#Anna's Story Emporium

[queen-of-the-weenies]

So @yourlocaldragondealer made fanart of my OC Latsu (original post here)

And aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

It looks so good!

#anna's story emporium #art #original character #fanart

[former-ly-darth]

I'm new to your blog, so I don't know if you read fanfiction. But if you ever go looking for Onward fanfics, you'll notice that quite a few of them are incest. Disappointing, but not surprising since the same thing happened with Frozen and BH6 (Elsa, Anna, Tadashi and Hiro, I'm so SO sorry). But I promise, there are some really wholesome fics too. itsmestar, cdmagic and mels-magic-emporium have all made fantastic stories if you want to check them out. They could point you to other good fics too.

Thank you for the recommendations!

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burgess battery factory ontario

woodland school ontario

abandoned zoo ontario

abandoned sewage plant ontario

downsview park

eglington line

gargantua toronto

schneider's courtland avenue kitchener

old linseed mill downtown toronto

tremain road burlington toronto abandoned

the hearn generating station toronto

symes toronto

the malt toronto

lower bay station toronto

the ttc tunnels toronto

king eddie toronto

cherry beach bridge toronto

hoe bowl hyde park new york

haunted hinsdale house

midway park chautauqua new york

fountain bowl abandoned western new york

vsk emporium frewsburg new york

salamanca antique mall

allen park jamestown ny

the arcade building (26 n. main st.) jamestown ny

rizzos pharmacy abandoned

crescent tool company abandoned

clay pond falconer ny

chadakoin river

cobleskill reservoir

times beach

buffalo light shines

buffalo harbor state park

caddy's strip club toronto

sheridan bay park

niagara county krull park

japanese garden

st francis park

tillman road wildlife management area

beaver meadow family campground

east otto state forest campground

creation walk nature trail

yates park

larkin woods

billy wilson park

minnewaska state park preserve

fishkill ridge trail

appalachian trail boardwalk

makamah nature preserve

central park

delaware water gap national recreation area

gwynns falls trail

hudson highlands state park

liberty loop trial

pinnacle trail head AT access

stairway to heaven trail

hidden valley animal adventure

winding waters trail

lake erie seaway trail center

adirondack park

seven tubs nature area

lehigh gorge state park

wonder bread factory

bannerman castle

silo city

pines hotel

albany cold storage

fort crown point

saratoga homestead asylum

masonic temple

missile silos

conklingville

great sacandaga lake

jackson sanatorium

beech nut factory

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lyon mountain mine

st joseph's church

charlestown USA outlet mall

craig e claire castle

NYS inebriate asylum

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tahawus

worlds largest pair of pants homer

the only two story outhouse in new york state phelps

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worlds oldest trees gilboa

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hoss's country store long lake

drain tile museum geneva

scythe tree waterloo

worlds largest garden gnome kerhonkson

catskill game farm

sterling forest state park

kaaterskill falls trail head

jamestown river walk

stony brook state park

wappinger creek greenway trail

pulpit rock and the pinnacle loop

three valley campground

pfeiffer nature center eshelman property

carlton hill multiple use area

richardson cottage

stohrer's lodge

pfeiffer nature center lillibridge property

kinzua bridge state park

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midway state park

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pfeiffer nature center & foundation

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kissing bridge

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anchor diamond park

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master skill falls trail head

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ausable chasm

storm king state park

franny reese state park

high rock park

blue mountain resort

duffield camp & retreat center

old erie canal park

the woods at bear creek

bear creek

erie county restoration area

lime lake

cream ridge

boyce hill

erie county bureau of forestry

hampton brook woods wildlife management area

parkside park

hamburg beach town park

anna mae bacon bird sanctuary

hamburg dog park

hamburg park (there's a few)

yates park

hamburg beach

orchard acres park

taylor road park

allegheny mountain trail saddles

hunters creek county park

gooseneck hill waterfowl sanctuary

majors park

bureau of forestry visitors center

the owens falls sanctuary

beaver meadow family campground

beaver meadow audubon center

northampton park

stiegelmeier park

greece canal park

akron falls

cabic pond

patterson state park

goose creek valley greenway preserve

martin road park

bennett beach

forest lawn

beaver lake nature center

black rock mineral springs hiking trail

mossy bank park

gratwick riverside park

warsaw village park

stiglmeier park

greenway nature trail

reynolds gully

nestico field

moorman drive park

cheektowaga volunteer firemen's park

eiffel park

garrison park

sloan village park

lehigh valley railroad rail trail

walden park

nob hill park

cheektowaga town park

naples community park

stony brook state park

chapman state park

rattlesnake hill wildlife management area

indian fort nature preserve

losson nature trail

times beach

kashong conservation area

art park gorge trail

bishop nature preserve

churchville park

keuka lake outlet trail

eighteen mile creek

west lake road school park

rock city state forest

zoar valley

three sisters trail allegheny state park

deer lick conservation area

mccarty hill state forest

keuka lake state park

pat mcgee trail

turning point park

maplewood park

griffis sculpture park

allegheny national forest

ccc camp seneca

lucien morin park

nannen arboretum

dublin hollow

ellison park

colton state park

the grove public park

gargoyle park

little valley rural cemetery

faun lake

east otto state forest

penn dixie fossil park and nature reserve

mutual riverfront park

river fest park

elliott creek park

miller park

conklin's gully

seaway trail

skywalk allegheny park

lake erie

honeoye inlet wildlife management area

white brook nature area

RMSC cumming nature center

mill creek nature preserve

blue cut nature center

keuka lake outlet trail

ontario county park at gannet hill

gannet hill

gorham lodge park

bristol woodland campgrounds

isaac gordon nature park

high tor wildlife management area

ontario county pathway

italy hill state forest

rob's trail hemlock lake

hemlock lake

county park mt morris

canadaigua lake south end state boat launch

finger lakes trail

west hills nature preserve

dryer road park

honeoye falls

bowen park

boughton park

honeoye creek wildlife management area

sandy bottom park

hemlock lake park

west river fishing access site

papermill park

geneseo river access park

fishers park

wheat road trailhead

Honeoye Creek

japanese garden

rob's trail preserve

charlie c major nature trail

canadaigua/rochester KOA holiday

wesley hill nature preserve

hundred acres trail head

times beach bird part

knox farms

letchworth

black rock canal park

chestnut ridge

holiday hill campground

tamarack campground

burchfield nature

triphammer falls

roy h park reserve

4-h acres

tareyton park

jones park vestal

lick brook

sugar hill state forest

montezuma national wildlife refuge

morgan hill state forest

labrador hollow unique area

beaver lake nature center

seneca lake state park

beebe lake

north utica park

utica marsh wildlife management area

conewango swamp wildlife management area

bowman lake state park

hudson highlands state park

lake taghkanic state park

nannen arboretum

allen lake belfast

mccarthy hill state forest

island park wellsville

william w white american chestnut plantation

bear mountain state park

erie canal park

reinstein woods

joseph davis park

niagara historic trail

five senses nature park

william's st park

river road park

black creek park

cave springs conservation area

ontario county park at gannett hill

sprague brook

caz park

fort niagara

new york parks boat launch

kiosk marble bench stone beach

girl scout park

rapids high hiking trail

niagara gorge

stella niagara preserve

pioneer park

lower trail artpark

town of lockport nature trail

frontage park

[tactiletelekonesis]

FE:3H in the DCP

So I'm doing the Disney College Program, and I started thinking "What would the Fire Emblem: Three Houses characters do if they worked at Disney World?" Here is the result of that. I'm biased towards thinking custodial is the best role but I tried not to play favorites with it too much, I promise.

Golden Deer:

Claude: Character Performer (Fur) in EPCOT (Future World)

Hilda: Photopass in Magic Kingdom (Main Street USA)

Lorenz: Costuming in Hollywood Studios

Lysithea: Custodial in Magic Kingdom (Tomorrowland)

Ignatz: Merchandise at World of Disney in Disney Springs. Note: Aims to be an animator one day

Raphael: Quick Service Food & Beverage at Gaston's Tavern in Magic Kingdom (Fantasyland)

Marianne: Fairy Godmother in Training at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique in Disney Springs

Leonie: Children’s Activities at All Star Sports Resort

Black Eagles:

Edelgard: Character Attendant in Hollywood Studios (Galaxy's Edge). Note: Started in QSFB at Woody's Lunch Box in Hollywood Studios (Toy Story Land)

Hubert: Front Desk at Star Wars: Galactic Cruiser Resort

Dorothea: Character Performer (Face) in Magic Kingdom (Parades)

Ferdinand: Character Attendant in Hollywood Studios. Note: Also started in QSFB at Woody's Lunch Box in Hollywood Studios (Toy Story Land). Very bitter that he's not in Galaxy's Edge

Bernadetta: Custodial in Hollywood Studios (Galaxy's Edge)

Linhardt: Quick Service Food & Beverage at Cosmic Ray's in Magic Kingdom (Tomorrowland). Note: Aims to work with the fireworks eventually

Petra: Convention Guide in EPCOT (World Showcase)

Caspar: Attractions at Expedition Everest in Animal Kingdom

Blue Lions:

Dimitri: Costuming in Animal Kingdom

Dedue: Custodial in Magic Kingdom (Fantasyland). Note: Aims to be a gardener eventually. Very good at water art

Sylvain: Character Performer (Face) in Magic Kingdom (Parades)

Felix: Quick Service Food & Beverage at Casey's Corner in Magic Kingdom (Main Street USA). Note: Hates it with a burning passion

Ashe: Quick Service Food & Beverage at Woody's Lunch Box in Hollywood Studios (Toy Story Land)

Ingrid: Attractions at Indiana Jones in Hollywood Studios

Annette: Fairy Godmother in Training at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique in Magic Kingdom (Fantasyland)

Mercedes: Character Performer (Face) in Magic Kingdom (Fantasyland)

Ashen Wolves:

Yuri: Costuming in Magic Kingdom (Fantasyland)

Balthus: Security in Hollywood Studios

Constance: Costuming in EPCOT (World Showcase)

Hapi: Security in Animal Kingdom

Church/Other:

Byleth: Just a very confused guest

Jeralt: Security Lead in Magic Kingdom

Rhea: CEO of the parks. Note: Former Imagineer

Seteth: Front Desk Lead at Grand Floridian Resort

Flayn: Children's Activities at Grand Floridian Resort

Alois: Custodial Lead in Magic Kingdom

Hanneman: Photopass Lead in Magic Kingdom

Manuela: Entertainment Lead in Magic Kingdom

Catherine: Security Lead in EPCOT

Shamir: Convention Guide Lead in EPCOT

Cyril: Custodial in EPCOT (Future World)

Jeritza: Attractions Lead at Rise of the Resistance in Hollywood Studios (Galaxy's Edge)

Gilbert: Security Lead in Hollywood Studios

Aelfric: Security Lead in Animal Kingdom

Anna: Merchandise Lead at the Emporium in Magic Kingdom (Main Street USA)

Sothis: Walt Disney himself

#fire emblem #fire emblem three houses #fe3h #fe3h blue lions #fe3h black eagles #fe3h golden deer #dcp #disney college program #disney world #konwontshutup #ok but really byleth would be custodial in galaxy's edge at hollywood studios because byleth is me and i worked there and loved it

[geohenley]

i think by now we have determined that i am The Worst at remembering to do these in an orderly fashion but thank u for the tag(s) @thaliaagrace !! i managed to put all 4 in this under the cut and if anyone wants to do any of these go ahead i hereby tag anyone who wants to do it

three favorite foods is it weird i can’t name anything for this one i’m sitting here staring at my screen bc i suddenly can’t remember anything i like three favorite books 1. the magician’s nephew, c.s lewis. 2. can i just put all seven narnia books i’m the worst when it comes to reading bc i can’t REMEMBER anything off the top of my head and lately my thing’s been biographies soooooooo three favorite artists 1. van gogh 2. monet 3. john william godward three favorite musicians 1. sara bareilles. 2. hozier. 3. florence + the machine three favorite articles of clothing 1. combat boots. 2. flannel. 3. jeans three places i want to go 1. new york city. 2. cairo. 3. paris. three things that make me happy 1. singing (i’ve finally found my perfect vocal warm-up and my voice sounds so smooth and nice!!). 2. being a lesbian 3. writing hard but fun :)

rules: it’s time to love yourselves! choose your 5 favourite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you’ve brought into the world. tag as many writers/artists/etc as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works!

1. the susan edit with the lesbian flag colors! love this one it’s not only aesthetically pleasing but it’s the lesbian flag 2. the LUCY edit with the lesbian flag colors! i’m turning this into a whole pride flag narnia edit thing y’all 3. this lww one which was my first edit to reach 1k notes??? it’s prettyyy 4. this dimya edit because i adore them and this psd, i made it for art pieces like van gogh and godward and the anastasia stage production is literally the only other thing it works on, i’ve tested it out several times 5. this lww edit with the original lyrics of “crossing a bridge” from anastasia while it was in hartford! i adore that version of the song and i adore narnia so OBVIOUSLY the solution was to put them together

i. do you have a certain place at home for reading? not at the moment but my brother decided to move upstairs so in time his old bedroom is going to become my Library ii. do you use bookmarks? if so, what kind? long story but i do not have a bookshelf atm so no physical books for me but i do have a nook reader so all my reading lately has been electronic. this being said, i do own several bookmarks from books-a-million’s quotable & notable section and i want to buy the brass bookmarks from literary emporium iii. can you just stop reading or do you have to make it to the end of the chapter? must finish chapter iv. do you eat or drink while reading? nope v. music or tv while reading? tv no, music occasionally, big fan of white noise from the fan though vi. one book at a time or several at once? several at once :) vii. reading at home or out? bold of u to assume i know what “out” is. im kidding i prefer at home but back when i could still go to the theatre i’d spend the time before the show waiting for it to start & during intermission to read with headphones in. in october 2018 waiting to see school of rock the musical i read frankenstein while listening to pretty woman the musical and it was an Experience viii. reading out loud or silently? silently ix. do you read ahead or skip pages? my eyes love glancing at the bottom of the page before i finish the paragraph at the top of the page, i only knowingly skip stuff if i’ve read it before and know it’s not my fave part x. breaking the spine? e-reader am unable to break the spine though i have done it with a lot of paperbacks xi. do you write in your books? no

top three ships: 1. carolmaria (captain marvel) 2. gelphie (wicked) 3. dimya (anastasia) last song: this question is fun bc more often than not the last song i heard played on a television show i was watching and if we’re talking about that then it’s “breathe” by anna nalick playing on grey’s anatomy but if we’re talking about what i actually listened to on spotify it would be “finale” from anastasia obc recording,,, also not really a ~song~ but i was just thinking about that One recurring music theme in season two of bbc’s atlantis bc i’m lowkey obsessed with it and now i’m listening to it and it’s. nice last movie: the other night i watched the mummy (1999) and captain marvel back-to-back which i highly suggest as a double-feature bc carol and rick have the same energy. also i am desperately trying NOT to make the mummy my entire personality and folks i have to admit it’s not going real well but it’s going currently reading: love this question the answer is my own writing what food i’m craving right now: nothing....

#i get a little rambly sometimes sorry #tagged #text

[hollyoaksloversx]

Baby Kidnap, Wedding Lies and Drag Acts...

Rounding up a week in Hollyoaks (29th July - 2nd August 2019)

Pigs must have been flying overhead this week as a Hollyoaks wedding went ahead without an interruption from a long lost family member, the groom being stabbed to death or a bus full of teenagers crashing through the venue. Unfortunately, the bride is lying about being given six months to live and the bridesmaid is planning to carry out yet another kidnapping. Still, you can’t have everything, I suppose. Yes, it was the week of Damon and Maxine’s wedding and as the couple prepared to say ‘I do’, Maxine and Sienna discovered each others secrets. Desperate to marry Damon, Maxine agreed to keep quiet about the kidnapping in exchange for Sienna’s silence about her ‘illness’. With her kidnap plan back on, Sienna locked Nina in one of the hotel rooms and made her escape with the twins...

