#Charles Coe

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Join me for Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday Bash Online next Thursday, January 19!

Join me for Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday Bash Online next Thursday, January 19!

So thrilled to announce it’s almost time to grab your amontillado and join me and a host of other Poe-enamored writers as we read “The Raven” and “The Bells” in celebration of Poe’s birthday Thursday, January 19, at 7 pm on Zoom! The event is free. If you’d like the Zoom link, PM me, email me, text me or however you get in touch with me, and I’ll get it right to you. You can also reach out to me…

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[mariocki]

Man in a Suitcase: Burden of Proof (1.15, ITC, 1968)

"Life's pretty cheap where you come from, huh?"

"Oh yes. And when you stepped off that street, American, you stepped into my country."

"Not all the way, punk!"

[khakilike]

General Hospital 8/26/2022

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G . . .

13 days to finish 14 episodes before it's removed from this TUBI app...

[badgaymovies]

Original Cast Album: Company (1970)

Original Cast Album: Company by #DAPennebaker, "Broadway fans should definitely not miss the opportunity to watch this incredibly detailed look at every aspect of putting on a show"

D.A. PENNEBAKER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB USA, 1970. Castle Drive, Talent Associates-Norton Simon. Cinematography by Jim Desmond, Richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker.  Produced by Chris Dalrymple, Delia Doherty, Chester Feldman, Peter Hansen. D.A. Pennebaker was invited to film the recording session of the cast album of the original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, a show that…

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Lt. Charles Coe and his P-51D Night-Mare, 339th Fighter Group

[disneyweirdness]

The Mouseum of Natural History

[historysideblog]

Anyone looking for audio books about Pre-Colombian American history I found a YouTube channel with a bunch of free audiobooks

currently working my way through ‘American Holocaust’

Full list of the audio books

Mexico Profundo by Guillermo Rodriguez Batalla

Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun by Charles M. Hudson

Ancient Kingdoms of Peru by Nigel Davies

The Incas by Nigel Davies

The Maya by Dr Michael Coe

Daily Life of the Aztecs by Jacques Soustelle

American Holocaust by David E. Stannard

Mexico by Michael Coe and Rex Koontz

The Aztecs by Nigel Davies

[superghfan]

Terry Brock (Robyn Bernard)

First appearance - September 3, 1984

Last appearance - March 7, 1990

Terry was D.L. Brock's rich, spoiled daughter and she arrives in Port Charles to torment her father's new wife Bobbie, but when she discovers that Bobbie is being battered by Brock, the two bond. When Brock is murdered, the two lean on each other. Bobbie considers Terry to be a daughter and the two become very close.

Later, Terry becomes involved with Dr. Kevin O'Connor, but when Kevin is put on trial for murder, Terry stands by his side. However, it is later discovered that Kevin is having an affair with one of his witnesses, a mousy librarian named Lucy Coe, who as it turns out is not so mousy.

Kevin later frames Terry for a murder she didn't commit and when that doesn't work, he kidnaps Terry and then tries to kill her, but later he dies when Terry hits him with a rock and he then falls off a cliff.

After Duke Lavery is presumed dead, Terry buys his nightclub. It reopens in July 1989. Frisco Jones performs at its reopening.

She dates Kevin's brother Patrick until he didn't want her to pursue her music career and she also became lovers with Dusty Walker (played by Sean Cassidy).

Terry then has a relationship with Ned Ashton but when that doesn't work out, she decides to leave Port Charles after she gets a recording contract in 1990.

[nellygwyn]

What were attitudes towards sex in the XVII (17th) century? Like was there any foreplay, oral sex, etc. alongside intercourse? Or was it just intercourse and over with? I would assume that kings like Louis XIV and Charles II had to have done more than just intercourse with their mistresses.

It's a broad question with a broad answer.

It's not super easy to get a picture of what people were doing in the bedroom, because not many people wrote it down explicitly. We have pornography and erotica but as is the case today, a lot of it was made specifically for men and doesn't always show what was ACTUALLY happening in people's day to day lives. You also have to remember that penetrative, heterosexual sex with a view to making babies was advocated by the Church (Catholic and COE), all other kinds of sex that couldn't produce children were considered to be sinful at best. Now, obviously, if you are a man like Charles II with a slew of mistresses despite being married, the Church's specific teachings on sex clearly aren't a top priority to you. But it's worth bearing in mind.

Samuel Pepys writes about sexual encounters with women where he's clearly using his fingers to pleasure them rather than his penis. The Earl of Rochester has a poem called 'Regime de Vivre' where he writes: 'I send for my whore, when for fear of the clap, I spend in her hand and I spew in her lap.' So, a handjob, but also, the line about throwing up in a woman's lap (as gross an image as it is) does point to cunnilingus. Dildos were available at this time but it's difficult to assess how common they were amongst the general populace. Fetishes like spanking and BDSM-type stuff appear in pornography but like I said, it is difficult to assess whether that was happening on a wide scale (there were definitely sex workers who catered to it, though). Another important thing to remember is that there was a general belief (and this was promoted by religious institutions at the time as well) that a woman had to orgasm during penetrative sex in order for conception to happen. So a woman's pleasure was paramount, at least during penetrative intercourse.

