#charles slattery

[strawberryqueen00]

Hell no we are not letting this OFMD finale distract from that THIS LETTER.

Had a signature from Taika Waititi. I understand the sensitivity here this issue with Taika being Jewish(and that’s not my place as someone that’s Not Jewish or in those regions to condemn him on that perspective’s behalf) but this letter is directly bastardizing the situation.

Now, when there is a major production from a major figure in this platform that did this, is when we can make the most impact. Remember our values, even when those values involve a show that is strengthening the LGBTQ community.

Because this letter tore down the strength of the movement in support of Gaza. There are going to be so many people that saw this letter and take it completely uncritically, unchallenged.

Standing up for our values means sacrificing our interests, holding accountable the things we enjoy.

And also. I don’t want to see ANYONE. Being fucking antisemitic or racist towards Taika here. That is never appropriate and absolutely inexcusable behavior. You should he ashamed if you think that’s okay even after Taika’s actions.

[Text of Letter]

October 23, 2023

Dear President Biden, We are heartened by Friday's release of the two American hostages, Judith Ranaan and her daughter Natalie Ranaan and by today's release of two Israelis, Nurit Cooper and

Yocheved Lifshitz, whose husbands remain in captivity. But our relief is tempered by our overwhelming concern that 220 innocent people,

including 30 children, remain captive by terrorists, threatened with torture and death.

They were taken by Hamas in the savage massacre of October 7, where over 1,400

Israelis were slaughtered - women raped, families burned alive, and infants beheaded. Thank you for your unshakable moral conviction, leadership, and support for the Jewish people, who have been terrorized by Hamas since the group's founding over 35 years ago, and for the Palestinians, who have also been terrorized, oppressed, and victimized

by Hamas for the last 17 years that the group has been governing Gaza. We all want the same thing: Freedom for Israelis and Palestinians to live side by side in peace. Freedom from the brutal violence spread by Hamas. And most urgently, in this

moment, freedom for the hostages. We urge everyone to not rest until all hostages are released. No hostage can be left behind. Whether American, Argentinian, Australian, Azerbaijani, Brazilian, British, Canadian, Chilean, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Eritrean, Filipino, French, German, Indian, Israeli, Italian, Kazakh, Mexican, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, South African, Spanish, Sri Lankan, Thai, Ukrainian,

Uzbekistani or otherwise, we need to bring them home.

Sincerely,

[Text of the names presented. This isn’t all of them, just the copy of this with Taika’s name on it)

