#Henry Schroeder

[shedone]

halo effect

The Moore Tube Light, 1904. This consisted of a tube about 1¾ inches in diameter and having a length up to 200 feet, in which air at about one thousandth part of atmospheric pressure was made to glow by a very high voltage alternating current. link

“The first installation of this form of lamp was in a hardware store in Newark, N.J.”

in section Incandescent Light Developments, 1894-1904 Henry Schroeder, History of Electric Light, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 76:2 (August 15, 1923) : link (hathitrust)

—

Henry Schroder (1879-1952) bio (by Edward J. Covington) and portrait at lamptech.co.uk : link (accessed 20230426) lamptech : Museum of Electric Light Technology : link  

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in May 2024 🌈

🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ Farzana's Spite - Felix Graves 🧡 Archangels of Funk - Andrea Hairston 💛 How It Works Out - Myriam Lacroix 💚 Queer History A to Z - Robin Stevenson, Vivian Rosas 💙 Queerceañera - Alex Crespo 💜 Second Night Stand - Karelia Stetz-Waters, Fay Stetz-Waters ❤️ You Can Call Me Cooper - Cali Kitsu 🧡 Gooseberry - Robin Gow 💛 Grand Slam Romance - Ollie Hicks, Emma Oosterhous 💙The Witches of Silverlake - Simon Curtis, Stephanie Son 💜 Drawn to the Enemy - Barbara Winkes 🌈 The Truth of Our Past - Heather Leighson

❤️ Infaust - T.D. Cloud, Ambi Sun 🧡 Garner for Gold - Catherine Labadie 💛 The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller 💚 Snake Charming - Genevieve McCluer 💙 The 7-10 Split - Karmen Lee 💜 Loving Jemima - Sienna Waters ❤️ The Potion Gardener - Arden Powell 🧡 A Swift and Sudden Exit - Nico Vincenty 💛 The Worst Ronin - Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Faith Schaffer 💙 Murray Out of Water -Taylor Tracy 💜 The Guncle Abroad - Steven Rowley 🌈 The Weight of What Was - Pip Landers-Letts

❤️ The Amazing Alpha Tau Pledge Project - Lisa Henry, Sarah Honey 🧡 I Met Death & Sex Through My Friend, Tom Meuley - Thom Vernon 💛 Malicia - Steven dos Santos 💚 The Sins on Their Bones - Laura R. Samotin 💙 SLUTS: Anthology - Michelle Tea 💜 You Should Be So Lucky - Cat Sebastian ❤️ Death's Country - R.M. Romero 🧡 Cinema Love - Jiaming Tang 💛 The Brides of High Hill - Nghi Vo 💙 Emma - Jenna Kent 💜 Wish We Were There - Lionel Hart 🌈 A Troublemaker in Her Eyes - Genta Sebastian

❤️ I Make Envy on Your Disco - Eric Schnall 🧡 Lavash at First Sight - Taleen Voskuni 💛 Queer Power Couples - Hannah Murphy Winter, Billie Winter 💚 In Repair - A.L. Graziadei 💙 A Heart Divided - Angie Williams 💜 Long After We Are Gone - Terah Shelton Harris ❤️ The Queen of Steeplechase Park - David Ciminello 🧡 Lunar Boy - Jes Wibowo, Cin Wibowo 💛 Hot Boy Summer - Joe Jiménez 💙 Sunhead - Alex Assan 💜 The Summer Love Strategy - Ray Stoeve 🌈 Into the Mouth of the Wolf - Erin Gough

❤️ The Girl in Question - Tess Sharpe 🧡 The Lost Erwain - Mariah Stillbrook 💛 Starfire - Naomi Hughes 💚 Adrift - Sam Ledel 💙 Shanghai Murder - Jessie Chandler 💜 April May June July - Alison B. Hart ❤️ A Bone in His Teeth - Kellen Graves 🧡 Cabin Fever - Tagan Shepard 💛 Don't Be a Drag - Skye Quinlan 💙 The Ride of Her Life - Jennifer Dugan 💜 The Redemption of Daya Keane - Gia Gordon 🌈 Nearlywed - Nicolas DiDomizio

❤️ The Sunforge - Sascha Stronach 🧡 The End of Time - Trudie Skies 💛 Silent Ones - Melissa Polk 💚 Prime Time Travelers - Neil Laird 💙 My Darling Dreadful Thing - Johanna van Veen 💜 The Honey Witch - Sydney J. Shields ❤️ Spitting Gold - Carmella Lowkis 🧡 Last Chance - Claire Highton-Stevenson 💛 Road Home - Rex Ogle 💙 Only for Convenience - Shannon O'Connor 💜 Linus and Etta Could Use a Win - Caroline Huntoon 🌈 Finding Molly Parsons - Alyson Root

❤️ Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding - Maia Kobabe, Dr. Sarah Peitzmeier 🧡 See You Next Month - Jamey Moody 💛 Until You Say My Name - Tatum Schroeder 💚 Disembark - Jen Currin 💙 True Love and Other Impossible Odds - Christina Li 💜 Flyboy - Kasey LeBlanc ❤️ Thirsty - Jas Hammonds 🧡 Hands Off - N. Slater 💛 Flooded Secrets - Claudie Arseneault 💙 The Deer and the Dragon - Piper C.J. 💜 To Be Loved - Frank G. Anderson 🌈 Snowblooded - Emma Sterner-Radley

❤️ Blood Remains - Cathy Pegau 🧡 Blood on the Tide - Katee Robert 💛 We Were the Universe - Kimberly King Parsons 💚 Loyalty - E.J. Noyes 💙 Spirits and Sirens - Kelly Fireside 💜 Clean Kill - Anne Laughlin ❤️ The Worst Perfect Moment - Shivaun Plozza 🧡 Oye - Melissa Mogollon 💛 Here for the Wrong Reasons - Annabel Paulsen, Lydia Wang 💙 Exhibit - R.O. Kwon 💜 Experienced - Kate Young 🌈 Parenting with Pride - Heather Hester

❤️ Road to Ruin - Hana Lee 🧡 Meet Me in Berlin - Samantha L. Valentine 💛 The Advice Columnist - Cade Haddock Strong 💚 where lost & hopeless things go - Bryony Rosehurst 💙 Pit Stop - Ellis Mae 💜 The Switchboard - Christina K. Glover ❤️ In the Shallows - Tanya Byrne 🧡 Have You Seen This Girl - Nita Tyndall 💛 Another First Chance - Robbie Couch 💙 The Only Light Left Burning - Erik J. Brown 💜 Keepers of the Stones and Stars - Michael Barakiva 🌈 A Little Kissing Between Friends - Chencia C. Higgins

[saintmeghanmarkle]

