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Berlusconi non è impazzito

Berlusconi non è impazzito

Con il consueto semplicismo, che non intende spiegare ma deformare e confondere, i “grandi” opinionisti ci hanno riferito le riflessioni di Berlusconi, registrate durante una riunione privata di partito e consegnate alla stampa. Ne è venuta fuori l’immagine volutamente tragicomica di un vecchio rimbambito che non è in grado di controllarsi e si fa condizionare dall’amicizia “pericolosa” con…

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Greetings from Hampstead - as of 9:30-ish British Summer Time (Sunday 30 April) - young Harry Styles was in London. Spotted heading towards Kenwood House, assuming on his way to swim at the Men’s Pond but that is just an assumption.

In non-1D travel news, also landing in London this weekend was New York Times bestseller Deborah Harkness (A Discovery of Witches).

And some Everything But The Girl news is they have a new album out and I keep spotting Tracey Thorn coming out of Kenwood House.

No recent sightings of Mel C.

But did meet Jason Issacs and David Nichols amongst others at a World Book Night event.

GHF x

Hello, darling. Thank you for the updates!! Super glad to know H is in London so we don’t have to worry about the Met Gala. I saw a rumor that Louis was spotted at the airport as well.

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September 30, 2023 Saturday Morning Session

How Wondrous and Great

How Firm a Foundation

Conducting: President Eyring

Elder David A Bednar

The Stalwart souls who travelled with the last wagons

They of the last wagon pressed forward

Captain Moroni – if more were like him the devil would never have power Alma 48:17

Walk in the path of your duty and press forward

Samuel the Lamanite: most walk clearly

Quiet members who often go unrecognized with their sustaining influence

Reverence the sanctity and importance of Life in God’s plan

Heavenly Father loves those who minister to children with love and unending kindness

Sister Amy A. Wright 1st Counselor Primary

Parable of the ten virgins Matt 25:1-13

Spiritual preparedness and discipleship

Cancer – “everything is going to be okay

At one point it will be too late to put more oil in your lamps – every drop matters now – but remember that because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ we will all be ok.

That is the greatest power on earth

Here is your reminder that the Atonement of Jesus Christ covers so many more things than just repentance or helping with forgiveness – it is also there to help us gather strength when filled with pain or sorrow, help us know that we are not alone even in the darkness of our mental health.

Gather and focus light

God with infinite knowledge, love, and glory

We cannot share our oil but we can share His light

We need more holy and revelatory experiences

He is the reason why there is never an end to our story

Eternal Life is Eternal Joy

Look to Jesus Christ and Live – like the story about the people of moses looking to the snake on a staff

I Feel My Savior’s Love

Elder Robert M. Daines, 70

Face blindness from being shot

How do you suffer from spiritual faceblindness?

Do you see Heavenly Fathers love and mercy, or a thicket of rules and thorns?

Spiritual faceblindness = seeing the rules but not recognizing God’s love

Can you sometimes only lipsync and not sing the song of redeeming love?

Does this activity/lesson help people see Jesus?

Also are we being inclusive in how we are presenting the activity/lesson?

Pray and study to see who He is and what He loves

God is completely devoted to His children in every age and nation

They are not rules to earn His love – He already loves you perfectly!

We worship our Father and not a formula

Covenants are the shape of God’s embrace

Elder Carlos A. Godoy, Presidency of the 70

Got in the wrong taxi

Heavenly Father does not do coincidences.

Omar ended up returning, being baptized and baptizing his wife and children, and then were able to be sealed a year later

Felt it was about time to go back to church for the sake of their children

Anything broken can be mended with Jesus Christ

The decision of one will impact whole generations

Not just from someone choosing to leave – also because of what caused them to leave

We should always be asking where will this lead?

Decisions, impact on self and future generations etc.

Shouldn’t we be more valiant and less lukewarm

High on the Mountain Top

D Todd Christofferson

What is the purpose of this gathering?

Protection of the covenant people

A defense and refuge from the storm

He holds the keys to administer in all authority

Keeping a proper and faithful record

Eternal families by the sealing powe

Baptisms and sealings for the dead

Add strength to your chain

Ian S. Ardern 70

Love your neighbor, refugees?

“lets all talk about Africa” – ahhh Uganda

Give to humanitarian efforts – Partners in Health (Green brothers approved donation website)

Compassion is an attribute of Christ, it demonstrates love to others and knows no boundaries

God will guide you in compassionate acts of discipleship

True compassion is more than merely flinging a coin to a beggar, it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs reconstructuring- MLK

Compassion does not require us to know them, it only requires us to love them.

Faith in Every Footstep

President Dallin H. Oaks

Fullness of the Doctrine of Jesus Christ

Heavenly Father loves all His children so much, that He wants us all to live in a kingdom of glory forever.

In our Fathers house is many mansions

Your divine potential has everything to do with God’s love for you, and nothing to do with which glory you might possibly obtain later in life – this is something to be between you and God

You will be where you are comfortable

Do not just go through the motions and make “deposits”  - less of a checklist

He will force no one into a sealing relationship against his or her own will

TW - Plan of Salvation, Family Proclamation

Come Listen to a Prophets Voice

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U2 y la Biblia.

