#dallas texas 2007

[rubbish78]

Gerard Way trying to get Matt Cortez to take his shirt off but instead Frank Iero beats him to it (x)

[missing-girls-and-women]

Norma Morales, 32

Last seen in Dallas, Texas in 2007.

[la-femme-au-collier-vert]

From the Library of Anne Rice (Part 3)

Flynn, Gillian. Gone Girl. New York: Crown Publishing, 2011. Lightly annotated. 

Green, John. The Fault in Our Stars.  New York: Penguin Books, 2012. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.  New York: Bloomsbury, 2005. Ownership signature. Tabbed. 

Martin, George R.R. A Dance with Dragons. New York: Bantam Books, 2011. Ownership signature. 

Metalious, Grace. Peyton Place. New York: Julian Messner, 1957. Ownership signature. 

Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones.  New York: Back Bay Books, 2007. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Sheldon, Sidney. The Other Side of Midnight. New York: Willam Morrow & Company, Inc., 1973. Ownership signature.

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.��Quo Vadis. New York: Hippocrene Books, 2002. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Silva, Daniel. The Kill Artist.  New York: Random House, 2000. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Susann, Jacqueline. Once is Not Enough. New York: Willam Morrow & Company, Inc., 1973. Ownership signature. Lightly annotated. 

Susann, Jacqueline. Valley of the Dolls. New York: New Market Home Library, 1996. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Turow, Scott. Identical. New York/London: Grand Central Publishing, 2013. Ownership signature. 

Turow, Scott. Identical. New York/London: Grand Central Publishing, 2013. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Bowman, Carol. Children's Past Lives. New York: Bantam Books, 1998.

Burpo, Todd with Lynn Vincent. Heaven is for Real. Nashville, Dallas, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro: Thomas Nelson, 2010.

Fronkzac, Paul Joseph and Alex Tresniowski. The Foundling. New York: Howard Books, 2017.

Greven, Philip. Spare the Child. New York: Vintage Books, 1990.

Joyce, Stephen H. Suffer the Captive Children. By the Author, 2004.

Malarkey, Kevin & Alex The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven. Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2011.

Mcfarland, Hillary. Quivering Daughter. Dallas, Texas: Darklight Press, 2010.

Postman, Neil. The Disappearance of Childhood. New York: Vintage Books, 1994.

Rafferty, Mary and Eoin O'Sullivan. Suffer the Little Children. New York: Continuum, 1999.

Reilly, Frances. Suffer the Little Children. London: Hachett UK, 2008.

Szalavitz, Maia. Help at Any Cost. New York: Riverhead Books, 2006.

Taylor, Marjorie. Imaginary Companions and the Children Who Create Them. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Tucker, Jim B. Life Before Life. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2005.

Woititz, Janet Geringer.  Adult Children of Alcoholics. Deerbeach, Florida: Health Communications, Inc., 1983.

Bloom, Harold. The Book of J. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Collins, Andrew. From the Ashes of Angels. Rochester, Vermont: Bear & Company, 2001. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Collins, John J. The Scepter and the Star. New York: Doubleday, 1995. Annotated.

Cook, John Granger. The Interpretation of the New Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism. Hendrickson Publish, 2002. Ownership signature.  

Ehrman, Bart D. Lost Scriptures. [Oxford]: Oxford University Press, 2003. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Enns, Peter. The Bible Tells Me So... HarperOne, 2014. Ownership signature.  

Fox, Everett. The Five Books of Moses. New York: Schocken Books, 1995. Ownership signature. Annotated.

House, H. Wayne. Charts of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1981. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Howard, Thomas. Evangelical is Not Enough. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1984. Ownership signature.  

Lockhart, Douglas, Jesus the Heretic. Shaftsbury, Dorset: Element, 1997. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Luckert, Karl W. Egyptian Light and Hebrew Fire. State University of New York Press, 1991.  

Parenti, Michael. God and His Demons. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2010. Ownership signature.  

Shaw, Russell. Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Catholic Doctrine. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitors Publishing, 1997. Annotated.

Sparrow, W. Shaw. The Gospels In Art. New York: Frederick A, Stokes Company, 1904. Annotated.

Townsend, Mark. The Gospel of Falling Down. Winchester, UK: O Books, 2007. Inscribed by author.  

Valenti, Connie Ann. Stories of Jesus. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2012. Inscribed by author.  

Yallop, David A. In God's Name. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1984. Annotated.

