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[mayertreema]

How Long Does a Tree Stump Take to Decompose Naturally?

When a tree is removed, one of the lingering remnants is often the stump left behind. While it might seem like a simple matter of nature taking its course, the time it takes for a tree stump to decompose on its own without intervention can vary significantly. Understanding the factors that influence this process can help homeowners make informed decisions about whether to let the stump fade away naturally or seek professional assistance.

The Decomposition Timeline

On average, a tree stump can take anywhere from several years to decades to fully decompose without any human intervention. The exact timeframe depends largely on the type of tree, environmental conditions, and the stump's size. Softwood stumps, such as those from pine or fir trees, tend to break down more quickly, often within 10 to 20 years. In contrast, hardwood stumps, like oak or maple, may take 20 years or more to decompose completely.

Factors Influencing Decomposition

Several key factors determine how quickly a tree stump will decompose:

1. Tree Species: The type of tree plays a crucial role in the decomposition process. Hardwoods are denser and contain more lignin, making them more resistant to decay. Softwoods, with their less dense structure, are more susceptible to decomposition by fungi and insects.

2. Environmental Conditions: Moisture and temperature are critical factors. In damp, warm climates, stumps decompose faster due to increased fungal and microbial activity. Conversely, in dry or cold environments, the decomposition process slows down considerably.

3. Soil Composition: The type of soil surrounding the stump affects decomposition. Rich, fertile soils with high microbial activity promote faster decay, while poor, compacted soils can inhibit the process.

4. Presence of Insects and Fungi: Insects like termites and beetles, along with various fungi, accelerate the breakdown of the stump. These organisms digest the wood, breaking it down into simpler organic materials.

5. Stump Size and Depth: Larger stumps with greater mass take longer to decompose. Additionally, stumps buried deeper in the ground may decompose more slowly due to limited exposure to oxygen and decomposers.

Pros and Cons of Natural Decomposition

Allowing a tree stump to decompose naturally has its advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages:

Environmental Benefits: Natural decomposition recycles nutrients back into the soil, promoting ecosystem health.

Cost-Effective: Avoids the expense associated with professional stump removal services.

Wildlife Habitat: Stumps can provide habitats for various insects, birds, and small mammals.

Disadvantages:

Aesthetic Concerns: A decaying stump can be unsightly and detract from the landscape's appearance.

Safety Hazards: Over time, a decomposing stump can become unstable, posing tripping hazards or potential collapse risks.

Pest Attraction: Stumps can attract pests such as termites, beetles, and other insects that may pose threats to nearby structures or other trees.

Alternatives to Natural Decomposition

For those who prefer not to wait decades for a stump to vanish, there are several alternatives available:

Stump Grinding: Stump Grinding In reading ma is a popular method that involves using specialized machinery to grind the stump into small wood chips. This process is relatively quick and can eliminate the visual and physical presence of the stump in a matter of hours.

Stump Removal: Unlike grinding, Stump Removal In reading ma involves extracting the entire stump and a portion of the root system from the ground. This method is more labor-intensive but ensures complete removal, preventing future regrowth.

Hiring a Tree Arborist: A certified Tree Arborist In reading ma can assess the condition of the stump and recommend the most effective removal method. Their expertise ensures that the removal process is done safely and efficiently.

Tree Service: Comprehensive tree service often include stump removal as part of their offerings. Engaging a professional tree service ensures that all aspects of tree and stump management are handled appropriately.

When to Consider Professional Help

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Moreover, professionals can offer guidance on the best methods for stump removal based on the specific circumstances of your property. Whether opting for stump grinding or complete removal, having expert assistance ensures that the job is done correctly, minimizing the risk of damage to surrounding areas or future tree growth.

The time it takes for a tree stump to decompose naturally varies widely, influenced by factors such as tree species, environmental conditions, and stump size. While natural decomposition can be an environmentally friendly and cost-effective solution, it may not always be the most practical choice for every situation. For those seeking quicker and more definitive removal, services like tree service reading ma offer professional solutions tailored to individual needs.

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[thatonesonicfanfictionwriter]

I have a very cute shadow the hedgehog x fem&mobian!reader fanfic idea

So basically the reader is a HUGE AND I MEAN HUGE otaku and mostly 🌟magical girl fan🌟, she wears all magical girl outfits loves anime like smile precure, cardcapture sakura, sailor moon etc etc and Shadow takes notice pretty quickly so when he goes to a mall to get gifts for reader for Christmas mas he finds a whole store dedicated to just anime magical girl stuff so he practically buys the whole store just for the reader🥹💗🌟

(also this may or may not be projecting myself to reader..hehe..oopsies..(о´∀`о) )

“Minor Obsession”

Pairing: Shadow the Hedgehog x Reader

Requested: Yes (by @shadowchan009 ).

Description: When you had gotten into your current obsession, you did not expect Shadow to pick up on it, let alone get anything for you. Boy, were you happy you were wrong.

Notes: I’m happy to do this one for you!! And don’t worry about projecting onto Reader; you ARE Reader, after all! I hope I do your request justice!

(Reader will use They/She pronouns.)

(Not proof-read/beta-read.)

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You were pretty sure your boyfriend was just- completely done with you.

All of your streaming services were filled with different anime (Sailor Moon and Cardcapture Sakura being the one he notices the most), you made references that he didn’t understand, and every time you two had a movie night, it was something anime related.

You definitely thought he was done with you.

But you were (luckily) wrong.

Shadow started keeping mental tracks of the different anime you liked, and whichever anime you disliked.

It gave him the perfect amount of time to get you something for Christmas.

Frankly, he didn’t understand any of it, but Gaia forbid he gets you something mediocre for Christmas.

Right now, he was at the mall, searching every store he could find for any of your interests. He grumbled to himself, leaving the twelfth store that day, not having found anything.

Not wanting to give up, he checks the nearby map, and then…he spots it out of the corner of his eye.

A brightly-colored store (far too bright for his liking), showing multiple magical girl anime character cutouts outside it.

Bingo.

Shadow quickly heads over to the store, looking around for a moment before realizing something.

How much of this did you already have?

He thinks to himself, remembering that your collection was rather small due to your parents’ hate of anything related to anime.

Shadow starts grabbing a lot of different items from your favorite anime before going to the counter.

Flash-forward a few days, and it’s now Christmas.

The tree seems to have…far too many gifts under it. Not that you’re complaining.

“…Shadow,” You start.

“Yes?” He questions.

“I love you very much, and thank you for all of this, but where did you find this much stuff?”

“Why don’t you open them and find out?”

You shrug and give Shadow a kiss on the cheek, rummaging through the presents and picking one out at random, also picking out one of your presents for Shadow and handing it to him.

“Open yours first.” You suggest.

He nods, carefully tearing into the paper to reveal a hand-knitted sweater, colored a cherry red, that reads in blue letters, “MY FAVORITE BOO”.

“Did you…knit this yourself?” He asks, caressing the soft material of the sweater with his thumbs.

“I did.” You tell him, a smile on your face.

“It’s lovely,” Shadow says, returning your smile.

“I’m glad you like it,” you tell him.

You go ahead and tear into your gift to reveal a decently-sized, mint-condition Sailor Moon figurine.

You let out an excited squeal, peppering Shadow’s face with kisses.

“ThankyouthankyouTHANKYOU!” You yell excitedly.

Shadow lets out a chuckle, his face slightly turning green with your affection.

“There’s more where that came from, [Name],” he tells you.

The rest of the day is filled with you opening what was probably way too much anime merchandise, but neither you nor Shadow cared.

You were happy, and so was he. You couldn’t ask for anything else.

[bradshawed]

NEWTON'S LAWS, CHAPTER 1

main & series masterlist !

introducing... the lion and his lioness prey pairing: f1!raphael cameron & reporter!reader

An apple fell from a tree and well... you know the rest. Much like Newton's apple, you fell right in his path, the lion's path, and he deemed you his prey. Silly boy. That was his first mistake.

A tale as old as time, Newton & his gravity, faceclaim: HoYeon Jung & various pinterest girls

warnings! fem!reader, use of y/n, d*nica patrick, f1 inaccuracies, references to d*nica as the wicked witch

prologue, chapter 1, chapter 2...

Danica Patrick to leave Sky Sports after 4 years of service as an F1 pundit

Danica Patrick has announced she is leaving Sky Sports this summer following controversy surrounding her comments on Red Bull driver Cleo Anderson; Patrick later added "There's an old saying that you always have to know the best time to leave even the greatest party"; echoing Geoff Shreeves' announcement when he left Sky Sports. Sky thanks her for her service and wishes her the very best for the future

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camille hail to dorothy! the wicked witch is dead! liked by jensonbutton and nicorosberg

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note! credits to zya for her layout xx apologies that this chapter is a bit short, i wanted to set the stage for ur entrance to f1 featuring a mini cameo from my wife, ily and thank u for giving me permission to do this. could not resist having jense and nico liking your post and cami's comment hehe.

[satohqbanana]

Author Ask Tag

Tagged by @an-indecisive-nerd, @spider-on-the-sun, @inseasofgreen. Thanks for the tag! Sorry if I took so long; life happened LOL.

What is the main lesson of your story? Why did you choose it?

It tackles how prejudice and biases deter us from forming meaningful relationships, uniting towards a common goal, and being better versions of ourselves. While biases as an adaptive tactic are not inherently evil or negative, it is fascinating how the mind and one's thoughts can take precedence over facts and ignore circumstances, leading to much conflict. A solution to this is compromise, but ultimately, it is the willingness to halt one's own thoughts and be open to others' opinions that will lead to better understanding of each other and actual resolution of conflicts.

Now, I didn't really deliberately "choose" this. My characters formed this themselves and I only discovered it while watching videos on psychology. And I find this quite funny for a story whose premise is "idiot kids in magic school serve detention".

What did you use as inspiration for your worldbuilding?

It started with the name of the magic school, Heartwood Academy. I thought it would be cool to have the school have a literal tree called "Heartwood" in the grounds. RPG Maker MV also contributed to the worldbuilding since I wanted to have a system that would make sense both in terms of writing and in terms of playing a game.

Things have since developed from then. Kaleidopolis, where Heartwood is situated, became a hub for mages, trade, and knowledge. My philosophy in doing its worldbuilding is that, magic is powerful and can be treated as a science - much like the soul/mind is in psychology - and hence people can determine laws and guidelines for magic to go by, which they can use to propel technology and society forward. Or, well, to form biases and enact prejudice.

What are your MCs trying to achieve, and what are you, the writer, trying to achieve with them? Do you want to inspire others, teach them, or help the reader grow as a person?

My characters just want to get through another day as a teenager alive. (Please forgive them.)

Since I've only been writing oneshots or other short stories tackling more complex stuff, I wanted to make something bigger but simpler. I centered on making a group of three be tasked to accomplish one goal, but have vastly differing personalities, backgrounds, and perspectives, which naturally causes much conflict despite how simple their task was. And as I've brought up before, I wanted this story to be an event that, during the moment it was happening, was a huge annoyance and frustration, but looking back at it as an adult, is a source of much laughter and embarrassment.

I wish for my writing to be a good influence for others, one way or another. I cannot control what people think of me or of it, but I at least want to leave a positive impression.

When did you start writing it?

I started writing the novel about 2 years ago. For someone like me who tends to get side tracked a lot, I think I've done plenty of good work for this project.

But Magia itself was born about 3 years ago as an RPG. I'm thinking of going back to it after completing the novel to at least make it a serviceable demo.

How many chapters is your story going to have?

The main story occurs in less than 30 chapters - which is lengthier than it should be, but I really want to get detailed with the characters' thought processes and how they arrive to the conclusion that they should indeed work together.

There's also side series that occurs in 5 or so installments explaining the characters' past right before the main trio were students at the school.

Is it fanfiction or original content? Where do you plan to post it?

Original content. IDK where I'm going to post it yet, but I plan to make it free to read with MAYBE an option to donate. (I can't look into writing as a profession at the moment. I am hesitant about associating this passion of mine with money matters.)

Do you have any words of encouragement for fellow writers?

It's never going to be good or perfect if you don't allow yourself to think of your work as good or perfect. Trust in yourself, be humble enough to say, "This is all I can do for now," and welcome your flaws with open arms.

Yay I actually did a tag thing in the middle of my Deltarune Drought breakdown!

Gently tagging as a "hi": @aalinaaaaaa, @drchenquill, @rumeysawrites

Arcanium Masterpost || Tag List:

Feel free to ask to be tagged or removed from the tag!