La música es un lenguaje universal y tiene el poder de trasladarte en segundos a lugares remotos, por ejemplo si ponemos la marcha nupcial estamos en una boda, si ponemos las mañanitas con el Rey David incluido estaremos a punto de sumirle la cara en el pastel al festejado (nunca he entendido ese ritual), y si ponemos el tema de tiburón lo último que se te antoja es que los Pastores te bauticen ¿correcto?

El año pasado, luego de la pandemia y todo esto me encontré con la versión bíblica de The Message que me ha sido de mucha ayuda en mi trabajo. Colaboro en un CallCenter donde contratamos a gran número de expatriados, extraditados que por razones de documentos se ven en la necesidad de dejarlo todo y venir a Monterrey, ahí es donde los recibo y los transformó en agentes de seguros. Lo hermoso es que esto implica Cultura, Bienestar, Salud, Alojamiento, Alimentación, Mucho Trabajo y Muchísima obra por medio del Espíritu Santo. Alguna vez el Pastor Luis en alguna de las reuniones Indomables le bautizó como el ministerio de la intercesión y me encantó.

Esta nueva versión de MSG me ha permitido transmitirles mensajes en un lenguaje más contemporáneo. La versión es producto de la pluma de Eugene H Peterson quien antes de ser llamado ante la presencia del Señor recibió en su casa a Bono el vocalista y líder de U2 para platicar acerca de su influencia de la Biblia y los Salmos en sus líricas y me dejó sorprendido.

De manera que presenté este tema en la compañía para ayudar a mis estudiantes a tener un contacto más cercano con las Escrituras a través de las canciones de U2.

¿Me acompañan?

Como un entrenamiento es mucho más largo que una intervención en el escenario voy a seleccionar las 10 mejores historias y una más para el gran final. Pero el estudio incluye otras 20 canciones que le puedo también compartir con mucho gusto.

Acerca de las versiones, encontré que la mayoría de las letras de U2 se acoplan a versiones clásicas como la de King James KJV y la New International Version NIV y las traducciones estarán en NTV.

I Will Follow

Es la 1er canción de U2, Bono la escribe luego del fallecimiento de su madre por un derrame cerebral. Es un himno para muchos fans de la banda. Destaca el corito "If you walk away walk away I will follow" que lo encuentras en (Rt 1:16): "But Ruth said, "Entreat me not to leave you or to return from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God." → “Pero Rut respondió: -No me pidas que te deje y regrese a mi pueblo. A dónde tú vayas iré; dondequiera que tú vivas, yo viviré. Tu pueblo será mi pueblo, y tu Dios será mi Dios” NTV.

With or Without You

La clásica frase "See the thorn twist in your side" la encontramos en (2 Cor12:7): "To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me."        → “aún cuando he recibido de Dios revelaciones tan maravillosas. Así que para impedir que me volviera orgulloso, se me dió una espina en mi carne, un mensajero de Satanás para atormentarme e impedir que me volviera orgulloso” NTV

October

Aquí Edge nos deleita con un delicioso piano para luego escuchar "And kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall" la cual se basa del (Sal 46:6): "Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts." → “¡Las naciones se encuentran en un caos, y sus reinos se desmoronan (v-6) ¡La voz de Dios truena, y la tierra se derrite!” NTV.

“I Still Haven´t Found What I´m Looking For”

En "He'll be your shelter from the storm" Proviene del (Sal 55:8) "I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm." → “Que rápido me escaparía, lejos de esta furiosa tormenta de odio” NTV

Y en "I have spoken with the tongue of angels" de (1 Cor 13:1) "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal." →”Si pudiera hablar todos los idiomas del mundo y de los angeles pero no amara a los demás…” NTV.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

tiene mucho que revizar, "Trenches dug within our hearts, And mothers, children, brothers, sisters torn apart" lo encuentras en (Mt10:35): "For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."; (En palabras de Jesús) “He venido a poner a un hombre contra su padre, a una hija contra su madre y a una nuera contra su suegra”.  NTV

Luego la línea "Wipe the tears from your eyes" es de Apocalipsis(21:4): "He will wipe every tear from their eyes..." → “Él les secará toda lágrima de los ojos, y no habrá más muerte ni tristeza ni llanto ni dolor”.

La frase "We eat and drink while tomorrow they die" viene de (I Cor 15:32) "If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." → “Y si no hay resurrección, ¡comámos y bebamos, que mañana moriremos” NTV

El "how long" es muy recurrente en las Escrituras por ejemplo en (Sal 6:3): "My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long?" → “Mi corazón está angustiado; ¿cuánto falta, oh Señor, para que me restaures” y en el (Sal94:3) "How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked be jubilant?" →”Hasta cuando, SEÑOR?  ¡Hasta cuándo los perversos tendrán permiso para regodearse? o bien es muy buen ejemplo el de (Ha 1:2): "How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save?" → “Hasta cuándo debo pedir ayuda, oh SEÑOR? ¡Pero tú no escuchas!

When the Streets Have No Name

Aquí también hay bastante, "We're beaten and blown by the wind" es de (Sn 1:6: "But he should ask in faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the wind." El siguiente ejemplo nos muestra el profundo conocimiento que Bono tiene de las Escrituras pues compara el término de calles con la gran avenida que te lleva al Reino de Dios (Apo 22:1) "Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city." Y en el 22:21 "The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass."

