#stephen grossman

[onedegreeofsoniccomics]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Special #4: "Louie's Pasture"

Story Credits

Story/Script: Robert Loren Fleming

Plot/Art: Milton Knight

Letters: Mary Kelleher

Colors: Barry Grossman

Editorial Team

Editor: "Dean Clarrain" (Stephen Murphy)

Managing Editor: Victor Gorelick

[the-gershomite]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles present Mighty Mutanimals #3 of 3

-July, 1991- "Ride of the Ruthless" (23-32 of 32)

script by Dean Clarrain

pencils by Ken Mitchroney

inked by Mike Kazaleh & Brian Thomas

lettered by Gary Fields

colors by Barry Grossman

extra art by Stephen R. Bissette

[mostlyghostie]

Book Recs Wanted!

I have recently noticed that I'm drawn to the sub-genre of fantasy books that involve a person, or group of people, who secretly discover a huge magical secret that they do not fully understand and will never fully understand. So yes, fantasy books, but mostly 'other world' books and whatever the opposite of books with 'a good magic system' are. I know some people are into that, but I always avoid books where the magic makes sense, I like it to be confusing and oblique and mysterious. Ditto books with a grizzled anti-hero protagonist, not interested.

Examples of this I've enjoyed include:

The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis - where Uncle Andrew has learned a few shreds of information from an elderly relative about magic. He then experiments and plots for years and finds the doorway to the wood between the worlds without having any real knowledge of what he has found or what to do with his discovery and gains no benefit from it.

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke - (spoiler), where a group of academics and hangers-on under the thrall of an outsider anthropologist find the way into a world hinted at in pre-historic texts. I love how the implications of this discovery are so huge, but those that can visit this world are incapable of fully exploring or sharing their discovery because of their competitive and sadistic natures. Even further worlds are hinted at but nobody visits them.

[Limited bits of] The Magicians by Lev Grossman - I haven't been able to re-read these books since they came out because I find many of the characters so unbearable, however, those sections where the students who fail to get into the college try to piece together magic on their own, or where the Chatwin children find their way into Fillory, or particularly where Quentin attempts to create his own world at the very end, are very compelling.

[Bits of] Fairy Tale by Stephen King - I found the fantasy world itself fairly irritating, but the way into it was great, and the discussion of how the fantasy world would likely be exploited if the knowledge was spread further was something I hadn't seen before.

Little, Big by John Crowley - I love how the existence of Faerie is taken as a matter of fact by the Drinkwater family, but there's no rhyme or reason to how it 'works'. It's unclear what exactly is going on half the time and all is enjoyably dream-like.

I also intent to give the Gormenghast books and Mordew a go soon, as they seem up my alley, and I think I've read all the Lovecraft stuff in this vein. I always liked the Lovecraftian bits of the Discworld book Moving Pictures too, which was my favourite as a kid- I like when the magical discovery gets too real and everyone just runs away, realising it's better left alone.

Does anyone else enjoy these tropes and have a book or two to recommend?

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TRIVIA OBSCURA: books to honor Hekate

Disclaimer: this post is a perpetual WIP, serving as an archive of all the books I’ve read that I feel are appropriate for honoring Hekate. This includes books about Hekatean worship but also titles on witchcraft, occultism, cultural histories, death, and so on.

Other reading masterlists:

ARCANA OBSCURA: a personal occult library

DIVINA OBSCURA: a personal Hellenic library

MODERN WORSHIP

Keeping Her Keys, Cyndi Brannen

Entering Hekate's Garden, Cyndi Brannen

Entering Hekate's Cave, Cyndi Brannen

HISTORICAL WORSHIP

Hekate Liminal Rites, Sorita d'Este

WITCHCRAFT

Blood and Bones: Working with Shadow Magick and the Dark Moon, Kate Freuler

Rebel Witch, Kelly-Ann Maddox

Weave the Liminal: Living Modern Traditional Witchcraft, Laura Tempest Zakroff

MUSINGS & MEDITATIONS

Waking Up to the Dark, Clark Strand

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power, Pam Grossman

Becoming Dangerous, Katie West

CULTURAL HISTORIES

Darkness: A Cultural History, Nina Edwards

Grimoires: A History of Magic Books, Owen Davies

On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears, Stephen T. Asma

The Witch, Ronald Hutton

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult, D.K. Publishing

DEATH & SPIRITS

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

All the Living and the Dead, Hayley Campbell

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What I read in 2023, pretty good going 👍 (apologies for long non sims post)

1. Middlemarch by George Eliot

2. Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century: Through the Prism of Value by Guglielmo Carchedi and Michael Roberts

3. The Temple House Vanishing by Rachel Donohue

4. The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction edited by Michael Emmerich, Jim Hinks & Masashi Matsuie

5. Clipped Coins, Abused Words, and Civil Government: John Locke's Philosophy of Money by George Caffentzis

6. Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze

7. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

8. Civilizing Money: Hume, his Monetary Project and the Scottish Enlightenment by George Caffentzis

9. An Untouched House by Willem Frederik Hermans

10. Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

11. Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris

12. Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard

13. Exiles from European Revolutions: Refugees in Mid-Victorian England edited by Sabina Freitag

14. The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P by Rieko Matsuura

15. A Civil War: A History of the Italian Resistance by Claudio Pavone

16. Mrs Caliban by Rachel Ingalls

17. Dracula by Bram Stoker

18. The Silent Dead by Tetsuya Honda

19. Lady Susan by Jane Austen

20. Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty-First Century by Giovanni Arrighi

