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Hard Shelled Detective Fiction by Edward Piercy

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P.M.P.I. Contents and Updates

Saturday, 15. March 2008, 10:56:36

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"I would never shoot a cat. Unless they really had it coming to 'em."

-- "All My Todays"


It was a long, dark, quiet drive back to Los Angeles.

-- from That Killer Smile


SHORT STORIES:

"Those Songs We Sing to Ourselves" -- NEW!
"Remember Me"
"Hello, Robert"
"All My Todays"
"The Salesman"
"It's a Dog's Life"

NOVELS:

That Killer Smile (Complete Novella).

Click on the book cover to go to the novel.


HISTORICAL:

Nick Carter: The Crime of the French Cafe (Anon/Piercy)

COVER ART MINI-STORIES:

As a service to my readers who might only have about two minutes
between Point A and Point B, I decided to post humorous bits using
the covers of old pulp magazines. Here's the link.

The Complete Cover Art Mini-Stories

REVIEWS:

Hollywood Confidential (Movie Review) -- NEW!
Margin for Murder (Movie Review)
The Proposal (Movie Review)
Best Detective Movies
Kiss Me, Deadly (Movie Review)
Attack of the Sabretooth (Movie Review)
Savior (Movie Review).
Bare Trap by Frank Kane (Book Review).
I, the Jury by Mickey Spillane (Review-Essay).
DaVinci's Inquest (TV Series Review).
The Snarl of the Beast by Carroll John Daly (Book Review).
Poisons Unknown by Frank Kane (Book Review).
V. I. Warshawski (Movie Review).

MISCELLANEOUS:

CSI: Noir
Survivor China Episode 2 (Parody)
The Jungle Book Revisited (Parody)
The Black Dahlia Revisted (Parody)
The Nazi Bastard Diaries
Einstein On Lunch (Tiny Tale #1)
Robespierre's Doll (Tiny Tale #2)
The White Book (Tiny Tale #3)
Curse of the Body Snatchers (Tiny Tale #4)
Bruce's Enormous Penis (Tiny Tale #5)
Red Rock (Tiny Tale #6)
The Gentlemen's Club (Tiny Tale #7)
Rising (Tiny Tale #8) -- NEW!
Barbershop Quartet #1
Barbershop Quartet #2
Barbershop Quartet #3
Barbershop Quartet #4

Check out what you've missed in the Archive.

Plus: Turtle Live Cam! (North Carolina (UTC -5) daylight hours)

NOVEMBER UPDATE:

October will be known – at least to myself known – as being
the month I got my new laptop computer. Considering that both
my old laptop and my old desktop were about 8 years old, you
can imagine what an upgrade this new HP Pavilion is in terms
of speed and space. Now all I have to do is fill in that space. p:
Also, Fall is here and the weather has been deliciously cold.
I would say “cool” but in all honestly it's just been downright
cold on most days. So that is another blessing. Also went to
my first concert in years – Gordon Lightfoot. And then there
was Halloween. I actually got some Trick 'R Treaters at the
door for the first time in about 5 years. I think it's great
that parents are getting more out of the protective mode and
letting their kids go door-to-door again. Well that's about
all for now. By the time I write the next update we will no
doubt have had some snow here already. “Ho ho ho, I love the
snow!” Have a great month and a happy Thanksgiving.


Best wishes to all,
Edward Piercy


That I have made all transformations
According to the dictates of my heart
In all places that have desired my ka



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Sea Turtle Journey

Saturday, 23. August 2008, 17:47:28

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While she was over visiting, my sister gave me the book Sea Turtle
Journey: The Story of a Loggerhead Turtle for my birthday. It was
written by Lorraine A. Jay and illustrated very nicely by Katie Lee.
I have no idea where she picked it up at.

Sea Turtle Journey is part of the Oceanic Collection of books put
out by the Smithsonian Institution. It tells the tale of a female sea
turtle from birth until she lays her eggs and disappears back into
the ocean.

I really liked the A-B-A structure of the book -- it ends as it begins,
with sea turtles hatching and making their way over the beach to the
sea. A kind of "generation upon generation" type of emphasis.

The book also includes a short glossary at the end. Although primarily
intended for kids, I learned something off it too -- "clutch" is the
nest of eggs a turtle lays in the sand. So the book was not only great
to read but I learned something.

So I would like to thank my sister (again) for the book; as well as my
"Number One" nephew Nate for the green Guinness t-shirt he got me;
and my bro John for the cash which helped to make my sister's visit
a little more enjoyable (not to mention a little more alcoholic!). As
for my mom's present, I will do that one on a separate post.



I took the illustration on the cover of the
book and made it into a large-format Sea-Turtle
Screensaver, which you can copy here.

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Jean Beasley Wins Hero of the Year Award

Saturday, 3. November 2007, 19:14:21

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Jean Beasley, Hero of the Year!

A few posts ago I mentioned that Jean Beasley, director of the Karen
Beasley Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation center, was up for Animal
Planet's Hero of the Year Award.

