#Lupo Easton

[mr081]

“Your apartment’s kinda shit”

“Thanks, I just moved in. Refill?”

“Was that not implied?”

Part 5: Dessert

[principessacapulet-blog]

@sonoilbastardo →🍸🍹 a moodboard and a short fanfic of our muses. 

The first time Juliana meets Easton is at dusk along a river bank, the one that runs right through the center of town and divides it into two lands. On one side rests the wolves, with their blood-soaked fur and their golden eyes, with solitude in their bones even if they run in packs. They deal in gore and glory and call themselves the protectors of the human race, spilling vampire’s blood where it needs to be spilled. On the other side of the riverbank lies the witches territory, where they howl incantations at the moon and spin herbs into healing remedies.

Easton is eighteen, a soldier in every form of the word, but a defiant and reckless one who loves to find loopholes in everything that he does. There’s a tension between his shoulders that his people love to whisper about, speak tall tales about how his father didn’t marry his mother, about how the woman who raised him had taken him in against her better judgement and he had spent his entire life since spitting in her face. About how he bared his teeth at every opportunity, spent his nights sharpening his canines.

Yes, people loved to talk, but not as much as they liked to talk about the princess across the river, the one who liked to cross the line, the one with as many werewolf friends as she had witch friends, who the elders could never catch save for the stories that she left behind.

She’s fourteen the first time he meets her, drinking from the very river that divides them.

He knows who she is immediately--most people would. She’s got her trademarks, a mad dark forest of matted curls and a smattering of freckles that can be seen even in the moonlight, and anyone would recognize them. She’s got a collection of moss piled up at her side, and when she cups her palms and drinks from them, he can’t help but cross the divide with his words.

“You’re walking a fine line there, principessa,” he says, and she should be startled but she stays calm, continues to drink from her palms, using the back of her hand to wipe the excess droplets away when she’s done.

“That’s what everyone tells me,” she responds, finally peering into the darkness to try and see her new companion. “You’ll have to get some new material if you want to scare me.”

“Do you want me to scare you?” he replies, quick.

“That’s what you’re supposed to want to do.”

She sees a smile ghost across his face, narrows her eyes at it.

“I’ve never much been one for doing what I’m supposed to.”

She doesn’t see him again until five years later.

The terms of the treaty are fairly straightforward, but they make Juliana’s heart sing all the same. The wolves and the witches are to be allies; they’re to overcome centuries worth of pride and prejudice and become whole, become equals.

When Easton sees her again, her face is equally as youthful despite the years that have past, equally as joyful. He knows that her mother died the year before and she was put formally in charge of the coven, that she is technically their reigning supreme, but the advisors that surround her on the river bank tell him that maybe she wasn’t ready for it, that maybe the responsibility of leading her people came to early, too suddenly. She looks so small surrounded by all of them, but there’s a set to her shoulders that would make anyone think twice about questioning her authority.

It’s supposed to be symbolic, this moment where each of the groups leaders have gathered at the river bank and will cross it together, will feel the river’s mud beneath their bare feet and shiver at the water’s chill as one.

“Principessa,” he whispers when she is just passing by his right shoulder.

“Supreme,” she replies steadily, without stopping.

She pretends her heart isn’t fluttering in her chest when she steps away from him, when she moves past him and pretends that she hasn’t heard all of the stories about the bastard lupo across the river, about the boy with blood on his hands and cruelty in his heart. She pretends that she doesn’t dream about blue eyes colored silver in the moonlight, about a life of doing what she wasn’t supposed to.

The two clans become allies to battle a single force, the vampire’s--who had managed to put aside their notorious cold anger to unite and create a single army of killers--were coming nearer, moving quickly through the mountains to the North and coming further and further South. They could have stood against them individually and all been slaughtered, or they could come together and fight them as one.

Juliana learns quickly that the rumors about Easton are true, that it’s a good thing his fur is colored copper because anything else would show the blood too easily, and his is dripping with it.

She learns quickly that she almost doesn’t care.

The river becomes their secret hiding place, the spot on the embankment where they first stumbled upon each other becoming this place only for them, where he will teach her hand to hand combat techniques in case someone manages to get her in a place where her magic will fail her, and she talks to him about the cycles of the moon and how each of them will affect him, explains why the change hurts more during a new moon than a full, and why his anger shifts so with the phases. They read each other poetry from another age and whisper it in each other’s ears while the fuck under the stars, with dirt in their hair and the earth in their lungs and fire in their veins. 

Curled together on the moss, she teaches him about which mushrooms will kill and which will heal, and which will simply taste good in the pasta dishes she loves to cook for him. Time there passes more slowly, more privately. When they sit on the riverbank, he isn’t her soldier and she isn’t his Supreme, they are just another pair of lovers with stars in their eyes and wild in their hearts.

He stands at her side when the enemy comes, just behind the shoulder of his alpha, ready to jump in and protect her the moment she needs him.

Together they fight, and together they kill.

Neither of them come out of it the same.

The vampires are dead and gone, but so is Juliana, so is the youthful girl with moonlight in her cheeks bones and light magic at her fingertips.

All that’s left is the dark.

[djbcadventures]

Networking in the Capital City: January/February 2019

It’s a NEW Year!  It is time to start fresh with ideas in the new year to grow your business, expand your contacts, or simply to look for a better opportunity.  January and February are prime with events around town to get you started on the right foot.

Included here are events from networking groups, and the Bexley, Franklinton, Tri-Village, Gahanna, Westerville, Worthington, Hilliard, and Dublin Chambers of Commerce.

