#also adam driver is the goat

[midheavenastrology]

𓆏𓆏𓆏Your outer appearance + astrology ✪︎︎✌︎

****Celebrities examples are all sun sign placements, but description would be more for rising+sun.

👀Sagittarius placements always have cat eyes and really luscious lips 👄 they’re like the siren 🚨 personified xxx I personally think they’re some of the most beautiful people that have graced the earth- so sensual, so sessy. ex: Zoe Kravitz, Scarlett Johansson, Alexa Demie, Lucy Liu, Jane Birkin, Brad Pitt, Gemma Chan,

👀Cancer placements …y’all are SO ethereally beautiful, like what ? You all look like fallen angels: full, round face, soft eyes and perfectly pouty lips. So angelic, so divine 👼not stereotyping but y’all do look a little moony lol 🌝 ex: Margot Robbie, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Kali Uchis, Hoyeon Jung, Lana Del Rey, Hope Sandoval,

👀Taurus placements..your bone structure is insane. This one’s obvious because Taurus is ruled by the planet of beauty, Venus, but there’s this grace and goddess/god like energy of Taurus placements. Earth mama/daddy energy. 🌎🍃Nurturing, grounding peaceful. 🕊ex: Gigi Hadid, Robert Pattinson, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Travis Scott, Megan Fox, Machine Gun Kelly, Penelope Cruz

👀Gemini placements: there’s this untouchable kinda beauty to y’all. Almost like you’re not from this planet. Eternal youthfulness (Mercury ruled y’all) feminine yet masculine at the same time or vice versa. 🧔‍♀️Very gender fluid. Mischievous look in ur eyes. Deep set eyes that have perma Smokey eye filter. Smaller frame ex: Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman, Lily Rose Depp and Johnny Depp, Tom Holland, Princess Nokia, Emma Chamberlain, Emily Ratajkowski, Stevie Nicks, Naomi Campbell

👀Capricorn placements..this one’s personal because I have many caprisun placements, but everyone always says I have great bone structure. I see that in a lot of Capricorn celebrities. Great smiles (Capricorn rules the teeth), oddly goat 🐐 like but in the best way possible. Beautiful skin and usually blessed with great hair as well. Actually really ageless, no joke, we ages backwards I swear…a little elf like 🪄🧝‍♀️ ex: my boy Timothee Chalamet, Suki Waterhouse, FKA Twigs, Kate Moss, Hunter Schafer, Jared Leto, Francois Hardy, Florence Pugh

👀Scorpio placements: for real, y’all are so frickin sexy. Like damn.. you got those bedroom eyes and killer smile. Even if they’re not traditionally handsome (like Libras lol) there’s always something about Scorpio placements that draws you to them magnetically. Hypnotizing. Also there’s a kinda vampire 🧛‍♀️ vibe to them ngl. ex: Ryan Gosling, Leo DiCaprio, Travis Barker, Adam Driver, Winona Ryder, WILLOW, Joaquin Phoenix, Drake

👀Pisces placements: otherworldly beauty, like so so dreamy. They have that “dream girl” “dream guy” aura to them. Enchanting, intoxicating. 🔮Neptune rules Pisces and there is a undeniable fantastical quality to y’all. The kinda peeps that you can’t really take your eyes off of. Old soul energy with deep kindness in their eyes. Mermaid/merman energy 🧜‍♀️🧜 ex: Rihanna, Bad Bunny, Ansel Elgort, Olivia Wilde, Liz Taylor, Lupita Nyung’O, Drew Barrymore, Erykah Badu, Kurt Russell

👀Libra placements : I always tell people that Libras are gods favorite. They got the charm+ the looks+the artistic talent. 🙏Sheesh 🙄 There’s a kinda sweetness to their looks, yet you know they’re hiding something from you. It’s the same trickster energy as Gemini. If you were to create the perfectly balanced ⚖️human face, it would be on a Libra for sure. ex: Kim K, A$AP Rocky, Doja Cat, Brigitte Bardot, Gwen Stefani, Snoop Dogg, Dakota Johnson

👀Leo placements: there’s def a cat like energy to y’all- cat eyes, cat nose- just the way you carry yourself is regal 👸 you’re royalty and you know it. Big messy beautiful hair and even bigger luminous smiles. Your aura is like a big ball of light. Super star 🌟 quality. ex: Madonna, J Lo, Austin Butler, Jason Momoa, Chris Hemsworth, Mila Kunis, Cara Delevingne, Obama, Charlize Theron

👀Aquarius placements: Def something really striking about y’all, it’s like a beauty you can’t describe in words. 👀Tend to be quite slender in frame. Badass energy. 🏍Intimidating, yet warm. Contradicting to a T and that’s Uranian energy for you. ex: Harry Styles, Emma Roberts, Christian Bale, The Weeknd, Kid Cudi, Alicia Keys, Megan Thee Stallion, Shakira, Paris Hilton

👀Aries placements: there’s a childlike 👶🏻👶🏻innocence to your look, yet because of the Martian influence there is a fiery 🔥quality to ur looks and aura. Super sexy, yet looks like you wouldn’t hurt a fly. Smaller frame usually ex: Emma Watson, Paul Rudd, Kristen Stewart, Saoirse Ronan, Lady Gaga, Kiera Knightly, Pharrell

👀Virgo placements: Virgo is the virgin🧘‍♀️ maiden, and earthy energy of Mercury. There is a youthful quality to Virgo placements, just like Gemini, but it’s more feminine and soft in nature because Virgo is a feminine sign. Y’all have this wisdom in your eyes, like you see all the worlds hurts. Kind, gentle, yet a hidden sexiness to y’all. The kinda peeps who look innocent on the outside but u know there’s something quite tempting about them. 😉Smaller frame usually ex: Keanu Reeves, Salma Hayek, Zendaya, Beyoncé, Blake Lively, Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, Sydney Sweeny

That’s all y’all 💜 thanks for reading 🙏

#tumblr astrology #astrology #celebrity astrology #rising sign #apperance #harry styles #timothee chalamet #lily rose depp #gemini #sagittarius #aquarius #virgowomen #scorpio #capricorn #aries sun #taurus #libra sun #leo #pisces #cancer #zendaya #sydney sweeney #beyonce

[tiny-tigers]

🐷🎁👾🔑

🐷 Junk food you can never get enough of

onion rings-dr.pepper-crisps (a lot of favorites in that domain I extended the salt and pepper to vinegar - ketchup - hoola hoops barbecue- some paprika and sometimes exceptionally some cheetos or grillz didn't hurt anyone + the cone 3D with goat cheese a must )

(pizza is not junk idc)

🎁 Best gift you ever received and why

mmmh I have a lot in mind they are all coming from my best friends: prayers candles with Photoshop edits of all my celeb crushes like the cena glued on the candle, got also one with Adam Driver as Mary and me as baby Jesus in his arms, a little pin with a fencing mask that my best friend gave me for one of my birthdays because he always forgot and he really searched on the internet for it which is unusual for him it is really precious to me because it is really specific and one of a kind. An handmade funko pop of my fav rugby players being signed by him. Books-drawings-concert tickets-plushes-trinkets- got a feather from the owl of a my Japanese friend.

Got a superb Hello Kitty boat and hello kitty shampoo box when I was 7 and a little pony and barbie house handmade by my grandpa.

I keep all you give me like a magpie , I collect and I wear it or exhibit the stuffs so it is HARD QUESTION I min all my room is a polly pocket house.

(basically, all my best gifts are gifts that took some research on to make it perfect for me and only me and it shows how much they care for me and how much they know me)

👾 Do you believe in aliens

Nop-

🔑 Key to your heart

It must be sharing handmade food or Pizza-Chinese-fish and chips you choose

Sharing interests cinema lover- rugby lover- art lover

Gifting me flowers- Hugs

Having big ears, some nose and moles on body and face = I find you attractive

-> Have 2 criteria and I'm yours

[mvisional]

wednesday | 27.7

m o r n i n g 

Another fever-like night full of absurd dream segments. Adam Driver was there somewhere. Banging his fist against the wall in rage. The world of women, poisoned by heterosexuality, looking longingly with fear and trembling exhilaration at his anger and broad shoulders. Just wanting a hug, I guess. For Him to replace his frustration with love and tenderness. Direct your wrath to protection only sweetie. Chop some wood with an axe with your long, muscular arms. Fight off invaders if they come, and then come inside and make love to me; your home, your world, your everything. 

I’ve started drinking coffee without any type of mylk. Mostly because I keep forgetting to buy some. The acid running through me, burning holes and creating fumes that overwhelms my nervous system. Instant panic, but also: a burning desire to create. Something! A life. Looking through inspirational pictures like Gandalf researches the One Ring, among smoke and dust. It’s here somewhere; the answer. The Answer. 

But then there’s the to do list, always in the way. Make morning smoothie. Green leafs, frozen bananas that you got for 50% off, hemp seeds, kefir for probiotics and berries for vitamins but mostly taste. Some water for hydration. Make the dog her food. Raw pork meat with bee pollen, salmon oil, goats milk, blueberries, green leafs and some water for hydration. We do nothing but try in this house. Try to be Good Girls, eat our greens and take our vitamins (We top it all off with a nutella or peanut butter (topped with cinnamon sprinkles and drops of honey + banana slices) toast. For the dog, some pepperoni sticks or dried pork liver, and the occasional cheese cube).

Other items that needs to be completed before noon: pay student loan (already late), order dog food (again, already late). Get dressed. Wash my face. Apply S!P!F! The butter ball shines bright today, it’ll be up to 35 degrees. Luckily our home is a (basement) cave, protected by a huge hydrangea in the front garden, and a huge pine tree in the back garden; creating constant shade throughout the day (except for a few evening hours where the sunset comes through). As always, I’ll spend my day home alone with the dog. I’ll do my work, I’ll listen to music, I might watch a movie. I might read, nap. I should probably stretch. A light work-out maybe. I mean, it’s been a couple of months now since the last one.

m i d d a y 

Definitely did not work-out. I guess there’s still time. The heat during our lunch walk was pretty unbearable. At home I gave the pup a frozen treat, tidied and played. The fan is on high, so is the ASMR video we like so much. I’m eating pasta pesto for lunch. Feta cheese, black olives, peas, tomatoes, green lentil pasta. For dessert, a luke warm cup of coffee and some maltesers. 

e v e n i n g 

Spent the afternoon dozing on the couch with the fan spinning its head above me, the pup sleeping between my legs. I started to read a short story collection all about l o v e. It was lovely. I sneaked out to the corner shop in my sandals, only a debit card in my pocket. Bought milk, bread, coke, fanta pineapple and a jumbo freezie, cherry flavoured. I did very little in terms of food prep, just plugged in the air fryer and reheated left overs essentially. I didn’t have a single piece of salad with my food, instead I dipped the breaded pork chop and potato chips in a sweet chilli dip. 

Walked the pup at sunset with Andrew. Went to bed early. That’s it. Shut it.

#personal #me #text

[neilmobile]

I love these dumb terrible movies

#we did not deserve TLJ clearly #also adam driver is the goat #pew pew pew

[bisexywitch13]

Underrated moments this season:

- Maureen going up the ladder because she is the grown-up (anything Maureen does really)

- Jean screaming at the male doctor specialized in women’s reproductive system

- Jean driving so much around Jakob’s place of work and chickening out in the last minute only for him to believe she was stalking him and her finally getting out of the car

- Adam hugging Madam after the break-up (anything that Madam does I love the Kardashian of tiny dogs)

- “Did you little dog win?”

