Sentences with phrase «out of the sand long»

But, up to this point none of the book specialists (ehem, Barnes and Noble, cough, cough) have been able to pull their heads out of the sand long enough to lure readers from Amazon's shiny online warehouse of discounts and free shipping in order to turn them back toward odiferous, eye - hazing book shelves.

«My advice to Grijalva and his colleagues is that they pull their heads out of the sand long enough to read the book.

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Even as the agreement was being hashed out, however, attention was already turning to a burst pipeline at Nexen's Long Lake oil sands site that spilled 31,000 barrels of bitumen, sand and salty water into the surrounding muskeg.

Even as the agreement was being hashed out, however, attention was already turning to a burst pipeline at Nexen's Long Lake oil sands site that spilled 31,000 barrels of bitumen, sand -LSB-...]

STONER»S PRAYER Now I pass out into sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep Grant no other stoner take My weed and bong before I wake Keep me safely in thy sight And grant no crackhead's thrill tonight And in the morning let me awake Breathing scents of wake «n bake God protect me in my dreams and make this better than it seems Grant the time may siwftly fly When myself shall be so high In a green grass weed bed Where I long to rest my head Far away from all these scenes And the smell of bammer smoked by beans Take me back into the land Where the cops never take you out Where the weed won't burn my throat like sand; Where the scent of chronis blows Where the good Mary Jane grows; Take me back and I'll promise then Never to leave BC again... - Anonymous

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

We have some serious issues to work out, namely, the lack of courage displayed by really good men who are hiding their heads in the sand, even as their heart longs to connect.

Perhaps a latter - day Charlton Heston, pursued by jackbooted apes on horseback, will stumble on the statue of MJ that stood outside the United Center — right arm rising out of the sand of some beach, basketball held high, like Lady Liberty's lamp: The only relic remaining of a long - lost civilization.

Garrigus is one of the longest drivers in the world, but his son is still working on how to make contact with driver out of the sand trap.

This beach is also known as «Inch Strand» as it is a two mile long strand of sand that dramatically juts out into the sea.

Guerrilla Games» long - awaited PS3 exclusive marches out against Capcom's Wii port of zombie slayer; Star Ocean: The Last Hope, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, Blue Dragon Plus also mobilize.

Out of Time is handsome and consistently enjoyable even when its opening act drags on several beats too long, even when Cain shows himself to be an extremely limited actor given too large a role in a film that just isn't about him (see also: Ron Eldard in The House of Sand and Fog).

The pack includes: · Two long colourful display banners of «Pirates» and «Treasure Island» each decorated with pirate themed pictures · A colourful display border to print out as many times as you need for use on a display board of any size · An A4 word card - great to use when writing · Topic words - great to add to display or use in the writing area · Word and picture flashcards · Pirate posters - pictures of different pirates · Colouring pictures - a collection of pirate themed sheets for children to colour · Phoneme coins - all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on gold coins - great for display or to hide in the sand tray for the children to find the «treasure» · Alphabet coins - lower and upper case letters · Bingo - a pirate themed colourful bingo game to make and play · Skull and cross-bone bunting · Pirate phrases on posters · A pirate profile worksheet - draw your pirate and then decide what characteristics your pirate will have - three different versions of this for differentiation · Songs and rhymes about pirates · Play dough mats - can you make 3 more pieces of treasure, can you give the pirates new hats etc · Colourful treasure to cut out and use on displays, in the sand tray etc · Board game - move around the treasure island answering questions along the way to try and reach the treasure first - two levels of maths questions are provided as well as blank question cards · Two pirate themed wordsearches · «My pirate adventure» worksheet · Wanted posters for the children to fill in · Writing pages - Four A4 pages with pirate borders for the children to use when writing · Design a pirate flag worksheet · Search for the treasure game - collect coins along the way to fill your treasure chest · Cut and stick treasure map · Pirate acrostic poem · Speech bubble worksheets - write what you think the different pirates are saying · Counting cards up to 10 - count the number of pirate ships, telescopes etc · Design a pirate ship worksheet · Describe the treasure worksheet · A worksheet for the children to draw and write what they have spotted through the telescope

Here is my new challenge: It is long overdue for Persian breeders to pull their heads out of the sand and step up to the plate, the contribution plate that is.

Though you could spend your vacation simply stepping out the door onto Long Bay Beach, it's also worth visiting Grace Bay Beach and Sunset Beach for even more broad stretches of white sand and turquoise water, or Smith's Reef for great snorkeling.

From small coves in quaint fishing villages to long swathes of sand that wouldn't look out of place in the Caribbean, Italy has beaches to suit every mood.

Then And there are the broad, flat sands at Pismo Beach, one of California's best strips of coastline for long strolls at sunset, plus there's Pismo Beach's signature pier, stretching out some 1,600 feet / 488 metres above the waves.

The more active visitors can trek up the many steps to Mother Temple BesakihOpens external site in a new window, play a round of golfOpens external site in a new window on the most popular golf course in Bali or go for a surf out on the pristine, long, white sanded beaches.

With a long stretch of warm white sands and clear blue waters at the beach, you can enjoy a fuss - free romantic day out simply by going to the beach.

Sand Sea Resort is located at one of the most famous, yet remote places in Krabi Province; Railay Beach which is only accessible by boat from Ao Nang, due to the fact that Railay is surrounded by high limestone cliffs.Railay comprises four beaches: Railay West, Railay East, Long Beach and Phra Nang Beach.Get ready for a total out - of - this - world holiday experience as Railay is indeed another world.Fortunately, Sand Sea Resort still has a foot in the 21st Century with its comfortable and well - equipped bungalows and cottages.Four types of accommodation are available: Superior Air Conditioned Bungalow, Deluxe Fan and Deluxe Air Conditioned Bungalows, and Sweet Cottages.

