#j stewart burns

[nerds-yearbook]

In December 2041, the Simpson family gathered together to celebrate the holidays. Homer was now 69 and Marge 67. Bart (40) was divorced from Jenda (40) and had two sons, Picard/Jiff and Kirk/Skippy (there is some conflict on their names). He lived at the Springfield Elementary, which had been transformed into appartments. Principal Skinner had become the landlord there. Lisa (38) was married to Milhouse (40) and they had one daughter named Zia. Due to genetic eugenics, Zia only got genes from Lisa. Lisa had become a business woman. Maggie (31) wasn't married, but arrived very pregnant. She had become a pop star. Hospitals were staffed by medbots. Organs were able to be regrown. Brain transplants were viable as well cryogenic freezing. cloning was now common. Cyborg technology also existed. There were also robots, including lovebots. Holographic TV projection was now common. There were also advertisements projected to be seen from the sky. People were able to physically plug into the cyberverse. Instead of E-Mails, people sent B-Mails directly to their recipient's brain. Teleportation technology existed. Laser guns were available. Ghosts were proven to be real. It was learned that Homer had killed Edna Krabappel. He was also the reason strangling your children was illegal (Homer's Law). ("Holidays of Future passed", The Simpsons, TV)

#nerds yearbook #sci fi tv #animation #cartoon #suspended animation #2041 #the simpsons #j stewart burns #matt groening #mike b anderson #robot #cyborg #teleportation #homer simpson #marge simpson #lisa simpson #bart simpson #milhouse van houten #hologram #clone #december #christmas #dan castellaneta #julie kavner #nancy cartwright #yeardley smith #hank azaria #harry shearer #pamela hayden #edna krabappel

[sapphicreadsdb]

Hi do you by chance have any sapphic fantasy recs? preferably adult fantasy but YA is fine too

sure! tho this could will get quite long... no links, sorry!, bc it was kicking up a fuss with those for some reason

+ = ya

pennyblade by j.l. worrad

lady hotspur by tessa gratton

sofi and the bone song by adrienne tooley (+)

she who became the sun by shelley parker chan

the scapegracers by h.a. clarke (+)

the third daughter by adrienne tooley (+)

the daughters of izdihar by hadeer elsbai

the malevolent seven by sebastien de castell

blackheart knights by laure eve

the warden by daniel m. ford

the unbroken by c.l. clark

dark earth by rebecca stott

witch king by martha wells

scorpica by g.r. macallister

the mirror empire by kameron hurley

now she is witch by kirsty logan

silverglass by j.f. rivkin

the woman who loved the moon and other stories by elizabeth a. lynn

...(this answer is how i discover there's a character limit per block so. doing this in chunks.)

fire logic by laurie j. marks

a restless truth by freya marske

when angels left the old country by sacha lamb (+)

the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson

an archive of brightness by kelsey socha

the bladed faith by david dalglish

the winged histories by sofia samatar

dragonoak by sam farren

the forever sea by joshua phillip johnson

into the broken lands by tanya huff

the jasmine throne by tasha suri

daughter of redwinter by ed mcdonald

the last magician by lisa maxwell (+)

the fire opal mechanism by fran wilde

...

the black coast by mike brooks

high times in the low parliament by kelly robson

foundryside by robert jackson bennett

the enterprise of death by jesse bullington

mamo by sas milledge (+)

from dust, a flame by rebecca podos (+)

uncommon charm by emily bergslien & kat weaver

wild and wicked things by francesca may

the unspoken name by a.k. larkwood

brother red by adrian selby

the final strife by saara el-arifi

way of the argosi by sebastien de castell (+)

the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart

ghost wood song by erica waters (+)

into the crooked place by alexandra christo (+)

ashes of the sun by django wexler

the midnight girls by alicia jasinska (+)

the midnight lie by marie rutkoski (+)

the never tilting world by rin chupeco (+)

water horse by melissa scott

...

a master of djinn by p. djeli clark

the good luck girls by charlotte nicole davis (+)

among thieves by m.j. kuhn

black water sister by zen cho

the velocity of revolution by marshall ryan maresca

sweet & bitter magic by adrienne tooley (+)

the dark tide by alicia jasinska (+)

the library of the unwritten by a.j. hackwith

a dark and hollow star by ashley shuttleworth (+)

the chosen and the beautiful by nghi vo

the councillor by e.j. beaton

these feathered flames by alexandra overy (+)

the factory witches of lowell by c.s. malerich

fireheart tiger by aliette de bodard

...

city of lies by sam hawke

bestiary by k-ming chang

the raven and the reindeer by t. kingfisher

the winter duke by claire eliza bartlett (+)

master of poisons by andrea hairston

the empress of salt and fortune by nghi vo

night flowers shirking from the light of the sun by li xing

down comes the night by allison saft (+)

wench by maxine kaplan (+)

girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust (+)

girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan (+)

the impossible contract by k.a. doore

burning roses by s.l. huang

the house of shattered wings by aliette de bodard

not for use in navigation by iona datt sharma

weak heart by ban gilmartin

girl, serpent, thorn by melissa bashardoust (+)

the devil's blade by mark alder

...

