#san francisco fish and chips

[thesingletraveller]

Codmother: The Fish & Chips You Won't Be Able To Refuse

The Solo Scale: Since the Codmother is a food truck with plenty of picnic tables, you can seat yourself anywhere that you feel comfortable. There’s several tables within the area of the truck itself and some on the street to choose from. The Combo: Fish, Shrimp, and Fries You’re in Fisherman’s Wharf. It’s lunchtime (maybe it’s dinner). You’re hungry. The line for In-N-Out Burger is out the…

[scartidy]

Just a girl and her fish and chips

[andradrawsstuff]

Gonna start posting bits of my fanfic here since I’ve been working on it for a bit now ✨

This is a sorta continuation/au of the movie franchise set after the penguins movie, since the TV show is considered an au and it inspired me to think of my own thing

I'm still working on writing most of it but I'll post the chapters separately so that this post doesn't get ridiculously long, and I'll link them here ✨

This is my first proper fanfic, so constructive criticism is welcome :)

-The Rise of Dr Blowhole-

Synopsis

Still travelling around with the circus and bored out of their minds, the four penguins seek out a special element core that can upgrade their train to kill some time. As they steal what they are looking for from an unfortunate victim, they unknowingly kick off what is to become the greatest rivalry they have ever known – against the mad scientist Doctor Blowhole. As they now have to deal with the consequences of their actions, they scramble across the US in a cat-and-mouse game of who catches who first, recruiting a familiar companion along the way and re-evaluating their entire past three years.

A bit of swearing in some chapters

Slight skilene later on, but nothing major

I finally gave my OC Otto a role lol

Uhhhh I think that's it for now, enjoy :)

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 1: Pondering life and other matters

The golden sun bathed the green hills of California in a warm bliss. Sunrise. The most beautiful thing one could witness, as well as the sound of birds chirping and-

“I like to move it, move it! I like to move it, move it! Ya like to move it, move it! I like to – MOVE IT!!”

The lush landscape was shunned by a cacophony of lemurs yelling and dancing at dawn, as their train sliced out of the rocky mountains towards the green hills. By that time, the entire circus had been rudely woken up… apart from two feathery friends who were already up and eyeing their locomotive in contemplation.

“But will it work, man?” Boomed their leader, the one and only Skipper.

“Uhhh… well, that all depends on whether I can get my hands on a very special element core, also known as-“

“Don’t know, don’t care.” Skipper interrupted Kowalski. “Just make it work, or I might start kicking people off this train out of boredom.”

The truth is, the penguins already started to find their new circus life a little… dull. In hindsight, it was fun travelling around the world, racking up chaos wherever they set foot. But they also had a big responsibility to maintain and organise the circus they so regrettably purchased, which was… not fun. Alex would practically beg Skipper to take them here, take them there, and take them absolutely everywhere, which Skipper quickly grew tired of. It had been a year since their adventures with Dave and the North Wind. In fact, it’s quite a miracle that the penguins lasted here that long without legging it. So, to kill time, they invented crazy contraptions and pulled increasingly daring schemes to suppress their boredom. This invention was no different than any other.

Skipper sighed and turned to look out the window towards the changing landscape, as ABBA’s SOS played in the background. Kowalski’s choice, no doubt. The vast greenness of the landscape transformed into a deep blue, as they neared the Oakland Bay Bridge of San Fransisco. Skipper had already started to lose himself in a trance, only to be interrupted by a sudden BANG.

“Skipper! Can you see it?” Alex burst through the door, startling the daydreaming bird. “Can you see the bridge? I’ve always wanted to go to San Francisco! And now we’re here!”

“Fish and chips, man! You almost gave me a heart attack!” Barked Skipper. He had a tendency to get jump scared if he wasn’t fully aware of his surroundings.

Alex scans the room in embarrassment as Skipper and Kowalski glared at him, whilst the other two had been rudely awoken by the shouting.

“Huh? A-are we there yet?” stuttered a delirious Private, as Rico simply smacked back down into his pillow.

“No.” Skipper replied coldly. “Do any of you hippies know how to knock? Or contain your excitement?” He continued.

Alex attempted to apologize, but he had already been ushered out by the bird. Perhaps if his daydream hadn’t been interrupted, he may not have been left in such a grumpy state. It also didn’t help that the haunting racket of “I Like To Move It” was looming ever so closer.

“Wake up, boys. We’re almost there.” Sighed Skipper. “And Rico, confiscate Ringtail’s Boombox, I’m starting to get sick of this song.” He sternly added.

Rico grunted sleepily as he made his way down the train cars. Kowalski tinkered with the train controls, and Private stretched his sleepiness away. The light grew dim as they entered the underwater railway tunnel, nearing their destination.

“Get ready, boys… we’re almost there.”

[dollmaidcrystal]

After a good run of kinky Super Bowls, Mistress Aspyce has ordered a 100% vanilla Super Bowl Party this year. Kinky or not, I'm still going to put out the best spread possible! The theme I'm going for is San Francisco vs Kansas City foods:

San Francisco Side:

Mission-style and California fusion mini-burritos

Rice-a-Roni arancini

Carafes of Trader Vic's cocktails. (Mai Tais, Fish House Punch, and Flamingos)

Disgustingly over-hopped west-coast IPAs

Kansas City Side:

Burnt brisket ends

Cheesy corn

(Sigh) "Chicken fingers with probably ranch dressing" for the Swifties

A pitcher of Caribou Lou's

Disgustingly under-hopped domestic canned beer

No Man's Land:

Chips, salsa, and guacamole

Actual good beer

Hot wings (NOT Buffalo wings. Buffalo doesn't get celebrated at a Super Bowl party until they start making their damned field goals.)

[brookston]

Holidays 11.8

Holidays

Abet and Aid Punsters Day

Aboriginal Veterans Day (Canada)

Aicardi Syndrome Awareness Day

Colorism Awareness Day

Day of Baku Metro Employees (Azerbaijan)

Days of History and Memory (Kyrgyzstan)

Euterpe Asteroid Day

Feast of Pamphleteers

Global Day of Action Against Waster Incineration

Going Ramos Day (Aklan, Philippines)

I Hate to Cook Day

International Cleaning Woman Day

International Day of Radiology

International Hug an Exchange Student Day

International Human Animal Bond Day

International Vampire Day

Intersex Day of Remembrance (a.k.a. Intersex Solidarity Day)

Leadworts Day (French Republic)

La Almudena (Madrid, Spain)

Merchant Sailing Ship Preservation Day

Moon Festival (Elder Scrolls)

National Aboriginal Veterans Day (Canada)

National Adam Day

National Ample Time Day

National Ashley Day

National Canine Companion Graduation Day

National Christopher Day

National Dunce Day

National Elevate Day

National First Generation College Student Day

National I Read Canadian Day (Canada)

National Irene Day

National Journalists Day (China)

National Kyle Day

National Leon Day

National Loneliness Awareness Day

National Parents As Teachers Day

National Shot Day

National Signing Day

National Spatial Planning Day (Indonesia)

National S.T.E.M. Day (a.k.a. National S.T.E.A.M. Day)

National Thalassemia Prevention Day (Pakistan)

Nice Boobs Day (Japan)

Octave Day of All Saints (Anglicanism)

Personal Liberty Day (Chicago celebration of Prohibition's repeal)

Plastic Free Lunch Day

Rorschach Test Day

School Sport Jersey Day (Canada)

Scylla Asteroid Day

Shakespeare Authorship Mystery Day

Symphonic Metal Day

Talk Money Day

Victory Day (Azerbaijan)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day

World Day Without Wi-Fi

World Gift Day

World Pianist Day

World Radiography Day (a.k.a. X-Ray Discovery Day)

World Town Planning Day

World Urbanism Day

World Ventil8 Day

X-Ray Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day

Harvey Wallbanger Day

National Cappuccino Day

National Pupusa Day (El Salvador)

National Roast Dinner Day (UK)

Sandwich Day (Earl of Sandwich’s Birthday)

Try a New Recipe Day

Independence & Related Days

Montana Statehood Day (#41; 1889)

Pohnpei Constitution Day (Micronesia)

2nd Friday in November

Comfort Food Friday [Every Friday]

Domino Day [2nd Friday]

Fish & Chips Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]

Five For Friday [Every Friday]

Flashback Friday [Every Friday]

Follow Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]

Friday Finds [Every Friday]

Frugal Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

International Mushy Pea Day [2nd Friday]

National Donor Sabbath Weekend begins [2nd Friday]

National DTC (Direct-to-Consumers) Friday [2 Fridays before Black Friday]

National Walk to Work Day (Australia) [2nd Friday]

TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) [Every Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 8 (1st Full Week of November)

Jersey Shore Restaurant Week (Jersey Shore, New Jersey) [thru 11.17]

San Francisco Restaurant Week (San Francisco, California) [thru 11.17]

Festivals Beginning November 8, 2024

ArmeniaFest (Carrollton, Texas) [thru 11.10]

Big Boy's Main Street Cook Off (Thibodaux, Louisiana)

Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival (Bilbao, Spain) [thru 11.15]

California Wine Festival Huntington Beach (Huntington Beach, California) [thru 11.9]

Cayman Brac (Cayman Islands) [thru 11.17]

Eat Drink SF (San Francisco, California) [thru 11.17]

Garagiste Wine Festival (Paso Robles, California) [thru 11.10]

Lake Erie Maple Expo (Albion, Pennsylvania) [thru 11.9]

New England Christmas Festival (Uncasville, Connecticut) [thru 11.10]

Ricefest (Riceboro, Georgia) [thru 11.10]

Santiago International Book Fair (Santiago, Chile) [thru 11.17]

Sebastian Clambake (Sebastian, Florida) [thru 11.10]

South Carolina Peanut Party (Pelion, South Carolina) [thru 11.9]

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Tallinn, Estonia) [thru 11.24]

Tarpon Springs Seafood Festival (Tarpon Springs, Florida) [thru 11.10]

Waterfowl Festival (Easton, Maryland) [thru 11.10]

Feast Days

Adeodatus I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Appreciate Your Loved Ones Day (Pastafarian)

Arduino Cantafora (Artology)

Big Bird’s Daddy (Muppetism)

Bram Stoker (Writerism)

Charles Demuth (Artology)

Clarence Gagnon (Artology)

Cybi (a.k.a. Cuby; Christian; Saint)

Demetrius (Orthodox Church; Saint)

Deusdedit (Christian; Saint)

Elizabeth of the Trinity (Roman Catholic Church; Blessed)

Erika Abels d'Albert (Artology)

The Feast of the Four Crowned Ones

Feast of the Kitchen Goddess (Pagan)

Festival of the Mania (Ancient Rome)

Four Crowned Brothers (Christian; Martyrs)

George Bouzianis (Artology)

Godfrey of Amiens (Christian; Saint)

Fuigo Matsuri (Honoring Hettsui No Kami, Kitchen-Range Goddess; Shinto; Japan)

