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End of month update - February
Hello, all! This is the end-of-month update, where I post Tumblr’s current top four films that have received the highest percentage of “yes,” “no,” and “haven’t even heard of this movie” votes.
As of today, the top four films with the highest percentage of “yes” votes are:

Finding Nemo (2003) | Shrek (2001) |The Lion King (1994) | Toy Story (1995)
Next, the top four films with the highest percentage of “no” votes are:
Mulan (2020) | Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) | Sausage Party (2016) | Pinocchio (2019)
Finally, the top four films with the highest percentage of “haven’t even heard of this movie” votes are:
Seer the Movie 3: Heroes Alliance (2013) | Faat Kiné (2001) | Zumiriki (2019) | Kisapmata (1981)
This top four changed through the new additions of Seer the Movie 3: Heroes Alliance (2013) and Kisapmata (1981), which replaced Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) and Now Add Honey (2015).
That’s it for February’s end-of-month update! Remember that you can view last month’s update by clicking here. Additionally, you can view the full ranked Letterboxd lists of movies that have come up on this blog by clicking the following links:
This list is ranked from highest-to-lowest percentage of “yes” votes.
This list is ranked from highest-to-lowest percentage of “no” votes.
This list is ranked from highest-to-lowest percentage of “haven’t even heard of this movie” votes.
Remember to vote on the polls that are currently running: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) | Holy Camp! (2017) | Small Soldiers (1998) | Dating the Enemy (1996) | Six-String Samurai (1998) | Swing Time (1936) | Dust Devil (1992) | How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) | It (1927) | Gaz Bar Blues (2003) | Dodsworth (1936) | Misery (1990) | The Host (2006) | Angel (2005) | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) | The Story of a Cheat (1936) | Gate of Hell (1953) | Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999) | Honor & Glory (1992) | The Pied Piper (1985) | Sabotage (1936) | England is Mine (2017) | Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) | House of Hummingbird (2018) | Leviathan (2014) | Camille (1936) | Memoria (2021) | Dude Bro Party Massacre III (2015) | The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) | Fly Me to the Moon (2008) | Pépé le Moko (1937) | Last Year at Marienbad (1961) | Sparky's Magic Piano (1987) | Thunderpants (2002) | Fearless (1993)
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Long Ways Away
Bucky Barnes x Reader
connection, reconnection, and a small miscommunication. Bucky will travel however far if it means making you smile

wordcount: 4k
a/n: This was originally written AGES ago (2021) for @wkemeup ‘s 9k writing prompts. I had a different blog and posted one or two fics then ACCIDENTALLY DELETED THE WHOLE BLOG. oops 🤷. remade this one and now im back into writing a bunch again so figured i might as well respost it. i had some other bucky fics i never finished writing so who knowsss i might go back and finish them :p
based on the prompt:
Character A calls Character B in the middle of the night crying - something they’ve never done before. They’re several states away. [B] gets in the car without hesitation and drives to wherever they are.
Bucky found himself on the balcony, looking out into the busy New York nightlife. Cars driving through the busy streets. He felt it matched the energy inside the Tower. If he looked behind he would have found Tony chatting away, creating a spectacle and being the center of attention as usual. Sam was playing pool against Scott. Accusing him of cheating by using ants to move the balls around when he wasn’t looking. Steve and Natasha were in the corner chatting away about the last mission. Steve was always a little too focused on work, even when these get-togethers were planned to distract the team from just that.
It was why Bucky needed a break, that's what he would say at least. The reason for this whole party, as much as he hated the whole spectacle. A break from the team. A break from missions. He just needed an out, for now.
It’s at least what he was telling himself.
“Hey Stranger. Found your hiding spot.” He glanced behind and saw you there. Relaxed and leaning against the doorway, a half empty drink in your hand. Smiling like there wasn’t a reason for you to be sad. He smiled back for a second, like he was still going to be here tomorrow.
He would miss you the most.
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You hadn’t called yet.
He wasn’t too worried at first, the last he heard from you, you had said Steve was planning a mission and you probably would be gone for a while. You didn’t specify what kind of mission. You never did. He hated that.
In all honesty taking this break, full on Move-Into-a-subburb-in-Indiana kinda break, was killing him. It was one of those things he thought he would be fine with. The neighbors were nice. A sweet old lady who was always baking and bringing him cookies and pies. The other was your typical nuclear family. Maybe that was something Bucky would have wanted back in the 40s. Now he’s not so sure.
Bucky’s so called retirement wasn’t that exactly. He wasn’t off the team. It was a break. A long break. A break for some undetermined amount of time, but had currently lasted for almost six months. Time away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Of Avenger life. Steve had suggested it after Bucky had one too many sleepless nights. Giving him time to try and live a life not fighting for something. Somewhere peaceful. He would’ve considered it sooner, if it weren’t for you.
He didn’t know how it had started. The friendship between the two of you. He knows you were the one to first initiate the conversation. It had taken him a while to warm up to you. He’s almost mad at himself that he didn’t keep track of all your interactions. Everytime he heard you laugh. Everytime you sat next to him during a movie night. When Your friendship started bleeding into something else. He felt like the two of you skipped a step somewhere. A line between friends and… something else, something better, started to blur.
You would slip into his room at night right before the nightmares could start. Running your hands through his hair as you softly sung lullabies and old songs. You spent the night more often than not. Fast asleep with your arms wrapped around him. His head delicately tucked into the crook of your neck, arms wrapped around your waist. You both waking up in each other's arms, tangled together in a peaceful bliss.
He knows what ended it. It was his fault. He pushed away.
But Damnit, Bucky did miss you.
At least you called every once in a while. Giving him updates about everything going on at the tower. It was like clockwork, almost. A call springing up at the end of almost every week, updating him on every little detail of Steve's extremely long Disney Movie Marathon. Last update you gave was he just finished the Renaissance era. Swearing on your life that you managed to catch him singing along to The Little Mermaid.
Another time you called just to complain about how bad your sparring session with Nat was.
“I swear someone must’ve pissed her off before it because now I have a stupid bruise on my back and it just hurts all over” you groaned over the phone. he could imagine you lying on the floor in your room. Blankets thrown about and laptop angled so you could still watch Netflix. The thought made him laugh which caused you to respond “Don’t laugh at my misery!”
If it wasn’t a call, you would text, but that was rare. You had confessed early on that you hated texting, but you couldn’t help but send him pictures and videos of the group hanging out. You, Wanda, and Natasha in the lounge watching horror movies. Sneaky photos of Steve asleep in the common area. His favorite had to be when you send a video of Sam spacing out and crashing into a window while flying. He sent back laughing emojis and saved the video.
He never said much about his time away. He got a cat. A little white furball he named Alpine. He sent you a handful of pictures that you absolutely adored.
He would say that the time away has been helping. Less chaos, more calm. He always tried to make it sound like he was enjoying his time away. The neighbors were nice. The place was quiet. He was getting sleep. Enjoying his break.
He was starting to miss the chaos. He was missing you.
He always looked forward to your calls, even though they always seemed to interrupt him meditating, like today. It had been over a month since your last call.
You had changed your ringtone to some upbeat song he honestly couldn’t stand at first but grew on him over time. It couldn’t even finish its first verse before he picked up the phone and spoke with a smile on his face.
“Hey, Y/N. You back from your mission?” He only heard silence back at first, and it scared him. “Doll, are you there?” More silence before he could barely pick up the faint sniffling. “Y/N, are you okay?”
More silence. More sniffling. He was getting ready to call Steve or text him or Something before he heard your voice speak up. A fragile, tear-filled response. It broke his heart.
“I’m Sorry Bucky. I shouldn’t have called.”
Then the line goes dead.
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“You should go back inside y/n. Go enjoy the party.”
“What's the point of it if the person it's for isn’t even there?” you walk over and lean against the railing so your back is to the view. You stared at the inside for a second before looking at him again. “Excited for retirement?” He rolled his eyes at your half assed joke.
“Its not retirement. Its just, a break.” That made you laugh a little. Your nose scrunched up the tiniest amount and is made Bucky smile. He would miss your laugh.
“It feels like retirement, you bought a house and everything. In Indiana right?”
“Yeah.”
“Kinda far from the tower, don’t you think?” you finished up what was left in your glass and set it on the small standing table to the side of you before focusing your attention back to him.
“That was kind of the point. Somewhere quiet, or well, quieter than here.” He gestured to the city, but part of you felt he meant the team.
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He doesn’t care that the drive is eleven hours. He doesn’t care that he had to stick his now grumpy cat in a carrier and put her in the front seat. Be doesn’t care that he’s rushed out of his house at three in the afternoon with nothing but the desire to check on you.
He does care that you haven’t answered or returned any of his calls yet and Bucky swears on his life he is going to murder Steve if he doesn’t pick up either. He hears it ring three times before he answers.
“Hey, Buck. Whats up?” Steve says into the phone nonchalantly. It's starting to piss him off.
“What happened Steve.” His voice was cold and his grip on the steering wheel tightened with each second. What happened, what happened.
“Wait what do you mean.”
“Y/N Steve! What happened to her on her mission.” his voice cracked a bit as he tried to keep it together. Something was wrong and he didn’t know what.
“Y/n’s mission? It went fine she got back a while ago and… wait did she call you?” He seemed surprised.
“Yes! Y/N was crying and she just hung up suddenly and…what happened Steve.”
“Nothing. She’s been fine this whole time. It happened a while ago so I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Wait how long has she been back from her mission.”
“Two weeks.”
“Well how was I supposed to know that!” He was getting antsy, wishing this car of his would go any faster.
“I assumed she had already called you. She usually did after every mission but… I’ll go check up on her for you if you want. Let her know you called.”
“I’m already on my way over. Just let me know if she does anything else.”
