#ron kiley

[rosewilsongf]

Rough post-it doodles I made during Maths - I was just thinking a lot about Shifty (with ducklings) and Luz. Then I thought of how Ron loved dogs, and then I thought about Trigger the dog, and then I learned I can't draw dogs..Then there's Rat Kiley from The Things They Carried as I imagined him.

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from Inside Climate News:

In the U.S. and around the world, the impact of climate change on primary education is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, both inside and outside the classroom. As heat and flooding threaten the physical environment, pedagogical—and political—debates rage over how and what to teach students about their rapidly warming planet.

Often a reflection of the political majority in a state, climate curriculums vary across public schools in the U.S., and now students themselves are advocating for more climate change education. However, these efforts have been met with mixed responses from school boards and state legislatures. 

Today, I am diving into the student-led push to expand climate change instruction across classrooms as schools struggle against the most severe climate impacts. 

In the U.S., students are speaking out to learn more about the source of the climate impacts hitting their schools. But their efforts haven’t always been met with support. 

In February, dozens of high school and college students attended a hearing in the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul to advance a bill that would require schools to integrate climate change into their curriculums, the Associated Press reports. However, the bill was not moved forward, similar to one that New Hampshire high schoolers were advocating for in March that is now indefinitely stalled.

Oftentimes, classroom materials do not reflect current climate science. In August, Republican Gov. Ron Desantis approved a move which allows classrooms to show videos that reject the reality of climate change. Several recent studies show that while science textbooks discuss climate change, they have not kept pace with the body of new research on the subject, a trend that my colleague Kiley Bense reported on last year. 

In a recent investigation, Rolling Stone magazine and Drilled revealed that the oil and gas industry has given funding to push forward corporate goals into lesson plans produced by Discovery Education, a textbook and multimedia education provider used by half the classrooms in the U.S. In one of their lessons, which includes a logo from oil and gas lobbying organization the American Petroleum Institute, the plan advises teachers to “tell the class that in 2020, petroleum powered 90 percent of the country’s transportation.” It does not include any mention of renewable energy or climate impacts from oil-related emissions, the news outlets found.

However, other states have embraced climate change curriculums across public schools. In 2020, New Jersey became the first state to require teaching climate change at all grade levels in all subjects, from art class to physical education. Since the program began, many teachers have focused on helping kids connect with nature and brainstorm climate solutions, reports The New York Times. 

[broadwaydivastournament]

Bernadette Peters in Caricature

I am so behind, so we're just going to plow right through these. Bernadette has not one, not two, not six, but eleven Hirschfelds, more than any other Diva left.

George M! With Joel Grey, Bernadette Peters, Nanette Fabray, Jack Cassidy - Tv Special 9/6/70

On The Town- Bernadette Peters, Phyllis Newman, Donna Mckechnie, Jess Richards, Remak Ramsay, Ron Husman. (10/31/71)

“Seven Sparklers In Fall Firmament”(Clockwise From Top Right) Peter Firth In Equus; Angela Lansbury In Gypsy, Gerladine Page, Richard Kiley And Sandy Dennis In Absurd Person Singular; Ben Gazzara In Hughie; Maureen Stapleton, Jack Lemmon, And Walter Matthau In Juno & The Paycock, Robert Preston And Bernadette Peters In Mack & Mabel; And Charlton Heston In Macbeth, 1974

Mack And Mabel With Robert Preston, Bernadette Peters, Lisa Kirk, And Robert Fitch, 10/6/74

Sunday In The Park With George, Bernadette Peters And Mandy Patinkin, 1984

Bernadette Peters In Sunday In The Park With George (6/8/84)

Bernadette Peters In Annie Get Your Gun (2/28/99)

Into The Woods With Joanna Gleason, Robert Westenberg, Tom Aldredge, Bernadette Peters, Barbara Byrne, And Chip Zien, 11/1/87

The Goodbye Girl: Carol Woods, Tammy Minoff, John Christopher Jones, Martin Short, Bernadette Peters (2/28/93)

Cameron Mackintosh With Characters From Shows He Has Produced. Last Revised 4/92

Rick Steiner With Characters From Six Of His Plays, Ink And Goauche 9/02

Bernadette also has a portrait at Sardi's, but heaven knows I can't find it just by googling, and it's not a week to ask me to do deep dives like I usually do. Check back in three-to-five business days.

Elaine Stritch and Bernadette Peters in "A Little Night Music," 2010 - Squigs

Bernadette Peters and the new company of Hello, Dolly! 2018 - Squigs

Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason (my beloved), and the company of Into the Woods, 2014 - Squigs

Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell (my beloved), Jayne Houdyshell, Mary Beth Peil, and the company of Follies, 2011 - Squigs

[beardedmrbean]

The Republican mayor of a Northern California city where a pair of 7-Eleven store clerks fought back against a thief who was seen on video threatening them and ransacking the business before being beaten by the employees, said authorities are investigating the viral incident, while also criticizing a state law many have said enables thieves to act without consequence.

Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln issued a statement Tuesday, saying the case involving the suspect and two Sikh employees for the convenience store chain is being looked at and will be referred to the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office once completed.

Video footage captured by a customer shows a man wearing a mask dumping cigarettes into a giant trash can over the weekend. At one point, the suspect appeared to threaten to shoot the people inside. The two employees eventually turned the table on the alleged thief and began beating him with what appeared to be a stick while he was on the floor.

"I believe [the workers] were frustrated, emotions were high, but I believe they did was courageous and did the right thing," Louis Benton, who recorded the incident, previously told Fox News Digital. "Instead of taking a gun or taking something that could really harm him. And I'm glad the guy hit them below the belt. Not above the belt, but also to, you know, has come to a point where I know it was enough."

In his statement, Lincoln noted that Proposition 47, a voter-approved measure, downgraded charges pertaining to certain theft and drug possession crimes from a felony to a misdemeanor if the value of the stolen goods is less than $950.

The measure was ushered in by voters in 2014, and has been blamed for the many brazen smash-and-grab thefts and shoplifting incidents plaguing cities up and down California.