Intersex Day of Remembrance

Isabella of Castille (Positivist; Saint)

Johann von Staupitz (Lutheran)

John Duns Scotus, Blessed (Christian; Saint)

Kazuo Ishiguro (Writerism)

Lighting the Twin Flame Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Mae West Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Mania Festival (Old Roman)

Margaret Mitchell (Writerism)

Martha Gellhorn (Writerism)

Masashi Kishimoto (Artology)

Mundus Patel (Ancient Rome)

Saints and Martyrs of England (Church of England)

Samantha Shannon (Writerism)

Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers of Heaven (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Threefold Tripling (Sacred #27; Celtic Book of Days)

Tysilio (Christian; Saint)

Willehad of Bremen (Christian; Saint)

Wish-Granting Championships (Leprechauns; Shamanism)

Yam Offering Day (Haiti; Everyday Wicca)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Ace of Spades, by Motörhead (Album; 1980)

Buddy’s Circus (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)

Carol at the End of the World (Animated TV Series; 2023)

The Complete Stories, by Flannery O'Connor (Short Stories; 1971)

Days of Our Lives (TV Soap Opera; 1965)

Doctor Sleep (Film; 2019)

8 Mile (Film; 2002)

Everybody’s Talking’, recorded by Harry Nilsson (Song; 1967)

The Goodies (UK TV Series; 1970)

Henry V (Film; 1989)

Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino (Novel; 1972)

Jailhouse Rock (Film; 1957) [Elvis Presley #3]

Klaus (Animated Film; 2019)

Led Zeppelin IV, by Led Zeppelin (Album; 1971)

Life with Father, by Clarence Day Jr. (Play; 1939)

The Little Wise Cracker (Barney Bear MGM Cartoon; 1952)

The Mechanical Handy Man (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1937)

Metropolitan (Film; 1935)

Midway (Film; 2019)

Mutiny on the Bounty (Film; 1935)

Night School, 21st Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2016)

Oh, Kay!, by George & Ira Gershwin and P.G. Wodehouse (Broadway Musical; 1926)

Quo Vadis (Film; 1951)

The Robber Bridegroom, by Eudora Welty (Novella; 1942)

Robin Hood (Animate Disney Film; 1973)

Sacred Arias, by Andrea Bocelli (Album; 1999)

Sheer Heart Attack, by Queen (Album; 1974)

Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin (Song; 1971)

Surfin’, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1961)

Thor: The Dark World (Film; 2013)

12 Years a Slave (Film; 2013)

Today’s Name Days

Gottfried, Willehad (Austria)

Angel, Gavrail, Gavril, Mihaela, Mihail, Ognyan, Ognyana, Plamen, Plamena, Rada, Radka, Radko, Rafail, Raia, Raika, Raina, Rangel (Bulgaria)

Bogdan, Bogoljub, Gracija, Gracijan (Croatia)

Bohumír (Czech Republic)

Cladius (Denmark)

Nele, Nella, Nelli (Estonia)

Aatos (Finland)

Dora, Geoffroy (France)

Gottfried, Karina, Willehad (Germany)

Angela, Angelos, Gavriel, Michalis, Stamatis, Stamos, Taxiarchis (Greece)

Zsombor (Hungary)

Goffredo (Italy)

Agra, Aleksandra, Sandors, Sandra (Latvia)

Domantė, Gotfridas, Severinas, Svirbutas (Lithuania)

Ingvild, Yngvild (Norway)

Dymitr, Godfryd, Gotfryd, Hadrian, Klaudiusz, Sędziwoj, Sewer, Sewerian, Seweryn, Wiktor, Wiktoriusz, Wiktoryn (Poland)

Gavriil, Mihail (România)

Bohumír (Slovakia)

Godofredo, Segundo (Spain)

Vendela (Sweden)

Michael, Michaelina, Raphael (Ukraine)

Geoff, Geoffrey, Jeff, Jefferson, Jeffery, Jeffrey, Mercer, Montana (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 313 of 2024; 53 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of Week 45 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 8Bing-Zi ()

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 7 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 6 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 13 Wood; Fryday [12 of 30]

Julian: 26 October 2024

Moon: 41%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 5 Frederic (12th Month) [Sixtus V / Charles V]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 47 of 90)

Week: 1st Full Week of November

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 16 of 30)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 11.8

Holidays

Abet and Aid Punsters Day

Aboriginal Veterans Day (Canada)

Aicardi Syndrome Awareness Day

Colorism Awareness Day

Day of Baku Metro Employees (Azerbaijan)

Days of History and Memory (Kyrgyzstan)

Euterpe Asteroid Day

Feast of Pamphleteers

Global Day of Action Against Waster Incineration

Going Ramos Day (Aklan, Philippines)

I Hate to Cook Day

International Cleaning Woman Day

International Day of Radiology

International Hug an Exchange Student Day

International Human Animal Bond Day

International Vampire Day

Intersex Day of Remembrance (a.k.a. Intersex Solidarity Day)

Leadworts Day (French Republic)

La Almudena (Madrid, Spain)

Merchant Sailing Ship Preservation Day

Moon Festival (Elder Scrolls)

National Aboriginal Veterans Day (Canada)

National Adam Day

National Ample Time Day

National Ashley Day

National Canine Companion Graduation Day

National Christopher Day

National Dunce Day

National Elevate Day

National First Generation College Student Day

National I Read Canadian Day (Canada)

National Irene Day

National Journalists Day (China)

National Kyle Day

National Leon Day

National Loneliness Awareness Day

National Parents As Teachers Day

National Shot Day

National Signing Day

National Spatial Planning Day (Indonesia)

National S.T.E.M. Day (a.k.a. National S.T.E.A.M. Day)

National Thalassemia Prevention Day (Pakistan)

Nice Boobs Day (Japan)

Octave Day of All Saints (Anglicanism)

Personal Liberty Day (Chicago celebration of Prohibition's repeal)

Plastic Free Lunch Day

Rorschach Test Day

School Sport Jersey Day (Canada)

Scylla Asteroid Day

Shakespeare Authorship Mystery Day

Symphonic Metal Day

Talk Money Day

Victory Day (Azerbaijan)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day

World Day Without Wi-Fi

World Gift Day

World Pianist Day

World Radiography Day (a.k.a. X-Ray Discovery Day)

World Town Planning Day

World Urbanism Day

World Ventil8 Day

X-Ray Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day

Harvey Wallbanger Day

National Cappuccino Day

National Pupusa Day (El Salvador)

National Roast Dinner Day (UK)

Sandwich Day (Earl of Sandwich’s Birthday)

Try a New Recipe Day

Independence & Related Days

Montana Statehood Day (#41; 1889)

Pohnpei Constitution Day (Micronesia)

2nd Friday in November

Comfort Food Friday [Every Friday]

Domino Day [2nd Friday]

Fish & Chips Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]

Five For Friday [Every Friday]

Flashback Friday [Every Friday]

Follow Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]

Friday Finds [Every Friday]

Frugal Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

International Mushy Pea Day [2nd Friday]

National Donor Sabbath Weekend begins [2nd Friday]

National DTC (Direct-to-Consumers) Friday [2 Fridays before Black Friday]

National Walk to Work Day (Australia) [2nd Friday]

TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) [Every Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 8 (1st Full Week of November)

Jersey Shore Restaurant Week (Jersey Shore, New Jersey) [thru 11.17]

San Francisco Restaurant Week (San Francisco, California) [thru 11.17]

Festivals Beginning November 8, 2024

ArmeniaFest (Carrollton, Texas) [thru 11.10]

Big Boy's Main Street Cook Off (Thibodaux, Louisiana)

Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival (Bilbao, Spain) [thru 11.15]

California Wine Festival Huntington Beach (Huntington Beach, California) [thru 11.9]

Cayman Brac (Cayman Islands) [thru 11.17]

Eat Drink SF (San Francisco, California) [thru 11.17]

Garagiste Wine Festival (Paso Robles, California) [thru 11.10]

Lake Erie Maple Expo (Albion, Pennsylvania) [thru 11.9]

New England Christmas Festival (Uncasville, Connecticut) [thru 11.10]

Ricefest (Riceboro, Georgia) [thru 11.10]

Santiago International Book Fair (Santiago, Chile) [thru 11.17]

Sebastian Clambake (Sebastian, Florida) [thru 11.10]

South Carolina Peanut Party (Pelion, South Carolina) [thru 11.9]

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Tallinn, Estonia) [thru 11.24]

Tarpon Springs Seafood Festival (Tarpon Springs, Florida) [thru 11.10]

Waterfowl Festival (Easton, Maryland) [thru 11.10]

Feast Days

Adeodatus I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Appreciate Your Loved Ones Day (Pastafarian)

Arduino Cantafora (Artology)

Big Bird’s Daddy (Muppetism)

Bram Stoker (Writerism)

Charles Demuth (Artology)

Clarence Gagnon (Artology)

Cybi (a.k.a. Cuby; Christian; Saint)

Demetrius (Orthodox Church; Saint)

Deusdedit (Christian; Saint)

Elizabeth of the Trinity (Roman Catholic Church; Blessed)

Erika Abels d'Albert (Artology)

The Feast of the Four Crowned Ones

Feast of the Kitchen Goddess (Pagan)

Festival of the Mania (Ancient Rome)

Four Crowned Brothers (Christian; Martyrs)

George Bouzianis (Artology)

Godfrey of Amiens (Christian; Saint)

Fuigo Matsuri (Honoring Hettsui No Kami, Kitchen-Range Goddess; Shinto; Japan)

Intersex Day of Remembrance

Isabella of Castille (Positivist; Saint)

Johann von Staupitz (Lutheran)

John Duns Scotus, Blessed (Christian; Saint)

Kazuo Ishiguro (Writerism)

Lighting the Twin Flame Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Mae West Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Mania Festival (Old Roman)

Margaret Mitchell (Writerism)

Martha Gellhorn (Writerism)

Masashi Kishimoto (Artology)

Mundus Patel (Ancient Rome)

Saints and Martyrs of England (Church of England)

Samantha Shannon (Writerism)

Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers of Heaven (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Threefold Tripling (Sacred #27; Celtic Book of Days)

Tysilio (Christian; Saint)

Willehad of Bremen (Christian; Saint)

Wish-Granting Championships (Leprechauns; Shamanism)

Yam Offering Day (Haiti; Everyday Wicca)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Ace of Spades, by Motörhead (Album; 1980)

Buddy’s Circus (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)

Carol at the End of the World (Animated TV Series; 2023)

The Complete Stories, by Flannery O'Connor (Short Stories; 1971)

Days of Our Lives (TV Soap Opera; 1965)

Doctor Sleep (Film; 2019)

8 Mile (Film; 2002)

Everybody’s Talking’, recorded by Harry Nilsson (Song; 1967)

The Goodies (UK TV Series; 1970)

Henry V (Film; 1989)

Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino (Novel; 1972)

