#rebecca cobb

[holespoles]

I have never felt loneliness while reading a book. art by Rebecca Cobb

[brooklynislandgirl]

♡ (Raylan) ♡ (Outlaw!Raylan) ♡ (Seth) flirty!♡ (Cobb lol)

Hung in My Heart || Accepting

"Uhuh. I know. Ya flash ya badge a' me six mont' ago, remembah? Now, my question f' you Marshal, you gonna flash me some kine else?" The slow grin that flickers across her lips with a hint of teeth, belies the otherwise innocent expression on her face. She can explain the money. She can explain the shovel in her hands, and she can even explain the reason why she'd been seen around a questionable sort of establishment known to a specific sort of trade. All he has to do is ask the right questions. What she cannot explain, however, is why wants to drag him up into the hills and see if all he keeps on is the hat.

~*~

"Now Raylan, you know I have always loved you like a brother-" "Right-" he interrupts, having been the witness to this sort of beginning more times than he can count, and it never goes well. "But I have to ask you how wise it seems to make Daddy an' Arlo lose their minds over a little bit of skirt who is more trouble than she's worth? I have the fear of God almighty in me every time she flashes those pretty brown-" "They're green, actually. Just got brown bits in 'em." "And thus he was lost to perdition, walking out amongst heathens." "Boyd?" "Yeah?" "Shut up." ~*~

His head turns whip-crack fast, and for a moment, she has to wonder what about the river had held his focus so deeply that she was nearly upon him before he took note. The truth of it likely ran somewhere between the Widow's claim or blood on the rocks and perhaps he knew she was there all along, and did not find her to be a threat. Being so far away from the camp, Rebecca suspects the later. A better question is why she followed him here. She smiles at him, and makes her way just a little further down the bank. A flash of her skirts and she's starting to unbutton her boots. "Back East," she says, and never uses the word home for it, "there was a little pond behind a copse of trees. It was my favourite place. I would like to imagine you had somewhere like that, too, Mr Bullock. Somewhere to escape your woes." ~*~

The darkly garbed woman doesn't bother to lower the cowl-hood as she takes the seat opposite of Vanth. Everything about him grates on her last nerve like the sand that comprises this dead world and its twin suns. It's coarse and rough and it gets everywhere. She could say that now with experience of most things on Tatooine. "A word. A look. Any sort of thing, and I will murder you where you sit." And with that dire warning which might now pass for greeting between them, graceful black gloved fingers pluck the glass from between his and she knocks it back in a single gulp. "Pour."

[rosieethor]

Aromantic Books Let's Go!

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath

Black Wings Beating by Alex London

This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson

The Siren, the Song, and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor

Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer

This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria

Immoral Code by Lillian Clark

Tarnished are the Stars by Rosiee Thor

The Last 8 by Laura Pohl

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie

Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Loveless by Alice Oseman

Take Me To Your Nerdy Leader by Hailey Gonzales

Being Ace edited by Madeline Dyer

Queerly Loving edited by G Benson and Astrid Ohletz

Common Bonds edited by Claudie Arseneault, C T Callahan, and RoAnna Sylver

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria

Godly Heathens by H. E. Edgmon

The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl

The Butterfly Assassin by Finn Longman

At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp

Switchback by Danika Stone

Tell Me How It Ends by Quinton Li

Awakenings by Claudie Arsenault

Stake Sauce by RoAnna Sylver

The Ice Princess's Fair Illusion by Dove Cooper

The Threads That Bind by Cedar McCloud

Not Your backup by C. B. lee

Fallen Thorns by Harvey Oliver Baxter

Natural Outlaws and Fractured Sovereignty by S. M. Pearce

Wander the Night by Sydney Cobb

Stones Stay Silent by Danny Ride

The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane

Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver

The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia

An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows

Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace

Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Syncopation by Anna Zabo

Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

The Loudest Silence by Sydney Langford

Lord of the Empty Isles by Jules Arbeaux

Our Deadly Designs by Kalyn Josephson

The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella

[buildingrelationshipsinanarchy]

Theorizing Multi-Partner Relationships and Sexualities: Recent work on Non-Monogamy and Polyamory Christian Klesse Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Beyond the non/monogamy system: fluidity, hybridity, and transcendence in intimate relationships Jorge N. Ferrer

