#eric livingston

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[justanotherquinnfan]

On The Devil of Dublin and Going "All In"

I doubt it has gone unnoticed by those in the Quinn community, but just in case this slipped under anyone's radar, The Devil of Dublin is now fully revealed (I mean his identity, pervs) and has made the announcement that he is going "all in" at the same time. That was something like 2 (3?) months ago, and watching his journey is SO fascinating.

So TDOD, or Eric Nolan, made a huge announcement some while back when he revealed not only what he looks like, but his name and daytime career. To say this is fairly unprecedented might be an understatement. To my knowledge, I haven't seen a major Quinn or erotica VA come out of their anonymity and certainly not like this. Not to mention the fact that Eric has been one of the most popular voices on the app.

I mentioned in the past that I was concerned that this move might have been due to pressure brought on by fans (something I assumed given the exodus of several anonymous VAs from social media). I was also concerned because of some discourse I had read from people worrying that if they saw what some of these actors looked like, how disappointed they would be if they didn't find them physically attractive.

To the first point, obviously I just wasn't giving Eric enough credit as a grown man who knows his mind. That's on me any my own unconscious bias that I am currently working towards.

To the second point, well. Eric honestly wasn't worried about that, nor should he have been, as he painted the image of himself to be as accurate as I'm sure his fans had hoped. But the poster on Reddit, where I read that baseless fear, still sticks in my mind and I feel the need to address it in a separate post. But for now, let's just say that if anyone was nervous that Eric wouldn't, er, live up to the hype, let's say, then I'm hoping it's been put to rest because honestly, have you seen him?

Since the reveal, I can't help but notice his posts, both on Quinn and social media, to be more filled with abandon. At the risk of a BDSM joke, it's like he'd been somewhat shackled down and now he is freed. He can incorporate more of himself into his work. I know he does a lot of collaboration with BB Easton (which is brilliant, she's a fantastic writer), but it's been cool to see him explore.

And explore he has! I think the first thing that really took me, hmm. Not off guard, but rather maybe by pleasant surprise? Was his Rest Day Ramble.

Now, I know I'm not the only one out there who can say they love a ramble, but I REALLY love rambles. There is something so much more vulnerable about them. If they are truly spontaneous and unscripted, there is a sense of reciprocation that might not exist in the fantasy scenarios. Which, I love those as well, but there can be at times (for me) a sense of loneliness in them. Like this is just for my benefit. And I do know that many creators get a real charge simply of the act of coming up and figuring out these fun stories, who enjoy the total process from start to finish. So I know it's not entirely one-sided. But, there is still something to be said about the feedback loop that comes from someone allowing themselves pleasure for the sake of another's pleasure.

I do want to be clear here, that I am still fully recognizing the parasocial nature of this exchange and I am both cognizant and respectful of the boundaries. But if a VA wants to adjust those boundaries and let us in just a little bit, I am grateful for the opportunity to share in the energetic exchange as I personally find it fulfilling.

I say so many words to just say that the Rest Day Ramble was so very hot. Just. So hot. Part of it is, in fact, that vulnerability. Eric speaks to the listener directly. He gently teases us for playing along and maybe responding to questions out loud. He gives us a window into his process, how it can physically affect him to do these audios. I will say, whether this is true or not, the idea that he finishes one of his saucy, extra spicy Devil stories feeling excited and bereft, took my breath away. I mean. What an image! And of course he knew exactly what he was doing by painting it for us.

I won't go much further into discussing this particular audio because I feel like it's worth it to go have a listen for yourself if you haven't. But it pretty much descends into the kind of sweaty miasma you tend to expect from a licentious 6ft-something tall Irishman. It's glorious and should definitely be in queue if it's not already.

From there we see a rise in some of the most delicious collabs I've ever seen. From his Devil's Pact series, in which we see Mairsyy as our knight in shining honor (poor guy....) to Tom York in the London Calling series (when will there be a part 3???P) to John York giving us some needed aftercare in Virtual VA and then Zach Cowman in Freaky, which is honestly just perfection. The next collab on the docket, it would seem, is Cavern Livingston, and I won't lie, I'm excited!

