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Reading the World

In 2023, I challenged myself to watch a movie from every country in the world during the year, which I more or less succeeded. At the start of this year I decided to read a book from every country in the world (without the time restraint) and got a map to track my progress along with a challenge on Story Graph.

List of countries and books below the cut

Current count: 37

Afghanistan:

Albania:

Algeria:

American Samoa:

Andorra: Andorra: a play in twelve scenes by Max Frisch

Angola: The Whistler by Ondjaki

Anguilla:

Antigua and Barbuda:

Argentina: Our Share of the Night by Mariana Enríquez

Armenia:

Aruba:

Australia:

Austria:

Azerbaijan:

Bahamas:

Bahrain:

Bangladesh:

Barbados:

Belarus:

Belgium:

Belize:

Benin:

Bermuda:

Bhutan: Folktales of Bhutan by Kunzang Choden

Bolivia:

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Botswana:

Brazil:

British Virgin Islands:

Brunei:

Bulgaria:

Burkina Faso:

Burundi:

Cambodia:

Cameroon: The Impatient by Djaïli Amadou Amal

Canada: The Gift is in the making: Anishinaabeg Stories retold by Amanda Strong and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Canary Islands: Dogs of Summer by Andrea Abreu

Cape Verde:

Cayman Islands:

Central African Republic: Co-wives, Co-widows by Adrienne Yabouza

Chad:

Chile: The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernández

China: The Secret Talker by Geling Yan

Christmas Islands:

Cocos Islands:

Colombia:

Comoros:

Cook Islands:

Costa Rica:

Croatia:

Cuba:

Curacao:

Cyprus:

Czech Republic:

Dem. Rep. of Congo:

Denmark:

Djibouti:

Dominica:

Dominican Republic:

Ecuador:

Egypt:

El Salvador:

Equatorial Guinea:

Eritrea:

Estonia:

Eswatini:

Ethiopia:

Falkland Islands:

Faroe Islands:

Fiji:

Finland:

France: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

French Guiana:

French Polynesia:

Gabon:

Gambia:

Georgia:

Germany: At the Edge of the Night by Friedo Lampe

Ghana: Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey

Gibraltar:

Greece:

Greenland:

Grenada:

Guam:

Guatemala:

Guernsey:

Guinea:

Guinea-Bissau:

Guyana:

Haiti:

Honduras:

Hong Kong:

Hungary:

Iceland:

India: Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir Of Surviving India's Caste System by Yashica Dutt

Indonesia:

Iran: Darius the Great is Not Okay by Abid Khorram

Iraq: Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

Ireland:

Isle of Man:

Israel:

Italy:

Ivory Coast:

Jamaica: When Life Gives You Mangos by Kereen Getten

Japan:

Jordan:

Kazakhstan:

Kenya:

Kiribati:

Kosovo:

Kuwait:

Kyrgyzstan:

Laos:

Latvia:

Lebanon: Beirut Hellfire Society by Rawi Hage

Lesotho:

Liberia:

Libya: Zodiac of Echoes by Khaled Mattawa

Liechtenstein:

Lithuania:

Luxembourg:

Macedonia:

Madagascar:

Malawi:

Malaysia:

Maldives:

Mali:

Malta:

Marshall Islands:

Mauritania:

Mauritius:

Mexico: Silver Nitrate by Silvia Morena-Garcia

Micronesia:

Moldova:

Monaco:

Mongolia:

Montenegro:

Montserrat:

Morocco:

Mozambique:

Myanmar: Smile as They Bow by Nu Nu Yi

Namibia:

Nauru:

Nepal:

Netherlands: We Had to Remove this Post by Hanna Bervoets

New Caledonia:

New Zealand:

Nicaragua:

Niger:

Nigeria: Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

Niue:

Norfolk Island:

North Korea: A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea by Eunsun Kim

Northern Mariana Islands:

Norway: Blind Goddess by Anne Holt

Oman:

Pakistan: Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Palau:

Palestine: The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher

Panama:

Papua New Guinea:

Paraguay:

Peru:

Philippines:

Pitcairn Islands:

Poland: Return from the Stars by Stanisław Lem

Portugal:

Puerto Rico:

Qatar:

Rep. of the Congo:

Romania:

Russia:

Rwanda: Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin

Saint Barthelemy:

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha:

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

Saint Lucia:

Saint Martin:

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

Samoa:

San Marino:

Sao Tome and Principe:

Saudi Arabia:

Senegal:

Serbia:

Seychelles:

Sierra Leone:

Singapore:

Sint Maarten:

Slovakia:

Slovenia:

Solomon Islands:

Somalia:

South Africa:

South Korea:

South Sudan:

Spain:

Sri Lanka: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

Sudan: The Translator: A Memoir by Daoud Hari

Suriname:

Sweden: Fire from the Sky by Moa Backe Åstot

Switzerland:

Syria: The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War by Delphine Minoui

Taiwan:

Tajikistan: The Sandalwood Box: Folk Tales from Tadzhikistan by Hans Baltzer

Tanzania:

Thailand:

Togo:

Tokelau:

Tonga:

Trinidad and Tobago:

Tunisia:

Turkey:

Turkmenistan:

Turks and Caicos Islands:

Tuvalu:

Uganda:

Ukraine:

United Arab Emirates:

United Kingdom: Poyums by Len Pennie

United States of America: Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America by Gregory D. Smithers

United States Virgin Islands:

Uruguay:

Uzbekistan:

Venezuela:

Vietnam:

Wallis and Futuna:

Western Sahara:

Yemen:

Zambia:

Zimbabwe: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

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A list of season 2 cast and crew members, confirmed and speculated

I will try and keep this updated

Not counting the obvious ones

Please note that this is a list of both cast and crew members, so PAs and such are also included and not just actors

sorry in advance that 90% of my sources come from instagram

A

Aaron Morton (Camera) - he’s listed on the very last picture as the camera-man

Adam Stein (Writer)

Alan F. (English solider)

Alexandria S.

Alistair Gregory - from this tweet so uncertain, but followed me back on my bts instagram account so seems to have some interest in ofmd

Amy Tunnicliffe

Amanda M. (Wedding guest)

Andrew DeYoung (Director) - I don't remember if there was any other reason than the fact that he was in Aotearoa during filming

Andy Rydzewksi (Cinematographer)

B

Brian Badie (Hairstylist)

Bronson Pinchot ("Torturer")

Bryn Seager - I don't remember why but I follow him

Bryony Matthew (Food stylist)

C

Cora Montalban (Makeup and/or hairstylist) - I believe she was tagged in an instagram story once, and she's followed by a ton of cast and crew members

D

Daniel Fernandez (Spanish priest)

David G. (Stand in)

Dennis Bailey (Hairstylist) - Leslie revealed that he's there.

Don A. (Swampy Town folk)

E

Eliza Cossio (Writer)

Erroll Shand (Prince Ricky)

F

Fernando Frias (Director)

G

Grant Lobban

Gypsy Taylor (Costume designer)

H

Haroun Barazanchi - I'm gonna be honest, I have no memory of why I suspect this guy will be working on season 2, but I follow him hgjfdks

I-J

Jaden McLeod

Jason Samoa, possibly spotted on location

Jemaine Clement, pretty sure this is only based on his friendship with Rhys and Taika tbh

Jes Tom (Writer)

Jessica Lee Hunt (Makeup artist) - followed by a ton of crew and cast members and I believe she's been tagged in instagram stories and such

John Mahone (Writer)

Jono Capel-Baker (Groom)

Jonno Roberts didn't get the role from his audition, but could still have gotten a different role - hung out with Ruibo

K

Karl L. (Action extra)

Kate Fu

Kathleen Zyka Smith ("Red Flag")

Kosuke Iijima (Fabricator/Sculptor?) - due to interaction on this post

Kris Gillan (Fabricator/Sculptor)

Kura Forrester - followed by quite a few cast and crew members, but I don't remember if there was anything else to it

L

Laura Stables (SFX makeup artist)

Leanne - followed by cast and crew

Lee Tuson

Leslie Jones (Spanish Jackie) - she's spoiled this so many times, but gjfhdks

Leyla - followed by a lot of cast and crew members, don't remember if there was more to it than that

Luke V. (Stand in)

M

Ma Christina C. ("Red Flag")

Madeleine Sami (Archie)

Maddie Roche (PA) - read the tags idk lmao

Maddy Powell - this double rainbow photo is for sure from the first day of filming and nathan commented on her post

Maggie Philips (Music supervisor)

Mark Black (Henchman)

Mark Mitchinson (Hornigold)

Martin D. (Wedding guest)

Megan Vertelle (Set decorator)

Mike Berlucchi (Cinematographer)

N

Nareemun S. (Stand in)

Nat Van Halle - Has been hanging out on set with crew and cast

Natalie Torres (Writer)

Nathan Foad (Lucius)

Nathaniel Goodman - listed as camera-man

Nicola Dove (Photographer) - I'm guessing she'll be the season 2 version of Aaron Epstein

O-P

Paul Murphy (Director)

Q-R

Ra Vincent (Production designer) - He's the one in a white t-shirt and sunglasses or smth on his head

