#A.D. Johnson

[gameofthunder66]

'Role Models' (2008) film

-watched 4/22/2024- 2 [3/4] stars- on DVD (Netflix)

77% Rotten Tomatoes

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in March 2024 🌈

🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ Shift: A Memoir of Identity and Other Illusions - Penny Guisinger 🧡 Tempting Olivia - Clare Ashton 💛 Monilinia - Free Mints 💚 Guillaume - Aurora Dimitre 💙 The Marble Queen - Anna Kopp & Gabrielle Kari 💜 The Baker & the Bard - Fern Haught ❤️ Rainbow! - Sunny & Gloom 🧡 The Safe Zone - Amy Marsden 💛 The Weavers of Alamaxa - Hadeer Elsbai 💙 The No-Girlfriend Rule - Christen Randall 💜 A Different Kind of Brave by Lee Wind 🌈 Cirque du Slay - Rob Osler ❤️ Wizard’s Debt - Niranjan 🧡 One Last Breath - Ginny Myers Sain 💛 Nothing Special - Katie Cook 💚 I Feel Awful, Thanks - Lara Pickle 💙 The Tower - Flora Carr 💜 Be the Sea - Clara Ward ❤️ What Grows in the Dark - Jaq Evans 🧡 Heirs of Bone and Sea - Kay Adams 💛 The Haunting of Velkwood - Gwendolyn Kiste 💙 Thunder Song - Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 💜 Mona of the Manor - Armistead Maupin 🌈 Like Happiness - Ursula Villarreal-Moura

❤️ Ellipses - Vanessa Lawrence 🧡 Saint, Sorrow, Sinner - Freydís Moon 💛 Blood & Brujas - Mikayla D. Hornedo 💚 Infinity Kings - Adam Silvera 💙 Really Cute People - Markus Harwood-Jones 💜 How You Were Born - Kate Cayley ❤️ These Bodies Between Us - Sarah Van Name 🧡 Icarus - K. Ancrum 💛 The Emperor and the Endless Palace - Justinian Huang 💙 How Not to Date an Angel - Lana Kole 💜 Enemy Colours - R.M. Olson 🌈 Broken Parts Included - Alyson Root

❤️ Who's Afraid of Gender? - Judith Butler 🧡 The Duke’s Cowboy - Andrew Grey 💛 The Secret Something - Emily Wright 💚 Colstead & Andie - Olivia Janae 💙 Play It Again, Ma’am - Sienna Waters 💜 Love Is…? - K.J. Wrights ❤️ Welcome to Forever - Nathan Tavares 🧡 Just Another Epic Love Poem - Parisa Akhbari 💛 The Phoenix Bride - Natasha Siegel 💙 These Letters End in Tears - Musih Tedji Xaviere �� Truly Home - J.J. Hale 🌈 Monster Mixer - Robin Jo Margaret

❤️ The House of Hidden Meanings - RuPaul 🧡 Promised to the Queen - Barbara Winkes 💛 A Conclave of Crimson - Nicole Eigener & Beverley Lee 💚 A Hunt of Blood and Iron - Cara Nox 💙 The Fealty of Monsters - Ladz 💜 Ariel Crashes a Train - Olivia A. Cole ❤️ Those Beyond the Wall - Micaiah Johnson 🧡 Dancing Toward Stardust - Julia Underwood 💛 Heir to Dreams & Darkness - Ben Alderson 💙 Comet Cruise - Niska Morrow 💜 Dead Girls Walking - Sami Ellis 🌈 Blackout - Carlos E. Rivera

❤️ Monster Crush - Erin Ellie Franey 🧡 Blessed Water - Margot Douaihy 💛 These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart - Izzy Wasserstein 💚 Kiss of Seduction - Rawnie Sabor 💙 Sunbringer - Hannah Kaner 💜 Evacuation to Love - C.A. Popovich ❤️ Sin - Brooke Matthews 🧡 Falls from Grace - Ruby Landers 💛 Lean in to Love - Catherine Lane 💙 A Small Apocalypse - Laura Chow Reeve 💜 Cascade Failure - L.M. Sagas 🌈 The Mars House - Natasha Pulley

