#devine swine

[sucharactertournament]

Miss Piggy has won the Top Muppet Tournament!

Congratulations to the Devine Swine

[theonlycure]

I was tagged by @eaterofdreams to list my favorite first time listens of 2021 (thank you!)

Skinny Puppy: Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse

OhGr: Undeveloped

Pig: The Swining

Whitechapel: The Valley

Devin Townsend Project: Addicted!

The Damned: Phantasmagoria

I’ll tag @spithate @bastard-mice @mydarlingstarling @strawbabiez and anyone else who feels like doing it

[cardest]

Ireland playlist

Feck!

Pog my thoin! It’s my Irish playlist. My precious treasure has been opened! Inside my pot of gold lies an Irish playlist of songs I put together. Forget the diamonds in Antwerp! It doesn’t matter if you are from Rhode Island or South Korea, this is the only Irish playlist you need and for your travels across the green hills. Play the songs here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1_4UCcVH8Jcka-whydlPzH6 So load up your iPods and whatever you use and enjoy this with a pint of Guinness! Stay safe. Stay at home. Wash your hands. Burn a bra.

IRELAND PLAYLIST

001 Carrentouhill - Welcome to Ireland 002 Thin Lizzy -  Do Anything You Want To 003 Makem & Clancy - The Rocky Road To Dublin 004 Ash - A Life Less Ordinary 005 Absu - Tara 006 Type O Negative - Be My Druidess 007 Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen   008 Horslips - Dearg Doom 009 Boomtown rats - Banana republic 010 Dublin City Ramblers - Dicey Reilly 011 Simple Minds - All The Things She Said 012 Cruachan - The Brown Bull Of Cooley 013 Ween - The Blarney Stone 014 Primordial -  Where Greater Men Have Fallen 015 The Pogues - Dirty Old Town 016 Van Morrison - Cyprus Avenue 017 Wings: Wild Life - Give Ireland Back To The Irish 018 Devin Townsend - Irish Maiden 019 The Rumjacks - An Irish Pub Song 020 Dominic Behan - Biddy Mulligan 021 Waylander - Brú na Bóinne 022 John Lennon - The Luck Of The Irish 023 Gary Moore ft. Philip Lynott - Out In The Fields 024 Whiskey on a Sunday - Irish Rovers 025 Týr - The Wild rover 026 Sleep - The Druid 027 The Waterboys - Fishermans Blues of Gael Bay 028 Clannad - Siúil A Rún 029 Leprechaun in the Hood - The Leprechaun Rap   030 Leaves' Eyes - [feat. Carmen Elise Espenaes] 031 Thin Lizzy - Dublin 032 Cruachan - The Marching Song of Fiach Mac Hugh 033 Fairport Convention - She Moves Through The Fair 034 My Bloody Valentine - Soon 035 Steve Earle - Galway Girl 036 The Wolfe Tones - A Nation Once Again 037 Mael Mórdha - Cluain Tarbh 038 Celtic Legend - Irish Drinkin Song 039 Therapy? - Auto Surgery 040 Bob Geldof - The Great Song Of Indifference 041 Makem & Clancy - Little Beggarman 042 ABSU - Of Celtic Fire, We Are Born - Terminus (...In the Eyes of Ioldánach) 043 The Nolans - Gotta Pull Myself Together 044 Johnny Cash - Danny Boy 045 Dropkick Murphys - Fields Of Athenry 046 Ahab -  Red Foam (The Great Storm) 047 Omnia - Fee Ra Huri 048 Banba Óir - Clannad 049 Maighread & Triona Ni Dhomhnaill - The Spanish Lady 050 Gary Moore - Over The Hills And Far Away 051 Slomatics - Electric Breath 052 The Irish Rovers - Finnegans Wake 053 The Cranberries - Dreams 054 Orthodox Celts - Star Of The County Down 055 Mamas Boys - Mama Weer All Crazee Now 056 The Dubliners - All for me Grog 057 Gems of Ireland - The Last Of The Irish Rover 058 Paddyman - The Leprechaun Song 059 Primordial -  Heathen Tribes 060 Beithioch - Ghosts of a world long forgotten 061 The Wolfe Tones - Come Out Ye Black And Tans 062 Diddler on the Hoof - Some Say The Devil Is Dead 063 Planxty - The Bonny Light Horseman 064 Sinéad O Connor & The Chieftains - The Foggy Dew 065 The Berry Swine Liners - GO ON HOME BRITISH SOLDIERS 066 Scath Na Deithe - Unrecognized disease 067 No Spill Blood - White Out 068 Irish Music - Ancient Druids 069 The Corrs - Toss the feathers, go braless 070 Cruachan - Diarmuid And Grainne 071  The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Blarney stone 072 Gama Bomb - Three Witches 073 VAN MORRISON      - Bright Side of the Road 074 Rory Gallagher  - Bad Penny 075 Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief 076 That Petrol Emotion - Hey Venus 077 Absu -  Manannán 078 Mike Patton - Catholic Tribe 079 Skyclad -  The Widdershins Jig 080 Tom Waits - Rain Dogs 081 Virolac - Masque 082 Phil Lynott - Old town 083 Leaves' Eyes - Amhran (Song Of The Winds) 084 Cruachan -  The Sea Queen of Connaught 085 Dread Sovereign - Cathars to their doom 086 Pagan Altar -  Dance Of The Druids 087 Planxty - The Jolly Beggar/The Wise Maid 088 The Kilkennys - Will You Go Lassie Go 089 Anneke van Giersbergen, Árstíðir - Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) 090 The Dubliners - In The Rare Old Times 091 Louis Armstrong - Irish black bottom 092 Wolfe Tones - The Boys Of The Old Brigade 093 Primordial - Fuil arsa 094 The Undertones - My Perfect cousin 095 Therapy? - Acellerator 096 Cheap Trick  - O Claire 097 Malthusian - across deaths 098 Absu -  Bron (Of the Waves) 099 Mourning Beloveth - Theories of old bones 100 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the jar 101 Zom - Tombs Of The Void 102 Scáth Na Déithe - This Unrecognized Disease 103 TEN TON SLUG - Unit 104 Altar of Plagues - God Alone 105 DEVO - I'm a Potato 106 Beithíoch - Ghosts of a World Long Forgotten 107 Mahavishnu Orchestra - A Lotus On Irish Streams 108 Sacrilegia - Beyond the Fouler's Snare 109 Dread Sovereign - Cathars to Their Doom 110 Corr Mhona - Dair 111 Coscradh - Disappeared 112 The Undertones - Julie Ocean 113 Sirocco - Lambay 114 Mourning Beloveth - Theories of Old Bones 115 VAL DOONICAN WITH HIS GUITAR - THE AGRICULTURAL IRISH GIRL 116 Malthusian -  Remnant-Fauna 117 The Wheels - Road Block 118 Rudimentary Peni - Ireland Sun 119 SOOTHSAYER - Cephalopod 120 Vircolac - Tether-Wane 121 Thin Lizzy - She Knows 122 Zealot Cult - Spiritual Sickness 123 Killing Joke - Wardance 124 Walpurgis Night - Ghost of Dublin 125 Absu - Bron (Of the Waves) 666 The Irish Rovers - Finnegans Wake

