#tom tripp

[piledriveu]

The translated description says it best........

"Although there is a big difference in weight and height, Tripp wants to show off in his first match in Europe for Hunkswrestling. He pure testosterone USA against Spanish testosterone . Two arrogant men who want to teach a lesson in wrestling and domination to the other, but only one can be the final winner."

Tripp Evans is smaller, Tom Bravo is bigger. But what gets my attention is both men starting to wrestle in socks....... bigger Bravo in sexy white, smaller Evans in black.

The trash talk and flex off......

Both men look great dominating and suffering....... bigger Bravo choking out smaller Evans, socks on full display.....then smaller Evans locking up bigger Bravo in a head scissors, Bravo's big bod and tripped pits, red speedo on full display for us, Evan's sexy black socks on display

Later a barefoot pin by smaller Evans onto bigger Bravo, Evans' pits in Bravo's bearded face.....

The sexy barefoot pin and flex.......

[graphicpolicy]

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[mariacallous]

Tom O’Donnell had never really been that interested in how elections worked until former president Donald Trump lost in 2020. Then, everything changed.

Like hundreds of thousands of people across the US, O’Donnell joined so-called election integrity groups that posted baseless conspiracies about the 2020 election. His group was called Idaho First Audit, and members flooded election offices across the state with requests for voting data. They weren’t alone: Other organizations like right-wing activist group True the Vote inundated election offices across the country as part of a broader effort they believed would uncover systemic fraud within the election process.

Election workers in Ada County, Idaho, home to the state capital of Boise, were pretty amenable to questions about the election process from O’Donnell’s group. O’Donnell even organized a tour of the Ada County election offices “to learn more about the process of voting,” and struck up a relationship with Trent Tripple, then the deputy county clerk.

But Tripple, who became county clerk last year, was one of the officials struggling to cope with the barrage of records requests and threats that the majority of election offices were receiving at the time. After the records requests overwhelmed the election office’s employees, Tripple and Ada County’s director of election, Saul Seyler, decided they needed to change things up.

So after years of work, they’ve now given election deniers exactly what they’ve been asking for: Last week, Tripple and Seyler launched Ballot Verifier, a first-of-its-kind tool that gives anyone with an internet connection direct access to every single ballot that has been cast in all Ada County elections since 2022, meaning that those in the election denial movement can no longer say that they don’t have access to the information they want.

“We just decided there’s got to be a way that we can push back against this a little bit but also achieve that perfect marriage between technology and government records so that citizens, candidates, parties, everybody has access to all the information that we have,” says Tripple.

The tool provides sleek graphics of all election races, and allows users to filter by type of ballot and even drill right down to precinct level to see an image of every single one of the ballots counted. Crucially, the ballot images are presented alongside what is known as the cast vote record, which is the record of how the ballot tallying machine counted the vote on election day. By showing these side-by-side, anyone can instantly see whether there are any discrepancies.

“I can’t even dream up how we can be more transparent than this,” says Tripple. “There isn’t anything else that we have that the public cannot see.”

Ballot images and cast vote records, both details about elections barely ever mentioned prior to 2020, have become a focus for election conspiracists trying to prove widespread voter fraud conspiracies.

In some cases, election conspiracists have even built programs to look at ballot images. Well-funded groups like True the Vote have built online tools based on voter rolls, previously reported on by WIRED, which they are urging their tens of thousands of supporters to use and then erroneously claim voters should be struck off the voter rolls.

“It's very different if [an online tool] is coming from an independent group, like True the Vote, that obviously has certain political leanings, and information that they're providing is through a lens,” says Seyler, as opposed to “something like [Ballot Verifier], which is available to everybody and truly transparent.” The data, the team says, is also private. “There is nothing that is printed on this ballot other than the individual markings, [nothing] that would tie it to a particular voter,” says Tripple. “The ballot is completely private.”

Still, some election experts have voiced concerns about the potential for systems like Ballot Verifier to pose privacy risks for voters, particularly in small precincts or in cases where voters leave notes on the ballots that could identify them.

“Despite the clear benefits to transparency of releasing cast vote records and ballot images, making these records public comes with trade-offs,” researchers from the Bipartisan Policy Center wrote in August. “Voters’ privacy might be compromised, and vote buying becomes feasible when ballot secrecy is violated—an extreme, if less likely, potential ramification of making ballot images public.”

There have also been some prior efforts to give voters access to ballot images, such as in Pueblo County in Colorado in 2021, but these efforts were not as comprehensive or technically proficient as Ballot Verifier.

At the same time that Tripple and Seyler were trying to think about a better solution, Idaho had been using a tool called ElectionStats to give voters access to statistics around election results. That tool was created by Civera Software, a civic technology company that ended up working alongside Ada County election officials to build out the new Ballot Verifier tool.

And even before the system went live, Tripple invited O’Donnell and other skeptics to be among the first to test it out.

