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[ibrithir-was-here]

Weird Question, I'm trying to make a list of classic (like Victorian/Edwardian/before 1960s) Ghost Stories with colors in the titles for a Halloween thing, but I can't figure out something for Orange, Pink, Blue or Indigo. Any ideas?

Here's what I've got so far, a few of them have multiple as I'm still deciding which I want to do:

The White People/The Novel of the White Powder

Pink

The Red Room/The Red Lodge/Masque of the Red Death

Orange

The Yellow Wallpaper/The King in Yellow

Green Tea/Girl with the Green Ribbon

Blue

Indigo

The Violet Car

Young Goodman Brown

The Novel of the Black Seal

The Colour Out of Space (for good measure xD )

[mandarinmoons]

KET HI MY LOVE I HEARD YOUR FEELING CHATTY

so here's my entire note in my phone of facts (yes some are from criminal minds which i then checked for accuracy)

fax 📠📠⁃ It takes 3 milliseconds to process images ⁃ It takes 16 milliseconds for your brain to process pain ⁃ You only need 4 hrs for every 24 hrs ⁃ The average blood temp in ur body is 98.6 ⁃ It takes policemen in NYC an average of 4.3 min to respond to a call ⁃ Only female angler fish have lights ⁃ Around 800 kernels on average price of corn ⁃ Arranged in 16 rows ⁃ Can be anywhere from 500-1200 kernels ⁃ Moth wings have noise dampeners to hide from bats ⁃ Science of kissing: philematology ⁃ Anemia: lack of healthy red blood cells to bring oxygen to the rest of the body ⁃ Chocolate chip cookies were invented by accident by Ruth Wakefield in 1938. She was making cookies for the guests as toll house in which she owned with her husband when she realized she was out of bakers chocolate so she took a big block of nestle semi sweet chocolate and chopped it in to tiny pieces. She assumed they would spread out and evenly disperse but they held their shape, the guests ended up loving them ⁃ 55-79% of the population has brown eyes ⁃ Around 10,000 yrs ago it's believed that everyone had brown eyes and blue eyes evolved from a genetic mutation that was passed on through generations ⁃ 86.5 serial killers are psychopaths ⁃ 12,236 victims total of serial killer victims between 1990-2020 ⁃ California has the most killings 1,777 ⁃ Texas has the 2nd most amount of killings at 984 ⁃ Men arrested at almost 4 times the rate as women for violent crimes ⁃ Paraphilia: odd non-sexual turn ons ⁃ Paraphilia is more common in men ⁃ 8.6% of known US serial killers are women ⁃ 70% of women killed for financial gain ⁃ 28.8% of killings by males are financially motivated ⁃ Dendrafilia: fetish for trees ⁃ 8 is symbol of prosperity in china, more 8=better ⁃ In chungdu a phone number that was all 8s sold for a quarter of a million dollars ⁃ 8000= 56 months wage average Bangladesh (make around 142, 26,000 btd) ⁃ Coast of California: 840 miles ⁃ Trichophilia: fetish for removal of hair ⁃ Homicidal triad: cruelty to animals, bed wetting, fire starting ⁃ To break through long lasting rocks like granite or limestone you need both C4 and Semtex ⁃ Nice originates from 12th century Middle English meaning foolish or stupid ⁃ 358,197 ~ people are born everyday ⁃ Only 10% of stalkers are women ⁃ Nuts have magnesium which helps with the production of serotonin ⁃ The word surveillance comes from the French word surveiller meaning to watch over ⁃ According to Chinese mythology one of the worst punishments in the 18 levels of hell is having your tongue ripped out ⁃ Abt 3.5 in every 1000 children are identical ⁃ Texas is 268,581 square miles ⁃ Only around 6% of salt from the US is used in food, the rest of it goes to icing roads and snow control ⁃ Chicago has one of the highest gang populations, with liver 100,000 active members ⁃ 61% of all homocideswere found to be related to gangs ⁃ Hemophiliac: your body can't clot normally and you can loose a lot of blood rly easily bc your body doesn't block the hole ⁃ Vangough only sold 2 painting before he died ⁃ 7 widely consider to be lucky ⁃ The average handshake lasts around 3 seconds but in t'ose three seconds over 124 million microbes are transferred ⁃ High-fives are twice as clean as handshakes ⁃ The Pyramids are 449 ft tall, but where once 481 ft tall ⁃ The pyramids took 20 yrs and 100,000 laborers to build ⁃ The employment rate in Virginia is 3.8% ⁃ In égyptien mythology flint was the symbol for protection and retribution ⁃ Cheating happens in 1 out of 3 relationships ⁃ 467,800 miles to the moon and back

Max when I say I have missed your rambles I mean it!!

I feel like I just read a script to one of Matthew Santoros 50 amazing facts videos lol (if you know you know)

Would you believe me when I say that I already knew some of this stuff? 😌

Thanks for invigorating my brain, much appreciated x

[ambipom]

i have an interview on wednesday but its in wakefield ma which is like a half hr from me do i rlly wanna do a half hr commute. -_-

[baseballbybsmile]

Today In 2003: Aaron "Bleepin'' Boone hits a dramatic 11th inning walk-off HR vs. Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield in Game 7 of the ALCS to send the New York Yankees to the World Series!