Well the award was given out November 1st, and last night I came home
from a night out with my BFF Julie to find an e-mail from Glen Pierce
telling me (get this!) that Jean had WON the award.

Great news! I thank everyone who voted for her (while the voting was
actually in place, that is). I don't know how much it helped but it
certainly couldn't have hurt.

I congratulate Jean and all the staff and volunteers of the Hospital. As
I mentioned earlier, Jean plans to use the prize money to lay the
cornerstone on the new hospital. And of course the real winners are
the turtles!



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Jean Beasley Makes Animal Planet's Shortlist

Thursday, 11. October 2007, 19:05:26

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Jean Beasley.


Jean Beasley, director of the Karen Beasley Sea-Turtle Rehabilitation
Center, has made the final cut for Animal Planet's "Hero of the Year"
award.

This fine woman, as well as each member of her large staff (mostly
volunteers), have been helping turtles for a long time now.

Jean says that if she wins the honor, she will use the 10K cash award
that comes with it to finally get construction going on the new turtle
hospital that is in the works.



Hospital staff release Corenetta, a Loggerhead
(Caretta Caretta), back into the ocean. And if it
looks like a big effort, that's 143 pounds (65 kg)
of juvenile turtle there.




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Gary's Turtle Derby

Saturday, 29. September 2007, 17:31:50





Yesterday was the 2007 Turtle Derby held by Gary Denness. It featured his
stable of thoroughbred turtles, all of whom had been training vigorously
for the event by doing things like eating and sleeping.

I had been looking forward to the event since Gary first announced it a
couple of weeks ago. And I was not disappointed. It was, well, an
interesting race to say the least.

But I'll let you read Gary's commentary on the race, and of course you
can watch the race yourself...just click on the turtle in the photo
above.


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Four Turtles Missing from Great Turtle Race

Wednesday, 19. September 2007, 20:28:00

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Earlier, both me and Gary Denness covered the exciting turtle race
sponsored by Conservation International. A new update from CI has
indicated that four of the turtles that were involved in that race
have since gone missing -- i.e. information is not being received
from their transmitters.

But for a more complete update on that, I will refer you to Gary's
post on the subject. It is well worth the read, as the CI letter gives a
very good idea of what challenges the modern-day sea-turtle experiences
in the wild.

Gary also informs me that there will be several other turtle-related
things coming up as he reaches his 500th POST -- congratulations to
Gary on achieving that very significant milestone.



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Rare Turtle Found in Cambodia

Friday, 25. May 2007, 19:32:26

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Cantor's Soft-shelled Turtle


This really concerns a land-based turtle and not a sea-turtle. But all
turtles are equal here at P.M.P.I.

"One of the world’s largest and least studied freshwater turtles has been
found in Cambodia’s Mekong River, raising hopes that the threatened
species can be saved from extinction. Researchers from Conservation
International and other organizations also found a nesting ground for
the species and brought back eggs that have since hatched and been
released." (Source: Conservation International)

The new-found turtle is a female Cantor's Softshell Turtle (Pelochelys
cantorii), and weighs in at 24 pounds (11 kgs). Several eggs were also
found and were taken to a new location where they could be assured of
hatching safely.

I'm really surprised that there are any land turtles left at all in Cambodia.
Cambodia suffers from a dense land-mine problem as a result of
conflicts there during the 70s. And of course the casualties among
humans is appalling.

But it's good to know that the Cantor's turtle is hanging on.




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Great Turtle Race Concludes

Sunday, 29. April 2007, 21:08:07

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Well the Great Turtle Race, sponsored by Yahoo and several other public
and private businesses and organizations, came to a close over the past
few days.

As of the date of this post, all of the turtles have either crossed the
finish line in the vicinity of the Galapagos Islands or (in the case of
Windy) will soon be there.

Here are the results of the race.

1. Billie
2. Stephanie Colburtle
3. Champiro
4. Turtleocity
5. Purple Lightning
6. Genevieve
7. Saphira
8. Freedom
9. Windy (projected)
DNF. Drexelina
DNF. Sundae

The last two didn't finish. Both seemed to get hung up in Costa Rica for
some reason. My theory is they met, fell in love, and decided to settle
in Costa Rica instead of the Galapagos. But that's just a theory. I do
hear that Costa Rica is a pretty nice place.

Gary and me had our 25 cent US (2-1/1 peso MEX) bet going. But seeing as
neither of our turtles actually won the race it is kind of a moot point
and cancels the bet. Damn, I had that 2-1/2 pesos already spent, too!

The turtle named in honor of Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report
finished second. I can already hear him complain about how the race must
have been "fixed" -- it would be like him to do just that in any case. And
of course it would all be just bullshit anyway for the sake of having fun.

What is really good news, of course, is that all of the turtles except
the Costa Rica pair have made it safely to their nesting grounds and
will now be laying eggs to bring forth a lot of new, baby Leatherback
turtles.

And if there's one thing the world needs for sure, it's more turtles.

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