In between those we also see more audios that I feel offer even more of a wink-wink-nudge vibe. The Brat Test was a genius way to get fans to interact (hmm, that might be one bit of phrasing too far). His even more recent offering of "I Know, I Know..." addresses his reputation for the infidelity tag (one in which I am not personally super comfortable with, but to each their own) and he finishes the audio by saying something to the effect of, "He can have the best of you, I will happily take the worst of you." For those of us who struggle with listening to Quinn while in a relationship? That is a line that will do about 3 weeks worth of therapeutic healing and I thank him so much for it.

I will very honestly say that, prior to all of this change, I hadn't quite yet jumped on the TDOD train. I get why he's so popular, but my own journey is so roundabout, that I just hadn't quite figured him out yet. I look for things that are not just sexy, but also are helping me do some major healing of my own. I just wasn't sure where to begin with his work.

But once he opened up, it was a whole different ballgame because I'm very much the kind of person that only wants to play if everyone wants to play. And Eric essentially threw off the mask and said, "LET'S PLAY" and I was just hooked.

But the thing that really got to me? Was actually his episode of The Audiobook Club with John York. In it he is asked if he ever thought about taking a break from Quinn. And this sweet man literally teared up at the thought. He then goes on to say that he knows what he brings to the lives of so many of his fans. And what if, when someone is having just such a shitty week, they go to Quinn for some comfort and he's not there? He would feel terrible, like he let people.

Ok, so look. The realist in me would just respond with the fact there there is genuinely hours upon hours of content, that missing a drop or two is not the end of the world. But the romantic, the empathetic, part of me? Just feels so much (platonic) love for someone who really see what he's doing as not just building fantasies, but offering help to those who need it. And for that, and that alone, he will always have a fan in me. Because you don't need to look at Quinn like that. But it is that for so many of us and he just really gets it, you know? You don't abandon someone like that.

So, to conclude, I say that I am all in on Eric going all in! I am so excited to see what he has next in store for the world of Quinn, the world of audiobooks, just the world in general. Because it can only be something saucy and fun and the perfect escape we're looking for.

For anyone interested in responding, what are you looking forward to in the future from The Devil of Dublin? I would LOVE to see more collabs, particularly a part 3 to the London Calling series (especially if it ends as a "Why choose?" scenario, though I may spontaneously combust at the idea of both Tom AND Eric). Or perhaps another Devil's Pact, featuring Milo? But I would love to see Golden Retriever Milo in that scenario.

What about you? Let me know, the future is looking so much fun!

[spilladabalia]

God Bullies - Book Report Time

[mariocki]

The Saint: When Spring is Sprung (5.26, ITC, 1967)

"Let me tell you something about Simon Templar: the more he smiles, the more helpful, the more cooperative, the more honest and charming he is, the more you can be sure he's plotting something diabolical."

[moviesandmania]

DOWN BELOW Demonic horror - trailer and release date

Down Below is a 2024 horror film about gruesome Christmas Eve murders at St. Agnes church. Twenty years after the killings, a demonic preacher returns to haunt that same town’s residents. Written and directed by Spyder Dobrofsky (Spiral, 2019, writer of Teardrop, 2022). It was produced by Dash Dobrofsky and executive-produced by Alexis Knapp and Christopher Livingston. The High Stake…

[crowclubkaz]

💚👁️🕸️ In honour of The Magnus Protocol releasing today, here are some book recommendations based on The Magnus Archives Fears!! 🕸️👁️💚

Detailed list of books below the cut!

