#due to his old friend dan also being a wolf

[lautakwah]

omg jing yuan !! as soon as i met him i knew he was gonna be a fav of mine, and his deal with the finches just sold it. i really love his cn va. he was also really fun to play as for that little stint he was part of your party, i got the awakened dan heng card Right before that final battle which felt perfect and now they have this guy and im like i NEED him his mechanic lags my entire laptop. the xianzhou luofu has been very fun to get to know so far, i do love what dan heng/dan feng and jing yuan have going on, and i guess blade is part of that? i love edgy characters but ironically he's felt like the most boring of the cast so far... but that means i still have two of the quintet yet to meet i think! i cannot guess who theyd be right now. the timelines theyre working with are so funny to me like i guess dan hengs supposed to be 700 years old but also still a teenager? being eternally 17 sounds like some horrific curse. which im still not entirely sure of what he did but that seems undeserved. speaking of which reincarnating (?) and then ending up befriending someone who looks more than passingly like your old life's old friend (the trailblazer and jing yuan's visual similarities are a coincidence im sure but its funny to me) is such a neat concept i hope they touch on. + SEELE AND BRONYA!! they were an amazing part of that storyline i want them on my team so bad. I just got the missions to go back and see whats up with them so i'll have to check it out... when i first continued the story to get to the xianzhou seele was visiting and i thought the game would make her disappear after the warp but she was still there... i was like we've taken this kid 500 million light years away from her home planet we've committed a crime here. ANYWAY this is a mile long i hope u have a good weekend nd get rest o7

yeaaahhh jing yuan's va is so good!! i love playing on cn tbh the other dubs dont hit the same idk... i dont have him tho (f) and both times his banner was on i didnt have enough jade to pull for him 😭 first time bc i spent everything on seele, second time bc of sparkle KHFDKJGFDG literally my roster is almost all the girls (not you topaz. and silver wolf was bc i lost 50/50 💀) and barely any guys (i have dhil and luocha and dr ratio bc he was free... all the others i skipped and im gonna skip aventurine as well LOL) can u tell im a lesbian :'))

and i thought dan heng was like in his early 20s??? but none of it rly gets explained so KFDJKDG we do know viyadhara when they reincarnate become children again and then age up before they go through the whole egg-reincarnating thing again. but like in his prev life he was several decades old and looked the same anyway, yet blade/yingxing at the time was like. an old man (the only "mortal" among them 😭). and then baiheng and jingliu were around the same age as jing yuan? wait actually jingliu is older since she's his master but yeah. it IS interesting to see how their dynamic has shifted tho but you'll see (if you havent gotten to that part yet in any case, i think if you finished the tingyun/emanator of destruction part you should've already known abt most of this due to companion quests!)

also YEAH KDFJHKJFDGD it's so funny that characters from different planets can visit the astral express even when they're not on/near their home planet like oh... i guess we kinda abducted you, lol. although, hey, look at it like this: you can show them entire fields of grass or something which they don't have on their home world...! (and obvi you can just take them back to their home world in a snap 😌)

also my weekend was great!! went to a film festival and talked to friends and had a good time overall fdkjghfkjdg idk if i already said this but saw zhu yilong on screen twice (!!) and also met the director of the movie he was in it was super fun <3 def needed that lol

[shadeofazmeinya]

If you consider wolf!rye instead of bull!rye, I wonder how long it took Geoff to feel comfortable being even in the same room as his natural predator.

well I feel like Geoff’s been around predators a lot and is probably used to having to prove himself constantly that he’s dangerous. I don’t know if Ryan being a wolf compared to any other predator would make a specific difference. But him being a wolf does make Geoff take longer to trust him and feel comfortable leaving any of his crew alone around him. Though I’m sure once they get along better with Ryan and Geoff sees he can be a huge puppy and softy, he feels a little bad about not believing he could be. Though I’m also sure Ryan understands.

[penguinwithagrenadelauncher]

Humans and Lion Equivalents of My Diamond Swap AUs

Names will bolded for convenience.

Yellow AU

Melody's dad, Connor Comet, was a James Bond-esque super-spy, but gave up his womanizing ways when he met and subsequently fell in love with Mali Garnet, who came into his life by shooting down a bad guy plane with her bow. Connor was forced to retire due to losing the use of his legs during a mission, shortly before he learned that Mali was pregnant. He does his best to be supportive of his hyperactive daughter, but feels sad he can't keep up with her due to being wheelchair-bound.

In the years since Mali's death, Connor has found love again in the form of a woman named Juniper and her son Kyle, who became Melody's stepmother and stepbrother, respectively. Juniper escaped an abusive relationship with Kyle's bio father, and is still trying to rediscover her confidence years later; she can be a doormat at times. Meanwhile, Kyle is a sassy, somewhat bitter child who refuses to let anybody walk all over him and his mother again. Kyle is also a mechanical genius, and can even reverse-engineer Gem technology.

Condor, Melody's pet, first appeared to Melody and her friends during recess. Similar Lion, he can make a pocket dimension for Mali/Melody to store items in, although he does so by screaming up a portal. Melody and her friends love riding on Condor through the skies.

Other than the already-mentioned Victoria, Melody's human friends consist of Trudy Leonardson the cheerleader, Lettice Ewart the moonchild, Chase Wiley the seamster, and Gus Clifton the daredevil. Guess which one of these ends up being the Lars.

For less-friendly humans, there is Sophia, the Kevin equivalent. She's a mean girl who saw Vicody as a newcomer approaching on her territory, and both sides have hated each other ever since.

Blue AU

Erika's father, Dan Star, once belonged to a criminal organization called the Black Sky. After falling in love with Lazuli, however, he changed his ways, and now works as St. Eulalia's handyman. Dan can be overprotective of Erika, and secretly deeply fears her going down the wrong path. Dan owns a very screechy parrot named Bob.

After Dan's brother Ken Star (mentioned in the B-Team post) loses custody of Jun for illegal magical experimentation, Jun's birth mother Anna Hart moves to St. Eulalia so her son can be closer to the Gems and his cousin. Anna is a quiet, serious woman who can pack a mean punch both verbally and physically when angered.

During a jaunt through the woods, Erika encounters Unicorn, her companion. Unicorn's pocket dimension is in her mane, similar to Lion. She also has a bit more of Lazuli's healing powers than any of the other empowered animals.

Erika doesn't really enjoy the company of her peers, save for Elliot, and often hangs out around the various adults of St. Eulalia, such as the old storyteller Hoshi, the village guard Yuri, the botanist Shiro, or the shopkeeper Ituski.

This AU's Kevin equivalent comes from within Elliot's own family. Fabian Morgenstern is Elliot's cousin and bully, always insulting and belittling him. In fact, after Elliot and Erika first fused into Edika, one of the first things Edika did was go annoy Fabian. He only gets marginally better after the family is taken into Elliot's mind.

White AU

Gabe's father, Benjamin Moon, was the principal of the Prism Institute, but he was murdered when Gabe was only a year old. Custody of Gabe was given to Ben's brother Frederick Moon and his wife Sara, who raised him alongside their younger bio daughter Ava. Fred runs a joke shop, while Sara is a police officer.

Outside of his family, the adult that Gabe is closest to is the former vice principal and current principal of the Institute, Martha Demetriou. She is a kind but strict woman who makes sure to tell Gabe many stories of his biological parents, both of whom she was close to.

Gabe's Lion equivalent, Wolf, has been around with him since childhood. Wolf has been loyal to Precious ever since she saved her from the brink of death, and she can't be pried from Gabe with a crowbar. Like Lion, her fur contains a pocket dimension.

The Institute is home to many Gifted children: Béatrice Pelletier has super speed, Mei Kuang can levitate, Santiago Cortez makes flowers grow, and Imad Zaman can shapeshift, just to name a few.

One of the least liked students of the Institute is Beverly, a spoiled brat with the power of telekinesis. She believes money can buy anything, including the perfect boyfriend– her animosity towards Gabe and Ji-Min starts when she falls for Gamin, which goes about as well as you'd expect.

[pretoriafics]

If I wasn't a goddamn werewolf - Pt. 6

Heyy! The series is ending, but we still have more chapters to come! Enjoy it while it lasts!

You are so done with all of that drama with men! Word count: 2.573 Pairings: Reader x Derek; Reader x Platonic!Laura Contain: Some angst, Original characters (Daniel, your boyfriend; Lafayette, your friend)  Warnings: English is not my main language <3; Inappropriate language TEEN WOLF MASTERLIST PART 1 |  PART 5

Seventeen years later, Santa Monica, California

"Yeah, girl, I know it's annoying. I mean, live in Beacon Hills? C'mon! There's nothing there!"

Lauren was lay down on her mom and dad's bed, talking with her best friend on her cell phone. The room was entirely filled with boxes: Lauren and her parents were moving to Beacon Hills, which had left her completely annoyed. It's hard for a 15 years old teenager to moving away from her friends to live in a completely different - and smaller - city. Then, she heard a voice calling her.

"Lauren..."

You were at the door frame, with your arms crossed and a serious face. When Lauren saw you, her eyes got widen, and she talks with her friend.

"Uh, Brittany, I have to go. You know, my mom is here giving me that glare. I'll call you later, okay? Bye."

Lauren turns off her phone, and you stare at her.

"I thought you were putting the rest of the things from the cabinet in the boxes."

"I was, but Brit called me and-"

Daniel stopped close to you, looking at Lauren with arched eyebrows.

"What's happening? Lauren, I thought you were putting the things from the cabinet in the boxes."

The teenager rolled her eyes.

"I'm going to do it right now, dammit!"

Daniel looks at you, trying to avoid Lauren's sudden bad mood.

"I'll gonna wait for you downstairs."

You nod for him while Daniel moves away from you. Then, you look at Lauren that was taking a few boxes out from the cabinet.

"Look, I'll go downtown with your dad. I'll be here soon, and then we'll leave. Be ready. I'm serious."

"Okay."

You let your older daughter alone in your bedroom, with your stuff being put in the moving boxes. Then, a suitcase caught Lauren's attention. It was beautiful, made with red velvet. She never saw that thing before. Moving by her curiosity, she opened it. Inside it, Lauren found a few things: a photo album, a necklace with a triskelion pendant, and a diary. The first thing Lauren took was the diary, and when she opened it, she saw a plane ticket to Vegas. That travel was made exactly seventeen years before she was born. With that plane tickets, Lauren also found two polaroid photographs. There, she saw you and Laura Hale with eyeglasses on a sunny afternoon in front of the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign. On the back of that specific photo, a handwritten quote that made Lauren gave a fun smile:

Who cares 'bout the men?

Today, Beacon Hills

Well, Daniel was not Derek's favorite person at all. Was It due to his jealousy? Oh, probably. However, Derek still has his own moral values. It wasn't fair with Daniel what happened between you and Derek, and Hale was completely sure about it. He felt guilty, and if your relationship with Derek wasn't the best earlier, now it seems to get worse. You were feeling guilty about sleeping with him while being in a relationship with Dan, as well as Derek was. He was a nice guy. Daniel didn't deserve it.

Derek was in the hospital where Daniel was working, inside his office with both sitting at the chairs. He made a few questions that would help him to solve the supernatural problem in the city, and despite he had noticed that Daniel wasn't also his biggest fan, he was being pretty collaborative.

"...And this is all I know and saw. I was lucky, I mean, I could have died that night."

Derek nod. Yeah, he could. Despite all, Derek was glad nothing had happened with Daniel.

"Well, a friend of mine managed to escape, so I'm just trying to understand what has happened there."

Daniel stares at him while sitting in his chair, with his arms crossed in front of his chest.

"You know what, Hale? I don't believe you."

Derek arched his eyebrows. He was surely not expecting that.

"...I think I haven't understood you."

"I don't know much about you, but I know you the Hales are different than the most. Inside that bar, I saw things that I can't understand, just like I can't understand things about you and your family."

Well, he really was not expecting that. After a few weird silent seconds, Derek stares at him.

"There a few things outside that could be better for you if you stay away from."

"I noticed."

"I know. You're smart."

"Yeah, Hale. I am." Daniel stood up from his chair, as well as Derek. Daniel gives him a glare, almost deadly "I'm also smart enough to know there three people in my relationship, am I right, Derek?"

Jeez... In that room and in front of that serious man, Derek could feel what feels like a punch at his stomach. Daniel's words made him dizzy.

But he wouldn't let Daniel affects him.

"I don't know, Daniel. You should talk with (Y/N) to find out. I don't have the answers you want."

"Are you sure you haven't?"

"Yeah, I'm sure." Already too annoyed to care, Derek gives his back to Daniel and walks to the door "This is not high school, Daniel. Go talk with her."

And when Derek finally opened the door to leave...

"Derek, wait."

When Derek looks at Daniel, he felt heartbroken. Daniel wasn't with a cold expression anymore. He was surely lost and... heartbroken as well.

"I'm sorry." He started to talk. "I know any of this is your fault. I just know that she is in love with you. She always has." Daniel stares at the floor, melancholic "I envy you. I wish she could love me just like he loves you."

If Daniel's goal was to let Derek without words to say, he achieved it. With the door's handle in his hand, Derek just stares at Daniel without any sign of what he could say. Dammit. It would be the right choice to put all the jealousy to the side to help him someway. Before he could stay anything, Daniel asks:

"Do you love her? Just be honest with me. I need some... Clue of what I should do."

Derek hesitates. However, if it would help him, he would answer. He nods positively, and Daniel lets out a long sigh. This time was Derek's turn to say something.

"I'm serious when I say you need to talk with her."

"I will." Daniel let out a short and humorless laugh. "I'm the intruder here."

"Daniel, I-"

"I will talk with her, Derek. Thank you."

