Pavlov's Cats (Eddie Izzard)

Last Night's Mayor Gopher Hunt

 

Eddie Cat is cleaning up the ball field from the Mayor Gophers, so I guess I better get going with my hunts as well.

Hate Crimes Against Homeless Rise in 2007

A rise in attacks against homeless people in 2007 has more states considering harsher penalties in hate crime laws for attacking a homeless person.

Legislation is pending in Ohio and Massachusetts and Alaska. In Alaska, the bill passed the Senate and House and awaits Gov. Sarah Palin's signature.

Attacks against homeless people increased from 142 attacks in 2006 to 160 attacks in 2007, says a report released Tuesday by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty.

Twenty-eight of those attacks were murders, up from 20 murders in 2006. The report was based on media reports and other data collected by advocates for the homeless, the coalition said.

"This is about punishing people who take advantage of the most vulnerable in our society," says Ohio State Rep. Mike Foley, who introduced the state's bill. "There is too much of it going on."

Link between hate crimes and laws that criminalize homelessness

There is a documented relationship between increased police actions that criminalize homelessness and the rising number of hate crimes and violent acts against homeless people.

It appears that violent citizens become emboldened to attack homeless people because their city has responded negatively to the homeless population. These violent attacks occur especially where the city has portrayed homeless people as the cause of unemployment, decreasing property values, vacant storefronts or other problems.

Advocates from around the country have cited the relationship between municipal laws to banish or restrict visibility of homeless people and hate crimes and violence. This overly broad enforcement of the laws passed by city governments specifically targeting homeless people are documented in NCH's Illegal to Be Homeless: The Criminalization of Homelessness in the U.S.

This survey of cities and states that violate the civil rights of homeless people concluded that California is the "meanest" state in the nation for poor and homeless people, followed by Florida, Hawaii and Texas. The NCH study also ranked four California cities as among the top 20 "meanest cities" in the nation for violating the human rights of homeless people: Berkeley, San Francisco, Fresno and Los Angeles. [See "California Named as Meanest State in the Nation," Street Spirit, December 2004.]

HUD Complaints for Fraud, Waste, or Abuse

If you are aware of fraud, waste, and abuse in HUD programs and operations, report it to HUD's Inspector General Hotline!

• What kinds of things should you report? Mismanagement or violations of law, rules, or regulations by HUD employees or program articipants.


• Your complaint will be kept confidential if you are a federal government employee. If you are not a federal government employee, a complaint can be kept confidential if you request it. The Office of Inspector General will accept anonymous complaints.


• Federal laws protect federal government employees from reprisals for filing complaints. Many states provide protection from reprisals to non-federal government employee complainants. State whistleblower statutes are normally administered by the respective state's attorney general office.

http://www.hud.gov/complaints/fraud_waste.cfm

Eddie Cat chasing Mayor Voepel's twisted right wing

Thou shalt not lie. Thou shalt not kill.

Perhaps [Mayor]Voepel skipped those commandments back in Sunday School. But by refusing to help stop what many now believe is the worst threat ever to face our planet, the righteous Mayor had best be prepared to accept his share of guilt ... --Miriam Raftery

I'm not really fluent in the economics of city management. For example, as I am going through the numerous Santee City Council Meeting Minutes, finding the Federal and State funds which qualify for my next step in ridding the State of California of one of the last remaining Hate Crime laws of Homeless Sleeping, I'm finding these funds in references to the appropriation of monies from these funds for use in other (non-associated) management activities.

For example, it appears a great deal of the CDBG fund from HUD has been appropriated for use in other areas. Looking into the CDBG fund, it appears that its main purpose is :

CITY OF SANTEE PRIORITIES PER THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN:
(The Consolidated Plan 2005-2010 may be viewed or purchased from the Finance
Department, City of Santee, 10601 Magnolia Ave, Santee, CA 92071.)
1. Assist lower income renters.
2. Assist lower and moderate income homeowners.
3. Provide housing assistance to the homeless.
4. Assist public and community service providers that enable lower and moderate
income residents to remain in their homes.
5. Improve and provide public services and community facilities and infrastructure
to serve lower and moderate income persons.
6. Ensure effective use of limited CDBG resources.
7. Promote fair housing.

This list seems a bit odd to me. The fund from last year supplied over $300k to the City of Santee, and just from my basic browsing through the minutes and budgets, very little of these monies were spent in any of these 7 areas. To be sure, they weren't spent on number 3 (Provide housing assistance to the homeless).