An Updated List of the "Celebrities" Following ARO by u/Training-Jello7600

An Updated List of the "Celebrities" Following ARO MM hasn't broken 600K followers yet. Possibly why she hasn't posted anything? Maybe she's planning yet *another* launch/rebrand to garner more traffic. Maybe she's practicing more calligraphy to unleash on her poor graphic design team. Or maybe the Houthis attacked her shipping container of patchouli. Whatever the reason for the hype sans actual product drop, it's a bit DOA if you ask me...Here is an updated list of the "celebrities" following Actually Really Obnoxious. I've added in their respective claims to fame in case you've never heard of the person. Let me know if there are any more and I will add them to the list! I just went with the biggest names I could recognize. It's...not an impressive list. Kris Jenner (Momager)Elle MacPherson (Model)Katie Couric (Journalist)Mindy Kaling (Actress/Writer)Portia de Rossi (Actress)Katherine McPhee (Singer)David Furnish (Elton John's husband)Minnie Driver (Actress)Leeann Womack (singer)Cynthia Erivio (Broadway)Audra McDonald (Broadway)Genevieve Gorder (Interior designer)Abigail Spencer (Suits)Tyler Henry (TV Medium)Stassi Schroeder (Vanderpump Rules)Misha Nonoo (Fashion designer)Cleo Wade (Poet)Amy Purdy (Snowboarder)Daniel Martin (Makeup artist)Cat Deeley (TV presenter)Casey McQuiston (author)People from the Sussex extended universe:Misan Harriman (photographer)Delfina Blaquier (Meghan’s “P-Wife”)Mandana Dayani (Former employee)Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (active Sussex stan)Markus Anderson (Soho house Svengali)Claire Waight Keller (wedding dress designer)Journalists:Rebecca EnglishTaylor LorenzWorld of business:Whitney Wolfe Herd (founder of Bumble)Mindy Weiss (LA event planner)Lemonada MediaHannah Mendoza (CEO of Clevr Blends)Samantha Barry (EIC Glamour) post link: https://ift.tt/ilhUy6W author: Training-Jello7600 submitted: April 01, 2024 at 03:39AM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

[tiaramania]

Royal Warrants

Royal Warrant Holders or Purveyors to the Court are companies or individuals who provide a good or service to the royal court. Not all companies the royal buy items from are issued royal warrants and just because a company has one doesn't mean that they are the exclusive supplier of that product. The companies chosen are usually older and have a history of working with the royal family. Each country has a slightly different set of rules but in most of them the warrants have to be renewed on a regular basis and can be revoked at any time.

I only included countries that I could find a list for like I know Spain issues royal warrants but I can't find a list of them. Some abolished monarchies like Romania still issue royal warrants and some countries like Japan and Norway don't issue them anymore despite still being monarchies.

Belgium - Fournisseur breveté de la Cour - 114 total

Ciel mes bijoux

Cosyns Joaillier - since 2018

Maison De Greef - since 1998

Leysen Frères - since 1982

Wolfers

Denmark - Kongelig Hofleverandør - 108 total

A. Dragsted - since 1898 - also crown jeweler

Georg Jensen - since 1924

Ole Lynggaard - since 2008

A. Michelsen - since 1848

Luxembourg - Fournisseur de la Cour - 56 total

Schroeder Joailliers - since 1914

Molitor Joaillerie - since 1967

Bijouterie Goedert - since 2020

Netherlands - Hofleverancier - 502 total - These are a little different because they don't have to actually be a supplier to the court to hold a royal warrant.

Steltman Juwelier

Fabery de Jonge Juweliersbedrijf

Hofland Juweliers

Henri Camps Juwelier

Kamerbeek Juwelier

Kiestra Juweliersbedrijf

Rikkoert Juweliersbedrijven In't Silverhuijs

Sellink Horlogemaker Goudsmid Juwelier

Vaessen Juweliers

Van Zijp Juweliers

Veerman Juwelen

Sweden - Kunglig Hovleverantör - 130 total

Bolin - also crown jeweler since 1916

Gaudy

United Kingdom - Royal Warrant Holders - Over 800 - In the UK, royal warrants are issued from individuals not by the court as a whole. In the past the monarch, consort, and heir have been able to grant them and some companies may have a warrant from multiple people at once. They are good for two years after the grantor passes away so at the moment there are some from Queen Elizabeth II (686 total) and the Duke of Edinburgh (38 total) that are up in the air. I expect King Charles (159 already) will issue new warrants to replace some given by his parents but not all of them. The only jeweler that does not already have one from him is G. Collins & Sons who were QEII's personal jewelers.

King Charles

Asprey - they have it on their website but they are not listed on the Royal Warrant Holders Association website

Bentley & Skinner

Cartier

Fiona Rae

Garrard - was crown jeweler from 1843 to 2007

Mappin & Webb - the crown jeweler has worked for them since 2012

Wartski

Queen Elizabeth II

Bentley & Skinner

G. Collins & Sons - was crown jeweler from 2007 to 2012

Mappin & Webb

Wartski

[dooareyastudy]

Keeping the list short bc I didn't love that many movies this year. Could have added Aftersun (which was brilliant, but it's from 2022 even if it was released in 2023 in France).

Add your personnal fav in the tags : I am curious and maybe I missed out some great ones !

[theepsteinlist]

"epstein" client lists

florida/LA:

ring leaders:

epstein and gf

r. kelly

jay-z

michael jackson

michael vick

donald trump

perps/victims: (i.e. their victims who joined the criminal conspiracy)

kelsey mayfield

megan thee stallion

beyonce knowles

targets:  pretty runaway rich girls who wanna be ~bad girls~ for a weekend and ~seduce an older man~

epstein was known locally to strippers as mr. brown

nazi blood diamond money laundering:

doc martens

chanel

wal-mart

chick-fil-a

james avery

dr pepper/snapple/green mountain/keurig

walgreens

hp

siemens

whatsapp

mcafee

doordash

uber

ubereats

hobby lobby

mcdonald's

coca-cola

american eagle

nazi pedophile blood money (m)/(b)illionaires:

robert a. eckert

sheila a. penrose

john w. rogers jr

miles d. white

richard childress

jen foyle

truett cathy

david green

meg whitman

john mcafee

alice walton

brian kelley

travis kalanick

mark zuckerberg

tony xu

texas:

new braunfels: ring leaders:

amy allen

sam allen

lori hines

donna simpson

targets: high school kids who just wanna ~have fun~ and ~have a safe environment to drink in~ because "there were adults present so it's safe"

perps:

sergio zamora

bryce parrock

chris allen

travis allen

clayton mott

curtis kostan

travis kostan

calvin hoffman

ashton henderson

hannah jeroswhatever jerosezswki

lisa pickens

rachael lee muschalek

courtney cashion

taylor davis

raelynn haggerty

adam sheldon

devin kelley

zach rhoades

ryan walker

taylor akins

samantha rich

stephanie gawlik

charlie miffleton

chris tysdal

ross johnson

reed edwards

paige beyer

landre nattinger

aubrie iverson

andrew shafer

matt durbin

spencer jergins

clint whitley

tim word

chad laborde

chez council

"victims"? (participants with a wide spectrum of consent that were nonetheless assaulted/exploited)

maggie osborne

esmerelda ??? (zapatos?)

