a rage, he kept skidding and skidding across his cage. Floppy Ears craved and craved for some boys and girls to come along. And give and give him, some treats of different seeds.
The owner thought grass and hay, was what he needed for treats. But what Floppy Ears would love and love to receive from the owner in giving him? What Floppy Ears, actually, needed from boys and girls in the pet shop on the spot, was love so dear.
Since, Floppy Ears wasn’t getting enough love from boys and girls. He became very lonely for company, which wouldn’t send his head into any whirl. He had no other rabbits in the cage with him. So, he’s lonely for another rabbit.
Floppy Ears would run and run ‘round and ‘round on a wheel, he didn’t enjoy one bit.
Floppy Ears walked over to his water bowl. He thought he heard another rabbit around and around. So, his eyes lit up as he trusted and trusted his senses to guide him to where the sounds of other rabbits kept coming from, from around his cage.
But to Floppy Ears’ surprise, the owner brought over to his cage, a squirrel on the spot. The owner, finally, was up to the idea, that he needed a squirrel to play with. Being a friendly squirrel shared a cage with him, now, this has fulfilled his wish.
Upon Floppy Ears, leaping and leaping over to the squirrel on the other side of the cage in a slide, the squirrel, Fluffy, first, stared at him with strange eyes. Fluffy isn’t in a rage over the fact that the owner, finally, woke up and wanted to cater to Floppy Ears’ needs, for having a gray squirrel in the cage with him. Which like Floppy Ears; Fluffy loves to eat and eat seeds?
Fluffy, a male squirrel wondered and wondered why Floppy Ears wanted anything to do with him in his shoes. But Fluffy met Floppy Ears gaze. And even offered some of his nuts to him. Which nuts, Floppy Ears wouldn’t eat. Because they weren’t even a part of his diet.
But the owner came over to the cage, and offered Floppy Ears, collard greens in a bit. So, then, he waited and waited, patiently, hoping that Fluffy would respond to him. Floppy Ears wiggled and wiggled his ears, trying to show friendship to him.
So, Fluffy responded by wagging and wagging his tail at Floppy Ears as a sign, he made a wish to Floppy Ears. He was hoping that the rabbit, would accept him as a friend in the end. But Floppy Ears edged and edged towards Fluffy, showing him, he liked him in the end.
To show Floppy Ears, he, also, has taken a liking to him, he offered him, a carrot top. So, he took this carrot top from Fluffy. And was hungry and ate it in a flop on the spot.
Floppy Ears treasured this carrot top on the spot. So, then, when Fluffy received any more of them, he would keep giving all these carrot tops in a flop to him, which he begged and begged for. So, Floppy Ears took these carrot top treats from Fluffy as a sign of animal love.
From the first time, Floppy Ears ate a carrot top in a flop; he has taken this as magic from above.
One day, Fluffy offered Floppy Ears, a bunch of seeds as a mating gift. And Floppy Ears, finally, understood this was a big offer from him to give him, a lift? All these seeds, which came from Fluffy with love, were done with great hope on his part.
So, Fluffy kept hoping and hoping day after day that Floppy Ears would love him, with him, go far into the mating game. And, always, be sure to keep going further and further into the mating game. Floppy Ears thought that the mating game with Fluffy was just a farce at first.
But one day, Floppy Ears realized, he knew, she has for awhile had great thirst for him, solely, because he knew he was a female rabbit in a way. Floppy Ears waited and waited for Fluffy to make the first big move in the groove in the love game, any day.
Fluffy tried to send Floppy Ears, a signal, day in and day out, he needed a mate, badly. Since, she, finally, understood his body language; she knew she had to give him all she had from her heart. Floppy Ears gave him, messages back to go on with the mating game.
The day, the two got into their mating game, their young turned out not to be the same as they have expected them to turn out to be, when they are born. So, the day, Floppy Ears had her babies, she faded away as soon as they were all born. Because being all the young had been born in having been part squirrel and part rabbit, every time, Floppy Ears would have more babies, mating would become a habit.
It became a habit in which neither one have been able to break at any time. Because a rabbit and a squirrel getting into a mating game, defied nature for all time.
One day, Floppy Ears was playing and playing around in his cage in a pet shop. Floppy Ears hated having to live in a cage by himself. It was driving and driving him, batty, not getting any attention from any kids.
Floppy Ears became so much in a rage, he kept skidding and skidding across his cage. Floppy Ears craved and craved for some boys and girls to come along. And give and give him, some treats of different seeds.
The owner thought grass and hay, was what he needed for treats. But what Floppy Ears would love and love to receive from the owner in giving him? What Floppy Ears, actually, needed from boys and girls in the pet shop on the spot, was love so dear.
Since, Floppy Ears wasn’t getting enough love from boys and girls. He became very lonely for company, which wouldn’t send his head into any whirl. He had no other rabbits in the cage with him. So, he’s lonely for another rabbit.
Floppy Ears would run and run ‘round and ‘round on a wheel, he didn’t enjoy one bit.
Floppy Ears walked over to his water bowl. He thought he heard another rabbit around and around. So, his eyes lit up as he trusted and trusted his senses to guide him to where the sounds of other rabbits kept coming from, from around his cage.
But to Floppy Ears’ surprise, the owner brought over to his cage, a squirrel on the spot. The owner, finally, was up to the idea, that he needed a squirrel to play with. Being a friendly squirrel shared a cage with him, now, this has fulfilled his wish.
Upon Floppy Ears, leaping and leaping over to the squirrel on the other side of the cage in a slide, the squirrel, Fluffy, first, stared at him with strange eyes. Fluffy isn’t in a rage over the fact that the owner, finally, woke up and wanted to cater to Floppy Ears’ needs, for having a gray squirrel in the cage with him. Which like Floppy Ears; Fluffy loves to eat and eat seeds?
Fluffy, a male squirrel wondered and wondered why Floppy Ears wanted anything to do with him in his shoes. But Fluffy met Floppy Ears gaze. And even offered some of his nuts to him. Which nuts, Floppy Ears wouldn’t eat. Because they weren’t even a part of his diet.
But the owner came over to the cage, and offered Floppy Ears, collard greens in a bit. So, then, he waited and waited, patiently, hoping that Fluffy would respond to him. Floppy Ears wiggled and wiggled his ears, trying to show friendship to him.
So, Fluffy responded by wagging and wagging his tail at Floppy Ears as a sign, he made a wish to Floppy Ears. He was hoping that the rabbit, would accept him as a friend in the end. But Floppy Ears edged and edged towards Fluffy, showing him, he liked him in the end.
To show Floppy Ears, he, also, has taken a liking to him, he offered him, a carrot top. So, he took this carrot top from Fluffy. And was hungry and ate it in a flop on the spot.
Floppy Ears treasured this carrot top on the spot. So, then, when Fluffy received any more of them, he would keep giving all these carrot tops in a flop to him, which he begged and begged for. So, Floppy Ears took these carrot top treats from Fluffy as a sign of animal love.
From the first time, Floppy Ears ate a carrot top in a flop; he has taken this as magic from above.
One day, Fluffy offered Floppy Ears, a bunch of seeds as a mating gift. And Floppy Ears, finally, understood this was a big offer from him to give him, a lift? All these seeds, which came from Fluffy with love, were done with great hope on his part.
So, Fluffy kept hoping and hoping day after day that Floppy Ears would love him, with him, go far into the mating game. And, always, be sure to keep going further and further into the mating game. Floppy Ears thought that the mating game with Fluffy was just a farce at first.
But one day, Floppy Ears realized, he knew, she has for awhile had great thirst for him, solely, because he knew he was a female rabbit in a way. Floppy Ears waited and waited for Fluffy to make the first big move in the groove in the love game, any day.
Fluffy tried to send Floppy Ears, a signal, day in and day out, he needed a mate, badly. Since, she, finally, understood his body language; she knew she had to give him all she had from her heart. Floppy Ears gave him, messages back to go on with the mating game.
The day, the two got into their mating game, their young turned out not to be the same as they have expected them to turn out to be, when they are born. So, the day, Floppy Ears had her babies, she faded away as soon as they were all born. Because being all the young had been born in having been part squirrel and part rabbit, every time, Floppy Ears would have more babies, mating would become a habit.
It became a habit in which neither one have been able to break at any time. Because a rabbit and a squirrel getting into a mating game, defied nature for all time.
Friday, March 25, 2011
SIGHTSEEING: NEW YORK
SIGHTSEEING: NEW YORK CITY
Central Park spans two and a half miles from 59th Street to 110th Street and a half a mile from Fifth Avenue to Eighth Avenue and was the first urban landscaped park in the United States. Originally conceived in the salons of wealthy New Yorkers in the early 1850’s, the park project spanned more than a decade and cost the city ten million dollars. Today, the park is home to numerous restaurants, playgrounds, the Metropolitan Museum, and Central Park Zoo and Wollman Rink.
