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marvelspookytoberprompts · 3 years

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Marvel Spookytober 2021 Prompts

Hello, everyone!

It’s finally that time of the year again, and Marvel Spookytober Prompts is back with prompts for you a bit later than usual.

For those who aren’t familiar, Marvel Spookytober Prompts is an event that lasts the entire month of October. It has two different prompts for you to choose from each day or you could even use both prompts. You are free to participate as much or as little as you wish, meaning there is NO minimum word count, minimum days to participate, minimum images, or anything of the like. All forms (writing, art, gifsets, moodboards, etc.) will be accepted.

Here are some quick reminders of this event:

You don’t have to use every prompt that is given for each day, but you are more than welcome to if you want.

If you would like for us to reblog your work, then use the hashtags #marvelspookytober or #marvelspookytoberprompts. For an extra measure, since tracked tagging has been a bit wonky lately, then tag us in your post.

To make it easier for us Mods for when we reblog and tag your work, please state what day and prompt(s) you have filled. (ex: Day 4 - Group Costume or Day 23 - “Don't you dare touch my caramel apples.” || The 13th Floor)

You can also include your work in our AO3 collection here. Please state what day and prompt(s) you have filled in the ‘Summary’ section.

HERE is a link to a post that shows fic formatting examples. This format should be done since it provides information about what your work entails so people can avoid it if there’s something they aren’t comfortable with.

These prompts are free for anyone to use; however, we will only be reblogging Marvel related content.

Without further ado, here, under the cut, are this year’s prompts!

If you have any questions, feel free to drop by our ask.

01 OCTOBER/DAY 1: “This sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen.” || Angel/Demon

02 OCTOBER/DAY 2: Horror Movie Binge || A broken lollipop, tears and hugs.

03 OCTOBER/DAY 3: “Please stop slapping the pumpkins. People are starting to stare.” || Masked Killers

04 OCTOBER/DAY 4: Group Costume || Camping trip, ghost stories, and a supernatural element.

05 OCTOBER/DAY 5: “That's such an inappropriate costume for the workplace. I'm telling HR.” || Hitchhiking Ghost

06 OCTOBER/DAY 6: Creepy Children Singing || Corn maze, scavenger hunt. and running into your ex.

07 OCTOBER/DAY 7: “Let me guess, you made your costume last minute?” || Vampires

08 OCTOBER/DAY 8: Zombies || Late night, consistent door knocking, and an empty front porch.

09 OCTOBER/DAY 9: “We are not doing a couple's costume.” || Cursed Amulet/Locket

10 OCTOBER/DAY 10: Ghost Town || Playing hide-and-seek in an abandoned mansion.

11 OCTOBER/DAY 11: “Would you like to be my date for the Halloween dance?” || Doppelgänger

12 OCTOBER/DAY 12: Shifters || S'mores, power outage, and sleeping under the stars.

13 OCTOBER/DAY 13: “So garlic really doesn't work on vampires?” || Killer Clowns

14 OCTOBER/DAY 14: No Call Service || Murky lake, mysterious deaths, and a terrible detective.

15 OCTOBER/DAY 15: “Hiking on a date can go two ways. Option one, we get engaged. Option two, someone gets murdered.” || Car doesn't start

16 OCTOBER/DAY 16: Vengeful Spirit || Newspaper clippings, new person in town, and a creepy legend

17 OCTOBER/DAY 17: “How long do you think it would take for Character A to realize I'm dressed as them?” || Old Diary/Journal

18 OCTOBER/DAY 18: Imaginary Friend || Falling, fruit picking, and a rain storm

19 OCTOBER/DAY 19: “I made a horrible first impression at the haunted house." - "No kidding, you nearly broke my nose.” || Hiding from a Killer

20 OCTOBER/DAY 20: Mad Scientist || A sunrise, a bumper sticker, and the color orange

21 OCTOBER/DAY 21: “My plan was to woo you but I just ended up scaring myself watching all those movies.” || Hidden Message