21. This Should be Written in the Present Tense by Helle Helle

22. The Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Aliette de Bodard

23. The Invention of Art: A Cultural History by Larry Shiner

24. Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

25. The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould

26. Ninety-Three by Victor Hugo

27. Carol by Patricia Highsmith

28. Victorian Women Writers and the Woman Question edited by Nicola Diane Thompson

29. Some Recent Attacks: Essays Cultural & Political by James Kelman

30. Mem by Bethany C. Morrow

31. Russia Under Yeltsin and Putin by Boris Kagarlitsky

32. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

33. The History of the British Film 1918-1929 by Rachael Low

34. The Law of Accumulation and Breakdown of the Capitalist System by Henryk Grossman

35. Mayhem & Death by Helen McClory

36. White by Marie Darrieussecq

37. Dream Houses by Genevieve Valentine

38. The Vanishers' Palace by Aliette de Bodard

39. Maigret Takes a Room by Georges Simenon

40. The Lodger, That Summer by Levi Huxton

41. Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

42. Grundrisse by Karl Marx

43. A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

44. Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

[theepsteinlist]

"epstein" client lists

florida/LA:

ring leaders:

epstein and gf

r. kelly

jay-z

michael jackson

michael vick

donald trump

perps/victims: (i.e. their victims who joined the criminal conspiracy)

kelsey mayfield

megan thee stallion

beyonce knowles

targets:  pretty runaway rich girls who wanna be ~bad girls~ for a weekend and ~seduce an older man~

epstein was known locally to strippers as mr. brown

nazi blood diamond money laundering:

doc martens

chanel

wal-mart

chick-fil-a

james avery

dr pepper/snapple/green mountain/keurig

walgreens

hp

siemens

whatsapp

mcafee

doordash

uber

ubereats

hobby lobby

mcdonald's

coca-cola

american eagle

nazi pedophile blood money (m)/(b)illionaires:

robert a. eckert

sheila a. penrose

john w. rogers jr

miles d. white

richard childress

jen foyle

truett cathy

david green

meg whitman

john mcafee

alice walton

brian kelley

travis kalanick

mark zuckerberg

tony xu

texas:

new braunfels: ring leaders:

amy allen

sam allen

lori hines

donna simpson

targets: high school kids who just wanna ~have fun~ and ~have a safe environment to drink in~ because "there were adults present so it's safe"

perps:

sergio zamora

bryce parrock

chris allen

travis allen

clayton mott

curtis kostan

travis kostan

calvin hoffman

ashton henderson

hannah jeroswhatever jerosezswki

lisa pickens

rachael lee muschalek

courtney cashion

taylor davis

raelynn haggerty

adam sheldon

devin kelley

zach rhoades

ryan walker

taylor akins

samantha rich

stephanie gawlik

charlie miffleton

chris tysdal

ross johnson

reed edwards

paige beyer

landre nattinger

aubrie iverson

andrew shafer

matt durbin

spencer jergins

clint whitley

tim word

chad laborde

chez council

"victims"? (participants with a wide spectrum of consent that were nonetheless assaulted/exploited)

maggie osborne

esmerelda ??? (zapatos?)

liz perez

autumn reno

angel ??? (bustos?)

destiney sheldon

katie turpin

kiki grossman

lauren laborde

lindsay smith

stephen lupton

landre nattinger

ashton henderson

hannah jerosewzski

kkk:

ring leaders:

david duke

greg abbott

ken paxton

vance lesseig

walton family

taylor swift

david green

perps:

james reno

edwin braun

marisol padilla

chuck kirchhof

tom muschalek

dunno mr. zeitler's name

aforementioned men's wives

oakwood baptist church of new braunfels

community bible church of new braunfels

vance langley

coach schmidt

coach mclean

mrs. lindsay

ms. pradervand

mr. baker

mr. trollinger

mr. ??? (other NBHS short term criminal justice teacher in 2009)

officer broussard

shelby lesseig

rachael lee muschalek

kelsey mayfield

henry desroches

thomas neupert

michael brennan

mark hardiman

dr. hardiman

sam allen

judge and mrs. gray

targets: young teenagers that were ~special~, i.e. identified by the duke talent program

victims:

sam coronado

samantha allen

mitchell ridsdale

aaron criddle

ben turrubiates

akash motani

faizal khan

sterling demasters

zach mares

ethan poulter

jordan thiem

edward stockwell

anthony castilleja

charles tandy

jonathan dockall

emily brandon

lauren knipe

heather brown

josh burlison

the trix family

the piranha family

gavon payne

emma roddy

alison kim

sarah perrilloux

amanda and mary pike

sarah stiponavich

stephen phipps

allie alcala

jeremy priest

jackson faires

alex mott

marco martinez

brandon anderson

scott antoine

amber antoine

star hernandez

jessica atwell

rylee young

jamie hand

suzanne stricker

emily langendorff

olivia langley

taylor francis

ana castro

maria chavez

tanner brewer

katie ha

zach parrish

anthony tran

kylie blair

cullen nisson

ranger wallace

taylor mares

kathryne mares

jayme zigler

evan zigler

gracie payne

ellie payne

manuel deleon

the dione triplets

justin and taylor schwarz

araceli ayala

jamie bell

cassie barrett

jordan d'eri

rachel jones

andrew bryant

michael trombold

stephanie bryant

ashley bryant

daniel schroeder

kirsten schroeder

alexandria ingram

julianna pappalas

kindell hardin

edward yu

alexis lewis

katherine davis

ana ??? (katherine's girlfriend, texas a&m track team 2013)