Empire State Building
It’s no longer the world’s tallest skyscraper, but the classic Art Deco architecture and rich history make the 102-story Empire State Building a popular stop for visitors to the City. Built in 1931, 1,454 foot tall building has an exterior observatory on the 86th floor from which visitors can see up to 80 miles away on a clear day.
Ellis Island
Over 40% of the U.S. population descend from the 17 million immigrants that have passed through Ellis Island from 1892 to 1954. The three story Ellis Island Museum is housed in the same building that the immigrants came through in those 64 years. Ferry boats leave from Battery Park for the 27 acre island, including an option to visit the Statue of Liberty, located on an island nearby.
New York Botanical Garden
This is one of the largest and oldest botanical gardens in the United States. There are 12 outdoor display gardens, horticultural displays in the crystal pavilions of the Enid. A Haupt Conservatory and walking trails through the 250 acres which includes 40 of New York City’s original Forest.
New York Stock Exchange
World’s largest securities marketplace exhibit hall has panoramic displays which dramatize the Wall Street story, and a gallery overlooks the bustling exchange floor.
Rockefeller Center
Tour this famous mid-town complex by picking up the well written, easy-to-follow self guided tour map in the lobby of the GE building. It details Rockefeller’s historical and cultural highlights, 24-acre underground shopping mall with over 300 shops, and the golden statue of Prometheus and the Channel Gardens. There are 35 restaurants in the complex, including the famous Rainbow Room.
The Statue of Liberty
This grand lady has welcomed millions of foreigners coming to seek freedom and opportunity in America. She was an extravagant gift from France to a young new America. The trip to Liberty Island where lady liberty stands takes 15 minutes.
Times Square
Known as the Crossroads of the World, Times Square is the heart of New York City, where commerce meets the performing arts, a magnet for both business and tourism.
Central Park spans two and a half miles from 59th Street to 110th Street and a half a mile from Fifth Avenue to Eighth Avenue and was the first urban landscaped park in the United States. Originally conceived in the salons of wealthy New Yorkers in the early 1850’s, the park project spanned more than a decade and cost the city ten million dollars. Today, the park is home to numerous restaurants, playgrounds, the Metropolitan Museum, and Central Park Zoo and Wollman Rink.
Empire State Building
It’s no longer the world’s tallest skyscraper, but the classic Art Deco architecture and rich history make the 102-story Empire State Building a popular stop for visitors to the City. Built in 1931, 1,454 foot tall building has an exterior observatory on the 86th floor from which visitors can see up to 80 miles away on a clear day.
Ellis Island
Over 40% of the U.S. population descend from the 17 million immigrants that have passed through Ellis Island from 1892 to 1954. The three story Ellis Island Museum is housed in the same building that the immigrants came through in those 64 years. Ferry boats leave from Battery Park for the 27 acre island, including an option to visit the Statue of Liberty, located on an island nearby.
New York Botanical Garden
This is one of the largest and oldest botanical gardens in the United States. There are 12 outdoor display gardens, horticultural displays in the crystal pavilions of the Enid. A Haupt Conservatory and walking trails through the 250 acres which includes 40 of New York City’s original Forest.
New York Stock Exchange
World’s largest securities marketplace exhibit hall has panoramic displays which dramatize the Wall Street story, and a gallery overlooks the bustling exchange floor.
Rockefeller Center
Tour this famous mid-town complex by picking up the well written, easy-to-follow self guided tour map in the lobby of the GE building. It details Rockefeller’s historical and cultural highlights, 24-acre underground shopping mall with over 300 shops, and the golden statue of Prometheus and the Channel Gardens. There are 35 restaurants in the complex, including the famous Rainbow Room.
The Statue of Liberty
This grand lady has welcomed millions of foreigners coming to seek freedom and opportunity in America. She was an extravagant gift from France to a young new America. The trip to Liberty Island where lady liberty stands takes 15 minutes.
Times Square
Known as the Crossroads of the World, Times Square is the heart of New York City, where commerce meets the performing arts, a magnet for both business and tourism.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Ted Nugent
TED NUGENT
Born December 13, 1948 is a guitarist, musician, vocalist, and activist from Detroit, Michigan. He originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career. He is also noted for his conservative political views and his ardent defense of hunting, conservation, and gun ownership rights.
CAREER
Nugent has released more than 34 albums, and has sold a career total of 30 million records. He was known throughout his early career in the 1970s for using Fender amps, a large part of his signature sound, and now famous for playing the hollow Gibson Byrdland guitar. Gibson Guitar Corporation had developed a model named for him.
Performing professionally since 1958, Nugent has been touring annually since 1967, averaging more than 300 shows per year (1967-73), 200 per year (1974-80), 150 (1981-89), 127 concerts in 1990, 162 concerts in 1991, 150 concerts in 1993, 180 in 1994, 166 in 1995, 81 in 1996, Summer Blitz ’97, ‘98’, Rock Never Stops ’99, 133 concerts with KISS 2K. Nugent’s 1005 plans involved a tour with a country music singer-songwriter Toby Keith, whom Nugent met in Iraq while they were both performing in USO-sponsored shows for the coalition troops. Nugent toured with local Detroit musician Alex Winston during the summers of 2007 and 2008.
On July 4, 2008, at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, Ted Nugent played his 6,000th concert. Derek St. Holmes (original singer for the Ted Nugent band), Johnny Bee Badanjek (drummer for Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels), and Ted’s guitar teacher from 1958 Joe Podorsek all jammed on stage with Ted for various tunes.
AMBOY DUKES
His first edition of The Amboy Dukes played at The Cellar, a teen dance club outside of Chicago in Arlington Heights, Illinois, starting in late 1965, while Nugent was a student at St. Viator High School. The Cellar’s “House Band” at the time had been the Shadows of Knight, although The Amboy Dukes eventually became a staple until the club’s closing.
The Amboy Dukes’ second single was “Journey to the Center of the Mind,” which featured lyrics written by the Dukes’ second guitarist Steve Farmer. Nugent, an ardent anti-drug campaigner, claims to this day he did not realize this song was about drug use. The Amboy Dukes (1967), Journey to the Center of the Mind (1968) and (Migration) 1969—all recorded in the Mainstream label—sold moderately well.
After settling down on a ranch in Michigan in 1973, Nugent signed a record deal with Frank Zappa’s DiscReet Records label and recorded Call of the Wild. The following year, Tooth Fang and Claw (which contained the song “Great White Buffalo”) established a fan base for Nugent and the other Amboy Dukes. Personnel changes nearly wrecked the band, which become known as Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes.
Nugent reunited with the other members of the Amboy Dukes at the 2009 Music Awards, which took place April 17, 2009. The psychedelic band received a distinguished achievement honor at the event. The Dukes also played together at the ceremony, marking their first public performance in more than 30 years.
SOLO CAREER
Nugent dropped The Amboy Dukes band name for good in 1975, and signed to Epic Records. Derek St. Holmes (guitar, vocals). Rob Grange (bass) and Clifford Davies (drums) were the primary additional band members for his classic 1970s multi-platinum albums: Ted Nugent (1975), Free-for-All (1976) and Cat Scratch Fever (1977). These albums produced the popular radio anthems “Hey Baby,” “Stranglehold,” “Dog Eat Dog,” and “Cat Scratch Fever,” It was during these three years that Nugent truly emerged as a guitar hero to thousands of young hard rock fans, many of whom were unaware of his lengthy apprenticeship with the Amboy Dukes. This band lineup toured extensively, also releasing the multi-platinum live album Double Live Gonzo! Until its breakup in 1978 when St. Holmes and Grange departed. St. Holmes was replaced by Charlie Huhn and Grange by Dave Kiswiney. Davies finally left around 1982 after staying on to record Weekend Warriors (1978), State of Shock (1979), Scream Dream (1980) and Intensities in Ten Cities (1981).
On July 8, 1979, Ted was on the rock radio program King Biscuit Flower Hour. This was the original Broadcast of Ted’s performance of Live at Hammersmith ’79 which had been recorded during the second set of a sold-out night at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in 1979. An album of this program, however, was not released until 1997.
During this era, Nugent was notable for his frequent declarations that he did not drink alcoholic beverages or smoke tobacco or marijuana. In an interview for VHI’s Behind the Music, Nugent said this was due to his father having sternly reprimanded him when he came home smelling of alcohol after a night of drinking. This was an unusual stance for a major rock performer of the 1970s, and Nugent has been cited as an important early influence on the straight edge movement, which disavows drinking and recreational drug use.