❤️ All This Time - Sage Donnell 🧡 The Romance Lovers Book Club - MA Binfield 💛 View from the Top - Morgan Adams 💚 Number Call - Nagisa Furuya 💙 Crossing Bridges - Chelsey Lynford 💜 The Boyfriend Subscription - Steven Salvatore ❤️ Love the World or Get Killed Trying - Alvina Chamberland 🧡 Synthetic Sea - Franklyn S. Newton 💛 The Prince & His Stolen Groom - J.E. Ridge 💙 Chrysalis and Requiem - Quinton Li 💜 Where Sleeping Girls Lie - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 🌈 A Botanical Daughter - Noah Medlock

❤️ Wednesday Nights - by Donna Jay 🧡 The Woods All Black - Lee Mandelo 💛 Song of the Huntress - Lucy Holland 💚 Rainbow Black - Maggie Thrash 💙 Spirits & Sunflowers - A.D. Armistead & Austin Daniel 💜 Floating Hotel - Grace Curtis ❤️ Far From Camelot - Rylee Hale 🧡 This Way to Change - Jezz Chung 💛 Mexican Bird - Luis Lopez-Maldonado 💙 Android Affection: Unveiling - Beau Van Dalen 💜 Welcome to the Damned - Astraea Long 🌈 She Came for Blood - Darva Green

❤️ Cover Story - Rachel Lacey 🧡 The Poisons We Drink - Bethany Baptiste 💛 The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist - Sophie Gonzales 💚 In Walked Trouble - Dana Hawkins 💙 Never Leave, Never Lie - Thea Verdone 💜 Guardian: Zhen Hun - Priest ❤️ All the World Beside - Garrard Conley 🧡 Rainbows, Unicorns, and Triangles - Jessica Kingsley Publishers 💛 The Feast Makers - H.A. Clarke 💙 Synthetic Sea - Franklyn S. Newton 💜 All the Painted Stars - Emma Denny 🌈 A Hard Sell - Jennifer Moffatt

[rabbitcruiser]

English Language Day

English Language Day is celebrated on October 13 to commemorate the day Parliament was opened for the first time by a speech in English, in 1362, rather than in French. The day also celebrates the universality of the language, and how it has evolved over the centuries. Scholars believe that there is no true version of the language, as over 7,000 variations of English can be found in the world right now. English has also adopted many words from other languages. Other than speech, English has also become the primary language for movies and TV shows, literature, and music.

History of English Language Day

The English Project launched the world’s first-ever English Language Day on October 13 in 2009. English Language Day is celebrated to commemorate October 13, 1362, when Parliament was opened for the first time by a speech in English, instead of French. In the same Parliament, a Statute of Pleading was approved that allowed members in debate to use the English language. This made English the official language of law and law-making.

English is a vast language. There are more than 250,000 words in an Oxford Dictionary — minus a lot of technical, scientific, and slang words. English is probably the only language with as many synonyms for many of its words, largely because of its enormous absorbing capacity — borrowing words from as many languages as possible, including German, Greek, Portuguese, French, Latin, and even the language of the colonies where it became widespread. Years of colonialism meant that English now also had words from Asian, the Caribbean, and African cultures. The English language has always been eager to adopt and adapt words and phrases from other languages. The willingness to adapt itself is probably what makes English so different from other languages, such as French.

The English language is easily the most broadly used and spoken language on the planet, and it enjoys a good reputation for adapting words, concepts, and cultural influences from around the world. This adds to the language’s enormous vocabulary, one that is full of odd rules, spellings, and grammar. English Language Day remembers and celebrates the incredible popularity of the language and even its eccentricities!

English Language Day timeline

5–7th Century A.D. Origin of English

English originates from Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Anglo-Saxon migrants.

1500 Early Modern English

The English used by William Shakespeare begins to develop.

17th Century Modern English is Established

Proper modern English similar to that spoken today, is in place.

1755 The First Dictionary

Samuel Johnson publishes the Dictionary of the English Language.

English Language Day FAQs

Why is English Language Day celebrated?

English Language Day is observed to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity by exploring the language.

How many countries speak English as a first language?

English is recognized as an official language in a total of 67 different countries, as well as 27 non-sovereign entities.

