#shelby carr

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IfloveiswhateverwecanstillbetrayrememberthatIbetrayedyouonalotofdays

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I still can't belive he had the band and clown bame themselves after his friends usernames lmaoo

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I feel sick. This is one conversation that I really didn’t want to have. The idea of doing this goes against everything I feel, everything I know. It doesn’t matter that there are old loyalties, friendships that have long since been shattered between our families. Everything has changed. Honestly, that shared past, that knowledge of exactly what I’m walking into, somehow makes this all the worse. I can’t let those things cloud my judgement. After all, Thomas Shelby is no longer the cheerful guy I used to know. He’s ruthless and powerful, and dangerous.

Someone clears their throat and instantly I’m up; hands balled and every fibre of my being prepared to fight.

The maid raises an eyebrow, and I allow a little of the tension to slip from my muscles. I refuse to relax fully though. Not in this house. Not ever.

‘Mr. Shelby will see you now.’ Her voice is curt, as if she thinks this whole thing is wrong. She doesn’t know the link, doesn’t know that this isn’t as scandalous as her head is probably rewriting the whole thing to be. Nonetheless, she opens the door and motions me into the office.

I had no idea what to expect when I step into the room, no thoughts of what I might be greeted with, but as soon as I walk in I know that it was nothing like this. Bookcases line the walls, stuffed with enough books to give every child in Birmingham one each - or, at least that’s the impression it gives. Two windows at the back of the room filter in too bright light, allow it to spill across the large desk and practically reflect off the papers on it.

Thomas Shelby stands between the windows, his back to me. Smoke curls in the air beside him. The whole thing gives the impression of power, of how little this meeting really means to him. But I’m not going to let it get to me.

The door is eased closed, still the sound is a little too sharp and it draws my attention. Not that I turn my back - I know better than not to keep an eye on Tommy. Already he’s facing me though. I’d heard the rumours of his need for glasses, but I’d yet to see it. Now, faced with his familiar blue eyes framed and more pronounced for it, it’s easy to spot the danger in him. The differences that he’s had since the War.

Despite that, despite the odd little shiver of concern that ripples down my back, I stride confidently towards the desk. My heart slams against my chest, but I refuse to give him the satisfaction of knowing it.

Without invitation, I sit opposite him and level my attention on him. The barest quirk of amusement flicks across his lips. It’s a look from the past I half wish had remained there.

He blows out a mouthful of smoke. ‘You’re the last person I expected to see here, Elysia,’ he notes, cutting straight to the chase. He taps ash in the tray, takes his seat. ‘What changed?’

‘Nothing,’ I practically growl, balling my hands on my knees. I know he’s trying to figure something out, trying to work this to his own advantage before I can make my own move. Slowly, I release my fists, mentally counting the seconds. ‘I see you have an Italian problem.’

Any ghost of amusement evaporates at my words. I can see the moment his eyes shutter against the pain they’ve already caused him.

‘But it’s more than that,’ I press. ‘They pose a threat to Small Heath. To anyone who refuses to cave to their extortion.’ I don’t mention how similar the gangs are on the outside; it wouldn’t help any, but I allow the implication to hang in the air, there if Tommy is willing to acknowledge them or not.

‘And you can help?’ Tommy asks, the scepticism obvious. He’s contemplating me as he takes a long drag of his cigarette, as he releases the smoke. This isn’t his idea, so he needs to weigh up the options, see if there’s any real strength behind it. ‘Little Ellie’s all grown up.’

‘Not quite,’ I murmur, earning a questioningly raised eyebrow. ‘But that’s kind of the point. Spence used to tell me stories about Italians when he couldn’t sleep. About their family ties. About their own kind of morals.’

Tommy’s expression is carefully blank, and I know that’s more dangerous. He’s thinking, weighing up his options properly. He needn’t do it though; I’ve already figured out what I’m really offering, the possible consequences of being little more than a human shield.

‘Why?’ he asks eventually, forcefully putting his cigarette out in the tray. ‘What do you get?’

I want to scream at him, to throw all my anger his way. There’s only one reason that I’d make this deal, the only reason I’d sneak to his house instead of speaking to him in the Garrison. But I know it’ll do no good. He’s expecting an explosive reaction, and I will not give him that. Instead, I take a steadying breath.

‘Spencer stays out of it all. This fight, your little games, everything.’ My voice is surprisingly steady; pride blossoms in my chest.

Tommy bobs his head, but I’m already shaking mine before he can try ordering me about.

‘I want it in writing, Mr. Shelby.’

The barest ghost of a smile passes across his lips.

I stand, smooth down my skirt and nod my consent.

‘Michael will have the paperwork tomorrow,’ he says, ‘Miss Carr.’

I nod briefly before walking out of the room. I’ve finally caved, finally made a deal with the devil to try and protect my family. I just hope that I won’t regret it.

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Some cruise Queens that haven’t returned that I’d love to see again

Nicole Lamb (Bliss 4.0 Howard)

Hazel Karooma-Brooker (Bliss 1.0 Boleyn)

Georgia Carr (Breakaway 1.0 Howard)

Shelby Griswold (Breakaway 3.0 Seymour)

Candace Furbert (Bliss 1.0 Aragon)

[lightleckrereins]

The end of an era: Six cruise productions have officially closed

13 productions (plus two cancelled ones), four and a half years and 103 queens later. A chaotic but iconic era in six history is over.

Candace Furbert, Hazel Karooma-Brooker, Caitlin Tipping, Sophie Golden, Alicia Corrales, Viquichele Cross, Natalie Pilkington, Bryony Duncan, Lori McLare, Jasmine Jia Yung Shen, Kelly Sweeney, Amy Bridges, Jessica Niles, Georgia Carr, Amelia Walker, Liv Alexander, Elizabeth Walker, Jade Marvin, Lucy Aiston, Gabriella Stylianou, Scarlet Gabriel, Rebecca Wickes, Megan Leung, Abbi Hodgson, Sophie-Rose Middleton, Artemis Chrisoulakis, Ellie Sharpe, Melinda Porto, L'Oréal Roaché, Wesley Carpenter, Maya Christian, Brianna Brito Mooney, Meghan Dawson, Marilyn Caserta, Ashlee Waldbauer, Lauren Irving, Danielle Mendoza, Shelby Griswold, Kennedy Monica Carstens, Abigail Sparrow, Jarynn Whitney, Madeline Fansler, Channing Weir, Gabbi Mack, Casey Esbin, Ellie Wyman, Sasha Renae Brown, Nicole Lamb, Aja Simone Baitey, Willow Dougherty, Kayla McSorley, Jessie Bodner, Jasmine Hackett, Janice Rijssel, Lucia Valentino, Elena Breschi, Princess Sasha Victomé, Rae Davenport, Gianna Grosso, Kathryn Kilger, Reca Oakley, Jillian Worthing, Bethany McDonald, Sunayna Smith, Hannah Taylor, Sarah McFarlane, Eden Holmes, Fiorella Bamba, Lucinda Wilson, Haley Izurieta, Caitlyn De Kuyper, Amanda Simone Lee, Gabriella Boumford, Meghan Corbett, Analise Rios, Ruby Gibbs, Cydney Clark, Caroline Siegrist, Eloise Lord, Deirdre Duncan, Audrey Fisher, Lorren Santo-Quinn, Billie Kerr Amelia Atherton, Giulia Marolda, Izzy Formby-Jackson, Laura Blair, Maddison Firth, Emily Harrigan, Kara-Ami McCreanor, Sadie Hurst, Adrianna Glover, Alizé Ke'Aloha Cruz, Kristina Walz, Chelsea Lorraine Wargo, Emily Rose Lyons, Meg Dixon-Brasil, Lois Ellise, Jasmine Smith, Jaelle Laguerre, Kate Zulauf, Brooke Aneece, Hannah Lawton

Plus Gabrielle Davina Smith, Melissa Ford, Kaylah Attard, Fia Houston- Hamilton, Rhiannon Bacchus and Rhiannon Doyle who were set to join Breakaway before lockdown.