@philosophika, @amaiguri, @thecomfywriter, @wyked-ao3, @kingragnarok-writes

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[antiochianorthodoxcumberlandmd]

Daily Scripture Readings and Lives of the Saints for Friday, May 16, 2025

Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)

Feasts and Saints celebrated today:

Theodore the Sanctified

Holy Martyr Peter of Blachernae

Nicholas the Mystic, Patriarch of Constantinople

New Martyr Nicholas of Metsovos (1617)

Alexandros, Archbishop of Jerusalem

Brendan the Navigator

Readings for today:

Acts of the Apostles 10:44-48; 11:1-10

John 8:21-30

Theodore the Sanctified

Reading from the Synaxarion:

This Saint, who was born in the Upper Thebaid of Christian parents, joined the community of Saint Pachomios at about the age of fourteen years, and became the greatest of his disciples. Because of Theodore's utter humility and unquestioning obedience, Pachomios called him more and more to his aid in governing the monasteries he had established. Although some found fault with this, because Theodore was younger than they, Pachomios continued to put his confidence in him, to such a degree that once he told the brotherhood, "Theodore and I fulfil the same service for God; and he also has the authority to give commands as father." Pachomios was succeeded as governor of the monks by Saint Orsiesius in 346, and Orsiesius later took Theodore as his fellow abbot. At Theodore's death in the year 368, the monks mourned him so bitterly that the sound of their crying was heard on the other side of the river.

Apolytikion of Theodore the Sanctified in the First Tone

Thou didst prove to be a citizen of the desert, an angel in the flesh, and a wonderworker, O Theodore, our God-bearing Father. By fasting, vigil, and prayer thou didst obtain heavenly gifts, and thou healest the sick and the souls of them that have recourse to thee with faith. Glory to Him that hath given thee strength. Glory to Him that hath crowned thee. Glory to Him that worketh healings for all through thee.

Kontakion of Theodore the Sanctified in the Second Tone

While flourishing like a palm tree in the house of God, thou broughtest forth fruits of virtues through thine excellence in ascetic labours, O righteous Father, sanctified Theodore. Hence, thou art now called blest by all, since thou art a true peer of the bodiless.

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Prayer Before Reading Scripture

Shine within our hearts, loving Master, the pure light of Your divine knowledge and open the eyes of our minds that we may comprehend the message of Your Gospel. Instill in us also reverence for Your blessed commandments, so that having conquered all sinful desires, we may pursue a spiritual life, thinking and doing all those things that are pleasing to You. For You, Christ our God, are the light of our souls and bodies, and to You we give glory together with Your Father who is without beginning and Your all holy, good, and life giving Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Epistle Reading

The Reading is from Acts of the Apostles 10:44-48; 11:1-10

In those days, while Peter was still saying this, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. And the believers from among the circumcised who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles. For they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, "Can any one forbid water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?" And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days. Now the apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?" But Peter began and explained to them in order: "I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, something descending, like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corner s; and it came down to me. Looking at it closely I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air. And I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.' But I said, 'No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' But the voice answered a second time from heaven, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.' This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven."

Gospel Reading

The Reading is from the Gospel According to John 8:21-30

The Lord said to the Jews who came to him, "I go away, and you will seek me and die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come." Then said the Jews, "Will he kill himself, since he says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'? " He said to them, "You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he." They said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Even what I have told you from the beginning. I have much to say about you and much to judge; but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him." They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father. So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as the Father taught me. And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing t o him." As he spoke thus, many believed in him.

[darkdevasofdestruction]

Chapter 1 - The Devil, Upright

Hong Kong has long since been known as the epitome of technological development and pristine services of all kind, so it was no wonder it attracted the youth of every age, no matter their background or studies. Nobody looked at another with judgemental eyes, as anyone could become the newest genius researcher, or the big shot CEO. Thus, a young lady with exceptionally long, luscious hair of scarlet velvet found herself enjoying a light meal and a cup of tea, reading a book. She was absolutely gorgeous, and even the waiters wanted to flirt with her, despite her intimidating appearance. She was dressed in black, a crop top and high waisted pants and boots with platform, and over, a haori of evidently expensive silk - It was black, patterned with red spider lilies and embroidered with shiny gold thread.

On the table, a half oni mask, like that of a Samurai, was resting, that too, black with gold teeth and fangs - Yet on her head, the black straw hat with horns and tassels was undiscarded. She didn't seem to actively attempt to hide her identity, nor did she seem to outright show her features to the world - Even so, her gorgeous vixen-like make up made her look like a seductive temptress, her glowing emerald green eyes looking more precious than the most expensive jewel. Her jewellery also, very expensive and made of gold, emphasising her elegance with ease, against the colour block of full black. She sipped her tea calmly, unbothered by the door of the restaurant opening and closing every now and again. She remained aware of her surroundings, yet not enough to bother about what other groups of people were doing.

That is, until she heard her mother tongue being spoken at a table closer to her own, which made her shift her gaze towards them. The young woman gasped softly, raising to her feet and attempting to rush over to their table, but she was too late, for this silver haired Stand user attacked them and provoked them to a duel, outside of the restaurant, but not before the one with the Fire-using Stand lit up the whole place.

The red haired beauty followed close behind, walking up the stairs to some kind of open space with statues and trees all around. The Fire-user was the one supposed to respond to the challenge of the Frenchman, but he was rudely interrupted by the lady who flicked the katana sitting idly at her hip, and attacked the challenger, slashing at his torso with one swift move, and making him grovel on the ground dramatically. "Stop being so dramatic. You'll live." the girl spoke in a whispery voice, looking down at him with a passive expression. "For now."  "O, ma belle mademoiselle! Ma fleur! Such a beauty, so deadly!" he stopped his complaining, and got back to his feet, applauding her. "Tell me everything you know about Dio." she said, placing the blade at his neck. "I am not above killing you." "I will tell you all you wish to know - If only you can defeat me, cherie!" all of a sudden, the man towering over her appeared to be floating in mid-air, though it was obvious his Stand, Silver Chariot, which shed its armor, was holding him up. Talk about dramatics. "You seem surprised, cherie! Well, it would be dishonorable of me to defeat you before I explained my previous move. It's only fair, after all." "Your Stand just got faster after shedding its armor. If you can pride yourself with such basic knowledge, you are lesser than a worm." the woman tsk'ed, stepping backwards, watching the Stand create what looked like duplicates, but no doubt, they were after-images left behind from that speed. She could hear various gasps of all kinds, wonder, fear, speculation of what was going to happen - Some were yelling at her to get away from there, that a normal person can't defeat a Stand User, though a rougher, lower voice told them all to shut up. She wasn't a regular person, if she was knowledgeable enough to mention Stands and know strategies. 

At once, the Stand went to attack her, while the Frenchman remained rooted to the spot, commanding Silver Chariot. She readied her katana and awaited the momentum - It was all about initiative, that was one of the first rules of a samurai; rules which she held to her heart since very little. A single slash addressed towards the Stand, and the Frenchman was bleeding heavily, whining and whimpering on the ground. The Stand disappeared. The girl sheathed her sword and stepped next to her opponent, looking down at him with bored eyes. "Are you going to tell me about Dio, or should I just kill you?" "Je suis desole, cherie. I was conceited. I was sure my swordsmanship was superior! I will die a honourable death - Since you were able to defeat me, I'll accept my fate, out of respect. Anything else would be dishonorable!" the woman sighed, slapping her face in annoyance and crouching by his side. She stole a quick glance at the party, before placing her hand over his forehead and revealing the manipulating flesh bud controlling him. With some difficulty, she channeled her Stand's power onto her hand to extract the bud, only to slash it with a karate chop.

Though the overly dramatic Frenchman was perfectly fine, he only babbled on and on about someone with two right hands and weird things like that. Having given up on getting any kind of useful information out of him, she got up and stepped towards the party who looked quizzically at her, and they were even more confused when she rose a hand up and... Slapped Kakyoin so hard over the face that he stumbled on his feet. Only to then grab him by the coat of his uniform and bring him into a tight embrace. Everyone was too shocked by the weird behaviour of the girl, that they were unable to speak.

It wasn't until they saw Kakyoin wrap his arms protectively around her that they realised they at least knew each other. "That hurt." the boy said with a chuckle. "Worrying over you hurt more." she muttered, burying her face in his shoulder. "You disappeared one night. Everyone was worried." her voice was soft and light, unlike her tight grip on the boy. "Forgive me, Kisara, I didn't mean to worry everyone." Kakyoin sighed. "I got captured and manipulated by an evil man called Dio... Though I suppose you gathered that by now already. I had a flesh bud like him too." he explained, laxing his hug. "I know. I met others like you. And I met Dio also. It was how I was able to track you down, all the way from Egypt. Mind you, it wasn't easy." the lady spoke, her hands cupping his face as though she was searching for injuries. "It's okay, I'm unharmed." he smiled tenderly at her. "Thank you for worrying about me, but you should go home. We are on a quest to kill Dio. I don't want to endanger you." instead of earning a nod of agreement, he received a light-hearted slap on the back of his head.  "Did you think I travelled half the globe to find you, just to return home without you? Don't be ridiculous. I am your older sister, who else but me is supposed to take care of my defenseless baby brother?" she smirked, crossing her arms and rejoicing in the embarrassed blush painting his features. "Whoa - Kakyoin, you never told us you had a sister!" the old man behind them gasped. "You never asked." Noriaki shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. "Everyone, this is Kisara, my sister. Kisara, this is Jotaro. He was the one who saved me from Dio's flesh bud. This is Mr. Joestar, Jotaro's grandpa, and Avdol, his friend." Kisara nodded her head at them, tipping her straw hat slightly. "Thank you for saving my baby brother. He can be helpless sometimes." the girl said. "Especially you, Jotaro. Thank you." the young brunet man towering over her - Like everyone else surrounding her - Simply hummed and looked away. Not much of a talker, it seemed. "I suppose everyone has their reasons for wanting to kill Dio. Our end-game wishes align. I can only guess we're going to Egypt, yes?"

Thus, Mr. Joestar began telling her about his daughter, Holly, and her affliction from the Stand that was trying to kill her - A manifestation of Dio's re-awakening from his hundred year slumber. Not only that, but he wished to eradicate the world of all Joestars, the lineage of his eternal rival from his youth, before he become immortal.  No doubt, it was a ridiculous story, but given the circumstances, she was unable to dismiss the weird story. With the Frenchman now back on his feet, he, too, joined their party... And it became rather colourful and energetic, much to the introverted girl's dismay.  Mr. Joestar said he hired a crew to sail them across the ocean, so they should go towards the port; As he explained that he charted a ship from the Speedwagon foundation, the Frenchman once again crossed their path, under the premise of thanking the group for freeing him from Dio's mind control. "Don't thank us. Thank Kisara." "I don't need your thanks. It was not altruism, but self-interest." the red head tipped her hat, already fed up with the foreigner.  "It was a kind thought, but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears." Avdol shrugged his shoulders.  Polnareff cringed a little from the woman's cold demeanour. "As you say. I've no desire to come off as heavy-handed." he sighed in acceptance. He then approached the party, asking Joseph to reveal his left hand, covered by a glove. 

The Frenchman explained he was looking for the man who murdered his sister, and the only information regarding his physical appearance was the clue of him having two right hands. With Joseph revealing that his left hand was entirely robotic from an incident occured fifty years prior, he encouraged the young man to speak his story.

Three years in the past, his sister was killed when she was returning from school - First, the culprit sliced her friend's chest open, as if with a sickle, then turned to his sister, abusing her before strangling her to death. The man wanted nothing more than to torment the two young ladies. Somehow, despite her heavily bleeding injury, the friend escaped and was able to tell the whole story to Polnareff, who was now hunting the criminal high and low, all over the Earth. Nobody believed her, except for him - He was sure the culprit had a power much like his own. A Stand Power.

I see something in the crystal ball. It is a vision - Not from my heart, but from yours. The man you seek, the pain you hide, my power only brings it into focus. What do you say? Why don't we become friends?  You are distressed. You are suffering.  Join me, and your suffering will soon be a thing of the past. The image in the globe is what pains you, no? Lend me your strength. I, too, am suffering. I have been denied the Sun's embrace for all eternity. That is why I need your strength. Allow me to find him for you. 

