#charles bodine

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Put On Your Raincoats | The Infidel (Bodine, 1975)

I've been trying to dig further into the films of Sharon Thorpe after having been blown away by her performance in Sex World, and while not all of them have been winners, this one is well worth checking out. It's a story of a woman in an abusive marriage who begins an affair, and is mostly told with the kind of sensitivity that matches those qualities I find so compelling about her as an actress.

'70s pornos don't have the best track record of depicting rape sensitively, and while there are some dated attitudes here on the subject of marital rape, I do think the overall empathy this brings to her character helps alleviate some of these issues. And there is an attempt to distinguish the rape scene from the consensual scenes on the level of style. The rape scene is directed rather matter of factly, and ends with Thorpe lying in bed in silence while her husband played by Ric Lutze talks obliviously. The movie lingers on her feelings, and if she seems somewhat nonplussed, there is the depressing reality that this is a regular occurrence for her.

Whereas the consensual scenes are directed with longer takes, roving zooms and dissolves that evoke the sensual qualities of their bodies, and shadows and flickering light that make them feel intimate. Interestingly, for a hardcore feature, this doesn't emphasize penetration or money shots, and instead will hold on the performers' faces, like when Thorpe's character experiences her first orgasm. But the eroticism extends beyond the sex scenes, as Thorpe begins her courtship with her lover Ken Scudder over the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and at one point Thorpe recites some of the poetry.

And that striking sense of style extends beyond the sex scenes as well, as we get scenes that deliberately mismatch the dialogue with the visuals, like in the opening when we see Lutze play football, shown in alternating slow and regular motion, while Thorpe tends to her garden and uses a blowdryer. Or when we first see Scudder, playing tennis while Thorpe talks to her friend, who we only see after the camera has panned across for some time. Charles Bodine is listed as the director, and I wonder if that was a pseudonym, because this feels really accomplished for someone with seemingly no other IMDb credits.

So this is quite moving and erotic and engagingly acted by Thorpe and Scudder, the former bringing that sense of vulnerability and sensitivity and the latter bringing that sense of soft masculinity I find so appealing about both performers.

***SPOILERS ABOUT THE ENDING BELOW***

And I think it's bold of the movie for them not to stay together and instead of Thorpe learn to articulate her needs and tell him that they're wired differently, she needing monogamy and he being a "lover" of many women, something that neither she nor the movie judges. But I did find it disappointing that it ended with Thorpe getting back together with Lutze and the latter being redeemed. It rang false to the sensitive and thoughtful movie that came before.

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(Doing this for fun and cause I want to and cause I've unhealthily memorized the Hamilton children's children pls don't judge hah)

Alexander Hamilton (1755/7): Capricorn

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757): Leo

Philip Hamilton (1782): Aquarius

Angelica Hamilton (1784): Libra

Alexander Hamilton Jr (1786): Taurus -> Eliza P. Knox (17??): Likely Leo

James Alexander Hamilton (1788): Aries -> Mary Morris (1790): Capricorn ->

Elizabeth Hamilton Schuyler (1811): Libra -> George Lee Schuyler (1811): Gemini

Frances Hamilton Bowdoin (1813): Libra -> George Russell James Bowdoin (1810/1809): Scorpio

Alexander Hamilton (1816): Aquarius -> Angelica Livingston (1820): Pisces

Mary Morris Hamilton (1818): Capricorn

Angelica Hamilton Blatchford (1819): Scorpio -> Richard Milford Blatchford (1798): Taurus

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John Church Hamilton (1792): Leo -> Maria Eliza van den Huevel (1795): Capricorn ->

Alexander Hamilton (1815): Scorpio -> Elizabeth Smith Nicholl (1819): Libra -> Sarah Elizabeth Bodine (1848) Unknown

Maria Williamson Hamilton (1817): Gemini

Charlotte Augusta Hamilton (1818): Libra

John Cornelius Adrian Hamilton (1820): Sagittarius -> Angeline Romer (1816): Aquarius (after reading about their message it makes sense)

Schuyler Hamilton (1822): Leo -> Cornelia Ray (1829): Capricorn -> Louisa Frances Paine Allen (1832): Unknown

James Hamilton (1824): Taurus

Maria Elizabeth Hamilton (1825): Gemini -> Charles Augustus Peabody (1814): Cancer

Charles Apthorp Hamilton (1826): Cancer -> Julia French Eliot (1828): Taurus

Robert P. Hamilton (1828): Gemini

Adelaide Hamilton (1830): Capricorn

Elizabeth Hamilton (1831): Aquarius -> Henry Wager Halleck (1815): Capricorn -> George Washington Cullum (1809): Pisces

William Gaston Hamilton (1832): Virgo -> Helen Maria Pierson (1834): Sagittarius -> Charlotte Ross Jeffery (1841): Unknown

Laurens Hamilton (1834): Scorpio

Alice Hamilton (1838): Virgo

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William Stephen Hamilton (1797): Leo