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He doesn’t remember how long he stayed out there talking to you. It was more you talking to him. How training went that day, A new movie that had come out that week, Peter coming to you for advice on asking someone out. A dream you had.
He couldn’t help but glance at your arm as you talked. Covered with long sleeves but he knew the scar was still there. Long and jagged, running from your forearm to your wrist. Slowly fading but still ever present. He felt your hand lift his chin up to meet your eyes again.
“Don’t even think of feeling guilty right now.” You teased, but your face showed nothing but sincerity. He gripped the railing tightly and it looked like he wanted to say something, but the words weren’t coming out.
He couldn’t. Not that.
“Do you remember the first time you stayed the night?” You took your hand away and watched him stare off into the distance. “ I felt trapped in my own head, in my memories. I wasn't leaving my room.”
“We share a wall. I could always hear when your nightmares got bad, but Steve was always there for you. But he was gone one day and I… I couldn’t just leave you to deal with that on your own.” Your voice turned to a whisper. Reminiscing on what you two once had. The quiet moments together. Why he stopped them, you only somewhat understood.
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An hour felt like ten, and the full drive felt like an eternity later. When he reached the tower the sky was now dark, but he didn’t care. It had been far too long since he had been back.
He had Steve talk him through what could have happened.
“It must have been something that happened on her mission, but I can’t pick out anything weird, besides the fact that she insisted on taking this one alone.”
It was a stakeout. Suspicions of an arms deal going on. The plan was for you to just find out who was involved. Collect any information you can. You always sounded bored whenever you talked about it and gave Steve updates.
“Wait, why did she insist on going alone. Those take forever and I doubt she got a reasonable amount of sleep if she was by herself.” Bucky at this point was thinking the worst.
“Nothing happened Buck. She gave updates the whole time. I gave her permission to call you, but from the sound of it she never did.” A realization hit him then and there. The first mission he went on with you alone was a stakeout.
He doesn’t remember what the mission was about. All he remembers is two weeks alone with you. The two of you in a hotel room, spying on… he isn’t even sure anymore. All he took away from that time is he was absolutely in love with you. The way you would talk about Wanda’s crush on Vision at the time and how you kept bugging her to say something. Everytime you tried (and failed) to throw popcorn into your mouth.
By the time Bucky arrives at the tower it's almost three in the morning. Alpine sleeping soundly in the passenger seat. Steve is waiting for him in the parking garage. A concerned look on his face.
“She’s locked herself in her room. She won’t talk to me.” Bucky moves Alpine from the carrier to his jacket, and walks with Steve to the elevators to get to the living quarters.
“Is she even still awake? I got here pretty late.” He glanced at the pajama bottoms Steve was wearing.
“Last time I passed by I heard a show playing, she still might have fallen asleep though. Your room is empty if you wanna get some rest.”
“No.” the Elevator opens up to the all too familiar hallway that now you currently reside in. “I wanna see her now, if I can.” if she lets me. Steve simply pats him on the back.
“You planning on staying a while?”
“I guess we’ll see..” The doors close leaving Bucky alone in the dark hallway. He feels stuck in place. It has been so long since he’d seen the tower. He’d forgotten how much he’d miss this place.
He hesitated knocking on your door. The familiar notch in the wood from when you tried to fire one of Clint's bows. He could hear what sounded like a nature documentary softly playing from the other side of the door.
“Friday?” He whispered.
“Welcome back Sergeant Barnes.” The AI called out.
“Is she awake?”
“Agent Y/N is awake at the moment. Would you like me to let her know you’re here?”
“No, no its alright.” Bucky responded. “I can talk to her.”
He continued to just stare at the door, unsure how to start. He looked down to Alpine who simply meowed at him. Her way of saying to ‘get on with it, I’m tired!’
“Alright, alright.” He nervously chuckled before lifting his right hand up. Three delicate knocks rang through the door.
“I’m fine Steve.” He heard your voice for the first time in person again. Muffled and clearly annoyed, but still perfectly you.
“ Y/n? It's Bucky. Can you please open the door.” The documentary paused. He heard the slight squeaking of a bed and footsteps padding over to the door, till he heard your voice loud and clear.
“What are you doing here, shouldn’t you be in Indiana.” He was surprised by the coldness in your voice.
“What’s going on with you. You called and I got worried. Can you please open the door?” He pressed his forehead against the door, trying to get as close to you as possible.
“I never meant to bother you. Please, Bucky, just go home.” There was pain in your voice and your words. Calling somewhere that wasn’t here his home.
“I’m not leaving till you explain what’s going on. What happened that made you call.”
“...I needed to stop relying on you to fix my problems.” You sighed. Maybe you could tell he wouldn’t leave you alone with just that. “It was a nightmare, okay? That’s all. I can deal with those on my own now.”
“ Please let me in. You know I can help with those.” He whispered through the door. He didn’t know you even got nightmares. “How long have they been happening?”
“Why does it matter to you.” You spat. “I’m not letting you in so you can just… go home”
hesitation…. Bucky thought for a moment.
“I have Alpine. You said you wanted to meet her.”
A moment of silence, and then he hears the lock click open.
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“I’ll miss you. You know that right?”
You stared at the night sky and he couldn’t help but notice how the lights danced in your eyes.
“You can always call.” he replied.
“Do you know… when you’ll come back?” the hesitation in your voice made him suspect you were going to say “if”. The fear he may never come back.
“I’ll be back, doll. If you ever need me just call and I’ll come running.” The idea got both of you to smile.
“I’d never have you do that for me, but I appreciate the thought.” You laughed before turning your head and staring straight into his eyes. “Just promise me. You’ll come back.”
“I promise.”
Both of your feet took control and suddenly you were now facing each other. In both of your eyes you could see a million words trying to escape. Each of you wanting to say something you didn’t think the other would want.
Stay here
Tell me to Stay
Let me spend one last night with you
Please don’t leave me alone
I love you
I love you
Just let me love you
It felt like you were inches apart. Miles away from the rest of the world. Your hand rose to rest softly on his cheek. He leaned into your touch and closed his eyes. The pad of your thumb gliding across his cheek, the scratchy stubble, till it rested right under his bottom lip. His hands resisted the urge to touch you, the fear of somehow hurting you again, but your touch he relished in. He savoured this moment between the two of you, almost too hesitant to take it any further. Those million words slowly bubbling up to the surface. Falling from his eyes to the tip of his tongue. They tasted like salt. You raised your hand up to swipe something from his face.
Tears. No words. Just tears.
You could taste your own words as well.
“Hey Ms. Y/N - oh Sorry!” The sheepish voice that belonged to Peter spoke out and caused the two of you to draw away from each other. The timeless moment broken. Words gone. Words buried once again. You could tell he felt bad for interrupting what seemed to be a private moment between the two of you.
“I didn’t mean to interrupt.”
“No, it's fine. You didn’t interrupt anything. Did you need something kiddo?” You wiped your eyes and tried to look cheerful. Bucky never understood why you had such a soft spot for peter. He talked too much for his liking.
“Tony said you were out here and… He needed to talk to you about something I didn’t really ask uh.” Peter kept glancing at the now brooding man next to you. “happy retirement Mr. Bucky, Sergeant Barnes sir.”
“It's just Bucky,” He grumbled, “And it's not a retirement. It's just… Tony just started calling it that because i'm old.” You noticed the stiffness in his voice so you decided to break the tension.
“Tell Tony I’ll be inside in a second, okay Peter?” He nervously nodded and shuffled back inside. You turned back to face Bucky. He looked down and away from you now.
Miles apart.
“Gotta go back inside, I guess. Don’t stay out too long okay?”
In a brief second of courage you lifted your hand back to his face, and turned to place a quick kiss on his cheek before walking away and leaving him alone again on the balcony. The feeling of your lips lingered on his skin.
You didn’t see him when he left the next morning.
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You looked just as beautiful as he remembered. Unbrushed hair and wrinkly t-shirt thrown together with an old pair of sweats. He wanted to wrap himself up in your touch, in your scent, but your eyes gave off a tired and standoffish look. Eyebrows scrunched together. This wasn’t the time, yet.
“Where is she.” You asked. Bucky unzipped his jacket slightly and peeled away one side to reveal a little puff of fur. The door opened wider and you stepped aside to let him in. He took a seat on your bed and let Alpine out to walk around. You sat down and alpine walked over and rubbed her face on your hand.
“Cute..”
“Yeah, she is. There's no cat food in the tower, right? I left in a rush and-”
“Bucky.” you raised a brow at him.
“Right, sorry.” He studied your expression, waiting for you to start.
“Can I ask you something, Bucky?”
“Anything.”
“Am I the reason you left?” Your question left him bewildered.
“Where’d you get that idea?”
“It's just,” you started, “we were so close, and I know I pushed your boundaries a little more than the others, but you seemed okay with it. You even pushed things further so I thought we were on the same page. But after-” you turn your arm to show what's now only a faint line running down your arm, “ -this I, I don’t know. You didn’t just step back, you pushed away. You didn’t even look at me for weeks and then suddenly you say that you're leaving and I-”
Tears spring from your eyes. The million words too much. Bucky grabs your hands and uses his thumbs to rub small circles into your wrists.
The night was one clearly neither of you had forgotten. You had just come back from a mission with Steve and went to Bucky’s room to surprise him, only to find he was having another nightmare. You attempted to wake him up, were met with a sharp pain in your arm. The both of you were too stunned by each other's actions to immediately notice the knife in Bucky’s hand and the stream of blood gushing down your arm and staining his sheets.
You never held it against him, but he clearly did.
