#HOUSEKEEPING: DECEMBER 1ST

[melusinezephyr]

November Activity Check - Passed!

Total Skill Points: 8 -> 9 -> 10.

[Monthly Skill Point]: +1 to Flying (Rank Up! Flying Rank C)

Other Points: +1 to Flying (Dropped Thread)

Claims:

Classes: N/A Rank Chart: Free choice at or below corresponding rank (Choice: Thoron, (Reason Rank C))

Housekeeping

Waiting on Partner:

Sorry Ma'am I Mistook You for Whatsitcalled (Ranulf) (Gauntlet +1)

Welcome to Food Network, We Are Going to Kill You (Freyja)

Arms Dealer? I Hardly Know Her (Berkut) (Reason +1)

Water Doing (Sephiran) (Authority +1)

I'm (Not) Sorry Women (Sombron)

Waiting on Me:

N/A

Dropped:

I’ll Tell You When You’re Older

Completed:

No Matter the Price or Pain

If You Get Hurt, Garreg Mach Unfortunately Cannot Cover Your Losses (Oops)

[anankelotus]

HOUSEKEEPING (DECEMBER 1ST)

ACTIVE THREADS (WAITING ON PARTNER):

WHEN SNOW FALLS ON RUINS ONCE MORE (SHIGURE)

DEAR FELLOW TRAVELER UNDER THE MOON (CHROM) (ANY WEAPON(?) +1)

BASEMENT CRAWLERS (SERRA)

THE ONES WHO’LL HELP YOU FIND THE WAY (SELIPH) (SWORD +1)

A WONDER LASTS BUT NINE DAYS (RHEA) (AXE +1)

FINGER STRING (RANDAL) (LANCE +1)

HEAVY ARMOUR UNDER A HEAVIER SUN (VALTER) (HEAVY ARMOUR +1)

GARLANDS FOR MIKOTO (SAKURA)

FINISHED THREADS:

(NAVI)GATING A FOREST OF FAIRYTALES (HUBERT) (REASON +1)

AIM HIT AND EAT (SAKURA) (BOW +1)

DROPPED THREADS:

N/A

[romana-after-dark]

Cry Harder

Dark!Joel Miller x fem!reader

Masterlist : Taglist (NEW TAG LIST)

A follow up to Keep Cry'n, but you don't need to read it to read this. But you do need to read the warnings lol.

For my event, Dead Dove December which is still open until January 1st, and there's no sign up! Plenty of time to join <3

Summery: While keeping you captive, Joel's sex drive is insatiable, and the sex seemed to be never ending. You tried to warm him you needed to use the bathroom... he didn't listen.

Warnings: DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT. Non con. Piss kink. Dacryphilia. PIV sex, oral f!recieving. Smoothing via pillow. Threat of murder, threat of necrophilia (Joel's just trying to scare her.) little smacking. Degredation, daddy kink.

Immersabilty: Reader is fem.

1k works

A/N: I'M BACK!!! I'll chat a lil more in the notes at the bottom and be sure to read the housekeeping but thanks for sticking around <3

You don't have to like piss kink but don't make fun of me okay lol

Support writers! Reblog and comment

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“That’s it baby, cry harder”

As if you had much of a choice. Joel had you here for 2 days by this point, and the man was fucking insatiable. He had explained to you, not that you asked, that he goes in and out of “shifts”, essentially. For a few weeks, he raids and stocks up on all he needs. Then, if he’s got somewhere decent to stay, he’ll take a pretty girl for a week or so and just go insane on sex, food, and any drugs or booze he could get. You were well fed at least, and sometimes Joel let you take a few hits of weed or sips of alcohol to numb you, but other than that he wasn’t giving many mercies.

It had been hours at this point, no refractory period except sometimes to go have a smoke, but 5 minutes later he came back hard and thrusting into your swollen lips.

You were exhausted, spread out naked on your back as Joel knelt before you, thrusting. You just wanted it to be over, sobbing into the pillow you pulled over your face.

“Awwww, little babies embarrassed? Wassamatter, little baby, don’t want me to hear you moaning again?” Joel taunted you with a laugh. He liked laughing at you. He did make you moan, that was the embarrassing part. Joel wasn’t necessarily trying to make you cum, but he did get giddy and gleeful when the stretch of his cock was enough to make you orgasm.

You weren’t entirely sure that’s what was happening right now, but something was off. “Joel…” You whine into your pillow. “My stomach hurts…”

“Why -thrust- the fuck -thrust- do I care?”

“It feels funny…” You hoped maybe he’d stop if you were sick. Not that he cared about your well being, but rather he wouldn’t want you getting sick all over him. Or maybe he was into that. 

“Just shut the fuck up and -mmmph- just fuck’n take it. Always fuck’n whining like you got a hard job.” Joel smacked a tit, making you whimper and clench down.

Then you realized what the feeling was. “Joel, I gotta- MPH!”

Joel shoved the pillow into your face. “Tired of your fucking voice. ‘Joel I need this, Joel I need that!’” He mocked you in a high pitched voice. “Just shut the fuck up before I smoother you and use your cold pussy instead. Bet the rigor would tight’n you up a bit.”

Fresh tears wet your pillow as you wriggle, trying to keep quiet. You needed to pee. Or maybe you were going to cum. Joel had gotten you pretty drunk this time and his dick jamming into your cervix made everything a little hazy, but you needed to pee, and you needed to pee BAD. Still, the struggle to breath was the first concern. It wasn't cutting off all your hair, but it was getting difficult.

You tried to warn him, but Joel simply kept the pillow over your mouth and he filled you up again and again, thick cock stretching you so far you weren’t sure how you were supposed to be any tighter, but men were never satisfied. The pressure continued to build and suddenly you were very confused; was this an orgasm, pee, or both?

Joel was growing erratic above you, and you wondered if he got off, if this would be it for today. You tried to hold it back, never wanting Joel to have the satisfaction, but the combination of the feeling and Joel in your stomach were too much. Unconsciously, you let go.

