#mick rudolph

[faithshouseofchaos]

Welcome to faiths Christmas fics

31 days of Christmas fics and fluff and smut

31 days of Christmas fics requested by @olivyamarvelgirl and @isurvived3-11andimproud Some of these are title’s and some are prompts. Some days have two fics some have one and some are smut.

All fics will be tagged with #faiths Christmas fics 🎄if you want to be tagged let me know.

Day one — Logan sergeant x fem!reader — Underneath the mistletoe (fluff)

+ Franco Colapinto— x fem!reader — “that’s not how you make hot chocolate” (fluff)

Day two — Jenson Button x fem!wife!reader — let it snow let it snow let it snow (fluff)

+ Lando Norris x fem!reader — scrapbooking (fluff)

Day three — Lando Norris x Fem!Reader —Christmas cuddles (fluff)

Day four — Oscar piastri x fem!reader — secret Santa (suggestive)

Day five — max verstappen x fem!reader — the kitten is out the bag (fluff)

Day six — Sebastian Vettel x wife!reader — Christmas traditions (fluff)

+ Kimi Raikkonen x wife!reader — newlyweds (smut)

Day seven — Daniel Ricciardo x fem!reader — dreaming of a white Christmas

Day eight — lance stroll x reader — snowboarding (fluff)

+ Lance stroll x reader — Christmas with the in laws (fluff)

Day nine— Charles leclerc x fem!reader — teach me your ways (fluff)

Day ten— Yuki tsunoda x reader — Christmas cookies (fluff)

Day eleven— Liam Lawson x reader — we’re going where?! (Fluff)

Day twelve— Lewis Hamilton x wife reader — decorating the Christmas tree (fluff)

Day thirteen— Kevin Magnussen x wife!reader — picking out a Christmas tree with the kids (fluff)

Day fourteen— Valtteri Bottas x wife!reader — to the North Pole — (fluff)

Day fifteen — Carlos Sainz x girlfriend!reader — Christmas proposal(fluff)

Day sixteen — Alex Albon x reader — little lady (fluff)

+ Logan sergeant x reader — first Christmas (Fluff)

Day seventeen — James Vowels x reader — I love this little life (fluff)

+ Lando Norris x reader— A puppy (fluff)

Day eighteen — Fernando Alonso x wife!Reader — Santa clause is coming to town (fluff)

Day nineteen - Nico r x wife!reader — on the way (fluff)

Day twenty — Esteban Ocon x reader — your hogging all the blankets (fluff)

Toto Wolff x wife!reader — Christmas morning (fluff)

Day twenty one — Pierre Gasly x girlfriend!reader — naughty list (smut)

Day twenty two — Nico H x wife!reader — ginger bread house (fluff)

Day twenty three— Zhuo Guanyu x reader —relaxing by the fire (fluff)

+ Pierre gasly x reader — snow ball fight (fluff)

Day twenty four — Mark Webber — x wife!reader— dear Santa (fluff)

Day twenty five — Mick Schumacher — the annual Christmas dinner (fluff)

Day twenty six — Toto Wolff x reader — wrapping the presents (fluff)

Day twenty seven — Checo Perez x wife reader — Rudolph the red nose reindeer (fluff)

Day twenty eight — George Russel x girlfriend! Reader — Putting up the Christmas decorations (fluff)

Day twenty nine — Charles Leclerc x reader — let’s drink hot chocolate instead— (fluff)

Day thirty — Oscar Piastri x fem!reader — she’s the one (fluff)

+ Nico R x wife!reader — forgive and forget (fluff)

Day thirty one — Kimi Raikkonen x wife reader — sex by the fire (smut)

[libraryofloveletters]

holiday extravaganza 2023!

hi besties!! those of you that have been around for a while now that the holidays are my favourite time of the year; christmas, new years, and my birthday. 

so in honour of my favourite season, I bring to you; the holiday extravaganza 2023.   

it's a bit different this year, I've picked out prompts and drivers/players that are attached to each. they are meant to be blurbs so they vary in length but aren't very long :) - I hope you guys enjoy these as much I did! - as always, thank you to @diorleclerc the beautiful banner :)

running from: December 20th to December 29th. // 4-5 blurbs a day :)

tagged under: holiday extravaganza blurbs 23

December 20th

Sebastian Vettel - The Right Way To Do It 

Sebastian is the most meticulous person you've ever met in your life, and yes, that also translates to Christmas tree decorating.

Rodri - Don’t Fall

It was safe to say the man who comes from sunshine had yet to ice skate in his life. You made it your mission to change that; he was in Manchester,  after all.

Carlos Sainz Jr - Always You 

The infamous Sainz Christmas party. Every year your parents dragged you along and you only went to see one person. Your motives for going haven’t strayed despite growing up.

John Stones - Sing It With Me

John’s Christmas parties were famous for being crazy and unhinged, much like their host himself; because who else would end up drunk on a table, singing Christmas carols?

Jack Grealish - Made For You

His favourite time of the year; when you suggested the idea of matching pjs, Jack was all over it.

December 21st

Aaron Ramdale - Messy 

Aaron can’t help himself when he comes home from training and finds you baking Christmas cookies.

Mick Schumacher - Say Cheese  

Angie, much like her human father, hated to sit still for photos. Imagine the struggle to get both Schumachers to sit for a holiday card.

Paulo Dybala - Sweet Like Candy 

You had started making holiday treat bags for your class with the help of your boyfriend, who seems to be puzzled by the long curved candy you put in the bags.

Charles Leclerc - Stuff It

Charles goes a bit over board seeing that it’s your first Christmas with him, as his girlfriend that is. He revives an old tradition you two had as children.

Max Verstappen - Gimme A Smooch 

He was never one to indulge in things like mistletoe but since he begun to date you, he didn’t have much of a choice. 

December 22nd

Lewis Hamilton - The Art Of Wrapping

As he does every year, the house is filled with shopping bags and Lewis struggles to wrap all of his gifts. This year, he has a secret weapon; you.

Christian Pulisic - A Solid Foundation 

You and Christian have a contest to see who can build the best gingerbread house. Safe to say, you both went a little overboard

Kevin Magnussen - Something Doesn’t Taste Right 

Your husband convinces you that he knows how to make eggnog, no need to buy it from the store. His father’s recipe is the best of the best.. that’s if Kevin can figure it out.

Yuki Tsunoda - A Sweet Treat

Over your years at Alpha Tauri, you developed a habit with your driver; a sweet treat left behind as a peace offering when something went wrong. This time, Yuki was the one leaving the sweet treat.

Fernando Alonso - Wrapped Up 

Yet again, Fernando has forgotten to buy his Christmas gifts but there’s only one person that he cares to get something for.

December 23rd

Pierre Gasly - The Christmas Market 

You were missing home quite a bit and Pierre decides to indulge in one of your favourite holiday traditions.

Jenson Button - Jingle Bells 

The kids are convinced that they hear the bells on Santa’s sleigh, and Jenson is the exact same way. 

Darwin Nunez - Burnt 

Darwin suggests you host a dinner party at your place for a few of his teammates before you all head out for the holidays. He seems to have underestimate how much work goes into said party.

Son Heung-Min - Rudolph, The Red Nose Reindeer 

The winter fair was in town and Sonny decides that you two should go pay the reindeers a visit, because that’s what Santa would want.

December 24th

Jude Bellingham - A Visit To Santa

Jude decides now that you two are back home in England to take his brother to do the one thing they always did as kids; visit Santa.

Virgil Van Dijk - Holiday Oopsies

A snowstorm hits Liverpool and Virgil decides it would be good to take the kids to the park. Even with a warning from you, someone ends up in the hospital on Christmas Eve.

Daniel Ricciardo - Holiday Tunes

He insists on making a playlist for the holiday party, picking the worst possible songs on the planet.

Ibrahima ‘Ibou’ Konate - Movie Stars 

Ibou decides it would be a good idea for you two to make a vlog over the holiday break, just so he can keep his teammates updated.

Ruben Dias - The Lights Shining Down On You 

The people of Manchester love Christmas, just as much as you do. Ruben makes it his mission to ensure that you get to see every single Christmas display there is to see.  

December 25th

Antonie Griezmann - Glues Sticks and Pom Poms 

Every year since moving to Atletico, his girls have helped him to make Christmas cards for his teammates; this year was no different. The three of them covered in glitter, glue and pom poms.

Dominik Szoboszlai - I Spy With My Little Eye

This Christmas was different. Dom made you work for your gift rather than giving it to you; following the clues through the neighbourhood to your final gift.

