#Eaton Place

[lorenzlund]

'Mirror oh mirror hanging on the wall, tell me, lad ... who is the most beautiful person in all the state!!' The lady who makes ashes from us. (Aschenputtel auf Deutsch. Maerchen der Gebrueder Grimm. Deutsche Maerchenerzaehlungen. Fantasy.)

The international Gay - with ass and dick also by him! ('Grundig").

Zu vieles in die Ferne sehen auch von uns als Mann. 'sich auch woanders umschauen' (*der Mann viel zu oft schaut er dabei bestaendig nur noch genauso fremden Maedchen auch hinterher, in auch seinem Land, begehrt sie mit Blicken, 'welche ihm gar nicht gehoeren'!)

'Schillerstrasse' (Lueneburg). Auf der erneuten Suche nach einem geeigneten Hotel fuer die Nacht.

'Treffen wir sie nochmals beim Versuch des illegalen Uebernachtens im Inneren eines Gebauedes wie diesem an (*als Schriftsteller und Dichter), so koennte es ihnen passieren, wir muessten sie dann doch erstmals mit zu uns vielleicht auf sogar die Polizeiwache nehmen, sie fuer laenger dabehalten!!'

'The Businessman - life of George Barwick'. Cinema.)

'Der Deutsche Stahlhelm' (als Soldaten- und Kampf-Organisation des 2. Weltkrieges). -'S fuer: ars (lat.). ass/Hintern, Arsch. gelegentliche Verwendung als sogar auch 'Z'. Abbreviations. Wort-Ab- oder Verkuerzungen allgemein gebrauechliche internationale und deren - seit nunmehr bereits ueber 2 Jahrtausenden! - sehr hauefige (tradit.) Bedeutungen.

ass der Rasse der Arier. Se-mine-Aries. hotels. Hotelnamen. G.O.T.T. : Po & tits. titti. 'Titten' (auf Deutsch). The males. Men/die Maenner allgemein.

'Er glaubt wohl er sei Gott!'

'Wollt Ihr irgendwann ueber die Welt herrschen (- Erstmals sogar als die weltweiten Farbigen wie Gemischt-Farbigen und ueber Weisse!! -) so braucht ihr Ideen um sie neu zu erfinden fuer andere!'

(angebrachter Wandspruch oder Wandmotto in meinem Hotelzimmer)

'Wir pruefen ueberaus sorgfaeltig nun wirklich jeden unserer Faelle, sagen wir dazu! Wir tun das so eigentlich immer und zwar immer bereits noch vorher - und noch bevor wir entscheiden!! Sie beschweren sich zu Unrecht darueber!'

*Selber soll ich uebrigebs gar kein Kind der Erde sein, moechte ich eigens nur deswegen hier so nochmals betonen, selbst moeglichen Gegnern gegenueber, sollte auch ich sie besitzen (Wovon erstmals staerker sogar ich ausgehe, die immer ganz besonderen Umstaende meiner Lage und bestaendig gerade um meine Person herum sich drehende Ereignisse zwingen mich wiederholt dazu, das so laenger schon ueber auch mich zu glauben!), stattdessen Sohn eines ehemals auf dem Mond beheinateten und stationierten Offuziersehepaares! Einzig die Mutter stammte dabei selber wohl von der Erde! Vater vom Jupiter!!).Was mich automarisch sehr viel weniger sterblich werden laesst als auch andere Maenner es sind, sind die selber noch hier geboren, und gebuertig von der Erde!

(Mit Karim als einzigem wohl auch leiblichem Bruder, jedenfalls soweit mir bislang bekannt, dem kuenftigen Koenig Ossaniens!

Karim als deutlich juengerem Bruder von mir ist gegenwaertig Pilot. Als solcher fliegt er regelmaessig die allermodernsten Jets! Weswegen ich auch nicht wenig stolz auf ihn bin, oder immer schon gewesen bin! Er gehoert ihren Testern mit an, jenen, die sie austesten! - Hingegen regiert ueber den direkten Nachbaar-Staat Ossaniens und das Koenigreich Zaratrian derzeit auch weiterhin noch einer unserer beiden aelteren leiblichen Onkel - als temporaerem Verwalter!!

