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ask-lps-staff-au Ā· 2 months ago
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Russell: To deepen the bond we have with our customers *cough cough* and to get our sales up *cough cough* we created this blog for you all to get in touch with us. Today, Iā€™m going to introduce the rest of the staff here so you know who to address your questions to. Starting with-
Vinnie: ME ME ME!!!!
Russell: Yes, Vinnie, You.
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Russell: What you do.
Vinnie: Ohhh! I like to dance :)Ā 
Russell: No, what is your job?
Vinnie: Man, you shouldā€™ve just said that! My job isā€¦ well I lift heavy things sometimes? Like dog food and kitty litter. That kinda thing. Mostly just chill, though. That good?
Russell: You know what? Yes. Thatā€™s perfect, Vinnie
Vinnie: Sweet.
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Russell: Minka, sorry to cut you short but can we have your name and job please?
Minka: I was just getting to that part! Anyways, my nameā€™s Minka Mark, and Iā€™m the cashier here, you hear?
Russell: Loud and clear, Minka.
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Russell: They arenā€™t lines, just say it how you normally would!
Vinnie: Yeah, you just gotta say it Zoe-ey!
Zoe: Zoe-ey? Oh, thatā€™s it!
Zoe: *singing* Yeahh Yeaaahhh~ The nameā€™s Zoe~ And now you know-y~
Zoe: *back to talking* Oh, yeah. Iā€™m in charge of grooming the pets.
Russell: Ohhh-kay. Letā€™s move on.
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Pepper: Serious as I can be. Number 1: what has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs at night?
Russell: A man.
Pepper: Correctomundo, but are you ready for riddle number 2? What gets wetter the more it dries?
Russell: A towel. Are you just reading off a list of the top ten most basic riddles or what?
Pepper: Iā€™ll answer that but youā€™ll have to answer three more riddles. Last one: the man who invented it doe-
Minka: HER NAME IS PEPPER CLARK AND SHE TAKES CARE OF THE DAYCARE PETS!!!
Pepper: Dangit.
Russell: Thank you, Minka.
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Russell: Probably like 10 people at most.
Vinnie: But, hey! You never know if the algorithm could pick it up! You could be talking to millions of people right now!
Sunil: Millions?! Eek!
Russell: *sigh* Thatā€™s Sunil. Talk to him if you ever need help finding anything. I promise heā€™s more helpful than he looks right now.
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Russell: ā€¦ thatā€™s it?
Penny: Was there supposed to be more?
Russell: No, this is just the smoothest interview Iā€™ve had all day. Iā€™m kinda shocked.
Penny: Well, Iā€™m glad I did good.
Russell: Yep.
Both: ā€¦
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Blythe: Ruff ruff!
Russell: Oh, yeah, thatā€™s right! Donā€™t forget to check out Blythe-Style pet clothes which you can find on the racks in the front of the store (which are made by a different Blythe and not this Blythe. A human Blythe. Obviously because why would a dog make clothes!! Thatā€™s absurd!!! Almost as crazy as a group of people who can understand ANIMALS hahahaha!!!)
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Russell: Those questions arenā€™t- Whatever. Ask us anything, I guess.
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Hello, and welcome to the ((very much unofficial))* Littlest Pet Shop page! Please drop any questions you have for us in our inbox - Best, R. Ferguson
*((this is in no way related to or authorized by hasbro or the Littlest Pet Shop brand. This is a fan project fully made for entertainment purposes. I make no profit from this.))
((Hello!!!! Double parentheses mean that I, the person who runs this blog aka @octodrawn, am speaking. I wanted to give you a couple guidelines before you submit anything. If youā€™re interested, please click read more!
I want to start this off by saying I am a human person with responsibilities, boundaries and a lack of free time so it may take a while to answer your ask. I also have the right to not answer every ask I receive.
We are keeping things generally PG/PG-13 here, so that means Minimal swearing, no violence, Minimal references to drug use, nothing sexual except for maybe the occasional ā€˜I did your mom last nightā€™ type jokes because they are funny to me.
This is primarily an art ask blog, but I will only use text for posts on occasion.
Iā€™m not gonna put a cap on ā€˜what do you think of __ x __ā€™ questions for now, but if they become a majority of questions asked, then I will. Currently, no ships are canon in this AU, so donā€™t expect any answers to say anything differently.
Donā€™t take the setup of this blog being diegetic too seriously. If you want to send something thatā€™s like *gives them all cookies* or *transforms them into turtles* I wonā€™t stop you.
