#King Arthur's Ct

[alexesguerra]

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Penguin Classics) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Penguin Classics) Paperback – February 28, 1972 by Mark Twain (Author),‎ Justin Kaplan (Introduction) --Book Condition: USED/RARE in very good condition in spite of age (beige pages). Light wear (Scratch/fold mark) When Connecticut mechanic and foreman Hank Morgan is knocked unconscious, he wakes not to the familiar scenes of nineteenth-century America but to the bewildering sights and sounds of sixth-century Camelot. Although confused at first and quickly imprisoned, he soon realises that his knowledge of the future can transform his fate. Correctly predicting a solar eclipse from inside his prison cell, Morgan terrifies the people of England into releasing him and swiftly establishes himself as the most powerful magician in the land, stronger than Merlin and greatly admired by Arthur himself. But the Connecticut Yankee wishes for more than simply a place at the Round Table. Soon, he begins a far greater struggle Editorial Reviews From School Library Journal Gr 5 Up-While Mark Twain is most often identified with his childhood home on the Mississippi, he wrote many of his enduring classics during the years he lived in Hartford, Connecticut. He had come a long way from Hannibal when he focused his irreverent humor on medieval tales, and wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The hit on the head that sent protagonist Hank Morgan back through 13 centuries did not affect his natural resourcefulness. Using his knowledge of an upcoming eclipse, Hank escapes a death sentence, and secures an important position at court. Gradually, he introduces 19th century technology so the clever Morgan soon has an easy life. That does not stop him from making disparaging, tongue-in-cheek remarks about the inequalities and imperfections of life in Camelot. Twain weaves many of the well-known Arthurian characters into his story, and he includes a pitched battle between Morgan's men and the nobility. Kenneth Jay's narration is a mix of good-natured bonhomie for Hank and more formal diction for the arcane Olde English speakers. Appropriate music is used throughout to indicate story breaks and add authenticity to scenes. This good quality recording is enhanced by useful liner notes and an attractive case. Younger listeners may need explanations of less familiar words, and some knowledge of the Knights of the Round Table will be helpful. Libraries completing an audiobook collection of Twain titles will enjoy this nice, but not necessary, abridgement. Barbara Wysocki, Cora J. Belden Library, Rocky Hill, CT Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Product details Series: Penguin Classics Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: Penguin Classics; Reprint edition (February 28, 1972) Language: English ISBN-10: 0140430644 ISBN-13: 978-0140430646 Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.8 x 7.8 inches Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces

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Rule Britannia is like if Peter Pan was an 80 year old woman and Never Neverland was being reverse colonized by Americans because of Brexit and Wendy was her 20 year old granddaughter going “fuck, not again” every time her grandmother opens her mouth to encourage the six orphans she adopted to to interfere with a military action, and the 3 year old they were worried wouldn’t be able to speak keeps surprising everybody by spouting profanity when they least expect it.

I am begging you to read Daphne du Maurier’s final novel

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King Arthur And The Sword

[forgottenroderick]

The Boy King: A Prelude

excerpt from GOD'S OWN CHAMPION by Dr. K. Aa, a stunning new biography of Roderick the Terrible, himself. Armed with the recent discovery of a trove of letters sent to and from the emperor's court during his fabled reign, Dr. K. Aa has published her much-awaited new biography on the most controversial emperor in Astairan history. Available wherever books are sold. Preorder your copy, today!

EDUCATING AN EMPEROR

roderick's early life, in terms of the history annals, would appear to be a relatively quiet affair in which a little-known second son received a sterling education. in the years to come, there would be much speculation about roderick's childhood, with some historians claiming that he was undoubtedly his father's favorite -- how else could the boy have emerged w such confidence as to topple so many nations? others would cite quiet determination as his mindset -- a humble beginning overshadowed by the spectacular future, but fewer would be those few who would hit upon the truth.

the records of roderick's elder brother were detailed, drenched with near-obsessive care for a father whose favoritism would prove extreme. For this firstborn son, the finest tutors in the world were shipped from across the continent to instruct the young prince, his tutelage ranging from warcraft to statescraft, with individual scholars cultivated to instruct him in philosophy, science, alchemy, falconry, oratory, art, history, and every other pursuit a young royal might anticipate. what is less sure is the education of the heir apparent's younger brothers. did they, too, benefit from the scholastic training heaped upon their elder brother and, even, upon their elder sister?

a recent cachet of letters gives us, perhaps, a touch of insight upon the question. dated from the early part of her reign, roderick's second of many queens writes the following to her brother, godfrey of hanthom. "...and when i asked my husband whether he should suffer one man to give instruction to both his sons, when the time came for edmund and arthur to be educated, he replied that any crafty man may learn from his brother's tutors, if he cares so to do..." while the document is fragmentary, this retort does give some insight into the mind of the emperor. it seems he had already thought carefully about mining a brother's instructors for information, suggesting he may have gleaned something from his own experience of the kind.

nonetheless, the question cannot at present be known for certainty. what is certainly fact, however, is that roderick's own education, while certainly planned to be much the inferior to his brother's, was quite well attended as well, with roderick's tutors (though of less quality), instructing him on a similar variety of subjects.

this very early matter of education is the first openly observable rift between the two families of roderick's father, for it was not only lines of gender, as might be persumed by the culture in which roderick was raised, that lesser tutors were engaged: it was upon the matter of mother, for roderick and alaric were born to the old king's second wife. yet, for all the care put into his half-siblings' studies, the truth is that the surviving children of the original dynasty were all gotten on the king's second queen.