I then came across a small statement which appeared at first meaningless to me --

During fiscal year 2007-08 the City received a $323,958 CDBG allocation. It is unknown at this time what the available funding for fiscal year 2008-09 will be. In addition the City may reallocate any available remaining funds.

Now, I don't want to start screaming the "C" word (as in "conspiracy"), but if the City of Santee, using unconstitutional municipal codes and Federal funded Task forces to force out of the city anyone who might qualify for the intended dispersement of these funds, or turn down any project for "quality of life" purposes which might qualify for the intended dispersement of these HUD funds, would then the city be able to "appropriate" all of the funds for its own use in other areas?

"Basically we don't have a homeless problem (in Santee), except down by the river, and those people are camped illegally and destroying the environment," Mayor Voepel said. "I'm not a homeless advocate in any way, shape or form."

The Mayor is also on record for turning down and fighting against many Low Cost housing projects in the City of Santee. So, how does that match up with a yearly request for CDBG funds from HUD which are intended for exactly these purposes?

Being a researcher by trade, I'm certain I'll understand these City Management intricacies soon.

Mayor Voepel and the Heat

"I like it hot" -- Randy Voepel, Republican Mayor of Santee, California

This makes me feel very good about my next course of action, because it is heat that I'm bringing in to the Santee area, in the form of audits and litigation. Since I've never been a fan of fair fights however (at least fair in the way that I have to expend an equal amount of energy as my opponent), I won't be the one brandishing the sword. I'll humbly hand this task to the Federal and State experts.

After a bit of research I've discovered a number of Federal and State funds, as well as Grants issued by Corporations which have in their basic requirement description; an absence of Civil Rights abuse. Failure to maintain a government which is not abusing the Civil Rights of all of its citizens, results in the withholding of the Grant payments, and may result in other Civil Litigation as well. HUD of course is a great institution for pressing the "other Civil Litigation" option.

So, stay tuned; the heat is blowing in...

Eddie Cat vs City of Santee Round 2

Since I'm no-longer getting the Lodging Tickets (as mentioned in my previous post), it would seem that all I've been able to do to this point is to waist my time, and Eric's time as well. Eric has helped me out a great deal with this project, not only with bright and early rides to the courthouse, but also in the area of spiritual support. One can easily slip into the depressing mood of "being alone against the world" out here on the road. Having good friends like Eric remind me of why I'm doing this, and what I'm really gaining through the effort, breaks up that dark wall of cloud and keeps my mind in the sunshine. So, if you need a Jacuzzi Cover, give Eric a call. I've seen the covers and his prices are very good.

Getting back to the point of "waisting my time", I've been seeking out other ways of accomplishing my goal over the last week. Eddie Cat has shown me many times; there is always more than one way to get the gopher.

It is a long standing saying in the Private Detective world, that if you are dealing with white collar types, "Follow the money". The crime, no matter what it is, always comes down to the money trail. While it is true that my goal is the eradication of a SMC, I am still dealing with White Collars who see money as the justification for all things. So according to the street-wise Private Eye, it is the money trail which will lead me to the solution I seek.

This was an interesting thought, and since I had nothing else to go on Monday, I started there; with the question "who gains by maintaining and enforcing of an illegal law, which only effects the homeless?"

I didn't get very far with this line of thinking. The answer seemed rather obvious...
"no one really." Not on the money trail at least. Heck, it would seem that the enforcement alone is a deficit in the equation. There is no way that the City of Santee could be getting back from the homeless enough revenue to cover the enforcement of a law like Lodging. I very strongly doubt that there is profit in it at all, since I know that one Sheriff spends all of his time, day after day, week after week, completely dedicated to the ferreting out and ticketing of homeless people. His salary alone would make such a venture unprofitable. It would be less expensive and much less hassle to simply open up a homeless shelter and fund a program.

The whole idea makes no sense at all when you add in the risk of civil liability.

Even with this obvious conclusion staring me down Tuesday and into Wednesday, I was unwilling to give up on the Shaman Wisdom of old. After all, there is money involved, somewhere, and White Collar types going to rather interesting lengths to protect the Lodging Code. So, while I may not see the puzzle as a whole, it does exist... somewhere.

