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The Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro, Maine has burned down.  After inspection, fire officials have determined the cause was arson. 

The shop employed three men and ten women. Before the fire, The Grand View was doing a brisk
business.  The workers, who are now unemployed, are said to be "in shock."

The controversial business opened earlier this year in February on a former motel site.  Sole Proprietor Donald
Crabtree said crowds were "mobbing in" ever since.  According to Crabtree, the place was made, "to
put a smile on your face." CNN interviewed waitress Krista Macentyre after the fire.  Macentyre described the shop
as a "good, innocent business." She added "We really liked it here" and
"we weren't hurting anyone."

Unfortunately, the fire completely consumed the building and the Coffee Shop is a total loss. Owner Crabtree
was hit especially hard.  He had no insurance and lived onsite in adjacent living quarters along with his two daughters, their boyfriends and infant children.  Now the
entire family has been forced to move to a nearby motel.

“It really put the lives of seven people in danger,” Fire Marshal John
Dean said. “This is a very serious fire. We had seven people sleeping
at the time of fire, and somebody set the fire.”


The arson investigation is ongoing and evidence has been sent to the State Police Lab for analysis.

I certainly hope law enforcement catches the arsonist quickly and the local DA throws the book at him or her.  I have a strong suspicion this fire was set by an untolerant person trying to impose their moral values on others at any cost.

Source: CNN, Boston Herald

P.S. -- Lots of great pics of the shop before the blaze can be seen here.  Also, here's a CNN news report on YouTube shot shortly after the Coffee Shop opened.

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Newbie Asian MILF Lucky Starr has joined the forum.  Her main discussion thread (as well as from free galleries) can be found here.  She also posted an Introduction here.  Stop by and say "hi" to her!  The picture above is from a recent shoot for Muffia's Cum-Fu.

APH Fans!

This is your last chance to vote in the Third Annual Asian Porno Hottie Awards!  Voting will close early in the morning of Friday, May 1st.   Please support your favorite starlets, directors and websites.  The categories and nominees this year are:

2009 APH Starlet of the Year:  Jandi Lin, Jessica Bangkok, Lana Croft, London Keys and Tia Ling.

2009 APH Shooting Star Award (Best Newbie):  Amai Liu, Asa Akira, London Keys, Kimmy Thai, and Krystal Kali.

2009 APH Scene of the Year:  Jandi Lin in Evil Anal #05, Lana Croft & Priva in Invasian #03, Lana Croft in Asian Fever #34, Mya Luanna in Invasian #03 and Tia Ling in Invasion #03.

2009 Best Asian Niche Website:  Anal Nippon, Asia Movie Pass, Asian Sex Club, Cum-Fu, Mr. Chew's Asian Beaver.

2009 Best Adult Movie of the Year (Asian Genre):  Asian Fever #34 (directed by Kevin Moore), Cockasian #03 (directed by Robbie D.), Invasian #03 (directed by Jules Jordan), No Man's Land Asian Edition #05 (directed by David Aaron Clark) and Oriental Orgy World #06 (director unknown).

and last but not least, the 2009 APH Hall of Fame Award where as expected, the race is very tight:  Brooke Ashley (aka Fantasia), Jade Marcela, Mai Lin, Miko Lee and Mika Tan.

All of the nominees were chosen by APH fans like yourself!

To vote, visit the APH Awards board on the discussion forum at Snowman's Raincoat Reviews.  Please note, only registered members can vote, but it is free and only takes a minute to sign up.  I do manually validate accounts after your e-mail address is verified, so please do not delay.  This can take a few hours unless you sign up when I am away from the computer for a long time (such as when I am sleeping!).

Thanks in advance for your support!

-- Snowman  

Good Morning all!

This morning Denny's is offering a "Grand Slam" breakfast on the house between the hours of 6:00 AM and 2:00 PM!  To find a location near you, click this link!  As soon as I finish up some work here, I'm gonna take advantage of this awesome offer!

Thanks to Mystic Won for tipping me off to this!

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Speaking of "Grand Slams", I recently saw an interesting article in Japan Times that described a study that found Japanese teens who skip breakfast as middle school students tend to have start having sexual relations at an earlier age in contrast to those who start the day off with a proper meal.  The research was performed by the Japanese Family Planning Association and funded by the Japanese government.  1500 people were included in the sample and participates included both Japanese men and women from ages 16 to 49.