“It was a rash decision.” He says, “ I care about you so much, you know that… or I hope you do, but after,” he felt his million words bubbling to the surface again, “After I hurt you, I got scared. I was afraid of making things worse and I didn’t even realize I already had. I left to try and figure myself out. After the first week I knew it wasn’t my thing. I was honestly gonna come right back, but you sounded so happy when you called and, I started to think you’d be better off without me.” His voice grew softer with every word.
“What about your neighbors, meditation. You said you were getting better sleep.”
“Mostly lies. The Nightmares just have become more manageable with time, and I don’t need to leave just to sit on the floor in silence. The only good thing to come from this is Alpine.” he admitted and you released a breath you didn’t realize you were holding.
“At the party, before you left. You said to ask and you’d come back. There were so many times I thought about it, but you’d talk about how much better you were doing-”
“All lies, doll. Sorry.”
“ - I thought you were better off without me.” he tugs you forward and you let yourself fall into his embrace. You feel each other relax in each other's touch. He rested his chin on the top of your head for a second before placing a kiss on your forehead.
“I’m so sorry I made you feel this way.” You feel his lips move against your skin. “But I’m not leaving you again. Not ever.” You pulled away just to see his face.
“You’re not going back?” He tucked his head into your hair to muffle his laugh.
“Indiana sucks, I’m here to stay, promise. Besides, you said you had nightmares, right. I’m not just gonna leave you to deal with that on your own.”
He leaned over to kiss your tears away causing you to laugh at the feeling. You lifted your head to meet his lips with your own, and for a second the two of you forget the rest of the world exists. You can taste salt from each other’s tears and he feels himself smiling into the kiss, hands going up to cradle your face when suddenly you both hear a Meow.
Pulling away the two of you watch Alpine nudge your thigh as if to say ‘It's my turn for attention!’ The two of you smiling and crying and holding in a fit of giggles as your stare at the little puff of fur meowing at you and clawing at the sheets.
As the laughter and meowing died down, so did your energy, and the two of you settled into bed. It was almost as it was before. His arms wrapped around you. your head delicately tucked into the crook of his neck, arms wrapped around his waist. A small fur ball settled at the foot of the bed. With the promise of a million more words, and a million more nights together.

#bucky barnes#bucky x reader#bucky barnes x reader#marvel#mcu#marvel fanfiction#writing prompt#kas9kwc#the avengers#endings are weird
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comparing malevolent and venom (or: why private eyes and symbrock are the same ship in different fonts)
spoilers ahead for the venom movies, various venom comics, and s1 of malevolent!!
Arthur is a PI, Eddie is an investigative journalist. Both of them ran into their body mates through their investigations (specifically movies!Eddie, comics!Eddie does not share this origin)
The Entity takes the name John through experiences with Arthur. When Arthur is in a coma for a month, the nurses don’t know his name and refer to him as John Doe. The Entity notices this and finds solace in it. When Arthur wakes, the Entity tells Arthur to refer to him as John. In the Venom comics, their collective name “Venom” came from Eddie being deranged about losing his job as a reporter. He tells Peter to call them Venom, because that’s what he’s paid to write at the shitty tabloids he’s employed at.

(from Amazing Spider-Man #300 [1963])
Though the Venom Symbiote has a name from its home world, many characters throughout the comics refer to it as Venom, implying they kept the name Eddie gave them.
In episode 9, John and Arthur argue until they give each other the silent treatment, leading to them getting caught by the police because John did not warn him there were officers. After realizing they need to work together, John and Arthur escape from the officers (and the supernatural lake monster). Towards the end of that episode, John tells Arthur that “you and I are one, and I need to begin to see us as one.” In Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Venom and Eddie have a rather dramatic break up that ends with them separating from each other. Eddie then gets arrested and brought in as a suspect in Cletus Kassidy’s escape. Venom, in Anne’s body, comes back and breaks Eddie out of police custody. After some apologies from Eddie (though if you ask me Venom also should’ve been apologizing but alas) they bond with each other again. Later through the power of love symbiosis, Venom and Eddie acting as one are able to defeat Carnage.
In episode 12, it’s revealed that John is a fragment of The King In Yellow. The cult gives the King the ability to fully realize itself and take over Arthur’s body, but the King is unable to. The part of itself, John, has become so entangled with Arthur that it cannot fully erase Arthur from itself. In the Venom 2018-2021 run (I know, I’m drawing on Cates. i cannot believe I’m using him to prove a point), the King in Black, Knull, is trying to take over Earth. It corrupts symbiotes, makes them nothing more than servants for it. Knull was unable to corrupt the Venom symbiote specifically because it could not burn the light (Eddie) out of it.


(from Venom 2018 issue 3; 5)
Other smaller similarities between Malevolent and Venom (some of which I only noticed because I’m insane):
guy named Eddie
Arthur chokes someone out while not in control of his left hand (episode 2); Venom chokes Dan after taking control of Eddie’s left hand (Venom 2018).
both John and Arthur and Eddie and Venom bicker like old married couples
Arthur and movies!Eddie are just,,,, such pathetic wet cats of men
#there’s definitely more that I missed but#yeah here’s some quick comparisons between them#if you like one you’ll like the other trust me#the real question is when will Arthur get have an mpreg arc /j#anyways#hope you enjoy my insane ramblings#venom#malevolent#venom comics#venom movies#eddie brock#venom symbiote#symbrock#john doe#arthur lester#jarthur#private eyes#if I fucked up the episode numbers plz lemme know I did not double check them
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Thanks for the tag @almayver! And also @byemambo :D And @aoubooming too! :D I think I may have also had one of these saved deep in the murky recesses of my drafts, tagged by another mutual many moons ago! My deepest apologies to whomever you may have been, dear mutual XD
Last song: Girlfriend by Wings because I thought 'girlfriend' in a funny voice and then got the song in my head
Favourite Coloor: pink forever and always <3 but also certain shades of purple and mint green
Last book: the last book I finished was Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat, a middle grade graphic novel about a kitten who loves detective stories and fancies himself a PI 🤣 but I'm currently reading Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Last movie: Deep, a 2021 Thai film that was not great tbh
Last TV show: Lost in the Woods, which I'm also not into lol
Sweet/spicy/savoury: savoury these days!
Current obsession: still AouBoom probably, but I think I did that thing where I went too hard on the obsession and now I feel a little wrung out and kind of sad thinking about them?? (Please tell me that's not just a me thing lol)
Last searched: the details of the ballet I'm going to to make sure it didn't change date/venue/country I guess?? Thanks, anxiety!
Looking forward to: well, the ballet I'm going to tomorrow! And taking my niece out during the school holidays, and going to see a musical with a friend next month...
Okay, I might skip tagging anyone today because I'm in one of those moods where I feel like my very existence is a nuisance 🙈 so, I guess this is an open tag if anyone wants to do this, assuming anyone even read this far! lol
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just keepin' track of my fave tumblr holidays, don't mind me
miscellaneous:
any thursday the 20th (this one too)/thursday the 4/20th
@is-it-out-of-touch-thursday
yesterday was tuesday, but today is tuesday too
will the wise wednesday
schedule this post for your birthday!
january
24th: dean winchester's birthday
february
3rd: VANILLA SWEEP (2023)
13th: galentine's day
14th: dean and cas' wedding anniversary (2021)
also 14th: nick valentine's day
24th: twin peaks day (11:30 am)
29th (if applicable): leap yeap
march
it's time (spoopy origin post)
7th: the opening of the krusty krab 2
10th: mario day
14th: pi day
also 14th: the day that krabs fries
15th: the ides of march
27th: that one post that says 'tomorrow's halloween!', 'tomorrow is march 28th', 'TOMORROW'S HALLOWEEN', then has that gif of ben wyatt getting hit with a skeleton
31st: i didn't think march 31st existed
april
1st: mishapocalypse (2013), boop day (2024)
2nd: dashcon announcement post (2013)
13th: neil banging out the tunes (2006)
also the 13th: homestuck day (2009)
25th: the perfect date
30th: it's gonna be may
may
one
two
4th: star wars day
5th: revenge of the fifth
june
11th: today i realized this is not a typewriter
16th: those are his hooves you bitch (2014)
19th: don't hug me i'm scared
july
2nd: tumblr code (2012)
4th: the only day americans are patriotic
12th-13th: dashcon heritage posting (2014)
17th: what a night
august
1st: spn end!verse/croatoan date (2014)
this is what being alive on Thursday, August 8th feels like (next in 2030)
21st: Goncharoversary (2020)
september
first monday of the month: todaybor day is labor day
18th: castieliversary (2008)
21st: do you remember?
27th: someone sewed a fried egg to a t-shirt
october
last friday of the month: Frankenstein Friday
3rd: "on october third, he asked me what day it was" (mean girls) and 'don't forget 3.oct.11' (fma:b)
9th: happy leif erikson day!
13th: TREAT YO' SELF (2011)
19th: none pizza, left beef-iversary (2007)
21st: the day marty mcfly goes to the future (2015)
24th: the day frodo wakes up in rivendell (10 am)
30th: tomorroween is halloween!
31st: todayoween is halloween!
31st: Garrett's birthday
november
1st: "there's only 365 days left 'till next halloween!", "364!"
1st: yesterween was halloween!
5th: destiel is canon (destielputinelection day, 2020)
5th: remember, remember
11th: barack obama signs 'thanks, i stole them from the president' into law (2012)
december:
21st: the day the would should have ended (2012)
24th: 'cause there's only one more sleep 'till christmas
#i love when posts crop up on their anniversary date#tumblr holidays#tumblr#i'm sure i missed some#so i will update as needed
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Original caption (2021-09-18):
If Triple Ace was an otome dating sim with a Fiestas Patrias episode. Who would you pick 🤭? #triplenacional
Cultural Notes
This little gag is based on Chile's national holidays. Let me explain what the characters are referencing
Fiestas Patrias / 18 de Septiembre / Dieciocho
Literally translated as "Patriotic Celebration", also called September 18th or just "Dieciocho" (The 18th; no matter the time of the year, if someone talks about the 18th they're talking about September). Marks the date of the First Government Body (18th) and Day of the Glories of the Army (19th). Not our independance? Well, that's in February, which is summer over here, so it was decided it would be a waste to have a holiday on a time of year where people already rest. Having our biggest holiday during winter let's us have a break we can look forward to while we work. Remember the end of year Holidays also fall in Summer here.
