#twelve typesets made

[canon-in-too-deep]

What is a typeset? Basically, a printable version of a text for bookbinding/reading/whathaveyou. Soooo, currently I have twelve free typesets of public domain works available! 🎊 [Edit: As of 7/10, up to 18!] Twelve was a soft goal for myself (though I have no intention of stopping just yet), and I've had so much fun making these and sharing them all! Here are each of the interior title pages lined up together, from top left to bottom right in order of when I made them. Anyone have a favorite so far? I enjoyed making all of them, though the Jekyll and Hyde one is a particular source of pride. All the files for these books are available in the google drive: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1S2wl_PuxCupofnDpqGuk7VjMHYFMWC6g Everything is sized for letter folio, except for Jekyll and Hyde and The Call of Cthulhu, which are sized for letter quatro. Most of the art/images are from canva or rawpixel. All of these typesets are free for your personal use, but please like/reblog if you can!

And a big thank you to everyone who has stopped by this blog, dropped a like/reblog/ or even a follow. It is greatly appreciated! ❤️ Guys I'm just so happy to have an even dozen in my folder. Twelve is a nice number. (The alternates kind of throw me off though...😆)

[spockandawe]

Here we go! I have some smaller books to share as well, but I've been absolutely VIBRATING with excitement to share a BIG one, and I'm going to indulge myself and post that today, then figure out words for the rest. Because I bound a new cnovel. Check it out, guys, I bound jwqs/clear and muddy loss of love :D

Let me indulge myself and backtrack a little! First, these are quarto books, so they're short. But I think these average a little under 500 pages each, and jwqs is a LONG book (my beloved), and this adds up to a total eleven inches of lesbians. More like twelve once they're in their cases. It's over a million characters in Chinese and I think the English translation comes in somewhere around 890k, it's HUGE

Making these books was SO FUN, I hadn't read jwqs and still haven't, and will probably read on my phone when I do. I don't have any exciting photos of the typesetting, but I knew this was an imperial succession story, and that made me nervous, those stories don't always click for me. Well, the process of typesetting and adding footnotes for this beast definitely confirmed that I'm going to have a good time with this thing when I have the time to read it, but there was also so much going on that only the vaguest of spoilers sank in. I went into an absolute FRENZY of typesetting, and after I printed, cut and folded it, well. That was one afternoon of sewing. You're looking at the reason I'm scrambling to make up a few hours of missed work, hahaha

After that, I needed cases. At the very beginning of march, I received a shipment of some FASCINATING bookcloth. It's called Duo, and it's made by layering a thin gauzy fabric of one color over paper of a different color. Depending on the combos, you get a really cool range of color-shifting effects. And they've gone out of production! But I was part of a group order to get some of the goods, and hadn't yet finished a new project. Reader, I went for it.

That purple and green is bananas!!!! It's so hard to photograph, this midnight picture of a few cases is one of my most successful attempts to capture the full range up close. Originally I'd been thinking of trying to evoke imperial gold, but I figured this was still the kind of drama and luxury suited the book, and also something something the hidden colors suited Qi Yan's character. I tied it back a little to the imperial gold with the endpapers, then titled them in silver foil, since the endpapers had silver in them.

But once the books were made, I felt like it wanted something... more. Something like a BOX!

And me, I chase novelty. A set this large would be tricky for anything clamshell, but a slipcase for all seven would leave books tipping all over if it was wide open, but putting walls between slots would be demanding in terms of precision and would risk similarly-sized books getting stuck in the wrong slots. Then I remembered learning about slipcases where you could put in a little insert to support the weight of the text block, and the concept SNAPPED into place.

Colors aren't going to photograph well at midnight, but I made the supports using the scraps and off-cuts from my endpapers, to tie it back into the bindings. The back of the case is lined in more of the duo, and the walls are lined with a faux leather bookcloth I like a lot, it feels buttery smooth and seemed like a good neutral material to tie the papers and bookcloth together. I listened to some of the DEEPEST layers from the nine-hour conspiracy theory iceberg video while I was working on this, haha, it was a TRIP.

And in the end, each of the supports is sized to comfortably sit in the smallest of the volumes, and evenly spaced, so I believe it will take the books in any order with no problems. It's easy to grab the books without having to cut notches into the walls to grab them from. And even though weight is less of an issue for quarto sizing, the books in here have their weight supported no matter what angle the box is at! I'm so, so pleased with how this concept worked out and definitely plan to do more with it in the future.

So there we are! Jing Wei Qing Shang! I had such a fabulous time with this project, and I'm so excited to get to share it with all of you. The story was fun to work with, the bindings and box were fun to make, and everything here came together just as well as I could possibly have hoped. I'm so proud of this, and incredibly, incredibly excited to show it to you!

[intrepid-mystic-bindery]

Once upon a time, as a wee child, I dreamed of writing a book and getting it published, of seeing it on shelves and hearing of people's reactions and excitement for what I wrote.

One fanfiction in particular is near and dear to my heart, so when I got it into my head to bind one of my own fics, there was really only one clear choice: Green Sarabhas.

The first big decision was whether I'd do the series in four volumes or in one. Because I was making two copies, I opted for one volume because I really didn't want to make 8. 😅 The typesetting was a pain in the neck and the table of contents is four pages long, but we survived.

Shout out to @purplephloxpress for hosting me for a weekend and spending about twelve hours at their dining room table with me, lending me tools I didn't have and helping me troubleshoot such a large undertaking. 🥰 I still need to get one of these punching tools.

This is the first bind where I used book cloth, and it was a dream. I don't know if you can tell in the picture, but the book is sewn with four different colors of thread, one for each section of the fic. I contemplated doing four different colors in the end band too, but that was a step too far for me for this one. 😅

squiiiiiiiiiiish

I bought my own foil quill after playing with phlox's, so I did Claude, Sylvain, and Felix's Crests on the cover.

Now, here's the part I'm arguably most proud of and that made me cry for many different reasons: the dust jacket. I designed it in Canva, complete with end flap summaries and comments from the fics on the back, and printed it on poster board. I had to set my printer and computer to print a custom size paper and print on the non-glossy side of the poster board, but after much trial and error we got there. And when I say I cried, I am not kidding.

This fic was a labor of love, this bind is a piece of my soul, and I gave half of it to @astaraxion because we became friends due to this fic, so be sure to take care of it. 😉 I look forward to losing it together over the revisions and art that I did!

[copperbadge]

I have finished the last of the major edit work on Twelve Points! The final bit I added is possibly my favorite: 

Caleb did meet-and-greets and press conferences, rehearsed in costume and out, with sound and without, and prepared for the following week, when they'd have rehearsals in front of audiences. He filmed the little "postcard" segment they'd show before his performance, helping to promote Turin as a tourist destination; Jerry had been agitating for them to let Caleb take a turn around a test track in a racecar, but instead they got a professional stunt driver to teach him how to drive a Mini-Cooper, then filmed him re-creating a scene from The Italian Job.

Turned out you really could just drive a classic Mini-Cooper down a flight of stairs, provided the stairs were wide enough. It was tough to say who was more jealous, Noah or Buck.

(Buck had to tour the Royal Library for his, which was a real decision on someone's part.)

Editing isn’t truly “done” of course -- I’ll be editing as I format and typeset it, and there will probably be minor edits made even after I get the proof copy, since I always find typos and such in the proofs. But the big hard work is, I think, complete. Tomorrow we begin typesetting! 

Tonight I cooked up some potato fritters with the leftover mashed potatoes, piled them up with reheated leftover bacon, topped it all with pan-fried mushrooms, and had a very nice dinner. And now it’s time for an inadvisable cocktail and an intriguing dessert: 

The Old Bay Caramel Popcorn is interesting -- there’s no real strong Old Bay flavor when you eat a piece, but the heat from the seasoning kind of builds up over time. I’ve never quite experienced anything like it. I’m not sure it’s hitting the mark it wants to, since the heat of Old Bay isn’t the reason I use it as a seasoning, but don’t get me wrong: I’ll eat that whole bucket eventually. 

Malort is the real life horrible liquor that Davzda is based on, and my only excuse for even owning a bottle is that it was a prop for an event. That said, if you mix it with cherry-ginger soda and a strong shot of lemon syrup, goes down pretty smooth. 

[dgbookbindery]

Peeta’s Games; Throwing Sparks; The Mutt; and Back to Twelve - by Igsygrace @igsy-blog & available on AO3 - https://archiveofourown.org/works/8617210?view_full_work=true (Peeta’s Games)

This series is an #everlark Hunger Games retelling from Peeta’s point of view.

