I am a flower girl...flowers everywhere!...exhibitionsim - double standards?!?

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It's been over five years now...I planted this lone iris not knowing if the coastal area would allow these to survive in the subtropics. When we were at Lowes Home Improvement just shortly after we relocated to Texas and in need of wood to get started on building the bookshelves in our office/library/computer room, they had a bin of bulbs on sale. Well, while Bud was placing his order to be delivered to our home, I dug through the goodies and found a netted bag of one...ONE only... blue iris. Around here, actually being subtropical, it's difficult to get anything with blue to bloom....even the Texas's own state flower, the Bluebonnet, is not too hardy here like farther up north; away from the sea. Since the more rare colored, sometimes patented, iris is quite costly, I picked it out and brought it home anyway. Yep, for the last five years, all it did was leaf out. Not to bloom. But I never gave up. Bud so many times wanted me to dig it out, but I said no. While out cleaning out the raised flower bed...where all the tropical plants are: like hibiscus, Mexican fireplant, duranta, and bird of paradise...I noticed a bud setting on! I was thrilled. And I kept my eye on it...it seemed forever for it to even get any color on the tip of the bud even. I was hoping for something blue, but was sure it wouldn't be. Today, early when I was out filling the birds' feeders...the iris had opened!! By golly gee...it DOES HAVE some blue hues!!! It isn't the true blue that was pictured on the package when I purchased it...but it is a beautiful purplish blue!! I can't recall the name of it...it was something like midnight cloud...it did have cloud in its name, that I remember. But, isn't it pretty?





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FLASH FICTION 55

"Tonight, we have a really big 'shoo'!"
"Elvis the Pelvis!"
In the late '50s; censored television. Now-a-days, entertainers grabbing their own privates? On cable? And we pay hard earned income to view this? Citizens on the street, identical gestures; continually locked up for indecency...no matter if you're black or white or en vogue.







My commentary on this 55---Sometimes, I think this is typical government, law enforcing logistics, a lawful [or unlawful] double standard...but being that we pay to be entertained through celebrities on stage or via the media of some sort instead...well, that makes it okay? Who knows. :::shrug:::

'famous' crotch grabbers & their song titles...
Michael Jackson's "black or white"
Madonna's Vogue

Exhibitionists truly...commoners'll get up to 20 years behind bars, yet celebrities are 'loved' for doing the same. I don't get it...I just don't get it.





POSTED: Friday, April 30th, 2010
12:45 A.M.

"History is a useless heap of facts...."

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...my title is a quotation by Lord Chesterfield. In so many ways I agree with that statement, yet when I see things from the past in hard core reality, I wonder....are homes and all the people from the past that dwelt in these homes...were they really useless? No. I don't think so----


Heritage Park...downtown


THURSDAY THIRTEEN

There is a small 'park' with an outdoor pub, three bandstands, and several historical homes. All situated within a tract that is two city blocks. It's surrounded by theaters and arenas...near the ships' channel and harbor bridge. Museums of Science, art and cultural. A short distance away there is a ballpark that the Corpus Christi Hooks play regulation baseball --they're a farm team for the Houston Astros. In fact, the right field player for the Astros right now...Hunter Pence, played for the Hooks at one time before being signed on to play regularly during the scheduled seasons for Houston. Anyway, I thought I'd take you on a short tour of some of the historical homes [homes that have withstood the wrath of many hurricanes and time] for my Thirteen for Thursday. Some interior shots of one house, an historical marker to show you how each and every home in the park is individually designated Texas State Historical Home, and just a few of the exteriors of homes as anyone would see walking the park----
















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1. Robins have red breasts. Why are their eggs blue? Oh boy, you're bringing out the scientist in me now!! I think they're blue because most robin nests are in trees, the nests made out of twigs...the blue is the hue of the sky, so predators from above would use instinct telling them it's part of the sky in the tree branches and leave 'em alone, undisturbed. Does that make sense? LOLOL...I think I'm eggin' you on here. But that is the best I can come up with 'cause if they laid eggs the color of their breasts...it would be a sure sign for the robber to grab and run.

2. The doorbell buzzes at the same moment the phone rings. Who was on the phone? Phone ID says 'blocked'...so it's a telemarketer. Ignore both the phone and the doorbell, I'm not expecting anyone with either case.

3. It seems that there are several very popular memes each day of the week. Which meme did you first become a regular of? Thinking back, I recall ONE of the first I participated in was Photo Hunt. Where you have a certain subject like 'GREEN'...and your photo has to have something green in it/on it. It was fun for a while...it got to be a bore tho. Sorry Hunters.