JANUARY

January 8 - DANG Meetup (6PM; Dublin Entrepreneurial Center: 565 Metro Place South, Dublin; https://www.meetup.com/Dublin-Area-Networking-Group/) (Bus - # 33 to Dublin Metro)

January 9 - Canal Winchester State of the City Networking Lunch (11:30AM; Oakview Dermatology: 22 S. Trine St., Canal Winchester; http://www.canalwinchester.com)  - Whitehall Area Luncheon - “Networking in the New Year” with Frank Agin (11:30AM; Priority Designs: 100 S. Hamilton Rd., Whitehall; http://www.whitehallareachamber.org) (Bus - # 10 or 24)

January 10 - Tri-Village Luncheon (11:30AM; HighBank Distillery: 1051 Goodale Blvd., Grandview Heights; http://www.chamberpartnership.org) (Closest Buses - # 3, 22, or 31) - GETDOT Alumni Networking Night (5PM; Yabo’s Tacos: 5242 Cemetery Rd., Hilliard; http://www.getdotnetworking.org) (Bus - # 21 or 32)

January 11 - Coffee With a Cause (7:30AM; Rev1 Ventures: 1275 Kinnear Rd., Northwest Columbus; http://www.cypclub.com) (Bus - # 31)

January 12 - Livingston Avenue Area Commission (LAVA-C) Annual Meeting (10AM; Ann Isaly Wolfe Education Center: Rooms ED 137 & 138: 575 S. 18th St., South Side; http://www.livingstonave.com)  (Closest Bus - # 1) - Free Press Second Saturday Salon (6:30PM; Columbus Free Press: 1021 E. Broad St., Olde Towne East; http://www.columbusfreepress.com) (Bus - # 10)

January 15 - What’s NEW on LinkedIn? (6:30PM; Improving Enterprises: 1 Easton Oval, Suite 175, Easton; http://www.columbusama.org) (Closest Bus - # 7, 23, or 32)

January 16 - Dublin Women in Business Luncheon (11:30AM; LaScala: 4199 W. Dublin-Granville Rd., Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org)  - Bexley Area Networking Lunch (12:30PM; JCC Columbus: 1125 College Ave., Berwick; http://www.bexleyareachamber.org) (Bus - # 1) - NextGen Dublin Winter Social (5:30PM; The Rail: 5839 Frantz Rd., Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org) (Bus - # 21) - Entrepreneurs and Innovators (6PM; North High Brewing: 1288 N. High St., Short North; http://www.cypclub.com) (Bus - # 1 or 2)

January 17 - Franklinton Luncheon (11:30AM; Jubilee Museum: 57 S. Grubb St., Franklinton; http://www.franklintonboardoftrade.org) (Bus - # 10 or 12) - Gahanna Chamber Annual Meeting (11:30AM; LaNavona: 154 N. Hamilton Rd., Gahanna; http://www.gahannaareachamber.com) (Bus - # 24) - Westerville Business After Hours (5:30PM; The Middlefield Banking Company: 17 N. State St., Westerville; http://www.westervillechamber.com) 

January 18 - Creative Mornings Columbus: Surreal (8:30AM; Columbus Museum of Art: 480 E. Broad St., Discovery District; https://creativemornings.com/cities/clb) (Bus - # 10) - Hilliard Chamber Networking Lunch with Special Guest Chris Borja (11:30AM; Heritage Golf Club: 3525 Heritage Club Drive, Hilliard; http://www.hilliardchamber.org) (Closest Bus - # 32)

January 22 - CYP Conversations and Coffee (7:30AM; Crimson Cup Innovation Lab: 700 Alum Creek Drive, Near East Side; http://www.cypclub.com) (Closest Bus - # 2 or 11) - Network Dublin Business Breakfast (7:30AM; Alten-Cresttek: 565 Metro Place South, Suite 420, Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org) (Bus - # 33 to Metro Place) - Bexley Women in Business (6PM; Piccadilly: 2501 E. Main St., Bexley; http://www.bexleyareachamber.org) (Bus - # 2)

January 23 - Diversity Chamber (6:30PM; Pat & Gracie’s: 340 E. Gay St., Discovery District; https://diversitycolumbus.org) (Bus - # 7, 10, or 11)

January 24 - CYP Leadership Luncheon: Making Connections In The New Year (11:30AM; Alumni Hall, Ross Auditorium at Franklin University: 301 E. Rich St., Discovery District; http://www.cypclub.com) (Closest Bus - # 2, 7, or 11) - Networking Cocktail Hour (5:30PM; DogTap Museum: 96 Gender Rd., Canal Winchester; http://www.canalwinchester.com)  - Westerville YP Speed Networking (5:30PM; The Pointe at Polaris: 8900 Lyra Drive, Polaris; http://www.westervillechamber.com) (Closest Bus - # 2L) - Worthington Business After Hours (5:30PM; Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center: 777 Evening St., Worthington; http://www.worthington.org) (Closest Bus - # 2L) 

January 25 - Breakfast with Columbus Business First (7AM; Columbus School for Girls: 65 S. Drexel Ave., Bexley; http://www.columbusbusinessfirst.com) (Bus - # 10) - Stonewall Columbus LGBTQ Career Fair (10AM; Stonewall Columbus: 1160 N. High St., Short North; http://www.stonewallcolumbus.org) (Bus - # 1 or 2) 

January 26 - Stonewall Columbus LGBTQ Career Fair (10AM; Stonewall Columbus: 1160 N. High St., Short North; http://www.stonewallcolumbus.org) (Bus - # 1 or 2)