“I think it's really good. It's more than I thought would have happened, because when we request our images now, we just get a data dump of files,” O’Donnell tells WIRED, adding that the Telegram group has responded positively to the launch of Ballot Verifier.

WIRED also tested the Ballot Verifier tool, looking at specific precincts and races, filtering votes by type (mail-in ballot, absentee ballot, etc.) and found that the system worked smoothly and instantly displayed images of every ballot cast.

US elections have never been safer, and the 2020 election was declared the “most secure” by Trump’s own officials. But a lot of people still believe unfounded conspiracies about elections, and the roll out of this tool in one county in one state is not necessarily going to change that overnight. Indeed, a review of O’Donnell’s 400-person Telegram channel by WIRED this week shows that many within the election integrity group are still regularly sharing widely debunked conspiracies about voting.

Adam Friedman, Civera’s founder, believes part of the reason for this is a lack of transparency, something which Ballot Verifier can address.

“A lot of the conspiracy theories and divisiveness and toxic rhetoric and mistrust around elections in America goes hand-in-hand with people not being able to see enough and people perceiving voting as being a black box experience,” says Friedman. “Ballot Verifier is really a way to turn a black box into a glass box.”

Friedman says that Civera had already signed a contract with several counties in Texas to provide the tool to them, and was in discussions with counties in multiple other states. The tool is also of interest to academics, and Friedman says the company is in preliminary conversations with two prominent universities and a number of political scientists who study cast vote records.

But Ballot Verifier is not cheap. Friedman and Civera provided a “large discount” on the research and development costs for this tool, but it still cost Ada County $40,000. While there are no current plans to roll the tool out nationally, Seyler says that while every county could benefit from using a system like it, election budgets have been historically underfunded. While all the backend work to upload new election data is handled by the company’s employees, the company is also currently building tools to allow local election officials to do this themselves, and go even faster.

The next big test for the Ballot Verifier tool comes later this month with the statewide primaries in Idaho on May 21. This will be the first time the officials will be working with recent election data rather than historical data, and they know there will be pressure to get that information online as soon as possible. Seyler says the current projection for getting the data uploaded is four to six weeks, though it could be quicker if Civera can finish some additional tools they are working on to improve efficiencies.

Looking further ahead, Tripple even foresees a point when data is available in Ballot Verifier so quickly after a vote that it could be used by candidates or parties to decide whether a recount is necessary, potentially avoiding the expensive and drawn-out recount process.

“That's not going to be possible now because of the speed at which we're uploading this data, but I think that's something that could be happening in the future,” says Tripple.

[onestormeynight]

rules: put your music library on shuffle, then list the first five songs that come up in a poll to let people vote for their favorite! <3

Thanks for the tag @havenroyals. I won't judge if y'all don't 😅 I'm polyjamorous. This actually came out pretty tame.

I'm tagging @lynzishell @changingplumbob @lostinsixam and @sharona-sims 🥰

[shipwreckedcomedy]

Ichabod's story, from beginning to end.

HEADLESS: A SLEEPY HOLLOW STORY A new 10-part series by Shipwrecked Comedy inspired by The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Written & Created by Sean Persaud & Sinéad Persaud Directed by William J. Stribling

CAST (in order of appearance) Rip Van Winkle - James Tolbert Diedrich Knickerbocker - Jon Cozart Ichabod Crane - Sean Persaud Douffe Martling - Joanna Sotomura Matilda Bishop - Sinead Persaud Kat Van Tassel - Mary Kate Wiles Judy Gardenier - Krystina Arielle Eugene Trousers - Curt Mega Ramona Trousers - Kim Whalen Geoffrey Crayon - Parvesh Cheena Trevor Trinkets - Christopher Higgins Lucretia Lazenby - Sarah Grace Hart Brom Bones - Gabe Greenspan Tripp - Joey Richter Cal - Corey Lubowich Blair - Brian Rosenthal The Headless Horseman - Tom DeTrinis Christa Pierson - Audrey Grace Marshall Verla Wolfson - Ginny Di Henri - Jason Huber Officer Baader Meinhof - Corey Dorris Captain "Gravy" Davy Crowbones - Matthew Mercer Max Lee - Jimmy Wong Devlyn Versace - Lee Newton Judge Pringle - Julia Cho Anne Tarry - Lauren Lopez Bruce McConnell - Dan Mintz Paulie Tahoe - Ryan Garcia Jonathan Oldstyle - Tom Lenk with Felicia Day as Henrietta Hudson And featuring John Rubinstein as Baltus Van Tassel

[fibula-rasa]

Lost, but Not Forgotten: Two Kinds of Women (1922)

Alternate Title: Judith of Blue Lake Ranch

Direction: Colin Campbell & George C. Bertholon (assistant)

Adapted Scenario: Winifred Dunn

Based on: Judith of Blue Lake Ranch by Jackson Gregory (novel)