Rachel Forman - followed by a lot of cast and crew (including taika, nathan, madeleine, alex etc.) and Fernando made a post saying goodbye to Aoteroa, and she commented and he said he would miss her

Rachel House - Suspected due to her hanging out with cast and crew, but could be nothing

Richard B. ("Republic of Pirates")

Ringo R. ("Republic of Pirates")

Rory Davis - followed by cast and crew

Ruibo Qian

S

Sha M. ("Republic of Pirates")

Simone Nathan (Writer)

T

Tammy Davis - pretty sure it's just based off of this post which could be nothing

Tara Lauren (Makeup artist)

Tenesse Murfitt (Hairstylist) - followed by a ton of cast and crew members, and I believe she's been tagged in instagram stories

Tino L. (Stand in)

Toa Paranihi - I honestly don't remember why this was speculated or possibly confirmed, but I follow him on instagram and so do a couple of the cast and crew members

Ty Evander

U-V

Vanessa Vandy (Cinematopgrapher) - don't remember why i suspect her, but i follow her

W

Will Giles (Set designer)

X-Z

Zach Douglas

Zackery Alexander Stephans (Writer)

Zak Enayat - he has just been very openly working on the show, and is followed by cast and crew members

Zayre Ferrer (Writer)

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AVATAR WRESTLER ROSTER

every entity has a set number of avatars that can operate underneath/fight for them at any given time. this number varies depending on the strength and dangers of the entity, along with demand.

the current roster is as follows under the cut:

THE BURIED:

Laura Popham -- Betrayed the Dark

Karolina Gorka

Vincent Yang -- Betrayed the Lonely

Dominic Swain -- Betrayed the Vast

THE CORRUPTION:

John Amherst

Jordan Kennedy -- Betrayed the Desolation

Jane Prentiss -- Previously in a tag team with Oliver Banks

Joshua Galen -- In the process of turning people away from their entities to worship them (has: Matthew Irving)

THE DARK:

Natalie Ennis

Manuela Dominguez -- in the Daedalus Crew

Matthew Irving -- Set rivalry with Augustin Choudhary | torn between Joshua Galen and the Dark

THE DESOLATION:

Agnes Montague

Jack Barnabas -- Recently proposed to Agnes in the ring

Jude Perry

Diego Molina

THE END:

Oliver Banks -- Previously in a tag team with Jane Prentiss

Nathaniel Thorp

THE EXTINCTION:

Gary Boylan -- Rarely fights as a result of the destruction

THE EYE:

Amy Patel

Augustin Choudhary -- Betrayed the Hunt | Set rivalry with Matthew Irving

Rosie Zampano

Jonah Magnus (as himself)

THE FLESH:

"Cook"

Toby Carlisle

Jared Hopworth

THE HUNT:

Julia Montauk

Robert Montauk -- Betrayed the Dark

Trevor Herbert

THE LONELY:

Evan Lucas -- Lucas family drama heavily referenced in promotions

Naomi Herne

Carter Chilcott -- in the Daedalus Crew

Carlita Sloane

THE SLAUGHTER:

Jennifer Ling

Lisa Carmel

Alfred Grifter

THE SPIRAL:

Michael Shelly -- Tag team: The Distortion

Helen Richardson -- Tag team: The Distortion

"Doctor" David Ramao

Lydia Halligan

THE STRANGER:

Daniel Rawlings

Lorell St John

Leanne Denikin -- Betrayed the Eye

The NotThems -- A cycle of wrestlers | Relies heavily on promotions

THE VAST:

Michael Crew -- Betrayed the Spiral

Jan Kilbride -- in the Daedelus Crew

Robert Kelly

THE WEB:

Annabelle Cane

Raymond Fielding -- Betrayed the Eye

Neil Lagorio -- Relies heavily on promotions

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TAYLOR MOMSEN And LUKE SPILLER Perform THE BEACH BOYS Classics At 'A Grammy Salute To The Beach Boys' Tribute Concert

THE STRUTS lead vocalist Luke Spiller and THE PRETTY RECKLESS frontwoman Taylor Momsen dueted on THE BEACH BOYS classics "Surfin' USA" and "Fun, Fun, Fun" at "A Grammy Salute To The Beach Boys", a special tribute concert honoring the legendary Grammy-nominated music icons THE BEACH BOYS. The live concert special, which took place this past Wednesday, February 8, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, featured a star-studded performer lineup that also included Grammy-winning artists and past and current Grammy nominees, including Beck, Brandi Carlile, FALL OUT BOY, Andy Grammer, HANSON, Norah Jones, LADY A, John Legend, LITTLE BIG TOWN, Michael McDonald, MUMFORD & SONS, MY MORNING JACKET, PENTATONIX, Charlie Puth, LeAnn Rimes, St. Vincent, TAKE 6 and WEEZER, who all celebrated and honored THE BEACH BOYS' everlasting music and impactful career.