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A fond farewell to the lovely Breakaway 6.0 queens and to the Breakaway cruise production! To those we met onboard, those who went on to perform on land, and those who we never got to see perform at all, a heartfelt thank you from the queendom as a whole! ‘Til we meet again!

Breakaway 1.0: Jasmine Shen, Kelly Sweeney, Amy Bridges, Jessica Niles, Georgia Carr, Amelia Walker, Liv Alexander, and Elizabeth Walker Breakaway 2.0: Jade Marvin, Liv Alexander, Elizabeth Walker, Jessica Niles, Artemis Chrisoulakis, Amelia Walker, Abbi Hodgson, and Ellie Sharpe Breakaway 3.0: Lauren Irving, Danielle Mendoza, Shelby Griswold, Kennedy Carstens, Abigail Sparrow, Jarynn Whitney, Madeline Fansler, and Channing Weir Breakaway 4.0: Jade Marvin, Jessie Bodner, Jasmine Hackett, Janice Rijssel, Lucia Valentino, Elena Breschi, Princess Sasha Victime, and Ellie Sharpe Breakaway 5.0: Gabbi Mack, Sunayna Smith, Hannah Taylor, Sasha Renae Brown, Sarah McFarlane, Megan Leung, Abbi Hodgson, and Eden Holmes Breakaway 6.0: Meghan Corbett, Analise Rios, Ruby Gibbs, Cydney Clark, Caroline Siegrist, Eloise Lord, Deirdre Dunkin, and Audrey Fisher Undebuted Breakaway Queens: Gabrielle Davina Smith, Melissa J. Ford, Kaylah Attard, Fia Houston-Hamilton, Maddison Firth, Rhiannon Bacchus, Laura Blair, Rhiannon Doyle, Sadie Hurst, Reca Oakley, Meg Dixon-Brasil, Jaelle Laguerre, Kate Zulauf, and Giulia Marolda

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List of Every Brandon Rogers Characters Ever

I don’t know why I did this. It took 4 hours. I haven’t seen ever Brandon Rogers video (shocking, I know) so some are missing. I purposely didn’t add any parody characters (the Kardashians, Annabell, M3GAN etc), but if you notice any BRCU characters missing, please comment so I can add them.

And obviously the characters not credited are played by Brandon Rogers.

David July is credited as David Burton on this list. I’m not sure when they changed their name, as they are credited as both on Brandon’s videos.

I can’t remember who Debbie and Doyle are but I must of put them on this list for a reason

Main Characters

Sam

Bryce Tankthrust

Bobby Worst

Blame/Sebastian/ Grandpa

Elmer

Cathy

Karen

Helen Brownstein

Stuff & Sam

Donna Phitts (Paulette Jones)

Damien (Onision)

Ms Cunney (Monique Parent)

Blame the Hero

Young Donna Phitts (Alariza Nevarez)

Duke Tuggler (Anthony Padilla)

Coach Best (Jack Plotnick)

Skinny Bitch (Kornbread Jeté)

Dill Flippo (Jonathan Hinman)

Family Doctor Office

Dr Gupta

Nurse Kavi (Nandini Minocha)

Lipschtiz the Clown (Paulette Jones)

Surgeon Miller (Jude B. Lanston)

Nurse Hole (Georgina Leahy)

Patient (Adam Neylan)

Another Patient (Jonathan Hinman)

Daniel (Jess Weaver)

Daniel’s Mother (Christine Sydelko)

Mad tea party

Mad Hatter

Cheshire Cat (Bazil)

White Rabbit (Benjamin Alexander Hall)

The Jabberwocky (Natalie Hawkins)

Flower (Jordan)

No one was credited in this video and most were personal friends of Brandon’s and not content creators so are nearly impossible to find. I had to stalk Brandon’s Insta to find these people.

BTW, Bazil (who plays Cheshire Cat) is a trans man who goes by he/him. Just letting people know because people are misgendering him and I assume it’s because they don’t know his pronouns.

Theatre Class

Alex Rimmer

Mason Lucas (Salim Razawi)

Oliver Hamilton (Stephen Weighill)

Linda Starford (Janet McCarroll)

Karen Shou (Karen Fokes)

Jamie (Adam Neylan)

Marlena Lewton (Rachael Ferris)

Dean Shaft (Tony Rogers)

Trump’s Emotions

Joy

Anger (Stephen James)

Disgust, Fear and Sadness were not credited in this skit and I can’t guess with all the makeup or find them.

Fashion

Jurgen Klausvonschwitz

Damien Ditsin (Logan Bubar)

Gretchen (Paulette Jones)

Sookilah (Judyth Brooke)

Dolorio (Devyne Carr)

Cheap Skate

Luxy

Lost Boy (Adam Neylan)

Chick Flick (the first Brandon Roger’s Video I ever watched)

Ashley

Ashley’s Best Friend (Vincent Marcus)

Ashley’s Crush / Cop (Jon Cozart)

Ashley’s Mom (Christine Sykdelko)

Teacher (Jude B. Lanston)

Doctor (Jonathan Hinman)

The Real Patient/ Dick’s Owner (Skye Williams)

The Real Patient’s Wife (Adam Neylan)

5 Year Old (Paulette Jones)

Since this video is now restricted on YouTube, I did this one from memory. I can’t believe I remember all these characters and actors. Thank God I rewatched it like a billion times when I first found it.

Mad funhouse

Mr Marbles/ Arlo

Dave (Jess Weaver)

Cliff (TJ Smith)

Sacha (Elise Christian)

Jimmy (Alex Diehl)

Manjusha (Nandini Minocha)

Mr Chronis (Jude Lanston)

Nuclear family

Barbara

Frank

Daniel/ Echo Noir

Unnamed Daughter

Devontay (?) (Devyne Carr)

The Office

Dorian Ditsin

James Shaft (Stephen Rezza)

Vishalam Rangan (Natalie Hawkins)

Jimmy Rustler (Benjamin Hall)

Craig Dildon (Stephen James)

Ernie (Seth Munson)

Diesel (David Burton)

Kevin (Davis Benz)

Regina (Georgina Leahy)

British Family/ The Mingeworthys

Lord Mingeworthy

Lady Mingeworthy (Georgina Leahy)

Cockwaddle (David Burton)

James (Davis Benz)

Blood & Makeup

Blah Blah the Clown

Whoopsie Wendy (Elise Christian)

Dumb Bitch Linda (Kornbread Jeté)

Blonde Bitch (David Burton)

Percy the Pervert (Adam Neylan)

Christmas Family/ The Hendersons

Patty Henderson

Paul Henderson (Stephen James)

Shelby Henderson (Caleb Shorey)

Unnamed Daughter (Elise Christian)

Spike (Logan Bubar)

The Devil (Paulette Jones)

Uncle Frank (Gabriel Gonzalez)

Notice how often Brandon forgets to name the daughter in his skits 👀?