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A KINGLY FATHER

there has been much speculation upon the relationship of roderick with his father, but with the recent discovery of his body and the CT scans run over it, it seems many of the tales -- long relegated to the status of mere myth by scholas -- may indeed be true.

most readers will already be familiar with the colorful tale of the king beating his young son half to death, each blow bloodying the child till, at last, the horrified monarch gathered his comatose boy in his arms, shrieking and wailing for what he had done. most scholars have been quick to dismiss the lurid tale as nothing more than propaganda meant to drum up some scientific explanation for the horror that would follow -- yet, it may prove just that. according to the story, the boy was comatose for three days and, when he at last awakened, was never quite the same afterwards.

his remains indicate that this may, in fact, be true, his skull itself wearing the marks of his trauma. says dr. bonespert, "There is very clear evidence of brain and skull trauma from a very young age written here in the bones, badly healed over fractures showing damage to a growing child. did the king truly knock down his own child and bash his head repeatedly against the marble floor till it ran red with blood and he wept his remorse over the boy, like the stories say? who can really know? but something terrible did happen to this person in his teen years: its right here in his bones. that much we can see for certain."

THE FIRST ASSASSINS

there is another story, as well, that might perhaps account for roderick's childhood injury, though source materials say that he was in his twenties at the time, already king and beginning his bid for empire. according to sources, roderick stood before a cheering crowd, arm raised as he made a speech upon the glory of empire. writers of the time note how his eyes shone, his voice booming with certitude: this, they said, was the very image of a king in his prime.

all, however, did not agree, it would seem, for one amongst the crowd leapt upon a ledge with bow and arrow and shot at the young king. for a moment, the writer notes in horror, the young ruler stood staring at his attacker before raising his arm and pointing one finger towards him even as blood coating roderick's whole side. "he looked an angry god," writes the witness. "and next he looked nothing at all." next thing anyone knew, the king stumbled back, collapsing from the parapet. the would-be assassin was signed and hanged, drawn, and quartered for his transgression, with the ailing young king rising from his bed to witness the execution. this was to be only the second of a series of assassination attempts, with the king's -- soon to be emperor's -- ferocity only growing with each attempt.

the first assassination attempt against his own person (as opposed to one of the many poisoning schemes perpetrated in his view against his father) was, in fact, a more intimate affair. it was roderick's first campaign following his father's death, a hard-fought war against roderick's late stepmother's home nation of antilla*, almost immediately following the death of his father. roderick, himself, had gone to the front with his first wife and future empress where they stayed in a tent together. one night, an agent tore inside, threatening roderick with a with a scimitar. fortunately for roderick, he kept a knife beneath his pillow and was awakened by his wife's scream just in time. the two men fought with roderick ultimately defeating his opponent and slaying him on the spot, but not before the assassin slashed roderick across the chest.

according to legend, realizing that the assassin's blade had been poisoned, his queen quickly sucked the wound clean and spat out the poison, saving his life, only -- the legend nearly always states -- for his neglect of her ultimately to doom her mere years later. had she doomed the rest of the world in saving his life?

but whether any of this is so cannot be said: his bones bear scars enough but where each might have originated cannot be said...

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[dinluke-ao3feed]

In a Land of Mandalore and a Time of the Force

via https://archiveofourown.org/works/53416135 by lgbtrekkie Luke Skywalker, Prince and Knight of the richest kingdom, Naboo, has a secret. Despite magic being banned after King Palpatine is dethroned by his own parents, he still learns the way of the forbidden Force. But when the force calls him and tells him to protect the Child, Luke Skywalker finds himself in a mysterious, opposing kingdom: Mandalore. His true identity unknown, aside from being a Jedi, Luke must carefully tread his time in Mandalore, determined to find the danger the Child is under and defeat it before his identity is discovered, and make it home to Naboo in peace. The Mand’alor has other plans for him.   Basically a dinluke fantasy AU, loosely based off of BBC Merlin. Rating may change. Words: 5204, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy, The Mandalorian (TV), Merlin (TV) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Luke Skywalker, Din Djarin, Boba Fett, Bo-Katan Kryze, The Armorer (The Mandalorian TV), Fennec Shand, Anakin Skywalker, Paz Vizsla, Padmé Amidala, Leia Organa, Han Solo, Grogu | Baby Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, CC-2224 | Cody, CT-7567 | Rex, Ahsoka Tano, Yoda (Star Wars), Chewbacca (Star Wars) Relationships: Din Djarin/Luke Skywalker, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, The Armorer (The Mandalorian TV)/Bo-Katan Kryze, Boba Fett/Fennec Shand, Leia Organa/Han Solo, CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Biggs Darklighter/Luke Skywalker, Lando Calrissian/Luke Skywalker Additional Tags: The Mandalorian (TV) References, The Mandalorian (TV) Spoilers, Merlin AU, loosely Merlin AU though: Luke is both Merlin and Arthur, no beta readers we die like padawans, honestly this is half baked at most but I dig the vibes, Protective Din Djarin, Soft Din Djarin, Good Parent Din Djarin, Top Din Djarin, Soft Luke Skywalker, Sad Luke Skywalker, Luke Skywalker Needs A Hug, Bottom Luke Skywalker, Rating May Change, Anakin Skywalker Doesn't Turn to the Dark Side, Protective Anakin Skywalker, but also kind of sucky Anakin Skywalker, Din Djarin Removes the Helmet, Mand'alor Din Djarin, Prince Luke Skywalker, Fantasy AU, Artoo is a horse, The Razor Crest is a horse, Human Yoda, Human Chewbacca (Star Wars) January 31, 2024 at 09:05AM

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Into the Multiverse

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by weird_ass_crossovers

The Snaps made by the Infinity Gauntlets have made a tear in time and space, causing multiple alternate realities to clash and characters from very different worlds to cross paths.

A story told in six parts...