22 OCTOBER/DAY 22: Playing with Ouija Boards || Darting shadows in the corner of your eye

23 OCTOBER/DAY 23: “Don't you dare touch my caramel apples.” || The 13th Floor

24 OCTOBER/DAY 24: Found Footage || A small nature walk path in the forest

25 OCTOBER/DAY 25: “Get away from me! Your costume is horrendous!” || Mirror Scare

26 OCTOBER/DAY 26: Possessed Technology || Pumpkin carving, a haunted forest, and oversized sweaters

27 OCTOBER/DAY 27: “How could you hide something like that from me!" - "....It was a surprise costume party.” || Stalker

28 OCTOBER/DAY 28: Creepy Love Letters || Morning kisses, fake blood. and the warmth of a fire.

29 OCTOBER/DAY 29: “I don't think Character A knows how Halloween Works.” || Escaping Death

30 OCTOBER/DAY 30: Hidden Passages || The ever-growing chill as each night goes by.

31 OCTOBER/DAY 31: “I may be an idiot but I'm your idiot." - "Oh? I didn't realize you were wearing a costume.” || Abandoned Lighthouse Still Works || Flannel shirts, the harvest moon, and making your favorite apple-based desserts.

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unholyseattle · 3 years

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BELLEVUE / EASTSIDE

Bellevue is a city in Washington state, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Downtown Park has a large lawn, gardens and a waterfall. Nearby, the Bellevue Arts Museum features craft and design exhibitions, plus a sculpture garden. The Bellevue Botanical Garden highlights Pacific Northwest plants, and includes woodlands and wetlands. KidsQuest Children’s Museum has interactive science, tech and art exhibitions.

MAP OF BELLEVUE / EASTSIDE

Thanks to Bellevue’s diverse population, international cuisine abounds. For Taiwanese specialties like soup dumplings, Din Tai Fung (700 Bellevue Way NE, Ste 280) is worth the wait, while the related jian buns from Dough Zone (15920 NE Eighth St, Ste 3) are delectable. Inside modern Monsoon (10245 Main St), where Vietnam meets the Pacific Northwest, the Drunken Chicken strikes just the right balance of crunch and flavor. For sushi in a fashionable setting, look no further than Flo Japanese Restaurant & Sake Bar (1150 106th Ave NE). On the sweet side, the Insane Sundaes from Vivo 53 (504 Bellevue Way NE) are works of art. Take plenty of pictures before downing the Candy Esplosione, a sundae topped with a lollipop, M&Ms, rock candy, pretzels, a chocolate peanut butter brownie, and so much more. Also on the fun end of the spectrum, Lunchbox Laboratory (989 112th Ave NE, Ste 105) serves up creative cocktails and boozy shakes, like the tasty Cinnamon Toast Crunk (vanilla ice cream and Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal with a test tube of cinnamon whiskey). Slightly more understated, the sea salt caramels with a glass of tawny port is the perfect ending to a meal at Purple Cafe & Wine Bar (430 106th Ave NE).

Whether you just want to do a little window shopping or you have your heart set on something specific, Bellevue has the store for you. The Bellevue Collection* (575 Bellevue Square) is an excellent place to start, with about 200 retailers—think everything from Amazon Books and The Container Store to Apple, Microsoft, Anthropologie, and Nordstrom. At The Shops at The Bravern (11111 NE Eighth St), find all the designer labels your closet could crave, including Gucci, Prada, and Jimmy Choo. Outside the malls, Main Street (known as Old Bellevue) houses a variety of cute shops. Whisk (10385 Main St) carries all the kitchen supplies your chef heart could desire. Down the street, Title Nine (10237 Main St) is a friendly place for women to get high-quality activewear, glassybaby (10230 Main St) sells coveted handmade candleholders that are a great Northwest souvenir, and home goods shop Hedge & Vine (10028 Main St) carries an array of eclectic wares.

No matter the time of the year, Bellevue Botanical Garden (12001 Main St) always has something in bloom among its 53 acres. Indoors, relax in a sensory deprivation tank at Float Bellevue (11101 NE 12th St) or indulge in hydrotherapy at Yuan Spa (1032 106th Ave, Ste 125). In the evenings, let your competitive side shine with a game of bowling at vintage-meets-mod Lucky Strike (700 Bellevue Way NE, Ste 250), take in live jazz at Bake’s Place (155 108th Ave NE, Ste 110), and see an aerial performance every Friday and Saturday around 8pm at lounge Suite (10500 NE Eighth St) inside the Hyatt Regency. If you’re here in late July, don’t miss the BAM ARTSfair from the Bellevue Arts Museum* (510 Bellevue Way NE), an annual tradition that dates back to the 1940s. During the event, 300 designers and craftspeople gather to display their handmade art that represents everything from classic to modern craft. And the annual Bellevue Strawberry Festival is a summertime tradition that celebrates the fruit and the city’s strawberry farming roots.