Eliza Hamilton Holly (1799): Scorpio -> Sidney Augustus Holly (1802): Gemini

Philip 2 (1802) Gemini -> Rebecca Mclane Hamilton (1813): Unknown ->

Louis Mclane Hamilton (1844): Cancer

Allan Mclane Hamilton (1848): Libra -> Florence Rutger Craig (1854): Sagittarius -> May Copeland (1870): Taurus

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An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Archibald Snatcher (voice): Ben Kingsley Eggs (voice): Isaac Hempstead-Wright Winnie Portley-Rind (voice): Elle Fanning Fish / Wheels / Bucket (voice): Dee Bradley Baker Lady Cynthia Portley-Rind (voice): Toni Collette Lord Portley-Rind (voice): Jared Harris Mr. Trout (voice): Nick Frost Mr. Pickles (voice): Richard Ayoade Mr. Gristle (voice): Tracy Morgan Herbert Trubshaw (voice): Simon Pegg Oil Can / Knickers (voice): Nika Futterman Fragile / Sweets (voice): Pat Fraley Clocks / Specs (voice): Fred Tatasciore Sir Langsdale (voice): Maurice LaMarche Sir Broderick / Male Workman 1 / Male Workman 2 (voice): James Urbaniak Boulanger / Male Aristocrat (voice): Brian George Female Aristocrat (voice): Lori Tritel Shoe / Sparky (voice): Steve Blum Female Townsfolk 1 / Female Townsfolk 2 (voice): Laraine Newman Background Boy (voice): Reckless Jack Baby Eggs (voice): Max Mitchell Film Crew: Screenplay: Irena Brignull Director: Graham Annable Adaptation: Anthony Stacchi Novel: Alan Snow Music: Dario Marianelli Animation: Travis Knight Screenplay: Adam Pava Animation: Stephen Bodin Animation: Malcolm Lamont Animation: Matias Liebrecht Animation: Brian Leif Hansen Animation: Payton Curtis Animation: Joon Soo Song Animation: Adam Lawthers Animation: Shane Prigmore Animation: Chris Tootell Animation: Kyle Williams Animation: Mike Hollenbeck Animation: Danail Kraev Animation: Kristien Vanden Bussche Animation: Adam Fisher Animation: Anthony Straus Animation: Sean Burns Animation: Mael Gourmelen Animation: David Vandervoort Animation: Dan MacKenzie Animation Supervisor: Brad Schiff Animation: Kevin Parry Adaptation: Phil Dale Producer: David Bleiman Ichioka Animation: Jon David Buffam Animation: Rachelle Lambden Animation: Gabe Sprenger Animation: Philippe Tardif Animation: Ian Whitlock Animation: Daniel Alderson Animation: Charles Greenfield Animation: Jason Stalman Casting: Mary Hidalgo Line Producer: Matthew Fried Sculptor: Toby Froud Visual Effects Coordinator: Jeremy Fenske Choreographer: Nicole Cuevas Visual Effects Coordinator: Claudia Amatulli Sculptor: Benjamin William Adams Set Designer: Emily Greene Additional Editing: Ralph Foster Visual Effects Editor: Todd Gilchrist Set Designer: Carl B. Hamilton Sculptor: Scott Foster Production Design: Paul Lasaine Production Coordinator: Jocelyn Pascall Editor: Edie Ichioka Art Direction: Curt Enderle Editorial Coordinator: Dave Davenport Art Department Coordinator: Zach Sheehan CG Supervisor: Rick Sevy Music Supervisor: Maggie Rodford Music Editor: James Bellany Songs: Eric Idle Visual Effects Supervisor: Steve Emerson Costume Design: Deborah Cook Production Manager: Dan Pascall Additional Writing: Vera Brosgol Post Production Supervisor: David Dresher Editorial Manager: Trevor Cable Visual Effects Supervisor: Brian Van’t Hul Additional Editing: Christopher Murrie Director of Photography: John Ashlee Prat Set Designer: Polly Allen Robbins Visual Effects Producer: Annie Pomeranz Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Ren Klyce ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris Gaffer: James WilderHancock Modeling: Paul Mack Publicist: Maggie Begley Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Myers Production Design: Michel Breton Prop Designer: Alan Cook Animation: Paul Andrew Bailey Assistant Art Director: Phil Brotherton Executive In Charge Of Post Production: Ben Urquhart First Assistant Director: Samuel Wilson Layout: Daniel R. Casey Layout: Simon Dunsdon Orchestrator: Geoff Alexander Set Dresser: Duncan Gillis Third Assistant Director: David J. Epstein Animation: Anthony Elworthy Animation: Dan Ramsay Animation: Jan-Erik Maas CG Animator: Carolyn Vale Digital Compositors: Daniel Leatherdale Digital Compositors: James McPherson Foley Editor: Thom Brennan Production Illustrator: Ean McNamara Sound Effects Editor: David C. Hughes Finance: Erin Baldwin Finance: Jason Bryant CG Animator: Jeff Croke Con...