You were heartbroken. You broke up with Daniel. You knew he was bad with it, but when you talked with him about it, you were pretty sure that was the right thing to do. He didn't ask you why you did it or how you decided it. Well, it wasn't like you didn't want to break up with him. It was just the way things happened between both of you. You knew you were being unfair and unfaithful, and that was the reason you felt so bad.

So, he decided to give you a break. You could be back with time, and he was pretty sure he could make you forget all about Derek. And talking about him... Well...

Everyone in the pack knew about you and Daniel, and that's why everyone gave you a break from everything. Without saying things directly, everyone was trying to help you to trespass this phase: Laura appeared at your house with chocolate bars and some movies suggestions to watch. Talia made your favorite food and called you to have lunch at her house. Derek gives you a break about all the supernatural stuff and about himself, and Peter gave you a lot of alcoholic drinks bottles.

But the fact was: You was so done about men! You were so done about all of that drama about Derek and Daniel! Crap! You need some rest.

Two weeks after your breakup with Daniel, you called Laura. It was 1AM, and the older Hale quickly answered your call.

"(Y/N)! What happened?"

"I know it's late, I know." You started to say, sitting on your couch with a glass of wine in one of your hands "But I needed to ask you something."

"...So this is not an emergency? You know, you're not in danger, you didn't say anything-"

"Do you have money?"

Laura's mind got a lack with your question.

"...What?"

"Do you have money? I mean..." You let out a long sigh "Girl... I'm so done with all this shit."

"Wait" Laura sat on her bed "Are you with financial problems or something like that?"

"No, girl. I was thinking about making a trip. We can buy the tickets tomorrow."

The older Hale's sister arched her eyebrows.

"Where do we wanna go?"

"Vegas. You know, who cares 'bout the men? I just want to give me a break, stop feeling guilty and all this shit."

A smile takes form on Laura's lips. She admires your will to move on, and she surely will not let you alone. And Vegas? Oh, it would be fun girls' travel.

"That's my girl. I'll buy the plane tickets right now."

And the next morning, there Laura was! Her suitcase was close to the main door of the house when Derek came from his loft. Confused, he stares at the suitcase and then his sister.

"I didn't know you would travel."

"Neither do I. But you know what? I'm kinda excited. It will be fun."

Derek arch his eyebrows. It was certainly not the answer he was asking for. Then, the doorbell rings. Talia appears from the doorframe of the living room.

"I'll open it."

And when Talia opened the door, there you are: A car was waiting on the street, and you were with a huge smile on your face. Talia's heart got warm when she saw you that way.

"Hi, dear. Laura's ready."

"Oh, really? Great, because I'm already am too."

You got into the house, and despite Derek's heart failed a beat when he saw you, he still with a huge interrogation point on his head.

"Do you talked with that friend?" Laura asked for you while she takes her suitcase from the floor.

"Yeah, he is waiting for us outside. He knows everything about Vegas. The best places to eat, to have fun..."

Completely lost about that matter, Derek followed you and his sister outside.

"Wait, are you going to Vegas?"

Before you could answer him, a car stopped behind your friend's car: It was Daniel, running in your direction. You let out a long sigh in annoyance, and Derek got even more confused. Laura looks at you with wide eyes.

And this is how things exploded: In front of the Hale house.

"(Y/N), wait!" Daniel runs in your direction "I know things got complicated between us, but can we please talk? Wait." Daniel stares at Derek, and then he stares at you "What are you doing here?"

Without any patience for all of that and already too tired to care, you stare at him.

"I'm here to take my goddamn best friend on a trip. Daniel, please, you were being great during those days, but please, don't try to create drama now."

"I'm not trying to create any drama, (Y/N). I just want to talk and solve things. I think you already had time enough to put things straight on your head, so we can talk and try to solve the things that are going wrong between us."

Oh, man... You couldn't believe it.

"Are you serious, Daniel?! What part of "we're done" you couldn't understand?!"

All that drama made the entire pack suddenly appear in the front door: While Talia watches everything with wide eyes and Laura stares at you and Dan like a tennis play, Cora, Isaac, Boyd, Erica, and Peter had run to know what the hell is going on.

Yeah, it was such a scene. A worthy soap operas drama. Oh, and things got even worse when Derek invaded your arguing with your, now, ex-boyfriend.

"Look, leave her alone. She already said what was needed."

That was enough to make Peter look at his niece Cora.

"Well, I miss pop-corn right now."

Derek's presence made Daniel blush in pure rage. His eyes stare at Hale in a homicidal way.

"No one asked anything for you, Derek. This is all your fault! We were great before you come back!"

Your eyes got widen, already knowing what all of that would result in. You knew Derek and Daniel so well to know things probably would evolve. They were two stubborn men wanting the same woman. Things would get worse, surely.

"Look" Derek approaches Daniel, with a low and threatening voice "I'll request you politely one time, and I just do it once: You'll get the hell outta here and leave (Y/N)'s alone, or I swear that I'll rip your throat."

"Enough!"

Your yell was what they needed to finally look at you. The arguing between Derek and Daniel ended with both of them looking at you. It was your turn to say a few things:

"Daniel, look at me: You're being stubborn as hell. I don't want to come back to you. I don't feel anything other than a friendship about you. That's why I broke up. I don't love you."

"You are telling me a thing that I already know, (Y/N). I'm just saying that we just need some time to-"

"We don't need time, Daniel! Do you know what we need? We need to not date! Do you got it, or do I need to draw it for you?" You stare at Derek, talking with him now "I appreciate your gentleman manners, but I know how to defend myself. And you know what?" You look at both men now, raising your middle fingers. "Fuck you both! I'm choosing myself. You guys can punch each other if you want. I don't give a fuck."

Both of them were looking at you in shock, and your face was warm in rage. Actually, everyone was looking at you in shock because you were freaking out. You yelled again, looking at your friend's car.

"Lafayette!"

From the car, a stunning black drag queen with pink hair came out.

"Hi, dear!"

"We're leaving. Could you please help Laura with her bag? Thank you!"

Lafayette approaches Laura and took her suitcase, bringing it to the car. Then, you grabs Laura's wrist and started to drag her to the car. The older Hale sister looks at everyone with wide eyes.

"Let's get outta here, Laura. I'm done with that shit!" You both got into the car, as soon as Lafayette, and you look at Laura "If you bring a man to our hotel's bedroom, I swear by God that I'll get your heart out with my hand."

You were definitely freaking out. You really were so done with all of that shit!

"Girl..." Laura stares at you, scared "You're definitely spending too much time with my family. You even learned how to threaten someone."

"Hey, girls" Lafayette looks at both of you in the backseat "No men, no drama! Let's go!"

Lafayette turns on the car, and Be Happy by CLMD starts to play loud. Then, the three of you were running to LA in the direction of a relaxing and fun trip. And to be happy.

TAGLIST: @teen-wolf-obsessed4life

[ordinaryschmuck]

Top 20 BEST Animated Series of the 2010s-15th Place

The fifteenth place is a tie, primarily because both of these shows are equally good, in my opinion. Some of you might disagree with me, but to that I say-

ALL ABOARD THE HATE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO!

#15-We Bare Bears (2015-2020)/Big City Greens (2018-)

The Plot(s): Both shows involve an unorthodox family trying to fit in with what’s considered normal. In We Bare Bears, it’s three brother bears (Grizz, Panda, and Ice Bear) trying to fit in with modern society. And in Big City Greens, it’s a family of farmers (Cricket, Tilly, Bill, and Gramma) trying to adjust to city life after the family farm got sold due to low profits. In both shows, these characters make new friends, go on wacky adventures, and learn that they’ll always be okay as long as they’re together.

Aside from that brief description, I can sum up these shows in two words: Charmingly simplistic. There’s no intense continuity, no ongoing story arcs, or even an evilly evil villain hoping to take over the world...for the most part. These are just two different shows, with two types of families trying to get by in life. And honestly, it’s those families that make these shows work.

The dynamic between the bears in We Bare Bears is what makes the show so charming to watch. These three actually act like brothers (from what I’ve been told. I, unfortunately, don’t have brothers), and seeing their brotherly bond does nothing less than putting a smile on my face. Plus, the loyalty they have for each other is downright heartwarming, especially when the series flashes back to when they were kids.

And while I can’t entirely say that the Green family has the same amount of charm to them, there is one thing that I love. And that’s the fact that (kinda spoiler warning) they are an almost complete family in a Disney cartoon, with both parents being a prominent role in the series. Yes, Bill and Nancy are divorced, but that doesn’t mean Nancy isn’t around for her kids. She shows up frequently after her introduction and even gives off an impression that she’s a semi-good mom. In fact, Bill and Nancy seem to still have a level of respect for each other despite missing their old spark. It’s almost as if the writers are trying to say that not all divorces mean the destruction of a family, which I can respect. Because it can teach kids to not be afraid of the “D” word (kinda spoilers over).

But it’s not just the main characters that shine in these shows. The members of the supporting cast in We Bare Bears have a level of likability and depth. Chloe is often outgoing and laid back when she’s with the bears, who fails to make any other connections due to being a child prodigy. Ranger Tabes is often audacious and enjoyably energetic while also taking pride in her work and feels hurt when she thinks she’s not taken seriously. Then there are Charlie and Nom Nom, who have a level of charm to them. Despite being intended to come off as annoying and unlikable. Even the background characters are impressive due to the diversity of cultures and races that a viewer can see in each episode.

As for Big City Greens, the characters do not really have any depth outside of the main cast. What you see is pretty much what you get with most of these characters, aside from maybe Gloria, but even then, it’s only on occasion. Big City Greens also dodges showing diversity by having everyone be a shade of bright pastel colors. But I give credit to the show for having the first gay couple in a Disney cartoon...even though they get dropped by season two and are never fully confirmed as gay. Which pales in comparison to Luz and Amity from The Owl House, but it was at least a start! Sometimes, you gotta take baby steps before taking leaps ahead of the game. And don’t get me wrong, while I still prefer characters who have depth, that doesn’t mean I hate the characters in Big City Greens. Everyone does their job of adding to the story and making audiences laugh. In fact, making audiences laugh is what I would say Big City Greens does better than We Bare Bears.

Now in fairness. We Bare Bears is pretty funny from time to time. However, when it comes to which series makes me laugh the most, I have to pick Big City Greens. The first few episodes alone had me laughing much more than most of We Bare Bears' first season. It also helps that the show has a very random sense of humor elevated by the show’s energy. But I'll give it to you that comedy is subjective, and there are a couple of jokes that don’t work in Big City Greens. The best example is when the show lingers too long on a joke that didn’t really work as much as the writers thought it did. But that does not change the fact that Big City Greens is still a pretty funny show.

However, while We Bare Bears lacks comedy, it more than enough makes up for it with charm. This show is downright delightful to watch in almost every episode. Rarely do I feel anger when watching this series (which I wish I could say about previous/future entrees), and it has everything to do with the cast. I wasn’t kidding when I said that even intentionally annoying characters have a level of charm and likeability to them. In fact, the only bad episodes are when they begin to act uncharacteristically cruel and selfish. Mostly because those words could not be farther from a definition of We Bare Bears.

However, if I had to pick out the major fault that We Bare Bears have, it’s the fact that the show plays things a little too safe. For instance, whenever the show tries to go dark, it is pretty tame compared to other shows. The best example is how nearly every dangerous predator in this series somehow looks adorable. Wolfs, snakes, and even cougars (the big cats, not the middle-aged women) are somehow drawn to be cute and cuddly. I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t want a show to make kids think that dangerous woodland creatures like these are something you could just give a belly rub. I understand that this is a kids' show, but Big City Greens not only has the same rating, but it’s on the Disney Channel. And yet, it feels like that show has bigger cajones than the series formerly on the same network as Regular Show. That is not a good thing.

Going back to Big City Greens, I can sum up every problem I have with this show with one character: Cricket Green. Now I don’t entirely hate Cricket...but I’m willing to bet other people will. I can tell that the show is trying to make him a lovable little rascal that’s sort of a mix of Bart Simpson and Timmy Turner. But in the end, I think he causes more damage than either of those characters have in their entire lives. Cricket claims how sorry he is at the end of every episode, but I doubt he learns his lesson. We Bare Bears has a similar problem with Panda, but even when Panda is at his most selfish, he doesn’t do anything harmful to anyone but himself (except in the episode “Braces," but we don’t need to talk about that). Plus, even when he does go a tad too far, Panda’s voice actor (Bobby Moynihan) does a great job at making Panda seem sincere when he’s apologizing for his actions. Not to mention that Bobby gives a sense of realism and relatability with most of Panda’s lines. Then there is Cricket’s voice actor, Chris Houghton, an adult man trying to voice a child. I understand the logic behind using an adult over a kid (this happens more times than you think), but I feel like I would get the impression that Cricket is an innocent kid who doesn’t know better if he actually sounded like a kid.

In the end, neither of these shows are really that impressive compared to others. Thankfully with good comedy, charm, and great characters, they still manage to be really good for all ages. So while We Bare Bears and Big City Greens may not be as big as any other show in the last decade, they’re still good enough that you might just bear it!

(Two for one! I told you I would make up the embarrassment that was Dan Vs.!)

[ne-fe-li-bata]

Aye yo CORPSE!  ...

Dead ass;

You can't convince me that Corspe was/is/does ; 

in no particular order..

• Deserve to be held ( I would smother him with my chest and hold him tighter than he has ever been held) & protected from this world

• Pyro! Mans loves🔥🔥🔥 - mostly his fav elemental  (Leo is a fire sign); “WOOO... now that’s a fire!”

