"her aura of evil"

This is so right. Anyone who has seen the Gestapo photos, the Nazi-chic, the jackboots, the satorial flair, and that smile, those eyes...

She stood in the crowded room as her drove of minions stood around her...…A huddling mass trying to draw closer to her aura of evil. The lights flashed against her fangs as her cruel lips curled into a grimace. It was meant to be a smile but it wouldn't reach her cold, lifeless eyes… It was a leer- the leer of the undead before a feeding...

The above was not a scene from Buffy the Vampire Slayer- it was just Condi Rice in Iraq a day ago. At home, we fondly refer to her as The Vampire. She's such a contrast to Bush- he simply looks stupid. She, on the other hand, looks utterly evil.

- Riverbend

Say it like it is!

Getting Paid, Not.

I just got a letter in the post from VADEC saying thank you for your wonderful efforts etcetera with a cheque for $300.

Considering that we have sold over 300 copies at $30 a copy, that is about $10,000 that they made from 18 months work from our team.

I had to laugh. If it wasn't that I desperately need any little bit of money I earn, I would frame both the letter and the cheque to show how pathetic Deaf Education really is in New Zealand.

There is a choice two word phrase that I'm thinking right now.