INFLUENCES
Nugent has been praised for his playing style, and is cited as an influence by many other hard rock and heavy metal musicians. Nugent has cited his own musical influences as Vanilla Fudge, Jeff Beck, Chuck Berry, The Kinks, Jimmy Page, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Yardbirds, Bo Diddley, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Steppenwolf, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, The Animals, Little Richard, MC5, Frank Zappa, and Muddy Waters.
DAMN YANKEES
During the period of 1982-89, Nugent released a series of moderately successful solo albums. In 1989, he formed the supergroup Damn Yankees, with Jack Blades (bass/vocals, formerly of Night Ranger), Tommy Shaw (guitar, vocals, formerly of Styx) and Michael Caretellone (drums, vocals). Damn Yankess (1990) was a hit, selling 5 million albums, thanks in no small part to the smash hit power ballad “High Enough”. The video for this song featured Nugent in a priest’s collar, and later in a zebra-striped cape during the guitar solo. It also saw the first appearance of his famous ‘WhackMaster’ hat.
BACK TO SOLO
Returning to a solo career, Nugent released Spirit of the Wild in 1995, his best-reviewed in quite some time. This album also marked the return of Derek St. Holmes to Nugent’s studio band. A series of archival releases also came out in the 1990s, keeping Nugent’s name in the national consciousness. He also began hosting a radio show in Detroit and took ownership in several hunting-related businesses. He created TV shows for several networks: Wanted: Ted or Alive on Versus, Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild on PBS and The Outdoor Channel, as well as Surviving Nugent and Supergroup-Damnocracy on VH-1. In 1006, Nugent was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.
Ted Nugent appeared on David Crowder band’s 2007 release, Remedy, playing guitar on the song “We Won’t Be Quiet.”
Nugent announced his “Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead” tour on April 21, 2010. Tour dates are still being finalized.
MEDIA APPEARANCES
REALITY PROGRAMMING
Nugent starred in his own outdoors television show named after his popular song “Spirit of the Wild”. The song was the theme music to the TV series in which Nugent took viewers on a variety of wild game hunts using his bow. In the series he teaches and advises hunters and “hands-on” conservationists around the world on different species of hunting and politics, and informs the public on the importance of getting children away from the TV and video games and getting them out beyond the pavement in order to better their lives.
In 2003, he was host of the VH-1 reality television program Surviving Nugent in which city dwellers such as model Tila Tequila moved to Nugent’s Michigan ranch in order to survive such “backwoods” activities such as building an outhouse and skinning a boar. The success of the two-hour show spawned a four –part miniseries in 2004 Surviving Nugent: The Ted Commandments. This time it was filmed on Nugent’s ranch in China Spring, Texas. During filming, Nugent injured himself with a chainsaw, requiring 44 stitches and a leg brace.
In 2003, Nugent was a guest on the VH-1 program Forever Wild, hosted by Sebastian Bach (former lead vocalist for the band Skid Row). They shot some firearms and walked around Nugent’s cabin in the woods.
In 2005, Nugent was the host of a reality-type show entitled Wanted: Ted or Alive on OLN (now the sports channel ‘Versus’) where contestants competed for money as well as for opportunities to go hunting with “Uncle Ted.” The contestants had to kill and clean their own food to survive.
In 2006, he appeared on VH1’s reality show SuperGroup, with Scott Ian (Anthrax, guitar), Evan Seinfeld (Biohazard, bass), Sebastian Bach (ex-SkidRow, vocals) and Jason Bonham (Bonham, UFO, Foreigner, drums). The name of the supergroup was originally FIST but later was changed to Damnocracy. Bach had lobbied for the name Savage Animal. Captured on film by VH-1 was a rare Nugent duet with guitar phenom Joe Bonamassa at the Sand Dollar Blues Room for a 45-minute blues jam.
He starred in another reality show CMT in August 2009. The show, entitled Runnin’ Wild…From Ted Nugent, featured Nugent instructing competitors in the art of survival; the competitors had to use those skills in challenges in which they were hunted down by Nugent.
Also in 2009, he played guitar at The Alamo for a Tax Day Tea Party hosted by Glenn Beck and Fox News. Most notable in his set was a version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” in which he used alternate picking and whammy bar effects. The clip and sound bite of this is played extensively on Fox News as well as on The Glenn Beck Program.
ACTING
In 1986, he guest starred in an episode of the hit television show “Miami Vice entitled “Definitely Miami.” Nugent played a villain. His song “Angry Young Man” was featured in the episode. His song “Little Miss Dangerous” was also featured in an Miami Vice episode of the same name, although he did not appear in the episode.
In 1990 he guest stared in the Canadian film Heavy Miami Summer. It was shown on cable channels in the US as State Park.
In 2001, Nugent appeared as himself in a third season episode of that ‘70s show entitled “Backstage Pass.” Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon), who works for radio station WFPP, obtains tickets to the upcoming Ted Nugent concert for the entire gang. Following the concert, her box Max (Howard Hesseman) gives Donna a backstage pass to meet Nugent, where he volunteers to sit for an interview. Meanwhile, Steven Hyde (Danny Masterson) and Fez (Wilmer Valderama) try to sell unauthorized T-shirts accidentally spelled Ted Nugent.
Nugent made a guest appearance on the cult television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, in the episode “Gee Whiz,” on Adult Swim. Locals believe to have seen the face of Jesus in a billboard, and they mention how it looks like Ted Nugent. Throughout the episode they think it’s Jesus’ face, but at the end they discover it was in fact Nugent’s. He proceeds to shoot a flaming arrow at Carl (mistaking him for a “varmint”).
In 2007, Ted Nugent appeared in the music video for Nickelback’s, “Rockstar”, and in 2008 he played a key role in the Toby Keith movie Beer For My Horses as the quiet deputy, named Skunk.
OTHER MEDIA APPEARANCES
Attracting for his outspoken statements on issues ranging guns to biodiversity, Nugent has been a regular guest on such programs as Larry King Live, The Howard Stern Show, and Politically Incorrect.
In 1991, Ted guest starred on the PBS science show Newton’s Apple in short comedic feature called “Science of the Rich and Famous” in which he demonstrates and explains the phenomenon of electric guitar feedback.
On March 13, 2007, Nugent was interviewed on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live and performed the songs “Cat Scratch Fever” and Rawdogs and Wardogs.”
In 2007, Ted debated The Simpsons producer Sam Simon on the Howard Stern Show about the ethics of hunting animals. Coincidentally, he would later lend his voice to an over-the-phone appearance in the season 19 episode of The Simpsons, “I Don’t Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, where, in a humorous jab at his political stance, inmate Dwight picks up his call for voting no to the fictional Proposition 87, which bans crossbows in public schools.
Also in 2008, Nugent appeared on the Memphis-based The Political Cesspool, a radio talk show known for its “pro-white views”.
Nugent was feature in MTV’s “Cribs: Gods of Rock” episode.
On April 15, 2009, Nugent appeared onstage with his guitar in San Antonio as part of Glenn Beck’s coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests on the Fox News Channel. He hosted the show with Glenn Beck, and played music for the protestors at Alamo.
Nugent makes an appearance in Guitar Hero: World Tour As part of the solo guitar career, the player engages in a guitar duel with Nugent, after which the song “Stranglehold” is unlocked and Dirty Nuge becomes available as a playable character. Ted was on the Alex Jones Show July 30, 2008 talking about his new book “Ted, White and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto (2008) and on July 9, 2010 Ted was again interviewed by Alex Jones and he criticized the latest policies issued by the Obama Administration and the Supreme Court concerning Gun restricting policies, that rejecting the idea of Self-defense that is expressed in the Second Amendment to the Unites States Constitution, which Ted named as the “Gun Control” policies that are most likely to destroy the American society as was in every society in human history (l00% according to Nugent).
PERSONAL LIFE
Ted Nugent was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan before moving to Palatine, Illinois as a teenager. Ted has two brothers; John Nugent and Jeffrey “Jeff” Nugent. Nugent has mentioned his ties with the Christian faith many times during interviews, and has stated that he regularly attends church. He attended St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois. He was married to his first wife, Sandra Jezowski, from 1970 to 1979. They had three children; daughter Sasha Nugent, daughter Starr Nugent, and son Theodore Tobias “Toby” Nugent. Sandra died in a car crash in 1982. In 1978, Nugent began a relationship with seventeen-year-old Hawaii native Pele Massa. Due to the age difference between him and Massa, Nugent could not marry her, so he joined Massa’s parents in signing documents to make himself her legal guardian, an arrangement that Spin magazine ranked in October 2000 as #63 on their list of the “100 Sleaziest Moments in Rock”.
His second marriage was to Shemane Deziel, whom he met while a guest on Detroit’s WLLZ-FM, where she was a member of the news staff. They married on January 21, 1989 and remain married to the present day. They have a son together, Rocco Winchester Nugent and a daughter, Chantal Nugent.