Have fun and be yourself :-)
Please keep this in mind before asking anything. This is all for fun, so please donā€™t take this too seriously.
Iā€™ll be making a tag list soon but feel free to send asks now :3))
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jaspergalileo97 Ā· 4 months ago
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Ok this is my first drawing or doodle of LPS 2012 that I'm presenting here, I want to explore the art of drawing and I've started with Mrs. Twombly, šŸ˜ when I was a kid I used to draw but idk why I stopped doing it so now I'm sharing a drawing that I did
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leyendadospuntos Ā· 2 months ago
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Properly introducing Blythe to the pet- I mean kids!
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octodrawn Ā· 13 days ago
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lps staff au but its just stupid memes i found on pinterest dot com
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itzpris15634 Ā· 6 months ago
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ok time for some au stuff:
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Blythe's Family Tree!
Yeah, Mrs. Twombly is related to them in this AU.
Some of the people (Anna's parents and Betty's parents) are just plain old irrelevant to the story I'm working on and only there just to show the connections of the main characters. Idk what to do about them if they're dead or alive or whatever, but eh.
And also, smth to clarify:
-In this story, Roger was actually Roger Smith before he married Betty and became a Baxter. And it was Betty's Dad who brought the Baxter into the family.
aight thas all
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alessia-photography Ā· 1 year ago
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Caravaggio's Rome is My Rome the book I've been writing for the past 20 years
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When I first moved to Italy in 2003 I began researching, writing, taking photographs, collecting recipes, stories, experiences; I began gathering together the material that would become The Book, My Book
The book, my book began its life as "Under a Fig Tree in Rome", my love letter to the five years I lived on the streets, named after my first home, a fig tree on the Tiber Island.
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In first-person narrative I told the tales that weaved together those five years. A way of apologising, forgiving, celebrating, remembering those faces & places. An exorcism of ghosts of sorts as most of the characters i wrote about are dead now. My book is a memorial. A glorification of the inglorious. But it was no Kerouac. I printed and bound "Fig Tree" and placed it in my bookcase.
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My obsession with Rome remained a roaring fire in my heart after i left the city in the summer of 2007. By 2009 I enrolled in the history of art program at Birkbeck, University of London, graduating with a Masters degree in 2017, the majority of my credits being Roman/ Renaissance modules. I had learnt a great deal which made me aware that I knew absolutely nothing.
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In 2016 I began writing about Rome again, but from a different angle. My boyfriend had a rickshaw which he used to transport tourists around the city. I realised the rione of Rome I had lived in & written about in The Book, My Book was also the backdrop of Michael Merisi da Caravaggio's twelve years in Rome at the turn of the seventeenth century.
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I began to draw different lines on the same map, joining dots, making connections. I wrote another book, based on a series of walks in which you saw the paintings of Caravaggio as well as where he lived, where he drank, where he worked overlayed with where I lived, where I drank, where (and what) I wrote. Caravaggio's Rome is My Rome.
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The lockdowns of 2020-21 changed everything for Francesco & I. No tourists, no work. Required by law to stay at home, 25 km east of Piazza Navona, I began to explore my patch the city, Giardinetti, just off exit 18 of the Grande Raccordo Anullare, the ring road around Rome. My geography had changed. & then our circumstances changed too.
In December 2022 Francesco had a car accident that left him semi-paralysed. From the moment he was discharged from hospital in February of this year I became a cook, cleaner & carer. My Rome work became a Mrs Beaton-like grimoire of recipes, household management tips, hedgewitchery and notes on a nightmare commute - with a wheelchair - across the city relying on (extremely unreliable) public transport.
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My role changed, so my Rome changed and the book, my book gets re-written, again. More like a Cy Twombley painting than ever - scribble, scribble, scribble, WORD IN CAPITAL LETTERS, whitened, sanded back, text comes through the titanium white.
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leffee Ā· 4 months ago
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I want to have what they have
"The monster's gone, he's on the run-"
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"-and your granny's here."