liz perez

autumn reno

angel ??? (bustos?)

destiney sheldon

katie turpin

kiki grossman

lauren laborde

lindsay smith

stephen lupton

landre nattinger

ashton henderson

hannah jerosewzski

kkk:

ring leaders:

david duke

greg abbott

ken paxton

vance lesseig

walton family

taylor swift

david green

perps:

james reno

edwin braun

marisol padilla

chuck kirchhof

tom muschalek

dunno mr. zeitler's name

aforementioned men's wives

oakwood baptist church of new braunfels

community bible church of new braunfels

vance langley

coach schmidt

coach mclean

mrs. lindsay

ms. pradervand

mr. baker

mr. trollinger

mr. ??? (other NBHS short term criminal justice teacher in 2009)

officer broussard

shelby lesseig

rachael lee muschalek

kelsey mayfield

henry desroches

thomas neupert

michael brennan

mark hardiman

dr. hardiman

sam allen

judge and mrs. gray

targets: young teenagers that were ~special~, i.e. identified by the duke talent program

victims:

sam coronado

samantha allen

mitchell ridsdale

aaron criddle

ben turrubiates

akash motani

faizal khan

sterling demasters

zach mares

ethan poulter

jordan thiem

edward stockwell

anthony castilleja

charles tandy

jonathan dockall

emily brandon

lauren knipe

heather brown

josh burlison

the trix family

the piranha family

gavon payne

emma roddy

alison kim

sarah perrilloux

amanda and mary pike

sarah stiponavich

stephen phipps

allie alcala

jeremy priest

jackson faires

alex mott

marco martinez

brandon anderson

scott antoine

amber antoine

star hernandez

jessica atwell

rylee young

jamie hand

suzanne stricker

emily langendorff

olivia langley

taylor francis

ana castro

maria chavez

tanner brewer

katie ha

zach parrish

anthony tran

kylie blair

cullen nisson

ranger wallace

taylor mares

kathryne mares

jayme zigler

evan zigler

gracie payne

ellie payne

manuel deleon

the dione triplets

justin and taylor schwarz

araceli ayala

jamie bell

cassie barrett

jordan d'eri

rachel jones

andrew bryant

michael trombold

stephanie bryant

ashley bryant

daniel schroeder

kirsten schroeder

alexandria ingram

julianna pappalas

kindell hardin

edward yu

alexis lewis

katherine davis

ana ??? (katherine's girlfriend, texas a&m track team 2013)

ajay patel

james lamon

emily lamon

dionne diaz

mirea ayala

katelyn warner

kirby fisher

kyle fisher

tyler rougeux

kyle rougeux

josh chappell

kyle chappell

jaimee chapell

emily chappell

tyler mcdonald

marissa maddon

john maddon

tessa loge

eden bonneville

jack rhodes

andrew romero

lauren laborde

sarah laborde

stephenea sotcheff

sophia sotcheff

david mis

britton ware

will stapleton

canaan hoffman

caitie hoffman

sarah kreuger

ben jacks

ben triesch

gabe ramos

gene jacobson

aj jerosewszki

daniel phipps

daniel schumacher

eric stiebing

stephen rapp

maisha rumman

shradha thakur

vamsi vishnubhotla

michael carl

lindsay smith

lindsey kubena

samantha partida

steven partida

victoria rich

jennifer koepp

jenniffer flores

anne manzano

elizabeth villarreal

denise ortiz

kevin korpi

brad arnold

ed gonazles

david eckert

felicia curtis

trent wenzel

coach woodall

coach kilford

mrs. bock

mrs. lopez

ms. wetz

ms. caldwell

ms. biggs

mrs. thompson

oldest batey girl

oldest gorski girl

any other teenagers in central texas that have died in car crashes since 1980 or so

bharadwadj tanikella

hayley gray

colby callahan

austin milam

heath burley

california:

los angeles:

ring leader: grayson bauer

targets: young runaway artist girls

perps:

harvey weinstein

bill cosby

jack antonoff

dr. luke

jay-z

beyonce knowles

travis scott

drake

janelle monae

megan thee stallion

erykah badu

mark oliver everett

metallica

marina diamandis

breandan urie

lorde

victims: (ranging from financial abuse to outright sex trafficking)

grimes

ellie goulding

rina sawayama

billie eilish

shakira

avril lavigne

amy lee

ky voss

poppy

christine and the queens

cupcakke

K.I.D

la roux

kreayshawn

chloe chaidez

tove styrke

tove lo

bebe rexha 

ximena sarinana

angel haze

azaelia banks

ashnikko

colbie caillat

charli xcx

kim petras

kacey musgraves

mia rodriguez

melanie martinez

jazmin bean

ivy levan

iggy azaelia

alice glass

cardi b

nicki minaj

hana

tatu

boa

charlotte sometimes

meiko

lana del rey

borns

mo

sky ferreira

florence and the machine

sarah jaffe

alex winston

jessica hernandez

tegan and sara

caitlin rose

LP

ralph

alice merton

miguel

hailey williams

emily king

rett madison

king mala

leikeli47

princess nokia

post malone

k.flay

sirah

sir babygirl

caroline polachek

yaeji

moses sumney

glasser

king princess

dorian electra

lil nas x

slayyyter

phoebe bridgers

harry styles

alicia keys

lil mariko

carrie underwood

kelly clarkson

mount moriah

zz ward

miranda lambert

the chicks

beyonce

frank ocean

chance the rapper

kesha

MNDR

ariana grande

britney spears

christina aguilera

alessia cara

mac demarco

ghost

juanes

weezer

sam fender

jason isbell

mexican institute of sound

la perla

gera mx

royal blood

st. vincent

white reaper

YB

biffy clyro

the chats

off!