It was Wednesday night, while working through an advanced Hwa Rang Do form, that my mind gleaned on an answer. The form in question uses, as one of the techniques a movement called Elbow Defense. This move is rather bizarre to witness, when done against an invisible opponent. In fact it makes no sense at all, and with its name "Elbow Defense" it makes even less sense. When observing the final stance of the movement, it appears to break every common sense rule of close combat (never cross your arms in front of your body, never leave your mid-section completely exposed, and undefended...etc.). It is only after you add a physical opponent to the move, and understand its true nature, that you realize its devastating effect on the human body. The form, as well, is a series of mis-direction movements and combinations, all of which are brutally lethal (which might be labeled as a redundant description since I've already mentioned the style of the martial art is Hwa Rang Do).

As I finished the form, my creative mind Eddie-Pounced on the gopher. Yes, there is money involved, and yes there are White Collars involved, I've just been looking at the movements without seeing the nature of the gopher.

Catching Up

These last few posts have not been what I've wanted to post of course, but I did commit to several of my friends to post regularly. I've had a great deal of work to do of late, and while I feel good at the end of the day, having taken back a little bit of my life from whatever condition this is which devours hours and days from my conscience experience, by the time I get set in for the evening I've been too tired to press out a real blog entry. So, I've copied a few articles which were of interest to me that day, and published those.

Much has occurred over the last week however, and trying to catch up is becoming more burdensome on my mental state every day.

The Santee Municipal Code (10.20.150) is still being enforced. The Sheriffs have simply quit enforcing it on me. I've changed my sleeping space several times, so they have run across me, expecting I was some place else; but once they find me occupying a homeless-frequented space, they simply walk away. Sort of a reverse discrimination; several of the homeless here in Santee have shown me tickets they have received over the last week.

One in particular (we'll call him Troy if we need a name) just got out of jail after doing 60 days for the Lodging Code. Unfortunately, he has now lost everything (again), all of his tools, the job he was working and even his bicycle. Since he pleaded guilty to the offense, there's nothing we can do about any of these losses, or the legality of the law with him. This really upset me to hear.

Since I'm no longer getting these tickets (though I'm sure if I break a "real" law I'll be treated as any other criminal, as it should be), I've been putting my creative mind to the stone and trying to come up with another route to pursue.

I'll have to post a few times to catch you all the way up.

Comon Poisons Cats fall prey too...

Poisoning is an ever present danger. Symptoms of poisoning include vomiting, diarrhea, sleepiness, shaking or trembling, twitching, staggering, convulsions, difficulty breathing, excessive thirst, and paralysis. If you suspect that your pet has ingested or come in contact (i.e., skin contact) with poison, call your veterinarian immediately. If possible, identify the source of the poison. Do not induce vomiting unless so directed by the veterinarian. If your veterinarian cannot be reached, call the emergency animal clinic in your area. Remember, the best antidote is not to need one.

Common household poisons include:

acetaminophen  furniture polish paint & paint remover
(Tylenol, etc.) gasoline    permanent wave lotion
antifreeze*  hair coloring  phenol
aspirin   herbicides  photo developers
bleach   insecticides  rat poison
boric acid  kerosene       rubbing alcohol
brake fluid  lawn chemicals  shoe polish
carbon monoxide  laxatives  sleeping pills
chocolate  lead      snail/slug bait
cleaning fluids  lye    soaps/detergents
deodorizers/deodorants matches   suntan lotion
disinfectants  metal polish  tar
drain cleaner  mineral spirits  turpentine
dye   mothballs  windshield washer fluid
fungicides  nail polish & remover wood preservatives

(*Antifreeze is a common poisonous substance because its sweet taste is attractive to pets. Watch that radiator for leaks!!)

Please note that seemingly innocent substances can be toxic to your pet. The two lists presented here should not be considered all-inclusive. If in doubt, please contact your veterinarian for advice.

Keep the Homeless from Sleeping, but don't pull strings!

I have to admit, there are days when I'm going through the daily news, searching for topics of interest and education, that I come across an article which rattles me with the question "why are you even bothering?" I suppose the answer is that I simply don't want to face the fact that our system needs serious work.

In a decision that sets a new standard for what constitutes a legal search by police, as well as serving to remind why doing crack is a terrible idea, The New York Court of Appeals ruled that "reasonableness" should remain the touchstone for searches in order to not violate the 4th Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure. Defining reasonableness was the basis of the case in question, which involved the searches of body cavities. The NY Times summarizes:

The case before the court involved Azim Hall of New York, who was arrested on Feb. 8, 2005, on charges that he sold two pieces of crack cocaine outside a grocery store. After his conviction, Mr. Hall filed an appeal, arguing that the police had conducted an illegal search by pulling a string, attached to a plastic bag containing crack cocaine, that was dangling from his rectum. A State Supreme Court judge dismissed the indictment, but the Appellate Division reversed that.