Jessica Biel

Jessica Elbaum

Jessica Seinfeld

Jill Littman

Jimmy Carr

Jody Gerson

Joe Hipps

Joe Quinn

Joe Russo

Joe Tippett

Joel Fields

Joey King

John Landgraf

John Slattery

Jon Bernthal

Jon Glickman

Jon Hamm

Jon Harmon Feldman

Jon Liebman

Jon Watts

Jon Weinbach

Jonathan Baruch

Jonathan Groff

Jonathan Marc Sherman

Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Steinberg

Jonathan Tisch

Jonathan Tropper

Jordan Peele

Josh Brolin

Josh Charles

Josh Dallas

Josh Goldstine

Josh Greenstein

Josh Grode

Josh Singer

Judd Apatow

Judge Judy Sheindlin

Julia Fox

Julia Garner

Julia Lester

Julianna Margulies

Julie Greenwald

Julie Rudd

Julie Singer

Juliette Lewis

Jullian Morris

Justin Theroux

Justin Timberlake

KJ Steinberg

Karen Pollock

Karlie Kloss

Katy Perry

Kelley Lynch

Kevin Kane

Kevin Zegers

Kirsten Dunst

Kitao Sakurai

Kristen Schaal

Kristin Chenoweth

Lana Del Rey

Laura Benanti

Laura Dern

Laura Pradelska

Lauren Schuker Blum

Laurence Mark

Laurie David

Lea Michele

Lee Eisenberg

Leo Pearlman

Leslie Siebert

Liev Schreiber

Limor Gott

Lina Esco

Liz Garbus

Lizanne Rosenstein

Lizzie Tisch

Lorraine Schwartz

Lynn Harris

Lyor Cohen

Madonna

Mandana Dayani

Mara Buxbaum

Marc Webb

Marco Perego

Maria Dizzia

Mark Feuerstein

Mark Foster

Mark Scheinberg

Mark Shedletsky

Martin Short

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mary McCormack

Mathew Rosengart

Matt Geller

Matt Lucas

Matt Miller

Matthew Bronfman

Matthew Hiltzik

Matthew Weiner

Matti Leshem

Max Mutchnik

Maya Lasry

Meaghan Oppenheimer

Melissa Zukerman

Melissa rudderman

Michael Aloni

Michael Ellenberg

Michael Green

Michael Rapino

Neil Blair

Neil Druckmann

Neil Paris

Nicola Peltz

Nicole Avant

Nina Jacobson

Noa Kirel

Noa Tishby

Noah Oppenheim

Noah Schnapp

Noreena Hertz

Octavia Spencer

Odeya Rush

Olivia Wilde

Oran Zegman

Orlando Bloom

Pasha Kovalev

Pattie LuPone

Patty Jenkins

Paul Haas

Paul Pflug

Paul & Julie Rudd

Peter Baynham

Peter Traugott

Rachel Douglas

Rachel Riley

Rafi Marmor

Ram Bergman

Raphael Margulies

Rebecca Angelo

Rebecca Mall

Regina Spektor

Reinaldo Marcus Green

Rich Statter

Richard Jenkins

Richard Kind

Rick Hoffman

Rick Rosen

Rita Ora

Rob Rinder

Robert Newman

Roger Birnbaum

Roger Green

Rosie O’Donnell

Ross Duffer

Ryan Feldman

Sacha Baron Cohen

Sam Levinson

Sam Trammell

Sara Berman

Sara Foster

Sarah Baker

Sarah Bremner

Sarah Cooper

Sarah Paulson

Sarah Treem

Scott Braun

Scott Braun

Scott Neustadter

Scott Tenley

Sean Combs

Sean Levy

Seth Meyers

Seth Oster

Shannon Watts

Shari Redstone

Sharon Jackson

Sharon Stone

Shauna Perlman

Shawn Levy

Sheila Nevins

Shira Haas

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Tikhman

Skylar Astin

Stacey Snider

Stephen Fry

Steve Agee

Steve Rifkind

Sting & Trudie Styler

Susanna Felleman

Susie Arons

Taika Waititi

Thomas Kail

Tiffany Haddish

Todd Lieberman

Todd Moscowitz

Todd Waldman

Tom Freston

Tom Werner

Tomer Capone

Tracy Ann Oberman

Trudie Styler

Tyler Henry

Tyler James Williams

Tyler Perry

Vanessa Bayer

Veronica Grazer

Veronica Smiley

Whitney Wolfe Herd

Will Ferrell

Will Graham

Yamanieka Saunders

Yariv Milchan

Ynon Kreiz

Zack Snyder

Zoe Saldana

[dear-indies]

full list of biden letter 2:

Aaron Bay-Schuck Aaron Sorkin Adam & Jackie Sandler Adam Goodman Adam Levine Alan Grubman Alex Aja Alex Edelman Alexandra Shiva Ali Wentworth Alison Statter Allan Loeb Alona Tal Amy Chozick Amy Pascal Amy Schumer Amy Sherman Palladino Andrew Singer Andy Cohen Angela Robinson Anthony Russo Antonio Campos Ari Dayan Ari Greenburg Arik Kneller Aron Coleite Ashley Levinson Asif Satchu Aubrey Plaza Barbara Hershey Barry Diller Barry Levinson Barry Rosenstein Beau Flynn Behati Prinsloo Bella Thorne Ben Stiller Ben Turner Ben Winston Ben Younger Billy Crystal Blair Kohan Bob Odenkirk Bobbi Brown Bobby Kotick Brad Falchuk Brad Slater Bradley Cooper Bradley Fischer Brett Gelman Brian Grazer Bridget Everett Brooke Shields Bruna Papandrea Cameron Curtis Casey Neistat Cazzie David

Charles Roven Chelsea Handler Chloe Fineman Chris Fischer Chris Jericho Chris Rock Christian Carino Cindi Berger Claire Coffee Colleen Camp Constance Wu Courteney Cox Craig Silverstein Dame Maureen Lipman Dan Aloni Dan Rosenweig Dana Goldberg Dana Klein Daniel Palladino Danielle Bernstein Danny Cohen Danny Strong Daphne Kastner David Alan Grier David Baddiel David Bernad David Chang David Ellison David Geffen David Gilmour & David Goodman David Joseph David Kohan David Lowery David Oyelowo David Schwimmer Dawn Porter Dean Cain Deborah Lee Furness Deborah Snyder Debra Messing Diane Von Furstenberg Donny Deutsch Doug Liman Douglas Chabbott Eddy Kitsis Edgar Ramirez Eli Roth Elisabeth Shue Elizabeth Himelstein Embeth Davidtz Emma Seligman Emmanuelle Chriqui Eric Andre Erik Feig Erin Foster Eugene Levy Evan Jonigkeit Evan Winiker Ewan McGregor Francis Benhamou Francis Lawrence Fred Raskin Gabe Turner Gail Berman Gal Gadot Gary Barber Gene Stupinski Genevieve Angelson Gideon Raff Gina Gershon Grant Singer Greg Berlanti Guy Nattiv Guy Oseary Gwyneth Paltrow Hannah Fidell Hannah Graf Harlan Coben Harold Brown Harvey Keitel Henrietta Conrad Henry Winkler Holland Taylor Howard Gordon Iain Morris Imran Ahmed Inbar Lavi Isla Fisher Jack Black Jackie Sandler Jake Graf Jake Kasdan James Brolin James Corden Jamie Ray Newman Jaron Varsano Jason Biggs & Jenny Mollen Biggs Jason Blum Jason Fuchs Jason Reitman Jason Segel Jason Sudeikis JD Lifshitz Jeff Goldblum Jeff Rake Jen Joel Jeremy Piven Jerry Seinfeld Jesse Itzler Jesse Plemons Jesse Sisgold Jessica Biel Jessica Elbaum Jessica Seinfeld Jill Littman Jimmy Carr Jody Gerson

Joe Hipps Joe Quinn Joe Russo Joe Tippett Joel Fields Joey King John Landgraf John Slattery Jon Bernthal Jon Glickman Jon Hamm Jon Liebman Jonathan Baruch Jonathan Groff Jonathan Marc Sherman Jonathan Ross Jonathan Steinberg Jonathan Tisch Jonathan Tropper Jordan Peele Josh Brolin Josh Charles Josh Goldstine Josh Greenstein Josh Grode Judd Apatow Judge Judy Sheindlin Julia Garner Julia Lester Julianna Margulies Julie Greenwald Julie Rudd Juliette Lewis Justin Theroux Justin Timberlake Karen Pollock Karlie Kloss Katy Perry Kelley Lynch Kevin Kane Kevin Zegers Kirsten Dunst Kitao Sakurai KJ Steinberg Kristen Schaal Kristin Chenoweth Lana Del Rey Laura Dern Laura Pradelska Lauren Schuker Blum Laurence Mark Laurie David Lea Michele Lee Eisenberg Leo Pearlman Leslie Siebert Liev Schreiber Limor Gott Lina Esco Liz Garbus Lizanne Rosenstein Lizzie Tisch Lorraine Schwartz Lynn Harris Lyor Cohen Madonna Mandana Dayani Mara Buxbaum Marc Webb Marco Perego Maria Dizzia Mark Feuerstein Mark Foster Mark Scheinberg Mark Shedletsky Martin Short Mary Elizabeth Winstead Mathew Rosengart Matt Lucas Matt Miller Matthew Bronfman Matthew Hiltzik Matthew Weiner Matti Leshem Max Mutchnik Maya Lasry Meaghan Oppenheimer Melissa Zukerman Michael Aloni Michael Ellenberg Michael Green Michael Rapino Michael Rappaport Michael Weber Michelle Williams Mike Medavoy Mila Kunis Mimi Leder Modi Wiczyk Molly Shannon Nancy Josephson Natasha Leggero