Silly Cat

Clifton

Lenny/ Daddy (Jon Cozart)

Dr Williams (Sky Williams)

Wild West

Lucius Cowpussy

Vivian Delonprix (Georgina Leahy)

Map Maker Milton (Logan Bubar)

Lesbians

Darlene

Kathleen (Adam Neylan)

Power (David Burton)

Rock (Georgina Leahy)

Damien (?) (Logan Bubar)

Cheaters

Trina

Delilah

Gustavo

Unnamed Husband

Sleep Paralysis Demons

Felix

Iris (Paulette Jones)

Chad (Gary Nohealii Neil)

The Laundromat

Clyde Can

Bart (Joel Haver)

Debra (Mitsy Sanderson)

Barbara Ditliminor (?) (Adam Neylan)

The North Pole (included this group for fun)

Santa Clause

Mrs Clause (Christine Sydelko)

Gingerbread Man (Jude B. Lanston)

Female Elf (Georgina Leahy)

Male Elf (David Burton)

Head Elf (Kornbread Jeté)

Jesus (Jess Weaver)

Rudolph (Paulette Jones)

Tiny Tim (Jack Plotnick)

Characters I Didn’t Know Where To Put

Suck (Dominiq Badiyo)

Swallow (David Burton)

Beatrice Brownstein (Paulette Jones)

Judey Patoody (Jude B. Lanson)

Gloria Goopty (Kornbread Jeté)

Courtney (Liam Krug)

Ryder (Kassius Marcil-Green)

Barbara Worst (Katie Johnson)

American boyfriend (Ben Furney)

Ignaolo (Gabriel Gonzalez)

Debbie (Trevor Wallace)

Doyle (Trevor Wallace)

Carol Cox

Japanese Girlfriend

Deeno

Flint Dicker

Delmar Lysol

Humanoid Simulation XL-57692/ Simian

Double Licker Leroy

Paisley

Hole Bros

Rafał Sanchez Dimelo

Noah

Bryce is my favourite

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The Best Books

The list is made from an academic point of view. More books may be added or any book may be taken out of the list at anytime.

Books that enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted us

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, 1813

Emma by Jane Austen, 1815

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, 1844

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, 1847

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1848

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, 1860

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, 1862

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1866

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 1868

Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot, 1874

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, 1877

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, 1884

Germinal by Émile Zola, 1885

The Short Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov, 1888

The Ambassadors by Henry James, 1903

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust, 1913

Dubliners by James Joyce, 1914

The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain, 1916

Ulysses by James Joyce, 1922

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, 1924

An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, 1925

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, 1927

Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead, 1928

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque, 1929

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, 1929

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein, 1933

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1934

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, 1936

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie, 1937

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, 1937

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, 1937

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, 1939

Romola by George Eliot, 1940

Black Boy by Richard Wright, 1945

Hiroshima by John Hersey, 1946

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 1946

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, 1947

Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry, 1947

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles, 1949

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, 1951

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, 1952

Lord of the Flies by William Golding, 1954

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, 1954

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, 1955

Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin, 1955

Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene, 1958

The Civil War by Shelby Foote, 1958

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction by JD Salinger, 1959

Rabbit, Run by John Updike, 1960

Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster, 1960

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs, 1961

The Making of the President by Theodore H. White, 1961

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, 1962

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre, 1963

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway, 1964

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X, 1965

Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown, 1965

Against Interpretation, and Other Essays by Susan Sontag, 1966

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, 1966

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1967

The American Cinema by Andrew Sarris, 1968

The Double Helix by James Watson, 1968

The Electric Kool_Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, 1968

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, 1969

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, 1969

The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles, 1969

Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret by Judy Blume, 1970

Ball Four by Jim Boutton, 1970

The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor, 1971

The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam, 1972

The Politics of Nonviolent Action by Gene Sharp, 1973

All The President’s Men by Bob Woodwad and Carl Bernstein, 1974

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro, 1974

Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow, 1975

Sociobiology by Edward O. Wilson, 1975

The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer, 1979

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel, 1980

Follow The River by James Alexander Thom, 1981

Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession by Janet Malcolm, 1981

The Fractal Geometry of Nature by Benoit Mandelbrot, 1982

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill by William Manchester, 1983

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, 1984

The Center of the Cyclone by John Lilly, 1985

Great and Desperate Cures by Elliott Valenstein, 1986

Maus by Art Spiegelman, 1986

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes, 1986

And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts, 1987

Beloved by Toni Morrison, 1987

The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom, 1987

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, 1988

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPerson, 1988

The Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky, 1988

Summer’s Lease by John Mortimer, 1989

A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving, 1989

A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin, 1991

Mortal Questions by Thomas Nagel, 1991

PIHKAL by Alexander and Ann Shulgin, 1991

Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos by Dennis Overbye, 1991

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir, 1991

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose, 1992

The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, 1992

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje, 1993

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama, 1995

Montana Sky by Nora Roberts, 1996

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom, 1997

War Before Civilization by Lawrence Keeley, 1997

How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, 1997

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, 1998

In the Name of Eugenics by Daniel Kevles, 1998

Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, 1998

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, 1999

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, 2000

Nonzero by Robert Wright, 2000

Chocolat by Joanne Harris, 2000

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, 2001

The Illusion of Conscious Will by Daniel Wegner, 2002

Atonement by Ian McEwan, 2003

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, 2003

The Known World by Edward P. Jones, 2003

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, 2004

My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, 2004

Portofino: A Novel (Calvin Becker Trilogy) by Frank Schaeffer, 2004

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak, 2005

The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, 2008

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke The World, 2009

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand, 2010

Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow, 2010

Orientation: And Other Stories by Daniel Orozco, 2011

Books that inspired debate, activism, dissent, war and revolution

The Torah

Bhagavad Gita

I Ching (Classic of Changes) by Fu Xi

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1266

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1321

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, 1605

Ethics by Baruch de Spinoza, 1677

Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, 1678

Candide by Voltaire, 1759

Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1781

Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant, 1781

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 1843

Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, 1851

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852

Walden (Life in the Woods) by Henry David Thoreau, 1854

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, 1857

Experiments on Plant Hybridization by Gregor Mendel, 1866

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, 1869

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, 1883

Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang, 1898

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell, 1914

Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein, 1916

Psychological Types by Carl Jung, 1921

Mein Kampf (My Struggle or My Battle) by Adolf Hitler, 1925

Der Process (The Trial) by Franz Kafka, 1925

The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Karma-glin-pa (Karma Lingpa), 1927