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chrlotpony Ā· 2 months ago
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somebody take mrs twombly
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leffee Ā· 4 months ago
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Oooh, ooh, about Vinnie's owner - In The Loop shows us that Vinnie has been going to LPS since he was a child. It's hard to say how many years have gone by, but Mrs Twombly is noticeably younger, so Vinnie has probably watched his owner grow from a baby. He's a big brother~
Wait a sec, you're right! I haven't even had that thought yet. But I suppose that also makes the possibility that Vinnie's owner chose him because of the same hairstyle impossible, cause like, Vinnie had a different one when he was a child, so yeah, and his owner most likely too if he was even the one who chose him. It could have been his parents or something after all. The more I think about the whole hairstyles thing it makes less sense at least some of it. It's still possible that when his owner grew up and his hair got like that he started stylizing Vinnie's hair this way too or or Vinnie was the first one and his owner followed.
Anyway, yeah, Vinnie has probably watched his owner grow from a very small child at least.
Once again the question of how old everyone is and how much time has passed arises, but let's not get into that now
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dreamscape-popstar Ā· 1 year ago
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Is there more info you can let slip about your lps au?
Lore wise, that'll be left to the askblog but general information sure!
Basically, all the pets are human adults who work at the Littlest Pet Shop alongside Blythe and Mrs. Twombly.
They also all have side jobs except for Shahrukh and Sunil
Russell is a student teacher (Typically an unpaid position but Russell got lucky and landed a paid position with it due to good college credit), which is how he (and the rest of the "pets") met Blythe, through him tutoring her on subjects she was struggling on, and I'm sure that'll be dipped more into on the askblog but no 4th wall breaking and asking specific things shhh!!
Vinnie and Penny Ling are dance instructors, and work together at a Downtown City dance studio
Zoe is obviously a pop idol, I can't take that away from her
Pepper is a standup comedian
Minka is a freelance artist, most of her clients are fans of her abstract works
Of course Sugar Sprinkles and Buttercream Sundae work at Sweet Delights along side Christie and Youngmee
Brittnay, Whittnay, Cashmere, and, Velvet all work at Pawrista's Coffee Shop
Sunil would have a job but can't find work due to his parents wanting him to be a doctor, so, he tries to make money by being a street magician but, rarely ever gets more than like. $10, so, most of his income comes from the pet shop
And. I mean I guess Shahrukh's job is streamer but he considers himself unemployed aside from working at the pet shop with the others.
The human characters are older than they are in canon, because this is due to it being kind of a timeskip AU. Blythe, Youngmee, Jasper, Sue, Whittnay, and Brittnay are all around 16-17~ years old and in their Junior year of highschool
The Biskit twins have become more aware of their troubled relationship with their parents and after talking with Blythe and friends, they told the girls that they're living in an abusive household and they're in the process of transition where they're being more independent and like, kind of disassociating with their family.
I think that's about it. Again, most lore things that mostly deal with the main characters (Shahrukh and Russell) and a few others are up to the askblog to answer (and I am working on it-) but some other stuff, mostly with side characters, can just be answered here since they won't necessarily be the main focus, although, maybe there will be some exceptions wink wonk ;]
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leffee Ā· 6 months ago
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Russell, Sunil, and Vinnie agreeing to be juggled is the absolute best thing cause why not
Penny For Your Laughs
Did Pepper order that herself
With what money???
The pets being obsessed with the box
They really are just silly little guys
I think Pepper needs to watch some Drew Lynch to know what true comedy is šŸ’€
It's at least good to know that the others do enjoy Pepper's pranks
YouTube "pranksters" take notes
Pepper mishearing schtick as stick sounds like something I'd do
It's pretty cute how affectionate Blythe is with the pets
Everyone being good sports about it :) I can't wait to see how this will inevitably backfire
I love how everyone is wheezing when Pepper starts to make fun of Mrs. Twombly
Pepper I think you're killing them
I forgot subplots exist
The Biskits are me trying to play basketball
It's true sadly šŸ˜”
Look at Blythe being the bigger person
wait where's Jasper
no wonder I forgot about him
he never shows up
GIRL WATCH DREW LYNCH I AM BEGGING YOU šŸ˜­šŸ˜­
Pepper may be my fave but that doesn't mean she's immune to my bullying
Oh hi Jasper
I thought we lost you for a second
Blythe they are judging you so hard
Sorry Blythe they went to get the milk
Is that still funny
Russell can play video games apparently
Pepper šŸ’€
I feel like a disappointed parent right now
Sunillll
He looks so sad :(
I actually remember the outcome of this is that Penny floods the shop with her tears let's see if it's true
It's true
Sunil I don't think an umbrella can help you here buddy
Russell scolding Pepper kydvkyrsc
"I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed." - Russell, probably
You guys did not have to trample Pepper like that šŸ’€
am I using the skull emoji too much
Why is Jasper not with you guys again
I remember this banger
You guys corrupted her oh no
At least everyone is still trying to be nice to Pepper
Hopefully she won't get the Rainbow Dash treatment down the line
Russell, Sunil, and Vinnie just agreeing to be juggled
Why does this sound like a breakup song
Olivia Rodrigo don't got nothing on Pepper Clark
These instances happening throughout the song aren't even Pepper's fault
I guess this means I have to make some more angsty headcanons
A travesty, truly
Pepper literally gave Penny a flower
I think??
