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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogmybook.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>My ART Place</title><link>http://blogmybook.com/blogs/my_art_place/default.aspx</link><description>My ART Place</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60217.2664)</generator><item><title>american express</title><link>http://blogmybook.com/blogs/my_art_place/archive/2008/12/01/29.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:27:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bf0f66d1-08d9-4fa7-9026-67ddbca5869f:29</guid><dc:creator>genycstore</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogmybook.com/blogs/my_art_place/comments/29.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogmybook.com/blogs/my_art_place/commentrss.aspx?PostID=29</wfw:commentRss><description>Im gonna be a sensation, she told Sam. For the first half of &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=coupon+cabin" title="coupon cabin"&gt;coupon cabin&lt;/a&gt; the show, she returned to a costume that had always worked very &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=robert+gates" title="robert gates"&gt;robert gates&lt;/a&gt; well for her and was something of a Glenda Grayson signature: a &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=american+express+wishlist" title="american express wishlist"&gt;american express wishlist&lt;/a&gt; simple black dance leotard, this one cut very high on her hips, &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=jill+kinmont" title="jill kinmont"&gt;jill kinmont&lt;/a&gt; dark sheer stockings, blood-red garters, and black hat. Her hips and upper &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=ian+o+cameron" title="ian o cameron"&gt;ian o cameron&lt;/a&gt; legs were bare, emphasizing as always the theatrical contrast between white skin &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=black+friday+walmart+death" title="black friday walmart death"&gt;black friday walmart death&lt;/a&gt; and black costume. After she had danced and sung, she climbed on &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=alpine+access" title="alpine access"&gt;alpine access&lt;/a&gt; a stool, took off her hat and shook her blond hair, then &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=black+monday" title="black monday"&gt;black monday&lt;/a&gt; put the hat on again, now on the back of her head. &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=www+capitalone+com" title="www capitalone com"&gt;www capitalone com&lt;/a&gt; God, I feel like Ive come home! she cried. Do any of &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=internet+girl+friday" title="internet girl friday"&gt;internet girl friday&lt;/a&gt; you have any idea how goddamn boring making a television show is &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=discovery+store" title="discovery store"&gt;discovery store&lt;/a&gt; The first guy who yells About as boring as watching it is &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=bloomingdales" title="bloomingdales"&gt;bloomingdales&lt;/a&gt; gonna get a kick in the nuts. Anyway, I feel like Im &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=obama+national+security+team" title="obama national security team"&gt;obama national security team&lt;/a&gt; back where I belong, entertaining a live audience. And, hey, you are &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=larry+langford" title="larry langford"&gt;larry langford&lt;/a&gt; alive! And I thank you. Her audience applauded. Television is supposed to &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=cybermonday+ads" title="cybermonday ads"&gt;cybermonday ads&lt;/a&gt; be family entertainment. But if you make any reference as to how &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=susan+rice" title="susan rice"&gt;susan rice&lt;/a&gt; families come to be, they cut that from the script. Right The &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=30+year+fixed+mortgage+rates" title="30 year fixed mortgage rates"&gt;30 year fixed mortgage rates&lt;/a&gt; TV father nearly faints with surprise when the wife tells him shes &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=dadeland+mall+shooting" title="dadeland mall shooting"&gt;dadeland mall shooting&lt;/a&gt; preggers. Really Really, honey Gee, thats great! I cant believe it! What &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=spheris" title="spheris"&gt;spheris&lt;/a&gt; the hell did he think was gonna result from what hes been &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=banana+republic" title="banana republic"&gt;banana republic&lt;/a&gt; doin three times a night for the past six months The audience &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=porsche+foxx" title="porsche foxx"&gt;porsche foxx&lt;/a&gt; laughed, then applauded again. Margaret Mead, I think it was you &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=christmas+wallpaper" title="christmas wallpaper"&gt;christmas wallpaper&lt;/a&gt; know, the anthropologist writes that some primitive people just dont make &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=disney+on+broadway" title="disney on broadway"&gt;disney on broadway&lt;/a&gt; any connection between doin it and getting pregnant. But ... Americans, in &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=snowflake+patterns" title="snowflake patterns"&gt;snowflake patterns&lt;/a&gt; the twentieth century yet Television. Jesus! She took a break, while an &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=borders+com" title="borders com"&gt;borders com&lt;/a&gt; act featuring trained chimpanzees amused her audience. When she appeared on the &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=kwanzaa" title="kwanzaa"&gt;kwanzaa&lt;/a&gt; stage for the second half of her show, she walked out into &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=walgreens+coupons" title="walgreens coupons"&gt;walgreens coupons&lt;/a&gt; the beam