The Royal Bay of Grouville, also known as Long Beach, is a wide expanse of golden sand that is perfect for a summer's day out.

Padang Padang is a favorite surfing destination in Bali due to its consistent barrels, and most of all, its accessibility and unique hollow rock entrance that opens out onto an exotic, long white sand beach.

Located in Nusa Penida, Klungkung Regency, Atuh Beach offers tourists one of the island's most striking view — shiny turquoise waters softly slamming against rugged mountains, long stretches of white - sand beaches that are perfectly laid - out in the curved beach, and an abundance of rock shelters.

My favorite thing to do is to hire a kayak and paddle it right out to the mouth of the Noosa River where you will find many sand islands where you can hang out on your own deserted island for as long as you like.

Xpu Ha Beach, a long stretch of white sand south of Playa del Carmen, is one of the best beaches on Mexico's Riviera Maya coast for swimming, snorkelling or just chilling out.

And there are the broad, flat sands at Pismo Beach, one of California's best strips of coastline for long strolls at sunset, plus there's Pismo Beach's signature pier, stretching out some 488 metres above the waves.

And there are the broad, flat sands at Pismo Beach — one of California's best strips of coastline for long strolls at sunset — plus there's Pismo Beach's signature pier, stretching out some 1,600 feet / 488 meters above the waves.

The long sweep of gorgeous white sand and the dunes behind, not to mention the gorgeous Indian Ocean, are compelling enough reasons to visit, but many visitors go out of their way to get to Hamelin Bay to experience one of the most amazing wildlife encounters in Australia.

While the narrow strip of sand lining the ocean in San Pedro is more of a walkway than a beach, many of the hotels have long docks jetting out over the sea where guests can sunbathe and go from a swim.

Maya Beach is a very small and quiet beach community on the Placencia peninsula that consists of a long, clean strip of sand, beach loungers, wooden docks jutting out over the sea, and hammocks strung between palm trees.

A 7,000 square foot, infinity pool welcomes guests who tire of the sand, an award - winning exhale spa offers services from sunset yoga to reinvigorating massages and Stelle Restaurant, Beach Bar + Grill dole out gourmet, tropical - tinged dishes all day long.

There is always time to get crazy and party up all night long, but there will be poignant moments when you slouch on grains of sand staring out the flaming sunsets of Kuta Beach.

The resort of Pearl Farm no longer offers pearls but hands out ample doses of sun and white sand, in a relaxing spot within Davao City.

With its long stretches of white sands sheltered by the beginning of the offshore reefs and Bukit out crop of cliffs and tropical foliage and decorated with traditional colorful paddle fishing boats, Jimbaran bay is without question among the most beautiful beaches in Bali.

Unlock the harpoon and car combat suddenly gets a lot more exciting (ripping drivers out of their seats and smearing them along the sand was our highlight), but things still take longer than feels right.

, you are lying on the floor of your place looking up, a small draft runs through the room, between the door and the window, and all things seem perfectly still, wind only disturbs concrete in imperceptible ways, or it may take millions of years to be noticed and, as the air runs through the space, all your plants move and all is animated and all is alive somehow, and here are the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, and that wind upon your plants is the common air that bathes the globe, and we have no ambitions of universalism, and I'm glad we don't, but the particles of air bring traces of pollen and are charged with electricity, desert sand, maybe sea water, and these particles were somewhere else before they were dragged here, and their route will not end by the door of this house, and if we tell each other stories, one can imagine that they might have been bathed by this same air, regrouped and recombined, recharged as a vehicle for sound, swirling as it moves, bringing the sound of a drum, like that Kabuki story where a fox recognizes the voice of its parents as a girl plays a drum made out of their skin, or any other event, and yet I always felt your work never tells stories, I tend to think that narrative implies a past tense, even if that past was just five seconds ago, one second ago was already the past, and human memory is irrelevant in geological time, plants and fish know not what tomorrow will bring, neither rocks nor metal do, but we all live here now, and we all need visions and we all need dreams, and as long as your metal sculptures vibrate they are always in the Present, and their past is a material truth alien to narrative, but well, maybe narrative does not imply a past tense at all and they are writing their own story while they gently move and breathe, and maybe nothing was really still before the wind came in, passing through the window as if through an irrational portal to make those plants dance, but everything was already moving and breathing in near complete silence, and if you're focused enough you can feel the pulse of a concrete wall and you can feel the tectonic movements of the earth, and you can hear the magma flowing under our feet and our bones crackling like a wild fire, and you can see the light of fireflies reflected in polished metal, and there is nothing magical about that, it is just the way things are, and sometimes we have to raise our voice because the music is too loud and let your clothes move to a powerful bass, sound waves and bright lights, powerful like the sun, blinding us if we stare for too long, but isn't it the biggest sign of love, like singing to a corn field, and all acts of kindness that are not pitiful nor utilitarian, that are truly horizontal as everything around us is impregnated with the deadliest violence, vertical and systemic, poisonous, and sometimes you just want to feel the sun burning your skin and look for life in all things declared dead, a kind of vitality that operates like corrosion, strong as the wind near the sea, transforming all things,

Add to that the fact we're 90 % through of a fireplace reno that has lasted two months longer than it should have, so there's caulk and sanding wedges and paint hanging out in there too.