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, 1932

The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes, 1936

The Big Book by Alcoholics Anonymous, 1939

Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre, 1943

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1943

The Road To Serfdom by Friedrich von Hayek, 1944

Animal Farm by George Orwell, 1945

Survival in Auschwitz: The Nazi Assault on Humanity by Primo Levi, 1947

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, 1947

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, 1949

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, 1949

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt, 1951

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, 1958

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 1960

Guerilla Warfare by Che Guevarra, 1961

Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman, 1962

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, 1962

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn, 1962

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (The Little Red Book) by Mao Zedong, 1964

Unsafe at Any Speed by Ralph Nader, 1965

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, 1969

The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer, 1970

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig, 1974

The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer, 1987

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, 1988

The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler, 1995

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling, 1997

Books that shook civilization, changed the world

The Holy Bible

The Qur’an

The Analects of Confucius

The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer

The Histories by Herodotus, 440 BC

The Republic by Plato, 380 BC

The Kama Sutra (Aphorisms on Love) by Vatsyayana

On the Shortness of Life by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (The Younger), 62

Geographia by Ptolemy, 150

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, 160

Confessions by St. Augustine, 397

The Canon of Medicine by Avicenna, 1025

Magna Carta, 1215

The Inner Life by Thomas a Kempis, 1400’s

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, 1478

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, 1532

On Friendship by Michel de Montaigne, 1571

The King James Bible by William Tyndale et al, 1611

The First Folio by William Shakespeare, 1623

Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton, 1687

A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift, 1704

Encyclopaedia or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Crafts, 1751

A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, 1755

Patent Specification for Arkwright’s Spinning Machine by Richard Arkwright, 1769

Common Sense by Thomas Paine, 1776

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, 1776

The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, 1776

The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1762

On the Abolition of the Slave Trade by William Wilberforce, 1789

Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, 1791

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft, 1792

On the Pleasure of Hating by William Hazlitt, 1826

Experimental Researches in Electricity by Michael Faraday, 1839, 1844, 1855

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848

On the Suffering of the World by Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, 1855

On Liberty by John Stewart Mill, 1859

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, 1859

The Rules of Association Football by Ebenezer Cobb Morley, 1863

Das Kapital (Capital: Critique of Political Economy) by Karl Marx, 1867

On Art and Life by John Ruskin, 1886

The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, 1898

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud, 1899

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, 1906

Why Am I So Wise by Friedrich Nietzsche, 1908

Married Love by Marie Stopes, 1918

Lady Chatterly’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence, 1928

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf, 1929

Civilization and its Discontents by Sigmund Freud, 1930

Why I Write by George Orwell, 1946

[janedances]

“It’s impossible to be in love with all the six queens’

The Six queens in question:

Megan Gilbert, Ashleigh Weir, Holly Musgrave, Oliver Wickham, Annabel Marlow, Shimali De Silva, Renee Lamb, Christina Modestou, Natalie Paris, Genesis Lynea, Aimie Atkinson, Izuka Hoyle, Jaye’J Richards-Noel, Millie O’Connell, Alexia McIntosh, Maiya Quansah-Breed, Grace Mouat, Vicki Manser, Courtney Stapleton, Adrianna Hicks, Andrea Macaseat, Abby Mueller, Brittney Mack, Samantha Pauly, Anna Uzele, Mallory Maedke, Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert, Courtney Mack, Shantel Cribbs, Courtney Bowman, Sophie Isaacs, Danielle Steers, Zara Macintosh, Cherelle Jay, Hana Stewart, Collette Guitart, Candace Furbert, Hazel Karooma-Brooker, Caitlin Tipping, Sophie Golden, Alicia Corrales-Connor, Viquichele Cross, Bryony Duncan, Natalie Pilkington, Lori McLare, Amy Bridges, Lauren Drew, Maddison Bulleyment, Lauren Byrne, Shekinah McFarlane, Jodie Steele, Athena Collins, Cassandra Lee, Jennifer Caldwell, Harriet Watson, Jasmine Shen, Kelly Sweeney, Jessica Niles, Georgia Carr, Amelia Walker, Liv Alexander, Elizabeth Walker, Maddison Firth, Laura Blair, Chloe Zuel, Kala Gare, Loren Hunter, Kiana Daniele, Courtney Monsma, Vidya Makan, Ella Burns, Karis Oka, Shannen Alyce-Quan, Jade Marvin, Lucy Aiston, Gabriella Stylianou-Burns, Scarlet Gabriel, Rebecca Wickes, Megan Leung, Sophie Rose Middleton, Abbi Hodgson, Kara Ami Mcraenor, Emily Harrigan, Gabrielle Smith, Melissa Ford, Kaylah Attard, Fia Houston-Hamilton, Rhiannon Bacchus, Rhiannon Doyle, Carly Mercedes Dyer, Elena Gyasi, Keirsten Hodgens, Artemis Chrisoulakis, Ellie Sharpe, Sadie Hurst, Melinda Porto, L’Oreal Roache, Wesley Carpenter, Maya Christian, Brianna Mooney, Meghan Dawson, Marilyn Caserta, Ashlee Waldbauer, Adrianna Glover, Alize Ke’Aloha Cruz, Kristina Walz, Amy Di Bartolomeo, Amanda Lindgren, Claudia Kariuki, Dionne Ward-Anderson, Tsemaye Bob-Egbe, Meesha Turner, Paisley Billings, Danielle Rose, Roxanne Couch, Esme Rothero, Rachel Rawlinson, Lauren Irving, Danielle Mendoza, Shelby Griswold, Kennedy Carstens, Abigail Sparrow, Jarynn Whitney, Madeline Fansler, Channing Weir, Princess Victomé, Sunayna Smith, Chloë Hart, Casey Al-Shaqsy, Aiesha Pease, Jaina Brock-Patel, Alana Robinson, Grace Melville, Leesa Tulley, Harriet Caplan-Dean, Khaila Wilcoxon, Storm Lever, Jasmine Forsberg, Olivia Donalson, Didi Romero, Gabriela Carrillo, Cassie Silva, Kelly Denice Taylor, Erin Ramirez, Kelsee Kimmel, Phoenix Mendoza, Chelsea Dawson, Chiara Assetta, Cristina D’Agostino, Joy Woods, Bre Jackson, Keri Rene Fuller, Brennyn Lark, Ayla Ciccone-Burton, Holli’ Conway, Brianna Javis, Gabbi Mack, Casey Esbin, Ellie Wyman, Sasha Renae Brown, Nicole Lamb, Aja Simone Baitey, Willow Dougherty, Kayla McSorely, Emily Rose Lyons, Chelsea Wargo, Hannah Taylor, Jessie Bodner, Jasmine Hackett, Janice Rijssel, Lucia Valentino, Elena Breschi, Meg Dixon-Brasil, Sarah McFarlane, Reca Oakley, Gerianne Perez, Zan Berube, Amina Faye, Terica Marie, Aline Mayagoitia, Sydney Parra, Jana Larell Glover, Taylor Pearlstein, Aryn Bohannon, Cecilia Snow, Rhianne Louise McCaulsky, Baylie Carson, Koko Basigara, Monique Ashe Palmer, Leah Vassell, Hailee Kaleem Wright, Leandra Ellis Gaston, Bella Coppola, Nasia Thomas, Zoe Jensen, Taylor Iman Jones, Aubrey Matalon, Kristina Leopold, Rae Davenport, Gianna Grosso, Kathryn Kilger, Bethany McDonald, Jillian Worthing, Haley Izurieta, Jasmine Smith, Lois Ellise Reeves, Alyssa Giannetti, Eden Holmes, Jaelle Laguerre, Kate Zulauf, Lee ARumSoul, Son Seungyeon Kim Ji Woo, Sophiya Pae, Park Hye-na, Park Ga-Ram, Kim Ji Sun, Choi Hyun-sun, Kim Ryeo Won, Heo Sol-ji, Yoo Ju-hye, Hong Ji Hee, Nicole Louise Lewis, Laura Dawn Pyatt, Erin Caldwell, Kenedy Small, Lou Henry, Aoife Haakenson, Ellie Jane Grant, Izi Maxwell, Tamara Morgan, Shakira Simpson, Fiorella Bamba, Lucinda Wilson, Caitlyn De Kuyper, Amanda Lee, Gabriella Boumford, Audrey Fisher, Brooke Aneece, Jaz Robinson, Julia Pulo, Maggie Lacasse, Krystal Hernández, Elysia Cruz, Lauren Mariasoosay, Julia McLellan, Darcy Stewart, Hailey Lewis