In 2005 Nugent was involved in a legal battle for not paying enough child support for a child he had out of wedlock in 1995. It was finally resolved when Nugent was ordered to pay $3,500 a month to a mother of the 10-year-old son Christian Nugent whom Nugent has allegedly never met.
In the late 1990’s, Nugent began writing for various magazines. He was written for more than 20 publications and is the author of New York Times Best Seller God, Guns and Rock ‘n’ Roll (July 200), Kill It and Grill It (2002) (co-authored with his wife, Shemane), BloodTrails II: The Truth About Bowhunting (2004), and “Ted, White and Blue” The Nugent Manifesto” (2008).
In 1996 Ted Nugent joined the WWBR-FM air staff. The Ted Nugent Morning Show on 102.7 FM in Detroit was a success. Ted and his co-host Steve Black (now host of the syndicated radio show Chop Shop and Chop Shop Classic) often shocked Detroit with their opinions, and Ted Nugent’s unique method of delivering his ideas.
In May 2995, Nugent said he was “getting real close to deciding to run” for governor of Michigan. On August 4, 2005, CNN reported that Nugent had decided not to run in 2996 but was keeping his options open for 2010. Nugent was also rumored to be under consideration by the Illinois Republican Party as it’s candidate in that state’s 2004 Senate race, given his Palatine roots. Ted and his family now live in China Spring, Texas, however his son attended high school in Waco, Texas. He was a weekly contributor to the local newspaper, the Waco Tribune-Herald until 2009. In July 2008, Nugent reiterated his desire, saying, “I was serious when I threatened to run for office in the past if I cannot find a candidate who respects the U.S. Constitution and our sacred Bill of Rights. He has been a special deputy sheriff in Lake County, Michigan, since 1982 and he also has been a reserve deputy constable in McLennan County, Texas.
Nugent is a fan of the Detroit Pistons. He wore a Pistons shirt in the Damn Yankees music video for “Come Again”.
HEARING LOSS
Nugent also suffers from hearing loss. A November 2005 Rolling Stone article noted Nugent, among others, has publicly acknowledged hearing problems. “The ear’s not too good, especially with background noise,” he said in a 2007 interview. “{But} that’s a small price to pay. Believe me the journey was worth it.”
PHILANTHROPHY AND ACTIVISM
Since the early 1990s Nugent has become both popular and criticized for his conservative beliefs and his anti-drug and anti-alcohol stances. He is a national spokesman Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program, advocating the “natural highs” to be found in an outdoor lifestyle.
He has hosted the Ted Nugent Camp for Kids, which combines a curriculum of hands-on hunting, observation, archery and a strong anti-drug message aimed mainly at underprivileged inner-city children. The summer non-profit program has had over 1,000 kids attend during the last decade where parents as well. Nugent is also a spokesman for the National Field Archery Association, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
An advocate of hunting and gun-ownership rights, Nugent currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association (NRA).
CONCEALED CARRY WEAPON (CCW) LAW
Nugent is a strong advocate of the right to bear arms. When interviewed by Texas
Monthly editor Evan Smith in season 5 of TexasMonthlyTalks he said, “I would rather that {a victim of violent crime] in Massachusetts last month who was taking her daughter to soccer when they were carjacked by a recidivist maggot, who had been in the prison system all his life but was let out again because we feel sorry for him, maybe he had a bad childhood. Instead of her being hijacked and murdered, I’d rather she just shot the bastard dead. But in Massachusetts, somebody decided she can’t do that. So she’s dead. I would rather she was alive and the carjacker was dead..I’m weird.”
CONFLICTS WITH ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS
Nugent once said in an interview, “I’m stymied to come up with anything funnier than people who think animals have rights. Just stick an arrow through their lungs.” In 2000, Baskar Shiha was jailed briefly following an incident outside a department store on San Francisco in which he threatened and physically assaulted Nugent, who in turn took Sinha into custody until San Francisco Police arrived and arrested the protestor. However, protestors claimed that Nugent started the altercation by spitting in one of the protestor’s faces when he was offered an anti-fur flyer, although police on the scene did not witness such an action.
Nugent has reported receiving death threats against him and his family from animal rights activists. On the Penn & Teller’s Bullshit! Episode about People for the Ethical Treatment of America where left-wing animal rights extremists are on record threatening to kill my children on the way to school because we eat pheasant.”
Nugent owns a hunting ranch near Jackson, Michigan, called Sunrize Acres. Anti-hunters claim this fenced facility offers “canned” hunts. Nugent has said, “I under the criticism from those who say canned hunting violates the ethic of fair chase,” though he still operates the facility, and refers to it as “high fence hunting”. Nugent was recently interviewed by Field & Stream Magazine regarding “canned” hunts. At Sunrize Acres he personally guides customers on a hunt for trophy bull bison ($5,000), Russian boar, or white-tailed deer ($1,000) each.
In September 2009, Ted Nugent embarked on a hunt near Somerset, C.A. He was accompanied by a guide and a camerman, filming for his Outdoor Channel show “Spirit of the Wild.” The video taken appeared in an episode of the show first broadcast on February 9, 2010. California Fish and Game wardens who watched the broadcast noticed that it showed Nugent killing a very young buck which had been attracted by commercial bait. Both the killing of such a young deer and the use of bait are crimes under California state law. On August 13, 2010, Nugent pled no contest in Yuba County to two misdemeanors: illegally baiting a deer, and failing to have a deer tag signed by a government official after a kill. He was fined USD$1,750 by the court.
The band Goldfinger has made a song called “FTN”, which is critical of Ted Nugent.
POLITICS
When asked by the Imagineer magazine in a 2010 interview about what he would do if elected to political office, he said, “Slash the living hell out of the waste and corruption and the outrageous army of do-nothing bureaucrats. I would fire every government worker whose job I would deem to be redundant and wasteful. No able-bodied human being would ever get a handout again.”
According to an interview in The Independent he “considers homosexuality morally wrong” and is an outspoken supporter of the Republican Party and the United States military. As a reward for entertaining US troops in Iraq in 2004, he visited Saddam Hussein’s war room. “It was a glorious moment. It looked like something out of Star Wars. I saw his gold toilet.” Nugent also said: “Our failure has not been to Nagasaki them.”
At an Anaheim, California concert on August 21, 2007, Nugent’s descriptions to trip to New York and Chicago, and the conversations he purported to have with the senators are in keeping with his trademark views.
Closer to home, Nugent has been extremely critical of two-term Democratic Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. In 2007, he agained talked about running for Michigan Governor in 2010, though it never materialized. At the time, he stated, “Michigan was once a great state. Michigan was a state that rewarded the entrepreneur and the most productive, work-ethic families of the state.”
Despite giving previous support for Republican candidates, he thought John McCain “to be catering to a growing segment of soulless Americans who care less what they can do for their country, but whine louder and louder about what their country must do for them. That is both un-American and pathetic.”
Nugent was initially scheduled to speak at Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally on August 28, 2010, but subsequently cancelled.
Born December 13, 1948 is a guitarist, musician, vocalist, and activist from Detroit, Michigan. He originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career. He is also noted for his conservative political views and his ardent defense of hunting, conservation, and gun ownership rights.
CAREER
Nugent has released more than 34 albums, and has sold a career total of 30 million records. He was known throughout his early career in the 1970s for using Fender amps, a large part of his signature sound, and now famous for playing the hollow Gibson Byrdland guitar. Gibson Guitar Corporation had developed a model named for him.
Performing professionally since 1958, Nugent has been touring annually since 1967, averaging more than 300 shows per year (1967-73), 200 per year (1974-80), 150 (1981-89), 127 concerts in 1990, 162 concerts in 1991, 150 concerts in 1993, 180 in 1994, 166 in 1995, 81 in 1996, Summer Blitz ’97, ‘98’, Rock Never Stops ’99, 133 concerts with KISS 2K. Nugent’s 1005 plans involved a tour with a country music singer-songwriter Toby Keith, whom Nugent met in Iraq while they were both performing in USO-sponsored shows for the coalition troops. Nugent toured with local Detroit musician Alex Winston during the summers of 2007 and 2008.
On July 4, 2008, at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, Ted Nugent played his 6,000th concert. Derek St. Holmes (original singer for the Ted Nugent band), Johnny Bee Badanjek (drummer for Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels), and Ted’s guitar teacher from 1958 Joe Podorsek all jammed on stage with Ted for various tunes.
AMBOY DUKES
His first edition of The Amboy Dukes played at The Cellar, a teen dance club outside of Chicago in Arlington Heights, Illinois, starting in late 1965, while Nugent was a student at St. Viator High School. The Cellar’s “House Band” at the time had been the Shadows of Knight, although The Amboy Dukes eventually became a staple until the club’s closing.