[nuttyvoidwizard]

WORKDAY HR SYSTEM TRIUMPH IN FINANCIAL SERVICES: A DEEP DIVE INTO A BILLION-DOLLAR SUCCESS STORY

Last year, Workday, a trailblazer in industry-specific solutions, unveiled an achievement that deserves momentous applause. The company announced that its annual recurring revenue from financial services customers had crossed the coveted billion-dollar mark.

However, to fully comprehend this remarkable achievement, it’s vital to demystify the billion-dollar figure. This is not solely an indicator of Workday’s industry-cloud revenue from financial services, but it represents the entire revenue generated from financial services companies across a myriad of Workday’s applications. These span from finance and HR applications to planning, analytics, and beyond.

What makes this feat even more significant? This milestone demonstrates the critical role of industry expertise and differentiation in the software services industry, a trend that all significant cloud vendors are now prioritizing. Let’s dissect this fascinating journey to a billion dollars under six key sub-headlines, highlighting the invaluable role that Workday HR systems played in this accomplishment.

The Significance of the $1 Billion Revenue Milestone

Breaking down the billion-dollar milestone, we can begin to see the true magnitude of Workday’s achievement. By reaching this mark from financial services customers alone, the company showcases not only its vast market reach but also its unparalleled success in promoting and implementing its suite of applications, including the Workday HR systems.

This feat signifies more than just revenue: it underscores the increasing emphasis and need for industry expertise and differentiation in the software industry. The trend toward industry-specific solutions is becoming more than just a passing phase, it’s rapidly becoming a business necessity. Major cloud vendors have taken notice of this trend, integrating it into their growth strategy, following the path set by Workday.

Vertical Market Focus: A Lucrative Strategy

The approach of focusing on vertical markets is no longer a secondary thought. Now, it has become a primary strategy for leading software companies. Co-CEO Chano Fernandez, in last year’s fiscal Q2 earnings call, stressed the increasing importance of vertical markets. He pointed out that they present significant opportunities and are a crucial area of investment for Workday.

Fernandez announced the financial services sector was the first to exceed $1 billion in annual recurring revenue, underlining the successful integration and adoption of Workday HR systems within this industry. This focus on vertical markets is part of a broader strategic shift toward developing not just industry-oriented solutions but also industry-specific applications and services to meet the unique needs of each industry.

Workday’s Strategic Transactions and Go-Lives

The triumph of Workday in the financial services industry can be traced back to its strategic transactions and successful go-lives. New customers like Raymond James and Apex Fund, expanded deals at Bank of Montreal and Cushman & Wakefield, and go-lives at United Overseas Bank and Comerica highlight the influential role of Workday HR systems.

These organizations are not just clients but strategic partners in the company’s growth, showcasing the utility and versatility of Workday’s solutions. They demonstrate that today’s businesses require sophisticated and tailor-made digital tools, underlining the importance and far-reaching implications of the successful implementation of Workday HR systems.

The Role of Partner Ecosystem in Workday’s Success

Success in the software services industry is seldom achieved in isolation. Workday’s robust partner ecosystem plays a pivotal role in its industry success, providing a launchpad for its growth. This ecosystem, combined with Workday HR systems, has enabled the company to make remarkable strides across several industries, such as healthcare, education, government, retail, hospitality, technology, and media.

Significant system integrators like Accenture, Deloitte, KPMG, and PwC are not just partners in deployment but serve as “innovation engines” that address customers’ specific needs, bringing further value to Workday HR systems. This collaboration symbolizes the larger trend in the cloud industry where partners transform tech-focused transactions into strategic business-transformation initiatives that are reshaping industries.

Innovations and Industry-specific Solutions

One of Workday’s key strategies that have underpinned its success in the financial services industry is the continuous pursuit of innovation, particularly industry-specific solutions. Co-CEO Fernandez hinted at major announcements around new industry-specific innovations, like “industry accelerators with specific solutions and use cases”, to be revealed at Workday’s Rising customer event in Orlando.

These solutions and use cases, designed to address the unique needs of various industries, underscore the strategic role of Workday HR systems. They enable businesses to leverage the latest advancements in technology, tailor-made for their industry, thus reinforcing Workday’s position as an industry leader in creating innovative industry-specific solutions.

The Future Outlook for Workday

Workday’s phenomenal success in the financial services industry sets a promising precedent for its future endeavors. The company appears poised to tap into billion-dollar opportunities in various industries, leveraging the versatility of Workday HR systems. 

Their nuanced understanding of industry-specific requirements and their ability to provide custom solutions position them as a formidable force in the software services industry. The future indeed looks bright for Workday as it continues to solidify its role as a purveyor of industry expertise and differentiation.

