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March 4th is National Grammar Day when we are all encouraged to “speak well, write well, and help others do the same!” For those in need of a grammatical refresher, we’re sharing Friend Grammar Pictured Lessons in Grammar by Helen L. Smith. Published in Duluth, Minnesota in 1930, Smith’s workbook takes learners on an animated journey of the rules of language and writing with the guidance of “Friend Grammar.” In her own words, “This book appeals to the EYE, the EAR, the IMAGINATION, lends itself to DRAMATIZATION, and HAND WORK”.
Friend Grammar Pictured Lessons in Grammar was a gift Verna L. Newsome and is part of our extensive Historical Curriculum Collection.
O month of fairer, rarer days
Than Summer’s best have been;
When skies at noon are burnished blue,
And winds at evening keen;
When tangled, tardy-blooming things
From wild waste places peer,
And drooping golden grain-heads tell
That harvest-time is near.
Though Autumn tints amid the green
Are gleaming, here and there,
And spicy Autumn odors float
Like incense on the air,
And sounds we mark as Autumn’s own
Her nearing steps betray,
In gracious mood she seems to stand
And bid the Summer stay.
Though beneath the trees, with fallen leaves
The sward be lightly strown,
And nests deserted tell the tale
Of summer bird-folk flown;
Though white with frost the lowlands lie
When lifts the morning haze,
Still there’s a charm in every hour
Of sweet September days.
A sequel to the 1996 blockbuster "Twister" has finally been greenlit, and it is currently seeking some very interesting names to join its ranks. Officially called "Twisters," Deadline broke the news of the sequel's existence, which will be distributed by Amblin Entertainment and co-financed with Universal Pictures and Warner Bros.
The script for the sequel was written by Mark L. Smith, and will reportedly focus on the relationship between the original film's Jo (Helen Hunt) and her daughter. According to Deadline, it was personally approved by Steven Spielberg, who helped fast-track its development under the guidance of director Joseph Kosinski.However, no decisions or offers have been made as of yet.It is also not yet clear how the film plans to handle the absence of the late Bill Paxton, who portrayed Jo's estranged husband, also named Bill.
hi!! i know this has beeb asked before but not for a while and I thought there might be some releases since then, so : any Queer High Fantasy? I've been recommended Priory of the Orange Tree before. Thank you!!
Not sure when the last time was but here’s what’s currently on my radar! (You can also find these here, and an asterisk means it’s not out yet: https://lgbtqreads.com/sff/spec-fic-by-subgenre/) I bolded some of the ones that are newer or coming out in the next few months.
MG
*Splinter & Ash by Marieke Nijkamp – NB
Sir Callie by Esme Symes-Smith – NB
YA
Female Protags
The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett
The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco – L
Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst – L,B
Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst – B
The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine – B
Noble Falling and Noble Persuasion by Sara Gaines
Rule by Ellen Goodlett
Havenfall by Sara Holland
*Hearts Forged in Dragon Fire by Erica Hollis
The Afterward by EK Johnston
Empirium by Claire Legrand – B
Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller – BA
These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
It Ends in Fire by Andrew Shvarts
Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria – B, A
The Third Daughter and The Second Son by Adrienne Tooley
Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells – B
The Thousand Names by Django Wexler
Male Protags
Cloaked in Shadow by Ben Alderson
The Runebinder Chronicles by Alex R. Kahler
Skybound by Alex London
So This is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas – T
Non-Binary Protags
Spell Bound by FT Lukens
Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller – GF
*A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee Paige O’Brien
Adult
Female Protags
A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair
Tales of Inthya by Effie Calvin
The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell
Rook & Rose by M.A. Carrick
The Night and its Moon by Piper CJ
The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
*Warmongers by C.L. Clark
The Gardener’s Hand by Felicia Davin
*The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang
Dragonfall by L.R. Lam
The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
From Under the Mountain by C.M. Spivey
The Drowning Empire by Andrea Stewart (Amz)
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Malice by Heather Walter
When Women Were Warriors series by Catherine M. Wilson
"With the bogey of Sunday rates of pay, the LMS Northern Division ran those Sunday services on a veritable shoestring. Only Glasgow Central station was used, and one locomotive depot, Polmadie. Signal boxes were switched out wherever possible. From Paisley to Kilwinning, there was no box open except Glengarnock No 2, which was kept open for the ironworks. Staffs at stations were the minimum.
In June 1927 the LMS took a really daring decision, advertising a Sunday Excursion from Glasgow to Portpatrick on 18 June from Central station. The G&SW men had been complaining that they were getting no share of the Sunday jobs, so authority said to Corkerhill, 'Here you are. Run this excursion to Portpatrick. Put on two of the heaviest engines which are permitted, and give the job to your two senior passenger men.' So Corkerhill chose two big-boilered Manson 4-4-0s, Nos 14374 (ex-346, ex-157) and 14261 (ex-389, ex-259), of the 18 and 240 classes respectively. They gave them to the two oldest drivers, Sanny Rowan and Dick Gaw, who had been leading a quiet life on the 'old men's jobs'. They did not know the road into Central, but they were told to proceed to West Street and they would get a conductor from there. So they set off from Corkerhill tender-first, and with a big of juggling got to West Street. No conductor there. 'Go on. He's at Larkfield,' said the signalman, 'It's not far.' So they got down to Larkfield, and of course landed in Central nose first! They had to come back out to Eglintgon Street to turn. They got back in to find a train of eleven corridors and a Pullman diner, Helen Macgregor, 366 tons tare and filling rapidly.