January 28 - Combined Chambers Expo (4:30PM; Embassy Suites Dublin: 5100 Upper Metro Place, Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org, http://www.hilliardchamber.org, or http://www.westervillechamber.com) (Bus - # 33 to Metro Place) - Upper Arlington State of the Community (6:30PM; Upper Arlington Municipal Services Building: 3600 Tremont Rd., Upper Arlington; http://www.upperarlingtonoh.gov) (Bus - # 1 Kenny/Livingston) 

January 30 - Tri-Village Women in Business (5:30PM; Lupo: 2124 Arlington Ave., Upper Arlington; http://www.chamberpartnership.org) 

January 31 - Dublin YP Lunch Bunch (11:30AM; The Chiller: 7001 Dublin Park Drive, Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org)  - State of the City - Columbus (5:30PM; Columbus East High School: 1500 E. Broad St., Woodland Park; http://www.columbus.gov) (Bus - # 10) 

FEBRUARY

February 1 - Gahanna Economic Forecast Breakfast (7AM; Creekside Plaza: 101 Mill St., Suite 300, Gahanna; http://www.gahanna.gov) (Closest Bus - # 24 & 25) (RSVP - January 25) - Coffee With a Cause - Hunger Panel (7:30AM; Rev1 Local Ventures: 1275 Kinnear Rd., Columbus; http://www.cypclub.com) (Bus - # 31) CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER - Whitehall Career Fair (3:30PM; Whitehall-Yearling High School: 675 S. Yearling Rd., Whitehall; http://www.whitehallareachamber.org) CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

February 5 - Bexley Business Breakfast - Lynda.com 101 (8AM; Market District Kitchen and Bar: 2250 E. Main St., Bexley; http://www.bexleyareachamber.org) (Bus - # 2) - Dublin Young Professionals Common Grounds (9AM; Barry’s Bagels: 5760 Frantz Rd., Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org) (Bus - # 21) - DANG Meetup (6PM; Dublin Entrepreneurial Center: 565 Metro Place South, Dublin; https://www.meetup.com/Dublin-Area-Networking-Group/) (Bus - # 33 to Dublin Metro)

February 6 - CYP Networking Night (6-8PM; HPE Polaris: 1500 Polaris Parkway, Upper Level, Polaris; http://www.cypclub.com) (Bus - # 2L)

February 7 - GETDOT Networking (5PM; The Golf Club of Dublin: 5805 Eiterman Rd., Dublin; http://www.getdotnetworking.org)  - News and Brews (5PM; BrewDog: 1175 N. High St., Short North; http://www.columbusbusinessfirst.com (Bus - # 1 or 2) - AMA First Thursdays (5:30PM; Juniper: 580 N. 4th St., Short North; http://www.columbusama.org) 

February 9 - Free Press Second Saturday Salon (6:30PM; The Columbus Free Press: 1021 E. Broad St., Olde Towne East; http://www.columbusfreepress.com) (Bus - # 10)

February 12 - Dublin Business After-Hours (5:30PM; Columbus Marriott Northwest: 5605 Paul G. Blazer Parkway, Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org) (Closest Bus - # 21) 

February 13 - Diversity Columbus (6:30PM; Alzheimer’s Association - Central Ohio Chapter: 1379 Dublin Rd., Grandview; https://diversitycolumbus.org)

February 14 - The Big Game Ad Review: Innovators, Winners, and Losers (11:30AM; Franklin University Alumni Hall: 301 E. Rich St., Discovery District; http://www.columbusama.org) (Bus - # 2, 7, or 11)  - Tri-Village Luncheon (11:30AM; Old Bag of Nails Upper Arlington: 2102 Tremont Center, Upper Arlington; http://www.chamberpartnership.org) 

February 15 - Creative Mornings Columbus: Symmetry (8:30AM; Land-Grant Brewing Company: 424 W. Town St., Franklinton; https://creativemornings.com/cities/clb) (Closest Bus - # 10, due to construction re-routes on Rich Street)

February 19 - CYP Conversations and Coffee (7:30AM; Crimson Cup Innovation Lab: 700 Alum Creek Drive, Near East Side; http://www.cypclub.com) (Closest Bus - # 2 or 11) - Parsons Area Merchants Happy Hour (5PM; Jimmy Luka’s Bar and Deli: 701 Parsons Ave., South Side; http://www.parsonsarea.com) (Bus - # 4 or 8P) - WANG (Westerville Area Networking Group) Social (6PM; Renaissance Columbus Westerville/Polaris: 409 Altair Parkway, Westerville; Website Not Given) (Bus - CMAX)  

February 20 - Dublin Women in Business Luncheon (11:30AM; LaScala: 4199 W. Dublin-Granville Rd., Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org)  (Bus - # 33) - Bexley Networking Lunch (12:30PM; Block’s Bagels: 3012 E. Broad St., Eastmoor; http://www.bexleyareachamber.org) (Bus - # 10) - Entrepreneurs and Innovators (6PM; North High Brewing: 1288 N. High St., Short North; http://www.cypclub.com) (Bus - # 1 or 2)

February 21 - Gahanna Women in Business Breakfast (7:30AM; Mount Carmel East, Siegel Center, Building 3: 5975 E. Broad St., Far East Columbus; http://www.gahannaareachamber.com) (Bus - # 10) - TedX Columbus Salon (6:30PM; The Idea Foundry: 421 W. State St., Franklinton; http://www.tedxcolumbus.com) (Closest Bus - # 10 or 12) 

February 22 - Breakfast with Columbus Business First (7AM; Navigator Management Partners: 1400 Goodale Boulevard, Grandview Heights; http://www.columbusbusinessfirst.com) 