Jailhouse Rock (Film; 1957) [Elvis Presley #3]

Klaus (Animated Film; 2019)

Led Zeppelin IV, by Led Zeppelin (Album; 1971)

Life with Father, by Clarence Day Jr. (Play; 1939)

The Little Wise Cracker (Barney Bear MGM Cartoon; 1952)

The Mechanical Handy Man (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1937)

Metropolitan (Film; 1935)

Midway (Film; 2019)

Mutiny on the Bounty (Film; 1935)

Night School, 21st Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2016)

Oh, Kay!, by George & Ira Gershwin and P.G. Wodehouse (Broadway Musical; 1926)

Quo Vadis (Film; 1951)

The Robber Bridegroom, by Eudora Welty (Novella; 1942)

Robin Hood (Animate Disney Film; 1973)

Sacred Arias, by Andrea Bocelli (Album; 1999)

Sheer Heart Attack, by Queen (Album; 1974)

Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin (Song; 1971)

Surfin’, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1961)

Thor: The Dark World (Film; 2013)

12 Years a Slave (Film; 2013)

Today’s Name Days

Gottfried, Willehad (Austria)

Angel, Gavrail, Gavril, Mihaela, Mihail, Ognyan, Ognyana, Plamen, Plamena, Rada, Radka, Radko, Rafail, Raia, Raika, Raina, Rangel (Bulgaria)

Bogdan, Bogoljub, Gracija, Gracijan (Croatia)

Bohumír (Czech Republic)

Cladius (Denmark)

Nele, Nella, Nelli (Estonia)

Aatos (Finland)

Dora, Geoffroy (France)

Gottfried, Karina, Willehad (Germany)

Angela, Angelos, Gavriel, Michalis, Stamatis, Stamos, Taxiarchis (Greece)

Zsombor (Hungary)

Goffredo (Italy)

Agra, Aleksandra, Sandors, Sandra (Latvia)

Domantė, Gotfridas, Severinas, Svirbutas (Lithuania)

Ingvild, Yngvild (Norway)

Dymitr, Godfryd, Gotfryd, Hadrian, Klaudiusz, Sędziwoj, Sewer, Sewerian, Seweryn, Wiktor, Wiktoriusz, Wiktoryn (Poland)

Gavriil, Mihail (România)

Bohumír (Slovakia)

Godofredo, Segundo (Spain)

Vendela (Sweden)

Michael, Michaelina, Raphael (Ukraine)

Geoff, Geoffrey, Jeff, Jefferson, Jeffery, Jeffrey, Mercer, Montana (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 313 of 2024; 53 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of Week 45 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 8Bing-Zi ()

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 7 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 6 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 13 Wood; Fryday [12 of 30]

Julian: 26 October 2024

Moon: 41%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 5 Frederic (12th Month) [Sixtus V / Charles V]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 47 of 90)

Week: 1st Full Week of November

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 16 of 30)

[notjosieyouremy]

alkalent trinity* day 2

hopeful thoughts of soon returning

cant put out my stomach burning

plastic wings and plastic smiles

unsalted peanuts to stretch my miles

*what is alkalent trinity? its year two of pop punk lent! i can only consume foods mentioned in Alkaline Trio songs. here’s what i’m allowed to have: apples, date, flowers, fruit, leaves, orange, roots, roses, raisin, alcohol, booze, beer, bloody marys, liquor, malt liquor, olde english 800, wine, bread, breadcrumb, chip, fry, coffee, pop, punch, water, ice, oil, salt, stock, vinegar, eggs, fish, milk, steak, wings, white meat, seed, unsalted peanuts, floats, kisses, maple, pie, shake

[vinegar-shot]

A Memory Best Left Forgotten

Spoilers for Hotline Miami Ending (But seriously if you haven't played it what are you doing here?)

Jacket let out a puff of his cigarette and ran his hand through his dirty blonde hair, mask laying tossed to the side. Standing on the balcony of the Russian Mob headquarters, the neon blanketed city of Miami shimmered. There was a moment of realization that hadn't set in before in Jacket’s mind as he stared out. He had wiped the filth of the Russians out of Miami, he had answered the calls, but now he was empty. “Y’know, I think this whole mess might've been for nothing.” Jacket heard the voice, a distinct gruff but gentle voice that he knew all too well. Beard stepped up to the balcony, his face as lifelike as the last time they had been together. Beard combed through his pockets and fished out a cigarette, aiming it towards Jacket who obliged by lighting it up. “It’s too bad about your girlfriend though, I know that must've been hard for ya.” Beard took a breath and put the lit cigarette to his lips, his glasses seemed fogged over with light. Jacket didn't say anything, there was nothing more to say to him, after all; he was dead. Beard looked out at the city, his eyes gazed down at the street below, and at the police cars that had begun to surround the building. “Was it worth it?” Jacket didn't know. He looked down at his bandaged hands, the fresh blood had already started to chip off, it was gratifying to be able to have done what he had done, but it was for nothing. “I told ya I'd get that convenience store after Hawaii, I just wanted to get away from the conflict, y’know?” Jacket nodded, the voice from his phone calls to San Francisco given form into a much older looking man than the one who had saved his life all those years ago. “I wish you could have gotten around to sending me that photo though, do you still have it?” Jacket looked down, putting his hand on the front pocket of his letterman, where he kept the last memory of the world before. He slipped the grainy photo out slowly, fingers squeezing a bit too hard onto the edge. The memory of that last toast before their final mission came to mind, then Beard's arm around him, and lastly, the gentle comfort of the soldier while Jacket was in the hospital. “Maybe… Maybe some things are best left as memories.” Jacket felt the wind against him and exhaled, before letting the photo escape his grasp. The photo fluttered into the sky, lost as the last thing he could hold onto in this life. Beard stood solemnly, before echoing the words that he had said before “Things never turn out the way you expect them to.”

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ty for the tag, @smallfrogpleasedtomeetyou !! <3

Rules: Tag 10 or more people you want to get to know better. (i did less, but thqts okay)

Relationship Status: none! im probably aromantic :) 👍

Favorite color: ahhh so torn between red and yellow.... prob yellow!! if i had to choose a favorite GROUP of colors tho itd be the primaries! (can anyome tell....)

Song stuck in my head: weird al's beverly hillbilies song from UHF lol!

Favorite food: i love so many foods man..... hmmm... CRAB DIP!! (prev fish n chips SO GOOD TOO 💯)

Last song I listened to: san francisco by the mowglis!

Dream trip: a roadtrip with my mom to various birdwatching locations probably :))) or any roadtrip i could take with friends, maybe to national parks? ooh especially zion, zions incredible!

Last show/movie: was just watching rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles since im sick rn and its a comfort show for me!

Sweet, Spicy or Savory?: savory probably!! sweet is a CLOSE second

Last thing googled: "small white mushrooms for cooking" i was trying to remember the name for enoki mushrooms dhbdhdj

tagging: @vibrantlypastel @zalcagon @cronusamporaofficial @frostnova321 u guys dont have to do this, but its here if u want to!! <3

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Part 10 - Bounce

The Xerox Alto was a piece of shit. A revolutionary piece of shit, but just the same, with its vertical screen and crackling boot-beeps and grey-gone-beige-gone-yellow patina, it looked pathetic in ways that Dani found a little adorable. Thrift store adorable, flea mall adorable. Scoop the guts out and make it a fishtank, that kind of thing.

Craig thought it was the most important device he owned. He navigated the primitive interface as if visiting an old friend, so familiar with their life and their home that he could pick out the bathroom without asking. He cracked his hairy knuckles and pushed his bifocals up tight against his face, then flashed Dani the grin of a much younger, much less responsible man.

“You know how long she’s -snif- been waiting for a reason to come out of retirement?”

Dani gave Craig a sympathetic shrug, hands in her apron pockets. She still hadn’t undressed from work- today, with Seebs and Vinny safely stowed on the houseboat with a rerun of M.A.S.H. to keep them at peace- she had sped away from Turtlebees’ and wiped enough burger wrappers and empty paycheck envelopes out of the passenger seat to make room for Craig.

They were leaving Fish Camp for a while, braving the winding roads around Yosemite in search of a place somehow more remote than their humble town with its population of forty-three.

They drove with the sun at their back, illuminating the craggy, layered face of Iron Mountain as they bore east toward a site that Craig insisted would be necessary.

“Roosevelt got his picture taken there, y’know,” he said, helping himself to a bag of chips from the back seat. “You could try having fun with this, Dani. Take a few snapshots when we get there, huh?”

Dani leaned over the wheel and squinted at the road. Work hadn’t been going well lately- the fatigue was starting to set in. Turtlebees’ was supposed to be a cover gig, not a full-time responsibility she was meant to care about. She was tired of being Gina Lincoln, especially after having to firmly turn down Redd Lake and watch all his good will dry up when he realized he wasn’t getting laid. It kept her dreading work, and she already didn't really want to be there. –But turning him down had made the distance she needed to keep him alive. One push in the wrong place and the poor bastard would have been fit for the ashtray.

“Craig, what if we find out there’s no getting a grip on this?”

“Huh?”

“You said yourself, it’s not like we can expect to find something good at the center of whatever’s happening to me. What if we can’t find a way to put a cork in it?”

She flit her cigarette against the little cup she bought at the general store. No tossing butts in Yosemite. That would be a little much. Craig was quiet for a few, crunching chips and flipping over the Steely Dan tape they were playing before replying.

Drink Kirschwasser from a shell,

“Dani, I’m not gonna turn you in,”

San Francisco show and tell,

“I mean, hell, the idea of getting in front of cops after the life I’ve lead… I’d just as soon take my ass back to Peru. I’ve thought about it, too,”

Well I should know by now, that it’s just a spasm,

“But you should know, I’m about as qualified as it gets on this kind of shit. The intersection of planar, scalar, esoteric, geometric, signal and sympathetic, nobody put those concepts through the wringer like we did. Like I did,”

Like a Sunday in T.J., that it’s cheap but it’s not free,

“And I can do it again. When we get there, I’ll use the Alto to show you sides of yourself you can’t even perceive. It’s like living without mirrors, you know? How the fuck’ll you know what to do with your hair if you can’t see it?”

That I’m not what I used to be…

In the shadow of Globe Rock, Dani popped the hood of the Taurus and Craig lashed together a handful of junky converters until the Alto and the battery could have a conversation. The old, discolored machine creaked to life, and Craig hitched a number of homemade devices to it- a telescopic six-foot aerial, some sort of clamp made out of brass or gold covered in carved gargoyles fit to the edge of the keyboard, a gyroscope of some sort that bolted to the side of the screen and housed a pale blue gem- aquamarine, Dani guessed.

“Whew- okay. We’re going somewhere dark, but be gentle with yourself, alright? I already told you I’m no shrink, so if you go spiraling, well… the best I’ll be able to do is a ride home and a cold beer.” He squatted over the keyboard, the whole assembly perched on the flattest and nearest stump, and began opening programs authored by himself and his comrades half a century ago.