May the lilt of Irish laughter lighten every load. May the mist of Irish magic shorten every road... and many thanks to James (Groningen) , Garaidh & Lynda (Sydney), Nathan (Brisbane), Arto (Helsinki)  for your awesome contributions to this playlist. Feck yeah! Hit play: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1_4UCcVH8Jcka-whydlPzH6 What songs did I miss? What bands are missing from this list? Let me know! No matter where you are on Earth. Stay safe Clíona!

[shhhushhh]

Glass Concrete - 5 Months Ago

Mario: You like, swine? Better show some appreciation ASAP if you don’t want to eat my d* tomorrow evening when Principessa is away.

Everyone: Yes! ... It’s great! ... Best meal ever! ... As always!

Yang: So you are really going to spend the night there?

Jessica: I... I had to. It’s been three months since I’m living away and haven’t visited... been back.

Yang: You’ve skipped even the holidays.

Jessica: She’s never cared about celebrations anyway.

Yang: Are you going to introduce the pup?

Jessica: Noooooooo! No! No! Noooo! You know how she is.

Yang: It’s a pity though. He is a good boy.

Jessica: He is the best boy ever!

Mario: How do you like your spaghetti, Dev? I made them with dried tomatoes. Just the way you like them.

Devin: Thanks.

Jessica: I’ll clean up, Dev. The dishwasher is still broken.

Devin: It’s alright.

Jessica: He is totally mad at us, stinkerpants!

Mario: Go upstairs and pick up a video game, amore. I’ll come in a bit.

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[blacktopmemories]

Playlist for Saturday, August 13, 2022

Worthitpurchase - “Start Stop Motion” Young Guv - “Wind in My Blood” Ben Harper - “Honey, Honey” Owl John - “Los Angeles, Be Kind” Foxing - “Cold Blooded” This Wild Life - “History” Kevin Devine - “Someone Else’s Dream” Jukebox the Ghost - “Hey Maude” Metric - “All Comes Crashing” Big League - “See You Fly” mewithoutYou - “Red Cow” The Dear Hunter - “Smiling Swine” Jeff Rosenstock - “I’m Serious, I’m Sorry” Thursday - “Between Rupture and Rapture” Delta Spirit - “What’s Done is Done” The Ballroom Thieves - “I Lose” Mallrat - “To You” Cutter Elliott - “Come on Home” Counting Crows - “Butterfly in Reverse” Houndmouth - “Darlin’” Band of Horses - “Island on the Coast” The Ophelias - “Becoming a Nun” They Might Be Giants - “I Broke My Own Rule” All Get Out - “AA Almanac” Hot Water Music - “Hearts Stay Full” Tango in the Attic - “Suncream” Deep Sea Diver - “You Go Running”

xo - b.

To download or stream the show, click here!

[hsnrgb]

Your sense of freedom is now sponsored by modern slavery.