For more book recommendations, especially queer horror, check out my Bookstagram @hauntedstacks

The Buried ⚰️ - Into the Sublime by Kate A. Boorman - Stuck by Ben Young - The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling - The Deep by Nick Cutter

The Corruption 🦠 - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher - Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris - The Honeys by Ryan La Sala - She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

The Dark 🌑 - Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes - Nightfall by Jake Halpern & Peter Kujawinski - No Power by Todd Kirby - The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

The Desolation 🔥 - Firestarter by Stephen King - Burner by Robert Ford - Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta - Burn the House Down by Kenna Jenkins

The End 💀 - Funeral Girl by Emma K. Ohland - Pet Sematary by Stephen King - Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune - This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

The Extinction 🦴 - Lost Signals by Max Booth III - Bride of the Tornado by James Kennedy - No Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz - The Rules of the Road by C.B. Jones

The Eye 👁️ - Video Palace by Maynard Wills - Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie - A History of Fear by Luke Dumas - The Watchers by A.M. Shine

The Flesh 🦷 - You’ve Lost A Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca - Carnivore by Justin Boote - A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers - Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

The Hunt 🏹 - Hunt by Alexandra Nisneru - The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins - Survive the Night by Danielle Vega - The Hunger by Alma Katsu

The Lonely ☁️ - Red River Seven by A.J. Ryan - Solitude by Michael Penning - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Slaughter 🥩 - Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin - Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine - American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis - The Summer I Died by Ryan C. Thomas

The Spiral 🌀 - That Darkened Doorstep by Catherine Jordan - Mind the Mirrors by Amanda Leanne - Grey Noise by Marcus Hawke - Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling

The Stranger🕴️ - It Looks Like Us by Alison Ames - My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix - The Deep by Alma Katsu - The Outside by Stephen King

The Vast 🪂 - From Below by Darcy Coates - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant - Floating Staircase by Ronald Mafi - Nightmare Sky by Red Lagoe

The Web 🕸️ - The Taking of Jake Livingston - The Fervor by Alma Katsu - The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig - Come Closer by Sarah Gran

If You Like The Magnus Archives 💚 - Thirteen Stories by Jonathan Sims - Family Business by Jonathan Sims - Gas Station by Jack Townsend - Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

[anthropomorphics-archive]

I look like this

(From Red Shetland issue 05- see here!)

[averyqueerhalloween]

Horror & Thriller Books with Queer characters: 🏳️‍🌈🎃

The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh

Ace Of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice

The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling

Murder Takes The High Road by Josh Lanyon

A Dowry Of Blood by S.T Gibson

The Taking Of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

Catherine House by Elizabeth Thomas

Manhunt by Gretchen Felcker-Martin

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

A Lesson In Vengeance by Victoria Lee

The Diviners by Libba Bray

Her Body And Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

The Route Of Ice And Salt by José Luis Zárate

The Dead And The Dark by Courtney Gould

The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

Queen Of Teeth by Hailey Piper

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher

The Cabin At The End Of The World by Paul Tremblay

It Came From The Closet by Various Authors

House Of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

What Moves The Dead by Ursula Vernon

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall

Night Of The Living Queers by Various Authors

Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

They Drown Our Daughters by Katrina Monroe

Graveyard Of Lost Children by Katrina Monroe

The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew White

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew White

Dead Flip by Sara Farizan

The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya Macgregor

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

Everything The Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

Into The Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

White Is For Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

The Promise of Lost Things by Helena Dunbar

Prelude For Lost Things by Helena Dunbar

My Dear Henry by Kalynn Bayron

All The White Spaces by Ally Wilkes

As I Descended by Robin Talley

This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

[springsteenicious]

Who's The Blonde Stranger?

Chapter 1: Livingston Saturday Night

Summary: Eric and Jackie decide to celebrate their one-year marriage anniversary by going on vacation. A chain of events involving a sunburn, hair dye, and lots of alcohol results in both of them cheating on each other. Will they be able to keep the secrets and keep their marriage together? Probably not.

Who's the blonde stranger out there with my wife? What were they doin' in the moonlight? This side of Texas is all new to me Who are these strangers who live by the sea?

Read on ao3

(all the chapters are named after other Buffett songs, and they relate to the content of each chapter!)

[right-stopthat-its-silly]

Rank every Graham Chapman character in Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life" out of 10 based on their smashability and give reasons why please?

Hey alright, here we go! (I'll try to get the right movie this time lol)

Chairman - oh my gawd yes yes yes 10000/100 I LOVE this look. what a GIRL. BOSS.