The average age for the first time sex for daily breakfast eaters at the time of middle school was 19.4, while the average age for breakfast skippers was 17.5.

Executive Director Kunio Kitamura believes the key lies in the family life of young people.  ""The fact that people can't eat breakfast may show something about their family environment," said Kitamura. "Before blaming individuals for having sex at an early age, it may be necessary to look into the sort of homes they are from." 

Another interesting result of the research indicated that teens who were not fond of their Mother tended to have sex at an earlier age.  Those who found their Mother annoying started having sex at the average age of 16 versus 19 for those who appreciated her more. 

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Just too see how far I can take this entry, I looked up "Grand Slam" on Urban Dictionary to see if it had any special meanings on the street and sure enough it did!  According to this trusty and endlessly fascinating resource, a Grand Slam can relate to a "4-way":

Eek!

-- Snowman

Sorry guys, the SRR forum is temporarily down due to technical problems at the server level.  My current host is Surpass Hosting.  Although I have been happy with them in the past, their ability to properly support this problem (related to the MySQL databases on the backend) has been woefully inadequate and their response time unacceptably slow.  At this point, the problem has been referred to a "Level 3 Server Analyst" where I was asked to "Await for their response."  That was thirteen hours ago and the forum itself has been down now for nearly a full day.  Plus this problem has been happening now for about three days in a row.  As a Surpass customer of 5+ years, this is pretty disappointing. 

It appears I may have to find a new hosting company if Surpass doesn't get their act together and solve these issues soon.  The good news is, the forum data is backed up and safe. 

If anyone has suggestions for reliable hosts familiar with running vBulletin and offer dedicated servers at an affordable cost, please respond here in a comment or e-mail  me at snowman872 at gmail dot com.  The host would have to be OK with adult content.  Most are, but there are still a few prudish ones out there.  I'm considering Global Gold to host of the forum who seem to have a lot of experience with vBulletin, but they are located in the UK.

In the meantime, I'll post updates on the situation here and on Twitter.  Thank you for your patience.  The forum will be back soon...!

-- Snowman

I voted for Barick Obama via mail as an absentee voter on Friday.  I am a registered Democrat, but at one time I was a "Young Republican." These days I am not feeling much allegiance to any particular party and my views are leaning more toward a Libertarian than anything else. Although I do generally vote, I am mostly disgusted with our political system.

I support Obama because I feel he is the better choice to lead the nation as our next President.  He's highly intelligent, articulate and has a special ability to connect to people not only in the United States, but all over the globe.  It doesn't mean I support everything he says or does but of the two main choices we are presented with, he's the stronger candidate in my view.

Here are my main concerns about McCain:

1. He's just too old. Beyond the obvious heath concerns he's simply from another generation. His perspective on the world was shaped during the Cold War and Vietnam Conflict. The world has changed, but I'm not sure it's reasonable to expect McCain has. He seems brash and quick to act (or react) without thinking things through carefully. His hot headedness is well documented.  In fact he is known as "Senator Hothead" in Washington!  Perhaps he thinks this is OK since he's a cowboy type "maverick." I think it is very dangerous with independencies of the new global economy.

2. By selecting Sarah Paulin as his running mate, McCain demonstrated to the world that he has exceedingly bad judgment. Good judgment is something you can't buy and it doesn't always go hand in hand with intelligence or experience either. I've seen a number of attorneys with very poor judgment at my office. I think it's obvious to just about everyone that Sarah Paulin is not Presidential material. She's not ready now and she will never be ready. It is truly frightening to think she would be one heartbeat away from the Presidency, especially given McCain's age. I do not under any circumstance want someone in the Oval office who is capable of making such a poor decision about their running mate.

3. McCain is out of touch with technology. It's my understanding he doesn't even really use the Internet. This sort of relates to my discussion listed above in #01, but is a serious enough concern to deserve it's own mention. It's hard to underestimate the way the Internet has changed everything in the modern world. I simply can't imagine a President who is not clued into it. It would be OK for 1976, but it's not OK in 2008.