I Still Haven´t Found What I´m Looking For

Este himno no podía quedarse fuera : "I have spoken with the tongue of angels" de (1Cor13:1): "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal." En la versión del Rattle and Hum encuentras la línea: "He'll be your shelter from the storm" del (Sal55:8): "I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm."

Pride

Ya casi para finalizar tenemos todo un himno el “In the name of Love. La famosa línea "One man betrayed with a kiss" es en la que Jesus le comenta a Judas, si vas a traicionar al Hijo del Hombre con un beso ¡Obviamente! Está en (Lc 22:48).

El "One man washed on an empty beach" me parece que pudiera tratarse del momento en que Jonas sea escupido por el gran pez (Jon2:10): "Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit up Jonah on the beach, and it did." → “Entonces el SEÑOR ordenó al pez escupir a Jonás sobre la playa” NTV. Y por último pero no menos importante la de "One man come he to justify" es claramente de (Is 53:11) "my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities." → “mi siervo justo hará posible que muchos seamos contados entre los justos, porqué el cargará con todos los pecados de ellos” NTV. Que luego se remata con el "Justify" is a key que es la base de la Gracia de nuestro Señor.

Please

Aquí Bono canta “Your sermón on the mount” no se requiere mayor explicación (Lc 6:20-26).

Beatiful Day

Creo que desde ahora esta canción me gusta más. En "The heart is a bloom/shoots up through the stony ground" la ubicas en (Is 53:2): "He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground." → “Mi siervo creció en la presencia del SEÑOR como un tierno brote verde, como raíz en tierra seca” NTV.

Ahora la "See the bird with the leaf in her mouth" es de (Gen8:10-11):  [Noe] waited seven days more and again sent the dove out from the ark. In the evening the dove came back to him, and there in its bill was a plucked-off olive leaf! So Noah knew that the waters had lessened on the earth." → “Después de esperar otros siete días, Noé volvió a soltar la paloma; esta vez la paloma regresó a él por la tarde con una hoja de olivo fresca en su pico. Entonces Noé supo que las aguas del diluvio se habían retirado casi por completo” NTV.

The Wanderer

Personalmente tengo todo un tema con el tema de la resurrección, pues mi esperanza está muy bien puesta en la resurrección de nuestro Señor Jesucristo como mi destino. Es un gran tema como para compartir con alguien que acaba de despedir a un ser querido. Fue interpretada en el homenaje a Johnny Cash. Comenzamos con la línea que dice "Through streets paved with gold" -- Revelation 21:21: "The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass." → “Las doce puertas estaban hechas de perlas, ¡cada puerta hecha de una sola perla! Y la calle principal era de oro puro y tan cristalino como el vidrio” NTV.

Luego en "Who would sit at his Father's right hand" está en (Mt 26:64): "'Yes, it is as you say,' Jesus replied. 'But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.'"

→  “-Tú lo has dicho; y en el futuro verán al Hijo del Hombre sentado en el lugar de poder, a la derecha de Dios y viniendo en las nubes del cielo” NTV.

Si bien el tema se titula The Wanderer, llamá mi atención que bien pudo llamarse The Preacher que pudiera tener una fuerte influencia del libro Eclesiastés que en algunas versiones se titula así The Preacher. Por ejemplo

Ecclesiastes 11:9: "Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart, the vision of your eyes; yet understand as regards all this God will bring you to judgment." (Ecl 11:9) → “Gente joven: ¡la juventud es hermosa! Disfruten cada momento de ella. Hagan todo lo que quieran hacer, ¡No se pierdan nada! Pero recuerden que tendrán que rendirle cuentas a Dios de cada cosa que hagan” NTV.

Es muy probable que después de esta platica tu concepto sobre U2 sea diferente. A mí me está sucediendo y tengo que compartirte que he visto la banda 4 veces. Aunque el propósito no es el de promover la banda sino La Palabra, resaltando la forma tan genial en que sin duda alguna el Espíritu Santo ha guiado a Bono a lo largo de estos 43 años. Me voy a despedir con una canción que es muy hermosa. Sus frases no encajan con algún versículo, pero contienen todo el mensaje del Evangelio, les daré tres ejemplos:

Have you come here for forgiveness? Have you come to raise the dead? Have you come here to play Jesus?

Acompáñame a cantarla juntos desde la perspectiva de nuestro Señor Jesucristo.

One

¿Está mejorando? Is it getting better? ¿O sientes lo mismo? Or do you feel the same? ¿Te lo hará más fácil ahora? Will it make it easier on you now? tienes a alguien a quien culpar You got someone to blame

Dices, un amor, una vida You say, one love, one life Cuando es una necesidad en la noche When it's one need in the night Un amor, podemos compartirlo One love, we get to share it Te deja bebé si no te importa Leaves you baby if you don't care for it

¿Te decepcioné? Did I disappoint you? ¿O dejar un mal sabor de boca? Or leave a bad taste in your mouth? Actúas como si nunca hubieras tenido amor You act like you never had love Y quieres que me vaya sin And you want me to go without

Bueno, es demasiado tarde esta noche Well it's too late tonight Para arrastrar el pasado a la luz To drag the past out into the light Somos uno pero no somos lo mismo We're one but we're not the same Llegamos a llevarnos unos a otros, llevarnos unos a otros We get to carry each other, carry each other ¡Uno! One!