Neil Blair Neil Druckmann Nicola Peltz Nicole Avant Nina Jacobson Noa Kirel Noa Tishby Noah Oppenheim Noah Schnapp Noreena Hertz Odeya Rush Olivia Wilde Oran Zegman Orlando Bloom Pasha Kovalev Pattie LuPone Paul & Julie Rudd Paul Haas Paul Pflug Peter Traugott Polly Sampson Rachel Riley Rafi Marmor Ram Bergman Raphael Margulies Rebecca Angelo Rebecca Mall Regina Spektor Reinaldo Marcus Green Rich Statter Richard Jenkins Richard Kind Rick Hoffman Rick Rosen Rita Ora Rob Rinder Robert Newman Roger Birnbaum Roger Green Rosie O’Donnell Ross Duffer Ryan Feldman Sacha Baron Cohen Sam Levinson Sam Trammell Sara Foster Sarah Baker Sarah Bremner Sarah Cooper Sarah Paulson Sarah Treem Scott Braun Scott Braun Scott Neustadter Scott Tenley Sean Combs Seth Meyers Seth Oster Shannon Watts Shari Redstone Sharon Jackson Sharon Stone Shauna Perlman Shawn Levy Sheila Nevins Shira Haas Simon Sebag Montefiore Simon Tikhman Skylar Astin Stacey Snider Stephen Fry Steve Agee Steve Rifkind Sting & Trudie Styler Susanna Felleman Susie Arons Taika Waititi Thomas Kail Tiffany Haddish Todd Lieberman Todd Moscowitz Todd Waldman Tom Freston Tom Werner Tomer Capone Tracy Ann Oberman Trudie Styler Tyler James Williams Tyler Perry Vanessa Bayer Veronica Grazer Veronica Smiley Whitney Wolfe Herd

Will Ferrell Will Graham Yamanieka Saunders Yariv Milchan Ynon Kreiz Zack Snyder Zoe Saldana Zoey Deutch Zosia Mamet

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 13 November:

In the Liturgical calendar, it is the Feast day of St. Kilian of Aubigny. In the 7th century, he became the only Irish person in the entire history of the Church to be offered the Papacy; he declined the honour. 867 – Death of Pope Nicholas I. 1643 – Charles I appoints James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 1726 – At Clonmel, Joseph Slattery, MP for Blessington, dies…

[kwebtv]

From the Golden Age of Television

An Almanac of Liberty - CBS - November 8, 1954

A presentation of "Westinghouse Studio One" Season 7 Episode 8

Drama

Running Time: 60 minutes

Written By Reginald Rose

Directed by Paul Nickell

Narrated by Charles Collingwood

Stars:

P. J. Kelly as Mr. Neary

Archie Smith as Harmon

Ethel Everett as Mrs. Church

Bruce Marshall a Mikey

Ginger MacManus as Susie

Florence Sundstrom as Ottilie Sweetser

Brandon Peters as Horace Sweetser

Dorothy Patten as Matty Wilkinson

Karl Lukas as Hank

Jack MacGregor as Sam Hunt

Clarice Blackburn as Sybil Hunt

Fred Herrick a Ted Franklin

Gene Sultan as Billy Sweetser

James Winslow as Dr. Slattery

Eli Mintz as Mr. Nathan

Frieda Altman as Mrs. Nathan

Lawrence Fletcher as George Wilkinson

Lee Richardson as Ben Philips

Sandy Kenyon as John Carter

Martin Rudy as Mr. Falion

[are-they-z]

Supporters of #NoHostageLeftBehind Open Letter to Joe Biden - Part 1/2

The letter consists of lies, no mention of Palestinian genocides, and a call for ceasefire.

Read the full letter:

Dear President Biden,

We are heartened by Friday's release of the two American hostages, Judith Ranaan and her daughter Natalie Ranaan [Raanan] and by today's release of two Israelis, Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, whose husbands remain in captivity.

But our relief is tempered by our overwhelming concern that 220 innocent people, including 30 children, remain captive by terrorists, threatened with torture and death. They were taken by Hamas in the savage massacre of October 7, where over 1,400 Israelis were slaughtered—women raped, families burned alive, and infants beheaded.

Thank you for your unshakable moral conviction, leadership, and support for the Jewish people, who have been terrorized by Hamas since the group's founding over 35 years ago, and for the Palestinians, who have also been terrorized, oppressed, and victimized by Hamas for the last 17 years that the group has been governing Gaza.

We all want the same thing: Freedom for Israelis and Palestinians to live side by side in peace. Freedom from the brutal violence spread by Hamas. And most urgently, in this moment, freedom for the hostages.

We urge everyone to not rest until all hostages are released. No hostage can be left behind. Whether American, Argentinian, Australian, Azerbaijani, Brazilian, British, Canadian, Chilean, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Eritrean, Filipino, French, German, Indian, Israeli, Italian, Kazakh, Mexican, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, South African, Spanish, Sri Lankan, Thai, Ukrainian, Uzbekistani or otherwise, we need to bring them home.