Need Fulfillment in Polyamorous Relationships Melissa E. Mitchell, Kim Bartholomew & Rebecca J. Cobb

[marabarl-and-marlbara]

have you been listening to any music these days?

morning anonymous;

yes, no; it:s a frequent sin and frequent failing despite my means and intent to live as free from abstraction and pollutants as i can--say, it creeps in at church through the hymnals, and sometimes through myself when i get nervous about talking to someone and need to warm up my voice by singing lyrics to negativeXP or hardchrist that i remember, or through backing tracks of videos on tiktok or youtube or even audiobook sometimes (Doctor Sleep is mostly unaccompanied but the start of each file has a spooky interlude)--during hurricane Milton though and realizing how boring everything was, i started listening to Longmont Potion Castle albums & sometimes he has those interludes he does which count as music, and more-than that it separated out for me two problems: games are completely boring to me if i can:t also listen to someone talk (like a podcast; feel like this points at loneliness) and that i get sick at the idea of listening to something if i can:t also do something 'stimulating' (it is hard to listen to an audiobook while driving, but also while doing absolutely nothing); after Milton i thought i:d be more productive if i had music to write to, so i started listening to some of the the silent hill 1~2 albums to write; then: i pray like an idiot over my sin, and just-so know i likely will continue to sin and have want to listen to Gezebelle and negativeXP and billy cobb halloween IV & V; there:s an evil inside music, of connection; of nerves; of emotion; in silences more total it is easier to be rid of the evil and for connection to thin, but the nerves are always inflamed to connect, and operators work at the skull to graft new nerves to control; to connect; and keep within life; to engage with this world at all, and any within it, fills the head with poison, and my head has been burning with poison and has made me sick; death begets me and i will be clean, but i keep cherishing poison, and want to sing negativeXP, gezebelle gaburgably;

Doctor Sleep is really fantastic, though--hated The Shining and the last King I finished was The Talisman which was total water and really wanted something that wasn't the next chronological King book (thinking that I really disfavor the younger King to the older King) since the next few were either Thinner (hate most of the Bachman books) or Eyes of the Dragon (sounded like another isekai like The Talisman); I wanted to do Let The Right One In by Lindqvist or Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons but the torrents were dead; Doctor Sleep I had heard was a vampire story (I wanted a vampire story) and I remember seeing the trailer for the movie and thinking it looked cool/stupid;

Rebecca by Daphne de [something, I forget her name] is really fantastic, though; I hated the first two chapters but ~224 pages in and I just want to read and read; I started The Red Tree by Caitlin Kiernan too, and that's fun but I went back to Rebecca and started reading a Simone Weil book I found at a local store while gifting some bonbons to the sandwich shop people at Mt Dora; take care.

[thoughtfulfangirling]

2024 Reads

Another human invented marker of time has passed moving us from one year to the next. It's a good reason to start over my lists right?! XD 2023's list can be found here! 2024 starts below!

You Made a Fool out of Death with Your Beauty - Awaeke Emezi

Pussypedia: A Comprehensive Guide^ - Zoe Mendelson & Maria Conejo

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek -Kim Michele Richardson

Meru - S.B. Divya

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South^ by Radley Balko & Tucker Carrington

Watching the Tree: A Chinese Daughter Reflects on Happiness, Tradition, and Spiritual Wisdom^ - Adeline Yen Mah

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong

The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg^ - Helen Rappaport]

Pride and Prejudice* - Jane Austen

Fresh Girl - Jaida Placide

Butts: A Backstory^ - Heather Radke

The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Sarah Addison Allen

The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides

The Blue Sword - Robin McKinley

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex^ - Nathaniel Philbrick

A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico^ - Amy S. Greenberg

This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible^ - Charles E. Cobb Jr.