Erling Haaland - Moo-rry Christmas

Erling insists that Santa has to get cookies and milk for his journey to Norway. Now where you got that milk? Erling the Farmer was on the job.

Trent Alexander Arnold - Christmas With The Robertsons 

Andy and Rachel have a holiday date night and call their two favourite people in the world to come babysit for them; auntie y/n and uncle trenty.

Andrew ‘Andy’ Robertson - Bumps and Bruises 

You convince your boyfriend that it’d be perfectly safe to go down the massive hill.. except it wasn’t.

December 26th

Jordan Henderson - Chocolate Doors 

Jordan buys your children a Christmas advent calendar, but they don't exactly understand the concept.

Jobe Bellingham - Must Watch 

His training took over most of his time so now that he was on break, you insisted you two do nothing but laze.

Yassine Bounou - The Mystery Gift

The Sevilla players have a tradition of playing secret Santa amongst themselves. You're a bit confused when a gift ends up on your desk.

Achraf Hakimi - Unwrapped

Kylian invites a few friends over to celebrate Christmas with him and his family. You can't quite remember what happened the night before you know you don't remember the events leading up to this morning.

December 27th 

Sergio Ramos - Christmas Cookies 

The kids insist Santa must get cookies when he drops off his present. Sergio make sure they know that Santa stopped by during night.

Pato O’Ward - Roll Over

Home for the holidays and cooped up inside due to the rain, both puppies and Pato go a little stir crazy.

Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez - Work Place Friendly 

RedBull hosts their annual holiday party, everyone sprawled out through the factory and you two ? Well.. that was a different story.

Thiago Alcantara - A Countdown To Midnight

Thiago insists on a new way to do the new years kiss, because waiting hours for one kiss wasn’t good enough.

Richarlison - A Brazilian Christmas

Rich stays in London for the holidays but he’s feeling bit home sick. You try your best to work with what you’ve got to cheer him up. 

December 28th

Kylian Mbappe - Ho Ho Ho 

When Santa’s elves weren’t at the workshop, his niece and nephew were a bit disappoint. Uncle Kyky finds a way to cheer them up, even if it earns him a few teasing comments from you.

Kostas Tsimikas - Mountains of Snow

Kostas insists that you two should go out into the snow and make a snowman. When you say no, he uses his skills of persuasion to get you to change your mind.

Mark Webber - Snowed In 

It wasn't even his idea to go to Switzerland, and now he was stuck on New Year's Eve, in the worst place on the planet; the airport.

Esteban Ocon - Behind The Curtains 

A school boy crush on his teammate; all it takes is a few sips of liquor and a photo booth to reveal his true feelings.

Lucas Paquetá - Box It Up 

As long as it takes to put up, it comes down in half the time. Lucas doesn't understand the delicate process of re-packing your ornaments.

December 29th

Giovanni ‘Gio’ Reyna - I’m Not Wearing This 

Gio tells your aunt that he loves the sweaters she knits.  So when he's gifted one, you make sure that he wears it.

Joe Gomez - Stuck 

You and Joe take a week off before Christmas hectic-ness to go up to the cabin and relax. The last thing you expected what to get snowed in.

Marcus Rashford - The Time For Giving 

The last place you expected to bump into him was the exact place you seem to find him.

Kimi Raikkonen - New Years At Home

From partying to parents; you and Kimi celebrate your first new years with your baby girl.

Lance Stroll - Choo Choo Trains 

Uncle Lance promised his nephew a toy train and when he remembers, he scrabbles last minute to find something.

[laytonnpcbracket]

Welcome to the Layton NPC Showdown!

This is a bracket to determine which of the many memorable NPCs from across the Professor Layton games are the greatest.

GAMES INCLUDED: Every game except LBMR. Eternal Diva characters are also not included here.

WHAT COUNTS AS AN NPC?: Anyone who doesn't have a puzzle animation. Characters excluded are Layton, Luke, Flora, Clive, Emmy, Randall, Aurora, Des, Espella, Phoenix, Maya, Katrielle, Ernest, Sherl, Hastings, and Emiliana.

WILL THERE BE NOMINATIONS?: Nope! Every NPC will be included.

WHAT ABOUT THE LAYTONMOBILE/MOLENTARY EXPRESS?: No vehicles. Not characters.

WHAT ABOUT THE PUZZLE LADS/LASSES?: I only plan on including characters that we can speak to in-game, so no Puzzle Lads or Lasses. Sorry to the people who like them 😔

WHICH CHARACTERS ARE INCLUDED, THEN?: Anyone who isn't an exception listed above that is in the profiles of the game! A full list is enclosed below.

WHEN WILL THE TOURNAMENT START?: More information forthcoming on that! I have to seed the bracket first :)

WHY IS NAIYA YOUR ICON?: In my opinion, she's one of the more underrated NPCs of the series. I'll probably cycle through some of the ones I have available to me right now.

WHAT CRITERIA SHOULD I VOTE ON?: Whatever makes you happy :)

ARE ALTER EGOS SEPERATE CHARACTERS?: No. For instance, Ratman is not included because his secret identity is in the tournament.

US OR UK NAMES?: I will try to make available as many names for the NPCs as possible! Which includes their Japanese names and as many names in the localizations as I am able to obtain from the wiki and my own sources. I'll probably reliably have the English (both versions where applicable), Japanese, and French names for every character when I do the bracket rounds. The list below however is entirely in English.

And now for a list of the entries! I didn't check all of these for inconsistencies, but I attempted to ascertain that I used the US versions. Some of them might be UK versions though because that's the version of the game I have (specifically Diabolical Box NPCs and Last Specter NPCs -- I know some of their US names but not all).

Franco

Stachenscarfen

Ingrid

Percy

Marco

Ramon

Matthew

Lady Dahlia Reinhold

Gordon Reinhold

Simon Reinhold

Claudia

Beatrice

Deke

Agnes

Pauly

Crouton

Flick

Rodney

Chelmey

Lucy

Zappone

Gerard

Jarvis

Adrea

Pavel

Crumm

Prosciutto

Archibald

Sylvain

Martha

Giuseppe

Augustus Reinhold

Granny Riddleton

Don Paolo

Bruno

Andrew Schrader

Anton Herzen

Katia Anderson

Sophia

Mr. Anderson

Beluga

Sammy Thunder

Macaroon

Chester

Babette

Tom

Ilyana

Geoff

Garland

Nigel

Jacques

Barton

Grousley

Steve

Capone

Mitzi

Lili

Sally

Marjorie

Conrad

Karla

Romie

Dorothea

Clabber

Oscar

Nick

Gabe

Balsa

Wurtzer

Lopez

Laurel

Parcelle

Lulu

Albert

Madeline

Remy

Angus

Kostya

Dylan

Joseph

Rory

Lila

Damon

Felix

Niles

Duke

Hopper

Olson

Derby

Dawson

Joanie

Krantz

Grinko

Marina

Opal

Ray

Gregorio

Narice

Gertie

Hamster

Precious

Winston

Claire

Dimitri Allen

Bill Hawks

Spring

Cogg

Dean Delmona

Shipley

Puzzlette

Beasley

Parrot

Subject 3

Bostro

Family Goon

Lockjaw

Splinters

Marzano

Layman

Fisheye

Silky

Shmelmey

Shmarton

Ward

Smith

Florence

Vito

Art

Niklaus

Anita

Alfie

Hazel (UF)

Adeline

Max

Becky

Margaret

Pallard

Dupree

Natalia

Harold

Horace

Hardy

Cuthbert

Segal

Catanova

Rosetta

Colby

Rudolph

Misha

Dylan

Viv

Pepper

Checker

Avogadro

Maya (UF)

Myrtle

Belle

Graham

Slate

Ernest (UF)

Berta

Minnie

Paige

Raleigh

Beacon

Mark

Rosa

Grosky

Keats

Clark Triton

Brenda Triton

Arianna Barde

Tony Barde

Doland Noble

Levin Jakes

Loosha

Toppy

Crow

Marilyn

Roddy

Scraps

Tweeds

Wren

Socket

Louis

Badger

Aldus

Charlie

Jasmine

Bucky

Fische

Beth

Mido

Clarence

Joe

Molly

Marion

Browne

Hugo

Dominica

Paddy

Brock

Aunt Taffy

Shackwell

Greppe

Goosey

Mimi

Hans Jakes

Maggie

Yamada

Sean

Olga

Finch

Sebastian

Cornelius

Chappy

Hannah

Mick

Colby

Monica

Thomas

Nate

Ewan

Chief Engineer

Naiya

Chippe

Bram

Ghent

Nordic

Gilbert

Roland Layton

Lucille Layton

Henry Ledore

Angela Ledore

Alphonse Dalston

Leonard Bloom

Sheffield

Billson

Mrs Ascot

Pascal

Guy

Lapushka

Gustav

Gonzales

Drake

Tyrone

Sterling

Mordy

Collette

Maurice

Juggles

Puck

Yukkles

Murphy

Cookie

Tanya

Firth

Madelaine

Stumble

Artie

Michelle

Nils

Frankie

Conner

Humbert

Policeman (MM)