PUP

corey taylor

cage the elephant

vishal dadlani

divine

shor police

diet cig

flatbush zombies

dj scratch

ha*ash

jose madero

moses sumney

j balvin

chase & status

backroad gee

the neptunes

jon pardi

sebastian

portugal. the man

aaron beam

volbeat

the hu

tomi owo

phoebe bridgers

miley cyrus

watt

elton john

yo-yo ma

robert trujillo

chad smith

dave dahan

mickey guyton

dermot kennedy

mon laferte

igor levit

my morning jacket

pg roxette

darius rucker

chris stapleton

tresor

goodnight, texas

idles

imelda may

chery glazerr

izia

kamasi washington

rodrigo y gabriela

kimbra

d'angelo

worked with grayson, benefitted from him, but were not aware anything was going on or did their best to help:

st. lucia

tame impala

the hush sound

straylight run

anamanaguchi

the naked and famous

bastille

blue october

guster

old 97's

frank turner

awolnation

sea wolf

my chemical romance

atreyu

avenged sevenfold

greenday

blink-182

slipknot

blaqk audio

AFI

fall out boy

young the giant

san francisco:

ring leaders:

marc benioff

elon musk

travis kalanick

evan spiegel

steve jobs

jeff bezos

mark zuckerberg

steve chen

bill gates

michael dell

ren zhengfei

eoghan mccabe

secondary: grayson bauer using this circle for remote revenge crypto shills from 20mission and burning man preying on runaways as well

targets: queer tech-inclined teenagers

perps:

zach snow

dan granquist

jeremy whittington

taran patel

jim spagnola

seth tager

walter harley

jose garcia

connor cook

andrew zigler

chris sullivan

"anna lytical" (billy)

kelsey mayfield

caroline rhoades

henry desroches

mark hardiman

ben angel

ian coldwater

"belgium solanas" (michael troy judd)

meagan clawges

nalini prakash

lovi yu

peeyush aggarwal

victims:

matthew allen

samantha allen

janus rose

c boucher

chelsea manning

keffals

ben turrubiates

emily johnston

gavon payne

jamie delton

chris koch

amanda le

naomi wu

tux pacific

sev welker

alison kim

cara mazzi

ruby ??? (caroline's old roommate)

nick ??? (caroline's ex-boyfriend)

rachel forbes

daphne gunawan

trisha day

sidney powell

srijita mori

rebecca ??? (srijita's partner)

scott conger

erin nielsen

qinlin chen (catherine chen)

hank yang

kevin ren

aaron wong

matt hwang

chloe cauley

zane witherspoon

ana garcia

jeremy cruz

john lewis

lida wang

waylon clanton

wyatt clanton

tyler mcdonald

jasmine christiansen

new york/london/vegas && norcal/socal rivalries

ring leaders:

bernie madoff

jack antonoff

joanne rowling

evan spiegel

fox news, et al

new york times, et al

washington post, et al

the guardian, et al

noah pentecost

mark zuckerberg

jp morgan/chase bank/etrade

viacom

verizon

disney

scientologists

perps/profiteers:

lin manuel-miranda

bari weiss

sarah jeong

juliette sieve

ravi gill

will yang

jesse yang

sahil bhumi

???? (their armenian friend from stanford 2012 class)

antonis kartanapis

marko salkovic

erykah badu

oakstop coworking space

wag dogsitting app

kent from youtube & his sri lankan sugar mama

gabriella from wag

stephenie meyer

"e.l. james"

john green

hank green

susan collins

meg cabot

angela santomero

john kricfalusi

tom cruise

george r. r. martin

david benioff

targets: expressive, artistic teenagers envied by big money bankers and "feminist" writers

victims:

tori holland

janus rose

andrew bryant

daniel schroeder

max parks

amanda le

kelsey mayfield

samantha allen

josh burlison

ben turrubiates

henry desroches

nico ??? (from shippo)

sev welker

rachael kauffman

janelle monae

kim petras

scarlett ??? (my friend in the london club scene)

james sampson

james twigg

james sanchez

maria nunez

young asian women, age 18 - 22, going to raves and to vegas (i.e. "asian baby girls")

john lewis

lida wang

katie holmes

stacy london

carrie brownstein

boston

ring leaders:

richard stallman

steven pinker

mark zuckerberg

targets:

queer software engineers

perps:

priscilla chan

victims:

amanda le

samantha allen

josh burlison

jamie delton

jamie hand

katie ha

emily johnston

chris koch

cara mazzi

jasmine christiansen

mark hardiman

chicago && washington dc

ring leaders:

barack obama

rahm emanuel

beyonce knowles

joe biden

targets: pretty, light skinned, liberal teenagers interested in politics

victims:

samantha allen

emily brandon

lauren knipe

andrew zigler

andrew bryant

michael trombold

carissa nietzche

cassie barrett

jordan d'eri

haley gray

ben turrubiates

jose garcia

ana garcia

victoria benson

cj dehart

austin scarborough

stephen lupton

michael morton

michelle moon

jeff stevens

becky pickert

ashton nicole casey

carter freeman

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Charles Bukowski ¿Las cosas del Maestro “Maldito”?

Heinrich Karl Bukowski, conocido como Charles Bukowski, fue un escritor de relatos, novelista y poeta estadounidense nacido en Alemania, representante del realismo sucio y considerado como un «poeta maldito», debido a su excesivo alcoholismo, pobreza y bohemia

Bukowski escribió libros de diversos géneros, tales como: diarios, relatos, novelas, poesías, ensayos e incluso llegó a escribir Barfly, un guion cinematográfico basado en su alter ego Henry Chinaski, dirigida por el cineasta francés Barbet Schroeder, película en donde realizó un cameo en un bar. Esta experiencia la recopiló en un libro de relatos, Hollywood (1989).

La obra de Charles Bukowski recibió tantas críticas negativas como positivas. Se le acusó de practicar un estilo soez como mero exhibicionismo literario y de reiterar sus obsesiones de modo efectista. Otros críticos, en cambio, realzaron su autenticidad y su condición de escritor maldito

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Four Dead in Ohio

Keith Newman

On this day in May 1970 Four students were killed at Kent State by the Ohio National guard. The governor was behind in the polls and these deaths which he ordered helped him climb into contention. Though he lost by one point in 1970, he won re-election in 74 and 78. Some Parents told their (unharmed) kids who were at the scene, the Guard should have shot them all. That is how divided our nation was. (We can overcome Trump).

William Schroeder- Sought to understand the war. He had chosen to serve in the armed services and intended to go to Vietnam so he could better under understand the events of his time Allison Krause- The day before she had placed a flower in the barrel of a National Guardsman's gun  saying; 'flowers are better than bullets. She was  leaving campus on her way to her car to  go to a job Jeffrey  Miller- intelligent and kind, he was  against the war in Vietnam but by no means was a  violent protestor Sandra Scheuer- was on her way to class. Her father escaped the Holocaust to see his daughter murdered as others expressed their first amendment rights. She and Jeffrey Miller were in a relationship but were not together when the shots ending their lives  rang out.

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A Not so Final Thought on May 4

Keith Newman

“There is, and there may never be, any closure for what happened at Kent State University. As I wrote almost 30 years ago: “No one was willing to confess. Which is understandable. After all, how would you like to go down in history as the man who started the killings at Kent State?”

                               William Gordon

Maybe Gordon is right. Maybe history will always treat May 4, 1970 as an open case, ensuring its lessons are taught and retaught to every generation of Americans. The dead cannot be brought back to life, the wounds of survivors hit by bullets cannot completely heal. The heartache affecting so many will not dissipate until their own hearts takes its last beat.