The most recent decision said that the State Supreme Court was correct in its initial finding and that pulling the string attached to the bag of crack secreted up a dealer's ass was an unreasonable search. To pull the string, a warrant is required.

As much as I am for the Bill of Rights and the Basic rights of Human Beings, I find this ruling to be a bit absurd. I don't know all of the facts in the case, but strip searches and cavity searches are fairly typical when incarcerating certain types of criminals (suspected drug dealers being high on that short list).

I will admit that I have very little use, or patience for the plight of the drug dealer, so my personal views may be skewed in this case.

Eddie Cat Adaptability

After only fifteen minutes of consciousness, …
WACK
running quickly, yet methodically, through experimental attempts to remove the cone-collar Eddie woke up with this morning…
WACK WACK
Eddie Cat has successfully turned what many cats and dogs might feel to be a handicap…,
WACK, SCRAPE, WACK
into a very effective AACD (Advanced Annoyance Communication Device).
WACK SHIN-SCRAPE SPEAR WACK
By utilizing complicated combinations of percussion signals, and the cone's rigidity as an effective edge-weapon, Eddie had conveyed to me in a language previously inaccessible to him, that he is extremely unhappy with the results of yesterdays Vet visit.
WACK WACK THUD SPEAR

Paul the Lawless Christian

I've been looking at I Corinthians (and other segments of Paul's work), prodded to interest with my continued research into the idea of the Lawless Christian.

Paul is rather definite throughout most of the works. Almost commanding, but then he puts in this verse:

"We are free to do all things, but there are things which it is not wise to do. We are free to do all things, but not all things are for the common good." (1 Corinthians 10:23 BBE)

I think that most of the texture of Paul's writings are from his indelible personality, and schooling as a Pharisee; though he had strong beliefs of what was right and wrong, he also knew that under the new Word of Love (The Fulfillment of the Law), there were no real rules laid down, and so with this verse, he let's us know that all of his don't and do's are really just guidelines. A rather long winded way of saying "Hey, don't hurt each other!"

I really like the change from "right" "wrong" verbiage to "wise" and "unwise" though most translations don't use those words. There is a huge list of actions that I balk at thinking "wrong" or "right" about, but am fine with seeing them as "wise" or "unwise".

Something I find very "unwise" is justifying my desires or my conscience by using razored off verses from the Bible. Something I have always found distasteful is building up belief structures using verses as the foundation stone. It is so easy to go astray, especially in the works of a man like Paul, whose authoritative tone spans thousands of years to our ears today; and so easy to forget to read a bit further..

So… I win?

The last couple of nights I've been woken up by different sheriff deputies, and not given a ticket. This is interesting to me because 1) it is in fact dark, 2) I am in fact sleeping at the time, 3) this is the place that I was given a ticket for "lodging" during the day when I'm not sleeping (or doing anything against the law for that matter).

The deputies tell me that I …'have to wake up and get out of [where ever I am at], but they don't stick around, ask for ID, run checks or anything else for that matter. They are gone within 5 minutes. Just here long enough to wake me up and justify hassling me. The justifications are rather random (I think they are making them up as they are talking).

So it appears they are no longer enforcing the lodging code.

I'll need to do some checking around to verify this status, but at this point, it looks like a small victory.

Okay, this was fun... Paying with Blank Paper..

Oh, about the April 1 Court Date

On April 1st I went to court on (This Ticket). So what happened on that day? Obviously I didn't go to jail. I didn't get a new court date either. In fact, I never made it into the court room. I showed up, and at the check-in area was told by the clerk no charges were going to be filed, due to lack of evidence. While it was clear to me that I wasn't going to be found guilty, this was a surprise. I was also aware at the time that the arrest also had no probable cause as well. Again, however, while these were evident to me, I still did not expect such a direct back-down from the D.A.

I have been giving this a great deal of thought, as to what my next actions should be with matter and the Municipal Code 10.20.50 . I have decided to find a lawyer and press with this matter to civil court. I'm also going to continue "enjoying my rights" as a citizen and move forward as I did the last couple of months.

