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Tender, tortured, thoughtful, the texts in Fragments hint at what Brooklyn-based novelist Arthur Miller, whom Monroe eventually married, must have meant when he said that she “had the instinct and reflexes of the poet, but she lacked the control.”

from Marilyn Monroe’s Unpublished Poems: The Complex Private Person Behind the Public Persona
By Maria Popova
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Did you ever begin Ulysses? Did you ever finish it? Marilyn Monroe did both. She took great pains to be photographed reading or holding a book â€" insistence born not out vain affectation but of a genuine love of literature. Her personal library contained four hundred books, including classics like Dostoyevsky and Milton, and modern staples like Hemingway and Kerouac. While she wasn’t shooting, she was taking literature and history night classes at UCLA. And yet, the public image of a breezy, bubbly blonde endures as a caricature of Monroe’s character, standing in stark contrast with whatever deep-seated demons led her to take her own life.

But her private poetry â€" fragmentary, poem-like texts scribbled in notebooks and on loose-leaf paper, published for the first time in Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters â€" reveal a complex, sensitive being who peered deeply into her own psyche and thought intensely about the world and other people. What these texts bespeak, above all, is the tragic disconnect between a highly visible public persona and a highly vulnerable private person, misunderstood by the world, longing to be truly seen.

Book Description

Fragments is an eventâ€"an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe’s humanity.

Marilyn’s image is so universal that we can’t help but believe we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notorietyâ€"and by the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her.

Beyond the headlinesâ€"and the too-familiar stories of heartbreak and desolationâ€"was a woman far more curious, searching, witty, and hopeful than the one the world got to know. Now, for the first time, readers can meet the private Marilyn and understand her in a way we never have before. Fragments is an unprecedented collection of written artifactsâ€"notes to herself, letters, even poemsâ€"in Marilyn’s own handwriting, never before published, along with rarely seen intimate photos.

Jotted in notebooks, typed on paper, or written on hotel letterhead, these texts reveal a woman who loved deeply and strove to perfect her craft. They show a Marilyn Monroe unsparing in her analysis of her own life, but also playful, funny, and impossibly charming. The easy grace and deceptive lightness that made her performances indelible emerge on the page, as does the simmering tragedy that made her last appearances so affecting.

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Review

"There is delight in this picture of the icon as more sincere, striving, intellectually ambitious, and perceptive than we’d ever have guessed."
--Publishers Weekly

"Sentences trail across the page, then merge in clumps, like paper airplanes tossed into a net; multiple cross-outs, repetitions and misspellings make them a challenge to decipher. Nonetheless, a certain potency resides in their runic quality…Passionate decoders of the Monroe legacy will have a field day.."
--The New York Times

About the Author

Marilyn Monroe was the defining actress of her age. Born in Los Angeles in 1926, Monroe first gained notice for small but memorable roles in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve in 1950. Over the next decade, she starred in numerous films, including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Some Like It Hot, How to Marry a Millionaire, and The Seven Year Itch. Acclaimed for these and many other performances, Monroe also studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. She died in 1962.

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Product Details

    Hardcover: 256 pages
    Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First Edition edition (October 12, 2010)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 0374158355
    ISBN-13: 978-0374158354
    Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.9 x 0.8 inches

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Dulhogon pood...

Quote from: chicogon on July 13, 2012, 12:04:53 AM
Boys like it cheap... 

Padaghanay diay...

Quote from: islander on July 12, 2012, 09:59:42 PM
and boys go for bargains?

Certainly, they avoid barlosses...

Count your blessings! Kaayo rang gisung-ay ka!

Quote from: bugsay on July 18, 2012, 11:20:41 AM
lig-on ang sukaranan kon tinuoray nga gugma ang gihimong pondasyon diha sa pamilya....

Tinuod, ang pondasyon maoy hinungdanon. Sigi na lang kon busloton ang atop, total pwede man ning sungkipan og mga ritasong lawanit sa tingusbawan (huwag lang mangarap nga jmposible)...

Wa jud mosumpay diri ang mga krokongho, marukoy, ug manyakis...

Hmm, hard-boiled eggs ang pakapin?

...nga nakalingaw na lang og weather reporting?

Bursera microphylla, known by the common name elephant tree, is a tree in genus Bursera. It grows into a distinctive sculptural form, with a trunk resembling that of an elephant. The elephant tree is quite rare. Its existence was confirmed in 1937 with samples found in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park region. --Wiki

Amazing Elephant Rubbing Against A Tree

Amazing Mossy Elephant Tree

Amazing Elephant Eating Christmas Tree 

Amazing Tree Elephant

Tinuod ni?  