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I have most of my free lessons on Mondays (I actually hate it, I'm stuck in the staffroom for hours on end...) Anyway, I took the opportunity to finish Witches: James I and the English Witch-Hunts by Tracy Borman. The only good thing I can possibly say about this is that Borman had a core thesis and went for it. However, it resulted in an atrocious book, some key complaints:

It's only interested in presenting a black and white "evil men" and "powerless female victims" narrative. It only serves to strip the women accused of the little agency they had and dampen the echoes of their voices we've managed to pick up. These women are famously poor, social outcasts and it's hard enough to find out ANYTHING about them without reducing them to "innocent and powerless victims of privileged evil men".

When James is discussed at all, Borman is only interested in character assassination. If this is the only time you've met James VI/I then please, I'm begging you, read something else! James is not a "nice" person by modern standards, but he's not the man presented here. There is a reason he's my second favourite monarch (although I do have notoriously bad taste in monarchs *cough* Charles I *cough*)

This is riddled with unfounded, unsubstantiated claims and speculations. Borman does not have enough research or source material to support most of the "information" presented about the Belvoir witch trial, midlands court cases, the Duke of Buckingham, or English witch-hunts. Considering there IS a ridiculous amount of research on English witches I'm baffled by the limited bibliography and references.

She presents continental European sources to support claims about English witch-hunts. You just can't use Jean Bodin as a source for ENGLISH intellectual thoughts and legal proceedings. His work would have been read over here by the elite, but English and French writing about witches is very different and there are much better sources to consult for how ENGLAND thought about and hunted witches.

Hunting witches does not automatically make someone a sexual predator!!! Just because a profession can attract sadistic people with horrible motives does not mean that EVERYONE in that profession is a monster. I get the impulse, I really do. The witch-hunts are a tragic abuse of power that resulted in the wrongful conviction and execution of innocent people, most commonly poor women. But this is a completely different world to our own and it is NOT unreasonable for these people to sincerely believe in witches and the supernatural! Yes, there was serious doubt in the existence of witchcraft in this period. But is is entirely sensible for someone in this cultural and religious context to believe in witches and want to serve God by hunting them. THIS DOES NOT MAKE IT MORAL OR JUSTIFIED! I repeat, I am not defending witch-hunts. However, I am saying it is contextually rational and understandable! And to reduce the witch-hunts to acts motivated by a desire to enact sexual violence on women makes my blood boil.

It's full of unfocused tangents that do nothing except bog down an already convoluted book. For example, why am I reading about Buckingham's sex life? I love the Duke of Buckingham as much as the next person, but it's not exactly relevant to English witch-hunting?

An under appreciation of Daemonologie? That book is WILD! It's also the most relevant text you could reference for James I's views on witches? Why only mention it once or twice?

Just as a petty note, this did have better referencing than some other books I've read this year... However, reference your work! Over referencing is better than under referencing! Okay?

So, what I've learnt is...I can't read popular history! Great.

[tootern2345]

Fleischer Studios staff from 1930-1931

Vet Anderson, Andy Engman, and Ed Rehberg were formerly Fables/Van Beuren men who later moved to the west coast

Grim Natwick, James “Shamus” Culhane, Bernie Wolf, Al Eugster, & Art Turkisher all ended up going to Ub Iwerks before the other four men moved to other studios (mainly Disney)

William Henning was the inbetweening supervisor before Edith Vernick replaced him

Sam Stimson worked for Bill Nolan’s studio in New Jersey during the silent ages

Al Windley was a Harrison-Gould camera operator

Nick Tafuri, Bill Turner, Joe Stultz, Seymour Kneitel, Isadore Sparber, and Myron Waldman became Famous Studios regulars (with Seymour and Izzy also being supervisors for the studio as well)

H. Ritterband and Louis McCormick were camera operators who later moved to famous studios

Charles Schettler. Vera Coleman, Ruth Fleischer, and Edith Vernick were Inkwell studio veterans

Frank Paiker would later do camerawork for Hanna Barbera

Ted Sears later became a driving force in Disney’s story department

Sadie Friedlander later married and became Sadie Bodin, she got fired from Van Beuren during the time Burt Gillett reigned on the studio

George Cannata and Reuben Timmins (R. Timinsky here) worked in different studios Coast to Coast

Nelly Sanborn was the head of the timing department and later move on to famous studios somewhere into the ink & paint department under the name of Nelly Sanborn-Greene

Ben Shenkman would later become a prolific caricaturist/character designer for cartoons as well as assistant animator & animator

Harvey Eisenberg, Saul Kessler, & Al Geiss later became associated with TerryToons before moving to other studios (Eisenberg becoming a prominent layout artist/character designer for MGM’s Tom & Jerry and Al Geiss was involved with the Screen Gems Studio during the 40’s)

Milt Platkin would change his name to Kin Platt and become a noted story artist/scriptwriter. He’s noted for writing almost all of the Top Cat episodes for Hanna-Barbera

and Mae Schwartz was Dave Fleischer’s secretary

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9-1-1: LONE STAR REACTION

This reaction is for season 4, sixteenth episode "A House Divided" which originally aired on May 9, 2023. The episode was written by Matt Solik and directed by Tessa Blake. Spoilers ahead!