•  Loves knives/weapons- has a collection (quite a nifty 1, ay thank-a-you) & even knows how to use butterfly knives/ tackle combat.

      Has a collection of weapons (brass knuckle, daggers, swords, knives,etc.)

•  Highly interested in combat/training. Most likely has training in some sort of combat. Loves any form of physical combat < UFC,MMA, Boxing, any type of martial arts>

•  Absolute proper gentlemen / clearly has the utmost charm/cunning

      I.e holds the door open & will slap yo ass on the way in, moves you away from street side when walking, pulls chairs, defends your honor, etc.

• Takes A . L . O . T  to truly capture his attention- but once you have it ..%100

•  With his person; protective/obsessives/ possessive/ sensual/ affectionate .

              < mine is mine. me no share -like absolutely not at all>

             “ You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down for ya“

• RP'er on DeviantArt/chats had his own OC. (also prob had his fav person to RP with) 

         <prob even talked to them in MSN or private chat>

•  Watched mostly nothing by anime/cartoons (nick/CN) as a kid & also mostly watched certain shows/movies as a kid well into his teens

         (could recite quotes/scenes as second nature)

•  Not a major musical theatre type of kid. But musical movies/shows was 1 of his favs- but still highly interested/ in love with theatre/musicals/preforming arts none the less.

-EYES DON’T LIE

•’staring problem’ he’d just stare at you -deep in his head (both good & bad) you’d have to bring him back to you ..”babe- eh, come *snap*back to me. What’s on your mind my love?’

•  Genuinely a really warm person- but only to certain people, but comes across cold & distance 

•  Grew up in the internet & knows the way around the 'business' & 'faceless' YouTubers/celebrities

•  His teens/ late adolescents consisted & grew up on YouTube O.G videos/ video game commentary/content;

  Cry.. <Cry was a huge part of my life & still hold a special place in my heart. Corspe just like I was most likely devastated with the shit that went down> 

Jack

Nova

Sp00n

Jontron

Smosh

Nigahiga

Shane

Jenna

Hanna Hart

Phil/Dan

KevJumba

Ray William Johnson

Pewds

Machinima

EMT

ERB

Wassabi Prod.

VlogBros, 

-etc

• Has an oral fixating (lovebites indefinitely <like dead ass ya’ll be chillan/ out & he’d attack you> & just needs something in his mouth always)

• Fidgety af, always need to be playing with something in his hands/playing with 

•  Is a goddamn absolute certified freak--but also super soft bean boi. (can't stress how this boi needs& deserves to be protected)

• Constant hand/arm touching/stroking for comfort.

• Daddy{papi} / Mommy(mamá) . Master . Sir  kink - hard control kinks- but highly sub. 

hard(er) kinks

• Lovebites = M I N E 

obvs fishnets/ crossbody straps/ lingerie

lace

collars/ restraints 

toys

     •RP

degrading/praising

sub/dom switch

showing/proving your actually/completely & utterly his/ he’s completely & utterly yours..

& of course you know it's go time when 1 - if not both of you has kitty ears on. 

over stim 

*no touchy/ don’t let me go*

“look at what I’ve done to you”

“you kno only I can do this to you”

“look how greedy you are for me”

“look at the mess you’ve made because of me’ 

“cum on my face”/’cum for me”

“who do you belong to” / “you belong to me & only me”

100% all black clothing 🖤

*that once we get home / I swear I’ll deal with you right here, right now* look 

primal play  “when you run from me, it only makes me want you more” “you know imma find you kitten”

pet names (beast< i feel like you call this man “ (a) beast”-he about to lose his absolute fucking mind> , “oh Corpse/______, you absolute fuckin’ beast- my God” kitten, babyboy/girl, baby(e), bae, my love, lover boy, my darling, slut, needy little bitch, cum slut, lil’ whore, master/mistress, king/queen”

“only yours” “just ______” “ no-one but _____” “only____” “only you” 

‘I’ll keep you so no one can find you or bother us’

“that’s my girl” / “that's my boy”

“would you like to/ I saw----”

“look at me” “don’t look away from me”

GROWLING / talking through clenched jaw

not breaking eye contact 

     • his name & ‘Corspe’ being cried out 

“cry out my name for me baby. know who you belong to”

video/sexing/teasing 

breeding kink

voyeurism

abrasions

aftercare af 

impact play 

24/7

edging 

accidental stim; “holy fuck- I’m so turned on by you rn”

rope bondage 

begging 

worships 

•  But also soft kinks; 

MEME SENDING

head on lap/chest

naps

playing with hair 

matching outfits

voice messages 

always touching (somehow)

no space between bodies

picture taking together/ just of you

body rubs, head rubs

massages

competition 

play fighting

“this reminded me of you”

“I remember you said” “I know you...”

“you know I love you”

“I can tell by your eyes”

“ugh- I swear to shit imma marry you 1 day”

“nothing really made sense until you”

“do you wanna watch”/ “WAIT!? YOU HAVEN’T SEEN?!”

“damn- you really do love/like me, eh?”/ “you are SO fucking mine”

“that’s my girl”/ “that's my boy”

pet names/ “MY_______” “YOURS”

long stares

dates- stay at home dates are his fav, as your attention/focus is just on him 

choker/necklace/ jewelry (that 1 of you bought- NOT LIKE HIGH PRICE TAG, but like seen it & was like ‘omg ____ would so wear...’) 

cuddles with movies /anime watching time

just being in the same room/on call- even in silence 

* emojis*- just some sort of communication 

inside jokes/ puns/dark humor

seeing 1 another with kids

future kink (family, travel, etc)

playing video games 

dancing/ singing with 1 another

Sitting on the ground, wrapped around his leg when he streams/edits

Nerf gun fights 

Watching him record (tracks/editing/streaming)

•  Loves- loves surprises <like dead ass would set up a surprise date/ do a scavenger hunt for you/ surprise you with your fav thing>

•  Loyalty is everything & his best attribute (& pride) 

• The music that he make is from the soul/heart. He pit everything has has/what he has left into his art

•  No one has seen the real him - a side he truly hides

•  He's both book & street smart

           Taught himself through YouTube/Reedit/online 

•  Fav actors; Jim Carrey/Robbin Williams/Will Smith (?)

•  Man’s straight up dangerous. we only know like a  quarter of him & people fall at his feet. ( h e . i s . n o t . t o . b e. F U C K E D . w i t h) 

•  Hates silence 

         ( constantly needs background noise)  <also can't fight me on this babyboi cuddles pillows/blankets for night-night time>

•  People don't understand the pain he is in every day, unless they have fibromyalgia/GERD/high functioning (sever social)anxiety/depression/ agoraphobia 

(my mom suffers with fibro/depression <I myself have GERD/ sever social amenity/depression>& I wouldn't wish those illness on my worse enemy...)

• Over all pain has changed him

• Has dealt with self harm since a young age- most likely 9- 11 yrs old. (as someone else who’s suffered with SH for years- when you become so numb it 1 of the only ways to feel some sort of anything/makes you feel like you’re alive)

• Addiction (drugs/people/things)

•  Wrote & read a lot of fanfiction

        (most likely his main source of reading in pre/teenage years)

• Is a hopeless romantic but has his guard way up

•  Obsessed with Japan / Studio Ghibli

• Doesn't think he deserves any of the recognition/ fame he's gotten--but definitely deserves it all as he's creative & inspirational as fuck. Also he’s worked so hard for it & had put himself through so much

    Contrary is highly appreciative of those that are supporting

• Doesn't do it for the fame but for the fact he know how he's gotten people through hard time (just like those on the internet got him through)

• Was a scene boy that vibe’d of myspace/ listens to a lot of  ‘scene’ pop-punk, emo/ scene band shit (band?)

•  Also is/was a major tumblr boy

•  Would be a phenomenal father

•   His love language: physical touch & words of affirmation 

• He would flinch at touch movement but would melt in your hands

• Face caresses would trigger anxiety/ tears.. but once he’s calmed/comfortable would burry his face in your touch. neck & chest

•  Still caught up in daydreams

•  A part of him is still never satisfied even if it’s exactly to the pin point detail of what he wanted  

•  Has at least 40/50(ish) songs he hasn't released

•  Mommy & daddy issues (not saying his home life was really- really  fucked - but non the less- it certainly wasn't the best).. Also wants to protect/provide for his family (especially his sister) & was prob closer to a grandparent/aunt/uncle)

•  Definitely prefers to be by himself, as every time people come around, it's like;‘"this is why I'm okay (ish)with being alone" 

• lost an important person to him due to O.D/ suicided..

•  Also most likely to of heard his "friends" shit talking 'Corpse' or something correlated with him

•  His pride is his biggest sin (next to lust)

•  Has single-handedly defined a huge part of 2020 ( in the best way)

•  Went through a fighting stage where he was ready to fuck anyone up on a drop of a dime (middle/'high school'/street fights- possibly even under ground)

          but also a stage where he cut absolutely everyone off for a solid couple years

•  Most likely obsessed with 1 of 3 creatures; lion, dragon, wolf ( 5ish- possibly bear/fox)

•  Dinosaur obsessed 

• Internet & video games raised him

• He raised himself

Quick to adapt to surroundings/situations.

•  Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was his shit ( I CAN SO SEE YOUNG BABYBOI RUNNIN AROUND THE HOUSE IN A POWER RANGER SUIT) "IT'S MORPHIN' TIME MOTHER FUCKER"

              fav ranger- green 

•  Has up until next year planned out & is working on the next 'version of corpse' ( PR, vids, music, etc)

•  Also med/high key this man was most likely in a physcward (more than once) ..

•  This man deserves more than he'll ever give himself recognition for & knows in the back of his mind--people will hate just to hate

•  Rose is his fav flower  🌹

•⛈️🌧️. >🌞.  Loves storms/ rain & prefers them over sunny days

•  Loves the moon/stars/space (?) < observatorium dates = fuckin mint>

• Pixar/Disney lover

        <still believes- deep down in happy ever after ... but thorough an twisted yet not so twisted- simple(??), dedicated process(?)>

•  Fav Pixar movie.. either Wall.E or Toy Story 

    •  Pixar > Disney

         •  But fav Disney movie- Beauty & the Beast (?)

• Most likely had a Jackass obsession's (doing dumb hoodshit)

•  Fall is his fav season (?)

•  Horror/ thriller movies/shows over everything (obvs)

•   Had an escape place in town where he’d hide from the world- that absolutely no one knew about. 

•  Was really into graffiti/ street art 

•  Arested as a youth - but charges dropped- or was still considered a mirror (either fighting/ possession/ trespassing/ vandalisms)

• Arrested on heavier charges (also same as above - but not tried as an minor)

•  also-ALSO ... thou he feels like he owes people something. HE DOESN’T OWE ANYTHING TO A N Y O N E . His mental & well being is the most important.

•  On a side & major note. You can't deny that this man single handily is a (in my opinion) the 2nd biggest “C” that define 2020.

•  Was most likely really into skateboarding/BMX

• Late night drives/impulsive road trips & playlist/ sitting at lookouts, just in silence & touching 1 another. 

• Clingy af-.. but could also be distance & cold af- especially on high pain days. stormy brain days. PTSD episodes.

• Slow dancing/ dancing around the apartments. with or without music.

• Rocking out with each other- screaming lyrics in each other face.

• “hey baby- how you feelin” 

         *grunting* *shuffles over & lays on chest* 

• Huge comforts for 1 another;

      Especially when going out, being wrapped around him for comfort & reassurance. Even being at home alone together- panic attacks are shit, PTSD episodes are even more shit. helping each other with bathing & caring

     When he’d be hiding from his reflection- or stares just a little too long. Going up behind him & worship him (vise versa)

• He’d be your biggest hypeman/ #1 fan (vise versa)

• Would LOVE you wearing his clothes/jewelry & would love to wear you things.

Was probably engaged to his ex (that's why he gets offt when people mention "corpse wife"

There'd be days where he'd be so distance & cold.. & tell you to leave but wouldn't let you.

He'd sit in the bathroom with you when you shower/have a bath.

As he doesn't sleep most night. He'd be up just watching you sleep & caressing you.

Lil spoon > big spoon.

<more to be added>

I love you... genuinely . turly.  madly. deeply.

[romerojd]

Dan Wolfe Slapmagazine Interview

would you change something if you had more time/money/material???(in real to reel)  I would've liked a little more time so that everyone's parts could've been a little longer. I also wish the production copies had the same music as the original edit. both time & music are usually the biggest constraints on finishing a skate video, so I always kind of expect it.

what's most difficult? photography or videography they're just different. setup time for videography is much quicker, unless you're using a generator/lights, but you can't really use anything but a make with video. photography definitely takes more technical know-how... think how many more video goons there are as opposed to photo goons. a VX2000 with a death lens makes any kook an 'accomplished filmer'.

Where the hell is Sergei Trudonowski? last I heard, he's living in nyc working at a restaurant, but that was a while ago.

How long did it take you to film Eastern Exposure 3? How was it filming Ricky Oyola for that part? about 2 years. it was fun filming rick, he's a good skater. I kept in shape keeping up with him that's for sure.

Can you give up & coming filmers/photographers any advice on how to break it into the big leagues? do it cause you want to, not for notoriety. get your skills down with your friends on your own time, not by littering the hip at a contest or demo with all the other goofs.

Out of all the videos you've filmed which was the most memorable? hard to say, maybe element world tour since I'd been friends with most of the guys for a while, and we traveled so much.