Quote from: chicogon on July 26, 2012, 05:28:53 PM
Hmmm basin diay naay makabasa nga calamay makers dri hehehe

Aw, kon calamay eaters lang unta ang gipangita...

Kini siya kay mas talented...





(Opkors, mas mako galing ang ngisi, an!) 

Kon mahutdan og ginebra, pwede kini ang imnon...

Perfect for kayaking...

Hmm, mao diayng ginaingon nga "Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed".

Quote from: islander on July 27, 2012, 02:12:26 AM
bana ipasabot ana.

He he, pila man tawoy dawat sa imong banana republic?

Quote from: islander on July 27, 2012, 01:46:39 AM
wa gyod hinoon ko makatagbog katsila nga di tabian.  how they love to talk!  binisay-i, hihihi.

He he, tabian unya ang katunga sa estorya balikas...

Unsa man ni, cat hat or hat cat?

Belgian? Lintian unta ang suspect kon si Van Damme pa to...

Hi, Lavanya, nice to meet ya. Lavanya, human lava, hayhaynya...

Quote from: bugsay on July 26, 2012, 08:40:41 AM
hmmm..driving without ipok...

Quote from: islander on July 27, 2012, 02:06:19 AM
traffic violation kay way ipok? 

Di man violation ang way i pok
Basta di lang makita ang u lok.

Wa pa tuod mo-retire si Superman pero unsaon nga ingon na man ani ang porma...

Unsa pa kaha kon kini na...

Unsa diay kaha ang gigamit kon maohon...

Hmm, malagmit naay secret weapon nis Ondoy...

Ang saging kay tambal sa acne ug pimples...





See? Wa jud tawoy bugas-bugas si Ondoy Gwapo... 

Contest ni. Ang unang makahurot og usa ka lechon maoy makapanag-iya sa wa malamon sa ubang contestants. Winir tiks ol in adir words...

Hmm, bugnaw og kaugmaon ning tawhana...

Cool... 

Quote from: islander on July 24, 2012, 03:41:37 PM
nag-concentrate tingali ang china sa lacoste nga ang buaya nagtuwad.

Mao nay Laoste...

Di ba paresan pud nig manggang hinog?

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on July 26, 2012, 04:41:50 AM
Wife Can Be Pawned?

Kon perming iprenda, magkakubos ang balor...

Quote from: statesville on July 26, 2012, 04:26:16 AM
Gipadayag niini nga dugay nang panahon nga ibilin sa inahan ang biktima ngadto sa apohan kun dunay lakaw sanglit masuko kini kun ibilin sa laing tawo.

Masuko kay di siya kalugar og "hagwa-hagwa"...

Quote from: bugsay on July 26, 2012, 09:09:03 AM
makahimo pa diay ang kanahan?...

Superlolo jud, kay naay uban nga wa pay katunga ang edad naglisod na...

..morag insenso nga mopadugok imbis mohingilin sa mga demonyo...

Quote from: bugsay on July 23, 2012, 09:55:25 AM
taas taas nga pag tuon ang angay buhaton.....kon asa age kay way paros..

Tun-ig maayo, aron pud adunay buhing timaan ang nangagi mong kalamposan...

...ug sa tabisay sa laway...

He he, mora diayg kusahos nga gisugba...

Hmm, bisag ibanlas sa baybayon sa kagul-anan?

Quote from: bugsay on July 21, 2012, 09:54:59 PM
ana gyud...ipakita gyud kon unsa'y imong nabuhat...

Buhati pud og design nga gakumbitay, Bay Bugs...

Di kaha mabali imong bugsay ani, Bay Bugs...

Power nap; otherwise, power snap...

Nagtinabangay...

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on July 21, 2012, 06:19:13 AM

Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris

Flashback 1999: The killers behind Columbine High School Massacre. Just 13 miles from the "Dark Knight Rises" massacre at the theater.

Natural-born killers jamog mga nawong...

Hahay, kayaka baya ani nga sporks...

Mao ni rason nganong mahilig og tennis si Bay Bugsay...

Hmm, wa man ni mosikat nga brand sa atoa...