¿Has venido aquí por el perdón? Have you come here for forgiveness? ¿Has venido a resucitar a los muertos? Have you come to raise the dead? ¿Has venido aquí a jugar a Jesús? Have you come here to play Jesus? A los leprosos en tu cabeza To the lepers in your head

¿Pedí demasiado? Did I ask too much? Más que mucho More than a lot No me diste nada ahora es todo lo que tengo You gave me nothin' now it's all I got Somos uno pero no somos lo mismo We're one but we're not the same Bueno, nos lastimamos y luego lo hacemos de nuevo. Well we hurt each other then we do it again

Dices que el amor es un templo, el amor una ley superior You say love is a temple, love a higher law El amor es un templo, ama la ley superior Love is a temple, love the higher law Me pides que entre pero luego me haces gatear You ask me to enter but then you make me crawl Y no puedo estar aguantando lo que tienes And I can't be holdin' on to what you got Cuando todo lo que tienes está herido When all you got is hurt

Un amor, una sangre One love, one blood Una vida, tienes que hacer lo que debes One life, you got to do what you should Una vida, el uno con el otro One life, with each other hermanas, hermanos Sisters, brothers

Una vida pero no somos iguales One life but we're not the same Llegamos a llevarnos unos a otros, llevarnos unos a otros We get to carry each other, carry each other Uno One

OhxDios

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Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde in So Long at the Fair (Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher, 1950)

Cast: Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson, Honor Blackman, Felix Aylmer, Cathleen Nesbitt, Betty Warren, Marcel Poncin, Austin Trevor, André Morell, Zena Marshall, Eugene Deckers. Screenplay: Hugh Mills, Anthony Thorne, based on a novel by Thorne. Cinematography: Reginald H. Wyer. Art direction: Cedric Dawe, George Provis. Film editing: Gordon Hales. Music: Benjamin Frankel. 

They might have called it The Gentleman Vanishes. Jean Simmons and David Tomlinson play Vicky and Johnny Barton, sister and brother, whose travels around Europe take them to Paris for the 1889 Paris Exposition, the event that saw the opening of the Eiffel Tower. After seeing a bit of the city on their first night there, Vicky retires to her hotel room while Johnny, feeling tired, stays downstairs to have a nightcap. In the morning, Johnny has vanished. Not only that, the room where he was staying has vanished too. The hotel staff denies that he was ever there, and moreover asserts that the room where he was staying, No. 19, has never existed: The only room 19 is a bathroom. The manager of the hotel, Mme. Hervé (Cathleen Nesbitt), whom we saw check the Bartons in the night before, insists that only Vicky checked in and shows her the registry that only she signed. And so begins Vicky's harrowing attempt not only to find her brother but also to prove that she's not insane. So Long at the Fair is a mostly engaging variation on the gaslighting theme that evokes the similar, though less complex, disappearance of Miss Froy in Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 The Lady Vanishes, though it's not in the same league as Hitchcock's classic. This version is a little too complicated for its own good: It's hard to ignore the many implausibilities of the scheme that's revealed at the end, and the accidental death of a witness who might have prematurely exposed the scheme feels like a contrivance to keep the plot going. But there's still enough fun in trying to figure things out, and the performances are good. Simmons gives full expression to both Vicky's bewilderment and her determination as she deals with uncomprehending authorities, and Dirk Bogarde is handsomely dashing as the expatriate artist who comes to her aid. 

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username song game

my love to @anxiousotters and @nobie for tagging me. giving you both a little kiss on the forehead <3

Rules: pick a song for each letter of your URL and tag that many people

this nearly killed me btw ! my usernames too long.

f - first light (hozier)

r - ring of roses (the trials of cato)

i - in the woods somewhere (hozier)

e - envy green (the arcadian wild)

n - NFWMB (hozier)

d - driver 8 (rem)

l - liar (the arcadian wild)

y - you’ve got the love (florence + the machine)

n - nightswimming (rem)

e - e-bow the letter (rem)

i - inkpot gods (the amazing devil)

g - gilderoy (granny’s attic)

h - hallelujah (leonard cohen)

b - bird song (florence + the machine)

o - oak & ash & thorn (the longest johns)

u - under pressure (queen, david bowie)

r - radio song (rem)

h - hurricane drunk (florence + the machine)

o - orange crush (rem)

o - oh, sleeper (the arcadian wild)

d - drinking song for the socially anxious (the amazing devil)

e - evergreen (BROODS)

l - lay all your love on me (ABBA)

f - find the river (rem)

i’m tagging anyone who sees this and wants to do it !!

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EVERY ONE, LOOK AT H I M !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

beautie 💅

Ozzy wears jacket and cross necklace by Chrome Hearts, Feather Cape by Nicole & Felicia, Feather Jacket by Norma Kamali, top by Giorgio Armani, trousers by Saint Laurent, rings by David Yurman and Rockford Collection and Loree Rodkin, skull dog-tag necklace by Jason of Beverly Hills, watch by Cartier, bracelets by Luis Morais, thorn crown and silver claw by Xtended Identity, and holding cane by Fashionable Canes

Photo: Danielle Levitt

Ozzy Osbourne on Rolling Stone UK Cover Shoot (2023) ↓↓↓

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First Lines

Rules: Post the first lines of your last 10 fics posted to ao3. If you have less than 10 fics posted, post the first lines of all your fics.

thanks for the tags, @smallumbrella369, @mostlyinthemorning, @stereopticons, @smblmn, @hippolotamus!!