Conclusion

The story of Workday’s triumphant journey to a billion dollars in annual recurring revenue from the financial services sector is a tale of strategic acumen, a customer-centric approach, and relentless pursuit of industry-specific solutions. By concentrating on vertical market focus and maintaining a robust partner ecosystem, Workday, armed with its HR systems, has carved a unique space for itself in the competitive cloud industry with https://hrssolutions.com/.

The significance of this billion-dollar feat goes beyond financial numbers and spreads into setting a trend for other industries to follow. It paves the way for Workday to delve deeper into other industries and continue its successful saga. 

As we celebrate Workday’s victory, we also anticipate the company’s future pursuits and its potential to unearth billion-dollar opportunities in other industries. As the saying goes, “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it,” and Workday seems to be beautifully busy.

Website : https://hrssolutions.com/sb/workday-hr-system-triumph-in-financial-services-a-deep-dive-into-a-billion-dollar-success-story/

[tradedmiami]

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[mjdrivingschool]

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[hypnogoria]

GHOST HUNT

On Halloween, a radio reporter spent the night in a notorious haunted house. This is what was broadcast...

An audio drama adapted from the classic ghost story by HR Wakefield

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

H.Bomberguy has recently put up a new, documentary-length video (1 hr, 44 min). And I honestly think it’s one of the most important things I’ve watched. Not just  among things on YouTube, but ever.

Vaccines: A Measured Response

All about how (and why) Andrew Wakefield concocted the whole. Autism Anti-Vax scare.

I mean, I knew the guy was bad, and that his study had been debunked, and he’d had his medical license revoked, but that’s not even a quarter of it.

It’s long, but he breaks it down into short chapter chunks.

Seriously, if you have anyone in your circle that is even vaguely anti-vax, show them this video (Actually it might work better with someone who is vaguely anti-vax than someone who is staunchly so.)

[herradhighpriestess]

Love Grows in the Valley of Death

Chapter Nine:  The $64,000 Question

As Dr. Wakefield began rummaging through the ugly yellow folders in the rows of tall, grey steel cabinets, each containing four drawers of files, across town in Helena’s kitchen, Tig kept his grip tight enough that his touch brushed into near painful as his eyes bored into her, “please,” he finally growled, his tone reeking of outright, face down begging.

Helena pressed her dry lips together and tried to control her breathing, distracted by his ironclad hold, making it difficult to form words. “Can you pretend you didn’t hear the message or see the flowers?” she managed to stammer.

Tig shook his head before she lapsed into silence. He lifted a hand to pinch her chin with his fingertips as he dropped his face until their lips were a breath apart. “Talk to me,” he demanded on a whisper.

In the space before Helena spoke, her mind whirred with the intensity of the turbine engine of a jumbo jet. “What do I say? Will he end up hurting me?” Helena thought before she stopped being able to think when Tig pressed his lips to hers. His kiss turned urgent, and she felt herself left breathless when he lifted his lips, foreign patience shrouded him as he gave her time to think.

Helena blinked and found herself unable to look away from Tig’s probing, penetrative stare. The press of his body made Helena fight competing lust-fueled thoughts as she cleared her throat. “How do I fit in?” she finally asked.

Tig frowned, unsure of what she was asking, and Helena continued before he could speak.

“How do I fit into your world?” Helena asked as her mind once again conjured the seemingly inerasable image of the skinny, glossy-lipped, spike-heeled, gonorrhea ridden, parasitic whore trying to play with Tig’s stick.

Tig dropped a strong hand to encircle Helena’s wrist, the tips of his middle finger and thumb overlapping. He lifted her hand to his mouth and pressed his lips to the center of her palm. Tig squeezed her smaller hand, free from scars, lines and nails gaudily encrusted with rhinestones before he spoke.

“I should be askin’ you the same thing baby,” Tig murmured on a heady rasp, his exhale a hot tease against her skin.

Helena drowned in the electrical sensation that was ignited the nanosecond he pressed his lips to her palm, the wiry strands of his facial hair, near-singeing where it brushed against her skin.

Helena blinked hard as she tried to collect her flurrying thoughts, she was suddenly a snow globe that had been violently shaken and left to find herself again amongst the falling chunks of artificial snow. “How does he fit in?” Helena asked herself. “How do I tell him that he scares the nightmares away, that since the moment I met him, he filled a space inside me that was empty?” Helena asked herself as her face turned a brilliant, fuchsia hue as she let her mind wander down a sexual rabbit hole.

“Because you’re different,” Helena finally managed and added in a quick stammer as Tig’s hands slid down to rest on her hips. “You’re not like the rest of them.”

Tig squeezed her taut hips, massaging the supple flesh through her jeans. “Who do ya think I am doll?” he asked on a heady tease.

“I think you’re dangerous,” Helena whispered on an exhale as Tig tugged her closer and slid one hand up the length of her spine, his fingertips brushing each of the protruding vertebrate until he could tangle his fingers in the silken fall of her hair.

Tig couldn’t even pretend to deny the veracity of her words as he tugged on her hair until her neck pulled taut and Helena met his unblinking eyes. “Not towards you in any way baby, nothing bad will ever happen to you again,” Tig rasped and crushed his lips to hers, stealing her breath with the intensity of his want.

