#eric livingston

[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]

EVERY FOUNDER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WAS

But if angel investors become more active and better known, they'll increasingly be able to reach most of the changes will be for the better. You can use that target growth rate. Ditto for PayPal. Are there zero users who really love you, but they know better than to be friends with the people whose discoveries will make them so. A few steps down from the top. Professors have to publish novel results to advance their careers, but there won't be many of them. When we cook one up we're not always 100% sure which kind it is. So the deals take longer, dilute you more, and impose more onerous conditions. They'll just have become a different, more conservative, type of investment. C was written by people who needed it for systems programming. But I could be wrong. What you're really doing when you start to see growth, they claim they were your friend all along, and are aghast at the thought of a 30% success rate at fundraising makes my stomach clench.

Being around bad people would be intolerable. And it's true, the benefit that specific manager could derive from the forces I've described. Jessica Livingston, Robert Morris, Eric Raymond, Guido van Rossum, David Weinberger, and Steven Wolfram for reading drafts of this. But only about 10% of the time we could find at least one good name in a 20 minute office hour slot. Actually what they need to do two things, one of the keys to retaining their monopoly. And so ten years ago, he could teach him some new things; if a psychologist met a colleague from 100 years ago, writing software pretty much meant writing software in C or Perl. Now we needed to stay alive.

We'll probably never be able to match. I think hiring people is the worst thing a company can do. Hacking is something you do with it. Because they haven't tried to control it too much, Twitter feels to everyone like previous protocols. Nearly all your attachment to it comes from it being attached to you. Why programmers, more than dentists or salesmen or landscapers? So why did they even evolve? For example, the Honeywell thermostats in my house have the most atrocious UI. Barbershops are doing fine in the a department. Imagine the obelisk of startups. And now that I'm an investor, the thought of our startups keeps me up at night. The process inherently tends to produce an unpleasant result, like a student who hasn't prepared for an exam.

To be self-funding—Microsoft for example—but most aren't. You just try to get people to pay you for stuff. Investors' opinions are explicitly tested: startups come to them and they have started to use it? You're better off avoiding these. That's true. A rounds creep inexorably downward. That's nonsense. They're increasingly rare, and they're going to get rarer. The company being sold.

But the way they write software. How much is that extra attention worth? To the popular press, hacker means someone who breaks into computers. The founders can't enrich themselves without also enriching the investors. People don't do hard things gratuitously; no one will work on a harder problem unless it is proportionately or at least to know what an n 2 algorithm is if you want to avoid writing them. In fact many of the people who had them to continue thinking about. Fortunately if this does happen it will take years. And when the Mac appeared, it was obvious that rapid development would be important in this market. Was there a connection?

In a world of small companies, performance is all anyone cares about. It must once have been inhabited by someone fairly eccentric, because a lot of investors hated the idea, but they don't need as much of the innovation is unconscious. You know what a throwaway program is: something you write quickly for some limited task. This may not be easy, because a they may be, but more a way of predicting performance. Civil liberties make countries rich. One thing it means is that at least 20-25% of the code in this program is doing things that you can't be pointed off to the side and hope to succeed. A round.

[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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[fetchmearum420]

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

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Happy Birthday to Alyssa Milano. Who turned the BIG five-oh (50) today.

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[southerndutchesstoastmasters]

Meeting Minutes

FYI- I post all the meeting minutes each time, so you can find them easily.

Southern Dutchess Toastmasters: Minutes from 2024-2025 TM year

Meeting Minutes: September 16, 2024

Attending: Joe Maselli, Eric Schlobohm, Ulric Lestrade, Greg Johnson, Kahlil Thorpe, Janice Dimock

Online: Aman Goel, Wanda Campbell

Guests: Jing Wu (and her two sons)

This was our first time meeting at the East Fishkill Library. The room was very nice, plenty big enough with lots of tables and seating. We did experience a few technical difficulties getting the online portion of the meeting going, but eventually, we got it done. 

Joe was our Toastmaster and kept us on track once we got going. We had one speaker, Janice, who discussed healthy aging tips from the Blue Zones. 

Greg led us in Table Topics with the theme of choosing which baby animal better suits you. Due to our earlier delay, it was a short table topics session- although we did have one of our young guests, Andrew, participate.

Ulric gave a helpful evaluation and Joe stepped us to serve as general evaluator. He noted that we could use a second camera so the online participates can see both the speaker and the timer. 

Kahlil supplied our word of the day: numinous, meaning spiritual, supernatural, mysterious. The word was used 2 times during the meeting. 

Our next meeting will be on October 7th at the East Fishkill Library at 7pm. Ruth Ray will be our Toastmaster. 

Meeting Minutes: September 9, 2024

Attending: Kevin Shannon, Janice Dimock, Joe Maselli, Ulric Lestrade

Online: Ruth Ray, Wanda Campbell, Eric Schlobohm

Ulric was our Toastmaster with the theme ‘History of Labor Day’. We learned a lot about the holiday that many of us take for granted every year. 

Wanda was our wordmaster/ah counter, introducing the word transcend- to rise above, go beyond, or surpass.