Joel stops, not pulling back enough to pull out but enough to see you and you release the warm liquid onto him as you cum. “Oh shit” He chuckles. “Did you squirt?” You remove the pillow the your face to catch him looking at your sore cunt as the liquid isn’t stopping and he realizes what was happening. “Ohhhh fuck!” He says gleefully, thrusting into you with renewed vigor.

“That’s it baby, piss on my cock, ooooooh yes, fuck yes, pee on daddy’s fuck’n cock, mmmmm god, gonna- fuuuuck, gonna cum, gonna cum in daddy’s little piss baby.”

You cover your face with your arms as you cry, sensitive as all hell from cumming hard as you relieve yourself, humiliated but knowing he’s close. Just gotta power through.

Huffing, Joel pressed his hand down on your lower stomach, pushing out more pee as you yelped.

“Goooood DAYUM!” Joel shouts loud in your ear as he cums inside you, filling your tired pussy with his cum.

Joel falls on top of you, laughing, his heavy weight nearly as suffocating as the pillow was. A light chuckle turned louder as he laughed harder and pulled away. As Joel pulled his cock out of your soaked folds, he was all but cackling, derangement in his eyes as he looked at the disaster that was the shitty bed you slept on.

“Such a messy girl…” He eyed your cunt, and you whimper. Joel didn’t go down on you. This was for him to get his dick wet, nothing else…

But soon, his mouth was between your legs, lapping at the mix of cum and piss and sweat between you two, his beard a rubbing irritant against your puffy skin. “Such a pathetic little girl” He muttered between breaths, rutting himself against the bed, and you knew he was hard again. “Fuck’n weird, can’t even keep from making a mess of yourself” He growls, licking you clean. “Fuck’n- ohmygod- fucking disgusting little piss Wh-who-oooooremmmm.” Joel came against the bed, just as you were about to come again, and pulled away.

You can’t help the way your body wriggles as the “Nooo” You whine, ever so quiet. You hated how much he made you want him sometimes. 

Joel giggles, awfully pleased with himself. “Nah, baby, I’m done with you for now. Maybe next time you’ll learn to appreciate when I give you this cock.” 

Butt naked, Joel exited the room, telling you to clean yourself up. “You smell.”

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TW depression, skip to the bold for romana housekeeping

I havn't posted much outside an occasional Blessed Be the Fruit and if you follow my main, you kno why. This semester has been incredibly hard on me, a genuine deep depression i han't experienced in a long, long time. It was awful. I nearly hospitalized myself a few times and I should have but I am american and not insured. I was not safe, and was a danger to myself.

Yet, somehow, I managed to get my course work done and I finished the semmester on friday ;-; now i have 2 weeks approximately off from work which isnt ideal but hey, traveling and shit. Then for about a month I'll be working back at day care again before coming back for second semmester soooooo im hoping this free time will allow me to catch up on writing and reading

Housekeeping

As linked above, this is for my event dead dove December! It's for the Oscar Isaac/ Pedro Pascal fandom, and we got so many fun entries including lots of Joel, some triple frontier (santi AND frankie) William tell, and soon some Jack from mojave, rydall keener and more!! Would love for you to join me! if you dont wanna write but like dead dove, search #deaddovedecember2023 I didn't realize at the time there was a similar event for the bucky barnes fandom but they have the same hastag, so if you like bucky, check them out too!

Also, i'm gonna be working on a new series once Blessed be the Fruit and a few on my main end, a dark!triple frontier. Check out the coming soon info, and comment if you'd like a tag!

Be sure to join the new tag list, as i changed my tag options just a little!

@m0nster-fvcker @miraclesabound @fandxmslxt69

[reptile-ruler]

Commissions are open!

Preliminarily they'll only be open until December 1st so if you really want one, make sure you take the chance! Check this original post for updates if that changes!

Reach out via DMs or my mail: saga.hol.tje@gmail.com I'll respond with my Discord info if you use that to communicate.

Info in plain text and extended housekeeping under the readmore:

Prices are for private use only.

Sketches: Start price: 700 SEK // 70 USD Extra character: +300 SEK // 30 USD

Lineart: Start price: 1800 SEK // 180 USD Extra character: +900 SEK // 90 USD

Cleanup and/or color: Start price: +800 SEK // 80 USD Extra character: +200 SEK // 20 USD Sketches will be cleaned up and given color or grayscale rendering. Lineart will be given color or grayscale rendering.

Sketch comic: 400 SEK // 40 USD per panel May charge extra for panels with more than two or three people Max 10ish panels. Not a hard rule I just don't want to commit to a whole series or anything without a contract so stay reasonable. No option for cleanup or colors. Simple grayscale might be added to help with readability but it won't cost extra.

Additional info: If you want a background or if your character is deemed very complicated to draw, I'll charge extra. We'll always agree on a price together before I create an invoice.

Housekeeping

Will draw: Ships OCs, TTRPG characters, anything with a reference Fandoms I'm unfamiliar with

Weaknesses (will still draw if asked): Furries Animals in general

Won't draw: Pedo Incest Drug use

I can refuse any commission at my own discretion.

Payment and refunds: I'll ask for some personal information in order to create a legit invoice in my invoicing program. Payment is via PayPal. If you're Swedish and want to use Swish that can be arranged. I start drawing AFTER having received the payment. I can only offer refunds before I've started working or very early in the process.

[mask131]

When talking about the French Père Noël, one has to evoke a variation of his that is NOT Saint Nicolas. I already evoked several times the various names of the Christmas gift-giver (Père Noël, Bonhomme Noël) and how he was tied to the gift-giver of the beginning of December (Saint Nicolas). But there was also a gift-giver at the end of the year... A gift giver of New Year's Eve or New Year's Day. Remember when I talked before of "Père Etrennes" or "Bonhomme Etrennes"? The "étrennes" are a French tradition whose closer English equivalent would be the word "handsel/hansel".