The actual holidays last two days, but depending on when it falls in the week, we might also get the 17th or 20th off. On top of that, celebrations don't start on the official calendar holiday but at the very start of September and going strong until the last day (be it the 19th or 20th), after which we spend the rest of the month hung-over resting from all the celebrations. If you're thinking about visiting Chile, this is, in my opinion, the best time to soak in the culture and have fun.
Fonda
A fonda is a traditional gathering done during September as a way to celebrate our culture. They take place in the open (though they often charge an entrance fee) and have different activities to pass the time: food booths (the main attraction, very meat focused), traditional games, music and dance, and rodeos (though the younger population has been calling for them to be banned since they rely on animal cruelty for entertainment).
Terremotos
An alcholic drink made with low quality white wine, grenadine and pineapple ice cream. The name literally translates to 'earthquake' because it leaves you shakey and dizzy like an earthquake (we would know ;)).
Cueca
Our national dance. Traditionally composed of pairs of men and women, though same sex pairs aren't frowned upon. It's inspired by the mating rituals of chickens.
One pie de cueca (cueca foot) is a short one minute song that follows a defined dance pattern. A complete dance is three pies de cueca.
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introducing Amelie



ABOUT ME
hi, my name is Amelie, I am a shifter and a film student, I’m bisexual and I use she/her pronouns. I speak English, Polish and Italian. I am Taurus sun and Libra rising, ENFP and a cat lover. Besides shifting, I love movies, writing songs and poems, playing bass or piano, singing and baking.
SHIFTING JOURNEY
I found out about shifting back in 2020 and started actually trying to shift in 2021, then I had a huge break for over a year and some months ago got motivation to shift again. I also have an account on shifttok but I don’t post there much anymore because of tons of misinformation and rude people (tumblr feels so much better)
DNI
Racists, homophobes, rude and hateful people, Trump supporters, people who judge other people’s drs, ect. Overall my account is open to everyone, unless you’re being a rude and hateful bitch
MY DRS
I have too much so full list is there (because I can’t stop making new drs)
OTHER INFO
favourite artists: Metallica, Hozier, Lana Del Rey, MARINA, The cure, Florence + The machine, Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush, Taylor Swift, Arctic Monkeys, Billie Eilish and Bob Dylan (and many others)
characters I relate to: Amy March, Penelope Garcia, Phoebe Buffay, Lorelai Gilmore, Jake Peralta, Elizabeth Bennet, Elle Greenway, Dean Winchester and Madeleine Hatter
I love baking, movies, the colour red, reading, vinyls, perfumes, dark lipsticks, ballet flats, 70s fashion, Pinterest, sweaters, huge bags, raspberries and pies, museums, travelling, cats, spring and writing music
if you have any other questions or just wanna chat my dms are always open(I love taking)
anyways, that’s all, byeeee <3
#reality shifting#shifting community#desired reality#shifting blog#shiftblr#realityshifting#shifting tumblr#shifters#shiftingrealities#shifting
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⭐️ Annual Writing Self-Evaluation 2023 ⭐️
I love doing this every year. (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) I can't believe I've been writing for six years now! I looked through my past annual posts and got a bit emotional, it's amazing to see how much I've grown and changed.
1. Number of stories posted to AO3: 7
2. Word count posted for the year: 11,572
3. Fandoms I wrote for: One Direction, Music RPF (The Snuts)
4. Pairings: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, Louis Tomlinson/Jack Cochrane, Louis Tomlinson/Bodyguard
5. Story with the most: Kudos: No (Birth) Control Bookmarks: No (Birth) Control Comments: Good Dogs Don’t Bark
6. Work I’m most proud of (and why): Chaos is a 100 word drabble that I'm very proud of. I tried for months to write a Louis/Bodyguard fic for the Louis Rare Pair fest and it just wasn't coming together. Putting a hard limit on the word count was a fun little challenge that helped me get the idea down on paper. At first I didn't know if I could build a steamy plot in so few words, but it worked out in the end and I couldn't be happier with it!
7. Work I’m least proud of (and why): Of the stuff posted this year, I'm not unhappy with anything, but if I had to rank everything, chapter 2 of Good Dogs Don’t Bark is at the bottom of the pack. I was in a weird mood writing-wise when I wrote that chapter and it reminds me of that time whenever I think of it.
8. Share or describe a favorite review you received: @allwaswell16 read Chaos on her podcast! I dedicated the drabble to her for inspiring and encouraging me all year when writing has been a struggle, and for being such a supportive mod for @louisrarepairfest!
9. A time when writing was really, really hard: All year! This is the least I've ever written since I started. Life has been full of big changes and it threw off my writing habits. I've also been very stuck in my head about certain aspects of writing that I never used to think twice about. I'm hoping now that life has settled and I've got somewhat of a new routine figured out, I can set some intentions and build up my habit again, because I really miss writing.
10. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you: This scene from Baking Memories made me burst out laughing when it came to me:
Looking down at his six little pies, Louis is starting to feel like a proper baker. Jack finishes up his last and says, “Alright, let’s top ‘em.” “I bet that’s your favourite part,” Louis jokes raising his eyebrows teasingly. “At least these don’t talk back when I’m topping.” “Oi!”
More under the cut.
11. A favorite excerpt of your writing: From No (Birth) Control
He picked up another potato. Twisting the paring knife expertly around the spud, the thin brown peel sliced away from the white flesh in smooth, practiced movements. It was easy for Harry to get lost in the meditative efforts of slicing, dicing, and peeling. Just two potatoes remained when Harry caught Louis’ piquant scent through the open window. Harry paused his singing and peeling as he breathed in deeply. His sense of smell was always attuned to his alpha, but this close to heat the pull was even stronger. The back door opened. The scent enveloped him, stronger than the savoury aroma of the roast, as Louis wrapped his arms around Harry’s middle, hugging him from behind. Harry melted back into his touch, forgetting about the half-peeled potato in his hand. “Hi baby.” Louis said, leaning in to drag his nose along the curve of Harry’s neck in tender greeting. “Alpha,” Harry sighed, tension he didn’t know he’d been holding meting away. He could stay like this, content in his alpha’s arms, forever. Louis licked up the side of his neck. The blatant scent marking sent shivers up Harry’s spine, and a light nip of sharp teeth over his bondmark started to make him wet. He would be half-tempted to bend over the counter, if it weren’t for the roast cooking in the oven and the twins playing in the yard. Harry bit back a whimper. “Lou, no,” he groaned. “I need to finish dinner.” With all his resolve, Harry gripped the paring knife tighter and focused his attention on peeling the remaining potatoes.
12. How did you grow as a writer this year: I've learned to be patient with myself. I have a lot of wips that I've started in 2019 or 2020 that aren't even close to being finished. I used to be so frustrated that I couldn't finish them, but now I've learned that sometimes the wip needs to sit in the dark cavern of the drafts folder to age like fine wine.
13. How do you hope to grow next year: I want to be more intentional about setting time to write. I miss having a regular writing time and want to be able to work on some of the exciting ideas I have.
14. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc): @allwaswell16 and @himynameiszayn are the most supportive friends, they were always around to offer advice, help me think of words, and cheer me on when writing was hard. I don't think I would have written half the amount of words I posted if it wasn't for them.
15. Anything from your real life show up in your writing this year: I listened to The Snuts so much this year after seeing them play during FITFWT, so it was only natural for me to write a fic featuring Jack. I love the silly Christmas video the band shared a few years ago and knew it was perfect idea for the fic that became Baking Memories!
16. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers: I touched on it a bit above, but sometimes taking a pause on a wip you're struggling with is a good thing. Give yourself grace to move on when an idea isn't coming together the way you want. It doesn't mean you need to give up on the story completely, it might just be the wrong time.
17. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year: I am looking forward to writing something for @wankersday again, and I am getting closer to finishing my alien!Harry fic that's been 5 years in the making!
18. Tag some writers whose answers you’d like to read.
I tag @banaanipoika9 @louandhazaf @hazzabeeforlou @beelou anyone else that wants to do this!
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wtf, 2023.
-grandpa has a little fall friday morning, my parents take donuts and coffee over to support my gma while she decides if he needs to go to the hospital. he's a little wobbly so yes. find out he has a brain bleed from a fall a couple weeks ago where he did hit his head, and in the whirlwind that follows he is put in a medical coma and does not wake up. he does wait until only my grandma is in the room before passing (my mom was urging gma to go to the bathroom and she refused, so my mama said fine i'll go and show you it's safe). we'd discovered he had prostate cancer that spread to the rest of him last month, and he's been rapidly going downhill with dementia for the last 15 years, but thankfully he wasn't mean but instead a big kid. he had no idea who we were but was happy vibing.
-my toddler had several laughing fits at what was later revealed to be key times. he was belly laughing to tears at nothing. he only did that when my grandpa made silly faces at him-- he loved all the small children and babies and they adored him, even if neither party had any idea who the other was, lol. the consensus is that grandpa's angel was checking in on his great grandkids and doing what he loved.
-rotavirus started ravaging the household sunday night. i have never done so much laundry. missed the funeral yesterday because it hit husband, and if i spread this to my gma or any of the babies i'd never forgive myself.
-i'm actually okay emotionally, so fucking thankful he's whole again because the old pictures really drove home how Not There he was.