"It has essentially legalized theft and open drug use in California, culminating in these unbelievable smash-and-grab robberies," former state Assemblyman elected U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital last year. "Voters were egregiously misled about what this would do."

"The law hinders businesses daily by increasing shoplifting and decreasing our law enforcement's ability to hold accountable those responsible for such acts," Mayor Lincoln said. "These kinds of California state laws continue to impact communities."

On Tuesday, San Joaquin District Attorney Ron Freitas said the two 7-Eleven employees have never been considered suspects by his office. "Any Investigation going forward is to hold accountable the individual who threatened and attempted to rob them," he said.

[southjerseyweb]

The 25 best New Jersey restaurants for late-night eats - nj.com

Published: Jan. 23, 2024, 6:30 a.m.. RU Hungry. Ron Errickson makes a recommendation to first timer Kiley Becker at RU Hungry in New Brunswick, …

[ronkiley]

Looking across East River towards Brooklyn Heights.

[stitcher9]

the worst assassin, now with more ptsd

[jackiekashian]

Dork Forest 2011-2020 Cheat Sheet

The votes are in for 2020! 

This is a list of Episode Numbers - Guest Name - Dorkdom.  I take votes for faves of the year and then add a couple for variety of topics that I really thought were fun. ALL THE EPS have something for someone and are great but here is a starter list if you’re thinking to start listening to TDF and are not a numerologist completest.

Note: show’s been going since 2006 but I’ve only been surveying since 2011.  The show is on all the platforms. Pandora, Spotify, YouTube. Start here if you like: www.dorkforest.com . Standup info and other podcast is at www.jackiekashian.com

2020 TDF EP 562 - Guy Branum - Mitford Sisters TDF EP 568 - Maria Bamford - Canadian Reality Shows TDF EP 599 - Jen Kirkman - Hallmark Christmas Movies TDF EP 565 - Darla Kashian – COOKING TDF EP 598 - Russ Kashian - Hallmark Christmas Movies TDF EP 549 - Tig Notaro – Veganism TDF EP 581 - Jenny Yang - Comfort Food TDF EP 591 - Amber Preston - Church Cookbooks TDF EP 574 - Ron Funches - Call of Duty and Animal Crossing TDF EP 577 - Barbara Holiday - Escape Rooms TDF EP 558 - Sarah Mowrey - Fleetwood Mac TDF EP566 - Matt Kirshen/Myq Kaplan - Advice Columns  TDF EP 595 - Kristin Key - Mad Libs TDF EP 576 - Robert Jenkins - Guns and Safety TDF EP 588 - Sofiya Alexandra - Wheel of Time books TDF EP 570- Jim Woster – Columbo TDF EP 573 - Robert Hurt - Babylon 5  TDF EP 550 - Danielle Perez - Mariah Carey TDF EP 583 - Dar Vendegna  - PIckleball  TDF SPOILER 3 - Andy & Jackie - Rise of Skywalker 

 2019 TDF EP 523 Lydia Popovich Dolly Parton TDF EP 511 Auggie Smith Dead Comedians TDF EP 535 Christopher Titus Prince TDF EP 530 Phil Kashian Hitchhiking TDF EP 532 Brian Posehn Heavy Metal TDF EP 549 Tig Notaro Veganism SP1 Endgame Spoiler Dork Out TDF EP 503 Wynter Spears Public Restrooms TDF EP 524 Sara Benincasa Frederick Law Olmstead TDF EP 529 Caitlin Gill Murder She Wrote TDF EP 545 Mary Becquet Chinese Ghosts Vampires TDF EP 525 Matt Oswalt Taking Pictures TDF EP 510 Gary Anthony Williams Birds TDF EP 531 Robert Hurt DS9 TDF EP 547 Thom Tran The Flash TDF EP 540 Brian Jacobovitz Cthulu RPGs TDF EP 515 Judith Stephen CosPlay TDF EP 528 Justin Hermann Heroscape TDF EP 538 Dave Ross Zelda and LINK TDF EP 544 Sharon Houston Netflix British Reality Shows TDF EP 505 Kat Burdick Next Generation TDF EP 509 Michelle Biloon NYT Crossowords

2018  TDF EP 487 Amy Miller - Dolly Parton TDF EP 471 Emma Arnold - BEES TDF EP 499 - Erin Foley - Hallmark Christmas Movies TDF EP 481 - Cheryl Jones - Maritime History TDF EP 471 - Andy Ashcraft - GenCon TDF EP 482 - Nato Green - Union Organizing TDF EP 473 - Tamra Brown - Tiki Bars TDF EP 493 - Nina Manni - Air and Hotel Points TDF EP 446 - Carlos Delgado - Great British Bakeoff TDF EP 495 - Alice Wetterlund - Sharks TDF EP 487 - Mark Waid - Superman TDF EP 454 - Open Mike Eagle - Wrestling  TDF EP 457 - Jean Grea - Ikea  TDF EP 447 - Gariana Abeyta - All Genres have Great Movies

2017 TDF EP 390 - Phil Kashian - LOTR and MY BROTHER TDF EP 422 - Steve Agee  - John Hughes Movies. Weird Science TDF EP 426 - Sara Schaefer - Cross Stitch  TDF EP 431 - Jenny Jaffe - Planners. Calendars. Stickers. All the things. TDF EP 405 - Rebecca Sugar - Musicals  TDF EP 438 - Jen Briney - freaking CONGRESS TDF EP 423 - Karen Rontowski - Moth Man TDF EP 401 - Jason Hatrick - Scuba diving  TDF EP 429 - Kyle Clark - Halloween Theme Parks TDF EP 417 - Nat Towsen - Speed Racer TDF EP 402 - Tyler Hinman - Escape Rooms TDF EP 428 - Solomon Georgio - Black Sitcoms TDF EP 403 - Hal Lublin - Saturday Night Live TDF EP 408 - Al Madrigal - Jack Reacher NOVELS TDF EP 435 - Wyatt Gray - HP Lovecraft TDF EP 442 - Doug Stanhope - getting naked and Leisure Suits TDF EP 404 - Julie Dixson Jackson - Geneology  TDF EP 427 - Lisa Allard – Quilting