Die Band 'One republic'. Eine ebenfalls erkennbar sehr alte (englischsprachige) Kapelle schon!

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

kay on the one hand we've all heard the jokes about turkish delight and how much was it worth selling off your family for but today i went to the turkish confectionary downtown and god DAMN let me tell you

pomegranate rahat lokum with diced pistachio and crushed rose ?????

i think i get it actually

[sweetreveriee]

ATTENTION!!!!!!

for those affected by the LA fires, various Planet Fitness locations have offered access to locker rooms, showers, charging outlets, and Wi-Fi for free. The offer extends until January 15th so please take advantage of it if you find yourself in need.

The following locations are participating (alphabetical order):

Anaheim (West Katella Avenue)

Beaumont

Bellflower

Buena Park

Camarillo

Carson (Lomita Boulevard)

Carson (Town Center)

Cerritos

Chino

Compton

Corona (Grand Oaks)

Corona

Costa Mesa

Covina

Diamond Bar

Downey

Encino

Fontana (Summit Avenue)

Fontana

Foothill Ranch

Fountain Valley

Fullerton

Garden Grove

Granada Hills

Hawaiian Gardens

Hawthorne

Hemet

Hesperia (Bear Valley Road)

Hesperia

Huntington Beach (Goldenwest Street)

Huntington Park

Inglewood (both locations on Imperial Highway and Manchester Boulevard)

Laguna Niguel

Lake Elsinore

Lake Forest

Lancaster

Long Beach (locations at Cherry Avenue, Ximeno Avenue, and downtown Long Beach)

Downtown Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Mid City – W Washington)

Los Angeles (Washington Street & Hoover Avenue)

Los Angeles (Washington Boulevard)

Los Angeles (Wilmington Avenue)

Moreno Valley

Murrieta

Norwalk

Northridge

Ontario (E 4th Street)

Orange

Oxnard

Palmdale

Paramount

Perris

Pomona

Rancho Cucamonga (Alta Loma)

Rialto (S Riverside Avenue)

Rialto

Riverside (Tyler)

Riverside

San Bernardino (E Highland and Sterling avenues)

San Bernardino (S. Mt. Vernon)

San Bernardino

San Dimas

Santa Ana (E Edinger Aveune)

Santa Ana

Santa Clarita

Santa Fe Springs (Telegraph Road)

Simi Valley

South Gate

Studio City

Temecula (Winchester Road)

Thousand Oaks (Westlake)

Torrance

Tustin

Upland

Van Nuys

Ventura

Victorville

Whittier (Washington Boulevard)

[hobbinch]

The house my sister raised both her kids in for most of their lives is totally gone

[epersonae]

There's something about having hard bailed on the place where you grew up, like I moved away basically the first second I was able and rarely went back, but there's a fondness for some of it, and then something like this happens and

So much of what made me who I am as a person is in that place and now so much of it is gone forever, not in the regular turnover of things (I had a weird moment last year looking up something about the LA County Museum of Art and discovering that the buildings I knew had all been torn down) but just

All of it erased in less than a week

[petalsfordany]

Courtney Eaton in Sydney for the FIFA Women’s World Cup final

[spilladabalia]

Pram - Space Siren

[middleland]

Joseph Neal House — Eaton, Ohio (2) by Christopher Riley

[overbearingstruggles]

I may be wrong but did/do you live in or work in California or know someone who does/did? have we heard anything about the ex girl group of jacks or are they not even close to these wildfires? (regardless I do hope everyone is safe)

Yep I live in California! Most of the gang live(d) in the valley and that has been mostly safe. A fire broke out in Studio City last night which is where almost everyone has lived or lived near (like Sherman Oaks) at some point but was out before too much happened. Model Janelle is the only one I could see whose family might have had a house in a fancier area near PCH or the Palisades but she hasn't posted that specifically so I will assume she's fine.