Supporters:

Adam & Jackie Sandler

Amy Schumer

Aaron Sorkin

Barry Diller

Behati Prinsloo

Bella Thorne

Ben Stiller

Bob Odenkirk

Bobbi Brown

Bradley Cooper

Brett Gelman

Chris Rock

Constance Wu

Courteney Cox

David Alan Grier

David Chang

David Geffen

David Oyelowo

Diane Von Furstenberg

Eli Roth

Emma Seligman

Eric Andre

Ewan McGregor

Gal Gadot

Gwyneth Paltrow

Harvey Keitel

Isla Fisher

Jack Black

James Brolin

Jason Blum

Jason Sudeikis

Jeff Goldblum

Jerry Seinfeld

Jesse Plemons

Jessica Biel

Jessica Seinfeld

Joey King

John Slattery

Jon Hamm

Jordan Peele

Josh Brolin

Judd Apatow

Judge Judy Sheindlin

Julia Garner

Julianna Margulies

Julie Rudd

Justin Theroux

Justin Timberlake

Karlie Kloss

Katy Perry

Kirsten Dunst

Lana Del Rey

Laura Dern

Liev Schreiber

Madonna

Martin Short

Michelle Williams

Mila Kunis

Nicola Peltz

Noa Tishby

Olivia Wilde

Orlando Bloom

Paul & Julie Rudd

Richard Jenkins

Rita Ora

Ross Duffer

Sacha Baron Cohen

Sam Levinson

Sarah Paulson

Sean Combs

Shira Haas

Sting & Trudie Styler

Taika Waititi

Thomas Kail

Tiffany Haddish

Tyler Perry

Will Ferrell

Andy Cohen

Alex Edelman

Amy Sherman Palladino

Aubrey Plaza

Barry Levinson

Billy Crystal

Brad Falchuk

Brian Grazer

Bridget Everett

Brooke Shields

Chelsea Handler

Chloe Fineman

Chris Jericho

Colleen Camp

David Schwimmer

Dawn Porter

Dean Cain

Debra Messing

Elisabeth Shue

Erin Foster

Eugene Levy

Gene Stupinski

Gina Gershon

Guy Oseary

Henry Winkler

Holland Taylor

James Corden

Jason Reitman

Jessica Elbaum

Jimmy Carr

Jonathan Ross

Josh Charles

Juliette Lewis

Kristen Schaal

Kristin Chenoweth

Lea Michele

Mark Foster

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Matthew Weiner

Michael Rappaport

Molly Shannon

Noah Schnapp

Pattie LuPone

Regina Spektor

Sara Foster

Sarah Cooper

Scott Braun

Seth Meyers

Sharon Stone

Zack Snyder

Zoey Deutch

Zosia Mamet

Zoe Saldana

Alex Aja

Aaron Bay-Schuck

Amy Chozick

Aron Coleite

Adam Goodman

Alan Grubman

Adam Levine

Allan Loeb

Amy Pascal

Angela Robinson

Antonio Campos

Anthony Russo

Alexandra Shiva

Andrew Singer

Alison Statter

Alona Tal

Ali Wentworth

Ari Dayan

Ari Greenburg

Arik Kneller

Ashley Levinson

Asif Satchu

Barbara Hershey

Barry Rosenstein

Beau Flynn

Ben Turner

Ben Winston

Ben Younger

Blair Kohan

Bobby Kotick

Brad Slater

Bradley Fischer

Bruna Papandrea

Cameron Curtis

Casey Neistat

Cazzie David

Charles Roven

Chris Fischer

Christian Carino

Cindi Berger

Claire Coffee

Craig Silverstein

Dan Aloni

Dan Rosenweig

Dana Goldberg

Dana Klein

Danny Strong

Daniel Palladino

Danielle Bernstein

Danny Cohen

Daphne Kastner

David Bernad

David Baddiel

David Ellison

David Gilmour &

Polly Sampson

David Goodman

David Joseph

David Kohan

David Lowery

Deborah Lee Furness

Deborah Snyder

Donny Deutsch

Doug Liman

Douglas Chabbott

Eddy Kitsis

Edgar Ramirez

Elizabeth Himelstein

Embeth Davidtz

Emmanuelle Chriqui

Erik Feig

Evan Jonigkeit

Evan Winiker

Francis Benhamou

Francis Lawrence

Fred Raskin

[protestantfaceofanglicanism]

Charles Slattery. He was a nice Low(ish) Churchman, and Rector of Grace Church, Lower Broadway.

[avengingmikaelsonlover]

Prompt Character List......

 Denny Duquette

 Clark Kent

 Lincoln [The 100]

 Nyko [The 100]

 Marcus Kane [The 100]

 Kelly Severide

 Matt Casey

 {Ethan} Hawkins {I think that's his name}

 Jimmy Borelli

 Frank Castle

 Max [The Resident]

 Klaus Mikaelson

 Wade Wilson

 Kol Mikaelson

 Bill Cadogan [The 100]

 Elijah Mikaelson

 Russell Lightbourn [7th] [The 100]

 Finn Mikaelson

 Damon Salvatore

 Logan

 Matt Murdoch

 Shane Walsh

 Rick Grimes

 Eugene

 Paul {Jesus}

 Lex Luthor

 Negan Smith

 Aegon II {House of The Dragon}

 Robb Stark {Game of Thrones}

 Jon Snow {Game of Thrones}

 Aemond “One Eye” {House of The Dragon}

 Thoros of Myr {GOT

 Steve Rogers

 Bucky Barnes

 Thor Odinson

 Loki Laufeyson

 Pietro Maximoff

 Tony Stark

 Bruce Banner

 Winn Schott

 Jack Reacher

 Andy Barber

 Henry Delarue

 Henry 8th [Other Boleyn Girl-Tudors]

 Charles Brandon [Tudors] [Henry Cavil]

 Richard of Shrewsbury [The White Princess]

 Richard 3rd [The White Queen]

 Cesare Borgia [Borgias-2007]

 Henry [7th] [The White Princess]

 Philip Blake [The Governor]

 Reuben Palchuk

 Glenn Morrison

 Mason Lockwood

 Scott Lang

 Hope Van Dyne

 Joker [Suicide Squad]

 Harley Quinn [Suicide Squad]

 Miles Quaritch [Avatar]

 Nathanial Taylor [Terranova]

 Lucas Taylor [Terranova]

 Eddie Brock

 Eddie Brock with Venom

 Spiderman [Peter Parker] {Tom Holland]

 Hannibal Lecter [Hannibal]

 Frederick Chilton [Hannibal]