Yuming

Esther

Lionel

Doug

Mr. Collins

Leon Bronev

Raymond

Prima

Harald

Donna

Mascha

Georg

Mackintosh

Solveig

Erik

Hazel (AL)

Igor

Sonya

Moos

Larisa

Karpin

Boris

Dariya

Pavlova

Carmichael

Amelie Chelmey

Policeman (AL)

Tommy

Morel

Chestnut

Amanita

Blewitt

Chanterelle

Button

Lepidella

Bud

Javier

Benny

Miranda

Martine

Barbara

Ruby

Scarlett

Flint

Old Red

Jesse

Derringer

Julien

Romilda

Sheppard

Piet

Felicia

Rik

Beatrix

Umid

Banu

Dana

Temir

Mehri

Nassir

Adler

Robin

Macaw

Plover

Grouse

Gannet

Swift

Carmine Accidenti

Olivia Aldente

Allan

Bardly

Zacharias Barnham

Newton Belduke

Birdly

Boistrum

Cecil

Cinderellia

Constantine

Cracker

Cutter

Darklaw

Dewey

Dzibilchaltunchunchucmil

Patty Eclaire

Eve (cat)

Flynch

Foxy

Jean Greyerl

Hoot

Judge

Kira

Knight Captain

Knightle

Lottalance

Lyewood

Lettie Mailer

Balmung

Mary

Muffet

Muggs

Ridelle Mystere

Nozey

Petal

Petter

Ms Primstone

Emeer Punchenbaug

Robbs

Old Rootie

Rouge

Servius

Shakey

Johnny Smiles

Snowy

Storyteller

Tuggit

Price

Wordsmith

Pipper Lowonida

Phineas Barnone

Madame Doublée

Liza Wight

Grant Sloans

Cesar Chance

Mustafa Fulhold

Hans Lipski

Aleks Lipski

Maverick D. Rector

Seymore Fraymes

The Major

Eddie Torre

Hayes

Maid

Wooooster

Bianca Teller

Security Guard

Shadee

Taboras Lloyd

Douglas Dert

Ratboy

Mo Heecan

Mrs Slow the Tailor

Midas Pullman

Declan Swabber

Abel Seamon

Felicity Hastings

Gene Ohm

Billy Kidd

Royall Britannias

Clover Pryce

PC Beate

DC Booker

Waiter

Séan Butchin

Bo Bells

Hessie Tate

Benjy

Bess

Keane Fisher

Bob Bracket

Stripey

Patch

Cat

Yapper

Gudrun Weldon

[besties-breakup-poll]

Besties Breakup Bracket!!

It's timeeeeee! Here are our match-ups!

Round 1 is split into four groups, with each group of polls going up every few days. Polls are a week long. As per the rules, propaganda is welcome, just keep it civil :)

Round 1A and B are up! Let's do this!!

You can also find the full list of competitors under the cut!

Round 1A:

Kiryu & Nishiki (Yakuza Kiwami) vs The Doctor & The Master (Doctor Who)

Sasha, Anne & Marcy (Amphibia) vs Mami & Kyouko (Madoka Magica)

Gojo & Geto (Jujutsu Kaisen) vs Sunny & Basil (Omori)

Thatcher & Dave (The Mandela Catalogue) vs Shauna & Jackie (Yellowjackets)

Todd & Copper (The Fox and the Hound) vs Sarah & Nancy (The Craft)

Ruth & Debbie (GLOW) vs Joey & Dick (Me And My Dick)

Kara & Lena (Supergirl) vs Juno, Mick & Sasha (The Penumbra Podcast)

Kaeya & Diluc (Genshin Impact) vs Fushima & Yata (K Project)

Round 1B:

Regina & Janis (Mean Girls) vs Rebecca & Paula (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)

Michael & Jeremy (Be More Chill) vs Greg & Rowley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

Jon & Tim (The Magnus Archives) vs Arthur & John (Malevolent)

Daisy & Fitz (Agents of Shield) vs Fitz & The Fool (Realm of the Elderlings)

Matt & Foggy (Daredevil) vs Gihun & Sangwoo (Squid Game)

Anakin & Obi Wan (Star Wars) vs Azula, Mai & Ty Lee (Avatar The Last Airbender)

Rin & Kitay (The Poppy War) vs Kaito & Shuichi (Danganronpa)

Charles & Erik (X Men) vs Vander & Silco (Arcane)

Round 1C:

Catra & Adora (She Ra) vs Nana & Nana (Nana)

Grace & Simon (Infinity Train) vs Silence & Saria (Arknights)

Steve & Tony (MCU) vs Reki & Langa (SK8 the Infinity)

Dia & Bort (Houseki no Kuni) vs Rapunzel & Cassandra (Tangled)

Keefe & Fitz (Keeper of the Lost Cities) vs Jo & Laurie (Little Women)

Jennifer & Needy (Jennifer’s Body) vs House & Wilson (House MD)

Rashmi, Amelie & Loam (Entropic Float) vs Chloe & Adrien (Miraculous Ladybug)

Amity & Willow (The Owl House) vs Serval & Cocolia (Honkai: Star Rail)

Round 1D:

Annabeth, Thalia & Luke (Percy Jackson) vs Midoriya & Bakugou (BNHA)

Taylor & Rachel (Parahumans) vs Gilgamesh & Tarvek (Girl Genius)

Seven Red Suns & Five Pebbles (Rain World) vs Chell & Wheatley (Portal 2)

Wei Wuxian & Jiang Cheng (The Untamed) vs Colm & Pádraic (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Naruto & Sasuke (Naruto) vs Mercedes & Annette (Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Cole & Jay (Ninjago) vs Lelouch & Suzaku (Code Geass)

Roxas, Axel & Xion (Kingdom Hearts) vs Rudolph & Tobias (Ghost Eyes)

Kirk & Spock (Star Trek) vs Caesar & Brutus (Julius Caesar)

[lorenzlund]

Bitte benutzen sie unser Hy-äne (G-ay-)Spray für die Hände gegen mögliche Infektionen!!

Göthe als Dichter in Bad Pyrmont 1801!

Am Wochenende in Bad Pyrmont machte ich Bekanntschaft mit erstmals sogar Paul aus Delaware in den Usa!

*Paul als Bierlokal-Besitzer für Patienten wie Urlauber früherem noch (u.a. 'Benediktiner') hatte er unzählige Angestellte. Mr. Paul Ryan & family. (Paul als Mann lebt auch er länger schon so nicht mehr auch!)

Frank, Anne.

Freundinnen neu gewonnene in den letzten Jahren, unter selbst Frauen. Als nur noch weiterem Beispiel dafür auch. Dass es auch diese Form von Freundschaften gänzlich neu entstandenen mit anderen, leicht ungewöhnlichen, jederzeit sehr wohl so auch geben kann, auch bei uns. (Selbst zu schon verstorbenen Personen!!) Ich fand u.a. Kisten mit haufenweise früheren Medikamenten, welche ihm gehört haben mussten. Paul war in seinen letzten Lebensjahren ganz offenkundig selber auch schwer erkrankt. Und dennoch muss er zu Lebzeiten anderen gern sein Lachen gezeigt haben! Seine Fotos bewiesen das ganz klar der Nachwelt hinterlassenen!

'Immer wieder besitze ich dabei das Gefühl beide Trommelfelle flatterten beständig stark dabei, gerade so wie bei stärkerem Windgang, schlügen merklich hin und her, vor allem bei sehr aprupt ausgeführten Bewegungen durch mich, selbst bei von uns gemachten Sprüngen und während des Sports, es bestünde die Gefahr, dass beide sich irgendwann sogar ganz lösten' (ich)

'der Bi-hinder(n)(-dten)-as'S-port und Werkstatt, anstelle oder statt zu vielens sogar vielleicht auch eigenen Herumwerkens, (an auch sich)!!