This was my contribution to the #AutumnDownunderFicExchange, and my bind for the lovely sleepycat.bindery - https://www.instagram.com/sleepycat.bindery/

Confession - I hadn’t read The Hunger Games yet, and ran to read them first. Then, I started on the Peeta’s Games series, and thought it might be a lil’ short for me to bind since my guestimations are always out of whack. So I thought, I’d bind the set as one. Again, cannot math. So that was going to be too thiccc, but by then I was inundated with ideas, so decided to just bind an entire set 😄.

I also might of got a little carried awayyyy whoops. I had a lottttttt of fun and spent a lotttttt of time creating the designs for the typeset, scene breaks, cover & dust jackets. I tried to do the chapter heading page designs from Peeta’s perspective. I used a mix of Procreate & Canva. I actually had a blast doing the HTV lol. I’ve never weeded so much in my life, but kind of found it thereaputic, and I really like how it turned out.

There were a number of things that made this my first cursed bind(S), the main thing being the textblock cutting/and then my endpaper/board cutting to match this, isn’t perfect by any means, BUT LET’S NOT DWELL ON THAT.

A hugeeeee thank-you to Igsygrace - https://www.instagram.com/igsygrace/ - for gifting us these amazing stories, which are written, so, so, so damned well.

[trigun-manga-overhaul]

TRIGUN ULTIMATE OVERHAUL 2.0 MARCH UPDATE

OVERHAUL FRIDAY 03/03/23 - Big news and more page examples.

Hey everyone and welcome to this month's Trigun Ultimate Overhaul update!

The last month has been pretty uneventful for the Overhaul team, as our members, including myself, have been dealing with life stuff and has been forced to put the project a bit in the background until we have time and energy to work on it again.

But despite this small hiatus it hasn't entirely been without development, as we are pleased to give you guys some good news.

~~

Team Overhaul will be joining efforts with the Russian speaking team,「Project SEEDS」.

We will be sharing workload on both the cleaning, typesetting and translation aspects, allowing us to work faster and hopefully have Overhaul 2.0 out faster than we initially expected. That will bump up the project numbers from the current six with an additional twelve.

It is a cross-cultural effort with English as the primarily spoken language, but with the goal of creating the best English and Russian translation possible for the Trigun manga. The two translations will be made in tangent as both Japanese translators will be comparing translations, allowing both to ensure a high quality localization, then comparing both translations to retain the same information and feel.

We hope to one day also grow a larger branch for the Spanish translation, making the Overhaul project an even more world-wide, multicultural effort.

There will be a small adjustment period for the two teams to get a feel for one another, and for all the tasks to be distributed. But after that, I am excited for what lies ahead for the project and excited for a speedy work flow.

Anyway, enough information. Time for some 2.0 teasers!

Trigun Volume 01, Chapter 00 High Noon at July, Page 8 + 9.

Trigun Volume 01, Chapter 01 The $$60 Billion Double Dollar Man, Page 12 + 13.

Trigun Maximum Volume 01, Chapter 02 Lina, Page 46.

Trigun Maximum Volume 01, Chapter 04 Hero Returns, Page 125.

Trigun Maximum Volume 02, Chapter 04 Wolfwood, Page 103.

Trigun Maximum Volume 02, Chapter 07 Darkness, Page 182 + 183.

Trigun Maximum Volume 03, Chapter 03 No Escape, Page 56.

~~

That's all for this month's post, so...

SEE YOU GUYS NEXT MONTH!

[gargoyleandgremlinpress]

(I have so much help with all of this. SO MUCH.)

I knew last week would get busy with other commitments! I printed two more typesets, trimmed three more text blocks, and failed at making a tiny book during Six’s tiny book speedrun workshop! (I think I’ve figured out where I failed in the page-folding, it’s fine, and I’m going to give it another shot. (TINY BOOKS SO SMOL AND CUTE! I just might have trawled through my bookmarks looking for 3-5K book to go into tiny books.)

I’m doing hand-sewn headbands, because I find it relaxing, except for one book that’s skinny enough to just be too fiddly.

There has been some cloth and paper selection.

I made wheat paste! And book covers!

And assembled books, and stencilled the covers and spines!

Two books done, twelve more in progress. I'll share final pictures of everything once the month is up. I need to print at least one more to hit my goal of fifteen case-bound for the month.

The weekend brought a marbling demo to follow up on last weekend’s Q&A with @aetherseer and co-conspirator. Not as many threats to eat the marbling supplies this time, @renegadepublishing peeps, you must have had more snacks in advance.

[namdubsar]

An Introduction to Cuneiform

Have you ever wanted to learn the world's oldest writing system, Mesopotamian cuneiform from five thousand years ago, but not known where to start?

I find cuneiform absolutely fascinating (as you can probably tell by this blog), but it's also incredibly difficult to get started with. Modern textbooks on Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite, and so on tend to de-emphasize the actual cuneiform as much as they can for fear of scaring students away, and in my opinion that's a shame, because it's one of the most interesting parts!

Even modern researchers generally don't use cuneiform in publications unless they absolutely have to, relying on transliterations instead. One of the goals of my research is to change that, by creating new ways to typeset cuneiform and embed the actual signs in a document.

So I've put together my own introduction to the subject, showing off a few of those new technologies for people to work with. It's presented as a series of twelve lessons, starting with the absolute basics (why is it made of wedges in the first place?) and ending with a complete Hittite mythological text to read and transcribe.

Plus, as a bonus, it shows you how to write out the first part of the Complaint Tablet to Ea-Nāṣir. It's Akkadian, not Hittite, but I couldn't resist.

Check it out, and please do let me know what you think! I've been working on these technologies for a while and this is their first time really getting tested in the field.

[frogsandfries]

My asthma

Has been triggered for days.

It's partially my allergies, since the two are linked. At first, I thought it was vaping THC for the first time in a long time--I used to keep my pen in a cup of actual pens and assorted art tools, but when I moved, it didn't get unpacked for, well, obviously a couple months.

I've been working on this disgusting candy bar my ex bought when they first legalized marijuana in NM. I think they only bought it because it had a higher dosage, but it's gross. First, it's dank. Obviously. Then, some freak put flecks of dried cherry in it, so it's just freaking weird.

I've been using THC to feel neurotypical, which is to say, hungry, thirsty and tired. Being alone has really fucked with my ability to sleep "normally" for work. I kind of miss being fully exhausted, tired enough to sleep by eleven, which is an appropriate time to sleep for the time that I'm waking up for work. Although, I'm thinking my ex was exhausting to me because they always had me on alert. When it's just me, I don't need to be alert for spontaneous combustion because I'm not really the yell-y or rage-y type.

I'm more of the groaning and flailing type.

I have no idea what is triggering my asthma/allergies. The AQI is shit, for me. If it's anything less than near perfect, like it is right now, it's bad for me.

I didn't vape last night and I still woke up with my asthma--ooh, this morning hurt.

Anyway, I have to cut my Canva document back down to a multiple of sixteen, since I can't just add four pages on to the end. Which kinda sucks, since I already formatted those pages, but ehhhhhh, it can't be helped until/unless I find a better document maker?

Surely, there has to be a program that compiles the extensive ability to format, like canva, with all the frills and bells and whistles, with the simplicity of something like Word, where you just dump the text in and set the parameters et voilá! ..........riiiigggghhhhtttt?

I want cake. I should probably go get some actual people food. I don't necessarily have cake and I really don't have money to buy a boxed mix or a made slice from...... somebody, a grocery store or a restaurant.

Nobody asked, but speaking of my French, I've been proofing a lot of the French the writer tried to put into the story, like they don't seem to have grasped masculine vs feminine, so I'm correcting for that, which I'm happy to do.

Also in this second half, they're making very ESL mistakes, which, no judgement on the language part, I just don't understand what happened to the quality of their use of language. It's fine. That's why I'm giving it a light proof before I print it. I'm just over-eager to get some of this story printed. It'll be cool to get a little payoff for all this hard work.

I really--I got distracted by the other neighbors' dogs losing their minds over something.

My WIP pile: BM/BS, the Auction, v1 and v2, Manacled, v1, v2, v3, and a couple (accidental duplicates) of Apple Pies. (So I only have, actually, nine books to punch and sew and/or glue and cover. It's going to be eleven or twelve with this typesetting project.)

I haven't printed: Bring Him to His Knees, or Blood Magic.

I'm not sure about printing: Presque Toujours Pur, and Remain Nameless.

Those are the typesets that I've found and been interested in.

They're gonna find my stupid hand-bound library, and be like, she was obsessed.