- the mutual solidarity between Adam and Rahim

- Michael Groff finally experiencing joy while cooking and him telling of his brother

- Any moments between Ruby and Adam and Ola and Adam

- Hope and Ruby’s catfight (anything that Ruby does also)

- Jackson going on a run with his mom

- Vic telling that french woman about her bf in a public restroom

- Mr Hendricks looking around the headteacher’s office and considering applying for the position

- Mr Hendricks offering to give the driver 20 euros to get back on schedule only for him to continue scrolling his phone and then barely avoiding traffic accidents

- Anything regarding his and Ms Sands’ relationship (also I love Emily)

- Ms Sands unplugging the toilet while talking about helping students achieve their potential

-That couple that pops out of nowhere and has sex everywhere

- Dex running with the goat

- Adam sniffling the mic in E1

- Adam and Eric’s little wrestling match

- Otis and Jakob working on the tree house together

Add your own

#sex ed season 3 #sex ed spoilers #sex education #adam x eric #adam groff #otis milburn #otis x ruby #ruby matthews #hope #jakob nyman #jean milburn #add your own #emily sands #colin hendricks #Rahim #maureen groff #jackson marchetti

[entertainment]

Entertainment Spotlight: Sherry Cola, Good Trouble

You may recognize comedian, actress, and writer Sherry Cola as Alice in Freeform’s Good Trouble. Additional TV credits include jewelry maker Natalie on I Love Dick, special agent Lucy Chen on Claws, and the iconic Lil’ Tasty. On the big screen, she can be seen in the upcoming Endings, Beginnings with Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan, and Sebastian Stan, and in the indie Sick Girl with Nina Dobrev and Wendi McLendon-Covey. No stranger to ambition in comedy, Sherry is also a successful stand-up comedian, performing regularly at The Laugh Factory, The Improv, and The Comedy Store. Sherry took a few minutes to chat with us about comedy, Good Trouble, and more. Check it out:

What is your experience of portraying comedy-aspiring first-generation Asian-American Alice? Can you talk about any similarities or differences between you?

I’m grateful to play a character that I never saw on TV when I was growing up. The deeper we get into filming these episodes, the more I realize how much it’s been missing. From speaking Mandarin to her best friend/ex-lover to diving into stand-up as a queer Asian female, Alice’s journey is so specific and overdue. Alice is adorably apologetic and she’s still finding her voice.

I’d say I’m more outspoken than she is, but we’re also similar in people-pleasing to the point of getting us in trouble. I heavily relate to Alice because I also have an immigrant mother who wasn’t well-versed about the LGBTQ+ world at first, but the more we show these stories on the screen, the more we can open minds!

Can you tell us about any funny or wholesome moments on the set of Good Trouble?

The scene in the pool for Malika’s birthday was super fun. It was almost 4 AM, and we’d already been floating in the water for 2 hours. I gotta give it up to our incredible crew for nailing all the messy shots of people jumping/falling in. It was hilarious being in that cloudy, chlorine-less human soup, just splashin’ around like little kids. Our entire cast adores each other so we’re always in good company. It’s a celebration when we have those big group moments.

Do you have a routine before you go up on stage to do stand-up? What is it, and how did you come up with it?

I do lots and lots of breathing because I’m nervous right before I hop on stage, no matter what. I also get very thirsty so I find myself going to the bar last-minute to get water. This happens every single time. I never think ahead and have the water prepared! I look over my jokes to remember which ones I wanna do. Then when I get up there, the throwing-up feeling disappears and I’m on cloud nine!

What is something you wish people knew about being a comedian in the industry as it is today?

Sometimes people take comedians too lightly. We deserve more props! There’s heavy stuff happening behind that microphone. We have the power to educate and touch the audience, in an almost brain-washy fashion, but not in a bad way. I can use jokes to shine a light on something like climate change, and people will walk away with a new perspective. Pretty cool!

If you could give any character on Good Trouble some advice, who would it be and what would you tell them?

This is the first time I’m officially saying this, but I’m team Callie and Gael. Y’all have something special, damn it! The fiery chemistry! It was spicy, but also tender...like a chicken nugget! Please give it another try and make some perfect babies!

Can you tell us a funny joke?

I saw this on a popsicle stick when I was in elementary school, and I’ll never forget it:

Q: What did the girl melon say to the boy melon after he proposed? 

A: We’re too young, we cantaloupe!

What advice would you give to your ten-year-old self?

STAY TRUE TO WHO YOU ARE! Things that made me self-conscious back then like non-American food that I’d take to school, or the fact that I never wore make-up, and just the general vibe of being unordinary - now I fully embrace it!

Who do you look up to?

I can’t even count on my fingers/toes/teeth/strands of hair how many people I look up to! From Sandra Oh to Lena Waithe… I have respect for all women of color who are pushing the culture forward. They motivate me to keep going so I can make just as strong of an impact.

Who inspires you?

My mom inspires the hell out of me. She came to this country and busted her ass off to make sure I have a comfortable life. Money means nothing compared to the feeling of making her proud. I get all my work ethic from her, from giving 110% to the importance of being on time, so she gets all the credit!

Can you tell us how Lakers-loving, jersey-wearing, Timberland-rocking Lil’ Tasty came about?

Lil’ Tasty is dear to my heart! She was a viral queen in 2016 because she was a breath of fresh air who said the most darn things. My friends Adam Episcopo and Rick Schaberg started a mockumentary-style series on Facebook called “Luber” which showed the lives of drivers who got rejected from Lyft/Uber. They asked me to create a character and naturally, as a lover of hip-hop, I knew this girl had to come equipped with obnoxious freestyle raps. Then I found an old Kobe jersey in my closet (RIP to the GOAT) and the rest was history. We shot these silly videos on a whim. We never expected to hit millions of views. Since then, Lil’ Tasty has built quite a fanbase, and I still have some things up my sleeve, so stay tuned!

If you could wake up as one of your characters tomorrow, who would it be, and why?

Waking up as Nuocki Mum would be dope. She’s an older Vietnamese lady who tries to keep up with the times. She’s completely oblivious but means well. She hits the nightclubs every weekend to stay young. I wouldn’t mind that!

Thanks for taking the time, Sherry! Check out the Good Trouble Tumblr for more.

Photos: Storm Santos

#entertainment spotlight #sherry cola #good trouble

[magaprima]

““Half of me is beautiful but you were never sure which half.” — Ruth Feldman, “Lilith”

Below the read more is an interesting scholarly article about Lilith by Rabbi Jill Hammer

Lilith is the most notorious demon in Jewish tradition. In some sources, she is conceived of as the original woman, created even before Eve, and she is often presented as a thief of newborn infants. Lilith means “the night,” and she embodies the emotional and spiritual aspects of darkness: terror, sensuality, and unbridled freedom. More recently, she has come to represent the freedom of feminist women who no longer want to be “good girls.”

The story of Lilith originated in the ancient Near East,where a wilderness spirit known as the “dark maid” appears in the Sumerian myth “The descent of Inanna” (circa 3000 BCE). Another reference appears in a tablet from the seventh century BCE found at Arslan Tash, Syria which contains the inscription: “O flyer in a dark chamber, go away at once, O Lili!”

Lilith later made her way into Israelite tradition, possibly even into the Bible.Isaiah 34:14, describing an inhospitable wilderness, tells us: “There goat-demons shall greet each other, and there the lilit shall find rest.” Some believe this word “lilit” is a reference to a night owl, and others say it is indeed a reference to the demon Lilith. A magical bowl from the first century CE, written in Hebrew, reads:” Designated is this bowl for the sealing of the house of this Geyonai bar Mamai, that there flee from him the evil Lilith…” Ancient images of Lilith which show her hands bound appear to be a form of visual magic for containing her.

In the Talmud, Lilith becomes not only a spirit of darkness,but also a figure of uncontrolled sexuality. The Babylonian Talmud (Shabbat151a) says: “It is forbidden for a man to sleep alone in a house, lest Lilith get hold of him.” Lilith is said to fertilize herself with male sperm to give birth to other demons.

In Genesis Rabbah, we encounter a brief midrash that claims that Adam had a first wife before Eve. This interpretation arises from the two creation stories of Genesis: InGenesis 1, man and woman are created at the same time, while inGenesis 2 Adam precedes Eve. The rabbinic tale suggests that the first creation story is a different creation, in which Adam has a wife made, like him, from the earth. For some reason this marriage doesn’t work out,and so God makes Adam a second wife, Eve.

In the ninth or tenth century, a clever collection of legends titled the Alphabet of Ben Sira draws on earlier stories of Adam’s wife, and of Adam’s coupling with demons, and spins an elaborate story in which Lilith is Adam’s first wife:

“When the first man, Adam, saw that he was alone, God made for him a woman like himself, from the earth.God called her name Lilith, and brought her to Adam. They immediately began to quarrel. Adam said: “You lie beneath me.” And Lilith said: “You lie beneath me! We are both equal, for both of us are from the earth.” And they would not listen to one another.As soon as Lilith saw this, she uttered the Divine name and flew up into the air and fled. Adam began to pray before his Creator, saying: “Master of the universe, the woman that you gave me has fled.” God sent three angels and said to them: “Go bring back Lilith. If she wants to come, she shall come, and if she does not want to come, do not bring her against her will.“

he Lilith of this story confronts both Adam and God: she defies patriarchy, refuses a submissive sexual posture,and in the end refuses marriage altogether, preferring to become a demon rather than live under Adam’s authority. Notice that Lilith flees to the Sea of Reeds:the place where the Hebrews will one day go free from slavery. In this version of the Lilith story, Lilith becomes what all tyrants fear: a person who is aware she is enslaved.

This version of the Lilith tale in the Alphabet of Ben Sira quickly spread throughout Jewish life, and others expanded on it. The Zohar, a mystical work from 12th century Spain, imagines Lilith not only as the first wife of Adam but also as the wife of Satan. In the Kabbalah, Lilith takes on cosmic power. She is a chaotic counterpart to the Shekhinah (the feminine Divine Presence, the bride of the Infinite). In fact, the Zohar imagines that while the Jews suffer in exile, the Holy One (the masculine aspect of the Divine) separates from the Shekhinah, and consorts with Lilith.Lilith’s sexual-spiritual link with the Divine will only end when the Messiah comes and the brokenness in the world is mended.

In folk Judaism, the primary myths about Lilith continue to identify her principally as a stealer of babies. Numerous amulets for pregnant women and babies from medieval through modern times use the three names of the angels mentioned in the Alphabet of Ben Sira (Sanvi, Sansanvi, and Samangelof) to ward away Lilith. Such amulets may also contain a circle with the names of Adam and Eve on the inside of the circle, and the name of Lilith on the outside: a clear warning to Lilith to stay outside the family realm. A red ribbon is also sometimes placed on a crib to ward off Lilith.

In the modern period, the tale of the put-upon wife who flees to a place of liberation became a celebrated paradigm. Numerous modern Jewish poets and authors, female and male, wrote accounts of Lilith that use old stories to express new ideas.

Perhaps the best-known of the new Lilith tales is”The Coming of Lilith,” by Judith Plaskow. In this feminist midrash, Lilith flees the garden because she is an “uppity woman” who doesn’t want to be pushed around by Adam or God. However, she misses female companionship.Lilith soon sneaks back into the garden and befriends Eve. Eve has been told Lilith is a demon, but once the two women share their stories, they become allies and companions in the search for knowledge.

Enid Dame, in her poem “Lilith,” imagines Lilith as an eternal bohemian who leaves Eden, drops in and out of men’s sexual fantasies in the Middle Ages, and now lives with a cab driver in New Jersey,where she still cries in the bathroom as she remembers Eden “and the man and the God I couldn’t live with.”

In Lynn Gottlieb’s story of Lilith, Lilith is made from the sky and Adam from the earth. In her love for Adam, Lilith chooses to forget she came from the sky, and she becomes Eve, settled and happy but ignorant of her own true nature. In her story, Gottlieb dramatizes the struggle of women to love men while still loving themselves.

On the other hand, Jacqueline Lapidus’ brief poem”Eden” imagines a lesbian encounter between Lilith and Eve. Using the Lilith legend, Lapidus invents an origin story for love between women. Scholar and author Ohad Ezrachi frequently writes about Lilith as a split-off sexual component of women, an image created by men fearful of a full relationship. He encourages men and women to see Lilith and Eve as the same person.

Lilith has become such a popular figure that whole enterprises (like the women’s music concert Lilith Fair and the Jewish feminist journal Lilith Magazine) are named after her. Once a source of fear, Lilith has been transformed into an icon of freedom. While some disapprove of this widespread embrace of a former demon, Lilith’s rehabilitation makes sense. The frightening character of Lilith grew, in part, out of repression: repression of sexuality, repression of the free impulse in women, repression of the question “what if I left it all behind?” As modern Jews begin to ask questions about sex, freedom, and choice more directly, Lilith becomes a complex representation of our own desires.