of a spotlight wearing fifty strings of tiny glittering black &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=microsoft+cashback" title="microsoft cashback"&gt;microsoft cashback&lt;/a&gt; beads that cascaded from her neck to her ankles. Under the thousands &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=latin+quarters+nyc" title="latin quarters nyc"&gt;latin quarters nyc&lt;/a&gt; of beads she wore a diaphanous straight black gown. When she moved, &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=shmoocon" title="shmoocon"&gt;shmoocon&lt;/a&gt; the strings of beads shifted, and her audience could see she was &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=hanukkah+2008" title="hanukkah 2008"&gt;hanukkah 2008&lt;/a&gt; wearing nothing under the gown. The sheer fabric blurred what they saw &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=chicago+park+district" title="chicago park district"&gt;chicago park district&lt;/a&gt; of her, but no one doubted they were seeing everything. The applause &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=james+jones" title="james jones"&gt;james jones&lt;/a&gt; rolled up as a roaring wave before she sang a note. She &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=amex+wishlist" title="amex wishlist"&gt;amex wishlist&lt;/a&gt; did not dance in the second half of the show. Or do &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=jcrew" title="jcrew"&gt;jcrew&lt;/a&gt; a monologue. She walked around the stage singing, while four handsome, muscular &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=cyber+monday+2008+sales" title="cyber monday 2008 sales"&gt;cyber monday 2008 sales&lt;/a&gt; young men in skin-tight flesh-colored panty hose danced a balletlike routine behind &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=montevideo" title="montevideo"&gt;montevideo&lt;/a&gt; her. The audience called her out for two encores and four extra &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=fresh+dining" title="fresh dining"&gt;fresh dining&lt;/a&gt; bows. Im better than ever! she exulted in her dressing room afterward. &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=flank+speed" title="flank speed"&gt;flank speed&lt;/a&gt; Thirty-six friggin years old, and Im better than ever! Youre dead for &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=totowa+nj" title="totowa nj"&gt;totowa nj&lt;/a&gt; television, said Sam grimly. That deal that was made for you is &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=peter+billingsley" title="peter billingsley"&gt;peter billingsley&lt;/a&gt; dead. No network will touch you. Youre too hot. Im too good! &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=susan+rice+obama+advisor" title="susan rice obama advisor"&gt;susan rice obama advisor&lt;/a&gt; That, too. But television wont dare. This is the time of Billy &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=hanukkah" title="hanukkah"&gt;hanukkah&lt;/a&gt; Graham and Norman Vincent Peale, and of President Eisenhower, who thinks this &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=birmingham+mayor+larry+langford" title="birmingham mayor larry langford"&gt;birmingham mayor larry langford&lt;/a&gt; country is a God-fearing one. Presley appears on the Sullivan Show, and &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=december+holidays" title="december holidays"&gt;december holidays&lt;/a&gt; they dont let the cameras show him below the waist. You just &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=nber+recession" title="nber recession"&gt;nber recession&lt;/a&gt; went out there naked, sis. Youre using bad words on stage. You &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=5000+year+leap" title="5000 year leap"&gt;5000 year leap&lt;/a&gt; think a network is going to let you in front of its &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=west+at+home" title="west at home"&gt;west at home&lt;/a&gt; cameras The great unwashed wont even know about it, said Glenda. Only &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=tay+sachs" title="tay sachs"&gt;tay sachs&lt;/a&gt; the people who can afford to come to clubs like this will &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=tina+fey+scar" title="tina fey scar"&gt;tina fey scar&lt;/a&gt; know and they will appreciate it. Let us hope youre right. &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=anthony+bourdain+s+brother" title="anthony bourdain s brother"&gt;anthony bourdain s brother&lt;/a&gt; And this act has got to be toned down before you take &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=j+crew" title="j crew"&gt;j crew&lt;/a&gt; it back to the States. 3 Never mind, never mind, &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=mywishlist" title="mywishlist"&gt;mywishlist&lt;/a&gt; never mind, said Jonas to Ben Parrish. And I didnt put a &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=cybermonday+deals" title="cybermonday deals"&gt;cybermonday deals&lt;/a&gt; fix in. Get that idea out of your mind. You see to &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=wes+welker+hit" title="wes welker hit"&gt;wes welker hit&lt;/a&gt; it that Jo-Ann cooperates one hundred percent with those guys Ive assigned &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=pilgrims+pride" title="pilgrims pride"&gt;pilgrims pride&lt;/a&gt; to her. Until this mess is straightened out. Ben nodded solemnly. His &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=layla+kiffin" title="layla kiffin"&gt;layla kiffin&lt;/a&gt; broken left arm was in a sling. He couldnt drive. Jo-Ann had &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=christine+beatty" title="christine beatty"&gt;christine beatty&lt;/a&gt; delivered him to the airport in Los Angeles, and Angie had driven &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=walmart+stampede" title="walmart stampede"&gt;walmart stampede&lt;/a&gt; him from the Las Vegas airport to The Seven Voyages. He wore &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=benjamin+brafman" title="benjamin brafman"&gt;benjamin brafman&lt;/a&gt; a lightweight blue-and-white checked jacket, a white polo shirt, and gray slacks. &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=christmas+bulletin+board+ideas" title="christmas bulletin board ideas"&gt;christmas bulletin board ideas&lt;/a&gt; He was subdued. Angie handed Ben a vodka martini. What Jonas asked. &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=jan+brett" title="jan brett"&gt;jan brett&lt;/a&gt; You a public-relations guy You got connections You can plant stories Yes, &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=best+cyber+monday+deals" title="best cyber monday deals"&gt;best cyber monday deals&lt;/a&gt; sir. Jonas flared. Dont call me sir. Or Mr. Cord. Or, God &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=st+anthony+s+triathlon" title="st anthony s triathlon"&gt;st anthony s triathlon&lt;/a&gt; forbid, Dad. My daughter calls me by my first name, and so &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=starbucks+world+aids+day" title="starbucks world aids day"&gt;starbucks world aids day&lt;/a&gt; do you. Now Ive got some pictures. And Ive got a piece &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=nber" title="nber"&gt;nber&lt;/a&gt; of tape. You dont have to be a genius to figure out &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=bill+blount" title="bill blount"&gt;bill blount&lt;/a&gt; what I want done with them. Here. Look at these. Infrared flash &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=hellbender" title="hellbender"&gt;hellbender&lt;/a&gt; had penetrated Glenda Graysons bold sheer costume even more than bright stage &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=puzzlemaker+com" title="puzzlemaker com"&gt;puzzlemaker com&lt;/a&gt; lights did. In the six 8 x 10 prints Jonas handed Ben, &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=dyson+dc18+slim+vacuum" title="dyson dc18 slim vacuum"&gt;dyson dc18 slim vacuum&lt;/a&gt; she appeared to have gone on stage stark naked, with nothing covering &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=caroline+caz+pal" title="caroline caz pal"&gt;caroline caz pal&lt;/a&gt; her but the strings of beads. Jesus Christ, Ben murmured. Its her, &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=high+pitch+mike" title="high pitch mike"&gt;high pitch mike&lt;/a&gt; okay Jonas asked. I mean, you oughta know. Its her, all right. &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=al+com" title="al com"&gt;al com&lt;/a&gt; What did she have in mind Ask Angie. Angie shrugged. What do &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=altec+lansing+fx3020" title="altec lansing fx3020"&gt;altec lansing fx3020&lt;/a&gt; you suppose she has in mind She thinks shes been had. I &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=gadsden+state+community+college" title="gadsden state community college"&gt;gadsden state community college&lt;/a&gt; guess I dont need to say how and by whom. Listen to &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=franklin+covey" title="franklin covey"&gt;franklin covey&lt;/a&gt; this tape, said Jonas. Angie pressed the button and started a tape &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=miles+kimball" title="miles kimball"&gt;miles kimball&lt;/a&gt; rolling between reels. The voice of Glenda came out clear. So, the &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=eyeclops+night+vision+goggles" title="eyeclops night vision goggles"&gt;eyeclops night vision goggles&lt;/a&gt; guy says, I got one like a baseball bat. And his wife &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=alltel" title="alltel"&gt;alltel&lt;/a&gt; says, Naahh. More like a softball bat. The old guy asks the &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=december+2008+calendar" title="december 2008 calendar"&gt;december 2008 calendar&lt;/a&gt; cute young chick for a date. She says, I dont think so. &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=cyber+shopping" title="cyber shopping"&gt;cyber shopping&lt;/a&gt; Youre too bald. He says, No. What Im gonna show you is, &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=online+deals" title="online deals"&gt;online deals&lt;/a&gt; Im two-balled. The tape rolled on silent. Then a little laughter broke &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=american+girl" title="american girl"&gt;american girl&lt;/a&gt; out, then more, and then more and more. Took you a while &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=acer+x213wbd" title="acer x213wbd"&gt;acer x213wbd&lt;/a&gt; to catch it, huh asked the voice of Glenda Grayson. Angie switched &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=overstock" title="overstock"&gt;overstock&lt;/a&gt; it off. Old burlesque routines, said Jonas. They say she was once &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=posse+comitatus+act" title="posse comitatus act"&gt;posse comitatus act&lt;/a&gt; a stripper. I guess she was. Ben nodded. You want this stuff &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=lisfranc+joint" title="lisfranc joint"&gt;lisfranc joint&lt;/a&gt; placed. You got it. Okay, Jonas. I can do it. Keep your &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=cybermonday+sales" title="cybermonday sales"&gt;cybermonday sales&lt;/a&gt; ass outa trouble, Ben. When you signed on with this family, you &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=birmingham+news" title="birmingham news"&gt;birmingham news&lt;/a&gt; signed on for a war. 4 Goddammit! Goddammit! Jimmy Hoffa &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=christmas+coloring+pages" title="christmas coloring pages"&gt;christmas coloring pages&lt;/a&gt; slammed his fist down on the table in the dining room of &lt;a href="http://cybermonday.awardspace.com/?search&amp;amp;q=jeffrey+wright" title="jeffrey wright"&gt;jeffrey wright&lt;/a&gt; the house on the private airport. 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