However, with the help of Liberty and Brody, Nina escaped and begged Sienna to hand over the babies. After being shown a photo of the twins with their ‘Dad’, Sienna relented, and the twins were returned safely. However, as Nina returned the twins to their Father, we discovered that his identity was none other than Warren Fox. Yep, those kids really were Sienna’s! Meanwhile, Brody was struggling to come to terms with the fact that Sienna was planning to leave him and refused to talk to her. However, after a heart to heart, the pair were reconciled and decided to have a baby via a surrogate, with Liberty agreeing to do the honours!

Meanwhile, despite the bumps along the way, Damon and Maxine got married, but Levi was still suspicious about her illness and told Misbah and Mitchell that he believed that Maxine was suffering from Munchausan’s. Deciding that things had gone far enough, Misbah went to see Maxine and urged her to be honest with Damon. Misbah explained that the condition often arrises due to past trauma, and Maxine opened up about her abuse at the hands of Patrick. As Misbah made Maxine see that she wasn’t a terrible person, it looked as though she might just come clean. Unfortunately, Maxine once again decided that honesty was not the best policy, and the week ended with Damon still in the dark about his new wife’s ‘illness’. 

Elsewhere, Scott was left devastated when Levi dumped him and left town after discovering his secret life as ‘Anita Tinkle’. With the encouragement of Sinead, Scott decided to take up online dating, but found that no one was interested in dating a drag queen. Scott prepared to leave his drag days behind him and took his costumes to the emporium. However, he was persuaded by none other than Mitchell to carry on, and with the help of Martine and Lisa, Scott put on another successful show at The Dog. Mitchell, in particular, proved to be a fan...

In other news this week, the teens were delighted to get their hands on tickets to a festival, despite Marnie throwing a spanner in the works at the eleventh hour! Cleo discovered that Goldie and Joel were seeing each other and finally, Sinead received an upsetting letter from Laurie ahead of his sentencing next week...

5 Things We Learned This Week:

1. Trying to make a Hollyoaks resident feel bad about their appalling actions is impossible as you yourself have probably done far worse. “You are pretending to be dying!” “Well you faked your own death!” was the exchange between Sienna and Maxine this week!

2. The hot tub outside The Dog should be avoided at all costs thanks to Kyle treating it like a massive toilet. 

3. Liberty reckons that she’d make a better surrogate than a stranger because a stranger may decided to keep the baby for themselves. What’s to stop you doing that, Liberty? In fact, if this story actually ends with a baby being born, that’s exactly the route I can see them going down because DRAMA! 

4. Martine has an interesting fashion sense. Did anyone else notice that her shirt in Friday’s episode appeared to have chains all over it? A bit of foreshadowing, perhaps? Is Martine going to become the next Hollyoaks resident to find herself kidnapped?

5. Some people just can’t keep away. How many returns has Warren Fox had now? And that’s not even the last we’ve seen of him! Like a fly to shit...

This Week’s Cast:

Brody, Brooke, Cindy, Cleo, Damon, Diane, Goldie, Grace, Hannah, Imran, Jesse, Joel, Juliet, Kyle, Levi, Liberty, Lisa, Marnie, Martine, Maxine, Minnie, Misbah, Mitchell, Nana McQueen, Nancy, Oliver, Scott, Sienna, Sinead, Walter and Warren.

Blasts From The Past:

Nico Blake, Patrick Blake, Holly Cunningham, Mitzeee Minniver, Anna Savage, Dirk Savage, Harry Thomson.

#Hollyoaks #Highlight #Maxine Minniver #Damon Kinsella #Sienna Blake #Brody Hudson #Liberty Savage #Misbah Maalik #Scott Drinkwell #Mitchell Deveraux #Martine Deveraux #Oliver Morgan #Brooke Hathaway #Marnie Nightingale

[j3s]

(Almost) everything I read in 2017

The following is a list of books I read in 2017, in approximate chronological order. I didn't track journals and magazines, so the list isn't complete.

Books with an asterisk(*) particularly affected me. My top five-ish are: Renee Gladman – Calamities, CAConrad – Ecodeviance, Julie Buntin – Marlena, Mary Ruefle – Madness, Rack, and Honey, and Chris Kraus – I Love Dick. Bonus points to Tana French for getting me into thrillers this last year.

Full list ——————————-

Anna Smaill -- The Chimes *Chris Kraus -- I Love Dick Stéphane Mallarmé -- Selected Poetry And Prose Maggie Nelson -- Bluets Hal Elrod -- The Miracle Morning Cat Marnell -- How to Murder Your Life *Anne Boyer -- Garments Against Women Wang Wei -- Laughing Lost in the Mountains Yumi Sakugawa -- Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With the Universe Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik -- Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Miriam Towes -- All My Puny Sorrows Jennifer Denrow -- California Howard R. Bloch -- One Toss Of The Dice : The Incredible Story Of How A Poem Made Us Modern Elizabeth Mckenzie -- The Portable Veblen Ruth Stone -- In the Next Galaxy Stuart Shedletsky -- Still Working: Underknown Artists of Age in America Sarah Manguso -- 300 Arguments Jami Attenberg -- All Grown Up *Maggie Nelson -- The Argonauts Tana French -- In the Wood Ada Limón -- Bright Dead Things Elena Ferrante -- The Story of a New Name Tana French -- The Likeness Joan Didion -- South and West *Julie Buntin -- Marlena *Lynn Emanuel -- The Nerve of It Dani Shapiro -- Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage Ann Patchett -- Commonwealth *Safia Elhillo -- The January Children Wendell Berry -- The Country of Marriage Denis Johnson -- Train Dreams **Renee Gladman -- Calamities Liane Moriarty -- The Husband’s Secret *Tommy Pico -- Nature Poem Jim Harrison -- Off to the Side Agnes Martin with Frances Morris And Tiffany Bell, ed. -- Agnes Martin Monica Youn -- Blackacre Kenneth Goldsmith -- Wasting Time on the Internet Daphne Oram -- An Individual Note Eve Babitz -- Slow Days, Fast Company Paul Beatty -- The Sellout Brenda Shaughnessy -- So Much Synth Felicia Yap -- Yesterday Maile Maloy -- Do Not Become Alarmed Madison Smartt Bell -- Behind the Moon **CAConrad -- Ecodeviance (Soma)tics for the Future Wilderness Ruth Ware -- In a Dark Dark Wood Morgan Parker -- There Are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé Claire Dederer -- Love and Trouble John Berger -- Ways of Seeing *Mary Ruefle -- Madness, Rack, and Honey George Saunders -- Lincoln in the Bardo J. Diego Frey -- The Year the Eggs Cracked Tana French -- Faithful Place Karyna McGlynn -- Hothouse Claudia Rankine -- Citizen Dale Power and Jeffrey B. Snyder -- Making Wooden Boxes Jema Hewitt -- Steampunk Emporium Joyce Carol Oates -- The Accursed Saryn Sowell -- Silhouettes *Rebecca Solnit -- Men Explain Things to Me Dawn DeVries Sokol -- 1,000 Artist Journal Pages Virginia Woolf -- On Being Ill Tana French -- Broken Harbor *Kaveh Akbar -- Calling a Wolf a Wolf Roxane Gay -- Hunger Robin McKenzie -- Treat Your Own Neck Sally Rooney -- Conversations with Friends Patti Smith -- Devotion Emily Dickinson -- The Poetry of Emily Dickinson *Juliana Spahr -- That Winter the Wolf Came Manjula Martin (Ed.) -- Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living

List mirrored at https://www.jesicacarsondavis.net/reading-lists/

#year in reading #poetry #novels #lists

[imagineared]

*:･ﾟ✧ °o° BUCKET LIST

Though I have been to Disney World seven times now, there’s still plenty that I have never done, and there’s always going to be more I haven’t, but there are things I definitely want to do – so here’s a list of that, that I will work through on my program ( and subsequent programs ) and perhaps add or subtract to. The number of things in each section will vary. Here it goes!

GENERAL PARK THINGS / RESORTS

IF EXTENDED: Audition for the Candlelight Processional Choir

Bowl and Eat at Splitsville Luxury Lanes

Bring an Autograph Book for Kids Dressed as Characters to Sign

Do the Kitchen Sink with Roommates or Friends

Do Some VoluntEAR Events ( At Least Three )

Earn a Four Keys Card

Fill an Entire Autograph Book

Go to All FOUR Main Parks in a Day

Go to BOTH of the Water Parks

Go to a Camp Fire at Fort Wilderness

Go to the Festival of the Arts

Go to the Flower and Garden Festival

IF EXTENDED: Go to a Candlelight Processional

IF EXTENDED: Go to the Food and Wine Festival

IF EXTENDED: Go to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party

IF EXTENDED: Go to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party

Go to Movie Night at a Resort

Meet the Infamous Richard at the Grand Floridian

Ride an Amphicar at Disney Springs

Ride Characters in Flight at Disney Springs

Ride EVERY Ride / See EVERY Show at Animal Kingdom

Ride EVERY Ride / See EVERY Show at Epcot

Ride EVERY Ride / See EVERY Show at Hollywood Studios

Ride EVERY Ride / See EVERY Show at Magic Kingdom

See a Concert at the House of Blues

See a Movie and Eat at the Disney Springs AMC

Stay at Least Once at the Boardwalk

Stay at Least Once at Animal Kingdom Lodge

Stay at Least Once at the Polynesian

Stay at Least Once at the Grand Floridian

Stay at Least Once at the Contemporary

Stay in a Pirate Room at Caribbean Beach

Stay in a Royal Guest Room at Port Orleans Riverside

Visit Every Disney Resort and Have a Drink or Food There

Work in Every Park + Disney Springs and Water Parks 

Work in Every Disney Owned Store in Disney Springs ( The Art of Disney, Basin, Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique - if Merch is a Prt with Register / Check-In, Disney’s Design a Tee, Disney’s Candy Cauldron - If Food Trained, Disney’s Days of Christmas, Disney’s Pin Traders, Disney’s Wonderful World of Memories, Goofy’s Candy Company - If Food Trained, The LEGO Store, Market Place Co-Op, Market Place Co-Op Cherry Tree Lane, Market Place Co-Op D-Tech on Demand - If Personalization Trained, Market Place Co-Op Disney Centerpiece, Market Place Co-Op Disney Tag, Market Place Co-Op Twenty-Eighth and Main, Market Place Co-Op Wonderground Gallery, Mickey’s Pantry - If Food Trained, Once Upon a Toy, Star Wars Galactic Outpost - If Possible, Star Wars Trading Post - If Possible, Tren-D, World of Disney )

Work in Every Resort ( If Put in a Resort - All Star Movies, All Star Music, All Star Sports, Animal Kingdom Lodge, Art of Animation, Beach Club, Boardwalk, Caribbean Beach, Contemporary, Coronado Springs, Fort Wilderness, French Quarter, Grand Floridian, Old Key West, Polynesian, Pop Century, Riverside, Saratoga Springs, Wilderness Lodge, Yacht Club )

CHARACTER VISITS

Alice

Anna

Ariel at Her Grotto

Baymax

Captain Jack Sparrow

Elsa

The Fairy Godmother

Hades ( Unlikely, But Hopeful )

Hercules ( Unlikely, But Hopeful )

Jasmine

Megara ( Unlikely, But Hopeful )

Moana

Pain and Panic ( Unlikely, But Hopeful )

Peter Pan

Rafiki

Rapunzel

Talking Mickey Mouse

Tiana

Tinker Bell

Wendy

MAGIC KINGDOM

Be There at Least Once at Rope Drop and Watch the Welcome Show

Do a Backstage Haunted Mansion Tour

Do a Pirate’s Adventure

Do the Mountain Run ( Splash, Space, Big Thunder )

Eat at Cinderella’s Castle

Go to Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and Get a Package ( If I Can )

Go to Pirate League and Get the Mermaid Look ( If I Can )

Ride Every Ride I Haven’t

Ride Haunted Mansion 13 Times in a Row

Ride Haunted Mansion with the Lights On

Ride Space Mountain with the Lights On

See Every Show I Haven’t

See the Rainy Day Cavalcade

Stay for the Kiss Goodnight

Try a Mac ‘N Cheese Hotdog at Casey’s Corner

Visit and Do All Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom Spots

Work at Big Top Souvenirs At Least Once

Work at Bonjour! Village Gifts At Least Once

Work at The Emporium At Least Once

Work at Memento Mori At Least Once

Work at Plaza del Sol Caribe Bazaar At Least Once

Work at Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe At Least Once

HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS

Be Picked for the Indiana Jones Show

Be There at Least Once at Rope Drop

Do a Backstage Tower of Terror Tour

Get My Face Painted

Go to a Toy Story Land Preview

Meet the Live Show Casts

Ride Every Ride I Haven’t

Ride Tower of Terror 13 Times in a Row

See Every Show I Haven’t

Work at Rock Around the Shop At Least Once

Work on Sunset Boulevard

Work at Tattooine Traders At Least Once ( If Possible )

Work at Tower Photo ( If Photo Trained ) or Tower Hotel Gifts At Least Once

ANIMAL KINGDOM

Become a Wilderness Explorer

Be There at Least Once at Rope Drop

Do the Wild Africa Trek

Meet the Live Show Casts

Ride Every Ride I Haven’t

Ride the Rides in DinoLand USA

See Every Show I Haven’t

Work in Asia’s Merchandise Spots ( Perhaps at the End of Everest )

EPCOT

Be There at Least Once at Rope Drop

Do Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure

Duffy Bear Being Signed At Every Country

Pick a Pearl at Japan Pavilion

Ride Every Ride I Haven’t

See Every Show I Haven’t

Try a Food or Candy from Each of the Countries in the World Showcase ( Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, America, Japan, Morocco, France, UK, Canada ) #eataroundtheworld

Work at MouseGears ( At Least Once )

RESTAURANTS ( FULL SERVICE )

Epcot - Biergarten

Epcot - Garden Grill

Epcot - Les Chefs de France

Epcot - San Angel Inn

Epcot - Tutto Italia Ristorante

Epcot - Via Napoli

Hollywood Studios - 50′s Prime Time Cafe

Hollywood Studios - The Hollywood Brown Derby

Magic Kingdom - Cinderella’s Royal Table

Magic Kingdom - Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen

Magic Kingdom - Liberty Tree Tavern

Magic Kingdom - The Plaza Restaurant

Magic Kingdom - Tony’s Town Square Restaurant

Disney Springs - The Edison

Disney Springs - Enzo’s Hideaway Tunnel Bar and Restaurant

Disney Springs - Frontera Cocina

Disney Springs -  Homecomin’ - Florida Kitchen and Southern Shine

Disney Springs - House of Blues Restaurant & Bar

Disney Springs - Jaleo

Disney Springs - Maria & Enzo’s Ristorante

Disney Springs - Planet Hollywood Observatory

Disney Springs - Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant

Disney Springs - Terralina Crafted Italian

Disney Springs - T-Rex Cafe

Disney Springs - Wolfgang Puck Bar and Grill

The Boardwalk - Trattoria Al Forno ( Breakfast )

Wilderness Lodge - Whispering Canyon Cafe

RESTAURANTS ( QUICK SERVICE / SNACK )

Animal Kingdom - Eight Spoon Cafe

Epcot: Choza de Margarita

Hollywood Studios - Pizzerizzo

Hollywood Studios - Woody’s Lunchbox ( When Open )

Magic Kingdom - Be Our Guest Restaurant

Magic Kingdom - Casey’s Corner

Magic Kingdom - Gaston’s Tavern

Magic Kingdom - Plaza Ice Cream Parlor

Disney Springs - Daily Poutine

Disney Springs - D-Luxe Burger

Disney Springs - Pizza Ponte

Disney Springs - The Polite Pig

#*bucketlist #*dcpadventures #*list #*2018dcplist

[dinoalexander]

Your Moment of Zen: The Gourmet Academy’s Semi-Quotable 2019 Quotedown Quotetacular

Ladies and gentlemen and non-binary conforming life forms across seven star systems... the Gourmet Academy’s World Famous Get Down Like a Hound Party ‘til You Puke Semi-Quotable 2019 Quotedown Quotetacular... is ON! === “Time to play everybody’s favorite game show, Fireworks or Gunshots?” -BFG