2016 TDF EP 336 Jim Stewart Allen - Oregon Trail  TDF EP 383 Jenny Chalikian – Xena TDF EP 387 Caitlin Gill - Roald Dahl  TDF EP 358 Wil Anderson - Cricket TDF EP 359 Heather Simmons - Alice in Wonderland. TDF EP 340 Barbara Holm - Buffy the Vampire Slayer TDF EP 380 Beverly D’Angelo - things that Change your Life - Music, Places TDF EP 366 Karen Rontowski - Tarot Cards TDF EP 373 Stu Goldsmith - Boardgames with a STORY  TDF EP 364 Maria Bamford LIVE at JFL Montreal (Bandcamp)  2016 I really liked: TDF EP 385 Jenny Zigrino - Authentic Historical Costuming  TDF EP 347 Riley Silverman - The Potato. Mostly Frozen.  TDF EP 355 Ivan Van Norman/Andy Ashcraft - Zombies & pen/paper games TDF EP 341 Cathy Ladman - Knitting  TDF EP 349 Moon Zappa - The BIG questions TDF EP 368 Martha Kelly - Law and Order SVU TDF EP 367 Phil Johnson - Pirates TDF EP 362 Rory Scovel - Golf (quietly clap) TDF EP 339 Sovereign Syre - Spanish Invasion of Florida.  TDF EP 348 Dash Kwiatkowski - Superman TDF EP 338 TJ Chambers - Chess TDF EP 379 Michelle Thaller – SPACE! LIVE DC Drafthouse (Bandcamp)

2015 TDF EP 303 Matt Saxe – all Vice Presidents. TDF EP 298 Jason Klamm – Vice Presidents and Lego! TDF EP 312 Greg Proops at LA Podfest – 70s Movies TDF EP 320 Wil Wheaton – BEER and Boardgames TDF EP 287 Michelle McNamara – Robert Durst and more True Crime TDF EP 294 Retta – Purses. Handbags TDF EP 323 Chez Amanda – Xfiles. Finally. TDF EP 310 David Koechner – History dork! TDF EP 268 Tammy Pescatelli – Thrift stores and Vampires TDF EP 279 Brian Kiley – Presidential Biographic Minutia TDF EP 285 Ian Abramson – McDonald’s Land TDF EP 316 Breanna Conley – Old time Photo Booth collecting 2015 another 12 that I picked: TDF EP 329 Robert Hurt – Space Ships TDF EP 321 Ryan Stout – Injustice. AS USUAL. TDF EP 324 Suzy Soro – Ghosts. TDF EP 313 Danielle Radford – great “bad” movies TDF EP 305 Murray Valeriano & Monty Franklin – Surfin. TDF EP 269 Christian Brown, Roselle Hurley and Andy Ashcraft - LARPing TDF EP 271 Bridget Everett - Barry Manilow, Richard Simmons & Rudy TDF EP 273 Sean Crespo – DUNE TDF EP 284 Brian Upton - history and aesthetics of gaming TDF EP 293 Live at Bridgetown Branum, Kilgariff and Preston (Bandcamp) TDF EP 300 Amy Shira Teitel – SPACE TDF EP 325 Gail Carriger Live in SF – Anglophile. (Bandcamp)

2014 TDF EP 259 – Laraine Newman - Dubstep TDF EP 245 – Brittnee Braun - Cosplay TDF EP 249 – Brian Regan – Line Mentality TDF EP 215 – Robert Hack – Doctor Who TDF EP 264 – Joseph Scrimshaw – Star War Prequels TDF EP 227 – Emily Gordon – Breakfast around the world TDF EP 239 – Rhea Butcher – Back to the Future Movies TDF EP 260 – Jimmy Pardo – Chicago (the band) TDF EP210 – Corey Olsen – Tolkien TDF EP 258 – Emily Heller – ESM & HS Debate

2013 TDF EP 177 - Greg Proops - Ancient History TDF EP 172 – Janeane/Bamford - Beading/SuzeOrman TDF EP198 – Live Podfest w Kilgariff/Bamford/Anthony/Valeriano - Salad TDF EP 189 – Moshe Kasher - Religion TDF EP 199 – Michelle McNamara - True Crime TDF EP 203 – Ryan Stout - Traffic Court

TDF EP 150 – Gina Yashere - Ghosts/Elevators TDF EP 151 – Craig Shoemaker - Wizard of Oz TDF EP 207 –  Matt Mira - James Bond TDF EP 167 – David Huntsberger - Horses TDF EP 200 –  Andy Peters/Mike Schmidt - Wrestling TDF EP 190 –  Cameron Esposito - Lesbians TDF EP 202 –  Matt Weinhold/Dana Gould/ Shawn Sheridan - Halloween

2012 TDF EP 129 – Live with Michelle McNamara (True Crime) TDF EP 111 – Jim Gaffigan (obscure news personality) TDF EP 117 – Corey Olsen (TolkienProf) TDF EP 142 – Live with Retta, Rajskub, Kilmartin and Scovel TDF EP 94 – Mary Jo Pehl (reading and writing and more reading) TDF EP 133 – Kira Soltonovich (Korean Spas) TDF EP 113 – Jesse Schell and Andy Ashcraft (oh. Video Games) TDF EP 98 – Henry Phillips and Mike Phirman (Guitar Comedy and Music) TDF EP 139 – Joel Hodgson (ventriloquism) TDF EP 93 – Live with Ernie Cline (the 80s and Ready Player One) TDF EP 102 – Dan Telfer (Dinosaurs and science in general) TDF EP 108 – Al Madrigal (Sales and Cartoons) TDF EP 148 – Guy Branum - Canada TDF EP 95 – Live with Kevin Eastman (ninja turtles) TDF EP 97 – Rose Abdoo and John Matta (tiny tiny ART! And The Thing) TDF EP 99 – Asterios Kokkinos (Pokemon) TDF EP 100 – PF Wilson – (history of the various football leagues)  TDF EP 103 – Live with Andy Kindler (“indie” comic books) TDF EP 104 – Merrill Markoe (I feel like we talked dogs mostly)  TDF EP 110 – Patrick Brady (animation)   TDF EP 120 – Erin Foley (NY Giants) TDF EP 121 – Tom Franck (Art) TDF EP 130 – Lois McMaster Bujold (I dork out AT her. She talks writing) TDF EP 138 – Michael Everson (coding fonts for obscure languages)