we set the dark on fire by tehlor kay mejia (+)

the true queen by zen cho

moontangled by stephanie burgis

a portable shelter by kirsty logan

sing the four quarters by tanya huff

all the bad apples by moira fowley doyle (+)

the drowning eyes by emily foster

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon

miranda in milan by katharine duckett

the afterward by e.k. johnston (+)

thorn by anna burke

penhallow amid passing things by iona datt sharma

in the vanishers' palace by aliette de bodard

summer of salt by katrina leno (+)

the gracekeepers by kirsty logan

out of the blue by sophie cameron (+)

black wolves by kate elliott

the circle by sara b. elfgren & mats strandberg (+)

unspoken by sarah rees brennan (+)

thistlefoot by gennarose nethercott

passing strange by ellen klages

(and breathe)

#recs #q

[bestiarium]

The Njuggel [Shetland/Scottish folktales]

The Scottish Kelpie is one of the most popular and well-known water spirits. An unsuspecting victim comes upon a malicious creature that poses as an innocent horse. Enticed to ride it, the victim soon finds himself magically unable to dismount and can only scream as the horse plunges beneath the waves to drown its meal. The story certainly speaks to the imagination, but there are actually many variants of it: The Norwegian Nøkk, the German Nixe, the Welsh Ceffyl Dŵr, the Flemish Nikker, the Icelandic Nykur and many others are all variations of the same creature.

This relation can also be seen in their etymology: most of these names are similar, because they are thought to be derived from an old Germanic term for washing (as in, bathing something in a river, like the horse monsters do with their victims in the stories).

But I’m digressing. One of the most obscure variations of the tale comes from the Shetland Islands. Here, people told stories about the monstrous Njuggel (also called Njogel, Njuggle and in northern Shetland ‘Shoopiltee’ or ‘Sjupilti’). Like its relatives, this creature is an aquatic horse, usually depicted as a horse with fins. It also has a wheel for a tail (or a tail shaped like the rim of a wheel, depending on who you ask), but most modern interpretations drop that detail. Its hooves are backwards.

It lives near waterways and lakes and pretends to be a peaceful horse, taking care to hide its strange tail between its legs. Though it usually takes the form of a particularly beautiful horse, sometimes it is an old, thin horse. When a traveller finds the Njuggel, the creature influences them and convinces them to mount it. When the victim climbs into the saddle however, the creature runs away to the nearest lake to drown its prey. It runs at an extremely high speed, keeping its wheel-tail in the air. After accelerating to a high speed, its hooves burst in flames and its nostrils emit smoke or fire.

The victim cannot dismount, but if they can speak the monster’s name out loud, the Njuggel loses its powers and the victim can escape. What happens then varies between stories: sometimes the creature slows down and can be dismounted, and sometimes he vanishes into thin air.

Sometimes, you can see them at night: such sightings usually involve a white or grey horse emerging from water and run some distance before disappearing in a flash of light.

The Njuggel is not entirely the same creature as the Kelpie and the Ceffyl Dŵr. It has a connection with watermills and demands offerings such as flour and grain. If these gifts cease, it will halt the wheel of its mill. To avoid having to offer grain to this creature, people would light fires when a Njuggel appeared, for they are afraid of flames (usually peat was burned, although throwing a torch also did the trick). There is a story in Tingwall about a group of young men who tried to capture a Njuggel for themselves. They succeeded in chaining the creature but couldn’t hold it for long, and the Njuggel broke free and fled. But the standing stone to which it was chained is still there between the Asta and Tingwall lochs, and the marks that were supposedly made by the chain can still be seen.

Sources: Lecouteux, C., 2016, Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore, Mythology, and Magic. Marwick, E., 2020, The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland, Birlinn Ltd, 216 pp. Teit, J. A., 1918, Water-beings in Shetlandic Folk-Lore, as Remembered by Shetlanders in British Columbia, The Journal of American Folklore, 31(120), p.180-201. (image source: Davy Cooper. Illustration for ‘Folklore from Whalsay and Shetland’ by John Stewart)

#Scottish mythology #Shetland mythology #water horse #aquatic creatures #monsters #mythical creatures #mythology

[grellsutcliffsworld]

British victorian era generator ! :D

Your month of birth:

January: Prince/Princess

February: Baron/Baroness

March: Marquis/Marquise

April: Earl/Countess

May: Butler/Maid

June: Duke/Duchess

July: Homless boy/girl

August: Salesman/woman

September: King/Queen

October: Joker

November: Prostitute

December: Farmer/worker

First letter of your first name:

A: Arthur/Alice

B: Benedict/Beatrice

C: Charles/Cordelia

D: David/Dorothea

E: Elijah/Evelyn

F: Francis/Fiona

G: George/Gwen

H: Humphrey/Helena

I: Isaiah/Iris

J: John/Juliette

K: Kyrie/Kelvin

L: Luther/Lucille

M: Marcus/Muriel

N: Neville/Novalynn

O: Oscar/Ophelia

P: Pascal/Penelope

Q: Qasim/Quintessa

R: Randall/Rosemary

S: Samuel/Sophia

T: Theodore/Theodosia

U: Uriah/Urith

V: Vincent/Victoria

W: William/Willow

X: Xerxes/Xenia

Y: Yoel/Yolanda

Z: Zander/Zipporah

Last letter of your last name:

A: Addams

B: Berrycloth

C: Chapman

D: Dankworth

E: Edwards

F: Featherswallow

G: Graham

H: Hughes

I: Insworthy

J: Jones

K: Knight

L: Lawrence

M: Matthews

N: Naiswell

O: Osborne

P: Palmer

Q: Quintrell

R: Ratcliff

S: Stewart

T: Taylor

U: Underhill

V: Villin

W: White

X: Xavier

Y: Yates

Z: Zachary

Your favorite color:

White: Death by suicide

Yellow: Poisoned by an secret admirer

Orange: Burned alive as a witch

Brown: Stumbled into horseshit face first, while being drunk and suffocated

Red: Killed by Jack the Ripper

Purple: Ran over by a carriage

Blue: Fell of a great height

Green: Ripped apart by a grizzly bear

Grey: Died peacefully in their sleep

Black: Killed by the pest

Comment bellow what you got and tag at least three people >:D

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@lacelynpage

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[tylerposey]

IT’S FOLLOW FOREVER TIME

I recently noticed my follower count had hit 90k and I can’t believe people are still choosing to follow my stupid ass blog? I’m not really here as often as I’d like to be anymore but to have this support is still pretty mind-blowing. Thank you to everyone who’s been with me from the start and those that have only recently started following. It really does mean a lot.

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[hi-my-name-is-cosmopathy]

Hello! Have SOS! Thomas and SOS! Gordon in Post-Mail (if they stay alive :>)

He was just pulling the express to save his passenger from a ferocious Oliver when he realized he got infected by the plague. Still, he continued to drive until they out-ran the beast (or until they found a way to drive him away)

His insides and outside slowly started to burn. His face looked like it was melting. His eyes didn't even go black it was like he gazed at the sun for too long. And later on his started to emit smoke.

As a result, his lungs, throat and eyes we're badly damaged. His vision became very bad and he could not speak anymore. The doctors don't know if it's possible to give him back his voice.

He was advised not to pull the express for a while, which he agreed to (so did his family)

But when he got better, it seemed that Scotsman really didn't wanna let him drive the express again, for obvious reasons.

He almost died because of that, did you really expect that he'll let him of the hook that easily?

A ridiculous amount of people kept on asking Gordon and helping him out on the simplest things. Need a lift to get on the cabin? Sure. Want me to buy you lunch? Ok. Want me to clean your glasses? Alright!

No, Gordon did not ask them to. Nor did he even agree. I think the final straw was how the staff was considering having a substitute for Gordon to pull the express.

Now Gordon better understood Henry and why he didn't like being coddled.

Partially because it was aggravating, mainly because he felt bad for Scotsman, who kept on working his 4$$ off for him.

"Why does my beloved brother have to suffer with me?", he thought. So, like him, he got up and started to work more.

All of this is why he remained a vainglorious pompous 4$$ to this day. He just mocks you in sign language now but really he just doesn't want people to suffer because of him. He didn't save the people in the express for THIS.

Wow imagined getting adopted at 30 lmao 😆😆 (totally not Thomas here/j)

When the boomer troops arrived, the town square had become infected. And thanks to a goddamn collision, Thomas remained trapped in a cabin for days, slowly getting infected.

Those were the worst moments of his life. Everything burned, it was so hot, there were barely and food—let alone water—for him to survive. He spent his days lying down there, coughing up blood until Edward and Henry found him.

After the event, his left eye was broken. He could no longer see well with it and it was irregularly shaped. He uses a monocle now because of this.

He also received multiple skin burns.

For mental problems, he got Agoraphobia: fearing and avoiding places or situations that might cause panic and feelings of being trapped, helpless or embarrassed (because I REFUSE to believe that he was still the same after being trapped helplessly with no one to turn to). He is currently taking therapy with James and Toby for this.

Oh and yeah he got adopted by Edward. He is now Thomas Blighton Stewart :> (Bill and Ben might be his stepbros soon)

He's still impatient and fussy but for different reasons, but he's been greatly humbled.

Okie thas it

#sos from sodor #sos: post-mail #blue skies ending #ttte #thomas the tank engine #ttte thomas #ttte gordon #ttte edward #ttte henry #ttte flying scotsman #sodor fallout #ttte au #ttte human au #ttte humanized #ttte fanart #art

[dorothydalmati1]

The Simpsons Season 14 Episode 22: Moe Baby Blues

Written by J. Stewart Burns

Storyboard by Glen Wuthrich, Lauren MacMullan, Raymond S. Persi & Peter Avanzino

Directed by Lauren MacMullan

Directing assistance by Raymond S. Persi

#fox #the simpsons #moe szyslak #maggie simpson

[casp1an-sea]

MY OCs

no judgement zone!