"Then I was ordered to kill you all." said Polnareff. "I felt it was the right thing to do." "The flesh bud is partially responsible, but it seems he's quite the manipulator." concluded Avdol. "Indeed. And judging by that story, I would wager that the man with two right hands is already his underling." Kakyoin rightfully guessed. "That's Dio, alright." Kisara let out a breath of amusement. "He did the same to me also." "Wh-What?!" her brother gasped at her comment. "How do you know of Dio?" "How else do you think I could find you?" Kisara scoffed lightly. "Dio is unable to manipulate me, no matter how hard he tried. It was worth listening to his attempts though." such a notion attracted Jotaro's attention, who eyed the girl carefully. Any information regarding their arch-nemesis was vital, no matter of what kind; And at least she seemed much more reliable than the obnoxious Frenchie. "What do you mean? I and Polnareff got manipulated with those flesh buds, and Avdol got threatened also." Noriaki spoke with some alarm. "Ah, I see - No wonder Dio knew how to guide me to you." the single woman of the group chuckled dryly. "I just have a simple trick, of which you are unable of putting into practice, due to the nature of your Stand, that is all." Jotaro concluded easily that this woman, although not showing it, must be having quite a reliable Stand, with an out of the ordinary power. His own Stand was good at close combat, though it had perfect accuracy and quite the sight, much like himself. He saw Kakyoin and Polnareff in battle, and their Stands also were fighting-orientated, with some personal twists. Avdol, he remembers, could use Pyromancy tricks of different kinds, much like the mage of a party.

Could Kisara's Stand be as peculiar as Gramps' weird, thorny stand? Although, Jotaro only knew that he could punch a camera and find a location of interest, so not entirely useful in battle, but good enough for their quest. No, she couldn't have such a lame-ass, useless Stand, could she? If Noriaki, her brother, has a Stand like that, she too must have something useful. Hopefully, he will see it soon at work; He wanted to know everyone's weaknesses and strong points, so that they could all be taken into account when formulating strategies and what not, should the simple Ora Ora punch approach not go as planned.

As Kisara smirked at the group that so easily fell prey to Dio's charm, two young girls marched up to Jotaro, all cutesy, asking him to take a picture of her, as they are tourists and want a nice memory to take home. Alas, their blatantly flirtatious demeanour quickly angered Kujo, who started yelling at them to shut up and leave him alone. The Frenchman, however, got in between them and took the girls away, complimenting their looks and taking a ton of pics of them... Mainly, their long, slender legs. What a pervert.

"His personality is mystifying." Avdol admitted, watching the man's shamelessness with bewilderment. "His emotions change on a dime." "More like, he's got two brains, and the one downstairs suddenly started calling the shots." Joseph's comment made the girl bite her lip in an attempt to hide her amusement, while the others felt outright defeated. "Salope." Kisara's snark, in turn, made Joseph only gasp and start giggling like a schoolgirl. The audacity of calling someone a 'whore' in their own language, how sassy.

Their journey will only feel significantly longer, now that the Frenchman's overly extroverted and talkative self joined the group, though at least it might save some awkward silences. Once boarded on the ship, it will take three full days at sea to get from Hong Kong to Singapore. Hopefully, some peace and quiet will do them good. With how hot it was, Joseph took off his coat, sweating in the white and red striped tank top. He looked in deep bewilderment as Jotaro and Kakyoin kept their full school uniform on, lounging leisurely on the chair; Whilst Jotaro was 'Sun-bathing', the red head boy was reading a book. Weren't they overheating? What was with them? Were they reptiles or what?

"Can't you do something about those school uniforms?! Are you gonna stay dressed like that the entire time? Aren't you hot?" Mr. Joestar asked, almost as if he was flexing. "Well...They ARE pretty hot." Kisara chuckled in amusement, not wanting to let the opportunity go away. "Don't let that get to their head!" Joseph whined a complaint - Only to look at the girl who dared speak, though her situation wasn't much better. Sitting on the railing of the opposite side of the boys, Kisara was enjoying the soothing sea breeze. Her straw hat was down, and her long carmine hair was dancing as graceful as a river around her, almost as if she was a fairy of sorts.  Her comment attracter the attention of the two boys; Her brother smiled at her warmly, knowing very well how much she loved the feeling of freedom she was only ever able to get from the sea or mountains. She truly looked happy, which was a rather rare occurrence for the otherwise highly stressed girl - Granted, she usually does like stressing herself with the most silly things... Not that he was any better, for the most part. It must be a twin thing.

When Jotaro looked, however, he saw the someone other-worldy, as though Kisara was not a member of humankind, but some nymph-like being. Was it that untameable fire-like hair, swaying around with the breeze? Or was it that relaxed, genuine kitten smile, looking up at the azure sky with the clouds lazily passing by, and the bright Sun highlighting her beautiful face?  How very peculiar, Jotaro thought. Perfectly bizarre. Since when did he care about women, anyway? They always annoyed him to the point of forcing him to yell at them, and even curse. Even his mum would oftimes irk him with her clingy, affectionate actions and sweet words.

Was it because Kisara looked like a serious and reliable person, who only spoke when needed? Or was it the meticulous and sure approach which she displayed when interrogating and defeating Polnareff? Perhaps, it was the clear fright she was feeling with her brother's disappearance, the boy her slender body trembled almost invisibly upon seeing Kakyoin and embracing him with such care and worry. There was something about her, and Jotaro was going to find out exactly what it was that made his eyes linger on that seraphic grin of hers. "We both are students, and students should dress as students. Though we might be pushing it." Kakyoin explained simply. "I see. Japanese students are so uptight." Joseph shrugged. "I see... So this is what they call Bushido." Kisara couldn't help but hum, hearing Avdol compare the Samurai code to the rigidity of the two students. "Like they say, clear your mind and even flames feel cold." "You know, girls aren't gonna fall for uptight guys like you." Polnareff joked. "If only you knew the amount of girls that flock around my brother." Noriaki let out a breath of amusement, though his ears did warm up a little from the embarrassing comment.

Though deeply engulfed in their light conversation, the quietness was broken by a rather aggressive growl and the loudness of a struggle. "Let go! Let go of me, you big lug!" there was a kid, less than twelve years of age, Kisara approximated, who kept screaming and trashing around in the arms of one of the sailors. "Oi, I thought I said no passengers!" Joseph scolded the sailor. "Sorry about that, it's a stowaway. This brat was hiding in the lower storage area." the sailor explained apologetically, as the party lazily gathered around the commotion. Who would have thought that such a small, unruly child could create a headache of this proportion. "Come at me, then! C'mon and fight me! I'll break your balls!" the kid tried to break free, though his strength meant nothing compared to that of a hardened sailor like himself. "How vulgar..." Kisara sighed deeply, looking at the display in disgust. Her whole mood was now ruined, and the calmness was destroyed. The fight between those two continued just as aggressively, with the sailor taunting and pinching his cheeks, and the little boy biting his arm like a dog... Until the little one jumped in the ocean, garnering everyone's shock. The only one completely uncaring of the situation was Jotaro, who didn't budge from the lounge chair even by an inch, nor did he share any kind of concern for the child.

"Leave 'em. The kid must be a confident swimmer to brazenly dive in like that." Jotaro noted in a most bored tone. "Not even an Olympic Swimmer can keep himself afloat when there is no land in sight, and the water is infested with dangerous sea creatures." Kisara shrugged, hopping off the railing and fixing the hat back on her head, looking down at the brunet delinquent, who stared right back at her. She looked so different with that ronin hat on her head; No longer was she a fairy, but she gave off the passively-threatening aura of a samurai of the caliber of Miyamoto Musashi himself. Positively aloof, yet very much dangerous. "Oh no, this is bad! Sharks!" Kakyoin spoke his concerns out loud, along with the others. "Hey, kid, come back here! It's dangerous!" Joseph shouted after him. "Sharks! There are sharks out there!" Polnareff, also, yelled his worries, not wanting to see a live-action of Jaws. "You are all yelling, yet neither of you is taking any active steps in rescuing the child." Kisara looked weirdly at the men.  "Well, what can we do, anyway?!" with the Frenchie yelling in her ear, Kisara groaned, seeing the outshape of a shark, lurking around the boy.  "... Why am I always taking care of the little brothers?" the girl leisurely hopped off the railing, and much to everyone's surprise... She landed on her feet? And was walking on the sheen of the water? Was was going on, what kind of Stand Power did she have that she could do such a thing?

The men up on the deck watched as Kisara grabbed the boy from the water, holding him up by the neck of the outfit;; The boy let out an ear-piercing screech right in her ear, so high-pitched that she thought her ear drum ruptured - All because the shark leapt at them. Silly boy. "Quiet." Kisara hissed at him, effortlessly kicking the shark away from them, and beginning her catwalk back towards the ship with the child in her arms, cradled like a baby. "One second thought." she looked down at the brat, blowing the hat off his head, revealing a cascade of dark hair, poorly taken care off. "I'm caring for a little sister now, I see." "H-Hey, I'm not a child! How dare you patronise me like this!" the child tugged on a strand of her hair, only to freeze and start shivering at the glare received from those cold, empty green eyes of hers. "I hate children." the older girl's harsh comment made Anne feel small and insignificant, afraid for her life more than with the shark.

Behind them, the bloop of a large water bubble being broken caught Kisara's attention, and she briefly turned to see what was happening, in case another shark were to approach. Her eyes widened in surprise realising that the noise of the water surface breaking was indeed from the shark she hit earlier... In a large spot of blood, it's carcass split in two perfect halves. "What the hell..." "Katrina, get back fast! Something's attacking from underwater! It's not a shark! And it's racing towards you! Hurry!" Joseph's alarmed voice called out from the ship. "Nori?" the red head extended her arm upwards when she calculated the perfect distance. Her heart was pounding hard against her chest; She could see the silhouette of the monster of the depths. It was definitely a Stand. "This distance is perfect!" her brother unleashed Hierophant Green's tendrils, and with impressive speed, Kisara and Anne were snatched back on the deck to safety, just as the Stand wrecked the saving lifeline closeby the spot she was standing previously. "Kisara, are you okay?!" Noriaki embraced his sister as soon as she threw down the little girl. "I am fine." she patted his head. "But we are in deep trouble once the Stand User reveals himself." "An Aquatic Stand...Even I have never seen such an ability such as this." Avdol declared, nervously, still staring at the ravished lifeline.

The men kept trying to ponder over the possibility of whether or not the little girl could be a Stand User... Though incredibly pathetic, looking like a drenched stray cat and heavily panting on the ground. Seeing them all staring down at her so intently, Anne shakily stumbled to her feet, taking out a pocket-knife and threatening the party. "Don't underestimate me, okay?! You're gonna regret this!" neither of them reacted to her words. "One-on-one! Come at me, I dare ya! My demon blade wants to slurp the blood of its 340th victim!" "Haven't I told you to shut up? Do I have to rip your tongue out?" Kisara sighed, stepping in front of the girl and snatching the knife away. "I hate loud brats like you." she flipped the knife to hold the blade before bonking the child on the head with the handle. "Now keep quiet like a good child and I will think twice about throwing you back to the sharks to fend for yourself." Anne shivered, looking up at the woman towering over her maliciously - She was so cool! Anne wanted to be as intimidating and strong like this miss also! Instead, Anne gulped, looking down like an obedient girl. "Y-Yes, Ma'am."

The party looked at each other, and agreed the girl couldn't possibly be the Stand User - But that only begged the question of who could be Dio's puppet lurking from the shadows?  As if called, the very captain of the ship appeared out of nowhere, grabbing the young girl so tight that it seemed to hurt her. Jotaro lit up a cigarette, stepping away from the commotion. Joseph seemed to be verifying the true identity of the ten-people crew on this ship, and no one seemed to be suspicious of the man at all. It only made Kisara wonder, her eyes fixed on the leisurely captain. He was tall and built well - He seemed to be playing the role of a captain good enough also. 