That is true for me as well. Though I feel a strong bond to those who fell on May 4, it was not my biological sister or brother whom was killed. My heart was not ripped open due to the unexpected loss of a loved one. For me it was my country. I lost the notion that our country was good, that our leaders could be trusted, that everyone deserved respect. And this loss I mourn. Questioning Authority became what I can do for my country.

     “The fundamental role of a democracy is to control the amount of police force that is used. What happened was an inappropriate and very unfair use of force against protesting students”

                                      Kent State Professor Jerry Lewis

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,"

       Patrick Henry

What happened that day was a 24 minute hunting expedition.

       Alan Canfora

The Boston Massacre did have closure. It served a lesson for our not yet formed country, that everyone is entitled to a trial, that the accused shall always be granted a lawyer. The results of that trial astonished many.

The Kent State Massacre deserves such a legacy. General Canterbury, the commanding officer has passed away, Sergeant Pryor, the man who claims he never fired his pistol, a gun that wasn’t his, that he should not have had with him that day has died. So have several of the student survivors of that day such as Alan Canfora carrying the flag in the above picture. Canfora had chosen the Black Flag to reflect his dark mood over having recently attended a funeral for a close friend killed in Vietnam.

 But Terry Norman remains alive. He was placed at the event by members of the City of Kent Police Department. He was given instructions on where to be, what to do. Acoustics say a gun was fired four times before the Guard returning from the practice field turned and fired on innocent civilians, just as German soldiers had often done during the Holocaust. We know Terry Norman on that day confessed to shooting his gun four times, admitted he may have killed someone, we know officers examined the gun stating it had been fired four times. We know he met on the practice field and conversed with several members of the Guard when the soldiers there realized their commanding officer was not prepared for the day, when discipline amongst the troops broke down, when several members of the Guard knelt in firing position guns aimed at students.

No one knows what happened during that time on the practice field, what plans were hatched as soldiers left the field and began their march up Blanket Hill, across the Commons, and back to the ROTC building. Americans deserve to know the truth of what happened on the day Democracy died. If the FBI wants to be taken respectfully by honest American citizens, it needs to come clean on what the FBI Agent who met with Terry Norman on May 3rd discussed. We need to know how Democracy died on May 4th.

Concepts, unlike human life can be brought back from the dead. When I visited Germany, another place where Democracy once died, I visited a Gestapo headquarters in Cologne. Blood was still on the walls. Fear gripped me even though I had nothing to fear. Anger rifled through me though there was no one I could vent my anger upon. Last night I dreamt that building was dismantled and shipped piece by piece to my house, and that it was my job to reassemble that shrine, a shrine that exists in a thriving Democracy. Kent State has done no less, and yet I fear in these Trumpian times, it’s not enough. That nothing will be enough.  Martin Scheuer, the father of Sandra Scheuer escaped the Holocaust in Germany to see his daughter be killed in America while walking to class as others were expressing their first amendment rights. We who value these rights must be committed to “Never Again.”

Visit to Gestapo Headquarters

I walked into death

Cold burning into my soul

Screams imprinted onto the walls

White filth, charcoal blood, the empty rooms filled with unlived lives

Visitors spoke silently respecting the dead, fearing the torture,

Sounds no longer heard, still visible

The unspoken greeting at the door was not a welcome

Just an acknowledgement.

The guard, aware of my guilt though he knew me to be an innocent witness

An innocent witness no different than he the guard of guards

The preserver of the past, the guardian of the future.

Our eyes met.

We shared the acknowledgement.

I recognized his pain.

He recognized mine.

Our only sin We are survivors

Not in blood or tatoos, but in tears,

Not just for our own, but for those with whom we share the spirit,

I get to walk out of death and he comes home from it every night

We leave the cold death burnt into our souls and daily exchange it for the warmth of love

Tomorrow he’ll greet a new face with another silent acknowledgment

And I’ll be linked to all who visit through his ghostly but knowing stare

It’s not just the guilt we share, But the spirit

And the hope

No one will be guilty again

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In short order, Sister Lucia was assigned to lead the convent at Holy Trinity church in New Ulm, MN. Close to Chaska, her home town, Sister Lucia knew nothing of New Ulm.

A bit earlier, Sister Antonis (aka, little Rosa), Sister Lucia's niece, had also been assigned to return to MN, at a school in NE Minneapolis by the name of St. Boniface. The staff eagerly awaited her arrival, as they'd hoped she could teach the children sewing, piano and Catechism. And a more than capable Sister Antonis was up to the task.

Now that Sister Antonis was in Minneapolis, she was able to see her aunt Monica and Henry Vaars, who owned a home in N. Mpls, and had filled it with five children.

During one of the Vaars Sunday meals in N. Mpls, Monica showed Sister Antonis the long beloved amethyst ring with the intention of finally giving this beautiful ring to Sister Antonis, its rightful owner.

"Monica, I've taken a vow of poverty. I have no need for it, and I fear I might someday lose it." Turning to her cousin, Roseanne, seated beside her, Sister Antonis continued, "Roseanne, please be the custodian of this precious ring. Maybe someday, if you have a daughter, you can pass it on to her." Elated, Roseanne took the ring, promising she would take great care of it.

In New Ulm, Sister Lucia was greeted by a cheerful Father Schroeder. He and Sister Lucia toured this grand church while he explained its difficult history in great detail. **Read full text in LISTENING TO HER OWN VOICE (AMAZON) - Chapter 16. **

"Do you see up there, Sister? The artists who pained the ceiling were local artists. One of them was Christian Heller. He, too, was a Swiss immigrant. Unfortunately, he passed away from consumption."

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Since the only movie I'm watching tonight is 200 Cigarettes, I've got my list of movies I watched for the first time this year. It's a little low (158 instead of the usual +/- 200) but... well, it's been a year.