*jmd. effektiv an etw. hindern, es vorhaben. Bi-sexualität, die. Es gibt sie sowohl bei Männern wie Frauen, oder kann sie geben. Eine doppelseitige Veranlagung haben, sie selber auch besitzen. Nach sowohl vorne wie auch hinten neigend.

Oder zum gleichem Geschlecht. (Als Zusatzvariante).

Behindertenfürsorge.

Demenz bei Behinderten. 'Bekommen oder entfalten normalerweise nur Männer'. 'de gents'/mens. (Exclusively!!)

Wenn der Wahnsinn Methode besitzt !! Beim Mann!

Am Hintern kleben wollen (anderer, wiederholt auch selber!) W-dran! In Form einer wiederholt begangenen Sünde oder Sünden. engl.: sin, sins.

der Weg!ab damit!! sick-I-ater oder auch: P-sych-i-ater, als Beruf, selbstgewähltem, auch eigenem. Oder Psychiat-rie. Also besser nie auch!!

'Weswegen genau sind auch sie heute bei uns, oder kamen auch sie eigens hierher, zu uns, nach Bad Pyrmont?? Schildern sie kurz!'

'In Frankreich meldet sich der 'as'S-Hau!-spieler Depardieu bei Gericht krank! (Vorwurf der Belästigung).

die Film-Schauspieler, nationale wie weltweiten.

Ball-I-wood(s). 'H', einzelnes (für rechte Seite).

'Von Winden (direkt) verweht!!'

Einzig der Staat Arizona (Usa) und vielleicht noch New Mexico verfügen über auch eigene Scorpions, so wie Afrika es tut oder immer schon auch tat, als Wüstenbewohner.

Einzig der Staat Arizona/Usa (und vielleicht zusätzlich auch noch New Mexico) verfügen über auch eigene Scorpions, wie Afrika es auch tut.

*Rudolphs Henker. Hintern des oder vom Klaus (auch: 'Kläuschen' aus der früheren sogar noch deutschen Gartenkolonie). von etwas sehr schnell auch 'jabsen' oder extrem nach Luft schnappen (es direkt müssen!) der Mick oder auch Mickey (Schweden/bei sogar jüngeren oder neueren Band-Mitgliedern).

'Winds of change'

'3 Werke von uns schließen!' (Cavallo *heutige Betriebsratchefin bei VW) 'Dabei wollten wir am heutigen Tag doch eigentlich nur eine satte Lohnerhöhung erreichen für uns von 7 %!' ('Jetzt das!!!') '10 Prozent Gehalt weniger! Stattdessen - für alle die welche bleiben!!' 'Dies ist ein (geradezu einzigartiges!) Sterben auf Raten!!' Stavros (Christidis). Angeblich ebenfalls Betriebsrat heutiger. 'Cavallo nahm Blume aber genauso in die Pflicht, als sogar heutigem Konzernchef!!'

'VW reaktiviert besser über Nacht schnell frühere der bisherigen alten Benzin-Modelle, auch der eigenen, legt sie neu auf, wie Porsche es auch tun sollte!!' 'E-Autos will länger keiner sich kaufen, weder im In- wie im Ausland wollen das Kunden so länger noch überhaupt auch! Das Herum-Fahren in ihnen ermüdet uns generell zu stark! Wie das stundenlange Abwarten erst aufs neuerliche Aufladen an Steckdosen per Hand - auch! Ganz anders beim Benziner!' (der angebliche sogar Scholz zum selben Thema am heutigen Nachmittag erneut. An andere höflich weiter gegebene Ratschläge. Roland Schulz als früherem noch auch 'Klassendickem' (90er). Der berühmte vielleicht sogar zeitgleiche immer auch'Klassen-Clown'. Zum letzterem, dem gemeinsamen Clown, für quasi alle, neigte er selber jedoch kaum, oder tat es selber nur gelegentlich. Rahn Wirtschaftsschulen/Nienbg./Weser. Klassenkameraden frühere von uns.) Donald's einzigartiger (Karten)-Trump(f). Todesstrafe und Deportation, (als Versprechen!!)! (die sogar Hannoversche Allgemeine, erst heute morgen wieder auch)

'Ukraine soll mehr Windkraft erhalten aus Deutschland' (*eine der noch weiteren Schlagzeilen der HAZ von erst heute morgen wieder auch. Mittelteil.)

'Niemand kann sich mehr wirklich sicher fühlen hier!!' (Cavallo zu VW-Angestellten) 'Wer hat Schuld an auch der Krise bei VW???' ('Landes-Politik in der Diskussion'/HAZ)

[lboogie1906]

Edward Rudolph “Ed” Bradley, Jr. (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was a journalist, known for 26 years of award-winning work on 60 Minutes. He covered the fall of Saigon, was the first Black television correspondent to cover the White House, and anchored his news broadcast, CBS Sunday Night News with Ed Bradley. He received several awards for his work including the Peabody, the National Association of Black Journalists Lifetime Achievement Award, Radio Television Digital News Association Paul White Award, and 19 Emmy Awards.

He graduated from Cheyney State College graduating with a BA in Education. His first job was teaching sixth grade at the William B. Mann Elementary School in Philadelphia’s Wynnefield community. He moonlighted at the old WDAS studios, working for free and, later, for minimum wage. He programmed music, read the news, and covered basketball games and other sports.

He did over 500 stories, covering nearly every possible type of news, from “heavy” segments on war, politics, poverty, and corruption, to lighter biographical pieces, or stories on sports, music, and cuisine. He interviewed Howard Stern, Laurence Olivier, Subcomandante Marcos, Timothy McVeigh, Neil Armstrong, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Bill Bradley, the 92-year-old George Burns, and Michael Jordan, he conducted the first television interview with Bob Dylan in 20 years. Some of his quirkier moments included playing blackjack with Ray Charles, interviewing a Soviet general in a Russian sauna, and having a practical joke played on him by Muhammad Ali. His favorite segment on 60 Minutes was when he interviewed 64-year-old singer Lena Horne. He said, “If I arrived at the pearly gates and Saint Peter said, ‘What have you done to deserve entry?’ I’d just say, ‘Did you see my Lena Horne story?’” #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 12.27

Beer Birthdays

Gerardus Johannes Mulder (1802)

Louis Pasteur (1822)

Rudolph Rhineboldt (1827)

John A. White (1839)

Philip Ackerman (1841)

Paul Kalmanovitz (1905)

Jean Van Roy (1967)

Rick Sellers (1977)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Maryam d'Abo; actor (1960)

Gerard Depardieu; French actor (1948)

Johannes Kepler; German astronomer (1571)

Louis Pasteur; scientist (1822)

Sarah Vowell; writer (1969)

Famous Birthdays

John Amos; actor (1939)

Jean Bartik; computer scientist and engineer (1924)

Karla Bonoff; pop singer (1951)

Terry Bozzio; rock drummer (1950)

Louis Bromfield; writer (1896)

Johannes Vodnianus Campanus; Czech poet, playwright(1572)

George Cayley; scientist, aerial navigator (1773)

Timothée Chalamet; French-American actor

Nick Chubb; football player[ (1995)

Chyna; wrestler & actress (1970)

Lily Cole; English model (1987)

Wilson Cruz; actor (1973)

Marlene Dietrich; German actor, singer (1901)

Jay Ellis; actor (1981)

Veronica Giuliani; Italian Capuchin mystic (1660)

Ian Gomez; actor (1964)

Sydney Greenstreet; actor (1879)

Hinton Helper; writer (1829)

François Hemsterhuis; Dutch philosopher (1721)

Mary Howard; English author (1907)

Mick Jones; rock guitarist (1944)

Eva LaRue; model and actress (1966)

Oscar Levant; pianist, composer (1906)

Mina Loy; British modernist poet and artist (1882)

William H. Masters; physician, sex researcher (1915)

Scotty Moore; guitarist and songwriter (1931)

Agnes Nixon; soap opera writer (1927)

Charles Olson; poet (1970)

Carson Palmer; football player (1979)

Hermann-Paul; French painter and illustrator (1864)

Mike Pinder; English rock keyboardist (1941)

Theresa Randle; actress (1964)

Cokie Roberts; television journalist (1943)

Teofil Rutka; Polish philosopher (1622)

Matt Slocum; rock guitarist (1972)

Erin E. Stead; illustrator (1982)

Willem van Otterloo; Dutch conductor and composer (1907)

Kristoffer Zegers; Dutch pianist and composer (1973)

Carl Zuckmayer; German author and playwright (1896)

[alexadd77]

The Deviants - The Deviants 3 Lp 1969 (1988) Drop Out Records -U.K. Tercer y último trabajo de los Deviants con portada molona antes de mutar en Pink Fairies sin Mick Farren. Aquí el cotarro lo lleva el guitarrista Paul Rudolph a nivel de composiciones y dandole un sonido mas hard rock a la habitual mezcla de garage y Psicodelia. Buscaba la edición española de 1979 pero me tope con esta a buen precio en el dominical mercat de Sant Antoni y contento con la compra 😎

#deviants #pinkffairies #lp #album #33rpm #mickfarren #thedeviants #punkrock #psych #rock #protopunk #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #garage #vinylcollector #psicodelia #nun #nuns #recordscollection #psicodelia #recordscollector #artwork

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[jontycrane]

Best of 2019 - Books

Best of 2019 – Books

Travelling for nearly half the year allowed plenty of time for reading, mostly relating to the places I visited, but also plenty of other topics. I read some fiction but as usual my favourites were all non-fiction. Of the ~160 books I read this year here are my top picks, ordered into history, travel, music and an other.