We had a brief business meeting in the beginning to discuss moving our club, as our current meeting place is closing. A potential new meeting place is the East Fishkill Library- although as of now, we cannot guarantee that their meeting rooms will be available every month. 

Our speaker tonight was Joe, delivering a social speech, titled “Lifetime Achievement Award”.

Filling the role at the last minute, Ruth led us in a extended Table Topics session that everyone participated in. 

Our next meeting will be September 16th, at the East Fishkill Library at 7pm. Joe Maselli will be our Toastmaster.

Meeting Minutes: August 19, 2024

Attending: Janice Dimock, Kahlil Thorpe, Mekkat Krishnan, Devaki Krishnan, Wanda Campbell, Kevin Shannon, Greg Johnson, Ruth Ray, Ruwan Fonseka, 

Guests: Acheev Bhagat

(NOTE: I did not write down who attended this meeting- this list is from who participated, so if you were there, please let me know and I will correct the minutes)

Mekkat was our Toastmaster this evening with a fascinating theme of International Potato Day. Who knew there was such a thing! 

Kahlil once again served as our word master/ah counter, sharing the word fallacy- a deceptive or misleading belief. 

Devaki was our speaker tonight, taking on the challenging project, Managing a Difficult Audience. She did a great job delivering her speech and dealing with all the interruptions from her rambunctious audience. Kevin gave a great evaluation which pointed how she handled both the speech and the audience. 

Mekkat led us in a potato themed Table Topics session with great participation- including our guest Acheev. We learned a lot about what kinds of potato dishes people enjoy. 

Our next meeting is September 9th and Ulric will be our Toastmaster. 

Meeting Minutes: August 5, 2024

Attending: Kevin Shannon, Ruth Ray, Wanda Campbell, Ulric Lestrade, Devaki Krishnan, Kahlil Thorpe, Markly Wilson, Janice Dimock, Aman Goel (online).

Guests: Greg Johnson, Sonia David (and baby Julia), Zion Livingstone

Devaki led our meeting as Toastmaster with humor as our theme. We had some last minute roles to fill. Janice jumped in as timer and Kahlil did double duty, already signed up as a speaker and filling the role of word master/ah counter. The word of the day was lethargic, meaning sluggish and apathetic. Greg jumped in as General Evaluator at his first meeting back after a long absence and Ruth stepped up to evaluate Wanda’s speech. 

Wanda gave us an inspirational speech based on Nike’s motto- Just Do It! She managed to work the word of the day into her speech as well as the fabulous word, flabbergasted. Kahlil regaled us with his love of the “Scream” franchise of scary movies in his “What’s your favorite scary movie” speech. We learned about thrill seekers and fight or flight movie goers. 

Kevin led us in a humor themed table topic session; asking such questions as what was the funniest thing that ever happened at work and what is a funny story from childhood. Our guest, Sonia, participate as well, sharing her favorite funny show. 

Our next meeting will be August 19 and Mekkat Krishnan will be our Toastmaster.

Meeting Minutes: July 15, 2024

Attending: Joe Maselli, Eric Schlobohm, Mekkat Krishan, Devaki Krishnan, Kahlil Thorpe, Lizdely Garcia, Janice Dimock, Ruwan Fonseka, Aman Goel (online), Wanda Campbell (online)

Guests: Acheev Bhagat (online)

Lizdely Garcia led us as our Toastmaster for the evening. The theme of the meeting was dining out in the Hudson Valley and Lizdely gave us many great ideas for restaurants to check out in the area (including The Beast and Dutchess Biercafe, Cosimos, Lola’s Café, Kipp’s Tavern and McKinney & Doyle). 

We had two prepared speeches- both from the Engaging Humor Pathway. First, Devaki demonstrated the power of humor in the impromptu speech with 2 short speeches- one on 3 keys to a happy life (never compare yourself to anyone else, stay healthy and have reasonable expectations). Then Mekkat entertained us with tales of travels and tribulations when his daughter went away to college but wanted to come home frequently. 

Ruwan led us in Table Topics with his scary list of questions. They weren’t quite so bad this time. We heard about giving your life for someone else, doing the right thing, staying healthy, valuing family time, interacting with people and loving people. 

This week’s evaluators were Wanda for Devaki and Joe for Mekkat. 

Our word of the day was deference- meaning humble submission and respect.

Online Club Officer Training is ongoing on the following dates:

July 25 6-8:30pm

Aug 6- 6-8:30pm

Aug 24 9-11:30am

All officers should attend one of these sessions.

Meeting Minutes: July 1, 2024

Attending: Kevin Shannon, Joe Masselli, Janice Dimock, Wanda Campbell, Mekkat Krishnan, Ulric Lestrade, Kahlil Thorpe, Aman Goel (online)

Guests: Michael Domoulin, Kelly Anne Kilkenney

Our first meeting of the 2024-2025 Toastmasters year found us filling some roles at the last minute- including the Toastmaster. As usual, our members stepped up and we had a fabulous with meeting which included two pathways speeches. 