#lilith facts

[f1chronicle]

The Lewis Hamilton Fallacy

With Lewis Hamilton setting a new FORMULA 1 win record, and closing in on a record-equalling seventh World Championship, the vitriol on social media has been increasing, causing many to no longer wish to participate in Facebook groups that tolerate driver-bashing and hatred.

So how did we get to this point?

There are many factors at play here such as most drivers having a big presence across social media, but a key premise is we all have a different model of the world.

How you see things is completely different to how I see things, and generally speaking, this is a good thing for society as we can all bring our different points of view to a scenario and find a way forward.

Sadly this is not the case in the comments of nearly every F1 group on Facebook, where people are adamant that their point of view is right, yours is wrong, and you’re an idiot for thinking the way you do.

Let’s take a look at some of the common arguments in F1 groups, and see if they hold water…

Driver X Is The GOAT!

The GOAT argument isn’t specific to the world of F1, just look at the NBA, where LeBron James fourth NBA title stirred great debate as to whether or not he takes the mantle from Michael Jordan.

In F1 we have Lewis Hamilton vs Michael Schumacher, 93 race wins vs 91, six championships vs seven.

So how do we work out who the GOAT is?

Well, we can’t.

And even when F1 and AWS put out their ‘Fastest Driver’ analysis it still didn’t appease people if their guy wasn’t deemed the fastest.

Different drivers, different competition, different cars, the list goes on.

What we can have though is our favourite, and our own criteria for choosing a GOAT.

Personally, I didn’t much enjoy the years where Schumacher and Ferrari dominated. However, he has the most titles so to me he is still the greatest.

Some say the best of all time is Jim Clark, some say Fangio, some say Ayrton Senna. But unless they have seen them race, how can they compare?

Because if they’re using statistics, well the numbers don’t add up.

If they’re using stories and YouTube clips, then they’re comparing some drivers highlight reels against other drivers careers.

The passing of time plays an interesting trick on the mind, where we often forget the flaws, the disappointments, and the losses, remembering only the triumphs and victories.

And that’s ok.

You can have your GOAT, I can have mine, and neither of us can (or should) try to convince others that their GOAT is wrong.

Lewis Hamilton Has The Fastest Car (Or Best Car)

This one is odd, as I’m yet to see a car that wasn’t the fastest win a race.

When Pierre Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix, on that day, his car was the fastest.

Maybe there is something in the air in Italy, as in 2008 Sebastian Vettel won in a Toro Rosso to claim his first win in F1. Funnily enough, on that day, his car was the fastest.

You wouldn’t think you’d need to explain how motorsport works, but what happens is the driver who crosses the line first, ie completes the race distance the fastest, wins. It’s that simple.

These ‘fastest car’ or ‘best car’ arguments add to the Lewis Hamilton Fallacy.

Formula 1 is a meritocracy, and as such, the best drivers usually find themselves into the cockpit of the best car.

From 2010 to 2013, it was widely acknowledged that Red Bull Racing were producing the best cars, as they powered Sebastien Vettel to four consecutive World Championships.

Today though, people are rewriting history as they claim Hamilton has ‘always’ benefitted from being in the best car.

So which one is it?

Because clearly it can’t be both.

The Good Old Days Were Better

This one is always fun, and is something that likely happens to all of us as we get older!

I’ve found myself opining that the English Premier League was better in the 90s and 2000s than it is now for example.

Often, the ‘good old days’ coincide with a time in history where our favourite teams and stars were winning. Funny about that.

Have you ever met a Ferrari fan who thinks the current era is better than the 2000-2004 period?

No, you haven’t.

However, where this one gets really interesting is when people argue that the drivers no longer drive the cars, and that everything is controlled by engineers sitting on a pit wall.

The problem with this is the Williams FW14B, built in 1992, is still considered the most technologically sophisticated car in the history of F1.

It’s 28 years old.

The FW14B had semi-automatic transmission, active suspension, traction control and, for a short time, anti-lock brakes.

It also had Adrian Newey in charge of aerodynamics.

In fact, Williams found the FW14B was proving so successful that when the FW15 was ready half-way through the 1992 FORMULA 1 season, it wasn’t used.

The argument (often made by people who reach their limit reversing out the driveway) that Hamilton turns up on a Sunday, plants his foot on the accelerator, and drives into the distance is disrespectful of the amount of work he puts in to keep his body and mind at peak performance, as well as the staff at Mercedes who put in countless hours perfecting the car.

Mercedes Should Get Max Verstappen, He Would Beat Hamilton

This would be a terrible idea for Mercedes, so it’s a good thing they don’t listen to public opinion on social media.

First of all, it sends a message to drivers in their development program that even if you progress through the program the seat will go to the big-name with more runs on the board.

Second, do you recall the Senna v Prost years?

Sure, Ron Dennis had two prodigious talents at his disposal, but the infighting, egos, and crashes out on course disrupted team harmony, causing factions in the garage and distrust at all levels.

Mercedes currently have the perfect set up, and it’s obviously working, as they pick up championship after championship.

As we’ve seen throughout history, having a genuine #1 and an able deputy leads to both Driver’s and Constructor’s Championships.

During the aforementioned ‘Schumacher Years’ of 2000 to 2004, he was the undisputed #1 and teammate Rubens Barrichello understood his role and performed it admirably.

Lewis Hamilton Doesn’t Have Competitive Teammates

Former Formula 1 World Champions Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, and Nico Rosberg would probably all argue that they are competitive drivers, capable of going wheel to wheel with Hamilton.

And they would be right, because they have the race wins and championships to prove their credentials.

When Hamilton joined the grid in 2007 as a teammate to Fernando Alonso, the belief throughout the paddock was that Alonso was #1 and Hamilton would be there to learn the ropes in F1.

In reality, it didn’t work out like that.

As Hamilton performed well, taking podiums and race wins, tensions mounted, and boiled over at the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, where in the final qualifying session Alonso deliberately delayed Hamilton in the pits, ensuring he wouldn’t be able to get in one last run.

The pair didn’t speak for weeks after the incident.

At the end of the season, both drivers secured four race wins and 12 podiums. Clearly they were allowed to race each other, there were no team orders.

Funnily, after tensions thawed, in 2017 Alonso said “[Hamilton] was able to win with a dominant car, with a good car like 2010 or 2012, or with bad cars like 2009 and 2011. Not all the champions can say that”.

Is Alonso suggesting Hamilton hasn’t always had the best car?

Facebook commenters would disagree with the two-time World Champion…

In Jenson Button’s book ‘Life to the Limit’ Button goes into detail how competitive Hamilton was, and makes it clear that he too was there to win, not just to act as a rear-gunner for Hamilton. An interesting fact Button points out in this same book is that when Rubens Barrichello was his teammate at Honda, Barrichello had it written into his contract that they were equal drivers, he was not to be a #2…

When Hamilton moved to Mercedes for 2013, a move derided by many given Mercedes lacklustre performance in previous years, it was Nico Rosberg’s team.

There is evidence that team orders were used on at least one occasion in 2013, where at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix Rosberg was ordered to stay behind Hamilton in the closing stages, rather than fighting for third place. Hamilton felt the call was wrong, and that Rosberg should have been allowed to race.

During the 2014 Formula 1 season tensions again boiled over for Hamilton and a teammate, as several early exchanges throughout the season threatened to compromise both drivers title aspirations.

The pair had a wheel-to-wheel battle in Bahrain, a down-to-the-wire tussle in Spain, and made contact in Belgium.

In 2016, the year Rosberg won the championship, the two came together at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, in a move that infuriated Niki Lauda, as both drivers crashed out of the race.

The duo came together again at the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix, however both drivers could continue, with Hamilton taking the win.

Nice Rosberg went on to win the 2016 Driver’s Championship, which gives Hamilton detractors a curious dilemma.

On one hand they laugh, saying he was beaten by Nico Rosberg, yet on the other, they say he has never had to race against competitive teammates.

So, which one is it?

Lewis Hamilton Needs To Prove He Can Win With Another Team

This one always brings a smile to the face 😊

I have no problem with fans being new to F1, it’s great! The sport needs more and more fans to keep it going.

The issue is people forgetting that the sport was going before they saw it on Drive to Survive, then commenting on Facebook posts.

For the record, Lewis Hamilton won the 2008 Driver’s Championship with McLaren.

Although they had a Mercedes engine at the time, they were indeed their own team then, as they are now.

And that is a different team to Mercedes.

Hamilton has won championships with two teams.

Before the 2008 season Felipe Massa of Ferrari was the favourite to win the title, and Ferrari did indeed win the Constructor’s Championship, however, in a thrilling finish to the season Hamilton won the title by one point.

His teammate Heikki Kovalainen finished seventh.

But wait, doesn’t the best car always win the Driver’s Championship too?

Well now I don’t know what to believe.

Put Lewis Hamilton In A Williams, Let’s See How He Goes

If Hamilton was to drive for Williams, we already know how it would go – terribly.

Why?

Because it is a poor car that has suffered at the hands of bad management and a lack of finances for several seasons now.

Fernando Alonso drove a horrible McLaren from 2015 to 2017.

Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello had a terrible Honda to drive in 2007 and 2008, and not just because it had a map of the world painted on it. The aerodynamics were poor from the start, and the car just wasn’t competitive.

Does this diminish any of these drivers achievements before or after?

Does it prove their car is what won them races?

No, what it does prove is that Formula 1 is a team sport, and that it takes everyone rowing in the right direction together to deliver a package capable of competing at the front.

If Lionel Messi signed for Newcastle they still wouldn’t win the league. Likewise if Lebron James joined the Knicks, they wouldn’t win an NBA title. The teams they would join are still terrible, but having a champion on the team would improve them and make everyone life their standards over time.

Hamilton wouldn’t win in a Williams, just like Raikkonen can’t win in an Alfa and Vettel can’t get near a podium in a Ferrari this year.

However, the one thing all these drivers have in common is the ability to wring every ounce of performance out of a bad car, and Williams would expect nothing less if they had Hamilton in their race seat.

Politics Don’t Belong in Sport

As a middle-aged white man, this one makes me cringe the most.

Middle aged white men on Facebook, telling a black man what he should and shouldn’t do, how he can protest, and how he is ‘ruining’ the sport for them.

Yikes.

The purpose of a protest is to bring issues to light, to have people questioning their attitudes and beliefs.

Telling someone how they can protest against their perceived suppression is, er, suppressing them further.

You may not agree with ‘We Race As One‘, the BLM movement or drivers taking a knee before the race, but that’s the point. An issue being highlighted is an opportunity for you to question your thinking, to reflect, and possibly make changes. There is no harm in admitting that at one time you held beliefs that you now feel are wrong.

While we’re on the topic of politics in sports and how the handful of minutes it takes to show drivers supporting the ‘End Racism’ message ruining peoples enjoyment of Formula 1, what of other sports?

The ‘Old Firm’ derby is one of the biggest rivalries in sport, and it is founded on religion and politics. People are born into a side based on which side of the clearly divisive line they fall, Catholic vs Protestant, British vs Irish Scot, Conservatism vs Socialism. People have been killed on derby days, and violence in Glasgow increases any time the two clubs play.

Politics don’t belong in sport though, so they must be fighting over something else.

In 1967 Muhammed Ali refused to serve in the US Army during the Vietnam War, uttering the famous line ‘I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong…no Vietcong ever called me nigger.’ Since then he has, rightfully, been lauded as a hero for his stance.

The Vietnam War probably wasn’t political though, was it?

Even the sport of Bandy isn’t immune to politics!

Norway declined to take part in the 1957 Bandy World Championship because the Soviet Union was invited, due to the Soviet invasion of Hungary the year before. The country made a similar protest for the 1969 Bandy World Championship because of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia that year, handing over the hosting of the 1969 event to Sweden.

Indeed Formula 1 itself is no stranger to politics in sport, with the 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix cancelled due to concerns over human rights protests led by Avaaz.