This Is Your Mind on Plants^ - Michael Pollan

The Silent Patient*~ - Alex Michaelides

Finding Me^ - Viola Davis

Wuthering Heights# - Emily Bronte

Exit Strategy~ - Martha Wells

The Girls Who Went Away:^ The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades before Roe V. Wade - Ann Fessler

Bowling Alone:^ The Collapse and Revival of American Community - Robert D. Putnam

Fugitive Telemetry%~ - Martha Wells

The History of Wales^*% - History Nerds

The War on Everyone^% ~- Robert Evans

Searching for Black Confederates:^ The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth - Kevin M. Levin

The Great Influenza:* The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History [2004] by John M. Barry

Network Effect~ - Martha Wells

Zelda Popkin:^ The Life and Times of an American Jewish Woman Writer - Jeremy D Popkin

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon

Medical Apartheid:^ The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present - Harriet A Washington

The Assassination of Fred Hampton:^ How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther - Jeffrey Haas

The Death of Vivek Oji - Awaeke Emezi

Mutual Aid:^% Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next) - Dean Spade

Passin' Through - Luis L'Amour

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro

Histories of the Transgender Child^ - Jules Gill-Peterson

Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curiosu Man^ - Mark Kurlansky

When I Fell from the Sky:^ The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival - Juliane Koepcke

Dear Senthuran:^ A Black Spirit Memoir - Akwaeke Emezi

Emma* by Jane Austen

Lud-in-the-Mist - Hope Mirrlees

Woman:^ The American History of an Idea - Lillian Faderman

System Collapse - Martha Wells

A Dark and Starless Forest - Sarah Hollawell

The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love^% - Bell Hooks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks^ - Rebecca Skloot

Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America^ -Rachel Hope Cleves

The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle^ - Lillian Faderman

The Woman in Me^ - Brittany Spears

Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America^ - Gregory Smithers

Being Huemann: An Unrepentant Memoir of Disability Rights Activist^ - Judith Huemann

The Unthinkable: Who Survives When a Disaster Strikes and Why^ - Amanda Ripley

The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone^ - Edward Dolnick

Utopia for Realists:^ How We Can Build the Ideal World - Rutger Bregman

The Echo Wife - Sarah Gailey

To Believe in Women:^ What Lesbians Have Done for America - Lillian Faderman

Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon

Tribe:^% On Homecoming and Belonging - Sebastian Junger

Freedom^% - Sebastian Junger

Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield

Nonviolence: 25 Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea% - Mark Kurlansky

Bridehead Revisited# - Evelyn Waugh

The Witch Elm - Tana Frencyh

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

HumanKind: A Hopeful History - Rutger Bregman^

Autumn at the Willow River Guesthouse - C.P Ward

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World Find the Good Death^ - Caitlin Doughty

A Study in Drowning - Ava Reid

The Turn of the Screw - Henry James

Gideon the Ninth* - Tamsyn Muir

See What I Have Done - Sarah Schmidt

Plain Bad Heroines* - Emily M Danforth

Tell Me I'm Worthless - Alison Rumfitt

On Killing:^ The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society - Dave Grossman

Camp Damascus - Chuck Tingle

The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror - Daneil M. Lavery

The Night Gardener - Jonathan Auxier

The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals^ - Aaron Mahnke

The Willows% - Algernon Blackwood

Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones% - Alvin Schwartz

The Motion of Puppets - Keith Donohue

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow% - Washington Irving

Wisconsin's Ghosts^ - Sherry Strub

Trauma and Recovery^: The Aftermath of Violence—from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror - Judith Lewis Herman

An Enchangment of Ravens - Margaret Rogerson

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell* - Susanna Clark

Portrait of a Thief - Grace D. Li

The Five^: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper - Hallie Rubenhold

Countrymen: The Untold Story of How Denamrk's Jews Escaped the Nazis, of the Courage of their Fellow Danes^ - and the Extrondinary Role of the SS - Bo Lidegaard

The Road to Jonestown^: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple - Jeff Guinn

The Scary Book of Christmas Lore^ - Tim Rayborn

On Tyranny^: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Timothy Snyder

The Old Magic of Christmas:^ Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year - Linda Raedisch

Harrow the Ninth~* - Tamsyn Muir

The Hogfather - Terry Pratchett

12 Days at Bleakly Manor - Michelle Greip

Christmas Truce: The Western Front December 1914^ - Malcolm Brown & Shirley Seaton

Midnight Never Come* - Marie Brennan

Behind the Scenes:^ Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House - Elizabethy Keckley

Key: * = Reread ^ = Nonfiction ~ = Read with Empty % = Novella #= Doc book club

My goal for 2024 is for 40% of my reads to be nonfiction. I've had two years within the recent past where I managed 20% of my reads to be nonfiction, so I'm aiming to double that.

Okay, below the cut I'm putting the nonfiction books on my tbr, most of which I have the lovely people of Tumblr to thank for the recommendations!

