#stephen mcgee

[warhead]

[djkerr]

What's everybody standing around for?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

My birthday's in November.

LOVE the attention to detail from the NCIS writers, paying homage to the red Swingline stapler in Office Space.

[cutesycadaver]

The most effort I've dedicated to an edit

[joshuasumter]

The Marvel/Disney Crossover Mashup series

What happens when your favorite epic Marvel superheroes (and villains) collide...with your beloved Disney favorites? What If the Marvel Universe joined forces with the heroes of Disney Television Animation!?

Introducing the team-ups you never thought you'd see -- The Marvel/Disney Crossover Mashup series, where Marvel's iconic superheroes (and villains) meet the beloved characters of Disney Television Animation in some of the most mashup retellings of your favorite Disney TVA shows.

VOLUME 1: Young Avengers Series In these mashup retellings of the Marvel/Disney Crossover Mashup's Young Avengers series, the all-new, all different interpretations of your fan-favorite Marvel characters -- Dr. Stephen Strange, T'Challa/Black Panther; Loki, the God of Mischief; Tony Stark/Iron Man, Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel, Howard the Duck, and America Chavez -- collide with the current worlds of your favorite Disney TVA shows from the 2010s and 2020s -- The Owl House (2020-2023), Amphibia (2019-2022), The Ghost and Molly McGee (2021-present), Big Hero 6: The Series (2017-2021), Gravity Falls (2012-2016), DuckTales (2017-2021), and Star vs. The Forces of Evil (2015-2019) ...all leading up to the big fusion finale, where their different universes and worlds collide, and heroes will unite -- Coming Soon!

The Owl Sanctum -- (Doctor Strange (2016) X The Owl House)

The Black Panther of Amphibia -- (Black Panther (2018) X Amphibia)

The Ghost, the Trickster, and Molly McGee -- (Loki/Avengers Endgame (2019) X The Ghost and Molly McGee)

Iron Hero 7 -- (Iron Man X Big Hero 6)

Marvel Falls -- (Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel X Gravity Falls)

Howard's DuckTales -- (Howard the Duck X Ducktales (2017))

America and Star vs the Forces of Evil -- (America Chavez (2017) X Star vs. the Forces of Evil)

VOLUME 2: Defenders Series The Marvel/Disney Crossover Mashup awesomeness continues in the Defenders series, where the all-new, all different interpretations of your favorite Marvel characters -- Guardians of the Galaxy, She-Hulk, Shang-Chi, Miles Morales/Spider-Man and Moon Girl -- have made their way to five, totally unexpected worlds and universes of your favorite Disney Channel shows from the 2000s - Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003-2006), Kim Possible (2002-2007), American Dragon: Jake Long (2005-2007), The Proud Family (2001-2005), and Recess (1997-2001)

Ohana of the Galaxy -- (Guardians of the Galaxy X Lilo & Stitch)

The Impossible She-Hulk -- (She-Hulk X Kim Possible)

Shang-Chi and the American Dragon -- (Shang-Chi X American Dragon: Jake Long)

The Proud Spider-Man -- (Miles Morales/Spider-Man X The Proud Family)

Moon Girl X Recess

[ideaconcepting]

A fun art cast, for the most hard-working Fanfic author I ever known, and hopefully still going strong and inspire

and also for the theme to mostly ease the tension, you just to break it down and have a great day

[grownups-are-the-real-monsters]

Ok so....

Mark Petrie, Jordan (Cell), Jake Chambers and Jack Sawyer are a friend group.

Jake's boyfriend is Benny Slightman, Jack's boyfriend is Richard Sloat.

Benny and Richard are in a friend group with Abra Stone & Charlie McGee, who are girlfriends.

(Jordan & Mark end up together later lol)

[seileach67]

"Does This Taste Funny?" - Stephen & Evie's Cookbook Arrives On September 17th

#at no point do I lie to the American people in this book     #because when we get to the collard greens #I say  #this recipe is included at Evie’s insistence; I am not a fan 

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Dollar Bin #27:

Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson

When I was eight years old my parents took me to see my first naked lady. Let me tell you all about it.