Out of all the skaters you've filmed who was the easiest to work with? anyone's easy when they're skating all the time. especially bam, reese, tim o'c, donny, dennis busenitz and tony trujillo. overall, maybe koston, but I haven't filmed him that much.

do you feel that the explosion of skating and the demand for it (media-wise) has led photographers to get a bit more competitive for shots? competitive? maybe just annoying

why did you decide to film ee3 in black and white? aesthetically, it's one of my favorite videos ever. actually, it was 'filmed' in color. I made it black & white while editing, because I wasn't using a computer back then for editing, just two vcr's, and the colors started bleeding really bad with each generation of editing.

what happened? after EE3, which is a serious amazing video (its the only video that REALLY makes you want to go out and skate) you kinda dissapeared. now the big playas are Ty and Fred. supfwifthat?  I made the mistake of becoming a team manager and working for a skate company, which crammed a lot of nonsense in my brain besides making videos.

can we expect another eastern exposure? probably not, since I've lived on the west coast for over 5 years now.

Did you ever have problems filming any skaters due to personalities? wanna say who? when you work for a company, you're expected to film all their riders without bias, but there's always a kook or two.

favorite filmer (other that yourself of course)? 

sturt back in the day. ty now.

If someone can't afford to throw down on a 3 chip straight away what camera formats would you suggest? whatever sony DV you can find in your price range.

what's your favorite video that someone else has done? video days

what is your favorite photo that you have shot? switch ollie of tim o'connor for an old vita ad.

last book you read? Last album you listened to? And...what do you like to do in your off time? 

last book... the language of new media by lev manovich. last album... my whole music collection is on my G4 in iTunes... it'll shuffle for 18 days before repeating a song... I'm a nerd.

Exposure 3 did you have any idea it was gonna be such a ground breaking video? 

I don't consider it 'groundbreaking'. I think people were just psyched on the energy the skaters in it had.

Have there ever been any tricks/lines/skaters that you were disgusted with, based on either their personality or skating? of course, but if you can't say anything nice... they're on the cutting room floor anyway.

what other photographers work do you admire? atiba, humphries, morford, o'meally

what's your favorite town for filming?(ny or sf?) 

probably sf, but I haven't filmed in ny too much. must be tons of unexposed stuff there

Got any crazy stories from filming any of the Eastern Exposure vids? reese's entire part in EE3 was filmed in three weekends.

Do you think Fisheye filming distorts the reality of the trick being performed? sometimes, but no skater seems to mind when you make his trick look bigger/better than it was.

what makes a good video for u? people with good styles, a good variety of music, clean filming and editing.

Why are French Fred videos so boring? you tell me. I don't think they are.

Do you think pink is pretty? I have a pink crailtap shirt, but I don't say the word pretty too often.

have you already "been there" and "done that"? sometimes I think that, but then I realize I just need to find a new idea to keep it fresh.

What are your 3 favorite movies? (not necessarily skate vids)? requiem for a dream, de constructing harry, most chris farley movies

dan,in your opinion what makes a video exciting and inspirational.editing or angels.flashy tricks or insane jumps.big name pros or underrated AM.music that flows or rocks? see #25

what are your favorite wheels? hard or soft? big soft wheels on my filming board. hard 54's on my regular board

[ishouldbewritingblog]

Lucky Jack

Lucky Jack was three days deep into the desert when the wolf found him. His canteen was drained to the dregs, filled with nothing but stale air, and the distant riders were growing increasingly less distant. He could see the little puffs of dust kicked up by their horses' hooves rising into the air. His own horse had collapsed in a heap of heaving, boneless exhaustion earlier that day.

How the wolf found its way this far into the desert was anyone's guess. It was of the timber variety, an enormous, grey, shaggy beast, which had no business in this dustbowl wasteland. He had noticed it tracking him just after his horse had died, and now it was watching him from behind a scrubby bush, sitting up on its hind legs like a dog, black eyes scrutinising him with a curiously intelligent gaze.

Jack wiped the sweat from his forehead with a corner of his faded red bandana. Now that he was on foot, the riders were gaining on him. He could almost make out voices carried on the breeze.

The wolf got up, shaking the dust from its fur and ambled closer. Jack watched wearily. The animal did not appear to be stalking him, its movements were too casual. But, this far away from its natural sources of prey, it must be hungry.

The way Jack saw it, he was going to die today. How and when, was still up for debate. Either his pursuers would catch up with him, or the desert sun would do their work for them, or… Like his water supply, Jack figured his luck had just about dried up.

Jack drew his revolver. He had only three bullets left, and he would prefer not to waste them on the wolf when there were other, more deserving targets on their way. But, he also preferred not to be devoured half-alive.

Jack stared at the wolf and the wolf stared back. It opened its mouth wide, tongue lolling out, almost seeming to laugh at his predicament. And then, in the space of a heart-beat, and in two gigantic bounds, the wolf was on him. Jack was quick off the draw, but the wolf was quicker. It was enormous, much larger than the scrawny creatures Jack had crossed paths with in the past. He stood perfectly still. If the beast chose to, it could tear out his throat before he had time to twitch his trigger finger.

The wolf wagged its tail and flopped over onto his feet, raising a sizeable cloud of dust. Jack gave a yelp of surprise and then automatically tried to take a step backwards, but the weight draped over his boots trapped him. The wolf wriggled around on the ground and raised its head, looking at Jack expectantly. Gingerly, he reached down and scratched the wolf's belly. It wagged its tail enthusiastically, and twisted its head to lick Jack's hand with a scratchy tongue.

'Well I'll be tarred and feathered,' Jack said, 'looks like old lady luck's still got a hand or two to deal me.' The wolf yipped as if in agreement and rolled over, sitting up again, ears pricked, staring intently towards the growing dust clouds.

Jack stood and waited for the inexorable hand of fate to catch up with him at last. In due time, the riders arrived in a swirl of red dust. There were five of them, and not a man was packing less than two guns apiece. Jack had only three bullets, and even he was not that lucky.

'If it isn't Jacky-boy,' one of the men said, his grin flashing gold, 'fancy meeting you out here.'

'What do you want O'Hanlon?' Jack asked, knowing perfectly well what the answer was.

'Well now, Jack-me-lad,' O'Hanlon said, 'I've heard some alarming rumours about you. Rumours that, if they were true, would put a wee bit of a damper on our friendship.'

'Oh,' Jack said, 'and what rumours might they be. Friend,' his fingers drifted down to kiss the grip of his revolver.

O'Hanlon clasped a large meaty hand across his heart, 'I can hardly stand to repeat them. So terrible they are. Folks been saying you stole from me Jack-lad. That you done taken what's mine.' O'Hanlon leaned down closer, his expression was not so friendly anymore. 'They're saying you stole away my wife, Jack. And I'd have to kill you if you did it Jack. It would be a crying shame, but I'd have to kill you.'

'I don't know what you're talking about,' Jack said.

Jack did know what he was talking about.

O'Hanlon ran the whole town, and everybody knew it. The sheriff was fathoms deep in his pocket, and the undertaker made a killing out of anyone fool enough to think there was any kind of justice to be found in the law. He was a big man, with a silver tongue and a ruthless soul. His wife was a tiny slip of a thing with a look of perpetual terror in her soft brown eyes and the bruises to explain why.

While Jack cheated far less than people thought, he did not exactly enjoy the reputation of an honest man. However, no-one would have accused him of being a heartless one. Travels had brought him through town enough times to notice the pale drawn face of O'Hanlon's bride, and the painful way with which she carried herself. So, Jack decided to do something about it. Partly, because he could hear the ghost of his dead mother scolding him from beyond the grave, partly because he had never liked O'Hanlon, and partly because he had an unholy urge to see just how far his luck would stretch.

Accordingly, one fateful night, he strolled up to the poker table and cheated like a politician. They didn't call him lucky for naught, and by the evening's close, he had enough money to buy the lady a new life. Despite the fact that after this streak, returning would be suicide, it had given him a particular kind of thrill, knowing he had paid for the flight of O'Hanlon's battered wife with O'Hanlon's own money. After all, the man owned the saloon and the soul of near everyone in it.

'I think there's been some kind of misunderstanding,' he said calmly, 'I don't make a habit out of stealing other people's wives. So perhaps you and your boys should turn around and ride back into town before someone gets hurt.'

'Oh, someone's going to get hurt sure enough,' O'Hanlon said, 'but not before you've told me where I can find that empty-headed little slut I was crazy enough to hitch up with.'

'I can't do that,' Jack said, 'because I don't know.'

'Oh and here I was hoping you might say that,' O'Hanlon grinned again. His eyes looked almost black. 'Victor does enjoy engaging in a bit of what you might call – friendly persuasion.'

Victor, a slouching, wiry man with a sallow, unhealthy complexion smiled, exhibiting his rotting teeth, like a row of tilting gravestones.

Beside Jack, the wolf began to growl. It was a low sound, which seemed to reverberate through the ground like a wave. One by one, the tiny hairs on the back of Jack's neck stood to attention. He looked down, and the wolf was snarling, lips peeled back over fleshy pink gums and long curving teeth.

O'Hanlon seemed to finally notice the wolf. He laughed, 'I see you've found a bitch of your own. When I'm through with your sorry hide, maybe I'll skin myself a fine new winter coat.'

Lucky Jack had always suspected he wouldn't die with his boots off, he had only hoped it would be the drink that got him, rather than a bullet. His fingers closed around the grip of the revolver, and he slid it out of the holster.

'Get to work boys,' O'Hanlon drawled, 'leave enough so's he can speak, but I've got no need of the rest of him.'

Victor swung himself down from the saddle with the agility of a man accustomed to fighting in alleyways. The other men followed.

Lucky Jack cocked his revolver and stood his ground. He weighed the odds and found them wanting.

The wolf was gone. It moved like a streak of liquid silver. Like a ghost. Victor went down hard, blood welling up from the piece of meat which was once his throat. He lay on the ground, his hands wrapped around his neck, trying to breathe his own blood.

Big Ned Foster fumbled for his revolver, but it had turned on him, a creature made of teeth and death. He screamed when it first pinned him to the ground, but the screams bubbled away into silence when those merciless jaws closed around his throat.

Wild Dan Harris manged to fire off a couple of rounds, but it was too fast and his terror had crippled his aim. In those final moments, it seemed to grow larger, a thing of monstrous proportions, and then Dan Harris knew no more of this earthly plane.

Ule Smith was on his horse by now, but the great grey head turned his way, the snout slathered with gore. The dust from O'Hanlon's tracks were still settling. As most bullies are wont to do, he had turned tail the minute the odds started to shift.

Ule made it barely one hundred yards when the fangs clamped down on his wrist. His horse shied and bucked, its eyes rolling back into its skull in a paroxysm of terror. The stone which broke his back as he landed was a mercy. He didn't even feel it when his hand was torn off. All he felt was the hot sun on his face, and then, nothing at all.

O'Hanlon fled across the wasteland as if the devil himself were on his trail. The only sound for miles was of hooves pounding against the sun-baked earth. His horse galloped at an incredible speed, fear, and the bite of O'Hanlon's spurs lending it wings.

Something caught his eye. A flash of grey and white – colours not usually found out here amongst the dust and the twisted scrub. An icy hand of horror gripped his chest as he looked to his right. The wolf was keeping pace with him. It seemed to have grown bigger, almost of a size with the horse. O'Hanlon was not a religious man, but at the sight of those calculating grey eyes he began to pray. The wolf rolled back its lip, and it seemed to O'Hanlon that it was smiling at him.

With an almost effortless bound, the wolf outpaced him. For a moment, he thought it might keep going, until it melted away into the desert air. Then, he saw what it really meant to do, and for the first and only time in his life, O'Hanlon screamed, as he felt the hot breath of death bearing down on him.

Lucky jack stared at the bodies lying around him. It had all happened so damn fast. He had his revolver in hand, ready to go down in a hail of bullets. But, before he even had occasion to fire a shot, it had killed them all. O'Hanlon had fled, the wolf had followed and now he was alone with the dead.

He saw it then, in the distance. As the wolf drew closer, he noticed something was hanging from its jaws. It trotted up to him, and dropped the canteen it was carrying at Jack's feet. He bent down and scooped it up, absentmindedly rubbing away the blood which clung to the strap. He took a deep swig. It was warm and stale, but it was still water, and out here, that meant more than a nugget of gold.

Lucky Jack hung the canteen at his side and walked over to what was left of the bodies. Methodically, he stripped them of anything of use – money ammunition and most importantly, water. The horses had all bolted, so he turned back the way he had come and set off on foot.

The desert sun beat down hard, but Jack's hat kept off the worst of it. He walked over the packed-hard earth, a wolf at his side, with enough water to last him and a rifle slung across his back. Things were looking up, Jack decided.

He heard the groaning from quite some distance away. Jack looked down at the wolf padding alongside him. It looked up at him and wagged its tail.

O'Hanlon lay in a pool of blood, pinned beneath the carcass of his dead horse. When he saw Jack, he let out a bitter chuckle.

'Well Jack, if I'da known you'd gone and sold your soul to the man with hooves, I woulda' brought a preacher along,' he coughed, spitting out a huge glob of bloody phlegm. 'Ain't a natural creature, driven out of hell most like. I don't know whether you've been blessed or cursed Jacky, but your luck won't hold. One of these days you'll fetch up with a bullet in your weasel skull and wherever I am, I'll be laughing.'

Jack pulled out his revolver and cocked it. O'Hanlon laughed, 'now lad, don't be hasty. I'm a powerful man here abouts. How would you like a job? Good pay, good lodgings and as many wenches as you can service.'

Jack shot him. It was a mercy really, no man deserved to die of thirst, not even a lying, murdering, low-down wife-beater like O'Hanlon.

Lucky Jack walked on, and the wolf followed. The desert stretched out dead and empty in every direction. Behind them, it had claimed five new sets of bones, waiting to be picked clean by the circling buzzards and bleached white by the sun.