They got away eight minutes late and sat for 15 minutes at Paisley waiting on the Largs train clearing Glengarnock. By the time the train left Paisley it was estimated that there were 950 passengers aboard. They called at Irvine, Troon and Prestwick, with a draw-up at each to let all the train get to the platforms. At Ayr, both engines took water. By this time the train was packed. There was an extra stop to pick up a party from Kilkerran. At Girvan both locomotives took water again. Webster was guard and he came forward at Girvan grumbling about the delay. Dick Gaw, flourishing his oil can, chased him up the platform, threatening to knock the bluidy heid off him.
Now came the problem. The scheduled top load for each of those engines, Girvan to Pinmore, was 140 tons, and they had 366! No assistance was available. How they got up, I shall never know. I think the regulators must have been twice round. Stop at Pinmore — another party to lift — missed the tablet at New Luce and had to stop and run back for it, arriving 80 minutes late Stranraer. They then took the whole train down to Portpatrick, rounded it (on a loop which held, I think, eight coaches) and hauled the whole lot back up to Stranraer, tender-first. At Stranraer there was no one on duty except a signalman. They had to turn, water and coal both engines; two big fires to clean. Then they had to turn to and fill finer tanks and lavatory tanks, and by buckets, for the hoses were either locked up or could not be found. Then back down to Portpatrick, with a 40-minute late start on the return journey. They had a special stop at Dunragit, parties at Pinmore and Kilkerran, and had double stops at all stations except Ayr, finally arriving 148 minutes late in Glasgow Central. The engine crews booked off at Corkerhill after eighteen hours on duty!
'Splendid!' said Head Office, examining the passenger returns on Monday morning, and it promptly arranged for another similar excursion [next] Sunday."
p. 31-33, Legends of the Glasgow & South Western (David L. Smith)
we got 323 submissions and labored over every single one until approximately 2am, which is why this bracket looks so fucking incomprehensible. (shoutout to tumblr user asparagoos for creating The Milves Rubric and user pastramis, who plays fantasy football and knows brackets.)
anyway, full match-ups are below the cut. starting tonight (3/30) we'll start with uhh the upper left-hand chunk today, then make our merry way down the list three times a day until the first elimination round ends. the top scoring milves will not appear until the second elimination round, aka when this bracket is legible.
milf lovers grab your therapist's number!
ROUND 2 / BRACKET 1
Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time) vs. Marge Simpson (The Simpsons)
Queen Clarisse Renaldi of Genovia (The Princess Diaries 1 & 2) vs. Olivia Crain (The Haunting of Hill House)
Barbara Howard (Abbott Elementary) vs. Ambessa Medarda (Arcane)
Helena "HG" Wells (Warehouse 13) vs. Taissa Turner (Yellowjackets)
ROUND 2 / BRACKET 2
Catelyn Tully Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones) vs. The Black Fairy (Once Upon a Time)
Penelope (Greek Mythology, The Odyssey) vs. Siobhan Sadler (Orphan Black)
Xenomorph Queen (Alien Cinematic Universe) vs. Goldie O'Gilt)
Bella Goth (The Sims) vs. Jean Milburn (Sex Education)
ROUND 2 / BRACKET 3
Cersei Lannister (A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones) vs. Valka (How to Train Your Dragon 2)
Queen Calanthe (The Witcher Netflix) vs. Nancy Botwin (Weeds)
ROUND 1 / BRACKET 1
Marge Simpson (The Simpsons) vs. Ella Montgomery (Pretty Little Liars) WINNER MARGE
Queen Clarisse Renaldi (The Princess Diaries) vs. Peggy Bundy (Married With Children) WINNER CLARISSE
Sarah Jane Smith (Doctor Who, Sarah Jane Adventures) vs. Olivia Crain (The Haunting of Hill House) WINNER OLIVIA CRAIN
Barbara Howard (Abbott Elementary) vs. Stacy's Mom (Fountains of Wayne) WINNER BARBARA
Ambessa Medarda (Arcane) vs. Jacqueline Carlisle (The Bold Type) WINNER AMBESSA MEDARDA
Helena "HG" Wells (Warehouse 13) vs. Flemeth (Dragon Age) WINNER HG
Taissa Turner (Yellowjackets) vs. Janet Van Dyne (Antman and the Wasp) WINNER TAISSA
ROUND 1 / BRACKET 2
Patty Hewes (Damages) vs. The Black Fairy (Once Upon a Time) WINNER THE BLACK FAIRY
Milah (Once Upon a Time) vs. Penelope (The Odyssey) WINNER PENELOPE
A list of season 2 cast and crew members, confirmed and speculated
I will try and keep this updated
Not counting the obvious ones
Please note that this is a list of both cast and crew members, so PAs and such are also included and not just actors
Also if you're interested: on my bts instagram I only follow people who have worked on season 1, and people I suspect worked on season 2. So feel free to go through the list of people I follow if you're into that
A
Aaron Morton (Camera) - he’s listed on the very last picture as the camera-man
Adam Stein(Writer)
Alan F. (English solider)
Alexandria S.