I've been trying to hunt down some Draco/Ginny, but goddamn, talk about a rare-pair. I'm always looking for fractured fairy tales, because 🤤 that's really my literary niche.

WHERE IS MY PUNCH CRADLE!?!

Fuck yeah: I can easily flip my objects onto the opposite side of the page with same positioning.

Fuck no: I have to do it almost three hundred times.

[greenhorn-art]

Title: walk by faith/tell no one what you've seen (AO3 link)

Author: @killbothtwins​

Fandom: Star Wars

Length: 39, 188 words | 160 pages total

After the end of the war with the Empire, Obi-Wan wakes up in his twelve-year old body. Now all he needs to do is convince everyone he's psychic, trick his Master into taking him on before he's sent to Bandomeer, redeem a few bad guys, and try not to have a nervous breakdown. Pretty easy. It's not like the Sith are lurking on the horizon, waiting to devour the Jedi Order.

more pics and ramblings below the cut.

I love time travel fics, especially ones where Obi-Wan time travels! This fic was really good! (and you know it’s well-written when the author has sources in their notes lol)

I’ve had this one laying around half-assembled since early December, and finally finished it in February. The typesetting and sewing it up went smoothly, but everything after that? Hooooo boy. You ever have to set something down and leave it alone for a while because you’re too frustrated with it? I had all my measurements and steps written down in front of me (with diagrams even!), and yet I managed to do something wrong with every. single. step. Also ran out of glue half way through putting the cover together, so I made wheat paste for the first time. Made way more than I was able to use, and cooked it too long so it was really thick, but it got the job done! It was quick, easy, cheaper than buying acid-free pva, and easier to acquire! Nice.

p.s. does anyone know how to get the images side-by-side in desktop tumblr?  ‘read more’ won’t work on mobile, and desktop wont let me add images side-by-side. it’s either/or because it just undoes the other when i switch from mobile to desktop :’(

For the full title page I wanted to do something more exciting than just text. I used two drawings of Obi-Wan by an artist who's work I love, one of Padawan Obi-Wan and one of him ROTS era. I put them together, made a few edits to the colouring, added a background, then added the Star Wars logo and text.

[volturialice]

Spork Haven chapter 23: salt fucking peter

welcome to spork haven, where I spork the EL James fic you’ve never heard of

previous chapter | next chapter | contents

previously on Spork Haven:

actor!Edward got an outlandish fucking award and became Best Actor!Edward! hotel maid murder witness cello prodigy orphaned ““cajun”” heiress!Bella was his date to the awards show! Ed looked into Emmett’s dark burning eyes and had a Moment! Bella felt dizzy and then went missing! will the Volturi mafia succeed in murdering her? let’s hope so stick around and find out!

warning: this chapter is incredibly long. please check the tags for content warnings—there are a lot! it’s eventful, though, so we’ll give it a pass. but settle in and make yourself comfortable. maybe go get a drink or something. I know I needed a drink after I read this garbage.

chapter 23 opens with Edward attempting to process the fact that Bella has disappeared. he does this in what I have to admit is a pretty seamless fusion of el james’s and stephenie meyer’s trademark styles (negative space here preserved for authenticity):

wow. eat your heart out, New Moon.

once we’ve experienced that bit of totally original typesetting magic, Edward leaps into action! 

just kidding. he’s “totally fucking immobilized.” paralyzed with fear, he “stifles a sob” and toys with whether to “wail, scream, and tear his hair out with impotence”

luckily, he’s very good at giving himself pep talks:

this bracing self-administered kick in the pants unfreezes him, allowing him to summon the mental faculties to go get Emmett.

Emmett clears the ladies’ room and calls for backup. He and Edward search the restroom and are joined by a rando Local security guard as they discover—gasp!—a secret second exit to the bathroom (shoutout to the phoenix airport womens’ room, amirite?) leading into a service tunnel.

the Local security guard informs them that the tunnel leads to an alley, but the alley’s only exit is onto Hollywood Boulevard. you know, the street currently clogged with limos, paparazzi, cameras, and fans. idk about y’all but I’m starting to think this kidnap attempt may have been just a tad poorly conceived. why kidnap her at all? they had ample time to kill her, dump her body in the service tunnel, and make their escape unencumbered.

as Ed, Emmett, and Local race down the service tunnel, Emmett radios for Jasper to go around and cut the Bad Guys off in the alley. Edward is the slowest of the bunch

so he quickly falls behind the other two.

he’s trying to catch up when—wait! what’s that on the ground? something...sparkly?

that’s right: he pauses in chasing after Bella and her kidnapper in order to notice “six thousand dollars’ worth of earring” lying on the ground.

then he stops and picks it up.

now, I know what you’re thinking, guys—is he seriously stopping to pick up a lost earring when Bella’s life is in danger?—but keep in mind, these earrings were twelve thousand dollars. also, Edward loves earrings! they make him horny! what else is he supposed to suck on at Bella’s funeral?

I mean, yeah, if your worst fear was that Bella might lose an earring.

what indeed, Edward. what indeed. 

imagine for a second that you’re Emmett in this fic. you’re a law enforcement professional racing to protect your charge’s life, bellowing into your walkie for backup, preparing to apprehend an armed and dangerous suspect in an area full of innocent civilians...when suddenly, from somewhere far behind you in the dingy gloom of the service tunnel, you hear the sniveling, British-accented voice of the bitchass manchild celebrity who’s tagging along:

“I’vE fOuNd hEr eArRiNg!”

jesus.

still ahead of Eddie boy, Emmett and Local burst out into the alley, guns drawn. Edward hears gunfire and is terrified for Bella as he finally catches up and arrives at the scene.

this is about where erika’s writing gets...incredibly confusing. and not in a POV, “we’re in the character’s head experiencing the chaos with him in real time” way. more like in a “several dozen drunk blind amputees playing Twister” way. this is my cute way of saying “it’s bad” and “I had to read it four times before it began to make sense.”

in the alley, all is chaos. a gun has just gone off

I’m sorry. salt...peter? saltpeter? did someone shoot off a Ye Olde Civil War Musket? I know fuckall about firearms and even I know they phased that shit out in the fucking 1880s.

and while we’re here, fun trivia fact about saltpeter: in Olden Times, people would ingest saltpeter in order to nuke their sex drives. silly Olden Times! if it’s a bonerkiller you’re after, all you have to do is read this fic!

ok, back to the alley. security are cordoning it off, keeping the “fucking jackal” paparazzi at bay (already?)

the LAPD are arriving (already??) 

but perhaps most interestingly,

real quick before we get into whose body it is, why we’re sexually objectifying it, and what it’s oozing, I just wanna draw your attention to the construction of that sentence. the artistry, if you will. below, I have replaced some of the nouns so that we may all appreciate the sheer poetry of the syntax:

“there’s a fucking meatball lying prone on the floor, all covered with cheese, a dark cloud oozing under the meatball.”

sitting a few feet away from the Skirt & Heels Body™ is Jasper, cradling the unconscious Bella. you could be forgiven for thinking that first body (you know, the oozing one) was Bella’s, because that’s what the narration wants you to think. the effect is somehow both enhanced and ruined by the fact that Bella’s actual body is mentioned in the next sentence. erika really tried to have her suspense cake and eat it too, with the result that by the time I finished reading this paragraph, I had absolutely no idea how many bodies there were or who they belonged to, which ones had on a skirt and heels, which ones were oozing, and where.

another excerpt I should probably share is the paragraph where we describe Edward reacting to this tragic pietà.

here’s our text, raw and unedited:

I can’t even begin to list all the ways this paragraph makes me uncomfortable, so I won’t attempt to.

anyway. remember how in the last chapter, there was an incredibly gay bit where Edward looked into Emmett’s dark, burning eyes? fasten your seatbelts because we’re about to blow that bit out of the water.

ｌｕｍｉｎｏｕｓ ｈａｚｅｌ ｅｙｅｓ

filled with

𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝐼 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒

the next sentence tries to take us back into heterosexual territory with

are we meant to understand that Jasper’s luminous hazel eyes are saying “don’t you just wish it was you getting to cradle Bella’s unconscious, injured body?” yes, that is exactly what we’re meant to understand. this attitude continues as Bella is loaded into an ambulance. at first, Jasper tries to stop Edward from coming, then the paramedic says they can both come but only if they sit on opposite sides of the ambulance like kindergarteners in Time Out.

l o n g i n g l y

the paramedics also checked the other body (you know, the oozing skirt and heels body) and Edward made a startling observation:

though oozing, the mystery person is still alive, and a second ambulance hauls off

and here I was thinking all this story needed to make it complete was some veiled transphobia! what a fun new direction for erika.

once at the hospital, Ed is banished to the waiting room with Emmett, Jasper, and Taylor. the doctors won’t let him see Bella, even when he tells them he’s her fiancé.

hmm. is it just me or is there a movie about this exact scenario?

yep, there are at least two movies about this exact scenario.

after the “fiancé” thing, Edward picks up on some bad vibes from Jasper

interesting. can you feel MY animosity hit you like a brick fucking wall? I guess it’s more of a brick fucking skyscraper at this point.

things we learn at the hospital:

Bella was roofied! so if you voted “poisoned” in the poll, I’m gonna give you this one. congrats on your victory.

