5/13/2023 0 Comments The apothecary diaries 7![]() The implication seems to be that Meimei loves Lakan, but Maomao is unaware. ![]() Why couldn’t she afford her own keep for a year or so, since she was so expensive? If she was hiding her syphilis, yet she was crazy enough to mutilate Maomao early on within the three years that Lakan was away (since she sent the finger but it was already withered) wouldn’t that have alerted Luolan to her disease? Apparently he opened the letter with the fingers while Lakan was gone - did he open it before the letter was sent, or found it at the house and realized that there was a child? Was that why he adopted Maomao? But Luolan was banished from the rear court before Lakan left, so I don’t understand the timeline of events. ![]() Why couldn’t they hide the pregnant courtesan? Surely this occurs sometimes? They could claim illness, death, any number of things that wouldn’t affect the reputation of the brothel. Her mother got pregnant and gave birth on purpose…but she also destroyed the reputation of Verdigris House, and ended up having to take clients on to the point that she was infected by syphilis, which she hid until she was at a point of no return and couldn’t be healed. This is an interesting glimpse of Maomao’s origins, specifically her parentage. ![]()
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5/12/2023 0 Comments Jack kirby mr miracle![]() I’ve been moving backward through the King’s career, starting with his swan song in mainstream comics at ’70s Marvel, then his final creations at DC, which means that in 2022 I am tackling what many believe to be his masterpiece - the trilogy of cosmic hero books he created (along with bringing pre-existing title Jimmy Olsen into that same fold) for Marvel’s Distinguished Competition after becoming finally fed up with his boss and co-creator, Stan Lee. 28, 1917 - to celebrate another segment of the endlessly fertile career of my favorite comics creator and, statistically speaking, yours. Heigh-ho, classic comics lovers! Fred Van Lente here, professional writer and amateur historian, back on Jack Kirby’s birthday - he was born Aug. ![]() ![]() ![]() Erstwhile columnist Fred Van Lente is back to celebrate the King’s birthday! ![]() ![]() ![]() When affordances are taken advantage of, the user knows what to do just by looking: no picture, label, or instruction is needed. Affordances provide strong clues to the operations of things. Affordances and signifiersĪffordances refer to the perceived and actual properties of the thing - primarily those fundamental properties that determine just how the thing could possibly be used. Some examples of knowledge present in the world: mappings, physical constraints, affordances and signifiers etc. Some examples of things we already know: logical, cultural constraints, etc. ![]() ![]() We use things we already know and things that are present around the object to figure out how to go about using the thing we want to use. Things that I remember the most about this book: Knowledge in the Head and Knowledge in the World If you have anything to do with building products for people, you must read it - more so if you’re not the one directly responsible for designing it. I’m in fact slightly upset at myself for not reading it earlier, since it bring together so much of the modern design philosophy. ![]() I finally got around to Don Norman’s masterpiece in the later half of 2017, and I must say that it deserves every bit of praise that you may have heard about it. It’s okay to judge this one by its cover. ![]() ![]() ![]() Transformers Rescue Bots is a trademark and copyright of Hasbro. Includes Boulder the Construction-Bot, Blades the Flight-Bot, Heatwave the Fire-Bot, and Chase the Police-Bot figures. Manufactured under license from TOMY Company, Ltd. Manufactured under license from TOMY Company, Ltd. ![]() Look for other Rescue Bots figures for more team-up fun! (Additional figures sold separately. Robots and humans saving the day, working together the Rescue Bots way! These 4 figures are sized right for little hands and feature Easy 2 do conversions, making them a great option for big imaginations. Turn Boulder the Construction-Bot into a bulldozer, Blades the Flight-Bot into a copter, Heatwave the Fire-Bot into a fire truck, and Chase the Police-Bot into a police car. Little heroes can get the 4 core Rescue Bots figures that convert into their classic vehicle modes all in 1 pack! When the mission calls for a rescue, convert the Rescue Bots figures from robot mode to vehicle mode. The new recruits are learning the importance of teamwork and what it means to be a hero at the Transformers Rescue Bots AcademyKids ages 3 and up will love. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments The raven king nora sakavic read![]() ![]() All the 80’s movies that I grew up with like Stand By Me, The Breakfast Club, The Outsiders, and even Ferris Bueller’s Day Off… they all have that mischief and uncanny representation of ‘not fitting in’ that makes my heart soar. History has shown that putting a group of misfits together and seeing them evolve into a family always works out. We’ve all got different experiences, but we’re used to needing help. We’re here to help you with whatever you need, whether it’s this or games or general stress. ![]() ![]() Note: All rights belong to the different artists that have created the (fucking amazing) fanart attached to this review. Pretty sure everyone needs one of you in their life ❤ Clara, you’re the best kind of person and thanks for putting up with my shit. I buddy read this with my heart and my damn soul. I loved so many elements of it and although the overall components helped boost my love for the characters – I still felt like it ran short in some facets. The Raven King was by far better than it’s predecessor. This review has been a long time coming, it feels like I’ve been trying to reading this book for the longest time, and then I fell sick for a while so I couldn’t actually function properly. They were worth every cut and bruise and scream.” ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments What once was mine a twisted tale![]() ![]() ![]() When she finally decides to leave the only home she’s ever known-to see the floating lights that appear on her birthday-she gets caught up in an unexpected adventure with two thieves: a would-be outlaw named Gina, and Flynn Rider, a rogue on the run. For the safety of the kingdom, Rapunzel is locked away in a tower and put under the care of the powerful goodwife, Mother Gothel.įor eighteen years Rapunzel stays imprisoned in her tower, knowing she must protect everyone from her magical hair. But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl-with hair as silver and gray as the moon. ![]() but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. The 12th installment in the New York Times best-selling series asks: What if Rapunzel’s mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?ĭesperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her. ![]() ![]() ![]() The second part of the book meets the urgent need for people who are carrying out their own research projects, for literature which validates their frustrations in dealing with various western paradigms, academic traditions and methodologies, which continue to position the indigenous as 'Other'. Providing a history of knowledge from the Enlightenment to Postcoloniality, she also discusses the fate of concepts such as 'discovery, 'claiming' and 'naming' through which the west has incorporated and continues to incorporate the indigenous world within its own web. ![]() ![]() Extending the work of Foucault, she explores the intersections of imperialism, knowledge and research, and the different ways in which imperialism is embedded in disciplines of knowledge and methodologies as 'regimes of truth'. In the first, the author critically examines the historical and philosophical base of Western research. Here, an indigenous researcher issues a clarion call for the decolonization of research methods. From the vantage point of the colonized, the term 'research' is inextricably linked with European colonialism the ways in which scientific research has been implicated in the worst excesses of imperialism remains a powerful remembered history for many of the world's colonized peoples. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Mary jane by jessica![]() ![]() ![]() Mary Janes add a je nais se qua worthy of Chung to any look without sacrificing comfort, which is likely why they're trending again. Like almost every pair of Mary Janes I own, they're extremely comfortable, and dress up an outfit without making it look too formal. ![]() I mean, when have you ever seen an asymmetrical rose design on a Mary Jane before? Shushu/Tong continues to be one of the most incredible new designers on the scene, and Charles & Keith somehow always manages to make the best shoes at unheard of prices.Īfter I received my pair as a gift from the brand, I proceeded to wear it for a whole week straight. They're so glorious, I'm absolutely positive Alexa Chung would wear hers with a perfectly worn-in pair of vintage Levi 501s and a Peter Pan collar top while sitting front row at London Fashion Week. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Arrival short story ted chiang![]() Reviewing the book at the SF Site, Greg L.
![]() A romp through Asia's most exclusive clubs, auction houses, and estates, China Rich Girlfriend brings us into the elite circles of Mainland China, introducing a captivating cast of characters, and offering an inside glimpse at what it's like to be gloriously, crazily, China-rich. In this year’s best beach reading, Jane Austen meets Singapore. Its also a rich portrait of Asias real obsession with consumerism and its economic rise, one whose trajectory, like Kwans, is not yet complete. ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Singapore's It Girl, Astrid Leong, is shocked to discover that there is a downside to having a newly minted tech billionaire husband. China Rich Girlfriend is a crazy parade through the lives of the aspirational elite. Here we meet Carlton, a Ferrari-crashing bad boy known for Prince Harry-like antics Colette, a celebrity girlfriend chased by fevered paparazzi and the man Rachel has spent her entire life waiting to meet: her father. Until: a shocking revelation draws Rachel into a world of Shanghai splendor beyond anything she has ever imagined. But Rachel still mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won't be able to walk her down the aisle. ![]() ![]() She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond from JAR, a wedding dress she loves more than anything found in the salons of Paris, and a fiancé willing to sacrifice his entire inheritance in order to marry her. On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. ![]() |