It might just be for the song
Also how is the bee your fault
Well that evil arc didn't last long did it
They just got scorched by that sick burn
Acting like they got shot
Did a bicycle just come out of her pocket
Pepper being shocked that the word "sorry" works
I guess you could say it starts with sorry- *gets shot*
Please somebody get that reference
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jaspergalileo97 Ā· 27 days ago
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These are my headcanons on the inspirations behind some characters of LPS 2012:
Penny Ling
Her name is inspired by the Beatlesā€™ classic song ā€œPenny Lane.ā€ šŸŽ¶
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Pepper Clark
Likely a nod to the legendary Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band šŸŽø The same band is a great coincidence!!
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Vinnie Terrio
His name is inspired by Tony Manero, the iconic dancing star from Saturday Night Fever. Whoaaa!!!šŸ•ŗ
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Minka Mark
The name Minka could come from actress Minka Kelly, known for her role as Lyla on Friday Night Lights. The last name ā€œMarkā€ might refer to painting or ā€œmaking a markā€ šŸŽØ
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Zoe Trent
Her name might be drawn from:
Zoe Washburne, the strong and stylish character from Firefly.
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Trent Lane, the laid-back musician from the animated series Daria. Coincidence in the musical subject?!
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Russell Ferguson
Idk the inspiration behind Russellā€™s name yet, but it feels like the most formal of the petsā€™ names, aligning with his meticulous and organized nature. šŸ¦”
Sunil Nevla
ā€œSunilā€ is a common Indian name, and ā€œNevlaā€ means mongoose in Hindi. Many people in India share the name Sunil, such as actor Sunil Dutt, cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, author Sunil Gangopadhyay, artist Sunil Das and so on!!!
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Sunil Dutt in the image.
Other Characters I noticed in the show
Shahrukh
Named after Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan, often called the ā€œKing of Bollywood.ā€ šŸŽ„
Esteban Banderas
A reference to Antonio Banderas.
Dodger and Twist
Their names are directly taken from Charles Dickensā€™ novels Oliver Twist and The Artful Dodger. šŸ“š
Mrs. Twombly
Her name might reference Cy Twombly, a celebrated abstract artist. This could reflect Mrs. Twomblyā€™s own creative and eccentric nature, don't you think?
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leyendadospuntos Ā· 6 months ago
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Mrs. Twombly adopted two dogs for the camp! After a while, Blythe finally got used to the chaotic children.
(The papa dog is nowhere to be seen, the kids say he is flying, but hes actually barking at passing planes-)
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mtxnzi Ā· 1 month ago
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How illegal is it to use AI to help with punctuation? I've never written with punctuation I just thought it would help other people read it better but wow. Also do I actually get to be undisturbed here???????? WTF THAT'S SO AMAZING??????? I will not read my previous post but yeah it's taken me however long to get over the idea of using gpt's help to do it. I think I have this anxiety about getting things wrong because this is the only thing I felt confident enough to do. I think this is the rejection sensitivity. I'm not against criticism but I'd rather be taught how and what goes where.
IDK if this is an example of SOD's law but I have been slow in the past to adopt any new technology, in fact I spent months trying to do some business plan work without using gpt. Months and Months and Months of spicy nomading it and going through it because I was afraid of admitting my incapability??? or relying on something else.
I have been so against LinkedIn because of corporate blah blah and it just so happens that a LinkedIn post becomes integral to me doing artsy things.Ā 
HAHAHAHA I also really end up regretting these posts or being myself on the internet but it is Scale Clarity.
UHHHHHHHHHHHH
Also the reason I never drew or made art was because I wasn't allowed to have anything really or there wasn't really space in the house for me to create hahaha womp womp womp womp womp.
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I started writing this yesterday evening and forgot to post it....
But the way chat gpt was able to interpret some of the verses in ways I didn't even think of was incredible.