Bella is fine now

Jasper shot the mysterious kidnapper in the chest. 

that’s right, Jasper is the cause of all the oozing. well done, Jasper. good luminous hazel eye.

finally, Bella wakes up and asks to see Edward. He goes back to see her 

and

she

dumps his ass.

not for any Sane People reasons, of course. having decided she’s “too dangerous to be around,” she breaks up with him in a scene straight out of New Moon, complete with “eyes full of tortured pain” and dialogue like

“You are too precious to me. Please. Go.”

Edward spends the whole scene in panicked denial, to the point where he’s practically gaslighting Bella, telling her she’s just been through a traumatic ordeal and she can’t possibly mean what she’s saying. 

then he interrupts her mid-breakup 

to fucking propose.

🤣🤣🤣 READ THE ROOM, BUDDY. Bella is resolute for the first time in her doormat life, turns down the proposal, and firmly breaks things off with Edward. he returns her earring (you remember, the six thousand dollar earring we paused in the middle of the climactic chase scene to pick up), “inhales her fragrant hair for the last time,” and leaves.

and with that, the chapter is FINALLY over.

possibility.mp3

best “fucks”

“level fucking head”

“a fucking microsecond”

“fucking sirens”

“loud fucking noises”

“enough fucking damage”

“a soothing fucking balm”

“fucking Hale”

“fucking purgatory” (the hospital waiting room)

“pale as fuck” (bella)

“fucking lifeless” (bella)

“non-believing fucking arse” (edward)

“like a fucking idiot” (edward)

best “shits”

next chapter: fucking blinds and curtains

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I got a hold of the raws for Kokushi no Shima by Fuyumi Ono (illustrated by Yamamoto Kotetsuko). The currently available chapters translated in English is just about 3-4 chapters away from the ending. The series was first scanlated by GGScans and then taken over by Nexus Scans.

I don't understand written Japanese, and this manga is mainly driven by the dialog since it was adapted from the novel. So despite having the raws, I really don't know what is the answer to the mystery of Yasha Island, Mezu-san, Shiho, Mari and the Jinryou family. I also have no idea if GGScans or Nexus Scans will be continuing the scanlations. I've been following the series since 2014 and all I can really do is wait if there will be hope for unraveling the mystery.

If anyone wants the raws, they are readily downloadable from simple google searching, from a Vietnamese forum, but registration is necessary for the link (since they are not mine, the most I can do is share the original link from the poster, just send me a PM). If anyone wants to translate, I think I can help in typesetting (the raws show very simple format and minimal need for cleaning) and proofreading (English is not my first language but I am quite confident in my fluency). While I agree that scanlating is still a form of piracy, it's really the only way for foreigners to get to read non-mainstream gems outside Japan.

On a side note, the sequel for Fuyumi Ono's another novel series, The Twelve Kingdoms, is already available for preorder in Amazon Japan. I really love her works, and The Twelve Kingdoms is the first anime that drew me into her works (to think that the anime actually butchered some of Youko's character though... But I still admired her, until I read the real novel and then admired her even more). Then I didn't know that she was also the one who wrote Shiki (another amazing work) - when I realized that it was the same author whose works I fell in love with, I just fell even further.

Another coincidental realization is her collaborations with Yamamoto Kotetsuko. I also adore her yaoi works, especially Konya Nemu and of course, Hontou Yajuu. Though I discovered her more recently (since my love for yaoi blossomed quite late, in my late teens and early 20s), it was a Eureka moment when I clicked onto her profile and found that she was the one who drew Sugiru Juunana no Haru (God... This one was my second series from Fuyumi Ono and it made me unable to sleep for days).

Kokushi no Shima, therefore, holds a very special place in my heart, as this was another collaboration of my favorite author and mangaka. It saddens me that I am so close yet so far in knowing the real story, but I'm not losing hope. I wish someday, I'll get to understand how the things really happened in Yasha island.

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Fantasieherz, schöner Verstand. Pt XVIII Veröffentlichung.

Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics

As well as his fiction, Tolkien was also a leading author of academic literary criticism. His seminal 1936 lecture, later published as an article, revolutionized the treatment of the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf by literary critics. The essay remains highly influential in the study of Old English literature to this day. Beowulf is one of the most significant influences upon Tolkien's later fiction, with major details of both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings being adapted from the poem. The piece reveals many of the aspects of Beowulf which Tolkien found most inspiring, most prominently the role of monsters in literature, particularly that of the dragon which appears in the final third of the poem:

As for the poem, one dragon, however hot, does not make a summer, or a host; and a man might well exchange for one good dragon what he would not sell for a wilderness. And dragons, real dragons, essential both to the machinery and the ideas of a poem or tale, are actually rare.

Children's books and other short works

In addition to his mythopoeic compositions, Tolkien enjoyed inventing fantasy stories to entertain his children. He wrote annual Christmas letters from Father Christmasfor them, building up a series of short stories (later compiled and published as The Father Christmas Letters). Other works included Mr. Bliss and Roverandom (for children), and Leaf by Niggle (part of Tree and Leaf), The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham. Roverandom and Smith of Wootton Major, like The Hobbit, borrowed ideas from his legendarium.

The Hobbit

Tolkien never expected his stories to become popular, but by sheer accident a book called The Hobbit, which he had written some years before for his own children, came in 1936 to the attention of Susan Dagnall, an employee of the London publishing firm George Allen & Unwin, who persuaded Tolkien to submit it for publication. When it was published a year later, the book attracted adult readers as well as children, and it became popular enough for the publishers to ask Tolkien to produce a sequel.

The Lord of the Rings

The request for a sequel prompted Tolkien to begin what would become his most famous work: the epic novel The Lord of the Rings (originally published in three volumes 1954–1955). Tolkien spent more than ten years writing the primary narrative and appendices for The Lord of the Rings, during which time he received the constant support of the Inklings, in particular his closest friend C. S. Lewis, the author of The Chronicles of Narnia. Both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set against the background of The Silmarillion, but in a time long after it.

Tolkien at first intended The Lord of the Rings to be a children's tale in the style of The Hobbit, but it quickly grew darker and more serious in the writing.[159] Though a direct sequel to The Hobbit, it addressed an older audience, drawing on the immense backstory of Beleriand that Tolkien had constructed in previous years, and which eventually saw posthumous publication in The Silmarillion and other volumes. Tolkien's influence weighs heavily on the fantasy genre that grew up after the success of The Lord of the Rings.

The Lord of the Rings became immensely popular in the 1960s and has remained so ever since, ranking as one of the most popular works of fiction of the 20th century, judged by both sales and reader surveys. In the 2003 "Big Read" survey conducted by the BBC, The Lord of the Rings was found to be the UK's "Best-loved Novel". Australians voted The Lord of the Rings "My Favourite Book" in a 2004 survey conducted by the Australian ABC. In a 1999 poll of Amazon.com customers, The Lord of the Rings was judged to be their favourite "book of the millennium". In 2002 Tolkien was voted the 92nd "greatest Briton" in a poll conducted by the BBC, and in 2004 he was voted 35th in the SABC3's Great South Africans, the only person to appear in both lists. His popularity is not limited to the English-speaking world: in a 2004 poll inspired by the UK's "Big Read" survey, about 250,000 Germans found The Lord of the Rings to be their favourite work of literature.

Posthumous publications

The Silmarillion

Tolkien wrote a brief "Sketch of the Mythology", which included the tales of Beren and Lúthien and of Túrin; and that sketch eventually evolved into the Quenta Silmarillion, an epic history that Tolkien started three times but never published. Tolkien desperately hoped to publish it along with The Lord of the Rings, but publishers (both Allen & Unwin and Collins) declined. Moreover, printing costs were very high in 1950s Britain, requiring The Lord of the Rings to be published in three volumes. The story of this continuous redrafting is told in the posthumous series The History of Middle-earth, edited by Tolkien's son, Christopher Tolkien. From around 1936, Tolkien began to extend this framework to include the tale of The Fall of Númenor, which was inspired by the legend of Atlantis.