4. It is about time that Berleen and Kimber meet in person. Should we start a collection to fly one of them to the other, or just hope Thom's bus and [can?] get from Hawaii to Kimber in Arizona and take her to Berleen in Minnesota? Y'know the Germans once built a vehicle that floated on water...does Thom have a compass? We could rig his bus so that the steering wheel runs the rudder on the wheel axles. Hey...that'd be fun. Just make sure the bus is stocked full of Budweiser [pun intended!].

5. Tell us about your pets. Do you have one that you wish would run away? Two...Tahoe, black tabby and Winston, white Persian. Are you kiddin' me? I ♥ my fur babies. Oh and the biggest baby pet is Bud...so I have three actually.

6. What was the last thing colored red that you wore? I still have it on....red toenail polish.

7. I have a train that runs by where I live several times a day. I actually find it peaceful. What's the longest journey that you have taken by train? All aboard. The Durango Silverton train. Original engines...narrow guage tracks through the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, to mining country!! Awesome. Gold and Silver!---two of my favorites. Oh and a little bit of trivia...OUR engine was used in Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid!!

8. If Kimber threw a five dollar bill off a building that was five stories high, and Berleen threw a twenty off a build that was six stories high, who do you think would find the money? Some derelict on the street below. And I see he's heading to buy the brown bag special at the liquor store.

9. If reincarnation really happens, whose life would you like to know that you have already led? Houdini...I know how to get out of strange situations such as this question. I'm good to go.

10. What are your three favorite possessions? I'm assuming this is material possessions, correct? Antique Clock that was a wedding gift to my Grandmother who passed it to my mother, who gave it to me, My G G Grandfather's railroad watch, Antique doll of my G Grandmother.

11. A lot of people still believe that Elvis is alive. Have you ever worn blue suede shoes? I got a pair...but they're not suede tho...smooth shiny leather, does that count? No, guess not.

12. Do you have siblings? If yes, are you anything alike? Four...and NO...none of us are alike...in looks or personalities.

13. Has anyone ever asked you to strip naked and cluck like a chicken? Hens cluck....I'm the mother----HEN----of my brood. I've been in hot water many times, but never plucked. I've been fried. I've been known to be chilled at times. Sliced, shaved, but not skinless. WHAT THE HECK WAS THE QUESTION? Nope; to answer the ?, but I've been acquainted with a few cock-a-doodle-do-ers" in my time. An early riser...catches the worm, so to speak .




POSTED: Thursday, April 29th, 2010
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Yesterday we left early [dumb enough to leave the house during the rush hour!] and drove to Port Aransas, stopping at four different birding areas. I got photos galore, so be expecting many bird photos. And of course, they're most all waterfowl [except for a tanager and a couple others]. Golly, wonder why they're all mostly water birds? I took over 50 photos and am working on them to make them smaller in size to load quicker on the 'net. It was a lovely morning. The two of us met some nice people who were interested in birding also. The weather was super...tho, a bit windy in one area. We remained at Aransas for about 4 to 5 hours, wishing we could walk around the areas longer and go to others, but I had laundry waiting at home to be finished. There's always another day, another season. Stay tuned....






POSTED: Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
12:30 A.M.

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...yes, a commercial. You read the title correctly!

If you haven't seen this one yet, it's a hoot! And believe it or not, yes.......Bud and I now, while driving around town here and there, are in search for the elusive VWs! Of course, Bud being Bud...he cheats. He's punching me [in fun] for Toyotas and Hummers and what have you----






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Our area of TEXAS experienced an earthquake over the past weekend. I wrote a little bit about earthquakes in the state, but if you'd prefer to skip over that and leave me some words of wisdom now,

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Earthquakes!! I believe it was this past Friday that the area around Alice, Texas [30 miles from the northwestern outskirts of Corpus Christi, where I live] had a reported 4.0 earthquake. I guess it knocked pictures off peoples' walls in their homes, a lot of rapid movement reported on their homes' floors, etc. And, of course as it goes without saying, once word of the earthquake, others in our city then said they felt it too. I didn't...and I was outside when it happened. So perhaps a little shifting did occur around the city. Dunno. Now a lot of family members I have, at one time or another, have lived in the state. Our son has lived in Houston since he was discharged from the Corps. Golly...thinking of that, it's been twenty years since he graduated from High School. Whoa!! I'm ancient!! Anyway, he has told me that there is always a possibility of an earthquake. More so the farther north you go in Texas. Uh...huh. Right! And of course, now that there really WAS a quake, I had to do some research to see if I could find just where the tectonic plates were around here. I have experienced earthquakes before...in Colorado and California...and the ground continually shifts where I live now because of the ocean so close by. It's a natural phenomenon that you learn to live with being a resident. I found a detailed map online [here for legend of the map]...interesting. The image is quite heavy in pixel size, but it can be enlarged:



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LAST BUT NOT LEAST TODAY...I've been handed several awards over the past few days. Instead of posting them all here, I went ahead and added them to my 'trophy blog'. There is also a TAG with one of the awards, so I completed that with the posted rules...answering the ten questions given to me.