Oh master, you gentle swine

I obey, you provide

I play, you deny

I am ok as you are fine

Oh my Monster, you devine

You promise, you are high

I compile to your lie

You deliver; it implies

Out of options, you and I

Oh master, you gentle swine

I am alive, so you say

I matter, your remind

Take a break that you provide

But don't be late, or be denied

Oh monster, oh my Devine

What I am without your line

Lost and lonely, in disarray

I conform, I am alive

I am lost, please take I

[mynameischalie]

The Get Up Kids @ The Trocadero 12/31/17

Last time I saw the Get Up Kids live was at the Trocadero in 2009 so when word got out they were playing New Years Eve in Philly I immediately purchased two tickets. A couple weeks before the show Kevin Devine and the Goddamn Band was added as a special guest which was made a great bill even better.

When I arrived at the Trocadero I was freezing my ass off inside the venue. I can't remember ever being that cold in that venue but it happened. Shannon Moser played, she's a Philly local who basically played a bunch of folksy type music. I feel like that style recently is being done by every woman I see open a show.  I didn't care for her set much at all. Nothing grabbed me, and thankfully it was only 20 minutes.

Kevin Devine and his band came out in suits and ties and put on a great set. Crazy enough, this has been the tenth or eleventh time I seen Kevin play live in the last twelve years and he still manages to maintain his energy. You'll see him pogoing up on stage through song after song as he rocks out on his guitar. I can't recall the newer songs that we're played but highlights included "Just Stay", "Little BullDozer", "I Could Be With Anyone" and finishing with "Cotton Crush". He also mentioned a story where his car was stolen from a homeless guy when he played the Troc Balcony in 2008 with Matt Pryor (a show I was at) and how the last time he played with the Get Up Kids 2009 at the Troc (I was there as well) he and Jim Suptic had swine flu. Overall, I wish his set was longer because it seemed like it went by quickly and I wanted more because it was very enjoyable.

The Get Up Kids came out to a packed Trocadero floor around 11:20 and announced to the crowd lets kiss this year goodbye. They went right into "Holiday and "I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel" off 1999's Something To Write Home About. The place became an instant sing along of voices singing back every lyric. Since it was their 20th anniversary they pretty much played nearly every song off "Four Minute Mile" which was fantastic. The whole setlist included pretty much a majority of the first two records. Before midnight, the band raced to make it in time for midnight with a cover of "Beer For Breakfast" by the Replacements before counting down and toasting to the year 2018. They went right into "Action & Action" as their first song played for 2018. Other highlights include the hilarious James Dewees or as Philly calls him Turbo mentioning how he was Pizza Hut employee of the month seven times during the recording of Four Minute Mile (he wasn't even on the record and was a drummer for metalcore band Coalesce). I always appreciate his stage banter because he is a legit hilarious dude.

They finished the night with "Walking On A Wire" before they went into the encore which included four songs. A cover of the Cure "Close To Me" started the encore followed by "Shorty", "I'll Catch You" and then ending with "Ten Minutes". All in all this was a fantastic show and a near perfect setlist! I left completely satisfied with the song choices and had an absolute blast. It was a great way to ring in the new year!

Setlist: (to the best of my knowledge)

Holiday

I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel

Stay Gold, Ponyboy

Lowercase West Thomas

Coming Clean

Woodson

The One You Want

The Last Place You Look

Valentine

Forgive And Forget

Out Of Reach

Beer For Breakfast (Replacements Cover)

Action & Action

No Love

Don't Hate Me

Campfire Kansas

Red Letter Day

Walking On A Wire

Encore

19. Close To Me (The Cure cover)

20. Shorty

21. I'll Catch You

22. Ten Minutes

[iamrebellioussubmissive]

Dating is No Laughing Matter…..

We do what we do because it isn’t all about us… I had a responsibility to my son to be the best I could be regardless of what happened and that was enough for me to go to work, come home were at last I was safer than there and to be honest life got a little better however, from moving to our new home and settling in I was lonely not really ready though to meet someone yet..

After dating my Bisexual ex let’s call him that shall we.. (he was gay let me tell you) I had clocked up 10 months of me being on my own and my flat mate said, call one of those lines late at night, I screwed up my nose said nope, same thing next day he threw the phone at me and I decided to ring this line… cut a long story short I met my current husband.

Let’s back track a little here…. firstly let’s reflect on how it felt…after being drugged and the rest well, I’d rather excuse myself from using (r_p_ ) as a word

How does one go on after you have been so traumatised by another, all because of what?  Beyond my thoughts why some people decide to organise whatever special drug to use on a female that only accepted a dinner date?

I had no idea this would be the worst decision and the longest saga of my entire life, I had no idea this would turn my world upside down and it did in many ways..

All because a guy decided to put something in my meal or drink, still to this day I will never know what that special little extra was… however, I do remember many moments of terror and when I say terror  I mean every word.

I remember my thoughts about I have to get home, sleep and shower and drive 45 minutes to mums to pick up my little boy, I had thoughts of how do I look, I hope I don’t look too tired, I hope no-one notices that I look abit sad, I had too look like I was happy, well rested and that nightmare never happened!!