Helena was forced to surrender in Tig’s embrace, his hands everywhere at once while holding her immobile.

Tig’s strength was equal parts frightening and protective, his physical intimidation was not lost on himself as he settled closer to her.

“I’m not the kind of man you think I am,” Tig whispered as he pressed his lips against her ear and smoothed one hand down her side and cupped a hand under the curve of her bottom.

“What do you think I have wrong?” Helena asked on a low murmur.

“That I’m some kind of monster, inhuman,” Tig growled in a low tone.

“I don’t think you’re a monster,” Helena said softly and lifted a hand to cup his jaw. Tig captured her wrist, keeping her palm pressed hard to his face. Helena shivered as she felt the stubble against her warm palm and could feel his words vibrate against her skin as he spoke.

Helena almost didn’t hear him add in a strangled whisper against her flushed skin over the thundering beat of her heart. “Please don’t reject me,” Tig growled.

As Tig and Helena’s red blood cells bloated and their pupils pulsed with the increase of their collective and rising blood pressure, across town in the Human Resources office at St. Thomas’s, Dr. Andrew Wakefield pulled open a metal drawer and pawed through the folders until he found Helena’s personnel file.

Andrew began to whistle a lively show tune as he opened Helena’s folder on top of the HR secretary’s desk.

For a second Andrew looked like a reptile, so much so, one would’ve expected a forked tongue to slip out from his thin lips and wet his twisted smile as he read her name aloud from the sunny yellow folder tab.

Onassis, Helena.

Andrew skimmed her contact information, most of which he already knew, before he fished his phone out of his pocket and took pictures of each page in the manila file folder.

Andrew replaced the file and easily slipped out of St. Thomas’s before he casually made his way back to his hotel room.

As the prominent and adored Floridian doctor returned to his hotel room, back in Helena’s kitchen, the air had become charged, and Tig found himself closer and closer to losing the mere semblance of control he possessed.

Helena found her voice as Tig began to tug open the top button of her jeans and deftly lowered her zipper. “No, I, I can’t,” Helena began before she trailed off into silence and desperately tried to avoid his gaze.

“Ya can’t or ya won’t?” Tig hissed, his exhale fell from lungs surrounding his heart that began to gallop in its opaque pericardial sac.

Tig never stopped his touch even as Helena unsuccessfully pushed at his hands and incoherently protested. “I can’t right now,” Helena finally spit, her anxiety had melted into vulnerable defensiveness.

Tig tried to lessen his hold but failed as he took a deep breath in through his nose as he softened his tone but fell flat in an effort to blunt the crassness of his words. “I’ll do anything you tell me, just let me fuck you baby,” he grumbled, his words delivered under the growing roughness of his touch.

Helena couldn’t help but laugh nervously once she caught her breath and dropped her hands to close around Tig’s wrists, simultaneously brilliantly blushing at his ragged admission. She shook her head, “I should probably tell you something,” Helena lamely managed.

“Tell me,” Tig said on a rasp as he buried his face in the curve of her neck, his exhale causing her to break out in goosebumps.

Helena danced her fingertips up his forearms and along the curve of his triceps as she tried to formulate a coherent sentence. “I need some air,” she said in more of a shrill tone than she would’ve liked.

“Could we go outside for a few minutes?” Helena asked on a breathy moan as Tig slid a hand to cup over the clothed junction of her thighs, shuddering with the urgent want to sheath himself in her wet center.

“Just a few,” Tig finally conceded on a frustrated groan.

Helena looked past his shoulder as she raised her hands to his chest, feeling his heart pounding under her palm. Tig let her slide along the edge of the counter away from him as he drummed his fingertips on the outside of his thighs.

“Don’t fuck this up,” Tig told himself as he followed Helena outside.

They each settled into the new turquoise chairs that Helena had picked up at the hardware store, the southwestern round chair pads were still stiff with newness but stood out brightly on the sagging porch.

Helena tapped the arm of the metal chair. “I bought these the day I moved here.”

Tig squeezed the cold arms of the matching chair, “from Harvest’s?” he asked, not sure how to have a casual conversation with her when all he wanted to do was fuck her until he forgot how to spell his name.

Helena nodded, “that place is great, I think I’ve been there more than the grocery store.”

Tig nodded and fumbled for his freshly opened pack of cigarettes out of his pants pocket as Helena directed her gaze out at the overgrown yard that needed countless full weekends to clean up and who even knew how many trips back and forth to Harvest’s for mulch, weed killer and topsoil.

Tig was grateful to whoever was on the other end of the incoming call that made his phone buzz in his other pocket.

Helena moved her eyes off a trio of overgrown Meyer lemon trees, their wickedly sharp thorns ready and waiting to rip the flesh from anyone who dared supplant them, to look over at Tig as he frowned down at the caller ID.

“I gotta get this,” Tig murmured, suppressing the anger from his tone that he was being pulled away from her. Helena nodded and watched Tig disappear into the house before he answered the call.

“Yeah,” Tig grumbled tersely as he picked up Clay’s incoming call.