-the completionist (youtuber) that we've watched for over a decade and donated to his charity for dementia research and victims… hasn't donated a cent. still no resolution on that, but it's upsetting.
-the polymega console we ordered in early 2021 is going to ship????
-still sick so no thanksgiving visit to gma's and canceled on bff M coming over (first thanksgiving since divorcing her pos toxic ex)
-bff K has a boyfriend for the first time at 42, and he treats her like mr. mae treats me, and after having been her confidante for the past 4+ years as she tried online dating this is the only guy i think could be The One she ends up with. god knows she deserves it.
-i finally nailed the chex mix recipe 8)
-these homemade mashed potatoes are going to be better than the bob evan's brand, which i didn't think was possible because that's already perfection
-i got to drop off mini pb pies to the kids' friends (whose parents are kind of my friends too now woah), sent one home with gma, gave one to bff M (promised her the whole feast but at least she gets an entire pie to herself, no judgement), and still have a whole big one to dig into later
-tomorrow i get to go start on christmas shopping which is my FAVORITE eeeeee i love giving, the looks of joy on their FACES is GREAT
-tomorrow we put up the tree and it's gonna be a lil nutty with a toddler around again but it'll also be super fun
-i've got. so much erasermic new stuff saved in my phone tabs that once i have the chance to breathe it'll be THERE and i know how much joy they bring me, it's so heartening to have that waiting for me <3
i'm not as active as i want to be, barely at all tbh, but i will be eventually. things just gotta calm tf down.
who knows what 2024 is gonna bring?
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26/10/23-Winchester, Lakeside and home
Pictures taken in this set are of: 1. A view with nice autumn leaves at Winchester Cathedral with St. Thomas Church in the background and the King's Royal Rifle Corps War Memorial looking on. It was great to take in warm and rich colourful autumnal scenes including in the sun today in a strong week I've had for autumnal colour. 2. Berries by the River Itchen. 3. A Peregrine on St. Thomas Church on the way home this evening. With today my last scheduled office working day in Winchester this month I had thought my run of photographing a Peregrine in Winchester in every month since November 2021 might come to an end with not many sightings this month but I was over the moon to spot this one on the church tower at the last minute. A beautiful view of this regal bird kissed by the evening sun, a thrilling moment. 4 and 10. One of the Mute Swans on the River Itchen I've been seeing a lot of lately, it was great to have a chance to take a camera photo of one today. 5 and 7. More beautiful views at Winchester Cathedral. 6. A stunning moon that I enjoyed seeing shining extremely brightly as I got in and when in this evening. 8. Cylamen at Winchester Cathedral. 9. Stinking iris berries this evening, a key sight this week.
I was serenaded by Robins including the same one probably in a berry laden bush as I passed Lakeside this morning and evening, a beautiful sight and sound, a great welcome to the first week walking north of the site and permanently not cutting through Lakeside on my commutes with it muddy now and it'll be dark in the evenings from next week and it was good to see mushrooms and House Sparrows in the hedge adjoining the allotments too. I was very pleased to see two Buzzards I believe soaring over St. Thomas Church at lunch time, another special raptor which I love watching and it was nice to see and hear bouncy Pied Wagtails atop the tall Winchester Cathedral. Feral Pigeon, Magpie, white deadnettle and bindweed near Lakeside this morning, vervain and yellow fumitory were other highlights.
#photography#england#outdoors#winchester#hampshire#eastleigh#lakeside#lakeside country park#vervain#uk#world#happy#st. thomas church#birdwatching#peregrine falcon#mute swan#buzzard#moon#pied wagtail#robins#birding#birds#2023#thursday#walking#europe#birds of prey#october
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WARSAW, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Poland's opposition parties led by Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition (KO) prepared for coalition talks on Tuesday after official results from Sunday's election showed they had won enough seats to oust the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party.
A new government led by pro-EU centrists will mark a massive shift in Poland after eight years of conflict between PiS and Brussels over democratic standards, media freedom, minority rights and migration.
"In the coming days, after the (final) results are announced, we will talk," said Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, a leader of the centre-right Third Way, which along with the New Left is expected to join a KO-led coalition.
The Electoral Commission confirmed on Tuesday that PiS remained the largest party in the lower house of parliament, the Sejm, after winning 35.38% of the vote. This would give it around 190 seats in the 460-seat chamber.
Tusk's KO won 30.70% of the vote. Third Way took third place with 14.40% and the New Left had 8.61%, the Commission said. The far-right Confederation won 7.16% of the vote.
KO, the Third Way and the New Left, combined, will have around 250 seats, the results suggested, enough for them to form a stable coalition government.
However, that prospect could still be weeks, if not months, away. President Andrzej Duda, a PiS ally, said before the vote that he would give the first shot at forming a cabinet to the group or party that won most ballots.
With no party indicating a willingness to join a PiS-led government, the nationalist party led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski seems unlikely to be able to secure a third term at the helm of the European Union's largest eastern member state.
"Evil has prevailed in Poland, temporarily," Marek Suski, a senior PiS official, told public broadcaster TVP. "PiS is likely moving into a really democratic opposition."
MASS MOBILISATION
Turnout in Sunday's election exceeded 74%, the highest in Poland since the collapse of communism in 1989, after the parties managed to galvanise large numbers of especially younger voters for the first time.
But the election campaign was marred by harsh, divisive rhetoric, reflecting deep polarisation within Polish society.
Vowing to protect Polish borders and sovereignty, PiS cast the vote as a fight against unfettered migration and against unwarranted interference in national life by remote, unelected EU bureaucrats.
Opposition leaders including Tusk, a former European Council president, said PiS would take Poland out of the EU if it won a third term - a charge denied by the ruling party despite its constant legal and political feuds with Brussels.
The opposition parties have yet to name a candidate for the post of prime minister but Tusk, 66, is widely expected to be their nominee. He served as premier from 2007 to 2014.
"Nobody doubts today that without Donald Tusk's energy and determination, change in Poland would not have been possible," Marcin Kierwinski, a senior KO official, told Polsat News broadcaster.
Still, the three parties are likely to face complex talks over issues such as abortion and LGBT rights.
On abortion, Kosiniak-Kamysz of Third Way said on Tuesday his party would support reversing a 2021 near-total ban on terminations by reinstating the right to abortion in cases of fetal defects, but would not agree upfront to further liberalisation.
KO and the New Left also want to allow abortions up to 12 weeks without limitations. Third Way wants Poles to decide the matter in a referendum.
"No ideological issues can be part of any coalition agreement," Kosiniak-Kamysz said.
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Holidays 4.14
Holidays
Air Force Reserve Day
American Dictionary Day
Americas Day (Honduras, Mexico)
Anfal Genocide Memorial Day
Animal Crossing Day
Black Day (South Korea)
Blessing of the Salmon Nets (Northumbria)
Bon Jovi Day (New Jersey)
Cake and Cunnilingus Day
Children’s Day (Peru)
Children with Alopecia Day
Commemoration of Anfal Genocide Against the Kurds (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Day of Mologa (Russia)
Day of (No) Silence (GLSEN)
Day of the Georgian Language
Day of the Skater
Dhivehi Language Day (Maldives)
Draw MegaMan Day
Dreams of Reason Feast Day
Ex-Spouse's Day
Fire Service Day (India)
414 Day
Georgian Language Day (Georgia)
Global Roller Day
Grand National Ladies Day (UK)
Gujarat (Fire Service Day; India)
International Goalkeeper Day
International Moment of Laughter Day
International Silambam Day
Kids’ Yoga Day
Kinetoscope Day
Look Up at the Sky Day
Lundkommardagen (Puffin Arrival Day; Norway)
Meme Appreciation Day
Milwaukee Day (414)
Moirang Day (a.k.a. Victory Day; India)
National Bracelet Day
National Donate a Book Day
National Kick Balls Day
National Love Our Children Day
National Not Ashamed of Jesus Day
National Perfume Day
National Reach as High as You Can Day
N'Ko Alphabet Day (Mande)
Pan American Day
Pathologists’ Assistant Day
Peter Capaldi Day
Reach As High As You Can Day
Samjinnal (Arrival of Spring; Korea)
Secret Service Day
Spring Hula Hooping Day
Tempting Fate Day
Takayama Spring Festival (Japan)
Thingyan begins (Water Festival; Burma)
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Day of Service (South Africa)
World Chagas Day
World Quantum Day
Youth Day (Angola)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Espresso Italiano Day (Italy)
Laverbread Day
National Grits Day
National Leaverbread Day (Wales)
National Pecan Day