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Fish No. 1 - 10/10 this is literally a fish (would not smash wtf, it's fish)

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Doctor - 1000000/10 my unhinged headcanon is the universe nerfed Graham to be in Python and not a doctor because the world wasn't ready for this lol

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Harry Blackitt - 8/10 I can't give full marks, I'm not sure why, I just can't. He is definitely one of the Python characters of all time!

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Wymer - 1000/10 wahha yes schoolboy Graham (bonus Jonsey!) they are cute 🥺

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Hordern - pretty great, he's giving George MacKay in 1917 imo 100/10

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General - 100000/10 not The Colonel, but he'll do

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Cole - He has a book he would quite like to read, 100/10, we stan literate Graham!1!11!! (sorry for the single-pixel photos)

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Dr. Livingstone - MUTTON CHOP GRAHAM I REPEAT MUTTON CHOP GRAHAM WHAT IS THIS WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH I CAN'T DECIDE IF I ADORE OR DESPISE IT OR BOTH!?! !!?!?!?!/10

This is actually very adorable, 10000/10 (also bonus babygirl in pic 2)

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Bruh - no words (10000000/10)

why this man is an icon.

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Eric - ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.../10

maybe he's a heathen, maybe he's born with it, maybe it's Maybelline

sorry i am down bad what can i say (please slice me up eric!)

this is the best he has ever looked on camera and I stan by it

also bonus terry g. in pic 2

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Guest No. 1 - 100000/10 the 2nd pic is literally mfw Mr. Creosote (i like this suit very snazzy)

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Arthur Jarrett - crazed man about to die, 8/10 I guess?

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Geoffrey - haha funny family man tries to shoot death and fails miserably (A for effort) 10000/10

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Tony Bennett-esque Singer - its xmas in heaven, what can I say, 10000/10

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Also, here is rugby dude who is definitely Grey but is not listed as an official character on the film's wiki page! (10000000/10)

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Sorry it’s a wash every time I rank Graham but this is the home of the #1 ✨🪖The Colonel🪖✨ stan so you get what you ask for I guess (thanks for the asks btw)

okay i'm wrapping it up now, thanks to those who stuck around for the entire post!

[douchebagbrainwaves]

OUR FATHERS WEREN'T THAT STUPID

You can thus gradually work your way into their confidence, and maybe charge for premium features. What do they have to go pretty far down the list, and indeed, no one is sure where the end is. From what we've seen, being good seems to help startups in three ways: it improves their morale, it makes other people want to help them, and IBM could easily have gotten an operating system elsewhere. If you feel you're really helping people, you'll keep working even when it seems like your startup is cheap to run, you become a member of an institution. And yet all those people have to be even faster, and more efficient. But when you ask adults what they got wrong at that age, nearly all say they cared too much what other kids thought of them. If you plan to get rich, and this essay is about how to make money by inventing new technology. But maybe not. It's a smart move, but we didn't do it because we want their software to be good. Maybe it's not a coincidence.

When I was running a startup, there are probably two things keeping you from doing it. Thanks to Ken Anderson, Trevor Blackwell, Daniel Giffin, Sarah Harlin, Shiro Kawai, Jessica Livingston, Matz, Jackie McDonough, Robert Morris, Eric Raymond, Guido van Rossum, David Weinberger, and Steven Wolfram for reading drafts of this essay. Structurally, the list of n things is in that respect the Cold War teaches the same lesson as World War II and, for that matter, how much is outside of our control. Or rather, any client, and if you try to make it as a portrait by an unknown fifteenth century artist, most would walk by without giving it a second look. But why should people who program computers be so concerned about copyrights, of all things? And no one can stop you. It's not for the people who make things. It was written by just three people. Ultimately you always have to guess. It's not something you face and read to an audience that's easily fooled, whether it's someone making shiny stuff to impress would-be startup founders but to students in general, because we'd be a long way toward explaining the mystery of the so-called real world. Otherwise their desire to lead you on will combine with your own desire to be led on to produce completely inaccurate impressions.