Part One: The Biggest City Part Two: The Last War Part Three: The Beastie Part Four: The Strangest Thing Part Five: The Snaps Part Six: The Chosen Ones

Words: 1211, Chapters: 1/11, Language: English

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy, DC Extended Universe, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League (2017), Pirates of the Caribbean (Movies), Godzilla (2014), Godzilla: King of The Monsters (2019), Stranger Things (TV 2016), Ghostbusters (1984-1989; 2020), Die Hard (Movies), Lost, Daredevil (TV), The Defenders (Marvel TV), The Punisher (TV 2017), X-Men (Movieverse), Wolverine (Movies), Spider-Man (Movies - Raimi), The Amazing Spider-Man (Movies - Webb), Deadpool (Movieverse), Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies), Friends (TV), Alien Series, The Dark Tower (2017), Back to the Future (Movies)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death

Categories: F/M

Characters: Tony Stark, Jack Sparrow, Bruce Wayne, Thor (Marvel), Steve Rogers, Diana (Wonder Woman), Bruce Banner, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Padmé Amidala, Victor Stone, Clint Barton, Barry Allen, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Arthur Curry (DCU), Stephen Strange, Peter Venkman, Peter Parker, Anakin Skywalker, Will Turner, Eleven | Jane Hopper, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Ray Stantz, Elizabeth Swann, Pietro Maximoff, Mike Wheeler, Thanos (Marvel), Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, John McClane, Mace Windu, Joker (DCU), Harley Quinn, Vision (Marvel), Clark Kent, Oliver Queen, Ancient One (Marvel), Wong (Marvel), C-3PO (Star Wars), Yoda (Star Wars), CT-7567 | Rex, CC-2224 | Cody, CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives, CT-5597 | Jesse, Darth Maul, Joshamee Gibbs, Pintel (Pirates of the Caribbean), Ragetti (Pirates of the Caribbean), Marty (Pirates of the Caribbean), Cotton (Pirates of the Caribbean), Mullroy (Pirates of the Caribbean), Murtogg (Pirates of the Caribbean), Scrum (Pirates of the Caribbean), Henry Turner (Pirates of the Caribbean), Carina Smyth Barbossa, Jacob (Lost), The Man in Black (Lost), Joyce Byers, Jim "Chief" Hopper, Will Byers, Dustin Henderson, Lucas Sinclair, Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Nancy Wheeler, Jonathan Byers, Karen Wheeler, Ted Wheeler, Erica Sinclair, Robin Buckley, Billy Hargrove, Lois Lane, Curt Connors, Sam Owens (Stranger Things), Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore, Dana Barrett, Emmett "Doc" Brown, T'Challa (Marvel), Peter Quill, Gamora (Marvel), Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, Groot (Marvel), Nebula (Marvel), Scott Lang, Hope Van Dyne, James "Bucky" Barnes, Frank Castle, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Danny Rand, Kraglin Obfonteri, Okoye (Marvel), Shuri (Marvel), M'Baku (Marvel), Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel), Korg, Pepper Potts, Ebony Maw, Wullf Yularen, Carol Danvers, Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Satine Kryze, Wade Wilson, Howard the Duck (Marvel), Godzilla (Legendary | MonsterVerse)

Relationships: Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson, Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler, Elizabeth Swann/Will Turner, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Wanda Maximoff/Vision, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker & Ahsoka Tano, CT-7567 | Rex & Ahsoka Tano, Avengers Team & Stephen Strange, Avengers Team & Justice League (DCU), Jack Sparrow & Henry Turner, Steve Harrington & The Party

Additional Tags: Multiverse, Crossover, Fan Service, character interactions, Avengers versus Justice League, Alternate Realities, Alternate Universe, Endgame but for everybody, This will give you franchise fatigue, To tag this would be to spoil everything that's good about it, The real multiverse of madness begins here, Some pairings are credited but this won't have a lot to do with those, How many franchises can you spot, Dialogue exchanges that have been begging to be written since these characters were created, A final battle like you've always wanted, random Choose Your Own Ending inbound

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[newagesispage]

                                                          ��     AUGUST    2021

THE RIB  PAGE

Fran Drescher is running for National SAG-AFTRA President with Anthony Rapp as secretary treasurer for Unite for Strength!!! Matthew Modine is running under Membership first with Joely Fisher for Secretary Treasurer. Running in local elections are, among others, Yvette Nicole Brown, Shari Belafonte, Rosie O’Donnell, Jeff Garlin, Ezra Knight, Dule Hill, Camryn Manheim, Sara Rue, Mindy Cohn and Ever Carradine. Sept. 2 is the day!** Frances Fisher filed a suit against SAG-AFTRA over the health care plan but a judge rejected it.

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Sha’Carri Richardson’s problem is all our problem. No more drug testing for Mary Jane in this country!

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Chuck Schumer finally unveiled the Cannabis administration opportunity act to end Federal prohibition of marijuana.

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Dolly Parton used the $10 mil + in royalties from the Whitney Houston version of her song to invest in a black neighborhood in Nashville.

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Bob Balaban and Henry Winkler play brothers in The French Dispatch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can’t wait for October 22!!!!!!!!!!!!** The next Wes Anderson film will star Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody and Tom Hanks. No other details are out there yet.

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Trees save lives in heat waves.

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TBS will bring us n updated Stupid Pet Tricks with Sarah Silverman.

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So much organized religion is based on forgeries, fakes and plundering. Virtually none of it is based on any sort of truth, spiritual or even historical. Just lies to fulfill an agenda and control the masses. And so far it has worked. –Larry Charles

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Scarlett Johansen has sued Disney cuz her contract guaranteed a theatrical release only.