Alison Telford (Casting)
Alistair Gregory - from this tweet so uncertain, but followed me back on my bts instagram account so seems to have some interest in ofmd
Amy Barber (Sound department)
Amy Tunnicliffe
Amanda Grace Leo
Amanda M. (Wedding guest)
Andrea Basile (Costume)
Andres Gomez Zamora (Visual effects)
Andrew DeYoung (Director) - I don’t remember if there was any other reason than the fact that he was in Aotearoa during filming
Andy McLaren (senior art director)
Andy Rydzewksi (Cinematographer)
Angelina Faulkner (Sound department)
B
Blair Nicholson (Camera)
Blair Teesdale (Camera)
Brad Coleman (Visual effects)
Brad McLeod (Special effects)
Brian Badie (Hairstylist)
Bronson Pinchot (“Torturer”)
Bryn Seager - I don’t remember why but I follow him
Bryony Matthew (Food stylist)
C
Caleb Staines (Camera)
Chantel Partamian (Visual effects)
Colin Elms (Art department)
Colin Rogers (Sound department)
Cora Montalban (Makeup and/or hairstylist) - I believe she was tagged in an instagram story once, and she’s followed by a ton of cast and crew members
Corrin Ellingford (Sound department)
Corey Moana (Camera)
Corry Greig (Art department)
Coti Herrera (Prosthetics/Makeup)
D
Damian Del Borrello (Sound department)
Daniel Fernandez (Spanish priest)
Danica Duan (Assistan accountant)
David Boden (production manager)
David G. (Stand in)
David Rowell (Financial controller)
David Van Dyke (Visual effects)
Dennis Bailey (Hairstylist)- Leslie revealed that he’s there.
Dion Anderson (Rescue diver)
Don A. (Swampy Town folk)
Donna Pearman (Assistant accountant)
Donna Marinkovich (set decorator)
Doug McFarlene (Pirate)
Duncan Nairn (Visual effects)
E
Eliza Cossio (Writer)
Erroll Shand (Prince Ricky)
Esther Mitchell (Camera)
F
Fernando Frias (Director)
G
Gareth Van Niekerk (Sound department)
Gary Archer (dental prosthetics)
Gemma Campbell (Visual effects)
Grant Lobban
Greg Sager (Safety manager)
Gregor Harris (Camera)
Gregory J. Pawlik Jr. (AD)
Gypsy Taylor (Costume designer)
H
Haroun Barazanchi (Set designer)
Harry Ashby (AD)
Helene Wong (Voice work)
I-J
Jacob Tomuri (Stunts)
Jaden McLeod
James Crosthwaite (Set decorator)
Jamie Couper (Camera)
Jason Samoa, possibly spotted on location
Jemaine Clement, pretty sure this is only based on his friendship with Rhys and Taika tbh
Jes Tom (Writer)
Jessica Lee Hunt (Makeup artist) - followed by a ton of crew and cast members and I believe she’s been tagged in instagram stories and such
John Mahone (Writer)
Jonathan Bruce (Sound department)
Jono Capel-Baker (Groom)
Jonno Roberts didn’t get the role from his audition, but could still have gotten a different role - hung out with Ruibo
Judah Getz (Sound department)
Julia Huberman (Sound department)
Julia Thompson (Costume)
Justin Benn (Republic of Pirates Town)
K
Karl L. (Action extra)
Kate Fu
Kate Leonard (Casting)
Kathleen Zyka Smith (“Red Flag”)
Kosuke Iijima (Fabricator/Sculptor?) - due to interaction on this post
Kris Gillan (Fabricator/Sculptor)
Kura Forrester - followed by quite a few cast and crew members, but I don’t remember if there was anything else to it
L
Laura Stables (SFX makeup artist)
Leanne Evans (Art department)
Lee Tuson
Leslie Jones (Spanish Jackie) - she’s spoiled this so many times, but gjfhdks
Leyla - followed by a lot of cast and crew members, don’t remember if there was more to it than that
John Whiteside Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons;[nb 1] October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering Corporation. He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, compositerocket propellant,[1] and pioneered the advancement of both liquid-fuel and solid-fuel rockets.
Following some brief involvement with Marxism in 1939, Parsons converted to Thelema, the new religious movement founded by the English occultist Aleister Crowley. Together with his first wife, Helen Northrup, Parsons joined the Agape Lodge, the Californian branch of Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) in 1941. At Crowley's bidding, Parsons replaced Wilfred Talbot Smith as its leader in 1942 and ran the Lodge from his mansion on Orange Grove Boulevard. Parsons was expelled from JPL and Aerojet in 1944 owing to the Lodge's infamous reputation and his hazardous workplace conduct.