What are people doing now, using inadequate tools, that shows they need what you're making? Visiting Sand Hill Road. A startup is like a giant galley driven by a thousand rowers. That is a liberating prospect, a lot like a charity in the beginning. It does help too to feel that you're late. Facebook. But in fact if you narrow the definition of beauty to something that works is by trying things that don't. Mainly because it's easier than satisfying them. SLAC goes right under 280 a little bit south of Sand Hill Road precisely because they're so boringly uniform.

And there is a natural fit between smallness and solving hard problems. Anyone can adopt Don't be evil. Naturally wealth had a bad reputation. My Y Combinator co-founder Jessica Livingston is just about the easiest thing in the world. Microsoft, who have abandoned whatever mysterious high-minded principles produced the high-paying union job a myth, but I suspect that if you can't raise the full amount. The other students are the biggest advantage of going to work for a company, and his friend says, Yeah, that is a very real element in the valuation of companies. I would rather cofound a startup with a friend matters.

Imagine an American president saying that today. They just represent a point at the far end of the world. Sometimes young programmers notice the eccentricities of eminent hackers and decide to adopt some of their own are enormously more productive. The situation pushed buttons I'd forgotten I had. The worst case scenario is the long no, the no that comes after months of meetings. In the late 90s my professor friends used to complain that they couldn't get grad students, because all the undergrads were going to change something, all the hackers I knew were either writing software for the first few months comforted ourselves by treating the whole thing as an experiment that we might call off at any moment. The thing about ideas, though, if I've misled people here, I'm not eager to fix that. Wealth is what people want. But galleries didn't want to start a startup. The best place to meet them is school. Fortunately, there were few obstacles except technical ones. I knew the founder equation and had been focused on it since I knew I could see using something like that.

[batmanego]

true blue (eric livingston) is one of the most ferris pieces of audio ever made

[bonesloveeverandemilyanddavid]

https://people.com/emily-deschanel-carla-gallo-excited-to-reminisce-bones-rewatch-podcast-exclusive-7554437?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=649c743d25570b000116322b Emily Deschanel and Carla Gallo 'Excited' to 'Reminisce' as They Launch 'Bones' Rewatch Podcast (Exclusive)

The first episode of 'Boneheads with Emily Deschanel and Carla Gallo (A Bones Rewatch Podcast)' will be released July 19

By

Kelly Martinez

  It’s a good day to be a Bones fan.

PEOPLE can exclusively announce that Emily Deschanel and Carla Gallo are launching Boneheads with Emily Deschanel and Carla Gallo (A Bones Rewatch Podcast) on July 19.

The Wishbone Production podcast, executive produced by Allison Bresnick, which is slated to air weekly on Wednesdays, will feature behind-the-scenes secrets and insights as the actresses — who played Dr. Temperance Brennan and Daisy Wick — rewatch the Fox series, starting with the 2005 pilot episode.

“It very much is for the fans, but it's also for us to look back and reexamine what the show was for us and what it meant in our lives and other people's lives,” Deschanel, 46, tells PEOPLE. “I'm excited for [fans] to hear some behind-the-scenes stories, to be a fly on the wall with Carla and me talking about our friendship and the tangents we'll go on.”

Emily Deschanel Thinks the Likelihood of a 'Bones' Reboot is '50/50': 'It Could Happen'

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The podcast will feature a slew of Bones cast and crew as guests, including executive producer Barry Josephson, writer Hart Hanson, director Greg Yaitanes, TJ Thyne (Dr. Jack Hodgins), Eric Millegan (Dr. Zack Addy), Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro) and author Kathy Reichs, whose novels inspired the series.

When asked why Gallo, 48, was the perfect companion for this project, the Devil in Ohio star says that their pairing is the perfect balance of perspectives. While she was there from the very beginning as Temperance, Gallo didn’t appear as intern Daisy until season 4 and has more of a “fresh eyes” point of view.

“I like that pairing for us because we have the insider, the person who was there every day — that's me — and then Carla, who would come and go and didn't come in for a while,” Deschanel explains. “She's the outside perspective who can ask the questions of, ‘Why did you do that?’ and, ‘What were you thinking here?’ and, ‘What was the story there?’”