ajay patel

james lamon

emily lamon

dionne diaz

mirea ayala

katelyn warner

kirby fisher

kyle fisher

tyler rougeux

kyle rougeux

josh chappell

kyle chappell

jaimee chapell

emily chappell

tyler mcdonald

marissa maddon

john maddon

tessa loge

eden bonneville

jack rhodes

andrew romero

lauren laborde

sarah laborde

stephenea sotcheff

sophia sotcheff

david mis

britton ware

will stapleton

canaan hoffman

caitie hoffman

sarah kreuger

ben jacks

ben triesch

gabe ramos

gene jacobson

aj jerosewszki

daniel phipps

daniel schumacher

eric stiebing

stephen rapp

maisha rumman

shradha thakur

vamsi vishnubhotla

michael carl

lindsay smith

lindsey kubena

samantha partida

steven partida

victoria rich

jennifer koepp

jenniffer flores

anne manzano

elizabeth villarreal

denise ortiz

kevin korpi

brad arnold

ed gonazles

david eckert

felicia curtis

trent wenzel

coach woodall

coach kilford

mrs. bock

mrs. lopez

ms. wetz

ms. caldwell

ms. biggs

mrs. thompson

oldest batey girl

oldest gorski girl

any other teenagers in central texas that have died in car crashes since 1980 or so

bharadwadj tanikella

hayley gray

colby callahan

austin milam

heath burley

california:

los angeles:

ring leader: grayson bauer

targets: young runaway artist girls

perps:

harvey weinstein

bill cosby

jack antonoff

dr. luke

jay-z

beyonce knowles

travis scott

drake

janelle monae

megan thee stallion

erykah badu

mark oliver everett

metallica

marina diamandis

breandan urie

lorde

victims: (ranging from financial abuse to outright sex trafficking)

grimes

ellie goulding

rina sawayama

billie eilish

shakira

avril lavigne

amy lee

ky voss

poppy

christine and the queens

cupcakke

K.I.D

la roux

kreayshawn

chloe chaidez

tove styrke

tove lo

bebe rexha 

ximena sarinana

angel haze

azaelia banks

ashnikko

colbie caillat

charli xcx

kim petras

kacey musgraves

mia rodriguez

melanie martinez

jazmin bean

ivy levan

iggy azaelia

alice glass

cardi b

nicki minaj

hana

tatu

boa

charlotte sometimes

meiko

lana del rey

borns

mo

sky ferreira

florence and the machine

sarah jaffe

alex winston

jessica hernandez

tegan and sara

caitlin rose

LP

ralph

alice merton

miguel

hailey williams

emily king

rett madison

king mala

leikeli47

princess nokia

post malone

k.flay

sirah

sir babygirl

caroline polachek

yaeji

moses sumney

glasser

king princess

dorian electra

lil nas x

slayyyter

phoebe bridgers

harry styles

alicia keys

lil mariko

carrie underwood

kelly clarkson

mount moriah

zz ward

miranda lambert

the chicks

beyonce

frank ocean

chance the rapper

kesha

MNDR

ariana grande

britney spears

christina aguilera

alessia cara

mac demarco

ghost

juanes

weezer

sam fender

jason isbell

mexican institute of sound

la perla

gera mx

royal blood

st. vincent

white reaper

YB

biffy clyro

the chats

off!

PUP

corey taylor

cage the elephant

vishal dadlani

divine

shor police

diet cig

flatbush zombies

dj scratch

ha*ash

jose madero

moses sumney

j balvin

chase & status

backroad gee

the neptunes

jon pardi

sebastian

portugal. the man

aaron beam

volbeat

the hu

tomi owo

phoebe bridgers

miley cyrus

watt

elton john

yo-yo ma

robert trujillo

chad smith

dave dahan

mickey guyton

dermot kennedy

mon laferte

igor levit

my morning jacket

pg roxette

darius rucker

chris stapleton

tresor

goodnight, texas

idles

imelda may

chery glazerr

izia

kamasi washington

rodrigo y gabriela

kimbra

d'angelo

worked with grayson, benefitted from him, but were not aware anything was going on or did their best to help:

st. lucia

tame impala

the hush sound

straylight run

anamanaguchi

the naked and famous

bastille

blue october

guster

old 97's

frank turner

awolnation

sea wolf

my chemical romance

atreyu

avenged sevenfold

greenday

blink-182

slipknot

blaqk audio

AFI

fall out boy

young the giant

san francisco:

ring leaders:

marc benioff

elon musk

travis kalanick

evan spiegel

steve jobs

jeff bezos

mark zuckerberg

steve chen

bill gates

michael dell

ren zhengfei

eoghan mccabe

secondary: grayson bauer using this circle for remote revenge crypto shills from 20mission and burning man preying on runaways as well

targets: queer tech-inclined teenagers

perps:

zach snow

dan granquist

jeremy whittington

taran patel

jim spagnola

seth tager

walter harley

jose garcia

connor cook

andrew zigler

chris sullivan

"anna lytical" (billy)

kelsey mayfield

caroline rhoades

henry desroches

mark hardiman

ben angel

ian coldwater

"belgium solanas" (michael troy judd)

meagan clawges

nalini prakash

lovi yu

peeyush aggarwal

victims:

matthew allen

samantha allen

janus rose

c boucher

chelsea manning

keffals

ben turrubiates

emily johnston

gavon payne

jamie delton

chris koch

amanda le

naomi wu

tux pacific

sev welker

alison kim

cara mazzi

ruby ??? (caroline's old roommate)

nick ??? (caroline's ex-boyfriend)

rachel forbes

daphne gunawan

trisha day

sidney powell

srijita mori

rebecca ??? (srijita's partner)

scott conger

erin nielsen

qinlin chen (catherine chen)

hank yang

kevin ren

aaron wong

matt hwang

chloe cauley

zane witherspoon

ana garcia

jeremy cruz

john lewis

lida wang

waylon clanton

wyatt clanton

tyler mcdonald

jasmine christiansen

new york/london/vegas && norcal/socal rivalries

ring leaders:

bernie madoff

jack antonoff

joanne rowling

evan spiegel

fox news, et al

new york times, et al

washington post, et al

the guardian, et al

noah pentecost

mark zuckerberg

jp morgan/chase bank/etrade

viacom

verizon

disney

scientologists

perps/profiteers:

lin manuel-miranda

bari weiss

sarah jeong

juliette sieve

ravi gill

will yang

jesse yang

sahil bhumi

???? (their armenian friend from stanford 2012 class)

antonis kartanapis

marko salkovic

erykah badu

oakstop coworking space

wag dogsitting app

kent from youtube & his sri lankan sugar mama

gabriella from wag

stephenie meyer

"e.l. james"

john green

hank green

susan collins

meg cabot

angela santomero

john kricfalusi

tom cruise

george r. r. martin

david benioff

targets: expressive, artistic teenagers envied by big money bankers and "feminist" writers

victims:

tori holland

janus rose

andrew bryant

daniel schroeder

max parks

amanda le

kelsey mayfield

samantha allen

josh burlison

ben turrubiates

henry desroches

nico ??? (from shippo)

sev welker

rachael kauffman

janelle monae

kim petras

scarlett ??? (my friend in the london club scene)

james sampson

james twigg

james sanchez

maria nunez

young asian women, age 18 - 22, going to raves and to vegas (i.e. "asian baby girls")

john lewis

lida wang

katie holmes

stacy london

carrie brownstein

boston

ring leaders:

richard stallman

steven pinker

mark zuckerberg

targets:

queer software engineers

perps:

priscilla chan

victims:

amanda le

samantha allen

josh burlison

jamie delton

jamie hand

katie ha

emily johnston

chris koch

cara mazzi

jasmine christiansen

mark hardiman

chicago && washington dc

ring leaders:

barack obama

rahm emanuel

beyonce knowles

joe biden

targets: pretty, light skinned, liberal teenagers interested in politics

victims:

samantha allen

emily brandon

lauren knipe

andrew zigler

andrew bryant

michael trombold

carissa nietzche

cassie barrett

jordan d'eri

haley gray

ben turrubiates

jose garcia

ana garcia

victoria benson

cj dehart

austin scarborough

stephen lupton

michael morton

michelle moon

jeff stevens

becky pickert

ashton nicole casey

carter freeman

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Thursday, September 12, 2024 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: THE TAILOR OF SIN CITY (AMC+/Sundance Now) THE OLD MAN (FX Canada) 10:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT?: AI AND THE FUTURE OF US: AN OPRAH WINFREY SPECIAL (ABC Feed)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA BAD NEWZ POPSTARS

CRAVE TV HIGH LIFE

DISNEY + STAR MUSLIM MATCHMAKER (all episodes)

NETFLIX CANADA ANGEL DI MARÌA: BREAKING DOWN THE WALL (AR) BILLIONAIRE ISLAND (NO) EMILY IN PARIS (Season 4 Part 2) INTO THE FIRE: THE LOST DAUGHTER MIDNIGHT AT THE PERA PLACE (Season 2) (TR)

MLB BASEBALL (SN) 2:00pm: A’s vs. Astros (SN) 7:00pm: Rays vs. Guardians (TSN5) 7:00pm: Red Sox vs. Yankees (SN Now) 9:30pm: Brewers vs. Giants (SN1) 9:30pm: Rangers vs. Mariners

THE SUMMIT AUSTRALIA (Discovery Channel Canada) 8:00pm: The thrilling game of survival reaches its most emotionally charged day yet, as the hikers come face to face with their loved ones on a video call before being ordered to abandon one of their own at camp and sneak out in the dead of night.

NFL FOOTBALL (TSN/TSN3/TSN4) 8:15pm: Bills vs. Dolphins

MR. THROWBACK (Global/Showcase) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): When struggling sports memorabilia dealer Danny Grossman finds himself in a bind, he reunites with his childhood best friend, NBA superstar Stephen Curry, leading to a way bigger problem for Danny.

MECUM FULL THROTTLE (Discovery Velocity) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Taking a look at some of the highlights from the Kissimmee 2024 auction.