February 26 - City of Dublin Economic Forecast Breakfast (7:30AM; OhioHealth Dublin Methodist Hospital: 7500 Hospital Drive, Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org)  - St. John Professional Development Day (12PM; St.John Learning Center: 640 S. Ohio Ave., Old Oaks; https://stjohnlearning.wordpress.com/) (Bus - # 1 or 22) - Experience Columbus “Make It Columbus” Expo (3PM; COSI: 333 W. Broad St., Franklinton; http://www.experiencecolumbus.com) (Bus - # 3, 6, 9, 10, or 12)

February 27 - Westerville YP Breakfast (7:30AM; Ohio Health - Westerville Medical Campus: 300 Polaris Parkway, Westerville; http://www.westervillechamber.com) (Bus - CMAX or 2L)

February 28 - Tri-Village Lunch with Us and Learn About Podcasting (11:30AM; Tri-Village Chamber: 2011 Riverside Drive - Lower Level, Upper Arlington; http://chamberpartnership.org) (NOTE - Attendance is LIMITED to 12) - Celebrate Clintonville (6PM; Clintonville Woman’s Club: 3951 N. High St., Clintonville; http://www.clintonvillechamber.com) (Bus - # 2 or 2L)

March 1 - Coffee With a Cause (7:30AM; Rev1 Local Ventures: 1275 Kinnear Rd., Columbus; http://www.cypclub.com) (Bus - # 31)

[blogbones234world]

RECENSIONE: "Anche in una città che non dormiva mai, quella era l'ora del lupo". Brian Freeman è uno tra i miei autori preferiti ed è sempre affidabile (è ormai una garanzia) anche senza il suo personaggio piú conosciuto. Mi piace molto il fatto che l'autore faccia riferimento a persone reali (come ad esempio Nancy Pelosi). L'ansia mi ha tenuta incollata al libro fino alla fine, ad un certo punto mi sembrava di vivere quelle sensazioni su me stessa. Anche dopo averlo finito sono quasi ancora sconvolta dalla sua conclusione inaspettata. Ho scelto questo romanzo per le challenge #athrillerlover (perchè il libro parla di un serial killer) e #anoicepiacemalato (infatti, a proposito di temi scottanti, in questo libro si parla degli abusi di potere della polizia). TRAMA: Quattro anni dopo che il serial killer Rudy Cutter è stato condannato all'ergastolo, l'ispettore della Omicidi di San Francisco Frost Easton scopre qualcosa che avrebbe preferito non venire mai a sapere: la prova fondamentale della colpevolezza di Cutter - un orologio trovato in casa sua, che segnava l'orario delle 3.42, come per tutti i suoi omicidi - era in realtà una falsa prova. Seminata proprio dalla donna che allora era a capo delle indagini, nonché la persona più vicina, in ogni senso, a Frost. Il killer è così scarcerato. Ma Frost non ha dubbi che sia comunque il vero colpevole, colpevole anche dell'omicidio che ha sconvolto la sua vita. Quello di sua sorella. Per il detective Easton, dunque, la caccia è più che mai aperta. Tanto più che Cutter adesso è determinato a cercare vendetta: vendetta contro chi lo ha fatto marcire in galera per quattro anni, come sa bene Eden Shay, una giornalista che ha scritto un libro su Cutter e la sua vicenda, e che lo conosce meglio di chiunque altro. MIO VOTO: 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀 #bookpic #readbooks #instareads #libraryofbookstagram #bookcommunity #bookcollection #epicreads #lovetoread #bookstagrammer #booklovers #bookshelf #bookblogger #readinglist #bookcover #booklove #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #bookclub #bookish #bookworm #bookaddict #goodreads #bibliophile #booklover #bookstagram #booknerd #book #books https://www.instagram.com/p/CDwTikOn9oZ/?igshid=fzqwapqqwe5h

[allaboutilvolo]

In bocca al lupo, ragazzi! #ilvolo #nottemagicatour #easton / #Repost @babsvitali with @repostapp ・・・ Here we go! Let's start #ilvolo #nottemagicatour US TOUR 2017 🇺🇸 #ilvoloworldtour2017 Grazie Barbara! In bocca al lupo! 💐

[pangeanews]

“Caro Bret, sei semplicemente diventato vecchio, banale, ipocrita e noioso. Beviti una tisana, riprenditi. Intanto, il tuo libro l’ho buttato nel cestino”

Il prossimo che mi magnifica Bianco di Bret Easton Ellis, si becca la mia copia dritta sui denti. Tanto non so che farci, oltre che buttarla al secchio. Gesù, che perdita di tempo, che noia, che enorme delusione. Dai, Bret, a chi la racconti? Il tuo è il tipico caso di crisi di mezza età, la stessa che nel libro perculi a Tom Cruise, a Charlie Sheen: fattene una ragione. In Bianco sei così barboso, prevedibile, fuori dal tempo, che non riesco a capire cosa ca*zo vi abbiano trovato di interessante tutti quelli che da mesi ne fanno dibattiti sui media. Bret, stai invecchiando, succede, è la vita, beviti una tisana, o inghiotti una pasticca blu, chissà che qualcosa là sotto ti torni in vita.