In 1945, Parsons separated from Helen, after having an affair with her sister Sara; when Sara left him for L. Ron Hubbard, Parsons conducted the Babalon Working, a series of rituals intended to invoke the Thelemic goddess Babalon on Earth. He and Hubbard continued the working with Marjorie Cameron, whom Parsons married in 1946. After Hubbard and Sara defrauded him of his life savings, Parsons resigned from the O.T.O., then held various jobs while acting as a consultant for Israel's rocket program. Amid McCarthyism, Parsons was accused of espionage and left unable to work in rocketry. In 1952, Parsons died at the age of 37 in a home laboratory explosion that attracted national media attention; the police ruled it an accident, but many associates suspected suicide or murder.[2]
man i think this guy may have been doing life right
Genderbend animated Sitcom wifes x Yandere motherly Seriel killer reader
Name (Y/N) (L/N)
Age 22
Gender: female
(Eye color): (e/c)
(Hair color): (h/c)
Appearance:
your a tall woman with (e/c) eyes and (h/c)You have long hair that usually up in one or two buns and you wear glasses.
Personality: You are an enigma and Mystery. You are a Recluse who runs a bakery called Katz Kafe a kid and animal friendly Cafe in the middle of the Neighborhood. You are a quiet young woman who loves animals and children and because of that you are more of an Observer then a talker But at night, you are a serial killer called hellcat And you target abusive parents who disregard and harm their children So therefore you also take the kids You save to either foster care or a new home while leaving proof and evidence that the parents were not fit to raise their child. When you come out of you she'll your friendly, care, protective, intelligent, and wise and you give fairly good advice. You yourself had some parents who abused you and your siblings and when you were 11 you murdered your parents in cold blood and proceeded to do the same to any parents who do the same to their children.
(HellCat) sadistic, vindictive, mean Spirited, harsh, realistic, jaded, Short tempered, lethal
Powers/abilities
weapon use: you have a spiky club you use to kill your victims. You named it Excaliblog😵
Cooking: you are very good at cooking and baking you make free samples for the children and homemade healthy animal treats for their pets.👩🍳
Hyper awareness: you can hear things from miles away and pinpoint where it's coming from🫡
Night vision: you trained yourself to see and kill in the dark 😶🌫️
Teaching: you are an incredible teacher from Academics to self defense you can teach anybody anything you mainly tutor the children 🤓
Self defense: you are a fighter from professional to street fighter 😷
Super strength: Nobody knows how strong you truly are not even yourself but you could easily lift an school bus😤
Info broker: you know what goes on around the city even though you're not there🧐
Speed: you are very fast you once chase a bus you missed all the way to the next stop😛
Unlimited Stamina: your never Tired period it's never gonna happen 😑
Rage Quit: if someone were to hurt or threatened someone you love or a small child infront of you, you'll fly into a fit of blind pitch black rage that usually leaves blood on you hands ✋️🤬🤯
The genderbends lover Boys/Men
Marge simpson/Mark simpson (the simpsons)
Lois Griffin/ Lewis Griffin( Family Guy)
Francine Smith/ Francis Smith(American dad)
Donna Tubbs/ Donnie tubs (the Cleveland show)
Queen Dagmar /King Denmark(disenchantment)
Jenny hart/ Jake Hart(bless the harts)
Linda Belcher/ Lipten Belcher(Bob's burgers)
Gayle Genarro/ Gabe Genarro (Bob's burgers)
Peggy hill/ Pennsy Hill (king of the hill)
Nancy Gribble/ Nathan Gribble (king of the hill)
Minh Souphanousinphone/Mink Souphanousinphone (king of the hill)
Turanga leela/ Turango Lero(futurama)
Amy wong/ Alvin Wong(futurama)
Labarbara Conrad/ Lawson Conrad(futurama)
Beth Smith/ Ben Smith(Rick and Morty)
Riley Regan/ Ruckus Regan(inside job)
Paige Tillerman/ Pac Tillerman(Central Park)
Abby Hunter/ Albert Hunter(Central Park)
Helen Morgendorffer/ Hal Morgendorffer (Daria)
Honeybee Tobin/Wasp Tobin (the great North)
Sharon Marsh/Seymour Marsh (South park)
Liane Cartman/Lance Cartman (South park)
Carol Mccormick/ Calvin Mccormick(South park)
Sheila Brofloviski/ Sheldon Brofloviski (South park)
Black Femme Character Dependency Dark Skin Directory || Entertainers Pt. 1 (A-N)
For the purposes of this list and on this page, whenever I say “dark skinned,” I mean a traditional brown crayon or darker. I grew up around Black people, so the words “dark skinned” do not mean the same thing to me as it do to some nonblacks.
*I am attempting to redo this list that will not show up for some reason...
A.