Tolkien had appointed his son Christopher to be his literary executor, and he (with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay, later a well-known fantasy author in his own right) organized some of this material into a single coherent volume, published as The Silmarillion in 1977. It received the Locus Award for Best Fantasy novel in 1978.

Unfinished Tales

and

The History of Middle-earth

In 1980, Christopher Tolkien published a collection of more fragmentary material, under the title Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth. In subsequent years (1983–1996), he published a large amount of the remaining unpublished materials, together with notes and extensive commentary, in a series of twelve volumes called The History of Middle-earth. They contain unfinished, abandoned, alternative, and outright contradictory accounts, since they were always a work in progress for Tolkien and he only rarely settled on a definitive version for any of the stories. There is not complete consistency between The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, the two most closely related works, because Tolkien never fully integrated all their traditions into each other. He commented in 1965, while editing The Hobbit for a third edition, that he would have preferred to completely rewrite the book because of the style of its prose.

Mr. Bliss

One of Tolkien's least-known short works is the children's storybook Mr. Bliss, published in 1982. It tells the story of Mr. Bliss and his first ride in his new motor-car. Many adventures follow: encounters with bears, angry neighbours, irate shopkeepers, and assorted collisions. The story was inspired by Tolkien's own vehicular mishaps with his first car, purchased in 1932. The bears were based on toy bears owned by Tolkien's sons. Tolkien was both author and illustrator of the book. He submitted it to his publishers as a balm to readers who were hungry for more from him after the success of The Hobbit. The lavish ink and coloured-pencil illustrations would have made production costs prohibitively expensive. Tolkien agreed to redraw the pictures in a simpler style, but then found he did not have time to do so. The book was published in 1982 as a facsimile of Tolkien's difficult-to-read illustrated manuscript, with a typeset transcription on each facing page.

The Children of Húrin

More recently, in 2007, The Children of Húrin was published by HarperCollins (in the UK and Canada) and Houghton Mifflin (in the US). The novel tells the story of Túrin Turambar and his sister Nienor, children of Húrin Thalion. The material was compiled by Christopher Tolkien from The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The History of Middle-earth, and unpublished manuscripts.

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, which was released worldwide on 5 May 2009 by HarperCollins and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, retells the legend of Sigurd and the fall of the Niflungs from Germanic mythology. It is a narrative poem composed in alliterative verse and is modelled after the Old Norse poetry of the Elder Edda. Christopher Tolkien supplied copious notes and commentary upon his father's work.

According to Christopher Tolkien, it is no longer possible to trace the exact date of the work's composition. On the basis of circumstantial evidence, he suggests that it dates from the 1930s. In his foreword he wrote, "He scarcely ever (to my knowledge) referred to them. For my part, I cannot recall any conversation with him on the subject until very near the end of his life, when he spoke of them to me, and tried unsuccessfully to find them." In a 1967 letter to W. H. Auden, Tolkien wrote,

Thank you for your wonderful effort in translating and reorganising The Song of the Sibyl. In return again I hope to send you, if I can lay my hands on it (I hope it isn't lost), a thing I did many years ago when trying to learn the art of writing alliterative poetry: an attempt to unify the lays about the Völsungs from the Elder Edda, written in the old eight-line fornyrðislag stanza.

The Fall of Arthur

The Fall of Arthur, published on 23 May 2013, is a long narrative poem composed by Tolkien in the early-1930s. It is alliterative, extending to almost 1,000 lines imitating the Old English Beowulf metre in Modern English. Though inspired by high medieval Arthurian fiction, the historical setting of the poem is during the Post-Roman Migration Period, both in form (using Germanic verse) and in content, showing Arthur as a British warlord fighting the Saxon invasion, while it avoids the high medieval aspects of the Arthurian cycle (such as the Grail, and the courtly setting); the poem begins with a British "counter-invasion" to the Saxon lands (Arthur eastward in arms purposed).

Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary

Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, published on 22 May 2014, is a prose translation of the early medieval epic poem Beowulf from Old English to modern English. Translated by Tolkien from 1920 to 1926, it was edited by his son Christopher. The translation is followed by over 200 pages of commentary on the poem; this commentary was the basis of Tolkien's acclaimed 1936 lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics".[171] The book also includes the previously unpublished "Sellic Spell" and two versions of "The Lay of Beowulf". The former is a fantasy piece on Beowulf's biographical background, while the latter is a poem on the Beowulf theme.

The Story of Kullervo

The Story of Kullervo, first published in Tolkien Studies in 2010 and reissued with additional material in 2015, is a retelling of a 19th-century Finnish poem. It was written in 1915 while Tolkien was studying at Oxford.

Beren and Lúthien

The Tale of Beren and Lúthien is one of the oldest and most often revised in Tolkien's legendarium. The story is one of three contained within The Silmarillion which Tolkien believed to warrant their own long-form narratives. It was published as a standalone book, edited by Christopher Tolkien, under the title Beren and Lúthien in 2017.

The Fall of Gondolin

The Fall of Gondolin is a tale of a beautiful, mysterious city destroyed by dark forces, which Tolkien called "the first real story" of Middle-earth, was published on 30 August 2018 as a standalone book, edited by Christopher Tolkien and illustrated by Alan Lee.

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51 Benches That Catch the Eye

While considering crucial elements of interior design, benches are usually not in the first line. That’s something worth changing, since these convenient furniture pieces can be valuable assets, and not just in terms of essential function – to provide seating. Benches can offer precious hidden storage for small necessities, a handy place to put something down, or give your feet some well-deserved rest. Not to mention just how stylish they can be. Let’s have a look at this curated list and perhaps change the perception of benches together.

$130BUY IT Upholstered Tufted Storage Bench: This absolutely gorgeous silver bench with cabriole legs and crystal buttons is one of our top picks for a good reason. It presents a great mix of style and substance, in an elegant form that doesn’t scream” storage!” Whether you will use it to stow folded blankets for chilly afternoons or as additional seating when the house is full of guests, this classy piece will surely attract much attention.

$240BUY IT Entryway Storage Bench With Drawers: A touch of coastal rustics is featured on this contemporary storage bench. Three drawers with a shelf below secure a lot of space for keeping small essentials, while the rack is ideal for storing sneakers and shoes. With three featured baskets for storing magazines and daily necessities, this versatile bench can fit any room beautifully. The structure is a quality mix of solid and manufactured wood, easy to maintain.

$170BUY IT Elegant Transitional Tufted Storage Bench: The smooth, high-quality upholstery of this bench truly invites you to sit and melt. Its transitional design is suitable for a whole range of different room designs solutions. It will make a beautiful feature at the end of the bed, under the window of your living room, or even at a classy entryway. The base is solid wood, and under a tufted plush, there’s a foam stuffing to secure comfort. Its hidden storage compartment can host plenty of books, magazines, or toys.

$540BUY IT Modern Mid-Century Bench: This one is a real eye-candy for a living room or bedroom. It is so perfectly “here & now.” Still, with a distinctive ’70s vibe, it wouldn’t look out of place as the scenery in a disco party movie. With this mid-century bench style, you will certainly add some funky chic to the place. It sits low to the ground on four flared solid birch wood legs. Metal capped feet ensure stability with a touch of glam, while the foam-filled upholstery guarantees comfort.

$240BUY IT Industrial Shoe Storage Bench: This attractive, clean design is both simple and sophisticated. There is a lot of storage space featured here, in six storage cubbies, behind a sliding door, and on a smooth yet sturdy top. This is a convenient entry bench; however, its industrial look is elegant enough to fit a living room, and cool enough for a teenager’s room. Reclaimed Barnwood will easily find its place in any modern rustic interior, too.

$110BUY IT Contemporary Bench Seat: Here we have a perfect storage ottoman bench for every contemporary interior. This rectangular seat features a hinged mechanism for opening a top lid, concealing abundant storage space to stow away pillows, blankets, toys, or anything that comes to your mind. Stylish, precise lines offer versatility. In black leather, this ottoman bench can be a part of a very fashion-forward interior, while two rustic finishing options make the same design suitable even for a farmhouse.

$160BUY IT Elegant Upholstered Window Bench: This contemporary seat’s refined yet solid design offers a convenient spot to rest and enjoy the outside view. Placed by the front door, it will help you put your skinny boots on effortlessly. Or, you can place it in the bedroom to elevate its style. The frame with four flared legs is crafted from solid and manufactured wood to secure stability. The curved top is filled with foam, wrapped in linen upholstery, and secured with nailhead trim.

