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The large print giveth, but the small print taketh away.  ~Tom Waits, Small Change

Opening Day (Page Three)

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The Hypnotist

Did You Know? - Hypnosis is a mental state (state theory) or set of attitudes (nonstate theory) usually induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction, which is commonly composed of a series of preliminary instructions and suggestions. Hypnotic suggestions may be delivered by a hypnotist in the presence of the subject ("hetero-suggestion"), or may be self-administered ("self-suggestion" or "autosuggestion"). The use of hypnotism for therapeutic purposes is referred to as "hypnotherapy".

The words 'hypnosis' and 'hypnotism' both derive from the term "neuro-hypnotism" (nervous sleep) coined by the Scottish physician and surgeon James Braid around 1841 to distinguish his theory and practice from those developed by Franz Anton Mesmer and his followers ("Mesmerism" or "animal magnetism").

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Where I get all my shirts... My Halloween order is ready

Did You Know? - A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body. Originally an undergarment worn exclusively by men, it has become in American English a catch-all term for almost any upper-body garment other than outerwear such as sweaters or coats, or undergarments such as bras. The term "top" is sometimes used in ladieswear. In British English, a shirt is more specifically a garment with a collar, sleeves with cuffs, and a full vertical opening with buttons. This is known in American English as a "button-up" shirt or dress shirt.

The world's oldest preserved garment, discovered by Flinders Petrie, is a "highly sophisticated" linen shirt from a First Dynasty Egyptian tomb at Tarkan, ca. 3000B.C. : "the shoulders and sleeves have been finely pleated to give form-fitting trimness while allowing the wearer room to move. The small fringe formed during weaving along one edge of the cloth has been placed by the designer to decorate the neck opening and side seam."

The shirt was an item of men's underwear until the twentieth century. Although the woman's chemise was a closely related garment to the man's, it is the man's garment that became the modern shirt. In the middle ages it was a plain, undyed garment worn next to the skin and under regular garments.

In medieval artworks, the shirt is only visible (uncovered) on humble characters, such as shepherds, prisoners, and penitents. In the seventeenth century men's shirts were allowed to show, with much the same erotic import as visible underwear today.

In the eighteenth century, instead of underpants, men "relied on the long tails of shirts ... to serve the function of drawers. Eighteenth century costume historian Joseph Strutt believed that men who did not wear shirts to bed were indecent. Even as late as 1879, a visible shirt with nothing over it was considered improper.

Time For One More Glass Of Wine

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Walking Out Into The "Dark"...

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Silhouettes against  the evening sky

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They must have a neat view of the fair and then...

We Said (At The Same Exact Time) Let's Ride The Skyway At Night!

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The evening crowds gather

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The ferris wheel looks small form here

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The lights are starting to shine

Fair Food Is An Oxymoron

Please see our arial view of some the foods at the fair .

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Charlie Boghosian, known as Chicken Charlie, is the fried-food king of the California State Fair and other fairs, adding more items to his list of deep-fried delectables. This year, it's fried White Castle burgers.

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It was time to turn on te lights

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Lights, smells and noises make the fair exciting

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Noise and people

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A magic evening

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That is a long ways up

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No way Jose

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The smells were magnificent

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Around and around we go!

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We Did A Round Trip So We Are Headed Home

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The stadium is filling up

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Super sunset

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Under the lights

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The sun sets in the West

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The Kiddie Rides Looked Fun At Night

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Reach out and touch someone

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Cassie and Grandma rode this twenty times at one of our visits

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Spectacular sunset

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The sky was ablaze in setting sun produced amazement

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Goodnight Fair, See You Sunday

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