Property is No Longer a Theft (1973, Ello Petri)

Zola (2021, Janicza Bravo)

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021, Michael Showalter)

A Face in the Crowd (1957, Elia Kazan)

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021, William Eubank)

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015, Gregory Plotkin)

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014, Christopher Landon)

Paranormal Activity 4 (2012, Ariel Schulman & Henry Joost)

The Nun (2018, Corin Hardy)

Hell-Bound Train (1930, Eloyce & James Gist)

Family Plot (1976, Alfred Hitchcock)

The Witch of King’s Cross (2020, Sonia Bible)

Teknolust (2002, Lynn Hershman Leeson)

Giant (1956, George Stevens)

Castle in the Sky (1986, Hayao Miyazaki)

Messiah of Evil (1973, Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz)

House (1986, Steve Miner)

The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014, Adam Robitel)

A Woman is a Woman (1961, Jean-Luc Godard)

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021, Kier-La Janisse)

The Tragedy of MacBeth (2021, Joel Coen)

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021, Wes Anderson)

Last Night in Soho (2021, Edgar Wright)

Thelma (2017, Joachim Trier)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956, Alfred Hitchcock)

Pig (2021, Michael Sarnoski)

In the Earth (2021, Ben Wheatley)

Truman and Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2021, Lisa Immordino Vreeland)

9 (2009, Shane Acker)

Chimes at Midnight (1966, Orson Welles)

WeWork, or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn (2021, Jed Rothstein)

Enemies of the State (2020, Sonia Kennebeck)

A Glitch in the Matrix (2021, Rodney Ascher)

Citizenfour (2014, Laura Poitras)

The Cremator (1969, Juraj Herz)

Angst (1983, Gerard Kargl)

Death on the Nile (1978, John Guillerman)

The Power of the Dog (2021, Jane Campion)

Nightmare Alley (2021, Guillermo Del Toro)

Mirror (1974, Andrei Tarkovsky)

House of Gucci (2021, Ridley Scott)

Free Guy (2021, Shawn Levy)

A Letter to Three Wives (1949, Joseph L Mankiewicz)

Say Amen Somebody (1982, George T Nierenberg)

Poison Ivy (1992, Katt Shea)

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964, Jacques Demy)

Zatoichi (2003, Takeshi Kitano)

Pale Flower (1964, Masahiro Shinoda)

Nobody (2021, Ilya Naishuller)

A Time to Kill (1996, Joel Schumacher)

Murder by Numbers (2002, Barbet Schroeder)

Antlers (2021, Scott Cooper)

Drive My Car (2021, Ryusuke Hamaguchi)

Ready Player One (2018, Steven Spielberg)

Superman II (1980, Richard Lester)

West Side Story (2021, Steven Spielberg)

Licorice Pizza (2021, Paul Thomas Anderson)

The Batman (2022, Matt Reeves)

You Can’t Kill Meme (2021, Hayley Garrigus)

Being the Ricardos (2021, Aaron Sorkin)

Summer of Soul (2021, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson)

Talk to Me (2007, Kasi Lemmons)

The Night House (2021, David Bruckner)

Here Comes the Devil (2012, Adrián Garcia Bogliano)

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010, Paul W.S. Anderson)

The Ritual (2017, David Bruckner)

The Bye Bye Man (2017, Stacy Title)

Creep (2014, Patrick Brice)

From Within (2008, Phedon Papamichael)

X (2022, Ti West)

Moonfall (2022, Roland Emmerich)

Dead Man (1995, Jim Jarmusch)

The Purge (2013, James DeMonaco)

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020, Danny Wolf)

Caligula (1979, Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione & Giancarlo Lui)

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932, Dorothy Arzner)

The Alchemist Cookbook (2016, Joel Potrykus)

Spoor (2017, Agnieszka Holland)

Cliffhanger (1993, Renny Harlin)

Runaway Jury (2003, Gary Fleder)

A Scanner Darkly (2006, Richard Linklater)

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954, Hiroshi Inagaki)

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955, Hiroshi Inagaki)

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956, Hiroshi Inagaki)

Mikey and Nicky (1976, Elaine May)

Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022, Akiva Schaffer)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022, Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert)

Men (2022, Alex Garland)

Old (2021, M. Night Shyamalan)

Saint Maud (2019, Rose Glass)

Bernie (2011, Richard Linklater)

Pineapple Express (2008, David Gordon Green)

Voyeur (2021, Myles Kane & Josh Koury)

Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985, Alan Metter)

Conspiracy Theory (1997, Richard Donner)

Experiment in Terror (1962, Blake Edwards)

The Nightingale (2018, Jennifer Kent)

Leave Her to Heaven (1945, John M. Stahl)

Black Widow (1954, Nunnally Johnson)

The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022, Loren Bouchard & Bernard Derriman)

Incantation (2022, Kevin Ko)

All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989, Don Bluth)

Nope (2022, Jordan Peele)

House of Bamboo (1956, Samuel Fuller)

Jurassic World: Dominion (2022, Colin Trevorrow)

The Black Phone (2022, Scott Derrickson)

The Presidio (1988, Peter Hyams)

Barbarian (2022, Zach Creeger)

Elvis (2022, Baz Luhrmann)

Vengeance (2022, BJ Novak)

Crimes of the Future (2022, David Cronenberg)

Don’t Worry Darling (2022, Olivia Wilde)

Band of Outsiders (1964, Jean-Luc Godard)

The Slumber Party Massacre (1982, Amy Holden Jones)

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022, Halina Reijn)

Dead and Buried (1981, Gary Sherman)

Blonde (2022, Andrew Dominik)

Phantasm II (1988, Don Coscarelli)

Hellraiser (2022, David Bruckner)

The Keep (1983, Michael Mann)

Next of Kin (1982, Tony Williams)

The Funhouse (1981, Tobe Hooper)

Dream Demon (1988, Harley Cokeliss)

The Hidden (1987, Jack Sholder)

Prince of Darkness (1987, John Carpenter)

White of the Eye (1987, Donald Cammell)

Halloween (2018, David Gordon Green)

Halloween Kills (2021, David Gordon Green)

Halloween Ends (2022, David Gordon Green)

Terror Train (1980, Roger Spottiswoode)

The House by the Cemetery (1981, Lucino Fulci)

Strange Behavior (1981, Michael Laughlin)

Road Games (1981, Richard Franklin)

Final Destination (2000, James Wong)

Daughters of Darkness (1971, Harry Kümel)

Matango (1963, Ishiro Honda)

Thirst (2009, Park Chan-Wook)

Wolfen (1981, Michael Wadleigh)

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)

Hud (1963, Martin Ritt)

The Dark Corner (1946, Henry Hathaway)

Encino Man (1992, Les Mayfield)

The Good Nurse (2022, Tobias Lindholm)

Son in Law (1993, Steve Rash)

Madame X: An Absolute Ruler (1978, Ulrike Ottinger)

Henri-Georges Cluzot’s “Inferno” (2009, Serge Bromberg & Ruxandra Medrea)

The Blue Dahlia (1946, George Marshall)

Pearl (2022, Ti West)

Amsterdam (2022, David O. Russell)

Memories of Murder (2003, Bong Joon-ho)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022, Rian Johnson)

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022, Martin McDonagh)

Song of the Thin Man (1947, Edward Buzzell)

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941, W.S. Van Dyke)

RRR (2022, S.S. Rajamouli)

Another Thin Man (1939, W.S. Van Dyke)

Saaho (2019, Sujeeth)

Triangle of Sadness (2022, Ruben Östlund)

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Klaus Grünberg and Mimsy Farmer in More (Barbet Schroeder, 1969) Cast: Klaus Grünberg, Mimsy Farmer, Heinz Engelmann, Michel Chanderli, Henry Wolf, Louise Wink. Screenplay: Paul Gégauff, Barbet Schroeder, Mimsy Farmer, Eugene Archer, Paul Gardner. Cinematography: Néstor Almendros. Art direction: Néstor Almendros, Fran Lewis. Film editing: Denise de Casablanca, Rita Roland. Music: Pink Floyd. A vivid downer film, in which a German student (Klaus Grünberg) and an American hippie (Mimsy Farmer) get more deeply involved in drugs, moving from pot to LSD to heroin. More avoids some of the clichés of films about the counterculture of the late '60s -- it doesn't try to re-create the drug experience with camera tricks but instead views its characters externally as it traces their disintegration. It places its more sordid sequences against the beauty of Ibiza to good effect, and the cinematography of Néstor Almendros makes the most of the location, but the film still feels heavy and dated.