"Jotaro." Kisara stepped towards the boy who seemed to be analysing the new-comer as well as she was. "I am getting bad vibes from the captain." "Me too." he puffed some smoke, making the girl cough a little. The two shifted their attention back of the captain, who seemed to have ended his conversation with Mr. Joestar, who he strode rather hostile towards them. In one move, so fast and intimidating that even Jotaro was surprised, he grabbed the cigarette, reprimanding the highschool student.  "Please refrain from smoking on this ship. What were you planning to do with the ashes and butt when you finished? Were you going to toss them into this beautiful ocean? You're a guest on this ship, so you must follow her rules, Mr. Outlaw." everyone around gasped at the disrespect as the Captain put out the cigarette on one of the golden accessories on Jotaro's hat, before throwing it in his uniform jacket's pocket, which left people speechless. "You got it?" he let a small, amused breath before turning back to the girl who was being held hostage by two other sailors. "There was no need for such rudeness." Jotaro was surprised at the strict tone which Kisara used in defending him. "You may be the Captain of the ship, but your arrogance is unwarranted when scolding one much younger than you. For an adult, you have much to learn in terms of social etiquette and manners." "Hold it." Jotaro spoke out to the Captain, as he put a hand on Kisara's shoulder as a silent thank you gesture. "Don't be a condescending prick about it, you asshole." Jotaro spoke in a hostile manner to him. "Hey, you two! Quit being rude to the captain! It was your fault anyway!" Joseph warned them, but Jotaro paid his grandfather no mind. "Kisara is a well-mannered woman, but I'm not done being rude just yet. I figured it out. This guy's not the Captain. He's the Stand User!" Jotaro declared, making everyone gasp in shock at his bold allegation. "Sta...Nd? What, pray tell, is that?" the Captain played dumb, while everyone in the party took his side. How could a Speedwagon-certified captain be the hostile Stand User attacking them? Working with Dio to bring their demise, no less? The man was even acting cluelessly to a fault, impressing all around him. "I figured out how you can tell a Stand user from a normal person. That is, if a Stand user inhales even a little bit of cigarette smoke, a vein pops up on the tip of their nose." Jotaro declared dramatically, and it made everyone, except for the young girl, touch their nose in surprise. "You can't be serious, Jotaro!" Polnareff cried out in a pitched voice. "Yeah, I was lying. However... It looks like we found our dumbass." Jotaro explained, which made the Captain's dark aura become even darker than before. "Jotaro, how did you become so suspicious of him?" Joseph asked, surprised that his grandson could pick up on an enemy's hidden intentions, while he, with much more experience behind him, never even suspected the man in the first place. "I didn't. I had no suspicion at all. Kisara was, so I thought I would try this with every man on board, beginning with him." Jotaro spoke calmly, glaring down at the foe caught in the middle of the Stardust Crusaders. "You're cold. Goddamn, you're ice cold. And I fell for it! Hats off to you, boy." the enemy took off his hat. "I'm not really the Captain. The real Captain is sleeping with the fishes at the bottom of the ocean in Hong Kong." the villain grinned smugly. "Then I'll make you sleep in the depths of Hell!" Jotaro threatened, with a strong sense of justice.

"Ah-!" through the horribly tense silence hanging down around them, Kisara's rather adorable squeak broke the ice with her being startled - Something had roughly grabbed at her ankle and dragged her outside of the boat, keeping her hostage in a painfully tight grasp; So tight that she could feel her lungs burning from the lack of oxygen. The Aquatic Stand revealed himself, as the Blue Monster of the Lagoon; The Dark Blue Moon Stand. Trouble on the water; Lies and betrayal. The Moon card represents the fear of the unknown, which the depths of the ocean always garner from even the bravest of souls. 

"Even for a guy like me, taking all of you on at once would be a bone-breaking task. Which is why my plan was to stay hidden and take all of you out one-by-one. Woman, since you were the smartass to figure me out, I guess I have no choice than to kill you first! Getting you first, so easily, is a sign that my luck is changing. I'll just be jumping into these shark-infested waters with her. Of course, you'll end up following us in, to save her! If we fight in the water where I have the advantage, I can beat all six of you at once!" the Captain boasted, his Stand holding her arms behind her back painfully tight. "I heard your Stand, Star Platinum, is pretty fast. I'm not trying to brag, but my Dark Blue Moon is really fast in water. It can swim more elegantly than any fish in the sea." the enemy continued bragging shamelessly. "S-Save... My hat..." the party could see only a small flash of pure white light flicking her hat back onto the ship for her brother to hopefully rescue.  "Go on, act tough while you hide behind a hostage." Jotaro threatened, stepping up to confront the enemy. "It will take a lot more than that to shake me up!" "It's no act, it's a prediction. Follow me... If you're prepared to choke to death on all the seawater you're about to swallow!" the enemy jumped from the rail, along with Kisara and her flame mane. 

Without budging a single muscle, Jotaro sent his Star Platinum to attack the Stand and its User mid-fall, giving it a good beating and catching the girl's hand firmly around half-way down the distance to the water. As the party was outright denigrating the enemy, Kisara gulped, looking up at Star's eyes with concern and awe. Star had the exact same gorgeous eyes as Jotaro. How beautiful, she thought - Though it was not yet the time to get bewitched over a pretty boy, when not only she, but everyone was in danger.

"Jotaro, let go of me! The fight is not over yet!" Jotaro was suddenly pulled harshly towards the railing, almost toppling over, were it not for all the men holding onto him. "You were right, this isn't over. He attached these to me earlier when I hit him. They keep multiplying! My Stand's strength is being drained." the poor boy was sweating buckets, just keeping hold onto her body. "Let go of me, I will be fine!" Kisara hollered up at him, trying to slip her hand from his Stand's hold. "I wouldn't be sweating like a freaking pig if I could!" realising that the barnacles were making his whole hand bleed and they were stuck in this hold, Kisara had to call the power of her Stand, manifesting only throughout her own hand.

Jotaro could only see a bright aura engulfing Kisara's and Star's hands, and mysteriously, the girl was released, falling into the depths of the water. He couldn't understand how she managed such a feat; She hadn't severed the barnacles, let alone destroy them, yet somehow, she got away.  She fell down, and descended even further down, until she could barely see the light of the day protruding through the sea, and her back hit the bottom of the ocean. She was surrounded by corals, and about to get viciously attacked by the enemy, who was at a great advantage to her. 

She felt calm though. Why did she feel calm? Her muscles felt free of any fatigue, caressed by the gentle coolness of the water embracing her like a form-fitting silk dress; Her hair was floating around her as though she was an enchanting mermaid, and she was smiling - Yet all the same, she was glowing white like a seraph, and looked the par.

What a strange woman, Jotaro thought, plunging into the water and seeing her unmoving form. If she couldn't swim, she would be freaking out, so why was she so calm in the face of adversity. Moreover, as soon as he approached her, his arm reaching out to her to grab her to safety, it was she, who grasped at his hand, pulling herself into his embrace and clinging onto him, charming him like a Siren's song for a sailor bold. "Keep close. You can breathe and speak if you maintain this proximity." "What the hell is your Stand Power anyway?" Jotaro gruffed, holding onto her carefully, one arm keeping him close to his side, while the other was keeping them swimming. "Let's just say..." Kisara grinned like a mischievous little vixen; The enemy attacked them, and though Jotaro tried to block the attack with his Stand, he felt no kind of pain or physical trauma. "As long as you keep close, there is no physical force that can harm you or Star." the young man took a quick look at the girl clinging onto him, wearing such an alluring smile, and he scoffed lightly, looking away. "Yare Yare..." he mumbled to himself as the nasty captain and his arrogant words, denigrading the two. "So, what will it be? Tell me what kind of fish dish you want to be. Fish paste? Or maybe some sashimi? I'll make one hell of a meal out your Stand." "You're tough brother, but I know what you're thinking." the captain glared at them, a wide smirk of victory on his face. "How long can this guy stay underwater? I could probably last two minutes, tops. Could he last longer?" he laughed boastfully. "Well, guess what! My lung capacity is three times that of a normal human! And I've been training too; My personal best in six minute and twelve seconds! You must be dizzy just hearing that number."  

The Aquatic Stand sliced through the water with great swiftness with sharp, screw-like rotations, creating a whirlpool that spun so fast that Kisara had to dig her fingers into the boy's coat, her mind going in disarray with vertigo. Ah, how she hated spinning around, especially to such intense speed. She wasn't a piece of clothing, so why must she get the washing machine treatment? Not only that, but for the Captain at least, it seemed as though the barnacles were deeply attached to a vast surface of their bodies, yet for some odd reason, Jotaro couldn't feel the same pain and discomfort from earlier. Was it Kisara's Stand Power that kept it at bay? She did manage to part them prior, was it something similar now too? It almost felt as thought those things weren't even touching him... Like there was a soft membrane covering his body, protecting him like a shield.

Realising the great advantage they had over the enemy, who thought the barnacles were draining his life energy and strength away, Jotaro sped up, pretending to swim towards the surface, for his lungs were burning with deep need for air; Dark Blue Moon intensified the whirlpool surrounding them, and razor-sharp shells and barnacle pieces were supposedly tearing away at their flesh. 

From up on the ship, the party watched in horror as the otherwise calm water turned into a veritable mayhem, with Jotaro and Kisara both still very much caged in the underwater tornado; They took their Stands out and dived in the water, only to slashed away with the scales - Were they to actually get in the water, they would become minced meat. 

"Keep dead-still." Jotaro briefed her on the plan, and with a hum of approval, Kisara clinged on him like a koala bear on its mother, and they both allowed their bodies to grow completely lax, limp, devoid of any reaction or opposing strength in this tornado.  Those watching from above seemed terrified for their well-being, thinking them dead - All, but Joseph, who seemed to be thinking that his grandson had a master plan, shrewd much like his own, that he could find a way to destroy the enemy as only he knows best. 

The smell of blood made Kisara open her eyes and react again, as the young man took the captain by surprise. "Turns out it was you who was turned into Sashimi." Jotaro's punchlines hit as hard as his punches. "What's that? I can't hear you well underwater. Speak up!" he shouted angrily. "But your power was being drained... You went limp on purpose... " the evil man hollered in defeat. "Wrong. What I was thinking was... How fucking gross it'll be when I kick your stupid ass and you piss yourself - I'd be fucking disgusted since we're underwater, old geezer." Jotaro's last taunt made Kisara chuckle a little.

With one last punch to the face, the Captain went to sleep with the fishes, and Jotaro swam up to the surface. "Had fun?" Kisara smirked, leaning onto his shoulder. "Hardly." he gruffed - Though initially his eyes bore sternly into her own, not necessarily appreciating the closeness - He couldn't help but chuckle along with her. It actually had been a rather comical situation; And it wasn't like she was going out of her way to come hard onto him in an overly-flirtatious way, she seemed to as carefree as her brother. Yeah, he could definitely see how they are related. "You haven't shown your Stand." "Should I have?" she hummed, watching the ship go up into flames, as all those still on board let down the life boats and embark them. "I will, if the time comes and I need her." "You did use her Power." he noted as they swam towards the boats. "A small fraction, of course. I only need to take her out if I need her full power - Which, mind you, never happened before." she chuckled, flashing the brunet a mischievous smile.  "You seem to have overconfidence in her strength." Jotaro noted as he got in the boat, helping her up also. His hands lingered on her body a little longer than he should have, he realised. How shameful of him. "It is not unbased." Kisara thanked him for the help up, settling cozily next to her brother. "I might think, some day, whether I want to let you in on our little secret." she leaned on Noriaki's shoulder, and perhaps thanks to their sibling connection, the lad knew what she was referring to, and matched a pose with her. "My sister's Stand is really cool. I think you'd like it, JoJo." if even Kakyoin could say something like this... It only left the Kujo boy incredibly annoyed with this veiled mystery. "Yare Yare Daze..." Though their little teenage bickering, all in good faith and light-hearted, ended as soon as the little girl spit out the only bit of fresh water they had left, out of the extreme shock of sighting something akin to a ghost ship appearing from within the mist, and right towards them, floating lazily.

It was a freighter, and they were rescued. The distress calls must have been answered. Finally, some good news for the Stardust Crusaders.

... Or so they thought ...

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[thestoryofgehenna]

Baal's Humanity - a Summary

A long time ago, around the 13th century, there was a small town in rural Scotland that saw two twin boys born to a single mother. Fionnlagh (Finley) and Fearghas, (Fergus).

Fergus was born with the strength of 10 men in a small body, which only grew as he got older. His hair was long, thick, and he had a heart of gold.

Finley was more of the recluse, with thinning hair, pale skin, and a gaunt look about him that worried everyone in that town. He was sickly by nature, finding only on special occasions he could leave his bed.

But, despite this, Finley grew older with the help of the townsfolk, and eventually made friends with a small girl named Mheiri (Mary). She would often come visit him outside of her chores, and would bring him sweets her and her mother made. In return, he would read to her stories from far distant lands, of the King with the legendary sword in England, and of trolls and goblins that lurked in the shadows.

As they got older, so did their bond, and while Fergus was out working all day Finley honed his mind with what books their mother could afford. But as well, Mary's eyes grew aged before her, and she lost her eyesight long before her time. Since her mother and father were busy with three other children, she became dependant on Finley for care and comfort. And he did the same for her.

But, not all good things are meant to last, as Finley's body slowly got worse and worse. His condition made it so he couldn't leave his bed anymore, couldn't see the outside, and with Fergus's jobs it also kept him from his dearest brother. The one who was there for him when nobody else was, who would play and joke with him, who would take him out on his birthdays, now he never saw.

Finley grew tired one day, so tired. He couldn't keep his eyes open, and it was getting harder to breathe.

His last thoughts were of his mother, of his brother, and of his best friend.

Fergus came home to his mother's sobs, running to the room, and then saw his worst fear.

She couldn't accept this.

There was no way.

They were 18, they still had so much life left.

One day, the book came to her in the night.

"Readeth mine pages with ingredients gathered, and may the bounds between life and death be shattered."

