#King-Size Conan

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King-Size Conan #1 Cover Art (Joe Jusko Variant)

[the-gershomite]

Conan the Barbarian King-Sized Annual #7 -1982-

"Red Shadows and Black Kraken!" (1-29 of 33)

based on the novel "Conan of the Isles" by L. Sprague De Camp & Lin Carter

script Roy Thomas

artist John Buscema

letterer Joe Rosen

colorist George Roussos

[melinoelabs]

Dear Sirs.

SCP-682's powers are metatextual. He's unkillable because the story says he is nearly unkillable and no solution would be satisfying. His nickname is 'the very hard to destroy reptile' for rigour's sake. You don't have to be Grant Morrison to put this together.

The solution is to alter the narrative so that there is a means of killing him that is satisfying. Unfortunately, only full-on apocalypse scenarios or the use of SCP-682 as a jobber for an even worse threat would fill that criteria.

So unless you want to unleash something even more tiresome, like the Black Moon or the Scarlet King or the Yellow Submarine or whatever other color-coded doomsday monster you have on tap, you're just wasting jumpsuit filling doing anything at all.

The easy alternative is to simply stop trying to kill him.

Just focus on holding him in the most boring, routine ways possible, rendering him increasingly less interesting and thus reducing the time between stories focused on him and thus, the resulting breaches and disasters.

Or you can do what we did. If you aren't chicken.

Ours wasn't a rotted lizard. It was a sort of mummified horse the size of a 1996 Volkswagen Harlequin, and it was a she, but otherwise same deal. Regeneration. Vat of acid. Mass casualties. Violent opposition to the use of breath mints. Endemic to all life. Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.

We figured out the how it worked, and we speed-ran the whole concept, hurling that vile beast through a veritable plinko-fall of thousands of extermination tests and controlled rampages until there was literally nothing left to do with the 'More-Than-One-Way-to-Fail-to-Kill-a Horse'.

And we trust the populace enough to not lie to them for 'their own good'. Because its funny? Sure. Profitable? Absolutely (don't worry, shareholders!)! But never for 'their own good.'

So we turned those experiments into a 17 season reality television program hosted by Greg Kinnear and force-fed them to a sludge-hungry populace.

There were 'More-Than-One-Way-to-Fail-to-Kill-a Horse' calendars, coffee mugs, t-shirts, two different animated spin-offs running at the same time for some reason, four movies starring Chris Pratt as the voice of the horse, an ongoing sketch on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, 'More-Than-One-Way-to-Fail-to-Kill-a Horse' "acid bath" sour candy flavored yogurt in a tube, a series of increasingly inadequately playtested gameboy cartridges, a 27-issue limited series from Image comics, and adorable plush mummified murder-horse plushes with little suction cups on their red-felt hooves so they can stare balefully out the back of your station wagon at that ASSHOLE Kevin in his souped up Trans AM who does not understand the concept of a safe following distance, and you JUST want to run him off the road with the magno-lifters and recreate the scene from Lost Highway with Robert Loggia, but "you can't use the magno-lifters for revenge" because it's "against OSHA regulations" and "technically assault!"

And once the first shipment of 'More-Than-One-Way-to-Fail-to-Kill-a Horse' Funko Pops hit store shelves, the creature's cultural cache cratered so hard that it became a parody of itself so predictable it's "containment" is now a Universal Studios attraction with two failed executions and a containment breach each night, with double shows on Saturdays.

Now, it was a rocky ride getting there, especially for Utah (projections say you'll get those House seats back in two, maybe three, generations at most, don't you worry!) but we've proven that even if it isn't killable, you can, in fact, beat a dead horse.

Hope this helps.

Humbert, Outreach Liaison Melinoë Laboratories "Hoc non veniet ad nos mordax"

[big-low-t]

Sea The Ocean Playlist...

Led Zeppelin - "The Ocean"

Echo & the Bunnymen - "Seven Seas"

Unwed Sailor - "Indian Ocean"

The Cure - "From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea"

The Cult - "Electric Ocean"

Motorama - "Northern Seaside"

Jane's Addiction - "Ocean Size"

Swervedriver - "Up From The Sea"

Cocteau Twins - "Sea, Swallow Me"

Conan - "Ocean Of Boiling Skin"

Iron Maiden - "Sea Of Madness"

Sonic Youth - "The Diamond Sea"

The Faith - "Seven Seas"

Miles Davis - "How Deep Is The Ocean"

King Krule - "Seaforth"

Bobby Darin - "Beyond the Sea"

C-Clamp - "Land Meets Sea"

Compound Red - "Versus The Ocean"

Pinback - "Good To Sea"

The Mermen - "Ocean Beach"

Husker Du - "Standing By The Sea"

Black Sabbath - "Children Of The Sea"

Jets To Brazil - "Sea Anemone"

Sunny Day Real Estate - "The Ocean"

Alice In Chains - "Sea Of Sorrow"

The ship sails soon. Jump on board and listen. Youtube links in the song titles. Enjoy.

[mineralsrocksandfossiltalks]

Damn, why are you so popular?

I 100% guarantee that if you were to ask random people on the street, adult and child alike, to name a dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex will be in the top 5. To not know about this dinosaur would imply you grew up in a hole behind a rock in a cave.

Tyrannosaurus, why are you so popular? You're like a pumpkin spice latte; the basic bitch of the dinosaur world and yet you are beloved by pretty much everyone. WHY?!?!?!?!?