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On July 8, 1988 Barfly debuted in Ireland.

[you-moveme-kurt]

Glee «The least of the worries»

Octubre de 2041

-Que puedo decir… sólo tú Kurt Hummel-Anderson, serías capaz de encontrar 5 disfraces de Halloween en menos de 3 días… —dijo Blaine mientras se caracterizaba como «Schroeder», el personaje de la caricatura  «Peanuts» que le había tocado en el tema escogido por Henry, el ganador del sorteo de este año. -Bueno, solo se necesitan dos cosas, don de mando y una asistente a quien mandar… —contestó Kurt desde la cama, tenía el computador portátil en el regazo y revisaba algunas cosas mientras esperaba que todos estuvieran listos. -Muy cierto… —dijo Blaine señalándolo antes de seguir con sus preparativos, tenia puesto una camiseta listada azul con negro más unos pantalones cortos oscuros, zapatillas blancas y calcetines a juego, todo coronado con una peluca rubia y peinada— solo me falta el pianito…. —dijo girando hacia su esposo para que lo viera— y, ¿qué opinas?… —pregunto abriendo sus brazos. -Creo que el rubio no te queda, pero te ves muy tierno… —respondió Kurt sonriendo. -Gracias… —respondió volviendo a mirarse en el espejo. -Si ya terminaste…  ¿puedo pedirte algo? -Por supuesto… -¿Podrías ir a chequear a Noah?, ¿a ver si ya esta vestido? -Enseguida… -Además necesito que tomes el medicamento desde el gabinete de su baño,  le toca a las 9, así es que quiero asegurarme que lo llevemos por si es que nos atrasamos por algún motivo… -Ok… ¿tú no te vas a vestir?… —preguntó mientras revisaba su billetera y se la ponía en uno de los bolsillos del pantalón corto -Usaré un traje inflable de perro… no veo porque tengo que ponérmelo con horas de anticipación… —dijo pareciendo molesto -Si te incomoda, puedo ser yo el que… -No me incomoda nada de ese traje, bueno excepto sentirme como en una bolsa plástica sin salida… —dijo Kurt dejando un segundo de lado lo que hacia para concentrarse en imaginar lo que sería vivir en una bolsa plástica —en fin… —añadió como volviendo en si— lo que si me incomoda, es la complicidad con la que actuaron nuestros hijos, creo y se pusieron de acuerdo antes para escoger todos el mismo tema… —añadió haciendo una mueca de reprobación con su cara -Vaya…eso si que es reprochable… ¿no es asi «Gran y poderoso Oz»?... —dijo Blaine alzando una ceja -¡Oye!… lo mío fue diferente, tu eres mi esposo se supone y debes estar apoyándome en todo… incluido los sorteos de Halloween… -Por eso lo hice… ahora… —dijo Blaine dando un aplauso como si fuera lo que faltaba para concluir la conversación y pasar a otra cosa— voy donde Noah… —agregó caminando hacia la puerta— ¿solo esas dos cosas que me pediste?, ¿o algo mas? -...

-¿Kurt? -¿Como? -¿Qué miras tanto?... —pregunto Blaine acercándose, se subió a la cama por su lado y se instaló junto a él— ¿acabas de hacer lo que creo que acabas de hacer?... —dijo mirando a su esposo y señalando el hecho que el computador se había puesto con la pantalla en negro. -Si… -¿Por qué?... ¿es muy «top secret»  lo que estás escribiendo? -No estoy escribiendo nada.... —agregó Kurt cerrando la computadora para levantarse de la cama. -¿Entonces? -Entonces… por favor no me juzgues… —se adelantó en pedir haciendo la señal de alto con una de sus manos. -Como cada vez que me pides eso, te contesto que jamás me atrevería a juzgarte… -Ok… estaba buscando información en la página del hospital donde están tratando a Liverpool… -¿Que? -Y en donde se trata esa enfermedad en Francia… -Kurt… -Y en Alemania… y aquí en New York… y en un par de países de Latinoamérica… -¿Por qué?... sabes que no es contagioso, ¿verdad?... —dijo Blaine como queriendo decir un chiste, Kurt dio un respingo y se le quedó viendo con mala cara— Ok, mal momento para hacer bromas… ¿Qué esta pasando? -Dijiste que no me juzgarías… -Y no lo estoy haciendo… solo quiero saber porque, en nombre de todo lo bueno y puro, estás visitando las páginas de todos los hospitales del mundo… -Estoy preocupado por Noah… -¿Crees que puede pasarle lo mismo? -¿¡Qué?!... ¡no!... ¿¡cómo dices eso!?... —exclamo Kurt dando tres golpes sobre la superficie de manera mas cercana que encontró. -¿Entonces?... -Entonces… me preocupa el hecho de que siga sintiéndose mal después del procedimiento… -Han pasado 3 días Kurt… y solo uno desde que lo llevamos con la doctora Mushahwar y solo… 14 horas desde que empezó el tratamiento… —dijo Blaine mirando su reloj pulsera cuando mencionaba lo del tratamiento— así es que creo que preocuparse ahora  es un poco… —Kurt alzó su ceja inquisidora pensando que si la siguiente palabra que su esposo escogiera para describir todo aquello fuera «exagerado», o «dramático», o «alaraco», o cualquiera de sus sinónimos, le daría algo—… un poco… pronto… por lo tanto… ¿que?... —dijo Blaine al ver que su esposo esbozaba una sonrisa. -Nada, es que pensé que dirías otra palabra, una más ofensiva… y estaba dispuesto a reaccionar de la manera más dramática posible… -Por supuesto que lo harías… oye… —dijo Blaine acercándose con la sonrisa que Kurt amaba y que siempre terminaba por calmarlo y convencerlo de lo que fuera— todo estará bien… —añadió tomándole ambas manos. -Lo se, es solo que… -Lo se también… escucha… -¡Padres!... —exclamó Lizzie entrando sin golpear ni nada y como siempre lo hacía desde que había empezado a caminar— ¡cometí un super error!... ¡hola!... —dijo abriéndose paso para tirarse boca abajo sobre la cama de sus padres. -Lizzie… —dijo Kurt apartándose de su esposo— tan oportuna como siempre cariño… —agregó cruzándose de brazos-— ¿nunca vas a golpear antes de entrar? -¡Ay Papá!, ¡es una super emergencia!… ¡hola!... —añadió empuñando sus mano para golpear sobre el colchón. -¿Qué emergencia es esa Princesa?... -El «Goblin»… —dijo dando media vuelta para quedar boca arriba. -¿¡Que!?... —exclamo Kurt poniéndose pálido. -¡Ay Papá!, ¡tan dramático!… ¡hola!... y super positivo también… -Princesa.. -Pero «Papáblen», siempre esta pensando lo peor… —insistió la chica en voz baja y disimulando. -Lizzie la situación de tu hermanito no es la ideal para hacer bromas… ¿que esta pasando? -Esta bien… —dijo Lizzie sentándose en la cama, se acomodo el peinados estilo Lucy Van Pelt y comenzó a explicar— yo estaba ayudando al «Goblin», se ve super lindo… ¡te amo «Goblin»!... —Blaine sonrió y Kurt blanqueo los ojos soltando un poco de aire— en fin… tenía todo super preparado y cuando llegó el momento de dibujarle el rizo de la frente estilo Charlie Brown… confundiellapizdemaquillajeconunmarcadordetintaindeleble…—agregó de corrido. -¿Qué?... —preguntaron sus padres al unísono. -Confundí el lápiz de maquillaje con un marcador negro… una de tinta indeleble… —añadió poniendo cara de complicación cuando mencionaba lo de la tinta. -¡Lizzie!... —exclamó Kurt tomándose la cabeza. -Papá fue un error… Pero en mi defensa debo decir que quedo super bien…—dijo la chica abriendo sus manos gesticulando inocencia. -¿En tu defensa?... con un demonio… —termino por decir Kurt partiendo a ver al más pequeño de sus hijos, Lizzie volvió  a lo del gesto de inocencia mientras murmuraba lo bien que había quedado su hermano, Blaine se limitó a seguir a su esposo y a reír de todo aquello, después de todo una marca de tinta en la frente era la menor de las preocupaciones.