What is the oldest language on earth?

As far as history goes, Sanskrit stands as the first spoken language because it dates to as far back as 5000 B.C. Yet new information indicates that although Sanskrit is among the oldest spoken languages, Tamil dates further back.

How To Celebrate English Language Day

Learn more about the language

Read your favorite author

Volunteer at a class

You would be surprised to find out how so many common English words actually have roots in a different language. Try identifying these words and learn more about their origins on English Language Day.

The best way to celebrate English Language Day is by reading your favorite English language books and authors.

Offer to volunteer at a spoken English class. You can teach the language to people of all age groups and help them get better at speaking the language.

5 Facts About The English Language That Will Blow Your Mind

Shakespeare coined many English words

The alphabet is smaller than before

English is the official language of the air

The longest word in English

Some words are more commonly used than others

Shakespeare added over 1,000 words to the English language.

Originally, English had 29 letters instead of the current 26.

English is the official language of airplane travel.

‘Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’ is a medical term that refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling sand dust or ash.

The most commonly used adjective is ‘good.’

Why We Love English Language Day

It’s one of the most popular languages in the world

Celebrates history

Celebrates arts and culture

English Language Day celebrates one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. It’s the day to cherish the universality of the language.

The English language has a long history. Learning the history of the language also helps us understand the politics that have shaped the modern world.

English is also a common medium for music, movies, literature, and other works of art. English Language Day also celebrates the role that the language has played in contributing to arts and culture.

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[talkingbyrnee]

John Cleese playing Batminton somewhere in Tunisia A.D. 1978 <3

photo is from Kim Howard Johnson's Book "Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday" btw

[merunicornwithbooks]

So I'm totally going to finish my current WIP (I've got maybe two chapters to go? Three if I count the epilogue) but I've been playing with the idea of the grandson of Lorrimer Van Helsing (who is also named Lorrimer and looks like young Peter Cushing) hunting down Dracula in 90s New York City. I'd be using Dracula A.D. 1972 canon this time around rather than The Horror of Dracula.

Not only have I played with the idea, I've got one chapter written and I'm sort of loving it? The heroine wears baby doll dresses and fights off Dracula with her custom Betsey Johnson bag which coincidentally is decorated with a big bedazzled cross. I've got a title and I pulled it from a Cranberries song and there's lots of Hammer Studio Easter eggs throughout! This might be too self indulgent to post anywhere, but I don't know.

Meanwhile my original fic is staring at me all appalled like that girl in the meme where her boyfriend is blatantly checking out another girl

[bobmccullochny]

History

December 25th - Christmas Day, commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Although the exact date of his birth is not known, it has been celebrated on December 25th by the Western (Roman Catholic) Church since 336 A.D.

December 25, 1066 - William the Conqueror was crowned King of England after he had invaded England from France, defeated and killed King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, then marched on London.

December 25, 1776 - During the American Revolution, George Washington took 2,400 of his men across the Delaware River. Washington then conducted a surprise raid on 1,500 British-Hessians (German mercenaries) at Trenton, New Jersey. The Hessians surrendered after an hour with nearly 1,000 taken prisoner by Washington who suffered only six wounded (including future president Lt. James Monroe). The victory provided a much needed boost to American morale.

December 25, 1868 - President Andrew Johnson granted general amnesty to all those involved in the Civil War.

December 25, 1926 - Hirohito became Emperor of Japan.

December 25, 1989 - In Romania, a television broadcast of a Christmas symphony was interrupted with the announcement that Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife had been executed following a popular uprising. A pro-democracy coalition then took control. Ceausescu, a hard-line Communist, had been ousted from power after ordering his black-shirted state police to suppress a disturbance in the town of Timisorara, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 4,500 persons.

Birthday - Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He was a mathematician, scientist and author, best known for his work Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica on the theory of gravitation. He died in London and was the first scientist to be honored with burial in Westminster Abbey.

Birthday - American nurse and philanthropist Clara Barton (1821-1912) was born in Oxford, Massachusetts. She served as a nurse during the Civil War and in 1881 founded the American Red Cross.

Birthday - The founder of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mohammed Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) was born in Karachi.