I’m going to use the first lines of my last 10 non-drabble Schitt’s Creek fics.

endlessly

“Get a room, Coach!”

as we dream by the fire

Even with his eyes closed, David is aware of the flames dancing, the shifting light flickering gold in the darkness across the back of his eyelids.

H(e)art Trophy

Patrick chucks his phone onto the hotel bed, watching it land on the pristinely tucked sheets before pinching the bridge of his nose.

the way that you are with me

There’s an honesty in physical contact, David has realized.

ask me just how much I love you

“So, you’re like, morally opposed then?” David asks, as he tucks the fitted sheet over the corner of the mattress.

here, at the end of the world

“David?” 

this one means the most to me

This doesn't feel like a first date.

gathered here today

“Thanks for being here today.”

Petal & Thorn

Patrick takes a deep breath as he reaches for the handle and pulls the heavy black door toward him.

breakaway

David paces along the teal floor tiles of the otherwise various-shades-of-white waiting room, turning on his heel to retrace the same path he’s been following for the last however long it has been. 

tagging: anyone who wants to do it!

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SPELL OUT YOUR URL IN SONG TITLES. tagged by: @peculiarbeauty tagging: any one who wants to!

S - soldier, poet, king - the oh hellos

there will come a soldier / who carries a mighty sword / he will tear your city down / there will come a ruler / whose brow is laid in thorn / smeared with oil like david's boy

U - unsatisfied - nine black alps

should look where you're going / or where you're gonna hide / should be feeling something / of another life / unsatisfied / so why'd you wanna hide every little lie? / unsatisfied

N - not afraid anymore - halsey

crawling underneath my skin / sweet talk with a hint of sin / begging you to take me / devil underneath your grin sweet thing / bet you play to win / heaven gonna hate me

T - thief - ansel elgort

call me a thief / there's been a robbery / I left with her heart / tore it apart / made no apologies / just call me a thief

H - happy accidents - saint motel

freckles form a line around your face / and I get lost when I try to find my way / and I start to tumble down / pick me back up off the ground / ever think what if we never met / you love me but you don't know it yet / everything is just an accident / a happy accident

I - I feel good about this - the mowgli's

all around the only thing I ever really think about / and even in the dark I see the light somehow / we're safe and sound / you and I just yelling off the balcony / all the time / just waiting for your friends to leave / and finally / so can we

E - everything I ever thought I knew - zachary levi

everything I yearned for / everything I planned / all my sweetest memories were castles made of sand / now that it's all crumbling / help me understand / if none of it was really me then who am I supposed to be

V - vagabond - caamp

vagabond dreamin' takes me through the night / sippin' whiskey by the river living out of sight / one hundred miles an hour in the fast lane / one hundred miles an hour towards the light

I - i'm a wanted man - royal deluxe

they didn't know it when they turned me loose / I shot the sheriff and I slipped the noose / the law ain't ever been a friend of mine / I would kill again to keep from doing time / you should never trust my kind / i'm a wanted man

N - natural - imagine dragons

and you're standing on the edge face up / cause you're a natural / a beating heart of stone / you gotta be so cold / to make it in this world / yeah you're a natural / living your life cutthroat / you gotta be so cold / yeah you're a natural

G - golden hour - jvke

I was all alone with the love of my life / she's got glitter for skin / my radiant beam in the night / I don't need no light to see you / shine / it's your golden hour / you slow down time / in your golden hour

[brokehorrorfan]

Hot Topic is carrying two Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey shirts. Normally $23.90, they're currently 20% off at $19.12.

The 2023 horror retelling of A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh books returns to theaters this Friday, March 17, via ITN Studios. Written and directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, the slasher stars Craig David Dowsett, Chris Cordell, Amber Doig-Thorne, Nikolai Leon, Maria Taylor, Natasha Rose Mills, and Danielle Ronald.

[emilysworldoffandoms]

Books I Read in 2023

Wilde Child By Eloisa James (Romance)

Looking for Me…in this Great Big Family By Betsy R. Rosenthal (Middle Grade Verse)

My Last Duchess By Eloisa James (Romance)

Wilde in Love By Eloisa James (Romance)

Our Souls at Night By Kent Haruf (Fiction)

Too Wilde Too Wed By Eloisa James (Romance)

Nick and Charlie By Alice Oseman (YA Novella)

Born to Be Wilde By Eloisa James (Romance)

The Woman in the Purple Skirt By Nasuko Imamura (Fiction)

Say No to the Duke By Eloisa James (Romance)

Crumbs By Dance Stirling (Graphic Novel)

The Reluctant Countess By Eloisa James (Romance)

Demon in the Wood By Leigh Bardugo & Dani Pendergast (Graphic Novel)

Write for Your Life By Anna Quindlen (Non-Fiction)

Let There By Laughter By Michael Krasny (Humor)

Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein By Lita Judge (Biography in Verse and Pictures)

Soft Thorns By Bridgett Devoue (Poetry)