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STATISTICAL CHARACTER PERSONALITY TEST. take the linked quiz from the perspective of your character, then select 5 - 10 results from the complete matches list that you feel resonate with your character the most.

thomas shelby ( peaky blinders ) : 89%

michael corleone ( the godfather ) : 87%

bruce wayne ( the dark knight ) : 85%

kalinda sharma ( the good wife ) : 85%

rosa diaz ( b99 ) : 80%

dr. wendy carr ( mindhunter ) : 78%

amy dunne ( gone girl ) : 78%

spencer hastings ( pretty little liars ) : 77%

mystique ( xmen ) : 75%

temperance brennan ( bones ) : 75%

stole from : @crushsung < 33 !! tagging : YOU ! ( i've seen it all around the dash so i don't wanna be tagging twice )

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Love, Victor -  Hulu+   -  June 17, 2020 - June 15, 2022

Comedy / Drama (38 episodes)

Running Time:  30 minutes

Stars:

Michael Cimino as Victor Salazar

Rachel Hilson as Mia Brooks 

Anthony Turpel as Felix Westen

Bebe Wood as Lake Meriwether

Mason Gooding as Andrew Spencer

George Sear as Benji Campbell

Isabella Ferreira as Pilar Salazar

Mateo Fernandez as Adrian Salazar 

James Martinez as Armando Salazar

Ana Ortiz as Isabel Salazar

Anthony Keyvan as Rahim

Ava Capri as Lucy

Recurring:

Mekhi Phifer as Harold Brooks

Charlie Hall as Kieran

AJ Carr as Teddy

Sophia Bush as Veronica

Lukas Gage as Derek (season 1; guest season 2)

Betsy Brandt as Dawn Westen (season 2–3)

Julie Benz as Shelby  (season 2)

Nico Greetham as Nick (season 3)

Tyler Lofton as Connor

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NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Rewatch:  “Bonafides”

The basics:  When Lance Hamilton’s partner is murdered, he teams up with Sam and NCIS for justice.

Written by:  Kyle Harimoto wrote “Omni”, “Merry Evasion”, “Chernoff, K”, “Command and Control” as episode 150, “Granger, O.”, “Ghost Gun”, “Kulinda”, “767”, “Se Murio El Payaso”, “Assets”/“Liabilities”, “Venganza”, “Superhuman”, “One of Us" (Lance Hamilton episode), “Let Fate Decide” (season 11 premiere), “Decoy” (Lance Hamilton episode), “Answers” , “Watch Over Me” (Lance Hamilton episode), “Cash Flow” and "Fukushu".   He co-wrote “Three Hearts”, “Leipei”, “Humbug”, both ends of the “Matryoshka” two-parter, “Smokescreen” part two, “Searching” (Lance Hamilton episode), “A Fait Acompli” and “A Tale of Two Igors” (season 12 finale).  

Directed by:  Terrence O’Hara directed "The Only Easy Day”, “Brimstone”, “The Bank Job”, “Borderline”, “Tin Soldiers”, “The Job”, “Backstopped”, “Crimeleon”, “Blye, K.” Part Two, “San Voir” Part Two, “End Game”, “Paper Soldiers”, “Descent”, “Ascension”, “Fish Out of Water”, “Blaze of Glory”, “Command and Control” (episode 150), “Matryoshka” Part Two, “Belly of the Beast”, “Payback”, “Mountebank”, “Asesinos”, "Searching", “Yellow Jack”, “Raising the Dead”, “Overdue", "Red Rover, Red Rover" and "All the Little Things".

Guest stars of note: Bill Goldberg returns as DOJ Agent Lance Hamilton for the first time since season 11’s “Watch Over Me”.  Christian George returns from “Head of the Snake” as Henrik Vuksan.  Well-known Navy SEAL Jocko Willink plays Noah “Herbie” Herbert.  Ski Carr as Percy Vander.  Duncan Campbell is back from “Murmuration” as Agent Castor, Cindy Dolenc as Ryan Logue, Traci Belushi as Ms. Wilson, Million Dollar Listing star Fredrik Eklund plays Rexford Blake, Gregory Shelby as Scott Reid, Bradley Dodds as Bohdan Amantas, Eugene Young as Navy Seaman Harold Forest, Chris Mathieu as Humphrey and Beckett Gunderson is the latest “Young Callen”.  

Our heroes:   Welcome Lance Hamilton back under sad circumstances.

What important things did we learn about:

Callen: Staking out a former foster mom.   Sam:  Switch. Kensi:  Not sharing her card with Amantas. Deeks:  Sharing his card with Amantas Fatima: Not around much in this episode. Rountree: Personalizing his desk because he’s sentimental.   Kilbride:  Worried about Sam’s time as Switch.

What not so important things did we learn about:

Callen:  Reminds Sam that the carport parking spot is a community spot.   Sam:  Reminds Callen that it is his parking spot. Kensi:  Country music fan.   Deeks:  Open to country music but more West Coast fan. Fatima:  Learns to take a man down by the small bones in his wrist. Rountree: Could buy the entire town where he was born for $10 million. Kilbride:  Sharing his Challenge Coin.

Where in the world is Henrietta Lange?  In the back of a limo when young Callen is stolen from his happy foster home.

Who's down with OTP:   Solid hour for America’s sweethearts.

Who's down with BrOTP:  It was the Sam and Lance show today and they’re always good, even in rough times.  The Admiral and Rountree made an entertaining pair.

Fashion review:  Callen wore a pale blue polo – more a Chris O’Donnell look than a G. Callen look.  Sam starts the day in a long-sleeve black tee.  Sam as Switch wears the same tee with a ton of jewelry.  Kensi is wearing a long-sleeve grey and white sweater.  Deeks is in a super pale blue long-sleeve tee-shirt.  Fatima is training in a red and black zip-up jacket.  In the office, she’s wearing a red and white stripped turtleneck under a pale green sweater.  Rountree trains in a long-sleeve green workout shirt.  In the office, he’s wearing a grey hoodie with a black sleeves and a black pouch.  Admiral Kilbride in his typical dark blue three-piece suit with a pale blue

Music:  Kensi and Deeks have “Chicken Fried” by the Zac Brown Band on the radio.