Birthday - Film actor Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) was born in New York City. Best known for The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca and To Have and Have Not.

[teecupangel]

I don't think that Hytham was 17 at the start of AC: Vallhalla.

On the wiki it says that Hytham was born c.855 (or approximately around 855 A.D), so it is possible that he is a few years older then 17. Based on his appearance and how he acts in AC: Vallhalla, I've always thought Hytham was around 19-20 when he first met Eivor. There's is also the fact that 855 A.D hasn't been confirmed as his canon birth date.

Also if he was born in 855 A.D, that means he will be 12 years old in the upcoming tie-in novel The Golden City by Jaleigh Johnson. (The events of the novel takes place in 867 A.D)

I don't think that the Alamut Brotherhood would give a 12 year old (who probably hasn't finished learning all the basic skills, all Hidden Ones should know and master) the task of uncovering a Master Assassin's true loyalties, along side trying to stop an Emperor's plot to assassinate his own son.

My guess is that Hytham will be at least around 15 years old during the events of the upcoming novel. (Which would put his birth date somewhere around c.852 A.D)

*I apologize if this duplicate ask. My internet unfortunately cut out when I sent this ask the first time.*

Hi nonny,

This wasn't a duplicate. I think the first one didn't send :(

You raise a good point since Hytham is... strangely a big focus on a few novels (The Golden City and Sword of the White Horse, it's almost like he's a fan favorite, shame he isn't romanceable, eh, Ubisoft...) and the Golden Sword's 852 would mean he's 12 years old.

Unfortunately, unless someone has the novel "Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga" and showed us which part of Chapter 23 says that Hytham is born approximately around 850 CE, we'll have to take AC wiki's word for it.

There's also the possibility that The Golden City would shed more light on his real age as it seemed to be set in his POV.

I mean, I think it would be funny for Hytham to be in his late teens in Valhalla because that makes his character more like a teenager trying to act mature to show his mentor he is ready (and maybe to impress a certain older Viking, hhmmm) but I did think that Hytham was around 19 to 21 years old during the main game when I was playing it. He just has that... 'just graduated' feel to him. XD

Although, Raza Soora looks like he was around 12 - 13 years old during the time of Assassin's Creed: Brahman and Connor left on his own to find Achilles when he was 13 years old so it won't be surprising if Hytham was 12 when the novel happened. The whole 'figure out if Basim is a traitor' is much harder to accept.

Although, considering that people can get married by the age of 14 during that time period, is it really that much of a stretch if the council in Alamut were dumbasses who thought a 12-year-old can sus out if a Master Assassin has turned rogue?

Let's also not forget, this is from the company that keeps saying Altaïr is 25 during AC1 when AC1 is set on June 1191 and Altaïr was born on January 1185 so he was 26 years old when AC1 happen. They don't have a good track of keeping ages and this is Jaleigh Johnson's first novel. I won't be surprised if she wasn't informed of Hytham's birth year in the other novel.

[silvestromedia]

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR MAY 28

Bl. Thomas Ford, 1582 A.D. Martyr of England. He was born in Devon and educated at Oxford. There he converted and set out for Douai, France. Ordained a priest in 1573, he was sent back to England three years later. Thomas labored in Oxfordshire and Berckshire until his arrest. He was martyred on May 28 at Tyburn by being hanged, drawn, and quartered. He was a companion of St. Edmund Campion, and he died with Blesseds Robert Johnson and John Shert. Thomas was beatified in 1882.

Bl. Robert Johnson, 1582 A.D. English martyr. Born in Shropshire, England, he was a servant before he went to study at Rome and Douai, France, receiving ordination in 1576. Returning to the English mission, he served in the area of London for four years, until his arrest. Robert was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn with Blesseds Thomas Ford and John Short. Robert was beatified in 1886.

Bl. John Shert, 1582 A.D. English martyr. He was born at Shert Hall, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, and educated at Oxford. Converting to the Church, John studied at Douai and Rome. Ordained in 1576, he went to England three years later, working only two years before his arrest. John was martyred at Tyburn with Blessed Thomas Ford and Blessed Robert Johnstone by being hinged, drawn, and quartered. Pope Leo XIII beatified him in 1886.