You may not agree with the stance Hamilton has taken, you may not like it, but you do have to respect that in a free society he can use his platform however he sees fit – he built it.

What To Make Of The Lewis Hamilton Fallacy

Now I’m not naïve enough to think that the words on this page will make everyone stop arguing on the internet, that will never happen.

What I do hope though is that it has loosened the grip for some people, and will help them take the blinkers off.

We’re lucky enough to be living in a time where each Sunday, one of the finest Formula 1 drivers the world has ever seen jumps into his Mercedes and puts his life on the line to win trophies, and entertain us.

I’m lucky enough to have seen this level of performance twice, once with Michael Schumacher, now with Lewis Hamilton.

Should I live long enough to see Hamilton’s records beaten, I won’t waste time arguing over who is the GOAT, who had the best car, or why this bright new talent needs to jump through made up hoops to prove themselves to the folks in the bleachers.

I’ll simply be grateful to have witnessed three drivers at the absolute peak of their powers, doing what they love.

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[tabloidtoc]

Life & Style, January 18

You can now buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Uber Drivers Tell All 

Page 1: Photo Flash -- John Legend celebrated his birthday aboard a private yacht in St. Barts where he slid down the craft’s waterslide 

Page 2: Contents 

Page 4: The Top 10 Champagne Looks -- Joey King, Saoirse Ronan, Eiza Gonzalez, Gillian Anderson, Leona Lewis 

Page 5: Heidi Klum, Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian, Scarlett Johansson 

Page 6: Kelly Clarkson’s daytime talk show tied with Ellen DeGeneres’ long-running series in the year-end TV ratings battle -- The Ellen DeGeneres Show lost advertisers and A-listers and audiences after former staffers came forward with stories of a toxic workplace while The Kelly Clarkson Show which was recently renewed through 2023 has become a household staple in its sophomore season and gaining viewers in daytime’s key demographic of women and ending 2020 on a season high -- Ellen is putting on a good front but deep down she feels threatened by Kelly’s success and she’s done everything she can to prove that she’s changed but she still can’t win back her fans plus Ellen is convinced that Kelly is trying to steal her famous friends even going so far as to demand that if a celebrity agrees to appear on Ellen then they can’t go on Kelly; it’s one or the other from here on out 

Page 7: Rihanna and A$AP Rocky celebrated their first Christmas together in her native Barbados where the couple went on a sunset cruise around the Caribbean isle with her loved ones -- Christmas is a really important time for Rihanna and it’s not often that she gets to see her family and friends all at once and she wanted A$AP to be a part of it -- he was a bit nervous meeting everyone but he was worrying over nothing because they all adore him -- she’s really close with her family so it was important for him to get to know them before things begin to get serious

* Throwback -- Billie Eilish 

* Biggest Spenders of the Week -- French Montana, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, Gal Gadot, Katie Holmes 

Page 8: Critics slammed Demi Moore’s new movie Songbird calling it a Michael Bay-produced travesty that exploits the coronavirus epidemic for thrills -- the film takes place in the not-so-distant future during a COVID-23 outbreak with Demi playing a wealthy woman who sells immunity bands on the black market for a hefty price -- Demi jumped at the chance to star in the movie; with its topical storyline she expected it to be a box-office hit and she’s disappointed that it’s flopped and is shocked at the backlash and she certainly never intended to hurt anyone’s feelings 

* Hilaria Baldwin proudly showed off her post-baby body posting a photo of herself holding 3-month-old son Eduardo while wearing nothing but her bra and underwear but instead of being praised for her postpartum pic she was inundated with cruel comments after Amy Schumer reported the snap seemingly roasting Hilaria for setting unrealistic standards for new moms -- while the comedian soon apologized and deleted the image it wasn’t long before she replaced it with several other shots and making fun of the controversy -- there’s a fine line between being funny and being cruel and Amy overstepped the mark in Hilaria’s eyes

Page 10: The Week in Photos -- Kacey Musgraves visits Oscar the Grouch and Sesame Street 

Page 11: Gwen Stefani on The Kelly Clarkson Show 

Page 12: Animal Instinct -- Oliver Hudson plants a smooch on a goat, Mayim Bialik with her new co-star Monty the cat from her show Call Me Kat, Padma Lakshmi cuddling on the couch with her dog Ms. Divina 

Page 13: Jerry O’Connell got a slobbery kiss from his dog Phil in L.A. 

Page 16: Stars Behaving Badly -- Selma Blair topless in a impromptu shoot off the highway in Palm Springs, Sean Lennon pretended to attack a replica of the Empire State Building during a lighting ceremony in NYC, Jameela Jamil and Jason Mantzoukas let their middle fingers fly 

Page 18: Say What?! Miley Cyrus on being single during the pandemic, Dolly Parton on her fashion and beauty credo, Kristin Chenoweth on starring in Holidate with 5-foot-2 Emma Roberts, Keke Palmer joking about her skin issues, Jason Momoa who’s been wed to Lisa Bonet since 2017 

Page 20: Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez planned to tie the knot in Italy but after being forced to postpone their nuptials twice since the pandemic struck Alex has gotten a case of cold feet -- the pressure of a huge wedding was very overwhelming and in the end Alex decided it wasn’t necessary anymore -- J.Lo also hinted as much saying they’ve talked about canceling the destination wedding altogether because at their ages and they’ve both been married before should they get married or not -- the very next day Jennifer was pictured without her engagement ring sparking speculation that the couple had already reached a decision that they would no longer be walking down the aisle and Jennifer’s heartbroken because she wanted a big splashy wedding since this was going to be her fourth and final trip to the altar

Page 21: Courteney Cox was recently reunited with boyfriend Johnny McDaid after spending nine months apart due to the COVID-19 crisis but the long-awaited meetup in Ireland was far from romantic -- this was a make-or-break trip to either figure things out or go their separate ways and shortly after arriving Courteney laid all her cards on the table and she made it clear to Johnny that in order to move forward things had to change -- with her living in LA and Johnny based in Ireland the time difference is a real problem and FaceTime calls are few and far between and texts go unreturned for hours or sometimes not at all and it’s a daily struggle and Courteney’s at the end of her rope 

Page 22: Cover Story -- Uber drivers tell all -- the scoop on celebrities’ best and worst moments as rideshare passengers -- Brooke Shields’ boozy cruise, Tom Selleck requires a quiet car 

Page 23: Justin Bieber threw a party on wheels, blind items

Page 24: George Clooney uses a pseudonym, Kylie Jenner was 2 hours late for her ride

Page 25: Cash-carrying Prince Harry is a huge tipper, Tom Cruise is not a cool customer, Jennifer Lawrence makes the back seat her bed 

Page 26: Lori Loughlin breaks her silence -- after completing a two-month prison sentence for her role in the infamous college admissions cheating scandal Lori emerges to find her life and family in pieces -- Lori wants to move forward as a family in a positive direction but her daughters have so many walls up now

Page 28: The Bachelorette’s Clare Crawley and Tayshia Adams: Two dream weddings -- with a wild ride of a season behind them leading ladies Clare and Tayshia are happily planning their respective nuptials 

Page 30: The truth about Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson’s engagement -- Khloe’s new ring from Tristan sparks wedding speculation -- Tristan swears he’ll never ever stray again and Khloe is desperate to make their relationship work because she loves the little family they’ve created 

Page 32: Who Lives Here? Kathy Griffin 

Page 36: Fashion -- shop these haute hues -- Pantone’s 2021 Colors of the Year are Ultimate Grey and Illuminating Yellow, making them musts for every fashionista’s wardrobe 

Page 40: Diva or Down-to-Earth? John Legend grabs groceries -- down-to-earth, Heather Locklear pumps her own gas -- down-to-earth

Page 41: Gal Gadot assembles a glam squad -- diva, Zac Efron cuts his friend’s hair -- down-to-earth 

Page 42: Social Stars Posts of the Week -- Angela Kinsey and her dogs, Kim Kardashian and longtime pal La La Anthony, Laura Prepon building a snowman, Kevin Jonas and wife Danielle 

Page 44: Horoscope -- Capricorn Zooey Deschanel turned 41 on January 17

* They’re Not Together, But They Should Be -- Aries Jennifer Garner and Aquarius Justin Hartley 

Page 46: Made Ya Look! Emily Blunt strikes a stylish pose 

Page 48: What I’m Into -- Jonathan Van Ness  

#tabloid #grain of salt #tabloid toc #tabloidtoc #blind item #blind items #lori loughlin #the bachelorette #clare crawley #tayshia adams #khloe kardashian #tristan thompson #kathy griffin #jonathan van ness #ellen degeneres #kelly clarkson #rihanna #a$ap rocky #demi moore #songbird #hilaria baldwin #amy schumer #jennifer lopez #alex rodriguez #courteney cox #johnny mcdaid #brooke shields #tom selleck #justin bieber #george clooney

[harmcomforts]

this rlly took me all damn day so i know like 90% of people are asleep but here’s my SPOOKY THREAD PLOTTING/STARTER CALL. i have some new spooky muses and some of my usual ones, plus canons and ones with new verses i’d love to try out. i also have a list of verses to give us some ideas/options. like this and i’ll come to you!

characters available for threads

dahlia dread, 23, witch, mia goth fc / witch who sells goods to those who ask and raises the dead for a hefty price, occasionally. generally a lot nicer than she looks. 

desmond gouley, 33, straight, adam driver fc / lives on and helps to maintain a graveyard. a spooky guy looking for his soulmate in life. 

edgar huang, age unknown, straight, lewis tan fc / a vampire who was once cruel who was experimented on by humans and developed an aversion to feeding on them.

carolyn newman, 23 forever, bi, alice englert fc / ghost from the 1950s, nurse, killed by a male patient and now she haunts the hospital and occasionally murders evil men.

heather hamilton, 19, bi, sarah michelle gellar fc / fights for control over her body with the demon that also inhabits her. is usually pretty chill, but the demon is pretty murderous and/or h*rny. (character is only played in 90s verse and with gifs of sarah from btvs)

atlas james, age unknown, straight, tommy martinez fc / cult member/recruiter, seeking out a soulmate to join him in the children of james, will assist in murdering a bf or two to do so. 

allison ‘allie’ flynn, 18-38, lesbian, kiersey clemons/tessa thompson fc / inspired by richie tozier - can be played in a verse where she and her friends are currently dealing with the demon in their town or 20 years later when they come back to deal with it for good. dumbass gay but in the closet comedian. 

holden pritchett, 32, straight, robert pattinson fc / half-demon conman preacher. there’s a lot to it, he knows. spends his time moving around the bible belt robbing people of their money. 

characters with au verses

minty thornwood, lili reinhart fc / not your usual final girl, mostly because she orchestrated the whole thing herself. can be played in the midst of her plan to basically murder a bunch of her friends (probably with a partner) or after the fact in college. 

gael espinoza, david castañeda fc / ghost hunter who... kinda doesn’t believe in ghosts, will take your money to figure out what it actually is but what if he’s wrong for once?

canon characters

billy loomis, 18, lesbian, olivia cooke fc / scream universe canon character, set during scream. charming and beautiful, but harbouring some dark tendencies.

kirby reed, 18, bi, kathryn newton fc / scream universe canon character, set prior to scream 4. spunky, sarcastic, secret horror movie buff with a tendency to speed. 

sidney prescott, 19, bi, kaylee bryant fc / scream universe canon character, set during scream 2. university student trying to escape her past and start fresh.

carrie white, 19, bi, eliza scanlen fc / telekinetic teenager currently on the run after murdering a whole bunch of her classmates and her awful religious fanatic mother. 

available verses

from dusk till dawn: from criminals to culebas to the underworld, the expanse of texas and mexico is sprawling with danger. careful not to make yourself into someone’s dinner. (set in the television show universe, pre s1 to post s3.)

woodsboro: woodsboro is a small town in the state of california known for the two brutal massacres both referred to as the ‘woodsboro massacre’ and the ‘second woodsboro massacre’ respectively. (this verse unless stated otherwise includes the content of all four scream films.

until dawn: set in the universe of the game or inspired by it. more tba.

camp grizzly: a once familiar and friendly camp changes locations one summer and finds themselves victim to a crazed killer stalking the woods, looking to murder the young camp counsellors in a vendetta for things done to them long ago. (can be supernatural or otherwise. threat/monster can also change.)

zombie apocalypse: depends on verse, can take inspiration from multiple pieces of media. other apocalypse verses also available.

halfway, oregon: what used to be a bustling small town seems to have been slowly losing its population since the seventies… whether by choice or other dubious means. people leave big, empty houses and buildings that the more brave of the teens in town explore. the only problem is, they also have a habit of finding weird places they’ve never seen before where strange things happen and that they can never seem to find after the fact. not to mention the unusually large population of goats across town that sometimes seem to know something the townsfolk don’t.