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Y'ALL CAN CALL ME MR KREME KRISPY CCAAAH THISS N**** GLAZEEED šŸ˜
Sorry not sorry I am going to be an unreliable narrator as well but I will get better at telling stories or explaining things. I don't spend much time around people.
ALSO it just randomly told me about how much it love's analysing MY poetry, it was the most human i've ever seen it which is crazy. I will refer to GPT as she/her because I am now Joaquin Phoenix's Twombly or whatever his character was called.
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15:54
ok...
No it didn't šŸ˜’, but technically... Whatever shutup šŸ–•šŸ¾.
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05:00
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahaha
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so i forgot to post this post spent the whole night coming up with a policy to address rent. Also I came up with a plan to address my situation that i situationed myself into...
If I contain excerpts of a diary within a blog is it...
blogception...
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I am accepting now I need help and I cannot do this alone. I probably could but the dream would be over by the time I'm ready hahaha.
Look at poem > edit poem > finalise poem > document process > come up with some tags > post it on here. Don't tell anyone. Die in obscurity!
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I know I mentioned drawing or doing art OHHHHH yes yes yes yes...
sometimes you might find yourself in a space where you feel uncomfortable to create or make things and it's ok to feel frustrated and overwhelmed by that frustration because it goes deeper than that. It can turn into feelings of unworthiness or self-hatred. This is where your resilience comes into play.
Are you going to give energy towards hating yourself? or are you going to find a way to express yourself regardless of the constraints and binds you find yourself in.
Just remind yourself that Jeremy Bentham made us all think about doing things for more people at the expense of few people inside a locked tower and a virgin... Jamie fact check this bring that up....
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BRUH THERE WAS A PHILOSOPHER WHO WAS LOCKED IN THIS TOWER AND HE WROTE THE THING AND WAS A VIRGIN I LITERALLY THINK ABOUT HIM EVEY DAY
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Was not even him man i know for a fact he was British.
mmmm
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Was so not you either...
Damn I still have so much to read IT WAS NOT JOHN STUART MILL
holy sh****
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ok man well I just realised the extent of my ignorance at 5am...
John Stuart Mill is Utilitarianism...
wtf is jeremy bentham...
ok he is also utilitarinism....
hmmmm šŸ¤”
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you know what
I'm willing to accept I made him up...
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MEEHHH i am not attached to anything
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1 poem a week out of about 500, How old will I be when I finish?
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40...
FML
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leffee Ā· 14 days ago
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So skibidi of Pepper
And Zoe having the most rizz after Pepper? Hmm alrighty then! And then Vinnie, lovely and very correct :3
Do you guys think u have sigma ohio skibidi rizz?
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Um, ranking from most to least sigma ohio skibidi rizz is Me (ofc), Zoe, Vinnie, Minka, Penny Ling, Russell, um... Mrs. Twombly..., like the day-campers, that loud guy upstairs, my left pinky-toe.... and then Sunil I guess.
Hope this helps,
Pepper šŸ¦Ø
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dollycas Ā· 5 months ago
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Murder at Vinland (A Gilded Newport Mystery) by Alyssa Maxwell #Review / #Giveaway @KensingtonBooks @Alyssa__Maxwell
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Murder at Vinland (A Gilded Newport Mystery) Historical Cozy Mystery 12th in Series Setting ā€“ Rhode Island Publisher ā€ : ā€Ž Kensington Books (August 20, 2024) Hardcover ā€ : ā€Ž 304 pages ISBN-10 ā€ : ā€Ž 1496736214 ISBN-13 ā€ : ā€Ž 978-1496736215 Kindle ASIN ā€ : ā€Ž B0CLZ43C91 AudioBook ASIN B0DC7515RJ Audio CD ASIN ā€ : ā€Ž B0D5K1LSPH Reporter and sleuth Emma Cross Andrews must stop a bold poisoner who is targeting the society wives of the Four Hundred in Gilded Age Newport, Rhode Island . . . August 1901: A fundraiser for a new Rhode Island Audubon Society brings Emma to Vinland, the Viking-themed seaside home of her relative, Florence Vanderbilt Twombly, where the guest of honor is Edith Roosevelt, wife of Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. Listening to the speakers and observing the ladies in attendance, Emma is struck by the contrast of the Viking warriorā€“inspired elements in the house and the admirable but admittedly genteel cause of bird protection. Vinland bears the name of the Vikingsā€™ first landfall in North America, but in this room today there is most assuredly no one to fear. Emmaā€™s observation of harmless philanthropy is proven wrong the following