“Close your eyes and… do what you gotta do. Aerial is reporting one, two, three pings- you’ll be the fourth, and we can quadrangulate from there.” He flicked the gyroscope with his thumb, then closed his hand over the strange gold fixture on the keyboard and shut his eyes. “Latency’s pretty high. Once we get the linkage we need, just one or two baud should do us, but until we get it, it’ll be slow going.”

Dani nodded her way through Craig’s advice, but she wasn’t listening. She stared up at Globe Rock- ancient, ominous, and just as sure about this as she was. Her hands trembled as she raised them to the smooth, round surface and exhaled. Four seconds in, four seconds out- no fire yet. Good.

She closed her eyes tight enough that she couldn’t see the orange glow of sunset, and let herself drift backward into her own mind.

She saw Redd, and Sean, and Mike. She saw her mother, and saw Gina- the real Gina, from the lotto counter at Wilson Titlee.

That fucking store. Everything had started to fade, but suddenly she was right there again, gritting her teeth across the desk in the HR office, remembering how even as she questioned and quipped, her mind was reeling with actual problems the company might solve instead of stupid bullshit like this.

They pushed and pushed and pushed- Dani do this, Dani lift that, Dani can you pick up some overtime? Dani we’ve got a walk tomorrow, think you can stay long enough to finish this project?

They had ASKED for the very same labor she was being punished for! All she did was agree!

Mike… god, dude, you didn’t deserve it. If you had just waited long enough for them to call you, say you weren’t getting me back for a few days… none of this would’ve happened. If they hadn’t called me in for the suspension, none of this would’ve happened. And if that hadn’t happened, young skinheads everywhere wouldn’t have lost their stupid online role model. But she wasn’t supposed to live that kind of life! She was fine just punching clock, moving furniture, and going home to watch old movies with Seebs.

Wait, no I’m not. No, that fucking sucks too! I wasn’t content, I was too tired to move!

She was suddenly engulfed in a vicious eruption of fire- a ten foot pillar of flame reached into the evening sky past Globe Rock, then settled until it wicked from her shoulders and rolled down her back like a mane. Somewhere outside the angry depths of her psyche, Craig barked a triumphant little laugh under his bristly white mustache and clacked at the keyboard.

You don’t watch shit like Cleopatra Wong unless you’re numb to every other kind of stimulation in the world. I was dead. They killed me. Wilson Titlee fucking killed me!

The cloak of flame flared again, and this time when it settled, it clung to Dani like a bright, destructive aura. It was wild, burning the edges of her flapping apron, but she somehow willed it not to climb. That’s when she heard the second ping- and the clicking again- the device measuring “Zeners” was protruding from Craig’s back pocket, and it was hissing and popping like fryer oil.

She didn’t realize she had moved, or that she was looking at him. Her vision was wreathed in orange and gray, smoke pouring from her with every step. She hated that it didn’t smell bad.

“Redlining again. Christ over rice, redlining again. Sixty zeen, maybe more, no way of telling since the gauge doesn’t go that high,” Craig was muttering. He gripped his belt and hitched his pants a bit, then retrieved the multi-dimensional Geiger counter from his pocket and shut it off.

“Yeah, yeah. We know now. Big zeens. Strong reading, at least. Gremlins were getting hot, almost lost my grip. –Dani, are you alright? Our upload’s going- if you can just maintain this for a few, it'll complete its route and bounce back. Need a consistent data stream until then.”

Every muscle in her body was painfully tense, and her skin was taut and ached, sunburnt under her own corona of flame. She crouched to get level with Craig and saw herself- a silhouette at the center of a bonfire- reflected in his bifocals.

He wasn’t afraid, and that was something. She felt so strange- sick, sick with anger, like the only way to quench this feeling of ultimate violence in her heart was to take hold and vomit her white-hot agony into the first thing that moved. But that was just it- he wasn’t moving. Didn’t even flinch. Didn’t even -snif-.

“When we get the bounceback, grab that artifact we generated. The weird little nametag.”

“Ain’t that… s’posed to hurt me?” Dani’s breathing was labored, and tongues of flame curled up between her teeth, graying them all over again.

“It’s dangerous. But like we talked about, it’s an on switch. If we want it to be anything else, we’ve got to get it entangled with this pit of yours.”

“Do I need- gnh- to do anything else?”

“Look behind you.” He kept his left hand tight on the golden fixture, while his right hand fluttered across stiff old keys. “Fifteen tons of igneous granite. The Mono people used to gather here. Fresno Dome isn’t too far off either.”

“Why are you telling me this stuff, man?”

“’Cause I want you to think about it. First the Mono, doing what they do. They had an interesting diet, I’d like to try it myself. Then Roosevelt, probably sitting astride some big bastard of a horse and yukking it up about what he heard at the last Masons dinner. They were drawn here.”

“Uh-huh.” It hurt. God, it hurt. How long could it take for a signal to bounce around?

“And in 1961, Frank Hoyle turned up here with a suitcase full of ill-gotten lottery winnings and spoke to god.”

“What?”

“Frank was never one of us. Came up from Kentucky- we all already lived out this way. But we were still on campus, and before we ever got the work started, he was here, just like Roosevelt, and just like the Mono, and he made first contact before we made our first payment on the Alto.”

Dani’s head was swimming. She groaned and set her hands on the enormous stone, hoping to find her balance before she burnt up entirely. The Taurus’s radio seemed to turn itself up. When had they put Abba in?

There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright, Fernando…

“We talk a lot about axes and fixed points, especially in this line of work. Beaver Math, extraplanar condensation, fussy atomics, Clairvoyant Klondike… but that’s just vocabulary words. You want the hard truth of it, Dani?”

“God, shut up,” she slurred, pressing her forehead against the rock.

They were shining there for you and me, for liberty, Fernando…

And then he was gone. Everything but his voice, but he wasn’t attached to it anymore.

She stood on a plinth under a dome of darkness, casting her orange glow into a gray expanse with nothing in it but low fog that clung to the pale, smooth ground.

“You’ve been everywhere,” Craig echoed. His voice came from high up, as if the dome she stood under was the cone of a giant speaker. “Back and forth, up and down, in and out. Then and now, here and there.”

In this strange isolation, staring at her own glow reflected on the fog, she felt bile rise in her throat, the acid reflux of anger unattended and left to curdle. She wanted to speak, but felt like she’d vomit- just as she had with Mike. Every part of her resisted the urge, toes curling in her boots, hands clawing into the fabric of her apron.

His meaning dawned on her only when she stepped down from the plinth.

She had been here. In the dark. Standing in the shadow of a greater self, agglomerated of moments- ugly moments, hurtful moments, moments of shame and failure and inadequacy, all crammed down, down, down, so that she could build up an easy façade, 'take it all in stride,' and so on.

Why had she done that? So people would like her more?

They fuckin’ didn’t!

The fog began to clear as she grew hotter, brighter.

The only people who made friends with her were just as aggrieved, just as angry, and just as impotent.

That word stung her from the inside, and her flame grew angrier, revealing more of the dark dome.

A face loomed over her, etched into the stone. It was angular, androgynous, lined with age and lopsidedly amused. It didn’t move. It did abide. There was a magnetism to it- spiritually it was animate, even if it wasn’t physically.

The face of god.

Looks kinda like Marlene Dietrich, in Garden of Allah. –Didn’t Cyndi Lauper watch that movie in a music video?

“You made it,” the face intoned easily. The voice was deep and cool, but not unkind.

“Time After Time,” she answered, a little stupidly.

“Did you know Lou Albano was in that video? Played her father.”

“The wrestler?”

“He spent more time as a manager,” the face answered.

“I’ll be damned. Did you know she was-“

“Crying for real in the video?” They both said. Suddenly Dani hurt a little less. The face laughed.

“Alright. Okay. Are you Craig?”

“No, yes.”

“Aw, come on.”

“This doesn’t happen very often. I gotta get my kicks in somewhere.”

“So are you god?”

“Not really. Not the one they hope I am, anyway.”

Dani felt the corner of her mouth hitch in a grin. She didn’t realize it, but she was matching the amused expression of the face before her.

“Do I get to ask which one you are?”

“You can ask anything, Dani.”

“Alright. Can I smoke?”

“You shouldn’t, but sure. I’ve had a few nicknames. I like to tell people I’m Indrid Cold, but you’re a little too close to all this for that to work on you, huh?”

Dani lit a cigarette against the palm of her steadily-burning hand and took a long drag. “I mean, call yourself what you want, but if I’d think you’re hiding something- yeah, with that name, I would.”

“So call me Mangala, or Neto, or Bahram, or Lenus.”

“How long is this going to go on, Neto?”

“We both know the answer to that.”

Ah. Until I die.

“Could be a while. But you’re not a chosen one, and you’re also not a monster. You came close, the night you roasted young Sean, but he’ll come around again.”

“Well, if I’m not a monster, then what is?”

“Someone who likes it. Let’s face it, Dani, you do enough self-flagellating to sit the table at any old monastery you like. If you weren’t so cynical, you’d make a hell of a crusader.”

They both laughed at that.

“So what do I do?”

“What can any of us do?”

“Come on, man. Again?”

“Listen, you want answers. I get it. But you and I are in motion, right now. It always goes, it never stops. Ask your man Craig about that ‘langolier mechanism’ he’s so enthused about sometime. You try to pump the brakes, you get rear-ended.”

“So I never get to rest?”

“Not until you realize that resting and running are the same thing. –But with the way you go through old movies, I think you have a pretty good idea of that already.”

Dani sighed and gave the face a long look.

“Neto, Craig’ll kill me if I don’t ask while I’m here—”

“There’s a lot that man shouldn’t know.”

“Yeah, but…”

“You can tell him he’s right about the Nazca lines, but he’s on his own from there.”

“Are you two like, not cool?”

“It’s not like that. He just sucks all the fun out of everything. He’s kind of a math pervert. I’m sure there’s a lot of joy to be had in measuring the spokes of the Big Wheel or knowing the thread count of the Easy Chair’s upholstery, but that’s a joy I can never understand. It’s not an enlightened kind of joy. The man’s a real profligate.”

They regarded each other in vague agreement for a while.

“We should probably cut to the chase,” Dani eventually said. “There’s something wrong with me. You can, uh… see the fire.”

“I won’t tell you it’s a good sign. But I’ll also tell you that gunning for control is a mistake. You were striking on something interesting the other night, during Star Trek.”

Jeez, it knows about how I spend my nights. Kinda puts me on the spot.

“The thing about learning to like it?”

“Not it, Dani. Remember, you’ve been everywhere.”

And then its voice was gone, and Abba was back.

If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando…

“Dani! Holy jeez, what the hell happened? I got the bounceback just now. You looked… you were gone, it was just fire standing there!”

Dani shuddered and ran her hands over her apron. Still intact. A little singed. Same with the woman underneath it.