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Dracula of the Deep, Part I: Meet the Flathead Catfish, The Pacific Northwest’s “Freshwater Freight Train”

By Dan Magneson/USFWS Fishery Biologist

Photo: Their legendary size and strength make them the stuff of lore, much like Dracula but the fantastical flathead catfish is very real. Photo credit: in-fisherman.com

They are the aquatic version of Count Dracula, quietly resting in the same dark, hidden location by day and then prowling for living prey by night.  And like a vampire, they are legendary for both their great physical strength and ability to achieve a ripe old age.  These “freshwater freight trains” require use of fishing tackle usually seen in saltwater situations, and can live up to 30 years of age.

The flathead catfish, Pylodictis olivaris, is known by other nicknames, most notably yellow catfish or mud catfish.  And owing to a broad, flattened head (that seemingly comprises half their slender bodies), shovelhead or shoehead catfish are yet other common nicknames.  They are fascinating in a way that is inversely-proportional to their looks.

According to Dakota Sioux legend, a tribe of catfish plotted to ambush and eat a moose as he waded into a lake.  The attack ultimately failed, and the moose was so angered that he retaliated and trampled all the catfish’s heads flat.  To this day, the catfish have flat heads as a result of the war the moose waged upon their grandfathers.

Photo: The author Dan Magneson with an enormous flathead catfish

Formally described to science by Rafinesque in 1818, Pylodictis is Greek for “mud fish” and olivaris is Latin for “olive-colored.”  Flatheads are the only species in their genus, and appear unchanged from the middle Miocene epoch 15 million years ago.  They have a protruding lower jaw and in all but the very largest specimens, there is a pale whitish or cream-colored tip on the upper lobe of their tails.

The flathead is native to the Gulf of Mexico drainages, from the Mobile River basin over to the vast Mississippi River basin thence to the Rio Grande and from there well south into eastern Mexico.

Thus the flathead catfish is not native to waters west of the Continental Divide, but they have been introduced to both the Colorado and Snake Rivers.

Here in the Pacific Northwest, just exactly how the flathead catfish came to inhabit the Snake River and some of its tributaries is something of a mystery, but it has been suspected that earlier shipments of blue catfish subsequently planted into the Snake River may have mistakenly included flathead catfish.

The lower Snake River in general may be populated with at least some flathead catfish, but the Oxbow Reservoir contains good flathead fishing, and Brownlee Reservoir is commonly regarded as being great.  But the Pacific Northwest’s absolute premier flathead fishery is regarded by many as being more in the middle stretch of the Snake River itself, from Brownlee Reservoir upstream to the town of Nyssa, Oregon, along with possibly those adjacent lower reaches of the larger tributary streams such as the Powder, Burnt, Weiser, Payette, Malheur, Owyhee and Boise Rivers.

As an apex predator, flathead catfish are the schoolyard bullies within the waters they inhabit.  Live fish are their favorite prey, with smaller catfishes and sunfishes seeming to turn up in their bellies at especially frequent rates.  And unlike other catfish species which readily scavenge, the predatory flathead prefers to consume its meal while it’s still kicking and screaming.

Depending on the latitude, spawning begins in late spring or early summer as the water begins warming into the mid-70’s.  A cavity is chosen in a hollow log, a hole in a riverbank, within riprap or sometimes even inside submerged cars and metal drums, and after depositing her eggs, the female is then driven away and the male very aggressively guards the nest, fanning the egg mass with his fins and, upon hatching, continuing his watch over the dense school of fry as they absorb their yolk sacs over the course of the next few days, after which they begin dispersing to lead independent lives.

Young flatheads up to 4 inches long are found among sandy, cobble-strewn riffle areas, consuming aquatic insect larvae.   From about 4 to 12 inches in length, they are more generally dispersed throughout the stream environment, with crayfish and fish becoming an increasingly-important part of the diet. From about 12 to 16 inches, the fish are associated with cover at intermediate depths.  

By the time they surpass 16 inches in length, flatheads feed almost entirely upon other fishes and are very strongly associated with extensive cover such as logjams, downed trees, rootwads and jumbles of  boulders found in deep pools with a slow to moderate current over a firm substrate.  

The flathead is also something of a lone wolf:  a single clump of cover will often yield only one, or at best just a few large individuals; the only exception is during the frigid water temperatures of winter, when dozens of these large individuals may congregate and overwinter among sheltered bottoms of deep pools.

And the word “large” really does apply:  they rank among our biggest freshwater fish of any species, and are hot on the heels of the blue catfish as being our largest species of catfish, with a current rod-and-reel flathead record of 123 lbs. But unlike the somewhat-larger blue catfish, a decidedly “big water” fish of major rivers and huge reservoirs, the flathead can also be found in smaller streams, and so for many anglers represent a more readily-available trophy fish that is closer to their doorsteps than the less-accessible blue catfish.

Flatheads are a challenging quarry due not only to their sheer size and strength, but also because as a top predator, there are generally not many of them inhabiting a given location.  Add to that their proclivity for live prey, strong homing instincts and chiefly nocturnal activity, and those elite anglers who can consistently land trophy-sized flatheads belong to a very select and skilled fraternity.  

Some folks feel that flatheads have a regular “milk run” of favored feeding routes and strategize their fishing in a manner much like a hunter plotting an ambush upon a wily trophy muley buck or bull elk. The long intervals between bites can stretch from hours to nights, but to a flathead fanatic, patience finally pays off when setting the hook on what first seems to be a log, only to be quickly followed by an adrenaline rush and pounding heart when the “log” suddenly comes to life, turns, and bulldozes away through the depths, rod bent to within a whisper of the breaking point and line tearing off the reel.  

With a giant flathead, a successful battle is often fought to nearly a draw, with both fish and angler vanquished when the fish is finally beached.  Few freshwater fish can rival a gigantic flathead when it comes to leaving the muscles in both arms, both legs and back strained and aching as you grunt and sweat to finally land them, and to a dedicated flathead angler this experience is simply euphoric.

The “Achilles heel” for this species is the vulnerability of the male while guarding the nest.  In a technique known as “noodling,” the male is wrestled by hand onto the adjacent shore, which in turn dooms the eggs he had been guarding. Set lines are yet another method that can have an outsized impact on trophy flatheads.

Using circle-style hooks and encouraging catch-and-release can help to conserve populations of trophy flatheads.  As a further incentive not to kill and consume large flatheads, this long-lived and fish-eating species can accumulate contaminants in its flesh at greater levels than shorter-lived fish that feed lower in the food chain.

Seeing a flathead’s broad head and massive mouth emerging from the water and into the beam of a flashlight has a profound effect on the angler:   their appearance seems to be not of this earth, like some alien creature straight out of a science fiction flick.   But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, because those in the know realize that one of the coolest and most fascinating fishes in North America is at the end of their fishing line.

Sitting around a midnight campfire and gazing at the lazy swirls of murky current while pondering these mysterious creatures lurking somewhere below, and imagining instead oneself as the aquatic quarry of their nocturnal hunts, then the specter of a marauding predator cloaked by darkness represents a true living nightmare.

It’s an ancient anxiety conjured up from somewhere deep within – both primitive and palpable, of an apparition suddenly looming out of the blackness and devouring oneself – that makes the firelight and the flickering faces of family and friends all the more comforting in the wee hours of the night.

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Daniel originally was never destined to be such a big character with backstory and all. Actually, three years ago, I didn’t even like him. It was when I noticed that most people just cared about Catheryn because she’s hot that I let go of Catheryn for a while until I could get her a proper personality and backstory and picked up Daniel, changing his looks several times, updating his skills and tweaking with the largest, cruelest backstory I ever wrote.

Daniel used to be the most snarky, sarcastic and rude teenager. Due to his parents’ death, the events in Grimperea, Ifrit’s murder and being dragged into Hyrond’s army, from between the equivalent age of eight years old to eighteen years old, Daniel was never allowed to have his own life, his childhood was denied for the most part, turning him into a bitter young man who denied most people that approached him.

Daniel fell in tears when he found Veronica, who was a childhood friend from Sluryn, in Hyrond taking care of the weak and poor. He literally fell with his knees hard on the wooden floor and felt her bringing his head close, letting him cry against her all he wanted because she was one of the few people that he knew that was still alive.

Daniel carries a necklace with five different rings on it. Those rings are his parents’ wedding rings that he removed before running away from home and the bloody scene, Ifrit’s friendship ring that he bought for him, Mitsu’s engagement ring that was given to Daniel before the battle where he died and Lukah’s wedding ring that he removed before her funeral.

Daniel has nightmares every single night he sleeps alone. He wakes up around 4-5am and just cries his eyes out. He never tells anyone this because he wants them to think he’s getting better. When he’s sleeping with someone, the nightmares are less frequent but still happen so he just drags himself to the bathroom and hopes his partner doesn’t hear him.

One of the things that bring Daniel happiness and comfort that kids and pets. (TW: miscarriages, abuse) Daniel suffered several miscarriages during the time he was with Anzio due to the constant physical abuse, so when he had his first child, Catheryn, he cried his eyes out. He never left her, not even for a second, and spoiled her rotten when she was little. Then Chiyuu was born. Then Yuuri. Daniel spend most days with a wide smile on his face, until his older kids turned old enough to have their own life and Yuuri became Queen of Hyrond. Friends suggested him to get a pet so his house wouldn’t be empty and that activated his super extra factor. Being extremely rich due to having ruled Hyrond, Daniel made an actual house besides his with proper rooms for all his pets, with the best conditions for each kind. He was puppies, kitties, bunnies, snakes, a ferret, a fire wolf that normally sleeps with him and a dragon that lives in the mountains but occasionally comes down to see Daniel.

In the beginning of Daniel’s transition, he absolutely despised anything that could be considered “girly” or “womanly” in society. He cut his hair short, wore only “male” clothes an never wore makeup. Now, Daniel’s a confident man that thinks gender roles are for complete idiots and has long hair again, dresses whatever he wants and wears makeup on a daily basis because he’s a handsome man and nobody can tell him otherwise.

Daniel’s presence is described by most people as a “feel-good” aura. He has the ability to comfort and warm up anyone’s heart. And even if he doesn’t know what to say, he’ll wrap you in blankets and watch happy movies with you while feeding you marshmallows and hot cocoa.

Also, a lil bonus: Most people don’t notice this but Dan’s pointy ears actually twitch and point upwards or downwards depending on his emotions.

TAGGED BY: @s-xint (yay!) TAGGING: hmmmm @daughterofnero and @lupus-solitarius

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Ten new releases

Thanks to NetGalley, I’ve been getting advance reader’s copies of new books in return for honest reviews. There aren’t any big books in this crop (Ill Will comes close), but there’s probably something for everyone. And now, in chronological order, some offerings from the first half of 2017. . .

The Dry (Jane Harper, Flatiron, 336 pp., January 10). 4/5 stars. Returning to his small Australian hometown for the funeral of his childhood friend Luke, Melbourne cop Aaron Falk is convinced by Luke’s parents to take a closer look at the circumstances of his death. Doing so revives his and Luke’s shared past. That past involves a dead girl, and the town hasn’t forgotten. To make matters worse, a drought has everyone on edge. Falk has to negotiate their hostility and secrecy to shine a light into some dark places. A well-paced murder mystery in an unusual setting, with good writing. Reese Witherspoon has optioned it for a movie, and I hope that the movie lives up to the book’s cinematic quality.

Read if: You like who-done-its and police procedurals.

The River at Night (Erica Ferencik, Gallery/Scout Press, 304 pp., January 10). 3.5/5 stars. Four friends (is that a thing? seems like it's usually four friends) go river rafting off the grid in Maine. From the beginning, it's clear that things are not going to go smoothly. The guide is sketchy, they aren't experienced rafters, and one of them is an ER nurse, which is never a good sign in this set-up. This was a decent airplane read, if one-note (ominous from beginning to end.)

Read if:  You enjoyed the 1994 movie The River Wild.

The Impossible Fortress (Jason Rekulak, Simon & Schuster, 304 pp., February 7). 4/5 stars. Billy and his friends are coming of age in 1987, and they come up against, get mired in, or are individually able to resist sex, crime, and the Commodore 64. Light and funny – I read this after reading The Vorrh (Brian Catling), which was really weird and dark, and The Impossible Fortress was a perfect palate cleanser.  

Read if:  You want a mash-up of Stand by Me and Microserfs.

The Futures (Anna Pitoniak, Lee Boudreaux Books, 320 pp., January 17). 3 or 4/5 stars, depending on how you feel about things and maybe how old you are. Around the time I graduated from college, I was telling my hairdresser about how great the movie St. Elmo's Fire was. She basically said, of course you like it - it's about your life right now. I think I feel about The Futures the way she did about SEF. The narrative alternates between the perspectives of Evan and Julia, who are living together in New York after graduation, and also skips backward and forward in time. Julia is really the center of the story and seemed better developed as a character than Evan. As in SEF, there are several men, including Evan, in her life, and drama naturally ensues. Although the book was well written, I think it would have been more compelling without the asynchrony in the telling. Disclosure: For me, The Futures suffered by comparison with A Little Life, which also told the story of college friends in their post-graduate lives in New York. If you haven't read A Little Life, then (1) you might like The Futures more, and (2) WHY HAVE YOU NOT READ A LITTLE LIFE YET?

Read if:  You want the literary companion to St. Elmo's Fire.

Ill Will (Dan Chaon, Ballantine, 480 pp., March 7). 3/5 stars. Dustin Tillman is a therapist, a widower, a father, and the childhood survivor of a mysterious mass murder that was attributed to his foster brother. When his client Aqil – a cop on leave with a strong tendency toward conspiracy theories – gets Tillman questioning his past as well as recent events, things start to fall apart. Told from the perspectives of the various men (Tillman, his son, his foster brother), this book had an appealing premise but the overly introspective characters were ultimately unlikeable.