I have learned and even witnessed that my actions during the last few months have been making a positive change with the handling and rights-trampling of the homeless in Santee. I've also found that the Sheriffs are less likely to respond to calls of "homeless people existing" in public areas. Basic harassment has been down. It hasn't gone away, not by a long shot, but there have been changes.

Giving these two decisions, I'm also going to focus more energy into my work, and push back this project on the importance-list. Not back-burning, just an adjustment of priorities.

Five more minutes....

Cool Show Terron showed me ("He's a Demon!")

This just in... Waldo Eats CATS!

don't really care about the two guys, but Eddie the Cat is pissed off about the Cat thing!

Neurotically Yours "New Used" Foamy Rant

"NEW
USED"

Copyright Jonathan Ian
Mathers 2002-2006.


THANKS
TO THESE FOLKS! FOAMY WOULD NOT BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM!

I love Foamy the Squirrel

Cats New Suspect in the War on Terror

In this age of heightened awareness of terrorism, we're told we can't afford to let any possible terror activity go undetected. One surveillance initiative is placing sensitive radiation detectors on interstate highways. After all, you never know when Osama might be tooling down the highway with the ingredients for a "dirty bomb" in his turban.
...
Here's the story: a few months ago, police on Interstate 5 in the state of Washington were monitoring traffic for radiation emissions. A vehicle whizzed by and the detector "alerted" to the presence of radiation.

The police gave chase and pulled over the offending vehicle a few miles south of Bellingham. A cursory search of the car revealed nothing of interest—with the exception of a "radioactive cat."

(Read the Cat Terrorist Story Here)

On the differences between men and women . . .

by Dave Berry

Let's say a guy named Roger is attracted to a woman named Elaine. He asks her out to a movie; she accepts; they have a pretty good time. A few nights later he asks her out to dinner, and again they enjoy themselves. They continue to see each other regularly, and after a while neither one of them is seeing anybody else.

And then, one evening when they're driving home, a thought occurs to Elaine, and, without really thinking, she says it aloud: ''Do you realize that, as of tonight, we've been seeing each other for exactly six months?''

And then there is silence in the car. To Elaine, it seems like a very loud silence. She thinks to herself: Geez, I wonder if it bothers him that I said that. Maybe he's been feeling confined by our relationship; maybe he thinks I'm trying to push him into some kind of obligation that he doesn't want, or isn't sure of.

And Roger is thinking: Gosh. Six months.

And Elaine is thinking: But, hey, I'm not so sure I want this kind of relationship, either. Sometimes I wish I had a little more space, so I'd have time to think about whether I really want us to keep going the way we are, moving steadily toward . . . I mean, where are we going? Are we just going to keep seeing each other at this level of intimacy? Are we heading toward marriage? Toward children? Toward a lifetime together? Am I ready for that level of commitment? Do I really even know this person?

And Roger is thinking: . . . so that means it was . . . let's see . . . February when we started going out, which was right after I had the car at the dealer's, which means . . . lemme check the odometer . . . Whoa! I am way overdue for an oil change here.

And Elaine is thinking: He's upset. I can see it on his face. Maybe I'm reading this completely wrong. Maybe he wants more from our relationship, more intimacy, more commitment; maybe he has sensed -- even before I sensed it -- that I was feeling some reservations. Yes, I bet that's it. That's why he's so reluctant to say anything about his own feelings. He's afraid of being rejected.

And Roger is thinking: And I'm gonna have them look at the transmission again. I don't care what those morons say, it's still not shifting right. And they better not try to blame it on the cold weather this time. What cold weather? It's 87 degrees out, and this thing is shifting like a goddamn garbage truck, and I paid those incompetent thieves $600.

And Elaine is thinking: He's angry. And I don't blame him. I'd be angry, too. God, I feel so guilty, putting him through this, but I can't help the way I feel. I'm just not sure.

And Roger is thinking: They'll probably say it's only a 90-day warranty. That's exactly what they're gonna say, the scumballs.

And Elaine is thinking: Maybe I'm just too idealistic, waiting for a knight to come riding up on his white horse, when I'm sitting right next to a perfectly good person, a person I enjoy being with, a person I truly do care about, a person who seems to truly care about me. A person who is in pain because of my self-centered, schoolgirl romantic fantasy.

And Roger is thinking: Warranty? They want a warranty? I'll give them a goddamn warranty. I'll take their warranty and stick it right up their ..... .

''Roger,'' Elaine says aloud.

''What?'' says Roger, startled.