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on July 22, 2012, 01:21:38 PM
no copyright infringement was committed

Gituyo og sayop ang spelling...

by Laura Simpson
July 21, 2012





A few weeks ago, I was driving out to a distant feral cat colony with the daily meal as the regular caretaker was out of town. The roads in that area are laid out like a pile of sticks, one crossing over the next, and I always seem to lose my way. This time I found myself heading the wrong way and I came upon a plaza with several stores and restaurants. As I drove past, I thought I spotted some people lingering about in the sun with a couple of dogs. I thought this was very odd as the air was in the mid-90s and near the pavement, it was certainly hitting 100 or more.

Though it seemed like a bad idea, especially as I’m wary of approaching strangers when my daughter is with me, I just couldn’t let it go. I began to try and navigate the network of roads and find a way to return to that same spot. It was probably no more than 10 minutes later when I was back where I started and at first I was relieved. I didn’t see them. No dogs. No people. I was halfway through letting out a deep breath when I spotted the group and that familiar feeling of dread crept up on me. I didn’t know exactly what I was going to do, but I pulled the car into the lot and closed my eyes for a second. A quick prayer and I was out of the car, taking my daughter by the hand as we walked over with her asking me lots of questions about why we were going to talk to these people.

The person closest to us on our approach was a young woman, head down between her knees, sitting on the ground. The dogs were laying all around her. I began talking to her and at first she did not lift her face.

“Is she awake?” I wondered.

I tried again.

“It’s such a hot day, your dogs must be thirsty. Would you like a bottle of water?”

The young woman slowly raised her head. She wasn’t sleepy but she was miles away. She looked at me blankly and agreed in a flat voice to take the bottle.

I then asked, “Can I give you a bag of dog food too? I just bought some for my dogs and it will just take me a second to get it.”

She called out to one of the men who was in her group. He was about 20 yards away, soliciting passing cars for money. She asked him if they needed dog food and he said, “We could always use more.” His voice was eager and I didn’t waste any time.

“Let’s Hurry Honey, We’re Going to Give Them Some Dog Food”

I hurried back to the car with my daughter and hastily opened the dog food and poured half of the 18 pound bag into a reusable shopping tote. I knew they wouldn’t be able to carry the whole sack along with their backpacks too, but I hoped they’d be able to carry the tote on one shoulder.

I returned to the young woman and a lovely, medium-sized golden dog slipped her head into the pink grocery bag. She was grazing softly while the other two dogs seemed uninterested in the meal. All three were actually in good body condition, and aside from being dreadfully hot under the pathetic shade offered by the immature tree sprouting up behind them, they seemed relaxed.

I asked the young woman questions about where she would spend the night, where she would go next. She explained that she and her companion, only one of the three men working together at the end of the lot, usually spent the night sleeping in bushes or under bridges. She named several states they had been through in recent months and explained that she had spent time in Oregon, clear across the country. She explained that they move south during winter and bundle up when they’re cold.

I couldn’t help but fix on the long bone-shaped jewelry piercing her nose, but what pained me most was the eyes of this young woman. She had no spark. She was absent of the normal body language woman tend to share during conversation. No smile. No nod. No response when I reached out and took her hand.

“Please, can I give you my card,” I offered. “I want to help you. If you need something. If your dogs need something…. I run an animal rescue charity. It’s called the Harmony Fund. I’m worried about the dogs. I’m worried about you. You can call me any time.”

Either she couldn’t feel the genuine love I was sending her or she didn’t want to.

“We’re not going to be around,” she said refusing the card. “We’re leaving for New York tonight. I don’t have a phone. We move all over the place and we’re not coming back here.”

There was not a thread to pull on. She was closed down and I could feel it. So I did the only thing I could and reached into my pocket and gave her the $14 I had on me.

“Good luck,” I said. “Please be safe. Please take care of yourself. I’ll be thinking of you tonight.”

Only she probably wouldn’t guess that I’ll still be thinking of her in years to come.

What To Do in This Situation

So what do you do when you see a homeless person with an animal? I simply don’t know. I did the best I could in the heat of the moment and perhaps that’s all any of us can do. Ask questions. Offer food and water. If you know of a resource in the area, try to talk to them about what help is available. You might not have a perfect plan, but any support you provide is better than simply walking past and averting your eyes. -- http://www.care2.com/

Kaltenbrunner's body after execution, October 1946. --Wiki

Kaltenbrunner, pictured here in 1944, his Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords visible around his neck. --Wiki

Ernst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 1903 â€" 16 October 1946) was an Austrian-born senior official of Nazi Germany during World War II. Between January 1943 and May 1945, he held the offices of Chief of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA, Reich Main Security Office), President of Interpol and, as a SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei und Waffen-SS, he was the highest-ranking Schutzstaffel (SS) leader to face trial at the first Nuremberg Trials. He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and executed. --Wiki

It’s awesome. Seriously, napping. It’s awesome.