Bl. Margaret Pole, Martyr of England. She was born Margaret Plantagenet, the niece of Edward IV and Rich-ard III. She married Sir Reginald Pole about 1491 and bore five sons, including Reginald Cardinal Pole. Margaret was widowed, named countess of Salisbury, and appointed governess to Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VIII and Queen Catherine of Aragon, Spain. She opposed Henry’s mar-riage to Anne Boleyn, and the king exiled her from court, although he called her “the holiest woman in England.” When her son, Cardinal Pole, denied Henry’s Act of Supremacy, the king imprisoned Margaret in the Tower of London for two years and then beheaded her on May 28. In 1538, her other two sons were executed. She was never given a legal trial. She was seventy when she was martyred. Margaret was beatified in 1886.

ST. GERMAIN, BISHOP OF PARIS

[memedealer64128]

Ancient Egyptian History in a nutshell

Pre-Dynastic Period (4,400-3,000 B.C): Egypt was united by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson circa 2002 Early Dynastic Period (3,000-2,686 B.C): nothing important Old Kingdom (2,686-2,160 B.C): Pyramids, Mastabas and Sphinxes, oh my 1st Intermediate Period (2,160-2,055 B.C): Civil Wars and Droughts Middle Kingdom (2,055-1,650 B.C): more pyramids and more writing 2nd Intermediate Period (1,650-1,550 B.C): see Joseph: King of Dreams New Kingdom (1,550-1,069 B.C): Hatshepsut, Aten, Deliver Us and the Bronze Age Collapse 3rd Intermediate Period (1,069-664 B.C): Nubia takes over, and the Ark of the Covenant is in Tanis Late Period (664-332 B.C): Assyrians, Babylonians and Persians, oh my Ptolemaic Period (332-30 B.C): nothing but Ptolemies and Cleopatras Roman Period (30 B.C-395 A.D): grain and Christianity

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

ACHTÜNG! BULLDOZING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE UK IN YEAR ZERO: 1977 A.D.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on summer/fall UK dates (from a July issue of "Sounds") for the 1977 joint MOTÖRHEAD/COUNT BISHOPS tour, plus record advertisements for the Bishops self-titled debut album on Chiswick Records, and Motörhead's debut LP released in August of the same year and on the same label.

MINI-OVERVIEW: "Lemmy called THE COUNT BISHOPS a ”very good” band and, once he formed MOTÖRHEAD, the two groups developed their own shared history. Both were sharing a bill on what was the first tour for the “classic” Motörhead lineup of “Fast” Eddie Clarke, “Philthy” Phil Taylor, and Lemmy. It was the ill-fated 1977 "Beyond The Threshold of Pain" tour.

Dave Tice remembered:

“It was a doubleheader, MOTÖRHEAD and COUNT BISHOPS together because we both had albums out at the same time on the same label, Chiswick. It was supposed to be 30 odd shows, but it ended up being three. We did the first couple and then got to the third, in Torquay, on the South coast of England. We were getting great crowds up to that point. The Count Bishops did their bit that night and Motörhead did their show. And later on, just as we were getting ready to go to sleep, Motörhead’s roadie came knocking on our door, crying, having a fit, because he’s just had a falling out with Phil (Taylor) which turned into a fisticuffs scuffle. They fell down the stairs and Phil broke his wrist. That brought an end to the tour after three days.""

-- PLEASE KILL ME (blog), ""Pub rock" Was More than a Label," by Adam Ganderson, October 12, 2020

Sources: http://chiswickrecords.blogspot.com/2007/01/motorhead-1977-tour.html, Twitter (Sounds Clips), & https://pleasekillme.com/pub-rock-wilko-johnson.

[thepaisley]

IPC - WeThe15 from Sam Pilling on Vimeo.