"A Grammy Salute To The Beach Boys" will air on the CBS television network and will be available live and on demand on Paramount+ at a later date.

On Thursday (February 9),Taylor shared a few photos from the event and included the following caption: "I guess the cat's out of the bag…last night it was an honor to perform at the Grammy's tribute to @thebeachboys with my new found friend @lukestruts amongst so many great artists…it was a blast. Stay tuned for broadcast date and time on @cbstv and @paramountplus".

Last year, THE BEACH BOYS celebrated their 60th anniversary on their "Sixty Years Of The Sounds Of Summer" 2022 tour. In June 2022, they released a newly remastered and expanded edition of THE BEACH BOYS' career-spanning greatest hits collection "Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys". The expanded "Sounds Of Summer" features 24 new mixes including two first-time stereo mixes, plus 22 improved stereo mixes enhanced by today's digital stereo extraction technology. The collection is available now in a variety of formats, including a super-deluxe version and a remastered single disc that boasts the original 2003 release.

Since the band's co-founder, lead-singer and chief lyricist Mike Love penned the lyrics to THE BEACH BOYS' first hit "Surfin'" (1961),dozens of the bands chart toppers have become eternal anthems of American youth: "Surfin' USA", "Surfer Girl", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "I Get Around", "California Girls", "Help Me Rhonda", "Barbara Ann", "Good Vibrations", "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Rock And Roll Music" And "Kokomo".

THE BEACH BOYS have sold over 100 million records worldwide and have received more than 33 RIAA platinum and gold record awards. The Rock And Roll Hall of Famers were also honored at the 2001 Grammy Awards with the "Lifetime Achievement" award.

With more than five decades of touring under their belts, THE BEACH BOYS have performed more concerts than any major rock band in history. "Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys", Capitol/EMI's 30-track collection of the band's biggest hits, has achieved triple-platinum success with sales of more than three million copies in the U.S. since its release.

THE BEACH BOYS are led by Mike Love, who, along with longtime member Bruce Johnston, musical director Scott Totten, Brian Eichenberger, Christian Love, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill, Keith Hubacher and Randy Leago, continue the legacy of the iconic band.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/57636430 by Ice_Queens_rule Words: 167, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 6 of Raised by the dysfunctional Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Torchwood, Doctor Who Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Hannah Abbott, Susan Bones, Terry Boot, Mandy Brocklehurst, Lavender Brown, Millicent Bulstrode, Vincent Crabbe, Michael Corner, Tracey Davis (Harry Potter), Fay Dunbar, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Seamus Finnigan, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Hermione Granger, Daphne Greengrass, Anthony Goldstein, Gregory Goyle, Wayne Hopkins, Megan Jones (Harry Potter), Sue Li (Harry Potter), Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Theodore Nott, Pansy Parkinson, Parvati Patil, Leanne (Harry Potter), Zacharias Smith, Dean Thomas, Lisa Turpin, Ron Weasley, Blaise Zabini Additional Tags: Harry Potter Has a Different Name

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Stanford Medicine-led study identifies six distinct types of depression.

In the near future, a quick brain scan could become part of a depression screening assessment to identify the most effective treatment. A new study by Stanford Medicine researchers, published on June 17 in Nature Medicine, demonstrates that brain imaging combined with machine learning can reveal subtypes of depression and anxiety. The study categorizes depression into six biological subtypes, or “biotypes,” and identifies treatments that are more or less effective for three of these subtypes.

Leanne Williams, PhD, the study’s senior author, emphasized the urgent need for better methods to match patients with effective treatments. Williams, the Vincent V.C. Woo Professor and director of Stanford Medicine’s Center for Precision Mental Health and Wellness, has focused her career on pioneering precision psychiatry, especially after losing her partner to depression in 2015.

Approximately 30% of people with depression suffer from treatment-resistant depression, meaning various medications or therapies fail to alleviate their symptoms. Additionally, up to two-thirds of people with depression do not achieve full remission with standard treatments. This is partly because there is no reliable way to predict which antidepressant or therapy will work for a specific patient, leading to a trial-and-error approach that can take months or even years.

Williams stated, “The goal of our work is figuring out how we can get it right the first time,” highlighting the frustration with the current one-size-fits-all treatment model.

To explore the biological basis of depression and anxiety, Williams and her colleagues used functional MRI (fMRI) to measure brain activity in 801 participants diagnosed with these conditions. The researchers analyzed brain activity at rest and during tasks testing cognitive and emotional functions, focusing on regions known to be involved in depression. Using machine learning cluster analysis, they identified six distinct brain activity patterns.