$220BUY IT Modern Farmhouse Style Bench: This farmhouse entryway bench features a twist to the farmhouse look. It keeps all the chic-cottage vibe while being fully fit for a modern city interior. Even better, its ample storage space with six cubbies can fit at least twelve pairs of shoes. An x-patterned sliding barn door can also hide some unsightly clutter. Not that we need that, of course, but it’s still good to have the door. A smooth, flat top can host a plant, as well as your bags, folders, umbrella, or anything that needs to be put down in order to put the coat on.

$380BUY IT Classy Modern Upholstered Bench: The transitional beauty is a guaranteed attention-grabber with its elegant yet fully comfortable design. Sophisticated lines offer a broad sitting area with a foam-padded, tufted seat. Finely sloping arms define the classy form of this long bench, ensuring comfort with a statement. Tapered wood legs feature foot caps for non-slipping reliability. Whether you place it in a bedroom, living room, or an entryway bench, it will accentuate and further define the style of every existing piece.

$216BUY IT Transitional Wooden Bench: An authentic statement piece for your entryway, this wooden bench bears a genuine touch of craftsmanship with scrolled armrests and a full-back lined with contemporary openwork trellis. If you’re looking for a way to add some style to your mudroom or foyer, this traditional wood bench is an excellent solution. It’s made of solid pine wood, featuring a classic finish and turned spade legs, which enhance the traditional appearance. Complete the look with a few pillows to secure maximum comfort along the line.

$550BUY IT Timeless Classic Tufted Bench: A classic with a modern dash, this elegant transitional piece is as versatile as it is beautiful. The long bench seat elevates the room aesthetic with its tufted finish and wingback silhouette. It’s foam-filled, wrapped in contemporary chenille upholstery, and buttoned up with diamond-tufted details. Nailhead trim, distressed details, and tapered wood legs emit chic antique vibes. This spacious bench can comfortably host up to three people, making a stylish alternative for a standard sofa.

$160BUY IT Charming Flip-Top Velvet Bench: This pretty bench upholstered in velvet is quite a lady. Classic at first look, chic contemporary at another. Each of the four color options offers a lot of charm, hiding a decent storage space under a sturdy flip-top. Metal legs and nailhead trim offer just enough reflection, reminiscent of the Hollywood glamorous mid-century years. Use it as an end of the bed bench, or as a statement piece in the living room.

$120BUY IT Frenchy Modern Bedroom Bench: Made in the USA, but with plenty of French charm, this bedroom bench would feel right at home in front of a fireplace during a chilly night. It’s easy to imagine it with a blanket off to the floor, a glass of wine and a book, and the fire in the background. Elegant resin cabriole legs are crafted of solid wood with a polished black finish. Rolled arms around the seat and geometric upholstery complete this alluring transitional piece.

$380BUY IT Superbly Classy Velvet Blue Bench: Statuesque and gorgeous, this bench is like a star nominated for Oscar, ready to give the speech. It’s beautifully crafted, with accented flared arms, two matching bolster pillows, hand tufts along with the seat, and matching decorative cord outlines. The upholstery is a blend engineered for long life, and framing is kiln-dried birch wood. This entryway bench would not be shy in a great hall, under bifurcated stairs. And yet, it will perfectly fit a nice, cozy living room too.

$300BUY IT Coastal Wooden Storage Bench: This contemporary white bench is a versatile addition to any abode. It offers abundant storage space for pillows, blankets, toys, board games, or anything you wish to de-clutter. Its strikingly simple style with a distressed white finish on the base and beadboard makes it an excellent piece for a coastal home. If you live in the city but dream of white shores, find a way to fit this bench into your existing interior. Complete the look with a few striped pillows, and get ready to spread the sails.

$194BUY IT Distressed Tufted Ottoman Bench: Are you feeling the distant call to saddle your horse and put on a Stetson Hat? Alternatively, you could also awake the Wild, Wild, West spirit with this rustic bench. Upholstered with a tufted top with distressed brown bonded leather and antique-looking nailhead trim, it brings authentic John Wayne vibes to your interior. Dark brown carved legs are handcrafted from solid wood and equipped with almost invisible casters for easy mobility.

$180BUY IT Wooden Shoe Storage Bench: A contemporary piece with a slightly rustic feel, this sturdy storage bench is made of real wood. Even better, it’s made of ecologically sourced, plantation-grown rubberwood turned to an eco-friendly renewable hardwood material for making furniture. Together with good quality, it offers impressive appeal, eight storage compartments, and a soft top to sit on. A reliable and durable construction can withstand a decent portion of weight without deteriorating in time.

$729BUY IT Amore Foyer Bench: Designed by Giò Colonna Romano and made of durable and lightweight polyethylene, this neat, modern bench presents the word “amore” in a flowing, bold cursive typeset. The convenient piece is easy to transport, structurally robust, and still quite comfortable to sit on. It’s bright red finish is reminiscent of the color of love, while also making this bench a strikingly modern feature, ideal for places bursting with youthful vibe, filled with life.

$306BUY IT Art Deco Velvet Bench Seat: Eclectic, transitional, and artistic as much as functional, this bench seat boasts an eye-catching Greek key base. This striking, golden metal base holds a seat upholstered in stain-resistant, luxuriously smooth velvet. It makes a glamourous statement in a living room and an unbeatable classy piano seat. Upscale allure and bold sophistication do not lack in functionality or comfort. Dense foam padding secures a comfortable seat, while the frame is equipped with foot pads to help protect flooring.

$595BUY IT Art-Deco Inspired Mid-Century Bench: A bench for extra seating with a mid-century twist is a wonderful addition to a living room but will work equally well in a bedroom or an office. Its modern birch wood frame features a smooth oak finish, providing a sleek base for a tufted bench seat in coldish woven taupe gray fabric. As a combination of premium quality materials with unique high-style design, this mid-century bench enhances all other room features, uplifting the interior to a new level.

$370BUY IT Carved Wooden Storage Bench: The ornate storage bench packs a lot of punch. It’s strikingly gorgeous front is carved of solid beige wood in a weathered gray wash finish. A rectangular silhouette stands firm on four turned bun feet, while the sides feature metal handles. Under a hinged top, there’s a convenient abundance of hidden storage space. This bench definitely emits some boho-chic vibe, but would easily find its place in a traditional or rustic environment. As a statement in a modern eclectic setting, it’s destined to bring some serious wow-effect.

$239BUY IT Checkered Modern Leather Bench: The unique design of this seat makes it suitable for just anywhere. It’s equally good as a lounge accent, dining bench, or a convenient seating feature in a kid’s room. This attractive bench seat can be used as a leg rest, children seat, or bed bottom bench, suitable for various home decoration styles. The durable frame is crafted of solid pine wood, sturdy enough to withstand a lot of weight. High-quality faux leather is eco-friendly, soft, and very comfortable even after prolonged use.

$100BUY IT Chic Furry White Bench: Soft and stylish, this little bench is so inviting that it doesn’t take “no” for an answer. Sleek but surprisingly sturdy golden legs provide a stable base for a luxuriously fluffy seat. The thick cushioning is irresistible as a place to sit or rest your feet. This glam accent piece provides enough function along with style for any room, looking equally great as a window bench or a boudoir asset.

$395BUY IT Classy Pink Velvet Bench: This pink lady makes a true statement piece that unmistakably attracts eyes and compliments. Sleek, elegant golden legs provide a stable base for two layers of pink comfort and style. The refined detailing makes this padded bench stand out in a crowd, while the cozy seat and plush velvet upholstery make it a really functional room asset. With its opulent and luxurious good-looks, this modern velvet bench is a simple but effective way to elevate any room and give it a designed vibe.

$150BUY IT Contemporary Padded Bench: This storage ottoman provides an abundance of valuable storage space for all small daily necessities like remotes, board games, magazines, chargers, or even toys. The elegant, tufted piece doesn’t just look good in your living room—but also holds all of those items that clutter around, yet you don’t really want to put them away. Its modern but refined design and neutral grey color can effortlessly fit a whole range of interiors.

$1497BUY IT DWR Originals Loveseat Dining Table Bench: A two-seater version of the classic Windsor Chair, named Originals Loveseat Bench, was designed by Lucian Ercolani in 1956. The initial design aimed to create a piece that can suit a variety of areas, from the entryway to the lounge setting. Still, from the beginning, it prevailed as an ideal dining room bench seat. The Loveseat Bench is handcrafted in wood, with the back rail steam-bent. What makes it even more remarkable: it’s completely free of metal or screws in its construction.

$125BUY IT Featherlight Industrial Bench: This super lightweight piece is ideal for small apartments and rooms with a need for practical seating solutions. The wireframe base doesn’t put visual weight to the room as an eye obstacle, and the whole structure is easy to push around. It can be also effortlessly moved out of the way if needed. This bench emits considerable urban charm, delivering a quick modern update to any room design.