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POSTED: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
12:05 A.M.

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A Pelican Statuary in our back yard. We call her "Penelope"! ....and macro shot



























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In a previous post [the 18th], for Sunday Stealing, I had mentioned that I had been given the privilege of being in movies. I mentioned that I was along side Kevin Costner and René Russo...filmed in Tubac, Arizona...TIN CUP. I have many many photos of that experience, and some 'souvenirs'. The last day of filming on that location, I brought with me a permanent marker, and a 'blank' T-shirt. I had asked the film crew and stars to sign it for me. I got Costner, Russo, Cheech and many others to sign it. It still sits in my dresser. I think maybe I'll finally frame it!!! Someday. LOL When I do, you'll be the first to see the photos of course. rofl

I also mentioned that I was cast in a made for TV movie. This one, I found online on You Tube today. It's a Lifetime Movie, and it's been aired on television many times since it was made. The movie is A Stranger to Love with Pam Dawber and Beau Bridges. Based on a true story. Altho, there are several parts posted on You Tube. [Here is part one...click on it, then use the links provided at the end of each segment to watch the entire film, if you'd like...I must admit it's a very good movie ---a tear-jerker], from the beginning of the movie to the end...I'm seen in Part 11. If you watch this, the very beginning - the opening ...as Beau Bridges walks through the resort's restaurant, I'm the blond at the table of four...way to the far left [in olive green and off white cotton sweater]...then, as Pam Dawber walks in...again, I'm the one blond to the far right of the screen!! [all within the first MINUTE of this section] Here is the clip.











POSTED: Monday, April 26th, 2010
12:15 A.M.

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Rules: We all are fans. Be it Star Trek or Twilight, you are a fan of something. Pick a subject, book, TV or movie series. Now tell us all about it!



SUBJECT I'M GONNA CHOOSE IS A MOVIE At first, I was gonna pick ROOTS a TV mini series, then thankfully, I read the questions first....that would've been way too difficult to choose 'best' and worst in that work of literature. So I picked an oldie but goodie....
JAWS [THE FIRST ONE...is the best one! But there were three as far as I know.]

1. The first character I fell in love with: Chief Brody. Mmmmmm, sweet. The late Roy Scheider.


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2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Ummm, the shark dude...no, not the nasty mean drunken one...but the rich one with the great boat for shark watching with sonar and everything. "...this was no boating accident!" His name, Matt Hooper ---Richard Dreyfuss

3. The character I would shag anytime:

4. The character I'd slap: Mayor Larry Vaughn

5. Who are my 3 favorite characters. The Chief, the marine biologist, Hooper and Brody's wife...Ellen. She was funny and yet a good wife too.

6. What are my 3 favorite pairings. The shark's innards. Gross, I know....but really, this movie wasn't about any 'love triangle' or 'shagging'...nothing LIKE that. The boot, the license plate and the stomach fluids...that was the only thing paired other than the shark hunting trio. Oh and maybe the bottle of wine the three had for dinner before they WENT and SPILLED the shark's guts all over the wharf warehouse. Well, now on second thought the three hunters on Orca singing "Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I wanna go to bed. Had a little drink about an hour ago and it went right to my head....." that was a good 'pairing' of talent don't you think? LOL Pairings...for this movie, it ain't fittin' it just ain't fittin'........

7. Which character I'm most like. Again, Brody..."You need a bigger boat!!!!!"

8. The coolest thing about the canon: AT the time...the automated and animated shark...it was more or less a movie breakthrough in effects! Oh and the music before the shark attacks!!! Chilling!!!

9. The lamest crappiest thing about the canon: The opening of the 2nd in the series with Sam Quinn's boat, the Orca, being at the bottom of the sea. For me, that scene was unnecessary.

10. My guiltiest pleasure in this fandom: This has nothing to do with 'shagging'...geez. Fantasy of the Chief saving me from a shark attack. What else?!!

11. What story I wish I could read (or art I wish I could see) Well, I'm not sure that my choice would really fit in with this question, but JAWS was written by Peter Benchley. And I think I'd hafta say the movie was better. Of course, I've never read the novel first; in fact never heard of the novel 'til after the movie came out.