4 full years, it took her to collect the ingredients.

Her other son grows weak, burying himself in any work he can find, never resting.

On the night of the next full moon, she does it. Dogs up her son's body, draws the circle of blood, with boar hairs and rabbit fangs she begins to chant.

"O thou of Glutton's sin, here my cries of those have been, as my boy's fate doth come to end my wailing heart and soul within, I plead of thee to set him free!"

Finley is wrenched from the cold, unending forests he was wandering, back to the pond he grew up at. "...ma..?" He slowly blinks awake, his head heavier with two large metal horns, but all he could think of was '*I'm home...*'

He slowly recovered strength he didn't have, but a figure appeared behind him.

"O Aoife of mortal whim, doth thou get thine wish?"

It was a deep, rumbling voice that took Finley's attention, he didn't even register his mother's response.

There, before him, stand a large demon. With a tree for a tail, four large horns, and long hair down to his knees, who was this?

"I am Beelzebub, Lord of the flies and king of Gluttony. As price for my service, I simply ask for your hand, and all of you in return."

All of... His mother?

She agreed. His brother came running, two twin horns matching Finley's own "Mother! Mother what have you done? I told you that book was- ...brother? Brother! You're, you're awake, you're alive!"

"Fergus!" He slowly sits up, waits for the dizziness to pass, then runs to embrace his brother.

He was cold, but his brother was warm.

He missed him.

Only is it the next day that he thinks of his friend, Mary, and how he must see her. Fergus has begun preparations for a celebration in return for this joyous occasion, but Finley was never one for festivities.

"Mary! Mary, I'm here!" He ran.

He remembers not of running before.

He finds her.

With another.

One who has captured her heart. One that leans down, giving a peck on her cheek.

One who's very presence fills him with rage.

Everything goes dark, he doesn't remember what happens next.

When he comes too, his brother and his best friend are holding him back from a bloodied, battered corpse drenched in its own blood.

"Fin! What are ye doin'?! Snap ou'ta it!" He hears his brother's voice in the distance, he groans, and is swept off his feet. His brother begins to run home, why does everyone sound so angry?

He then learns of this new demonic force within him.

His emotions are what's dangerous.

A little bit of anger, leads to all of the anger.

A little bit of excitement leads to all of the excitement.

Gluttony isn't a sin of food, it's a sin of gorging oneself.

And he's a gluttony demon now.

[amazing-thailand]

🌳🌳 Here’s a must-do for this special lush season: Indulge in a green escapade to a small, charming town now! Here are the six choices you can go, breathing in the lushness and get closer to nature.

🏡 Oh-Poi Market, Tha Ma Kham, Ratchaburi | This market is famed for many big and magnificent trees and the riverside green scene that is just perfect for the season.

🏡 Hua Pli Market, Saraburi | Here is a community market with lots of seasonal deliciousness under the shades of big bamboo bunches. 

🏡 Bang Kor Bua Community, Samut Prakarn | Here’s a quiet community where you can cruise through the famous Nypa Palm tunnel. A way to get closer to nature and cherish the solitude without needing to go to far from Bangkok.

🏡 Ban Na Ton Chan Homestay, Sukhothai | This charming community is perfect for a breather, with the lushness of the rice fields and the surroundings adding to the experience.

🏡 Ban Tha Khan Thong Homestay, Chiang Rai | Here’s a small town where you can live a life back to nature. The vehicle of choice is a farmer’s E-Tak truck; the views the famous shrouding morning mist and the great vista of the Mekong River.

🏡 Ban Laem Suphan, Suphan Buri | Let the two wheels reign here in this small community, where the green scenery everywhere and the wisdom of the local sages promise to heal your soul.

All of the above destinations won the prestigious 2023 Thailand Tourism Awards for their standards of service and responsible business practices. For more information, read tourismawards.tourismthailand.org

#AmazingThailand #สุขทันทีที่เที่ยวไทย #YourStoriesNeverEnd

[curmemini]

And if it means any thing, the every day american isn't too happy about it either. JD Vance and his family visited Vermont to go skiing today (the day after the above show) and was greeted with waves of Ukraine flags and anti-Russia sentiment. I know multiple resorts refused to serve him - I am not sure if they did get to ski.

More, the 25-year-old snow reporter for Sugarbush included a long pro-democracy message before her report on the weather conditions. At the risk of expanding the post terribly, her message read:

Mar 1st, 2025, 6:49 AM: Today of all days, I would like to reflect on what Sugarbush means to me. This mountain has brought me endless days of joy, adventure, challenges, new experiences, beauty, community, and peace. I’ve found that nothing cures a racing mind quite like skiing through the trees and stopping to take a deep breath of that fresh forest air. The world around us might be a scary place, but these little moments of tranquility, moments I’ve been fortunate enough to enjoy as a direct result of my employment here, give me, and I’d guess you, too, a sense of strength and stability.

This fresh forest air, is, more specifically fresh National Forest air. Sugarbush operates on 1745 acres of the Green Mountain National Forest. Right now, National Forest lands and National Parks are under direct attack by the current Administration, who is swiftly terminating the positions of dedicated employees who devote their lives to protecting the land we love, and to protecting us while we are enjoying that land.

This Administration also neglects to address the danger, or even the existence of, climate change, the biggest threat to the future of our industry, and the skiing we all so much enjoy here. Burlington, VT is one of the fastest-warming cities in the country, and Vermont is the 9th fastest-warming state. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), a resource I use every day for snow reporting, is crucial in monitoring extreme weather events and informing public safety measures, and is also experiencing widespread layoffs and defunding at the hands of the Administration.

Sugarbush would not be Sugarbush without our wonderful community. Employees and patrons alike, we are made up of some of the most kind hearted, hardworking people I have ever met. Our community is rich with folks of all different orientations, ethnicities, and walks of life, who all contribute to make this place what it is. They all love Sugarbush because it is a place where they can come to move their bodies, to connect with the land, to challenge themselves, to build character, to nourish their souls with the gift of skiing.

Many of these people are part of the LGBTQI+ community. Many (well, that’s a stretch, we all know this is an incredibly white-washed industry) are people of color. Half are women. Many are veterans or adaptive skiers who, through Vermont Adaptive, are able to access snow sports in part thanks to federal grants through the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is also facing devastating cuts. Many of our beloved employees moved across the world through an exchange program on the J1 visa to help this resort run, and they are not US citizens. ALL of these groups are being targeted, undervalued, and disrespected by the current Administration.

The beauty of National Forest land, is that anyone and everyone is welcome to enjoy it. Anyone and everyone can buy a lift ticket. I also imagine it is incredibly difficult, and likely impossible, to say “No” to the Secret Service. I hope that, instead of faulting Sugarbush management or employees for “allowing this to happen”, you can direct your anger to the source — the Administration that, in my oh-so-humble opinion, is threatening our democracy, our livelihoods, our land.

I want to reiterate how much I admire and respect my fellow employees and managers — they work so hard to make this place operate, to keep you coming back and enjoying it and making lifelong memories. Many of them may feel the same way that I do, but their hands are tied, and for good reason. They have families to support, they have benefits and health insurance to receive, they face far greater and more binding pressure from Corporate. I am in a privileged position here, in that I work only seasonally, I do not rely on this job for health insurance or benefits, and hey, waking up at 4:30 AM isn’t exactly sustainable. Therefore, I am using my relative “platform” as snow reporter, to be disruptive — I don’t have a whole lot to lose. We are living in a really scary and really serious time. What we do or don’t do, matters. This whole shpiel probably won’t change a whole lot, and I can only assume that I will be fired, but at least this will do even just a smidge more than just shutting up and being a sheep.

I am really scared for our future. Acting like nothing is happening here feels way scarier than losing my job. I want to have kids one day, and I want to teach them to ski. The policies and ideals of the current Administration, however, are not conducive to either of these things, because, at least how things look now, I’d never be able to afford a good life for a child anyway, and snow will be a thing of Vermont history. So please, for the sake of our future shredders: Be Better Here. It has truly been a pleasure writing your morning snow reports — I hope this one sticks with you. With love, peace, and hope, Lucy Welch

My point in adding this is that for every brazen display by the executive branch, more and more people are emboldened to speak out. More and more people realize what they truly value.

We will see the day that fascism ends. We will see a free Ukraine.

So this was a pre-planned (and likely paid for by the Kremlin) show: to invite Zelenskyy, scold him like a kindergartener in front of the press, present him with an unreasonable "deal" - an ultimatum - knowing full well he will refuse it (as anyone in this position would). And then tell the world: "Look, our mighty Orange King could've ended this horrible war in a day, but this poorly-dressed, warmongering, ungrateful twat just doesn't want peace! It's not our fault, we did what we could!"

The show is so cheap, so transparent, yet still effective for so many brainless people.

[theweirdspacejellyfish]

webtoons you should read

falling in love with my Ex-fiance's grandfather by Hanza_art - ongoing - comedy

summary: lady mary menoushire was a 20 year old who just got rejected by her fiance. after passing out from a broken heart, her body got possessed by a 50 year old woman from another world... who thinks her (now ex) fiances grandfather is hotter

my brothers (no so) secret boyfriend by metaromantic - ongoing -comedy

summary: when karin kobayashi discovers her brother has a secret boyfriend, she does what any good sibling would do- respect their decision to keep it private and pretend she hasnt noticed. now if only they werent so bad at hiding their so-called "secret" relationship

mythed up by maccusnormann - ongoing -supernatual

summary: in a modern world where the barriers between the supernatual and natural vanished hundreds of years ago, seeing a centaur working as personal trainer and a harpy running a courier service isnt out of the ordinary. though, as in any version of our world, people are still people

lovemaster infinity by yiling_gaytriarch - ongoing - romance

summary: "i became a god but my favorite character want to court me?" advisor mao is responsible for matching every version of his favorite character emperor haoyu with his soulmate, mo xinyi. however, there is a version of haoyu who is dead set on courting him and proving to him that they're actually soulmates

superhero boyfriend by junsaber - ongoing - slice of life

summary: siege, a young man with " certain" past just moved together with his extraordinary boyfriend, kairooss. unbelievable dialy life of siege and kaiross aka superhero "Fire punch" starts here

beneath the trees where nobody sees by idw publishing - graphic novel - ongoing

summary: dont. murder. the locals. this is small town serial killer, upstanding citizen, and adorable brown bear samantha strongs cardinal rule. after all, theres a sea of perfectly ripe potential victims in the big city just beyond the forest, and when youve worked as hard as sam to build a cozy life and a thriving business in a community surrounded by friendly fellow animal folk, warm decor, and the aroma of cedar trees and freshly baked apple pie... the last thing your want is to disturd the peace. so you can imagine her indignation when one of woodbrooks own meets a grisly, mysterious demise- and you wouldnt blame her for doing anything to hunt down her rival before the town self destructs and sheriff patterson starts (literally) barking up the wrong tree

tales from graycove by MA marshall - animals - ongoing

summary: follow hazel the deer and her family living in graycove, a large settlement far from the ruins of human society

water demons by the.childofflames - animals - ongoing

summary: knowing that all fantastic creautures are getting closer to extinction, a family of kelpies is trying to survive in the last place where they can find shelter - the crater. unfortunately, not all the other creatures think they should share that new safe place with some water demons

[mayertreema]

Air Spading A Sugar Maple

There are a number of reasons why air spading might be the perfect solution to help your trees thrive. In our latest video, our expert arborist, David Anderson, explains how air spading can rejuvenate trees affected by their close proximity to a driveway compacted by years of heavy equipment use. For learn more https://mayertree.com/reading-tree-service/

[brookston]

Holidays 4.1

Holidays

American Firefighters Day

April Fool’s Day

April Noddy Day

Arbor Day (Tanzania)

Asbestos Awareness Day

Atheist’s Day

Boomer Bonus Day

Boy Howdy Day

Captains Regent Day (San Mario)

Capture of Brielle Remembrance (Netherlands)

Chaos Energy Day

Civil Service Day (Thailand)

CLAMP Day (Japan)

Dollar Sign ($) Day

Do Something Undignified Day

Dupuytren’s Disease Awareness Day (Florida)

Edible Book Day

EOKA Day (Cyprus)

Festival of Irritating Jokes & Childish Japes

Festival of Positive Threats

Flag Day (Mauritania)

Fossil Fools Day

401 Gives Day (Rhode Island)

Gardtide (Elder Scrolls)

Ghodejatra (Katmandu Valley, Nepal)

Gnome Your Neighbor Day

Gowkie Day (a.k.a. Gowkin' Day; Scotland)

Greek Cypriot Day (EOKA Day; Cyprus)

Hatching Day (in “The Dragonriders of Pern”)

Hunt-the-Gowk Day (Scotland)