A film to launch the #WeThe15 movement – spearheaded by the International Paralympic Committee and International Disability Alliance.⁣⁣

-- 2022 AICP AWARDS - WINNER (Cause) CANNES LIONS - SILVER / Casting (film craft) D&AD AWARDS - Wood Pencil / Casting BRITISH ARROWS - SILVER / casting BRITISH ARROWS - SILVER / Entertainment & Sports Promotions BRITISH ARROWS - BRONZE / Innovation & Immersive Experiences CDA AWARDS - WINNER / Commercial CREATIVE CIRCLE AWARDS - SILVER / Editing SPORTS EMMY - nomination

-- 2021 SHOTS - SILVER / charity CAMPAIGN - #11 / Top 15 Film Ads of the Year 1.4 AWARDS - SILVER (FLYING HIGH) / commercial - planet positive ⁣⁣ The movement, #WeThe15, takes its name from the 15% of the global population who have a disability: the world’s largest marginalised group. With the goal of putting the rights of the 15% at the heart of the global inclusivity agenda. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics start today! Our film launches the #wethe15 movement and will be shown as part of the opening ceremony to a global audience of over 250 million people. Made in partnership with Adam & Eve DDB, the International Paralympic Committee and the International Disability Alliance, we hope this film helps to shift the narrative around people with disabilities - away from one in which they are either stereotyped as objects of pity, or put on a pedestal �

Huge thank you to all the Cast & crew across the world who gave up their precious time to help bring this film to life ��

STARRING: Kirin Saeed, Crystal Marshall, Wayne Huggit, Brinston Tchana, Martha Ciana, Chris Coxon, Cindy-Jane Armbruster, Asa Bebbington, Asif Ali, Rajesh Kalhan, Jacob Chambers, Yusef, Bethany Asher, Ekow Otoo, Jessica Margraff, Frank & Cindy Williams, Mukandi Mashamba, Camphill Football Team, Evans Maripa, Nathan Hanekom, Rory Avenstrup, Monica e Lino, Max Ulivieri, Loredana Grandi, Lorenzo Casarini, Carlos Neme

THANKS TO: C-Talent and Dan Edge, Bev and Gatehouse, Pulse Italia and Giorgio Testi, Jenni Haberstock, Ryan Booth, Dav & Hillary, Bird and Indochina Productions

CREW: Agency: Adam & Eve Agency producers: Hannah / Rebecca /Jack CCO: Rik Brim Creative Director: Laura Rogers Creatives: Gen & Selma Production: Pulse Films MD: James Sorton & Davud Karbassioun Executive Producer: Lucy Kelly Producer: Dave French PM: Kishan Patel PA: Ellie Sanders Wright PA: Honey Cairns DP: Alex Barber & Chloë Thomson Focus: Merrit Gold Production Designer: Beck Rainford Set Assistant: Grace Bailey Props: Lloyd Vincent Grip: Johnny Donne Gaffer: Paul Molloy Stylist: Hannah Hopkins Stylist Assistant: Adam Martin H&MU: Gaby Winwood H&MU Assistant: Georgia Ryan 1st A.D: James Sharpe Playback: Alan Muszynski Sound: Stephen Hodge Boom Op: Esther Aside-Ofei Casting: Anna Stark CAPE TOWN Gatehouse Commercials EP: Beverley Wynne Producer: Karin Tanchel PM: Daniel Stoffberg 1st AD: Jaco Nel DP: Shaun Harley Lee Focus: Khalid Manuel Art: Willow Howell Make-Up Stylist: Annette Keet Sound: Henau Marais Location Manager: Bhut Gladstone MILAN Pulse Italia Executive Producer: Giorgio Testi Producer: Giulia Negretto Director: Tobia Passigato DP: Diego Indraccolo BANGKOK Indochina Productions EP: Nicholas Simón Producer: Atrachariya Pinitsanpirom (Bird) DP: Nicolas Axelrod Art Director: Salem Kardeeroj 1st A.D: Napon Limsomwong (Kwan) Casting Director: Sarawanee Yodnoon BOGOTA DP: Mauricio Vidal Editors: Ellie Johnson, Liam Bachler & Elyse Raphael at Tenthree Colour: Simon Bourne at Framestore Colour Producer: Chris Anthony VFX: Untold Studios Track: The Mohawks - The Champ (1968) Sync and Music Composition: Luis Almau at Soundtree Music Sound Design: Sam Ashwell & Mark Hellaby at 750mph Film Stock: Kodak Scans: Cinelab London Print: Dejonghe