Is it because you have one of the most badass names in scientific literature? I mean, Tyrant Lizard King has a nice ring to it.

Maybe it has to do with the sheer size and bulk of this animal. There aren't many terrestrial predators that could compare (yes there are other dinosaurs but we are focusing on this one this month). Tyrannosaurus could reach upwards of 40ft long (12 m), with a skull a little over 5 ft long (1.5 m) and teeth the size of bananas (around 12 in). It had a bite force strong enough to penetrate concrete.

It could simply be that it has been featured in films since post WWI. I mean, in 1933 King Kong famously fought one and has done so in many remakes.

This is a horrible rendition of a Tyrannosaurus too. I mean, come on, why do modern movies keep showing theropods with their teeth like that? It's so stupid! Anyway, there are other less horrendous tyrannosaurus depictions in film.

Three-year-old me would not have included Barney though. I couldn't stand him. However, he technically is a Tyrannosaurus and he has probably instilled the love of dinosaurs in many children so I can't be too upset with him.

There is, of course, the famous Sharp Tooth from The Land Before Time which was a boss movie that I grew up on.

The most famous is probably this girl from Jurassic Park though. The roar is easily recognizable, she was a beautiful puppet, and let's face it, she had some of the best scenes in that movie.

It's also turned up in many other TV shows like Doctor Who (a few times), Primeval, Power Rangers and Transformers.

You can also find it in a few novels including The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, We're Back! A Dinosaur Story by Hudson Talbott and the Dinosaur Lords series by Victor Milan.

Whatever the reasons, everyone knows this dinosaur and this month we're going to delve into Tyrannosaurus and it's family members. Fair warning, there are some VERY strong biases when it comes to tyrannosaurs and while I don't study them for that very reason (and let's face it, T.rex really is just a basic bitch), I don't totally dislike them and there are some pretty cool ones, so look forward to that.

(Like this one from New Mexico with a super badass name but I will save that for a later post.)

If Tyrannosaurus is your favorite dinosaur, maybe you can sway me to think they aren't so bad...but good luck. My dad has been trying to sway me for 30 years to no avail. Tune in tomorrow for some bone-crunching trivia! Fossilize you later!

[afatlotofchance]

A new addition to my list of fatness-sightings in fantasy books.

"The Clocks of Iraz" by L. Sprague de Camp

The fat guy you see on the cover? It is king Ishbahar, the novel's main fat character. And this cover paints him as much smaller than he is described in the book.

Mind you, I have to point out that, despire Sprague de Camp's well-grounded position in the history of fantasy, and the success of his various works (be it his work onto the Conan franchise or this Reluctant King trilogy - of which Clocks of Iraz is the second part) "The Clocks" is still a work from 1971 United-States... which as a result aged badly, between discreet sexism, normalized homophobia and casual racism, you got your typical old sour stuff.

This warning out of the way, I do want to point out how one of the main points of this humoristic story (it is a semi-humoristic fantasy, half-parodying the heroic fantasy genre) is that the king of the city the protagonist ends working for, king Ishbahar, is a nice guy, but way WAY too obsessed and focused on eating, "the pleasures of the belly" and the "delicacies of the table". He is always eating something, he keeps having excuses for feasts at any point in time, he hates being disturbed when he eats, he gulps big portions when he doesn't just "shovel in" the food"... Which not only results in him neglecting political matters, but also into becoming a very large, an "enormous" man. So fat, in fact, when a doctor at one points need to check his pulse they can't find the artery "under all this fat".

And the king's girth is not just a random detail, it is also a plot point. Because one of the "missions" the protagonist will have to fill for the king will be... sex. Basically, the city of Iraz has a religious tradition during which the king must unite himself to the high priestess of the local Goddess cult, to symbolize the God and the Goddess mating. Pretty standard stuff straight out of our own universe - with the twist that, if the king cannot have sex with the high priestess in one way or another, or if he can't give satisfying sex to her, the tradition claims the king will have to commit suicide... or be executed if he doesn't comply. And of course, Ishbahar, who has grew to a massive size due to his gluttony, kindly explains to the protagonist how it has gotten harder and harder from him to perform an effective, pleasing "sacred union" with the high priestess... Hence why he needs the protagonist to replace him for the holy night.

The king is very VERY friendly towards the protagonist, and notably has him share a lot of his own gargantuan, extravagant meals - to the point that, at the two thirds of the story, the protagonist says he needs to get out of Iraz soon, because since his arrival he already gained ten pounds. "He summoned me to tea this afternoon. Another gorge, naturally. If His Majesty keeps stuffing me like a sausage skin, I shall have to go on a fast." [Due to an earlier episode with a manual elevator needing to be activated with counter-weight, we know the protagonist, Jorian, is around a 190 pounds when he arrived in Iraz. And he added "When I get over two hundred, I begin to worry". Which is exactly what happens later down the novel as he starts worrying once he gained "ten pounds", aka reached the 200 mark.]

Also, spoiler spoiler, the king ends up literaly dying because of his obesity, as at the end of the story, he has to run away from an angry mob, out of a stadium, up a steep hill, and then down a long tunnel that goes down... And all this sudden active walk, after years of being physically inactive, having grown massively fat, and being carried everywhere, ends up literaly causing him a deadly heart attack.

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what is the best dinosaur fight in the franchise and why is it blue and rexy against the I-rex?

Because that's what the whole franchise revolved around.