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Deschanel also hopes that her and Gallo’s friendship will add to the podcast’s charm.

The two met while filming Bones and have been inseparable ever since. “We chat and can't stop chatting all the time. We love talking with each other. It's hard for us to even get off the phone,” she shares. “Hopefully [it will] feel like you're in the room with two old friends who are just chatting, making each other laugh and talking about the show that brought them together.”

Emily Deschanel Is on a Mission to Save Farm Animals

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Bones ran for 12 seasons on Fox from September 2005 to March 2017. The crime procedural comedy-drama centered on Deschanel's forensic anthropologist and David Boreanaz as FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, who solved different case files involving mysterious human remains.

The show remains Fox’s longest-running scripted drama series to date, and Deschanel says she wants to give dedicated fans a “companion piece” to the series through the podcast.

“We encounter fans of the show all the time who say they've [seen] the show multiple times,” she tells PEOPLE. “There are fans that have watched more than we have, and they love it and know more than we do.”

“It seems to give people a lot of comfort and be nostalgic for people as well,” she added. “People found it comforting to go through your hard times in their life watching the show. So people watch it many times over, so we wanted to give a companion piece to that experience too.”

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All 12 seasons of Bones are available to stream now on Hulu ahead of the July 19 debut of Boneheads with Emily Deschanel and Carla Gallo (A Bones Rewatch Podcast) on major podcast platforms.

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1776 Dreamcast made by me:

John Adams: Brian D’Arcy James

John Dickinson: Christian Borle

Benjamin Franklin: Nathan Lane

Thomas Jefferson: Gabriel Ebert

Edward Rutledge: John Riddle

John Hancock: Christopher Sieber

Stephen Hopkins: Roger Bart

Charles Thompson: Gavin Lee

James Wilson: Alex Brightman

Richard Henry Lee: Aaron Tveit

Col. Thomas McKean: Alfred Molina

Caesar Rodney: Christopher Fitzgerald

George Read: Brad Oscar

Samuel Chase: Danny Skinner

Dr. Lyman Hall: Eric Anderson

Roger Sherman: Drew Gehling

Lewis Morris: David Josefsberg

Joseph Hewes: Tom Alan Robbins

Dr. Josiah Bartlett: Richard Kind

Rev. John Witherspoon: Adam Dannheisser

Robert Livingston: Andy Karl

Andrew McNair: Wesley Taylor

Abigail Adams: Jessica Keenan Wynn

Martha Jefferson: Taylor Louderman

Courier: Ethan Slater

[itsnothingbutluck]

Quotes about "Long-term Thinking

"America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking." Wilma Mankiller +++++++++++++++++++ "Middle-income countries need to attend to the education of their poorest people to build their economies and ensure long-term stability. "Julia Gillard +++++++++++++++++++ "Long-term unemployment is particularly costly to those directly affected, of course. But in addition, because of its negative effects on workers' skills and attachment to the labor force, long-term unemployment may ultimately reduce the productive capacity of our economy. " Ben Bernanke ++++++++++++++++++ "You've got a lot of very, very smart people standing by waiting for somebody else to do the work. Not a recipe for long-term solvency in my opinion. " Mike Rowe ++++++++++++++++++ "There has been a great challenge in improving educational achievement. It's a long-term issue, not a short-term one. It includes everything from getting more parents involved to addressing issues of poverty and improving what happens in the classroom. " Julian Castro ++++++++++++++++++ "If you are designing cryptosystems, you've got to think about long-term applications. You've got to try to figure out how to build something that is secure against technology in the next century that you cannot even imagine. " Whitfield Diffie ++++++++++++++++++ "Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value. " Warren Buffett ++++++++++++++++++ "As more and more Americans own shares of stock, more and more Americans understand that taxing businesses is taxing them. Regulating businesses is taxing them. They ought to be thinking long-term about their ownership, not just their income, and that they should pay taxes on capital, as well as taxes on labor." Grover Norquist ++++++++++++++++++ "Capitalism is a wonderful economic engine, but it assigns little value to long-term projects or societal problems."George M. Whitesides ++++++++++++++++++ "It's difficult to make your clients understand that there are certain days that the market will go up or down 2%, and it's basically driven by algorithms talking to algorithms. There's no real rhyme or reason for that. So it's difficult. We just try to preach long-term investing and staying the course. " Warren Stephens ++++++++++++++++++ "It's a lot easier to see, at least in some cases, what the long-term limits of the possible will be, because they depend on natural law. But it's much harder to see just what path we will follow in heading toward those limits."K. Eric Drexler ++++++++++++++++++ "While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term. " Sylvia Mathews Burwell ++++++++++++++ "The market is a brilliant system for the exchange of goods and services, but it doesn't protect the environment unless it's regulated, it doesn't train your workforce unless it's regulated, and it doesn't give you the long-term investment you want. " Ken Livingstone