*

Che sei vecchio, fuori moda, non vi sono dubbi, in Bianco semmai vi sono prove evidenti, racchiuse in una frase che ovvio non un giovane, ma una persona che cavalca il presente, non penserebbe mai. Questa: “Eh, ai miei tempi..!”. I tuoi tempi, Bret, cioè gli anni ’80, non è che facevano schifo, semplicemente erano anni come gli altri, oggi glorificati ai tuoi occhi dalla selezione che la memoria fa dei ricordi, prediligendo sempre il bello a discapito di quanto di inutile e banale c’era. E poi, Bret, gli anni ’80, i tuoi?!? Il tuo vissuto immesso in queste pagine a paragone di ciò che viviamo noi, che vive il tuo fidanzato 30enne. Davvero sei da esempio, Bret? No, perché da ciò che qui rievochi, eri uno yuppie coi neuroni spappolati. Il Bret Easton Ellis anni ’80 è identico a uno dei personaggi de Il Lupo di Wall Street di Martin Scorsese, declinato al ruolo di scrittore di successo: un ragazzo dal cervello avariato da coca e quaalude. Tu, Bret, in Bianco te la prendi coi millennial e post millennial, e li chiami pappamolla, inetti, piagnoni, e da vecchio che sei ti metti a loro confronto anche se nessuno te l’ha chiesto, e sostieni di essere stato un bambino un ragazzo infine un uomo migliore. Di esser cresciuto come si deve. Ma chi te lo dice, Bret, se non te stesso, il tuo ego smisurato stampato su pagina, e vi sono tratti in cui straborda, un elenco di “Io, Io, Io” da ex ragazzino viziato ormai inacidito. Allora, Bret, dov’è la tua esemplare formazione? Sta nell’essere nato in una famiglia ricchissima, circondato dagli agi, nell’aver frequentato ottime scuole, nell’esser diventato famoso col primo libro a 21 anni? Che tra gli scrittori tu sia un grandissimo sono la prima a riconoscerlo, sebbene ti abbia letto disordinatamente, in ogni  modo vi sono gli studi di Nanda Pivano a testimoniarlo. E allora, Bret, il tuo coraggio? Il tuo essere superiore? Sta – fermi tutti – nel tuo vantarti che da ragazzino andavi a scuola e al cinema da solo? Che vedevi i film vietati ai minori? Mio Dio, che eroe, che forza, sono sovrastata da tanta scaltrezza! Ma è questo di cui ti incensi in buona parte del libro. O sta nelle lagne di pagine che riempi sul tuo essere incompreso dagli editori, e nel ripeterci fino alla nausea quanto sei bravo, quanto vendi, quanto tu e solo tu sia capace “di essere fedele al [mio] io”? Un io ipocrita e falso, lo dico portando a prova proprio quanto tu scrivi: in Bianco saturi pagine a disapprovare i social, dici che “ci fanno schiavi della dittatura delle corporation di cui sono figli”, eppure, Bret, sei tu stesso un utente social compulsivo e fiero, ti perdi in pedanti, melense descrizioni dei tuoi tweet e retweet e di quanto i tuoi tweet non siano amati, capiti, e ti lagni di quanto possa essere frustrante non piacere agli altri, cioè non hashtag-filati, online.

*

Povera stella, gli hanno fatto la bua, quei cattivoni di haters, e quei curiosoni degli editori, che vanno a leggere i tweet di Bret in cui paragona “l’HIV a Grindr”, lo trovano inappropriato, e non gli pubblicano più il libro! E giù righe e righe di frignate. Non so te, Bret, ma io trovo ridicolo e scorretto sputare nel piatto in cui si mangia e nel tuo caso si rutta. Perché, guarda, ti dico una cosa: io non sono social, mai aperto un profilo, e mica perché mi valuti più intelligente di te e di chi lo fa. Solo, reputo maturità decidere cosa ci piace e cosa no, cosa vogliamo fare e cosa no. E i social non fanno parte del mio essere. Ho niente da promuovere, la mia identità non è in vendita. Poi, sai, i social hanno le loro regole. Ne sto fuori e mi faccio la mia vita, e non spreco – come fai tu – mezzo libro a parlar male di una realtà di cui però fai parte e contribuisci ad alimentare. Scusa, Bret, ma dov’è il tuo anelato anticonformismo se passi il tempo a postare, se vuoi stare in un sistema – quello dei social – intrinsecamente conservatore e conformista? Dove sta il cambiamento che chiedi? Sta nella tua rievocazione delle librerie a discapito di quelle online, quando la pagina dopo scrivi che sei il primo che compra libri su Amazon…?

*

Com’è piccolo il tuo mondo, Bret. Costa est e costa ovest, gente straricca che ha soldi e fama, minuscoli ceti intellettuali che nel tuo Paese – come nel mio – elettoralmente e emozionalmente non smuovono nulla. Tutto ruota secondo le tue idee che sono giuste perché lo pensi e lo dici tu, la tua mente è speculare alla realtà che dici di detestare perché autoreferenziale benché si professi inclusiva, e tu, chi vuoi escludere se non chi non è come te? Bret, tu credi di essere dalla parte giusta, e te ne esalti. Ma sei tu la vittima che imputi siano gli altri. Puntare il dito sui difetti altrui perché sono gli stessi che si hanno e non si ha la forza di sfidare: vecchia storia. Bret, tu reclami mancanza di empatia, ma la tua, che a pagina 136 te la prendi con un 18enne suicidatosi perché bullizzato? Dici che il suo non era dolore autentico. Sei cattivo, Bret. La stizzosa cattiveria dei vecchi, la conosco molto bene. Sei entrato nel club di chi gli si alza solo a ferire gli altri, meglio se giovani. Dì un po’, Bret: mai pensato di porgerci la mano, a noi millennial, invece di romperci il ca*zo su tutto, di darci la colpa di tutto, in primis dei tuoi fallimenti? Ad un certo punto del libro lamenti che non puoi perdere tempo a bloccare chi su Twitter ti insulta: Dio, Bret, parli come un 12enne, te ne rendi conto? O gli anni passati a tirare cocaina nei cessi del jet-set si fanno sentire? In una pagina decanti di averne tirata insieme a Basquiat una settimana prima che morisse. Eh, Bret, che dire, se pensi che questi siano traguardi…

Barbara Costa

L'articolo “Caro Bret, sei semplicemente diventato vecchio, banale, ipocrita e noioso. Beviti una tisana, riprenditi. Intanto, il tuo libro l’ho buttato nel cestino” proviene da Pangea.