The étrennes were originally gifts that were given to friends, family and other next of kind at the beginning of January to celebrate New Year. Today the tradition has massively evolved - étrennes are given at the end of December rather than early January, it is money rather than gifts, and they are now a gesture of kindness destined to those employed by you or that work for the community (the fireman, the mailman, the housekeeper, the garbage collector...). But despite this evolution, "étrennes" stayed associated with an appreciative and kind giving gesture around New Year. And where there's gifts, there's a gift-giver...

This website presents us with this picture, a 1930s postcard, and says it could be the Père Fouettard... or the Père Janvier (Father January).

In the French region of Bourgogne, there was no "Père Noël" or Father Christmas in the early 20th century: rather there was Father January, Père Janvier, who came around New Year to give the étrennes - the gifts. By the 1930s the tradition was still very strong, especially in the Morvan and the Nivernais - as well as in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais (Father January had moved to the North of France when in the mid 19th century a lot of people from the Morvan went to work in the mines there). And from the 1930s to the 1960s, in all those areas, there was a transition from Père Janvier to Père Noël, resulting in the children of those three decades to have the benefit of two mysterious supernatural benefactors coming at the end of the year... Before Père Janvier stopped coming by the 60s, definitively replaced by Père Noël (the Americanized one of course, remember post-50s Père Noël is just Santa Claus with a different name).

This other website goes into more details about the world of Père Janvier - or rather of Bonhomme Janvier (Old Man January/The January Man).

Le Père Janvier, or Bonhomme Janvier, existed for a very long time in the tradition of the Berry region, before the Père Noël was even introduced. Not just in the Berry, but also in the Morvan and in all of Bourgogne - and even in many others areas of France! Lyon knew of him, the Haute Marne, Saône-et-Loire, Ardèche - they all had records of Father January, this white-bearded old man that brought gifts to children on the 1st of January. In the Berry region, the Père Janvier usually left sweets inside in their slippers for New Years Day, and on New Years Eve chimneys were carefully cleaned up so he could enter the house unsoiled.

And just like Saint Nicolas or Père Noël, Bonhomme Janvier ALSO was followed by Père Fouettard, with his wicker basket filled with "martinets" (beating/whipping tools for naughty children):

While sometimes Bonhomme Janvier brought many toys or sweets (found in the children's shoes or "sabots" placed by the chimney), there was one tradition according to which Janvier only ever brought one item per person, not more - with sometimes a sweet or candy to accompany it (often it was a pipe made of sugar). Tradition claimed it was because Père Janvier hated greedy or gluttonous children - but more realistically, it was probably just a tale invented by poor families to justify the lack of gifts...

And of course, as Père Noël arrived in the 20th century, Bonhomme Janvier slowly faded away...

[birdmenfanmanga]

🪶October/November Housekeeping

Hello to my lovely flock!

First of all, I'd love to thank everyone for supporting me thus far. We're almost exactly 10 months out from the first post on this blog. It's my first time serializing a comic, and I've definitely learned a lot, and struggled a lot, too. No doubt I've been deeply unprofessional through much of it due to my inexperience. I'd really like to keep my supporters more in the loop about what I'm working on, so I've decided to write monthly housekeeping posts to update everyone about the roadmap of what I'm planning to do. This time I'm combining the October and November notes, since we're already so close to the end of October.

Updates on CHORUS serialization

At the time of writing, I've just posted the last page of ACT 2 for Ko-Fi supporters. There will be a weeklong break before ACT 3 starts serializing on November 5th, 2024. For our regular readers, ACT 2's final page will be posted on November 1st, and ACT 3 will begin on November 12th after a similar weeklong break.

Additionally, I've been quite sloppy about keeping links between posts updated, and I've concluded that it's because I can't link posts which are still in queue. Starting with ACT 3, I will continue to update the comic on Tuesdays and Fridays, but the timing will be "whenever I get a chance to update it during that day in my time zone", instead of queuing it for a specific time. This way, I can immediately update all links to the post. I will also be self-reblogging new pages more frequently.

Ko-Fi Membership Updates

I've been sporadically updating the Tenor tier with character design and other miscellaneous scans, but I've only worked through about half of my backlog. It takes a bit of time to edit and annotate the images, and I hope to get the rest of this batch uploaded before the end of November. Additionally, there's a rejected ACT 3 title page that I also plan on finishing and posting to the Tenor tier. However, considering my workload elsewhere (trying to finish the Christmas Kaishin bundle, zines, etc.), I find it unlikely to complete this before November. December is certainly a more conservative estimate.

Closing Notes

There are a great many other things that are floating around in my brain (switching from digital to traditional illustration in ACT 4, possible hiatus after ACT 4, new Soprano tier with merch rewards after hiatus), but these are all so far away it and up in the air that I feel it's more appropriate to announce those later down along the line, so I'll be calling this post here.

Once again, thank you all so much for the support, and I hope you'll stay with me on this journey.

Love, Soh Arsquare Oct. 25, 2024

[Read CHORUS on Tumblr | Support this comic on Ko-fi]

[theofficersacademy]

It's November! Already! Time sure flies. As we head into the holidays, remember to be sure to carve out some personal time for your own peace of mind.

Housekeeping

Current Month in TOA: Garland Moon

The Black Eagles mission board - Distress - begins this month and runs through the end of December. Check out the new tasks [here], but don’t forget that your muse must pair up with a Black Eagles student or affiliated faculty for the mission tasks!

Stay tuned for an OOC event announcement landing on the 8th!

For the time being, based on results from October's feedback, we'll be keeping the Speed skill as is. Thank you for your thoughts!

Concerning Feedback

Please don’t forget to leave feedback on our [feedback poll] for this month! But first, please read below.

We are grateful that we have such a vocal community, and we believe that this is what has made TOA into what it is today. However, over the past year or so, the mod team has seen a dramatic increase in hostile and accusatory feedback. Most of this feedback is based on hearsay, misinformation, and bad faith assumptions that we have no manner of addressing because the individuals who leave this feedback would rather remain anonymous. This, in turn, feeds a cycle of resentment and further hostility.