Any notable cut scene:  No.

Quote:  Vuksan:  “This is, like, a big ask. Amantas is never gonna forgive me for - bringing the fuzz to his house.  Never.  Which means I could lose my biggest client.” Deeks:  "Fuzz?" Vuksan:  “You know I had a ten-month plan for going completely legitimate? Then you guys had to walk up the driveway.” Deeks:  “ This guy never stops talking.” Kensi:  “Oh, that's a big statement coming from you.” Deeks:  “That's my point.”

Anything else:  On a parking lot roof, a young man on a skateboard is having some fun until he’s nearly hit by a car as the driver looking for a spot.  Making his way into the parking structure, the skateboarder is also once again nearly hit by a vehicle.  This time it is an SUV leaving a parking space.  The driver yells “hey” to the skaterboy by he’s long gone.  Taking a deep breath, the driver takes a second to steady himself when he’s shot twice in the chest.  The gunman comes up alongside the open driver’s window with his gun drawn.  Reaching into the SUV, the gunman takes a notebook while the driver struggles to breathe.

As the driver is losing consciousness, a sedan races up to his spot.  Lance Hamilton runs over to see “Reid” dying in the car.  Asking about the notebook and the shooting, Hamilton is told in Reed’s dying breath that “Vander” was the shooter.  

Sam pulls up to the office.  He’s arguing with Callen on the phone.  The Admiral told Callen that if he doesn’t use his leave, he’ll lose his leave.  Realizing that Sam isn’t driving, Callen asks if Sam is at work – 20-minutes earlier than usual.  Before Sam can answer, Callen asks if Sam is in so early so he can get his old space back.  “It’s my spot.”  In his car, Callen tells Sam he’s waiting for Anna outside of Eggslut before the two of them go to a motion picture museum.  That’s not true.  Callen is staking out an elderly woman as she gardens.

Driving to the office, Kensi is bopping along to some country music while Deeks is trying to keep an open mind to her driving music choices.  She’s singing along to some Zac Brown Band music, Deeks is wondering why.  Kensi can’t believe he doesn’t like country music.  He reminds her that he grew up totally on the West Coast.  His music of choice is more Sublime, Pennywise, Dr. Dre and Jack Johnson when he feels like he needs to be “herbally enhanced.”

Willing to evolve, he wants to know why this music works for her.  If Deeks was just some rando in a bar, Kensi would tell him that she grew up on military bases where this was the music of choice.  But since he’s not some guy in a bar, she tells him the music just makes her feel good.  She isn’t being told she needs a $3,000 purse to be happy.  The two sing on their way to the office.

In the gym, a hand-to-hand trainer is using Sam as part of a demonstration for Fatima and Rountree.  The trainer wants to see what Fatima can do.  As she engages with Rountree, Sam wanting to see what Rountree can do.  Fatima gets Rountree to the ground and Rountree can’t get up.  The trainer puts a stop to things.  When Rountree is asked what happened, he is explains the tactics Fatima used.  Instead of going after Rountree’s strengths – his arms, his legs, his core – she grabbed the small bones in his wrists and was able to position herself to take him to the ground.  Fatima loved the exercise, she wants to do more like this.  

“Herbie”, the trainer, was a SEAL with Sam.  They would train for 18-months sometimes for one six-month assignment.  The Admiral pops up on the screen and Herbie goes into full sailor mode.  After an “As you were Commander Herbert”, the Admiral was grateful for the training session.  He’d also like to see Sam immediately.  While Sam leaves, Fatima and Rountree continue their work with Herbie.

In the fishbowl office, Lance Hamilton’s ID photo is on the plasma screen.  Sam asks if he’s working with Hamilton.  While he doesn’t have all the details, Hamilton was working a case investigating dirty federal agents.  Yesterday, his partner Scott Reid was killed.  Sam is bothered by this.  It gets worse when the Admiral tells Sam that a target of the investigating was a Percy Vander, an undercover asset when Sam is Switch.   Sam tells the Admiral that Vander was Switch’s mentor who gave Sam the bonafides to work in his criminal enterprise. 

Reviewing the Switch file, the Admiral is impressed with all the good work Sam as Switch got done.  The Admiral asks if the Switch persona is still viable.  Sam isn’t sure – he’d have to check with King.  “I don’t know if she kept quiet on the inside or if she told people who I was.”  Hamilton believes Vander was responsible for Reid’s death.  Sam knows where this is going – Switch would lure Vander out.  The Admiral is worried about the person Sam is and the persona of Switch opened themselves to Vander.  “Can you hunt this man Vander down?”  The Admiral is worried Sam is too invested.  Sam tells the Admiral, “I got this.”

In the boatshed, Sam and Hamilton share greetings.  Sam learns Reid had a two-year old son.  Reviewing the case, there is a notebook with the names of dirty federal agents from Texas, Mississippi and Alabama kept by a wealthy Texas ranch owner with ties to the Dixie Mafia.  The ranch owner died.  His son Luke Gilroy sold the notebook to Reid.  The sale went through without incident – Luke Gilroy was even arrested – but someone came and shot Reid.  As back-up, Hamilton is wrecked that he didn’t make it to Reid in time.  Reid set up the purchase of the notebook in a hurry so no other buyers would be involved.  

Sam asks where Vander fits in all of this.  Hamilton explains Reid’s dying word and asks Sam about Vander.  Saying that Vander was used to launch Switch, Sam tells Hamilton it was his most successful undercover operation ever.  It was a bicostal set-up, New York and LA.  

In Ops, Kensi, Deeks, Fatima and Rountree are reviewing a new case.  Ryan Logue, a civilian airspace engineer at EXEC Aerospace stole highly classified Navy schematics.  Fatima and Rountree aren’t sure what the schematics are for but the thought is that she’s going to sell them to a Ukrainian national named Bohdan Amantas.  He’s been selling legal and illegal weapons for years.   Kensi thinks this is an FBI case.  It would be but Amantas has been in contact with an old friend of NCIS OSP – Henrik Vuksan, “Omni’s man in LA.”  

After Rountree is brought up to speed on Vuksan’s past with NCIS, Rountree shares that Vuksan is now out of prison on parole for over a year.  The FBI wants to know if Vuksan is involved.  Is he helping Amantas buy the schematics or is using Amantas as a go-between to buy the schematics for Omni.  Using social media, Fatima found Vuksan in a pricy neighborhood.  Everyone stunned by the pricy real estate – Rountree thinks $10 million would buy the entire town where he was born.  “Welcome to LA” is Fatima’s reply.  

Checking with King, and admitting to Hamilton that he has some history with “Dana”, Sam tells Hamilton that King did not blow his cover.  Hamilton asks if Sam trusts her.  “We have no choice but to trust her.”   Working on the plan, Sam tells Hamilton that Vander has a big personality that covers a very calculating man.  Thinking that Sam as Switch is working out of Mexico City, Vander won’t trust Switch just showing up.  Sam thinks he as to get something done for Switch instead.