Saves money. Instead spending $30 a week on Five Hour Energy or Starbucks, take a nap and boost your energy the natural and more effective way.

Improves mood. The neurotransmitter serotonin regulates our mood, sleep, and appetites. It produces feeling of contentment and well-being. But when our bodies are stressed, higher levels of serotonin are used and the production of more is blocked. As a result, we can become anxious, irritable, depressed, overwhelmed, and easily distracted. According to Mednick, “napping bathes your brain in serotonin, reversing those effects and creating a more positive outlook.”

Improves health. Sleep deprivation leads to an excess of the hormone cortisol in the body. Cortisol, known as the stress hormone, helps us deal with fight or flight responses. But excess cortisol increases glucose intolerance and abdominal fat, weakens the muscular and immune systems, stymies memory and learning, and decreases levels of growth hormone and testosterone in our bodies. These deleterious effects can lead to diabetes and heart disease.

When you sleep, you release growth hormone, the antidote to cortisol which which boosts your immune system, primes your sexual function, reduces stress and anxiety, and aids in muscle repair and weight loss. Napping gives your brain a chance to rest and your body a chance to heal.

The proof’s in the pudding. A study done with Greeks found that those that took a 30 minute nap at least three times a week had 37% less risk of dying from a heart-related condition. Among working men their risk of death was reduced 64%! So not only should you dance like Zorba the Greek, you should nap like him, too.

Heightens your senses and creativity. According to foremost nap scientist (napologist?) Sara C. Mednick, napping can improve your sensory perception as effectively as a night of sleep. This means that steak tastes better, the sunset looks purtier, and Annie’s Song sounds even better after a good nap. Napping also improves your creativity by both loosening up the web of ideas in your head and fusing disparate insights together.

Prevents burnout and reverses information overload. While we often refuse to take a nap because we feel like we have too much to do, studies have shown that putting in extra hours without rest dramatically reduces your productivity. It would be better to take a 30 minute nap and return to your work refreshed. This was demonstrated in a study in which subjects performed a visual task over the course of four days. With each successive session, the subjects’ performance on the task deteriorated. But when the subjects were allowed to take a 30 minute nap after the second session, the decline in performance was halted. And after a one hour nap, their performance actually improved in the third and fourth sessions.

Improves learning and working memory. Naps improve your working memory. This type of memory is involved in working on complex tasks where you have to pay attention to one thing while holding a bunch of other things in your memory. Napping also improves your memory retention; during sleep, recent memories are transferred to the neocortex, where long-term memories are solidified and stored.

The Benefits of Napping

Increases alertness. When your eyelids are almost too heavy to keep open, you’re not doing your best work. Make time for a nap and then go back at it. A NASA study found that a 40 minute nap increases alertness by 100%. Other studies have found that a 20 minute nap is more effective than either 200 mg of caffeine or a bout of exercise. Yet another study showed that pilots who were allowed to take a 25 minute nap (while the co-pilot manned the controls!) nodded off fives times less than their nap-deprived peers. They also made less errors during take-offs and landings.

Studies have shown that if you break up your day with a nap, you will be as alert and energetic for the second part of your day as you were for the first. So if you’ve got an event planned for after work, take a nap before going out on the town.

from Unleash the Power of the Nap
by BRETT & KATE MCKAY on FEBRUARY 7, 2011
in HEALTH & SPORTS, WELLNESS


Your Cat Knows Something You Don’t

Humans are among the few animals that take their sleep in one shot. The rest of the animal kingdom consists of polyphasic sleepers; they alternate sleep and wake cycles throughout a 24 hour period. Cavemen likely slept in multiple phases too, so someone was always up to keep an eye out for saber tooth tigers. While experimenting with a return to polyphasic sleep has become trendy in recent times, the ideal pattern for human sleep is biphasicâ€"a long stretch at night along with a shorter respite during the day.