Oreo Cookie Cheesecake Day
Saison Day
Tannat Day (Uruguay)
Nature Celebrations
Cuckoo Day (Old England)
Morning Glory Day (Overwhelming Joy; Korean Birth Flowers)
National Dolphin Day
National Gardening Day
Orange Day (Japan)
Peregrine Falcon Appreciation Day
Pigeon Day (French Republic)
Independence, Flag & Related Days
Jonja Island (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Lawfords (a.k.a. Kingdom of Lawfords; Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
New Year’s Days
Bengali New Year
Kerala New Year (India)
New Year's Day (Assamese, Bengali, Burmese, Sikh, Khmer, Lao, Nepali, Oriya, Sinhalese, Tamil, Thai, Tuluva; Southeast Asia) [Sidereal Vernal Equinox]
Sidereal New Year (South and Southeast Asian) (a.k.a. …
Aluth Avurudda (Sri Lanka)
Biju Festival (Parts of India)
Bisu (Tulu Nadu region of Karnataka and Kerala, India)
Bizhu (Chakmas in Mizoram, Tripura and Bangladesh)
Bohag Bihu (Assam, India)
Buisu (Tripura, India)
Bwisagu (Bodoland region of Assam, India)
Cheiraoba (Parts of India)
Choul Chnam Thmey (Cambodia)
Jur Sital (Mithila region of Bihar, India and Nepal)
Khmer New Year (Cambodia)
Maha Vusubha Sankranti (Parts of India)
Oriya New Year (Parts of India)
Pahela Baishakh (Bangladesh and West Bengal, India)
Pana Sankranti (Odisha, India)
Pi Mai (Laos)
Puthandu (Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, India and Northern and Eastern regions of Sri Lanka)
Rongali Bihu (Parts of India)
Samjinnal (Korea)
Sangken (Khamti, Singpho, Khamyang, Tangsa in Arunachal Pradesh and Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, and Turung in Assam, India)
Sinhala (Sri Lanka)
Songkran (Thailand)
Tamil New Year (Parts of India)
Thingyan (Myanmar)
Tuluva New Year (Parts of India)
Vaisakhi (Punjab, North and Central India, Nepalese New Year in Nepal)
Varusha Pirruppa (Tamil New Year; Mauritius)
Vishu (Kerala, India)
Water-Sprinkling Festival (Yunnan, China)
2nd Monday in April
Global Day of Action on Military Spending [2nd Monday]
Marinara Monday [2nd Monday of Each Month]
Meditation Monday [Every Monday]
Mindful Monday [2nd Monday of Each Month]
Monday Musings [Every Monday]
Motivation Monday [Every Monday]
National Lineman Appreciation Day [2nd Monday]
Weekly Holidays beginning April 14 (2nd Full Week of April)
Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week [2nd Week]
Astronomy Week — Spring (thru 4.20)
Minority Cancer Awareness Week [2nd Week]
National Child Care Awareness Week [2nd Week]
National Egg Salad Week [2nd Week]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week (thru 4.20)
National Work Zone Awareness Week [2nd Week]
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week [2nd Week]
Festivals On or Beginning April 14, 2025
Food Automation & Manufacturing Symposium and Expo (Tampa, Florida) [thru 4.16]
Feast Days
Abushibarei (Ryukyuan)
Adolph Hitler Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Albategnius (Positivist; Saint)
Ambedkar Jayanti (India)
Anthony, John and Eustace (Christian; Saints)
Ardalion (Christian; Martyr)
Baptism of Poland Day (Poland)
Bénézet (Christian; Saint)
Bernard of Tiron (Christian; Saint)
Caradoc, Benezet, John, Antony and Eustace (Christian; Martyrs)
Carpus of Thyatira (Christian; Saint)
Domnina of Terni (Christian; Saint)
Elfin Choirs Congress (Shamanism)
The Extremes (Muppetism)
Galungan (Celebrating Victory of Dharma over Adharma; Bali)
Henry Beard Delany (Episcopal Church (USA))
John of Vilna (Christian; Saint)
Justin (Christian; Martyr)
Lambert of Lyons (Christian; Saint)
Lidwina (a.k.a. B. Lidwina of Schiedam or Lydwina; Christian; Saint)
Look Up at the Sky Day (Pastafarian)
Marianne’s Day (Pagan)
The Martyrs of Lithuania (Christian; Martyrs)
Maryamma (Goddess of the Sea; Hinduism; Everyday Wicca)
Peter González (Christian; Saint)
Sommarsblot (Norse)
Three Smiles Day (Celtic Book of Days)
Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus (Christian; Martyrs)
Vaisakhi (a.k.a. Khalsa Day; Sikh India)
Christian Liturgical Holidays
Holy Monday [6 Days before Easter]
Lunar Calendar Holidays
Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 17 (Gui-Chou)
Day Pillar: Water Ox
12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Receive Day (收 Shou) [Inauspicious]
Holidays: None Known
Secular Saints Days
Gerry Anderson (Entertainment)
Ritchie Blackmore (Music)
Victor Borisov-Musatov (Art)
Adrian Brody (Entertainment)
Jericho Brown (Literature)
Robert Carlyle (Entertainment)
Julie Christie (Entertainment)
Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin (Art)
Robert Doisneau (Photography)
Péter Esterházy (Literature)
Sarah Michelle Gellar (Entertainment)
Dave Gibbons (Art)
John Gielgud (Entertainment)
Anthony Michael Hall (Entertainment)
Loretta Lynn (Music)
Greg Maddux (Sports)
Katsuhiro Otomo (Art)
Alfred Hoare Powell (Art)
Shorty Rogers (Music)
Pete Rose (Sports)
Rod Steiger (Entertainment)
Bruce Sterling (Literature)
Arnold J. Toynbee (History)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Historically Bad Day (Lincoln shot, Titanic hit an iceberg & 9 other tragedies) [1 of 11]
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 17 of 60)
Premieres
About Damn Time, by Lizzo (Song; 2022)
American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster (Dictionary; 1828)
American Psycho (Film; 2000)
Batman vs. Robin (WB Animated Film; 2015)
Beach Blanket Bingo (Film; 1965)
Beauty and the Beast (WB MM Cartoon; 1934)
The Big Bad Wolf (Silly Symphonies Disney Cartoon; 1934)
British Steel, by Judas Priest (Album; 1980)
Buddy’s Garage (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)
Bye Bye Birdie (Broadway Musical; 1960)
The Candle in the Wind, by T.H. White (Novel; 1958) [Once and Future King #4]
Cannery Roden (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1967)
Crow’s Fete (Loopy De Loop Cartoon; 1965)
Diver Down, by Van Halen (Album; 1982)
The Ear (Goldwyn-Bray Pictographs Cartoon; 1920)
Empty Glass, by Pete Townsend (Album; 1980)
Execution Dock, by Anne Perry (Novel; 2009)
The Fair-Haired Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)
Farewell Waltz, by Milan Kundera (Novel; 1972)
The Fate of the Furious [F&F #8]
Freight Investigation (Mutt & Jeff Cartoon; 1917)
Girl Happy (Film; 1965)
Globe Trotting with Hy Mayer (Powers Cartoon; 1916)
Grape Nutty (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1949)
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Novel; 1939)
The Hash Shop (Oswald he Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)
The History of Sexuality, by Michel Foucault (Philosophy Book; 1976)
The House That Jack Built (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1939)
Iceland's Bell, by Halldór Laxness (Novel; 1943)
Insultin’ the Sultan (Ub Iwerks Willie Whopper Cartoon; 1934)
The Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison (Novel; 1952)
Iron Maiden, by Iron Maiden (Album; 1980)
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, by Public Enemy (Album; 1988)
A Jungle Triangle (Aesop’s Film Fable Cartoon; 1928)
Keeping the Faith (Film; 2000)
The King of Torts, by John Grisham (Novel; 2003)
Kinky Boots (Film; 2006)
Ko-Ko’s Hot Dog (Fleischer Inkwell Imps Cartoon; 1928)
The Legend of Korea (Animated TV Series; 2012)
Let’s Dance, by David Bowie (Album; 1983)
Lunch with a Punch (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1952)
Mary’s Little Lamb (ComiColor Cartoon; 1935)
The Missing Piece Shel Silverstein (Children’s Book; 1976)
Mixed Master (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)
Monaco Grand Prix (Auto Race; 1929)
Much Ado About Mousing (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1964)
My Little Pony (Animated Film; 1986)
My Love, by Paul McCartney (Song; 1973)
The Notorious Bettie Page (Film; 2006)
Off the Deep End, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 1992)
The Pebble and the Penguin (Animated Film; 1995)
Presto — Chango (Aesop’s Sound Fable Cartoon; 1929)
Put Me in the Zoo, by Robert Lopshire (Children’s Book; 1960)
Put-Put, Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1968)
Renfield (Film; 2023)
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (Radio Series; 1930)
Robinson Crusoe (ComiColor Cartoon; 1935)
Rocket Man, by Elton John (Song; 1972)
Say Anything (Film; 1989)
Shift: First Shift — Legacy, by Hugh Howey (Novel; 2012)
Sketchbook of Boston (Vernon Howe Bailey’s Sketchbook Cartoon; 1915)
Snowtime (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1938)
Spark (Animated Film; 2017)
Swat the Fly (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1935)
A Tale That Is Knot (Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial Cartoon; 1915)
Taming the Cat (Heckle & Heckle Cartoon; 1948)
A Tax from the Rear (Goldwyn-Bray Comic Cartoon; 1920)
Thank You For Smoking (Film; 2006)
Ultra, by Depeche Mode (Album; 1997)
When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman, by Dr. Hook (Song; 1979)
Whigs (U.S. Political Party; 1834)
The Wild (Animated Film; 2006)
The Wily Jap (Pathe News Cartoon; 1915)
Today’s Name Days
Elmo, Erna, Ernestine (Austria)
Maksim, Valerijan, Zdravko (Croatia)
Vincenc (Czech Republic)
Tiburtius (Denmark)
Lehe, Lehte, Lehti (Estonia)
Taito (Finland)
Ludivine, Maxime (France)
Elmo, Erna, Ernestine (Germany)
Aristarhos, Thomais (Greece)
Tibor (Hungary)
Abbondio, Ignazio, Lamberto (Italy)
Agape, Gudrite, Strauja (Latvia)
Justinas, Vaišvydė, Vaiva, Valerijonas, Visvaldas (Lithuania)
Ellinor, Nora (Norway)
Berenike, Julianna, Justyn, Maria, Myślimir, Tyburcjusz, Walerian, Waleriana (Poland)
Pahomie (Romania)
Maria (Russia)
Justína (Slovakia)
Lidia, Tiburcio, Valeriano (Spain)
Tiburtius (Sweden)
Martin (Ukraine)
Caradoc, Carey, Cary, Hudson (USA)
Today’s National Name Days
National Loretta Day
National Ritchie Day