It has been the mod team's policy over the last five years to resolve issues as discreetly as possible, so most of what we do stays private. Lately, this has created a breeding ground for bad faith assumptions about what we are and are not doing. While we prefer to handle issues in the background, we are not secretive. We will very rarely turn away a person who comes to us privately seeking information or an explanation.

All of us on the mod team are at our wits' end. We are not going to publicize every disciplinary action we take, but without a way to contact these individuals to correct misinformation, our hands are tied. If you don't believe that we're doing something about an issue, then please come to us directly so that we can explain to you what we've done to fix it. If you leave anonymous feedback without a point of contact, then we have no way of telling you what steps we'll take to resolve your issue, nor can we gather additional information from you to allow us to act. Who is it helping if you instead choose to complain to your friends about how the mods aren't doing anything? We can't read your mind.

The mod team values open communication, and conversations must be two-way in order for us to properly do our jobs. Anonymous feedback about serious issues regarding other members has rarely been helpful to us. If we continue to receive these hostile submissions made in bad faith, we will have no choice but to remove anonymity from our monthly feedback forms. Please help us help you.

Thank you.

(With that said, we are requesting that whoever left the lengthy feedback at 6:46PM EST on 10/31 to please contact a mod so that we can clear things up for you)

Other

BIRTHDAYS

November Mun Birthdays: Kai (4th), Viapi (4th), Bren (6th), Vergil (14th), Byun (14th), Vi (16th)

November Muse Birthdays: Innes (1st), Kurthnaga (4th), Linhardt (7th), Arval (12th), Ivy (17th), Legault (17th), Alice (21st), Raven (22nd), Marianne (23rd), Geoffrey (27th), Camilla (30th)

MUN ANNIVERSARIES

1st year: Silver (10th), Wild (17th), Neuro (27th)

2nd year: none

3rd year: none

4th year: Rai (19th)

5th year: Tsu (7th), Erica (10th)

MUSE ANNIVERSARIES

1st year: Minerva (7th), Forde (10th), Yarne (10th), Dheginsea (17th)

2nd year: none

3rd year: Leif (13th)

4th year: none

5th year: none

Muses who have been in the group for a solid year will also be granted an Academy Brooch to put in their inventory. It doesn’t do anything. It just lets others know your character has been around the block. These characters are also granted a new opportunity to change houses if they wish to do so.

- The House Leaders

[lixenn]

Overview

Since I’ve come out of my introverted gremlin cave and started to actually work regularly on my writing as well as posting my stuff on here, I’ve decided to structure my blog a bit. Mostly to prevent people from getting absolutely lost in this chaotic mess.  

I will try to keep this as updated as possible but there might be a bit of a delay between me posting new content and updating this, so please keep that in mind.

General info

My Ao3 account

My Kofi

Art commissions are open! More information here.

Tags

#lixy reports Lix' daily life in a nutshell #art nook art tag #crochet corner crochet tag #ask answered ask tag (<- might change in the future)

Ask box

If you have questions about any of my projects or just want to randomly scream at me about any topic that comes to mind, my inbox is open. Bother me anytime!

Katekyo Hitman Reborn

The KHR discord server is now online! It's a general server for the fandom. If you want to join just drop me a DM and I'll send you the invite link.

KHR writing prompts

Prompts are open, just drop them in my inbox and I'll see what the nonsense generator can fabricate!

Prompt rules/intro

Dan and Celeste

Dan and Vlasta

The Housekeeping AU

#the housekeeping AU #khr daniele costa #khr dave #khr valerie rebner #khr vlasta gast #khr marina costa #khr cilmi #khr yves #khr sam #khr blaze

This is me playing around in the Varia sandbox, come and join me in my weird delusions!

Witness how the Head of Varia Housekeeping (my OC) is slowly but surely driven insane by crazy Assassin bullshit, meddling assistants (aka Dave), mountains of paperwork and Mafia politics.

(Btw the concept of my Varia Housekeeping was inspired by Umei_no_Mai whose worldbuilding is absolutely Godtier. I kneel before their greatness.)

Character profiles

Chief aka Daniele

Dave

Ottavio under edit

Valerie Rebner

Yves

The Varia Housekeeping survival guide (WIP currently updating on Ao3)

When you are the overworked and underappreciated head of Varia Housekeeping who is sick and tired of cleaning up your employees’ corpses and decide to write up an instruction manual for dealing with Varia's insanity.

The Concept of Causality (ETA on Ao3: December 1st)

Current edited chapter count: 5/?

Chapter 6 WIP

Housekeeping Snippets (WIP currently updating on Ao3)

Snippets of my Housekeeping AU starring my various OCs which I posted on tumblr. These are in non-chronological order and mostly focus on character interactions and shenanigans.

Detective Dave is on the case (complete on Ao3 but might add something later on)

Dave has never been able to resist a good mystery, so when one of his informants was suddenly murdered under suspicious circumstances, what else is he supposed to do other than immediately stick his nose into other people's business? ("Can you for once in your life not poke the sleeping dragon with a stick?" "But Chief! A murder mystery! Delivered right to my front door!" "..." "Hey, we are you going? Chief? Chief! I still need you to sign these forms! Come back!" )

This is my crossover with Myell's Killer Whale AU, so if you aren't familiar with her 'verse this story might be a bit confusing, I recommend checking her stuff out first a then coming back to this one. (Shamelessly advertising my Buddy's story again hehehehe)

Fanfic recs

I've decided to indulge myself and finally make a list some of my favourite KHR fanfics, feel free to check it out!

Fic recs

Naruto

How Uzushio was saved by drunken seal shenanigans (WIP kinda on hold)

The story of how Uzumaki Ren – explosion specialist, seal master and everyone’s favourite mad scientist – saves his village from destruction, revolutionizes the medical field, adopts a puppy, and gives his Kage an aneurism. Not necessarily in that order.

Note: I still have stuff for this story prewritten (but nothing post-worthy just yet), but since KHR has overtaken all my brain space, I’ll probably won’t work on this for a while. I’m still super attached to my mad scientist baby Ren, so there will be more content! … Just in the very far future 😅

[hetalia-rng-showdown]

The Jousting Tournament Champion Is.... Denmark!