So, even though I was extremely quite and in my own thoughts, I do not remember thinking about anything or though I am sure I did, I know me, I would have shed a tear, felt guilty because I always felt that bad things always happened to me…

I did my best, smiled and laughed, asked the right questions when picking up my gorgeous son, Sunday I think it would have been a day before school, which again I needed to make sure all his shirts and shorts and pants, lunches and pretty much everything I need to get done wasnt done however, let me tell you was done in time for his school.

The house was extremely quite after that mornings outburst and I also was onto looking for a quick exit out of that damn horrible place, the persons temper was the obvious part such a selfish prick!   Never liked the dude I must admit and to be honest his manner was just as I had thought, a pig and a big huge swine of a doosh bag! (too much?)

Finally, within that week a friend of mine who was moving out said, yes, indeed, let’s move out together, I was tickled pink with delight and told my son we are moving out.  I really cannot recall if he was happy I would say he was.. from what i was informed he was not nice to my little boy and dont think I didnt give him a shouting at .. If you ever think of looking at my boy even a little, I will make sure your sorry ass is mine.. furious wasn’t even close, seething with anger yes, indeed that is pretty much how I felt and even more so…

Slamming the door as his ego got bashed me at 5 foot nothing and him 6 foot 4, some people should have more sense to put years on some adults that should know better, however, not my worry, the next week or so I made sure my son was sleeping comfortable next to me smiling and laughing, I do believe he adored every minute as I did…

The BIG MOVE…..

  I ordered a truck to pick up my entire things all in ONE go, make it happen boys my son is at school and I want to be out of this hovel of a place…. which they did pretty snappy and that was devine and gave me a bit of a breath .. saying to myself , thank bloody god!

I didn’t realise just how stressed I was until I was in my new place unpacking my clothers and putting my sons things into his cupboards, I sat onto his bed and took a few moments to take it in… recall what had happened and I started to cry in fact sob my eyes out in absolute relief and so many why’s, why did bad things happen to me, why did I deserve this, I must be a bad person, It must be a lesson in my life that I had to learn, I would say many of these things and feel everyone of them, let me tell you!

After I had finished tearing myself apart with pity, guilt , blame, and sorrow, I would then wipe my eyes, put on my make-up and continue with my day… btw this was between working for the big T (casual) it felt like FULL time, however, it kept my mind busy and my day went quick.

And life as I thought was okay however, I was suffering from a quick temper, a tad little bit braisen and I really had enough of living with others I wanted to be solo or at least safe with someone that was more familular I guess…

Moving forward to my current moment in time… meeting my current husband…

Like I said way up the page I finally meet this man that sounded like something from a Drama Romance Sit Com (Days of our Lives) his voice was amazing and we spoke for quite a while over the telephone before he jetted down from Bunbury to visit.

Before I fast forward this part I must admit I was nervous and anxious, I was worried that it was too soon to date and even though the terrible incident only happened a few weeks ago I had not realised that it was only 3 maybe 4 I cannot be too sure just how much time had past I knew it was not enough time for my mind , body and soul to heal it’s wound..

However, we met, we liked each other and the rest is my private business, however, I would like to say, if you ever are unfortunate in being put in a position like me I sugguest you speak to someone even it is a close friend… In my case well, I didn’t have one nor would I talk…

I was lucky and unlucky.. it affected many areas of my personal life, my relationship, friends and my son even though he never knew … My own personal battle calapsed and I was affraid to fight, I felt like a disappointment, I knew his father would be much better as a parent… however, I never told his dad, nor did I tell my husband everything until 20 years had past… and now, I thankfully with the help of my darling man and his friend… I owe my sanity and my life to those beautiful quality of a circle that is SMALL however, abundant and extremely loved by me….

GHB DATE RAPE DRUG

GHB LINK

Date Rape – InformationLadies and Gents, I want you all to understand that any type of liberty that is taken away without respect, without any warning and without your concent is an offense and for anyone that does this well, they can face years of jail time….

To my darling son Jordan, no words will ever bring back those years, I will tell you I did try and I was told to go away by your fathers lawyer, I cannot say this will change anything however, I will say that you may have grown up thinking I abandoned you, I will say this… I NEVER LEFT YOUR SIDE EVER, and I don’t care how your dad sees that TUFF, you have grown up into a very successful amazing man which I have to say I am not surprised…

I will forever love you, Francesca (removed the mother title as you requested)

xxx

Sometimes Life comes with a PRICE…. Dating is No Laughing Matter..... We do what we do because it isn't all about us... I had a responsibility to my son to be the best I could be regardless of what happened and that was enough for me to go to work, come home were at last I was safer than there and to be honest life got a little better however, from moving to our new home and settling in I was lonely not really ready though to meet someone yet..

[queenrhenpendragon]

Complete Silliness

Starring Alicia Pendragon: A sort-of Harry Potter crossover fanfiction where the AP characters are Harry Potter characters except they aren’t. Full nonsense and... yep pretty much nonsense. Enjoy

Once upon a time in a fictional land, there lived a handsome Dark Lord named Tom Marvolo Riddle. He hated all things in life - people, food, rain, sun, even cotton candy - and yet he was obsessed with living.