Aaron Rose Philip | Abbey Mag | Adelayo Adedayo | Adele Oni | Adella Afadi | Adepero Oduye | Adina Porter | Aesha Ash | Afton Williamson | Aïssa Maïga | Aja Naomi King | Ajak Deng | Akiima | Akon Changkou | Alexandra Arboleda | Alfre Woodard | Aliet Sarah | Alisha White | Allison Dean | Alysia Rogers | Amanda Warren | Amandla Jahava | Amber Gray | Amber Riley | Amber Ruffin | Andrea Bordeaux | Anesha Bailey | Angel Haze | Angel Theory | Angelica Joy | Angelica Ross | Angelique Noire | Angely Gaviria | Aniela Gumbs | Ann Ogbomo | Ann Wolfe | Anne Amari | Antoinette Robertson | Ashleigh Morghan | Ashleigh Murray | Ashley Blaine Featherson | Ashley Romans | Asjha Cooper | Assa Sylla | Aube Jolicoeur | Aunjanue Ellis | Awar Mou | Aweng Chuol | Ayisha Issa | Ayo Edebiri
B.
Betty Adewole | Beverly Osu | Bianca Brewton | Biba Williams | Bintou Sillah | Blesnya Minher | Bob the Drag Queen | Bonnie Mbuli | Brandy Norwood | Bre Scullark | Bria Henderson | Brittany Adebumola | Brittany Marie Batchelder | Brooke Singleton
Da’Vine Joy Randolph | Damaris Lewis | Damita Jane Howard | Dana Davis | Danai Gurira | Danielle Deadwyler | Danielle Moné Truitt | Dawnn Lewis | Debbi Morgan | Deborah Ayorinde | Debra Wilson | Denee Benton | Dewanda Wise | Diahann Carroll | Diany Samba-Bandza | Diarra Ndiaye | Dominique Jackson | Duckie Thot
E.
Ebboney Wilson | Ebonee Noel | Ebony Obsidian | Edun Bola | Ego Nwodim | Elle M. Chaman | Ellen Bendu | Ellen Thomas | Elise Neal | Emayatzy Corinealdi | Enuka Okuma | Erica Tazel | Erika Alexander | Ester Dean | Esther Rolle
F.
Faith Alabi | Faith Omole | Faithe Herman | Fardosa | Fatou Jobe | Felecia M. Bell | Femi Taylor | Florence Kasumba | Folake Olowofoyeku | Franchesca Ramsey
G.
Gabrielle Graham | Gabrielle Union Wade | Gabourey Sidibe | Garcelle Beauvais | Geffri Maya | Genevieve Nnaji | Gina Torres | Gloria Hendry | Grace Jones
H.
Halimotu Shokunbi | Hamamat | Harriett D Foy | Heather Headley | Heir of Glee | Helen Aluko
I.
Ifeoma Nwobu | Iman | Imani Hakim | Imani Lewis | Ingrid Silva | Ireanna | Issa Rae
J.
Jacqueline Moore | Jada Harris | Jade Eshete | Jaimi Gray | Janelle James | Janelle Monae | Janeshia Adams Ginyard | Janet Hubert | Janet Jumbo | Javicia Leslie | Javonna Charde’ | Jayden Rey | Jayme Lawson | Jeante Godlock | Jemima Osunde | Jennifer Hudson | Jerrika Hinton | Jessica Allain | Jessieca Alford | Jill Marie Jones | Jo Marie Payton | Jobel Mokonzi | Jodie Turner Smith | Johnnie Hill | Joi Harris | Joie Lee | Jonica “Jojo” T. Gibbs | Josette Simon | Jwaundace Candece
K.
Kabrina Adams | Karen Glave | Karen Obilom | Karidja Touré | Karimah Westbrook | Keeya King | Kellie Shanygne Williams | Kellita Smith | Kelly Rowland | |Kenya Moore | Keshia Knight Pulliam | Kiara Pike | Kiki Layne | Kimberly Marable | Kirby Howell Baptiste | Kyla Ramsey
Matthew Swift series and Magicals Anonymous duology by Kate Griffin (reread). London sorcerer is raised from the dead and accidentally gets fused to the blue electric angels of the telephone lines along the way. Luscious prose, best urban magic I've ever read, and wickedly funny sense of humor.
Kane and Feels - podcast. Paranormal investigators go around London poking the mystic forces with a sharp stick. Surreal. Funny. Moderately comprehensible. There's nothing else quite like it. Someone described it as "the anti-TMA: you cannot form any theories about it no matter how hard you try."
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (reread) - two time travelers, defined as people stuck in time loops of their own lives, attempt to unravel the mystery of their existence. Suspenseful and beautifully constructed piece of nonlinear storytelling.
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (reread) - Rose tastes people's emotions in food. Her brother disappears into thin air. Their parents are fine. Surreal and haunting pearl of a story.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson - after a family tragedy, the surviving Blackwoods live in isolation from the village. A little Piranesi-ish subverted horror: the sense there's a secret at the heart of the world, and the secret is both joyful and terrible.
Our Flag Means Death - the crangst-filled pirate show that it seemed like the internet lost its mind over, for good reason.
Bee and Puppycat: Lazy in Space - Bee travels between the island and fishbowl space working temp jobs with Puppycat, until their pasts catch up with them. Dreamy, bittersweet, and gorgeous. Season finale was a banger.
Vesper Flights by Helen MacDonald (reread). Nature essays on humans and birds. Quiet, luminous, and filled with love of place. Faves were "The Human Flock", "High Rise", "Eulogy", and "What Animals Taught Me"
Natsume's Book of Friends (anime) - Technically about boy who can see youkai, learning how to navigate the world of human relationships. But really about masking, healing from trauma, and learning to trust.