Denmark has beaten the odds and won the Autumn 2024 Special Jousting Tournament! A supplementary bravo to Switzerland, as these two combined managed to eliminate RNG-favourites Bulgaria, Prussia and Lithuania on their way to the final round!

Thank you all for going through with the special tournament format, we will return to the regular format for the Winter 2024-25 Tournament. A housekeeping post will address a few things in the last week of November, before the next tournament starts on December 1st!

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

The Princess of Wales’ Year in Review: December

December 1st - The Prince and Princess of Wales began their day in Boston at Greentown Labs, the largest clean-tech incubator in North America. They then visited Roca, a charity focusing on high-risk young people considered at high risk for becoming the primary victims or drivers of violence. The couple undertook a surprise walkabout outside following the engagement. William and Catherine then visited East Boston’s waterfront (Piers Park) to attend an East Boston Climate Resiliency event. Afterwards, the Princess of Wales, in her role as Patron of the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, held a telephone meeting with Professor Marc Brackett, from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence December 2nd - For their final day in Boston, the Prince and Princess of Wales began their day with a reception at the Four Seasons Hotel. They then undertook solo engagements; Catherine travelled to the Harvard Center for the Developing Child, in her role as Patron of the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, as part of her work in the Early Years. That evening, William and Catherine attended the Earthshot Prize Awards at MGM Music Hall, where the Princess presented the 'Revive Our Oceans' award. Finally, the couple attended a reception at Fenway Park December 5th - The Princess of Wales, Patron of the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, held a meeting December 6th - Pictures of the Prince and Princess of Wales behind the scenes at the 2022 Earthshot Prize were released in People Magazine; the photos were taken by Chris Jackson. The Princess of Wales, Patron of the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, held an Early Years Meeting. That evening, the Prince and Princess of Wales joined the King and Queen at an evening reception at Buckingham Palace for the Diplomatic Corps. Late in the evening, it was announced the Princess of Wales, amongst other female working royals from the British Royal Family, had written an article for Good Housekeeping, promoting her Patronage Family Action December 11th - A photo of the Princess of Wales - taken from the filming of a 'teaser' for her 'Together at Christmas' carol concert - was released December 13th - The official Christmas card of the Wales family was released by Kensington Palace December 14th - The Princess of Wales planted a wild cherry tree for The Queen's Green Canopy in the Dean's Yard of Westminster Abbey, in honour of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. That evening, Kensington Palace released a video of the Princess of Wales decorating a christmas tree at Westminster Abbey to promote her 'Together at Christmas' carol concert December 15th - The Princess of Wales, in her role as Patron of the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, hosted the 'Together at Christmas' Christmas Carol Service at Westminster Abbey. She was accompanied by the King and Queen, Prince of Wales, Prince George, and Princess Charlotte as well as other members of the royal family and members of the Middleton family December 21st - King Charles III announced the Princess of Wales as the new Colonel of the Irish Guards December 22nd - Kensington Palace released a video of the Princess of Wales' introduction to her 'Together at Christmas' concert December 24th - The 'Together at Christmas' Christmas Carol Service aired on TV. During the airing, surprise footage of the Princess of Wales meeting with three members of the public at Windsor Castle - Cat, Lionel, and Akbar - was shown. It is likely this was the meeting which took place on December 5th December 25th - The Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, along with the other extended members of the British Royal Family, attended the annual Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringam

[doomedandstoned]

Italian Doomers 1782 Unveil “Succubus,” from  New Album ‘Clamor Luciferi’

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~

By Billy Goate

Artwork by SSCVLT

The infamous witch trials took place during the Age of Enlightenment, which spanned the 1630s to the early 1800s. However, it is 1782 that is particularly interesting to the band before us. That is when Swiss housekeeper Anna Göldi was decapitated for being a witch (supposedly, she used supernatural powers to put needles in the children's bread and drink). That year is generally marked as the last of the state-sponsored persecutions against witchcraft (Switzerland later exonerated her in 2008).

Yet with the move from tradition to science and superstition to reason, serious questions remained about the supernatural. Much of the folklore was dismissed out of hand, but 1782 aims to explore these dark legends of times past. Their latest album Clamor Luciferi (which translates as "The Cry of Lucifer") includes tracks such as "Black Rites" and "Death Ceremony".

Today, we get our first listen to a brand new track from 1782's forthcoming album. In this one, they explore the ancient tale of the "Succubus." The band further enlightens us:

Attractive and seductive, she enters your nightmares, takes possession of your body and with ancient echoes drags you towards the deepest darkness. Follow the riff and watch out for evil echoes!

Their voices echo from the shadows, narrating the events of this strange, devilish night. The guitar tone is brutish and stinging, yet paradoxically its reverberations can feel strangely warm, even comforting. The riffmaking is convincing, and true acolytes will be headbanging long before they realize it.

1782's Clamor Luciferi sees the light of day on April 14th via Heavy Psych Sounds (pre-order here). Ideal for a playlist with Electric Wizard, Cough, and Early Moods.

Give ear...

LISTEN: 1782 - "Succubus"

SOME BUZZ

In December 2018, Marco and Gabriele formed a Doom band called 1782 in honor of all the "witches" murdered by the bigoted minds of many generations. On January 4th, the band entered the studio to record the single "She Was A Witch," released by Electric Valley Records on January 17th.

Within a few days the single turns out to be an excellent piece of Doom, arousing great interest, especially on social networks and by listeners of the genre. On February 8, 1782 entered the studio to record the debut album of the same name, on March 10 they signed to the Roman label Heavy Psych Sounds Records for the release of their self-titled debut, released just a few months later.

After Francesco joined the band on bass, the band recorded three new songs, which were released on the split album with Acid Mammoth 'Doom Sessions Vol.2.' In November 2020 the band recorded the second full length 'From The Graveyard.' It's the heaviest album the band has released so far. It will be released through Heavy Psych Sounds in spring 2021.