Wolfed: Cursed By Love: Book One By Leia Stone (Urban Fantasy Romance)

Constantine: Distorted Illusions By Kami Garcia & Isaac Goodhart (Graphic Novel)

A Life Force By Will Eisner (Graphic Novel)

Dropsie Avenue By Will Eisner (Graphic Novel)

Love & Other Words By Christina Lauren (Romance)

The World Keeps Ending and the World Goes On By Franny Choi (Poetry)

The Valentine’s Hate By Sidney Halston (Romance)

Fagin the Jew By Will Eisner (Graphic Novel)

Autoboyography By Christina Lauren (YA)

You Are Here By Dawn Lanuza (Poetry)

Wolfed: Book Two: Promised to Him By Leia Stone (Urban Fantasy Romance)

New York: The Big City By Will Eisner (Graphic Novel)

To the Heart of the Storm By Will Eisner (Graphic Novel)

The Outsiders By S.E. Hinton (Classic YA) [Re-read]

True Beauty By Yaongyi (Graphic Novel)

The 13 Clocks By James Thurber (Verse and Pictures)

Chasing Cassandra By Lisa Kleypas (Romance)

Banned Book Club By Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, and Ryan Estrada (Graphic Novel)

Coven By Jennifer Dugan (Graphic Novel)

Exes & O’s By Amy Lea (Romance)

2 Am Thoughts By Mackenzie Campbell (Poetry)

My Greenhouse By Bella Mayo (Poetry)

Unterhaken By Leela Corman (Graphic Novel)

Morning Haikus By Carin Weisman Crook (Poetry)

HER: Volume 3 By Pierre Alex Jeanty (Poetry)

These Are My Big Girl Pants By Amber Vittoria (Poetry)

When in Rome By Sarah Adams (Romance)

Mr. Wrong Number By Lynn Painter (Romance)

Hollow By Brandon Boyer-White & Shannon Waters (Graphic Novel)

Set on You By Amy Lea (Romance)

The Sun & the Star By Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro (Middle Grade)

Practice Makes Perfect By Sarah Adams (Romance)

Haikus for Jews By David M. Bader (Poetry) [Re-read]

LVOE By Atticus (Poetry)

Schwartz’s Hebrew Delicatessen: The Story By Bill Brownstein (Non-Fiction)

Spy X Family Vol. 1 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

My Hero Academia Vol. 1 By Kohei Horikoshi (Manga)

Imogen, Obviously By Becky Albertalli (YA)

Spy X Family Vol. 2 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

Spy X Family Vol. 3 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

True Love Experiment By Christina Lauren (Romance)

A beautiful composition of broken By r.h. Sin (poetry)

Spy X Family Vol. 4 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

Spy X Family Vol. 5 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business By Mel Brooks (Memoir)

Whiskey words & a shovel By r.h. Sin (Poetry)

Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself By Alan Alda (Memoir)

Spy X Family Vol. 6 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

The Unhoneymooners By Christina Lauren (Romance)

The Soulmate Equation By Christina Lauren (Romance)

M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors By Richard Hooker (Fiction)

Mixed Blessings By William & Barbara Christopher (Memoir)

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed and Other Things I’ve Learned By Alan Alda (Memoir)

Red, White, & Royal Blue By Casey McQuiston (Romance)

Spy X Family Vol. 7 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

SOTUS Vol. 1 By Bittersweet (Manga)

SOTUS Vol. 2 By Bittersweet (Manga)

While the Duke Was Sleeping By Sophie Jordan (Romance)

Beach Read By Emily Henry (Romance)

Spy X Family Vol. 8 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

Spy X Family Vol. 9 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

The Scandal of it All By Sophie Jordan (Romance)

Not That Duke By Eloisa James (Romance)

Unorthodox Love By Heidi Shertok (Romance)

The Duke Buys a Bride By  Sophie Jordan (Romance)

This Scot of Mine By Sophie Jordan (Romance)

Kissing Kosher By Jean Meltzer (Romance)

The Duke’s Stolen Bride By Sophie Jordan (Romance)

My Roommate is a Vampire By Jenna Levine (Romance)

The Virgin and the Rogue By Sophie Jordan (Romance)

The Duke Effect By Sophie Jordan (Romance)

SOTUS Vol. 3 By Bittersweet (Manga)

Percy Jackson: Chalice of the Gods By Rick Riordan (Middle Grade)

Tiny Dancer By Siena Cherson Siegel (Graphic Novel)

Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend By Alys Arden (Graphic Novel)

Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels By Sarah Wendell (Non-Fiction)

The Roommate Pat By Allison Ashley (Romance)

Spy X Family Vol. 10 By Tatsuya Endo (Manga)

Two Rogues Make a Right By Cat Sebastian (Romance)

The Things They Carried By Tim O’Brien (Fiction)

Count Your Lucky Stars By Alexandria Bellefleur (Romance)

The Bromance Book Club By Lyssa Kay Adams (Romance)

Mockingjay By Suzanne Collins (YA)

The Official Quotable Doctor Who: Wise Words from Across Space & Time By Cavan Scott and Mark Wright (Quote Book)

God Plays Hide and Seek Poems By Greta Elbogen (Poetry)

Women Holding Things By Maira Kalman (Poetry/Verse/Photos)