I grew up in LA but had no real relationship to Hollywood; yes, we'd take periodic trips to Universal Studios to ride through the one foot high Red Sea, see the Psycho house and climb on props from The Incredible Shrinking Woman, but Ricky Schroder didn't live on my block and my dad was a house painter.

My only connection to Hollywood and fame was my mom's famous cousin Kris, who we'd see once every other year or so. Kristofferson has never known me from Adam but, like me, he loved my mother and deeply loved my grandmother. He was also incredibly handsome, kind, deeply masculine and, by that point, stone cold sober. So of course he was my idol.

And so when Songwriter, Kris's totally forgettable buddy flick with Willie Nelson, came out in 84, I begged my parents to take me to see it. The movie was about writing, I argued, and I was going to be a writer when I grew up. I was eight years old and I was already full of crap; the movie is almost as dumb as I was:

Bizarrely, my parents agreed to take me, and next thing you know my mother was literally covering my eyes with her hands as Cousin Kris cavorted with a naked lady who clearly wasn't his wife and who had the world's biggest knockers. Happily, my mother's fingers are skinny, so I got an eyeful. The movie taught me absolutely nothing about writing, but I did start to wonder about naked ladies. They seemed pretty cool.

Still, I wondered just how Kris's lovely wife felt about him making such a movie. Every time I was around them, she was literally covered in their babies - there were way too many of them for me to begin identifying individual ages or names, especially as they all looked the same. Did she know, I worried, about the lady with the giant boobies? Would there marriage survive?

Well, it's 40 years later and I'm proud to report that they are still very happily married. Maybe she never bothered to watch Songwriter...

Thankfully Nelson and Kristofferson's relationship was not born on the movie lot, and based on the image on the back of Willie's 79 album Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson and their time together in the Highwaymen, I sense that the relationship is a special one for both men.

In preparation for my discussion of the record, here's a warm-up, one-question, multiple choice, pop quiz on Nelson:

Question: How many studio albums has Nelson put out in his 61 year career?

54

38

565

100

Before you google the answer, let me provide a little perspective. Nelson and Bob Dylan both made their album debuts in 62; 6 years later Neil Young put out his first solo record. To date, Neil has 45 studio albums, or so, to his name, depending on how you count. Dylan, 40.

(Stephen Stills, as we all know, Sucks: in a career that's as long as Young's he's produced somewhere under 30 records or so, and that total generously includes all the C, S & N albums.)

Choice #1 in the above quiz makes sense. It would make Nelson slightly more productive than Neil and far more productive than Bob, and I can get my mind around that: Bob's production has slowed down considerably in the last 30 years, and Young's alternated between rushing things out half-baked (for example, everything he ever made with members of Willie's family in the Promise of the Real) or refusing to issue finished and impossibly great records for decades for no discernible reason (Homegrown, Chrome Dreams - you know, two of the best records of all time).

Choice #2, wherein Nelson spent less time in the studio than either Bob or Neil, could work too: Nelson is 4 years older than Dylan (Willie's 90!) and he didn't put out any records until his late 20's; plus he's always high, right? So maybe he's less prolific?

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Choice #4 is nearly as wacko, right? How could Willie possibly have produced 1.64 albums a year, smoked all that supposed pot, evaded all those supposed taxes and made a terrible movie with Cousin Kris along the way? Can't be done, right?

Wrong. The correct answer is #4. Nelson has made an even 100 studio albums in his career. In 1982 alone he put out 4 records, 3 of which were issued in consecutive months. Holy Smoke, Willie!

Now I want to come right on out and say that I own, and have only heard, a fraction of those albums. I count 9 on my shelf at the moment and I'm no real authority on Willie. What's more, I've never been to Farm Aid, nor have I ever seen an Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground. I've never even smoked any of Nelson's herb and I'd decline it if offered. So, if you want to put me in a full Nelson in the comments and critique all the follows, be my guest.

But in the meantime I'm gonna act like I know a lot about Wet Willie and his impossible album total and argue that the sheer enormity of his output explains a few things about him generally and Sings Kristofferson in particular.