Outside a mansion, Vuksan is showing around possible buyers, pointing out the features of the home.  The buyers aren’t impressed.  They had four “must haves” and the house only has three of them.  Saying that the house is priced accordingly, the other real estate agent working with Vuksan calls the buyer friendly price “Grand Theft Mansion”

As the possible buyers drive off, Kensi and Deeks arrive.  He recognizes them immediately, saying “NCIS!”.  His real estate agent buddy thinks NCIS is a “tacky” real estate firm in the Valley.  Kensi pulls her badge and Vuksan decides to send real estate agent buddy Rexford back to his office.  Before he leaves, Rexford asks if Kensi and Deeks are looking for house.  Deeks asks for a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house near the beach.  Rexford has a fixer-upper for $3.7 million.  Kensi and Deeks have shocked faces.  Rexford leaves, Vuksan wants to talk.

As the older woman leaves her house, Callen flashes back to a holiday with her.  They are making cookies with a Christmas tree behind decorations all over the house.  Ms. Wilson is proud of Callen’s cooking-making skills.  He’s likely 12.  Back in the present, he watches her get in her car and drive off.  Callen follows.

In Sam’s car, Hamilton wants to know what’s the plan.  Vander, Sam explains, has made his name by providing protection for illegal shipments throughout LA.  Never lost one.  Hamilton thinks that’s a “lucrative market to have cornered.”  Sam agrees but there is a new young crew – a Korean biker gang – looking to infringe of Vander’s territory.  Hamilton thinks they are going to team up with the crew to go after Vander.  No, Sam tells him, “we’re gonna rob ‘em.”  Hamilton likes it.

Ready to go, Sam is getting geared up as Switch – lots of gold chains, a big gold watch, a black puffer coat – as Hamilton gets into place.  

Arriving at their desks, Rountree asks Fatima if she found Ryan Logue.  She has not.  Rountree is holding a football – one he was awarded in college as the game ball.  He is going to put it on his desk.  Fatima thinks it is cute he’s personalizing his workspace.  “Maybe I’m just more sentimental than you.”  Fatima gets a hit on Logue’s ATM card – she maxed out her daily withdrawal limit.  There is a hotel next to the ATM.  Rountree is going to check it out with Castor, Fatima is going to talk to the Admiral about the case.

As members of the Korean gang leave their HQ, Sam as Switch pulls up.  He speaks Korean to the leader – Sang.  Sang wants to do some business with Switch.  Things have changed since Switch left town.  Sam says he knows Sang and his men are moving on Vander’s business.  Thinking Vander is an old man, Sang wants to move on.  Sam doesn’t so he pulls his gun on the four gang members.  The gang members are also armed with pistols.  Hamilton shows up with a much bigger gun than any of them are carrying so Sang orders his men to put their weapons down.   Taking away their ill-gotten games, Sam and Hamilton clean out the gang members.  When Sam and Hamilton leave, the gang members all jump on their motorcycles to follow.  Hamilton chained them all to a wall – nobody is going to follow.

Walking from the mansion, Vuksan explains that he’s done with Omni, he’s opened a new chapter in his life.  Omni gives him contacts and money to buy LA real estate with cash, everything is on the up-and-up according to Vuksan.  When Kensi asks about Bohdan Amantas, Vuksan is evasive until  he admits Amantas is a real estate client looking for two homes.  Deeks asks if Vuksan is supplementing his income by selling military secrets.  Vuksan says he makes far more selling real estate than he ever would selling military secrets.  Kensi and Deeks are enlisting Vuksan to help them find Amantas.  

In the Armory (was Hamilton ever in the super-secret office before?  That goes for Herbie too – this place should be on the Hollywood Map of Stars at this point), Sam and Hamilton document their ill-gotten, ill-gotten gains for evidence.  Sam is sure Vander had to hear about the robbery when his phone rings – Vander wants to meet with Switch.

In interrogation, the Admiral relieves Castor as Ryan Logue is sitting on the wrong side of the table.  Rountree remains.  Logue finds being detained ridiculous.  She’s in a hurry to leave. Reviewing a file, the Admiral asks why she checked into a hotel not far from her home.  Claiming her neighbors were doing construction, she wanted to get some sleep.  The Admiral asks if she needed to sleep so much that she didn’t report to work in two-days.  She tells him yes.  Rountree asks why didn’t she contact the office and tell them she was sick. She wasn’t sick, just tired.   She can’t believe she’s been brought in to answer these questions.  

Closing the file, the Admiral asks if she’d rather speak about Navy Special Warfare N9 schematics?  Saying there is a lot of physics and engineering involved, Logue doesn’t thinks the Admiral or Rountree did more than state schools with undergrad degrees so she doesn’t think they’ll understand.  Rountree chuckles.  The Admiral stands and tells Logue, “I don’t think this is a day you’re going to remember fondly.”

Hamilton asks about Vander and Sam talks about the good times he had with Vander.  Telling Sam that if Vander was involved in Reid’s death, he needs to know Sam has his back.  Sam does.

The older woman is reading in the park with Callen watching from his car.  Callen once again flashes back to time with Ms. Wilson reading “The Wizard of Oz” to him with a fire going in the fireplace.

As Logue paces around the interrogation room, Rountree asks the Admiral how long are they going to “sweat” her out.  The Admiral says answers a while – Logue is a thinker.  Rountree mentions the FBI has proof she’s been downloading the schematics.  She has but they can talk to her about that down the road.  He’s happy to wait until they have proof she was trying to sell the schematics.  As a thinker, the Admiral thinks Logue is going over everything she said to them to find the perfect answer to her dilemma.  Logue looks into the security camera in interrogation and tells them she’s willing to talk.

Walking down a pier with the drugs stolen from the Korean gang, Sam hears from Hamilton that he’s in the overwatch vehicle in about 30-seconds.  On his boat, Vander sees Switch and welcomes him back to LA – he already heard about the robbery.  Sam as Switch isn’t happy that someone is muscling in on Vander’s territory.  Switch asks permission to come on board the boat – permission is granted.

In the Audi, Vuksan is complaining about what he’s been asked to do – bringing the “Fuzz” to Amantas’s house.  Vuksan could lose his biggest client.  Deeks chuckles at “Fuzz”.  Luskin goes on about his 10-month plan to go legit and Deeks has had enough of his talking.  Kensi thinks that is funny coming from Deeks.  Deeks thinks that’s the point.  Vuksan complains that working with law enforcement is making it harder for  him to go legit.  

On the boat, Sam and Vander are sharing some champagne on the top deck of the boat, talking about Switch’s business in Mexico City.  There is a bodyguard nearby Vander and a woman in bikini near the bodyguard.  Vander wants to hear more about Switch’s business and drink some more champagne.  

Logue admits to downloading the schematics, which the Admiral says they already have proof of her actions.  Rountree asks Logue how she thinks she’ll survive in federal prison.  She asks what they want?  Bohdan Amantas is the answer.  Crying, Logue says she met Amantas after a night in a sports bar.  He threatened her – if she didn’t steal the schematics, they’d kill her family.  Her only family is her father, who lives in a care facility in Minnesota – Shore Lake - that Logue doesn’t know its address.  Barely knows the name.  As the Admiral leaves, he asks her what game was she watching at the sports bar.  She talks about the Minnesota Wild.