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in April 2024 🌈

🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ Spring on the Peninsula - Ery Shin 🧡 When I Arrived at the Castle - Emily Carroll 💛 Bloodline - Jenn Alexander 💚 Grey Dog - Elliott Gish 💙 Every Time You Hear That Song - Jenna Voris 💜 I'm in Love with the Villainess v. 2 - Inori and Hanagata ❤️ The Caravaggio Syndrome - Alessandro Giardino 🧡 Leather, Lace, and Locs - Anne Shade 💛 Firebugs - Nico Bulling 💙 I Married My Female Friend v.2 - Shio Usui 💜 The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray - Christine Calella 🌈 A Sweet Sting of Salt - Rose Sutherland ❤️ The Selected Shepherd: Poems - Reginald Shepherd 🧡 Rough Trade - Katrina Carrasco 💛 Aubrey McFadden is Never Getting Married - Georgia Beers 💚 Taming of a Rebel - Eada Friesian 💙 Dayspring - Anthony Oliveira 💜 The Titanic Survivors Book Club - Timothy Schaffert ❤️ Orphia And Eurydicius - Elyse John 🧡 The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers - Samuel Burr 💛 A Good Happy Girl - Marissa Higgins 💙 Winnie Nash Is Not Your Sunshine - Nicole Melleby 💜 Here We Go Again - Alison Cochrun 🌈 Women! In! Peril! - Jessie Ren Marshall

❤️ Blood City Rollers - V. P. Anderson and Tatiana Hill 🧡 The Prospects - KT Hoffman 💛 Crazy Like a Fox: Adventures in Schizophrenia - Christi Furnas 💚 WATCHNIGHT - Cyree Jarelle Johnson 💙 Love From The Sidelines - Tuesday Harper 💜 The Pleasure in Pain - Roxie Voorhees ❤️ Mal - Perla Zul 🧡 The Black Girl Survives in This One - Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell 💛 Darker by Four - June C.L. Tan 💙 Otherworldly - F.T. Lukens 💜 Hearts Still Beating - Brooke Archer 🌈 Tryst Six Venom - Penelope Douglas

❤️ Teenage Dirtbags - James Acker 🧡 The Heart Wants What It Wants - D.M. Batten 💛 Something Kindred by Ciera Burch 💚 Sheine Lende - Dr. Darcie Little Badger & Rovina Cai 💙 Rainbow Overalls - Maggie Fortuna 💜 Flowers for Dead Girls - Abigail Collins ❤️ Canto Contigo - Jonny Garza Villa

❤️ Court of Wanderers - Rin Chupeco 🧡 Molten Death - Leslie Karst 💛 Triad Magic - ‘Nathan Burgoine 💚 You, Me and Bad Movies - Twoony 💙 The Faithful Dark - Cate Baumer 💜 A Case for Discretion - Ashley Moore ❤️ Party of Fools - Cedar McCloud 🧡 The Last Love Song - Kalie Holford 💛 This is Me Trying - Racquel Marie 💙 Dear Wendy - Ann Zhao 💜 Sun Eater - Dre Levant 🌈 The Breakup Lists - Adib Khorram

❤️ Bad Dream - Nicole Maines & Rye Hickman 🧡 If We Were Stars - Eule Grey 💛 The Broken Lines of Us - Shia Woods 💚 Eye of the Ouroboros - Megan Bontrager 💙 Henry Henry - Allen Bratton 💜 Dear Bi Men - JR Yussuf ❤️ Paige Not Found - Jen Wilde 🧡 Mechanic Shop Femme’s Guide to Car Ownership - Chaya Milchtein 💛 Wide Awake Now - David Levithan 💙 Merciless Saviors - H.E. Edgmon 💜 Smile and Be a Villain - Yves Donlon 🌈 Crash Landing - Charmaine Anne Li

❤️ Call Forth a Fox - Markelle Grabo 🧡 Central Avenue Poetry Prize 2024 - Beau Adler 💛 Good Bones - Aurora Rey 💚 Curiosities - Anne Fleming 💙 Someone You Can Build a Nest in - John Wiswell 💜 Revisiting Summer Nights - Ashley Bartlett ❤️ Bright Spring - Emmaline Strange