[nbatrades]

Warriors land Eric Paschall on 2019 Draft Night

On June 20th, 2019, the Golden State Warriors traded a future 2024 second round draft pick (Pelle Larsson) and $1.3 million cash considerations to the Atlanta Hawks for a 2019 second round draft pick (Eric Paschall).

The 2019 offseason was transformational for the Golden State Warriors. Though they weren't hitting a full reset on a championship contender, the team was due for some changes.

Superstar Kevin Durant ruptured his right achilles tendon in the 2019 NBA Finals and he was also set to become a free agent. All-Star guard Klay Thompson tore the ACL in his left knee the Finals and was likely to miss the entire 2019-20 season.

The Warriors used the 2019 draft as an opportunity to add some youth and talent to the roster. First, the club took guard Jordan Poole 28th overall in the first round. Then, in the second round, Golden State acquired forwards Alen Smailagić and Eric Paschall, the 39th and 41st picks in the draft respectively.

The Atlanta Hawks had a slew of picks in the 2019 draft including 8, 10, 17, 35, 41 and 44. The Hawks moved number 44 to the Miami Heat for a protected pick and cash considerations. The next move was dealing 41 to the Warriors for a future second rounder in 2024 and $1.3 million in cash considerations.

Standing 6-7 tall, Paschall was a physical but undersized power forward with a polished offensive game. A fifth year senior, he spent his first season at Fordham University before transferring to Villanova University. In his senior year, Paschall was named to the First-Team All-Big East team after averaging 16.5 PPG and 6.2 RPG.

The Warriors meanwhile were undergoing a makeover. Durant decided to leave the Warriors. He signed with the Brooklyn Nets to team up with star Kyrie Irving. Golden State agreed to a four-year deal with Brooklyn Nets guard D'Angelo Russell. Both the Warriors and Nets agreed to a sign and trade involving both Durant and Russell. Key veterans Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston departed via trade and retirement respectively.

The Warriors signed Paschall to a fully guaranteed three-year, $4.2 million contract. At the time, it was the second highest amount of guaranteed money given to a player picked in the 40s of the draft. Paschall joined the Warriors for Summer League in both Sacramento and Las Vegas. He played in three contests, mustering 11.3 PPG on 54.5% shooting, 3.3 RPG and 2.3 APG in 24.4 MPG.

The 2019-20 Warriors season was doomed from the start. Golden State lost its first two games by 19 and 28 points. After a win against the New Orleans Pelicans in the third game, Stephen Curry fractured his left hand in the fourth game against the Phoenix Suns.

Golden State proceeded to drop 12 of its next 14 games to fall to 3-15. The season quickly transformed into a rebuild. Golden State had the worst record at 15-50 when the 2019-20 season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amid injuries to Curry and Draymond Green, the Warriors' young players were given an opportunity to shine. Paschall was one of the beneficiaries. The rookie forward appeared in 60 games, amassing 14.0 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 2.1 APG and 0.5 SPG in 27.6 MPG. For his efforts, Paschall made the NBA's All-Rookie first team and finished sixth in Rookie of the Year voting. Specifically, Paschall's ability on offense to attack out of the midpost and faceup against defenders became a weapon the Warriors went to often.