Zuesse, Eric. Christ's Ventriloquists. New York: Hyacinth Editions, 2012. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Cayce, Edgar.  On Atlantis. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 1968. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Collins, Andrew. Gobekli, Tepe Genesis of the Gods.  Rochester, Vermont: Bear & Company, 2014. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Cremo, Michael A. and Richard L. Thompson. Forbidden Archaeology. Los Angeles: Bhaktivedanta Book Publishing, 2003. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Eno, Paul F.  Faces at the Window.  By the Author, 1998. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Fiore, Edith. The Unquiet Dead. New York: Ballantine Books, 1988. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Hoagland, Richard C. and Mike Bar. Dark Mission: The Secret History of Nasa.  Feral House, 2007. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Icke, David.  The Biggest Secret. David Icke Books, 1999. Ownership Signature.  

Joseph, Frank. The Atlantis Encyclopedia. Career Press, 2005. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Knight, Christopher and Alan Butler. Before the Pyramids.  London: Watkins Publishing. 1988. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Leshan, Lawrence. A New Science of the Paranormal. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 2009. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Peake, Anthony. The Out-of-Body Experience. Watkins, 2011. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Redfern, Nick. Shapeshifters Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publication 2017. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Roberts, Scott Alan. The Secret History of the Reptilians.  Pompton, N.J.: New Page Books, 2013. Ownership Signature.  

Spence, Lewis. The Occult Sciences in Atlantis. London: The Aquarian Press, 1970. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Temple, Robert with Olivia Temple. The Sphinx Mystery. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 2009. Ownership Signature. Lightly Annotated

Thyme, Lauren O. The Lemurian Way. Lakeville, Minnesota: Glade Press, 2012. Ownership Signature.  

Wilson, Colin and Rand Flem-Ath. The Atlantis Blueprint. Delta Trade Paperback, 2000. Ownership Signature. Annotated.

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia Di Musica #321 - Okkervil River, The Stage Names, 2007

Fino a 15 giorni fa non conoscevo questo gruppo, e la sua storia variegata e spassosa. Non conoscevo ovviamente nemmeno il loro modo di fare musica, che mi ha colpito davvero tanto. Will Sheff, voce e chitarra, Zach Thomas al basso e al mandolino e Seth Warren alla batteria sono tre amici sin dal tempo del liceo, e vivono nel New Hampshire. Si trasferiscono dopo il college ad Austin, in Texas, e mettono su una band: prendono nome dal titolo di un racconto di Tat'jana Nikitična Tolstaja (che discende da un ramo minore dei Tolstoj), contenuto nella raccolta Sotto Il Portico Dorato, che si intitola Sul Fiume Okkervil, che è un breve fiume che passa per San Pietroburgo: Okkervil River. Siamo a fine anni '90 del '900 e i nostri registrarono un album autoprodotto composto da sette canzoni intitolato Stars Too Small To Use. Iniziano a fare concerti, la band si allarga (Jonathan Meiburg alla fisarmonica e poi all'organo). Nel 2002 la famosa etichetta indipendente Jagjaguwar li mette sotto contratto: Seth Warren abbandona per seguire la carriera accademica a Berkely e viene sostituito da Mark Pedini alla batteria. Nello stesso anno pubblicano il loro primo LP, Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You See. Un anno dopo si spostano a San Francisco, Warren ritorna in gruppo, e pubblicano Down The River Of Golden Dreams. La band ha continui cambi di formazione, ma raggiunge una certa forma quando Travis Nelsen sostituisce Pedini alla batteria e si aggiunge un altro chitarrista, Howard Draper. Con questa formazione, nel 2005, pubblicano il loro lavoro più riuscito, che li fa conoscere in maniera decisiva anche oltre la scena indipendente: Black Sheep Boy è osannato dalla critica e vende benissimo per un disco indipendente, tanto che la band lo pubblica nel 2006 anche in Europa e ne fa uscire un mini EP in accompagnato, Black Sheep Boy Appendix. Zach Thomas esce dal gruppo e viene sostituito da Pat Pestorius. Il suono è un folk rock ricco, delicato, gioioso ma sono le idee dei testi di Sheff che stupiscono, in una sorta di costruzione di musica cabaret dove il racconto, a volte stucchevole, di ciò che succede intorno a lui è il fulcro della musica degli Okkervil River. E prova maestra è il disco di oggi, uscito nell'Agosto del 2007 e quasi da subito un classico della musica indipendente.