❤️ Girls Night - I.S. Belle 🧡 Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings 💛 Withered - A.G.A. Wilmot 💚 A Wolf Steps in Blood - Tamara Jerée 💙 It Always Finds Me - Anthology 💜 Dulhaniyaa - Talia Bhatt ❤️ Moon Dust in My Hairnet - JR Creaden 🧡 Blood Justice - Terry J. Benton-Walker 💛 Relinquishing Control - J.J. Arias

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English Language Day

English Language Day is celebrated on October 13 to commemorate the day Parliament was opened for the first time by a speech in English, in 1362, rather than in French. The day also celebrates the universality of the language, and how it has evolved over the centuries. Scholars believe that there is no true version of the language, as over 7,000 variations of English can be found in the world right now. English has also adopted many words from other languages. Other than speech, English has also become the primary language for movies and TV shows, literature, and music.

History of English Language Day

The English Project launched the world’s first-ever English Language Day on October 13 in 2009. English Language Day is celebrated to commemorate October 13, 1362, when Parliament was opened for the first time by a speech in English, instead of French. In the same Parliament, a Statute of Pleading was approved that allowed members in debate to use the English language. This made English the official language of law and law-making.

English is a vast language. There are more than 250,000 words in an Oxford Dictionary — minus a lot of technical, scientific, and slang words. English is probably the only language with as many synonyms for many of its words, largely because of its enormous absorbing capacity — borrowing words from as many languages as possible, including German, Greek, Portuguese, French, Latin, and even the language of the colonies where it became widespread. Years of colonialism meant that English now also had words from Asian, the Caribbean, and African cultures. The English language has always been eager to adopt and adapt words and phrases from other languages. The willingness to adapt itself is probably what makes English so different from other languages, such as French.

The English language is easily the most broadly used and spoken language on the planet, and it enjoys a good reputation for adapting words, concepts, and cultural influences from around the world. This adds to the language’s enormous vocabulary, one that is full of odd rules, spellings, and grammar. English Language Day remembers and celebrates the incredible popularity of the language and even its eccentricities!

English Language Day timeline

5–7th Century A.D. Origin of English

English originates from Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Anglo-Saxon migrants.

1500 Early Modern English

The English used by William Shakespeare begins to develop.

17th Century Modern English is Established

Proper modern English similar to that spoken today, is in place.

1755 The First Dictionary

Samuel Johnson publishes the Dictionary of the English Language.

English Language Day FAQs

Why is English Language Day celebrated?

English Language Day is observed to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity by exploring the language.

How many countries speak English as a first language?

English is recognized as an official language in a total of 67 different countries, as well as 27 non-sovereign entities.

What is the oldest language on earth?

As far as history goes, Sanskrit stands as the first spoken language because it dates to as far back as 5000 B.C. Yet new information indicates that although Sanskrit is among the oldest spoken languages, Tamil dates further back.

How To Celebrate English Language Day

Learn more about the language

Read your favorite author

Volunteer at a class

You would be surprised to find out how so many common English words actually have roots in a different language. Try identifying these words and learn more about their origins on English Language Day.

The best way to celebrate English Language Day is by reading your favorite English language books and authors.

Offer to volunteer at a spoken English class. You can teach the language to people of all age groups and help them get better at speaking the language.

5 Facts About The English Language That Will Blow Your Mind

Shakespeare coined many English words

The alphabet is smaller than before

English is the official language of the air

The longest word in English

Some words are more commonly used than others

Shakespeare added over 1,000 words to the English language.

Originally, English had 29 letters instead of the current 26.

English is the official language of airplane travel.

‘Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’ is a medical term that refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling sand dust or ash.

The most commonly used adjective is ‘good.’

Why We Love English Language Day

It’s one of the most popular languages in the world

Celebrates history

Celebrates arts and culture

English Language Day celebrates one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. It’s the day to cherish the universality of the language.

The English language has a long history. Learning the history of the language also helps us understand the politics that have shaped the modern world.

English is also a common medium for music, movies, literature, and other works of art. English Language Day also celebrates the role that the language has played in contributing to arts and culture.

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