On the flipside of this, Nina Kushner's study of elite sex workers in 18th century Paris (which is later than the 17th century, ofc, but is worth mentioning) found that they thought men who requested blowjobs were weird, it was considered to be like a niche fetish. So make of that what you will!

[a-cosmic-elf]

10 Characters, 10 fandoms.

Thank you so much @avani-telvanni and @fangbangerghoul and anyone else I may have missed that has tagged me.

In no particular order, the ten characters that are currently rotating in my mind (not including my OCs, who were, if I’m honest, heavily inspired a number of these…)

Sotha Sil - The Elder Scrolls

Lara Croft - Tomb Raider

Garrus Vakarian - Mass Effect

Ellen Ripley - Alien/s

Raziel - Legacy of Kain

Papa Emeritus III - Ghost

Mizu - Blue Eye Samurai

Erik (specifically, as played by Charles Dance) - The Phantom of the Opera

5-8 - Black Knight

Sam Coe - Starfield

(gif credit - @lgbtvideogames 🙏🏼)

If anyone would ever like to chat about any of these characters, or any others you’ve seen me waffle on about, feel free to drop me an ask anytime. Because you know I’ll have some kind of take, and I luuurve chatting about my favourite characters 🥰

I’m tagging any of my mutuals who haven’t already done this, and anyone else who would like to join in too. <3

[justforbooks]

It rained. Of course it did. It wouldn’t have been a proper coronation if it hadn’t. Brits wouldn’t have had it any other way. We were born to suffer. Keep calm and carry on.

The first guests had started arriving at Westminster Abbey from early in the morning. Among them the lucky MPs who had received an invitation. Though many Tories had been complaining it was all a stitch-up by Number 10. That Rishi Sunak had hand-picked favourites and those he wanted to get on side. Whatever. Let’s hope they had strong bladders. It was going to be a long morning.

As the cameras panned round the congregation, the BBC’s Huw Edwards desperately tried to pick out a few people he recognised. There was Ant and Dec. He didn’t know which was which but few do. Nick Cave. You can’t miss the jet-black hair. Stephen Fry behind a pillar somewhere. Jill Biden and her daughter near the back. The US president never attends these kinds of dos. President Macron wandering in, totally at home. He’s almost an honorary royal these days. In his own mind, at any rate.

Others started arriving. The lord speaker processing behind what looked like a large Toblerone. The seven former prime ministers. Boris Johnson and Liz Truss bringing up the rear. Johnson looking a right state as ever. There was no way he was going to make an effort even for this. Truss with the widest smile. She can’t believe her luck. Just 49 days in which she wrecked the country and she’s guaranteed a spot on every guest list for life. Living the dream.

Near the end, Prince Andrew and Harry. Andy was allowed a cape from the dressing-up box, Harry was in civvies. The message was clear: you can be accused of being a sexual predator. But don’t dare marry a black woman and spill the beans in your autobiography. Huw could barely bring himself to mention either of them.

Out in the Mall, Clare Balding was watching a horse walk sideways while the royal coach carrying King Charles and Camilla made its way to the Abbey. Balding pointed out all the flags of the Commonwealth countries, forgetting that many of them wanted to have their own heads of state. Then the cameras also forgot to broadcast the procession going through Trafalgar Square, where republican protesters were gathered. Nor did we get to hear Andrew being booed. This was too much lese-majesty for the occasion. Huw couldn’t have stood it.

Once the king and Camilla reached the abbey, a new procession made its way to the altar. Led by Sebastian Coe. What on earth was he doing here? He gets everywhere you don’t want him and even the royals haven’t found a way of keeping him out. Prince William, Kate and their children all looked as if they were extras from a remake of Cinderella. Then so did a lot of people. Brits like to think no other country does these occasions quite as well. Other countries may have a bit more self-worth. Still, the music was wonderful.

We’d been told that the king had wanted this to be a celebration of all faiths, but in reality this was a full-on Protestant extravaganza. Other faiths were restricted to either a one-line cameo or just a walk-on part. This was in all but name a sacred ritual, honouring Charles as the one true king and the Church of England as the one true religion.

And in truth, it quickly all began to drag a little. Justin Welby’s sermon was borderline unintelligible. Meaningless to most people. The two-hour service could have done with some editing down to 75 minutes. Still, at least it was an hour shorter than the late queen’s in 1953. Prince Louis went missing for large chunks. Lucky him. Perhaps he couldn’t be separated from his PlayStation.