“Goddamnit. I have to be the adult, don’t I?” -Gordon

“You can copy the format, you can copy the look, but you can’t copy culture!” -UBA

“Gentlemen, I wash my hands of this craziness.” -Kimberly

“Starting a petition to have Barbara Walters do the ball drop next New Years just to hear her say, ‘I’m Barbara Walters and this is 2020.’” -Chelsea

“Hello, Antonio Brown's Shiny Helmet Emporium, how can I help you? What's your pleasure?” -Carl

“Watch me whip out my Shenehneh.” -Gordon

“I feel like I’m watching one of my movies, because this whole damn thing sucks.” -John Cena

“I giggled.” -Michael

“I’m not saying BH90210 is the worst thing in the history of all recorded media, but if somebody had the theory that Luke Perry faked his own death to avoid any and all association with it, I would be willing to entertain that theory.” -Kevin

“Any day the key card works is a win.” -Joe Ovies

“She played a fiddle in an Irish band...” -Ed Sheeran “No she didn’t.” (Click) -Chico

“CBS was callin’, I’m Black Monty Hallin’.” -Wayne Brady

“Richard Quest on CNN!  He's gonna ask the rest of the 500 questions!” -Klaussie

“Work. What is this work bullshit?” -Gordon

“Verizon and Tegna, when the carriage agreement ended.” -MD

“I got my words! I got my friends! I got my words WITH my friends!” -Megan

“Thoughts and prayers to the Love Boat, who had her on so frequently her name probably appeared higher up on the call sheet than Isaac or Doc.” -Kevin

“Another fine product from Assmung.” -Carl

“Remember how I thought Adam Gase was a total piece of crap? I have been proven right. Fuck Adam Gase and the horse that rode in on him.” -Cyndi

“Walls? Where we’re going, we don’t need walls.” -Laura

“I’m a person who wants to be productive trapped inside a person who wants to sleep all day.” -Cortney

“Tommy Chong is a THC-list celebrity.” -JB

“Hey did you know that Francesa met Secretariat?” -Greg

“In a year when Black Panther told a story of a black superhero in a futuristic world struggling with real questions about how to deal with racial oppression, and BlacKkKlansman told a story of racial wounds in America that continue to this day and the need for allies to put themselves on the line, Best Picture went to Green Book, the story of a brilliant black musician as told through the white guy who drove him around. Okay.” -Kristin

“Advice: avoid sugar, Oregon Trail diseases, & women named in Mambo No. 5.” -Austin

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but so will my poor eating habits and bad decisions.” -Sarah Pribis

“She was prepared to kill a cockroach with a baseball bat.” -me on overzealous providers

“I am the crocodonkey.” -Klauss

“Aaaaaand we just lost Quisla.” -C

“Can Scaramucci last longer than a Scaramucci?” -...I don’t know, somebody.

“I want dysentery! ... wait what?” -Kyle

“My boobs are not real.” -Gordon

“I want to stop this show and take 10% of you outside, right now!" -Chris Harrison

“OMG Parallel Universe me, stop it!” -C

“I figured out who should host the Oscars ... Colin Kaepernick! Dude still needs a job, right? Also, he’s like two or three times the size of Kevin Hart. I bet we could pay him the same amount, so it’s like getting a bargain! Of course, I’ll want a modest consulting fee from the Academy. Problem solved. You’re welcome.” -Clint

“How the hell am I supposed to put this thing together? Are there instructions or am I just supposed to wing it?” -C “Even IKEA gives me instructions in a foreign language and a tiny ass tool.” -Q

"The only place you see Success before Work is in the Dictionary: -Mauro Ranallo NXT Takeover Phoenix

“A bold statement from a guy dressed as a hippo on a talent show.” -Klauss

“If you wanted the chicken fingers that badly, you could have asked for one instead of taking the whole plate of food.” -Gordon

“Time to play “Sexy or Sleepy”?” -C

“... that means ‘Eff you, you, you, and you’.” -Jason “That’s my autobiography right there.” -Gordon

“The magic thing about home is it feels good to leave but it feels better to come back.” -Emily “Home is a bit like that.” -C

“Thoughts and prayers to Ryan Stiles, who has lost his go-to celebrity impression.” -BB

“Hey, the Lord works in mysterious ways, but you don’t have to, USE YOUR TURN SIGNAL, ASSHOLE!” -Q

“What, you think people do coke once?” -Greg

“I can read off a TelePrompTer like a motherfucker.” -Kristen Bell

“‘Thank God we will be able to see more Pat Buchanan on TV’ said no one ever. I mean, for fuck’s sake, the last thing that is needed is another show featuring a panel of bloviating pundits. I get it. It’s cheap and easy to produce. But so is p*rn.” -Kevin, on The McLaughlin Group

“After watching HQ Words you wonder why Anna Roisman hasn't hit the big time yet. After watching HQ After Dark, you can completely understand why.” -Gordon

“If I die tonight, I want two of the Woodpeckers, two of the Football Tar Heels, and two of the Panthers to serve as my pallbearers so they can all let me down one more time.” -C, on Bad Sports Week 2019

“The first time is flattery, the second time is a lie.” -Michael

“I went to the mall with my pops. I saw something driving to there that truly shocked me. Someone had an orange Ford F650 extended cab pick up truck… With duallies… A rolling coal smokestack… And hubcaps with spikes on each of the nuts. And my only thought was… “My God… It must be MICROSCOPIC!” -Brian

“Would’ve expected to see “Employees must wash hands before returning to work”, posted in the restroom, but alright NOLA, still good looking out I guess...” -Casey

“Because....um.....going from a 40 to a 33 waist apparently makes people want to bed you.” -Gordon

“Breaking news: Idiot talks to idiot on a channel watched by idiots.” -Kevin

“Screaming tree maraca!” -Dahlia

“Looks like I fell down on the job.  Metaphorically, because literally would make me Oprah Rich and I'd be full of imported cheese right now.” -Laura

“In another decade or so, somebody is going to make a documentary on Ken Burns documentaries. The TRT will be 152 years.” -Kevin

“May your 2019 be filled with happiness, prosperity, great cocktails,  laughter, and Waffle House when you need it most.” -Rick Wilson

“There are sober people in England... No there’s not!” -Mike the CD

“Oh... oh.... oh....” -Q “IT’S MAGIC!” -C

“And finally, some of y’all still out here begging (I’m mean, pure, unadulterated BEGGING) for attention (I’m talking ANY attention) and validation. Lord Jesus put that sadness away. Just put it away.” - Michael

“I’m thinking of a number. The number is 10. You go first.” -JD

“Also, I would take tasteful pics of me making pizza naked. I'm only 30 and I'm only gonna look like this once.” -Kimberly D

“I have ADD. You wanna ride a bike? I’m gonna drink some water. Rooooooam if you want to... This coffee’s really delicious. I’m a sucker for you.” -Q

“Matthew Judon... Body built by Taco Bell.” -Matthew Judon, professional football player

“YEAH!!!! 1943, BITCH!” -my response to Q’s retelling of the events leading up to the Battle of Midway.

“Depending upon the inflection (Bless your heart) can mean anything from “oh you poor thing” to “would you lend me your brain?, I’m building an idiot”.” -Brian

“Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.” -LiyaZee

“That is a giant banana!” -Chris Ahearn, re: a giant banana “Why thank you!” -JB

“Betty White the Happy Homehooker.” -C

“I'll only have a hamberder if I can have it with covfefe.” -The Governess

“I will never forget when you surprised my ass in Atlantic City. That was the weekend of the Press Your Luck Prime Rib.” -JB “That was my first taste of the juice.” -Chico “And you been on the corner... ever since... looking for a fix.” -JB

“Sounds like a generic dude who owns the Ford dealership in every single city in America.” -BFG’s response to “Who is Tom Steyer?”

“Time to switch to Channel 7...” -Cyndi, getting ready to launch a Dallas recap style recap

“The only difference I've noticed this year is that now I get told, "OK Boomer", when I complain about holiday creep.” -Trey

“A 21st Century Koan... If a vegan that sold essential oils begin doing CrossFit… Which would they tell you about first?” -Brian

“Sorry I shoved my hair in your face.” -Christina

“You are turning into a Burberry wearing, wine drinking, charcoal mask wearing kinda guy... AND I COULDN’T BE PROUDER!” -Q

“Instead of airing new Love Island episodes, something tells me CBS is better off rerunning “The Mentalist”. -Doug “CBS is better off running Secret Talents of thr Stars.” -Gordon

“How far along are you?” -some guy “Oh, about six burritos and about a dozen cupcakes.” -Kimberly

“Answers and bribes go into the Corona Extra bucket.” -Michael

“Dear God, Please watch over Cole Anthony’s shoes.” -C

“What’s that scent you’re wearing? Oh, a little something I call washing your ass.” -Q

“You ever just wish there was a coffee delivery service? .... I do.” -Kathleen

“I’m just another brother with a game show.” -BFG

“(Unintelligible) ... Thicke of the niiiight.” -Greg’s impersonation of Gilbert Gottfried’s impersonation of Alan Thicke

“Antonio Brown doesn’t need football - ‘They’re going to play by my rules.’ A bold statement from a guy dressed as a hippo on a talent show.” -Klaussie

“You keep your head high and your middle finger higher.” -Alex

“There has to be a more scientific name for the penis. ... Intermittent organ?” —Gordon “That sounds pretentious enough to be scientific.” -C

“Zooey is saved for awkward sexy stories. Jeff Zucker is someone I don't want associated with "sexy stories".” -Dane

“Ryan is as Canadian as it gets. I think he bleeds maple syrup.” -C

“Turns out Gillette doesn’t work well with sensitive skin after all.” -Ben Rejmer

“Are you drinking something funny there, sunshine?” -Statboy

“It's so cold out here on the east coast that Jim Dolan, the brilliant genius that he is, decided to warm the citizens of Manhattan up and turn MSG into a giant dumpster fire.” -Gordon

“Ziggy is my spirit animal.” -C

“It may sound bougie, but.. you look good, you play good. You play good... they PAY good.” -Cam Newton

“We could be flying Pan Am Clippers to Venus. But MTV stopped playing music, legalized weed, and elected Donald Trump.” -C

“I get it. Tom Brady = deflated balls. Alex Guerrero = "inflates them". Hookers like Tom Brady. Damn, Alex Guerrero is better than Viagra.” -Klaussie

“I think I found the pony under the pile of shit." -Kimberly

“Skype sucks ass.” -Gordon

“In this troubled times, I like to put my hand over the  kidney in my heart, stare at the moon of Mars contemplating how the wheel is older than the wall, the great things Frederick Douglas is doing  & just being thankful I have ID to buy cereal, thankful for George Washington Airport victories & I don't have Windmill cancer.” -Trent Capelli...Twitter

“Sugar isn't "worse than cocaine."  You're not killing yourself by ingesting sugars either in foods or in your coffee.  People who are selling you weightloss programs want to tell you that you're killing yourself but there is no scientific evidence that sugar kills humans.   Thank you for attending my TEDtalk.” - Shrub

“I found a love...” -Ed Sheeran “No you didn’t.” (Click) -Chico

“Many of you are wondering about my mental state after the Vols game last night. I assure you last night I slept like a baby. Sleep two hours, wake up and cry, sleep two hours, wake up and cry...” -Brian

“If you paid $7 for a Jack & Coke, you got jacked.” -Klaussie “... and Coked.” -C

“Rich Eisen getting triggered by an f’n commercial for 9-1-1 because it featured a fictional situation in a place where his kid goes to is the most white guy thing ever.” -Greg

“And now that your reagent is all nice and mixed and all the chemicals have gotten to know each other, gently put the reagent cartridge onto the instrument. Gently... GENTLY, YOU IDIOT!” -C, to himself

“... goddamned hula shirt.” -Q

“The person who wrote the article needs to be taken in the back and have their writing license revoked. And then shot. And then never be allowed to touch a keyboard again. And then have their hands chopped off.” -Gordon

“They got Bowzer next to Barbi Benton, the lucky son of a bitch.” -C

“Here's what gets me every time I see the trailer for the Cats movie...these are all successful actors. Like...nobody in this movie actually needs to do this.” -Lana

“I made Chico donate $24 to Extra Life.” -Gordon

“You guys are compact cars like I’m a gay, wasted white girl.” -Q

“HQ is like the divorced dad with a much younger, hippy dippy, girlfriend-- and the kids don't want to visit.” -Amberlee

“Suck down your coffee like you own it!” -Hollie

“DRUM SOLO!!!” -Weird Al

“You know when you’re a podcaster you need a good vocabulary. I did always have one. When I was young I mixed up Jacuzzi and Yakuza. And for a while I was in hot water with the Japanese mafia.” -Brian

“It’s game of thrones, but I’m much less Jon Snow and much more Johnny Mudstorm.” -Gordon

“Skype is being a ho.” -Jason

“It's a less-sensitive Soul Man, in a time we need no such shit.” -Klauss

“I thought you were gonna get a room.” -Chapel Hill Phil “I thought you were gonna mind your business.” -Chico “.... that’s fair.” -CHP

“For those of you who are upset about being single on Valentines Day, remember this... 99% of my socks are single but you don’t see them crying about it!” -Connor

“They are selling CBD oil at Bed Bath and Beyond?! I’m sure that’s quality stuff. Honky, please!” -Christina

“She is twisted. If she swallowed a nail, she’d shit out a corkscrew.” -Q

“Oh Taylor Swift. Patron saint of Pride Month. Thank God for straight white girls.” -Michael

“Apollo’s Chariot: “I’m the biggest baddest hypercoaster on the eastern seaboard.” Intimidator 305: “... Bless your heart.” Fury: “Both of you can hold my sweet tea.”” -C

“I don't know you and I sure as heck don't know your sister.” -Klaussie

“Nothing makes you stronger than having no choice in the matter. You’re strong because you have to be.” -Christina’s dad

“Apparently people have mistaken my professional courtesy with genuine interest.” -Michael

“Jon Bauman, you dingleberry!” -Chico a la James May

“Bad enough it’s Scott but it’s Comic Sans, so that makes it even worse.” -Nick “Gentlemen... start your whacking!” -Cyndi “PHRASING!” -Jay, Chico, JVG

“As Robert Downey Jr. once said...” -Cindy

“Whenever I see a married couple with a joint Facebook page, I never, ever have any thought other than "I wonder which one of 'em cheated."” -Adam

“Why is Dan Orlovsky talking football and why should I take anything Safetyman says seriously?” -Cyndi

“Okay, you're a billionaire and can easily afford top-of-the-line call girls at $5,000 to $10,000 an hour and you go to a sleazy massage parlor where the women smell like lavender and shame (so I've heard).” -Steve

“My floor is occupied with eggs.” -Gordon

“Quis, your thing is making noise. Can you make it... not make noise?” -C

“I’ve been waiting at the phone for 29 years hoping someone can win this cruise!” -Klaussie

“If you wanted the chicken fingers that badly, you could have asked for one instead of taking the whole plate of food. #WelcomeBackToLeague #BowlerCityThievery #CheckingTheCamerasAfterLeague.” -Gordon

“I'm proud to say I only cried five times.  Admittedly, once was during the opening credits...” -Prof. O

“Phone calls in the mor-NING!” -C, describing his job as a radio jingle

“Okay, the shirt I was wearing when Liza gave me a slimy hug...I wanted to keep wearing it but I also loved the way the slime stains looked on it, so I waited six weeks to wash it so the slime stains would be totally set in. I just did laundry and there’s not a slime stain to be found anywhere on this shirt. On the one hand, mildly disappointed, but on the other hand, holy crap, Tide just made a customer for life out of me.” -Adam

"Really, you don't go back to the crazy ex-girlfriend. You leave her in the insane asylum." -Rafael Siegel, former Cash Show host

“Don't slap Charlotte in her boobs, you're just making her ANGRY!” -Brian

“Is it bigger than a Bird Box?” -Adam Nedeff’s take on What’s My Line?/Bird Box

“That song Birthday Sex is depressing when it’s your birthday and you have no sex.” -Red

“Politics politics politics Sean Spicer politics politics politics DWTS politics politics politics shimmy shimmy shimmy politics politics politics *tea sip*” -Kimberly

“We may need to add Brie Larson to the "How big is Batista's dick?" question list.” -Dane

“Chico and I not only know that we;re going to Hell, we requested a nice suite, complete with kitchen, spa and bidet, Aaron is coming also. We should have room in the suite for more if you want to join us.” -Gordon

“If Bill Cosby is telling you to get out, get out.  Else, you'll get a dinner drink with a special surprise.” -Klauss

“Hey, what’s coming out this May?” -Q “(Incoherent slurring)” -C “Really? Who’s in it?” -Q “Ryan Reynolds, I dunno.” -C

“I feel like Neville Longbottom with a remembrall.” -Amberlee

“Comically oversized shit sells. It's America, bigger is better.” -Jessica

“You’ve heard of salt in a wound or lemon juice on a paper cut... but have you heard of Oxi Clean powder on a fingernail you cut too short? Pro tip: avoid that.” -Coby

“I have an idea.” -Q “OH NO!!!! NOT AN IDEA!!!!” -C

“Truck contains political promises.” -actual septic truck

“Uhh... framing?” -C

“It’s very easy to get friends on these apps if you say you’re a hot chick.” -Gordon

“Woodstock 50 cancelled after organizers determined they can’t make it as hilarious as Fyre Fest.” -Adam

“Age and wisdom divorced decades ago. Stupid people get old too.” -Austin

“They put some extra claps in this.” -C, re: CS2019 theme

“I hope she’s dreaming the biggest, bestest dreams... and I hope she never stops.” -Kathleen, on her new little girl.