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 104 of 2025; 261 days remaining in the year
ISO Week: Day 1 of Week 16 of 2025
Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 28 of 28]
Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 17 (Gui-Chou)
Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]
Coptic: 6 Barmundah 1741
Druid Tree Calendar: Maple (April 11-20) [Day 4 of 10]
Hebrew: 16 Nisan 5785
Islamic: 15 Shawwal 1446
Julian: 1 April 2025
Moon: 97%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 20 Archimedes (4th Month) [Albategnius]
Runic Half Month: Man (Humanity) [Day 1 of 15] (thru 4.28)
Season: Spring (Day 25 of 92)
SUn Calendar: 15 Cyan; Oneday [15 of 30]
Week: 2nd Full Week of April
Zodiac:
Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aries (Day 25 of 30)
Sidereal Zodiac: Aries (Day 1 of 31)
Schmidt Zodiac: Pisces (Day 25 of 26)
IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 34 of 38)
IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 34 of 38)
Calendar Changes
Aries (The Ram) begins [Sidereal Zodiac Sign 4; thru 5.14]
April (a.k.a. Aprilis; Julian Calendar) [Month 4 of 12]
Man (Human Being) [Half-Month 8 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 4.28)
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Air Force Reserve Day
American Dictionary Day
Americas Day (Honduras, Mexico)
Anfal Genocide Memorial Day
Animal Crossing Day
Black Day (South Korea)
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Bon Jovi Day (New Jersey)
Cake and Cunnilingus Day
Children’s Day (Peru)
Children with Alopecia Day
Commemoration of Anfal Genocide Against the Kurds (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Day of Mologa (Russia)
Day of (No) Silence (GLSEN)
Day of the Georgian Language
Day of the Skater
Dhivehi Language Day (Maldives)
Draw MegaMan Day
Dreams of Reason Feast Day
Ex-Spouse's Day
Fire Service Day (India)
414 Day
Georgian Language Day (Georgia)
Global Roller Day
Grand National Ladies Day (UK)
Gujarat (Fire Service Day; India)
International Goalkeeper Day
International Moment of Laughter Day
International Silambam Day
Kids’ Yoga Day
Kinetoscope Day
Look Up at the Sky Day
Lundkommardagen (Puffin Arrival Day; Norway)
Meme Appreciation Day
Milwaukee Day (414)
Moirang Day (a.k.a. Victory Day; India)
National Bracelet Day
National Donate a Book Day
National Kick Balls Day
National Love Our Children Day
National Not Ashamed of Jesus Day
National Perfume Day
National Reach as High as You Can Day
N'Ko Alphabet Day (Mande)
Pan American Day
Pathologists’ Assistant Day
Peter Capaldi Day
Reach As High As You Can Day
Samjinnal (Arrival of Spring; Korea)
Secret Service Day
Spring Hula Hooping Day
Tempting Fate Day
Takayama Spring Festival (Japan)
Thingyan begins (Water Festival; Burma)
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Day of Service (South Africa)
World Chagas Day
World Quantum Day
Youth Day (Angola)
Food & Drink Celebrations
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Laverbread Day
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National Pecan Day
Oreo Cookie Cheesecake Day
Saison Day
Tannat Day (Uruguay)
Nature Celebrations
Cuckoo Day (Old England)
Morning Glory Day (Overwhelming Joy; Korean Birth Flowers)
National Dolphin Day
National Gardening Day
Orange Day (Japan)
Peregrine Falcon Appreciation Day
Pigeon Day (French Republic)
Independence, Flag & Related Days
Jonja Island (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Lawfords (a.k.a. Kingdom of Lawfords; Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
New Year’s Days
Bengali New Year
Kerala New Year (India)
New Year's Day (Assamese, Bengali, Burmese, Sikh, Khmer, Lao, Nepali, Oriya, Sinhalese, Tamil, Thai, Tuluva; Southeast Asia) [Sidereal Vernal Equinox]
Sidereal New Year (South and Southeast Asian) (a.k.a. …
Aluth Avurudda (Sri Lanka)
Biju Festival (Parts of India)
Bisu (Tulu Nadu region of Karnataka and Kerala, India)
Bizhu (Chakmas in Mizoram, Tripura and Bangladesh)
Bohag Bihu (Assam, India)
Buisu (Tripura, India)
Bwisagu (Bodoland region of Assam, India)
Cheiraoba (Parts of India)
Choul Chnam Thmey (Cambodia)
Jur Sital (Mithila region of Bihar, India and Nepal)
Khmer New Year (Cambodia)
Maha Vusubha Sankranti (Parts of India)
Oriya New Year (Parts of India)
Pahela Baishakh (Bangladesh and West Bengal, India)
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Pi Mai (Laos)
Puthandu (Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, India and Northern and Eastern regions of Sri Lanka)
Rongali Bihu (Parts of India)
Samjinnal (Korea)
Sangken (Khamti, Singpho, Khamyang, Tangsa in Arunachal Pradesh and Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, and Turung in Assam, India)
Sinhala (Sri Lanka)
Songkran (Thailand)
Tamil New Year (Parts of India)
Thingyan (Myanmar)
Tuluva New Year (Parts of India)
Vaisakhi (Punjab, North and Central India, Nepalese New Year in Nepal)
Varusha Pirruppa (Tamil New Year; Mauritius)
Vishu (Kerala, India)
Water-Sprinkling Festival (Yunnan, China)
2nd Monday in April
Global Day of Action on Military Spending [2nd Monday]
Marinara Monday [2nd Monday of Each Month]
Meditation Monday [Every Monday]
Mindful Monday [2nd Monday of Each Month]
Monday Musings [Every Monday]
Motivation Monday [Every Monday]
National Lineman Appreciation Day [2nd Monday]
Weekly Holidays beginning April 14 (2nd Full Week of April)
Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week [2nd Week]
Astronomy Week — Spring (thru 4.20)
Minority Cancer Awareness Week [2nd Week]
National Child Care Awareness Week [2nd Week]
National Egg Salad Week [2nd Week]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week (thru 4.20)
National Work Zone Awareness Week [2nd Week]
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week [2nd Week]
Festivals On or Beginning April 14, 2025
Food Automation & Manufacturing Symposium and Expo (Tampa, Florida) [thru 4.16]
Feast Days
Abushibarei (Ryukyuan)
Adolph Hitler Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Albategnius (Positivist; Saint)
Ambedkar Jayanti (India)
Anthony, John and Eustace (Christian; Saints)
Ardalion (Christian; Martyr)
Baptism of Poland Day (Poland)
Bénézet (Christian; Saint)
Bernard of Tiron (Christian; Saint)
Caradoc, Benezet, John, Antony and Eustace (Christian; Martyrs)
Carpus of Thyatira (Christian; Saint)
Domnina of Terni (Christian; Saint)
Elfin Choirs Congress (Shamanism)
The Extremes (Muppetism)
Galungan (Celebrating Victory of Dharma over Adharma; Bali)
Henry Beard Delany (Episcopal Church (USA))
John of Vilna (Christian; Saint)
Justin (Christian; Martyr)
Lambert of Lyons (Christian; Saint)
Lidwina (a.k.a. B. Lidwina of Schiedam or Lydwina; Christian; Saint)
Look Up at the Sky Day (Pastafarian)
Marianne’s Day (Pagan)
The Martyrs of Lithuania (Christian; Martyrs)
Maryamma (Goddess of the Sea; Hinduism; Everyday Wicca)
Peter González (Christian; Saint)
Sommarsblot (Norse)
Three Smiles Day (Celtic Book of Days)
Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus (Christian; Martyrs)
Vaisakhi (a.k.a. Khalsa Day; Sikh India)
Christian Liturgical Holidays
Holy Monday [6 Days before Easter]
Lunar Calendar Holidays
Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 17 (Gui-Chou)
Day Pillar: Water Ox
12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Receive Day (收 Shou) [Inauspicious]
Holidays: None Known
Secular Saints Days
Gerry Anderson (Entertainment)
Ritchie Blackmore (Music)
Victor Borisov-Musatov (Art)
Adrian Brody (Entertainment)
Jericho Brown (Literature)
Robert Carlyle (Entertainment)
Julie Christie (Entertainment)
Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin (Art)
Robert Doisneau (Photography)
Péter Esterházy (Literature)
Sarah Michelle Gellar (Entertainment)
Dave Gibbons (Art)
John Gielgud (Entertainment)
Anthony Michael Hall (Entertainment)
Loretta Lynn (Music)
Greg Maddux (Sports)
Katsuhiro Otomo (Art)
Alfred Hoare Powell (Art)
Shorty Rogers (Music)
Pete Rose (Sports)
Rod Steiger (Entertainment)
Bruce Sterling (Literature)
Arnold J. Toynbee (History)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Historically Bad Day (Lincoln shot, Titanic hit an iceberg & 9 other tragedies) [1 of 11]
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 17 of 60)
Premieres
About Damn Time, by Lizzo (Song; 2022)
American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster (Dictionary; 1828)
American Psycho (Film; 2000)
Batman vs. Robin (WB Animated Film; 2015)
Beach Blanket Bingo (Film; 1965)
Beauty and the Beast (WB MM Cartoon; 1934)
The Big Bad Wolf (Silly Symphonies Disney Cartoon; 1934)
British Steel, by Judas Priest (Album; 1980)
Buddy’s Garage (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)
Bye Bye Birdie (Broadway Musical; 1960)
The Candle in the Wind, by T.H. White (Novel; 1958) [Once and Future King #4]
Cannery Roden (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1967)
Crow’s Fete (Loopy De Loop Cartoon; 1965)
Diver Down, by Van Halen (Album; 1982)
The Ear (Goldwyn-Bray Pictographs Cartoon; 1920)
Empty Glass, by Pete Townsend (Album; 1980)
Execution Dock, by Anne Perry (Novel; 2009)
The Fair-Haired Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)
Farewell Waltz, by Milan Kundera (Novel; 1972)
The Fate of the Furious [F&F #8]
Freight Investigation (Mutt & Jeff Cartoon; 1917)
Girl Happy (Film; 1965)
Globe Trotting with Hy Mayer (Powers Cartoon; 1916)
Grape Nutty (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1949)
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Novel; 1939)
The Hash Shop (Oswald he Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)
The History of Sexuality, by Michel Foucault (Philosophy Book; 1976)
The House That Jack Built (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1939)