PERSONA AND MISC:

My persona

Wolfy (my first OC the name is a give away)

Hideaki Fukumaru

Kip Burns

Andras Fairchild (kind of a marvel OC)

Personified Sharks

*Bagel Add*

TWST:

Caspian Aster (My Yuu)

Reed Laurier (self insert)

Gossamer Bellamira (main TWST OC)

Robin Terach

Muktuk

Dr. Adagio Desrosiers-Sideris (Teacher OC)

Verre Courvoisier

Stewart “Stew” Robert Rutherford III

The Mer Siblings

Alceé Bordelon

Silas Sparrow (Yuu OC)

Somercrest University gang

STAR WARS OCs

(I have to many they’ll be listed on a separate post)

Spidersona and OCs:

Cassander Armyn

Citizen 13 “Nye”

Peter Parker (theater universe)

Casey Jones (yes this is TMNT)

Luke Skywalker (yea this is SW)

Harriet “Harry” Osborn

Malachi J.

Lily Parker

Lego Fam:

literally a story I made up when I was like 5 and continuously revamped (yea some names are stolen from Wild Kratts because I was 5 but the characters are there one thing.)

Martin

Aviva

Malachi

Milo

Chris

Bethany

Trina

Opal

Sarah

Leia

Parents and side characters

BSD:

Timothy Zahn

Lemony Snicket AKA Daniel Handler

C.S. Lewis

Harry Potter:

Renátusz (Reh-na-too-sz) “Renny” Balogh

There’s more but I’m lazy :P

#Cas’s OCs #just some little things for my intro post

[stenka-razin]

Every Film I Watched in 2022

The Matrix (1999, dir. Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski) Bidoof’s Big Stand (2022, dir. Shaofu Zhang) Samurai Cop (1991, for. Amir Shervan) The Matrix Resurrections (2021, dir. Lana Wachowski) Citizen Kane (1941, dir. Orson Welles) Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (“鉄男II BODY HAMMER” 1992, dir. Shinya Tsukamoto) The Elephant Man (1980, dir. David Lynch) Grandma’s Boy (2006, dir. Nicholaus Goossen) Always Be My Maybe (2019, dir. Nahnatchka Khan) Game Night (2018, dir. John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein) When We First Met (2018, dir. Ari Sandel) The Kid (1921, dir. Charlie Chaplin, 1972 rerelease) Menace II Society (1993, dir. Albert Hughes & Allen Hughes) Duck Soup (1933, dir. Leo McCarey) 30 Minutes or Less (2011, dir. Ruben Fleischer) Chimes at Midnight (1965, dir. Orson Welles) Money Plane (2020, dir. Andrew Lawrence) Man with a Movie Camera (“Человек с киноаппаратом” 1929, dir. Dziga Vertov, Cinematic Orchestra soundtrack) Godzilla (1998, dir. Roland Emmerich) City Lights (1931, dir. Charlie Chaplin) Krull (1983, dir. Peter Yates) Klute (1971, dir. Alan J. Paluka) The Lawnmower Man (1992, dir. Brett Leonard) Area 51: The Alien Interview (1997, dir. Jeff Broadstreet) Ratty (2020, dir. John Angus Stewart) Heavy Metal (1981, dir. Gerald Potterton) The Northman (2022, dir. Robert Eggers) Autumn Sonata (“Höstsonaten” 1978, dir. Ingmar Bergman) Battles Without Honor and Humanity (“仁義なき戦い” 1973, dir. Kinji Fukasuka) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (“仁義なき戦い 広島死闘篇” 1973, dir. Kinji Fukasuka) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (“仁義なき戦い 代理戦争” 1973, dir. Kinji Fukusaku) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (“仁義なき戦い 頂上作戦” 1974, dir. Kinji Fukusaku) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (“仁義なき戦い 完結篇” 1974, dir. Kinji Fukusaku) Logan’s Run (1976, dir. Michael Anderson) The Vietnam War (2017, dir. Ken Burns & Lynn Novick) The Devil Wears Prada (2006, dir. David Frankel) Best in Show (2000, dir. Christopher Guest) Shaolin and Wu Tang (“少林與武當” 1983, dir. Gordon Liu, dub) Shin Godzilla (“シン・ゴジラ” 2016, dir. Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi) The Legend of the Suram Fortress (“ამბავი სურამის ციხისა” 1985, dir. Sergei Parajanov) The Six Directions of Boxing (“六合八法” 1980, dir. Hsu Tien-Yung, dub) Shaolin vs Lama (“少林鬥喇嘛” 1983, dir. Lee Tso-Nam, dub) Inside the Mind of a Cat (2022, dir. Andy Mitchell) Prey (2022, dir. Dan Trachtenberg) Marathon Man (1976, dir. John Schlesinger) Final Destination (2000, dir. James Wong) Final Destination 2 (2003, dir. David R. Ellis) Final Destination 3 (2005, dir. James Wong) The Final Destination (2009, dir. David R. Ellis) Final Destination 5 (2011, dir. Steven Quayle) Mulan (1998, dir. Tony Bancroft & Barry Cook) No Time to Die (2021, dir. Cory Joji Fukunaga) The Munsters (2022, dir. Rob Zombie) House of 1000 Corpses (2003, dir. Rob Zombie) One Night in Miami… (2020, dir. Regina King) Magnificent Obsession (1954, dir. Douglas Sirk) The Knight Before Christmas (2019, dir. Monika Mitchell) Halloween (1978, dir. John Carpenter) Noel Next Door (2022, dir. Max McGuire) Ice Sculpture Christmas (2015, dir. David Mackay) Alexander Nevsky (1938, dir. Sergei Eisenstein) Love Hard (2021, dir. Hernán Jiménez) Falling for Christmas (2022, dir. Janeen Damien) A Christmas Prince (2017, dir. Alex Zamm) Holidate (2020, dir. John Whitesell) Cyborg (1989, dir. Albert Pyun) Full Metal Jacket (1987, dir. Stanley Kubrick) Star Trek Generations (1994, dir. David Carson) Christmas Vacation (1989, dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik) Star Trek: First Contact (1996, dir. Jonathan Frakes) Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001, dir. Sharon Maguire) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990, dir. Steve Barron) Waterworld (1995, dir. Kevin Reynolds) Elf (2003, dir. Jon Favreau) Feliz NaviDAD (2020, dir. Melissa Joan Hart) Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977, dir. Jim Henson)