“I am here to serve. Not to be served,” said Charles. Really? It didn’t look that way. The whole thing was being done for his benefit, after all. Though he did look strangely detached throughout. As if he didn’t really want to be there. As if it was all a bit much for him. He could take the trinkets but the obligations of kingship were too heavy a burden. Luckily, for once the pen with which he had to sign his name worked perfectly. Otherwise he might have snapped. The only time he looked vaguely cheerful was when the gospel choir sang.

Then we got to the real ceremony. First the anointing with holy oil that took place behind a screen because it was too sacred to be broadcast. A ritual we were told that went back to Solomon. Hmm. But Zadok the Priest always adds a touch of class. Then the Orb of Excellence, the Mace of Magnificence, the Spurs of the Surreal, the Gauntlet of Devotion, the Goblet of Fire. Or something.

Still, Penny Mordaunt was the breakout star with the Sword of Sincerity. Thank God, Truss got ousted. Otherwise we might have had Jacob Rees-Mogg doing it. The archbishop struggled to get the crown on, but eventually the king was crowned. Prince William swore allegiance and kissed his father. The one tender, personal moment of the entire ceremony. Even so, it was hard to escape the sense of the absurd. A modern 21st-century democracy reliving a medieval fantasy. It was like the royalty as scripted by Disney. Hard to take seriously. Maybe it would have made more sense in black and white.

At least Camilla looked as if she was enjoying herself. She smiled and struggled not to burst out into giggles as she was asked to hold a sceptre. She clearly thought the whole thing was ridiculous. Meanwhile the king carried on suffering in this piece of dadaist performance theatre. After more interminable faffing, the king and queen nipped round the back of the altar. Presumably Camilla needed a cigarette and a quick laugh to release the tension. Most of the rest of us were by now bored. Couldn’t wait for the thing to be over. Enough was enough.

Eventually they reappeared and headed for the exit while the audience sang God save the King. Charles stopped to thank the ministers from other faiths for being ignored throughout the service. Then into the golden carriage. Princess Anne, looking like Napoleon, leapt on to a horse. “She’s now the Gold Stick in Waiting,” Balding said excitedly. Only in Britain.

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[useless-englandfacts]

Hi! So quick question about the new CoE edict on marriage coming from a non-British person. Does it only come into effect from now on, or are they just doubling down on their rules that they have always had?

If it's the latter, doesn't it mean that England's new Queen Consort isn't actually the new Queen, since she would still be married to her former husband, while Charles would be considered just a widower?

If it's the former, wow, that's a convenient work-around of the whole divorce issue for the new King who is also the head of the CoE...

Heyooo

So. When gay marriage was legalised here in the uk, the Church of England refused to follow the ruling in the church. So they have never allowed same sex marriage, and they are just doubling down on it currently.

The reason this has happened now is that there’s been a 5 year debate on this very issue (whether the church should allow same sex marriage) and they have decided against allowing it.

In the same report where they refuse to allow same sex marriage, the church apologises for its treatment of gay people and the gay community at large!!! Imagine that. “Sorry for being dicks to you guys but we still don’t see you as people or deserving of rights soz la”

And the issue of camilla’s divorce has been so for a long time, so it’s mostly old news to the British people. Also Charles is not a widower to the best of my knowledge as he was divorced from Diana at the time of her death. So he is divorced also (correct me if I’m wrong).

Divorce in the Church of England has been a confusing ride. Obviously we all know it started out as a way for Henry the eighth to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn, but after that, divorce was generally either heavily frowned upon or downright illegal at various points in history.

One story for the royals and another for us, you know?

Remarriage after divorce has been officially allowed in the CofE since 2002 (and Charles and camilla were married in 2005, rather conveniently).

Church teachings are often odd and contradictory, and all in all I’m glad I did my degree in religion or I’d be constantly baffled by this shit

-roe

[the-empress-7]

(fairy-crocodile) "To be honest I find this (Cam wearing TWO robes, like a Queen Regnant, rather than just one, like other Queen Consorts) a lot more significant than just a tiara ban. For people familiar with the details, it signals Charles is treating Camilla as his co-ruler. At this point the Church of England must have put it's foot down, because only Charles will be anointed behind the screen as the reining King. Camilla, as Queen Consort, will be anointed in full view." --

This is exactly what celticcross' recent Tarot reading indicated: that yes, Charles wants Camilla to be CO-RULER with him (let that sink in!) and that Parliament/CoE said NO! (And we think MM dominates H, which she does ofc, but C&C are just as pathologically co-dependent.) 

[sassyfrassboss]

She was christened in a house during lent, which doesn’t happen.

These aren't hard and fast rules, though. CoE permits christenings during Lent, but at the discretion of the Archbishop/Bishop. CoE permits house christenings too, but at the discretion of the Archbishop/Bishop.

Case in point: Andrew. His christening was April 8, 1960. Easter 1960 was April 17. Andrew was christened during Lent.

Another case in point: Charles, Anne, Andrew, Peter, and William were all christened in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace. Not a church or a chapel, but a house.

The church thing threw me but I figured that it wasn't a requirement.