International Fun at Work Day

International Tatting Day

International Tom Hanks Day

International Waluigi Day

Intolerance Day

Islamic Republic Day (Iran)

Library Snapshot Day

Lupus Alert Day

Margaritaville Day

Midnight Movie Day

Mylesday

Näfelser Fahrtfest (Glarus, Switzerland)

National Atheist’s Day

National Broadcasting Day (Indonesia)

National Day of Hope

National DIY Day

National Greeting Card Day

National Jump in Muddy Puddles Day

National Love Our Children Day

National Loyal Day

National Lupus Alert Day

National One Cent Day

National Tom Foolerys Day

National Tree Planting Day (Tanzania)

National Trombone Players Day

Nickelodeon Day

No More Dishpan Hands Day

One Cent Day

Odisha Day (a.k.a. Orissa Day; India)

Pigasus Award Announcement Day

Poisson d’Avril (France)

Reading Is Funny Day

Semana Santa ends (Nicaragua)

Social Circus Day

Spaghetti Tree Day

Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action [Date Varies]

Take Your Horse to Work Day

Tangible Karma Day

US Air Force Academy Day

Užupis Day (Lithuania)

Youth Day (Benin)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cognac Birthday

International Day of the Barista

Meat Loaf Appreciation Day

National Sourdough Bread Day

National Soylent Green Day

Organic Restaurant Day

Prankster Day (North Coast Brewing)

Sliced Bread Day (a.k.a. Birthday of Sliced Bread)

Sourdough Bread Day

Soy Foods Day

Nature Celebrations

Almond Day (Faithful Love; Korean Birth Flowers)

Hornbeam Day (French Republic)

International Birding Day (Russia)

International Bird Loving Day (China)

International Bull Terrier Day

Nature Day (Iran)

White Rabbit Day

Independence, Flag & Related Days

Commonwealth of Sparta (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Investiture of the Captains Regents (San Marino) [also 10.1]

Iran (Declared a Theocratic Islamic Republic; 1979)

Nunavut Province Day (Canada; 1999)

New Year’s Days

Annual Accounts Closing Day (India)

Assyrian New Year (a.k.a. …

Akitu (ܐܟܝܬܘ)

Ha b-Nisin

Ha b-Nison

Kha b-Nisan

Resha d-Sheta

Syriac (ܪܫܐ ܕܫܢܬܐ / Head of the Year)

British Financial Year begins (UK)

1st Tuesday in April

Garlic Tuesday (in “The Legend of Dick and Dom”) [1st Tuesday]

National Family Caregiver Day (Canada) [1st Tuesday]

National Healthy Schools Day [1st Tuesday]

National Service Recognition Day [1st Tuesday]

Oncology Nursing Day (Canada) [1st Tuesday]

SAAM Day of Action [1st Tuesday]

Sexual Assault Awareness Month’s Day of Action [1st Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Takeout Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

To-Do List Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Tranquil Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 1 (1st Week of April)

Golden Rule Week [thru 4.7]_

International Pooper Scooper Week [thru 4.7]_

Laugh at Work Week [thru 4.7]_

Medication Safety Week [thru 4.7]_

National Raw Feeding Week [thru 4.7]_

Testicular Cancer Awareness Day [thru 4.7]_

Festivals On or Beginning April 1, 2025

Akitu (Babylonian New Year Festival celebrating the marriage of Haven and Earth) [thru 4.10]

Cartagena Film Festival (Cartagena, Colombia) [thru 4.6]

Ice Cream & Cultured Innovation Conference (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) [thru 4.2]

Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (Oudtshoorn, South Africa) [thru 4.6]

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival (Mount Vernon, Washington) [thru 4.30]

WPS Farm Show (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) [thru 4.3]

Feast Days

Agilbert (Christian; Saint)

All Fools Day (Pastafarian)

Benny Rabbit (Muppetism)

Catherine of Palma (Christian; Saint)

Cellach of Armagh (Christian; Saint)

The Cruelest Month Week (Shamanism)

Day of Fornax (Goddess of Baking Bread; Ancient Rome)

Day of Hathor (Egyptian Goddess of Drunkenness; also 1.23)

Eris Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Festival of Fortuna Virilis (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Renenutet, and the Birthday of Neper (Ancient Egyptian God of Grain)

Fortuna Virilis (Old Roman women's festival to Venus, seeking good relations with men)

Frederick Denison Maurice (Episcopal Church (USA))

Gilbert de Moray, Bishop of Caithness, Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Hippocrates (Positivist; Saint)

Hugh of Bonnevaux (Christian; Saint)

Hugh of Grenoble (Christian; Saint)

Kalends of April (Ancient Rome)

Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus; Japan)

Lazarus (Christian; Saint) [Bulgaria; Girls]

Loki's Day (Norse)

Macarius the Wonder-worker (Christian; Saint)

Mary of Egypt (Christian; Saint)

Melito of Sardis (Christian; Saint)

Night of the Evil Clown Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Nuno Álvares Pereira (Christian; Saint)

St. Stupid's Day (First Church of the Last Laugh; San Francisco)

Tewdrig (Christian; Saint)

Theodora (Christian; Saint)

Ticino Pasta Harvesting Day (Pastafarian)

Valery (Christian; Saint)

Veneralia (Festival to Venus; Ancient Rome)

Walric, abbot of Leuconay (Christian; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 4 (Geng-Zi)

Day Pillar: Metal Rat

12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Receive Day (收 Shou) [Inauspicious]

Holidays: April Fool’s Day

Secular Saints Days

Edwin Austin Abbey (Art)

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (Literature)

Lon Chaney (Entertainment)

Jimmy Cliff (Music)

Samuel R. Delany (Literature)

Willie Dixon (Music)

Dan Flavin (Art)

Nikolai Gogol (Literature)

Alberta Hunter (Music)

Gordon Jump (Entertainment)

Milan Kundera (Literature)

Rachel Maddow (Politics)

Anne McCaffrey (Literature)

Ali McGraw (Entertainment)

Toshiro Mifune (Entertainment)

William Mulready (Art)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (Music)

Debbie Reynolds (Entertainment)

Edmond Rostand (Literature)

Gil Scott-Heron (Music)

Barry Sonnefeld (Entertainment)

Edgar Wallace (Literature)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

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

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s April Fool’s Day.)

Premieres

Air Force Academy (Military School; 1954)

Alice Plays Cupid (Disney Cartoon; 1931)

Alice’s Spooky Adventure (Disney Cartoon; 1924)

Alpine Antics (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Alvin’s Solo Flight (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

America the Beautiful, sung by Ray Charles (Song; 1976)

Another Roadside Attraction Tom Robbins (Novel; 1971)

Bad Luck and Trouble, 11th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2007)

Baffling Bunnies (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)

The Beauty Shop (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Beezy Bear (Donald Duck Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Big Bad Bobcat (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)

Birds of a Feather (WB LT Cartoon; 1961)

Bird Symphony (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Blame It on the Samba Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Blaze of Glory, by Joe Jackson (Album; 1989)

The Blue Angel (Film; 1930)

The Bone Ranger (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Boomerang (Cable TV Station; 2000)

A Boy and His Dog, by Harlan Ellison (Novella; 1969)

A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking (Book; 1988)

Buddy’s Theatre (WB LT Cartoon; 1935)

Bullet (Private Snafu A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

Burr’s Novelty Review #2 (MacDono Cartoon; 1922)

Champion Chump (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)

Chicken Jitters (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

The Chocolate Chase (WB LT Cartoon; 1980)

A Cold Romance (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1949)

Col. Heeza Liar’s Knighthood (Colonel Heeza Liar Cartoon; 1923)

A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole (Novel; 1980)

Conjure Wife, by Fritz Leiber (Short Story; 1943)

Contrail (Federal Transportation Company; 1976)

Daddy’s Little Darling (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Daffy Duck’s Easter Show (WB Animated TV Special; 1980)

Daffy Flies North (WB LT Cartoon; 1980)

Death: The Time of Your Life, by Neil Gaiman (Comic Mini-Series; 1996)

Diarrhea & Dysentery (Private Snafu A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

Dodge City (Film; 1939)

Don’t Spill the Beans (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)

Echo Burning, 5th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2001)

The Enemy, 8th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2004)

The Enlarger (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1970)

Everyday I’m Drinking, by Little Big (Song; 2013)

The Female Spectator, by Eliza Haywood (Magazine; 1744)

The Famous Ride, featuring Hector Heathcote (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

Felix Makes Good (Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan Comic Cartoon; 1922)

Felix the Cat in Comicalities (Felix the Cat Cartoon; 1928)

Felix the Cat in the Ghost Breaker (Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan Comic Cartoon; 1923)

Felix Tries to Rest (Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan Comic Cartoon; 1924)

The Feudin’ Hillbillies (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1948)

The Flamboyant Arms (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)

Foiling the Fox (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Ford Films (Dr. Suess UPA Cartoons; 1949)

Frog’s Legs (Little Lulu Comic Kings Cartoon; 1962)

General Hospital (TV Soap Opera; 1963)

The Ghost Monster (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1970)

Gone Tomorrow, 13th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2009)

Good Deed Daly (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Goodie the Gremlin (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Hard Times, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1854)

The Heat’s Off (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)

Hero For A Day (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1953)

Hop (Animated Film; 2011)

Hound About That (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Hounding the Hares, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1948)

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel; 1902)

Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones (Novel; 1986)

Jeff’s Toothache (Mutt & Jeff Cartoon; 1916)

The Juggler of Our Lady (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)

Just One More Chance (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

The Kids Are Alright, by The Who (Soundtrack Album; 1979)

King Rounder (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)

Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes (Book; 1651)

The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Novella; 1943)

The Lost World, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel; 1912)

Loyal Royalty, featuring Hashimoto (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Made for Love (TV Series; 2021)

The Mad Hermit of Chimney Butte (Animated TV Special; 1960)

Maid-Sama! (Anime Series; 2010)

The Man Who Laughs, by Victor Hugo (Novel; 1869)

The Man With the Golden Gun, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1959) [James Bond #13]

Margaritaville, by Jimmy Buffet (Song; 1976)

The Meaning of Life (Film; 1983)

Me Und Gott (Paramount-Bray Pictographs Cartoon; 1918)

The Might Termite (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1961)

The Missing Genie (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1963)

Monkey Doodles (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

Morning Has Broken, by Cat Stevens (Song; 1972)

Moth and the Flame (Disney Silly Symphonies Cartoon; 1938)

A Mountain Romance (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1938)

The Movie Daredevil (Mastodon Cartoon; 1923)

The Murders in the Rue Morgue, by Edgar Allan Poe (Short Story; 1841)

Nicholas Nickleby, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1838)

Nobody’s Ghost, featuring Deputy Dawg (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Old Hokum Bucket (Aesop’s Sound Fable Cartoon; 1931)

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1959) [James Bond #11]

One Shot, 9th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2005)

The Orphan Egg (Dinky Duck Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Parade's End, by Ford Madox Ford (Novel; 1924)

Passing, by Nella Larsen (Novel; 1929)

Peanut Battle, featuring Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Personæ, by Ezra Pound (Poetry; 1909)

Person to Bunny (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

Persuader, 7th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2003)

Pet Problems (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1836)

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde (Novel; 1891)

Play That Funky Music, by Wild Cherry (Song; 1976)

Poor Little Witch Girl (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1965)

Prescription For Percy, featuring Roquefort & Percy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

Rocky Horror Picture Show Midnight Showing (Film; 1976)

Running Blind, 4th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2000)

Sagebrush Sadie (Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

Scents and Nonsense (Krazy Kat Cartoon; 1926)

Scouts to the Rescue (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)

Screwball Squirrel (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1944)

The 700 Club (Religious Propaganda Series; 1966)

Shaddup Your Face, by Joe Dolce (Song; 1981)

Sin City (Film; 2005)

Somebody To Love, by Jefferson Airplane (Song; 1967)

Some Do Not…, by Ford Madox Ford (Novel; 1924)

The Sound of Music (Film; 1965)

Space Invaders (Video Game; 1978)

Spacewar! (Video Game; 1962)

The Stowaways (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1949)

Strange Companion, featuring Hashimoto (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1961)

The Stretcher (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1969)

Strife with Father (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)

The Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks (Novel; 1977)

Sylvia’s Mother, by Dr. Hook (Song; 1972)

Therapeutic Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1977)

Time Gallops On (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Toby the Pup (Toby the Pup Cartoon; 1931)

Trash Program (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Trigger Treat (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1960)

The Trip (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1967)

A Trip to Mars (Fleischer Out of the Inkwell Cartoon; 1924)

The Tudors (TV Series; 2007)

2112, by Rush (Album; 1976)