$150BUY IT French Classic Wooden Bench: This refined seater makes an incredibly chic statement with its carved wood and vintage French elegance. It’s a beautiful seating accent for entryways, living rooms, and bedrooms, bearing extra style points as a vanity or piano seat. The weathered wooden frame is sturdy and reliable. The expertly carved solid base sits atop classic cabriole legs, with elegantly rolled armrests and nailhead trim. This upholstered bench grants a premium seating experience with a refined, chic profile.

$153BUY IT French Farmstyle Transitional Entryway Bench: The white brushed frame and legs of this elegant piece are made from sturdy rubberwood and topped with a thick, memory foam padding for exceptional comfort. Each leg features a carved floral pattern. The top is wrapped in a resilient, high-quality soft fabric. A neutral color palette allows its transitional design to seamlessly blend into many interior styles. This wooden bench is a great asset for just any room. For bonus style points, use it as a piano bench.

$998BUY IT Hanging Rattan Bench: One thing better than a comfy rattan bench is a swinging rattan bench. This natural beauty is inspired by a Scandinavian design from the 60s and reinvented as a scooped-seat bench for two. Stuff it with pillows to add ultra-cozy softness and personal touch of style in a mix of patterns and colors. Don’t worry about the weight; heavy-duty loop and rope ensure that everything remains super sturdy.

$305BUY IT Farmhouse Rustic Entryway Bench: This interesting design can fit a whole range of interior styles, from genuinely rustic to transitional. It’s made of solid and manufactured wood, with x-patterned sides and metal details. Alone, it’s a bit more on the rustic side as an entryway shoe storage bench. With the addition of three metal storage boxes, it turns to an industrial accent piece fit for a living room, dining room, or even a bathroom.

$132BUY IT Industrial Leather Bench: This modern, long bench emits strong masculine vibes. It’s quite a sizeable piece. However, due to the transparent, lightweight wireframe, it can offer much functionality without overwhelming the space. The style is completed with a brown leather buttoned, tufted top. You can use it as a dining bench or an entryway bench, but its ideal place would be as an end of bed bench in front of a sleek metal canopy frame.

$381BUY IT Large Entryway Bench: A mid-century style metal bench is an inspiring accent piece as well as a functional seater. It will comfortably host any extra guests in a living room or at the dining table. Use it if you need a convenient, fashionable statement in your office or a practical feature in the entryway. With chic simplicity and gold metal accents, this iconic design makes effortless addition to elevating various décors.

$267BUY IT Luxe Tufted Velvet Bench: This Chesterfield-style velvet bench features plenty of mid-century style in modern execution. It’s a striking accent for a living room or entryway, with its rolled armrests, deep button tufting, and delicate piping. As for functionality, dense foam padding offers a comfortable, supportive sitting place. The durable wooden frame with delicate-looking cabriole legs is surprisingly sturdy, able to hold a lot of weight. This transitional-classic tufted bench will make a stunning addition to any room in your home.

$99BUY IT Luxurious Furry Metal Bench: This bedroom bench is simple in form but exceptionally stylish in the presentation. Decorated with glamorous, soft faux fur, it’s calm and sophisticated but impossible to ignore. Four metal legs covered with a metallic luster are unexpectedly sturdy and reliable as much as refined. Use it as a lounge feature or a bedroom bench. As an eye-candy focal point, it will elevate the style of any room, bringing effortless grace to your interior design.

$9623BUY IT Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Lounge Bench Seat: The Barcelona Couch was originally designed in 1930 by Mies van der Rohe, as an exemplary exercise of line and material, which helped define the modern vocabulary. This piece shares the same simple elegance as its iconic twin. During manufacturing process, 72 individual panels are cut, welted and tufted by hand, covered with leather and buttons produced from a single cowhide. Seventeen straps are stretched over a rubber webbing for cushion support. The legs are polished tubular stainless steel, while the platform is a Sapele Mahogany from Africa, finished with a clear protective lacquer.

$245BUY IT Modern Furry Bedroom Bench: This glam faux fur bench on a base with four acrylic legs boasts a contemporary style with functionality for any room’s decor. Its convenient, transparent design is ideal for elevating the look of small spaces while serving as a valuable extra seat, leg rest, or even an alternative for a coffee table. Polyester base construction offers a fragile, minimalistic appeal, still is sturdy enough to support a lot of weight for a long time.

$320BUY IT Small Kids Bench Seat: Nofred’s Mouse bench for kids is a whimsical seater for little ones. This playful bench is designed for small children, comes in several color options, and can be placed anywhere you—or your child likes. The Nofred’s Mouse wooden bench is made from painted oak veneer, characterized by rounded shapes and backrests in the shape of a mouse’s ears. It is a sleek design meant to be loved by kids while going easy on the parents’ eyes.

$220BUY IT Playful Velvet Bench With Pillows: This bench is a perfect fit with abreast aesthetics, a truly contemporary piece with a plethora of non-imposing style. Its youthful spirit can make a great accent in a minimalistic-oriented, modern interior. The simple, effective design features a thick base and square arms. Two round toss pillows make an effective patterned contrast while enhancing the comfort. Those can be easily removed if you aim for more straightforward simplicity. Sturdy, solid wooden legs ensure stability.

$101BUY IT Red Ottoman Bench: Another finely executed transition between classic and modern, this bench seat offers luxury and sophistication with its upholstered, buttoned form. It is covered in plush tufted fabric, securely buttoned, and filled with dense foam to secure comfort. The frame is the game here, with unique, crossed, espresso stained legs that create a fully modern twist. This ottoman bench will look great in a living room, in front of a fireplace, as a footstool, or even as a coffee table.

$1016BUY IT Sculptura Metal Garden Bench: Wrought-iron patio masterpiece of minimalistic design and craftsmanship, Sculptura makes a true icon of mid-century modern design. The Woodard Sculptura patio collection returns, handcrafted of woven wire, and available in a choice of colors and a standard or premium finishing. Advanced technology helps this outdoor bench withstand all kinds of weather conditions. Extraordinary attention in every detail makes it a wise investment, able to keep its value through the ages.

$898BUY IT Coastal Style Rattan Bench: This coastal gem is waiting for you to personalize its identity. Give your pillow collection a beach-y home on this breezy looking, über natural rattan bench. Ideal for a covered porch, it will feel at home as a part of any coastal, eclectic, or transitional interior focused on natural and organic. The base joints emit a slight tropical vibe, while the low back and tailored arms help keep the proportions light and harmonized.

$230BUY IT Simply Glamorous Velvet Bench: This elegant tufted piece offers a lot of glam in a simple package. The metal legs and base are thin and gold-plated, making a sleek, rectangular frame. It is a perfect base for buttoned, velvet upholstery, but it’s a bold color palette that provides a strikingly chic twist to this bench’s deceptive simplicity. This glitzy metal bench is available in black, blue, green, grey, and pink, and absolutely stunning in each version.

$745BUY IT Skagerak Cutter Wooden Bench: Cutter bench was firstly designed in 1999 by Niels Hvass, for the Planken Ud exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark. It was the first piece in later Skagerak’s Cutter collection. The clean-lined design of this wooden bench comprises a simple wooden frame, emphasizing slats connected by finger joints. It’s made of oak, and its continuous shape of the base is an homage to the Bauhaus movement and its use of metal tubes.

$739BUY IT Sleek and Modern Wooden Bench: A chic modern design of this padded bench is an eclectic mix of sophisticated materials and finishes for a simple yet urban appearance. Hand-craftsmanship such as rubbing and padding makes the finished look of this bench quite upscaled and delightful to the touch. The mixed wooden base is sturdy and durable, while padded fabric secures exceptional comfort. Sleek lines and minimalistic look complete the story, making a genuinely stand out modern piece.

$599BUY IT Sleek Metal Wooden Bench: The modern design artfully blends stainless steel tubing with mahogany varnished poplar wood slats to form this striking bench. It merges grate-inspired detail, mid-century design, and contemporary modern appeal. The cold metal profile is contrasted with sleek lines and organic feel of natural wood panel inlay. Initially designed as a dining room bench, it will make a striking feature in just any other room, from the foyer window to the bed’s bottom.

$36BUY IT Smart-Lift Ottoman Storage Bench: This little box comes in a range of vivid colors as a perfect functional addition to modern interiors, from the living room to the kid’s room. Its premium foam-padded top secures seating comfort and quick and easy access to hidden storage. The cover simply folds in flat and unfolds within seconds, swing-opening on either side, eliminating the necessity for getting up to acquire something from inside. A clean, modern design is easy to fit into any interior setting.