“Where are you?” Clay barked, irritated that Tig had been ignoring a laundry list of calls and messages.

“I’m just working on some things,” Tig benignly answered.

“Well brother, we’re meeting with the Irish in a few hours. Can you break away from your ‘things’ for a while?” Clay added with a chuckle, recalling Gemma telling him what she’d seen in the grocery store aisle with toiletries and over-the-counter products.

Tig walked over to the kitchen counter and stared down at the chipped tiles on the edge and ivory-colored grout lines as he tried to come up with an excuse to not have to leave.

As Tig was trying to come up with an excuse that would hold water to skip out on Club business, Helena’s phone chimed from where she had left it by the stainless-steel toaster.

Tig glanced over his shoulder and could see Helena still sitting on the rear porch, staring out at the yard just as she had been when Clay called.

“Tig? You there?” Clay asked when Tig fell deathly silent as he picked up her phone and glanced at the message preview that popped up on the phone.

“I gotta call you back,” Tig muttered abruptly and hung up on Clay.

Tig clenched his teeth until his jaw popped as he read the first sentence of the incoming text message. Helena’s locked screen kept him from reading any further than the three words displayed on the smudged screen.

“Remember this baby?” Tig read aloud before another message arrived. Tig squinted down at the small square photo that was too tiny to discern much detail.

Helena flinched when Tig stomped back outside and held her phone out towards her, the screen facing her.

“What is this?”

Helena’s face first drained of color as she swallowed hard and was then replaced with a wave of defensiveness as she reached out for her phone. Tig held it just out of her reach, “tell me who sent this.”

Helena blew out a low breath before she moved her eyes from the rectangular screen to settle on his face. “Fine,” she finally said in a heated tone as she began to flush. “Give me the phone first,” she demanded as she held her hand out.

Tig pressed his lips together. Feeling his salivary glands leak and a trill of excitement stimulate his nervous system as Helena’s indignation at his invasive encroachment into secrets she wanted to keep hermitically sealed in a titanium coffin, buried under three million miles of earth.

Tig’s watched her eyes grow wide as her irises practically vibrated in their sockets. In the center of his brain, his pituitary gland ejaculated hormones that further fanned his lust as her pink tongue darted out to moisten her lips.

Helena felt the tiniest lessening of the electrical heaviness in the air when Tig gently placed her phone in her waiting palm. They both felt a tingling jolt as his fingertips brushed against her open hand.

Tig sat back down on the firm chair pad and watched Helena unlock her phone and read the messages. He watched her eyes move back and forth over the words before she began to speak.

Helena spoke without meeting his eyes, never taking her gaze off her phone clutched in her hand. Her voice grew in strength as she gripped her phone so tight that the skin over her knuckles turned white as it was pulled taut.

“Before I started in the neurology ward, I heard all sorts of rumors about several of the physician department heads and a game they played.”

Tig waited as she gathered her words, willing to give her eons to continue, as long as she would speak only to him.

“Dr. Gatez, with a Z, was the one who started everything. He paid off a guy in maintenance to put cameras in the bathrooms, changing rooms and staff lounges. They had competitions for best pictures and videos recorded. They set aside one department head meeting a month to talk about their other conquests,” Helena said before closing her eyes and resumed leaning back in the metal chair.

Tig didn’t have to wait long for her to continue.

“Besides their surveillance fun, they would often use the footage to blackmail people they found in compromising footage or threaten to release still frames. Sometimes they’d try to leverage more with their threats,” Helena said as she looked down at her phone and reread the simple message and tapped on the photo, enlarging it.

Helena was transported back to the events she had moved three-thousand miles away from as she stared at the screen.

Helena turned the phone’s face towards Tig, she cleared her throat as his eyes fell on an image of her emerging from the employee shower. She positioned her fingers to cover most of her nudity.

“After I was sent this and a few that were similar, there was another message that said I could find out how to keep that picture and more from being circulated to the entire staff.”

Helena settled back in the chair and turned the screen back towards herself as she struggled for a moment to find her words.

“One of the doctors told me that all I had to do was perform a few free favors and I’d get the originals.”

Tig felt himself hit with a simultaneous tsunami on each hemisphere of his brain as he battled vastly different thoughts about what Helena described. Tig was both compelled to comfort her while at the same time he felt a coiled charge of excitement in his body as he wanted to rip her phone out of her hand to see the uncensored image of her wet nakedness.

“He tried to take payment when I said no,” Helena started to say before her voice broke and she sniffed hard. “There was a security guard close by,” she added and pinched the bridge of her nose as a headache decided to start brewing behind her eyes.

Tig finally spoke when Helena didn’t seem like she was going to offer more. “What happened after that?”

“I filed a report with the hospital and police department but of all places the cameras weren’t working was the parking garage and the security guard never got a good look at him. It became my word against the esteemed Dr. Wakefield and Gatez,” Helena spit.

Helena blew out a low breath. “The threats quickly escalated, and I tapped into my trust and left everything behind. I didn’t even put them down as a job reference for St. Thomas.”