Bloodlands : Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder One of the…

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Male Flash Characters Ranked by How Attractive I Find Them

This is really stupid, but hey, why not? 

Jay Garrick: 6/10 (7/10 when he was younger). For a guy who’s pushing 100, he’s definitely not bad-looking...but he’s pushing 100. 

Barry Allen: 5/10 (8/10 without the crew cut). The crew cut makes his jaw look exceptionally square and that’s a little weird; he has a really cute face, though, and it shows when he has other hair cuts. Also has terrible taste in clothing colors. 

Wally West: 9/10. What can I say? I like redheads, and the freckles are adorable. 

Eobard Thawne: 3/10. That hair.....Also, he’s a creepy stalker and I wouldn’t date him even if I was in the DC Universe and he was the last man on Earth. 

Hunter Zolomon: 6/10. Somehow he does the crew cut better than Barry. Maybe it’s because his jaw isn’t as square. Still wouldn’t ever date him, though.

Abra Kadabra: 5/10. He has the same stupid hair as Eobard, but his excellent beard/mustache combo basically makes up for it. Also has great taste in costumes. 

Dexter Myles: 4/10. He’s a decent-looking old man, but he has to be at least 60 and I don’t know if he was more attractive when he was younger. 

Dr. Henry Allen: 3/10. Same deal as Dexter Miles, but with worse facial hair. Also has a considerable paunch and does not look good in the Top’s skintight outfit. (Thanks, “The Top is Alive and Well in Henry Allen”, for the image that will haunt my dreams.) 

Bob/Rudolph West: 7/10 Pre-Crisis when he was younger, looked a lot like his son, and wasn’t a creeper; 2/10 Post-Crisis when he grew a horrible mustache. And you know how I said I wouldn’t date Eobard if he was the last man on Earth? If my choice was between Eobard and Rudolph...I think I might actually pick Eobard. He’s at least a competent horrible person. 

Albert Desmond: 8/10. He’s a very handsome man and I like his hair. 

Alvin Desmond: 6/10. Not as handsome as his astral twin/split personality/whatever. I like the red hair but his face gives me the creeps. 

Len Snart: Pre-Kolins, generally a 4/10. With the exception of a few stories, he was never much of a looker. I think it had something to do with his nose and chin. When Kolins draws him, he’s usually maaaybe a 3/10 if I’m being really generous. He looks like he’s 90 or something! In the New 52 and Rebirth, he jumps up to a 7/10, which unsettles me greatly. I like Captain Cold, but I don’t like him being physically attractive. 

Roscoe Dillon: 8/10. Very handsome and (eventually) well-built; nice hair; can wear a striped skintight suit and actually look decent in it. Drops to a 6/10 during the early part of Johns’ run when he stops shaving and caring about personal hygiene due to his mental issues. 

Sam Scudder: 10/10. He’s well-built, he’s got great hair, he’s got great eyes, and I love his ski-jump nose. Probably the most attractive male character in the series (for me).  

George “Digger” Harkness: 3/10 before his death and resurrection (his hair is a mess); 6.5/10 afterwards. Attractive Digger disturbs me even more than attractive Len. 

Mark/Marco Mardon: 7.5/10 Pre-Flashpoint, 8.5/10 Post-Flashpoint. I like his classic Silver/Bronze Age hairstyle and look, I liked the look he had under Geoff Johns, and I like Marco’s fantastic facial hair. He does need to eat a sandwich, though. 

James Jesse: 7.5/10. He’d be higher if not for the fact that I honestly find him to be more “cute” than “handsome”. 

Hartley Rathaway: Pre-Crisis he’s like a 4/10 (he looks like an evil elf); after Crisis he’s about an 8/10 most of the time. Made of adorable.

Mick Rory: 5/10. He’s decent-looking. I’m not sure if his score would increase or decrease if he had hair. A total sweetheart, though. 

Owen Mercer: 8/10. Very nice-looking. I love his facial hair. 

Savitar: 2/10. His 90s hair was a mistake. 

Murmur: 1/10. His hair is terrible. His face is horrible. He’s a serial killer. Ewww. 

Double Down: 4/10. It’s hard to tell how attractive he actually is because of all the tattoos, but I don’t like his hair. 

Evan McCulloch: 5/10 most of the time, 9/10 in his Spotlight issue where he had fabulous boy band hair. 

[foreveralwaysanauthor]

Revenge of the Reindeer

December 8, 2021

Prompt - Ugly Sweater

Characters - Mick, Butchy, Mack, and Brady

Notes - I don’t know if anybody else remembers this, but I did this prompt back in 2019. I can’t believe how long it’s been since then! That was back when I was just barely playing with the idea of Miles being a more important character. Look at the difference!

“See you soon, Mom,” Mick sighed into her mom’s shoulder as they hugged. It was the last day of her and Butchy’s weekend stay with Mack and Brady to which Mick, as per usual, had no desire to leave. Whilst she knew that they’d be returning soon enough, she always hated having to say goodbye.

Mack squeezed her daughter before pulling back from the embrace, holding Mick by her shoulders. “Of course, sweetheart. Now, remember, we have the Christmas party on Friday at six.”

“We’ll be here,” Butchy stated with a smile, making his way over to the mother-daughter duo. “What’s the theme this year?”

Brady huffed as he placed an arm around Mack’s waist, “Don’t ask me. I got outvoted.”

“We’re doing ugly sweaters,” Mack clarified with a smile.

Mick tilted her head to the side curiously but smiled at the idea. “Didn’t we do that, like, two years ago?”

“We did,” Brady stated plainly. “See, I told you people would notice.”

“I only noticed because I loved that idea, Dad,” Mick said with a grin. “Miles and I had a blast that year.”

Mack nudged Brady with a playful smile. “See,” she said mockingly.

“Yeah, yeah,” Brady muttered, pressing a kiss to the side of Mack’s head. “You were right.”

“And don’t I love to hear that.”

Butchy smiled at the older couple, placing a hand on Mick’s back as she stretched up and kissed his cheek. “So,” he began, “what’s an ugly sweater have to do with Christmas?”

Mick turned to him incredulously before turning to her parents with a sneaky smile. Mack shook her head and Brady smiled knowingly at his only child. “Something tells me you’ll find out soon enough,” Brady sighed around a laugh.

“Are you sure this is necessary?” Butchy asked as he tugged at the sleeves of his sweater, stepping into the living room so Mick could see his outfit.

Mick let out a soft giggle, rising from her spot on the couch and adjusting the collar of Butchy’s sweater as he stepped close to her. “I wasn’t so sure before, but now it absolutely is. Besides, you look absolutely amazing.”

“I look like a first-grader’s arts and crafts project,” Butchy replied blandly as he caught a glimpse of his reflection in one of the windows.

While his statement was very much true, Mick shook her head with a smile. “You are handsome as always.”

Butchy turned back to her skeptically, giving her a knowing raise of an eyebrow. “Mickie, honey, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I have half a reindeer sticking out of my chest.”

Once again, Butchy’s statement was entirely true, his sweater did, in fact, have a stuffed animal reindeer sewn into the front of it, the neck of the aforementioned stuffed animal surrounded by a faux wreath. The sweater itself was a bright red with green and gold plaid which would’ve been fine on its own, but the giant reindeer sort of took away from that. The cuffs of the sweater were made of the same material as the wreath, which looked far itchier than it actually was.

“Really?” Mick asked with feigned innocence. “I was too distracted by how attractive you are.”

“Buttering me up, are you?”