“Did you- you’re right about the Nazca lines,” Dani blurted, suddenly losing her balance. She caught herself on the plinth beneath the giant stone and coughed up a mouthful of wet ash.

“The Nazca lines?” Craig blinked and adjusted his glasses. “What happened to you?”

“I thought you were pushin’ me toward that, with all your talk of Roosevelt and… the native folks, and whoever the fuck,”

“Hoyle. I was just trying to get you into a significant kind of mood, I didn’t plan for you to vanish! Where’d you go?”

“Honestly, Craig, I’m starting to think I went in.”

“In the rock?!”

“Yeah.”

“It’s solid granite!”

“Yeah.”

“…Yeah?”

“I think I did some Buckaroo Banzai shit. –Man, I’m still on fire, are we good? I feel like I’m gonna barf. I can’t turn it off once it’s going.”

“Signal’s strong and steady. Think you can stand up straight? –And to the East, you’ll want to cast your shadow ahead of you. Good frame of reference.”

Craig leaned into the driver’s-side window of the Taurus and flicked on the high-beams. Dani wobbled a bit, but turned away, and set her gaze on a shadow that stretched forward, deforming over the massive stone sphere.

“The Alto is about to produce a tone. When it does, close your eyes and think of… something really fundamental you can follow. Smoke on the Water, or uh… Billie Jean. Something you know by heart, okay?”

The old computer began to produce a strange tone. It was high, but it also hissed, and something underneath it seemed to pulse and thrum in a way that made her feel even sicker.

So she closed her eyes and sang.

“You could have a steam train,

If you’d just lay down your tracks,

You could have an aeroplane, flying,

If you bring your blue sky back,”

When she opened her eyes, her shadow had in some way peeled from her, no longer attached at the boots. It stood on the front of the stone, a hole in the headlight beams, eye-line equal with hers. She forced herself not to recoil from it.

“I wanna be, your sledgehammer,

Why don’t you call my name?

Ah! Let me be your sledgehammer,

This will be my testimony,”

It slid away from the surface of Globe Rock toward her- not hovering, not floating, sliding, like an abacus bead, on an axle that she couldn’t see. As it drew closer, she could see the time shear, the so-called langolier mechanism, damaging it. The edges frayed when they should have grown clearer. She opened her mouth to speak, and it opened its mouth to speak.

Fire poured into it from Dani’s open mouth. She clenched her fists as it boiled up unbidden. Her hatred for herself was dragonbreath, compressed plumes pummeling the ragged shadow, a stream of deadly white-orange trying again and again to make it disappear under light and heat.

But it wouldn’t. It was her, and she was here. And she had been everywhere.

It sang back to her.

“All you do is call me,

I’ll be anything you need,”

The song was infectious. Steady in her head. Peter Gabriel. ’86.

She reached out to herself. Laced burning fingers with solid shadow.

Reflections reflecting reflections. A two-dimensional shadow, half of a four-dimensional being.

It suddenly fell into her arms, a swooning dancer, weak and weary, dizzy and delighted. She could feel it shiver and sob in silence, the deep pit of her aching hatred and repressed miseries brought to bear in a way she finally had to confront.

It was her. And seeing it like this, unable to hold itself up under the weight of all these burdens, she felt her heart break at the sight of herself.

She had let Dani down.

She lifted her manifest shadow by the chin and kissed it, deeply, filling it with a smooth, steady exhale of living fire. It began to vanish, but she could feel it there, clinging to her, reattaching, coming ever closer. She didn’t dare pull away- not until it was gone, not until it was so close that it was her again, until it knew it was going to be safe. That she wouldn’t leave it. That it wasn’t all for nothing.

She numbly remembered the nametag as her fire began to die. She scooped it up from the top of the Alto’s awkward vertical screen and held it tight in her hand.

She felt her shadow holding it from the other side of reality and understood.

“I’ll take care of you,” she said. “We’ll be alright.”

If there was anything more to say, she couldn’t get a grip on it. She began to fade, and then collapsed in the headlight beams, unconscious.

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You've heard stories about legendary flea market finds—the rare pieces of art or heirloom jewelry that were purchased for a few bucks and fetched millions in resale. But what about flea market staples that are actually every day gems, often hidden in plain sight? They won't turn you into a millionaire overnight, but they're still worth a considerable chunk of change, making these items great investments—if you know what to seek out.

We asked designers about the housewares, furniture pieces, and decor items that are known to make frequent cameos at flea markets—and that can be worth a lot of money if they're in good condition. Ahead, 10 items the experts say are worth a second look whenever you’re shopping second-hand.

Tramp Art Pieces

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A classic American craft, Tramp Art is a style of folk art that involves creating frames, boxes, and other decorative items using whatever found wood was available—often cigar boxes or shipping crates. Popular in the late 19th and early 20th century, "tramp art" got its name because of the (probably mistaken) belief that many of the people who practiced this craft were homeless wanderers.

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The ornate style of woodworking involves the meticulous carving and layering of found wood, or other utilitarian objects like nails and Popsicle sticks. At first glance, some of the ornate pieces could be mistaken as school art projects. But look closer and you’ll see these boxes, frames, and wall pockets are intricately notched and chipped. According to Avery Cox of Avery Cox Design in Austin, Texas, they're coveted icons of outsider art that have become increasingly difficult to find—which means you should absolutely snap a good one up if you see it.

When evaluating Tramp Art trinkets, Cox recommends looking at an item's level of complexity and material type to determine whether you've stumbled upon a valuable investment piece. (Carved wood is valued higher than those aforementioned Popsicle sticks.) Tramp Art can easily be worth several hundred dollars, but you might become too attached to sell any examples you find. That's because they add character and warmth to a contemporary setting. As Cox says, "We love a Tramp Art box on a kitchen counter for holding things like tea or spices."

Majolica

Antique Portuguese Pottery Palissy Style Majolica Lobster Wall Dish Plate, 1900

Antique Portuguese Pottery Palissy Style Majolica Lobster Wall Dish Plate, 1900

Colorful, glazed earthenware characterized by three-dimensional flora and fauna, majolica is a centuries-old pottery practice that can feel playful when incorporated into design. (Think: A lustrous platter with a raised lobster or a sardine box with fish finials). Majolica is durable and strong, particularly the Palissy ware style introduced at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London and named for the French ceramicist Bernard Palissy. Today, platters can sell for $1,000 to $6,000 a piece, Cox says.

Victorian majolica gets its bright colors from a tin glaze that contains lead, so you won't want to use these for serving. Try hanging majolica pieces on walls where there’s not much space (think: above doorways; on narrow walls) or in a place where you can create a grouping if you're lucky enough to score a few of these eclectic pieces. "They also work very well on plate stands or mixed into a bookshelf or hutch," Cox says.

Pendleton Blankets and Throws

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Beloved for 130 years, Pendleton blankets are comfy, wool classics with recognizable stripes and geometric patterns, often inspired by Native American designs. When shopping flea markets, look for the iconic Pendleton tag sewn onto the blanket to denote authentic pieces, says Karen Nepacena, owner and principal designer at Destination Eichler in the San Francisco Bay area.

While new Pendleton blankets cost $189 on up, the retail price of vintage Pendleton throws start around $150, with many blankets going for a few hundred dollars and some rare, vintage ones going for even more on resale sites. Among the most sought-after designs is the classic Glacier National Park Blanket featuring four simple lines in green, red, yellow and black, Nepacena says. "Pendleton has been creating blanket collections in honor of National Parks since the early 1900s. This particular design for Glacier National Park was the very first of its kind, which makes sourcing a vintage version even more special," she adds. "The simplicity of the stripe design is timeless and this blanket design fits great into any style home. After dry cleaning, these vintage blankets are great for sofas or folding across the bottom of the bed."

Plycraft Vintage Lounge Chair and Ottoman

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1960s Mid-Century Modern Plycraft Eames Style Cha…

The iconic mid-century modern living room staple, an Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman is a $6,500 investment. Released in 1956 and inspired by English club chairs, the recliner's timeless design is meant to evoke the feel of a worn-in baseball mitt. While you're not likely find one of these mid-century mainstays lounging in a flea market, Nepacena says you could very well come across a similar style manufactured by the now-defunct company Plycraft at the time to mimic the Eames chair. Look for the manufacturer markings underneath the seat; the Plycraft pieces can still fetch a few thousand dollars. "Even if the upholstery is no longer in good shape, there are many furniture restorers that can help bring these pieces back to life," she says.

Gainey Ceramic Planters

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What may look like a simple ceramic planter could be a very expensive one, especially if the marking "Gainey" is on the bottom, says Nepacena. The Southern California pottery brand suspended its ceramics manufacturing a decade ago after 60 years in business, but the glazed handcrafted planters remain in high demand, and, Nepacena says, can sell for hundreds of dollars per piece.

"Use them to plant a succulent grouping or to house an indoor plant such as a rubber plant or snake plants," she says. "They look great in any space, whether an apartment, balcony or inside the house."

Pyrex

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From retro-kitsch butter trays to colorful mixing bowls, vintage Pyrex pieces are having a major moment with nostalgic collectors hunting down the brand they remember from grandma's kitchen. While a stray Pyrex bowl isn’t usually worth much on its own, full sets and sought-after patterns tend to be high in value.

Pink Daisy and Snowflake pieces, for example, were the first patterned dishes to be released using a new screen printing process in 1956. Today, they're among some of the most beloved patterns, with resale values of these pieces often over $100.

"Once you start with one piece, you will start to recognize the pattern in other shapes and sizes and over time can collect multiple to make a whole set," Nepacena says.

English Pine Dressers

Large 19th-Century English Country Pine Dresser

Large 19th-Century English Country Pine Dresser

Nineteenth-century dressers made out of English pine wood easily sell for $2,000. But you’ll often find these honey-toned pieces in the $500 range from people who don’t realize what they have, says Anastasia Casey, founder of IDCO Studio and Design Camp.

To gather details on a dresser, slide open the top drawer and look for a manufacturer's stamp, Casey says. Anything pre-1900's is likely too old to be stamped, but the older an item, the more it will be worth. If you find a drawer that's stuck, no worries! Casey suggests rubbing coconut oil or a bar of soap along the edge of the drawer for an easy fix.

Scandinavian Dining Chairs

Mid-Century Scandinavian Teak Dining Chairs - Set of 6

Mid-Century Scandinavian Teak Dining Chairs - Set of 6

While they come in a variety of styles, you'll recognize these for their classic Scandi minimalism and clean design. Modern ones in a set of eight or more are the most difficult to find, Casey says, so they'll hold the most value.

And you don't have to have a Scandi home to incorporate these gems into your own decor. "I love these dining chairs paired with something more traditional for a layered look," she says.

Travertine Furniture

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Famous examples of travertine can be found on the Colosseum in Rome or the Getty Center in Los Angeles. This slightly pitted limestone is formed by mineral deposits from natural springs, giving it a nice range of coloration, from creamy ivories to peachy pinks.