After playing at Heavy Psych Sounds Fest Berlin & Dresden, and Desertfest Belgium, the band will go on tour with Acid Mammoth in April 2022, including the show at Desertfest London on May 1st.

'Clamor Luciferi' means the scream of Lucifer, a hostile scream but it also means noise and uproar. 1782 with this latest work have taken out the most powerful and evil songs they have ever made. The album opens with an organ piece that conveys anxiety, suffering and melancholy. From the second track onwards the heavy and fuzzy riffs start, followed by powerful and hypnotic drums. As always, the themes are occult and legends of their land. An album that will drag you into the deepest and most deafening darkness, let yourself go and be hypnotized by the Clamor Luciferi!

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[project1939]

Overview of Magazines from Project 1952:

Favorite Magazines:  

1. Life is a big, classy weekly news and culture magazine with lots of amazing pictures and a relatively centrist ideology. There’s no obvious slant. 

2. Motion Picture and Television Magazine might be my favorite movie mag, just cause it’s got tons of great pictures, interviews, and movie ratings. I also got a complete 1952 set for really cheap on ebay, so I gotta love that. 

3. Good Housekeeping is THICK. It’s got tons of information on housekeeping, cooking, fashion, decorating, childcare, family dynamics, culture, health, and some short fiction as well. The recipe section in the issue I got was priceless. 

Favorite articles: 

 “Our Teenagers: How Good are Their Morals?” by Dr. Judson T. and Mary G. Landis., from the March 1st issue of Collier's. It tried to pour cold water over the “juvenile delinquency” hysteria so much of the country was hung up on. I loved that it fact checked the fears and just said- “Calm the F down, everyone!”  

“Lucy Leaves Em Limp,” by Don Allen in the April issue of Motion Picture and Television Magazine. It was a surprisingly in-depth interview with Ball about how I Love Lucy came to be, how it was filmed, and why it was such a success. 

Worst articles:  

“College Girls: If They Could Only Cook,” in Quick magazine from September 8th. It gripes about how college ruins women from becoming good housewives. “They average less than two children. Statistically, a high proportion seem likely to have broken marriages and nervous breakdowns.” !!!! 

“Southern Crisis: The Segregation Decision,” by Virginius Dabney, in the Saturday Evening Post on November 8th. While awaiting the Brown v. Board of Education decision, this author tells everyone to put the breaks on when it comes to de-segregating the South. All the old crap like, “We’re moving slowly but still moving!” “Look at a nice school we built for black students! See, separate but equal works!” “We’re just not ready to desegregate yet, give us time!” and the worst, “If you move too fast, there will be violence, and it’ll be all your fault!” 

Full Magazine List: 

Motion Picture and Television Magazine, January 1952. 

Motion Picture and Television Magazine, February 1952. 

Cosmopolitan, February 1952. 

Motion Picture and Television Magazine, March 1952. 

McCall's, March 1952. 

Collier's, March 15th, 1952. 

Life, March 24th, 1952. 

Motion Picture and Television Magazine, April 1952. 

Life, April 14th, 1952. 

Motion Picture and Television Magazine, May 1952. 

Movie Teen, May 1952. 

Farm Journal, May 1952. 

Life, June 9th, 1952. 

Motion Picture and Television Magazine, June 1952. 

Motion Picture and Television Magazine, July 1952. 

Life, July 21st, 1952. 

Life, July 28th, 1952. 

Motion Picture and Television Magazine, August 1952. 

Life, August 4th, 1952. 

Photoplay, August 1952. 

Motion Picture and Television Magazine, September 1952. 

Quick, September 8th, 1952. 

Life, September 15th, 1952. 

Good Housekeeping, September 1952. 

Motion Picture and Television Magazine, October 1952. 

The Radio-TV Mirror, October 1952. 

The Atlantic, October 1952. 

Quick, November 3rd, 1952. 

The Saturday Evening Post, November 8th, 1952. 

Motion Picture and Television Magazine, November 1952. 

Screen Stories, November 1952. 

Life, November 17th, 1952. 

The Saturday Evening Post, December 6th, 1952. 

Motion Picture and Television Magazine, December 1952. 

Look, December 30th, 1952. 

[constructionaccounting]

502: How To Prevent Your Construction Company's Yearly Cycle Of Chaos

This Podcast Is Episode Number 502, And It's About How To Prevent Your Construction Company's Yearly Cycle Of Chaos

The year is almost over. Fourth-quarter and year-end deadlines are approaching. Most construction business owners who reach out to us describe this as their "Year End Madness" to prepare their documents for the tax accountant.  The end of the year tends to be chaotic for construction company owners, but it's an excellent time to get some extra housekeeping done for your business. If you're on QuickBooks, you can click the Help Menu; depending on the year and version you're using, you can access the Year-End Guide, which will show you how to wrap up your business year. It's not an easy process, but it's all worth it.  Why? Because tax preparers will take what you give them - they don't have the time, and it's much work that you've paid for, but a good tax preparer will know how much you can save if you can track your money. Bottomline - pay your taxes right, but it doesn't have to be more than what you owe.

Since you have a few weeks left for December's statements, ensure everything from November back to January 1st is reconciled. Here are also a few things to catch up on:

1. Review your goals and Key Performance Indicators

A lot has likely happened for your construction business over the previous 11 months. The end of the year is the perfect time to look back and see how your performance is stacked against your goals.

Consider your KPIs and review how you did. Be honest with yourself. If you didn't make your goals, that's okay. Now you can look at what went wrong–or right–and adjust accordingly. Were there surprises that affected your business? Could you prepare more for slower times? Did you take on too much all at once?

If you met or exceeded your goals, take some time to celebrate the achievements.

2. Review your business plan

Seeing how reality compares to your original business plan is always surprising. Allow yourself to evaluate how you're doing and see if your construction business is becoming what you hoped it would.

If it isn't, ask yourself if your goals and vision have changed or if you haven't been focused enough on them. It's okay to adapt your dream as your business evolves and you understand the market better, but make sure the change is one you intend to make, not one that's happened unconsciously.