2011 # 55 Greg Proops – Making Baseball interesting            # 67 Hardwick/Palascak – Harry Potter                       # 37 Karen Kilgariff  - Sandra Bullock                          # 16 Dana Gould – Planet of the Apes                         # 48 Aisha Tyler – girl on girl fandom                          # 24 Jen Kirkman/ Karen Rontowksi – ghosts/UFO                 # 49 Dana/James - HOLLYWOOD                                # 40 April/Vargus – TRIP TO MIDDLE EAST                                                   # 3 Madigan/Kilmartin – the KENNEDY’S  #42 Maile Flanagan/Yuri Lowenthal - Animation #50 Michelle McNamara – True Crime #30 Ed Brubaker / Kermet Apio – Comics #14 Thrilling Adventure Hour – so many things Origin Story – #69 Andy Origin Story - #71 Maria #73 Rich Sommer – Mad Men and Boardgames #77 Matt Weinhold/Ken Daly – Horror Movies #82 Chad Daniels/David Huntsberger – just hilarious #80 Bengt Washburn – Fine art #51 Andrew Solmssen - IT #28 Eric Drysdale - VIEWMASTER #58 Bees – uh, BEES #63 Perfume – and, PERFUME #44 Jim Coughlin – A4 Paper #91 Trains!    

NOTE Premium eps w/o iTunes:  Here’s how to download albums from Bandcamp:

1.    Download the .zip file from Bandcamp. 2.    Unzip the file to your Music folder. 3.    Rescan your Music folder. 4.    Open the music app and listen to your tunes.

[raging-violets]

Any characters have a theme song you associate with them?

In general: The Jacksons collectively, for me: “Defy You” by Offspring. For Riley it’s “Let It Out” by Hoobastank, For Rhuben it’s “Crawling in the Dark” by Hoobastank, For Patrick it’s “Feel Invincible” by Skillet. For Reed and Renee it’s ‘Field of Gold’ by Sting. For Julius it’s “Son of Man” by Phil Collins. For Noah and Sydney,  we haven’t completely come up with them yet.

Riley: No, not really. The only ones I did was for the Jacksons because they’re already so music based that it was an obvious choice. I have ideas of songs that may remind me of a character or ship from time to time, but I actually don’t have any theme songs that I’d associate with anyone. I don’t even have one for Cade or Brady, which you think I would. I don’t even really have specific song lyrics that I’d associate with them.

I’ve got 1001 for Riley/Kiley, and a few for BarryCade, but not a lot as a whole for my OCs.

Rhuben: Nothing I've officially assigned to anyone, more so just if I hear a song and just think about the character. But here are a couple.

Averey (The Flash/Criminal Minds): In general, I have the lyrics "You can fool anyone but I’ve got eyes to see" from Backstreet Boys's song "Not for Me" (more so just that line than the whole song) and when shipping him with Cisco, overall I'd say also by BSB, "As Long as You Love Me."

Brynn (Power Rangers): The song Cross My Line by Ron Wasserman basically describes her and her story plot to a T. (And is why my fic is named that.)

Issi (Narnia): Funnily enough "A Wondorous Place" from Tarzan. It just has a big, forrest-y adventure feel to it.

[kileyrose-2003]

Harry Potter and the Terrible Slytherin Joke

So @ozmav and I are currently in the midst of writing/editing a HP AU with ourselves as characters. Just for fun and to fangirl. Me, being the Slytherin queen. And her being the lovely Gryffindor. And as we're discussing ideas, this pops into my head

*Ron stands at the end of the hall, talking to a random character in our AU*

Ozmav: Hi Kiley!

Ron: Slytherin? I say Slyther-Out

[chacusha]

#26 for the meme.

Have you noticed a pattern in your shipping? Is there a romantic dynamic you’re more drawn to?

I’ve never really done an in-depth analysis to my shipping (although I want to some day!), but I’ve definitely noticed that I have a tendency to ship the losing side of romantic love triangles (as in, the one that isn’t endgame), and I think this is related to my preference for the more “square” of the love interests (for example, class president, hard-working, family man, childhood best friend type) rather than the “exciting bad boy” type.

Some examples of love triangles where my preference for a certain type of character yields a preference for a pairing:

Bravely Default: Edea/Alternis > Edea/RingabelHouse of Flying Daggers: Mei/Leo > Mei/JinNeon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji/Rei > Shinji/AsukaPeach Girl: Momo/Toji > Momo/KileyRevenge: Emily/Jack > Emily/Daniel

There’s also another pattern kind of separate from the above but still a love triangle dynamic. I tend to always ship sidekicks together in a trio, ESPECIALLY if the two sidekick characters have an established friendship and one has a crush on the other. Some examples of the dynamic:

Angelic Layer: Koutarou/Tamayo > Koutarou/MisakiBuffy: Xander/Willow > Xander/BuffyHarry Potter: Hermione/Ron > Hermione/Harry

I recently watched a movie called Lu Over the Wall which features the dynamic of the main character befriending two longtime friends, one who has a crush on the other, and the other is more interested in the main character. I was just sitting there like, I INSTANTLY SHIP THE SIDEKICKS -- HOW PREDICTABLE OF ME.

[wazafam]

Parks and Rec may be about the parks department of Pawnee... but fans know that's just a fraction of what makes the show great, and it's the relationships (romantic and otherwise) that are the real heart and soul of the series. That said, not every romantic choice made on the series was one the audience could get behind. While some couples had everyone rooting for them from the start (like Ben and Leslie), even they occasionally made some bad choices.

RELATED: The Main Characters Of Parks And Rec, Ranked By Power

And other relationships (like Tom and Mona Lisa) just had everyone rooting for them to end, and as fast as possible. But from individual dates to whole romantic connections, which decisions of the Parks and Rec characters were the most eyebrow-raising?