1968: The Year that Rocked the World

The Age of Wood; Our Most Useful Material...

The Assassination of Fred Hampton

Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the...

Being Human

The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shelf

Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man

Bowling Alone

Brave the Wild: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped...

Butts: A Backstory / Evermore Recommended

The Cadaver Kin and the Country Dentist / Automatuck9

Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse...

Dear Senthuran

DisneyWar

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with...

Finding Me (Viola Davis)

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed...

The Food of a Younger Land

The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women...

The Glass Universe

The Great Hunger: The Story of the Famine...

The Great Influenza

Helping Her Get Free: A Guide for Families and Friends of an Abused Woman

The History of Ireland

The History of Scotland

The History of Wales

How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Indifferent Stars Above

In the Heart of the Sea / ecouterbien

In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death...

The Last Days of the Romanovs / Automatuck9

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical...

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During the Crisis...

A New World Begins

Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous...

This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get you Killed / Empty

Radium Girls

The Road to Jonestown

Paper: Paging through History

Pussypedia / Bookstagram Rec

Salt: A World History

Say Nothing

Sea Biscuit: An American legend

Searching for Black Confederates

This is Your Mind on Plants

Unmasking Autism

The Unthinkable: Who Survives when Disaster Strikes - And Why

Watching the Tree / found all by my little self

We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow we Will be Killed...

A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the.. / Rose

The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta...

[most-hated-blorbo-bracket]

Update on how many unique characters you’ve received?

As usual, super long list, so here we go!

These characters have two+ (2+) submissions, and are likely to be included.

Vriska Serkat

Eridan Ampora

Shiver

Kokichi Ouma

Haiji Towa

Minoru Mineta

Simon

Boston

Bill Cipher

John Gaius

Regal Farseer

Ayin

Kylo Ren

Mal

Jurgen Leitner

Merlin

Darkstalker

Kyubey 

Ty Betteridge

Sasuke Uchiha

Dazai Osamu

Glenn Quagmire

Rose Quartz

Makima

c!Dream

Izzy Hands

Akio Ohtori

Katsuki Bakugo

Bramblestar

Michael

Don Quixote Doflamingo

Elias Bouchard/Jonah Magnus

Ansem the Wise

Kusaka Masato

Azula 

The Metatron

Evan Hansen

Stella Goetia

Pierce Hawthorne

Le’garde

Lance Dubois

Santa Claus

Meenah Peixes / Her Imperious Condescension 

Greg Heffley

Tony Stark

Donald Trump

Jace Herondale / Wayland / Lightwood / Morgenstern

Teddy / Kuma

Mr. Bungee

Julia Mazzone

Sentinel Prime

William Afton

Cullen Rutherford

Shou Tucker

Junko Enoshima

Ardyn Izunia

Sosuke Aizen

Happosai 

Simon Laurent

Caillou 

Ōchi Fukuchi

Jin Guanyao

Micah Bell

Cici

These characters have been submitted only once, and have a lower chance of being accepted.

Michael Scott

Detective Saracusa

Paul Von Oberstein

JJ

Box

Damian Wayne

Cersei Iannister

Shredder

Splinter

John ‘Jack’ Seward

Akane 

Abyss Sibling

House

Nickel

Julie-Sue

Tim Drake

Xisuma

Dr. John ‘Jack’ Seward

Hisoka 

Gra’ha Tia

Elias Ainsworth

Trishna 

Erlina and Brugaves

Five Pebbles

The Entirety Of Homestuck

Willy Stampler

Miguel O’Hara

Medusa Gorgon

Gamzee Makara

Rohan Kishibe

Teruhashi Makoto

Gordon Blackwall

Rebecca Costwolds

Dio 

Anakin Skywalker

Sigma Kilm

Caesar Clown

Shiki Tohno/Nanaya

Mori Ougai

Asuka 

Marlon

Pencil

Touichiro Suzuki

Alexander Hamilton

Georg Weissmann 

Dean Winchester

The Operator

Kromer

Scrappy Doo

Foreman Oyun

The Eleventh Doctor

Any Character From Welcome to Nightvale

Will Shuester

Marie

Silver Spoon

Jayne Cobb

Byakuya Togami

Prince Louis 

Coco

Princess Daisy

Light Yagami

The Pale King

Yoshiharu Hisomu

Himiko Toga

Sebastian Mechaelias

Mystery Hunter (Jeremiah Hartley)