#indie rp #indie horror rp #indie lesbian rp

[monicalorandavis]

The definitive list of sexy, ugly dudes

I ain’t got no type, ugly motherfuckers is the only thing that I like. Some of y’all are patting yourselves on the back for supporting the dad bod. I double down. I am here for the weirdos, the creeps, the fat ones and the like. If you don’t quit playing with these pretty boys who don’t know where a clitoris is already, you’re just hurting yourself, sweetie. Here is the official list of the sexiest ugly dudes, living and dead.

1. James Gandolfini. The fucking GOAT. I want a Gandolfini in the streets and a Tony in the sheets.

2. Steve Buscemi. Yes, he’s got huge, watery bug eyes that are always seemingly reddened from stress, or maybe allergies? Doesn’t matter. Steve Buscemi has a certain je ne sais quoi that leaves me shivering in me timber(land)s.

3. Paul Giamatti. Ever since Sideways I knew that Giamatti had that special self-loathing gift of gab that is simply irresistible.

4. Philip Seymour Hoffman. RIP, big dude. You were a fucking maestro in the art of acting. Scary, unhinged, impulsive, emotional - a tour de force in sexual energy.

5. Anthony Bourdain. Also dead. I’m suspecting a theme here. Do I want to be dead?? I don’t think so...

6. Rhys Ifans. Not a household name. But you know his face. He’s Hugh Grant’s insane, unemployed, lurching roommate in Notting Hill. Sweet, honest, funny and principled. What he lacks in good hygiene he makes up for in heart.

7. Adam Driver. This one is so obvious it’s dumb to include it. Have you seen him shirtless? Good grief.

8. Pete Davidson. I even wrote a whole goddamn sketch about it because the man’s sexual magnetism is off the charts. He’s bagging the baddest ladies in the world so casually that it feels like there’s no one he can’t holler at.

9. Tim Roth. There is nothing quite like an Englishman who is so disinterested that it comes across hostile. It’s rude, it’s self-important, it’s hot.

10. Robert De Niro. He’s maybe 85 (??? I’m not fact-checking so...) and can get it any day of the week. Best part of all, he probably doesn’t even want it!

11. Peter Dinklage. Tyrion Lannister was such an OG that he didn’t need the famous name to woo the finest of maidens. I’m not one but he can woo me any time he feels so inclined.

12. Billy Bob Thornton. Damn, just writing his name gives me goosebumps. The thought of his beady, judgemental eyes stirs my mind up with lurid thoughts.

13. Daniel Day Lewis. Is he ugly? Is he handsome? I don’t know anymore. His nose is crooked and he seems weird as fuck so you know I’m on board. He can get lost in the character study that is my bosom. Knowing him, he’ll probably refuse because it’s “too easy”. He isn’t wrong!

14. Tommy Lee Jones. Can’t forget this raspy devil. He’s old and gritty and we haven’t seen him in a while but something tells me he’s doing chin-ups in a garage as we speak.

15. John Malkovich. The creepiest man I’ve ever seen is also...the sexiest? I don’t write the rules, guys. I’m just a hot-blooded, American woman with a thing for men with emotional problems. Sue me!

Good looks are so overrated. Don’t @ me.

#sexy ugly #hot ugly #adam driver #steve buscemi #john malkovich

[swimmingwolf59]

Lynch’s Finches

Summer.

A time of warm nights and warmer days. A time of joy and the beach and camping. A time when students everywhere can finally take a break from studying and enjoy their free time. A time of catching up with friends and road trips and long backpacking trips and belting out karaoke. A time when nothing really matters except for every minute that can be spent in the sun having fun.

But also apparently a time when Adam’s shitty car finally breaks down in the middle of nowhere.

He’d been on the way to Gansey’s family home, invited to stay and hang out for a week. Adam had originally planned on spending his entire summer working and saving up for his last year as an undergrad, and while he was still mostly doing that, his recently-made friend Richard Campbell Gansey III would have none of that and invited Adam to visit. Originally he had wanted it to be for longer, but Adam had firmly stated that it would be a week or nothing. He needed to make the money, and he didn’t think he could spend that much time around one of the richest families in the country.

Gansey understood that part, at least.

Adam was making his way down from Princeton when smoke suddenly started pooling out of the engine of his car. Within seconds, it stalled in the middle of the road. Adam hadn’t even managed to coax it onto the shoulder; the shitbox had decided enough was enough and refused to budge once the steam began to rise. Adam has spent the last hour under the hood trying to fix it, but he can’t for the life of him figure out what’s wrong with it.

So he’s stuck, with no town in any sort of reasonable walking distance. He has a phone—only a year old—but no service, meaning he has no hopes of calling a tow truck or even Gansey. His only reasonable option it seems is to sit and wait for someone to drive by.

He waits.

Nobody comes for hours. It’s sweltering. Adam has nothing but a stale Nutri-Grain bar to munch on to stave off the starvation, and it only makes his dehydration worse. He sits in the shadow of his car to attempt to escape the heat, but it’s one of those chokingly hot summers that makes it impossible to feel cool unless your air conditioner works.

Which Adam’s certainly does not.

He honestly doesn’t know how he survives through the hours it takes for someone to show up. He’s just about ready to give in and walk when someone finally comes.

He hears them before he sees them. The roar of their engine is loud, but the pulse of the bass in their stereo is even louder; it beats through the humid air, piercing towards Adam in a muffled cloud of sound. As the car comes into view, Adam realizes the person must be driving at least 100 miles an hour and deflates.

There’s no way they’ll be able to see him, or react in time even if they did, when they’re going that fast.

But somehow, he does see him. He screeches to a halt next to him, unnecessarily fast and dangerously close. The nose of his car is half in the other lane, so it’s lucky there are literally no other cars on this road. The pounding bass doesn’t dim at all as the driver rolls down his window. “Need a lift?”

For a moment, Adam is struck dumb. The driver is devilishly handsome: he has a sharp jaw, a shaved head, and piercing blue eyes that seem to see right into Adam’s soul. There are leather bands strapped around his wrist that Adam can see as he leans his elbow out the window, and his arms are lean and muscular.

Adam is painfully aware that he has not been laid in a long time.

It takes some time and difficulty, but Adam eventually wrenches his gaze away from the hot stranger and instead eyes his car skeptically. It’s an ancient BMW, once a beautiful, sleek car but now way behind in terms of new models. It looks like it’s been heavily used for years, scratches and dents along every inch and clouded surfaces over the headlights. The car rumbles happily, but the way it hitches sometimes reminds Adam too much of his Hondayota.  

“Your car doesn’t look much better off, honestly,” Adam says eventually.

The stranger scowls. It looks unfairly sexy on him. “Fuck you, is that anything to say to someone who actually stopped to fucking help you out?”

“I’m just saying, my car already broke down, I don’t really want to go another hundred feet and then have a different car break down.” Adam brings his eyes back up to the stranger. “And I probably shouldn’t get into a car with a stranger.”

“Fine then, stay broken down in the middle of the fucking road,” the man growls and starts to roll up his window.

“Wait!”

The stranger stops, glares at him in calculated silence.

Adam bites his lip, thinks. “Do you have a phone?”

“No.”

Of course he doesn’t.

“…Does your air conditioner work?”

The man grins, like he knows he has Adam in the bag. “It sure fucking does.”

That makes up Adam’s mind. Well, that and Adam is at the point where he would literally put himself in any situation if it meant he might be able to make out with this guy later. As pathetic as it sounds.

“…Okay then,” Adam says. He goes back to his car, grabs his bag out of the backseat, and locks it, not that anyone would steal it. He then climbs into the passenger seat of the BMW, nearly letting out a moan at how great the air conditioning feels blowing into his face. “I used to be a mechanic, so I might be able to fix your car if it breaks down later.”

“Honestly, at this point I hope it does just to spite you,” the man spits out, but there’s still a grin on his face as he revs back down the road. “I’m Ronan, by the way. Ronan Lynch.”

“Adam Parrish,” Adam replies, against better judgement. He leans his head back on the headrest. “You really saved my ass back there.”

“Wow, finally, a thank you, do you know it’s been nearly ten minutes since I kindly picked you up and this is the first I’ve heard any appreciation for it—”

Adam laughs. “Is that longer than the average, then? Do you pick up guys on the side of the road often?”

“Yes, but not in the way you’re thinking.” Adam gapes at him before Ronan smirks, sharp. “Relax, Parrish, I’m fucking kidding.”

“You have a terrible sense of humor,” he tells him, but he had found it rather funny. “Are you a comedian then?”

Ronan snorts. “Fuck no, I run a farm.

Adam just stares. “You’re a farmer.”

“Wow, you’re the first person who’s never believed me when I tell them my occupation,” Ronan says sarcastically as he rolls his eyes. “Yes, I’m a farmer. Have some cows. Grow some tulips. Sell some shit.”

“You sell cow shit.”

Ronan barks out a laugh, seeming to startle himself. “Yeah, Parrish, I sell cow shit. Goddamn, what the hell is wrong with you?”

“So many things,” Adam says, laughing.

“Okay, let me guess – you work in an office. You sort papers every day and hate your boss but you keep at it because you keep thinking you’re this close to a promotion.”

Adam snorts. “I see you have a high opinion of me. I’m still in school, actually, but I’m studying to be a civil engineer.”

Ronan smirks. “So you will be working in an office.”

Adam falters. “Well, sort of, I guess, but it’s not the same!”

“Uh-huh, sure it’s not.”

God, this guy is an asshole. Adam kind of likes it.

Leaning his cheek against the window, Adam closes his eyes and concentrates on the wind blowing on his face and the hum of the engine underneath his thighs. Ronan hadn’t bothered to turn off, or even turn down, his pulsing EDM, but Adam doesn’t mind it as much as he thought he would. It’s horrible, there’s no question about that, but it’s good for taking the mind off things, for soothing something restless underneath his breastbone. He can kind of get why people like listening to it.

But still.

“How are you not deaf?” he asks.

“What?!” Ronan just about shouts.

“How are you not—” Adam starts to repeat but stops when he realizes that Ronan is grinning. “Oh my god, shut the fuck up. Are you sure you’re not a comedian?”

“Hey, you fell right into that one all by yourself, asshole,” Ronan replies, looking all too smug for the middle-school level prank he just pulled. “But shit, if you think my jokes are that good, maybe I should apply. I’ll bring my talking horse and make a show out of it.”

“There are already multiple shows about talking horses, you’d never get in,” Adam says, hiding a grin by turning to stare out the window.

“Don’t worry, I have talking goats and pigs too. Does that suffice?”

“Hm, only if it has a good title. Ooh, do you have talking finches? Because if you do the title of your show could be ‘Lynch’s Finches’ and the subtitle for it could be ‘it’s a cinch to make you laugh’.”

Ronan chokes on a laugh. “God, I love how much I hate that. I do have finches, but they don’t talk.”

“What, do you not know how to speak bird?”

“No, because my best friend has told me that he’s heard the horses, goats, and pigs talk to him, but never the finches.”

Adam slams a hand on the windowsill, laughter escaping him breathlessly. “What the actual fuck? Is your friend insane?”

Ronan barks out a loud laugh. “Kind of, yeah. But who isn’t?”

“We aren’t,” Adam says seriously.

They hold it in for about two seconds before they both burst out laughing again.