Iceland's Bell, by Halldór Laxness (Novel; 1943)
Insultin’ the Sultan (Ub Iwerks Willie Whopper Cartoon; 1934)
The Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison (Novel; 1952)
Iron Maiden, by Iron Maiden (Album; 1980)
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, by Public Enemy (Album; 1988)
A Jungle Triangle (Aesop’s Film Fable Cartoon; 1928)
Keeping the Faith (Film; 2000)
The King of Torts, by John Grisham (Novel; 2003)
Kinky Boots (Film; 2006)
Ko-Ko’s Hot Dog (Fleischer Inkwell Imps Cartoon; 1928)
The Legend of Korea (Animated TV Series; 2012)
Let’s Dance, by David Bowie (Album; 1983)
Lunch with a Punch (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1952)
Mary’s Little Lamb (ComiColor Cartoon; 1935)
The Missing Piece Shel Silverstein (Children’s Book; 1976)
Mixed Master (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)
Monaco Grand Prix (Auto Race; 1929)
Much Ado About Mousing (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1964)
My Little Pony (Animated Film; 1986)
My Love, by Paul McCartney (Song; 1973)
The Notorious Bettie Page (Film; 2006)
Off the Deep End, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 1992)
The Pebble and the Penguin (Animated Film; 1995)
Presto — Chango (Aesop’s Sound Fable Cartoon; 1929)
Put Me in the Zoo, by Robert Lopshire (Children’s Book; 1960)
Put-Put, Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1968)
Renfield (Film; 2023)
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (Radio Series; 1930)
Robinson Crusoe (ComiColor Cartoon; 1935)
Rocket Man, by Elton John (Song; 1972)
Say Anything (Film; 1989)
Shift: First Shift — Legacy, by Hugh Howey (Novel; 2012)
Sketchbook of Boston (Vernon Howe Bailey’s Sketchbook Cartoon; 1915)
Snowtime (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1938)
Spark (Animated Film; 2017)
Swat the Fly (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1935)
A Tale That Is Knot (Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial Cartoon; 1915)
Taming the Cat (Heckle & Heckle Cartoon; 1948)
A Tax from the Rear (Goldwyn-Bray Comic Cartoon; 1920)
Thank You For Smoking (Film; 2006)
Ultra, by Depeche Mode (Album; 1997)
When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman, by Dr. Hook (Song; 1979)
Whigs (U.S. Political Party; 1834)
The Wild (Animated Film; 2006)
The Wily Jap (Pathe News Cartoon; 1915)
Today’s Name Days
Elmo, Erna, Ernestine (Austria)
Maksim, Valerijan, Zdravko (Croatia)
Vincenc (Czech Republic)
Tiburtius (Denmark)
Lehe, Lehte, Lehti (Estonia)
Taito (Finland)
Ludivine, Maxime (France)
Elmo, Erna, Ernestine (Germany)
Aristarhos, Thomais (Greece)
Tibor (Hungary)
Abbondio, Ignazio, Lamberto (Italy)
Agape, Gudrite, Strauja (Latvia)
Justinas, Vaišvydė, Vaiva, Valerijonas, Visvaldas (Lithuania)
Ellinor, Nora (Norway)
Berenike, Julianna, Justyn, Maria, Myślimir, Tyburcjusz, Walerian, Waleriana (Poland)
Pahomie (Romania)
Maria (Russia)
Justína (Slovakia)
Lidia, Tiburcio, Valeriano (Spain)
Tiburtius (Sweden)
Martin (Ukraine)
Caradoc, Carey, Cary, Hudson (USA)
Today’s National Name Days
National Loretta Day
National Ritchie Day
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 104 of 2025; 261 days remaining in the year
ISO Week: Day 1 of Week 16 of 2025
Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 28 of 28]
Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 17 (Gui-Chou)
Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]
Coptic: 6 Barmundah 1741
Druid Tree Calendar: Maple (April 11-20) [Day 4 of 10]
Hebrew: 16 Nisan 5785
Islamic: 15 Shawwal 1446
Julian: 1 April 2025
Moon: 97%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 20 Archimedes (4th Month) [Albategnius]
Runic Half Month: Man (Humanity) [Day 1 of 15] (thru 4.28)
Season: Spring (Day 25 of 92)
SUn Calendar: 15 Cyan; Oneday [15 of 30]
Week: 2nd Full Week of April
Zodiac:
Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aries (Day 25 of 30)
Sidereal Zodiac: Aries (Day 1 of 31)
Schmidt Zodiac: Pisces (Day 25 of 26)
IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 34 of 38)
IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 34 of 38)
Calendar Changes
Aries (The Ram) begins [Sidereal Zodiac Sign 4; thru 5.14]
April (a.k.a. Aprilis; Julian Calendar) [Month 4 of 12]
Man (Human Being) [Half-Month 8 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 4.28)
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A honey bun, or honeybun,[a] is a fried yeast pastry that contains honey and a swirl of cinnamon in the dough and is glazed with icing. Unlike most sweet rolls, which are generally the product of bakeries, honey buns are common convenience store and vending machine fare made by companies like Little Debbie, Hostess and Duchess. Normally sold individually wrapped, alone, or in boxes, they are a snack or grab-and-go breakfast or dessert item which can be eaten at cold, hot, or ambient temperatures.
History
Louis Griffin ran a restaurant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and commissioned his mother Ellen Griffin to make small pies. These became so popular that in 1926, Griffin sold his restaurant and opened a home bakery service in Greensboro, North Carolina to sell small fried pies to local restaurants. In 1929, he expanded further and formed the Griffin Baking Company. Louis' oldest son Nelson Griffin, Sr. joined the company and started the Griffin Pie Co. in Charleston, West Virginia in 1949. They opened factories in West Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and their flagship factory in London, Kentucky. Louis' brother Howard Griffin reportedly developed the honey bun in Greensboro, NC in 1954, and it became a signature product. His nephew Nelson Griffin, Jr. said "In the early 50’s they were making cinnamon rolls. From that, he (Howard) added honey to the ingredients, and eventually developed the first commercial honey bun." They eventually sold to Flowers Foods in 1983.
Culture
Honey buns are also used as currency in United States prisons, where they are sold from prison commissaries. In the state of Florida, 270,000 are sold per month as of 2010. In a highly publicized instance, honey buns were used by guards in Miami to pay for the beating of a teenager in a youth detention center, resulting in the teen's death. Referring to the case, a public defender was quoted as saying, "In here, a honey bun is like a million dollars."
Flower Foods' London, KY bakery, which can produce almost 60,000 honey buns an hour or about 10 million honey buns per week, has sponsored an annual Honey Bun Day since 2021, which is celebrated on October 19. The 2023 festival broke the Guinness World Record for most people eating honey buns at the same time with 777 people.
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Fwd: Postdoc: Brno_Czechia.FishEcoEvo
Begin forwarded message: > From: [email protected] > Subject: Postdoc: Brno_Czechia.FishEcoEvo > Date: 8 November 2024 at 05:28:30 GMT > To: [email protected] > > > > > POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION - 12 MONTHS > > TOPIC: Fish Ecology and Evolution > > REICHARD LAB (www.reichardlab.eu) > > Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno > > Full-time postdoctoral position for 1 year (funding until 31 Dec 2025) > is available at the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy > of Sciences, located in Brno, Czech Republic. All applications submitted > before 2 December 2024 will be fully considered. Selected candidates > will be interviewed online. > > This position is within a generous funding of Expro project of Czech > Science Foundation to Martin Reichard on reproductive parasitism in fish > (funded for 2021-2025). It uses two understudied fish brood parasitic > systems: bitterling fishes (Acheilognathidae) and their mussel hosts, > and cuckoo catfish (Synodontis multipunctatus) and their cichlid hosts > from Lake Tanganyika. > > The project aims at identifying the conditions for the origin and > evolution of host specificity in brood parasites. Field and lab studies > are combined with population genomics, phylogenetics and comparative > methods. > > Selected candidate will work in an international group consisting of two > Ph.D students, three postdoctoral researchers, and several full-time > researchers. There is flexibility in the specific focus within the broad > terms of the project, although for this position, we would particularly > welcome a candidate with expertise in: > > 1. genome biology or > > 2. fish morphology, reproductive biology and behaviour > > These topics are complementary to the expertise we already have in our > research team. > > We expect applications from candidates with a background in ecology and > evolution. For experimental work, there is access to well-equipped fish > breeding facility and outdoor set of mesocosm tanks. > > All research expenses, including fieldwork and conference travel, are > covered from the project. > > QUALIFICATIONS > > PhD in Biology or related discipline > > SALARY > > 50,000 CZK, c. 2,000 EUR per month (well above average for Czech living > expenses), giving net earnings of approximately 42,000 CZK per month. > Social and health insurance (additional 35%) are covered by the project > funding. > > APPLICATION PROCEDURE > > Feel free to consult through informal enquires by email to > [email protected] (PI of the project). > > For formal applications, please submit a CV with explanations of your > previous work and motivation to apply for this position in your Cover > Letter (1-2 pages). > > Submit your application until 2 December 2024. Shortlisted candidates > will be interviewed online in December. > > Email your formal application [email protected] [email protected] > > > Martin Reichard
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