In their study, 250 participants were randomly assigned to receive one of three antidepressants or behavioral talk therapy. The findings showed that certain subtypes responded better to specific treatments. For instance, those with overactivity in cognitive brain regions responded best to the antidepressant venlafaxine (Effexor). Participants with higher activity levels in regions associated with depression and problem-solving saw greater improvement with behavioral therapy. Conversely, those with lower activity in attention-related brain circuits were less likely to benefit from talk therapy.

These patterns align with existing knowledge about brain regions involved in depression, said co-author Jun Ma, MD, PhD, of the University of Illinois Chicago. Ma suggested that pharmaceutical treatments addressing specific brain activity levels could enhance the effectiveness of talk therapy.

Williams remarked, “To our knowledge, this is the first time we’ve been able to demonstrate that depression can be explained by different disruptions to the functioning of the brain.” This research represents a personalized medicine approach to mental health based on objective brain function measures.

In another study, Williams and her team showed that fMRI brain imaging improves the prediction of antidepressant treatment response. They focused on the cognitive biotype of depression, which affects over a quarter of those with depression and is less responsive to standard treatments. Using fMRI, they predicted remission likelihood with 63% accuracy, compared to 36% without imaging. This increased accuracy can help providers choose the right treatment sooner.

Further analysis revealed that different biotypes correlate with varying symptoms and task performance. For example, those with overactive cognitive regions experienced higher levels of anhedonia and performed poorly on executive function tasks. Another biotype, which responded well to talk therapy, also had errors in executive function tasks but excelled in cognitive tasks.

One biotype showed no significant brain activity differences compared to people without depression, suggesting undiscovered aspects of brain biology in this disorder. Williams and her team are expanding their study to include more participants and test a wider range of treatments, including non-traditional medications for depression.

Her colleague Laura Hack, MD, PhD, is already using the imaging technique in clinical practice at Stanford Medicine. The team aims to establish standardized protocols for broader use among psychiatrists.

“To really move the field toward precision psychiatry, we need to identify treatments most likely to be effective for patients and get them on that treatment as soon as possible,” Ma said. The study’s validated brain function signatures could significantly inform more precise treatments and prescriptions.

Researchers from Columbia University, Yale University School of Medicine, UCLA, UC San Francisco, the University of Sydney, the University of Texas MD Anderson, and the University of Illinois Chicago also contributed to the study.

Source: Stanford

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Jeramead, King of Nowhere

Lol so here’s what I plotted out.

Big boom happens. Shockwave hits your house and you think you’ve died, but then you wake up and initially everything’s fine. Then you and Leann go outside and the chunk of land your house was on is floating a few hundred feet above ground level. In the direction of town (the obvious epicenter of the blast), there’s a gigantic, floating skull with one massive and empty eye socket looking downward. It has several vertebral stalks with some rottin flesh on ‘‘em and dead, vacant eyes at the ends. I guess you would recognize it’s a plus+ size dead Beholder…depends how meta I feel like writing it. Then a bunch of daemons start swarming about the place and attack you guys, you get yur punchies on, Leann’s latent Witch genes activate and she gains absolute power over them BOOM BAM ya got yurself a mini-daemon army! Congrats. You bleed out and die from yur wounds, which is less cool. You’re in pitch blackness and then a massive eye opens with a triangular pupil and an iris like a red, dyin, sun. It talks through your mouth to say some shit you don’t understand. Then you wake up in bed again. You go to get a drink and Leann, covered in blood, has a freak attack cuz she just saw you turn into a bunch of golden bubbles and fly away. Also Vincent is possessed by some Germanic motherfucker who wants to teach Leann witchcraft. Then some Alterran adventurers rock up in a flying ship and just start lobbin fireballs and lightnobolts at ya house. All three of you die a bunch and wake up in bed a bunch aaaand go a bit crazy. So you try to clobber on with lead dude (just imagine a stereotypical jrpg protag…that’s most alterran adventurers and they’re all psychopaths) you try to fight the lead dude who’s got a badass golden axe. He’s clearly trippin balls or somethin so he misses a lot, but he’s indestructible and every time he hits something, it detonates like a grenade. Leann, Vincent and yo daemon compadres kill most of the other psycho adventurers accept for a kid who says she just wants to go home, an old dude and a sleeping beast chick who doesn’t wake up the whole time. You die a couple times and come back, which cause cardboard cutout man to lose his shit and chug from a glowin stein. He gets blue skin and grows like 20 feet, then laughs and chucks the axe at you, taking off yo right arm. When you come back this time, your arm is still missing where the blade specifically severed it. 20ft man goes after Leann. You dash over there in slow mo. Then 20ftcardboman’s muscles start ripping out of his skin and growing infinitely, until he’s just a spaghetti pile of muscle. Only the Axe and the Stein remain. Then the axe lifts up, flies towards you, grows a golden gauntlet that attaches itself in place of yo right arm, introduces itself as Charlie and says “yowr ma new dah.” That’s where the reeeeal shitshow starts.