#bellevue #unholy.locations

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thatsnotcanonpodcasts · 4 years

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Dr Who, Bubbles & Dreams

Doctor Who has finished another season with the biggest bombshell in nearly 60 years of stories. What does this mean? Why is it happening? And why does it taste like caramel and marzipan? Nobody except the leakers could have known what was going to happen this time, and it's more controversial than politics. Doctor Who has time traveled back to the 80s to pick up some plot ideas from the Dark Times between the cancellation and revival.

Hello Ducky, my old friend. I've come to talk with you again. Because a bathtub slowly filling is behind this week's scientific breakthrough. The Sound of Bubbles is key to understanding the physics behind their growth and collapse. Aren't you glad I didn't choose "Where did you come from, where did you go, where did you come from Bubbleeye Joe?" as the musical reference.

And then it's time for Dreams, the newest evolution in a long history of amateur game development tools. Some developers have already been picked up by a company thanks to their work on a No Man's Sky clone. Professor is excited for the resurgence of amateur game development and hopes Dreams will rise up to be the next generation's rapid prototype and release tool.

Dr Who Finale Discussion & Christmas announcement

-https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/2020/03/01/doctor-who-season-12-finale-2020-new-year-christmas-special-revo/

The sound of…..bubbles

- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sound-soap-bubbles-pop-reveals-physics-behind-bursts

- https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.084502

Next gen making games using…the power of Dreams

- https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/dreams-is-already-helping-to-foster-the-next-generation-of-game-devs/

Games Played

Professor

- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1064221/Halo_Combat_Evolved_Anniversary/

Rating – 3.5/5

- SYNTHETIK Arena - https://store.steampowered.com/app/984110/SYNTHETIK_Arena/

Rating – 3/5

Other topics discussed

Truck carrying toilet paper rolls exploded in the middle of the highway

- https://10daily.com.au/news/australia/a200304ghwdy/toilet-paper-gate-continues-after-truck-carrying-rolls-bursts-into-flames-20200304

Regeneration (In Doctor Who, regeneration is a biological ability exhibited by the Time Lords, a race of fictional humanoids originating on the planet Gallifrey. This process allows a Time Lord to undergo a transformation into a new physical form and a somewhat different personality after instances which would normally result in death.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regeneration_(Doctor_Who)

Cartmel Masterplan (fan name for the planned Doctor Who backstory developed primarily by Andrew Cartmel, Ben Aaronovitch and Marc Platt, by which they intended to restore some of the mystery of the Doctor's background that had been lost through revelation of the existing backstory.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartmel_Masterplan

Dr Who : Who are the Division

- https://www.cbr.com/doctor-who-season-12-finale-division-explainer/

Section 31 (Section 31, in the fictional universe of Star Trek, is an autonomous intelligence and defense organization that carries out covert operations for the United Federation of Planets.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_31_(Star_Trek)

Bradley Walsh to quit Dr Who after Christmas special

- https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bradley-walsh-set-sensationally-quit-21618111

Dr Who : Series 13 to feature the return of the Daleks

- https://www.cbr.com/doctor-who-series-13-daleks/

CyberMaster (The CyberMasters were Cyber-convertedTime Lords created by the Master from the corpses of all those who had been on Gallifrey when he destroyed the Capitol.)

- https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/CyberMaster

John Nathan Turner (ninth producer of the long-running BBC science fiction seriesDoctor Who. He was also the final producer of the series' first run on television (from 1980 until it was cancelled in 1989).)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nathan-Turner

BBC drama chief: Dr Who will not get cancelled

- https://www.cbr.com/doctor-whos-ratings-are-dropping-but-show-is-in-no-cancelation-danger/

Time Field (The time field was a body of time energy that spilled from cracks in the fabric of time and space.)

- https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Time_field

The Rani (Ushas, better known as the Rani and known more formally as Ushas of Miasimia Goria, was a renegade Time Lord and member of the Deca.)