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An expert on the circus industry recently reached out to me and urged me to not compare Trump and his comeback tour to clowns and the circus, as that is an insult to clowns. –Jim Acosta

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Eric Adams has won the Dem primary for Mayor in NY.

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Have you seen High on the Hog?? It’s awesome!!

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Jeff Flake will be ambassador to Turkey.

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Cornell West resigned from Harvard with a scathing letter accusing the school of “intellectual and spirited bankruptcy of deep depths.”

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Biden gave a hell of a speech in Philly. He needed to go on more about the filibuster but he was passionate about the For the People act and the John Lewis voting rights advancement act.  He roared, “Peddlers of lies are threatening the very foundation of our country.”

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Will Celebrity Dating Game continue? I am sure they think romance expert, Michael Bolton is a cute and quirky thing to do but not so much. If it stays, I hope they change the music, at least those final notes. And why are half of the questions, “Who am I?” The show could be cute but they need a little work!!

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Jeff Bezos donated $200 mil to the Smithsonian air and space museum.**Feminists everywhere winced when Gayle King was interviewing the Bezos space team.  Bezos commented about the 18 year old going with them into space and that he was just worried about the prom at 18. Gayle said “And I was just hoping for a date to the prom.”** But we have to love Wally Funk, the oldest woman to go into space.**Bezos thanked the Amazon employees and customers for paying for his trip. Yikes!**  Saw a great sign: Pay fair taxes, end hunger, help people, end poverty, save Earth or fly to space.

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Antonio Banderas and Harrison Ford will star in Indiana Jones 5.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor’s ashes were laid to rest 5 years after her death.

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The Britney conservatorship mess is still going thru the courts, and now topless?

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Pope Francis underwent colon surgery which caused him to comment on the need for good health care for all.

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Questlove brings us Summer of Soul!!!

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Reports show that about 150 people were killed by guns in more than 400 shootings during the 4th.

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Has anybody ever built a show around the Tex Watson tapes?? The LAPD apparently liked to deny them but there was a book.

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Henry Hall is out with his debut album, Neato, along with a tour.

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Do all male law enforcement officers have to be bald now?

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Idaho has begun an eradication campaign that could slash the number of gray wolves living in the state by 90%.

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Hooray for the monthly child tax credit!!

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Release Me 2 from Barbra Streisand is due out August 6.

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The look into the Jan. 6 insurrection has begun. Kinzinger and Cheney are in. **Tucker Carlson attacked Harry Dunn, a Capitol officer on air. The man protected Carlson’s son, a House staffer.** On Jan. 5, the Steve Bannon podcast went like this: All Hell is going to break loose tomorrow. Just understand this. It’s gonna be moving. It’s gonna be quick.** Why is mainstream media putting nearly all eggs in the Covid and Olympic baskets and only a few on the insurrection hearing?

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Why do so many that call America , “great” seem to hate it?? How can one love this country and not want majority rule, not want democracy??

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The Emmy noms are out: Lovecraft Country was nominated even though it has been cancelled.  Also hooray for Pose, The Flight attendant and for Conan!! Lead actor is a tough category with Matthew Rhys, Billy Porter and Rege-Jean Page. Aidy Bryant and Jean Smart got lead and supporting noms. I have to route for Ewan McGregor and Anya Taylor-Joy. I am excited for Paul Reiser, Bowen Yang, Evan Peters, Carl Weathers, Renee Elise Golsberry, Dave Chappelle, Helena Bonham Carter and Daniel Levy. There is love for Yvette Nicole Brown, Issa Rae and Maya Rudolph. The Masked Singer got a few noms. The doc category included Tina, Allen V. Farrow and The Bee Gees. Friends: The reunion got 4.

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“Voting is not supposed to be easy. That’s what our men died for.”- Jack Finger

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Giant Pandas are no longer endangered.

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Zalia Avante- Garde is the 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee Champ.** I’m more impressed by the girl who won the Spelling Bee than the billionaire who went to space. –Mike Jollett.

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Why do they have to run erectile dysfunction ads during true crime rape episodes? ** And why do people still say things like, “this just don’t happen here” or “dumped like a piece of trash? “ There have to be other things to say.

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Tom Barrack, chairman of the inaugural committee for Trump was arrested for foreign lobbying shenanigans. America first, right?** Wilbur Ross lied to congress about the census and the Trump administration declined to prosecute.** Stephen Calk, bank exec was found guilty of trying to get a WH position by giving Manafort millions in loans.

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Jake Ellzey won the Texas special election run off for congress, beating out Trump’s girl Susan Wright.

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Every city should have a Peacemobile!!!!!

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The Chinese government has been called out for malicious cyber -attacks.  Four officials have been indicted in California.

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Miracle Workers’ Simon Rich was there when FB was invented and was so creeped out by people using it to stalk women.

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There was a story in Rolling Stone about how Eric Clapton threatened to cancel shows if the venue required proof of vaccines. Valerie Bertinelli tweeted: Once a dick, always a dick.

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Every Fox news host is vaccinated. –Mikel Jollett

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Toyota has dropped out of Olympic ads.  Contenders are starting to drop out due to positive Covid tests.

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Actor Isaiah Stokes has been indicted for murder.

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Lionsgate has bought the rights to Clerks 3.

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Ready or not, here come the Olympics.- Harry Shearer

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The Cleveland Indians will now be the Cleveland Guardians.

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A bust of KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest was taken out of the Tennessee capitol.

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American Housewife was sold into syndication.

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The poorest zip codes include Erie, Pennsylvania, Decatur and the south end of Peoria, il, Canton, Oh, Waterbury, Ct., Bonsecour, Al. and Elpaso, Tx.

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Issa Rae married Louis Diame.

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The court of appeals disqualified Judge John W. Ouderkirk from the Jolie- Pitt divorce because of a business relationship with Pitt’s attorney.