Read if:  You liked his previous books? You have a lot of time on your hands? Try The Dry first.

The Rules Do Not Apply (Ariel Levy, Random House, 224 pp., March 14). 5/5 stars. “I had been so lucky. So little had truly gone wrong for me before that night on the bathroom floor.” This memoir of how Levy builds a life and eventually a family, loses it, and survives is a deeper, albeit implicit, commentary on feminism and happiness than the explicit, sociological book The H-Spot (see below). Love and loss is a common trope, but Levy’s description of her grief is special and at the same time universal. “Grief is a world,” she writes, “you walk through skinned, unshelled.”

Read if:  You liked Cheryl Strayed’s Wild.

A Criminal Defense (William Myers, Jr., Thomas & Mercer, 382 pp., April 1). 4.5/5 stars. Got this one through an Amazon Kindle special, and I had to include it in this list even though it wasn’t a reader’s copy per se. Myers’s first book is told from the perspective of criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor Mick McFarland, whose plans to mount the defense case of his life are subverted by the fact that everyone is keeping secrets from him. A great, fast-paced read. Looking forward to the next one, due out in 2018.

Read if:  You like Scott Turow’s novels and you don’t mind a change of venue from Chicago to Philadelphia.

The Dinner Party (Joshua Ferris, Little Brown, 256 pp., May 2).3 to 5/5 stars depending on the story. I keep wanting to recreate the magic of Then We Came to the End (2007), so I read this collection even though I’m not a short story person. Other reviewers I’ve heard (including Ferris himself) have basically characterized the protagonists of these stories as a (mostly male) bunch of assholes. It’s true that you wouldn’t want to spend too much time with them, so maybe the short story format is good for that. I personally found them more poignant than some others did. Sure, some were straight-up assholes, but others struck me as just wanting something they couldn’t have, in a childish kind of way: a perfect day, a married coworker. “More Abandon, or What Ever Happened to Joe Pope?” was the tragicomic best of the bunch.

Read if:  You’re a short story person and you can suffer fools.

Ginny Moon (Benjamin Ludwig, Park Row, 368 pp., May 2). 4.5/5 stars. Ginny Moon is 13 years old and autistic. She has a new foster family, a history no one understands that she can’t explain, and a quirky means of meting out justice, including duct-taping your drugs to Maine coon cats, flushing your socks down the toilet, and pooping on your rug (hiding some of the poop in the heat register for good measure). Told from Ginny’s first-person perspective, this is a unique novel that is funny, scary, and ultimately satisfying.

Read if: You’re interested in the inner workings of an autistic mind, you like unreliable narrators, and/or you’re a human being.

The H Spot (Jill Filipovic, Nation, 336 pp., May 2). 3/5 stars. I was looking forward to this release after reading Filipovic’s opinion piece for the New York Times, Why Men Want to Marry Melanias and Raise Ivankas. The premise of the book is fascinating: What would a world designed around women’s happiness look like? Unfortunately, the book is more of a catalog of the things that make women (and also a lot of men) unhappy. There were some moments that felt new and important (e.g., discussion of the new “wellness” dietary rules for women), but also a sense of missed opportunity. What would the world look like if men and women switched places? Would pregnancy be a pre-existing condition? Would men change their names when they married? How would the workplace change?

 Read if:  You can’t get a copy of Naomi Wolf’s The Beauty Myth. Eat a doughnut while you’re at it.

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                                                                  JUNE      2021

 The Rib Page

 Head out for the dates on the final tour of The Monkees that we still have left. Mike and Micky are saying bye bye, bye bye, bye bye.

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Days of our Lives has been renewed for 2 more seasons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The last CONAN will be on TBS on June 24. We’ll be waiting to see ya on HBO MAX.

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Condom sales are up 24%.** They are saying it is the start of slutty summer??**There are reports that STD’s are on the rise in certain counties.

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Hemp Hemp Hurray!- Tommy Chong

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An old species of a giant tortoise on the Galapagos was found. Tests match a tortoise not seen since 1906. Scientists are now looking for a mate for the female to revive the species.

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Black-ish will end after season 8** Ellen is calling it quits and will end her show next year.** Thursdays will be Wolf night. With the addition of Law and Order: For the defense, NBC will have an entire L&O night! A friend said, “It’s almost as if the shows are made to lull the elderly to sleep.” I see it every day with the elderly: Law and Order on all day as they nap.

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American Housewife and Rebel have been cancelled.

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Bill Maher tested positive for Covid as did most of the Yankees. They were fully vaccinated.** Gov. Newsom was in the Kimmel audience talking about the lottery in California for those who were vaccinated.

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Ewan McGregor was so WOW! as Halston!!

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Illinois may be getting about 110 new pot shops.

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Breeders got picked up for season 3.

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The Piglet, Nick Lachey won the 5th season of The Masked Singer.

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Can’t wait for Val, the doc about Val Kilmer.

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John Dickerson will leave 60 minutes and concentrate more on the Morning shows. He has been promoted to chief political analyst and senior national correspondent.

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In Texas there are more barriers to riding a motorcycle than wearing a gun. They seem to encourage people to have guns on them with no training and no license.

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Why do we still have to hear anything about Meghan McCain? She tries to shame Kamala Harris for her “long weekend” comment as she is out gambling and partying for the Memorial day weekend. What does that have to do with honoring the fallen?

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Bill Hader was given the Masters of Comedy award at the USC Comedy Fest.

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Cellmate secrets is coming to Lifetime on June 4 with host, Angie Harmon.

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JP Morgan Chase collected about 1.5 billion in overdraft fees in 2020.

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Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch will come out on October 22. The film stars Bill Murray, Elisabeth Moss, Frances McDormand, Timothee Chalomet, Owen Wilson, Angelica Huston, Jeffrey Wright, Saorse Ronan, Tilda Swinton and Benecio del Toro.

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Billboard awards giving tribute to Pink as a “legend.” What? Nothing against Pink or any of the other people that are honored too young in the award shows but… really?? There are so many mature legends that get forgotten that deserve some love for their well lived talent. It seems way too obvious that they just want the promo of someone still quite popular for the ratings.

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Did ya know that St. Chad’s church in Shropshire has the real tombstone of the fake Ebeneezer Scrooge?

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Politics is war without bloodshed, war is politics with bloodshed. –Huey Newton** The Black Panthers had it right in so many ways. I would love to see buildings and programs again named in memory of the slain victims of police violence.

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Kroger paid its CEO $22mil, but can’t find the $ to give its essential workers hazard pay during a pandemic? Disgusting! –Robert Reich

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Ariana Grande married Dalton Gomez.

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25% of Americans think Trump is really President, 25% of Germans supported Hitler.

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People in this country have to be told not to put gasoline in baggies? India is begging for more vaccines and many in this country have to be bribed to get a shot to help themselves and their fellow man??  I love U America but there are some really selfish, stupid people here.** But, we also must remember that the poor may be a little fearful of the vaccine. Many cannot believe that they can get something for nothing. Free vaccine? Many hard working poor never get a break and have to wonder what the catch is.

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Days alert: Xander gets better and better. Thank you writers for his lines like when he spoke of birds of a feather as he was in an intimate moment, “Why not flock?”** Ken Corday said he was “on my knees, begging” for Days renewal. Jackee’ Harry (Paulina) and Robert Scott Johnson (Ben) have signed new contracts. Shatner congratulated them on Twitter.** Gwen and Xander both living in the old Horton house? Will he find out her secret?  Oh my.. not them together??** EJ is on his way back and will be played by Dan Feuerrlegel on June 9.** Eric is on the way back. It looks like Jonny Dimera is all grown up and will join his sister. ** Word is that Paulina will live at 227. Chloe and Philip may get together yet.** Will a dead body wash up in Salem??

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So $10 billion for a Jeff Bezos space firm bailout?? Is that true??

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From 1980-1993, the Israeli government prohibited artists from using the colors of the Palestinian flag in their work.

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Chevron got into trouble for their pollution problems. Steven Donziger who helped take them down has been on house arrest for 2 years. Why? He is begging to be prosecuted.

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I am really routing for Naomi Osaka. Nobody should be forced to respond to ridiculous questions from reporters. I get that it is part of their job but if one is willing to pay the fine, who cares??  I can’t imagine being exhausted and putting up with the nonsense. It reminds me of running up to victims of a tragedy and getting in their face. We can communicate by social media now. I am all about writers but use your heads. Much like Marshawn Lynch, it is time to stand up!! Protect your mental health!!** Well, this updated just before June. Officials warned her that she would be expelled so she left the French open. She was honest about her anxiety. I see this every day. When will people be allowed to truly be themselves with no penalty?? I think this when I see a restaurant worker forced to wear a humiliating costume or a cashier with a giant name tag with ridiculous advertising slogans. Yes, a company or event is paying you so they should have their promotion but put yourself in their shoes. These are all varying degrees of the same problem. Why must we be pushed into the same lane all the time??

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It costs about 2 mil to remove 4 statues due to litigation and safety for the removers.

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Hooray for the Texas Dems who walked out to block the outrageous voting bill there. I mean, amongst other things, the GOP want to make it EASIER for a judge to throw out votes based on ALLEGATIONS. They say the removal of hours for Sunday voting was just a “mistake.” There is talk of not paying the Dems but I don’t think they can do that. The GOP claims there are hundreds of incidents of voter fraud and they will prove it when the time is right. Um…..

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Bruce Dern, Olivia Munn and Keith David will star in The Gateway.

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The complete story of the Gettysburg address is in post- production. Look for voice work from David Strathairn, Cary Elwes, Sam Elliott, Michael C. Hall, Dermot Mulroney, Keith David, Matthew Broderick, Lili Taylor, Victor Garber, Ed Asner, Jason Alexander and Lois Smith.

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Was anyone surprised when the Son of Sam doc on Netflix wound around to Manson? I guess it depends on the books that you have read.

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Oh Andrew Yang, I have become so disillusioned with you.

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A Colorado man charged with murdering his wife submitted her absentee ballot in the 2020 election. He thought, “other guys” were cheating so he would give Trump another vote. –Reid Wilson

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The commonwealth of Kentucky has never elected a black person to federal office. –Charles Booker

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Have ya seen Woke with LaMorne Morris and J.B. Smoove?

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M. Night Shyamalan is back with Old.

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The Friends had their reunion.** China cut about 6 minutes out of the broadcast.

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Matthew Modine is running for SAG President again with his running mate, Joely Fisher.

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Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. –Blaise Pascal Pensees** Are you sick of hearing about the angry white men on shooting rampages. It is alarming how we always hear about how everyone knew of their anger or that they had been looked at before and just left to go on their merry way. C’mon law enforcement, stop picking on minorities and old women and concentrate on the real threat.

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Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Jon Hamm, David Harbour, Benecio del Toro, Ray Liotta, Don Cheadle and Kieran Culkin will star in No Sudden Move on July 1.

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Can’t wait for the release of the 3 LP vinyl collection, Jonathon Winters: Unearthed. Look for it on Record Store Day, June 12.

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Concerning Marjorie Taylor Greene’s abuse:  “I used to work as a bartender. These are the kinds of people that I threw out of bars all the time.” : AOC** In answer to MTG’s Jewish star comparison, some have started wearing “not vaccinated” stars. What the fuck is wrong with people?

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Could Drew Barrymore and Dylan Farrow be related? They look so much alike.

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Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden got together with their wives and talked of old times. Much was made of the photo of that meeting that was released. The Biden’s looked like giants.

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Word is that Arizona congressman Andy Biggs was one of the main organizers of the insurrection. GOP Rep from Oregon, Mike Nearman, was caught on camera letting the culprits into the capitol on Jan. 6. TREASON! When will the wheels of justice get to them?** Newt Gingrich said of the Biden administration: They are “attacking people of traditional values,” by flying the “gay flag at American embassies.”** When will this latest religious fervor die down?** Word is that Tiffany Trump and Vanessa Trump had flings with secret service.

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Fuck you Trump, you left us on the battlefield bloody and alone. –Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean. He explained that “We followed this guy’s lead and never questioned it.”  I mean what kind of sheep are these guys? Can they not think for themselves?** There is talk that Trump’s justice department was spying on reporters. ** Hey Kimmel: Can you stop talking about Trump? Enough already!! And.. Reality is boring? What?

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On Trump: I imagine it is a chilling final turn of the plot. His world is coming to an end. He will never have another good day. Loser label will haunt him, the law will pursue him. Mental illness will hobble him. His properties will bankrupt him. –Peter Marks

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So, the terrorist GOP in the senate does not want Jan. 6 investigated. Of course they do not want to shine a light on their wrong doings. They say they love law enforcement and then they shit on them like this. The very people that were killed or injured trying to protect them mean nothing to them. ** Mitch McConnell thinks he can stop the full truth from coming out. He cannot. The House can empower a bipartisan select congressional committee to investigate the insurrection. The select committee would also have stronger subpoena power because GOP members can’t block subpoenas.

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Rand Paul is to medicine what Flashdance is to welding. – Rob Reiner

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“We birthed a nation from nothing, I mean, there was nothing here. I mean, yes, we have Native Americans but candidly there isn’t much Native American culture. It was born of the people who came here, pursuing religious liberty.” –Rick Santorum** CNN has dropped him as a political contributor.** Only a fuckboy scumbag could be this clueless and wrong. –Michael Ealy

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The latest sexual misconduct news: Danny Masterson will stand trial on 3 rape charges.** Bill Cosby was denied parole.