“You think it’s awkward buying condoms, try returning them!” -Q

“If Mississippi State wins the Outback Bowl, we all get free Bloomin' Onions. If Iowa wins, we all get free Coconut Shrimp. If that's not reason enough to root for Iowa, I don't know what to tell you.” -Matty

“Full hearts, full stomachs, can’t poop.” -Evil Travis

“That's it. Officially referring to my boobs as my "small turkeys".” -LiyaZee

“More phone calls in the mor-NING!” -C, describing his job as a radio jingle

“Tried watching pre-debate coverage, but the phrase "brutal Darwinian logic of winnowing" sent me back to Press Your Luck.” -Heather

“...if we hold up a painting of Hurricane Dorian, will it die?” -Amberlee

“Hey Cindy... you married that.” -C

“Literatively? Okay.” -Gordon

“I plan on going with Chef from South Park's line on that one -- "There's a time and a place for everything, and it's called college."” - Kristin, on “Break Up With Your Girlfriend (Because I’m Bored)”

“Allegiant Stadium. Much like the Raiders... A WORK IN PROGRESS.” -C

“Nobody could sing like Milli Vanilli… But let’s be fair neither could they.” -Brian

“Gar-a-giola, Gar-a-giola, STRIIIIIIKE IT RICH! Gar-a-giola, Gar-a-giola, STRIIIIIIKE IT RICH! Strike! It! Riiiiich! Strike! It! Riiiiich! Gar-a-giola, Gar-a-giola, STRIIIIIIKE IT RICH!” -Nedeff’s lyrics to the love theme from “Strike It Richl by Hal Hidey

“In God we trust, all others must provide research-based, peer-reviewed data.” -Aryn

“Go-gurt™: because fuck spoons and decency.” -Sarah Ann

“Like I said ESPN is to the Patriots what FOX News is to the Republican Party.” -Greg

“That is like walking hepatitis.” -Tim DeLaGhetto

“Will there be any trivia questions on your trivia question show?” -Erskine

“I’m a journalism major, so I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.” -BFG

“That’s Right is the Adam Gase of trivia apps.” -Greg

“And yes, Bill Maher does in fact molest collies, and goats...and sheep...and Chicago Bears. 😜” -JVG

“In the words of my dear uncle Paul, ‘Google it, bitch! I’m not here to educate you!’” -Nikki

“You know what they call the guy who graduates last in medical school?” -Megan “A doctor!” -C

“You can never win an argument with an idiot or an asshole. Idiots don’t know they’re wrong, and assholes won’t even consider the possibility that they could be wrong. You can’t help it if you’re an idiot sometimes, but don’t be an asshole. Just something to think about going into 2019.” -Clint

“No Ganos is good Ganos with Graham Gano.” -Tim

“Enough loonies to fill up the Bank of Montreal.” -Klauss

“In the age of auto correct no less, it makes me shudder when I see the leader of the free world making fifth grade grammar mistakes.” -Q

“You look like who did it and why.” -Mary

“Ow, my check! ... I mean, ow, my neck!” -Big Rick

“This woman on Wheel of Fortune has two grandchildren named Kennedy and Nixon, and I have questions.” -Melanie

“You’re the President of the United States and getting dragged by fucking Burger King. It’s just... wonderful.” -Shannon

“Classy, Like a White House Big Mac.” -Actual team trivia name

“Sex is a mistake 9 out of 10 times.” -Michael

“Who signs the cat?” -Carl

“This feels like an SNL sketch. Where’s Bill Hader?” -Greg

“Yeah! And uh...I played HQ with one of them in a hotel room. Wait, that sounds creepy.” -BFG “More than that.  (No, THAT sounds creepy.) You have played online trivia with one of them.  Surely you ran into or at least saw others in Vegas.” -Klaussie

the subject: The Jeopardy! All-Stars

“Step 1: Go to McDonald's. Step 2: Order a Shamrock Shake. There, now you don't have to read the article.” -Prof. O via Evil Travis. The question: “How to order a Shamrock Shake.”

Lunch lady: “Hey Dino! Get me a grape soda! I’m thirsty!” C, after an insane amount of giggling: “You said it, not me.”

“Some bitch decided she wanted to be a bitch.” -C

AP headline on Twitter: "Tim Tebow struggling in Triple-A; still a work in progress." GSNN: "Funny -- so was 'Million Dollar Mile'."

“The Bosa brothers = MAGA Gronk.  Don't @ me.” -Klauss

“... BASSOON SOLO!!!!!” -Weird Al

Greg: “Crying Game Cereal. A surprise in every box.” (Everyone dies for, like, five minutes) Chico: “... I’m going to HQ.... YOU NEED TO GO TO CHURCH!”

“Aunt Becky has some stupid kids.” -Austin Rogers

“I wanna be 21 again and ruin my life differently... I have new ideas.” -Sarah Pribis

“Mannnn listen!! It's time to just throw the whole R. Kelly away!!” -Bruce

“By the time all is said and done, I will have been awake for 24 hours.” -C “Rookie.” -G

“Instead of airing new LI episodes, something tells me CBS is better off rerunning “The Mentalist”. -Doug

“Well they went over as well as a ham sandwich at a kosher deli.” -Q

“Drop it and get out of here!” -Carl’s boss

“The call is coming from inside the wheelhouse.” -Ullsperger

“I am the Marquis de Asshole.” -Gordon

“Elizabeth Banks’ ass is America’s ass.” -C, with apologies to Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, and Bill Carruthers

“Don't have an iPhone or iPad? Maybe you can beg at the boots of your betters, proletariat scum!” -Megan

“Tom Brady and Bob Kraft shaking hands and whispering into each other’s ear... ‘Hail Hydra’.” -C

Jason (discussing the Masked Singer): “The Hippo was ANTONIOOOOOOOO Brown!” Brian H: So THAT'S how the Madden Curse happened this year.

“Manish Mehta is on 92.3 The Fan right now.  My first thought after hearing him for 5 seconds:  He sounds like Aziz Ansari as The Bookworm on that SNL GSN show parody a few years ago.” -Klaussie

“Look at me, I’m Sandra Bullock.” -Nick

"That's Britain for you. Tea solves everything. You're a bit cold? Tea. Your boyfriend has just left you? Tea. Coordinated terrorist attack on the transport network bringing the city to a grinding halt? TEA DAMMIT!" — LiveJournal user jslayeruk

“Temporary emotions lead to permanent mistakes!” -C

“Tuesday night wasn’t just biscuits. Roy Williams went ahead and got the dirty rice to go with it.” -Adam Lucas after Carolina made State humble, 113-96

“Shaka... when the paywalls fell.” -Kevin

“Barbi Benton... ROLL TIDE!” -Greg

“I love when you ask for recommendations for establishments, services, recipes, products, etc., and people respond with, "Did you Google it?" Like, Thanks, Karen! I hadn't thought to use the easily-accessible, number one search engine in the world before! I'm totally not looking for recommendations based on actual experience from personal friends who will give me honest feedback, so I'm glad you directed me to Google!” -Cindy

SWSNBN: “Can your cover for me while I eat my sandwich?” C: “Go eat your sandwich.” SWSNBN: “I’ve got nothing going on.” C: “You’ve doomed us all. Go eat your sandwich.”

“If life gives you lemons remember: life was very honest about how many people it'd been with.” -Austin

“Two hours after lunch is still after lunch! BOOK SAY SO!” -C

“Remember, two wrongs don’t make a right, three rights make a left, and I’m Kyle Serra, quiz responsibly.” -Kyle

Q: “The answer fell into the pizza!” C: “Well now not only is it correct, it’s delicious.”

“Tom Brady just got the sixth stone. Half the NFL is about to vanish.” -Nikki

“I’m Max Essodus and I’m leaving!” -Klauss

“Chuck Todd is a bowl of Jello with a bad goatee and a shitty hair cut.” - @PhillyLocalGuy

“Leonard Frey! Leonard Frey! Anytime you call, Leonard will take care of you! Winter, Spring and Fall!” -Chico

“I THINK I’M BREAKING EVERY FCC RULE IN THE BOOK!” -Kevin Harlan calling two NFL games at the same time

“Horrible news to report, Baby Yoda has died after Myles Garrett beat the shit out of him with a helmet.” -Barry McCockiner

“The Yankees are like Roman Reigns: they’re good, everybody still hates them, and they always kick out of your finisher shm” -Mike Janela

“My nightmare is being stuck working for a guy that looks like Chris Cillizza” -@ChadShartman

“Mel Gibson/Rothschild casting is most inspired decision since Richard Spencer was chosen to write the screenplay for the new Frederick Douglas parody bio pic.” – Josh Marshall

“OOOOH! A LITTLE BIT OF THE BUBBLY!” - Chris Jericho

“Minecraft? HELL NO!” -Amberlee at RewardTheFan on Minecraft RewardTheFan

“109876543210, Happy New Year!” – Kyle @ Trivia Crack

“LYDIA CORNELL IS NOT A BIMBO!” -Mike

Tony Stark: “Hey, you said one out of fourteen million, we'd win, yeah? Tell me this is it.” Doctor Strange: “If I tell you what happens, it won't happen.”

America, let me just tell you something, do not commit crimes with checks.” –Charles Barkley

“I bet George Halas and Pop Warner are up there now coaching Angels in the Heaven Bowl.” –Cord Hosenbeck

“The director saw Green Book and was inspired to make a bigger disaster of a movie about race.” –From the IMDb Trivia Page for Loqueesha

“Drew Brees and Harry Styles fighting over a Pepsi is Peak 2010s.” -Chico

“The aging app? I didn’t know there was an app that helped Mike Maccagnan make his freaking draft picks!!!” -@DAitken90

“For all the notes and stats FOX gave out, they missed that this was the very first post-season game in history where two wife-beater closers gave up two-run home runs in the 9th.” -Ken Levine

Chico: “Man, Bowzer ruined this!” Mike: “Just like the second half of the show Bowzer ruined this!”

“Amazon Suggestion for David Pecker: Because you considered “Blackmailing the Richest Man Who Ever Lived,” we recommend you “Get an Orange Jumpsuit.” –Stephen Colbert

“When in doubt, choose Helium!” –Megan

“They should make a Mistress Pac-Man. Ghosts chasin’ her around the apartment Pac-Man rents for her, eatin’ all the strawberries and chocolates he sends and whatnot. Then the last level Ms. Pac-Man is after her ass like “Oh HELL no that’s MY round yellow man!!!” –George Wallace

“God is a woman and her name is Hailee Steinfeld” -@dakotalanthimos

“I stopped by the Statue of Liberty today, thinking about freedom, and the ability to go for it all.” –Bill Walton at the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas talking about being at the NY-NY Casino

“today marks LaGuardia Airport’s first positive contribution to America.” –Jack Holmes on the end of the Late 2018-Early 2019 Government Shutdown

“BEAT THAT GHOST DICK!” -Matt Richards

Greg: “What if the Monster on The Masked Singer is Michael Cohen?” Mike: “If it is that will almost guarantee there won’t be a second season of The Masked Singer.”

“Roger Clemens tried to smash Mike Piazza’s head with a baseball bat and was still less of an asshole than Curt Schilling.” -@[email protected]

“I love all the diversity in Star Wars. There’s brown people and someone with a Boston accent” -Dani Fernandez

“I don’t care that Brock Lesnar won Money In The Bank, I want to know if Brett Somers won Money In The (BLANK)” -Mike

“Woodrow Wilson even with a stroke was sharper than Donald Trump is today.” –David Frum

“THE JABRONI OF THE JABRONI MOVIE FOR THE HOLLYWOOD BLONDE JABRONI NEED TO HAVE THE MOST EXCELLENT LEADING HEAL TO MAKE THE IRON SHEIK LOOK LIKE THE LEGEND. PROBLEM NOBODY HEAL ENOUGH TO BE THE LEGEND. THIS WAY ONLY PERSON THAT TAKE THE CHRIS HEMSWORTHLESS LOOK LIKE HE THE REAL BABYFACE IS THE LEGEND IRON SHEIK. OTHERWISE THIS MOVIE WORSE THAN THE NOTEBOOK AND WORSE THEN THE JABRONI BETTE MIDLER BEACHES” –The Iron Sheik

“As far as I’m concerned, that’s America’s ass!” - Scott Lang “That is America’s Ass.” - Steve Rogers “America’s Ass? Are you talking about Tom Villard?” - Mike

“Oh Jesus, it’s Jimmie Walker’s turn!” –Chico

“Where’s the Robert Kraft spa video? I’d rather watch a video of my own funeral.” –Gerard Mulligan

“So, does Jeff Zucker have to completely cause CNN to lose money and get devalued so badly it gets bought out by Comcast for him to replace Vince Russo as “worst Turner Broadcasting hire ever?” -Dane

“I was just researching Mark Russell as a "Whatever happened to...?" He's still alive.” –Matt Jones

“And all of ESPN and FS1’s morning shows are just the worst. People who watch them actually come away dumber for doing so. I don’t understand the appeal of watching idiots on either network yell biased opinions at each other...many of which are lacking context or facts beyond what they see on a caption of a social media post. It’s like going to a comment section and watching arguments.” -Dylan White on the Awful Annoucing Facebook comments section

“Hunter, Kiss my ass.” –Dave Bautista

“The fact that the CEO of twitter can have his account hacked is a blinding indictment of twitter’s security policies. The fact that no one could tell the difference is a blinding indictment of jack himself.” -@ChrisSmith_RSB

“I don’t know anybody who loves or even likes Trey Wingo.” -@SlicedBrett

“A Madea Star Wars” must now be a thing…” –Amberlee

“People are like "the New York Post is bad for that cover, subscribe to the Daily News instead!" as if the Daily News didn't run a screencap of a woman being murdered on it a few years back. They're both pure trash. Neither are better.” -Craig Calcaterra

“Tim Burton’s Dumbo brings out Michael Buffer TWICE to say “Let’s get rrready…for Dumbo!” and I laugh again every time I think about it.” –Ken Jennings

“Who the hell is Dr. Lee Franz?” –Jason H.