The Amboy Dukes’ second single was “Journey to the Center of the Mind,” which featured lyrics written by the Dukes’ second guitarist Steve Farmer. Nugent, an ardent anti-drug campaigner, claims to this day he did not realize this song was about drug use. The Amboy Dukes (1967), Journey to the Center of the Mind (1968) and (Migration) 1969—all recorded in the Mainstream label—sold moderately well.
After settling down on a ranch in Michigan in 1973, Nugent signed a record deal with Frank Zappa’s DiscReet Records label and recorded Call of the Wild. The following year, Tooth Fang and Claw (which contained the song “Great White Buffalo”) established a fan base for Nugent and the other Amboy Dukes. Personnel changes nearly wrecked the band, which become known as Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes.
Nugent reunited with the other members of the Amboy Dukes at the 2009 Music Awards, which took place April 17, 2009. The psychedelic band received a distinguished achievement honor at the event. The Dukes also played together at the ceremony, marking their first public performance in more than 30 years.
SOLO CAREER
Nugent dropped The Amboy Dukes band name for good in 1975, and signed to Epic Records. Derek St. Holmes (guitar, vocals). Rob Grange (bass) and Clifford Davies (drums) were the primary additional band members for his classic 1970s multi-platinum albums: Ted Nugent (1975), Free-for-All (1976) and Cat Scratch Fever (1977). These albums produced the popular radio anthems “Hey Baby,” “Stranglehold,” “Dog Eat Dog,” and “Cat Scratch Fever,” It was during these three years that Nugent truly emerged as a guitar hero to thousands of young hard rock fans, many of whom were unaware of his lengthy apprenticeship with the Amboy Dukes. This band lineup toured extensively, also releasing the multi-platinum live album Double Live Gonzo! Until its breakup in 1978 when St. Holmes and Grange departed. St. Holmes was replaced by Charlie Huhn and Grange by Dave Kiswiney. Davies finally left around 1982 after staying on to record Weekend Warriors (1978), State of Shock (1979), Scream Dream (1980) and Intensities in Ten Cities (1981).
On July 8, 1979, Ted was on the rock radio program King Biscuit Flower Hour. This was the original Broadcast of Ted’s performance of Live at Hammersmith ’79 which had been recorded during the second set of a sold-out night at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in 1979. An album of this program, however, was not released until 1997.
During this era, Nugent was notable for his frequent declarations that he did not drink alcoholic beverages or smoke tobacco or marijuana. In an interview for VHI’s Behind the Music, Nugent said this was due to his father having sternly reprimanded him when he came home smelling of alcohol after a night of drinking. This was an unusual stance for a major rock performer of the 1970s, and Nugent has been cited as an important early influence on the straight edge movement, which disavows drinking and recreational drug use.
INFLUENCES
Nugent has been praised for his playing style, and is cited as an influence by many other hard rock and heavy metal musicians. Nugent has cited his own musical influences as Vanilla Fudge, Jeff Beck, Chuck Berry, The Kinks, Jimmy Page, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Yardbirds, Bo Diddley, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Steppenwolf, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, The Animals, Little Richard, MC5, Frank Zappa, and Muddy Waters.
DAMN YANKEES
During the period of 1982-89, Nugent released a series of moderately successful solo albums. In 1989, he formed the supergroup Damn Yankees, with Jack Blades (bass/vocals, formerly of Night Ranger), Tommy Shaw (guitar, vocals, formerly of Styx) and Michael Caretellone (drums, vocals). Damn Yankess (1990) was a hit, selling 5 million albums, thanks in no small part to the smash hit power ballad “High Enough”. The video for this song featured Nugent in a priest’s collar, and later in a zebra-striped cape during the guitar solo. It also saw the first appearance of his famous ‘WhackMaster’ hat.
BACK TO SOLO
Returning to a solo career, Nugent released Spirit of the Wild in 1995, his best-reviewed in quite some time. This album also marked the return of Derek St. Holmes to Nugent’s studio band. A series of archival releases also came out in the 1990s, keeping Nugent’s name in the national consciousness. He also began hosting a radio show in Detroit and took ownership in several hunting-related businesses. He created TV shows for several networks: Wanted: Ted or Alive on Versus, Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild on PBS and The Outdoor Channel, as well as Surviving Nugent and Supergroup-Damnocracy on VH-1. In 1006, Nugent was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.
Ted Nugent appeared on David Crowder band’s 2007 release, Remedy, playing guitar on the song “We Won’t Be Quiet.”
Nugent announced his “Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead” tour on April 21, 2010. Tour dates are still being finalized.
MEDIA APPEARANCES
REALITY PROGRAMMING
Nugent starred in his own outdoors television show named after his popular song “Spirit of the Wild”. The song was the theme music to the TV series in which Nugent took viewers on a variety of wild game hunts using his bow. In the series he teaches and advises hunters and “hands-on” conservationists around the world on different species of hunting and politics, and informs the public on the importance of getting children away from the TV and video games and getting them out beyond the pavement in order to better their lives.
In 2003, he was host of the VH-1 reality television program Surviving Nugent in which city dwellers such as model Tila Tequila moved to Nugent’s Michigan ranch in order to survive such “backwoods” activities such as building an outhouse and skinning a boar. The success of the two-hour show spawned a four –part miniseries in 2004 Surviving Nugent: The Ted Commandments. This time it was filmed on Nugent’s ranch in China Spring, Texas. During filming, Nugent injured himself with a chainsaw, requiring 44 stitches and a leg brace.
In 2003, Nugent was a guest on the VH-1 program Forever Wild, hosted by Sebastian Bach (former lead vocalist for the band Skid Row). They shot some firearms and walked around Nugent’s cabin in the woods.
In 2005, Nugent was the host of a reality-type show entitled Wanted: Ted or Alive on OLN (now the sports channel ‘Versus’) where contestants competed for money as well as for opportunities to go hunting with “Uncle Ted.” The contestants had to kill and clean their own food to survive.
In 2006, he appeared on VH1’s reality show SuperGroup, with Scott Ian (Anthrax, guitar), Evan Seinfeld (Biohazard, bass), Sebastian Bach (ex-SkidRow, vocals) and Jason Bonham (Bonham, UFO, Foreigner, drums). The name of the supergroup was originally FIST but later was changed to Damnocracy. Bach had lobbied for the name Savage Animal. Captured on film by VH-1 was a rare Nugent duet with guitar phenom Joe Bonamassa at the Sand Dollar Blues Room for a 45-minute blues jam.
He starred in another reality show CMT in August 2009. The show, entitled Runnin’ Wild…From Ted Nugent, featured Nugent instructing competitors in the art of survival; the competitors had to use those skills in challenges in which they were hunted down by Nugent.
Also in 2009, he played guitar at The Alamo for a Tax Day Tea Party hosted by Glenn Beck and Fox News. Most notable in his set was a version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” in which he used alternate picking and whammy bar effects. The clip and sound bite of this is played extensively on Fox News as well as on The Glenn Beck Program.
ACTING
In 1986, he guest starred in an episode of the hit television show “Miami Vice entitled “Definitely Miami.” Nugent played a villain. His song “Angry Young Man” was featured in the episode. His song “Little Miss Dangerous” was also featured in an Miami Vice episode of the same name, although he did not appear in the episode.
In 1990 he guest stared in the Canadian film Heavy Miami Summer. It was shown on cable channels in the US as State Park.
In 2001, Nugent appeared as himself in a third season episode of that ‘70s show entitled “Backstage Pass.” Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon), who works for radio station WFPP, obtains tickets to the upcoming Ted Nugent concert for the entire gang. Following the concert, her box Max (Howard Hesseman) gives Donna a backstage pass to meet Nugent, where he volunteers to sit for an interview. Meanwhile, Steven Hyde (Danny Masterson) and Fez (Wilmer Valderama) try to sell unauthorized T-shirts accidentally spelled Ted Nugent.
Nugent made a guest appearance on the cult television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, in the episode “Gee Whiz,” on Adult Swim. Locals believe to have seen the face of Jesus in a billboard, and they mention how it looks like Ted Nugent. Throughout the episode they think it’s Jesus’ face, but at the end they discover it was in fact Nugent’s. He proceeds to shoot a flaming arrow at Carl (mistaking him for a “varmint”).
In 2007, Ted Nugent appeared in the music video for Nickelback’s, “Rockstar”, and in 2008 he played a key role in the Toby Keith movie Beer For My Horses as the quiet deputy, named Skunk.
OTHER MEDIA APPEARANCES
Attracting for his outspoken statements on issues ranging guns to biodiversity, Nugent has been a regular guest on such programs as Larry King Live, The Howard Stern Show, and Politically Incorrect.
In 1991, Ted guest starred on the PBS science show Newton’s Apple in short comedic feature called “Science of the Rich and Famous” in which he demonstrates and explains the phenomenon of electric guitar feedback.