When the NBA season resumed in the Bubble in Orlando, Florida, the Warriors did not qualify to play. The Warriors hoped to get back to prominence for the 2020-21 season. The team had made a late in-season deal to acquire Andrew Wiggins and a future first round pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves for D'Angelo Russell.

However, the team's hopes would once again take a hit. Thompson was looking to return from his knee injury, but tore his right achilles tendon in an offseason workout. In other offseason moves, the Warriors held the number two pick in the 2020 draft and selected center James Wiseman.

Looking to add a wing, the Warriors acquired forward Kelly Oubre from the Oklahoma City Thunder. The team also signed veteran Kent Bazemore.

The 2020-21 season saw the Warriors hover around .500. At 22-20 after 42 games, Golden State dropped seven of the next eight games to fall to 23-27. The Warriors finished the season strong, going 16-6 over the final 22 games to finish eighth in the West with a 39-33 record.

Paschall had a smaller role in his second season. He appeared in 40 contests and contributed 9.5 PPG, 3.2 RPG and 1.3 APG in 17.4 MPG. He missed some time during the season with a left hip flexor strain.

Golden State's offense was built around Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and player movement. Paschall's isolation-heavy game didn't fit with the Warriors' ball and man movement-centric style of play. He wasn't much of a floor spacer or a switchable defender. Forward Juan Toscano-Anderson surpassed Paschall in the rotation by the end of the season. Paschall played just twice in Golden State's last 24 games.

The Warriors qualified for the play-in tournament which the NBA had added new rules. Golden State had to face the seventh seed Los Angeles Lakers on the road.

Curry had 37 points and the Warriors led early 13 at halftime. Los Angeles bounced back and took a lead in the final quarter. Both teams would trade the lead in the fourth. Lakers forward LeBron James made a clutch three with 58 seconds left despite a watery eye from an eye poke and the Lakers held on for a 103-100 win.

With the win, the Lakers became the seventh seed. The Warriors went on to face the winner of the nine seed and ten seed game at home. The 38-34 Memphis Grizzlies would be the opponent. Curry had 39 points but Grizzlies guard Ja Morant put up 35 points. Memphis won in a close overtime affair 117-112. The loss eliminated the Warriors from the playoffs. Paschall did not play in either play-in game.

In the 2021 offseason, the Warriors dealt Paschall to the Utah Jazz for a protected 2026 second round pick. Paschall ended his two-year run in Golden State with a stat line of 12.2 PPG, 4.0 RPG and 1.8 APG in 100 appearances. The forward shot 50% from the field, 30% on trifectas and 75% from the free-throw line.

The second round pick the Warriors sent to the Hawks in the deal was for the 2024 draft. In February 2020, Atlanta rerouted the pick to the Houston Rockets in a four-team deal involving the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Rockets held the pick until 2024, selecting guard Pelle Larsson from Arizona. The Rockets traded Larsson's draft rights on draft night to the Miami Heat in a three-team deal with the Atlanta Hawks.

Eric Paschall on being drafted to the Warriors:

"It means a lot. I mean, I actually told my parents through this whole draft process I wanted to get to the Warriors… everything ended up working out and I just appreciate that, I mean it's all a blessing just to be here… just to hear your name called in the draft is a really big blessing.”

What he can bring to the Warriors (via Warriors.com):

"I think I could just bring energy, I mean one thing I've learned at Villanova is learning different roles… I wasn't always the star there and, I mean, you just got to find a way to make an impact in whatever way you can even if that's on or off the court."

Golden State Warriors Bob Myers on the team taking three players in the 2019 draft (via the San Francisco Chronicle):

"We'll be somewhat limited as far spending this summer. It's hard to find new players. If one of these guys gives us good minutes, great. If two can, great. Who knows who that guy will be? But we like these three well enough."

On the hope for the future:

"There's probably someone grading this draft right now. People like to see a grade, and I like to see that stuff, too. I hope they work hard. I hope they're humble. I hope they fit into our culture. I mean, that's why we took them. I hope they help us win some basketball games."

Steve Kerr on the team drafting Paschall (via the San Francisco Chronicle):

"We were kind of holding our breath hoping for him to fall. Luckily, it happened."

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