King Kong was the inspiration; a big dinosaur fight was what Steven Spielberg craved when he kicked the franchise off. But the technology just wasn't there. He could have a raptor clawing at a Tyrannosaur's face and neck, but that was a few seconds of single-angle CGI models interacting.

They couldn't pull it off with the animatronics, either...they tried it with three, but of course, the Spinosaurus animatronic wound up smashing the robotic Rex...still, the CGI worked wonders, and the camerawork and perspective made for an almost perfect battle.

It was wonderfully quiet, shot from a spectacular angle, felt very realistic (outside of the T. rex failing the bite), and had a brutal, unforgettable finish.

It almost got blown out of the water in the first three seconds of the Jurassic World fight.

This fight uses almost every trick in the book: silhouettes to make the combatants easily visible against the night sky. Diverse artificial lighting to provide strong, distinctive outlines that make the action clear. A ground-up angle to convey the size of the battling beasts. A simple camera angle for the collision. The opponents have contrasting colors so they're easy to tell apart in every single shot....and that was just the first one.

They homage Fay Wray. They put the Sexy Woman into the battle, giving it strong pulp/retro vibes. The camera swings here, and then every impact is met with a camera shake. It tracks up and back down in one long shot, again, keeping them distinct...

...and it ends with T. rex getting beaten into the dirt. With, again...a much more dynamic character angle than the first movie could pull off. The camera is tracking Rexy.

And that's just the first half of the match. That's round one. It's ridiculously over-the-top, and yet, it doesn't feel that way, because it's just two animals fighting in the street. There are sparks and explosions, but that's just from momentary destruction of objects, all woven into the scene organically. Nothing strains credulity or seems forced--and Giacchino nails the music for it, using the primeval-sounding choir and drums with a little mix of horns to make it feel ancient and epic.

It's every single inspiration rolled into one sequence of blows: Conan the Barbarian, King Kong, Godzilla, Jurassic Park, and more. There's a reason I kept going back to the theater to see it.

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Hey. Heeey. Listen for a sec.

Conan the barbarian. In the original stories by Howard, he:

Does not use the word "wench"

Does not wear a loin cloth unless the place he's in calls for it - he dresses in whatever is sensible for the country/city he's currently in

Speaks several languages fluently

Is not a murder hobo - will not hesitate to kill but only if given a good reason

Is rough, but not cruel

Will choose friends/allies over treasure any day of the week

Has to get his ass saved by the lady of the day in multiple stories

The above includes Zenobia, who he ends up making his queen - she starts out as a slave girl in an enemy nation at war with his kingdom and they meet when she sneaks into her king's dungeons specifically to bust Conan outta there and save him from being executed, because she saw him once before and got a crush the size of the continent

Is often described as being scared absolutely spitless of the monster of the day but punches them anyway because hey either you knock out the tentacle thing or it eats you

Always described as having "black hair" and "bronze skin", make of that what you will

In the first story he ever appeared in, The Phoenix on the Sword, the first thing he does is... sitting down writing a letter

Also the stories have a refreshingly low rate of racism for being written in the 1930's, and barely needs the "even for the time" qualifier. There are evil black characters, but there are also black characters who are allies, and many of the villains (who aren't cosmic horrors/giant snakes/flowers/unseen weird shit) are old, rich, white assholes with or without magical powers.

[averagepoet]

songs i would pay to see a leopika edit/amv/animatic to:

G.I.N.A.S.F.S by Fall Out Boy

Disaster by Conan Gray

all my ghosts by Lizzy McAlpine

Bloody Shirt by To Kill A King

Twin Size Mattress by The Front Bottoms

There For You by Flyleaf

feel free to reblog/reply with your own additions, i have a leopika playlist and would love to see what songs other people associate with them

[the-gershomite]

Conan the Barbarian King-Sized Annual #6 -1981-

"King of the Forgotten People!" (20-38 of 38)

writer Roy Thomas

artist Gil Kane

letterer Joe Rosen

colorist George Roussos

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Conan the Barbarian #9 by Jim Zub, Roberto de la Torre and Dean White. Cover by Mike Deodato. Variant covers by (2) E.M. Gist, (3) de la Torre and (4) Chris Moreno. Out in March.

"BEYOND FLESH. BEYOND DEATH. BEYOND TIME. Conan has traveled far and seen much in his legendary journeys, but nothing he has experienced thus far can prepare him for a quest to lands beyond to answer dark riddles of the past. Unexpected allies await, fierce enemies loom, and the strange power of the Black Stone stirs in THE AGE UNCONQUERED! The triumphant new era of Conan continues in this a brand-new tale of brutal heroic adventure from acclaimed creators Jim Zub (Avengers, Dungeons & Dragons) and Rob de la Torre (Invincible Iron Man, King-Size Conan)!"

[that-dinopunk-guy]

I already did a post like this a while ago, but since I have since come up with versions I like better I'm doing it again. So here is a series of portraits of the protagonist of a dinopunk sword and sorcery story I'm currently planning out, done as best I can with the character customization options and armors in Conan Exiles. I also used mods.

Kuda was born in a western frontier province of Qitai (fantasy-China), to an impoverished peasant family in a region ravaged by warfare between two local warlords. She was sold at a young age to a foreign trading caravan that was passing through the region for money to feed her siblings, but as she was being transported west to be sold into slavery the caravan was raided by a tribe of steppe nomads called the Staaka (fantasy-Scythians), one of whom decided to adopt her to raise as his own. It was among the Staaka that she got her name; I haven't nailed down her original Qitan name yet, because by the time of the story she barely remembers it anyway.