#bold = first time viewing

[phoenixthemenace]

That My Days Have Been A Dream Master List and Link

That My Days Have Been A Dream (Poe)

DAY 1 Title: The Dying of the Light -D Thomas Prompt: 'This Wasn't Supposed To Happen'

DAY 2 Title: They listened at his heart. -R. Frost Prompt: Confrontation

DAY 3 Title:Swinger of Birches -R. Frost Prompt: Say Goodbye

DAY 4 Title: Somewhere Among The Clouds Above -W B Yeats Prompt: Hidden Injury/Can't Pass Out

DAY 5 Title: The burnt-out ends of smoky days. TS Eliot Prompt: Hyperthermia

DAY 6 Title: Our Fearful Trip Is Done -W. Whitman Prompt: Screams From Across The Hall

DAY 7 Title: So Eden Sank To Grief -R Frost Prompt: Shaking Hands/Silent Panic Attack

DAY 8 Title: I Listen For Returning Feet- JRR Tolkien Prompt: Back From The Dead

DAY 9 Title: How still, How strangely still -L Hughes Prompt: Tossing and Turning/Caught in a Storm

DAY 10 Title: And all I lov’d—I lov’d alone -E A Poe Prompt: Whipping

DAY 11 Title: I prayed my cup might pass. -R Kipling Prompt: Sloppy Bandages/Self-Done First Aid

DAY 12 Title: 'And he'd be glad to have me near' -J Stewart Prompt: Alt Whimpering

DAY 13 Title: 'And all men kill the thing they love' -O Wilde Prompt: "Are You Here To Break Me Out?"

DAY 14 Title: (I think I made you up inside my head.) -S. Plath Prompt: "I'll Be Right Behind You"

DAY 15 Title: Hold fast to dreams -L Hughes Prompt: Quicksand (alt)

DAY 16 Title: Tell me thou lov'st elsewhere -W. Shakespear Prompt: No One Is Coming

DAY 17 Title: And loved the sorrows of your changing face -W. B. Yeats Prompt: Breaking Point

DAY 18 Title: Little Brother, how I pray You may sanctuary find.-R. W. Service Prompt: "Just Get It Over With"

DAY 19 Title: And king and clown to ashen dust must fall -O Wilde Prompt: Knees Buckling

DAY 20 Title: Now That I'm Alone With The Night Falling -J B Goodenough Prompt: Carried to Safety (alt)

DAY 21 Title: The ocean's heart too smooth, too blue, To break for you. -E. Dickinson Prompt: "You're Safe Now"/"Take Me Instead"

DAY 22 Title: Gang aft agley -R Burns Prompt: Allergic Reaction

DAY 23 Title: And her thorns were my only delight. -S Plath Prompt: Ambush (alt)

DAY 24 Title: I dream of you, to wake -C Rossetti Prompt: "I Don't Want To Do This Anymore"

DAY 25 Title: I Have Walked Out In Rain -R Frost Prompt: Protective (alt)

DAY 26 Title: Better By Far You Should Forget And Smile -C Rossetti

DAY 27 Title: One Need Not Be A Chamber To Be Haunted -E Dickinson Prompt: Stumbling

DAY 28 Title: And went with half my life about my ways -A E Housman Prompt: Punching The Wall

DAY 29 Title: Something Wicked This Way Comes -W Shakespeare (Also -R Bradbury) Prompt: Sleep Deprivation

DAY 30 Title: Blow Life To Isn't: Blow Death To Was -E. E. Cummings Prompt: "Please Don't Touch Me"

DAY 31 Title: To Love That Well Which Thou Must Leave Ere Long -W Shakespeare Prompt: Bedside Vigil

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“Newspaper Men Conducted Through the Penitentiary,” Kingston Whig-Standard. October 22, 1932. Page 10. ---- Shown Scene of Rioting— Cameras Inside the Walls Absolutely Taboo — News Men Couldn't Ask Questions ---- Conducted personally by General Ormond, superintendent of penitentiaries and Lt.-Colonel J. C. Stewart, commanding officer of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, ten newspaper men, three of whom were from the Whig-Standard, were taken through the barrier into the penitentiary itself and on a tour of the ground and buildings that lasted nearly an hour late Friday afternoon. Placed on their honor that they would not take a single question nor converse among themselves after they entered the gate, the ten newspapermen, who waited over three hours for the privilege, finally had an opportunity to see at first hand the actual scene of the turmoil that has excited the entire Dominion of Canada and far beyond its boundaries during the present week. 