“I was in the theater and that moment was revealed and the audience was “OOOOH!” and I just was laughing so hard!” –Ron Burgundy remembering the ending of “The Crying Game”

“Ladies and Gentleman… whatever legitimacy pro wrestling has left literally crawled under the ring.” –Chico critiquing the workrate of Colin Jost

“BANODLES, ARE YOU READY TO GO SHOPPING, YOU SON OF A BITCH?” -MIKE

“Can y'all imagine if the Gremlins and Jason Vorhees both attacked at the same time that would be some difficult shit to deal with anyway talk to you later” -George Wallace

“Trump getting impeached over the Ukraine is a little like Scorsese getting the Oscar for The Departed, but hey recognition is recognition.” -John Ross Bowie

“Alex Trebek is a fixture in the American firmament and we're all behind him. What a great man, so kind to my family and so warm to all of us contestants. Send him your love.” -Austin Rogers

“Rather than bore you with my expansive knowledge of British politics, allow me to comment on more pressing matters: drunken Chris Jericho getting his belt stolen” -Mike Tunison (@xmasape)

“Only ESPN would do a feature on Robert Kraft taking former players to Jerusalem — while he awaits trial for soliciting prostitution in a sex trafficking ring.” -@willgcopeland

“Looking forward to the “In Memory of Jim Cornette’s Career” graphic that will be starting Dynamite.” - Trevor Dame

“Tom Steyer sounds like a guy who airs MLK and Columbus Day ads, where you can get a new Mustang or Fusion for up to $6,000 off MSRP” - BFG

“Eh, what’s her name? Her name Barry Lonson. She’s in da, she won Oscar for the movie “Stuck In The Basement”. Also, she’s in the movie “Kink Kong: He Got Love With Her” but how he make sex with her, she’s young, she’s small and he big. I don’t know?” -Yehya reviewing Captain Marvel

“To this day nobody knows who Ann Risley is.” -Chico

“Heartbreaking: there is apparently no video I can find of this moment, where a robot named "Mr. Scraps" delivered a ball to James Doohan (Scotty from Star Trek), who had just arrived in a dry-ice-and-laser-bathed Delorean to throw out the first pitch in "The Biodome". Please enjoy this real quote from the Mariners former VP of marketing: "We named the robot Mr. Scraps, because it looked like a garbage can on wheels. Not exactly what we were expecting, but it served its purpose." [email protected]

MC Cool Cloud: “No union better mess with my family!” Cloud 9 Employee in Training Video: “Oh, MC Cool Cloud, (pats stomach) you’re gonna be the best dad.” Garrett: “I’m sorry, did MC Cool Cloud just impregnate a human?” Mateo: “I think he did.” “I’m in shock, Gene. I just talked to my accountant and I found out this guy made 30 grand and I’m working for minimum scale.” -Marty Cohen on MG-HSH Episode #12 “It would be kind of weird for a person named Tammy to be played by Tim Dunigan.” -Mike

“Chico's brain only has so much memory.  It's either the capital of Botswana, or something you rambled at 3AM while white-girl wasted.   Only one of those nuggets of wisdom is a panty-dropper, and I think we all know which.” -Laura

“So, the audience for SNL seems to be comprised of easily offended Catholics, YouTube “influencers”, and Trump. But Lorne Michaels still thinks he shouldn’t retire? Because if I learned those people watched something I produced, I’d eschew all technology forever and go live in one of those Unabomber log cabins.” -Kevin

“Morning report: The "Fuck Your Feelings" crowd sure gets triggered easily.” -Rick Wilson

“ZIPPERS?!” -Klauss

“We’s considerin’ buddies.” -C

“Automan’s naked and wearing a belt? I don’t get this!” -Klaussie

“You were standing in his crotch!” -Anna

“I am utterly surprised there were no traces of Batman cereal yet Greg's dad made at least 2 appearances.” -Klaussie

“Next time, can you pick a gas station that ISN’T in the middle of nowhere?” -C

“Did Isaac ever deliver cold hard cash direct to your PayPal account? No!” -Greg

“Too many phone calls in the mor-NING!” -C, describing his job as a radio jingle

“Semi-Quotable of the 2010s--Hundreds of quips enter, Adam Nedeff wins because he's funny and he has half of Hollywood under his thumb.” -Klaussie

“You’re not you when you’re thirsty.” -Q, the Double Entendre of the Year

“Nobody ever robbed a convenience store to get sugar money.” -Brandon

“If you're mad at rich peoples kids for getting special acceptance/treatment at college and you aren't mad about all the athletes that get the same thing you're a hypocrite. Ya'll leave Aunt Becky alone.” -Stephanie

“Damn it! I used too much stick.” /Ethan

“And her tights say two cents a dance.” -Kimberly

“Go home, That’s Right. You’re clearly on meth.” -Evil Travis

“I paid $700 for THAT?!” -Klaussie

“Florida is now under a Jim Cantore watch.” -Braden

“Good Brother, but Bad Mother!” -Gordon

“Dude. Even Nike hates Duke!” -D

“For 15 points, Will Smith’s arrogant cousin Hillary appeared in an episode of NBC’s hit sitcom Blossom. Another episode of blossom featured Don Novello playing the role of Father Guido Sarducci, and Father Guido Sarducci also popped up on an episode of Married...With children. Stay with me here. David Faustino’s character Bud Bundy also popped up all the Fox network sitcom Parker Lewis Can’t Lose. In another episode of Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, Parker crosses paths with grown-up Eddie Haskell, who of course,We all remember from Leave It to Beaver. His next-door neighbors, June, Wally, and Beaver Cleaver were all characters in an episode of the Love Boat. Now there is this other episode of the Love Boat where all of Charlie’s Angels are on board. In an episode of Charlie’s Angels, Dan Tanna shows up from Vega$. But that’s not important right now. Remember when I said Parker Lewis had crossed paths with Eddie Haskell? Well Eddie also popped up on an episode of Hi Honey I’m Home. So did Gale Gordon‘s character Mr. Mooney, who you might remember from the Lucy Show. There’s an episode of the Lucy Show where Lucy crosses paths with Private Gomer Pyle, USMC, who, of course originally appeared on the Andy Griffith show, which was a spinoff of Make Room for Daddy. On an episode of Make Room for Daddy, Danny encounters Buddy Sorrell, one of Alan Brady’s writers on The Dick Van Dyke Show. Alan Brady later appeared on Mad About You, where Ursula was the twin sister of Phoebe from Friends, and Phoebe’s friend Chandler Bing showed up on Caroline and the City, where Caroline draws a popular comic strip that is read and enjoyed by Daphne Moon, the caretaker for Dr. Frasier Crane’s disabled father. Dr. Crane used to hang out at a Boston bar called Cheers, where Norm, Cliff, and Carla encounter Drs. Auschlander & Westphall, but on a landmark 1988 broadcast, we learn that Drs. Auschlander & Westphall never existed and that all of the shows I mentioned in this question are logically the figments of the imagination of Tommy Westphall, Who is the only character who demonstrably existed on what beloved medical drama?” -Adam

“Snapchat Catch Phrase!” -Will & Erinn

“#1800235DEAD!” -...damn near everybody

“Charles Stiles, Mystery Diners.” -Charles Stiles, Mystery Diners

“This tea is delicious.” -Kimberly === Here’s to 2019... Come together, just think of tomorrow.

[queen-of-the-weenies]

Fireside

Leram shot awake, his breath caught in his throat, icy cold sweat soaking through his linen shirt. His sleep had been dreamless, haunted only by a black void and the dull ache of something being wrong. He wasn’t sure what specifically had woken him. It was still dark, the quiet night kept from total silence only by the faint hum of insects and gently rustled leaves of the trees above. The fire had already burned down to dull embers, casting the faintest hint of light and warmth from its ashes, but it was otherwise pitch dark. No moon or stars shone through the dense clouds overhead--not that the light could have penetrated the canopy of branches anyways.

Already shivering from the biting cold, he rolled onto his knees, then staggered up to his feet. Might as well stir the fire and get some more heat. He felt around with his foot for the stick he’d used earlier for dinner. Lots of dirt and small rocks and dead leaves… There it is. He bent, picked up the stick, then dropped into a squat beside the fire. He poked at the coals to nudge them back to life, feeding them a handful of the dead leaves. The fire reluctantly smoked and burned, casting a pitiful amount of light around the campsite.

Across the fire, leaned up against a tree, sat Talon. The other man was still asleep, arms crossed over his chest, head hung low, hair draped over his face like a funeral veil. Leram spared only a glance at him between sprinkling handfuls of leaves on the fire. Talon should have been keeping watch, but Leram wasn’t going to fault him for dozing off. They’d been walking for almost four days through the dense forest, refusing to rest until it was too dark to see where they were going. Perhaps it wouldn’t be so bad if they had a destination in mind… But they had no such thing…

Leram lowered to the ground, sitting with legs crossed and the fire-stirring stick resting across his lap. A few scant flames had started rising from the coals, and his thoughts were already wandering as he stared into them. Four days… Four days, and nothing. They’d been tracking her so easily before, only to lose all trace of her the moment they entered the forest. How could an injured, sick woman lose them so quickly?

A fresh chill crawled down Leram’s spine. His gaze flicked toward Talon once again, this time falling on the sleek leather scabbard of his sword where it rested on the ground beside him. He knew the blood had already been cleaned off, but part of him still expected to see flashes of red every time the other man drew his weapon. He often found himself rubbing his palms against his pants, trying to wipe away crimson stains that were no longer there.

Talon stirred, drawing him out of his darkening thoughts. He waited a few seconds to see if the other man would wake up, but Talon settled back into sleep again. Maybe it was time to go back to sleep as well…

It was hard to tell at what point things changed. Leram only remembered sitting at the fire and thinking about going back to sleep. Suddenly he was still there, still staring, but he was hyper aware of the warm back pressed against his. Beneath the fire smoke, the subtle scent of hay and apple blossoms reached his nose, bringing with it a dense wash of homesickness that would have left him weak-kneed if he wasn’t already sitting. For a moment--for the most fleeting, heartbreaking moment--he thought everything had been a nightmare, and the scent would pull him to wakefulness in his bed back home.

What he wouldn’t give for that moment to be real. To forgo the horrors he’d witnessed and wake up back home. To step outside and see her as she once was.

“Hey Leram.”

Her voice was the same, yet not. She had never sounded so tired. Briefly he considered turning around, just to make sure it was really her… But something beyond his own thoughts told him that if he moved, she would vanish again, and he would have lost her a second time. So instead, he took a deep breath, filling his lungs with the scent of home.

“Hey Mags.”

#anna's story emporium #writing #story excerpt #sielsi

[destieldrabblesdaily]

Hello my dear I'm sorry it's been a while since I last wrote you.. I know you're not taking prompts at the moment but I was hoping you could recommend me something nice and fluffy to read? My Grandpa was diagnosed just before Xmas with cancer and he died shortly after, his funeral was today and I could really do with something to make me smile; and you always have such wonderful taste in fics I hoped you could help? Thank you xox

Hey darling! Aww, I’m so sorry to hear that. :( *hugs you tight*

Always a good place to go when you’re looking for fluffiness to take your mind off of things, is my Fluff Tag (All short, fluffy Destiel stories that are easy to read and have happy endings!)

Other than that, some longer feel-good Destiel fics with little to no angst that always cheer me up:

x Peanut Butter-Pumpkin Wedding Cake‘Dean is a waiter in a strip club to put his kid brother through school. Castiel is dragged to the club as a part of his sister Anna’s bachelorette party. Dean and Cas hit it off, but Dean thinks Cas is the one marrying Anna.’

x Enchanted Tea Emporium‘As an experienced witch, Castiel has seen many captivating sights in his life. However, nothing he's seen has ever had him quite as entranced as the sight of the man in the flower shop across the road, unloading items from the back of a truck.’

x Après‘When the angels stop falling and Castiel makes his way out of the trees, he finds himself alone and oceans away from the Winchesters. For once, Dean flies to him.’

x Silence in the Bakery‘Dean loves his work in the bakery, with his brother Sam and their friend Charlie. He especially loves it right now, with the promise of romance on the horizon. But there's something not quite normal about his favourite customer; with his bright blue eyes and ruffled brown hair, he's seriously handsome, and Dean knows they have a connection - but he never speaks. Not once. Anyone else might give up, but Dean just doesn't work that way. As sure as bread is bread, Dean's going to get the mysterious stranger to speak with him.’

I hope this helps a little, and stay strong! x

#replies for ts #feraltwink #destiel

[storiesbybrian]

Jane, His Wife (September, 2014)

Paul is about to miss his plane. A viable excuse is right up his ass, a cannaboid suppository purchased as a kind of reward after a very contentious meeting. He could probably amuse his boss into forgiving him for not even making it to the airport with a straightforward account of his inability to resist grabbing something from a shelf labeled “Edibles and Anables”and then, being on such an impulsive roll, marching straight from the register to the unisex bathroom where he pretended to defecate but really went ahead and dented his anal virginity right there in the dispensary, higher than Robert Mitchum before the water from the fake shit flush  finished swirling. But the real reason Paul’s flight takes off without him is a girl he used to know. He thinks her name is Sonja.

Emerging from the bathroom, more of a man/less of a man, too confused to know which codes to honor at the moment, Paul bumped into a guy engrosssed in his smartphone. He was very muscular, with a barcode tattooed on the back of his bald head, and he wore a coat, tie and acid washed jeans. Ironic or resolutely earnest, again Paul couldn’t decipher. So, before manners or fear could stop him, Paul peaked at the phone screen, hoping it might give him a better sense of what this guy was all about. And there she was, holding a baby, grinning unabashedly at the semi-well-dressed man and telling him something about a movie she was almost finished watching. Over the past 25 years, Paul had imagined seeing Sonja again many times, but never in fulfillment of Jetsonian prophecy by the bathroom at a legal weed emporium.

Paul remembers her name as evoking kerchiefs and ice skating, so maybe it’s really Brigitte or Helena. Theirs had been one of those acquaintances that advanced too rapidly to ask for a reminder without compromising the probability of sex, especially since she made a big point of knowing his name, shoehorning it into nearly everything she told him. And then, after what had happened, the mutual acquaintance that had introduced them never mentioned her again and Paul was not about to ask after “your friend, you know, that depressed girl with the ungainly feet and Jupiter spot on her eyeball?” Those feet. They seemed to be clutching something delicate, or maybe she was just trying to make them seem smaller. Anyway, Paul follows her husband out of the dispensary, knowing he has to call work, and his own spouse, and no surer what to say to either of them than how to broach a conversation with a stranger whose physique and pants might imply a penchant  for violence.

Paul follows Mr. Sonja across Rainier Avenue to Chinook Beach Park. This must be where most recreational customers go to light up as now, with one acid washed leg draped over the other, far less threatening seated than upright, the bar code-necked man rolls himself a blunt. For a moment, Paul is afraid of being mistaken for some kind of moocher who hangs around the parking lot waiting for someone to come out and offer him a puff. But just about any misrepresentation, no matter how unflattering, would be preferable to who Paul really is to the mother of this guy’s child.

Meanwhile, what about Paul’s more pressing concerns, like the personal and professional upheaval he causes by being here instead of home in two hours? And in an irony he feels like he has to be very still to keep straight, Paul notes that he is drumming up excuses for the homefront to delay his encounter with a sartorial schizophrenic, while he very well could have mistaken the visage on the guy’s smartphone and set off in pursuit of resolution 25 years in the making to put off the stresses inherent in maintaining all of the routines he is forsaking to be here.  Like he’s avoiding returning to the life he’s now invoking to avoid further avoidment.

He pulls out his own phone and starts dialing Anna Lyza’s mobile number. Her name is not symbolic coincidence, just the product of really strange parents. Paul has made vague allusions to a girl he traumatized in college, but never told Anna Lyza the full story of his day with Sonja. And to go into it now would sound like he was lying to cover for something far more nefarious than a digital goose chase.

So Paul needs to lie to his wife, tell half truths to his boss and come completely clean to this weirdly dressed stranger on a bench. Great, let’s talk to the very strong guy who has good reason to hate you. While he’s high. Paul starts repocketing his phone when it rings. It’s Dan.

“Hello?”

“Paul! So glad I caught you!”

“Oh hi Dan.”

“Listen! Can you talk?”

“To you?”

“Funny. Look, at the meeting earlier today? Jordy said he licenses all of his material through Quatre Saisons? Not true, my man.”

“So we don’t want to…?”

“Dude doesn’t license any of his stuff!”

“Like it’s all-?”

“Open-Sourced! So why were we about to shell out 2nd round funding for free shit?”

“Because you said-“

“Ehnhnhnhnhnh! I didn’t say shit Paul. You said we needed to deal with the Franco-Vivaldi fuckers.”