Also, the Staaka ride domesticated horse-sized alioramin tyrannosaurs:

Rule of Cool is fully in effect in this setting.

Among the Staaka Kuda grew into a fearsome warrior, participating in many raids, killing many people, selling people into slavery, and performing ritualized cannibalism. By our standards, she is not a good person at this stage of her life by any stretch of the imagination. By Staaka standards, she's pretty awesome. Also at some point she falls in love with one of her fellow warrior women.

Unfortunately, since this is a story, and stories need conflict, the Staaka are eventually attacked and defeated by a larger nomad tribe, Kuda's girlfriend is killed, and she and the other survivors get a taste of their own medicine when they're marched off to the nearest fantasy-Greek colony and sold into slavery themselves. From there, Kuda is taken south to Khimt (fantasy-Egypt), where she is bought by a local minor noble.

Her actual tattoos in the story would more closely resemble real Scythian tattoos, just with dinosaurs instead of deer and panthers and shit. There used to be a mod that added actual Scythian tattoo designs into the game, but it no longer works. So I used the ones shown here because I think they look neat.

Eventually the noble's wife got tired of this EXOTIC FOREIGN TEMPTRESS prancing about the estate and tempting her husband (never mind that Kuda hated both their guts), so she nagged him into sending her south as a gift to a friend of theirs who was governor of a far-flung colony. Unfortunately during the trip the galley she was on was attacked and sunk, so she never made it there. Instead she washed ashore on Alkebu (fantasy-Africa), where she was found by a local tribe called the Irombe. She lived with the Irombe for a time, during which she proved herself as a capable warrior and was given the ritual scarification to mark her as such.

Eventually though her nomadic upbringing had her itching to move on, not to mention her unfinished business on the steppes: find and kill the man who'd killed her girlfriend. So she got passage with a passing tribe of Ouled-Nail-inspired nomads and headed north.

Kuda eventually made her way back to the steppes, where she managed to join another nomadic tribe who were opposed to the one that had attacked her people. She rode with them for a while until the two groups finally clashed, and she was finally able to take her revenge. Finally, after killing her hated enemy and having a drinking bowl made from the top of his skull in the tradition of her adopted people, she visited the site of her tribe's defeat and then left the steppes to see more of the world.

Her wandering eventually took her to the coastal city-state of Dar-Shelem, where she takes a job as a mercenary escorting the king's daughter to an arranged marriage to a prince in the neighboring empire of Matuwali.

And the princess, Yemsher, is the story's narrator. Being an inquisitive and bookish girl, she immediately becomes curious about the exotic-looking female warrior in her retinue and eventually gets her to recount her life story to pass time on the journey. The story would then be Yemsher's account of everything she was told, written down at the encouragement of her new husband who just so happens to also be a huge fucking nerd.

And that's the story as I currently have it outlined. I'm not worried about spoilers because anyone who reads all this will probably completely forget about it by the time I actually get around to writing the damn thing.

Also because one person has already asked, no, I'm not planning on the two of them hooking up. Though given Matuwali and Staaka attitudes towards sex Yemsher could probably have Kuda as a sidepiece if she wanted. (I'll leave that up to the fanfic authors.)

[daimonclub]

Halloween great quotes

Halloween great quotes and aphorisms Halloween great quotes and aphorisms, 50 famous and amazing ideas for your pleasure by the World of English or English-culture.com blog Halloween for the year 2022 is celebrated/observed on Monday, October 31st. What the dead had no speech for, when living, They can tell you, being dead: the communication Of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living. T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets Be silent in that solitude, Which is not loneliness – for then The spirits of the dead, who stood In life before thee, are again In death around thee, and their will Shall overshadow thee; be still. Edgar Allan Poe If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. Doug Coupland The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. H P Lovecraft Be wary then; best safety lies in fear. William Shakespeare Treats and tricks. Witch broomsticks. Jack-o-lanterns Lick their lips. Crows and cats. Vampire bats. Capes and fangs And pointed hats. Werewolves howl. Phantoms prowl. Halloween’s Upon us now. Richelle E. Goodrich It’s Halloween, The night we all play, Trick or treat, We won’t go away. Be we ghoul or goblin, ghost, We’ll knock on your door, To see who scares you the most. Anthony T.Hincks Halloween shadows played upon the walls of the houses. In the sky the Halloween moon raced in and out of the clouds. The Halloween wind was blowing, not a blasting of wind but a right-sized swelling, falling, and gushing of wind. It was a lovely and exciting night, exactly the kind of night Halloween should be.” Eleanor Estes The jack-o-lantern follows me with tapered, glowing eyes. His yellow teeth grin evily. His cackle I despise. But I shall have the final laugh when Halloween is through. This pumpkin king I’ll split in half to make a pie for two.” Richelle E. Goodrich There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight. Anonymous Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen. Voices whisper in the trees, “Tonight is Halloween!” Dexter Kozen On Hallows Eve, we witches meet to broil and bubble tasty treats like goblin thumbs with venom dip, crisp bat wings, and fried fingertips. Richelle E. Goodrich Witch and ghost make merry on this last of dear October’s days. Author Unknown