Alicia Pendragon couldn't understand it at all. Of course, it wasn't her area of expertise. That was Talia and Devin's job. They were the awesome peasant-wizard/knight(s) on a quest to defeat him. And Frederick was the one with a lighting scar on his forehead, to prove he'd survived Tom Marvolo Riddle's cleaning curse. And Jack was the freaky nemesis of Frederick who thought all muggles belonged in Azkaban, but for some reason stayed with Talia and Devin and Frederick. Maybe because he was sort of a muggle. But she'd learned not to remind him of that.

As a matter of fact, if she'd had it her way, all of this would be Alicia's area of expertise. But her father would rather she go to a bancy fall and marry a prandsome hince, or something of that sort. Like the union by marriage of two kingdoms would help the world at all! . . . Well, maybe a little, but it would be much more useful to defeat the Dark Lord. And more exciting.

That was why she had devised a cunning plan. She would make the Devin-knight like her! And then he would invite her on the quest with him, and of course an honorable princess couldn't refuse a favor from a knight. That was what she would tell her father, anyway...

"'JUST A GIRL?' WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?"

"Boys are better fighters!" The blue-haired knight said.

"WHAT? Oh, I'll show you, YOU STUPID KNI-"

"GUYS!" Talia yelled louder than Alicia would have thought possible. "We're supposed to be defeating Tom, here!" There was momentary silence, interrupted only by Frederick's groans.

"My head!"

The Dark Lord looked equally pained. "Your head? What about my entire body! And my wedding! Ugh, just take the stupid princess! I can't stand to be in your pathetic presence!" And he apparated away.

Then back again. "AND DON'T CALL ME TOM! I AM-erm... uh..."

"Stupid?" Alicia supplied, very annoyed with all the going-ons. She hated being kidnapped, and her plans to woo Devin were tossed to the wind, because no way was she ever speaking to the jerk again.

"Yeah, Stupid!" And then he realized what he was agreeing to. "I mean no, you insolent noble! I am... AHRIMAN!" He apparated away again.

"... Ahriman? Is that suppose to be scary?" Jack started laughing. "Sounds- like 'Mary- Ann!'-- Fool!"

Frederick groaned again and clutched his head. Alicia rolled her eyes. "Well, you rescued me! Congratulations, peasants! As payment for your services, I will now join you on your quest!"

"WHAT?" Devin protested.

"You heard her, Devin!" Talia gushed. "Ooh, finally there's another girl! I'm not the only brains around here anymore!"

This what met by general annoyance, except from Alicia, who smirked at the success of her plan.

"Ooh, finally! A rich muggle to steal from!" Jack grinned.

That put a damper in her mood.

This was it. The end of the war had finally come. That, or the end of the world. Whichever came first.

"Aww, not you again!" Ahriman drawled in a whining voice. "Can't you let me take over the world, achieve immortality, and kill muggles in peace?"

"Your time on this earth is over, Tom!" Talia proclaimed fiercely.

There was a momentary silence, over which only the sound of Frederick's groans could be heard. Talia nudged the dozing knight standing next to her. "Hmm? What? I 'gree with Talia!" He drifted off again. Alicia rolled her eyes.

"Die, Ahriman!"

"Ooh, you remembered my name!" The Demon Dark Lord gushed. "I should reward you! DEATH EATERS!"

Hooded figures immediately appeared beside him. "Yes, my lord?"

"Bring this girl my supply of lemon drops! You know, those ones that Dumbledore forced on us. Remember him? That scary old druid of time?"

"Yes, lord."

They disapparated.

"What? I don't want your lemon drops!" Alicia protested, disgusted.

Lord Ahriman made an insulted noise. "Fine, you ungrateful swine! Don't take them!" The death eaters apparated back in and handed Alicia the lemon drops.

"DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME?" Ahriman screamed. "NO LEMON DROPS FOR THE UNGRATEFUL SWINE!"

The cloaked wizards dropped the candy like a hot potato and cowered. "Sorry, Lor-"

"DID I SAY YOU COULD SPEAK?" The deatheaters shrank back, shaking.

Devin rolled his eyes. "Why don't you just defy him?"

Ahriman gasped. "HOW DARE YOU-"

"COTTON CANDY!" Sang a voice that sounded suspiciously like Jack's.

Maybe because it was Jack's. He twirled into the room, glowing, holding bags of fluffy pink perfection. Frederick momentarily forgot to groan.

Talia sighed. "Jack, really we don't have ti-"

"GET THAT HORRID CONFECTION OUT OF MY SIGHT!" bellowed the Dark Lord, jumping into the arms of the nearest deatheater and cowering even as he shot a black glare in the candy's direction.

Jack's good mood melted like a popsicle abandoned in the desert on the hottest day of July. "But..." his lip trembled and tears started streaming from his eyes. "But I worked so hard to bring it here all just for you and I almost lost it once and three times I nearly diiiiiiied!" He was sobbing before he even finished the sentence. "Please take it!" He bawled, shoving the candy at Ahriman.

The demon hissed and recoiled. "No! NO! NOO! LEAVE ME ALONE YOU STUPID MUGGLE! NO! AGH!" He leaped from the deatheater's arms and pulled out his staff. "AVADA KEDAVRA!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" 

Frederick dived in front of Jack, but too late. The curse had already connected.