Mick cracked a smile at being caught out. “That depends. Is it working?”

Butchy snorted, “On a normal day, it would be. But this,” Butchy gestured to the stuffed animal protruding from his shirt, “is preventing you from achieving your goal.”

With a scoff, Mick brushed some of her hair over her shoulder and toyed with one of the antlers on the shirt. “Don’t blame poor Rudolph, he’s not the one who chose to be stuck in someone’s shirt.”

“Need I remind you who bought this monstrosity in the first place?” Butchy asked with a grin as Mick gasped in mock offense.

“That is not my fault!” she squawked, lightly shoving Butchy’s shoulder. “My dad gave me that shirt.”

“Ah, so it’s his monstrosity?” Butchy claimed as he followed Mick back to their shared bedroom and sat on the end of their bed. “Oddly enough, it makes sense.”

“I’m telling him you said that,” Mick teased as she began to rifle through her closet.

Butchy laughed softly, “Oh yeah? Is that a threat?”

Mick turned to Butchy with his favorite mischievous glint in her eyes. Man, he loved that look. “It’s a promise, buddy boy.”

“Really?” Butchy asked once more, pushing himself off of their bed and crossing the space between the two of them. “Is that right?”

“Try me,” Mick threatened, stepping close so they were nearly chest-to-chest.

Butchy contemplated the situation briefly before allowing his eyes to shine with the same gleam of playfulness Mick exuded. “Alright. I’ll let you get away with that-”

“‘Get away with it’? I can get away with anything if you think I look innocent enough,” Mick interrupted playfully.

“-on one condition.”

“Oh,” Mick breathed at the realization that she hadn’t even thought of Butchy using any ultimatums on her.

“Mhm,” Butchy hummed with a smile. “You get to tease all you want if I can pick your sweater for this party.”

Mick’s eyes widened and Butchy remembered, from what he’d been told ages ago, that this was the exact same thing that had happened the last time they’d done this sort of party. “No, no, I don’t think so! Last time, Miles put me in this absolutely hideous thing and I refuse to let that happen again.”

“Then I refuse to wear this horrid thing,” Butchy shot back with a smile.

“But it’s an ugly sweater party!”

Butchy nodded before silently allowing Mick to sputter out excuse after excuse as to why he had to wear the awful shirt. In all honesty, the shirt didn’t bother him nearly as much as he let on. The stuffed animal made the shirt heavy and, on a far more minute level, uncomfortable as he had to keep adjusting it, but it didn’t bother him much since Mick’s enthusiasm about being in those awful sweaters made him just as happy.

Once Mick had ended her little rant about how they just had to wear the sweaters to the party, Butchy chuckled, “Mickie, I don’t have a problem wearing this, you know that right?”

“No, I know, but I-” Mick cut herself off, sending Butchy a confused stare. “But I thought you hated it?”

Butchy shrugged, taking Mick’s hands in his own with a soft smile. “I’m not overly fond of it, no, but I can deal with it for a few hours if it makes you happy.”

Mick smiled, meeting Butchy’s eyes for a moment before stepping aside and allowing him full access to her half of the closet. “In that case, go ahead.” Butchy’s only response was a raised eyebrow. “Pick something for me to wear. If you’re willing to put up with that awful thing, I’m willing to put up with whatever abomination you find in there.”

“Mick,” Butchy breathed, “I was joking.”

“I wasn’t.” Mick glanced into her closet, pushing a few hangars toward Butchy’s side of things so he had full access to her Christmas clothes. “We’re in this together, right? Just try not to pick something with that garland stuff on it. I ended up scratching at it all night last time and my skin was bright red and had so many nail marks it looked like a racetrack.”

Butchy laughed, giving Mick a gentle kiss before searching through her available sweaters. Eventually, he found one he liked and pulled it from the hangar, handing it to Mick with a smile. Mick took one look at the sweater before shaking her head with a smile.

“You just had to pick the one that lights up, didn’t you?” Mick asked in a hushed tone as she leaned against Butchy, holding her mug of hot chocolate tightly so it would warm her fingers.

Butchy smiled, placing an arm around Mick as she shuffled close to his warmth. “You light up every situation, Mickie.”

“Oh, haha,” Mick returned sarcastically.

Her sweater was a solid red, apart from the sleeves that had green chevron stripes circling them from shoulder to cuff. The front of the sweater bore a reindeer, the antlers of said creature decorated with little presents and Christmas lights. The Christmas lights on the sweater were little LED lights, glowing rainbow colors everywhere Mick walked. While most people told her that her sweater was absolutely adorable, it was mildly distracting when the group of close friends and family members sat down in the dark to watch a movie.

“You know you love it,” Butchy claimed with a prideful grin.

“Sadly, you’re right,” Mick sighed in resignation, kissing Butchy’s cheek before turning back to the movie screen. “But I’ll always love you more.”

[typingtess]

Tiptoeing through the “Raising the Dead” guest cast.

Frank Military as David Kessler Before he was electrocuting Sam, drilling Deeks’s teeth, blowing up the team in Mexico and coming up with the band of streaming serial killers (still an open storyline), Frank Military was a working actor.  He had guest roles in Miami Vice, C.A.T. Squad, Superboy, The X-Files, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, CSI and Windfall.  Appeared in a few feature films as well.

I checked out the AV Club review of “3”, The X-Files episode with Military.  They were not a fan but it is a retro review (it wasn’t as good as Buffy – well, Buffy wasn’t on in 1994).  Their look at Military’s character John:

“The trio of vampires that Mulder tracks down aren't exactly Anne Rice heavy, but they are pretty tedious. The only one we get to know at all, John, looks like he just got thrown out of a Creed concert. During interrogation he spouts the usual religious rhetoric, and in one of the ep's few cool moments, Mulder doesn't buy it–believing John's faking his condition, Mulder has him put in a cell with a high window. The sun rises, and John burns. Later on he comes back, which is about the only interesting thing he manages to accomplish, even if it a little vague.”

The Creed concert line has some real truth to it.

Izabella Miko as Michelle Boucher Played Raja in The Cape and Katya in Chicago Fire.  Appeared in episodes of Deadwood, Chaos, Love Bites, Law & Order: SVU, Supernatural, Anger Management, Scorpion, The Mick, Criminal Minds and The Hunters.

Angel Parker as Secret Service Agent Alicia Monroe Was Tasha Davenport in Lab Rats, Shawn Chapman in American Crime Story, Alex Green in The Strain, Heidi Baker in Trial & Error and Catherine Wilder in Runaways.

Guest roles include Angel, Criminal Minds, ER, Eli Stone, The Young and the Restless, The Closer, Castle, Hannah Montana, Days of Our Lives, Soul Man, Sean Saves the World, Gang Related, Rebel, Teachers, Rel, 9-1-1: Lone Star and The Rookie.

Parker in her trailer.

Matt Peters as FBI Agent Michael Rudolph Was in Joel Luschek in Orange is the New Black and appeared in episodes of Weeds, Santiago, Rush Hour and Superstore.

Bojesse Christopher as Deputy Warden Max Fielder Played Billy O’Connell in Picket Fences and Det. Richard Kitting in True Detective.

Guest roles include Married with Children, Ferris Bueller, DEA, Silk Stalkings, Quantum Leap, Beverly Hills 90210 (1994), Unhappily Ever After, Pacific Blue, High Incident, Land’s End, Good vs. Evil, Strange Ones and Deputy.

Christopher provided multiple photos of his time on set with this Instagram post.

Daryl Crittenden as Randy Sinclair Played Chris Bowman in Heroes.  Guest starred in Nip/Tuck, The Young and the Restless, Torchwood, Friends with Benefits, Desperate Housewives, CSI, Franklin & Bash, Black & White, Justified, Days of Our Lives, Hart of Dixie, 2 Broke Girls, Hench, Criminal Minds and Hot in Cleveland.

Critteden also had a few photos with an Instagram post.

Adam George Key as LAPD Officer Harrison Back from “Murder of Crows” last season.  Key co-wrote “Monster” with Frank Military.

Jason Medwin as Prison Guard #1 A rather large fellow, Medwin appeared in episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Torchwood, Scandal, Shameless, Baskets, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, Glow, Lethal Weapon, Jane the Virgin, Single Parents, Euphoria and The Kominsky Method.

David Proffitt as Prison Guard #2 Guest roles in General Hospital, Veep and SWAT (2020).