In the home, you're most likely to see this natural stone in a tile format. But travertine coffee tables, consoles, side tables, pedestals, and dining tables are hot items at vintage stores and flea markets these days, says interior stylist and vintage expert Leah Ashley.

Prices can be anywhere from a few thousand to tens of thousands depending on the size and quality of the piece, Ashley says. And provenance matters, too: The prices go up even more if an item is from Italy, so ask the dealer what they know about the origins of the piece.

Stoneware

Mid 19th Century Antique Stoneware Jug

Mid 19th Century Antique Stoneware Jug

Stoneware is one of the most ancient forms of ceramics. To create stoneware, clay is fired at much higher temps than it is to make porcelain or earthenware. The end result is durable, utilitarian pieces like bowls, pitchers and crocks have lasted for generations, says Ashley. She thinks they're liable to last for many more, too: "I love to collect stoneware and display it on open shelving in my kitchen," she says.

Many stoneware pieces are highly collectible and valued at anywhere from $100 to $100,000. Generally, these pieces are stamped by the manufacturer, which can help you in an initial Google search to find out information on authenticity and value.

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7/17/2024: Trang the anti-wrinkle expert starting with brushing teeth, floss, and scrap tongue after every meals (can't have a youthful face if all the teeth fall out in old age to collapse the facial skin. Plus, life will be hell as an elderly if you have no teeth left to eat the crunchy and cheesy food in your youth for mushy food and liquid are yucky on death bed). To push down the wrinkles from cutting deeper as I age, I Vaseline as glue and surgical tape. WARNING: Newborns, infants, and toddlers up to 3 years old might die from choking if the mothers, babysitters, grandmas, caregivers don't pick up the used little anti-wrinkled tapes on the bed, grounds, and clothes. A female vanity can kill your babies,ladies and men. So my advice is to do this anti-wrinkled technique when there's no children under 4 years old or else this jealous old spinster is out to kill your children and children you work in day care or babysitting with her vanity of anti-wrinkled tapes. Plus, Trang's anti-wrinkled tapes might choke and kill the fish if they are washed into the drains and sink so please invent tapes that dissolves quickly in water for fish , babies, and toddlers. This can be the alternative for botox. The tapes around the mouth area is excellent to prevent aging people to yank down their mouth to create ugly old people's frown permanently on their faces. F_gly. The taping and Vaseline can suffocate the skin area so do taping for an hour a day on wrinkles. Also The taping is excellent for elevated sun spots like the ones I have and even reduce the dark color in molee (my poor dark color of the sexy mole around the mole got reduced because I rather kill it than have deeper bitter wrinkles taking down my lips into a permanent frown. Can't have everything folks. The yellowness is the tumeric powder or curry powder I put on my chips-eating zits and aging skin exposed to sun. Trang at 51.23 Years old as a hardcore heterosexual female with eggs and baby making machine body philosopher who will get doind at home online masters and PhD in philosophy (or the female Freud), I can tell the evilness in people's wrinkles for I nearly died in the last 16.1 becoming a crippled, mental, lost my condo, and nearly everything since I was bullied and sexually harassed in a minor form by 3.1 lost children as my bosses at Starbucks in gay San Francisco after I took on an easy job by kind health insurance package after I abruptly quit teaching as a hight social studies teacher to save the world for my offer my life. 1.1 of those 3.2 are lost Jewish-related children (1 boss was American French German Jew who failed to report my back strain work in jury, and the .1 gay is the HR man named David, as the Star of Davis, who laughed a little laugh on the phone when I called in to say I think i was bullied by the gays bosses at Starbuck. I sent in an inappropriate sexual letter after I smoke pot threatened to sue if he doesn't report my bullying claim, he ended firing me which took away my health insurance to treat the work back strain and stress and revenge of mental illness. Anyhow, I am over it because I am on my way of healing as a hardcore heterosexual human as I am incing away relinquishing my genocide-gay-Spanish-as-2nd-language American citizenship eternally after I pay off my debts to America for their involvement in the Vietnam war. This will be my last post unless life and death. Take care folks. Peace via love and suing. You use a president in a democracy, not shoot him. Those who support the shooting of Trump, you are all lying hypocrites for that is what Putin, China ,Latin America, Africa, etc. do--thus get out of America and American democracy and go there. I am getting out to prove that I am not a hypocrite as the female Buddha or Jesus' father or God living as a female with eggs named Trang. I regretted my double-eye-lid plastic surgery at 19 for I can analyze how my eyes ages as the female Buddha now. I want no violence on gays, Jewish, Isrealis, Muslims, whites, and Asians, and blacks, and all.

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Shorebirds

My favorite place to get lobster rolls, the bread is toasty, full of fat and flavor, warm. Thick, large chunks of lobster fill the sandwich with a subtle sweetness. We were sitting outside chatting for a while, so the drawn butter solidified, and I was not able to pour the no-longer-liquid butter onto the lobster roll. The potato chips were satisfyingly thick and substantial yet ultra crispy. Lan was so kind as to buy the lobster roll meal for me. 

I had to go home to start packing in order to catch a flight that departed in a few hours, but the irresponsible, procrastinating (dominant) side of me wanted to head to the bay shoreline first. Lan kept asking if I was sure because we didn’t have to and she didn’t want me to rush before my flight, but I insisted that I wanted to. Lan and I walked along the shoreline and watched some of the shorebirds. It had been rainy recently but the skies decided to finally clear up that day. Crisp day in the heart of winter in the San Francisco Bay Area, cool but not cold. 

One of my favorite birds that hangs out in the bay is the willet; they are plain gray-colored and abundant. However, once in a while you can catch a sight of them in flight, when they reveal underneath their spread wings a bold black and white wing pattern that’s absolutely stunning. It’s a beautiful contrast that is only apparent when they show a side of them underneath the surface. 

I admired a truly gorgeous snowy egret pretty close to me and watched it walk around on the rocks for a while. I was so excited when I saw an osprey dive toward the water and pick up a fish and fly away with it. There were northern shovelers everywhere in the water as well. 

One of the redeeming qualities about the Bay Area is that getting to the shore of the bay is so close and easy, and there's always a plethora of birds everywhere there to marvel at. We watched plane after plane land at SFO. We chatted for a while with an elderly woman with whom we crossed paths; she was birdwatching for fun and is involved with the Sequoia Audubon Society. I got a card from her and may try to go on a trip with them. 

Glad that I decided to take a detour to stroll somewhat aimlessly by the water before going home to pack and going to the airport. A short period free of the mental and emotional clutter that seems to occupy me regularly. 

Probably one of the things that made me most happy in terms of cooking lately is also extremely simple: heating oil in a hot skillet, adding spicy 豆瓣酱 (really, any chili instead will also do), garlic, scallions, and LOTS of ginger until fragrant. Just that simple flavor combination alone brought me so much pure joy, maybe because of the nostalgia of growing up eating that. Ate so many good homemade meals lately such as duck and red wine ragu simmered for hours and left overnight before eating, miso-glazed black cod, tiramisu, dan dan mian with its fermented ingredients and salty preserved vegetables, shrimp in Creole sauce, etc. but the simple ginger/garlic/scallion/chili in oil combination just hits different. Comfort in a familiar staple.

I’ve been exercising a lot in February, and it feels so rewarding when I’m surprised by how not tired or fatigued I am now when doing exercises that I definitely remember feeling lots of pain from in the past. 

Life is way too short. I’m just trying to bring positivity to others, as well as treasure the people in my life who are so giving of their time, friendship, love, and care to me. I should be happy for opportunities to help others.

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Exploring the Culinary Delights of California: Salsa Sensations

California, often celebrated for its diverse and vibrant food scene, offers a culinary journey like no other. While the state is renowned for its wine, farm-fresh produce, and fusion cuisine, one aspect of its culinary heritage that deserves the spotlight is its sensational salsa.

Best salsa in California: A Haven for Salsa Lovers

Salsa, a versatile condiment with Mexican roots, has become an integral part of California's dining culture. Whether you're in the bustling streets of Los Angeles, the vibrant neighborhoods of San Francisco, or the laid-back beach towns along the coast, you'll find a salsa to satisfy your taste buds.

Salsa Varieties in California

California's salsa offerings are as diverse as its population. From traditional salsas made with ripe tomatoes, cilantro, and jalapeños to fruit-infused salsas with a sweet and spicy kick, there's something for everyone.

Traditional Tomato Salsa: The classic tomato-based salsa is a staple in California. It's the perfect accompaniment to tacos, burritos, and grilled meats. The tangy tomatoes and fresh cilantro provide a burst of flavor in every bite.

Mango Salsa: As a state known for its agriculture, California takes advantage of its bountiful fruit orchards. Mango salsa, with its sweet and zesty flavors, is a favorite addition to seafood dishes and summer salads.

Avocado Salsa: Creamy and rich, avocado salsa is a must-try in California. It's a delightful dip for tortilla chips and pairs perfectly with grilled chicken or fish.

Salsa Verde: Made from tomatillos, Salsa Verde is a tangy, green salsa that adds a fresh twist to various dishes. It's a popular choice for enchiladas and tamales.

Pineapple Salsa: For a tropical flair, California's pineapple salsa is a delightful surprise. Its combination of sweet pineapple and spicy jalapeños enhances the flavors of grilled shrimp or chicken.

Exploring Salsa in California

While you can find salsa in supermarkets, the true joy is exploring local markets, food festivals, and taquerias. The state's food trucks are also famous for their creative salsa concoctions. Whether you're enjoying a beachfront picnic in San Diego or a gourmet meal in Napa Valley, there's a salsa experience awaiting you.

Making Salsa at Home

One of the best ways to embrace the California salsa culture is by making your own at home. With fresh ingredients readily available, you can experiment with different recipes and create the perfect salsa tailored to your taste. Whether it's for a casual gathering with friends or a family barbecue, homemade salsa adds a personal touch to your culinary creations.

California's salsa culture is a testament to the state's diverse and dynamic food scene. From traditional tomato salsas to exotic fruit-infused varieties, there's an endless array of options to explore. So, if you find yourself in the Golden State, don't miss the opportunity to savor the salsa sensations that make California's culinary landscape truly exceptional.