Halloween quotes by English-culture Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Christmas and the others can end up making you sad, because you know you should be happy. But on Halloween you get to become anything that you want to be” Ava Dellaira Halloween is fun, but it wasn't always my favorite holiday. I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Tobin Bell Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. William Shakespeare When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween. Author Unknown We are born from the star dust, and there we have to come back, under some nice carpets, to enjoy some cheerful Halloween parties! Carl William Brown Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. Miguel de Cervantes There is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask. Colette On ol' Halloween Night These monsters join the living If they had it their way They'd stay until Thanksgiving. Casey Browning Halloween wraps fear in innocence, As though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat... Nicholas Gordon Halloween isn't the only time for ghosts and ghost stories. In Victorian Britain, spooky winter's tales were part of the Christmas season, often told after dinner, over port or coffee. Michael Dirda Every Halloween for six years, I was a Ninja Turtle, and Mikey was my favorite. The turtles really made me who I am today. They got me into martial arts, meditation, surfing, skateboarding; big time influence on who I am today. Greg Cipes Halloween is bigger than Christmas in America. I've experienced it in New York, Los Angeles and Washington D.C., and if you're in the right neighbourhood, every house is decorated with spooky ghosts, spider webs, and jack-o-lanterns. Rhys Darby

Halloween best quotes ever If ever there was a holiday that deserves to be commercialized, it's Halloween. We haven't taken it away from kids. We've just expanded it so that the kid in adults can enjoy it, too. Cassandra Peterson Where there is no imagination there is no horror. Arthur Conan Doyle People value Halloween, like Valentine's Day, because they can tell themselves that it's not merely secularized but actually secular, which is to say, not Christian, Jewish, Hindu or Muslim. Amity Shlaes This Halloween the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him. Conan O'Brien On Halloween, kids get to assume, for one night the outward forms of their innermost dread, and they're also allowed to take candy from strangers - the scariest thing of all. Kate Christensen Charlie Brown is the one person I identify with. C.B. is such a loser. He wasn't even the star of his own Halloween special. Chris Rock Once in a young lifetime one should be allowed to have as much sweetness as one can possibly want and hold. Judith Olney True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about but few have seen. Author Unknown They that are born on Halloween shall see more than other folk. Saying of unknown origin Proof of our society's decline is that Halloween has become a broad daylight event for many. Robert Kirby

Halloween best quotes and decorations Proof of our society's decline is that Halloween has become a broad daylight event for many. Robert KirbyWhen black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, May luck be yours on Halloween. Author Unknown When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, May luck be yours on Halloween. Author Unknown It's said that All Hallows' Eve is one of the nights when the veil between the worlds is thin - and whether you believe in such things or not, those roaming spirits probably believe in you, or at least acknowledge your existence, considering that it used to be their own. Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright. Erin Morgenstern Halloween starts earlier and earlier, just like Christmas. Robert Englund I see my face in the mirror and go, 'I'm a Halloween costume? That's what they think of me?' Drew Carey There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world. Jean Baudrillard In Britain, the major public holiday used to be Guy Fawkes Day... that was celebrated on November 5th with things like bonfires and fireworks... I think that made Halloween seem preferable. The idea of having pumpkins and costumes and parties seemed much more appealing than burning down your neighborhood. Lisa Morton In our town, Halloween was terrifying and thrilling, and there was a whiff of homicide. We'd travel by foot in the dark for miles, collecting candy, watching out for adults who seemed too eager to give us treats. Rosecrans Baldwin On Halloween, don't you know back when you were little, your mom tells you don't eat any candy until she checks it? I used to be so tempted to eat my candy on the way to other people's houses. That used to be such a tease. Derrick Rose I'm not a real Halloween kind of guy, because Halloween is every day. Al Jourgensen

Halloween quote by the great poet Poe For about 30 years, Halloween was taken over by pranksters. By the '30s, pranks were causing cities millions of dollars of damage. They considered banning Halloween in many cities, but instead, parents got together and came up with party ideas for kids, and a lot of them involved dressing up and costuming. Lisa Morton There haven't been organized protests, but I have heard of protests where people have wanted to celebrate Halloween. Lisa Morton You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a costume. You'd give them a treat and compliment them on what great-looking demons they were. They are demons. There's no doubt about it. Tommy Chong I live in New Orleans part of the year, and it's a really fun eating town. I bought two homes there, one to live in and one as an investment. They love to eat, drink and dress up in costumes. There are so many reasons to dress up - Mardi Gras, Halloween, Southern Decadence. Jennifer Coolidge I hear from many a man around Halloween that's dressed up as Mama for Halloween. It's a great costume. Vicki Lawrence I'm a really big fan of all things macabre in general; Halloween happens to be my favorite holiday. Dove Cameron I love Halloween, trick or treating and decorating the house. And I love Thanksgiving, because of the football and the fall weather. And of course, I love Christmas - that's my favorite of all! Joe Nichols I learned to glitter the pumpkins for Halloween not because I went into it thinking, 'I'm going to glitter some pumpkins!' No. I bought all of these big, cold, slimy, disgusting pumpkins and tried to carve them, and it was gross, so I had to find something else to do with them. Glitter was life-changing. Jen Lancaster I hate Halloween. I hate dressing up. I hate - I wear wigs, makeup, costumes every day. Halloween is like, my least favorite holiday. Amy Poehler My favorite scary movie was always 'Halloween.' I love that there's hidden emotion underneath Michael Myers' psychotic behavior. Plus, he has the best mask, hands-down. Chris Zylka I've never seen 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre', I've never seen 'Halloween', I've never seen any of the 'Friday the 13ths.' Lin Shaye Download the pdf file about Halloween History If you like Halloween you can also read the following articles: Halloween great and famous quotes Halloween or All Hallows’ Eve Halloween quotes and aphorisms Halloween death poems http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ceNe5q9xfI   Read the full article