They pass the time like this, cracking jokes and laughing loudly. It’s weird, how easy it is to banter with Ronan like they’re old friends. Adam has never clicked with someone so easily before, and he doesn’t know if sitting out in the heat for so long broke his brain or if there’s something else going on here. It definitely feels a lot like something else when occasionally he glances over at Ronan only to find Ronan already glancing back.

It makes something thrum inside him.

After ten or so more minutes, they make it to the next town. Ronan hardly slows down despite the drastically dropped speed limit, though Adam supposes he hadn’t been near the highway’s speed limit to begin with. It stopped bothering him fifty miles back.

“Where should I drop you off?” Ronan asks as he blows through a stoplight.

“I guess the nearest mechanic…” Adam trails off, changes his mind. “Actually, can you just take me to my friend’s house?”

He’s halfway through relaying the address when Ronan pounds his fist on the wheel. “Are you seriously fucking friends with Gansey?”

Adam flinches back, startled. “You know him?”

“Yeah I know him, he’s my fucking best friend.” Ronan shoots him a pointed look. “You know, the one who talks to my animals.”  

“Oh my god.” Adam is stumbling over his laugher again. “That’s who you were talking about? Jesus Christ I can see it.”

“See? There’s a consensus – it makes sense Dick can talk to animals,” Ronan says as he heads for Gansey’s house.  

“It’s because he knows how to talk to politicians; if you can talk to them, you can talk to anything,” Adam argues.

“Jesus, you’re so fucking right.” Ronan cackles. “Do you know that every time I interact with his parents I feel like I’ve grown up in a cave? Like they’re nice people and shit but every time I talk to them about a boyfriend I’ve had they stare at me like I’m some kind of zoo specimen.”

“Republicans don’t seem to handle the whole gay thing very well, even when they’re well-intentioned,” Adam muses. “Good to know, though – perhaps I’ll just mention the girlfriends and not the boyfriends.”

“Bi, huh, lucky,” Ronan says, surprising Adam a little. “At least you can hide it – I’m so gay I probably blind them.”

Adam laughs. “That doesn’t sound like a bad thing.”

Ronan flashes him a grin. “No it is not.”

They pull into Gansey’s house a second later, both grinning, Adam a little woozy from all of this bantering and possibly flirting. He can’t believe how much he’s enjoying Ronan’s presence. It’s fun being around someone who can take his scathing comments for once, who knows how to bite back just as venomously.

He doesn’t want this to be the last time.

“Well, say hi to Dick for me,” Ronan says as Adam opens the door. “Actually no, tell him my goat says hi.”

Adam snorts. “I’ll do that.”

Hesitantly, he gets out of the car, thinks for a second. No matter how he looks at this, it’s a bad idea. But all his life Adam has been denying himself every pleasure to get where he needs to be, so he thinks he deserves to listen to one bad idea every once in a while. Besides, this time, he really really wants to.

He leans back in. “So, you know how you asked what’s wrong with me and I said ‘so many things’?”

Ronan stares at him warily, but there’s also the ghost of a smile on his face. “Yeah, it happened like twenty minutes ago, my memory isn’t that bad.”

“Okay, so like, this may be something that’s wrong with me but…I want to ask you out.”

Ronan just blinks at him. “…You what?”

Adam tries not to visibly deflate. Fuck, what the hell is he thinking? His hormones had gotten the best of him, making him forget that he’s Adam Parrish and nothing has ever worked out smoothly for him in his entire life. He’s never been able to keep a relationship for long, and though he has casual friendships, the only person he can truly say is a close friend is Blue Sargent who lives in Venezuela now. Various roommates have told him that they find his appearance unsettling and his brutal sarcasm hard to breech.

Adam Parrish is unknowable, and he’s stupid for thinking that there had been any chemistry between him and this hot farmer that he barely knows.

Sighing, Adam starts to duck back out of the car. “Just forget it—”

“No, wait—” Ronan is suddenly getting out of the car and rounding it to where Adam is standing. For a horrible moment, Adam thinks he’s going to punch him.

But he stops just shy of his shoes and stares unnervingly into Adam’s eyes. “…You’re not fucking with me, right?”

Now it’s Adam’s turn to just blink. “What?”

Ronan swears and kicks at the ground with his boot, reaching up to rub a hand along the fuzz at the back of his head. “Look, I…I don’t do casual. That’s not my thing. So if you’re just trying to get a casual hookup out of me, I’m not the right guy.”

“…I honestly don’t know what I’m trying to do. You’re just unbelievably hot and an asshole like me so I was kind of thinking…well, I was just thinking it might be fun to get to know each other better.” Adam has to break the eye contact, his cheeks heating up. “God, I sound stupid.”

“You do,” Ronan agrees. Adam feels a hot flash of anger at him until Ronan’s suddenly taking another step closer. “But it’s fine because you’re unbelievably hot and an asshole like me so we have to stick together, you know?”

Adam glances up at him, but now Ronan’s looking away, scrubbing the back of his head again. “And well…I was thinking it’d be nice to get to know you better, too.”

Biting back a smile, Adam reaches out and touches Ronan’s cheek gingerly with his fingertips. “…So, you’ll go out with me.”

“Yeah, I’ll fucking go out with you.” Ronan sighs and rolls his eyes, like this is a big bother to him, but Adam sees the grin pulling at his lips and the blush on his cheeks. “Just don’t get mad when you find out I really am an asshole.”

Adam laughs wholeheartedly. “Same to you.”

They kiss. Adam has been touch-starved for so long that even that is enough to set his insides ablaze and his heart pounding. He reaches for the back of Ronan’s head, digging his fingers in and yanking him in closer. Ronan steps forward until he has Adam pinned against the car, an action Adam much approves of and rewards him for by scratching his nails down his scalp.

The kiss is hot and searing and everything Adam has wanted and more. It’s making all of this not seem like such a bad idea anymore.

“Call me when your car breaks down again,” Ronan murmurs when they break for air reluctantly, breathless as he slips his fingers into Adam’s belt loops.

Adam raises an eyebrow. “Is there a reason I can’t call you sooner?”

Ronan grins, all predator. “Please, I saw your car – it’ll be a miracle if you even make it out of the mechanic’s.”

“Fuck you,” Adam growls but he leans forward and kisses him again.

Gansey finds them like that, tangled and practically dry-humping against the car parked right in front of his conservative family’s house. Adam had forgotten he was supposed to be pretending he was straight, though he supposes he’d never really wanted to do that anyway. Gansey gawks at them for about a minute as Adam and Ronan step apart from each other and try to look presentable. What they look like is two teenagers who got caught making out in the broom closet, which is more or less accurate.

Eventually, Gansey clears his throat and says, “I can see you’ve met Ronan.”

Adam shares a grin with his new boyfriend. “Oh yeah, I’ve met Ronan.”

#pynch week 2018 #pynch week #day 3 #trc #pynch #adam parrish #ronan lynch #gansey #bantering #summer #my writing

[cinema-tv-etc]

“Just the facts, ma’am” — “Dragnet” (1951 - 1959) (1967 - 1970)

“Ladies and gentlemen: the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.” Such a cool opening for one of the most memorable “cop” TV shows of all time. Sgt. Joe  — My name’s Friday. I’m a cop — Friday (Jack Web) and his detective sidekicks (played by Ben Alexander and Harry Morgan) managed to keep us glued to the television with their subtle tactics in apprehending criminals because all they really needed in their quest was... just the facts. So cool. Dum, de, dum, dum! Check out this very cool short video.

“Stifle it, Edith!” — “All In The Family” (1971 - 1979) Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor) had a way with words. He called his liberal son-in-law,  “Meathead”and his faithful wife, “Dingbat “ (and he insulted about every stereotype you can name) without getting his hand slapped from the politically correct community. He was so lovable, though, right? Whenever his wife Edith (Jean Stapleton) had an opinion, he managed to stifle her — most of the time. Check out the time she stifled him here.

“Who Loves Ya Baby?” — “Kojak” (1973 - 1978)

Kojak (Telly Savalas) was probably the only New York City detective on TV who made the Tootsie Roll Pop sexy. And, didn’t he start the bald head craze? (OK, Yul Brenner in the “King And I” helped get this trend started).  Who loves Ya, Baby? We do, we do!  (Look here for clip.)

“Good Evening” — Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955 - 1962)

Maybe you had to be there, but no one could grab an audience with an introduction quite like Alfred Hitchcock. His “series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama and comedy about people of different species committing murders, suicides, thefts and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations” kept us coming back for more each week. It seems like seven years just wasn’t enough for this film director and his spell-bounding stories.  Take a look at his one-of-a-kind introductions here.  

“Would you believe... “ — “Get Smart”  (1965 - 1970)

“Get Smart” (battling the forces of KAOS) had an embarrassment of riches in the catchphrase department. Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 (Don Adams) kept his co-hort, Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon) and the Chief (Edward Platt) on the tips of their toes every time he opened his mouth. “Would you believe” these words of wisdom: “Missed it by that much!,” “Sorry about that, Chief,” and “I asked you not to tell me that.” Yes, we would believe anything you say, Agent 86. Take a peek at these “Get Smart” funniest moments here.

“To the moon, Alice!” — “The Honeymooners/The Jackie Gleason Show” (1951 - 1959) Who could forget the wild and crazy antics of New York City bus driver Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason), sarcastic wife Alice Kramden (Audrey Meadows), NYC sewer worker, Ed Norton (Art Carney) and his wife Trixie (Joyce Randolph)? These four feisty Brooklyn residents tested each others patience on a daily basis which was the reason millions of viewers tuned in once a week. Needless to say, Alice Kramden knew how to draw blood which is why Ralph gave her the what for... “One of these days, Alice, you’re going to the moon!”   “Just One more thing...” — “Colombo”  (1971 - 2003)

Peter Falk made “Colombo” a household name with his unique way of solving the “whodunit” mystery in this clever television detective show. The Fashion Police would have a field day with this disheveled, cigar-smoking detective. (Oh, that rumpled, beige raincoat... how we loved it.) The criminal always thinks he/she has the upper hand in the investigation only to be caught up in the web of Colombo’s increasingly intrusive presence. Just when the suspect thinks all is well,  the polite detective (who always gets his man/woman), has “just one more thing“ to ask.

“Goodnight, John Boy” — “The Waltons”  (1971 - 1981)

This Great Depression Virginia mountain family sure knew how to grab our hearts. Each episode focuses on the “family of John Walton Jr. (known as John-Boy), his parents, John and Olivia Walton, their seven children, and John’s parents Zebulon “Zeb” and Esther Walton. John-Boy (Richard Thomas) is the eldest of the children (17 years old in the beginning), who becomes a journalist and novelist. In the signature scene that closes almost every episode, the family house is enveloped in darkness, save for one, two or three lights in the upstairs bedroom windows. Through voice-overs, two or more characters make some brief comments related to that episode’s events, and then bid each other goodnight, after which the lights go out.”

“Let’s be careful out there.” — “Hill Street Blues” (1981 - 1987)

“Hill Street Blues“is an American serial police drama that chronicled the lives of the staff of a single police station located on the fictional Hill Street, in an unnamed large city, with ‘blues’ being a slang term for police officers for their blue uniforms.”  In the opening, Sgt. Phil Esterhaus  (Michael Conrad) does the police roll call, concluding with his signature line: “Let’s be careful out there.”

“May God bless.” — “The Red Skelton Show” (1951 - 1971)

“The Red Skelton Show” was mainly known for the comedy sketches performed by Red himself which included an array of comedic characters (Clem Kadiddlehopper, San Fernando Red, George Appleby and Freddie the Freeloader). He also had guest star performers including John Wayne, Phyllis Diller, Jack Benny... the list goes on forever. His opening monologue often included his two favorite seagulls, Gertrude and Heathcliff. At the end of each show, he ended it with thoughts that went something like this.