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Holidays 9.13

Holidays

Bald is Beautiful Day

Barbershop Day

Battle of Fort McHenry Anniversary Day

Be Different Day

Blame Someone Else Day

Boy Heroes Day (Mexico)

Breakaway (Space 1999)

Clymene Asteroid Day

Corn Day (French Republic)

Day of the Children Heroes (Mexico)

Day of the Programmer

Defender’s Day (everywhere except Maryland)

Defy Superstition Day

Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)

Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 3: Environment

Engineer’s Day (Mauritius)

European Heritage Day (EU)

International Legacy Giving Day

International Mountain Chicken Frog Day

International Slow Loris Day

Jimi Hendrix Day (San Francisco)

John Barry Day (Pennsylvania)

Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day

Land Development Specialist’s Day (Tajikistan)

National Celiac Awareness Day

National EV Charging Day

National Hug Your Boss Day

National Jose Day

National Juan Day

National Odd Sock Day of Adventure

National Twilighters Day

National Urban Eden Day

9 x 13 Day

913 Day

Pet Birth Defect Awareness Day

Positive Thinking Day

Programmers' Day (a.k.a. Day of the Programmer) [256th day]

Roald Dahl Day

Scooby Doo Day

Soap Day

Supernatural Day

Swiftie Day

Thimphu Tshechu (Bhutan)

Uncle Sam Day

Victoria Asteroid Day

World Indigenous Rights Day

World Sepsis Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Fortune Cookie Day

Gluten Free Beer Day

International Chocolate Day

National Cachaca Day (Brazil)

National Peanut Day

Snack-A-Pickle Day

Independence & Related Days

Republic of Drew Star Line (Declared; 2005) [unrecognized]

Venda (from South Africa, 1979) [unrecognized]

2nd Friday in September

Carry Nation Festival begins (Holly, Michigan) [Friday after 1st Monday thru Sunday]

Comfort Food Friday [Every Friday]

Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day (Washington) [2nd Friday]

Fiesta de Santa Fe begins (New Mexico) [1st Friday after Labor Day]

Fish & Chips Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]

Fisherman’s Walk Day (Scotland) [2nd Friday]

Five For Friday [Every Friday]

Flashback Friday [Every Friday]

Follow Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]

Friday Finds [Every Friday]

Friday the Firkenteenth (Grey Lodge, Pennsylvania) [Every Friday the 13th]

Frugal Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

Great Canadian Beer Festival (Victoria, BC) [2nd Friday & Saturday]

International Skeptics Day [1st Friday the 13th of the Year]

King Turkey Race (Minnesota) [2nd Friday]

Knabenschiessen begins (Switzerland) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

Nae Nae Day [2nd Friday]

National Dog Walker Appreciation Day [1st Friday after Labor Day]

National Folk Festival begins [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

National 401(k) Day [Friday after 1st Monday]

Popeye Picnic begins (Chester, Illinois) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

Stand Up to Cancer Day [2nd Friday]

TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) [Every Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 13 (2nd Full Week of September)

National Days of Prayer and Remembrance (thru 9.15) [Friday to Sunday closest to 9.11]

National Eczema Week 9thru 9.21)

Festivals Beginning September 13, 2024

Apple Days & Market To Go (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.15]

The Big E (West Springfield, Massachusetts) [thru 9.29]

Bloody Scotland (Stirling, Scotland, UK) [thru 9.15]

Brewfest at the Beach (New London, Connecticut)

Cajun Food Fest (Lydia, Louisiana) [thru 9.14]

Cordova Fungus Festival 2024 (Cordova, Alaska) [thru 9.15]

Devine's Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch (Harrodsburg, Kentucky) [thru 11.3]

Downtown Boulder's Fall Fest (Boulder, Colorado) [thru 9.15]

Grape Stomp Festival (Alexandria, Minnesota) [thru 9.15]

Harvest Moon Festival (Clearwater, Manitoba, Canada) [thru 9.15]

Hinkelfest (Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.15]

Irish Festival (Milford, Connecticut) [thru 9.14]

Kentucky Bourbon Festival (Bardstown, Kentucky) [thru 9.15]

King Turkey Day Festival (Worthington, Minnesota) [thru 9.14]

Long Island Fair (Old Bethpage, New York) [thru 9.15]

Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival (Natchitoches, Louisiana) [thru 9.14]

National Barrow Show (Austin, Minnesota) [thru 9.16]

Neptune's Fall Wine Festival (Virginia Beach, Virginia) [thru 9.14] [thru 9.15]

Newport Oktoberfest (Newport, Kentucky) [thru 9.15]

Ohio Pawpaw Festival (Albany, Ohio) [thru 9.15]

Okawville Wheat Festival (Okawville, Illinois) [thru 9.15]

Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia) [thru 9.19]

Rising Sun Navy Bean Fall Festival (Rising Sun, Indiana) [thru 9.14]

Slunce ve Skle Beer Festival (Plzen, Czech Republic) [thru 9.14]

Snowmass Wine Festival (Snowmass Village, Colorado) [thru 9.14]

Telluride Blues & Brews Festival (Telluride, Colorado) [thru 9.15]

Wine Harvest Festival in the Czech Republic (Znojmo, Czech Republic) [thru 9.15]

Feast Days

Aimé (a.k.a. Amatus; Christian; Saint)

Ame (Christian; Saint)

Arnold Schoenberg (Artology; Humanism)

Aristides the Athenian (Christian; Saint)

Barry Fell Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Basil of Iberia (Christian; Saint)

Bob Eggleton (Artology)

Ceremony of Lighting the Fire (Ancient Egypt)

Cornelius of Baden-Olonets, Dionysius, and Misail (Christian; Saints)

Cornelius the Centiurion (Christian; Martyr)

Cronides and Serapion in Alexandria (Christian; Martyrs)

Daniel Defoe (Writerism)

Dave the Human (Muppetism)

Day of Anubis (All Souls’ Day; Ancient Egypt)

Egyptian All Souls’ Day (Everyday Wicca)

Elias, Zoticus, Valerian, Macrobius, and Gordian at Tomi in Romania (Christian; Martyrs)

Emain Abhlach (Celtic Book of Days)

Epulum Jovis (Feast of Jove; Ancient Rome) [Ides of September]

Eulogius of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Feast of the Cross (Assyrian Church of the East)

Ketevan, Queen of Georgia (Christian; Martyr)

Hierotheus of Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos (Christian; Saint)

Hierotheus of Kalamata (Christian; Saint)

Ides of September (Ancient Rome)

John Chrysostom (Christian; Saint)

Lictisternia (Old Roman festival to Jupiter, Juno & Minerva)

Livia Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Make a Corn Dolly Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Marcellinus of Carthage (Christian; Saint)

Maurilius of Angers (a.k.a. Maurille) of Angers (Christian; Saint)

Molly Crabapple (Artology)

Mosquito Avoidance Day (Pastafarian)

Nectarius of Autun (Christian; Saint)

Otway (Positivist; Saint)

Peter of Atroe (Christian; Saint)

Robert Indiana (Artology)

Roald Dahl (Writerism)

Seleucus in Scythia (Christian; Martyr)

Sherwood Anderson (Writerism)

Venerius the Hermit (Christian; Saint)

Wulfthryth (a.k.a. Wilfrida) of Wilton (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unlucky Day (EU, US) [Friday the 13th] (1 of 2 for 2024)

Unlucky Day (Canada, Germany, Ireland, UK, US) [Friday the 13th]

Premieres

After Hours (Film; 1985)

Agnes of God (Film; 1985)

Almost Famous (Film; 2000)

The Amityville Horror, by Jay Anson (Novel; 1977)

Audrey the Rainmaker (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

The Awful Tooth (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Barbershop (Film; 2002)

Batman Unlimited: Mchs vs. Mutants (WB Animated Film; 2016)

Benson (TV Series; 1979)

Bones (TV Series; 2005)

By Leaps and Hounds (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Candle in the Wind, Diana Version, by Elton John (Song; 1997)

Cat Carson Rides Again (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Cat-Choo (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Cat Tamale (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Centerfold, by The Cars (Song; 1981)

Children of the World, by The Bee Gees (Album; 1976)

City Kitty (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Clerks III (Film; 2022)

Clown on the Farm (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Come Dancing (UK Musical Show; 2008)

Crime of the Century, by Supertramp (Album; 1974)

Dogfight (Film; 1991)

The Dreaming, by Kate Bush (Album; 1982)

The Drew Carey Show (TV Series; 1995)

Easy-Duz-It, by Easy-E (Album; 1988)

Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series; 1996)

The Ginger Man, by J.P. Donleavy (Novel; 1955)

The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood (Novel; 1985)

Hard Rain, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1976)

Highway Star. Written by DeepPurple (Song; 1971)

In Utero, by Nirvana (Album; 1993)

Law and Audrey (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Law & Order (TV Series; 1990)

Mishima (Film; 1985)

The Muppet Show (TV Series; 1976)

The Nitty Gritty, recorded by Shirley Ellis (Song; 1963)

One More from the Road, by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Live Album; 1976)

The Other Wind, by Ursula Le Guin (Novel; 1968) [Earthsea #5]

Pee-Wee’s Playhouse (TV Series; 1986)

The Popeye Show (King Features Syndicate/Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Series; 1978)

Ready to Die, by The Notorious B.I.G. (Album; 1994)

Scooby-Doo Where Are You (Animated TV Series; 1969)

Scout Fellow (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Skinny Legs and All, recorded by Joe Tex (Song; 1967)

Soap (TV Series; 1977)

Solid Gold (TV Series; 1980)

The Spectacular Now (Film; 2013)

Star-Spangled Banner lyrics written, by Francis Scott Key (Lyrics; 1814)

Supernatural (TV Series; 2005)

Take Me to Church, by Hozier (Song; 2013)

Thud!, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2005) [Discworld #34]

Truth and Soul, by Fishbone (Album; 1988)

Undone (Animated TV Series; 2019)

Yesterday, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

Yojimbo (Film; 1961)

Today’s Name Days

Tobias (Austria)

Ivan, Ljubo, Zlatko (Croatia)

Lubor (Czech Republic)

Cyprianus (Denmark)

Ervi, Ervin, Ervo (Estonia)

Orvo (Finland)

Aimé (France)

Johann, Notburga, Tobias (Germany)

Aristeides, Aristeidis, Cornelius, Kornelios (Greece)

Kornél (Hungary)

Crisostomo, Giovanni, Maurilio, Regina (Italy)

Iza, Izabella, Izanda, Izīda (Latvia)

Barmantas, Barvydė, Mangailis (Lithuania)

Stian, Stig (Norway)

Aleksander, Aureliusz, Eugenia, Filip, Lubor, Materna, Morzysław, Szeliga (Poland)

Ctibor (Slovakia)

Amado, Crisóstomo, Juan (Spain)

Ambjörn, Sture (Sweden)

Arlando, Milton, Orlando, Roland, Rolanda, Rolando, Stone, Stoney (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 257 of 2024; 109 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of Week 37 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 11 (Geng-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 10 Elul 5784

Islamic: 9 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 17 Gold; Threesday [17 of 30]

Julian: 31 August 2024

Moon: 75%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Lessing]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 86 of 94)

Week: 2nd Full Week of September

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 23 of 32)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 9.13

Holidays

Bald is Beautiful Day

Barbershop Day

Battle of Fort McHenry Anniversary Day

Be Different Day

Blame Someone Else Day

Boy Heroes Day (Mexico)

Breakaway (Space 1999)

Clymene Asteroid Day

Corn Day (French Republic)

Day of the Children Heroes (Mexico)