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Joe Manchin owns a coal company.

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The Hollywood walk of fame has welcomed Jimmy Smits, Kathie Lee Gifford and 90 year old Marla Gibbs. Terry Crews is next!

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Generation after generation of women love the bad boy.  Do they never learn? I will never understand, please explain.

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Pelosi rejected 2 of the noms to serve on the special committee looking into Jan. 6. Kevin McCarthy withdrew his 5 noms.

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The gun that killed Billy the Kid is for sale.

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I think you should leave with Tim Robinson on Netflix is hilarious if U get thru the gross. U can’t miss the episode with Clifton Davis and Fred Willard!!

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Joaquin Phoenix is trying to get some bears from a traveling show moved to an accredited sanctuary. The Bearadise Ranch in Florida has been cited for, “violating state wildlife laws.”

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Go employees Go!! Frito Lay is on strike, Coal miners are on strike and Ride Share drivers are on strike. A good portion of this country should be on strike. The top of the corporate ladder needs to learn! Let those that treat us fair rise to the top.

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Who owns Brett Kavanaugh?

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A Bishop seeking to deny Biden communion was caught on Grindr.

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Gabriel Jagger married Anouk Winzenried.** I don’t know why the Rolling Stones bass player doesn’t just change his name to “not pictured.” –Michael Mckean

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Frank Fritz will not be back on American Pickers.

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For the first time, astronomers have seen behind a black hole. Einstein predicted the gravitational pull of black holes is so enormous that they warp the very fabric of space. He was right. Scientists have now spotted light which was being emitted by the far side of the black hole.

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Look for Heels on Starz.

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What is this new screen for Amazon? It sucks.

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Biden has signed an executive order to protect infrastructure from cyber- attacks.

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Arthur was canceled.

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The Kennedy Center has revealed the latest honorees. The 44th class is Justin Diaz, Berry Gordy, Lorne Michaels, Bette Midler and Joni Mitchell and will be held on Dec. 5.

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Get well Bob Odenkirk!!!! The fabulous Odenkirk collapsed on the set of Better call Saul from a minor heart attack.

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Days alert: We have lost Days of Our Lives first director, Joseph Behar.  He will be missed.** Marla Ginns is joining the cast as Paulina’s Mother. ** Is EJ throwing Sami out? Will AJ McLean join the cast? **Rex is back.**Peacock is bringing us a limited series, Days of our Lives: Beyond Salem that will send many couples on romantic vacations and lead to intrigue. Lisa Rinna will star.** Arianna Zucker (Nicole) is set to marry Shawn Christian (former Daniel).  He popped the question on Father’s Day.

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R.I.P. President Jovenel Moise, Philece Sampler, Robert Downey Sr., Richard Donner, flood victims of Belgium and Germany,  Robby Steinhardt, Covid victims, Joseph Behar, Robert Moses, Jackie Mason, Dusty Hill, joey Jordison, Priscilla McMillan, Ron Popeil, Carl Levin, Saginaw Grant and Charles Robinson.

[stormbrvkers-archived]

so King Arthur LotS was interesting.. the concept was a little unconventional but hell. also Charlie Hunnam's cheeky! Arty was delightful as was his abs i mean damn *cough*

[tiffgeorgina]

do you have any favourites parts of season 2? (I agree that the plot has been.... Thin? Non-existent?) But what are the things about this season that you've enjoyed?

hello anon! a few things i’ve enjoyed are:

-the new guest stars. watkins, hill, and raphael are knocking it out of the park. we waited longer than i wanted to to see june and dulé but hey, at least they’re here now! im already kinda attached to their characters and im pretty sure all of them are gonna get fucked over so im scared fjgkjhfdg

-just seeing all these mf characters again. ive missed them so much kjhgkdfjh i could watch them watch paint dry and i’d be okay with that bc i just MISSED THEM

-CONNIE. RESURGENCE. OMFG. i saw xosha roquemore (the actress who plays her) credited for 2x05 a couple weeks back and i FREAKED. OUT. god why do i love this narc. acab except for connie because i like her and she’s pretty (seeing her in full color and 80s style was a REVELATION)

-mo coming back ugh i missed him at the jammer group. seeing him complacent and beaten down HURT. im ready to see him fuck blair up i love blair but he’s walking away in handcuffs this season if mo has anything to say about it

-blair/harris. ok they’re cute i said it (plus they’re easily getting the most screentime out of all the couples this season which is nice bc their relationship is so much less established than the others)

-mo/dawn flashbacks mo/dawn flashbacks mo/dawn flashbacks mo/dawn flashbacks mo/dawn flashbacks!!! i knew we would be seeing their backstory but i didn’t expect it to be the first thing we saw all season!!! i love mo/dawn and i love getting backstory since i was waiting to know more about their past for so long and!! it’s here!! now we know everybody at the jammer group used to work for leighman and that’s why they hate them and we know mo and dawn go back a decade and!! it’s just so satisfying to KNOW i love to see it

-the entirety of Fore! (2x04) yassir. fucking. killed. that. shit. he was the sole writing credit for that episode, and when i saw that on the imdb page i simply knew it would be god tier. and it was! admittedly a little plotless, but that’s par for the course this season, plus it was early enough in the season to get away with it i think. the twist at the end. corky’s entrance. blair/harris. blair being an idiot. blair being a high idiot. yassir x being the king of feminism. yassir lester writing andrew’s emmy reel like that. we haven’t seen season 2B yet but 2A peaked with fore!. period. try to disagree with me. you can’t.

-ofc the 80s aesthetic that we all know and love. i saw somebody describe black monday as a period piece once and it seemed kind of ill-fitting bc it’s not set in victorian era england but yk what? it’s totally fitting. this is a period piece. the 80s slap.