''Please don't torture yourself like this,'' she says, her eyes beginning to brim with tears. ''Maybe I should never have . . Oh God, I feel so . .... .''

(She breaks down, sobbing.)

''What?'' says Roger.

''I'm such a fool,'' Elaine sobs. ''I mean, I know there's no knight. I really know that. It's silly. There's no knight, and there's no horse.''

''There's no horse?'' says Roger.

''You think I'm a fool, don't you?'' Elaine says.

''No!'' says Roger, glad to finally know the correct answer.

''It's just that . . . It's that I . . . I need some time,'' Elaine says.

(There is a 15-second pause while Roger, thinking as fast as he can, tries to come up with a safe response. Finally he comes up with one that he thinks might work.)

''Yes,'' he says.

(Elaine, deeply moved, touches his hand.)

''Oh, Roger, do you really feel that way?'' she says.

''What way?'' says Roger.

''That way about time,'' says Elaine.

''Oh,'' says Roger. ''Yes.''

(Elaine turns to face him and gazes deeply into his eyes, causing him to become very nervous about what she might say next, especially if it involves a horse. At last she speaks.)

''Thank you, Roger,'' she says.

''Thank you,'' says Roger.

Then he takes her home, and she lies on her bed, a conflicted, tortured soul, and weeps until dawn, whereas when Roger gets back to his place, he opens a bag of Doritos, turns on the TV, and immediately becomes deeply involved in a rerun of a tennis match between two Czechoslovakians he never heard of. A tiny voice in the far recesses of his mind tells him that something major was going on back there in the car, but he is pretty sure there is no way he would ever understand what, and so he figures it's better if he doesn't think about it. (This is also Roger's policy regarding world hunger.)

The next day Elaine will call her closest friend, or perhaps two of them, and they will talk about this situation for six straight hours. In painstaking detail, they will analyze everything she said and everything he said, going over it time and time again, exploring every word, expression, and gesture for nuances of meaning, considering every possible ramification. They will continue to discuss this subject, off and on, for weeks, maybe months, never reaching any definite conclusions, but never getting bored with it, either.

Meanwhile, Roger, while playing racquetball one day with a mutual friend of his and Elaine's, will pause just before serving, frown, and say''Norm, did Elaine ever own a horse?''

Some Good Books to read (Fantasy Novels)

This is the one that I was thinking about. This is a great book, and has the same main characters running around as Night Watch. If you are going to enter the land of Terry Pratchett, not a bad way to start.

If you buy the books off Amazon, by using these image links, I credit for the sales.




I mentioned this Terry Pratchett book, but really it this one comes after Guards! Guards! and it would be better to start with Guards! Guards!, and then read this one
later.




Soul Music begins the books with my favorite character of Terry Pratchett, Susan; Death's Grand Daughter. In fact Susan is probably responsible for my character
Elaine, in the Shadow Dance series; Scarred Lands. Though the two characters are different in many aspects, their personalities certainly do have crossing points (mostly in the bones area).

Again, with this book, you really don't need to know anything about Disc World to enjoy it, but if you have already read Guards! Guards!, then you will enjoy it a bit more.



I have discovered two other books (by the same author "Scott Lynch") which are great fantasy books as well.

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Welcome to the world of Scott Lynch, a writer who appears not to be well known at the moment, but that is sure to change. It has been years since I've read a fantasy
novel that really captured both my interest as a fantasy enthusiast and as a writer. Scott Lynch has an amazing style of writing, and a truly fresh means of telling a story. Well worth the trip into his world. Read the Excerpt on my web site and decide for yourself.

Red Seas Under Red Skies

The Gentlemen Bastards are finally back in Scott Lynch's new novel Red Seas Under Red Skies. Locke and Jean decide that depression and longing for times past is just not making it, and set out to take on the biggest, most deadly target they can come up with, which in true Lamora fashion turns out to be fairly
accurate, especially the deadly part.

Scott Lynch certainly succeeds in creating a novel that meets any expectation built up from his first fantasy novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, and in my personal view, exceeds them.

I have several web sites, which I post all kinds of stuff on.

http://www.scarn.com

My Fantasy web site

http://www.glennhefley.com The main web site

And of course this one.
http://eddiecatwalking.blogspot.com

The Walking with Eddie Cat Blog,
tales of my travels.

Well, have a good day off and I'm sure to see you around.

"Though I did not know the place, I set out for the land of my dreams. Having arrived at the land of my dreams, I found I did not know the place."