Written: Frank Military wrote/co-wrote "Little Angels", "Deliverance", "Lockup", "The Job", "Greed", "Betrayal", "Crimeleon", "Vengeance", "Out of the Past" Part One, "Rude Awakenings" Part Two, season four’s finale "Descent", season five’s premiere "Ascension", "Allegiance", "Spoils of War", "Black Budget", SEAL Hunter", "Rage", "Unspoken", "Unlocked Mind", "Revenge Deferred", "The Seventh Child", "Crazy Train", "Uncaged", "The Silo", "Monster", "Line in the Sand", season ten opener "To Live and Die in Mexico", "The Patton Project", "Better Angels" and "False Flag" (the season 11 finale), "A Bloody Brilliant Plan" and “Code of Conduct”.

Directed by:  Terrence O’Hara directed “The Only Easy Day”, “Brimstone”, “The Bank Job”, “Borderline”, “Tin Soldiers”, “The Job”, “Backstopped”, “Crimeleon” (written by Military), “Blye, K.” Part Two, “San Voir” Part Two, “End Game”, “Paper Soldiers”, “Descent” (written by Military), “Ascension” (written by Military), “Fish Out of Water”, “Blaze of Glory”, “Command and Control” (episode 150), “Matryoshka” Part Two, “Belly of the Beast”, “Payback”, “Mountebank”, “Asesinos”, "Searching" and “Yellow Jack”.

[dreamylyfe-x]

this ep was written by a gay man?! is he a self hating gay man like ryan murphy? cause ryan murphy is like those gay characters in that "boys in the band" movie he made where they hate themselves and so take it out on each other. is that what this guy is doing with ian/ mick? cause why else the back to back heavy handed cringe lines like the pregnant line and all that? what gay men would say that in real life? so many quotes in this ep seemed so unnecessary and odd even within this story arc

The only thing I can really say here is that yes, he is gay. 

Beyond that, I’m not going to speculate. I am not a gay man. And besides that, gay men aren’t a monolith. I think mileage varies on the cringe factor, wildly. For instance, last week during a zoom call some people I work with sang a song to the tune Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, but they changed the lyrics to be industry appropriate. I involuntarily pulled my sweater up over my face. Others maintained their decorum.  🤷‍♀️ 

I can imagine a world in which those lines are playful and cute as easily as I can imagine a world in which people have their sweaters up over their head. I am not entirely sure just yet which of those worlds I inhabit. Full power to both sides, because I don’t think either is hurting anybody. I definitely don’t think it means anything about whether or not anybody hates themselves. In fact, I think an argument can be made that there was something of the opposite in allowing Mickey and Ian to be seen in a sexual situation that was not what we’ve come to expect. They’ve been together for years. Surely they’ve branched out a bit. 

(Aside, because you mentioned The Boys in the Band and I have a BFA in theatre: The Boys in the Band film is a period piece and it’s seeking to honour something. The play was written in 1968. It ran on Broadway for just over 1000 performances. To have a play entirely about gay men on Broadway in 1968 -- the Mad Men era -- was incredible enough, but it was also a hit. The men in that movie were representing a very specific experience, but it was an experience that wasn’t being shared before them. So it has its place in history. Which is one of the reasons it has that killer cast.)

ANYWAY, Shameless: I thought that was a pretty strong episode for Frank and Franny, and Debbie and Sandy. I’ll be interested in what we get from him next. I think it’s entirely likely it’ll be interesting. But if I pull my sweater up over my head, then he might just not be for me. I still wouldn’t have anything to say about how he feels about himself.  

[doof-doofblog]

"What Is It? Patrick? Patrick?!"

Thursday 7th January 2021

Good evening everyone! Hope you've all had a good day! I'm thrilled to be back posting another blog tonight! I feel so happy to finally be up to date and catch up to the same point as the rest of you! Just want to take this moment again to thank you all for your on-going support. If there's anyway I can improve my blog, please feel free to send me any suggestions!

Now tonight's episode, oh my goodness - quite a few shock factors I have to say! Firstly I'm going to start with Sonia. Clearly she is still behaving out of sorts, lashing out at people for no reason, and yet still we can see clinging on to a little piece of jewellery. I am still convinced that this necklace or chain has some significance, I'm unsure what, but I feel if we see her continuing to handle it, more will be revealed. During the scene where she's at hospital with Ash, she mentions that she can't recall the last time she had a break or even a decent rest. This makes me think that with Sonia being a nurse, I think the thing that's getting to her so much, must be her job. It's true that the NHS have been working around the clock, day and night, 24/7 to fight this virus. What if EastEnders have decided to show us how it must be for some of the people working for the NHS and how much pressure they've been under to fight the virus and how it's has affected them? Physically? Emotionally? Mentally? I feel that this could be Sonia's big story, being a nurse and fighting off Covid-19. It would make sense really, what do you guys think?! Could Sonia be in such a big bubble that she feels no one understands the pressure she's under, how many people she's seen die due to the pandemic? It could very distressing but a very vital and important to show!

Secondly, I want to mention Sharon. She is still putting on a huge front to everyone on the Square, more importantly to Kathy, that she's actually in love with Ian and their marriage is for real. I do feel for Sharon but I do also feel that she's going way in above her head. There are many ways in which she could get revenge on Ian, marry him and take him for every penny he has, not really needing to poison the man. When she finds Kathy approaching Gray for some legal advice, she informs her and everyone else that she and Ian are going to be celebrating their marriage/wedding with a party at the Vic, so everyone can see how committed they are. Even though this is part of her plan, I truly don't know how long she'll be able to put up with it. There is only so much she can take, surely? I mean - Kathy even mentioned whether they had actually consummated the marriage, for some reason I do think that Sharon is going to have to act upon that, just show she'll be able to carry on with her plan and prove their marriage is real, even though she'll hate every single minute of it! But I do feel what she did in tonight's episode was a huge step too far, after realising she was running low of pills to give to Ian, she did the desperate act and approached Jean, using the excuses that she needed tinsel for her upcoming party. Only as soon as Jean was out of the room, she rummaged in the poor woman's handbag and nicked, what I'm assuming was, Jean's bipolar medication. This is going to look awful, not just on Sharon, but also for Jean and the Slater's. What if Jean notices her medication is missing? Or even Stacey? Could it cause Jean to go on a downward spiral? Who knows? I do fear that Sharon's actions could have some serious repercussions for an innocent party.

Thirdly, let's talk about Martin, Ruby and Kush! After being kicked out of the Slater household, Kush is now living with Martin and Ruby. Even though he has no where else to stay, Kush is only staying there because he threatened Ruby by telling her that he'd reveal her involvement in his set up to flee Walford with Arthur. It appears to be the morning after and Martin still isn't interesting in forgiving his best mate. As Martin leaves the room, Kush sits down with Ruby and they begin to talk about Martin, Ruby still hasn't told her husband about her involvement but she seems to feel that Martin isn't talking to her like the way he should, he always seems to be going to Stacey for advice and to talk about things. Kush tries to console Ruby by telling her that Martin is a good Dad, and with Stacey being the mother of his kids, she has to accept the fact that she'll be a part of his life forever, with Ruby looking solemn he makes the very important statement that Martin lives for his kids. It looks as if these words seem to play on Ruby's mind. Meanwhile, while Ruby and Kush are having their discussion, Martin has caught up with Stacey in the Cafe, she openly admits that she understands Kush's actions, however this does not mean that she's forgiven him. Martin is completely surprised by her attitude towards it all, he seemed to expected her to be livid, but she voices her understanding that people do crazy things when they panic, they don't think straight and attempt to do a runner - was Kush acting the same way anyone else would? Stacey's words play on Martin's mind and later he finds his wife at her club, he admits to her that she was right about Kush and that he should forgive his friend. However when he admits that he had spoken to Stacey about it, it upsets Ruby as she begins to feel that her husband doesn't listen to her, as she states that she said the exact same thing that Stacey had told him. Martin seems to think that her wife is jealous or maybe a bit insecure, she questions him whether he actually does love her - he tries to reassure her that he does love her and that his ex's (Stacey and Sonia) are just good friends, plus the very important fact is that they're mother's to his children. BUT THEN - Ruby drops the huge bombshell that she's pregnant! "So am I!" she claims! Leaving Martin looking confused and, honestly, not at all excited! When he asks her if she's truly pregnant, she subtly nods her head. BIG RED FLAG GOING UP!!! I'm telling you all now, she IS NOT pregnant! This will be her plan in an attempt to keep hold of her husband and grasp the attention from him that she so desperately wants, plus it'll also be an attempt to keep him away from Stacey! Only, with this being a lie - this may mean she'll have to become pregnant really quickly, otherwise he'll soon find out she's lying. Will she trick him into sleeping with her? Or could she even blackmail someone else to get her pregnant? Kush maybe?! Ooooo this is going to be a dramatic one I can see it coming!!