The Stages Names è, come suggerisce il titolo, una riflessione ironica e senza peli sulla lingua sull'essere un'artista e sulle storie che l'esserlo nasconde. Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe prende in giro il già allora evidente e potente ingigantimento di qualsiasi cosa succeda nella vita di chiunque, o per meglio dire, la voglia di rendere le cose della vita molto più drammatiche o epiche di quello che sono (It's just a life story, so there's no climax\No more new territory, so pull away the IMAX). Unless It's Kicks è una analisi sul rapporto artista fan, A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene è la prima genialata, infatti è una canzone che racconta della trama di due programmi TV, Cold Case (famoso anche in italiana, sulla squadra dell'FBI chiamata a risolvere i casi irrisolti di anni precedenti) e Breaking Bonaduce (una sorta di documentario su Danny Bonaduce, famoso attore bambino degli anni'70, che raccontava dei suoi problemi familiari da adulto) in cui furono usate canzoni della band (in Cold Case Black Sheep Boy). Savannah Smiles è la storia di Shannon Wilsey, famosa pornostar americana, che prese il suo nome d'arte da un film, Savannah Smiles del 1982: la sua è una storia tragica, poichè dopo un incidente stradale dove rimase sfregiata, decise di suicidarsi per non essere vista "brutta". Plus Ones è un piccolo capolavoro: l'espressione indica nelle liste dei concerti le aggiunte che gli ospiti dei backstage hanno per le entrate, ed è un testo quasi non sense che aggiunge uno o più unità a famosi titoli di canzoni: ? and the Mysterian che scrissero 96 Tears diventano 97, le 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover di Paul Simon diventano 51 e così via, citando anche i The Byrds di Eight Miles High, i R.E.M. di 7 Chinese Bros., David Bowie in TVC15 ed altri. You Can't Hold The Hand Of A Rock And Roll Man cita nel titolo un testo di una canzone di Joni Mitchell, Blonde In The Bleachers, e cita nel testo un quadro di Marchel Duchamp, La Sposa Messa A Nudo Dai Suoi Scapoli, Anche. John Allyn Smith Sails è dedicata alla vita e al suicidio del poeta confessionale John Berryman (originariamente John Allyn Smith). La canzone si conclude rielaborando la tradizionale canzone popolare Sloop John B (resa famosa dai Beach Boys), paragonando la morte a un viaggio di ritorno a casa. Non posso non citare anche Title Track (che cita Hollywood Babylonia di Kenneth Anger) e la toccante A Girl In Port, canzoni misteriosa e dolente. Le canzoni hanno una gioiosa musicalità e il disco va persino in classifica su Billboard. Will Sheff si mostra un cantautore davvero poliedrico e la band gira a mille, usando spesso solo strumenti acustici (tranne in Title Track e poche altre occasioni). Un piccolo gioiello scoperto in questo mese di Aprile, che con la seconda copertina capite benissimo a cosa è dedicato (almeno spero....)

[heavenboy09]

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You

The Funny Blonde 👱‍♂️ Haired Comedic Actor Of Movies 🎥 Of The 90's

Born On November 18th, 1968

Wilson was born in Dallas, the middle child of three sons of photographer Laura Cunningham Wilson (born 1939) and Robert Andrew Wilson (1941–2017), an advertising executive and operator of a public television station. His brothers Andrew and Luke are also actors. Wilson's parents are of Irish descent. After getting expelled for cheating in geometry, he attended New Mexico Military Institute. He later attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, but did not graduate. While in college, he met and was roommates with director and frequent collaborator Wes Anderson.

He is an American actor. He has had a long association with filmmaker Wes Anderson with whom he shared writing and acting credits for Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), the last of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He has also appeared in Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The French Dispatch (2021). Wilson also starred in the Woody Allen romantic comedy Midnight in Paris (2011) as unsatisfied screenwriter Gil Pender, a role which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2014 he appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, and Peter Bogdanovich's She's Funny That Way.

Wilson is also known for his career as a comedic actor and member of the Frat Pack, which included starring roles in such comedies as Shanghai Noon (2000), Zoolander (2001), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), You, Me and Dupree (2006), How Do You Know (2010), The Big Year (2011), and The Internship (2013). He is also known for the family films Marley and Me (2008), and the Night at the Museum film series (2006–2014). He voices Lightning McQueen in the Cars film series (2006–present), the title character in Marmaduke (2010) and Reggie in Free Birds (2013). He stars as Mobius M. Mobius in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Loki (2021–present) streaming on Disney+.

Please Wish This Iconic Funny Blond 👱‍♂️ Haired Actor Of The 90's Cinema 🎥, 

A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

YOU KNOW HIM

YOU LOVE HIM & YOU CANT RESIST HIS HUMOROUS ACTING

THE 1 & ONLY

MR. OWEN CUNNINGHAM WILSON 👱‍♂️

HAPPY 55TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 TO YOU MR. WILSON & HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME

#OwenWilson

[pansy2005]

no sorry i can’t come into work tomorrow they played the after life of the party for the first time live since 2007 in FUCKING DALLAS TEXAS OF ALL THE GODFORSAKEN PLACES

[goblinosophy]

Non solo semplici Cartoni! - Animazione

In un tranquillo pomeriggio di qualche giorno fa mentre preparavo un caffè risanante, mi è capitato di avere un' insolita chiacchierata con uno dei miei parenti su un mediometraggio di animazione trasmesso in televisione proprio in quel momento: "Saludos Amigos", classico Disney del 1943!