(size of a city with smaller beholders at the ends of its eyestalks…Xenapho has the Eye of Bahamut denoted by its central eye’s triangular pupil and thus, wields an “enlightened”/absolute level of Aether control. Perhaps this evolution is due to Xenåphøliskïs no longer fearing or loathing others, genuinely believing that everything it perceives is it’s property. Besides this boosted ego quite literally giving it a fat head, this means it’s dream-born progeny are no longer born from hateful paranoia, but all-consuming narcissism instead. Yes, this means it is surrounded by an army of its loving children, The Beholden. The Beholden are just as powerful and intelligent as regular Beholders, but live to constantly defend and give their lives for Xenapho. Their reward for a job well done is being able to one day be selected to fuse into Xenapho’s newly grown eye stocks and share in the one true vision of all things. Xenåphøliskïs is the Supreme Eye Tyrant. It has defeated gods, titans, dragons and hundreds of its own kind. Side note: though it remains mostly lawful evil, Xenapho is much closer to chaotic neutral than most of it kind. It might help you if it thinks of you as a useful citizen in its Sim’s like view of mortals. It might even bless you with the mind and BODY of a Beholder…)

Xenåphøliskïs, The Monolithic Beholder, noticed that it could suddenly travel directly to a new world and that worlds core was dead (Gaia has no soul). So they were like “ time to test out that theory that I can fuse with the planet’s core and perfectly transmute into a world’s soul.” He enters real space above the town you live outside of and begins the terraformic spell, only to be rudely interrupted by a top hat wearing time traveler/Eldritch horror calling himself Mr. English(he’s battled English before). Xenapho has instantaneous reaction speed and split second spell casting ability, so they fire off 9th^999 level Soul Disintegration from three eyes while constantly disenchanting Mr. English with the others, preventing him from spell casting. It’s many progeny quickly form a triangulated antimagic field and focus on constantly charming/paralyzing the time traveler. Guaranteed victory. It’s temporally sensitive eyes could see the impossible happened, additional seconds were added to the past as Mr. English sneered down at him smugly with those glowing, golden eyes. In those impossible additional seconds, English raised his cane, aiming it at Xenapho’s central eye. They felt their eye imploding in on itself. Knew the bastard had turned their eye into a black hole with Eldritch Arcana that should’ve took years for a mortal to cast. In -3 seconds. Xenapho devoted all it’s unnaturally vast intelligence to finding the escape route. It COULD NOT DIE. IT WAS THE ULTIMATE BEING. It was then it sensed the vulnerable minds of teeming mortals below. No gods defended them. No Consortium warded their minds. It’s last grin could’ve swallowed the whole town as it disseminated it’s massive mind, trickling down into the many brains below. It would not allow any of them to die until it was revived. This was the will of Xenåphøliskïs.

The bro roster so far includes Buckethead, Alterran crusader who lost her crusader helm…so she just wears a bucket with eyeholes punched in it. 7ft tall, iron skin, dumb as a box o rocks, but she’s got a good heart.

A troll that you fight for five days straight and then axe in the head. As you’re one lining, they get up, grow a new brain, and thank you for waking them up. Become quite a sophisticated, gender-fluid individual. Vegetarian.

Yeeeeeeessssss. You also meet a band of Goblins who are all named Ked. They all wear different onesies.

Turns out, Goblins love guns and explosives. Who’d a thunk, huh. Once you taught them the ways of firearms and gave them all their first sawn-off shawties, they started crafting their own, improvised guns and explosives at an alarming rate. Amazing what you can with a Walmart’s worth of duct tape, gasoline and whole lotta random shit for “flavor”.

You have a tiny crab companion who’s actually a dragon. His back-shell opens ladybug style and lil wings pop out. He can also bench press cars and his pincers can cut through steel. Shoots the classic pressurized water beam of death, but I wanted him to have an alternate breath type that looks like a long range water sprinkler. It’s actually acid, but it magically tricks yur body into just thinking it’s wet instead of melting.

[wutbju]

Norma Jean Belfire, 83 years of age, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on April 25, 2022 at her home in Buffalo Valley, Tennessee. Norma Jean was born on November 8, 1938 in Morgan County, the second of five children, born to Robert and Jessie Elkins. She received her primary education from the Monrovia rural school and graduated from Monrovia High School with the class of 1956. She pursued higher education and received a Bible major degree and minor in Spanish from Bob Jones University.