Production Manager: R.J. Tobin

Camera: Dev Jennings

Editing: Pauline Frederick (editing supervisor), Colin Campbell, & Dev Jennings

Studio: Robertson-Cole (Production & Distribution)

Performers: Pauline Frederick, Tom Santschi, Charles Clary, Dave Winter, Eugene Pallette, Billy Elmer, Jack Curtis, Jim Barley, Sam Appel, Otis Harlan, Clarissa Selwynne, Jean Calhoun, Tom Bates, Lydia Yeamans Titus, Frank Clark, Bud Sterling, Elise Collins, Joseph Singleton, & Stanhope Wheatcroft (not mentioned after release, but listed during production: L.C. Shumway)

Premiere: Opened at Loew’s State Theatre on 3 February 1922; preview screenings for reviewers in NYC, 27 January

Status: presumed entirely lost

Length: 6 reels,  ~6,000 feet (a few sources say 5, most say 6)

Synopsis (synthesized from magazine summaries of the plot):

Judith Sanford (Frederick) inherits the sizable Blue Lake Ranch after the unexpected death of her father. Upon her arrival, she discovers that the ranch’s manager, Trevors (Clary), has been systematically undermining the value of the ranch. Judith confronts him, fires him, and wings him with her pistol as severance. 

The horse foreman, Bud Lee (Santschi), had suspected Trevors’ dirty dealing, but questions if he can work for a woman. Regardless of his doubts, Bud respects Judith’s goals and remains loyal to the ranch.

As there are still men working on the ranch loyal to Trevors, Judith’s employees are divided. One of Trevors’ hires, Quinnion (Curtis) rebukes Judith and suggests she can’t even ride. She challenges him to bring her a horse he thinks she can’t ride. Judith successfully rides the wild broncho and Quinnion is cowed, leaving the ranch bitterly. The incident wins Judith the respect of the men, including Bud and Carson (Pallette), the cattle foreman.

Judith’s next point of action is tracking down the staff Trevors ousted, most importantly the ranch vet, Doc Tripp (Clark). Tripp returns and uncovers that disease-infected animals have been intentionally introduced to the ranch’s stock. Judith runs Trevors’ vet, Crowdy (Appel), off the ranch.

Hampton, a city boy and one-third owner of the ranch, is unhappy when he hears of Trevors’ firing and decides to pay a visit to Blue Lake. (In reality, he’s dodging his creditors.) The visiting socialites are rankled by Judith’s cowgirl togs and no-nonsense demeanor. Alternately, the ultra ladylike Marcia (Calhoun), Hampton’s fiancee, finds a new devotee in Bud.

On the night of their arrival, Judith learns that the employee she sent to collect the payroll has been robbed. Bud races to the bank overnight to return to pay the staff the following day. As Bud is on his way back, his horse is shot out from under him, but he manages to reach the ranch just in time.

That night, Bud and Judith set out to track down the bandits and recover the stolen payroll. At a cabin in the mountains, they catch the robber after a shootout and find it’s the discharged vet, Crowdy. They agree to stay overnight to guard the injured Crowdy. To pass the time, Judith pulls a book from an unexpectedly well-stocked library in the cabin and sees that the books belong to Bud! They’re interrupted when Quinnion attacks to save Crowdy and another shootout ensues.

Fortunately, Judith’s absence from the ranch was noticed by Hampton. He has mounted up with Bud’s assistant, Tommy, and they arrive in time to save the pair and manage to capture another of Trevors’ agents, Benny (Barley). Benny is locked up, but is freed overnight, meaning there are still more of Trevors’ men lurking. Bud pledges his loyalty to Judith, but then has a romantic foray with Marcia.

Despite the hubbub, the annual Blue Lake dance is held. Carson kits out the workers in suits mail-ordered from Sears-Roebuck, which they accessorise with guns and ammo belts. Bud, it turns out, has a tailored suit of his own that he unpacks and presses for the occasion. He is bewildered when he arrives at the dance and sees a perfectly feminine Judith in a fashionable Parisian gown. Fully enamored with “the real Judith,” Bud whisks her off to the porch and kisses her.

Judith is surprised to find an urgent note from Doc Tripp awaiting her after the dance. The note explains that he has uncovered another Trevors mole and has been wounded. Judith rushes to Tripp, but is waylaid and kidnapped. She manages to remove the mask from one of her abductors and it’s Trevors himself! 

Three days pass. Hampton suddenly orders Carson to prepare 500 head of cattle to be sold at a loss. Immediately suspicious, Bud rides to the ranch house and is told that Judith left for San Francisco three days prior. Given Hampton’s fishy assumption of command, Bud and Carson tie him up while they investigate Judith’s real whereabouts. They discover the forged note and confirm with Tripp that he didn’t write it. With mistrust toward Hampton building, they place him under guard and ride to confront Trevors.