“Lucy! You got some ‘splainin’ to do!” — “I Love Lucy” (1951 - 1957) That crazy redhead we affectionately know as Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) was never at a loss for words... or hair brained, good-natured mischief. Her cohort, Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance) was somewhat skeptical at times to play along, but the two BFFs made life interesting for their respective spouses, Ricky (Desi Arnaz) and Fred (William Frawley) to say the least. When Lucy tested Ricky’s patience one too many times, he screamed the only phrase that came to mind (each time): “Lucy, You got some ‘splainin’ to do!” Don’t we all use that phrase ocassionally when we get pissed at our significant others (no matter what gender they are)?

“Yada, Yada, Yada” — “Seinfeld” (1989 - 1998)

Let’s give a big round of applause to Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), George Costanza (Jason Alexander) and Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards) for giving us the best nine sitcom seasons of our lives. Did you know it was actually George’s new girlfriend, Marcy, who came up with the “yada, yada, yada” expression? If you don’t do anything else today, watch this Seinfeld montage.  

“Come On Down!” — “The Price Is Right“ (1956 - 1965) (1972 - Present)

I don’t care how old you are, you have heard — at one time in your life — a game show announcer say, “Come on down!” You know the game show: “The Price Is Right.” And you know the master of all game shows: Bob Barker. The point is, no matter what year you were born, somewhere, on some network, “The Price Is Right” has been on your radar. Unless you live in a third world country. Check out this “Come on down!” video with Bob Barker.

“Sock it to me.” — “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In” (1967 - 1973) The comedy team of Dan Rowan and Dick Martin hosted this psychedelic, fast-moving comedy series that featured series regulars Lily Tomlin, Ruth Buzzi, Judy Carne, Goldie Hawn, Arte Johnson, Jo Ann Worley, Gary Owens, Alan Sues and Henry Gibson. Judy Carne became the butt of the joke when she said, “Sock it to me.” They doused her with water or gently assaulted her with rubber objects. Be careful what you say out there.

“Dy-no-mite!” — “Good Times” (1974 - 1979) “Good Times“ lets us in on the lives of Florida (Esther Rolle) and James Evans   (John Amos) and their three children, J.J. (Jimmie Walker), Thelma (Bern Nadette Stanis) and Michael (Ralph Carter). “Episodes of Good Times deal with the characters’ attempts to survive in a high rise project building in Chicago, despite their poverty” ... and hilarity ensues. Fess up, you know you said the word “Dy-n-Mite!” every time something good happened in your life back in the day, thanks to the adorable J.J. (Although nobody says it better!)

“God will get you for that!” — “Maude” (1972 - 1978)

Who remembers that “Maude“ was a spin-off from “All In The Family?” Yes, Maude (Bea Arthur) was Edith’s cousin —  who  somehow got the spunk gene in the family.  And who remembers that Maude was a “liberal, independent woman living in Tuckahoe, NY with her fourth husband, Walter (Bill Macy)?” And if you didn’t know all that... (say it).

“De Plane, De Plane” — “Fantasy Island” (1977 - 1984)

Picture it: a remote tropical island resort where all your dreams come true. Well, not exactly. There were glitches in those wishes. Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalban ), assisted by his adorable miniature side-kick Tattoo (Hervé Villechaize) had the best of intentions of making his guests live out their fantasies, but what kind of show would that be if everything were perfect? You could count on one thing. The beginning of each episode,  a plane arrived with their (we’re presuming rich) guests. Tattoo always alerted Mr. Roarke, by pointing up to the sky, announcing: “De Plane, de plane!” Welcome to Fantasy Island.

“What U Talkin’ ‘bout Willis?” — “Different Strokes” (1978 - 1986)

“Different Strokes” starred Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges (Arnold and Willis Jackson), Conrad Bain (Phillip Drummond) and Dana Plato (Kimberly Drummond) who were perhaps one of the first racially mixed families on television.  Arnold didn’t hold back when Willis came up with some bizarre and/or surprise monologue that got his goat. “What u talkin’ ‘bout, Willis?”  Too cute!

“Book ‘em, Danno.” — “Hawaii Five-0” (1968 - 1980)

This may be my all-time favorite detective show based in Hawaii (sorry “Magnum P.I.”). And it may well just be because of one of my all-time favorite detective catchphrases: “Book ‘em Danno.” Detective Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord) worked so well with Danny Williams (James MacArthur) in each episode to put the bad guys in hand cuffs. (And who didn’t love that theme song!? Check it out here and turn the volume up and enjoy!)

“Say the secret word and win a hundred dollars.” — “You Bet Your Life” (TV version, 1950 - 1961)

Groucho Marx was probably the first choice to host this quiz show that featured a show chocked full of competitive questions — and some hilarious conversation. As it turns out, the comedian was the perfect host. As in all quiz shows, there is money to be won. But, with the right “word,” a contestant could win an extra hundred big ones. All they had to do was say the secret word. Easy Not so fast. How many words are in the English language? But we loved to hear Groucho announce: “Say the secret word and win a hundred dollars.” Sometimes they did. And that was seriously exciting.

“Say goodnight, Gracie” — “The George Burns And Gracie Allen Show“ (1950 - 1958)                              

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#tv catchphrases #classic television #alfred hitchcock #the honeymooners #i love lucy

[adozenhawks-blog]

SO LATE TO THE PARTY BECAUSE OF WORK but under the cut you’ll find info on jacob grant (adam driver fc) & jessa porter (madelaine petsch fc) !!!! hi everybody i’m emily & if you wanna plot with either or both of these babes just like this or hit me up!

( SAX ROHMER #1 by THE MOUNTAIN GOATS. ) that song always reminds me of jacob grant. he is a thirty-two year old cismale that has lived in honey county for four years, currently residing in honey court. jacob is a neurosurgeon around here, with a reputation for being ambitious, calm, brooding, & dishonest. it’s hard to miss him at honey county hospital, especially since they look so much like adam driver. ( as penned by emily, 23, est, she/her. )

kind of a Giant Asshole. like. so much.

might be a little bit of an alcoholic, but he’s a functioning one.

has a very high pressure job and devotes himself to it; it’s not like he has much else in his life, anyway.

had to transfer to honey county from his last job in detroit because of his temper; after a brutal fight with a coworker, he was forced to leave

hates the small town atmosphere

devotes himself to work because he’s so fucking bored all the time; at least if he’s working, he can’t be drunk

drives a maserati & a motorcycle in the nicer months

lives in one of the fanciest houses in town that the kids think is haunted because of how brooding he always is when he’s leaving it

also, from the brave souls that have peeked in, most of his furniture and decor is dark

may or may not be known by the town’s kids as a witch/demon/vampire/other mythological creature

is an extremely good cook and loves to do it, though he doesn’t do it as much since moving since it’s just him and why bother basically

doesn’t have many hobbies since he doesn’t have much free time

loves to lurk online and keep up with the news, especially in medical journals or regarding technology or space

was raised relatively poor and knows how to fix things, both around the house and as far as vehicles go. he does all of the maintenance on his home, cars, and vehicles himself

always dresses designer, always looks put together. his wild, unruly hair is always pulled back or tamed when he goes into public

( RUN WILD by JON BELLION. ) that song always reminds me of jessa porter. she is a twenty-four year old cisfemale that has lived in honey county for two weeks, currently residing in main street. jessa is a waitress around here, with a reputation for being fun-loving, sociable, impulsive, & flaky. it’s hard to miss her at the pop shop diner, especially since they look so much like madelaine petsch. ( as penned by emily, 23, est, she/her. )

fled her last hometown in the northeast to move to honey county because her ex fucked her over hardcore

basically, she was in love with him, but he was cheating on her & kicked her out of their shared apartment, leaving her messed up

she convinced him to finance her move & is living off of the money she wheedled out of him to prevent the cheating from going public

has started waiting tables and doesn’t mind it; she gets to meet people, at least

she’s a social butterfly who NEEDS to make friends to survive so she’s nice to basically everyone

loves to party and let loose, though she doesn’t drink much; she prefers to smoke or do harder drugs (her ex drank a lot & she hates being reminded of him)

hates everything that reminds her of him, basically, so she’s kind of reinventing herself since they were together for so long and that’s … everything

would eat fresh fruit for every meal if she was allowed to

loves bubblegum pop & anything she can dance to!! she is always singing and dancing

volunteers at an animal shelter in her free time because she LOVES animals but can’t have one where she lives

a bit naive and way too giving, she’s willing to do literally anything to make friends especially since she’s so alone after her breakup so she’s kinda easy to take advantage of

is terrified at the prospect of being single but also wants to explore it, she’s never had much of a sexuality & she’s been kind of a hoe online since moving so …… probably gonna be a lil hypersexual

#honeys:intro #honeys:ooc

[perfectirishgifts]

The Impassioned Debate: Self-Driving Cars Parking Head-In Versus Nose Out

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The Impassioned Debate: Self-Driving Cars Parking Head-In Versus Nose Out

Head-in versus nose out, so which cars are parked “correctly” in this picture?

A parking lot can become a feuding landscape akin to the Old West and the infamous rivalry between the Hatfields and the McCoys.

Danger lurks as cars jockey to park, trolling to get that nifty open parking spot nearest to the front entrance and avoid having to park at the furthermost spaces that require a seemingly unending and endurance-busting walk across a massive-sized parking lot. Drivers eye each other warily. Civility generally seems to have gone out the window. The act of parking is a daily exhibition of the dog-eat-dog world in which we live.

There is an added twist that can really get people’s goat.

Should you park your car in a head-in manner, or should you instead utilize the reverse arrangement whereby you back into a parking space?

This has become a longstanding question and an erstwhile and irksome choice, and abundantly is worthy of the Hatfield-McCoy kind of enmity. Almost any driver that you might come upon has an opinion on this fierce debate conundrum. Some drivers swear an eternal oath to the head-in parking approach and eschew the nose out as an alternative. Meanwhile, some drivers have an ironclad belief in the nose out parking, lamenting that the head-in technique is rife with problems and ought to be banned from existence.

The two camps are usually vocally adamant and diametrically opposed to each other. It can get darned ugly.

For the head-in camp, they argue that it makes obvious sense to drive your car forward into a parking spot. Doing so allows you to clearly see whether the spot is fully open and unobstructed. You can also smoothly enter into a parking space and adroitly align yourself to provide maximum distance between the cars on either side of you. The beauty too is that if you want to use your trunk, such as getting out some heavy winter jackets for the cold walk through the parking lot or to place packages into the trunk upon your return to the parked car, it is easy-peasy to do so.

They admit freely that backing out of the parking spot is a bit delicate. Nonetheless, if one carefully and slowly goes in reverse, paying attention to what is behind you, the exit-without-incident from a parking spot is relatively assured. Just stay on your toes and look over your shoulder. Plus, many of today’s cars have a backup cam that provides another way to see behind the vehicle.

That covers the mainstay of the favored aspects about doing the forward first, known too as the head-in, or pull-in parking option.

The nose out camp argues that the most sensible way to park involves reversing or backing into a parking spot. They assert that it is rare that a parking spot proffers any difficulties getting into, such that if backing up is considered a dicey form of driving, best to do so when getting into a spot. Might as well take your time and back into the parking spot, which will then ease your efforts when later on exiting from the space.

When exiting from a parking space, you are now looking forward and able to use all the facilities that are associated with driving ahead. This makes indubitably good sense since the act of resuming your place into the busy lane of traffic requires the greatest precision and driving control. In addition, they point out that the driver can make eye contact with pedestrians that are walking nearby the car as you are exiting from the parking spot. This allows a driver to wave at those pedestrians or even possibly signal to a driver that is coming down the lane that they should either proceed or requesting them to temporarily halt while the car comes out of the parking space.

I believe that summarizes the back-in or so-called reverse parking, often described as the nose out positioning.

The nose out camp is apt to gleefully emphasize that most police cars and similar first responders tend to park using the back-in method. This showcases that there is an inherent advantage of being able to rapidly exit from a parking spot when the time comes to do so.

Take that, the nose outs exclaim.

The nose-in camp raises their eyebrows and asks how often a non-first-responder would ever need to screech and peel out of a parking spot, which presumably should be never. For those everyday drivers, perhaps the notion of parking via the back-in approach is tantamount to thinking that they can exit from a parking spot by putting the pedal to the floor and zooming out.

Bad idea that invites crazed driving, the head-in supporters would exhort.