“Well…”

“Alright, whatever. We’ll talk about this when you get back.”

“Yeah well-“

“Hey Paul?”

“Yeah?”

“Dude, you sound higher than me right now.”

Paul hangs up the phone and rubs his head, appearing far more stressed than he actually is. Sure enough, he gets Sonja’s husband’s attention from the next bench over. Paul gives him his best hangdog and the guy smiles and offers him the blunt. So phase one initiated, but Paul’s resorting to manipulation to make progress toward amends for 25 year-old emotional abuse makes the whole thing feel tarnished before it even gets off the ground.

“Thanks man.”

The guy nods, then thinks better of silence. “Hey, what’d you get in there bro?” His voice is raspy.

Paul takes a deep breath and points to his ass.

“No shit!”

“Not right now.” It gets a laugh.

“So gimme that back, yo. You’re already baked!”

Paul nods enthusiastically. “Appreciate the company though.”

Either the guy will accept the friendly overture or reject it and maybe get suspicious. If the suspicion can manifest itself in a way he’s supposed to notice, Paul will flash his wedding ring and broach the topic of spouses (though the irony of grousing about being married to women as a way to tell men you are not gay is not lost on Paul). But the guy just blanks out and it occurs to Paul that people can say “bro” without awkwardness and still have gaping social deficiencies. In fact, how many times has Paul mistaken one or two words for more comprehensive coolness? He needs to restructure his entire socio-evaluative process but now is not the time. Or is that more personal procrastination and cowardice? Why not now?

“Nice here,” Paul tries.

“You ain’t from Seattle?”

“San Francisco.”

“City by the Bay. Nice bro!”

Paul nods. Briefly he considers just asking the guy what his wife’s name is. But he can only see it seeming  like he’s got a jacket lining full of hot watches for sale. And maybe the guy’s impression of Paul is still unformed enough that coming across as sleazy and awkward himself will not seem out of character, and might even arouse compassion. Like maybe the guy will assume that Paul’s life is so pathetic that sharing the details of his own will seem charitable. But that’s a stretch, even between two stoned strangers.

“Been there? I mean do you live in Seattle? Actually I don’t know what to ask.”

The guy laughs and slaps Paul on the back. It hurts.

“I like you, bro. Name’s Paul.”

“No way! That’s my name too!”

“Bullshit!”

Paul pulls out his driver’s license. The whole time he has been trying to seize the opportunity to bestow an apology whose due is old enough to rent a car, he has assumed that Sonja relegated their afternoon together to some minor episode that never bore recounting to anybody. And before he can consider otherwise, his ID makes Acid Washed Paul potentially angry.

“Did you go to Boulder bro?”

It would be easy to say no, catch another flight and try to smooth everything over back home. But Paul can not chalk all of the other things he’s neglecting to be here up to larkishness.

“Yes.”

“This might sound fucked up, but I know who you are.”

“I saw you FaceTiming with her. I was hoping…”

Paul clamps a hand on Paul’s shoulder and squeezes cruelly. Paul tries to squirm out of it but the grip is too tight. With the other hand Paul holds the blunt close like a paintbrush.

Paul has never been in this much physical danger. He thinks that if he had, or anyone had ever hurt him very badly, he might not carry as much guilt around. As the ember glows an inch from his face, black trees past it swaying by the water, he realizes that maybe he wants to get burned. That rather than explaining to Sonja that he enjoyed being kind to her when she expected cruelty, but then couldn’t help switching to contempt when she started expecting or even demanding kindness after only knowing him for two hours, it might be more satisfying to all parties concerned if her husband damaged him permanently and then brought pictures of it home to his dear sweet wife as sort of a trophy, first prize in the KarmaBall League.

“I wanted…”

Acid Washed Paul’s eyes narrow, but the ember bobbles and his threat of burning seems to recede. Paul almost starts crying and wishes that he would.

“I wanted to apologize to her. She’s… She’s told you what happened?”

“You know what she says? She says it was like you lifted her up to the greatest view she’d ever seen, and then you kicked her lower than she’d been before you’d ever met. She didn’t even wanna know anybody else named Paul, much less marry me! You know she’d just gone back to school after a suicide attempt.”

“No. I didn’t know that. I really didn’t!”

“And it’s stayed with you too, huh?”

Paul nods.

Paul stubs out the blunt and unholsters his phone, weighing it in his hand.

“Well this is a buzzkill.”

Paul tries to maintain eye contact and now he does begin to cry. To his shame, it’s probably out of relief that he escaped a mangling.

“Jesus. You need a drink more ‘n me!”

“I don’t drink.”

“What?”

“I quit when I turned 40.”

“Like W.”

“Oh yeah, that’s right. Well, he is disciplined I guess.”

They go to a coffee shop that serves beer. Paul seems to know several people there, though Paul can not tell how highly they regard him.

Paul gets a pint of something dark and frothy. Paul has Earl Grey tea.

“Is she… happy?”

“Who Anna?”

Paul rocks back in his seat. All this time he had her name wrong but meanwhile married someone else with the same name. And of course so did she. He thinks it’s a coincidence that shouldn’t mean much, but worries again that dismissiveness is tantamount to cowardice. Paul does not know anything else about Paul. If Paul shares more information, the coincidence will gain the freight of expectations and make the whole thing look like some time bomb detonating at the altar. But he cops out and sits on it, pretending he knew Sonja was Anna all along, and that her San Francisco counterpart is named something other than Anna Lyza.

“I mean… If you’re askin’ how guilty are you supposed to feel, I can tell you that plenty of dudes have done her way worse than you managed in one afternoon.”

“But, well, do you know all their names too?”

“Oh yeah. All named Paul. Every last one of ‘em!”

Inhalant Paul looks bewildered for a moment, then cracks up loud enough for dozens of faces haunted by laptops to stare at him. He can not stop laughing. The faces plead for quiet. Rectal Paul is not sure whether to laugh along, stay mired in the horror that seized him when he thought Paul was serious, or take the spectral freelancers’ side and admonish Paul to simmer down.  He sips his tea without committing to anything.

“Man, I don’t even think she remembers every one’s name. And trust me, it ain’t like I ain’t done my share of damage too. But I’ve stuck around so…”

“I really would like to apologize to her.”

“Yeah that probably works for you bro, but I’m not sure it’s such a good idea on her end. Mad hormonal since the baby.”

“I hear that! We have a two year-old.”

“Tell me it gets easier.”

“It does. I mean, you get to start sleeping through the night again. But that’s right around the same time they learn to move on their own so there’s more chasing ‘em around, instinctively covering every table corner with your hand.”

Paul does not ask Paul any follow ups, how old, how masculine, any others. Paul is relieved by this. If Paul were generous enough to be curious, he would occupy the high road more imposingly. But being all about his own deal, Paul does not have to cede as much moral leverage for his past sins.

Music has been playing continuously, though a specific song comes on before Paul notices. It is a classic rock anthem that Paul’s high school classmates used to sing along with and quote in yearbooks while he felt alienated for cherishing the knowledge that the song was the musical equivalent of shit past its expiration date. But now he smiles and feels the urge to sing along, nearly certain that Paul will join right in.

Before the verse drives up to the chorus, a giant hand tries to pry the coffee shop’s roof from the top of its walls. Everything quakes. Coffee cups chit and shatter. The song keeps playing. Nobody wants to be the one to shriek. The giant hand can not separate the roof from the walls. The quaking stops for a moment, then the giant hand punches through the roof, smashing into a pinball machine. It tries to shake the plaster and glass out of its wounded knuckles. It has a wedding ring that knocks people down.

Paul and Paul look up through the hole in the building. Giant Anna glares down at them, raising her foot til it blocks out the light.

Paul says, “Holy shit that’s my wife!”

Paul thinks with so many people under threat of imminent smushing, he might have pretended otherwise. But in his final moment before Anna grounds him and everyone else there into the carpeting, he envies Paul’s lack of guile.

#Jane His Wife #Weed #Seattle #Regret #Harm #giant #Short Story #Fiction #Shuman

[violinsolos]

Second half of fairytale mix tracklists

Under the cut!

6. Dream/Thorn

·        Fireflies in the Garden Jane Antonia Cornish  Album: Fireflies in the Garden (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2013

·        2Magic Forest Ensemble  Album: Winter Solstice On IceYear: 1999

·        3Brideshead Revisited - Between dreaming and waking Terry Davies: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra  Album: Johnston, A.: Brideshead Revisited (Soundtrack)Year: 2008

·        4Fairy In The Grove Jamie Christopherson  Album: Lineage 2 - Goddess of DestructionYear: 2012

·        5Celtic Dream Michael Flatley  Album: Lord of the Dance

·        6The Wood Nymph Nature's Harmony  Album: Forest SplendorYear: 1995

·        7Le Ballet des Djinns Gabriel Yared  Album: Azur et Asmar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2006

·        8Dorothy Wakes Hollywood Symphony Orchestra  Album: Legends of Oz: Dorothy ReturnsYear: 2014

·        9Girl in the Tower G. Schyman  Album: Bioshock Infinite OST

·        10Thoughts of Teegra William Kraft  Album: Fire and Ice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2013

·        11No Lights After Eleven Mychael Danna  Album: Vanity FairYear: 2004

·        12The Homecoming George Fenton  Album: Ever AfterYear: 1998

·        13Reunion Various Artists  Album: CoralineYear: 2009

·        14Dizzy Alasdair Fraser's Skyedance  Album: Way Out To Hope StreetYear: 2005

·        15Forbidden Friendship John Powell  Album: How to Train Your Dragon (Music from the Motion Picture)Year: 2010

·        16Heart Of A Hero Chance Thomas  Album: Lord Of The Rings Online: Riders of Rohan (Official Video Game Score)Year: 2012

·        17Fairy Dance James Newton Howard  Album: Peter PanYear: 2003

·        18You May Kiss Me Great Expectations  Album: Great Expectations: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 2014

·        19For The Love Of A Princess Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band  Album: Movie Brass: Braveheart

·        20The De Lesseps' Dance Stephen Warbeck  Album: Shakespeare In LoveYear: 1998

·        21Proposal (Down The Hole) Danny Elfman  Album: Alice In WonderlandYear: 2010

·        22Harvest Mark Kilian  Album: Bless Me, Ultima (Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 2012

·        23Melody of the Celtic Mists Celtic  Album: CelticYear: 2010

·        24Time & Life Theodore Shapiro;Jos  Album: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2013

·        25The Wedding Dress Dario Marianelli Feat. Jack Liebeck  Album: Jane Eyre - Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 2011

·        26Siren Dirge Kevin Manthei  Album: Nancy Drew Music

·        27The Water Is Wide Celtic Strings  Album: Celtic StringsYear: 2010

·        28Grandmother Willow [Instrumental] Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz  Album: PocahontasYear: 1995

·        2907 A Window To The Past azkabansprisonerr  Album: Uploaded by azkabansprisonerr

·        30Drive To The Cottage Nick Ingman  Album: Finding NeverlandYear: 2004

·        31Colin Loves Mary Zbigniew Preisner  Album: The Secret Garden: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 1993

·        32Love Scene Inon Zur  Album: Dragon Age 2Year: 2011

·        33Merida's Home Patrick Doyle  Album: Brave (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2012

·        34Prologue [Album Version] Orchestra  Album: The Pirate Queen (Original Broadway Cast Recording)Year: 2007

·        35Dreaming Of Bag End Howard Shore  Album: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey [Disc 2]Year: 2012

7.  Snow/Sword

·        Let It Go (Music Box) Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez  Album: Frozen

·        2The Village Theme James Newton-Howard  Album: The Village: The Official Motion Picture Soundtrack

·        3The Cold Streets of London Jen Anderson  Album: Pandora's Box - The SoundtrackYear: 2008

·        4Aida Fariborz Lachini  Album: Aida - Original SoundtrackYear: 2008

·        5Banished S.J. Pettersson  Album: Romeo & Juliet

·        6Treasure In The Royal Tower - Royal Tower Themes Kevin Manthei  Album: Music for Mysteries (Soundtrack from the Nancy Drew® PC Games)Year: 2009

·        7Mary Downstairs Zbigniew Preisner  Album: The Secret Garden: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 1993

·        8Forbidden To See Rachel Portman  Album: Snow Flower And The Secret Fan [Soundtrack]Year: 2011

·        9M' Lady DeWinter (Lament) Michael Kamen  Album: The Three MusketeersYear: 1993

·        10Snowfall Howard Shore  Album: Hugo: Music From The Motion PictureYear: 2011

·        11All Gone (Seasons) Gustavo Santaolalla  Album: The Last of Us - Vol. 2

·        12Lullaby Theme Gustavo Santaolalla

·        13Juliet's Dream Abel Korzeniowski  Album: Romeo & Juliet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2013

·        14Rivendell Theme InonZur  Album:

·        15Opening Craig Armstrong & A.R. Rahman  Album: Elizabeth: The Golden AgeYear: 2007

·        16Your Hands Are Cold Jean-Yves Thibaudet  Album: Pride & PrejudiceYear: 2005

·        17Ice Dance Danny Elfman  Album: Edward Scissorhands: The Official Motion Picture Soundtrack

·        18Brideshead Revisited - A small red flame Terry Davies: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra  Album: Johnston, A.: Brideshead Revisited (Soundtrack)Year: 2008

·        19The Shirt Orchestra  Album: Gosford ParkYear: 2002

·        20Dreams Are Dangerous Various Artists  Album: CoralineYear: 2009

·        21We Were So Close Christophe Beck & Frode Fjellheim  Album: Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2013

·        22Too Late Dario Marianelli  Album: Anna Karenina: Music From The Motion PictureYear: 2012

·        23Stay With Me (Instrumental) Stephen Sondheim  Album: Into the Woods (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe  ion]Year: 2014

·        24Farewell (From "Philomena") London Film Orchestra  Album: Soundtrack Music from the Academy Awards 2014Year: 2014

·        25Lament Michael Flatley  Album: Lord of the Dance

·        26I'll Never See Him Again Alan Menken  Album: Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection: PocahontasYear: 2015

·        27Snow and Rain Peter Breiner, Don Gillis  Album: Celtic MoodsYear: 2010

·        28The Changing Seasons, Wild Horses, Tristan's Return James Horner  Album: Legends Of The FallYear: 1994

·        29Winter Battle James Horner  Album: The New World- Original Motion Picture ScoreYear: 2010

·        30Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra Joshua Bell  Album: Ladies in Lavender (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

·        31River Waltz Prague Symphony Orchestra  Album: The Painted VeilYear: 2006

·        32Love And The End Of The Tragedy Stephen Warbeck  Album: Shakespeare In LoveYear: 1998

·        33Together We Will Live Forever Clint Mansell  Album: The FountainYear: 2006

·        34All On A Spring Mountain: All On A Spring Mountain Daniel Kobialka  Album: Celtic FantasyYear: 2005

·        35The Finale Danny Elfman  Album: Corpse BrideYear: 2005

8. Maid/Queen

·        Forward To Time Past John Williams  Album: Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of AzkabanYear: 2004

·        2Glass Original Soundtrack  Album: Mansfield Park

·        3Overture A Little Princess: The Musical  Album: A Little PrincessYear: 2011

·        4Coronation Day Christophe Beck & Frode Fjellheim  Album: Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2013

·        5Instrumental Orchestra  Album: Anna Karenina - Original Broadway Cast Recording 2006Year: 2006

·        6Princess Mononoke Kyoto Music Box Ensemble  Album: Korean Drama Music Box Collection OTOHAKOYear: 2012

·        7Love At First Sight Alan Menken  Album: Mirror MirrorYear: 2012

·        8Queen Of Hearts Music From The Motion Picture  Album: The Queen: Music From The Motion PictureYear: 2006

·        9Play-Doh Dreaming Jim Dooley  Album: Pushing DaisiesYear: 2008

·        10Destiny's Path John Williams  Album: Memoirs Of A GeishaYear: 2005

·        11Winding It Up Howard Shore  Album: Hugo: Music From The Motion PictureYear: 2011

·        12The Kite Jan A.P. Kaczmarek/Nick Ingman  Album: Finding NeverlandYear: 2004