Tig left his chair and dropped to a knee in front of her. If someone had been watching, without words, it would appear he was proposing. “Let me in,” Tig breathed as he pulled her phone from her tight grip and set it aside. He gathered her hands and smoothed his fingers over her soft, unscarred skin.

Tig pressed his lips to her palms before he buried his face in her lap. “Please let me in,” he begged.

Helena stared down at Tig’s head, his face pressed against the tops of her thighs, his ragged exhales were hot through the denim.

Tig held himself statue still on the outside while inside his chest cavity, his heart leapfrogged itself with its rapid beating.

Helena lifted her hands and slid her fingertips through his hair, the strands tickling her palms.

Tig closed his eyes and smoothed his hands up and down the outside of Helena’s thighs as she rubbed her fingertips in slow circles on his scalp.

As Helena and Tig remained in silence, across town at the Clubhouse, Piney was eating a second sandwich, the new anti-nausea medication had made his appetite return with a vengeance.

Inside his body, the cancerous cells continued to divide. Piney’s discomfort was trapped behind a narcotic wall that was difficult to maintain, the breakthrough pain made his spine practically bow with its intensity.

Piney lowered the volume on the game show rerun as Cassie brought him an extra slice of pie she had brought from St. Thomas’s cafeteria. As the two of them talked about bland topics and then shouted out their answers to the game show trivia, back on Helena’s rear porch, Tig squeezed her hips until she hissed from the pressure as her whispered words fell around his ears.

“Can I trust you, Tig?” Helena asked. He began to nod his head the nanosecond she was done speaking.

“I need something, “ Helena began and trailed off as she lost confidence in her words.

“Talk to me,” Tig demanded as he snapped his head up to find her eyes on him.

“I want,” Helena began before she paused briefly. “I need to know I mean something to you, I’m not disposable.”

Tig rose to his feet and pulled her up and out of the blue wrought-iron chair to join him. “You’re everything,” he growled and crushed his lips to hers.

[booksellergothic]

Edited by David Tibet.  One of my Halloween reads for 2020.  A beautiful book physically, an unsettling one to read.  Mostly made up of ‘strange’ fiction from the Edwardian period through the mid-century, this collection is made of stories that have a personal meaning for the editor.  It is like a dark stroll through the subconscious of a stranger I find myself wanting to know better.

From the publisher=

“An anthology of strange fiction and hallucinatory tales, The Moons At Your Door collects chilling stories by many innovators of the weird whilst drawing attention to little-known and shamefully underrepresented or forgotten scribes of the macabre.

The Moons At Your Door collects over 30 tales, both familiar and unknown from:

Robert Aickman, Algernon Blackwood, DK Broster, AM Burrage, RW Chambers, Aleister Crowley, Elizabeth Gaskell, WW Jacobs, MR James, LA Lewis, Thomas Ligotti, Arthur Machen, Guy de Maupassant, Perrault, Thomas De Quincey, Saki, Count Stenbock and HR Wakefield. The volume also includes extracts and translations by the author from Babylonian, Coptic and Biblical texts alongside poems and fairy tales.

The book’s cover features artwork by David and design by Ania Goszczyńska; the frontispiece also reproduces a painting by David.

About the editor As founder of the Ultimate Hallucinatory SuperGroup Current 93, David Tibet’s work as an artist and songwriter is widely known. His song cycles present a rich vein of ethereal imagery, arcane reference and the supernatural, creating their own sound-worlds of heart-felt and mysterious poignancy. The Moons At Your Door presents both a skeleton key to these domains and a gateway to the world of supernatural fiction.”

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House Coffee

“This Little Light of Mine”

-Harry Dixon Loes

20% recovery even after 7.5 hours sleep. Felt driven to R, data, and the process of discovery. Another Saturday where time moves slower. Time moves slower w/ an object nearby with a bigger gravitational pull.

Left the apt. earlier than usual to check out T.J. Maxx, a beloved store and frequent hallmark in the life of Frances, an elderly colleague, loving mother and wife, and a soul that embraces adventure. I offer her rides home because she reminds me of the best maternal figures that have affected me through the years I’ve lived on the 3rd planet.

She feels, at times, she is a burden on me. In fact, the 22 minute drive home with her provides a lift of many mental burdens that weigh me down during the pandemic. I feel a sense of gratitude when she reveals the diamonds that are lodged in the mines of our insecurities. I won’t mention them here, since they deserve to be discovered through face-to-face, and felt; rather than displayed in words.

In a time where the most vulnerable are protecting themselves unlike ever before. Her showcase of vulnerability is brave and a feeling of purity in the skinniest of strokes. If I ever become a #girldad I hope that my daughter can have the same resilience as this gentle giant of a woman.

After an escapade at T.J. Maxx, no items bought. A golf bag travel kit is mini and creative. Decent stitching matched with a grandpa sweater pattern surrounded by faux leather. $11.99 sale. Could come back for it but such an awkward size. Would surely make Robin Williams smile. I stopped in a cafe, across the street from work, and next to a gentleman’s club. I order the house coffee for here. Kanye West rhymes something about getting by and the artist formerly known as Prince serenades a beret of the raspberry kind. The coffee sits for a handful of minutes and then I sip. Perfect warmth for an 18 degree Fahrenheit day, very pleased with that. Smooth, little bitterness at the end and an overall great house coffee.