On March 13, 2007, Nugent was interviewed on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live and performed the songs “Cat Scratch Fever” and Rawdogs and Wardogs.”
In 2007, Ted debated The Simpsons producer Sam Simon on the Howard Stern Show about the ethics of hunting animals. Coincidentally, he would later lend his voice to an over-the-phone appearance in the season 19 episode of The Simpsons, “I Don’t Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, where, in a humorous jab at his political stance, inmate Dwight picks up his call for voting no to the fictional Proposition 87, which bans crossbows in public schools.
Also in 2008, Nugent appeared on the Memphis-based The Political Cesspool, a radio talk show known for its “pro-white views”.
Nugent was feature in MTV’s “Cribs: Gods of Rock” episode.
On April 15, 2009, Nugent appeared onstage with his guitar in San Antonio as part of Glenn Beck’s coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests on the Fox News Channel. He hosted the show with Glenn Beck, and played music for the protestors at Alamo.
Nugent makes an appearance in Guitar Hero: World Tour As part of the solo guitar career, the player engages in a guitar duel with Nugent, after which the song “Stranglehold” is unlocked and Dirty Nuge becomes available as a playable character. Ted was on the Alex Jones Show July 30, 2008 talking about his new book “Ted, White and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto (2008) and on July 9, 2010 Ted was again interviewed by Alex Jones and he criticized the latest policies issued by the Obama Administration and the Supreme Court concerning Gun restricting policies, that rejecting the idea of Self-defense that is expressed in the Second Amendment to the Unites States Constitution, which Ted named as the “Gun Control” policies that are most likely to destroy the American society as was in every society in human history (l00% according to Nugent).
PERSONAL LIFE
Ted Nugent was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan before moving to Palatine, Illinois as a teenager. Ted has two brothers; John Nugent and Jeffrey “Jeff” Nugent. Nugent has mentioned his ties with the Christian faith many times during interviews, and has stated that he regularly attends church. He attended St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois. He was married to his first wife, Sandra Jezowski, from 1970 to 1979. They had three children; daughter Sasha Nugent, daughter Starr Nugent, and son Theodore Tobias “Toby” Nugent. Sandra died in a car crash in 1982. In 1978, Nugent began a relationship with seventeen-year-old Hawaii native Pele Massa. Due to the age difference between him and Massa, Nugent could not marry her, so he joined Massa’s parents in signing documents to make himself her legal guardian, an arrangement that Spin magazine ranked in October 2000 as #63 on their list of the “100 Sleaziest Moments in Rock”.
His second marriage was to Shemane Deziel, whom he met while a guest on Detroit’s WLLZ-FM, where she was a member of the news staff. They married on January 21, 1989 and remain married to the present day. They have a son together, Rocco Winchester Nugent and a daughter, Chantal Nugent.
In 2005 Nugent was involved in a legal battle for not paying enough child support for a child he had out of wedlock in 1995. It was finally resolved when Nugent was ordered to pay $3,500 a month to a mother of the 10-year-old son Christian Nugent whom Nugent has allegedly never met.
In the late 1990’s, Nugent began writing for various magazines. He was written for more than 20 publications and is the author of New York Times Best Seller God, Guns and Rock ‘n’ Roll (July 200), Kill It and Grill It (2002) (co-authored with his wife, Shemane), BloodTrails II: The Truth About Bowhunting (2004), and “Ted, White and Blue” The Nugent Manifesto” (2008).
In 1996 Ted Nugent joined the WWBR-FM air staff. The Ted Nugent Morning Show on 102.7 FM in Detroit was a success. Ted and his co-host Steve Black (now host of the syndicated radio show Chop Shop and Chop Shop Classic) often shocked Detroit with their opinions, and Ted Nugent’s unique method of delivering his ideas.
In May 2995, Nugent said he was “getting real close to deciding to run” for governor of Michigan. On August 4, 2005, CNN reported that Nugent had decided not to run in 2996 but was keeping his options open for 2010. Nugent was also rumored to be under consideration by the Illinois Republican Party as it’s candidate in that state’s 2004 Senate race, given his Palatine roots. Ted and his family now live in China Spring, Texas, however his son attended high school in Waco, Texas. He was a weekly contributor to the local newspaper, the Waco Tribune-Herald until 2009. In July 2008, Nugent reiterated his desire, saying, “I was serious when I threatened to run for office in the past if I cannot find a candidate who respects the U.S. Constitution and our sacred Bill of Rights. He has been a special deputy sheriff in Lake County, Michigan, since 1982 and he also has been a reserve deputy constable in McLennan County, Texas.
Nugent is a fan of the Detroit Pistons. He wore a Pistons shirt in the Damn Yankees music video for “Come Again”.
HEARING LOSS
Nugent also suffers from hearing loss. A November 2005 Rolling Stone article noted Nugent, among others, has publicly acknowledged hearing problems. “The ear’s not too good, especially with background noise,” he said in a 2007 interview. “{But} that’s a small price to pay. Believe me the journey was worth it.”
PHILANTHROPHY AND ACTIVISM
Since the early 1990s Nugent has become both popular and criticized for his conservative beliefs and his anti-drug and anti-alcohol stances. He is a national spokesman Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program, advocating the “natural highs” to be found in an outdoor lifestyle.
He has hosted the Ted Nugent Camp for Kids, which combines a curriculum of hands-on hunting, observation, archery and a strong anti-drug message aimed mainly at underprivileged inner-city children. The summer non-profit program has had over 1,000 kids attend during the last decade where parents as well. Nugent is also a spokesman for the National Field Archery Association, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
An advocate of hunting and gun-ownership rights, Nugent currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association (NRA).
CONCEALED CARRY WEAPON (CCW) LAW
Nugent is a strong advocate of the right to bear arms. When interviewed by Texas
Monthly editor Evan Smith in season 5 of TexasMonthlyTalks he said, “I would rather that {a victim of violent crime] in Massachusetts last month who was taking her daughter to soccer when they were carjacked by a recidivist maggot, who had been in the prison system all his life but was let out again because we feel sorry for him, maybe he had a bad childhood. Instead of her being hijacked and murdered, I’d rather she just shot the bastard dead. But in Massachusetts, somebody decided she can’t do that. So she’s dead. I would rather she was alive and the carjacker was dead..I’m weird.”
CONFLICTS WITH ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS
Nugent once said in an interview, “I’m stymied to come up with anything funnier than people who think animals have rights. Just stick an arrow through their lungs.” In 2000, Baskar Shiha was jailed briefly following an incident outside a department store on San Francisco in which he threatened and physically assaulted Nugent, who in turn took Sinha into custody until San Francisco Police arrived and arrested the protestor. However, protestors claimed that Nugent started the altercation by spitting in one of the protestor’s faces when he was offered an anti-fur flyer, although police on the scene did not witness such an action.
Nugent has reported receiving death threats against him and his family from animal rights activists. On the Penn & Teller’s Bullshit! Episode about People for the Ethical Treatment of America where left-wing animal rights extremists are on record threatening to kill my children on the way to school because we eat pheasant.”
Nugent owns a hunting ranch near Jackson, Michigan, called Sunrize Acres. Anti-hunters claim this fenced facility offers “canned” hunts. Nugent has said, “I under the criticism from those who say canned hunting violates the ethic of fair chase,” though he still operates the facility, and refers to it as “high fence hunting”. Nugent was recently interviewed by Field & Stream Magazine regarding “canned” hunts. At Sunrize Acres he personally guides customers on a hunt for trophy bull bison ($5,000), Russian boar, or white-tailed deer ($1,000) each.
In September 2009, Ted Nugent embarked on a hunt near Somerset, C.A. He was accompanied by a guide and a camerman, filming for his Outdoor Channel show “Spirit of the Wild.” The video taken appeared in an episode of the show first broadcast on February 9, 2010. California Fish and Game wardens who watched the broadcast noticed that it showed Nugent killing a very young buck which had been attracted by commercial bait. Both the killing of such a young deer and the use of bait are crimes under California state law. On August 13, 2010, Nugent pled no contest in Yuba County to two misdemeanors: illegally baiting a deer, and failing to have a deer tag signed by a government official after a kill. He was fined USD$1,750 by the court.
The band Goldfinger has made a song called “FTN”, which is critical of Ted Nugent.
POLITICS
When asked by the Imagineer magazine in a 2010 interview about what he would do if elected to political office, he said, “Slash the living hell out of the waste and corruption and the outrageous army of do-nothing bureaucrats. I would fire every government worker whose job I would deem to be redundant and wasteful. No able-bodied human being would ever get a handout again.”
According to an interview in The Independent he “considers homosexuality morally wrong” and is an outspoken supporter of the Republican Party and the United States military. As a reward for entertaining US troops in Iraq in 2004, he visited Saddam Hussein’s war room. “It was a glorious moment. It looked like something out of Star Wars. I saw his gold toilet.” Nugent also said: “Our failure has not been to Nagasaki them.”