Decent entertainment
The Deep by Rivers Solomon with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes
Encanto (2021) - movie
The Witcher, season 2 - show
What We Do in the Shadows - seasons 1-3, got bored afterwards
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (reread)
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
Touch by Claire North (reread)
Sing - movie
Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (reread)
The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren
Moon Knight - show, season 1
Moon Knight comics - 2011, 2014, 2016, 2021
The Batman (2022)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts (reread)
The Bad Guys (2022)
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (reread)
The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker
The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North
Johannes Cabal series by Jonathan L. Howard (reread): Johannes Cabal the Necromancer, Johannes Cabal the Detective, Johannes Cabal: The Fear Institute, The Brothers Cabal, and The Fall of the House of Cabal
The Owl House season 2
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (reread)
Strider by Beverly Cleary (reread)
Loki - show, season 1
Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
Paprika (2006) dir. Satoshi Kon (rewatch)
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar (reread)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Supernatural - seasons 1 – 6, selected episodes
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman - comics (reread)
The Sandman - show, season 1
Microcosmic God: The complete short stories of Theodore Sturgeon, volume II by Theodore Sturgeon
Various Dick King-Smith books (reread): The Merman, Harry's Mad, and Harriet's Hare
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Girl From the Other Side - anime
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
The Farewell (2019) dir. Lulu Wang
Horatio Lyle series by Catherine Webb: The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle, The Obsidian Dagger, The Doomsday Machine, and The Dream Thief
Mononoke (2007) dir. Kenji Nakamura - anime
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson. Fave: "The Beautiful Stranger"
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson. Faves: "Like Mother Used to Make" and "Flower Garden"
Legend of Nezha (哪吒传奇) - the 2003 cartoon
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Lucie Babbidge's House by Sylvia Cassedy
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Pinocchio (2022) - dir. Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson
Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
You Suck by Christopher Moore
Bite Me by Christopher Moore
Disliked and usually DNF
Guardian (cdrama)
The Gameshouse by Claire North
Kim's Convenience - show
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
Victoriocity - podcast
Sporadic Phantoms - podcast
Guardians of Childhood series by William Joyce - okay I finished it out of loyalty but it was no rotg that's for sure
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Keep Your Hands off Eizouken - anime
Arcane - show
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender
Willful Creatures by Aimee Bender
The Color Master by Aimee Bender
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
Megan's Island by Willo Davis Roberts (reread)
First Light by Rebecca Stead
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
The Apothecary by Maile Meloy
To Your Eternity - anime
Bloomability by Sharon Creech
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) dir. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Malevolent - podcast
Midnight Burger - podcast
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
M.E. and Morton by Sylvia Cassedy
Forty Stories by Donald Barthelme
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson
The Bird's Nest by Shirley Jackson
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
The Stench of Adventure (podcast)
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Assorted nonfiction
Songs of the Gorilla Nation by Dawn Prince-Hughes
The Organized Mind by Daniel J Levitin - nothing new except for the part about using your spatial memory to hack organization.
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker - how to organize social gatherings for meaningful and memorable experiences
Rust: the Longest War by Jonathan Waldman - investigative journalism book about corrosion, the hazard it presents to physical infrastructure, and how we mitigate it
Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8 by Naoki Higashida
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Li - DNF
The One-Minute Manager: The World's Most Popular Management Method by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson - techniques for one-minute goal setting, one-minute praisings, and one-minute reprimands
The Chinese Language: Its History and Current Usage by Daniel Kane. Good concise history of the development of written Mandarin Chinese and the underlying structure of the characters.
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold - essays on the American landscape and conservation ethics ca. 1950. Neat from a historical standpoint, but nothing to write home about these days. Which kinda is the point I guess.
Oregon Salmon: Essays on the State of the Fish At the Turn of the Millennium, ed. Oregon Trout
Caring for your Parents by Hugh Delehanty and Eleanor Ginzler
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat by Oliver Sacks - DNF
The Grid by Gretchen Bakke - history of how the physical and regulatory infrastructure of the American power grid was developed, and how it needs to be reimagined for the future.
Wildlife Wars : The life and times of a fish and game warden by Terry Grosz. Tales from his career as a California game warden catching poachers.
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. DNF. author's writing voice was supremely annoying
Wilderness and the American Mind by Roderick Nash, 3rd ed (1982) (reread) - history of Americans' changing attitudes towards nature and definitions of wilderness. A classic banger.
Black, Brown, Bruised: How racialized STEM education stifles innovation by Ebony Omotola McGee - good summary of what the successful programs for STEM students of color are doing right, everything else is the same old same old
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb. Account of the experience of going through therapy while working as a therapist. Excellent look at how we construct our personal narratives, and how to change them.
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Gremmy, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler. Strategies for having effective high-stakes conversations and managing your emotions. Good stuff.
Engineering and Social Justice by Donna Riley. Pretty entry-level, but it's a good bibliography for further reading.