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Trump is ignored and irrelevant on pretty much every major social media venue. –Mia Farrow

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The George Floyd family came to the White House on the 1 year anniversary of his death.

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The Kennedy Center honors have been given and will air on June 6 on CBS. This year we honor Dick Van Dyke, Joan Baez, Midori, Garth Brooks and Debbie Allen.

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Since 2000, the wealth of billionaires has increased by 238%. – Robert Reich

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The moon, in its orbit is spiraling away from Earth by about the width of 2 fingers every year. –Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Why is everybody surprised about the UFO revelations? Of course there are UFO’s. Nobody is saying they are filled with space aliens. Another country could be testing them. There are always things we cannot explain.** We also can’t be surprised that the Q types fight the UFO stories. Once scientific voices of reason come into play, they turn away.

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced their class: The early influence awards go to Kraftwerk, Charley Patton and Gil Scott- Heron. Music excellence goes to LL Cool J, Billy Preston and Randy Rhoads. The Ahmet Ertegun award goes to Clarence Avant. The Performers honored will be Tina Turner, Carole King, The Go-Go’s, Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and Todd Rundgren. The 36th annual show will take place on October 30th.

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We are all just rapidly decaying meat bags. – Mr. Griffin on AP Bio

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Scientists have developed the whitest white: Ba so4

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John Mulaney is back on stage with the stand up.

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Killers of the flower moon is finally being filmed. The Scorsese film stars Leo, DeNiro, Jesse Plemons and Lily Gladstone.

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2 out of every 3 people in the U.S. get their drinking water from rivers. Support American Rivers.org

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House Dems passed the pregnant workers fairness act. Employers with more than 15 employees and public sector employees must make reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers

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HBO has shown a first look at House of the Dragon, the prequel to Game of Thrones.

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Bridgerton is spinning off Queen Charlotte.

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Purple lipstick is a really hot item.

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Peoria and Scranton are the hub of getting an extra family. JB Smoove

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Yamiche Alcindor is the new moderator of Washington Week. I miss Robert Costa but if they had to move on, I had fingers crossed for Weijia Jang or Yamiche.** Costa went on Twitter for the first time since 2020 to congratulate her. I can’t wait for his book with Woodward!!!!!!!

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The firing squad is back in South Carolina.

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So, there is a worker shortage?? Perhaps if we made it easier to get hired, things would work better. Can owners and managers actually look at a person and go with their gut? Can we get rid of drug tests and long online applications and psych exams? The $ spent on administrative work for hiring is ruining this country. A normal person has to jump thru hoops just to wash dishes anymore. We are not ll cookie cutter people. Often there are no rewards for loyal employees, not to mention benefits. And the laziness of employers who will then not do anything about bad employees that disrupt the work place is astounding. C’mon, give people a chance and then hold them to account and reward the hard workers. Most everyone I know has these same complaints. Who wants to go thru that?

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Medina Spirit failed a drug test after the Kentucky Derby.** You know who doesn’t care about who wins the Kentucky Derby? The horses. It’s time to ban horse racing. -Larry Charles

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I’ve had a wonderful time, but tonight wasn’t it. –Groucho Marx

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If you don’t need a mask because God will protect you, why do you need a gun?- anonymous

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How shady is the GOP when it comes to these recounts to support the big lie? Taxpayer $ is being used for this and now there will have to be new voting machines. Since the auditors have mishandled the machines and insisted on passwords, Maricopa County will have to start over!! Can we keep reminding the public that this is costing us all a lot of $???** Even the majority of republicans say that the audits are keeping the base energized for the next election so mission accomplished

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Tulsa survivors spoke in front of congress as a reparations bill was introduced.

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Men who think they can decide for the women who carry the consequences of their ejaculations that life begins at conception, need to put their $ where their misogynist, hypocritical mouths are with laws that require instantaneous and permanent child support or shut the fuck up. –Bradley Whitford

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It is estimated that there are about 50 billion birds on the planet.

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Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton are bringing us The Protégé.

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There has been a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after 10 days of fighting. Well done on the Middle East, Jared!!

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Andrea Mitchell, a hard ass working journalist seems to be slowing down.

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Legos has added some LGBTQ characters.

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Can we put Finn Wittrock and Leo in a film together?

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Check out the Traveling Diary Tour.

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Jamie Foxx has some mega product placement in the new, Dad stop embarrassing me!

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Brooklyn 99 will air 2 episodes a week in this final season.

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Three Doctors who treated Navalny are missing.

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Laverne Cox will be the new host of E!’s red carpet coverage. Giuliana Rancic has left.

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Look for the book Bull Twit … and whatnot from George Wallace.

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R.I.P. Vernon Jordon, Ed Ward, Tawny Kitaen, Olympia Dukakis, Bo, the Obama’s dog, the latest mass shooting and stabbing victims, Roger Hawkins, Paul Mooney, Shock 6, Eric Carle, Charles Grodin, Diamond Girl Taylor, John Davis, Kevin Clark , Jim Clendenen, B.J. Thomas, Buddy Van Horn and Norman Lloyd.

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Civil forfeiture - UMNO is in a “catch-22” situation...

Civil forfeiture - UMNO is in a “catch-22” situation....

Attacking The Uniform Of Anti-Corruption Chief Shows Corrupt UMNO Is Incredibly Desperate And Panic...

What is so terrified about Latheefa Koya, the first woman chief of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), so much so that the supporters of UMNO had to attack the “uniform” she was wearing? The answer is simple – Latheefa is the latest badass in town who appears to be enjoying her job combating and fighting corruptions. The final straw that broke the camel’s back happened about a week ago when the MACC filed a civil forfeiture against 41 entities comprising individuals, companies and political parties – aiming to recover RM270 million – the biggest forfeiture by the anti-graft body. The civil action was filed under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLA). As it turned out, UMNO was the biggest recipient constituting close to 80% of the total dubious money, with RM212 million going into the accounts of several state liaison committees, divisions and leaders. Apparently, the money given to those 41 recipients came from former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s personal bank account, which in turn was allegedly stolen from 1MDB funds. The MACC later hinted that there are more entities – other than the 41 disclosed – involved in its civil forfeiture move to recover monies allegedly stolen from 1Malay­sia Development Bhd (1MDB). It is safe to presume all the 191 UMNO division chiefs had taken the dirty money, one way or another. And the anti-corruption commission is testing the water to see who would play ball and return the money received. Taking a page from the U.S. Department of Justice, the change in strategy of using civil forfeitures is a clever plan. In the case of Najib Razak, a similar civil forfeiture suit last month against him and families has successfully frozen properties, jewellery, designer handbags, watches and sunglasses valued at RM680 million from being returned to the crook due to a limitation in criminal charges.

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In the case of the committees, divisions and leaders linked to UMNO, they have to return the money even though they claimed the funds gifted by their former boss Najib had been spent. It makes sense because otherwise drug traffickers or criminals can always send their ill-gotten money to associates, friends or proxies who would in turn claim innocence when get caught. Like it or not, UMNO will have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the RM212 million did not come from 1MDB, if the political party decides to challenge the government in the courts. That could, however, reveal more skeletons in the closet. Hence, it may be easier to return the money than to go to court. Unlike criminal prosecutions, the prosecutors do not have to prove anything in civil cases. However, if UMNO were to return the money, it will prove they had indeed taken money stolen from 1MDB. And that would make Najib’s life more difficult. How could the former PM argue the money given to UMNO did not originate from 1MDB when some of the UMNO entities decide to return the money? You don’t return money that’s rightfully yours, do you? What makes the entire civil forfeiture both excited and entertaining is the fact that there’s no guarantee the MACC under the leadership of Latheefa will not start criminal charges anyway, even after the crooks return the money. So, UMNO is in a “catch-22” situation. Damned if they return the money, damned if they don’t return the money. It appears UMNO has a new enemy far worse than Attorney General Tommy Thomas. The UMNO-Malay cannot attack Latheefa Koya using race or religion cards, the same way they did to Thomas. But UMNO top brain, Lokman Noor Adam, had a fantastic idea. The man with the “IQ of a carrot” attacked the MACC chief’s uniform, questioning the bling-bling on her.

Mr.Lobakman

Mr. Lokman claimed Latheefa received “many awards and medals” despite serving in the post for less than a month, suggesting that either the newly-appointed MACC chief was wearing fake medals or she had put on honorary titles that did not belong to her. Lokman should stop trying to prove that he deserves the “IQ of a carrot” title bestowed by his own colleague, Khairy Jamaluddin. Lokman Noor Adam – Najib’s strongest supporter and loudest cheerleader – has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that he’s the dumbest leader in UMNO for not being able to differentiate between rank insignias and honorary titles. Similarly, UMNO secretary-general Annuar Musa also ridiculed Latheefa’s bling-bling uniform. Perhaps the MACC chief should wear pyjamas to work. Going by the logic of Lokman and UMNO supporters, the newly-appointed Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador must have had bought more medals than Latheefa from Lazada or Amazon as well based on the police chief’s uniform. Yes, the “Lobak Man (carrot man)” was so stupid he could not tell tampon and french fries apart. Amused, Latheefa lectured the opposition that she was not wearing medals or any other decoration as alleged, but the very service ribbon in line with the Standing Order of the MACC Chief.  The Standing Order of Chapter-A (Policy) No 1 of 2012 dictates that a Chief Commissioner wears a certain number of ribbon bars by virtue of the position. Latheefa said – “The bar ribbons must not be confused with medals or honorary titles awarded from the palaces, whether at the Federal nor State levels. The other details on my uniform are the ‘rank badges’ which I must wear as Chief Commissioner, and based upon the standing order. I frankly admit I am only now learning about rank badges, bar ribbons and uniforms.”

MACC Chief Commissioner - Latheefa Beebi Koya 

Appointed as the new MACC chief from June 1 on a 2-year contract basis, the badass Latheefa told her critics – “My immediate priority since taking office has been about several grave corruption cases, and not the details of my uniform.” Clearly UMNO, in hot soup over past corruption practises, has been burning the midnight oil to divert the graft buster’s attention. Pro-UMNO cybertroopers, propagandists and bloggers, meanwhile, screamed until foaming at the mouth that the new anti-corruption chief isn’t combating corruption, but rather combating the enemies of the new ruling Pakatan Harapan government. Well, too bad that the old Barisan Nasional government led by UMNO has too many cans of worms collected over the last 61 years. The opposition tries to create a perception that under the new leadership of Latheefa, the anti-corruption body is being used to specifically target UMNO. In truth, the MACC has been targeting the ruling government too. For example, the same Lokman had lodged a report against Economic Affairs Minister Azmin Ali for receiving bribes from construction company UEM. Upon investigations, the MACC has cleared Mr. Azmin of any wrongdoing over allegation that UEM had transferred US$741,440 (RM3 million) into a Malayan Banking Berhad account belonging to Azmin on December 19, 2017. It was found that not only the bank account did not belong to UEM, the account number of the Maybank account was an invalid one – did not exist! Perhaps UMNO, especially Lokman, should learn a thing or two from whistleblower Rafizi Ramli. Instead of shooting blanks and making a fool of himself, the “Lobak Man” should stop being lazy and put in some effort to ensure whatever so-called documents or proof he possessed are genuine and not fake. Crying wolf too often would affect whatever integrity left of him, or UMNO for that matter. Instead of being petty and childish, UMNO should make full use of whatever time left to rebuild and revitalise itself to be relevant. Already. playing racial and religious issues to win Malay support may not prove to be the key to securing votes in the next general election. Therefore, playing a silly issue like the uniform wore by the MACC chief proves that the desperate opposition runs out of relevant issue. - FT

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Sekapal belayar di lautan...

1. Walaupun ‘Duit Itu Raja’ atau ‘Cash Is King’ namun segala-galanya ditentulan oleh Dia Yang Maha Adil dan Berkuasa. 2. Najib dan penjilat – penjilatnya sebelum ini begitu yakin tiada siapa yang boleh mengalahkan mereka. 3. Ketika berkuasa mereka buta sejarah yang Allah telah dedahkan dalam Al-Quran bagaimana hebatnya Firaun, Namrud dan sebagainya, dan sekaya-kayanya Qarun pun akhirnya tersungkur juga. 4. Dengan bantuan ALLAH SWT dan atas rayuan rakyat yang menyokong, termasuk pemimpin – pemimpin pembangkang ketika itu, Tun pada usia 93 tahun akhirnya bersetuju mengepalai sebuah kapal yang akan menempuh badai di lautan yang bergelora. 5. Segala – galanya terjawab apabila pada Rabu 9hb Mei 2018 majoriti rakyat telah mengambil keputusan bersejarah. 6. UMNO yang satu ketika dahulu didokong oleh 12 parti yang lain, kini balik ke asal semula; ia tak ubah seperti parti PERIKATAN di zaman Tunku Abdul Rahman dahulu, iatu hanya dianggotai UMNO, MCA dan MIC. 7. Akan tercatit dalam sejarah, Najib Tun Razak selaku Presiden UMNO dan Pengerusi Barisan Nasional ( BN )bertanggungjawab terhadap kekalahan parti tersebut. 8. Jika dahulu Tun Abdul Razak, Perdana Menteri ke 2 dan Presiden UMNO dan Pengerusi PERIKATAN bersusah payah menubuhkan BN, kini atas sebab tamak dan hawa nafsu, anaknya telah menghancurkan segala harapan murni ayahnya itu. 9. Buat pertama kali seorang Perdana Menteri negara ini, isteri dan Timbalannya diheret ke Mahkamah atas tuduhan rasuah dan berbagai kesalahan yang lain.