Day of the Programmer

Defender’s Day (everywhere except Maryland)

Defy Superstition Day

Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)

Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 3: Environment

Engineer’s Day (Mauritius)

European Heritage Day (EU)

International Legacy Giving Day

International Mountain Chicken Frog Day

International Slow Loris Day

Jimi Hendrix Day (San Francisco)

John Barry Day (Pennsylvania)

Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day

Land Development Specialist’s Day (Tajikistan)

National Celiac Awareness Day

National EV Charging Day

National Hug Your Boss Day

National Jose Day

National Juan Day

National Odd Sock Day of Adventure

National Twilighters Day

National Urban Eden Day

9 x 13 Day

913 Day

Pet Birth Defect Awareness Day

Positive Thinking Day

Programmers' Day (a.k.a. Day of the Programmer) [256th day]

Roald Dahl Day

Scooby Doo Day

Soap Day

Supernatural Day

Swiftie Day

Thimphu Tshechu (Bhutan)

Uncle Sam Day

Victoria Asteroid Day

World Indigenous Rights Day

World Sepsis Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Fortune Cookie Day

Gluten Free Beer Day

International Chocolate Day

National Cachaca Day (Brazil)

National Peanut Day

Snack-A-Pickle Day

Independence & Related Days

Republic of Drew Star Line (Declared; 2005) [unrecognized]

Venda (from South Africa, 1979) [unrecognized]

2nd Friday in September

Carry Nation Festival begins (Holly, Michigan) [Friday after 1st Monday thru Sunday]

Comfort Food Friday [Every Friday]

Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day (Washington) [2nd Friday]

Fiesta de Santa Fe begins (New Mexico) [1st Friday after Labor Day]

Fish & Chips Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]

Fisherman’s Walk Day (Scotland) [2nd Friday]

Five For Friday [Every Friday]

Flashback Friday [Every Friday]

Follow Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]

Friday Finds [Every Friday]

Friday the Firkenteenth (Grey Lodge, Pennsylvania) [Every Friday the 13th]

Frugal Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

Great Canadian Beer Festival (Victoria, BC) [2nd Friday & Saturday]

International Skeptics Day [1st Friday the 13th of the Year]

King Turkey Race (Minnesota) [2nd Friday]

Knabenschiessen begins (Switzerland) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

Nae Nae Day [2nd Friday]

National Dog Walker Appreciation Day [1st Friday after Labor Day]

National Folk Festival begins [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

National 401(k) Day [Friday after 1st Monday]

Popeye Picnic begins (Chester, Illinois) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

Stand Up to Cancer Day [2nd Friday]

TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) [Every Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 13 (2nd Full Week of September)

National Days of Prayer and Remembrance (thru 9.15) [Friday to Sunday closest to 9.11]

National Eczema Week 9thru 9.21)

Festivals Beginning September 13, 2024

Apple Days & Market To Go (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.15]

The Big E (West Springfield, Massachusetts) [thru 9.29]

Bloody Scotland (Stirling, Scotland, UK) [thru 9.15]

Brewfest at the Beach (New London, Connecticut)

Cajun Food Fest (Lydia, Louisiana) [thru 9.14]

Cordova Fungus Festival 2024 (Cordova, Alaska) [thru 9.15]

Devine's Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch (Harrodsburg, Kentucky) [thru 11.3]

Downtown Boulder's Fall Fest (Boulder, Colorado) [thru 9.15]

Grape Stomp Festival (Alexandria, Minnesota) [thru 9.15]

Harvest Moon Festival (Clearwater, Manitoba, Canada) [thru 9.15]

Hinkelfest (Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.15]

Irish Festival (Milford, Connecticut) [thru 9.14]

Kentucky Bourbon Festival (Bardstown, Kentucky) [thru 9.15]

King Turkey Day Festival (Worthington, Minnesota) [thru 9.14]

Long Island Fair (Old Bethpage, New York) [thru 9.15]

Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival (Natchitoches, Louisiana) [thru 9.14]

National Barrow Show (Austin, Minnesota) [thru 9.16]

Neptune's Fall Wine Festival (Virginia Beach, Virginia) [thru 9.14] [thru 9.15]

Newport Oktoberfest (Newport, Kentucky) [thru 9.15]

Ohio Pawpaw Festival (Albany, Ohio) [thru 9.15]

Okawville Wheat Festival (Okawville, Illinois) [thru 9.15]

Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia) [thru 9.19]

Rising Sun Navy Bean Fall Festival (Rising Sun, Indiana) [thru 9.14]

Slunce ve Skle Beer Festival (Plzen, Czech Republic) [thru 9.14]

Snowmass Wine Festival (Snowmass Village, Colorado) [thru 9.14]

Telluride Blues & Brews Festival (Telluride, Colorado) [thru 9.15]

Wine Harvest Festival in the Czech Republic (Znojmo, Czech Republic) [thru 9.15]

Feast Days

Aimé (a.k.a. Amatus; Christian; Saint)

Ame (Christian; Saint)

Arnold Schoenberg (Artology; Humanism)

Aristides the Athenian (Christian; Saint)

Barry Fell Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Basil of Iberia (Christian; Saint)

Bob Eggleton (Artology)

Ceremony of Lighting the Fire (Ancient Egypt)

Cornelius of Baden-Olonets, Dionysius, and Misail (Christian; Saints)

Cornelius the Centiurion (Christian; Martyr)

Cronides and Serapion in Alexandria (Christian; Martyrs)

Daniel Defoe (Writerism)

Dave the Human (Muppetism)

Day of Anubis (All Souls’ Day; Ancient Egypt)

Egyptian All Souls’ Day (Everyday Wicca)

Elias, Zoticus, Valerian, Macrobius, and Gordian at Tomi in Romania (Christian; Martyrs)

Emain Abhlach (Celtic Book of Days)

Epulum Jovis (Feast of Jove; Ancient Rome) [Ides of September]

Eulogius of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Feast of the Cross (Assyrian Church of the East)

Ketevan, Queen of Georgia (Christian; Martyr)

Hierotheus of Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos (Christian; Saint)

Hierotheus of Kalamata (Christian; Saint)

Ides of September (Ancient Rome)

John Chrysostom (Christian; Saint)

Lictisternia (Old Roman festival to Jupiter, Juno & Minerva)

Livia Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Make a Corn Dolly Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Marcellinus of Carthage (Christian; Saint)

Maurilius of Angers (a.k.a. Maurille) of Angers (Christian; Saint)

Molly Crabapple (Artology)

Mosquito Avoidance Day (Pastafarian)

Nectarius of Autun (Christian; Saint)

Otway (Positivist; Saint)

Peter of Atroe (Christian; Saint)

Robert Indiana (Artology)

Roald Dahl (Writerism)

Seleucus in Scythia (Christian; Martyr)

Sherwood Anderson (Writerism)

Venerius the Hermit (Christian; Saint)

Wulfthryth (a.k.a. Wilfrida) of Wilton (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unlucky Day (EU, US) [Friday the 13th] (1 of 2 for 2024)

Unlucky Day (Canada, Germany, Ireland, UK, US) [Friday the 13th]

Premieres

After Hours (Film; 1985)

Agnes of God (Film; 1985)

Almost Famous (Film; 2000)

The Amityville Horror, by Jay Anson (Novel; 1977)

Audrey the Rainmaker (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

The Awful Tooth (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Barbershop (Film; 2002)

Batman Unlimited: Mchs vs. Mutants (WB Animated Film; 2016)

Benson (TV Series; 1979)

Bones (TV Series; 2005)

By Leaps and Hounds (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Candle in the Wind, Diana Version, by Elton John (Song; 1997)

Cat Carson Rides Again (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Cat-Choo (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Cat Tamale (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Centerfold, by The Cars (Song; 1981)

Children of the World, by The Bee Gees (Album; 1976)

City Kitty (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Clerks III (Film; 2022)

Clown on the Farm (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Come Dancing (UK Musical Show; 2008)

Crime of the Century, by Supertramp (Album; 1974)

Dogfight (Film; 1991)

The Dreaming, by Kate Bush (Album; 1982)

The Drew Carey Show (TV Series; 1995)

Easy-Duz-It, by Easy-E (Album; 1988)

Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series; 1996)

The Ginger Man, by J.P. Donleavy (Novel; 1955)

The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood (Novel; 1985)

Hard Rain, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1976)

Highway Star. Written by DeepPurple (Song; 1971)

In Utero, by Nirvana (Album; 1993)

Law and Audrey (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Law & Order (TV Series; 1990)

Mishima (Film; 1985)

The Muppet Show (TV Series; 1976)

The Nitty Gritty, recorded by Shirley Ellis (Song; 1963)

One More from the Road, by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Live Album; 1976)

The Other Wind, by Ursula Le Guin (Novel; 1968) [Earthsea #5]

Pee-Wee’s Playhouse (TV Series; 1986)

The Popeye Show (King Features Syndicate/Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Series; 1978)

Ready to Die, by The Notorious B.I.G. (Album; 1994)

Scooby-Doo Where Are You (Animated TV Series; 1969)

Scout Fellow (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)

Skinny Legs and All, recorded by Joe Tex (Song; 1967)

Soap (TV Series; 1977)

Solid Gold (TV Series; 1980)

The Spectacular Now (Film; 2013)

Star-Spangled Banner lyrics written, by Francis Scott Key (Lyrics; 1814)

Supernatural (TV Series; 2005)

Take Me to Church, by Hozier (Song; 2013)

Thud!, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2005) [Discworld #34]

Truth and Soul, by Fishbone (Album; 1988)

Undone (Animated TV Series; 2019)

Yesterday, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

Yojimbo (Film; 1961)

Today’s Name Days

Tobias (Austria)

Ivan, Ljubo, Zlatko (Croatia)

Lubor (Czech Republic)

Cyprianus (Denmark)

Ervi, Ervin, Ervo (Estonia)

Orvo (Finland)

Aimé (France)

Johann, Notburga, Tobias (Germany)

Aristeides, Aristeidis, Cornelius, Kornelios (Greece)

Kornél (Hungary)

Crisostomo, Giovanni, Maurilio, Regina (Italy)

Iza, Izabella, Izanda, Izīda (Latvia)

Barmantas, Barvydė, Mangailis (Lithuania)

Stian, Stig (Norway)

Aleksander, Aureliusz, Eugenia, Filip, Lubor, Materna, Morzysław, Szeliga (Poland)

Ctibor (Slovakia)

Amado, Crisóstomo, Juan (Spain)

Ambjörn, Sture (Sweden)

Arlando, Milton, Orlando, Roland, Rolanda, Rolando, Stone, Stoney (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 257 of 2024; 109 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of Week 37 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 13 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 11 (Geng-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 10 Elul 5784

Islamic: 9 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 17 Gold; Threesday [17 of 30]

Julian: 31 August 2024

Moon: 75%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Lessing]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 86 of 94)

Week: 2nd Full Week of September

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 23 of 32)