#daniel bell

[thisisrealy2kok]

Daniel Bell - The Button Down Mind Of Daniel Bell (2000)

[heromonty]

She had to take out some money out of their savings, but the ballet and yoga studio is now officially hers! Well also Sharon’s I guess, but the deed is under Hannah’s name. 

I need to remember to rename it to Bell’s Ballet & Yoga Studio. Will I actually remember to is yet to be determined.

Hannah and Sharon headed out for a while to check out the studio. Credit to my wife @neosimi​ for the build <3

Later that night, Issac congratulated Hannah on her first step into the business world and reassured her that she would do great. He knows it’s not that his wife is so much worried but rather her sister. But hey, this is another way she can keep on eye on her to make sure she’s behaving.

But of course, Hannah can’t keep her eyes on Sharon all the time.

[aorticsims]

The Many Faces of Desiderata Valley

[vidcundcuriousgoth]

Friendships are created

[lodgersims]

After school, Dustin brought Angela home, which means he finally worked up the courage to have that first kiss.

Meanwhile, Beau brought home a boy named Daniel from Desiderata Valley. But despite the image, they don't really get along very well. But I'm sure they'll work it out eventually.

And thar night was Skip's birthday party! Now a toddler (and I'll admit, I'm not used to him being blonde), Skip had a pretty good time, and Dustin actually showed up for this party... which Beau is trying not to be jealous about.

Darren was there too, and he's been getting to know the kids. Brandi hopes they'll approve of him (which, so far, Beau seems to... but Dustin has pointed out that Beau never really knew Dad, did he?)

Plus, it's a little awkward. If Darren does end up becoming his stepdad, that makes Dirk his stepbrother, which will take some getting used to. What do you do when your friend suddenly becomes your stepbrother?

Well, Dustin will have to wait and see.

[kevinvoncrastenburg]

Uberhood Pics (14) - Aspir, Baldwin, Bell DeBateau & Larson

[platinumaspiration]

For some reason, Daniel Bell picked a fight with Tank 🤷‍♀️

The Llama Mascot stopped by to drop off a love note. Erik Swain, out of fury, stole Daniel and Viola's newspaper. He's still not over losing.

[riverblossom-valley]

happenings at the Bell family ♥️

[lurking-lilibeth]

Cut the music.

DJ, of course, leaves immediately.

[radiophd]

daniel bell -- star child

[ginge1962]

The Fingers of Famhairstone - October 2024, cover by Daniel Bell.

[heromonty]

Time to show off the Bell family pets! First up is Nami the checks the wiki Keeshond. I’ve never heard of this breed in my life but I searched up some pictures and they’re adorable :’)

And then we have Sunshine the cockatoo! I made sure to not call it a parrot this time lol.

Hannah’s been eyeing a ballet and yoga studio that’s just up the street from their house for a while now and it’s just recently been put on the market for sale. Seizing the opportunity, she lets Sharon know her intention in purchasing the property and asks if she’d like to help her manage it and Sharon happily agreed.

It’s also another way for Hannah to keep an eye on her sister to make sure she’s not getting into trouble...or rather, causing said trouble.

[thegreatanso]

Care · Belle · Mike · Lina · Rainer

[lodgersims]

Issac has been building up his charisma for that promotion, but he hasn't gotten there yet.

What must it be like being the son of a mime?

While his parents go to bed, Daniel sneaks back out of his room to have the house to himself.

And fell asleep on the couch, where he slept until morning.

[kevinvoncrastenburg]

Uberhood Pics (46) - Jocque

Pauline Aspir:

Just some pics of Mike Jocque's birthday party. He is Sophia and Marcel's second child and the little brother of Violet Jocque, who's at college at the moment. He grew up into a child and his one true hobby, how could it be otherweise, is sports. 😅

I was playing this household and didn't notice that their dog died from old age. I still wonder how I could miss this. Poor Otis. RIP. 🥺

[3liza]

I'm reading Greek and Roman Necromancy by Daniel Ogden and once again encountered the trope of oracular locations and temples keeping snakes for various ritual purposes and "feeding them" on a kind of honey cake, which as far as I know would not be interesting whatsoever to a snake and even if a snake ate a baked good it would probably have trouble digesting it (I assume). so I was mulling this over, and naturally Ogden doesn't address it, I've actually never read any writer on these subjects address the animal husbandry involved with ancient rituals, which is always frustrating , and it occurred to me that snakes wouldn't eat a Twinkie but rodents and insects absolutely would.

if your ritual snakes are just being kept in some sort of enclosure, especially something like a pit or a katabasis (the Greeks were really big on a Amigara Fault-type procedure where people would go into holes in the earth in various ways and then come out of the holes in various ways and during this process be understood to have visited the underworld or received a vision from an oracular ghost such as Trophonius, the mechanical details of the process aren't clear), you probably aren't directly observing them very often except for any part of the rituals that involve handling, during which the snakes wouldn't be eating anyway. but alone in their enclosures with a bunch of bakery snacks, the rodents and bugs could sneak out of hiding and get grabbed by the snakes.

also I imagine a lot of the smoke and mirrors of the staff at these temples involved managing the various sacred animals somewhat like a petting zoo or a feeder goldfish tank at PetSmart, and just disappearing any of them that died so the clients wouldn't see them. it's likely the staff were cleaning, feeding, and taking care of the snakes at various locations and the dogs at the Asclepias temple and so on.

one has to imagine that most temple priesthood were probably just people who had gotten that particular job somehow, and not the ecstatic true believers that are depicted in every classicist romantic painting and most mythological or fictional imaginings of such places. of course there are tons of modern fiction books that imagine the same thing I do, I read The Jaguar Princess by Clare Bell when I was about 13 and loved the plain and practical descriptions of Aztec temple life, the process of creating art, and the anatomical approach to the idea of a were-jaguar (i have no idea if this book stands up, probably not), I think it permanently contextualized my thinking about ancient ritual as practical and pedestrian for the people who worked in that field. it's fun to imagine the blood-soaked ancient temples in any part of the history of humanity being as ho-hum as an Anglican church service, but they probably were for most people.