- https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Rani

Jenny (Jenny was the daughter of the Tenth Doctor, artificially created from his DNA when it was sampled by a progenation machine.)

- https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Jenny_(The_Doctor%27s_Daughter)

Georgia Moffett (Georgia Elizabeth Tennant (née and credited as Moffett) appeared as Jenny, the title character of the Doctor Who story The Doctor's Daughter.)

- https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Georgia_Moffett

Chris Chibnall (English television writer and producer, best known as the creator and writer of the award-winning ITV mystery-crime drama Broadchurch and showrunning the long-running BBC sci-fi Doctor Who.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chibnall

The Slow Mo Guys : Bubble bursting at 18,000fps

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvZ2Z_s4Bo

Tom Scott : Help, My Fusion Reactor's Making A Weird Noise

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrtGp8hv-0Y

PS2 : An important piece of gaming history

- https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-51736665

Unity (cross-platform game engine developed by Unity Technologies, first announced and released in June 2005 at Apple Inc.'s Worldwide Developers Conference as a Mac OS X-exclusive game engine.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_(game_engine)

Blender (a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, motion graphics, interactive 3D applications, and computer games.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_(software)

Kodu Game Lab (originally named Boku, is a programming integrated development environment (IDE) by Microsoft's FUSE Labs. It runs on Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodu_Game_Lab

Garry’s Mod ((often abbreviated as GMod) is a sandbox game developed by Facepunch Studios and published by Valve.)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry%27s_Mod

Lancing with Myself (TNC Podcast)

- https://thatsnotcanon.com/lancingwithmyselfpodcast

Shout Outs

29 February 2020 –Game Developers Conference 2020 postponed - https://www.pcgamer.com/au/game-developers-conference-2020-has-been-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus-concerns/

GDC has announced that the 2020 event will be postponed until "later in the summer" due to ongoing concerns about the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. "After close consultation with our partners in the game development industry and community around the world, we’ve made the difficult decision to postpone the Game Developers Conference this March," reads an update from GDC's organizers. The coronavirus is also having an impact on events outside of GDC: Sony, Square Enix, Capcom, CD Projekt, and PUBG Corp all pulled out of PAX East. Multiple game tournaments, like IEM Katowice, have also had to deny access to the public, opting to continue as an online only event.

1 March 2020 – Luis Alfonso Mendoza passed away - https://comicbook.com/anime/2020/03/01/dragon-ball-anime-latin-dub-death-murder-gohan-luis-mendoza/

Luis Alfonso Mendoza Soberano known mainly for being the voice in the Latin American Spanish dub of teenage and adult Gohan in Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT, Daniel LaRusso in The Karate Kid saga, the voice of Bugs Bunny since 1997 and Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory was murdered in a shooting in Mexico City at 604 Balboa Street. According to local media, the incident was due to "a quarrel for a property" with the attacker. He died at the age of 55.

1 March 2020 – Ghibli art exhibition in Japan – https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-03-01/preview-ghibli-theme-park-displays-one-last-time-before-its-2022-opening/.156989

The Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art will hold an exhibit called "The Great Ghibli Exhibit ~Two More Years Until the Ghibli Park's Opening~". It will include display items destined for the upcoming Ghibli Park from June 25 to September 16. The exhibit will be the last preview of the theme park's contents before they move into the park's Ghibli no Daisōko Area (Giant Ghibli Storehouse) in two years. The latest version of the exhibit will also add previously unreleased materials. Entry to the exhibit will cost 1,600 yen (US$14) for a same-day adult ticket, or 1,400 yen (US$13) for a pre-booked ticket.

Remembrances

2 March 1729 – Francesco Bianchini - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Bianchini

Italian philosopher and scientist. He worked for the curia of three popes, including being camiere d'honore of Clement XI, and secretary of the commission for the reform of the calendar, working on the method to calculate the astronomically correct date for Easter in a given year. His deduction of a rotational period of Venus was based on the observation of its surface using a 2.6" (66mm) 100-foot focal length aerial telescope. Today, we know that this is impossible, because of the thick cloud cover on this planet. He also worked on the parallax of Venus, and he measured the precession of the Earth's rotational axis. As part of his efforts to improve the accuracy of the calendar, Bianchini was commissioned by Clement XI to construct an important meridian line in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri (the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs) in Rome, a device for calculating the position of the sun and stars. Craters on Mars and the Moon are named in his honour. He died at the age of 67 in Rome.