Muzan Kibutsuji

Clara Oswald

Ranpo Edogawa (Beast)

Heath cliff

Inspector Tobias Greyson

Roland

Huey Emmerich

Tom Wambsgans

Yuri Briar

Jacopo Bearzatti

Quiche

Alastor

Meredith Rodney McKay

Every Single Country In 1993

Cicero

Val Velocity

Jiren 

Noor Pradesh

Blackbeard 

Kristoph Gavin

Morris 

Dan Moroboshi

Muu Kusunoki

Julia

Shen Jiu

April O’Neil (2012)

Johnny

Adam

Ronaldo

Makoto Itou

Ianthe Tridentarius

Disembodied Voice

Viren

Spamton

George Wickham

Floch

The New Ninja

Sakazuki Akainu 

Petyr Baelish / Littlefinger

Childe 

Wen Chao

Stormcaller

Chibiusa

Ashfur 

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd 

James T. Kirk

Billy

Mikan Tsumuki

Teruteru

Orochi

Millions Knives

The Mage

Lotor

Otto Apocalypse 

Sanji

Woodes Rogers

Zeke Jaeger

Dean Venture

Absalom 

Aloise Trancey

Cynte

Akito Sohma

Pierre

Monokubs (Except Monodam)

Edelgard 

Chrollo Lucifer

Chloe Bourgeois 

Zhou Zishu

Wanderer/Scaramouche 

Elon Musk

Il Dottore

Goeffry St. John

Nikola Tesla

Louie

Ogai Mori

Astarion 

Mary Keay

Dr. Henry Miller

Booker

Voice In The Calm Ad On Spotify

Akechi Goro

Victor Frankenstein

Five

Riley Finn

Anyone From The Locked Tomb

Elias Ainsworth

Nefera DeNile

Angel Dust

Blitzo Buckzo

The Once-Ler

Moash

Zenos Galvus

Marvin Falsettos

Solf J. Kimblee 

Father / Dwarf In The Glass

Henry the Eighth 

Aranea Serkat

Bro-Strider

Caliborn / Lord English

Feferi Peixes

Skizzleman

Black Pete

Narumi 

Cozy Glow

Holly Blue Agate

Every Genshin Impact Character Ever

Drew

Dio (Zero Escape)

Matou Shinji

Chris McClain

Thistleclaw 

Rumpelstiltskin

Ruruka Ando

Sheldon Cooper

Buck Cluck

Valens Van Varro

Verstael Besithia

Kevin

France (Hetalia)

Tumblr Staff

Slayer 

Volgin 

Yumichika Ayasegawa

Roshi 

Chibiusa

Akio Himemiya

Ali Lectric

Rafe Cameron

Raven Queen

Duke

Sandy

Everyone In Romeo And Juliet

Bella Swan

Haiji Senri

Tsumugi Aoba

Vivienne Medranno’s Impsona

Buzz McCallister 

Eugene Coli

Live Action Buggy

Aizen Sosuke

Kyouichi Saionji

Ibara Saegusa

Yu Ziyuan

Mahiru Koizumi

The Little Palace Mistress

Eichi Tenshouin

The Old Palace Master

Rafal 

Jonah Magnus

Queen Scarlet

Nanami Kiryuu 

Hiyoko Saionji

God

Roger

Judo

Ken

Steven Universe

JD

[ckerouac]

Writing Patterns Game Tag

Rules: list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

Thiefed from @captainkappa

1. The man standing in front of Cobb’s table wearing a too small canvas vest labeled ���Duck Sitter’ was definitely, absolutely not a duck sitter. (Decoys)

2. It takes twenty minutes to unload the starfighter. (build it together)

3. “Are you fucking kidding me?” (seasons change when I just give it time)

4. Cobb should’ve said something as soon as Din suggested it. (Skating Lessons)

5. “And it’s just a guest spot,” Keeley said as she tucked her feet up under her on Rebecca’s office couch, “but they were always really supportive when I modeled and didn’t once print outtakes from that one shoot where I tripped into the koi pond, so I thought it might be fun.” (Dear Fancy Friend)

6. Patrick regretted the words as soon as they left his mouth. (Cocoa)

7. “What’s the point of this again?” Din asked, shifting out of the way of a gaggle of children running by him. (A Fair Bet)

8. Cobb Vanth still wasn’t quite sure how this Mandalorian made it to Mos Pelgo. (how it feels when we fall, when we fold)

9. The first time Loki met the Doctor, she’d been on the run for eight days. (the good ones always seem to break)

10. “We could always just...not go,” Steve pointed out from the corner of the bed where he sat watching Peggy meticulously get ready for the day. (Foolish)

More often than not, I’ll start in the middle of a conversation. I actually didn’t realize I did it so often until right now lol. Seriously, 8/10 of these are in the middle of a conversation. Apparently that’s my comfort zone.