 Raoul De Chagny [Phantom of the Opera]

 Mathias Vogel [Tomb Raider 2018]

 Johann Struensee [Royal Affair]

 Ido Dyson [Alita Battle Angel]

 Geralt of Rivia {Henry Cavil} [The Witcher]

 Dusan [Downsized] {Christoph Waltz}

 Multiple Characters [From the Same Show]

 Qaletaqa Walker [Fear the Walking Dead]

 Travis [Fear the Walking Dead]

 Daryl Dixon

 Meryl Dixon

 Alexander Grayson [Dracula] {Jonathan Rhys-Meyers]

 Vlad Dracula [Dracula Untold] {Luke Evans}

 Deckard Shaw

 Owen Shaw

 Dominic Toretto

 Luke Hobbs

 Tormund Giantsbane

 Normand Nordstrom

 Dante Reyes

 Connor Slaughter

 Stephen Strange

 Erik Lehnsherr {Magneto}

 Gambit [Remy LeBeau] {Taylor Kitsch}

Kraven {Aaron Taylor-Johnson]

 Chon [Savages]

 Ben [savages]

 Ben and Chon [Savages]

 Miguel “Lado’ Arroyo [Savages]

 Haldir

 Elrond

 Thranduil

 Fili

Kili

 Thorin Oakenshield

 Miguel O'Hara

 Troy Otto

 Hector [Troy]

 Black Adam/Teth Adam

 Superman [Henry Cavil]

 August Walker [Mission Impossible? -6]

 The Collector [Guardians of The Galaxy]

 Yondu [Guardians of The Galaxy]

 Ronan [Guardians of The Galaxy]

 Carol Danvers [Marvels]

 Grant Ward [S.H.I.E.L.D.]

 Jim Shannon [Terra Nova]

 Director Mace [S.H.I.E.L.D.]

 Barry Allen [Flash TV]

 Arthur Curry

 Peter Quill {Star Lord}

 Owen Grady [Jurassic World]

 Ajax {Francis Freeman} [Deadpool]

 Zapan [Alita Battle Angel]

 Martouf [SG-1]

 Martouf/Lantash [SG-1]

 Ra [Stargate Movie]

 Zipacna [SG-1]

 Ba'al [Stargate-Multi Appearances]

 Carson Beckett [SG-A]

 Varro [SG-U]

 Wade Wilson {Alternate Universe}

 Judge Turpin [Sweeney Todd Demon Barber]

 Severus Snape

 Lucius Malfoy

 Sirius Black

 Voldemort

 Xerxes [300]

 Aaron Hotchner [BAU]

 Spencer Reid [BAU]

 Derek Morgan [BAU]

 Luke Alvarez [BAU]

 Emily Prentiss [BAU]

 Jake Riley [Containment]

 Ichabod Crane [Sleepy Hollow] {TV}

 Jack Daniels | Whiskey [Kingsman Golden Circle]

 Sam Winchester [Supernatural]

 Dean Winchester [Supernatural]

 Crowley [Supernatural]

 John Wick [John Wick]

 Joel Miller [Last of Us]

 Ned [Pushing Daisy's]

 Cleon {Empire-All Clones} [Foundation]

 Ethan Sawyer [Those Who Wish Me Dead]

 Rafael Barba [Law and Order SVU]

 Master Chief John-118 [Halo TV 2022]

 Christian Grey [50 Shades of Grey Movie Series]

 Tequila [Kingsman Golden Circle]

 Tom Chandler [Last Ship]

 Mike Slattery [Last Ship]

 Mills [65]

 Guy [Free Guy]

 Erik Green

 Phil Constantino

 Bill Kohler

 Asmodeus

 Stolas-Blitz

 Lucifer [Helluva Boss]

 Lucifer [Lucifer]

 Adam [Hazbin Hotel]

 The Ghoul [Fallout]

 Richard B. Riddick [Riddick]

 Kaulder [The Last Witch Hunter]

 Beauregard ‘Bo’ [House of Wax]

 Vincent ‘Vince’ [House of Wax]

 Sebastian Monroe [Revolution]

 Garret [Twilight]

 Emmett [Twilight]

 Carlisle [Twilight]

 Jasper [Twilight]

 Aro [Twilight]

 Caius [Twilight]

 Marcus [Twilight]

 Paul Lahote [Twilight]

 Jared Cameron [Twilight]

 Sam Uley [Twilight]

 Billy Black [Twilight]

 Charlie Swan [Twilight]

 Dimitri Belikov [Vampire Academy]

 Lucien [Underworld]

 Vasiliy Fet [The Strain]

 Gabriel Bolivar [The Strain]

 Cyrus Grissom [Con-Air]

 Sabas [Underworld]

 Braxton [The accountant]

 Griff [Baby Driver]

 Brad Bodnick [Wolf of Wall Street]

 Matt Rayburn [Wind River]

 Kandomere [Bright]

 Ransom Drysdale [Knives Out]

 John Proudstar [Gifted | X- Men] {Thunderbird}

 Warpath {John Proudstar's Brother}

 Kilgrave [Jessica Jones] [David Tenant]

 Johnny Storm [Fantastic 4] [Chris Evans]

 Miami Man [Bad Batch]

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 8.13

Beer Birthdays

Arnulf of Metz (582 C.E.)