In all that time, Judith has been kept prisoner in the mountains by Quinnion. When Quinnion attacks her, Judith seizes an opportunity to escape, but quickly learns that her prison is set among perilous cliffs. Quinnion gives chase, they struggle, and he plummets to his death. Hopelessly lost and exhausted from her ordeal, Judith makes a last ditch effort for rescue by lighting a signal fire before losing consciousness.

Bud and Carson find Trevors and a wild fist fight breaks out. Bud trounces Trevors and Trevors is forced to leave town for good, but not before revealing where he’s hidden Judith. Bud rescues Judith and they all return to the ranch. After they have had time to recover from their respective tribulations, Bud and Judith reunite and embrace.

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Points of Interest:

Pauline Frederick made 55 silent feature films in her career. Of those 55 films 45-6 of the films are presumed lost or mostly lost. [One film’s status is unclear ATM.] Of the 9 known to survive, 3 are incomplete (2 are missing at least one reel and the 3rd survives in an abridged cut).  Of the surviving 9, three have had home video releases [Three Women (1924), Devil’s Island (1926), and Smouldering Fires (1925)]. Of the 6 surviving films that haven’t had home-video release, 2 have been screened publicly in the past decade [The Love the Lives (1917) and The Moment Before (1916)]. A very rough record for a big star (who didn’t spend most of their career at Fox) to only have a 16-18% survival rate.

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Winifred Dunn, prolific writer from a young age working in many genres, wrote/edited 33 silent features, 20 of which are presumed lost.

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Two Kinds of Women was part of the schedule of R-C Pictures’ releases for early 1922. This was a crucial moment in the history of the company, as it was soon after re-organized into F.B.O. The founders exited the company, but so did Pauline Frederick, Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, and Doris May—their biggest stars going into 1922. 

While the contemporary critical response to TKoW was generally positive and exhibitors across the US and Canada cited good ticket sales, it didn’t leave much of a legacy. At least one contemporary critic, Laurence Reid, considered the film of decent quality but ultimately forgettable. Whether TKoW would have stood the test of time or not, we can’t know. Lost or not, I’m sure the re-organization of TKoW’s distributor affected its potential for long-term popularity. There is at least one instance from after the re-org of a theatre owner receiving a faulty print of the film. So, even by 1923, it was hard to come by a decent print of TKoW.

The reason I’m confident in placing blame on R-C/F.B.O. is that, of the slate of 20 films they released in late 1921 and early 1922, 16 are currently presumed lost and only 3 appear to be completely extant:

Lost: The Lure of Jade, The Sting of the Lash, The Foolish Age, Eden and Return, Five Days to Live, The Vermillion Pencil, A Wife’s Awakening, Silent Years, The Call of Home, The Barricade,Two Kinds of Women, Boy Crazy, Salvage, The Glory of Clementina, Gay and Devilish, and At the Stage Door  Extant: Where Lights Are Low, The Swamp (would live to see this one BTW), and Beyond the Rainbow

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Transcribed Sources & Annotations over on the WMM Blog!

[theinquisitxor]

Spoilery thoughts on Hell Bent:

Loved the opening prologue, spooky and fed right into the primordial fear of dark basements

Alex also says “fuck” like 6 times in that prologue, love it

Why does that guy need to give Alex 12k?? Also, impersonating Tom Brady is hilarious. Ah it's Eitan the bastard

Darlington is still so present in the story, through flashbacks and memories I love it

I’m sorry but the mental image of the reanimated corpse crab walking and scurrying around the floor was at both parts hilarious and terrifying

I like the little details about the rituals. A knot traps a demon better than a circle. Mix blood with salt. Bring an instrument

Glowstick cock. Did I really need to read they with my own two eyes Leigh Bardugo? Did I??

Diana Wynne Jones books are featured I’m :)

I thought Turner was an ass for most of book 1, and he’s still an ass, but I like him now. He’s just so unwilling with the magic it’s funny

(I lowkey ship Turner and Dawes)

Poor golden retriever baby Tripp

I’m enjoying the female friendship between Alex, Mercy, and Lauren even more in this book. In Book one they felt a lot like freshman year roommates. But in this one they feel like an established friend group

Linus Reiter give me Lestat vibes

hell heist Hell Heist Hell Heist

Leigh Bardugo back at it again with a heist

The Descent chapter was v cool. I loved seeing inside the other characters minds and what/who they killed

Of course getting Darlington back wouldn’t be that easy :(

Dawes is a witch!! does she know that about herself? I love Pamela Dawes so much

It was all a game! It was all a puzzle! Fuck!

I did not see the Anslem thing at all, jesus Leigh

Lmaoo I keep forgetting demon Darlington is naked in every scene. His ‘glowstick’ is just out there at all times

Darlington is so in love with Alex

Why no kiss, Leigh?! Why no kiss??!!

Very clever Alex, tricking Eitan and luring him into hell as the sacrifice, very clever

Poor Tripp, he’s babey

Good ending, not a cliffhanger but leaves things open for more.