If you read this far, consider yourself tagged!

[wutbju]

Dorothy Jean Conrad, BJU Class of 1949.

Dorothy Jean (Cobb) Conrad went to her heavenly home on August 13, 2024, following a brief illness. She was born January 4, 1928, the oldest of two daughters born to Charles and Vera Cobb in Sebring, Florida. The family lived on South Ridgewood Drive and Jean attended Sebring elementary and high schools. She graduated as valedictorian of her class of 44 seniors. She later attended Bob Jones University where she met and married Earl C. Conrad from Lyons, Ohio in 1949.

Jean and Earl served with The Evangelical Alliance Mission in India for 37 ½ years, having arrived there in February 1952. Jean learned the Marathi language along with her husband. They lived much of the time in villages, where she taught children’s and women’s Bible classes, along with having and caring for 4 children of her own. Later in their service, they moved to the city of Pune and worked with Word of Life Publications. There Jean became adept at reading book proofs in Marathi. She also wrote her own book of object lessons for Sunday School teachers. They retired in November 1989 and returned to Sebring where they were active in Covenant Presbyterian Church and drove for Meals on Wheels for 27 years.

She is survived by her children: Rebecca (Leroy) Nicholson, Robert (Jenny) Conrad, Deborah(Robert) Brooks, Rachel Conrad; 9 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.

Brief graveside service at Pinecrest Cemetery, 10 a.m. Saturday, August 17, 2024.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Ridge Haven Conference Center, 215 Ridge Haven Rd, Brevard, NC 28712 or Covenant Presbyterian Church, 4500 Sun 'N Lake Blvd, Sebring, FL 33872.

[leanstooneside]

SONGS FROM MUSICALS

• DONALD TRUMP'S ENSCONCED BACK

• KIMORA LEE SIMMONS'S BRIDGED BUTTOCKS

• NICOLE KIDMAN'S LEATHERN HAIR

• MADDOX JOLIE-PITT'S SOCIALIZED BUTTOCKS

• NINA DOBREV'S LUXURIOUS CHEEK

• NIALL HORAN'S LUCID FOOT

• JANE LYNCH'S PRESIDENTIAL SHOULDER

• PAULA ABDUL'S DOZEN ANKLE

• CATHERINE ZETA-JONES'S DEPRESS FOOT

• BILLY RAY CYRUS'S DIDACTIC FOOT

• CACEE COBB'S INSUFFERABLE FOREHEAD

• JANET JACKSON'S MORBID HAIR

• TOM HANKS'S SYNTHETIC FOOT

• BENICIO DEL TORO'S LIMITLESS FIST

• DR. PHIL MCGRAW'S CIRCUMSTANTIAL HEAD

• GREG GRUNBERG'S ANTIQUARIAN SHOULDER

• SHENAE GRIMES'S JERKING TOE

• MARTIN LAWRENCE'S PLIABLE TOOTH

• ZAC BROWN BAND'S FEATHERED BREAST

• KARINA SMIRNOFF'S MOLECULAR CHIN

• STEVE CARELL'S DASHING CHEEK

• MENA SUVARI'S BRANCHED LIP

• REBECCA ROMIJN'S SUBJUGATED THUMB

• ANNA KOURNIKOVA'S FUMING HEAD

• WILMER VALDERRAMA'S IMPASSIVE TOE

• AMERICA FERRERA'S FELLOW EYELASH

• GABRIEL AUBRY'S ABSORBING BUTTOCKS

• MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG'S NONCOMMERCIAL NOSTRIL