10 Ann Pursuing Mark

Ann, unfortunately, made a lot of questionable relationship decisions - and actively pursuing Mark was definitely one of them. It was clear from the start that Leslie had a huge crush on Mark, and it wasn't always an unrequited one, as they had hooked up in the past. Even though Mark was not interested, for Leslie's best friend to try and start something with him was always going to be awkward. And, of course, it didn't work out anyway.

9 Leslie's Scavenger Hunt With Ben

Leslie's enthusiasm and thoughtfulness is inspiring, but also a little terrifying - as Ben found out, when she created a massive and elaborate scavenger hunt for him that would reveal the location of their special date. Of course, Ben was terrified he wouldn't get all the clues, and enlisted Ron's help to get him there. This ended well, but Leslie's decision to turn something that should have been a fun evening into a source of so much work and stress for her partner just wasn't a good one.

8 Chris And Millicent Grinding

Another somewhat inappropriate connection to begin with was between Chris and Millicent Gergich - which was slightly awkward, as it meant that Jerry's daughter was dating his boss! However, this could have been fine (Chris and Jerry didn't work closely together, and Chris approached him about it ahead of time).

RELATED: 5 Times Chris Was Just Heartwarming On Parks And Rec (& 5 When He Was Just Plain Annoying)

But Chris and Millicent definitely took things to an uncomfortable place at a Halloween party, where they decided to grind on each other right in front of Jerry. They were all adults, sure, but right in front of your father might not be the best place to dry hump on the dancefloor.

7 Ann And Andy

Pretty much everything about Ann and Andy's relationship dynamic was questionable, start to finish! From Ann's willingness to take care of everything for Andy, to his later obsession when they broke up - squatting in the pit and trying to lie to her to win her back, their time as a couple was just awful. Add in Ann's decision to kiss Andy in the hospital, and this was just a relationship made of red flags.

6 Ann Chasing Down Chris

Another situation that was all-round questionable was after Chris and Ann broke up... and he was just so darn nice about it that she didn't even realize! Instead of actually communicating with him openly (which is, admittedly, difficult given his over the top positivity), Ann sent Leslie on a mission to snoop in his house, and then stormed down there herself to confront him over 'cheating' on her, in front of their colleagues. All in all, this was just not handled well by anyone involved.

5 April & Andy Marrying So Quickly

This actually turned out e extremely well, with Andy and April making one of the cutest couples on the show, and becoming a great partnership and great parents in the end. However, fans were definitely wondering about the wisdom of these two getting married as quickly as they did, and 'surprising' everyone with a wedding at a housewarming! At first, most fans felt the same way Leslie did - that this was a terrible decision that should be stopped for the good of all involved... thankfully, Leslie, and everyone else, was wrong.

4 Ann's Fling With Kiley

After her breakup with Chris, Ann goes through an interesting time, personally. She dyes her hair bright colors, she struggles with a little soul searching... and she decides to make out with a patient while working in the medical tent at the Harvest Festival.

RELATED: The MBTI® Types Of Parks And Recreation Characters

This is with Donna's encouragement, who sees the patient as a way for Ann to 'get over' Chris, but instead, she ends up hurting his feelings, too. Using a person to get over another person was never going to be a smart move.

3 Leslie And Ben Dating At Work

Much like Andy and April, this is a decision that may have been questionable, but fans were still rooting for it, because everyone loves Leslie and Ben. However, their decision to risk both of their careers in order to date at work, knowing it was against the rules, is the definition of a questionable one. Thankfully, this all worked out when Ben took the fall for them both, but it was still a risky move.

2 Tom Dating Mona Lisa

Tom makes quite a few less-than-brilliant relationship and dating decisions on the show, but his worst has to be his decision to date Mona Lisa. For one thing, she is his best friend's sister, which was just bound to get weird (especially given the siblings in question), but for another, she was a terrible person who just wanted him to buy her things. Later, she convinced her father that Tom had wronged her, which led to massive issues with his business, too.

1 Everything About Ron & Tammy (One And Two)

It's impossible to narrow this down, because Ron's questionable decisions when it comes to his first two wives are so painfully numerous. Essentially everything about these relationships was eyebrow-raisingly toxic, although it's certainly the most difficult to get the image of Ron in a robe, with cornrows, in jail, married to Tammy again, out of any fan's head. Ron and the Tammys are the definition of terrible romances, and there was barely a decision in these relationships that fans weren't left questioning.

NEXT: 5 Ways Michael Scott & Leslie Knope Are Literally The Same Person (& 5 Ways They Are Definitely Not)

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[goalhofer]

2018 U.S.A. Olympic Roster

Alpine Skiing

Stacey Cook (Mammoth Lakes, California)

Breezy Johnson (Victor, Idaho)

Megan McJames (Park City, Utah)

Alice McKennis (New Castle, Colorado)

Laurenne Ross (Bend, Oregon)

Mikaela Shiffrin (East Burke, Vermont)

Resi Stiegler (Jackson, Wyoming)

Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colorado)

Jacqueline Wiles (White Pass, Washington)

Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley, California)

Tommy Biesemeyer (Plattsburgh, New York)

David Chodounsky (Crested Butte, Colorado)

Ryan Cochrane-Siegle (Stowe, Vermont)

Mark Engel (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Tommy Ford (Bend, Oregon)

Jared Goldberg (Sugar House, Utah)

Tim Jitloff (Park City, Utah)

Nolan Kasper (East Burke, Vermont)

Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah)

Wiley Maple (Aspen, Colorado)

Steven Nyman (Park City, Utah)

Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, New York)

Biathlon

Emily Dreissigacker (Morrisville, Vermont)

Susan Dunklee (Barton, Vermont)

Clare Egan (Cape Elizabeth, Maine)

Madeleine Phaneuf (Fairfax, Virginia)

Joanne Reid (Boulder, Colorado)

Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, New York)

Tim Burke (Lake Placid, New York)

Russell Currier (Stockholm, Maine)

Sean Doherty (Conway, New Hampshire)

Leif Nordgren (Marine, Minnesota)

Cross County Skiing

Sadie Bjornsen (Anchorage, Alaska)

Rosie Brennan (Anchorage, Alaska)

Sophie Caldwell (Stratton, Vermont)

Jessie Diggins (Stratton, Vermont)

Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska)

Ida Sargent (Craftsbury, Vermont)

Liz Stephen (East Burke, Vermont)

Caitlin Patterson (Craftsbury, Vermont)

Rosie Frankowski (Anchorage, Alaska)

Annie Hart (Stratton, Vermont)

Kaitlyn Miller (Bowdoin, Maine)

Erik Bjornsen (Anchorage, Alaska)

Simi Hamilton (Middlebury, Vermont)

Andy Newell (Bennington, Vermont)

Patrick Caldwell (Lyme, New Hampshire)

Logan Hanneman (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Scott Patterson (Anchorage, Alaska)

Reese Hanneman (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Tyler Kornfield (Fairbanks, Alaska)

Noah Hoffman (Aspen, Colorado)

Freestyle Skiing

Kiley McKinnon (Madison, Connecticut)

Maddy Olsen (Park City, Utah)

Ashley Caldwell (Ashburn, Virginia)

Maddie Bowman (South Lake Tahoe, California)

Brita Sigourney (Park City, Utah)

Devin Logan (Mt. Snow, Vermont)

Annalisa Drew (Andover, Massachusetts)

Jaelin Kauf (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Morgan Schild (Pittsford, New York)

Tess Johnson (Vail, Colorado)

Keaton McCargo (Telluride, Colorado)

Maggie Voisin (Whitefish, Montana)

Caroline Claire (Manchester, Vermont)

Darian Stevens (Park City, Utah)

Eric Loughran (Park City, Utah)

Jon Lillis (Park City, Utah)

David Bohonnon (Madison, Connecticut)

David Wise (Reno, Nevada)

Torin Yater-Wallace (Basalt, Colorado)

Alex Ferreira (Aspen, Colorado)

Aaron Blunck (Crested Butte, Colorado)

Casey Andringa (Park City, Utah)

Troy Murphy (Park City, Utah)

Emerson Smith (Dover, Vermont)

Bradley Wilson (Butte, Montana)

Gus Kenworthy (Telluride, Colorado)

Nick Goepper (Lawrenceburg, Indiana)

McRae Williams (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Alex Hall (Park City, Utah)

Ski Jumping

Michael Glasder (Lake Forest, Illinois)

Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, Utah)

Nita Englund (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Abby Ringquist (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Kevin Bickner (Chicago, Illinois)

Will Rhoads (Concord, New Hampshire)

Casey Larson (Barrington, Illinois)

Bobsleigh

Codie Bascue (Whitehall, New York)

Evan Weinstock (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Steven Langton (Malden, Massachusetts)

Sam McGuffie (Cypress, Texas)

Nick Cunningham (Latham, New York)

Hakeem Abdul-Saboor (Powhatan, Virginia)

Chris Kinney (Stockbridge, Georgia)

Sam Michener (Gresham, Oregon)

Justin Olsen (San Antonio, Texas)

Carlo Valdes (Newport Beach, California)

Sgt. Chris Fogt (Orem, Utah)

Nathan Weber (Denver, Colorado)

Elana Taylor (Douglasville, Georgia)

Lauren Gibbs (Denver, Colorado)

Jamie Greubel-Poser (Princeton, New Jersey)

Aja Evans (Homewood, Illinois)

Curling

John Shuster (Duluth, Minnesota)

Tyler George (Duluth, Minnesota)

Matt Hamilton (Duluth, Minnesota)

John Landsteiner (Duluth, Minnesota)

Joe Polo (Cass Lake, Minnesota)

Nina Roth (Madison, Wisconsin)

Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, Minnesota)

Aileen Geving (Duluth, Minnesota)

Becca Hamilton (Madison, Wisconsin)

Cory Christiansen (Duluth, Minnesota)

Figure Skating

Alexa Knierim (DuPage, Illinois)

Madison Chock (Novi, Michigan)

Madison Hubbell (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Maia Shibutani (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Speed Skating

Shani Davis (Chicago, Illinois)

Jonathan Garcia (Katy, Texas)

Kimani Griffin (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Brian Hansen (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

Emery Lehman (Oak Park, Illinois)

Joey Mantia (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Mitch Whitmore (Waukesha, Wisconsin)

Heather Bergsma (High Point, North Carolina)

Brittany Bowe (Ocala, Florida)

Erin Jackson (Ocala, Florida)

Mia Manganello (Crestview, Florida)

Carlijn Schoutens (Trenton, New Jersey)

Jerica Tandiman (Kearns, Utah)

John-Henry Krueger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Thomas Hong (Laurel, Maryland)

Aaron Tran (Federal Way, Washington)

J.R. Celski (Federal Way, Washington)

Ryan Pivirotto (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Maame Biney (Reston, Virginia)

Lana Gehring (Chicago, Illinois)

Jessica Smith (Melvindale, Michigan)

Hockey

Tony Granato (Madison, Wisconsin)

Keith Allain (New Haven, Connecticut)

Chris Chelios (Chicago, Illinois)

Ron Rolston (Fenton, Michigan)

Scott Young (Southborough, Massachusetts)

Chad Billins (Marysville, Michigan)

Noah Welch (Needham, Massachusetts)

John McCarthy (Boston, Massachusetts)

Brian O’Neill (Yardley, Pennsylvania)

Garrett Roe (Vienna, Virginia)

Brian Gionta (Rochester, New York)

Ryan Gunderson (Bensalem, Pennsylvania)

Broc Little (Phoenix, Arizona)

Bobby Butler (Marlborough, Massachusetts)

Ryan Donato (Scituate, Massachusetts)

Chris Bourque (Topsfield, Massachusetts)

Jordan Greenway (Canton, New York)

Jim Slater (Lapeer, Michigan)

Will Borgen (Moorhead, Minnesota)

James Wisniewski (Canton, Michigan)

Bobby Sanguinetti (Lumberton, New Jersey)

Troy Terry (Denver, Colorado)

Jonathon Blum (Rancho Santa Margarita, California)

Mark Arcobello (Milford, Connecticut)

Ryan Zapolski (Erie, Pennsylvania)

Brandon Maxwell (Winter Park, Florida)

David Leggio (Williamsville, New York)