Inutile dire che ero in estasi! Dopotutto io adoro l'animazione, e non ho potuto fare a meno di intromettermi per sapere cosa ne pensasse. Insieme alla voglia sfrenata di raccontare alcuni piccoli dettagli su questa pellicola con un po' di fierezza personale. L' entusiasmo era eccessivo e per quanto la persona in questione amasse davvero i personaggi di Walt Disney, lo scambio di battute fra di noi fu breve e venni congedato abbastanza in fretta da una classica frase di chi non vuole saperne di subire delle info-dumping "Io so solo che sono cartoni animati di quando ero piccolo e mi basta solo questo" e andava bene così.

Ma io non demordo e ne parlo qui al meglio delle mie possibilità!

Con l'inizio della seconda guerra mondiale l'attenzione del mondo si concentrava in larga parte sugli eventi salienti degli scontri in Europa. Come è facile immaginare l'animazione della Disney non potette godere appieno dell'attenzione del mondo, rimanendo con pochissimi finanziatori disposti a investire nelle produzioni degli artisti di casa Disney di cui si interesso solamente il governo statunitense a preservare attraverso alcuni finanziamenti federali, destinati però a essere utilizzati alla produzione di corti di propaganda con soldati, armi o persino alcune guide su come il popolo americano poteva contribuire alla causa bellica.

Qui si ritorna al nostro topic iniziale. Con la produzione di Saludos Amigos (1943) si stava tentando di sfruttare appieno la popolarità dei personaggi dello studio di Hollywood in Sudamerica, decidendo così di impiegare la fama mondiale di Disney trasformandolo nell'ambasciatore ideale con cui era possibile saldare dei buoni rapporti diplomatici con i vicini degli statunitensi. Difatti quest'opera era anch'essa un progetto nato dal sostegno diretto del governo statunitense, seguendo così fedelmente l'idea politica del "buon vicinato" intrapresa in quegli anni dal presidente Delano Roosevelt (Good Neighboor policy) sosteneva l'idea che mantenere dei buoni rapporti con i paesi limitrofi potesse favorire il governo Americano riducendo al minimo le influenze esterne della Germania Nazista.

La produzione dei 4 corti del mediometraggio furono il risultato di una vacanza di circa 2 mesi a cui partecipò lo stesso Walt Disney assieme ai suoi animatori. Viaggiando per l'America meridionale i dipendenti della Disney col tempo confezionarono un prodotto animato frutto diretto delle loro esperienze con la cultura locale trasmessa dalla gente del posto. Lo staff di artisti ha rappresentato i in modo personale i colori dei paesi visitati accompagnando lo spettatore attraverso un secondo viaggio riproposto per il pubblico, con un misto di sequenze dal vivo da una parte e dall'animazione dall'altra. Offrendoci interessanti incontri di culture con un Pippo che scopre il gaucho argentino o un Paperino in visita in Perù o quest'ultimo in visita a Rio de Janeiro per fare la conoscenza di un novello personaggio brasiliano conosciuto come il futuro amico José Carioca!

La storia di questi grandi lavori non smetterà mai di affascinarmi.

(Primo vero articolo çwç, accetto critiche costruttive volentieri!)

Fonti utilizzate

Articoli:

Dale Adams, Saludos Amigos: Hollywood and FDR's

Good Neighbor Policy, University of Texas, Austin, 2007.

Siti Web:

https://www.ilsollazzo.com/c/disney/scheda/SaludosAmigos

[unwelcome-ozian]

Hi. When you get the chance, do you mind linking resources on articles detailing at least some of the... less-than-good things Freemasons have done? Other than the. William Morgan stuff. I mean more like in this post (https://www.tumblr.com/unwelcome-ozian/173401786219/hi-there-its-star-anon-again-sorry-i-meant-it-in?source=share) where you say "numerous reports" -- do you happen to have any of those on hand? I know it's been a while since that post was made, but it would help immensely. Thank you so much.

Hello. Oz has listed some of the reports of abuse in the past (here).  Though not all of them directly refer to sex-rituals, there is language of sexual abuse involved. I have included links referencing those articles and have included two additional articles at the end. I have also included a link to a survivor testimony. There are also various survivor reports that we've heard through interactions with survivors that are not in the form of articles. Known forms of Masonic programming within survivor systems is also evidence of “less than good things Freemasons have done”.  Not everyone involved in Freemasonry is aware of these kinds of abuses.