-blair being the villain that we know he is. i wish they would quit stalling on this because it’s making all the characters seem monotonous and non-distinct, but i like those moments where blair snaps (“WE ARE DOING THIS” and “i am the only family you need now. just me”) andrew’s such an excellent actor and it’s fun to see this side of his range since he’s usually played really nice and wholesome (or at least not downright villainous) characters. he’s sending chills down my spine with some of the shit he’s doing and saying this season. andrew. emmy. nomination. now. GIVE IT TO ME NOW.

-momentary mo&blair resurgence (even if it’s fake). i miss mo&blair as father-son so fucking much anon you don’t even know. finding out that they were the ones clicking their heels in 2x06? i could’ve CRIED

-being right. ok this has a bit of lore but i have been STALKING the imdb page for black monday for MONTHS. bc they’ll add episode titles, or screencaps, or cast members all the time without telling anybody, and everything’s been accurate so far (so it’s not some troll lying on imdb we know that lol). specifically, in 2x09, there’s a character credited as dr. gabe egon. the tl already had suspicions that he had smth to do with conversion therapy bc there’s this one picture that sho released where you can see all this shit mo’s written on this board, and it DEFINITELY SAID CONVERSION THERAPY. and this episode comes around and roger is walking out this door that says “dr. gabe egon ~ therapy for the religiously erect” or whatever and i was like !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and then roger blurts out that it’s literally CT and i !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this shit is in different areas for better or for worse and even if im confused and bored at the same time being pulled along for the ride is fun as hell

-the naming scheme for the episodes. i literally had no idea what they would do for the episode titles this season since there’s no countdown to black monday, but i like how it’s shit that the characters say/write. bc then a character says the episode name and you’re like !!!!!!!!!!! jfhgdfjk. plus it kinda tells you what’s going on--i knew 2x06 would be about a ponzi scheme before blair even proposed the idea in 2x05 bc the ep is titled Arthur Ponzarelli. and i knew fore! would be the episode where blair and the harrises are golfing and blair gets hit by a golf cart since “fore” is a golf term. and i know that 2x07, “who are you supposed to be?” is the weird halloween party ep where everybody looks ridiculous and ppl are def gonna be getting into it. 2x10 is titled “i don’t like mondays” and idk what that means but i bet mo says that line in the show. and 2x09 is titled “at that time” and im so scared bc that episode has a blair flashback and WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHAT DOES IT ALL MEANNNN

-more women and more women being relevant to the plot. good. it was getting a little obnoxiously man-influenced here. cmon the majority of the cast AND the majority of the directors AND the majority of the producers AND a majority of the writers AND both the creators can’t ALL be men. like pick a struggle.

whew that list was longer than i expected it to be! thanks for the ask anon! what are y’all’s favorite parts so far?

[heroofthreefaces]

Preview panel only. Click here for full cartoon. Or see the on-site navigation tutorial. Cartoons may contain unmarked spoilers. Cartoons linked at 10:00 Central US are new. Cartoons at 22:00 are from the archive.   Thanks for reading.

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This is the Hero of Three Faces season finale; summer hiatus begins today. New updates will probably resume starting August 17 as usual. Archive cartoons will be featured on the front page till then starting tomorrow, selected by no particular criteria and on no particular schedule, as usual.

You may have noticed that several months ago the header on the captions on these link posts began specifying that link posts at 10:00 US CT are to new updates and link posts at 22:00 US CT are to “reruns”/”archive” cartoons. Previously during summer hiatus I’ve made 10:00 rerun link posts but going forward there will be reruns only at 22:00 even during summer hiatus.

[parhelios]

list of wips rn:

evan/wally/hartley 2: the sad one

this one got started bc i wanted more evan/wally/hartley but my brain likes to churn out angst and bad prose. it's evan-centric b/c his backstory makes me TOO EMO.

tlfady chapter 8

this is going to get done at some point. it will in all likelihood be a therapy session because that's what i do when i don't know where to go. at the very least, dinah will be in it because i love her!

king john but everyone lives

look. i have no excuse for this other than prince arthur DESERVED BETTER. "i would i were your son, so you would love me, hubert!" BI CT H I'M SAD

bittersweet self indulgent lord!batman/jlu!wally for pray you love remember

this has been stuck in my brain for a while, and is just a blatant excuse for me to let them kiss, for lord batman to deal with his love for lords!wally that will go forever unsaid, and for jlu!wally to deel with his possibly unrequited feelings for jlu!bruce. yes i do have a soundtrack for this in my head.

r&j but this time where benvolio goes after 4.1

i'm sad

[fireofthestars]

To me, it's funny reading about all these detractors when back in the day there were the same rants and anger at the Peter Jackson movies. The same ones that 'feel' like Tolkien today and 'captured' the spirit of the books. Yes, those same movies got raked over the coals by the fandom because some character didn't fit their vision of how they should look. Legolas shouldn't be blond, Cate Blanchett isn't beautiful enough, why is Agent Smith playing Elrond...Frodo shouldn't be played by an American...on and on. The complaints lessened over time, and I'm sure the negativity around this show will as well. People who don't like it will move on and let the rest of us have fun with it. This won't last forever. We'll have our own safe fandom space soon enough.

For the record, we have very little 'Tolkien' lore for the second age. We have the appendices, which are little more than an outline, and Christopher Tolkien's best guess as to what his father wanted as he waded through the notes he left behind and even then CT wished he had done some things differently. This show is one version of a mythology, just as we have many versions of Robin Hood and King Arthur. If it helps to think of it as fanfic, that's fine, but if you like it, you don't have to apologize for it. I'm not. If you don't like it, have a good life and I hope you find something you do enjoy.