[uglyandtraveling]

Toronto Eaton Centre Christmas Decorations | Holiday Magic in Downtown Toronto!

Join me on a festive journey through the heart of Toronto as I explore the magical Christmas and New Year decorations at Toronto Eaton Centre and Yonge-Dundas Square!

The Eaton Centre transforms into a winter wonderland with sparkling lights, beautifully decorated trees, and plenty of holiday cheer. From the massive Christmas tree inside the mall to the dazzling displays outside at Yonge-Dundas Square, this vlog captures the essence of Toronto's holiday spirit.

Whether you're looking for holiday inspiration, missing the festive energy of Toronto, or just want to experience the magic of the season, come along and enjoy the sights and sounds of the city during this special time of year!

[lifewithaview]

Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) The Path of Duty

S1E4

It's May 1905 and Elizabeth Bellamy returns home after attending finishing school in Germany. At 17, she is attractive and has a keen mind with a variety of interests whether it be literature, art or politics. She is pleased that Rose is to be her personal maid but is not necessarily looking forward to attending an upcoming ball where she will 'come out' and be introduced to the King and Queen. Everyone at 165 Eaton Place is working to ensure that her grand evening is a memorable one but at the ball she is bored not only with the company but with the empty-headed girls around her. Refusing to act the part, she disappears just before she is to be presented.

*Shot in black-and-white because of a labour dispute with technical unions.

[rabbitcruiser]

The first shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan on March 22, 1954.

[fatehbaz]

Good question:

In the United States, many jails and prisons can and will charge you money for every single night that you spend imprisoned, for the entire duration of your incarceration, as if you were being billed for staying at a hotel. Even if you are incarcerated for years. Adding up to tens of thousands of dollars. What happens when you’re released?

In response to this:

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So.

You’re getting charged, like, ten dollars every time you even submit a request form to possibly be seen by a doctor or dentist.

You’re getting charged maybe five dollars for ten minutes on the phone.

Any time a friend or family tries to send you like five dollars so that you can buy some toothpaste or lotion, or maybe a snack from the commissary since you’re diabetic and the “meals” have left you malnourished, maybe half of that money gets taken as a “service fee” by the corporate contractor that the prison uses to manage your pre-paid debit card. So you’re already losing money every day just by being there.

What happens if you can’t pay?

In some places, after serving just a couple of years for drugs charges, almost 20 years after being released, the state can still hunt you down for over $80,000 that you “owe” as if it were a per-night room-and-board accommodations charge, like this recent highly-publicized case in Connecticut:

Excerpt:

Two decades after her release from prison, [TB] feels she is still being punished. When her mother died two years ago, the state of Connecticut put a lien on the Stamford home she and her siblings inherited. It said she owed $83,762 to cover the cost of her 2 1/2 year imprisonment for drug crimes. [...] “I’m about to be homeless,” said [TB], 58, who in March [2022] became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the state law that charges prisoners $249 a day for the cost of their incarceration. [...] All but two states have so-called “pay-to-stay” laws that make prisoners pay for their time behind bars [...]. Critics say it’s an unfair second penalty that hinders rehabilitation by putting former inmates in debt for life. Efforts have been underway in some places to scale back or eliminate such policies. Two states — Illinois and New Hampshire — have repealed their laws since 2019. [...] Pay-to-stay laws were put into place in many areas during the tough-on-crime era of the 1980s and ’90s, said Brittany Friedman, an assistant professor of sociology at University of Southern California who is leading a study of the practice. [...] Connecticut used to collect prison debt by attaching an automatic lien to every inmate, claiming half of any financial windfall they might receive for up to 20 years after they are released from prison [...].

Text by: Pat Eaton-Robb. “At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt.” AP News / The Associated Press. 27 August 2022.