The body hit the ground with a resounding thud. Everyone stared, deatheater, wizards, and muggles alike.

"YEAH!" Devin cheered, sweeping Talia into his arms and dancing. "FINALLY!"

"MY HEAD IS AT PEACE AT LAST!" Frederick rejoiced.

"HAHA! YOU ALL SO TOTALLY OWE ME!" Jack whooped, tossing the cotton candy into the air in jubilation.

Now you are thinking I made some typo, because Jack died, didn't he?

No, he most certainly did not. Ahriman had killed himself, rather than be in the presence of the hated cotton candy for another second.

Alicia could have kissed Jack, except that he'd so totally stolen her thunder.

Stupid thief.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," she huffed, "let's get out of here already."

"What? No celebration for my remarkable achievement?" Jack whined.

"No celebration for my skull's relief?" Frederick added.

Devin looked distraught and squeaked, "No... cake?"

"We can eat these lemon drops!" The deatheaters suggested helpfully.

Alicia bit her lip, and fumed, and tried to look powerful and commanding, but nobody was yielding so she said, "FINE! I'll spread the good news to the world myself!"

And she spun on her heel to do just that, but that sneaky thief was suddenly in front of her.

And then they died. Of remorse.

Just kidding. Actually Alicia grabbed Jack fiercely, and slapped him, and kissed him on his slimy thieving lips.

"That's for stealing my thunder, fool!"

"Ah!" Jack objected, insulted. "Then this," he said, grabbing a lemon drop and forcing it into her mouth, "is for stealing my word, and for putting your dirty muggle lips on my dirty muggle lips!"

Alicia scrunched up her mouth because it was sour, and then, you will never guess what that horrible no good very bad little sneak did. It was so terrible that I don't even want to tell you. No, seriously, you will freak out and die. Of remorse.

Oh, sorry. That happened earlier.

What we talkin' about?

Oh, yeah. Well, the awful, terrible truth of the story is this:

Talia and Devin got married, and changed their last name to Weasley.

Oops, wrong part. That comes later, and it isn't even part of this story. What really happened next was Frederick accidentally swallowed a fly, and the deatheaters had to use Sectum Sempra to perform an emergancy surgery to get it out of his system.

But that's not the terrible part. Obviously, because Jack didn't do anything in it. So what did Jack do? Well. It's so terrible that I have to whisper it, so that Alicia will not hear. So come close. Ahem.

(He kissed her.)

THE GROSS AND TERRIFYING END, THEY LIVED HAPPILY GROSS EVER AFTER AND RODE INTO THE SUNSET OF AZKABAN ON A THESTRAL OF DEATH, WHILE DEMENTORS WERE CONFUSED BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T TAKE AWAY THE HAPPINESS OF TRUE LOVE'S GROSSOCITY!

[coffeeenthusedmuses-archive-blog]

love in the form of words i cannot rewind

love in the form of words i cannot rewind

time and time and time and time

chime the bird songs sing and chime

wind of word songs wind of wind

unwind the whines of wines past dimes

by nickel and quarts and precious metals earth devine

love in the form of words cannot be sung for another line

love is love in the ways that love is lost and not something you can any longer find

love is love in the words that cannot won’t drunk on something wine

grit in the sand and dead by the fines

cellar on the roof and cello in the binds 

wine in the love of the words you cannot rewind

I found it on the seashore not by design

falling through those curtains, crime

in the fine time of winter they feasted on swines

like the men in the backroom callers dined 

on aching hearts in the cellar is the love that was never found not find so fine 

love is the words of the world devine not find somewhere in the cellars with wine? 

[asitrita]

Revenge Is Gonna Be Mine

Sing a Yo ho! Keep your jewels devine. Yo ho! And your manners refined.

Sing a Yo ho! You can beg, plead and whine. But Yo ho! You are wasting your time.

Sing a Yo ho! I’ll slaughter the swine. Yo ho! Must be fate’s design.

Revenge, revenge, revenge, is gonna be mine! Revenge, revenge, revenge, is gonna be mine!

                      - Captain Hook from Once Upon a Time, current number                                     one on my playlist XD

[samyelbanette]

@starship-nine said:  Song recommendations: Sentry The Defiant by Coheed and Cambria, Smiling Swine by The Dear Hunter and Deathray by Devin Townsend.

Oh, yay, I’m still getting responses to this meme! :D I’m surprised. :0 Thanks for playing!

Sentry The Defiant

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

I could definitely jam to this. The instrumentals are great and the lyrics make me want to fight somebody lol. It’s....life-affirming, if that makes sense. 

Smiling Swine

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

Why does this give me Queen vibes? 0_o

Deathray

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

The part of the video where the alien overlords demand coffee is the part where I realized I can’t take shit seriously. XD But, I feel like maybe I’m not supposed to lol

Was not previously familiar with any of these artists, so thanks for expanding my horizons, Starship. 