Outside of interrogation, the Admiral knows the Minnesota Wild didn’t play that week.  Checking out Shore Lake, Rountree finds it is a hospice.  Everyone there is already dying.  The Admiral thinks Logue believes she enhanced her story with the details.  She just made it easier to take her story apart.  

In a  park, Amantas is sparring with a trainer and two bodyguards watching him.  Kensi, Deeks, Vuksan approach and introduce themselves.  Amantas dismisses his bodyguards and ends Vuksan’s crime-free future by firing him as his real estate agent.  Vuksan is dismissed by Amantas – offering him sushi with the bodyguards - leaving him with just Kensi and Deeks.  

Kensi asks Amantas about Ryan Logue.  He doesn’t know why he’d have to answer until Deeks brings up the three homes Amantas has in escrow.  If Amantas doesn’t keep them busy with answers to their questions, they’ll be busy looking to see where Amantas got the money to buy the houses.  Deeks is going to need tax returns for the last three years.

Told that he threatened Logue if she didn’t steal the schematics, Amantas tells a different story.  Logue contacted him, not the other way around.  Amantas’s people shut her down – they don’t do business with people they don’t know.  Kensi and Deeks asks why should they believe Amantas story and not Logue’s?  Asking if NCIS has good computer people – they do – Amantas provides a site on the dark web for them to investigate.  Logue is open for business.  As they’re about to leave, Amantas wants Kensi’s card in case he remembers anything useful.  He gets Deeks’s card instead before Deeks grabs some sushi with Vuksan and the bodyguards.

Laughing and having a good time, Vander wants to do right by Switch for helping with the Korean gang.  Sam asks about the notebook – he wants in.  It would be a big help for his business in Mexico.  Vander is unhappy – he liked Switch, he trusted Switch.  Another bodyguard appears and they pull their weapons on Sam.  Hamilton does not have a shot.  

When Vander orders his bodyguards to search Sam, the one who approaches gets knocked out by Sam for his trouble.  The movement allows Hamilton to take out the other bodyguard.  Sam runs after Vander, who went to the lower deck.  Sam approaches Vander, telling him to put the gun down.  Saying that only the police knew he had the book, Vander won’t go down like this.  Sam offers to help while Hamilton tries to get a shot on Vander but can’t.  Vander accuses Sam of being a cop.  Sam tries to warn Vander that there is a sniper waiting for him to move – surrender and he’ll live.  “I loved you like a son, how are you going to do me like that?” Vander asks.  Sam asks Vander to put the gun down again.  Vander walks into Hamilton’s line of sight and raises his gun.  Hamilton makes his shot.

As Vander dies, Sam holds his hands.

Fatima confirms Amantas’s story.  Logue was selling the schematics on the dark web but not having much success.  Thinking that she did the hard part by stealing the schematics, Logue didn’t understand that criminals don’t go into business with people they don’t know.  Deeks wants Fatima to call the Admiral and tell him what is going on.  

Asking if NCIS looked after her dad, the Admiral tells Logue they didn’t even try.  Rountree says everything she told them was a lie.  Logue tries to sell being railroaded – this is why everyone hates law enforcement.  The Admiral is pretty sure not everyone hates them.  He also wants her copies of the schematics she stole since she approached Bohdan Amantas not the other way around.  He’s willing to go on the record for that.  Rountree is feeling pretty good about his state university undergraduate degree.

At the docks, Sam watches the EMTs wheel Vander’s body away.  Hamilton says he’s sorry but Sam blames himself for getting so attached to Vander.  Hamilton thinks that’s what makes Sam a human being.  While listing what Vander did  and his plans for taking the names of the dirty feds from the notebook and make them work for him, Hamilton gets a call.  The DoJ found the notebook in Vander’s Tarzana apartment.  Sam admits Vander’s death hurts.  Hamilton understands.

Packing up his gear, Herbie is greeted by the Admiral.  Explaining he can only take LA in 30-hour chunks, he’s is returning to San Diego.  The Admiral agrees.  Herbie is grateful for the opportunity the Admiral offered his new training company.  Herbie has put a lot of his family’s money into getting the company off the ground.  The Admiral stops the thank you’s.  After Ramadi, the Admiral can’t do enough for Herbie.  NCIS will be employing Herbie’s company for all of the agents under the Admiral’s command and the Director plans to roll it out to all offices.  Herbie is thrilled.  The Admiral gives Herbie his Challenge Coin.

At night, Callen is still watching the older woman in her home from his car.  In a flashback, Callen is being removed from Ms. Wilson’s care.  He’s crying.  The man taking young Callen from Ms. Wilson wants him to meet someone – Henrietta.

What head canon can be formed from here:  I’ll stop complaining about the Callen backstory debacle at some point but not today.  Early episodes had Callen moving from place to place sometimes only last a day or two but he blanked out on Ms. Wilson whose kindness and decency would be the thing you think he’d remember.  Earlier this season Callen had memories of a foster father who built furniture and let Callen help but a woman who seemed to genuine care for him is only now a memory.  Feh.

The cases of the week mirrored each other.  Sam as Switch was able to work his way right back into Vander’s trust circle by once again proving his worth.  Logue could not get Amantas to give her a second of his time because there was no trust there.

Episode number:  This is the Munsters episode – 1313 (season 13, episode 13).  It is episode 293 overall.1  

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Temptation Ridge (A Virgin River Novel, Book 6) by Robyn Carr

Book Description: Sometimes what you want isn’t what you need… At twenty-five, after five years caring for her mother, it’s time for Shelby to leave her sheltered life and experience freedom and adventure. Time for travel, college and romance. But when she visits Virgin River, she runs into Luke Riordan, decidedly “not” whom she has in mind. A handsome Blackhawk pilot, Luke exited the army…

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‘This isn’t your fight, Elysia. Go home,’ Tommy said, blue eyes barely hiding the rage of a storm.

Ellie, however, tilted her chin up defiantly. She remembered the days when Tommy used to take the kids horse riding; when he mocked the voices of locals just to get a laugh out of people. She remembered the kind man he’d once been, but knew that there was very little of him left any longer. The beating of her brother – and not just because Spence was police – assured her of that much.

But, despite her fear, she couldn’t falter. Not in this. Not if it meant she might just be able to protect her brother from the worst that the War had brought back to Birmingham.

‘It is when you start bringing family into it, Thomas,’ she said, voice icy. But even she could hear the waver of uncertainty, of fear, behind the words.

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Novidade | "Tentação nas cordilheiras, de Robynn Carr

“Tentação nas cordilheiras” é o sexto volume da série Virgin River de Robynn Carr e já está em pré-venda. Sinopse: Virgin River consegue fazer sua mágica até naqueles que não sabem que precisam de ajuda… ou de companhia. Depois de cuidar da mãe por seis anos, Shelby McIntyre está pronta para finalmente aproveitar a própria vida. Ela pretende passar uma curta temporada na cidadezinha do tio, mas…

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