Just at noon, word was received that an interview would be given. The reporter hurried to the barrier at Alwington Avenue, where they waited until about 2.45 while necessary arrangements were made inside the walls. During that time, three parties of ten or twelve convicts each were escorted from the main penitentiary to the New Women Penitentiary. 

Finally the word came and the entire party was taken past the guard at the barrier and down to the main gate. There they were all counted in. Ten, no more, no less. General Ormond and Colonel Stewart met the party outside the gate. Through another gate while the counting went on again, the whole party passed into the prison yard. The instruction that had been given over the telephone were repeated at the gate, about no questions and keeping silence. 

Inside Walls From this point, the party proceeded to the right following roadways and paths through the grounds and among the buildings. At various points the General would stop and pointing with his cane, he would announce, in a clear military tone, "Main cell block," “Keeper’s Office." and such titles which he attached to the points of interest. 

Early in the procession a few convicts in the main cell block gleaned that something unusual was going on and apparently, seeing the touring party, proceeded to give the visitor the razz in no uncertain tones. At that one time and, except for one slight incident later, no trace or hint of disturbance could be heard. What the eye could see was not very noticeable either, though ten men gave the whole show the closest scrutiny that it could possibly receive on a flying trip. 

Down past the chapels, the party proceeded on as the General pointed his cane and announced ‘'Roman Catholic Chapel," “Protestant Chapel." 

By this time the excursion had reached to waterfront part of the prison enclosure, following down the western wall. The kitchen was pointed out and through a barred door, two figures in white could be seen. These the General pointed out with the words: “Inmates working.” 

Monday's Riot Scene The next step was to enter to southern block, the large building that houses the various workshops and in which the trouble broke out on Monday. These shops are located in the four arms of the cross-shaped building. 

All of the shops, except one and that was the first one which the General approached, were open and the party was taken into and around them completely. The one hop which was looked was the blacksmith shop to which the trouble had it’s very origin. This explanation was given by General Ormond, who added a few more words to his previous short-clipped remarks. Apparently changing his mind, however, he stopped in the middle of a sentence and waved his hands to a gesture that he would explain later during the interview to his office. He did point out, however, the places on the doors where the locks had been burned out by acetylene torches. This was done first to the blacksmith shop and from there the torches were taken by the prisoners to the doors of other shops to the same building where other steel locks were burned off. 

In the mail bag room, where it was announced the shooting of the first day took place, four sewing machines had been ripped from table and at one end of the room, the remains of the smashed machines were lying around. In the shops the General pointed to tools, saying "Plenty of weapons." Nothing else was said and apparently the party was to understand that the men had not fought as much or used as many weapons as might have been expected. 

Power House Next the party entered the power house pump rooms and electric departments. The fires were going under the boilers, with soldiers doing the stoking. The machinery seemed to be all in operation. The General said, very dramatically this time, “Gentlemen, this is the power house.' He then shrugged his shoulders and all tried to draw their own conclusions as to just what shade of meaning was intended. His reference might have been to the persistent rumor a few days ago that this plant had been seized by the prisoners. 

Coming out of the work-shop block, the party commenced working north again, this time crossing over and coming up the western wall. 

The garages, the stables, and other such buildings were pointed out and the men invited to look in. In most of these buildings, a few broken windows could be seen but there were far mare Intact than broken. 

Black Hole The next imposing building on the right was the Prison of Isolation, which the General described with the one title: "The Black Hole of Calcutta." 

Here a second outbreak of noise was heard. It was not a direct call to the party below but coming from some broken window above, seemed to be prisoners on the inside calling to one another. One large window was completely broken out, every one of Its small panes being broken. The glass lay on the grass and the walk below and the General and his party walked over it without the slightest comment, no more than if it had been a pool of water on the roadside. In addition to the glass, about six or eight lengths of wood that seemed to be of about the weight of clapboarding were lying just where they had been pushed from the window above. It was evident that they had come from the window because four more pieces were sticking part way out through the broken pane, but nothing was thrown or moved while the party was to sight.

Continuing up near the east wall, the party again passed the main cell block upon which no comment was passed. It, as nearly everyone knows, is the main building surmounted by the prison dome. The newsmen were not in it at any time but passed on all four aides of it. It seemed to be absolutely quiet except for the one incident right at the outset. 

Lighting Arrangements The special lighting arrangements on the walls next attracted the attention of General Ormond, who explained just what lights had been used on Monday night and what ones had been added on Thursday and again on Friday. 

From here, the party passed through the front of the yard again and entered the offices at the gate. Again they were counted in, and the ten were still all there and no one had lagged behind. Just in case anyone should have had such a notion, the party had been followed on all its rounds by a soldier with a rifle, who trailed along very solemnly, said not a word, and always seemed to be looking just the other way. 

The General then entered his own office and after another wait of a few minute, the whole party filed in. General Ormond read his interview as is given elsewhere. 

At the conclusion he added: “Gentlemen, you can realise I am fairly busy. I bid you ‘Good afternoon.’ 