12. What story I wish I had written/still want to write Maybe the script of this movie...have a remake of it...I'd sure add ME in there somewhere, just to be by "The Chief" at one point or another. Now that Mr. Scheider is gone tho, it'd make no sense to me.






POSTED: Sunday, April 25th, 2010
3:00 A.M.

...ohhhh, a toad went a'courtin' he did ride, uh-huh...or does it go "frog"...

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CAN YOU HEAR SEE ME NOW?

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..."with a sword and a pistol by his side, uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh"

No sword and no pistol by this little dahling but, our stone flower bed moved! Well, at least when I glanced around and noticed the wall was moving. Funny, I experienced ground movement during an earthquake before, Nah! not this time, no earthquake!! Just a cute little toad entertaining me. This must be the one that talks to us each morning before sunrise. At first he was nearly invisible...if he wouldn't have wiggled along the wall, I would have missed him completely. And the camera lens proves my theory...the camouflage works. Nature's way is best! Don't you think? Cute booger isn't it?!! At least if you're into toads, you'll agree. He soon crawled, with a bit of difficulty, up above the greenery and sneaked into the crevice to all too soon disappear into the safety of the darkened earth. His hidey-hole...or perhaps his 'bunker' since he had on his cammies.



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There once was a really cute princess who was walking through the woods. All of a sudden she heard a voice calling, "Hey Really Cute Princess!"

She looked around and didn't see anyone or anything but a frog sitting on a big rock. She started to carry on her way but the frog called again. "Hey Really Cute Princess, if you take me home and let me sleep on your pillow next to you, I will turn back into a Handsome Prince!"

It had been a very long and boring day so she decided to pick up the frog and give it a try though she really didn't believe the frog at all.

The Really Cute Princess took the frog home with her and let him sleep on her pillow beside her. When she woke up the next day what do you think she found? There on her pillow beside her sat a really Handsome Prince.

Do you believe this story?

No? Neither did her mother!


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There was a scientist who was successful at cloning frogs, and he cloned one who could talk, but the frogs speech turned to swearing. The scientist couldn't stop the frog from swearing. He tried everything he could think of. Then one day he clacked two spoons together and the frog jumped off the table and "croaked". The FROG POLICE arrived shortly after and arrested the scientist....
... for making an obscene clone fall!





POSTED: Saturday, April 24th, 2010
4:19 A.M.

...sunset -swiftly flow the days

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Our living room, which is done mainly in Western/Southwest decor, was cleaned from ceiling to carpet over the last weekend. As I hung the cleaned curtains over the windows again, in the past year they've just 'hung there'...straight with no flow at all....I now wanted a swag with the curtains! I got an idea to make my own tie-backs. On the opposite wall, there is a huge patio glass doorway that is done in the same treatment...both now have 'homemade' 'western' tiebacks! I took heavy jute and a HUGE crochet needle...made 36 chains for each swag [four]...added a silver concho and beads. Making matching tie-backs with a Southwestern -Native American 'touch'. This is the 'end result'.




















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FLASH FICTION 55

Last week...Sunrise 55 [linked], this week....sunset

A fiery descent on the western horizon. Not without washing the sky with a brilliance from a magical paintbrush. Streams of magenta, dollops of lilac, spritzes of amber, touches of citrus - a red-hot ball of molten steel. Gray-drab architecture turns jet black. Soon - a
deep sapphire'll blanket us. Encore... ...so ends another day.
















Photo of downtown Corpus Christi at sunset
Title of blog entry Lyrics to Sunrise, Sunset [Fiddler on the Roof]
POSTED: Friday, April 23rd, 2010
12:25 A.M.

T-H-I-R-T-E-E-N-W=O=R=D=S....

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THURSDAY 13

Working in a psychiatric firm for many years before retirement, I became interested in medical terms and the use of Latin and Greek more times than not. Still am. Most all have origins in those native tongues. As with my blog's title for Thursday, actually being thirteen letters... for today, I'm doing thirteen words that contain thirteen letters, alphabetically from the first thirteen letters...from A to M.

aldosteronism - (ăl-dŏs'tə-rō-nĭz'əm) A disorder marked by excessive secretion of the hormone aldosterone, which can cause weakness, cardiac irregularities, and abnormally high blood pressure. Also called hyperaldosteronism.

blepharospasm - (blef-er-uh-spaz-uhm) Involuntary forcible closure of the eyelids. The first symptom may be uncontrollable blinking. Only one eye may be affected initially, but eventually both eyes are usually involved. The spasms may leave the eyelids completely closed causing functional blindness even though the eyes and vision are normal.