William Blackall Simonds (1761)

Anders Jöns Ångström (1814)

Charles Wells (1842)

Lilly Anheuser (1844)

William J. Lemp Jr. (1867)

Mark Carpenter (1943)

Dave Keene (1955)

Tom Nickel (1972)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Ben Hogan; golfer (1912)

Annie Oakley; sharpshooter (1860)

Philippe Petit; high-wire artist (1949)

George Shearing; jazz pianist (1919)

Felix Wankel; German engineer (1902)

Famous Birthdays

Felix Adler; ethics philosopher (1851)

Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat (1866)

Anders Jöns Ångström; Swedish physicist (1814)

Benny Bailey; trumpet player (1925)

John Logie Baird; Scottish engineer, television inventor (1888)

Grace Bates; mathematician (1914)

Kathleen Battle; opera singer (1948)

Danny Bonaduce; actor (1959)

Neville Brand; actor (1920)

Jane Carr; English actress (1950)

Dave Carter; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1952)

Fidel Castro; Cuban dictator (1927)

William Caxton; English linguist, printer (1422)

Bobby Clarke; Philadelphia Flyers C (1949)

Will Clarke; author (1970)

Tom Cohen; philosopher (1953)

Dave "Baby" Cortez; R&B pianist, organist, and composer (1938)

Alex de Renzy; film director (1935)

Joycelyn Elders; admiral and physician (1933)

Dan Fogelberg; pop singer (1951)

Julius Freed; inventor, "Orange Julius" (1887)

James Gillray; English caricaturist (1756)

Paul Greengrass; English film director (1955)

George Grove; English musicologist and historian (1820)

Pat Harrington Jr.; actor (1929)

Alfred Hitchcock; film director (1899)

Don Ho; singer (1930)

John Ireland; English composer (1879)

Salomon Jadassohn; German composer (1831)

Bert Lahr; actor (1895)

George Luks; painter (1867)

Salvador Luria; Italian-American microbiologist (1912)

Bernard Manning; English comedian (1930)

Debi Mazar; actor (1964)

Jimmy McCracklin; blues/R&B singer-songwriter (1921)

Vladimir Odoyevsky; Russian philosopher (1803)

Tom Perrotta; novelist (1961)

Valerie Plame; CIA agent and author (1963)

Kevin Plank; businessman, founded Under Armour (1972)

Thomas Pogge; German philosopher (1953)

Llewelyn Powys; British writer (1884)

Gene Raymond; actor (1908)

Herb Ritts; photographer (1952)

Buddy Rogers; actor and musician (1904)

Frederick Sanger; English biochemist (1918)

John Slattery; actor (1962)

Goldwin Smith; English-Canadian historian (1823)

Lucy Stone; feminist, suffragist (1818)

Margaret Tafoya; Native American Pueblo potter (1904)

Regis Toomey; film director, actor (1898)

Richard Willstätter; German-Swiss chemist (1872)

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What I Read in 2023

I read 54 books in 2023, the lowest amount in a long while. Mostly nonfiction (20) followed by romance (15). And while 2023 isn't over yet, I doubt I'll finish another complete book before the end of the year (no energy, little time).

Goals for 2024

Reviving a 2023 goal I did not accomplish: to improve my (very rudimentary) Spanish language skills by reading picture books en español.

Read more poetry. @allthefoolmine is a connoisseur of the genre. Poetry's such good stuff for packing maximal emotional devastation into minimal verbiage.

Read books about areas of the world in conflict or by authors from those areas - specifically Palestine, Ukraine, and Sudan.

Read more books in translation. Specifically, I intend read more by South American authors, particularly writers from Mexico and Columbia.

Highlights of 2023

The concluding novel in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy. Jack and Alan's book delighted, both from the romance perspective (snarky! steamy!) and from the plot perspective (an elegant conclusion, ripe with potential - hint, hint - for fanfic writers to develop the universe further).

Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers - as someone who has written letters for nearly three quarters of their life, I love a good epistolary novel or nonfiction anthology. This YA nonfiction book collects and contextualizes Vincent Van Gogh's letters to his beloved younger brother, Theo, and includes Theo's letters to Vincent. Added bonus: I finished it a month or so before visiting The Netherlands for the first time.

Traveling with the Dead has a marvelous, creepy vampire character in Don Ysidro. I do love when writers actually reckon with the ways immortality warps a character's priorities and perspective on the world. I definitely want to read more novels by Barbara Hambly in 2024.

I'm looking forward to reading KJ Charles's A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel - I thought it wasn't out until spring, but it was released this September. Huzzah!

Translation State, the latest in Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch novels, was a marvel. Way to make aliens properly alien. If I say too much more I'll spoil the thrill of it but - if you liked Provenance and the Ancillary trilogy, run - do not walk - to your local bookshop.

My full reading list is below. What did you read and enjoy this year?

Nonfiction

Hints on Household Taste: The Classic Handbook of Victorian Interior Decoration by Charles L. Eastlake

Running While Black by Alison Mariella Desir

How She Did It by Molly Huddle and Sarah Slattery

Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez

Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman

Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky

Run Like a Pro (Even if You're Slow) by Matt Fitzgerald and Ben Rosario

Until I Meet My Husband by Ryuosuke Nanasaki, translated by Molly Lee

A Cat Called Birmingham by Chris Pascoe

Beneath My Feet: Writers on Walking edited by Duncan Minshull

Samuel Pepys: The Man in the Making by Arthur Bryant

The Paper Solution by Lisa Woodruff

Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD by Susan Pinsky

Fair Play by Eve Rodsky

Nineteen Reservoirs by Lucy Santee

Fires in the Middle School Bathroom by Kathleen Cushman and Laura Rogers

Real Queer America by Samantha Allen

Wired for Love by Stephanie Cacioppo

The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg

Unraveled by Maxine Bedant

Poetry

The Tiny Journalist by Naomi Shihab Nye

Fiction

Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar

Letters to Alice on first reading Jane Austen by Fay Weldon

The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories edited by You Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang

The New Life by Tom Crewe

SciFi / Fantasy

Traveling with the Dead by Barbara Hambly

Hard To Be a God by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

The Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson

Translation State by Ann Leckie

The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

Childrens / YA

Midnight is a Place by Joan Aiken

Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

I Like Me Better by Robby Webber

Romance

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

The League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton

The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles

How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert

The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian

The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian

The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews

The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews

The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett

Pack of Lies by Charlie Adhara

A Thief in the Night by KJ Charles

Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian

A Duke in Disguise by Cat Sebastian

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"A MAN DIED AFTER QUARREL IN ALLEY," Toronto Star. November 13, 1912. Page 7. --- And Charles Day Is on Trial in Assizes on Charge of Manslaughter. --- CLAIMS SELF-DEFENCE ---- William Dunnell, the Victim, Said to Have Been the Aggressor. ---- Charles Day, a clean-cut-looking young fellow, dressed in a conventional morning coat, was placed on trial in the Assizes this morning on a charge of manslaughter, as a result of the death of William Dunnell on July 7.