We begin the episode in the hospital. Thankfully it's not Owen or TK but it is another Strand. Robert Strand (Chad Lowe) has cut his hand while slicing open a bagel. Robert laments the tremor he has in his hand and tells Owen he is running out of excuses for not being able to play catch with his daughter. Robert still hasn't told his daughters about his diagnosis because he doesn't want to blow up their world. Owen admits he kept his lung cancer diagnosis from TK in the beginning. He tells Robert that he thought he was going to die but after several rounds of chemo and surgery he is still alive. Robert says that Huntington's is not cancer. There's no chemo or treatment for it. He describes it as a vicious, unrelenting descent to the end. He then tells Owen he and his wife are already making preparations for what's to come. Robert encourages Owen to check to see if he has the gene. 

Title card! Wow! I haven't written that in a while.

Our first emergency of the episode involves a yard sale. Vic (Michael McMilian) and Clara (Ellie Araiza) are  a divorced couple who are attempting to sell their things much to the disapproval of their adorable son, Quincy (Lincoln Bodin). We see Quincy talking to a creepy dude and then he is gone. Vic and Clara are freaking out and my first thought was that the creepy dude walked off with him. Clara dials 9-1-1 and Carlos arrives on the scene. Thankfully Quincy is still in the yard, in an old armoire, but due to it being super hot outside, he is unresponsive. Grace coaches Carlos on how to revive Quincy. Carlos goes over to Checkov's lemonade stand and pours a pitcher of ice cold lemonade onto Quincy which wakes him up. Quincy tells his parents he hid in the armoire because he doesn't want to leave. 

Owen heads over to TK and Carlos' apartment and tells his son that Robert was diagnosed with Huntington's a month ago. TK says he didn't notice any symptoms when they had dinner together. Owen tells him that Robert hides his tremors and cognitive issues well but they are progressing. TK is confused because Robert drove himself halfway across the country to visit them both in Texas. Owen says he is planning on taking some time off from the firehouse so he can drive Robert back to California. While he is gone, Judd will be in charge of the 126.

TK points out that Huntington's disease is hereditary and asks Owen if Robert knows which of his parents carries the gene. Owen tells TK that the gene was passed down from Owen and Robert's dad - TK's grandfather. TK connects the dots that if Robert has the disease then there's a chance he and Owen may wind up with it. TK is overwhelmed by this news and wonders if he should postpone the wedding. Owen encourages him to keep on living his life. TK tells him there's no way he can marry Carlos with a death sentence hanging over his head. Owen reminds him that everyone has a death sentence hanging over their head. He tells TK that he just got tested and he will have the results in 48 hours. If it turns out he doesn't have the gene then TK will definitely not have it. TK tells Owen he could've waited for a negative result and then never have said anything but Owen says he is done hiding things from him. He tells TK that he needs him just as much as TK needs him. 

We head over to the Ryders' residence and see a game of charades already in progress. This reminded me of the scene in season two where Grace and Judd, Tommy and Charles, and Owen and Gwyn were playing charades. This time around we have Grace and Judd, Tommy and Trevor Parks (DB Woodside) and Wyatt (Jackson Pace) and his girlfriend, Leigh Ann (Jessi Case). Trevor asks Wyatt about joining the fire academy and the latter tries to downplay how things are going. Leigh Ann pipes up and tells the room that everything is going well. Judd brags about Wyatt's ladder drill time which is 5 minutes and 29 seconds. He says that when he was in the academy the fastest time was 5 minutes and 50 seconds. Wyatt continues to be modest about his accomplishments but Leigh Ann tells everyone that he's been getting calls from captains in the area trying to recruit him. This scene was so cute because Judd is clearly so proud of Wyatt. Side note: Judd looked hot as hell in the glasses he was wearing. End of side note. Wyatt mentions that when he graduates he's been invited to join the 122 or the 124. Tommy says he should consider working for Captain Ryder at the 126. Judd shrugs off the compliment and says he is only acting captain while Owen is away. Judd admits that every time he is left in charge of the 126, he's always worried things are going to crash and burn. Tommy says the house couldn't be in better hands and reminds him that he's an excellent captain.

Trevor gets a notification on his phone about a table opening up at a really fancy, hard-to-get-into restaurant and asks if he should make a reservation. The others tell him to make a reservation and plans are made to have dinner together the following Thursday. Wyatt and Leigh Ann will babysit Baby Charlie. 

Our second emergency of the episode involves a fire at a paper mill. Judd is acting as captain and gives out orders. He sends Marjan, Mateo, and Paul inside the building to search for people. Tommy, Nancy, and TK arrive on the scene and set up triage in the parking lot. A woman comes up to TOmmy and tells her that her friend Jimmy is trapped inside of a machine inside the burning building. Tommy radios Judd to tell her she, Nancy, and TK are heading inside to check on the man and Judd tells her to be careful. Tommy, Nancy and TK locate Jimmy and they see that his arm is trapped. Jimmy's heart is racing and he is barely clinging to consciousness. Tommy radios Judd and tells him Jimmy is bleeding internally and asks for an ETA on when additional help arrives. Judd tells her he is still waiting on the 129. Meanwhile, Marjan hears one of the machines inside the mill making noises and radios to Judd. He tells her that it's probably chemicals and commands her, Mateo, and Paul to exit the building. Judd sends out a may day for everyone to evacuate. 