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自転車の歴史（私の）

Bianchi Lupo

初めて買ったロードバイク型の自転車。

今見るとツーリング兼シクロクロスのような感じで、カンチブレーキである。

走行中にトラックの側面にぶつかり、廃車となった。

廃車となったBianchi Lupo のパーツを載せ替えて乗ることとなったSurlyのLongHaulTrucker。

最後の方はシングルギアにしたりして通勤自転車にしていたが、弟を自転車の世界に引き入れるために譲った。

通勤自転車として購入したFLAT1。

これはもうひとりの弟に譲った。

ロードバイクに本当に足を踏み入れたのがこの、Eddy MerckxのAlusport

ヤフオクで購入。10万円くらいだったと思う。

ついていたコンポがカンパだった。

シクロクロスというのに惹かれて購入したchinelliのzydeco

フレーム購入して、初めてパーツから組み立てた。

結局あまり乗らずに売却。

このころ自転車を組み立てるのに凝っていて、フレームから購入したLOOK565

フォークがなかったのでeastonの黄色のカーボンフォークにしたり、ホイールをカーボンにしたりとしたが、やや大きいのが辛くて売却。

LOOK565の代わりに購入したのがBianchiのチタン。

アメリカのオークションサイトで購入。

5���ほど前に買って、今も乗り続けている。

なんとなく自転車を組み立てたくなり、購入したTrekのZX2300という年代物のフレーム。

カーボンがアルミラグで接合されており、なかなかに頑丈。

この自転車でメキシコのバハ・カリフォルニア半島を縦断した。

帰国後、自転車が欲しいという友人に譲った。

じいさんの援助で購入したtestachのcyclo-try

シクロクロスとツーリングを考えて購入。

コンポはカンパなので、ブレーキはカンチ。

アウターのチェーンリングは45とかの少し小さいのに交換。

税理士事務所をしています。

事業承継と組織再編の観野健太郎税理士事務所

http://kannokentaro.tumblr.com

スリランカカレーもつくります。

「じゃがカレー食堂」

http://bicyclecurry.tumblr.com

[mr081]

“How’s the arm?”

Just a fan art of Karelia Hall’s “180 Files: The Aegis Project” using my 180 Agent Lupo Easton.

Awesome text based story if your into secret organizations and the dangers most spygames entail, lol.

If you’ve played it, hopefully context of the picture shows well *wink wink. Otherwise, just wanted to test out my lighting work as well; not sure if I’m getting better or just plain plateauing.

[mr081]

Part 4: Last Course

“Missed it by this much”

-Maxwell Smart

[mr081]

Part 3: Main Course

“Dance first, think later. It’s the natural order”

-Samuel Beckett

[mr081]

“Busy night?”

“Absolutely Murder”

Part 2: Appetizers

[mr081]

“What’s for dinner?”

Part one: Drinks

[djbcadventures]

March/April 2020 Networking Calendar

**EDIT: MARCH 12, 2020** **We are closely monitoring cancellations of events due to the COVID-19/Coronavirus Pandemic Outbreak.  They will be edited in, as soon as there is confirmation from the source.  We will keep you posted. - Bryan**

Virtual Hiring Events through Ohio Means Jobs - https://www.omjcfc.org/virtual-events

Leap Forward with Your Business and Your Network This Spring!  Here are some networking events near you in the Columbus area. (Bus - # ) - On Bus Line $ - Cost < $ 15 $$ - Cost is $ 15-30 $$$ - Cost > $ 30

March 2020

March 3 - Tri-Village Morning Perk (8AM; Class Acts - CA Backspace: 1266 Virginia Ave., 5th by Northwest; http://chamberpartnership.org) (Bus - # 3) - Connected: Dublin/DANG (6PM; The DEC: 565 Metro Place South, Dublin; http://www.connectednetworkinggroup.com) (Bus - # 33)

March 5 - News & Brews With Columbus Business First (5PM; Olentangy River Brewing Company: 303 Green Meadows Drive South, Lewis Center; http://www.columbusbusinessfirst.com) $$ - Connected: Upper Arlington (6PM; CoHatch - The Overlook: 1733 W. Lane Ave., Upper Arlington; http://www.connectednetworkinggroup.com) (Bus - # 3) 

March 6 - CYP Cares Coffee With a Cause: Women’s Empowerment (7:30AM; M+A Architects: 775 Yard St., Suite 325; Grandview Heights; http://www.cypclub.com) (Bus - # 3, 13, 22, or 31) - SOLD OUT!!!!