There was the Waterhouse report regarding children’s homes that involved abuse by masons.

link

Here are some news stories of Freemasons and sexual abuse:

Jones v. Masonic Home of California (Covina, CA) Child sex abuse verdictMasonic Homes of California Held Liable for Childhood Sexual Abuse For Second Time - More Than $12.5 Million in Damages Awarded, Including Punitive Damages

On Tuesday, July 24, 2007, a Pomona jury found Masonic Homes of California liable for more than $12.5 million in damages to three adult-male victims who were sexually abused while they were children residing in the Masonic Home for Children in Covina. The award quickly followed the jury’s unanimous findings that Masonic Homes of California knew or had reason to know that Wayne Rose, now of Newport Beach, California, was committing unlawful childhood sexual abuse, yet failed to take any reasonable steps to prevent further abuse of the plaintiffs. These three plaintiffs were the second trial group out of fourteen total plaintiffs who claim they were sexually abused by Masonic Homes of California’s employees and agents while they resided in the Masonic Home for Children in Covina from the late 1960s through the 1990s. The plaintiffs in the first trial in October, 2006, 7 year old girls at the time of the abuse in the late 1960s, were awarded more than $3.5 million dollars by a jury that unanimously found Masonic Home knew or had reason to know the Home’s agents or employees were molesting child residents. Nine of the remaining plaintiffs’ cases against Masonic Homes of California are set for trial through July, 2008. David N. Bigelow and Graham B. LippSmith of Girardi | Keese represented the plaintiffs in this and the previous trial. They also represent the remaining plaintiffs in the upcoming trials against Masonic Homes of California.

link

Sex-abuse settlements may lead Masonic school to close

DALLAS (AP) — A financial crisis caused in part by at least $6.9 million paid to settle lawsuits alleging sex abuse at the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas’ Masonic Home and School has led to a convention this weekend where masons will decide the school’s fate. Bickle’s lawsuit involved at least a dozen other students, his former attorney said. Stewart left the school shortly before Bickle’s lawsuit was settled. The lawsuit alleged that school and Masons leaders “had a significant history of documented child sexual abuse at their facility dating as far back as the 1970s” and refused to seek criminal charges “in every confirmed instance of sexual abuse/assault of children residing at the Masonic Home.”

link

Masonic Camp for Children

John Shirley was arrested in 1997 for photographing teens “mooning” (showing their buttocks) his camera at a Masonic camp. Instead of removing Shirley from his voluntary position as a DeMolay Chapter Dad, national and state DeMolay officials investigated the complaints and concluded Shirley had used “bad judgment.” In 1998, at least 11 boys in his DeMolay Chapter told police Shirley gave them alcohol and drugs, fondled them or had sex with them. Most of the sex-related activities happened over three years. Shirley, a Mason aged 48 at the time of conviction, was sentenced to life imprisonment being found guilty on 27 of 36 felony child sex abuse charges. He was also convicted of 13 misdemeanors, including charges he contributed to the delinquency of minors.

link

Investigation of abuse by Royal Order of Jesters 

link

Case Study

link

Presentation by Kristin Constance (survivor) at 2012 S.M.A.R.T. Conference

link

~Josha

[at-thestillpoint]

fic writer asks: 5, 17

[fic writer asks!]

​​5. What’s a fic idea you’ve had that you will never write?

There are so many, and they make me varying degrees of sad that I won’t write them:

Top Gun: Maverick— Natasha and Jake’s relationship fascinates me, and I’ve vaguely kicked around writing an exes-to-something-to-lovers fic when I wrap up writing about the next six years of their wild and unruly life, but I can’t figure out a world in which a young Natasha actually gives young Jake the time of day.

Gilmore Girls— At various points in the last very many years, I have wanted to write: Rory says yes to Logan’s proposal in 2007, Rory doesn’t tell Logan about the last four words, and Logan comes to Richard’s funeral.

There’s also the modern AU of Sanditon that I stopped being interested in writing when I learned Theo James doesn’t come back. 

17. What’s something you’ve learned about while doing research for a fic?

For texas man, I did a ton of research to figure out what Texas city Jake's family would be from, and then what Dallas neighborhood they would live in, and then legitimately Google Street Viewed the driving route from their house to Highland Park High School (the description in the fic is largely accurate). I spend a lot of time on minutiae like this, even though I could absolutely just hand wave it away. Luckily for me, since I’m writing slice of life, it’s usually real estate and whether you have to be Catholic to get married at the Naval Academy Chapel, and not rocket science or how to maneuver a trebuchet. 

Oh! I also looked into aerodynamics (the four forces of flight) for california sand for hopefully very satisfying payoff.

[tyforthevnm]

did i spend 3h trying to find a prison perf vid from august 4 2007 projekt revolution at the smirnoff music centre in dallas texas to find specific moments of shirtless frank and ray only to come to the conclusion that the videos are either: 1) deleted from yt OR 2) inaccessible because they were hosted on defunct websites? yes. yes i did.