Chad Kolarik (Abington, Pennsylvania)

Ryan Stoa (Bloomington, Minnesota)

Matt Gilroy (Manhasset, New York)

Cayla Barnes (Eastvale, California)

Megan Keller (Farmington, Michigan)

Kali Flanagan (Winchester, Massachusetts)

Monique Lamoureux-Morando (Grand Forks, North Dakota)

Emily Pfalzer (Buffalo, New York)

Meghan Duggan (Danvers, Massachusetts)

Haley Skarupa (Rockville, Maryland)

Kelly Pannek (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Brianna Decker (Brookfield, Wisconsin)

Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson (Grand Forks, North Dakota)

Gisele Marvin (Bemidji, Minnesota)

Hannah Brandt (Maplewood, Minnesota)

Hilary Knight (Lake Forest, Illinois)

Kacey Bellamy (Westfield, Massachusetts)

Dani Cameranesi (Plymouth, Minnesota)

Kendall Coyne (Oak Lawn, Illinois)

Amanda Kessel (Madison, Wisconsin)

Nicole Hensley (Littleton, Colorado)

Alex Rigsby (Hartland, Wisconsin)

Maddie Rooney (Duluth, Minnesota)

Amanda Pelkey (Randolph, Vermont)

Sidney Morin (Minnetonka, Minnesota)

Luge

Chris Mazdzer (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)

Taylor Morris (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Tucker West (Ridgefield, Connecticut)

Justin Krewson (Eastport, New York)

Andrew Sherk (Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania)

Matt Mortensen (Huntington Station, New York)

Jayson Terdiman (East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)

Summer Britcher (Glen Rock, Pennsylvania)

Erin Hamlin (Remsen, New York)

Emily Sweeney (Portland, Maine)

Bryan Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Taylor Fletcher (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Jasper Good (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Ben Loomis (Park City, Utah)

Ben Berend (Park City, Utah)

Skeleton

Matthew Antoine (Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin)

John Daly (Smithtown, New York)

Katie Uhlaender (Breckenridge, Colorado)

Kendall Wesenberg (Modesto, California)

Snowboarding

Chris Corning (Silverthorne, Colorado)

Red Gerard (Silverthorne, Colorado)

Kyle Mack (Detroit, Michigan)

Ryan Stassel (Anchorage, Alaska)

Ben Ferguson (Bend, Oregon)

Chase Josey (Hailey, Idaho)

Jake Pates (Eagle, Colorado)

Shaun White (Silverton, Colorado)

Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, California)

Jessika Jenson (Idaho Falls, Idaho)

Hailey Langland (San Clemente, California)

Julia Marino (Westport, Connecticut)

Kelly Clark (Mammoth Lakes, California)

Arielle Gold (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Chloe Kim (La Palma, California)

Maddie Mastro (Mammoth Lakes, California)

A.J. Muss (Rumson, New Jersey)

Mike Trapp (Hyannis, Massachusetts)

Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, Michigan)

Jonathan Cheever (Saugus, Massachusetts)

Mick Dierdorff (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Hagen Kearney (Bradford, Pennsylvania)

Faye Gulini (Vail, Colorado)

Lindsey Jacobellis (Danbury, Connecticut)

Rosie Mancari (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Meghan Tierney (Edwards, Colorado)

[greensparty]

Talking with Bill Braudis

Stand up comedian Bill Braudis was a part of one of the most exciting comedy scenes in Boston or any history: the Ding Ho Comedy Club in Cambridge, MA from 1979-84. That was truly a meeting of the comedic minds: Barry Crimmins convinced a Chinese restaurant in Inman Square to do some comedy shows. Noteworthy comedians that performed there included Denis Leary, Jimmy Tingle, Steven Wright, Lenny Clarke, Paula Poundstone and many many more. Pretty soon Steven Wright appeared on the Tonight Show and then several of these comedians caught on in the world of television, film, theater, and more. On Friday July 3, via zoom there is going to be a Ding Ho Comedy Club 40th Anniversary Reunion, Tribute and Fundraiser! Since its online people all over the world can tune in as opposed to being at a comedy club in a city.

Bill Braudis today

Mr. Braudis is going to be among the many comedians taking part in a fundraiser to help Helen Crimmins, wife of the late Barry Crimmins. I met Mr. Braudis when I took a Television Writing class at Emerson College in 2013. His background of going from stand-up comedy to writing for television (Dr. Katz, Home Movies, Breadwinners) and film (he co-wrote Sweeney Killing Sweeney, which I caught at the 2018 Boston Comedy Festival) has lead him to being a faculty professor of film and TV writing at Boston University. I caught up with Mr. Braudis about this Ding Ho Reunion event via phone. This occurred just a few days after Barry Crimmins Square was dedicated in Inman Square. “That was amazing” Bill said!

Me: The first movie I ever worked on was Monument Ave starring Denis Leary and co-starring Lenny Clarke. I told Denis that it meant a great deal to me growing up in the Boston area to see people like Denis who did well for themselves in entertainment. And for Denis and Lenny, it all started for them almost two decades prior at the Ding Ho. That really was an unbelievable collection of great comedians performing in one club at the same time period. Tell me about that?

BB: Yeah, I was one of the last waves I think, before things started to change. Like me and Brian Kiley [a longtime writer for Conan O’Brien] came in and I think everybody else was already established. Brian and myself were joke writers who were new to performing. The first comedy show I ever saw was at the Ding Ho, then my second show I ever saw was at the Ding Ho. Then sometime within a year I took a class in How to Be a Stand-Up Comic at Boston Center for Continuing Education and the teacher of that was one of the guys on this [Ding Ho Reunion] show, Ron Lynch. He had a comedy team Bob and Ron and they’re both on the show as well. So Brian and I were in the class and at the end of the class we got a chance to perform. So we started at the Comedy Connection in 1981, my first time on stage. I started in Ron’s class and the class was basically: come up with a five-minute set, start out and greet the audience, tell some jokes and save your best joke for the end! So I started at the Comedy Connection and then went over to do the Ding Ho, which was Lenny Clarke’s Wednesday Night. I loved that room, it was so small and so packed, but the laughter was so great. So it started out like that and I saw people like Barry Crimmins, who had such an impact on me. He took such pride in his work and cared so much. Once he liked you or liked your act, you didn’t want to let him down. So it really made you a better comic. I mean sometimes you’d do a show and he’d say to you “Good show” like that [very dry], and you’d be like “Oh I thought it was good, oh well” and then the next day he’d call and ask if you wanted to do a gig with him in Vermont opening for him at a club. I opened for him a few times. I think all of the comics worked hard, but he just really cared and had an agenda, he wanted to inform people. Did you ever see him?