2 March 1930 – D.H Lawrence - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Lawrence

English writer and poet. His collected works represent, among other things, an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. Some of the issues Lawrence explores are sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile he called his "savage pilgrimage". Lawrence is best known for his novelsSons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley's Lover. In these books, Lawrence explores the possibilities for life within an industrial setting. Lawrence is concerned with the nature of relationships that can be had within such a setting. Though often classed as a realist, Lawrence in fact uses his characters to give form to his personal philosophy. His depiction of sexuality, though seen as shocking when his work was first published in the early 20th century, has its roots in this highly personal way of thinking and being. He died from tuberculosis at the age of 44 in Vence.

2 March 1944 – Ida Maclean - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Maclean

English biochemist and the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society. Between 1920 and 1941 Maclean published in the Biochemical Journal approximately thirty papers, many in collaboration, on her particular interests, namely the role of fatty acids in animals and the synthesis of fats from carbohydrates. She came to be regarded as an authority on biochemistry, and her 1943 monograph The Metabolism of Fat was the first published of Methuen's series Monographs on Biochemical Subjects. She died at the age of 66 in London.

2 March 1962 – Charles Jean De La Vallee Poussin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Jean_de_la_Vall%C3%A9e_Poussin

Charles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas, baron de la Vallée Poussin, Belgianmathematician. He is best known for proving the prime number theorem. The king of Belgium ennobled him with the title of baron. Although his first mathematical interests were in analysis, he became suddenly famous as he proved the prime number theorem independently of his coeval Jacques Hadamard in 1896. He also published a counterexample to Alfred Kempe's false proof of the four color theorem. The Poussin graph, the graph he used for this counterexample, is named after him. He died at the age of 95 in Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels.

Famous Birthdays

2 March 1545 – Sir Thomas Bodley – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bodley

English diplomat and scholar who founded the Bodleian Library in Oxford. In 1444, the existing university library was augmented by a gift of some 300 manuscripts from Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the youngest son of Henry IV; this prompted the university to build a new library above the Divinity School which was at that time under construction. However, during the Reformation of the 1550s, the library had been stripped and abandoned, remaining virtually untouched until the return of Bodley in 1598. The library was later named the Bodleian Library in his honour. He determined, he said, "to take his farewell of state employments and to set up his staff at the library door in Oxford." In 1598 his offer to restore the old library was accepted by the university. Bodley began his book collection effort in 1600, using the site of the former library above the Divinity School, which was in near ruin. Although Bodley lived over 400 years ago, modern libraries benefit from some of his ideas and practices. One important idea that Bodley implemented was the creation of a "Benefactors' Book" in 1602, which was bound and put on display in the library in 1604. While he did have funding through the wealth of his wife, Ann Ball, and the inheritance he received from his father, Bodley still needed gifts from his affluent friends and colleagues to build his library collection. Although not a completely original idea (as encouragement in 1412 the university chaplain was ordered to say mass for benefactors), Bodley recognized that having the contributor's name on permanent display was also inspiring. He was born in the city of Exeter in Devon.

2 March 1886 – Willis H. O’Brien – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_H._O%27Brien

American motion picture special effects and stop-motion animation pioneer, who according to ASIFA-Hollywood "was responsible for some of the best-known images in cinema history," and is best remembered for his work on The Lost World (1925), King Kong (1933) and Mighty Joe Young (1949), for which he won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) proposed giving O'Brien an Oscar for his technical effects on King Kong but Willis insisted that each of his crew receive an Oscar statue also, which the AMPAS refused to do, so O'Brien refused to accept the Oscar award for himself. He was born in Oakland California.