March 9 - Hilliard State of the City (6PM; City Hall: 3800 Municipal Way, Hilliard; http://www.hilliardohio.gov) (Bus - # 21 or 32) 

March 10 - Westerville Quarterly Luncheon: The State of Healthcare (11:15AM; Crowne Plaza Columbus North: 6500 Doubletree Avenue, Northland; http://www.westervillechamber.com) $$ - Northland Business Luncheon (11:30AM; 1900 E. Dublin-Granville Rd., Northland; http://www.nabacolumbus.org) (Bus - # 8 or 35) $$ - Bexley Women in Business (6PM; Piccadilly: 2501 E. Main St., Bexley; http://www.bexleyareachamber.com) (Bus - # 2)

March 11 - Taste of Grove City (5PM; South-Western Career Academy: 4750 Big Run South Rd., Grove City; http://www.gcchamber.org) CANCELLED due to Coronavirus - Whitehall State of the City (5:30PM; Wasserstrom: 4500 E. Broad St., Whitehall; http://www.whitehall.oh-us) CANCELLED due to Coronavirus - CYP Member Mixer (6PM; Value City Easton: 3740 Easton Market, Easton; http://www.cypclub.com) (Bus - # 34) $ - Diversity Columbus with Columbus Business First (6PM; Stonewall Columbus: 1160 N. High St., Short North; http://www.diversitycolumbus.org) (Bus - # 1, 2, 5, or 102*) (* - 102 stops at High & 5th) 

March 12 - Tri-Village Monthly Luncheon (11:30AM; Hofbrauhaus Columbus: 800 Goodale Blvd., Grandview Heights; http://chamberpartnership.org) (Bus - # 3, 22, or 31) $$ - Dublin State of the Community (6PM; The Exchange at Bridge Park: 6520 Riverside Drive, Dublin; http://www.dublinohiousa.gov) CANCELLED due to Coronavirus - Westerville State of the Community (6PM; The Point: 60 Collegeview Rd., Westerville; http://www.westerville.org) CANCELLED due to Coronavirus

March 13 - Charitable Roundtable (11:30AM; The Gahanna Sanctuary: 82 N. High St., Gahanna; http://www.charitableroundtable.com) (Bus - # 25) (Moved from Westminster-Thurber due to the Coronavirus) 

March 14 - Second Saturday Salon (6:30PM; The Columbus Free Press: 1021 E. Broad St., Olde Towne East; http://www.columbusfreepress.com) CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus

March 17 - Primary Election!!! (6:30AM to 7:29PM; Your Neighborhood Polling Location; http://vote.franklincountyohio.gov or http://www.sos.state.oh.us)  - CYP Coffee Talk: Job Search Tips (7:30AM; Crimson Cup Innovation Lab: 700 Alum Creek Drive, Near East Side; http://www.cypclub.com) - POSTPONED due to the Coronavirus - Connected: Polaris (6PM; CoHatch - The Pub, Your Personal Computer; http://www.connectednetworkinggroup.com) 

March 18 - Dublin Women in Business Lunch (11:30AM; The Club at Tartan Fields: 8070 Tartan Fields Drive, Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus - Bexley Networking Luncheon (Noon; The Old Bag of Nails: 18 N. Nelson Rd., Near East Side; http://www.bexleyareachamber.org) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus - Connected: Worthington (6PM; CoHatch - The Library, Your Personal Computer; http://www.connectednetworkinggroup.com) 

March 19 - Gahanna State of the City (5:30PM; The EDGE Innovation Hub: 1140 Gahanna Parkway, Gahanna; http://www.gahanna.gov) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus - Westerville Business After Hours (5:30PM; Art Van Furniture: 1551 Gemini Place, NOW at CoHatch: The Pub - 1554 Polaris Parkway, Polaris; http://www.westervillechamber.com) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus - Connected: Delaware (6PM; CoHatch - The Newsstand,YOUR Personal Computer; http://www.connectednetworkinggroup.com)  - CSCA Presents Tito Melega (6:30PM; Gateway Film Center: 1550 N. High St., University District; http://www.cscarts.org) - PPD due to the Coronavirus - Young Professionals Thirdsday Networking (6:30PM; Location TBD, Grove City; http://www.gcchamber.org) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus

March 20 - Breakfast with Columbus Business First (7AM; Whitehall Community Park YMCA: 402 N. Hamilton Rd., Whitehall; http://www.columbusbusinessfirst.com)  - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus - Creative Mornings: Identity (8:30AM; CCAD Design Studio: 390 E. Broad St., Discovery District; https://creativemornings.com/cities/clb) - MAY be CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus

March 25 - Small Office/Home Office Networking (5PM; Winans’ Chocolate: 1125 Yard St., Grandview Heights; http://chamberpartnership.org) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus - CYP Club Speed Networking (5:30PM; Serendipity Labs: 886 N. High St., 4th Floor, Short North; http://www.cypclub.com) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus

March 26 - Network Dublin! (7:30AM; Sleep Number: 6465 Sawmill Rd., Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org)  POSTPONED due to the Coronavirus

March 27 - Creative Mornings Columbus (8:30AM; Your Personal Computer; https://creativemornings.com/cities/clb) (Limited to the first 100 participants in Zoom)

April 2020

April 1 - Connected: Easton (6PM; Your Computer; http://www.connectednetworkinggroup.com) - ONLINE ONLY

April 2 - Grow Your Business With Purpose (7:30AM; Gerber Office: 580 N. 4th St., Suite 400, Short North; http://www.columbusbusinessfirst.com) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus - Connected: Upper Arlington (6PM; Your Computer; http://www.connectednetworkinggroup.com) - MOVED to ONLINE ONLY

April 3 - Coffee With a Cause: Diversity & Inclusion Part 1, The LGBT Community (7:30AM; M+A Architects: 775 Yard St., Suite 325, Grandview Heights; http://www.cypclub.com) - PPD due to the Coronavirus - Rise + Design - Social Media (9AM; Video Chat; http://rise.design; LIMITED number of “SEATS” available) - MOVED to ONLINE due to the Coronavirus - Charitable Roundtable (11:30AM; The Gahanna Sanctuary: 82 N. High St., Gahanna Zoom Chat; http://www.charitableroundtable.com) (Date Change due to Good Friday on April 10) -  MOVED to ONLINE due to the Coronavirus