Fantastic book, I forgive Leigh for taking 3 years to release this, it was worth the wait

[cecexwrites]

Some New Characters

just a hodge podge of new babies

Ever After High

Briony Beauty the younger sister of Briar Beauty. She thought she was free and clear when it came to her future. She could do what she wanted to do. But when Briar decides not to sign the book- Briony finds that her mother's fate might become her problem.

Hartley Hunstman Hunter's younger brother. He's here to have a good time and if that means breaking some rules then so be it. He is a flirt and an all around problem.

Gossip Girl

Conrad 'Covey' Covington The eldest of the Covington children, and the Heir to the family business, Covey spends his teenage years partying it up. Making bad choices that will get his name splashed across the Gossip Girl Alerts is his favorite thing to do. in the reboot, he's comfortably living his life as the man in charge of Covington Hotels and Resorts.

Tinsley Covington Yes I did technically already post about her but whatever. The middle Covington Child, Tinsley is a princess, there's no doubt about that, but she's also wildly competitive and smart as a whip. Top of her class right up to graduation. She also ends up helping Tripp Vanderbilt with his senate campaign. In the reboot she and her husband take in her youngest sister and she's struggling with the balance between work and domestic life

Shipley Covington The youngest Covington, Shipley moved to Paris with her mother when she was 6. Now, after being kicked out of school, she's been sent to live with her sister and brother in law and learning how to live among the New York Elite

Harry Potter

Violet Lovelace Always known as a Spitfire and a visionary, Violet Lovelace had one weakness. Tom Riddle. The man she considered the love of her life took everything from her in a single night, using her death to try and create his first Horcrux. The attempt failed. Because before the final breath left her lungs, Violet cursed Tom, doomed him to return to her on his own final breath. And now she's going to get her revenge.

[the-heartstring-chronicles]

For Star Trek babyfic/childbirth as important moments for OTP, fans out there

This is how I see childbirth going for the main canon ships/almost canon ships in TNG, DS9, VOY and ENT series if they got their mostly ideal, but also realistic non emergency birth scenarios in canon All of these assume they are together as a couple at the time.

(I have seen these scenarios done many different ways in fics by very talented friends and other writers for decades. All of them are super realistic and valid and I love them all, please keep them coming. These are just my thoughts about how I would see it happening on screen , either for the first time or in a way the characters would have preferred instead of what we got.)

Picard/Crusher: Very private, either in their quarters, home or a walled off part of Sickbay. If they were on the Enterprise, there may or may not be another doctor involved, planet side probably just the two of them. Deanna and Will may or may not be around in early labor, depends on B’s mood, and whether it’s P/C’s first child together or not. They get less private as they have more babies. But it’s always about the two of them supporting each other first and foremost, especially with physical contact

Riker/Troi: Sickbay or Starfleet Medical every time and in an ideal scenario, it would be them with Beverly delivering and Jean Luc checking in on Will ( and Deanna if she let him) every few hours. R/T’s connection gets them through, but there is grumbling and fits of frustration in between the support.

Odo/Kira: Sickbay together with only Julian present to monitor and deliver because of complicated nature of baby’s genetic makeup. All other patients in Sickbay diverted to another makeshift facility in order to keep things peaceful and allow Bajoran birth rituals. Maybe Jadzia allowed in once to say hi and reassure Kira. Odo and Kira’s connection and humor make the situation work for them.

Jadazia/Worf: These are a party, everyone stops by Sickbay during the process, and they only happen in Sickbay, because of possible genetic issues/interspecies complications. There is lots of singing and physical exertion for pain relief.

Sisko/Yates: Quiet, intimate situations with just them and Julian. With possibly Jake saying hi at some early stage.

Janeway/Chakotay: I mostly see them as pretty private and having their births with just them and The Doctor in Sickbay or Starfleet Medical. But I have read some really compelling and realistic fics with Tom delivering and/or crew mates being support people along with Chakotay in their quarters or in sickbay so I’m torn on this one now in all aspects.

Paris/Torres: Just them and The Doctor in sickbay. B’Elanna is private and just wants Tom with her but doesn’t want him to have to monitor for the complications that could arise or have to deliver the baby himself so they let the The Doctor be involved, but she gets annoyed at him interrupting the process that she and Tom have figured out, several times.

Tripp/T’Pol: They are beyond private and careful because they don’t know if their babies will make it so each time they go through the experience, it’s quiet in Sickbay with only each other and Dr. Phlox involved. They would prefer having the experience in their quarters but can’t risk it due to medical monitoring needs. Their connection makes this fraught situation bearable each time.

[echoland]

i got tom stoppard collected plays to read on my bus tripp bro is not even subtle in his intellectual endeavors...

[thenerdysimp]

Who I write for

And other fandoms I’m in

List of fandoms/fan bases I’m a part of and who I’d write for! Actors are at the bottom! If there’s any questions just ask! (The list may change in the future, maybe I’ll add new fandoms or characters. I might also remove some.)