2 March 1902 – Edward Condon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Condon

Distinguished American nuclear physicist, a pioneer in quantum mechanics, and a participant in the development of radar and nuclear weapons during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. The Franck–Condon principle and the Slater–Condon rules are co-named after him. During the McCarthy period, when efforts were being made to root out communist sympathizers in the United States, Edward Condon was a target of the House Un-American Activities Committee on the grounds that he was a 'follower' of a 'new revolutionary movement', quantum mechanics; Condon defended himself with a famous commitment to physics and science. Condon became widely known in 1968 as principal author of the Condon Report, an official review funded by theUnited States Air Force that concluded that unidentified flying objects (UFOs) have prosaic explanations. The lunar crater Condon is named for him. He was born in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

2 March 1904 – Dr. Seuss – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss

Theodor Seuss "Ted" Geisel, American children's author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. Geisel adopted the name "Dr. Seuss" as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College and as a graduate student at Lincoln College, Oxford. He published his first children's book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street in 1937. During World War II, he took a brief hiatus from children's literature to illustrate political cartoons, and he also worked in the animation and film department of the United States Army where he wrote, produced or animated many productions – both live-action and animated – including Design for Death, which later won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. After the war, Geisel returned to writing children's books, writing classics like If I Ran the Zoo (1950), Horton Hears a Who! (1955), If I Ran the Circus (1956), The Cat in the Hat (1957), How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957), and Green Eggs and Ham (1960). He published over 60 books during his career, which have spawned numerous adaptations, including 11 television specials, five feature films, a Broadway musical, and four television series. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Events of Interest

2 March 1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute - https://www.wired.com/2010/03/0302b50-nonstop-circumnavigation/

The flight covered 23,452 miles, averaging a ground speed of 249 miles per hour. The modified bomber required air-to-air refueling four times as it flew ever eastward. The airplane was an updated version of the B-29 that had fought in World War II and was close to being obsolete by 1949. Refueling while flying was the biggest challenge of the flight. Though commonplace today, the technique was not widely used at the time. The Lucky Lady II was refueled from its close relative, the tanker version KB-29. Four pairs of KB-29s based in the Azores, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines and Hawaii were used as airborne gas stations. The Lucky Lady II was actually the second aircraft set up for the around-the-world flight. The first B-50, Global Queen, experienced engine problems after taking off Feb. 25 and landed in the Azores. The jet-powered B-52 bomber erased the Lucky Lady II's record in 1957 with a circumnavigation lasting just 45 hours, 19 minutes. Another B-52 lowered the record in 1980 to 42 hours, 23 minutes. The record still stands today.

2 March 1972 – The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral,Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pioneer-10-launched-to-jupiter

Pioneer 10, the world’s first outer-planetary probe, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet. In December 1973, after successfully negotiating the asteroid belt and 620 million miles, Pioneer 10 reached Jupiter and sent back to Earth the first close-up images of the spectacular gas giant. In June 1983, the NASA spacecraft left the solar system and the next day radioed back the first scientific data on interstellar space. NASA officially ended the Pioneer 10 project on March 31, 1997, with the spacecraft having traveled a distance of some six billion miles.

2 March 1978 – Grave robbers steal Charlie Chaplin’s body - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/grave-robbers-steal-charlie-chaplins-body

In one of history’s most famous cases of body-snatching, two men steal the corpse of the revered film actor Sir Charles Chaplin from a cemetery in the Swiss village of Corsier-sur-Vevey, located in the hills above Lake Geneva, near Lausanne, Switzerland. After Chaplin’s widow, Oona, received a ransom demand of some $600,000, police began monitoring her phone and watching 200 phone kiosks in the region. Oona had refused to pay the ransom, saying that her husband would have thought the demand “ridiculous.” The callers later made threats against her two youngest children. After a five-week investigation, police arrested two auto mechanics–Roman Wardas, of Poland, and Gantscho Ganev, of Bulgaria–who on May 17 led them to Chaplin’s body, which they had buried in a cornfield about one mile from the Chaplin family’s home in Corsier. That December, Wardas and Ganev were convicted of grave robbing and attempted extortion. Political refugees from Eastern Europe, Wardas and Ganev apparently stole Chaplin’s body in an attempt to solve their financial difficulties. Wardas, identified as the mastermind of the plot, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years of hard labor. As he told it, he was inspired by a similar crime that he had read about in an Italian

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cashcounts · 6 years

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Finally. Halo, one of the top e-liquid makers has just released a new line of Ultra Salts. Featuring a salt-based version of their most popular flavors: Tribeca and Sub Zero. Experience the magic of Halo’s classic e-liquid in high nicotine strengths. Perfect for MTL tanks and pod style devices.