3. Reconcile accounts receivable

Unpaid invoices are often one of the biggest disruptors to cash flow. Check if you have any outstanding accounts and remind those clients to settle before the year ends. It also doesn't hurt to double-check if you have any amounts owing to your suppliers and pay those.

4. Catch up on expenses

This is especially important if the end of the calendar year also marks the end of the tax year in your location (as I would like to remind our readers from outside North America), but it's a good practice for anyone. Ensure you've accounted for any eligible business expenses by year's end to stay up to date for tax season.

5. Verify vendor or client information

You already know that your business has changed for the year. The same is true for all the other companies that you work with. Take some time to ensure you have their correct information and are aware of any changes to their business terms.

6. Review subscriptions

It's easy to let subscriptions fly under the radar, but they quickly add up. Review your active subscriptions and cancel any that aren't relevant anymore. It's easy to get more money in your pocket, and it's fun to choose some new ones for the new year that better meet your needs.

7. Send out year-end letters

Put together a year-end letter for customers or clients and another for employees.

Let your clients know what you've been up to over the year, share some of your milestones, and let them know how much you appreciate their business. Highlight any community events that your business was a part of. It's an excellent way to stay in touch and keep yourself fresh in their mind for when they may need your services in the new year.

Thank your employees for all their hard work over the year. Call attention to your successes and celebrate all that you've achieved. It's a great way to provide recognition and highlight the most important events of the year.

8. Consider end-of-year gifts or bonuses

The end of the year is a terrific time to reward employees for a job well done. Even if you have an established bonus program, it's always nice to surprise employees with a gift. It's a personal way to say thank you and tell them how much you appreciate them.

Final thoughts

The end of the year is notoriously busy, and the holidays make it even harder to get things done. However, it's a great time to reflect on and celebrate your accomplishments. You'll be glad you did when the new year rolls around, and you feel like you've wrapped the year up in a bow – ready to take on the next one with a sense of renewal.

If you are still asking yourself the $64,000 questions: What about this and that? Have I met my goals for this year? What should I do for the balance of this year? What are my plans for the start of next year? Should I start now? Should I wait? I can't decide! - It is time to start fixing those loose ends now! The reports are only as good as the data received. Contact me to discuss your needs. If you don't know the answers tell me as much as you can, and I will do my best to "fill in the blanks."

About The Author:

Sharie DeHart, QPA, is the co-founder of Business Consulting And Accounting in Lynnwood, Washington. She is the leading expert in managing outsourced construction bookkeeping and accounting services companies and cash management accounting for small construction companies across the USA. She encourages Contractors and Construction Company Owners to stay current on their tax obligations and offers insights on managing the remaining cash flow to operate and grow their construction company sales and profits so they can put more money in the bank. Call 1-800-361-1770 or sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com

    Check out this episode about Contractors Marketing - Accounting - Production (M.A.P.)!

[not-poignant]

December 2022 - Update Schedule

December chapter update schedule:

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Thursday 1st - Underline the Black 21

Sunday 4th - Augus/Mosk extra (Underline the Green)

Thursday 8th - Underline the Black 22

Sunday 11th - Underline the Red 2 (Caleb/Faber, Patreon early access)

Thursday 15th - Underline the Black 23

Tuesday 20th - A Stain that Won't Dissolve 3 (Stardew Valley)

Thursday 22nd - Underline the Black 24

Sunday 25th - The Nascent Diplomat 27 (28 on Patreon)

Tuesday 27th - Flitmouse/Anton extra (Underline the Gold)

Thursday 29th - Underline the Black 25

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Everything is written except for Underline the Black 25, so this schedule is pretty much a sure thing!

Most chapters go up between 6-7pm GMT+8 (or the time that you’re already used to me putting chapters up, lol). For those who are anxious to know when chapters are updating, hopefully this helps!

In other housekeeping news I'll be taking 1-2 weeks off writing in December! I'll still be posting chapters / replying to comments and so on, but otherwise I'm on holiday.

I sadly wasn't able to keep up with updating Underline the Black twice a week, so once a week will have to do. But it does mean we get more side stories, which makes me happy.

[dailyunsolvedmysteries]

Archibald Hall aka The Monster Butler

Hall's criminal career began as a thief at the age of 15. He soon progressed to house breaking. Capitalizing on his bisexuality, he then infiltrated the gay scene in London, after moving there with profits of his criminal ventures. He served his first jail sentence for attempting to sell jewellery in London that he had stolen in Scotland. During his sentence he studied antiques and learned the etiquette of the aristocracy, as well as taking elocution lessons to soften his Scottish accent.

Upon his release he began using the name Roy Fontaine, after the actress Joan Fontaine, and worked as a butler, occasionally returning to prison for further jewel thefts. He married and divorced during this time.

In 1975, Hall was released from prison and returned to Scotland. He began working as butler to Margaret ('Peggy') Hudson, a dowager (widow of Sir Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet, a Conservative member of parliament)  who lived at Kirtleton House, Dumfriesshire. Hall had initially planned to steal her valuables but he never carried this out when he realized that he liked both his job and employer too much.

When David Wright, an acquaintance from his last prison term, was also given a job on the estate as a gamekeeper in 1977, the two had an altercation after Wright stole some of Lady Hudson's jewellery and threatened to tell her about Hall's own criminal past if Hall reported him.

Hall took Wright on a rabbit hunt in a trick attempt at coming to an amicable solution. Once out in the fields, he shot Wright dead and buried him next to the stream in the Kirtleton House grounds.

Hall soon left his job after Lady Hudson discovered his criminal past. Based in London again, he combined more thieving and racketeering with working as a butler to the 82-year-old Walter Scott-Elliot and his 60-year-old wife Dorothy. Scott-Elliot had been the Labour MP for Accrington from 1945 to 1950, was wealthy and from an aristocratic Scottish background. Hall's plan was to rob the couple of their money and retire, but in the end he killed both of them after Dorothy Scott-Elliot walked in on Hall and an accomplice, Michael Kitto, as the two men were discussing their plans.