Tommy orders Nancy and TK to evacuate. Judd asks them where Tommy is and TK tells him she's still inside with the patient. Nancy tells him that the patient is stuck in a machine and Tommy needs help with extrication. Judd radios Tommy and tells her he gave the evacuation order and she needs to get out of the building. Tommy says she has a pulse on the patient. Judd places Marjan in charge and heads inside the building. Judd takes an axe and uses it to cut off the man's arm and he carries him out of the building with Tommy on his heels. The mill explodes moments later.

Back at the house, things are pretty frosty between both captains. Judd approaches Tommy and asks if she wants to talk about what happened at the paper mill. Tommy says there's nothing to talk about. Yes she lost someone in the field but it's something that happens. Judd clarifies that he's asking her about her disregard for his direct order to evacuate. Tommy says she heard his order but she chose to not follow it because she was trying to save Jimmy's life. Judd informs her that he has an after action report to fill out and he doesn't know what to document. Tommy encourages him to document what actually happened. Judd tells her he feels uncomfortable documenting what really happened due to their friendship. He then says he doesn't want to pull rank but Tommy reminds him they have the same rank. Tommy reminds him that as fire captain he gets to call the shots on how to best put out a fire and as paramedic captain she gets to decide what is the best way to treat an injured patient. Judd says that sometimes those two things don't always align and on their call he was the incident commander, therefore it was his duty to protect everyone in the paper mill. Tommy says it's her duty to protect her patients and she was not going to leave Jimmy to die. Judd reminds her that Jimmy did die and that it's by the grace of God that they didn't die along with him. Tommy tells Judd that she didn't ask for him to come into the paper mill. She then asks if he would like an apology from her. Judd tells her he ain't looking for an apology. What he is looking for is the assurance that something like that isn't going to happen on a future call. Tommy says she cannot predict the future. Judd flips the script and says that he can't predict the future either, however, he would like the confidence to know that the mother of his goddaughters is going to make it home - especially since they just lost their father. Tommy is clearly rattled by hearing this and tells Judd he doesn't get to use that against her. She tells him she is done with their conversation and gets up and leaves.

Carlos gets home from his shift and finds TK still awake. TK tells him that he can't sleep and when Carlos presses him about it, TK tells him that things are not okay. He tells Carlos about his uncle Robert's Huntington disease diagnosis and how it's hereditary. Carlos points out that Robert and Owen are only half-brothers but TK tells him that it comes from his grandfather's side. Carlos takes in this news and asks if there's a way to test for it. TK tells him that Owen is currently waiting for the results. If Owen doesn't have it, TK is in the clear. Carlos asks about the potential symptoms associated with Huntington's and TK says aside from all of the cognitive issues, there will be struggles with walking, eating, talking, and breathing. Everything starts shutting down. Carlos says it's a LOT to process and TK agrees. TK tells Carlos he has zero expectations and he doesn't want this to be a death sentence for both of them. Carlos asks what he means and TK tells him he doesn't expect Carlos to go through with the wedding. He doesn't want to be a burden on Carlos. Carlos reminds about the whole 'in sickness and in health' part of their marriage vows but TK is unconvinced. He is worried that he'll end up forgetting who Carlos is. Carlos says that he'll just have to remind him every day. Carlos tells TK that they are soulmates which is the first time he has said this out loud. Carlos assures TK that he will not run away. 

Asha Fulton (Amanda Payton) arrives at the firehouse and Nancy assumes she is there to see Paul. She is actually there to see Captain Vega. Asha goes to Tommy's office and talks to her about the incident at the paper mill fire. She asks Tommy if she recalls an order being given to evacuate the building and Tommy says she does. While Tommy is questioned, she sees Judd and it is very evident things are not good between these two. Trevor arrives at Tommy's house to pick her up for their double dinner date with Judd and Grace. Tommy is not dressed and tells Trevor they should cancel their dinner plans. Trevor insists they cannot cancel their reservation because it was a miracle he got the reservation in the first place. Tommy tells Trevor she can't break bread with a snitch, the snitch being Judd Ryder. She goes on to explain that Judd called HR on her due to the two of them having a difference of opinion. That's the understatement of the century, haha.

Meanwhile, Judd is having a similar conversation with Grace who is looking absolutely stunning. Grace believes her husband may have overreacted when he reported Tommy but he insists he didn't want to get HR involved. Judd says that since he has been trusted with the responsibility of being captain in the absence of Owen, he wants to make sure he is following the rules. Grace tells Judd he needs to get dressed but like Tommy, he is not in the mood to dine out.