10. Berkemungkinan besar Najib, Rosmah, Zahid Hamidi dan ramai lagi akan disumbatkan ke dalam penjara. 11. Segala kerinduan pungguk yang merindu bulan kini mulai terjawab. 12. Dari segi kemajuan ekonomi negara dan rakyat, pelaksanaan janji – janji Pilihanraya dan pembersihan negara dari segala amalan rasuah , sedang di usahakan oleh Tun secara berperingkat dan dengan amat teliti . 13. Jika dahulu rakyat terlalu berhati – hati menyuarakan pandangan, kini kerajaan mengalu – alukan rakyat bersuara TANPA khuatir, asalkan ia tidak merosakkan Perlembagaan yang telah dipersetujui. 14. Perlantikan Latheefa Koya, seorang peguam yang terlalu bencikan rasuah dan salah guna kuasa sebagai Ketua Pesuruhjaya SPRM yang baru adalah satu lagi bukti ketegasan Tun Dr. Mahathir bagi membersihkan negara ini dari perbuatan keji itu. 15. Namun Latheefa perlu berwaspada terhadap beberapa pegawai di bawahnya. 16. Pesananan orang – orang lama harus diberi pandangan dan diambil kira. 17. Semoga ingatan itu akan membantu beliau lebih berwaspada bagi melaksanakan segala usaha murninya. 18. Latheefa perlu berhati-hati dengan kelicikan dan kepura-puraan beberapa orang pegawainya yang tak ubah seperti: “Harapkan Pegar, Pegar Makan Padi” “Musuh Dalam Selimut” atau “Gunting Dalam Lipatan” ” Pepat Di Luar, Runcing Di Dalam”. 19. Tatkala berbagai tindakan diambil seperti yang dilakukan baru-baru ini, namun beliau harus berani bertindak tegas terhadap anai-anai yang akhirnya akan menghancurkan institusi tersebut.

20. Beliau tidak perlu melayani lalat-lalat dan langau-langau yang kotor itu; beri tumpuan yang jitu dan bukti terhadap tanggungjawab yang telah diamanahkan dengan ikhlas dan bersungguh-bersungguh. 21. Selain rakyat kini merasa geli dan muak dengan telatah dan kenyataan-kenyataan bodoh beberapa pemimpin PH; masing-masing berlumba-lumba mencari publisiti murah. 22. Semoga semua pihak dalam Pakatan Harapan atau PH HENTIKAN percakaran sesama sendiri MULAI saat ini. 23. JANGANLAH SEKAPAL BELAYAR DI LAUTAN , TAPI TIDAK SEPERAHU KE PELABUHAN. 24. Jika tidak mahu membantu Perdana Menteri, sekurang-kurangnya JANGANLAH berusaha menikam beliau dari belakang. 25. ‘Don’t Kill The Goose That Lays The Golden Egg’ atau ‘Jangan Membunuh Angsa Yang Bertelur Emas’. 26. JANGAN MENCURAH AIR DI TEMPAYAN SEMATA-MATA MENDENGAR GURUH DI LANGIT. 27. BERSATU KITA TEGUH, BERCERAI KITA ROBOH. - Tamrin Tun Ghafar

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Scream of the Wolf (1974) Review

“Death comes out of the woods on four paws and returns on two feet. A beast? A human? Only the dead know.”

Synopsis: A big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn’t a wolf but an animal that can take human form.

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Calamity Brains:

Dan Curtis‘ Scream of the Wolf is a made-for-TV movie with a short runtime, and feels like it. Fortunately, the length saves it from being unwatchable; it moves along quickly between attacks and generally manages to just keep the audience from being bored.

Though there is some mystery to the plot, the ham-handed foreshadowing and exposition throughout is generally laughable. The killer is never a mystery – only his tactics and reasoning. The “mystery,” such as it is, is kept alive through the clever (and necessary) use of MonsterVision to build suspense and avoid showing the attacks in their entirety. Still, even with that technique reasonably well employed, it’s hard to take the movie very seriously.

By far the best part of Scream of the Wolf is the acting. Peter Graves as the lead, a hunter begrudgingly drawn out of retirement by an animal attack, is a solid watch. His interactions with his old friend Byron (Clint Walker) are also engaging. This is largely due to Clint Walker’s fun portrayal of the rival hunter; Byron’s soliloquies and quirked eyebrows were entertaining throughout the movie.

Scream of the Wolf isn’t completely bad, but it’s not good or particularly worthy of note. The length (it’s only 78 minutes) means that it goes by fast enough to keep the audience somewhat engaged, but that’s not enough to make up for the lazy characterizations, shaky plot, or mediocre effects.

Calamity Brains’ Rating: C- Watch now on Amazon

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Hunting Bigfoot: 4 Things You Learn Chasing Fiction

I recently moved to a snowier, woodsier part of the world and noticed one day while taking a shortcut home that Bigfoot probably lives near me. There are a lot of trees and foreboding areas that look like the sorts of places in which gentle folk like me are made into the forest brides of beast-men. But how could I know for sure?

If there’s one thing I’m good at it’s finding the worst bar in any given town and making it my own. I easily located this town’s scruffiest bar that featured dead animals mounted on walls, and in no time had found no less than one man who claimed that he had heard from someone several years ago that there was a guy who saw Bigfoot around here once. Hot damn! A solid lead!

On the promise of picking up his bar tab and also returning to the bar later and picking up more of a bar tab, I got this guy to join me on a hunt in the woods. Now, you may be asking, “Felix, did you just pay a drunk stranger to take you into the woods alone?” And to that I say: You forgot that I got him to bring a gun.

This is Dan. He’s loaded with beer and ammunition!

#4. Drinking Outdoors Is Fun

My new friend Dan isn’t the sort of man who appreciates small talk, pop culture, or me. But I bought road beers and we were pretty much set to have an adventure. We drove about 20 minutes out of town to a massive swath of forest that Dan told me had a big lake somewhere in the middle of it and was the place some people said Bigfoot had been spotted. Already it had grown from maybe one guy to some people. I was super psyched.

In preparation for our journey, we packed not just beers but several snacks, an emergency flare (lest Bigfoot abduct us while a helicopter is flying overhead), and outdoorsy crap like a compass, a small hatchet, some matches, and a mickey of whiskey.

I’m not much for hiking but luckily neither is Dan, so we were in the woods for a solid 15 minutes before we stopped to have a drink. Our brew of choice was a fine Canadian ale known as Flying Monkeys Smashbomb Atomic IPA. I bought it solely based on the silly name, but it was actually pretty fantastic and I solidly recommend it for all your Bigfoot-hunting needs.

It’d be better if there were actually monkeys serving it, but other than that, A+.

Dan and I had a good sit in the woods, during which Dan proceeded to tell me about his younger days in a biker gang and a variety of related activities I won’t relate here, because I’m dumb but not that dumb. This was some secret-keeping beer we were having, and Dan may not have been the best tour guide in retrospect, but here we were, in the woods, with a gun. A gun and stories of Dan using a pool cue to destroy an entire room full of men in the most brutal, Deadpool ways possible. I’m glad I met this strange fellow.

Several beers later and Dan and I were having a pretty decent time, still within sight of the road. But alas, this was no joke expedition … or, well, it was, but I was still looking for Bigfoot. We had work to do.

#3. Losing Yourself Is Easier Than Finding Bigfoot

We set out in a direction I will call straight ahead. I know we packed a compass, but it was packed and, honestly, would it have made a difference to know if we were headed north or east? How could it have? We were looking for a legendary man-ape.

Dan told me as we walked that coyote activity in this area has been very much on the rise lately. There’s just a huge population of them. I’ve never seen a coyote outside of a Warner Bros. cartoon and was having a hard time reconciling my image of a cartoon wielding an anvil with an actual wild dog that probably has rabies tearing open my scrotum. Dan assured me they rarely attack humans unless they’re starving or in large groups, then, without missing a beat, added, “Or maybe not.” I almost forgot Dan is not a woodsman, merely a fellow drunk I met at a bar, and I am about as much an expert on what we’re doing as he is.

“I eat a lot of Jack Link’s, though.”

We stumbled upon a number of tracks that could have belonged to Foot, but definitely not Bigfoot, unless I have been grossly misled regarding sizing in this matter. Most were probably squirrels and assorted other woodland turds, but there were definitely some deer tracks as well, and in my mind that was close. The bigger the animal, the closer to Bigfoot. If we found moose tracks we’d be pretty much where we needed to be.

We trudged on through snow-covered underbrush, slightly tipsy and with no clear direction. Dan had brought with him a 20 gauge shotgun, which he said would probably work for taking out Bigfoot if we got him to stand still long enough. I’m no gunsmith and assumed any shotgun was probably good for blowing a Bigfoot’s leg off, until Dan told me this was his rabbit-hunting gun. He had a license only for small game this year, and he wasn’t going to get fined by bringing a higher-powered rifle into the woods when it wasn’t season for hunting something like elk. Dan had no faith in our expedition. Although he did point out that, if we shot Bigfoot with the 20 gauge it’d probably slow him down enough for some photos, so I should be fast with my phone and snap a pic or two. Maybe see if he’s down for a selfie.

#2. Winter Is Stupid

The worst time to do anything is winter time. According to my phone, it was about 4 below zero. For you Celsius types, that’s 20 below. Why the hell would Bigfoot be out in this silly-ass weather? Even bears have the intelligence to hibernate. Bigfoot should be snoozing under a pile of tarps in an old fishing cabin.

There was a brief moment when I encountered a smell that could be best described as unwashed skunk vagina somewhere out in the woods. I heard a rustling in the underbrush, and I thought we might be on to something. For those who doubt the veracity of my claims, I have photo evidence:

Got wood? Ha ha ha! Ha ha! Ahhh …

Like all good photos of Bigfoot, this one mostly requires you to be as drunk as I was when I took it and to have a lot of faith that I know the sight/smell of Bigfoot’s dick when I see it. But for real, do you see that in there? I know it looks like a twig, but I ask you, what do you think Bigfoot’s dick would look like? Probably a big, veiny twig, right?

Before I string you along anymore, I’ll let you know that was a twig. Bigfoot’s dick, even if it is twig-like, is probably attached to a Bigfoot and not a tree like this one was. But did you feel the suspense there for a second? Now you’re living in my world. The world of a Bigfoot hunter!

#1. Bigfoot Is Not Real

Let’s assume for a moment Bigfoot is real, the title of this section notwithstanding. He’s generally considered a “he” right? Not to point out the sex so much as the singular. There’s just one. Bigfoot’s a lone wolf, him and his veiny twig-dick, wandering the woods and stealing forest brides and whatnot. Most Bigfoot sightings have been in Washington state, California, and Oregon. He’s basically a West Coast kind of guy. I’m on the East Coast, so right away my chances are pretty pathetic. Sure, New York and Ohio have some sightings, but so does Russia. Point is, I’m in the wrong neighborhood, and I’m looking for one guy. One big, hairy guy who makes a point of never being found, because no one’s ever found him. Do you know what the odds are of me finding him?

I actually calculated the odds on this for you, in case you’re not good at these complex, veiny equations. Keeping in mind the time of year Bigfoot is most often sighted in these various locations, as well as the time of day and methods used for tracking Bigfoot and the actual odds of me finding him here, at this time, were fuck no. Fuck no I can’t find Bigfoot, because he’s not real.

Consider that humankind has found the coldest natural object in the entire universe, fossils from the first living veiny beasts on Earth, that stupid affluenza kid, and numerous missing plane crashes. If there were a race of hairy man-beasts populating the Pacific Northwest or anywhere else in North America, there would have been some kind of definitive evidence proposed by people who are not named Bubba or Cooter.

Dan and I finished our beers in the woods. We found one track that was probably mine.

Size 11 … ladies. Or guys who want to buy me shoes.

I also found a frozen turd that really made me laugh but the picture turned out pretty blurry due to my laughing as I took the photo. It wasn’t a Bigfoot turd, probably a raccoon or something. Still, that’s hilarious to me.

Dan decided he’d had enough of being in the woods with me, and I couldn’t blame him. I’d mostly wasted our day and provided little to no purpose for our journey other than the laziest attempt ever to discover a cryptozoological legend. Fortunately, that made my attempt just as relevant as anyone else’s, because come on. What would be a “serious” attempt at finding Bigfoot in 2016? Some kind of thermal-imaging drone and satellite tracking? That seems like an expensive prospect for a big fatty waste of time.

Dan called his wife to pick him up once we got back to the road. She seemed like a nice lady who could fight me and win with little effort. Neither of them offered me a ride. As I watched them drive off, I wondered if perhaps Bigfoot was now watching me from the trees and feeling a kinship with me as I, too, was now alone. But of course he wasn’t, because remember, he doesn’t exist. He and that veiny dick I’ve been asked to keep writing about are full-on fiction. No, the only stranger watching me from the woods was a friendly serial killer or public wanker.

I wondered why it is that so many people seem enamored with the idea of Bigfoot. Is it the mystery? The idea that, in a world of smartphones and WiFi and driverless cars, we could have somehow overlooked a man-beast living right under our noses? Possibly. Mostly, I think, it’s what I like to call Dorf Contrarianism. This is the idea that a stupid person will dig in like a tick when confronted with something they feel threatened by, in an intellectual fashion, telling them they’re wrong. The person doing it may not be trying to intimidate our Dorf, or even patronize them or talk down to them in any way, but that is how Dorf perceives it, because Dorf is not smart enough to know why it’s happening but is smart enough to know they’re being corrected. And they don’t like it. So they outwardly refuse it so thoroughly they must embrace the very opposite. They must hunt Bigfoot, simply because he is not real. They must drink that moonshine because it could make them go blind. They must fuck that cousin even if the baby’s going to always be leaning a little to the left. Such is the contrarian nature of Dorf. And that’s what keeps Bigfoot alive.

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