April 7 - Tri-Village Morning Perk (8AM; Brush Crazy: 1299 Bethel Rd., Northwest Columbus; http://chamberpartnership.org) - CANCELLED due to Coronavirus - Dublin YP Coffee and Connections (9AM; Barry’s Bagels: 5760 Frantz Rd., Dublin Your Computer; http://www.dublinchamber.org) - MOVED to Video Chat due to Coronavirus - Dublin Area Networking Group/Connected Dublin (6PM; Your Computer; http://www.connectednetworkinggroup.com) - MOVED to ONLINE ONLY

April 8 - Grow Your Business Expo (2PM; Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center: 100 Green Meadows Drive South, Lewis Center; http://www.columbusbusinessfirst.com) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus - Small Business Bootcamp: Developing a Business Plan (5:30PM; St. John Learning Center: 640 S. Ohio Ave., Old Oaks; http://stjohnlearning.wordpress.com) (Bus - # 1 or 22) - PPD due to the Coronavirus

April 9 - Tri-Village Monthly Luncheon (11:30AM; LUPO: 2124 Arlington Ave., Upper Arlington; http://chamberpartnership.org) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus

April 10 - CYP Club Virtual Lunch & Learn: Social Distancing and Mental Wellness (Noon; Your Computer; http://www.cypclub.com) 

April 11 - Second Saturday Salon (6:30PM; http://www.columbusfreepress.com) - CANCELLED DUE TO The Coronavirus

April 15 - Tax Day!  Get ‘em filed and done! - MOVED to JULY 15!! -  Dublin Women in Business Lunch (11:30AM; The Club at Tartan Fields: 8070 Tartan Fields Drive, Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org)  - PPD due to the Coronavirus - Bexley Networking Luncheon (Noon; Location TBD; http://www.bexleyareachamber.org) - MAY BE CANCELLED - Small Business Bootcamp: Insurance (5:30PM; St. John Learning Center: 640 S. Ohio Ave., Old Oaks; http://stjohnlearning.wordpress.com) (Bus - # 1 or 22) - PPD due to the Coronavirus - Connected: Worthington (6PM; Your Computer; http://www.connectednetworkinggroup.com) - MOVED TO ONLINE ONLY

April 16 - Westerville Business After Hours (5:30PM; BMI Federal Credit Union: 543 N. Cleveland Ave., Westerville; http://www.westervillechamber.com) -  PPD due to the Coronavirus - Connected: Delaware (6PM; Your Computer; http://www.connectednetworkinggroup.com) - MOVED TO ONLINE ONLY - CSCA Presents (6:30PM; Gateway Film Center: 1550 N. High St., University District; http://www.cscarts.org) - PPD due to the Coronavirus

April 17 - Breakfast with Columbus Business First (7AM; HighBank Distillery: 1051 Goodale Blvd., Grandview Heights; http://www.columbusbusinessfirst.com)  - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus - Creative Mornings Columbus: Purpose (8:30AM; Location TBD; https://creativemornings.com/cities/clb) - MAY BE CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus

April 20 - Grove City YP Thirdsday Networking (6:30PM; Zassy’s Tap Room: 3490 Broadway, Grove City; http://www.gcchamber.org) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus

April 21 - Dublin Business After Hours (5:30PM; The Club at Tartan Fields: 8070 Tartan Fields Drive, Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus - Connected: Polaris (6PM; Your Computer; http://www.connectednetworkinggroup.com) - MOVED to ONLINE ONLY

April 22 - Westerville YP Breakfast with a Leader (7:30AM; Location TBD; http://www.westervillechamber.com) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus - Small Business Bootcamp: Loans and Grants (5:30PM; St. John Learning Center: 640 S. Ohio Ave., Old Oaks; http://stjohnlearning.wordpress.com) (Bus - # 1 or 22) - PPD due to the Coronavirus

April 24 - Bexley Business Breakfast (Time & Location TBD; http://www.bexleyareachamber.org) - CANCELLED due to the Coronavirus

April 27 - Columbus YP Week Kickoff (5:30PM; Polaris Fashion Place, Polaris; http://www.cypclub.com) - PPD to AUGUST due to Coronavirus

April 29 - Small Business Bootcamp: Marketing & Social Media (5:30PM; St. John Learning Center: 640 S. Ohio Ave., Old Oaks; http://stjohnlearning.wordpress.com) (Bus - # 1 or 22) - PPD due to the Coronavirus  

April 30 - NetworkDublin! (7:30AM; Peters Photography: 6990 State Route 161, Dublin/Plain City; http://www.dublinchamber.org) - MAY BE PPD due to COVID-19 - Columbus YP Week Volunteer Expo (5:30PM; Dave and Buster’s Hilliard: 3665 Park Mill Run Drive, Hilliard; http://www.cypclub.com) - PPD to AUGUST due to Coronavirus

May 1 - Coffee With a Cause: Diversity & Inclusion Part 2, Minority Issues (7:30AM; M+A Architects: 775 Yard St., Suite 325, Grandview Heights; http://www.cypclub.com) - PPD due to the Coronavirus  

Virtual Hiring Events through Ohio Means Jobs - https://www.omjcfc.org/virtual-events

Now this is not all of the events.  There are other organizations and groups that are not open to the public, but only to their members or clients.  This post will be updated through April 30, 2020 to include events that were scheduled after the initial deadline, or events that were cancelled/postponed due to the COVID-19/Coronavirus Pandemic.