The next thing I want to mention is Katy and Frankie! First I just want to say how great it is to see Frankie back! It's been a while since she's been in the soap, I'm hoping now she's back and everything's been revealed, I hope she'll come to realise the truth about her Mum and go and be there for Mick! Will Linda learn to accept her? Could she become a part of the Carter family? Who knows? Either way, I'd love to see her remain in the soap! I think it's a bit unsure as to where Frankie has been, it's clear she hasn't been living with her Mum, and she certainly hasn't been in Walford, where actually has she been?! I think it's very clear and obvious to say that Katy has been completely on edge after Mick confronted her about her abuse towards him. Did Katy reach out to her daughter in pure panic? Making her believe that she has a better chance at life if she was to go to Australia and work in a bar with her God-Mother? Of course, we can tell straight away that it's an attempt to get rid of her daughter before she finds out the awful truth! Only it looks as if Frankie can smell a rat from a mile off, I truly don't think she trusts her Mother - after even having her suspicions about Mick, something mustn't feel right, surely?! The only thing I found pretty impressive in these scenes was the sign language used, even though Mick and Tina never used sign language in front of Frankie (probably because they don't know how) - but Simone Lahbib must've learned how to use sign language for those specific scenes. It's not every day that sign language is shown in a soap, I particularly was impressed with that!

Finally we need to save the best part till last! Patrick! Oh Patrick!!! I want to say how much I've enjoyed seeing so many scenes involving Patrick over the past couple of episodes. It's so nice to see him at the front for a change, Rudolph Walker is an absolutely brilliant actor and EastEnders are so lucky to have him!! The scenes between Patrick and Phil were fantastic, two characters we hardly get to see share a scene together, I have to say I enjoyed every minute of them! We need more of that! Don't you think? I do feel for Patrick, he's trying to keep everybody happy and safe, even though he's going behind Denise's back and letting Phil see Raymond, he's clearly only doing that because Phil promised to keep them safe from Lucas - so I guess it's fair to say that he was stuck in the middle of doing right for both parties. I did feel for him when Denise learnt the truth about him going behind her back, he was clearly devastated as she announced that she felt he betrayed her and her trust. Earlier in the episode when Phil took Raymond out for a kick about, Patrick was getting himself worked up, informing Phil that they should make their way back to the Square, only he suddenly had a bit of shock and had to sit himself down, it look like he had some kind of pain or scare of some kind? Only when Lucas appeared as his front door and barged his way in, Patrick was confronting the murderer, when suddenly he collapsed right in front of him. At first I thought it might've been a heart attack? But then I remembered, a couple of years back Patrick suffered a horrendous stroke and it took him months to learn how to walk and talk again. For a split moment, I thought Lucas was going to help - we know Lucas is evil but could he really stoop so low in letting an old man die right in front of him?! The episode ended with him hesitating to call an ambulance!

I would be absolutely devastated if EastEnders were to kill Patrick off, especially considering the character has only just come back after battling Coronavirus! How bloody awful! I plead that Patrick will survive, I hope maybe Denise, Jack or even Kim might come to the house in time and call an ambulance. I have to say I'm looking forward to tomorrow's episode, I just hope Patrick will be okay! EastEnders would be making a huge mistake if they were to let Patrick be killed off! What do you guys think? I'd love to hear your thoughts, please feel free to leave me a message or comment! I'll be back tomorrow following tomorrow's episode! Enjoy the rest of your night folks! Love you all xXx

[dragoni]

Sondland’s opening statement: Dropping BOMBS.

ADMITS there was bribery aka “quid pro quo”

Sondland worked with Giuliani to pressure Ukraine “at the express direction of the president.”

Mick Mulvaney, Mike Pompeo and Mike Pence were DIRECTLY involved

Mike Pompeo’s State Department and White House DENIED Sondland’s lawyers access documents for his testimony  #CoverUp  #UkraineCoverUp

Sondland’s live testimony, “we followed the president’s orders.”  Forty🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Below are some key takeaways from his opening statement. We’ll add more throughout the hearing.

1. Connecting this to the president

In his opening statement, though, Sondland walked right up to the line, if he didn’t cross it.

“Fourth, as I testified previously, [Trump attorney Rudolph W.] Giuliani’s requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a White House visit for President Zelensky,” he said. “Mr. Giuliani demanded that Ukraine make a public statement announcing investigations of the 2016 election/DNC server and Burisma. Mr. Giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the United States, and we knew that these investigations were important to the president.”

Sondland also repeatedly said “everyone knew it” when asked about the quid pro quo -- as if to emphasize that Trump also knew it.

It’s tempting to say Sondland is implicating Trump. That’s not completely the case; he seems to still be walking a fine line. But he seems to be saying this was all something that Trump blessed, which is significant.

2. ‘Talk to Rudy’ was an order

In many ways, Sondland’s testimony is worse for Trump than Tuesday’s hearing featuring former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker and former White House aide Tim Morrison. And in one key respect, it contradicts them. 

“In response to our persistent efforts to change his views, President Trump directed us to ‘talk with Rudy,’ ” Sondland said. “We understood that ‘talk with Rudy’ meant talk with Mr. Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer.”

“Directed us” is an order. It’s an instruction. And it again connects this whole effort to Trump — in a way Volker declined to.

3. Pointing fingers and naming names — including Mulvaney, Pompeo and Pence

Sondland said repeatedly in his opening statement that the State Department and the White House didn’t allow him access to the things he needed to provide accurate previous testimony. Hence the inconsistencies and the clarifications, apparently.

“My lawyers and I have made multiple requests to the State Department and the White House for these materials,” he said. “Yet, these materials were not provided to me. They have also refused to share these materials with this committee. These documents are not classified and, in fairness, should have been made available. In the absence of these materials, my memory has not been perfect.

He also named Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying Pompeo had instructed him to work with Giuliani as late as Sept. 24 — which is notably after the whistleblower situation exploded into public view.

He noted acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney’s involvement, passing along this text exchange from July 19, six days before Trump’s call with Zelensky:

[Sondland said:] “I Talked to Zelensky just now… He is prepared to receive Potus’ call. Will assure him that he intends to run a fully transparent investigation and will ‘turn over every stone’. He would greatly appreciate a call prior to Sunday so that he can put out some media about a ‘friendly and productive call’ (no details) prior to Ukraine election on Sunday.” Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney responded: “I asked NSC to set it up for tomorrow.”

That implicates Mulvaney in these efforts even more. Witnesses had previously said Sondland indicated to Ukrainian officials that he had coordinated the quid pro quo with Mulvaney, who is Trump’s top White House aide.

Lastly, he indicates that he conveyed “concerns” about a quid pro quo to Vice President Pence prior to Sept. 1 meetings in Warsaw.

“I mentioned to Vice President Pence before the meetings with the Ukrainians that I had concerns that the delay in aid had become tied to the issue of investigations,” Sondland said. He added later in his testimony that Pence “nodded that he heard what I said.”

Republicans, there’s no hiding from this. Gordon Sondland is a Pro-Trump Republican

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 12.27

Beer Birthdays

Gerardus Johannes Mulder (1802)

Louis Pasteur (1822)

Rudolph Rhineboldt (1827)

John A. White (1839)

Philip Ackerman (1841)

Paul Kalmanovitz (1905)

Jean Van Roy (1967)

Rick Sellers (1977)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Maryam d'Abo; actor (1960)

Gerard Depardieu; French actor (1948)

Johannes Kepler; German astronomer (1571)

Louis Pasteur; scientist (1822)

Sarah Vowell; writer (1969)

Famous Birthdays

John Amos; actor (1939)

Karla Bonoff; pop singer (1951)

Terry Bozzio; rock drummer (1950)

Louis Bromfield; writer (1896)

George Cayley; scientist, aerial navigator (1773)

Chyna; porn actor (1970)

Marlene Dietrich; German actor, singer (1901)

Sydney Greenstreet; actor (1879)

Hinton Helper; writer (1829)

Mick Jones; rock guitarist (1944)

Oscar Levant; pianist, composer (1906)

William H. Masters; physician, sex researcher (1915)

Agnes Nixon; soap opera writer (1927)

Charles Olson; poet (1970)

Mike Pinder; English rock keyboardist (1941)

Cokie Roberts; television journalist (1943)

Matt Slocum; rock guitarist (1972)