Send in the Idiots by Kamran Nazeer
Why Are We Yelling? The art of productive disagreement by Buster Benson - DNF. disliked his writing style.
The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It’s up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent to find out exactly where the nukes are.
Credits: TheMovieDb.
Film Cast:
Henry Harold ‘H’ Humphries: Samuel L. Jackson
Agent Helen Brody: Carrie-Anne Moss
Steven Arthur Younger: Michael Sheen
Charles Thompson: Stephen Root
Rina Humphries: Lora Kojovic
Jack Saunders: Martin Donovan
Agent Vincent: Gil Bellows
Agent Leandro: Vincent Laresca
Agent D.J Jackson: Brandon Routh
Agent Phillips: Joshua Harto
General Paulson: Holmes Osborne
Col. Kerkmejian: Michael Rose
Mr. Bradley: Randy Oglesby
Alvarez: Benito Martinez
Lubitchich: Sasha Roiz
Winston: Dayo Ade
Katie: Yara Shahidi
Peter Humphries: Sayeed Shahidi
Jehan Younger: Necar Zadegan
Samura Younger: Jillian Bruno
Ali Younger: Coby Seyrafi
Major Pierce: Chris McGarry
CNN Announcer: Angela Martinez
ESPN Host: David E. Willis
Young Sergent: Geoff Meed
Observer: Kirk B.R. Woller
TV News Announcer: Kelly Vaughn
Announcer #2: Bill A. Jones
Soldier: Phil Somerville
Bomb Disposal Expert: Austin Nichols
Pedestrian with Child: Delaine Yates
Film Crew:
Casting: John Papsidera
Music: Graeme Revell
Stunt Coordinator: Charles Croughwell
Producer: Bill Perkins
Producer: Marco Weber
Director of Photography: Oliver Stapleton
Line Producer: Samson Mucke
Writer: Peter Woodward
Visual Effects: Chris Ervin
Key Hair Stylist: Robert L. Stevenson
Producer: Caldecot Chubb
Producer: Vanessa Coifman
Editor: Scott Chestnut
Director: Gregor Jordan
Production Design: Steven Jones-Evans
Key Makeup Artist: Francisco X. Pérez
Makeup Department Head: Allan A. Apone
Digital Intermediate: Keith Shaw
Still Photographer: Dale Robinette
Camera Operator: Chris Lombardi
Art Direction: Nick Ralbovsky
Visual Effects: Lucas Krost
Costume Design: Danielle Hollowell
Executive Producer: Vince Cirrincione
Executive Producer: Rachel Rose
Set Decoration: Amber Haley
Gaffer: Jack English
Costume Supervisor: Marisa Aboitiz
Supervising Sound Editor: Chad J. Hughes
ADR Supervisor: Angela Hemingway
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Jonathan Wales
Music Editor: Ashley Revell
Property Master: Guillaume DeLouche
Special Effects Coordinator: William Dawson
Script Supervisor: Tracy Scott
Dolly Grip: Sam Stewart
First Assistant Camera: Patrick McArdle
Digital Intermediate: Brian Beard
Key Grip: Patrick R. Heffernan
Casting Associate: Jennifer Cram
Lighting Technician: Jesse Mather
Lighting Technician: Simone Perusse
Prosthetic Makeup Artist: Brad Look
Digital Intermediate: James Ahern
Dolly Grip: Jeff Smith
Construction Coordinator: Lars Petersen
Movie Reviews:
DoryDarko: Unthinkable raises a question which has been an issue for many people all over the world for a very long time, and especially since 9/11. This question is, is it ever justified to torture an individual to save the lives of many? And if the answer is yes, how far can you go?
This issue is indeed a very sensitive subject and I think it takes guts for any filmmaker to put it out there in the open like Gregor Jordan did. Add to that the clever fact that he doesn’t actually make a choice, but rather lets the audience decide on whatever they want to think and feel, and you have a pretty gutsy and controversial concept.
In a nutshell, this film is about a man of American descent who has become a Muslim and has now, as an act of terrorism, planted 3 nuclear bombs in 3 major American cities which will go off in four days. Screenwriter Peter Woodward made some very tactical decisions considering the characters in the story. They are all somewhat stereotypical, but this is no bother because they’re all there for a reason. Carrie-Anne Moss, as an FBI investigator, represents the conscience, the sensitivity and the struggle to make the right decision. Samuel L. Jackson is her polar opposite; the brutal, rational, stone cold “interrogator” who does what he does because he’s the only one who can and willing to do it. The means he is willing to go to in order to get his subject to talk ...
by PresidentHaise
Saved from death itself without any memory of your past life, you awaken to find yourself in quite a predicament. Though you’ve been given new life, the cruel hand of fate has assigned you an unlikely savior who calls themselves “Neco-Arc”, and they’ve made their intentions clear from the get go are as selfish as they could be. With your new life purpose being to make the two-foot abomination as much passive income to fuel their obsession with fast food and gay hentai, you take on the role as Neco-Arc’s involuntary porn star: getting into wacky and life-threatening situations, all so you can rizz up whoever their audience wants you to take them to “Pound Town”.