• AKSHAY KUMAR'S MUTED BREAST

• LAUREN GRAHAM'S OUTLAW FOREARM

• SAMANTHA RONSON'S DISEASED HAIR

• KELLIE PICKLER'S PLUMB FOREARM

• ELIN NORDEGREN'S UNSEALED EAR

• KESHA'S BANNED THIGH

• MAX GREENFIELD'S INTERFERING CALF

• STEPHANIE PRATT'S STICKY HAND

• MARIA SHRIVER'S ILLUSTRATIVE TONGUE

• JORDIN SPARKS'S EXCESS FINGER

• EDWARD NORTON'S SAFEST UPPER ARM

• ELIZABETH OLSEN'S SEXIER WAIST

• JESSICA BIEL'S FOOLISH BREAST

• HUGH HEFNER'S ACCOUNTANT BUTTOCKS

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book log - 2023 (continued)

the good lie by a.r. torre

something wilder by christina lauren

pineapple street by jenny jackson

drinking games by sarah levy

the housemaid by frieda mcfadden

full disclosure by camryn garrett

the dream job by kiersten modglin

never lie by frieda mcfadden

the silent woman by minka kent

hidden pictures by jason rekulak

girl in trouble by stacy claftin

the waitress by nina manning

xoxo by axie oh

yellowface by r.f. kuang

unmissing by minka kent

the rise by shari king

take me home tonight by morgan matson

the best lies by sarah lyu

arsenic and adobo by mia p. manansala

our missing hearts by celeste ng

the locked door by frieda mcfadden

where the crawdads sing by delia owens

the couple at table six by daniel hurst

survive the night by riley sager

the wife upstairs by freida mcfadden

one of us is dead by jeneva rose

five little indians by michelle good

the push by ashley audrain

i’ll stop the world by lauren thoman

silver nitrate by silvia moreno-garcia

romantic comedy by curtis sittenfield

the maidens by alex michaelides

every last secret by a.r. torre

the headmaster’s list by melissa de la cruz

last summer at the golden hotel by elyssa friedland

the collective by alison gaylin

one true loves by taylor jenkins reid

the trade off by sandie jones

my summer darlings by may cobb

the last housewife by ashley winstead

good rich people by eliza jane brazier

the club by ellery lloyd

phantom limb by lucinda berry

the night shift by alex finlay

layoverland by gabby noone

the writing retreat by julia bartz

never never by colleen hoover

reckless by cecily von ziegesar

the family game by catherine steadman

just say yes by maxine morrey

a pho love story by loan le

the birthday girl by melissa de la cruz

local woman missing by mary kubica

the last to vanish by megan miranda

yolk’s on me by d.t. henderson

the housemaid’s secret by frieda mcfadden

happy people are annoying by josh peck

the fraud squad by kyla zhao

wrong place wrong time by gillian mcallister

the grayson legacy by boris bacic

remarkably bright creatures by shelby van pelt

the couple in the cabin by daniel hurst

yerba buena by nina lacour

the ex by frieda mcfadden

notorious by cecilyn von ziegesar

layla by colleen hoover

the inmate by frieda mcfadden

last night at the telegraph club by malinda lo

the friend zone by abby jimenez

how to american by jimmy o. yang

lunar love by lauren kung jessen

the it girl by crackly von ziegesar

what lies in the woods by kate alice marshall

queen of thieves by beezy march

weather girl by rachel lynn solomon

the perfect marriage by jeneva rose

my sister, the serial killer by tonkin braithwaithe

things we never got over by lucy score

like me by hayley phelan

do not disturb by frieda mcfadden

for the love of friends by sara goodman confino

reckless girls by rachel hawkins

ghost 19 by simone st. james

the winter people by jennifer mcmahon

please join us by catherine mckenzie

under the whispering door by t.j. klune

the bookstore sisters by alice hoffman

lessons in chemistry by bonnie garmus

the new year’s party by daniel hurst

the house in the cerulean sea by t.j. klune

trixie and katya’s guide to womanhood by trixie mattel

i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston

horrorstor by grady hendrix

yours truly by abby jimenez

happy place by emily henry

the soulmate by sally hepworth

i have some questions for you by rebecca makkai

what happened the ruthy ramirez by claire jimenez

mad honey by jodi picoult

really good, actually by monica heisey

the ballad of songbirds and snakes by suzanne collins

the lightning thief by rick riordan

harry potter and the philosophers stone by j.k. rowling

the sea of monsters by rick riordan

the titan’s curse by rick riordan

harry potter and the chamber of secrets by j.k. rowling

the battle of the labyrinth by rick riordan

harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban by j.k. rowling

the last olympian by rick riordan

the lost hero by rick riordan

harry potter and the goblet of fire by j.k. rowling

the son of neptune by rick riordan

the mark of athena by rick riordan

harry potter and the order of the phoenix by j.k. rowling

harry potter and the half blood prince by j.k. rowling

harry potter and the deathly hallows by j.k. rowling

harry potter and the cursed child by john tiffany

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Joe Cobb Wants Rebecca Maguire To Get Some Supplies