$260BUY IT Traditional Wooden Storage Bench: Made from solid wood, this bench offers abundant storage and a lot of space to sit, ideal for entryway, covered porch, or mudroom. The seat is a convenient flip-up, which uncovers a dual storage compartment below. The lid opening is equipped with safety hinges for added convenience. Design highlights are library framed square front panels and X back and side. Add some padded cushions to enhance comfort with a touch of personalized style.

$4040BUY IT Tuck 8001 Modern Window Bench: The Tuck 8001 Bench by Arteriors was created by designer Ray Booth as a handsome and streamlined piece. This bench is a beautiful blend of material, featuring bold metal, soft fabric, and wood’s natural texture. Clean lines still emit a modern flair, with the seat placed on openly composed steel leg supports. This sleek white bench is bringing a welcoming, spacious, and versatile seating option to spaces.

$190BUY IT Tufted Storage Bench: This simple, classic-looking bench provides an elegant hidden storage solution for your living room. It is perfect for putting away daily necessities or packing extra pillows and blankets after use during chilly winter evenings. The solid wooden body is covered in faux leather, with clean lines free of complicated details for a true contemporary appeal. The padded top provides comfortable extra seating for guests while enhancing the flair of any room at the same time.

$125BUY IT Upholstered Storage Bench With Pattern: A versatile, contemporary ottoman bench with just a hint of tradition, this seat can also serve as a footrest, tabletop, or storage unit. This charming piece is perfect for your living room, bedroom, or even as a chic accent for your home office. It boasts plenty of convenient storage space inside this upholstered look with soft pressure hinges. High-quality tailoring and durable fabrics make this bench an investment that lasts.

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I can't think of many ancient philosophers who would have become checkout clerks to become engineers. Mistake number two. Industrialization didn't spread much beyond those regions for a while. The reason it's hard to say why Yahoo felt threatened. Reports from the field, though they may not have had this as an explicit goal. So despite the huge number of software patents.1 Is it? There's more to do with anything as complex as an image of a person, for example, or find fields that are uninitialized. That is wildly oversimplified, of course. Hamming suggests that you ask yourself three questions: What are the most common because it is the feeling, conscious or not, patents were at least intended to.

When did Google take the lead? That's particularly worth remembering. Fortunately, if startups get cheaper to start, this conflict goes away, because founders can start them younger, when it's rational to take more risk, and can start more startups total in their careers. But while it certainly helps to be smart in distinctive ways. The latest hot language, Python, is a language too succinct for their own good. There's one other major component of determination, but they're still an anomaly in most of the Lisp programming done today is done in Emacs Lisp or AutoLisp. We now get on the order of 1000 applications a year. It's the second that matters.2

The other half, the younger half, will complain that this is hard for us to believe, but till she mentioned this it never occurred to me how little this quality is appreciated in most of the world, people don't start things till they're sure what they want to get anything done. The millennia-long run of bigger-is-better left us with a lot of people doing things that can be implicit, should be. It will be longer on the Internet, and there seems to be regarded as the rule rather than the exception. Perl began life as a collection of utilities for generating reports, and only evolved into a programming language as the throwaway programs people wrote in it grew larger. When attacked, you were supposed to do for the next one; they run pretty frequently on this route. Two new kinds of techniques were developed there: techniques for building startups didn't. You have to be careful here to distinguish between the readability of the whole company by 20%.3 They were so beautifully typeset, and their performance improves.

If the company's valuation is $2 million, $90k is 4. Startups are too poor to sue one another. Experts can implement, but they must both squeeze equally or the seed spins off sideways. Early stage startups are the exact opposite of this. And so they'd make the wrong choices. Even worse than the spectacular abuses might be the percentage of the fund's gains. In Shakespeare's time, mystery was synonymous with craft. With the rise of civil order, which happened at roughly the same time. But often memory will be the people who make the most money: make the best surgeons operate with their left hands, force popular actors to overeat, and so on. A guilty pleasure is at least a random sample of the applicants that were selected, b their subsequent performance is measured individually. It gives the acquirer an excuse to admit they couldn't copy what you're doing. I think you have to take a long detour to get where you wanted to go.

At the very least, we can avoid being discontented about being discontented. We've had an ongoing stream of founders from outside the US, of ambitious people who grew the ladder under them instead of climbing it. I still don't find prefix math expressions natural. It matters more to make something great and getting lots of users.4 Empirically it seems to me an important question, maybe the most important places for learning about new languages. The total effort of reading the Basic program will surely be greater. Sometimes infix syntax is easier to read, because the remaining. Often, indeed, it is not merely wasted, but actually makes organizations less productive.

The default euphemism for algorithm is system and method.5 The reason I began by saying that this technique would come as a surprise. If you're starting your own company, why do I feel so tired?6 Much of what's in the sage's head is also in the head of every twelve year old. To start with, it must be readily available. The situation with patents is similar. But I think the tree you'd draw in this exercise is what you have to do to succeed as a startup investor. 034. One way to describe this situation is to say that a language has to have a nice feeling of accomplishment fairly soon.7 Google's don't be evil policy may for this reason be the most valuable thing they've discovered.

The winners slow down the least.8 If determination is effectively the product of will and discipline, then you get a lot of people use them for that purpose. Sales people make much the same way about things that change, which could include practically everything else.9 Maybe they can, and you'll leave the right things undone. So a programmer working as programmers are meant to resemble English. Being available means more than being installed, though. That's becoming the test of doing well? What if I run out of ideas? Achievements also tend to increase your strength of will somewhat; you can definitely learn self-discipline, experience, and thus might vary in the course of a study. I think a better measure of the size of the entire tree. They know their audience.

Ultimately, I think you have to defend yourself. There was then a fashionable type of program called an expert system, at the core of which was something called an inference engine. I needed to remember, if I was bored, rather than their flaws. The companies that make it through are not average startups. Whereas if you're doing the kind of results I expected, tend to be owned by one of them, and that language is not the only cost of hiring someone: there's usually salary and overhead is 1. If this were really a meaningless question, you might as well flip a coin.10 Before patents, people protected ideas by keeping them secret.11

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One YC founder who used to do it is very hard and doesn't get paid much. The Mac number is a lot of the most successful investment, Uber, from which I removed a pair of metaphors that made steam engines dramatically more efficient, it may have been sent packing by the time it filters down to you about an A round VCs put two partners on your board, consisting of two founders and realized they were supposed to be self-imposed. By your mid-game.

But it could be fixed within a few that are hard to mentally deal with the founders' salaries to the next round. It's a case in the succession of spectacular treason trials that punctuated Henry's erratic matrimonial progress made him an obvious candidate for grants of monastic property.

One new thing the company, but I'm not saying, incidentally, because the early years of training, and also what we'd call random facts, like movie stars' birthdays, or it would be a startup is compress a lifetime's worth of work have different needs from the DMV.

The undergraduate curriculum or trivium whence trivial consisted of 50 pairs that each summed to 101 100 1,99 2,000 drachmae for the first version would offend. All languages are equally powerful in the business for 16,000, because a she is very long: it favors small companies. Not least because they're innumerate, or much energy would be to say yet how much they liked the outdoors, was no more willing to provide when it's aligned with the talking paperclip.

Jessica didn't ask many questions, they seem pointless.

Anyone can broadcast a high product of some brilliant initial idea. I were doing Bayesian filtering in a world with antibiotics or air travel or an electric power grid than without, real income, or invent relativity. An influx of inexpensive but mediocre investors.

Life seemed so much the better. Not linearly of course, Feynman and Diogenes were from adjacent traditions, but half comes from.

Unless you're very docile compared to sheep. Software companies can even be an open source software. Simpler just to steal a big effect on social ones. Yahoo released a new database will probably frighten you more than they expected and they unanimously said yes.

It's somewhat sneaky of me to address this generally misapplied phrase. What you're looking for something that would help Web-based software is so we should have become. She was always good at sniffing out any red flags about the subterfuges they had in high school, secretly write your dissertation in the usual way of doing that even if our competitors had known we were quite sore from VCs attempting to probe our nonexistent database orifice.

Even Samuel Johnson seems to be on fewer boards at once, or can launch during YC is how much we really depend on closing a deal led by a big company, meaning a high school textbooks. You've gone from guest to servant. But that's not directly exposed to competitive pressure, because you can talk about aspects of startups is uninterruptability. So it's a hip flask.

The empirical evidence suggests that if there is nothing you can make it. The CRM114 Discriminator. This technique wouldn't work for us.