(The list is long, sorry about that😅)

Formula 1

Current drivers

- Carlos Sainz

- Franco Colapinto

- Lando Norris

- Max Verstappen

- Pierre Gasly

- Lewis Hamilton

- George Russell

- Oscar Piastri

Retired drivers

- Daniel Ricciardo

- Logan Sargeant (IndyCar?)

- Jenson Button

Dream smp

- Dream

- Karl Jacobs

- Foolish Gamers

Hazbin Hotel

- Lucifer Morningstar

- Alastor

The Hunger Games

- Peeta Mellark

- Finnick Odair

- Coriolanus Snow

Zorro the chronicles

- Diego de la Vega/Zorro

MacGyver (2016 reboot)

- Angus MacGyver

Shadow and bone

- Aleksander Morozova

- Kaz Brekker

- Nikolai Lantsov

Stranger things

- Steve Harrington

- Eddie Munson

Kingsman

- Gary “Eggsy” Unwin

Sam & Colby

- Colby Brock

- Nate Hardy

- Seth Borden

Star Wars

- Anakin Skywalker

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

- Din Djarin

Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus

- Percy Jackson

- Luke Castellan

Five nights at Freddy’s (the movie)

- Mike Schmidt

Wonka (2023)

- Willy Wonka

Top Gun

- Pete ”Maverick” Mitchell

- Jake ”Hangman” Seresin

- Robert “Bob” Floyd

Star Stable Online

- Ydris

Marvel

The Avengers

- Peter Parker

- Bucky Barnes

- Loki Laufeyson

X-men

- Alex Summers

The Maze Runner

- Newt

- Thomas

Teen Wolf

- Stiles Stilinski

- Isaac Lahey

- Derek Hale

- Liam Dunbar

Harry Potter

-

Fantastic Beasts and where to find them

- Newt Scamander

- Theseus Scamander

Pirates of the Caribbean

- Will Turner

- Henry Turner

Lord of the rings/The Hobbit

- Legolas

- Aragorn

Mission: impossible

- Ethan Hunt

Narnia

- Prince Caspian

Free Rein

- Peter “Pin” Hawthorne

Descendants

- Harry Hook

One Direction

-

How to train your dragon

-

Avatar

-

Monster Trucks

- Tripp Coley

The dragon prince

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Reign

-

Wednesday

-

The Matrix

-

Grease

-

Dirty Dancing

-

Pentatonix

(Won’t write for anyone)

Actors:

- Tom Blyth

- Lucas Till

- Ben Barnes

- Taron Egerton

- Hayden Christensen

- Timothée Chalamet

[littleharpethcrossfit]

Sunday, 12 November, 2023.

Another in a long run of near perfect Fall Days at the Barn. It was sunny and 70 degrees for the 1 PM crew.

Warmup

4 Rounds

10 Banded Good Mornings

10 Plank Shoulder Taps

Strength

Deadlifts: 3 Reps EMOM X 10

(75 to 80%)

Ed=317 Mitch=315 Smoothie=225 Dana=215 Coach=195 Elisa/Kayla/Alicia/Sandy=105 Tripp=55 Robert/Timmy/Warren A/Tom/Linda/Bernie/WG=check mark

WOD

6 Rounds

12 Pullups

9 Deadlifts (185/145/105)

6 Box Jumps (24/20)

100m Farmers Walk (E=70/ 53/35) (2 KB's)

Linda=9:25 (No Farmers) Warren A/Tom=13:00 (No Farmers Alicia=15:08 Kayla=15:18 Tripp=15:57 Sandy=17:51 WG=18:03* Bernie=18:24 Robert=18:40* Smoothie=20:38 Ed=21:04 Dana=21:11** Timmy=21:55 Mitch=3 Rounds Elisa=4 Rounds Coach/Lew=Biked

Notes:

I'm sick of being sick. I've had some sort of viral ailment for over a week, and I think today was the worst day. I privately pride myself in never missing a day of doing "something", and October was a 100% month, but already this month I have missed 4 days. I have dragged myself to the Barn several days and done a crappy workout just to fill the day on my workout log. BTW, for all you who have worriedly inquired, I have tested COVID Negative.

My apologies to Mitch and any others who came today at 0930. I mistakenly posted the wrong time and changed it too late after Smoothie caught it.

My heartfelt thanks to the many assistant coaches who made the workout happen today. Miss's Esther and Linda of course, but they told me that Robert/Ed/Smoothie/WG helped a lot.

Tuesday at 4 PM.

[wainswright]

They seriously had beef about tampons? I hope whatever happened there is smarter than it sounds like it was.

A Brief History of American Girl Publishing in the 1990s.

The first American Girl books were published in 1986 and focused on the three dolls available at the time — Samantha, Kirsten, and Molly. The year 2016 was the first time American Girl was licensed with an outside publisher, Scholastic. The cookbooks are now published by Simon and Schuster while some of the fictional books are published by Random House Children’s Books. It’s tricky to find some of the original historical novels, but I saw a bunch on Etsy and AbeBooks. A few are available for Kindle as well.