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Here's a list of them in no particular order:

Theorizing Multi-Partner Relationships and Sexualities: Recent work on Non-Monogamy and Polyamory Christian Klesse Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Beyond the non/monogamy system: fluidity, hybridity, and transcendence in intimate relationships Jorge N. Ferrer

Need Fulfillment in Polyamorous Relationships Melissa E. Mitchell, Kim Bartholomew & Rebecca J. Cobb

“I wish people knew that there are other flavors” Reflections on the representation of poly-kink in mainstream media by polyamorous kinksters in the Netherlands Suzanne van der Beek, Laura Thomas Tilburg University Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, The Netherlands

‘My [asexuality] is playing hell with my dating life’: Romantic identified asexuals negotiate the dating game Tina Vares University of Canterbury, New Zealand

The Fewer the Merrier?: Assessing Stigma Surrounding Consensually Non-monogamous Romantic Relationships Terri D. Conley,Amy C. Moors, Jes L. Matsick, Ali Ziegler University of Michigan

Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Sex and Romance in Asexuals Maria Bulmer & Keise Izuma Department of Psychology, University of York

Asexuality in Disability Narratives Eunjung Kim University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

Contested intersections: Asexuality and disability,illness, or trauma Anna Kurowicka University of Warsaw, Poland

Asexuality, Graysexuality, and Demisexuality: Distinctions in Desire, Behavior, and Identity Daniel Copulsky & Phillip L. Hammack Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz

An International Survey of BDSM Practitioner Demographics: The Evolution of Purpose for, Participation in, and Engagement with, Kink Activities Bryce Westlake & Isabella Mahan Department of Justice Studies, San Jose State University

Radical Refusals: On the Anarchist Politics of Women Choosing Asexuality Breanne Fahs Arizona State University

Demographic Comparison of American Individuals in Polyamorous and Monogamous Relationships Rhonda N. Balzarini, Christoffer Dharma, Taylor Kohut & Lorne Campbell Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario Bjarne M. Holmes Department of Psychology, Champlain College Justin J. Lehmiller The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University Jennifer J. Harman Department of Psychology, Colorado State University

Queer Intimacies: A New Paradigm for the Study of Relationship Diversity Phillip L. Hammack Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz David M. Frost Department of Social Science, University College London Sam D. Hughes Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz

Gendering asexuality and asexualizing gender: A qualitative study exploring the intersections between gender and asexuality Kristina Gupta Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Wake Forest University, USA

Polyamory Is Deviant–But Not for the Reasons You May Think Elisabeth Sheff Sheff Consulting, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Poly/logue: A Critical Introduction to Polyamory Special Issue Editors: Jin Haritaworn London South Bank University, UK Chin-ju Lin Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan Christian Klesse Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Sexual and Affectionate Behaviors in Asexual and Allosexual Adults Alyssa N. Clark, Eva S. Lefkowitz, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut; Corinne Zimmerman Department of Psychology, Illinois State University Illinois, Normal, Illinois

Algorithmic heteronormativity: Powers and pleasures of dating and hook-up apps Diana C. Parry, Eric Filice, Corey W. Johnson University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Personality and Sexual Orientation: Extension to Asexuality and the HEXACO Model Anthony F. Bogaert Department of Health Sciences, Brock University Michael C. Ashton Department of Psychology, Brock University Kibeom Lee Department of Psychology, University of Calgary

Rethinking Asexuality: A Symbolic Interactionist Account Susie Scott University of Sussex, UK Matt Dawson University of Glasgow, UK

So through my university I've been able to get my hands on a lot of scholarly research around, nonmonogamies, polyamory, sexuality and all sorts of gender, race, class intersections on those topics.

Anybody interested in me posting them? Maybe even commenting on them as well?

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Rebecca Cobb