(Still need to add tags along the way. This pornographic fanfic takes placed within Western media only, with a preference for animated characters.)
(This story is obliviously NSFW, and I’m open for any requests for characters that fit the criteria above. The more details you write, the more material I have to work with.)
Words: 5093, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Five Nights at Freddy's, Team Fortress 2, Marvel (Comics), Justice League - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Teen Titans (Animated Series), Incredibles (Pixar Movies), Big Hero 6 (2014), X-Men - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Major Character Death
Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi, Other
Characters: Michael Afton, Neco-Arc (Tsukihime), Peter Griffin, Meg Griffin, Lois Griffin, William Afton | Dave Miller, Marge Simpson, Francine Smith, Barbara Gordon, Diana (Wonder Woman), Harleen Quinzel, Pamela Isley, Raven (Teen Titans), Koriand'r (DCU), Cheetah, Karen Starr | Kara Zor-L, Miss Pauling (Team Fortress 2), Pyro (Team Fortress 2), Disney Animated Characters, Zhanna (Team Fortress 2), Aunt May Parker (Marvel), Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen, Rouge the Bat, Violet Parr, Helen Parr | Elastigirl, Cass Hamada, Amy Rose (Sonic the Hedgehog), Bruce Wayne, Lyra (She-Hulk), Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Nebula (Marvel), Kamala Khan, Carol Danvers, Gamora (Marvel), Gwen Tennyson, Roxanne Wolf (Five Nights at Freddy's)
Additional Tags: Shameless Smut, Weird Plot Shit, Lolicon, MILFs, Teenagers, BBW, interracial, male reader - Freeform, POV Second Person, Michael Afton-centric, Belly Kink, Foot Fetish, Blow Jobs, Impregnation, femboy, Celebrities, Porn With Plot, Dirty Talk, Anthropomorphic
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Here we are, the end of 2023. When I first got back into reading, I was not expecting to be so hyper-fixated on it. I was just looking for something to help with the brain fog and mental slump that I was struggling with.
Sweet, Sexy Heart - Melissa Foster ⭐⭐⭐⭐
King of Greed - Ana Huang ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Serendipity - Carly Phillips ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Forever My Girl - Heidi McLaughlin ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Real - Katy Evans ⭐
Bratva Knight - T. J. Maguire ⭐⭐⭐⭐
If I Break - Portia Moore ⭐
Found by You - Victoria H. Smith ⭐⭐⭐
Always Been Mine - Victoria Paige ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini Taylor ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Days of Blood and Starlight - Laini Taylor ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Savage - Michelle St. James ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Quick Trick - Skye Jordan ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Captive - Jex Lane ⭐⭐⭐
Forged by Malice - Elizabeth Helen ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Gold - Raven Kennedy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Where Good Girls Go to Die - Holly Renee ⭐⭐⭐
Baby Baby: Chicago - Victoria H. Smith ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Risk - S. T. Abby ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sidetracked - S. T. Abby ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Scarlet Angel - S. T. Abby ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
All the Lies - S. T. Abby ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Paint It Red - S. T. Abby ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Bought - Lauren Landish ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Keeping Lily - Izzy Sweet ⭐⭐⭐
Love and Other Words - Christina Lauren ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Beautiful Revenge - Sienna Blake ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Born, Darkly - Trisha Wolfe ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Beg, Borrow or Steal - Susie Tate ⭐⭐⭐
The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Breakaway - Heather M. Orgeron ⭐⭐⭐⭐
From Lukov with Love - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Sweetet Oblivion - Danielle Lori ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hero - Lauren Rowe ⭐️⭐️
Wait With Me - Amy Daws ⭐️⭐️
Trick Play - Eden Finley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
His Sweetest Song - Victoria H. Smith ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Gent - Harloe Rae ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Taking It Easy - Erin Nicholas ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chance - Louise Rose ⭐️
Beyond Repair - Susie Tate ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pestilence - Laura Thalassa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
War - Laura Thalassa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Famine - Laura Thalassa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Death - Laura Thalassa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Marriage Effect - Karla Sorensen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hidden Miles - Claire Kingsley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Let Me Burn - Carrie Elks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Deep in the Pocket - Lainey Davis ⭐️⭐️
Secrets of the Sea Lord - Starla Night ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hate to Love You - Jennifer Sucevic ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Going Down Easy - Carly Phillips ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Remember When - Judith McNaught ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
One for My Enemy - Olivie Blake ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Maddest Obsession - Danielle Lori ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Desperate Measures - Katie Robert ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Serenade to the Elf Queen - Niro J. Halle ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crow - Erin Trejo ⭐️⭐️
From Now Until Forever - Alexa Rivers ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Taking Meghan - Izzy Sweet ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ruthless Vows - Rebecca Ross ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Breaker - Harloe Rae ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Silenced by Sin - Ashley Lane ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Wild for You - Kendall Ryan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Haunted by Regret - Ashley Lane ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hungry Like a Wolf - Jessica Lynch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Phantom - Greer Rivers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Deal Breaker - Melissa McClone ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Vampire Bewitched - L. E. Wilson ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beautiful Savage - Caroline Peckham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Devil Wears Black - L. J. Shen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️