·        13Alice Decides Danny Elfman  Album: Alice In WonderlandYear: 2010

·        14Wardrobe Robin Rimbaud Scanner  Album: Narnia (Original Score for Ballet)Year: 2015

·        15Wheels In Motion Various Artists  Album: Charlie & The Chocolate FactoryYear: 2005

·        16Clocktick (From "Up in the Air") The London Film Score Orchestra  Album: Soundtrack Music from the 2010 Film Awards, Los Angeles, USAYear: 2010

·        17Arrival At Netherfield Jean-Yves Thibaudet  Album: Pride & PrejudiceYear: 2005

·        18Welcome To Columbia G. Schyman, J. Bonney  Album: Bioshock Infinite OST

·        19Crystal Palace Waltz Steve Jablonsky  Album: Steamboy Original SoundtrackYear: 2006

·        20"Cinderella Waltz" Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella (Original Broadway Cast)  Album: Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella (Original Broadway Cast)Year: 2013

·        21Entering The Garden Zbigniew Preisner  Album: The Secret Garden: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 1993

·        22The Aviary Camille Saint-Saens  Album: Carnival of the AnimalsYear: 2004

·        23Midnight Sergei Prokofiev  Album: Cinderella: Songs from the Classic Fairy TaleYear: 1998

·        24The Stroke Of Midnight/Thank You Fairy Godmother Various Artists  Album: Walt Disney's Cinderella [Original Soundtrack]Year: 1949

·        25The Glass Slipper George Fenton  Album: Ever AfterYear: 1998

·        26Night Time Alexandre Desplat  Album: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]Year: 2013

·        27Time For Bed Dario Marianelli  Album: Anna Karenina: Music From The Motion PictureYear: 2012

·        28Glass Slipper Waltz Blue Tea Games  Album: Dark Parables:The Final Cinderella

·        29Time Keepers Future World Music  Album: Reign of VengeanceYear: 2011

·        30Passage Of Time Rachel Portman  Album: ChocolatYear: 2001

·        31Becky And Amelia Leave School Mychael Danna  Album: Vanity FairYear: 2004

·        32Kida Returns James Newton Howard  Album: Atlantis: The Lost EmpireYear: 2001

·        33Liz On Top Of The World Jean-Yves Thibaudet  Album: Pride & PrejudiceYear: 2005

·        34At Last Alan Silvestri  Album: Maid In ManhattanYear: 2002

·        Finale David Newman  Album: AnastasiaYear: 1997

9. Knight/Tower

·        Fairytale Harry Gregson-Williams, Metro Voices, Gavin Greenaway & John Powell  Album: Shrek (Original Motion Picture Score)Year: 2004

·        2Epic Finale Danny Elfman  Album: Epic (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

·        3Ride To London Mychael Danna  Album: Vanity FairYear: 2004

·        4Paperman Christophe Beck  Album: Paperman - SingleYear: 2012

·        5If You Were Flying Patrick Doyle  Album: EragonYear: 2006

·        6The New King / Stories John Ottman  Album: Jack The Giant Slayer: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 2013

·        7Main Title - (From 'The Pagemaster') Original Soundtrack  Album: The Pagemaster

·        8Waltz for Peppy Ludovic Bource  Album: The Artist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2011

·        9Mahoney's Debut Alexandre Desplat  Album: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]Year: 2013

·        10High King and Queen of Narnia David Arnold  Album: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn TreaderYear: 2010

·        11Impossible Opening Jan A.P. Kaczmarek/Nick Ingman  Album: Finding NeverlandYear: 2004

·        12Lyra, Roger & Billy Alexandre Desplat  Album: Golden CompassYear: 2007

·        13Kingdom Dance Alan Menken  Album: TangledYear: 2010

·        14The Circus Sets Up James Newton Howard  Album: Water for ElephantsYear: 2011

·        15The Color Of The Water / Dreaming Of The Future Luis Bacalov  Album: Sea Of DreamsYear: 2007

·        16Taking Colin To The Garden Zbigniew Preisner  Album: The Secret Garden: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 1993

·        17The Whale Mychael Danna  Album: Life of PiYear: 2012

·        18Winter's Waltz Christophe Beck & Frode Fjellheim  Album: Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2013

·        19Stolen Kiss Michael Flatley  Album: Lord of the Dance

·        20Flight of the Dreamers Future World Music  Album: Reign of VengeanceYear: 2011

·        21Sky Stroll Joe Hisaishi  Album: Howl's Moving Castle

·        22The Kiss Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice  Album: AladdinYear: 1992

·        23To The Future Danny Elfman  Album: Meet The RobinsonsYear: 2007

·        24The Magician Howard Shore  Album: Hugo: Music From The Motion PictureYear: 2011

·        25A Wondrous Place Mark Mancina  Album: Tarzan (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 1999

·        26Execution [Instrumental] Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz  Album: PocahontasYear: 1995

·        27Love And Hate Olivier Bernet  Album: PersepolisYear: 2007

·        28Samwise The Brave Howard Shore: London Philharmonic Orchestra  Album: The Lord Of The Rings: The Two TowersYear: 2002

·        29I Know A Place Where The Wild Thyme Blows Simon Boswell  Album: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's DreamYear: 1999

·        30Lena's Magic/The Love Theme thenewno2  Album: Beautiful CreaturesYear: 2013

·        31The Will Alan Silvestri  Album: Who Framed Roger RabbitYear: 2010

·        32Mermaid's Wedding Dance Mo Coulson  Album: Spirits of the MermaidsYear: 2013

·        33End Cr  Score Suite Joel McNeely  Album: TinkerbellYear: 2008

·        34Into the Sunset Harry Gregson-Williams  Album: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (Original Motion Picture Score)Year: 2003

·        35Epilogue James Newton Howard  Album: DinosaurYear: 2000

9. Wolf/Hunter

·        Adam and Dog Joey Newman  Album: Adam and Dog - SingleYear: 2013

·        2Song Of The Forest Han  Album: Forest Of Time (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2012

·        3The Ride to Satis House Great Expectations  Album: Great Expectations: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 2014

·        4Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts Trevor Morris  Album: Dragon Age InquisitionYear: 2014

·        5The Forest Xavier Harris  Album: Soundtrack Themes

·        6White Hart Snow White & The Huntsman  Album:

·        7Porunn's Metaphorical Swim Trevor Morris  Album: The Vikings II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2014

·        8Fate And Destiny Patrick Doyle  Album: Brave (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2012

·        9Wolves Christophe Beck & Frode Fjellheim  Album: Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2013

·        10Wounded John Powell  Album: How to Train Your Dragon (Music from the Motion Picture)Year: 2010

·        11Fenris Theme Inon Zur  Album: Dragon Age 2Year: 2011

·        12Archer's Books Elmer Bernstein & his Orchestra  Album: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 1993

·        13The Legend of Ashitaka Joe Hisaishi  Album: Hisaishi Meets Miyazaki FilmsYear: 2006

·        14Le Petit Loup Gabriel Yared  Album: La Jeune fille et les loups (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2008

·        15Fields Of Fortune Earthsongs & Asa Jinder  Album: EarthsongsYear: 2005

·        16Campagne Armand Amar  Album: Moi, Van Gogh (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2009

·        17The Forest Of Arden Patrick Doyle  Album: As You Like ItYear: 2007

·        18The Lady Caliph: Dinner Yo-Yo Ma;Ennio Morricone  Album: The Lady CaliphYear: 2010

·        19Secret on the Moors David Arkenstone  Album: Echoes of Light and ShadowYear: 2010

·        20Seasons Mark Kilian  Album: Bless Me, Ultima (Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 2012

·        21Longing HerInteractive  Album: Nancy Drew: Labyrinth of LiesYear: 2014

·        22Not In Blood, But In Bond Hans Zimmer  Album: Sherlock HolmesYear: 2010

·        23Laverton Fair Original Soundtrack  Album: Becoming JaneYear: 2007

·        24Into The Garden Danny Elfman  Album: Alice In WonderlandYear: 2010

·        25Pastorale Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  Album: Enduring Love Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Composed By Jeremy SamsYear: 2006

·        26The Bird - The Swimmer John Barry  Album: The Scarlet Letter Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 1995

·        27Stirrings Joshua Bell  Album: Ladies in Lavender (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2004

·        28Baptism G. Schyman, J. Bonney  Album: Bioshock Infinite OST

·        29My Own Heart Trevor Morris  Album: The ImmortalsYear: 2011

·        30A Blood Red Moon Anne Dudley  Album: PoldarkYear: 2015

·        31The Call Within Dario Marianelli Feat. Jack Liebeck  Album: Jane Eyre - Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 2011

·        32The Stag Alexandre Desplat  Album: The Queen: Music From The Motion PictureYear: 2006

·        33Atonement Austin Wintory  Album: JourneyYear: 2012

·        34The Last of Us Gustavo Santaolalla  Album: The Last of UsYear: 2013

·        35Carpe diem [Gosford Park - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Shearman: Orchestra  Album: Gosford ParkYear: 2002

10. Seven Bandits/Sheriff

·        The Carnivàle Convoy Jeff Beal  Album: Carnivàle

·        2Arriving In Deadwood Michael Brook  Album: DeadwoodYear: 2005

·        3Ada Plays Gabriel Yared  Album: Cold Mountain (Music From the Miramax Motion Picture)Year: 2003

·        4Rather Lovely Thing Nick Cave & Warren Ellis  Album: The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert FordYear: 2007

·        5Emmett Falls In Love Mark Mothersbaugh  Album: The Lego® Movie: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 2014

·        6Another Day Andrew Kubiszewski  Album: Music from the Series CoalYear: 2011

·        7Wrangling Garth Stevenson  Album: Tracks (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

·        8Front Porch Andrew Kubiszewski  Album: American Hoggers: Music from the SeriesYear: 2012

·        9Jack's Ambition Blue Tea Games  Album: Dark Parables: Jack and the Sky Kingdom

·        10Dead End Alley Bill Elm & Woody Jackson  Album: Red Dead Redemption Original Soundtrack

·        11Muertos Rojos (aka The Gunslinger's Lament) Various Artists  Year: 2010

·        12The Wicked Flee Carter Burwell  Album: True GritYear: 2010

·        13Left Behind (Together) Gustavo Santaolalla  Album: The Last of Us - Vol. 2 (Video Game Soundtrack)Year: 2014

·        14Sitting In The Stern Of A Boat (The Journey Begins) Various  Album: Lewis & Clark - Original Soundtrack RecordingYear: 2003

·        15River Of No Return The Original Movies Orchestra  Album: Western Hits Vol.2Year: 2008

·        16Workfield Thomas Newman  Album: The Shawshank RedemptionYear: 2009

·        17Cargo voyage Gabriel Yared  Album: 37°2 Le Matin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2006

·        18Down the Road Dickon Hichliffe  Album: Winter's Bone - Original ScoreYear: 2011

·        19Walk in the Trees Various  Album: The Spectacular Now (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2013

·        20Francis & Dirk Kevin Manthei  Album: Music for Mysteries Volume 2 (Soundtrack from the Nancy Drew® PC Games)Year: 2009

·        21Side Of The Highway Jacob Montague  Album: Tiger and TravelerYear: 2013

·        22Cowboy's Dream Suzie Katayama;Marty Stuart;Larry Paxton  Album: All the Pretty Horses - Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 2001

·        23Getting Ready David Benjamin Steinberg  Album: Miss NavajoYear: 2013

·        24Cowboy Waltz Claire Diterzi  Album: Requiem for Billy the Kid (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2007

·        25Snow Gustavo Santaolalla  Album: Brokeback MountainYear: 2005

·        26First Kiss Studio Musicians  Album: SecretYear: 2013

·        27River Theme Bob Dylan  Album: Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (Soundtrack FromYear: 2013

·        28River Kiss Nancy Wilson  Album: ElizabethtownYear: 2005

·        29Wide Open Spaces Vitamin String Quartet  Album: The String Quartet Tribute to The Dixie ChicksYear: 2007

·        30The Race to the House John Williams  Album: LincolnYear: 2012

·        31The Shoot Out London Contemporary Orchestra  Album: Slow West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2015

·        32Bang Bang Pickin' On Series  Album: Pickin' On Nancy Sinatra: A Bluegrass TributeYear: 2007

·        33Four Dead Guys Waltz Chris Thile  Album: Appalachian Picking SocietyYear: 2004

·        34Love Reflects Carter Burwell  Album: A Knight's Tale - Original Motion Picture ScoreYear: 2001

·        The Book of Life Theme 2 Gustavo Santaolalla  Album: The Book of Life

11. Siren/Shipwreck

·        Sea Of Tranquility Maximilien Mathevon  Album: Sea Of TranquilityYear: 2009

·        2Daphne's Song Dark Parables  Album: The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide

·        3Sunken Ship Rob Simonsen  Album: The Age of Adaline (Official Soundtrack)

·        4Empty Water Lisa Gerrard  Album: Whale RiderYear: 2003

·        5An Ocean Of Memories James Horner  Album: Titanic - Music From The Motion PictureYear: 1997

·        6A Restless Night Dario Marianelli Feat. Jack Liebeck  Album: Jane Eyre - Original Motion Picture SoundtrackYear: 2011

·        7Ghost Children Various Artists  Album: CoralineYear: 2009

·        8First Night, First Day Mychael Danna  Album: Life of PiYear: 2012

·        9Rapunzel's Serenade Dark Parables  Album: The Ballad of Rapunzel

·        10Jelly Wonderland David Arkenstone  Album: Rhythms of the OceanYear: 2010

·        11Luminescent Creatures Johan S  Album: Kon Tiki (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2013

·        12Magical Kingdom Lorenzo Piggici  Album: The Scoring Stage Vol. 1Year: 2014

·        13Mermaids Global Stage Orchestra  Album: Global Stage Orchestra Plays Music from 'Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides'Year: 2011

·        14Dance of the mermaids Chris Knochenhauer  Album: Chris Knochenhauer

·        15Lelianna's Song Inon Zur  Album: Dragon Age: OriginsYear: 2009

·        16Lust Inon Zur  Album: Lineage 2 - InterludeYear: 2011

·        17Medusa Ramin Djawadi  Album: Clash Of The TitansYear: 2010

·        18Drink Me Danny Elfman  Album: Alice In WonderlandYear: 2010

·        19Seduction Trevor Morris  Album: The VikingsYear: 2013

·        20The Affair Harold Blum  Album: White Bird in a Blizzard (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Year: 2014

·        21The Forgeries Of Jealousy Simon Boswell  Album: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's DreamYear: 1999

·        22The Virtue Betrayed Mychael Danna  Album: Vanity FairYear: 2004

·        23Aquarium Oceans (Original Soundtrack)  Album: OceansYear: 2010

·        24Helen on Display Joel Goldsmith  Album: Helen of Troy (Original Soundtrack Recording)Year: 2013

·        25Siren Dirge Kevin Manthei  Album: Nancy Drew Music

·        26Oceanus David Arkenstone  Album: Myths and LegendsYear: 2010

·        27Storm Craig Armstrong & A.R. Rahman  Album: Elizabeth: The Golden AgeYear: 2007

·        28Sirens Harry Gregson-Williams  Album: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (Original Motion Picture Score)Year: 2003

·        29Underwater Danny Elfman  Album: Big Fish - Music from the Motion PictureYear: 2003

·        30Lure of the Siren Mo Coulson  Album: Spirits of the MermaidsYear: 2013

·        31After the Storm Jamie Christopherson  Album: Lineage 2 - Chaotic ChronicleYear: 2011

·        32Reunion Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard  Album: Gladiator: Music From The Motion PictureYear: 2000

·        33Immortality Vangelis  Album: AlexanderYear: 2004

·        34Mermaid Alan Lazar  Album: Love & RomanceYear: 2014

·        35Etherea Borealis AURAH  Album: Loving Annabelle - Original Film ScoreYear: 2008

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Secret agents, invisible ink, ciphers and codes—the gritty and dangerous underworld of the colonial insurgency

How important was George Washington’s network of spies to winning the American Revolution?