LEGO MASTERS AUSTRALIA (Discovery Channel Canada) 9:45pm (SEASON FINALE): The last three teams standing create a build of their choosing; 200 members of the public, along with Brickman, will determine the ultimate winners of Grand Masters 2023.

HOUSE OF ALI (HGTV Canada) 10:00pm: Ali and her team work hard to create a custom and chic home for their new client, but when some bumpy drywall in the movie theater causes major delays and threatens the homeowner move-in timeline, Ali makes a last-minute call to save her vision.

DEADMAN'S CURSE (History Channel Canada) 10:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): It's up to Adam to push forward and guide the team through the uncharted terrain of Corbold Canyon.

MAMA JUNE: FROM NOT TO HOT (Slice) 10:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): June goes missing after her arrest; a surprising homicide triggers a dangerous manhunt to rescue her; Pumpkin battles to keep the family together while Jennifer is coming to tear them apart.

CANADIAN REFLECTIONS (CBC) 11:30pm: Concealed / Bad Omen

[harrithorne]

(07/08/2024)

KVB222 - Spatial Art: Object and Site (Week 3)

For this week's task using Photoshop I created a series of standing concrete plane-like pillars which lined a country side path. The concept was inspired by creating contrasts between both light and environmental aesthetic. The planes introducing a very brutal urban tone, sharply shooting from the ground and laying an intense row of shadows across the ground. The concept was developed from an initial contextual approach of the environment which considered the stone mountains in the background and the green rolling hills which reminded me of Stonehenge. This was altered when i noticed the graffiti on the stone images bringing me to the idea of brutal urban architecture contrasting with soft country landscapes.

I would like to consider further on how this could be realised in a more sustainable manner however, while maintaining the contrasting aesthetics.

Inspiring Artist(s):

Stephen Grossman is an American visual artist specializing in sculpture, painting, and drawing. He produces abstract works which relate to the human body. His sculptures are made of sustainable materials such as cardboard, plaster, wood or beeswax. I'm particularly inspired by his works such as "Refuge" 2022 and "Shelter" 2022 which are clearly a product of his training as an architect.

Ian Lazarus is a visual artist specialising in sculptures and installations. Much of his work is inspired by natural processes and the environment, specifically seismic shifts.

His collection "Moments" and my digital design are extremely similar, exhibiting a series of vertical stone pillars emerging from the landscape. Lazarus' work can be seen on a collection of platforms which hold a desert-like landscape and the pillars casting stark shadows across the surface. "Moments" is perceived in many ways but can be interpreted as a representation of deterioration, growth and rebirth.

Reference(s):

Grossman, S. Stephen Grossman. https://www.sgrossman.net/sculpture

Lazarus, I. Ian Lazarus Sculpture and Installations: From temporal topography to seismic shifts. WordPress. https://ianlazarus.com/installations/moments-2/

[onedegreeofsoniccomics]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Meet the Conservation Corps: "Espirit De Corps"

Cover Credits

Art: Scott Shaw!

Story Credits

Writers: Paul Castiglia & Dan Nakrosis

Pencils: Dan Nakrosis with Chris Allan (TMNT characters)

Inks: Jon D'Agostino

Letters: Dan Nakrosis

Colors: Barry Grossman

Editorial Team

Editors: Paul Castiglia & "Dean Clarrain" (Stephen Murphy)

Managing Editor: Victor Gorelick

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 7.22

Beer Birthdays

George Crum (1832)

Steve Grossman (1952)

Eddie Blyden

Angela Little; St. Pauli Girl 2000 (1972)

Travis Smith (1979)

Five Favorite Birthdays

S.E. Hinton; writer (1948)

Edward Hopper; artist (1882)

Rhys Ifans; Welsh actor (1968)

Tom Robbins; writer (1936)

William A. Spooner; religious lader, dyslexic (1844)

Famous Birthdays

Orson Bean; comedian, actor (1928)

Stephen Vincent Benet; poet (1898)

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel; German astronomer (1784)

Albert Brooks; actor, writer (1947)

Alexander Calder; artist, sculptor (1898)

George Clinton; funk singer (1940)

Rick Davies; rock keyboardist (1944)

Willem Defoe; actor (1955)

Oscar de la Renta; fashion designer (1932)

Al Di Meola; jazz guitarist (1954)

Bob Dole; politician (1923)

Colin Ferguson; actor (1972)

Louise Fletcher; actor (1934)

Giovanni Gabrieli; classical composer (1554)

Danny Glover; actor (1946)

Don Henley; pop singer, drummer (1947)

Emma Lazarus; poet, writer (1849)

John Leguizamo; comedian, actor (1964)

Karl Menninger; psychiatrist (1893)

Emily Saliers; pop singer (1963)

Paul Schrader; film director, writer (1946)

Bobby Sherman; pop singer, actor, politician (1945)

David Spade; comedian, actor (1964)

Terence Stamp; actor (1938)

Niky Sweet; adult actress (1987)

Alex Trebek; television game show host (1940)

Amy Vanderbilt; etiquette writer (1908)

Selman Waksman; biochemist, microbiologist (1888)

[eratropposopportare]

letti in un anno #9

PASSATO: [febbraio 2023 - luglio 2024]