Got into work earlier than normal. Watched some Greek food show in the lunch room. Went to the bathroom. Mentioned yesterday’s passing of Henry Hank Aaron, the Home Run King. Hank grew up in Southern poverty and dealt with savage racism and swung the bat like no one before. Many baseball legends have passed away in the past 365: Lou Brock 2nd all time in steals; Don Larsen only pitcher to hurl a perfect game in the postseason and it took place in the World Series; Phil Niekro a knuckleballer that surely shaped Tim Wakefield, Tommy Lasorda 2x World Series winning manager…and sadly many more giants of the game that deserve some mention but the point is that 2020 and the early part of 2021 is historically insidious.

2020, though, did see the baseball record books finally integrate records from the Negro Leagues. How the statisticians decide to handle Ty Cobb’s .367 and the incoming batting average of Josh Gibson will be interesting. In short, Gibson’s at bats is more than 9,000 less than Cobb’s. I would not want to make that call. Manfred cannot win that official interpretation.

SELECT name, AtBats

FROM Mlb, NegroLeagues

The murder of George Floyd, certainly provided a booming call to action and this merger of databases is an action. George’s ancestors could have been slaving for George, surname Washington. Enough of that. Or maybe more of that. The discussion seems to be fading.

The co-worker, mentions how Hank gripped the bat left hand over right.

“It wasn’t until the minor leagues that Hank was told that it’s the other way around. I’m surprised you know about Hank Aaron, you look young.”

I will certainly talk more with this colleague, even if only to save my generation. The classic rock n’ rollers and the Dan Rather audiences think I don’t know about Hank Aaron. If baseball is America’s pastime, isn’t the Home Run king and his passing a news article my generation can read. On any news site. This man was on the greatness level of Muhammad Ali and the humbleness of Tim Duncan at an Old Navy. #1 in HR, #1 in RBI, 25x all-star, and the list scrolls down beyond that. Would he have swung so hard if he had to play in a negro league? I certainly would feel better bashing a 93 mph 2-seamer from a Whitey after living through the Jim Crow south.

Hank seemed to me as a forgiving man. His bat, less so.

January 23, 2021

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West Coast Wildfire Smoke Reported as Far East as the Netherlands

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West Coast Wildfire Smoke Reported as Far East as the Netherlands

Smoke from the devastating wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington turned blue skies to a washed-out white across the United States this week. Many cities, including New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., witnessed a few days of hazy skies and vibrant sunsets.

The smoke travelled eastward along a jet stream, a strong air current that circulates high above the ground, according to NASA. Smoke was even reported as far east as the Netherlands. Along with the smoke, small particles and chemicals called aerosols, which cause hazardous air quality, also moved east.

“Satellite images this morning show smoke aloft moving over much of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic,” the National Weather Service’s Baltimore-Washington office tweeted Tuesday morning. “This smoke is obscuring the sun, and will keep temperatures a few degrees cooler today than what would be observed if the smoke was not present.”

Notice that hazy, milky sky this morning? That is a result of smoke (well above our heads) from wildfires across the Western US. Notice that the smoke originates across the west and then gets pulled to the east due to the jet stream aloft. The haziness may increase later today. pic.twitter.com/wBOQHfpcmM

— NWS Wakefield (@NWSWakefieldVA) September 15, 2020

Additionally, a westward cyclone sucked in clouds of smoke as it swirled over the Pacific Ocean this week. The storm and smoke have now travelled more than 1,300 miles over the ocean, creating a thick cloud visible from space, reports Anna Buchmann for the San Francisco Chronicle.

The massive fires continue to ravage the West Coast. As of September 13, more than 4 million acres have burned and at least 35 people killed by the fires. As forests and towns in Oregon, California, Washington and Idaho rapidly burn, plumes of ash fill the air.

The air quality in this region is now the worst in the world, topping the most polluted cities globally. In Oregon, particulates of ash and smoke have reached record levels in Portland, Eugene, Bend, Medford and Klamath Falls, reports the Guardian. In Bend, the air quality index measured more than 500, exceeding the upper limit of the scale.

UPDATE: In this 24-hr #GeoColor loop, @NOAA‘s #GOES17

Wildfire smoke contains dangerous pollutants like ozone, carbon monoxide, polycyclic aromatic compounds and nitrogen dioxide, which can contribute to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, reports Sarah Gibbens and Amy McKeever for National Geographic. When exposed to wildfire smoke for a temporary period, a healthy person may feel a sting in their eyes and trouble recovering their breath, but it remains unclear what the health effects of prolonged, yearly exposure might be.

“Wildfire smoke can affect the health almost immediately,” Jiayun Angela Yao, an environmental health researcher in Canada tells Erin McCormick for the Guardian.