25 O’Clock, by XTC, a.k.a. the Dukes of the Stratosphear (Album; 1985)

US Soldier (Private Snafu A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells (Novel; 1897)

Weather Systems, by Andrew Bird (Album; 2003)

Western Union (Telegraph Company; 1866)

Woozit (Educational-Bowers Comedy Cartoon; 1928)

The Winding the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame (Novel; 1908)

Without Fail, 6th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2002)

Wynonna Earp (TV Series; 2016)

The Yolk’s on You (WB LT Cartoon; 1980)

Yo-Yo (Toy; 1929)

Today’s Name Days

Hugo, Irene, Irina (Austria)

Anastazije, Božica, Mavro, Venancije (Croatia)

Hugo (Czech Republic)

Hugo (Denmark)

Harald, Harri, Harro, Herald (Estonia)

Peppi, Pulmu, Raita (Finland)

Hugues, Valéry (France)

Hugo, Irene, Irina (Germany)

Hugó (Hungary)

Dora, Irene, Ugo (Italy)

Dagne, Dagnis, Tautmilis, Teodora, Teofils (Latvia)

Dainora, Rimgaudas, Teodora (Lithuania)

Aron, Arve, Arvid (Norway)

Chryzant, Grażyna, Hugo, Hugon, Katarzyna, Teodora, Tolisław, Zbigniew, Zbyszko (Poland)

Maria (Romania)

Darya, Klavdia (Russia)

Hugo (Slovakia)

Hugo, Venancio (Spain)

Harald, Hervor (Sweden)

April, Arden, Argus, Diamond, Paris (USA)

Today’s National Name Days

Myles Day

National Connor Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 91 of 2025; 274 days remaining in the year

ISO Week: Day 2 of Week 14 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 15 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 4 (Geng-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]

Coptic: 23 Baramhat 1741

Druid Tree Calendar: Rowan (April 110) [Day 1 of 10]

Hebrew: 3 Nisan 5785

Islamic: 2 Shawwal 1446

Julian: 19 March 2025

Moon: 15%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 7 Archimedes (4th Month) [Hippocrates]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 3 of 15] (thru 4.9)

Season: Spring (Day 12 of 92)

SUn Calendar: 2 Cyan; Twosday [2 of 30]

Week: 1st Week of April

Zodiac:

Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aries (Day 12 of 30)

Sidereal Zodiac: Pisces (Day 18 of 30)

Schmidt Zodiac: Pisces (Day 12 of 26)

IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 21 of 38)

IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 21 of 38)

Calendar Changes

April (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 4 of 12]

Rowan (April 1-10) [Druid Tree Calendar] (Month 10 of 41)

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Holidays 4.1

Holidays

American Firefighters Day

April Fool’s Day

April Noddy Day

Arbor Day (Tanzania)

Asbestos Awareness Day

Atheist’s Day

Boomer Bonus Day

Boy Howdy Day

Captains Regent Day (San Mario)

Capture of Brielle Remembrance (Netherlands)

Chaos Energy Day

Civil Service Day (Thailand)

CLAMP Day (Japan)

Dollar Sign ($) Day

Do Something Undignified Day

Dupuytren’s Disease Awareness Day (Florida)

Edible Book Day

EOKA Day (Cyprus)

Festival of Irritating Jokes & Childish Japes

Festival of Positive Threats

Flag Day (Mauritania)

Fossil Fools Day

401 Gives Day (Rhode Island)

Gardtide (Elder Scrolls)

Ghodejatra (Katmandu Valley, Nepal)

Gnome Your Neighbor Day

Gowkie Day (a.k.a. Gowkin' Day; Scotland)

Greek Cypriot Day (EOKA Day; Cyprus)

Hatching Day (in “The Dragonriders of Pern”)

Hunt-the-Gowk Day (Scotland)

International Fun at Work Day

International Tatting Day

International Tom Hanks Day

International Waluigi Day

Intolerance Day

Islamic Republic Day (Iran)

Library Snapshot Day

Lupus Alert Day

Margaritaville Day

Midnight Movie Day

Mylesday

Näfelser Fahrtfest (Glarus, Switzerland)

National Atheist’s Day

National Broadcasting Day (Indonesia)

National Day of Hope

National DIY Day

National Greeting Card Day

National Jump in Muddy Puddles Day

National Love Our Children Day

National Loyal Day

National Lupus Alert Day

National One Cent Day

National Tom Foolerys Day

National Tree Planting Day (Tanzania)

National Trombone Players Day

Nickelodeon Day

No More Dishpan Hands Day

One Cent Day

Odisha Day (a.k.a. Orissa Day; India)

Pigasus Award Announcement Day

Poisson d’Avril (France)

Reading Is Funny Day

Semana Santa ends (Nicaragua)

Social Circus Day

Spaghetti Tree Day

Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action [Date Varies]

Take Your Horse to Work Day

Tangible Karma Day

US Air Force Academy Day

Užupis Day (Lithuania)

Youth Day (Benin)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cognac Birthday

International Day of the Barista

Meat Loaf Appreciation Day

National Sourdough Bread Day

National Soylent Green Day

Organic Restaurant Day

Prankster Day (North Coast Brewing)

Sliced Bread Day (a.k.a. Birthday of Sliced Bread)

Sourdough Bread Day

Soy Foods Day

Nature Celebrations

Almond Day (Faithful Love; Korean Birth Flowers)

Hornbeam Day (French Republic)

International Birding Day (Russia)

International Bird Loving Day (China)

International Bull Terrier Day

Nature Day (Iran)

White Rabbit Day

Independence, Flag & Related Days

Commonwealth of Sparta (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Investiture of the Captains Regents (San Marino) [also 10.1]

Iran (Declared a Theocratic Islamic Republic; 1979)

Nunavut Province Day (Canada; 1999)

New Year’s Days

Annual Accounts Closing Day (India)

Assyrian New Year (a.k.a. …

Akitu (ܐܟܝܬܘ)

Ha b-Nisin

Ha b-Nison

Kha b-Nisan

Resha d-Sheta

Syriac (ܪܫܐ ܕܫܢܬܐ / Head of the Year)

British Financial Year begins (UK)

1st Tuesday in April

Garlic Tuesday (in “The Legend of Dick and Dom”) [1st Tuesday]

National Family Caregiver Day (Canada) [1st Tuesday]

National Healthy Schools Day [1st Tuesday]

National Service Recognition Day [1st Tuesday]

Oncology Nursing Day (Canada) [1st Tuesday]

SAAM Day of Action [1st Tuesday]

Sexual Assault Awareness Month’s Day of Action [1st Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Takeout Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

To-Do List Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Tranquil Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 1 (1st Week of April)

Golden Rule Week [thru 4.7]_

International Pooper Scooper Week [thru 4.7]_

Laugh at Work Week [thru 4.7]_

Medication Safety Week [thru 4.7]_

National Raw Feeding Week [thru 4.7]_

Testicular Cancer Awareness Day [thru 4.7]_

Festivals On or Beginning April 1, 2025

Akitu (Babylonian New Year Festival celebrating the marriage of Haven and Earth) [thru 4.10]

Cartagena Film Festival (Cartagena, Colombia) [thru 4.6]

Ice Cream & Cultured Innovation Conference (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) [thru 4.2]

Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (Oudtshoorn, South Africa) [thru 4.6]

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival (Mount Vernon, Washington) [thru 4.30]

WPS Farm Show (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) [thru 4.3]

Feast Days

Agilbert (Christian; Saint)

All Fools Day (Pastafarian)

Benny Rabbit (Muppetism)

Catherine of Palma (Christian; Saint)

Cellach of Armagh (Christian; Saint)

The Cruelest Month Week (Shamanism)

Day of Fornax (Goddess of Baking Bread; Ancient Rome)

Day of Hathor (Egyptian Goddess of Drunkenness; also 1.23)

Eris Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Festival of Fortuna Virilis (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Renenutet, and the Birthday of Neper (Ancient Egyptian God of Grain)

Fortuna Virilis (Old Roman women's festival to Venus, seeking good relations with men)

Frederick Denison Maurice (Episcopal Church (USA))

Gilbert de Moray, Bishop of Caithness, Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Hippocrates (Positivist; Saint)

Hugh of Bonnevaux (Christian; Saint)

Hugh of Grenoble (Christian; Saint)

Kalends of April (Ancient Rome)

Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus; Japan)

Lazarus (Christian; Saint) [Bulgaria; Girls]

Loki's Day (Norse)

Macarius the Wonder-worker (Christian; Saint)

Mary of Egypt (Christian; Saint)

Melito of Sardis (Christian; Saint)

Night of the Evil Clown Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Nuno Álvares Pereira (Christian; Saint)

St. Stupid's Day (First Church of the Last Laugh; San Francisco)

Tewdrig (Christian; Saint)

Theodora (Christian; Saint)

Ticino Pasta Harvesting Day (Pastafarian)

Valery (Christian; Saint)

Veneralia (Festival to Venus; Ancient Rome)

Walric, abbot of Leuconay (Christian; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 4 (Geng-Zi)

Day Pillar: Metal Rat

12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Receive Day (收 Shou) [Inauspicious]

Holidays: April Fool’s Day

Secular Saints Days

Edwin Austin Abbey (Art)

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (Literature)

Lon Chaney (Entertainment)

Jimmy Cliff (Music)

Samuel R. Delany (Literature)

Willie Dixon (Music)

Dan Flavin (Art)

Nikolai Gogol (Literature)

Alberta Hunter (Music)

Gordon Jump (Entertainment)

Milan Kundera (Literature)

Rachel Maddow (Politics)

Anne McCaffrey (Literature)

Ali McGraw (Entertainment)

Toshiro Mifune (Entertainment)

William Mulready (Art)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (Music)

Debbie Reynolds (Entertainment)

Edmond Rostand (Literature)

Gil Scott-Heron (Music)

Barry Sonnefeld (Entertainment)

Edgar Wallace (Literature)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

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

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s April Fool’s Day.)

Premieres

Air Force Academy (Military School; 1954)

Alice Plays Cupid (Disney Cartoon; 1931)

Alice’s Spooky Adventure (Disney Cartoon; 1924)

Alpine Antics (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Alvin’s Solo Flight (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

America the Beautiful, sung by Ray Charles (Song; 1976)

Another Roadside Attraction Tom Robbins (Novel; 1971)

Bad Luck and Trouble, 11th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2007)

Baffling Bunnies (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)

The Beauty Shop (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Beezy Bear (Donald Duck Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Big Bad Bobcat (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)

Birds of a Feather (WB LT Cartoon; 1961)

Bird Symphony (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Blame It on the Samba Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Blaze of Glory, by Joe Jackson (Album; 1989)

The Blue Angel (Film; 1930)

The Bone Ranger (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Boomerang (Cable TV Station; 2000)

A Boy and His Dog, by Harlan Ellison (Novella; 1969)

A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking (Book; 1988)

Buddy’s Theatre (WB LT Cartoon; 1935)

Bullet (Private Snafu A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

Burr’s Novelty Review #2 (MacDono Cartoon; 1922)

Champion Chump (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)

Chicken Jitters (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

The Chocolate Chase (WB LT Cartoon; 1980)

A Cold Romance (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1949)

Col. Heeza Liar’s Knighthood (Colonel Heeza Liar Cartoon; 1923)

A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole (Novel; 1980)

Conjure Wife, by Fritz Leiber (Short Story; 1943)

Contrail (Federal Transportation Company; 1976)

Daddy’s Little Darling (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Daffy Duck’s Easter Show (WB Animated TV Special; 1980)

Daffy Flies North (WB LT Cartoon; 1980)

Death: The Time of Your Life, by Neil Gaiman (Comic Mini-Series; 1996)

Diarrhea & Dysentery (Private Snafu A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

Dodge City (Film; 1939)

Don’t Spill the Beans (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)

Echo Burning, 5th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2001)

The Enemy, 8th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2004)

The Enlarger (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1970)

Everyday I’m Drinking, by Little Big (Song; 2013)

The Female Spectator, by Eliza Haywood (Magazine; 1744)

The Famous Ride, featuring Hector Heathcote (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

Felix Makes Good (Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan Comic Cartoon; 1922)

Felix the Cat in Comicalities (Felix the Cat Cartoon; 1928)

Felix the Cat in the Ghost Breaker (Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan Comic Cartoon; 1923)

Felix Tries to Rest (Felix the Cat Pat Sullivan Comic Cartoon; 1924)

The Feudin’ Hillbillies (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1948)

The Flamboyant Arms (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)

Foiling the Fox (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Ford Films (Dr. Suess UPA Cartoons; 1949)

Frog’s Legs (Little Lulu Comic Kings Cartoon; 1962)

General Hospital (TV Soap Opera; 1963)

