Whaleback Light, Kittery. In 1886 waves from a powerful storm broke the windows, and water poured into the lighthouse. Keeper Leander White used a blanket to signal for help.
Today on Maine Calling (Maine Public Radio at 11am), a special on Maine's Lighthouses! And tonight (Sept 4th) at 8:00 on Maine Public Television, the premier episode of, Safe Harbors: Lighthouses of Maine. Yay!
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I haven't been able to watch the whole opening ceremony yet but I want you all to know I'm gonna be thinking about the masked parkouring torch bearer for the next week
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what’s the least autistic way to say I’m creating a timeline of events in peaky blinders alongside sic em plot points to keep my story lore accurate while being able to subtly acknowledge changes in fashion, technology, and culture over time with major history events serving as landmarks. and that there are several end dates of seasons that are up in the air so I had to do timeline math based on 1920s fashion trends, weather/foliage patterns, and referenced historical events to be able to estimate when the show canon is displayed onscreen vs when things can afford to get a little loosey-goosey in the ludicrously long time skips. like what’s the least autistic way of saying that
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Hi! Love your posts !! Suggestion for a fact (if you take those): Eurocat. The 1990 Eurovision featured an animated purple cat in the postcards (?) named Eurocat and I’ve never seen anyone mention anything about his existence. I only learned about him bc I was researching old shows and saw him mentioned on the Wikipedia page. 10/10
Eurovision Fact #477:
Eurocat was the mascot created for the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb. He appeared at the beginning of each postcard in an animated short that featured a blue background with the name of the country repeating on a diagonal and some cultural representation of the country being showcased that Eurocat would interact with.
For example, on the postcard for Spain, Eurocat blew bubbles that formed the Olympic rings, calling to the fact that Spain would host the Summer Games in two years.
Eurocat was created by Joško Marušić, who is credited for his as a member of the directors of the per-production materials for the contest for animation.
While introducing Belgium, commentator Terry Wogan spoke a bit about the mascot saying, "Eurocat! A tomcat who's slightly neurotic, not too silly, and eminently lovable." He also later said while introducing Luxembourg that he was "trying to ignore this cat," adding "I don't think he's gonna go away though," under his breath.
[Sources]
Yugoslavia, Eurovision.tv.
Eurovision Song Contest 1990 (No commentary), 2:47:06, YouTube.com.
Eurovision mascot 1990 EuroCat compilation, YouTube.com.
Barcelona 1992, Olympics.com.
"I would love to share with you..." @rice-crackerz on Tumblr -- See reblogs and comments (esp by @mirai-desu, @elliemadeit, and @unibrowzz) for their knowledgeable comments :)
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it's not that I want guzma and volo to fight, but it's so funny to me that gene's two boyfriends are guzma "has an intimidating persona that hides his underlying kindness" willow and volo "has a kind persona that hides his intimidating impulses" alethos
so funny to me that I literally had a dream last night that they were forced to solve dnd puzzles in an illusory town while connected by a magical tether keeping them within each other's line of sight,
and they could Not agree about how to solve them which ended up making it harder for both of them KJFHDSKJF
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i don't think i ever established this in memoryshipping lore yet but - during the phase where stevaide are in the platonic stage - jaide falls first due to his gentlemanly upbringing (which heavily contrasts his younger self's behavior) and feeds her with generosity and kind gestures like "after you" "watch your step" or any way to show consideration. jaide grew up learning to be independent so she wasn't used to being treated delicately
and since steven willingly allowed himself to be a friend and "tour guide" around hoenn - naturally he'd put himself first in danger or any interference to make sure she feels comfortable in this foreign region and this is already something she wasn't used to - but was slowly growing into it :]
during her pining stages - she'd try to decline his generosity out of embarassment and this would leave mixed signals on steven's end ("did I do something wrong?") and usually this plays off comedically where jaide has no idea how to manage herself next to him. she's supposed to be the character with a strong mental fortitude but after being shown some sweetness - she's crumbling from it... hehe
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it's crazy seeing the vastness of differences of opinion on media anyway i think trw had some of the most stressful final combats to watch because i don't particularly care about the food world surviving. i know the food world survives. i care about these morally corrupt food people that are trying to someway somehow right wrongs that they had a hand in creating
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Marshall Point Light, Port Clyde, Maine. The keeper's house was struck by lightening in 1895.
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The Gorge at Bald Head Cliff in Ogunquit, Maine
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as a non-american the fact that zillow exists absolutely blows my mind. like, not only can you easily find out how much a random person's house is worth, which is creepy enough, but you can easily find photos from old listings, even whole floor plans? the price history??? that stuff is just. out there for the whole world to see lmao it's incredible.
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things i want from the new story
(this is pure self indulgence)
- sora appearance. please. he is SO important to both natsume and tsumugi and i don’t think this story should go without him at least being mentioned
- EICHI AND NATSUME INTERACTION. their dynamic is fascinating to me and this natsume who has decided he no longer wants to linger in the past would deepen that i think bc i’m rlly curious as to how that’s going to play out
- in the same vein, natsumugi interaction! we haven’t gotten them since before the graduation story i think so idk if their dynamic has changed at all (even if only a bit)
- NATSUMUGI LANDMARK MOMENT. we got pleiades night, wonder game, and next door, LET THIS ONE BE THE NEXT ONE.
- some sort of sappiness between natsume + the eccentrics.
- not story related BUT. i really really hope natsume is the twilight pentagram center. he is the heart of that group twilight pentagram is for him he deserves to be the center. also idk if temp units have leaders but if they do..... natsume should be the one for altered
- tsumugi healing. tsumugi HEALING. coming back to the people who were a part of a very dark part of tsumugi’s life and being okay!!!! maybe even good!!!!!!! PLEASE.
- ok also if sora does appear i kinda want him to be conflicted on like. who to cheer for. bc both tsumugi and natsume mean so much to him (the same amount!) and as far as i’m aware he doesn’t know anything about the war so LET HIM BE CONFLICTED!!!!!!
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