William E. Faye of 376 St. Clarens avenue told of dropping off a street car in York street on July 4, to find several men in conversation. Among them were Dunnell and Day.

"What! I am not afraid!" he heard Dunnell say, and then they went up a lane in a yard. Faye said he saw Day strike Dunnell twice, and at the sec on blow Dunnell fell.

"Was there any blood about Dunnell?" asked Crown Prosecutor Meredith.

"No: his nose was only a little scratched."

"Do you think the blow was sufficient in itself to kill Dunnell?" asked T. Frank Slattery, for the defence.

"No." "Well, did Day punch or push the dead man?"

"It was a punch."

"Was there anyone between them when the blow was struck?" asked his Lordship.

"Yes, there was a man named Taylor in between them with a crowbar, trying to separate them. He was moving it up and down."

"How do you now that Day's hand actually hit Dunnell?"

"Because they were so close together."

Day, he said, struck the first blow. was first to go up the lane, and he, therefore, thought that Day was the aggressor. The trouble only lasted two or three minutes.

J. McIntyre said that he was walking down York street and saw "Dunnell grab Day by the sleeve and pull him into the lane."

He understood the trouble was over $2, and thought Dunnell the aggressor.

"Dunnell was threatening Day about the $2. Day denied having the money. Day said he didn't want to fight. This happened before reaching the lane," said McIntyre.

"Isn't it true," asked Mr. Slattery, "that Dunnell challenged Day to fight several times before you reached York street?"

"Yes. I heard Dunnell challenge Day to fight four times."

Up the lane. he said. Dunnell was the aggressor and Day was backing away from him.

"Did Day punch or push him?" asked Mr. Slattery. "I can't tell. His hands were open anyway."

Charles Taylor admitted picking un an iron bar from a scrap heap. He bed it in his hand for safety's sake He did not swing it, as a previous wit ness said, but threw it back on the heap.

"You were very excited, were you not, so excited that you told the detective you didn't have the bar in your hand?"

"Yes, I was excited."

"Might you have accidentally struck him with the bar?" asked Mr. Slattery.

"No," was the answer. The case went on this afternoon.

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More great faces...

The achingly beautiful Wendy Phillips and the exquisite Irene Dunne

[ironasss]

I want a ironstrange Halloween fic where they both dress up as Sherlock Holmes, and then Tony tells Stephen about the time he and Jarvis had matching Sherlock costumes, and then Stephen mentions how Professor X and Magneto dressed up as Watson and Sherlock, and how one time a band of villains (Yon-rogg, Trevor Slattery, Wilson Fisk) just all dressed up as Moriarty, and Zola got sad so he came too. Then I want Tony to mention the time he took Christine Palmer to a science party thing dressed as Sherlock, and then Strange to say he did the same thing.

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#OTD in Irish History | 13 November:

#OTD in Irish History | 13 November:

In the Liturgical calendar, it is the Feast day of St. Kilian of Aubigny. In the 7th century, he became the only Irish person in the entire history of the Church to be offered the Papacy; he declined the honour. 867 – Death of Pope Nicholas I. 1643 – Charles I appoints James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 1726 – At Clonmel, Joseph Slattery, MP for Blessington, dies…

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[unleashthemikeslattery]

The Last Ship 1x01 Phase Six

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#Girlboss: Scarlett O’Hara and the Cult of True Womanhood

Much like death and taxes, the judgement of women by American society is a constant of life. The standard by which the female sex is held is ever-changing; what might be the ideal woman in one decade could be considered an insult to femininity in the next. In fact, for some, the desire to be akin to Venus herself can reach a fever pitch. America experienced such an obsession in the 19th century, particularly in the South. During this time period, the concept of “the Cult of True Womanhood” emerged. The ideology was relatively simple, yet extraordinarily taxing. In order to be the perfect woman, one must possess purity, be submissive to their husbands, be pious, and be able to maintain the affairs of her household. Christian theology was laced generously throughout the Cult of True Womanhood; according to Barbara Welter, the goal was to become “another, better Eve” (152). It is important to note that membership to the cult was applicable to only a subset of Americans: wealthy, white women. White women of lower class and women of color were excused, or rather excluded, from obtaining the title of the perfect woman. As with any popular facet of society, the Cult of True Womanhood started to become present in the literature of the time. When thinking about a character that conforms to the ridiculous standards of the elite, Scarlett O'Hara may come to mind. This thought has merit, at least on the surface. After all, the infamous O'Hara is the exact type of woman that the status of “true woman'' is built for: white, rich, and beautiful. There is little reason, according to the ideology, that O'Hara shouldn't be able to be Eve incarnate. However, throughout Gone With the Wind, the opposite occurs. Despite being an ideal candidate, the character of Scarlett O’Hara repeatedly exposes the contradictions in the Cult of True Womanhood.