It’s hard to imagine that the fate of the American cause would rest so heavily in the hands of a tailor, an enslaved African-American—or a judge’s wife who sent surreptitious signals on her laundry line. But as General Washington struggled to win a war with an army that was perpetually undermanned, undertrained and undersupplied, he relied increasingly on his unseen weapon: a secret intelligence network. Throughout the war, Washington’s spies helped him make bold, canny decisions that would turn the tide of the conflict—and in some instances, even save his life.

The story of Washington’s underground spy network, and how it helped Americans win their revolution, is replete with intrigue: letters written in invisible ink; a rare female agent who went by the mysterious moniker Agent 355; the gruesome execution of the spy Nathan Hale. Indeed, according to the Central Intelligence Agency, “General Washington was more deeply involved in intelligence operations than any American general-in-chief until Dwight Eisenhower during World War II.”

READ MORE: 5 Patriot Spies of the American Revolution

Learning the power of intel

Thomas Knowlton, illustrated standing left in white, during the Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Painted by John Trumbull.

From the beginning of Washington’s meteoric rise, intelligence gathering helped shape his military career. He first learned to use on-the-ground information from Native Americans and deserting French soldiers during the French and Indian War. Intelligence, he learned, could make the difference between victory or death.

So in 1775, when the Second Continental Congress chose Washington as commander in chief of the Continental armies, Washington appointed a soldier named Thomas Knowlton to organize the war’s first spy unit. The roughly 130-man group, known as “Knowlton’s Rangers,” played a key role in the 1776 battle of Harlem Heights in New York, scouting out the British advance guard. In the blazing musket fire of the skirmish that followed, Knowlton was killed, his place in history cemented. Even today, the seal of the U.S. Army intelligence service bears a “1776” stamp, in honor of his unit.

READ MORE: The Culper Spy Ring

Washington, a three-night miniseries event, premieres Feb 16 at 8/7c on HISTORY. Watch a preview now.

The Culper Ring

In November 1778, General Washington appointed Benjamin Tallmadge director of military intelligence and ordered him to construct a spy ring inside New York City, which was by this time occupied by the British—and would be for the duration of the war). Dubbed “the Culper Ring” at Washington’s suggestion—a riff on Culpeper County in his home state of Virginia—it included Tallmadge (alias: “John Bolton”) and his chief recruit and childhood friend, Abraham Woodhull (alias: Samuel Culper Sr.). Woodhull went underground in New York, returning to Tallmadge periodically with reliable info about British operations.

Benjamin Tallmadge, Continental soldier and politician who headed the Culper Ring. 

The spy ring grew to include Robert Townsend (alias: Culper Jr.), who posed as a loyalist newspaper columnist and hung out in cafes, hobnobbing with vain British officers who wanted publicity and were happy to share intel. It also included Anna Strong, the spy believed to have gone by codename 355. Strong lived in Setauket on the Long Island coast. Her job was reportedly to relay signals to couriers smuggling intelligence through Long Island Sound to Tallmadge, stationed in Connecticut. Her manner of communication was ingenious: She hung out her laundry on a clothesline—in full view of British soldiers and also of boats moving through the Sound.

If Strong hung a black petticoat, that signaled that a message was ready to be picked up by a courier. She would then hang handkerchiefs—the number of which would correspond to a secret pickup spot. Another Culper Ring spy, Caleb Brewster, who commanded whale boats in Long Island Sound, watched for her signals so that he would know, literally, when the coast was clear—and where the message was to be found.

The Culper Ring provided key intelligence throughout the war. Among these spies’ coups: They uncovered the British plan to crash the nascent Continental economy by printing massive amounts of counterfeit currency. They revealed a British plan to ambush the French fleet as it arrived in Rhode Island to support the American cause. And in 1780, they helped unmask the war’s most infamous traitor—Benedict Arnold, a patriot who, in exchange for £20,000, agreed to surrender the crucial American garrison at West Point to the British through their top spy, John André. However, André was caught with the plan’s details hidden in his boot; while Arnold ultimately escaped to Britain, John André was not so lucky.

READ MORE: Why Did Benedict Arnold Betray America?

Ciphers and codes

The Culper Ring used code names to hide the identities of operatives. Even Washington had one—Agent 711. As head of intelligence, Tallmadge created the Culper Code Book, which assigned ciphers to 763 names or words. The number 219 denoted “gun”; 223 meant “gold”; 701 meant “woman.”

The brother of founding father John Jay, named James, invented an even more novel strategy. He invented a chemical solution—often using acidic fluids like lime juice, milk or vinegar—that functioned as invisible ink. Messages could be written, literally, in between the lines of what would appear to be an innocuous note. When treated with heat (say, over a candle) the secret writing would emerge. Washington instructed his agents to use this “sympathetic stain.” Not only would the messages be less exposed to detection, he told his operatives, it would “relieve the fears of such persons as may be entrusted in its conveyance.”

Mulligan and Armistead

One of the most prolific spies in New York City began his activities before the establishment of the Culper Ring: Hercules Mulligan, assisted by his slave, Cato. Mulligan ran a clothing emporium catering to wealthy New Yorkers, including many high-ranking British officers. Mulligan became so chummy with these British military men, he married one officer’s sister. But he secretly supported the revolution.

Alexander Hamilton as a captain in the New York Artillery, Provincial Company, 1776. 

Before the war, he had boarded a tenant in his home, a British loyalist named Alexander Hamilton, who he converted to the rebellion. It was Hamilton—who became an aide de camp to Washington—who brought Mulligan into the secret society of spies. Mulligan culled intel from his British clients, who thought he was on their side. Then he would dispatch his slave Cato to inform Hamilton.

Twice Mulligan helped to save George Washington’s life. One night in his shop, Mulligan was fitting a British soldier who needed a coat because he was on a mission within the next 48 hours to capture General Washington, as the British had learned of Washington’s whereabouts. Mulligan quickly dispatched Cato, who informed the general in time. In February 1781, the British learned of Washington’s plans to travel to Rhode Island along the Connecticut shoreline, and ordered 300 soldiers aboard a ship to intercept him. One of the men tasked with loading provisions on the ship was Hugh Mulligan, Hercules’s brother. Hugh managed to advise Hercules, who again dispatched Cato. Washington rerouted—and survived.

After the war, Washington was so thankful, he continued to buy clothes from Mulligan’s emporium—even after becoming president. Mulligan kept a sign out front of his shop: “Clothier to Genl. Washington.”

The story of James Lafayette Armistead is even more unlikely. Armistead was an enslaved African-American man who served not just as a spy—but as a double agent. In 1781, posing as a runaway slave, Armistead infiltrated a British outpost in Virginia and became a trusted informant by advising them about local terrain. This put him in position to quietly gather critical intelligence.

Armistead began smuggling military intelligence to Marquis de Lafayette, head of the French forces aiding General Washington. Armistead ultimately fed Lafayette and Washington intel that the British were moving thousands of reinforcements to Yorktown. This enabled the colonial forces to set up a blockade around the Yorktown peninsula—key to winning the critical battle of Yorktown, which ended the war. Due to his spy work, Armistead ultimately won his freedom from slavery.

READ MORE: How a Slave-Turned-Spy Helped Secure Victory at the Battle of Yorktown

The fate of captured spies

The execution of Continental Army soldier and spy Nathan Hale, 1776.

In the annals of the Revolutionary War, there are two instances in which high-profile spies were captured—one from each side. Early in the war, when Washington knew that the British were going to attempt to sack New York City, he called for a spy behind enemy lines. Benjamin Tallmadge chose Nathan Hale, a classmate at Yale before the war. Hale was in New York posing as a Dutch schoolteacher looking for work when the British captured the city. After his identity was discovered (how is a matter of debate), Hale, just 21, was hung on September 22, 1776. His last words were, reportedly, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

READ MORE: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy behind British lines

The most high-profile British spy to be captured was Major John André, the conspirator who worked with Benedict Arnold and was seized with the help of the Culper Ring. André was a man of such rank and nobility that Washington was unnerved by the idea of executing him. Still, a captured spy had to be sentenced appropriately. André requested death by firing squad, but Washington refused him. Instead, he was hung in front of an audience of American officials. André whispered to himself just before he dropped from the gallows: “It will be but a momentary pang.” 

from Stories - HISTORY https://ift.tt/2u3HH6a January 30, 2020 at 11:21PM

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TRUMPISM, NAZISM, AND A TOUCH OF COMMUNISM

Some interesting politically philosophical items. Related, yet different.

First however Louis’ day yesterday and other matters of interest.

Enjoyed last night! I am just getting back into enjoying myself. Did Dueling Bartenders and La Trattoria.

Rick Dery and Heather Mae providing the entertainment.

Few in attendance. Summer the slow season. Families not prone to enter a drag show emporium. Understandably not healthy for kids.

Tom and Claire came in. I rarely see them unfortunately. They have finally made Key West their home.

Mary arrived.

Mary and I walked over to La Trattoria for dinner. Carrie bartending.

I continue to be a good boy. No alcohol! Eight weeks now. I did cheat food wise, however. Enjoyed lasagna.

The break with alcohol and smoking still bothers me. The desire remains. One night it is alcohol. The next cigarettes. My body cannot make up its mind.

Tomorrow the beginning of one of Key West’s most popular celebrations. Hemingway Days. Will run through sunday. Activity centered around Sloppy Joe’s.

I consider Running With the Bulls and the Hemingway Look-a-Like contest to be the best items on the agenda. Will discuss them further in the next few days.

The British Open in Ireland this year. Begins thursday. Going to be interesting. A link course, on the ocean, strong winds. Course described as “mugged,” whatever that means.

This is the second time the Open is being played in Northern Ireland. The last time 68 years ago.

This will be the 148th British Open. The first in 1860. The years do not match up. I assume a few were missed here and there in the early years.

Wore the med-alert for the first time yesterday.

Did not even know I had something around my neck.

There is a small push button attached to each string/chain around the neck. One for indoors and one for outdoors. The indoor one will only operate within 150 feet of the house. The other one any where. It operates off my cell phone which has a special GPS connected to it.

Yesterday, I did some testing. Wore the indoor one in the shower. No problem. I also pressed the button. I wanted to run a test to see if everything was working.

The company is supposed to respond in 15 seconds. It did in 10.

Ran into a bit of a problem. Someone answered “Louis?” Wanted to know my problem. Told her none, just testing. She did not believe me at first. Why, I don’t know. I had to go through several questions and answers to prove it was Louis and I was merely testing.

Did not upset me. The company doing its job.

As to political philosophies, want to start with Nazism. Continues to be on the rise!

Nazism and an America story. The facts having played out in Whitefish, Montana. Can’t get more American than Whitefish, Montana.

Andrew Anglin is a devout Nazi. Through and through. Resides in the Whitefish area.

An anti-Semitic. Publisher and editor of the Nazi publication the Daily Stormer. An admirer of George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party. When Trump was elected, he urged his supporters “to party like its 1933”. The year Hitler rose to power.

Remember Charlottesville? Anglin was the featured speaker at the Unite the Right rally.

No question, Anglin a Nazi through and through.

Tanya Gersh a resident of Whitefish, together with her husband and 12 year old son. She is of the Jewish faith. A realtor by profession.

Richard Spencer is a white supremacist leader. His claim to fame is he coined the term “alt-right.”

He too a resident of Whitefish.

Gersh was saying negative things about Spencer’s mother. Anglin did not approve. He used his paper the Daily Stormer to retaliate. The retaliation was far greater than any wrong committed.

Spencer published Gersh’s phone number and told his readers to call Gersh  and otherwise harass her. That they did. Her husband and son also. The Daily Stormer’s article read, “Tell them you are sickened by their Jewish agenda…..This is very important. Calling these people up and/or sending them a quick message very easy.”

Gersh and her family were literally buried in messages and other abuses.

Gersh decided not to take it and sued the Daily Stormer and Anglin in federal court.

Anglin ignored the lawsuit. He failed to appear for a deposition. The court threw out his initial responsive papers and gave judgment to Tanya Gersh. The dollar amount $14 million.

Anglin has disappeared. Said to have gone underground.

The court referred to Anglin’s actions as “an old fashioned troll storm…..egregious and reprehensible…..online intimidation.”

We move now from Whitefish, Montana to Novara, Italy. My purpose to show that Nazism is on the rise all over the globe.

Novara is familiar to me. Those of you who are long time readers of this blog recall my Greece trips several years ago. Part of the trips included a few days in Novara visiting my friend Anna.

Novara is a tiny town a half hour train ride from Milan.

Italian authorities have a federal agency that deals solely with Nazi problems.

The authorities discovered air to air missiles, a rocket launcher, guns, and Nazi memorabilia in the Novara home of a Nazi sympathizer. The Novara raid was one of several conducted in various cities simultaneously.

The overall recovery unprecedented.

And so it goes. A new generation has discovered Nazism and all the evil that goes with it. They are on the rise. Beware.

Trump’s turn.

A racist President. May have been others. No one open and flagrant in his views as Trump, however.

I don’t think Trump is reintroducing racism into our society. It existed long before his election. Half the U.S. population is and have been bigots. They kept quiet about it, however. Till trump. He sensed the racism or tripped upon it. Whatever, he has brought the issue to the forefront.

I saw it as an attorney. Judges! A number of them. Fortunately not half. One spoke extremely negative about them in private all the time. Jews included.

The past election brought 4 new Congresswomen to Washington. All young. Fearless. Consider themselves elected to do the job the federal government has failed to do in decades.

Outspoken! No question about it.

They are in major conflict with Trump at the moment. All are women of color. Trump a racist. Conflict was certain and it has begun. In an off the hand comment the other day, Trump said they should go back where they came from.

Another example of Trump not knowing what he was talking about. Three were born in the U.S. One in Somalia. However, a U.S. naturalized citizen.

Trump has met his match. They will leave him mumbling.

Trump and immigrants. An ongoing confrontation.

Recall how simple the issue was when Trump ran in 2016. He was going to build a wall and Mexico was going to pay for it. Still no wall and Mexico has made it clear they will not pay for one.

Trump’s actions have made the immigration problem get out of hand.

He is still at it.

It was announced yesterday that new asylum rules had been promulgated by Trump. They will be posted in the Federal Register today. Become effective tomorrow.

Basically, the new rule/law is to the effect that any person seeking U.S. asylum that passes through another country first on the way to the U.S., must seek asylum in that country. If such person fails to do so, that person will not be eligible for asylum protection.

Good luck! Those on the southwest border are limited. Some have only traveled through Mexico. Mexico cannot handle them. If some others first had to go through Guatemala, it would be the same. I read somewhere that Guatemala had all of 4 asylum requests last year. They too are not equipped to handle the throngs involved.

Voices have already risen against Trump’s new gimmick. Comments like “…..most egregious…..extreme…..fundamentally eviscerates rights.”

Attorney General Barr, Trump’s new puppet/licking dog, says the new way is “a lawful exercise of authority provided by Congress to restrict eligibility for asylum.”

Lawsuits certain.

The ICE raids this past weekend. What happened? We have heard nothing.

Obviously did not occur. In spite of Trump going on television yesterday and mentioning how successful they were. Following which he immediately changed the subject.

The right hand does not know what the left is doing in Washington. Ken Cuccinelli is the Chief of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service. He was all over TV last week speaking about the raids. In statement form. No substance. Details lacking.

On a national TV show yesterday, he admitted he was unaware of the details of the raids. He further said no one reported to him the results of the raids. The President said they were a success. It is obvious no raids took place. Left Cuccinelli hanging out there.

What a way to run a government!

Now to communism.

I used to respect Senator Lindsay Graham. He stood with John McCain on issues. Generally on the side of right.

No more. Another Trump lap dog.

Graham referred to the 4 Congresswomen that Trump said should go back where they came from in a different fashion. He called them “communists!”

Liberals, yes. Progressives, yes. Tending to socialism, perhaps yes.

No way communists.

An insult. The man should know better. His respect factor is dwindling. Trump is not worth it.

Tonight Tuesday Talk with Key West Lou. Nine my time. Join me. Lots of fun. I rant and rave about this and that. www.blogtalkradio.com/key-west-lou.

Enjoy your day!

      TRUMPISM, NAZISM, AND A TOUCH OF COMMUNISM was originally published on Key West Lou