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January 27, 2013
History Trivia
January 27
484 BC, the temple of Castor and Pollux, the Heavenly Twins, was dedicated.
98 Trajan became Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.
1186 Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, married Constance of Sicily.
1302 Dante became a Florentine political exile because of his political activities that included the banishment of several rivals.
1606 Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators began, ending with their execution on January 31.
484 BC, the temple of Castor and Pollux, the Heavenly Twins, was dedicated.
98 Trajan became Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.
1186 Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, married Constance of Sicily.
1302 Dante became a Florentine political exile because of his political activities that included the banishment of several rivals.
1606 Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators began, ending with their execution on January 31.
Veetu Industries and Rae Gee: Achievement
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Bang Out the Prose: How outlining my chick lit novels along the way sa...
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History Trivia
January 26
66 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
1316 Revolt in Wales against the authority of Edward II began.
1340 King Edward III of England was declared King of France.
1531 An earthquake killed thousands in Lisbon, Portugal.
1564The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, which established a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
January 25, 2013
Gladiator's Pen: Author Stromie Kent talks about the novel setting ...
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Gladiator's Pen: A treadmill, a hair cut and Paris ROW80 week 3
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The Illustrated Woman by Mark Barry - Amazon Review
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down! A must read! Unique and Powerful!, October 16, 2012 By K. Meador Amazon Verified PurchaseThis review is from: The Illustrated Woman (Kindle Edition) The Illustrated Woman has a unique plot that will capture your attention, hold it, make you angry, make you cry, make you desperate and it will make you fall in love. It will remove you from your present world and transport you into the life of a single mother who turned her back on the world her parents desired her to have and created her own.This book is not for the shy or timid. It is graphic and realistic. It is emotionally open and evasive. It is good and evil. It is stimulating and abusive. It is life and broken dreams. It is enthralling and deceiving. It is truth and lies. It is honor and immoral. It is beauty and ignorance. It is love and selfishness. It is desire and hatred. It is commitment and it is fear. It is enlightenment and it is disillusionments. It is about second or even third chances and it is unforgivable. It is choices and it is consequences. It is maturity at its worst and it is immaturity at its best. It is a book that will make you think...about circumstances, choices and consequences.
Emily learns early on that choices are her choices to make, not her mom and nor her dad's, thus leading her astray from the life her parents were molding her into. Acceptance...of who she is, what she wanted, who she wanted was denied creating a void in her that was filled with pain due to the rejection of a stoutly proud man...her father.
Tyrone: Attractive. Lazy. User. Her obsession. Her destruction. Her love. Her destruction. Her everything. Her on again, off again.
Penny: Obedient. Cooperative. Happy. Her life. Her daughter. Her one constant.
The Clients: Pornographic. Solicitation. Lust. Her way of paying for her Illustration.
Enter Alan: Quiet. Shy. Reserved. Suffering. Attentive. Listener. Consistent. Eager. Accepting. In love with Emily. Her, not quite sure what.
The Illustration: Her future. Her history. Her dreams. Her failures. Her life in ink. One half, pure; One half, not so much.
The Choice: Tyrone, Alan. Alan, Tyrone. Her choice. Their choice.
The Illustrated Woman is to be read as entertainment only and should only be read by adults of maturity. The Illustrated Woman has extensive usage of curse words, references to drug usage, explicit sexual relations incorporating power exchange, sexually abusive scenes, BDSM references and intense anger scenes.
And...I could not put this book down