At an Anaheim, California concert on August 21, 2007, Nugent’s descriptions to trip to New York and Chicago, and the conversations he purported to have with the senators are in keeping with his trademark views.
Closer to home, Nugent has been extremely critical of two-term Democratic Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. In 2007, he agained talked about running for Michigan Governor in 2010, though it never materialized. At the time, he stated, “Michigan was once a great state. Michigan was a state that rewarded the entrepreneur and the most productive, work-ethic families of the state.”
Despite giving previous support for Republican candidates, he thought John McCain “to be catering to a growing segment of soulless Americans who care less what they can do for their country, but whine louder and louder about what their country must do for them. That is both un-American and pathetic.”
Nugent was initially scheduled to speak at Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally on August 28, 2010, but subsequently cancelled.
The Dunce
THE DUNCE
CHER BEAR
Over at this school in North Carolina, one day, this English class taught by Mr. Michael Thornton turned out to be one unusual class for all his students. Which class he made up to be an all boys’ class.
All of his students, especially, this one student, the teacher’s son, Robert, always, at the age of six, certainly, was brought up by his father to be the most different boy in the whole class. Because his father, always, had the disposition, a friendly one, which his two sons, twins, Robert and Mike Jr., have, always, admired in him, neither one of his sons thought anything of his weird ways of holding his English class.
One thing, which, always, seemed to stand out from the ways, in which the teacher would hold his classes, five days a week, was the fact. That he never wanted any child in any of his classes, for that matter, to bring him, any dentures to class. Which one of the boys in the class, thought as being funny just because he didn’t believe in bringing any apples to give to the teacher. He, always, seemed to feel very odd about a teacher, accepting any apples from him at any time.
But one thing about the teacher, which all of his students, always, seemed to notice about him. Is the certain way in which he never looked at any of his students, directly, in the eyes except for his twin sons? And because the teacher seemed to make it a habit from the beginning, every single one of his students started thinking of him as being very weird.
Whenever any of his students’ would brings him, an apple, he just would be afraid to say anything about why he liked any of his students, giving him as a teacher, an apple. Any boy, who happened to bring his teacher, an apple, just to try to please his teacher, the teacher would just leave the apple on his desk. Until the teacher, started wondering why a student would go out of his way to do this for the teacher.
And Mr. Thornton, usually, didn’t show any interest in any apple, he would receive from any of his students until the end of class, that day, the apple was given to him.
What none of his students seemed to notice about their teacher was that he was considered to be abnormal by the principal of the school. And this happened to be true, because of the way, the teacher would, always; act is he was so distant to all of his students.
One thing, which the teacher never wanted of the students in his English class to know, was that it was a strong possibility. That he could have some vampire blood in him. Even though, his twin sons, Michael Jr. and Robert, from when they had been just about one year old, seemed to think just by the way, their father, always, treated them at home. That in him being a father, he was quite different from any of their friends’ fathers in every way.
One thing, which none of Mr. Thornton’s students never like about him at any time, was the odd way, in which he seemed to, always, approach them at the end of class just before it became time to leave for the next class, that day.
What started his students, in thinking he was quite weird, was the way; Mr. Thornton would finish teaching the last lesson for the day’s class. He would, with him in a stance, where he had his body turned, completely, facing the blackboard, paint the shape of a witch’s baton on the blackboard. And then, when he was finished doing this, then, he would turn around to face the class. Trying not to meet the gaze of any of his students.
Then, Mr. Thornton would at random, pick out one of his students. And he would, actually, wink at that boy. He would send that child, the message through of mouth. That that boy hasn’t been doing his lessons right for that day, while acting like he was checking that boy’s papers after they have been turned in to him.
At this time, he wouldn’t take the time to sit down at his desk. He would, instead, act like he was very buried in what this certain boy has for his lesson for the day. But the teacher would, in the meantime, still, act like he was afraid to even look at this boy. Instead, he would, on purpose, look away from this student of his, keeping his gaze at a window like he was more interested in what was going on, outside, at that time.
Then, right in front of all the children in his English class, Mr. Thornton would walk right up to that certain child, standing by his desk. Mr. Thornton would say to that certain child, that he was bad for not doing his lessons right, today. In front of all the children in his class, Mr. Thornton would take that child to a corner of the classroom. And make him; sit, there, on a stool. And place this dunce cap on his head. All this time, Mr. Thornton would keep looking away from the child, trying not to meet his gaze.
Then, Mr. Thornton would wait as all the children, who would look at him with curious faces, left at the end of class. With him and the child on the stool in the dunce cap, the only ones in the classroom, get out either black or red paint, depending on which paint, he wanted the child to use for that day. Looking away from the child while standing at his desk, he made that child, paint the stood, black or red, depending on what mood, he was in that day.
After that child, wearing the dunce cap, that day, was through painting the stool, he, suddenly, for no certain reason, would become quite tired, hardly, being able to stand up. So, this child would sink down to the floor not being able to get up without the teacher’s help.
Then, leaving the child on the floor with heavy eyes and in a stupor, which the teacher pulled on him through some magic, he would sit down at his desk. There, at his desk, he would pull his cell phone out of his pocket. And he would give the child’s parents, a phone call. And during this phone call, the teacher would say to the child’s parents, “Is this the child’s mother and father? Well, your child failed to do his lessons for the day in class, the right way like he’s supposed to have done.”
Then, later on, when school’s over; the child would end up getting home later than usual from school. So, his mother and father would talk to Mr. Thornton. Because they thought, he was the one, responsible for their child being home late.
“Is this Mr. Thornton, the English teacher? Well, neither one of us received any phone from you or even the principal, when it time for our child to catch the school bus, back home. And the bus happens to have been late, dropping off out child at the house.”
“It’s not my fault that your child was late getting home. It jus so happens that your child fell asleep after class. And your child had to be taken to the principal’s office. Because I haven’t been able to wake up him up, right away. And your child ended up getting sick after class. And he has been in the sick room all this time.”
“Oh, we see what the situation is. He got sick after class, because he didn’t do his lessons, the way, he should have done. And our child has just walked inside the house. And he’s acting like he’s in some sort of stupor, because he didn’t even act like he saw us at home. Or is glad to be back home to see us, again.”
“In fact, he, almost, had to stay, overnight. And he had to be fed apples, which have been building up on my desk in the classroom. And these apples, I don’t eat. But I thought they would be good for your child to eat to help him get back onto his feet, again.”
What the child’s parents didn’t know was that Mr. Thornton put him under a spell, when he painted the stool, and got tired and fell on the floor, apparently, in a stupor, looking like he was asleep at that time. Another thing, which his parents didn’t know about, was that when it turned dark, outside, that night, the teacher, Mr. Thornton, probably, went ahead. And sucked blood out of the child, supposedly, sick and in a stupor.
The next time, any child put into a stupor and under a spell from teacher, had to be picked up by his parents over at school, the next morning after classes. But the child, who happened to have been in a stupor, overnight, if the teacher didn’t end up getting the urge to take the child’s blood, the principal, would tell the teacher to leave the child, alone. And leave him to himself during class, because the teacher was the one, who, originally, placed the child under his spell.
And the child can’t be free of the teacher’s spell until his parents, end up refusing to let their child, attend school, anymore. Which, usually, ends up happening? And that seemed to be the only way, in which the child could become free of the teacher’s witchery.
Any child, who in the end, never pulled out of his stupor, has ended up being one of the children, who has had his blood, sucked out of him by the teacher. And what happened next, was that any children, which Mr. Thornton never sent back home to his parents, after his parents have wondered for days and nights, where his child had happened to be their child, had to attend a funeral for him over at the school.
The principal ended up being the one, who called the child’s parents about their child being dead and about the funeral being held for him over at the school. But the next day after the child’s death, the parents, usually, show up to pay their last respects to their child. But to their surprise, they find out that Mr. Thornton doesn’t show up at the funeral, held in the school yard for the child.
What Mr. Thornton has been doing to his students in his English class, soon, is understood to be labeled as suspicious by the principal. So, the principal of the school, finally, turned Mr. Thornton in. And he’s tried by the law under suspicion of murder to his students.
The police, soon, found out about this vampire teacher, Mr. Thornton, who ended up getting arrested by the police in the vicinity of Blue Ridge, North Carolina. Mr. Thornton was tried in court for all what he had been doing to his students, placing them all under his spell. And having made all of the children, under his witchery, paint the stool in the classroom, either red or black. So, he could place all of his students, eventually, on the cot in the sick room through the night. And place them all in stupors, one a day and night. So, none of them would even be aware of what happened to each of them while being made to lie down on cots while in a stupor.