On June 17, 1962, Norma Jean was united in marriage to Warren Lee Belfire at the Calvary Baptist Church in Illinois and to this union, the couple were blessed with four children: Vincent, Dawn, Sean, and Cindy.

Norma Jean Belfire was instrumental in helping her husband find his way back to the Lord in 1968 when he finally answered the call to enter the ministry.

During her nearly 59 years of marriage to Warren, she helped him as he prepared his messages, taught Sunday School class for kids, taught at a Christian school in Indiana, and taught her kids the love of the Lord.

Norma Jean loved her home church in Hazelwood, Indiana, sewing, crocheting, and reading. She liked country music and enjoyed listening to various singers at the Grand Ole Opry. Her family was her greatest joy and she loved her husband dearly and now they are together forever.

Norma Jean was preceded in death by her husband, Warren Belfire; and her grandson, Robert Ashbaugh.

She leaves to celebrate her life; her children: Vincent Belfire and his wife, LeAnn of Buffalo Valley, Tennessee; Dawn Beals and her husband, James of Mosheim, Tennessee; Sean Belfire and his wife, Julie of Mooresville, Indiana; and Cindy Ashbaugh and her husband, Rick of Tipton, Missouri; two grandchildren: Josh Belfire and Jessie England of Mooresville, Indiana; brothers: Fred; Vernon; and Jim Elkins of Indiana; brother-in-law, Ken Hempel of San Francisco, California; as well as, a host of other relatives and friends.

A memorial has been established in Norma Jean's honor and kindly suggested to Bob Jones University.

[newcountryradio]

New country 25e jaargang  #1145 (704) van 3 oktober    2022  (wk 40) tussen 19.00 -22.00 op Smelne fm

 Album van de week:  Sunny Sweeny – Married Alone  

               Artiest                        Title                                                    

1.    Chris LeDoux – Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy

2.    Dierks Bentley /Elle King – Different For Girls 2016

3.    Toby Keith – Oklahoma Breakdown    .

4.    Tommy Prine – Ships In The Harbor

5.    Lainey Wilson- Live Off

6.  George Strait -Willy The wandering Gypsy And Me (primeur)

7.    Colter Wall -Let’s All Help The Cowboys (sing the blues)

8.    Maren Morris – I Can’t Love You anymore

9.    Sunny Sweeny -Tie Me Up  Married Alone.

10 .    Sunny Sweeny (feat Vince Gill) -  Married Alone

. Overzicht  5-1 airplay

12. Cole Swindell – She Had Me At Heads Carolina -  #1

13. Cody Jinks ft Clint Black Ward Davis – Nothing’s News

14. Ian Munsick – Horses & Weed

15. Kenny Rogers ft Alison Kraus Billy Dean -  Buy Me A Rose 2000

 16. Drake Milligan – Sounds Like something I Do --favoriet    

17. Alan Jackson –Drive   (For Daddy Gene) (drive 2002)

18. Alan Jackson - Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)  

19. Dierks Bentley -It Is No Secret  Sofi

20. The Deslondes  -  Home Again    .    -

21. Dieter Van Der Westen Band – Homeward Bound    

22. Maddie & Tae – Every Night Every Morning  .   .

23. Dailey & Vincent ft Vince Gill – Colder Than Winter    (new)

24. Kelsea Ballerini - Heartfirst (new )

25. Little Big Town – Hell Yeah 10

26. Koe Wetzel . -  Yellabush Road

27. Sunny Sweeny -Someday You’ll Call My name  *album of the week  

28. Morgan Wallen –   Sand In My Boots        #1 album  

29. Lonestar – Smile

30. George Strait -Willy The wandering Gypsy And Me (reprise)

31. Dailey & Vincent - Hillbilly Highway            *Trucksong

32. Chris Ledoux -  Cadillac Ranch

33. leAnn Rimes – Imanaged With Love .    juweeltje

34. Julie Roberts /Jamey Johnson – Music City’s Killing Me

35. Boaz – Lovestreet 55

36. Country Trail Band- Wine Into Water    –      - Dutch corner

37. Tim Knol  - Whole New Light –

38. Sonny Morgan – Lovin Me Some You

39. The Chicks -  Ready To Run      .

40. The Chicks - Cowboy Take Me Away

41. The Chicks - Sin Wagon

42. .Sunny Sweeny – All I Don’t Need  *Married Alone

43. Charley Crockett – Just Like Honey  *The Man From Waco

44. Willie Nelson  - Stay A Little Longer      

45. Eddie Rabbit – Drivin’ My life Away  ..

[denver-carrington]

Michael Nader (Dex) and Leann Hunley (Dana) were in the TV miniseries, Lucky Chances (1990). Also pictured are author Jackie Collins, Vincent Irizarry, Anne-Marie Johnson, and Nicollette Sheridan. The picture is from the September 25, 1990, issue of Soap Opera Weekly.