Sub Zero delivers an icy blast of menthol and Tribeca is a classic RY4-inspired tobacco mixed with sweet caramel and vanilla. If you’re looking for something sweeter, they also have two EVO flavors available with nic salt. It includes a sugary bubblegum and a juicy watermelon flavor.

Nicotine strengths: 35 and 50 mg

JUUL

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JUUL Labs actually pioneered the whole nic salt trend years ago. The first nic salt e-juice ever made was based on the juice found inside the JUUL pre-filled cartridges. To this day, it is still the most popular device used for vaping, especially with smokers and nic salt e-liquid lovers.

The JUUL makes vaping more accessible to beginners and smokers. It simplifies the process by using pre-filled pods, eliminating the need for refilling or maintaining coils. You just pop in your flavor of choice and vape. No buttons or menus. It’s an easy choice for transitioning smokers. It’s also an excellent companion device to have for the more experienced stealth vapers.

Nicotine strengths: 50 mg

Nkd 100 Salt

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One of the top e-liquid brands just rolled out a line of salt-based e-juice. Vape your favorites like American Patriots, Brain Freeze, Frost Bite, Really Berry and of course Lava Flow in a whole new way. Comes in 25 and 50 mg nicotine in 30 mL bottles. Need a refill? Get Naked.

Nic strengths: 25 and 50 mg

Salt Bae

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Salt Bae offers four varieties in 25 and 50 mg nicotine. With flavors including strawberry kiwi, honeydew ice, sweet caramel tobacco, juicy watermelon, red mango and green apple. Each one comes in a 30 mL unicorn bottle. Their juice is smooth and the flavors descriptions are on point.

Nic strengths: 25 and 50 mg

Mr. Salt-E

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Mr. Salt-E has one of the largest selections of flavors when it comes to salt-based e-liquid. The juice is available in 25 or 45 mg and comes in 30 mL bottles. They even have five special 5 mg blends suitable for sub ohming. From fruit to desserts, Mr Salt-E has 30 flavors to choose from.

Nic strengths: 5, 25, 45 mg

I Love Salts

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Mad Hatter just introduced a whole new line of high nicotine juice. The flavors include Sweet Tobacco, Spearmint Gum, Strawberry Candy, Grappleberry, Fruit Cereal and Juicy Apples. They come in 30 mL bottles in either 25 or 50 mg nic. If you love salts, you’re gonna love this stuff.

Nic strengths: 25 and 50 mg

Salty Man

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Salty Man doesn’t just have slick artwork, they also have great prices. They offer 12 flavors ranging from candy, cereal, tobacco, beverage and dessert flavor profiles. Salty Man sells 30 mL bottles in 30 and 50 mg nicotine and also 120 mL bottles in 0, 3 and 6 mg for sub ohming.

Nic strengths: 0, 3, 6, 30 and 50 mg

Ripe Collection

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Love the taste of ripe fruit? This line consists of three different fruity combos. Straw Nanners, a classic blend of ripe banana and fresh strawberry. Fuji Melons, a Fuji apple mixed with guava and watermelon, and Kiwi Dragon Berry a tangy kiwi combined with dragon fruit and blueberry.

Nicotine strength: 35 and 50 mg

What is nicotine salt?

Nicotine salt e-juice contains a naturally-occurring compound found in tobacco leaves called benzoic acid. Unlike the nicotine ordinarily used in e-juice, salts aren’t just pure nicotine; they’re compounds containing other organic components. A more stable molecule is formed as a result of this. The form of nicotine ordinarily used in e-liquid is called “freebase” nicotine. This is nicotine unbonded to anything else and has been traditionally considered preferable for vaping.

How do nicotine salts work in e-liquid?

The story so far is a little confusing. Companies offering nicotine salt vape juices claim that it’s much more satisfying to vape than traditional freebase nicotine e-liquid, and yet the tobacco industry appears to have come to the exact opposite conclusion. Are the e-liquid companies missing something? Is nicotine salt e-liquid just a marketing gimmick?