*La voz del amo - Stanislaw Lem *Fiasco - Stanislaw Lem *Provocación - Stanislaw Lem *Edén - Stanislaw Lem *En busca del tiempo perdido : La fugitiva - Marcel Proust *Quienes se marchan de Omelas - Ursula K. Le Guin (racc.) *La ciudad y la ciudad - China Miéville Un talento para la guerra - Jack McDevitt (The Expanse 1) El despertar del leviatán - James S. A. Corey Luna 2 : Luna de lobos - Ian McDonald Marte azul - Kim Stanley Robinson Il tempo si deve fermare - Aldous Huxley Aniquilación - Michel Houellebecq All I am - Sam Bettens Tierra - Eloy Moreno Dysphoria mundi : El sonido del mundo derrumbándose - Paul B. Preciado Born a crime and other stories - Trevor Noah El libro de los Baltimore - Joël Dicker Forastero en el matrimonio y otros cuentos - Emir Kusturica (racc.) Nací - Georges Perec *En busca del tiempo perdido : El tiempo recobrado - Marcel Proust Años de perro - Günter Grass La vida entera - David Grossman Luna 3 : Luna ascendente - Ian McDonald Sapiens : De animales a dioses - Yuval Noah Harari Libertad - Jonathan Franzen *La glándula de Ícaro : El libro de las metamorfosis - Anna Starobinets *Las estrellas son legión - Kameron Hurley [INCREDIBILE!!!] (The Expanse 2) La guerra del Calibán - James S. A. Corey Proyecto Hail Mary - Andy Weir Diario de un escándalo - Zoë Heller Trilogía de Copenhague - Tove Ditlevsen Vagabundos - Hao Jingfang [pessimo.] *Nunca me abandones - Kazuo Ishiguro [assai sopravvalutato] Embassytown : La ciudad embajada - China Miéville *La tierra larga - Terry Pratchett e Stephen Baxter La investigación - Stanislaw Lem (The Expanse 3) La puerta de Abadón - James S. A. Corey *Mugre rosa - Fernanda Trías Cuna - Arthur C. Clarke y Gentry Lee El país de las nubes purpúreas - Arkady e Boris Strugadsky (The Expanse 4) La quema de Cíbola - James S. A. Corey La estación de la calle Perdido - China Miéville *Lo que hay - Sara Torres

PRESENTE: Noches de cocaína - J. G. Ballard FUTURO: Qualsiasi cosa di China Miéville, che ha una immaginazione fantastica! Finire la serie The Expanse...

*con l'asterisco gli ebook

[thelastpresidentprincejosephius]

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The Mormon hoMO was given

Cain and Able.......

[morphic-mythos]

ARCANA OBSCURA: a personal occult library

Disclaimer: this post is a perpetual WIP, serving as an archive of all the books I've read on topics of non-Hellenic paganism, witchcraft, occultism, etc. I read widely because I enjoy expanding my perspective.

This is by no means a list of recommendations (in fact, there are some titles on this list I wouldn't recommend), but feel free to treat it that way if you're looking for suggestions!

Other reading masterlists:

DIVINA OBSCURA: a personal Hellenic library

TRIVIA OBSCURA: books to honor Hekate

CULTURAL HISTORIES

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult, D.K. Publishing

On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears, Stephen T. Asma

Grimoires: A History of Magic Books, Owen Davies

Darkness: A Cultural History, Nina Edwards

The Spectral Arctic: A History of Ghosts and Dreams in Polar Exploration, Shane McCorristine

The Witch, Ronald Hutton

The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World, Malcom Gaskill

WITCHCRAFT

Psychic Witch, Mat Auryn

Urban Magick, Diana Rajchel

Of Blood and Bones: Working with Shadow Magick and the Dark Moon, Kate Freuler

Year of the Witch: Connecting with Nature's Seasons through Intuitive Magick, Temperance Alden

Rebel Witch, Kelly-Ann Maddox

Weave the Liminal: Living Modern Traditional Witchcraft, Laura Tempest Zakroff

MUSINGS & MEDITATIONS

Becoming Dangerous, Katie West

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power, Pam Grossman

Waking Up to the Dark, Clark Strand

Meditations, Marcus Aurelius

DREAMS & SYMBOLISM

The Forgotten Language, Erich Fromm

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"The strategies developed by the Waitresses Action Committee [WAC] were shaped by their astute analysis of the structural limitations on reaching a scattered and transient workforce that included many women who worked part time. A substantial group of “older” women, in their 30s and 40s, also had family responsibilities. The labour law regime, based on union locals representing a workplace or a group within a workplace, was not conducive to organizing; however, the WAC eschewed worksite organization for an occupational mobilization outside of the existing union structures. One problem, the WAC conceded in a letter to a Kingston waitress, was that waitressing was often a “filler” job for women between other jobs or in hard times, so “once a waitress, you are not always a waitress.” Even if women continued to do the job, they might move from one locale to another. Recognizing “how dangerous and difficult” it was to organize at the workplace, as well as women’s reluctance or inability to attend meetings that clashed with child care, the WAC developed alternative tactics: petitions, publicity, lobbying, and alliances with politicians, feminists, and a very wide array of social movements. “We never intended to make a big membership drive,” [Ellen] Agger wrote to a waitress in Waterloo near the end of the campaign; the WAC’s tactics reflected “who we are in ways that would reflect our own lack of time.” The small Wages For Housework (WFH) and WAC instigating group tried to locate grassroots waitress supporters and raise public awareness, as well as secure endorsements from organizations to emphasize the breadth and interconnections of this workplace issue. They did not focus only on obvious allies; they approached Lynne Gordon, head of the ACSW, and Laura Sabia, a Tory, as well as more progressive groups. By 1977, the WAC’s list of supporters protesting the differential included legal reform groups and immigrant, feminist, lesbian, antipoverty, educational, social service, and labour organizations; they accrued 33 official endorsements. Given the WAC’s small numbers, this outreach was nothing short of astounding.