Am I the only one sad about the Rings of Power situation in social media in general, bit specifically on Tumblr? The show has become so controversial that almost every single post is about people hating it or defending it, there is no space for anything else. I have always come to Tumblr to check out all the funny posts, memes, metas, fanart, etc of the things I like, but with Rings of Power the beef is so extreme that there is no space for creativity and fun, just everybody's takes. Could we please stop arguing and just let the fandom create content and enjoy themselves? It's a shame that there doesn't seem to be a place to actually enjoy the show anywhere

[yespoetry]

Mark Lamoureux: May 2019 Poet of the Month

29 Cheesburgers: #31 Deluxe Bleu Cheese Burger Plate, Cozy Soup ‘N Burger, Astor Place, NYC

            for Bill Corbett.

  Bill,

 I go to the second church of the day, as I must,

            alone, & above

the nave of coffee urns—something I never noticed

            the handful of times I have come to this place—

is an actual backlit panel of stained glass

depicting two women wrapped in coiling cloth

            of cobalt blue proffering

a cheeseburger on a plate

            while their lower heaven-stretched arms

cradle a ceramic chalice of Cozy soup,

echoing the similarly light-filled

            windows of St. Mark’s on the Bowery from

whence I am come from your memorial, my eyes

            stung with tears—

 now at the end

as at the beginning

when I first crossed your threshold

some fifteen years ago, just out of hospital,

only days before having watched

            the huge ruddy man in the other bed,

Chaucer’s Miller, toss the orderlies around the room like rag dolls,

howling & sobbing like an infant because he didn’t want to take

the pills that would make him heavy & dull

until finally subduing him they put them down

his throat & held his chin like a cat’s & then poured water down

his gullet from a ridiculously tiny

            paper cup.

Fifteen minutes later I heard him

spit the unswallowed pills onto the floor.  I didn’t take mine

either.  He begged me to bring him a plastic model car

& glue             please he said

            please;

I taught the empty-eyed kid

who paced to one end of the ward & back

            again all day, all day to make poems

by picking random words out of the Reader’s Digest

            Condensed Books they kept in all the rooms.

            Why did you arrange them like that?

                                                                        I didn’t

that’s the order I picked them in.  Fair enough

            poetry is the music

of chance; just days later I would be in your parlor

in Columbus Square & I decided to trust

            that poetry

would save my life & you were the king

of poetry.

 Earlier today I am at the Wahrol retrospective

            at the Whitney for the second time, missing

my daughter, who knew the prints from Andy Land

the little book I bought her, signing more moo cow

more Andy Soup; please

please;

            with my backpack with my laptop & keys

& presents I bought her in the coat check I can’t shake

the feeling something’s missing;

            I lose track of Geof & Karen in the sprawling

exhibition, take a picture of myself in the reflection

of a self-portrait of Andy with a skull on his head—

memento mori I tell myself.

                                                            Something’s missing.

Somehow I lose the plastic tag with the number on it

            to retrieve my coat & the backpack that I got cheap

because it has somebody else’s initials—IQZ—

            monogrammed on the front.

                                                            Something’s missing.

The first time I was here I stood with Amabel

 in front of Crowd Scene.  Peoples she cooed

peoples &

just a few feet away there was Laurie Anderson;

            I wanted to ask her to kiss my baby but couldn’t

summon the gumption—

Lou Reed is dead said a voice in my head.

            You are dead too; I wanted you to kiss my baby

too.

             I used to drink when I felt sad,

which was all the time,

but now I buy things for my daughter instead & today before

            your memorial I bought her a little plastic watch

with an owl on the face,

 four pairs of little socks with the Peel Slowly

& See banana on them, a spherical strawberry-scented kitty

ball that slowly re-inflates itself

after being squishes & A is for Andy written by him

& his mama.

                                                Something’s missing.

 Before I really met you I knew you

            from the photograph on the cover

of New & Selected Poems: smiling at the camera

            in black & white; behind you a telescope

pointed out the glowing window

toward the sky.  I recognized you once outside

            of Out of Town news in Harvard Square

& said Hello Bill like I knew you & you said Hello like

            I was someone you recognized

            but I wouldn’t find myself

at your table for another handful of years,

            just out of hospital, a week

after John Wieners died. 

             I turned 47 last week & bought myself

the Complete Village Vanguard Recordings

of the Bill Evans Trio & listened to Scott LaFaro

            playing “Gloria’s Step” over & over again—

the last recording he would make before he

died just 11 days later & I wondered what you thought

of the “You Must Believe in Spring” poem after the song

on Evans’ final that I sent you

just before you died last spring.  Memory gorges

            every single thing

you wrote in a “Shower in June,”

printed on a broadside with a photo

of Pres outside the Five Spot you inscribed

            “For Mark at Aaron’s 30th, 2004”

which hangs just beside my front door & will be the first thing

I see when I exit the cab & unlock the door to my house,

            quietly, so I won’t wake Amabel

who will be sleeping upstairs.  Memory gorges

            every single thing.

                                                Something’s missing. 

 I will want to listen to the Evans records again,

            but will need to wait until morning

because the sleeping baby; I will need to wait

until morning to give my daughter the socks, the kitty,

            the book, everything

but the watch which I will save for her birthday

            in May & I admit it seems a little wrong

to give a toddler a watch—there’s a point

            at which time becomes the enemy,

but I couldn’t resist the little pink owl.  Owls

            were also the favorite

of my maternal grandma Mabel for whom

Amabel is named & owls

            have been appearing everywhere

lately—in an Arthur Sze poem on the wall

of the subway I took downtown,

            “Coming Soon—the Owl

Café” on a sign on the smudged-out windows

of a storefront I passed when I was walking

            from the Whitney to your memorial

in the Bowery.  I guess my point is

            the dead remain

in our lives in ways we don’t expect

or understand.  A few nights ago two postcards

            from you & Gerrit that had been there

since you were both alive fell off

my refrigerator & landed face up

at my feet—there must be scores of postcards

from you squirrelled away in & behind

books on my bookshelves & who knows

            where else—I never really file anything

away & I guess now maybe I understand why.