Another bitter dispute is the impact on traffic and the creation of undue traffic delays. The nose-in camp claims that the back-in method causes all sorts of confusion and traffic snarling, waiting for the driver to inch their way into a parking spot, especially dicey since they often have gone past the spot and need to back-up initially to even get close to the spot. The back-in camp contends that the worst traffic woes are due to the nose-in drivers that can’t seem to smoothly back out of a parking spot, often doing so in a staggered and exasperating way, starting and stopping repeatedly, as though they are at a complete loss of how to properly drive a car.

The back-in drivers tend to believe they are superior drivers altogether. This snobbishness then irks the forward-first drivers. Tempers can flare. It is one thing to have tempers emerge when simply debating the merits of either method, yet an altogether more serious matter when road rage surfaces.

You’ve likely seen drivers that wait patiently for a reverse parking car. Even those with grand patience are at times pushed over the brink. You idiot, they are imploring, park your car the “right way” and it wouldn’t take you so long to get into that freaking parking spot. Some of these waiting drivers get so frustrated that they begin to yell at the other car or take insidious action that ought not to be undertaken.

Of course, the same can be said of the back-in drivers that are waiting when another car is trying to back out of a parking spot. Those drivers watch as the backing out driver agonizingly moves out of the spot, for which glaciers have been known to proceed at a faster pace. It can be so exasperating that the back-in driver screams out to the other car and urges them to get a brain, ostensibly suggesting they should henceforth use the back-in method. Those words can sometimes also become undue actions such as fisticuffs, though hopefully rarely goes that far.

Cities and local parking operators have tried various experiments to see what works best.

In some locales, you are legally required to park head-in, or legally required to park nose out, depending upon what the local ordinances and driving rules state. Signs such as “Park Heading In” are placed on display, as are signs that say “If You Can’t Pull Through, Please Back-In” (this is another one-off kind of parking circumstance, whereby in some parking lots they have two spaces back-to-back and you are intended to pull forward into the space at the head of the pair).

Additional complications occur when the lanes are one-way for feeding into or out of a set of parking spaces. There is also the matter of parking spots that are angled directionally versus those parking spots that are perfectly perpendicular to the lanes. In short, the design of the parking lot has a lot to do with whether one method is “best” in the given situation, wherein parking is somewhat dictated by how the parking lot maker wants you to park your car.

Going against the grain can be dangerous.

When a parking lot is designed for one of the methods, those that obstinately decide they are still going to park as they always have (assuming it isn’t the approach recommended or insisted upon by the parking lot operator), they are asking for trouble. All or most of the other drivers are presumably going to abide by the parking lot rules, meanwhile, the oddball driver won’t accede and therefore confounds other drivers and can spark unrest.

There is also the matter of customs or generally accepted practices. Suppose a parking lot allows for whichever parking method the drivers so prefer. If most of the drivers aim to use say head-in, the contrarian driver of the back-in method is bound to generate consternation. Likewise, if most of the drivers opt to back-in, and an occasional head-in arrives, there will be a clash of cultures.

A typical refrain involves asking the rhetorical question as to why should one drive the “stupid” way that other drivers do, simply because those dolts have the majority?

Or, if you like, just because everyone else is going to jump off a cliff or leaping off the end of a pier, does that mean you need to do so too (this is a classic line amongst parents and children, in case you’ve never experienced it before)?

Okay, the whole topic is quite a mess, and it would seem that the heated discourse and rampant name-calling is going to continue indefinitely.

Wait for a second, maybe it won’t be an ever-present dilemma. The future of cars holds that we will inevitably have self-driving cars. Perhaps that is the answer to this frightfully unresolvable but indeed solvable problem.

Here’s the question to consider: Will AI-based true self-driving cars opt to park via the head-in approach or via the back-in method?

If we can answer that question, perhaps we’ll have dealt with this matter once and for all.

Let’s unpack things and see.

Understanding The Levels Of Self-Driving Cars

As a clarification, true self-driving cars are ones that the AI drives the car entirely on its own and there isn’t any human assistance during the driving task.

These driverless vehicles are considered a Level 4 and Level 5 (see my explanation at this link here), while a car that requires a human driver to co-share the driving effort is usually considered at a Level 2 or Level 3. The cars that co-share the driving task are described as being semi-autonomous, and typically contain a variety of automated add-on’s that are referred to as ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems).

There is not yet a true self-driving car at Level 5, which we don’t yet even know if this will be possible to achieve, and nor how long it will take to get there.

Meanwhile, the Level 4 efforts are gradually trying to get some traction by undergoing very narrow and selective public roadway trials, though there is controversy over whether this testing should be allowed per se (we are all life-or-death guinea pigs in an experiment taking place on our highways and byways, some contend, see my coverage at this link here).

Since semi-autonomous cars require a human driver, the adoption of those types of cars won’t be markedly different than driving conventional vehicles, so there’s not much new per se to cover about them on this topic (though, as you’ll see in a moment, the points next made are generally applicable).

For semi-autonomous cars, it is important that the public needs to be forewarned about a disturbing aspect that’s been arising lately, namely that despite those human drivers that keep posting videos of themselves falling asleep at the wheel of a Level 2 or Level 3 car, we all need to avoid being misled into believing that the driver can take away their attention from the driving task while driving a semi-autonomous car.

You are the responsible party for the driving actions of the vehicle, regardless of how much automation might be tossed into a Level 2 or Level 3.

Self-Driving Cars And Parking Styles

For Level 4 and Level 5 true self-driving vehicles, there won’t be a human driver involved in the driving task.

All occupants will be passengers.

The AI is doing the driving.

Recall that we were perched on the edge of our seats, waiting breathlessly to find out whether self-driving cars are going to be parking via the head-in method or alternatively by the use of the back-in approach.

Is this up to the divine wisdom of some disembodied AI system that perhaps has achieved super-intelligence and therefore can utterly settle this open question?

Well, actually, there isn’t such a thing as super-intelligent AI, and nor is there even AI that has reached human levels of intelligence. Anyone that tries to con you otherwise is merely either confused or seeking to mislead you as to the current state of AI. AI doesn’t have common-sense reasoning and nor is it sentient. Perhaps, far in the future, this might be attained, but currently do not hold your breath.

The point is that we cannot look to AI as our seer that can resolve this question about the approach to parking.

In fact, the reality is that the AI will do whatever it has been programmed to do (assuming that the system comports with its programming and otherwise is essentially bug-free, etc.).

Even the heralded use of Machine Learning (ML) does not make-or-break the answer to the parking question. If you collected a ton of data about car parking and fed that data into a Machine Learning or Deep Learning (DL) algorithm, presumably the computationally pattern matching would identify the two types of parking, though deciding which is the better would not be especially part of the pattern identification.

If the parking data came from a parking lot or set of parking lots whereby the tendency was to park via the head-in approach, the ML/DL would tend to settle on using the head-in approach, merely because it was the more prevalent one in the data utilized. Similarly, if you collected and fed data from parking lots that had mainly nose out parkers, the ML/DL would tend to opt toward the nose out method.

You could say that there isn’t any right or wrong approach per se.

Here’s what that means.

If a self-driving car has been programmed or “learned” to park using either of the two methods, it would presumably use the “right” method for the appropriate circumstance. A parking lot that has established a head-in only provision would therefore be abided by and the AI would park via the forward first method. Upon encountering a parking lot that stated the nose out method must be used the AI would conform accordingly.

The AI doesn’t “care” which method is to be used (I’ve put quotes around the word “care” because it is crucial to not anthropomorphize AI and ascribe human-like emotional qualities, which regrettably many are doing and it is misleading and inappropriate).

Just as many human drivers are switch hitters when it comes to choosing the back-in versus head-in, the AI would select the method too that is suitable for the given parking lot and the parking conditions therein.

A slight wrinkle to this ambidextrous notion is that by-and-large self-driving cars are currently devised for forward-driving purposes and less so for backing up. The sensors on a self-driving car are usually focused on whatever is in front of the vehicle and there tend to be more such devices and of a stronger caliber aimed in that direction. Some self-driving car designers believe that ultimately the vehicles used for self-driving ought to be equally versatile in going forwards and in reverse, so much that there really should no longer be a distinction and essentially the vehicle will always be going forward, no matter whether at the presumed head or tail of the car (see my coverage at this link here).

In short, in today’s world, similar to how human drivers are seemingly less apt at driving in reverse, so too are the existing crop of self-driving cars (generally this is the case, though there are exceptions). This raises once again the overarching question as to when is the backing up activity to be best undertaken, assuming it is the weakest link of the driving task for both humans and AI.

Another factor that needs due consideration entails the driving choices of human drivers that might be driving nearby to the self-driving car. Though some dreamily think we are going to have only self-driving cars on our roadways, the reality is that for many decades we will have a mix of both human-driven cars and self-driving cars. The advent of self-driving cars won’t happen overnight and nor will the approximate 250 million conventional human-driven cars in the U.S. alone disappear suddenly.

So, the twist is the facet that a self-driving car will need to make a choice about the parking method and do so amidst human drivers that are nearby.

Should the self-driving car park in the same manner that other human-driven cars are doing?

Perhaps not, if those human drivers are not conforming to whatever the parking lot or locale has stated is the appropriate method to be used. Generally, the odds are that most self-driving cars will be programmed to drive as lawfully as possible, though I’ve pointed out in my columns that there will need to be exceptions allowed (see my analysis at this link here).

If human drivers are parking via say the back-in method, and there is no overt proclamation at the parking lot about which way to park, it would make sense for the AI to opt toward using the back-in approach. This though also assumes that the AI is able to ascertain that drivers are parking in that manner.

At this time, few self-driving cars are being crafted with software that examines how other cars are parked, and therefore the AI would not have any direct means of deciding what the parking prevalence seems to be.

Overall, most of the automakers and self-driving tech firms would suggest that the parking method selection is an edge or corner case, namely that on the list of priorities it is a quite low priority. You’ll find that usually the AI developers have crafted whatever they perceive as the most common approach to parking, such as the head-in, and ergo the AI is instructed or commanded to always take that approach, regardless of any other indications that might arise.

Conclusion

We can add some flair to this discussion about the parking methods by pointing out that self-driving cars will be employing V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) electronic communications.

This is important because it allows the AI of one self-driving car to communicate with the AI of other nearby self-driving cars. For example, suppose a self-driving car comes upon debris in the roadway, it can electronically message other self-driving cars to be watchful and avoid that debris. The V2V function is going to enable all kinds of systemic acts of vehicular coordination and collaboration, which today we get only by happenstance in a human-driving world.

Here’s how the V2V comes to play in the riddle of the parking methods.

A self-driving car enters into a parking lot that it has not been in before. Another self-driving car that is already in the parking lot could be contacted, via V2V, and the AI could advise the newly entering self-driving car that it makes the most sense to park head-in. That seems to settle the matter and the AI of the self-driving car seeking to park would likely use the head-in approach.

If there are only self-driving cars allowed in the parking lot, this makes life even easier. In that case, it could be that the AI of each self-driving car can choose whatever it prefers. This is so because all of the self-driving cars are going to be able to communicate with each other whenever they are backing up, regardless of how parked, and all other of the self-driving cars can adjust and plan their routing in the parking lot accordingly.

You do not necessarily need all of the self-driving cars to park in the same manner. Their ability to coordinate allows for whichever parking method happens to have been utilized by each self-driving car.

Now, you can make an argument that things would be even smoother if they did agree to use the same method, but that’s a discussion for another day.

The next time you decide to park your car, give some thought to whether you are using the head-in approach or the nose out method. Look around to see what the parking lot has stipulated or ascertained if there any local ordinances that state what parking approach is to be used. Judge too what the local custom or cultural practice seems to be.

And, when you see a self-driving car enter the parking lot, keep your eye on it. Others that haven’t read this column will assume that whatever the AI chooses is seemingly the irrefutably correct approach, but you can hold your head high and be as snobbish as you want, emphasizing that just because the AI did it that way, this doesn’t mean that us humans have to jump off a cliff or leap off a pier.

No AI can tell us to do that.

From Transportation in Perfectirishgifts

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