Barry Crimmins and Bobcat Goldthwait at the 2015 IFFBoston

Me: I met him and Bobcat Goldthwait briefly at the 2015 Independent Film Festival Boston. I was on the Documentary Jury and one of the films we viewed was Bobcat’s documentary about Barry, Call Me Lucky. So both of them came into the filmmaker’s lounge and I spoke with them for a few minutes. But that documentary really showed that Barry was like the Godfather of Boston Comedy.

BB: Yeah that’s what I mean. I don’t know how many people in Boston comedy who would end up talking to congress. But he wanted to use comedy to inform. Especially in the 80s with Reagan. It was venting for him, but it was also trying to inform and educate people and be funny.

But you look at the comics that came out of that: Denis, Lenny, Paula Poundstone, Tony V, there was just so many people and it was just amazing. I don’t know if anything like that will happen again, it doesn’t seem like something that is possible now. Once comedy got out of the bag and went crazy, that newness was definitely gone. And actually yesterday when we were rehearsing, Paula was trying to recall how it all got started because she was one of the early ones, performing in 1979. And she was asking Lenny and Tony “How did you learn to get on stage?” Because there weren’t comedy clubs. They were like, they just had an idea for an act and got on stage and did it. So that’s how it happened for me with that comedy class, I just started doing it and then after I started it was open mics for the next two years before I would start getting paid or whatever.

Me: You mentioned what a great scene that was with all of the comedians who were playing the Ding Ho during that time. Have you yourself stayed in touch with any of the other comedians over the years?

BB: Well you know with the movie Sweeney Killing Sweeney, I worked with Steve Sweeney. And he was an icon, I used to hear him on the radio before I even saw him in a comedy club. So we stayed in touch, he’d reach out to me, ask me to write with him, he had done a few episodes of a TV show a fake Dr. Phil type of a show. This is going back like 10 years ago. So he would just reach out occasionally and then we did this short film about the St. Patrick’s Day parade, which eventually lead to the movie. 

And then Tony V, I would just see him around. I did a show seven or eight years ago now, at my daughter’s elementary school and I asked Tony if he would headline that since it was for a benefit show. He came in and did that. 

Brian Kiley has remained a good friend of mine all these years. He’s out in L.A. So yeah, we run into each other sometimes, but I don’t perform like I used to. But even some of the guys who aren’t on this reunion show like Jonathan Groff, he’s a writer and producer who works on the show Blackish, he’s been very helpful to me with my classes at B.U. He’s talked to them and stuff. A lot of these guy I’ll run into them. Tom Kenney [a noted comedian and voice actor], we were in touch when I was out in L.A. in the mid-90s. So some of them more because of distance we don’t see each other, some of them I guess we’re just linked forever I guess.

Sweeney Killing Sweeney premiere at 2018 Boston Comedy Festival Q&A, Bill Braudis is 2nd from right

Me: You bring up an interesting point about distance. The great thing about this reunion show is that its online so people all over can watch it. Was that always the plan to do it online? And also is that impacting your approach to a comedy show?

BB: They did a reunion show a few years ago at Jimmy Tingle’s theater in Davis Square. So he would’ve hosted that again for the 40th, but the theater isn’t there anymore so they decided to go ahead with it anyways and put it on Zoom.  I just finished a semester of my class on Zoom and about to end a Summer session on Zoom, so I’ve gotten comfortable using Zoom. But in the beginning you do realize that the distance really does impact creating an energy with the students in the room. But they all seem to still enjoy it. If this reunion show is going to be anything like the rehearsal it is going to be rough and its going to be hilarious. Because things were screwing up left and right but there was enough people with funny comments to cover everything.

Me: Looking at your filmography, you collaborated with Jonathan Katz on Dr. Katz and as we mentioned Steve Sweeney on Sweeney Killing Sweeney. Are there any other collaborations you have in the works with other comedians from that era?

BB: Nothing right now, but it’d be nice if something came out of this. I was very happy to be able to include so many local comics in the Sweeney Killing Sweeney movie. I wrote a part for Lenny [Clarke], a part for Tony [V], I actually wrote a scene for Barry Crimmins, but at the time he wasn’t able to do it. That was really unfortunate. I wrote a part for Steven Wright. I loved that I could get these guys in the movie. They were a few years ahead of me, they started in ‘78 / ‘79 doing comedy. I started in ‘81 and they were already established and I was already looking up to them. So I loved being able to include Lenny and Wright and I’d love to be able to do something with them again. They were both great.

Me: This event tomorrow is going to be exciting for sure!

BB: The Ding Ho was just such an exciting place to start out at for me and a lot of others obviously because of something as simple at the set up. Its a small place, low ceilings all that, so when they laughed you really heard it. Such a great place for a young comic to start out at. When things started to expand and you begin playing these bigger places with shiny tables and five-hundred seats...that’s not comedy. Comedy is a Chinese restaurant!

Bill Braudis doing stand-up on Conan O’Brien circa 2000

For info on the Ding Ho Comedy Club Reunion on Zoom: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ding-ho-comedy-club-40th-anniversary-reunion-on-zoom-tickets-108763392234

[ronkiley]

NYPL south reading room.

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lechuga crisper 2015/01

The Decemberists’ “Make You Better”

For fans of Belle and Sebastian, Iron & Wine, The New Pornographers, The Mountain Goats, Okkervil River, The Shins, Death Cab for Cutie, Rilo Kiley.

Didn’t realize the Decemberists released a new album (they did, called “What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World”). Didn’t realize that Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation) made a cameo in their new video (he does). Didn’t realize lead singer Colin Meloy had become a bear (he did at least in this video).

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