#Ken Warren

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The Perfect Celebrant

Your wedding day is a tapestry of dreams, woven together with love, promises, and cherished moments. At the heart of this beautiful occasion lies a pivotal figure. The perfect celebrant. I hold the key to transforming your vows into a lifelong memory. I will explain the art of finding the right celebrant and why Ken Warren stands out as the maestro you need for your special day.   Happy newlywed…

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ft. our newest flyboy:

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Masters of the Air - Season 1 Episode 9

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Salome's Last Dance | Ken Russell | 1988

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Quick doodle because I had to. He can be creepy, but here is some appreciation for our LiS nerd !

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Creepy #70 - Warren Publishing, April 1975. Cover art by Ken Kelly.

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Warren Graff revealed that he & fellow 2010s Sonic game writer Ken Pontac had little control over their scripts, and what they wrote was heavily dictated by notes from Sonic Team. #SonicNews #SonicTheHedgehog

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Tombspawned - art by Ken Kelly (1977)

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I may not like Maekawa’s writing style for how overly convoluted it is, but I will give credit where credit is due and say that at the very least the characterization was somewhat consistent and there were some high stakes to appreciate. Games like Adventure 2, Heroes and even Black Knight feel like stories with actual heart and identity, which is something I can respect. Something that Pontac and Graff’s writing was surely lacking in and I could not vibe with it.

Over time I've been feeling more sympathy for Pontac and Graff as more information comes out to suggest they really were just localizers, not writers. They were there to punch up the translation but were not there to craft story beats or anything like that.

And which is easier to believe? That Sega brought in new guys that ruined the story for those games, or that somebody at Sega wrote yet another clumsy Sonic plot?

Baldy Nosehair was pretty bad in retrospect, but Sonic Lost World not making any sense wasn't their fault, I don't think. And in places where they have been given more control over writing (Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, Team Sonic Racing) their output is actually fine.

I was talking it over with my Discord recently, but I personally really enjoyed the writing in Team Sonic Racing. It didn't have a lot of depth, but it was breezy and cute. I likened it to one of the Dragon Ball Z movies: kind of inconsequential, but not without some fun to be had as long as you don't take it too seriously. And it's just a spin-off game anyway.

I think we as a community did those two dudes dirty and they deserve some kind of an apology.

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Update: Kevin McCarthy has, for a sixth time, lost his bid to become Speaker of the House, with the votes in the sixth round of voting unchanged from the fourth and fifth.

After three rounds of voting Tuesday, Kevin McCarthy was still more than a dozen votes short in his quest to become Speaker of the House. After three more ballots on Wednesday, only one person’s mind had changed, a previous McCarthy supporter who switched her vote to “present.”

Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida accepted a nomination to be the Republican alternative and picked up 20 votes in the fourth round, while Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana voted “present” on the fourth ballot. As a result, the House went to a fifth round of voting, where the outcome was exactly the same, down to Spartz’s “present” vote. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries won the support of all 212 Democrats and a plurality of all votes cast, but no candidate achieved the necessary majority to win.

And for McCarthy, his chances of winning what is sure to be the worst job in America appear to be slipping even further away.

Supporters and opponents of McCarthy traded personal barbs as the stalemate continued. Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio, a House Freedom Caucus member, nominated McCarthy for the fifth speaker vote. He then rattled off a list of demands that McCarthy had met from conservative House rebels seeking to sink his bid to become Speaker, and said support from him and other Republicans, such as Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, was proof McCarthy was conservative enough for the job.

“As I’ve listened to my friends, 20 of whom have opposed Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, the root issue is this—they do not trust Kevin McCarthy,” said Davidson, who last year compared vaccine mandates to the Holocaust. “Right now, there are a lot of my colleagues that don’t trust 20 or more of my fellow Republicans.”

Following a brief speech in support of Jeffries from Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado rose to once again nominate Donalds. Boebert conceded that McCarthy had met the holdouts on some demands, but questioned if McCarthy was the right person for the job if he hadn’t suggested those reforms himself.

Boebert also confirmed that former President Donald Trump had encouraged her to capitulate and vote for McCarthy.

“Let’s stop with the campaign smears and tactics to get people to turn against us, even having my favorite president call us and tell us we need to knock this off,” Boebert said.

“I think it actually needs to be reversed,” she continued. “The President needs to tell Kevin McCarthy that sir, you do not have the votes, and it’s time to withdraw.”

After the fifth round, Rep. Kat Cammack of Florida rose to speak and nominated McCarthy yet again, for a sixth time. “It’s Groundhog’s day,” Cammack said.

Still, it’s not getting any better for McCarthy. Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, another House conservative, voted for McCarthy five straight times. But in an interview with CNN, however, Buck suggested McCarthy should consider stepping away in favor of Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, the #2 House Republican. He also said he wasn’t committed to continuing to vote for McCarthy after five rounds of voting. 

“Stay tuned and I’ll let you know what I’m doing in the future,” Buck said.

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After the Proposal

  Make me the happiest man alive by saying yes Congratulations on your engagement! You’ve taken a big step towards spending the rest of your life with the person you love. Your proposal was a special moment, I understand that you want to make your wedding ceremony just as memorable. As a wedding celebrant, I would be honoured to assist you in creating a ceremony that reflects your love story and…

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x-men: the last stand (brett ratner, 2006)

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Masters of the Air - Season 1 Episode 9

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All About Alice | Ray Harrison | 1972

Erik Seaborg, Chuck Bratton, Lea Marmer, Ken Sprague, Christopher Morley, Warren Fremming

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Y’all look at our husband 🥺 he’s so cute I can’t

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Vampirella #39 - Warren Publishing, January 1975. Cover art by Ken Kelly.