Back at Tommy's place, Trevor is practically begging her to get dressed so they can go out but Tommy is being stubborn. He starts quoting Proverbs to her but Tommy tells him to not get biblical on her. Grace is also quoting scripture to Judd. Neither Grace nor Trevor seem to be getting through to their partners. Eventually Tommy and Judd acquiesce to going to dinner. The scene at the restaurant is one of the funniest scenes of the show. Things between Judd and Tommy get worse when their respective partners try to play mediator. Before long, Grace and Trevor are sniping back and forth at each other while Judd and Tommy watch in horror. Eventually both couples are thrown out of the fancy restaurants and things between our two captains are no better than what they were before they all sat down to break bread together. 

The next day at the house, it's the paramedics versus the firefighters. Judd and Tommy's feud has trickled down to their subordinates and now the whole family is at odds. I'd just like to point out that nothing like this has ever happened when Owen Strand was in charge. Just saying. Tommy breaks up the bickering between Nancy, TK, Mateo, Marjan and Paul and reminds them that even though they are two teams, they are one family. Judd goes to talk to Tommy and tells her he appreciates what she said. Tommy tells him that everything she said was true. Judd says that even though there were some things said the night before, the only thing that matters is that they love and respect each other. Tommy tells him that's never changed. Judd asks if he and Tommy are good and she says they've always been good. Tommy tells him she's made arrangements so that her paramedics will work an opposite shift from the firefighters until Owen gets back. 

In our final emergency scene of the episode, the 126 paramedics respond to a call where someone has been hit while riding a bicycle. When Tommy, Nancy, and TK arrive at the scene, they discover the victim is Wyatt. Judd arrives at the hospital and asks Tommy where Wyatt is. She tells him that Wyatt is in surgery. She also lets Judd know that Wyatt has some brain swelling and several broken vertebrae but he has the best spinal cord surgeon in Austin working on him. Judd starts to fall apart and Tommy reminds him that Wyatt is alive and that his vitals are strong. Judd asks Tommy to shoot straight with him. He asks her how bad it is and she tells him she doesn't know. She tells him that they will have to wait and see and that she will wait for him. 

TK gets a call from his dad who is at the beach with Robert and his family in California. He tells TK that he got the results back from the clinic and he is negative for the Huntington gene which means TK is also in the clear. TK is relieved and Owen tells him he should celebrate. TK tells him he should celebrate as well. Owen tells him that Robert's having a barbecue for him for his last night in California. 

In the final scene of the episode, Owen and Robert are sitting on a bench at the beach. Owen notices Robert has a tremor in his left land which means his Huntington's symptoms are getting worse. He asks Robert how long he plans on keeping his diagnosis a secret from his wife and kids and Robert says he will tell him soon. Owen says the problem with soon is that eventually it becomes later. He tells Robert not to do what he did when he kept TK in the dark about his cancer diagnosis. Robert says he will tell them tomorrow after Owen leaves to head back to Texas. He says he promises they will know before TK's wedding. Owen is surprised to hear that Robert is still coming. Robert says he will bring his wife and his daughters because he wants them to meet his family. 

Robert says he has a favor to ask of Owen. He says that he plans on staying in Texas after the wedding so he can spend some more time with Owen. Owen says he thinks that will be great but he doesn't think he'll be able to drive him back to California afterwards. Robert says he won't have to drive him back because he doesn't plan on coming back to California. He then asks Owen to help him die. End of episode. 

Whoa! This episode was way intense and I enjoyed every moment of it. I love the beef between Judd and Tommy. We've never seen these two be at odds before and it was fun seeing them going toe-to-toe. The interesting part about their disagreement is that I saw both sides. I totally got where Judd was coming from. At the end of the day, he knows what it's like to lose someone on the team and he doesn't want to see that happen to anyone on the 126. However, Tommy's job is to save people, even if it means putting her own life in harm's way. I'm glad these two are back to being friends again. I just hate that it took something bad happening for that to happen.

The plot involving Owen and his brother, Robert, was also well done. It sucks that Owen lost his brother when he was really young and now he's about to lose his other brother. This is all coming so close on the heels of him losing Gwyn. Both Owen and TK have endured so much loss on this show and this seems so unfair but it does make for great storytelling. I truly wonder if Owen is going to be able to help his brother end his life. It's even more messed up when you realize that Owen wasn't able to save his brother Tyler and he won't be able to save his brother Robert and his whole life is dedicated to rescuing people. Ugh! I feel really bad for Owen. Well, I guess we'll have to wait to see what he decides to do. Until next time!

[benjaminftw]

I've spent countless time digging through old race results and points standings of NASCAR in the 90s as a decade I have a particular fascination with, particularly in its lower ranks. As such, a driver I find myself thinking about more than is probably healthy is Dave Rezendes.

Dave spent years as an often undersponsored owner-driver in the then-Busch series in the late 80s and early 90s where despite rarely completing the entire season he found his way into the top 10 21 times and had a best finish in points of 16th twice in an era that had crazy depth of talent.

However, it was the invention of the Truck series that finally gave him the brief chance to flourish on the national stage, sharing the 7 truck with his boss Geoff Bodine for about half the season with 7 top 10s in 11 starts before getting the ride full-time the next year where he won races at a very diverse group of tracks including Miami, Nashville, and Sonoma, had 8 finishes inside the top 5, 13 top 10s and finished solidly in 6th in points. However, in 1997 the team lost its sponsorship and Dave lasted just two races before they had to go in a more monied direction and he had to sign onto a much more B-tier team fielded by Bill Elliott's former business partner Charles Hardy and later Tom Gloy's team, and still managed 7 top 10s on the year.