Most responses to the WAC indicated a shared concern about the ongoing economic fallout of cuts, inflation, and declining wages in women’s lives. The combined class and feminist message of the WAC appealed; a local antipoverty group offered its immediate support, promising to write to the government and noting that the issue spoke to “sole support moms,” likely because some women with dependents moved in and out of waitressing to try to make ends meet.

The class message was less appealing to some groups, including the politically cautious Ontario ACSW; it took a long time to create a lukewarm resolution of support. If an organization refused to endorse, as did CHAT (Community Homophile Association of Toronto), Agger followed up with further persuasion. If she encountered politicians gladhanding in public spaces, as she did with both NDP leader Stephen Lewis and Conservative Larry Grossman at the Bathurst Street United Church festival in the summer of 1977, she queried them on their views on the differential and waitresses’ wages.

The WAC worked the phones to raise public awareness, but it also circulated its brief, originally written for the provincial Department of Labour and Department of Industry and Tourism early in 1977. Any inquiry the committee got, out went the brief and the petition, titled “Money for Waitresses Is Money for All Women.” The brief was a tightly organized, well-argued, and convincing document that earned the WAC respect. A seven-page analysis, it covered a history of the tip differential, including the strong business lobby behind it, and the biased nature of that lobby’s selective comparative statistics drawn from other regions and the United States. It also exposed a secretive provincial government unwilling to publicly acknowledge what it was planning vis-à-vis the minimum wage.

The brief held that the tipping system should not be considered a wage but rather a payment for service that might or might not be paid, and it noted that tips subsidized employers, not workers, since they allowed owners to pay low wages – something Ministry of Labour researchers privately said too. Those hurt most by a growing differential, it showed, were those at the bottom of the workplace hierarchy in hospitality – women, sole support mothers, immigrants. Most waitresses made close to (if not only) the minimum wage; a statistical appendix showed the wage gap between male and female workers in general and food servers in particular. Women and men were rewarded differently for their work, in part because of the gendered hierarchy of service labour, with men working in more prestigious locales, but wage differences were still striking. Although women made up the majority of the workforce, they earned at least a third less than men in the same job. Waitresses who had to support dependents, the WAC brief showed, were poised close to or below the poverty line.

Agger quoted waitresses interviewed in the press who pointed out that their wages were supporting families and that, even with tips, the money they earned “barely kept the wolves from the door.” The brief asked why waitressing was deemed a (low) minimum-wage job, and here, the views of WFH were clear: serving was considered women’s work that required no training, as it was an extension of their work in the home. Many women, moreover, took up waitressing as their only alternative to “wagelessness in the home.” Just as women in the home provide “cheap labour,” so did women and immigrants in serving jobs, with the latter always “with the gun of poverty to their heads."

- Joan Sangster, “Waitresses in Action: Feminist Labour Protest in 1970s Ontario,” Labour/Le Travail 92 (Fall 2023), p. 29-31.

[nerdygirlwithanxiety]

WARNING BEFORE CONTINUE READING; THIS POST WILL MENTION DRUG ABUSE, ALCHOLIC ABUSE, AND MENTIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE, NEGLECTION!!!! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK ( and I'm aware that the writing is all over the place in this one. I had to copy paste from my Instagram which has the censored version).

Name; Anthony "Thorns" Kurosaki

Age; 15-17 (origins), 18-early 20s (v1-3)

Aura; Ash Black

Semblance; voodoo/dark Magic

Story inspiration; Pet Sematary by Stephen King

Headcannon voice; Adam Lambert

Theme song; Devil Trigger

Height; 5"1-5"3 (both origins-cureent), 6"00 (future arc)

Team; DAWM (currently disbanded)

Partner; William Grossman *currently missing- presumed dead*

Sexuality; gae

Love intrest; William Grossman (soul mate), Mercury Black (formally)

Family; Zackary (adopted brother), Ironwood (adopted father), Cole Kurosaki (adopted father), Unnamed biological siblings, Unnamed biological parents

Weapon; MoonSoul (a scythe that turns into a scissor blade and a Thompson gun most of the time)

DOB; 02.12

Personality; Anthony is the main protagonist of the story with only one main goal...it's to find will. After finding out his dearest friend survived the bullet wound all those years ago he made a vow to himself he'll find him only to discover terrible clues along the way. Each step he takes more questions rise in his head. Anthony is also the glue that sticks DAWM together. Mercury knew Anthony the longest since they knew eachother since preschool, Will knew Anthony in fourth grade (and immediately falls in love with him) while finally Duncan met Anthony in seventh grade. More things about his personality; despite acting severely dumb he's actually extremely smart and a severely wise person helping those in need at least until a drop of blood falls then he goes total berserk. Just like Oscar with ozpin; Anthony also has a soul living in his body only difference is not only is their symbiotic relationship is severely toxic but this soul manage to posses MoonSoul and very rarely possess Anthony.This is the cunning Marcus Black haunting him. Lucky for him marcus isn't like his usual derange self thanks to the pet sematary curse. Marcus is allude to creed family (AND the w*ndigo) while Anthony alludes to Victor and the w*ndigo.