[heavenlyhoundoom]

Here's some more information on the Wonderland crew's parents. (Trigger warning: plane crash and mass shooting mention)

Grace Smith (kept her last name)

.Species: Human

.State: Alive (dead to Knighty)

.Age: 45

.Birthday: April 7 (Aries)

.Birthplace: Pitlochry, Scotland

.Current residence: Inverness, Scotland

Marlow Anderson

.Species: Human

.State: Alive (also dead to Knighty)

.Age: 45 (will be 46 later this year)

.Birthday: May 26 (gemini)

.Birthplace: Birmingham, England

.Current residence: Inverness, Scotland

Jonathan Chip

.Species: Beaver

.State: Alive (dead to Tito)

.Age: 43 (will be 44 later this year)

.Birthday: July 30 (leo)

.Birthplace: Dallas, Texas

.Current residence: Jackson, Mississippi

Maria Tortuga (kept her last name)

.Species: Common snapping turtle

.State: Alive

.Age: 43 (will be 44 later this year)

.Birthday: May 14 (taurus)

.Birthplace: Bernal, Mexico

.Current residence: Bernal, Mexico (she moved back to her home town after she and Jonathan divorced.)

Oliver Everest

.Species: Forest fairy

.State: Alive

.Age: 45

.Birthday: February 25 (pisces)

.Birthplace: Ashland, Oregon

.Current residence: Ithaca, New York

Iris Siren

.Species: Siren

.State: Alive

.Age: 44 (will be 45 later this year)

.Birthday: June 29 (cancer)

.Birthplace: The Pacific Ocean

.Current residence: Ithaca, New York

Liam Gorilla

.Species: Gorilla

.State: Alive

.Age: 46 (will be 47 later this year)

.Birthday: September 13 (virgo)

.Birthplace: Woodstock, Vermont

.Current Residence: Boone, North Carolina

Helga Gorilla (maiden name is Primate)

.Species: Gorilla

.State: Alive

.Age: 47

.Birthday: February 8 (aquarius)

.Birthplace: Billings, Montana

.Current residence: Boone, North Carolina

Winifred Weasel (maiden name is Stoat)

.Species: Weasel

.State: Alive

.Age: 48 (will be 49 later this year)

.Birthday: August 12 (leo)

.Birthplace: Syracuse, New York

.Current residence: Skaneateles, New York

Jerry Weasel

.Species: Weasel

.State: Dead

.Age: 33 (at death)

.Cause of death: Succumbing to bullet wounds. (He was a victim of a mass shooting at his work place.)

.Birthplace: Skaneateles, New York

.Birthday: March 28 (aries)

.Date of death: 6/20/2007

.Place of grave: Lakeview Cemetery

Dylan Alligator

.Species: Alligator

.State: Alive

.Age: 44 (will be 45 later this year)

.Birthday: November 2 (scorpio)

.Birthplace: Portsmouth, New Hampshire

.Current residence: Quebec, Canada

Solène Beaulieu

.Species: Alligator

.State: Alive

.Age: 44 (will be 45 later this year)

.Birthday: June 19 (gemini)

.Birthplace: Riquewihr, France

.Current residence: Quebec, Canada

Christopher Chameleon

.Species: Chameleon

.State: Alive

.Age: 45 (will be 46 later this year)

.Birthday: April 21 (taurus)

.Birthplace: Riverton, Wyoming

.Current residence: Tampa, Florida

Barbara Love

.Species: Chameleon

.State: Dead

.Age: 37 (at death)

.Cause of death: Plane crash

.Birthplace: Tampa, Florida

.Birthday: October 4 (libra)

.Date of death: 12/9/2014

. Place of grave: Myrtle Hill Memorial Park

Eva Ostrich (maiden name is Avian)

.Species: Ostrich

. State: Alive

.Age: 47

.Birthday: March 17 (pisces)

.Birthplace: Mansfield, Georgia

.Current residence: Malibu, California

Jacob Ostrich

.Species: Ostrich

.Age: 46 (will be 47 later this year)

.Birthday: December 10 (sagittarius)

.Birthplace: Frankfort, Kentucky

.Current residence: Malibu, California

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Texas movie stars go back to the Silent Era

BEYOND MCCONAUGHEY AND POWELL

These days, when Texans think of Texas movie stars, two figures come to mind right away, at least if you live in Austin: Matthew McConaughey and Glen Powell.

● They both live here full-time.

They show up everywhere.

They celebrate their Texas roots, including their shared alma mater, the University of Texas. ●

Accomplished and well-liked Hollywood actors, they shine in their celebrity engagements, such as charity, media and public events.

To their credit, McConaughey, who will appear at the Texas Book Festival on Nov. 17, and Powell, who moved back to Austin from Los Angeles earlier this year, are generous with their time and charisma.

(I covered McConaughey during the early 2010s for his part in the “Mack, Jack and McConaughey” charity events, which have raised more than $61 million for nonprofit groups.

My first interview with Powell came in 2007, just after he had completed “The Great Debaters” for director Denzel Washington. Both were kind and considerate.)

Yet they are hardly alone.

Some of the earliest silent-movie stars were Texans.