4. I am very concerned about what would happen to the balance of the Supreme Court should McCain win the election. Several very old moderate or liberal members will almost certainly retire during the next President's term. The court is likely to swing way too far to the right if more Republican nominees are added to the bench. Since Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life, this is very troubling with wide ranging implications that would go far beyond McCain's term(s). Supreme Court decisions affect all of us more than most people realize.

5. I've had enough of Republican shenanigans with the present Administration (and Congress). McCain may not be George W. Bush, but as Obama has pointed out, he voted along side him 95% of the time.   This was verified on FactCheck.org.  So much for being a "maverick" and standing for change.

The War in Iraq was completely unjustified and an illegal war in my view. The deceit regarding WMD and subsequent human rights violations that came to light severely diminished the standing of the United States in the eyes of the world. It also has wasted untold billions of dollars of tax dollars at a time when the budget deficit is spinning out of control, a problem our children will be left with. Iraq was not a terrorist threat and distracted us from fighting the real war on terrorism. I believe the real reasons we are in Iraq was to finish the job Bush Sr. failed to do, provide lucrative government contracts to large corporations that with cozy relationships to the Bush family and secure oil fields in preparation for the upcoming resource wars (due to the very serious peak oil problem).

As for Bin Laden, I wouldn't worry too much about him. If our government really wanted him, I firmly believe we would have had him long ago. I'm sure we know exactly where he is right now. It's very convenient for Bin Laden to remain free as the poster boy for terrorism. So long as this terror "boogieman" remains free, the government has an excuse to continue to run amok in the name of fighting terrorism. It's a dream come true for war hawks, as the "war" on terrorism is endless and unwinnable. In the meantime, our civil liberties are becoming more and more eroded and our nation is going bankrupt.

McCain's criticism that Obama's desire to "spread the wealth" amounts to "socialism" is simultaneously sad, hilarious and ironic. It's sort of a throw back to the "commie" scare in the 50's. It reflects his outdated world view I mentioned above. All governments, including the United States engage in some socialist behavior. When we are taxed and the revenue is used to assist the poor via welfare checks, food stamps and housing assistance, is that not "spreading the wealth?"

And what about all these recent mega bailouts of huge corporations? The government recently purchased a substantial stake in all of the nations largest banks. The government also took over scads of defaulted mortgages. If that isn't socialism what is? And McCain was right there, pressing hard for an "emergency bill" we absolutely cannot afford to assist all these inefficient dog corporations, even taking time off the campaign trail to do so.

The fact is, there's no room for anything like this in a pure capitalistic society. In a true free market, we would permit failing companies to go into bankruptcy and allow the invisible hand to sort out the mess. I suspect the more we monkey with the free market, the worse the economy will get. Milton Friedman must be rolling over in his grave!

On Tuesday, stop the drama, vote Obama!

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Just two days until the election, and three days until the chat event with Jade Marcela on 11.05.08 at 7 PM (Pacific Standard Time)!  Here's another photo of this Indonesian beauty.

Great news guys!

APH MVP Jade Marcela has agreed to participate in a free chat event on my forum Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 7:00 PM (Pacific Standard Time)!  If you don't know who she is, check out her MySpace page here.

If you're still a little foggy, take a look at Jade's Starlet Page on Asian Porno Hotties and peruse all the amazing scenes she performed in.  Some of the more memorable titles include early Jules Jordan classics like Ass Worship #01, Bottom Feeders and Anal Sluts & Sweethearts #04, Gangbang Girl #26, Un-natural Sex #02 and a whole bunch of unforgettable, nasty scenes with a older guy who wears a cowboy hat, has an affinity for yellow sofas and is going to jail soon.

Plus, one lucky participant will win a free DVD featuring Jade and autographed Polaroid!  Please note, the chatroom is limited to fifty people at a time, so arrive early to insure you don't get shut out.  You will also need to register on the forum.  Don't worry, it's a free and mostly painless process.  However, it can take up to an day to be fully validated, so please don't wait until the last minute.

Please note that the chatroom requires that you have the Adobe Flash Player installed on your computer. Since many websites incorporate flash now, the odds are very high you already do. If not, you can download the player here on the Adobe site.

If you have not used the SRR chatroom before, it would be a good idea to check it out in advance and become familiar with the features. To enter the chatroom, simply click on "Chat" on the blue navigation bar at the top of every page on the forum.

If you have any questions, please let me know.  See you there!

-- Snowman