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The warm and free days of summer are coming to an end and it’s time to head back to school again. It’s a time of excitement and fun. But sometimes also a time of stress and nervousness. So to help you, your kids and students if you’re a teacher I’d like to share 120 of the most positive, motivational, funny and stress reducing back to school quotes. I hope you’ll find something here that’ll help make the start of this school year a happy, simple and inspired one. Positive and Inspirational Back to School Quotes for Kids “A new school year means new beginnings, new adventures, new friendships, and new challenges. The slate is clean and anything can happen.” – Denise Witmer “The more that you read, the more things you know, the more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss “Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.” – James Dewar “I’ve always loved the first day of school better than the last day of school. Firsts are best because they are beginnings.” – Jenny Han “Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.” – Oprah Winfrey “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Seuss “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu “What we learn with pleasure we never forget.” – Alfred Mercier “The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.” – Brian Herbert “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” – Plato “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe “Be curious, not cool.” – Ken Burns “All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.” – Martin H. Fischer “Dreams come a size too big so that we can grow into them.” – Josie Bisset “Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” – Virginia Woolf “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” – Dorothy Parker “He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” – Victor Hugo “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller “A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.” – Joyce Meyer “School is a building which has four walls with tomorrow inside.” – Lon Watters Motivational Back to School Quotes for Students “Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do, and at some point, you will.” – Venus Williams “This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.” – Taylor Swift “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – Mark Twain “Work hard, be kind and amazing things will happen.” – Conan O’Brien “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar “I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.” – Brian Tracy “Make yourself proud.” – Peter W. Smith “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” – Wayne Dyer “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John R. Wooden “Everything is a learning process: any time you fall over, it’s just teaching you to stand up the next time.” – Joel Edgerton “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein “Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou “Intelligence plus character – that is the true goal of education.” – Martin Luther King Jr. “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”

– Mark Twain “The first day of school is our second New Year’s. It is our day to make resolutions, to look backward to former lapses and triumphs and to look ahead, usually with a mix of anxiety and hope, to the year to come.” – Mark Edmundon “Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard “Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities — always see them, for they’re always there.” – Norman Vincent Peale “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” – Thomas Huxley “He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.” – Friedrich Nietzsche “What I remember most about high school are the memories I created with my friends.” – J.J. Watt “Education doesn’t just make us smarter. It makes us whole.” – Jill Biden “They cannot stop me. I will get my education, if it is in the home, school, or anyplace.” – Malala Yousafzai “Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.” – C. S. Lewis “Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” – Alan Cohen Short Back to School Quotes for Teachers “Let us remember: one book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai “Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.” – Chinese Proverb “Every student can learn, just not on the same day or in the same way.” – George Evans “Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.” – Bob Talbert “To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler – and less trouble.” – Mark Twain “The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth.” – Dan Rather “The job of an educator is to teach students to see the vitality in themselves.” – Joseph Campbell “The future of the world is in my classroom today.” – Ivan Welton Fitzwater “A sense of curiosity is nature’s original school of education.” – Smiley Blanton “Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.” – Japanese Proverb “The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character.” – Dorothea Dix “You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.” – Clay P. Bedford “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin “Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.” – Roger Lewin “If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.” – Chinese Proverb “Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.” – Solomon Ortiz “Our job is to teach the students we have, not the ones we would like to have. Not the ones we used to have. Those we have right now. All of them.” – Dr. Kevin Maxwell “The most important day of a person’s education is the first day of school, not Graduation Day.” – Harry Wong “If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes.” – Guy Kawasaki “There is nothing on earth as important as a helpful and kind teacher for knowledge but also for building confidence as a child.” – Unknown “The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” – Mark Van Doren Funny Back to School Quotes and Sayings “Respect your parents. They passed school without Google.” – Unknown “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” – Andy McIntyre “Labor Day is a glorious holiday because your child will be going back to school the next day. It would have been called Independence Day, but that name was already taken.”

– Bill Dodds “Some students drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.” – E.C. McKenzie “I said school starts tomorrow. I didn’t say I was going to be there.” – Kim Harrison “School is a lot like toilet paper. You only miss it when it’s gone.” – Unknown “You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.” – Bill Watterson “The human brain is special. It starts working as soon as you get up and it doesn’t stop until you get to school.” – Milton Berle “We all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.” – Peter De Vries “My school was so tough the school newspaper had an obituary column.” – Norm Crosby “First month of school: Look nice and dress up. Rest of the school year: Rock the homeless grandma look.” – Unknown “I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” – Lily Tomlin “As long as teachers give tests, there will always be prayer in schools.” – Unknown “Work hard, nap hard.” – Demi Lovato “You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.” – Elbert Hubbard “It’s not that I hate school. I just hate waking up early in the morning.” – Unknown “Take your risks now, as you grow older you become more fearful and less flexible. And I mean that literally. I hurt my knee this week on the treadmill, and it wasn’t even on.” – Amy Poehler “The first day of school: the day when the countdown to the last day of the school begins.” – Unknown “If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.” – Edgar W. Howe “There is only one thing bigger than a kindergartner’s curiosity, and that’s their backpack.” – Unknown “Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.” – Fran Lebowitz “Cheers to the first day of a new school year and the beginning of the Thanksgiving break countdown.” – Unknown “I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.” – Steven Wright “School bells are ringing loud and clear; vacation’s over, school is here.” – Winifred C. Marshal “There’s no tired like teacher tired at the beginning of a school year!” – Unknown “The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.” – Tom Bodett Uplifting and Stress Reducing Back to School Quotes for Parents “Don’t try hard to fit in, and certainly don’t try so hard to be different… just try hard to be you.” – Zendaya “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying: I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher “I promise you nothing is as chaotic as it seems. Nothing is worth diminishing your health. Nothing is worth poisoning yourself into stress, anxiety, and fear.” – Steve Maraboli “If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.” – E. Joseph Cossman “One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.” – Viggo Mortensen “Being fearless isn’t being 100 percent not fearful, it’s being terrified but you jump anyway.” – Taylor Swift “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou “Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene “Be nice to yourself. It’s hard to be happy when someone’s mean to you all the time.” – Christine Arylo “Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.” – Chinese Proverb “Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.”