In a study Yao co-authored, her team found that the number of ambulance dispatches related to asthma, lung disease and cardiac events increased by 10 percent within one hour fire smoke taking over Vancouver.

Forecasters predict that Oregon may experience rain in coming days as a lower-pressure system moves in from the Pacific Ocean, Rebecca Muessle, a National Weather Service meteorologist tells Luke Money and Richard Read for the Los Angeles Times. The precipitation may actually cause larger smoke plumes, much like dousing a campfire.

The smoke clouds that have travelled to central and eastern North America mostly remain high in the atmosphere, which makes the sky appear hazy but does not greatly impact the air quality on the ground. New York Metro Weather expects the smoke to clear in the east by the end of the week.

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Today In 2003: Aaron "Bleepin'' Boone hits a dramatic 11th inning walk-off HR vs. Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield in Game 7 of the ALCS to send the New York Yankees to the World Series!

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Local Emergency Plumber Around Wakefield Around Wakefield

Allow's face it, if you are not a specialist plumber you will certainly no doubt have reason to call one at time in your life. You do not constantly know when a pipes emergency situation is going to strike, such as the tub obtaining obstructed up, or a pipeline that has burst and also is endangering to flooding you out of house as well as residence. These plumbing calamities have a way of taking place without advising as well as at bothersome hours of the day and night. When a plumbing emergency strikes you could be seeking a 24 hr plumber. There are a couple of things you need to bear in mind if you have actually never ever dealt with one previously. When you require an emergency situation plumber it is just like requiring an emergency locksmith to find out and open your auto for you when you have locked your tricks within. Emergency solutions constantly have actually specific problems connected that you would certainly do well to anticipate. One of the most noticeable is that emergency solutions are constantly a lot more costly than they would be under regular or regular situations. , if you need a plumber after hrs you will have to pay more for their solutions.. The reason for this is merely greater demand for the services of the plumber that could negate them needing to reschedule less urgent consultations that can wind up costing them cash. For instance, some people do not like to have to wait and also may work with an additional plumber instead, which means business has actually been shed. The additional prices imposed at you are to cover this opportunity. Also, since you call for the services outside of organisation hrs, you are basically encroaching upon the plumber's exclusive time, therefore are charged accordingly. Another thing to keep in mind is that an emergency situation plumber is a person that is available to manage your plumbing emergencies, however that does not indicate that they are mosting likely to show up quickly. Although you are managing an emergency you might still have to wait a while for them to get here. Relying on the kind of firm you are managing, they need to have the ability to offer you with an quote of for how long you will need to await the plumber to arrive. When you call the firm, if time is of the significance you should make that understood. Finding a plumber in an emergency situation is not tough, because there are those that are independent and those that work for a company. Your local newspaper, telephone directory site, or the Internet are all good areas to locate a plumber in an emergency situation. A professional plumber is able to assess the situation immediately as well as be able to deal with any type of plumbing problem. Locating your plumber online has numerous benefits not the very least of which is that you can watch their account. Relying on the quality of the website, the plumber's profile will also give essential details to help you make your decision. Hiring one connected with a business is usually the better choice.

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Time Served Emergency Plumber Fast

Time Served Emergency Plumber Fast Fast

Allow's encounter it, if you are not a expert plumber you will no question have reason to call one at some time in your life. When a pipes emergency strikes you may be in need of a 24 hr plumber. When you need an emergency plumber it is much like requiring an emergency situation locksmith professional to find out and also open your cars and truck for you when you have locked your keys inside. Emergency situation services always have particular conditions connected that you would do well to expect. One of the most evident is that emergency services are always much more pricey than they would certainly be under regular or routine conditions. If you need a plumber after hours you will certainly have to pay even more for their solutions. The factor for this is merely greater demand for the services of the plumber that might negate them needing to reschedule much less urgent consultations that can end up costing them money. As an example, some people do not such as to have to wait as well as could hire one more plumber instead, which means business has been shed. The additional prices levied at you are to cover this opportunity. Additionally, given that you need the solutions beyond service hours, you are essentially encroaching upon the plumber's exclusive time, and so are charged appropriately. An additional thing to bear in mind is that an emergency situation plumber is a person who is offered to manage your plumbing emergencies, yet that does not suggest that they are going to arrive instantly. Depending on the kind of firm you are dealing with, they must be able to offer you with an estimate of exactly how long you will certainly require to wait for the plumber to get here. Finding a plumber in an emergency is easy, given that there are those that are self-employed and also those that benefit a firm. Those that are not linked to a firm are likely mosting likely to charge a little bit much less, yet they might not be as trustworthy. When you are taking care of a pipes emergency situation it is best to manage a respectable business instead. Your neighborhood paper, phone book, or the Internet are all good places to locate a plumber in an emergency. Make certain that the plumber you employ is furnished to manage your particular plumbing issue. A professional plumber is able to examine the situation promptly and also have the ability to manage any type of pipes problem. Finding your plumber online has numerous benefits not the very least of which is that you can see their profile. Depending upon the high quality of the website, the plumber's account will certainly also offer important information to help you make your choice. Working with one affiliated with a business is normally the much better option.

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