Several others flourished during the Hollywood Golden Age of sound pictures, which, imaginatively, stretches from 1930 to 1960.

Texans increased their cinematic visibility during the decades that followed, and today are too numerous to mention.

But at “Think Texas,” we like a challenge, so we’ll try to hit the high notes in this first list of Lone Star movie stars.

This week:

The Silent Era and the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Next week: New Hollywood and beyond.

Note: * = Oscar nomination,

** = Oscar win

Texas movie stars from the Silent Era

The very first Academy Award for Best Picture went to “Wings,” a romantic action movie about World War I pilots filmed in San Antonio between Sept. 7, 1926 and April 7, 1927.

Hundreds of Texans appeared in it as extras, but none of the stars were born or grew up here.

Nevertheless, the biggest name, Clara Bow, dubbed the “It Girl,” visited Austin during the filming, much to the delight of college students and legislators.

● Joan Crawford (190?-1977, born in San Antonio) A major Hollywood star for 50 years, Crawford landed her first MGM contract in 1925. To younger generations, she is as well known for her late horror movies and as the subject the gloriously campy bio-pic “Mommie Dearest.” (Key movies: “The Women,” “Mildred Pierce,���** “Johnny Guitar”)

● Eve Southern (1900-1972, born in Ranger)

Celebrated as a “screen beauty,” Southern studied voice in Fort Worth and appeared in 38 movies before a terrible car accident in 1929. (“Intolerance,” “Morocco”)

● Corrine Griffith (1894-1979, born in Waco)

Known as “The Orchid Lady of the Screen,” Griffith, who studied at UT, was an author, producer and businesswoman as well as a movie star. (“The Divine Lady,”* “The Garden of Eden”)

● Florence Vidor (1895-1977, born in Houston)

A silent-film actress and box office attraction thanks in part to her husband, influential director King Vidor, who started out in the movie business in Galveston and Houston. (“Hail the Women,” “Chinatown Nights”)

● Bessie Love (1898-1986, born in Midland) Cast as wholesome characters, Love became a protege of director D.W. Griffith, who cast her in “Intolerance.”

She appeared in dozens of silent and sound movies as well as in stage, radio and television productions. (“The Broadway Melody,”* “Reds”)

● John Boles (1895-1969, born Greenville, Texas) Boles started his Hollywood career in the silents, but became a big star in the talkies. He appeared as Victor Moritz in the 1931 classic “Frankenstein,” but played all sorts of roles, often as leading man. (“Frankenstein,” “Stella Dallas,” “Back Street”)

● Hope Hampton (1897-1982, born in Houston) Like Crawford, she excelled at playing flappers and sirens; like Griffith, she produced as well as acted in silent movies. (Almost all her movies are lost or incomplete.)

● Bebe Daniels (1901-1971, born in Dallas) During her 50-year career, Daniels appeared in 230 movies. While a child star in 1910, she is said to have played Dorothy Gale in a short-subject version of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” but the credits are missing. (“Rio Rita,” “The Maltese Falcon”)

Texas movie stars from Hollywood’s Golden Age

Why were so few Texans movie stars during the first three crucial decades of the sound era, when Hollywood studios ruled the roost?

Nothing I’ve read adequately answers that question.

Texans certainly made up for their absence, during the post-1960 New Hollywood era and its aftermath (the subject of next week’s column).

● Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016, born in El Paso)

A celebrated singer and actress for some 70 years, Reynolds grew up extremely poor in El Paso before her family moved to California in 1939.

Also known as the mother of Carrie Fisher. (“Singin’ in the Rain,” “Tammy and the Bachelor,” “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”*)

● Carol Burnett (1933-present, born in San Antonio)

The beloved comedian, actor and singer did not appear in on the big screen until 1963, but by then she already was an established star of stage and, especially, television. Her personal stories of growing up in San Antonio can be harrowing. (“Pete ‘n’ Tillie,” “Annie”)

● Zachary Scott (1914-1965, born in Austin)

Scott cut his teeth in local theater but quickly made a name for himself on Broadway and in Hollywood, chiefly as a smooth operator or mysterious villain. He played against those types in “The Southerner,” directed by Jean Renoir and based on the novel, “Hold Autumn in Your Hand,” about a Texas farmer who faces adversity. Austin’s Zach Theatre is named for him. (“Mildred Pierce,” “The Southerner”)

● Cyd Charisse (1922-2008, born in Amarillo)

Known primarily as a dancer with long legs and steely strength, classy Charisse starred in several big movie musicals. (“Singin’ in the Rain,” “The Band Wagon,” “Brigadoon”)

● Texas Ritter (1905-1974, born in Maurval in East Texas)

Known primarily as a country musician, Ritter, a UT grad, starred in some 70 movies, usually as a singing cowboy, starting with “Song of the Gringo” in 1936.