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Look at this:

To help her son, Cindy started depositing between $50 to $100 a week into Matthew’s account, money he could use to buy food from the prison commissary, such as packaged ramen noodles, cookies, or peanut butter and jelly to make sandwiches. Cindy said sending that money wasn’t necessarily an expense she could afford. “No one can,” she said. So far in the past month, she estimates she sent Matthew close to $300. But in reality, he only received half of that amount. The balance goes straight to the prison to pay off the $1,000 in “rent” that the prison charged Matthew for his prior incarceration. [...] A PA Post examination of six county budgets (Crawford, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lehigh, Venango and Indiana) showed that those counties’ prisons have collected more than $15 million from inmates — almost half is for daily room and board fees that are meant to cover at least a portion of the costs with housing and food. Prisoners who don’t work are still expected to pay. If they don’t, their bills are sent to collections agencies, which can report the debts to credit bureaus. [...] Between 2014 and 2017, the Indiana County Prison — which has an average inmate population of 87 people — collected nearly $3 million from its prisoners. In the past five years, Lebanon’s jail collected just over $2 million in housing and processing fees.

Text by: Joseph Darius Jaafari. “Paying rent to your jailers: Inmates are billed millions of dollars for their stays in Pa. prisons.” WHYY (PBS). 10 December 2019. Originally published at PA Post.

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Pay-to-stay, the practice of charging people to pay for their own jail or prison confinement, is being enforced unfairly by using criminal, civil and administrative law, according to a new Rutgers University-New Brunswick led study. The study [...] finds that charging pay-to-stay fees is triggered by criminal justice contact but possible due to the co-opting of civil and administrative institutions, like social service agencies and state treasuries that oversee benefits, which are outside the realm of criminal justice. “A person can be charged $20 to $80 a day for their incarceration,” said author Brittany Friedman, an assistant professor of sociology and a faculty affiliate of Rutgers' criminal justice program. “That per diem rate can lead to hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees when a person gets out of prison. To recoup fees, states use civil means such as lawsuits and wage garnishment against currently and formerly incarcerated people, and regularly use administrative means such as seizing employment pensions, tax refunds and public benefits to satisfy the debt.” [...] Civil penalties are enacted on family members if the defendant cannot pay and in states such as Florida, Nevada and Idaho can occur even after the original defendant is deceased. [...]

Text by: Megan Schumann. “States Unfairly Burdening Incarcerated People With “Pay-to-Stay” Fees.” Rutgers press release. 20 November 2020.

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So, to pay for your own imprisonment, states can:

-- hunt you down for decades (track you down 20 years later, charge you tens of thousands of dollars, and take your house away)

-- put a lien on your vehicle, house

-- garnish your paycheck/wages

-- seize your tax refund

-- send collections agencies after you

-- take your public assistance benefits

-- sue you in civil court

-- take money from your family even after you’re dead

[cakesexuality]

I've been disabled for almost 29 years. Here's what I've learned.

Tablets sink and capsules float. Separate out your tablets and capsules when you go to take them. Tip your head down when taking capsules and up when taking tablets. Liquigels don't matter, they kinda stay in the middle of whatever liquid is in your mouth.

If your pill tastes bad, coat it with a bit of butter or margarine. I learned this from my mom, who learned it from a pharmacist.

Being in pain every day isn't normal. Average people experience pain during exceptional moments, like when they stub their toe or jam their finger in a door, not when they sit cross-legged.

Make a medical binder. Make multiple medical binders. I have a small one that comes with me to appointments and two big ones that stay at home, one with old stuff and one with more recent stuff.

Find your icons. Some of mine include Daya Betty (drag queen with diabetes), Stef Sanjati (influencer with Waardenburg syndrome and ADHD), and Hank Green (guy with ulcerative colitis who... does a bunch of stuff). They don't have to be disabled in the same way as you. They don't even have to be real people. Put their pictures up somewhere if you want; I've been meaning to decorate my medical binders with pictures of my icons.