Kitto's first murder was when he immediately put a pillow over her mouth and suffocated her.

Hall and Kitto then drugged her husband and drove them both up to Scotland, helped by the Scott-Elliots' housekeeper Mary Coggle. After they buried Dorothy in Braco, Perthshire, they strangled and beat her sedated husband with a shovel and buried him in woods near Tomich, Invernesshire.

Their next victim was Coggle, who had taken to wearing Dorothy's expensive clothes and jewellery, and was drawing too much attention to herself. After she refused to dispose of a fur coat which was potentially incriminating evidence, Hall and Kitto killed her with a poker and left her body in a stream near Middlebie, Dumfriesshire, where she was discovered on 25 December 1977 by a shepherd.

The final victim of the pair was Hall's half-brother Donald, a paedophile recently released from prison, whom Hall hated. Hall and Kitto found Donald at Hall's holiday home in Cumbria, and, telling him that their next robbery was going to be a tie-up job, tricked him into letting them practice on him. Once Donald was tied up, Hall used chloroform to incapacitate him before drowning him in the bath. The abortive effort to dispose of his body led to Hall and Kitto's downfall.

Hall and Kitto placed Donald's body in the boot of a car and again drove to Scotland to carry out another burial. However, Hall had made Kitto replace the car's number plate which contained three 9s, because he believed it was unlucky: this meant the tax disc and the number plate did not match. The wintry weather made driving hazardous, and so on reaching North Berwick in East Lothian, they decided to check into the Blenheim House Hotel on the north side of the High Street overnight to lessen their chances of being in an accident.

However, the shifty movements of Hall and Kitto made the hotelier suspicious and, worried about whether he would be paid for their stay, he called the police as a precaution. When they arrived, they realized the tax disc and number plate did not match and took Kitto and Hall in for questioning. They then took the car to the police station (only 200 yards away, and on the same side of the High Street) where they made the discovery of Donald's body in the boot.

Kitto was arrested but Hall escaped through a lavatory window. He was captured at a police roadblock in nearby Haddington.

The police then made a connection between Hall's car and the registration number of a vehicle noted by a suspicious antiques dealer in Newcastle-under-Lyme, to whom two men had offered silver and china at a price well below its true value. The police traced the car to the Scott-Elliots' address in London and found the apartment robbed of many valuables and spattered with blood. This also linked with the murder of Coggle, whose body had already been found and who had been previously registered as a housekeeper for the Scott-Elliots. The police had evidence that three men (including a drugged Scott-Elliot) and a woman had stayed at a Scottish hotel for one night, but the following night only two men – Hall and Kitto – returned.

Hall tried and failed to commit suicide while in custody, before revealing the whereabouts of the three buried victims. In deep snow and bitterly cold weather, and with the media watching, police teams dug up the bodies of David Wright and Walter and Dorothy Scott-Elliot. They charged Hall and Kitto with five murders.

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Monday 1 August 1836

7 25

11 50

no kiss fine morning and F51 ½° at 8 ¼ am - out about the house and planning with Mr. Husband and Booth the preserve closet in the cellar - Wood and Matthew and Samuel and Jack at sinking for the West-tower cellar but Jack poorly and went home between 10 and 11 very soon after 10 Joseph Mann sent us one of his men in the afternoon - breakfast at 9 ¼ in about ¾ hour - afterwards about - heard A- her French at 10 40 - at my desk at 11 - from 11 10 to 2 40 wrote 2 half sheets full to lady Gordon and 3pp. and ends (very small and close) to lady VC- thanks to Lady G- for saving me from the pother of Domenico Ferrari - I have known 2 or 3 hop-on-my-thumb hot-headed Italians - had forgotten my prejudices on this chapter, till reminded by Lady G-‘s letter - out of love with Italians – mention

SH:7/ML/E/19/0085

Fischer much landed - and the Swiss recommended by Lady S- de R- ‘sous tous les rapports’ - waiting to hear more from the Swiss - the speaking German is of importance to me - much disappointed at not seeing Lady G- as I had hoped - nothing certain ici bas - but think of being off (if not prevented on my aunt’s account) in November or as early as may be in December and have offered to engage my courier from 1 November - think of Rome and Naples - only to be a year ahead of Lady G- (i.e. she talks of going next year) perhaps we shall meet somewhere - when shall we meet at Cadiz?.... my aunt seems likely to rally again - very kind (affectionate) letter to Lady VC- reproached myself for having been so long in writing - hoped to have dined with her on the 12th or 13th ultimo - till then waited to name day and hour - since then too anxious and unsettled to write anything beyond that was absolutely necessary - no quiet leisure nowadays - think of her not seldom - my heartfelt interest in that concerns her and my affectionate regard still the same as ever - this the day she told me she expected to be in her bed - hope all is over - that she has another boy and that she and the child are go on prosperously - still hope to see her at Brafield house - hope to be off in November or December - mention the want of housekeeper footman and gardener if anybody will get me a housekeeper that will enable to offer an eatable dinner I shall be read for V- here before she will be ready for me at Achnacary [Achnacarry] - after finishing my letters crept out  of my study nobody finding I had been there all this while came in as if I had been out – some while with A- saw her off to Cliff hill at 3 - then out with Charles Howarth and Booth and about and then with Joseph Mann at the Lowgoit - 40 yards of throw or gall, and still no end of it - till came in at 6 ½ - sealed and sent my letters to ‘the Lady Vere Cameron, Brafield house, Oulney Bucks’ and to ‘Lady Duff Gordon’ undercover to ‘Sir Alexander Duff Gordon Treasury chambers’ and undercover to ‘A.Y. Spearman Esquire Treasury London’ - dinner at 7 - coffee - A- did her French till 9 ¾ - then with my aunt till a little after 10 - wrote all but the 1st lines of today till 11 at which hour F51° - very heavy shower at 11 am and heavyish shower between 12 and 1 - but finish day (very windy) on the whole - high wind now at 11 pm - what cold, rainy, windy weather we have had of late!