– Lady Bird Johnson “It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” – Maya Angelou “When you get back from school, Mommy and Daddy will be waiting for you. Go on, make new friends, meet some nice teachers and learn something new on your first day!” – Unknown “In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.” – Phil Collins “The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” – Herbert Spencer “I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study… would be about the same as getting into paradise.” – Booker T. Washington “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” – James Baldwin “All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think.” – Ken Robinson “Encourage kids to be creative without worrying about being perfect.” – Dav Pilkey “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of becoming.” – Goethe “The highest result of education is tolerance.” – Helen Keller “Learn as much as you can while you are young, since life becomes too busy later.” – Dana Stewart Scott “We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday’s burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.” – John Newton Want more inspiration and motivation for school? Then have a look at these motivational quotes for students, the positive first day of school quotes here and also these short, deep and motivational quotes.

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Ezekiel’s Vision: Prophecy or Alien Encounter?

The Prophet Ezekiel occupies an important place in astronomical history, perhaps for the first time.

 This is because spaceships and interplanetary journeys are what gave his strange, wondrous prophecies a new meaning. 

Previous generations must have viewed the book of Ezekiel in the Torah as a kind of symbolism. 

Ezekiel recorded this book when he was taken prisoner by King Nebuchadnezzar after the demolition of Jerusalem in the year 597 BC. 

The Book of Ezekiel consists of 48 chapters, which took 22 years to write. 

Ezekiel’s First Vision: An Encounter with the Unknown

Ezekiel says that on July 5, 597, when he was walking on the shore of the Khabur River near Baghdad, he saw something brilliant in the sky... and heard someone asking him to be a prophet to his people. 

And warn them and warn them. The first chapter of this book was forbidden to Jewish young men and Christian young women... because in this book it talks about the secrets of the Lord’s vision! 

But something strange is narrated by Ezekiel. He says: A stormy wind came from the north. A great cloud and continuous fire.

and around it there was a shine, and from the middle of it was like the appearance of shining copper from the middle of the fire... and from the fire came lightning... whenever it moved, I heard the sound of its wings like the rushing of many waters... like the sound of an army.Interpreting the Vision: Descriptions of Spaceships and Strange Forms

These are characteristics that apply to a jet plane...or a spaceship. 

He also says: And in the middle of it there is the likeness of four animals...they have the likeness of a human being...and each one has four faces, and each one has four wings...and their legs are straight...and the feet of their feet are like the feet of a calf’s feet, and they are shiny. Like the look of polished copper. And people appeared under its wings on its four sides!

If we had shown astronauts in their shiny clothes and metal equipment to some naive shepherds, or some villagers, or some isolated forest people.

 and asked them to describe what they saw, they would have described the astronauts’ clothes as clothes the color of bright water, and they would have described the oxygen tubes as the trunks of elephants. 

And their legs are the size of elephants' legs as well. And they cannot walk. They must describe these creatures as animals, and it does not occur to anyone that they are people like them who use extremely advanced and complex scientific devices!Comparing Ancient Visions with Modern Concepts

If these spaceships had appeared to anyone other than Ezekiel, 25 centuries ago, he would have said even more amazing things.

 The Prophet Ezekiel said: As for their wings, they are spread out from above. Each one has two, one of them connected to his brother. And two cover their bodies.

 He says: Some of them have the face of a lion, some of them have the face of a bull, and some of them have the face of a human... and this face he is talking about must be what he sees from astronauts. And they wore their helmets. 

Don't forget that he lived in the fourth century BC!! He also says in describing these machines that they were riding: They have wheels the color of emerald. It has a sound like the rustle of air or like thunder... when it approaches and when it is far away.The French Scientific Interpretation: Advanced Spacecrafts in Ezekiel’s Vision

The French scientist François Conan interprets what Ezekiel says as describing a type of very advanced spaceship... because each ship can accommodate one person... and at the same time it is medium in size. 

They can be described as space helicopters... and this is something that the mind cannot imagine when it will be possible to achieve it.

 The great French scholar also says that Ezekiel was a man of strong nerves Careful observation. This vision, which dazzled and shook him, did not make him forget all these details. 

It seems that he recorded this book over long periods and that he revised what he wrote several times until he ended up with this accurate picture of the first spaceships seen by a human being up close and very clearly.Other Medieval Visions: Saint Francis and His Spiritual Experience

Although Saint Francesco of Assisi, in the year 1224, recorded a new vision, the one who saw it did not record it with the same accuracy. But Saint Francesco, during his seclusion on Mount Verna, saw an angel with wings: four brilliant, dazzling wings! But where does this relate to the cinematic tape that Ezekiel recorded, and no one knew its meaning except in the space age..

The Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah: Legends of Divine Punishment

The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah in Palestine were the cities of vice and decadence... and the two cities were destroyed. 

The ancient and sacred books and legends tell us that beings from the sky descended on these two cities and destroyed everything!

 The holy books say that what struck the earth and those on it was a punishment for all... and the astronomical books say that more than one person migrated from another planet to this planet.Extraterrestrial Migrations: Did Humans Come from Another Planet?

These migrations took place violently. Adam must have been sent down by God from another planet, and this was the beginning of the migrations to Earth. 

The closest of these planets to the calculations of scientists is Venus, and this migration must have taken place in spaceships. 

It seems that the sons of Venus were giants, and that they intermarried with the people of Earth. Men from them and women from us. 

As for where these immigrants landed, astronomical studies confirm that they landed in Armenia, in Peru, South America, in Tibet, in Egypt, and in the continent of Atlantis, and the remaining monuments confirm that these giants were tall, ranging between two and a half meters and a little more!

The Torah must have intended that. In the Book of Genesis (Chapter 6, Verse 4) we read:

 “There were tyrants on earth in those days. And after that also, when (the sons of God) entered into the daughters of men - and they gave birth to them. 

These are the Titans who from time immemorial have had a name. Or in other words: that man has been tyrannical and oppressive... and that a number of the sons of heaven have attacked women, married them, and produced children for them. 

These are famous Titans. That is, mating took place... and there were offspring! ... The offspring must have been of strange shapes and sizes.

 This explains to us what the ancient myths talked about giant people with the bodies of horses. 

This also explains to us these strange animals that we find in the Karnak Temple. And then these unbelievable battles that were recorded in the temples Pharaonic. The oldest example of these wondrous creatures: the Sphinx in Giza!Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Transition Towards Belief in an Abstract Power

This remained the state of the wondrous, sacred animals, terrifying because they are sacred, and sacred because they are a terrible reality

 until Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti came and called for belief in one abstract force that has no human or animal body! As for what the astronauts or the sons of Venus did on this earth, this is what we do not know in detail.

 It is inevitable that the new alien generations will be guided to some of the secrets of the wondrous universe There are other secrets that are more amazing and stranger. These secrets are magical secret fingerprints that we do not see...but we approach their remaining traces.

Ezekiel's vision continues to captivate and intrigue, whether seen as a divine prophecy or an early encounter with extraterrestrial beings. 

The mysterious descriptions of ships, strange creatures, and celestial phenomena present in his writings invite us to consider the possibility that ancient cultures may have had contact with advanced technology far beyond their time. 

While we may never know the full truth behind Ezekiel's experiences, his account remains a fascinating puzzle that challenges our understanding of history, prophecy, and the cosmos.

As we continue to explore the mysteries of the universe, we may find that the answers lie not only in modern science but also in the ancient prophecies and records left by those who lived long before us. Could Ezekiel have truly glimpsed something beyond his time? The journey to uncover the truth continues.

Read the full article here: [Ezekiel’s Vision]

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An Endless Summer Character Profiles: Amélie Christensen!

🐇 Amélie, also known as "Hartfeld's local princess", has a lot of reasons to receive her title - she is charming, a complete sweetheart, caring and sensitive, she has the ability of conquering everyone that faces her. 🐇 However, some things in her are rather sour than sweet. For example, she makes sure to let everyone know that her presence on La Huerta was not her own choice. As a matter of fact, she's only there by her stepmother's request. 🐇 Liked by many and delicate as a flower, Amélie is actually quite a mysterious girl. She's not very into interacting with the popular crew at her college, much less the rich folks. Maybe it's for the better, or maybe her own heart is too soft to deal with them. 🐇 Like everyone on the island, Amélie also has a secret. For some reason, Amélie is only seen wearing hoodies and sweaters when in public - also refusing to take them off at any situation. What she could be hiding, no one dares to ask.

Basic Data

20 years old Born in 03/18/2000, in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Sophomore at Hartfeld, Veterinary Medicine Major Uses she/her pronouns Identifies as bisexual

Loves: all animals, fluffy blankets and using emojis

Hates: killing bugs, parties and washing her own hair

Fun Data

Is a Pisces Her MBTI is INFJ (aka The Advocate) Her Hogwarts House would be Hufflepuff, and her Godly Parent would be Demeter.

Favorite Things

Movie: Before Sunrise TV Show: Steven Universe Food: Pasta Carbonara Drink: Frapuccino Hobbie: Gardening Best Friend: (Almost) Roberta!

Fun Facts

🐇Spends most of her time at her family's farm, taking care of crops and animals; 🐇Is on a journey to become a vegetarian.

Moodboard

Some inspiration pictures, characters i relate her to and just overall vibe from the character! Check the moodboard over here!

Amélie's Fashion

Her entire wardrobe is made by winter clothing - hoodies, long-sleeves, turtlenecks, sweaters... I also like putting her in pastel colors and soft/fun prints - something in her almost screams childlike, considering this cute, borderline cottagecore style. Inspo here!

Amélie's Playlist

Feet Don't Fail Me Now - Foxes

Paper Rings - Taylor Swift

People Watching - Conan Grey

Perfect Places - Lorde

prom dress - mxtoon

Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush

Sign Of The Times - Harry Styles

two queens in a king sized bed - girl in red

Washing Machine Heart - Mitski

Would You Be So Kind - dodie

link for playlist here!

"I know most of you think of me as some sort of child but... I still wanna be useful to you guys"