            Memory gorges

every single thing.      Something’s missing.

            This may be the longest poem

I have ever written, meandering, discursive,

            I guess probably because I don’t want it

to end because that means somehow this

            day in which I said goodbye to you will have ended

but now

            the train has pulled into the station

& the conductor is telling me to please exit the train

            we all want to go home.

                        I pack my IQZ backpack quickly

& panic out on the platform.

                                                Something’s missing

but the doors close & the train rumbles

            off into the future.

Mark Lamoureux lives in New Haven, CT. He is the author of four full-length collections of poetry: It’ll Never Be Over For Me (Black Radish Books, 2016), 29 Cheeseburgers / 39 Years (Pressed Wafer, 2013), Spectre (Black Radish Books 2010), and Astrometry Orgonon (BlazeVOX Books 2008),. His work has been published in print and online in Elderly, Denver Quarterly, Jacket, Fourteen Hills and many others. In 2014 he received the 2nd annual Ping Pong Poetry award, selected by David Shapiro, for his poem “Summerhenge/Winterhenge.” He teaches at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, CT. His chapbook, Maris McLamoureary's DICTIONNAIRE INFERNAL, co-authored with Chris McCreary, was published by Empty Set Press on Halloween 2017.

[sleepinnniantic-blog]

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[missfinefeather]

...he’s King Arthur now?

CT: D --> Great musclebeasts tussle, bu%om in heft CT: D --> With thunderous muscle, buttock to spec TG: what the fuck CT: D --> Connect blows to discover, how invincible pecs are CT: D --> Venture low to uncover, his inimitable nectar TG: oh god TG: ok stop 

Yep, I knew this is the direction it would take.

CT: D --> And fortune holds he lactate some CT: D --> STRONG hands tugging teat make great ambrosia collectors TG: hahaha TG: jesus TG: ok maybe youre actually the worst troll TG: im thinking none of that was actually ironic that was all pretty straightup wasnt it 

It was from his soul! His horse fucking soul!

CT: D --> What do you mean CT: D --> Are you ordering me to conceal my poems again TG: nevermind TG: god dammit 

Dave narrowly avoided becoming a wet dream... day dream... ew...

TG: wont goddamn budge probably useless anyway CT: D --> It 100ks to be a legendary weapon TG: its a legendary piece of shit

Is John supposed to pull it?

Also, fox and the grapes Dave, just because you can’t get it doesn’t mean their sour!

[sinrupe]

THAI KIDS 15

RESULTADOS COMPLETO

13/NOV/2021

APRESENTAÇÃO

Klaus Olímpio (BOT) x Enzo Oyama (Chute Kombat);

Guilherme Henrique (Garra Combat) x Alex Leandro (Thai Boxe);

Hendry Lemãozinho (King MT) x Davi Biro Biro (Aldeia MT)

RESERVA GP FEMININO 50 KGS

Maria Fernanda (Dream Fighters) venceu Janaína Fonseca (Eliezer FT) por decisão.

RESERVA GP MASCULINO 57 KGS

Felipe Santana (Alpha MT) x Kauã Zenie (Fight Lab) por decisão.

SEMIFINAL GP FEMININO 50 KGS

Raiani Pitbull (Michael Siqueira) venceu Maria Fernanda (Dream Fighters) por decisão;

Ketelyn Faria (FTT) venceu Giovana Coelho (Muay Tiger) por decisão.

SEMIFINAL GP MASCULINO 57 KGS

Gabriel Sardinha (FTT) venceu Diego Magalhães (Aldeia MT) por decisão;

Vicente de Paulo (CT Wai Kru) venceu Kauã Yuri (Castellano CE) por decisão.

PRELIMINARES

Riquelme Azeitona (Aldeia MT) venceu Wellington Trator (Greco FT) por decisão;

Fernandinha (Monster GT) venceu Nathália Emely (Baan Naksu) por decisão;

Geninho (Evolution MT) venceu Mateus Minari (Marcondes Team) por TKO 2R;

Nordhan Sizone (Thai Boxe) venceu Kauê (Elite Top Team) por decisão;

Danilo Silva (Aldeia MT) venceu Gustavo Pereira (Monster GT) por decisão;

David (Inside Bertioga) venceu João Frango (Castellano) por decisão;

João Pedro (Evolution MT) empatou com Igor Fernandes (Guerreiro Tahor);

Abner Santana (CTC) venceu Vinícius Pereira (Eliezer FT) por decisão;

Evelyn Neves (CT Cazolari) venceu Fernanda Ferreira (Greco FT) por decisão;

Wabner Guerreiro (Fight Lab) venceu Arthur Askov (CT Rose Amorim) por decisão;

Mateus Liberato (Team Barreto) venceu João Pedro (Família Thai) por decisão;

Iasmim Jesus (Garra Combat) venceu Janine Fonseca (Eliezer FT) por decisão;

Igor Fontes (Castellano) venceu Gabriel Machado (Fight Lab) por decisão

FINAL GP FEMININO 50 KGS

Raiani Pitbull (Michael Siqueira) venceu Ketelyn Faria (FTT) por decisão

FINAL GP MASCULINO 57 KGS

Vicente de Paulo (CT Wai Kru) venceu Gabriel Sardinha (FTT) por decisão.