Now the abuse part I wanted to get this part over with;

Before Victor possessed Anthony and before he found a grimoir to help summon things; Marcus always took the pleasure in Sexually assaulting Anthony every chance he gets from middle school to their demise Anthony eventually cane out and told his adopted father Ironwood aboutthis only to be cast aside and get reminded he's not the favorite, Zack is. However on the days he's not getting abused he stuck by will causing chaos and havoc with his crush keeping eachother safe and happy while pranking everyone's. Until the day Ironwood kicked Anthony out forcing him to become homeless which lead to heap of panic and began prostituting himself to get money. This lead to a endless spiral for him leading him to a addiction of drug and alcohol path hoping to escape such a terrible hell only to eventually get caught by will while looking as sick as ever. He eventually becomes roommates with the blond at the beginning of their junior year in high school where they became more inseparable then ever before. However one night Anthony pushed will into a closet so marcus wouldn't abuse the blond when he found them both in a bedroom cuddling together. This was when will learn what Anthony's true secret night job is. This was the night he learned Anthony's desperation. This was the night everything changed.

[sparecrew]

The 2024 Book List

Fighting for Your Marriage (Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley & Susan L. Blumberg)

Soldier's Heart (Gary Paulsen)

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (James Agee & Walker Evans) - 1K List: 1/year, 139/total

A Matter of Principle (Susan Beth Pfeffer)

5 Miraculous Muslims Touched by God (Author Unknown - Presumably Some Christian Organization)

The Woman in Me (Britney Spears)

Cold-Case Christianity (J. Warner Wallace)

Romney: A Reckoning (McKay Coppins) *

Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen) ; 1K List: 2/year, 140/total

[Audiobook] The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead); 1K List: 3/year, 142 total

Opportunity Knocks (Tim Scott)

Why Marriages Succeed or Fail (John Gottman)

How to Know a Person (David Brooks) *

Killing Floor (Lee Child)

They Called Us "Lucky" (Ruben Gallego) *

Acquitted (Kyle Rittenhouse)

Profiles in Courage (John F. Kennedy)

The Case Against the Sexual Revolution (Louise Perry) *

The Things We Cannot Say (Kelly Rimmer) *

Who Killed These Girls? (Beverly Lowry)

Endgame (Omid Scobie)

[Textbook] AHA Heartsaver - First Aid (2021 Student Edition/Workbook)

[Textbook] AHA Heartsaver - First Aid, CPR, AED (2021 Student Edition/Workbook)

[Textbook] AHA BLS Instructor Manual

House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)

Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) ; 1K List: 4/year, 143 total

Social Justice Fallacies (Thomas Sowell)

The Canceling of the American Mind (Greg Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott) *

Lost in Trans Nation (Miriam Grossman, MD)

Bad Therapy (Abigail Shrier) *

Hitler's Pawn (Stephen Koch) *

Rule Number Two (Dr. Heidi Squier Kraft) *

The Exchange (John Grisham)

[Audiobook] Zero Days (Ruth Ware)

Jesus Calling (Sarah Young)

Partners in Power (Roger Morris)

The Iliad (Homer - translated by Emily Wilson) - 1K List: 5/year, 144 total

[Audiobook] The It Girl (Ruth Ware)

In the Country of Men (Hisham Matar)

Get It Together (Jesse Watters)

Say More (Jen Psaki)

The Bible in 52 Weeks (Kimberly D. Moore)

White Rural Rage (Tom Schaller & Paul Waldman)

Prequel (Rachel Maddow)

Mansfield Park (Jane Austen) - 1K List: 6/year, 145 total

Morning After the Revolution (Nellie Bowles)

[Textbook] How to Write Anything - Third Edition (John J. Ruszkiewicz & Jay T. Dolmage)

I Swear (Katie Porter)

[Textbook] Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured - Twelfth Edition (Andrew Pollack, series editor)

What the Dead Know (Barbara Butcher)

Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)

The Situation Room (George Stephanopoulos)

King (Jonathan Eig) *

The Making of a King (Robert Hardman)

Troubled (Rob Henderson) *

If You Didn't Write It Down, It Never Happened! (Paul Serino)

Emma (Jane Austen) - 1K List: 7/year, 146 total

Elon Musk (Walter Isaacson)

The Fred Factor (Mark Sanborn)

A Coffin For Dimitrios (Eric Ambler) - 1K List: 8/year, 147 total

Privacy Is Power (Carissa Veliz)

[Textbook] Foundations of Education - Third Edition (NAEMSE)

Effective Difficult Conversations (Catherine Soehner & Ann Darling)

Foundation (Isaac Asimov) - 1K List: 9/year, 148 total

[Audiobook] Foundation and Empire (Isaac Asimov) - 1K List: 10/year, 149 total

Book Club Reboot (Sarah Ostman & Stephanie Saba)

Emotional Intelligence 2.0 (Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves)

Kissing Girls On Shabbat (Sara Glass)

Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis) - 11/y, 150/t

The Power of TED (David Emerald)

Fight Like A Girl (Kate Germano)