The Little Liar By Mitch Albom (Fiction)

Love Brought Me Through the Holocaust: A Daughter’s Memories By Judith Koeppel Steel (Non-Fiction)

Himawari House By Harmony Becker (Graphic Novel)

Undercover Bromance By Lyssa Kay Adams (Romance)

Unordinary By uru-chan (Graphic Novel)

Son of : A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices By Most Hassan Yousef (Memoir)

Love & Latkes By Stacey Agdern (Romance)

Twelve Tribes: Promise and Peril in New Israel By Ethan Michaeli (Non-Fiction)

Never on Shabbas! By Henry Leonard (Political Cartoons)

The Little Guide to Taylor Swift: Words to Shake It Off (Quote Book)

This Winter By Alice Oseman (Novella)

Heartstopper Volume 5 By Alice Oseman (Graphic Novel)

Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth By Noa Tishby (Non-Fiction)

Counting the Cost By Jill Duggar (Memoir)

How to Educate a Citizen: The Power of Shared Knowledge to Unify a Nation BY E.D. Hirsch Jr. (Non-Fiction)

Two Tribes By Emily Bowen Cohen (Middle Grade Graphic Novel)

Foster By Claire Keegan (Novella)

[pretty-toastie]

Favorite Authors/Books (pinned)

(in no particular order)

Novels

Rebecca Thorne: Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

Nina LaCour: We Are Okay, Everything Leads to You

Julia Armfield: Salt Slow, Our Wives Under the Sea

Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone: This Is How You Lose the Time War

Ryan La Sala: The Honeys

V. E. Schwab: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Near Witch

Helen Macdonald: Vesper Flights, H is for Hawk

Lucy Caldwell: Here We Are

Joan Didion: A Book of Common Prayer

David Arnold: The Electric Kingdom

Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary

Classics

Unknown, Seamus Heaney: Beowulf

Unknown, Simon Armitage: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sappho, Anne Carson: If Not, Winter

J. R. R. Tolkien: Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit

[Still evaluating translators]: The Odyssey, The Iliad

Poetry

Ada Limón: The Hurting Kind

Mary Oliver: Devotions

[slimethought]

Is this a video about Breadtube? Is it a reaction video to Philosophy Tube / Abigail Thorn and her video about coming out as trans? Is it a reaction video to myself? Is there such a thing as objectivity? Is there hope for joy in the wake of postmodernism? Can YouTubers really fill the role of educators? If not, can I still join in the party of making fun of conservative nonsense from Ben Shapiro and PragerU? Please?

Watch to find out! Then tell us because we have no idea.

The Leftist Cooks are Neil Farrell and Sarah Oeffler

I’m on PATREON! Join the community ►►   / theleftistcooks   SUBSCRIBE why not! ►► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC358... One time payment in my tip jar? ►► https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/neilf...

↓↓↓Vegan Scones with Jam↓↓↓

500g (4 cups) of self raising flour 100g (1/2 cup) coconut oil 100g (1/2 cup) of sugar 200ml (7/8 cup) cashew milk Add 125gms (1 cup) dark chocolate

Bake for 15 - 20 minutes at 180°C (350°F)

Heat 250g (1 1/2 cups) frozen berries 100g sugar (1/2 cup) on a low setting on your hob

↓↓↓ CITATIONS↓↓↓

Rozenblit, L., & Keil, F. (2002). The misunderstood limits of folk science: An illusion of explanatory depth. Cognitive science, 26(5), 521-562.

Fernbach, P. M., Rogers, T., Fox, C. R., & Sloman, S. A. (2013). Political extremism is supported by an illusion of understanding. Psychological science, 24(6), 939-946.

Kruger, J., & Dunning, D. (1999). Unskilled and unaware of it: how difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. Journal of personality and social psychology, 77(6), 1121.

Drescher, J. (2015). Out of DSM: Depathologizing homosexuality. Behavioral sciences, 5(4), 565-575.

Lindholm, C. (1997). ‘The Swat Pukhtum family as a political training ground’, in R.J. Casstillo (ed.) The Meaning of Madness. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Heine, S. J., Kitayama, S., Lehman, D. R., Takata, T., Ide, E., Leung, C., & Matsumoto, H. (2001). Divergent consequences of success and failure in japan and north america: an investigation of self-improving motivations and malleable selves. Journal of personality and social psychology, 81(4), 599.

Park, S. W., Tignor, S. M., Joo, M. J., & Heo, Y. H. (2016). Accuracy and bias in self-perception of performance: Narcissism matters in Korea as well. Korean Social Science Journal, 43(2), 29-43.