Take a bin, box, bag, basket, whatever and fill it with items to cope with. This can be stuff for mentally coping like colouring books or play clay or stuff for physically coping like pain medicine or physio tape.

Decorate your shit! My cane for at home has a plushie backpack clip hanging from the end of the handle and my cane for going places is covered in stickers. All of my medical binders have fun scrapbooking paper on the outside. Sometimes, I put stickers and washi tape on my inhalers and pill bottles. I used my Cricut to decorate my coping bin with quotes from my icons, like "I've seen enough of Ba Sing Se" and "I need you to be angrier with that bell".

If a flare-up is making you unable to eat or keep food down, consider going to the ER. A pharmacist once told me that since my eye flares can make me so nauseous that I cannot eat, then I need to go to the hospital when that happens.

Cola works wonders for nausea. I have mini cans of Diet Pepsi in my coping bin.

Shortbread is one of the only things I can eat when nauseous. Giant Tiger sells individually-wrapped servings of shortbread around Christmas or the British import store sells them year-round. I also keep these in my coping bin.

Unless it violates a pain contract or something, don't be afraid to go behind your doctor's back to get something they are refusing you. I got my cardiologist referral by getting in with a different NP at my primary care clinic than who I usually saw. I switched from Seroquel to Abilify by visiting a walk-in.

If you have a condition affecting your abdomen in some way (GI issues, reproductive problems, y'know) then invest in track pants that are too big. I bought some for my laparoscopy over a year ago and they've been handy for pelvic pain days, too. I've also heard loose pants are good for after colonoscopies.

Do whatever works, even if it's weird. I've sat on the floor of the Eaton Centre to take my pills. I've shoved heating pads down my front waistband to reach my uterus.

High-top Converse are good for weak ankles. I almost exclusively wear them.

You can reuse your pill bottles for stuff. I use my jumbo ones to store makeup sponges and my long skinny ones to hold a travel-size amount of Q-Tips.

Just because your diagnostics come back with nothing, it doesn't mean nothing is wrong. Maybe you were checking the wrong thing, or the diagnostic tool wasn't sensitive enough. I have bradycardia episodes even though multiple cardiac tests caught nothing. I probably have endometriosis even though my gynecologist didn't see anything.

You can bring your comfort item to appointments, and it's generally a green flag when someone talks to you about it. I brought a Squishmallow turkey (named Ulana) to my laparoscopy and they had her wearing my mask when I woke up. I brought a Build-A-Bear cat (named Blinx) to another procedure and a nurse told me that everyone in the hall on the way to the procedure room saw him and were talking about how cute he was. Both of those ended up being positive experiences and every person who talked to me about my plushies was nice to me. If you don't feel comfortable having it visible to your provider during the appointment, you can hide it in your bag and just know it's there, or if you're in a video appointment, you can hold it below frame in your lap.

Get a small bucket, fill it with stuff, and stick it in your bed (if you have room for it). I filled a bucket with Ensure, juice boxes, oatmeal bars, lotion, my rescue inhaler, etc. in October 2023 in anticipation of my laparoscopy and I still have it in my bed as of January 2025.

If your disability impacts your impulse control (e.g. ADHD, bipolar disorder), you should consider setting limits around your spending -- no more than X dollars at a time, nothing online unless it's absolutely necessary, and so on. Or, run these purchases by someone you trust before committing to them; I use my BFF groupchat to help talk sense into myself when I buy stuff.

Feel free to add on what you've learned about disability!

[epersonae]

the first trees I ever deeply truly loved, the ones that shaped me as a person, my friends when I had almost no friends, some of my most favorite trees on earth (and I say this as someone who lives among many beautiful special trees) - are almost certainly gone

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The prescient wisdom of Octavia Butler. I was happy to learn that her final resting place in Altadena was not destroyed by the Eaton Fire.