The album in question is alternatively workman-like, tossed off, intricate and sublime. I'm guessing he recorded it in a weekend of single takes after spending ten years singing the songs for his own pleasure. Let's dive into this Dollar Bin must-have.

To begin with, the hits are all here. Make a list of Kristofferson songs you know and they are probably all on the record.

Bobby McGee is given a country blues work up with an extended jam at the back end. Nelson rides the riff in baritone. The truth is that I've never heard a single version of this wonderful song that I really love other than Kris's own take: only he really understands how damn sad the story is. Roger Miller sings it like he's the gringo at the fiesta; Gordon Lightfoot gets the job done then moves on to songs of his own that mean much more to him; Janis Joplin rewrites it almost entirely, and while the result is classic, I have to remind myself that hers is the same song.

Much the same can be said for the album's Sunday Morning Coming Down. Nelson is thoughtful, takes the song to church and then the dance hall, and fills both spaces with stately grace.

I like playing Nelson's version of the song while putting together a nice weekend brunch for my family. There's plenty fresh hot coffee on hand for my wife and the egg sandwiches have avocado, swiss and homemade hollandaise. I pick out nice plates.

But the song is about beer for breakfast. And only Kristofferson really conveys just how much misery it contains:

And so I think that the real magic of Nelson's record lies in the songs Kristofferson got wrong on his own. Take You Show Me Yours (And I'll Show You Mine). Kris was pretty lost on alcohol when he blasted through his own version: there's a 4,000 member choir on hand along with a trashcan percussion section and too slick of a pianoman. All poor Kris can do is warble along.

But Willie uses the song to show off his pipes. And, oh, aren't they glorious!

And the album closes with something pretty extraordinary I think. Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends is a song Kris passed on to others in the late 60's. He didn't attempt a version of his own until the 3rd album he made with Rita Coollidge and that record is straight up boring. Their marriage was already over; the story had already ended.

But Nelson's version is startlingly perfect. Just sit with me a moment. Enjoy it, till it's over. And lean in for the second line of the second verse. I find the note Willie hits for "softer" to be one of the most surprising and sublime moments in my entire Dollar Bin.

I kind of imagine Nelson will live to 100 and put out another 25 records. But Cousin Kris will surely pass away in the coming days, months or years. So too will Bob and Neil. I honestly hate to think about it. Just like me, they are all flawed men, yes, but I believe they are important artists and their contributions have been, and will continue to be, deeply positive.

When the day comes and I hear of Kris's passing, I'll surely put on this record and think with appreciation of the really nice moments I was lucky to spend in his company as a kid. I'll think of his wonderful songwriting, and I'll think of the loving pride with which he stood beside my grandmother. I'll probably remember too how he granted me my first look at boobies.

And when Willie Nelson begins to sing in Please Don't Tell Me How... and describes so perfectly a last night spent together, I'll sit still and close my eyes, saying a little prayer in my own way.

That's how I want the story to end.

[dovebuffy92]

Top Ten Stephen King Characters

1. Holly Gibney

2. Kermit William "Bill" Hodges

3. Beverly "Bev" Marsh

4. William "Bill" Denbrough

5. Jack Torrance

6. Danny Torrance

7. Abra Stone

8. Carrie White

9. Luke Ellis

10. Charlie McGee

[cornerofhell]

I want John Coffey, Danny Torrance, Dick Hallorann, Carrie White, Sarah Stanton-Baxter and Charlie McGee to all meet because gods damnit they all need therapy.

[lavoixhumaine]

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert just made the perfect Valentine’s Day card for Athena Grant

also watch the video because Stephen Colbert’s wife, Miss Evie McGee, makes an appearance and she is just too lovely.

[warhead]

[camyfilms]

MONEYBALL 2011

I know these guys. I know the way they think, and they will erase us. And everything we've done here, none of it'll matter. Any other team wins the World Series, good for them. They're drinking champagne, they get a ring. But if we win, on our budget, with this team... we'll have changed the game. And that's what I want. I want it to mean something.

[kordell-fein]

Firestarter ( for Stephen King challenge )