cicatrize - (sik-uh-trahyz) To heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix; to become healed by the formation of a cicatrix. *cicatrix is new tissue forming scar tissue.

dysmenorrheic (dĭs-měn'ə--rē'ĭk) Suffering from painful menstruation.

epicureanisms - (ep-i-kyoo-ree-uh-niz-uhmz) Interpreted as freedoms from disturbance or pain.

fibrinolysins - (fi·bri·nol·y·sinz) Proteolytic enzymes, formed in the blood from plasminogen, that causes the breakdown of the fibrin* in blood clots. *fibrin is insoluble proteins

glycosylation - (glī-ˌkō-sə-ˈlā-shən) Enzymatic process that links saccharides to produce glycans, attached to proteins, lipids, or other organic molecules. This enzymatic process produces one of the fundamental biopolymers found in cells (along with DNA, RNA, and proteins).

hypermetropia - (hahy-per-mi-troh-pee-uh) A condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness

im·mu·no·ge·net·ics - (ĭm'yə-nō-jə-nět'ĭks) The study of the interrelation between immunity to disease and genetic makeup; branch of immunology that deals with the molecular and genetic bases of the immune response.

jointednesses - (join-tid-nes'-sez) Having or provided with joints; formed with knots or nodes.

kleptomaniacs - (klep-tuh-mey-nee-akz) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of kleptomania or a kleptomaniac. Psychology. An irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.

laryngoscopes - (luh-ring-guh-skohpz) Rigid or flexible endoscopes passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.

maxillofacial - (mak-sil-oh-fey-shuhl) Of, pertaining to, or affecting the jaws and the face: maxillofacial surgery.

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Have you ever been in a play or musical? Were you in the drama club in high school? Oh, and by the way, I'm the Queen...as in drama queen.

You are walking down the road and the cops fly by you and stop at the house just a little ways down the street. It's the way you were going to go... do you take a detour to avoid it or do you just keep walking because, hey - you had the idea first! or do you walk by out of complete curiosity? Curiosity will take over!!

I drop a green crayon from the roof and Kimber drops a yellow one - which one will grow wings and fly before it hits the ground? Yellow bird, you've heard of it, right? It goes like this

Yellow bird, up high in banana tree.
Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me.

Did you lady friend leave the nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.
You can fly away, in the sky away.
Your more lucky than me.

I also had a pretty girl, she's not with me today.
They're all the same those pretty girls.
Take tenderness, then they fly away.
Yellow Bird, yellow bird.

Did you lady friend leave the nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.
You can fly away, in the sky away.
Your more lucky than me.

Wish that I were a yellow bird, I'd fly away with you.
But I am not a yellow bird, So here I sit.
Nothing I can do.
Yellow bird, yellow bird.

What is the first section of the grocery store you go to? And I know that sentence doesn't sound right, but I don't care. I know you don't care....but it's proper to post it this way: "To what section of the grocery store do you go first?" Never ever end a sentence with a preposition. Geez. [of course I'm kidding y'know...I can still understand it all no matter how you compose the question] Now, to answer your question, it's the fruit/produce section...figures!! I yam what I yam!!

Do you like questions that have a yes or no answer or do you like to actually think for yourself and come up with something original? I'm original. Or 'ab'original...or something or other...thunking is what this is all about.

The wall directly in front of you... whats on it? Nothing...it's actually a window...I see a climbing rose outside my window.

Sea salt? Yes indeedy...less sodium per teaspoon!!!

420. You know what it is. It's a time, it's a day, it's a way of life. Did you celebrate yesterday? 4 is a good number, 20 is a good number....I celebrated having the dining room all SPRUNG cleaned....errr, umm....cleaned for Spring.

Can you read a tape measure? It says I'm 5'2"...I have eyes of blue...but it's wrong. I need a new one.

The city/town/village that you live in... it's population is.....???? I'm a minority in the 400,000 or so. Thing is, there are 'suburbs' ---so who really knows the total population. Ask me if I care on this question.

If a laptop fell out of the sky do you think you could catch it? And if you did, do you think it's Finders Keepers? Possession is 99% of the law too.

Driving down the highway, driving down the interstate, driving down a dirt road that you are sure goes absolutely nowhere... whats the longest distance you have ever driven in one trip? ...I have no idea...probably 2500 miles round trip. From Colorado to Ocean City Maryland. After that, I traveled long distances in planes. LOL

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? One will never know, will one?



POSTED: Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
12:01 A.M.