[davincivision]

For the record...I was pissed BECAUSE I missed my FRIDAY appt. to see my therapist. Handle things YOUR WAY...what you think of me is none of my business. Why don't you ask questions that MATTER?! Like why the pope is NEVER around to "broker" devine intervention to stop wars? Why do you pay taxes when there is a lottery? Where are tax budgets REALLY being utilized? Why they give black people a violent platform in this country when we only make up for 9% of the total population?! Do you REALLY think all these black people ended up here because of slavery?! Why they dropped 2 nukes and nearly destroyed an entire population that were 100 years ahead of all civilization?! And all those children, elderly, disabled, and innocent paid the price because Soviets and the "United" States were desperately in need of "measuring dicks?!"--------And no retribution; but the best of serial killers get a PURPLE HEART award for murder 1?! Why can't "god" be a woman?! Why casinos run when gambling is illegal and addictive? Fuck is Ebola, West Nile, swine flu, anthrax, sars, and these "weapons of mad destruction?! AND DON'T CALL ME TO COMPARE YOUR LIFE TO MINE...ITS NOT A COMPETITION? THOSE ARE YOUR PROBLEMS NOT MINE...FIND A WAY TO HANDLE YOUR OWN SHIT! A SAD(der) STORY DOES NOT MAKE MY PROBLEM GO AWAY. I barely log into social media...my post happen to echo my post on instagram and tumblr. I'm having a hard time tryna figure out why I tell people this and you reply anyway to something I have no clue you've seen. This is why I don't use fb and twittiful Twitter. Just a bunch of weirdos who keep comparing their lives to each other. We all are going to make it to the finish line anydamnway....DEATH. DO YOU SEE ME OUT AND ABOUT?! FOR THOSE CONCERNED. Handle YOUR SHIT HOW YOU SEE FIT. Want an update on my condition?! READ THIS UNTIL IT MAKES SENSE-----or your head hurts. What da fuck does being angry have to do with me tryna be cool?! Do I look like I'm a fake "gang-sta" rappa?! I don't get it?! THAT IS THE EXACT REASON I've BEEN in therapy for the last 4 dumbass years. No different from an alcoholic slipping and relapsing. (at New York metropolitan area)

[itsmedicinesfakianakis]

Farm-scale testing of soybean peroxidase and calcium peroxide for surficial swine manure treatment and mitigation of odorous VOCs, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide emissions

Publication date: October 2017 Source:Atmospheric Environment, Volume 166 Author(s): Devin L. Maurer, Jacek A. Koziel, Kelsey Bruning, David B. Parker The swine industry, regulatory agencies, and the public are interested in farm-tested methods for controlling gaseous emissions from swine barns. In earlier lab- and pilot-scale studies, a renewable catalyst consisting of soybean peroxidase (SBP) mixed with calcium peroxide (CaO2) was found to be effective in mitigating gaseous emissions from swine manure. Thus, a farm-scale experiment was conducted at the university's 178-pig, shallow-pit, mechanically-ventilated swine barn to evaluate SBP/CaO2 as a surficial manure pit additive under field conditions. The SBP was applied once at the beginning of the 42-day experiment at an application rate of 2.28 kg m−2 with 4.2% CaO2 added by weight. Gas samples were collected from the primary barn exhaust fans. As compared to the control, significant reductions in gaseous emissions were observed for ammonia (NH3, 21.7%), hydrogen sulfide (H2S, 79.7%), n-butyric acid (37.2%), valeric acid (47.7%), isovaleric acid (39.3%), indole (31.2%), and skatole (43.5%). Emissions of dimethyl disulfide/methanethiol (DMDS/MT) increased by 30.6%. Emissions of p-cresol were reduced by 14.4% but were not statistically significant. There were no significant changes to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O). The total (material + labor) treatment cost was $2.62 per marketed pig, equivalent to 1.5% of the pig market price. The cost of CaO2 catalyst was ∼60% of materials cost. The cost of soybean hulls (SBP source) was $0.60 per marketed pig, i.e., only 40% of materials cost.

Graphical abstract

http://ift.tt/2vn5Ao4 from OtoRhinoLaryngology - Alexandros G. Sfakianakis via Alexandros G.Sfakianakis on Inoreader http://ift.tt/2vo3aWe

[recommendedlisten]

Speedy Ortiz - “Screen Gem”

Time certainly flies. Five summers ago, Speedy Ortiz -- alongside other rising Western Mass scene bands like Potty Mouth, California X, Psychic Blood and Bunny's a Swine -- were merely DIY blog talk, but in the years since, they’ve managed to rise up the indie rock echelon while dispersing across the northeast and inadvertently earning themselves “veteran” status among the underground masses in the process. It’s been a couple of years since the band released their listmaking sophomore effort Foil Deer, and its followup has supposedly been recorded in the Saddle Creek state of Omaha with Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, Cursive), but at some point in 2015, they headed up to Vermont to record with John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Dinosaur Jr.), and a song from that session entitled “Screen Gem” is seeing the light of day for good cause in raising money for the #CLOSErikers fund. Against everything else Speedy has done in the past, drummer Mike Falcone and co-guitarist Devin McKnight get the stars of the day in this instance with double-barrel drum shots tumbling over knotty sigs, as low sizzling synths borrowed from Sadie Dupuis’ Sad13 output wind their way around her tale of a monomaniacally-designed bad romance. It’s also the final song McKnight recorded with the band, as he'll now be fronting his own called Maneka, so in a way, here we go again with closing another chapter in the continuation of Speedy Ortiz’s sonic novel.