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Link to Philosophy Tube / Abigail Thorne's little public statement:    • Coming Out As Trans - A Little Public...   (I'm aware that this isn't actually the coming out video but it was the one she gave express permission to play with and use for making art and spreading positive messages)

↓↓↓ LYRICS↓↓↓ (and highly recommend all of these YouTubers)

Tom Scott, Adam Neely, Lonerbox and Michael Stephens T1J, Folding Ideas, Nerdwriter, Kevin Lieber Legal Eagle, Lindsay Ellis, Jay Foreman, Rowan Ellis David Bennet Piano, Innuendo Studios Every Frame a Painting, Lessons from the Screenplay, Matt Gray, Patrick Willems, We’re in Hell, Khadija Mbowe PBS Eons, Veritasium, Hank Green Animalogic, Numberphile and… John Green It’s Okay to Be Smart, & Today I Found Out Langfocus, Tom Nicholas, Jake Roper (opted out) Thought Slime, Jessica Kellgren Fozzard, Jessie Gender and Cogito, Ordinary Things and Hbomber...man Big Joel, Little Joel, Medium-sized Joel Plenty of others -- (YaadPikni, Verilybitchie, Flavorlab, Paul Morrin, Renegade Cut, Zoe Bee...) but how was I supposed to know? Some of these people might be absolutely full of sh*t And it’s an English-speaking young white guy list Edutaintment isn’t bad Nobody’s a perfect Dad Some of them are really smart And some of them just make Art Some of them created a whole new art form Like Natalie Wynn and Abigail Thorn.

And check out our special guest Matthew Tallon here:   / tallonmatthew   He's the funniest person on the Internet.

Thanks to All My Patrons: Lacey Eberl Unoriginal Junglist Lou Grath Misfit Unicorn Melinda Hristo Kolev Finola Mohan

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

False and True Discipleship

13 “Go in through the narrow gate; for the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the road broad, and many travel it; 14 but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

15 “Beware of the false prophets! They come to you wearing sheep’s clothing, but underneath they are hungry wolves! 16 You will recognize them by their fruit. Can people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every healthy tree produces good fruit, but a poor tree produces bad fruit. 18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, or a poor tree good fruit. 19 Any tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire! 20 So you will recognize them by their fruit.

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who do what my Father in heaven wants. 22 On that Day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord! Didn’t we prophesy in your name? Didn’t we expel demons in your name? Didn’t we perform many miracles in your name?’ 23 Then I will tell them to their faces, ‘I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!’

24 “So, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on bedrock. 25 The rain fell, the rivers flooded, the winds blew and beat against that house, but it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, the rivers flooded, the wind blew and beat against that house, and it collapsed — and its collapse was horrendous!”

28 When Yeshua had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at the way he taught, 29 for he was not instructing them like their Torah-teachers but as one who had authority himself. — Matthew 7:13-29 | Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) Complete Jewish Bible Copyright © 1998 by David H. Stern. All rights reserved. Cross References: 1 Samuel 24:13; 1 Kings 13:18; Job 22:16; Psalm 6:8; Psalm 16:11; Psalm 119:115; Proverbs 10:8; Proverbs 10:25; Proverbs 20:11; Isaiah 35:8; Jeremiah 23:16; Daniel 4:14; Matthew 3:10; Matthew 8:1; Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:33; Matthew 12:35; Matthew 13:53-54; Matthew 25:10-11; Luke 6:43-44; Luke 13:24-25; Romans 6:46; 1 Corinthians 13:2; James 3:12

[mosho347]

Shalom y'all! Thought I'd do a comparison of the original cover art & the edit I made of it to go with my remix. It was A LOT of work, but I fell in love with the results. I'll also share some of that the meaning is in the symbolism I used for my edit.

I edited the photo to show a faint, almost ghost-like form of Taylor on the couch, but instead of her looking towards the lamp that was on a stand next to her, I replaced the lamp with a couple books. I enhanced the highlight around these books to emphasize their importance here. Why? Because these are no ordinary books, but the Light that King David spoke of; "Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, & a Light unto my path"; they're holy books. The one on the bottom is an Artscroll edition of the Hebrew Tanakh (Jewish Bible, more or less), opened to Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) 11:9-10, where it reads: "Young person, if you spend your youth only having fun, if you use your early years just to entertain yourself, if you follow your heart as you live your life, and let your eyes be your guide; understand that for all these things God will bring you to judgment. Therefore, remove anger from your heart; and keep from harming your body; for neither adolescence nor youth has any lasting value." The top book is the CJB (Complete Jewish Bible), translated by David H. Stern, opened to Matisyahu (Matthew) 13:22 refering to the Parable of the Sower; "Now the seed sown among thorns stands for someone who hears the message, but it is choked by the worries of the world and the deceitful glamor of wealth, so that it produces nothing."

The title at the top right, "He Said," isn't a direct translation of the Hebrew next to it. The Hebrew, ויאמר (read right to left as "vayomer") means "and spoke"/"thus spoke," from Bereshit (Genesis) 1:3, "And the L-rd said "Let there be Light," which is how I start the song. At the bottom, a caption of 13 words; "Someday, when we leave this world, the fame & wealth won't follow us," a stark contrast to the original light hearted caption. Finally, my countersign is visible in the upper left corner of the image, a Hebrew-to-English transliteration with more than one hidden meaning...

My reasons for making both the songs message & the representative art cover much more serious in tone, is to reflect a more sobering thought & understanding. This world, it isn't enough, nor are the pleasures in it enduring, tho pure pleasure is sweet & long lasting, even in memory, & that is G-d's blessing. However, if we really want to taste of the sweetness that never ends, such does exist; there are thing persons & places s that last eternally, & fixed on them, or rather, on Him, are all things. This is why the shadows of my edited art are darker, but the highlights brighter, than the original; ultimately, there is only one who has conquered death. Let's join him, Yeshua haMoshiach, & overcome even sin & death, in Moshiach, &, thru him, in The Father, YHVH.