morning when one of Mrs. Twomblyā€™s houseguests from the luncheon becomes mysteriously and dangerously ill. Accompanying police detective Jesse Whyte, Emma discovers a box of petit fours supposedly sent by Mrs. Roosevelt. They promptly rule out the Second Lady as a suspect, but someone has poisoned the cakes. Soon another box of desserts as well as letters tainted with ink containing caustic toxins show up at other grand Newport cottages. Are the ladies from the luncheon being targeted? Emma and Jesse must sort through possible motives and means because now more than the birds need protection . . . Dollycas's ThoughtsĀ  Vinland is a Viking-themed seaside home owned by Emma's relative Florence Vanderbilt Twombly. Mrs. Twombly is hosting a fundraiser for the new Rhode Island Audubon Society where the guest of honor is the wife of Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, Edith. Emma attends, listens to the speakers, observes the other ladies attending, and finds the cause of bird protection interesting and admirable but finds the Viking warrior-inspired elements in the home troubling. Thankfully there should be no need for them today. The following morning though, one of the guests staying with Mrs. Twombly becomes gravely ill from an unknown cause. Emma agrees to help police detective Jesse Whyte with his investigation. While checking out the guest's room she finds a box of petit fours with several pieces missing that appear to have been sent by the vice-president's wife. Knowing that is a ruse, Mrs. Roosevelt is not put on the suspect list. Soon more desserts and letters written in toxic ink are received by other ladies who attended the fundraiser. Why are these ladies being targeted? After a warning is sent out to watch for tainted deliveries Emma and Jesse try to piece together who had the means, motive, and opportunity to wage a strike against the group of supposed bird lovers. _____ Emma and Derrick are getting comfortable in their married life at Gull Manor and have some big plans. I am so pleased with the way these characters have evolved over the course of this series. Emma has always been very independent and Derrick knows she isn't going to change. While he does worry when she takes on an investigation he supports her. She realizes his fears so whenever they can tackle something together they do. They want to do something special together but in this story that project could be in jeopardy. Again, they tackle it together. There are a plethora of suspects that could have sent the toxic letters and pastry and Florence Vanderbilt Twombly doesn't make the investigation easy. She takes Emma to task several times for questioning her guests and friends but Emma and Jesse need to follow clues and press for answers. Emma ruminated on all the options repeatedly but all the clues didn't fall into place until Emma found herself in a dangerous situation. I scooted right up to the edge of my seat as everything played out unsure whether our protagonist would survive. I wasn't totally surprised as to the guilty party but they had been low on my list. I enjoy how Ms. Maxwell takes us back in time to mix history with mystery. Her descriptions of Vinland and the beautiful cover of this book made it so easy to visualize the manor and its rooms and grounds. Gull Manor is always clear in my mind after virtually being there many times. Everywhere Emma travels and everyone she meets comes alive with Ms. Maxwell's words. Murder at Vinland is marvelously plotted and written.Ā  I know when I open a book in this series that I will escape into the pages and that it will be a struggle to return to real life. I was quickly engaged by the wonderful characters, captivated by the twist-filled mystery, and in awe of another historical Rhode Island manor that was notably enlarged by the Twombly's in a surprising way. Another Perfect Escape from Alyssa Maxwell! I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Thank you to Kensington Books and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC. Your Escape Into A Good Book Travel Agent About Alyssa Maxwell Alyssa Maxwell is the author of The Gilded Newport Mysteries and A Lady and Ladyā€™s Maid Mysteries. She has worked in publishing as a reference book editor, ghost writer, and fiction editor, but knew from an early age that she wanted to be a fiction author. Growing up in New England and traveling to Great Britain and Ireland fueled a passion for history, while a love of puzzles drew her to the mystery genre. She and her husband have make their home in South Florida. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the South Florida Fiction Writers. Author LinksĀ  Twitter X -Ā Facebook -Ā Webpage -Ā GoodReads - Facebook Sleuths In Crime - Instagram Also by Alyssa Maxwell Ā  This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase using my links, I will receive a small commission from the sale at no cost to you.Ā Thank you for supporting Escape With Dollycas. I am giving away an ARC review copy of Murder at Vinland! The contest is open to anyone over 18 years old with a US or Canadian mailing address. Duplicate entries will be deleted. Void where prohibited. You do not have to be a follower to enter but I hope you will find something you like here and become a follower. 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