Sadly, that was it for the national level basically, he wouldn't make more than 7 starts in either Busch or Trucks for the rest of the 90s and was gone entirely from the 2000s. I think if there is any driver who got completely screwed over by the Wild West days of the early Truck series it was Dave Rezendes who deserved more opportunities to show his obvious talent.

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Heading Into Town A book with the name of a city in the title

When in Rome by Sarah Adams (Romance)

Shiloh 1862 by Winston groom (Non-Fiction)

The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard (Fiction)

The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr (Fiction)

Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews (Fiction)

The Paris Apartment by Kelly Bowen (Fiction)

A phoenix first must burn : sixteen stories of black girl magic, resistance, and hope by Patrice Caldwell (YA SS)

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Fiction)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society : a novel by Mary Ann Shafer (Fiction)

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (Fiction)

China Dolls by Lisa See (Fiction)

The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri (Fiction)

The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles (Fiction)

Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean (Fiction)

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (SFF)

Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris (SFF)

The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant (Fiction)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (Classic)

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris (Fiction)

New York by Edward Rutherford (Fiction)

The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri (Fiction)

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín (Fiction)

'Salem's Lot by Stephen King (Horror)

Lockdown on London Lane by Beth Reekles (Romance)

The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff (Fiction)

The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi (Fiction)

The Witch of New York: the trials of Polly Bodine and the birth of tabloid justice by Alex Hortis (Non-Fiction)

Killing the Witches: the horror of Salem, Mass. by Bill O'Reilly (Non-Fiction)

L.A. Weather by Maria Amparo Escandon (Fiction)

Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman (Mystery)

Meet me in Mumbai by Sabina Khan (YA Fiction)

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (Fiction)

The Berlin Apartment by Bryn Turnbull (Fiction)

The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson (YA Fiction)

The Tehran Initiative by Joel Rosenberg (Religious Fiction)

The Beirut Protocol by Joel Rosenberg (Religious Mystery)

Memphis by Tara Stringfellow (Fiction)

Last Train to Memphis by Peter Guralnick (Bio)

Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters (Mystery)

Chicago by David Mamet (Thriller)

Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo (Mystery)

The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit (Fiction)

Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein (Non-Fiction)

[burningexeter]

Here's a fairly solid amount of all the different kinds of media that I think both can fit well in and could share the same universe as Escape From Planet Nomanisan, an entire idea that I have for a 2D action/sci-fi adventure animated film, which you can both read and see below for yourself:

• Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories

— Every episode of the entire series except for Guilt Trip and Family Dog for very obvious reasons if you've watched them

• HBO's Tales From The Crypt

— The first five episodes of Season 1

— Cutting Cards, The Thing From The Grave, The Sacrifice, For Cryin' Out Loud, Four-Sided Triangle, Judy, You're Not Yourself Today, Fitting Punishment, Lower Berth, Mute Witness To Murder & Television Terror

— Abra Cadaver, Top Billing, Easel Kill Ya, Undertaking Palor, Deadline & Yellow

— None But The Lonely Heart, On A Deadman's Chest, Beauty Rest, What's Cookin', The New Arrival, Showdown, King Of The Road, Maniac At Large, Split Personality & Strung Along

— Forever Ambergris, People Who Live In Brass Hearses, Two For The Show, Well Cooked Hams, Came The Dawn & Half-Way Horrible

— Only Skin Deep, The Bribe, The Assassin, Staired In Horror, Surprise Party & You, Murderer

— Fatal Caper, Escape, Horror In The Night, Cold War, The Kidnapper, Report From The Grave & Confession

• Dan Angel & Billy Brown's R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series

— Every episode of the entire series except for Red Eye, Poof De Fromage, Bad Egg, Mrs. Worthington & Lotsa Luck because they were ass

• Bede Blake & Robert Butler's Creeped Out

— Slapstick, Trolled, A Boy Called Red, Kindlesticks, Shed No Fear & Side Show 1 & 2

— Itchy, The Many Place, The Unfortunate Five, No Filter, The Takedown & Splinta Claws

• Lloyd Goldfine's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 — the first five seasons)

• Michael Dougherty's Trick r Treat & Krampus

• Mark Waters' The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

• Colin "Eh" Trevorrow's Safety Not Guaranteed

• Scott Cooper's Antlers (2021)

• Eli Roth's Thanksgiving (2023)

• Jack Clayton's Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

• David Lowery's Pete's Dragon (2016)

• Samuel Bodin's Cobweb (2023)

• Jason Eisener's Treevenge & One Last Dive

• David Petersen's Mouse Guard (Comic Series)

• David Yarovesky's Nightbooks (2021)

• Dean Parisot's Galaxy Quest

• Greg Mottola's Paul (2011)

• Charles Barton's Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein

• Joe Dante's Gremlins & Gremlins 2: The New Batch

• New Line Cinema's Critters & Critters 2: The Main Course

• Joe Cornish's Attack The Block (2011)

• Gary Dauberman & Mark Verheiden's Swamp Thing (2019 TV Series)

• John Sayles' The Secret Of Roan Inish (1994)

• Robert Kirkman's Outcast (2016 TV Series)

[lesfontainesdeperpignan]

Place Joseph Bodin-de-Boismortier.