All were marched out again, signed the visitors’ register in one of the offices and filed through the gates, counted each time, just ten, no more, no less.

#kingston penitentiary #official visit #prison tour #newspaper interview #prison riot #official statement #d. m. ormond #superintendent of penitentiaries #canadian militia #royal canadian horse artillery #prison conditions #newspapers writing about themselves #kingston ontario #1932 kp riot #great depression in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada #crime and punishment in canada

[ugh-leigh-nb]

April 19th 2024 Library Haul

Listed Alphabetically:

Non-Fiction:

"A Box of Magick: a Guided Journey to Crafting a Magickal Life Through Witchcraft, Ritual Herbalism, and Spellcrafting" by Jamie Della

"Burning Bright: Rituals, Reiki & Self-Care to Heal Burnout, Anxiety & Stress" by Kelsey J. Patel

"The Complete Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Insects: A natural history and identification guide to beetles, flies, bees, wasps, mayflies, dragonflies, cockroaches, mantids, earwigs, ants, and many more; Featuring 650 arthropods, including common insect and spider species shown in over 750 specially commissioned illustrations and photographs" by Martin Walters

"The Complete Insect: Anatomy, Physiology, Evolution, and Ecology" by David A Grimaldi

"Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them" Max Culter w/Kevin Conley

"To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion is Making Us Sick - And How We Can Fight Back" by Alden Wicker

"Forgotten Warriors: The Long History of Women in Combat" by Sarah Percy

"Ghosts, Monster, and Demons of India" by Rakesh Khanna and J. Furcifer Bhairav

"Mushroom Wanderland: a Forager's Guide to Finding, Identifying, and Using Mora than 25 Wild Fungi" by Jess Starwood

"P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern drag, in the queens' own words" by Craig Olsen

"Self-Love Potions: Herbal Rituals and Recipes to Make You Fall in Love with You" by Cosmic Valeria, art by Marie-Noel Dumont

"Witchcraft: a History in Thirteen Trials" by Marion Gibson

"Wicked Plants: the Weed that Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities" by Amy Stewart, w/art by Briony Morrow-Cribbs & Jonathon Rosen

Fiction:

"Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls" by Okayado

Will post reviews when I've read them.

#library haul #bookblr #books #nonfiction #manga #monster musume #witchcraft #ughleigh's posts

[wqbytop150]

WQBY

Top 150 for the week ending April 7, 2024

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9 new on the Chart this week / no <> re-entries >>>off next week #72 Hell Together #83 We Ain't Good At Breaking Up #84 Can't Stop Us #92 Level Up #102 Save You A Seat #147 Outside of Love #148 Higher Ground #149 Nothing Ever Changes #150 Addicted

#alwayshappymusic

[marjaystuff]

A Detective's Deadly Secrets by Anna J Stewart

A Detective’s Deadly Secrets by Anna J. Stewart is sadly the last in the series.  The hero is FBI Agent Eaman Quinn, someone readers should be familiar with.  He is reunited with a former girlfriend, Lana Tate.  She is searching for answers surrounding her late husband’s death but needs his help.  Together they work the case and become reacquainted.

Vanished is the second book in the “Red Lily series.”  It featuressingle mother Mabel Reynolds who wants to find answers regarding her twin sister’s disappearance. When new revelations shed light on what may have happened not only to her twin, Sylvie, but dozens of other women, Mabel hopes to find answers. New to the case is Assistant DA Paul Flynn who is willing to listen to her concerns and to investigate the case. Even allowing Mabel and her friends to add their input.  As they get closer to finding what happened their lives become endangered. As they work together there is an instant attraction which complicates matters further.

Both these books have a riveting suspenseful story with some romance. Readers will be on the edge of their seats as they won’t want to put these books down.

Elise Cooper: How did you get the idea for the story?

Anna J. Stewart: This final book in the “Honor Bound Series” evolved. I wanted it to be Eaman’s story, appearing first in Gone in The Night, book three.  When I ended the series, I wanted to go full circle with this book eight.  Since book three he has made appearances in all the books. It made sense to me to make his love interest someone he knew but could not get involved with because she was married.

EC:  How would you describe Eaman?

AJS:  Honorable, protective, loyal, calm, and confidant.  He is somewhat lost, questioning his own motivations as to why he still is an FBI Agent. He specializes in child abductions and child killings. 

EC:  How would you describe Lana?

AJS: Lana is the one who really guides the story.   She can kick butt. She was an alcoholic but is now ninety days sober. Determined, skittish, stubborn, with a lot of inner strength. She makes poor decisions.  

EC:  Why the alcoholism angle?

AJS:  I made her newly sober. An alcoholic is always an alcoholic. I wanted her to be in a place where a relationship is not an impossibility, but she must be careful to take care of herself. I wanted to write a character with substance abuse for quite a while. For this romantic suspense it added an extra layer. 

EC: The relationship?

AJS:  She comes back into his life after her husband died eighteen months before. Lana has burned bridges because of her grief.  He is the only person she can trust. Lana is an interesting counterbalance to him. He wants something more than work and darkness.

EC:  How did you get the idea for your other book, Vanished in the “Red Lily Series?”