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I re-watched Barfly (1987)

I once watched this every day for a week. Ami crazy? Maybe.

An alcoholic, unemployed poet enters into a tumultuous relationship before being offered a chance at a better life.

Poet and writer Charles Bukowski (a poet I enjoy because I'm a hipster bum with a bleak outlook) wrote this screenplay loosely based on himself. He created the character 'Henry Chinaski' as his stand-in throughout several stories and used that same character for this film.

The film is directed by Barbet Schroeder.

"Barfly" is a comedy, but it's also a dramatic character study. This slightly heightened reality of Bukowski's life is often gross and frequently funny, but more so it is letting us bear witness to a life and talent wasted. Seeing that behind all that waste, there is a skewed humanity and a desperate dignity that goes malnourished.

The character of Henry Chinaski is played by Mickey Rourke, in one of his best performances. Chinaski is fully realized through good writing, but Rourke gives him a larger than life personality. The cadence of speech, the movement, it's all perfection and is certainly the highlight of the film.

The next highlight is the ease of the story. We don't so much see an arc, as we see a few days in the life of a man who is too stuck in his ways to ever use his art to dig out from the crude alcoholic lifestyle he has chosen. Sure, it's sad and pathetic, but it's also very funny. While Bukowski writes a fantasy of his own life (with women fighting over him and money coming and going like water) he also shows a few of his true colors, a few of his weaknesses and a view of himself which is a transparent ego trip. It's a beautiful thing. It's heightened, it's self indulgent, but it's humanizing.

I adore this movie. It's by no means perfect, but it is a poetically comedic trip through a seriously dark existence.

As a former addict, and wannabe tortured artist, I'm both drawn to and repulsed by Bukowski, as well as the character of Henry Chinaski. There but for the grace of social services go I.

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Characters in me and @mellowwolflady's fics that are heroic and kind hearted part 3

Charlie Emily- Years before the events of Vanessa presents how to care for a winged gremlin child Charlie lost her younger brother Sammy because William Afton killed him. However, Charlie won't let Afton have Gregory and she is willing to fight to protect Gregory. Charlie treats Gregory the same way she treated her younger brother Sammy but she never forces Gregory to act like the younger brother she lost. Charlie is also one of the people Gregory trusts the most when it comes to panic attacks. When Charlie finds out that her father Henry Emily is behind the experimentation of Gregory she is horrified and disowns her dad on the spot

Millie Fitzsimmons- The cousin of Maddie Drachenfire Millie is willing to help her cousin protect Gregory at all costs in fact when Drachenfire tells her cousin what happened to Gregory before she adopted him Millie has been known to have said "This is worse than what I had suffered at the hands of Afton's machines" in fact when she and the other members of the cohort against Afton viewed the files of what Gregory went through she actually shed a couple tears especially since at that point she had gotten to know Gregory very well. Millie began to doubt herself about being able to give Gregory the happiness he deserves. Thanks to the encouragement of her girlfriend Sarah who told her to never give up Millie was able to become another person that Gregory could trust. In fact one night when Gregory was staying over at Millie and Sarah's house Millie stayed up all night with Gregory when Gregory had a nightmare.

Krunosh Sha- Krunosh and his younger brother Zoanoab Sha were adopted by Khati Sha. However, Krunosh hardly got any sleep as a child and it's not because he refused to go to bed it's because he would wake up in the middle of the night to hear his adoptive father tossing and turning and screaming from a nightmare about his past as an experiment of the shissar. Krunosh comforted his adoptive father which lead to a very close bond between father and son. When Krunosh became an adult he passed a law that was known as Khati's law stating that "any person who enters this empire and was used as an experiment we are to protect them"

Schroeder Schinder- Years before the events of in the garden of hope Schroeder lead an uprising against a company known as red solo in fact, His uprising accomplished way more than he had hoped. While his ultimate goal was to have Red Solo shut down for good but in the end it lead to the FBI investigating Dr Dawn and putting Dr Dawn behind bars for the rest of his life. Schroeder was also able to rescue 2 hybrid children that he now raises as his own kids. Schroeder recently while out hiking found a medallion known as the dragon medallion and with this medallion he became possessed by the spirit of Scorpion Johnson who is guiding him on how to fight Samuel

Montgomery Gator- Though despite being possessed by the spirit of Echo the eraser Monty has one goal in mind protect the flock. In fact, because the spirit that possesses him told him that the flock is traumatized Monty decided to work on controlling his anger. If you were to ask Vanessa, she would tell you that Monty has improved a lot on controlling his anger. However, if necessary Monty is not afraid to show just how protective he is of the flock