The 1990s wasn’t just about the dolls, of course. There was the magazine and the monthly catalogs that seemed to find any house with a tween girl in it. Who didn’t while away an hour while circling all of those miniatures that were out of reach for most families? My friends and I also loved the advice books, which were a staple of sleepovers and when we ran out of embarrassing moments that were AG-approved, we took to the internet with much less wholesome results. AG had the market cornered on things like craft books, cookbooks, and guides on how to be a good friend and responsible community member. They now publish a line called A Smart Girl’s Guide, which includes A Smart Girl’s Guide: Digital World and A Smart Girl’s Guide: Race and Inclusion.

One of the best-known nonfiction titles published by AG of my era was The Care and Keeping of You, which was written by Valorie Lee Schaefer. It’s still being published and has sold over five million copies to date. A revised “older girl” book was published in 2013 but you can still get the original “younger girl” edition (though without the spread about tampons). This incredible article gives a great overview and history of this particular title. Spoiler alert: there have always been people who have wanted to keep us in the dark about our own bodies.

Valerie Tripp wrote many of the early American Girl books including books for Samantha, Molly, Felicity, and Josefina. The most recent book is Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad (with illustrator Geneva Bowers) for National Geographic. She has also written about greek mythology and worked on middle grade adaptations of classics including Sherlock Holmes and Tom Sawyer.

The Kirsten books were written by Janet Beeler Shaw, who has also published two books of poetry‚ a collection of short fiction‚ and an adult novel‚ Taking Leave. She is also the author of the Ambersand Castle trilogy.

Shaw is also the author of the Kaya books. American Girl worked with Indigenous people to create the facial mold for the Kaya doll (other American Girls up to that point had smiles that showed their teeth, which would have been considered disrespectful). The brand worked with the Nez Percé (Nimíipuu) but did not hire an author with a related background, which is something they have done more often in recent years for both their historical and modern characters. Kaya’s books differ from the early American Girl books because her life milestones would not include things like Christmas.

Contributors to Samantha’s story were Susan S. Adler, Maxine Rose Schur, and Valerie Tripp. Schur has written other books for children including her most recent Finley Finds His Fortune and Child of the Sea. She is also a travel writer who has written a collection entitled Places in Time.

Addy’s books were written by Connie Rose Porter, who is also the author of Imani All Mine and All-Bright Court. Porter was honored as an Uncrowned Queens Culture Builder by the Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research & Education on Women. Porter and Brit Bennett also recently met at the American Girl Store in New York City for Bennett’s book release and the photos are great.

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The Smashing Times Return with MOD-Infused Magic on New Album Mrs. Ladyships and the Cleanerhouse Boys – Out Nov 1!

The Smashing Times are back, and if Mrs. Ladyships and the Cleanerhouse Boys doesn’t become your new favorite, then you’re missing out on one of the freshest slices of MOD-infused indie pop this year. With a nod to Merseybeat and a wink to 60s revivalism, the Baltimore band delivers a jangly, shimmering sound that’s impossible to ignore. And seriously, how many times can you really watch Blow-Up on repeat when the real revolution is happening outside your front door? Their latest, out November 1, 2024, via K Records/Perennial, is their fifth album, and it’s everything fans have come to love about the group. Mrs. Ladyships and the Cleanerhouse Boys, the album’s title track, perfectly captures the band’s ability to blend the modern and the nostalgic, layering 12-string guitars with mallet-slammed floor toms in a sonic collage of sharp, sparkling sound. Featuring scene stalwarts like Thee Jasmine Monk and Zelda-Anais from The Smashing Times and Midden Heap, alongside Britta Leijonflycht (Almond Joy, Children Maybe Later), Paul Krolian (Expert Alterations), and Blake Douglas (Corduroy), the album is as much a celebration of the underground scene as it is a showcase of The Smashing Times’ evolving sound. Written and recorded by Jaz at Druid House, and produced by Hayes Waring and Thee Jasmine Monk, the album’s polished and punchy feel owes much to the mixing prowess of Capt. Tripps Ballsington and the mastering by Amy Dragon. Channeling the influence of The Television Personalities and Dan Treacy, The Smashing Times elevate their psychedelic, twee, and freakbeat blend to new heights on their second LP. The guitars shimmer and jangle, the vocals float dreamily, and every track is brimming with energy and hooks that dig deeper with each listen. If this album had come out in the 80s, it would have been snapped up by Whaam or Dreamworld, but luckily for us, it’s 2024, and K Records is bringing it to life. Ready your playlists, pop kids, because The Smashing Times are here to make your heart skip and your head spin. https://youtu.be/B_yxARIf8fo?si=eXpYV9NMrp-8_zTK Read the full article

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Disney Villains Collection 8 Bottle Nail Polish Set NIB.