AJS:  It is book two in the series.  Exposed was the first book that ended with the heroine in Vanished, Mabel, having her sister disappeared eight years ago. I wanted to write a book where she experiences the loss of her identical twin sister but without any answers. There is a bit of a cliff hanger.

EC:  How would you describe Mabel?

AJS:  A single mom to an eight-year-old daughter, born at the same time her sister disappeared. She lives in an apartment building with four of her best friends, trying to help her what happened to her sister. She is going through a lot of emotional traumas. She is spiraling downward after Sylvie was tragically murdered. She is trying to deal with her emotions of anger, sadness, and frustration to find answers. Logically she knows Sylvie is dead but has a slimmer of hope she is alive. 

EC:  What was the significance to the twin sister, Sylvie, coming alive in Mabel’s dreams?

AJS: My editor is a twin. I read a lot and talked to them about the psychological connection of identical twins. She is part ghost and so much a part of Mabel. There is this inherent connection. Readers can think of Sylvie as a dream, ghost, and/or Mabel’s self-conscious. I hope they consider her as an actual character in the book.

EC:  What are the differences between Mabel and Sylvie?

AJS: Mabel is practical, level-headed, logical, haunted, determined, and energetic. Sylvie was a dreamer, the romantic one, and happy. She chased the dream of stardom in Los Angeles. She always persevered. 

EC:  How would you describe Paul Flynn?

AJS:  He grew up in Los Angeles and has always hated it. He is charming, kind, empathetic, tender with a little attitude. He is a high-profile DA which comes with a lot of confidence.  I liked playing with the dynamic that depending on who he is in contact with he has some different personality traits. He is very good at adapting to different situations and handling different types of people. He thinks quickly on his feet.

EC:  What about the relationship?

AJS:  Paul and Mabel have an instant connection. He sees in Mabel someone who really needs answers.

EC:  Next books?

AJS:  Book three picks up a couple of weeks after Vanished ends.  The epilogue of Vanished has a cliff hanger. The titled is Buried out in November. This will be the story of  Dr. Cassia Davis, a forensic expert.  She is has not left her apartment in four years, but the hero is hired as her eyes and ears.  

The next book is the third book in my “Hawaiian Reunion series,” titled Surprise Second Chance. The plot has a single father who is dealing with some custody issues of his children with his ex. He needs to find the work-home balance.  He is given the opportunity to reconnect with his high school sweetheart living in Hawaii.

THANK YOU!!

[leanstooneside]

Pocahontas

◊ Sean Combs's flabby hip

◊ Matthew McConaughey's fat hip

◊ Chris Evans's closed hip

◊ Christina Hendricks's unoaked hip

◊ Nicholas Hoult's green hip

◊ Florida Georgia Line's big hip

◊ Krista Allen's spicy hip

◊ Salma Hayek's sweet hip

◊ Minka Kelly's baked hip

◊ Lamar Odom's coarse hip

◊ Prince's concentrated hip

◊ Jen Schefft's intellectually satisfying hip

◊ Kristen Stewart's intellectually satisfying hip

◊ Ryan Seacrest's laser-like hip

◊ Florence Welch's leathery hip

◊ Erin Andrews's juicy hip

◊ Ellie Goulding's balanced hip

◊ Mischa Barton's cloying hip

◊ Dakota Fanning's grippy hip

◊ Jesse Eisenberg's alcoholic hip

◊ Tara Reid's tannic hip

◊ Jenny McCarthy's buttery hip

◊ Annette Bening's elegant hip

◊ Edward Burns's dirty hip

◊ Lisa Snowdon's connected hip

◊ Tyra Banks's raisiny hip

◊ Mary J. Blige's oaked hip

◊ Nicolas Cage's intellectually satisfying hip

◊ Zach Braff's fat hip

◊ Michael Bublé's hot hip

◊ Reese Witherspoon's full hip

◊ Liam Payne's astringent hip

◊ Rita Ora's crisp hip

◊ Chad Ochocinco's dirty hip

◊ Adam Lambert's concentrated hip

◊ Taylor Momsen's raisiny hip

◊ Amber Portwood's fallen over hip

◊ Sean Lennon's balanced hip

◊ Mila Kunis's barnyard hip

◊ Bristol Palin's complex hip

◊ Gabriel Aubry's closed hip

◊ Kevin Hart's velvety hip

◊ Suri Cruise's round hip

◊ Harrison Ford's oaked hip

◊ Jessica Biel's reticent hip

◊ Zachary Levi's expressive hip

◊ Scarlett Johansson's powerful hip

◊ Courteney Cox's transparent hip

◊ Rupert Grint's reticent hip

◊ Drake's silky hip

[cindypaulos]

Benny Uyetake and Eric Gilliom

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9pqbi-149d4a3 Benny Uyetake, Maui’s beloved Uke teacher and great ukelele and guitarsit talk about a SUPER big show fundraiser  hapenning Firday, with Hawaiis Goerge Kahumoku, Mich Fleetwood Grtechen Rhodes, Lukas Nelson, Stewart Copeland, Ziggy Marley, Sarah Mclaughlin, LL Cool J. and more. and I talk with Eric Gilliom and his trip to Burning Man

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