Screen Gem by Speedy Ortiz

[therightnewsnetwork]

13 of Trump’s Cabinet Nominees Await Senate Approval, Leaving Agencies Without a Leader

President Donald Trump moved at a blistering pace to fulfill several campaign promises during his first week in the White House. At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, however, 13 of his Cabinet nominees continue to wait for confirmation votes.

Trump begins his second week with the same number of Cabinet secretaries as last week: two. That number should at least double by Tuesday after the Senate votes to confirm Rex Tillerson for secretary of state and Elaine Chao for secretary of transportation.

The slow pace of confirmations is delaying Trump’s ability to implement his agenda, several former administration officials told The Daily Signal.

It’s also a sharp contrast from President Barack Obama’s early days. Trump’s Democrat predecessor had 11 of his 15 Cabinet secretaries in place after his first week (including Robert Gates, who remained as defense secretary from the prior administration).

Five of the past six presidents—Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama—had nearly their entire Cabinet installed by their second week in the White House. President George H.W. Bush faced delays, but he had the advantage of retaining three of Reagan’s Cabinet secretaries.

This week’s planned confirmation votes on Tillerson and Chao, coupled with committee action on several other nominees, should generate some movement after the GOP-controlled Senate made little progress last week.

Republicans left town for a three-day retreat in Philadelphia, but they did confirm two non-Cabinet officials: Mike Pompeo to lead the CIA and Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. On Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, the Senate approved James Mattis for defense secretary and John Kelly for homeland security secretary.

Democrats have vowed to mount a fight against at least eight of Trump’s nominees, including Tillerson. Due to a rules change that Democrats made in 2013 while they were in the majority, however, they lack the votes to ultimately defeat Trump’s nominees. It now takes a simple majority to confirm nominees, and Republicans control 52 seats compared to the Democrats’ 48. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer still can employ delaying tactics, though.

Such delays could stall the Trump administration’s ability to implement policies or carry out executive orders, said Don Devine, director of the Office of Personnel Management under President Ronald Reagan.

“This is a president who wants change, and he has got to get his nominees confirmed as soon as possible if he is going to get that change,” Devine told The Daily Signal.

Continuity of government is usually not a problem, but implementing the president’s agenda is, said Becky Norton Dunlop, the Ronald Reagan distinguished fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Dunlop served in the Reagan administration at the White House, Justice Department, and Interior Department.

“From the standpoint of taking control of the government, it’s important for the president to employ people to act,” Dunlop told The Daily Signal.

Most of Trump’s nominees ultimately will be confirmed, Dunlop said. She said this is just an effort by Schumer, D-N.Y., to curb their effectiveness. The minority leader knows that the longer it takes for Trump’s nominees to win Senate approval, the later they’ll start implementing the new president’s agenda.

“This is a way to damage these nominees that might have a more conservative agenda under President Trump and discourage them from moving forward aggressively,” Dunlop said.

For example, Tom Price, the Georgia congressman who Trump nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, will play a crucial role when it comes to dismantling Obamacare.

One of Trump’s first actions directed his administration to rework the health care law’s numerous regulations. But without a secretary in place, there’s no one leading the charge at the agency.

Price, like Tillerson, is on Schumer’s list of eight nominees who Democrats oppose. The others include Betsy DeVos for education secretary, Steve Mnuchin for treasury secretary, Andrew Puzder as labor secretary, and Jeff Sessions for attorney general. Schumer’s list also includes Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agencyand Mick Mulvaney for the Office of Management and Budget, although they aren’t part of the Cabinet.

The remaining unconfirmed Cabinet nominees include Ben Carson for housing and urban development secretary, Rick Perry for energy secretary, Sonny Perdue for agriculture secretary, Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary, David Shulkin for veterans affairs secretary, and Ryan Zinke for interior secretary.

Republicans were in the Senate minority in 2009 when many of Obama’s nominees won quick confirmation without obstruction or delay. In fact, nine of Obama’s nominees were approved by voice vote, meaning Republicans didn’t even request a roll-call tally.

Despite having 57 Democrat senators on Jan. 20, 2009, Obama’s final Cabinet secretary wasn’t confirmed until April 28 of that year. Two of his picks for commerce secretary withdrew, as did former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, whom Obama picked to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

The vacancy hampered the health agency when the swine flu outbreak occurred, recalled Tevi Troy, who served as a deputy secretary at HHS during the George W. Bush administration.

“It is a problem because these agencies are not able to be totally effective without a secretary at the top of the agency giving direction to assistant secretaries for the entire agency,” Troy told The Daily Signal.

During the interim period before a Cabinet secretary is confirmed, the acting agency head could be either a career employee or a political appointee designated by the previous administration. Either way, the White House designates someone to work with the acting secretary during the interim.

“The tradition has been that in the first day or the first week, a lot of nominees are confirmed,” Troy said. “My view is that if a nominee is both ethical and qualified, then the Senate should defer to the president’s choice for a Cabinet nominee.”

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