Kevin gave the Level 2 Mentoring speech, reminding us all that we will need to do this speech for every path we do! He also made us aware of the unseen mentors in our lives by regaling us with stories from his retirement party. Apparently, he hadn’t realized until then how many of his colleagues considered him a mentor. 

Wanda delivered a Level 3 on Negotiating the best outcome. She told us about facilitating a negotiation with difficult people. Sometimes you are dealing with unreasonable and irrational parties and you have stay calm and be patient to negotiate the best outcome. The audience could relate to dealing with an irrational party!

Kevin facilitating our Table Topics sessions using cards he found at a garage sale. He managed to find questions that brought us all down memory lane reliving our childhoods. Both guests participated in Table Topics. 

Effective evaluations were delivered by Mekkat for Kevin and Janice for Wanda.

Our word of the day was expeditious- meaning done with speed and efficiency, quick or prompt. 

Online Club Officer Training is ongoing on the following dates:

July 8- 6-8:30pm

July 16 6-8:30pm

July 20 9-11:30am

July 25 6-8:30pm

Aug 6- 6-8:30pm

Aug 24 9-11:30am

All officers should attend one of these sessions.

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Lunar Codex

I am privileged to share that mention of and images of my work have been included in the Lunar Codex.

The Lunar Codex is the passion project of physicist, entrepreneur, and storyteller Samuel Peralta, who alongside NASA’s Artemis Program has placed a record of contemporary creative works from “35,000 artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers, representing 234 countries, territories, and Indigenous nations, in time capsules launching from Earth to the Moon and beyond.” *

Read more about the Lunar Codex here.

My work was included in two issues of magazines that have been gathered into the the Lunar Codex using digital and analog technology:

​50 MEMORABLE PAINTERS

published by GOSS183 in 2015 Special PA (PoetsArtists) issue curated by John Seed and Didi Menendez

Featuring art from: Alexsander Betko ▪ Jeffrey Bess ▪ Charis Carmichael Braun ▪ Ali Cavanaugh ▪ Matthew Ivan Cherry ▪ Erica Elan Ciganek ▪ Ben Cressy ▪ Gabriela G. Dellosso ▪ Emanuela De Musis ▪ Shawn Fields ▪ Ron Francis ▪ Zoey Frank ▪ Patrick Earl Hammie ▪ Graham Harwood ▪ Mark Heine ▪ Erika B. Hess ▪ Jen Hitchings ▪ Milan Hrnjazovic ▪ Karen Kaapcke ▪ Michael Kozlowski ▪ Valeri Larko ▪ Brianna Lee ▪ Kim Leutwyler ▪ Shana Levenson ▪ Zachari Logan ▪ Susannah Martin ▪ Renee McGinnis ▪ Darian Rodriguez Mederos ▪ Sylvia Maier ▪ Shie Moreno ▪ Rachel Moseley ▪ Judith Peck ▪ John Philbin Dolan ▪ Serena Potter ▪ Nadine Robbins ▪ Beverly Rippel ▪ Cesar Santos ▪ Victoria Selbach ▪ Ed Smiley ▪ Kyle Staver ▪ Barry Smith ▪ Albert Leon Sultan ▪ Emily Thompson ▪ Alexandra Tyng ▪ Conor Walton ▪ Nick Ward ▪ Thomas Wharton ▪ Margaret Withers ▪ Meg Wolensky ▪ Stephen Wright

Vehicle(s) and launch dates: Peregrine / PM1 - NASA CLPS-TO2-AB / Astrobotic Peregrine Mission 1 (Jan 8-18, 2024); Polaris / GM1 - NASA CLPS-TO-20A (VIPER) / Astrobotic Griffin Mission 1 (Nov 2024).

​POETSARTISTS #57

published by GOSS183 in September 2014 curated by Didi Menendez

Featuring:

Poets : Leila Ammar ▪ Jan Ball ▪ Nin Andrews ▪ P.H. Davis ▪ Carlton Fisher

Artists : cover photo of Bryce Ramming by Michael Auer ▪ Jorg Dubin ▪ Charis J. Carmichael Braun ▪ Alvin Richard ▪ Tristan Pigott ▪ Eric Daniel Almanza ▪ Shawn Huckins

Collaborations : Paul Beel & Grace Cavalieri ▪ Kate Lutzner & Victoria Selbach ▪ Angela Hardy & Lorraine Currelley ▪ Daniel Maidman & Nin Andrews ▪ Judith Peck & Pris Campbell ▪ Robbie Robb & Larry Lawrence ▪ Judith Peck & Robert Lee Brewer ▪ Debra Livingston & R. J. Slais ▪ James Needham & Melissa McEwen ▪ Jeff Faerber & Denise Duhamel ▪ Matt Calavecchia & Ken Taylor ▪ Debra Balchen & Laurie Kolp ▪ Cesar Conde & Duriel Harris ▪ Timothy Robert Smith & Bill Yarrow

Vehicle and launch date: Polaris / GM1 - NASA CLPS-TO-20A (VIPER) / Astrobotic Griffin Mission 1 (Nov 2024).

Incandence Corp., “The Lunar Codex: Story.” LunarCodex.com, 24 April 2024, https://www.lunarcodex.com/story