The Ghost Monster (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1970)

Gone Tomorrow, 13th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2009)

Good Deed Daly (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Goodie the Gremlin (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Hard Times, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1854)

The Heat’s Off (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)

Hero For A Day (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1953)

Hop (Animated Film; 2011)

Hound About That (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Hounding the Hares, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1948)

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel; 1902)

Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones (Novel; 1986)

Jeff’s Toothache (Mutt & Jeff Cartoon; 1916)

The Juggler of Our Lady (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)

Just One More Chance (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

The Kids Are Alright, by The Who (Soundtrack Album; 1979)

King Rounder (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)

Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes (Book; 1651)

The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Novella; 1943)

The Lost World, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel; 1912)

Loyal Royalty, featuring Hashimoto (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Made for Love (TV Series; 2021)

The Mad Hermit of Chimney Butte (Animated TV Special; 1960)

Maid-Sama! (Anime Series; 2010)

The Man Who Laughs, by Victor Hugo (Novel; 1869)

The Man With the Golden Gun, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1959) [James Bond #13]

Margaritaville, by Jimmy Buffet (Song; 1976)

The Meaning of Life (Film; 1983)

Me Und Gott (Paramount-Bray Pictographs Cartoon; 1918)

The Might Termite (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1961)

The Missing Genie (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1963)

Monkey Doodles (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

Morning Has Broken, by Cat Stevens (Song; 1972)

Moth and the Flame (Disney Silly Symphonies Cartoon; 1938)

A Mountain Romance (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1938)

The Movie Daredevil (Mastodon Cartoon; 1923)

The Murders in the Rue Morgue, by Edgar Allan Poe (Short Story; 1841)

Nicholas Nickleby, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1838)

Nobody’s Ghost, featuring Deputy Dawg (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Old Hokum Bucket (Aesop’s Sound Fable Cartoon; 1931)

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1959) [James Bond #11]

One Shot, 9th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2005)

The Orphan Egg (Dinky Duck Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Parade's End, by Ford Madox Ford (Novel; 1924)

Passing, by Nella Larsen (Novel; 1929)

Peanut Battle, featuring Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Personæ, by Ezra Pound (Poetry; 1909)

Person to Bunny (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

Persuader, 7th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2003)

Pet Problems (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1836)

The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde (Novel; 1891)

Play That Funky Music, by Wild Cherry (Song; 1976)

Poor Little Witch Girl (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1965)

Prescription For Percy, featuring Roquefort & Percy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

Rocky Horror Picture Show Midnight Showing (Film; 1976)

Running Blind, 4th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2000)

Sagebrush Sadie (Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

Scents and Nonsense (Krazy Kat Cartoon; 1926)

Scouts to the Rescue (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)

Screwball Squirrel (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1944)

The 700 Club (Religious Propaganda Series; 1966)

Shaddup Your Face, by Joe Dolce (Song; 1981)

Sin City (Film; 2005)

Somebody To Love, by Jefferson Airplane (Song; 1967)

Some Do Not…, by Ford Madox Ford (Novel; 1924)

The Sound of Music (Film; 1965)

Space Invaders (Video Game; 1978)

Spacewar! (Video Game; 1962)

The Stowaways (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1949)

Strange Companion, featuring Hashimoto (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1961)

The Stretcher (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1969)

Strife with Father (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)

The Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks (Novel; 1977)

Sylvia’s Mother, by Dr. Hook (Song; 1972)

Therapeutic Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1977)

Time Gallops On (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Toby the Pup (Toby the Pup Cartoon; 1931)

Trash Program (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Trigger Treat (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1960)

The Trip (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1967)

A Trip to Mars (Fleischer Out of the Inkwell Cartoon; 1924)

The Tudors (TV Series; 2007)

2112, by Rush (Album; 1976)

25 O’Clock, by XTC, a.k.a. the Dukes of the Stratosphear (Album; 1985)

US Soldier (Private Snafu A Few Quick Facts MGM Cartoon; 1944)

The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells (Novel; 1897)

Weather Systems, by Andrew Bird (Album; 2003)

Western Union (Telegraph Company; 1866)

Woozit (Educational-Bowers Comedy Cartoon; 1928)

The Winding the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame (Novel; 1908)

Without Fail, 6th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2002)

Wynonna Earp (TV Series; 2016)

The Yolk’s on You (WB LT Cartoon; 1980)

Yo-Yo (Toy; 1929)

Today’s Name Days

Hugo, Irene, Irina (Austria)

Anastazije, Božica, Mavro, Venancije (Croatia)

Hugo (Czech Republic)

Hugo (Denmark)

Harald, Harri, Harro, Herald (Estonia)

Peppi, Pulmu, Raita (Finland)

Hugues, Valéry (France)

Hugo, Irene, Irina (Germany)

Hugó (Hungary)

Dora, Irene, Ugo (Italy)

Dagne, Dagnis, Tautmilis, Teodora, Teofils (Latvia)

Dainora, Rimgaudas, Teodora (Lithuania)

Aron, Arve, Arvid (Norway)

Chryzant, Grażyna, Hugo, Hugon, Katarzyna, Teodora, Tolisław, Zbigniew, Zbyszko (Poland)

Maria (Romania)

Darya, Klavdia (Russia)

Hugo (Slovakia)

Hugo, Venancio (Spain)

Harald, Hervor (Sweden)

April, Arden, Argus, Diamond, Paris (USA)

Today’s National Name Days

Myles Day

National Connor Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 91 of 2025; 274 days remaining in the year

ISO Week: Day 2 of Week 14 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 15 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Geng-Chen), Day 4 (Geng-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]

Coptic: 23 Baramhat 1741

Druid Tree Calendar: Rowan (April 110) [Day 1 of 10]

Hebrew: 3 Nisan 5785

Islamic: 2 Shawwal 1446

Julian: 19 March 2025

Moon: 15%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 7 Archimedes (4th Month) [Hippocrates]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 3 of 15] (thru 4.9)

Season: Spring (Day 12 of 92)

SUn Calendar: 2 Cyan; Twosday [2 of 30]

Week: 1st Week of April

Zodiac:

Tropical (Typical) Zodiac: Aries (Day 12 of 30)

Sidereal Zodiac: Pisces (Day 18 of 30)

Schmidt Zodiac: Pisces (Day 12 of 26)

IAU Boundaries (Current) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 21 of 38)

IAU Boundaries (1977) Zodiac: Pisces (Day 21 of 38)

Calendar Changes

April (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 4 of 12]

Rowan (April 1-10) [Druid Tree Calendar] (Month 10 of 41)

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11:52 PM 14-Nov-24 771 Words waiting until tomorrow when I have this chapter to report it, though. Good stuff in Emperor's Wife but took too long to read it all. So I added this bit of Danger Service. I’ll write more about the Dosilians in Kia tomorrow.

 They all froze and looked at the camera. "Danger Service!" We are brave, we are bold We do what we are told And sometimes we are sold into slavery! Several of them were dragged offscreen, some by their feet. But we work really hard To think of things that people need And we write them in provisions For all the Seven's traders So that everybody eats! Satire of Diplomatic Service, from Dannis Cole's fiction universe. Coming soon to YouTube...uh, when I learn Unreal Engine 5. At this rate, it might just be Unreal Engine 22 by the time I get anything done...for now, here are episodes from random, unpublished stories. The picture is Diplomat Dashing, an Elshar diplomat, saying, "Oh, no! Am I missing a pin? Habis maif!" His sash is purple because he doesn't know how to prog his clothing former. Advisors in Sigan Mas, a school that's a galaxy, stay up late at night to figure out errors the producers of Danger Service can stick in an episode for diplomatic students to find. For example, barren Elshar Mashai, capital world of the Alliance, is a treeless, sandy world but for a tiny region of farms. Episodes will show Georgia red mud, rain, and pine trees. Or items made of wood, which is very rare on Elshar worlds!

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Top French Language Courses: A Comprehensive Guide

Learning French opens doors to a world of opportunities, from enhancing your career prospects to enriching your travel experiences. Pune, with its vibrant educational landscape, offers a plethora of options for those keen to master this beautiful language.

In this comprehensive guide, we explore the top French language Courses in Pune, highlighting their unique features and benefits. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to advance your skills, there’s a course for everyone.

Why Learn French in Pune?

Pune, often referred to as the “Oxford of the East,” is renowned for its educational institutions and cosmopolitan culture. The city provides an ideal environment for learning French, with numerous institutes offering courses tailored to different proficiency levels. Additionally, the presence of multinational companies and a growing expat community makes Pune a prime location for acquiring foreign language skills.

Top Institutes Offering French Language Courses

1. French Tree

French Tree Provides flexible French language courses suitable for working professionals and students. With a focus on practical language skills, this institute is a popular choice among learners in Pune.

Courses Offered: Beginner to Advanced

Duration: Varies based on course type

Mode of Instruction: Online

Special Features: Personalized learning plans, native-speaking instructors, flexible timings

2. Symbiosis Institute of Foreign and Indian Languages (SIFIL)

SIFIL, a part of the renowned Symbiosis International University, offers well-structured French courses. The institute boasts a strong reputation for its academic excellence and student support services.

Courses Offered: Certificate, Diploma, Advanced Diploma

Duration: 3 months per level

Mode of Instruction: Classroom

Special Features: Interactive teaching methods, state-of-the-art facilities, experienced faculty

3. Alliance Française de Pune

Alliance Française de Pune is the most prestigious French language institute in the city. Known for its high standards and experienced faculty, this institute offers courses ranging from beginner to advanced levels. The curriculum is designed in line with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), ensuring a comprehensive learning experience.

Courses Offered: A1 to C2 levels, DELF/DALF preparation

Duration: 3 to 6 months per level

Mode of Instruction: Classroom and online

Special Features: Cultural events, French library, conversation clubs

4. Pune University — Department of Foreign Languages

The Department of Foreign Languages at Pune University offers a range of French courses, catering to both casual learners and those seeking formal qualifications. The university’s legacy and academic environment make it a preferred choice for many.

Courses Offered: Certificate, Diploma, Advanced Diploma, MA in French

Duration: 1 to 2 years

Mode of Instruction: Classroom

Special Features: University accreditation, extensive library resources, research opportunities

5. The Institute of Spanish Studies

Although primarily focused on Spanish, this institute offers well-regarded French courses. The Institute of Spanish Studies is known for its innovative teaching methods and engaging curriculum.

Courses Offered: Beginner to Intermediate

Duration: 3 to 6 months

Mode of Instruction: Classroom

Special Features: Small class sizes, interactive sessions, focus on conversational skills

Key Factors to Consider When Choosing a French Course

1. Course Structure and Content

When selecting a French course, it is essential to review the course structure and content. Look for courses that cover all aspects of language learning, including speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Ensure the curriculum aligns with internationally recognized standards like the CEFR.

2. Teaching Methodology

Effective teaching methodologies can significantly impact your learning experience. Opt for institutes that employ interactive and immersive teaching methods, including multimedia resources, role-playing, and real-life scenarios.

3. Faculty Expertise

The expertise and experience of the faculty are crucial for effective language learning. Choose institutes with qualified instructors, preferably native speakers or those with extensive experience in teaching French as a foreign language.

4. Flexibility and Accessibility

For working professionals and students, flexibility in class schedules is a key consideration. Many institutes offer weekend and evening classes, as well as online learning options, making it easier to balance learning with other commitments.

5. Additional Resources and Support

Access to additional learning resources, such as libraries, language labs, and conversation clubs, can enhance your language skills. Institutes that offer cultural immersion activities, such as film screenings, workshops, and social events, provide a more holistic learning experience.

Benefits of Learning French in Pune

1. Career Advancement

Proficiency in French can significantly boost your career prospects, particularly in multinational companies and industries such as hospitality, tourism, and international trade. Pune, with its growing corporate sector, offers ample opportunities for French speakers.

2. Academic Opportunities

Learning French opens doors to higher education opportunities in Francophone countries. Many universities in France, Canada, Belgium, and Switzerland offer scholarships and exchange programs for students proficient in French.

3. Cultural Enrichment

French is not just a language; it’s a gateway to a rich cultural heritage. By learning French, you can access a wealth of literature, art, cinema, and music, enhancing your cultural knowledge and appreciation.

4. Travel and Social Connections

Knowing French can greatly enhance your travel experiences in French-speaking countries. It allows you to communicate effectively, navigate new places with ease, and connect with locals on a deeper level.

Conclusion:

Choosing the right French language course in Pune is a significant step towards mastering this global language. With numerous high-quality options available, you can find a course that fits your needs, schedule, and learning preferences.

Whether you aim to advance your career, pursue higher education, or simply indulge in a new cultural experience, learning French in Pune offers countless benefits.