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2023 SEMA SHOW CREATES CONNECTIONS

2023 SEMA SHOW CREATES CONNECTIONS THAT DRIVE FUTURE SUCCESS FOR THE AFTERMARKET INDUSTRY DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (Nov. 17, 2023) – The SEMA Show returned to Las Vegas Oct. 31-Nov. 3, bringing together more than 150,000 automotive aftermarket industry professionals looking to transform four days of relationship-building, networking, sales and marketing into business success and dreams realized.   The proof that the SEMA Show was poised to return to historic levels was found in the packed Las Vegas Convention Center exhibit halls, teeming with more than 2,200 exhibitors, boundary-pushing builds, innovative new products, thought-provoking educational opportunities and more than 150,000 attendees connecting throughout the aftermarket community. The Show creates connections via dedicated product communities, outdoor activations, education and training, award programs, reveals, unique experiences and celebrations.   “The SEMA Show is one of the largest trade shows in the country, but it’s actually comprised of several smaller, distinct communities,” said Tom Gattuso, SEMA VP of Events. “The networking that takes place within those groups is where you see the transformative power the Show has to positively impact participants and chart the course of the aftermarket industry.”   Perhaps nowhere else is that transformative power felt more strongly than amongst the companies exhibiting at the Show for the first time. More than 20 percent of the exhibitors were new participants, driving innovation, including Caross USA, manufacturers of portable jump starters and air compressors, based in San Mateo, Calif. The start-up has had products on sale for a mere three months and SEMA was its first trade show. Not only did they meet prospective partners from Canada to Australia, but their networking also gained them exposure via social media and led to a relationship with the television show “Two Guys Garage” and a potential on-air appearance in February. They also won two Global Media Awards (GMA), given by judges comprised of members of the international media to products they feel will be well-received in their respective countries.   “You don’t see a lot of ‘tire kickers’ at SEMA, the buyers are much more serious,” said Global Sales Director Steve Stambaugh. “I can’t say enough about SEMA. Being at this Show has done more for our company in two days than other industries do in 10 years.”   For returning exhibitors, the SEMA Show was an opportunity to continue building on the year-over-year growth that participation creates. For CIC Powerbox of Pittsburg, Kan., a manufacturer of AC-powered truck boxes that first exhibited at the Show in 2018, their participation has led to several partnerships.   “Every time we come to SEMA we come away with new business,” said CEO Mike Windsor, listing the Department of Transportation, the United States Air Force, Goodyear, and several OEMs as just a few of the relationships forged at the SEMA Show. “We’ve also made connections for opportunities we either weren’t aware of or didn’t know how to get into,” he added, including sponsorship of professional drift racer Faruk Kugay and growth of CIC’s social media marketing as examples. “We’ve had exponential growth year over year and if all goes well, this year we’ll go international thanks to the relationships we’ve made at SEMA,” said Windsor.   The Show remains a popular place for OEMs to connect with the aftermarket industry. For Toyota, 2023 was a year to push boundaries. “Toyota has always seen SEMA as a place to let our imagination run wild. This past show was no exception, as we tapped into thrills on the track ... and the trail,” said Mike Tripp, Group Vice President, Toyota Marketing. “The amount of interest in the all-new 2024 Tacoma and Land Cruiser didn't disappoint. And based on the coverage we've received, it's safe to say that builds like our X-Runner Concept and FJ Bruiser were true stars of the show.”   For Ford Performance Parts & Accessories, the Show allows them to forge relationships with attendees and share the benefits of their products. “The SEMA Show gives us the opportunity to showcase the knowledge of our representatives, talk engineering and support our product with assurances that all accessories are fully reviewed for safety, ergonomics, and longevity,” said Natalie Simon, Marketing & Events Manager, Ford Performance Parts & Accessories.      For others, Show participation is a step towards achieving the dream of a career in the automotive aftermarket. Masen Schneider, a freshman studying mechanical engineering at the University of North Dakota, received a SEMA Scholarship, awarded annually to students interested in careers in the automotive industry. “It means a lot to receive a scholarship from an organization like SEMA because as big and impactful as they are, they see your story and experience and want to help propel you towards your dream,” he said. Schneider hopes to one day be an automotive parts designer.   The SEMA Show also remains a center of innovation fueled by passion, as evidenced by the Battle of the Builders Presented by Mothers Polish competition. The aftermarket industry's ultimate vehicle competition, the program celebrated 10 years of providing builders the ultimate platform to showcase their craftsmanship and skills to a worldwide audience. For Andy Leach, winning builder of the 1960 Buick Invicta Custom, the victory was the culmination of nine years of work. “It’s a dream come true,” said Leach. “I've been chasing this award for nearly a decade. The Buick was a labor of love.”   The SEMA Show returns to Las Vegas Nov. 5-8, 2024. To learn more about the SEMA Show, visit www.semashow.com. Read the full article