[greencrusader13]

Music Tag Meme

I got tagged by @the-sith-in-the-sky-with-diamond! These are always so fun!

Shuffle your music library and put in the first ten songs that come up, then tag ten people.

1. “It Will Come Back” by Hozier

2. “Whisper Something” by Aaron Sprinkle

3. “Looking Through Your Eyes” by LeAnn Rimes

4. “Be Alright” - cover by Madilyn Bailey 

5. “Sinking Man” by Of Monsters and Men

6. “Brown Fox Inn” by Derek Fiechter, Brandon Fiechter 

7. “Dear Sister, Your Brother W/ Meg Lynch” by Talain Rayne

8. “Sunlight” by Hozier

9. “Pompeii” by Bastille

10. “Higher Love” cover by James Vincent McMorrow

Tagging: @chubbyooo @terrelian-inquisitor @aurrieccentrics @a-muirehen @anchanted-one @humanrevolt @dingoat @sheyshen @insufficient-focus @mrsazarath

[suffrageinstitchesnz]

Maker’s name: Leanne Warnock

Petition sheet number: Did not sign 1893 petition

Person honouring: Sylvia Pack

Relationship to maker: Friend

A friend who has shown kindness to many people, including myself.

Panel materials: Cotton fabric and cotton suitable for hand stitching.

Unique ID number: VRS.2019.271

[kwebtv]

Lucky Chances  -  NBC -  10/7/1990 -  10/9/1990

Drama (3 episodes)

Running Time:  272 minutes

Stars:

Vincent Irizarry - Gino Santangelo

Nicollette Sheridan - Lucky Santangelo

Sandra Bullock - Maria Santangelo

Harold Pruett - Dario Santangelo

Alan Rosenberg - Costa Zennocotti

Anne-Marie Johnson - Carrie Dimes

Phil Morris- Steven Dimes

David McCallum - Bernard Dimes

Mary Frann - Clementine Duke

Eric Braeden - Dimitri Stanislopolous

Michael Nader - Enzio Bonnatti

Stephanie Beacham - Susan Martino

Shawnee Smith - Olympia Stanisopolous Golden

Grant Show - Marco

Jimmie F. Skaggs - Whitejack

Raquel Alessi - Maria Santangelo - Age 6

Luca Bercovici - Santino Bonnatti

Tim Ryan  as  Lennie Golden

Luca Bercovici  as  Santino Bonnatti

Richard Anderson  as  Mr. Duke

Leann Hunley  as  Eden

Harold Pruett  as  Dario Santangelo

Grant Show  as Marco

Jimmie F Skaggs  as  Whitejack

Audrey Landers  as  Marabelle

Charles Frank  as  Sen. Davied Richmond

Wendy Cutter  as  Jennifer

Jake Dengel  as  Farrogami

[decennia]

HOGWARTS YEARBOOK: GRADUATING CLASS OF '98

↳ GRYFFINDOR

Lavender Brown, Enoch Cresswell, Fay Dunbar, Seamus Finnigan*, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Parvati Patil, Allison Potter (@juliaswickcrs), Harry Potter, Wilbur Prewett, Dean Thomas, Ronald Weasley.

↳ SLYTHERIN

Millicent Bulstrode, Vincent Crabbe, Tracey Davis, Alena Foster (@reggiemantleholdmyhand-tle), Gregory Goyle, Daphne Greengrass, Draco Malfoy, Elspeth Meadowes, Deimos Mulciber, Theodore Nott, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini.

↳ HUFFLEPUFF

Althea Abbott, Hannah Abbott, Susan Bones, Tallula Clary (@hughstheforcelou), Leanne Driscoll, Julien Fawley (@moirei), Justin Finch-Fletchley, Bobbie Fortescue (@randomestfandoms-ocs), Wayne Hopkins, Megan Jones, Zacharias Smith.

↳ RAVENCLAW

Terry Boot*, Mandy Brocklehurst, Michael Corner*, Konstantinova Craft (@fragilestorm), Anthony Goldstein, Isobel MacDougal, Morag MacDougal, Padma Patil, Cassiopeia Rosier (@lupinblack), Archelaus Sallow, Lisa Turpin.

italicized: original characters.

*fancast: (insp.) (insp.)

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