This would have been the case were it not for some experiments performed by Pax Labs, who created the JUUL vape. Through many experiments with different formulations (explained in detail in a patent but in a much more readable format here), their researchers discovered that specific nicotine salts actually appeared to work better than freebase nicotine e-liquid. They call the finding “unexpected,” but tests of the blood nicotine levels obtained by users confirm the results.

The key ingredient was benzoic acid, which was added to control the specific nicotine salt formed in the e-liquid. By considering the reactions that occur at vaping-like temperatures, they were able to make a juice containing nicotine salts that still got you plenty of usable nicotine when you vape it.

By adding benzoic acid, the vapor from nicotine salt e-juice has a lower pH and is less harsh to vape, but chemical reactions occur during vaping that maintain high freebase nicotine content in the vapor. This means you can comfortably vape higher-nicotine e-juice.

Through more experimentation and consideration of vaping conditions (where temperatures are lower in general), PAX Labs has found a way to make nicotine salts a viable method of vaping, and arguably a better one. Today we see tons of vape of companies following the nic salt trend.

Benefits of nicotine salt

Taking a step away from the science of nicotine salt e-juice, what does this all mean for you as a user? Why should you try nicotine salts?

You’ll get more nicotine, more quickly: Nicotine salts formed using a suitable acid and paired with the right sort of device seem to get nicotine into your blood more effectively.

You don’t need to consume 10 mL of e-juice per day if you can have a 60 mg/mL e-juice instead of a 6 mg/mL one. Vaping higher nicotine e-juice is more enjoyable with nic salt.

Nicotine salt e-juice has a longer shelf-life: Nicotine salts are more stable than freebase nicotine, which means that nicotine salt e-juice will last longer in storage without the nicotine degrading.

You don’t need a powerful device: Nicotine salt e-liquids are more efficient at getting you nicotine, so you don’t need to compensate with a 150 W box mod – a simple, tiny pod vape can be just as satisfying.

How to vape nicotine salt

Pod-style devices are optimal for vaping nicotine salts. Nicotine salt e-liquid is intended for use in lower-power devices. The JUUL is a great example of a device that uses nicotine salts. It’s compact and low in power output, essentially like a futuristic cigalike.

If you have a higher-power device, you can also get nicotine salt e-liquid in lower nicotine levels too. Whether these are actually noticeably better than ordinary freebase nicotine e-juice at the same nicotine level is unclear, but many vapers tend to find it more satisfying and smoother.

Is nicotine salt safe?

This is an understandable question, but the truth is that nicotine salt itself is probably just as safe as freebase nicotine. Ultimately, even if it’s originally in the form of a salt, the nicotine affects the body in the same way, so there are no real differences in terms of risks.

However, there is one important factor to consider. To make nicotine salts work in e-juice, benzoic acid is added to the mix. While this isn’t known to be very toxic to humans, most of the evidence concerns ingestion rather than inhalation. Studies on animals suggest little risk, but the truth is that we’re not too sure what the long-term effects will be for humans inhaling benzoic acid at the concentrations found in nicotine salt e-juice.

Despite this big question mark over the risks of inhaling benzoic acid, it goes without saying that vaping nicotine salt e-liquid is still going to be much, much safer than smoking. In addition, the reduction in the amount of vapor you’ll have to inhale could arguably make a high-strength nicotine salt e-juice even safer to use than an ordinary e-liquid.

Is nicotine salt addictive?

Although the word dependence is more suitable when discussing “addiction” to nicotine outside of smoke, in everyday (i.e. less precise) language, nicotine salt is addictive. Other components of smoke do enhance the addictiveness of smoked tobacco, but nicotine itself is still the primary addictive component of smoke. In short, nicotine salt e-liquid is just as addictive as freebase nicotine e-liquid, and if it leads to sharper spikes in blood nicotine levels (which Pax’s data suggest it does) it could actually be slightly more addictive than normal e-juice.

Not for everyone, but ideal for some

Nicotine salt e-juice isn’t the right choice for every vaper. If you like huge clouds, you’re better off sticking with standard e-juice, for example. But for anybody just switching from smoking who finds ordinary e-juice too harsh on the throat or unsatisfying, or any vaper looking for something to use quickly and discreetly, it’s a potential game-changer. Expect to see a lot more about nicotine salts this year. What are your feelings on nicotine salt? Have you tried them yet, what was your experience like? Leave us a comment below!

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