He was the father of actor and comedian John Ritter. (singer, “High Noon”)

● Rip Torn (1931-2019, born in Temple)

A graduate of Taylor High School and the University of Texas, Torn studied at The Acting School and was taken seriously as an actor on stage, screen and television.

Known as husband of actor Geraldine Page and the helpful cousin of Sissy Spacek. (“Cross Creek,” “Sweet Bird of Youth”)

● Kathryn Crosby (1933-2024, born in West Columbia in Southeast Texas)

A singer and actress who graduated from UT, Crosby began her film career in 1953.

She married widower Bing Crosby in 1957 and semi-retired after 1960, but she remained a celebrity periodically in the public eye. (“The Big Circus,” “Anatomy of a Murder”)

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Jake McDorman: The Ultimate Success Journey

John Allen McDorman IV, best identified as Jake McDorman, was born on July 8, 1986, in Dallas, Texas. The best-known versatile American actor has acted in numerous scenes in film and television productions. Jake was the son of Deborah Gale, Nee Stallings, and John Allen McDorman III. He had a sister younger than him, Morgan, and a Neeolder half sister, Amanda. He made his professional field debut under formal training at the Dallas Young

Jake McDorman Early Life and History

Actors Studio and Nancy Chartier’s Film and Acting Studio when he became fascinated with acting. McDorman graduated from Richardson High School in Texas, along with attending Westwood Junior High and Northwood Hills Elementary. He holds a passion for acting and developed it throughout his school life.

Early Career and Breakthrough Roles

In 2003, Jake McDorman had his initial television acting jobs. His work did not take a lot of time to starappreciate, as he landed the Fox sitcom Quintuplets in 2004–2005 with Parker Chase. His early career had guest appearances in various popular TV shows, including House, CSI: Miami, and Cold Case.

His first film appearance was in the 2005 thriller Echoes of Innocence, where he gained a few supporting roles in movies like Aquamarine (2006), Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006), and Live Free or Die Hard (2007). He indeed snagged the role as Evan Chambers in the ABC Family comedy-drama Greek from 2007 to 2011 as an accomplished young actor. Greek ran for four seasons and 70 episodes, making McDorman’s character one of the fan favorites, and it granted Greek a lot of fan cult during its time on the air.

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Minister Michael Singletary (October 9, 1958) is a football coach and former player. After playing college football for the Baylor Bears, he was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the second round of the 1981 NFL Draft and was known as “The Heart of the Defense” for the Chicago Bears Monsters of the Midway in the mid-1980s. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998, the same year he coached Kirk Cousins in youth flag football. He was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.

He pursued a career as a coach, first as a linebackers coach for the Baltimore Ravens, then as the linebackers coach for the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers promoted him to the head coaching position after previous head coach Mike Nolan was fired during the season, and he remained in that position until he was fired after the 49ers were eliminated from playoff contention with one game remaining in the 2010 season. He has coached for the Los Angeles Rams, the Memphis Express of the now-defunct AAF, and a brief two-season stint as a head coach of a high school team.

He was born in Houston, the last of ten children. His father, Charles, was a street preacher in Dallas.

He an ordained minister, is a devout evangelical Christian.

He and his wife, Kim, have seven children. His son Matt joined Baylor University’s roster in 2007 as a freshman defensive end. He transferred to California Polytechnic State University where he was a junior defensive end. His nephew, Vantz, is a linebackers coach at Liberty University and coached under him when he coached with the 49ers. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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2007 Newmar Kountry Star Class A in Great Shape!

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Beer Events 9.19

Events

The King's Arms opened (Oxford, England; 1607)

George Hirschman patented a Beer Faucet and Tap (1882)

Gustav Kruse patented a Beer Tempering Device (1893)

Conrad Schroeder patented Stoppering Bottles (1893)

Johann Dreckmann patented a Siphon for Beer (1899)

Martin Wanner patented a Closure for Bottles (1899)

Valentine Beecher patented a Barrel-Tapping Apparatus (1939)

Thomas Hutsell patented a Means for Dispensing Effervescent Fluids (1944)

Thomas Parlagreco patented a Beer Can Stein with Attached Handle (1972)

William Hughes bought the Galveston Brewery, formerly a Falstaff brewery that closed in 1982 (Texas; 1997)

Pittsburgh Brewing renamed Iron City Brewing (Pennsylvania; 2007)

Breweries Opened

Chimay Brewery (Belgium; 1862)

Kalamazoo Brewing / Bell's Brewery (Michigan; 1985)

Thames Valley Brewing (Canada; 1992)

Hoffbrau Steaks Brewery (Dallas, Texas; 1995)

Mountain Town Station Brewpub (Michigan; 1996)

Pub Daily News Oy (Finland; 1996)

BJ's Pizza, Grill & Brewery (Arizona; 2001)