Essay below the cut

The overarching theme in the Cult of True Womanhood was women being dedicated to their husbands, households, and children. The whole system was driven by the abstract notion of honor--not just the honor of the women who were subjugated to the high standards of perfection, but also the men in their lives (Faverty 17). When diligently filling the role of wife and mother, women were protecting their own honor, as well as that of their husbands and even their fathers. If a woman were to resist the role offered to her by society, it “threatened her reputation and both her individual and familial honor” (Faverty 18). However, providing for a family and continuously subscribing to the notion of protecting one’s honor--or the honor of male family members--is often in conflict with one another. This is especially true when considering the concept of honor in the Confederate South, which dictated that rich white women were not to engage in manual labor or violence. Scarlett O’Hara demonstrates the conflict in Chapter 26 of Gone With the Wind, when she kills the Yankee soldier that dared to set foot in her beloved Tara. When the Yankee is first detected, O’Hara has a choice: preserve her honor by fleeing, thus not engaging in any “unladylike” behavior, but leaving the other residents of the plantation undefended, or protecting her family and violate the honor of her late husband, father,  and herself. While in the first moments of panic, the heroine thinks to “hide in the closet, crawl under the bed, fly down the back stairs and run screaming to the swamp, anything to escape [the soldier]” (Gutenberg), she ends up shooting the Yankee with her late husband’s gun. How this violates her own honor is simple: she engaged in violence, thus directly rejecting the role of passive female. How the action violates the honor of her late husband Charles and her father is a little bit more complicated. Mitchell takes care to note that Charles’ gun had never been fired,  at least by him; she describes the pistol as something he had “worn, but never fired” (Gutenberg). By taking the pistol and using it herself, O’Hara is taking a symbol of his masculinity and appropriating it for her own purposes. Additionally, if a man never found a reason to shoot his own gun, his wife doing so would be a direct insult to his competency. As for her father, O’Hara does not even attempt to call for his help or even alert him to the situation. The male is supposed to be the protector, and by taking matters into her own hands, she is deciding that her father is not capable of helping his own family. While this is true, as her father has become senile following the death of his own  spouse, it is not supposed to be a decision that O’Hara makes. In protecting herself and loved ones, Scarlett O’Hara condemns the men in her life.

In addition to the incident described in the previous paragraph, there is a second instance within the text of Gone With the Wind that displays the glaring discrepancies within the ideology of the Cult of True Womanhood. While visiting the Fontaines, O’Hara mentions that while there is cotton in the fields of Tara, all the field hands are gone, rendering the crop virtually  useless to her and her family. When Grandma Fontaine points out the fact that O’Hara is perfectly capable of harvesting it herself, the younger woman is taken aback and exclaims “Like a field hand? Like white trash? Like the Slattery women?”(Gutenberg). O’Hara’s reluctance highlights two different problems present within the Cult of True Womanhood rhetoric. Similar to the first incident described, the novel’s heroine is caught between providing for the current residents of Tara and preserving her perceived “role” as a distinguished southern woman. Both are required in the Cult of True Womanhood; however, in order to do the former, the latter becomes impossible. On the other hand, in order to satisfy the latter, Scarlett O’Hara would allow for a critical element in restoring a semblance of normalcy to her beloved plantation to go to waste. It becomes a dilemma of reputation versus survival. To modern readers, such an internal battle may seem unnecessary and even borderline silly. However, the importance of being an esteemed Southern woman in Civil War Georgia is proven by how long O’Hara struggles with the decision. While she finally succumbs to working  in the fields, thus making the decision to abandon--at least temporarily--the elitism that is associated with being a “true woman”, the conflict that she experiences demonstrates how the standards of the Cult of True Womanhood can not coexist.

A final conflict in the Cult of True Womanhood that Scarlett O’Hara exposes revolves around the concept of piety. According to Laurie Bonventre, “women were supposed to have an especially strong religious side and it was supposed to be natural for them” (33). O’Hara shows a modicum of  religion throughout the novel. For example, after things started to improve at Tara, “she thanked God for the pale-blue sky and the warm sun, for each day of good weather put off the inevitable time when warm clothing would be needed” (Gutenberg). However, any inclination towards true piety is overwhelmingly dashed by both the  context of the prayers and the decidedly non-Christian attributes of O’Hara’s character. She prays almost solely for her own gain, rather than for the benefit of  those around her. She is vain--she marries her first husband, Charles, out of revenge and not love. Such a union violates the Christian concept of marriage, which dictates that a couple must be bonded spiritually and not for earthly reasons. Finally, in killing the Yankee, O’Hara commits a mortal sin. While arguably an act of self-defense, the action directly goes against the Sixth Commandment (Britannica). Gone With the Wind’s lead heroine is far from taking advantage of her “divine right” (Bonventre 20) of religion, and yet would be considered a true woman by many of her contemporaries. Thus, the concept of piety in the Cult of True Womanhood is not a deep one, but a performative version. As long as a rich white woman adheres to the basic traditions of a Christian life, she may qualify to be a true woman.

As established previously, the features of an ideal member of the female sex are as follows: piety, committment to family, purity, and being submissive to their male spouse. The first two qualities were most certainly found in enslaved women. Religion played a critical role in the lives of the enslaved. While some attempted to stay true to their heritage, many slaves converted to Christianity upon arriving in the United States. It was a source of hope for those who were subjected to the dreadful conditions of plantations; oftentimes, the Bible was used by abolitionists to justify rebellions. (PBS).  In addition to this, enslaved women were dedicated to the health of their families. In the South, “ [enslaved] women cooked, cleaned, sewed, and washed for their families'' (Oxford Handbook) while men hunted. The concept of submissiveness to men is a problematic topic to discuss in regard to enslaved women. Sexual coercion was common, and not just by white plantation owners. High-ranking male slaves were encouraged to procreate with the women of their choosing, which led to interactions of highly  questionable consent (Oxford Handbook). The idea of purity is nebulous; Scarlett O’Hara qualified for purity, however, after marrying twice and pursuing a third lover. Therefore, many enslaved women should also meet the standard. The truth, though, was that women of color were not considered true women by southern society. Therefore, for all of its requirements, the Cult of True Womanhood mainly cared about two things: the color of a woman’s skin and  her family’s pedigree. The fact that O’Hara would qualify even after her abandonment of the culture’s core values displays the hypocrisy.

The idea of a perfect woman was revered in the American South during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It was in this society that the Cult of True Womanhood emerged. The concept was theoretically defined by piety, submissiveness, purity, and a dedication to family. However, in Gone With the Wind, Scarlett O’Hara consistently exposees the conflicting nature of the Cult of True Womanhood. Ultimately, it was not the attributes that made a woman perfect, but her family name and the color of her skin.