The ancient Romans were biphasic sleepers; at sexta (the sixth hour or their noon) everyone would turn in for some midday shut eye. This is where we get the term siesta, a tradition once popular in countries like Spain but which has largely succumbed to the encroaching go-go-go Western business style.

While the pace of modern life may keep us from being the biphasic sleepers we were meant to be, the urge for a daytime snooze is still hardwired into our biology. Studies have shown that when people are put into an environment that lacks any indication of time, they will fall into the long sleep at night/shorter nap during the day pattern. Thus most of us are daily fighting tooth and nail against our body’s natural circadian rhythm, and this is wreaking havoc on our well-being, turning us into a horde of zombies that crave espresso instead of brains.

Many of us find it nearly impossible to get enough z’s at night, and sleep deprivation causes a host of bodily and mental ills, keeping us from performing at our best and enjoying life to the fullest.

While a good night’s sleep is essential, a daily nap can buoy us up when we’re not getting quite enough winks. And for those who already sleep well at night, a nap can take take the performance of your body and mind to the next level.

Hmm, half Pinay...

Proof positive... 

Ang saging makagwapo...

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 21, 2012, 06:58:15 PM
Aron makatabang ang mga mag-uuma nga mapugngan ang pagdaghan pa sa mga ilaga diha sa mga humayan gidasig ni Defensor ang mga tawo nga mangayam pagpangita og mga ilaga aron sila puohon o patyon.

Hmm, utokan ra ba ning mga ilaga, labi nag taga didto...

Hinampak gid! Indi na inpi-i hang sumalakay sang amon banwa haw! Mga ikogan na pro!

Ni Jennifer P. Rendon (Banat) Updated July 21, 2012 12:00 AM


ILOILO CITY, Philippines  â€" Mga umahan sa 18 ka mga lungsod sa probinsya sa Iloilo giatake og mga ilaga sumala pa sa Provincial Agriculturist Office (PAO).

Ang maong mga lungsod mao ang Leon, Alimodian, Sta. Barbara, Leganes, Zarraga, New Lucena, Cabatuan, Mina, Badiangan, Lambunao, San Enrique, Dingle, Dueñas, Dumangas, Anilao, Barotac Viejo, Concepcion ug Estancia.

Samtang ang dunay grabeng problema sa pagdagsa sa mga ilaga nga miatake sa ilang mga umahan mao ang mga lungsod sa Mina, Sta. Barbara, New Lucena, ug Anilao.

Sumala pa sa impormasyon nga nakaylap sa PAO niadtong Hulyo 19, 3, 416.8 ka ektaryang kahumayan ang naapektahan sa maong mga ilaga diin gipangkaon ang mga punoan niini hasta na ang mga semilya.

Ang PAO nang apud-apod na og 645 ka botelyang zinc phosphide sa maong mga apektadong munisipyo.

Ang maong kemikal gihulagway nga epektibong rodenticide nga usa ka matang sa hilo nga isagol sa paon aron kan-on sa ilaga.

Tungod sa maong problema mipatawag na og tigom si Governor Arthur Defensor, Sr. sa mga sakop sa Department of Agriculture (DA) niadtong Huwebes pinangulohan ni DA-6 regional director Larry Nacionales ug mga ginsakupan.

Aron makatabang ang mga mag-uuma nga mapugngan ang pagdaghan pa sa mga ilaga diha sa mga humayan gidasig ni Defensor ang mga tawo nga mangayam pagpangita og mga ilaga aron sila puohon o patyon.

Samtang ang DA officials midasig sa mga mag-uuma nga mohimo og pamaagi sama sa pagsal-ang sa matang sa pananom nga ilang itanom sa ilang mga umahan aron dili makaagni og daghang mga ilaga.(/EIM) (BANAT NEWS)

Red apple, green worm... 

Bwahaha!

Hmm, pwede pud antrobat...

Hala! Key Jude pa ga Jude!

Bwahaha!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHkv9BFBiyY#ws

Quote from: islander on July 21, 2012, 03:59:56 PM
so what does the guy do for a living if he gives massages for free?

Pwede nga he lives off a generous inheritance unya ang free massage maoy iyang act of charity...

Nakadagan

Mahu yang...

Wadwad man pud og waldas sa gamayng kinitaan...

Quote from: islander on July 19, 2012, 03:01:34 PM
hahaha! 
kandaiyag panago
ang mga krokongho.

Unsaon, kon kana ang ihatag nimo
Maahat tawon si Bugsay sa pagpanghingugmo...