Fontaine Wallace 1872

Les fontaines Wallace sont des points d’eau potable publics, des fontaines qui se présentent sous la forme de petits édicules en fonte présents dans plusieurs villes dans le monde.

Dessinées par Charles-Auguste Lebourg, elles tiennent leur nom de Richard Wallace, le philanthrope britannique qui finança leur édification. Elles sont souvent associées par les étrangers à l'image de Paris, car c'est dans cette ville qu’elles furent implantées en premier et que c’est en France qu’on en trouve le plus.

Construits en fonte selon quatre modèles, ils furent par la suite implantés dans dʼautres villes de France et du monde, et notamment à Perpignan, où on peut en observer deux exemplaires. Le premier se trouve place Bodin de Boismortier, en léger retrait de la rue des Trois Journées, et le second à Saint-Matthieu, place des Templiers.

Les fontaines perpignanaises correspondent au grand modèle, qui est aussi le plus ancien et le plus courant, il comprend un socle octogonal sur lequel se dressent quatre cariatides représentant respectivement la bonté, la simplicité, la charité et la sobriété, qui tiennent à bout de bras un dôme orné de dauphins. L'eau s'écoule en un mince filet depuis le centre du dôme. Parmis les quatre cariatides, Simplicité et Sobriété ont les yeux fermés ; Bonté et Charité les ont ouverts. Elles représentent également les 4 saisons : Simplicité symbolise le printemps, Charité l’été, Sobriété l’automne et Bonté l’hiver.

Place des Templiers

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Police Catch Wanted Man," Montreal Star. July 26, 1943. Page 3. ---- E. Bodner Rearrested As Escaped Prisoner ---- Emile Bodner, 24, who made a successful attempt to escape from the local courthouse last April, was arrested by Sgt.-Detective Gerald Lawton and Romuald Dubuc, over the week-end.

He had escaped with Jack Barrie, alias Colligan, to whom he was handcuffed. The latter was recaptured a few weeks later and was sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary for his escape and other criminal offences. Sgt.-Detectives Dubuc and Lawton were cruising around the Point St. Charles district over the week-end when they spotted Bodner. As the detectives neared the wanted man he recognized them. In an effort to escape Bodin ran into a nearby dwelling at 2607 Centre street, which happened to be the home of Constable J. Thuot,

The arrest was only the matter of a few minutes. Bodner appeared before Judge Edouard Tellier Saturday morning on a charge of escaping from custody. Preliminary inquiry was fixed for Tuesday.

[coltonwbrown]

Night shot of Hamburgers clothing store at Charles Center in Baltimore, Maryland, 1960’s Aubrey Bodine

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[atavist]

A fossil tooth, a splashy debate, and a strange chapter in America’s long history of science denialism. Issue no. 134 — “The Curious Case of Nebraska Man” by Madeline Bodin — is now live at The Atavist.

It was not a subject he had any special interest in prior to World War I, but during that conflict, Bryan told his listeners, European had slaughtered European without a thought that they were all children of God. He attributed that blind savagery to what in the end was his own flawed interpretation of Charles Darwin’s theory of human evolution, which Darwin had introduced to the world some 50 years earlier. Bryan argued that Darwin’s painting of humans as the descendants of apes was a demotion in ontological priority that provided tacit permission for the deaths of millions. Bryan quoted liberally from The Science of Power, a book by Benjamin Kidd that linked Darwin to the “selfish” and “godless” philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. “Darwin’s doctrine leads logically to war,” Bryan declared.

War wasn’t the only thing Bryan blamed on the theory of evolution. He was also disturbed by reports, mostly from parents, that students were losing their religious faith by studying Darwin’s ideas, as well as geology, in college. “If it is contended that an instructor has a right to teach anything he likes, I reply that the parents who pay the salary have a right to decide what shall be taught,” Bryan said.

Bryan’s words, which still echo across America a century later, were some of the first shots fired in a new battle over evolution, pitting science against faith.

[kwebtv]

Return of the Beverly Hillbillies  -  CBS  -  October 6, 1981

Comedy

Running Time:  100 minutes

Stars:

Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampett

Donna Douglas as Elly May Clampett

Nancy Kulp as Jane Hathaway

Ray Young as Jethro Bodine

Imogene Coca as Granny's Maw

Werner Klemperer as C.D. Medford

Linda Kaye Henning as Linda (Secretary)

King Donovan as Andy Miller (Father)

Lurene Tuttle as Mollie Heller

Charles Lane as Chief

George "Shug" Fisher as Judge Gillum

Howard Culver as Veterinarian

Dana Kimmell as 2nd Old Maid

Fenton Jones as Square Dance Caller

Heather Locklear as Heather