All of Mr. Thornton’s students ended up fading away into the darkness under his witchery and dying slow deaths. And by the time, the teacher, actually, had enough evidence against him to arrest him and put him in jail, all of his English class had met their deaths. And the teacher, through court, was tried under charges of first-degree murder on all of his students.
But, once, the teacher was placed in a jail cell, he died from lack of blood. Because he couldn’t live on a human diet. And he was buried in a hole; he had dug out in his jail cell while having sensed his death, coming before him, very fast before him, actually, died.
CHER BEAR
Over at this school in North Carolina, one day, this English class taught by Mr. Michael Thornton turned out to be one unusual class for all his students. Which class he made up to be an all boys’ class.
All of his students, especially, this one student, the teacher’s son, Robert, always, at the age of six, certainly, was brought up by his father to be the most different boy in the whole class. Because his father, always, had the disposition, a friendly one, which his two sons, twins, Robert and Mike Jr., have, always, admired in him, neither one of his sons thought anything of his weird ways of holding his English class.
One thing, which, always, seemed to stand out from the ways, in which the teacher would hold his classes, five days a week, was the fact. That he never wanted any child in any of his classes, for that matter, to bring him, any dentures to class. Which one of the boys in the class, thought as being funny just because he didn’t believe in bringing any apples to give to the teacher. He, always, seemed to feel very odd about a teacher, accepting any apples from him at any time.
But one thing about the teacher, which all of his students, always, seemed to notice about him. Is the certain way in which he never looked at any of his students, directly, in the eyes except for his twin sons? And because the teacher seemed to make it a habit from the beginning, every single one of his students started thinking of him as being very weird.
Whenever any of his students’ would brings him, an apple, he just would be afraid to say anything about why he liked any of his students, giving him as a teacher, an apple. Any boy, who happened to bring his teacher, an apple, just to try to please his teacher, the teacher would just leave the apple on his desk. Until the teacher, started wondering why a student would go out of his way to do this for the teacher.
And Mr. Thornton, usually, didn’t show any interest in any apple, he would receive from any of his students until the end of class, that day, the apple was given to him.
What none of his students seemed to notice about their teacher was that he was considered to be abnormal by the principal of the school. And this happened to be true, because of the way, the teacher would, always; act is he was so distant to all of his students.
One thing, which the teacher never wanted of the students in his English class to know, was that it was a strong possibility. That he could have some vampire blood in him. Even though, his twin sons, Michael Jr. and Robert, from when they had been just about one year old, seemed to think just by the way, their father, always, treated them at home. That in him being a father, he was quite different from any of their friends’ fathers in every way.
One thing, which none of Mr. Thornton’s students never like about him at any time, was the odd way, in which he seemed to, always, approach them at the end of class just before it became time to leave for the next class, that day.
What started his students, in thinking he was quite weird, was the way; Mr. Thornton would finish teaching the last lesson for the day’s class. He would, with him in a stance, where he had his body turned, completely, facing the blackboard, paint the shape of a witch’s baton on the blackboard. And then, when he was finished doing this, then, he would turn around to face the class. Trying not to meet the gaze of any of his students.
Then, Mr. Thornton would at random, pick out one of his students. And he would, actually, wink at that boy. He would send that child, the message through of mouth. That that boy hasn’t been doing his lessons right for that day, while acting like he was checking that boy’s papers after they have been turned in to him.
At this time, he wouldn’t take the time to sit down at his desk. He would, instead, act like he was very buried in what this certain boy has for his lesson for the day. But the teacher would, in the meantime, still, act like he was afraid to even look at this boy. Instead, he would, on purpose, look away from this student of his, keeping his gaze at a window like he was more interested in what was going on, outside, at that time.
Then, right in front of all the children in his English class, Mr. Thornton would walk right up to that certain child, standing by his desk. Mr. Thornton would say to that certain child, that he was bad for not doing his lessons right, today. In front of all the children in his class, Mr. Thornton would take that child to a corner of the classroom. And make him; sit, there, on a stool. And place this dunce cap on his head. All this time, Mr. Thornton would keep looking away from the child, trying not to meet his gaze.
Then, Mr. Thornton would wait as all the children, who would look at him with curious faces, left at the end of class. With him and the child on the stool in the dunce cap, the only ones in the classroom, get out either black or red paint, depending on which paint, he wanted the child to use for that day. Looking away from the child while standing at his desk, he made that child, paint the stood, black or red, depending on what mood, he was in that day.
After that child, wearing the dunce cap, that day, was through painting the stool, he, suddenly, for no certain reason, would become quite tired, hardly, being able to stand up. So, this child would sink down to the floor not being able to get up without the teacher’s help.
Then, leaving the child on the floor with heavy eyes and in a stupor, which the teacher pulled on him through some magic, he would sit down at his desk. There, at his desk, he would pull his cell phone out of his pocket. And he would give the child’s parents, a phone call. And during this phone call, the teacher would say to the child’s parents, “Is this the child’s mother and father? Well, your child failed to do his lessons for the day in class, the right way like he’s supposed to have done.”
Then, later on, when school’s over; the child would end up getting home later than usual from school. So, his mother and father would talk to Mr. Thornton. Because they thought, he was the one, responsible for their child being home late.
“Is this Mr. Thornton, the English teacher? Well, neither one of us received any phone from you or even the principal, when it time for our child to catch the school bus, back home. And the bus happens to have been late, dropping off out child at the house.”
“It’s not my fault that your child was late getting home. It jus so happens that your child fell asleep after class. And your child had to be taken to the principal’s office. Because I haven’t been able to wake up him up, right away. And your child ended up getting sick after class. And he has been in the sick room all this time.”
“Oh, we see what the situation is. He got sick after class, because he didn’t do his lessons, the way, he should have done. And our child has just walked inside the house. And he’s acting like he’s in some sort of stupor, because he didn’t even act like he saw us at home. Or is glad to be back home to see us, again.”
“In fact, he, almost, had to stay, overnight. And he had to be fed apples, which have been building up on my desk in the classroom. And these apples, I don’t eat. But I thought they would be good for your child to eat to help him get back onto his feet, again.”
What the child’s parents didn’t know was that Mr. Thornton put him under a spell, when he painted the stool, and got tired and fell on the floor, apparently, in a stupor, looking like he was asleep at that time. Another thing, which his parents didn’t know about, was that when it turned dark, outside, that night, the teacher, Mr. Thornton, probably, went ahead. And sucked blood out of the child, supposedly, sick and in a stupor.
The next time, any child put into a stupor and under a spell from teacher, had to be picked up by his parents over at school, the next morning after classes. But the child, who happened to have been in a stupor, overnight, if the teacher didn’t end up getting the urge to take the child’s blood, the principal, would tell the teacher to leave the child, alone. And leave him to himself during class, because the teacher was the one, who, originally, placed the child under his spell.
And the child can’t be free of the teacher’s spell until his parents, end up refusing to let their child, attend school, anymore. Which, usually, ends up happening? And that seemed to be the only way, in which the child could become free of the teacher’s witchery.
Any child, who in the end, never pulled out of his stupor, has ended up being one of the children, who has had his blood, sucked out of him by the teacher. And what happened next, was that any children, which Mr. Thornton never sent back home to his parents, after his parents have wondered for days and nights, where his child had happened to be their child, had to attend a funeral for him over at the school.
The principal ended up being the one, who called the child’s parents about their child being dead and about the funeral being held for him over at the school. But the next day after the child’s death, the parents, usually, show up to pay their last respects to their child. But to their surprise, they find out that Mr. Thornton doesn’t show up at the funeral, held in the school yard for the child.
What Mr. Thornton has been doing to his students in his English class, soon, is understood to be labeled as suspicious by the principal. So, the principal of the school, finally, turned Mr. Thornton in. And he’s tried by the law under suspicion of murder to his students.
The police, soon, found out about this vampire teacher, Mr. Thornton, who ended up getting arrested by the police in the vicinity of Blue Ridge, North Carolina. Mr. Thornton was tried in court for all what he had been doing to his students, placing them all under his spell. And having made all of the children, under his witchery, paint the stool in the classroom, either red or black. So, he could place all of his students, eventually, on the cot in the sick room through the night. And place them all in stupors, one a day and night. So, none of them would even be aware of what happened to each of them while being made to lie down on cots while in a stupor.
All of Mr. Thornton’s students ended up fading away into the darkness under his witchery and dying slow deaths. And by the time, the teacher, actually, had enough evidence against him to arrest him and put him in jail, all of his English class had met their deaths. And the teacher, through court, was tried under charges of first-degree murder on all of his students.
But, once, the teacher was placed in a jail cell, he died from lack of blood. Because he couldn’t live on a human diet. And he was buried in a hole; he had dug out in his jail cell while having sensed his death, coming before him, very fast before him, actually, died.
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